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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05
SUNDAY WAS COOLEST APRIL 1
ON RECORD

Charlotte, April To-day was
the coldest April ever recorded by
the Charlotte weather. bureau and
low temperatures prevailed through
out the state and in adjoining states,
according to official reports.
The temperature here stood at "a
degrees at 6:45 a. M, and at Raleigh
it registered %. Unofficial advices
from Southern Pines told Of a tenn
perature in the twenties and express
ed fear for the fruit crop in the Sand
Hills country.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05


which, it is provided, shall be of the
Glass A type, the bill says:
"That said ooad shall be located
and constructed along the most fea.
sible and practicable route in the
discretion of the special commission
or majority of the same appointed by
the governor, under and by virtue of
Chapter 148 of the Public Laws of
1921, ratified on the 7th day OF
March, 1921, who are hereby ap-
pointed and constituted commission
to locate said line after due investi-
cation and report of competent engi-
neers to be employed by said corr
mission with the view of construct
ing trunk line of railroad connect
ing with the coal fields of southwest
Virginia, east Tenn. and Kentucky,
with western centeral and eastern
North Carolina, for the purpose of
transportation of persons and freight
from the middle west to western,
centeral and eastern North Carolina.
That for the purpose of making the
preliminary investigation, survey and
location of said proposed road, said
commissioners are hereby authoized
to employ a competent engineer or
engineers and to expend a sum of
not exceeding $4,000 in the prelimi-
nary location of said road to be paid
by the state treasurer upon warrant
state auditor in such amount and at
such times as ordered by said COM
mission, out of the general fund in
the state treasury. Provided, how
ever that no more than 125 miles shall
be constructed under and by virtue
of the provisions of this section of
this act, not exceeding in cost ten
million dollars"
Mr.. Bowie's statement, together
with the above sections from the
Bowie bill, make plain the financial
side of this railway undertaking.
Of Great Importance
Mr.. Bowie did not express any
opinion as to where the main trunk
line, in his judgemen, would begin.
This matter, as he implied, was left
entirely to the agencies for which the
bill had provided. Mr.. Bowie said
that the bill was adopted in the house
by the vote 65 to 4S and in the senate
by % to 20. Opposition to the pro-
posal, he said, sprang chiefly from
members who had gone to the legis-
lature in a pledge to oppose further
bond issues by the state, and that
speeches against the measure were
mainly in the nature of explanations
as owhy the speakers were in oppo-
s;tion.
In response to a question from The
journal reporter, Mr.. Bowie sale that
in the northwest, opinion was urani-
mously for the building of the road
and that he had found generally
through the state hearty sympathy
with the proposed enterprise. Mr.
Bowie said that he was convinced
active steps would be taken soon to
put the understanding on definite
basis. The commission has not as
yet held a meeting, but Mr.. Bowie
seemed to think that such meeting
would be held in the near future.
Mr.. Bowie further expressed the
opinion that the proposed railroad
improvement would be of immense
advantage to the state and that it
would prove Of great value to Win
ston-Salem.-Wi -Winston-Salem Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05
ESKIMOS SAY GHOSTS HOLD
NIGHTLY REVELS.

Ancrorage, Alaska, March TO-
Some natives of Alaska profess TO
believe that the angry spirits of the
Aleuts massacred at the behest of the
early Russian discoverers and traders
under Shelikoff, Romanoff and CHR
ikoff, are lurking in the volcanoes of
the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Beneath the thin crust of the earth
covering the lower Alaskan peninsula
and the Aleutian archipelago these
spirits, the natives assert, are hold
ing nightly revels and emerging peri
odically to hurl fire, smoke and thun-
der at the heads of the invaders.
The fanciful recital Of the native is
that of Chirikoff island, long famed
as haunted, a half hundred natives
were lured into log compound, set
upon by savage enemies under direc-
tion Of the Russians murdered and
despoiled Of priceless sea otter skins.
Their spirits are appearing again in
protest. The eruption Of three volca-
noes in January is, they say, revisit
tation Of these spirits, and will con-
tinue until they are avenged.
For many years Chirikoff island
has been place seldom inhabited by
natives or whites. Many narrowing
tales from Chirikoff Were brought
here by Captain Nick Gaikema, who
has visited almost every nook and
harbor along the Aleutians. Last sum-
mer the skipper braved The Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes emerging with
the shoes burned from his feet, and
| with many stories to tell.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05
BOWIE PREDICTS EARLY BUILDING OF
THE NEW MOUNTAIN RAILROAD LINE

