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The Press., 1922-06-22
cIashed Mith Spain in 1854.

The Spanish-American war of 1898 was the second time that trouble de veloped between Spain and the United States, originating in Cuba. In 1854 the "Black Warrior" steamship be- longing to United States citizens, was seized in the harbor of Havana, and declared cOnfiscated. The proceedings aroused feeling against Spain, and diplomatic exchanges took place at Madrid. the owners demanding in- identification of $3OO,OOO. The Spanish government proved reluctant and at length the Ostend conference was held to adjudicate the matter.
 The vessel was finally released on payment by the owners of fine of $6,OOO, and amicable relations with Spain were restored.
The Press., 1922-06-22

Another Version.
 Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some remain little to the enrf.-BOstOn Transcript
The Press., 1922-06-22
Word "Bum" Has Dlunined History

Word "Bum" Has Diunified History.
 The word "bum," which is consid- cred by nearly everyone as pure Americanism of the most vulgar sort, has in reality a very dignified history. It was first used in England more than two centuries ago in the form or sbummer." A hummer was man who neddled fish outside the regular mar kets and these persons were, of course, looked down upon and held in contempt by the regular dealers. The word finally gained a general significance and came to mean any dishonest per son or one of irregular habits. 1t ap- pears in the English market bylaws of the Seventeenth century in the form of "Bummaree."
 The word appeared in the United States during the gold days in Cali fornia and gradually made it's way east
The Press., 1922-06-22

AunI ret. "Women always like 10 think their preacher is in delicate health; hut when he comes t dinner they cook up enough to plumb ruin a we'll man. Boston Herald.
The Press., 1922-06-22

Reasons why the FLORENCE AUTO MATIC Oil Stove is the Stove for you. l. SAFETY. No danger. even if A lighted burner is forgotten. It will burn itself out without explosion or damage. 2. HEAT. You can burn slow, medium, or intense heat without odor. 3. ECONOMY. Intense heat at low cost. Heat concentrated to the cooking. Minimum of lost or vast ed heat.
 4. KlNDLER. Asbestos kindler causes flame to start quickly, burn with safety, and is easily replaced at small cost
The Press., 1922-06-22
Mlaaed somethlno.

Little Ray was being shown bust of his distinguished grandfather who had died belore Ray was born. The youngster gazed at the bust awhile in perplexed silence; then he inquired Innocently, "Is that all there was of him T'-Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1922-06-22
Filthy Paragraphs.

The world condemns q woman with great severity when she goes wrong. Some few centuries later a group Of men played the same cards in the same way for the life of the worlds best man, and not one of their names is remembered. JeZebel can never be forgotten. She was wOman-James w. VaIentyne.
 The preacher who is sensational in the sense of utilizing methods or mat ter the main object of which is to at tract may gain attention, but will rare ly win a heart, and, after all, heart culture, properly understood, which according to Proverbs, determines the issues of life," is the fundamental and finest service of church.-Alex ander Lyons.
The Press., 1922-06-22
"LADY LUCK" STILL AT WORK
Metor Drivers Continue tO Com nandeer Her to Guard Their
 Tires and Cut Gasoline Price.

 
 Have you ever seen Lady Luck7 Have you called on her and had her cOme2 Half a dozen sculptOrs say they have seen her and have modelled from memory the pose, the look and the lines of the lady. But their yer siOns vary. True accounts of the same thing always do. But the sketches they did in clay which have now be- come casts of metals have certain sim ilarities.
 The truth of these sculptOrs' phan- tasies has obtained strong popular support. Without any complete plebi- cite the idea has been accepted en- thusiastically by that enlightened DOT ton of the population which buys tires and gasoline.
 So Lady Luck has become the fa- vOred mascot of the 1922 car, declares lows the road she rides ahead, as her ancestress rode ahead on the prov of Genoese ship. Both of them face the wind.
 One favOrite Of these figures is poised for a leap like a girl on the end of a springbOard. But she stands on a couple of wings and she holds the pose.
 Another is the Indian maid. Hair bObbed, arms crossed. face immObile 1 she stands straight and still against [ the wind. Her rival is tiny creature of the type of a French marquise-a lovely little doll with a Vatican face with a crinkled bit of pOmpadOW pulled close to tiny ears, who wears for further charm a drapery that GOV CTS her very heels.
 Way along at the last of the pro cessiOn comes the screaming eagle Five years ago the eagle led, said thC dealer. After the war 1t gave wa! to others, and most of the owners O cars have gone back to the ancien faith. They carry a modern version of the same old Lady Luck. AunI ret.
 "Women always like To think thPl preacher is in delicate health; hu when he comes t dinner they cook III enough to plumb ruin a we'll man.
The Press., 1922-06-22
shakInn Handa

