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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
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HOW CODY GOT NICKNAME OF
"BUFFALO BILL"

When the Kansas Pacific railroad
was being built through Kansas in
1S67-6S it was necessary to provide
food for an army of more than 1900
track-layers. A source of supply was
near at hand-vast herds of buffalo
and men were hired to do nothing else
but kill these animals for food. One
of the b~est-known of the hunters was
william Frederick Cody, a young from
tiersman who had been a pony express
rider and guide for General Custer.
The work was dangerous, for the In
dians did all they could to stop prog
ress on the railroad. They especially
hated these hunters who killed more
buffalo In one day than they destroyed
In a week, and Cody took his life In
his hands every time he went out. He
soon became such an expert hunter
that the railroad men gave him the
nickname of Buffalo Bill"
During Cody's career as a buffalo
hunter, a period Of IS months, he
killed a total Of 4,2S0 bison. His
greatest exploit was his victory over
Billy Comstock, a scout and rival
hunter. The match was arranged by
officers of Fort Wallace to decide
which of the two men was the great
est slayer of bison. They were to
hunt M day Of eight hours, and the
man who killed the greatest number
of the animals was to be declared the
champion buffalo hunter.
A herd was found and separated
into two punches. Cody Immediately
began riding at the head of his bunch,
shooting the leaders and crowding the
followers in toward the center Of an
eyer-narrowing circle. In a short time
he had killed SO, all of whom lay dead
over a small area. Comstock had be-
gun shooting at the real of his herd
and, although he killed %, they we're
scattered over a distance of three
miles. Two more herds were found,
and when the final count was made,
Cody had 60 and Comstock 40.
Later Cody became a famous scou;
and guide. He served with General
Custer in Kansas and General Carr in
Colorado. Cody was known as "Pa-
raska-Long Hair" by the Sioux, who
bed great respect for his prowess.
After the Indian wars ended Buffalo
Bill organized his Wild West show.
which added to his fame not only in
America, but In Europe as well. After
seventy-two years of life crowded with
adventure, he died January 10, 1917.
He is buried on Lookout Mountain.
near Denver Colorado.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07

postal savings certificate. Postal saw
ings certificates to the amount of 81
500 may be purchased by any one per-
son. Small investors can also buy
Treasury Savings Stamps at 81 each.
They do not draw interest, but when
20 stamps have been acquired they
can be exchanged for a $25 Treasury
Savings Certificate. These certificates
are issued in denominations of $25,
500 and $1,000, and sold for 500, $50
and $500. They pay Az per cent.
compounded semi-annually, and are
exempt from state and local taxation
Except estate and Inheritance taXes)
and from the normal Federal income
tax"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
STANDS PATIENT ON HEAD
Or. West Has Upside-Down Cure for
Misplaced Abdominal organs.

Standing a patient on his head and
gently shaking him in the manner in
which a wife sometimes treats her
husbands trousers has proved an
eficaclous treatment for prolapsed and
misplaced abdominal and pelvic or
gans, according to a paper read before
the annual convention Of the Eastern
O%stecpathic association at Atlantic
City by Or. William West, a New
York specialist.
Doctor West, who is the %discoyerer
OF the new "shakedOwn" treatment,
has named it the "oscillatory-grayits
treatment and claims to have
achieved remarkable results.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
CANNOT

The Wal Department has just writ
ten former Sergeant Jesse Kanady,
Falls City, Neb., that he owes his
Uncle two dollars. The w. d. alleges
that somebody overpaid Kanady 81 on
some pay day some time in the army.
In appealing to the American Legion
for advice the Sergeant declares his
usual good memory fails him, as he
cannot recall ever having been over
paid while in the army.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
Bowed MING Miles for Mail

Capt. Chauncey Fitzmorris of West
Sister Island. near Port Clinton, O.,
came to the mainland II day some
time ago for the first time since last
November, after having spent the
winter on West Sister island, where
he has charge of the lighthouse. Cap
tain Fitzmorris rowed nine miles
across the lake to mainland near
Locust Point and then came to Port
Clinton by lnterurban car to get his
winters accumulation of mail.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
e DAY.