l. " DOWIc, hHOWu C0OuSnOuC Cne
state as 'Tam" Bowie, who came to
Winston-Salem yesterday to deliver
an address at the weekly meeting OF
the Kiwanus club, express the view
that active stepps loking to the con-
stuction Of the proposed raiload bby
the state though the northwest will
be taken in the near future. A report
er of The Journal found Mr.. Bowie
yesterday afternoon in his room at
the Robert E. Lee hotel. The reporter
explained ito Mr.. Bowie that there
had been some misunderstanding or
confusion in this section over the
financial erms of the railroad bill as
it passed the state legislature. Mr..
Bowie, who is the author of the bill
and who supported it before the gene
raj ASSEMBLY, with great force and
ability, explained that under the
terms of the measure the state is
limited to 49 per cent of financial
contribution the construction of the
so-called branch lines, or connecting
lines as he peferred to express it. The
other 81 per cent of cost may be con-
tributed by counties, townships,
cities, towns or from private sources.
AS for the main or runk line the only
condition is that the state contribute
$10,000,000 for construction and that
the length of the line cannot exceed
1875 miles.
Connecting Lines
Relative to the connecting lines
and the 81 pei cent that must be fur
nished before the state contributes
its share of 49 per cent, the Bowie
bill says:
That whenever any person or per-
sons, firm or corporation, county,
town or township, shall subscribe in
good faith and pay or give security
therefor for 81 per cent of the stock,
n a sufficient amount to defray 81
per cent of the expenses of construc-
tion of any one of he proposed roads,
or any section of any one of the pro-
posed roads, of not less than five
miles in ingth, and shall in addition
thereto execute to tn State of North
Carolina, and deliver to the State
Treasurer, sufficient bond or bonds
to be approved by the governor and
council of state, conditional that said
person or persons, firm or corpora
ton, so subscribing for the 81 per
cent of the stock in the proposed
road, thereof is completed, will equip
and put rolling stock on the same :;
then in that event it shall be the duty
when said facts are so certified by
the president and board of directors
OF said company to the treasurer of
the State of North Carolina, for said
treasurer to subscribe to 49 pc cent
OF the stock necessary for the COM
pletion and construction of said road
or section thereof, and for the pur-
pose OF paying for the stock in said
company so subscribed by the State,
the state trasurer is hereby author
lied, empowered, and directed to
issue and sell serial bonds of the
state payable in not less than ten or
more than forty years from the date
of the issue, to be known, styled and
designated as the State of North
Carolina Railroad Bonds, md said
bonds to mature in annual Install
ments or series, to be determined and
fixed by the governor and council of
state"
Main or Trunk Line
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05
FOUR FRENCHMEN KILLED IN
WRECK

Beur, Germany; April -Four
Frenchmen were killed and three
Frenchmen and one German injured
today when a freight train loaded
with coal went over an embankment
at Schifferstadt while on the way
from Lautersburg to Ludwigshafen,
according to reports received here
from Mannheim.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05
A MAGNET FOR SORROW

els it your practice to go about
looking for trouble?"
"No," replied Mr.. Grumpson. "It
has been my experience that if per-
son will stand in one place long
enough, and look as if he had no
friends and no influence, trouble will
just naturally gravitate to him."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-04-05

Teacher-Now, Johnnie. what is
pretzel?
Johnnie-A pretzel is doughnut
gone crazy.-Knights Of Columbus
Booster.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01
ExHIBICIoN EsCoLAR

