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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
CHRISTMAS HINT in
PARTY FOR CHILDREN

Little Miss Mary Adele Newcomer
celebrated her fourth birthday Sal
urday afternoon with a party for her
little friends at the home Of her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. John r. New
conner.
The scene of the party was one
of Christmas effects Green and
red were colors used for decoration
SnoWballs in the form OF popcorn
balls hung about the room.
Games we're played during the
afternoon and each guest received a
green or red Christmas package con-
tanning gift at the close of the
games. The boys received the green
packages and the girls the red and
there was much fun among the tiny
guests when they chose their gifts.
A huge birthday cake with green
and red colored icing and topped
with four birthday candles to desig-
nate the little hostess age, was cut
when refreshments were served.
Guests we're, Betty and Edmund
Pickett, Marion Wright, Martha Jean
Alberts. Stewart Carpenter Jr., James
and Lillian May Kimble, Harold
Humes Jr Gera-a and Florence
Lindsey, Elenor, Gladys and Billy
Reynard, Constance and Junior Brew
er, Tom Wright, George and Jack,
Hartley, Lois and Louise Ward, James
Muhn Jr., Mary Beth Nelson, Richard
Wetzel, Betty Jean Cunningham. Guy
Sites Jr, David Stockham Jr.. Bobby
Small and John Newcomer Jr.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
FRANCE GROWS NERVOUS
OVER AMERICAN ART

PARIS (R-F'rance seems to be get
ting rather nervous over the flood Of
wag monuments Americans propose to
erect over here
There should be no offense in say
ing that the art in vogue in much of
the United States" writes Gabriel
Boissy, leader in the art and literary
world, reminds one unhappily of our
famous clock STYLE" referring to the
atrocities now usually found in hall
bedrooms.
its very nice of the Americans, say
Boissy and others who discuss the sub
ject, to honor their dead and COM
nemorate their battles in France, but
French artists Of repute ought to do
the work '"The French" comments
Boissy, "are the ones who will have
to look at Them
The possible American retort to this,
suggests another observer, might be:
In any case we can do as well as
lots OF your sculptors," referring to the
thousands of war monuments in
French villaged which are admitted
here to be hopelessly ugly. "Those bits
of art it is lamented, "really massa-
ere our soldiers second time
France still has an art commission
whose approval is supposed to be nee
essary for the erection of monument
anywhere but very often there has
been no decision until the monument
has been erected and paid for, anc
then there is nothing to be done.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

doubled its population in the eight
years by the bureau estimate The
federal count in 1920 gave to Tucson
population of 20292 while the
bureau estimates its present popula-
ton at 4O,584. Like Douglas, Tucson
has the same city limits as prevailed
in 1920.
Prescott stands at the same peg
of increase as that credited to Doug
las, or 1873 per cent. The 1920 census
was SOLO for Prescott and the
estimated present census is $3.50.
Nogales' population is pegged at
6,498 by the bureau compared to
5,199, the government count at the
1920 census, thus giving it gain
Of 25 per cent for the eight years.
Globe is credited with 8,808 now
compared to the 7,044 that were
accounted for at the federal census
of 1920, or a gain of Is per cent.
1t will be recalled that the same
bureau made an estimate of the popu-
lation of Douglas at the opening Of
1927 and placed it then at 1891 and
persons familiar with the facts believe
that the estimate was reasonably
accurate. Persons who have learned
of the estimate for gne opening of
1923 express the view that it is quite
close to what a carefully taken count
would show in the city,.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
LONDON'S COCKTAIL HABIT
JOLTS FAMED FRENCH CHEF

LONDON R)-Cocktails ruin the
palate. So do cigarettes. Monsieur
Francois Carton, president of the So
ciety of Cooks of Paris, and the famous
French artists of the kitchen who &C
oonpanied him to England to attend
ther food and cookery exhibition were
shocked at the suggestion that they
take cocktails before their meals and
smoke between the courses.
'The beauty of true food is lost to
one who drinks cocktails, and smoking
before the coffee and brandy arrive is
G. crime against good cooling" de-
clared the excitable Frenchnaan.
M Carton drank sherry before his
meals. In this he approved of the
English custom. But he was Mortified
at the use of the American cocktail,
which has become SO general in Eng
land .s.4ss
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
USE OLD BUICK
ENGINE TO RUN
THIS RAILROAD

