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Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
SECRETARY
 SINCLAIR INFORMS
 COMMITTEE FACTS
SINCLAIR WANTED FALL AS "oUTsloE ATTORNEY" ON
 TRIP TO RUSSIA

WASHINGTON, March g. tR)-The $25. 900 liberty bond loan which Sin. claiir made to Fall in 1923 prior to Falls trip to Russia with Sinclair, was inquired into by the Senate Oil Committee:
 Merritt Baldwin, former confiden- tial employee of Sinclair, told the Committee that while he could not give information about the Continen- tai Trading Co, bonds which Sinclair received he knew Sinclair wanted Fail as an outside attorney" and particu- larly to make the trip to Russia where Sinclair was seeking oil concessions from the Soviet Government.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
MAC DONALD HUNG IN CANADA FOR
 MURDER DRIVER
WIFE SENTENCED TO LIFE tM. PRisoNMENT; LAST MESSAGE
 RECEIVED

VALLEY FIELD, Quebec, March 8 {P-The raising of black flag on 2 She tower of the jail signified that George Macdonald, notorious confi- dence man, paid with his life for the aiaying of Alelard Bouchard, Lachine taxi driver, for robbery of s7o.
 Macdonald received telegram last oight from his wife Doris, whom he a5solved of all blame of the murder and whose sentence of death has been eommuted to life imprisonment. The message read Tomorrow Mass Com Hunion will be offered and I will Gever cease to pray for you". Mac !. Donald muttered God bless her soul"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
ENPLOYES AT DAM
 BEFORE BURST FELT
 STRUCTURE UNSAFE
REALIZED POSSIBLE DANGER: WHOLE WEST SIDE CANYON
 WAS SATURATED

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23. (P)-That employees of the city, working and living at the St. Francis powerhouse in the canyon below the dam, realized on Monday evening before the dam burst that 1t was unsafe and that they saw the whole west side of the canyon near the dam, saturated with water and told one another for God sake get your family out" was the testimony given at the corners inquest of the disaster
 David Matthews, a workman em- pioyed at the powerhouse una"- the broken dam: Chester Smith, owner of ranch in the canyon; Joe Nichols, Smiths tenant, testified to the fear for their lives thrown into them by the sigl,t of the water leaking thru the dam hillside two days before the struc- ture crashed.
 Matthews said the whole west side of the canyon, near the dam, was sat- urated with wateP. Smith said he owed his life to the fact he slept in a barn with the door open because Of seopage k the soaked hillside.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
MAC DONALD CLEARS
 H|S WIFE MURDER
 CHARGE, W||VVPEC

WINNIPEG, March 2s. lP-With the double hanging only two days away George Macdonald, who was exc cuted last night, came forward with a statement clearing his wife, Doris Palmer Macdonald, former American chorus girl, of staying Alelard Bouch- ard, taxi driver, some months ago in Canada, saying he was perfectly willing to die himself
 Macdonald, in the presence of the governor of the prison and three wit uesses, signed his name to the paper which made clear Mrs. Macdonald ~was not in any way responsible for or accessory to the murder.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
SEWARD BOND ISSUE
 NOW UP T0 PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, March g. R- Final action was taken by the House in the approval of minor Senate amendment to the delegate from Alas. ha bills authorizing Anchorage and Seward to issue bonds to construct school buildings. The measure will go up to President Coolidge next for his signature. The Anchorage bond issue will be for $100,000 and the Sew- 7 &nd issue for 35o,oeo.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
LONELINESS AND WORRY, POACHERS,
 LED T0 SUICIDE
MRS. JACK THOMPSON TOOK OWN AlFE ON ALASKAN ISLAND is
 VERDICT JURY

PETERSBURG, Mar. 3. P)-Lone- liness and worry over the activities of poachers on Turnabout Island where she lived alone caused Mrs. Jack Thompson to take her own life. 8 coroner's jury decided after two days of deliveration.,
 t was first thought the fox farm operator had been killed by poachers. She died about March 10. but the body was not found until Tuesday
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
DROP IN LYNX AT SEATTLE FUR SALE
 FROM FEBRUARY
BEAVER AVERAGES e24; LARGE SIZE BRING $s4 AND $ss; BLUE
 FOX st1s

