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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

starting point Of measurement for
The Sabbath days journey was the
outer wall: within. even We're the
city as large as N.neveh, it was per
MISSILE to travel without limitation.
When and where was Mary
Washington born2
In Lancaster County. Virginia
in 1906
What are the duties Of the
POSTMASTER at wedding?
1t is rather unusual to have n
toastmaster AT wedding. How
ever. il it Is desired to have toasts
ard speeches at the wedding supper,
the toastmaster has only to preface
these toasts with witty remarks and
anecdotes. Just as the POSTMASTER
at n banquet does. He should use
appropriate and fitting jokes and
anecdotes and hts remark should
only preface the other toasts and
therefore should be brief.
What does the Hawaiian ex-
preston MAI Poina Tau" mean?
Don't forget me-"
What salaries are paid elevator
conductors in Government en-
ploy?
The salaries range from 5000 to
SLIGO a year.
What does the name "Rumania"
mean7
This IS the Roumanian form Of
'Ruman," from the Latin. Roman.
us" meaning Roman; of Rome"
How should Polyphemus moths
he cared for?
They do not require any care.
They should he kept in a partially
darkened place; they do not need
any food, as they do not eat after
emerging. They mate, lay their
eggs on leaves. fly around for a few
evenings, and then die.
How can galvanized iron be
cleaned?
II the material is covered with
iron rust the original appearance OF
the coated article cannot be re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

er atoms and their consequent de
strucuon, in fact. the end Of the
world in one sudden explosion.
Or. Wall is subjecting different
substances to a sudden electric dis
charge of great intensity in attempts
to disturb the atomic structure. 9th.
er scientists are experimenting with
great heat. In these experiments a
temperature Of $4,000 degrees Faren-
heit has been attained. This is six
times as hot as the heat OF the sun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

After Safety got uncontrol.
able for the fire department they
brought him out here when he was
8 years old, and he has been here
ever since" he said.
When the ambulance service
was motorized. some twelve years
ago, Safety" believed to be the
Oldest horse in indianapolis. was
assured Of u home the remainder
Of his days.
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Nature

Having transmitted electrical
power from Niagara Falls to New
York, the engineers are now striving
to push the sending distance up to
1000 miles for a million volts which
would equal the power generated
from $4,000. 900 tons Of coal
San Francisco has the fewest
thunderstorms and Tampa, Fla, the
most.
DR. Nichols Of the Field Museum
Of Natural History. Chicago. has a
petrified streak of lightning. He
found it in the famous sand dunes
near Chicago. The bolt had hit into
a bank. melting a two-inch thick
ness of sand to a depth of eight feet.
1t quickly cooled into hollow, glass
like, crooked stick.
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For Happiness

This speaker was DR.. William II.
Laboratories Of the New York City
Health Department. Or. WEIGH
arose again and said:
You're absolutely right II isn't
increased life so much az increased
happiness that we ought to strive
for. And good health IS the prime
condition upon which rests the pos
sibillty Of happiness. Anyway
VIC can't save tho lives Of the unfit
We couldn't even II we wanted to.
ONLY rho fit have the intelligence to
seek health, buy health. make the
sacrifices for health. II we lenCthen
the lives Of such intelligent people
we are not harming the race"
The question Of what folks would
pay for longer lives and better health
arose. DR. Matthias Nicoll Jr.. New
York State commissioner Of health.
answered II this way:
"In my opinion. people won't pay
cent for the health Of the com.
munity at large. They won't pay
for the lives OF their neighbors. or
Of the coming generation. But they
viii pay for their own lives and
their own health. They will pay.
as individuals. when it is demon
strated 70 them that they will, in
dividually, get their moneys worth
Of life"
But another man knew they would.
He was Homer Folks, secretary of
the New York State Charities Aid
Association. He told how people
scoffed in 1909 when it was pro-
posed to raise funds to fight tu-
berculosis by selling health stamps
at Christmas time. but how ten years
later New York was buying annually
half a million dollars worth of these
stamps, or 10 cents worth for each
inhabitant of the city.
There the discussion ended
What do you think, having read
thus far? Is more OF life worth
while?
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Telling 1t
to Congress


