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who had in view the establishing of d
suburban colony. have selected tract
OF rolling land on the Tenleytown road
adjoining the property of Gen. Drum,
Just across the District line in Mont
gomery County. owned by JOHN f..
Beall. esq. and DR.. Ralph Walsh. The
tract is part of the so-called Somerset
Heights and consists of fifty acres
sloping to the south. The company
will begin operations by providing the
property with a good system of sewer.
age. bountiful supply of water and
electric lights from the Georgetown
and Tenleytown Electric Railroad Go.
During the coming summer ana
Autumn active steps viii be taken III
preparing the property for building
Mr. Beall. through whom the prop
erty was purchased, will build broad
avenue from the pike along the border
Of the property. plant shade trees and
lay sidewalk, The initiatory steps
IN house building have been taken hS
~. u e. 50 men. Dr. II. w. Willie,
Or. G. A. Grampton Mr. IA. II, IA
Horton. Mr.. Miles Fuller and others
The lots are to contain not less than
one acre. with Il vieg TO issau slng The
building OF Il cluster OF Villas forming
a suburb fashioned after the very
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Wv WITHIN the Zoo entrance from
n Adams Mill road, near Cal
N vert street, the most-used
drive leads down TO Rock
Creek, and q road TO the
right circles a succeed house whcn
is the directors office. My memory Is
that this was a gray stone house, put
have found that some old citizens 40
not remember much and that what
they do remember is wrong. The hin
on which the directors office stands,
grown around by tall oaks, falls steep
TO Rock Greek Valley, and from this
hill is a wide view.
The place was called Jackson hin,
AND the people who lived in the gray
house for 40 years before the institu-
ton of the Zoo were DR.. Henry Holt
and his wife, Susan Jane Holt. DIR.
Holt bought the land in 1S46 from
Robert s. Wharton of Washington
County. who bought 1t in 1914 from
sohn Little, who bought II in that year
al a sale OF the estate of David Peter,
who inherited the land from Robert
Peter Of Georgetown. / believe David
was the son of Robert
d. Hollis deed. October is, 1913,
tells that for consideration Of 81
Robert S Wharton sells TO him l3
acres and % Derches Of land. conveyed
TO Robert S. Wharton by John Mar
bury OF Georgetown. The area OF the
land was said TO be clear Of the coun-
t. road leading from Georgetown TO
Rock Creek Church" The inference
is that the road crossed or partly
bounded the land.
The deed of John Narbury 10 Rob
ert :. Wharton tells. 'At u sale OF
the real estate Of the heirs and dev.
Il d.
by John Marbury by virtue OF certain
deeds of trust from said heirs. one
John Little became the highest bidder
and purchaser OF a tract Of twenty
four and a half acres. being part of a
larger tract called Mount Pleasant
and the said John Little hath since
sold portion of said tract. hereinafter
described to Robert $. Wharton and
hath requested the said John Marbury
TO convey the same 10 Robert :.
Wharton" Part of the description OF
the land is that ii begins at a
bounded stone which is also the be-
ginning Of q tract called Plain Deal
ing The deed TO Wharton is signed
by John Marbury and John Little.
The deed of this property TO the
United States. May /. 1890, was signed
by Charles d. Holt, Henry r. Holt
anu N~AAdAAEH ~ UAiAANHl u AOAGE. &At >.
Susan Jane Holt died February -,
1890. "a years old. The death Of DIR,
Holt is not entered ia District records.
The Rambler gave you a letter from
Allan Hoffar last Sunday, Mfr. Hoffar
writing that he visited Jackson Hill
in 1885 and that Mrs. Holt, widow
was living there. A decree of the Su.
preme Court of the District was made,
May s. 1873. on petition OF Susan
Jane Holt and her husband. Henry
Holt, appointing Charles A. James
trustee in place OF James Holt under
deed of trust made by Susan Jane
and Henry Holt February II. 1859.
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amber Finds Additional Records of Land Now Incudedn Zo

a subdivision Of tract of 50 acres
owned by Maj. George A. ARMS. II
lies on the Tenleytown road just south
Of Grant road and will be known az
Armsleigh Heights
The Star May Il, 1880:
sEnlarging the Corcoran Building
The first large Office building erected
N this city was the Corcoran build
ing. It was built in the year 1876,
and as an evidence that it has not yet
outllved it's usefulness the trustees
Of the Corcoran estate have de-
tormined to increase its capacity, ac-
cording TO the plans prepared BY MIR.
James G. Hill, the architect. The
rather high roof will be removed and
the brick walls built up so as 10 form
new or sixth story. The roof over
the main portion Of the building will
not be touched; that portion over the
three fronts will be removed. The
new roof will be fiat and the building
will be finished with a straight cor
nice"
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Red, Blue and Green.

