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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10

victs. It has been adopted largely be-
cause Of the public protests against
the leasing and the contract SYSTEM
and has been loudly proclaimed re
form" By prison officials and prison
labor contractors. n practice it is
as viscious Is any other Of the older
methods. and some features more SO.
as the state completes direct HEb mani
ufacturers. using the taxpayers mon
ey as capital and enters into all sorts
Of undercover arrangements mzsA con-
tractors to find an outlet fof the pro-
ducts. Al q the states except New
York, New Hampshire end Ohio make
use to more or less degree Of this
system.
When prisoners produce on an aver
age Of $3.50 worth Of goods per day
on wage o. 500, naturally the
prison labor contractors are perfect
y satisfied with conditions aa they
are, andtView with alarm any efforts
on the part Of citizens to develop bet
ter methods Of utilizing convict Iaber.
Things as they are, are good enough
for them, and they how'd with derisipn
when changes are proposed that esen-
timentalists want to doddle the pris-
oners and make prisons 50 attractive
that they win have ne terrors FOR law
breakers" They raise the cry that the
elimination of prison labor for priv
ate profit means idleness for prison.
.er, an incentive for crime.
All Of which is pure nonsense. The
labor Of every prisoner in this country
can be utilized under the Estates use"
plan producing supplies needed by the
state and their subdivisions. Conserz-
alive estimates show that the federal
government. the states and the large
cities spend each year ct least 81, ESQ.,
600 for supplies that could be made
in penal institutions, and this amount
is far beyond their productive eapac-
ity under the most favorable condi-
tions.
The states use" pan IL installed
in every state woGld mean that no
prison labor would be sold to y con-
tractor, and that no prison made
goods would be sold in the open mar
ket. It woul also mean that no pri-
yAte interests cauld make profit
on the labor Of products Of convicts,
and that the corrnpting Influences
prison labor contractors on govern
ment would be eliminated. ,Legiti-
mate manufacture and free labor
would be free from unfair COMPETE
ton, and the taxpayers would be
freed from the burden Of carrying
the prison labor contractors 's6ver-
head" Instead of the making Of
profits being the main objective ipri-
mary consideration could be given to
rehabilitation, re-education and re-
formation Of the prisoners, and penal
institutions might become curative
instead Of punitive. The prisoners |
making goods for state use could be
credited with the fair market value |
Of their labor, charged fair price
for maintenance, and their earnings
made available for the support Of
their families, or retained as fund
on which to start life anew after their |
debt to society has been paid.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10


membe7s II encourages them 80
work With TIE ialernslloatI. e brings
home e every enc what WoHl y
country our America IS. + pictures
70 them the glowing future when all
workers vii have the opportunity to
live the full, rich life for which union
members are striving. The remark
able feature is that the international
IS able to provide this advantage at q
much lower cost than commercial re-
sorts"
When Unity House and its green
acres Of pine, mountain and lake were
purchased, the weekly fee for private
guests was $50. Under union man
agement the cost on cooperative
basis has been reduced to ST 3 week
for union members
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10

PaaroaIas IAbor Praas AdvertlssFs.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10
Pain Gone! Rub
Sore, Rheumatic
Aching Joints

Stop Fdosine" rheumatism.
It's pain only. st. Jacobs Oil win
stop any pain, and not one rheumA-
tism case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Rub soothing, penetrating
st. Jacobs Oil right on the tender
spot, and By the time you say Jack
Robinson--put comes the rheumatic
pain and distress. Sc. Jacobs Oil is
q harmless rheumatism Iiniment which
never disappoints, and doesn't burn
the skin. Il takes pain, soreness and
stiffness from aching joints, muscles
and bones; stops sciatica, lumbago,
backache and neuralgia.
Timber upI Get small trial bottle
Of old-time, honest st. Jacobs Oh from
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10

ATLANTIC CRY July e.-Too
many lawyers are devoid Of the ethics
ofthat profession. said Judge Francis
Neal Pafke, president of the Nary
land state bar association, in an adj
dress in this city.
Omer F. Hershey, Of Baltimore.
said: ct requires. amazingly little
learning or skill to be an average
lawyer and prosper at it."
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10
SEAMENS UNION DARES
ATTEMPT TO man LAKES

