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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-14
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Mrs. Turnbull Of Pittsburgh
Penn, who spent the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
johnson, left for home on Tues
day Of last week. Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson accompanied her to Sc
attic, saw her safely settled on u
steamer for Vancouver, B. G. from
where she would start east.
Robert Linton left on Friday OF
last week for his wark in an east.
crn hospital after spending few
weeks here and nearby places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Gerber anC
a. J. Gerber spent Sunday in Ia.
coma, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Faw.
cett. Missing the ferry Sunday
evening they had forced lay ov.
er until Monday morning The
men folks had to hustle to get tc
their work.
Robert Schmidt left for Tacoma
Monday. He is expecting to find
employment at that place.
G. G. Martindale was a business
visitor in Seattle on Thursday of
last week.
Mrs. Hill of Pasadena, Califor-
MIA was visiting with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. l.. Garner part of the
past week. Mrs. Hill also visited
with her sons here. Lester Of Por-
tage and Robert of Dockton.
The Women's Co!op. Club
meeting was a success socially,
there being little business before
the club at this time. There was
an attendance Of twenty-five, five
visiting ladies, Mines. Larsen and
Cotter of Seattle, Miss Ure of
Omaha, Nebr., Mrs. Swan and her
daughter, Mrs. Pavlovich Of Por-
tage. Mrs. Pavlovich just recent
ly returned from Mexico where
she has been nursing. Mrs. Neid-
erman was taken in as the new
member at this meeting. Mrs.
Rivers and Mrs. Larsen were de-
lightful hostesses. The next meet
ing will be the LIST Thursday in
September at the Hall, with Mrs.
Patterson assisted by Mrs. Carly.
AT recent business meeting Of
the Maury S. S. it was decided to
pack box of clothing for poor
children again this year, being en-
couraged to do so by the way the
last one was appreciated by child
rem of the Washington Children s
Home in Seattle. Any one may help
with new or good used clothing
and playthings. We were greatly
helped in having large box last
year by the generous gifts of cloth
ing by Mrs. Lee of Portage. If
there is some one this year who
wishes to help please speak to eth,
er Mr.. or Mrs. johnson, Mr.. Mey-
er, Martha Jensen or Elsa Schmidt.
For the Sundays of August 16
and % there will be no afternoon
service in Maury Hall. Sunday
school will be held at 10 a. m. these
two Sundays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hereward Thomp
son OF Bremerton spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred inland. The Misses Louise
and Cora Mcpherson, sisters of
Mrs. I'll. Thompson, returned with
them to their home at Colby after
spending their vacation with their
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-14

the service of whoever they wish /;
but remember that to have a doe
tor in a community (when the
tendency now is for a doctor to
settle IN city with its hospital
facilities) you must support him.
The Dncfnr
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
DO YOU KNOW

THAT 21,0O0,OO0 letters went to
the Dead Letter Office last year /?
THAT 100000 parcels did like
wise.
THAT 100000 letters go into the
mail yearly in y perfectly blank
envelopes I?
THAT $55, 100000 in cash is re-
moved annually from misdirected
envelopes +?
THAT $12,0O0.OO in postage
stamps is found in similar fashion
THAT $4,000, 100000 in checks,
traits and money orders never
each intended owners
THAT Uncle Sam collects S92,-
10000 year in postage for the re-
surn of mail sent to the Dead
Letter Office ?
THAT it costs Uncle Sam $1,74O,-
900 yearly to look up addresses on
misdirected mail ?
THAT 100000, 1000. letters are
given this service, and
THAT it costs in one city along
$4,000 daily !?
And Do You Know ?-THAT this
vast sum could be saved and the
Dead Letter Office abolished ii each
piece of mail carried return ad-
dress, and if each parcel were
wrapped in stout paper and tied
with strong cord i?
MORAL: Every man knows his
own address if not that of his
correspondent.
Put 1t In The Upper Left Hand
Corner
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29


