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Smyrna times., 1923-08-22
DIDN'T FOOL Tie CONDUCTOR
Train Official Seldom Deceived by
Travellers Who Imagined They Ap-
peared Used to Luxurles.

The Woman had never been in q
compartment on a train before She
must confess this bit of luxurious ig-
norance. She was seated comfortably,
reading and looking out of the window
alternately, and greatly enjoying the
privacy when she heard a buzzing
sound Again and again It sounded.
Doubtless the people in the next com
partment ringing for the porter.
And then came knock at the door
II hope l didn't disturb yOu," the
conductor said as he asked for the
WOman's ticket.
"Oh, no, was just sitting here read
ing and admiring the scenery
"Oh," the conductor said, T wonder
If the bell doesn't ring"
1.-THE bell?" Then the Woman under
stood that that had been the buzzing
she had heard.
'Tm afraid I'm very ignorant" she
admitted. 1--WE never been in a COM
partmenet before, and didn't know
you rang to come In"
But the conductor was not Mortified
at the smallness of her knowledge.
I'm glad to hear you admit 1t,
lady," he said. There's lots who have
never been in a compartment, but they
wouldn't admit it for worlds. We know
when they're not used TO 'em. They
can't fool US, but you're the first I've
met who hasn't foolish pride. Chi.
cagO Journal.
Smyrna times., 1923-08-22
Plan Fine African Roadway.

For several years work has been In
progress on a roadway to enclrcle
the entire peninsula az the southern
extremity Of South Africa, on which
Capetown is situated. The roadway
is now completed, and at the opening
ceremonies, last May, It was claimed
TO be the finest marine drive in the
world, surprising even the famous
Corniche road, at Mentone, in the
south Of France. The road is 125
miles long, and for most Of It's length
is hewn in the rocky sides Of the
mountains that tower over the entire
sea coast Of the cape.-Popular Me
chanIcs Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1923-08-22
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL ENDS LIFE
Frances SecOr, Chesapeake City, Ap-
parently Tired of Life, Fires Bull
let Into Her Heart

let Into her Heart
Apparently tired of life because she
felt that she did not enjoy it as well
as some of her girl companions, Fran
ces Secor, pretty 15-year-old brunette,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Secor
of Chesapeake City, killed herself
shortly before midnight last night, by
firing a bullet into her heart, death
resulting instantly. The girls par
ents, who operate a restaurant OppO-
site the post office, had retired about
11.3O. Her grandmother followed a
few minutes later, but before retiring
started to call to her granddaughter
and tell her it was time for her to go
to bed. AS she did so, she heard a
shot ring out. Rushing into the room
she found her granddaughter dead on
the floor. The girl had obtained a
revolver which belonged to her father
and had fired a shot into her chest.
The only reason that the authorities
offer for the action of the girl, who
was High School student at Chesa-
peake City, and was assisting her
father in the restaurant during the
summer, was that she thought that
life was not worth living. 1t is said
she had told her friends several times
that life was not worth living for her
as she did not have the clothes and
good times enjoyed by other girls
The body was taken in charge by
Coroner Magraw, of ElktOn.
Smyrna times., 1923-08-22
Canada's Canal Systems.

There are six canal systems under
the control Of the Dominion govern.
ment, the most important of which is
that between Fort William and Mon
treal. The other systems are between
Montreal and the international boun.
dary near Lake Champlain; Montreal
and Ottawa, Ottawa and Kingston, the
st. Peters canal from the Atlantic
ocean to the Bras dor lakes, Cape
Breton and the incompleted canal from
Trenton to Lake Huron.
Smyrna times., 1923-08-22
MAN ON MOTOR CYCLE KILLED
Fishing Party From Pennsylvania Hit
Abutment on Way to Bowers Beach


