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BYRD AND COMP ANlONS
WEI COINED I'M BOSTON

~ the Associated Press.
\ BOSTON. July ga historic figure
was welcomed yesterday on q historic
spot. Amid a, mass Of people as
sembIed on Boston Common, Lieut..
Comdr. Richard p. Byrd. first to ny
over the North Pole, shared with two
companions Of his flight the greet.
ings OF the city.
flyer praised the men Of his party as
the real heroes OF the accompli shnaent
and prephesied that airpianes would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-06
SAX PLAYER XII ED
Electric Current Hurls Norfolk
youth Several Feet.

NORFOLK. va, July s CF1.-- Alfred
Bioomer, 10 years old, high school
graduate and saxophone player ia q
resort orchestra was instantly killed
Yesterday when he came IN contact
with an electrically charged awning
pine in front OF lunchruom af
Ocean View.
Blooner was knocked several feet
BY the shock
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Weather Fayors Ballot.
4 nisnatch to ma star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
+ HYATTSVILLE. Nd. July 6.---Fair
weather favored heavy vote today
In Edmonston, Brentwood and North
Brentwood, where municipal officers
are to be chosen. The polls in each
community will open at | pm and
close at Z.
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Mexican Miners Nay Quit.

b MEXICO CITY. July az. Special
dispatches from Morelia say that 3 900
worknen In the Dos Estrellas silver
mine threaten to strike unless the
company pays them months wages.
As an alternative the MIXERS demand
Of 40 Of their COM.
rades who were dismissed as q ICON
sequence OF wage disputes and re-
duction In the working force.
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street and the next stop was the band.
stand on the Common.
There Mayor Nichols presented
swords to Byrd and hts two expedi,
ton comrades, Aviation Pilot Floyd
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ana their way to every portion of the
globe.
Comdr. Byrd ana his companions
naotored here from the formers stun
nier horine In Dunstable, under g
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-06

Hennstt ard Liout. 0eDrwo .. Neville.
There weFs bouquets for MrG Ben
nett and Mrs. BYRD, tho la4ter unable
To b present because o. her mothers
illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-06

Rayofl ribbons, made In Calais,
France, for shipment to America are
10 times the amount Of q, year ago.
, 1926-04-07
Acid Phosphate Speeds
Up Tomato Crop Growth

1t has beer found by the New
Hampshire experiment station that
acid phosphate speeds up the tomato
crop materially. and makes 1t posi-
BILE to beat the frost. They have used
from five hundred pounds to fifteen
hundred pounds Of acid phosphate to
the acre, In addition to twenty tons
Of manure. and the acid phosphate has
advanced the peak OF the crop better
than manure alone. or other chemical
fertilizers. According to the reports
the bulk Of the crop has mutured from
one to two weeks earlier on the acid
phosphate plot.
Apparently the acid phosphate
causes rapid early growth, and as a
result of this a much larger number
Of blossom clusters, blossoms, and
fruit is produced early. There Is ap-
parently no difference in the rapidity
Of the development Of the fruit from
the time the blossoms are formed I'M
til ripening occurs, but the fact that
there is blossom in abundance from a
week to two weeks earlier IS sufficient
TO enable the grower to get the ma
lority Of the tomatoes or the vines
before frost.
II will not cost much to treat some
Of your tomatoes with the acid phos-
phate. and It might work out to great
advantage.
, 1926-04-07
Hogging Off Field Peas
and Corn Is Profitable

Hogging-on trials resulted in returns
Of $1S.G5 per acre from Canadian field
peas and S37.7G per acre from corn
last year Mt the Edgeley s%ubstatlon,
according to q report made by Super
lntendent o. A. Thompson 10 +. r.
Trowbridge. director Of the North Da-
kota experiment station. The return
was considered especially good In view
Of the fact hat the field peas were
badly damaged by u%nfavorable wealth
er during May and June.
The average daily gain per hog for
100 hogs was l.16 pounds on the peas,
G22 acres furnishing pasture for eight
days. The hogs were then turned I'm
a ten-acre corn field. where they made
n daily average gain OF IL pounds
each for II days. The value OF the
gains was computed at 10 cents per
pound.
, 1926-04-07
Argument

I wonder If ever you change human
beings with arguments alone. &.
For when you argue with a man q.
you are somehow trying to pull him
down and make him less (and your
self mOre) but when you try to IN
derstand him, when you Ike him. how
eager IS he then to know the truth
you have; and you add to him in some
strange way. you make him more than
he was before and at the same time,
and that Is the sheer magic Of 1t, you
yourself become more.-David Gray
son, in Adventures in Understand
ing"
, 1926-04-07
Poison Bran Best Remedy
for CutWorm Invasion