Threshing machines, pumping out
fits, home lighting installations and
host of other labor saving devices
are providing work for automobile
engines to do after they have finished
their term of service in the. field for
which they were built. But it re-
mained for Robert Ballinger, Of Port
land, Ore, to devise for such an
engine one of the most novel uses
which has come to the attention of
the Buick factory, according to
George E. Jackson, of the Douglas
Buick agency. ..#
For the past four years, Ballinger
has been using the engine from q
1914 four sylinder Buick to run a
miniature railroad which he operates
at Oaks park, a. Portland amuse-
ment place.
Ballinger's father, who is manager
of the park, bought the Buick in
1915, when it hao seen years use.
He drove ii several years, making
repeated trips to California in it in
the days before the present splendid
highways were built. according to
jackson.
Then in 1928, power plant was
needed for the miniature railway
which BaIlinger planned to build, and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
EVERY 25TH FRENCHMAN
SPORTS A DECORATION

PARIS (F9 - Every twenty fifth
sFrenchman Of voting age has a deco.
ration There are 60 varieties in
France and there are half million Of
them out. France also authorizes her
}citizens to accept any of 215 foreign
orders.
1 This rather bears out the humorous
definition of F'renchman as "a deco
rated gentleman who asks for more
bread"
And, there is q movement afoot to
create another title to beribboned
buttonhole. 1T is proposed to have an
/ 4"order. of municipal merit" to be given
mayors and other city officials for long.
5service, or some achievement. Mayors
now get the Legion of Honor by sheer
force Of staying in office a certain
length of time.
+ The prevalence of decorations has
long been criticized. The chief order,
the Legion CT Honor, created by the
gIeat Napoleon for valor, is considered
as having been much cheapened by it's
award to all sorts of persons, many of
whom did nothing more than supply
the government with cloth, groceries,
CT anything else during the way, pre-
sunably at a profit.
Napoleon limited the number of red
ribbons to 10000, but there are 10000
of them out now Decorations have
been created for every military cam
paign and to commemorate great
events.
Members of the Legion of Honor
who won their crosses by bravery haye
organized separately, SO they may be
distinguished from those who got dec
orations in safe places.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
.DIECKMAN WILL.
SELL FORDS AS
HOLIDAY GIFTS

Out of a multitude of people and a
maze of publicity, Byron Dieckman,
Douglas agent for the Ford Motor
company, worked himself into posi-
ton yesterday to study something
about his Christmas program-t is,
his business program. And after he
had checked and rechecked the situa-
ton and studied it over, he says that
it resolved itself into this, "Go forth
and make as many men in Douglas
better friends to their family as pos
sible by inducing them to buy the fam
lily a new model Ford car for Christ
mas gift"
And so Dieckman declares that will
be his slogan from now until the holi-
day, and he proposes to proclaim it
from the hills and shout it from the
BUY your wife new
model Ford for Christmas" He says
he already has two or three of that
type of Christmas presents in his
sleeve, and he is sure the wives Of the
men who have arranged for the gifts
are going to find this the merriest
Christmas they ever passed,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
MANY RTOTTERS GIVEN
WEALTHY LONDON BRIDE

LONDON .lP)-AIiss Aileen Guinness
received enough blotters as wedding
presents to equip half a dozen hotel
writing rooms There were old Ital-
ian leather blotters blotters with sill
yer corr err and silver covers, blutters
with CID prints for their backs and
all sorts ct modern blotters.
Glass, furniture, blotters and Jew
e!ry. in the order named, were tie
most numerous among tho gifts to
this heiress to the Guinness Stout
millions, who married Brinsley Plum
ket, the brother Of Lord Plunkct.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
HOLDEN -STEGALL
NUPTIALS WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Kate Holden and Robb r.
Stegall were married in Tombstone
Wednesday morning Arnold Ridge
way of Bisbee, and Miss Mary Ber-
nardi witnessed the wedding The
ceremony was read by Judge Albert
M Sames of the superior court
The bride wore simple travelling
frock Nj. and Mrs. Stegall left soon
after the ceremony for Texas and
other points on honeymoon. They
will make their home in Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. StegalI are we'll known
in this city. He has lived here tor
four years and IS employed as chief
clerk in the Southern Pacific offices.
She is, a nurse in the office of DR..
L. r. Brown.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

