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Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04
CEDAR RIDGE
(Too late for last week }

(Too late for last week.
Frank Scott of Birdell called to see
his parents Tuesday.
Mrs. Julia Ferguson is visiting her
daughter OF Black Rock.
Bryan Penn of holland was seen on
our streets Sunday afternoon.
Paul Ferguson spent Sunday and
Sunday night with Walter Scott.
The prayer meeting at Bro. David
sons Sunday afternoon was well at
tended.
Miss Ruth Ferguson has been on the
sick list but is reported better at this
writing.
Mrs. Winnie Ragan Of holland has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Ike Oglesby
G. Z. Rowland and son, Lester, have
rented the Joe Scott farm and are do
ing some mighty good work.
Miss Celia White and brother, Bur
lie, have been visiting their sister, Mrs.
Walter Adkins, ON Cache river.
Well. we would like for the Ingram
correspondent TO tell us who win be
our next sheriff, for we are all want.
ing to know.
Rev. Jones filled his regular ap-
pointment here Sunday and also
preached a fine sermon at the home of
f. Cox Sunday night.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

The state Legislature of Rhode Is
land has been in session for thirteen
weeks and is exactly where it started.
The state has a Democratic administra-
tion but has Republican majority in
the Senate. When anything is started
by the administration the Republicans
Immediately tie it up and when the
Republicans start anything the Demo
Gratis will not have anything to do with
n.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

A writer in an advertising publica-
ton says that a large mail order house
is trying to find out why farm products
which net the man who raises them
little or no profit, are sold to the ulti-
mate consumer at prices which are
prohibitive.
He goes on TO say that this inves-
tigation may disclose the fact that
the retail grocer, who in the small
town insists that he is the true friend
Of the farmer and in the city poses
as the friend Of the consumer, may
be shown up in rather unfavorable
light. But the (naming the mail order
house, will not lose any sleep If that
happens.
But did ii ever occur TO the mail
order house. whose defender is blunt
ly honest about the mail order house
attitude towards the retailer that If
II were not for the retailer, there would
likely not be any prosperous communi-
ties from which the mail order houses
could take their pound of flesh?
People gather together in towns and
small cities such as ours, build what
we call homes and dwell together in
peace and harmony. Each man has
his part in the community life. Some
are retailers, some are professional
4 men. some till the soil and others work
at trades.
Certainly people would not estab-
llsh homes, build roads and school
houses and churches and the other
adjuncts of community life, IL there
were not some retailers to supply their
daily wants.
They could not depend on mail order
houses in far distant cities that pose
as friends of the people, yet exact a
toll that yields immense profits for
their stockholders.
Retailers are as necessary in com
munity life as any other body of citi-
zens and they know that the mail
order houses, which beguile their Gus
toners with fine descriptions and mis-
leading statements regarding articles,
are no friends OF theirs, neither are
they friends of the people to whom
they sell their goods.
10. n 10
people who trade with him. He is at
the same stand every day and If his
customers feel that they have not had
fair treatment as to price or quality
they know where to make complaint
He is interested in every thing that Is
for the best interests of the community
He pays taxes and helps support the
churches. schools, public improvements
and every other worthwhile enterprise
The mail order house, which has
taken such concern in the welfare
of the farmer. has no interest in his
community or any other, aside from
how much revenue it will produce
The mail order house does not pay a
cent toward educating our children,
building our roads or public buildings
iR fact, contributes nothing to the
community.
They take money from the com
munity aud add nothing in return.
Their solicitude for the farmer is al
most pathetic. II must be that bust
ness Is not 50 good with them--else
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

As in France a man is guilty Of a
crime until he is proved innocent, so
in Chile man is considered guilty Of
having set his house on fire until he
proves that he had nothing whatever
to do with it.
When fire occurs the owner or
the occupant of the burned building is
promptly arrested and brought before
court of law. There, legally speak
ing. "the burden OF proof is on him."
Needless to say there are very few
fire sales" In Chile.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

The Saturday Evening Post tells a
story of an eastern textile manufac-
tnrer of middle age who rebelled
against high surtaxes. He closed his
mill. lquidated his capital and put
the proceeds into tax-free securities.
lie now spends his time in travel and
recreation. This is what he says about
it,
Why should ! keep factory hours,
subject my capital 10 the risks Of bust
ness. wear myself out In the daily
grind. and then hand over fifty-eight
per cent Of my profits to the federal
government. aud another large slic3 TO
the, state and local tax collectors? My
tay-grec bonds yield me more dollars
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04
Cy Adams Says:
A mushroom grows lots faster than
an oak but not nearly so long.

