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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10
PRISONERS MD.
BUYSFARN

The Prisoners Relief Society has
contracted for the purchase OF a
1,0O0.acre farm in Talcott. w. Va,
for use in their work. E. e. budding,
the organizations president. am
nounced today.
The contract calls for the payment
OF 500, 900. $4,000 to be paid upon
the completion Of the title search
being conducted at present. The re.
naainder 10 to be paid in INSTALL
ments extending over period OF 80
years.
The operations OF the society are
nationwide. It is their intention TO
comb the prisons in an effort to find
the most deserving cases and trans.
port the needy families to the relief
farm for the period Of the bread win.
ner's Incarceration
There Ii $4,000 worth Of virgin
timber on the tract. Under the pres
emit plans 500 two and three.roOm
cottages will be built.
The society IL pushing the work
and expects TO handle the first bone.
hctarieB by April.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10
JEFFR|ES SUED.
FOR POODLE
By MILLER HOLLAND.
international News Service

BURBANK. Cal. Dec. 1O.-Many's
the time that Jim Jeffries, mighty
warrior of pugilism, has battled his
way to a. stake that could be figured
in thousands Of dollars.
Today, however, Fighting Jim
is engaged in another kind Of bat
tle--a battle that is being Waged
in the law courts of Glendale, near
here.
The stake, too. is a different kind
of stake.
It's 4 dog-"Toodles. diminutive
French poodle.
Fighting Jim contends the dog
is his ana declares he intends to
keep it.
All is not unanimous, however,
for Mrs. Marve Swift OF Burbank,
likewise claims ''Toodles' is hers.
She declares the dog was re-
ceived as a wedding present four
years ago. Two months ago, she
says, "Toodles" disappeared from
her home and later was discovered
or the Jeffries ranch near Bur-
bank.
Jeffries comes right back with
the assertion that "Toodles" belongs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10

to him and was lost from his motor
car more than three years ago.
Just where "Toodles" will bury
his bones In the future will be de-
Justice Harry Chase IL scheduled
to play the part Of referee in the
affair
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
"Clean Up, Paint Up,
Hear the Slogan"

A Campaign Song by Student of
Bowen High School, Chicago. Tune
of Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"
There's a civic league in town
That is bound to win renown
BY the war it's going to wage upon
the dirt.
We will help along the work.
And our duty we'll not shirk,
And the whole town with our prob
lem we will skirt.
Clean! Clean! Clean! Oh, hear
the slogan!
Cheer up, friends; it'll soon be
gone.
We will work with all our might
And clean all the dirt in sight.
Soon there will not be speck left
in the town.
Now, this civic league in town
That is filled with such renown
Will begin to wage war upon the
fly,
SO we'll help along the work
And our duty will not shirk.
We can do what we set out to If
we try.
Swat! Swat! Swat! Oh, hear
the slogan
Cheer up, friends; they'll soon
be gone.
We will work with all our might
And kill every fly in sight,
So soon there will not be fly left
in the town.
All our windows we will screen
And our yards we'll keep SO
clean.
We will pull the weeds and burr
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
Yes, Good Appearance
Pays

One hundred leaders in CONNER
cial, financial and industrial life
whe recently replied to question
naire from the Universal Trade
Press Syndicate of New York, ask
ing their impressions as to the
point at which success or failure
is influenced by shabby or by
spick and span clothing, revealed
that the we'll groomed man is a
better business asset that the
carelessly or shabbily dressed man.
"No man who does not have a
keen regard for his personal ap-
pearance from head to foot can ex-
pect to meet the success from en-
ire to consummation as the man
who does" was the reply of T. B;
Thompson, vice president of the
Hemingway Silk company.
"If you will let me look into the
drawers of mans dresser l can
tell you pretty we'll what type of
man he is" said Edward S. Jor-
dan, president of the Jordan Motor
Car company.
In the Clean Up and Paint Up
campaign, why not get some new
clothes for the family while get
ting new dress for the house?
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
PAGE SEVEN

tin can in which it has rained be-
comes breeding spot for mosqui-
toes. Stagnant water in little pools
is often the breeding place of these
carriers of malaria and yellow fe-
yer.
Other Pests
"Other pests, such as cockroaches
and bedbugs, which thrive where
neglect prevails, are also enemies
of comfort and decency. They re-
tire after clean up forces get busy.
Rats and Nice
Rats and mice live happily in
dirt" (See Metropolitan pamphlet
Get Rid of Rats" for additional
facts regarding these plague car
rierS.)
Town Like a Family
"A town is really one family I'm
less the neighbors cooperate in
keeping their premises clean,
healthful and beautiful your prop
erty suffers. One badly kept prem
Use can spoil the appearance and
property value of a street OF attrac-
tive homes.
Chamber of Commerce Knows
Value
"The Chamber of Commerce has
always been a supporter of the
Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign
for these reasons:
81. The reduction of fire losses
"2. The additional value of prop
erty as a result of improving the
neighborhood.
80. The increased business that
comes to merchants when people
start fixing their premises.
"a. The improvement in sanitary
conditions is bound to attract pros
pective factory builders and other
business men looking for place to
| locate
"5. A Clean Up Campaign may
start civic consciousness to func-
tioning so that city officials can get
public support for bond issues for
special improvements helping to
put the town on the map
Keep 1t Up
"Let us make the Clean Up Cam
paign last for So weeks-365 days
$3.50 hours-525,6 500 minutes-th'
whole year through"
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14

