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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
lS}ILIyWE1E.JE<ERcs IS
~ e. FRANCES TRedo ffoNTooMERI u

The rope Billy had found was
not exactly like the ones he had
chewed in Bern, for those were sin
gle big wires with a covering to
keep them from touching. This
rope in the little closet was not a
solid one, but was big bundle Of
tiny wires, each one covered with
queer tasting sheath. The wires
ran from the pilots room and the
captains room to the engineers
room and to the other working
rooms Of the ship, and, by the use
OF little push buttons, were in
tended to direct the movements of
the mighty floating palace.
"Why, this is quite a treat" said
Billy's mother, taking big bun
die of the wires in her mouth. An
other little closet just like this one
stood alongside of it and Billy saw
that the door of this also was
slightly ajar. He pushed it open
with his nose, and inside he found
another bundle of wires. These
ran from the passengers cabins TO
the stewards cabin, and the cleo
trician had just been fixing them,
carelessly leaving the doors un-
fastened.
! "Why, here's another bundle!
I'll try some of them myself" re-
marked Billy, so both the goats got
to work at once.
Billy's mother had only chewed
at her rope of wires a little while
when the coverings began to touch.
Instantly things began to happen.
The first wires that touched gave
the engineer signal to stop and
instantly the mighty ship began to
slow up. Within a short time it had
come almost to standstill and the
first mate, up in the pilot room,
Immediately took down his tele-
phone and called up the engineer. |
What's the matter?" he asked. |
Nothing, sir," said the engineer,
"You gave the signal to stop and
we stopped"
Il did no such thing said the
mate. AT any rate, start UP again |
and We'll investigate"
Just then came another signal, !
and with a great jangling of bells
the big engines began to turn and !
the ship wheeled square around
There was another jangling Of bells
and, shaking with the force of the
mighty engines, the ship began tol
pick up speed, headed straight back
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28

captain came running up to the pi
lot room. The first mate already
had his telephone off the hook and
was screaming down to the en-
gineer.
What are you doing, sir?" he
demanded. 81 thought I told you to
report to me at once!"
This is the second engineer,
sir" repeated the voice. "The chief
engineer has just gone up to report
to you, sir"
well, why did you blow a land
ing whistle out here in mid-ocean .?
Can't you obey orders? Are you
crazy? Are you all crazy?"
Il had the signal and obeyed or
ders, SIR said the second engineer.
Copyright by the Saalfield Pub
fishing Co. Akron. o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
THE ELGIN MARBLES

Many of the sculptures of the
Parthenon, of Athens, are pre-
served now in the British Museum,
having been brought there by Lord
Elgin of England. Often they are
called the Elgin Marbles. The
ship which was bringing the first
of these works of sculpture to Eng
land was wrecked off Cerigo and
the sculptures fell to the bottom
of the sea. At great expense they
were raised three years later and
they reachd London in 1903. Lord
Elgin, it is said, did not think of
taking the sculptures away from
Athens until he saw the careless
ness with which they were treated
by the Turks, who were then rulers
of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
CHAPTER "

Il wonder how Beachy got here
before we did," said Jerry,
THAT is plain enough to see"
said the captain. "He got in with
some more pirates who were going
to leave before we did. You know
we didn't start for two days after
he left us"
What Captain Scott said was ex-
actly what had happened. Beach
had told the captain of the other
pirate ship that if he would take
him and the others that were with
him on the ship, he would show
them where to get some gold.
Captain John said that he would
take them on if he kept his prom
Use: but if he didn't, he need not
look for any mercy on the part of
Captain John or any of his pirates.
So it was that they were sitting
and standing around the fire.
Tomorrow, we go for the gold
you promised u.s." said Captain
John. An don't forget what'll
happen if it amt. 1t means
"Oh, don't you worry: it'll be
there" said Beach,
"Well, you be sure of it" snarled
Captain John.
Nothing more was said of the
gold, and Beach sat down on log
and began rolling himself a cigar
cite. He was sure the gold was
still there. and by taking it away
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28

