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The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25
For Sale, Ranch

Near Grants, New Mexico, on Santa Fe By, right along south side of track, about 90 miles from Albuquerque, consisting of 160 acres of deeded land and one section leased from the state, and 390 acres leased lumber company land.
 Deeded land is half in natural hay meadow, other half excel lent grazing with independent water. State lease is at edge of town and has good natural hay meadow with spring. Lumber Go. lease has water with best of grazing. Leases are assign able.
 Forest reserve a few miles from ranch. S3500 takes the outfit. Will consider part cash. part time.
 Write
 J. w. Bush If Dilkon, Arizona
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25

Try Sun Want Ads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21
To Save the Wild Birds From Womans Vanity and Mans Greed

~ ONE is the Great AUX and the
VI Passenger Pigeon, according
to DR.. w. "A. Kline, dean of
Ursinus College; and going fast are
such modern birds as the snowy
heron or egret, the wild turkey, the
ruffed grouse, the Bob White, or
quail, the plover and the wood cock.
The aux was very large, stout
bodied bird. 1t had short wings, use
less in the air, but we'll adapted to
assist in swimming. One of the larg-
est breeding grounds was Funk
Island, on the coast of Newfound-
land, whence they migrated by SWIM
ming as far south as Virginia Yes
sells plying between the two CONT
nents stopped at the breeding place
to lay in a supply of fresh meat, eggs
and oil, a practice that continued
and was carried on in a wasteful
manner until the last aux was gone.
The passenger, or wild pigeon,
was once so plentiful and flew in
such large flocks, that, like thick,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

the ground, and a considerable dis
lance from the water. 1t breeds in
our latitude from the middle Of April
to the middle of May, laying from six
to fifteen eggs, according to the age
of the bird.
Birds belong to the great problem
of conservation which must be
solved by a campaign of education.
The law must be supported by in
struction beginning in the school and
continued in the public press. There
must be discussions from the plat
form and sentiment must be aroused.
The public conscience must be awak-
ened and quickened by appeals COM
ing from civic clubs and welfare or
CARNATIONS that are working for the
betterment of the community, the
State and the nation.
Such a procedure as this would go
far in preserving the fauna and fora
of our country and help in solving
the great problem of the conserva-
ton of our national resources.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

'nized not only as our finest and
most delicious game birds, but they
are at. the same time admired for
their beauty and have demonstrated
their great economic value to the
farmer, the horticulturist and the
gardener. Yet these are rapidly
disappearing before the ruthless hand
of man, and in a comparatively few
years they will doubtless be found
only in the parts of their range
which are unfit for the habitation of
man.
The wood, or Summer duck, as it
is sometimes called, is the most
beautiful of all the members of the
large and varied duck family. Per-
haps its rare beauty and unique
habits are dominant factors that play
prominent part in fastening its
determination at the hands of the
curious, selfish and greedy hunter,
not the sportsman 1t builds its nest
in the trunks or limbs of hollow
trees. often at quite a height from
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

fair secretaries even go so far as to
permit school children to be their
guests of the fair association free.
That policy is far-fetched, but it has
many advantages. It brings the chill
dren to the fair and proves the par
able little children shall lead them. I"
for it brings their parents, too.
Good as a Picnic.
Some of the fairs are quite inspir-
ing and show real human nature in
its naked truth. Farmers and their
families dressed in their best are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

dark cloud, they shut out the sky
and broke down the limbs of trees
by alighting upon them.
In the South swine were fattened
on the young birds as they fell, or
were thrown from the nest, by the
pigeons crowding together on the
trees and breaking down the
branches. This wholesale slaughter
and destruction was carried on in
cessantly by men and boys, who not
only shot the birds, but trapped
them, and in the evening went to
their roosting places and killed them
with clubs by the thousands, until
today there is not a single wild
pigeon left in the country, the last
one having died September l, 1914,
at the Cincinnati Geological Gardens,
and all this has taken place within
the lifetime of the writer
The Snowy Heron.
The snowy heron, or egret. one of
our most beautiful birds has been
destroyed for years, until now it is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

