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"Reach down with your hands and
help me while | scramble up and get
back on my snowshoes. This seems to
be sort of hole in the ground l am in,
and I think the snow isn't so deep
where you are"
I acquiesced in his plan, as I could
think of no other. Reaching down |
gave him my hands and began to pull
up while he scrambled wildly with his
feet.
1 sincerely believe that the scheme
would have worked if my skis hadn't
begun to slip. AS it was he was nearly
half way out before my feet shot out
from under me and landed solidly at
the bottom of the pit he had made.
How I managed to end UP under
meath Hemingway I can't imagine !;
but I did with lot of snow and his
snowshoes on top of both of US.
"}Vhat are y3u doing down here?'
he asked petulantly He spoke as if il
was his hole and no one else had any
right to be in it.
Il didn't want to come in" / re-
turned angrily. Il was trying to help
you. The next time you fall off your
old SnowshoeS you can get back on
them all by yourself Now that we are
here, how are we going to get out?"
"We might tunnel, he suggested.
"A1l the way to town." | asked.
How would it be if | stood on your
shoulders" he suggested, "and climbed
out?"
"Why you on my shoulders?" l
asked. Why do get the star part in
this acrobatic act7 If you get out
what happens to me-? l suppose l stay
down here until it gets spring"
"You could wait until got help,
he offered
"And freeze to death in the mean
time, l suppose. This is a nice little
ice box you chose for a home anyway
Ny fingers feel as if they are going to
break off nowP
Finally we evolved scheme of
tranping the snow under foot in each
direction until we discovered what the
confines of Our prison were. 1t must
have taken us an hour to do it, but ii
kept us warmer and gave us the feel
ing that we were at least doing some
thing.
We found out that we were in a
bowl-shaped depression with steep
sides and rounded bottom. 1t looked
as if it would be comparatively sim
pie matter to climb out under ordinary
conditions, but with, the snow over
everything it proved as impossible as
for an insect to get out of the funnel
shaped pit of an ant-lion.
"I think I've got it," Hemrningway
suggested.
whats your scheme2" I asked,
sceptically.
-"We will run around in a circle
down here" he explained, 'each time
going little higher on the sides. The
centrifugal force will keep us from
slipping until finally we'll reach the
top. You've seen fellows do that trick
on motorcycles in a racing bowl,
haven't you2"
admitted that I had, but doubted
whether we could go fast enough to
raise us up to the top. However, it was
worth trying, and we started. l had
to carry the skis in my hand and he
had his snowshoes strapped over his
shoulders, so that when we got out
we would have with us Our means Of
proceeding further.
He started out ahead, and in order
to keep out of his way 1 had to follow.
We were getting along fine and were
half way up the side of the bowl,
when Hemingway, who was travelling
faster than |, tried to pass me.
Honestly l didn't trip him on pur-
pose, although he says / did. How
foolish wanted to get out of there
myself
Be that as it may. he did fall. and as
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he went he carried me with him. We
landed in our usual position at the bot
tom of the bowl, hopelessly tangled Up
as to arms, legs, skis, and snowshoes.
I got to my feet as soon as possible
and moved the point OF one of my skis
from John Hemmingway's stomach.
81 hope this isn't broken, | said, ex-
amining it carefully
$50 do t. groaned Hemingway,
"for [ want to break it mystlfW He
rubbed the spot where the ski had
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mo. Every step I take makes the
hole larger"
1 began to see the advantage of
snowshoes and skis for winter travel
ing. 1t seemed hardly possible that the
same crust which held us so easily with
them on would prove so treacherous
when we were deprived of our wide
footgear.
"See if you can't give a lift of some
sort" suggested Hemingway.
"G1ad1u'. >. I answered "h1t how"
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Buckeye = Installation of q
deep we'll pumps and all necessary
power lines and motors will start
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Continued Next Week

soon in Buckeye Water Conserva-
ton and Drainage District.
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Winslow Arizona Drug Stores,
Inc, will operate store in this
place shortly.
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Mrs. L. H. Scherb has returned
from a trip to Cloudcroft, N. M.
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place, recently started operations.
Phoenix Arizona Flying Ser
vice will establish $260,000 air.
port in this city.
Octave Capacity of mill at To-
cal mine Of Arizona Eastern Gold
Mines Company to be increased.
Phoenix Land purchased by
Central Arizona Light & Power
Company for location of $780,
900 electric steam plant.
Phoenix Shipments of canta-
loupes started from Salt River
Valley.
Miami-Superior highway being
oil surfaced.
Claypool Plans completed for
construction of bridge at Oak
Street.
Stafford Contract awarded for
erection CT new agricultural build
ing on Graham County fairgrounds
Holbrook Plans discussed for
street paving work in this place.
Superior Development will be
resumed Immediately on properties
Of Fortuna Consolidated Copper
Company.
Flagstaff Extensive building
and improvement project will be
started at State Teachers College
in near future.
Winslow Arizona Drug Stores
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MANUEL SAM LEE
PRODUCE CO.
Wholesale Tomatoes

