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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
BY +. G. ORR

had 10 DO big game hunter an
well IA government worker.
lie has Just tracked 90 her lair
and killed "Bandi, Two Toes" a
wolf that has been putting ter.
ror Into tho lives OF mnchers
over a territory 800 miles square
for tho last two years. Two
Toes" was responsible for the
loss % many thousand dollars
worth OF cattle. In ono week sho
killed 20 calves. Williams not
only killed Two Toes" herself.
but also captured her 10 cubs.
CIMII.ARLY. W. 8. Bcealey,
~ who also works for tho bu.
rcau Of biological survey, has
been trying for the last five
years IN Missouri 10 put The
Old Black Devil" out OF commits.
sion. and has just reported 20
the department tina, no has been
succeasful. This wolf. Becalcy
caught in n trap last year. but
Black Doyllr got away. leaving
a toe behind. Bccsley caught
him three more times and tho
last time was final
Federal reserve agents &c,
plenty Of excitement in their
days work. forcs,sra working for
tho United States forestry serv.
Ice have their share in fighting
forest fires.
OFFICIALS OF the postoffcs
" department. however. think
their inspectors and mall clerks,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
EngHSh-W

NOTHING irrtates your homegrown Englshman quite
so much seeing somebody do something he doesn't
do If he doesn't do it. it simply isn't done.
At present England is in fever the American
rodeo at the Empire exhibition at Wembley just outside
London.
There American cowboys daily wrestle with untamed
steers, $50 pounds Of human bone and brain and snew
fighting out barehanded with 1000 pounds Of wild beast
and sometimes winning
How dreadfully shockngr' many English say. Its
not a sport for sportsmanlIse people"
Far be it from us to uphold cruelty to animals Manys
the time we've all but wrecked the family fvver lodging
some fool hen
But cannot but echo the cry Of the Canadian girl
who hearing charges of cruelty made by people about
her in the Wembley grandstand retorted
'Nonsense l attended the Grand National and saw
two horses killed"
She was right, of course. Steepechasng is quite as
cruel as bul-doggng steer Many a high-spirited
horse has had to be shot for broken leg after being
thrown at hedges dangerous bitches and water jumps
And polo ponies not infrequently suffer similar fate
But the English do all these thing. SO they are all
right. They don't bulldog steers or wrese with wild
bulls in rodeos Wherefore the sport is barbarous
All the English, however, are not like that.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
TRAVEL MEDICINE

have along. as immediate cleansing
can be insured.
There are other handy first.aid
packages to be had. but one small
iodine outfit Is about as good as any.
thing.
Also, If you are fearful OF snakes,
n "first.aid" preparation is now TO be
mad ut drug stores and sporting
goods places. A serum injection is
generally contained in this package.
which Is so small that IL can DO car.
ried In vest pocket.
a little gauze and cotton may be
taken along II desired, tho In any
simple emergency n clean hnndker.
chief VIII do,
With the possible exception of
some mild cathartic. this Is all an
average person should require.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

Will rehd newspapers and scatter
the pages about them on the
floor like a miniature sea: they
viii smoke and flick the ashes
over the furniture and carpets
and sling their burnt matches
and cigar stubs all about: they
Will litter the bedrooms with
dirty linen and put their belong.
ings all over the house. Only one
In 30 ever puts away his shaving
things. and even he will not
clean the tub after he has his
bath.
II II were not for the wives
and mothers and big sisters and
maiden aunts. the men would be
literally swamped by their own
untidlness. They would bury
themselves under an avalanche
OF discarded clothes and contract
plaques by insanitary eating hab-
its.
They may be the guiding hands
OF the nation. the arbiters
OF world affairs. the mainstay OF
civilization and the prop OF the
family. but they never in the
world could keep a clean kitchen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

acteriaiica are not inherited. You
may train fathers and mothers
Tor a thousand years 10 operate
a linotype machine. and their
children will be Ho better 0per.
utora than come whose people
have lived IN the sticks and new.
sr seen q newspaper office. Our
ancestors IN the forests q Eu.
rope a thouEsnd years ago had
aa good natural ability az We.
and would have made as good
college professors. tho they went
naked and painted their bodies.
And this T. a fine thing 20
think o. Give the poor and ~.
norant Of the next generation
the right sort Of opportunity.
and their native ability will I'm
the world with g.nlusea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
) Questions ;
+: AnsWered /.

