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Evening star., 1923-10-15

Poor old Toms nine lives avail
ed him nothing today as he lay
in his coffin in the Post Office De-
partment building awaiting burial
after nineteen years spent in rid
ding the department of rats and
mice.
Tom. the post Office cat, and pet
of Postmaster Generals, was
chloroformed last night by a sur
eeon Of the United States public
health service.
The famous mouser. grown old
in Uncle Sans service, was so old
and feeble that he no longer could
swallow milk.
Department carpenters built
Tom q stained wood coffin fitted
with glass window. through
which mourners could take their
last look at the body. Capt Rid
del Of the watch force was the
chief mourner, and it was at his
home that the interment took
place this afternoon. Prior to the
last rites, however, scores of EN-
ployes passed by the bier
Nor were there floral tributes
lacking. testifying to the esteem
in which the white and gray cat
was held throughout the great
government depa rtment.
Deeds OF Tom in catching hun
dreds of rats and mice were re-
counted. Appreciative members
of the watch force told once again
OF the cats habit of bringing every
rat or mouse he caught. whether
on the ninth floor or in the basement,
to the office of the captain of the
~ Il, l. Il
triumphantly. and then proceed to
cat his victim.
But for the past few months
Tom was in a bad way. He had
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Buying tokens ak for 40 cents
makes the individual ride cost 6 23
cents Atf. Tucker argued that this5
difference between the token rate andf
the Scent cash fare penalties to the
extent of | l-3 cents the man who >
does not always have 40 cents to In-s
vest in car fare.
Mr.. Hams testimony showed that
at the present time HIS company IS
only earning AZ per cent on the val
uation of the property fixed by the
commission and that the Capital
fractions rate Of return is 1856 per
cent.
Cites Joint Rate.
CombiniEg the earnings of the two
companies, Mr.. Ham said. makes the
joint rate of return at this time 5S7
per cent on the total value of the
two roads.
He asserted that the Washington
Railway and Electric had failed by
s499,S24.S2 to earn a per cent re-
turn for the past year and that the
Capital Traction had earned S10s,-
769.ss more than per cent for the
twelve months ending September l.
The two companies fell SS90,o5494
short of earning 7 per cent on their
combined fair values.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
MORE D|SM|SSALS
At BUREAU FEARED
Going of 118 Plate Printers
Tomorrow, and Secrecy,
Cause of Anxiety.

On the eve Of the dismissal of lis
plate printers from the bureau of en-
craving and printing tomorrow. other
employees found themselves wondering
today who would be the next to CO."
owing to strict secrecy which is being
observed BY officials of the Treasury
Department
Details of the report of the bureau
of efficiency. upon which the dismis-
sails We're based. were lacking today,
the 11S employees still being ignorant
OF the manner in which the ratings
charged against them were reached
Efforts made today to learn from
officials the exact procedure failed
knowledge OF what weight depend
ability, -spoilage Of work and
general efficiency at the trade car
rled could not be learned, it was
stated at plate printer headquarters
To Ask Infsrmatien.
Plate printers will ask officially for
full and complete information on
these subjects as soon as the dis
miSSals have been completed
Employees were wondering today IL
the attitude of Treasury Department
officials would establish n precedent
whereby in the future government
workers may be dropped. after sur
vey by the bureau of efficiency, with
out knowing how such ratings az
they might receive were reached.
Dismissal notices were being pre-
pared today, 1t was learned. while
notifications for plate printers on fur
Tough who had higher ratings than
those recommended TO be dismissed
were issued, il was understood
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Snorts of Horse
Ouey Phone Cause
Police Rush Call
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. October
15.-choking sounds and thumps
as of blows heard over the teie-
phone here brought out the police
reserves last night. An exchange
operator frantically called. Mum
Der, please" while police raced in
motor cars to the scene.
Breaking into the Walter Sta
pleton building, the police found
that snorting horse making a
lot of gasps in chewing hay
reached his nose through a hole
in A stall wall and knocked the
telephone off a shelf close by.
The thumps were made by his
stable mates kicking the sides of
their stalls.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

classes of priva tes. Adding the bonus,
the envelope pay of these men is
s1.1o0. $500 and $1,000.
In submitting their estimates to the
budget bureau the Commissioners
recommended $1.S00. $1,000 and $4,000
for the privates of both the police
and fire forces.
1t was learned today however, that
in drafting the separate salary bill
the committee will consider asking
for $1,000, $4,000 and $2,l00.
The police department is not able
to keep all positions filled. even with
present salaries and the bonus. and
the heads of that department are
confident there would be many more
vacancies If the bonus. amounting to
$50 a month. is taken away without
increase in basic pay.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
POLICE, F|REMEN
PAY RAISE ASKED