membered that you had warned her
about being taken in. now that Mr..
Thompson is dead and she has to han
die her own business affairs My
brother Tom says he thinks nothing
can be done about it, as the receipt
bearing her signature is really an or.
der for the stock"
II am sorry to hear this. Maud"
said Aunt Emmy. What a pity she
did not take her bond to the bank to
have it examined If that slick sales
man aroused suspicious in her mind
as to its genuineness. She would have
been dealing with people of integrity,
whom she could trust absolutely And
yet she allowed herself to be .duped
by perfect stranger!
"Yet there must be lot of that sort
Of thing when you consider that over
$500 100000 a year is being taken
away from the honest people in the
United States by stock swindlers II
the people would only learn to trust
the guidance Of their financial affairs
to their banks and never sign any
thing they have not read and do no..
understand, there would be less un,
happiness about money matters. p
Anne B. Aymes
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
DONATION DAY /. AT THE
MIRACLE HOUSE

A number of novelty features have
been arranged for the entertainment
of those who attend the Annual In
spection and Donation Day of the
Miracle House" at Claiborne, Mary
land, on the afternoon and evening
Of May 30th. The Miracle House"
is maintained by the Maryland
tuberculosis Association.
A group of eurhythmic dancers
under the direction OF Miss Ruth
Lemmert Of the Peabody Conserva-
tory will give series of novelty
dances in the afternoon ana eve
ming. The young ladies making up
the group are the Misses Dorothy
Dubel, Esther Foote, and Francis
Levee, all of Baltimore, Maryland.
The accompanist will be Miss Marie
Schriver, also of Baltimore. Scar
face" a one act Indian play will be
enacted on the beach in the after
noon by a group of Campfire
Girls under the direction OF Mrs.
w. b. Matthews, OF Baltimore. A
short instrumental and vocal recital
will be given in the afternoon by the
Versatile Eight" made of OF four
young ladies and four young men OF
the Gainesville High School, Cations
Vile, Maryland. Both classical and
popular selections will be rendered
There will be dancing at night from
eight until eleven-thirty, with music
furnished by the college Trio"
consisting of piano, saxaphone and
banjo.
The first contingent OF, under
weight and undernourished children
will arrive at the NPreventoriufn on
Monday, June LIST, and the special
Inspection and Donation Day has
been arranged for friends and
visitors to inspect the equipment OF
the Preventorium, and to aid in
material way it they so desire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

New York.-A new era lies ahead
for agriculture because it now COM
mands the best economic thought Of
the business world directed on it's
prime requirements of better distribu-
ton and marketing, President W. G.
Gordon of the State Bank Division,
American Bankers Association, de-
clares in a recent communication to
the thirteen thousand members of
the division. He seeks to enlist their
interest in the work Of improving the
marketing of farm products.
"The farmer today finds himself
far removed, from his consumer-cus-
toner by long line of intermediate
agencies. which often leave him in a
position of disadvantage as an in
dividual producer" Mr.. Gordon says.
1T is. therefore. not strange that he
should seek to apply to agriculture
those principles of production and
distribution found successful in in.
dustry. His rightful ambition is to
make, where feasible. a general ap-
plication Of successful business ex.
perience to the marketing of agricul.
tural products. Commanding the best
economic thought of the business
world. agriculture undoubtedly stands
on the threshold of new era. In
lieu of fantastic panaceas. agricultur,
al welfare-which. after all. is the
Nations welfare-has need of sane,
long range program that is at once
practical. constructive and economi-
cally sound"
He goes on to call attention to thu
long view program suggested for az.
ricultural distribution" at Washing.
ton by the Agricultural Conference,
urging study of it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
STRAIGHT TALKS
WITH AUNT EMMY
ca-SiJning Papers for Strangers

