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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY /. 1924.
Lee iiahway Assn. To
Hold Convention

The third annual convention OF
the Lee Highway Association
will be held in Washington, D
c.. on February S and 6 The
delegates will hold sessions all
dav and both evenings. it is tx
pected that delegates from the
us counties traversed by the
great highway will attend, to
lend the force of their presence
to the action of the convention
endorsing and pushing pending
bills in Congress. looking to one
hundred per cent Federal financ
ing of the cost of construction in
the sparsely settled Western
States.
ALL of the 5000 members Of
Lee Highway Association are,
without appointment, entitled to
seats and the privilege of dele
gates. The governor of the State,
the mayor, the judge of the
county court or board of super
visors, or the president of the
ocal Lee Highway Association,
chambers of commerce, Rotary,
Kiwanis, or other business clubs,
may appoint delegates. who with
members of their families are
entitled to reduce rates Full
fare is paid to Wsshiugto II and
receipts requested aud given
(0u sale several days before
February S. 81 This receipt,
when validated IA Washing or
entities the holder to purcilas
return ticket Cover. same route
at one half fare.
By building only 45.6 miles in
Virginia ard only 2l.6 miles in
East Tennessee, Lee Highway
will be a modern motor-way from
New York to Chattanooga, a
distance OF 724.8 miles. By build
ing $50 miles in Virginia, 1874
In Tennessee, 81 miles i'll Ala
btma, and 7I.s miles in Ar.
ktnsas, a total Of 249.S miles
Lee Highway will be modern
motor way half way from Wash
ington to San Diego. By build
ing less than 400 miles Lee
Highway will be modern motor
wav from New York to Sar
Francisco. The value Of such 9
road. to each community for its
own use and to the whole country
for long trips is SO great that
Lee Highway Association. back
ed by appeals FROM Presidents
Harding and Coolidge. urges the
immediate closing of the gaps.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Insects Have Compound Eyes.

All insects have pair of compound
eyes, although simple eyes may be
present also. The compound eyes
project on each side of the head as
convex, immovable structures. There
IS only one pair, although each eye
may be partially divided The COM
pound eye consists of great many
similar parts-each complete organ
of vision, but requiring the surround
ing elements to form the whole image.
Each of the many elements of the
eye makes a small image, so that the
whole is MOSAIC of separate con-
tributions, which combine in a uni
fed visual impression conveyed to the
brain. Flies have several thousands
of these eyes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Mt. Jackson

The board OF Directors of the Mt
Jackson Cooperative exchange held a
meeting Wednesday to consider the
resignation of their business manager,
Mr.. j. Frank Good, who had charge of
the business for the past year. His
resignation was not accepted at their
former meeting, for the reason that
they hoped he would reconsider, and
continue, as he has given the Board,
and the public, entire satisfaction, and
has made many friends. After ac-
cepting his resignation. E. z. Dingle-
dine was elected manager. and the
change will be made Feb. IL, 1924.
Mt. Calvary Lutheran S. S. was re-
organized on last Sunday, with the fol-
lowing officers: Geo. R. Geary, Supt.;
Marion Eberly, Asst. Supt; Marion
Eberly, Jr., Secy; R. H. Payne, Jr,
Treas. Teachers will be elected next
Sunday.
Mr.. Joseph Hawkins has quite re-
Gently installed Radio, which brings
him crowded house.
Mr.. Lee Stoneburner of onr town
was in Woodstock this week and quail.
fled for Magistrate for Ashby District. |
We feel he will make good one.
Mr.. j. M. Funkhouser, stock dealer, |
shipped five loads OF fine cattle averao-
ng over 400 lbs, which he bought of
!. L. Meem, on last Thursday. He
llso shipped several loads on last Sat-
lrday.
We regret very much to say that DIR.
Iolcolm and family who located here
asst spring, moved back to their
ormer home in Georgia. Friday.
DIR. Holcomb and family have
made many friends while here, who
egret to see them leave.
Mt. JACKSON CHARGE, METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday Feb. 3, 1924 .
IT. Jaclson 11sa. -. Sermon and
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
communion. Sermon by Rev. Frank

communion. Sermon by Rev. Frank
A. Tyler. P. E.
Hamburg 2:S0 p. m. Sermon By
Rev. Frank A. Tyler, Presiding Elder.
QuicksLurg7 p, M sermon by the
pastor.
Everybody welcome TO all these. ser
vices
Our Fourth Quarterly Conference
will be held at Mt. jackson Church at
2:SOp. m Saturday, Feb. End. Stew
ards and Trustees and members of this
conference please take notice and be
present.
Lester H. Smallwood, Pastor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Gold Teeth as Ornaments

