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Evening star., 1923-09-15
BRITISH PAY DEBT
T0U.~ S. ON SILVER
Action Taken for India During
War Ends by Payments of
$31,0s5,000 to Treasury.

The British government todap wiped
out the obligation it incurred here
through the purchase of silver for use
as the major coinage in India during
the world war. 1t paid to the Amer
lean Treasury $31,0S5, 900 as the last
installment of principal and inter
est on an original borrowing of
Sl22O0O,0OO!
Evening star., 1923-09-15
MARKETS LEADERS
/ ALLOW FOR WEEK
New Break. in Steel Takes
Other Stocks Down in Brief
:, ..
Saturday Trading.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Presss .s g,. =
NEW YORK, September t5.--selllng
orders again ppffedominated In today's
short session of the stock market
and stock prices continued to lose
ground. s,s
A brief rally took place at the
opening. In which some of the gains
ran as high as12 points. but It only
served toy bring out Increased ofrer-
ings from bear operators, and the
whole list sagged again.
a few shares rallied feebly later
but without effect on the general llst;
United States Steel broke below SS
to a new low on the movement ana
Baldwin, Studebaker, American Can
and Gulf States Steel also sold at
their lowest prices of the week.
Pan American B, Dupont and Amer
lean Linseed preferred dropped 3
points or more. The closing was
heavy. Sales approxlmated $4,000
shares.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
(Ouotations furnished By Redmond &
TExAs OIL OUTPUT DROPS.
(saies are in sl,oOo.)

HOUSTON. Tex, September 15.-
Reports state that oil production in
the Powell field of central Texas has
fallen OF from .168,000 to 125,000
barrels a day. The largest producer
in this. field Is the Humble Oil and
Refining Company, with q daily out
nut of $4,000 barrels. Gulf Oil comes
next, with $4,000 barrels a dag.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
RATTLERs KILL CATTLE.

MANDAN, N. D., September Is
Especially Heavy losses of live stock
from rattlesnakes are reported from
ranges bordering on this section.
Farmers report that cattle deaths are
of almost daily occurrence. "a num-
Der of people have been bitten5 but
no human deaths have been reported
Evening star., 1923-09-15

Hamburg, Germany's greatest sea-
port. Is ninety miles from the sea
Evening star., 1923-09-15

There are seventy-seven muscles in
the human head.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
Today Cotton Quotations.

NEW YORK, September 15.-Cotton
futures opened steady October, 81. 30:
December, 27.55; January, 2116:
March, 27.05: May, 2705.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

consul entertains serious doubts re
garding the agricultural and industrial
resources of the country.
Approximately one-third of the
area of Palestine proper said he. "ol
roundly 5000 square miles is barren
land capable of little, if any, agricui-
tural development. Fully an addition
| al fifth of the total area, or more than
| 5000, 900 acres, has definite agricul
tural possibilities; but irrigation and
other more or less expensive require
ments will considerably prejudice the
profits to be obtained from farming.
The country is sparsely settled, and
much of the land has been left fallow
for centuries. At the present time the
estimated area under cultivation in all
Palestine amounts to fewer than l.
600, 900 acres
Visit Palestine
American business men who recent
ly visited Palestine have found con-
frmation of Mr.. Southard's observa-
tons in the great stretches of rocky
and barren land Only in the broader
valleys and plains is it at all fertile,
and the Arabs, who form IS per cent
of the population, have difficult
time eking out an existence 1t can
hardly be expected therefore, these
American travellers believe, that the
Jews of the world will be attracted
to the so-called National Home" set
up in the Holy Land by Great Britain.
The number Of Hebrews who have
come to settle here from the United
States and other countries is rela-
lively small. OF the 100000 popula-
ton of Palestine, only ! / per cent is
Jewish. Those particular callings for
which Hebrews throughout all times
have shown an especial predilection--
clothing manufacture, merchandising.
banking and changing - are
singularly lacking in the Holy Land.
Industrial activity is almost negligible.
ruit-growing and souvenir making
are the principal pursuits.
Life DIFFICULT
Most of the Jews who have left
America for what they believed to be
THE Promised Land" have found life
in Palestine difficult and expensive.
Many of them have engaged in small
farming and fruit culture. Others
have set UP small retail stores In Jaffa,
Haifa and other large towns. The
main streets of Jerusalem and Jaffa
now resemble busy retail centers in
the East Side of New York. The
Hebrew and English languages vie
with Arabic as the prevailing tongues
in the commercial inarts.
Palestine" says Consul Southland
in his report, lis a small country
without demonstrated natural re-
sources of any particular Importance.
Its population is small and will not
for some years possess any consider
able purchasing power. Within its
own limits it will produce or consume
little as compared with the average
world political or commercial unit.
The consul's statement that the To- /
cal population neither produce nor
consume much explains why the world !
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

