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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
to fish and tell fish stories. What
or; rlxr oono,,loxr door this indicatn2

to fish and tell fish stories. What
grisly complex does this indicate?
He has been known to preside at a
clam bake. Perhaps at sometime
he has been insulted by a clam and
is actuated by revenge. For luck
he collects and lightly swears by
little Chinese josses in bronze. Is
this retaliation against a careless
Chinese laundryman? Ancient fur
niture and glass appeal to him, and
the more ancient the more appeal.
What does this indicate? Frankly,
we do not believe that DR.. Freud
or his somewhat smudged asso-
ciates can tell us.
1t is bromide and not quite true
to say that laughter is akin to
tears. They are the opposite ends
of the emotional scale. The chuckle
is in between and sees both ends.
Lincoln makes US chuckle. He him
self chuckles. His humor sees the
weak spots in humankind and
greets them with sympathy as well
as amusement. From Cap'n Fri to
Doctor Nye all the long line of
Lincoln books have kept us chuck
ling.
Throughout there has been grad
ual growth. Deepening sympathy
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

A striking modern example, with
the necessary twentieth century vari-
atoms, of turning the sword into the
ploughshare, has been given during
the past few years by the government
and private manufacturers. They
have taken millions of pounds of pic
ric acid, smokeless powder, soda aud
trinitrotoluol left over from the war
and have transformed them into com
mercial explosives for use in agricul-
tural work and road building. Near
ly all of them have had to be sub
jected to some modification, have
had to be remanufactured, mixe,1
with other ingredients and then car
tridged, but they have been used
widely in various parts of the coun-
try to help out in the peacetime
work of the farms. Sodatol is the
latest of these, and the announce
ment that 1S,OOO,OOO pounds of it
were ready for distribution by the
government has just been made.
Sodatol is high explosive made by
mixing trinitrotoluene, the famous
TINT Of war days, and sodium nj
trate. 1t is prepared for use in
double-dipped paraffined cartridges
weighing about seven ounces. TINT
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Joseph C. Lincoln Collector of Antiques
Is Also Curator of Laughs and Signs
BIZ ROY A. GILES

The ancient alchemist spent
weary years trying to transmute
the baser metals into gold. AL
though he was perhaps impractical
one must admit that he owned a
true sense of values.
Someone has called Joseph G..
Lincoln the "Alchemist of Humor,"
not wit or slap stick comedy-but
that rarer, higher thing-Humor,
and we like to think that his is a
true sense of values.
Cape Cod is the angular and
rugged scene of his life's work.
It's beauty seems rather grim; its
standards somehow narrow to a
lax and continentalized age. But
Lincoln, the alchemist, has digged
deep in human nature for the
metals of his transmutation and
the result is-gold. Born amid
the innumerable sea captains of
that coast; that yankee strain
from which we draw our best
strength; he is perhaps the most
typically American novelist Of
today.
Lincoln would be the despair of
the psychoanalysts. Not a sex
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

and understanding, finer hu-
NOR mark Lincoln's work until
in doctor Nye," his latest book,
we find a mastery mingling Of
humor and pathos in which each
gains by contrast. DR.. Ephraim
Nye, brilliant, whimsical, pathetic,
is not only Lincoln's greatest char
acter, but one of the outstanding
and most appealing figures in
modern literature. His rise from
jailbird to the strongest force for
good in the town of Ostable is a
thrilling and heart stirring mar
rative. Underneath all Of the con-
flict, the suffering, the splendid
victory, runs the Lincoln chuckle;
as of one who knows humanity,
condones it's weaknesses, and sees
and fans to life the little spark Of
Divinity in each breast. Katherine
Powell, helping Doctor Nye in his
life's victory, is as clean and strong
as the sea wind on that rugged
coast. Lincoln has surpassed him
self. He has indeed proven his
right to be called: "The Alchemist
of Humor" who in his crucibles
transmutes the dross of common
lives into the gold of high resolve
and noble laughter.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
NATURE VS.. rHEoRIsr

