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Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
WESTINGHOUSE
LETTER Ms'
~ME o.

WASHINGTON-De store
clerks grimly bearing the horrors
of Christmas shopping jams can
ressional postoffices, whose big rush
starts at the same time and endures
until March.
There are postoffices in both the
house and senate office buildings
with branches in the capitol and
they are larger than the postoffices
of many good-sized. cities. The
volume of congressional mail which
they handle sometimes reaches tre-
mendous proportions.
Fred A. Eckstein, postmaster of
the senate who has been senatorial
mail come and go these last 80 years,
says the volume of incoming mail
jumps at least 500 per cent as soon
as the people learn that their selected
servants are back in Washington.
The II workers in his office are
always busy during sessions and often
they are swamped.
'When propaganda gets in it's
work, the mail is especially heavy"
Eckstein explained. 1--WE can con-
firm effectiveness of these 'write-to-
your-senator' campaigns. One day,
during consideration of the Japanese
immigration bill, the California sem
ators got 10000 letters in one day.
Your guess is as good as the
next fellows as to who read all those
letters. Eckstein doesn't know,
either.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
MAKE MONEY ON COTTON

Texas and Oklahoma are showing
the way to cotton cash in spite of a
record breaking crop and lower prof
it's, says the Research Gepartm ent
of the National association Of farm
equipment manufacturers. Accord
ing to recent survey, Texas win
make more money from crops thus
year than last, and oklahoma WON'T
be far behind. This indicates the
trend Of modern farming. Those Sec
tons which cannot change their meth
DDS to modern labor-saving and COST
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

cutting methods must drop cotton
TEXAS and Oklahoma have adopted
northern and western farming meth
DDS with more and bigger farm
equipment that multiplies each mans
output, while the old sections have
stuck to one-mule- and a-driver cot
ton production, just as it has beer
done for so years. The Texas Okla
homa system prevail and it will in
sure American supremacy and check
the rise of cotton production in Egypt,
China and the Argentine, where i
has been gaining rapidly while the
Boll-weeyil ravaged our crop.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

the president of the United
hotel the will
required pending the
available
rent of year.
building
suggesting
White of the Mississippi
might be in having Douglas
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
Sixteen Years Ago

Mrs. f. ". Thompson went to
Duncan yesterday for short
visit.
Mrs. Mae O'Neal arrived home
Saturday from the Copper Queen
Hospital, where she underwent an
operation.
Miss Maggie Igo, of the drug
department of the Copper Queen
store, will leave the first of the
year for Tucson to join her
mother.
The firm of Tinker & Samson
has been dissolved, the business
to be carried on by j. A. Combs.
F. C. Hurst, for a number of
years one of the leading archi-
tects of Cochise county, will
leave Bisbee the first of the
year for Phoenix to enter part
nership with L. G. Knipe. Among
the larger buildings he con-
structed was the Copper Queen
store in Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
HI" replied Johnnie.
HER HUSBAND HELPED HER

The colored bride went to call on
the woman she had formerly worked
how well she was fixed in her new
home. Mrs. Brown said: well,
Martha, you have always worked
hard, and / hope your husband will
be a help to you in making the
living"
Martha replied: Indeed he is a
help to me. He has got me two
more washings to do already
Indianapolis News.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
BSIA&B6

Detroit woman said her husband
was worth $4,000 but bought he1
only one coat. Well?
The ladies are invading the smok-
ing coaches, says Chicago dispatch
You wouldn't ask them to stand in
the vestibule, would you?
A woman was arrested in New
York as thrill driver" We
wonder what kind of taxicab she
drove.
Chicago is experimenting with
rubber tires to silence loop trains
Trying to sneak past the gunner?
Since the campaign began to have
Pullman employees called by their
right names, we have been aston
ishedi to- learn how many of them
Were christened Porter"
It's time to ask her what to sur
prise her with at Christmas time.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
The Day In Washington

Prosecution and defense rested
in the FaH-Doheny oil trail.
Prospects of tax legislation by
congress received a definite set
back.
President Coolidge asked con
gross for $175,OOO,OOO to finance
tax refund.
The house dismissed impeacn-
ment charges against former Judge
English of Illinois,
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
HORSE NEST

Johnnie: viii little chicks come
out of those eggs, daddy?
Daddy: Yes, providing you don't
disturb the hen.
Johnnie Please fix nest for
the horse, I'd like pony.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
vERlY GOOD REAsoN

visitor-"Why didn't you arrest
that fellow who just drove his
flivver up the wrong side of the
street,"
Village Constable-"An' have me
get his meals for him for a week?
No sir know that feller-he won't
pay a fine"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
PLUCKED FROM THE PLAINS
WELL, WELL!

