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know 1t not by rumor, or not bv
imagination, or not by guess
work, or not by idle gossip, but
by cruel and bitter and actual ex-
perience.
And if you have one drop of
human blood in your veins it will
chill your heart to hear the plain
truth, spoken plainly by the lips
Of those who really know.
Who are these victims-where
do they come from, this vast
army of haggard ghosts playing
the game of death in life and los.
ing every time,
That is what is going to aston
ish you.
Ten years ago we used to read
lurid tales about opium dens and
every large city the world over
had its little street or so which
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was wrapt in a cloak of sinister
called it then.
To hit the pipe you had to
and secret mystery.
If you had money enough and
courage enough and curiosity
enough and you could find the
right guide, it was always DOS
sible to hit the pipe" as they
creep into some fetid hole, lie
down on a ragged mattress or a
hard bunk, somewhere in the
street of mystery, and let the
Chinaman in charge cook your
opium and show you how to
smoke 1T.
White and yellow, black and
brown--in every seaport the world
over-they could be seen packed
close on the dirty hunks, side by
side, asleep and dreaming as none
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per cent of this is used in
dental and other legitimate
practice-what happens to
the other seventy-five per
cent.
In Austria, the consump-
ton Of narcotics per capita
is one-haf grain. In italy
one grain. In Germany two.
In Portugal 2 1-2. In France
8. In Holland 8 1-2.
In the United States SO.
SOLD ON STREETS
Read those figures and those
exact and careful statements over
carefully and exactly-and the
next time some one who knows a
little about the subject tells you
that the United States is being
flooded with narcotics, infected
with the narcotic habit, az
whole town is sometimes infec: cd
from one single broken sewer
you may find time and in.errs. to
pay some attention.
What do we do with all this
deadly poison, here in the United
States today?
Some Of It goes over the coun.
tiers Of nice, clean, respectable
booking drug stores and some Of
it 10 handed out in the inner
rooms Of Doctors offIcex-bu4
most Of 1t is sold in the streets
and in dark Railways and up
noiSesome alleys.
It IL sold by walters ana taxi
drivers and fruit stand men.
It 10 sold by bootblacks ana
newsboys mad by little nillincrs in
quiet little shops devoted to an
exclusive" trade.
EVEN IN CHURCHES.
IL 10 soIo by smart dressHuak-
ers and by attendants in DRESSING
rooms at some smart restaurants
and by maids in the rest r;ons
at some Of the best theaters
It 10 sold on ferry boats, at a
certain corner, on the deck. at
certain hours.
1t is sold on church steps ana
on the steps Of school houses and
in the great halls Of public build.
ings all over the country.
1t is sold in universities and In
high schools.
1t II sold in the lumber Gamma
in the big woods and In pool
halls in lonely cow towns In
the cattle country.
1t is sold on the river steam.
ers that run up and down the
Mississippi.
1t is sold. in the country and
in the city and in the small towns
and in the villages.
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always . few who were pointed
out to strangers, and to each
other, too. for that matter, as
'hypos"-these were the poor
creatures who used morphine to
deaden the agony Of life 40 they
lived it.
CHANGE IN TWO YEARS.
But these drugs stayed in the
red light district and were used
only to any great extent by
thieves and criminals Of various
sorts and their strange, half-mad
followers and hangers-on.
All that is changed ana IL has
changed almost in the twink1ing
Of an eye.
Morphine and cocaine have not
stayed IN the slun1S.
It is almost as If some one had
unlocked the chains of the an
cient maker Of all evil and set
him free to scatter his seeds Of
poison from one grade Of human
ity to the other.
No one is exempt.
During the past six months the
Federal agents have arrested in
this country and brought to trial
for narcotic addiction and mar.
cotic pt'yins and selling, lawyers.
doctors, teachers, university stu
dents, trained nurses, bank clerks,
clerks. in dry goods shops, wait.
ers, bell boys, taxi drivers, college
boys. college girls, farm hands,
dock laborers. lumbermen, fish
ermen, society women. stenograpn-
ers. journalists and high school
boys and girls.
MANY VICTIMS YOUNG.
That Is tho worst OF tie whole
almost incredible Gituation--the
boys and girls.
Throw out a. dragnct and pick
up 100 dope" victims shy day In
any city, In any State in this
union of fstatss and out OF that
100 will b. so under twenty-five
years old and 40 under twenty
years. and out Of that 70, fifty
will be under eighteen.
Where do theg ali come from.
the pitiful victims Ief this hldeous
traffic?
From everywhere, from the
crowded teneinents OF the very
poor: from the plains Ut the plain
working peorant from the iaxar-
ious gurroundings q shs wsiLto-
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BY WINIFRED BLACK.

