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The Washington times., 1927-09-26

They are on the logged-off tim
Der company, along deserted rail-
road spurs or on bleak hiliaides.
Their streets deserted. their houses
silent, these former lumber towns
are now only the playground Of
small animals and ground SPUR.
rels. The occupants moved off
with their belongings when the
last trees had fallen and were on
their way to the mills. They went
deeper into the woods to new
settlements amid thicker timber.
In some 81, these towns, where
the laughter Of children and the
goOd-natured banter Of lumber.
Jacks formerly were heard. even
house furnishings have been left
behind. An old rusty handcar,
alongside the track. Or an aban-
doned wagon are silent evidence
Of a hurried evacuation.
The Valley Of the Giants IS
from Peter B Kyne's thrilling
romance of the Redwoods. and II
being filmed ii Humboldt county.
the locale OF the original story.
Charles Brabin Is directing and
Doris Kenyon plays opposite the
star.
Some Of the. most beautiful wood.
lands In the West win Be photo
grRphed before the company re.
turns To Hollywood.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26

w "A Mt
so Thousand
Skinny Men
To Put on At Least S Pounds
Of Solid Flesh in so Days.

Countless thousands oE under.
weight men ana women have got
rid Of that scrawny face ana figure
by simple easy treatment that is
sure and inexpensive.
It's really marvellous how quickly
those who try It take on flesh
where flesh II most needed.
Hollows In neck ana chest fiIl
out and narrow sunken chested
men begin to take on q decided
manliness il Just 8 few weeks.
The one great scientific weight
producer that people who need more
flesh can depend upon IS McCoyss
Tablets and besides helping you to
develop an attractive figure these
sugar coated tablets bring to those
that take them more energy.
strength and vigor they have
proven superb tonic.
Mccoy takes all the risk Read
this ironclad guarantee. It after
taking sixty cent boxes Of Nc.
Coy's Tablets or 2 One Dollar boxes
any thin, underweight man or
woman doesn't gain at least s.
pounds and feel completely satisfied
with the marked improvement in
health--your druggist is authorized
TO return the purchase price.
The name McCoy's Cod Liver Oil
Tablets has been shortened
ask Tor McCoy's Tablets at Peoples
Drug Stores or any drug store in
America.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26

OF that great number OF for.
eigners who have been imported to
these shores to do our directing
for US, we do not recall q single one
whose first vehicle impressed ns as
this new Sternberg piece called
underworld" now playing at the
Columbia The script was devised
from the story by Ben Heoht and
the heavy roles are done by George
Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Give
Brook and Larry Semon. An all.
star cast. to be sure, but
Sternhefg has done something
with this crook story that win
bring his name from small type to
boldface and launch for him a
career that, We venture, will be as
colorful as any In the moving pic
tIre world. He has, at least thus
far. satisfied the American taste
for realities and less Of the muck
and unreal things that come TO us
a IA the ceilulold. Therefore. let
good things be said Of him for the
fairy tales lat least, most OF theml
ought to be shelved.
Of course. sternbergs picture II
cnucked fun Of sensations. Theirs
Is one right after the other. as
mere should re y any crook
venice. there - put little comedy,
YES, e1eeptlng the laugns one gets
from gazlng on the silly senon
eonutsnance. Ana. Striking TINS
eul. We nave all the great elements
hnMe splIlpahe ~ niaiAe tefnpefg
4slelouIaiila reaily draIlil vs.;
Lor ne stors We DeileVe We
snoulu 90 elllaI most IeleIehees to
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
District Faces Loss
OF Big Tax Benefits

From $50. 900 to $50 900 paid 10
the District government BY tax
payers for hypothetical benefits
may be lost TO the District. the
Commissioners have advised the
Court Of Appeals, unless decision
Of the Municipal Court awarding
$500 to Mrs. GeoFgiana Thompson
Is reversed.
About Is years ago the Commits
eiDners, acting under authority 81
an act Of Congress. undertook to
improve Lamont Street, west Of
Nineteenth street. n. w.
Mrs. Thompson. among others,
was assessed for the s.benefits''
which would accrue to her a. q
result of the contemplated i'm
pr0vements.
For one reason or another, how
ever. the improvements were never
made. Claiming that her "bene-
fits exist on paper only, Mrs.
Thompson successfully sued In the
Municipal Court to recover the $500
she paid,
On the strength Of this case.
other residents OF the vicinity can
recover also. II Ii alleged.
The Commissioners contend, how
ever, that Congress may appropri-
ate money for the improvements
some day and that the taxpayers
should be patient.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
TRAP STUDENTS
rs BURGLARS

