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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26
one TELEPHONE FOR
EVERY g INHABITANTS
With Population Of 500, 900 Mary
land Has More Than 10000
Telephones In Service.

Maryland has. more than kept pace
with the marvellous development of
the telephone. With population OF
approximately 100000 and an area
of 9,941 square miles, it has more
than 10000 telephones in service,
one telephone for every nine inhabi-
tants.
The wire used in furnishing service
to these subscribers if joined together
would be more than $4,000 single
miles in length, sufficient to encircle
the earth at the equator 20 times, and
if the 165,4OO poles were placed end
to end, they would be more than d.
962, 900 miles in length, enough to en-
circle the earth 200 times.
There are more telephones in Mary
land than are in service in Central A
merica, Mexico, Argentine, Austria,
Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Norway,
Portugal, Roumania,a Spain, Switzer-
land, British India, China, and Africa.
The 10000 telephones are served
by 1000 operators through 1876 central
offices switching on an average of
&c, 100000 calls monthly. Approx
mately 3400 employees are necessary
to operate the system, and keep it a.
breast NE demand for new and adj
dities 4 service
some idea Of the magnitude of the
telephone system in the United States
and the extent to which the telephone
enters the business and social life Of
the people is afforded by recent COM
pilation of telephone statistics for all
countries of the world.
According to this survey, there
were on January 1, 1922, a total of
q, 948, 800 telephones in the world.
Of these 13,S75,219 were in the United
States that is, the American people,
who number but 6 per cent of the to-
tai population Of the globe, had for
their use So per cent Of all the tele-
phones in the world. Europe, with a
population of more than four times
that of the United States, had only
Is per cent of the worlds telephones;
and all other countries combined pos
sessed but IL per cent of the total
telephones in existence.
There were, on January l, 1922,
1877 telephones for every 100 people
in this country, or one telephone for
every 8 Americans. 1t is significant,
also, that outside of the United
States the telephone has reached it's
highest development in relation to
population in Canada and in Dem
mark, where large majority
Of the telephones are owned and oper-
ated by private companies. On Janu-
airy 1, 1922 there were 1912 telephones
for every 100 people in Canada and
8.2 telephones per 100 population in
Denmark.
Although considerably behind the
United States in telephone develop
ment these two countries are well a.
head Of the great powers of Europe
where government ownership obtains.
Germany for example has only 3.3
telephones for every 100 inhabitants,
Great Britain and Ireland have only
FL, and France has only 1.3. Europe
as whole, had on January 1, 1922
only IL telephones per 100 people,
stage of telephone development at
tanned by the United States in 1900.
In this respect Europe is % years be-
hind America.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26

BETHANY M. p. CHURCH.
Sunday School and Adult Bible
Glasses at 10 A. M.
Divine worship and sermon at IL
A. M, and 7.30 P. M.
Prayer service and short address by
the pastor Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock.
Junior Christian Endeavor, Friday
at 7.3O p. M.
E. L. BUNCE, Minister.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26
BAPTIST CHURCH.

BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday School at 10 A. M.
II A. M. and 7.30 P. NJ, Preaching
by the pastor.
B. Y. P. u, at TOO P. M.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening
500 o'clock.
Pitts Creek-Sunday School. 2 P.
M. Preaching at 8 P. M.
d. w. LITTLETON, Pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26

The body Of Mrs. Marion DeK
Smith, sixty-eight, widow Of the late
Marion DeK. Smith, former Comptrol-
Ter of the State, and sister of the late
State Senator William D. Burchinal,
who died at the home of her son, Mar
ion DeK. Smith, Jr., in Trenton, N. j.,
following a short illness of heart
trouble, has been brought to Chester
town, Nd, for burial.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26
SALEM M. E. CHURCH.