Cutworms come more or less
periodically and they should not be
confused with the army worm which
appears much less frequently. The
army worm works both day and night
while the cutworms do their work at
night. When cutworms are abundant
the potion bran is the best remedy.
II is made OF bran with enough mo
lasses to make II palntable 10 the
cutworms. and the two mixed with
paris green. The bran maybe sprinkled
along the plants and II is the cheap
est and most enectual remedy. There
Is no reason TO fear another attack
next year ON the same ground, al
though there are likely TO be some. II
they do appear when carrots and beets
are up. then use the poison bran The
larvae or worms do not lay eggs as
this is done In the moth or miller
stage OF the Insects life. II the pupae
r numerous and they can be de-
stroyed In some way that would help
lessen the danger next year. II they
march In numbers mt night dig
n trench along the plants TO be safe
guarded and put poison bran In the
trench where they will a It and die
In droves.
, 1926-04-07
Jefferson Takes High
Rank Among Realtors

Thomas Jefferson, among other
things. was a clever realtor. If he
lived in these days there would be
few, If any, who would be rated
higher than the famous Virginian. His
most outstanding deal, of course, was
the purchase Of the entire West at
the rate of 4 cents an acre. For
Il million square miles of territory,
which has proved to be the richest
mineral land in the world and among
the most fertile of soil, he paid S11-
100000 in cash and assumed all claims
on the land, the payment of which
with interest and other charges
brought the total price to S2I,267 ,622.
This land. acquired in 1903 from
France, now comprises the thirteen
states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Nebraska and Oklahoma, and
the greater part of Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana, about five
times the area Of continental France.
, 1926-04-07
Cow Testing Association
Work Proves Grain Pays

docs 1t pay to feed grain to my
cowsY' Is n question which many
farmers are asking themselves, report
dalrymen ut Kansas State Agriculture
college. Results have been obtained
In cow-test association work clear
ly proving that II does. even In n
senson OF high feed prices.
Under favorable conditions II Is
possible to produce nm average " 100
pounds Of tat yearly ON n ration Of
good roughage such MS alfalfa hay
and sllngc,
But with cows capable OF producing
more thnn this II IN very questionable
n Il N economical To limit the feed.
say the dairy specialists. Like n manu-.
fncturlng plant, the dairy cow Is only
operating on the most economical
bnsls when being run to her normal
capacity.
, 1926-04-07
Spraying Trees in
Bloom Harms Bees
Little Insects Necessary for
Pollination.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricultural
When spraying fruit trees, care
should be taken to do the work at a
time when there is the least danger of
poisoning the %honeybees which visit
the blossoms ana which are very nee
essary for the pollination of the flow
ers, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Spraying fruit
trees while in full bloom with arsenl-
calls is particularly Injurious to bees,
according to tests which have been
completed recently by the bureau of
entomology.
OF course the beekeeper does not
want his bees poisoned, says the de-
partment, because as Il result his
honey crop is reduced. The subject
should be of even more interest, how
ever, to fruit growers because with
the loss of the ~honeybees they lose
the most effective means of polliua-
ton In their orchards. In this re.
spect the beekeeper, the fruit grower,
and in fact everyone is benefited by
h~oneybeeS.
The effect of arsenical sprays on the
mortality of honeybees has long been
debated, but only a few systematic In
vestigations have been made to aid in
settling the dispute. In the hope of
answering definitely some of the ques.
lions so long debated, these tests were
conducted. While they are limited III
their scope, they do enable the depart
ment to make some recommendations.
Spraying apple trees during full
bloom is not recommended because
the cooling moth can he as well con.
trolled by spraying when 80 per cent
of the petals have fallen, and because
spraying when the trees are in bloom
is injurious to insect pollinators.
, 1926-04-07
Could Work Only Two Hours

Encanto, Calif.-"I bless the day
I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. was so weak
and tired all the time | could not
work more than two hours each day,
then had to go to bed for the rest Of
the day. l read so much about the
Vegetable Compound and l was SO
weak that | decided to try it. l now
do my W misunderstanding,
scrubblng. and ironing-and then
help my husband with his garden.
/ do not have that WORKOUT feeling
now. 1 advise every woman to
give your wonderful medicine a
trial and I will answer any letters 1
receive from ome asking about
it."-MRs. STELLA LAY, 700 Jamacha
Road, Encanto, Calf.
A woman who is fighting for her
health and her family's happiness is
a valiant soldier. She wages her
battle in her w kitchen. She has
no thrilling bugles to cheer her on.
no waving banners.
If you are fighting this battle, let
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound be your ally. too.
, 1926-04-07