Ibid you hear about the terrible
thing that happened to Mrs. Thomp-
son Aunt Emmy?" asked Maud. ut
seems that man came to see her to
ask her to invest in some securities
his firm was selling, and she said she
did not have any ready money. He
asked her If she had some Liberty
Bonds, and she showed him her one
Liberty Bond, thousand dollar one.
He told her that there were q number
of counterfeit bonds about and upon
examining her bond said there were
some marks that indicated it might be
spurious Poor Mrs. Thompson near
~ tainted and begged the stranger to
tell her what to do about it.
"He told her not to be unduly alarm
ed that there was a chance that he
was mistaken. His firm was indig-
nant. he said, about the counterfeit
bonds that had been foisted on the
public and intended to do everything
In its power to run down the culprits.
They employed man who was an
authority on counterfeits and he could
tell in minute II her bond was good
or not. So Mrs. Thompson let him
have the bond to take to his Office for
examination"
And. OF course. he didn't bring It
back" commented Aunt Emmy.
Worse than that!" Maud went ON.
He said that. being q widow. she
should be very careful In her business
dealings. so he made her sign what he
sealled receipt. although she didn't
read it. About a week after his visit
she received q number Of shares Of
stock that she says she never heard
OF and certainly never bought. So She
wrote to the investment house the
stock came from and said she thought
mistake had been made. Imagine
her surprise when she was informed
that she had signed an order for those
shares OF stock In exchange for a ST.
900 Liberty Bondl
First she was coming right over to
see you and than decided not to. be-
~hen she re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
co.oPs

There are many small co-operatives
throughout the United States. han.
ding wool. peanuts. watermelons.
strawberries. beans. syrup and other
products. The government reports
that there are at least 10000 local CO.
operative organizations in the United
States The Iowa Fleece and Wool
Growers Association does an annual
business of $2.836.259. the Ohio Shaep
and Wool Growers. 1880 900. the
Oregon wool growers, $500 900:
while the New Yorks Texas and South
Dakota Associations are said 10 De
handling about quarter OF a million
dollars business each
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
'ACATIONITIS EPIDEMIC CLAIM
ING MANY VICTIMS

Vacationitis, the disease that ex-
pands the imagination centres while
it all but paralyzes the muscle
tissues of the body, is already claim
ing many victims. Advance re-
ports from the. seashore, wooded
places, fishing grounds and noun
tain retreats are that more victims
of this recurring malady are expected
than ever before, and that reserva-
lions are increasing in direct ratio
as the changing climate intensities
the disease.
The Atlantic seaboard and the ex-
IRENE western country will draw
about the same number as they have
in years past, according to railroad
passenger agents and automobile
club officials. A particularly heavy
movement, however, is foreseen for
the Great Lakes region. For some
years now there has been a decided
trend in travel to resorts in
the vicinity of Chicago, but the
recent announcement of the Chic
ago Roundup and Worlds Cham
pionship Rodeo to be held there
August 15 to % is expected to in
crease traffic in, that direction
tremendously.
When the roundup" is staged in
Chicago in August, under the aus
pices of the Chicago Association OF
Commerce, it is expected to be on
scale never witnessed before.
Other places to draw a goodly
portion of the country's tourists are
the national parks, the Falls, the
Northwest woods and the Canadian
reservations, officials state.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

All honest securities dealers unite in
warning the investor to buy on the
partial-payment plan only after max
ing sure of the financial responsibility
and standing of the firm with which
he does business.
THE APPEAL TO PREJUDICE-A chief
stock in trade of the unreliable pro-
moter is misinformation which plays
upon the prejudices and emotions OF
prospects. This style Of promoter
points out supposed "evils" and "spe-
cial privileges" existing in the world
of "high finance" Hesmay urge that
his venture is poor mans PROPOSE
ton, free from the large underwrit-
ing profits which the big fellows get. I"
Usually such sellers endeavor to
throw suspicion on others to divert it
from themselves.
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY-"Real
estate-the safest security on earth"
is the type of slogan under which at
times INSCRIPTIONS operators en-
deavor to unload property on persons
who want to make an investment, but
not a poor speculation. Experienced
opinion, supported by impartially-
gathered facts, forms the only basis
upon which to buy real estate, esle-
cially when you cannot see it before
you buy.
MINING FALLAcTEs = Many mining
ventures APE honest but fail because
the promoters are unable to finance
the proposition through to a success
full conclusion. Many other mining
promotions are not good prospects all
though they may be represented as
such. If a small investor wishes to
buy mining stocks he can do so by
purchasing securities Of established
mining companies with records of
substantial earnings and of dividends
regularly paid to stockholders.
on RIsKs-To almost every one
come opportunities to speculate in oil
schemes. Very often such offerings
are misrepresented. Usually they are
sheer speculations, all the risks being
taken with the stockholders money.
while the promoters pay themselves
handsomely through stock sales, COM
missions, salaries or Organization ex-
penses." The investor who desires to
buy mining or oil securities should get
facts and experienced opinion as to
issues of established, successful oil
companies. Even the legitimate min
ing or oil business is speculative and
depends for profits upon sound COM
bination of properties, organization.
finances and management.
INVENTION DELUsIoNs- gener-
al public too often believes that large
profits are to be gained through pat
ented processes or devices. Inven-
lions are a fascinating means for
separating inexperienced investors
from their savings. Even when prac-
teal from a marketing and manufac-
turing standpoint, patents are usually
only moderately valuable. The small
investor cannot afford to take an "In-
vention Chance" with his funds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

