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The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31
Skulls as ScorecroUs

The word "scarecrow" usually con- jures up the vision of tattered clothing on a rude framework, standing in the middle of 6 field but far stranger bird scarers have sometimes been used, says London T1t-Bits.
 For example one Ceylonese culdva- tor guards his vegetables from bird pests by displaying two skulls on poies' One is that of woman and the other of a buffalo.
 One of the cleverest scarecrows ever used was made by a Belgian farmer. He set up a number Of poles In the corn fields and conducted wire from one to the other. A bell was hung from the top of each pole and connect ed with the wire. The end of the wire was then fastened to a small water wheel. and as this went round the bells tinkled, frightening all birds away.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

SEATTLE, Dec. 26.- Mayor Brown, Councilman Carroll and C. W. Clark. a butter merchant, filed today for the mayoralty nomination at the primary election February 23, and the final election on March g.
 George F. Ryan, Democratic lead CT, previously announced that he would file for mayor, without ex- pectation of election but to educate the public on reform issues.
 With 6,200 valid names required a petition signed by 1928 voters was filed today to refer the ordi- nance passed by the council and signed by the mayor for the pur- pose of the Rainier Valley railway. the only private line remaining in operation in Seattle to the voters at the city election on March g.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31
Cooper in Old en Times

Chemical analyses have revealed that much of the so-called bronze found in ancient ruins or monuments is not bronze at alL but copper Of rather high degree of purity consider ing the facilities for smelling the metal in those early days.
 This is especially the case with such objects found in the oldest Egyptian and Mes opotamian remains. On the other hand the bronze bands from the gates of the palace of Shalmanesir are really bronze, containing about per cent of tin. says the Detroit Ne"s'
 Copper, rather than bronze, seems 70 have been the earliest used metal Iron was known to the ancient Egyp' tians but was so rare and costly that 1t was used in jewelry.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

SEATTLE-An authentic fossil tusk of the woolly elephant Of the glacial or postglacial period, with gold filings like a modern tooth, has been presented to the museum of the University of Washington by Edward Ssuires, who discovered it on mining claim on Dominion Creek, forty miles from Dawson, Yukon Territory.
 The tusk is ten feet long and weighs 250 pounds. The theory of Nathan Kresge, museum caretaker and former Alaskan, is that the rel ic was there when tons of earth with paystreak settled down, so that gold nuggets were forced into the cracks of the tusk giving the effect of modern old tooth filings.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

PEkING - Gen. Hiushuchang was killed with several members of his staff by a bomb thrown on a railway station platform at Lang fang. The assassin was LuChengwu. captain in the National Peoples army, and son of Gen. Lu Chien- chang who Hiu shot in Lu's garden at Tientsin while a dinner guest there in 1918. Captain Lu declared that his act was in revenge for his fathers murder. Lu is a cousin of Marshal Feng Yuhsiang. the Chris tian general who commands forces which recently occupied Tientsin.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

Joe Badger, manager of the Van Glider Hotel at Seward, received 52l Christmas greeting cards on a single boat last week. The cards were from friends scattered all over the United States and Europe. MT. Badger is fairly liberal himself in the matter of sending out Christ mas cards. He mailed 800 greet ing cards few hours before the ar rival Of the boat which brought him that the cards received on other boats during the holidays boosted his total above the 500 mark.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31
Crown Prince
 Falls for an
 Italian Woman
Special to the Sentinel.)

PARIS-Queen Marie of Rouma- mia is searching far and near for her erring sofi, Crown Prince Carol, who has failed to show up at the Royal Palace in Bucharest for a longer time than his mother thinks he should be away. The sunny skies of Italy and beautiful Ital- ian woman prominent in the social realm, particularly at Rome, are de- clared to be the chief attractions which are keeping the 32year old heir apparent to the throne of Rou- mania aloof from the Royal domi- cile.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31
Alterations in
 Forest. Policy
 Are Announced