Holmquist, South Dakota.-"I can
not begin to tell you how much good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Gem
pound has done for me. l was sick
foraboutf ouryears. Icouldnotsleep,
and l was always worrying, so one
day we saw your advertisement In
a paper, and l made up my mind to
try the Vegetable Compound. l
bought one bottle and did not see
any change, so / got another bottle.
, 1926-04-07
ARM kCTSbe

Give the birds protection they will
repay you mex summer
Practice crop rotation 10 hold down
the danger of seal and other potato
diseases.
stnrt mixing poultry droppinss with
gypsum. an excellent fertilizer and a
convenient way OF handling It.
II Is none too early TO look around
for a supply OF bean poles. They are
always hard to locate when you need
them.
It Is well occasionally 10 stir up the
mulch applied TO tender plants. This
generally loses Its value II It becomes
too compact.
Two decades ngo the question was
how to make two blades grow where
one grew before; today the problem
Is what to do with the extra blade.
Most farming machinery goes to the
SCRAP heap after 1t has been used only
so TO 100 days, while railroads use n
locomotive 20 years OF mbre.
Iaol tu.
The high price Of posts mdkes the
catnlpn groves .,more valuable thnn
EVER antlclrnfed -fAnddf Is surnrtslng
how rapl9ly tse Nrpr rutaipa trees
, 1926-04-07
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear II You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

Warningi Unless you see the name
"Bayer'' on package or on tablets you
are lot getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for 20 years.
Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
, 1926-04-07
Mountains Majestic

Thirty-hve Swltzerlands could be
tucked into the mountains OF western
Canada. Majestic ranges, Scared by
age and weather, rear their stately
SUBMITS against sky Of purest blue
or bury their ~snow-capped peaks In
neecy clouds.
, 1926-04-07
NAloL relieves constipation in Natures oam way

Constipation is dangerous for any
body. Nujol is safe for everybody.
Ii does not affect the stomach and
Is not absorbed by the body. Med
ieal authorities approve Nujol be-
aus il is so safe, so gentle, and so
natural In its action.
Nujol simply makes up for a def
cieney-tcmporary or ehronie-in
the supply Of natural lubricant in
the intestines. IL softens the waste
matter and thus permits thorough
and regular elimination without
, 1926-04-07

ov~ertaxing the intestinal muscles.
Nujol can be taken for any lengtho Of
time without IN effects. 10 insure
Internal cleanliness, IL should I've
taken regularly In accordance with
the directions on each bottle. Unlike
laxadves, il does not form a habit
and can be discontinued &C any time.
Ask your druggist for Nujol today.
Remove the cause OF bad breath and
begin 70 enjoy the perfect health
thar. is possible only when eliminA-
ton is normal and regular.
, 1926-04-07
The real cause of bad breath

"You cannot cover up unpleasant breath for any length of
time. The only way to rid yourself permanently Of 1t is by
removing the cause.
Sometimes poor teeth are responsible. But the commonest
cause of a coated tongue and offensive breath is constipation.
You may not realize that your intestnes are slow in elmt-
mating waste matter, or that your BREATH is Objectionable. But
others will notice it. roaa
"Get rid Of constipation, and your breath will become fresh and
sweet. Even more important, you will notice an immediate
Improvement in your health and spirits"
, 1926-04-07
Speech Betterment

st. John Ervine, the celebrated
dramatist and critic, has lnaugurated
a campaign against faulty speaking of
English on the stage.
, 1926-04-07
Important Place
for Legume Crop
Do Not Improve Soil Unless
Many Conditions Are
First Right.

