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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

their bills are dull in color and lose
their summer gorgeousness.
"Field Sparrow wears reddish coat
while Chipping Sparrow wears hand
some white touches above his eyes.
"Now, I'm bigger in size than these
other two.
II have white touches to the wings
and dark spot in the center of my
waistcoat which l call my pet spot!
81 dearly love that spot.
Sometimes we can sing quite sweet
ly. But I suppose we're not famous
for our voices. Anyway they say 1t is
nice to see us about in the winter
time"
IT should say So" Billie Brownie
answered, "and 1 thank you so much
for having told me your story. 1t was
enormously good of you"
Delighted to tell you it," said the
Tree Sparrow, with pretty little trill
to his voice.
Then Billie Brownie went to call on
the Red-Breasted Nuthatch and there
he heard of how these birds loved the
great forest though at times they
wandered off to see other places, too,
and often they went for trip with
the Chickadee family or the White
Breasted Nuthatch.
They told Billie Brownie of the lady
who always put suet on lilac bush 80
that her bird friends could have nice
meals all through the winter.
1--WE have blunt little tails and point
bills" said the Nuthatch, "and that
is really quite easy to remember. For
one part of us is pointed and one is
not, and that to us seems very simple.
"We don't think anyone would forget
and say, Let us be on the lookout
for the birds with blunt bills and point
ed tails
mo, surely they will be on the look
out for the birds with the pointed bills
and the blunt tails. For these belong
to the Nuthatch family.
I'VE of the Red-Breasted family
are not so we'll known as the ones
of the White-Breasted family. The lat
ter are the ones about the lady's house
where the suet hangs on the nearby
lilac bush.
"But we have paid her visit, too.
"The White-Breasted cousins are
bigger than we are. Then, of course,
there is more reddish brown to US
and more white to the cousins as you'd
imagine by their names.
"Then, too, the WhiteBreasted cOus-
ins have white faces And our voices
are higher in pitch. Those are some
of the differences.
1--WE hope we've told enough, Billie
Brownie
And Billie Brownie thanked them
and said that now he thought he would
always be able to tell the difference
between the two families of Nut
matches.
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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09
ABOUT THE BIRDS

OLLIE BROWNIE was given per-
- mission, as he so often is, by
Mother Nature to visit the different
birds.
(, You know Mother Nature has given
Billie Brownie the power to under
stand the language of the different
creatures and they tell him their sto
ries so he can let others know of their
interesting ways.
Billie Brownie was eager to call on
the birds. He hadn't chatted with them
for ever and ever so long.
First he had talk with the Tree
Sparrows.
"We don't mind the winter weather.
We eat seeds from old weeds which
we find sticking up above the snow"
they told Billie Brownie. "And it is
very seldom that we beg for food
around houses. We can provide for
ourselves.
''Now we've heard description of
sparrows as told by some one who
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

gear steering mechanism, which
even includes ball bearings at the
front axle knuckles!
And in addition, there are all those
basic features which have been SO
largely instrumental in Chevrolet's
success as the worlds largest builder
of trucks!
Come in and get demonstration of
this remarkable new truck. You'll
find that it offers every feature
needed for dependable low-cost
transportation and we can provide
a body type TO meet your individual
requirements.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09
For Sale
FARM BARGAINS

Three good Russell county,
Va, blue grass farms. One 400
acres, one 166 acres, on good
roads. These are owned by an
insurance company ond can be
bought right. Small cash pay
ment, balance 10 years time
Here is your opportunity.
Write or cme to see me at
once.
: Charles H. Funk, Atty.
Marion, Va.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

Typical of the progressive design
embodied in the new Chevrolet
Utility Truck is a four.speed trans
mission with an extra-low gear, pro-
viding tremendous pulling power
for heavy roads, deep sand and steep
hills-and reducing to the very min.
imum the starting strain on motor,
clutch and rear axle
powerful, non-locking 4-wheel
brakes, with a rugged emergency
brake that operates entirely indie
pendent of the foot brake system
land new ball bearing worm.and.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09
Classified Ads
MALE HELP WANTED