Q. What II tho death record per
minute in the United states7
4. rs deaths occur per minute.
Q. Is nm ostrich faster than n
horsel
4. 10 Is said that an osrich con
coper Is feet at a single stride and
irhen running az fun speed. icifh
short ieiHgS outdretched. cannot BE-
oui-disiGnccd by any mammal.
Q. wha. Is the shower bouquet
for the bridc7
A. A cascade Of flotners and rib
bon, i5hito roses. orange blossoms.
or lilies OF the valley. or other
combinations. mdsscd together IN
tho center. aud from the center
lengths Of ribbon and trailing noio-
crs ,chich como almost 10 the hem
Of the BRIDES ootcH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

star route carriers and air mail
pilots probably get moro thrills
than any similar number OF men
employed In any other govern.
mont service.
The recent mall train holdup
near Chicago - an example OF
tho thing for which mail clerks
must be prepared. The million.
dollar holdup Of n mali truck on
Leonard st.. New York city, in
October. 1921. waH rcpleie with
thrills from beginning to end.
After clever detective work
over a period OF eight months
tho crooks were arrested and
taken 20 tho top floor OF the
general posiofflce in New York
city. There ono Of them. known
as Tho Count" gave tho in.
spcctors a THRU by asking for a
drink OF water. A. soon nH their
backs were turned The Count"
made dash for tho window.
jumped out and ran along the
ledge. With the aid OF policemen
he was finally caught. perched
on n filing cabinet In an office
on tho same floor.
Another kind OF thrill was cx.
porienccd By n clerk in mail
car bound for New York recent.
~. when n plain wooden box,
travelling unregistered and unin.
Surcd. fell from It's place in tho
rack. split open. and a shower OF
gold coins rained over tho floor.
The box was addressed to n firm
OF New York bankers and was
coming from the Argentine. II
contained $4,000.
"A iR MAIL pilots look for
L thrills almost every day or
any day in their exciting lives
Carl II. Eielson. last February.
was making a trial flight in
Alaska. between Fairbanks and
McGrath. with the Idea OF es.
tnblishing a ,hrce.hour service
between these points TO take the
place of tho dog team service.
which takes is to is days. He
was lost In the darkness of n
swiftly oncoming Arctic night
and thought Old Man Trouble
would surely be his bedfellow
that night Fortunately. In his
wandcrings. he was lucky and
he saw the home lights burning.
He escaped with n broken pro.
pellor and ski.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
Thrills? Plenty in U. S. Service

WoRkING for Uncle Sam. far
w from being always dead
monotouY and dun routine. n
often full OF thrills.
]. J. Williams. an employo Of
the bureau Of biological survey
OF the department Of agriculture.
located somewhere in the noun.
talnoua regions OF Montana. has
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
The Unknown Rich

ND YOU ever hear of William II. Moore? He died
II over year ago. It's revealed in a New York court
that he left estate Of than % million dollars
And yet the public for the most part ignorant Of its
existence Big business leaders, bankers and attorneys
knew him. He was topnotch corporation lawyer
Getting to be quite common event. to read of the
passing of comparatively obscure man worth millions
The mutmilonaire is becoming such n common institu-
ton that he attracts little attention. Wealth is being
gradually cornered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

a huge natural garage IN the hol.
low OF n giant boabab tree. was dis.
covered recently by n motorist In
Nyassaland, Africa, shortly before
nightfail. His car. Ford, was nc.
commodated handlly by the high
sheltered place. Despite It's great
hollow. the tree was alive.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

