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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

Too much fabrication Of springs
produces excessive bouncing which
in. time flattens the leaves and al.
lows the frame to bump the axle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

A fan belt that persists in slip.
ping can be made to run smoothly
by sprinkling little powdered resin
over it,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12

dent will meet the home-seeker
with a glad hand and a cheerful
face and this will continue as
long as the newcomer proves to
be genuine and will "tote fair"
To you, Mr.. Eastern Reader, if
you are contemplating a move for
a new location, Vashon island ex-
tends a welcome, If you wish adj
ditional information write this pa
per, or to the Hon. e. III. Miller,
President of the Vashon Com
mercial Club, neither of whom
have any land to sell. Write to
any advertiser in this issue of the
paper, and we are confident you
will obtain authentic information.
Our island could support with
comfort 5000 more people, and
the first who comes will get first
choice of sites and other material
advantages. "BE ONE OF THE
5000"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
REPUBLICANS WIN III
GERMAN ELECTION

Berlin. - The Republican group in
Germany won tremendous victory in
the national elections which were
held throughout the country Sunday.
Returns showed the socialists demo,
Gratis and centrists ran decisively
ahead of the nationalists, communists
and fascist. The latter were prac-
tically wiped out.
Approximately SIS per cent of tine
electorate went to the polls to choose
the new reichstag the vote being the
heaviest ever poiled in Germany
Many disturbances between adherents
of rival parties kept police busy
throughout Saturday night and Sun
day.
Although there were score of par
ties having candidates, the chief issue
lay between the republicans, under the
black, red and gold banner, and the
monarclists, under the black, red and
white.
The former group won so decisively
that 1t will be possible to form re-
publican or middle regime which will
have clear majority and will not
have to kow-tow to the nationalist
as was the case last summer when
Chancellor Marx had to make con
cessions to save the Dawes plan.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12

Many extra copies of this week S
News-Record will go off the is
land to new readers, scattered in
different states of the Union. To
all of these we extend an invita-
ton TO come and visit our island.
If you are looking for a spot where
you can have all the advantages
of big city, minus the disad-
yantages appurtenant thereto,
NashOn island invites you to come
and make us visit. Here will be
found the best all year climate
n the world. Our ocean washed
air, our ebbing and flowing Of the
tides, our proximity to both Sc
attic and Tacoma, our exception
ally high grade citizens, our splen-
did schools and churches, and the
good moral tone of the island, all
make it the wonder spot for a
home. Ia an hours time one can
leave the News-Record office and
be in the heart of either Seattle
or Tacoma. The island has several
miles of concrete highways, while
good grayeled roads are every
where. Our transportation to the
big cities is good and will get bet
ter from year to year. Land val
ues are as yet very low considering
the diversified crops that can be
grown here. The poultry indust-
~, the greenhouse business, and
the growing of all kinds of
small fruits, is as certain of sue
cess on Vashon island as anything
can be certain in this world. We
have no bad storms to encounter,
mild winters and delightfully."- cool
summers. The salt waters at our
doors are filled with all manner
Of fish, the uncleared lands abound
in wild game, there is no false
aristocracy here, and every resi-
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
CJMr,UN|STS
ARRESTED by POLIGF
More Than 800 Extrem sis Are
Rounded Up in Whole.
sale IA ds.

Paris,-The police raided the rrin,
cipal soviet headquarters at Bobigny,
in the outskirts of Paris.
Complete success in putting stop
to the communist agitation toward
revolution was claimed by the govern
ment.
To the neutral observer 1t appear
ed the government scored heavily
against the extremists, first by round
ing up more than 300 communists of
all nationalities, more than 70 OF
whom. foreigners. will be expelled
and, second by preventing the com
munist manifestation announced as a
protest against these arrests and ex-
pulsions.
1t was the first move OF the Her
riot socialist government against com
munism and followed the premicr's
conference with Austen Chamberlain
in which the British foreign secretary
asked cooperation of France to Ere-
vent spread OF communism.
The raids, in the opinion OF police,
revealed "a constructive campaign Of
the soviets to establish Themselves
firmly in France" following Fg'elch
recognition of Russia and arrival of
Russian ambassador M. Krassin
Police said wholesale expulsion of
communist agitators would follow the
raids, which will continue Throughout
the nation over the weekend and until
"the last vestige of the red peril has
been eliminated"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
EDITORIAL
CHRISTMAS WELCOME.