In village street (China) sat q
man selling gold teeth. He had num-
Der Of molds, Of different shapes and
dzes. These are slipped on over
sound teeth and worn as ornaments
writes William L. Hall. in Asia Maya
zine.
Prospective customers fit the molds
on their own teeth and watch the eff.
feet In small mirror provided by the
tooth merchant. When a at is found
or tooth that suits special fancy
the price is discussed.
II an agreement Is reached, the Gus
toner pays the bill and goes away
with his new possession In his mouth,
but II no trade is made. the tooth Ia
thrown back into the pile and held for
the next customer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01

making America a leader among
nations. 1t will work to further
American expression in music.
art, ard literature. 1t will work
to better homes and living con-
ditions. 1t will endeavos TO OBJ
tain of pretentious legislative
program, dealing with uniform
marriage and diverse laws, re-
stricted immigration, illiteracy,
child labor. and prohibition en-.
forcement."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Washington Comment

AS was to be expected, there
has been much "snap Judgment"
OF the peace plan selected TO re-
ceive the Box prize. Those who
believe in the League of Nations
think it wonderful; those against
the League of Nations call it
nonsense.
But it would seem that fair
minded consideration of the prize
plan would not begin with the
statement that lit is good" or 1T
is poor; would not consider
this is propaganda" or this is
the start of the millennium" To
many thinking people the SUBJ
stance of the winning plan is OF
small account. Students OF his
tory know that mankind has
sought for peace for thousands
of years, and never vet found the
road; that a plan offered as the
result of a prize, should immedi
ately succeed where humanity
has failed, would be miraculous.
Only the credible expected any
such marvel to occur.
What the peace plan has done.
10 doing. and will do. Is to feeus
the thoughts of many people on
the problem of peace. N, EN-
during institution is the iiandi-
work of one man; war itself is
not the product of one man or
group of men. but the result Of
centuries of experience. Peace i!
is then as difficult to practice as
war; as difficult to attain as war
is easy to get into; that = fair
highway to its permanent adop
ton by I war-weary world could
be found By Que man or one group
Of men ia one lifetime is not to
be expected.
But the peace plan offer. the Q
peace plan prize. the winning 70
plan itself, make US think peace,
talk peace, argue peace. Lett
The Whole world argue peace, in-Iz
vtead d var; let al aatious !
nuestion var Instead Of enbfsc- c
- Il uluea IL comeu, and ue viii I
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Mr.. SfRAPHANCRR ARRIVES.

He is the funniest sort Of a chap,
and If you appreciate real humor
watch for him in the comic section Of
The Washington Star tor Sunday. Feb.
8. Mr.. Straphanger win be feature
Of The Stars comic section each sun
day, and you cannot afford to miss 4
single one Of his droll experiences.
Order yonr copy Of The Washingien
Star fruu youf newsdenler today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Lraislative RI osrsm Outlined
BY M0men's { Tub

Washington, D. C., January ~
sScottish Rite News Bureau) -
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, National
President of the General FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs, has
outlined the work for that
organization in 1924. as follows:
In 1924 the General FEEDER
alton Of Women's Clubs, with its
z, 200. 900 members, will center
its efforts on program to have
Congress settle upon some plan
lor infersational peace. thns
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Dodqinq the Question.