July l has been designated by Ma
tional Commander MacNider of the
American Legion as Membership
Day." To carry on the Legion's COM
p%rehensive program for the relief of
service men during the summer, Com
mander MacNider has urged a united
front and an ~all-inclusive membership.
BY midnight of July l the Legion
chief has requested each post shall
have increased its membership by at
least % Der cent.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
TnoxICm
S2lIOH

vention city, the American Legion has
received a 100000 offer from Kansas
City, Mo-, which would be host to the
eX-soldiers this year as it was in 1921.
The offer followed questions by the
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce,
inquiring of Kansas City if the serv-
ice mems gathering was a commercial
asset.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
SOM MARkSMAN.

The absence of the old pre-Volstead
corkscrew is not noted in Frisco.
Jimmie Flexner, of the American Le-
gon of San Francisco, couldn't find
one of them when he wanted to open
a bottle. He took a rifle and at a
distance of 1000 feet, shot out the
cork in one try. He now challenges
the Pacific Coast.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
Heredity.

THAT is rather an extreme gown
Miss Golden is wearing. Do you no
tiee how it is held up by a single
strap over one shoulder"
yes, and it reminds me of old
times. I knew her grandfather when
he had but one suspender and wore
it just the same way."-Boston Tran
script.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
PLANT NUTTREES.

All nuts are not to be fostered, but
in order that the pecan nut may con-
tinue to be one of Texas foremost
products, the American Legion of the
State has pledged itself to plant
of nut tress. see that they are
properly transplanted and care for
them when they are developed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
ACKNOWLEDGE INDEBTEDNESS.

One plank in the platform adopted
by the Republican State Convention
of Indiana declares that I'VE acknowl-
edge our Indebtedness and gratitude
to the veterans of all wars" and that
I'VE favor Federal adjusted compen-
sation for World War veterans"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
POST In ASIA MINOR.

post of the American Legion exactly
on a spot in Harpoot, Asia Minor,
they say, where Adam and Eve first
kept house. The unit is called the
Garden of Eden Post. American Lee
gionnaires in Turkey now number ZIG.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
HE FABRIC oE E A

That new show of mine is going to
be a sure-fire hit" announced the pro-
Queer gleefully. I've got a swell idea
for costuming the chorus"
"Uh-huh!" grunted the critic.
That's about all most of 'em wear
Observation-Disclosures Legion Week
Ia
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
ALASKA CLUB U

The first building built by Uncle
Sam at Fort Wrangell, Alaska, when
that country was first occupied by the
United States in 1867. has been re-
modelled and presented to the Alaska
American Legion as a club house.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
WITHIN REASON.

Just as the guards were leading his
client away, the lawyer stopped and
shook hands sadly with the recent de-
PENDANT.
Pm sorry l couldn't do more for
you, old man." he %apologized.
Don't mention it, sir" replied the
prisoner, politely. "Ain't five years
enough ?"-American Legion Weekly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
SOLDIERS A CITY.

When Stilwell, Okla, was struck by
a black smallpox epidemic, a guard of
1875 American Legion men kept the
town quarantined by guarding all
roads and railroads day and night for
three weeks.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
Our Juvenile testers.

"Pa, I'll bet you don't know why
the earth is like a school slate"
Il confess that L don't, my son
why?"
Because boys and girls multiply
upon it."-Boston Transcript.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
AIDING PROHIBITION.

With the Bahamas and Bermuda not
too far away, the Tampa, Fla, Ameri-
can Legion has placed its entire men,
bership at the disposal of the Prohibit
ton enforcement officer of that dis
trict.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07

selling we will improve business ON
ditions. Every farmer is doing some
thing to help business. So is every
advertising man and every publisher.
Are you? Do so, and help pass pros
perity around!"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
None Such.

"What happens when an irresistible
woman meets an immovable MANI"
"She never does."-Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
Limitations.