q. How tall Is Richard Barthcl.
mess and when was he born7
A. 5 feet 7 inches; born May o,
1895.
Q. How many public school build
inss are there In the United States
a. According TO the U. s.. bureau
o. Education there arc s7iJf9.
Q. What is the origin OF the word
Jazz?
A. There arc many stories; ono Of
the latest IL that Dircn BIZ Vincent
Lopez, tcho believes that u origin
ated IN Vioksburg, Miss, ,ehcrc a
negro Charles fCha..J Washington"
tcas knoton for his sDncopat,t
rhythm. IL iods the practice In his
band 10 repeat the chorus Of n
popular number and bccauac OF The
cdtchincss ot"Chax's" drum ming. tho
crotcd tcould call for an encore. The
leader tcouid SAP, Woo Cha-." Thus
the origin Of Jas.
Q. What is the present theory of
dreams7
a. Dreams are explained as the
symbolic tmtumcnt OF rcprcssed
tctshcs or desires. Al dreams arc
not rcprcsscd irtshes. however. but
arc more or less inchoate rcproduo-
tons OF Impressions rccciucd during
the day.
Q. Can you tell me the namo OF
the human fly" who was killed Mt
the Hotel Martinique in New York :?
a. H. y. Young. died March s,
1928. IN q nine story fan from the
front OF the Hotel Martinique.
Q. What order has the word For
titudini' as its motto, and what
does II mean?
A. The order OF Maria Theresa.
The Uord means "for uaior'.
Q. How can scratches BIO removed
from celluloid?
a. ~ carefully brushing the sur
face OF hc ccliuioh Dith glacial
occtic acid and aHotoinp 10 drp. The
dcd should not be aiioiped to como
IN contract nth the skin.
Q. How many 1-cent pieces were
coined in 1927
a. 100000,
Q. Who wns the first United
States postmaster general?
A. Samuel OsDood. pho sorpc d
pHdcr GG2ygc Washington,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
I LETTER From
AVRDGE MANN
July 81. 1924.

Folks. 80 49,
The other night took the bunch Woodland mark
packed basket evening
sat and ate In lazy when thru VIC sro
among the mighty trees and went to he ZOO.
Don't feed the animals the saying eyeruere Ana
went and Joined the lines who fed bonr No stood
erect and waved paw signal to begin
his Jaw we'd throw In.
lively lear around ba vnrd. ,.to
having nothing else 10 oo. 10
Jumps" sad J. II fear He stop The yi,e ro
Piled Like homemade beer. he's simply O hong"
We watched the monkeys within the nnonkev non
really had TO stop and mlethcy much ike mon An
bet and nothing thought
descend from monkeys otdid
Amt nature grand the people at many things they view
And we'll they they spend around the ZOO WIN
things from land the Woodland rfo helps
family understand infinite Life!
M,uaae Maer~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
Speeding Alon g

IT'S JUST % years since newspapers devoted consider
able space to the first successful collection of mail by
auto in the United States. Buffalo the place The
date, July 2, 1899.
That's not so long ago. Today we have transcontnenta
air mail. Tremendous progress for quarter of GEN.
tury 1t makes you wonder what the next % years will
bring forth. One things sure-ways of living will be
turned upside down and most of present scientific
marves will become old-fashioned
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
We Don't Care

NOTWITHSTANDING that the start and finish of the
l American army world flight and is TO be at
Seattle, Los Angeles, town in California still insists
that she have the honor. News dispatches from Los
Angeles say that. after the flyers end the flight here
they will fly back 10 that place
Well, there's no law TO stop en- We suppose they've
got to fly somewhere. II might well be Los Angeles
us anywhere else
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
"Beating a Path---"

GREATEST American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emer-
" wrote that the world will beat a new path to
your door you have something better for it, even an
improved mousetrap.
Path-beating is too slow for generation Take the
Mayo brothers, famous surgeons They didn't go to big
city to practice but stayed in Rochester, Mnn town of
$4,000 So many people beating path to the Mayos
that the railroad has just added astee Pullman train
to haul Mayo customers from Minneapolis into Rochester
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

You can get an answer 20 any
l. question OF fact or informa.
ton by writing The Question
Editor. 1879 New York ave.
Washington. ID. C.. and enclosing
two cents In loose stamps for re
| ply. No medical. legal or marital
advice. Personal replies, conf
Dental. All letters must be
signed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
Facts