cessiOnists-the man who sells hot
"dawgs '-that's the new way they
spell 'em-and everything. The lost
African Dungeon, the latest animal
caught; the only animal that has
scientists puzzled. It has wings and
four legs. Some people doubt it's an
animal because of its power of flight.
While we don't know what it is,
you'd better come in and try to
judge it's true name. That's it, ladies
and gent'l'm; the price of admission
is only Is cents. Yes; step right
up; get your tickets on the right,
That's all part of the Midway attrac-
ton.
A riot of color blends with the
many freaks that are shown. The
tattooed man, the cane game, the
hoop-lala, the jingle board some
times, when things are going good;
the gypsy fortune-tellers, the magic
wand, kewpie-here, win her a kew
pie-and many other games are there
to part you from your money.
Nanny" Brown, the colored Vir-
ginian, who travels the fair circuit,
prepares meals for the boys. She
bakes hot roast beef, serves corn on
the cob, has a big platter of sliced
tomatoes on hand, and in fact takes
care Of the boys when they are not
so well heeled, which is another
way to say the bankroll is weak.
Without NANNY" at the fair, some
thing would be missing.
It's funny what business NAM
my" does. She keeps Nose, II
year-old stepson carrying water,
keeping the fires ablaze while Chile,
a creole 1assie, waits on the Gus
toners and watches the cooking.
It's a great life, they say, follow
ing a fair. You hear some of the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21
"DittO."

My friend, his wife and I entered
an ice-cream parlor.
"What would you like?" asked the
waitress.
Nut sundae," declared the lady.
y "Ditto!" cried my friend.
The waitress looked puzzled, con-
ferred with the soda clerk, then, re-
turning, announced that they hadn't
any ditto"
albright, then, give me the same
as hers"
I saw the proprietor and 1 said,
"Say, a friend of mine ordered dit
to- and he didn't get it"
"Aw!" said the proprietor, impa-
tiently, them girls I got working.
for me now don't know half what we
got in stock. They make me wildi"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21
w-NHEY,RE


Every country lad and
farmer and not least his wife are an
ticipating their coming. The fair is
to the farming folks what the an
nual Spring circus is to the city peo-
pie. The anticipation is great for
many reasons.
The farmer benefits in large
measure from the fair. He is al
ways interested in his community
and strives to be one of the most
successful and enterprising of the
agricultural set. He must attend
the fair to learn what Bill Smith is
doing and what Henry Perkins has
done in the way of raising fine cattle
Then he joins in with the develop
ment of the fair for the very reason
that he exhibits some Of his big
pumpkins or his mammoth corn or
some other king vegetable.
Fairs as Amusement.
But the fairs are source of much
amusement to the farmer, the rural
folk and to the family at large. The
fairs border on the order of big
carnival with their gayly-decorated
1aidways and the various features
attached otherwise. The art needle
work, millinery exhibits and fashion
shows are all growing in favor with
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"The evening wore on" continued
the man who was telling the story.
Excuse me- interrupted the
would-be wit. But can you tell us
what the evening wore on that oc-
casion?"
"I.don't know that it is important, u
replied the story-teller. but if you
must know, I believe that it was the
close of Summer day"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21
Get Out the Family Flivver
and Let's Go!

women who also take pride in the
arrival of fair week.
The fairs today are quite different
from that of yesterday. Old Dobbin
doesn't take the family to the fair
grounds as he used to. No, by gosh!
He is displaced by the touring car.
Ma and the girls don't wish to drive
over holding the reins of Old Dob
bin. No, stree! The Ford tiivyer is
part of the farm personnel. It gives
service to the farmer in various
ways.
Its in keeping with the trend of
times to have fivvers around" so
says Ma. Anyhow, Ma knows. so
that's all to that.
Automobile Show.
The automobile industry has
looked upon the fairs as one of the
best mediums of advertising other
than the newspapers, Today vouIl
find an automobile show as part of
the fair program.
All the prizes Of culinary art that
takes in roasts from chicken to
mutton and from pie to the good old
homemade bread that only mother
can bake, will show just where the
women come in for part of the glory.
The fairs have now adopted a
policy where various days are given
over to various people. Children's
day is one of the most popular. Some
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21
SAy> md, AIU'T he nTp
lncas the Equals of
Leading Races
of Europe