Clocks do not sound at all alike
When they tick or when they strike.
Our grandfather's clock so very
tall,
In one corner of the hall,
Says, "Tick-Tock," so solemnly,
And sounds the hours with a boom;
Our middle-siz clock in the living
Busily says, Tick, tick, tick tick,
tick"
Very happily and quick,
And sounds the hours merrily.
And Mothers dressing table clock
Daintily says, Tick, took, tick,
tock,"
And when it wishes the hours to
tell,
1t tinkles like silver bell;
That's really true.
| think clocks are interesting, don't
you?
Christian Science Monitor,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
Bronte Children
Published Paper

(True Story of Girl Editor)
| In a secluded English manse on
the edge of a big gloomy moor,
! there lived, in 1929, family of six
children. Their mother was dead,
| their father stern, reserved min
lister. Consequently, they grew to
depend almost entirely upon each
other for companionship.
When Maria BrOnte, the Oldest
girl, was seven years old, she would
read everything she could get, even
the newspaper accounts of speeches
in Parliament. Her vivid, starved
Imagination made the characters
live and she would retell the stories
to her younger brothers and sisters
The Bronte family was poor, and
the six boys and girls were very,
very lonesome. Whenever a news
paper or pamphlet came to their
home it was big event. Then one
day the children decided to pub
lish magazine OF their own.
They called it The Young Mems
Magazine Six numbers appeared,
the first in August, 1929, and the
last in December, when a double
number was issued.
Rigid economy. the rule of the
Bronte home, showed itself in the
cramped manuscript of these hand
printed papers. The sheets were so
small and the writing 50 tiny that
they can scarcely be read without a
magnifying glass. Still it would be
hard to imagine a little newspaper
with greater variety of things
in it,
The Cause of the War" a lead
ing article. conversations on every
subject, verses, and stories of for
eign lands are included, together
with personal paragraphs telling the
news Of the Bronte home.
Here is one news item which
shows how eager the family was
for knowledge:
Il remember the day when the
Intelligence Extraordinary came
with Mr.. Peels speech in it, con
tanning the terms on which the
Catholics were to be let into Parlia-
ment. With what eagerness papa
tore off the cover. and how we all
gathered around, and with breath
less anxiety, we listened as one by
one they were disclosed and ex-
planned and argued upon, so ably
and so well"
1t was Charlotte Bronte, later
famous for Jane Eyre" and other
novels who edited The Young Mans
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
A PIRATES TROUBLES

he could get even with Captain
Scott.
Finally everyone lay down and went
| to sleep.
1t was not until eight o'clock the
next morning that anyone awaken
ed, and that was the captain, who
shouted to his pirates, Get up,
you lazy hounds, What do you
mean by sleeping so late? Don't
you know we've got little some
thing to do? Now, git up"
The pirates jumped to their feet
and, after awhile, followed Captain
John and Beach to the spot where
the gold had been buried.
Nothing has been disturbed
since Captain Scott had it buried"
said Beach. Now, get your men to
dig right there in that spot"
So three of the pirates started
to digging eagerly for the gold.
The captain watched his men at
work with the best of attention.
Pretty soon the pirates pulled up
the skeleton of Sandy. Then, dig
ging little farther, they found the
box which had held the gold.
AT this everyone breathed easily,
especially Beach, for he thought
that it might have been taken by
someone else.
After taking the box out Of the
hole, Captain John eagerly opened
it. Then he stepped back, and ut
tered a cry Of disappointment. |
Then everyone else, in turn, looked
into the box. There was no gold
not one piece,
Take that man" exclaimed the |
captain.
Beach made a dash for escape
through some brush nearby. After |
that he was seen no more. And al
though the pirates searched the
island time and again, they did not
so much as have a glimpse of him.
But when the angry pirates had
reached their camp, they had still
another disappointment, for they
found that the prisoners they had
taken from Captain SCOTS band,
had escaped also.
What does all this mean?" thun-
dered the captain. "Ive got my
And he grabbed one of
the men who had come with Beach,
by the hair. Il shall get myself
up by furnishing you who
came with that scoundrel Beach
with that fake story about finding
some gold here"
1--WE would swear that the gold
was there before" said the one
whom Captain John still had
hold of by his hair
We'll, it amt there now. is it?
suppose you fellows didn't tell me
that it would be sure to be still
there, but was it?"
I'VE couldn't help that it was
gone, they replied.
Then, what did you say it would
De there for? Here, you fellows,
AXE these men and tie them to
hose trees and right after break
'ast We'll each try shot at them"
'aid the captain, releasing the hair
If the unfortunate man.
This was soon done, and fire
Was bullt 10 COOK the breakfast on.
As soon as breakfast was ready the :
pirates settled down to eat.
After breakfast everyone formed
/ line in front of the ones who were
led to the trees.
when I count three. everybody
hoot," said the captain. One |
WO--" ,
That was as far as he got. for /
here was sharp crack of a rifle, {
nd Captain John fell on his knees, l
urned his head to see who it was t
hat had shot, and fell dead upon s
is face. The other pirates turned I
nd fled for dear life. ITO Be Con {
luded. by Lloyd Slifer. I
Many Kinds of Fish
o,It - I =
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
The Seal Almost Extinct