BIG RETURNS-lt Is easy to promise
an abnormally high rate of dividends,
or large market profits, to prospective
investors. Heavy risks usually accom-
pany such lures. They are too often
the chief talking points Of financial
charlatans.
PROMINENT NAMES Promoters
know that the names and endorse
ments of successful men carry weight.
They are often used without authori-
zation. The prudent investor will look
beyond names and will investigate.
THE "GRoUND FLOOR oppor-
tunity to "get in on the ground floor"
often turns out to be the same sort
of opportunity which the proverbial
spider extended to the fly.
INSIDE INFoRMATIoN-"Ins tips"
are usually expensive pieces of misin-
formation. When used as "confiden-
tial information" to influence the
small investor they are generally Of
spurious character.
THE FIcTIrIoUs ADvANcE-Profes-
sional promoters often arbitrarily adj
vance the prices of the shares they
sell as their campaigns gain Roadway
to create buying excitement and in
duce new buyers to get in. before the
next rise. Such price advances are
artificial, usually employed merely to
speed up" the unloading of shares.
THE TELEPHONE CANVASS ~ IRE
sponsible vendors find it easy to work
over the telephone to victimize incau-
tious investors. The cautious investor
will not enter into securities transac-
tions by. telephone unless he person
ally knows with whom he is dealing.
THE UNsELFIsH PROMOTER - The
+. promoter who "gives his services, in
organizing company or as an officer
of it and advertises that he does so,
will bear watching.
THE IRRESPONSIBLE GUARANTEE-Ir-
responsible sellers of securities often
guarantee" certain profits, or even
that they will buy back shares when
, the purchaser wants his money.
Promises of this nature are made to
-reate confidence and to lull suspicion.
They should indicate to the prospec-
tive purchaser special need to in
vestigate.
REORGANIZATION" AND MERGER -
Unsuccessful companies forced into
Reorganization" often call upon
stockholders for new funds. Response
to such appeals often means merely
throwing good money after bad. A
eenspicuously fraudulent device has
i4en the merger" by which a new
co'spany trading upon fresh pros
poets and promises, takes over the
assets of an unsuccessful venture and
issues new stock for old, provided the
shareholder pays 25 per cent or so in
cash.
THE PARTIAL-PAYMENT PLAN-This
helpful method Of selling securities
has been much abused. People who
prefer to buy securities out of their
weekly or monthly earnings, are
sonetimes victimized by vendors Of
stocks which have little or no value.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
WILL RELIEVE MOTHERS
FEARS

A panic of fear seizes mother
when sudden and severe cramps,
agonizing intestinal pains black
nausea and weakening diarrhoea
PROSTATE some. one OF the family.
Keep Chamberlain's Collie and Diar-
Ihoea Remedy in the home. and such
emergencies need cause neither fear
nor alarm. Eases pain almost In
stantly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Senator Capper points out that,
while the federal government has
been working with determination to
decrease the cost of government and
lighten.the burden of taxation, the
reverse has been seen in many
states and smaller political sub
divisions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvania.
Dignifled service given all
calls, night or day.
Cor. N. Queen & Cherry SITS.
Phone 122 Rising Sun. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Telephone service in Chicago re-
quires 2,25O,0OO miles of. wire,
enough to go 80 times around the
earth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Why pay a doctor unless you
profit by his advice The doctor
always does.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
when SIGNALS ARE SET AGAINST YOU
Danger Signs Given by Bankers-People With Money
to Invest Warned Against Ways to Lose 1.-THE
Lure of easy Money"

