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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
RARE COLLECTION STOLEN
FROM WISCONSIN MUSEUM

NEW YORK, June IA ccllec
ton OF valuable Indian relics has
been stolen from the State His
torical Museum in Madison. Wis,
according to Charles F. Brown, di-
rector.
Letters were sent to curio col
lectors throughout the country Civ
ing notice of the looting as coon as
the theft was discovered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
Writer'S 1eague Meeting

The writers League will meet to-
night at the Mt. Pleasant branch
Of the Public Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Kelley and Ogden
Report to Griffs
From Minors

Pitchers Harry Kelley and
Curly Ogden reported back to
the Griffmen today and both
were in uniform this morning.
Kelley just ended the season
with the New Orleans club
which finished second in the
Southern Association where he
won sixteen and lost ten games
after he reported there from
the Griffs last spring. He
will finish out the season here
and be back again next spring
making every effort to stick in
the big show.
Curly Ogden came here from
Chattanooga whence he was
sent when the season was about
two-thirds over. He won four
and lost five games with the
Chattanooga club, altogether he
participated in sixteen games,
mostly in relief roles. Whether
or not he is sent back to the
minors again depends entirely
on what he shows in the re-
mainder of this season and in
the spring.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Capital Offense

Cutting telephone and telegraph
wires is the only crime in Tripoli
now punishable by death.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21

will show that its neighbor has re-
corded that consumption by having
its pointer set at /.
Sometimes, however, the figures
above the meter dials read Is, los.
zoos and 1,OO0's. The dial marked
''1's'' shows that each division of
the circle represents kilowatt
hour.
No figures at all above the meter
dials denote that It is a direct
reading meter and that each divi-
sion Of the right hand dial de-
notes one kilowatt hour.
TO figure your bill you simply
subtract the reading of the previ-
Gus month (which you will find on
your electric bill for that period
from the total amount registered.
and the difference is the actual
consumption of electricity for the
month in kilowatt hours. TO get
the cost multiply the figure by
your rate per kilowatt hour, which
gives the amount Of your bill. Just
as though one pound OF sugar costs
z cents and you want to know
what it has cost you to use five
pounds: naturally you would multi
ply seven by five and get IS cents.
Thus IL you have consumed twenty
kilowatt hours you multiply this
by the amount paid per kilowatt
hour.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
TEACHERS SWAP
POSTS FOR
YEAR
Two from Washington Change
Schools With Pair from
California

Two California school teachers
began year of service in the Dis
trict today replacing two District
teachers who will serve the next
year in Oakland, it was announced
today. The replacement marks the
beginning Of an exchange plan
agreed to by officials of Washing.
ton and Oakland,
Miss Blanche Rundquist, kinder.
garten teacher, and Miss lola M.
Thurston, second grade teacher, are
the two Oakland teachers assigned
to the Edmonds School here. Their
places in Oakland have been taken
temporarily by Miss M. l.. Jaquette,
kindergarten teacher, and Miss A.
r. Entwisle, second grade both Of
tie Edmonds School.
Both teachers 'Aome to Washing
ton at a slight loss of salary for
the year, but have taken the step
to widen their teaching experience.
The arrangement was made by
Superintendent frank w. Ballou
with superintendent Fred Hunter,
Of the Oakland schools.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
PLANES SURVEY POWER
SITES WITH CAMERAS

Just as airplanes equipped with
special cameras were used during
the world war to learn OF conditions
along front line trenches and IN
No Mans Land, they are now being
employed in preliminary surveys o.
areas where hydro-electric develop.
ments are under consideration.
Not long ago the Green River
Basin in the North Carolina Blue
Ridge Mountains covering an area
of fifty-five square miles was sur
veyed in this manner. The noun
tains and forest meant little to the
airplane used and the work was
completed much sooner than would
have been the case If ordinary sur
veying methods had been used.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
ELECTRIC BULB TRULY
A GREAT CoSMoPoLITE

