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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
c1ApTER VII

CHAPTER VII
All great scientific discoveries are evolved from long
experimentation by pioneer investigators who grope
unsuccessfully toward certain goal. Some one man
becomes immortal by reaching up from the ground
work built by others.
Centuries of experiments with steam preceded Watts
creation of the first successful steam engine Without
the trials of I1ienthal and Chanute doubtful if
the Wrights could have produced the first real flying
machine. If Hertz had discovered the Hertzian
waves Marconi might never have solved the problem
of practical wireless Indeed the possibility of the
latter would never have been suspected.
But it is natural for to deride that which he
cannot comprehend, and the path of the pioneer is
bitter. Then success and instantly the same
world that jeered turns to hero worship and soon
cepts the conquest of the supposedly impossible as
commonplace fact.
Paul Rayburn. puzzng over the age old problem OF
communicating with other worlds than our own, was
aware of what he must endure. In the deluge OF de-
rsion that overwhelmed him following the garbled and
fantastic newspaper publicity about his work he was
Inundated to point where one less certain would
have been crushed or doubted his own sanity alt
Discharged by the Grannett company branded in
the popular mind visionary crank, he knew fnan-
cial help would be impossible to enlist and mis-
creditors would become ravenouSly inSiStent.
The outlook not encouraging-except for one
thing. He had progressed a point where success
was within reach He could force himself to endure
the derison--later it would be his turn to laugh
Some years before, while studying in Germany Ray
burn had first become interested in the problem OF
inter-planetary communication.
The mysterious coSmic rays discovered by Kols
horster and investigated subsequently by Mian were
already accepted by science. Their origin was un-
lxnown-about it men could only speculate. The highly
penetrating properties of these due to their
extremely short length well established The fact
that intensity increased greatly in higher regions
of the air had shown by little instruments self
recording, aloft in free balloons. Their origin
appeared therefore to be outside the earth.
1t was also well known that ordinary radio waves
which are much longer, neither leave the earths
atmosphere nor enter it from without, because OF
conducting layer SO 200 miles above the earths
face known as the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS layer.
Rayburn was aware that greater accuracy. higher
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
PROBLEMS OF KEEPING SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE UP PRESENT MANY
ODD EXPERIENCES, COOK FINDS

American public schools bring to-
gether all the different types of chill
dren and those children are but the
reflections of the homes that make up
the community. Few people have OPP
portunity to get a view of that COM
plete croSS-section of American home
life. 1t, however, falls to the lot of
one official in a school district to
secure q rather comprehensive notion
of it. In city, such as is Douglas,
the attendance officer probably comes
as nearly having chance to know
something of the family life of all
types as any one could and his ex-
perienceS, if written into diary form,
would make an interesting story.
George w. Cook has been attend
aYlce officer in this district for four
years. He carries the duties of the
office on what is termed "half time"
but in that half time he sees all the
types that the district offers. Here
are found families of the best Ameri-
can type, the families of negroes,
families of Mexicans and families of
foreign born people who have cast
their lot with the American nation
because they viSualized better condi-
tions and opportunities for themselves
and their offspring. And so George
w. Cook, therefore, has study of a
polyglot school population which the
schools, with Cook as one of it's
agencies, are trying to develop into a
reasonably good grade of American
citizens. Cooks experiences are of in
terest and he has, without question,
seen some Things that will help to
give better picture of average FAM
lily life than many people possess.
Most Pathetic Case
What was the most pathetic case
George w. Cook ever came upon in
doing his work as an attendance Off
Ger? What was the worst case or
putting it another way, what was the
hardest boiled type of child Cook ever
saw? What was the most diScourag-
ing case he ever came upon.
Cook was asked to talk about those
questions. Naturally, he could not
give the names or the exact time but
they had to be considered in general
terms and without date. Take the
first one. This was question that
would appeal to the average person as
the first to consider. The officer
studied bit and replied: "I've seen
several cases that would wiring fell
lows heart until it hurt because of
the pathetic conditions, but of them
all, there is one that stands out clear
and distinct
zone morning I had request to
investigate a particular case of abb
senteeisrn and I went to the address.
There / found situation that would
have brought tears to any average
person. There was the father, an in
valid. The mother was i'll The three
children. in tatters hardly sufficient
to hide their little bodies, were hun
cry. And for Douglas, that was on
a cold morning. 1t was not necessary
for me to ask the parents why the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
Fire Losses in Douglas During 1927 Of Only $685.
DOUGLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
ANOTHER FINE RECORD FOR YEAR
OF 1927, LOSSES BEING NOMINAL

