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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

resort will cater to weekend parties
and vacationers. They expect q large
number of tourists to visit the camp
A free camp ground is maintained for
the benefit Of tourists and camping
parties.
The lumber mill has been in opera
ton for several weeks and is producing
o high grade Of lumber. The mill is
located about half mile above the
resort.
Hundreds of hooks forN camping or
picnicking may be found in the canyon
away from the various resorts and
seemingly never before touched by civ
ilization.
The course of the stream furnishes
countless ideal picnic sites, large flat
rocks furnishing the tables and cano-
pies of trees furnishing blanket of
shade.
Violets grow along the stream along
with wild roses and other flowers.
Turkey creek should not be missed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
BUSY AMERICANS HIRE
MODELS FOR PORTRAITS

LONDON (P)--Finding models sirH-
ar in appearance to their sitters is be-
coming regular business with Eng
lish portrait painters. Many Ar7erl-
can visitors to London take the op-
portunity to have their portrait paint
ed by English artists, but are not in
clined to give much time to sittings.
Too much sightseeing which has to
be fitted in. After a couple of sittings
the picture has to be finished from a
model,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

The depot in Douglas, the thing
that the traveller sees first when he
reaches the city, is well located, being
at the end of the central business
district and SO situated that the trav-
eler, in order to reach his hotel, is
driven through the heart of the city.
The depot is well built, well fur
nished and we'll arranged throughout.
The grounds around this building con-
stitute one of the most beautiful parks
in the entire district. This park has
two fine fountains. The ground is
covered with a fine carpet of grass
which is green the year around.
A great variety Of shrubs and trees
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

bears-they walk in and out OF the
Exchange hatless. Those men who do
wear hats wear silk hat
No one has yet dared to wear
Homburg hat. If he did the gay lads
would consider it legitimate humor to
knock it off; or alternately they might
gather round the wearer and sing to
him. or "jump" him. Jumping is
sport which causes a crowd to gather
round and Jump ever nearer to the
victim until he is hemmed in so close
that he has perforce to jump with his
tormentorS.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
Where the Californian and the Golden State stop every
day. The travellers first introduction to Douglas.

has been planted on the grounds and
all are carefully trimmed and cared
for so that the first impression the
traveller gets is of beautifully kept
lawn with evergreens all over it and
running water.
The station platform is broad and
well paved and opens out onto this
lawn at each end of the depot build
ing so that everyone riding into the
city on any train can see the green
cry. The station is well lighted at
night and lights are so arranged that
the park may be seen at any time
Little bordered paths through this
stretch of greenery add to the beauty
OF the scene.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
There Are Elivvers
And FOrds, But They
Are Not Identical

A Los Angeles chamber of
commerce member tells this one
on the Florida man whom he
passed on the highway near
Hereford on the San Pedro
river:
The bridge over the river was
washed out by high waters and
a sign there says, Bridge out;
use ford" The Los Angeles man
followed directions and made
his way to the ford across the
stream.
There he found the Florida
man sitting disconsolately III a
high priced motor on the bank.
Noticing the worried look on
the others face, the Californian
asked him the trouble.
"Well, what am 1 going to
do?" came back the Floridian.
"That sign says, Bridge out;
use ford and I haven't one. I
bought higher priced car"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
SILK TOP HAT REMAINS
SYMBOL OF EXCHANGE

LONDON R)-Other styles change
but the silk top hat remains fore e"
symbol at the London Stock Ex-
change. To appear there in any other
head-dress would be the signal for
hoWlS of deriSion.
Twenty years ago every broker was
bull in top hat. Today the majority
of brokers and members are not even
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
Cow Hides Serve AS
Effective Bars On
Road Cattle Guards

