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Evening star., 1927-04-05

at the present time there are no re-
strictons governing the importing Of
canaries from Germany to this couu-
try other than refusing to permit dis
eased birds to enter. The duty Is APP
proximately so cents a bird.
Q. How many people are killed by
hghtning each year?-R. ]. McB.
A The Bureau Of the Census SAYS
that during the year 1924 there were
3S4 deaths from lightning reported
in this country, and in 1925 there
were 442.
O. At what temperature viii plate
glass begin to melt?-R. G.
A. Plate glass softens at about $50
degrees &.
ships have?-C. B.
A. Large ships. such as the lie.
viathan, are quadruple screw steam
ers having four propellers. A few OF
the larger ships have three propellers
The smaller ships are single screw
ships with only one propeller.
@. When did Louise Homer make
her debut. g.
A. Nine. Homer made her debut At
Covent Garden. London, in 1899 as
Amneris. She plans TO return to the
Metropolitan for a series of perform
ances next season.
O. How many letters are handled
daily by the Post Office Department.
f. f.
A. During every hour Of each day
over a million and a half letters are
mailed. which means about 36.000.00
between one sunset and the next, in
addition to parcels and other pieces OF
mail.
@. How was horsepower deter
mined?-C. H.
A. Horsepower originated in the
eighteenth century when the mechani-
cal force of expanding steam in en-
gines was replacing the muscular force
of horses in hosting and pumping in
British mines. BY the experiments OF
Boulton ard Watt using dray horses,
it was determined that a horse could
lift $50 pounds at a rate Of 100 feet
per minute.
Q. When was the first Beefsteak
| Club formed?-T. X. b.
A. One founded in the reign Of
| Queen Anne early in the eighteenth
century is believed TO have been
the hrSt. 1t was composed OF the
"chief wits and great men of the
| nation and had for its badge a
| gridiron.
our Washington Information BIZ
reGW does not take UGcGtion. 1t
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| gear, dnSt0erirg questions for our
! readers It's special service Is to
dnstrer any question of fact on dnD
| subject for any redder at any time.
| It is impossible TO make complete
| enumeration Of subjects giUin0 an
| adequate idea Of the scope and range
! in 1Uhich the bureau can SerUe you.
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Evening star., 1927-04-05
LoWden Is Willing.

The LoWden boom for President is
definitely launched. Organization Of
his preconvention campaign is to be.
Sin at once in eleven Western agricul-
tural States. his Iowa supporters an
nounce. 4 committee which called
npon former Gov. Lowden declares
that the program has his fun ac-
Quiescence.
Mr.. Lowdens expressed willingness
that his friends shall undertake 70
sound out sentiment for him and build
up an organization is tantamount to
g declaration Of his candidacy. The
ice, apparently, has at last been
broken. A Republican is a candidate
for the presidential nomination next
year without waiting to hear the de.
Cision of President Coolidge whether
he is TO be a candidate to succeed
himself. VIII other Republican as.
pirants follow the lead of Mr.. I.owden
and cast their hats into the ring?
The progress Of the boom for Low
den will be followed with the keenest
interest. 1t symbolizes the dissatis-
faction of the Western farmer over
the failure of the McNary- -Haugen
farm relief bill. Various estimates
have been made Of the strength of
this opposition to the administration
and President Coolidge. The move for
Lowden gives it a rallying point. 1t
should develop before long how deep
seated the anti-Coolidge sentiment in
the West really is; whether it goes to
the grass roots or is merely on the
surface.
The determination to open the cam
paign for Lowden for President is an
nounced almost Immediately follow
Ing a report that Chairman William
NJ. Butler of the Republican national
committee is to travel through the
West to put in good working order
the Republican organization for the
campaign of 1928 Almost it seems
that the McNary- -Haugenites are seek
ing to beat Mr.. Butler to it." They
probably feel that if the opposition
TO the President growing out Of his
veto Of the farm relief bill is TO be
capitalized, a move to that end must
be made without further delay.
',Lowden for President" has
familiar sound. Seven years ago Mr..
Lowden was a prominent candidate
for the Republican nomination. Odd
ly, he was the cherished candidate of
many of the conservatives of the East,
who picked him to head off the pro-
gressiye Hiram Johnson of California
An unfortunate expenditure for Gov.
Lowden of $38,00O in the Lowden pre-
convention campaign in Missouri lost
him the nomination.
The entry of Gov. Lowden into the
field doubtless will cheer the Demo.
Gratis, who have been looking anxious
ly for rift in the Republican ranks.
Yet the Lowden movement, if it fails
to produce real results, will have the
effect in the end Of making President
Coolidge more surely the choice Of the
Republican party at its next national
convention.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Spring there is large waste Of tim
ber by fire. and hamlets. scattered
houses and barns. bridges and fencing
are destroyed. Besides loss of timber
there is loss of stored crops. There is
always loss of game and suffering
by birds and animals that live in
woods. With the dwindling of our
woods and the increasing value of
trees in money and sentiment. it is
pleasant to note that Spring has adj.
vanced so far without the customary
damage. But there should not be let
up in caution. Square miles of dry
brush cover the forest floor, and
careless tramp or hunter, or brush
burning farmer may start a disas-
trous fire
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Chicago's Militant Election.