On their way here today from
Richmond, IN the custody Of De-
tectiye Harry Cole, are two New
York high school students who are
said to have robbed the home of
Representative Louis g. CHAMPION
Of Michigan. 1929 Irving st. n. W..
because they wanted practical
knowledge, which they could not
learn from their school books.
The youths are Oscar NYdof, said
to be the son OF a New York curb
broker, and Arthur Lapan, who
told police that he was the son OF
2 Brooklyn contractor. They are
is years OF age.
Mrs, Champion returned from a
shopping triJ Friday to find that
her house had been ranaacled, and
Jewelry and siIveYware worth $500
taken. Saturday night the two boys
were arrested when they are al
legged to have attempted TO pawn
the stolen articles il. = Richmond
shop.
The boys are said TO have ad.
mitted robbing q house in New
Jersey and pawning the loot for
enough to get them from that
State to Richmond.
They said that their activities
were purely 70 gain practical
knowledge of the world and that
they were on their way to Los
Angeles. where they expected to
obtain employment.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
THEM. PATJLNEN
A MYSTFYING
NUMBER

]. Robert Pauline, French psy-
chologist, offers an interesting and
fascinating demonstrations nf the
power Of mind over matter, the
stellar attraction Of the Earle
current bill. Pauline diseIaims
any use Of hypnotism, reminding
his audience frequently. that HIS
Is q science dealing only with the
control Of mind over matter,
which In this instance Is the
body. His experiments provide
subject for deep thought. Men
from the audience are called as
committee for inspection. PER-
haps the timidity Of Washington
patrons accounts for the fact that
some Of the gentleman were
called upon TO assist in two con.
secutive performances yesterday.
A delightful dance number,
starring Minor and Root, ably
assisted by six graceful exponents
Of the terpsieh oreau art, Is really
beautiful. The 4 costumes and
scenic effects are gorgeous and
the dancing, first.elass.
Paul SydelI and his dog sSpotty''
are well worth the price Of adj
mission. The terrier is trained in
acropatics and balancing TO q
marvellous degree certainly out OF
the ordinary run OF animal tricks,
The Dublin trio did not appear
but q young man Vi0linist filled
IN with some tuneful music.
Val Russell, Billy Raymond and
Slim" Timblin, black-Face trio.
have the talent and pep To put on
q good act, but surely they are not
adding to their Iaurels ~ present.
ing the preacher skit, following q
modern trend, which Is much TO be
deplored In that II makes sport OF
the deepest emotions Of life,
amounting to sacrilege. Their tai
ents could, indeed, Be better used
elsewhere.
The feature picture, '',rhe Secret
studio stars the lovely Olive Bor-
den, ably supported bg Clifford
Holland, Zen Bard and Ned Sparks.
he story, though not unusual, il
highly diverting ana entertaining,
An Al st. John comedy could
very readily, and to me, Jcceptably.
be omitted. The uewelsel shows
scenes at the Tunney.Dempaey
fight. Shots Of the floral tributes
to Miss Doran, aYiatrix, are note
worthy.
Customary house features and
lively music by the Earle 0rches-
ira. Floyd Wheeler, CONDUCTING,
and by Alexander Arons, CONCERT
organist round out the program.
II Y
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
SMALLLEE MORSE
AND A FINE
PICTURE