The little tank of chemical will
smother the small fire almost at once.
The men on the Douglas fire depart-
ment do not like to fight big fires so
they get to them before they grow up
when possible. This is not always so
easy to do. There are a number of
things that hamper the firemen. In
the first place, now and then a fire
gains headway before it is reported.
This happens when people leave their
homes without turning out the gas or
properly srnothering the fire in the
stove or when they go out forgetting
to turn off the electric iron which has
been thoughtlessly set down on an
ironing board instead Of a metal stand.
Causes of Fire
A live coal falls out of the stove onto
a rug on the floor and may spend hours
gaining blaze which then creepS
across the floor until it catches in a
window curtain which is likely to flash
The alarm to persons passing in the
street if the smoke does not get out
beforehand.
Fhe iron left with the current turned
on grows hotter and hotter. If it is
old or in any way defective short
will develop through the hot wires
melting or burning away the insula-
ton and the iron becomes hot enough
to burn the cloth or board it sets
on and any little draught or the en-
countering of hair or bit of loose
thread will cause the Smouldering ma
terial to burst into flame.
Many an ironing board, table and
floor has been ruined in this way. A
man dressing in haste to attend an
evening party will throw a half-hurned
cigarette at a cuspidor or an ash tray.
If he is an accurate thrower he is
safe, but if he misses and does not
notice it he will return to his, home
after the party to find fireman
awaiting him to say that little damage
was done outside the burning away of
the bedroom floor and the running of
three suits of clothes with smoke.
Lately some instances of the disaster
caused by tinkering with the electric
wiring have come to light. In fact it
is to produce light by the use Of the
electric fixtures that many fires are
caused The person who foots the bill
would like to blame the light wires,
but the fireman will unScrew the plugs
which should hold the light fuses and
find behind them pair of copper
cents. He will present these pennies
to the householder and tell him that
he himself is responsible for the fire
as the pennies, put in the place OF
new fuses, defeat the purpose of fuses
in that they do not burn out and cut
off the current when trouble is brew
ing as regular fuse will.
Building Inspectors Work
The building inspector helps the fire.
man before fire occurs by ordering
fire hazards removed, but sometimes
fire hazards appear that break out into
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
ARIZONA BUSINESS CONDITIONS
SEEN FROM A CLOSE VIEW, SHOW
GOOD RESULTS FOR YEAR 1927

Included in the record building pro-
gram were IA new hotels, already
completed or under construction, in
nine Arizona cities, exclusive of the
$1,OOO,OOO Arizona Biltmore winter re-
sort hotel to be built near Phoenix
in 1928 and the Union Pacific's
$750,000 hotel on the north rim of the
Grand canyon, to be opened this sum-
mer
Business conditions during Decem-
ber held generally good level.
Though retail trade has been char
acterized by considerable variation in
different lines, and to lesser extent
in different communities, continued
expansion during the past year is in
dicated in. reports assembled by the
Arizona industrial congress from state
manufacturers and distributors, prac-
tically all of whom report increases
in volume of from five to 20 per cent
over 1926. Checking transactions in
principal cities of the state for the
month were generally above those for
November, and exceeded figures for
December, 1926, in nearly all cases.
Agriculture and Its Values
"Value of Arizona's agricultural pro-
duction last year was approximately
20 per cent greater than in 1926, it
is indicated by preliminary estimates
of the United States bureau of agri-
cultural economics. Figures on the
acreage, yield and production of II
principal field crops, with values based
on prices as of December l for COM
parative purposes, give a valuation OF
$34, ,465, 500, against $28,881 ,26O for the
same crops the previous season. AT
the same time, acreage devoted to the
12 crops was nine per cent over the
| year before.
considering that the government
estimates, which are subject to revi-
sion, do not include cottonseed, dairy
products, poultry products, deciduou'
fruits, citrus fruits, grapes and othel
special products, it is conservativelJ
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15