The North Pacific seal herd once
contained 2,500,000 animals. Pelagic
sealing almost wiped then out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-28
Many Kinds of Fish

Nearly 500 species Of fish have
been classified in the waters in the
harbor of AmbOina.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-17
BELDENvILLE

ira Tam is back in the store again
after several days illness.
The Chas. Stewart family and MIS-.
M. D. Smith and daughter were in
Prescott Sunday.
Quite. number from here took in
the ball game at River Falls Friday
Harry Whipple and Harry Larson
attended party at the Whipple home
near Tr.mmbelle Saturday evening.
Mrs. C. E. Boles and Mrs. V. A.
Gilbertson were shopping IN River
Falls Thursday.
The next meeting OF the Sewing
Circle will be Thursday, August "a.
Mrs. Stewart spent Sunday with
her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Goldsmith.
Mrs. AID. Heacox and children, of
Minneapolis are visiting Fred Hea-
cox.
VIM. Foss and A. Fenton attended
the funeral OF Mr.. Ingli at Ellsworth
Monday afternoon.
Elizabeth and John Haberstitch
viii be confirmed at the German Lri.
theran church east of Ellsworth Sun
day.
Floyd Cope and fammily spent
Sunday at Savage, MINI.
Chas. Salton a former resident of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-17

the Public Library.
The Misses Shirley futile, Rose
marie Anrdt, Evelyn Billings and
Sophia Heisler Of Hastings, spent 6
two weeks outing at "Rockin Con-
Tent, camp near the beach below
Hillcrest.
The Streckfrus steamboat, Wash
ington" ran a moonlight excur-
sion from Hastings and Prescott up
Lake st. Croix, on Friday August
18th.
A daughter was born to Mr.. ard
Mrs. A. N. Gergen at Latte hospital,
Hastings, July 22nd. Mrs. Gcrgen,
before her marriage, was Miss Lind
ley, and formerly lived at Prescott.
j. C. Dodge moved his household
goods by truck from La C,osse to
this city, to his new summer home
overlooking Lake st. Croix.
Mrs. Emma Peck, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Quiggle and children, of Min
neapolis, the Misses Nora an. Rose
Fuller of Rochester. MI. and Mrs.
Frank YAM, the Misses Clara Fas-
bender, Margaret Kranz and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Christensen and children,
of Hastings, were guests at the sum-
mer cottage of DIR. and Mrs. L. D..
Peck on Lake Side Drive last Sunday.
jas. Atchison of this city, willie
fishing with a pole and line from a
boat, caught a 19-po-nd cat fish in
the river last week.
Fred Miller and Mrs. Ed. Cotter
have had their frame homes on Da-
kota street succeed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-17
this place was here last week from
Idaho calling on old friends.
PLEASANT VALLEY

MIR. and Mrs. Lloyd Phillips are at
present visiting the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Phillips, at Scion
Springs.
Quite a number from here attended
the Community Club picnic at New
Centerville last Sunday
John Swenson is here from the
South on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Phillips ano
children were visitors at the Alfred
Nelson home, in Fargo, Sunday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-17
OAK GROVE
written for last week.

Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Corcoran and
Edward Marks motored to Red Wing
Sunday.
Mrs. D. H. Corcran and children, OF
Square Butte, Montana, spent the
past two weeks visiting at the nome
of B. H. Corcoran.
Threshing has commenced in this
vicinity.
Miss Agnes Ray has returned home
form a visit with friends at Spo9iler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron H. Corcoran
and Mrs. H. B. Corcoran and daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret, motored to Els
worth Saturday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-17
PRESCOTT
written for last week.

DR.. H. L. Williams of Minneapoli:
is adding a new tennis court to his
beautiful summer home. property
fronting Lake st. Croix.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Edberg aLo
fs!nily, of Kansas City, are spending
two weeks of their vacation at the
Hopp cottage near the bathing beach
here.
Work will soon begin on the City
Hall repairing certain rooms TO house
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-17
"MCRE BUSINESS
IN GoVERNM EMIT"

This apt phrase was used in Presi-
dent Harding's first message to Con-
gress and applies particularly in postal
management where postmasters are
being impressed with the fact that
they are managers of local branches
of the biggest business in the world.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
CROPS VAL UE SEVEN BILLIONS
Farm Products Were Worth $1,842,,
$4,000 More Than Last Year.

Washington - The nations crops
this year are worth $7,572,S9O,000
based on their farm value as of De.
cember /, the Department Of Agricul.
ture announced in it's final crop re.
pert of the year.
Their value is $1,842,97S,ooo more
than last years crops, rejecting i'm
provement in prices for farm products
prevailing now as compared with a
year ago and increased production in
some crops. This years farm produc.
ton is worth about the same as that
of 1915, but is lower than 1920 by
about $1,500,000,000 and lower than
any year since 1915, except last year
It is only little more than half as
much as the record value year Of
1919
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
BABCOCK AGAINST TAX RAISE
Commiss ioner Claims Several Irrequ.
lartes Now Existing Should
Be Remedied.

neapolis-Charles M. Babcock,
Minnesota highway commissioner, took
a definite stand against any legisla-
tion which would increase taxes at
this time, when he addressed members
of the Allied Automotive Association
at luncheon in the West Hotel yes
terday noon.
Mr. Babcock advocated some
changes in the present automobile H.
cense law. He said he did not seek
increases, but thought no decreases
should be made. There were certain
inequalities which exist now, he said,
by which cars three or four years old
paid higher license than cars of the
same make now being sold. He
thought some adjustment should be
made in such cases.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
GOOD ROADS PACE
UP TO LAWMAKERS
Legislature 70 Determine Whethes
Needed improvements in Mary
Parts of State Must Wait

More than half of needed trunk
highway improvements which may be
made in the next two years are hang
ing on action by the incoming legs-
lature on the highway department re-
commentators for f4st issues of
trunk highway bonds, according to
John H. Mullen, assistant commits
sloner and chief highway sengineer.
There is no magic about road
building-it Simply takes money in
reasonable proportion to the work
undertaken asserted the official
minnesota has been fortunate in
getting low prices and in other ways
since the new highway program wa
launched, but under the most fovor-
able conditions the highest standards
of financing are Of first Importance.
First state highway bonds are
proposed now to permit the tate
to make greatly needed improve
ments,to stop maintenance waste, to
give immediate benefits in nearer pro-
portion to immediate expenditures
and to keep pace in the genera:
movement among states for better,
highways.
"Unless the bond funds are made
available, it will be possible to do
in the next two years less than half
as much in the way of permanent
betterments than will be done other
wise. Al just policy Of using funds
to the best interest Of the largest
numbers of highways users give pre-
icedence to the heavy traffic routes
So in reality the purpose, more than
to permanently improve many heavy
traffic sections, is to release money
to go on, with very extensive grading
and graveling work on the longer
mileage Of lighter Travelled state
highways There IS now every pros
pect Of favorable action on the pro.
posais and future results will es-
tablish the good business practice
behind the recommend dations 2 27
Mr.. MULLEN said the department
will continue to distribute highWa,
betterments as widely as possible
but that more adequate funds are
needed 70 overcome greater il. ii
crease il traffic over highway i'm
Ip Iproyesnents
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
HIGHWAY BONDS F0
LEVEL YEAR COSTS
Will Enable State to Charge Eaci:
Year with it's Fair Share of
All Permanent Road Work