Jew has such reluctance in colonizing
the Holy Land. The Arab population
is proverbially poor and produces lit
tie beyond few staples of the farm
and vineyard. The Jew, who is essen
TALLY a merchant and trader, finds 1t
impossible to live off the Arab, and
he finds it equally impossible to ex-
plot his own people.
American visitors usually leave
Palestine with the conviction that If it
were not for it's historical and Bibi-
cal associations and traditions, the
Holy Land would figure little in the
worlds life. There is a firm belief
among disinterested Americans that
Great Britain would willingly with
draw from its costly occupation Of the
country If it were not for the security
of the Suez canal, which is only 200
miles away.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
PALESTINE LACKS
in Fertile SOIL
Consul Makes Statement After
Extensive Survey

Jerusalem, March 23.--Addison +.
Southland, American consul here, has
Just completed an exhaustive survey
of the commercial and agricultural
resources of Palestine. He has also
investigated the subjects of port de-
velopment, hydro electric resources
irrigation and banking. In view Aof
the optimistic reports issued by those
seeking to make the Jewish national
home in Palestine success, it is in
teresting to note that the American
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
LIKE PUT-AND-TAkE?

London, England-Five Chinese
were arrested and fined for operating
gambling resorts. They said the
Chinese game of Pak-a-Peu was at
tracing many Londoners. The only
thing they'd tell about the game is
that sometimes odds of 1000 to one
are offered.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
LEAVE II TO BRIDGET

Woking, England-Every night in
years. Bridget Ttelan, housemaid, had
looked under the bed for an intru-
der. Then she looked and saw one.
She grasped him by the collar and
made him give back her wrist watch
which he'd purloined.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
ADAM AND EVE ON ISLE

London, England-There's one
place in the world where the eternal
triangle is impossible--the island of
Holm in the Orkney group. Its only
inhabitants are man and his wife,
latest census reveals
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
BURIED IN THE "SNOW DUST"
Avalanche Encountered In the SWISS
Mountains Often Buries Houses,
Mon and Beasts.

The "Staub Lawine" or snow dust
avalanche occasionally encountered in
the Swiss mountains, Is visitation Of
wind which suddenly lifts the entire
snow mantle from the side of q noun
tain and carries 1t along in binding,
pelting, overwhelming mass that is ir-
resistible. 1t Is said to overwhelm for
ests, to bury men, beasts and dwell
ings, and finally to settle into hard,
tightly packed mass. The snow Is dry
and finely powdered. When 1t comes
to rest it Immediately hardens into
something much like ice; 1t wraps the
objects embedded in 1t in tight im-
placable clasp. A man or horse
caught in the storm Is likely to have
his breath squeezed out by the even,
clinging pressure of the particles. II
indeed the wind has not already blown
1t out Of him. A man, who was once
caught at the edge, Of the avalanche
Just when 1t was settling down to
rest, was carried of his feet in mo-
ment the snow held his legs, pinned
his arms to his sides, and crawled ur-
ward to his throat, when the force Of
the curious storm was spent and he
was rescued
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
King Robert the Bruce.

A little more than a century ago
three workmen digging in Dunfermline
Abbey, Scotland, came upon a vault
containing body covered with cloth
Of gold under folds of sheet lead. The
breastbone was found sawn asunder.
It was the body Of King Robert the
Bruce, whose dying request to have
his heart carried to the Holy Land
had been obeyed by the Douglas.
There are 10 royal graves In Dunferm-
line Abbey, and but for the murder OF
James I at Perth, which caused the
removal Of the court to Edinburgh,
Dunfermline might never have yield
ed place to Holyrood.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
Deadly Apprehension.