The electric lamp bulb is truly a
cosmopolite. In its manufacture
materials. gathered from practically
every part Of the world, are used.
Some of the chief substances
that go into the making of lamp
bulb are feldspar from Sweden,
manganese obtained in the Caucas-
us. German potash, cork and pyrites
from Spain, shellac gathered in
India, tin mined in the Malay
states. tungsten dug out Of the
hills of China, sodium carbonate
brought from British East Africa,
bismuth from Australia, cyrolite
found in Greenland, nickel and CO.
bait from Ontario, nitre from Chile
and molybdenum from the Prov
ince of Quebec.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Poker Game Causes
Big Jump In Bill
For Current

A Brooklyn, N. T., druggist
complained long and loud to his
electric service company. His
current bill for electricity was
double that of the previous
month. The company inspected
the meter. It was correct. But
the bill was twice the usual
amount, 50 they had the drug
store watched.
Along about midnight four
men were seen going into the
darkened store. The watcher
called the druggist. He came
and his clerk confessed that for
the past month he and three
cronies had been playing poker
almost nightly in the back room.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
TWO CELEBRATE
THEIR GOLDEN
WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Hubbard
Congratulated by Friends
and Relatives

PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY,
Nd, Sept. 21.-Relatives and friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Hubbard
gathered Saturday night at the
home of their daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Gilbert
son, at Decatur Heights, to felici-
tate the couple upon their golden
wedding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard marched
into the reception room to Men
delssohn's Wedding March, played
by Mrs. George H. Harris, and
after an address Of welcome and
congratulation by Doctor Joseph NJ
Anderson. pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, of Hyattsville, Of
which Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard are
members, Mr.. Hubbard being an
elder, the guests congratulated the
couple. The house was decorated
in marigold and Bride roses.
Maurice H. Jarvis, vice president
OF the Decatur Heights Citizen As
ISOLATION, presented Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubbard, on behalf of the associa-
ton with a large basket Of flowers,
a ring, a gold pencil and fountain
pen for Mr.. Hubbard and vanity
case and gold thimble for Mrs.
Hubbard, and a picture. The
couple were also presented with
$T2.50 in gold by relatives and
friends. Officers of the First Pres
byterian Church of Hyattsville gave
them gold and silver dish. Mr..
Hubbard presented Mrs. Hubbard
Hubbard gave her husband an easy
chair.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard were mar
ried in Iowa, September 10, 1875.
Relatives and friends present in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Roy J. Hubbard,
Of Chicago; cousins of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubbard; Doctor Joseph NJ Ander-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. King, Mr..
and Mrs. j. N. Kreider, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Cole, Mr.. and Mrs.
George B. Arnold, AProfessor and
Mrs. NJ NJ. Proffitt, Mrs. Sara
Sunny, and Mrs. Elizabeth Stod-
dard, all of Hyattsville. and Mr.. and
Mrs. N. o. Brigham, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. P. Cannon, Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Leonard, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Lee,
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice H. Jarvis,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Cannon, Mr..
and Mrs. George H. Harris, Mrs.
W. r. Beattie, Mrs. c. E. Butcher,
Miss Gertrude Bicknel, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbertson, all of Decatur
Heights.
The fact that there was not a
single entry in the popular girl con-
test, a scheduled feature Of the
festival of the Riverdale volunteer
fire department, makes it appear
that young women of Riverdale are
bashful. The successful young
woman would have been crowned
Miss Riverdale The festival, how
aver. was a marked financial sue
cess, according to Chief William
Gray, and, although it viii be sew
eraI days before complete returns
are in, it is estimated several hum
dred dollars was cleared, which will
be used for maintenance of the fire
equipment. Dancing each evening
to the accompaniment of an orches-
ira directed by Theodore w. Vene-
mann, Of Riverdale, was a popular
feature.
A regular meeting of the mayor
and town council Of Mount Rainier
is to be held tonight at 8 o'clock in
the town hall there. The town has
now under way it's first group of
projects, under the law which
authorizes the municipality to bor-
row not exceeding $4,000 at any
one time for construction of side
walks, and work is in progress on
q number of streets.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21

