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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
HIS MODEL PUPIL

'That intelligent-looking boy" said
the schoolmaster to the man he was
showing over the school premises, ais
Brown. 1 am proud Of Brown. have
inculcated in him the love of learning
to such an extent that he now refuses
study to play. expect at this momen;
he is writing Latin prose, while all the
other pupils are at play. / will acer.
other pupils are at play. will ascer.
tain"
He called the lad to him. Brown, .
he said, ''let us see the result of your
industry"
I'D rather not, sir" blushec
Brown. Mote his modesty," whispered
the schoolmaster. Come, Brown, let
me see what you have been writing"
Still the boy demurred. But the
schoolmaster insisted. And there, in
neat imitation of feminine handwriting
he read the following.
please excuse my son James from
school today. He is wanted at home. -
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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CHAPTER XIV
The Honor OF M. De Rivoral

During the equalization and for
some time after, Captain Blood and the
greater portion of his buccaneers had
been at their post on the height of
Nuestra Sonora de la Poupa. utterly in
ignorance of what was taking place.
Resentment smouldered amongst his
men for a while, to flame out violently
at the end of that week in Cartagena.
1t was only by undertaking to voice
their grievance to the Baron that their
captain was able for the moment to
pacify them. That done, he went at
once in quest of NJ. de Rivoral.
m. lie Baron, must speak frankly ;
and you must suffer it. My men are
on the point of mutiny. They demand
to know when this sharing of the spoil
is to take place, and when they are to
receive the fifth for which their ar
ticles provide. The men know that it
exceeds the enormous total of forty mil
lions. They insist that the treasure it.
self be produced and weighed in their
presence. warn you that unless you
yield to a demand that consider just
and therefore uphold, you may look for
trouble, and it would not surprise me
If you never leave Cartagena at all,
nor convey single gold piece home to
France"
Am 1 t understand that you are
threatening meYse
You do not know the ways of buc-
cancers. If you persist, Cartagena will
be drenched in blood, and whatever the
outcome the King of France will not
have been well served"
The end of 1t all was that NJ. de Riva-
rol gave promise at once to make the
necessary preparations, and If Captain
Blood and his officers would wait upon
him on board the Victorieuse tomorrow
morning, the treasure should be pro-
duced, weighed in their presence and
their fifth share surrendered there and
then into their own keeping.
Among the Buccaneers that night
there was hilarity over the sudden
abatement of NJ. de RivaroPs monstrous
pride. But when the next dawn broke
over Cartagena, they had the explana-
ton of it. The only ships to be seen
In the harbor were the Arabelia and
the Elizabeth riding at anchor and the
Atropos and the Lachesis careened on
the beach for repair of the damage
sustained in the bombardment. The
French ships were gone.
Blood was reduced to despair. If
he followed now, Heaven knew what
would happen to the town. Unable to
reach a decision, his own men and
Hagthorpe's took the matter off his
hands, eager to give chase to Riyarol.
CONTINUED Monday.)
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half the fort went up in fragments. A
lucky shot from the buccaneers had
found the powder magazine.
1t may have been a couple of hours
later when Captain Blood, as spruce
and cool as if he had just come from
levee, stepped upon the quarterback
of the Victorieuse, to confront NJ. de
Rivarol, still in bedgown and nightcap
II have to report, M. lie Baron, that
we are in possession of the fort oil
Boca Chica. The standard of France
is flying from what remains of its tower
and the way Into the outer harbour il
open to your fleet.
you behold there the scene of your
coming action. 1t is spread before
you like a map"
Blood pointed out the fort at the
mouth of the inner harbour and Offered
plan of certain victory with Carta
gena's gold insured the invaders.
At noon the morrow, sborn Of de-
fences and threatened with lombard
ment, Cartagena sent offers of surrender
to NJ. de Rivarol. The plumber wa,
enormous. In the course Of four day.
over a hundred mules laden with golt
went out of the city and down to tht
boats waiting at the beach to convey thu
treasure aboard the ships.
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to the grocery to get food for the other
Pirates?"
I'VE are going home to see our
mamasw all the Pirates cried. For
we are sure our mamas would not wish
us to be Pirates!'
This pleased Raggedy Ann and Rag
gedy Andy and the fat little, Captain
and Walter and his mama and daddy
and the kind Wizard, for they felt sure
the Pirates woul get into trouble if they
took the little Captains boat and sailed
away as real for sure Pirates.
So the seven sailors told everyone
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puffs before he could start crying. =
spect the kind Wizard will make you
another boat with his magic!" Rag
gedy Ann told the Captain. And in a
few minutes the Wizard, with his magic
charms. had made even better boat
than thesone the Pirates had taken.
Now, let's sail after the Pirates and
capture every last one of them y Wal
ter's daddy said. And as every one
through this would be a fine adventure
they went aboard and sailed their new
boat in the direction the Pirates had
gone.
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naggedy Ann al
ways believed in be-
ing kind and gener-
Gus, so, when she
found that the kind
Wizard had worked
magic upon her bas-
ket and that it con-
tanned a whole lot of
cream puffs and
other goodies, she
$ h a r e d the nice
Kings with the Pr
rates.
Red Higgins, who
had been made the
Captain of the Pi-
rates, had decided
rather than be a Pi-
rate he would go
home and see his
mama. So, Red Zig
gins had captured
seven of the Pirates
and had tied them to
trees.
But Raggedy Ann
had united t h e m
when she gave them
the goodies and this
made everyone good
friends.
"Now that we are
a IL such g o o d
friends, >" Raggedy
Ann said to the Pr
rates, what are you
going to do? Are you
all going home to
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CONCEALrNG THE FLOwER.POT

