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Evening star., 1924-01-18
BILL FOR ARCHITECTS.
Law Proposed Regulating Practice
in the District.

Regulation of the practice of ar
chitecture in the District is provided
Tor In bill introduced today by
Chairman Reed of the House District
committee, which provides for exam
NATION and registration of architects
by board to be appointed by the
District Commissioners.
Inc Reeo Dill is the same as the
one introduced in the Senate Inv SEN
ator Ball, and was introduced at the
request of d committee of architects.
Evening star., 1924-01-18

which is being made by tho women's
division Is given to Mrs. Isadore
Kahn, who Is the chairman OF the
Washington Hadassah Chapter. Mrs.
Kahn is assisted by Mrs. Alex
Koplin,
Evening star., 1924-01-18
SEIZE THREE GAMBLERS.
"Railroad Gamesters' Taken by

Members Of Inspector Grants
corps Of detectives recently learned
that a number Of railroad gamblers,
who rode the trains in quest of pas
sengers ready to take chance In a
card game, were making their head
Evening star., 1924-01-18

He Sends Message of Congratula-
tions to Crew of Dirigible.

President Coolidge yesterday after
noon commended the officers of the
Shenandoah by sending the following
message:
Il congratulate you most heartily
upon the fine exhibition of courage
and skill displayed by you during
the storm which caused the U. 8. s.
Shenandoah to be east adrift from
her mooring Wednesday night and
upon your successful return to your
base"
MooRTNG sHTps oRnEprn
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

DIR. E. S. Miller was called on the
other day by lady who explained
that she wanted to be vaccinated fol
nah jongg.
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

Not long ago man dropped into
Mercy hospital to see sick friend.
II came to see Sam, and how is he
getting along?" he asked.
The nurse said: He's convalescing
now"
Well" said the caller, II guess I'll
set down here and wait until he gets
through
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14
EVERETT TRUE

Earnestly advises All Tourists to Be
Sure & See the Marvellous Drifting
Desert Sand Dunes on the Yumares-
que Route, between Yuma & San
Diego, even if it Is a 100 Miles out
Of the Way and Takes More Time &
Costs More Money. 1t is | Of the
Wonders of the World and Well Worth
it. You will need no Guide and No
/ will have to tell you when you Get
There because YOU WILL KNOW IT
-and by the Time you Get Out of the
Sand Hills you will have Something
to Talk About the Rest of Your Life.
Miles & Miles of Beautiful Flour
like Drifting, Sitting, Glaring, Glist-
ening Sand, piled up as far as you
can see--lool1ing and Drifting like
Snow-but those who have seen all
Places say the Sahara Desert and
Hell are Both Shady Oasises in Com
parison to these Most Beautiful Flour
Like Wierdly Wonderful Glistening
Glaring Drifting Sand Dunes in and
on the Yunaresque Route to Los An
geles by the way of San Diego, SO
WHY spend a Fortune going to Afri-
ca to see the Sahara Desert when this
Surprisingly Similar Sun Sweat Sand
Wierd Waste of the Whole World is
So Close? Even the Moving Picture
Companies are now said to Make
Nose of the Desert and Camel Scenes
amidst this Solitary SepulchraI Sc
cluded Sanctuary of Shifting Sizzling
Sand. Go See 1t.
'There is No Bottom to This Sand;
if there is, No Auto Owner or Tour
ist has ever been able to Find tt
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

Goodbye. Reply to Sam Smith, Globe
Arizona. (Spelling and punctuation
corrected.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14
CHEERFUL CHIRPS
CBy "DEL.'O
Mostly nonsense in those intervals
along and is grabbed off. R
(By "DEL.')
Ipt III LHUSG rare lHL6EVdIS Wnen q
along and is grabbed off.


President M. powers of the Rotary
club came back from the coast loaded
with stories and sprung a few of them
at the meeting last Tuesday.
One was about a middle-aged
Irishwoman who had quite a lot of
business to transact at different times
and, as she could not write, always
signed her name with cross. One
day she was attending to some real
estate transfers and when it came to
signing her name, made circle. She
was asked why she didn't make a
cross as she always had. She ex-
planned that she had been married and
changed her name.
Milt told another one about an
Irishman who had recently come
across to this country and was taken
very sick. He sent for a priest.
When the latter arrived he groaningly
told him he had been very wicked.
''Did you steal?" the priest asked.
"No," he said.
"Murder?"
"No."
"Well, what was it you did d?'
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14
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Sims
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DAYS

