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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26
A FEW TIMELY TIPS FOR 100
PER CENT AMERICANS

be no food; there would be no
wealth. Without our farm lands
being cultivated and productive
soil made fertile (and this means
labor, how long can we exist?
Many of us now living in the
United States will go hungry in
the next fifty years unless pro-
ductivity of the soil is increased.
There is. much to be cultivated
in the West and Middle West
which would enhance our country
100 per cent. VIII we have eyes
that see not, ears that hear not
and brains that think not, and
just drift with the tide of optim-
ism feeling confident that every
thing will turn out all right some
how yet doing nothing to help
make 1t so? Will we extend a
handclasp across the mighty
oceans to fellow beings who are
ready and willing TO work and bid
them welcome to our shores or
will we develop our own re-
sources?
Who will do 1.-THE American
or foreigner?
Ally Cdll hSS u
or invention after it has proven
itself success. How many Of us
have the 100 per cent American
stamina to play the "go.getter"
and help develop the latent re.
sources at our command In our
own country here and now? Just
as a successful product or inven-
ton sells itself to the world on its
merits, jut so has America sold
itself to the countries Of the
world--wealth proves It.
This Is a great country--rich
in wealth and intellect. 1t is
younger than the other countries
1t has profited by their mistakes
and their shortcomings. and
America always will be u gre5rS
country-proyidin we look with
eyes that see. listen with ears
that hear. and use brains that
think.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26

non UelngS-W1Cn more sense OF food value. We want
returns from our cows But you're ranked faddst if
mobiles were careful whether light or heavy oils
But we feed school children any old thing at any old time
of them" ~ Wv
Doc is right But just go out try to tell the Older
generation that ne and see what happens Nine of
ten of the older folks will point with pride to Bill and Eddie
and Maud and say: CANT they husky enough to suit
you?" ~
"HuskyG" WE'LL that depends. If you refer to suet
content they certainly hold the worlds record But how
about those spells Of Maud that bad temper Of
looks BUT WHAT DO THEY MAKE PER GAILONY
Mighty little distance and at least cylinder is missing
most OF the time Food should build more than fat It
gence control good nature courage initiative persistence
these must be fed by good food as the bones and
American bill of fare Mothers food was long on senti
NJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26

" through astronomy by way
of chemistry the knowledge
Il of the existence and proper
ties of helium gas was bestowed
upon mankind, and less than
thirty years after the discovery
of the existence of this strange
element on earth, 1t has proved it.
self of such immense importance
that the President of the United
States takes seven thousand acres
Of land in the State of Utah as a
reserve for the exclusive use of
the United States, because deep
in the layers of the earth's crust
covered by that land a natural
gas containing helium has been
discovered.
The story of helium is a strik-
ing example of the way in which
human progress ascends by means
of two parallel ladders-one be-
ing the ladder of discovery and
the other the ladder of necessity.
Progress steps alternately from a
rung of one to a rung of the
other, and every step is an up
ward one.
At first, in the latter half of the
nineteenth century, when astron-
omers began to study the sun by
means Of its light analysed by
the spectroScope, they observed a
mysterious spectral line in the
suns atmosphere, a bright yellow
line which correspondent with the
insignia of no chemical element
or substance known on earth.
They knew it must be something
in the gaseous state, and they
named it helium, or sun-gaS.
Helios being the classic name for
the sun.
Gas Found On Earth.
They thought: There is some
thing that we shall never see on
earth, because it evidently belongs
only to great, incandescent globes
like the sun. and not to all even
Of them"
But in 1895, the chemist, VII.
liam Ramsay, always seeking
something new, astonished him
self as well as the world, by dis
covering helium gas issuing from
a rare mineral called cIevite. So,
here was the stranger on the
earth. after all. And a very re-
markable stranger it proved it.
self to be. It would have nothing
to do with humble terrestrial
gases and elements. It refused
to combine with any of them.
1t was a son Of the Sun, and
would not lose cast by mesalli-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26
By ELSIE ROBINSON
OossEishA ASA. - SsAs OonOAr

ment, but it was short on spunk. WE
WERE, AND IN MOST SECTIONS WE
STILL ARE, THE WORST FED NATION
ON EARTH.
10 no place in the world is there such
an abundance of good food in the market
or so much money in the average pocket
wherewith to buy good food. But we do
not know what to buy or how to prepare
it after it has been bought. We liveslarge-
~ on fried food, the most unwholesome
form of food preparation. We eat white
bread, from which the roughage has been
extracted-soft, paSty masses which raise
hob with our teeth, tummies, bowels and
dispositions We buy anything that looks
tasty" without any knowledge of its
food value or any regard for its relation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

1t is with ideas with pieces Of money those of least
value generally circulate the most
Women have heavenly gift for comforting. not for
reasoning.
The hunchback does his own HUMP but he sees
his brothers. - - - ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26

horse is his who it, sword is his who girds it
on and bridge is his who passes it.
Man is what he eats
The good man thinks of himself last of all
He who beats drunken man INJURIES one who In absent
Copyright ASA By Feature I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26
LISTEN, WORLD!

