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The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

musical insects and the musical frogs.
These lines to the weaver insect
date back to the tenth century:
"Gossamer threads are spread
over the shrubs and grasses;
Weaving insects l hear;-do they
weave with spider silk?"
And this verse to the musical frogs
dates back to the eighth century:
Hearing tonight the frogs of the
Jewel river, that sing without the
fear of man, how can | help loving
the passing moments"
Verses were also written to the
croaking frogs of the rice-fields: "As
we flush the rice fields of springs,
the frog song flows with the water"
These poems on the frogs and in
sects teach US that the Japanese have
found beauty where the western mind
sees only ugliness in frogs and in
sects Before the industry of insect
vending and insect breeding became
established in Japan, it was popular
custom for people to gather in certain
localities at certain seasons of the
year to listen to the music of the in
Sects and the frogs. Where Tokyo
now stands was one of the favorite
resorts of the early days, noted for the
music of the singing insects.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
THAT FIVE PER CENT

CECRETARY to the Governor H. S.
McClusky, declares that charges
made by Samuel that state employees
have been compelled to donate five
per cent of their salaries to the gov
ernor's campaign fund is not true.
He states that when it became
known definitely that the governor
would become candidate numerous
candidates called ON him and signi-
fled their desire to contribute to the
campaign fund. To prevent any at
tempt among employees to outdo each
other in this respect it was agreed
that those who desired might con-
tribute five per cent each of their
month of June salaries. The governor
agreed to this only with the strict
provision that no state employe should
be asked to contribute :, single cen:
and that only voluntary subscriptions
of five per cent of the IN 1nths salary
should be accepted Grande dis
patch.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
HUMORIST WRITES ROAD SIGNS

RUGS BAER, well-known newspa-
per humorist, has written and
published series of road signs,
probably merely intended to enter
tain. But many of them might be
erected with benefit to the safety of
traffic.
Don't run up your mileage with
skids,' contains lot of real caution
in tabloid form. Don't do your think
ing with brakes" will strike a re-
sponsive chord in every man who has
had near-nervous prostration at the
sight of the reckless driver stopping
in a hurry. There are three grades
of eggs, but only one grade of cross
ing and that's dangerous" ought to
be pasted in the hats of all those
who try to beat the train" across
the right of way.
'The glass in your windshield is the
same stuff they put in hospital win
dows. Which will you look through ?"
Is very pertinent query, and Eff
teen miles an hour may be a chill,
but fifty Is fever" is not too medical
to be understood.
To towns troubled with too much
speeding by tourists, Mr.. Baer sug-
gests Speed limit in this town fifteen
miles an hour. One day for every
mile over that" or I'VE have seven
hotels and one Jail. Take your pick y
with your horn" THE minute you
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
Animal Trades

A student of the habits OF insects
birds and animals once stated that
MANY of them had trades He in
geniously made out quite list OF the
things they did. He declared that:
Bees are geometricians. The cells
are constructed so that with the least
quantity of material they have the
largest spaces and least possible loss
of gaps.
The mole is meteorologist. Eels
are electricians. The nautilus is
navigator; he raises and lowers his
sails, casts and weighs anchor, and
performs other nautical acts.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians.
The beaver is an architect, builder
and wood-cutter; he cuts down trees
and erects houses and dams
The marmot is civil engineer; ne
not only builds houses, but constructs
auueducts and drains to keep. them
dry.
Wasps and hornets manufacture pa
per and it is said that the invention
of paper, as we have it, is due to the
fact that a Mongolian got the idea
from watching hornets make their
nests out of pulp which they got
from weeds and straw and other vege-
tation.
Caterpillars make silk threads, and
here again the inventors OF SILK got
their ideas of manufacturing SILK
fabrics. Ants are architects and mil
itary geniuses. They conduct their
affairs on the cooperative or social
istic plan, and may be also regarded
as statesmen.
The squirrel is ferryman, with
chip or a piece of bark for boat ana
his tail for sail he crosses the
stream Squirrels are very good pro-
viders. During the summer they put
I'D a large store of nuts TO food to be
used during the winter when they are
housed up by the cold weather.
Mice and gophers and other animals
also do that, and it is said that, II the
winter proves to be long severe one,
their store of food is larger than II
is short and mild. Who can tell how
the animals know in advance what
the winter will be? Man does not have
such foreknowledge.
Dogs, wolves, lions, panthers, are
great hunters, and often when they
have more meat than they can eat at
meal they will dig hole in the
ground, put the meat in it, then cover
| it with dirt and leaves.
Much has been written by men try
ing to explain the difference between
animal instinct and human reason.
There is a difference in degree GER
tainly, but it is hard to determine at
what point instinct stops and reason
begins.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Minnie Belle Morrison,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed. William Lee Morrison, admin
istrator of the estate of Minnie Belle
Morrison, deceased to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first pub
lication of this notice to the said ad-
ministrator at Winslow, Navajo coun-
ty, Arizona, or law office of Sapp &
Mclaughlin, Holbrook, Arizona, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
in said County of Navajo State of
Arizona.
WILLIAM LEE MORRISON,
administrator of Estate Of Minnie
Belle Morrison, deceased.
Dated this 2sth day of July, 1924.
2S4t
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
BUSINESS MEN WANT DAVIS