WASHINGTON, D. CA book.
taught botanist recently visited Ola.
cier National Park to add some first
hand knowledge of plant life to his
learning, the Bureau of National
Parks Is told.
After day on the mountainside
gathering specimens, he returned to
Many-Glacier Hotel elated over the
discovery Of some sarvis berries.
Tourists opened conversation with
the scientist" as he entered the
lobby carrying an armful Of berry
laden branches.
Eyes, have made a rare discov-
cry, I think" the botanist announced.
Nov, you see, there are three dis
tinct types of berries here. The
green and the red ones seem to be
quite common, but the brown ones
are not SO plentiful"
A man wearing chaps and a buck
skin shirt standing nearby broke into
the conversation at this juncture.
They're all brown when they're
half ripe" he said in a voice carry.
ing unhidden disgust.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
A Litter Of Pigs Makes
Nearly Two Tens Weight

With an official weight of 3.S9S4s
pounds for litter of IL Duroc-Jersey
pigs, Texas claims to hold the
worlds record for tonnage of litter
produced by one SOW and for aver
age weight per pig in six months
time. The litter was weighed Sep
TENDER l., when 1870 days old, under
the supervision Of A. L. Ward, swine
specialist of Texas A. & M. College,
and officials of the McLennan Coun-
ty Farm Bureau. The pigs averaged
3249 pounds per head and made a
daily gain of 1S pounds from birth
The last 20 days the daily gain was
31a pounds for each pig.
The champion litter was bred and
raised by Victor Hill of Chalk Bluff,
McLennan County, Texas. There
were IA pigs in the litter when far
rowed March 5. Twelve pigs were
raised
The total value of feed including
pasture necessary to produce the lit
ter was $229.S4, making the cost of
each 100 pounds $3.50. The pigs
will be sold for breeding stock, but
as they were worth 91a cents per
pound on the market the day weighed
they made a net profit of $140.51
The litter consumed 1896 pounds of
skim milk, 5,420 pounds of corn
feed meal, 2,100 pounds of pig chow
and 200 pounds of corn. They had
the run of an 1S-acre Bermuda grass
pasture with shade
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Memorial Building
Planned for Idaho

Another step toward erection OF
the memorial armory- gymnasium on
the university campus at Moscow. in
honor of Idaho's war heroes was
taken here when representatives OF
alumni, the American Legion, the
student body and the university met
to perfect organization of the Idaho
Memorial Building Association.
r. d. Leeper, Lewiston attorney,
who is university alumnus and also
past commander of the American Lee
gion, department of Idaho, was elect
ed president of the association Ward
Arney of Occur d'Alene, attorney and
member of the American Legion com.
mittee, was chosen first vice-presi-
dent, and Paul Davis of Boise, pres
ent commander of the Idaho depart
ment of the American Legion, second
vice. president.
Attending the meeting were: r. D.
Leeper, j. Ward Arney, Talbot Jen-
nings, president of the Associated
Students; DR.. A. H. Upham, presi-
dent of the university; Dr. Harry
Einhouse, George E. Horton, Homer
David and G. P. Mix Of Moscow; and
General l.. V. Patch of Payette.
Articles of the association were
revised and formally adopted and de-
cision was reached to proceed with
incorporation.
Active membership, it was decided,
shall consist of the Is signers of
the articles, together with additional
active members to be chosen by the
association, to bring the total to a
number not exceeding rs. The or
ganization is left free to create an
associate membership of unlimited
size, according to such plan as may
seem best.
Choice of an executive secretary
to manage the financing of the me-
mortal is expected to. be made at
meeting early in December.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

The officers of the Delphy, flagship
and leader of the squadron which
met disaster at Point Honda, Cali
fornia, are to be tried by court
martial. They were found guilty of
culpable inefficiency and negligence.
Eight other officers will face charges
of negligence. The report was said,
by veteran naval officers, to be al
most unprecedented in its sweeping
condemnation Of those alleged to be
responsible for the loss of the seven
destroyers in which 20 men lost their
lives.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
AN EASY WAY TO MAKE
A PANEL.

