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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
NEW KIND CT BEAR is
DISCOVERED IN OREGON
Resembles Small Grizzly. United
States Biological Expert
Announces.

The discovery OF q new species OF
bear was announced at a meeting OF
several hundred Department OF Agri-
culture employees with Henry G. Wal
lace, secretary of agriculture, at Ia
coma, Wash.
The new bruin has not been official
ly named, but he probably will be
called the Lava bear, his known
habitat being the lava beds Of south
eastern Oregon. The discovery was
reported by Director Jewett of the
United States biological survey. Mr..
Jewett said that about a year ago a
settler killed the first of these strange
bears and brought the carcass to him.
The animal had a shaggy coat very
much like a grizzly bear and despite
that 1t weighed only 40 pounds it was
exceedingly ferocious.
Mr.. Jewett determined that the ami
NAL was full grown and that its char
acteristics were distinctly different
from those of any variety of bear
known to him. He sent the carcass
to 9. Hart Merriam, former chief OF
the biological survey and now director
Of biological investigation for the
Rockefeller institute. Mr.. Merriam Is
the recognized world authority on
bears.
Mr.. Merriam confirmed the fact
that the animal was different from
any other known species but not much
was made of the matter until two
weeks ago when another animal of
the same sort was killed by investiga-
tors of the biological survey. The ex-
perts' theory is that the Lava bear Is
a development from the grizzly in the
district where it was found. Food Is
very scarce there and just as the huge
Kodiak bear OF Alaska is believed to
be a grizzly developed to abnormal
size by feeding on the salmon which
abound in the rivers there 1t is thought
the Lava bear may be a grizzly stunt
ed through many generations Of scant
feeding.
It's characteristics, however, are so
different from any known variety OF
bear that Doctor Merriam declares
that it must certainly be classed as a
new species.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

Element Lacking in Regular Food
in South African Districts.

New York.-Cattle so crave a Ger
tain substance which is lacking from
their food in some districts In South
Africa that they eagerly search for
the bodies Of dead animals and greed
lily devour their bones, even though the
flesh still clings to the skeletons and
sven though the dead animal be one
Of their own mates. Such is the state
ment of DR.. II. II. Green of the div1-
sion Of veterinary research at Pretoria,
South Africa, In a recent report on this
strange condition made to the Ameri-
can Society of Biological Chemists.
Osteophagia, as this ~bone-eating
habit Of the cattle is termed, results
directly from a lack Of efficient phos-
phorus In the food adequately to sup
ply the body the low content Of this
element 10 the food can be traced to
the very small amount Of 1t In the soil.
The animals have learned that bones
are a very rich source OF the substance
they crave since the skeleton Is made
plate and they satisfy their desire for
p~hosphates just as many animals
crafty their appetite for salt at salt
ticks.
Acute osteophag1a occurs in almost
all the animals in certain regions for
about ten months in the year, accord
ing to Doctor Green, and only abates
for about two months while the grass
is very young. This disease can be
prevented, experiments proved, by the
use Of phosphate manuring in the soil
or by the administration OF phosphate
to the animals affected, but in the lat
ter case 1t reappears again when this
substance is removed from the diet.
According to this scientist, o%steopha-
gia In itself does not usually result
fatally, although 1t may affect the
growth of young cattle or lessen the
production of milk In COWS, results
which are also attributable to the low
phosphate content of the food. It's
economic Importance lies in the fact
that 1t is indirectly the cause of a
fatal bovine disease, common In South
Africa, which is known as lamziekte.
This latter disease. characterized by a
paralysis of the throat and neck
muscles, lameness and a humping of
the back, is caused by a toxin produced
by heterogeneous harbored in decay
ing flesh. The bone-eating animals In
their attempt to crafty the desire for
phosphate eat bones together with ad-
herring putrid flesh this flesh too often
contains the toxin which causes lam
ziekte.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
FEWER CRIMES IN ENGLAND
Marked Decrease Shown in Period
from 1918 to 1921.