Durante los dias l. 2 res del ac-
tual mes Gle junio Sc celebrara en- los
salones galer1as de la escuela tRo-
man Baldorioty de Castro ura exht-
bici6n escolar, demostrativa de los ade-
lantos adquiridos por los alumnos de
las escuelas pdblicas de este distrito
escolar de San Juan en- industri" arte
e instruction.
Hoy a las dos de la tarde Sc iievara
a cabo Ia session inaugural dedicada
especialmente a las autoridades y a la
prensa.
No dudamos que los padres de fami-
la, autoridades locales, maestros. 81
pnblico todo de San Juan y de la isla
visitaran esta interesante exhibition
eooperando con los alumnos, los profe-
sores de la ciudad y ell Departamento
Municipal de instruction Pdblica para
el mayor exito de la exhibition, expo
nente de la labor realizada por macs
tros discipulos durante ell afio 1922
%.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01
Mr.. Harding nO......
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torres politicos 10 largo de su itine-
rario de $4,000 millas.
sus consejeros predilectos en- 10 que
atafe la preparation de sus discur-
SOS en- defensa del tribunal interna-
cional son ell secretario de estado Mr.
Hughes, ell ministro de comercio Her
bert Hoover, ell coroneI George Harvey,
Elihu Root Frank o, Lowden.
Los que han sido entrevistados va
por ell presidente aseguran que cuando
Mr.. Harding negue al final de su jor-
NADIA en- Puerto Rico, a tltimos de agos
to. la collection de discursos presiden-
ciales habra satisfecho categoricamen-
te las objeciones de sus enemigos en-
todos los asuntos, tanto de indole poll
tica international 0 comercial
Mr. Harding habia comunicado a
algunos de sus intimos que en- ell trans
curse de su prolongado viaje pronun-
ciaria solamente un discurso en- defen-
sa del tribunal International; pero lue-
go ha introducido ciertas modifcacio-
nes Ell su programa y expondra sus
puntos de vista internacionales en- dife-
rentes ocasiones y lugares.
Naturalmente estes discursos presi-
denciales estaran de acuerdo con las
tendencies politicas de los estados que
visite tratara ante ellos los puntos
de vital inter6s que han dado origen a
la oposici6n.
Ell itinerario seguirse ha si5o va
trazado asimismo Sc conocen tam
bien las ocho ciudades en- que Mr.. Har-
ding pronunciara los discurgos prin-
cipales, 6stas son: st. Louis, Kansas
City, Hutchinson, Denver, Salt Lake
City, Boise y Helena, Mont. Ell ultimo
discurso en- la session del norte sera Ell
Portland o en- Seattle, dependiendo es-
to del punto que eI presidente eliza
para embarcar con rumbo a Alaska
Mr.. Harding permanecera unos trein
ia dias en- Alaska y la poblaclon oe
Vancouver lie hara una reception gran
diosa.
A su vuelta de Alaska aun pronun-
clara varios discursos en- California y
Iuego saldra de San Diego con rumbo
Puerto Rico atravesando ell canal
de Panama.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01
MOda y PrOgreSO

a todos los que tengan arboles, In
cluyendo los Comisionados de servi-
clio P1blico de cada Municipio.
GPor que entregar sus arboles quien
TO es un podador pdblico? iDesean
Vds. que les pase como aquellos que
permiten danar sus arboles por hace1
una triste economic?
No 10 hagan. Realcen el pals, que
puede vivir la moda. Es precise en-
bellecer nuestras ciudades. Arecibo,
GLayama y Salinas dan Ell ejemplo. Imi
tsmoslas.
Llame a LAzARO TORRES, que es
perito en- la materia. siembro, podo y
desinfecto los arboles en- todo tempo
del aho.
Tengo semillas dc toda clase de ar
boies: Laurel de la India, Tabonuco,
Pine, Caoba, Ceiba americana, Euca-
liptus, Palmas Reales, ETC., etc.
Stop Is, Gale Rosa No. IL, Tel6fono
7e9 santurce. Advt
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01

tuario, que reaIza indiscutiblemente
su labor escenica.
Flora Cchoa hara una brillante
temporada en- el Olimpo vel pdblico
de Santurce piincipalmente, puede
sentirse de placemes con las noches
teatrales que le ofrecera la simpati-
ca Y gentil tonadilera espanola, en-
esta la mas lucida copiosa en- SEN
saciones de sus tournes en- America.
El programa seleccionado para el
pomposo espectaculo es magnifico, ro-
busteci6ndoIo tambi6n la sugestiva
p6licula Gel valor de la belIeza", un
verdadero 6xito de la cinematogra-
fla moderna.
Hay que decirlo es uno de los pri-
meros programmes con que la Compa-
MIA teatral de Santurce, inicia gallar-
damente sus movimientos de atrac-
ci6n al pdblico en- todos sus teatros.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01

La noticia no puede ser mas su-
gestiva. Y 81 a ella Sc agrega que
la gentilisima canzonetista espanola
ha elegido ell gran teatro Olimpo, de
Santurce para dar conocer ell bri-
llantisima nuevo repertoire de cou-
plets modernos que trae, hay que su-
poner que su debut la noche del do
mingo pr6ximo, sera TN suceso eX-
traordinario por todos conceptos.
Flora Ochoa es una de las artis-
tas que mas Sc han hecho aplaudir
en- todas parties. Su arte es multi
pie en- atractivos V ella sabe ejer-
citarlo con gracia y donosura exqui-
sta.
Su presentation en- ell Olimpo el
domingo, sera de una importancia y
relieve sensational. A 10 nuevo de
su repertoire, une un decorado pro-
pio de gran tono y un riqufsimo YES
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01
Los planes de IOs.,
Continuation de Ia Ia. pagina)

