Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-16
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Queer Will

Queer Will
A will scratched on a side wall or his lone
ly cabin is now being offered in court to set
tie the estate of John L. Sullivan, aged hum
ter and miner, who died August 3, 1920
near Novato, Cal. Petition has been made
to Superior Judge E. I. Butler to distribute
the $500 estate Of Sullivan.
Annie and Mary Sullivan, sisters of the
deceased, according to John Keena, friend of
Sullivan, were intended as the beneficiaries.
The only trouble with the wall scratched
will is that there seems to be some doubt
about it having been witnessed. Keena told
the court today that while Sullivan pointed
out the scratched will to him and told him
what he had marked out and who he wanted
his property to go to, he did not know Of
any witnesses and that he had not scratched
his name as one
About dozen years ago Sullivan quit his
job with the board of public works in San
Francisco, and went to the foothills, where
he acquired a good-sized tract of land, built
a cabin and continued to live by himself tln-
til the time of his death.
continuance of the matter was ordered
by Judge Butler for four weeks in order to
allow the public administrator time in which
to establish the existence of heirs. Judge
to probate even though scratched on the wall
if it could be proved that it was legally wit
messed as Sullivan's will
New Booze
new form Of intoxication viewed as a
social menace among Northwest Indians and
Or1entals is the eating of peyote or button.
like seeds of an Arizona cactus.
Thousands of these types of Northwest in
habitants alleged to be peyote drug
times
and lasting many weeks. The effect Of the
cactus button on its victims is sleeplessness.
morbidness and an increased mental desire
for h1larity and games of chance.
The peyote is a pear-shaped specie of cac-
tus common in parts Of the southwest The
top bears seeds resembling red-coat buttons.
These are sold by pickers to dealers for 50 per
thousand.
The button-like seeds are generally eaten in
the dry brittle state from five to fifty in
single night.
From time immemorial the peyote has been
used In the southwest among the aborigines
and Mexicans for producing an intoxication Of
soul and body to aid them in gambling, dane
ing or ill-timed deeds
Since the abolition of liquor and the ban on
narcotics, the peyote has gradually moved
northward along with other vile drugs. The
consumption of this bean has invaded the
northwest to Alaska, and many bushels OF the
peyote buttons have been taken to the Orient.
Argentine Ant
DR.. Battista Grassi, professor of entomology
in the University Of Rome, Italy announces
the invasion of Europe by an insect describ-
ed by him the Argentine ant So far.
ne said, 1t had been discovered in Italy only
in Rome and San Reno.
DR.. Grassi describes the grave damage
caused by the ant and gives advice for its
destruction.
Study Crime
An intensive study of the underlying rea-
sons for the wave of crime sweeping the
country since the close Of the war has been
begun by committee of the American Bar
association. The committee Is composed Of
former Governor Charles S. Whitman, of
New York, Judge Marcus A. Kavanaugh, Of
Chicago; W. B. Swaney. of Chattanooga;
Charles w. Farnham, of st. Paul, and Wade
H. Ellis, Of Washington.
At the first session of the committee here
many reasons were advanced by criminology
students, lawyers, doctors and others. Some
insisted that the crime wave Is the natural
outgrowth Of war though the breaking down
of moral fiber; others blame prohibitions;
ne insisted it is because Of growing be-
lief that the courts favor the rich. One lay
man declared that many practicing law ought
to be in jail themselves, while another as
serted 1t is because conviction for crime is
dlfflcult and that punishment is net suffi-
cient to deter others.
A committee will spend the second week
of April in Chicago investigating conditions,
and the first week in May in New York,
where, it is said, there has been the great
est increase in crime of any large city, A
report, with recommendations, will be SUBJ
mitted to the meeting of the Bar Association
in San Francisco in August.
Concerning Condors
The belief that the west coast or CaIifor-
MIA condor, North Americas largest bird is
practically extinct must be revised, for sew
eral recent news stories from towns at the
mouth of the Columbia river report two pairs
Of the big birds are frequently seen on the
rocky bluffs there. They are evidently pre-
pairing to nest later on.
The condors noticed soaring above the ex-
tensve stretch of bluffs and sandbars are
very large, with wing spread of eight or
nine feet They are as black as the tradition
al German eagle.
Since the west settled the condor has
gradually decreased. The chief cause oc-
Cured when stock raising became common,
and pasture lands being scarce the herds
were moved into the mountainous regions.
Here coyotes, panthers and bears preyed up
on the calves and lambs. To rid the herds
Of the pests, dead animals were poisoned.
The condors came to feed and numbers were
killed this way each year. ~
The bird is very irregular in nesting and
produces but one egg, which does not al
ways hatch.
The condor is not an enemy to agricultur-
lists, because it's feet are like those of a
chicken and not made to grasp and carry
prey. They live upon what other creatures
kill and leave
Tangled Matrimony
Fate, revolving around a marriage license