"A woman can't sharpen a pencil"
well, is that anything to laugh at?
Can q man sew on a button prop
erly?"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
In Turn.

do you get your alimony prompt.
ly, Winifred?"
mo, 1 don'ti Dick pays his wives
neutrality-suspicious..
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07

MI. Peckem-"I wish l could see a
newspaper wholly free of scandals,
sensations and politics."
Mrs. Peckem-"Here! Give me the
paper. You can have this mail order
ecatalogue."-Phila. Bulletin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07

No person interested in ~Pleasantville
and vicinity can afford to be without
The Pleasantville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
INJURED BY EAlL.

While waiting with his outfit to be
called up to the front in 1918, a Pea
body, Mass, soldier fell out of a hay
loft and suffered permanent injuries
to his back. He has just now obtain
ed Government compensation, how
ever, following the American Legion's
direct appeal to President Harding.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07

What you are tomorrow depends on
what you think and do to-day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
THE WAY THEY LOOK AT 1T.

Cit-"Why didn't you arrest that
woman for MURDER"
Cop-"Oh, it's all right-it was her
own husband that she killed."-Am-
erican Legion Weekly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-07
WANTS

Despite the fact that New Orleans,
La, has been chosen as its 1922 con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Were
 : Leaders tn Bonds
By Associated Press

New York. July 13.-Liberties were the prominent features of today's hpnd market. coming forward all most to the years best prices in the liter dealings after showing some hesitation.
 ~Foreign war loans were moderate N better, but changes in the inter- national group were trivial at best.
 sRail gains of to almost points, accompanied demand for Pennsyl- venia general 41as and 5s and West ern Is. New York Central refunding 4S and Missouri. Kansas and Texas 5s.
 sseaboard adjustment 5s were heavy With several of the prominent in- r.estrl lls, including United States Steel is. Total sales (par value), ag- gFegated 14.739. 900.
 TOT he days new offerings the nos noteworthy was the Philippine government s2.750,000 4h per cent bend issue for which a ready market sas ailable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
ATLANTA RESERVE BANK

Statement of resources and liabili- ties Federal Reserve Bank of At lanta at the close of business July 12, 1922:
 Resources-'Gold coin and certifi- cates in vault. s5.62O.60S; gold set- tlement fund. .847.237.o5: total gold held by bank, $2s.467.s45. o5. Gold with federal reserve agent. $ss.729,so5; gold rede: ption fund. $l,3s7,579.47; total gold reserve, s12s.- 595,22s.52. Legal tender notes. sil- yer. etc. s6,243.3ss: total reserve. $135, ,622.52. Bills discounted: G. $2,031, 450.os; all other S2s,761. 1S1.- 4s bills bought in open market. $T45.555.19; total bills on hand. szs,- b3s.1s6.7s. United States bonds and notes. s241,150; one-year certificates of indebtedness (Pittman acD, $6,6ss,o ,o00: all other certifio -tes of indebtedness, s2.o30.9os; total earn ing assets, $3s.509,244 Bank premises. s1.49s.597.sS; per cent fund against federal reserve bank notes, s4s7,550; unco.lected items, S25,lo3.7 .741.65: all other resources. $l17,296.3s; total resources. S19s,- Ss.o53.1s.
 Liabilities-Capital p; i'd in. s4,27s,- 16o; surplu-, $9.113.E7o.9s. Deposits: Government. s2.o61, ,247.0s; member banks. reserve account. ,47,962.SSs 04; all other. $475.sss.11: total de- posits, $50,50o.12474. Federal re- serve notes In actual circulation $1lS,47s,655; federal reserv1 bank notes in actual circulation, S4,S4S.- 800; deferred availability items $l6,2Ss.I47 all other liabilities $l.l25. .9o4-74; total liabilities. $1ss,- Sst,o53.1s. Ratio of tot. reserves to deposits and federal reserve note Ii- ability combined, s2.s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Wall Street Was
 ]: Surprised at Cut

~New York, July 13.-Lowering of the Bank of England's rediscount rate today from 31s to per cent came as surprise to local bankers, who believe that the New York fed eral reserve bank will soon cut its pfesent rate to per cent.
 -shortly after the London bank lQwered its rate from to per cent oh June Is the local reserve bank cut it's rate from 41z to 4 per cent and several other reserve banks throughout the country followed suit Within the past few weeks redis- counting operations within the fed erai reserve system have expanded about SS,000,000, large part of
 which has taken place in the local rSserve bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
GOES TO JAIL IN TAXI