If you engineer railroad would not in
tentonay pass safety signals against To the
enced investor there similar signals for his in
Some Of these of danger issued by the Public
Service Committee of the State Bank Division, American
Bankers Association in conjunction with the Better Business
Bureau are briefly indicated here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

When fat man has a guilty
conscience even double chin won't
enable him to hold his head up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

The great trouble with one sided
people is That they are generally on
the wrong side.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

There is so much room for i'm
provement in some of us that we
are never able to use it all up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Lots of people who are eager to
bet never put up anything but a
bluff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Some people never express an
opinion without labelling it: Handle
With Care"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Some people go at their pleasure
as though they mean business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

Blobbs-"About the first OF each
month get a bilious attack
Slobbs-"Ah, when the bills come
in, suppose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-21

about the house. The report OF the
subcommittee on publicity touches
this inspection of the island in this
way:
"As one goes around the island he
cannot but see the great
improvements that have been made,
and all Is the direct result of the
better homes movement here on the
island for two years. On Ia planta-
tions visited there were 26 new
homes, I'll families who had made
improvements of some kind since
1923, and 99S improvements made on
and around these homes"
1t Is e. notable fact that the money
won by st. Helena Island as prize
for its excellent demonstration of the
preceding year was devoted to prepa-
rations for the Successful and unique
demonstration which won the special
prize in the year just past.
Plans are under way which Will
give great prominence to school prac-
tice homes during 1925. The most
complete survey of this situation ever
undertaken is now being completed
by members of the staff of the CEN
trail organization Of Better Homes In
America. We confidently expect that
this survey will give a considerable
impetus to this movement throughout
the country. The school practice
house movement is one that can, IN
der skillful direction, be made of the
foremost Importance for the future Of
American homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-21
LUMBER DEMAND FAIR,
WITH BUYING CAUTIOUS
Unfavorable Weather in East
Found Check to Trading-Hard-
wood Market Active.

Demand for lumber remains fair in
volume, though restricted by I'M
favorable weather in the East and
other important consuming sections
as well as by the generally conserva-
tive attitude of retailers, says the
American Lumberman, Chicago. While
there are prospects for active build
ing in the Spring, the dealers as a
rule have decided not to gamble" on
the future, and are buying only as
needs actually arise.
This policy limits the current vol
ume Of wholesale trade, but gratifies
the farseeing manufacturer, in that 1t
practically guarantees a good. steady
business throughout the coming build
ing season, instead of the periodical
spurts and slumps that heretofore
have featured the lumber trade.
The hardwood trade Is as active as
heretofore, with the furniture indus
try the largest buyer. The auto
motive interests are still careful pur-
chasers, and are confirming their TAX
ings largely to hard maple and ash.
Other consumers, including the floor
ing, interior trim, agricultural i'm
plement, box and Grating case makers,
are all well represented on the mar
l. OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-21

tically the entire population of the
island, as we'll as many visitors from
the nearby mainland, made thor
ough inspection Of the demonstration
better home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-21

ever, great care should be taken in
the use of colored lights, in order not
to defeat their real purpose. Colored
lamps and dimly shaded lamps are
not intended for reading and close
work, for eyestrain Is caused by i'm
proper and insufficient light"
Glare, says the report of the coun-
ell is one of the most insidious
causes of eyestrain, and is "unques-
tionably the most prevalent and OBJ
iectionable concomitant of improper
lighting"
Experts find difficulty in defining
glare. One definition is light out OF
place" Another Is, Glare Is any
brightness within the field of vision
of such a character as, to cause as
comfort, annoyance, interference with
vision or eye fatigue"
Science has revealed three chief
sources of glare-excessiye bright
ness. excessive volume of light, and
excessive contrast. Excessive bright
ness of light sources Is, the counciis
report says, now believed to be the
worst offender.
Methods of lighting the home to
promote health and comfort are be-
coming a vital factor of domestic
science, continue the report, distinct
treatment being demanded by living
room, dining room and kitchen.