In fifteen or twenty years we shall
not have the same need for a for
eien market. BY that time our pop
ulauon should have grown large
enough TO consume most of what we
produce.-The Late Secretary Of Ag-
riculture Wallace, in Annual Report
for 1924.
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streets. Inc snow
IS there-but so is
city traffic.
A gay sled with
the happy young
ster astride Il are
disorganized for
furt h err cOasting
after q coal truck
has run over them.
Which is possible
W h g n glistening
s n o W, scOoting
70 s y c h e e k O d
youngsters a n d
traffic tangle.
But to children
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T,irnher ShOr1aCn

According to the report of William
B. Greeley. national forester, the
condition Of our lumber and wood
supply is most appalling. There are
only fourteen States. in the South
and extreme West, which have a sur
plus Of production in lumber over
consumption. In the remaining
States of tho Union the consump,
ton OF lumber is greater than the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ragon
DemO. Arkansas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24
The Cooks Way

''Ye can get a hat just like your
missis' velvet wan for swim dollars
at Browns Bargain Store"
Yes, an can get wan for nothin'
by tellin' me missis about the wan
in Browns Bargain Store. "-Bris-
hana News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

Old Safety" who has weather
ed many a storm answering tho
call for help. IS preparing to cele-
brate his thirty eighth Christmas.
lie lives on pension at city hos
pital.
Dave Springer, special police
man. who drove Safety" in tho
early days. said he received his
name because 'he was always re-
liable"
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Siglit Inseen

Almost any contract we should
make for the Government Qor Mus
Gle Shoals would be a sort of leap
in the dark. and we should be Civ
ing away valuable property under
almost any terms that we could
make or which are proposed to be
made.-Senator Harreld Rep), Okla
h0na.
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CodSting

EO@ ITH the first snow blanket the
NV hearts of indianapolis young
sters leaped with joy. For
snow means sleds, sleighing. coast
ing and childhoods tingung winter
sports.
But these pleasures must be pur-
sued vicariously-if at all---in city,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24
Ruling the Red Man

During the session of the Sixty
Eighth Congress forty-four different
bills beneficial to Indians became
law, the greatest number in any sin
gle session of Congress.-Secretary
of the Interior Work. in ANNUAL Re-
port for 1924.
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WHAT DO YOU WANTTO KNOW?

stored. II the zinc coating has sim
ply acquired a tarnish of bloom, -
either securing with an abrasive, or
treatment with strong ammonia
water containing some sal anlmoniac
should clean the surface.
How much IS It estimated the
Indian population Of what Is now
the United States has fallen
off since Columbus discovered
American
Far from falling off. it is
estimated there are more Indians in
the territory OF the United States
than there were when Columbus
made his discovery. The figures Of
the Department Of the Interior show
that there are 346.962 Indians, count
ing ALI tribes. q gain Of 1928 IN the
last eleven years.
Are skunk secretions used for
perfume? If not, what is the
musk used for perfume7
Skunk secreions are not used.
MUSK Is the secretion OF the musk
deer of the Himalayas.
How many persons are directly
engaged in the telephone business
in the United States2
Some $4,000.
Where is Monte Carlo7
In Monaco, five miles northeast
of Nice, 4
What IS Rocky Kansas real
name?
Rocco TOzze.
How are quartz and agate pre-
pared for use?
They are slit with thin iron disk
supplied with diamond dust moist
ened with brick oil The rough
grinding is done on a lead wheel sup
piled with coarse emery and water.
The smoothing is done with a lead
lap and fine emery, and the polish
ing may be accomplished by means
of a lead lap whose surface is hacked
and supplied with rotten stone and
water.
Is Charlie Chaplin a Jew2
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24
A CHRISTMAS STORY

"A PHANTOM from Mars, exploring in airplane,
~ visited earth He landed at night in clearing at the
of forest Leaving his plane he set forth to great
city and mingled for days among the people.
Now this from Mars had magical power of making
himself invisible So o him.
Returning Mars he reported: 1.-The earth people i'm
pressed selfish sefcentered It. every for him
self They scheme against each other and guilty of
ness crimes struggle to get wealth than they
need Life earth is hard fight wearisome disappointing
The earthng yet sufficiently civilized realize that
they would all be richer and happier by coOperatngby help
ing instead opposing each other The result that in world
of plenty there millions of unforunas who have only the
bare necessities of life Envies eaousis rife It
be a wretched place to live"
Christmas Eve, spent few days and returned
home amazed This time he reported:
1.-The earthngS have extraordinary festival known
Christmas this day every generous kind happy.
the only day the year when the goal of the eargs IS
give instead Of get With thrills of pleasure they besow
gifts their loved They seek the poor and help
them literally All is peace happiness good fellowship
The phantom explorer paused and eyed his bewldered
listeners
that the earthngs realize Christmas is the happ day OF the
year by this Christmas spirit 1t
all other days could be happy if the Christmas
spirit all the time instead Of just day year
Perhaps later when they the light every day viii be like
Christmas True happiness is in unsefshness beraty and
helping Others
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What Farming Amt

