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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY Dr.. C. A. L. Reed

You may live in one Of those
localities in which, with the
advent Of summer, you are AT.
fllcted with the annual visitation
OF mosquitoes. These voracions
and musical nocturnal insects are
at the very best extremely an
noying.
In many localities where the
form of mosquito known a.
anopheles prevails and where ma
laria has 4 footing, they become
carriers of that disease. They
are, therefore, dangerous to the
public health and it becomes the
duty of everybody. under the
new ethics Of science, to do his
/ or her part in preventing the exist
ence and spread of this source
Of danger.
1t. is we'll known that the
only logical way to stop the mos
quito is to stop the breeding
of the insects. 1t was the prac'
teal application Of this prln'
chile by which the immortal Cor.
gas cleaned up, first Havana and
then the Isthmus Of Panama.
When l was at Panama, during
the construction period of the
Canal, there was sudden anu
unexplained temperance or the
little mosquitoes, called cluex,
in the bungalow in which l
lived ON .Ancon Hill. LIE Prince,
head of the mosquito service.
personally investigated the origin
of this visitation and found Il
to be a beer bottle, partially filled
which had been thrown into the
grass. 1t was fairly swarmlnS
with the larvae of the mosQul,
foes. AS soon as 1t was destfoyeu
the mosquitoes disappeared:
This was only an isolated IN.
stance showing the importance OIL
abolishing all open pools OF stag
nant water, to permit which was
one of the most serious oftenses
under the health regulations en-
forced by Gorgas. The same prin-
ciple holds true in all localities in
which mosquitoes prevail.
The latest development in mos
quito prevention has likewise
come from the Panama Canal
zone. 1t was there found that the
gatherings usually placed in roofs
to communicate with downspouts,
very often retained pools OF wa
ter which promptly became breed
ing centers for mosquitoes. In
vestigation proved that the same
fact prevailed in other tropical
centers. The problem was to Sc
cure roof-guttering which would
not encourage the propagation OF
these dangerous insects.
1t was found that cast-iron gut
terings obviated this danger II
they were made in molds not less
than five inches In diameter and
with a depth that increased to-
ward their outlet, with an in
cline that insured their perfect
and spontaneous drainage. The
depth and area was for ordinary
roofs, but it was found necessary
to increase the section area pro-
portionately to the catchment
ares, Of the house. and. conae-
auSntlY, to the volume Of water
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
MED IT. TIONS
OF "A WIFE
Ladies and Love
BY Helen Rowland.

LAuIeB AMu A4UVU
IN the game OF love the last
card ! woman should play Il
her heart.
a Won1an's love may be starved
to death or frozen to death, but
a mans love il nearly always
cIaoked to death or talked to
death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
BY Elsie Robinson

and cave. Dwarfed a bit, by
civilization, but still @persisttng
beside the track of your soul.
Think of that when you look
at a horse tail rush. and don't
be so proud Of your "touchy
temper" or your Jealous dis
position" You might as we'll be
proud of a scaley tail!
Yes, the horse tail rush will
certainly make you feel humble,
but there's another little plant
that will brace your knees and
put new hope in your heart.
"Sisurhinchium" the botanists
have tagged it, but the children
have a better name-"blue-eyed
grass" Remember how 1t grew
along your road to school, clumps
o. still, grassy blades with tiny,
dark blue flower. Common little
flowers, al common as horse tell
rushes, and as amazing. For
that tiny flower is the beginning
of the iris family and is the
grandma of all the stately purple
and white fleur-de-lyS which
fringe your garden path. There
their beauty started-in that
modest beginning of loneliness.
There's q thought for you.
For il you have horse tail
rushes lingering in your nature
you also have blue-eyed grass
budding there; the Vestige OF
ugliness. but also the beginning
of beauty. Like climbing up
a star-in your heart and mine.
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greenish tufts. And its history
is even queerer than it looks, for
that common horse tail rush is
about the oldest plant on earth.
Long before the hot, young
earth was able to produce
Towering, seed bearing plants,
cruder forms Of vegetation were
growing in steaming marsh and
swamp. Strange forms-some of
them more like animals than
plants. Algae in the water
sauirming scum spirogyra -
frog spit" you used to calk it
in your swimming pool days.
ing to rock and sand, fumbling
the air. Then the great fernsr
their fronda. And their horse
tail rushes. But not the small,
dwarfed brushes which We see
now. Great shafts OF spongy
greeness towering above the
swamps, arching to form dark
tunnels through which gigantic
reptiles crawled.
A dripping, steaming. bubbling,
teaming, hot new world rolling
among the stars for millions of
cool years. And then, at last; a
cooled and hardened world in
which flowers, bloomed, birds
sang and man stalked upon his
conuuering way. The great
swamp creatures dead and gone.
hardly a trace of them remain.
ing. The skeleton of a Tracho-
don-the skull Of a Neanaderthal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21