II 1GHT here is where we crash in and
blast another Fond Tradition to
~ smithereens. I'refer to that mem
DRY, hallowed in most American homes, of
the Grub That Mother Used to Make. My
friend, the doctor, has been urging and in
citing me to this drastic act He spends
most of his time treating the Peevish Prod
ucts OF the Grub That Mother Used to
Make and he's full of bile on the subject.
Pies Shortcake! DoughnutsI Flap
jacks! Pickles Hot biscuits'' snorts the
Doc. "And look at the specimens it turned
out. Not only the ones that come wheel
ing around my office, but the ones that are
out In the cemetery with their ribs still
clamped around the last indigestible meal.
Why, we feed our cows and pigs with more
discrimination than we feed most of orr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON GREAT
VALUE OF HELIUM GUS.

'Sun-Gas," First Discovered by Astronomers,
Now Used to Initiate War Balloons.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
PRIZE WINNING WORLD
PEACE PLAN NEXT WEEK

The world peace plan, out of the
hundreds submitted, considered by
the jury of award to be entitled to
the 100000 prize offered by Ed
ward K. Box, was turned over to Mr..
Box. and the Policy Committee of
Peace Award organization has per-
fected elaborate plans for giving it
publicity through the newspapers and
periodicals of the country; also to
give all who desire an opportunity
to vote for or against the plan in the
greatest referendum ever attempted
in America.
This winning plan for world peace
will be released for publication on
Jan. 7 and will appear in The Herald
of January 10, probably in condens-
ed form. The complete text of the
plan may be had at The Herald office
after January 7, by those interested
in taking part in the referendum
vote. A voting coupon will be pub
lished with the text.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
CUPID'S FIRST DART
FOR 1924, IN OHIO
YOUNG MEN SEEK SAFETY
MEASURES - GIRLS STAND
PAT ON RIGHTS,

Most campaigns open in Ohio and
contest of 1924 has been loaded
with face powder in the little Lake
Erie city of Lorain. The report may
be heard about next June. 1t prom
ises to be a spirited affair. The
young men are on the defensive and
say they will never put down their
arms, while the girls declare them
selves ready for the engagement.
Recently, with the coming of 1924
but a few hours off, number of
Lorain's young men banded together
resolved to foreswear the deadlier
species during Leap year, and they
fomed the Amalgamated Order of
Confrme Bachelors. Among its by
laws are the following regulations:
Hard Boiled Bylaws
"No member shall f1irt; the club
rooms shall be bare of all pictures
of girls or women; no member shall
whistle any song containing the word
love-; no member shall marry dur
ing 1924"
This was all right as far as it went
but the girls quickly resolved not to
let the men, get away with it.
IF a girl wants a man, all the
Order can't hold him"
said Miss Aleene McGrady, in the
first broadside laid down by the fair
sex against the organization.
''The boys are bluffing," said Miss
Maxine Padley. "They can't get
away with a thing like that"
Girls Right Back at Them
So counter organization has been
formed and it is causing no little
concern among the ranks of the
bachelors. Miss Vera Moore, one of |
he organizers of the "antis" declares
he rules of the girls outfit will
make the bylaws of the Amalga-
mated look like 80 cents"
Lorain's fair ones are predicting
he early demise of the Amalgamat-
ID. They claim no mere man can
esist girl once she has made up
Ter mind she wants him.
The Financial Angle
The girls accuse the young bache-
ors of being tightwads, and declare
he organization is composed of men
% one of whom is willing to spend
5 cents to take girl out.
The feud is expected to spread, 4
nd with the ministers, the confec-
toner's. the forests and the jewellers
II backing the girls, the mems
hances are rated by experienced
xperts with those of the famous Mr..
iggs.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
ABYSMAL BRUTE, JACK
LCNDON'S FAMOUS STORY

The team work of two players on
the screen, when perfected and pol
ished, is an interesting thing, pleas
ing beyond the average qualities of
a motion picture attraction.
The pictures that established Reg
inald Denny most firmly in the minds
of the majority of fans were "The
Leather Pushers." The applause
from these showings has hardly died
out, and now comes an elaborate
special "The Abysmal Brute" star
ring Denny. 1t will be shown at the
Liberty theatre Thursday and Fri
day.
In the "Abysmal Brute" which is
Jack London's famous novel of the
squared circle, Denny and Stevenson
and hero-fghter and manager. This
is feature that promises to be in
teresting to the multitude of fans
who saw "The Leather Pushers,, and
it indicates an artistic excellence.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
PLAN TO FURTHER
FARM DIVERSITY