SALEM M. e. CHURCH.
9 A. M, Class Meeting.
10 A. NJ, Sunday School and Bible
Class.
II A. NJ, preaching by pastor.
Gas P. M, Epworth League.
7.3O P. M, preaching by pastor,
Prayer Meeting Wednesday even
ing, 7.S0.
Junior League, Friday from z to 8.
J. r. BICKING, Pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26

The Cape Charles Fire Company,
with F. c. Fitzhugh as it's president,
will start a drive the coming week to
raise funds for adequate fire-fghting
devices.
Fifteen thousand dollars is the goal
for the drive. Chairmen Of the vari-
Gus committees will launch their drive
at massmeeting which will be held
in the high school auditorium next
Friday night.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26
Peninsula News

Three dry agents raided Is places
on the Eastern Shore last. week. The
agents were sent out from the office
Of Edmund Budnitz, prohibition di-
rector Of the State.
The Baltimore men seized and
destroyed 16 stills and two home
brew plants and made Is arrests
They returned to Baltimore after be-
ing on the road from the Monday
previous.
One Of their experiences was that
Of being mistaken for Jack Hart and
William Frank Tilson, escaped con-
victs from the Maryland Penitentiary.
This happened while the agents were
at Hurlock, Md. They were routed
out of bed in hotel at 2 A. M. by Of
ficers of the State constabulary and
made to explain their business in. the
section.
Jesse H. Bratten, leader Of the a.
gents said he at first suspected his
visitors Of trailing them in order to
tip off violators of the dry laws.
II locked the whole bunch in my
room and would not let them out UNI
til they had promised not to pass the
word along ahead of us that We were
in that section of the State" said
Bratten.
The agents made two raids and two
arrests at Crisfeld, four raids and
three arrests at Pittsville, destroyed
homebrew plants at chichester Hill
and Williamsburg and made one ar
rest in each case, captured five stills
and arrested six men at Cambridge
and seized two stills and arrested
three at Marydel. Most of those ar
rested will have hearings in the U. s..
Court in Baltimore.
With Bratten were Agents E. F.
Ely and w. L. Stevens.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26

Col. D. John Marley, commander
of the Maryland Department Of the
American Legion, has returned from
Indianapolis, Ind, where he attended
meeting Of the National Executive
Committee Of the American Legion.
Col. Markey's efforts to have "The
Star-Spangled Banner" recognized
formally as the national anthem may
bear fruit in Congressional legisla-
ton, inasmuch as motion made by
him to that effect will receive the
support of the committee. Colonel
Markey said that while "The Star
Spangled Banner" is generally re-
garded nationally as the anthem and
is included in the Army and Navy
regulations, it was felt that legislative
action should be sought to formally
declare it so.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26
IN THE CHURCHES.
ST. MARY's CHURCH.

25th Conversion of st. Paul-Holy
Communion 10 A. M.
27th-Holy Communion 7.30 A. M.
Litany and Altar service 1890.
Church school every Sunday at $50.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-26

The Rev. Award Chamberlain,
formerly Of Cecil county has accept
ed call as rector Of st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, Centreville.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
ORIGIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA

During the summer of 1847,
Bishop John H. Vincent called A
conference of Sunday school workers
at the camp meeting grounds on the
shore Of Lake Chautauqua, Chautau-
qua county, New York. Popular en-
tertainment and recreation were
soon introduced, and the instruction
was extended to cover every subject
from cooking to Sanskrit. The work
grew in popularity and in usefulness
until chantauqua institution, as the
parent organization Is officially
known, has property valued at mil
lion dollars, summer course of in
struction covering 200 subjects in
thirteen Departments OF study, a
course of popular lectures and enter
tainments running eight weeks, or
ganized recreation including almost
every known form of physical and
social activity, and a popular year
round reading course, with many
thousands of readers. The summer
population of Chautauqua, N. "
reaches 10000. AS a summer place,
it is Americas most typical resort,
where the most representative
Americans from every, state in the
Union, gather for recreation, for in
struction, or for both.
There are perhaps a hundred re-
sort Chautauquas, patterned after
the parent institution, and there are
probably 5000 Circuit Chautauquas,
which have taken the name and
some of the ideas of Chautauqua
The circuit chautauqua
brings to people in their home town
as much of the Chautauqua idea as
can be crowded into seven day pro-
gram for the people who continue to
carry on their daily work.
Roosevelt has called Chautauqua |
The most American thing in Ameri-
"a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
LIVING EMBLEM OF CHRISTMAS