IT is not a mere figure OF speech
TO speak of the iron in mans
blood. That is partly. if not wholly
responsible for the color OF human
blood and perhaps in some inexplica-
BILE way is the source. or a source, of
the superiority that the mammalia
possess over lower forms of life. An
eminent authority in matters biologi-
cal, whose studies in the coloring mat
ter of blood have brought much fresh
information to light, has made some
interesting observations in this rela-
ton.
Blood is not necessarily red. One
cannot tell why il should not have
been green. Indeed, among higher
animals there are occasional speci-
mems that tend in that direction. The
authority mentioned has seen, for in
stance. rat with brown blood. The
cuttlefish has blue blood, OF blood that
Is sometimes blue. Just as human
blood changes its color each time st
traverses the lungs, so that of the
cuttlefish changes each time ii Is
driven through the creatures gills.
Our blood is purple when it reaches
our lungs, and when il leaves them.
Cuttlefish blood Is colorless whsn 1t
masses to the gills, blue when II leaves
them. Again, there Is starfish IN
the blood OF which you can see colcrs
OF the most diverse type.-brown, pur-
pie. green, lemon yellow and indigo
blue. The brown becomes green when
it loses ii oxygen.
These eolors. owing TO their power
of carrying oxygen. enable an animal
TO grow large. Insects have no color
in their blood and they remain small.
The nollusks singled out a blue pig
ment Tor their use, a color dependent
on the copper that il contained. These
creatures reached their highest de-
velopmeut IN the massive. bat almost
mindless, cuttlefish. The higher ami.
mais (vertabratesl chose iron-contafn.
ing colors and have become the higher
types OF creation.
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grandson's mother was an r. +. v.
But the boy was miserable. He want
ed Beulah without any other compli.
cations.
so the youngster, who had a
cousin named Paul, / recall, arranged
for Paul to lie in ambush somewhere
outside of Washington, p. Clown
on the Virginia side--and shoot the
wife when the husband drove her
past certain spot on country road.
The young husband drove his wife
out there according to schedule. He
stopped the car got out and began
to putter around one Of the back
wheels, waiting for Paul TO shoot his
wife in the front seat. But Paul had
had cold feet and gone back home.
$50 that young devil took out a
pistol and shot HIS own wife. And
with one arm around the dying
woman. steering with the other hand,
all stained with his wife's blood, he
drove her back into Washington. He
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anime our lots, eat lunch and hear the
music.
The Star. May 10. 1890:
/ zone of the notable events of the
| week in the real estate market was
! the sale of the property in Farragut
I Square, owned by Secretary Tracy.
/ The fire-blackened walls of the house
| are still standing. but owing to the
iecondition Of the ruins, the present
/ building will be removed and an en-
! tirely new structure erected on the
site by the purchaser, Capt. Tyler. In
/ the sale, the property was regarded as
| vacant ground. and on that basis the
/ price paid was nearly 81 per square
| foot, which is considered TO be a good
price for residence property Old.
/ timers remember the tragic fire in the
Tracy house.
| The Star. May 10. 1890;
/ MFR. c. Heurich is about 10 erect
/ large building at the southeast corner
| OF Eighth and f streets northwest.
| The old building was known as Cos
mopolitan Hall and also portion OF
| the adjoining building, which was
! formerly known as Abner's. The new
| building will contain a large hall.
| That became Concogdia Hall. Some OF
| YOU remember the long mahogany bar,
! the brass rail for a foot rest, the mil
rors behind the bar, the shining bot
| ties. the spiggots. the tables in the
! large hall and the walters with trays
/ Of glasses containing a frothing fluid,
| the name of which / have forgot.
The Star May 10. 1890:
"Plans are being prepared by Mr..
, Harvey l.. Page TO. the clubhouse
which the United Service Club pro
poses to erect at the southeast cor
/ ner OF Connecticut avenue and
+, street. IT will be built of brick and
| stone. and will be a handsome adj
/ diton TO the many fine specimens of
architecture which already adorn that
| locality" That was what we call now
the old Army and Navy Club build
| ing"
! The Star May 10. 1890:
! 1.-THE work on two large subdivisions
| OF land ON the Tenleytown road -
now in progress. Streets are being
! laid out in the Kengla property and
good deal of grading is being done.
A syndicate now controls the property.
Oak View. the former homo
OF former President Cleveland, is also
being sabdivided. The streets Will be
, a continuation OF those in Cleveland
| Heights. which adioins it on the east.
| Mr., Newlands, one OF the owners. viii
occupy the residence. which will be in
| the center OF one OF the squares In
| the now subdivision and win have
about an acre at ground about Il. On
the opposite side Of the fenleytewn
road there Is a tract or land Of II
acres lying between the subdivisions
of Tunlaw and faigview Heights, II
Il the property OF Mr.. John w Thomp
son. aud Mr.. Herman *. Niele. the
atvil engineer. Ia now engaged In max
] ln2 fna surveys Tor a subdivision. Mfr,
Niele has also BEGUN the surveys for
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his father wouldn't hear Of such q
marriage. Ia had picked out girI
for his sons wife who was unques
tionabIy recognized as an +. +, v.
and he threatened TO cut off the son
without a penny, without an allow
ance even. il the boy would NOT marry
the girl the old man had picked.
"Beulah told the boy to go ahead and
