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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
DISTIIIERIES
WORK OVERTIME

Do you readers OF The Star know
that all the distillrries IN Scotland
are working night and day and that
the demand IL 30 great that liquor
Is bottled and shipped raw
In the days previous 20 prohibition.
when consumption was normal. PEG
PIE would not drink liquor that didn't
possess the government stamp show
ing IL 90 be az least six or eight
years old.
No liquor Is III 20 drink under
four years old and the newer u Is
the more poison Il contains. SO you
see. one remark Is true. The booze
Is rotten
But the reason Il Il rotten Is be.
cause the demand Is so great that
they can't make Il fast enough 20
let Il age before putting u on the
/ market.
Make Il scarce. high priced and
hard 10 get. Then Il will have time
to age. Then We won't he poisoning
In body and mind the young genera.
ton growing M.
My original proposition still
holds good. Liquor ~ $3.50 n
case. In 60 days. and hard 10 get.
or 500. 900 donated TO charity.
HE WOULD STOP
TrS IMPORTATION
How will I do ~
By not allowing e 10 come in
here. Not by having three or four
men sitting around cider parlor. %
with a moving picture camera 70
photograph them as they leap the
bar. and n couple OF newspaper re-.
porters 10 give them a big story on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

FOLLOWING nap Dis offer made
Il n r-hc star. Go give tlt0e12 t1
charity n De can't put The prise ~
liquor zap 60 ti5o a case in 60 tsys,
John D. savage, hotel proprietor
Tuesday r.diculod claims ~ rrohIr.
zion agents that me dry law Is bsins
enforced in Seattle.
Revelations concerning United
states senator. in connection with
ths dry law hrry. were promised ID
Sa~arc In a future article.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
IN InnN sANNGE

I read In FTttay's star with con.
siderable amusement. the rKpisna
ton ~ 20 federal prohibition ufu
GER as 90 why liquor is 20 cheap
Its because everybody 3. POOR
and ''Iust can't afford 90 pay more
Now. isnt' that a bright remark y
How many people IN Seattle know
No are having such hard timesF
According 10 the Literary Digest
reports. Nc arc tho chosen section
u the T.. &, A. Carpenters painters,
plastercrs and all sorts u skilled
labor getting from s. 90 81 a day
and plenty OF work Just common
labor Is setting s., Building permits
exceed all previous records, and ~
are IN such "A siege % hard umes
that liquor has 10 be sold az almost
nothing or people just won't buy ~
Then. again. the demand isn't ID
great" Isn't that a smart idea.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
HE WOULD STOP
IT'S IMPORTATION
Hoosiers Meet at
Olympia in 1925

OLYMPIA. Aug. io-Hoosicrs Of
Washington will meet at Priest Point
park In Olympia in 1925. IL was voted
at the closing session OF the Hoosicr
picnic at Point Defiance park in Ia.
coma. Addresses by prominent
Washington HOLSTERS were given AZ
Tacoma. Several candidates for
state offices were also there. Hollis
y. F'ultz. Of Olympia. was elected the
new president OF the Hoosler asso.
citation OF Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

What is a seeond,story man.
mother"
'Your father is II I don't be
lieve the srst one he tells. he al.
says has another ready. Boston
Transcript.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

There are 10000 telephone sub.
seribers in London.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
Robbers Get SlO2
in Station Holdup

EFEEETT aug l1-alfFrrifIs-
today were raarHra-r frr three ban
1rs who hrd pap " E T4ffIs. nigh,
train dispatcher ~ rHe Crest North.
rm 90 EEaErurH. .1 me efau1n.
and obtained ice 70 rar com.
Hauyr funds q '.rrgnH ara fs
graph wires wrrH nrr.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-24