1t is proposed that the City Of
Blackfoot shall have living Christ
mas tree specially selected ant
planted in the court yard to be usec
as community Christmas tree by al
lodges, churches and other organize
lions that will participate in its
planting, dedication and use.
The plan contemplates the selec-
ton of the most beautiful tree that
can be found in the mountains &C
cessiDle to a road, selection to be
made this summer, and scientific
means followed for its removal to
Blackfoot early in the winter with
all rots and dirt intact, frozen in ice
and placed in position, if possible,
without cracking the earth ball in
which it rests.
The county commissioners have en-
dorsed the plan, as have also num-
Der of local organizations. On. Mon
day evening, May 26 at 1880 there
will be meeting of committee mem
bers from as many lodges, churches
and civic organizations as will send
to consider the mat
ter and lay plans for a permanent
Christmas tree to be pro-
tected turnout the years, both for
it's usefulness and beauty and for
the beauty of the Christmas spirit
and love of trees that it will cultivate
in the people.
The meeting will be held at the
I. o. o. F. Hall, and the press of the
town and all it's citizens are asked
to give publicity to this announce
ment. 20-21
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
GRADUATION AT ST. MARGARETS

On Monday evening the auditor
ium at St. Margarets, Blackfoot was
filled with guests assembled to wit
ness the graduating exercises of the
Misses Marjorie Albertson and Annis
Hopkins who have finished the three
year high school course in music and
are now ready to take up the post
graduate course.
In addition to the parents OF the
students there were present Father
Gresl of Blackfoot, Father Denvir
of Mackay and two Holy Cross sis
tiers from Pocatello, and number
of out of town guests.
Shubert's entrance march was
played by four girls at the pianos,
Lucille Bell, Lois Woodward, Vfna
Maugn and Alice Smith, and four
teen students with violins, Eva Rog-
ers, Elthea Heusser, Doris England,
Marion Bell, Sadie Mcneil, Mary
Henesh, Deola Cox, Russell Hansen,
Five Yandell, Louis Ouse, Carl Falk,
Milton Ouse, and James and Milvin
Judge.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22

supplied with electric lights, brood
er, sun rooms etc. He bought 245
barred Plymouth Rocks and on May
II had lost fourteen due to over
feeding the first week. These chicks
are all healthy and happy now and
are very interesting lot of folks.
They are very playful and sociable
and enjoy every kind of sport. When
visitors arrive there is quick in
spection of clothing, shoestrings,
finger nails, pencil tips and anything
the visitor has that is within their
reach, and if he squsts down among
them they climb all over him, test
ing the buttons on his clothes and
everything that appeals to their
curiosity. What one does they all
want to do Immediately.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22

The closing exercises of the Black
foot schools last Friday evening al
the Tabernacle were attended by
about a thousand people, and the
program as announced last week
was well carried out by the local
talent.
Musical numbers were cut down
to two and yet the program was
rather long. 1t closed with Profess
sor Blooms farewell greetings.
The address of Professor Dale of
the University of Idaho was the out
standing feature of the evening. 1t
was clear and scholarly, quite
human, short enough to receive gen.
eral approval. The early closing of
a good address always leaves feel
ing of appreciation and a closer
grasping in the hopeful task of re-
membering all that was said.
His subject, 1.-The handicap of a
late start referred to the student
who spends years in school after some
of his companions leave and go into
industries. They are soon ahead OF
him in achievement, but when he
enters industry his more
thoro preparation enables him to
catch with and pass the others and
go on to heights which they may
not attain due to lack of understand
ing. He covered the subject briefly
and well, and also the phases of the
that go with ability
and opportunity and the handicap
If being expected to Guido the
others and being criticised If it is
lot accomplished.
The exercises we're attended by
large number of people from the
the entire audience num-
,ering about two and half times
Is many as could have been seated
n the high school auditorium, and
he use of the Tabernacle for the
occasion was much appreciated by
ii.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
BOYS POULTRY PROJECTS