If you live in cotton country you
had better grow some cotton but don't
put your land all in cotton unless you
can afford to run the risk of losing
money.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04
The Editors Eye

Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. draft
dodger during the late war, who has
been hiding in Germany since the war.
has decided to return to America and
face the music"
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04
SECOND HAND FoRDs

We have big assortment of used
Fords from S6j up. All in good run
ming shape. Buy now and be ready
for summer Jones Bros. 81 II.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

The Chinese government has refus-
ed to ratify an agreement with Russia
which was signed by its representa-
tive and has ordered the soviet envoy
to leave Peking because he wrote in
sulting notes to the foreign office.
Moscow. therefore. has broken Off the
negotiations for a peace treaty. The
situation is considered dangerous and
correspondents say civil war in China
is likely to break out again. The
Chinese also are having disputes with
Japan concerning the Shantung rail
way and tow japanese naval squad
rons are in China water
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

This is the time of year when the
pendulum of discomfort swings over
against the hearts of city people. Many
an apartment dweller and Office work
er would be mighty glad to trade his
alarm clock for good growing rooster.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

There Is an old saying that the
Lord helps those who help themselves"
but there are too many men In the
country foolishly depending on what
they call Providence to do for them
what they should do for themselves.
There Is no doubt that Providence
has shaped many mans destiny,
but not while that man was sitting
idle. holding his hands and waiting
for something to turn up. The south
is infested with certain sort of a
vagabond who lays all his trials,
troubles and tribulations at the feet
of the boil weevil. when he never cul-
tivated an acre Of cotton I'm his life.
Just now these boil weevil winners,
at least that portion of them who
muster mp energy enough to attempt
to do n little farming, are putting
their faith in the cold weather Of the
past winter instead of putting their
cash in n little calcium arsenate, and
are hoping that Providence has done
for them that which they are too lazy
and too stingy to do for themselves
Providence has given us great helr
in checking the cotton pest, but he is
still here. and those who put their
faith altogether in the cold weather
will be reminded along about July
that a little work goes long ways
In helping out that faith.-Jacksor
tAIiss) Clarion-Ledger.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04
SECOND HAND FoRDs

We have a big assortment Of used
Fords from S65 up. All in good run
ming shape. Buy now and be ready
for summer. Jones Bros. 81 II.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04
FOR RENT

A nice new six room bungalow just
out of the corporation. Terms reason
able. See f. Dalton at Randolph Co.
Bank. 20 If.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

5000 and Ford car will buy so acre
cotton farm, near Pocahontas. See +.
J. Baltz. 10 tt.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

Most everyone in Arkansas would
be glad to see the public schools well
supported, but there are a few who
would rather the other fellow would
do the supporting.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-04

The man who CANDLES most gener'
ally is the man who can least afford
TO lose.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
DAWES PLAN BRINGS EUROPEAN
BUSINESS CONDITIONS TO FRONT,
WILL STIMULATE BUSINESS HERE

either gate is left wide open the
influx will offset what has Been
kept out of the other.
''The Babsenchart shows that bus
mess in the United States is gradu-
ally getting back onto sound basis
1t now stands at II per cent be-
low normal--and there is no doubt
that within a few years the Euro
peon situation win again regain its
commercial balance and we will be
able to carry ON international trade
to mutual advantage.
In the meantime certain malad-
iustments and disadvantages to some
of those involved are unavoidable
Postponing the rehabilitation of the
world s business, however, will not
solve the problem. We might just
as well roll up our sleeves and get
to work. In short, the Dawes plan
will help certain American indus
tries at once; others it will ultimate
ly harm, but as to how merely de
pends upon us. Both employers and
employees in lines requiring a large
amount of labor should wake up and
get on their toes at once.o
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
FINES SHOULD
GO TO COUNTY,
AUTO ARRESTS