. If you are driving along one
. of Cochise county's roads and
. happen to cross cattle guard
and see q COW hide lying in the
. center Of it, don't become filled
. with pity for the poor animal
. seemingly killed by some speed
. ing motorist.
. For the COW hides are placed
. there for a purpose and are on
. most OF the cattle guards as an
. added safeguard against the
. cattle straying through the
: guard and losing themselves.
. Cattlemen say that the ami
. mails will not attempt to cross
. the cattle guard when they spy
. the COW hide lying in the mid
die Of it.
a, a. q, a. a. a. a. 90 ~ - " y 81 0 81
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
100000 TOURIST RESORT FOR TURKEY CREEK
MRS, AINSWORTH, FORMERLY
OF SEATTLE, NOW ERECTING
HOSTELRY and GUEST HOUSE

Completion Of Magnificent New Resort In Beautiful
Mountain Country Expected by Fall; NineHOe Coll
Course To Be One of Sporties In Country; Swimming
Golf Tennis, Archery and Other Sports Will Make
Place Summer Playground.
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dollar maximum fine on delinquents
in an endeavor to save Washingto'
mans from the consequences of their
own procrastination.
1t takes little imagination to Wis
ualize the wailing and gnashlng OF
teeth among several thousand drivers
when they find that the date for re-
newal. is expired; that they are the
recipients of no sympathy whatever
from either the authorities or the
public. and that weeks or months
will elapse before they will again be
possessors of the small bit or card
board which now appears unim-
portant but which is vital to the con-
tinuation of the privilege of operating
a motor car.
1t is all very we'll to put off every
thing until the last minute, II one
cares to take the chance of being
left. but this is a case in which de-
lay has been penalized and no lem-
encv need be expected. 1t would GER
tainlv seem the better course, under
these circumstances, to get on the
band wagon" pay three dollars Tor
q three-year permit, and order a
couple of tons of coal with the thirty
seven dollars saved in the operation.
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Responsibility VS.. Immunity.

A refreshing example OF courtesy
and responsibility to the United States
and the District of Columbia by sub
iect of a foreign country occurred yes
terday before a coroner's jury When
the driver of an automobile involved
in a fatal accident waived diplomatic
immunity and stood trial on the mer-
it's of the case. Considering what
Washington has had to put up with IN
the way of diplomatic immunity In the
past-collisions, traffic violations ana
the manning and death Of It's citizens
by those who refused to accept re-
sponsibility for their deeds-the gentle
manly action that featured yesterday
proceedings won sympathy for the de-
PENDANT, which, with his straightfor-
ward story of the unfortunate acct
dent. resulted in a speedy exoneration.
And there is probably not a resident or
Washington today who does not re-
ioice that one who could have wrapped
the cloak of immunity around him
took, instead, the other way and was
absolved of blame.
This case might we'll serve as a les
son to diplomats driving automobiles
in this city, as it demonstrates beyond
question that justice will be given to
all who request it. Every man should
accept responsibility for his deeds and
diplomatic immunity should not be
used as a screen to cover offenses
against a municipality. It is hoped
that the pleasing feature of this latest
case of a foreign subject will serve as
an inspiring example to those who are
inclined to be Indifferent to their re-
sponsibilities to the Nation of which
they are guests.
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The Motor License Situation.

Washington motorists who have
bought new automobiles since Janu-
airy l, 1927, face probably the most
ridiculous licensing situation of any
community in the country, inasmuch
as they must purchase 1926 tags in
order TO operate their cars on the
streets of the city. The situation,
however, is saved from unfairness and
injustice by the fact that the licensing
bureau does not require another pur-
chase of tags when the 1927 plates
arrive, but merely issues a duplicate
set free to the motofist.
This condition, unique in the annals
Of American motordom, has come
about through the failure Of Mid
western concern to Ali its contract
for the 1927 licenses. Promises Of the
firm have not been kept as to delivery
date, and the National Capital. with
it's past record of peculiar traffic prob
lens, the most recent being the spec
tacle OF more than 100000 persons
operating cars without drivers per
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mits, has filled another page OF the
ledger Of unusual happenings.

