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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
Proper Thing Now Is to
Peel Off Soiled Skin

Those who nbhor sticky. gronsy.
shiny. strenkcd complcxions ahouid
use creams and rougca sparingly
during the heated days. Better to
use ordinary mercollzcd wax instead
No amount OF Precipitation will pro-
duce any evidence that you've been
using the wax As II Is applied at
bedtime and washed off In the morn
Ing. the complexion never looks like
n makeup. Mercollzcd wax gradual
~ pecls off n bad completion. in
stead OF adding anything to make IL
wor8e. II nccompiiahcs much more
than cosmetics IN keeping the com
pleNlon beautifully white. sntiny
and youthful. free from frccklcs,
pimples, blotches and other blcm
lshea Just get an ounce Of IL Mt
your drugglst's and sec Whit a few
days treatment will do. Use like
cold cfenm,--AdyertiBo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
Was T. r. Unpatriotic?

Since Mayor Hylan of New York has denounced as I'M
patriotic certain American histories which occasionally
make unpaatabe remarks about particular actions of our
esteemed forefathers in connection with their weknown
bouts with the British fear for the memory of Theo
dore Roosevelt
Somehow we had notion that T. r. was an American
patriot but wait in trembling for the verdict of the
mayor that point. One of Roosevets books was the
Naval War of 1872" and the following are few ex-
tracts from it:
Eleven hundred Americans got across Ito Canada)
and were almost all killed captured by an equal num-
Der of British, Canadians and Indians while on the op-
pslte side large number of their countlymen looked on
ard refused to cross to their assistance"
The command of the army then handed over to a
ridiculous parsonage named Smythe who issued procla
nations so bombastic that they really must have Come
from unsound mind"
Late in the year the American general Mcclure wan
tony burned the village of Newark and then retreaed in
panic flight across the Niagara"
Referring to the Of the of 1872 Roosevelt
said:
None Of her (Brains) acts was more effective than
Napoeons Milan decree. What we undoIhtadlv
should have done was to have declared war on both
France and England"
Eve had warred for the right not because II was riobt
but because it agreed with selfinerest to do
Of history containing such as the foregoing
would be barred from New York schools But where else
In America?
A. " Chew $50 biting Avery p4ereI
Avery claims he Is no fish.
American South America before
anybody could borrow it,
Big Cincinnati oil burned All neghbors got about 10
scares to the gallon
India has her earthquake but have election
IL almost cheaper 10 than weeds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
Scores Stand on Opium

taxation Of scores Of millions OF dol.
lars And thus make tho growth Of
opium absolutely unnecessary. but
he snys In his writings. that tho this
extension OF irrigation will abolish
India'a awful famincs, as also It's
opium trade. yet no found that col.
oninl officials always opposed new
irrigation systems thru sheer inertia
and stupid incapacity mention
these observations OF this famous
British statesman. because. ms sidney
Howard points out in his Tho Inside
on Dope" in the July Hcarsts maya
zine, 10 keep dope out OF Seattle we
must limit It's acreage In India.
JOHN WESLEY HOLwAY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

lists points our The great adyanss i,
popular knowledge IN the last ss
years and particularly slnes IA.
world war which side b. Hght ia
fnutter n opinion but the oont,s
yersy has furnished interesting arm
mrufH on both cider
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
LHTERCt the he ETUR
Interested in Mrs. Hope


Editor The Star:
Would like very much 20
hear from Mrs Hope rs I b.
hcvc that she Is very nice lady.
and wish very much she would write
Just a friendly letter 90 the address
given below. hope that she win
do 80 at once. VIII assure her that
her letter will be treated with respect
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
x LETTER FROM
AV RIDGE TIANN

June 20. 1874
Dear Folks:
We've got 10 give lot OF praise 10 Rusty Calows In
spite OF dark and dooful they their again
They Kept their stood the test and fought
and thin until, at last they found their best good
enough 10 win.
We're proud OF all the has done, shout praise
aloud but still it's not the fact they that Seattle
proud: It's just to know they're afraid any game they
buck; but have the heart make the grade what
the luck.
And heroS the why the crew. in race they
provide sober thought you and everyone
They show that Faith and Courage pay. any time or
place and teamwork always points the way win in any
So let's remember you and T. what life always shown
were bound within e cannot stand aone
Whatever goal we have in mind-how high hope go
depends lot upon the kind OF teamwork people show!
My1eae II Mm~,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

