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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09

ward 10 develop that greater terri
tory. Yet today tho DakotaH nre q
success and arc adding many mil
lions annually 10 our national wealth.
began this DEPRESSION by saying
III Secretary Works statement were
accurate"
Let TN examine tho facts accord.
Ing 10 the record.
Under the act known ns Public
No. 1856. approved March 81. 1922.
tho secretary OF the interior was au.
thorized TO extend the time for pay.
ment OF charges due on reclamation
projects with reduction OF penal.
ties and also TO deliver water under
certain circumstances 10 those who
were delinquent In payments. In
spite OF large losses incurred by all
agricultural interests. including irri.
gated farming. tho necessity for re.
lief, tho urgent IN many cases. has
been by no means universal.
Tho law applied TO 10 projects
upon which the secretary has author
ity In grant individual extensions
under certain circumstances. or
those 10 projects. there are five upon
which no application for extension
has been mado-orland California;,
Carlsbad CNew Mexico). umatllla and
klamath loregon). and Sunnyside
unit OF Yakima Washington. The
Orland project IN California has not
only made no application for relief.
but has continued It's splendid record
OF having at the present time not one
cent delinquent In payment. while
the Ncwlands Gdaho) project. with
Is5 water right applications, reports
only one application for extension
on paymenir'-2ist annual rcciama.
ton report. page y.
Something curious here, is there
not7 But the report goes on 20 state
that tho 1000 approved applications
for extension OF payments, amount.
ing TO 4 total OF i22T. 900. represented
less than per cent OF the possible
applicants upon tho projects from
which the applications were madel
In other words. while all this hui.
labaioo waa being made over extern.
HionB asked on s777. 900. the govern.
ment was collecting last year the
sum OF s4.2si.bo7.34 from those set.
tiers who. despite the universal de-
precision IN agriculture from Maine
10 Mexico, were going right along
planting. blowing, watering and har.
yestlngl
Tho facts are that. taking tho %
reclamation projects an whole. their
financial and economic record for
the past three years OF agricultural
depression viii compare quite favor.
ably with that OF the great, ngrarlan
states OF Iowa. Nebraska. Minnesota
and the Dakotas where farming has
been going on for three generations
and more.
II may throw some light on sccre-
tSry Works viewpoint II we note
that toe two projects nearest insolv.
ency and failure In tho entire list are
tho Grand valley and Uncompahgre
projects In Colorado. tho Eccretary's
own state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
War on Highway
Stands Is Begun

The first move in n drive TO free
state highways from vegetable
stands and such was made by the
state highway department Friday
when a complaint charging l.. a.
LOTUS with constructing and en-.
croaching upon the Pnclfc highway
near Lake Forest park was filed in
Justice court. Lotus operates n
fruit and vegetable stand.
other complaints against various
vendors will be filed until tho high.
way rightof.ways are cleared of
such stands, will he filed, 1t was
announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Plan Exhuming of
Body of Big Whale

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. Nov. ..
-sagants with national regulations
grouped today around tho excava-
ton where relics OF ancient ages are
being discovered, watching Professor
j. r. Harrington. Smithsonian iEsti-
tute research expert, plans the ex.
.huming OF the skeleton OF a second
tooth whale located yesterday.
Declaring that this discovery
strengthened his Garden OF Eden
theories. Professor Harrington and
his men were working carefully. ex.
peoting 20 bring forth the huge
frame intact. The upper Jaw OF the
monster alone weighs so pounds. the
professor said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Body Returned
for Interment

Last rites for Mrs. Ella i. Rocken.
field who died while visiting
daughter at Hoauiam, will be held
from tho Bonney.Watson undertake
ing pariors Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Rockenfield. who has resided In Sc
attic for the past 80 years, lived at
1911 3sth ave. N. She is survived by
the following children: Mrs. r. t.
Haines. OF Hoauiam: Mrs. j. w. Can
non. OF Newark, n. j.; @. w. Rock
enfield. Of omak. Wash; /. y. Rock
enfield. of San Diego, Calf, and Guy
w. Rockenfield. OF Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Millionaire Gives
Fortune to Orphans

HARRISBURG. Pa. Nov. an.
s. Hershey. multimlilIonairn candy
manufacturer. has turned his entire
fortune. estimated at $4,000. 900.
into trust fund for the ualutc.
nance OF an orphanago at Hershey,
Pa. where his wealth was nccnmu.
lated. Il Is announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Reclamation Service Is !.
Attacked BY Sec. Work
Says Complaints from Irrigation Projects
Prove Reform Must Come, If Saved

