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The Washington times., 1922-06-04
EAST Side, WEST Side
All Around the Town

bigger things Of life. but every
man and a great many women will
be surprised to learn that they per.
form a hundred little acts and
have a hundred little wishes that
are exactly the same acts and the
same wishes Of several hundreds Of
other men and women. It is a
well known fact that 9ss people
out OF every thousand take the
shoe off the right foot first when
retiring at night and put 1t on first
upon arising In the morning.
Ninety-nine people out Of hun
dred try to get q seat facing the
north side Of the Avenue when
they ride down to work In the car
In the morning and back homo in
the evening. Why is it? Where
Is the man who can resist kicking
at an old hat or q tin can that
lies In his pathway He isn't born
yet Did you ever see q man that
did not re-adjust his hat after some
one else had placed 1t on his head?
Ask man or woman what a spiral
stairway is and you'n find that not
one Of them can answer you with
out twisting their hands around in
the air for illustration. Dare any
man to tell you how many pockets
he has in the clothes he is wearing.
He can't correctly answer you
within thirty seconds. Ask your
pal whether the figure six on his
watch is the Roman VI or the
Arabic figure 8. He may have had
his watch for twenty years and will
not realize that 1t has no figure 6.
Why Is It the street takers have
pluggers to make the first pur-
chase? Because he knows the rest
OF the gang will follow example
like a bunch Of sheep. Put twenty
women at a meat stand In the mar
ket. II the first woman buys steak,
the chances are that fifteen will
follow her example and buy steak
also. Let one woman tell another
that her hat does not become her
and though nineteen hundred men
may tell her that 1t makes her
look like a pippin, she will throw
1t away when she reaches home.
We are just a little gang always
following the leader.
TNHE lady elevator operator was
in bad humor. She shot by
indignant would-be passengers ard
stopped her car so suddenly dt the
tenth floor that an elderly l1dy
passenger let out a moan Of fright
and placed her hand on her stomach.
At the second floor the manicure
artist got on and ventured a timid
greeting. The elevator girl an
swered with a grunt.
Whats the trouble, dearie: you
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
BY HARRY sHREvE.

THE members of the Fire De.
partment who are numbered
on the fighting force Of Truck A
are confidently expecting futures
that are going to be filled with the
good things Of life. One or two Of
them are thinking of hunting for
buried treasure. and they are get.
ting so prosperous, mentally, that
they have stopped kicking about
paying the Greek 10 sehts for a
pack Of cigarettes.
Truck A has q mascot 1t has
been q long time getting II. II
you don't believe It, stroll past the
truck house on Eighth street south
east. and take one good look at
Bob" sprawled opt in the door.
way. The boys have wantea a mas
cot for many moons. They have
kidnapped stray puppies and gath
cred In yellow and black tomcats.
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nR. J. WALTER FEwKEs. chief

nR. J. WALTER FEwKEs. chief
of the Bureau Of Ethnology.
Smithsonian Institution, has left
for Colorado to excavate Q recently
found ruin which is expected to
throw new light on the origin, age
and fate of the cliff dwellers.
Special attention will be given to
a large circular structure In the
Mesa Verde National Park, unlike
any that has been found In the
West. It measures about $50 feet
at it's base and has depressed CEN
ter and evidently was used for
some communal purpose.
This ruin is near Far View
House, q pueblo Of the Mummy
Lake group. Near It is a necropo.
lis which is being explored for re-
mains Of the cliff dwellers.
1t 10 proposed to strengthen and
otherwise repair the shattered walls
of the communal ruin 30 that tour
lists may view II In a condition ap-
proximating its first appearance.
1t slightly resembles the famous
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
By JOHN GOLDSTROM.