IN every way.
n Rhc will kindly answer hy tho
second Of July. will bo In Carbon
ado that day. I'm just working
man who has haa trouble and can
feel for others who have had tho
Wme. Yours,
ALBERT SPENCER.
Gen. Del. Carbonate. wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

A number Of beientIsts recently
have written arguments and books
tending to show that The worlds in.
eompetsnts are undermining not only
relenunc progress. but civilization
itself An opposing group 81 scirn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

were IN 1890. according 20 Or.
John J TigEer,. L. & commits
bioner of education.
In spite Of tho large percent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

nEe Of illitcracy IN the United
States Dr. TgEert feels that
education IN tho United States
has made wonderful progress In
tho last few years
Attendance IL the first thing
IN getting education 10 the peo-
pie" he says CITY schools arc
swamped. College presidents arc
complaining that their institu-
lions arc oyercrowded, and they
want 10 eliminate thofo appii-
cBnta who may not make high
records for their Alma Mater"
DR.. TiEgert iudorscB the move
mrnt for consolidated rural
schools, and he says that. tho II
II movement which moves
slowly II Is extremely fignifl-
cant and Indicative ~ progress
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
ADVANl
OF FIJI
Now MeXH
Tennes

HUNDREDS a
uIngllng with
Tsanday 80
,,see that ths7
oe feet had
me nbeHyI
goer-dreadnau
ssho and .
.F me city &
ssattle fired T
oming wanh
Ths sia2lanI
nj arrive -
The vessels
,aehor at . 2
sommittee Of |
"a their way 7
,ay their respa
wiley and
m,n to seatu
tolidsy
wee Admi
giIary r Jonf
e,e,. flag ofhq
,acsB Of "a
hsrbor will be
noble post OF
i dinner SD
University cl
TENNESSEE
GO TO TACOI
The Tenness
for Tacoma %
MEXICO and u
seattle over u
"A marines
rarade and ~
ebranong narH
snce Of Indep(
Capt Yatesj
Admiral stirliq
ant Of The ~
mands the
Philip willard
pessee, Capt. II
Idaho and ca
Maryland q
Gently relieved
known to SEQ
the Idaho.
In the ofncl
were Mayor
Gibson. chaird
Of Commerce
tee: Maj Paul
den; f. J. m
the citizens
mlitee; Mervill
Of the Fourth
Ralph Hall, q
Noble post "A
A. J. FEken.)
Chamber OF
ment commitu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
TNRIEDA'S
i OLLIES

Rhe was one Of those vomcn.
Whose good nature was dependent
Alone upon her looking well.
A. other times she made 7. n, r,
Look like a prehistoric explosive.
our host had given us adjoining
rooms.
Men nre 10 tacileas
She had reached that uncertain
age.
Where looks are absolutely de-
pendent upon.
A perfect nights rest
She did not get one.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
STAR EDIT
COACH,S NJ

Next year
OF those BOY
freshman She
Coach Call
tonight. We
launch behind
with him VII
si,y men to d
little. made
beforehand
happily whe)
came. He. ~
out Of the /
md establiS
Nght In the
@tors. Evel
@ beginuin)
mis- Universal
located and \
Seattle is.
We're tell
eral score of 4
happened to
picious occas
In the moi
tonians will 1
ner,
Grant tells
work In an d
New York
Walling and
make II Nlsur
Leviathan.
going to Eurd
and Sub Enid
France will
Brown, of tn,
is going to VI
many, and I
England. Sd
ulations or vi
Automobile Il
" Nnnndn nrnl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29
HERE'S
REl
STARTS

80 miniaturd
along by %
pushed by {
on the Other
yachts. subc
cursion stea
eous craft
Sped the
Washington
10 tell you u
race was va
been ATTENDED
the glorioua
stretch OF or
the Pacific g
navy boat. (
was crossed.
that after a
full race was
who powered
painting.
WASHINGN
is CHALLH
Yes, but
and unwesri
boat summed
pictures and
swung to III
II fresh frQ
slumbers.
It's a CRED
greatest tha
the Hudsona
that ever a
fresh or salt
out distinctly
the race. H
more cfhcie1
ing. It chau
It produces
And it isl
II has come
and thru Col
perpetuated
ton by CallQ
The fresh1
as exciting al
out the End
shells were {
when the fin
II was Corn(
which was
ahead. A III
mere fractiol
mere catchiI
the oars mad
tween victo1
1t was a seed
-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

Automobile Il
OF Canada arel
American capiu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-29

planes make rain Maybe he could
20 and make il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
FARMERS DOLLAR
now BUYING MORE
Purchasing Power Is Rising,
Says U. S. Department
of Agriculture.