Coming home from Sunday school
Jimmie ran crying to his mother.
I've terrible pain in my SIDE do
you think 1 am going to have wife,
like Adam?
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
HE GOT JEALOUS

why did the foreman sack you
yesterday"
well foreman is one who stands
around and watches his gang work"
IT know, but what's that got to
do with it?"
why, he got jealous of me!
People thought 1 was the foreman"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
MOTHERS MISTAKE

Helen: Mother, there are two girls
at school / know are boys.
Mother: Why, Helen?
Helen: They look like boys; they
act like boys; 1 think their mother
made mistake and let their hair
grow. long.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
Abe Martin

MuSSOlni must feel cheap when
his conscience dictates t. him. Pro-
hibitiOn is too fresh in thu minds
% tn people fer tn adjustment
o. hell git very fer.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
HE DIDN'T UNDERsTAND

Lips that touch liquor" said the
girl, shall never touch mine"
Well, / don't blame you for hang
ing on to it."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
CnNTENTED FOWL

Waiter, this chicken has no wish
bone"
mo, sir, he was happy and
contented chicken, and had nothing
to wish for"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
which,

We wonder which fellow-passenger
is the more irritating, the one that
tries to read our paper, or the one
that won't hold his paper still for
us to read.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
NOT THAT FAn

We'll Johnnie" said the minister,
as he beamed on the son of a
parishoner, you are now going to
school so 1 suppose you can spell
cat"
Cat replied Johnnie.
very good, now spell dog"
Dog"
wonderful! Now spell hen"
Jaw, 1 amt got that far yet
Thrift.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
Douglas And Coolidge

sympathize with
n president, is
Of being presidential
me in the
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
poPuLAR.

"Why does the manager seem so
Partial to young Saundersw
Because he's the only fellow on
the staff who isn't taking CORE
spondence lessons to become manager
, himself"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
ABOUT FINGER BOWLS

Mistress: Nora, you don't seem
to know about finger bowls. Didn't
they have them where you worked
last?
Maid: No, mum; they mostly
washed themselves before they came
to the table.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
FILTHY LUCRE

If you think money talks just
wait until it says "hello, friend
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
PAS IDEA

Mother: No, sonny, l tell you for
the third time, no more cake!
Sonny: I can't see where pa gets
the idea that you are always chang
ing your mind.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

Pupil Gnterrupting): Teacher, she
should have said Many fleas in
distress"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
More Truth Than Poetry
By James j. Montague
WORSE THAN THE DISEASE

! WORSE
/ TmeW
| plague
would beg
| When
!
Diseases like grippe
| And, calmly
i
To your
oil
And took winking
A
But now your
Despi
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To a
consultation
M.
a mnum
S
You
is,
d.
john Wake For Examp
would his best friend
it to his advantage to do
exionR
haired babies adoption it's
always gentlemen who prefer EN-
Too
A to feedc
from choo to us
Copyright 1926 by the Bell Syndicate Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
NOT PERFECT

Wife: When I married you /
thought you were a perfect gentle
man.
Hubby: Well, you remember 1
told you 1 had one toe missing.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
WHY WORRYe

A young husband was anxiously
awaiting news of the birth of his
first child. He was pacing up and
down the hospital corridor when the
doctor came out and told him to
control himself or else take a walk
around the block.
But / tell you I'm scared to
DEATH" protested the young man.
You needn't be-" replied the doctor.
I've brought more than 1000 babies
into the world and I haven't lost
father yet"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
Johnnie Walker, For Example

A bootegger is the sort of man who would cut
if it to his advantage to do
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

References
England haired babies adoption
OF always gentlemen who prefer em.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12
CORRECTING HER

1pil oreadinG: Many flee in
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

advises mothers feed children when they c
This somewhat superogatory.
Downright, 1926, by the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

WHAT WILL YOU?
Mrs. O'Brien to her youngest:
Patrick! Patrick! Come here! That's
20 times I've called We. Now don't
let me call we a second time!
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-12-12

It's time to ask her what to sur
prise her with at Christmas time.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Ingersoll Watches. a full stock Guaranteed Watches-Schallerer's Al aska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Remington PortaDles, S6C -Schaller. CTS Alaska Shop,
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

MT. and Mrs. Malutin have moved into the city for the winter, having rented, on Saturday, the Sylvia Sex ton bungalow
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

F. Conrad, former member of the Fairbanks fire department, was among those taking passage on the Alameda Saturday for Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13
MIR. AND MRS. M MULLEN
 ON BOARD 5. 5. ALASKA

SEATTLE, Dec. 13. (P)-The s. s. Alaska of the A. S. s. Co.,, sailed at 9 o'clock Saturday morning carrying Il reservations. The Seward listing is:
 John c. F. Schwegle, Robert M. Hus- ton, MT. and Mrs. P. c. McMullen, B. I. Maillott, Miss Agnes Burns, Ed Miller, E. F. Buttner, N H. Dodson, Rose Christ, J. P. Sherman and one steerage.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