Having been advised by the budget
bureau that increased salaries for
policemen and firemen cannot be con-
sidered in connection with next years
estimates, Commissioner Oyster to-
day set the machinery of the District
government In motion to draft a sep
arate salary bill for the uniformed
forces.
The Commissioner this morning
recommended that committee be
appointed to prepare such a bill and
send 1t TO Congress in December. The
committee will be composed of Mai
Daniel j. Donovan. auditor: Mai.
Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of
police, and Fire Chief George S. Wat
son.
1t is understood the budget officials
did not oppose the higher pay, but
merely took the position that salary
increases, other than those provided
for by the reclassification, could not
be asked in the estimates.
VIII Lose $40 Bonus.
Policemen and fremen were not
included in the benefits OF reclassi-
fication. and. since the bonus is to
be abolished when reclassification
will suffer reduction IN pay of S240 A
year next July unless their basic
compensation Is increased.
At present priVates In both depart
ments receive basic salaries of $1.460
1850 and S1.660. there being three
Evening star., 1923-10-15
O'NEILL DRAMAS WIN
PLAUDlTS OF BERLIN

BERLIN. October Is. - Eugene
o'Neill's plays are epidemic in Berlin
these days and threaten TO rival those
of George Bernard Shaw and Oscar
Wilde in the favor of Germans, who
yearn for modern plays.
Anna Christie" has opened with
success at the Deutsches Theaterf and
companies are rehearsing Emperor
Jones" THE Hairy Ape" and plays
of the sea, which are intended for
early production.
Jackie Coogan has won great favor
among the Berlin movie fans. MY
Boy" is the only film of the American
child actor which has been shown
here. but the press is highly enthu-
siastic over It, and the Aim promises
70 run all winter in Berlin.
For the past twenty-five years Miss
Emma r. knell has been secretary
and manager OF the Southwest Mis-
souri, fair.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Scores Sorro,vfully Pass Bier
OfOld Tom, Pet Post Office Cat

rheumatism in his legs, which
made him unable to pursue mice
with his old vigor, and he had
an affiiction OF the throat. which
rendered him almost incapable Of
eating.
Old Tom has been with the Post
Office Department so long that his
years of service and age were
matter for dispute today. The
toll of years ran from seventeen
to nineteen. He first got on the
rolls when the Washington city
post Office was located in the
building.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
OMAHA MAYOR INJURED.

OMAHA. Neb., October 15.-Mayor
James c. Dahlnan may he in a hos
pital for several days. his physicians
saRl, as a result of injuries received
when he caught his heel and fell
.rh'lA attempting to alight from a
street car.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
FORBID REVOLT NEWS.
Greece Leaders Order Press Reports
and Cartoons Banned.

ATHENS. October IA revolution
all reference by the newspapers to
the late King Constantine and the
leaders of the revolution. Public ut
terances and cartoons relating to the
banned subjects also are forbidden.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
.7-CENT CASH FARE
3 TOKENS ASKED
CIayton's Appeal to Utilities
Body Opposed by Two
Car Line Heads.

If the Public Utilities Commission
decides it would be unwise TO au-
thorize sale of three car tokens for
20 cents. it should reduce the cash
fare from to cents. in the opin-
ion of William NICK. Clayton, attorney
for the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations,-at public hearing at the
District building today.
William F. Ham, president of the
W. r. g. f., testified that at the
present time 20 per cent of his pas
sengers pay Scent cash fare, but
that IL tokens were sold at three for
20 cents, only 10 per cent would pay
cents. This, he said would makeSa
cot of s1O4,207.46 a year in the com
Dany's reyenues
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Miss Nina Neuenfeldt of Detroit.
Mich. twenty-oue years Of age last
March. is said to be the youngest
woman laWNer in the country.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
support CInyton's View.