RS there a dope problem
in the United States of
Americaf And does
that problem deeply and
vitality concern you and
your home and your chill
dren, and every young and
easily influenced boy or girl
In this country from Maine
to California and from
Seattle to Galveston?
Here's what the Govern
ment Of the United Sattes
has TO say about it:
Triples in Two Years.
1.-THE narcotic traffic has
almost tripled in volume In
America in the past two
years.
I'VE use in the United
States forty times more mar
cotic drugs per capita than
any other white nation.
I'VE use seventeen times
more per capital than the
Chinese, who have always
been considered the drug
drenched nation Of the
world.
Three tons and a half Of
narcotics are enough for the
legitimate practice Of medi-
cine for the whole world.
This estimate is based upon
amounts used in hospitals,
dispensaries and private
.practice in the large cities
Of the Atlantic seaboard.
The government of India
alone supplies 936 tons Of
narcotics a year. China, &C
cording to English reports,
now produces 1000 tons. In
the last fiscal year Turkey
produced 470 tons and Persia
What about that little. ar
ray Of practical facts, taken
directly, word for word
from plain practical reports
Of the United States Govern
menti
5000 Tons Per Year.
Nine thousand tons of
opium produced every single
year and only three and a
half tons needed for legiti-
mate use!
w h a becomes of the
696 IL tons that are not
legitimately accounted fort
Three-fourths of the dead
ly stuff that spells ruin,
aggregation and death to
mind, soul and body, comes
to the United States of
America.
And that isn't all-the
amout of cocain which ia
produced from the coca
leaves imported annually
is approximately 100000
ounces. Only twenty-five
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do and from the county homes
and the city places 81 the very
r5eh.
NIECE or SENATOR.
know the niece Of . United
States Senator I met her III Chi
cago IA the furnace room o9 =
great apartment house. she WIS
SITTING on ragged couch with :
girl from the glovs counter Of 3
snart shop And sitting with
them, sodden ana dazsd, were
TIRES shabby WAIVERS from Il cheap
neighburlood ssccffea Joint. z
They were AL shifting cocaine
Joy powdsr" they called 4. Z
save me mark.
The niece Of the Senator ID 3
graduate 81 Vassaa College; she y
tSventy-four years old, very hard
some, AMI brighter than most
afrls. She's been shifting coke,
FOR two years couldn't stop
Il she would. and wouldn't stop e J.
alae could.
she began II 10 set through .
difKicuIt examination. ana now
me has LETT her home IL :
sraaII western city. forsotten her
mother, and never thinks Of her
father. ana an the company she
has is that Of poor victims nike
herseIf.
WARS or SUFFERING.
she doesn't care who they are.
or what they are. - long az they
wear with her the chains Of the
fearful slavery, that has mas
tered her. body and soul. KS
How long vim she Iive7.
Who knows she's breaking
fast: cocaine is . cruel master. 4
For few months it exhila.
rates ana fascinates. but after I
that, it sccurges and tortures its !,
slaves.
Some live for years. msre !.
shells Of broken bodies.
Some die In . few months
you never can ten. 81
I know q boy of about 49, u
He 10 the nephew Of . Judge Of
the supreme court. <
4 =
Ar PARTY"
saw him on the witness
stand In San Francisco He was
there to testify in q drug case.
His mother had hunted for
him for weeks. and finally found
him in q black hole under the
sidewalk where the outcasts Of
the city gather to slniver together
In their misery and shame.
He began the habit when he
was not quite 17-1ust for fun.
He learned to sniff" at q
SNOW party he said. They
passed the stuff around IN q
bowl. and some called it sugar,
and some called it snow. but
everyone took some, not once but
many times.
He thought It was q great lark,
and afterwards he took morphine
with the SNOW" az often the
habit 10, and then heroin. the
deadliest Of all three, had him IN
It's clutch.
He has taken the cure now
and his mother believes he viii
never 80 hack to the "stuff"
again.
And the boy IS trying-trying
his best; and his best IL pretty
goed, for he 10 really . lad Of
character and courage.
children AS PEDDIlERS.
He's gone into the country to
rot away from the old associates
md fight his suffering out. for,
IL the most agonixing kind Of
differing to break the hGbit-
lone.
Can he keep away from the
rugs there, wonder?
Not II the drug peddlers. wlas
re agents Of the drug ring. coGne
nto his neighborhood to lools for
] know two girls from the
slsters-their father n
merchant. known throughout
on Rase ls csaumn -
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cnleAeo Dops RMs ConE