CEVEN homes in West Seattle have been burned within
~ few weeks due mainly TO lack of water pressure,
residents say.
The loss probably averages $4,000 in each case. Say
$4,000 for the seven.
Twenty thousand dollars would have gone a long way
toward putting in real water system for the section
Write your own editorial
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
WHAT sort OF medicine Ghost

should be carried on n vacation
Mr.. Mann began to wonder after
he had packed up his fllvver and
made ready for tho open spaces"
Now. most healthy people take a
little mosquito salvc and little sun.
burn ointment and let II go Mt that.
i isn't good idea to pack "A mcdi.
cine chest along on nm excursion in.
tended for health. unless ordered to
do so by the doctor.
However. there arc one or two
things that may be taken along for
precautionary purposes.
Iodine swabs, in handy packages.
may be purchased almost anywhere.
in case of accidents Involving cuts.
etc, these are most useful things to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
Railroad Recovery

DAILROADS continue reporting steady gain in amount
IN of freight they're hauling Traffic has been on the
upgrade since the first of June Nearly tenth less than
a year ago. but away ahead of 1922 and 1921 at this
season.
The important thing is the steady recovery 1t means
that good times ahead for freight movement one
OF the four most accurate baromeers of future business
conditions
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
A Thought

Her nylsdom'sl ways are ways Of
pleasantries. and all her paths are
peaee.-Pr0y. 5:l7.
NTIsDoM "a the health Of the
w Boul.-Vlctor Hugo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31
Why?

s|TNHE city is paying me $500 year and am not
going to waste my time sitting in budget hear
ings."-Mayor Brown.
Well, Doc, the city paying you $500 year while
you were sitting in on the democratic convention.
Why all the Indignation?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-31

O. How tall Is Richard Barthol.
mess and when was he born7
A. 5 feet 7 inches; born May Q.
1895.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

H. Hite, commercial agent for tn
American Railway Express Company
with headquarters at San Francisco
has a small model of a modern ex
press car used for shipping eggs an,
also has samples of the best pack
ing an dshiping cases, and talks in
terestingly of the best methods o
shipping eggs to insure them arriv
ing at their destination in good con
dition.
The poultry exhibits are furnished
by Archie Larson, of Weiser, Idaho
whose line-bred" pen of three hens
daughter, with a record of 500 eggs
in one year; her mother, with a rec
ord of 292 eggs; and her grand
mother and grand father, the grand
mother having a record of 221 eggs
in year, showing how poultry can
be "bred-up" to better production by
using the scientific methods devel-
oped by successful breeders.
Mrs. E. D. Ford, of Weiser furn-
ishes one pen of fine White Leg
horns, from her pen of pullets.
There are 900 pullets in Mrs. Ford's
laying pen and these averaged 1885
eggs each in 1923.
L. w. Greathouse, of Boise, furn-
ished the hens for the culling ex-
hibition Mr.. Greathouse has fine
flock of pullets, which made rec
ord in 1928 of 223 eggs each. Mrs.
s. e. Hyde, OF Mayfield, furnished
the turkeys, a purebred Bronze Tom,
SO pounds; purebred
Bronze hen, weighing 20 pounds; a
'mongrel' tom, same age as Bronze,
20 pounds and mongrel'
hen, weighing II pounds.
A colony of 800 baby White Leg
horn chicks, Matched at the Univer-
'ity of Idaho, Moscow, April 80, is
IN attraction. These are in an cleo
.ric brooder furnished by the Idaho |
Power Company. The Boise-Payette
lumber company furnished the poul-
ry houses which occupy an entire
lat car. There is an open and
losed colony house; two room
'rooder house and a half monitor
University Of Idaho model laying
louise. Mr.. H. c. Hulbe, of the
3oise-Payette Lumber, accompanies
he trai nand tells interested inquir-
rs of the cost of construction of
UGH houses. The inquiries and re-
uests for plans indicate many such
ouses will be built next year, in
be territory visited by the poultry
Decial train.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
City Of Canals.

