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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21
T0R|A
rHE crNrAva COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY,
Her Military Aunt.

Mrs. Smallwaist was annoyed. Her
maid was always going out.
Sarah" said Mrs. Smallwaist. II
cannot have you continually going out.
Next Sunday you must stay at home"
"Oh, but ma'am, I've promised my
aunt to spend the afternoon with her"
1t was just then that little Jackie
clipped in.
"Do let her go, ma !" he said Her
aunt has been made sergeant, and
he's got new coat with stripes on!"
Minneapolis Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21
Hint for Amateur Painters.

When painting or vanishing soft
wood, always first paint the wood with
shellac and let it dry before painting
or vanishing. This saves about half
the paint and gives much harder and
smoother surface to the wood.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21
Hindenberg May Run for prsslden.

burg has expressed his willingness to
offer himself as a candidate for cleo
ton to the German presidency. the
Vossische Zeitung states. The field
marshal's acceptance. 1t declares, was
at the request of the German Nation
al Peoples party.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

Few men know when to begin or
when to stop. :.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21
Something in That.

why do you always buy your
clothes on the installment planw
They try to give me stuff that will
last until the installments are all
paid."-Boston Evening Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21
Punctilious.

THAT fellow is very equitable about
MS debts" HEIR "He pays no
body. Courier-Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

Eternal vigilance is not only the
price of liberty but of about everything
worth having.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

How to meet trouble is the real
problem of life. Good fortune takes
care of itself.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

There were female match-makers
thousands of years before matches
were invented.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

American people make their own
laws-accounting for their opinion of
some of them.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

The best metals lose their sparkle
unless frightened by use.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

Ignorance and fear go hand in hand.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-21

A thing of beauty is joy forever.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Liquor Penalties Imposed.

Taxes and penalties recommended for
assessment against liquor law viOlators
during the last six months by &. \.
Brunson. federal prohibition director
for Iowa. total SGSa.S44. 10, according
to the report by Mr.. Brunson forwarded
to Washington. The report also lists
S22.9S5 as the value of automobiles
seized fOr condemnation by the federal
as property used in violation
of the liquor laws. Stills numbering
:,24 were seized in Iowa during the per-
iOd covered by the report. In the same
raids by federal agents LOG gallons of
distilled liquor were seized. together
with ISL gallons of beer and 2l,2Si gal
Ions of mash. Government arrests of
liquor offenders numbered 331 These
with cases taken up to the federal for
ces from arrests made by city and cOun-
ty officials made up list of 400 rec
commended for prosecution.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Has LDhiskers 9 Feet
Long; Claims Record
(By The Associated Press

Brighton, Mich, May 1.-The long
'whiskered championship of the world
lis claimed by John J. Tanner, 81. for
more than half Il century Il resident of
this village.
His beard measures exactly nine
feet from chin to tip. Ordinarily, Mr..
Tanner controls it by thruSting the end
inside the band of his trousers.
More than 80 years ago, when Mr..
Tanners beard was only two or three
feet in length. he decided to seek the
championship. To this end he braided
his beard and tucked it inside his vest.
The whiskcrs soon attained proportions
making the braiding impracticablc.
Ten years ago Mr.. Tanners beard
was six feet long. Five years ago two
feet more had been added and now it
measures nine. The owner hopes to
attain Il growth of ~ feet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
PASTORS WIVES
TO HAVE SUMMER
SCHOOL CLASSES
(By The Associated rress.)

Marshall. Texas, May 1.-Rrral and
town churches in the southwest are
planning to send the wives Of the past
ors to the summer school for town and
country pastors conducted by the de.
partmcnt of rural work Of the board
of home missions and church extension
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Wiley University, here May 1-2O. a
special course is to be given in the in.
tercst of pastors wives and many of
the churches are paying the expenses
of the wives in order that they may get
this scientific and expert knowledge.
For the instruction of the pastors and
their wives the following subjects are to
he discussed: "The Parsonage and the
Pastors Wife, Making the Parson-
age Beautiful on the Outside and the
inside" Making the Parsonage
Healthy" ''Thc Woman's Pocketbook ::
Who has it?'' The Spirit of Cooper
alton i'm the Home" The Parsonage
Bad Boy and THE Parsonage Bad
Boy later on
The preachers are also to he in
Structed in sermon building.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
NEGRO, 1872, NOT
TOO OLD TO PUT
UPGOOD FIGHT
(By The Associated Press.