Less drunkenness, more burglars
arrested, a big drop in minor cases,
more suicides, 35 double tragedies
and British prisons not so full, are
some of the outstanding features OF
the crime statistics for 1921, just made
public.
During 1921, cases of drunkenness
totaled 1888, against 9S,6O6 in 1920
and 2O4,03S in 1918. Offenses of vi
olence declined to 966 in 1921 from
1,107 in the previous year.
Prison returns show the number of
convicted prisoners received during
1921 totaled 1851, against 166,2S3 in
1913.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

them have been through both. The
it helped elect LaFollette. The
World War, so far as Wisconsin Is
concerned, was fought over LaFol-
lette. LaFollette is a hero and a
patriot, or a traitor and an archist;
but it is always LaFollette. Every
thing touches him and everybody is
for or against him. There are no
neutrals.-Chester H. Powell in
Worlds Work.
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LATE INCOME TAX RULINGS
We reprint herewith some legal
opinions which appear to have es-
capped the attention of the honorable
editor of the Decisions and Rulings
department.
@. / bought a case hootch from
a bootlegger for $120. Analysis
proved it was diluted SO per cent with
water. Can l claim a deduction?
A. You appear to have a double
claim. Losses by fire and water, UNI
less compensated for by insurance,
are deductible. You have a loss by
water. You also have a fire-water
loss.
O.. l have a flivver which l use
in business but also TO civ nv
family the air on Sundays. Can /
charge it's maintenance to business
expense or would it be regarded as a
pleasure car?
A. Best legal opinion is that a
flivver is not a pleasure car.
@. I won $1,000 in bets on a "ras
slim" match. Is this income?
A. We cannot conceive any one
winning $1,000 on a wrestling match
unless he were in on the frame"
would be an illegal transaction,
on which we cannot offer advice.
@. exchanged 20 shares of South
ern Pacific bought for IS, for 200
shares of Mammoth Flow Oil Wells,
now being drilled, which the sales
man says will be worth $500 per
share inside of six months. What
shall l report?
A. Report to an alienist.
Chicago Tribune.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
2O-Acre Concrete Tank
Worlds Largest for Oil

Wilmington, Cal.-The worlds Iarg-
est oil storage tank is nearing compile
ton here. 1t will cover 20 acres and
hold 1,750,00O barrels. The concrete
tank will rise only eight feet above
the ground. half Of it being below the
surface.
The sides and bottom will be only
four inches thick. as the soil around
the excavation for the tank has been
repacked until 1t is much more dense
than before. This mammoth tank is
the only large concrete project of its
Kind built of poured concrete; usually
they are constructed of steel.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
Hard Shelled Beetles
Deyour Live Chickens

Wheeling, w. Va.-An army OF
beetles of a variety unknown to this
city has taken possession of the mil
lion dollar fruit orchards hereabouts,
and, unless checked, will destroy the
crop Of fruit.
The pest is a hard-shelled beetle
about the size of q coffee bean, and
a shoe box, filed with the bugs, has
been sent to the state a%griculturist
for classification and a recipe for ex-
termination.
The beetles are not only devouring
the foliage and green fruit, but are lit
orally eating chickens alive, reports
from rural districts disclosed. Paris
green, arsenate of lead and boiling
water have no effect on them.
PRODUCE
Creamery --------- 43-4o
Butter. ranch
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
Flies on Eightieth Birthday.

Los Angeles. Cal.-James w. Helm
ecbe celebrated the eighrieth anniver
sary OF his birth by making a flight
in an airplane. That's what I've
wanted to do for just 90 years." he
said.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
Skunk Flees When
Girl Hurls Perfume

The pungent American skunk
} can stand for almost anything,
J but he balks and quits the game
, when thrown up against some OF
the screeching perfume used by
the girls of today.
Three young women were
camping along the Desplaines
river, near Chicago. A skunk
invaded the camp n evening.
One Of the girls opened a bot
tie of perfume and spread the
liquid on the ground.
The skunk turned tail and
fed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
Tramp Breaks Neck Trying to Escape.

A tramp, who attempted to escape
on the motorcycle of the policeman
whom he had slain, crashed into a
curbing at Freeport, H., and broke his
neck.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

Miss Esther Everett Lape, who has
been appointed as chairman Of the pol
icy committee to administer the Ameri-
can Peace Award which Edward w.
Box of Philadelphia is offering as q
prize of 100000 for the best plan for
the United States to cooperate with
other nations to make an end of all
vars. Miss Lape has opened offices
in New York and explained that Mr..
Box and the policy committee have
no idea of promoting the cause of the
League of Nations.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