George Schmitt, proprietor of the Seward Bakery asks the public to read what the little house-keeper, in his advertisement has to say from time to time.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Tomorrow's regular meeting and luncheon of the Chamber of Com merce will be held at noon at the Sew ard Grill Out of town residents and visitors in the city are invited to at tend.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

J. A. Ramsey, division inspector for the field land office, Department of the Interior, left on the s. s, Alameda for Juneau in which district he will be kept occupied for the coming. three months.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Harry Staser, deputy U. s. mar shal, Anchorage office, arrived Satur- day and continued to court head quarters at Valdez.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Christmas cards were received in Saturdays mail by many Seward resi- dents from Father Markham of An chorage
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Mrs. Catherine M. Shultz, former resident of Seward, who has been en- gagged in business in Anchorage for some years past, returned from Se- attle on the Alameda.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

J. A. Magill, Cook Inlet salmon packer, returned to Seward from Anchorage Saturday and departed for Seattle on the S. s. Alameda.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

Mrs. J. Heyser wife of the we'll known member of the Signal Corps, arrived in Seward on the s. s. Ala meda from .he States.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

w. w. Stoll, superintendent of the German canneries, was passenger to Drier Bay from Seattle on the S. s. Alameda.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13

J. J. Chisholm, Anchorage broker, was among those leaving for Seattle on the s. s. Alameda.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

J. H. Bartholf, mining man, depart ed for the south Saturday.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-13
5. F. SUPERVISORS MEETING

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. R- Airport sites and the Cross Bay bridge will be under discussion for action when the city supervisors meet today.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
FOLKS, MEET GooFUS
MnATMTAl
GOOFEE!

Goofus Goofee, in the last
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mas has risen to the Yeast
ern League from out in
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The Washington times., 1926-07-13
Delaney Quoted
As FavOrite
In Fight

NEW YORK, July 13.PauI
Berlenbach and Jack Delaney,
principals in the worlds light.
heavyweight championship bout
on Thursday night at. Ebbets
Field, entered the final stages
Of their training today with
Delaney, the challenger, q favor
tie at odds of 6 to S. Both viii
wind up their active prepare
tions for the match this after
noon, the champion finishing his
hard work at Summit, N. j.,
and Delaney at his quarters on
the Housatonic. River, near New
Haven, Conn.
Only light exercise viii be
the order in both camps tonor-
row and the fighters will leave
for New York before nightfall.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13

chap. These are fellows who
haven't ! lot 81 STUFF on the BAN.
but who have good control and
good Judgment. The one group
pitches with the arm, and the
other with the head. This last
group get by because they're wise
and cagey. Pitchers of this type
may not have q curve that breaks
two inches, but they put u Where
the batter can't hit 1t. In this
class youth find such pitchers AZ
I Urban Shocker and Jack Quinn.
odd Chief Bender was q member
of this class. SO was Eddie Plank.
Walter johnson was changed
I to this type, too. Walter don't
try 70 throw that fast bah past
the batteFs any more. He used
to. but now he's wise. He's using
his head more and his arm less.
He's curving the bah, and mix
ing sem up, and using q change
Of pace. And m 8 lot of ways
he's tougher pitcher right now
than he was In the days when he
/ had all thes smoke on his fast
one.
oId-timers cry around q lot about
Deared. That's bunk. There arc
rood pitchers today just the same
al there was ten years ago. OF
course they can't use the shine
ball and the splitter, and all those
freak deliveries now. And they
can't blacIen the ball or do any
of the stunts they used to- Bttr
they can. pitch just the same
Take Cincinnati, for insAnce
The Reds haVe 3 peach OF Itch 4
ing staff as good Is any In base.
bal today and just about az good
axvfhe famous old Cub. Athletic
and Giant pitching staffs that the
oId.tiners talk about. And the
Reds. are not the only ones. In
our league the White Sox and the
Athletics have great pitching STATS.
In Bob Grove, Connie Mack has
q young pitcher who has just a.
much stuff as any OF the old
timers ever had.
The Yankees have q good starr,
too-with Pern0ck Hoyt and
Shocker. ranking right up with the
old-timers. The Cardinals have
good pitching staff. Brooklyn ~
on down the list, All the talk
about good pitchers having gone
out of baseball Il all wrong. They
are stiII right there. If there has
been any chapgs at ali Il is the
fact that folks nowadays are more
interested In hitting. Everything
has been made easfef FOR the hit
ters-and the pitching job has be-
come tougher and tougher. The
pitchers still work hard but It is
the sluggers who get the publicity
The Washington times., 1926-07-13