abandoned are farms that lack re-
pairs, have never been cleaned up
or painted over a period of several
years, with the result that life on
such a farm means little if any
thing to the residents beyond a
meager living and their days and
years of drudgery.
For the Sake of the Family
"When buildings are in run
down condition and are allowed to
remain so the owner of that prop
erty is taking something that does
not belong to him in depriying his
family or dependents of that which
they are entitled to have and is
placing a burden on his land that
he has no right to ask it to bear.
He is taking from the community
in which he lives part of the
scenic beauty that belongs to his
neighbors and which they have a
right to expect him to maintain.
He is depriving his family of the
extra money that it costs to allow
repairs to go undone and is bur-
dening his land with the addition
al expense necessary to- rebuild at
a time when he is forced to do so.
"There is an investment in the
u. S. of over $5,000,000,000 in farm
implements, two and one-half times
the investment in rolling equip
ment of street railroads and inter-
urban systems and only one million
less than the investment in rolling
equipment of all the railroads, and
the farmers are allowing this vast
sum to depreciate from Is to 70
per cent each year for lack of prop
er painting and housing. Nineteen
out of every twenty barns and silos
are without paint.
Farms Sell and Rent Easier
mo man can deny the savings of
paint on both wood and metal, and
in addition to the savings and COM
fort of the well painted farm your
farm has much greater sales val
ue Your banker will lend you
more money on your property, the
ldl LII VIII Sell CdSlcI IL yOu CAOOOS
to sell it. A we'll painted farm
rents easier. A more desirable
tenant can be secured, and better
care given by desirable tenant
will pay the painting bill
Figures are available to show
the maximlm life of an unpainted
building to be thirty-f1ve years
There are any number of instances
where buildings that have been
painted could have been in good
condition three and four times that
long. If you do not paint you are
paying a heavy price for your neg
lect.
Look the home and farm over
tomorrow Start your own cam
paign of Clean Up, Paint Up, FiN
Up and Look Up and help to make
Iowa the most beautiful and invit-
ing state in the Union.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
LIFE INSURANCE co.
EXPLAINS HOW TO
LIVE LONGER

When a life insurance company
gives advice on health it is expert
advice based upon sound knowl-
edge and reasoning. In a bulletin
entitled Making Our City Beauti-
full and Healthy" in which it is rec
commended to readers that they ap-
ply to the National Clean Up and
Paint Up Campaign Bureau for its
free plans and suggestions, the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company
says of paint:
81. BY using light paint on dark
corners and in halls statistics have
proved that accidents have decreas-
ed in factories and tenement build
ings.
"2. Paint is a disinfectant. After
any epidemic painting up helps to
kill the germs. Hospitals are rem
dered sanitary Tin part at least)
through enamels and white painted
surfaces. The National Tuberculo-
sis Association is quoted as say
ing: The easiest way to get rid OF
the germs that have nested in your
house and around your premises is
to Clean Up and Paint Up
"3. Paint is a prevention of build.
ing decay, helping property to re-
tain its original value.
"a. Paint is beautifier. A stree
of freshly painted houses-at leas
fresh enough to be clean-alway!
enters into our mental picture o
the perfect, tree shaded, clean bou
levards in 'Spotless Town
"5. Paint may be important as a,
additional follow-up step to he'll
keep things clean, but, of course
the most important first and las
step is to Clean Up.
"6. Everyone realizes that ther
is a close connection between tn
man and his environment. Clea
homes and bodies help to max
clean, wholesome living.
Better health is the natural OUT
come.
Why Fight the Fly?
''More flies can breed in one neg
lected manure pile than any neigh
borhood can screen out or sWa
The common house fly may be
carrier of germs of diorrhea, sum
mer complaint, typhoid fever an
other deadly diseases.
i Destroying the Mosquito
"As small place as neglecte
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
Banker Boosts Clean
Up And Paint Up
On The Farm