Little Rock, Ark, July 13.-Joe Tarkington of Russellville. sentenced to the state penitentiary here for three years upon conviction of a charge of robbery in Pope county, and permitted to make his way to Little Rock unguarded. hired a taxi cab at the railroad station, motored to the capitol and secured his com raitment papers, and then taxied to the prison. There he dismissed his driver. changed his immaculate at- tire for convict Earb and prepared to begin doing his bit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Georgia Gets Loan

Washington, July 1s.-Application of the Georgia Cotton Growers Co., oSsrative association for an advance of not more than s5,ooo.ooO for the Fesposs of financing the orderly masketing of cotton. was approved tceay hy the war finance corpora tieR.
 The c,rporation stated it was ex- p{eeed only a portion of the amount eSproved would be actually advanced nd that banks in the interested dis ,'css would do the major part of the nasHeins for the association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Cuts l5Per ( Cent Melon
By Associated Press

Detroit. Mich. July l3-A cash dividend of Is per cent on it's cap italization of s7,Ooo.ooo. payable July 20 to stockholders of record July ls. was announced today by the For d Motor company of Canada.
 Plans for expansion recently were announced by the company when 1t acquired several hundred acres of land fronting on the Detroit river and adjoining it's original holdings The purchase involved an outlay of $l, 900, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Foreign Bond.

Peaches steady; bushels, Georgia Beiles. s7.7b@2.5o; Elbcrtas. mostly a: fair stock s2.50@2.75.
 Watermelons. firm on large steady on others; five-tier. s-7z pound average. t26 '; four-tier. z22t pound average, 32.O0@ ESQ; zs-2s pound average. s3@4
 Tomatoes steady on repacked. weak on originals. Texas and Tennessee pfnks. Hats, 3o@7so; green wrapped, same price.
 Apples Illinois Transparents bushel baskets. s2.ooB226; red June t2o0@2.2B; Duchess. si.b0@2.0o. Market about steady. Firm good stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Garden Calendar for July
Bv GEORGE B. MVAY. SR

Vegetable GrdeFlant fall parsley, salfy
  ! endive, khol rabj sorghum forage OchardSpray the late apples and still chrsanthenums
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14


 g Gassing the Bugs
 We heard much during the World war about poison gas and were made acquainted with its deadly effect on humans. The employment of this deadly destroyer of humans has lead to much experimental application or gas as an economic agent in destroy ing plant fungi and insect pests. IL is known of course that humans and the higher animals are much more resistant to all poisonous gases than insects and the lower forms Cf life. For this reason some form of poison gas is bound iQ. the future to play a large part in the control of all insect pests. The whole thing depends on working out some prac- tical and economical scheme of ap- plication. Plenty gases can be cheaply made that, will immediately destroy any form of insect life, and not very dangerous to humans, but the problem of application or con- finement to a given area Is some what difficult. But like every other difficulty, it will soon be surmount- ed. and instead of messing around with refractory sprayer, you will. simply step on the gas and blow
  70
 Flower Vandalism
 If you go to any northern city dur Ing summer you are always impress ed with the fact that folwers are to be seen on every hand.
 li Private places, public parks, grounds, factory surroundings, de- pot grounds, in short, nearly every place possible to grow anything is incumbered with beautiful flowers and shrubbery, well taken care of. The writer has observed such places for hours at a time and has never yet seen any man, woman or child modest them to the slightest extent. When I see this I am bound to think how difficult innstfsoiais1 TIT E how different in Birmingham, where nearly every child, some grownups too, make no bones about pulling any flower or desecrating any valuable plant. They do this not only In parks but actually invade ones premises and steal your flowers without ap- parently the least idea of wrong do- ing or common sense. The papers and the public this spring had much tc say about the wanton destruction of the dogwood and honeysuckle. What about the wanton destruction and the thousands of daily thefts of public and private flowers. Here IS work for our Sunday schools, public Schools. too. Ignorance Is the chief cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
NOTICE

