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Attitude of the Commissioners
Toward Unjust Tax Collections

In passing resolution asking the District Commissioners
reconsider and rescnd their toward collected
under the unjust Borand law the Federation Of Citizens As
sccaons represents public sentiment the fullest extent
Although the Commissioner for number years past
have recommended The repeal Of the Borland law their at
ude has been of placing upon the citizens of the District
every possible burden in seeking and obtaining relief from the
expressions Of this law. sss.
So far the highest District court has rendered decisions
against the law in two specific cases. but thc-s decisions ap
piled to but the lands involved in these The law
as whole was not upset by the courts.
In the decisions made however it evident that much
suburban land OF exactly the classes those passed
has refused to the responsibility of exempng from
taxes such real estate clearly within the courts dc
sons.
Citizens have been compelled pay their under
courts and that they could expect help the District
Building. 1
In instances the paid
protest to avoid the addition of penalties and litigation in the
hope that relief of kind would be provided either by
the courts or the Commissioners.
The Commissioners shut off recourse to the courts
Tor many by deciding to take advantage of the
limitations This will prevent recovery Of unusy paid taxes
except where suits have been filed in individual within
the time fixed by the statue Of limitations.
Of course the Commissioners placed in awkward
position by the situation that conronts The criticism
OF Congress thing to be feared by them and another
that unless the statue Of limitations taken advantage
the claims for refunds may drag indefinitely cloggg the
machinery Of the District.
Corporation Counsel Stephens wisely advised against taking
advantage Of the law Of limitations and urged that
settled on their merits This the and fair Mr.
Stephens would also exempt from such
were within the Of the decisions already rendered ad
verse to the law.
Taking advantage of legal echnicay against taxpayers
Is the last thing that public officials should may
be legal to do so, But IS IT JUST OR RIGHT?
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DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR.. PRANK CRANE
A eTOpLGn eS