This decorative wall panel is made on
a foundation of black satin to which a
transfer design is stamped with hot
iron. To this design flowers and leaves
made OF colored metallic ribbons are
glued. There is no sewing. The ribbon
is merely twisted or folded into the de-
sired shape for petals ard leaves and
glued at once to the panel. A small
amount OF the best quality of glue should
be used. tits squeezed onto the material
and allowed to set before flowers are
applied. The butterflies are cut from
metallic, brocaded ribbon and erplied
with few drops of glue
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
p4o1os @ WESTERN ELECTRIC co.,
Jack Dempsey Speaking Over
Microphone

carried clearly and distinctly to every
one in the crowd through the West
ern Electric Public Address System
which had been installed for the
Police Games.
What Jack said was, 81 hope you
are all as happy as I am today"
At Dempsey's left is Commissioner
Enright indicating his approval.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

cent in the fifth year, whereas the
old certificates yielded about 4.56
per cent. If held for 10 years the
old certificates yield 4.97 per cent
from the new issue.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

The day after Jack Dempsey
knocked out Luis Firpo, he went to
the police games in New York City
and $4,000 persons wanted to hear
him make speech. Jacks modesty
was too great to let him mount the
speakers platform, but he consented
to sit inconspicuously and speak into
microphone. Then his voice was
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

The gas mains in the United States,
IL laid end to end, would total $1,000
miles, enough to circle the earth
nearly three times.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Worlds News

A severe earthquake rocked North
ern Luzon, in the Philippines, late
ly. The quake originated in the vi
entity of Taal Valcona, so miles
south of Manila.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
was seized by the police and taken
to Jail at Prescott.
Want American Aid

WASHINGTON America is the
nation most beloved in the Near
East. The unselfish relief work for
the Armenians and Greeks has not
only won the love of these peoples
but has also earned the respect and
admiration of the Turks, according
to the Rev. Samuel McCrea Cavert,
one of the two general secretaries Of
the Federal Council of Churches, who
spent several weeks in the Near East
studying relief measures.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

Total tonnage of shipping entering
go, in the foreign trade, during the
first eight months of the present
year was 79,415,S57 tons. This total
exceeded by 15,S63,619 tons the ton
mage for the corresponding period
of 1922, and was also 3,O19,58O tons
greater than the tonnage for the
same months of 1913.
British Board of Trade figures re-
ceived by the Bankers Trust Com
pany from its English Information
Service show that the tonnage of
ships departing from British ports
with cargo in the present year was
almost 100000 tons greater than
in 1913. British coal exports ac-
count in part for the enlarged ship
ping tonnage, there having been 3d.
156,546 tons of coal exported from
Great Britain in the January-August
period of 1928, compared to 4S,32O,-
6O8 tons in that period Of 1913.
The interest yield on British saw
ings certificates has been brought
more nearly into line with current
interest rates on Government securi-
ties through the issuance of new
series of the certificates. According
to advices received by the Bankers
Trust Company from it's English In
formation Service, the new certifi-
Gates are sold by the Treasury for
16 shillings, and are redeemable for
10 shillings 3 pence at the end of
five years. The previous issue was
sold at 16 shillings and certificates
were redeemable for 20 shillings at
the end Of five years. The COM
pound interest yield of the new GER
tificates is approximately BIT per
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

Land needs legumes, legumes need
lime. Fall is good time to lime.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Utilize Picric Acid

Picric acid is another explosive,
manufactured for the destructive pur
poses of war, and which has been
turned, in large quantities, to the
constructive arts of peace. Some.
thing like 100000 pounds of it
have already been distributed in the
various states. 1t has also served
it's turn in blowing stumps, blasting
field rocks, helping to build roads
and in other work for which it could
be used. For wartime purposes it
was highly SCATTERING explosive,
used in shells. In England it was
known as lyddite; in France as
melinite. Hundreds of barrage fires,
formed of picric acid shells, were
laid down in the late war. The same
SCATTERING and descriptive strength
has, as in the case of other war eX.
plosives, been harnessed for agri-
cultural purposes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Var Materials Turned
Into Farm Explosives

was widely used by all the combat
ants during the war. 1t was regard
ed in military sense as an ideal
explosive because of it's great power,
and the safety in handling it, due to
it's insensitiveness. Millions of
pounds of it were used in demolish-
ing trenches and in attacks on forti-
tive than INT, but it is stated there
is no danger in handling it provided
the ordinary care used in handling
dynamite or other explosives is en-
ployed.
Used on Roads
Smokeless powder, manufactured
for use by the armies, is another
explosive which, instead of being al
lowed to go to waste, was made into
and is being used today in all kinds
of agricultural work, road building,
boulder blasting and other activities.
The turning of this particular
Sword" into a "ploughshare" was
successfully accomplished after chem
lists and technical men had devoted
months to it's study. The powder
was ground up and a certain amount
Of other explosives added. The mix
lures were tested, in innumerable
ways. Batch after batch was made
up to find the right combination-as
many as 400 experimental mixtures
were prepared and tried, 20 separate
formulas were processed, and ap-
proximately $4,000 test shots were
made to determine it's action unde.
varying conditions, before dumorite.
as the new combination explosive
was named, was made available for
peacetime uses. Millions of pounds
of it have been used throughout the.
country for explosive purposes. DUN
orite, like sodatol, has certain quail
tiles which highly recommend it to
many explosives users. 1t cannot
freeze and it will not give head
aches. These two drawbacks have
characterized the use of certain dy-
although recently, one of
the largest of the explosives man,-
featuring companies has devised
new formula whereby all its dyna-
mites are manufactured on a low
freezing basis, which makes it pos
sible to use them under severe cold
weather conditions and also does
away with the danger of thawing.
which was serious peril when un-
dertaken by men who did not know
the proper way to do it.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