Perhaps the reason why a WON.
an keeps on asking q man to
tell her that he loves her IL be-
cause she has subconscious con.
viction that, IL she can make
him say it over often enough,
he will come to believe it, him.
self.
The reason so few men COM
plain of dyspepsia these days IL
probably because most of them
are starving" along on the
wifess reducing diet.
Before marriage. a man IL
charmed by woman's ability to
see a lot Of things in him-after
marriage, by her ability to over
look a lot of things.
Getting the first lover. the first
husband or the first job is the
hardest. Most men seem to re-
quire previous experience" In
these days in everything from
petting to marriage and business.
The most serious business OF
the younger generation appears to
be it's desperate effort to convince
the world that it doesn't take it.
self seriously.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21

GIT down and
- be humble
two weeds are
going to talk to
you.
There's t h a t
common p1a n t
/. you've seen hun.
dreds OF times,
growing alon 8
railroad tracks
"equisetun1 syl-
vaticum" t h .
wise men have
named 1t but
the youngsters
call it "horse
tail ru 3 h :
@ u . . n looking
thing-isn't It?
With its gritty,
scaley . t . m
sticking up from
the ground like
a knobbed twig.
until it branches
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
TESTING THE LOVE RESPONSE

X oDERN science guided BY moving pictures says
vi less Of Anita Loo that brunette feels love and ne
romantic passion more intensely than blonde
The ladies above blonde one brunette sat watching
an intensely affeconate moving picture while machine reg
stered their pressure and breathing 70 see how much
the love scenes excited them and awakened their emotions
The upper picture shows the ladies Watching and the Pic
ture below shows one Of the scenes they looked st
Creta Carlo as you see Is playing very emotional part
As the lovers the embraced indicating that they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21

At first, a bride likes to drop
in Unexpectedly at her husbands
office to tell him what she's been
doing; later. she is apt to drop
in even more Unexpectedly to
find out what HE'S been doing.
A modern man is not ahashed
when a girl refuses to kiss him
he is merely amazed that she
should pass up such a golden OPP
portunity.
The old-fashioned boy got an
education by burning the mid.
night oil; the modern boy gets
most Of his by burning the mid"
night gasoline.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Fill each blank:
According to Grecan fable Argus had .
he Dodger a character in
Cricket o the Hearth" written by
is the present King of Spain.
s. Labor Day in the month Of -.
Nadr is the point.
you know:
golf what the place called ball is struck
in hole?
g.. That is a phiateist?
3. In American did Hessian troops fight?
is the Corcoran Art Gallery?
What extraordinary feat performed william
Tell?
IL. What is parchesi!
1S. What Italian city has canals for streets?
Who wrote
a.. Annie Laurie.
Columbia, Gem of Ocean
is. Believe me all those endearing young charms.
See Magazine Page Fer Answers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
LISTEN, WORLD!

man - and q
horse tail rush.
growing beside a
railroad track,
its 5O-foot shoots
dwarfed to a
M o 3 1t -
perch.
Whale Of q
story, that! And
it's more than
the story Of q
plant it's the
story Of YOU.
InSro are uOFS9
tail rushes in
you, too-things,
in you. that
have come down
million ms of
We ars. III o t,
sliney impulses
-hate and greed
and envy and
fear holdovers
from the old
dava of swamp
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
ONCE-OVERS

Size Is Not an important Feature in Success
If YOU to important air to
offset your size physically.
If YOU are big try budOze your through the
world the impression Of importance.
the offender becomes amusing well as RIDICULOUS
Stature signify the measure Of mentality
considers the small 1nteo
himself that the undrszed should not be annoyed
by his opinions.
yourself you will win than trying to be like some
elsa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
Oil, Oil, Oil
DEsEARCHEs in geOphysics at Princeton Un
And How We Spend 1t.

