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The Washington times., 1924-12-11

Announcement OF the prize win.
ners IN this test Of educational skill
viii be made In The Washington
Times on Saturday, provided the
judges have an opportunity to scan
all the letters. II the volume Of
mail makes a Saturday announce.
ment impossible. the winners name
will be printed in The Washington
Times on Monday.
Tickets to the first contestants
have been mailed. and more than
fifty OF the Washington boys and
girls who compiled with all the
rules were guests at the Janice
Meredith" performances at Losw's
Columbia Theater yesterday.
It's all very easy and every boy
and girl pupil in the Washington
schools who knows American his
tory has an opportunity to see this
film masterpiece as the guest of
The Washington Times, and Incl
dentally compete in a contest of
educational skill in which prizes of
SIS. $15 and $40 will be awarded.
Just see how easy 1t all is. Be-
low is an historical limerick. Fill
in the missing line. Then write a
19-word story on the life Of
George Washington or incidents in
his great career. Send in your
limerick and accompanying story
to The Washington Times Limerick
Editor.
For the best answer TO the linn.
erick with accompanying story, The
Washington Times will pay $25.
For the second best answer with
accompanying story, The Washing.
ton Times will pay SIS.
For the third best answer with
accompanying story, The Washing.
ton Times viii pay $40.
+. To every contestant complying
with the rules In sending I'm his
or her answer, The Washington
Times will present q ticket Of ad-
mission to the Marion Davies pro.
ductiOn Of Janice Meredith" ut
LOew's Columbia Theater.
1t is not necessary to see the
picture before entering the contest,
Janice Meredith" is a thrilling love
story of the VAmerican revolution
and pictures in graphic and enter
tanning form the soul-stirring in.
cidents which accompanied the birth
The Washington times., 1924-12-11

PROMINENT AMONG the good
turns you can do is to turn to
the Christmas Gift Suggestions"
Columns of the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
CONTEST RULES

Any history pupil In the Wash
ington schools (public. private or
parochiall Us eligible to compete.
Essays must be limited to $50
words and written plainly on one
side Of the paper.
1t 10 not necessary to use the
limerick blank printed here but
contestants should copy the full
limerick on a separate sheet 81
paper. II not using the blank.
All answers and essays must be
In The Washington Times office BY
p. M. Friday, December 10.
Contestants Answering the linn
erick but emitting the essay, or
vice-versa. will not be eligible.
All decisions or the judges will
Judges win be Mark peates
manager Of Loew's Columbia
Theater: Lawrence Beatus, man
ager Of L0ew's Palace Theater.
and The Washington Times Linn
erick Editor.
Address your answers plainly
to The Washington Times Linn
erick- Essay Editor. Give fun
name and address. age and school
attended by contestant.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
TRAIN ENDANGERs PACK
IN HOT FOX CHASE.

WEST CHESTER Pa, Dec. liz
Twenty-Five hounds cf the pack Of
the West Chester Hunt narrowly
escaped death ana were saved only
BY hard work by Huntsmen william
Brice, p. H. Corcoran and other
riders. III
A fox was started near the Bur.
nett farm, East Bradford, circled
about for three hours and finally
went to the main line at Valley creek
where it took to the railroad tracks.
followed by the hounds, grouped
closely.
AS they reached the rails a. heavy
freight train approached at high
speed and the riders had a hard task
getting the animals to safety, but
succeeded in saving all of them.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
QUEER THINGS OFFERED
IN DEAD LETTER" SALE

! CHICAGO, Dec. IA radio set
with carburetor attached; or (who
knows0 fresh glass eye, set Of
secondhand teeth, nice ma.
hogany leg, can Of pork and
beans; or a musket, made in 1897.
that won't shoot-these are a few
Of the priceless bargains available
at the postoffice sale in Chicago
this week.
The musket has four notches on
it, for which, however, there win
be no extra charge
The staple articles listed are
among those to be offered, at
auction, in the quarterly disposal
Of unclaimed parcels of the dead
Letter" office Of the Postoffice De.
partment.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
Peoples Drug Stores Offer n
To ALI Who Suffer Stomach
Agony, Gas and Indigestion
Oney Back One Bottle Of Dares
You Mere Good Than Anything You Ever Used.