The purchasing power of the
farmers dollar continues to rise.
The index number of the purchas-
ing power of farm products in
terms of other commodities that
farmers buy is placed at 68 for
December, compared with sc for
November. The average for the
year is 60, compared with 67 in
1921 and with Sc in 1920.
The improved condition for De-
cember is attributed by the De-
partment of Agriculture to an in
crease of five points in the index
number of the average farm prices
of ten leading crops and decrease
of one point in the prices Of com
modities, excluding farm and food
products, that farmers buy. For the
year the average farm prices of ten
leading crops gets an index number
of 113, compared with 100 in 1921
and with 238 in 1920. The average
farm price for the year of live stock
is placed at Ill. compared with 1O7
in 1921 and 1913 in 1920. The aver.
age index number of prices of com
modities other than farm products
which farmers buy is placed at 1853
for 1922, with 161 in 1921 and with
234 in 1920.
1.-THE general feeling is that the
agricultural situation has turned a
corner" says a review by the de
ment "Murmuring of increased
cotton, corn and meat production
the coming year are already being
heard by department representatives
an unfailing sign of optimism.
I'm the East farmers are some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

There are in consequence con-
firmed potato growers. Twenty or
more years of satisfactory returns
from white and sweet potatoes
have led them to cultivate those
crops almost to- the exclusion OF
everything else, except corn, and
a moderate acreage in Strawberries.
beans and cabbage. Corn is
planted after potatoes, thereby
realizing two crops from the same
land and fertilizer in the one
season.
The Eastern Shore has the dis
tinction of developing one Of the
most extraordinary selling agencies
of which there is any record. The
Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce
Exchange is made up of farmers.
This exchange has been invited to
extend it's territory into Maryland
and has organized its Maryland
headquarters at Pocomoke, Md.
From there it will handle produce
from Worcester, Somerset and Wy
comico counties of that State, this
sea son.
The truck farmers Of the Eastern
Shore are more optimistic over the
outcome Of this seasons production
than at any time since the war and
will plant a larger acreage with
the expectation of realizing q
profitable return from this spring S
crop.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

ers is the exact object of the con-
templated mating. IL it to pro-
duce show specimens? Then one
must clearly understand what is
called for in the show room, the
type, size, color and other points
Of the ideal specimen of the breed
or variety. With this knowledge
as his guide he must select those
specimens which most nearly APP
rroach the standard or which are
particularly strong in one or more
characteristics which he wishes
emphasized in the young.
For instance, in certain breeds a
perfect comb has great value, and
a male having beautiful comb,
though lacking In other ways, may
be used especially with the object
Of producing chicks having good
headgear. Here the skill Of the
breeder comes into play.
Difficult Combinations.
Do we want good layers? Nat
urally we should use as breeders,
birds which are big producers, are
the descendants ct such, or at least
possess the physical conformation
which indicates the ability to lay.
Is the combination Of show and
utility points desired? Then the
problem is more complicated be-
cause the greater the number Of
distinct factors to be combined the
more difficult success becomes. 1t
is comparatively easy to produce a
specimen having good type, or
color, or comb, or one which is a
persistent layer, but when we at
tempt to produce a heavy layer
which also measures up to the
show standard in form, color and
other points, we find our work
cut out for US.
In an article of this length It is
impossible to discuss the type and
color of the hundred-odd breeds
and varieties of standardized
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Missouri to Cut Melon
Acreage to Grow Cotton