You can't dismiss Lee Morse
with a. word, you know. You'd
rather not dismiss her at all.
But before We begin writing about
her work at the metropolitan,
lets take look at THE Country
Doctor"
This is picture directed by
Rupert Julian and starring
Rudolph SchildkFaut, father of
Joseph. Released under the
auspices Of Cecil b. De Mile.
The Country Doctor" is a photo.
play without a box-office title,
without any attempts al the
spectacular, without one orgy.
No heroine Is chased around 4
table, and the United states
Marines do NOT come ID any.
bQdy's rescue.
Rupert Julian gave US one Of
the worlds worst pictures annae
time back In Love and Glory"
~ The Country Doctor" ne con.
tributes q film feature which.
while falling somewhat short 81
being great, is nevertheless 4
real achievement in dav ST
plnchbeck program pictures.
1ltle YOU will Be 5xaa
20 learn, has solmething to az
with the picture. 1T has every.
thing to do with It. The story
y about . country doctor. admir-.
ably played by the elder Schild.
kraut, his Joys, his sorrows ara
his feaity to his great profession.
Jane Keckley and Sam "a
arasse are given large parts n
the picture, and pay their roles
with all Of the skill that their
years Of cinema acting has river
them. Junior Coghlan. re ei,iId
actor does the best work of lis
There Il thrilling climax ii
the picture. with snowstorm
and everything. The film Il
married by q somewhat aappv
ending, but this does not damn
the production.
Lee Morse, the little lady with
me voice that was made for
oillss singing. plays with II
Tor the benefit Of the audience.
Tier style Of grooming and wall.
Ing Is most distinctive. ana her
song selections were good
lanlel Breeskin's excellent
orchestra Isl Is usual. away est
"a front as far as entertainment
values gO. Their concert n one
II ne most delightful spots on
Although Tunney won, his pic
lures n the news reel didnst
get the hand that Demnae.s,s
face did, Jack, Ia defeat. Il "a
more popular with movie a,Isi.
ences than his conqueror. There
Il scenic with verse about
lazy river. The verse N fuIl "
sich cute words As 1ests
meaning Just and skindan
and sort you know AZ I-s.,a
The Metropolitan bill ran 80 ~
recommended to anyone, 81 any
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
CREEPY DOINGS
AROUND THE
RIALTO


Bass vols and whistles get
Big play at the RlaIto Theatar
this week. That gamut thing 81
emotion is run of To the ousena
well accepted taste grotesaus
shadows cavort weirdIg from biz
lar to post and the whole tneater
feels as light ana carefree al !
dungeon at high midnig ht.
The Cat and the Canary. an
adaptation Of John Wizards great
stage mystery play, ii being
shown there with b cast whose
members send the audience home.
pleased that It shelled out Tor
= pas aboard.
The mystery is less involved
than WAS that III The Bat and
IS more easily followed. Nat
urally, being ghost story
dressed UP, consistency Ii not
valued as Jewel, but under
the capable direction Of Paul
Leni. OF Berlin, it rates as one
Of the best mystery photopIays
vet released.
Laura La Plante, a. heiress to
Cyrus Vests rnoldy fortune,
heads the east-and the mystery
revoIYes about her. No sooner
does the executor of old Cyrus
viii inform Laura that she is
his heir. IN the West mansion
overlooking the Hudson River,
than the executor Is most fouIly
murdered. Who did It and why?
And there y,are there's your
mystery.
Arthur Edmund Carewe, TiiIly
Marshall. Forrest Stanley, Creigh-
ton Hale. Lucien LittIefieId.
George SiegmanI1, Gertrude
Astor, perenniel Flora Finch. and
Matha Mattox complete the east.
Moreover Florence Seeley and
company go through the PAGES
IN q musical pantomime, KAT
Knaps, as the stage feature.
and YOU can get as much real
action out Of the recent Tunney.
Dempsey fight pictures shown
rs the yahoos did out of the S5s
seats Tex Richard sold them.
Rok Romrnell's Rialto OrcbeH.
ira goes over and 50 does the
news reel. M. A. Nc.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
THE SEASONS ACE
BOOKS INTO
STRAND

The strand has the banner
show OF the young season this
week. Sailing through under the
title OF the Tar and Tarter
Revue" It brings the fans ! bin
Of rapid comedy and plenty OF
bright music. TO TOP things OF.
the screen offers soma good
attractions while the Manville
players excel with their naueio.
Dixie Mason and Joe MeIin0
are the stars Of the show. Miss
Mason sings and dances ana
does both with feeling and
expression. Melino comes across
with some silent hnInor that kent
his audience yesterday 81 q gale
Of laughter. Patricia Kelly has
good voice and the real Jazz
instinct, Flo CufIay and Leona
Reed sing. dance and lead the
members Of q beauty chorus
Through the steps Of several nov.
city creations. Edward Griffith.
Charles Smith and T0nny Curley
are others down with GOOD bits.
The comedy this week appeals
because Of It's legitimate ciiarao-
ter. The music Il catchy ana
well delivered The producers
have brought along sons pretty
costumes, and novel scenic eifects.
to lend color 10 the bill.
On the screen Rex, tbs won
der horse. stars IN Wild
Beauty. Here's tale 81 love
and Tomanee III the golden DAYS
0f the West. Packed with thrills.
Il also affords another
chance to display almost llunan
Intelligence. Short humorous
reels ana al Interesting new
release brings the performance Us
4 close.
Heres show that should keen
Eddie, the box Office demon. very
busy this week s..
Dent LAY the paper down until yos
1Ase read about Nhn'a ygho. a. nnx1
q last pare. Hou Will find heir lee
ApWERYtarmenF
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
Plenty Jack

