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FAMILY LIFE SAFE

About every SO often somebody
feels it incumbent upon him or her
to burst forth in print with a screed
declaring that family life in
America is going on the rocks. Pre-
dieting the disintegration Of the
American home is one of the lead
ing sports of many blue-noses. 1t
is therefore refreshing to find
President John M. Thomas, of State
College, Pennsylvania, painting on
the other side of the canvas.
DR.. Thomas has no sympathy
with the calamity howlers. He
says that fathers and sons are on
exceptionally good terms today; that
on Fathers Day at Penn State there
was an intimate association and
camaraderie gratifying to see.
This is not surprising to those
who believe in the future of the
coutry and the essential integrity
of the home. There is entirely too
much loose conversation among
half-baked and entirely raw students
of sociology about the American
home going to pot. Many of these
persons make their observations
from an outside angle, being neither
fathers nor mothers, and from their
vast ignorance they draw out gen-
eralties which would not safely be
made by far wiser men.
The sacrifice of parents is pro-
verbal. Fathers toll and mothers
scrlmp and save to give their chill
dren better edueutions than they
themselves had, Thousands Of
schools and colleges, supported
many Of them by private enterprise
~exclusyiely, testify to this fact.
Intelligent observers know this. 1t
is only the "parlor pink" or the
b~lue-nose fanatic who is not con
| tent to take the law of averages,
and is forever Judging all humanity
by a frivolous few, :.
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was news" to most persons in Eu-
rope and America. But it is not
news" to the Eskimo or the Lap
lander. They don't give a whoop.
Visualize for yourself, if you can,
the whole solar system, with its mil
lions of whirling planets, stars and
suns. Ours is a very small planet
in that system, and the important
persons on it are pin points of in
finitesimal size. There IS no
North, East, West and South" out
there. These directions refer to
our poles. And having imagined the
vastness of these whirling worlds,
with our world just a marble whirl-
ing along with the others, a you
imagine what would be news" out
there on some other whirling mar
BILE? Certainly not Harding, or
Dempsey, or the Yankees. Only the
fact that this particular marble was
inhabited would be news" and
after they had found out how we
lived, not even a World War would
be news" to them.
Probably Willie Hohenzollern
never thought about that. If he had
so thought, and his wal lords with
him, there never would have been
any World War.
News" is a big problem. Think
about news" a little. Read all you
can of it And then think about
how small this world is in the mess
Of worlds and how unimportant are
even the most important persons on
it That is a good cure for the
swelled head-what Kipling calls
too much ego in the cosmos"
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OUR VANISHING R E

Of an original stand of virgin
timber estimated at about 800 mill
lion acres, there remain in this
country, according to the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, hardly
lao million acres. What is more,
there is not as yet any concerted
movement toward reforestation to
offset the annual cut Of $500 900
acres and the heavy average annual
loss by forest fire.
It is the latter phase OF the
problem that n bulletin Of the Ma
tionsl Board OF Fire Underwriters
directs attention. The annual cut
cannot be reduced except by the OPP
Grating of mounting costs; the an
nual loss by forest fires can be ma
terially reduced, as has been dem
onstrated in the Adirondack and
Cstskill regions of New York, and
on the forest lands Of Pennsylvania
where the most effective organiza-
lions have been developed. The re-
verse of the shield is to be seen in
states such as Alabama and Arkan-
sas, where there is no organized eff
fort to protect large forest areas
against fire. In the former state
the forest fire loss for 1922 was
twice as large as the loss in all the
national gor,ats ,,b;,k .o-x
fifth of all the standing timber in
the United States.
This contrast is sufficient TO show
the good economy Of providing
funds for protection against fires.
In the year ending Juno so 1929,
&c states expended S1,s96,a20 for
this purpose and received federal
aid to the extent of 1898, 1893; Unit
Ell ztstes forest service offici.ls
have estimated that $685. 900
would give fair protection to NIL the
privately owned forest lands in the
country. The difference between
the actual and the ideal expenditure
would not be burdensome distribut-
ed over the several states, and the
expenditure of the additional mil
lions would mean that thousands of
scres Of forest, covered with trees
that could not be repro iueed shoit
OF 25 to so years, would be saved
to the nation. This to a country
face to face with a timber famine
wdid be nc Email economy.
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Enlarge Tourist Camp