Today the people of Chicago are ex-
ercising the inalienable right of Amer
ican citizenship. They are voting for
a mayor and other municipal officers.
1t is in theory the most joyous day
of the year, for it is that on which the
members of a democracy can demon
strate their capacity to rule them
selves through their chosen admins
traitors. But they are taking this joy
very seriously, and it has it's thrills.
not of an exalted emotion, but of des-
by police. Machine guns are stationed
at strategic points. A call for State
troops has been drafted and merely
awaits signature in case of need. Yes
terday on the eve of election a gang
leader was killed after he had been ar
rested and had started an argument
with the police This morning bombs
were thrown at political headquar-
ters.
Wherefore this state of war? Why
should the exercise of the franchise
be attended with such martial demon
strations? Tt is not because the rank
and file of the Chicago citizens are un-
duly militant. Most Of them would be
delighted to be able to go to the polls
in peace and deposit their ballots. But
a few Of them are intensely political
minded. They are partisans to the
last degree. They are veritable fanat-
les. Not on issues, however. For
there are no issues of monient in the
campaign. There is a fight between
the two parties. Republican and Demo
cratic, and certain elements are in.
tensely concerned, respectively, to OBJ
tain possession of the municipal ma.
chinery and to gain it for themselves
Chicago has won an unenviable
reputation during the last few years
as a city of disorder and crime. Gang
men have def1ed the laws and, quar-.
reling over the spoils of their illegal
enterprises, have fallen upon one an
other. This condition is deeply de-
plored by probably ninety-five per cent
of the population. If all the people
should go to the polls and cast votes
according to their sincere judg-
ment, and the votes We're counted and
the officials whom they elected were
to discharge their duties conscientious
ly and faithfully, this state of things
would probably be ended. But a very
large percentage of them fail to vote.
The others, as a rule, vote according
to partisan dictation and suggestion,
and it appears to matter but little
which side wins as far as the enforce
ment of the law and the suppression
of crime are concerned.
The country at large hopes and
prays that the day may pass in Chi
cago without disaster. There is, how
ever, little confidence. Even if the
election should be relatively quiet the
political outcome is not calculated to
reassure Americans in general that
the second largest city in the country
is on the way to reformation. For this
is battle of machines, not of prin-
ciples, and machine rule in American
cities is far more apt to be aimed at
personal advantage than at the good
Of the community.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
World Marvels at Stature
OF Beethoven i'm Jazz Age

pay only by perpetual reverence of
the master who produced them
Illustrative Of the quality of Bee
thoven's spirit, the Columbia Mis-
sourian tells that story: Beethoven
died on the afternoon of March 26,
1927. Outside the thunder pounded
it's wrath at the unresisting earth.
Flashes of lightning darted their white
anger and majestic trees crumbled
downward. But in the House of the
Black Spaniard a man whose body
was fronting death raised his fist,
defying the storm. In that magnif1-
cent gesture, as in his lofty sym.
phonies, there was the indomitable
spirit of man"
Quoting the composers statement
that music is a revelation higher
than philosophy" the Boston Tran
script states. THE present genera
tion. after hundred years, comes
forward with testimony that his 'reve.
lation' survives and exalts the souls
of men"
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Most glorious night
Thou vert not sent for slumber