speed and more efficient operation all at much lower
Of installation and operation. can be achieved by
the of short directed lengths also that very
small amounts of power suffice for very long range
communication.
This drectional short beam. multiplying the
power of twenty kowatts practically hundred times
can sent with a divergence of than degrees
like a focused searchlight
Upon these established premises Rayburn pursued
his experiments.
He perfected device for automatically recording the
cosmic rays which penetrate the earth's envelope of
atmosphere. By the delicate quartz fiber elec
troscope he succeeded in capturing and registering
these incredibly short which measure and
half trillion an nch and he found that they came
in measured impulses He had caught signals OF
undoubtedly extra-mundane origin!
When he turned his directional receiving device
toward the there signals. The instant il
faced Mars the signals strong and clearly de-
fined and Of periodic frequency.
This could but thing. On Mars there
must be beings familiar with the creating and direct
ing of these electric impulses. who were unuueston
ably endeavoring to communicate with the earth.
Furthermore, it followed logically that If those
beings already succeeded in projecting their sig
nails the earth they must be farther ADVANCED in
scientific knowledge than the people here who have
yet been able to project signals to Mars II was
conceivable they with their superior knowledge,
were vastly familiar with conditions on earth
than we with conditions on Mars
Rayburn had recorded the cosmic ray signals for
some time, and from certain repetttons knew that
form message being sent, perhaps automatically,
in the hope of eventually securing a response from
the EARTH
Now he proceeded, by means of special tubes and
ampnfying devices, for these short waves what
can be done in radio for the longer ones. He con-
verted them into sound!
And it was then and only then that he realized the
incredible triumph that was to crown his efforts
It's staggering beyond the widest dreams" ne
gasped, awestruck, but really wonderful.
or incomprehensible unbelievable than the soft
whisper of a violin that project through
mountains of and to be delicatey repro
duced on radio deep in the heart Of great apart
unent house a thousand miles away"
ITO Continued
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15

That the reports which have been
printed from time to time in maga-
zines and other publications over the
country pointing out that business con-
ditionS are good in Arizona is borne
out by a near view is the evidence
afforded in the monthly report from
the Arizona industrial congress for
December The report goes into de-
tail in the various lines and carries
out the study by giving the values in
the several lines Of wealth production.
The report is as follows:
Passing of the old year found Ari-
zona in one of the strongest economic
positions of recent years. Although
mining was handicapped by unfavor-
able metal markets, 1927 witnessed
marked improvement in the agricul-
tural and livestock industries and fur
ther increase in the volume Aof general
business, while a. record amount of
building construction, continued activ-
ity in general construction and devel-
opment~ and steady growth in tourist
travel contributed to making the year
one of definite progress
Improvement over the previous year
was most noticeable in agriculture and
livestock, both of which showed large
increases in value of production. Total
farm production for 1927 is estimated
at more than $4O,OOO,OOO, while ship
ments of cattle, sheep and wool rep
resented approximately $20,000O00.
I'm the mining industry the veal
was less favorable, although improve
ment in the copper market in De-
cember was of some encouragement
Mine production showed some de-
crease from 1926, when Arizona set 6
peace-time record in copper output. II
is too early for definite estimates
but it is believed value of copper, gold
silver, lead and zinc production fol
the year was around $95,OO0,O00.
I'm new construction the year was
particularly active, building permits IL
Phoenix, Tucson and several othel
cities exceeding all previous records
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
LUDLOW GIVES
HIS ESTIMATE
OF The PRESS

Something of the estimate that
men who have achieved high stand
ing in the world of journalism places
on the power of the press as well as
the standard they would maintain in
the handling and treatment OF the
daily news is reflected in a. recent
address which Louis Ludlow made be-
fore the students of journalism at the
University Of Indiana recently. Lud-
low is president of the National
Press. club Here are some extracts
from his address:
Editorial policies should always
be based on the elements. of fair
play, justice and sincerity, because
the press is the most powerful in
strument of public information in
the world" he continued. "Some of
our newspapers fling at their mast
heads the flamboyant boast: We
print all of the news that ever hap
pens.' In my opinion, there is no
virtue in such policy. If ever ]
own a newspaper I am going to dec
crate its masthead with something
like this: we print all of the news
that should be printed and do not
print the news that should not be
printed
Journalists Opportunity
t'I maintain that it is within the
power of the press to make a world
a great deal better; it can make il
infinitely happier, it can substitute
gladness for sorrow in many house
hold; it can keep from impressionable
youth many influences and suggest
ions that weaken character and il
can put in front of impressionablt
youth many influences and suggest.
ions that will build up character, ado
to the sum total of human happiness
and help save immortal souls"
Concluding his address he said:
"I believe that if every reporter
every editor, every publisher, woulc
fill himself full of the goodness o
Christ it would be a great thing fo
the world"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
CHEROKEE JACK
ERRED WHEN HE
MET PAT O'DAY