BucnOs Aires. May 1.-Antonio Rosas
negro who is reputed to have been
born 1872 years ago in the African Con
go. is still earning living in BuenOS
Aires as Il medicine man and ticket
seller He was not too old to put up Il
fight when three men held him up and
robbed him IA few days ago but told Il
reporter he would have made Il better
showing if he had not taken a drop toe
much" Antonio does not yet believe
in prohibition.
Antonio claims to have been captured
in the Congo when child 10y French
slave traders. The French ship on
which he and other negroes were placed
was pursued and captured by an Eng
lish vessel and taken to Madeira lie
was brought to Argentina ut the age of
eight.
He saw the birth of the Argentina
nation in 1910 and slavery abolished
in 1913. In later years he adopted the
surname of ROsas after the famous
Argentina tyrant. ROsas. of whom he
was an admircr. He is one of the few
negroes living in Buenos Aires.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
CHILDREN END
VOYAGE WITHOUT
FOOD OR WATER
(By The Associated Press. '

Constantinople, May Living for
16 days on mixed sea and fresh water
and limited bread ratiOns, 800 children
and 5000 adult Greeks have arrived
here on the Greek steamer Michael
Archangel from Novorossisk, Russia,
with 10 food or water aboard
Suffering from cholera and other
epidemic diseases, many of the refugees
were ill and two had died at sea.
Greek military authorities and dele
gates of the Greek high commission
inspected the ship. supplied medical aid
and arranged for emergency food sup
plies to last the vessel until she reach
cd Saloniki. where the able-bodied will
be debarked for transportation to the
tobacco farms and road camps in the
vicinity of Kavalla.
These refugees were recruited from
among the more than 10000 Greeks who
were driven from their homes by the
Bolsheviki and who have been waiting
two years for repatriation. The con-
ditiOn of the others is said to he serious
with from % to 80 dying daily Of
hunger.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Iowa Leads Again.

Iowa leads in many things. corn
hogs, fertile farms. improved farms
schools. churches and prosrrSSlNehesS'
Iowa was first in the number OF auto
mobiles per capita last year ANA she
holds the title this year with 4'".'-e
cars. She has an automobile Tor "-
cry D people. Nebraska Is close
second with car for every % popu-
l;ition. New York leads III the NUM-
her of ears. having Sl?.-3 but only
one for every 10 persons. ONO i
next with T21..0O one for every ) per
sons. Pennsylvania mex; WITH "H''''o''
ears, one for every l2.6 persons IN
nois follows with Gao, t32. one Tor :"
crv 9.G persons. The southern s'a''S
lave the fewcSt cars. AIahama h'''""
thc tewcst cars. one for every 80
persons. Automobiles are Il @""o ''i-
terion of the wealth OF Il state anu
Iowa leads.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
iowa PREPARES TO
WELCOME NATIONAL
6. 4. R. ENCAMPME
(By The Associated Press.)

Dcs AIoines. May Iowa is begin
ming prepare tions for entertaining what
may be one of the few remaining
gatherings of the Grand Army of the
Republic. the national encampment OF
the Civil War veterans to be held here
Sept. "a to IS.
State officials here announced that
the resources Of all Iowa would be
mustered at Des MOincs to care for the
thousands of Grand Army men. expect.
ed to come from all parts of America,
for the reunion.
Because of the central location of the
encampment this year nearly every G
A. r. post in America is expected tc
have representation at Des MOines
next fall.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
QUEEN CAN NOT
TAKE MOVIE BID
TO STAR IN u. S.
(By The Associated Press. J

Sibiu (HermannstadD Transylvan'
ia, May 1.-Queen Marie, of Ruman-
ia, probably will be obliged to defer
her long contemplated trip to the
United States until next year.
She had hoped to visit New York
prior to the coronation of herself and
King Ferdinand. which will take place
here August 16. but the wedding of
her second daughter. Marie, to King
Alexander. of Jugoslavia. early in
June, will make it impossible.
Then she has number Of official
visits to make this year to European
countries so that voyage to America
after the coronation in August is OK.
trcmely improbable.
The popular Rumanian queen desires
to express her warm appreciation and
thanks for the many invitations she has
received from wOmen's civic societies,
other organizations and also personal
friends in the United States urging her
to visit America this year.
She has even had invitations from
motion picture concerns. one of which
offered her flattering sum to appea +
in an America scenario as Queen OF
the Movies" She obviously had to de-
cline these novel tenders
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Indians to See Governor.

