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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-12-06

The Supreme Court of Minnesota
handed down an unusual decision last
week. Gabriel St. Dennis a pioneer
Rice county resident died in 1913 and
left 40 acres of land. The records
show that he was married in 1862 in
the East. In 1865 he came west and
married Rice county woman with
out the formality of divorce from
the first wife; both claim title to the
land. The court ruled that since the
first wife did not enter into the deal
for the farm, the deed was not legal
and the property will probably revert
to the original owners. Tough luck.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-12-06
lir Of general prosperity. Possibl
The ex-secretary is not "Fall' guy

The earnings Of the Northwestern
'ailroads would indicate that the
nay be able to weather the storm
rhe Northern Pacific and Great
Northern have elaborate plans TO
sbout $120,0O0,O00 expenditure ii
improvements and betterments during
he next five years. Meanwhile an,
suggestion of lowering freight rate.
brings cry of poverty
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-12-06

Evidence introduced at Wash
ington hearing relative to the lease of
Teapot Dome" by Secretary of In
terror Fall, to the Sinclair Oil Com
pany, has caused sensation. The
charge is made that Fall was broke
before the lease and that very soon
after the deal. with Uncle Sam had
been consumated the Secretary of the
Interiors ranch in Wyoming was en-
tirely rehabilitated and took on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

With his powerful arms he could turn
over the crocodile and slit up it's softer
stomach Just al YOU rip i Ash. Continued
use Of the thumbs in this capacity turned
them at last into more or less rigid, spike
like weapons, ~fit to do nothing else.
OF course, In strict scientific truth, the
cPocodiles did not have everything to do
with Iguan0don stiffening up the thumb
that might otherwise have given the earth
q race 'Of giants. He used it also to dig
out succnlent roots that he liked to eat,
manipulating it precisely as gardener
does his trowel or dib. This specializa-
ton in the tWo> directions of grubbing
food and Sitting cfoeodiles unified it for
broader purposes.
The point is that if Iguanodon had phil
OsOphically given up the roots fer
branches and twigs his thumb would have
developed in the same way that it did on
the hands of mans ancestors when they
used it for swinging from branches and
travelling through the trees. And If for
q conparatively few centuries, while do
ing this, he had also given up going after
other food where the cFocodiles lurked,
there would have come time, no doubt,
when he could have grabbed clubs and
slain the crocodiles,
BY that time he would have been we'll
on the road TO mastering the earth As
long, however, as he insisted upon grub
hing the roots and going where the creco-
dies were, why, naturally, those who had
the stitfest, the strongest and the most
spike-like thumbs had all the best of their
brethren with weak thumbs. Handling
down THESE characteristics to their de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

had not developed enough to find either q
substitute for their food or a protection
against the cold. Their bigness was q
handicap, since the giant needs to eat
more than the pygmy.
30 they began to die off.
Obviously, the biggest died first, since
1t was they who needed the most food to
get about. The smaller ones lived longer
because they needed less food and could
manage to exist from the steadily dimin-
ishfng supply. Those that lived had
smaller and smaller offspring-nature'
effort to preserve the type.
And to-day the lineal descendant of
the gigantic dinosaurs that might have
been the giant rulers of the earth is a
little frilled lizard about eight inches long
called, scientifically, Championships
Kingi!
Into this mite of creature has been
changed in natures crucible of necessity
the colossal monsters. The frilled lizard,
according to Professor Kent w. Sayville.
OF the Australian Academy of Sciences,
Is true dinosaur. 1t walks and runs just
as did its enormous ancestors, and its
structure is in miniature the same.
I'm the photographic stones Of Solen-
hafen, Germany" says Professor Saville,
ARE the bones of a small, three-foot dino
saur, Compsgnathus longipes. The two
creatures, separated by millions of years,
are almost counterfeits of each other''
The three-foot dinosaur is one stage in
the descent from the hundred-ton reptiles
to the four-ounee ffiIIed lizard.
These walking and running dinosaurs
not only antedated the ancestors Of man,
but also started to invade the bird world
There was one called Gorgosaurus that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