DEsEARCHEs geophysics Princeton University may
N revolutonize the work Of locating oil deposits
It may be possible say just where and how big the oil
deposits are that case Uncle Sam will know just how
much oil And if he is wise he will prevent squander
ing it, as it is wasted and squandered now a.
The British conserve their oil by putting high tax on
the Gasoline used to sell in this country
than the present British gasoline That would not be
popular here with our a. 900 automobiles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

: Beware of little expenses; a
small leak will sink a great ship.
Franklin.
The man who gives me employ.
ment, which ! must have or sui.
fer. that man is my master, let
me call him what / will.
Henry George.
Adverse fortune reveals genius;
prosperity hides il, Horace.
IL Hero means sincere man, why
may not every one OF us be
Hsro7 carlyis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21

He who prays and labors lifts
his heart to God with his hands.
st. Bernard.
IN truth, there Is no such thing
III mans nature as q settled and
fun resolve either for good or evil,
except at the very moment of ex.
ecutton. Hawthorne.
Where al are foolish. the sage
q no better than the fool and only
rather more dangerous. Froude.
4 small present hay be the tes.
kimony of q great love. Petrarch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
Do You Know

Upwards Of 1000, 900 houses
have been built in Great Britain
since the armistics.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21

of adequate landing fields and to popu-
larize aviation throughout the United
States.
Among those responsible for the stag
ing Of the tour are William. B. Mayo.
dent Of the Travel Air company, carried
of the prize and was in a fair way to
win the Ford trophy permanently. He
lost his immediate chance, however, by
falling to have an entry in the tour last
year. Eddie Stinson, until a short time
ago joint holder of the worlds endur-
ance record, was declared winner last year
after one of the finest demonstrations Of
extended flying on record.
The winner Of the event each year Is
determined by a set formula which is
worked out according to the speed and
carrying capacity of the ships. To en-
courage safe flying 30 per cent Of the
speed and rs per cent Of the capacity are
counted perfect.
1t is o notable fact that during the
three years the tour has been promoted,
not one person has been injured while
participating In the event, which is con-
sidered remarkable in view OF the fact
that in 1925. 800 miles were covered In
one week; in 1926. 1900 miles. and in
1927, 1000 miles. This year the route Of
the planes will include 6,300 miles and
will take about three weeks.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21

Curley apparently about the same time,
made his way to the steamer Far West
near the junction of the Little Horn
with the Big Horn and in graphic fash
ion told Captain Grant Marsh OF the
river boat and Captain Baker OF the
troop escort of the catastrophe.
1t is the generally accepted solution
that Curley and the two scouts b
were killed, were with Custer himself
while the other three went with Reno's
troops. White Man Runs Him, however.
claims that he, White Man Runs Him,
was with Custer until his retreat to the
ridge, when he was ordered by the white
leader to seek his own safety. On the
other hand some OF the older residents
OF the Yellowstone river section claim
that some Of the more thrilling Incl
dents of Curley's escape were added to
his story by eastern newspaper writer's
when he was on a trip to Washington.
Curley died May %, 1923, at the age
Of SO and was buried with military hon.
ors at the government cemetery on the
Custer Battlefield. During the last few
years of his life. he received a govern
ment pension. OF the two companions
OF White Man Runs Him on the day
of the battle, Goes Ahead died in 1919
and Hairy Moccasin in october, 1922.
White Mar Runs Him, who is now
about II or 70 years old lives at Lodge
Grass on the Grow reservation. He is
often spoken OF as a chief, although as
he never 0 the ran of war chief. the
title is largely honorary. Last year,
White Man Runs Him was a guest of
the Burlington railway during the yell
lowstone park opening ceremonies at
Cody, Wyo, and was given much pub
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21