Plans of a gay fishing party for a
holiday were tragically interrupted
near st. Georges Saturday morning,
shortly before Z o'clock, advanced
time, when Roy L. Kistler, of 1877
South Summit street, Harrisburg, Pa,
was instantly killed, and his compan-
ion, Joseph Heighes, of 121 North
Market street, Mechanicsburg, Pa,
was injured, while on the way as
members of a party of four to Bow
ers Beach. The men were riding on a
motorcycle. They were proceeding
along the detOur road between St.
Georges and Kirkwood, when they at
tempted to pass an automobile coupe,
which contained the two other mem
bers of the party, Hirzel Townsend
and Roy Peterson, of Capitol street,
Harrisburg. Just opposite the auto
mobile when they were about to pass
was an abutment, partly shaded in
grass, which has grown around it, as
the road is little used, except at pres
ent while the main road is under re-
construction. The men on the motor
cycle did not see this abutment, and
they crashed into it headlong. The
motorcycle, which, apparently, was
going at a fairly high rate of speed,
was sent spinning against a fence.
Kistler was dashed to death, having
received a crushing blow on the head
and other injuries, and his companion
was injured about the face and body
but not seriously. The men in the
coupe were not injured.
Others Unaware of Tragedy
Unaware of the tragedy that had
befallen the two other members of the
party, Peterson and Townsend con-
tinued on their way to Bowers Beach
Because Of the fogginess of the morn
ing and the early hour-it was be-
tween and 6 o'clock standard time
they did not notice that their COM
panions on the motorcycle were not
following them. They had not beer
notified of the horrible accident as
late as 1890 o'clock, Mr.. Heighes be-
ing unable to get the news to then
at any of the points through which
lit was expected they woulC
pass. Heighes hurriedly summoned
Mr.. Ellison, who notified DR.. Walter
w. Ellis of Delaware City. 1t wai
found his services would not be re
ouired, as Kistler had been instantl!
killed. Heighes had suffered only al
injury to the nose and bruises to th'
body and was able to go to DR.. Ellis
office in Delaware City for treatment
Coroner Elliott of Wilmington, ant
Undertaken Householder of Delawar
City, were summoned. Kistler's nam
was learned from a license card foun
in one of his pockets. Other paper
ard information secured from Heigh
es were that he is survived by hi
mother and brother in Harrisburg
that he was an ironworker, and wa
2s years old. The party of four lef
Harrisburg early Saturday mornin
to spend the day at Bowers Beacf
The motorcycle, which had a tander
attachment, was loaded with rod
reels and other fishing equipmen
Kistler's body was prepared for burii
and sent to his home in Harrisburg
Smyrna times., 1923-08-22

Mr.. Stein, owner of a number of
the amusements at Colchester, while
en- route to Baltimore via the Rock
Hall ferry recently lost a suitcase
containing $1,000. The suitcase was
found sometime after it was missed
by Miss Isabel Jones, who at once re-
turned it to its owner. It is not konwn
if Miss Jones received a reward.
Smyrna times., 1923-08-22

The reunion of the members of the
99th General Assembly at Rehoboth
on Friday, August "a, promises to be
a big event. To date forty-twO of the
fifty-two members of the Senate and
House have sent in their acceptances,
and many others have declared their
intention to attend. Senators Ball
and Bayard and Congressman Boyce
have accepted invitations.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
DEVELOPING PHOSPHATE
 DEPOSITS IN TAHITI

PAPEETE, Tahiti, Feb 19-Phos- phate deposits, said to be among the richest in the world, are being devel- oped by French company on the isl and of Makatea, 125 miles northeast of here. The island, originally a low atoll, or circle of coral with a lagoon in the center, has been thrust up by volcanic action to a height of over 300 feet above sea level. The basis of the lagoon still remains and it is here that the phosphate, which is the fossilized remains of marine animals, is found.
 Averaging about 80 per cent pure, the deposits are said to be almost in- exhaustible, covering a wide area and very deep. There are no rivers or springs on Makatea and water must be brought from Tahiti
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
FILE WATER RIGHTS IN
 BAD ROCK CANYON

COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont, Feb. 1o. Filling on water rights on the Flat head river n Bad Rock Canyon near here, has E.en made in the county recorders office at Kalispell by A. A. White, land owner of Montana and Oregon
 Preliminary surveys of the si.e have been started. The notice cf appropriation of water rights cal g for 10000 cute feet second, which is full capacity at low water stage
 MT. White announced here that as soon as the survey has been com p!eted and necessary information, concerning .he project is available, he will submit to Henry Ford al Dctrait proposition to take over the site for furnishing power for an automobile factory. If the offer is accepted, he declared, he is prepared to assign it to the manufacturer for one dollar.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
MOVIE MANS MURDER
 PUZZLES CHINA POLICE

SHANGHAI, Feb. 19.-In the mur- der of Bernard Goldenberg, promi- nent figure in the moving picture and theatrical world of the Far East, the authorities of Shanghai are forced to admit they are dealing with one of the most baffling problems in the criminal annals of the port.
 Goldenberg, well known in Japan, Hongkong and Manila, was manager of the Victoria Theater, one of the leading moving picture houses in Shanghai. He occupied an apartment in the theater buildin, and was found murdered in his apartment. His skull was crushed, evidently by club, the police state.
 The search, now widened to all cen ters of the Far East, thus far reveals no trace of the murderer, the police announce.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
FORFEITURE NOTICE

TO MRS. T. J. ERICKSON, MARION
 ERICKSON, NORMAN A, BRICK.
 SON HARRY TESTED, H. c.
 ROSS AND D. W. WALKER, THEIR
 HEIRS. EXECUTORS ADMINS
 TRAITORS AND ASSIGNS:
 You are hereby notified that dur ing the years 1921 and 1922, One Thousand Dollars ($10O0.0O) in labor and improvements have been made and expended upon the Lucky Strike group of mining claims, consisting of four claims, to-wit: Lucky Strike; Lucky Strike Extension No. 1 North east; Lucky Strike Extension No. ? Northeast; Lucky Strike Extension No. l Southwest and the Porcupine mining claim, all situate about one mile in Northwest direction from Lake Mckinley in the Cordova Mining and Recording District, Territory of Alaska, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said mining claim for the years 1921 and 1922; said labor constitut- ing the assessment work for the years 1921 and 1922 and if within ninety (90) days after the last publication of this notice you fail or refuse to pay to the undersigned your respective proportion expended by me for said annual labor and improvements le- gally required to hold said claims as aforesaid, together with the cost of this notice, all your right, title, inter- est, estate and equity in and to said claim will become the property of the undersigned your co-owner, under said section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States.
 E. s. MALONE. First publication, January 22. 1923. Last publication, April 23, 1923.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
MONUMENT TO MARK
 DISCOVERY OF GOLD

GRASS VALLEY, Cal, Feb. 19. - The chamber of commerce here has in augurated a movement to mark the site of the first discovery of gold quartz in California. A monument, built of ore from different mines in this vicinity, will probably be con- structed.
 The finding here in 1850 of gold in rock formation is believed to mark the first discovery of this form of the vel low metal.
 The finding was a puzzle to the amateur miners of that day, whose quest was for placer gold, and few of whom had any knowledge of min eralogy.
 The site for the monument is on Gold Hill, at the south city limits. The deposit here is said to be one of the richest in this section of the state
 Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmatic lenses replaced See Os- borne. tf.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
TENANT OWNERS NOW BUILD OWN
 APARTMENTS