A TRANSLATED digest Of
"a President obregon's decree
Il - interpreting the Mexican
agrarian law. showing how far
from "Bolshevistic" its operations
are, has been given to the Univer.
sal Service by the Mexican en-
bassy.
That restoration of lands to the
poorer classes Of Mexicans is not
Illegally retroactive is proved by
Article ", which provides that res
titution Of land to towns is not per-
mitted when the actual possessor
OF the land. native or foreigner,
can prove that 1t was procured In
conformity with the law Of 1856.
The Russian Bolshevists seized
the lands Of the mobiles without re-
gard to the length or nature Of
their ownership.
The Median law of 1856 is a
measure known as the disamortiza-
ton law. 1t provided for the
taking Of the numerous real prop
critics Qanded estates, buildings,
etc. belonging to converts and
other religious communities, Indian
settlements, ETC., and for their dis
position among private individuals.
This was effected in various
ways, as. for example, by adjudi.
eating these properties among the
tenants, who were, however, held
to acknowledge an Indebtedness for
their value and to pay the prior
owner an annual interest, with the
right Of redemption.
In the absence Of a tenant the
properties were auctioned and the
purchaser assumed an obligation
in favor Of the owner. as in the
preceding case.
The first article Of the new
decree defines the principals who
are entitled to receive lands under
its provisions.
These vary from the good-sized
villages which are officially de-
nominated "pueblos," down to the
smallest size community groups,
and include those populations
which in boom times may have
been cities Of considerable sire,
such as mining centers. which
have become to an extent deserted
on account OF stoppags of opera.
ton.
The next three articles deal with
the restrictions which govern
those communities in obtaining
land and concern only the com.
munities. restricting them 10 Ger,
tain rules and conditions.
The fifth article provides that
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but none of them showed any ap-
probation Of the honor, all roam
ing back to their alley residences
after q brief stay.
Bob" IL a dog. q hustllng fight
ing terrier. He wandered down
Eighth street q few days ago. A
kindly grocer slipped him a piece
Of meat. Bob called him father snd
selected the cabbage bin as his fu.
ture home. One sunny afternoon,
. rat ordered Bob to get out. Bob
refused and in the battls that fol-
lowed, the grocery store was
wrecked The boss got an AK
and chased both animals out Of the
place. Bob sought and found sym.
pathy at the truck house. lie took
a vow to clean the neighborhood
Of rats and now a rodent in that
vicinity would cause a crowd.
The fremen have taught Bob a
number of tricks. He can walk a
tight rope, smoke a pipe. dance g
Jig and play a game of cards with
the best Of them.
HE impressed one as being in
some sort Of deep trouble.
His weak-looking eyes held a
gleam of sadness and his general
attitude of detection. coupled with
his shabby clothing. indicated that
the world was treating him
roughly. He sat in a seat in the
third tier Of the left field pavilion
at baseball park, but It was
plainly evident the game held
little or no interest for him. Once
or twice a cheering fan would
grab his shoulder and try to
make conversation. as some bril-
liant play was pulled off, but he
only grunted and took another sip
at his soft drink bottle.
The Washington team was en-
gagged in conflict with the am
bilious Browns. 1t was nip-and-
tuck between them for six innings.
At a critical moment Dineen
made a bum decision in calling a
st. Louis player safe at third
base, and the fans rose en- masse
and told him what they thought.
That is, all but the shabby fellow.
He yawned, gave the crowd a
bored look and took another sip
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
OBREGON'S AGRARIAN
DECREE GIVES LAND
RIGHTS TO THE POOR

restitution Of lands to towns is not
permitted under the law when the
possessor is able to prove that he
has held it legally in conformity
with the act Of June 25, 1856, but
the burden Of proof lies on the
possessor.
This article also provides that
when the actual owner can prove
that his holdings are not in ex-
cess Of fifty hectares and that they
have been In his hands legally for
more than ten years, he, too, is
exempt from claims for restitution.
But If they exceed fifty hectares
reclamation can be enforced
against the excess.
Article six provides for restitu-
ton when public lands have been
divided among the inhabitants Of
a community, providing that the
action may be nullified only when
such notification is solicited by
two-thirds Of the residents.
Articles seven and eight amplify
the above regulations. Article nine
specifies that the assignment of
free lands shall be to heads of
families and individuals Of eighteen
years Of ago or more.
Articles ten to seventeen provide
for regulation and degree Of ap-
portionment according to distances
from railroad stations and condi.
tions relating to topography and
rainfall, and allotments Of public
lands.
Article eighteen declares that
buildings of any nature whatso.
ever, orchards and plantations OF
fruit trees. that have been estab-
lished before the promulsatiou of
the law, plantations Of cocoa,
coffee, vanilla, rubber and similar
products, irrigation works AMI
canals shall not be included In the
allotments.
Article nineteen directs that IN
case OF provisional or definite pos.
session being taken Of allotments
the proprietors Of the tracts shall
have sufficient time to harvest the
growing crop, but II the lands are
maguey orchards destined to the
manufacture Of intoxicating bev,
erages. a term of only one year
will be granted to deliver the
lands,
The twentieth article provides
that when the lands affected by
the allotment are occupied by Ger,
tain drops the proprietors my
offer In their stead an equal area
OF land Of the same grade, but not
over five kiiomstsrs from the town
TO which they pertain
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seem to have a neat little crouch
on" Gosh, Just can't help Il.
These perfect gentlemen who
travel UP and down IN my elevator
are making me tired. I'm begin.
ming to think that us poor work.
ing girls don't stand very good
with these highbrows. Either
that or they have formed q un'or
to treat the girls who run elevators
like they was bartenders.
Its really funny to see them
racing to doff their headgear as
soon as a woman gets into an ele-
vator. Right hands shoot up like
they were saluting General Perish.
ing, and off comes the bonnets.
Then the guy that beats the others
in doing the Chesterfield pei form
ance swells all up and looks self
conscious.
"The woman gets off at the next
floor and again the right hands go
up and the bonnets are gracefully
replaced on their heads. They
can't see me at all. Here I am
nineteen years old, wearing short
skirts, silk socks and carrying a
bunch of beautiful bobbed hair
around with me. I have bean op
this car two years and never hns
one Of these polite boys taken off
his hat when entering my car un-
less another woman was present
Politeness sure has some strange
angles
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

