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Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES ). MONTAGUE
FOUL WARFARE

(Ladybugs are now used to fight
pestiterous Insects.
I can't defend the insect pest
Who labors through the long night
hours
And does his most efficient best
To mutilate my fruit and flowers,
Destruction on his ranks wreak,
I try with lethal drugs to blight
him
1 spray his nests, in short I seek
BY every honest means to fight
him.
But bugs are bugs, and men are men,
Each is as brother unto brother
And / would feel villain when
sicked one bug upon another.
Far better let my apples fall
A victim to assasSinators
Than enter any plot at all
In which I had to deal with
traitors.
To do their fellow creatures evil,
Who help us human beings get
The slug, the aphid and the weevil?
Must they not have a scoundrels
mind
To undertake the occupation
Of making their own insect kind
The object of humiliation?
My fruit may rot, for all care,
I'll feed it to the hogs and cattle
But I'll be scrupulously fair
When once I enter into battle.
Drugs sometimes put these pests to
rout
And savagely shall I employ them,
But never shall the bugs cry out
That I let the other bugs destroy
them!
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
Menus for the Family
BY SISTER MARY

BREAKFAST-Stewed prunes
with orange sections, . cereal,
cream, creamed eggs on graham
toast, oven toast, milk, coffee.
LUNCHEON - Stuffed onions.
rye mullins, endive with bacon.
dressing, lemon sponge. milk, tea.
DINNER-Planked corned beef,
stuffed green peppers. beet and
lima bean salad, pumpkin pie.
milk, coffee.
Very often the housewife is
put to it, to find new ways to
serve the same vegetables day
after day. Stuffed onions are diff
aferent and sure to be popular.
Stuffed Onions
Four good sized onions, 25 cup
bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons onion
stock, 4 tablespoons grated cheese,
2 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon
-four, p cup milk, II teaspoon
salt, paprika,
Peel onions and cook in boiling
water until tender enough to re-
move centers. Sprinkle with salt
and steam while preparing stuff
ing. Chop enough onion centers
to make tablespoOnfuls. Add
bread crumbs and 2 tablespoon
fuls Of water in which onions werc
cooked. Mix well and fill cavities
of the onions. Arrange in a but
tered baking dish and sprinkle
with cheese. Melt butter in a
smooth pan. stir in -four and salt
and slowly add milk, stirring con-
stantly. Bring to the boiling point
and pour around onions in baking
dish. Sprinkle with paprika and
bake 20 minutes in hot oven.
Serve from baking dish.
copyright, 1927, NEA Service. Inch
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

j. B. Speed and R. w. Byrns
took over the management of the
Orpfeum theatre yesterday from
M. D. Betz, and will turn the
house into a home for legitimate
attractions and not moving
picture place.
The first test of the city water
plant near the G. & A. Smelter
will be made this afternoon, all
machinery having been installed
and the pumps geared for opera
tion
j. Thomas Paxton of London,
one of the stockholders of Lot
-Four tract in Sonora, passed
through Douglas yesterday en-
route to the property.
Mrs, C. B. Bell accompanied
her daughter, Florence, to Brown
wood, Texas, yesterday where she
will spend the winter, Miss Flor
ence finishing her college year.
Mrs. Martha Davis arrived from
Boston yesterday to visit her
niece, Mrs. Ben Rice.
Miss Goldie Blumenthal, stenog-
rapher in the office of Judge
Herford in Tucson, is ill at her
home in Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
ABE MARTIN

ashes either mean as hi, or
havin' sOmethin' sent home on APP
prevail" Lon Moon testified t'day, in
his suit fer separate maintenance.
Heads or tails, tn fur dealer alIus
wins.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
RACE SUICIDE BANE OF
HIGHWAY, SAYS BONES !