Man Wanted-to run McNess bust
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perience needed. Must have car
can make $3.50 daily-no layoffs
no bosses-chance of lifetime.
Use our capital to start. Write
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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09
.OCAI, REPRESENTATIVE
WANTED

We have an opening in the
county for a responsible party
to represent us, selling a COM
plete line of Fruit Trees and
Ornamentals. Salary or COM
mission to right party.
TITUS NURSERY co.
Waynesboro, Virginia.
3-3t.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

Matthew Smith, whose picture above is without
doubt of the most daring earth Twentyseven
ago had the misfortune both of his legs
railroad accident walks his stumps Since then he
has had most remarkable carpenter by trade he
travelled all the United States Canada and Mexico
fey months he drove automobile from Los Angeles
California williamson W. Va. He has stood the tip of
aeropan wing 5000 feet above the earth and performed
stunts that with legs would not to undertake
Mr. Smith was born Pike county, KY and is fortyfour
old of these have been crammed
of excitement He connected with The Vagabond
Gazettee" of WISE Va and has consented tell his story
the readers of that publication beginning early is
We feel that the story will be worth while.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

SparroWS.
knows all about BIRDS" the Tree Spar
row talking explained to Billie Brownie.
"and l shall give you that description
for it is quite true and it was told
well In human words.
+, 1--WE were described as belonging to
the same family as the Field Spar
rows and Chipping Sparrows belong to-
though the others do not stay around
so much in the winter.
"Now and again we have Field
Sparrow for companion as we have
much the same likes and dislikes but
we do feel differently about the
weather.
"These are the words used to ex-
plain about us and our looks.
4 chipping Sparrow has black bill
and Field Sparrow a red one during
the summer but when the fall comes
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09
Rig.Gdn,e Preserved

1t is estimated that there are $685.
the national forests of continental
United States and Alaska. Of these
671,050 are deer.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09
Ancient Weapon of War

An espontoon is half pike former
lly carried by subaltern officers of the
British army and all commissioned
officers Of the early United States
militia.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

SEND IN THE LOCALS
FROM YOUR HOME. CON-
MUNITY AND GET T H F
PAPER FREE.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-08-09

The man 1pho has for many Years successfully
treated Pelidgrd by mail
No genuine Rountyee Pellagrd Treatment NTH
out label bears picture and signdtWe-Cdnl1oa
Vouy friends,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
EDUCATION PAYS
COST OF ARMS,
SAYS SPEAKER.
De Paw Head Points Out
Better Uses for Millions
Spent on WarShipS.

One thousand students could be
exchanged annually between Amer
lea and foreign nations to advance
international understanding and
peace if the $42,OOO,000 spent on
Uncle Sans newest airplane car
rier had been deposited instead, to
return S per cent interest annually.
This was the possibility pictured
by DR.. C. Bromley Oman, De
Paw university president, address,
ing Methodist ministers ana lay
men at the Area Mems council a.
Cadle tabernacle Wednesday.
with per cent on such a sum"
said DR.. Oman, 1--WE could send
abroad a thousand students for a
whole year, and The next year, re-
Ceive an equal number into the
United States for a year.
Carrying their impressions back
to their home countries, the number
devoted to international peace
would increase in commercial
progression. 1t would do more good
in one year than the airplane car
rier will do in its lifetime!"
Speaking on 1.-THE Teaching Mis-
sion of the Church." DR.. Oman
declared "the church of Jesus
Christ must teach and reveal to
youth the ethical ideals of Jesus,
and must developed the type Uf
mind willing to test out these
ethical principles in daily living"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
FORCE GIRL TO
TAKE AUTO RIDE
Tells of Abduction by Two
Midnight Washers.