0THERE Is a dope problem.
It is an Americas prob
lem tOhich Increases from day
to day and demands i4ssnse-
didte consideration" (Signedl
Hedrst's International M6g-
Gztsee.
, 1923-06-07

RURSUANT to paragraph 2 Of the
= Charter of Foundation for Merchant
! WILHELM SMIDT'S Legacy tor as
sisting poor persons in St. CrOiX, it is
hereby broueh, TO Iublic notice that a
balance OF interest amounting 10 Frcs.
65l. IS will be en- hand for distribution on
July 1923.
Applications for participation in this
distribution. duly certified. should be
forwarded 10 the undersigned on or be-
fore 22nd day Of June 1873.
Despatching Secretary's Office, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, v. /. e May, 1928.
{. E. RAPFOLEE,
peSp1tcd1pg Secretary.
, 1923-06-07
Publication.

PURSUANT to paragraph 3 Of the
Charter Of Foundation for Upper
Chamberlain VALDEHAR FULLY
Won OXHOLM and Wife's Legacy for
assisting needy persons, it is hereby
brought to public notice that a balance
Of interest amounting to Frcs. 1,300.075
will be on hand for distribution on | July
1923
Applications, containing the requisite
information and duly certified, should be
forwarded to the UNDERSIGNED on or before
the 10th day Of June 1928.
Despatching Secretary's Office, Chris
tiansted, St. CroiX, V. l. % May, 1923.
G.. E. RAPPOLEE,
DespatchjHg Secretary,
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
LITTLE OLD TOWN HAS A Squirt

played M n child In the lcnfy lines
ihnt surround II. LIthop0lis is pre-
pairing for recognition md II c'rtnln
modicum of fame.
The story centcrs around Mrs.
Mabel wngnnIls Jones. New York
author and musician. whose father.
Adm W. wmgnnlls. IL bend Of n
New York publishing house. Her
fnticr ma mother were born here aud
the Inter II buried In the Lithopoiis
cemetery.
Mrs. Jones IL presenting n memorial
library To the people ~ Lltbopplis and
Bloom township. In addition. she may
finance the erection of n high school.
md hns In mind other civic improve.
mcnis.
with her husband. ltichnrd J. Jones.
she has completed ( preliminary sur
vcy for the library. which VIII bc
known IA the WngnaIls MetDorIni u
brury, has purchased tract 81 land
on Columbus street hcr"--tli" only
street md employed IN architect.
Present plnns cnii for the 1cdIcntory
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
DECLARES TANLAC
rs BEST OF ALL"
St. Paul Woman Says Stomach
Trouble Is Gone and She Has
Gained 10 Pounds.


Tanlac has meant health and hap
piness to me, and I think 1t has no
equal" declared Mrs. Albert Kaping,
highly-respected resident Of % e. 10th
St, st. Paul, MINI.
NJ was so terribly run down my
housework seemed like n mountain to
me. and lots Of times had to give up
and rest. I was nervous, weak. and
had splitting headaches and awful dig
~ spells. My stomach was so badly
out Of order almost everything l ate
would sour and suffered terribly from
gas, heartburn and distressing smoth-
ering feeling. could not sleep nights,
my back ached terribly. l lost weight
till my clothes didn't fit. and was in
a generally wretched condition.
"But now get real Joy out Of car
Ing for my house. Since taking Tan
lac 1 have gained ten pounds, never
have indigestion and all my aches and
pains are gone. take pleasure In
recommending Tanlac."
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Over IS million bottles Sold
Advertisement.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15

was placed in the service OF tho pnna-
mn canal, where she Is now doing
heroic work
However. the wnrtlm" experience
showed the navy the need of such YES
sells, SO two were equipped especially
for the purpose the Falcon nnd the
Widgeon. They are comparatively
sWnll, strongly built and have the I'm
est equipment. They cnn work In
rough and shallow waters where other
vessels could not venture. The Wild.
gcon will be used on the west coast.
while the Falcon. which has been In
service along the Atlantic for some
time. hns already been valuable In the
recovery of two submarines sunk In
accidents.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
lnquisitive Bruin Opens Vents in
Alaskan Wonderland.
Natures Fires Are So Close to surface
In "vaiisy Of Ten Thousand
Smokes" u 10 Easy TO start
Volcano.