1t is folly to claim that the farm
ers are prosperous or that the
agrarian crisis has passed. Funda-
mentally, agriculture is not on a
safe, sane. sound or profitable basis.
Representative Lozier Oem), Mis-
souri,.
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To Notify Mother

"Well, Mary, you have a brand
new baby sister,"
"Oh, D5ddy. can't I be the first
one to tell mother2'-White Mule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

Who is Heury Ford, End, mon
toned tn the income tax reports?
The son on I-Gsei Ford. who IS the
only son Of Henry Ford
What is meant hy a Sabbath
Days Jomn"y?'
This is Hebrew measure of
length. From the prohibition to
gather mama on the Sabbath or to
go forth from the camp and from
the delimitatlon of the LeviticaI
cities, the rabbits concluded that
1000 cubits was the utmost dis
tance allowed for travel on the
Sabbath. There was a tradition that
the distance of the Tabernacle from
the limits Of the camp was 1000
cuhits. In the case Of cities the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24
IS LONGER
LIFE WORTH
THE COST?
Scientists Debate This QueS-
tion-Say 1t Can
Be Done,
By FRANK J. TAYLOR

TT1 HAT would folks give to have
IW ten or twenty years added to
their lives? And IL they
would pay the price, are their lives
worth lengthening?
A group of forty Of the best minds
Of the medical and hygienic world
gathered in New York recently and
decided that they could increase
mans span of life If they had the
money and if mans life was worth
saving.
That was the starting point of an
enhghtening discussion.
One man said:
I'VE can add twenty years to the
average persons life That is evil
dent. Our demonstrations prove it.
We have the information, the skill.
But-are our lives worth saving.
worth extending? And are we will
ing TO pay cash in order to have
our lives saved?"
Ought to Know
The man who said that ought to
know. He was Charles Edward
Amory WinsIow Of the Yale Medical
School and Professor of Public
Health.
Another man rose sand spoke:
We have the money to spend on
public enlightenment. We can buy
health for the people with ito a
certain extent. But before we can
set the people to benefit by a medi-
cal education. we have to get them
really to want improved health and
heightened life. We are discovering
that TO be exceedingly difficult"
The man who said that was Elhu
Root, octogenarian, lawyer, public
servant. trustee of numerous funds
to be spent for the public good.
Question of Right
Or. William r. WEIGH, director of
the Johns Hopkins school OF by.
giene. arose with this thought:
DO you think we are doing the
right thing in selling health and life
20 the public? Aren't We, perhaps.
just keeping the unit alive at the
expense Of the fit, instead of letting
nature do the wedding out by disease
and death? Is it right that we old
sters should be permitted TO go on
living, for instance? DO you think
we aged men are really entitled to a
few years more?"
Dr. WelCh is more than so years
Of age. but ruddy. vigorous and ac-
tive. Another man rose to reply TO
Or. Welch's questions:
The improvements accomplished
by preventive mediums during the
past fifty years have revolutionized
the life Of civilized countries. Less
than 80 per cent OF the people living
In the United States live 20 be over
s. years Of age. Twenty per
cent die between the ages of % and
-. Another ; per cent of the deaths
occur among girls and boys BE
tween the ages Of IS and So nearly
a third Of All the deaths occur. SO
II really doesn't matter much II an
octogenarian is granted a few extra
years. The problem doesn't lie
there The average life Of the child,
the girl and boy, the mother and IA.
Their. cannot be prolonged without
preventing disease and increasing
the health Of the community.
The general prolongation Of life
means that each Individual must
live his life IN accordance with the
laws OF both personal and social by.
eiene. so that the health Of the
whole community may he safe
guarded"
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which converteth the sinner from the of his way
shall soul from DEATH and shall hide multitude of sins
Jas. 500.
be converted has to give up his WILL his ways
and his thoughts--D. L. Moody.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