q Quarter Of a million dolIara
worth Of Spanish antiques were
used on the settings 81 .sT,he
Road to. Romance, the Metre.
Goldwyn-M Mayer picture now NAV.
ing At Loew's Palace, with Ran,.s,,
Novarro in the stellar role. some.
Of the properties used On fhe
lavish settings are the personal
property Of the star but most a.
them were imported from Merten
and Cuba for this film.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26

work on adaptation and continuity
Of THE Barker" Kenyon Nichol-
sons stage play. which VIII be an
other F'itzmaurics special and
future vehicle for Milton stills.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26

born Ii the decorating business
as bis forbears followed this voca.
ton and he has three brothers
50 engaged at the present time
The Ernest Holober Company
was established six years ago I'll
its present location, 500 b Street
Northwest The are interior dec
orators, cabinet makers, upholstercrs
and makers of fine uraperies and
slip covers. Mr.. Holober takes
great pride in his artistic accom-.
pIishments. endeavoring to make
his charges as reasonable as Il
consistent with high quality work.
Tnanship. He says that his bust
ness success is tie result Of plain
hard work.
Mr.. Holober Is d member Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. Petworth
Citizens Association ana odd Eel.
lows. He Is married and father
to 3 fotlr-year-old son.
For further information regard.
ing Ernest HOlOber Company com
suit the who's Wh0a Directory
on next to the last page Of tollay's
Times and Hefnld
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
WHO'S
Who
~ FRED IAMsON
introducing
ERNEST HOL ODER
Of Ernest HOlober Comnanv
Oh nj HoIobsr COmpany

Erne i / EKol0bor
81 Ernest Hole
be- Comp any
wssbcrn ia Lon
don, England. In
1897, receiving
his early educas
ton In the
schools of Lon
don. He came
to America ct
the age Of 81
and continued
with HIS educar
tion Iii New YORK
city. II . has
lived III Wash.
ingtOn q bout
fifteen years.
Mr.. HoIober
y -
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
"Blue Danuhe''.

Paul Sloane, director under coY.
tract to Cecil B. DeMille. not onlv
is to direct THE Blue DANUBE ],
starring Leatrice JOY. but Il
writing his own continuity.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
Don t Cheat Yourself
Out of This One

The technique OF an unheraded directing genius has brought
to Washington another drama of the that will
place with the best productions that have been
here But, may forecast it will not be the last cinema
attempt of Josef Sernberg to reach these parts
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
A Small Yarn On
Lonesome Escapes

Not ghost towns deserted mining communities in the
desert Milton SiI Pictures
making Valley the Giants" in Northern California
basfo score off bena
The Washington times., 1927-09-26

INSIST On the delivery az your
Times Or Herald every day. IL
you do not get your Herald By Z
3, M, The Times by B b. m. al
The Sunday Herald BY 3 i. m.
call Main $3.50. Delivery Is guar.
auteed and your COPY viii Sc
sent you immediately from the
Times Company Office BY special
messenger.
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
Premiere Tonight

Madge
Kennedy,
who, with
Sidney
Blackrner,
opens the
Nationals
regular
season
tonight in
q new
play,
Spring
board"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
CONTEST
OF STATE FAIR
GROWS POPULAR

PHOENIX, Sept. 25.-Arizona gram
mar pupils today we're Scurring about
securing data for the Arizona state
fairs big essay contest which is Of
fering $50 in prizes for the best
letters on ''Why Everyone Should At
tend the State Fair" Secretary J. P.
Dillon added that many requests for
additional copies of the rules OF the
contest have been received.
Early indications point to the state
fair commission receiving manuscripts
from every county in the state. It
was emphasized that the contest is
statewide and that three prominent
men will act as judges. The plans
for the contest have been approved
by the superintendent of public in
Struction.
Three prizes will be awarded, $25,
SIS and $40, and the few rules to be
observed are that the essay must be
limited to $50 words, must be written
on one side of the paper only, either
in ink or on the typewriter and the
essay must be the result of the
youngsters own efforts. The con-
test closes October % and all manu-
script must be mailed TO the fair
commission offices at Phoenix.
Any phase of the state fair activi-
ties can be covered in the essay, it
was said. Secretary Dillon stressed
the educational value of the many
exhibits and attractions, the enter
tainment value of the big amusement
program, the reasonable cost and the
many benefits to be derived from the
state fair.
This years state fair, which opens
November z, will feature IA exhibition
buildings loaded with Arizona prod
ucts, the big Joy zone, a dozen cir
Gus acts, the aerial circus and the
big livestock, parade on Friday of fair
week.
Sports at this years state fair will
include daily harness races, football
games and auto races.
Secretary Dillon urged all gram
mar school students to get busy on
the essay and make a try for the
three prizes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25