The county board of education of lief ferson county will receive bids for trans porting children to school on the varioui routes established by the board
 These bids will be opened and contracts awarded on Friday, July 21. 1922. Al bids must be in not later than 10 a. m. on that day R. G. HEWITT: ,5Iy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Learning About Bugs

Some people still ''- to the theory that nothing under the sun Is new. but If such a disordered mind would take the trouble to in- vestigate the history of our diseases and insects, a little light might be permitted to shine through his dense dome. It Is to be admitted that we now have more diseases and insects to contend with than eyer before, and it isa safe conclusion) that will have still more 100 years hence; but any one who has studied the sub ject. well knows, that we know more about control today than ever before. Most of this knowledge has been gained in the past 25 years and practically every bit in the past 100.
 It is curious to note now, the ef- forts made 100 years ago to combat insect pests. Everything imagina ble was used to harass and repel insects some extremely ludicrous and fanati- cal. But after all. 1t was these num- erous pioneer experiments that pointed the way for the many eff Hcient remedies and appliances that we now have. Just as bugs and dis ease increase, 80 will remedies and applicances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
NEW YORK CURB LIST
lsr A.so.i.t.d Pre-.
IndustrlRls

New York. July ls.-Transactions on thc New York Curb Market today were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
HunBARD,s LErTER
CHICAGO vEGETABLEs n-H-A-A 1A.

Cl,icago. JusY 13.--cantaloupes nightly wea ssr: sss. g2.f1 @2.7s; 5ss, s2.5o: flats.
 SIC a1-1o; pink meats. flats. sl.35 501.so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Questions and Answer.

Q. Spots form on the leaves of my rose bushes which spread. foliage 4dries up and falls off. What is the cause of this and how may it be remedied2 Mrs. w.. Bessemer.
 @s A. The trouble Is either black spot or leaf spot, entirely different diseases, both termed blight and the same treatment Is indicated. Either of the following will correct. Acitate of copper (verdigris) one ounce,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
NOTICE TO CoNTRacrons

Plans and specifications may be had at the office of D. O. Whilidin. architect. s01-2 Title Guarantee Bldg, for schools at Corner. Tarrant City and TrussvIlle. Jefferson County Ala. BOARD. OF EDUCATION. JEFFERSON
 COUNTY ALA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14

WILL trade houses. lots iaFn,a. fer <utasl
 mortgage paper. securities. other rfQett
 or lots or anything ot TAi9=- dev9 number of autos to trace far hoaseA # lots. Main e254. 3o7 fitta CaAekHLsa Hi"~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
HOME WANTED
TO EXCHANGE

Have customer with si.ooo cash and nice Edgewood lot for initial payment on modern bungalow on South Highlands- If you have something nice at the rigif price, see us immediately: no inflated prices will be considered. Customer ready to do business Call see c. H. Chichester at once. E
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-11

subdued.
 The recent steady downpour of rain was most welcome both on account of numerous forest fires and for its<yalue to vegetation, and in filling wells that have been dry most of the time since early fall
 Ralph Olsen has recovered from his second attack of influenza caused by ex- posture in fire fighting
 Walter Narcotic of New York was in town for a few hours Tuesday of last week.
 Columbus Smith of Norwich, formerly of Brookside farm, was a visitor at the 5arsonage last week and this, attending he church services, when he was well ;Qpned by many friends A message of appreciation was read at lorning worship from Mrs. A. c. Green of Danielson for white carnations sent 1 her by the church on her recent S0th
 birthday as a token of loving remem- brance l Miss Olsen of Longview farm, suffering
 from an attack of grip, is beginning to improve.
 | Mrs Tunneson and son Wiql of Baltic
 were in town recently. MT. and Mrs. Gustaf E. Karlson of
 Providence were guests at Restawhi;e April 30th
 l Mrs. Allen Moody, with her little son
 Manfred, spent Sunday with her broth. CTS family at Nooseneck Hill, R. I. MT. and Mrs. Will Duberke and littl,
 son moved lately to Howard Valley.