EDIroirs NOTE-w. ". Porter
field, Of this papers Washington bu-
rcau, has made q lifelong study OF
tho reclamation question. which has
developed again Into ono OF the burn
lnk poiitirai issues Of tho nation.
This In tho fifth Of - series Of ar
'icies giving tho background Of tho
controversy now raging In WASH
ingten.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Phil Tindall VIII
Make Three Talks

Councilman Phil Tindall has three
speaking dates for Armistice day
celebrations. Friday night he was
to speak at Richmond Beach school;
Saturday night he will speak at a
community meeting at Des Molnes.
and Monday at Raymond. Wash. All
three speaking dates were arranged
by the American legion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
DAKoTAs FINALLY
WIN SUCCESS

! amaginn that The credit OF the
settlers on the rs government reclaim.
alton projects is aalte as good today.
that their physical condition II quito
ns satisfactory and that their eco
nomlc future is quite as assured as
was that Of tho settlers Of 30 years
ago whose plight / have consorya-
lively depicted. And what was true
Of our colony WAS true OF practically
all tho colonies that had gone for.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Quality Corsets
at $3.50
Corset Dept.-Upper Main Floor

No woman should risk her appear
ance by being improperly corseted, when
such wide variety of reputable makes
can be obtained for so little money.
For $3.50 you can choose Royal Wor-
cester, c. B.. Warner Gossard, or
Rhodesa Corset in this store and be as
sured as to its durability and comfort.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09

In Japan is a settlement where the
wives support the husbands and chill
dren and are the acknowledged heads
OF the family. The men keep house.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09

US so marry. Ny father is a min
lister. you know"
We'll. let's have try at II. auy.
way. My dads a lawyer"
--Aiass Tech. Woo boo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
ny W. II. PORTERTIELD

In HIS opening statement 10 the
"fact finding commission" Secretary
Work, In tho course OF an emphatic
attack upon tho whole work or the
reclamation service. said:
Thru complaints from orggniza.
lions OF water useru. individual wator
users, agents. inspectors. official rec.
ords OF the department and congress.
II appears that nearly all tho projects
are In such condition that some radi.
cal reforms or improvements must
DO had II they arc TO bo saved. farm.
ers protected from tho loss OF their
homes, and tho return OF tho money
advanced by tho government for
their construction and maintenance
IL 20 be secured. Annual reports on
some projects Indicate their insolv.
cncy and pending failure. Out OF tho
rs projects. only ono has met it's
obligations as they fell due"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
PIUNItEK RISKS
AXE HAZARDOUS

III this statement were accurate, IL
would not DO particularly serious cx.
eeptlng as repeating tho experience
Of all pioneering movements since
that time when Abraham journeyed
from Chaldea TO Canaan.
In 1852 tho writer. then n small
boy. Journeyed with his family at
tho head OF a colony OF 90 families.
mostly mechanics and small trades
men, from little town in East Cen.
trail Iowa Into she territory OF Da-
kota. where svsssv settler was given
100 acres OF good Land. free. and an.
other 100 acres as timber culture
claim. conditional only upon planting
and caring for 10 ncrcs OF trees.
Some OF these men were practical
farmers. others were not. but ali
were strong, healthy. vigorous. tenn.
pcrata. God.fcaring men and women
% good old English. Scotch.Iriah and
Pennsylvania German STOCK and ev.
cry family had iittle money. at
least.
AZ tho end Of nine years. or By
1891. not ono family OF the original
20 had been able 10 stay on tho land.
Before that all had gone flat broke.
their principal food being corn.
ground in coffee mills and their fuel
being dung from the stables.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Young Mems
TWo-TYouser
Suits-$22.5O
Main Floor Rear

That first long trouser suit!
Here is certainly an offer of
merit to young men. Unusually
well tailored suits in the latest
models and of choice materials
and patterns in brown, gray,
green and blue mixtures. That
extra pair of trousers is a big
feature. too, at $3.50. q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09

All-Wool Overcoats of the
fashionable styles and made of
beautiful fabrics, including plaid
back coatings. Sizes 81 to AZ.
Compare yaluesl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-09
Satin Hats
$3.50!
Second Floor
A Saturday Feature