hind-foot running type, but now e1-
tinct for millions of years. We have
taken skeletons of him from the Red
Deer River rocks of Alberta. He ran
Just as do some modern lizards described
above. 30 we had ore mounted In the
American Museum in the running pose,
with sketches made of him In different
running attitudes. In fact, the Gorge
saur was really gigantic lizard in most
fespectsi but, OF course, It's legs were
longer and heavier than that Of modern
types. lie had proportions more like
those ora kangaroo or ostrich. A kanga-
roo hops and an ostrich runs. Strange to
say, the hind legs and feet Of Gorgosaurus
were more like those of the ostrich than
are the pedals of the emu or cassCwary,
both. ground runners. Hence we must
conclude that the massive, gigantic Cor
gosaurus ran 1.-The the wind, rather than
hoped like It, at seventy miles per hour,
Tracks III the sandstOnes Of COnneCti-
cut River Valley are found Of more an
cient dinosaurs and of smaller size. The
tracks show clearly the running stride Of
the reptiles that made them, one track In
line almost directly In front OF the other,
showing the narrow tread of great speed
Here md there are rest imprints, where
reptile paused In q s1uatting position,
with tail trailing out behind.
Among these types, of which we have
many in the museum, Anchisaufls was
obviously the ancestor Of GOrgosaurus.
Anchisaurus, father Of runners. was even
heavier apd more specieliged for swIftsf
running, having front limbs too small TO
aid in supporting him on all tours. In
him we have the typical long, straight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

scendants, there came time when the
Iguanodon's thumb ceased being thumb
at all. And when that moment arrived,
then he was doomed to be lizard and
nothing else all the remaining span of his
racial reptilian life.
If the dinosaurs had won out in the
evolutionary race, it is interesting, indeed.
to speculate upon what our earth would
he like. AS has been said, man as such
would probably never have evolved. If
our ancestors had gotten as far as d semi
human condition, the super-lizards wonId
perhaps have made use of them in the
same way as we do horses and ClOgs. con.
sidering them merely as useful, intelligent
animals.
And what kind of cities would thew
have built? What kind or architecture
would have been theirs? What would
have been their ideals of beauty. and es-
pecially of feminine colneliness? How
would their women have decited their
bodies, and what would have been their
arts and sciences? IL they had progressed
as far as modern dentistry, their eighty
big teeth would have made problem. in
deed, for the dinosaurian pocketbook. On
the other hand, they would have saved
all hair dressing and barber expenses.
since they were absolutely hairless.
But the walking dinosaurs died out and
earth escaped the threatened race of
giants. The next possible hand and fin
gers came in Eoeene times. 900 ,OON
years ago-with the bat and with the
insect-eating lemur, Notharctus, the firSts
known mammal ancestor of man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07


ternately with the stride Of the
feet.
EVEN a. the modern runner
must 60 fastest b get the money
or prize, so had Anchisaufus to
make winning bursts Of speed TO
catch his food supply. This reptile
preyed on the herbivOrOus duck
billed dinosaur, also d runner, but which
ran Tor water, to escape by immersion.
Ine pursuer's stunt was to catch the
duck-bill before 1t could reach water, Or
go without his dinner. The duck-bills
were. without sharp teeth, horns, ar1nOr
or claws, and entirely unable to defend
themselves. Even in water they had to
take chances with carnivorous reptiles
living therein"
One of these upright giant dinosaurs
almost developed a perfect thumb. This
monsters name was Iguan0don. He was
not nearly so big as the Patagonian dino
saur, standing little more than twenty feet
Nigh This IguanOdon was not q flesh
eater. He seems to have been q fairly
gentle reptile with only one great aver
siOn-the prehistoric crocodiles.
lguanodon, If he had only known It,
had greater reason to hate the crocodile
than. the mere fact that the crocodile
loved to kill and eat him. For it was the
crocodile who kept 1guanodon's thumbs
from developing to q state where they
gould have lifted their owners into real
intelligence.
The way that came about was this The
crocotiiles were very fond of lguanolon
az h0rs d'0envfe. They gathered around
the places where the dinosaurs found
their favorite food-the river banks and
marshes. Iguanodon's teeth being use
less as weapons of Offense or of defense
against their scaled hacks, his unarmored
body being equally defenseless against
fheif teeth he. was put to using those
pei the attentions of the crocodiles. The
nail of the thumb was long and sharp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