from his bottle. At st. Louis
player struck out, retiring his
side. and the Washington team
came in from the field. Dineen
strolled over toward first base
and began chatting with a player
in a Washington uniform. The
crowd was still Raging him and
at his approach to the pavilion
the crowd booed. The detected
fellow raised his bottle to his lips,
when an excited fan grabbed It
from his hands and tossed It at
the umpire. He came TO life with
tho force Of a thousand volts Of
electricity. With a leap he had
the fan by the throat and was
trying to throttle him.
What the blankety.blank do
you mean by throwing that
bottle" he cried.
II didn't know the umpire was
your friend" gurgied the fan.
Friend; he's no friend Of mine,
XIII him II you want to, but don't
throw my bottle away"
"I'l buy you another bottle Of
pop"
Pop, r., That bottle was
nearly full of good rye-eight-
year-old booze"
E.VERY man and q great many
women like to be considered
original. Some Of them are. In the
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
"Bad MANS" Town
Now "dood Women's"

CoKEvILLE. Wyo., June g.
This city, onoe reputed as a hang
out of bad men," held an election
and Mrs. Ethel stoner was the
successful candidate for mayor. and
Mrs. J. d. Noblitt and Mrs, Rich
ard Roberts were named to the
city council.
The election OF Mrs. Noblitt and
Mrs. Roberts to the city council
gives tho women a plurality on
that body
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
Natures Restorer
Brings the Cops

DULUTH, Mimi. June S.-snor'
ing by the proprietor Of a mil
linery shop In his establishment
caused persons living in rooms
above to send an alarm to police
that burglars were saving inte a
safe,
When the squad arrived they
found the man sleeping peacefully
on a counter.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
Unmarried, Leaves
Fortune to Youth

PORTLAND. Ore. June 3.-Sev.
en- hundred and fifty thousand dol.
lars from the estate Of the late
Bernard DAILY win 60 toward the
education of the children in this
political subdivision, according to
the wish expressed in his will.
Although he never married and
had no direct heirs, distant rela-
tives attacked the unusual hequcst,
but the court declared The viii
valid
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
liff-Dwellers' Age and Fate
Is Object of Expedition

Sun Temple discovered in the Mesa
Verde Park seven years ago, and
the large circular ceremonial rooms
recently excavated at Aztec, New
Mexico.
DR.. Fewkes will accompany his
work with camp fire talks for
tourists and those visiting the park
to study the cliff formations.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