The following men spoke in sup
port of Clayton's arguments: Evan
II. Tucker, president OF the North
east Washington Citizens Associa-
tion; Mai. d. =. Fletcher. Takoma
Park AsSocia tion. and c. j. Richard
son of the Conduit Road Association.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23

Those who called attention to the Ian
guage in two or three paragraphs now
all agree that the compact should be
adopted unequivocally. have before
me the constructive suggestions OF
Judge Searcy of Durango which have
been considered and thoroughly inves-
tigated and Judge Searcy now joins
in the opinion that the compact should
be adopted.
AS result of investigations prompt
ed by his suggestions 1t is now gener-
ally agreed that paragraph b of Arti-
Gle III does not authorize accumula-
tive increase of annual beneficial con.
sumptive use of waters by the lower
BASIN (This paragraph means that the
lower basin may increase its annual
beneficial consumptive use Of water
1000, 900 acre feet and no more) and
that Article VIII does not authorize or
constitute and will not result in any
appropriation of water to the lower
basin beyond or in addition to that
made in paragraphs Gay and (b) of
Article III
The greater part of the discussion
has been directed to the above noted
matters, and all parties now seem sat
isfied with the compact as drawn and
believe its early adoption necessary
for the protection Of the states of the
basin, including Colorado.
Colorado con not afford to delay in
acting upon this most important sub
ject. The constant processes of ma
ture are daily increasing the menace
of flood destruction in the lower parts
of the river. The day is fast ap-
preaching when construction of enor-
nous storage works will be forced
with all dispatch in order. to save the
Imperial Valley and the Yuma irriga-
tion project. The decision of the
courts manifest the hazard of permit
ting development to proceed without
sufficient protection to the upper por-
tion of the drainage area of any of our
large river systems. If Colorado or
Arizona (the only states which have
not approved the compact) should at
tempt to surround their action of ap-
proval with conditions, reservations
or interpretations, the whole matter
would have to be resubmitted to the
states which have already ratified the
compact before any action may be
taken by Congress. There must be a
unanimous agreement between the
states before Congress can approve
their action.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23

STEP" and for years and years individ-
uals have sought its location which
became lost in the early days. Reli-
able evidence has been obtained to
substantiate the fact that number Of
years ago, not far from the Marble
cave, the skeleton of Spanish Murro.
Ian animal much larger than the
present day pack animaD the rem
nants of a homemade pack saddle
and one gold nugget were found.
Gilbert's inspection of this marble
cave last summer demonstrated the
fact that a force of men and certain
material will need to be assembled
before a thorough exploration OF the
pit can be made.
The ranger lowered a weight to
a depth OF 1900 feet down the hole
and did not find bottom. One hun
dred and thirty-feet from the floor of
the cave, a ledge Cor step) was en-
countered and II further inspection of
the dark chasm reveals two more
such steps. the belief of the old timers
that this cave is the entrance to the
Spanish mine. the Three Step" may
De proven. Iner0 lS eVlucuCc Oh d
ladder of primitive make remaining
in the cave: the sides of this ladder
being timbers of trees and the rungs
being made from strips Of hides of
animals.
An immense body Of ore in the form
of a true fissure vein had been uncov-
cred only a few months ago, within a
distance of about one-half mile from
the Marble cave. however on the
south side of Marble mountain This
vein runs in a nurtherly direction, and
points directly towards the Marble
cave region. 1t is rich in gold. silver
and copper ores, assays from the out
groupings run from $500 to $299.74
per ton. The vein is 80 feet wide at
the point of discovery. and the group
of three claims is known as the Cross
Fox group of mining claims. This
further substantiates the theory that
the Lost Spanish mine is apt to be in
the region OF Marble mountain, as this
mountain embraces numerous ore
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23
READ NEWS
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Mrs. Will Grim is still on the sick
list and not SO well this week
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Decker are having a round of the
Group.
The pretty home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fleenor was burned to the ground
Wednesday evening.
The Mont Hallock and Andy Ems
ley families are on the sick list hav-
ing siege of flu.
Miss Mary Seeley is expected home
Thursday from Gunnison to spend the
weekend with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Read and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Cook and family were din
ner guests Sunday OF Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Read.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23
Open The Garage Doors!