!, With this wonderful medicine you
can Danish Indigestion or dyspepsia, ca
tarrh OF stomach or any abnormal con1
dition that keeps the stomach in constant
rebellion, and one bottle will prove it.
And how happy you will be when your
stomach is as good as new. for then dig
illness. nervousness, sleeplessness, head
ache, dull eye and other ailments caused
by disordered stomach will disappear
and you will be your old happy, content.
ed self again. Peoples Drug Stores and
every regular pharmacist guarantees one
bottle OF Dare's Mentha- Pepsin to show
the way to stomach comfort.
s, Over 5000 bottles sold In one small
New Jersey town last year--ask your
self why?
The Washington times., 1924-12-11

:. You can be so distressed with gas and
-9ullness and bloating that you think
Ieur heart is going to stop beating.
= Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing is short and gaspy.
Is You: think perhaps you are suffocating.
- You, are dizzy and pray for quick re-
s1ief-what's to be done?
~ Just one dessertspoonful Of Dare's
: Mentha -Pepsin and in ten minutes the
gas disappears the pressing on the
heart ceases and you can breathe. deep
-and naturally.
T Oh! What blessed relief. But why
mot get rid Of such attacks altogether !?
Why have chronic indigestion at alI9
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
Boys and Girls StriUe|
For $50 and Tickets

Washington boys and girls have buried the Limerick
Editor under a Of answers.
lie emerged for few moments today say that the last
limerick in the Janice Meredith" contest will be printed
today and to the youthful Friday at
is the last minute for answers That means no mail
received with later time posmark than p M will be
considered 1t Is best to have your limerick answer and
story the mails by midnight tonight.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
WOmen's Fancy Boxed
HandkerchiefS

Three I'm Box
A special lot of women's Boxed ~
Handkerchief. embroidered corner
effects in white and fcolors also A~Ao
corded border style; large assert AON
ment Of beautiful designs
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
ATLANTIC CITY REPEALS
DOG VACCINATION LAW

ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 1.-THE
city commission has repealed the
dog vaccination ordinance recently
passed by them here and which has
attracted nationwide attention. The
repeal represents a victory for dog
owners at the shore and for the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals.
The commission passed meas
ure requiring that all dogs here be
vaccinated against rabies. Dog
owners Immediately protested, form.
ing an association to fight the
measure, headed by William HI.
Smathers, Judge of the Atlantic
county court of common pleas, and
joined by the s. p. c. A. society,
headed here by Richard e. Wheeler.
a.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
9TH me
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The Washington times., 1924-12-11
ALLEGED HORSE
THIEF JAILED
8 YEARS
Earl Jones, Convicted of Steal
ing Horse and Buggy From
Owner in Rockville

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Dec. 1t.-Earl
Jones, young Washington negro,
| was sentenced to the Maryland PEN
| itentiary for three years by Judge
Robert B. Peter in the circuit court
here today, following his convic.
ton on charge Of stealing horse
and buggy from his employer, r. L.
Garrett, of W0odside, this county.
The defendant, so the testimony
showed. after carrying a visitor at
the Garrett home to the electric
car fine proceeded into Washing
ton and attempted to sell the out
fit. The only defense was that the
crime was committed in the Dis
trict Of Columbia and not in Mary.
land, but Judge Peter held other
wise.
The Montgomery County Agricul.
tural Society held its annual meet
ing here yesterday and elected d.
rectors as follows: Clarence l., GIL.
pin, William J. Thomas, James p.
Fitzgerald, Henry j. Hunt, Perrie
e. Waters, Emory Ricketts,, ThOs.
/. Fulks, John B. Diamond, jr.,
James r. King, James G.. Chris
TOPPER, William A. Waters, James
d. King, Henry White, Luther A.
Hoellman, Edgar Reed and James
T. CasheIl. Messrs. Reed and Cashell
succeed Lewis w. Barnsley, de-
ceased and Charles G. Holland,
who did not desire reelection. and
the others were reelected. The new
board will meet next Wednesday to
choose officers, select dates for the
next annual fair and transact
other business Of Importance.
Mrs. C. G.. Smith, Of Takona
Park, has resigned as the repre-
sentative of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Chapter Of the Red Cross on
the County Almshouse visiting
committee and Mrs. j. A. Wheeler;
Of Silver Springs, has been APP
pointed by the county commission
ers in her place.
Frank Boyer, twenty-one, and
Miss Catherine Bowles, twe1lty-0ne,
both Of Washington, motored out to
Rockville yesterday, obtained a
license from the clerk Of the circuit
court and whirled away in search
of a minister. Just who, IL any
one, tied the knot could not be
learned.
Charles T. Cooley, of Capitol
View, formerly chief Of the Mont
gomery county police force, who
resigned several months ago to &C.
cept other employment, is again a
member of the force, this time.
however, as a sergeant. He was
named by the county commissioners
here yesterday.
Capt. PettengiII Assigned
Captain George T. PettengiIl, now
attached to the Bureau OF NaVi-
cation has been assigned as naval
The Washington times., 1924-12-11
Gift Suggestions
From the Stationery
Department