turn his attention to the out
field, III necessary, in an effort
to generally speed up things
and TO at least assure the fans
they'll not be kept at the park
any longer than it is honestly
necessary to play q business
like and sensible game.
Games prolonged by q lot 81
hitting and running, such
last Saturdays games IN Wash
ington and Philade lphia, ,are
one thing, but those deiibera tely
held back by unnecessary crab
bingn or an unwillingness to
keep in step with decency and
sportsmanship are another
quite another.
Hardness IN proceeding with
the game at any juncture is
less forgiyable in Washington
than in any other American
League city, because the con-
tests locally are started at the
limit Of lateness. The public
is due an implied courtesy,
If not an actual service,
Of being permitted to see
game and get home to their
meals at the earliest possible
moment.
AIack and aIack.a- day, the av- /
erage length of time required
to play a game here in 1925
was almost as long as that
required in Detroit, only ST.
Louis and the Bengal team
keeping the fans in the seats
longer than, the Griffmen..
Washington took 1859 for its
games, while st. Louis required
2 hours flat. Philadelphia' re-.
quired the same amount of time
as the American League cham
pioiis, while Cleveland took one
minute less than either Of those
two. New York whooped' 'em
up in 1856 and Chicago in :55,
being six minutes slower than
Boston, where one needs must
hurry a bit to keep warm.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
BABE SAYSPIl5HERs ARE
ASGO0D AS EVER
By Babe Ruth

NEW YORK July longer the big leagues me
convinced that pitching Is soneng more than osspg
ball and then fast And nine times out q Ten tne
with the fans the ones That don't xa
so with the ball players
asking about pitching and
asking compare pitcher with another Hebe psnnock
Urban Shocker with Bob
That's laugh Ycu more compare those types o
pitchers than You could day and night
divided classes One IS the fast
This pitcher that popular
with he fan Bob Athletics, good this
type So the old days when he in his prime
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
PP0STE S
IN RING

~ - Z 5 e
Tonight. at KeniiWorth Arena.
Btliy Drake. undiaputed lightweight
champion Of Germarv. and Jimmy
Ryan, one OF Erin's best light
weight bets, win cross punches IN.
the first international match ever
staged in washington.
The two contestants represent
STRICT oy5posltes In r.nScraft. Ryan.
slender. left handed, cool, fast and
clever, represents the typical devil
n1ay-care Irish ring roiSterer;s the
type that enjoys REL tight sitl..
lose or draw.
The freshman ana the German
are 20 ramble for twelve rounds
at 1876 pounds.
Matchmaker Heinie Miller be.
ueyes that tonight's bouts provide
real card, such as Finnegan
provided when he flashed across the
local fistic horizon several years
ago.
RYAN il 4 proven fistic quantity
here. The fans know he can truly
fight. Drake has won 70 straight
battles over the long route with
out single setback.
Ryan win not be the only real
Irish battler on the card. Mickey
Flahive, youth who was for years
q stabIemate of Young Stribling's b,
win take on Sylvan Bass. crack
Baltimore lad, who has made good
before local audiences on several
occasions. Tney are to go six
rounds.
Another sIx.rOunder shows Nick
RepOli, Of the Dave SaTnaiEOv
stable, against Jimmy Mack,
blonde southeastern, who fights
from gong to gong. This looms
MS slugging bee.
Four FOUNDERS send Johnny Gauz-
Ia in. agains. Eddie Di.Simon in
an added attraction: Billy Deak::
Berwyp's lone pug. against Joe
Black; Paul Heelex, another Irish
lad, against Larry Goldberg, Of the
local Jewish colony Of ruittslingers
The Washington times., 1926-07-13

off Zachary, 4: or Palmero. 4; Off
Davis. j. struck out--By Ogden, q;
Ogden, 8 ID ga inningss or Mar
berry, / IN Is inning; OFT Morrell,
in | inning; off Palmero, 4 in in
nings. off Davis, q In 3 les Innings
Harris) BY Ogden (Meliilol. Wild
pitch-Palmero. Winning pitcher Pal. |
--Dineen and ormeby. Time Of game
-SasaA
The Washington times., 1926-07-13

fIEsTENDAYss RESULTS
BROOKLYN, S; Chicago, ..
Cincinnati, 4; Philadelphia, s.
Pittsburgh, Ell New York. 3.
Boston. 81: st. Louis. q.
TODAY'S GAMES
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
! New York at Pittsburgh.
Z PhliadeIpIlia at Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
By Louis A. Dougher

Victory today viii the champion rftmen IN third place
sye points ahead Chicago White Sok The Gfs are nine
and half games the Yankees and but two ard hall be-
Mind tb Macen They apparently hit their stride winning
eight they have played since returning rom
York This battling at an average OF 100. -.
Rueer and Thomas who batsd each otner
let down are
likely to oppose each sgar time Rueher hopes re-
verse matters his youthful antagonist
Phiiadelpha
where they dropped Of four to the As Here they viii
ird Themselves facing Rueter Coveese and johnson IN
DaSASn - 81 &