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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-19
An Appeal to the
Selfish instinct

~1WO hard-headed business men spoke at
! a meeting at the Claypool Thursday
night Following the meeting another hard
headed business man who had sat at the speak
ers table made public statement.
They were talking about greater lndl-
annapolis. They were talking about dollars and
cents. They were talking with selfish motive,
if you please.
These men are not Pollyannas. They
didn t crate much about the glories and splen-
doris of Indianapolis. They did not talk about
their home town being the greatest of all posi-
Bile cities in this greatest of all possible worlds.
They talked about ways and means OF I'M
proving Indianapolis and about the dollars and
cents return that is bound to follow such I'M
provement They faced facts.
One of them said that the people of Indi-
annapolis have been sleeping, that they have
not been awake to their opportunities. tie
pointed out that indianapolis during the last
fifteen years has lost thirty industries because
the citv was asleep at the switch when the ex-
press train Of progress whizzed by.
They admitted that they were talking
with selfish motives and they appealed frankly
to the selfish instinct of every citizen of Indi-
anapolis-to YOUR selfish instinct.
They talked about movement for
greater indianapolis, for more population.
They didn't talk altruism They talked dol
lars and cents in their own pockets and in
YOUR pocket.
If you are a redLblooded, normal human
being you want to make more money, to better
your scale of living, to provide better for your
self and for your family. You want to edu-
cate your children. You want to give them
every possible opportunity in the world.
And right here is where YOU come in on
this bigger Indianapolis movement. This means
YOU, whether you are the president of the
biggest bank in town, whether you earn your
living by the labor of your hands, whether you
get up at clock in the morning to drive a
milk wagon.
If you haven't already done it, read the
statement on another page of The Times by
George j. Marott He is the man referred to
above who made the public statement. Marott
declares that an increase of even 100000 in
the population of indianapolis will mean an in
creased pay roll of $15O,OO0OOO year This
is an amount inconceivable to the average per-
son.
You are bound to benefit from this enor-
mously increased pay roll. If you don't re-
ceive part of this money by being directly
employed in a new industry, you will receive
part of it Indirectly, for this additional popu-
lation must be fed and housed and clothed. If
you haven't job already, prosperous, grow
ing city means job for you. If you already
have job, prosperity and growth means bet
ter job and more money. That is inevitable if
you are person of any value at all to the
community.
That is why the movement for greater
Indianapolis is selfish movement But it is
not a selfish movement in that increased pros
perity means increased wealth to few. It
means increased prosperity and increased OPP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-19

rather eccentric, which are fine
business" indeed. One dance in
particular is a burlesque of the
overworked apache dance that we
see so often. l like to see new
angles on old things.
Frank Sinclair and company
present a sketch numbering five
people in which comedy predomi-
mates The two men take the parts
of two fellows, who have just got
out Of prison and who go back to
the home town OF one Of the pair.
The old mother has a mortgage on
her little grocery which Is &C
counted for in a very humorous
way and then we have a couple of
love affairs with two OF the village
girls which make our heroes reform
and all that for ever after.
Telaak and Dean offer some
eccentric comedy along with some
good melody on the plano and violin.
Melville and Rule indulge in some
good slapstick and carry their fun
into the land Of song. Have a
humorous song that seemingly has
no end.
Jack Hedley Troupe opens. the bill
with some very excellent balancing
numbers, the best Of which was
when one of the men balanced the
other on his head and walked over
and down a large teeter-board back
ward They also have a good little
woman dancer.
Bill includes photoplay. 1.-THE
Danger Girl" with Priscilla Dean,
and a News Reel.
At the Palace today and to.
morrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-19
THE. INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