pose that men of talent re-
ceive more encouragement
from the Incas than they would from
a modern democracy. 1t was the
wise men of Peru who discovered
the wonderful drug quinine, which is
nearly the only medicine that really
cures a disease. All the ordinary
drugs we use have little or no effec.
upon disease germs. Quinine, and
quinine alone, poisons a certain
germ without injuring the human
body. It is the grand contribution of
the wise men of the Incas to the life
of all the ages that were to follow
them.
All things considered, the Red In
dams of the plateau of the Andes
proved equal in intellect and char
acter to the leading races of Europe.
The Incas were, indeed, the only
great warlike race of the world who
used their victories in a Christian
like way. They had no guidance
from Europe or Asia. Like the other
native races of North and South
America, they were cut off by the
great oceans from intercourse with
other civilized races Of mankind.
Originally Sun WOrshipers.
Everything they achieved was
brought about by their own powers
of invention No missionaries
brought them the gospel of the
brotherhood of man and the father
ship of God. When the tribes moved
from their river valley to the ancient
city of Cuzco they were as widely
astray in idolatry as were other Red
Indians. Some of them worshiped
the ancestors Of their tribe; some
Of them revered various animals and
natural objects, and all of them
looked upon the sun as the source
of their life.
Cut off from the rest Of mankind,
unknown to the nations Of the Chris
tian world, Rocca, the first great
Inca, by deep thought and natural
insight attained to the knowledge OF
God, unhelped by the prophets OF Is
rael, the thinkers of Greece, the mys-
tics of India. When Columbus set
out on his voyage of discovery the
real religion of the Incas had not
spread to the common people. twas
confined to the emperor, his mobiles
and the scholars, while the villagers
still continued to worship the sun.
Captured by PizarrO.
It is impossible to tell what height
the Inca civilization might have
reached if this religion had spread
in the empire. 1t did not, for the
Spaniards in the sixteenth century
crossed the Isthmus of Panama and
heard rumors Of the marvellous
treasures of gold in the Empire OF
Peru. Pizarro, an adventurer who
had started life as a swineherd n
Spain, set out on an expedition from
Darien in 1924, and a few years aft
erward he landed with 1853 men on
the coast of Peru. By treachery ne
captured the Inca and conquered the
people, and millions of pounds OF
gold treasure were wrung from the.
people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21
Racing, of Course.

experiences that are amusing and in
structive.
Racing, of Course.
The heart of the fair program is
the horse-racing. Here the big
amusement Of the big circuit is
played with utmost care. The har-
ness brigade, with their stables of
trotting and pacing racers, are all
set. Race time comes and from then
on to getaway day the horsemen are
working in high tension.
Free attractions are looked upon
at the big fairs with favor by the
big audiences. They usually per-
form during the intermissions Of the
races. Their acts are of circus and
vaudeville calibre.
Sometimes they are the daring
autoists who pass in mid-air, the
high-divers, the aviators performing
with aeroplanes in all turns and
tricks that helped to beat Germany
in the late war. Then there are the
tumblers, the animal acts from pigs
to the shimmy bear. On top of that
comes the band and accomplished
singers to render amusement to the
best crowd on earth.
1t only comes once a year these
fairs, but it's a big business and a
great, fascinating game.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

and observing various folk at the
fair. 1t seems to bring you nearer
to home. You see these people at
their best. You see them at their
great carnival-the fair-which is
the very life and soul of their hard
working days and years bending
over harrow and pillow. To say the
least, it's a sight worth while.
Midway Attractions.
But let's get on to the Midway
That's it. The very spice of the
fairs. Here you see 'em-the con-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

truly picturesque. The old folks
touch off these scenes. Sometimes
three generations are shown who
have made up a party and came over
to the big fair carnival. They carry
their own lunches for a whole day
and If you have ever seen a truly
honest-to-goodness farmers lunch
why, boys, you'd think you fell into
heaven. Cold chicken, homemade
bread, cake, three kinds Of pie, jam
well, it's very inviting, I'll say.
It's a very telling story watching
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