Waterman and WahI FOun.
tain Pens, $2.75 to $1,000.
Eversharp Pencils, $l.OO to
$500.
''Peter Pan" Pens, self-fillec
style; all colors, with sautoir
to match; neatly boxed, $500.
'Peter Pan" Pens, in black
and colors, $1.19. T.
Bibles, CSC to $3.50.
Photograph Albums, SOC to
$500.
Boxed Stationery, in ere.
tonned covered boxes, CSC to
$3.96.
Deak Sets, In bronze and
brass, $500.
Ink Stands and Calenders,
In brass and bronze. 60c 20
S3.0o.
The Washington times., 1924-12-11

Capt. PettengiII Assigned
Captain George T. PettengiIl, now
attached to the Bureau OF Navi-
cation, has been assigned as naval
attache at Picking, China, the Navy
Department announced today.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

partment recently Secretary Hughes
and Sir Auckland Geddes signed the
liquor treaty, to halt rum smuggling
under the British flag and to permit
British ships to carry liquor under
seal into American ports. By the
terms of the agreement the United
States wins the right to search and
seize British vessels within an hours
voyage of the American coast where
there is reasonable cause for suspect
ing violation of the prohibition laws.
DAYTON, Y. T.-The Klondike is
in the throes of another gold and sill
yer rush At the head of the Beaver
River, so miles east of Keno Hill, a
silver and gold discovery of unusual
proportions has started stampede
from Mayo, the major mining settle
ment of the Yukon, to the new coun-
try, where it is said assays reveal pay
dirt running 1,100 ounces of silver to
the ton.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
Electrical investments Large

The total investment in the cleo
trical utilities of the country is about
steel industry, and approximately five
times that of the automobile industry.
BY electrical utilities is meant light
and power plants and electric rail
ways. The total capital invested in
these great utilities is now $9,600,000,-
900. These industries are now so
large and important that approximate
ly S75O,O00,000 is required annually
for extensions and betterments of
service, and about $1,500,000,000 to
care for the refunding Of obligations
and the normal growth of these util-
tiles.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

probably the crater of more or less
extinct volcano. Occasionally gill
netters bring up herring from the
bottom cooked so thoroughly that the
flesh drops off the bones.
PEKING.-The extent to which the
poppy, for the manufacture of opium
is being cultivated in the province of
Kansu is illustrated by the expert
carts, the only mode of travel in some
portions of the province. Owing to
the fact that practically all carriers
were engaged in the transportation of
opium, the price demanded per day
for a cart varied from one tall
(about so cents) if the carter were
permitted to carry opium at the same
time, to $4S Chinese currency Gap
proximately $24) if objection were
raised to this arrangement. In many
towns it was said practically all Of
the inhabitants have reverted to the
use of the drug, and the cultivation
of the poppy is carried on more in
tensively than ever before
LONDON.-The royal academician,
Chas. Sims, is painting a portrait of
Lady Astor, which will be hung in the
house of commons in her honor as the
first woman to be member of the
British parliament. That honor goes to
the Countess Markievicz, but the Irish
woman never took the oath of alle-
glance to the king and therefore was
never officially member of parlia-
ment Sims states that he has been
commissioned by Lord Astor to do
two pictures. One will be decora-
tive canvas for the house of com
mons, showing Lady Astor standing
before the speakers chair, between
her sponsors. The smaller picture
represents her and her sponsors only.
WASHINGTON.-At the State De-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
Second in Capacity