Two rival factions Of an Indian tribe
residing on the Indian reservation near
Tama, will appear before Gov. y. T.
Kendall in an effort to have straight
@arding the holding Of the annual pow
WOW of the council and tribe members
this summer. 1t is possible that the
governor may appoint mediator TO act
in the matter. 1t is said that factiona
differences in the tribe go back forty
years or more.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Monster Onion CrOp.

Raising $40 bushels of onions to the
acre on his forty acres of land. devoted
exclusively to onion growing. the i'll
ventor of 4 machine for planting onions
which will do the work of twenty
persons successfully, raising crop OF
his favOrite vegetables for the fifty.
eighth successive season and being rec
ognizcd as the leading dealer of onion
seed in the state of Iowa. has brought
to F.. F. Shutter of Pleasant Valley. in
Scott county, the well deserved title OF
Father Of the onion industry" in Iowa
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
TO OPEN CONVENTION
IN CLEVELAND TODAY
(By The Associated Fress.)

Cleveland, O., May 1.-The thirty
seventh session Of the grand division OF
the Order of Railway Conductors
which has Il membership OF 10000
started here today and will continue
through May II, with the Ladies Aux.
Hilary meeting at the same time.
A public session this evening will
open the convention, with Gov. H. l..
Davis, of Ohio, Mayor Fred KOhler.
of Cleveland, Newton d. Baker, former
secretary of war, and l.. e. Sheppard,
of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, president of
the order.on the program for addresses.
Mr.. Baker is expected to speak as a
representative of the business interests
Of the city.
Mr.. Sheppard will give a general
outline of the policies Of the order.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
CAREFUL CROSSING
CAMPAIGN PLANNED
BY ALL RAILROADS
1y The Associated Press.)

iIv i lc ASSOCliLcu lIeSS.J
Topeka. Kan. May IA safety first
campaign of national scope will be con-
Quoted for four months beginning June
1. and continuing until October l, by all
Class l railroads in the United States
through the American Railway Asso-
citation, it has been announced here by
Isaiah Hale, safety superintendent Of
the Santa Fe and chairman of tle i'll
formation committee of the campaign.
The safety first drive will be known
as the Careful Crossing Campaign
and will have for its chef purpose the
reduction Of accidents at railway cross
ings. Posters bearing the slogan,
Gross Crossings Cautiously" will play
an important part in the campaign, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hale. 1t is proposed to
furnish each railroad with ten posters
for every mile of track in the system.
Civic organizations in all parts of the
country will be asked to assist in the
drive as well as other transportation
companies including electric railways,
motor and bus lines, Mr.. Hale said.
Complete plans for tne campaign
have not been worked out, he reported,
but will be decided upon at the annual
convention Of the safety section Of the
American Railway association in
Chicago. tomorrow. Wednesday and
Thursday,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
PROUD INDIAN
HATED WHITES
UNTIL DEATH
(By The Associated Press. )

Sault Ste Marie. Mich, May l.
Peter Waiska. the last of the Waiskas.
proudest branch OF the Chippewa tribe,
is dead.
Waisk; who was rs, carried with
him to his grave the pride of race that
made his fOrefatlers outstanding
among the various Indian bands native
to the Great Lakes district His death
was caused by exposure TO the cold. an
element at which he scoffed in former
years.
The Waiskas inhabited the region
now known as Bay Mills and the
Waiska river and bay district in
Chippewa county when the first miss
ionarics pushed their way into the will
dorness The tribe. With its centuries
old pride. looked with disfavor upon the
white man. who came and cleared the
lands, then broke them with the pillow.
Peter Waiska until the last maintained
the same feeling of hostility, rs be-
fitted the final survivor Of his race.
His friends say his melancholy in
creased year by year as he saw the for
est dwindlc and disappear and the face
of the land change from a wilderness
to a manufacturing and farming dis
trict.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
TREATMENT FOR
INSANITY WORKS
MANY WONDERS
(By The Associated Press