If there are germs on paper money
the germs in Germany have plenty of
room to play around.
Every auto speeder should have his
picture made so the paper can use it
when he is injured in crash.
Steam spouted a mile high from a
Hawaiian volcano, outdoing our con-
gressman by few feet only.
Another poor New York working
girl has been robbed Of all her jewels
and $4,000 in clothes.
The boy who promised not to smoke
before 21 has son who promises to
be a veteran smoker at that age.
: Germany will award 10000 iron
crosses which may help the poor peo-
pie bear their crosses.
Russia reminds US of poor family
in q rich neighborhood.
An optimist is a politician before
election.
There are about as many people
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

At the left is shown one of
the new three-button fly front
spring top coats with the modi-
fed box body, a short lapel and
slash pockets. Coats of this
type are favorites on Fifth Ave
nue. and at the eastern resorts.
At the right another modified
box coat with peak lapel and
raglan shoulders is shown,
worked out in a popular wide
check pattern.
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

ference had been explained by New
York school boy. The boy was from
that section of New York where the
denizens call skirt s'skoit," Bronx
"Bron-yx," etc. When the teacher
asked who could tell the difference
between a cynic and stole this boy
held up his hand and when she told
him to go ahead and tell the differ
ence, he said:
"a sin-ilx is where you wash the
dishes, an a sto-ic is the bold that
brings the babies"
Miami Bulletin reprints this letter
received recently at the international
smelter at Globe from one of the en-
ployes, and the editor of the Bulletin
frankly admits he can't figure out
why Sam failed to report for work.
Globe, Ariz., February, s, 1924.
Dear Sir: John Jones, please / had
suffered, but / promised you once
am sick. Then | work in two night,
now | had sick pretty bad. So | will
give note to you until you know | am
sick. When | get better able to work.
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

There are about as many people
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

Father, I denied my religion" the
man said. when l got on the ship
to come across / was drunk. | was
laying there and fellow come along
and he said: There's another drunk
en- Irish Catholic" And / raised up
on me elbow and said: You're a
damned liar! Pm Baptist minister"
Milt described the difference be-
tween a cynic and stole as that diff
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

esssfHssss-+
The BOX coat is the thing for
spring this season, but there are
box coats and box coats.
Straight lines mark the 1924
models" The flare is all gone
out of the skirt of the overcoat;
shoulders and body are not SO
extremely loose; the coats hang
comfortably and drape easily,
giving more style and just as
much ease.
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

who would like to be you as there
are people you would like to be.
Trouble looks bigger coming than
going, but opportunity looks bigger
going that coming.
The only really reliable sign of
spring is when winter goes away and
fails to come back.
Every time it thunders we can't
help wondering if it is some presi-
dental candidate warming p.s,sas.*
What would happen if Coolidge
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

minutes conversation-the man insists
| on paying it. A doctor charges
! 81 for a prescription and the patient
| says: "Oh, pshaw-is that enough 2"
| An undertaken conducts funeral and
charges 500 and he is just perfectly
/ lovely with everybody inside and out
side the family. A man buys a gold
brick and apologies for not having
bitten sooner. An editor walks a mile
| in the hot sun to get the facts of a
wedding or social function and spends
three hours writing it up and tells lies
and praises people till he hates him
self. Then if he makes an insignifi-
| cant omission or error or charges ten
cents straight for three extra papers
he is stingy cuss who never gets
anything right and charges four times
the price of city papers twice as large.
In short, he is confounded almost
any-old-thing and ought to be run out
of town. Talk about the ice man!
How would you like to run newspa-
per?
I shot an arrow into the air. 1t fell
in the distance, knew not where, till
a neighbor said that it killed his calf, |
and | had to pay him six and half
($6.50.) / bought some poison to slay
some rats, and neighbor swore that
it killed his cats, and rather than
argue across the fence, paid him four
dollars and fifty cents ($4.5O). One
night | set sailing toy balloon and
hoped it would soar till it reached the
moon, but the candle fell out on a |
farmers straw, and he said | must
settle or go to law. And that is the
way with the random shot. It never
hits in the proper spot, and the joke
you spring, that you think so smart, !
may leave a wound in some fellows |
heart.
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

Dick Wick Hall seems to have sour
ed on the Yumaresque route" Here's
what he says in his last issue of the
Salome Sun:
"a Tourist on his Way Bay East,
going through here by the Best &
Shortest Route, after going from
Phoenix to Los Angeles away around
by way of Yuma and San Diego. Most
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