SEATTLE, March g. R1-Lynx dropped from the February selling bringing an average of s37 at the Seat tie Fur Exchange auction. The best lot sold for $50. Martin averaged $37.
 Siilver fox best price was $61. A total of 342 beaver averaged SPA for the large and extra large brought $54 and $35. Fisher, the best lot, went for sir and blue fox at S115.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
PROHIBITION MEN ARE
 EXONERA7ED CHARGES

SEATTLE, March g. (P)-Alfred Hubbard and Richard Bryant. sus- pended prohibition agents, were exon erated of corruption by special Fed eral grand jury. William Whitney, legal advisor for the Pacific North west prohibition forces, said he will immediately recommend reinstate- ment of the two men.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
NEW YORK PHYSICIAN TAKES ISSUE ON DIET

NEW YORK. March s3. (P)-Dr- Charles Norris of New York, chief
 medical examiner, took issue with those who hold an all meat diet is not harmful Commenting on the Stefansson experiment. Norris said . meat diet Is likely to cause an en- iarged heart and other serious physi- cal disorders.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
ARTHUR GOEbEL WILL FLY ID SAN FRANCISCO
 v|A ALEUT|AN ISLANDS

HONOLULU, Mar. 2s. (P)-Arthur c. Goebel. who won the Dole airplane race from Oakland to Honolulu, an nounced that two months after he reached Japan he will fly back to San Francisco via the Aleutian Islands. He said he will make the trip in his Fairchild cabin monoplane using the passenger space for extra gasoline tanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
eteoLos NOW MERE WORKERS

PARIS, Mar. P. Rl-Flamboyant characters, known as gigolos or danc- ing men, have been licensed by the Ministery of Labor and will hence forth be known as mere workers. Gi- golos' chief duty is as dancing part ners of elderly women visitors in Paris.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
HANGING PoHTPoNED

SAN QUENTIN, March 23. R- When informed his execution had been postponed Hickman said 1T expected it." The appeal may not be decided for sometime and it may be months before he is hanged
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
shARkEY AND R,sko TO FIGHT

NEW YORK, Mar. 2. R1-Pians have been completed for series of heavyweight matches here next month bringing Jack Sharkey and Johnny Risko together again. Mullen declar- eA 1t seemed as if Tex Rickard. New York promoter. could not get suitable scpposasson for the champion"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
FiTrv.cNE EXECUTED

LONDON. Mar. g. {R-Shanghai .saport from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ranking government announced that 51 soldiers, officers and desperadoes have been executed Spr participation in Nanking incident and that Lin Gnu Han, commander these. will De arrested.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
NEW ENGLISH PRAYER BOOK

LONDON, Mar. 9. (R--The new Church Of England prayer book .hav- ing passed thru various stages Of re- vision, was issued in form wherein 1t must appear for ratification in the House of Commons. Satisfaction was expressed that sufficient changes have been made to insure its passage.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-23
SENATOR FERRIS DIES

WASHINGTON. Mar. g. (P)-Sena- tor Woodbridge N. Ferris of Michigan died at 6:15 a. m. from pneumonia after weeks of illness which began with heavy cold.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-03-14

BE"HARDER" TOHlT
Trucks to Replace Teams in
highway Maintenance, for
Safety and Economy.