mits, has filled another page or the
ledger of unusual happenings.
While there Is no particular incon-
venience to the local motorist in being
compelled to wait weeks or months
for his 1927 tags if he does not wander
farther afield than the good State of
Maryland, there is no way of telling
what might happen to him if he
should start out on an extended trip,
North or South or West. IT is
comparatively easy to imagine a Vir-
ginia sheriff in some remote section
of the State hating with all the maj
esty of the law an unfortunate Dis
trict motorist who on January Is, 1927,
is driving blithely along on 1925 tags,
or one of the smart State police of
Illinois chugging up to a Washington
driver and asking him if he was aware
that New Year Eve had come and
gone.
In the State of Virginia, however,
the danger of arrest for District mo-
florists with 1926 tags will gradually
decrease as 1927 worries it's way along
the calendar. If the Washingtonian
should. for instance, be driving in Vir-
ginia on 1926 licenses in July of 1927,
he will have nothing to fear from the
authorities of the neighboring State.
BY that time half of the police will
have given up trying to read the 1927
Virginia numbers. and consequently
will ignore all tags, and the other half
will be practically blind from attempt
ing to do their duty and decipher the
green and scarlet numerals and would
not be able to see the 1926 date on
Washington licenses.
So all is well that ends well, and If
the District motorist will stay close
to home nothing very serious will hap
pen to him.
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Renew Your Operators Permit!

Another warning has been issued
by Traffic Director Eldridge to hold
ers of automobile operators permits
numbered between one and fifty
thousand. On February l the grace
date for renewal Of the cards expires
and all persons holding these num-
bers will be subject to fine Of forty
dollars. with the consequent delay in
being again licensed to drive.
Although 1t is the delinauents' own
fault IL they fail to renew their per-
mits there seems to be an unaccount-
able reluctance on the part of Wash
ingtonians to fill out the application
blanks. 1t looks as If a large pro
portion of the motorists of the city
have suddenly become philanthropic;
they seem to have decided to make
the District a present of forty dol
lars apiece, and although the Dis.
crosby, it would much prefer that
the permit issuance progress in an
orderly manner.
Every effort has been made to i'm.
press upon local drivers the neces
sity of prompt renewal The traffic
office has, time and time again
stressed the fact that applications
were coming in too slowly to assure
that local motorists would be com
pletely equipped with permits by July
1 next. These pleas being unsuccess
| full the Commissioners, therefore
ordered the imposition Of forty
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Press Raps Poison Alcohol
Authorized by Government

ateur stills, which in its raw state is
poisonous and which the kitchen op-
orators have neither the time nor the
knowledge to purify. There is not
and has not been any justification for
the charge that the Federal Govern
ment is poisoning the American peo-
pie to enforce the Volstead law"
X * x X
THE uproar over poisoned liquor
now comes every year during the holi-
days" observes the Springfield Repub-
lican. IF the vets would stage it be-
fore instead of after Christmas, they
would save lives" The Altoona Mir
ror adds it's condemnation of the
charges. declaring: "As a matter of
fact, most of the wretched beings
whose earthly lives came to an end
just before or after Christmas were
victims of acute alcoholism" while the
Akron Beacon-Journal sees "a very
simple rule by which the potential
victims of such a system of wholesale
killing may escape the grave or hos
pital-they need only cease being con-
sumers of the lethal potions which
criminal bootleggers market for their
own profit
"Of course, if the Government can
denature alcohol with some compound
not be eliminated by Redistribution, yet
will never cause DEATH" comedies the
Richmond News. Leader, the Treas
ury should do so. But if this is chem
ically not feasible, those who insist on
drinking liquor of unknown origin
must assume their own liability. In
dustry requires alcohol for a thousand
commercial uses. Safety and prohibit
ton require that it be denatured. "
The New Haven Register also believes
that 'if men will drink connections
against which there are warnings as
loud as there are, and have been,
against denatured alcohol, they are
mainly to blame for the results
There is little sympathy deserved
by the fellow who goes out deliber-
ately and purchases whisky or other
liquor that he has every reason to be-
lieve is more or less poisonous, de-
clares the Nashville Banner, to which
the Chattanooga Times replies: IF
the Banner and other drys want all
the vets killed, let them resort to some
other method than poisoning. Make
the taking of a drink, for instance, a
capital offense outright and quit the
business of indirect assassination"
The San Francisco Bulletin also as
serts that "the Government withdraws
from position not eXtTdVaSantIy Oe-
scribed as that of indirectly imposing
capital punishment on a class of liquor
law offenders, and in some cases on
innocent victims of unlawful hospi-
tality.'
The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel in
sists that prohibition must be predi-
Gated upon the theory that the weak
stand in need Of greater protection,
not greater peril In life through the
official administration of poisons in
alcohol"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-11

