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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
PROVERBIAL

The Russian communists have
now topped their already alarm
ing list of accomplishments by
achieving Hamlet which is not
only without the Dane, but which
las Mr.. Guedalla has it, appears
to get very little beyond Rosen-
crantz and GuildeAstern. 1t is
singularly appropriate that the
people which has assayed to con-
duct a republic without. repNb-
Leans, to establish a freedom
without liberty ard to carry on
an economic system without either
economies or economy, should be
the first to present to the world
an actual instance of this IA
nous literary example of the par
adox. But that is precisely what
they have done. A Moscow thea
ire is to produce a Hamlet IN
which the hero becomes the spirit
of communism, the part when
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY II. 1923.
COuE AND HIS COUNTRYMEN

DR.. Cote seems TO be attracting more al
tention in this country than The army OF his
countryncn who have just marched INTO
Essen. Some day the American people WIN
take the time to really understand Just why
DR. Couc IS able to aid the mentally center
ed. imaginary SEX, and just why France has
been left 20 march without the dough boy M
to Germany. For the present, 1t IS only nee
essarv to know that France has at this NOM
ent the industries OF Germany by the throat,
The CAPTURE OF the coal mines OF Germany
means that all industrial life OF that indus
trial country is now dependent upon thc Will
of France. Coal is the basis OF all power.
Without coal not wheel can turn. and II
france shuts off the coal supply factories
will have to shut down, labor will become
idle, and hunger and starvation Will follow
and Germany own people will destroy the
present Government. The Republic of Ger
MANY will pass into history and the monarch
ial military parry will be compelled to take
up the rcinS OF government and to AGAIN
face the French but this time 1t will Ind
France safely entrcnchcd upon German soil
and able to dictate is own terms.
Peace seems far away. The war is now
in Germany. For iour years. Germany with
her troops occupied the soil OF France. des-
troying lie and property 1t took the ARM
les OF the world to drive her ont. Who viii
drive France out: The only human agency
that could have prevented the present Sltua-
ton was the proposed League OF Nations.
With it, real peace was assured, We rend-
cred the League helpless by refusing to enter
it, Where is the plan Tor AN effective sub
stitutc:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
Mary Baker Says She
will Never Marry Now
IL IniIrI prCSN.O

Paris, Jan. l7.-Who, When'
and where Mary Landon Bake
will marry was solved By the
Chicago heiress herself today III
the first interview she has given
on the subject.
I'm not going TO marry any
one-eyer.' she told the United
Press. "Everything is definitely
of. You may announce that
A little later, the contrary 1t
tie American society girl who lett
Allister Mccormick waiting at
the altar half dozen times be-
fore she jiited him for good CON
tcmpiaied her silk clad ankles
reflectiyeiy and unused:
well, at any rate, if ever L
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
THE DOG IN THE CANYON

Forbidden to Rleddie with world
rcace. reparations or the French
rsarck into the Rufr, the Cab'net
at Washington is not without a
living issue. That overlooking
Providence which shapes the ends
Of many q loiterer has set up Tor
the employment of the Best Minds
the problem Of dog in the Grand
Canvon National Park. The law
and the Interior Department say
the dog cannot be there. Inc
Post Office Department, bidding
the law betake itself to the dead
letters, insists that the animal
shall remain within the sacred
limits. The White House, hay
inc once pronounced itself Tor
the Post Office, has reversed IT'S
decis;on-perhaps with q thought
back to the hither-thither poh-
eies of the old Front Porch days
and The canine in the canyon
becomes a continuing subject OIL
dispute.
The dog IS first aid and com
forter 70 . lonely Postmaster
without quadruped companion
ship the mind Of the solitary Of
fetal might wander even as a
piece Of misguided mail. Hence
the solidity of the department be-
hind the Postmaster; hence the
first ard sympathetic impulse OF
the President. But what to the
head of the Interior Department
Is human feeling to Che iiteralness
of a law made and provided?
We could almost wish that tins
issue OF the dog were before con-
cross. 1t would divert 80 mary
leading statesmen from b9tting
into affairs Of state. Bat i IS
w no means a waste Of contca-
tion where it is. Scandals would
.oyite certainly arise if the Sec
rataries of This and Of That were
driven to stud poker or 20 the
rolling Of dice pending the Ell
forts of the world TO rcvolve 1t
self bacl; to kindly normally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
SiMPLEfAW LANGUAGE