Washington. d. Csc close are ma
lures fires to the surface In some parts
Of the "valIey Of Ten Thousand
Smokes" In Alaska, q new wonderland
that has been vet aside by the United
States government as national monu-
ment, that with alpenstock or even
ones heel II IL possible to open up new
vents for the escape Of kissing steam
and gnsncs, and ~ make "vOicanOes''
to order.
How IN inquisitive bear started =
little volcano OF his own In the valley
Ia told by Robert r. Grisgs In his re.
Gently published book. '"rhs Valley Of
Ten Thousand Smokes. describing ex,
peditions which he led Into this nmnx-
Ing country for the National Geograph-
ic society.
when first discovered. the active
area WAS devoid Of evidence of Lying
creatures" writes Doctor Griggs. "rhe
next yenr u single bear ventured To
cross the valley during our stay.
"But In 1919 bears were frequent
visitors. They serp,ed to represent II
new population Of bears which. hnv.
Ing probably grown up In the vicinity
NJ the valley. Ind come 10 regard II
w one Of III. normal phcnOn.nn "f
their world. They were not satisfied
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15

nddr"ss "a b" mndc next fnli by Edwin
Markham. poet. " close friend OF boil,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones.
In 1903. Mrs. Jones, then Mabel
WnnhnIls. wns paying her nnnuni sum.
incr visit Ia lithopolis. She had rcnd
magazine story by -. Henry, md
"ns struck with the beauty Of II. sh.
wro'. 10 y. Iicnry'a publishers. md
Tie not. wns forwarded 10 him. Thus
"nN started n chnin ~ correspondence.
bet S""n q. Henry and Mabel Way.
mills.
rh" erection Of the library IN "v.
p"ctrd To link closer the pnrt Ohio
plny"d In the unfolding ~ q. Ii"nry'A
genius
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
Service Developed During the
World War Proves lmpor-
tant in Peace.
PROFITS FROM EXPERIENCE
Most Complete and Modern Salvage
Vessels Ever Built Are Doing Good
Service Along the Coasts-
Remarkable Fsats.

Washington.-One Of the Interesting
developments In the United States
navy us the result OF wartime exper-
ience was the building up OF u salvage
service. designed 10 hid In the saving
OF wrecked ships and the recovery Of
cargoes ind valuable ships gear. When
the country entered the World war the
navy possessed no regular salvage ser.
vice, although collections OF salvnging
machinery had been made mt several
depOts. and apparatus had been
brought to II high degree Of efficiency.
But this was used mostly In connec-
ton with experimental work In firing
ut various targets Stimulating vessels.
However. when the gathering OF
United States vessels. large and small,
In European hnrbOrs resulted In many
incidental minor accidents. and the
operations of enemy submarines called
for equipment to save costly bouts
md their cargoes, the navy was quick
to build up II service which not only
soon repnid the cost OF organization.
but has since resulted In grent saw.
Ings.
Establish Salvage stations.
The first step the navy took was
the establishment of q salvage sec.
ton Of the bureau Of construction and
repair. drawing personnel and equip.
meut from private salvaging com.
panies. Salvage stations were estab.
lished along the Atlantic coast by
taking over many private concerns.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
Known for Years as Little Town
That Never Grew Up"
tithopoits In Ohio, With Population 81
700, Gets OFT Of Memorial u.
brary and Buxsss Win
New Life.

Li,hopolis, O.--''The Lite Town
That Never Grew tp." LithopolIs. isO-
lated from the ordinary commerce OF
man. without gus or winter nnd ~
financially poor that It Ii necessary to
my for electric currcn, by popular
subscription. In bnznIng with new life
and hope today.
Its 400 citizens. who long have en-.
dnred the scorn OF their bigger neigh.
Dor. Canal Winchester. which hns
schools and other things, nrc prcpnr.
Ink 10 return such dlspnrngcm.nt In
klnd--nll becsuse the simple appeal
Of their Iui@ village brIdgcd the Cup
Ut years In the heurt Ut one who
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
BEAR STARTS VOLCANO OF OWN