kill the entire tribe Of worms and
rid the country. Of them At one
stroke.
Before starting down the dugroad
I examined my brakes and in doing
SO saw my gas tank and remembered
that a car requires gas to keep 1t
going. l had run all day without a
need any more gas, but now was
agitated for l had just left Jerome
half an hour ago where gas was on
| sale. l got a stick and reached
down to the bottom of the tank and
brought it out bone dry. l looked
up quick to see IL Mrs. Trego noticed,
but she did not. She was studying
the landscape. There 1 was, about
to let the car down into the gorge
something like a thousand feet deep,
knowing 1 would have to make 1t
climb dugroad a mile long to get
out, and then another drive to Twin
Falls where gas was on sale. l STEP
ped into the chariot and set the gear
in low and 1t started down the grade
just as nicely as If It were full of
gas. When we got down to the first
landing, where the upper orchards
are, we stopped to look round, and
saw car coming up. While Mrs.
TregO was viewing the beach and try
ing to find out what had caused one
of the apple trees to die, l sneaked
back to the road and tackled the
driver to let me have some gas, but
he said there was nothing doing;
he was afraid he wouldn't have
enough to take him up the grade and
over to Jerome. He said, tho, that |
there was house down the canyon
mile or less and that it was down |
hill all the way Perhaps there
would be some gasoline there, and |
if would just loosen the brake the
car would probably run down to the
house on its reputation Mrs. TregO
was unable to get me very much in
terested in the lakes until after we
got down to that house. When the
fellow got me fixed up with some
gasoline he osberved our car penant
and said. $50 you're from Black.
foot? You don't happen to know
fellow there by the name of Nanny
Austin do your" When I told him
that Mr.. and Mrs. Austin were our
next-door neighbors, he said that
Mrs. Austin was his Sunday school
teacher when he was kid, back in
Kansas, and would tell
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-24

things There was a bleached spot
in the lawn about as big as center
table and John apologized, saying he
had let it burn for want of water
but he had now irrigated it and it
would be restored in q few days.
We didn't tell him our canal had
turned its water down the river for
them and that our own lawn was
burnt worse than that when we left
and was still burning. We were glad
to see how much he loved his home
and every square foot of his lawn,
and that he had watered every inch
of it without wasting any of the
precious fluid. Mrs. Minis and the
daughter served lemonade, and when
John told me what road to take to
Blue Lakes he added, 'sYou can't
miss it," and we were off.
A few miles down the road we
entered the sand and lava belt bor-
dering the Snake river canyon, and
a few miles further on we halted
on the brink. Looking southwark
over a great plateau was an irri-
gated country rich in trees and fields.
A mile away there showed the edge
of perpendicular cliff, and the
tinge of blue between it and the
foreground told of the presence of
an abyss between us and the cliff.
The abyss extended east and west,
while at our feet ran another abyss
north and south, and we walked to
the edge to look down. The walls
were of lava, the bottom was jewel
ed with lakes and orchards and
green verdure, few hundred yards
wide. Half mile or so down the can
the canyon of the Snake, nd this at
our feet was Blue Lakes, the cele
brated fruit farm conquered a third
of century ago by Mr.. Perrine, the
man who got his first wagon down
into his proposed farm by taking IT
apart and lowering it piece at a
time by ropes. Here In this hot ir-
rigated oven he raised the fruits of
the southland and freighted them to
the Oregon Short Line thirty miles
away and shipped them to markets.
When the market came to him, when
Twin Falls was settling up SO fast
that food, and especially fresh fruits
were in great demand, and his fruit
crop looked like fortune, he dis
covered that worms had arrived, the
cocoons having been brought there
as they found, in some second hand |
apple boxes that were shipped to him |
the year before. After all the years
Of never raising a woSmy apple, he
was confronted with wormy crop,
and he had the nerve. to hire men |
to clip all the apples and drop them
on the ground while green. this to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-24
with what water the upper valley
could spare without sacrificing too