Twos alterations in Forest Ser vice regulations governing con- tracts for sales of large quantities of timber from national forests in Alaska have just been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, ac- cording to telegraphic advices re- ceived on Christmas Day by Dist. Forester c. H. Flory. Both are de- signed to liberalize contracts and make investments in Alaska timber industries more attractive to large scale investors.
 In effect the first change increas- es the maximum sale for pulp and paper manufacturing purposes from two billion board feet to three bil- lion, and the second provides no reappraisal of stumpage prices shall be made for a period of 10 years after beginning of actual opera tions instead of the fve-year period heretofore required under the con- tract offered.
 The new regulations state the existing policy of operating 30- rn r,1a vi of two billion board feet is modified by raising this maximum to three billion board feet in order to place under contract a sufficient quantity of timber sufficient for a 30-year operating life, for pulp mills as large as 300 tons daily capacity"
 The second regulation is: "The period of operation before the first reappraisal, or in other words, the period of operation, exclusive of any period allowed for construction or improvements, will be ten years in stead of five years as required by Regulation s. G."
 We believe this action of the Secretary is the most important step toward liberalizing our large sale contracts yet taken by the Govern ment and it's importance to develop ment of Alaskan forests is second only to the assignment of B. F. Heintzleman to comprehensive study of conditions in the Ameri- can and Canadian pulp and paper manufacturing industry" said Mir Flory today "It will eliminate the causes of two of the major criti- cisms that paper manufacturing in- terests have found in our old con- tract policy. The most serious crit icism was directed against the old fiye-year reappraisal clause. It was claimed that such a short peri cd at the very beginning of the op- eration of any plant was such a handicap as to make it difficult to secure the several million dollars required to establish such a plant. Both of the new regulations are de- signed to remove this objection, first, by providing sufficient timber under contract to operate the lar gest mill at capacity for the full period of the 30-year contract and,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

BUCHAREST, Roumania-Crown Prince Carol has renounced his sue cession to the throne and all pre- negatives of that rank including membership in the Royal family. The king has accepted the renunci- ation and summoned the Crown council at Pelesch castle today, ap- pealing to the members to support him in proclaiming his grandson, Prince Michael as the new heir.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

BUCHAREST Parliament will convene Monday to give its decision regarding the proposed proclama- tion of King Ferdinand proclaiming Michael, the four-year-old son of Prince Carol and Princess Helen of Greece as the heir apparent to the throne.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31
Not His Fault

The Boss-Did you wish to see me! Clerk-Yes. You see this Is my tenth wedding anniversary and To like to have a vacation.
 The Boss-Why don't you talk to your wife about thatf ~
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-12-31

Beginning January 1st, there will be an additional cents on each magazine. Subscriptions regular rate. Wheeler Drug Company.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
SILK DRESSES '6%:ee!
 Sizes 16 to A

The most delightful styles in BrOcaded Silk; clever straight line styles; complete range of sizes. Come early expecting a real bargain, for they are here in about 20 different styles; well made garments you'd expect to find for much higher price.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
Soviet Trawlers Land
 Russ Fish in England

Grimsby, England. April 24.--Bol- shevik Russia, which last year be- gan organization of fishing fleet in northern waters, has begun to ex- tend it's buisness to foreign shores, The first Soviet steam trawler 10 be seen in a British port arrived in Grimsby recently and attracted much attention, not only among sea- faring men, but the public generally.
 The trawler brought a load of fish caught off the Murmansk coast. The captain said other Russian trawlers would arrive regularly in British ports in the near future as the soviet fishing fleet was again getting on it's feet and, due to recent addi- tions of fishing smacks, was well fitted to supply the Russian de- mand for sea food, thus eliminating the necessity of buying fish abroad
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