Exactly how old are you any
way?' a friend once asked Lillian
Russell
Il have FRIEND" replied the act
ress with apparent irrelevance, "who
was born in midocean on a steamer.
After she and her mother had landed,
the steamer, on its return trip blew
up. So practically she has no birth
place Then, after a pause: MY
age Is like that"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Toms Brook
THE PASSING OF A BELOVED TOMS
BROOK WOMAN

bnOuk WUmhN
Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Borden died
at the horne of her daughter Mrs. j. S,
Wisman Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
She was born February %, 1916, on the
old Hammond Homestead near Mt.
Olive, and was the daughter of the
late Jacob and Lydia Hammond. She
was Is years, II months and days of
age. On October 20, 1866, her marriage
to Hampson Borden was solemnized by
the Rev. Mr.. Martin in Woodstock.
To this union was born fourteen child
re, ten of whom survive. Two sons
died in infancy. Two daughters Lucy
and Betty F. died August 5, 1906 and
February 20, 1907 respectively the
following September rs, 1907 Mr..
Borden died.
Sixteen years ago Mrs. Borden moved
from the home near Saumsville to
Toms Brook, with her son-in-law
and daughter Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Wis
man where she remained till her death.
Surviving are four sons Charlie and
Russell of Mt. Olive neighborhood,
Dolph of Pittsburg and Newton OF
Medford, Oregon, six daughters Mrs.
Edward Maphis, Mrs. Elmer Hickman,
Mrs. Hugh McInturff, Mrs. Samuel
Spiggle and Mrs. j. S. Wisman of
Toms Brook vicinity and Mrs. Frank
Saum of Saumsville. There are twenty
three grand children and three great
grand children.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon at two o'clock in the
Lutheran Church, of which church she
had been a faithful member since 1870.
Services were conducted by the Rev.
Geo. S. Bearden. The body was then
taken to the family graveyard on the
home farm near Saum sville where she
was laid to rest beside her husband.
Mrs. Borden was of the highest type
of Christian womanhood she was a
devout Christian, kind mother and
a good neighbor; she was loved by
those who Knew her and all can Justly
say that sweet character has been
taken from earth to live on in Gods
kingdom.
| Harold Hickman was taken to Win.
chester Hospital Wednesday evening
to take treatment for his eye. He was
recovering nicely but suffered re-
lapse and it is thought he may have to
have it removed.
Mrs. Christie Scott has returned to
her home here after several months
visit in Washington.
i Miss Winifred Borden was called
from Fort Louden Seminary, Winches-
ter on account of the death of hel
grandmother Mrs. Elizabeth Borden.
| Cyril Bauserman has moved his
family into the w. j. Keller property
on Main St.
| E. L. Rosenberger is visiting his
IQaughter MISS Mary RoSenoerger ano
other relatives in Washington.
Mr.. Dolph Borden arrived Wednesday
to attend the funeral of his mother Mrs
Elizabeth Borden.
i Raymond Shrum has moved from the
Tascar Shrum property into the home
vacated several months ago by S. l..
Miller.
Miss Katharine Bauserman of Harris.
Ionburg Normal School spent the week.
end with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Angus Bauserman.
| Much progress is being made on the
New Iron Railroad Bridge which is be.
ing built. The first span is expected
to be put in this week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Force of Habit.

A friend calling on De Soaque
asked for a glass of water.
AS the guest drank it the host
stood cycling him with a speculative
CLEAN.
The guest, somewhat embarrassed,
asked the reason for his behavior
De Soaque apologized Immediately,
FORGE of habit" he explained II
was waiting to see If it was going to
kill you.p-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-02-01
Chs-c,

The chairman of the gas company
was making a. popular address.
Think of the good the gas COM
pany has DONE" he cried. IF were
permitted pun should say in the
words of the immortal poet, Honor
the light brigade"
At this point consumer jumped
up with shout: och, what a charge
they made. "-Collegian Reporter.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13

