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Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
FAMOUS OLD PINE
TREE OF JAPAN DIES

Toxic. Dec. 1o.-The famous old Pine
Biwa. famous in song and legend and
visited by thousands of pilgrims each
year as ono of the eight beautiful
scenes of Lake Biwa, is dead says the
Japan Advertiser. This ancient pine
lived from the time of the Nara Epoch.
During the last year 1t has withered
and died.
Recently there was held on the shores
OF Lake Biwa ceremony ito transfer
the spirit OF the ancient tree into
younger tree that will succeed to the
honor and ncar-worship which has
been bestowed on the "Kar.sake no
matGu." The youthful successor of
the veteran which has passed is only
$50 Years old and iu Claimed to have
sprung from seed cast by the old tree.
Tho solemn ceremony was held under
the direction of Easai, priest of the
Hiyoshi shrine in the presence of more
than 100 of tho highest dignitaries OF
Shign prefecture.
Tho ancient pine was of that low
spreading variety often seen in this
country. Al,ho only 30 feet in height,
Its branches covered a span of 1853
feet from east to west and 15l feet
from north to south. Tho area shad-
owed by It's wide spreading branches
was 1900 square feet.
The new tree of smaller dimensions
is 20 feet in height and Ii feet inches
In the circumference of it's trunk The
area covered by its branches is only
800 square feet. But this tree is still
Soungster aud has $50 years in which
10 reach the dimensions of the ancient
pine of karas1h that mas just passed.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

London, Jan. 14.-Fanatical hatred
Of Europeans by Egyptians is one of
the causes assigned by a military
court for the rioting in Alexandria in
May last which resulted in 70 deaths.
The court has found, after an investi-
CATION, that the outbreak was pro-
voked by adherents of Said Zagloul
Pasha Nationalist leader, who arc
said by the court to have been de-
| termined to reap political advantage
by forcing the government to shed the
blood of Egyptians.
The Egyptian view of the case is
that the riots were caused by Greeks
firing on peaceful demonstrations tho
court states in conclusion. THE dem
onstrations were not peaceful and
there is no evidence that the Greeks
started the trouble by firing.
There is no doubt. moreover, that
the mobs had very definite organiza-
ton. The court has found no evidence
as to what this organization was or
by whom it was directed. The court
draws attention to a very important
fact. Always there has existed in
classes, a fanatical hatred of Euro
peans. 1t has shown itself again and
again.
This outburst In Alexandria hap
pened because the people thought the
hand of the government was relaxing
and that the authorities dare not act
agains them. They took two days for
preparation and then the long pent
hatred of Europeans burst out. If this
is not the correct view it Is difficult to
understand why the police should have
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
NOTED PIANO IS
HOME ONCE MORE
Had Keys Of Pearl and Trim
mings Of Silver Once
in Saloon

San Francisco. Jan. 14.-Back In
San. Francisco's gold days a noted
place here was the Ell Dorado saloon.
one OF the most luxuriously equipped
resorts in America. and one of its at
piano. with fittings OF silver and keys
of pearl.
When the FL Dorado closed, its
owner, Colonel Thomas Jefferson
Chambers, meeting with reverses sold
the piano to his friend, Senator John
Fay, for $3.50. The Senator's chill
dren. John Fay. Luke Fay and Mss
Mamie. learned their music on the
piano, came 10 love 1t ana regard 1t
as part OF their family, and ono
when the piano tuner opened its
mysteries to them. they wrote their
family's names and address and
Punch. the name OF their dog, inside
the top board.
Finally the piano passed into other
hands. Senator Fay replacing it with
a later model once when the children
were away at college. When tho
three returned they did not like tho
new piano as they did the old and
often wished they had tho old In
strument back.
Years passed and the thrce children
grew UP. Not long ago Luke Fay and
his wife were planning to buy new
piano for their daughter Mary for
Christmas. when one day the telc-
phone rang in their home. a lady
was calling and she gave her name
as Mrs. j. p. Mcguire. of Oakland.
california
Did you. Mr.. Fay. over live at 2o14
Powell street. San Francisco sho
asked.
II did" Mr.. Fay responded. his
memory skipping back over so years.
And did you have dog named
Punch and n piano
Yes. our dogs name was Punch
and the piano had pearly keys and
silver trimmings"
i've got your. piano. I'm leaving
tho British Columbia next week and
I'd sooner give it to you than sell It
TO anyone else. Would you mind
coming over to look at IT,
Luke Fay went over to Oakland
and saw that the piano was the real
El Dorado piano. with all the names
he had written inside and all the
pearly keys. 1t was in perfect order.
Mrs. Mcguire went to British Co.
lumbAi and Fay bought 'he piano
that his father had purchased from
Colonel Chambers nearly so years be-
fore. And now Miss Mary Fay. grand
daughter of the senator, is playing the
old piano, to which danced the griz-
zled pioneers and light-hcarted ladies
in the old FL Dorado In the golden
days OF years ago.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
PRINT
SHOP IS FOuND
Print Books for Blind in Place
in Louisville -
Kentucky