Continued from Page one)
beauties Of nature after a years toll
in the city.
An Inspiration to Workers
"And this is an inspiration to onF
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10

a1f drag sfara. end IA moHeut you'll
he re- fzta 1sias. aches hnd ..lik-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-07-10

mss. Don't suffsrl Rub rhsunstiz
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Use for the Cork

A young woman called at the house
Of a doctor, and, after dlscoursing on
all the topics of the DAY, began to tell
him her ailments. Among other things,
she said she was greatly alarmed by
Sinking feeling"
The doctor prepared a bottle of
medicine and gave 1t to her, with d.
rections as to how 1t should be taken
The woman talked on and on until at
length, after many vain efforts on the
doctors part to get rid ofa her she
made for the door. She had just
opened 1t when she turned and said:
"Oh, doctor, what shall do If this
medicine does not cure meT
Take the cork" he retorted. "They
tell me that cork is good for q sinking
feeling"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Expert Archery

Philadelphia has played an impor-
tant part in American archery. Its
suburbs have produced two national
champions, and the first archery asso-
citation In the United States was the
United Bowmen of Philadelphia,
formed in 1928.
The ANIMAL contest drew as many as
1000 spectators. There must have
been something Of the flavor of the
days of Merrle England about 1t, when
the kings archers were his strongest
and bravest and most valiant knights
Then Welsh archer shot an arrow
through an oak door four inches thick,
with such force the shaft penetrated
a hands breadth on the other side"
And the English archers then ad-
vanced one step forward and shot their
arrows with such quickness 1t seemed
as If It showed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Beautiful Spring FIower

Spring beauty belongs to the purs-
lane family and Its botanical name Is
Olayto-ni-a Oar-o-lkni-an-a. Deep down
beneath the surface Of the ground Is
small, round, swollen stem, termed
ttiber, attached to which Is a bud.
At the advent of spring the bud de-
velops into long aerial stem, bearing
two grasslike leaves opposite to one
another. At the top Is a loose, deli
cate cluster of flowers. Each has two
sepals, five white or pink petals, voined
with rose color, FIVE stamens and one
plstil, with three stigams This charm
ing flower is found usually In moist,
open woods, having almost as wide
range as its first cousin, the objection
able purslane. A delicate, trembling
little plant 1t Is, shlverIng at the slight
est breath of wind. It's name Of spring
beauty is quite appropriate 1t Is al
ways delight to the eye and always
welceme-Family Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Ancient LoDe Charms

According to ancient English rural
superstition, October was considered
the most notable month in the year for
love charms. st. Faith brought the
first chance for maids to view their
future husbands in vision. The
ritual is for three maids to make a
dumb cake-one baked in silence-to
pass their portions through a wedding
ring, and couch themselves In one bed,
repeating the charm: 20 good st.
Faith, be kind tonight; bring our
hearts delight" On St. Luke's day a
maid should anoiAt herself with an
ointment made Of herbs and honey,
and pray to st. Luke before sleeping,
I'm dreams let me my true love see"
On st. Simon and st. Jude's day the
pairing of an apple, thrown over the
shoulder, should fall to form the first
letter of the future husbands name.
No record as to the veracity Of these
charms is available.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Ben Franklin ShouDn
as House Decorator

BENJAMIN Franklin was interested in
household details and papered his own
walls. He is quoted as saying: "The
little south room l have papered as the
walls were much soiled. In this room
is a carpet bought cheap for its good
ness and nearly new. The blue
room has the harmonica, the harpsl-
chord, the gilt sconce, card table, a
set of tea china, the worked chairs and
serena very handsome stand for the
tea kettles to stand on, and the orna-
mental china. The paper Of the room
has lost much of its bloom by pasting
up"
Later he wrote his wife about the
same room. 81 suppose the room is
too blue, the wood being Of the same
color with the paper, and so looks too
dark. I would have you finish 1t as
soon as you can. thus: paint the vain
scot a dead white; paper the walls
blue, and tack the gilt border around
the cornice. If the paper is not equal
ly colored when pasted on, let 1t be
brushed over again with the same
color and let the paper mache must
cal figures be tackled to the middle of
the ceiling. When this is done, l
think 1t will look very WELL"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
NerU Mexico Indians
Put Faith in ToteKls