Clean Up and Paint Up Cam
paign headquarters is in receipt of
a COPY of an address delivered by
T. E. Saxon, secretary of the Bank
ers Mortgage company, of Des
Moines, Iowa, in which the banker
makes a detailed and very earnest
plea for painting of farm buildings
both from the economic and the
aesthetic standpoint.
Some of the salient excerpts in
the address, which is veritable
sermon on the subject of Clean Up
and Paint Up on the Farm, are:
"I am not sure that there is so
much difference between expecting
YOUR friends to call on you when
your buildings are in shabby con-
dition, unpainted and everything
strewn around the yard and ex-
pec+ing them to call knowing that
yov will meet them at the door IN
your underwear.
From a Car Window
"I was riding in a Pullman car.
For some distance l had notlceo
from the car windows the clean'
we'll cared for and neat appearance
of the farm buildings as we passed:
Sitting back of me was man wen
mast middle age, who, L 1udgeo'
was from some eastern city. Sud
denly he arose and in his enthu-
siasm fairly whacked me on the
shoulder and exclaimed: rms
must be a wonderfully prosperous
country! Is must be a great place
to liye!' asked him what I'M
pressed him so, and he explained
that it was the painted and well
4'epaired condition OF the farms
just passed.
The Cost of Neglect
almost daily contact with farms
and farmers has satisfied me tnat
a large majority of the farms need
lumber. paint, fencing material, tile,
dynamite and hardware. L am sat
isfied that the farmers are paying
a big price each year in lack OF
efficiency and added work and de-
probation because of the lack OF
these materials properly installed.
I don't believe I am over stating it
to say that the majority of farmers
paw for a farm twice, once in cash
and once in lost motion and in un-
necessary depreciation.
have spent some time in work
ing out a plan that would convert
the immense tourist traffic that
crosses Iowa in all directions to
advertising Iowa as Oklahoma was
advertised the day my friend COM
mented on the beautiful and well
kept farms in that state and at the
same time be of financial and eco
nomic value to all who might in
terest themselves in it.
"a recent government report
shows that the farms of the U. S
have decreased 10000 in number in
the past year. My guess is that
80 per cent of those that have been
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14

Cultivate them all they need,
Kill the bugs and every weed,
Well reduce the cost of living, dc
not fear.
Now you've heard what we're to
do
Now let's do it without stew
And we'll bring such glory to our
Bowen High.
Let's put our shoulders to the
wheel
And show them all that we are
real,
We can do what we set out to if
we try.
So swat, clean, paint, and keep it
up, friends.
Cheer up, pals; the game is on!
We will work with all our might,
Do the trick up mighty bright,
So We'll bid you all adieu and we'll
be gone.
From Bowen High School, Chi.
cagO.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
up all the mess,

up all the mess,
And as thro' the town you ride
You will point to it with pride,
And you'll have to own there are
no flies on us.
Screen! Paint! Clean! And make
poorly kept and rap
it classy.
Don your overalls with us,
With a can of paint and brush
We will do it with rush,
And we'll make our neighborhood
the cleanest with no fuss.
We will make a garden fine,
For, be sure, that's in our line,
You will see our front yard bios
som sure as fate;
With our hoe and spade and rake
Wondrous changes we shall make
In the back yard, too. we'll surely
take the cake.
Dig, rake, hoe your garden brother! !
Bumper crops will soon appear; !;
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
"WHAT CLASS ARE YOU IN?S

In Temple, Texas, the Clean Up
and Paint Up Campaign committee
publishes the entire list of house
numbers in the local newspapers,
with the letters A, B and c used
to indicate the degree of Clean Up
and Paint Up accomplishment OBJ
served on each property.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
THE HIGH COST O FRUST

At a meeting of the American
Chemical Society at Johns Hop
kins University, Baltimore, Md,
it was stated that rust and corro-
sion annually destroyed $300,000,000
worth of metals.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14

Bv using gas your heating and cooking avoid
all of this cleaning and painting both inside and out
side the house.
Cas- properly burned makes smoke to spoil decOra
tons and drape ashes dirty OOr coal
to store. No smoke outside to dinge painting.
Let help keep your home clean.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19
EMERGENCY RECORDERS NEEDED

Among the suggestions made by numerous prospec- tors who make long journeys into the hills in summer is change in the Territorial mining regulations permitting of five prospecors electng an emergency record among their number, who shall preserve and maintain the records until turned in the regular district record It is suggested that the time period in which all such emergency records shall be delivered to the regularly ap pointed recorder be placed at six months.
 The argument behind the request is the fact that few going into the hills the spring thaw get out within the required ninety days period if able to out would lose many valuable days that might be devoted prospecting ground Under the scheme of appointing emergency recorder they could conform to all regula ons and safeguard their interests complete the seasons work and out in the fall without losing time and dergoing hardship while rafting and wadng turbulent streams in midsummer when the water is high.
 Under the present regulations all recording must be done in the precinct in which the holdings located These precincts sometimes embrace large of terri tory and often portions of them almost inaccessible during the open Miners may organize recording districts where provided for but may not do it within a recognized mining precinct
 The suggestion of being allowed to elect emergency recorders to without pay appears to be good and should command the attention of the next Legsla ture.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19
JOHN BANGS CHEF {. ELECTED PREPARE BIC
 THANKSGIVING DINNER