Nearly everyone likes to have grow
ing plants about but it has always been
a problem how to conceal the ugly pots
of red clay. Now one simply puts them
into a basket of china in color that fits
into the decorative scheme of the room.
Around the edge of the basket is a Dor
der of china flowers. .e
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LOOKED THE PART

"NYull We haze a drink?' inquired the
Scot. -,
"Thanks," replied the Saxon, y
think 1 will"
AYE" said the Scot, disgustedly; Il
thought We looked that sort. -Edln-
hnrgh Weekly Scotsman.
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M Remanes q ne .SpanaGa7 saia rRA
(APyI!Aa.Mn' BLOOD 90!

Kerisan the
rre.i g q adaptation Of this thrilling novel
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27

the same time as in England. The
first ones used in this country
came from England. In 1928 the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany ordered three locomotives to
to built One of these, named
America, built by George Stephen
son, was the first tr be delivered,
reaching New YorA in January,
1929. However, one of the other
two, built at Stourbridge, was
really the first locomotive to run
in America, which it did on Aug.
9th, 1929.
The first American-built locomo-
tive, The Best Friend of Charles
ton, was made at the West Point
Foundry in New York in 1880. 1t
had a vertical boiler and was in
deed crude in comparison with the
1924 moguls and mikados, as to-
days giant locomotives are termed.
With the completion IF the first
aeross-AIaerica railway in 1869,
when the Union Pacific and Gen.
trail Pacific lines met, and the COM
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Union Oil Now
Has 10000 Acres
lin New Field
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Mar. 27.-That
the Union Oil Company of Califor-
MIA has acquired additional holdings,
giving it complete control of three
structures totaling 10000 acres in
the new Colorado oil field opened
up last November, which is regard
eel nationally as the biggest oil de
velopment of the past several years
was disclosed recently by c. r. Ne
. COLON, chief geologist of the Union
r OilCompany.
t''' The field, which is located near
the towns of Fort Collins and Well
ington, 81 miles north of Denver,
! was discovered on Armistice Day
when the Union Oil wildcat blew
in with a gas flow of S2,000,000 cu-
bit feet, later belching SEQ barrels
/ of oil per day with the gas. The
well has been eappel for some time
and gas from it is being used to
/ drill other projects.
/ Several other companies, includ-
! ing the Standard of California, Tex
j as Company and the Sinclair inter
/ ests are bending every effort to
| get into Colorado. The strike has
/ caused industrial activity in north
ern Colorado such as it has never
/ before seen.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
IMPERIAL
BY Press staff correspor dent