Finds Gold Ring IN Head OF Lettuce.
Minnie Yeager, of Columbia, Pa.
found a gold wedding ring in the
heart Of a head lettuce she was wash
ing TO make salad.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

LOST-TWO 34x4 TIRES, WITH
rims, on Troy-Randolph Flat road.
Finder leave at Wilson's barber shop
and receive reward. 268-273
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

FOR SALE-MAJESTIC SIX RANGE
with water back. Very good condi-
ton. Call Dir. 263-268
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
LIVE STOCK FOE SALE

FOR SALE-TEAM OF HORSES,
COW and chickens. Phone 936X7.
260-271
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

RENT - HOUSEKEEPING
rooms or furnished house. 214 S.
Polk. 263-269
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
NO NEUTRALS IN WISCONSIN

NO NEUTRALS in WISCONSIN
Politically, Wisconsin is a peculiar
ly one-man state. You can near all
sorts of things in Wisconsin, but they
are all about Robert M. LaFollette.
If it is business, LaFollette helped
or hindered it. If it is religion one
church is for LaFollette and another
is against him. If it is politics. La
Toilette is the whole story. There is
no democratic party. LaFollette
abolished it. The socialist party has
made a league with LaFollette. The
progressive party, in Wisconsin, split
on LaFollette. The non-partisan
league was absorbed by LaFollette.
The republican party consists Of the
LaFollette and anti-LaFollette fac
tions. Governor John j. Blaine is a
LaFoIlette governor, who organized
a LaFollette legislature by a La
Toilette bargain with Victor Berger.
to put through a LaFollette program.
Politicians date the eras of their own
careers "W. B." and "A. 80 With
Bob and Against Bob" Most of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
FOR SALE-Misce1laneOus

FOR SALE-HOWARD HEATER. J.
A. Kostalek, 708 East A st. 264-9
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

FOR SALE-TEAM, HARNESS AND
wagon. Harry Rawson, Moscow.
263-6S
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

than it does now of the consultations
and reassurances which are derived
from a firm religious faith. We must
not let our engrossment with things
of matter and of mind distract us
from a proper concern for those
which are of the spirit, and the SOUL
Warren G. Harding.
"a "a "a
COST OF BUSINESS DEPRESSION
In wages, in diminished operation
and sales and income generally the
depression of 1921 cost the United
States the good round sum Of six bill
lion dollars, or about two billion
dollars more than the total expenses
of the national government last year.
That loss, says the National Bureau
of Economic Research, which has been
investigating business depressions
was in money only. In impaired ef-
ficiency, retarded business m
tum, and in such intangibles as priva-
L1On, anxiety, Illness ohu o'
fering entailed by unemployment,
there is another story of loss beyond
calculation.
The slight degree to which business
employment and production need to
fall off in order to bring about a Sc
riouse economic condition approaching
a crisis or panic is n OF the revela-
tions of the bureaus recent report.
1.-The broad result is" says the report,
THAT the worst years u something
like 20 per cent behind the best, n
something like 8 to IL per cent be-
hind the moderately good years. Even
10 per cent of the national income
represents several billion dollars
That only 90 per cent in the volume
of business represents the distance
between panic and boom conditions in
America reveals an unsupported pos
sibiIity of leveling out these two con-
ditions.
But that business moves in cycles
the course of which may be charted,
forecast, and probably controlled to a
considerable degree is a fact empha-
sized by the extensive studies Of the
bureau. Examination of conditions in
America and other countries through
centuries reveals that "a crisis is ex-
pected to be followed by a depression,
the depression by a revival, the re-
vival by prosperity, and prosperity by
a new crisis"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
FOR RENT

ROOMS FOR RENT-CLOSE IN,
furnace heat; women only. 312 E.
Second street. Phone 46-L evening.
267-272
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

FOR RENT-APARTMENTS. MRS.
p. w. Knapp. Phone 268-L or
4l9-L. 246-272
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
LOST

LOST-DARK BRINDLE AND
white Bull Terrier pup, age three
months, short tail. Reward. Homer
David. 26S
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