If you are thinking of millinery come
to Rhodes Saturday. A wonderful new
line of hats just came in. They in
clude fetching models of satin and
combinations of Metallic Ribbon and
embroidered Chenille, corded effects,
and others in styles that will fill you
with ecstacy. You will wonder at how
we can sell them for $3.50.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
OLD Il. c. OF LIS
BOSS in ENGLAND
Much Abused Ult Consumer Still
Out Of Luck in Britain

London, March 23.-How the poor
old ultimate consumer In England,
notwithstanding the many outward
signs Of the revival of prosperity, Is
still paying the piper, Is wildly por-
trayed by statistician who has COM
piled figures shown that whereas
wholesale prices here have fallen to
SIS per cent higher than they were In
1913 the retail prices are still main
tanning a level IS per cent above that
of the year before the war.
While 1t is natural that retail
prices should lag behind wholesale
figures in the return to normal con-
ditions, the statistician points at
that wholesale prices have been de-
clining for more than year while
retail prices have remained almost
stationary. Moreover retailers have
failed to reduce their prices de;pite
the fact that 1t has been a year of
declining wages.
Several reasons, or excuses, are
given to show why there is this dis
crepancy. First the retailer, spoiled
by the long period Of soaring prices
when there was an even wider mar
gin between buying and selling prices
is naturally reluctant now to take
losses to get rid of stocks purchased
on declining market. Other fac
tors cited by the statistician are:
1. Bad organization in many dis
tributive trades, which demands a
big gross profit margin to make a
small actual net profit.
2. Growth of trade associations
which dictate retail prices to the con-
sumner and also dictate to wholesalers
the gross margin allowed to retailers.
3. Heavy imperial and local taxa
ton.
4. The growth of overhead charges
per unit of trade done. which neces-
sarily follows upon price restriction
of trade.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
ADVENTUROUS CREW
To film SAVAGES
Sail From San Francisco 10 Fulfill
BOyhOOd Dreams

San Francisco. Cal, March ga
Twenty men. average age 40, have
sailed from San Francisco on the
old whaler Narwahl for the South
Seas to fulfil childhood dream OF
riches to be gained through an ad-
venture. But not by recovery OF
buried pirate gold or robbery OF ma
tive pearl divers do they hope TO
accomplish their purpose.
Theirs will be a modern way-the
enforced motion picture photography
OF savage tribes said to be cannibals.
Against the savages' poisoned arrows
they are prepared to match the white
mems firearms.
Members of Crew.
Among the crew are a Russian
count and three former naval officers
and two former army officers OF the
United States. Several of the men
have college degrees; most Of them
fought in the American or British
forces in the world war; a few are
OF mature age, retired from business.
Their vessel, the Narwhal, is a
'khree-masted bark. Stoutly built OF
oak IN 1888, its history includes seal
poaching and whaling in the Arctic.
It's tonnage is 523, and length, includ-
fng bowsprtt. is 165 feet. To purchase
the boat and supplies the 20 men in
corporated themselves. each contribut-
ing $500 Their corporation is called
1.-THE Mutual Trading company"
Captain Charles L. Arey, member
Of the corporation, commands the
NarwhaL Once he took it into the
Arctic ON a whaling cruise. During
the war he was a lieutenant COM
mander in the United States navy. His
mate and three able seamen are the
paid members of the present expedi
tion to the South Seas. None of the
20 adventurers ever previously sailed
before the mast, but all have had
sea experience.
The cargo carried by the Narwhal
includes two tons of dynamite. con-
gasoline, much sacked coal,
motion picture films and lumber. One
of the crew remarked that in event
OF disaster they would go UP, not
down.
The Narwhal will touch first at
Honolulu. From there it will pro-
coed to Pago Page, American Samoa,
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