TNHE only way to assure return to
general prosperity is to elect Da-
Wis and Bryan, is the view of a large
number of Arizona business men who
have written to Chairman Vernon
Vaughn of the democratic state cen
trail committee.
AS a sample of this viewpoint is
the expression of Robert w. David
son, executive secretary of the Chlo-
ride chamber of commerce. In writ
ing to Chairman Vaughn he says:
''The democratic presidential can
fhe principles under which the party
intends to, bring our country back to
prosperity, and lift government ad-
ministration out of the slough of COR
ruption in which it has wallowed for
over three years past.
Legitimate business must look to
democracy to rescue our great basic
industries, agriculture and stock rails
ing and mining from the deplorable
condition into which they have sunk
as a result of republican misgovern-
ment and chaos, for with basic indus
tries paralyzed and nearly bankrupt
legitimate business cannot thrive.
1.-THE great, intelligent American
electorate will not vote to continue
that party in power which has brought
SO large a class to the verge of ruin
in the richest country on earth, nor
will it flock to the standards of the
grotesque combination of radicals
which offers utopian panaceas for all
the evils of civilized society.
$50 they must turn to the one party
which offers sane. honest remedies
for the present confusion and dishon-
esty. u.s.
"The democratic platform and the
acceptance speech Of John w. Davis
offers to all honest and loyal citizens
the one and only assurance of re-
turn to general prosperity and honesty
in government administration.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
A KEY THAT OPENS MANY DOORS

The classified advertisements of
newspapers not inffeqneutly show "a
pulling power" astonishing event to
those who are familiar with what can
be accomplished through this agency
Though occupying little space and in
conspicuous both as to position and
size of type used; every want ad in
a paper is read by hundreds Of per-
sons. And in that number there will
almost certainly be some who are in
terested in the advertisers announce
ment no matter what it may be.
1t is not surprising therefore, to
find the classified columns being put
to strange uses One of the most
is revealed in the report that an emf
nent psychologist, desirous of making
a sociological study of women occupy
ing high school and financial positions
used want ads in American and Brit
ish newspapers as means of getting
in touch with such persons.
This suggests that more extensive
use might be made of the classified
advertisements as an adjunct to sci
ence. If information is desired, and
there are people who can furnish it,
it is practically certain that a want
ad will reach them. 1t may be desired
to buy something or sell something,
to obtain situation or to obtain help,
to recover something lost discover
the owner of something found: what
ever it is, the classified advertisement
is likely to bring it within reach if
anything can do it. = albuquerque
journal
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
SINGING FROGS AND INSECTS

The Japanese keep crickets, locusts
and other insects in tiny cages as pets
to enjoy their music. Another OF their
strange pets is tiny species of frog,
which the Japanese keep as pets in
cages or in small ponds in their gar
dens. This frog IS known as the mu-
sical frog and should not be confused
with the frog of the rice-fields.
The Japanese poet, Roseki. of Osaka.
has pond in his garden in which he
keeps hundreds of musical frogs as
pets. 1t is custom to invite his poet
ical friends to a banquet in his gar
dens, on the stipulation that each of
them shall write poem on the mu-
sical frogs.
For the past 1900 years the Japan
ese have been writing poems to the
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

save may be your last" You wouldn't
travel on a freight train, so don't try
to travel under one," are all good to
remember.
Mr.. Baer intended to be funny, and
succeeded; he may not have intended
to be serious, but many can take
his cleverness seriously with benefit
to themselves and the general public.
In other words, Accident insurance
is a good thing to have without the
accident"
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
EDDIE WEST IN FLAGSTAFF