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6.-In a
statement issued today from the
division of motor vehicles by Chief
win II. Marsh, the attention of
municipal officers of California was
directed to sections of the state law
which require that al fines collect
ed by municipal judges from viola
tors of the motor vehicle act arrest
ed by state officers be turned over
to the respective counties in which
the officers are working. The state
ment said:
Complaints have reached this
office which indicate that some of
the cities of California are retain
ing money collected as fines from
violators arrested by our officers.
This is a violation of Section 100
(b) of the motor vehicle act which
provides that such money shall be
paid over to the county treasurer
whether collected by justice of
the peace, police court, city record
er's court: city justice of the peace
or otherwise.
''In this connection the division
desires to point out that any city
or county justice or judge has pow
er to levy fines for any violation
of the motor vehicle act. Some of
the officials seem to think they
have no jurisdiction over any charge
except speeding.
"Some of the officials also seem
to think that they have power to
determine what the minimum fine
shall be. This is not true as the
law in many cases fixes the mini
mum. We had one case recently of
a. man charged with reckless driv-
ing and demanding a jury trial. The
jury found him guilty and although
he had put the county to tre-
mendous expense the judge only
fined him $500.
"The minimum fine fixed by the
law in such case is $500 and
this offender should have been fin
ed at least $1G0. If the Judges
would hit these people harder there
would be less people killed on the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
Admission Day Is
to Be Celebrated

To fittingly observe Admission
Day. with all the revelry and gay
festivities with (which California
great day was observed "a years ago
when the Bear Republic was ad-
mitted to the United States, all of
Southern California is being organ
lied for an immense rally at the old
Mission at San Fernando 20 miles
north of Los Angeles. 1t is also
" Anniversary Day. at Mission San
Fernando commemorating the 127th
year of its founding.
r. II. Ross of Los Angeles. a
Native Son, has been selected as
chairman for the days program
which will start at IL O'Clock. The
Kiwanis and Boy Scouts bands from
Van Nuy's are scheduled to open
the festivities at that hour Seven
prominent men and women of Cal
ifornia whose names will be reveal
ed later will assemble at noon i'll the
old historic sala of the Mission and
will be installed as the executive
board of the Grand Chapter of the
Society of the Golden Scroll, an
organization to preserve and restore
the old Missions.
4 At 2 0 clock, John Steven Nc
Groarty, author of the Mission Play,
will mount the speakers platform
to deliver the only address of the
day; lie will be presented by MIR.
Ross of the Union Oil Company.
George V. Blake, athletic officer
of the Los Angeles Athletic Club
will open the sports program at 3
o o'clock vnd in conjunction with
John P. Sweeney of San Fernando
will stage numerous exhibitions of
boxing, fencings wrestling, tumbling
and other athletic exercises as prac-
ticed at the Los Angeles Athletic
Club. The participants in the box
ing demonstrations from San Fer
nando are said to be all deccndents
of the early Californians who form
ed the colony OF the old Mission.
Intermittent entertainment will be
furnished by members of the Mis-
sion Players who will characterize
Spanish troubadors, circulating thru
the crowds. Following the sports,
a special dance orchestra win play
for dancing which will continue all
evening.
Mr.. McGroarty is receiving the
cooperation and enthusiastic SUPP
port of all the State Societies in
Southern California as well as the
commercial and civic organizations
including the Kiwanis and Women Is
Clubs, Chambers of Commerce and
the parlors of the Native Sons and
Native Daughters of the Golden
West.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
THE PASSING OF JAZZ