With this issue of the News
Record goes the fervent gratitude
oil its editor to all Island readers,
and the sincere wish that the clos
ing year has dealt kindly with
every one of them. The year has
been fraught with activity along
many lines on our island and we
believe it has proven 10 be above
the average fol- both domestic hap
piness and material prosperity.
The fruit crop was above the av-
yerage and the prices obtained
were high enough that none dare
complain, Our fruit growers have
had a good living and laid by a
few extra dollars for the proyerb-
ial rainy day. The next industry
is the poultry business, and while
feed has been rather high, it has
been more than offset by the high
prices obtained for eggs. Tile
year finds both the poultry grow
cr and the fruit raiser a step far
ther advanced, and each has cause
for gladness in his heart for a
home on such a favored spot as
Eashon island A few good fam
lies have left the island during
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
A HELPFUL STUDY

We notice where rural schools in
a number of places over the coun-
try are adding a helpful course in
simple farm accounting. The
teachers devote a little time daily
to teaching the boys how to keep
a set of books-not a double-entry
or complicated bookkeeping system,
but enough of the fundamentals
to enable them after a few months
to be able to keep track of farm
accounts, to tell what has been
paid out, when, to whom, and what
for, and to keep trace of all rev.
enues derived from the farm.
Whether the lad remains On the
farm or enters some other trade
or profession, this simple little
study of bookkeeping is bound to
be worth something to him in after
years. 1t also assists in teaching
LESSONS in fractions and in profit
and loss-studies that are a bug
aboo to every boy who looks into
an arithmetic. We are passing
the idea along to rural teachers
around Vashon Island in the be-
lief that, since it is proving success
full elsewhere, it might be well
worth looking into more thorough
lv
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
U. S. BOND ISSUE is POPULAR
Subscriptions More Than Necessary
to Produce S2c0,ooo,ooo.


Washington, d. C.-With proportion
ately the greatest oversubscription
ever accorded federal security issue
indicated for the recently announced
20 to S0-year bond offerings, the
treasury decided to decline to accept
all subscriptions in excess of $4,000.
Announcing that there were many
times more cash subscriptions than
were necessary to produce the requir
ed s2000OO,OO0, the treasury said it
would place no restrictions on the
sale to purchasers of bonds for $1,000
or less. 1t will sell to subscribers who
sought between $1,000 and $4,000 of
the bonds only 65 per cent of the
amount they asked for, except that
all who subscribed for amounts less
than $4,000 will receive a minimum
Of $4,000.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
IF YOU WOULD LIVE

If you want to live to see the
trees grow green again and to feel
the balmy breezes of spring, don t
run your auto engine in a closed
garage, Don't run it even for
three minutes without having the
door or window open, or the car
bon monoxide gas will get you.
The gas is colorless, tasteless and
almost odorless, but it quickly
kills by paralyzing the respira-
tory organs; the victim often loses
consciousness before he realizes
what is happening. A 23-horse-
power auto will discharge enough
of the deadly gas in a closed gar
age on a cold day to kill the
healthiest person within five min
utes time. There is little danger
in the summer, because garage
doors are left open, but in cold
weather when the driver wants to
warm up his engine, or when he
wants to do little work on the
car indoors, the number of deaths
from this deadly gas mounts up
enormously. They are already oc-
curing in various parts of the
country. Let's not have any "a
round Vashon Island. Leave the
garage doors open every minute
that the auto engine is running.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
st,oOO,oOO Asked for Volunteer Vets

S1,ooO,ooo Asked for Volunteer Vets.
Washington, d, C.-An increase OF
s1,0OO,OOo is recommended for the
maintenance of the national homes fol
disabled volunteer soldiers in various
parts OF the country in the war depart
ment budget Appropriations recon
mended n total of s75S1,2D as against
s6.754,562 made last year.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12

Marines to Leave Nicaragua on Jan. I.
Washington, d. CATER a century
of almost perpetual civil war, Near
aqua has settled down to peace, and
American marines who have been
stationed there to protect Americans
and American interests since 1912,
will be withdrawn on January /.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12

Why not start the winter right
with a Savage Washer with a
Dryer2 W. D. GARV1N, Agent,
Vashon, Washington.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
Aberdeen Mayor civil War veteran.

Aberdeen Mayor Civil War Veteran.
Aberdeen, Wash.-A. G. Hopkins, 70.
year'old city constable and veteran of
the civil war, was elected mayor of
Aberdeen with n majority of $40 votes
over William A, Hamblyn sticter can
didate, in the heaviest voting the city
has ever known.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12

The News-Record is printing
more classifieds ads. each week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
THRILLING IRRITATlONS
By THOMAS A. CLAIR
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.