How many persons are directly
engaged in the telephone business
in the United States2
Some $4,000.
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Where is Monte Carlo7
In Monaco, five miles northeast
Of Nice, &
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

Is Charlie Chaplin a Jew3
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

What Is Rocky Kansas real
name7
Rocco TOZza.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-24

Are skunk secretions used for
perfume? II not, what is the
musk used for perfune7
Skunk secretons are not used.
Musk is the secretion Of the musk
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
Jurgic Styles Are
FuUOred ia London

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE women
are wearing 'em wild here this year.
Jungle styles arc all the rage.
The more nearly a lady can garb
herself like a tiger the more stylish
she is, according to latest London
dictates.
Furthermore the new styles include
pants. Here's description of a
late creations:
bright green georgette, the just
below-the-kn knee skirt being worn
over even briefer breeches of green
gcorgette, the whole being complet.
ell by u sleeveless coat i'll three pan
els, each edged with chineilla rab-
bit.
Or this one:
Suit of jade green satin, trouS'
ers buttoned tight around the ankle,
worn beneath Jumper top and a
long sleeved fur-trimmed coat of
black chiffon.
One of the new suits has long
coat, cuffed, fronted and collared
with tiger (or with rabbit that
looks like tiger and lined with
crepe de chine marked exactly like
tiger skin--so that at slight dis
tance it is impossible to distinguish
Inning from real fur This toilette is
worn with a small black hat, all
twisted around with 4 tiger S tail.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
USING LEFT OYER RICE

There are Il mum Der of good ways
of utilizing left over cooked rice.
Cold rice, or rice relocated by steam
ing, may be used as breakfast
dish with sugar and cream, with
stewed fruits or with baked or cod
died apples.
You can also serve relocated rice
by placing it on platter and. sur
rounding it with carrots and peas,
OF turned over in Drowned butter
aud served as vegetable.
Rice may be combined with vege
tables ami served zeoldewith cheese
sauce. or mayonnaise as a salad.
You may use rice for thickening
soups, or in scalloped dish instead
Of bread crumbs, or combined with
ehopped meat and seasoned with
onion, parsley or celery seed and
made into c7o1uettes.
Rice mixed with little chopped
meat and green pepper or cf-cry
makes a good stuffing for tomatoes
or baked fish, or to place between
two steaks of fish for baking.
The tougher cuts Of meat may he
combined in stews with left oven
rice.
Water from cooked rice may be
used in soups, for the liquid in seal
loped dishes, or for starehing sheer
materials.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
In Bankruptcy
BANKRUPT PETITION FOR
DISCHARGE AND ORDER
THEREON
In the District Court of the United
States, Southern District of
California

THEREON
In the District Court of the United
States, Southern District OF
California
In the Matter of Ralph w. StaatS,
Bankrupt.
To the Honorable Judge of the
District Court of the United States
for the Southern District of Cali,
fornia.
Ralph W. Staats, of Palos Yer
des, in the County of Imperial and
State of California, in said dis.
trict, respectfully represents that
on the 18th day of July, 1924, last
past, he was duly adjudgcd bank
rupt under the Acts of Congress re.
lating to bankruptcy; and that he
has duly surrendered all his pro-
perty and rights Of property, and
has fully complied with all the re
quirements of said ACES and Of the
orders of the Court touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may
be decreed by the Court to have a
full discharge from all debts PROV
able against his estate under said
Bankruptcy Acts, except such debts
as are excepted by law from such
discharge.
Dated this third day Of Novcm-
q Der, y. d., 1924.
RALPH W. STAATS,
Bankrnnt.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
In Bankruptcy
EANKRUPT'S PETITION FOE
DISCHARGE AND ORDER
rIrrprON

In the District Court of the United
States, Southern District OF
California
In the Matter of Katherine Staats,
Bankrupt.
To the Honorable Judge of the
District Court of the United states
for the Southern District of Cal1-
fornia.
Katherine Staats, of Palos Yer
des, in the County of lmperial- and
State of California, in said district
respectfully represents that on the
18th day of July, 1924, last past,
she was duly adjudged bankrupt
under the Acts of Congress relat-
ing to bankruptcy; and that she has
duly surrendered all her property
and rights of property, and has tul-
" complied with all the require
ments of said acts and of the or
ders of the Court touching her
bankruptcy.
Wherefore she prays that she
may be dccrccd ~ the Court to
have full discharge from all
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