BEWARE THE ROAD LIFT"
The lift on the road is an old act
of kindness. Decent people in settled,
orderly places offered it because they
were amiable and wanted to help an
other person along the way; but
prudence in a city, or elsewhere for
hat matter, says that it shall neither
be offered nor accepted nowadays.
A good deal Of crime is OF wheels.
Criminals are scouting the street and
the country roads. The people they
pick up are virtually helpless. Con-
trariwise, the mar in a car who yields
to a request for a ride may find a
gun at his head in short order. The
good samaritan may go to the hos
'pital in a barrel. 1t is the ugly ne
cessity of city life to regard a stran-
ger as a potential enemy. 1t need not
result in discourtesy, but it say keep
your guard up. Credulity often leads
to an empty pocket book and a black
eye, or, in the case of a woman to
worse.-Chicago Tribune.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

FOR RENT-AN APARTMENT AT
the Idaho Hotel. 257-268
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13

BOARD AND ROOM CLOSE IN. MRS.
]. B. Tallman, TIA So. Wash. Phone
2z7R. 245-71
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS

DANCE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
at Kennedy Ford pavilion. Arts
Jazz orchestra. 25S-284
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-13
REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE

ONE OF THE FINEST RANCHES
near Eugene, Ore, on highway, call
on Rowe if interested. Telephone 104.
Res. Phone 435Y. 263-68
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12

Ter The next few days you're salns 10 spend building ganrsslNes a sAae. and cutting winter fuet Then each ef saa VII haze trap iiae-a good stiH one. too. Every day youth sa out and fellow your line af traps lsalilng. sklanins and ieshing. drying The skins when you get to she cabins. fon'li kAaw what il really is ta he cold. lhea yen'll knaw what work means. too, With san three l sxs neet ta Nnie my usual seasons catch. building un three times as fast the fortune l need.
 Al my fife I've looked fafsard ia q chance te give society the same kind Of treatment Il rave me-and when that fortune is large enough lt work with there will be new dy. nasty arise in Russia,
 When 1 said to abandon hope meant il. You have no heat. and I'll give yan no chance 10 make one. The distance is too great across the Ice ever to make lt through. besides. you won't he given chance 10 try.
 "Eyen if your doling fathers should
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12

send out a search party, they will overlook this little island It was l just freak ot the currents that you landed here-I don't see yet why you weren't blown to Tar Island, inn mediately east of here When they find you aren't there. and pick up any other lifeboats from your ship that in all probability landed there, they'll be glad enough to turn around and go back. Especially if they see your lifeboat floating bottom upward in the water..',
 He paused, scanning their pale, drawn faces. He turned to Ned first. but the latter was too immersed in stare. Lenore didn't raise her golden head to meet his eyes But before Lis gaze ever got to her, Dess was on her feet
 Don't be tco sure Of yourself" she cautioned quickly He looked with sudden amazement into her kindling eyes. Men like you have gone in the face of society before You're rot so afar up here that the arm. of the law can't reach you''
 The blond man smiled into her earnest face, "Go on, my dear,"' he urged.
 Its got you once, and it'll get you again. And warn you that if you put one indignity on us, do one thing you've suid-you'l bay for5i i'll the end-+just as you'll pay for that fendish crime that you committed today" d
 As her eyes met his, straight and ! the expression of con amazement died in his face. Presently his interest seemed to quicken. It was as if he had seen her for the first time. searching eyes resting first on hers then on her lips dropping down over her athletic { form, and again into her eye. He seemed lost in sinister speculations. 1
 XVI.
 Doomsdorf had seemingly achieved [
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
 Iafssfs HIsisI TO-DAY

Ned eaFnsl, his tlaneee. f4eHaFe, snd hess, seamsifess. are survivors Of 2 shinNFeek, They land on aa Island inhabited only hy a man named naomsdeFf and his Indian wife. haamsdeFf tells them he has named the island ''Hell.h and warns Ned and the girls that he is master of ihe islaad and that they must he hls willing slaves,
 Ned defes naamsdaFf and the two fight, Ned. however, Is no match for the big mans strength and is badly beaten. Second in command is the sqnas and she proves herself a faith. fnl watchdog for her master.
 ness Is the stronger Of the two girls, She makes ID her mind 10 he ready for any opportunity Of escape. lehers seems helpless 10 cope with The situation.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
WIZ tAeolian Hall, N. Y. City)