an Indianapolis girl with him and
frankly admits that she hasn't
chance to really display her ability
in the show as she should have.
Her name is Marietta Sullivan. We
can sincerely say that she is in good
company.
The Tiller Sunshine Girls are
group that one wouldn't dare pass
up, Nowadays when one sees the
stamp "Tiller" on a dancing ensem-
BILE they expect the best. And in
this show they get it. These girls go
, through formation dances OF all
kinds with such a precision and
finish of movement that they fairly
set standards for those to come.
Roy Hoyer carries the principal
male singing role and all credit is
due him as he seems to be a victim
of the prevailing colds that are with
us.
Ma Stone completes the family
group Of the show and although she
carries no big part she makes q fine
background for her talented
uduBnIeI.
AS an example o. IubIc appre-
citation of a thoroughly clean and AT
the same time smart and clever show
would like to mention that stepping
Stones" is prac tically sold out. IL
YOU have the slightest chance would
advise you to let the dishes, the
dinner and all else go and then try
to get seats at English's. 1t isn't a
show, it's an event.
At English's today and tomorrow
Looking Over the Palace Show
Two highly entertaining acts are
70 be seen at the Palace for today
and tomorrow. They are Frank SIN
clair and company in an amusing
sl,etch of two former convicts ana
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Fred and Dorothy Stone Play
to Capacity House at English's

Virginia Barrett and company in a
musical and dance offering.
Miss Barrett's act has seven men
who at first appear to be BARRIERS
who wish to do a little singing. But
they drop that attitude quickly along
with the barber clothes and turn
out TO be a first rate orchestra.
Miss Barrett then steps out and
does several dances. some Of them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-19
FABLES IN FACT

IF THIS WERE THE MIDDLE
OF THE SUMMER COMMA 1T
WOULD BE A FINE TIME TO
SPRING THIS PARTICULAR
FABLE COMMA SO ILL TELL 1T
COMMA ANYHOW PERIOD JIM
MY SNEAKED OFF TO THE
SWIMMING HOLE SOS TO GET
SUNBURNED COMMA AND COM
MA CAN YOU BEAT 1T DASH
DASH THE SUN DIDN'T. COME
OUT AT ALL PERIOD YOU'LL
HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IT WAS
TOUGH LUCK COMMA CAUSE
COMMA DESPITE THE FACT
THAT He WAITED ALL AFTER
NOON COMMA HE DIDN'T GET
TANNED DASH DASH TILL HE
GOT HOME PERIOD.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, -.nc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-19
NEW, HONESTLY

No kiddin, now-Ill bet you go
round the house from room to room.
leaving the lights burning.
It's an expensive habit, and fool
iSh one.
Course it's always nice to see the
bright side of things, but not to the
extent of leaving father in the dark
when the electric bill comes.
Maybe you think it's only juice
you are burning up. How about
dad?
If the lights aren't put out-the
one who pays the bill is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-19

EDITOR sNote-IMenaced by serious
million American automobiles, billions of
dollars worth Of industries and our ma
I9i al defense Ser6 an depend the GoEernment
d way out. Among the foremost of these
was Henry Il ,DLoherty. big oil man, bank
engineer, onally-recognized author
lty What he told the officials at Wash:
T n6gton he nov tells yH 3}a At the request Of
lem touches YOU where you live. This is
the fourth story of the series.
By Henry l.. Doherty
ivT1 HAT has happened to our
lWI wild birds and wild animals
~ ie rapidly happening to our
petroleum. Petroleum, by our pres
ent laws, belongs to the one who
can capture it. The laws provide
that you can rob your neighbor
What can you expect when the law
licenses and legilizes robbery?
The petroleum business has many
evils-more than any other business
I am familiar Without I know of
no evil about which the industry,
the public or the Federal and State
government have a right to com
plain that does not spring from the
bad practices that are forced upon
US by irrational laws that are diff
Serent from other property laws and
in violent conflict with natural eco
nomic and physical laws.
All of these evils can be corrected
by merely changing the laws under
which we operate so they will be in
conformity with the spirit and pur-
pose Of other laws relating to prop
erty.
A petroleum pool is by nature in
capable Of being divided up and oper
ated according to the surface divi-
sions that have been arbitrarily Gre
atad. 1t must be developed as a
unit to prevent both the waste of
petroleum and gas and economic
waste as well. If 100 people own
property on an oil structure and
ninety-nine wanted to defer the time
when the oil shobld be produced a
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passed
Indian
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-08-18