GONE of remember back to the time when the
- Wright Brothers emerged from obscurity and demon
strated the practicability of an arplane that was
heavier than air. It very long ago that Lord
Norhcffe paid $4,000 to the first man flying across the
English Channel.
Since then the Atlantic Ocean has been crossed and there
is talk of arshp carrying sleeper dining car to
come from Germany to the United States.
Already air mail lines functioning in many places
Europe shows net work Of srplane routes Of traffic
There air mail routes the United States and the
early history of railroadng
More and the public is viewing the airn1an. With
favor and many who suspicious of the contrnn now
galy fly from city to city.
Some idea of the rapidty Of modern progress can he
gathered from this The air is not only full Of airnanes and
drgbles but is fuller of rumors of what air traffic . -
become
One writer predicts that in few years there will he air.
ships above the storms clouds crcng the earth and
dropping at principal stops in smaller planes
Eventually they will take their power by wireless from the
earth. - M
How strange it would all seem to man who died At III
time that Darius Green and his flying machine was nom,
lar recitation and came back to earth today
Once the principle of flying has been mastered there IS ro
hm TO Its development 1t all depends upon the ability
of the inventor adjust principle to the var;ons |
lions found in the atmosphere.
Recently two American filters stayed up almost two dav ~
nonstop flight IN the They back and forth ~
tins flight the air field of New York II is not TOO
much to hope that shortly there will be regular .ir go
IN New York before Monday and having il do
hvered IN San Francisco by dinner time on Tuesday
The apane only "a years old it is already runn;n
regularly routes over contracted for 9435 miles This Is
more than the railroads covered after they had been
for So years. es
Copyright Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,
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tnlngS until they could pay for
them. Moreover there was the
Risk. Suppose something happened
and you couldn't pay for them?
Then you lost all the good money
you had invested.
Yes, take it any way you wanted,
running bills was bad business.
So Milly grew up feeling that
there was something sinister and
shady about asking credit. Some
thing not quite right about the
people who ran in debt.
Fred laughed at that when they
were first married. He explained
to her that modern business was
built on the credit system, that
progressive people took advantage
of credit as they took advantage
of any other convenience,
Milly didn't say much. Fred
thought he had put his point over.
They were married.
That was four years ago. Fred
wasn't earning much then and
they lived frugally. Milly did the
shopping. There were no bills.
Now Fred has fallen into a fine,
new position--a position that will
necessitate branching out bit, liv.
ing on a more ample plan, having
better furniture, entertaining more.
buying little car. And Fred natu.
rally wants to go ahead and get
these things,
sBut gou'n have to charge
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This photograph taken the Mojave Desert in Cali
forna shows Mr. Vernon Bailey, head of the small nam.
mails branch of the Department of Agriculture carrying live
desert fox. -
The fox caught in steel trap, few minutes before
this photograph taken It tuggng at the trap
ranged to break nfCt no serious injury For
an ordinary individual have approached the
animal would have been dangerous It's sharp teeth would have
bitten in dozen places.
But Mr. Vernon Bailey knows animals has kindly feeling
for them and not AFRAID Of them He gently released
pressure Of the steel spring the fox Leg picked up the
animal you in his bare hands, and carried to the
ranch house. much to the delight Of boys and that wit
messed the achievement.
The fox, most beautiful creature with brilliant red fur
huge fine eyes, kept in cage for study At the end of
few days escaped perhaps with the connivance of Mr.
Bailey, who likes animals
Not one in ten thousand probably could handle wild
CONTINUED In Last Two Cohmns)
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reading and the normal rate of
understanding, reading would be
easier and writing and printing
would become more of a fine art.
The short lines developed by the
newspaper are easier to read
than the long lines of books, and
1t would save fatigue il the lines
were not adjusted to make them
exactly fill the space. as the NOV
ing eve could then more readily
follow the text"
This suggestion would have hor.
rified the printers and proofread.
ers OF q generation ago, who
spent much time in adjusting"
and ..'picking-up" lines neverthe-
less. as the fruit of psychological
study, it Is in accord with the ira
ditional order of the letters in
the old printers box and with
the arrangement of the keyboard
of typewriting machine, which
are supposed to be psychological
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my first credit account. To this day
l can't be quite comfortable it I'm
buying a thing on the installment
plan. I feel little ashamed
don't want the neighbors to know
about it.
Yet I know I'm foolish.
Credit is healthy, vital part Of
our modern life.
Living today is a rapid transit
affair. We have to step lively
take great jumps ahead-and IL
we wait until we are fully equip
ped for that jump we're going to
lose in the race. That's where
credit comes in as a reliable emer-
gency measure. The fifth wheel
that we sometimes need.
Is it good business? Absolutely.
In fact, it's foolish and most i'm.
provident not to use credit when,
by using 1t, you can help your own
progress.
That's one side to it. There's
another equally important side.
Milly's folks thought of bills as a
dangerous risk and responsibility.
But certain amount of risk and
responsibility Is good for most of
us. Without it we grow SNUG and
lazy. We fall behind. Debts a
mighty good prod in the back of
the average sluggish human.
So I'm for going into debt, Milly.
and keeping just enough In debt
to keep me on the move.
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BY Garrett P. Serviss

) ly correct as time and labor-sav-
ing devices.
Interesting, too, are the follow
ing statements Of DIR. Cattell:
1t takes in the neighborhood OF
half a second to see and name a
word, the time being slightly
shorter for a whole word than for
a single letter. We read words as
wholes, and the child should learn
to read that way. Each of a
series of unrelated words in view
at the same time can be read
aloud about twice as quickly az
single word, and words making
sentences can be read about four
times as quickly.
In these cases the processes
overlap in time and form larger
units both OF the stimuli and of
the movements. Words in context
can be read as rapidly as the
speech organs can be moved-up
to about seven per second. BY
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MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