marry her. 1T doesn't need TO make
any difference with us, she had said.
So the boy married. and presently a
son was born to him and his wife. The
grandmother was happy because she
had the money she wanted. The
grandfather was happy because his
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asked me If could lend him $50. /
told him ! simply didn't have $50 that
could lend him. But, ! said, as one
reporter TO another. here's S., old
man, and just you take it and forget
it, if it win help you any. lie took
it and thanked me
THAT very night he brought back
to the hotel the chief Of detectives in
Richmond, who, he explained was
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told a story Of bandits. They took
bloodhounds TO the spot. The blood
hounds wouldn't trail Suspicious
were aroused. Presently the young
husband was arrested
Il went to Richmond. Va. put up
all the old jefferson Hotel. Presently
/ was told a man wanted to see me in
the lobby I went down. lie was a
down.and-out newspaper reporter. He
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to be one of the greatest murder
cases Of the time.
i X X
GGhIY THIRD beat? That was The
4sA Prisoner of Love We got a
meager wire in New York one day
chat said that up in Monticello there
was a woman who had kept herself
voluntarily a prisoner in a house for
the love Of man, and at last had
gone voluntarily to jail.
"Of course, / took the first train
for Monticello. / went straight to the
Jail where the wire said the woman
was
II told the jailer who I was and
whom wanted to see. He scowled at
me. You can't see that woman If you
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DR.. Henry Holt was living in the
Spring of 1873, and died before the
Installation Of the District govern
ment's death registry. in 1874. What
relation Charles y. Holt and Henry
r, Holt were to the old owners Of
Jackson Hill is not shown by any
record the Rambler has seen.
Henry Holt and Susan Jane Holt
gave a trust deed February IL. 1859,
to James Holt TO secure Edwin {. Nor
gan, who became surety for $4,000
guardianship bond made by Mrs. Holt
August 6, 1853. That guardianship
bond is among the records of the Or
phans' Court of the District. | quote
for you what follows
know all men by these presents
that we, Susan J. Holt. Henry Holt,
Edwin c. Morgan and Michael Thomp.
son are he'd and firmly bound
in the sum of $4,000 in and
for the whole Jointly. The condition
of the above obligation is such that II
the above bounden Susan j Holt,
guardian to Andrew st. George Jack
son. orphan Of Andrew NJ. &. jackson
OF the United States Navy. deceased,
shall faithfully account with the Or
phans' Court Of Washington County
az directed by law for the management
OF the property and estate Of the or
phan under her care and shall deliver
up the said property agreeably TO the
order of said court and shall in all
respects perform the duty Of guardian
10 tho said Andrew st. George Jack
son. then the above obligation shall
cease.
NEED I call TO your notice a prob
y able connection between the place
name. jackson Hill. the former Eoit
home in the zoo. and Andrew N. G
Jackson. u. $. Navy, whose orphan
Mrs. holt became guardian OF in 1853
That was Eve years after Henry Itoll
bought the land from Robert ). Whar
ton The Jackson family may have
lived in the gray house, later the lloli
house. and now the directors office. OF
the family may have lived nearby in d
house which has disappeared. dc
not find the name Andrew NJ c. Jack
son" in Hamersly's list of Navy
officers.
The Rambler looked at several deeds
to land within the Zoo. Joshua Peirce
Klingle and Georgianna NJ, his wife
sold. July 20. $780, six and eighteen
hundredths acres for s9.2TS, part Of {
tract called Linnean Hin. The land
lay on Rock Greek, south of klinglt
road. On the day of the deed William
A. Gordon and Osceola G. Green re
leased the land from four deeds o.
trust from Joshua PIERCE klingle
dated. respectively. November /, 1868
November 80, 1876: February |, 1873
and March so, 1889. Part OF the Kiln
gle tract north OF klingle Ford road
became part of Rock Greek Park, anG
the kllngle house, built by Joshua
Peirce. son OF Isaac PIERCE, the miller
and his wife. Betsy Cloud Peirce
stands on the hill on the right side
(west) OF the creek between the Kllngle
and Peirce Mil roSds. Much Of The
land between the creek and Connect
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sore He had worked out this case,
had all the low-down on it. and then
they had taken him off the case and
put some dude detective on the case
before he could make his report.
After the S. you gave me, Miss
Dix that Richmond reporter said. II
wanted to do something for you. Win
this help?'
would it help? III say it helped.
That resentful Richmond detective
gave me the whole story, and | had
my second clean beat on what proved
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Fs-f continues the. absorbing story Or
par9fAN Die, foRtsd as me foremost
S4aAds reporter Of her dav. tcAo in a
ee4isS 6f Interviews tcith Mei0s o. Frost
" going 0reF Interesting paomeafs in ere
"a. crime stories for American newspapers
Gid TIE tArfjifH9 experiences that lgere a
fea7 Of JAer journalistic career
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"AND, OH! THE STORY
T Fl A T CAME QUIT
DOROTHY DIX INTER
VIEWING A PRISONER
THROUGH A CELL DOOR.
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Americas tKnoWom ReernTdh How "GddeC@
fte uneJ T
Triangle Hnr-St Pace for lose Court %%
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Y v WITHIN the Zoo entrance from
I n Adams Mill road, near Cal
NN vert street, the most-used
drive leads down TO Rock
1-......l- ..naA n the
, 1927-10-26