Louisville, KY. Jan. 14.-Louisvillo
has II print shop such is found mo-
where else in the United States. Its
books for elementary grades weigh
10 pounds; its type setting machines
have only six keys as compared with
the 9o-odd combinations possible in the
average type setting machine. and a
hammer and nail punch are the tools
OF the proof reader. Miss Susan r..
Merwin, superintendent. says all this
Is true. and she probably knows.
The publishing house with these
queer devices is the American Print
ing house for the blind. and because of
Its publications thousands Of blind per-
sons read what otherwise would not
be available to them.
The Federal government pays the
house $4,000 annually. and for this
amount books are provided for SO
schools for the blind thruout the coun-
try. As an indication of the volume
of work put out by the house, the re-
port for the last fiscal year shows that
3.is9,IS6 pages of printed matter and
l2.5S0 bound volumes were produced.
and in addition, 4.211 phamplets and
l,0i; copies OF musical selections were
printed.
The typewriting machines have only
six keys because the alphabet for
the blind comprises six points or
dots. with each letter consisting of
from one to six dots, in different COM
binations.
Sheet brass is used in the machines.
the words being punched In the metal.
The plates go from the machines to the
proof reader, who removes all mis-
takes with hammer and "A nail punch
Plates then are sent TO the press
room. where they are placed on cylin-
der presses. which use paper that has
been immersed in water for "A hours
so that the texture will not be torn.
Lack of n single code complicates
the word OF the establishment, Miss
Merwin says. There are three codes
the New York Point. the American
Braille and the revised Braille. Typo
OF all of these systems is used at the
plnnt
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
MAYBE Mr.. HAYS
DOESN'T Kn0 Y It.
Local Posto6ce Has What
Boss Says Doesn't
Exist

Referring to suggestion of Post
master General Hays that postmasters
help TO locate missing persons a
Washington correspondent points out
that it Is in nowiss the intent to as
sist in matters relating TO divorce or
to in any degree turn the department
into "A collection agency or detective
agency. and then goes on to say that
many persons seem to think that. the
postoffice department has a huge ali
phabetical file OF all persons in the
United States, and adds:
"As n matter of fact 1t has no such
list. Nor have the local post offices
any card catalogues OF the popula-
tions they serve. The only reference
lis, to which postmaster can refer in
delivering mail to persons whose ad-
dress is unknown is the city directory
-thc~ somo book that ~ available to
the public in drug stores. libraries and
hotels all over the city
This is probably truo as rule. but
there is an exception. and that cxcep-
tion is in tho city of Pueblo.
For some years past the Pueblo
postofficc has maintained a complete
card index directory of it's patrons. or
the people 1t serves.
Fortunately on the night of tho great
1000 IN TINS tliN, "Htl tne Nhbels >
rose to depth Of number of feet
on the main floor of the postoffico
here, the, postmaster himself. when the
water first began to flow into the
building, rescued all the directory
cases and placed them on the highest
solid object in the entirc department.
So when the flood subslded they were
unharmed.
This card directory system contains
the names of almost 5000 persons who
now or have during recent years, re-
ceivcd mail thru the local office.
This directory is kept up TO date
thru changes filed in the office and
thru changes brougl in by carriers
from their districts. they keeping rec
lords OF all address changes on their
routes by means OF their own digtrict
books.
From this directory 1t Is easy TO
trace back all the addresses of any
person Sho has received mail for
number of years, BY the references
made to this card directory systcm
distributors and carriers keep them
selves advised at all times Just where
to find any person addressed, even tho
there is no street. number of block
address supplied by the sender.
The local postoffico makes 1t
point at all times to assist persons
looking for missing friends, If the OBJ
ject is along purely social lines. but
following the general rules OF the de
partmcnt, the enquirer is always asked
the purpose in asking for the address
of persons they seek; then II Is In the
discretion of tho postmaster and his
assistapts, whether or not tho infor-
nation is supplied.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
Two Colds in the Bush are Worth One in the Head
MURDERS OWN
DAUGHTER IN ROBBERY