WITH A DASH OF PAKRIKA
When the last dizzy blonde has
been married,
And the last chorus cutie is wed,
And the last flaxen flapper is
buried,
And the last Titan beauty is
dead,
We shall rest-and faith, we shall
NEED it!
And. perhaps, for a moment,
the men
Will forget the lure of the
Loreleis,
And turn to BRUNETTES,
again!
THERE is a law governing the
i closing of almost everything,
these days-except a woman's
mouth!
The test of mans love is not
the enthusiasm with which he
kisses you, but the enthusiasm he
shows in wanting to be with
you, when he is NOT kissing YOU.
Some men take a lifetime tn
rise from poverty to riches: others
can do it in about four drinks.
Tt is amazing how long
woman's love can subsist on a
starvation diet. IL man lust
throws in a little sugar and apple.
sauce for her TO nibbie on,
occasionally.
This is the season when a mar.
rled woman enjoys at least a
little variety in masculine atten-
tons, when the furnace-man goes
out of her life, and the ice.man
comes back into It!
Almost any man over thirty can
say, ALAS, / have kissed all those
women whom 1 ought not to
have kissed-and left unkissed all
those whom I ought to haye
kissed"
A platonic friend IL a good
little pail who begins by being
a mans confidante, in all his
love-affairs-and ends by being
his consolation
Solomon may not have had =
single-track heart; but he could
marry q woman or let her alone!
And that's more than you can
say for most men.
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QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
BY Cornelius BeeckmanI
Good Taste in Gifts


NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II am invited to my boy
friends birthday party. which is
being given by his sister.
Would you kindly tell me what
would be suitable to give him?
] have been going with him for
three months.
My birthday was several days
ago and he presented me with a
small compact. Was 1t improper
for me to accept 1t?
JUST EIGHTEEN.
THREE months means usually
i very casual Friendship,
and so I should suggest that you
take the young man, for his
birthday present a casual gift like
a carton of his favoritie cigar.
etes or book or a Joke pres.
ent" would be most appropriate.
I don't believe that you would
be much criticised for accepting
the compact, although, as a mat
ter of fact, / cannot say I think
the young man had especially
good taste to choose such a per.
sonal gift for your birthday,
when he might have chosen so
many other things that would
have registered impeccable taste
flowers, a delicious box of
candy, a well-chosen book,
handsome box Of plain, white
letter paper or an accessory for
your Aesk.
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inexperienced readers and in for
eign languages, such units cannot
be formed so readily. For ex-
ample, in reading aloud as rapidly
as possible, the rate per word in
thousandths OF a second was:
English. 1873; French, 1877: Ger
man, $50; Italian, 327; Latin, 434;
Greek, 4S4. This is a good way to
measure a students ability in
reading. or his familiarity with a
foreign language"
Concerning the possibilities in
volved in the practical application
of psychology, DR.. Cattell affirms:
III each of us. from the moron to
the Federal President, were Sc.
lected for the work that he can
do best, the work fitted to the
individual. and the best training
given to him, the productivity of
the nation would be more than
doubled, and the happiness of
each would be correspondingly in.
creased"
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EASY READING

nR. M'KEEN CATTELL made
- some important suggestions
in his recent address as retiring
president Of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Science on the possibility of i'm.
proving the legibility of the let
ters used in printing. He re-
marks that in order to recognize
letters clearly the time of ex.
posture is longer for German than
for Latin letters. But it varies,
of course, with the forms Of the
letters, whatever the type.
Experiments have shown that
&c" is the most illegible of our
capital letters while IS" is the
most illegible of the small letters,
and yet these are the two letters
most frequently used. They are
hard to see, he says, because the
field of view that they cover is
divided into two parts. Other
letters are hard to discriminate
because Of similarity between
their different forms. Thus the
small letters, i, (, t, are fire.
quently mistaken one for another.
The lowercase Greek letter
lambda might be substituted in
place of our l, then the letter /
could be used without the dot.
The Greek capital delta is also
suggested as a legible form that
we ignore.
The letters we now use were de-
veloped largely, says Doctor Cat.
tell. 'for ease in writing whereas
since the invention of the print
ing press we are concerned only
with ease in reading
Punctuation marks are hard to
see, and IF, in printing, spaces
were left equal to the pauses In
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LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

t h e M" sa Us
Milly.
w by, of
course l will,
answers Ere d.
But what Of
it?"
So the old ar
gument Is on
hot and hea wy.
And Fred has
asked me to ar
nitrate. Can't 1
make Milly see
how foolish she
is?
1 don't know,
Fred. hut TN
try.
/ sympathize
with Milly. /,
too, was brought
up with that old
horror of rum
ming bills. ! felt
like a criminal
when I onened
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IA r E D wants
Il to run bills.
MiIIy doesn't.