TMRMoPoLIs. wyo.. May IT. -
The ~Thermopolis Chamber OF Com
merce has a force of men at work en-
largfng and improving its tourist
camp. When completed It viii. ac-
commodate $50 cars without being
crowded. Inside and outside cooking
facilities wood and electricity, loung-
ing and reading rooms. laundry and
OF water, are some Of the con-
already on the grounds and
a 2oxe0-foot building is now under
construction in which there will be so
natural gas stoves. A charge of so
cents per al Will be made for these
convenlences but there are p'enty of
places left for those who do not wish
advantages. free of charge.
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Bank Fate in Balance

GILLETTE, wyo.. May 1.-THE
Bank of Gillette will resume business
providing tho companies thai are In.
volved agree to leave their money
in the bank on satisfactory terms.
This statement was made by Byron
q. HUE, state bank examiner. prior
TO his departure for Denver where he
will consult with the two bonding
companies that + interested. One
OF the companies made good the loss
TO Campbell county, amounting TO
sac, 600. and the other adjusted tho
Losses OF the schools. amounting TO
$40, 600, a total or $50, 900 in nil.
Nearly 10 per cent os tho deposit.
ors in the bank have agreed to leave
their money In the institution. This
makes reorganization assured. pro-
vided tho bonding companies are will.
ing. II the trip of Mr.. HUE is satis-
factory tho bank Will reopen within
Il short time. IL not. then u receiver
vii have to be appointed.
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Jeweiry and watch repairing by eI.
pert Waterman: all work guaranteed.
Casper Jewellery Mfg. Co. O. SBlds.
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THE CASPER TRIBUNE's
PROGRAM

Irrigation project west of Casper
10 be authorized and completed at
once.
A complete and scientific zonins
system for the city of Casper.
A comprehensive municipal and
school recreation park system, In
GLIDING swimming pools for the
children of Casper.
Completion of the established
Scenic Route boulevard III planned
by the county commissioners to
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county
and more highways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight rates for
shippers OF the Rocky Mountain
region and more frequent train
service for Casper.
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"NORTH, EAST, WEST,
SOUTH"

It is an age-old adage in the
newspaper business lit is usually
called the newspaper game by the
members of the Fourth Estate them
~selves) that the origin of the word
NEWS" comes from the points Of
the compass. North, East, West and
South upply in the initials the
word which is thu most important in
uewspaperdom.
There probably IN 10 scientific
value to the theory. But it is a
pretty %conceit; a fancy worthy of a
Swinburne or q Keats. Webster's
new international dictionary gives
no origin for the word news" ex-
cept the French "nouvelles." 1t is
better to think of it as North,
East, West and South" for from
these points, and all the thIrty-two
points of the old standard maritime
compass; from all the $50 degrees
of the new maritime compass come
accounts Of events which men call
news.
What is news to one man 10 not
necessarily news to another. The
judgment of news is a fine sense,
highly developed in the old-timers
of the newspaper game" who have
lived many years with the sound Of
the telegraph tickers in their sars,
the staccato clickity-clack of the
typewriter always around them, the
roar of the presses or the hammer
ing of the wooden block on the
"turtle" in the composing room
never far distant. But judgment Of
news is never to be codified. 1t is
too wrapped up in the human equa-
ton.
What is 'news'' to you7 1t has
been observed before now that it
is easier to tell what is news than
what news is. 1t is q broader stand
point.
If you are interested in sports,
the fact that Dempsey is to. meet
Gibbons at a town called Shelby is
news" The fact that Willard and
Firpo are the present "logical con-
tenders for Dempsey's title, and
the fact that the Yankees and
Giants are picked as the strongest
teams in their leagues is news"
But those things are not news"
strictly speaking, to the Pope. They
are not news" to the head of the
Temperance Union, probably, in Ko-
komo, Indiana.
If you are interested in the stock
market the fact that just last week
a flood of fake buying orders pre-
eipitated a near-panic in Wall
Street and resulted in one of the
biggest steals" ever perpetrated in
the Street is news" But it is not
"news' to the Tahitian or the Mon
golian. They don't care.
If you interested in international
relations, the fact that President
Harding threatens to split the Re-
publican party wide open by his
advocacy Of the Word Cour.
Court is news" Such n broad
subject. Of course, is news o.
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Drown in Platte