with what water the upper valley
could spare without sacrificing too
much of their own After our noon
rest at Burley we went out thru the
and then emerged on barren des-
ert of sage and lava reaching in
grim vistas far to the westward.
When we came into settlements
again we were paralleling canal
running swift and deep and some
thing like two hundred feet wide.
All of the crops looked good ex-
cepting here and there an alfalfa
meadow that was dry. The land was
rolling and offered much difficulty
in watering, but there was no evil
dence of any wasting of water as is
so common in our own level lands
of the upper valley. In one place
we saw a few gallons of water steal
ing across the edge of a field into
the barrens, and woman hurrying
out with a shovel to control it.
Great fields of corn and beans were
in evidence, and everywhere the
crops were being cultivated. There
was no evidence that the crops were
being watered in place of cultivation,
to take the place of watering, and
the plants looked so thrifty it seem
ed they were getting what they
needed. The town of Jerome, nick
named Joyful Jerome, is the home
of the boosters and brains of the
project so we meandered the town.
There were pretty homes with fine
lawns and other homes with burnt
lawns but no water wasting. When
the project was launched, John Minis
launched a newspaper and long and
hard he labored, boosting for all
things good. In 1915 when water
was so scarce he was one of a COM
mittee appointed to come up stream
to see if we were hogging their wa
ter. The committee went all the
way to Jackson lake, $50 miles, and
concluded that the Snake river ir-
rigation system was too complicated
for anyone to look 1t over and rem
der an opinion as to rights and
wrongs in division John Minis was
decent about expressing his opinion
in his paper. Wait minute while
1 tell you more about this man
Minis.
Back in the year 1907 the Idaho
Republican never had made any
so it bought linotype on the
insta1lment plan hoping it would |
pay for itself, and it did. Then the
editor and his wife decided to make |
another venture and build a home
and see If the linotype wouldn't pay
for it, and 1t did. Then they de- |
cided to erect printing house and |
get bigger linotype and see II 1t
would pay out, so the old linotype |
was sold to John Minis, and when |
it was Grated and shipped, letter
Of dedication went with 1t, dedicat- |
Ing it to the task of putting Johns |
business on it's feet and building |
him a home. That was q number |
Of years ago and as we drove up
and down the streets of Jerome we
thought of Minis and looked him up.
He was in good building with
line front like a bank, and inside
the other things was the
same old linotype turning out lines
If type. John and the operator
,troked 1t affectionately and said 1t
vas a good machine and had been
/ fine investment. John said he
90 had home and he took US over
o It. 1t was fine inside and out.
There was garden with Golden
Bantam corn in it and many other
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paragus plants and he had all OF
them with the heads down and the
roots sticking up in the air. A good
many people describe place or a
landscape and give the directions by
sticking their hands up in the air at
random, and saying Down this
way
/ am troubled and puzzled now
about how that part of the world
was made-the Palouse country
Whenever l pass thru any of the
western world / find much pleasure
In observing the geological record
of how the country was thrown or
washed into its present form. [
wish somebody would tell me how
the Palouse prairies were thrown or
washed or splashed into their pres
ent form. / will promise not to
be finicky about how he says it or
writes it, but if he says it was the
deposits from melting ice bergs,
wish he would mention something of
the size of the bergs. l dote on big
things,
THE EDITORIAL CARAVAN
The trip of the editors over the
North and South highway was pro-
posed last January by the editors
themselves, and Secretary Flenner
was instructed to arrange for it, and
he did it up according to schedule
for three happy days and nights. He
assembled them at Weiser, the south
ern terminus of the highway, and
went north They Travelled like the
Presidents retinue. A scout car
went ahead to make sure that the
road and especially the canyons,
were clear of traffic. Then came
the pilot car, then the editors cars,
then the big bus to take care of the
overflow, and lastly, the mechanic
car to give first aid to lame ma
chimes. The schedule called for a
speed of 35 miles an hour on the
best roads, and an average speed of
"a miles, with entertainments and
banquets ahead to stimulate effic-
iency in keeping to the schedule.
The purpose Of the trip was to have
a vacation, to enjoy the scenic at
own state and to dedicate the North
and South highway. 1t is of course,
assumed that when editors see some
thing worth while they tell their
readers about it, and thus carry on
In conveying information to the pub
lie. l am not a Washington Irving,
so can't tell you about the coun-
things that may help you to judge of
whether you want to travel over any
OF all of the same route when you
90 out for an airing.
Mrs. Trego and I started from
Blackfoot on the morning of the
9Th of July, clad for travel and COM
fort, with one suitcase packed to
give us change OF simple toys for
social occasions. Taking the cir
cult thru Southern Idaho to Weiser
We wanted tolstudy the Twin Falls
country and we wanted to 60 out
over the Twin Falls North Side tract |
to see how it had developed since
We went over it in spring wagons
In deep dust and high winds some
fifteen years ago just after the tract
was opened. We wanted also, to
see what use was being made of
the waters that forty or fifty canal
companies of the upper Snake river
valley were donating to the farmers
on the tract to save their crops or
so much of them as could be saved
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-24

them hello for him. Sure l would.
This chapter ID getting rather
long. don't you think? Now that l
have got some gas and am booked
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-24

up for the canyon itself, suppose We
adjourn this story until the next is
sue.
Ito be continued)
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
DOCTOR CLAIMS
DEAD BOY WAS
UNDERFED
Body in Terrible Physical
Condition, Says Alexandria
Physician