In It's report of the population Of
Phoenix, it shows that there has been
a gain of 80 per cent in population
over that for 1920 as shown by the
government census, the figures being
arrived at on the same basis as
stated for the Douglas figures The
showing for Phoenix was: 1920,
government census, 29O53; bureau
estimate for January l, 1923, 55,201
Of that number, it is stated that
1000 was addd by ,aftnllnexation to the
city limits. a,~
Tucson is credited with having
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

the Bucks long record of service
suggested adaptation of its engine to
the new use. With $4,000 miles show
ing on its speedometer the Buick
was dismantled, and the locomotive
was built around its power plant, the
carburetor, starter lever, switch and
generator being retained.
Ballinger reports that his son has
operated the locomotive for four sea-
sons without breakdown, averaging
$500 miles a season. 1t hauls a train
weighing $500 pounds light and 5000
pounds loaded, and though it has
covered well over 100000 miles, still
has an apparently indefinite capacity
for service.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
WOMAN INVENTOR TELLS
ABOUT ARTIFICIAL STONE

KNOTTINGLEY, England tP-Mrs.
Ann Greaves Of Knottingley, at din
ner of the Institute of QuErrying,
claimed the distinction Of being the
only woman member of the institute
and the inventor as well Of artificial
stone which will lower the cost OF
building.
Mrs. Creaves said she started her
quarrying business three years ago
''I can make this artificial stone
similar in appearance to real stone"
Mrs. Greaves said. She explained that,
it is worked like real stone--in fact 1t
is the only artificial stone on which
chisel and hammer can, be used. Its
cost is only about one-thlrd that of
real stone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-27
Our Murdered Comrades
By HARRY MEYERS.

So you've left Nicola
And you Baroomeo Vanzetti--
sampled understood
Boston, the hub of culture
Here they grind out the blood of the workers
So that bepectacd anem kned de might
That they might acquant themselves with the prophets of the
while stoning the prophets of the present.
That they might admire the of Dante Bocacco and other
Italians of the past Staying the Italians of the
You have left join the other fighters of the
Chicago anarchists with their the
the tudous Fisher the
Enge the fiery Spess the scholar ohods of the future
You have left join the other fighters of the class struggle
Joe H the divine who fell before firing squad Utah
Wesley Everest unexed and ynched by the 10O9o of
Frank Little the W. W. nched by the forces
spectabity in the Anaconda of Butte
Fan ewe Sacco Vanzett-figher supreme magnificent
Wen
THE DEATH WATCH
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Tragedy of the Deep
Burned Into Memory

The following vivid description Of
a sinking ship Is taken from "A
Chequer-Board" by Robert Clay
Almost at the same moment the
planking under their feet Qulvered
rose, and Tilted to violent lurch Of
the vessel and from deep within her
an ugly gurgllng made Itself heard
Snatching the woman up In his arms.
the captain sprung 10 the side. "Be
low therel" he 81 uul,d "steady the
ladder, and make ready Ia shove OIL
While he awaited his turn the mate
glanced about him The prize was set
Ting fast. A threshlng OF waters In
the hull grew louder and more omi.
nous; and the slant OF the deck In.
creased until the detrltus upon II
began to shift and roll the dead to
slide grotesquely toward the scuppers.
Not before shout of warning reused
him did he move, and putting a hand
upon the shattered bulwarks. vault
over and drop lightly among an i'm
patient crew.
The black ship had drlfted farther
from Its victim and the distance was
not lessened by oarsmen who, reactlng
to the inertia Of sitting noon, pulled
slugglshly,, their furtlve eyes upon the
woman by their captains side OF the
three persons In the stern sheets. only
Paul SLEEVE kept his head turned to
watch the doomed merchantmen find
grave. He had seen many vessels sui.
BOD Al.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
CATTLE DRAWN BY
INSTINCT OF AGES
Stampede Brought About by
Rainstorm.