SARATOGA. wyo.. May 17-James
Pope. Jr.. two and one-half year old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Pope
was drowned in the Platte near their
home on he w. J. Scarrow ranch q
few miles down the river. The body
found about IN hour later by
Arthur McFarlane a short distance
below where the tragedy occurred.
It is said that the boy had been
playing EAR where his father was
working on q fence. and had injured
a finger In his play. Mr.. Pope sent
to the house to have the finger
bandaged by his mother. After his
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To Graduate IS

ROCK SPRINGS. wyo., May II. =
Next Thursday evening at the Rialto
theater. the largest class to graduate
from the Rock Springs high school.
numbering 55. will receive their di-
plomas. DR.. A. G.. Crane, the new
president OF the University of wyo-
ming. will deliver the address to the
graduates. This will be DR.. Cranes
first visit to Rock Springs and it
ome at a particularly interesting
occasion.
The LAS of 1929 is made up of a
particularly bright and interesting
group of young people. typical Of the
community. and the best it can pro.
duce.
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THURSDAY, MAY II, 1923.

Rock Springs to the north. About
four miles will be covered with pc
troleum between hero and Plnedale
and II b experiment proves success
full tho entire stretch Of road to Pine
dale will be SO treated. Some of
the finest roads in California are Pc
troleum treated and are giving entire
satisfaction.
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Gets Chicago Passionate

DOUGLAS. wyo. May 17.-Rev H.
r. Brinker, rector of Christ Episcopal
church OF Douglas, vii, leave for Chi
cago to the rectorship of st.
Bartholomew is one Of the larger
Episcopal churches of the city with
lilo communicates and q fine church
aAiflca.
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Coat Road With Oil

ROCK SPRINGS. wyo.. May IL
The state highway department have
just received a carload of crude pc.
troleum from the Laramie refinery of
the Midwest company and will use
the same on roads leading out of
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hurts had been attended to the child
presumably started back to his father,
but evidently strayed off unnoticed to
the bank of the river. His absence
was soon discovered. and he was trail
ed to the river bank by the marks
left by a rake which he had. been
dragging with him. Strenuous efforts
were made by the parents to recover
the body in time, but without sue
cess. Mr.. McFarlane finally discov-
cred the body in a branch of the river
below, where it had lodged on a large
willow.
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Parent-Teacher Activities.

