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Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
DRl. HOOK TELLS OF THE BEAUTY
AND FASCINATION OF ALASKA

A land Of haunting beauty and
mystery, whose lure cannot be ex-
planned nor resisted; u land where
the thermometer stays at 90 below
zero much of the winter yet where
cabbages grow four feet i'll diameter
to bed at, 10:30 p. M, some days
and gets up at l:30 a. m., where the
sun sets i'll the south in December
and in the north in June and where
certain animals turn white in the
winter time to afford protection
from their foes-these are a few of
the high spots of life in Alaska as
Dir. Edith Hook saw them during her
recent years stay i'll that interest
ing country.
Dr. Hook, who lived in Ell Ccntro
for several years, is visiting here
at present, after faving spent what
she terms the "most interesting
year of her entire life'' i'll the far
north in the railroad town of An
ehorage. Anchorage is made pos
sible by the United States govern
ment railroad, 500 miles long and
extending from Seward to Fair
banks, opening up hitherto inacces
sible inland territory rich in mineral
deposits. Anchorage, a town of
5000, is ia miles from Seward and
is the home of many of the rail
road s officials, most of whom are
by the government.
Unlike Fairbanks whose popula-
ton has declined from 10000 dur
ing the gold rush days to 1900 now,
Anchorage is increasing in popula
ton and presents a bustling air of
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Mabel In New
Action Against
Society Matr on
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.-Mabel
Norman, film comedienne, is still
talking back to those who would
disFaragc her name.
Not content with suing Mrs.
Georgia Church, wealthy society
matr6h, for $4,000 for naming her
in Il divorce suit, Mabel today had
on file q request to enter an affi-
davit denying all Mrs. Church IS
charges.
The plaintiff in the divorce ac-
ton alleged that her husband, Nor
man w. Church, was friendly with
Miss Normand while the two were
iu II hospital ut the same time.
The court has taken the actress
motion to intervene -undcr advise
lment.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Pacific Medical
College Case Is
Being Heard Now
BY Press staff Correspondent

By PRESS StstIA SOTTSSpohuSAl
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 22.-Opera-
tions of the Pacific Medical college
, at Los Angeles were barred Tuesday
when the state board of medical
examiners met to conduct a hearing
in the case of DIR. Frank p. Young,
alleged head of the school. Harry
j. Brundidge, st. Louis newspaper
man, whose Investigations have led
to the disclosure of fraudulent di-
ploma mills throughout the United
States, was present at the hearing
and was scheduled to testify later in
the day.
Testimony of DIR. T. L. Tasker,
Los Angeles osteopath, who, is a
member of the state board of medi
cal examiners in 1924 made a sur
vey of the school tending to show
that the equipment of, the institu
tion was inadequate for the type of
instruction given. According to DR..
Tasker, the school was conducted in
three rooms under the presidency of
DIR. Young. I
p. M. Hall, Los Angeles attorney,
represented DR.. Young, who was not |
present at the hearing
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Skeleton Solves
Oregon Mystery
20 Years Ago
by United Press Leased wire

MEDFORD, Ore, Oct. pa 20
year old mystery Of the disappear
ance of William r. King, trail home
steader was solved here when Her
man and Charles King of Forth
Bend, Ore, identified skeleton
found in the forest near here as
that of their brother.
Identity was established by an old
rusted rifle which had specially
designed peep sight. The remains
were placed in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
William Kings disappearance in
January, 1905, caused a furore here
and always remained a mystery un-
til hunters found the skeleton re-
Gently.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Coolidg e May
Hold Hear ings
ON Sugar Probe
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Presi-
dent Coolidge may hold hearings on
the sugar tariff problem if the in
formation he has asked the federal
departments fails to clear up the
question, it was said at the white
house today. The President hopes,
however, that this additional delay
may not prove necessary.
A final decision on the sugar tar
If reduction recommended by the
tariff commission appeared no near
er today with the President still
waiting for data requested from
various governmental agencies and
the briefs American beet sugar pro-
duccfs are expected to file.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Lucy, the Oldest
Squaw, Dead
in Yosemite
By United Press Leased Wire