Miserable poverty has forced the
villagers Of Obergammergau to cease
the production of the Passion Play,
and to go out into the world to earn
their daily bread.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

Norwich, England, has the honor
of naming the first woman lord mayor
Of England. The dignity has been
bestowed upon Miss Ethel Colman,
daughter of the late j. J. Colman,
M.
The Washington times., 1923-04-01
APARTMENT CATERS
TO DECREE SEEKERS
Paris Flats Offered to "Ameri-
can Ladies Seeking
Separation" -

PARIS, March S1.-Paris society
is considerably intrigued and finds
fine bit of Easter gossip in the
enterprise of Frenchman who
has leased an apartment house in
which he offers flats at special
short. term rates to American
ladies seeking divorces"
A waiting list already is reported.
The proprietor makes 1t a point to
hand out cards bearing a MESA ge
which states the nature of the
services offered and the clientele
he seeks. These cards are distri.
buted regularly at the Ritz,
Claridge's, Plaza, Maurice and
other swagger hostelries.
Gossip says two society women
viii get Easter presents in the
shape Of divorces. One Of these IL
said to be Mrs. Langdon Harris,
nee Turney, and the other Mrs.
Jack Taylor of New York.
Another prominent social light
who has been relieved of her
spouse is Baroness Eddy de
Nardoner. She obtained a quiet
decree q week ago. Eddie, bIames
his marital mishap an q series
Of financial disasters which have
overtaken him since the first of
the year.
The Washington times., 1923-04-01
MANY VISIT PEARY
GRAVE NEXT FRIDAY
Fourteenth Anniversary OF Dis
covery Of North Pole to be
Observed at Arlington.
WIDOW WILL ATTEND
AdmlraI's Daughter and Com
panions on Trip Also to'Have
part in Ceremony.

s:stars .Ssand Stripes nailed to
North Pole. !,
( When that message went flashing
through the crisp Labrador air from
the arirSleas station at Indian Har-
lsor nearly fourteen years ago. the
whole civilized word received .a
thrill. 1t meant the end Of = cen.
turles-oid struggie to find the apex
sof the earth. ~ 81 S.
The. man who mail Old Glory
to the pole on +. that sunlit Arctic
u. Peary--hAd aspsnt twenty-three
years OF his life 70 attain his goal,
years &c hunger Il cold and dark.
iIlsss Z. wears ia which he hid fitted
out expedition after expedition. and
hurled his money. time and energy
against the almost iKnpregnabIe
North.
& Many win, gather ct Arlington
Cemetery to hon0r Peary next FRI
day morning, the foufteeIth ami
verssry OF his discovery OF the pole.
The exercises will take place in
front OF the memorial erected to the
explorer last year by the National
Geographic Society, and will be I'M
der the auspices Of the Admiral
Robert b. peary Post, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars.
WIDOW TO ATTEND.
Among those expected to attend
the exercises are the discoveries
widow, Mrs. Robert 2. Peary;
Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, navi-
gator Of the Roosevelt, on
which the dash to the polo
was made, and Mrs. Edward
Stafford the adTnirafs daughter,
who was born within the Arctic
Circle, and nearer to the North Pole
than any other white child. She IL
widely known as the Snow Baby.
The memorial to Peary In Airing
ton Is unique. It consists OF huge
ohlate spheroid Of granite, in pro-
portion and in position to the earth.
and resting On massive base. On
the surface Of the granite globe are
l1ewn the outlines Of the land and
water masses OF the earth's sur
face; at it's North Pole is q bronze
star, symbol of the achievement BY
which Peary's name will ever be re-
nembered.
DESIGNED MONUMENT.
The symbolic design Of this monu-
ment was conceived by Admiral
Peary during his last illness, and
suggestions for 1t were dictated to
his wife, herself an Arctic traveller
Of note, three weeks before his
death.
One OF the inscriptions on the
memorial reads "Inveniam Viam
Aut Faciam," Il will find a way OF
make one). Peary's favorite motto.
The exercises at Arlington will
be In charge Of William Homer Car
roll, executive officer Of the Ad
tniraI Robert p. Peary Ship. Vet
Grams OF Foreign Wars. Members
Of the Peary ship will form In front
Of the Navy Building at 10 O'Clock
Friday morning, and, headed by the
Navy Band, win march to Arlington
by way of Key Bridge.
At the entrance OF the cemetery
the marchers viii be Joined by high
ranking officials Of the Navy De
partment. officials of the National
Geographic Society and others.
Addresses will be made by AID
fuiral L. e. Gregory. DR.. Gilbert
Grosvenor, president Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society, and
Capt. q. w. Scott. head Of the
Navy chaplain corps. Wreaths viii
be placed on the grave by DIR. Gros
venor and Capt. Kenneth Il. Coontx
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The Washington times., 1923-04-01
Probe Destruction
of Railroad Bridge