"The Baker River will therefore be
the second of our plants in point of
capacity, with the White River plant
now producing 1852 horsepower, and
another unit soon to be increasing it's
capacity materially. Snoqualmie Falls
and electrom now produce each ap-
proximately $4,000 horsepower These
new installations, together with our
other hydro-electric plants and our
steam plants, will provide us with ap-
proximately 225,000 horsepower of
electrical energy serving some ESQ
cities, towns and communities from
the Canadian border into Northern
Oregon and across the Cascades into
the Wenatchee Valley"
Next on the program after the an
nounced development on Baker River
probably will be the installation of a
hydro-electric plant at Sulphur Can
yon almost as large as that near Con
crete. The waters of the Baker River
will then be utilized in two steps, the
Sulphur Canyon site having not quite
the same amount of water available
due to the fact that two or three trib
utaries flow into the Baker River be
tween the two.
When the upper site is developed
beautiful Baker Lake, in the very
shadow of Mount Baker and amidst
surroundings of marvellous beauty
will be raised several feet One Of
the streams flowing into Baker Lake
boasts a waterfall known as Leonard
Falls, which, while it has not beer
officially measured, is believe dto be
higher than any of the famous water
falls on the Columbia Highway or ir
any other part of the Pacific North
west
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
Paying Cost of Government

The cost of government in the Uni
ted States is approximately eight aud
one-half billion dollars wear This
cost is paid by the 40 per cent Of the
population who are engaged in gainful
occupations. 1t amounts to $500 a
year for each of such citizens. Ap-
proXimately one out of every ten per-
sons is an employe of the govern
ment The ratio is increasing. AS
the number of tax consumers in
creases the number of taxpayers
grows smaller. 1t follows that with
the increase in cost of government
and in number of people supported by
the government either by wages or
tax exemptions the tax burden on
those not so included will increase.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO-The report
Of the land settlement board of 1923
shows that 23,508 returned men have
received assistance by way of loans
and 6,344 others have gone on free
lands without loans. More than A.
900 men have been trained on farms
under the supervision of the field
staff Six hundred and fifty-nine Of
the settlers have repaid their loans
in full.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
lle'',o;,lli;a;,.IaElIs '',;ll;;,.I

Water power development in the
Pacific Northwest will receive great
impetus in the announcement of the
Puget Sound Power & Light Company
that it will Immediately begin the
construction OF a $4,000 horsepower
hydro-electric plant on the Baker
River in Skagit County, representing
an investment of $6,O0O,OO0. Founda-
tions and approximately a depth of
SO feet of the dam are scheduled for
completion this year and the entire
work will be finished in 1925-regard-
ed by engineers as remarkable speed
for hydro-electric construction.
To meet immediate demands for
larger production of electrical energy
er million dollars in the enlargement
of the capacity Of the White River
plant. located between Seattle and Ia
coma Together with the scheduled
outlay for extensions it means that
the company this year and next will
invest upwards of $1O,00O,OOO in the
enlargement of it's facilities for serv-
ing the people of Washington
Interesting Project
The Baker River development is
looked upon as one of the most inter-
ncti oln ~ fi,,rr inc fol 11o4
in all the Northwest. The Baker Riv-
er flows down from Baker Lake, close
up to Mount Baker and Mount Shek-
san, to Baker Lake and through Sui
phur Canyon, where there is a splen-
did potential development that will
come as soon as needful following the
completion of the present installation
at Eden Canyon, IL miles below Sui
phur Canyon. Water from the i'm
pounding dam in these canyons will
create lake approximately eight
miles long and reaching almost to the
upper canyon This lake will be 1000
acres in extent, storing $4,000 acre
feet of water.
Eden Canyon is but short distance
from the confluence of the Baker and
Skagit rivers, just outside the town
of Concrete. A narrow chasm of solid
rock has here been hewn out by ma
ture leaving an ideal location for the
installation of a concrete dam that
will be 235 feet in depth from the
solid rock at the bottom of the can
yon to the upper edge. When the
lake is created above the dam the Ba-
ker River and Shuksan Railroad,
which crosses Baker River at the head
of Eden Canyon, will be submerged
something more than SO feet. This
railway is now used for transporting
limestone from the quarries of the
Superior Portland Company to the
plant at Concrete. To take the place
of the railway the cement company
will probably install an aerial tram
way at a cost of 100000.
I'VE are pleased to announce the
beginning of construction on this i'm
portant unit of our power develop
ments," said A. w. Leonard, presi-
dent of the Puget Sound Power G.
Light Company 1--WE expect to be
generating 10000 horsepower of cleo
trical energy at the Baker River plant
by the end of next year, and later will
install an additional turbine to bring
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