Sofia, Jan. IA strange tale of ban
ditry resulting in the murder by mis-
take of a girl by her own father and
mother is vouched for officially by the
Bulgarian police.
Ivan, a peasant OF Hazrad, sold two
calves for 10000 levas and started home
from the market with his daughter
Milka. Fearing robbers he gave the
money to his daughter. Tho father
was attacked on the road and killed
by two men who saw him, make the
sale.
Milka fled and sought refuge in
peasant cottage where a woman and
her daughter comforted her and gave
her dinner. Later NIllka was sent to
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
FANATlCAL HATRED OF ALL
EUROPEANS CAUSED RI0TINC
This Is Reason Given for Trouble That Caused 70
Deaths in Egypt Last
May

joined in. or why the soldiers of tho
Third Battalion, Egyptian army, who
had arrived from Cairo only the day
before, should have forgotten their
discipline and used their arms to shoot
down Europeans in the streets.
"Given similar circumstances. this
feeling will always manifest itself in
the future, as 1t has done in the past.
elapse before this feeling can be
eradicated.'
The Italian. French and Greek con-
suls gave evidence. They solemnly pro-
tested. states the report, against the
treatment of their nationals. and stat
ed that hey could never consent to
their being protected by force COM
posed exclusively of Egyptians.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
WORKS
BY WIRELESS WAVES

Urbans, Ill. Jan. IA wireless
typewriter, designed and rigged up by
students In electrical engineering at
tho University of Illinois. win he ono
of the features of the University's
Electrical Engineering show to bo held
following the spring vacation.
Electrical engineers Will pound the
keys of a special typewriter and the
results will appear in the electrical
engineering laboratory. half milo
distant.
The scheme includes a regular wire
less equipment set which operates n
series Of relays which automatically
makes the contact for the magnets
which drive the keys. The magnets. by
moans of tho relays, are arranged so
that only tho desired key functions at
the time set for functioning.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
1H|CKEST VEIN Ct
Coal IN WORLD

Sydney. n. S. w, Jan. H.-What is
declared to be the thickcst seam of
black coal discovered in the world is
being exploited at Blair Athol, Queens
land. according to reports reaching
here today. The maximum thickness
is o3 feet and the seam Is entirely free
from any clay bands.
Professor Sir Edgeworth David, who
returned from Blair AthoI, said that
under the present method of working.
It is only possible TO exploit a third of
the coal in the field an amount csti-
mated at S6.0O0.O00 tons. and that 49,
100000 tons would be wasted. The chief
difficulty In mining and marketing the
coal is the fact that the minr Is $50
miles from the nearest seaport. altno
Sir Edgeworth eaid that the coal is
very suitable for raising ateam on land
and sea.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
WITH THE WOMEN OF TODAY

A lawyer. a doctor. and city's
health officer at the age of twenty
four fs the unusual record OF Miss or
rather DR.. Maryland Burns. DIR. Burns
is health officer OF the city of Glen
Cove. j.. l.. New York. She came into
prominence about three years ago when
shc waa made ambulance surgeon at
Bellevue hospital In New York city.
She acted in that capacity as part OF
her medical training. She was then
the only woman to hold down such n
position and her extreme youth made
the situation all the more remarkable.
At the time Or. Burns was pursuing
her medical studies she was also study
Ing law at night at the Brooklyn law
school She obtained her l.. Il. B. and
NJ. u. degrees almost simultaneously.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15
FRENCH SOCIETY GIVES STATUE
TO l. S. WOMEN

Clubwomen of the United States nrc
particularly Interested in the preSenta-
tion of a replica OF the Dubois statue
OF Jeanne dare. which was unveiled
in Washington in an impressive cere-
mony, The statue is the gift OF t.e Dy-
ceum. a society OF French women in
New York city. and is dedicated by
thoSe French clubwomen to the women
OF America.
Mmc. Carlo Polifeme. president and
founder of lie Dyceum, unveiled the
statue. which has been placed on the
most beautiful site in Meridian tIill
park at Washington. Secretary of War
Weeks formally received the statue in
behalf of the nation. Mrs. George
Minor. president general of the Daugh
ieTs of the American Revolution, re-
coived the statue in behalf of the Wont
en- of America.
2he prescntation of the statue marks
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

bed with the womans daughter.
When the husband returned he told
his wife he had killed a man useless
ly, as the money he sought had been
carried off by the murdered mans
daughter.
The woman to whom Milka had told
her story, repeated it to her husband
and the two determined to kill the girl
as she lay. asleep to get the 10000
lcvaS.
Millia. in the daughters room un-
stairs, overheard and escaped thru a
window. When police We're brought
by Milka they found the old couple
had gone upstairs. and killed their
own daughter by mistake in the dark.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