HARRISON. Ark, March BIZ
An investigation was under way
today to determine the responsible
ity for the destruction Of two
bridge spans on the Missouri and
North Arkansas Railroad near Cot
ton Plant. Ark. 1t was announced
at division offices Of the railroad
here. q
The possibilities Of a new flare
up in the recent trouble on the
road was seen in the incident. The
disorders on the road recently cul.
minated in the investigation by q
special legislative committee of the
Arkansas legislature and its re-
port is forthcoming to the gov
ernor Of the State.
The Washington times., 1923-04-01
fund TO GIVE. RADIO
To JAIL NEEDS $500
Prisoners Need Entertainment
instrument viii Afford,
Says Major Peak.

Do you want to help entertain
prisoners at the District Jail?
Maybe you feel they committed
crimes against you and your fellow
citizens-that they would receive no
consideration from the outside
world
Major William L. Peak, assistant
superintendent Of the District Jail,
believes there is some good in every
man. He feels that even II a man
has gone wrong" there is still
some chance of making a good citi.
zen of him.
It Is on this theory that Major
Peak has Endorsed the movement
among the prisoners to buy a radio
outfit. He feels they are entitled
The Washington times., 1923-04-01
DRY AGENTS FORCE
HERE IS E|NLARgED
intensive War on D. G., Viz
ginia, and Maryland Rum
Trade Planned.

War on bootlegging in Washing
ton. Maryland and Virginia has
reached an intensive stage.
Effective today, the agents
previously operating under the III.
rectors OF New York ana Penn-
sylvania became attached to the
general agents force here, under
Chief e. G. YelIowley
Is This large addition to the head
quarters unit permits General
Chief Yellowley and Division Chief
Edgar m. Read to make f0rRys
into adjoining States, as well as
tighten the local bootleg net.
Commissioners r. A. Haynes,
speaking of the general agents
force. says: 1.-The force is entirely
mobile and operates in all parts Of
the country, whereas other agents
who are assigned to duty under
State directors are limited ii scope
Of territory"
The big shift 10 the result of
efforts Of General Chief Yeilowley
to build up q flying squadron lcf
vigilant workers.
Enforcement work In New York
and Pennsylvania viii be In charge
Of Divisional Chiefs n. @. M6rrick,
F. A. HaxeItine and @. ,. Sin1ons.
Agents attached to Director John
T. Davis force in Philadelphia ana
Director Palmer Canfieldss force In
New York are assigned to the three
divisional chiefs.
Requests for withdrawal ana re-
t1ewaI permits viii be made al
heretofore to the State directors,
who will request the proper di-
visional chief to make the necsS-
sary inspections.
No similar changes in other
States are contemplated. Haynes
announced.
The Washington times., 1923-04-01

to some entertainment; that they
should not be shut off from every
thing. ....
Already. welfare workers in Wash,
ington have contributed about 500
to a fund for a radio outfit, that
will be heard throughout the
prison. About $500 more is needed
II you want to help, you may send
your check to Major Peak.