Washington, Jan. 1.-The Coulter
plan TO further diversified farming
i'm northwestern states, which is en-
bodied in a bill introduced last month
by REPRESENTATIVE Burtness of N. D.,
is not intended to take the place of
the Montana Export Corporation
proposal to increase the price of
wheat, according. to Congressman
Scott Leavitt, who favors both meas
ures. He was the Montana member
of the house of representatives COM
mittee that drafted the Burtness bill
and he has expressed his willingness
to introduce the export corporation
bill and work for it's enactment into
law. Sc
There is a sentiment among mem
bers of Congress, according to Mr..
Leavitt, against continued emergency
legislation. 1t is his opinion that the
Coulter plan, which is intended to
provide means for further diversified
agricultural activities in the wheat
growing states, strengthens chances
of passage Of the export corporation
measure. This is based on the idea
that the Coulter plan provides a way
for working toward a permanent
posperity. The Burtness bill has
been referred to the house committee
on agriculture.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
LOSES 100 CHICKENS

Mrs. Mary LaRoque is lamenting
the loss of more than 100 chickens
at her ranch on the river six miles
east. She believes that coyotes de-
stroyed them. Over so were found
dead, bitten through the back, lying
in the farmyard around the haystacks
at one time. At another time "a
were found killed in similar man
ner, all the killing was done in the
daytime. Mrs. LaRoque counted 113
in her flock a short time ago and
now has but six. She is not certain
that it is the work of coyotes but
neighbors saw three in a bunch near
her place.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
GRANT TRENNE Wins
BOYS CORN CONTEST

Grant Trenne of Poplar is un-
questionedly entitled to the honor
of being the winner of the Boys
Corn Contest, held last year. The
basis of this result was made entirely
upon show selection, and the compe-
tition was very keen, he having ex-
hibited at the State Fair, the County
Corn Show and the Northern Mon
tana Corn Show, winning 1st at the
State Fair, End at the County Corn
Show and 1st in his class at the Nor
thern Montana Corn Show.
Delmar Leeson and Loran Piercy
of Bainville, were very close compet-
itors for this honor, Delmer Leeson
having beaten him at the County
Corn Show, and the situation re-
versed at the Northern Montana
Corn Show, where competition was
still keener and judging was more
technical. Loran Piercy with his
white flint, although he did not ex-
hibit at the State Fair, took every
Ching in his class at Chinook. He
was champion corn grower of Roose-
velt county last year and has al
ready scholarship prize for his eff
forts. The other runner up, Delmar
Leesom, with his close competition,
was one of the corn judging team at
the Chinook Corn Show and will re-
ceive fob as a premium for being
on that team.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
SCHOOL CENSUS OF
MONTANA l55,OOO
SHRINKAGE - ROOSEVELT
VALLEY GAIN

There are approximately 155, 5,00(
children of school age in Montana
according to calculations based or
tentative school census completed
last week in accordance with the
Montana law. Assuming that these
figures are substantially correct, if
the ratio of children between the
ages of six and 21 years to the to-
tai number of inhabitants in the
state remains the same this year as
it was in 1920, the year of the last
United States census, the population
of Montana at the present time
would be $780, ,494.
Total Population
In 1920 there were 161,626 child
ren of school age and the U. S. cen
sus disclosed total population of
548,889 in Montana, thus the school
age population was approximately
29.44 percent of the total popula-
tion
The tentative figures for 1923 as
compile from an actual count con-
Quoted by the clerks of the school
districts in Montana show 147,749
children in 81 of the 55 counties, the
figures not having been reported by
three school district clerks, namely
Garfield and Glacier coun-
ties, where in 1922 there were 1897
chilren.
The school census for1923, 1922
and 1920 in the northeastern coun-
+ies cononares as follows.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
Officers Active, Make
Several More Arrests

that it would be discovered by the
searchers.
A few days ago Chief of Police
Nichol received a telegram from
Miles City concerning parties going
under the name of Stringer. 1t is
said that they, two men and two
women, spent several weeks in Wolf
Point and were being closely watch
ed at the time they left. 1t appears
that they stole a license tag off
from Ford car here and attached
it to their large car, and it was con-
corning this tag that the Miles City
police wired the local police.
Poplar officers Active
Last week Thomas Kenyon and
John Cook of Poplar were arrested
there, charged with manufacturing
and selling intoxicants and were ar
raigned before U. S. Commissioner
Garden here on the 9th. The ar
rests were made by Ira Chipman of
the Indian department. Cook is the
party who was shot in a card game
at Poplar some time ago. They will
have their hearing before Commis-
sioner Graden Jan. 4th. On the
same date Joe Garfield and John
Joshua, held for the murder of
Ernest Pipe, will have hearing be-
fore Commissioner Garden.
January 7, John Long, who is held
under liquor charge, will be up be-
fore Commissioner Garden for a
hearing. w. w. Pery's hearing is
set for the 9Th, before Judge Gordon.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
FIRE AT DICK HOME