Doctor H. A. Latane. of Alexan-
dria, declared today that his exam
nation of Thomas auckland. jr.,
seventeen, who died at the Alexan-
dria Hospital Tuesday, showed that
he was In a half starved condition
and that his body was covered will
ulcers and sores.
Doctor Latane examined auckland
several hours after he had been re-.
moved from the Washington Asylum
Hospital, where he had been placed
by his father, an itinerant baskSN
maker, for observation. He SAN
that he was unable to say in just
what manner the boy had gotten in
such a condition as he did not see
him before he was committed to the
Washington hospital, May 20.
Doctor Latane declared, however,
that the boys father told him that
when he went to get the boy, Re
found him lying nude on the floor
of the institution. He Immediately
took him from the institution and
later returned and got his wife who
had also been placed there. The
father then appealed to Doctor
Latane to start an Investigation Of
the case, but the physician refused,
stating that he had not seen the bow
before he went to the hospital and
therefore was unable to state wheth.
er the boy had been in the condition
In which he found him previous 10
the timo he was sent to there.
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
END Of RAIN IS
NEAR, SAYS
BUREAU
Showers Over Sunday to Be
Succeeded by Normal
Weather Here

ut amt gwine to rain no mo- =
according to the weather man, who
Is in a cheerful mood for the first
time in months.
A wind-up Of the abnormally wet
weather that has been fostering this
part of the country throughout the
spring, Is predicted, with warmer
weather accompanying the change
In humidity. The clouds will prob.
ably break away tomorrow, with the
usual summer weather from now on.
The weather man has a catch in
his prediction, however, saying, that
there will probably be showers over
the weekend. 1t won't be disagree.
ably cold and dismal, though.
Cool weather Is not general
throughout the country this week,
some sections having abnormally
hot temperatures. In some sections
of the southwest the thermometer
has reached the height of 1O2, and
the warmth has reached as far east
az Tennessee, leaving only the At.
lantic coast sections still cold.
Nearly three inches of rain has
fallen this month, up to 8 o'clock
this morning, according to the
weather bureau observatory, while
last year there was a rainfall Of less
than two inches for the first twelve
days in June, q difference Of about
an inch.
But It amt gwine to rain no mo-.
no sub.
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
COURT To
TIE HANDS Of
RENT BOARD
II. w. StubblefieId Seeks to
Prevent Rate Fixing in
Apartments

Thomas W. Stubblefield today
filed a petition in the District Su-
preme Court against the Rent Com.
mission and its members to enjoin
them permanently from proceeding
In cases pending against plaintiff
before the commission relating to
fixing rents in certain apartments
IN the Clifton Terrace Apartments
and in the st. Mihiel Apartment
House at 1712 Sixteenth street
northwest, property of the plaintiff.
Stubblefield, represented by At.
torney William j. Dow. says that
May % last certain tenants Of the
apartments mentioned made com.
plants at the Rent Commission
claiming that their rents are unfair
ana unreasonable and asked that
they be revised. Stubblefield says
that the housing emergency in the
District Is a thing Of the past and
that the rent act is unconstitu-
0Onal and null and void.
Plaintiff bases his suit on the
decision of the United States Su.
preme Court in the Chastleton case
and refers to the recent action of
Justice Stafford in the Norment
case, Mr.. StubbIefield says there
are more than $500 vacancies in
apartments, dwellings. and rooms
available at reasonable rates. He
claims that the increase in rentals
has not kept pace with the in.
creased costs In other living ex.
penss9.
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
C.STORE WINS
PRIZE FOR
DISPLAY
S. Kann Sons Company Takes
First Place in Window
Contest