The following is a description of en-
tertainment given the servants OF q
traveller in Abyssinia In which raw
meat formed the menu. Eight OF the
leading members Of the caravan who
had been invited to the feast entered
and seated themselves In circle on
the dirt floor Of the house. Two OF the
chieftain's servants then entered, bear
ing a sheep suspended from long pole.
The carriers stood outside the circle.
The visiting men pulled out their
knives and cut of strips Of flesh until
they were satisfied Little more than
q skeleton remained when they had
finished. The usual method Of eating
Is to remove large piece OF meat at
tached to a bone The bone is held IN
the hand and with the knife a small
piece Of meat Is loosened by cuu
from the base Of the chunk. The piece
is not entirely severed. but remains At
tached at the tip. The loose end u
then grasped In the teeth and the otheS
end freed with second upward cut
To an observer 1t appears that the
diners are in constant and imminent
danger Of severing the ends OF thsa1
nOses."
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Southwest HarbOr.

Rev. Milton Hess of Pelham, N. r..
gave an excellent sermon at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning,
Aug. Is.
Walter A. Fuller of Boston has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George R. Fuller.
Mrs. Arthur Robinson, who has
been seriously i'll, was taken to the
hospital for treatment, and has I'M
dergone a critical operation, which
her friends hope may restore her to
health.
The fine gardens Of Henry Inman,
Roger Underwood and Walter Nc
Ipnis were opened to visitors Friday,
for the benefit of the Country Club.
The beautiful floral display was en-
joyed by many. A pleasing feature
of the afternoon was the tea served
at the Underwood cottage.
Mrs. Mary Lurvey, who resides
with her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Stan
ley, in Portland, through the winter,
is at her home here for the summer.
Her daughter accompanied her for
short visit here and at Northeast
Harbor, her former home.
Fred Knowles was taken suddenly
i'll one day last week, and is still
in critical condition.
The v. I. A. gave the popular
movie picture, "Graustauk," one eve
ming last week, for the benefit Of the
society. Interested friends filed the
theatre to overlooking.
Aug. 16. SPRAY"
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East Sullivan.

Mrs. Charles Johnson and daugh-
ter Lucy, of Winthrop, Mass, and
Miss Ruth Duirnell Of Topsfield, are
at echo Glen Farm"
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Hanna
are entertaining motor party from
New York.
Mrs. Dallas H. Hanna Is enter
tanning her uncle, Alpheus MacFar-
land, of Staten Island, N. Y, and
his daughter, Mrs. ]. S. Black and
children, Janet and Lola, of Glouces-
ter, Mass.
The E. E. Bragdons have sold
their entire estate to John Cary
Spring, who already owns WILLOW
Tree Farm" "The House on the
HIP and bungalow at the shore.
Miss Kate D. Buchanan of Wash
ington, D. c., is visiting her cousins,
Miss Sawyer and Mrs. Thomson, at
"Hillcroft." Miss buchanan, after .
month at Brooklin, is on the way
to her mothers summer cottage at
Glenburne, N, Y, on Lake George:
Miss Nancy Blackwell and MISS
Clio M. Chilcott of New York, VINO
are spending the summer IN ELS
worth, called on friends here yeste''
day.
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NIinturn.