Charles A. Drake, 1905
st. ............ 80: O+'I-
Mary N. c. Dermott, Cos
E st. N. E.. 3.49
Harold H. Dutton, 1924
Euclid st. ........... 17.4O
Euclid st. .......... 11.76
Mary A. Dorsch, SO T st. 1917
Stanley r. Darcy, 1907
w place. ............ .1.Oo
Louie E. Dawley, 1927
Kenyon st. ............ S.9l
Mary e. Downing, 27O5 p
st. zoo
John r. Daily, 1891 Sew
enteenth st........... 1872
NJ. E. Dorsey. 400 H st.
S. w..................> 2.2S
M. O.. Dumas, 1917 Thir-
teenth st. ............. 1881
Edith Eagata. 1914 18th
ST ZU.ZZ
Stephen S. Etzler, 207 9th
st. n. E. :....<....... 2.55
Edwin c. Eckel, 1903 De-
catur st. ......... $3.50
Thomas j. Echols, 1926
18th st. ............ 2O.57
Anna L. Ericsson, 1926
Varnum st. ........... S.76
st. s. E.. 1857
Waring E. Evans, Rock
vile, Md. 1881
mum st. ................ 4.9S
Beleita Ellsbury, 81 ST.. 7.73
Robert L. Edwards, 1915
C ST. N. E............ 1917
Fifth st. ............... 2.75
Homer G.. Fuller & wife,
1916 Belmont st. 255.29
John Fleming, 1924 Kill
bourne pl. ....... 6.6S
T. B. Fitzwaters 1910 Fair
mont st. :. ....... 900
Ella Stout Ford, 1924 Bit
more st. !.............. 1.47
James N. Flynn, SIS Sc
ward Square, S. E..... ~
John Ford, 1924 Biltmore
st. 300
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske,
care Riggs National
Bank -. 522.11
Lewis Flemar, 701 Mary
land ave. N. E... 1885
Margaret H. Feehan, 1901
Mass. ave. 49,! $1,000. 2.70
Russell Fairbanks, 1924
q ST.. N. E....... 1.24
John r. Fletcher, sos F st $50
Louis E. FELTON,, 614 Rock
Creek Church road. 1889
Isadore Friedenberg, 344I
Fourteenth st 90
Dorothy Elizabeth Cor
man, 2722 Ontario road
N. 2.40
Mary Gilroy, 2413 H st AT
Edward w. Gore, GA I
st. .............. 1913
w. Allen Griffith, Ber-
wynn, Md. 2.42
Stella L. Gordon, 2844
Ginerva NJ. Gilmore, sis '''
Margaret E. Garry, s27 ~
G st. S. W.......... 3.21
F. c. Grace and wife,
914 Hamilton st. 1853
Mary M. Gardiner, 1901
Wyoming ave. ....... $50
Anne L. Goodhue, S02 F
ST. ............... s.93
Mary Glassford, 2815 Q st 1880
A. H. Gilbert, Box %.
Post Office Dept. 4.12
Jos. N HemphilI, Union
Trust Co. ......... 1856
Viviene NJ. Hardy, 1920
Harvard st......... 6.97
ArtiSfa HIYhar
Euclid st. ........ 9.sS
Charles T. Hendler, The
Ontario .:.............. 56.52
Nedie M. Harm, sO4 Madi-
son st. $40
George T. Henderson,
ISL New Jersey ave. :. 6.02
George Hawkins, Alb 15h
st. s. E.. 1876
Michael D. Hogan. Chevy
Chase. Md. ............. 124.32
Ceres WellmAn Humber,
IA Jackson pl. N. W.. 4.65
George d. Halsey, care Of
Woodward & Lothrop.. 1914
James T. Howard, Cairo
Hotel !................ 1900
Sarah S. Hatch, 1885
Spring place N. W.. 4.79
Henry s. Hardisty, 1926
Irving st. n. E. ..... 1928
Julio Horty, 610 22d St. 1.73
Bernard c. Higgins, GIG
D st. N. E............ 1880
William o. Howes and
wife, 610 9Th st. S. W.. 5.O4
Roberta L. Harstin, 253
Tenn. Ave. N. e.. 5.13
Dudley r. Hardesty, 1917
5th st............... 2.1O
Harry E. Hill, sr., 28O7
Connecticut ave. N. w. $3.50
Joseph M. Hausler, 1928
Morrison st............ 61.7S
TEACHERS SWAP
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
24,576,121 TELEPHONES
IS RECORD or WORLD