Minnesota is now paying for the
roads Of yesterday, today and to-
morrow. Funds Of 1922 are being
used FOR many highway improvements
which should have been made in nast
years and which will serve for many
future years as much or more than
at the present time.
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, in "a public statement
yesterday, made plain that to correct
this condition is the main purpose OF
proposal for first state highway bond
issues to be recommended by the
state highway department to the in
coming legislature.
''The recommendation is aimed
solely to give a fairer share of high
way benefits for the taxes being
paid now, which can be done only
through the bond method" said com
missioner Babcock. We cannot
avoid paying now for road improve
| ments which should have been made
long ago, but we can justly pass on
to future years fair portion Of
permanent highway bettermentz
many ofwhich will last for all time
Official records show that nearly
1900 miles of grading, some 80 miles
of paving, several expensive bridges
and other lasting improvements took
| nearly half--40 per cent to. be nearly
exact-of the 1922 trunk highway
construction fund. Highway officials
pointed out that the future should
share in the payment as we'll as the
| benefits.
Commissioner. Babcock repeated
that the highway bond reeommenda-
tions are in line with lower taxation
with taxes becoming burdenso.ne,
he said, "there is only greater reason
for the letting the. future pay for
it's share of highway improvements
in proportion to the use and profit
it will derive. Better roads reluce
the costs of farm transportation and
motor vehicle operation and pay 70
/ themselves many times over. Bcnds
will provide immediate Improvements
which viii stop big drains on, the
public pocket book Indirect drains
to Inadequate roads but running into
figures annually. It is simple econo.
my. Practical tests show that posi-.
bic savings On gasoline and tire:
would pay for paving the 0Oo-nils
trunk system in = few years and the
highway department IS urging tha-
the public put into good roads onls
the money Of q part Of # which
s|otherwise would Be spent for extrs
tires and gasoline md car upkeei
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
CRASH WHEN ORDERS FAILED
Score Hurt, Most Of Them Passengers
on hicago-MinneapoIis Train.

ThrOp, Wis.-More than a score of
persons were injured in the wreck,
most of them passengers on the Chica-
go-Minneapolis northbound flyer, No.
3. All of the injured were taken to
the hospital at Marshf1sld, Wis, for
treatment
The dispatcher is said to have given
permission for the passenger to have
right Of way over doubleheader
freight train. He failed to clear the
track for No. 3 and it headed directly
into the freight train, killing both en-
gineer and fireman on the second
freight engine. The two on the first
engine saw the danger and jumped
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
HARDING FAVORS BONUS
Director Of Soldiers Bureau Declares
Financing Plan Must Be Found.

Cincinnati, Ohio-Assurance that
President Harding would support a
bonus for ex-service men, provided a
feasible means of financing the bonus
can be found, was given ex-service
men by COL G. R. Forbes, director of
the Veterans bureau at Washington,
before joint conference of national
and state executives of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars here.
In the conference were the mem
bers of the National Council of Ad-
ministration and the department COM
manders of the veterans organization.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
q BANDITS RAID
LAFAYETTE BANK
$31 500, Loot of 100 Safety
Boxes, Taken by
Bandits.

Lafayette-Four bank robbers en-.
tered the Farmers state bank, blew
the vault, and rifled safety deposit
vaults, taking $1,000 in cash and Liber-
ty bonds and savings stamps estimated
at more than 100000. The men escaped
in an automobile.
Andrew Carlson, on his way home,
was caught on the main street. carried
into the bank, bound, gagged and
placed in back room. He did not
free himself until more thanaan hour
after the bandits had fled in their car.
The robbers apparently took every
precaution by cutting communication,
but missed one telephone line running
into town. The alarm was spread
quickly over the surrounding country.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-21
POLISH PRESIDENT MURDERED
Artist Murderer Arrested; Says He
"BeIieVed it Best"

WarsaW-President Gabriel Naruto.
WIGS ofSthe republic Of Poland, was as
sassinated. He was elected one week
ago, being the first president Of the
republic.
President Narutowicz was shot to
death at the opening of an art exhibi'
ton. Three shots were fired, all en-
tering the presidents body. Death
was instantaneous.
The assassin was arrested on the
scene He said his name was Niedwac
inski and that he was an artist. He
said he had been inspired to kill the
president because he "believed II
best"