United States of America,
Southern District of California. ss:
On this 18th day of Novombcr, A.
d. 1924, on reading the foregoing
petition, it is:
Ordered by the Court, that a
hearing be had upon the same on
the 9th day Of january, A. d.. 1928.
before said Court, at Los Angeles,
in said said District, at 10 0 clock
in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published in Impcrial
Valley Press, newspaper printed
in said district, and that all known
creditors and other persons in in.
tercst may appear at the said time
and place and show cause, if any
they have, why the prayer Of the
said petitioner should not be grant.
ed.
And IL is Further Ordered bv the
Court, That the Referee shall send
by mail to all known creditors cop.
les Of said petition ana this order,
addressed TO them at their places of
residence as stated.
Witness, the Honorable Paul J,
Mccormick, Judge Of the said
Court, and the seal thereof, at L->
Angeles, in said district, Oh lie
14th day OF November, A. b. 1924
CHAS. n. WILLIAMS,
Clerk.
G. F. Gibson, Deputy Clerk.
(sEAL) l7tl
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
ORDER or NOTICE THEREON

United States of America,
Southern District of California, IS:
On this 14th day of November,
A. D., 1924, on reading. the forego-
ing petition, it is
Ordered by the Court, that a
hearing be had upon the same on
the 5th day of January, A. d., 1925,
before said Court, at Los Angeles,
in said District at 10 o clock in the
forenoon; and that notice thereof
be published in Imperial Valley
Press a newspaper printed in said
district. and that all known credi-
tors and other persons in interest
NAV appear nj the said time and
place and show cause, if any they
have, why the prayer of the said
petitioner should not be granted.
And it is Further Ordered by the
Court, That the Referee shall send
by mail to all known creditors
copies of said petition and this or-
der, addressed to them at their
places of residence as stated.
Witness, the Honorable Paul j.
Mccormick, Judge of the said
Court, and the seal thereof, at Los
Angeles, in said district, on the
.14th day of November A. d., 1924.
CHAS. N. WILLIAMS,
Clerk.
.G. +. Gibson, Deputy Clerk.
(SEAL) lfl
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
Around World
Via Telegraph

CAIRO.--Promier Zaghoul Pasha
withdrew his resignation after n
lengthy conversation with the King.
ESSEN. Germanv.-Foreigr Mir
lister Stresemann, in speech here,
expressed satisfaction with Ameri-
ca S position. Henceforth Germany
will receive better treatment be-
cause the outside world is interest
ed in the credit relations of Ger
many, he said.
MUSCOW.- Commenting ON Ja-
pan s demands for a virtual mono
poly of Saghalien Island Isvestia
saws q "change in the international
situation may cause Japan to lose
all its rights in the island. China s
relations to Russia might serve as
an eye opener for Japan"
PARIS France must immediate
" vote the appropriation for the
Paris Buenos Aires air route if it
expects to be a leader in this SER
vice. lie Journal des Debats says
in describing the proposed five day
service between France and Argen-
tine.
BCENOS AIRES,-The ministry
of agriculture announces its Off
cial estimate of this year s wheat
crop as 5,1S0,O00 tons and linseed
| 100000 tons. The wheat yield is
90 ppr cent of normal and linsccd
S5 per cent.
TOKIO.-Amcraan Ambassador
E,ncroft arrived at Yokahoma to
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-17
OLD FASHIONED RICE
PUDDING

l tablespoon uncooked rice; l
quart milk; 13 cup sugar; Is tea
spoon nutmeg or cinnamon; l tea
spoon salt.
Wash the rice and add the milk
sugar, flavoring and salt. Pour the
mixture into Il good sized baking
dish, and cook in the oven slowly
for about 212 hours, stirring oceas-
ionallv. If allowed to cook slowly,
the milk thiekens to. a crcamv con
sistency and the rice swclls to
several times It's original size. Of
ten Il half cup Of raisins is added
to the pudding and allowed to cook
down with the milk.