Legumes have had an important
place in crop production for many
centuries. No doubt one of the chief
reasons for the great popularity of
his class of crops is the fact that
under suitable conditions they may
have a very desirable influence upon
the crops which follow them. The in
creased corn yields following the use
of n clover crop as a green anure
testify to the WORT of legumes for
soil-buildlng purposes.
Soil Improvement.
The idea of soil Improvement is so
frequently associated with the term
legume that one often overiooks the
fact that all legumes are not equally
effective for this purpose, according
to o.. H.. Sears, assistant chief of soil
biology at the college of agriculture.
University of Illinois. AS a matter of
fact, legumes not only differ in their
ability to improve crop yields, but
they may at times even have n tend
ency to lower the fertility of the soil.
The extent to which legumes are val
liable in soil Improvement will depend
upon a great many conditions. One
of these conditions is incubation.
Legumes are considered s%oil-build-
ing crops primarily because they have
access to atmospheric nitrogen, pro
vided their roots are well supplied
with nitrogen gathering bacteria liv-
ing within the nodules on the roots of
the plants. Such plants are said to
be inoculated. Inoculated legumes
thus may secure their nitrogen from
the inexhaustible supply of the air.
If not inoculated, however, legumes,
like other kinds of plants, Il de
pend upon the soil for their nitrogen
as well as their mineral requirements.
and since they are heavy feeders upon
nitrogen and other %plant-food ele-
ments, they may be the most efrec-
tive "miners'' of soil fertility grown
on the farm. To function as soil
building crops. legumes must, there
fore, be lnoculated.
Benefits Derived.
The method of utilizing the crop is
another important factor in determin-
ing the benefit TO be derived from the
growing of a leguminous crop. Under
the best conditions, even inoculated
legumes secure only a part of their
nitrogen requirements from the air.
Approximately a third of the nitrogen
found in the legume plants comes
from the soil. 1t is apparent, there
fore, that the soil content of this i'm
portant element can be increased only
by returning n portion OF the plant to
the soil In the form of roots, stubble.
resldues. and as green or stable ma
nure. A larger proportion of the tops
must be returned in the case of SOM
legumes than Is necessary with others.
Nine-tenths of the sOy-bean plant Is
contained within the tops. while about
one-half the alfalfa plant is below
the ground. Thus, removing the
whole soy-bean crop and returning
nothing In the WHY of manure or
threshed straw would lend to deplete
the soil. even though the plants We're
i%noculated. whereas the removal of p
crop of alfalfa would have II much
less serious effect. Soil improvement
n be accomplished therefore by re-
turning a major portion Of lnoculated
legumes to the soil In one form or
another.
, 1926-04-07
WOMEN FIGHT
POWERFUL FOE
Struggle Against Ill Health
Find a Faithful Ally in Lydia E. Pinsham's Vegetable
Compound

At the second bottle I began to feel
better and l have used the Vege-
table Compound ever since. when
yer / feel badly. l recommend 1t
and I will answer any letters asking
about it."-MRs. ADoLPH HANSEN,
Holmquist, South Dakota.
, 1926-04-07
Normal Building Needs

The normal annual building require
ment OF the United States has for some
year. been put at S3,000,OO0,O0O BY
normal has been meant the new CON
struction needed each year for increas-
ing population.
, 1926-04-07

"Pa, what's n sclntllla1'
"a sclntiua? Why-er-a sclntllla
Is something there isn't anything Of"
, 1926-04-07

Great men rejoice In adversely Just
as brave soldiers triumph in war;
Seneca.
, 1926-04-07

No ugly, grlmy streaks on the
clothes when Red Cross Ball Blue is
used. Good bIulng gets good results.
All grocers carry it.-Advertisement.
, 1926-04-07
Not Alone

"Why sc glum, Gertrude?"
"Well. | got married for fun"
"Wellf"
"And now I am out of humor."-S.
California Wampus.
, 1926-04-07