EVANSTON, H., Feb. 19.--The co. operative movement to the very nth" degree has entered the apart ment field, created for the same pur- pose as those in grain and live stock-for a reduction in rent and the cost of building and home owning.
 Prof. c. E. Tharaldsen of North western University promoted the pro- ject, twelve-apartment structure, and care was taken that liberal yard space was provided. It is about ready for occupancy. Tenant-owners are to include several other members of the Northwestern staff, a banker, editor, attorney, government em- ploye, and few Northwestern alumni.
 "Other cooperative flat buildings have been erected, but so far as 1 can ascertain they were built by brokers and contractors who. sold them by apartments to new owners. Our building started as a cooperative project, was built without overhead tenant-stockholdersa as supervisors, and tenant-sto assupervi5ors, and will be paid for at actual cost of operation plus interest and part pay ment of principal year by year. Fund ing and financing will be completed within fifteen years"
 The building cost about s100,00o and has all latest conveniences ar. on the family style.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
DEVILS LAKE CCLDEST PLACE
 IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. - Devils Lake, North Dakota, with an average Of nearly one-fifth of the days of the year when temperatures are as low as zero, or lower, and more than one half of the days of the year when it is freezing, or lower, holds the record as the country's coldest place. Tenn perature conditions vary greatly in the United States during the winter sea- son, an analysis of records of the Weather Bureau show. Long and se- were winters in the northern states, with North Dakota, Minnesota. North ern Michigan and Northern Vermont having the most severe weather, con- trast sharply with the mild winters of the southern states, but in summer the difference is not nearly so great.
 Freezing temperatures have been recorded at all mainland stations of the Weather Bureau in winters past, but they have been of infrequent oc-
 
 in the immediate gulf coast sections where they average only two to five days during the winter compared with an average of one day along the Cali fornia coast.
 In general, freezing weather occurs more than 100 days of the year north of Southern Pennsylvania, the Ohio River, and the southern parts of Mis- souri and Kansas, as well as through of the West. In North Dakota, east ern Montana and Wyoming freezing temperatures may be expected on more than half the days of the year, the annual record of Yellowstone Park averaging 211 days. This is in marked contrast with two days at Tampa, Fla, and four days at Gal weston, Tex.
 As a rule zero weather does not lumbia, the western portion of Vir- ginia, the extreme northern ports of Tennessee and Arkansas, and central Oklahoma, although during the cold wave of 1899 the zero line was carried to the east Gulf coast
 In the average winter the tempera- ture falls to zero on five days as far so1th as southern Pennsylvania, cen tral Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and scutheastern Kansas. In the cen tTa?-northern districts between the western upper lake region and the Rocky Mountains, it occurs with much greater frequency, the average rang ing from 40 to 60 days, or more.
 The influence of Lake Michigan in modifying severe temperatures is evi- dent from the fact that Grand Haven. on the eastern side of the lake, shows
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
ELEVATED ANTENNAE AT
 FRISCO BE ABANDONED

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.-Better reception is being obtained over loop aerials at the Beach Station at San Francisco of the Federal Telegraph Company than is possible over the old style elevated antennae, the con- pany's engineers report.
 The loops, by their directional power can be arrayed so as to elimi- nate from the radio receiving circuit much of the interference and unneces. sary noise arising from nearby navy, commercial and amateur stations.
 Aerials 300 feet long and at eleva- tions of 25O and 300 feet have been abandoned for reception, in favor of the loop aerials. The high aerials, however, still are used by the Federal for sending.
 The loops are designed especially for reception on short wave and long wave lengths, respectively, for spark and arc communication. They are wound on frames eight feet square and the number of turns is proportion ate to the wave lengths in the signals to be received.
 The loops can be revolved by gear ing from the receiving room in order to place them directly in the plane of the incoming waves and thus ob tain the best reception.
 Reception is uniformly good over the long wave loop at distances of 5000 miles over water and at night.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Super. yising Architects Office, Washington, D. C., January II, 1923. - SEALED PROPOSALS will be opened in this office at p. m., May 10, 1923, for the construction of the United States Post Office and Court House, at Cordoya, Alaska. Drawings and specifications may be obtained from J. w. Roberts. Supervising Superintendent, 4O3 P. o. Bldg, San Francisco, Calif., the Gus tod1an of the site at Cordova, Alaska. or at this office, in the discretion of the Supervising Architect, Jas. A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Archi- tect.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19

only three days with zero tempera- ture, while Milwaukee, on the op- posite side of the lake and at about the same latitude, has on an average 14 days. Extremely low temperatures are comparatively less frequent than moderately cold weather in the Rocky Mountain area, when compared with the central-northern States. This is shown by Denver's average with 143 days of freezing weather and only nine days with zero temperatures, while Bismarck, North Dakota, aver ages 1S2 days with freezing and 53 days with zero.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
RODENT MAY BECOME OF
 VALUE TO FARMERS