New York. May 1.-The public is said
to he becoming sancr about insanity.
Families used to feel it terrible
stigma If any of their kin were con.
sidcrcd "a little bit off" as the saying
went. But thousands of such people
now so voluntarily to free diSpensaries
FOR nervous and mental disorders
Last year 3.s:JS persons in New York
state made, $500 visits to the 40 such
clinics conducted throughout the state.
Only five or six years ago such thing
was unknown. according to officials of
the State Charities Aid association.
which is coopera ting in the work.
This organization. pointing To statis-
ties which show the tuberculosis death
rate dropped about 81 per cent from
1907. when the organized fight on the
white plag began. to 1920, expects to
show the same results in its battle
against insanity.
The war and the business depression
that has followed caused II consider
able increase in mental disorders. aid
association officials declared They
have found. however. that serious wor-
ries and diseases are not the only waves
that shove the mind off an even keel.
Some people become unbalanced by too
much recreation. just rs others skid
from the path Of sanity because of ever
work and domestic mhappineSs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
independence Club
Gives for Memorial
tHy The Associated Press. y

Ames. Iowa. May 1.-The ladies'
Musical society of Independence. he
licved to he The Oldest existing musical
club in the state. is the first to send
| in to the Iowa division Of the CarusO
Memorial Foundation subscription to
the fund now being raised in the state.
This organization was founded in
I1S19.
Mrs. Grant Dudgcon. of this city. is
chairman for Iowa of the foundation
which is sponsored by SEINE of the
most famous men and women of the
nation.
The Iowa Federation of Music clubs
is cooperating with Mrs. Dudgeon III
the matter of the foundation suhScrlp-
ton drive for funds.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
PRINCE RESTS
AT kYOTO FREE
FROM CEREMONY
tBy The Associa ted Press. }

KyOto, May 1.--Free from the maze
of brilliant ceremonies which have
marked his visit to Toxic and other
large cities of the north, the Prince of
Wales will spend five or six days rest
ing here before resrming his journey to
the southern extremity of the empire.
Word has gone out that aside from the
brief welcomed ceremonies. the prince
is to be treated as an ordinary tourist.
This picturesque city, for many CEN
turtles ancient capital of the nation,
still remains much Of the air of sancti-
ty which was everywhere apparent
when royal families of the dim ages
made it the scene of court life.
Even had it no associations with the
past. kyOtO would still be attractive for
the beauty of its location, situated as
it is. at the base Of an amphitheater of
precipitous mountains covered with
great forests of pine, maple and flow
ering shrubs.
Several of the ancient imperial pal
aces will be open to the prince for in
srcction. as well as many famous
temples containing relics of pottery
and cloisOnne which ante-date the old
buildings by many centuries.
During his stay here the royal visitor
will occupy the Omiya GOSho palace.
building is noted throughout Japan for
the beauty of its decorations and furn-
ishings, contributed by the greatest
masters Of painting and carving in the
empire.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Charges Executors
Sqll0ndered Estate

(Ey The Associa ted Press.

HAVANA. May 1.-Chargcs thnt
S2,OOO,0OO estate has dwindlcd to less
than $4,000 during the year it was in
the hands of executors furnish the basis
for Il criminal suit which has been
brought by Mrs. Elena Trujillo aud her
two minor sons against the chanccry
court of CienfuegOS and the executors.
The property in dispute was left by
Mrs. Francisco TOste Y Garcia yiuda
de .Acca. who died in CicnfucgoS on May
-. 1921. to five ncphewS living in the
Canary Islands. One of the nephewS
died and his heirs have instituted the
suit The claims paid. 1t is alleged. in
cutc S12J,O00 for lawyers fees.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Increase of $4,000 Per Cent
Shown in Demand for
Wireless Equip
ment.
GROWTH IS SUDDEN
Everybody is Making Sets
of Supplies for new
Science.
(By The Associated press.)