Jazz is dying, says Oscar Thompson in Musical
America 1t may still to be popular but its
doom is sealed Mr.. Thompson compares jazz with
slang
I'm its hey-day the freshness and expressiveness
Of slang its color It's flash its pep its drectness and
its force commend it to uncritical multtudes Word
pursts shun it while it is fresh and expressive But
the end its popularity kills it off for general
usage 1t stales and paes. The crowd drops it--off
with the old phrase and with the new! But once it
has become patudnous and oldfashioned slang finds
its way into the dictionaries. Its zest gone good writ
ers longer ashamed to employ it, and especially
is it certain to assert itself in the language of slow
moving pedants."
This, according to Mr.. Thompson, is what is hap
penng to jazz. At first its funny rhythms and funny
noises commended it. But there has been too much OF
it, and its creators and listeners trng of it. Now,
bit by Bit its characteristics finding their way into
the dictionaries. Here a rhythm, there funny
noise, the good writers taking it and incorp
Grating it into art works. Which means that jazz
jazz is dying.
This will be great relief to many who have had
ears and tangled by its hideousness during the
last few years. Tin Pan Alley, however, says Mr..
Thompson, must discover musical slang, or the
progeny of those who have wrggled to the eccentri
cities of The Roadhouse Blues will hunt out another
alley
But that's all right Youth must be youth, with
its crudities and follies.
Undoubtedly the form will be forth
coming.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
Husband of Miss
Taylor Says She
Is Not Divorced
by United Press Leased wire

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. g.
Wilmington has found no answer
to the question of how Jack Demp-
sey is to marry Estelle Taylor.
Kenneth Peacock, who says he is
the husband of the film actress, de-
nies her statement that she has di-
vorced him. No papers. ever have
been served on him, Peacock asserts,
and says lie still considers Miss Tay-
lor his wife and will contest any ac-
tion for divorce.
Dempsey has denied reports of his
engagement to the actress and to
Wilmington it looks as if the ro!
nance certainly is off, at least un-
til Miss Taylor can come TO an IN
derstanding with her present hus.
baud.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
SANE EMIGRATION

We have heard much of immigration in these lat
ter wears Here is something the other side of the
shied-about emigration. 1t comes from the country
which is most Disseminated against if there any real
discrimination in our present immigration law. And
it comes from whose utterances have not always
been regarded temperate and sober. Premier Mus
soini of Italy says, in recent statement to American
correspondents
"The emigration policy pursued by the Italian
government toward the United States toward other
countries aims to avoid sending persons who do not
correspond to'the economic and social needs of the
country of immigration 1t believes that sending such
persons harms the country which receives themy as
we'll as that which sends them The former is damag-
ed in its economy and the latter in it's reputation
If the Italian government will adhere to this prln-
cipe there will be difficulty between it and Aemr-
lea on the immigration problem. And the utterance is
one that deserves to be needed by various other
tries which feel aggrieved by the immigration quotas
to which they restricted
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
POLLUTED WATER

Army engineers throughout the country have been
ordered to investigate the pollution of navgable
ters under act of the last Congress. Their main
interest in the interference with navigation and fish
ing caused by oil pollution, from oil burning vessels
and other causes but they will extend their inquiries
to all possible sources. of pollution nciudng
sewage and factor waste.
This is an extremely valuable piece of work 1t
should be done thoroughly and promptly, and its find
ings made available for in federal state and NUM-
cpal legislation, in order to protect the seashores
lakes and streams of the country from evergrowing
evil 1t not only navigation and fishing but
a large part of the nations water supply.
Such effort should not be confined to navigable
waters although the army engineers subject to that
limitation Almost everywhere there are rivers creeks
brooks and lakes that used by the local commun
ties for boating swimming, fishing and drinking
ter. Community health depends as much on the pur-
ity of that water any other factor And as popu-
lation increases there is evergrowng danger of con-
tannation by disease germs chemicals endangerng
the public health.
Every state and every country and city ought to
have its own inquiry, suppementing that which is be-
ing conducted by the federal government.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06

