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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Nevada Leads All in
Per Capita Wealth

New York.-Nevada, with less than
$4,000 inhabitants, had greater
share of wealth in proportion to it's
population than any other state in the
Union, according to computation
made by the National Industrial Con-
ference board on the basis of 1925 es-
Inmates.
Although the total wealth of Nevada
is only $500, 100000, less than that of
any other state, its per capita share
is $1,000.
New York state, harboring one
tenth of the population of the United
States with total wealth of $40,10S,-
100000 or nearly one-eighth of the
total for the nation, ranks fourteenth
in per capita wealth, which for 1925
is estimated at $3,593.
Mining and agricultural states in
the Far West, Northwest and Middle
West show the greatest per capita
wealth, Nevada, Wyoming, South Da
kota, Iowa, Oregon, Nebraska, Cali
fornia and North Dakota ranking
highest in the order given.
The great Industrial states show
the largest total shares in the nation
al wealth, but none of them shows a
per capita figure high enough to be
included within the first eight states.
The per capita wealth of some
states is as follows: Connecticut,
,$3,S42; New Jersey. $3,691; Massa-
chusetts, $3,546; Pennsylvania, $3.50;
Illinois, $3,3s6; Ohio, 1929; West
Virginia, 1921; Indiana, S3,145;
Michigan, $3,031, and Kentucky,
81. 566.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Old Colonial Houses
Built for Permanence

Back in the early days of America,
when the famlly's interests of neces-
sity were almost entirely centered
about the home, the permanence of the
materials In Its construction was the
paramount consideration, and out of
this honest use of good materials came
the early Colonial architectural de-
signs which are today the subject of
deep study by architects because of
their fidelity to classic grace, combined
with q certain freedom Of interpreta-
ton.
One splendid example Of this dlgni
fed spirit of home building Is that Of
Upsala house, Germantown, Pa. The
home, erected in 1893, has been In the
continuous possession of the family
since Its building and stands today
In as sound condition as when 1t was
first constructed.
The builders of Upsala house spared
no pains to make 1t Of permanent con-
struction. Its stone walls are pro.
tected by copper cutters and rain
pipes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Weaving Pioneer Honored

In honor of Alexander Morton, first
to recognize that hand-loom weaving
must give way to the power loom, and
inventor of chenille fabric and the
madras material, memorial Is being
erected on the Kllmarnock main road
between Deavel and Newmiln, Scot
land. Merton died in 1923, and in the
valley near the memorial are 20 fac.
tories, most of which are supervised
by men who were once his foremen.
The memorial contains bronze por-
trait bust of Morton, and two stone
figures, Which will occupy pedestals
at the extreme ends. These figures, a
"boy with sickle" and girl with
shuttle" symbolic agriculture and
weaving. Panels in the wall depict
the old and new weaving machines.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
TAKE A YEAR TO
COOL GLASS DISK
Bureau of Standards Under
takes Big Task.

WashingtOn.-Some time about next
February scientists at the bureau OF
standards here will know whether
they have the largest disk of optical
glass ever cast in the United States.
During ~ war, when European
sources were closed, the bureau began
to make optical glass. Last May these
the casting Of disk of glass 70 inches
in diameter and 1914 inches thick.
This is the largest disk that has ever
been cast in the United States and
one of the largest in the world.
But such a disk is not finished
chen it is cast. Glass conducts heat
very poorly. 1t is very hot when
cast, for then it is in molten condi.
ton. If simply exposed to the air
as soon as 1t begins to harden the
outside would cool much more quick
ly than the interior. In doing so it
would shrink, and the result would
be that the disk would soon be mere
ly pile of small pieces of broken
glass. Even If cooled more slowly
strains might be set up in the disk
that would cause it to crack as soon
as efforts were made to grind 1t into
the dish shape Of q rejecting tele-
scope mirror.
Accordingly, it is necessary to ex-
tend the cooling period over many
months. In making such big disk
it is carefully inclosed in sand and
fire clay, so that 1t takes nearly
year to cool. This is called annealing.
By February, 1928, the 70-inch disk at
the bureau will have cooled sufficient
ly for the scientists to uncover it.
Then they will know whether they
have disk or some pieces Of broken
glass.
Annealing is not always successful
The largest disk that has ever been
cast, from which the 10O-inch mirror
Of the big rejecting telescope at the
Mount Wilson observatory was made,
was completed only after number of
attempts. This was made at St.
Gobain, France, where, before the
war, the principal factory for large
disks was located. Time after time
disks were cast, only to find months
later that they had cracked in an
healing. Even the one finally used
was not perfect, as it was cast in
three layers and when completed
showed two layers Of bubbles, like the
filling in layer cake. So 1t may be
that the American optical glass work
ers will find in a few months that
they have to try again.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Sugar From Dahlia