tain Christians highly and for cen turies did not dare invade their strongholds. During the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth, however, Kurds and Turks began treating the AssyrianIs like the Armenians. While villages, especially in the foothills near Mosul, were pillaged and many of their inhabitants massacred.
 Joined Allies in World War.
 During the World War the As syrian Christians threw in their lot with the Allies when the armies of the latter reached their country. When the Turks overran the region again the unhappy Assyrians met the fate of their Armenian fellow Chris tians to the north. Thousands were massacred and the rest fled. A hand full escaped northward 10 the Cau- casus, while the main body Of sur vivors, probably less than 10000, reached the plains of Iraq where refugee camps were established for them by the British.
 "In making their claims for a new boundary north of Mosul, the Brit ish included a considerable area of the foothills formerly occupied by the Assyrians and reestablished the survivors there. Some Of this re- zion lay north of the old boundary Of Mosul viIayet. The Turkish gov ernment protested that in disposing of this land the British had en- croached on Turkish territory Iasj September a Turkish force crossed the frontier and burned a number Of newly rebuilt villages, killing some Assyrians and driving the others south again. 4 temporary boundary was agreed to along the old MoSul line. Commissioners Of the League of Nations are now gathering evi- dence in the Mosul region, and be- fore long a permanent boundary will be decreed, Whether the tiny rem- nant of the Christian mountaineers will be given some part Of their old mountain home, or whether they vii have 10 adapt themselves 10 life in the unhealthy plains, will be one ot the important by-product decisions In the meantime the old Assyrian stronghold in the mountains along the Fab are being consolidated as a part Of Kurlistan. l. Is "lioning this region on the west that the re.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
COOL SPELL HITS
 MIDWEST AGAIN
Coats Are in Order After YeSter-
 days SEelteFing

Chicago, April 24.-Forecasts of thundcrstorms and lower tempera- lures today brought back topcoats to the middle west, which yesterday sweltered in record breaking heat. Relief also was promised central Montana, which shivered under blanket of snow reaching a depth of r inches in Butte. At the same time the Prairie and Great Lake states were mopping brows and consulting records of previous April heat.
 A forcrunncr Of the cooling rains came last night in Missouri and Kansas, accompanied by wind of tornado proportions in South Dakota.
 Jefferson City, Mo, reported a temperature yesterday of 94 degrees, the highest reached in the hot weather area. The soaring mer- cury in several sections ran close to the Missouri capitals record. St. Louis reported maximum Of 91 and the same point was reached in yari- ous sections of Kentucky.
 St. Paul, which reported an so degree temperature attributed two deaths in Hennepin county to the heat. Detroit. which with other Michigan sections, had weather of the 90 degree variety, had one pros tration, and Milwaukee reported two.
 Indiana and Ohio. included in the forecast for todays relief, had weather that broke records for years with temperatures in the sos.
 All Chicago's records for the day for over half a century were broker
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
MOSUL BOUNDARY
 AND ITS EFFECT
Makes Marked Difference in
 Old Christian Community

Washington, April z4.-"The pending decision of the League of Nations Council in regard to the dis puted Traq Turkish boundary north of Mosul will affect more than Brit 1 ish oil concessions. It may mean the life or death Of a people, the Assyrian or Nestorian Christians, who, until the World War, had held on to their mountain fastnesses and their faith for more than 19 cen turies," says a bulletin from the Washington. D. C., headquarters of the National Geographical society.
 "In the days of Marco Polo and for some centuries previous, the As- syrian or Nestorian Christians rep resented a mighty Church spread throughout Asia" continues the bull etin. "The Mother Church was very strong in Mesopotamia and Persia, and thriving missions and communi- ties of converts existed in TartarS, Siberia, Mongolia, China and India. Twenty-Five or more bishoprics are listed in the church records of that age. Over this strong Christian church ruled The Patriarch of the East with his see in Mesopotamia, somewhat privileged organization under the early Mohammedan rulers. Driven to Mountains by MOhamme-
 dans.
 But the rising tide Of militant Mohammedanism, and especially the invasions of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, put an end 10 this pros pcrity and growth. The AssyTians withdrew into the mountains along the River Fab. an affluent of the Ti- gris north of Mosul. Their people had occupied this region since be- fore the Christian Era: now they concentrated there. Even the Patri- arch moved 10 this inhospitable mountain region, making his seat a castle on a steep mountain slope near Julamerk, about 200 miles north Of Mosul.
 Tn 1850 more than 100000 As syrian Christians lived in the rough highlands of the northern part Of the vilayet of Mosul and in the southern part Of the vllayet of Van, extending also across the Persian border to Lake Urumiah. The Kurds who since long before Xenophon's day lived all about this Assyrian province, looked upon the Assyrians as enemies and often clsshed with them on the borders; but they rat ed the fighting prowess of the moun-
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