locke d remarkably
like an. ostrich with d
long, snalry tail. It
ID called Gorgosaurus.
DR.. w. d. Mat
thew, of the Ameri-
can Museum Of Nat
ural History Of New
York, says Of IL:
"Gorgosaurus was
a dinosauF Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

A Walking Lizard Of To-day,
Which Is a Direct Descendant
of the Gigantic Dinosaurs That
at One Time Threatened 60
Dominate the Earth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

lis atiFtlD w.
On Exhibition II
The Anlefican
Museum of
Natural History.
Photograph 81
American
Museum Of
Ne tufal History.
New York
At Right
The Great Slotla,
Another
eIlistoric
Mons Ter While
Learned to Walk
Uprish lat, but at
Too late i r eriod
. Become i Rival
% the Ancient
Ape-Li1xe
Ancestofs of Man.
there are. And the
dinosaurs had hands
and arms that could
have been developed
into members just as
flexible as ours in far
less time than it took
to develop ours from
the ape-like stock
that was our fore
fathers.
Why, then, did the
dinosaurs not inherit
the earth? We know
now that there came
a sudden change of
climate that deprived
them largely of the
food they needed.
With it came an in
creased cold that,
since they were cold
blooded creatures,
made them sluggish.
They were not yet
far enough on the
road of evolution to
be able to meet these
changes. Their brains
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

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Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16
PROSPERITY HAS ' TOUCHED HOBOES

r SUPERIOR, Wis, August 16-Ho- h0"s fiding their way into this city are sharing ln the general prosperity of the ,and
 There are by ar !ewe1 wage and drunks arrested here this year, who are financially broke than was the case one year ago, according to police rec ords. The number has fallen off approx imately 25 per cent, the records show. While the average hobo is far from oplent, he nas at least a few dollars, the records Ieveal-quite different from conditions ore year ago. Then the average person arrested on such charges possessed in hundreds of cases. not even so little as nickle.
 Another indication of improved fi- nancial condition among the knights O. the road is the fact that the num- Der of men held to work out sentences for petty offenses, shows a marked de crease. The average drunk this year is able 10 furnish the required ten dol lars and costs" himself, or has friends with sufficient funds to secure his re lease.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16
FOUR HEROIC TOTS
 DROWN SAVING FATHER

WINNIPEG, August 16-A story of how four children ranging in age from ten to twelve years, gave their lives in an attempt to save their 80-year-old companion was received here today in belated details of the drownings in Pike lake, seven miles from the Pas, Tuesday.
 The children, Bernard and Mile M. Stitt, aged twelve and ten years, re- spectively, children of Barney Stitt, mayor of The Pas, and grandchildren of the aged man, and Ethel and Lamie Bement, aged II and 12 respectively, had been taken for an outing on the lake by the grandfather
 While bathing, the aged man appear ed to get into some difficulty, and the children, not considering their help lessness against the current, rushed to his rescue and were swept away. A fifth child, Anthonq Bement, followed his companions in their attempt, and but for the timely intervention of an Indian woman would have been drown ed. After great exertion the aged mar managed to reach shore.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16
COWS ADDICTED ID DRUGS
 MAY BE ARRESTED MONT,

HELENA, August 16-A COW, or any other animal which becomes addicted to the narcotic habit in Montana may be arrested and confined in the state sanitarium until pronounced cured by the physicians in charge, according to a new state law.
 The new law, legislators say, is the result of clerical error made in the closing days of the session, an amend ment intended to strengthen the anu- narcotic law, was tackled onto the law providing for the condemnation of stock driven insane by the eating of loco weed.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