The zuni Indians Of New Mexico
are divided into a number Of totem
clans, one of which has the mountain
lion for It's totem Each hunter who
belongs to the priesuy brotherhood
carves an image of his totem out Of
some kind of stone.
If the piece Of stone has, to begin
with, some semblance to the form Of
a mountain lion. so much the better.
It will then possess more magic when
virtue Is conferred upon it. The cary
ing finished, they bind over the re-
pon Of the heart flint arrowhead,
the heaPt AZ tho ZuDis regard 1t, sym
boli1ing the source of magic, the De-
troit News points out.
The craven images are kept to-
gethsr In a basket, which Is deposited
In the "house Of the deer medicine"
and guarded by an official keeper.
At the festival OF the New Year
they are removed and arranged In
front Of an altar in q sacred chamber
where the members Of certain priestiy
orders assemble for religious serv-
Ice. A priest presides and prayers are
offered UP.
Through this service the images re-
cetve a blessing and become charged
with magic powers. Every hunter car
ries one with him to bring him good
luck when he goes a-huntlng.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Believed Black Cats
Inhabited BY Satan

There Is no good luck" portent
more generally believed in than that
connected with black cats If one en-
tiers the house 1t must not be driven
away. II we meet one In the street,
the omen is good, and If 1t should
come and rub itself against US, our
luck is right In. Promptly we stoop
and stroke ito make quite certain.
If that is your custom, do you know
that you are propitiating the Evil One?
Your ancestors in the Middle ages
hated black cats. They regarded them
as being Inhabited by Satan himself,
or, at any rate, by one of his evil
spirits. SO when they stroked a black
cat 1t was not to bring good luck but
to avert ill-luck. BY pleasing the cat
they turned the devil from his wicked
purpose. If you condemn the notion
as silly and superstltious, why do you
continue 1t?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Queer Jungle Calls
of Dohomey NafiUes

When the barefooted black men
travel in their own country they move
as silently as specters. If they are
not talking, or singing, or shrilly call
ing to each other, one does not hear
them approach unless It be by the low
rustic of their bodies against the
leaves.
On such occasions, a file of them
winding through the bushes suggests
a party of shades bound on some
Stygian expedition.
"O-Koul O-Kou! O-Kou"
That is the jungle greeting of the
Dahomey black man. AS soon as two
travellers catch sight Of each other in
the distance they begin to shout this
call. AS they approach they lower
their voices until the "O-Kouw sinks
to a mere murmur as they pass; then
1t rises again louder and louder as
they separate until lost in the dis
lance.
"O-Koul O-Kou O-Koup
A greeting filled with fear. Doubt
less 1t means something like this: 81
know where you arel l know where
you are i"-EBenrl de Kerillis in
L'Echo de Paris.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Under the MistLetoe

Authorities differ somewhat concern
ing the origin of the custom Of kissing
under the mistletoe. Walsh is of the
opinion that 1t is an innocent survival
from the Saturnalia of the ancients
when riot and license ran loose. Other
authorities claim that it is a survival
Of the ancient Druids of Britain. The
mistletoe is believed to have been
given to the goddess of love to keep,
and everyone who passed under it re-
celved kiss to show 1t was the en-
blem of love. The Druids cut the
sacred mistletoe and hung 1t over the
doorways to propitiate the woodland
spirits. According to myth, only hap
piness could enter under the mlstletoe,
hence the tradition of the kiss.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Wo1td Seem to Haze
Odd Ideas of Beauty