Part of The work OF the proposed
American Law Institute is TO be
the simpliication of legal lang
uage SO that it may Gene within
the comprehension Of jurors and
parties in litigation who are EMIT
led to know "just what the whole
thing means" Some years ago,
when the New Jersey civil law
was under discussion at Trenton, a
rural assemblynan protested Wig
orously. at says here" he insist
de, chat this shall! be 'compre-
hensive' system for the selection
Of public employees. It's no such
thing. Comprehensive means
something you can understand,
and we didn't any of US under
stand it"
If jurymen, parties ct law and
the listening laity II the court
room were free TO speak taeir
minds, they woulf. confess to
something Of the bewildesment Of
the New Jersey legislator. K Il:
not alone in the courtroom that
the man from the street is obfus
cated-to use a legal term-by Ian
gusge Traditional 10 legal usages.
The old FORMS of expression are
not lightly 10 be sacrificed. Thero
is a magnifcence, pictorial OPP
ulence, attaching to some OF the
legal phraseology. in English or
in Latin, that directly contributes
to the enhancement of the dignity
OF courts and of popular respect
for legal processes. But a clari-
fication of laws, is necessary if
"thc laws delay" which is proven
bal is to give way to the expedi-
tious functionious efficiency for
which is the world Of business and
industry the demand increases ev-
cry day.
So mary legal documents arc
drawn up i'll language meant to
care for all possible evasions and
exceptions, that it takes lawyer
to pick the minds of other law
yers and conjecture what they
mean. The average mar throws
up his hands in despair. The in
come tax plank, which has brought
so many to the verge, or even over
the brink of distraction, is clear
rs mountain spring compared
with the verbiage of some con-
tracts and partnership agree
ments that are cEcounterd every
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
THE X-RAY SHOE FILTER

The N-ray shoe filter is gaining III popu-
larity as a part OF shoe store equipment II
is a device by which both customer and sales
man can see the loot. bones and all, with the
relation they bear to The shoe.
Dealers are finding the device very corFein-
ent in dealing with the small foot, obsesSiol'
which is a form OF human vanity frequently
met in the shoe business. II the purchaser
will not accept the word OF the salesman as 10
length and width OF shoe required, the truth
ful N-ray helps to convince and the sale o.
ill-6tting footwear is avoided The machine
proves equally helpful in the selection OF shoes
for small children.
1t is to the credit OF both dealers and pub
lie that the demand Tor well-httinS shoes OF
sensible last gains steadily, The time Is not
lar off when distorted, painlnl loot VIII be
considered just as undesirable as similarly
unpleasant hand The invention which helps to
hasten that day is real contribution to human
advancement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
YES. THEY NEED MONEY

An intensive canvass will be made by INC
CITY tomorrow to procure funds Tor staging
the big parade which is to mark the ceieDfa-
ton of George Washngtons Birthday 1t
is hoped and believed that the city VIII come
across" generously for this undertaking
We are assured of a big time. The NJ
wanans have not yet announced al! their
plans for that time, but it is sure thing that
This Jolly. vide-awaEc club will have It's part
in this affair and that part will be no MINOR
one
All other organizations OF the city have
planned 10 do their part and do it big. SEC
rctarv Roosevelt has given assurance mat TX
will be present and that he will use Ills III
fuencc to bring paraders here Army au-
thorities have made it plain that they VIII GO
their utmost in procuring good turnout OF
the boys in khaki.
All things considered this celebration prom
i,es even to surpass in grandeur and extent
the glorious celebrations OF the past, IT
means a good deal to Alexandria and 1t IS
the duty OF the citizens to see that the funds
are sufficient
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17