where the dynamite will be delivered
10 the United States navy, Al Apia
British Samoa, the last OF the cargo
viii be discharged,
Islands seldom Visited.
Leaving Samoa, the Narwhai VII
set sail for islands seldom visited by
white men-islands of romantic ie'
gend, OF dangerous breezes and love
OF typhoons and cruel death. These
islands are in the New Caledonia,
New Guinea groups
TO obtain pictures OF the islands
and their people, the Narwhal's crew
go any hardships, and to take any
declared themselves willing to under
go any hardships, and to take any
risks. Their vessel will anchor near
the shore. and In a power launch a
party will so ashore and proceed to
the interior,
With trinkets they will attempt to
conciliate the savages. but II hostility
be shown they are prepared to de-
fend themselves with rcvolvers and
rifles. One of the party Is an ex-
perienced motion picture photogra-
pher, and II Is from pictures that he
will take that the members OF the
corporation-crew expect to make
their chief profit, II there is to be any.
VIII Get Copra.
From the many islands visited the
Narwhal Is expected to acquire load
of copra. Then, turning northward
from the South Seas. the Island of
Guam Is to be visited on the return
voyage to San Francisco. The cruise
will cover approximately $4,000 miles.
The president Of the corporation Is
H. J. Richardson, mechanical en-
Gineer who was lieutenant commander
in the United States navy during the
war. Thomas j. Watson, secretary, is
an insurance man of San Francisco
who served in the United States medi-
cal corps in the war.
Among the others OF the crew are:
Count vladimir Aywayaglou. former
colonel in the cars army and from
1917 to 1922 military attache at the
Russian embassy in Toxic: Captain
Haskell C. Billings. formerly Of the
United States coast artillery; Hyval
[. Hughes, lieutenant in the British
flying corps in the war: Murray N.
Fay, motion picture man; J. S. Kah-
er. retired insurance man Of Newport.
Z. l., and San Francisco, and Fred
;. Lindner, who has spent many years
exploring the South Seas and the
Malay Peninsula.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

In Moscow three members OF the rail-
way administration department were
found guilty OF having turned gov
eminent money TO their own use. and
were ordered to be shot One of
them had succeeded in smuggling the
profits TO England. and had a heavy
deposit In London, This the Soviet
government hopes to recAer.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
Russia Determined to Stop
Thefts From Her Railroads

Moscow, March 23.-Executioners
rifles are beginning to crack in the
Soviet governments campaign to
weed out bribery and corruption from
government institutions. At one trial
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-14
MRS. MATILDA DYKES
DIED SUNDAY LAST
Widow Of The Late Francis Dykes
Dies AT Home OF Brother-In-
Law, N. J. Gibbons

Mrs. Matilda Jane Dykes, aged 73
years, died at the home of her broth
er-in-law, N. J. Gibbons, Sunday,
April 8, and interment was made
Tuesday in the Methodist Protestant
cemetery Of this city.
The deceased was the daughter of
the late Rev. James Miller, Metho-
dist minister well known in this To-
cality, having made his home here for
a number of years. For the last
several years, following the death of
her husband, she has resided at the
home of her brother-in-law, N. J.
Gibbons of this city.
Mrs. Dykes was woman of fine
character, good wife and mother
and lover of home life and home
ties. She is survived by one daughter,
Miss Sadie Francis Dykes and a
brother, T. H. Miller, both of this
city.
The pallbearers were her nephews:
A. N. Gibbons, w. R. Gibbons, of
Princess Anne; John F. Gibbons, of
New York City; M. A. Culver, of Sal
isbury; l.. J. Miller and T. Rodney
Miller of-Pocomoke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-14
POCOMOKE COUPLE
QUIETLY MARRIED
Miss Lucy Baker Lang Weds George
Sparrow.-Win Make Future
Home In Delmar.

A very quiet but pretty wedding
was solemnized Wednesday at 11.30
A. M, when Miss Lucy Baker Lang,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Lang
of this city was united in marriage to
George Sparrow, also of this city.
The ceremony was performed at the
home of the brides parents on Second
street by Rev. J. R. Bicking, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
the presence Of only the immediate
members Of the family. The wedding
marches were played by Miss Madge
Tull. There were no attendants.
The bride was attired in a gown of
cocoa canton crepe with hat, gloves
and shoes to match and carried a
bouquet of sweet peas. Immediately
following the ceremony the young
couple left for Ohio and points West
and upon their return will reside in
Delmar.
The bride is we'll known here and
has hosts Of friends in this city and
vicinity. The groom is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Sparrow, residing
near Beaver Dam, and is an efficient
employee of the N. Y. P. & N. Rail-
road Company, with headquarters in
Delmar.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-14
Brooklyn Insurance
Man Commits Suicide