Many volumes could be written on
the strange customs of African tribes.
Many are grotesque and a large num-
Der of them deal with personal APP
pearance, says the Family Herald.
Painful processes are resorted to in
order to conform to accepted stand
ards Of beauty.
In one province women stretch their
lips with wooden disks, because 1t is
fashionable to have large lips. When
at the age Of five or six years native
girl is engaged to marry, a ceremony
Is held for the first lip piercing. Her
future husband thrusts straw
through her lips, where It remains
for three months, when a round piece
u wood is put In It's place Every
three months thereafter a larger disk
Is used until, when the girl has be
come young woman, the wood Is as
large as an ordinary plate. After
about seven years Of this treatment
the Ups are so enlarged that the girl
has difficulty in eating. Many then
take only liquid food Big lips, some
so large that they can be pulled up
over the eyes, are a mark Of beauty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Didn't GU the Bill"

out in Hollywood the thousand and
one applicants for picture engagements
hear much about the necessity of pro-
curing types Directors talk type
oftentlnes to the exclusion OF every
other qualification for an engagement
and a story is told Of a film producer
who was in search of man to play
the part of George Washington. One
candidate for the place had put his
trunk in hook with all his pictures. So
he bought number Of Autographs Of
the true George Washington, auto
graphed them and sent them in.
Ia sorry wrote the producer, "but
can't engage you. You see, my boy.
you're not the type"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Notice to Taxpayers.

NOTICE is hereby given by the under
signed, Treasurer Of Montgomery county
and Collector of State and county taxes for
the said county, as required by Section G
OF Chapter 1871 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1905, to all per-
sons to whom State and county taxes are
assessed in said county, that the annual
levy has been made and placed in the
hands of the undersigned for collection.
All such taxes bear interest from Sep
TENDER LIST, 1925, at the rate of 6 per CEN
tum per annum.
All taxpayers are hereby warned that
unless such taxes as are assessed AGAINST
them be paid on or before the first day of
January. 1928, their names will be pub.
lished. In accordance with said Act of
Assembly, in the list of delinquent tax
payers, and that If said taxes, with inter
est and proportional part of cost of adyer-
Using, remain unpaid until the second
Monday in April, 1926, the property as
sessed to such delinquent taxpayers, or so
much thereof as may be deemed neces-
sary. will, on said last mentioned date, be
| exposed for sale to pay such taxes, interest
and expenses. ~s
state and county taxes may be paid by
persons presenting proper bills on or before
December 81. 1925, during banking hours
at the following named banks:
Kensineton Bank.
First National Bank of Gathersbure.
First National Bank Of Sandy Spring
Poolesvllle National Bank.
| Silver Spring National Bank.
Takoma Park Bank
Bank Of Bethesda, Bethesda.
Bank OF Damascus, Damascus.
The Germantown Bank
Citizens Bank, Takoma Park. Md. n T.
JOHN GARDNER,
treasurer of Montgomery county.
june H-td
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Sermon Lost Weight
During Its Travels

The vicar considered himself very
good preacher, and he was always
ready to hear peoples opinions Of his
sermons.
Meeting an old parlshioner in the
village, he asked: "Well, Mr.. Shocks,
and how did you like my sermon yes
terdayT
"Ye see, parson," was the reply, 81
haven't a fair chance with them SER
mons of yours. Pm an old man now,
and by the time l manage to get to
the church all the front seats are talk
en- and / have to sit at the back. And
there's old Mrs. Smith an Mrs. o.
Callagher's darters an Bert Snow an
all the rest of 'em slttin' in front O.
me wild their mouths open a-swaller-
ing all the best parts of your sermon.
an what gets down to me is purity
poor stuff, parson, purity poor stun"
London Answers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
High Tides

The coast and geodetic survey says
that the bay Of Fundy tides are, as far
as known, the highest In the world. In
Noel bay, Mlnas basin, near the upper
end Of the bay of Fundy, the mean
range Of the tide is 44.2 feet and spring
range 800 feet. At Anchorage, which
Is located on Knik arm. Cook inlet,
Alaska, 4 the mean range 30.3 feet,
Other localities, for which there have
been reported ranges Of tide equal to
or greater than that an Anchorage are
as follows; Frobisher bay, Davis strait,
Canada; Ungava bay, Hudson strait,
Canada; Port Santa Cruz to Port Bal
egos, Argentina eastern end of the
strait of Magellan. Chile; Turnagain
arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska; bay of St.
Michael, France; Bristol channel, Sew
ern river. England.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Dogs Without TqiIs