After many long years they met
again, the old trngedian and the dear
old lady who was once lovely Rosa
lind. And since they had been sweet
hearts once, he embraced her. Then he
started back. "Womail," he cried.
'what's that noise you're making?"
She trembled at the anger In his
voice. "It's only asthma" she faltered.
With sigh Of relief, he turned and
mopped his brow. Heavens I" he muir
INJURED. II thought you were kissing
me."-London NewsExpress.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
TAINTED WHEN PHONE RANG
Pioneer IsIsphons Man Recalls Days
When Women Thought Voice on
Wire Was Supernatural.

The woman radio enthusiast who
thrills with wonder when she succeeds
In picking up concert broadcast from
some distant point probably does not
realize that her sister Of generation
or two ago experienced fully az
marked an emotional upheaval when
she first heard q voice over an ordi-
nary telephone.
Sometimes these first experiences
with Bells invention were attended by
results that were almost serious. ac-
cording to w. d. Mckinney. a pioneer
telephone man Of Columbus, o., who
entered the business at the bottom. In
the days when boys were employed as
operators.
"Why, when I first started to work.
az a boy, women used to faint when
they heard q voice on the other end
Of the wire" Mr.. Kinney declares.
'.They thought It was supernatural"
'.The exchanges were bedlam," he
says. Girls were not employed. The
old Bell and Edison companies In the
seventies hired boys. preferably thick
skinned, to hande the calls. At first
there were no numbers and only names
were used In switching the calls from
line to line.
I'VE boys stood In row along the
switchboard. When call came In,
boy would yell to another down the
board: Give me Old Man Hawkins
and the calls had to be crossed be-
tween the different parts Of the board"
The first multiple switchboard, the
forerunner Of the telephone switch
board Of today. was put in service In
1879. Shortly after Its appearance,
women were first employed as opera
tors and soon displaced the boy switch
board NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press
Service.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
OF Course,

Newlywed was on his honeymoon,
and as he had married very pretty
girl he lost no chance Of telling every
body with whom he came In contact
that he was a married man.
II want rooms" he announced, as
he approached the hotel reception
clerk, trying to appear as nonchalant
as possible.
Certainly. Er," said the clerk. "For
how manyT'
For myself and wife," replied New
lywed.
"Yes, SIR" said the clerk. "Suite,
sirT'
"Sweetr' cried Newlywed "Of
course she isT-London Tt-Bita
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
oll AMONG The Anelents.

The oil industry had Its birth in the
United States about 1853. when crude
oil was analyzed and well was drilled
at Titusville. Pa. But our Indians
and the races before them knew crude
oil. Thousands of. years before Christ
Babyloniaul and Chaldean masons used
II in semi1iquid form for ceinenting
the bricks Of their towering walls, and
Il was used In building the pyramids
Herodotus mentions well from which
three substances, asphalt. salt and oil,
were pumped. OIL from natural springs
in Sicily was used In lamps In the
temple Of Jupiter at Rome, and the
wealthy Illuminated their homes with
II. The ancient Chinese and the Per-
slams used II for light and heat, and II
enters into the preservatives Of the
Egyptian embalmers. Scientific Amer
Jean. ~
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
than % higher
priced brands.
(November 2-Dec. 14, 1923)
STATE OF MICHIGAN
BAKING POWDER
OUR GOVERNMENT USED
MILLIONS OF POUNDS