By United Press Leased Wire
YOSEMITE, CAL, Oct. e.
Lucy Brown, last member Of
the original Indian tribe found
in the Yosemite Valley when
the white men came, is dead,
aged 100 years.
The famous aold squaw sue
cumbed to hears disease yester-
day and will be buried today
in the tiny Indian burying
ground, to rest beside her hus-
band, Mono Tom Brown.
All last night Lucy's descen-
dants-siX generations Of the
Brown family-sat or paced
about a great campfire paying
homage to her memory. The
gutteral exclamations of the
braves, the Wailing of the
squaws and the cracking Of the
fire composed her requiem.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
PLANNED TO ROB
TO HELP FAMILY

Los ANGELES, Get. % -f'urth-
er q.sstioning Of Albert 4. M.
Gross, preacher : son, b. police
detectives was expected today fol
lowing nis alleged confession Of
plot to rob iewelrv stores.
Gross, who says he i the son .of
Rev. Charles Gross, South Barre,
Mass, claims to havo planned the
crime because of poverty IN his
home. 1t was bad enough for the
wife and myself to be poor, but
when the baby came four weeks
ago l became desperate, and we had
pawned everything. = Gross j.
quoted as saying.
Held with Gross is his sistcr-in-
law, Miss Florence Fish, who IS
thought to have aided him.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
SENTRY IS FOUND
DEAD AT HOSPITAL
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Prfv-
ate Russell Shore, sentry at WtE
ter Reed hospital hare, was found
dead at his post shortly after mid
night under circumstances which
indicated murder.
Shore was shot through the lung
with a bullet from his own revolver
which lay six feet from the body
and the ground around showed signs
of a struggle.
The fall of Something in China IS
ALWAYS considered imminent.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
JOHN G. SHELBY DIES

SALINAS, Calf, Oct. 22.-Joln
q. Shelby, believed to be of Los
Angeles, was killed near Soledad
Tuseday when his automobile collid-
ed with a car driven by Z. l.. Chap
pie of San Jose.
Chappie and members Of his fam
ny, riding with him, were unin-
iured
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Money Will Keep
Loeb-Leopold in
Prison For Life
BY United Press Leased Wire

\ CHICAGO, Oct. %. - Jacob
Franks, whose IA year old son
Bobby, was murdered by Nathan
Leopold and Richard Loeb, today
announced the opening of a trust
fund for the purpose of making sure
that his sons slayors are never set
free.
81 don It know how long | shall
live. AS long as breathe | III fight
every move to defeat justice. At
ter I'm dead this trust fund will be
available.n
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22

activity, in severe contrast to many
OF the Alaskan towns now falling
INTO decay. However, Fairbanks has
succeeded i'll retaining the celebrat-
ed college of mines, sustained by the
United States government, wnere
nearly hundred students are study
ing the prescribed course.
Getting back to the cabbages, DIR.
Hook remarked: "The four foot
cabbages are not all. The wonder
ful strawberries two inches long,
and as sweet as sugar, are some
thing no visitor to Alaska ever for
gets. And the wild cranberries and
currants, where one is liable as not
to come upon a black bear cavort-
ing about under the thick bushes.
Fishing, too-streams everywhere.
and all full of delicious mountain
trout. We used to fish until 1890
?. m. and never came home with
less than 30 trout. In fact, fish and
game are so abundant up there that
can onl y remember having bought
meat twice i'll the year 1 was up
there, and one of those purchases
was al Christmas turkey, for we
wanted to celebrate in true home
style. Turkeys do not do well up
there, for the long winter season
makes it impractical to raise them,
so they are brought in from the
states
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
The w Gather

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VI
CINITY-Fair tonight and Thurs
day with moderate temperature.
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Thursday except
cloudy near coast in morning. Mod
crate temperature.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22

PARIS.--A thrce-ntotor airplane
started today on u flight over the
projected air line from Paris to
Moscow. The route, via straw
bourg, Prague. Warsaw aud LODI
covers total distance of 200 kilo'
meters.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
THE CAMPAIGN
DAY BY DAY
BY United Press Leased Wire