A curious breed Of dogs is owned
by Enara and Kantokelno Laplanders
These dogs are born without tails,
which is considered very fortunate
characteristic, in that the wolves can
not have that member to catch hold of
in chase. The wolves prey upon the
Lapps' reindeer, which the dogs are
trained to guard with the result of
frequent free-for-all fights The tail
less dog was not always thus, but is
the result of the docking process prae-
ticed upon generations of ancestors
until now he is born without a tail
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Trees and Lightning

No tree is immune from lightning
but among trees of the same kind the
one standing well above its neighbors
Is in most danger even in a dense
forest. This may be due to the greater
height of the trees or the kind of
ground 1t stands on, Trees growing
in the open are in more danger than
those in thick stand Of timber, as
are also those growing along an ave
nue. or border of woods Those grow
ing in moist soil along the banks of a
stream are better conductors for
lightning than those growing in drier
soil.--Exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Recalling Legislation

A bill which has reached the Presl-
dent may only be recalled by concur.
rent action of the two houses Should
one of the houses improperly reqacat
the return of a bill the President
should refuse to return 1t. The form
used is as follows: Resolved by The
house of representatives (the senate
concurring) That the President be re
quested to return TO the house Of rep.
resentatives the bill III. r. y
(utle)." After the concurrent resolu.
ton passes both houses it is formally
transmitted to the White House.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber of Montgomery county has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court of Mont
somery county, Nd, letters of administra-
ton on the personal estate of
ANNA NJ. HURLEY,
late of Montgomery county. deceased. All
persons havingclaims against said deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on or
before the 21st dayof January. 1926; they
may otherwise by law be excluded from ali
benefit Of said estate. All persons indebt-
ed TO said estate are requested TO make
immediate payment Given under my
hand this 2lst day of July, 1925.
HARRY C. HURLEY,
july 24-6t Administrator.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Influence of Religion

Uncle Toby had neighbor who was
in the habit Of working on Sunday, but
after a while he Joined the church.
One day he met the minister to
whose church the man belonged
"Well, Uncle Toby" said the minis
ter, do you see any difference in Mr..
Smith since he Joined the church?"
Eyes" said Uncle Toby, "a great diff.
ference. Before when he went to mend
the fences on Sunday he carried his ax
on his shoulder. Now he carries Il
under his overcoat."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Old Musical Instrument

Notes Of a musical instrument that
are believed to have floated in the
warm air of Egypt 5000 years ago
were reproduced at the University Of
Pennsylvania by Prof. Jean B. Beck,
who restored small flute found in
the tomb of a noble of the time of the
pharaohs. The air enters through
Sits in the sides of the reeds instead
Of at the ends, as in modern instru-
ments, Each note and its octave are
sounded equally loud at the same
time, quite unlike any present day In
strument.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
Held as Tomb of Rachel

The tomb of Rachel is Mohamme-
dan wely, or tomb, marking the burial
place of Rachel, the wife of the
patriarch, Jacob. 1t is situated about
five miles north OF Bethlehem. Jewish,
Christian and Mohammedan tradition
agree in identifying this spot with the
tomb of Rachel, the wife of Jacob.
"And Rachel died and was buried in
the way to Ephrath which is Bethle-
hem. And Jacob SET pillar upon her
grave; that is the pillar of Rachers
grave unto this tlay"-Genesis 80 I;
l9-20.-Kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
The TyaCe[ers

Four-year-old Bobby and eight-year-
old Janet we're amusing themselves
With game Of travels" in the gar
den.
Suddenly Janet cried "Oh, dear! /
must so back. I've forgotten my face
powder"
Il must 80 backw Bobby imrnedi.
Mely repeated I've forgotten my
powder, 200
silly Janet tcld him proudly.
Boys don't use face powder"
We'll 'hen" reiHed Bobby quite
humbly vsat is Is I've forgo.ieaY-
L'Echo 3 PARIS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-28
NoRRECK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts.
automobile repairing, tires, tubes and
accessories.
Auto and stationary electric plants service.
Postoffice address. Rockville. Md, r. F.
D. 4, IA
Phone, Sandy Spring 1l6 F resi-
dence, Sandy Spring ll6 F 2r.
c. E. FORD. Proprietor.
Successor TO Donald Bowie.
jan l6-tf