At last botany has found an esthet-
ic source of sweetness. Sugar-cane
is unconvinclng in appearance, the
sugar-beat unbeievably oafish In Its
coarse white dress, but now the
dahlia, so long grown In our gardens
for it's handsome flowers, comes as a
rival to these sordid sources Of sac
charine. The tubers, which are found
to yield a sugar one and half times
as sweet as beetroot sugar, are more
easily grown than beet. The cost of
production is about the same, but the
great advantage of dahia sugar is
that, unlike beet, 1t can be taken by
people suffering from diabetes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
MolLv Pitcher Honored

To Molly Pitcher goes the honor of
being the first woman to have an
American highway named for her. In
Pennsylvania, the highway which ex-
tends through Carlisle, Shippensburg
and Greencastle will be known as the
Molly Pitcher highway. Molly Pitcher,
SO the story goes, took her husbands
place when he was killed In the act Of
firing cannon In the battle of Mon
mouth in 1878. She vowed revenge
for his death and proved n fearless
soldier. Later she was made ser,
geant and commended by George Wash
ington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
600 Cups of Coffee a
Year for Each Swede

Stockholm.-Si hundred cups of
coffee year person is the average
consumption in Sweden, according to
John j. Thadeu, managing director of
the Brazilian coffee exporting firm of
]. Aron 4 Co., Inc, of Santos, who
visited Stockholm recently.
Thadeu also states that in no other
country in the world is the discrim-
ination in the taste Of coffee as high
as in Sweden. Coffee merchants in
Brazil are particularly careful with
the inspection of coffee destined for
consumption in Sweden.
The secretary of the Swedish gov
eminent social bureau in Stockholm,
Hugo Heyman, admits that coffee
plays as significant a role on the
Swedish trade balance as grain, COM
prising 20 per cent of the whole i'm
port Of food, liquors and tobacco.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
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Humorous u
P01ggaAzQ
ORDER

Mr.. Wampus was sitting quietly In
the pharmacy, attending the lyceum.
There arrived his little girl with this
message:
"Mother says for you to come home
this minute"
"And what II don't come home this
minute?"
"She says she will come after you
with sash-weight."
He went.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Right at Home

Police Chlef-Well, did you work
the third degree on that guy, as l told
you?
Detective-Sure we did; we bully
ragged, and crlsscrossed, and torment.
ed and badgered him every way we
could think of.
"Well-and what did he have to
say?"
"He just sort of dozed off and nut.
tered: 'S'l right, Maria; Sail right.
Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
u. S. Rule Settles
Who Heads Family

Washington.-The question IL
to who Is the head of a family
finally has been settled by the
internal revenue bureaus In
come tax regulations.
Regardless Of who thinks the!
are boss Of the household, thu
bureau says the head of a fam
lily is ian individual who actual
iy supports and maintains in or,
household one or more individ
uals who are closely connecte'
with him by blood relationship
relationship by marriage or b,
adoption and whose right to ex
ercise family control and pro
vide for these dependent individ
uals is based upon some mora
or legal Obligation
The bureau found 1t necessar
to make such ruling, as numel
Gus many-headed families ha'
been recorded on income tax r.
turns.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Priceless Old Coins

Three two thousand-year-old Roman
coins, worth nothing at face value but
priceless as relics. have been presented
to the Toledo Museum of Art by
Thomas Winezop. The coins were
found by Winezop, hidden in crucifix
brought to this country from his moth
er's home in Switzerland seven years
ago. Winezop said the crucifix in
which the relics were found had been
In his mothers possession about 60
years. He did not know the history
of the image before those years.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Ray Times Horse Races

An automatic wireless tImekeeper
for horse races has been tried out
with success at track at Cape Town,
South Africa, recently. 1t is worked
by an invisible ray from lamp In
the judges box focusing on point
of light one-fifth of an inch In diane.
ter on seenium cell fixed In the
winning post. Anything crossing the
invisible ray, extinguishes the point
of light, and the clock ceases.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Birds Warn Fellows
Against Deadly Wires