Throughout the world, according
to the latest figures available, there
are 24,576,121 telephones IN use. OF
this number IS per cent, or
15.S69,454, are installed within the
boarders Of the United States, while
26 per cent, or $3.50, 765, are in
Europe.
The remaining IL per cent of the
worlds phones. 2.815, 9O2, are scat
tered throughout : Asia, Africa,
Oceania and the New World, ex-
cept the United States,
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
/ 500 MILES OF WIRE
Used SINCE FIRST OF YEAR

More than 1900 miles Of wire
have been used since the first Of
the year In erecting new electric
service company transmission and
distribution lines in Florida This
amount Of wire would very nearly
reach from Florida to Boston.
OF the approximately 1852 miles
Of wire 50 utilized 8O5 miles of it
is copper wire, 755 miles aluminium
wire. and the balance iron wire
used for guying poles and for max
ing proper ground connections.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
.New RaMoIas

New E;adiOIas
Radiola 3O-S Tube Super
heterodyne, $575 complete.
Operates on 110-volt A. CD
Radiola 1913 Tube Super
heterodyne. $3.50 with tubes.
Operates on dry cells.)
RadioIa 25-6 Tube Super
heterodyne. $165 with tubes.
Radiola eos Tube Tuned
Radio Frequency Receiver.
S1O2 so less tubes.
Radiola Loud Speaker,
model 104, with power
an1plifier, $4,000. Cor
Al. &c. 11O-volt operation.l
Radiola Loud Speaker.
model 100, $500. New
rigid cone type for dry or
wet battery receivers.)
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Indict II Perfumers

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Elm
dictments were returned by the Fed
eral grand jury against eleven
manufacturers OF perfumes. toilet
preparations and hair oil holding
permits for the withdrawal of alco-
hol. as part of the Government
drive to halt the flood being divert
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
A

Richard F. Ackad, 1852
Corcoran st. ........... S.4S
Mary Ainsworth, The Con-
cord ................. 20
Lew Morton Atkins, 3434
s4th st. ..........:... 1852
]. H. and S. s. Alburtis,
Chevy Chase, Md. -. 30.42
william H. Abbott 200
Georgia ave. N. w.. sos
Aristide Arrigoni, 1855
Ohio Ave. ............. .9S
Rene Bache, 1898 @ ST.. 1924
Reginald F. Brooks, 927
18th St.. 900
Donald E. Boyer and wife,
1.41 Spring Rd. ..t.... 4.O2
Lloyd Burkley. $40 Elmer
son st. ............. o.oU
' rard St. ............... 4.5o
Robert Beverly, 1903 S ST 1901
Uric H. Berard, 1914
18th st. ............. 7.5O
St. S. w.............. 3.s5
3Sth st. .............. 3.41
Louise Barnes. 1909 Mimi.
Ave. N. E............ 3.SS
John c. Brooke. Hyatts-
vile, Md, ........ 2S.91
H. M. Brill, 1901 F ST.
). w.. 4.OS
Arthur William Babcock,
Navy Dept. ........... 21.42
]. Wesley Bovee, 1919 r.
l. ave-. ................ 1897
P. c. Barnes, Benning,
D. Co.. 10
William L. Boyce, Blad-
\ensburg, Nd. 7.2O
George B. Billings, 1916
Kalorama I'd. ........ $50
Annie M. Butler, 1929
Nineteenth st.......... 1856
Elaine Barton, 1923 G st. 1.58
/ r. r. L. Billiard and wife,
Takoma Park, Md. .... 2.S9
w. N. Barret, 1888 Park
Mayme F. Brandon, 3o15
Georgia ave. l'OS
Linda T. Celia, 263s 18th
ST. N. W............. .55
George H. Calvert, jr.,
1903 P st. ............. $500
Mary E. Creveling, N.
Y. Ave.. 800
C. C. Certain, $500 14th
Jacob Cohen, 1903 E st.. 1S7.47
Robert F. Carter, Garrett
Park. Md. ............ 2.3s
William ]. c. Chester,
1926 18th st $3.50. 1888
John Clacey, Glendale,
Nd. ............:.... l.So
Frank c.. Calkins Geo.
logical Survey. ....... 41.80
Lucy Callahan, Westory
Al slas' c. cloush. 1906 '
George r. Clark, Ward
man Park Hotel. $500. 50.97
Anna C. Conner, 1909
Randolph st. .......... 9.44
David s. CARL, 4245 Eli
colt st. .......... z9.W
Porter street. 17.55-
L. e. Collier, 1901 Cal
vert St.. $3.50
Matthews Chmylks, 110z
Fourteenth st.......... S.S3
Loretto B. Creahen, 1474
Columbia I'd. 5.o9
Dorothy Coe, 1884 Har-
ward st. $40
st. .................... $40
Mrs. Edna Marian Dowie,
Alexandria, Va. .48
Mrs. Mary L. De Mol,
500 B st. S. E....... 1888
Harrison G. Dyar, 804
b st. S. W.......... 31.42
Arthur o. Daniels, Balls
ton, Va. 80. 2.43
w. L. Dawson, The AS
toria ................. II
August L. Dahler, 235
Que 2.10
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Electricity in China