OLYMPIA, Feb. 19-A rodent rec commended as a great aid to farmers has recently come to light in East ern Washington, through the investi- gation of Leo K. Couch, of the Fed eral Biological Survey. The animal is called a grasshopper mouse, be- cause of it's predilection for jump ing upon grasshoppers and eating them. The rodent prefers grass hoppers to any other kind of food, Couch says in a report, and it is declared that the animal might be- come of important economic assis- tance to farmers whose crops are harmed by grasshopper hordes.
 PatroniZe home industry.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
UNCOMFORTABLE SPIRIT RESULT
 OF FOOTBALL

CHICAGO, Feb. 19. - American youths in too many homes of the na- tion live life of luxury and spend too much time on the soft, easy cush- ions of automobiles, in the opinion of Fielding H. Yost, coach of the Uni versity of Michigan, who today em- phasized the value of football in de- veloping that unconquerable fight ing spirit so badly needed in our American life"
 Playing the popular college game will cultivate the qualities of deter m1nation, persistence and courage, the veteran mentor declared, that can nowhere be better learned than on the gridirons. Coach Yost believes that football, as we'll as other ath- letics, should remain contributing factor of college trainine. the sport will enable collegians to become bet ter fitted for their careers.
 This is the one virile American game and it is needed badly in our American life," Coach Yost said. "Tbe benefits are derived not only by the thousands who play the game, but by the many more thousands who witness these contests. Our boys in too many homes live life of luxury and ease and spend too much of their time on the soft cushions of automobiles. What they need and must have to fit them as men,-real men, are the very things which are taught and developed on the football field, a strong alert body, keen, quick thinking mind and that unconquerable fighting spirit which overcomes all obstacles in the end
 Athletic games are generally rec ognized as necessary part of our national school and college life.
 "The critics of college athletics, es- pecially football, suggest that we should have less football or none at all and promote athletics for every one. What have these men done and what are their experiences in estab- fishing, financing and putting across such a voluntary program? Those in charge of intercollegiate athletics, through the funds obtained largely from football, have financed and de- veloped a broad intercollegiate and in tramural athletic program, based on voluntary participation.
 Boys go to college to obtain a bet ter education and to become better fitted for life. Football, as other athletic activities, is, and should ever remain, a contributary factor to this main object of college training. It should not be made an end in itself for then it loses much of the ordinary benefit that it usually derived from it.
 "This difficulty can be eliminated by arranging schedules so as to cause players to miss as few classes as pos sible, by limiting the length of prac- tice periods and by seeing that the schedules of the'season do not extend over too long period of time All football schedules should close by Thanksgiving Day. At the same time these boys will learn to sacrifice them selves to a group or institution for the attainment of common goal, which means that they will learn CO., operation, team play, loyalty and ser. vice. Likewise, they will cultivate the qualities of determination, will power, persistence and courage, both moral and physical.
 Even those who do not participate learn the lessons of service and loy- atty which permeates the student at mosphere as a result of football.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
SAVING FOR JAPAN

TOKYO, Feb. 19.-The amount of money to be saved by the limitation of naval armament will total 103, ,716,- 800 yen, according to an official es- innate here.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned hereby gives notice that he has been appointed admins trator of the estate Charles Game, de- ceased, and that all persons having claims against said estate are re- qulred to present the same with the proper vouchers within six months rom the date hereof to the under signed administrator at his office in the Bank of Alaska, in Cordova, Alaska.
 Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 26th day of January, 1923.
 HARRY W. ACHTSON.
 Administrator of the Estate
 of Charles Game, Deceased. Flrst publication, January 27. 1923. Last publication, February 24, 1923,
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-19

IN THE U. s. COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, COR DOVA PRECINCT, BEFORE HON. ORABLE A. J. ADAMS, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER AND EH-OFFICIO PROBATE JUDGE. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Game, Deceased