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Evening star., 1924-01-23

yond the finger ends" The Width
may De from two and three-fourths
lnches In the narrowest part. where
the foot rests, to three and three
fourths inches at the front bend; the
thickness from one and one-fourth
inches to three-eighths OF an inch
SKIS are generally fastened to the
shoes by special arrangement Of
straps 1t is better to wear spc
ciaiiy made shoes of deer hide for
| this purpose.
! Q. Is 1t proper to say, 'T reckon I ,
will be there on Thursday? "A Ii. L >
A. The verb reckon" should not
be used. 1t means to estimate
count UP.
@. What proportion OF the earths
area was directly involved in the
world War?-R ID. r.
A. OF Europe's approximately 4
100000 square miles of terrttorS
seven eighths was directly involved In
the conflict. For Africa the fraction
t is larger, thirty-two out of thirty
three parts having been in beNiger-
ency. Asia. with her 1900 600 square
miles, shows twenty -four twenty
iiihs OF her territory involved, while
= .s'Islia was completely in the
throes OF war. In North America
four-ffths of an area of nearly 70
100000 square miles Is occupied bT
two Of the great countries that were
! In the struggle. Only about one-haif
- South America remained nominally
neutral. Therefore of the 52.00Q.000
square miles of the globes area, e6-
elusive of Antartica. more than 46.-
00H,HG0 square miles belong to the
beiiieerent nations, and the re
naming few millions were more OF
I less affected,
! O. Who originated the term "dark
! horse" &c. d. z.
( A This has been attributed to Sam
Flynn, horse trader Of Tennessee
! His horse "Dusky Pete" was quietly
entered in a country race meet and
j Unexpectedly won the purse
O. How much air do we breathe II
/ day?--M. K.
/ A The average person inhales
about $500 gallons of air every
! twenty-four hours.
/ Q. What is a vacuum tube used for
/ IN a radio SETS. L. W.
! A vacuum tube is a glass tube
exhausted Of air and having f1la-
ment grid and plate inside. for recti-
flying the incoming waves into dtreci
current for head phones.
@. How did the tune "old Hundred"
get such name?-T. c.
A. The melody was known in the
fifteenth century. In England II was
used for kethe's version of the Hun
dredth Psalm, "AlI People That on
Earth Do Dwen,' and was called the
.'dundredth Tune" The word old
was added when the psalter was re
vised.
Q. May one refer TO her husband
as Mr.. Smfth"?-C. K. W.
A. This form is correct in speaking
to a servant. but should not be used
in conversing with an equal.
fReaders of The Erening star
should send their questions to The
star Information B9aeGu, Frederic
. j. Haskfm director, 1920 North
/ CAPITOL street The only charge for
+ this ser1>ice is 2 cents in stamps for
. yef-,cu DoStnUe1
Evening star., 1924-01-23