in their blood.
The excessive heat is simply
the last straw. the final push
which upsets their vital balance
and sends them crashing head
long. '...
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Or even II you have some slight
digestive upset, or a sore throat.
or Q bilious attack (all. of course.
infections). this may be just
enough to throw your heat-regu-
lating center out of gear and rob
your body Of its marvellous power
Of cooling and protecting itself
against the heat So that your
internal temperature starts to
pile up and trouble begins.
In fine. sunstroke and heat
prostration come from within.
not from without!
So keep the eye Of q hawk upon
every pound and pint Of food
that comes into your kitchen. Buy
only of dealers. who can prove
that they handle their goods in
a spotlessly clean and sanitary
way.
Insist that your miIlrnan espe-
cially. your grocer, your fruit and
vegetable peddler, your butcher
show you his certificate Of in
spection and cleanliness from the
local health authorities.
The moment food is delivered
at your door see that It goes into
the refrigerator at once; inciden-
tally always have a refrigerator
just as big as you think you can
possibly need-and then one size
larger.
ONE SPOILED DISH.
II the shelves are cramrned with
dishes, some will be physically
crowded out or else left standing
outside until you can get time to
rearrange the contents of the Ice
box.
And one spoiled dish may defeat
all your vigilance. Also it's econ
omy Of ice; a big refrigerator with
big cake Of ice will keep cool
more hours per pounI than a
smaller one with a smaller piece Of
ice.
Also never put any dish into the
ice-chest while It Is hot or even
warm. You not only waste ice,
but a hot dish Of food. especially a
roast Of meat, may take so long to
cool right down to the bone or CEN
ter that putrefactive changes may
actually have time to take place.
All these precautions sound
troublesome and perhaps fussy. but
It is precisely this ceaseiess Wig
ilance and insistence oy the health
inspectors. combined with higher
intelligence and standards In the
home, plus the cold-storage plant,
the refrigerator car and the ice
box, that have nearly wiped out
choleras and COLES. summer dysen.
terry and typhoid.
MUST GUARD CHILDREN.
The house-mother who consci-
, entiously keeps up this vigilance
and painstaking can sleep. even
through the dog days, undisturbed
by any fear Of the cry in the night
or of the pestilence that walketh
in darkness.
Children should always be
guarded against eating away from
home except in places well known
to be sanitary. and warned not 10
exchange bites Of apples or
clicks" of ice cream cones.
Next, see that the daily bath is
made a twice daily function, morn
ing and evening. and whenever the
weather gets very oppressive an
every three hour dose, or even "a
perpetual feast"
Babies and youngsters can BE-
given a tub half fun Of cool wa
ter on a shady back porch and
allowed to play froggie all the
afternoon long.
And the children Of the second
childhood and Of larger growth
generally will save both working
power and health by taking a cold
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Seasons" "

IN cious, so luxurious as
- warmth. The mere thought,
under stern November skies. of a
time when all outdoors shall
again be warm gives US throb
of longing. Of Inconsistencies for
our tropical cradle in the tree
tops.
The earliest poem in our Ian
guage is neither q love-song. nor
a war lyric. nor a hymn. but a
song of returning warmth,
Chaucer's famous:
"sommer Us ycomen In
Loud singe cuckoo"
"Groweth seede and bloweth
mead
"And springs the woode new"
The cold and gloom and horrors
of winter are over and warmth.
blessed warmth. is to be the order
of the day. We may mildly
dread hot spells" and sweltering
nights, but after all nine-tenths
of Summers heat is to the good.
We can always do WITH" as
our English cousins say. a little
extra warmth; it's like money in
the bank, q little too much is
just enough.
USEFUL AND HELPFUL.
We can st quiet, as cool a.
possible. and let It work for us.
ripening the VIII eat. swelling the
melons. sweetening and ripening
the apples. yellowing and filling
the golden ears Of corn.
And it's almost as useful and
helpful to US directly. allowing
us TO throw doors and windows
open wide without fear of chill.
TO sit out on the porch or lie on
the grass under the trees and let
the whole ocean Of air, all the
winds Of heaven, blow over and
through US
The most striking feature of our
health records in summer 10 the
suddenness and completeness with
which all the great epidemics and
infections, pneumonia, tuberculo-
sis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, In
fluenza, die down and out after
about the middle OF June.
Because they are bred and spread
indoors, OF overcrowding, lack Of
light and air: and, deadly as they
are In tenements, they, are not
fierce enough to be able to leap
from one victim to the next in the
open air.
SPREAD Is CUT DOWN.
Even their spread by direct per-
sonal contact. hand.to-hand. hand
to-mouth, hand to door knob, or
stair rail, Is nearly cut off. both
because we spend 50 much more
Of our time in the open air and
30 much less in paving over and
over the same handles" and sur
faces indoors. And because we
sweat 30 much more profusely and
wash and bathe so much more fire.
quently that germs are washed off
our hands before they can be car
ried either to our own mouths or
to the hands of others.
At all events. SO sharp and strik-
ing is the drop that even after in
cluding all the choleras and colics
and summer sicknesses Of children,
and dysenteries, which used to
nearly balance up the account.
the death rate of half June, July,
August and September Is the low
est for the whole year. usually
barely half what it is in January,
February and March.
And even these once dreaded
summer sicknesses," these "perils
OF the second summer" these
stomach and bowel troubles Of
young children, which have given
80 pitiably many little human
flowerets to the scythe Of the grim
reaper. have already lost halt
their terrors.
HEAT DOESN'T HURT YOU.
And you will lose most Of ths
remainder II you will only plan
and prepare intelligently to make
your. family and yourself as COM
Portable as possible through the
hot weather.
First and most vital OF all. get
fixed clearly and immovably in
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
WAS THERE A TRADEs