First honors in a nationwide
window display contest conducted
by the Haywood. Wakefield Com
pany, manufacturers of baby car
riages and reed and fiber furniture,
have just been awarded to S. Kann,
Sons Company. of Washington, and
with it the first prize Of $3.50. Seven
hundred and seventy dealers in
every section of the country parti-
cipated, among them some Of the
largest stores in the land. employing
expert window dressers, and the
honor accorded the local store is Of
all the more significance.
The display, which appeared on
the Market place side Of Kann's
store during the month Of April.
was worked out by ]. B. Mccain.
display manager, who has been re.
sponsible for the many attractive
window showings which have char.
acterized this establishment. At the
time it received many compliment.
tary comments and at the suggestion
OF the merchandising department of
The Washington Times it was en-.
tered in the contest, the idea for
which was originated by George
RowelN advertising manager of the
company, with headquarters in New
England, who is a noted member of
the advertising fraternity.
Several other WASHINGTON furni.
ture houses participating in the
contest won lesser prizes. These
were the Kendrick- Harrison Furni-
ture Company, the Washington Baby
SHOP and Wilson & Poctor.
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
LANPLESSR OAD
MARKER IS
TRIED
Device Is Designed to Reflect
Any Beams of
Light

Experiments with lAmpless
marker, visible at night to motor
lists travelling dangerous roads, are
being made by the Department of
Public Buildings and Grounds. The
first of the markers was installed
today in Potomac Park. If found
satisfactory they will be placed at
all Of the dangerous curves along
the highways traversing Rock
Creek Park.
The marker consists Of a disk
Sh feet in diameter. It IL SUD-
ported on an iron post and can be
placed at any height desired above
the roadway. It is yellow in color
and Is provided with a central Sec
ton consisting Of rejecting plates
30 arranged as to constitute q DOW.
erful prism, which picks up and re.
fleets any rays Of light projected
in its direction. The rays Of light
from the lamps Of an automobile
are caught In this way and re.
Elected back In brilliant white
beams. The motorist knows he Is
approaching a dangerous curve and
slows down. During the day the
marker can be seen for several
hundred yards.
One advantage claimed for It il
that II can be placed where foliage
Is thickest, so there is just opening
enough to permit a few struggling
rays of light to reach 1t from the
lamps of an approaching automobile
and 1t will function. The try-out
here may result in it's adoption for
use on all highways in which the
Government has an interest.
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
McCnl Near Solution on Salary Middle
Modesty Undoes Man
Fleeing Vice Squad
in Shirt.Tai

A trouserless man fled from
the vice squad last night when
they raided 923 M street north
west, became conscious-stricken
when his shirt tails flew up and
ran back to the arms Of his
captors.
Two couples and q woman
were arrested and charged with
statutory offenses. They gave
their names as Joseph Thomas
Cole, thirty-seven, 1904 Caro-
line street northwest, a letter
carrier; George Fred Ander-
son, 1871 Morse street north
west, salesman; Mary F.
Wood, thirty-two, a nurse;
Nancy Cousins, nineteen, of
East Falls Church, Va, and
Bertha Smith, thirty, who occu-
pies the premises.
The first four furnished col
lateral Of $40 at the Second
precinct and were released.
The Smith woman was held for
illegal possession of whiskey,
selling and conducting a dis
ordely house.
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
H|NESSOON
TOH(JRRY
BONUS
Veterans Bureau Head Will
Take Up Work on Return
From Convention

Return Of Brigadier General
Frank 7. Hines, director Of the
Veterans Bureau, from the Cleve-
land convention will signalize the
real beginning Of the bureaus
work in preparation for admins
tyation Of the world war bonus.
The bureau officers most inter-
ested in the bonus work are mark
ing time until General Hines re-
turns to tell them of Budget Direc-
tor II. M. Lords dictum that cur
rent appropriations may be reap
portioned to supply funds for the
BONUS activities.
Plan to Raise Money.
War Department officials today
went over their books to determine
how they could use some of their
funds on hand to hire employees for
the adjusted compensation service.
This same problem will be laid
turns next Monday. After confer
ring with his staff in the bureau,
the director is to take UP the mat
ter with General Lord.
In the Veterans Bureau all is
ready for the bonus-all but the
money. The spacious endorsement
Of the Bureau building has been
cleaned out, file cases have been
emptied. and desk space arranged
for the influx Of employees. Charts
and organization instructions have
been perfected. Tentative assign.
ments Of experienced personnel have
been made, and these persons have
been told to hold themselves In
readiness for a change.
Blanks Soon Ready.
Similar arrangements have been
undertaken in the War and Navy
Departments.
The War Department expects to
hear, within the next few days,
when the bonus application blanks
will be ready for distribution. The
blanks are being turned out by the
Government Printing Office, and
Public Printer Carter has promised
to give a definite date upon which
distribution can begin.