Speeding motorists who have used
highway maintenance patrolmen as
targets are going to have heavier
targets to shoot at in the future. If
they insist on registering hits, the
speeder and not the target is likely
to get the worst of it.
AS cars on the highways have in
creased both in number and in speed,
accidents to patrolmen with teams
and light graders have become more
frequent. The State Highway De-
partment proposes to use motorized
maintenance equipment hereafter.
Trucks and motor graders will be sub
stituted for team patrols this year
on all roads carrying heavy traffic,
ton on the state highways will be
motorized within few years.
Greater economy, better road work
and quicker snow removal are other
reasons for making the change. Team
patrols usually covered several miles
of road. Under the new plan truck
unit will replace four team patrols.
The trucks will be equipped with
blades for smoothing the roads, and
each unit will have a snow pillow which
may be attached when winter comes.
1t is expected that roads will be OPP
ened in less time after a snow storm
than can be done when snow plows
are stationed at only a few places in
each district.
The heavier equipment is expected
to be more effective than the light
horse-drawn graders in smoothing
out "washboards" in gravel roads in
the summer. They will be able to
get out quicker after rain and cover
more ground before the road surface
gets hard and rough.
The cost of team patrols has in
creased steadily. Men with teams
and equipment are hard to get in
summer when they are most needed.
In winter when they have to be laid
off or work part time, it is difficult
for them to find other work. Patrol
men with truck units will work the
year around. The cost per mile is
expected to be less than the cost of
hiring men with teams in summer
and using trucks for snow blowing in
winter.
Truck patrols will be employed on
pavements also, for shoulder repairs,
roadside maintenance and snow re-
moval. Each unit, however, will COW
er a much larger mileage than on
ba IlnnovQ6 rOadc
The change will not be made all
at once. Patrolmen will be given
time to adjust themselves and will be
discouraged from buying new equip
ment.
"The maintenance patrolmen, many
of whom have been in the service
since the trunk highway plan was put
into effect in 1921, have been very
loyal and efficient lot of men," said
Commissioner C. M. Babcock. 81 re-
greet very much that this change is
necessary, but present traffic condi-
tons force us to adopt truck patrols
as rapidly as possible
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-03-14
Gaylord Team to Play
Glencoe in First Game

The drawings and time of the Re-
gional high school basketball tourna-
ment which will be held in Hutchin-
son Friday afternoon and evening,
March 10th, has been announced by
the local athletic authorities. In the
first game the Gaylord team under
the direction of Coach Borchert and
district champions of this district will
meet the Glencoe quint at 1:30 p. m.
Following this game and the last af-
ternoon game the New Prague team
will play Tracy at 2:35. In the ev-
ening the first game which will be
the consolation game, will be played
at 1880 p. M, followed by the final
championship game at $40 p. m. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-03-14
BUYS FARM.

Henry Boettger of Sigel township,
Brown county, has purchased the
Henry Simmet farm of 1S4 acres in
Lafayette township, Nicollet county.
The consideration is said to have been
$4,000, or at the rate of SIPS per
acre. Immediate possession was Civ
en-.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-03-14

1t is a strange thing how, the
closer you are to a political campaign,
the blacker, and less desirable the
candidates appear-Exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-03-14
30x4.75-21 Balloon
$3.50
Other sizes priced
prOpOrtiOnately low.

HERE is the best selection of tires and low
prices ever offered to the car owners in this
vicinity. complete line-four big vaiues-a
tire for every purse and every motoring need
all developed and built by Firestone, in the
worlds most economical tire factories. This
is Firestone's answer to the demand for lower
motoring costs. Here you get the full benefit
Of Firestone quality manufacturing methods
Evening star., 1928-04-08
Tie.Testing Machine.

THE passenger on the modern raj,
way may ride with a greater cor
tentment, because serious wrecks of IN
past are IN a large measure averter
now The engineers have available
machine that tells to an ounce th-
spike-hclding power of various kinds o.
railway ties
This testing machine was invented
by the experts of the Canadian Forest
Products Laboratories a. Montreal
working with leading railway engineers
A series of spikes is driven into the tie
service The tie is then placed on the
AFFIXED a steel band. which is slipped
under the heads Of the spikes. being
also fastened by bolt to similar steel
band underneath the tie. Tremendous
pressure is then brought on the upper
steel band until the spike is pulled
from the tie. and thus is aScertains6
the relative ability Of various woods 70
retain spikes of various kinds
In several lines of industry knowl-
edge of the ability of wood to retain
nails Is important. This IS particularly
the case where the nailed work is sub
iected to shocks and rough handling
as IN crates and containers for ship
ping The machine makes these tests.
using the different kinds OF nails. 81
that the industrial engineer knows IN
a nicely just which kind OF wooden
container TO use IN making various
shipments.
Evening star., 1928-04-08