A "gas hawk" in an old Ford
coupe kidnapped her at Delaware
and Market streets, and forced her
to ride with him into the country,
Miss Gladys Beavers, 81. of 242A
Massachusetts avenue, reported to
police at midnight.
She was walking near the corner
at 1890 p. m. Wednesday when the
man stopped near her and pretend
ed to know her, she said.
She denied knowing him, but in
spite of her protests forced her into
the car, she declared.
The stranger threatened her if
she screamed. He pick up another
man at Washington and PennSyl-
vania streets, she said.
They drove east on Washington
street into the country. When they
stopped the auto she jumped out.
One of the men caught her and
forced her back in the coupe. The
two men agreed Ito take her back, I"
the girl said.
They let her out of the motor car
near the StatehouSe. She walked to
police headquarters and told her
story. She could not give the license
number of the car. She said the
men appeared to be foreigners. One
was stylishly dressed and the other
Shabbily, she averred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
DAVIS WIDENS
CABINET SPLIT
ON ALIEN LAW
Secretary of Labor Ap-
proves Western Henri
sphere Restrictions.
BY LYLE c. WILSON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Secre-
tary of Labor James J. Davis an
nual report published today re-
vealed a continued division of opin-
ion in President Cooli6ge's cabinet
on immigration which Secretary
Kellogg believes may seriously af-
feet American relations with all
Latin-A American countries.
Davis report unqualifiedly ap-
proved immigration legislation
pending in the senate which would
extend the restrictive immigration
quota system to all countries of the
western hemisphere.
Kellogg already has told a sem
ate committee that extension of the
system to the western hemisphere
would adversely affect the present
good relations of the United States
with Latin America and Canada"
The United Press was informed
today that the state department
had not changed its attitude of OPP
position.
Davis described the lack Of uni
yerSal immigration restriction as
one of the fundamental weaknesses
of the present law. Opponents and
supporters fthe bill to extend re-
strictlons agree that Mexico is the
source against which the barrier
would be raised. Mexican immigra-
ton has increased rapidly since
European immigration was cur
tailed.
Davis report and the text of
Kellogg's remarks before the Senate
committee showed the two secre-
tarieS in disagreement.
The report, covering the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1923, showed a
slight decrease in the cost of liv-
ing, an increase in the number of
aliens naturalized, and a considera-
bic reduction in infant mortality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
NORTHCOTT ILL.,;
MAPS AID HUNT
Murder Farm Suspect
Held From Desert Search.

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. g.
Gordon Stewart Northcott, alleged
murder farm" slayer, probably
will not be permitted to aid in the
renewed search today for bodies of
! his supposed victims, believed bur-
led in the Mojave desert.
New impetus was given the quest
following discovery of a map in the
Northcott home marked with an
*" between Little Rock and VAL
ermo and a circle about four miles
southwest of Little Rock.
Northcott had a fever of 102
Wednesday night. He was removed
to the jail hospital following sanity
tests.
Northcott's feverish condition
was believed caused by the strain
of continuous questioning and the
fatigue of his sixteen-hour search
with officers in the Mojave desert.
Northcott entered plea of not
guilty when arraigned Wednesday
in superior court here to answer for
the killing of an unknown Next
can youth, whose body allegedly
was found near Puente, in Los An
geles county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
Eli SchI0SS Is Elected
President by Ki70ania11S
Defeats Otto Mueller in
Annual Vote; Jan. 2
installation Date.

Eli SchlosS, new president, and
other officers of the KiwaniS Club
will be installed at the luncheon,
Jan. 2, it was announced today.
Officers were elected at the annual
meeting Wednesday night at the
Columbia Club.
The eli" ticket, headed by
Schloss, who is president of Schloss
Brothers, investment company, de-
feated the lotto" ticket, headed by
Otto Mueller of Vonnegut, Bohn g.
Mueller.
Other officers elected are: DR..
Ezra E. VoyleS, vice-president; Rob-
ert H. Bryson, Indianapolis post
master, vice-preSident; Cecil Crabb,
district trustee, unoppoSd; Samuel
AShby, A. P. Conklin and Arthur
Weber, directors.
The eli" campaign was managed
by Herman G. Wolff, who arranged
that short speeches in support of
his candidate be made by Clarence
E. Durnell, w. H. Trimble, Harry E.
Jockey, Ira A. Minnick and Rich
ard A. Shirley.
Walter T. White was campaign
manager for the lotto" ticket, and
a humorous speech in support of the
ticket was made by Henry L. Dith-
mer, former club president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
LEGION CHIEFS
AID CHILDREN
Face Child Welfare Problem
at u. S. Meeting Here.