Just yesterday we read about man
being asphyxiated in his motor car by
the fumes from his engine, which he
had started in the garage with the
doors closed. Missing for some time,
he was found in such a condition that
resuscitation could not be effected by
pulmotor. Carbon monoxide. which is
dealy gas and the more dangerous
because odorless and therefore undis-
tinguishable, is product of incom-
plete combustion. A motor engine
started when cold, does not fully con-
sumo the gasoline vapor. and thus this
noxious element results. No engine
should be started within a confined
space, especially in cold weather. To
do so, is to invite disaster, at least
partial affection of the lungs and pos
sibly death. Car users should avoid
this risk, which can be so easily
averted by a full opening of garage
doors when motors are started.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23
eoTToMLESS PIT FOUND
IN SAN ISABEL RECESSES
By E. NJ. RAMES

At the end of the 10-foOt vent in
volcanic crater in the Sangre de Girls
to region of the San Isabel National
forest, is an apparently bottomless
pit, extending far into the bowels of
the earth and from which there con-
stantly issues current of air so
strong that lanterns and other forms
of common lights are instantly extin-
guished and blankets wrapped loosely
around stones, and thrown into the
dark hole will return to the person
who makes the cast after the weight
ed package has fallen hundreds of
feet without landing and the air cur
rents have separated the blankets
and the stones.
The passageway leading in under
the mountain to this dark cave is mar
row and only three or four feet high.
and is thru solid marble walls all the
way Dark. cold and windy is the
journey of 10 feet to the cave at the
end of the marble corridor. and peril
Gus is the approach to the edge of
the yawning pit which drops abruptly
from the floor of the chamber. The
| cave is circular in form, about 20 feet
in diameter, and has a dome ceiling
completely sealed from the light OF
the outdoors. Part way along one
side of the chamber runs a narrow
four-foot ledge which affords footing
for the explorer. but for more than
half the distance around the room the
walls of the pit are continuous. All
the formation is solid marble.
Paul Gilbert. forest ranger for the
Blanca district OF the San Isabel. in
charge of Malachite station, explored
this strange outlet thru which molten
lava from the center of the earth es-
capped when the volcanoes of that re-
gion were active. and the chamber is
known as the Marble Cave" The 10.
cation is about Is miles from the
town of Westcliffe. three.fourths OF
mile north OF the Music Pass trail
from the Wet Mountain Valley across
the range into the San Louis Valley.
The cave is above timberline and
below the entrance, some 200 yards
1t is possible to pick up wagon loads
of fossils of animals. the nature OF
which makes certain the fact that
what is now the very top of the
mountain range, was at one time the
floor of a sea which teemed with mar
inc life and that this floor was rent
and lifted high above the surrounding
country by the great force which
thrust up the Rockies.
Here and there in the district live
people who are descendants of the
Spaniards who explored the noun
tains in the region, a long time ago, as
legends are handed down from. gener
alton to generation and from one aged
Mexican woman. Abelina Apodaca by
name, Gilbert received much informa-
tion concerning the doings of early
settlers. The Spaniards are known to
have at one time possessed fabu-
lousy rich mine called the "Three
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23
Kentucky Man Locates Here.

s. NJ Ward, Of Hazard Kentucky,
who recently purchased the A. E.
Hyzer home in North Delta, is a young
attorney who will probably open law
offices here soon. Mr.. Ward says
that he became interested in Delta
through some literature received from
here and as he intended to come
west, selected this as his home. He
has family who are already comfort
ably settled in the Hyzer property.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23
Killed In Accident.

Killed in Accident.
R. R. Ridgely. head electrician at
the Holly Sugar Company plant, re-
ceived a telegram Friday announcing
the death of his brother Frank Ridge
ly at Rocky Ford, Colorado. He left
at once to attend the funeral. The un-
fortunate young man, who was also
an electrician, was working on an
electric light pole which fell with him
and injured him SO seriously that he
passed away three hours later.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23
Visiting Friends Here.