For many years we have been warned by doctors against kissing. Now we are told shaking hands Is dan- Rerous. Asiaties rub cheeks or noses. Hindus fall in the dust when greeting guperiors. South seq islanders throw Watee
, 1922-05-05

1. Any one wishing Electric Lights or
power in their house must first make ap-
pIication for same to the Christiansted
Electric Power Plant, and under no con-
dition will service be given unless wiring
has been inspected by the Public Works
Department.
3, No one except an employee of the
Christiansted Electric Power Plant is
allowed to make any correction or at
tachment either TEMPORARY or permanent
for the purpose Of given service.
RoB'T. L. MERWIN & Co. Inc,
GEO. w. POWELL,
Manager.
, 1922-05-05
NOTICE.

nURING the cutting and carting Of my
if fan; any c n oes0 is seen taking plant2tops
or long-tops away from the land rented
by me they will be dealt with according
to Law.
The men cutting al J carting my canes
are allowed to take feed for their horses
only-not to give to anyone else without
my permission.
This notice serves as long as my canes
are being cut on the above-named es-
tate.
". S. ABRAMSON
18th April 1922.
, 1922-05-05
WHAT A TONIC
DOES FOR YOU
AND WHY YOU NEED IT, IN so MANY
INSTANCES WHEN YOU ARE RUN DOWN.
NERVOUS OR HAVE HAD To ENDURE
GREAT STRAIN OR WORRY OF ANY EIEDo

A tonic is something which puts toneq
energy, strength and endurance into you.
1t gives a push to your heart, making it
pump the blood over your body more
vigorously it makes your lungs expand
more fully and thereby take up more
strengthening oxygen from the air you
breathe; it makes your kidneys work
better and carry off the poisons which
would otherwise accumulate in the body2
it makes your digestive apparatus perform it's
work better and give your blood the material
it needs for feeding and sustaining your BODY: il
makes your brain act more vigorously and en-
ables you to think more accurately and for long
periods without fatigue. thus bringing yea
greater success in whatever business, profession
OF undertaking you are engaged.
When you are rundown. nervous. half sick
Gown hearted and about ready 80 give up. eX-
perience of many years has shown shat one Of
the best remedies 20 pull ycu mt Of this bad
prcdicament is good old organic iron. But be
sure tn iron you take is organic iron. the kind
that is found in plants, and not metallic iron
which people usually take. Organic iron may be
had from your druggist under the name of
Nuxaied Iron. 1t often increases tGc strength.
energy and endurance of weak nervous, tiI2d
out folks in two-weeks time Bvware of sub
stitutes. Always look for the word Nuxated"
on every package and the letters II /. on every
tablet. Sold by all druggists.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14
NOV IFS.

Bislra is known as the Monte Carlo of the desert. It is the gathering place for the wealthy, the absolute, the ad- venturous, the pleasure seeking peo- pie ofthe African littoral and affords a marvelously picturesque background for fiction or phOtoplay.
 It is used in George Melford's Para mount production of "The Sheik," which plays at the Empress tonight.
 Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino are the featured players with a fine supporting cast. In big casino, the most colorful spot in Biskra, the scene of a grand fete given by the young Sheik is laid and therein the beauti ful customs of the Orient ar. shown with great fidelity.
 Other scenes are those upon the Sa- hara, with the wild riders of the des- ert; the stronghold in the sandy sea of Omair, bandit of Sahara, and the Sheik's Oriental dwelling. Admission for this big picture is soc.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14
PLAN NIGHT FLIGHTS
 IN MAIL SERVICE

RENO, Sept. 14.-Establishment in the near future by the post office de- partment of night flying in the air mail service between Chicago and Cheyenne, Wyo., which will make a flight across the continent in less than thirty-six hours possible, was assured when J. A. McGee of the Washington headquarters made a recent inspection trip over the proposed route
 Major O. A. Tomlinson, in charge of the Reno air field, said the plans of the department are to create landing fields every twenty-five miles along the route and to equip these fields with beacon lights which would en- and would furnish suitable spots on which to make forced landings
 McGee, in his inspection trip, made the flight across the country with air mail pilots to make a survey of the region and to find desirable landing places.
 With the adoption of these plans, planes may leave San Francisco in the morning, reach Cheyenne by night fall. Chicago by daybreak and New York before the end of the second day.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14
OIL CENTER
 AT KANATAK IS BUILDING