London.-British birds have set up
their own police force to protect feath-
cred tribes against deadly high-power
wires.
Electrical engineers find bird casual.
ties are growing fewer all the time and
credited 1t to the caution with which
birds now approach all wires. In some
places engineers even maintain they
have seen bird guards warning their
associates against dangerous lines.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Octopus in Ohio

Port Clinton, Ohio.-The skin of an
octopus, deep-sea creature, has been
found in Mud Creek river near here
by steam shovel excavating for Il
new bridge. "Old salts" of this port
are trying to solve the mystery Of the
creatures presence in an inland
stream.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Tweed Hat Chic

Small tweed hats to wear with mo
toring or sports clothes are as smart
as the ever-present felt and bit
more individual, because they can be
made to order to match tweed coat
or ensemble. They are often stitched
on the crowns In the manner OF the
soft felts
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Plea for Historic Building

An appeal has been made to Yale
alumni for aid In obtaining tenant
for Plasyn-Yale, or Yale hall, In Yale
valley, near Wrexham, Wales. Yale
hall belonged to the family of Eihu
Yale, founder of Yale university. The
present tenant, disabled war veteran,
suggests that Yale men might use the
estate as vacation camp.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
His Theory

"Why is it you never admit that
you have been wrong"
Because" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, "in politics, as in everything
else, there Is no use Of making a bad
matter worse" Washington Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Precoution

american methods are becoming
standardized" remarked the econo-
mist.
'They are" answered Miss Cayenne.
"Even the floral decorations OF we'd
dings and funerals are beginning to
look all alike."-Washingto Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Her Threat

Madge-Well II cant have him. no
other girl is going to have him!
Cora Gracious Are you going to
shoe him2
Madge-No. I'm going to spend his
money.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Skyscraper Back

A new winter coat CT smooth rust
nile fabric has its back cut in Sec
lions which form pyramided yoke
effect in skyscraper design. Its front
flares.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Scandal in Bugville

June bug married an angle worm;
An accident cut her in two;
They charged the bug with bigamy,
Now what could the poor thing do
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Losing Out

II got mighty good steak in your
restaurant yesterday"
II know It,"
"Eh?"
81 had put that away for myself"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

The ceremonies dedicating that
monument In Austria to the man who
invented the penny post card will no
doubt be featured by many improper
addresses.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Kent Clock MoUing

When broken pin caused the faith
full clock In st Paul's cathedral, Lon
don, to stop men acted as the works
Recognizing the fact that thousands
depended on the clock for time. officials
of the church placed behind the face
Of the timekeeper men who turned the
hands every minute during the day
time and until repairs were completed
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Not Much Change

"What will the modern girl be
decade hence?" inquiries worried
contemporary.
ooh, just about a couple of years
older, other."-Boston Transcript.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Skirts an Inch Longer

In the smartest evening frocks de-
signed in Paris and New York, the
skirt shows an increase Of an inch
in length. Frequently still longer
effect is given by the unevenness Of
the hemline.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
It. All sDepsnds

Dora-1 always keep men at arms
length.
Flora-Don't you ever let them get
farther away than that?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Saves Fuel

A crude oil engine invented by O.
q. Grayson, an Australian engineer,
is said to operate at fraction of the
fuel consumption of an ordinary en-
CINE. 1t operates on the plan of a
constant pressure combustion cycle"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Smdrty!

Blk Crying to remember) Lets
see! Isn't there a saying that begins
"If the shoe pinches-?"
Dix-Sure! IF the shoe pinches It
Is on woman's foot"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Chunpedl

Murray-Before they were married
she used to rave about his magnetic
personality.
Jeanne-And now she says the only
thing he can attract Is bill collectors
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
SAME REASON

Reggie don't know why I'm un-
der the weather 50, Miss Sharpe.
Miss Sharpe-For the same reason
tliat you never come In out of the
rain, Mr.. Sapp.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

Honey seems almost to repel flies
when compared with the way q bull
market attracts suckers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

A "columnist" was once supposed to
be funny. Now he makes trouble by
taking himself too seriously.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Tue Velyeteen

The yonNg girl of fifteen or so will
revel in g." possession of sports
coat Of sapphire blue velvet.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Poor Judgment

Bride My family thinks you're aw
fully sour
Groom You should have introduced
me before you showed me that hotel
bill.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

When the modern high school girl
dons the bib of her childhood it's like
ly to be mistaken for an apron.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
Ask Dad