to the effect that oward the close of the
battle Curley picked up two Sioux blan-
kets and sought TO have Custer wrap one
of them about him and seek to escape
with him from the field. This Custer
refused to do, but babe Curley escape II
he could n the Grow in the confusion
OF the mad melee was able to steal away
in disguise.
Whether the romance has any basis in
fact or whether Curley had decamped to
the hills in the first skirmish, realizing
the plight of Custer, and saw the fight
at a distance. he brought to the Fan
West a fairly accurate description OF
what had taken place.
During the fighting on the Rosebud
and the two Big Horns, the main camps
of the Crows were located farther west
| With the invasion by SO large q force
of enemy tribes, the Crows prudently re-
tired from a region which, while they
claimed 1t as their own and which was
their principal district in the days of the
early fur traders, they had found diff
cult to hold as the Sioux had been driven
farther west.
Besides the Crow scouts who were with
the commands of Terry. Gibbons and
Custer, there was another body of Grow
warriors which with some Arapahoe In
dams from the south were attached to
the troops of General Crook, who ac-
cording to the scheme Of the 1876 cam
paign were to have come up from the
south to take part in an enveloping
movement on the hostiles.
The Arapahoes were commanded by
their noted warrior chief, Washable,
Among the Crows was a young Crow
chieftain, Plenty Coos. later to become
the head chief of the Crows and today
widely recognized as the nestor of In
dian leaders.
Crook moved north down the Rosebud
river, starting from the northern part OF
Wyoming, n on June II. just 10 days
before the battle of the Little Big Horn,
he ran into a large force of the hostile
Indians in command of Crazy Horse, one
OF the craftiest Of Indian generals.
Fortunately for Crook, the Indian
auxiliaries had gone ahead where they
encountered the waiting enemy. After a
brief encounter, they realized the full
strength Of the engaging enemy and
came pellmell back to the white troops
with the news. The skirmish with their
Indian allies gave Crook a chance to pre-
pare his men. Even then, the white
troops were unable to make any advance
and one force which had pushed into O
box canyon had a narrow escape from
humiliation.
the Dattle ended In q draw,
its effect was that Of a defeat for Crook,
who finally had to retrace his steps while
Crazy Horse hurried to the west to swell
the great force Of Sioux and Cheyenne
which on June 26 brought terrible dis
aster n bitter revenge upon Custer and
his men. The ineffectiveness of Crooks
campaign had its bearing on the issue
of the battle on the Big Horn while but
for the Crows n Arapahoes. Crook
might have walked into q trap with the
same dire consequences that befell his
colleague.
While the part of the Crow scouts in
the campaign was a minor one, they de-
serve fully whatever recognition has
been given them for doing what was ex-
pected OF them, even though they per-
formed no great deeds Of valor and used
more discretion in their fighting thar
their white allies.
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licity as the last of the Custer couts.
White Man Runs Him and the other
scout were mere youths at the time of
the battle and it was his first venture in
war.
Lieut.. James H.. Bradley, attached to
Gibbons command, was assigned to the
leadership OF the scouts which included
a number Of Crows in addition to the
frontier scouts of whom Charlie Reyn-
olds. killed in the battle, was the chief.
Bradley in his journals says that he gave
Custer the best scouts that he had, when
at the meeting of Terry, Gibbons and
Custer at the mouth Of the Rosebud, the
plans for the campaign were formed.
All of the generals in the campaign,
including Custer, seem to have regarded
the Grow scouts as above the average in
intelligence and trus~tworthiness. In some
of the early phases Of the campaign,
White Man Runs Him had his horse
stolen and after that marched on foot, a
subject of the jokes of his companions
because of his plight.
In Bradley's account, it was White
Man Runs Him, Hairy Moccasin and Goes
Ahead who told Gibbons and Terry of
the catastrophe. After the battle, the
scouts joined a party of Crows near the
mouth of the Little Big Horn. The SOL
diers discovering that they were Crows,
made signals, and some Of the Indians
came across the river and, weeping Bit
terly, ~recounted the story told by the
scouts. These Crows in Bradley's words
had been the first listeners to the hor-
rid story
The three fugitives, after much per-
suasion, finally came into camp and gave
the story again, their faces picturing
their intense terror. The tale was given
in such minuteness that the soldiers
could not but recognize its truth al
though still hoping that it was over
drawn. The scouts promised to remain
with the command but were later per-
suaded by Bernard Prevo, an interpreter
and squaw man to abandon the expedi-
ton, which he evidently believed would
meet the same fate as Custer. Prevo, or
lived out his life as a white Crow dy-
ing on the reservation only q few years
ago.
Much is said about White Man Runs
Himself in Dixon's The Vanishing Race"
He is described as a veritable Apollo Bel
videre. He is pronounced by ethnolo-
gists to possess a physique hardly paral-
leled by any of the northern tribes, .
says Dixon. His whole aspect is one of
great dignity. His voice is soft and must
cal, his eye keen and penetrating. He
was trustworthy to the point of death.
Very many times the safety of the en-
tire command depended upon his saga
city and caution"
Dixon quotes White Man Runs Him as
telling of Custer bringing the Grow
scouts together after his retreat to the
ridge from the 1rst attack by the river,
and telling them: You have done your
duty. You have led us to the Indian
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21
SAFETY,
SOUGHT IN AIR
THOSE ARE GOALS OF RELIABILITY
TOUR WHICH WILL VISIT
MONTANA IN JULY