Milly doesn t.
When she was
a little girl Milly
was taught that
bills were an in
vention of the
devil and that
people who ran
them were not
gu 1T e relia ole.
Not really bad,
of course, but a
lit t ! e shiftless.
They didn't have
the pride and
gumption which
solid itize n 8
should have.
Buying things
on the INSTALL
m e n t plan -
that was taboo
in Milly's fam
lily. Respectable
people didn't buy
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lie Knows Animals

Continued From First Two Columns)
fox under such conditions without being bitten and
using force and cruelty us
Mr. Bailey understands animals trusts them feels .orrv
Tor them has way of inspiring confidence in them
diplomats that cause would study and understand
fewer wars '-'A0 NAsn' OS
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CLARENCE X. ANDERSON
Attorney-at-Lnw
1lQ parffle HlOck


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
state of Washington in and for the
County Of King.
Bette Vaughn, Plaintiff. vs.. Joseph
Melton Vaughn, Defendant.-No.........
summons by Publication.
The State of Washington to the said
Joseph Melton Vaughn, Defendant:
You are hereby summoned 70 APP
pear within sixty days after the date of
the first publication Of this summons.
to-wit: Within sixty days after the
9Th day Of August. 1927, and defend
the above entitled action In the above
entitled Court. and answer the COM
plant OF the plaintiff. and serve n
copy of your answer upon the under
signed attorney for planitiff at his
office address below stated and In
case Of your failure so to do. judy
ment will be rendered against you ac-
cording to the demand of the COM
plant. which has leen filed with the
Clerk of said Court
The objects Of said action are to
obtain. a Judgment of said Court
granting divorce from you upon
the grounds Of abandonment and nom
support; and that the community
property described in complaint here
In be set aside as plaintiffs sole and
separate property.
CLARENCE r.. ANDERSON.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Office and Postoffice Address: 316 Pa
cific Block, Seattle, Wash.
Date OF first publication. Aug. s.
1897: last Sept. .. 1917
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of the series of sermons on automo-
bile troubles will be given.
The Christian Endeavor topic for
this Sunday is one which promises
to be very good in the lessons for a
better Christian world. "Why Is Mis-
sionary Work Needed in a Christian
Country?" Come and find out and
also give the young people the inspir-
alton of your presence. Let Christ
receive you into His Christian world
by attending church and becoming
a member of Grace Presbyterian.
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$40 Apartment Vacant

At the Laurel, 800, 22nd Ave.
South, which is steam heated, COM
fortably furnished and on the sun
nyside of the building. The Laurel
Apartments, 303, 22nd Ave. South.
Yesler or Jackson Street cars.
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containing 10000 Facts concerning
the Negro. Authentic, compressor
sive and historically correct. Price.
$3.50. Sent postpaid on receipt Of
price. Players Sales Agency, p. o.
Box 33S, Seattle, Wash.
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Furnished Apartments

Nicely furnished Broom apartments
for house keeping. Also single rooms,
Everything modern: rent reasonable
Mrs. Ida Harding, 2422 E. Madison st.
Phone East 1856
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Phyllis Whcatlcy Branch

Il. w. y. N
IO2 2Ist Ave. y. Phone East oS73
Attractive home for young women
and girls. Club rooms are available
for community purposes
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
For girls wanting domestic, office and
store positions. For women wanting
day or part time work.
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EDWIN J. BROWN
AttOrney-at-Lnvv
IOn Enlnmhla Gfraaf


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KING
County, State of Washington.
Theodore Il. Ewach. Plaintiff VS.
Mary. T.. Ewach. Defendant. No. 202041.
The State of Washington to the said
Mary r.. Ewacls
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the date of
the first publication of this summons
to-wit: within sixty days after the
9th days Of August. 1927, and defend
the above entitled action in the above
entitled court. and answer the COM
rlaint of the plaintiff, and serve a
copy OF your answer upon the under
signed attorney for plaintiff, at his
office below stated and i'm case Of
your failure so to do. judgment will
be rendered against you according to
the demand of the complaint. which
will be filed with the clerk of said
court This action is for absolute di-
vorce on the ground that the parties
hereto have lived separate and apart
for more than the five consecutive
years last past.
EDWIN ]. BROWN
Attorney for Plaintiff
First publication Aug. 10. 1921. last
Sept 16. 1927
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First A. M. E. Church, Rev. 7.