One paragraph In his address should
be carried--perhaps by radio-to
every part Of the country:
The budget has been q Sc ,cess. We
have demonstrated that there can be.
and is, business organization of the
government. With the easing of con-
ditions the time is at hand when we
shall decide whether business ad-
miniStration is to continue, or whether
our government is to lapse into the
old unbusinesslike and wasteful ex
travagance. As for me, am for
economy. There is scarcely an eco
nomic ill anywhere in our country
that cannot be traced directly or in
directly to high taxes. To increase
that burden is to disregard the gen.
eral welfare. Through constructive
economy to decrease taxes is to en-
large the reward of every one who
tolls.
The Presidents admonition to those
whom he addressed on Monday was to
keep within the appropriations and TO
save. The fact that Congress has ap-
propriated Il certain sum does not
justify the expenditure of every dollar
necessarily. Heretofore, possibly i'll
part due to the unscientitic method
of appropriations, deficiencies have
been incurred and supplementary ap-
preparations have been necessary.
With the budget system change has
come. The allotment of public money
is made with d more precise considera-
ton Of public need. Economy is pos
sible, and it is for economy that the
President now speaks.
With economy in the public expendi-
lures. with strict regard for the ap-
propriations as made, expenses of adj
ministration are reduced. With reduc-
ton of expenditures reduction of taxes
becomes possible.
The government is a business. the
greatest business in the world. 1t is to
be run on business principles with Il
businesslike regard for the Corners
for ways and means, and primarily for
the welfare of the stockholders, who
are the people of the United States.
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Describes Early Cement
Writer Says Natural Product
Used Before Christ.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Tc the Editor of The Star:
In your issue of January 3 you pub
lished an interesting letter signed by
H \. Dobson commenting on an ear
lier article concerning the age of
cement. The original article stated
that cement was ninety-nine years
old, and Mr.. Dobson mentioned a wall
N China constructed over three hum
dred years ago in which cement was
used.
1t SO happens that portland cement
was invented just 100 years ago-in
1824-by an English mason. The
original patent is on file in the Brit
ish patent office. However, natural
cements were used many years before
that time. Several centuries before
the birth of Christ the Carthagenians
constructed an auueduct seventy
miles long in northern Africa, using a
natural cement. The Romans also
used this material IN many of their
buildings The dome of the Pantheon
is one of the best known examples OF
their concrete work still standing.
The difference between these old
natural cements and portland cement
is that the ancients depended on ma
ture for the proportioning and burn
ing of their raw materials. The
natural cement of the Romans was a
mixture of slaked lime and volcanic
ash, there being large quantities of
the latter material in southern Italy.
Aspdin's discovery a century ago was
that a superior cement could be
formed by properly proportioning.
mixing, burning and grinding the raw
materials. Modern portland cement
is a standardized product, whose ex-
act content is known at all times,
where the natural cements depended
on nature for the proportions and
burning Where the volcanoee burned
the rock for the ancients, giant ro-
tary kilns are used in modern port
land cement manufacture. The
finished product is ground to a pow
der finer than -four.
Mr.. Dobson probably will be inter-
ested in knowing that the cement in
dustry, in cooperation with Lewis
Institute. Chicago, maintains a
structural materials research labo-
ratory devoted exclusively to cement
and concrete research. Should he Sc
cure a specimen of the Chinese wall,
as suggested in his recent letter to
The Star, he would find this labora-
tory a logical place to send 1t for ex-
perimental purposes
KENNETH ROTHARMEL,
General Educational Bureau, Portland
Cement Association
Evening star., 1924-01-23
COURAGE
81 am the master OF my fate.
I am the captain Of my soul"
HENLEY.
wooLwoRTH WENT BACK HOME,

WOOIWORTH WENT BAUM HUME 4
You ought to pay us for having
YOU around" told him when he start
ed to work. and "These other boys
can sell all around you," sneered by
another employer three years later.
were too much for Frank w. Wool
Worth-and he went back home.
His parents, the neighbors and the
soil of the farm at obscure Rodman,
n Y, where he was born, all were
moor, He attended the country school
and business college and when TWEEN
ty-one years old, with $50 saved
went to WatertoWn.
Fifteen hours day In a dry goods
store, without pay, Just to learn
After three months the wages were
$3.50 a week, after three years s6, he
paying his way, and saving all the
time.
The store across the street started
him at $40, then quickly cut to $3.50.
because he couldn't sell" He had
worked, worked, worked. but he still
was the slow, clumsy farmer boy. The
disappointment was so great that he
had to give up and go back home.
A year of rest and he was back In
the first store in which he had work,
ed, this time at $40 week. Then his
pay was reduced to $3.50. Now
twenty eight, and married, the blow
hit hard.
n HNS-cEnL SdiS gave nam an 1Qea.
Opening a store in Utica n. Y, with
$500 borrowed, he did all the work.
but it failed. His former employer
would not take him back, SO he
moved his little stock to Lancaster,
Pa, and started another store.
Finally 1t succeeded. and he opened
FIVE others. Three failed. Competi
tion rose and fell. and the fiye-and-
ten-cent business was rated risky
He persevered and, when thirty-four
first saw prosperity.
When he died there We're more than
! / 100 f. w. Wooiworth stores in the
United States, Canada and Great
Britain. and he was a multi million
aire, and owner of the worlds largest,
business building.
Speaking of his times of hopelesx-
ness. he said, Il was discouraged
but I kept on
] Next-HelI Ridicuied by the wo<na.
tCopyrisht 1a2s.a
Evening star., 1924-01-23

necessary that wstchmen stand guard
at all the gas stations along the streets
and roads. For long time men have
been stealing cars, but it was believed
that these thieves were honest enough
to buy new supplies of gas when the
tanks ran low. But very likely the
order Of thieves has resolved not only
to continue stealing cars. but to steal
the gas to run them. The man who
broke the Good Hope tank and made
off with 156 gallons probably means
to take long ride or open a gas sta
tion himself.
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Bryan in Usual Form.