Thou vert not sent for slumber.
This is the attitude Of those who
try to get more out Of life than there
is in it.
The cynical saying. "More truth
than poetry was founded upon such
lines.
Nature has so constituted man that
the night is made exactly if any
thing may be said to be so made,
for sleeping, when the tired tibers
of mankind may be knit together
again.
This wholesome recuperation is
brought about by what might seem
at first a contrary process-an un-
knitting of nerve fiber. or ganglia,
a slight relaxation, during which, in
some unknown manner, the higher
centers of consciousness rest.
During sleep only the unconscious
mind functions. The entire sympa-
thetic nervous system, including those
nerves that control the automatic
processes of blood circulation, diges
ton and respiration. continue their
normal business,
Man, by taking thought can scarce
ly better these essential functions,
although a great many persons have
arisen to say that one could, and
to present various schemes for bet
terment.
So Hindu "fakirs" have been able,
by process OF WILL so they said, to
reverse the normal peristaltC action
of the stomach. Such an instance,
however. is more Of freak Of
nature than anything else.
X i K
Only by setting up artificial stimuli.
in the form of bright lights, music
and other forms of entertainment, can
man overcome his natural inclination
to so to sleep when the world be-
comes dark
In the country districts and in small
towns most persons go to bed with
the chickens" as the sa ying is. There
is nothing particular to keep them
awake, and so they go to sleep. 1t is
the natural thing to do.
The hour of 10 pm. is a late one in
the small places. A. visitor might
walk through an entire town and
scarcely find a light burning. Even
the lure of modern radio would not
keep many up.
With the close huddling Of the
cities comes a corresponding change
in habits in relation to bedtime The
very stir and noise of the city, even
in the best residential sections, makes
for staying awake.
One family with a powerful radio
set can give the best imitation Of the
Marine Band one ever heard-and
could any one go to sleep in the pres
ence of this grand band?
Modern customs, which it will not
he necessary to mention-they have
had too much publicity already
break down almost completely, in
thousands of lives, the normal sleep
urge.
Doctors and other educators inter
ested in the subject of sleep often
prescribe a quiet evening at home for
those who declare they cannot sleep o
nights,
The thing to do, they are told is to
remove, as far as possible, all stmu-
lation, no matter of what nature, and
to allow a sort of pleasant monotony
to lull them to slumber.
Under such a regime it is impossible
for most persons to remain awake to
II O'Clock or midnight. They be-
come sleepy long before and drift
away to bed.
The average book will have a some.
what soporific effect upon one fond
of reading. Exception must be made,
OF course, of certain novels which
hold the interest until finished. This
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Farm Relief.

The farmer for relief doth seek
From what?
He has fried chicken twice a week!
His lot
Reveals a most wonderful lesson
In lodging the delicatessen.
And yet for relief he is pressin'-
From what?
The farmer clamors TO be free
From what?
The city chap may starve, but he
Cannot.
He gets corn and beans as he'll need
EN-
And milk from the cows-if he'll feed
EN-
Yet the farmer still clamors for free.
From what?
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Be kind to animals" is a call that
should bring a certain degree of farm
relief. Cattle i'll fed and uncared for
are not only miserable, but can prom.
Use no profit
Evening star., 1927-04-05

The japanese cherry trees in Poto.
mac Park are famous the world over.
They have no international signih.
canoe beyond their appeal to a uni
versal recognition of the simple truth
told in the line, "a thing of beauty
is q 10y forever"
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Chinese make dispsraging remarks
about the United States Marines. The
Marines did not go to China with any
great expectation of being idols of the
native populace.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