The question OF lowering the bars OF
America and allowing unlimited immigration
is one of the gravest now facing this nation,
America is, through tradition handed down
frn,n time almost nnmemorial. land OF re-
iuqe Tor the more unfortunate. 1t rs tie
land of the free and the home OF the brave
But those already here have priority rights.
America for Americans primarily and then
let those from other nations help themselves
TO what is left. The chief fight now IS be-
tween capital and labor. Capital Tor ITS
own benefit, wants the bars lowered 50 1t
can make greater profit because OF the lower
,yaoe Labor wants to make living wage
There arc yet thousands who are i'll America
who are not employed to the extent that they
NAV be happy Let charity begin at home
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Two hundred and seventeen years ago to-
day was born the boy VINO was to become
the worlds greatest exponent of thrift as
we'll as to take leading part in many other
lines including electrical. Journalistic PRINT
ing, patriotic and diplomatic.
Benjamin Franklins birthday now nlaEks
the beginning OF another famous American
"Weck. Thrift Week starts today al over
the United States with todsy as Thrift paF,
Benjamin franklin was quite Somebody IN
his day and in his way and it seems a ply
that we Go not more closely follow some OF
the axions OF lie as laid down Icy this hearty
old printer
The author OF the best cnitaph OF Ben
Franklin was Ben Franklin himself, u rs
hoped that it will very soon be inscribed III
bronze and placed on The grave. The cpl
taph follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
that's all.

that's AT.
"Yes, he's come over 20 Paris,
too, but it won't DO him any
good"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
ANOTHER BOOZE DISASTER?

Three men tasted OF a poisonous concoc-
ton in a New Jersey saloon the other day
and icu oycr-liiciess. They tasted it know
ing full well it was poison. But they thought
it was the slow poison, They were blessed
possibly, ty the quick action OF the drink.
They died without passing through the pain
ful and hidcous course slow poison takes.
Possibly their wives and children are the
better off Tor they will now not have to sui
fer that which most certainly would have
been their part OF the grief consequent upon
drinkers OF this bootleg stuff. anyone
who puts to his lips a bottle containing the
best liquor obtainable today does SO at hi:
own risk, Ii he will drink, he Must sooner
Oh later pay the price.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17


was once the kings gees to cap
italism, and Polonius is transmit
ted into no less astonishing iig-
ure than Lloyd George. That last
is a brilliant touch OF baroed
satire, for, come to think OF It,
Lloyd George would make such a
very excellent Poloias. Bus even
without that we, asVerSheless'
could have thanked the producers.
This is as much an event N the
literary world as il would be n
the neither regions if one day hell
should actually, il spite OF all
that we have been saying about
Il, freeze over.-Baitimorc Ameri-
can.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17

Association here for last year
showed that the work went through
the 92ar With = balance Of $444.7l
On hand on 4 huiget of SG1,sS5.-
81. Miss Sheldon, the general sec
rotary made the statement that
lur,ng the year Is young women
-, werc residents Of the dorml-
toriC5 were married.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17

Senator Jones, rep. WASH chief pilot
OF the Presidents ship Subsidy bill now IN the
Senate might obtain the support OF farmers
organizations for the measure. as ne desires
aid urges. ii he could give any persuasive evl-
dence that this project offers even the dlmneSt
prospect OF reduction OF ocean freight rates
ON American exports, including agricultural
products.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17

do marry il won't De society
man.
They're so futile. No, won't
give you the reasons why know
and there's nobody else.
yes, l know it sounds mys-
teriovs but that's girls pre-
negative.
There was no quarrel with Al
lister, ! just made up my mind,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17
"Ebitafh acyitteH lz2S.
The BODY u

il. FRANKLIN, PRINTER
y.ike ire Cogcr Of an old Book.
It's Contents torn ont
(.Ind striped Of its Lettering and Gid
ing), L;eS here, F06d for IVOrntS
But the WORE shall not be lost,
For il seM as he bcHc1'eS) appear o"cc
more in a ncqr and more elegant Edition
Revised and corrected BY the
AuthOr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-17

Really, those Germans are almost as delin-
quent in furnishing coal to France as our own
coal industry is i'll supplying coal in America.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