James Hancock, resident of the old
town of Paradise in the Chiricahua
mountains and a pioneer in this part
of Arizona, might well be termed the
Pooh-Bah of Paradise-in fact of all
that section of the Chiricahuas Pooh
Bah, you remember, was everything
but the lord high executioner in that
lyrically amusing and musically tune
full operetta, "The Mikado." 1t would
no doubt happen, if Paradise were to
return to the state of mind that some
times pervaded the mining camps OF
the early days, that the higher rank
of Ko-Ko would be draped over Han
cock as an official mantle for, as you
recall KC-Ko was lord high eXecu-
toner while Pooh-Bah was lord high
everything else. But Paradise has set
tied to a quiet and orderly place, prob
ably reflection of the influence of
the Pooh-Bah'S reign.
But whether you remember him as
Pooh-Bah or merely as the stable citi-
zen that he is, Hancock at once be-
comes one of the most interesting and
entertaining characters in this part of
the state because of the large fund OF
early day lore that he possesses and
which he doles out in entertaining
conversation and with modesty that
makes you remember the things he
! tells, He is justice of the peace OF
Paradise The residents thereabouts do
him honor by using that more elegant
title of judge He is postmaster and
hands out the billet doux to the wait
ing hand of the love-stricken maiden
with a smile and courteous bow or
he delivers the mail to the business
man with friendly word of conversa-
ton that has gained him widespread
favor Whatever it be, the mail that
/ reaches Paradise-the same being a
postoffice-and comes to the hand OF
Postmaster Hancock, that mail goes to
i it's rightful addressee for he uses the
same precision as postmaster that he
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
City Sends Copy
Of Resolutions
To Pratt Family

y. Mayor A. E. Hinton and the
a. common council of the city of
:. Douglas meeting in regular ses-
$; sion on Monday evening, January
x 7, unanimously approved reso-
:X. luton expressing the deep regret
X. of the body at the death of Glib
4. son w. Pratt, city clerk and
y superintendent of the city water
81 department.
* The Douglas city water com
y. mission meeting in regular session
:* at the offices of the water de-
:H partment on Thursday, January
81 IL, unanimously approved a like
:I resolution. A copy of the resolu-
:E. ton has been drawn up, signed
* and delivered to the family OF
81 deceased.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
RESOLUTION

Y WHEREAS, it has pleased AL
+ mighty God to take from this life
Y Gibson w. Pratt, until recently
Y. clerk of the city of Douglas, and
X WHEREAS, in such capacity
* he faithfully and efficiently per-
X formed the duties of said office
X to the satisfaction of all who had
X occasion to do business with him,
y therefore.
X "BE 1T RESOLVED, by the
r mayor and common council of the
X city of Douglas, in regular ses-
X sion assembled, that we do sin
y cerely regret the passing of Mr..
X Pratt and hereby officially ex-
* press our appreciation of his serv-
r ices to the city of Douglas, and
* our sorrow at his untimely death
r Further,
* "BE TT RESOLVED, that copies
:* of this resolution be spread upon
r. our records, and copy mailed to
* the family of the deceased.
* (Signed "a. E. HINTON,
81 Mayor
x IS. G.. DOWELL,
y Chairman Water Commission
* III. P. WILEY,
- "City Clerk.
y
Sc 3 x x x s. 81 x & x * * * s4
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15
THE MASTER OF THE WORLD

~ \ n =
Paul Rayburn scientist company, makes
a discovery
failed realize
millions his company, keep
4
Rayburn laboratory and Immediately that he is keep
sonlethng the when
she questions him about mysterious machine When Eleanor
mentions this invite Raybwn
their home for dinner then his confidential
to inspect Rayburn laboratory while At dinner
Grannett and Eleanor his
secret invention Rayburh says with astronomy
and that he hopes eventually communicate with the planets
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-15

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CONTINUED on Page Three)
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-11-16
Spolocenske zpravy
SOKOLSKA TANECNA ZABA.
VA v NOvEJ SOKOLOvNI.