FOR SALE-Having other interests outside of Alaska demanding my immediate attention, I will sacrifice the Juneau Apartment Building to a quick buyer. It is situated on the Gastineau channel, is completely furnished, does splendid business all the year around; every suite has a beautiful marine view. Twenty apartments in building. Those in- terested please write to Mrs. B. Hogan, Juneau, Alaska. 172-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16
LISTEN:

Everybody is doing it now. What? The Turkey trot to Dryden's Grocery. Why? Because the prices are right; the more sales the lower the prices, His stock is small and fresh on every boat. Service day or night.
 Fox trot delivery.
 Phone Madison 62. If
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16
FOX RANCH FOR SALE

I am offering to sell my half inter est in Storey Island PiiLce William Sound; income about $8,O00 per an- nun: overhead about se0C: reason. able terms; f1T particulars address.
 VIM. WAGNER,
 194-k207 Valdez, Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

M. L. Sharp, inspector of the Bureau of Mines, with headquarters at An chorage, returned to hts home city, af-- ter paying Seward a short visit
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

PARTIES LEAVING TOWN to go out on jobs may leave their clothes at JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE; they will be cleaned and pressed ready to wear on their return. JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE. 85-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Norway hemp halibut lines at J. L Graefs. 161-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Best gasoline, distillate and gas en- zine oil at reduced prices at J. L. Graef's. 161-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Wanted-Three room furnished cot tage; apply at Gateway.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Dry Cleaning done at Jordan's Val ct Service. If
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Money Orders issued, Seward Drug Go. 1S4-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

BATHING SUITS for men, women and children at Urbach's. 162~tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

FRUIT JARS, J. L. Graefs. If
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Join Urbacn's c1rcu1at1ng library;
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

Fleischmann Yeast, fresh on every boat Seward Drug Go. 184-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-16

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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
REBuKE WOOD IN STATEMENT
 ON ASSIGNING
Filipino Cabinet Members Present Season for Resign
 ing in Plain Words.

MANILA, July 18.-In resignfng yesterday, the members of the Cab inet made a formal public statement to Governor General Leonard Wood, as follows:
 We have observed for some time that it Is your policy and desire as Governor General to intervene and control even to small details of our government. both insular and local, in utter disregard to author ity and responsibility of the Depart ment heads and other officials con- cerned'
 The resignation of the members ol the Cabinet was handed in to tho Governor General yesterday end ac' cepted. The resignations came af the result of the long, political strife Ray Conley, reinstated Secret Sery- ice agent, also resigned yesterday He has also been a storm center be- tween the Filipino government and Wood.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
HARDING E NJ0YS FISHING TO D AY;. SAILS TOMORROW
Presidential Party Is Resting today in Seward-Mrs.
 Harding Improves.

SEWARD, July IS. - President Harding and his Cabinet officials, having visited the Interior of Alaska of five days travelling, covering more than 1000 miles and conferred at every opportunity with the people concerning their problems, were again aboard the transport Tender son today prepared to depart from Seward early tomorrow for Valdez and Cordova.
 Part of the stay here in Seward after the return from Fairbanks. was occupied today by party head ed by the President. on a fishing excursion to Russian river, three miles from here.
 Mrs. Harding remained on the Henderson resting and taking 1t quietly.
 Doctors in attendance with the party said Mrs. Harding is rapidly recovering her strength from the fatigue which caused the President to cancel the proposed automobile trip over the Richardson Highway and was yielding satisfactorily to treatment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
PRESIDENT HARDING TURNS ], DOWN INVITATION TO PAY
 VISIT TO HAWAII; NO TIME

ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD INGS TRAIN ON THE ALASKA RAILROAD, July 1S.-fBy Associated Press President Harding. although appreciative of the invitation tender ed by Governor Harrington and the Legislature of Hawaii, considers that it will be impossible to visit that Territory before returning to Wash ington.
 The invitation was received yes terday by Secretary Work and laid before the President. while he and Mrs. Harding were enroute back to Seward over the Government rail road
 The trip to Hawaii would delay the return esof the Chief (, Executive to Washington two sort three weeks and the President considers the
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
Says the Future of Russia
 ** Rests With Speculators

can reconcile himself to accepting them. Therefore, to win fortune or live comfortably. he must be- come one of that hated class in Russia and elsewhere, speculator The only other lucrative profession is that of bandit, or hold-up man,
 People who blame the specula. tors forget that 1t probably will be they, with their quickly earned prof. it's and faculty of taking long chanc. es. who will ultimately build up Russia. It is not a long cry from speculating in merchandise to talk ing a chance on building railroad tor developing a mine. They are the pioneers. breaking away from old Russian traditions and becoming men of business. Exactly the same kind of pioneers or spectators in your Wall Street helped build up America"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
SEN. BROCkHART
 BOOSTS S0v|ETS
Says Government Second Only to U. S.-Discuss-
 es Hardings Speeches.

NEW YORK, July 1S-"The Soy let government is second only to that of the United States and Rus sia will soon be making inroads up on the grain markets of America. was the word brought back from Europe by United States Senator Smith w Brookhart, of Iowa.
 Senator Brookhart declared that an extra session of Congress tc consider the agricultural situation is necessary.
 The Iowa Senator said he reat President Harding's first three speeches while on his trip and added
 "I think about three more speech es like these would elect Henry Ford by about 10,000.000 majority, If the President is a candidate"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
ADVISORY BOARD
 H0OvER'S PLAN
New Departure to Regulate Fishing in Alaska Now
 Being Considered.

ANCHORAGE. July IS. - An nouncement was made here yester- day by Secretary of Commerce Hoov- CT in the course of hearings on Alas kan fisheries of the intention of the Commerce Department to create an advisory board to guide the Depart ment in regulation of fishing.
 Such a board, Hoover said, will be composed of residents of Alaska and will aid in drafting regulations which are most advantageous and will aid the fishermen and canners of salmon and at the same time con serve fish in the various waters oi the Territory.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
WAITING FOR NEXT MOVE.

WANTLH, JuIy Io' IHe HcN move in the crisis that yesterday stripped the Philippine government of all leading Filipino officials, is expected from Washington. This is the generally credited feeling that ruling must come from the Ma tional Capital on the controversy which developed over Woods rein statement of Ray Conley, cleared oi responsibility of certain charges.
 'e Manila is quiet on the surface but thst uudercurrents are bubtling are prevkiling. xa fsfe sss
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18
Mayor of Seattle Gives
 Out Private Instruction.

SEATTLE, July 1S.-Proceedings by the City Council to bring Co book the managers of six dance halls for keeping open beyond 12:30 o'clock. after the midnight hour, sci in the ordinance, brought forth the announcement by Mayor Brown that he had told the managers of tht resorts to continue business until . o'clock on the morning of July 1 and they might do likewise when .h, fleet is here for the review by prssi dent Harding next week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18

PETROGRAD. July 18.-(By As sociated Press. .)-"Only two profit able careers are open to Russia's bright young men today. and they are speculation or banditry,' a bearded old civil engineer told the writer while riding on the tram from Moscow to Petrograd the ether day.
 This engineer, who occ1ries an important trust with the 5t rail way administration, said that h. earned salary which is the eQuiva. lent of about $15.O0 month. His son, who Is speculator ard ad- mittedly not over scrupulous i2 'he way he turns his profits. makes fifty times that amount.
 "Our salaries are so low in the itate service that no ambitious young man psrticularly If 10 it married.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-18

present trip as now arranged will take, him away from the capital longer than he desires.
 According to the present plans, the President will arrive in Wash ington August 29, landing at New York the day previous.
 The trip from the Interior to Seward yesterday was made with out stop. At Anchorage. Secretar- ies Hoover and Work left the party to devote the afternoon to hearings.
 Mrs. Harding spent the day rest ing and declared she was feeling better.
 A quiet day on the Henderson and good nights rest on the trans port is expected to restore her to normal condition s..ts.s ss4s srThe Henderson is due to call frop sswaTd; for Yaldez tomorrow.