with merely crossing through the
stcnming areas. hut apparently wcr.
attracted In some degrees by III.
smokes. Their tracks often were found
close AROUND the largest vents. even
far up toward the head Of the valley.
mnny miles from my possible source
Of food.
From their behavior, Insies.d. Il
secms not at I'LL improbable that they
enjoyed lying on the warm ground.
seeking good places to baxk In III.
heat. just Ms dog picks for his bed
the hottest place behind the Kitchen
stove. We could not assure ourselves
In this matter. for We could never
catch sight II them In the valley, ind
the ground around the big fummrolcs
is baked M hard that only claw marks
remained to show where they had
walked. II they lay down their shaggy
coats left no mark on the hard crust,
No we were little the wis~r concerning
their real habits.
IT WIN not unusual 10 md the tracks
Of bcnr leading straight mp to ons
of the large vents. where evidently he
Ind stopped TO peer Into the mystic.
rlOus hot hole. In one ~ the stcnmlng
areas Hngeibnrgcr found u pinc.
where the hot ground hmd apparently
excited the lenr's curiosity, for he had
dug into II until he started n small
fumnrole Of his own. The appearance
OF cloud Of steam under his cIn~s
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
A FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about TO
take is absolutely pure and contains NO
harmful or habit producing drug.
Such . medicine 10 Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The sane standard Of purity, strength
and excellence 10 maintained 10 every bot.
tie Of Swamp-Root.
Il b scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
II 10 not . stimulaat and 10 taksn b
teaspoonful doses.
Il 10 not recommended for every thing.
II 10 mattress great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney. liver and bladder
troubles.
A sworn statement Of purity 10 with
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
II you need . medicine. you should
have the best. On aale at all drug stores
in bottles Of two sizes. medium and large.
However, IL you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents TO Dr..
Kilmer / Co.: Binghamton. N. Y. for .
sample bottle. When writing Be- sure
and mention this paper.-Advertisement.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
Navy Keeps Up
Salvage Work

the vessels the salvage ship rescued
resulted In saving more than the cost
OF Quitting and maintaining her.
Joined by Two Others.
This vessel was shortly Joined by
two others, the Chesapeake and the
Mamma HATH. ull equipped with the
most modern git,r. and though they
continued to do their valuable work
for many months. II was not u spectac-
ular task and the men who impcrile,l
their lives received little recognition.
One Of the important feats they nc.
complained was the salvage OF the
British vessel Narragansctt, after the
attempt had been given up by the
British. The American ships came
along with advice md equipment that
made success Of whit had appeared
hopeless task.
Tie FnvOrlte. while In France. was
the most complete and modern salvage
vessel ever sent out. md attracted the
attention and Investigations OF the
foremost European shipping millions.
In the fall of 1910. all snlvnging op-
ernttpns having closed, the Fnvorite
returned home, and the other two ships
were sold To n British salvage concern
with full equipment. The former then
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
Bride PreSars Death to Husband.

Iing"rIown, Md.--DecInring TINT shs
would rather die ihnn live with her
hnsbnnd, NosnlcDn Ellcr Wolkcns,oln,
sixteen years old. n bride ~ n month,
hurried on, Of the police rntion. nfi'r
her husbhnd had been acquitted ~
charges of bcnflDg her. The young
wife declared her nni. struck her In
the eye and tHIsicd her wrists III"
husband denied the chnrRc rnb snld 10
loved. his wife despite her ieDirr.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
HITS ExcUsE.ME.Boss CLUB
New York City Puts eseeass on Gard
index system and Provides
fer Work. ~

New York.--The thousands Of mem
hers Of what IN known On broadway
as the Excuse Me.Mister club" must
either go to work or leave the city.
under II decree made public mere.
One hundred organizations have
united with the city administration 10
rid the metropolis Of thousands Of beg
pnrs who have drifted here for the
winter to lure the easy dime from
naive New Workers..
A card index system In planned. re-.
cording the biography Of pre-eminent
"pnnhandlcrs."
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
Famous Pool ories Up.

The romantic and mysterious Isl.
lent pool" at Albury. Surrey. England.
whose creeping legends. including
death pucts. 60 back to King Johns
day. has dried up and disappeared.
The drought Of 1921 10 blamed for the
exhaustion Of the springs which fed
the pool.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-15
Saw "Bayer" and Insist!

Unless you see the name "Bayer" on
oackage or on tablets you are not get.
ting the genuine Bayer product pre-
scribed by physicians over twenty-five
years and proved safe by millions for
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Earache rheumatism
Neuralgia Pain, Pain
Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
only. Each unbroken package contains
proper directions. Handy boxes Of
twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug
gists also sell bottles Of "a and 100.
Aspirin is the trade mark Of Bayer
Manufacture of Observation-Disclosures Of
Observation-Disclosures.