Active support for enactment of
child welfare laws is the immediate
task confronting the American
Legion, department commander and
adjutantS we're told at their annual
conference at Legion national head
quarters here today.
Legion officials from every state
of the Union and many foreign
possessions were in attendance for
the opening of the three-day ses-
sion to discuss the vteranS' national
program for 1929.
Because forty-four states will have
legislative sessions early in the COM
ing year, attention should be CEN
tered at once on the child welfare
problem, Miss Emma C. Puschner,
director of the national child well
fare division, declared.
Greetings were extended by Paul
V. McNutt, national commander,
and Mrs. Boyce Ficklen Jr., ma
tional president of the American
Legion auxiliary, which closed its
annual conference Wednesday
night.
John Thomas TAYLOR. vice chair
man of the national legislative COM
mittee, outlined the legions legis-
latlye program, which includes
support for the naval bill for more
cruisers; universal draft to provide
for equal service from all and
profit for none in time of war;
twenty amendments of laws for the
disabled; the construction of 2,75O
new hospital beds, and approval of
the national defense act for the
army.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
6 GET PRISON TERMS
Girl Sentenced on Charge of
Grand Larceny.

Six persons, one of them a 49,
year-old girl, were sentenced to
prison terms ranging from the
minimum, one to five years, to one
to ten years, by Judge James A.
Collins in criminal court this morn
ing.
The girl is Mrs. Mary Thompson,
who was charged with grand larceny
after she was found wrapped in a
mattress in the home of Arthur
Brown, Alas North Capitol avenue,
early in November. Clothing and
household articles valued at $3.50
had been taken from the home. She
was sentenced to one to five years
in the correctional department of
the state prison.
Earl Mecca, alias Joe LaFox, %,
who was captured Oct. 16 as he
entered the West Indianapolis
branch of the Union Trust Com
pany. revolver in hand, was SEN
fenced to one to five years in the
Indiana state prison.
Others sentenced were Robert Al
len, %, one to ten years in the In
diana state reformatory; James
Anderson, SO, one to five years; and
Villa James, one to ten years in
the reforInatory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
BACHELORS LOSE OUT
IN NAVY PAY SYSTEM
Plan Bill to Prevent SuperiOrs
Earnings Less Than Aids.

Plan Bill to Prevent SuperiOrs
Earnings Less Than Aids.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The rank
ing medical officer on the U. S. S
Maryland, Presidential Hoover's
battleship. gets more pay than the
captain. The executive officer also
receives more than his superior, due
to the unequal navy pay law grant
ing special extra allowances to mar
ried officers on sea duty.
The house naval affairs commit
tee will take up Friday a bill to re-
move this bachelors tax dis
elimination, according to Rep
reSentative VinSon of Georgia. who
successfully opposed a plan by Rep
reSentative La Guardia, New York
to incorporate such a bill in bill to
equalize the naval promotion list
The house passed the bill which
went to the senate today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
GUARD TRAIN CREW
AFTER RAIL CRASH

Chicago G. Eastern Runs Through
Block Signal; Hits Freight.
Ey United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. ga guard of
two policemen was placed over the
engineer and fireman of a Chicago
& Eastern Illinois communication
train today after it had run through
a block signal and crashed into the
side of a Pennsylvania freight.
Authorities said they would keep
the men under surveillance until
they had determined whether they
were guilty of criminal negligence.
The locomotive and two cars of
the suburban train were derailed.
Four boxcars of the freight train
were knocked off the tracks. Pas
sengerS on the suburban train were
jolted severely but none badly hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
HUNT CAR THIEVES
Pair Escape, After Chase,
Leaving Auto.