According to one medical man. If Won
sleep with one hand under your check
your eyes will slant and the corners
of your mouth droop, for all the time
you are massaging your face in the
wrong direction.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

Difficulty In holding skilled labor in
Finland has grown acute. lmporta-
tion from other countries has proved
unsuccessful.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

That Mary Garden, operntic star,
arose 10 the height Of her brilliant
careet in her realistic portrayal of
"Salome' in that opera, produced un-
der her direction in Chicago, is the
opinion of her followers. But clergy
men aud reform leaders denounced it
as degrading. Which brings up
the old question of how far art can go
and be art.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

One big department store in st
Louis is equipped with spacious ga
rage, where customers may park their
cars free OF charge.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

The fourth annual conference of the
southern Forestry congress will be
held next month at Jackson, Miss.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

the bi0tu ...... Irth OF
the Maid of Orleans. 1t T. a copy OF
tho statue by Paul Dubois, which in
1889 was given To the city OF Rheims
and which today stands in front OF
Rheims cathedral. Only one other
copy OF the statue has ever been made.
II is now in raris.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-15

Representatives dependent
which
Secretary Washington
will the situation from Leaders the cotton
tobacco leather packing fruit potato and dairy industries listed
amor
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
LIONS CLUB PLANNING
CIVIC IMPRON EMENTS
Paving OF City Streets On Highways
One Of "prOjects."

The Durant 1.Ior's Club Monday
devoted its weekly meeting to pro
jects," when various Lions aired their
views on what ought to be and what
ought not to be done in the way of
civic improvements.
As "a result of TINS interesting ses-
sion on projects" the organization
is pledged to the accomplishment of
a lot of things. which includes the
following:
Improvement OF the city park to
make it ideal playground for chill
dren.
Holding of an annual defamation,
reading and piano contect with local
schools participating and prizes to
be awarded by the Lions.
Establishment of free tourist
camp for the accommodation of tour
lists passing through the city and
county.
The Club also discussed the mana
gerial form of city government for
Durant, and the matter of adequate
maintenance of the county's system
of hard-surfaced roads.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
NEW LAW INCREASE Tus
LEGISLATURE Il Mus,.
House of Representatives M
Bryan County Unaffe,,.,

According to the atton.
erals construction of the ios
sion law, changing the nun!
representatives each count l.
have in the next legislatn,.
lower house will have 1O7 m.
15. more than in 1921.
Logan and Kiowa counties, ,,l
ly having two Representative,
will have only one each.
Creek and Okmulgee counti.,
merly with one each, will havs
each.
Tulsa with two formerly win
five.
Oklahoma county with fiv,
have six next year.
Several counties formerly vii,
representative each now will
two, including Hughes, Kay, M
tain, Mcintosh, Okfuskee, d
Ottawa. and Stephens counties'
Representation in the lower /
from other counties is left unch'
and Bryan county is therefore !,
fected, as this county has alwsu
two representatives.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
GJTHRIE'S GILT SALE
At KENEFICk SATURDAY
Twcnty-Seven DurOc..Ierseys Aver.
age Sii.3j Per Head.

At kcncfick last Saturday. VI l..
Guthrie breeder of pure-bred D'rOc-
jersey hogs, sold twenty-seveE o.",:
gilt, and three pigs at public au,,;or
The gifts averaged SI4.35 around.
with top of S65OO. c. A. DEM, u
Bruno, Oklahoma paid $65 for -a!e
number %. The three pigs averaged
Slj around, with SIS top. The -ale
was directed by Auctioneer J. C. Bur
CESS Of Chelsea, Oklahoma, anu was
snappy from start to finish.
The sale numbers. purchaser and
price paid for each animal was as
follows:
No. /. Washington Bros, Kenet.ck.
$35.OO.
No. . Tom Benson, Durant S42.OO.
No 3. Washington Bros. Kenefick,
$37.OO.
No. 4. c. A. Dennis, Bruno, Okla,
$500.
No. 5. Holmes Bros. Durant,
$G5.OO.
No. 6. Holmes Bros, D9rant'
$4,000.
No. I. T. A, Gound, Kenefick,
$57.5O.
No. 8. f. A. Arlington. Kenetick
$57.5O.
No. 9. NJ D. Dillard Kenefick,
$3.50.
No. 10. l. H. Northcutt, Kenefick
S47.5O.
No. II. Chas. McPherren, Durant
$4,000.
No. 12. Chas McPherren. Durant
$3.50.
No. 10. L. V. Greer. Kenefick
$3.50.
No. IA. D. NJ. Vaughn, Kenefick
$4,000.
No. Is. W. M. Milligan, Coleman
$500.
No. 16. A. B. Wells, Kenefick
$500.
No. II. A. M. Scott, Kenefick
$3.50.
No. 20. Fred Goforth, Kenefick
$3.50.
No. 2l. L. ID. Smith, Caddo' Okla.
$42.50.
No. %. Chas. McPherren. Durant
$4,000.
No. 90. C. c. Cosper. Kenefick
$4,000.
No. "a. E. C. Terrell, Durant
$4,000.
No. 25. C. A. Dennis, Bruno, Okla.
$65.OO.
No. 26. C. A. Dennis. Bruno, Okla.
(pig). $3.50.
No. 81. C. A. Dennis, Bruno. Okla
(pig). $3.50.
No. %. Homer Franklin, Kene
flick, (pig), $500.
No. 80. Chas. McPherren, Durant
$35.OO.
No. 81. Sells and Morris, Kene
flick, $45.00.
No. 32. ]. A. Cochran, Atoka
$4,000.
No. 33. Sells & Morris. Kenefick
$37.50.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
Smaller Livestock Values