The perfect square meal. contain
ing the proper balance of vitamins,
according to British dieticians, in
cludes cold chicken and egg sauce,
new potatoes, salad. corn, -four
mold. fruit salad with cream, whole
wheat bread. butter, and lemanade.
, 1927-10-26
OREGON BASIN DEVELOPMENT

The year 1927 has witnessed a wonderful development in
the Oregon Basin oil fields. Although the first drilling opera
TONS were started in this field about eighteen years ago, little
or N actual development had been done until the Ohio Oil COM
pany tapped a producer during the first few months of this year.
When we mention the development of Oregon Basin we are not
abiding to the bringing in of oil wells.
With but one oil well at the present time capable of pro-
duction, but capped, Oregon Basin is in a high state of develop
ment- The year 1927 has witnessed the building of a 14-mie
standard pipe line from the field to the railhead at Cody. Three
large 8O,O00-barrel tanks have been constructed, two at the rail-
road and one in the Basin, and now arc ready for use. One
OF the most modern pumping plants in use in any oil field has
been installed in the Basin, and is now ready for use. A water
system, Is miles of water line, all below frost, has been layed
from one end of the field to the other, capable of furnishing
water for both domestic and drilling purposes. In addition to
these above named improvements, Oregon Basin is now supplied
with electric current for all lighting and power uses. Gas also
has been piped to all parts of the field from the Ohio's gas well,
and well graded roads through and across the Basin makes un-
developed areas most accessible.
Summing it all up, Oregon Basin, before production, s. what.
the average oil field is after years of operation. Companies o-
Grating here will have from the outset all those things to work
with which in most fields it has taken years to obtain. This
state of affairs is drawing much comment from oil operators,
and most strikingy marks the confidence of those interested, in
the future of the Oregon Basin field.
AT the present time there are nine established camps in the
field, and some twenty oil rigs in operation, or about to start
work.
, 1927-10-26
AN EERIE NIGHT