Get your Job Printing at The Sun
Office.
The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

slept late one morning and failed to
get to the office in time to meet the
daily crisis?
The girl of today is more interest
ed in bonds than bon bons.
Prices can't come down because
they have no parachute.
Money may come and money may
go, but tax reduction in hand is
worth two in Congress.
Get your Job Printing at The Sun
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
COAL

Remember Winter is fast ap-
preaching. Get your coal in. We have
a fine stock on hand and can give you
good, clean coal. Come see our Camel
Coal 1t will take the place Of an
thracite. This coal is cheaper and
the best substitute for anthracite on
the market.
We sell the best select Baled HAY.
The old reliable guaranteed Dairy
FEED.
STORMTIGHT ROOF DRESSING
makes your old roof as good as new.
This roof dressing is guaranteed for
ten years. Paint your roof now.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
POOLING THE HESSIAN FLY
Proper Fertilizing of Wheat Found to
be an Aid in Controlling Them

Proper fertilizing of wheat is an
invaluable aid to control of the Hes
sian fly. This statement is not an
opinion but a fact, substantiated in
one of the oldest fertility experiments
in the cOuntry-at the Ohio Expert
ment Station. In the period from
1895 to 1919, there were seven years
that were bad Hessian fly years and
Is years in which the fly did very
little damage. In the 18 years when
the fly was not troublesome, infer
tilized wheat yielded 1877 bushels per
acre, and fertilized wheat ran 28.1
bushels per acre. Fertilizer in these
years doubled the yield, which is as
much as any one could ask for.
Now let US turn to the years in
this period when the damage from
Hessian fly was the greatest. In
these years, unfertilized wheat yield
ed only 81 bushels per acre,-prac-
tically total loss, not worth harvest
ing. Fertilized wheat in these same
years yielded 14.6 bushels per acre,
not large yield, but enough to
avoid serious loss on the crop, and
over four times the yield of .unfer-
tilted wheat.
The explanation of these figures
lies in the increased resistance which
fertilized wheat offers to ravages oi
insect and disease pests. 1t is a mat
ter of common knowledge that whea
that has been fertilized come.
through the winter with less winter
killing. In the same way, fertilizet
wheat is better able to overcome at
tacks of the Hessian fly.
No one should be lead to expec
that fertilizer alone can completel
overcome this fly; a little strategy
combined with the use of fertilizer
is necessary. To fool the Hessia
fly, it is only necessary to under
stand the habits of the insect.
order to reproduce the cause destruC
ton, the adult fly must lay its egg
on young wheat in the early fal
Apparently the wheat plant is tn
only plant which suits the purpose q
the fly. If the young wheat plant
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24

officials when they make theT
cision.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24

are not available at the time when
the fly is ready to lay eggs, the eggs
are not laid and the fly dies. If the
fly finds wheat plnts, the eggs which
are laid at the base of the leaves soon
develop into larvae and go down into
the base of the young wheat plants
and destroy them. The larvae pass
through the winter in the "flaxseed"
stage, seriously damaging the grow
ing wheat in the following season.
Finally, after the wheat is harvested,
the flies emerge from the stubble,
looking for young wheat on which to
lay eggs.
Fooling the Hessian fly consists of
delaying seeding until the egg-laying
season of the fly is over. Delayed
seeding is hazardous from the stand
point of winterkiling. Good prepar-
alton of the seed bed and plenty of
available plant food in the soil over
come the disadvantages of a late
seeding, and the fly is avoided
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24

waterway will clip
half a day from the running time of
ocean liners docking at Baltimore,
Colonel Brown said. This, he pointed
out, will place the city on a parity
with Philadelphia in transatlantic
trade.
Everyone recognizes, l believe,that
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
eventually must be deepened so as to
accommodate ocean-going vessels, ",the
army engineer said. ''The Govern
ment, however, is not likely to author
ize the work unless Baltimore re-
quests it.
"The work itself would be compara-
lively simple. 1t would cost about
$4,5OO,000, or approximately One-half
the outlay made for the present Oper-
ations. The work now going on will
be completed January l, 1926"
The distance from European ports
to Baltimore via the canal then would
be about the same as from Europe to
Philadelphia, it was pointed out. Sea
going vessels would enter the water
way at Delaware City at a point
about equi-distance from Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24