All Kinds of Vegetables
Warehouse Ingenieras ST., No.36
Office at No. / Pesqueira St.
Across street from American
consulate
Telephone No. 568J. P. o. Box
492, Nogales, Son., Mexico. 2
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STATE BR|EES

Winkleman - New 400 ton
mill of Christmas Mining Companc
IL miles up ella River from this
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Flagstaff Extensive building
and improvement project will be
started at State Teachers College
in near future.
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TEST OF BEAUTY

It's easy to fix ones self up
for a party and look nice. The
really clever woman, however, is
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Superior Development will be
resumed Immediately on properties
Of Fortuna Consolidated Copper
Company.
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the one who looks we'll on a pic
mic or over the kitchen stove.> -
Farm & Fireside.
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Holbrook Plans discussed for
street paving work in this place.
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Stafford Contract awarded for
erection CT new agricultural build
ing on Graham County fairgrounds
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
----7'- 49, .
Drain Tile Clogs" Used
as Building Material

"A "log house" in which the 'logs"
are formed by common red drain pipe
tile has been built in Kingsville, On
tario, Canada. Charles Miner, who
erected the unique dwelling, chose
tile for the material because it pro-
vides dead-air space in the walls to
protect the interior from cold in win
ter and heat in summer.
The house stands on a foundation
Of concrete blocks, except for the
porch and steps, which are supported
by the tiles. A wooden framework,
sheathed with boards in the usual
manner, was first erected and the tile
clogs" were laid in courses like brick
veneer up the sides. At corners, the
ends of the tiles overlap in criss-
cross fashion, much as did logs in the
cabins Of pioneer days. Where the
ends Of the logs are exposed, they are
closed with cement cOlored to match.
This insures dead-air space and pre-
vents birds and squirrels from enter
ing.
The cost Of the unusual house is
said to nave been moderate as COM
pared with the cost Of the conven-
tional wood or brick home.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Early Man Had Faith
in Arrow Divination

Long ago, in the most high and far
off times, primitive man resorted to
the making of magic to determine
what course to pursue in the vast
wilderness of his ancient world, writes
Catherine Hargrave in the Boston
Transcript. Arrow divination was
favored kind. To make this magic
circle was drawn on the ground with
the proper rites and lamentations and
divided into the Four Directions.
With more mystic ceremony arrows
were cast into the ring and upon the
manner of their falling depended the
future.
The American Indians did this as
well as the Asiatic peoples, and in
both countries gaming sticks re-
sembling arrows, sometimes with ac-
tual feathered statements and some
times with the feathers painted upon
them, were used to play a game much
like the older magical processes, with
a circle on the ground, divided into
four or eight parts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen
Real Treasure House

King Tut's tomb is still disgorging
wonderful relics. These include q
number of boomerangs, hitherto known
as throwing sticks, used for the pur-
pose of killing birds. Many examples
in new forms suggest that, like the
Australian boomerangs, they could be
thrown to return to the thrower. They
are made Of ivory and wood. Another
interesting addition is a piece Of bread
In an openwork basket. There Is an
other bead-covered basket portraying
scenes :, 18th captives, and one sickle
of wood instead of the usual flint with
teeth of glass. There are also varf-
Ously shaped blue faience vases and
several vases in shades Of green, these
being larger and looking not unlike old
fashioned teapots. One Of the most
interesting exhibits is an ivory fan
with the handle deliberately decorated
in colors Of a kind not hitherto seen.
Other objects include finely decorated
writing palettes, pair Of leather
slippers decorated in gold, and in
Vulnerable bracelets in ivory and blue
faience with gold decoration showing
scenes of the chase.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
DADDY, Start the Razor"

Nine-tenths of the bright sayings Of
children are buds, which is unfOr-
tunate, because once in while child
achieves something droll or striking,
AS, for example, the child who had
been out in the family's new car and
had seen the windshield cleaner work.
It was one of those cleaners that clean
a semi-circular space on the window in
front of the driver. The child did moi
refer to it, and no one noticed that
he was at all interested. The next day
he was taken for a drive was rainy
and the windshield began to steam up,
Daddy" said the boy, "start the
razor."-New Bedford Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Beginning of Superstition