A country of sudden darkness,
where tragedy and comedy run side
by side, where drought follows for
tune, and the unexpected turks be-
hind the corner is the gulf region Of
Australia. And nowhere are there
more contrasts, more dramatic or
abrupt, than in the living merchandise
OF the gulf-cattle.
In the valleys of the Leichardt, near
the Cumberlands, the cattle from the
dry ranges, farther out, are known
as storm cattle" For these are ami
mails that are born In hot wilder
ness, where the only water comes
from the sky, and where when cattle
want drink, they chase rainstorm.
For most of the year--in dry sea-
sons, throughout the year--these cat
tie have to depend on showers for
their water. Their senses are sharp
ened, their instinct specialized, their
noses trained to detect that one great
necessity Of life, drinking water.
Away from their dusty ovens, In
strange pastures, they still retain
those habits which have been burnt
into them by the brands of thirst.
A herd Of these cattle was taken
out of the ranges once to station
where water was plentiful, from noun
tain streams and springs For time,
In the winter months, they seemed to
have settled down completely. They
drank this astonishing profuslon Of
w9ter with satisfaction.
Then, with the approach of sum
per, the "dry" storms peculiar to
Queensland and the Gulf country be-
gan to flash In the sky. These fly-
ing showers are reflected In the sky
miles from their actual location. The
Queenslander Of this region Is used
to the storm, which seems to be Just
round the corner but In reality Is
many hours of travelling away.
The cattle were not so used to the
phenomenon, however. And at the de-
scent OF the first "dry Storm" away
went the herd, true to Its instincts.
In few moments, every beast In the
herd was racing madly away to the
spot where the rain seemed to be
falling. The fact that water was close
at hand did not deter them. This was
the deeprooted instinct Of thousands
OF ancestors of the gulf country,
whose very lives had depended on
their speed In reaching the area licked
moinentarlly by hooking shower.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Cut of Short

Jerome X. Jerome, the English hu
morlst. dlslIkes American hotels, and
on his last American visit he said to
New York reporter:
'Your hotels are magnificent archi
tecturnlly. Nothing like them for
architectural magnlhcence. But they
are little too hIgh-handed In their
treatment of the public. Heaven help
the man who makes kick In an
American hotel
"Once, In a hotel restaurant Of onyx
and gold, my waiter was so lntoler-
able that had to send for the mana.
ger. The manager staggered to my
table, looking pretty fierce.
"'Well, sirT he said.
II began In mild way:
have serious complaint
"But the man must have dIsliked
my English accent. for he cut me of
short
This is restaurant, this H., he
said. This amt no hospital, seer
"And he gave me threatening kind
Of nod and staggered off,"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Systematic Plant Study

Pasture plants In continual war to
see which will prove fittest and sur
Vve, according to DIR. Herbert @.
Hanson, associate professor Of botany
at Colorado Agricultural college, In
Popular Mechanics Magazine. Tim
othy, redtop, alslke clover and white
clover cannot withstand the cOmpetl-
tlon of orchard grass and red clover
and Will be crowded out If their enc
niles are not held In check, he has
found. At the same time, however,
Kentucky blue grass, working under
the shelter Of the other plants and ex
tending Its subterranean foothod UNI
der their roots, eventually viii drive
out the vIctors. Smooth bronze grass
and meadow fescue often hold their
own when cattle are barred.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Horse "in Possession"

Mat Shepard, sixty-year old Covina
(Calif) gardener, drove his one-hoss
shay to Los Angeles to attend the fu-
neral Of friend. Caught In the rain
be unceremonlously parked his horse
In an unoccupled house. Both the
horse and Mat had pleasant dreams
until Mrs. Barry, owner Of the house,
took a prospective tenant to the place
the following afternoon, and discov-
cred an aged and lnfirm horse In her
living room.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Are They?

Recently, In one of the small
change stores, young woman. while
selecting several pairs Of the simple
style of shoe trees, noticed an elder
ly woman watching her with avid
curiosity. Finally the elderly woman
said:
what are those thingsT .
"Shoe trees she replied.
But the puzzled expression failed
to lift from the wrlnkled face, and
the elderly woman murmured, "oh,"
as she turned one Of them over and
over in her hand. Then. subtly try.
ing for more Information, she queried:
Are they comfortable 7"-Exchang
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Locked-Up Old History

The imminent room at Westn,In.
ster abbey contains collection OF
historical documents that probnbly
has no counterpart the world over.
Closely guarded In locked, Iron-bound
chests, the papers kept there number
over 100000, and some Of them date
back to the Eighth century.
These documents are now being
prepared and edited for publication,
and Doctor Scott, the librarian Of the
British museum, is making n careful
precls Of $1,000 of the more i'm
portant.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
CABIN JOHN
PARE,
HOMES AND INVESTMENT.
ON CONDUIT ROAD.