Here is another chance for you to save money and at the same time attire yourself in strictly up.to- the minute style. There's a limited num- Der of these Fine Dresses. No two alike. Therefore we advise you to be among the early shoppers
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

when a peak of Ss degrees was reached at o'clock yesterday after noon. The former highest mark of S4.6 was reached April 23, 1915,
 Throughout the Gulf and Cotton states temperatures ranging from S2 in Mobile, to SS in Vicksburg Miss. and Birmingham, Ala, were re- ported.
 Some sections of the east experi- enced midsummer touches, New York recording SS degrees as the highest temperature yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

cent Kurdish instruction took place."
The Washington times., 1925-05-23
PALMDALE. HTS.
OFFICE OPENS
HERE
''Don" Houston to Be Local
Manager as Well as New
York and Baltimore

Another of FIorida's wonder
cities-Palmdale, situated on a great
wooded ridge well to the north OF
the vast Everglades territory, in a
section of the State unsurpassed
for its rich potentialitfes of natural
wealth-is coming into its own.
A year ago Palmdale was but a
struggling country village Of n
scant 1,5O0 souls, its railroad-one
of the greatest of its man-made as
sets and itself a rarity in that re-
gion-carrying little freight and
fewer passengers Almost barren
for all it's natural wealth and beauty
the village looked down in sleepy
peace from its comparatively lofty
eninence of twenty-five feet above
sea level.
But in a short twelve months
men of vision and enterprise came
to Palmdale, bringing with them
capital from the North and Eas1
and South and West in an ever-in'
creasing stream.
Sleepy fields and woods rang with
the shouts of surveying parties and
with the sounds Of hammers and
saws and giant tractors, as man,
taking domain over nature, began
The Washington times., 1925-05-23

sive4 development, Palmdale might
never have awakened.
Palmdale Heights is being de-
veIoped. by a syndicate Of northern
and southern capital which al.
ready has spent several million in
the purchase of, the land and
which is prepared to. spend as
much more money as ID necessary
to develop the. sub division along
the aines of a'the city beautiful
Representing this syndicate is q
Florida corporationthe Miami.
Palmdale Realty Company which,
through its officers and statesmen
all Of them men who have played
important roles in the develop.
nent of some Of the greatest sub.
divisions in and around Miami, is
selling Palmdale Heights and ad.
vertising PalmdaIe and the State
of Florida throughout the nation
This company has just opened
an office in Washington in the
Munsey Building, rooms 358 and $50
The Washington times., 1925-05-23
VIRGINIA
SUBURB IS
POPULAR
Rosemont Park Is Located
Within View of New George
+ Washington Memorial

Virginia, sub-divisions4 continue to
be popular with ,,the residents Of
the Capital as shown by the in
creasing interest being displayed
in b-divisions in the Dominion
state. A. large number of sales
nave been made during the past
week. A number OF which were in
Rosemont park, located in a bea1ti-
full section Of Virginia overlook
ing the new George Washington
Memorial.
This property is only twenty
minutes from Washington, ana ls
served by good roads and last CAT
service. 1t has all the advantages
of the city. and will no doubt
prove to be one of the best resi-
aential suburbs around Washing
ton.
For a number OF years Virginia
property has been in demand by
Washingtonians, and large mum
ber OF sub.divisions have been sue
cessfuly developed. There is no
doubt that in Washingto as Wen
as in. other cities throughout the
country, tneEs afASs q ~Assn44GAeASy sll 44.sey
ward the suburb. 81 Practically every
city in the. United 3Statas is com
nletely surrounded by fast growing
sections. The, same is true OF
washington:
washington, the one city in
the United states !. that has the
backing Of the entire United States
and will continue tt prosper with
the prosperity of the country, must
expand. This expansion must
necessarily extend into the border
ing States, Virginia and Maryland.
It so happens that subdivisions
in both these States, especially
Virginia, are as near and in son1e
Instances much nearer than SINE
of the Districts most popular resi-.
Dental sections.
The Washington times., 1925-05-23