ny OBHcu EFeSS Leased wire
President Coolidge will make his
last extended political speech be
fore the election tomorrow night
when he will discuss the record of
the Republican party on taxation
and Indicate his policy toward re-
vision of taxation. The speech will
be radiocast from 90 stations linked
up from coast to coast.
The President cancelled most of
his engagements today to work on
the speech, which will be delivered
before the United States Chamber
OF Commerce at the dedication Of it's
new building.
John W. Davis has decided to
abandon his New England trip and
concentrate on New York City dur
ing the last week Of his campaign.
The a Democratic nominee charged
the Republicans were raising cam
paign fund from manufacturing in
terests that profited from high pro-
tective tariffs, in his speech last
night at Louisville.
Senator Robert M. La Toilette to-
day centering his drive on the mid
die western sections. and in speech
at Rock Island, ILL.,, last night asked
for the votes of all the workers.
The Boston Post was asked by
the Democratic national committee
to join with them in asking Presi-
dent Coolidge to give his version of
the settlement of the Boston po-
lice strike to settle controversy
between the paper and the commit
tee. The Post is claiming a $1,000
reward offered by the committee to
anyone who would disprove the
charge that Mr.. Coolidge, then gov
ernor of Massachusetts did not de-
serve the credit he received for sup
pressing the strike. The committee
denies the Post has disproved its
charges and wants the President to
state his side of the question.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
Hunt Takes Part
as Donkey Rider
in n'49Ce Celebration

GLOBE, Ariz., Oct. 22.---ssover-
nor Hunt astride donkey in the
manner in which he first entered the
state 40 years ago led the opening
parade Of the days of 40 celebra-
ton here Tuesday afternoon.
Building with wooden false fronts
and residents costumed in dress
typical of the days of the gold rush
are features of the event, which will
last for five days.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22
A Hunters Paradise

-
"The mountain sheep and reindeer
are delicious and there is such pro
fussion of wild ducks and geese
that the hunters are delighted to
find some one to use them. Speakin o
of reindeer, that is coming to be
one of the main industries in Alas
ka. The animals are shipped to the
United States, where in the eastern
cities, they are regarded as great
delicacy.
some young ignorant Eskimo in
Fairbanks, only % years old, has
an extensive reindeer farm and is
worth $4,000 Fox farms are great
revenue producers, too, and there are
scores of them all over Alaska.' -
DIR. Hook tells of an enterprising
aviator who takes the mail from
Fairbanks to the interior Kuskokim
country, distance of 400 miles, and
gets $1,000 from the United States
every trip he makes. Usually this
airman makes two trips q month,
and now makes q trip in three hours
that used to take three weeks by
dog team.
One of the most interesting trips
taken by DIR. Hook while in Alaska,
she stated, was the one to Mount
Mckinley, the highest peak in the
North American continent. An
other delightful trip was enjoyed
on the Copper River railroad, pri-
vately owned concern, where three
huge glaciers were passed and
where 12O large porcupines were en-
countcred in Il distance of l20 miles
ono for every mile.
"And please don't forget to say
something nice about the dogs" re-
DIR. Hook. "They are Won
derful and almost uncanny in their
intelligence. 1t is impossible to
realize what real companion a
dog can be until one has seen these
northern dogs which, in many eases,
are the sole companions of their
owners for months at a time.''
DR.. Hook will conclude her visit
here this week and go direct to
where she intends to make
her future home and take up her
professional work.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22

fashioned is merely II polite
term for a has-beeD.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-22

Senator Robert M. La Toilette to.
day centering his drive ON the mid.
die western sections and in a speech
at Rock Island, Ill, last night asked
for the votes of all the workers.
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Century of American Rule in the Philippines Revewe

was on mule transport, which coast
ed from port to port, leaving a score
or more mules at each stop for the
soldiers. We dropped the animals
over the rail, and they had to swim to
the shore. The F'ilipinos had not seen
mules before, and the children were
frightened for fear the animals would
eat them. We left some of these
mules at Zamboanga, which was then
under the command of Col. Petit.
There was a Moro village nearby,
governed by Datto Mandi, and I recall
the remark of the colonel when l
asked if it were safe for me to go
there alone. 1t was: You can go if
you wish, young man, but I warn you
you had best tie your head on with
string before starting"
The Moros then went about half
naked, with corkscrew krises as long
as my arm and as sharp as a razor
tied at their waists, and one now and
then ran amuck and slaughtered
every Christian in sight.
Evening star., 1924-06-15

they are within gunshot of For
mosa, and they cover a space about
as long as from New York to Chicago.
Suppose we speed westward in this
same hot belt around the world and
see what we strike. We first look
down upon Tong King, Saigon, Siam
and Burma, in the Indo-Chinese Pc
ninsula, and then cross the Bay Of
Bengal and southern Hindustan. The
Sultan of Sulu lives farther south
than Ceylon, and the Igorots of
northern Luzon are in the same lati-
tude as southern Arabia. Our chariot
goes onward. We strike the high
lands of Abyssinia and the desert of
the upper Sudan. We cross Africa to
the Gulf of Guinea and race high
across the Atlantic to the lands north
6f the Amazon. We pass over the
Guianas. Venezuela and much Of the
Caribbean Sea, and, reaching to the
Pacific. go on to Hawaii. Thence we
travel westward to the starting point
above the Philippine Islands.
Evening star., 1924-06-15