7:30 p. m.--Theodore's Hotel Ma. jestic orchestra.
 7:45 p. m.--"The Progress of the World" a review of reviews talk by Beatrice Prince.
 s:00 p. m.-Theodores Hotel Ma jestic orchestra.
 S:15 p. m.-"Automatic Machines and Their Effect on Men," a McGraw- Hill talk by Kenneth H. Condit.
 S:3O p. m.--Theodore's Hotel Ma jestic orchestra.
 9:O0 p. m,--'Interior Decorating, i" by Mrs. Penrhyn Stanlaws, celebrated decorator.
 9:15 ?. m.--Recital by Edward Plank. violinist, and Robert Childe, pianist <.
 9:35 p. m.--"Peter Pan," by Mary James, noted reader, and Mono logues With Music" with Kate Me- Comb, pianist.
 1O:00 p. m.-Recital by Edward Plank, vfolinist and Robert Childe, pianist.
 l0:20 p. m..--Songs by Kate Me- Comb, contralto.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
NOW GO os WITH THE STORY

"But l really must get down te es-
 fentials. lis so long since I've talked
 10 the outside world that l can't heip
 being garrulons. To begin with
 came here some years ago, not en-
 tirely by my own choice. of course.
 not even the devil comes 10 such
 hell AS this from his own choice.
 There's always pressure from above"
 He paused again. hardly aware Of
 the mortified gaze with which his
 hearers regarded him. A startling
 change had come over him when he
 spoke again. Ills eyes looked red as
 q weasei's In the shadowed room:
 the tones Of his voice were more sub
 dued. yet throhbinr with passion.
 T remember gray walls. long ago.
 in Siberia" he went on slowly and
 gravely. "I was not much more than . boy, a student at a great university --and then there were gray walls in q gray. snow-swept land. and gray cells. with barred doors. and men standing ever on watch with loaded rifles. and thousands Of human cattle in prison garb. It was almost straight west from here. far beyond Boring Sea: and sometimes inspectors would come, stylish people like your ! selves. except that they were bearded | men of Petrograd, and look at us through the bars as at animals in a zoo, but they never interfered with { the way things were run l was an enemy of society. they said--so I be- came an enemy Of society in reality. Right then I learned hate for so- ciefy and desire to hurn out the i heart of such weak things us you.
 He turned to them, snariing like beast
 One day the chance came to A escape. While more co4ardly men would have hesitated, l pushed through and out. On the way l learned a little lesson--that none of the larger creatures Of the wild die as easily as men. I found out that { there is nothing more to killing d man that is in your way than killing caribou I want to eat. l didn't feel ; any worse about it afterward.
 II had to come across here. couldn't forever escape the hue and cry that was raised Ultimately landed on this island--with Sindy { and few steel traps
 Tn this climate we can trap al ( most the whole year round. We can { start putting them out in a few days I them out clear till June. [ Every year ship-the Intrepid, that you've likely heard of--touchcs here ( to buy my furs-just one trip year U --and it leaves here supplies of all Sinds ill exchange. But don't take nope from that. Hope is one thing tou want to get out of your systems. [ The captain of the Intrepid and the | Japanese crew are the only human T ,ei1fgs that know there's human t occupant on this island. On their early visit III see to it that none Il If them get a sight of you. u s"Once l was used to working all fi lay from down to dark, with an t .rmed master on guard over me. It E sn't going to be that way from now r m. I'm going to be the armed mas q
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
Dr. Meehan to Remain as
 Clinic Chief Till Sept. 15

Because several commissioners of the board of health were unable to attend a meeting scheduled for ys- terday afternoon, the session was postponed until next Tuesday after noon. Dr. K. W. Pullen. superinten- dent Of health. reported. that Dr. Joseph r. Meehan has consented to remain in the dental clinic until Sep tember Is.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
NJ. H. NORTON ELECTED.
Heads r. Q. s. of A.-1,hompson is
 State Treasurer.

Election Of officers, marked the closing session of the annual conven- ton of the Patriotic Order, Sons of America, at New Haven yesterday.
 The officers are:
 State president, Nj. H. Norton, New Britain: State vice-president, W. F. Perkins, New Haven: state master of forms, l.. w. Curtiss, Wa terbury; state secretary, J. A. Wright Meriden; state treasurer, A. IL. Thompson. New Britain; state con ductor, James Weller, Sonth Nor walk; state inspector. James Byers, Hartford; state guard. Buell. Bodley, Torrington; state trustees, J. B. Da- venport, South Norwalk; F.. A. Evarts and K. G.. Monroe, Waterville. ByI vote it was decided to hold the netx convention in Meriden. N