BY Press staff Correspondent
IMPERIAL, Mar. 27.-Mrs. Den
~ McChristi has gone %. San Die
90 where she viii visit for a few
alvs.
j. Wallace Stevenson went to
HoltviIe Gu business yesterday.
G. ". Allison and family have
returned from San Francisco and
Pomona where they went last
Thursday. Mrs. Allison and child
ren remained at Pomona visiting
while Mr.. Allison went to San Fran
cisco on business.
The members of the Eastern E'ar
gave dance Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Alfred Il. Carey has been
spending the past few day in Los
Angeles.
Miss Frances ltcvener visited at
the home Of Miss Bessie Mccall
cast Of town last evening. She will
return home today.
The loci highschool baseball
nine crossed bats with the HoltYille
boys at Imperial Tuesday. The
local cam was victor by score Of
six to two.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
DouelE-sNDEp OF SAPLY. DAYS

The present century has wit
messed such stupendous strides in
modes of transportation. culminat-
ing in regular scheduled aerial
service, that the days of ox-teams,
the horse, the high bicycle and
safety. are only remembered as
Actualities by the older generation
of today
Probably the first steam engine
was tnat used by Richard Trevi-
thick in ENGLAND in 1904. In 1921
the Stockton and Darlington Rail-
way was authorized by parliament
to use steam engines. The initial
train SO drawn, pulled out on Sept.
27th, 1925, and Contained "a cars,
or vehicles as they were then
designated. It started with q
speed of from 10 to 2 miles per
hour, and finally attained Is miles
an hour.
In America the development of
the locomotive dates from about
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Soil Moist ure ''''
Will Be Topic
AT Nv. Meetings

About lear ago q series of
meetings were held in Los Angeles
County to study soil moisture con
ditions as they prevailed in citrus
groves. Il was found that practie-
ally Ill of the groves visited were
suffering more or less from lack
of water and consequently were cor
respondingly inefficient.
The facts which were brought
out by the studies in the older cit
rus districts of California, should
make the growers of Imperial Val
lev stop to consider whether or not
they are irrigating their groves in
manner to get the greatest eff
cheney. 1t might be that some
groves are getting too much water.
Or they may be too wet on one end
and dry on the other due to the
excessive length of run. In order
to study and discuss existing con-
dition in Imperial Valley groves,
the extension service of Imperial
County has arranged series Of soil
moisture meetings TO be held April
3 and 4 at the following groves:
Thursday, April 3 10 a. m.-Mrs
H. NJ. Bump grove, one mile north
of 10 foot drop or Il west of JAS
per school.
Thursday, April 3 , p. nj. S.
Cameron, grove in southwest cor
ner of townsitc of Imperial.
Friday, Anril !, 10 Il. mr.. S.
Nelson, grove III west of y south
of Brawley.
Friday, April /, ? p. m.-Pete
B, retta grove, ~ west of Cali
patria.
There will also be meeting held
at the Brawley high school, Thurs
day evening April at 1880 y. M.
At this session Warren r. Sehoon-
over, citrus specialist of the exten-
sion department, who is coming to
the valley fer these meetings, viii
take UP very thoroughly the ques-
lion of cover crops for citrus groves.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
100000 Factory
To Make Rope Is
Started at Coast
BY United Press LEASED Wire

BY United Press slensed Wire
SAN PEDRO, Mar. 27.-Con-
struction of a 100000 cord and
rope factory his just been started
here. The plant, being erected by
the California Thorn Cordagc COM
pany, will consis of one steel and
tile structure 80 by 2ic feet and
several smaller buildings.
Within 100 days the plant is cx-
pectcd to be turning out twine and
rope of various sizes at the rate of
100000 pounds monthly. The first
four months output has already
been contracted, M jor j. {. Thorn,
'',"nocer of the factory says, He es-
Inmates that there is a monthly local
market of 100000 pounds.
Articles to be manufactured in
clude artcsian we'll ropes, oil well
drilling cable, sucker rod lines and
sand lines for oil work; banana
twine, paper makers twinc and
cher ropes ranging in size to IA
inch ship cables.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Must Have Crate
Fire to Get
Property
BY United Press Leased Wire