That was the telegram which
was followed by the hasty ex-
cursion Of visiting statesmen" to
these three Southern States and
the proceedings which put Hayes
in the White House. Is 1t too
late for the story to come out Of
why Hayes got the Presidency
and the Democrats got the State
government Of those three statcs7
Many people believed then that
n was the result OF trade which
was never traced to anybody.
The 1875 election, when the
Democrats carried what were re-
garded as the pivotal States. was
foreshadowed by the election Of
1874, when the Democrats for the
first time since 1880 carried the
House Of Representatives. That
1874 vote was a verdict - disnp-
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

your family and yourself as COM
Portable as possible through the
hot weather.
First and most vital OF all, get
fixed clearly and immovably in
your mind that It isn't the heat
that hurts you, but the germs
which It breeds IN your foodl
In other words, keep disease
germs out of your food and you
can snap your fingers at the
fiercest summer heat. You may
be most uncomfortable, but you'll
never be kilt--without the aid Of
traitors withinl
We have vivid traditional
dread of sunstroke, but since we
began to make careful microsoop-
10 and meteorological examina-
tlons of the blood of sunstroke
cases we have pretty nearly come
to the conclusion that there's
no such thing as sunstrolte; It's
"germstroke." in the vast ma
jority Of cases,
In other words, most persons
prostrated by heat are either just
coming down" with an attack of
typhoid, or malaria, or pneu-
monla, even Of summer dysentery
or a coldI or else they are suf-
fering from some chronic disease
Of kidneys. heart, liver or brain.
alcoholism, lead poisoning or
other condition which causes a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06

contested by both teams as A majority
of the mon on the varsity cross-coun-
try team were of these two classes.
Twelve mon from each class will be on
tered in the meet and the scores arc o
be summed up as the mon finish, tho
team having the lowest score will be
declared the winner. The position
that n man finishes will determine the
points that count against his team.
Tie sophomorcs have amongst their
men several very capable barriers
Laushton, Taylor. Fasce, Hidgkins,
Shaw, McAllster. Kcnro, Fransen and
FLYNN. The first four mon made the
trip to Lewiston as the team. Shaw
wes chosen as an alternate, McAllistcr
and kecnc arc short distance mon who
haNc not tried the course lut should
he able to mako it. Iranscn and
Flynn arc making good also.
On the other hand the freshmen
have Warren Baker, MCGOWAN, White,
Pillabury, Shorcy and katz. Warren
has been pushing Payne hard on the
course and Baker follows not far be-
hind.
The meet Will be the final doings
between the two classes this year and
incidentally the last activity in track
this fall. The next events that will be
statscd will lie the intcr-fratcrnity
meet. which takes place in the spring.
The boards will be laid in a short
time now so that the men may keep
in training all winter.
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G51Rl'nlAl At LAST
GETS WIN taps
KENTS NIL 1910

Headfcld, Nov 4-In a stubbornly
contested game Coburn defeated
Kent's Hill here today IS to 0. Much
wrangling over rules throughout de-
layed the contest for an hour.
1t was Coburn's first win in the
prep school series. Although greatly
outweighcd. the local sridders dis
played a fighting brand of ball in
holding their husky opponents to
pair of markers. Penalties cost CO.
burn another brace of counters, the
visitors being charged with 10 yards
for infringements.
Goldberg was the Individual star,
although several on both teams
played spectacular ball Goldberg
ripped the Hill line continually and
twice got away with 40-yard runs
through the mid -section.6s He also
featured on the defensive. O'Brien
and Shanahan also worked we'll on
the offensive, while Whitefield played
sensationally on the defensive.
Carlton did most of the gaining for
the Readfielders, after kent's Hill
star. Iyanv. was injured in TIE first