/ Max Feldbaum, teacher of agri-
culture of the Blackfoot schools, has
twelve boys operating projects of
their own selection, under the ex-
| pert advice of the local and national
bureau, by the personal supervision
of Mr.. Feldbaum and thru bulletins
issued by the state and national de-
partments of agriculture. The pur-
pose is to open the door to the
Joys of agricultural work for the
boys, to teach them how to carry on
the work to reach successful out
come. Learning on a small scale
prepares them for operating on any
scale they may wish when they I'M
dertake something on a purely COM
mercial basis. Following are some
of the projects:
SAM JOLLY
Sam Jolly lives in the Dipple ad-
dition to Blackfoot and after study
ing the club, literature he decided
to raise Rhode Island Red chickens
There was little triangular tract
of ground, few square rods with
nothing on it, and he got his father
to loan him the money for the ven
ture, Sam agreeing to pay 1t back
d6 ldot dS AC COulu scI UuOu0y Out
of the eggs, fries and otherwise. Up
to the middle of May he had put in
$115 of capital. He built a chicken
house 8 by 16 feet, stained the lum-
Der ready for coat of paint, bought
fed them on milk, bread crumbs,
cracked wheat, meat scraps and
grass and still had 143 out of the
It'll
and nervous, and in good condition
apiece and he got them at three diff
His house is we'll built and every
clean. The department furnishes
with another project boy, Antoine
each of them.
ANTOINE BERNAT
Antoine Bernat's chicken house is
by 16 feet in size and very we'll |
built He bought some chicks and |
matched some. One night a cat got |
into the chicken house and killed |
,wenty chicks, ate one and piled the
others up on the floor. His chicks
ire Rhode Island Reds and single
,omb Brown Leghorns. Antone's
ather went into the garage business
ind decided to have Antoine work
n the garage, SO the younger bro
her, Joseph was employed to look
lfter the chickens. One day they
made mistake, dumping some ap-
,les in the lot where the chicks
Gould get to them. Apples are not
considered very good feed for chicks
md especially apples with decayed
PARTS. These chicks are not so
trong and full OF life as those at
he Jolly project. Antoine lives just
ast of the city park.
RANDALL CHAPMAN
Randall Chapman lives at 11S So.
stout street, and built a chicken
louse 16 by "a feet in size and of
,reater height than the blueprints
rom the bureau recommend for
hickens. A high building has too
much ventilation, too much air for
7inter, and is not recommended.
landall's house is we'll built, has
cement floor in half of 1t, and ia
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22

A chorus, BLOW Soft Winds,
with Thelma Cox as accompanist,
was rendered by Alice Smith, Elvira
Steffens, THETA Buchanan, Helen
Vaught, Elna Bowker, Cleo Bowker,
Mildred Ross, Robinet Totty, Mar
garet Harvard, Flora Simons, Ale
tina Wilson, Cecil Ireland, Jessie
Heaton, Asia Rumble, Soma Kinney
Annabel Cannon, Marie Burggraf,
Mary Ryan and Nora Smith.
AS the most difficult musical num-
bers followed, the two graduates
presided at the pianos, together and
by turns. A wand drill by a class
of little girls occupying quite wide
range of maneuvers set to music was
SO perfectly done it brought an un-
usual burst of applause from the
audience. The entertainment was
good throughout and showed careful
training. The diplomas were pre-
esnted by Father Gresl with appro-
pirate remarks, and the audience
fingered to congratulate teachers
and students before leaving the
beautifully decorated hall with it's
marks of culture matching the ex-
quisit music.
The entertainment was put on by
the music department of St. Margar-
cts, which is Independent from the
day school work. 1t is a standard
course recognized by other schools
and students transferring from this
to other places can enter on their
credits issued on work accomplished |
here. 1t is open to anyone regard |
less of religious or other affiliations,
and students from the public schools |
can take the music course at St.
Margarets. 1t is located near the
Irving school at the corner of Sexton |
street and South Spruce.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
PROFESSOR DALE's ADDRESS