Sbor 146. II. S. j. Sokol uspo-
riada teraz, tuto sobotu, dina II.
novembra tanecnn zabavui v svo-
jej novel Sokolovni pod {. 319
Washington ST., pri Oak st. mo-
ste. Zaciatok je vecer o 7. hedine.
Vstupne pre- muzskych 25c, danny
zdarma. o obeerstvenie, zakusky
a o dobrd hudbu bude postarane.
Prosime ct. slovenske obecenstvo,
ably sa tejto nasej prvej tane6nej
zabavy v nasej Sokolovni sucast-
milo a s nasim domovom sa SOMA
milo. Do Sokolovne mono prfst
po Oak st. buse alebo Albert st.
kare alebo al pesi, lebo je len par
minnt ch6dze od skoly Sv. CyrilIa
a Methoda. Washington utica je
prva otvorena utica cd Oak st.
m0sta.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-11-16
VYDARENE DIVADLO
MA LANSINGVILIE

Herci a herecky Sboru 1Os. a
Venca 81. Katolickych Sokolov
zahrali minuln nedel'u prvy krat
."Svedomie' k0micky ktlsok
."Diabol v raj manze!skom''. Ne
bola to malickost' sorganizovat'
divadelny krdzok, lebo to kazdy
uzna, co to da prace a potion zas
kym sa herci a herecky svoje ilo-
hy naucia. VSetkn til pracu nasi
herci a hereGky. prekonali a to
i'm najlepsie uznalo nase obecen-
stvo, ktore sa V tax vel'kom pocte
ma nase divadelne predstayenie
dostavilo. Hala bola neocakavane
preplnena. Kazdy Dol zyedayy
videt', re jak budi ii ncni hrat
to divadlo. Mena vsetkych hercov
MAIDEN spominat'. ale pripome-
MEM len to, ze paru Sokolov uz
niekde hrali diyadlo. Ale najviac
ich bolo, co vobec este nehrali, a
vzdor tomu hrali ami zklseni.
Zalujeme sa. re ia rasa V Ame-
rike rodena mladez uz zaeina "a
bndat' svoiu materinsku rec, ale
pri hrani divadla sa veru nauei til
slovenskil rec dobre, spravne w.
slovovat Takto yzdelavat' mia
dez by sa mala easteisie a diyadla
hravat' by sa maly aspoh sest
razy do, roka. Mas l'ud sa uz ma
uGil navSteyovat' divadelne. pred
stavenia, co al teraz dokazal.
|. Vsetkyym hercom al hereekam
srdecne d'akujem "a ich pracu a
najviac tym, GO i'm to po prvy raz
bojazlivo Slo, ale zato dobre, a v
uist 'ujeme ich, ze.ss budhcnosti
budd este lepsie .hrat'. A ze sa cvi.
cenky neboja, to SINE videli ma Sc
sire Hodos, ktora hrala hlavnh ii.
lohu potion sest.S X. Javorskej
Ia hrala TAX prirodzene, ze by i
lohu ami zknsena herecka nebols
lepsie zahrala. A tie dievcence
sest. Smotrila sestra Janek tax
81 spievaly, ako by holy, byvaly
samotne. Vsetkychi chSalit' nej.
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sMRTNE zpRAvY.

Pani Anna Sokolik, {. 90
Broad St., Struthers, zomrela V
pondelok yeas rano ma zapalenie
pl l'nc vo veku g. rokov. Neboha
prebyvala v Struthers "a 35 ro-
kov bOla vSeobecne znamou a.
ctencu. Manzel jej zomrel pred
13 rokmi. Neboha bola osadnic-
kou osady Sv. Trojice a hdkynou
Ziveny Struthers. Oplakavaj1
ju dive dcery, pi. Anna Ruby v
Rockford, H., slobodna Maria
Sokolik ma Slovensku syn Jan
Sokolik " Struthers. Pohrab jej
boil V stredu chramu Sv. Trojice.
Pohrabne obrady vykonal Rev.
Stefan Begalla. Pochovana bola
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-11-16
SEDLIACKY BAL MA LAM
SINGVILI.E.

Spolok Sv. Aizbety, cfslo, 161.
]. X. S. q. ma Lansingville uspo-
riada v stredu, dina %. novembra
yecer sedliacky bal v Sokolovni
ma Homewood Ave. a 1ctive po-
vo,ava ctene slovenske obecenstvo
Z Lansingvillu a $ celeho okolia.
Hrat' bude znamenita Piroskova
orchestra. Vybor sa postara W.
borne napoje chutne zakusky.
Vstupne pre- panov je SOC pre-
danny 25c. Prid tie ma zabavu t1-
Ito vsetci, ktorf mate slovenske
skroje, ably SINE sa mohli spolocne
spo slovensky zabavit'. Dane bud1
dive ceny, jedna "a najkrajsf muz-
ky kroj, druha "a zensky. Memo
Nite Wy ddkyne cisla 161. K. 2. j.
4 pstavte sa vsetky a prived't 'te al
vojich priatel'ov znamych. Ma
nbilarnom vecierku, ktory So od-
WAL 4. novembra, rozhodnute