Fight Promoter Eddie West returned
from Flagstaff last evening after
making business visit there in the
interest of the bouts he is promoting.
He finished the arrangements for the
fight he is to stage in Flag on Sep
tember 10th.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

WANTED-Three ladies, one brunette,
one blonde and one medium, artistical-
ly gowned, but not necessarily latest
style. Also one lady past middle age
for special artistic study in photog-
raphy. VIM. L. Weed at Hotel OK
ford
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
LABOR IS THE GIANT

No group in this or any other coun-
try made a greater contribution to-
ward winning the World war-in ship
building and munition plants, on the
farm and on the firing line-that la
Dor. The world will never know the
debt it owes to the wives and moth
ers in workingmen's homes who have
given husbands and sons to the cause.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA

w. H. Dagg left for California on
No. 8 Thursday morning on ten-day
business trip. which will take him to
San Diego, where he will visit a few
days with his family.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

FOR SAI1E-A large four-room fur
nished house, living and dining room
combined, two bed rooms, kitchen,
bath and sleeping porch, new out
buildings. Terms. Ed L. Morris, 9O3
Winslow avenue 2et2&
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

MEN! MEN! MEN! can make
S1o0 per week selling the best tail
ored and best fitting general service
clothing made. Our new selling plan
gives you all the commission. No
need to work under general agent.
Union made suits sell for $3.50 your
commission is $400 Do not fail to
write us at once. Selling outfit free
upon request. General Service Cloth
ing Co., $50 Denham Bldg, Denver.
Coloraoo. 28t1c
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

AGENTS-Sell guaranteed hosiery di-
rect from mill to wearer; all styles
and colors; salary paid for full time
or spare hours; no money needed for
sample. international Mill, 1924
NorristoWn, Pa. 29t8*
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
Classified Ads

WANTED Room and board Couple
with child desire room, or small fur
nished house, and board with private
family. Permanent. Call Winslow
Mail Phone II. 29t1*
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
FLAGSTAFF CARPENTER HERE

Walter ]. Stevens, prominent Flag
staff builder and contractor, was a
business visitor in Winslow yesterday.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

LOST-A 34x44 Kelly Springfield cas-
ing on rim, between Flagstaff and
Winslow. Return and receive reward.
DR.. Mcintosh. Winslow, or w. r. Den
nlSon, AJo, Arizona. 29t1c
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

FOR RENT-A nicely furnished room
close to the schools. 112 E. Elm st.
Telephone 81. 29t1*
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

WANTED-Loan of $125O on improved
real estate at 10 per cent Address
Mail office 2qt1#
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

FOR SALE-Home lots, out where the
air is fresh and no traffic dust. Prices
and terms to suit the buyer. 902 N.
| kinslow avenue. 29t1*
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

FOR SALE-Furnished house. Price
$3.50 Easy terms. w B. Darling,
1872 Cherry street. Phone 1872 29tf
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29
Announcement

wish to announce to my many customers
and friends that | have disposed Of my busi-
ness to THE CAHN-NAGLE MERCANTILE
COMPANY and that on and after the First
day of September the business will be car
ried ON under that name.
wish to thank all my old customers and
friends for their many favors in the past
and to bespeak for the new firm continu-
alton Of their friendship.
CHAS. Calm.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

WANTED TO RENT-A 5-room fur
nished house Box 821 D. L. Bundy.
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

FOR RENT-A cool front bedroom
with large clothes closet, at 622
warren avenue, or p O. Box 81. 27tf
The Winslow mail., 1924-08-29

FOR RENT-Two comfortable sleen-
ing rooms. Inquire at 701 Warren
avenue. Phone 399. 27t1c
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
EXPERIMENT IS
MADE With CORN
Professor Shows Charac-
teristics Acquired Are
Not Hereditary