State Fish Commissioner
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
The Brown-Hart Co.
1.-THE Home of Popular Prices

ate by sending into this office infor-
nation regarding the waters, with
which they are familiar and especial
ly those for which they have already
sent in applications for lingering
fish. All our hatcheries will be filled
to capacity with lingering fish this
summer and it is regretable that
this condition has arisen which will
prevent their being planted in many
streams that were badly in need of
that applications cannot be filed on
account of shortage of water, and
the intended fish diverted to some
of the lakes and streams of the in
terror mountain country, such ap-
plications shall be kept on file and
greater number of fish consigned
to such waters another season if con-
ditions so warrant.
w. NJ. KEEL
State Fish Commissioner
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
STERLING
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Received May 20. 1924

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Muirbrook we're
Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs.
Thomas E. Nilsson.
Many of our young folks attended
the dance at Aberdeen given by the
Woodmen lodge. The Nilsson bro
theirs furnished the music.
Guy Parsons returned from the
mountains where he has been work
ing.
Paige Teichert is i'll with measles.
Many people from here motored
to Blackfoot Saturday and Sunday
to attend conference.
Miss Fay Parsons was an Aber-
deem visitor the past week.
The Messrs. Edwin and Charley
Underwood are here from Salem,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT

May 10, 1924
To fisherman and sportsmen gen.
orally of the State of Idaho:
In view of the fact that many of
eur smaller trout streams through
out the state are already so low that
unless rains come within a few days
they will be completely dry, the De-
partment of Fish and Game believe
1t the best policy to confine our
earlier fish distribution to those
lakes and streams in which it is
known there will be sufficient water
to carry the fish in safety through
this abnormally dry period In this
work we hope that the sportsmen in
general and the fish and game as
sociations in particular will cooper
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22
New Scenic Wonder
Located Near Arco

A lava wonderland 2 miles south
west of .Arco, Idaho, on the Idaho
Central highway, which connects
Boise and all points west with
Yellowstone National Park, has been
set aside as a national monument
by proclamation issued by President
Coolidge on recommendation of Sec
rotary Work of the interior Depart
ment under whose jurisdiction it has
been placed, it was announced today.
CRATERS OF THE MOON
The new monument, which has
been named the Craters of the Moon,
reserves an area of approximately 80
square miles. 1t was given this name
because of the similarity of the topo-
graphy to the surface of the moon as
seen through a telescope. The COM
parison is not highly exaggerated
for the surface of the monument,
especially the northern part, when
viewed from the top of Big Cinder
Cone is simply a barren, rugged,
black surface, SCARED thickly with
pits and craters. The visitor seeking
the curious and unusual in nature
is profoundly impressed by the desc
late, fOrbidding lava fields studded
with cinder cones, great earth cracks
twisted and contorted shapes of lava,
volcanic bombs, lava cones, and other
evidences of earth shaping forces.
There is exhibited in a nutshell as
it were the surface features of lava
flows both of the assure and central
eruption type, and the student may
learn here by direct inspection more
about volcanoes and lava flows in a
day than he can by readig many
books.
The whole region has a weirdness
OF landscape which at certain seasons
of the year takes on an exquisitely
beautiful effect produced by the
myriad clumps of delicately tinted
wild flowers on the smooth hillsides
of black cinders.
The ropy lava is as fresh appear
ing though poured out yesterday |
The lava caves and tunnels occurring |
in the flows are perhaps the most |
interesting features to the tourist |
In some of the tunnels water, snow
and Use are found.
The ice and snow forming in win
ter never melt entirely away in the
summer. The lava caves are fasci-
mating on account of the marvellous
staltctites and stalagmites of lava
that are found.
The monument area is practically
devoid of life except for a few chip
hunks, ground squirrels and a small
desert bird, although in the past the
caves and caverns have been favor
lite place for bears to hibernate in
winter. Snakes are practically un-
known in the area
The Craters of the Moon National I
Monument is the thirteenth to be
Jurisdiction of the Department of the
Interior for development for recrea-
tiona1 use. 1t is the first area of its 1
kind to be established in the state of I
Idaho. /
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22

Utah visiting their sister, Mrs. Cab
riel HOlmquist.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Y. Satterfield were
here from Pocatello visiting with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j
Sattelfield.
The last of the series of band con-
certs given by the American Legion
will be at the Tabernacle, Blackfoot,
on Thursday evening, the 18th of
May. Admission 25 cents, to be used
for band benefit.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-22

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