ground. without knowing precisely the
plant from which ii came.
CuraouSly enough one Of the greatest
obstacles encountered by these grass
hunters Was the grass itself-bamboo.
the greatest Of al grasses Giant stalks
of bamboo, as thick as mans arm,
grew on the sides OF the mountain. IN
such tllicketS that the explorers were
forced 10 follow the trails made up the
mountain by elephants and other wild
animals.
Crawling laboriously over broken
stalks on such q trail. the explorers one
day came face 10 face with an elephant,
They could not step aside. To turn
back would lose them much hard-won
ground. They waited. Soon the elephant
decided To do an about-1Rce himself,
and the party was able 10 proceed, fol-
lowing in his tracks.
Kephart end Piemcisel were hunters
of an entirely different sort from those
who usually penetrate the African for
eStS Their weapons were cameras and
collecting bags rather than traps and
guns Consequently. although they were
IN the heart of the big-gane country.
they were never molested by savage ami
mails. They did not even take out a
shooting license. which now Is required
by the British government in al effor;
to protect ts1e picturesque beasts from
extinction. They used guns only once.
This was TO kill some antelope 10 pro-
vide meat for the porters. They rode
for miles through country where girafics
and Wildebeestes. q variety OF African
antelope. were in plain sight.
Once they came near running over :
leopard encountered on the road al
night. The animal cast q backward
glance at the truck in which they were
travelling. trotted along in front of If
for a short distance and then diSap-
peared in the woods. They had some
difficulty in restraining the native boy
who was with them from taking q shot
at the leopard. which evidently was en-
tlreiy devoid Of any warlike intentions
Although this Is q country Of poison
GUS snakes whose venom is so concen-
trated that ii is almost certain death,
the explorers encountered only a few
Of these reptiles-the spreading cobra.
the puff adder and the fearsome
mamba. which moves swiftly and ST.
Evening star., 1928-04-08

cluster at its base and its once wooded
peaks are dotted with the homes oI the
people Of Pittsburgh,
BY 1863 the pennS, overlordS ot Penn
SylVania. took steps 10 pront from the
coal lands which were being uncovered
in that particular section OF their
domain Pittsburgh was beginning 10
take some sort of form in the shape ot
n few scragglv log cabins and the hardy
settlers began pnaching on the coal
preserves In that year Thomas Penn
wrote Ia his nephew. Lieut.. Gov. John
Penn. as follows,
We desire YOU will order 5000 acres
of land 10 be laid out about p1ttSourgh,
including the town, which may nov oe
laid out. and think. from It's situation,
viii become considerable Ia time,
l would not engroSS all the coal nus,
but rather lease the greater part to
others who may work them"
In carrying out the leasing SuggeS-
ton of Thomas Penn history reveals
that III lisa the pennS granted the
privilege OF mining coal I'm the great
seam opposite Pittsburgh at the rate
of 80 pounds for each mining lot eS-
tending back to the center ot the hill,
That was one way OF avoiding present.
Ciav strike troubles M matter What
difficulties the lessee might have, labor
or otherwise the pennS we're guing to
have their 30 pounds year or their
coal lands,
The Senate committees present day
criticism ot living conditions among the
miners has its counterpart in one made
by Arthur lee Of Virginia, brother ot
Francis Ilghtfo0t Lee. After visit
made To Pittsburgh in i7s@ lee wrote, =,
pittsburgh Is inhabited by people who
live in paltry lng ho,,ses, and these are
dirty III appearance,
hut lee did not overlook the coal
deposits, for he also wrote The banks
ut the Munogahela RtVer ON the west
or opposite slide to Pittsburgh are
steep, close 10 the water, and about 200
Yards high About third uf the way
to the top Is VEN of eOai. above one
of the rocks The coal il burnt IN the
town and lS considered very gcod They
the pennSl have lotted cut the taee
of The hin at 10 pounds a lot, ~ dig
coal as far in as the perpendicular
falling front the summit nt the hank "
Though he vas not Very eanlpls-
mentary to the early rittSnurghers IN
writing of their homes. lee, "a later
eysass Aals pgoled made eas very
Evening star., 1928-04-08