This sophisticated and materialstic world no longer believes
IN ghosts, good fairies, witches and magic charms, but this has
not detracted at all. from the traditional observance of Halow-
eenn, the eve of All Saints Day and the night on which the
shadowy denizens of the Spirit world return to earthly haunts.
So this 1927 evening when night draws her curtain across
the world the unbelieveing worldlings will suppant the real
ghosts, black cats and broomstick witches with a make-believe
eerie realm of cut paper, noise makers and pumpkin faces. Hal
loween parties, street carnivals with masks, costumes and con-
fett, and prank-paying have universal permission to monopohze
the spotlight. And as the witching hour of twelve draws near
there will be some unfaithful ones glancing covertly back at their
shifting shadows and jumping at every squeak of the chamber
stairway. After all, Halloween wouldn't be half so much fun
if there was no superstition attached to it and the fact that it
AS now all superstition of suggestion does not make it any less
effective for the purpose of AllhaDow night.
In its merrymaking let not the community forget the double
significance of this night. Primarily this will be an observance
of ALI Saints eve, but it is also a harvest celebration. The
frosty pumpkin, the rustling corn shock and the bobbing apple
play an important part in this nocturnal celebration and INSOFAR
ably link Halloween with the harvest time.
A wit has pointed out that the good saints have shown rare
wisdom by making their annual pilgrimage back to earth in the
heart of the harvest season.
, 1927-10-26
Nthinkd b0uflf'
CODY LAWYER, TOO
wyoming Eagle)

(Wyoming Eagle)
Indications are that a large group
of friends will again attempt to pre-
vail upon Paul reever, Cody Attor-
ney, to try for the Democratic nom
nation for congressman. Hereto
fore, similar efforts have been made
without avail, but it is now con-
tended by some that it might be
possible to pursuade this well known
Park county leader to consent to
make the race.
General belief has 1t that it will
not be difficult for the Democrats to
nominate a strong man for this po-
sition this year. 1t is pointed out
that If Congressman Winter deserts
his post as congressman to make
the run for the senate that the Re-
publican candidate, whoever he may
be. will be a new and green man, so
far as national politics are concerned
and that this will be only the sec
ond time a situation so encouraging
has presented itself to the Demo-
Gratis in Wyoming for a quarter of
a century. The one other occasion
when Mr.. Mondell left the
field open to new timber in 1922
by taking a long shot at the senate
, 1927-10-26
NOTICE

Having closed my business in
Cody I have made the following ar
engagements for the collection of
some outstanding accounts:
Those owing me for service of
the Jack standing at the Keystone
barn this past eason will make
settlement to p. e. Markham.
Those owing for the service of
the Stud also standing at the Key
stone this e a will make settlement
to F. F. MCGEE at the First Ma
tional bank.
/ will appreciate a prompt settle
ment of these accounts as they be-
come due.
10-19-1I-Sc w. S. WIDDOUS..
, 1927-10-26

I, falls in love the woman usually rises to the
, 1927-10-26
Bsre and cbers

In the four minutes required to
play Rubenstein's s'Staccato Etude.
a Chicago pianist found that he had
exerted a force of $4,000 pounds
on the keyboard.
1t requires from twelve to fifteen
gallons of water at one time to
quench the thirst of an elephant.
To obtain two ounces of poison
used in the curing of snake bites,
two hundred diamond back rattle
snakes are killed.
The fairy humming bird of Cuba,
WI and one-fourth inches long. is
the smallest bird in the world.
There are fourteen pairs of twins.
ten girls and eighteen boys, among
the nine hundred pupils in one
school in Dundee, Scotland.
There are on an average. a hun
dred tornadoes every year in the
United States, In which $50 people |
q AAC 6A4 Aoht = 4OAioAd I
lost in damage to property.
The government of Brittany has
established an agricultural school
for the farm girls of France, in
which the girls are taught garden
ing, ~dairying, the a of poultry
and pigs and the care of a dormi-
tory and a dining room.
Scientists have discovered sixty
six kinds of birds which eat the
cotton boil weavil.
Billy Sunday has turned down
offers amounting. to 100000 from
vaudeville and motion picture con-
Germs, he announced recently at
Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
The worlds largest one-piece
table is thought to be used for
community dinners at Glen Gray
land, Washington. Having been
made from a section of a spruce
log which fioated in the harbor.
this table has a diameter of more
than eleven feet, and will easily
seat thirty-flve persons.
Because of the demand for their
hides few alligators live a natural
lifetime.
Nichols Pike brought the English
sparrow to American e1850sto rid
the trees OF the devastating cater
pillars which were very numerous
at that time.
The perfect square meal, contain
ing the proper balance of vitamins,
according to British dieticians, in
cludes cold chicken and egg sauce,
new potatoes, salad. corn, -four
mold. fruit salad with cream, whole
wheat bread. butter, and lemanade.
God made the country, but the
car In front makes o eat it.
II there were only four autos
twenty-five years ago where did the
taxi companies get theirs?