with a file, became the saw. Brother
Specht. whether under the direction
of Father Ravalli, or of his own in
itiative, made a sledge hammer OF
tin cans.
In the museum at St. Mary's are
chairs, and many other useful arti
cles made by Father Ravalli, testi-
fly to his mechanical ability, while
the paper roses that adorn the altar
are proof of his having artistic train
ing.
There was no lack of work at the
little mission, but it was an isolated
existence so far as the outside world
was concerned. The order recalling
Father Point was three years IL
reaching him, and for the same
length of time Father Ravalli re-
ceived no letters. Supplies were
brought to the mission by Indian
carriers, and twice, in five years
these were lost, on account of the
carriers being attacked by hostile
tribes. Under favorable circum-
stances supplies would reach the
mission but nee a year; therefore
their loss meant that in five years
they were forced to manage with
what was intended for three years, of
provisions, tools, and the like.
Then, the Indians caused the mis-
sionaries any amount of trouble.
Their purpose was to C~hristianize all
of the Indians-not alone the Flat
heads-and for this reason it was
necessary to use the utmost tact not
to a%ntagonize any of the tribes, al
though they were in constant dam
ger of attacks from the Blackfeet and
Bannacks. Once. when the Flat
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13

Ravalli's services were often in de-
mand andhe gave them willingly, re-
CARELESS of whether the patient was
Catholic or Protestant.
The wife of an army officer once
asked him if he would not like to re-
turn to his native land and see again
his relatives and friends. He re-
piled, Eyes, and l could have done so.
But then the sacrifice would not
have been complete" "And, lower
ing his head on his breast, he broke
into tears"
The victim of his devotion to suf-
fering humanity, Father Ravalli
died Oct 2, 1884. His funeral was
attended by the Flatheads and other
Indians of neighboring tribes, as
well as by numerous white friends;
and, in testimony of the respect with
which he was regarded by all who
knew him, the United States flag
was hung at half-mast for nearly a
month.
Father Palladino says of Father
Ravalli, "He was of a happy DISPOSE
ton, and always cheerful" He de-
scribes him as being tall, portly, and
well proportional, and of a benign
ant countenance.
The foregoing sketch is necess-
arily but a bare outline Of a life of
utter ~selflessness and love of man
kind. Of Father Ravalli it may well
be said in the words of Talmud:
cit is not necessary to build a
memorial stone to a just man. His
deeds Ire a greater memorial than
we can build for him."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13
FATHER ANTHONY RAvAlLN, SCHOLAR, ARTIST
AND GRAFTSMAM--HIS LIFE OF DEVOTION AND
SACRIFICE AMONG THE TRIBES OF NOR THWEST

heads were on their semf-annual
hunting trip, leaving no guard to
protect the mission, a band of Black
feet surrounded the place, and it
looked as if Father Rayalli and those
with him were doomed to be massa-
cred, when most unaccountably the
Indians gave up the siege, killing be-
fore leaving, a boy who opened a
door to see if the enemy had left.
There was a thick growth of trees
and underbrush around the mission
that afforded shelter for attacking
Indians. When there was danger
from them, a guard had to be kept
night and day, and during the night
blank shots were fired to alarm the
inyaders-it was not advisable to
kill them if their tribe was ever to
become friends of the Black Robes.
The new converts needed constant
supervision. 1t was not safe to let
them go on a hunting trip unattend-
ed by a priest, or they would be neg
lectful OF their religious duties, yet
if the Flatheads were attacked and a
priest was with them, the attacking
party would naturally Identify him
with the F~latheads, and act accord
ingly.
Despite their fear of hostile In
dams, and the greater fear that their
fickle-minded %neophytes would re-
lapse into paganism, the Fathers new
err faltered in m~inistrations both
spiritual and physical, to their flock.
and Father Ravalli established a re-
putation as a physician that over
Swallowed that of the tribal medicine
man. But dark days were ahead
for the mission that had been found
ed by faith and s~elf-sacrifice.
Every winter trappers, white and
mixed bloods, gathered there, and
while often on the bounty of the
Fathers, refused to comply with the
rules of the community. They lead
dissolute lives, and their example
served to demoralize the Indians.
They finally convinced the latter that
the Fathers were exploiting them,
and the Indians left the mission for a
camping ground nine miles distant.
Such detection could have but one
result, and the order came to tenn
porarily abandon st. Mary's.
At the closing of st. Mary's, Father
Rava1li was transferred to the Occur
d'Alene mission. From there he
went to Colville, where an incident
occurred which made the Indians be-
lieve that he had supernatural pow
er. An Indian woman, jealous of
her husband, instead of using mod
ern methods, and shooting him,
hanged herself. Father Ravalli
hearing of it shortly after the oc-
currence, cut the thong which held
the woman, and at once set about
re~suscitating her. In this he sue
ceeded, after long and patient eff
fort, and the woman lived to old age.
In 1863 Father Ravalli returned
the Rocky mountains. 1t was
after the discovery of gold, when the
miners flocked into the territory,
and there were few doctors. Father
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13
Divers to Go After 5 Million