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo, Feb.
24.-Approximately $500 carloads
of watermelons, or only about one
tenth of the normal acreage, will
be grown in southeast Missouri
this year, according to early esti.
mates of farmers. This section
has the reputation OF producing
more melons than any other sec.
ton of it's size in the country
The decreased acreage is due, it
was asserted, to heavy losses sus-
tanned by the farmers last year,
when about 1000 carloads of
melons either were left to rot or
were fed to the hogs. Poor mar.
lIeting conditions, high freight rates
and shortage of freight cars were
ascribed as the reason.
Much of the acreage formerly
used for planting watermelons will
be used for cotton growing. it was
said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

chickens. But there are certain
suggestions which apply to all
when the breeding birds are being
chosen.
Choose for Health.
First, and possibly most i'm
portant, use no specimens which
are moi il vigorous health. Health
is very definitely inherited from
the parent stock. So also are weak
ness and the tendency toward
disease. BY refusing to permit the
weaklings to beget their kind we
head off a long train of troubles.
Modern high-pressure methods Of
poultry management place the
birds under a continuous strain
under which the weak break down.
Vigor of constitution, then, is
absolutely essential, whether for
the production of layers, table
stock or exhibition birds. Breed
for health!
Retain for the breeding pen only
birds which are fully matured. I'm
dersized,, undeveloped cockerels
and pullets invariably produce in
ferior chicks.
The majority of poultry Breeders
prefer to use yearling and two
year old hens. To these they mate
fully developed cockerels or year
ling cocks, or occasionally vigorous
two-year old cocks. Early Matched,
well grown pullets mated to cock
birds are also largely used. Oc-
casionally an old bird, male or fe-
male, will be retained because of
its value as a breeder.
When the flock has been sorted
with reference to health, strength,
size and age, the next step is to
choose for the elect those. .individ-
uals which possess the other desired
points. Don't be afraid to Gull
closely. For real progress / would
prefer to use a half-dozen really
choice birds than a hundred in
ferior ones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
OF BRIGHT
TOBACCO HIGHER
December Sales in Virginia
Show Decrease Of Over
4,OO0,0 900 Pounds.

RICHMOND, va. Feb. 24.-Pro.
ducers sales of leaf tobacco on the
open markets in Virginia during the
month OF January. were 10, 9B2 1896
pounds valued at $2,633,975, accord
ing to warehouse reports to Com
missioner of Agriculture Koiner.
The January sales were 4,1OS, 900
pounds less than the amount sold in
December. 1t is estimated that ap-
proximately IS per cent OF the crop
was moved from the farm, and that
there remains less than 10000, eco
pounds in the hands Of the pro.
ducers.
The sales OF bright tobacco were
4,668,610 pounds compared with 81
199,195 pounds last month. Practi-
cally the same amount of dark was
sold during January as In December.
the sales beng 6,236, 754 pounds
against 8 1895 ,461 last month.
The average price Of bright to-
higher than last month; the january
average Is $2S.36 per hundred, com
pared with $24.64 last month and
1885 for january, 1922. There was
also an increase in the price of dark
tobacco as the average reported is
$20.13 per hundred against 1881 in
December. Last year the price Of
dark tobacco was $40 and in 1921
the average for January was only
$10.16.
The warehousemen estimated that
the january sales graded % per cent
good, per cent medium and 80 per
cent common, while last year the
sales graded rs per cent good, So
per cent medium and AZ per cent
common.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
USE CHOICE FOWLS FOR BREEDING
Do Not Perpetuafe Inferior Stock

In breeding for laying ability,
trapnest records and individual
pedigrees are the sure guide. Here
the sons of heavy layers. The
poultryman who has accurate rec
ords to refer to is on sure ground.
Through intelligent use OF the trap.
nest and records thus secured, Ger.
tain poultry breeders have built MP
great flocks Of remarkable prOd1c-
ers. These are the fountains from
which is drawn the blood that Is
enriching the commercial poultry
industry. And, incidentally, such
flocks are enriching their owners.
These men succeeded through their
ability to properly select and mate
their breeding birds.
Lacking definite knowledge Of
the performance OF their layers
those who wish to produce produc-
tive pulIets must be guided In
their selection OF their breeding
stock by the physical conformation
OF the individual. II the laying
flock has been culled month by
month throughout the season and
the loafers removed, this final
choice from among the survivors Is
comparatively simple. II, however,
no preliminary sorting has been
done the birds must be observed
and handled. Choose those which
are alert, active, on the job. Re-
ject the lazy and sluggish, those
which are first on the Toost and
the last to leave. And shun the
thin-bodied, crow-headed, weak
Hngs.
The Laying Type.
As Spring approaches, almost any
hen will lay, so some Of the indicar
tions of q good layer which at
other seasons Of the year might be
used as guide are practically
without value now. We must de-
pend largely upon body conforma-
ton which changes but slightly.
The good producer has large body
capacity which gives ample space
for the organs Of digestion and
production. The body is
broad, deep and full, the abdomen
well developed but pliable with
considerable space between the
point of the keel and the vent.
Straight, pliabIe pelvic bones7the
points OF which can be felt at
either side of the vent--set well
apart, are also. desirable.
These are details. Laying Their
aside, the object of this article will
have been attained If the reader
will f:-.y appreciate these tunda-
mentals: The poultry industry is
progressing and the quality of the
flock must be improved year by
year to keep step with the times;
Improvement will come only
through recognizing the individual
bird, not the flock, as the breeding
unit: Astounding health and v1gor
of constitution OF the breeding
birds Is of first Importance. Get
these points fixed-the rest will
follow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
PLANT BIG POTATO
ACREAGE ON SHORE
Farmers of Northampton and
, Accomac Busy With
Their Spring Crop.