Joseph L. White, 81, of 1854 Dean
street, Brooklyn, member of the insur-
ance firm of George H. Smith and
Hicks, Sc Beaver stret, Manhattan,
shot and killed himself shortly before
6 o'clock Tuesday evening. He was
alone in his home, except for a maid,
who heard the shot and rushed up
stairs to learn the cause. Mr.. White
lay on the bathroom floor, a bullet
wound in his right temple.
The police of the Atlantic Avenue
Station, to whom the suicide was re-
ported at once, learned from Mr..
Whites family that he had suffered
a nervous breakdown recently. It was
to this that his son, J. Leslie White,
of Brooklyn, attributed the suicide.
Mr.. White was an uncle of Miss
Florence w. Long of this city, her
mothers brother. He was a very
likable man, and had visited Pocomoke
several times.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-14
FOOLS PARADISE" BIG
PRODUCTION, COMING
Cecil B. De Mile Picture With Not
able Cast To Be Seen AT Empire
Next Thursday And Friday

Cecil B. De Miles latest Paramount
production, "Fool's Paradise" which
will be shown at the Empire Theatre
next Thursday and Friday nights, is
said to be his greatest picture. The
production is massive, the character
portrayals in the hands of noted
screen artists like Dorothy Dalton,
Mildred Harris, Conrad Nagel, Theo-
dore Koslof and Julia Faye, and the
photography by Alvin Wyckoff and
Karl Struss most beautiful.
The picture sets new mark in the
number and variety of wild animals
and reptiles shown in motion pictures.
With a plot that varies between the
Mexican border and Siam, unusual
opportunity was given Mr.. De Mile
for the employment of four-footed
beasts, birds and reptiles. The list in
cludes peacocks, monkeys, bears, ele-
plants, snakes, donkeys, crocodiles,
canary birds, horses and lamb. Sew
eral large blue cobras, the most poi
sonous of their species, are used in a
temple sacrifice in Siam, and the ac-
tion in which they are engaged is Of
the most thrilling description. 1t is a
delightful creation and aside from it's
great heart appeal, there are many
dramatic situations that thrill old and
young alike.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-14
Board Of Directors viii Be
Named At Meetings To Be
Held Next Week.
MONDAY IS DATE SET FOR
POCOMOKE MEETING

Splendid interest in the Farm Bu-
reau movement was manifested on
Saturday afternoon in the Court
House at Snow Hill when over three
hundred Farm Bureau members gath
cred to take part in the selection of
their officers for the coming year.
Much interest was displayed on the
part of those present in drafting a
constitution and bylaws that would be
we'll suited for Worcester county con-
ditions. The work vase assisted by
M. M. Stewart, secretary of the Mary
land State Farm Bureau. He called
attention to important features draft
ed by the various counties that were
already organized, which helped to
govern the action in Worcester coun-
ty. After numerous suggestions and
important additions, a splendid con-
stitution was adopted.
Following this adoption, E. E. Mock
of Stockton was elected president;
Charles Chesser of Pocomoke City,
vice-president and William H. Hollo-
way of Newark, secretary treasurer.
The selection of board of directors
will be made at local meetings in each
of the fifteen communities. The presi-
dent of the local will become a men,
ber of the board. These local meet
ings will be held next week according
to the following schedule:
Merrill's-Monday, April 16, 7.30
P. NJ, school house.
Pocomoke City-Monday, April 16,
7.30 P. NJ, Municipal Building.
Beaver Dam-Tuesday, April II,
7.30 P. NJ, Marshall's store.
Goodwill-Tuesday, April IL, 7.3O
P. NJ, school house.
stockton-Tuesday, April II, 7.3O
F. NJ, school house.
Girdletree-Wednesday, April 18,
7.S0 P. NJ, school house.
Box Iron-Wednesday, April 1S,
7.SO P. NJ, school house.
Snow Hill-Thursday, April 10,
7.30 P. M, Farmers room, Deposit
and Savings Bank.
Newark-Thursday, April 10, 7.3O
P. NJ, school house.
Berlin-Friday, April 20, 7.SO P. NJ,
school house.
Sinepuxent- Friday, April 20, 7.3O
P. M, school house.
MISUNDERSTANDING, April 21,
7.30 P. NJ, school house.
Showell-Saturday, April 81, 7.30
P. M, school house.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, April Fl, 7.30
P. NJ, school house.
Acquango-Tuesday, April "a, 7.30
P. NJ, school house.