Chicago, May IA new infant in
dustry, the manufacture of radio equip
ment, has sprung up with an amazing
growth within a year and much of il
within few recent weeks. From few
manufacturing shops year ago to
thousands now, an increase of 10000
per cent in demand in two years; Il
business in which both toys and great
manufacturers are taking profits; all
this is the romance of the new industry
A Great Demand.
The demand which called it into eX.
istence is at present as tremendous as
it has been sudden. The new, small
concerns manufacturing radio supplies
are estimated by the Radio Corpor.
alton of America as numbering thou.
sands. Figures Of the same cOrpor-
alton show that whereas two years ago
1000 tubes year were in demand, this
year probably 100000 tubes a montl,
will be called for.
Reports gathered from number of
states by The Associated Press Show
that many boys and other amateurs
are constructing and selling outfits.
Boys Successful.
Three years ago three boys in
Chicago is and II years old, began to
make radio utfits. They are now in
corporated and carrying on large bus
mess. Their success indicates the allur-
ing possibilities in this new industry
of adventure. Its alleged hazards were
pointed out in the prediction of an
official Of one of the older electrical
supply houses that if all the concerns
now engaged in making radio equip
ment should remain in the enterprise,
before long parts would become drug
on the market and that by October l
the makers of complete sets would ac-
lively be soliciting business.
Behind in Orders.
That such SITUATION WOuld ne re-
versal of present conditions it is indi-
Gated on the report of another large
supply house that it is two months be-
hind in filling its orders and word from
all parts of the country of great
shortage in apparatus. The huge de-
mand is ascribed to the practice of free
broadcasting.
There are now 100000 receiving sets
in the United States. according to the
estimates of several companies. or
these 100000 were said to be in the
middle west and 1900 to $4,000. ac-
cording to varying estimates. III Chi
cagO.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Pays to Plant Trees.

That it pays to plant trees is we'll
illustrated on the c. A. ROwnd farm
south of Cedar Falls. The past winter
$4,000 feet of choice hard wood lumber
was sawed from trees in u grove plant
ed fifty.ninc years ago. The logging
and saving WIS done al cost of ST.
per thousand This grove of native
trees was set out by the father of {. \.
Rownd for a wind break in that early
day The varieties comprised elm. hick-
DRY. maple, ash and other substantial
kinds. The trees varied from I feet :;
inches to - inches in diameter Some
of the trees sawed 1000 feet of lumber.
From one of the trees they sawed seven
teen ks inch pieces. 16 feet in length.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
Riq/1f to POLUder Nose
Argued in High Court
(Ey The Associated press.)

/! KnObcl. Ark, May IA fathers dy
! ing wish that the Zip stick" case of his
daughter, in which the rights of the
girl to use cosmetics While attending
school are ut stake. be carried out to
the full extent of the law, is being full
filled by virtue of the unusual cas-,
being appealed to the Arkansas SUI
preme court.
Described by the trial judge as
frivolous and not warranting Il place
in court annals. the case has attracted
unusual attention.
Girl Suspended.
Miss Pearl Pugsley. Is years old was
suspended from the knotel school last
September for refusing to attend classes
without powder OH her face after the
school board had formulated Il rule
prohibiting girl students from using
cosmetics of any kind or wearing short
skirts. iau1'9
The father of the girl started suit in
district court to have the rule set aside
SO that his daughter could reenter her
classes. He died before :; verdict was
given in the case, but Oh his death bed
said ne wanted the case carried as far
as possible so that his daughters rights
could be upheld. it was said.
Holds Rule Unjust.
The rule was held to be unjust aud
unreasonable by Judge w. W. Bandy
last April Il, but he refused to issue
Il writ of mandamus to have tle school
board abrogate the rules on ii techni-
cality. The board members We're up
held in their contention that they had
not sanctioned the girls expulsion. but
that it was personal act by Principal
n. T.. Hicks, who enforced the rule.
An appeal to the state supreme court
was granted to Miss Pugsley's lawyer.
who said lie expected the case to be
decided within three months.