several 100000s of Hindu families en-
joying picknick lunch. spanking
baby, talking fashion notes, charm
ing snakes & other household duties
Undoubtlessly that Burning Chat are
very high relidgeous ceremony. L,
fill me with reverence and make me
slightly sick.
X X
BANKS OF the Ganges are all broke
out in temples which resemble
all varieties Of diseased cactus. They
got so many sharp things sticking
up from them that l should hate to
drop on one out of airship. Aver
age Hindu temple are about the size
of a Standard Oil service station. but
not so good to smell Only noble
Hindu temple in Benares were bilt
by a Mohammedan. This are the
Mosque of AurangZib which were
constructed by a cruel sultan to
make the Hindus mad. Among other
mean acts he throwed silva down a
well and should have been thanked
by the Board of Health
Another sacred Eddyface I saw
were the Monkey Temple, property
of Durgha who were the bleedthirsty
wife of silva In this place the Hindus
go inside but the monkeys stay on
the roof to get fresh air. if pussible.
Up and down Ganges we foated
watching persons get cured of dis
eases by taking a bath. In one place
116 Hindus were brushing their teeth
for dentistry & toothache. When
Nogi see that he exclaim, This re-
mind me of Marion Ohio School of
Poetry" & quote following small SON
net:
There was yng Hindu names
Bhanges
Had smallpox & swollen phalanges.
He was cured of the curse,
But grew rapidly worse
After brushing his teeth in the
Ganges.
BY pm. afternoon we got stiff
cient Hindu relidgeon to last us
through several inca rna tions. Back
at Clark's Hotel 1 got very college
chum with a snake ch rmer who let
me pet his cobra. This were happy
relief after what / had saw Also
there were a Magician who could
grow a IT. tree in minutes and
pull 13 little birds out of an empty
ba skit
DO this astonish you?" require
Nogi.
After "a hrs in India" I renig, 81
Evening star., 1924-06-15

| a high white cap like that of cook.
| He wears a white jacket and trousers
| cut a la Chinese. The radio news
| paper. which is delivered each morn
| ing, is brought me by Chang, my
| room boy, who wears a blue gown.
| About half of the passengers are
Japanese or Chinese, some in the
clothes Of the Occident and others in
those of the Orient. The officers are
Americans, and the efficient captain
has the nickname 'Fairw Gather
Quinn. He had navigated the stormy
| waters of the Arctic on a steam
whaler. managed a haIibut fleet. and
captained merchant vessels during
the world war, before he rose to the
| command OF this United States Ship
ping Board cruiser
At the ports of Japan and China
we have taken on more and more
orientals. and from Shanghai to
Hongkong the ship was full of Chi
nese hrst-class passengers, ma
5or1ty of whom wore clothes like our
own. In this party were four Chi
nese girls, one of whom is a graduate
OF Wellesley. They have just fin
of the world.
This is my second trip to the Phil
ippine Islands. The first was TWENTY
five years ago, Just after the close of
our war with Spain. I arrived on the
day Gen. Lawton was shot Admiral
Dewey had fought the battle of Ma
Mia, and Aguinaldo and his band
were still fighting the United States
troops. Guerrilla warfare was going on
from the top of Luzon to the dominions
OF the Sultan Of Sulu. and our soldiers
were subduing the islands and re-
organizing the government. At that
time / travelled over a large part of
the archipelago. l camped with Gen.
Joe Wheeler, and rode on horseback
from post to post of the division un-
der the command of Gen. Fred Grant.
During that trip we had a COM
pany Of scouts running ahead of US
on ponies to draw the fire of the ban
dts hidden in the bushes, and thus
save our own skins at the expense of
our fellows.
spent. week or so with the Maca-
bebes, the bloodhounds of the Philip
pines, who were friendly to us, and in
far south Mindanao came into contact
with the Bagobas, a savage tribe that
lived in the mountains. They were
then thought to be cannibals.
At that time slavery was common |
among the Moros, and my story of |
how I was offered two pretty girls |
for sale outright at $40 apiece excited |
The ire Of congressman.
One Of my trips through the islands
Evening star., 1924-06-15
With