It is certainty the Bureau of Pub lie Road crews in the Moose Pass dis. trict are not going to suffer on Thanksgiving day due to lack of tur- key for when w. E. o. Criger, assist ant in charge of road construction was in town the other day, placing a local order for 60 pounds of turkey, besides all the trimmings, such as mince meat, cranberries, celery, fruits and nuts, pumpkins, and all the rest of the fix ings.
 The big feed comes off on Saturday or Sunday, and John Bangs has been delegated to act as chef. And be- lieve me-" MT. Criger informed the Gateway yesterday, John knows how to serve it up right. He is the best cook in the North" A count of heads two days ago showed there would be at least 35 men setting about the banquet table at Camp 34 on the day How would you like to be there, gentle reader? Talk about days of real sport, won't those babies have it on that day!
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19
MRS, LESLIE RESUMES
 TALK, TOUR 0F EUROPE

The regular meeting of the Seward Woman's club was held yesterday af- ternoon at the home of Mrs. lessen. After a short business session Mrs. Leslie resumed her talk on her recent trip to Europe, describing interesting details of the journey to Paris, Lon don, Dublin and finally to the home of her girlhood. At the next meeting, the members are to visit with her, the lakes of Killarney and make the homeward journey. The hostesses were Mrs. Jacobsen and Mrs. lessen. The next meeting will again be held at Mrs. Jessen's home on December 2.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

toms right-hand man. Bob is jack of all trades and master of none. When anyone on the wharf gets into difficulty, Bob is always on hand to help him out. Bob, my boy, I did not omit you Intentionally. All men looks alike to me as long as they are. men, and Bob Merrell is certainly a man in every sense of the word.
 MAC"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Gilpatrick, the man who never sleeps and watches the movements of all. There is no man that works on the wharf, too high or too low for John to watch. Captain Horton is the war-horse, John is the watchman, and when you try to find man that attends to his duties any better than John Gilpatrick he cannot be found
 Now the other man omitted was Bob Merrell, one of the finest boys on the wharf. He is Captain Hor
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19
COMMUNICATION

MT. Editor:-
 I do not want to tire your patience too much, but in my communication of November IA, regarding the wharf, there were two names I forgot to mention. One of them was John
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Lucky Says: With Marie and Aimee now on the back pages look at Lucky's ads. King Oscar still 15c.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Mel Holben, proprietor of the Sew and Grill, who missed connections at Valdez with the s. s. Yukon last week, is due to arrive home on the s. s. Alameda.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Ingersoll Watches, full stock Guaranteed Watches-Schallere AL aska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19
BAGGAGE TRANSFER

It reported from railroad headquarters in Anchor age that The Alaska Railroad is completing plans for talk ing the baggage business in Seward by agreeing to handle it charge of 25 cents It would appear from this unusual departure the road contemplaes emerging year with all deficits wiped out and earning basis.
 National prohibition is not failure declares the Federal Council of Churches Mo- not for the fellow with fat job making bluff at enforcement the big binatons that today form the bootleg trust
 The bone dry says prohibition is a success the vets say it isn't and the soak says What that the Gov ernor of North Carolina said?"
 Since it is claimed that hurricanes are caused by re- ceivng excessve moisture" from the Southern States can understand why they display deirium tremens
 The Agricultural Department says shortage of fur coats in the East threatened Don't blame it Alaska we neither have Wall street or chorus girls.
 Maybe the Anchorage railroad basketball team eat more than the Seward squad therefor need larger guarantee.
 Maybe Marie's for not visiting Florida was that she came to America o raise the wind not reap whirlwind
 Most white who fall for Hindus usually learn to pronounce 1t "Hoodoo"
 is comforting to Houdns friends to know that he could always get out of any place he didn't to stay m
 It now draws near the season when Boreas whispers Away with the bare skin on with the bear skin"
 Maybe they call them Bureaus because they are so full of drawers-0f salary.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Remington Portab1es, $6e -Schaller. er's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

National prohibition is not failure" declares th Federal Council of Churches Mo- not for the fellow wit fat ob making bluff at enforcement the big com binations that today form the bootleg trust
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Since it is claimed that hurricanes caused by ceving excessve mosture from the Southern States can understand why they display delirium tremens.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

The bone dry says prohibition is success; the wet say isn't and the soak says: "What that the Gov ernor of North Carolina said?"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

The Agricultural Department says shortage of coats in the East is threatened Don't blame it Alas we neither have Wall street or chorus girls
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Most white women who fall for Hi 0 pronounce 1t "HOOdoo."
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-19

Maybe the Anchorage railroad basketball more than the Seward squad, therefor, need guarantee.