ain and the United States. often leave
wounded animals behind them. These
creatures. who have crawled of into
the woods with painful wounds, are
most dangerous TO men who follow.
1t is mistake Mr.. Piemeisel said, to
consider all OF British and German East
Africa as wild This comparatively
small area is as varied in climate. soli
and natural vegetation as the entire
African continent. with swamp desert
and grass land succeeding eacn other
in an interesting panorama. 1t Is pack
ed with things TO delight the plant eX-
Dlorer. The very fact that so many
herbivorous animals have grazed on the
grassy plateaus for centuries makes the
explorers certain that the native grasses
are rich in paSturage qualities. Tor oul-
falo. antelope and native cattle require
about the same type OF fooo rs ooTleS-
tic cattle and horses
More than 10000 Europeans now are
farming in this area. In the kenya
colony they are mostly British. OF the
same type as settled Australia and large
areas of South Africa. In TanganvlGa
MANY OF the prewar German settlers
sin retain their property, In other
cases IL was confiscated during the war
and bought By the Greek overseers
The agricultural progress OF the region.
the explorers believe has hardly started
since. in many respects. the land Is nn-
rivaled for the variety of crops which
il will produce.
II is not uncommon TO see in the gar
dens OF these settlers weird mixtures OF
vegetation Beans grow beside bananas
uineapples along with potatoes and cot
ton with cuclImbers. Wheat and corn
are important crops however. and the
settlers depend largely upon European
and Australian varieties.
The farmhouseS often are handsome
structures with European gardens around
them. where the old-fashioned flowers
have been introduced and bloom in
riotous prof,Ision. They gave an atmos-
phere of domesticity unexpected in the
heart of the Dark Continent.
The farmers still suffer severely from
/ the depredations of lions and leopards
/ which come boldly into farmyards TO
( kill and carry away sheep. goats and
| cattle. Occasionally the farmers In a
given area will band together, secure
Evening star., 1928-04-08

ing list OF $50 900. arranged In n card
index file that fills q wall~-a file Miss
Black built up from three little drawers
OF cards.
Her Office. gets the first glimpse OF
people seeking Federal employment. A
department on an upper floor deals With
groups by mail The commission Is
charged with the responsibility OF pro-
viding Uncle Sam with working per-
sonnei, from watchmen to scientists.
from aeronautics and agronomy To
zoology. The man who answered q bot
any question with The fiappers OF a
country are its fora" had waited In line
with young and old on the way to Miss
Blacks desk. Strangers in Seattle and
New York have recently been writing to
thank her for having directed them TO
the right track These had been irres0-
lltes who needed some one TO help make
up their minds about just what they
wanted to do
Which examination2" she asks over
the telephone. Yes. yes. The name
does not mean anything 10 me. would
probably recognize her II l saw her
Suppose you let me take her name. ]
VIII let her know in time"
Some days IL Is wearing. but l can
honestly say that In all these years
have never been bored for AN hour. You
see, like people" said Miss Black. 1T
takes courage to go looking for better
lob. ] am here to give information and
suggestions that would be most adyan
tageous TO all these men and women
and through them To the Government.
/ Work and workers are better off when
the Job is enjoyed should have been
frightfully unhappy and probably quite
lnefiicient II ! had kept on IN my nrst
position"
A schoolgirl from farm in Circle
Vile. Ohio. Anna Black came 10 Wash
inRton 10 visit an aunt and uncle away
back In 1891 Except for yearly visits
AT vacation time she never went back
/ to the farm She qualified for u job AZ
subordinate clerk In the Treasury De-
/ paftment,
1T was the kind OF work you could
learn, and that WAS the end Of II" she
remembers, Always and always the
same thing. ! juht had Ia move. Here
every day Is different. The work A AL
ways new~~new faces. new problems n
! constant stream Of drama M exciting rs
anything you can ser On the stage. and
once In u while face All artist would
! like to paint" iMiss Black Is ID former
/ president Of the Art Study CiubJ
/ She recalled the carpenter with his
I KIT Of tools who wished 10 take All eA-
animation as junior patent examiner
aud the scuAe Of responsibility which
made II necessary f0f her To explain the
difficulties his need Of a knowledge oI
physics, engineering, languages, But
the carpenter had been going 10 night
school lie took The examination and
failed He studied for kiX months, took
H. again and failed, Half n year latei
he WAS a. the bureau one morning be-
@oEa hsF DOOR Mas cnensd. Ae MAA pre-