The First Gray Of Dawn Reused
4, Eaton, and Drawing on Trousers and
Coat over His PaJamas, He Seated
Himself by the open Window to See
the House by Daylight.
last and he went over again and
tested and reviewed the plan he had
formed. But 1t never had presumed
a position for him-even IL Ii was
the position OF a semi-prisoper-inside
Santolne's house. And he required
more Information Of the structure OF
the house than he as yet had. to cor
rect his plan further. But he could
not, without too great risk OF losing
everything. discover more that night;
he turned over and act himself to 20 to
sleep.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
"Yes; II was an attack. The
man In the "a meant TO run
Mr.. Eaton down.


The kind OF man who is always In a
hurry Is liable 10 dash past a good
thing without seeing IT,
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

In Itch more than $4,000 people
~co-operated in a statewide rat cam
paign. working largely through the
schools. There were distributed $4,000
farmers bulletins on rats. $4,000 cir.
culars giving directions for trapping,
and 10000 circulars containing specific
instructions on methods of control;
5000 students received special demon
STATIONS, $1,000 posters were made In
the schools, 10000 essays were written
ON the subject, 10000 educational
missionaries were circulated. and l.
$50 pounds of barium carbonate were
used in poisoned bats. Iowa carried
on a similar campaign. Great numbers
of rats were destroyed and many
buildings were rat-proofed as a result.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
RAT WIRUSES COSTLY
AND ARE UNRELIABLE
UnfavorabIe Results Obtained in
Many Investigations.
Survey Made In Various States
Showed That Rodents and Their
D~epredstions Were Serious
Problem to Public.

tprepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Special investigations regarding the
effectiveness of the various rat viruses
on the market were recently made by
the biological survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture, in
cooperation with the experiment sta
lion of the North Dakota Agricultural
college and the bureau of animal i'm
dustry of the department. All the re-
suits obtained in connection with these
Investigations and a large percentage
of reports from users of these products
throughout tire country indicate that
such viruses are generally unreliable,
and at their best the cost Is out OF all
proportion to the destruction OF rats
that may be accomplished by their
use.
A survey made during the year Of
conditions of rat lnfestation In u
states east of the Mississippi river
showed thai rats and their depreda-
finns were a problem common 10 all.
The problem Is equally serious In
western states. Many local campaigns
have been waged against rats through
out the country, and the bureau has
responded 10 innunerable requests for
Information. for practical plans of or
gnnsxatlon and for effective methods
OF combating these animals In con-
r~sfed community e6orts-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

self rigidly. waiting until she should
see him.
She halted suddenly as she saw
him and grew very pale, and her
gloved hands went swiftly to her
breast and pressed against 1t; she
caught herself together and looked
swiftly and fearfully about her and
out into the hall. Seeing no one but
himself, she came q step nearer
Hugh !" she breathed. Her sur
prise was plainly greater than his
own had been at sight of her; but she
checked herself again quickly and
looked warnlngly back at the hall /;
then she fixed on him her blue eyes
which were very like Eaton's, though
she did not resemble him closely in
any other PARTICULARS though
waiting his instructions.
"Stay where you are, Edith" he
whispered. IF we hear anyone COM
ing. we are just passing each other
in the hall"
II understand; of course, Hugh !
But you-you're herel In his house p
Even lower, Edith remember I'm
Eaton-Phllip Eaton"
"Of course; l know; and I'm Miss
Davis here-Mildred Davis"
They let you come in and out like
this-as you want. with no one watch
ing your"
mo, no; I do stenography for Mr..
Avery sometimes, as I wrote you That
Is all. When he works here. I do his
typing: and some eve for Mr.. San
tolne himself. But | am not con-
idential yet; they send for me when
they want me-"
"Then they sem for you todayT"
"No; but they have just got back,
and I thought / would come to see
IL anything vas wanted. But never
mind about me; you-how did you
get here7 What are you doing hereg"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
SORT VEGETABLES IN STORE
IL often Pays to Remove Those That
Have Started to Decay Except
Sweet Potatoes.