tablished all over the city under the
auspices of the parent-teacher as
ISOLATION. The object of these classes
is to standardize the teaching of in
strumental music. AS high school
pupils can make music a major study,
1T is in order to give this subject the
same educational value as other sub
jects for which high school credits
are allowed, that these classes have
been organized in the neighborhoods
of the public schools. The classes are
taught by accredited graduate music
teachers and are under the direct
supervision of the head of a univer-
sity of music. Lessons are given in
both piano and violin.
Mrs. William T. Zimmerman. educa :
tional chairman, announces that the
educational program of the District
of Columbia Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations for the 1929
1924 school year will be submitted
at the regular monthly meeting,
Tuesday. Cooperation with school
authorities in promoting self-devel-
opment among the pupils and in en-
couraging concrete methods of in
struction will be the chief objective.
This VIII be accomplished by help
ing TO secure such concrete material
as maps, globes, sand tables, scales.
measures, etc. wherever needed and
not available through school channels
because of inadequate appropriations.
Mrs. Albert NJ. Baggs, chairman of
the Christmas sales committee, has
completed the plan for this Christmas
sale. which will be held in the Ebbitt
Hotel December IA and Is, the pro-
ceeds from which are to be used to
pay the running expenses of the or
ganization and to increase the head
quarters fund.
The plan of organization for the
Christmas sale, which will take the
form of rainbow fete. is as follows:
One general chairman. five division
chairmen. fourteen feature chairmen
and a chairman and committee from
each school association. The per-
sonnet comprising this organization
is as follows: Mrs. Albert NJ. Baggs,
general chairman; Mrs. j. n. Saun-
ders. Mrs. Virginia w. Speel, Mrs ].
III. Newton. Capt. julius Peyser and
Miss Patterson, who are vice presi-
dents of the District of Columbia
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations, division chair
men. The feature chairmen are as
follows: Printing-Mrs. Gertrude
Bischoff. West School; Mrs. Jerry
South. Columbia Junior High School
Mrs. j. III. Newton, Bowen Smallwood
School. Tea garden-Mrs. Harvey
Wiley. Morgan School; Mrs. Ernest
II. Daniel, Western High School.
yland-Mrs. T. A. Faris. Park View
School: Mrs. B. p. Zehley, Hubbard
School. Wishing trees-Mrs q. s.
Fraser. Fairbrother School; Mrs. j.
&. Hungerford, Bradley School.
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Household articles-Mrs, a, $: CAS-
tell. John Burroughs School; Mrs. A.
!. Eagle. Fairbrother School. Per
fume N and toilet dnrhs Mrs
Swayne, Edmonds School. Cakes.
Mrs. Eldred Clarke. Maury School;
MIS-. Louis Freeman, Jenerson. schooi
Fancy goods-Mrs. c. F.. Appler, Pow.
fruitMMrs. Gertrude Bisehsf. West
Howard Wilson, Waliach Towers
School: Mrs. Mabel Gates. Buchanan
School; Candy--Mrs. Harvey Q. Sar-
gent, Langdon School. GamesaMrs
r. G. Rawlings. Force School. Book
shop-Capt. Julius Peyser, Cook
School: Mr.. Louis Julihn. West
School. Hope chest-Mrs. @. ID. West.
John Eaton School. Parcel post,
Decoration-Mrs. Willoughby Ches-
ley. Force School. The backbone of
the sale organization is the chairmen
and their committees from every school
Monday afternoon. with the presi-
dent, Mrs. J. II. Fritz, in the chair.
The Christmas sale was discussed.
and 1t was voted to hold night
meeting In December.
The Force p. T. A. met Monday
night in the ballroom of the Rocham-
beau. with the president, Mrs. A. M.
Baggs. in the chair. Miss La Sale
gave an interesting talk on her work,
and DR.. Albert Baggs spoke on the
physical care of children. Mrs. Will
loughby Cheslsy presided at the re-
freshment table.
The Bryan p. r A. will meet next
Friday at 1880 pm. The speakers will
be Miss La Sale and Robert Hay
cock.
Mrs. c.. s. Rafter, president of the
District of Columbia Congress of
Mothers and +. T, A. spoke Thursday
night at the meeting of the Garnet
Patterson p; T. A: The president of
the association, w. \. Hamilton. was
in the chair.
The friends and members of the
Congress OF Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations of the District
zine subscriptions through the maya
zine committee, so that the congress
will get commissions for the school
children's shoe fund.
The Mothers Club of the Johnson
Powell School met Wednesday at 2:30
pm, President Mrs. Joseph Sanders
in the chair. After the regular bust
ness DR.. Robert NJ. Yerkes made an
address. On calling the roll, 1t was
found that Miss Laura Is. Reeves
room had won the banner.
The first meeting of this session of
the Franklin p T. A. took
place at the Franklin School Tuesday.
The treasurer. Mrs. l.. B. Castell
made a report on the financial condi-
ton of the association.
The election of officers was as fol-
lows: G. H. Aschenbach. president:
Miss Susanna Moore, vice president;
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j. g. Mcclellan. secretary: Mrs. L. B.
Castell. treasurer. Mrs. Castell was
Also elected to serve as delegate to
the District School Association, with
r. j. Jackson as alternate.
The president appointed the follow :
ing members to serve on the different
school committees: Program. r. j.
Jackson. Mrs. L. B. Castell. Mrs. j.
D. Battle and Miss Mabel Scott; ways
and means, J. G. Mcclellan, Mrs. Lille
Martin, Mrs, p. Macdonald and j.
Frank Tiller; Fairgrounds, Mrs. L. B.
Castell, J. NJ Phmpelly and l.. Stock
man; auditing. Mrs. f. Y. Simmons.
K. J. Taylor. Mrs. r. Wilkerson and
J: s; Perry; publicity. Charles X.
Those to take part in the Christmas
sale OF the Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teacher Associations to be
held at the Ebbitt Hotel December IA
and 10 are Mrs. Castell, Mrs. Battle
and Mrs. Kies.
The association will meet at the
old new Thompson School next month,
and the program committee will ar
range for some entertainment. and
also develop plans for the rededica-
ton exercises when the school build
ing Is finally turned over as COM
pleted.
Langion School, at Twentieth and
Franklin streets northeast, is the only
ten-room frame school building in the
District of Columbia. The parents in
the community hope to have this
building replaced with a modern fire.
proof structure In the near future.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the school has been trying to make
the best of present conditions and not
ask for extensive improvements to an
obsolete type Of building. With this
end In view. the end OF the upper hall,
used by the principal as an office, has
been curtained off, and the little room
so formed has been furnished as COM
fortably as possible A folding screen
has been placed around the stove, the
couch repaired, couch cover and
cushions have been supplied. pictures
have been hung on the walls. q rug
placed on the floor and cretonne cur
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The next meeting will be at Bren
School, December 10.