William j. Bryan runs true to
form. 1t has been his custom since
1896 to appear smilingry every four
years with a platform for his party.
Let the quadrennial period arrive and.
10, Mr.. Bryan digs into his capacious
side pocket and pulls out platform,
sometimes brand-new and startling.
So now he is on hand prepared and
well heeled." At 9 dinner given In
New York last night by former Am
basndor Gerard he produced his line
Of wares. There IS nothing particu-
larly startling in his proposals this
time. He thinks it possible to get re-
duction of taxation. which every one
favors. and a soldiers bonus at one
and the same time. He wants the re-
duction to be greater than the Mellon
bill in some features and, as he puts
it, "to discriminate in favor of the
masses instead of holders of large in
comes"
He is after the Supreme Court. and
wants constitutional amendment re-
quiring the concurrence of more than
five justices to nullify an act Of Con-
gress. He leans toward q world court,
but would preserve our right of indie
pendent action. He would help labor
and the farmer, as would every one,
though he does not elaborate upon
how this is to be done. He wants
both parties to ''go dry in their plat
forms.
Mr.. Bryan is always an interesting
figure, and continues to be a power in
his party. He can be depended upon
to plead for his proposed platforms
eloquently before the convention, with
such good fortune in getting them ac-
cepted as the fates may provide.
Evening star., 1924-01-23
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Literary FIatterist.


An essayist brings to my view
Some things that 1 already knew,
Most of them many years ago
Soon after began to grow.
But, oh, the way he whoops 'em UP
They seem like draughts from Wis.
dom's cup! :
I'm filled with self-esteem sublime
To think knew them all the time.
Another essayist will go
To greatest pains that he may show
The things do not know at all.
My sympathy with him is small.
I shun the grim scholastic troop.
I much prefer the glad up-whoop.
I always think those thoughts are fine
That thoroughly agree with mine.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

where any charge broke or any VIC
tory was won.
The cost of reasonably marking
these fields would be small.
But If they are marked they Will
stand to remind Americans how their
forefathers fought for their two sep
arate ideals. The mind. according
to psychologists, works not from the
inside, but objectively. Nathan Hale
might have been forgotten. save in
books of history, except for the mon
ument to him. And markers or mon
uments on these fields will serve as
exclamation points to keep alive the
story that history relates of these
great battles whore hundreds OF
thousands OF men marched with
Hooker and Burnside and Grant, or
with jackson and Lea
JOHN T. GOOLRICK, JR.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

Laborites in parliament are proceed
ing with care and quietude In spite of
any expectations that they would in
dulge in spectacular demonstration.
election, not after.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

If a special diversion in the way of
oratory is desired by the democratic
national convention Col. Bryan has
accumulated list of interesting topics
from which he is apparently willing
to allow the audience to select.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

A peace plan, however well formu-
lated and expressed, encounters grim
opposition by appearing just at a time
when some of the ablest essayists Of
Europe are declaring that another
war is inevitable.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

There is no way for the consumer
to decide whether the rise in the price
of gas was for the purpose Of letting
him pay his share for the privilege of
listening in on series of picturesque
oil discussions.
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Tailors of Tooley Street.

From the Kansas City star.
Senator La Toilette declares that
he Will continue the fight to bring
the government back to the people,"
remarked Prof. Pate.
aAh, yes" replied Gaunton Grimm,
And how does he get the Idea that
he Ia the people q
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Posted by the Press.

From the New York World.
Clarence Ward. a negro, has bought
the village jai, of Bellport. l.. L., to
rehd the newspapers and observed
that 1t is not always easy to break
into tall.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

The death of Lenin brings Russia
face to face with the old question of
whether any man ever becomes so i'm
portant that his country cannot do
without him.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

That ancient query, "What is the
difference between a lobbyist and a
propagandist?" continues to this day
to enliven the pages Of the Congress
sional Record.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

A peace plan that would keep Mex
leo from being SO destructive neigh
bor would be worth more than a hun
dred thousand dollars.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

Solace may come to young Mr..
Wood as he observes that many other
people are being asked how they came
to be caught in money freshet.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

1t has been made clear to the United
States Senate that If Mr.. Box is at
any moment embarrassed it will not
be for funds.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

Jud Tunkins says a man who wants
to hear things that are none of his
business is all right as long as he
sticks to the radio set.
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Home Talent.