By tnated i'ress Leased " ire
Los ANGELES, Mar. 27-Res-
trictions placed by Miss Aline
Barnsdall upon her gift may cause
the city council 10 decline the of
fer of Olive Hill, Hollywood and
Vermont Avenues, as a public park,
ii was announced today.
The welfare committee of the
council was scheduled to consider
the matter late today.
In offering the six-aere tract,
Miss Barnsdall requested the city'to
spend $4,000 a year for the upkeep
of a library in her mansion on the
crest, and Il similar amount for
beautifying the park.
a great fire must be kept burning g
from October to April, she said. No
monument to war heroes or warlike
demonstrations could ever be held
in the park. The present flower
beds would have TO be kept in con
dition, Miss Baarnsdall stipulated
while no palms or geraniums could
! bG' grown on the property.
"We might spend a great lot OF
, money on the property and then lose
title TO il just because we let the
fire go out, - Councilman Mallard
pointed out, declaring that "the
restrictions are too rigorous.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27

plesion of the Canadian Pacific in
1885, an impetus was given to both
freight and passenger traffic.
La 'ge engines of greater speed
possibilities were turned out. Inn
provements were added annually,
wood fuel was superseded by coal.
which today on the Pacific Coast
is being replaced by oil.
The new series of 2300's recent
ly put into service by the Canadian
Pacific, are the last word in loco
motive efficiency. One of them re-
Gently hauled a mile-long train, of
125 cars of wheat, the total weight
of the train being 7,946 tons; a
vast contrast to the old double
ender, wood-burning engine of
pioneer days in Canada, and the
Countess of Dufferin, No. /, first
of many thousands of Canadian
Pacific engines, that now stands
in front of the company's Winni-
peg station. This company makes
its own locomotives in its Angus
Shops at Montreal.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Drug Menace Can
Be Checked by
Doctors, CIai m
}y United Press Leased Wire

LONG BEACH, Mar. 27.-it is
the physician above all Others who
has the opportunity of checking
the spread of the drug evil, accord
ing to District Attorney Asa Keyes,
who spoke here recently to the Sea
side Hospital staff. -
"'But if a doctor is inscriptions
he has the power of encouraging
the use Of drugs he said.
The menace of drugs is greater
than anv other danger in the United
States at the present time, he said,
and il is estimated that there are
now i5.OO0,00C addicts with the
number constantly increasing.
Every user of drugs is poten-
tial criminal, the district attorney
said. and added, that 40 per cent
of the criminals in the county Jail
are addicts. .a
The present laws are not near
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
BObbed Hair Rage
Hits Tacoma
Hard Blow

TAcoMk, Mar 27. - The
bobbed-hair rage has geae so
far in high schools here that
mSmbers Of the faculties are
getting it.
Several teachers have appear
ed in classes recently with
shorn locks, in an effort TO keep
up with their students.
Popularity Of the "bob" has
been G1own by a census in Lin
coin high school. which showed
that 814 out Of 1859 girls enroll
ed have bobbed hair. This is
approximately II per cent.
There seems no particular
preference as TO the style of the
bob. Tresses are out in plain
bcbs, curled bobg, marcel bobs,
shingle bobs and many other
unclassified styles.
More girls 0lan ever before
are having their hair bobbed,
BARRIERS report.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
SCARMOUCHE
Is Coming
THE ROMANCE IN A BRUSH

The vacuum cleaner, the wash
ing machine and several other ma
chimes have solved some or the most
all the big tasks are not always the
most dreaded, but rather the great
number of small and disagreeable
duties. Because of these countless
time-taking tasks we now have
brushes for almost every purpose
about the home. The present day
home, whether a modest flat or a
large residence, is incomplete and
inefficient without its quota Of
brushes of various kinds.
From all corners of the world are
gathered together material for the
making of brushes. From Siberia
and Manchuria come the best
bristles; from the interior Of Asia,
the best OF horse hair; from Mexi-
60 and Central America, certain
fibers; from Brazil and India, other
kinds Of fibers; from Australia, the
hair of goats: and from the forests
Of our own Northwest and Canada,
wood for handles.
Today might almost be called the
age of the brush. just as every
man should be thoroughly familiar
with all labor saving devices for
his work, so should every woman
be familiar with the labor and time
saving devices for her home, not
only because they are time and
labobr saving but because her work
ean be done SO much better. There
are many brushes for personal
uses as well as household, but the
household varieties are making
home keeping more efficient and
loss of a chore by saving the backs,
hands and fingers Of many women.
Truly this Is the brush agel
Il. n. Weston, The Fuller Brush
Man, npN a Princess Hotel Phone.
sdy
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Crowd Thinks L. A,
HOldup Is
a Movie
BY United Press LEASED Wire