Police today sought two automo-
bile thieves who abandoned a stolen
automobile in the 800 block College
avenue Wednesday night, after E. D.
RoulS, motorcycle police officer,
chased them from Meridian and
Twenty-second streets, firing several
shots at them.
The two men were in a ChrySler
sedan, property of John Surban,
1929 Rural street, which had been
stolen from near Manual Training
high school.
Rouls stopped the speeding car at
Meridian and Twenty-second streets.
Rouls said he fired one shot into
the air to brighten the men and
then one shot at the car during the
chase.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
INSPECT AIRPORT SITES

In company with Mayor L. Ert
Slack, other city officials and
Chamber of Commerce officers John
E. Sommers, airport expert for the
Department of Commerce today in
Spected proposed sites 80 and for
the new municipal airport.
SommerS reserved comment pend
ing an official report to be made in
two weeks. Following a luncheon
at tie Chamber Of Commerce Slack
conferred privately with Sommers
at the city hall. The mayor said the
next step in acquision of the airport
probably would depend upon his
talk with SomrnerS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
JAIL TERMS QUASHED

Supreme Count ReverseS LIQUOR
Sentences for Two Men.
Cases of Timothy and Thomas
Sullivan, sentenced to from one to
five years each in Indiana state
prison for possession of still, were
reversed by the supreme court to-
day.
They were found guilty by jury
in Davies circuit court.
In reversing the decision Judge c..
Travis of the supreme court pointed
out that the lower court errored in
not recording the pela of not guilty
entered by the defendants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
OPINION
IS AWAITED ON
GAS TRANSFER
Expect Attorney to Tell
Company of Rights in
Next Few Days.

Developments in the city's plan
to take over control of the Citizens
Gas Company in 1880 today awaited
legal opinion from William H.
Thompson, of Miller, Daley and
Thompson law firm.
Thompson is expected to advise
the Citizens Gas trustees within a
few days as to the legal possibility
of the city enforcing the original
agreement made in 1905 when Cor
poration Counsel John w. Hoffman
was mayor. The belief has been ex-
pressed that the opinion will be
friendly to the city proposal to
take over the utility in 1880.
Several battling technical queS-
tons are involved in the decision
as to whether the twenty-five-year
agreement with the city was auto
matically broken when the utility
surrendered its charter and took an
indefinite permit under the public
service commission.
Seek to Clarity Status
Those anxious to save the $40
100000 utility for citizens of In
dianapolis contemplate legislation
in the coming legislature to clarity
the status of the utility. Belief
that continuation of the present
trusteeship, but under municipal
ownership, would be the best So
luton to the problem, has been ex-
pressed by several civic leaders.
Wisdom of the municipality TAX
ing over a highly technical utility
and attempting to politically oper-
ate it is questioned by many. 1t
has been pointed out that the gas
company can issue $1,000,000 in
bonds against its properties for the
purchase of retaining the common
stock which is held by the trustees.
Such a plan would avoid the city
general taking on the gas company
debt. 1t is believed advisable bya
some to create gas district, the
same as the park and sanitary units,
to avoid loading further indebted
ness on the city proper.
John r. WEIGH, president of di-
rectors, said the company has no
plan to combat the city's resuming
control, but questioned ACCESSIBILITY
of the municipality taking over
operation of the system.
FavOrS Prompt Action
The Indianapolis Engineering
Society favors the city taking
prompt action to enforce its rights
in saving" the utility for the pub
lie.
Russell T. McFall, attorney and
former sanitary board president,
headed the committee which report
ed the city'S right to the gas COM
pany is enforceable. willard S.
Boyle and Norman N. Doane are
other committeeman.
The first act of the city in the
plan to take over the property would
be to require the gas company Of
ficials to publish it's semi-annual
financial statement, the engineers
reported.
Payment of $25 face value on COM
mon stock and 10 per cent interest
per annum would give the city pos
session, according to the original
agreement. There is $1,000,000 COM
mon stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-06
RULING HITS INSURANCE

GilliOm's Finding Spells Huge Loss
to Companies Dealing With State.
In an opinion given upon request
of Clarence WySong, state insurance
commissioner, Attorney General
Arthur L. Gilliom today made a
ruling that will mean the loss of
thousands of dollars of state money
to certain automobile insurance
companies.
The opinion points out that state
departments are not permitted by
law to insure with reciprocal COM
panieS, where the insured would
have to stand losses should the
company fail.
= Several departments have cars
thus insured it was said.