In the Circuit Court for the County
Of Baraga, in Chancery.
The 18th Judicial Circuit, In Chanc-
cry.
John H. Rice, Plaintiff,
VS..
Angus Campbell and Thomas Van
yencour, or his Unknown Heirs, De-
visees, Legatees and Assigns, De-
PENDANTS.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court
for the county of Baraga, in Chanc-
cry, on the 23rd day of October, A. d.
Upon filing the bill Of complaint
duly verified by the plaintiff, and the
affidavit Of said plaintiff in the above
entitled cause, from which it appears
that it is not known to said plaintiff
whether Thomas Vanyencour is living
or dead or where he may reside if
living, or if dead, whether he has
heirs or personal representatives liv-
ing, or where they or any of them
may reside, or whether the title or
interest Of the said Thomas Vanyen-
cour in the lands which are the sub
ject of this suit has been been as
signed by him to any person or per-
sons or by him disposed of by will,
and that the said plaintiff has made
diligent search and inquiry to ascer-
tain the same, and that said plaintiff
does not know and has been unable,
after diligent search and inquiry, to
ascertain the names Of the persons,
said bill as defendants without being
named;
1t Is Ordered that the said Thomas
Vanyencour and each and all of said
defendants in this suit who cannot,
by reason of being unnamed or 9TH
erwise be personally served with pro-
cess, and who are named in said bill
of complaint as Thomas Vanyen-
cour, or his unknown heirs, devsees,
legatees or assigns, cause their, and
each of their, appearance to be en-
tered in this cause On or before the
expiration Of three (3) months from
the date of this order, and that in de-
fault thereof said bill of complaint
may be taken as confessed against
them and each of them.
And It Is Further Ordered that
this order be published once in each
week for six (6) successive weeks in
the L'Anse Sentinel, a public newspa-
per printed, published and circulated
in said county of Baraga, and that the
first publication thereof be within for
ty (40) days from the date Of this
order. The said suit is brought to
quiet title Of said plaintiff to the fol-
lowing described lands situate in the
county Of Baraga, state Of Michigan,
to-wit:-
The Southeast Quarter (SEH) of
Section One ~ Township Fifty (5O)
North, Of Range Thirty (30) West.
JOHN G. STONE,
Circuit Judge Of the 18th Judicial
Circuit Of Michigan, in Chancery.
H. c. Schultz,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Business Address:
Houghton, Mich.
Attest: A true copy. (Seal of the
Homer ]. Pennock, Court.)
Clerk.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
HsrrIno -.psarls..

Turning fish scales, into pearls by
secret process, Is the object Of a
commercial mission from the United
States to Scottish ports An Official
at the board Of agriculture said the
material obtained bad been called
"Chitin." It was intended to apply
the new preparation to artificial
pearls In order to impart the velvety
feeling and phosphorescent glow
found In real pearls North sea her.
rings are the best for the purpose
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-30
What She Would Do.

"What would your father do II told
him ! wanted to marry your" asked
the young man.
He'd refer the matter to me-"
promptly replied the girl.
"And what would you DOR he said.
hopefully.
I'D refer the matter to the young
man who proposed to me and was ac-
cepted while you were trying to make
up your mind."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. ~
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
TO USE MARSH AS CARP
AND MUSKRAT GROUND
Large Area Owned by H. P. Scott Be-
Banked and viii be Stocked.

The river marsh owned by Henry
P. Scott, and comprising about 175
acres just above Delaware City, is be-
ing banked with the idea of convert
ing it into a profitable muskrat and
carp grounds.
Harry c. Clark is doing the work
and has, at this time, about ten men
on the job under the supervision of
Walter Scott. 1t is estimated that the
work will require about three months.
The river bank will be built up to
an average height of four feet for
about three thousand yards. Several
sluices will be put in to allow the tide
to cover the marsh, as well as over
flow sluices to drain the marsh of all
excessive water. 1t is planned to ar
range the sluices so that there will al
ways be about foot of water over the
entire marsh area. This depth OF
water is considered as ideal for the
carp to thrive in.
AS the marsh is at present, it is
covered with water on the high tides
and completely bare on the low water,
and as consequence the carp will
not use it as a feed ground. After all
improvements are COnplSISus bhO
marsh will be stocked with young
carp, which will be ready for the mar
ket in three years time. After the first
planting they will multiply themselves.
A few muskrats use the old marsh
but they are few compared to the
number that will use it when more
suitable home is provided for them.
The way the marsh has been for re-
cent years, the cold winter weather
has starved them out. They could not
build their homes above the ground
due to the absence of water below so
they lived in the banks Of the bitches
running throughout the marsh. This
kind of home is unsuitable, however,
as often when they would emerge from
their leads on rising tide, they
would find themselves shut out by the
ice when they attempted to return.
Foraging is extremely difficult under
such circumstances and often, they
themselves, would get caught in the
ice and freeze to death when out in
search of food.
The marsh is considered by trap
pers and fishermen as ideal for the
purpose planned, and should be a
paying proposition within few years
time.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06