The farmers of the entire Eastern
Shore are now busy planting or
preparing to plant potatoes
Northampton and Accomac counties
are grown every year more than
100000 barrels of white potatoes
and over 10000 barrels of sweet
potatoes. 1t is record that few
counties in the nation can equal.
The farmers on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia have achieved their
success by specializing in potato
production. And, like all special
ties they are fond of their speciality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

what cheered by slightly higher
prices for potatoes. cabbage, onions,
and other truck crops. Dairy con-
tied. but milk prices have shown
the usual upward winter price
trend. Farmers in the cotton belt
are reported as paying their debts.
and generally improved condition
Is shown. 1t is estimated that cot
ton farmers will get about $500,000,-
900 in cash more than they had last
year. Conditions in the corn belt
are reported as improved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Depot's Sale for Texas
Marks Ghost City's End

TONOPAH. New, Feb. pa
railroad depot. erected at a cost
of $4,000. will be sold in Rhyolite,
New, for taxes amounting to SSl.
1t is the property of the de-
funct Las Vegas & Tonopah Rail-
road, a concern which has long
ago torn up its tracks.
Rhyolite, on the edge of Death
Valley, became a city of $4,000
almost overnight when a rich gold
strike was made. 1t is now one
of the ghost" cities of the West.
Only a row of dilapidated build
ings, among them national bank,
a magnificent hotel. and saloons
with the mirrors and bars still
intact, line the canyon that teemed
with people in the days of the
''big boom" of 1912.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
BY PROF. r. Il. sToNEsuRN,

By PHOfs r. fts = IONG6OhN1
Poultry Editor, ~. 2. Americas.
Copyright. 1923. BY Star Co.
Which shall it be this year, good
chicks or poor ones? Poultrymen
everywhere are now answering that
question Tor themselves while mat
ing up their breeding flocks.
Generally, like begets like" but
fortunately there are occasional ex-
ceptions to this rule. Sometimes
there Is q readjustment Of physical
characteristics, and one or more
young appear which are superior to
their parents. These choice speci-
mems may and should be used to
improve the quality of the whole
flock. Here is where selection
comes in.
Again, we have an old adage
which tells US that a stream will
rise no higher than its source. Left
to flow naturally, it will NOT, but we
can use' power and elevate it to
higher levels. This also applies to
blood streams. In breeding opera
lions 1t is possible to apply this
needed power by offsetting weak
ness in. one sex by strength in the
other and so elevate the average
quality of the progeny.
Use Good Birds Only.
Much Of the marked improve
ment in the poultry industry dur
ing recent years Is due to better
understanding of the principles OF
poultry breeding and a realization
Of the fact that it does not pay to
permit the mating Of scrub fowls.
From such one can only expect
scrub chicks. The heavy layer and
the show winner are produced by
intelligently selecting and mating
birds which have, in the largest de-
gree, the qualities we wish perpet-
uated in the youns.
Too many people, think of their
fowls in terms of flocks. But each
chick is the offspring OF one male
and one female, not of the flock as
a whole. So to make real prog
ress, to steadily improve the stock
year by year, the breeder must
think of individual birds as breed
ing units, then so mate them as to
overcome their weak points and
strengthen their desirable ones.
Another point in this connec-
ton. The flock is made up OF
small units and the flock as a
'-toIo is no better than the average
quality of its units. A high pro-
portion of heavy layers or of choice
exhibition specimens makes the
flock paying one, but il there
are many poor producers or in
ferior specimens the loafers con-
sumo the profits made by the
workers and the owner gets little.
Obviously, the first point to be
settled before choosing the breed.