There are 12T canals in the city Of
Venice. They measure 2s miles.
There are five openings in the 30-foot
masonry wall which admit the tide
The Grand canal is two miles long and
q yards wide. 1t was probably at one
time the bed of river flowing into
the lagoon near Mestre. Another canal
divides the island Of Guidecca from
the rest Of The city. 1t was once the
bed of the Brenta. The smaller ca
mails serve as arteries to the Grand
canal
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

A fleet of double and single deck
auto trucks shrattered the stiffness
Of night hereabout during the front
end of the week as they Numbered
through en- route to Blackstone from
Grand View with cargoes of ewes,
which We're discharged there, and re-
loaded at that point with spring
lambs for transportation to the rail-
road at Mountain Home, thence to
be shipped to the eastern market,
by Battle Creep Sheep company.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

An eight and a half pound baby
boy came to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam King in Little Valley last
Friday morning at o'clock, DR..
Evans Of Mountain Home being sum
moned to officiate at. the interesting
event, returning in the early morn
ing, with mother and babe comfort
able and everybody happy. In the
evening Grandpa Morris was in Bru-
neau daring anyone to disagree with
his declaration that never was such
another baby born since the dawn of
creation. And, by gollyl maybe he's
right
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
KIeptpmania.

Kleptomania de,sotes a disorder of
volition termed an impulsion AMI con-
stituting a symptom of INSANITY, due
to mental impairment. 1t is character
lied by impulsive acts done without a
reasoning process. Kleptomaniacs APP
propriate generally bright or attractive
articles, slowing them away often with
out eonceaiment, never putting them to
any use or obtaining any gain from
them.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Judge Watts and Ed Weaver OF
Mountain Home, Jack Harley and
Q. L. Webb together went acourtin'
to Silver Monday, returning home
the following evening at o'clock.
We gathered that the status Of the
petitioners - Murphy and Grand
View-in the race for county seat re-
moval honors very closely resembled
a dead heat, with the attorneys for
the petitioners then engaged in an
effort to iron out some elements of
disharmony in order to bring the
matter before the court under a
workable stipulation; failing in this
it is entirely possible that some hun
dreds Of witnesses may be summoned
to aid the court in reaching a deci-
sion, naming the winner for place
on the ballot in the fall election. The
latter course, if it becomes necessary,
means a sensible slyrocketing of
taxes.
Later adyiees from the county
seat are that petition to remove the
county seat of Owyhee county from
Silver City TO either Murphy or
Grand View. presented to Judge
Brink yesterday. has been deferred |
for action to June II.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Mr. and Mrs. John cowan of Tin
dali We're visitors last Sunday OF the
George R. Joneses, being en- route
from Mountain Home to the ranch
home.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
Two Kinds of Beauty.

There are two kinds of beauty In
the one is loneliness. in the other, dig
nifty. We ought to regard loveliness
as the quality of woman, dignity that
Of man.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Snow of Pay
cite came in Friday to conduct meet
ings each evening of this week at the
Marker hall.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Mrs. Jim Pence and children visit
ed with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Harley, during the past ten
days. Yesterday she went to visit
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Emily
Pence, at Mountain Home, after
which she returns to her home at
Bull.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
Arabs Live on Dates.

The Arab, who lives largely on
dates, is extraordinarily wiry and can
travel for days in burning heat that
would kill a meat-fed man.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

]. J Greer met with a very pain
ful accident the morning of May 26.
He was riding Trix, their saddle
mare, when she suddenly became
frightened, throwing Mr.. Greer and
breaking his left collar bone. He
left Immediately for Mountain Home
with Russell Ireland. and had it set,
returning home the next day.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Mrs. Thompson and family left for
her home today, having spent a few
days here with her husband who is
in charge of the Lemp Sheep Co.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Sunday school was re-organized
again for the summer. We wish all
who can attended the services would
If possible.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

A preacher Of Elgin. H., hoping
to increase attendance at his serv-
ices. hung out this sign: "a hearse
is poor vehicle to come to church
in. Why waltz"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

JEFF Smith lost on the sheep trail
between Smith Prairie and Fall
Greek near Meadow creek a roam
pony, reached name, shod all around,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Floyd Brown has gone to Bosie to
help his father with haying, and
Fern Brown has gone out on short
business trip.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

with Clark make saddle on. Ralph
Call would like to hear from any one
who knows anything about the pony.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
quite So.

IT'S fine to be a lhorough-going
egotlst, then people can seldom hurt
your feelings.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Miller had as
week end guests Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Ragsdale of Middleton.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
BRUNEAU
From The Nugget

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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Bates,
a son, at Boise.