the results of this new practice which
is just being introduced into the grape
growing section of Kent county. Kent
county is now the center of the grape
industry of Delaware with more than
1000 acres of commercial vineyards.
Another special feature of the Kent
county exhibit will be that of pota-
toes taken from the twenty-five field
demonstrations of the use Of certified
seed potatoes of several varieties as
compared with the home grown seed.
The varieties of potatoes used are the
Irish Cobbler, which seed came from
New Jersey, and the Green Mountain
and Rural Russet, which certified seed
came from New York State. The ex-
hibits of farm crops including speei-
mems of alfalfa, soy beans and Japan
ese clover demonstrations will be
about the same as last year.
The Sussex county exhibit, under
the direction of County Agent M. c.
Vaughn, will feature the demonstra-
tion work being conducted in Sussex
county which includes the extensive
of soy bean growing
which has become a new industry in
Sussex county as a result of the field
conducted by Mr..
Vaughn. Mr.. Vaughn will feature the
results of inoculation and the various
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06

uses and combinations Of soy beans
with other crops as they are being
grown in Sussex county. Among the
newer crops which have been intro
duced into Sussex county through ex-
tension work, is that of japanese clo-
yer, or Lespedeza, formerly grown
only in the south. This has been found
to be splendidly adapted to the lighter
soil of lower Delaware, which up to
the present time have found few crops
suitable for pasture and which give
satisfactory yield Of pasture crops.
Lespedeza is now widely used and
demonstrations are extended this year
to show its value as a legume for pas
ture improvements as well as soil i'm
provement. The various uses to which
Lespedeza is being put in Sussex
county will be shown in Mr.. Vaughn's
exhibit He will also feature the re-
suits Of demonstration work with
sweet potatoes and white potatoes
both of which are grown in Sussex
county as a commercial crop.
The general plan of the exhibits of
the Extension Department will relate
in the connection of the place Of farm
demonstrations as a means Of visual
izing better farm practices.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06

suit instituted by Massachusetts, was
dismissed, and the decree Of the low
er courts dismissing the rockingham
suit was affirmed.
The opinion of the Court, delivered
by Mr.. Justice Sutherland, states:
1--WE have reached the conclusion
that the cases must be disposed of for
want of Jurisdiction without consider
ing the merits of the constitutional
question" The decision was unani-
nous.
The opinion points out that the SUI
preme Court has no power per Sc 10
review and annul acts of Congress on
the ground that they are unconstitu-
tional. That question may be consid-
cred only when the justification for
some direct injury%**is made to rest
upon such an act.*~ The party who in
vokes the power must be able to show
not only that the statute is invalid,
but that he has sustained or is i'm
mediately in danger of sustaining
some direct injury as the result of its
enforcement **%
The State of Massachusetts suffered
no such injury, the Court declared.
In regard to the rockingham case,
the opinion pointed out that the
fright of a taxpayer to enjoin the eX>
ecution of federal appropriation act,
on the ground that it is invalid and
will result in taxation for illegal pur-
poses, has never been passed upon by
this Court. If one taxpayer could
maintain such a suit the Court states,
every taxpayer could do the same, in
regard to every separate apprOpria-
tion of public funds. The bare sug-
gestion of such a result, with its at
tendant inconvenience, goes iar to
sustain the conclusion which we have
reached, that suit of this character
cannot be maintained"
Notes From the Field
Following are two letters which are
typical of the kind Of appeals that
the Child Welfare Commission is con-
stantly receiving. All kinds and all
classes of people do not hesitate to
call on our nurses for service.
Miss--
Will you please send John to that
woman that is going around through
the schools. want her to look at his
ear, and see what she thinks about his
ear he loses so much time on count
of his head, maby she can tell me
what to do for it and little boy told
me if John did not come to school
more oftener you was going to take
his seat from him. So if you think
ther is nothing the matter with him
look at his ear.
Mrs.--