BY United Press LEASED Wire
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 27.---
Charles Fischer, %, fresh from
the Mojave desert with $500 in
ms POCKET, today lost the mon
ey and gained a bump on the
head.
Fischer, in trusting conf
dence, asked stranger to
change a $40 bill.
I'm sorry but I can't" the
stranger replied.
Before the young desert resi-
dent had walked block, big
car drew up to the curb
ing, and three men jumped out.
A blow on the head with a
blackjack felled Fischer. The
5000 disappeared, and 20 did the
men.
A wide-eyed crowd, mouths
agape, watched the holdup.
ITS funny how they can
make movies in tho rain
commented one spectator.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Fighting Padre
At Deaths Door
In L. A. Hospital
BY United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Mar. 27-Father
Joseph McQuaide, the Fighting
padre7 of the. 62nd field artillery
overseas during the world war, was
fighting his hardest battle. today.
Dangerously i'll from appendicitis
accompanied by complications,
Father McQuaide lies in a room in
the Sisters hospital in every
weakened condition. according 10
a report this morning.
When the world war came, Father
MeQuaide again went into the ser
vice, not as a chaplain, but as one
who went into battle with his
'sboys" cheering them and lending
them courage. Many stories of his
bravery and good deeds were written
home, not by himself but by the
soldiers whose hero he was.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Queen Lil's Crown
Jewels Sold
At Auction
ny United rres, Lcnsed Mire

By United Press Leased Wire
HONOLULU, Mar. 27.- The
last collection Of crown jewels
within the jurisdiction Of the
Jurisdiction Of the United
States has passed into private
possession today.
They were the jewels of the
late Queen Liliokulani Of the
Hawaiian islands which were
sold by her heirs at public aug
tion.
The jewels brought $4,000.
The most handsome piece il
the collection, the queens fay-
oritc tiara, was bought by L. L.
Smith CT Newark, II. j., for
$2150.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
Fl. "a T..
WHERE PROSPERITY MAKES ITSELF FELT
THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
@ H. g T..

The headquarters OF this
building Pennsylvania avenue Washington before
' reports on the condition of business in all sections he
prepared forwarded Washington
Department knows exactly going instantly
reflected amazing
additional
called holiday
recently
present time indicating
moth service under
formerly senator from Indiana intimately
uainied with the late President iIardiBg
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
CLEVELAND INDIANS
LEAD IN BOWLING

CHICAGO, Mar. 27.--Compttition
for the five man teams in the Amer
lean bowling congress tourney were
closed today with Herb s Indians
OF Cleveland IN top position.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
CAL. PRESS ASSN.
GOES TO RIVERSIDE
BY United Press Leased Wire

BY United Press Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, MAR 27s-
Riverside has been selected as the
convention city Of the California
Press association which opens It's
1924 session on May Is.
Plans to make the coming meet
ing one of the most successful, in
the history of California Journalism
were outlined recently in a meeting
of the, organization S executive com
mittee in this city.
A Colorado yonng man had to
marry before Armistice day, 1928
or lose fortune of 1000.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27

A formula has been recently dis
covered by which factory in Bo-
liemia makes what is said TO be
pssetirally unbfeakable glass.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27

An apparatus to chart the Pacific
ocean bottom measures the time re-
quired for sound 10 pass 70 the bot
tom aud return.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-27
MEXICO AND ORIENT
RAILROAD SELLS
AT AUCTION SALE
by United Press Leased wire


WICHITA, Kan, Mar. 27.-Clif-
ford C. Histed of Kansas CITY to-
day purchased the Kansas CITY,
Mexico & 0riens Railroad for So
100000 at an auction ordered by
federal court to pay indebtness.
Histed is general attorney for
the receiver of the road, William T.
Kemper.
The $3,0OO,0O0 will merely pay
the indebtness of the concern to
,.he government and leaves nothing
for the holders of $500, 900 of gold
notes or 100000 in bonds.
BERKELEY-Six men of the first
Freshman boat have been disquali-
fled for regatta contests this year
because of low marks. Varsity
marks have not yet been made pub
lie.
severe enough to cope with the sit
uation, he said. Moves are now on
foot to increase the penalties, he
said.