It's quite possible to commit race
suicide" according to Sam Bones, re-
tired Southern Pacific conductor and
safety sage, who remarks that race
suicide is what happens when sport
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

President Coolidge got new pair
of glasses. Probably to read the sug-
gestions of those who are willing to
advise the administration what to do
with that four billion surplus.
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.)
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

A young woman played the saxo-
phone for 10 hours, setting record.
The very man to send to Mexico to
keep the peace!
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

Women follow the decree of fashion
even though the heavens fall, accord
ing to newspaper headline. Aye,
and if the skirts go up!
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
CARDINAL SINS OF AMERICANS
(Bisbee Daily Review


of in a
and in the nation whole the University
improvse foresight It takes
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

Perhaps one reason why more poll
ticians don't throw their hats into
+ the ring is that they like to talk
through them.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

All man needs these days to be
able to make living at selling gaso-
line is little target practice.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

Dora never will make a bridge
player. She hates to return a dia-
mond.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

Sometimes girls diary turns out
to be a scrap book.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
roo CONSERVATIVES

Mr.. Edison has given a list of
three thousand occupations which are
unsatisfactory. We wish he'd name
one that is.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

Tom: What are you putting your
thumb in the corn likker for?
Jerry: If the nail comes off I'm
not going to drink it.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
LACK OF TRAINING

LACK OF TRAINING
If Mr.. Dempsey had only been a
politician he would have demanded
recount and carried his contention
into the courts.
copyright, 1927. Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
PROSPEROUS STATE

There can't be much unemployment
in Indiana, with so many grand
juries working full time.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
Plucked From the Plains

Teacher: Tell me, Eddie, who made
the first cotton gin?
Eddie: Heavens, are they making
it from that, too?
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

The professor says, the best way
to get ahead is to use the one you
got. We would add, "save system
atically."
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
Changed Places

Changed Places
The respondent was being examined
in lunacy proceedings.
who was our first PRESIDENT"
washington"
Correct. Who was our second
PRESIDENT"
John Adams
Correct"
Then there was a pause.
"Hes doing WELL" whispered a
friend of the lawyer. why don't
you keep on?"
I amt sure who was the third
president myself"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20
Cold Now


Colurnnist Hennessey says that on
the way across the Atlantic, Gov
Silzer, of New Jersey, passing the
ship bearing Jimmie Walker, New
York's nightmare, to England, sent
a radio to the latter, reading: I'm
drinking your health"
j. w. wired back: my health
is wonderful; have another" King
Alcohol hobs up everywhere in the
triumpha1 procession of the Walker
party. The cable states that Mayor
Walker was particularly interested
in the tombstone over grave near
the Westminster cathedral entrance,
reading:
I'm memory Of Thomas Thetcher, a
grenadier in the ninth regiment of
Hants who contracted a violent fever
by drinking small beer on hot day
and died, aged 26, May 2, 1764"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-20

Mrs. Martha Davis arrived from
Boston yesterday to visit her
niece, Mrs. Ben Rice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
By WILLIAM BRADY. VI. u.

footholi in neglected toEsil INFECTIONS
n most instances, So that ''infzl1-
matoEy VheuTaa tisEa'' should be con-
sidsred a sequel OF toRsilsitis or sore
throat. To some minds this circuu-
stance az once. suggests that the
weather or cold or dsmpnsss NAV
have something tn io with IL after ali.
il sore throat and tonSilitis Lead 20 iii
aau1matary rheumatism but that is
another matter aud we must have ere
thing az a time.
Siglre the very oT&Ell and Sizri1-
cance of the word -'!heunl" has ccn's
tn have 4 misleading and confusing
effect. We 0USkl "a drop the word. as
applying 10 Joint iiSea -. and zdocz =
modern term instead. "Rheum~ msaus
catarrh. flow; certainly an absurd
noiion Tor an intelligent person to at
sAch 10 Joint disease TODAY. Arfhritis
means msrsiS sotinS Inflammation.
without reference 10 the nature or
cause 81 the trouble: Why not asSoat
The term arshritiSin in mace Il tue
Obsolete and misleading Thsaela-
tt>pi ; Ar,hriiisIa Is rot \ new word.
IAActcES have used il Tor sslanv wears
In express the very thought the lay
man lrseS 10 convey when Re usss
the tsT0 rheumatism lust Sniur in
itiniuiaison tCoal UndPSsgnatsSi or IN
KNOWN cause, .AsthrisiSas = as easy
10 spell and pronounce as .'rheuE;1s.
'iS'0 y, and easier - understand.
am sure IL viii Convey al the ,,,ssr.
ins thai Ire uASossSs teyas can canxsv.
Tor TIE best interest az tina s.atfsgt-
u M!ls u@S convey some 90 the IDEAS
Iaas The chi woEi carried.
'ConsrsSal issTA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
Call II Arthritism.