The word superstition" is derived
from the Latin "superstitio," excessive
religious belief, possibly originally
standing over a thing in amazement or
awe: from "superstare," to stand above
or over. Superstition is closely allied
with the so-called chronological phenom'
ena known as survivals. Among the
ancient peoples-as, for instance, the
Assyrians-it was part of the official
state religion to prophesy concerning
the future from the flight of birds, the
nature of dreams and similar occur
rences. and where such customs and
tbs correlated beliefs persist they may
be regarded as surviVals. Among them.
rerhans. the most. persistent In the
country districts is the belief IN ghosts
and in the influence Of the moon. u
parts Of Europe the effects of the "evil
eye" are still feared, while in the
United States the horseshoe, caul.
four-leaf clover, etc., are still regarded
as emblems of good luck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Character Comes First

Music, of all the arts, touches most
widely on things which are humanity
and if you shut out the
knowledge of what Is interesting in
your fellow human beings, how is your
art going to grow? Art, like many
Iother things, gets it food from outside,
and it is a mistake to suppose that
1T can feed exclusively on itself. And
art is always interviewer with char
;acter, and we have even frequently to
observe that character counts for
more in the end than natural gifts
of any kind, whether artistic or lit
'erary.-From Hubert Parry His Life
land Works. by Charles L. Graves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Cats Once Deifed

Egyptian dedication of the cat, says
the Golden Book Magazine, has been
traced as far back as four thousand
years, and for many centuries the bod
les of fayorite cats were carefully en-
Ibalmed and inferred near the temple Of
tBubastis, the cat-faced goddess of Bent
lHasan or Of Heliopolus. One of the
ostrangest archaeological discoveries was
Ina. wiflsaf disclosed rife muinllnts or
thousands Of cats near the tomb of
Benz Hasan recently.
Whether the domesticated cat is
native of Egypt is not known, but the
first mention of the cat in China was
as recent as 400. The cat also was I'M
known in Europe until just before
the Christian era.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Value of Specializing
RECOGNIZED Long Ago

About 2,400 years ago Herodotus,
the Greek historian, wrote this about
the Egyptian: "The art Of medicine
among them is distributed thus: Each
physician is a physician of one dis
ease and of no more. And the whole
country is full Of physicians, for some
profess themselves to be physicians Of
the eyes, others Of the head, others
of the teeth, others of the affections
of the stomach, and others Of the more
obscure ailments" And here
we've been going along imagining
that we have something new when we
say we are living in an age Of spe-
cialists. Every age is an age Of
specialists, and always has BEEN
even in caveman days when each clan
had it's champion spear thrower. The
key to wealth and fame is specializa-
ton, doing some one thing better than
others can.-Capper's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Balsa Lightest of Woods

Balsa (Ochroma lagopus), called go
ano in Porto Rico and lanera in Cuba,
is common tree, particularly along
the seashores in the West Indies and
Central America. It is said to be
called moho in British Honduras,
lanilla in Guatemala and guano in
Spanish Honduras. The tree is rarely
more than 40 or so feet in height and
the trunk is sometimes from four to-
five feet in diameter. The wood Of
balsa is nearly white or sometimes
tinted with red, showing practically
no distinction between heartwood an6
ssrywoou. it mas a sflgy texture. Is
rather coarse but straight grained, and
is the lightest Of all woods, even light
er than truel cork. A sample Of balsa
from Trinidad exhibited at Philadel-
phia in 1876 had a specific gravity Of
100, or about IL pounds per cubic
foot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Calendar Almost Perfect

The present calendar, which Is
called the Gregorian or New Style
calendar, is probably as nearly cor
rect as it is possible for a calendar
to be without becoming too complf.
Gated. The average year in the Gre
gorian is 365.2425 days long, while the
mean solar year or the exact time it
takes the earth to revolve around the
sun is 365.2424 days. The annual err
ror is therefore only .0OO26 Of day,
which means that it will take 3S46
years for the error to amount to one
day. This is very great improvement
over the Old Style or Julian calendar,
which was abandoned by Great Brit
ain and her American colonies in 1852.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
, Tree Saved by Washington