"Who is the most convincing speaker
you ever listened to?"
why" protested Senator Sorghum,
should discuss family affairs in pub
lic?"
Evening star., 1924-01-23

A decision must now be faced by
Trotsky as to whether he will be the
at all
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Family Connections.

Reports from many an ocean crew
With strange discoveries come.
The Devish Fish is brother to
That ancient Demon Rum.
Evening star., 1924-01-23
Wealth of the Screen.

However hard you might study and
toll, you could never hope to enjoy
the income Of great motion picture
star"
mot directly" answered Miss Cay.
enne. But I am engaged to marry
one Of their lawyers"
Evening star., 1924-01-23
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Evening star., 1924-01-23

''If I was our minister" said Uncle
Eben, "I'd allus take de text some
where's FUN de seventh verse of a
'leventh chapter. BY mentionin' dem
dggsrs loud an oftsn might keep
de intire congregation awake"
Evening star., 1924-01-23
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Evening star., 1924-01-23
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

i Tie Evening Star newspaper OUTHpdHy
Business Office, 1lth st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: 40 East I2nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Office 1G Regent St., London, England.
Evening star., 1924-01-23

Nert-Hell Ridiculed by the wo<ln.
Copyright, 1a2s.a
Evening star., 1924-01-23

G6neTdf TUUCHlIUIIttI I1uI Cdus { VI LIn ttN
Cement Association
Evening star., 1924-01-23

Q. What is vacuum tube used for
In a radio SETS L. W.
A. A vacuum tube is a glass tube
exhausted Of air and having a MIA
ment grid and plate inside, for recti-
flying the incoming waves into direci
current for head phones.
The Delta independent., 1924-12-26
DELTA POULTRY
MEN BRING
HOME HONORS

George w. Dyer sent of his Few
Acres" quality White Wyandottes to
the Grand Junction Poultry show last
week-a cock bird, cockerel and a
pullet-and has been notified that he
won:
Grand Champion bird for the entire
show; Grand Champion Cock bird:
Grand Champion eockerel; Best Sol
id Colored bird in show; Best White
Wyandotte Cock bird; Best White
Wyandotte Cockerel; and Best White
Wyandotte Pullet.
To show how close he came to win
ming the Grand Championship on his
pullet, we quote the following from
the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel:
Competition was very close between
the White Wyandotte pullet belong
ing to George w. Dyer. and the r. +.
Red pullet belonging to w. e. GAY
lord; it was nip and tuck, Gaylord
finally winning"
This is a most remarkable record
to win championships and 8 firsts
on 3 single entries - it proves the
superiority OF DYers Few Acres
Strain" Mr.. Dyer reports that the
Wyandottes displayed at this show
We're the best he has seen in the
West.
T. C. Parkinson won the Mesa
County Farm Bureau cup offered for
the Best Utility Pen of White Leg
horns, besides many firsts and sec
onds on his single entries.
Mrs. Walter January of Cedaredge
won Best Display; also Best Hen in
the Light Brahma class.
We have much fine poultry in Del
ia county that should be shown at
the ArmOry at the Poultry show
January to 9. Bring it out and let
the public see what you have. Don't
let a few do it all. There is no bet
ter place for you to see these fine
cockerels than at this show.
The Delta independent., 1924-12-26
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES
(By Prof. Fonder)
The Question of Fertilizers for Delta
County Farms.