Crop rotation and diversification
are sound forms of insurance for the
farmer.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

Love used to sit III bay windows and
write 20-page letters. Now it uses
the telephone.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
G&}RR;e1y
column, ,aIH4zA''

The death of DIR. L. Emmett Hon is
universally recognized as less -
the whole world. As the Now York
Times says on its editorial page:
THE ancients had special divinity
for the guardianship Of children. Dr..
Holt came as near being such divin-
ity for the American child as any NOR
the great force for public COED that
he was may be said to be a &wo8old
service. On the one hand there was
his unique influence in his own pye-
fession, his real leadership among The
physicians of the day. On the other
hand was the amazing hold he HAD
upon the general public, his influence
being felt in homes of the whole
world. Both OF these great aspects
of the man appeared in his activities
as clinical professor OF children's dis
eases at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, as physician-inchief Of the
Babies Hospital, and as secretary
and director OF the Rockefeller In
stitute. Yet perhaps the most strik-
ing expression of DR.. Hollis two-fold
work resides in the two books: "The
Diseases of Infancy and Childhood"
and "The Care and Feeding OF Chill
dren." The first is the book for doc
tors and the second is the book for
mothers. On "The Care and Feeding
of Children" of which Dr. Hollis
tyryo uicia
probably the major part of the rising
generation has been raised, not only
in this country but in foreign lands,
for the book has been translated into
many languages. Preaching the gospel
OF health for children. DR.. Holt was
the doctors doctor and the public's
doctor And in the book world there
is no greater example of the power
of the written word than Hollis Care
and Feeding Of Children"
On January 25 the Allied Arts AS
sociation Of Chicago rendered din
ner to the American novelist, Jay
William Hudson. Representatives. Of
every literary organization or literary
movement in Chicago and vicinity,
and distinguished authors and critics
will be among those present. 1t was
very timely for such greeting to be
extended to Mr. Hudson, for his new
novel; Nowhere Else in the World"
is in large measure novel OF Chi
cago Not only is the city the scene
OF it's greater part, but as representa-
time of the American spirit, Chicago
plays an essential role in what the au:
thor describes as "the revolt of a
soul against America today" Mr.. Hud-
sons previous novel, "Abbe Pierre"
bas been hailed as a permanent addi-
tion to American literature
William Joseph Simmons, founder
of the Ku klux Klan, has written a
book, "The Klan Unmaskeds" which
tells his side of the fight between him
self and other factions which resulted
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

William Joseph Simmons, founder
of the Ku klux Klan, has written
book, "The Klan Unmasked" which
tells his side of the fight between him.
self and other factions which resulted
in appeal to President Coolidge to in
vestigate the organization. 1t is pub
lished by the Thompson Publishing
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

Edison and Volstead both changed
once popular methods of getting
"lit-up."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-02-13
Burnett County Has 1t.

Only one county in the state is
conducted under the commission
form of government, and that
county, according to letter writ
ten by the county clerk of that
county, is very highly pleased
with the manner in which it is
working out. The county is Bur-
nett, way up in the northwestern
part of the state. The system was
started there last June, and al
though it may be little early to
judge from actual experience
of its success, there ought to be
no reason why it should not work
out very satisfactorily and like
wise economically. Commission
governed cities are growing more
numerous every year because OF
the efficiency with which business
is handled by this method over
the antequated aldermanic system
AS counties become familiar with
the advanced method of handling
county business we feel sure that
it will be more generally adopt
ed.-Antigo Journal.