almost exterminated, in order that
It's long, fine, hair-like feathers
might furnish ornaments for wom-
ems hats. One plume hunter boosted
of killing 800 herons in "rookery'
in one afternoon, and another proud
ly referred to the fact that he and
his companions had killed 10000
birds-herons, egrets and terns-in
one Winter, of course, not telling
how many young birds they had left
to starve to death because there was
no mother bird to feed them.
Someone says such a picture
should be continual reminder of
mans greed and of woman's vanity,
and that dead bird does not help
the appearance of an ugly woman
and that a pretty woman needs no
such ornament.
The RuffIed Grouse.
The wild turkey, the ruffed grouse,
or pheasant; the Bob White, or
quail; the ployer and the wood cock
are all by common consent recog-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-21

boys talk about their heydays and
experiences that are amusing and in
structive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
HIS WIFE A SLENDER

Ny wife had her own checking ac-
count from the first week of our mar
riage. She went through a private
school and has all the accomplish
ments of child of fortune, although
her family never had money until her
father made it.
The men of my family have strict
ideas about financial integrity. Our
credit in the community is the basis
of our family pride. Imagine my
shock when 1 found that my bride
was destroying my credit!
Like thousands of girls today, she
set out to spend, as a bride, the total
earnings of her husband without
any training in the art of spending!
She overdrew her account and
then she concealed her bills from me.
The milk bills amounted to $50 be-
fore I discovered them! never have
been able to find out how she expect
ed 70 get away with the situation.
tried to teach her little bust
ness sense but finally gave up.
closed her checking account, and had
all the bills sent to me. gave her a
cash allowance for spending each
month.
Did I acquire any peace of mind
that way?
I did not. Ny wife Immediately
developed symptoms of appendicitis.
She neglected our baby. The sweet
little thing looked like a dirty mop
when I got home at night. My wife
was quite helpless in bed. 1 sent for
her mother and the doctor. He
watched her a week, then recon-
mended exercise, preferably house
work.
But he can't beat her. Now She
has a weak heart! And so-what's
tn euse? might stand for the bluff
had not seen my own cousin pull
this neurotic stuff and deceive her
husband by it for months.
I honestly loved this little girl
when married her three years ago,
but if don't three years hence, who
can blame me Eek.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
ABOUT INSURANCE


Fire insurance companies doing
business in Kansas have secured an
order of court at Topeka, setting
aside the order issued by Insurance
Commissioner Travis in January, for
an adjustment Of rates on March L
This action was based on the claim
that the hearing provided for by the
rate regulation law of Kansas had
not been given, that the statistics
upon which the order was based were
inaccurate and the method of comput-
alton faulty, that the companies had
not made more than the reasonable
profit contemplated by the law, and
that in other ways the statues had
not been complied with. The insur-
ance department is required to make
answer on March Is.
The order of the insurance depart
ment, which was set aside, declared
that the rates on certain classes of
risks were inequitable, unjust and
not commensurate with the character
and hazard of such risks. 1t ordered
reductions in rates ranging from Is
to 20 per cent on over 100 classes,
including those producing the largest
volume of premiums, and increases
on a smaller number of classes, rang
ing from Is to rs per cent. These
increases, as we'll as the decreases,
were resisted by the companies as
not justified by the experience and
as not made in conformity with the
law. Among the increases were Is
per cent on public buildings, school
houses and sprinklered risks and
mine properties; 20 per cent on crop
insurance; 40 per cent on steam rail
road property, tobacco risks and
street railway and traction proper
ties; so per cent on automobile fire,
property damage and collision haz-
ards, and rs per cent on automobile
theft rates.
In opposition to this order the
companies filed sworn statistics
covering a period of eleven years,
since the enactment of the rate regu-
lation law in 1909. They show,
based on the fire and tornado prem
iums earned and losses and expenses
icurred, a loss ratio for the period of
55.34 per cent and an expense ratio
of 41.81 per cent, or a total of 97.15
per cent, leaving an underwriting
profit of only 2.85 per cent. These
figures make no allowance for the
setting aside of any confagration re
serve, which has been agreed upon
at 3 per cent of the earned prem
iums. These figures show that the
companies did not make 5 per cent
profit on the earned premiums, which
has been agreed upon by the Nation
al Convention of Insurance Commits
sioners as a reasonable profit.
Appended to the bill was letter
written by Insurance Commissioner
Travis to the legislature in 1921, ask
ing for an increased appropriation,
in which he admitted most of the
contentious made by the companies
in their bill, and declared that the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
Reason Ice Floats.