American prosperity is shown by
the income tax returns. The income
tax calls for a process of stock taking
and accounting which may have some
influence as promoter of thrift.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

The driver who forced Henry Ford S
vehicle over an embankment has not
been identified, beyond the fact that
he was Of the universally despised
hit .and-rnn variety.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

All that is asked of turbulent ma.
tions is that they will regulate their
bandits in such a way as not to per.
nit them to develop into revolu-
tionists.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Radio Publicity.

who is your favorite composer"
Il forget" replied Miss Cayenne.
In fact, 1 can't remember whether
he is advertising tea, coffee or tooth
PASTE
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Padlocks applied to New York the
aters will prove pecuniary benefit
to literature. Persons who have not
seen the plays will read the stories.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Mummied kings are discovered in
great magnificence. The dictators
who preserved their formal glories
still maintain a discreet subordination.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Inc Associated Press ia exclusively entitled
70 70 me use for republication of all news dis
Gashes credited to II or not otherwise cred
Sgb r1b,i.bb u ms paper and also the local news
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
w asted OppOrtunitY.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
When seats for third-class fights
cost $40, Congress could put a turn
stile on the gallery doors and make
enough money to pay for it's upkeep.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Electing a mayor in Chicago re.
Quires military discipline, as well as a
solemn determination to express the
will Of the plain people.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
To a Dictator.

In spite of peace or passion,
OF styles still have a care.
Black shirts go out of fashion
Like other kinds of wear.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
That Yellow Peril.

From the Boston Herald.
China views the white mans bur-
den with as much alarm as Europe
used TO view the yellow peril.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

The dove of peace is revered, but
no United States Marine ever favored
adopting dove as a mascot.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Seems Well Qualified.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
That yarn about running Gene Tun.
ney for Congress doesn't seem so silly
as 1t did before the recent epidemic
of boxing in that body.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Impressions vary as to whether the
disturbance in China is war, fight,
a strike or only a riot.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Chicago is being studied for meas
urements as to just how much politi.
cal influence it has actually acquired.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
sympathy for Reed

Ffom The Boston Herald.
sympathy is hereby extended to poor
Senator Jim Reed. who will now have
TO go home and bite himself.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
No PurcIlasar

Did you ever buy any votes?"
Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. Somebody may have
bought a few, but they were always
turned over to me as an absolute gift"
Evening star., 1927-04-05

China is confronted with the grave
possibility of a much more serious
war than was originally contemplated.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

"a reformation" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, that leads to a
fight is a generalization.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Intricacies of the Law.

From the New York sun.
An inventor has perfected an "in-
visible" camera disguised as a law
book. It is not the first thing hidden
In law books sas ii 4 4 saex
Evening star., 1927-04-05

The Chinese hate each other, but
hate the so-called foreigners more.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

Jud Tunkins says it's easier for some
men to make money than to find out
what TO do with it,
Evening star., 1927-04-05
From what

de man dat gets de most out of
his Bible" said Uncle Eben, lis de
one dat thinks bout it stead o. talkin'
bout il"
Evening star., 1927-04-05
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Evening star., 1927-04-05
Lacks Snmefhinrs

From the Kansas City Times.
The man who marrles for dollars
lacks sense ~iS.,s sssYas S+ ss#
Evening star., 1927-04-05

The second item in the recipe is
-four parts tof methonol," which
means wood alcohol. Most people let
their preiudiceS convince them that
Evening star., 1927-04-05