Our words have wings, hut fly not
where we would.-George Eliot.
, 1926-04-07

Whatever you dislike in another
take care to correct in yourself.
, 1926-04-07

Good opportunities are lost 70 the
lover who does not know how 20 em-
brace them.
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; and then, to David's increasing
interest, produced a dust-cloth
from somewhere and began to
dust.
David finished his fish, the one
slice of bread, and his cup of tea.
He felt tremendously good. The
hot tea was like trickle of new
life through every vein in his
body, and he had the desire to get
up and try out his legs. Suddenly
Bateese discovered that his
patient was laughing at him.
''Que diable!' he demanded,
coming up ferociously with the
cloth in his great hand. "You
see sonnet ing YER tommy. m'sieu:"
"No, nothing funny. Bateese,"
grinned Carrigan. II was just
thinking what a handsome cham
ber1naid you make. You are so
gentle, so nice to look at, So
''Diable!'' exploded Bateese,
dropping his dust cloth and bring
ing his huge hands down upon
the table with a smash that al
most wrecked the dishes. ''You
have eat, an now you lissen.
You have never hear before OF
/, Concombre Bateese. An Eat ees
me. See. Wit these two hands
deaf. am strongest man wat
ees in all mort countree. I pack
four hundre' pound ovair portage.
l crack re caribou bones wit my
teeth, lax a dog. I run sixt' or
hundre' miles without stop for
rest. / pull down trees wat oder
man cut wit axe. am not 'fraid
of noting. You Hssen?a You hear
wat / say?"
Her Big Mistake
az hear you"
"Bien! Then / tell you wat
Concombre Bateese ees goin' TO
do wit you, Misieu Sergent dee
Police! Ma belle Jeanne she max
wan gran meestake. She too
much leetle bird heart, too much
pity for want you to die. Bateese
say, eel him, so no wan know
wat happen tree day ago benin
re rock But ma belle Jeanne,
she say, No, Bateese, he ees
meestake for oder man, an we
mus let heem live An then she
tell ME to come an bring you
feesh, an tell you wat is going
happen il you try go away from
thees bateau. You compren'?"
at you try run away, Bateese
ees goin' keel you! See-wit'
thees hans l br'ak your neck an
trow you in river. Ma belle
Jeanne say do Eat, an she tell
oder mans-twent', thirty, almost
hundre' garcons-to keel you IL
you try run away. She tell me
bring Eat word to you wit re
feesh. Hou listen hard wat /
say?"
If ever a worker of iniquity
lived on earth, Carrigan might
have judged Bateese as that man
in these moments. The half
breed had worked himself up to
ferocious pitch. His eyes rolled.
His wide mouth ,snarled in the
virulence of it's speech. His
thick neck grew corded and his
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Chapter Is
TT was utterly dark in the
i cabin, when the stiffness was
broken by low voices outside.
The door opened, and some one
came in. A moment later a
match flared up and in the shift
Ing glow of it Carrigan saw the
dark face of Bateese, the half
breed. One after another he
lighted the four lamps. Not
until he had finished did be turn
toward the bed. 1t was then that
David had his first good impress
sion OF the man. He was not
tall, but built with the strength
OF q giant. His arms were long.
His shoulders were stopped. His
head was like the head of a stone
gargoyle come to life.
Wild-eyed, heavy-lipped, with
the high cheek bones of an Indian
and uncut black hair bound with
the knotted red nIouchoir. he
looked more than ever like
pirate and a cutthroat to David.
Such man, he thought. might
make play out OF the business of
murder. And yet, in spite Of his
ugliness, David felt again the
mysterious inclination to like the
man.
Bateese grinned. It was a huge
grin, for his mouth was big.
''You YER lucky fellow" he an
nounced. "You sleep lax that IL
nice sof' bed an not back on
san'-bar, dead LAX re freeSh /
bring you, m'sieu. That ees wan
beeg mistake. Bateese say, Tie
xe stone roun' hees neck an max
heem wan ange de mer. Chuck
heem in re river, ma belle
Jeannet' An she say no, max
heem well, an feed heen feesh.
So bring re feesh which she
promise, an when you have eat, /
tell you sonlet'ing!
He returned to the door and
brought back with him wicker
basket. Then he drew up the
table beside Carrigan and pro-
ceeded to lay out before him the
boiled fish which st. Pierre's wife
had promised him. With it was
bread and an earthen pot Of hot
tea.
OAO al that tCCS al YOU A1dFO
because OF re fever. Bateese say.
Stuff heem wit much SO that he
die queekp'
You want to see me dead. Is
that 1t, Bateese?"
A Good Dead Man
"Oui. You max wan YER good
dead man. m'sieu!" Bateese was
no longer grinning. He stood
back and pointed at the food.
rYou eat-queek. An when you
have finish I tell you somet'ing:"
Now that he saw the luscious
bit OF whitefish before him. Carri-
gan was possessed of the hunger
ing emptiness Of three days and
nights. As he ate, he observed
that Bateese was performing Curl
>, GUS duties. He Strengthened a
couple of rugs, ran fresh water
; into the flower vases, picked up
half a dozen scattered magazines,
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"But re head m'sieu?" he added
anxiously.
"It will get well quickly IL you
will help me, Bateese. Right
now want to get up. want
to stretch my legs. Was my
head bad?"
Mon. Ze bullet scrape re ha'r
off-so-so-an' turn re brain
seek. / t'inE you be good f5Ec@ng
man in week.
''And you viii help me up?'
Bateese was a changed man.
Again David felt that mighty but
gentle strength Of his arms as he
helped him to his feet. He was a
trifle unsteady for a moment.
Then, with the half-breed close at
his side, ready to catch him if
his legs gave way, he walked to
one of the windows and looked
out. Across the river. fully half
a mile away, he saw the glow of
fires.
Her camp?' he asked.
'Oui, m'sieu."
1--WE have moved from the tar
sands?"
Yes. two days down re river"