MOST men could have a leg cut of
IVA or receive a refusal of marriage |
from the girl they love with fortitude
and resignation; it is the trifing irri-
tations of life that try our courage
and wreck our ervou systems. We
can meet death without winking an
eyelash, but cold. pancakes for break
fast or a lost collar button units us
for business for the day. Our friends
and u regulations are often made
or lost by the way in which we meet
the seemingly Insignificant situations
Of life.
' bneku - .r,as-Lc-ler
his wife twenty yea s. They stood by
each other through all sorts of sor-
rows and disasters, but he finally ap-
piled for a divorce. She had a per
sistent habit of taking his soiled hand
kerchief out of his pocket each eve
ming and substituting a fresh one. 1t
was a violation of his rights, which
could not be brooked, and which babe
fair to soul his whole disposition; he
tried in vain to break her of the prac-
tice. and, failing in this, sought re-
lease from the annoyance through the
divorce courts. Yet they had met
with heroism and fortitude the seri.
Jus things of life.
1t is seldom the vital or important
occurrences which try u tempers or
pset us, or make home heaven or
lell for us; it is the trifing thing, the
Unexpected annoyance or omission.
Many of these things are largely
matters of personal temperament to
which we yield without a struggle.
We yer become elated or take pride
in the fact. at times, that there are
certain things which we do not like
Or which we cannot stand. Some men
boast of their little foibles or irrita-
ions as if they were an asset rather
han a liability.
heard a mar admit the other day
that a corroded pen, or a dry inkwell,
or a w~aste-paper basket put thought
fully out of reach by the ~janitor did
nor to disturb his %equanimity than
a dozen difficult customers would have
done.
In my college day l saw an other
wise well-balanced instructor-an ex-
perienced middle-aged gentleman
thrown into a frenzy because his hat
dropped twice from the hook on
which he was trying to hang it. He
would have met a crisis in life with
composure and complete placidity.
Perhaps when we learn to estimate
mems characters justly it will not be
wholly from the great crises which
they meet. but by trifing irritations
as well which they are able to over
look or to control.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
Wide World Photo

That French axiom which says
there is nothing so beautiful as care"
is confirmed by. the tailored suit. Be
it ever SO quiet as to color and plain
as to finish, its trim and ~hsttening
lines and im~peccable tailoring are its
most important assets. One of this
seasons aristocrats is pictured here.
in beige twill. with double breasted
Goa and plain, straight skirt
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17

To the Hon Mayor and Council April T. 1924.
Gentlemen
records of the City of Mortified for the calndar year of 1923.
The results of this examination. together with comments thereon. are presented
in the following exhibit and schedules attached hereto The previous years report
was used as a starting point
I have made a detailed heck of all Receipts and Dsbursements and have gone
over al vouchers to determine their proper assihcauo I also checked the TAX
Duplicate ua ietan and made such adjustments as 1 found necessary to reflect the
proper st&s4 Of thu accounts
You - mote that the Balance Sheet as of December 81. 1892. has been changed
in tbs attached report This is done to refect#t The true state If affairs as of hat
date, il having ben discovered, during 1923, that tbs Franchise Taxes ad the
Gross Receipts Taxes for the year 1921 which were carried as delinquent in the
was carried as a credit. to G 3 Dixon Collector This reduces tbs 3. Dixon
account to 1898 as of the date enuon above.
Cash balances We're verified to m by the repositories
1 found that H E. Williams was bonded in the amount Of $1,000 as Tax COL
ector and in the amount of $4,000 as Treasurer. George Muller is bonded in the
Recommendatons-I recommend that tbs old Tax lists be written IF as their
yaUe is very doubtful
I wish to thank the officers Of the City for their courtesy nd assistance during
the course Of my audit
I certify that the attached schedules n exhibits are true and correct accord
ing to the books Of the City OF Mortified and that they correctly set oth the
fnanci condition of the Cya as Of Decembe 81, 1926.
Yours cry truly,
T. J. CHRISTENSEN.
Registered Municipal Accountant
RHLA
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
h Success Fails

There is no failure more heartbreak.
ing and disastrous than success which
leaves God out of the bargain. Il
you are simply setting out in life to
amass mere material success, fame
created or position gained, then sue
cess will be the most dismal and dis
astrous failure.-G. Campbell Morgan
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17

DIR. Crabbe had almost succeeded in
Diminishing Mrs. Gassoway, when she
stopped in the doorway, exclaiming,
Why, doctor, you didn't look to see if
my tongue was coated" Il know it
isn't" said the doctor YEARLY. You
meyer find grass on a racetrack."-
Everybody's Magazine.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
Conversation ~
SOUR GRAPES

"Sour grapes" is the express
sion which is applied to someone
hose unfavorable comment Is
,ased on envy. The reference is
20 Aesop's fable of the fox who
enviously tried to reach some
grapes which were just out of
his reach. AT last, giving up, he
consoled himself by saying that
the grapes were sour. Knocking
is usually the old story of "sour
grapes"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17