This is all about what you call
rheumatism. At least il is all I know
about IL. And without blasting AT all
/ can say quite sincerely that | know
Just as much about rheumatism as
any other doctor knows about il, and
that is nothing at all to speak OF.
Let us he perfectly frank. an the
interest of your health. and pat ali
our cards face UP or the table. /
maintain there Is no such disease or
condition as rheumatism. that no
such ILLNESS or trouble is ever caused
by iampnsSs. exposure or the weather
am by no means alone in this view.
for plenty OF perfectly good phys.-
clans agree with he. though nos for
publication. However, the ma fority If
present medical authorities seem 10
disagree with ME about ihjs-I say
they seem Ia do So. IT Is very difficult
10 pm doctor down 10 definite ideas
IN reference 10 "rheuma iism." but the
inference one may draw from the
views aE our present medical author
tiles Is that they still believe tina, cold.
dampness. exposure and the like NAV
he factor of rheumatism
'inttaRatorT Ihsumatism." IL YOU
prefer that name To rheumatic fever
or acute multiple infectious arshitis,
certainly happens often enoush, but
no medical authority to-day questions
The nature ar cause 81 this natufl,l
aud dangerous disease. E.vsrvl~N}v
now knows that il Is as purely an in.
fccucn as IS erySipelaS w tSnhoId
fever, usually a sirep,tccCCuS tnfe&,.
lion, and the stEepioct<cus gains first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
Today in
Washington History

December ~. 1874. -- Washington
Parish ot the Protestant Episcopal
Church was created by act Of the Gen
orul Assembly Of Maryland today.
December 20. iSsl.~~Tha average
price ol public lots sold by tho District
Commissioners III this city during the
last 30 wears has been $3.50 per hot,
according TO a report OF the Com
missioner Of Public buildings con'
tanned IN a House document OF to-day )
date. While the population of the city
in steadily increasing. the settled nor'
tions are small xunes III tho vast AREA
within tho city limits. But tho citizens
and Congress- are madc optimistic
with regard 10 the future value of real
estate in the Capital city by the
knoWlcdsc that The Whole country il
growing nj u truly rcmarkahla rate
Tho seat of Government IL houpd,
they hetioVe. To Keep pace VITA tho
country III this respect,
\ committee ot congress recently
reported upon the expenditures In We
storing the public buildings after the
British invasion at iStt, aud found
that already over a million dollars has
hren spent. THAT Amount ~ nearly
equal 10 the total expenditures prior
Ia lNi4 The vnnmittce said that thi$
money "ran only he considered. for
the most part. rs an advance made at
tho Treasury, which viii he retn.
b,lrsed hS sales of tho public property
~ tho CITY of Washtngton. The
committee has no doubt that there Wit
hc sufficient moneN tpr the erection ot
all tha necessary public hutldsnea
tram this source. There are son,e per,
sous who do not take suvh an op
ttm,stlc view, SAYING that the lots are
valued too high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26

Al the conclusion of his performance
at least two girls declared that il was
they who had invited him TO the
party. Later one was candid cnoug h
IN admit that he was invited as a
pinch hitter" because her regular
fellow WAS unable tn attend Several
other girl dated him up" the Young
mer voted him a life membership in
their affections. and the party dis.
banded. Nav we add as a final touch,
that We. ourselves. invited the young
genus to attend the party.
Christmas gifts are not ali wrapped
~ with ribbons about them. For ex-
ample. Western man arrived in
washington Saturday with his wife
and three children.
The money the trip will cost before
ne returns home at the end of the
week would have purchased new car
Tor the family. a fur coat for the frau
or complete wardrobe far the young.
sters. Instead. he decided upon a trim
TO the National Capital as his Christ
mas present to the family.
IL was suggested by we'll meaning
TREND OF the family that perhaps they
would have appreciated a more perma
nent gift. The wise father RESPONDED,
May ] ask You what is more per.
maneni than the memory Of places we
VISIT When ] was small boy my
parents took me 10 Yellowstone Park.
Every moment of that experience is
AZ vivid today as IL was the dav we
arrived home. These youngsters Of
mine will take back with them some.
thing that will remain with them for.
eyer
No automobile lasts as long az
memory. I'D you ever stop To think
Of that? What have YOU in your
household that remains as new and
ifesh as sour memory? ! think. in
The future. shall present my family
~Hh new scenes each Christmas,
lust consider what store If wonder,
tai Things my boys will have by the
time they are old enough 10 strike out
for Themselves
All Of which, in our humble opinion,
Vas sound reason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
DorohyDix e !; !: Il: ii: {
Pdupers-
With
Millionaire
Tastes.
Don't Be Cruel Enough to Let Your Family
Spend Your Income and Leave Them
Nothing But Expensive Tastes.