Ice foats because. rs it expands in
freezing. its density decreases. Two
separate pints of water weigh the
same and possess the same bulk space
but if one of the pints freezes it will
expand and become specifically lighter
than the other.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
Catarrhal Conditions

Catarrh is q local disease greatly infiu-
enced BY constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood upon the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists Nature in
doing its work
All Druggists. Circulars free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
nEl Dorado-n

FL Dorado means in Spanish the
golden" and was the name bestowed
on a fabulous city believed to, exist
in the interior of South America
Many fruitless expeditions set out in
search OF il.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
companies were not making an exces-
sive profit in Kansas.
Unfortunate Human Trait.

DE knowledge IF lie human race"
said Uncle Eben, lis handicapped by
de fact DAT so many of Us would rather
hear a passable banjo player dan
first-claSS lecturer"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-23
Interesting Calculation

1t is estimated that if a simple grain
of electrons "a pea weighs a grain)
could be isolated at the South pole.
they would repel each other with a
force of 112, 100000 tons.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-02
Something New
Under the Sun,
Sophomores Say

With a real clown band and q
ught-rope walker. the sophomores
are introducing a new wrinkle into
university dances. with their BAL
ium- Barney" ball In the university
armory Friday night.
sideshows 10 line the edges OF the
hall. which IL dressed "a a mann.
moth tent or "big top" are the fea.
lures OF the entertainment conces.
sions booths serving animal cookies
and pink lemonade will furnish the
refreshments.
To sec the knife throwers. tight.
rope walkers and the unframed and
unclaimed menagerie. men. women
and children viii flock TO the circus
dance. Instead OF including only the
sophomoreS. the class has voted 10
make II real circus by inviting the
members OF other classes
Whether there will be a parade is
still tho unsolvcd mystery. Cam
pus rumors have reported that
prominent members OF the university
viii be seen In new and spectacular
roles. That the committee is out on
nightly prowls TO gather the ami.
mails for the wagon cages is asserted
by many who profess to know. No
plans have been made to take the
show on the road after its initial per-
Torrance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-02
SAYS RAILWAYS
COST MORE NOW
McAdoo Makes Charges
Against Executives
nv HERBERT ~. WALKER

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.--Private
operation OF the railroads since fed.
erd control II costing the people OF
the United States 80 per cent more
than governmental operation did dur.
ing the war. William G. Mc.Adoo.
former director general. asserted to
day before tho senate Interstate com
merce committee.
McAdoo charged railroad executives
during the first six months OF fed.
erai control. when the roads were
guaranteed against any losses. made
unprecedented and excessive expcn-
ditures TO improve their property at
the expense OF the federal treasury.
The total expenditures for main.
tenance OF way equipment and main
senance OF way structures for the
guaranty period. McAdoo said. ex-
ceeded the period of the previous
year by tto2. 7ss.is3. or by more than
40 per cent.
The former director general pre-
scented letter written by w. G.. Bes.
Ter. president Of the Central Railroad
Of New Jersey. to his supersntend-
ents OF motive power and equip
monfs. urging that the work on 80
new engines be pushed 30 that the
bill would be in before the guaranty
period expired.
McAdoo then presented figures to
show that private operation OF the
roads expressed In the actual none
tary cost 20 the American people in
ss57. 2ss.773 more per annum than
tho cost under federal control.
Expressed in terms Of actual cost
OF operations. the Increased cost OF
private operation Is si.is7. 22o. csc. he
nald