Wilson Watts has returned to
Massachusetts, after vacation here
with his father, M. H. Watts.
Harry Wilbur and Alpha Stewart
were in Rockland last week.
Maxine Sprague has returned home
from Clark Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M Parker, Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie Parker and daugh-
ter Edna and Milton Hennigar have
been visiting in Brooklin and Blue
hill.
Alfred circuit has built garage
for William Vanhorn.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stockbridge
are visiting Mrs. Stockbridge's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Sadlerl
Friends of Mrs. Stockbridge are glad
to see her out again, after a long
illness.
Laura johnson is visiting her pa
rents, Rev. and Mrs. F. N. Johnson.
Clyde circuit of Vinalhaven has re-
turned home, after visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Harris J. Colt.
Amanda Sprague is visiting
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Johnson
have returned to their home in
Bridgton.
Mrs. Lyford Philbrook Of vinal-
haven is visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Colt.
Mrs. Mary Oxten is visiting at her
home.
Rev. c. E. Bailey and family are
here at their summer home. ",.
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Northeast HarbOr.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Graves
have returned to Greenville juno
ton, after spending several days
with his mother, Mrs. Alice T.
Graves.
Rev. Prof. Harry Emerson Eos
dick, D. D., Union theological
seminary, will occupy the Union
church pulpit next Sunday morning.
Miss Margaret Manchester is Wis
iting in Washington, Conn.
Friends of Charles D. Burr, who
recently submitted to an operation
at Bar Harbor hospital, are pleased
to hear favorable reports of his con-
dition.
A sale of hooked rugs for the
benefit of the Maine Seacoast Mis-
sion was held at the summer home
of Miss Mary c. Wheelwright Fri
day.
The Rt. Rev. James Craik Morris,
D. D., bishop of the Panama Canal
Zone, will be the special preacher
at St. Mary s-by-the-Sea next Sun
day morning.
Or. Rachel F. Manchester has re-
turned to Bangor after spending a
few days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs.. Ansel L. Manchester. Miss
Ruth Harris of that city was her
guest. Miss Harris will leave next
month to begin her work as mis-
sionary in China.
Rev. Ralph A. Barker of South
Acton, Mass, recently spent several
days with his brother, Chase Barker.
Aug. 16. F.
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North Hancock.

Mrs. Harold N. Stewart, with hef
three children, is in Bar HarDor'
Mr.. Stewart joined his FANNY tneie
for the weekend. ,
Friends here OF Mr.. anu NJ d
George w. Christie were saooeneu
to hear Of the death OF tnelr son a
David, at North Lamolne, wnere tne
family is spending the summer
David was an attractive and iowa
bic child, and endeared hlmself 10
all. The sympathy OF friends Is tx
tended to the bereaved ones.
Ferd C. Hutchins OF Allston,
Mass, has been here visiting Ills
father, Calvin Hutchins.
Aug 49, w.
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East Orland.

Mrs. Margaret Leach Of Ellsworth
Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. T. F
Mason.
Miss Annie Dunbar has returned
to her home in North Castine, after
several days with her cousin, Mrs
E. L. Marks.
Mrs. Gladys Tarr and children, OF
Brewer, visited her father, Roscoe
Dorr, Sunday.
E. L. Pickering returned to Orono
Saturday, after two weeks with his
family.
Miss Helen Pickering has returned
to Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Priscilla club met with Mrs.
Thomas Story, Thursday.
Ernest Snow recently visited MS
mother, Mrs. Mile Snow.
Mrs. Edith Macdonald OF Stonlng-
ton. is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Warren Dunbar.
Miss Evelyn Buck has thirty
guests at Camp Alamoosook.
Miss Stella Streeter of Jersey City
Is at blue Bird cottage for her an
~nual vacation. Rev. Mr.. Byington and
family. of Massachusetts, VINO nave
been at the cottage six weeks, nave
returned home.
Mrs. Dora ingalls, has returned
from Machias summer school.
Aug. Is. NN'
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PenObScOt.


Mrs. Adelaide Leach is spending
a few days at South Bluehill with
Mr.. and Mrs. B. J. Hendrickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Snowman of
Springfield, Mass, with their son
Robert and Miss Geneva Croxford of
New York, are guests of Mrs. Phebe
Snowman.
sMr. and Mrs. Elmer Perkins and
two children, Of Southington, Conn,
and Sherman Perkins Of Brocktop,
Mass, are spending their vacation
with their parents, James G. Perkins
and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo M. Sellers have
returned to West Roxbury, Mass.
Friends here of Mrs. Eva M.
Sellers are glad to know that she
has so far recovered from her seri-
Gus illness as to be moved here, to
the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.
A. Wardwell. Bernice Braley, r. N,
of Bangor, is with her.
Mrs. Evelyn Hoyt of Cambridge,
Mass, was recent guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Sellers.
The date of the sale by the o. r..
S.: has been changed to Tuesday
evening, August "a.
Austin Hutchins of Dark Harbor
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Nettie Hutchins.
Aug. Is. "WoodlocKe.
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Shield to Be Returned