asegurarse que dentro de 10 possible
Sc ha dado atenci6n todos los de-
TALES del case para resolver los pro-
blemas presentados del modo mas
conveniente que aconsejan las cir
cunstancias.
Existen algunos casos de iebre til
foidea, pero dadas las medidas toma-
das por el Departamento de Sanidad,
Sc espera que ell brote no tome pro-
porciones mayores. Los casos habi-
dos hasta ahora son los siguientes:
San Juan, 6; Puerta de TERRA, l;
Santurce, IL Total: Is.
Clasifcados por tempo de dura-
cion:
De mas de tres semanas de dura-
cion, Ia; de dos semanas, 3; de una
semana, /; de una semana o menos 0.
FL DR.. Ortiz nos inform6, ademas,
que habia visitado los dep6sitos Y
tanqucs del Acueducto de San Juan,
habiendo podido comprobar que las
autoridades municipales estaban ha-
ciedo todo 10 que posibIemente podia
hacerse dentro de las actuales cir
cunstancias, para resolver la crisis
del aqua.
Expres6, tambi6n, que ell Dpto. de
Sandal habia tornado muestra del
aqua que Sc esta usando, fin de ha-
Ger un examen quimico bactereo-
logico de la misma.
Los atacados de febre tifoidea,
nos dijo el Dr. Ortiz que care
cen de recursos para sus atenciones
m6dicas, estan siendo recluidos en- ell
hospital "Cuarentenario"; otros, son
dejados en- sus propias casas, pcro
Sc les vigila de cerca por las auto
Iidades sanitarias.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01
iNoMBRAMIENTO DE JUE2!

listed HA sIDo NOMBRADO JUEz!
YO; De QUE? iPues c6moG
Lo IGNoRA listed? Pues sepalol
Debe asistir la exhibition de EEL
z DE TREBoL" para que nos de su
opinion,
Ell JUEVES de JUNO en- ell CINE
TRES BANDERAs preseatada pol
SAN JUAN FILM EXCHANGE CO
A6vt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-01
ToDO AUTENTlCo

a d6nde acuden todas las
miradas?... GCuaI es la no
ia culminante del dla, que
tanto reVuelo causa entire
las Danas distinguidas?----
GDe que Sc habIa en- todas
partes?-.-. iPues del gran
dioso surtido de medias y
zapatos de ULTIMA MODA
que acaba de re ci bi
"LA PARlSIEN", que es la
tienda moderna sin rival en-
Puerto Rico, por la caIidad
y bondad de sus articuIos!
LAGO, TRIGO & co.
TeIf. o86. Box 456
Salvador Brau Al.
San Juan, P. r.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

/ like to be modest, regardless of shine
Il never was vain Of my rep. . I
don't like to brag on productions Of mine,
no matter how potent their pep. . . E.
And so, I'm discrete when / happen to
write the news Of a social afair-an' /
keep my identity clean out Of sight, by
signin' it, Zone Who Was There"
I'm often invited to furnish the muse,
when festal occasions demand. I can
alters dig up some selections to use, that
Amt been messed over, or canned. 4.
An I litter with mirth, tes' to see 'em
IN print. and it makes all the f~reQuenters
ciad. as they read in the paper the per-
inent hint. that Dainty refreshments was
mad
I like to record it, when Cupid's success
brings on the %connubial attack-and 1
don't overlook, that the bride wore a dress,
and the groom "The conventional black p
III say it's a wonder-the language we
got, to mighty nigh curdle the blood
when we write of a victim which some
body shot, that HE fen with a sickenin'
thud!7
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18
arthur D. Welton in Philadelphia
Public Ledger.) -