could raise it, but If you want it.
Seth, TIL try.
The next day Min started off to
her folks in Pennsylvania to raise $50
900, and on the same morning the shares
OF Amalgamated Palladium Limited
went on the local exchange as a curb
security, and there was great excite
ment in financial circles in Smudge-
vile. The shares opened at so. rose
straight to par, reacted to so. sank
down to 20, lay there gasping and
then jumped to par again in four
! hops. At pm. they were reported
as restless; at buoyant, and at clos
ing time strong with an undercur-
rent of weakness.
That night Tom Lachford packed
his grip to leave by the midnight ex-
press, bound toward Havana.
I'm of, Seth" he said: 'say good
by to Min when she comes back. If
you're wise you'll get out quick. The
shares will break tomorrow and
I'm not quitting. Tom" said Seth;
"goodby."
Min came back two days later.
Il got the money, Seth" she said.
PA raised it partly on the steers and
the rest on a mortgage"
TOO late. l guess, Min" said Seth.
The shares went to 500 yesterday
and this morning they're holding out
for a thousand dollars a share"
IT was a week later that Tom I.ach-
ha
Hotel at Havana with a cocktail in
front of him and $4,000 in Cuban
money to his credit. And il was there
he got a copy of home paper sent
him by mail. He opened it with
trembling hands, looking for Seth's
ruin. And instead of it he saw a big
headline saying that Amalgamated
Palladium was selling at two thou
sand share, and his hands trembled
more. Last of all he read a two
column account of the discovery of
graphite on the Lachford place, and
he shook like leaf all over.
Meantime Min and Seth were sit
ting over their buttermilk in the
kitchen living room, adding up fig
ures.
IL,
but it's millions all right"
And what is the stuff anyway-
asked Min, 'if it amt palladium"
Graphite, it's called" said Seth.
Il always noticed those black streaks
in the crushings. I guess that's it.
I'm glad l didn't sell If | could
have bought back those shares I
meant to give them to Tom, didn't I,
MINI"
'Oh, certainly" said Min, so did
[. And I'm glad, too, we didn't sell.
felt bad about it all along, Seth.
and when 1 saw that assayer's paper
where it said commercial value ten
thousand dollars ton light broke
in on me and / saw it wasn't right"
(To be discontinued immediately
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-06-15

The records of the very ancient
| days have almost all disappeared.
They were recorded on bark in scrolls
of one kind or another, but when the
Spaniards came in they burned every
manuscript except a few scattering
ones since found buried in caves
Most people think of the Philip
pines as having been practically dis
covered by Magellan. Yet we can
trace bits of their history for more
than two thousand years back of
that date. 1t was in 1921 AID. that
Ferdinand Magellan, having passed
through the straits. at the lower end
of South America, came into the Pa
chic and, landing on the island of
Cebu, made a friend of its king. He
tried to aid the king in his war with
the King of Mactan, a little island
adjoining, but was killed in the first
battle, and only last year the news
papers published a story stating that
the brass helmet he wore at the time
had been discovered by major of
the United States Army. The helmet
was described as looking almost as
new as when il was made. How thew
connect it with its alleged place on
the head of the navigator is yet to
be told.
-Four years after Magellan's death
the Spaniards began to colonize the
islands. They established a settle
ment in Cebu called San Miguel.
They gradually conquered the various
tribes and. after a long series Of
revolts and rebellions, were still the
rulers when Admiral Dewey, in Nav,
1898, fought the great naval battle
in Manila Bay that gave the country
to- u.s. 1t was on August 13 of that
year that Manila surrendered. The
nrst Filipino government was estab-
llsned the year following, and the
nrst American civil government in
l9Ol Since then we have been prac-
tically ruling the islands. and they
nave been growing in civiligation and
wealth. Moreover, we came into nos
session of the islands in a creditable
way. Uncle Sam could have put them
in his breast pocket without a word
OF objection, but when we made the
treaty at Paris he took $4,000, 900
out of his jeans and handed it over
to Spain. Since then gold has
dwindled in value, and that sum
seems hardly street car fare on the
great car line of international
hnance; but although little now, il
was mighty sum then.
The foreign trade of the Philip
pines has increased until it annually
equals fifteen times that amount, and
asst year we sold two and one-halt
lines as much to the islands as the
price we paid for them.
Copyright. 1924. Carpenters World Trayelsl