ONE
noneymaker and Nihy TO his wife
They spend money as rev on % They h@s nne shsa ]
the anything
g. @ S fos"s a,ss., He
thrown world without a dollar.
discussing the friends Isn't terrible about the
family, hing
And that Mr. the He housh
denied them anyns they wans and when he let Them spend every
he nsde and live IN style he, his means ~ ~ , ,
father he had devil who his flesh and blood
have taken no better of carrying cut his purpose
I1oR
to hopes eHpeca
%Is Smnsh' tn, tIsF of an ey lana ,n" into s Tor
aad ." V
And this is The a fate tia, the o@@nGn, pecass his
destitute At his aera""s % S
live rren aud mean them lie cunntcs In Them tastes and habits that
people "S0 MORE s ue m E n with b e pss an regrets S
ihan those Wao
continually
:f home % s % i'~ a i a S @ %@ ,1 ssss
beautiful
ovs THE s , s 2 s % ] y f fS" sf an" e"s s
loosshoTes"ens at
can S S" '' Ss" .% as WITH an" inexpensive things one
' '"aat ,s % " no "s 'Gs* ss;s a"' sG
T. have w%" have know ""' the
Of silk
have been abb" self and then
he land
That adds tntliohf"id to tho hai'ttdls d
hrAlNF the man VII" let" his family live l~yonh his VII"
none. S' nj %'$ " an" s s" % s a Of '"v a1
ia ruela
malice could In vi
feel he AN
IL there
occurs 10 them that they could live
Then the crash an" tho pathetic
To us
"sldfred ha>et the
through
t,mnio aud
no hte
VIII whom
leave uhan
same q
aaNe fnr
-
how "a trh aud hun
henh onth httur
iLnnAah lnnl1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
is shown in the gratitude of the re-

is shown in the gratitude of the re-
Ceiver as well.
You may remember the girl who in
nocently caough said she wished Santa
Clause would bring her a bag. When
she opened her presents he had not
disappointed her. There were big bags
and little bags and middlesize bags.
Bags of silk. velvet and cretonneS.
She was literally swamped with them.
and sat down amid her spOils utterly
at loss to know how to thank her
many friends who had so generously
responded To her wish. At last an in
spiratlon seized her. She rushed to
her desk and to each and every one
she wrote: Thank you SO much for
your bag. You sent me Just what |
wanted" Her tact bridged over an
awkward situation.
When We write or personally thank
our friends for their th0uShtful re-
membranes. We could not do better
than take leaf from her book. or
shall | say from her note? Whether
We really like the things we got III not
of one thing we may be assured, No
Gift has been sent without a trailing
wish accompanying it that the article
will please us and fit in with our
our tastes anu Out NPSlIeS.
1t is the loving Christmas spirit that
prompts the donor that is of impor
lance. This should he put on equal
footing with the gift itself. When we
do recognize this equation, we shall
not find difficulty in COUGHING our
gratitude automatically.
In the matter Of writing notes of
thanks. they should he sent promptly
1t is well 10 remember there is y spon
taneity IF eSatitude that comes with
the first flush Of receiving presents. If
we write notes before this glow is dim.
med by time. they are sure to reflect
our feelings. We may and pr0ba hlv
VIII like the things Just as we'll some
time hence as at that moment, but
ne cannot seem to enthuSe over them.
Our pen lags when we come to write.
ana II we are not very careful our
words sound Stilted. II takes no
lonEer--in fact it actually takes less
tlme-to write immediately than TO
wait. When gratitude has to he
coupled with regret at our own failure
to write sooner. the letter is more or
less failure. None of us likes tardv
notes OF thanks. SO why not send ours
promptly. especially since it takes the
least time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
Whitefoot's Christmas Present.
Christmas Joy and Christmas cheer
Ought to last the whole long year.
farmer Browns Boy.