Palmdale and Pamdale Heights
are the same. The limits Of the one
overlap the limits OF the other
they. are inseparable. And yet had
1t. not been for Palmdale Heights.
with. its thousands Of acres which
are now being placed under inten-
The Washington times., 1925-05-23

to put through a great building
and development program.
Palmdale awoke, almost ever
night, to find itself thriving city,
bustling with feverish energy as
big dreams became realities, with
new life in its veins and a new
vision for the future,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-15
THINK DIAMOND
DEPOSITS ARE
IN LAKE
Scientists Reused by Forma-
tons Similar to Kimberley
Mines
By international News Service

SYRACUSE. N. Y, July 15.-Be.
lief that a diamond mine may lie
beneath the surface of Green Lake
Ia Tnysteriously beautiful sheet OF
water hidden by 300 feet of perpen.
dicular wall near the little village
OF GAINESVILLE, is today rousing scien-
lists here.
Formation strikingly, similar to
that of fhet Kimberley diamond
mines in South Africa Is responsible
for the Theory which Us being adj.
yanced. Il Is suggested that the
lake is of volcanic origin. and that
the circular hole FROM thea bottom
OF the wafer to the underside of the
earth's crust. IS filled with igneous
rock known as eblue ground. ex-
actly the same as that from which
millions Of dollars worth AZ stones
have been taken. at Kimberley and
Blomfontein.
Many Traditions.
Tradition has interesting things
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-15
EXPLAINS WHY
PARIS RULES
STYLES
Due to Cooperation OF Fabric
Producers and Dressmakers,
u. s. Official Says
By ROBERT s. THORNBURGH,

Paris. with its gay bouievards, its
sidewalk cafes and risque theaters,
has. throughout modern times been
the fashion cynosure of feminine
eyes throughout the world.
The incompatible French CAPT
tai. though its world prestige may
rise and fall with the fluctuations
Of European financial and political
affairs, never has lost its ability to
dictate what the feminine world
shall wear.
An explanation as to why has
just been received by the Depart
ment of Commerce from G. Grant
Isaacs, Assistant American Trade
Commissioner in London.
Isaacs points out that Paris has
held its position as the leading
creator of fashions in women's
clothing largely as a result Of the
close cooperation between the pro-
ducers of fabrics and the dress.
making establishments.
The designer, with a new idea.
goes to the cloth manufacturer.
who attempts to construct the
imaginary fabric from the artist s
rather vague descript probably
a conglomeration of ideas gathered
at various fashionable resorts, such
as st. Moritz, Longchanps. Venice.
San Sebastian, or along the Riviera.
Cloth for several models Is woven.
and il they are accepted by women
of fashion the manufacturers out
put is not only quickly sold out.
but other firms begin the produc-
ton of similar fabrics. This close
friendly collaboration for exploiting
new fabrics is among the principal
factors in, making Paris the world 3
style center
One Of the largest British firms
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-15

specializing in cottons has for many
years recognized the Importance Of
Paris as source of new textile
designs" Isaacs said.
THE firm employs about twenty
designers, who are located in Paris
and afforded every facility for
studying new style tendencies and
designs, with a view to adapting
them to goods. for the British home
and export trade"
In preparing the motifs for for
eign markets, the designers are
aided by ideas and sketches sub
mitted by scouting parties who
operate in the Levant, the United
States, the Far East, Egypt and
Africa, as well as the fashionable
European pleasure resorts.
Coloro designs do noe rotate In 81
cycle, according to. Isaac's obser.
vatfons when he attended the lata
spring and early summer fashion
openings in Paris, where not onlv
hot.weather clothes but designs
for the autumn and winter trade
were exhibited for the first time
The vogue Of pastel shades this
spring and summer is largely a
reflection of the dominant tones
used in the paintings OF several
popular Partisan artists, Isaacs
said. go