In a recent report at the crop re-
porting department an interesting
study in the average decrease per
head of farm animals is shown.
From January 1, 1920 to January l.,
1922 the average decreases per head
was as follows: Horses $1,000; mules
S55.O0; milk cows $1,000; other cat
tie 1880; sheep $6.40 and hogs
$3.50. Cattle other than Milk Cows
aold for $36.40 in 1920 and bring
$3.50 now. The average price Of
hogs in 1920 was $15.1O; the pres
ent prize is estimated at $3.50. The
total value of animals on farms in
Oklahoma on January l, 1922 was
Sill 1897, 100000 as compared with
$216, ,436, 10000 in 1920 on the same
date. A decrease of approximately
,;S1O5, 900, 100000.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
Farmers Didn't Plunge

Secretary Wallace points out that
increased buying power of farmers
has resulted from recent advances
in prices of farm products. He makes
vigorous drnials that farmers in the
corn belt plunged into land specula-
ton during the war years. Probably
not more than 10 per cent of the cul-
tivated land changed hands, he says,
Having taken their full share and
more of liquidation. farmers have a
right to expect that others. such as
manufacturers, railroads and retail
ers will follow their example, Cap
, per's Weekly.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
Demonstrating Fertilizer

Ed H. Stewart has farm out west
of Calera in the Barwick community
on which he is doing some demon
strating this year. He has four ten
acre blocks laying side by side, and
will plant one each to peanuts cow
peas, cotton and corn. He is using
100 pounds of commercial fertilizer
to each acre, FOLLOWING the most
approved methods of cultivation, and
is keeping careful books on the OPP
erations and their results.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24

n. b. ilunnicutt. farmer living
ten miles southeast of Anadarko,
butchered a beef the other day, the
market price which would have been
$25. The beef dressed $40 pounds.
Hunnicutt sold $l6.50 worth of meat,
kept one hind quarter weighing $50
pounds, which was hung in n cool
place for winter use. and his wife
canned 200 cans of roast, steak, sau-
sage, pot roast and soup stock, be-
sides making II quarts of mnce-
meat.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-24
Rotation Is Better

Professor Murphy of the Oklaho-
ma Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion gives the yields of oats in con-
tinuous culture and also the yields
obtained from rotation. The rotation
consisted of cotton. darso. a legume
and oats Certain plots received no
treatment, others had manure added
to them in an amount equivalent
to that obtained by feeding the crop
and others had the stalks, straw and
vines returned to the soil. The re-
suits given are an average of five
years, the length of time which the
experiment has been going.
Rotation gave a yield Of 1859 bush
els and continuous culture gave a
yield of 1858 bushels per acre. thus
showing that the rotation gave a
yield of 7.3 bushels more than the
continuous culture. Returning the
residues in the form of stalks, vines
and straw to the soil gave yield of
43.3S bushels which is an increase
of 3.S bushels per acre over that OBJ
tanned from continuous culture with
out the return of the residues. The
plots which received the manure and
were under continuous culture gave
"A yield of 45.7 bushels per acre thus
showing an increase of 6.1 bushels
per acre over the continuous cul-
ture plots which received no manure.
The plots which were in the rotation
culture and received manure gave a
yield of 1929 bushels per acre over
the plots in continuous culture.
'Thc main facts shown by these fig
ures are UD the advantage of rota-
tion under continuous culture. (2)
advantage of returning residues in
the form of vines, straw and stalks
to the soil, and (3) the advantage of
returning manure to the soil.