I CHICAGO, Dec. 2O-By cross-breed
ing corn and observing the slow growth
! and f~ruition of the stock he created
DR.. Merle Coulter of the University OF
Chicago botany department has devel
oped evidence that acquired character
istic-are not hereditary.
IN a study of a certain disease acquir-
! ed during the lifetime of a plant, made
to determine if it could be inherited b.
IT'S descendants, the result revealed M
such indications, Dr.. Coulter has said
Evidence against inheritance Of ac-
CURED characteristics thereby was furd-
ished which has a bearing on human
heredity, since the machinery of here.
dity in plants and animals, including
human beings, is the same.
The results of this work, according to
DIR. Coulter, constituted also q contri-
button to tie body Of facts upholding
the principle Of evolution and incident
ally provided material for a seeming
modification of the laws of heredity es-
tablished many years ago by George
Mendel, famous Austrian scientist.
What Dr.. Coulter did was to observe
and then confirm by three critical
tests" mutations or sudden changes in
the heredity capacity of a higher or
der of plant.>To verify such mutations
was to establish new confirmation Of
the doctrine of evolution, since chang
es of that sort, although often changes
for the worse in an organism, some
times were changes which enabled the
plant or animal better to~meet the re-
~quirements of lie.
Only races of corn which had been
carefully pedigreed were used, so their
hereditary capacities were already
known. The experimenter bred red and
white corn together, and produced ny
birds. In previous experiments. it had
been found that when such hybrids were
planted and then were self fortified,
ears of corn were produced on which
three-ouarters of the grains were red
and one quarter white. This result fol
lowed precisely the Mendelian law,
which calls for the ratio of three parts
to one. a ratio considered for many
years incontrovertible in biology. 1t has
even been found to be a ratio of here
dity in man. DR.. Coulter, by this study
tol ore generation OF crOSS-Dfeu corn
after another, discovered one race with
a ratio of 80 percent red to ten white.
+. This distorted ratio he said has
appeared in so mary cases that it is
clearly due to some systematic change
in the hereditary capacities, and is not
due merely to chance"
I. Following this experiment the invest
igatpr set up a hypothesis which in
Guided the prediction that he would
find a race of corn giving 33 per cent Of
white. He verified his prediction pre-
,cisely and demonstrated he has tested a
mutation of such a sort as to modify
thesHMendelian ratio. Although this mu-
did not mean that this race of
corn was improving its life, the fact
that any changes at all occurred show
ed that changes leading TO more eff
Gent life could occur, DR.. Coulter de-
'clared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
VALLEY REbIRIH
Continued from Page Two)

Continued from Page Two)
Grande, net tie Nueces, was the
Southwestern boundary OF the United
States. AID it was President Polk who
ordered General Zachary T~ay!or-who
was later to be the twelfth President OF
the United States-to take up a posi,iSa
at Corpus Christi and remain there, or
theIeabouts, unit / the Rio Grande was
established and recognized as the In
teInatiolal boundary. Under the defin-
ite refusal of the Mexican Cove nment
to resume diplomatic relation, broken
off BY tie a~nnexation Of Texas, General
Taylor advanced to the Il 0 Grande for
the purpose of anticipating any hostile
incursion from Mexico. re fortified
Point Isabel as Il base of supplies, and
took up his position on the disputei
river opposite Matamoros. :
He constructed Fort Texas, after
wards Font Brown, upon the present site
of your splendid city Of Brownsville.
The Mexican commander Immediately
summoned him to retire beyond the
Nueces, threat Of Incorporating lis id
vance as an invasion Of Mexican ter
ritory.
NtiltIdl dN 4OG 1OI OILY ulSltEdIuCu
this but within the following
week proceeded to blockade the Rio
Grande. The first passage of aims oc-
cured when a large force of Mexicans
ambushel and captured small party
OF American dragons. The news Of this
event led President Polk to recommend
a formal declaration of war on the
ground that it existed "by the act Of
Mexico herself, for that power has
passed the boundary Of the United
States, has invaded our territory ana
she'd American blood on American soil"
The details of General Taylor's bril-
liant advance, his occupation of Tamau-
lipas, and the Truce Of Monterrey, are
bright pages in American history. We
also recall the amazing victory Of Gen
eral Taylor at Buena Vista, where, out
numbered four to one, he earned the
so~ub~iquet "Old Rough and Ready, was
the hero Of the hour, ana won a repu
tation that subsequently made him Pre-
sident OF the United Staes.
These little g1impses into the past
may sound superficial, though to me
they seem essential in ~recounting tie
evolution Of the Rio Grande. But beyond
the fact that the first inhabitants Of
the Rio Grande realized ard availed
themselves of the rich resources Of the
river, the comparison ceases. The posi-
bilities Of the Pueblos were circums-
cribed. To yours there is no limit. You
are in the infancy Of our effort. The
golden fruit OF your glisteE;ng groves,
the waving grain Of your fertile fields,
the unexpected wealth that lies beneath
your ~alluvial soil, will bring to you ever
increasing and amending prosperity. For
your there is being builded.
at the mouth of the Nueces, a part that
will. ere long, harbor ships flying the
flags Of many na~tions.,T The marts of the
North and East will be made more ac-
cessible by highways Of steel.
And thus will ensue an expansion Of
your activities. The fame Of tie Magic
Valley will extend 10 the four-qus. ters
of the earth. Yours will be an III Dora
do, indeed, ana not a metaphor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
Spcrtsmen Sit in
House Of Commons