have broughttth scissors with me, -
finished Betty.
Scissors!' exclaimed the old rab
bit gentleman with an extra fine
twinkle of his pink nose. "Why
the scissors?'
because 1 want you to bob my
hair-that is cut it off Short ex-
planned Betty. "All the girl ami
mails are having their hair bobbed,
and | want mine. That's why /
brought you the scissors. #
I. s'Oh, but Betty! / can't bob
hair!" gasped Uncle Wiggily. "You
should GO to the barber pig, who
takes four and twenty hairs to make
a wig. l can't bob your hair.'
"Oh, yes. you can,' laughed Bet
ty, slyly tickling the old rabbit
gentleman in the ribs with the han
die of the scissors so she wouldn It
scratch him. ''I asked my mother
if l could have my hair bobbed, and
she said / could if you would do
it. Now please do.'
Betty handed Mr.. Longears the
scissors. The old rabbit gentleman
gave Il weary sigh and told the
little girl raecoon to sit down on
flat stump.
"We shall pretend that is bar
ber's chair" he said. "But / fear
/ shall make a very poor task of
bobbing your hair, Betty"
s'Oh, l don't mind,' laughed the
little raccoon, so the rabbit gentle
man began to start. He clipped off
some of the ends of Betty's fur
around the back of her head. Then
he took off some more, and a bit ad-
ditional. There was a puddle of wa
ter near the stump, and Uncle Wig
gily said Betty had better get up
and look in it before he cut any
more of her hair.
''The water is like mirror-see
if you like the way you look, - said
the bunny.
Betty looked and clapped her
paws. "Oh, that S just fine!' she
cried. 81 look wonderful, Uncle
Wiggily! You are a good barber
for bobbingi'
"And L am good Bob Cat for
nibbling!' suddenly cried savage
voice, and over the spring leaped
the bad old Bob Cat with his silly
little tail.
Uncle Wiggily didn't know what
to do, but Betty cried:
''Bob the Bob Cat, Uncle Wig
gily! Take the scissors and snip off
his foolish little tail. Bob the Bob
Cat!"
But when the bad chap heard this
he jumped back across the spring
gave q howl and cried:
"Don't snip off my tail! Please
don't It's only short one now, and
if you snip any off, all the other
animals will laugh at me!o And,
being very proud Of his silly little
tail, and fearing Uncle Wiggily
might snip and bob it, the Bob Cat
ran through the woods as fast as he
could go. SO he didn t nibble the
bunny's ears after all.
And if the fountain pen Tdoesn t
splash red ink on the facefof the
clock, to make it look like q fire
man, | IL tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and the late FREELY.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
A PRACTICAL AIRPLANE

1"The airpane,' many people continue saying, is
not practical and perhaps never will be- Air condl-
tions are too risky Taking off and landing are too
difficult The inevitable strain the engines is too
great There is too much demanded of the pilot"
In all these criticisms there is much truth Yet
consider the record of w. D. Williams, pilot of AIR
Mail Plane 80 flying between Chicago and Cleveland
Williams has been in the air 1000 hours and trav-
eled more than 100000 miles, all in the same plane
without forced landing caused by mechanical
troubles. -,
There have been several engines installed in that
plane as the old out, and some minor repairs
and replacemens in the structure itself from time TO
time as there would be in ship. But it is still the
same plane and still good apparently for many thou
sand miles more. It is doubtful whether there is an
automobile any where in the world with so good mile
age record
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
"HarbOr Lights
Satisfies Most
Critical Fans

The. New Airdome theater tonight
promises rare display of thrills
in Harbor Lights" an Associated
Exhibitors photoplay, starring Tom
Moore. A fierce encounter between
a girls fiancee and man seeking
to destroy his good name, a desper-
ate struggle on the edge of steep
sea cliff, a plunge of 125 feet into
the sea and a thrilling rescue by a
life saving crew are some of the ex-
citing moments. According to the
management, the attraction is not
lacking III dramatic interest as well
and is q picture which bids fair
to satisfy the most critical fan.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARISs
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BETTY'S
BOB

Betty Ringtail was title girl rae
COON The reason she was named
Ringtail was because she had rings
Of light colored fur ON her tail,
which in other places, on either side
of the rings, was rather dark. And
the reason the little girls other
name was Betty was because she
was Elizabeth And, as you know,
any one who is named Elizabeth is
almost always called Betty.
One day Betty, having washed a
piece of fish in the brook before she
ate it for breakfast--I mean before
she ate the fish not the brook
one morning Betty started for I'm
Gle Wiggily's hollow stump bunga-
low. Betty, as do all raccoons, al
ways washed in clean water every
bit of food before she ate it. Green
corn is about the only thing rae
coons don t wash before they eat.
"Hello, Uncle Wiggily!' said
Betty politely as she waved her paw,
which was almost like a baby's
hand, at the rabbit gentleman. 81