The Ward liner Merida which
sank off the Virginia Capes in 1911,
with a fortune in gold, silver and
Jewels aboard has been located by
trawlers and the work of s~alvaging
the treasure will be started soon. The
finding of the Merida came after
10 days of dragging by the trawlers,
with an iron sweep a mile long. The
operations of the trawlers were
shrouded in secrecy and plans for
the salvage of the ship were not dis
closed because of fear of highjackers.
The location of the Merida will also
remain a secret. The value of the
fortune is said to be between $4,000
900 and $5,O0O,OO0.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13

being considered more comfortable
and less hazardous, for dellcately
bred women to undertake. While IN
the Pacific, north of Cape Horn,
they encountered a terrific storm
that almost wrecked their ship, u
fine missionaries gave themselves up
for lost. But, they weathered the
storm. and by good luck or miracle
safely crossed the bar at the en-
trance of the Columbia river, and
arrived at Fort Vancouver, IN Ihe
Oregon country where Father Ra-
valli was destined to end his days.
Born in Ferrara, Italy, May 10,
1912. Anthony Rayalli was the
product of an environment, which
could not but have a profound 1ntlu-
ence on a nan of his unusually splr-
itual nature. Reared, as was Father
De Smet, in Catholic surroundings,
it was almostcertain that one OF
Father Ravalli's temperament should
make a religious life his vocation,
which he did at the early age OF III
teen years.
After his novitiate in the jesuit
Order he studied belles-lettres, phil
OGOnnV. HdlllCl1oIlC0 0A0
~ciences and later taught in several
cities in Italy. Having uecldeu "
become a missionary to the Indians,
he sought to prepare hlmsel1 LOT
this work by gaining the practlcal
knowledge that would be needeu III
a place remote from c~lvlllzatlon.
With this in view, he studied medl-
cine: served In apprenticeship as d
mechanic: and learned in an artists
studio to use the chisel of the sculp-
tor. and the brush of the painter.
IT was a man of such are intel
lectual attainments who had volun-
teered to leave the cradle of civiliz-
alton and spend the remainder of his
life among a primitive people, alb
solutely incapable of understanding
him. 1t requires a vivid magma
ton to conceive what such self-sac-
rifice meant for a cultured person.
Others, it is true, went into the will
derness. and spent their lives there;
men Of education, and executive abil-
ity, but they willingly exiled them
selves. not to elevate the Indian, but
to exploit him. This was their prlm-
ary motive-this, or love of a life
OF OuCn ulSA WOAO ChOoS
in command of the fur trading posts
of the Northwest.
In 1894, the year after his arrival
in America, having taken his final
VOWS, Father Ravalli spent the win
ter among the K%alispell Indians, to
acqaint himself with their language,
and to 'learn the secret of living
without many Of the necessities of
life, as he had previously known it,
The next September, he went to Fort
Colvolle on the Columbia, northwest
of Spokane, and from there, about
two months later, he was sent to
st .Mary's, in the Bitter Root valley.
This mission was then fairly es-
tablished, but plenty remained to be
done, as Father Ravalli soon discov-
cred. The Fathers, like the In
dams, were living on a straight diet
of roots, berries and dried buffalo
meat, and game, tallow and fish.
What flour they had, came from Fort
Vancouver, or Fort Colville, and as
the former was a thousand, and the
latter three hundred miles from st.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13

or in the direction of the town of
Big Timber. At one point they found
one of Hughson's shoes. At another
point they found where the body had
been temporarily cached. Later they
found the second shoe, indicating
that the body had been dragged, and
that the shoes had been orr loose
from the feet by dragging. At a
fourth point they found blood frozen
in the snow, evidently where a rest
had been taken and blood had oozed
from the lifeless body.
Heavy snow was then encountered
and until the ground clears it will be
impossible to take up the trail again.