The city Of Quebec has Just been
notified that the shield taken from the
rates Of the old city after the capture
Of the place from the French by Cen
eral Wolfe will be returned to 1t by
the town Of Hastings, England, as the
result Of vote by the town council.
The shield had come into the posses
sion Of Gen. Wolfe Murray, who pre-
sented It to his home town. The town
Of Hastings voted at first to keep thu
shield, but reversed the decision.
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Plague of Locusts

Locusts In Persia practically de-
stroyed the entire grain crop in the
Mosul district. This was followed by
a winter Of extraordinary seventy.
which killed off 80 per cent Of all live
stock. Now the locust Is in greater
numbers than last year, and another
failure Of harvests must be expected
The shortage Of grain in the Mosul
area Is so great and the price is so
high that the movement Of Mesopo-
tamian artillery to Mosul was can
celed on account Of the extra cost Of
feeding the horses. The locust has
never been known to be so far south
before
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Winter HarbOr.

The wedding of Miss Ina Mae
Gerrish and Carroll Leslie Bean OF
East Corinth, took place at the home
OF the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. M, Gerrish, at Winter Harbor,
Thursday evening, July Is. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Harold Nutter Of the Baptist church
In Liberty, a former pastor of the
Winter Harbor Baptist church. The
bride is a native Of Winter Harbor,
q graduate of Winter Harbor high
school, class Of "a, and has since
had training in the Eastern Maine
general hospital in Bangor. Mr..
Bean is a native of East COrinth, a
graduate of the University of Maine,
and at present teacher OF
chemistry in Deering high school,
Portland. Mr.. Bean was teacher
here for two years, and has many
friends and acquaintance here.
Mr. and Mrs. Bean left Immediately
after the ceremony for a wedding
trip, accompanied to the train by a
merry party of well-wishers. They
will reside in Portland.
Rufus G. Bickford of Melrose
Highlands, Mass, recently visited
relatives here.
Friends of Capt. N. A. Bickford,
= former resident here, regret to
learn of his death, which occurred
July %, after a brief illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Field and
daughter Elaine are visiting Mrs.
Fields parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Hanson.
C. w. Norwood has recovered SUI
1iciently from his recent illness to be
out.
The ladies' of the Baptist circle
held their annual fair and sale at
odd Fellows hall, Thursday after
noon, Aug. IL. A goodly sum was
melted for the treasury.
Several from here attended the
marty held for Mrs. Iva Stanley OF
Washburn, at the home OF her
mother, Mrs. E. L. Stanley, at Pros
;pect Harbor, Wednesday evening,
Aug. 4.
Wallace Bickford has employment
ut Birch Harbor, painting the Bap-
fist church.
Waldo Wakefield Of Boston Is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. L. Wakefield.
Aug. 16. ..
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North PenObscot.

Harry Haynes died Saturday eve
ming, after a long period of in
validism, which he bore with remark
able patience and resignation.
Through It all he was tenderly
cared for by his widowed mother.
Doctors, relatives and neighbors did
all they could to alleviate his SUI
fering. Besides his mother, he
leaves sister, Mrs. Bernice Coombs
of Bucksport. The funeral was held
Monday. Interment in Hillside ceme-
terry.
4 Alonzo McKusick and wife, of
Guilford, spent the week with her
father, ]. M. Hutchins, and sister,
Mrs. Maurice Carter.
Aug. 16. II.
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Grow Underground

Queer green plant algae that live
and thrive In complete darkness nine
feet deep in the soil are being investi-
gated by DR.. George T. Moore, direc-
tor Of the Missouri Botanical garden.
St. Louis. In spite Of the fact that
millions Of them inhabit clump Of
earth, their true function in life is un-
known. One species Of these subter-
ranean algae is surprisingly ubiqui,
tous. Dig hole three or four feet
deep in any part Of the world and
there the algae can be found.
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Seal Cove.

Eben Sawyer of Lincoln, N. H.,
with his son and friends, recently
visited his brothers, Herbert and
Charles Sawyer, at his old home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Cushman and
two children and Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Cushman and three children,
of Ellsworth, were in town Sunday,
enjoying a picnic lunch at the Seal
Cove shore, and calling on old
friends.
Much sympathy is felt for Mr.. and
Mrs. Seth Harper in the death OF
their infant son.
Aug. 16. N.