That the Standard Oil Company and the Associated Oil Company have gone about the work of developing the Cold Bay oil fields in a business-llke manner, cooperating on road build ing and transportation of outfits from Kanatak which has been selected as the seaport of the country. to the fields, and that they will soon be at 1 york drilling on their respective prop y erties, is the word that Dr. w. A. By strom of Seattle brings from that country, says the Juneau Empire.
 Dr. Rystrom has property in the Cold Bay field and has spent six weeks in the country this summer. It was his second visit there, the pre-, vious one being last year when he was there for a month.
 Chief Engineer Herrick has ap proved of the location of the road from Kanatak to the fields made by H. W. Vance, who represents the Associated eOjl Company, and MT. Herrick and MT Vance have agreed to cooperate in the building of the road and the transpor- tation of the outfits of the two com panies to the ground where the drill ing will be done, said Dr. Rystrom.
 "The Juneau has discharged HOO tons of drilling outfit and supplies and equipment for the two compan- ies," said Dr. Rystrom, "and we met the Redondo in the Gulf of Alaska on her way to the fields with another full cargo The agreement to cooper ate on road building and transporta- tion means that the two companies will begin drilling about the same time, and that there will be system atic development work in a business like manner from the beginning"
 There are now about 150 people at Kanatak," said Dr. Rystrom, land that is certain to be the seaport and SUD- ply point. Great activity and spir t of optimism characterizes the whol } Cold Bay region. There seems to b not doubt anywhere but that the big companies will locate oil. It is certain that they will continue their work until they find out whether there is oil in the country or not, and if it 5 there, development will be on a large scale"
 "Just before leaving Kodiak" said
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14
DINIPLE IS MARK OF DECENERACY
 SAYS SCIENTIST

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Sept. IA. -- Is the dimple a mark of beauty? Or is the maid with that bewitchiing birtnmark and the Cupid's bow mouth less beautiful and intelligent than her sister without those at fractions?
 Dr. A. S. Warthin, eminent path ologist of the University of Mich igan, says they bear a relationship to the harelip and the cleft palate, which never yet in this or nay other land have been accepted as beautiful. They mark a girl as "below par,' says Dr. Warthin.
 He said it during lecture on "The Inheritance of Disease" in which he made a direct appeal for eugenics, better living conditions that should breed better humans, and a plea for the recognition of certain inheritances.
 He declares that the old proverb, Blood will tell" had proven its truth throughout the ages and that today this fact was becoming rec organized and that civilized people were at last considering what could be done to breed better race.
 To-day it is recognized that all men are not born equal" he said. We are not equal so far as the val ue of our bodily cells is concerned. Two men fall in business. The one gathers himsef together and takes a new lease on life. The other broods over his losses, commits suicide or goes insane. He never was born the equal of the other man."
 Dr. Warthin told of a type of people known as ticks" who always step over a crack in the sidewalk and touch every fence post they come to. With these he classed the type known as "temperamentar and the genius. In this type frequently is to be found insanity, he declared.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14
Made To Measure
 Clothes

patterns in fibre and Woolen cloths from the Lincoln Woolen Mills of Chi cago.
 Tailor made suits and overcoats range in price from $19 to $50.
 Call on A. A. Mitchell, in old town, and have him take your measurement, or drop a card in the post office for an appointment. 14-1mo.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14

pr. Rystrom. q received a telegram f,om Seattle which said that two Texas oil companies are preparing to begin operations in the Cold Bay fields. It was said that they plan to begin active drilling as soon as pos sibIe."
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14

If you change your address, do not notify the carrier boy-report youl new address to the office.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14

Try Daily Times for Job Printing.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14

Let me repair that sole-Valenzuela
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
An Age of Stunts.

John D. Rockefeller refused to write his
name in the diary carried by man who is do
ing peculiar stunt. He is walking across the
continent, on an egg and milk diet The found
er of the Standard Oil business worked hard
to get his start and afterwards worked hard
to keep his start accommodating. He has no
sympathy for the man who spends his time do
ing stunts. Every day we hear or read of some
peculiar stunt. A young couple is married
while sitting flivver mired in the high
way. Another couple is married on top of the
village windmill. There stunts of all kinds,
performed by all classes and conditions of
people. School boys are not the only ones
who pull stunts. There is a stunt born every
minute You may be surprised by an unexpect-
ed and perhaps stupid or foolish stunt any
where at any time This is becoming the
stunt age.
The stunt is capitalized by the vaudeville
stage, but in business and social life it has
legitimate place in the program of thinking
people Yet the stunt idea has almost cap
tured some otherwise sound institutions.
Churches pull stunts to capture the patronage
of superficial minds. Business houses have
catered to the same weakness. Few people,
except some who are Thoroughly fossilized, have
escaped from the modern stunt fad Stunts are
sometimes freakish forms of humor. Some
times they simply indicate a craving for SEN
sation. They are often original and daring.
They defy convention and give life fresh an
gle and vision. The stunt is part of the COM
plete aggregate man who is the of all of
US. The stunt, like swearing, is the result of
laudable desire to express ones self elo-
quently but the trouble with the stunt is that it
Invariably indicates sparsity of imag ination
and lack of common sense. The stunt is often
disappointment as gesture OF humor anu
is seldom an indication of great mentality. An
occasional stunt is tolerable, but the man who
makes a habit of putting stunts becomes
bore The stunt puller is in his sphere what
the flipper is in his and what the fIapper is in
hers. The stunt is the jazz of human conduct.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
One Election a Year.