Reliability, insofar as safety is the
primary consideration. and not speed
alone Is the main object of the Ma
tional air tour for the Ford reliability
trophy, according to members Of the
pathfinder" party which arrived In
Great Falls recently to make final ar
rangements for the visit OF the tour
next month.
In 1925 the idea Of the national tour
chief engineer OF the Ford Motor com
pany, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and the
Detroit board of m aviation com
mittee, which includes a number of the
foremost opponents Of aviation In the
United States.
In 1926 and 1926 Walter Beach, presi'
conceived by the Detroit board o.
commerce, and Edsel B. Ford offered
magnificent trophy for it, which is Il
become the permanent possession OF thu
winner OF the event for three consecu
tive years. The main purpose of the an
nuai tour is TO encourage the building
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21
(By w. ii. BANFILL)

OINCE the death Of Curley. Crow In
y dian. the reputed only survivor OF
~ Clusters immediate command in the
battle of the Little Big Horn. when five
troops OF picked American cavalry were
wiped out in the conflict with the Sioux
and Cheyenne in 1876, much of the at-
tention once given him has been divert
ed to White Man Runs Him, the only
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21

camp. Now the thing to do is to obey
my command and get away" To this,
the Crow added, Had Custer not told
me to go. the people who visit Clusters
today would see my name also
on the monument"
The romantic tale Of Curley's escape,
which appeared first in permanent form
in a life Of General Custer published
within a year or two after his death, was
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21

living member OF
the group of six
Crow scouts who
were with Custer
in his last CAM
paign.
The extent to
which the surviv-
ing Grow scouts
were actually in
the battle has been
a moot question.
Two of the group.
White Swan and
Half Yellow Face,
were killed. A day
or two after the
battle, three Of the
scouts gave the
first account Of 1t
to General Glib
- - ,Lua
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21

A bad ending follows q bad beginning,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-03-30
Man Burned To Death.

While burning underbrush on farm he
had bought near Potomac, this county,
William Hamilton. SO years old, Of Be-
thesda. was burned to death last Saturday
afternoon before his son working in field
nearby could 60 to his aid.
The son, Raymond Hamilton. who also
was burning brush on another part of the
farm. first learned Of his fathers plight
when his small daughter ran to him across
the field. crying that she thought horse
was burning to death near where her grand
father was working.
Raymond followed his daughter to the
spot. and found the body of his father
severely burned The little girl ran to the
farmhouse and called the Rockville Fire
Department. Raymond was carrying the
body from the field. over his shoulder, when
the firemen arrived at the farm.
1t was thought sudden change in the
wind had whipped the fire from the burn
ing brush back upon the older Hamilton
before he could escape IL. 1t was also sur
missed that the smoke borne by the chang
ing wind may have suffocated him, render
ing him helpless to escape the flames.
Mr.. Hamilton is survived by his wife
and two sons. William. Jr.. and Raymond
Hamilton.