While every persons has different
interests and all will not be attracted
by the same exhibits at the fair this
week there will be one exhibit which
should be of great interest to a
majority of the people. That exhibit
is to be made up of relics and
antiques, anything which has an in
teresting history attached to it and
ANYTHING which is unusual.
This exhibit is being conducted on
carefully formed plans this year in
order that the exhibitors may be
assured that their priced possessions
will be properly handled and cared
for. A number of show cases with
good locks on them have been pro-
cured and set up to hold this exhibit
and the articles will be arranged in
the cases and securely locked up SO
that the visitors will not be able
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25

liant work for a man or a woman or
for a young man or a young woman
to turn out, but when the marks on
the exhibit show that it was pro-
duced by little children then it be-
comes wonderful and an appreciation
dawns ON the spectator, of the school
system and what it accompliSheS.
Penmanship is one subject which
taken alone has made greater strides
in the past 20 years than any one
subject Twenty, even 10 years ago
in the schools of this country, chill
dren were merely taught to write.
BY this we mean that the teacher,
by varied means, caused the child to
master the intricate art of making a
pencil or pen form letters or figures
upon piece of paper. That was the
end of it. The student might hold
the pen any way he wished. He
might sit any way he felt the most
comfortable, and while the teachers
admoniShed him to make his work
look neat there was no scientific set
system for accomplishing that result
Now all is changed. The child is
taught a certain and correct way in
which to hold a pen or pencil. He
is taught to write, not with his fin
gers, but with his arm, ano he is
taught to sit erect with his feet
planted Squarely on the floor while
he writes. The child is not given
letter to write but is given a form or
practice lesson which consists of
ovals and lines and when he has
mastered the arm movement and the
setting down of the oval this same
oval is carefully diverged from until
it has served the purpose Of starting
the child unconsciously toward MAX
ing each letter in the alphabet as
nearly lA,rfect as possible. All this
is made plain to the visitor at the
educational exhibit at the county fair
and it is an interesting study not
only in writing but in the science of
teaching writing. u
There are hundred and one other
things to be seen in this exhibit and
al equally interesting and full of
value.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25

the country practically without a
seed corn surplus from which to
draw. Late planting last spring, plus
a cool, wet season, has delayed the
general corn crop to such an extent
that frosts, following their usual
course, undoubtedly will ruin vast
quantities of corn intended for seed"
Consequently, Kyle advises, no
time should be lost in arranging for
1928 seed. Every section is expected
to have some fields in which part
of the corn will mature. 1t is sug-
gested that plans be made as early
as POSSIBLE in every neighborhood to
obtain seed corn from these warm
spots" where, due to soil conditions
or atmospheric protection, frost dam
age will be circumvented.
Observers believe, however, that
thousands of farmers will be COM
Continued on Page Eightl
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
Chevrolet Service
Man Makes Trip to
Canada and the East

j. r. Baker, service foreman, for
the Simon Chevrolet company, has
returned from an automobile trip to
Canada with Mrs. Baker and their
daughter, Bessie They left Douglas
August and covered distance of
1920 miles, leaving here in new
Chevrolet coach. Their only car
trouble on the round trip consisted
of three punctures. On the return
trip, Mr.. Baker visited the Flint,
Mich, factory of the Chevrolet Motor
company to study the methods Of
manufacture of the Chevrolet engine.
George Simon Of the Simon Chew
rolet company, has received letter
from r. H. Grant, general sales man
ager of the Chevrolet Motor COM
pany, complimenting him upon the
sale of a large percentage of the
cars in the Chevrolet price class in
Douglas. Simon was awarded the
honor medal of the Chevrolet Motor
company for exceeding his sales
quota.