arthur D. Welton in Philadelphia
Public Ledger.) -
Many a business man has asked
himself the old question, as it worth
while ?",If the tax gatherer doesn't
get him, someone else will. The stock
brokers say that the game of specula-
ton doesn't interest the man Of
wealth as it formerly did. If he wins,
the tax man gets most Of it; if he
loses h ehas only the memory of the
thrill. Success brings its penalties
with it, as failure always has, and the
greater the success the higher the
penalties. 1t is the same with the
railroads. Recently the New York
Central advertised the fact that for
several years it hal paid $3.50 taxes
for every So it paid in dividends. The
taxpayer might notice what govern
ment ownership might mea to him
Taxation, however. is only one of
the railroads troubles and a minor
one. They have employees and they
have laws, one of which imposes a
limitation on their earnings. The in
terstate commerce commission has set
5A per cent as a fair return on the
valuation of the railroad properties,
and the valuation has been tentatively
fixed. Earnings beyond this fair re-
turn are to go to the government il
the United States supreme court de-
cides that this provision Of the law is
valid.
Many of the railroads are now earn.
ing more than the fair return speci.
led, and if the low valuation advo.
Gates should win, the return would
be much in excess of 81 per cent
The anti-railroad bloc, therefore, i:
striking at the vitals of the railroad
with its demand for a valuation based
on cost instead of replacement, Of
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18
DEMOCRATIC PRAISE
FOR HARDING

in a single issue of its paper, the
New York World voices a double
compliment to the Republican admin
istration now in control of national
AFFAIRS President Harding is told
that he 'has a right to take much
credit to his administration for the
achievements of the budget" which
achievement the World attributes to
the fact that "the president has stood
fOur-square and insistently behind
the budget organization"
Then in another editorial the World
enthusiastically vOuches for the good
ommon sense of the secretary of
the treasury-Mr. Mellon, whose APP
pointment to the cabinet the Demo-
Gratis were inclined to criticize. The
most difficult task that confronted
the Republican administration was
that of managing government fin
ances, and this has been conducted
by Mr.. Mellon in such a way as to
win the commentator of both Demo
CRATES and Republicans in all parts
of the nation. The next most diff
cult task was that of bringing ex-
penses within revenues, and the ad-
ministration is now warmly praised
for its success in this particular. In
fact, the World says:
mo reduction of taxes is yet in
sight. But President Harding's
budget work is doing something to
bring a reduction into sight, and for
this he is deserving of much praise
We trust the people of the country
will keep in mind this testimonial
from "a prejudiced Democratic source
when it is later asserted that the Re-
publican administration has "done
nothing Montana Record-Herald.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18
ELPFuLHEALTHHINT5

Prickly Heat.-A good talcum
powder frequently applied does
much to eliminate this annoying
skin disease. When a case of
prickly heat is severe the skin
should he bathed with a mixture
of n part alcohol to three of wa
ter, afterwards busting with talcum
powder.
Fruit Before Breakfast.-An or
ange eaten half an hour before
breakfast is a splendid aid to the
digestive system.
y
MISUNDERSTANDING small regu-
lar swallows of water from a glass
without taking a breath will usually
stop hiccOughs. If this fails try
giving the patient a teaspoonful Of
granulated sugar and vinegar.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

be taken to heart by every local mer-
chant in the land. Caution means
sound buying and courage demands a
realization that goods can be mar
keted.
He points out that efficiency in pro-
duction has increased from 10 to Is
per cent per capita since the period
Immediately preceding the war. Math-
ematically it means that America
could supply each person the same
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

tute an economist should state with
out qualification that prosperity is
with us, that it can be preserved, and
that the existing business conditions
r not in any sense comparable with
the wasteful boom conditions of 1920.
Secretary Hoover calls for caution,
for confidence for courage, and marks
emphaticaIly the difference between
caution and timidity.
This is a warning that might well
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

Dear Aleda-What is the best way
to announce an engagement? (2)
Who does 1t, the brides family or
the groom's? (3) Who pays for the
engraving, etc?
Miss A. L., California.
Ansper-The usual way of an
nouncing an engagement is through
the papers. Using this method:
First select your paper and then
send the notice to the society editor.
An example is: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Black announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Jane, to Mr..
John Cox, of Denver. Col. No date
has been set for the wedding 1t
will probably take place in NOvem-
Der. (2) The brides family. (3)
The same.
Owing to a sudden death in our
family we must postpone u
daughters wedding. Will you please
tell me what is the quickest and best
way to go about this. The wedding
was to be this September.
Mrs. r. NJ, Wisconsin.
AnSG0eT-Have some printed cards
made. A good statiOner should get
them out in "a hours. Have them
word something like this and send
one to each person that received an
invitation:
Ol0ing to the sudden death of Mr..
Raymond BrOWR'S father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond BrOgCR BEG to recall
the Irritation issued for their
daughters a0eddiRg reception.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

amount Of commodities consumed ten
years ago and yet lay off 100000
people from work. The answer is
greater consumption which in turn
means that the selling efficiency
must be brought to measure to the
standard of increased productivity.
The live, courageous and progressive
merchant has sound prosperity before
him-Cayton, No., Watchman-Advo-
cate.