Visiting Friends Here.
Mrs. George Winters. formerly Of
Paonia but recently Of Victor, Monta-
ma is spending two or three weeks
visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Pitman Of
this city and also attending to bust
ness matters and visiting with friends
in Paonia.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23

Will Have Eaxaar.
The Calendar Club Of the Baptist
Church will bold an Easter Bazaar at
Stockham Hardware Saturday, March
80 and will also serve supper in the
church parlors Friday night, March
80, at 6 O'Clock. Chicken supper Soc.
The Delta independent., 1923-03-23

bearing veins and lodes highly miner
allied. An expedition to furtner e1-
plore this cave and the Marble noun
tain region is being organised for the
coming season.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-23

Mrs. Rainier LEM underwent a
successful operation for appendicitis
the latter part of last week, and is
getting along nicely.
A little Jasper baby was brought
in from Vida the first of the week
for treatment at the hospital.
Mrs. Whitmore of Poplar under
went a minor operation at the hos
pital and is receiving treatments
there.
Mrs. Wagner from the country,
had her tonsils removed and re-
ceived treatments at the hospital the
past week.
Mrs. McMurtrey underwent a
minor operation this week.
Mrs. J. D. Stone, who was operat-
ed on last week, was able to be taken
home today.
Mrs. George H. Flint, who under
went an operation last week, is
getting along very well.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-23
SAND CREEK ITEMS
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Russell Hansen and sons, Roy and
Wilfred, spent Sunday with Elmer
Hansen and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. C. Fleenor were
marketing farm produce in Wolf
Point last Friday.
George Flint of Wolf Point was a
Sunday caller in our vicinity,
Peter Hanson left Monday for
Iowa where he inetnds to locate.
Mrs. Hanson and children will follow
soon.
Miss Madge Williamson visited
Saturday night at the H. E. Seminars
home.
Art Mccartney and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Styer spent Thursday evening
at the L. H. Thornburg home.
Torval Birkeland and family are
back on their farm.
Ted Fleenor is now employed as a
bundle hauler for a threshing rig near
Vida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Dougherty of
Wolf Point were visitors in our part
Oh IHc COullGIy ldoI 0uIodS CfOiihS-
Oscar Schwartz is now working OF
the reservation through harvest and
threshing.
Misses Hazel and Helen Seminars
visited over Sunday with Miss Madge
Williamson.
Guy Sickels and family were Sun
day visitors at the Fleenor home.
The threshing machines have not
begun to hum in our vicinity. Chas.
Styer expects to begin threshing
soon.
Ed Long and family were visiting
Sunday at the Fred Sackett home.
Miss Olga Fleenor was a caller in
the Vida country Sunday afternoon.
A. B. Hubbard is still suffering
with his arm which he injured some
time ago while cranking a ar
Floyd Hansen is working for Chas.
Guy Sickels had the misfortune to
find one of his best work horses ly-
ing dead in the pasture. The horse
showed no signs of being sick the
evening before.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-23
FRIDAY AMERICAS LUCKY DAY

Friday is regarded by many as an
unlucky day. while for Americans
at least, it has proved itself to be
the most fortunate of the seven. 1t
was on Friday, the 3rd day Of August
1892, that Columbus first sailed from
the harbor of Palos for the new world
Tt was on Friday, the 18th of October,
1892, that he first saw the land, after
IS days of navigation. 1t was on
Friday, the fourth day of January,
1893, that he started on his return
to Spain to o to their Royal
Majesties the glorious result of their
expedition, and on Friday, the 18th
of March, 1493, that he disembarked
in Andalusia. 1t was on Friday, the
18th of June, 1894. that he discover
ed the American Continent.
On Friday, March s, 1897, Henry
VII of England, gave to John Cabot
his dispatch for the voyage which re-
suited in the discovery of the CONT
nent of North America. On Friday,
September 6, 1865. Mendez founded
St. Augusta. Fla, the oldest town in
the United States.
On Friday, November 10, 1920,
the Mayfower disembarked a few
emigrants on American soil at Pro-
vincetown. and on Friday, December
%, 1920, her passengers finally land
ed at Plymouth Rock. It was on Fri
day, February %, 1872, that George
WASHINGTON was horn
It was on Friday, June 16, ITS,
that the battle of Bunker Hill was
fought and on Friday, October Z,
1777, that the surrender of Saratoga
took place. which decided France to
give her aid to the Americans. The
treason of Arnold was discovered on
Friday. Yorktown surrendered on
Friday and on Friday, June II, 1776,
Richard Henry Lee read the Decla-
ration of independence to the Cont
mental Congress.-Selected