AS my spring garden now I plan
think of things | want TO grow.
But spinach is one of the things
For which there1l be no room,
know.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
In Ones Home

1t is often easier to pose as a phil
anthropist abroad han to be known
as kind, reasonable and unseltish In
ones home.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17

In the old days a mar was judged
by the company he kept. But now he
is judged by the car he has.-New
Orleans States.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
Giving Thanks

Giving thanks for what we have is
, good preventive against whining
about what we have not.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
The Extent of Usefulness

Our duty is to be useful, no accord
ing to our desires, but to our powers
Evangelical Visitor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17

The world is apt to make things
hotter for the man with a shady rep
utation than for the n with a sunny
disposition.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17
Rearing the Child

IN bringing up a child. think of Its
Old sgp.-iouhert.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-05-17

We must refrain from this.
We must refrain from that,
To everything that smacks of bliss
The law announces Scat"
Upon the jaded brain
The cry beats like a gong.
Refrain, refrain, refrain
Amt life a grand sweet song?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
FASCIST MINISTER
REFUSES TO OBEY
CONVENTION DECISION

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER.)
LIvoRNo, Italy, Oct. 16.-eiorda-
no ssroeehi, minister Of labor in the
cabinet Of MussoIini and a member
Of the liberal party, has lined up
with the pro-fasclst forces in the
split which has been preeipitated
among the liberals in convention
here. w
Following the vote Of the over
wheImlng majority Of the delegates
to refuse further cooperation with
the MussollnI government, both
Sarocchi and casati, who were put
in the cabinet as representatives Of
the liberal party, have decided to
remain In office under the rule Of
the black shirts.
The fascist representatives at the
convention have been able to carry
with them only very small group.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
fContinued from PAGE u

kee capitalists are the seeds and the
naughty American tlnanciers are the
sewers Of the coming world war which
will be waged to maintain and extend
the supremacy Of our ruling class and
the safety Of these same investments.
The last imperialist world war
grew out of the intense commercial
rivalries, out of the fierce struggle
for new markets, for greater spheres
of investment and influence, for wider
areas of the control of the natural re-
sources of economically under devel-
oped countries among the leading ma
tional capitalist groups. The war was
fought to decide issues arising out
of these disputes. The war was won
by the allied imperialists to crush the
German capitalist class as an effec-
tive competitor in the international
market and in the race for imperialist
supremacy. Today, the Dawes plan,
proposed as the best scheme to guar
antee the fruits of this imperialist
victory, has within itself the germs
for the undoing Of this victory, for
the obiiteration Of the very purpose
for which the war was fought by the
Entente employing classes.
French Capitalists Fear Competition.
France is looking askance at the
return Of Germany as an effective com
petitor in the international market.
Yet, the sole chance. Of success in the
operation of the Dawes plan is the
ability of the German economic sys-
tenn to produce sufficient excess of
exports.
France will get maximum Of 25
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17

also one Of fair Harvard's overseers.
sisting of the spokesman Of the steel,
coal, dyes textile and pharmaceutical
corporations to advise the foreign Of
fee Of the likely effects of the Lon
don agreement on foreign trade.
Bitter Conflict Looming.
A source of even greater danger of
war than the British fear of German
commercial rivalry is the British fear
of a Franco-German commercial ac-
cord in which. France will have a
dominating economic position on the
continent. Since the world war the
British capitalists have shuddered at
the probability OF union of German
coal with French iron interests as the
preparatory step for the organization
of the worlds most powerful steel
corporation. In many quarters it is
declared that the formation of such
giant trust would result in the con
troll not only Of the Ruhr and Lor-
raine but many other important sec
lions in Central Europe and along the
Danube.
France must have Ruhr coke for
her furnaces. Germany must have
the Lorraine iron. The leading CAPT
taIists Of both countries are now
working toward an agreement to OPP
crate these resources jointly in order
to dominate the industrial life of the
continent, The British coal and iron
interests have great apprehension of
such union which would effectively
undermine their hitherto strong posi-.
ton on the continent. Thus, com.
menting on the concern which this
likelihood of Franco-German accord
has already brot to the British ruling
class, Chancellor of the ExchequeI
Snowden frankly declared:
French industrialists, Of whom
Louis Loucheur is the guiding spirit,
have designs on the economic control
of certain German industries which
they make no effort to conceal. There
is very real danger and political
means will be used to advance these
aims. The proposed Franco-German
commercial agreement is one method
by which the project may be adj
vanced."
That accounts for the increasing
opinion that the coming struggle will
be more a struggle for favorable com
mercial arrangements with Germany
than for the collection of reparations
That explains the great dispatch with