Wv SONDOlI NOAD.
a subdivision attractive in eyerv w,v
1vO lots lO0x2O0 feet-desirablv ioca.sd
ABOUT 2O.0OO square feet in each Iot
rrlces range from $500 to $500 per ~,
ieIIns easy-l0 per cent cash AMI ~
cent monthly. ""u per
LOIS 1 $4,000 TO 10000 So. fl. M o. eo,.
III sites TO 10 acres for LARGE 49,,
~ nanner situations for country bo,
Lesel, siopine, undulatinR and bi,IsiJa"o o.
~ open space and among .bean,in'I.s
nrsn, uiy. healthy and good neiehhn,hesoss
~ Overoosine river, creeks and iTa,nja hI',I'
IN IN conduit Road and 100 to 500 vards t.ns s
N I,Iles 'front.' on Conduit and Stnta ro oaJA'
C rew S9nuuit Will make double honla.us'
S. ahaI; ro'omac, hills picturesque sra ,aIu'
Suouroan demonstrating, bathine b oa,;ny'
E Msny eold water springs and SHADE ,.k'
snIe ny sUn Ior irult and garden crons 'es''
Sp"d h" section for raising chickens
H. H. L I sites-splendid inyestmen,
poa,o@ aoea'eu over 100 families m q N
Femons q s,oIes. schools and chnrcbas
House, "'''es from White
Toaus IKE city streets-electrlc I,o,a
oae., GOV acres-fne for subdivi,sna
liz. i ~, inslres increase In valnss
Wa .nis si1c Congressional Coli a.
pa. po ahu Iuh information upon rsnss.
. 49, inspection trip by appointmsS
(Va.) Soa' ranch orchard
ASK
j. S. ToMLINsoN.
feb Lem 1914 Vt Ave.
Washington. b. C.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Notice to Jreditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber of Montgomery county has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court of Mont
gomery county. Md, letters Of administra-
tion C. t. a. on the personal estate of
JOHN WESLEY WILEY,
late Of Montgomery county, deceased.
All persons, having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same, with vouchers thereof, TO
the subscriber on or before the 7th day of
December. 1927; otherwise they may, by
law. be excluded from OF all benefit OF said
estate. All persons indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under my hand this 7th day
Of June 1927.
ALFRED B. BAKER.
Administrator c. T. A.,
7 Raymond St, Chevy Chase. Md.
June 10-6t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Study Esperanto

The need Of a universal language
for the Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION world committee meetings
prompted the organization to urge
their International representatives to
study Esperanto Delegates from all
parts Of the world attend these meet
ings, representing countries using
more than Is languages. English,
French and German have hitherto
been the official languages Of the
gatherings. 1t is hoped to form an
Esperanto group at the 1928 meet
ing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Good Deed Rewarded

Garwood LaDzeman, a farmer living
near Brown City, Mich, saw a horse
shoe with protrudlng nails lying ip the
middle Of the road. Thinking that he
would save u mOtorlst the misfortune
OF u puncture, Lanzeman got out Of
his car and waded through the mud
OF the road to salvage the shoe. As
ne was about to climb back into his
car with the luck emblem he saw.a
pocketbook half buried In the mud.
The purse contained $50 IN bills.--In-
dianapolls News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
DetecfiUe Stories

There is weakness In everybody's
armor, and 1t Is detective stories, says
Detroit librarian. mo matter how
staid or how learned, or how much
client may prefer philosophy or his
tory, once in while every reader likes
a detective story, rattlIng good one"
says this same librarian. Maybe II Is
once In ten years, or once a year, but
they all fall on occasion. | think It Is
because a detective story takes them
completely out Of themselves, and that
Is good for everybody, once In
while"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Notice to Creditors,

NOTICE Is hereby given that m. AMI
scrlDer OF Montgomery county hos sup W.
. sa from the Orphans Court of Nom ~
somery county, Md, letters of odmInis
uation on the personal estate Of '''''-
USHER L. CHARLTON,
late OF Montgomery county doooo..a
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned 10 erhih J ' ~
same. with vouchers thereof, TO The snh'
scrDer on or before the TN dav of ne
cember, I927: otherwise they NAV nv lav
be excluded from all benefit of said esta,e
All persons indebted TO snid estate a,e
requested to make immediate pavment
Glven u under my hand this 7th day of
II. W. SPURRIER,
,,no,oe, Administrator,
' 'V0' Poolesville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
Be Wise and Mothercrafty

The smartest of new words is
"mothercraft." You don't learn how
to take care Of baby from your
mother, but you go to a mothercraft
school and study how to become a
mothersmith. In fact, mothersmith-
Ing Is becoming popular. "There win
soon be law" suggests the Woman's
Home Companion, prohibiting any
woman from having baby, or moth
ersmithing, who hasn't got the degree
Of M. NJ, that Is, mistress Of mother
craft Bootlegglng baby will be Sc
verely punished"