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
| Than when We soar.--W Wordsworth.
The rapacious male shows his atti-
tude toward life in his very bearing.
The calm strut which such a man
gets into his walk is an interesting
and instructive phenomenon in itself.
Using this sort of a chap as a pivot,
male persons may be divided into two
classes--his class and the others.
He is a grasper.
Now. most men have to do some
grasping for a living, but they do it
with "A difference. The element of
| rapacity. if in their nature. is well
concealed by the conventions of
society.
The rapacious fellow, on the other
hand. IS so Indifferent to convention
that he is utterly unable to conceal
his determination to knock the world
into a cooked hat.
Perhaps the finest example of this
type of man we ever knew is now in
the penitentiary, and we fondly be-
| lieve that it served him right.
From childhood up he was a
strutter.
| He talked louder than his school
mates, profesSed to know &. great deal
more than all the remainder of them
| put together, and was intensely pre-.
cocious in all ways.
Intelligent observers older than he
saw that the chief stumbling block in
| his character-as, indeed, it Is in the
character of all such meN-was his
utter Indifference to others.
Cruelty is another word for 1t.
Is it not cruel in this world, where
death waits for each one of us, to
never have a thought for the other
fellow except how to get something
out Of him?
u X X *
Lest there be misunderstanding as
| to what we mean by a rapacious male.
we go more into detail. We do not
mean simply masculine.
George Washington was true he
man." but he was not rapaCiouS.
1t is impossible to study his life,
or look at his face in portraiture, and
hold the idea that here was q man
| who was always looking out for No. /.
He craved the esteem of his fellow
men, and worked hard to secure 1t, In
the face of misunderstanding, treach-
cry and i'll will of every kind.
His peculiar combination of phys
| ical and mental energy, nerve and
| good fortune made him first in war,
| first in peace and first in the hearts
! of his countrymen."
The rapacious man of whom we
speak always has the physical energy,
but often turns his mental abilities
toward mulcting his fellow men.
And fortune always seems to desert
him in the end
The average ordinary male being in
the United States is a peculiar blend
of rankly masculine virtues with fem
mime traits which make him an alto
gether understandable creature.
When he throws a poker party for
the boys, he wants them to have a
good time, but he is glad that they
can see his house. into the bargain,
and admire his radio, and all that sort
of thing.
The purely rapacious male. on the
other hand, Is planning all the time
how to take their money away from
them.
The tough part of it is, he nearly
! always succeeds In doing it!
X \ X v
rempleton Jones, a keen student of
hnman nature recentlV told us of an
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Raps Arlington County
Smoke, Dumps and Fume'