The next meeting will be at Brent
School. December 10.
The Carbery Parent Teacher Asso-
school. Mrs. Walter l., Hagen, the
newly elected president, presided. and
announced the chairmen of commit
tees for the coming year as follows:
membership, Mrs. Mary Manning:
philanthropic, Mrs. Glenn Leech; re-
vision. Mrs A. A. Moore: refresh
ments. Mrs Delmar Dorm Dera; floral.
Mrs. N. r. Phillips and publicity,
Mrs. A. X, Wine. Mrs. Mary Man
ming and Mrs. G. r. Duvall were ap-
POINTED delegates to the Congress of
Mothers and Mrs. Loretta Woodcock
director to the District of Columbia
Federation OF Womans Clubs.
MRS. Duvall gave an interesting re-
port of the Congress of Mothers, and
outlined the plans for the Christmas
SAFE. me association voted to supply
helpers and donations.
A membership drive is about to be
, Launched under the direction of the
new chairman. and 1t Is hoped that
every Carbery parent will join the
aas ass. and be out at the Deem
OF house warming to help celebrate
the realization OF our dreams-elec-
trio lights.
The report of the luncheon was
submitted by Mrs. l.. Woodcock, and
was financial success. She also re-
! ported on the milk luncheon. Flow
ers were sent to Mrs. Henry Knack.
past president OF the association, ex-
pressing best wishes for a speedy
recovery.
Miss Florence Mortimer, principal,
spoke of the stereopticon slides being
used SO successfully in the schools
to illustrate various subjects. A cone
mittee was appointed to investigate
the diferent makes of stereovicon
machines. with the hope in view Of
purchasing one in the near future for
the school.
Mrs. Grace Lady was elected treas.
urer. donations were made to the
Juvenile Protective Association and
the Boys Independent Band. With
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Citations. Headquarters. Appeals building,
as 9th street northwest.
The regular meeting of the District
OF Columbia Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teacher Associations will take
place in the Ebbitt Hotel next Tues
day at las pm, with the president,
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, in the chair.
Mrs. Nannette Paul will conduct a
short drill in parliamentary law at each
meeting during the winter. Tuesday,
the speaker will be Miss Catherine
Watkins, director of kindergarten
work In the schools. The national
Parent-teacher hymn will be sung
by the assembly. This was written
by the recently retired national presi-
dent and is used all over the coun-
try in all parent-teacher association
meetings. All chairmen and heads of
departments win give reports. The
education chairman, Mrs. William
Bannerman, will give detailed pro-
gram for Education week" Mrs.
Albert NJ. Baggs will present the
plans for the Christmas sale in de-
tail; These meetings are open to the
public.
Mrs. G. S. Fraser, clothes conserva-
tbon chairman. is moving her depart
iieilt illlO the new itduQudTteTS, the
Appeals building, 1926 5th street
northwest. There will be some one in
charge of this room six days every
week from 10 am. to 1880 pm. after
the work is arranged and settled.
The board of education has re-
quested the District of Columbia
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations to arrange for a
suitable program in the school build
lngs next Wednesday. which is
school and Teacher" day of national
Education week" DR. Ballou the
superintendent of schools. has au-
thorized all parent-teacher associa-
ton presidents to arrange for an
assembly of the pupils in every
building to hear short program on
"Education," arranged by the presi-
dent of the school association. Each
president will receive letter from
Mrs. &. S. Rafter, the>president of the
District of Columbia Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teac cher Associa-
tions, about this matter.
The National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations has
Just published 1924 handbook of
information on parent-teacher asso-
Citations, copies Of which can be oh
tanned in the national office 1901 10Th
street northwest.
Model music classes have been es-