1t was Christmas morning. Farmer
Browns Boy had been sent out TO
make sure that all his little feathered
and furred neiRhbors should hIye a
happy Christmas day. so far as he
could give it to them. He had even
been away down to the Did Briar-
patch to leave Christmas dirrer' for
Peter Rabbit and Mrs. Peter. He had
been over to the Green Forest to scat
ter buckwheat for Mrs. Grouse and
Mr.. Grouse. He had taken pains to
see that Bob White and his family
had al that thew could eat. Suet and
sunfiower seeds and nuts had. been
put out for Tommy Tit the Chjckadee,
Yank Yank the Nuthatth, Sammy
Jay Chatterer the Red Squirrel and
Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel And
as he had put all these goodies he
had wished them all Merry Christ
mas.
He had just got back TO the house
when. happening to look over toward
the Green Forest. he saw Black Pussy
coming home and holding her bead in
a way which meant that she had
something in her mouth. So Farmer
Browns BOY waited to see what Black
Pussy was bringing. Straight to MIN
she came and held up poor little
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse. as If she
we're very proud of having cal ,ht
him. Whitefoot was hanging Imply.
Poor little Whitefoot" exclained
Farmer Browns Boy. STOPPING quickly
and taking Whitefoot from Black
| Pussy before she realized what he was
about. Poor little Whitefoot, And
to think that such thing cou,1 hap
, pen on Christmas day
IL
| Black Pussy had slipped out of sight.
| And then, as Farmer Browns Boy
| stood locking down at little Whitefoot
! he saw one eye open and then quickly
| close. Then he knew that Whitefoot
had not hee' killed.
| You little rascal he exclaimed.
and then Looked Whitefoot over very
carefully. No. sir. you haven't been
! hurt said he. Il do hai.cve that
You're entirely all right. Id tske you
! back 70 the Green Forest, but / don't
know where YOU live over sheie. and
| | haven't the time now. anyway. So
| am just going TO make YOU A Christ
mas present Of home right .lut here
| in the Old Orchard. Yes, sir, that =
what I'm going 10 do"
! So Farmer Browns Boy nut White
foot in a little wire cage and put him
| where Black Pussy couldn. reach
| him II she should come in the barn
/ while he was gone. Then he vent in
! the house and got handful Of cotton
! waste ar1 some seeds which he had
| for the birds To these he added some
| broken nutmeats and little corn. In
| the shed he got a wTenhouse which
he had recently built. In this he put
| the Gotten waste. Then he went out
TO the Old Orchard and fastened the
little wrenhou - TO an old apple tree
growing close to the old stone wall.
The bushes grew on both side Of that
| OIL wall. as you know. Striped Chip
munk lived not far from there. IT
really was Just the sort OF place that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Tuesday, December ~.

Conflicting planetary influences rule
tomorrow. according to astrology.
which finds the dominant aspects
fortunate.
The morning is read as particularly
favorable to workers, who will benefit
from the generosity of employers.
Again the aspects influencing co.
operation in the world of business are
strong and labor will profit, it is fore.
told
There is sign inclining toward
pomp and pageantry. The day Is
lucky for rarades or mass demonstra-
tons
Military men come under n rule
that seems 20 presage activity and
advancement in the United States as
we'll AS elsewhere.
Surgeons. especially those who spc.
ciali2e in brain m3ladics. will gain
prominence and prosperity in The
coming year. It is foretold.
For the aged the Seers counsel adj
iustment To the modern standards of
life. forhidding looking backward or
indulging time-Worn regrets.
then 1925 is to bring to the world
marvellous gifts from science. great
achievements in scholarship and gen.
eral advancement in all the higher
things of life.
Beauty is to he worshipped even
more than in the past, but spiritual
lovelireSs will he desired more than
physical attractions.
Womca are to see in the new year
broader opportunity to aid the world
by adherinG To their natural fields of
endnavor the SeerS forctell.
Changes in dress which give men
tho chance to indulge love of color.
are proCnoStiCated.
Persons whose birth date it is have
q year that brings surprises and ex.
element. il is forecast.
children horn on that day bly,
will have powerful personalities and
well balanced brains. The subjects of
this sign succeed on their own init,
ative and not as employees.
fCnuvrrubf InN~