Governor Denney. in company with
members of the State Board Of Agri-
culture and the secretary of the board
Ralph C. Wilson, made a trip through
the Shenandoah Valley, last week, in
cluding stops at Frederick, Hagers-
town, Hancock, Md, and towns in
West Virginia. The purpose of the
trip was to inspect the apple orch
ards and packing houses at the differ
ent places designated, in order to i'm
prove Delaware's packing and ship
ping facilities.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
Dwelling Houses

House on South Street, Smyrna. rooms.
bath, gas and electric. Price s1s50.O0.
Good condition.
House on South Street, Smyrna. rooms.
bath. gas and electric. Good condition.
Price S190000.
House on Main Street. Clayton. Del, rooms,
bath, electric. hotwater heat. Good condi-
tion. Rents for $4,000 per months. Price
100000.
House on Rodney Street, Clayton. DEL, z
rooms, toilet and water. Immediate pos
session. Price $4,000.
BUILDING LOTS in Smyrna and Clayton,
and between Smyrna and Clayton on cleo
trically lighted concrete Highway.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
HARBOR CHANNEL COMPLETED
Terminal in Position to Accommodate
the Largest Steamers

Terminal in Position to Accommodate
the Largest Steamers
With the completion of the dredg-
ing of the Christiana river, from the
ship channel in the Delaware river to
LObdel's canal, the Wilmington Ma
rine Terminal is prepared to receive
at it's piers all large sea-going steam
ships. At the present the govern
ment is taking soundings in the har-
Dor. Approximately 100000 cubic
yards of earth were removed, costing
14.58 cents per cubic yard. The work
done by the United Dredging Com
pany, was started September II, 1928.
With the completion Of this dredg-
ing the channel is approximately 400
feet wide and expands to a width of
approximately 800 feet in front of
the Marine Terminal, making this
point a turning basis for ships. The
depth is 25 feet at mean low water
with a possible rise of slightly over s
feet at high tide. According to Char
les H. Grant, an official at the Marine
Terminal, several important bookings
have already been made with a shiI
slated to arrive Saturday, another mex
Monday, and one on September %.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
Small Farms For Sale

No. Ill Acres more or less at Blackbird. on
dupont Boulevard. Nice dwelling and out
buildings. Price very reasonable.
No. 2-120 Acres of the finest land, on con-
crete road y mile South of Kenton. New
house and buildings. House alone would
cost S5,500.00 to build. The buildings are
comparatively new. all painted. Ample fire
wood for farm use. New silo. Landlords
share of standing crops go to purchaser.
The price is away down before wartime.
Call me.
No. 80 Acres, new house and buildings,
near Townsend, Del. Together with crops.
Price right.
I will gladly show or give a person any In
formation desired if you will call me over
Phone Pill
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
LINEMAN At DOVER COMES IN
CONTACT WITH A LIVE WIRE
H. w. ELLIS, WORKING ON DO
YER LINE, FATALLY BURNED

YER LINE, FATALLY BURNED
Was Rushed to Emergency Hospital
in Milford, But Died Soon After
Reaching There-DOver in Darkness
Howard w. Ellis, a ineman en-
ployed by the Diamond State Tele-
phone Company, died in the Milford
Emergency Hospital at 1870 o'clock
on Wednesday evening as a result of
burns sustained earlier in the even
ing when he came in contact with an
exposed electric light wire at the
rear of the home of former Governor
S. S. Pennewill on North State street.
Ellis, who was twenty-four years
of age, was a member of a cable crew
from Wilmington that had been sent
there earlier in the day to locate cable
trouble under the direction of local
plant wire chief, John w. ArgO. Dur
ing the storm on Tuesday night, a
large number of local telephones had
been put out of service and the Will
mingtOn cable crew worked all day
on Wednesday repairing the damage
and were about to stop for the night
when the fatal accident occurred.
At the point of the accident the
electric wires of the town are hung
beneath the lines of the Telephone
Company on poles that belong to the
latter concern. When the wOrkmen
reached the pole at the rear of the
Pennewill home, Ellis noticed the
number of electric wires beneath the
telephone cable and decided not to
climb that pole but went to the next
one and attached seat to the cable
and worked his way towards the
other pole.
When he was about two feet from
the corner pole his foot came in con-
tact with an electric wire beneath
him and instantly blue sparks began
to fly from his body as he writheC
and twisted himself in pain but was
unable to free himself. 1t is estimat-
ed that 2300 volts passed through his
body.
A call was sent to the water anC
light plant and the current was turn
ed off. Fire Chief, Earl Humphres
was in the vicinity at the time anC
he summoned the truck of the Rob
bins Hose Company which supplied
light while the man was removed
from the wires overhead.
He was placed on the fire truck ant
: rushed to the fire house where DR.
John w. James worked on him unit
the ambulance arrived from Milford
An examination revealed that Eilli
was badly burned about the arms ant
body. He remained unconscious iron
. the time Of the accident until hi
death.
. Ellis had been in the employ of tn
Diamond State Telephone COmpan
for several years and was cOnsidere
competent in his line. Officials 0
the Company from Wilmington an
!. Philadelphia went to Dover on Thurs
day morning to investigate the acci
dent. They visited the scene and ha
photographs made of the surround
ings and also procured the measure
ments between the wires on the poll
Upon being interviewed, one of tn
: Officials statd that the accident wa
caused when Ellis, while riding
cable for repair work, came in cor
tact with an electric wire beneath hin
Further than that there was no con
ment made.
After summoning the ambulance
Mr.. Argo communicated with tn
young mans parents in WilmingtO
and the father of the man rushed t
the Milford Hospital, but reache
there shortly after he had died.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24