China soldiers are using electric
flood-lighting projectors made in the
United States to repel bandits or
troops OF rival provincial governor.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
WASHINGT0NIANS' INCOME TAXES

Miss Dorothy Howard,
815 Taylor St........:.. 2.l6
Jake Hess and wife, 2612
Seventeenth st. N. E.. 1l.OO
E. F. Haar, 1924 w ST.. 7.O2
Walter j. Harrison, 3016
Dumbarton ave. 800
Asa Irwin, 2 Adams st.. 1856
George r. Jackson, S19
18th st. .............. 1t'Od
Raymond L. Jack, U. S.
Coast Guard ........ 1925
Louis Jacobs, 413 18th
st. ................. $3.50
Wynne Johnson and wife,
1850 M st. ......A 1910
Gertrude E. Jernagin,
1341 Bird st. ........... 5.O1
j. H. Jones and wife,
5707 Volotsfo sbr. lib
Dorothy Jackson, 121
Webster st. o.
. tenth st. N. E.. 1896
X
Herman E. Kittredge, S08
ZHQ 81. A''"~
Lewis s. Kann, 1929 Co
lumbia I'd. 2S.0z
William A. Kinnan, 1114
Fairmont st. ....... 1883
Vista ST. n E......:.. s.42
Harry Keough, s125 e st.
S. E. ................ II
Rev. Joseph T. Kennedy,
31S End st. N. e.. BOB
Sterling B. Kendig, $50
Fifth st. N. E......... zoo
William r. KavaIiaugh,
1923 K st............. 24.9S
John S. Kistler, 147S Gil
Charles A. Kram, Chevy
Chase, Md. S.SI
Francis B. Leech, wash
ington Loan & Trust
Frank e. Langdon, 1851
r. /. ave-, N. E.. ..... 5.SS
Arthur C. Lampe, 3O19
18th st. ........... zS.lo
Margaret E. Lantz, 44O4
GoIdie Levin, a55 M
st. S. W.........,.. EOS
Arthur A. Lithgow, 1921
Sd st. S. W............ 24.65
Abraham Leonard, 1912
Ashmead pl. .......... S7.12
William s. Landes and
wife, 1910 18th St.. Ala
Charles G. Lanhardt,
Hyattsville, Md. . 14.1O
Miss Coeline c. LYNCH.
COL 21st st. N. Wa. ST.
Ethel M. Lampkin, 1914
Mt. Pleasant. st. n. w. 7.05
H. Laura Lipscomb and
Lawrence A. 224 Chan
George L. LETTER, 1872
Ga. Ave. ............. 1888
Leila Leslie, Washington
Missionary College, Ia
koma Park. .......... 1854
John G. Ladd, Chevy
Chase, Md. ........... TAI
ming st. N. E......... ASS
Henry Luehrs, 1915 Tenth
st. s. E. W
William Lott, S28 Allison
ST. "a
Elizabeth L. Lowry. 2022
Hillyer place. .......... 1915
Albert Lyman. 145 Carroll
st S E................. 2.1O
M
s5th st. ........... 1890
James Martin, 3401 P st. 9.39
Robert NJ. McWhirter,
Woodward Bldg. 40
Charles F. Miller, s17 H
Jay st. A a. 4 mcconnell. 5ss I''l0
Harry &C. Miller, 7is
Maryland Ave. N. e.. S.95
Monemia A. Moulton 2115
p st. N. W........... Ell
George B. McGinty, 1899
14th st. ............... 01.4S
David A. Miller. 1921
18th st. s. E.......... 1856
Miss Catherine H. Nc
Mahon, 1915 N. Capitol
st $50
Thomas J. Murphy, 2107
G st. N. w. 1888
S. Ethel Mowrer, sos E.
Clifton Terrace. ....... 8.11
] Melnico, 1927 Meridian
John Mahoney, 1916 18th
st zS.S1
Dorsey M. Mcpherson,
Chevy Chase Parkway. 32.47
Mary M. McCabe, the
Montana .......... TIP
Daniel J. Mcmahon, 2O5
Pa ave. 1854
John O'Callaghan Matthew,
2416 K st .............. 100
w. A. Murray, 43O8 New
Hampshire ave. ........ 1858
Joseph E. Mellnet, 2113
Eighteenth st. ...... 9.4S
Reverend Joseph M. Mo-
ran, 18th st and Park I'd 3.76
Bertha Marggraf. 222 Ken
lucky ave. ............. Z.4O
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-08