O. When did Louise Homer make
her debut. G.
A. Nine. Homer made her debut At
Covent Garden, London, in 1899 as
Amneris. She plans TO return to the
Metropolitan for a series of perform
ances next season.
Evening star., 1927-04-05


definite instruction of topics and meas
ureS pertinent to the business of a
continuing contest. A truly useful
book to contestants and to general
readers besides.
The author talks about oratory in a
Wide-aWake fashion that moves the
theme out of a solemn past into the
living present. His work is pointed
and objective. Here are no arbitrary
laws of speech-making. Rather does
he bring back to readers a few great
rators-Webster, Patrick Henry, Lin
coin. For types of oratory he brings
different countries out in example
the British, the French, the American
Indians. And he goes away back to
classic days when this art was at its
height, since it was then an almost
exclusive way OF spreading ideas of
government and patriotism and be-
came, by virtue Of this fact, subtly
specialized form of communication.
He shows that the orator nowadays,
through the general practice of read
ing, is a bit of an anachronism. func-
tioning chiefly in political campaigns.
And it Is right here in the field of
politics that this movement may reap
its best harvest, not only for these
young speakers but for the country as
a whole, for all the participating coun-
tries, since it must be kept in mind
that the deepest purpose of the con-
test is to induce enthusiasm toward
the study of government. Literally.
millions Of young folk plunged into
this study, and that is the point of the
whole matter. The few drawn off for
the final exhibition are but representa-
tives of a great army of jealous young
students getting acquainted for the
first time with the foundations and the
support of the governments which
shelter them and us alike. Speaking
of enthusiasm, as I have here so often
spoken, both Randolph Leigh and
"Oratory'' are themselves exemplars
of this emotion aroused over a genu-
inely exciting demonstration of youth
fnl aeysatHSs alRRg .ths way & e 6, YsssuR q 81
The producers news., 1927-07-08

some of its inhabitants going to Plen-
tywood, others to Brush Lake where
Fourth of July celebrations were be-
ing held.
A heavy rain falling Monday night
caused rejoicing, A good crop is now
assured.
The school board is having the in
terror of the school house thoroughly
renovated. The walls will be paint
ed and the floors repaired.
Our ball team has thoroughly con-
vinced the fans that they are real
sports anyhow; two or three weeks
ago the manager received challenge
from the Wildrose team, which con-
sists of eight hired players, to play
two games at Brush Lake the third
and fourth of July. The boys knew
that they were going up against a
team which took the "House of Dav-
i'd team last year, but they tied into
the mat that, and although the game
was lost by Reserve, they again
tackled the Wildrose team on Monday
afternoon and succeeded in holding
down the score to a very creditable
figure five to three for Wildrose.
The boys received many compIi-
ments and much encouragement from
Wildrose players and fans who prais-
ed their attitude in the face of heavy
The producers news., 1927-07-08
RESERVE

Regular services will be held at
the school house Sunday morning Dy
Rev. Strandskov at 1000. The ser
vices will be in Danish.
Church school will begin in the
school house on July 18th for all
children in the community. Miss
Frost will be in charge. Fourteen
young people have signed for the en-
tire four week course. Anyone IN
terested should consult with Mrs. II.
c. Riley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley are the owners
of a new Oakland Coach, recently
purchased from Sparlings in Medicine
Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Christensen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Larsen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Aasved and Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris Sampson motored to Will
llston last Friday to enjoy the fes-
tlvltles connected with the dedication
Of the new bridge.
Mrs. P. G. Peterson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Viggo Strandskov and others
were participants in the Danish re-
ligious festival held at the Dagmar
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lohse and children,
Orie and Mildred, arrived last Tues
day from Mohall, N. D., to spend a
short time at the home of their
daughter Mrs. George Lund and get
acquainted with their new grand
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Kittleson, who
formerly lived west of town, are here
from Florida to spend two weeks Wis
iting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Clarence Graft arrived We'd
nesday from DEVILS Lake to join Mr..
Graft. They will be at home in the
Larsen cottage.
Miss Sophie Tjomsos and Ole John
son stole march on their many
friends by slipping away to Plenty
wood last Saturday where they were
married. The happy couple left for a
short trip and upon their return will
make their home on their farm on
the reservation.
Lew Horstman is having a base
ment dug under the house which he
recently purchased in Antelope and
moved onto his lot.
Reserve was deserted Monday,