The contract for the erection of
steeple on the Trinity P. E. Church,
at Delaware avenue and Adams street
Wilmington, was awarded Thursday
to William B. Haddock and Company,
contractors Of Wilmington, by the Of
ficials of the church. The steeple
will cost approximately $4,000 of
which $11,7OO has already been sub
scribed. A campaign to raise the bal
ance will be started shortly and it is
not believed that any difficulty will be
experienced in raising the full amount
The architects for the steeple are Day
and Klauder, of Philadelphia. Work
on the steeple will be started in a
very short time and upon its compile
tion it is expected to place a set Of
chimes in the belfry.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-24
25-FT. DEPTH FOR c. & D. CANAL
Urged by United States Engineer
Brown at Waterway Convention

The deepening of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal to 25 feet can
bring Baltimore 1856 miles closer to
Europe within two years time, if
sufficient and vigorous pressure is
brought to bear on the Government.
This statement was made last week
by Col. Earl l. Brown, United States
engineer in charge of construction
work on the canal. Colonel Brown
attended the four-day convention of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
sociation at Newark, N. j., last week.
He tolk the delegates of progress
made on the canal. Deepening the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07

fans in shades of blue marking the tables and the directoire score cards also in blue. A delicious luncheon was served. The guest of honor was presented with silver slave bracelet, while dainty blue handkerchiefs were given to those receiving the highest scores and string of beads and little baskets as booby prizes. The guests invited to meet Miss Barrett were :: Misses Lemma Startling, Anne Withers, Kitty France Penn, Margaret Withers, Josephine Estes, Evelyn Jordan. Fran cis Patterson of Richmond, Mary Lilly Shoot, Margaret and Elizabeth Hen kel, Mary Conway, Helen Lea, Mildred Hill, Florence Penn, Daisy Keen, Juliet Catlin, Martha Baker Bass of Ingram. Elizabeth Owens, Elizabeth Roediger, This is Miss Barrett's first visit to Danville and she has already won a place in the hearts of Danyille peo- pie. She has been spending the heat cd term at her summer home, Camp Tacoma, Monmouth, Maine, and will spend several weeks, with her sister before leaving for her home in Birming- ham and school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07

ing the Canadian Exposition and other parts of Canada.
 Miss Edna Earle Smith who has been spending the summer in different points of Mississippi and Mobile, Ala bama has returned home.
 Mrs. L. W. Smith and children who have been spending month in Missis- sippi have returned home.
 Mir. Jack McLaren and Mir. William Fitton, of Cincinnati, who have been the guests of Mir. and Mrs. c. S. Mo Laren have returned home.
 MT. c. E. Edwards and c. E. Ed wards, Jr., have returned from Flor ida where they have spent sometime.
 Friends of Mrs. W. E. Powell win regret to learn that she is ill at her home on East Lake Highlands.
 Miss Elizabeth Shephard, the daugh- ter of MT. and Mir. Fred J. Shephard. will leave Tuesday to enter, Science Hill school in Kentucky.
 Misses Julia and Janney Alman have returned after three months musical advantages in New York.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph B. Johnson and family have returned from Tate