to tell the truth. Then there were
too many juice buggies out there
| to suit him.
We asked him if he had ever been
east, and he replied he had all of
the east he wanted during the war.
We spoke of horses and riding.
A horse to our friend was either
boss or cayuse. An English or
Mcmillan saddle is a pancake, and
he couldn't understand how anyone
could ride sitting on one of those
things.
He told us that the Painted Des-
ert extended for many hundred
miles, and in certain places is
known as 'the Bad Lands"
He explained that the petrified
wood found in this part of the
country was due to the large guam
titles of saltpetre, brought here,
he said, after the great flood.
He talked for the better part of
two hours-quaint anecdotes of
this boss wrangler and that COW
puncher, in the days when Arizona
was really the land of the large
cattle ranches. "But they are fast
disappearing, he said; they are
disappearing into more virile yes
terday."
Don't be afraid if you hear some
unearthly sound during the night.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-08

We will skip over our first adj
ventures and come to place TWEEN
| ty-five miles on the other side OF
| Holbrook, Ariz., when, footsore and
weary, we turned to our right tC
follow a sign which read ITO the
Painted Desert
1t was sunset when we arrived
there. The sun was barely visible
over the last ridge of hills, and il
was busy transmitting them into
pure gold. Both Miss Hall and
forgot that we were tired and hun
CRY, for a strange feeling of exhil-
aration seemed to take hold of us
and for brief minute put us in
touch with the Infinite.
We stood there in silence for
quite some time, and watched the
dark maroon colors change to hazy
purple and blues.
We had decided to camp there on
our way up, and so went looking
for sagebrush with which to build
fire.
Gust a minute, girls. Where are
you going?" We both turned
around at once, and saw a tall man
in blue overalls coming toward us.
eve are going to gather some
wood to build a fire." Miss Hall
answered.
well, 1 guess I'd better do that
for you, for I am stronger, and
besides. there are a great many rat
tlesnakes down there" he added as
an afterthought
Rattlesnakes! I drew back in
stinctively at the word, for I am
deadly afraid of them, but Miss Hall
did not seem to mind and so fol-
lowed the tall man, and they both
returned with their arms filled
with sagebrush roots. The man
helped us build a fire and told us
that he and his party were camped
just over the ridge. He left as
soon as our fire was blazing, say
ing he would return in a little
while, or as soon as his party was
made comfortable for the night.
N1lOo IldlI dlIu LILY S0lL 0dI dI Ouuu
the fire and ate cheese sand
witches, and about 9 o'clock our
friend returned.
First he made sure that we had
enough wood, and then sat beside
the fire and sent us into convul-
sions of laughter with his quaint
anecdotes.
We told him what we were doing
and he answered that he admired
our pluck. He in turn informed us
that he used to be a cowpuncher in
this country many years ago, and
that he now owns a small ranch
near Evanston, Wyo His brother
and sister-in-law wanted to tour
the southwestern part of the coun-
try, he said, and that was why he
was there. 1t appeared he did not
like the Golden State at all, for,
according to him, people out there
lie when it is to their advantage