SPOGTsMTN SIT ~ WESTMINSTER
LOHDON, Dee. 20-1he membership
of he new House of Commons is mden
like that o. the m.d-Vietorian pc iod in
the matter Of sportsn;en. One of the
Londo7 daily sporting papers, through
out tire lecent campaign, carried a List
of 1870 candidates whom it claimed to
be real sPortsmen, ard with the election
of $50 Of these men ii remarks that ",hc
electors aie again stowi-g 4 strong ten
dency to send good sportsmen to West
mInster gs they ala III Tie Gays o. the
late Queen"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
MAKE PROGRESS

acti-
witty and distinct progress in all phases
of federal supervision Of the affairs of
the governments Indian wards were
cited in the Board Of Indian Commits
~sioners' annual report.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-01-03
Shut Your Mouth.

George Catiin travelled among the
North and American Indians during
the first half of the nineteenth CEN
fury. He says that "the contrast be-
tween the two societies, Of savage
and of civil, as regards the perfection
and duration Of their teeth is quite
equal to that OF their bills Of NOR.
tally; and I contend that in both
cases the principal cause Of the diff
ference Is. exactly the same, that OF
respiration through the mouth during
the hours of sleep. An Indian war
rtor sleeps, and hunts. and smiles,
with his mouth shut; and with SEEM
Ing reluctance, opens 1t even 10 eat
or speak. An Indian child Is not al
lowed to sleep with It's mouth OPEN
He often saw red indian mothers
pressing their infants lips together,
sometimes roughly. The consequence
Is, while the teeth are forming and
making thenr first appearance, they
meet (and constantly feel) each
other: and taking their relative nat
ural positions. form that healthfui
and pleasing regularity which has
secured to the American Indians per-
haps the most manly and beautiful
mouths in the world" and extraordin-
Rrily sound, white teeth.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-01-03
LOST SECRETS.
They Die Daily, Locked IN the EraIps
Of Their pfscoyerers. -

They Die Daily, Locked IN the 5ralns
Of Their DISCOVERIES.
Secrets which might have become
common property die daily locked
in the brains of their discopGrers. A
French scientist the inventor OF the
incandescent gas mantel, has just
died at Paris He was nearly ready
to give to the world a workable plan
for separating for commercial pur-
poses the nitrogen and oxygen in the
atmosphere. That is only one ex-
ample of the many valuable formulas
that may never be rediscovered.
There are things the ancients knew
well that we have utterly forgotten.
Who today can make Tyrian purple
or Damascus steel? Where is the
durable ink with which Greek and
Roman manuscripts were written, 50
that they are as clear now as when
they were penned, whereas letters
written eight or ten years ago are
brown and indistinguishable? Where
is the ability to make cement and
mortar that will last through the
ages? Our buildings win be crum-
bled ruins when the edifces Of
Greece and Rome are still standing
just as they stand now.
Dyeing of all sorts, tapestry paste
diamonds as the French made them,
yiolins like those OF StradivarIus,
artists colors which viii not fade
(once a matter of common knowl-
edge), pottery and china-there are
secrets concerning all Of them that
died with their makers, and that We
will perhaps never know again. In
many cases the knowledge was
transmitted through family or caste
Of workers. and when the last of
them died the secret died with them.
For all our boosted mechanical in
ventions. life would be a better
equipped and more luxurious thing if
we only possessed now some Of
the knowledge that every one had
in the ancient world and in the
middle ages. Yet even if they had
left directions. often we should not
be able to follow them, as ingredients
also have ceased to be, natural de-
posits have dried up, etc.