Fire discovered in a lean-to on the
north side of John Dicks home on
Custer street Wednesday afternoon,
caused the first fire alarm in several
months. The firemen had the blaze
under control soon after their ar
rival The damage was not great
but the main building would have
been threatened in a few minutes.
Mr. Dick had used Ignite ashes for
banking and they provel to contain
fire. MIR. Dick was asleep in his
home at the time and was aroused
by the fremen.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03

The booze war goes merrily on
between the state and federal
authorities and the bootleggers and
distillers, alleged, you understand,
always alleged, their guilt depending
on the case the state. or government
can make against them.
On the 9th w. w. Perry, who is
quite well known in the city, having
lived here for several years, was ar
rested by Officers Bannister and
Nichol, as he was coming across the
railroad tracks from his residence
just north of the depot. The officers
had seen Perry go to his home and
watched for his return and found a
bottle of liquor in his possession. He
was arraigned before Judge Gordon
and held to the action of the court
under $500 bonds, which he furnish
ed.
Special Officers On Job
The Indian Department has special
officers watching things very closely
on the reservation and working with
the state authorities. Numerous
places have been searched and others
are under suspicion. In a shack at
the northwest edge of the city still
was found but no one was at home.
The still was not in use and no liquor
was found but near the place guam
tity of rye mash had been dumped
ON the ground. Rumors tell of the
hasty destruction, through dumping,
of a large quantity of 'wine" at an
other place, evidently through fear
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
$4,000 FOR A FILM
STORY-BROKEN CHAINS

Picture patrons here will have an
opportunity at the Liberty theatre
of seeing the photoplay made from
the prize winning scenario Broken
Chains" in the great scenario con-
test conducted by the Chicago Daily
News early in the year. An elabo-
rate productions has been given it by
Goldwin Pictures Corporation.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
Our Washington Letter

ing other portions of the bill. That
this measure will meet its end ir
committee is obvious for two reasons
first, sentiment is against tinker
inc with the Constitution, but above
al, The average member OF Congress:
has no intention of increasing the
power of the Chief Executive over
the legislative branch of the govern
ment. Congress is jealous of its
prerogatives.
The House committee on ways and
means has an unenviable job. 1t
must draft a tax bill that will ap-
peal to all classes, and at the same
time be politically safe and econom-
ically sound. The bonus question
adds to the complexity of the situa-
tion. The committee is now con-
sidering the administrative features
of the tax measure. The text of the
administrations proposals show that
the Treasury favors the creation of
a board of tax appeals consisting of
% members. 1t is proposed to give
the membership ten year terms at
salaries of $4,000 each, without
regard to the civil service laws, but
solely on the grounds of fitness to
perform the duties of the office" 1t
would appear that these berths would
be in great demand in political cir
cles.
The tentative bill provides for tax
rate changes which would reduce the
assessment on small incomes. It is
expected that the minority members
of the Ways and Means committee
will submit a separate bill differing
in many particulars from the Treas
ury draft. Democratic congressman
have made the charge that the Mel
lon program of reduction in the high
surtaxes benefits the wealthy The
Treasury Department points out,
however, that a majority of wealthy I
men have their money invested in
tax-exempt securities, aggregating
about eleven billion dollars. The i
Secretary has advised the committee
that it is necessary to prevent fur
ther investment in these securities /
which escape federal surtaxes and
keep the money invested in pro-
1uctive enterprises which provide
employment and additional taxes.
Although President Coolidge has
indicated that he proposed to carry
out many policies of his professor
N so far as possible, he has given
title thought to the proposal that
he government support the organi-
sation of a consumers cooperative
The late President
Harding mentioned this subject in a
speech in the Middle West last sum-
ner but the idea has never been cul-
ivated by Mr.. Coolidge and his as
There have been many
submitted to Congress to
lssist the agricultural cooperative
The latest scheme for
relief has been sponsor
d by Representative Swank, Of Okla {
iona, who proposes that the govern
nent shall build warehouses in con-
unctlon with the states, and in CO.
peratlon with organized farmers
Cooperative associations for the stor I
ge OF farm products not perishable.