Warming the storage bin where
sweet potatoes are kept VIII help to
check rot. 1t often pays 10 sort vege
tables In storage TO remove those thai
have started to decay, but if sweet pc
tatoes are rotting in the bin culline
is not advisable, because 1t is diff
cult TO handle the tubers without
bruising and breaking the skin. which
allows black rot germs TO enter.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
The Blind Mans Eyes

but I'll hardly run away from you
while inside your own grounds
This did not seem TO be the ques-
| ton troubling her. "Very we'll" she
| said att last. She was distracted as
they passed through the hall and a
man brought Eaton's overcoat and
hat and a maid her coat. Harriet
led the way out TO the terrace. The
day was crisp. hut the breeze had
lost the chill IL had had earlier In the
morning; the lake was free from Ice I;
only along the little projecting break
waters which guarded the blum against
the washing Of the waves. some ice
still chung, and this was rapidly melt
Ing. A graveled path led them around
the south end of the house.
Eaton saw at a little distance q
powerful, STRIPPING man. half-con-
cealed-though he did not seem TO
be hidlng-behind some bushes. The
mar might have passed for an under
gardener; but he was not working
and once before during their walk
Eaton had seen another man, power
fully built as this one. who had looked
keenly AT him and then away quick
IS. Harriet flushed slightly as she
saw that Eaton observed the man
Eaton understood then that the nan
was a guard, one of several. probably,
who had been put about the house
to keep watch of him.
Had Harriet Santoine understood
his interest In the grounds as pre-
paratOry TO a plan TO escape, and had
she therefore taken him out to show
him the guards who would prevent
him? He did not speak of the men.
and neither did she; with her, he
went on. silently. to the gardeners
concerning the spring work being done
on the grounds. Then they went back
to the house. exchanging-for the first
time between them-ordInary lnanI-
ties.
She left him In the hall, saying
she was going to visit her father.
AS Eaton stood, undecided where
to go. a young woman crossed the
main part of the hall, coming evil
from outside the house-she
had on hat and jacket and was gloyed;
she was approaching the doors Of the
room he just had left, and so must
pass him. He stared at sight of her
and choked; then he controlled him.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

with intentions of farmers the preced-
ing May is attributed to the decline in
hog prices, increased corn prices. In
creased losses from hog cholera and
other diseases, and to the publicity
given the results of the spring pig
survey made by the Department of
Agriculture. Losses from hog cholera
and other diseases in the II corn belt
states for the year show an Increase
of 22.6 per cen over losses In 1921.
Replies TO o-uestionnaires.
The department received for this re-
port more than 100000 replies to
missionaries distributed and gath
cred by rural mail carriers in all sec
tions of the United States where pigs
are produced for market. The survey
Is but the second of its kind that has
peer made and there has not yet been
opportunity to check any differences
that may exist between the figures
shown for the farms reporting and
those for all farms. 1t Is pointed out,
however. that the forecast made last
spring of an increase of 14.5 per cent
in the number of spring pigs over the
preceding year is being borne out by
the increased volume of receipts at
the principal st~ockyards during the
past three months. The surveys also
show that the production of fall pigs
in proportion to spring pigs has in
creased materially during the past two
years, thus making for a more stabi-
lized supply of pigs throughout the
year.
Prices Advanced.
The department points out that In
creased production does not necessari-
ly mean an over-supply or decline in
prices. Total receipts of hogs at all
public stockyards during the first II
months of 1929 were 5 per cent more
than In 1921. During the last four
months of 1929 the increase totaled
nearly 20 per cent. The number of
hogs slaughtered under federal In
spectlon during the same period was
IT per cent more thar in 1921 and the
cold storage holdings of pork and lard
resulting from this slaughter shows all
Increase of 461, 246, 900 pounds for the
IL months. Despite these Increases
cold storage holdings Of pork and lard
averaged considerably less than dur.
ing 1921, and prices showed a sub
stantial advance over 1921. The de-
partment's explanation for this situa-
ton is that improved industrial and
economic conditions resulted in an in
creased consumptive demand and a
much freer, current movement of pork
and lard into trade channels.