His sister called him willie"
His mother called him will"
But when he went to college,
To Dad twas Bill, Bill, Bill.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

1t is hard for the average politician
to understand man who is not
hypocrite.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

Many loud and gaudy pair of
spats covers an honest pair Of cotton
socks.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

Fortunately, there's nothing afro
cious about gasoline war except the
quality of the gasoline.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

tenn SO prevalent these days Is in even
greater favor rs family medicine
than in your grandmother's day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

Love conquers all things; let US
yield to lOve.-Vfrgil.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
To Cure a Cold in one Day

O lure a COlQ IN one DQy
Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tab
let's. The Safe and Proven Remedy.
Look for signature of Il. w. Grove on
the box. 30c.-AdV.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
I GUARDSMEN
F0R POINT

The 121st Engineers, District Ma
tlonal Guard today set a new record
for the National Guard and the
Regular Army, when seven of ITS
members were designated for en-
trance to the United States Military
Academy at West Point on July 1.
Only one of the seven was APP
pointed from the District, however,
the others having been appointed
from the States where they lived be-
fore coming here.
The District appointee was Pri-
vate Robert Breck Parkman, Com
pany f, 10 years old. He was born
in Washington and has attended the
local public schools. His APPOINT
ment was made by the National
Guard.
One of the men, William F. Cas-
sidy. Is years old, private in Com.
pany F, was appointed by President
Coolidge. He is native Of North
Other appointees are Richard
Steinbach, 18 years old, of Norris
town, Pa, appointed by Representa-
tive James J. Connolly; Truehart
Gould, 1918 N st. N W., appointed
by Representative Frank L. Bow
man, of West Virginia; Donald r.
Patterson, 3107 N st. N. W., APP
pointed by the District Commission
ers; Charles r. Duff, 1918 N st.
N. W., appointed by the State of
Kentucky, and Leo Gather, Norfolk,
Va, appointed by Senator Carter
Glass. of Virginia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
PLAYGROUNDS
STUDIED

Proposals for new Fairgrounds in
thickly populated sections of Wash
ington are to be brought before the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission at its four-day session,
beginning tomorrow.
one Of the most striking of these
plans calls for the constructions of q
playground in Piney Branch valley.
west of Sixteenth Street, on the site
Of an old quarry and near springs,
which will furnish water for wading
pools.
This plan is advanced because 1t
q recognized that the purchase of
privately owned land in the Mount
Pleasant district will be slow and
expensive process, and in the end
land acquired under existing condi-
lions probably will not be adequate
to give playground accommodations
to more than q fraction Of the chill
dren who will ask for them.
The purchase of several tracts for
park purposes in other sections of
the city will be brought before the
commission, as win also the recon-
mendation OF the Fine Arts Commits
sion that the problem of replacing
trees on the streets and avenues OF
the city be given intensive study in
connection with the expansion of the
street widening development now
going on.
An appropriation of upwards of
100000 annually may be asked of
Congress for tree planting, with the
creation of national arboretum on
Mount Hamilton in the northeast
section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
German Embassy Moves
To Manchester, Mass.

Ambassador Nathan, of Germany.
departed by motor today for Man
chester, Mass, where the embassy
will be established for the summer
season. Early in July he will sail
for Germany to join Baroness Malt
zen, who sailed last week, for an
extended visit with the Ambassa-
doris aged father in Koenigsberg.
DR.. o. C. Kiep, counselor of EN-.
bassy, who will be charge d'affaires
in the Ambassadors absence, pre-
ceded him to Manchester. Others
of the staff will go there this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
Gonzaga High School
To Award Scholarships

Gonzaga High School will award
four scholarships paying tuition for
the four-year course to winners of
a competitive examination to be
held Saturday morning. Graduates
of grammar schools, both public
and parochial, are eligible for the
examination. Each scholarship is
worth $400.
Registration for the examination
should be made with the project of
studies at Gonzaga College before
Saturday. The examinations will be
In English, history, arithmetic.
civics, and geography.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
Col. Dillon, of Radio
Commission. Is Sick

Col. John F. Dillon, member of
the Federal Radio Commission, is
seriously i'll at his home in Wash
tngton. e
His condition is such that he may
be taken to California to permit him
to recuperate, and it is said today
that he may be relieved of his duties
on the commission. Colonel Dillon
formerly was Federal radio super
visor in San Francisco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
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Putting
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The Bank

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