The Illinois constitutional convention has
acted with wisdom in voting to adopt the pro-
posai fixing the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November as annual election day for
this state: This day will be holiday If the
new constitution, including this provision, is
ratified. The one election year plan has
been suggested for many years, but not until
now has it received the serious consideration
of any body which may finally materialize it.
1t has been known for years that the prevailing
system of holding elections has been very ex-
pensive. Election judges and clerks are able
to handle more work in day than they have
been handling. providing the elections are
properly systematized.
Duplication of ballots has cost the state
and cities large sums OF money which could
be saved under the proposed plan Long bal
lots are not particularly appealing, but il the
elections were combined in great election,
once a year, the people would be able to study
the candidates and issues and formulate opin-
ions more ably than many of them seem to be
able to do under the present plan, which has
one or two elections in April, one in November
and others at different periods of the year.
BY having municipal, judicial, and school cleo
lions in off years, when there would be no con-
flict with the general election, the ballots
would hardly be longer than the present gen
eral election ballots are
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

country rent in twain by war, was de-
termined to back Grant and other army leaders
to the limit in order 10 end the conflict There
may have been greater military geniases than
General Grant, but few military leaders in the
history Of the world have achieved more stu
pendous results than he, by more direct
methods He shares with Lincoln the glory
and the credit OF having saved the republic
and free government TO the nations OF the
earth His record q civic leader does not
reflect so much credit upon him. The exig-
encies OF politics we're 100 much for him. The
dark and devious ways OF the professional poll
tician were never clear to him and he was led
into pitfalls more than once. Yet no man
dared doubt his personal honesty or his
courage. His place in history is secure be-
cause OF his glorious military record and be-
cause he was called upon to play his part in the
most momentuous period in the history of the
world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
The Road to Prosperity.

Stock prices of late have maintained their
astonishing climb, with little variation The
buyers seem convinced that times are going to
be very good. And those buyers are not a few
big spectators, but many small ones. 1t is
really the investing public that is bullng the
market, though its optimism is evidently
shared by the big fellows. Yet there is the
coal strike, with no solution in sight, and steel
production already threatened by approaching
fuel scarcity. There is also the mournful mix
up at Genoa presaging a possible continu-
ance Of economic confusion in Europe instead
of industrial and political reconstruction there
and revival of our foreign market There is
the imminence of costly army bonus, bound
to be drain the treasury, however handled
There is the burden of taxation, oppressive at
best. There is the probability of tariff which
many of the countrys leading business men
regard with apprehension. as tending to dis
courage exports.
All these factors are discounted. The pub
lie is in a buoyant mood. Business men. on the
whole, buoyant, too Nearly everybody
seems to feel that conditions are sure 10 be
good; and, accordingly, conditions are good
and will undoubtedly improve as expected.
Certain fundamental factors are favor
able, particularly the soundness Of American
finance the easement of interest rates; the
improvement of the farmers position through
higher crop prices and lower prices for his
necessary purchases; the shortage of goods
that must soon be made by a renewed burst
of industrial speed. The good material factors
at least balance the bad ores. The psychology
cal factor is all to the good, and il is determ-
ining the path to prosperity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
Primary Proves disappointment.

The trouble with the primary law is that
the voters do not exercise their full privileges
under it The primary supposed to elimi-
nate bossism in politics. But the boss shines
stronger than ever in the primary. Primary
fights are not much different than the old
caucus fights. We were told that the primary
was the poor mans chance for nomination,
but we find that the candidate is Obliged to
spend lot of money to make himself known
and to perfect working organization. In
counties the cities get the nominations because
they get the vote out and the country dis
tricts get nothing
In the old caucus and convention days the
offices were distributed around. The primary
affords open field. The party is not con-
sidered. The candidate makes his campaign
on issues of his own before his party frames
a platform. The result is that party plat
forms amount to little, each individual having
his own platform. Party decentralization fol-
lows We see it in state legislatures and in
congress. The fact is there are so many
things the matter with the primary law that
nobody knows where to begin making i'm
provements, and just drift, often nominal
ing blatherskites and hand shakers, with really
big men who could best serve and who would
accept nomination by a representative con-
vention, refusing to enter the primary scram-
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