First A. NJ. E. Church, Rev. T. +.
Jones, pastor.-A large congregation
was present last Sunday morning.
At the II o'clock services the pastor
spoke on "The Spirit the Only Source
of Success" Mrs. Virginia Clayton
united with the church.
At p. IN. the Rev. Euden of the
Presbyterian Church preached an in
spring sermon.
This Sunday the pastor will
preach at the fl a. m. services. At
p. m. Mrs. Eta d. Graham, wife of
the Rev. d. AglGraham. president of
Monrovia College, Liberia, West AZ
RIGA, will speak, bringing to us a
message directly from Africa and
the African people. Mrs. Graham
arrived in America a few weeks ago
and has an inspiring message to de-
liver to the people. The church will
doubtless be crowded Sunday night
to hear Mrs. Graham.
Sunday will be Dollar Money Day.
The group leaders are expected to
make a full report of the Dollar
Money fund.
Miss Robin Stokes of Spokane, as
sisted by Miss Candace Black, ac-
companist, will be heard in recital
Monday night, August 80, at the
church, under the auspices of the
Sunday school. Miss Stokes is a
singer of wonderful ability and will
thrill the large audience expected to
hear her Monday night.
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Marian Tabernacle. No. 81, 4. q. o.
Twelve. Tacoma, Wash.-Meets LIST
and ard Mondays, y n. at the X.
Jesse Graves II. r. ef13 Thompson
Ave, Mrs Mary Pryor. @ r., ts2s
70. J. Jan. las
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WITH THE CHURCHES
The Church Is
Indestructible

The church spiritual is indestructi-
BILE. Destroy this temple and in
three days | will raise il up" is truer
when spoken by Him who is the
teacher of all ages. But we can de-
stroy our church organizations. The
contentious, turmoils and criticisms
of the laymen should be treated with
indifference by the ministers. They
should regard them as warnings
against decaying church, denonii-
nation or organization. Likewise, the
laymen should be careful that his
method of attack does not destroy
his greatest means of individual
helpfulness-the church organic.
Those of us who may think that
Gods church is headed for rock, de-
ceive ourselves. During this period
of adjustment the spiritual life
should characterize the laymen as
we'll as the ministry. Self should be
put behind. The preservation of the
church should be put forward. No
denomination can advance without
proper recognition of the rights and
interests of its laity. "He who would
be greatest among you, must be the
servant of all" is the spirit and posi-
ton of the minister-his is that of a
servant, not master. He who pos
sesses this spirit will find willing
followers. The laymen and ministers
can only destroy themselves individ-
ually, but not Gods church. The
church will go marching on and "the
gates of hell shall not prevail against
IL"
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REAL MASONRY LODGE No. rs. r.. a
A. NJ. Spokane. Wash. Meets first
and third Monday nights at Real
Masonry Hall, corner Il. Trent and
Madeiia st. Visiting brethren well
come. G. II. Rowens. w. NJ. North
South 1O3 f. st. 10-29-27
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Church of God in Christ, 1908 Z.
Madison ST., Rev. l.. c. Patrick, pas
tor.-During our convocation, which
continued 20 days, we were made
happy by the number of conversions
and additions to our church. Many
also were cured of diseases during
the meetings. We have started
drive for funds for a new church
building. Members and friends al
ready have subscribed more than
$500. The new church will be built
in the East Madison district. Our
revival meetings will continue in our
new meeting place, 1908 East Madi-
son st. Rev. Patrick and a number
Of faithful workers will leave next
week for Yakima, where they will as
sist Rev. Charles in conducting tent
meetings. Other faithful workers
will be in charge of the meetings
here until they return. Attend our
services. You will be benefited.