County Farms.
We are all apt to think of fertilizing
problems as being restricted entirely
to the state of the south and the east
where the soil has been cropped for
many years more than ours and
where the climate is so humid that
the soluble food elements have been
bleached out and carried to some
other place.
But there is a peculiar situation eX-
listing here too There are plots of
land in which alfalfa has been grow
ing for years and years. And the
question arises as to what effect
this very long cropping is having
upon the soil. 1t is a popular belief
that alfalfa is able to take nitrogen
ont Of the air and combine it with
other substances to make plant tis-
sues
1t is true that alfalfa. and other
leEumes. also have the power of
taking free nitrogen gas from the air
and utilizing II as food. This ability
is brought about by the presence on
the roots OF legunes of little groups
of bacteria which can use free nitro
gen. The alfalfa plant itself. cannot
use free nitrogen OF the air any
more than can cotton or sweet po-
tatoes. But the organisms which live
on the roots OF alfalfa and obtain
some of their food from the alfalfa.
are able " do this and then in turn
give the product they make from the
nitrogen to the alfalfa to use.
Alfalfa plays an important part in
rotation because It does have this
power Of leaving the soil with more
nitrogen. And yet his really applies
only to alfalfa which Is grown for a
few years at a stretch. To explain,
the organisms make only as much nit.
rogen compound as is necessary 20
supply their own need and that Of the
plant on which It Is growing The
only way that nitrogen is added to
the soil by the growing OF legumes
is by leaving in the ground OF the
roots and nodules when the crop is
plowed up. II the crop is plowed
only once In twenty years. then the
nitrogen supply VIII be increased only
once In twenty years The rest OF
the time it will be standing station
ary.
on the other hand il the crop Is
| plowed up frequently II will not be
far enough advanced to leave much
material in the soil and so this is a
bad practice Perhaps in order Ia
get the best results, the crop should
be plowed up once in four TO five
yenrs. This permits a very desirable
rotation Of crops and IS one Of the
first fertilizer problems Of this reg.
ion
The Delta independent., 1924-12-26
RECALL THAT soNo7

There used to be popular song.
Get Out and Get Under" relating TO
the necessity OF crawling under an
automobile every few minutes to ad-
Just something.
And every time a man sought to
drain the old oil out OF his crank
case and started crawling under. TO
what might be a shower bath OF oil.
he thought OF that song in terms his
Sunday school teacher would not
wholly approve.
Studebaker. in its new cars. ended
this A lever comes up at the right
side Of the motor near the oil lever
indicator which may be turned and
the crank case wholly drained. A
woman can drain the crank case and
refill it without soiling chiffon
gown.
And her thoughts will be quite diff
ferent from those Of the man who
hummed Get out and Get Under"
The Delta independent., 1924-12-26
California Mesa
e<<<< - 80 .

David Hogan came up from Grand
Junction Saturday to visit his par
ents during the Christmas vacation.
John Torrey, Wallace Nelson, and
Ray Trodenger, all of Delta, visited
Sunday at the Torrey home.
Miss Gladys Standish, student at
Gunnison, is home for vacation.
The Newt Beal family attended
church services at Read on Monday
night
Miss Ruby Golightly, a Delta high
school student. is enjoying her vaca-
tion with her parents.
Rev. and Mrs. Rice were supper
guests Friday evening at the home of
L. T. Deges.
Miss Iva Thomas was the house
guest of Miss Lucille Deges Thursday
night.
Saturday of last week a fine baby
boy arrived at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jess Baker.
Mrs. Evans arrived home from Ok
lahoma, where she has been several
weeks attending to business matters.
Miss Alene Murdoch is back to
her work at the Reed Stewart
millinery shop after two weeks va
cation at home.
Miss Connie Beal, Elma McLaren,
and Oracle Atchley arrived home on
Saturday from Gunnison to spend
the holidays with home folks
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barrett and son
arrived here Friday from Buckhorn.
Missouri. to attend the funeral of
their son and brother, Jeff Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Starkey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Patterson of Coal Creek were
Sunday visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
L. Wallace.
Mrs Newt Beal received the sad
news Monday that her brother Nells
Pridy had passed away following in
juries received when tree fell on
him
baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs Bert Meyers on Wednesday. but
the little one was so frail and lived
but a short time. Rev. Rice conduct
ed short funeral services Thursday
afternoon, and the tiny form was laid
to rest in Olathe cemetery.
The Embroidery club met Friday
with Mrs. Charles Phillips for an
all.day meeting. At noon a bountiful
dinner was enjoyed, which was pre-
pared by Mrs. Phillips. The next
meeting will be New Years eve at
Mrs. Bert Lathrop. when the ladies
of the club will entertain their hus-
bands
Sunday was another Of those good
meetings at Stone with 140 in at
Tendance Robert Gerard, the young
evangelist, brought a wonderful
message. A free will offering was
given to the evangelist which amount
ed to S31 The Young Peoples class
gave s. TO needy family and
truck load OF good things to eat
Clothing was sent TO the Salvation
Army to be distributed to the needy
After the services about - children
were treated by the Sunday School.
Sunday School every Sunday at 300
o'clock, and preaching at 300 Every
one most cordially invited to attend.