To the Editor of The Star:
The Star has always been kind and
helpful toward our neighbor, Airing
ton County. We all hoped that the
great Memorial Bridge would awaken
our sleeping neighbor~ to a small part
of the realization of what was more or
less incumbent upon it in co-opera-
tive way at least, however small.
Arlington County is filled with Won
derful home sites, and opportunities
in real estate advancement equal to
those in Florida last year. 1t is on
top of Washington. has freedom from
heavy traffic, and a park drive right
into governmental Washington. And
now we see notices in the press that
Arlington County has just granted a
permit for an abattoir less than a
mile from Highway Bridge and less
than mile from the new Memorial
Bridge.
Washington has helped Arlington
County and boosted 1t, and Is this
their return to us to belch smoke and
fumes back at us from dumps, brick
plants, abattoirs and the like? It is
pathetic. VIM. MCGOWAN.
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o. What is put on the bydranret
plant to make the blossoms blue"
G. s.
A. The color of the flowers Of the
shiny-leaf hydrangeas IS variable AMI
seems to be dependent ON the aclditv
or alkalinity of the soil. An abuu
dance of lime produces pink in the
flowers. while blue is produced by
acid conditions. which may be aug
mented by the use of alum, rusty
iron or iron filings. Too much lime
Will check the growth of the plants
and cause a following. Treatment
for any effect needs to be begun q
year before the result is desired.
Q. How many horses are pur-
chased for the Army in year?-A.
b. NJ.
A. During the fiscal year 1925
3,092 animals were purchased by the
Remount Service for use in the ARM
While the majority of these were
horses. the number also included
some mules and native Chinese ami
mails.
@. How much linen is purchased
in year by the Pullman Cow.
w. G.
A. The Pullman Co., which has
sometimes been termed tine Nation
greatest housekeeper. purchased
from August 1. 1925. to July 81
1926, 875,24S sheets, 976. 1874 pillow
slips, 1.S76,6S1 towels and 1888
blankets.
@. Do chipmunks climb to the top
of trees2-C. s.
A. The Biological Survey says tina
chipmunks do not climb to the top
of trees as do squirrels, but they d.
climb up 10 or Is feet.
When In doubt-GSk H0SktH H.
offers himself as a target for tn
questions of our readers. He agree
to furnish facts for all lrhO GSh
This Is a large contrdct-one that has
neper been filled before 1t acouId b.
possible only in Washington. and ohi"
| to one lrhO has spent q lifetime in 10
eating sources of information. HdSkj'
does not kno1C all the things that PEE
nile ask him. but he knOacs peopi'
lcho do kno1C. Try him. state VG1t
question briefly. ,crite plainly an"
| incIose 2 cents in stamps for r.
| turn postd0e. Address Frederic &"
Haskin, Director. The Erening sta
! Information Bureau, WdshtnDo"
d. c.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. Why do hot-water pipes burst
from freezing so much oftener than
cold-water pipes?-A. r. G.
A. This is not because of a diff
ference of freezing point of the
water, but is probably because the
water in cold-water pipes contains dis.
solved air which separates on freezing
and forms slushy ice; while when
water in a hot-water pipe freezes. 1t
is more apt to become undercooled
and then freeze rather suddenly.
forming compact ice free from bub-
bles, which is more apt to break a
pipe.
@. What is the meaning of the
name, 'Zonta." which is used in con
nection with a woman's club?-
NJ. E. j.
A. The Bureau of American Eth.
nology says that "Zonta" is a Dakota
(Sioux) word meaning Trustworthy.
@. What does the abbreviation
M. f. Fl. stand for?-M. B.
A. 1t stands for Master of Fox
Hounds"
Q. Where was the first library in
the United States?-H. G. S.
A. The earliest library in America
was LIldL presented u lilS I1cnIiCt
| College established by the colonists
of Virginia in 1921. 1t was destroyed
at the time Of the massacre the next
year.
| Q. Can a man pick 500 pounds OF
cotton in one day?-E. H. w.
| A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that 500 pounds OF seed cotton
have been picked in one day by one
man, but the average amount is 8
great deal less than this figure.
Q. When were the Filipinos giver
religious freedom? What religion dc
most of them follow?-E. b. NJ.
| A. Religious freedom was granted
| the inhabitants Of the Philippines un
der the treaty of December 10, 1898
! The majority of the civilized in
habitants are Roman Catholics.
@. Why is it that the United State
Is generally the country that has thu
smallest yield per acre of the world?-
| L. D.
A. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
| Monies says that the reason tn
! United States does not have as larg
a yield per acre as some other coun
! tries is because more acres are farme'
| in the United States with less MAJ
! power.