The American Forestry association
says that the Washington oak in
Audubon park, New Orleans, La, is
famous for it's beauty, its name, the
number of annual visitors and its size.
1t is said to have acquired its name
in the following fashion: President
Washington was visiting a family by
the name of Horny. At dinner MIR.
Horny noticed that tree INSTRUCTED
his view and gave orders that it should
be cut down. Washington heard this
and objected. The tree was not cut
down and has since been kn@yn as the
Washington oak.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Moon Viewed From Vessel

The Naval observatory says that
the change in an observers position
from day to day on an ocean trip
would affect the moons apparent posi-
ton so slightly as to be scarcely mo-
ticeable-that is, the moons local time
of rising would change from day to
day just about as it would if the OBJ
server were stationary. However. if
the rising of the moon were timed
by watch keeping for instance,
Eastern standard time, the speed of
the ship might be such that the risings
on successive nights would be at APP
proximately the same watch time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Cook Books in Story Form

To put over their message in the
most pleasing guise, cook books once
were written in story form or as -
collection of letters, as in Letters to
a Young Housekeeper." Among such
cook books was one entitled Seen
tie Breadwinners." The heroine passes
through various adventures in which
she makes french icing, venetian
cakes, mince meat. candied orange and
lemon peel until, as the climax, she,
wins, by means Of her good cooking. a,
home and a husbard.-DetrQlt News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
How False Oath Got Nam.

Goodwin's oath is the proverbial
name of a false oath. Goodwin was
earl of the West Saxons in the time
of Edward the Confessor and he was
accused of numbering Prince Alfred,
the kings brother. While dining at
Edwards table, and according to
tradition while in the very act Of
denying any part in the princes death,
Goodwin was seized with fit, which
caused his death three days later.
The Normans started the story that
Goodwin choked to death because of
his false oath. At any rate. this in
cident and the fabulous report Of it
gave rise to the expression "Goodwin's
OATH"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Gave Name to "Joystick"

"Joystick" is the term given the
world over the control bar by which
a pilot actuates the ailerons and flip
pers of an airplane and it originated
from the name of its inventor, Joyce,
a pioneer English aeronautical engi-
neer.
The stick method of control has re-
manned practically unchanged since
the early days of flying, but with the
recent introduction Of large planes
and flying boats, the wheel control is
coming into favor for these craft
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

the Montreal Gazette, and I'VE are
making progress" Mr.. Clifford said.
IA few years ago when you put in a
long distance call you were obliged to
hang up your receiver, and wait per.
haps a considerable time before your
call was completed. Today we have
immediate communication between
many cities"
When asked about developments in
telephony, Mr.. Clifford outlined the
plans of laying a telephone cable
across the Atlantic, by which within
the next few years conversation with
London and Paris will be as easy and
certain as it is now between any two
American cities. This cable is esti-
mated to cost about $10,00O,000.
Other developments enumerated were
the common use of telephone commu-
nication between land and aeroplanes,
moving trains and ships at sea or be-
tween two moving objects. "These
developments" Mr.. Clifford said, "are
being accomplished through science.
There are now about 5000 men in our
laboratories engaged in studying tele-
phone problems and applying the re-
suits they find to the betterment of
telephone service"
On being asked where research en-
ters into supplying faster and i'm
proved telephone service, Mr.. Clifford
said,. Research produced the me-
chanfcal equipment in the first place
and 1t is constantly discovering new
economies which make it possible to
give this improved communication
without greatly increased costs. For
example, our research people may
make a study of simple thing like
a telephone cord. That has no direct
relation to instant service between
two cities, but after they develop a
cord which will wear better. its use
may reduce general costs by several
million dollars and that makes pos
sible improvements in service without
greatly increasing the COST"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
As Richter Saw Things

Except by name, Jean Paul Fried
rich Richter is little known out of
Germany. The only thing connected
with him, we think, that has reached
this country is his saying, imported by
Madame de Stael and thankfully
pocketed by most newspaper critics
Providence has given to the French
the empire of the land; to the English,
that of the sea; to the Germans that
of the air l"-Thomas Carlyle (1795-
1881, "Richter" in the Edinburgh Re-
view.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Dairy Waste Utilized

The possibilities of the use of the
wastes of the dairy were realized only
a few years ago. but it has now devel
oped into an extensive industry. Casein
is now used in many cases as substi
tutes for horn. ivory, ebony, pearl, am
Der and tortoise shells. Many of the sta
Piles and novelty articles. such as beads
buckles, buttons, combs, cigarette hold
ers, cuff links, dominoes, dice, toilet
articles, fountain pen barrels, penhold-
ers, pipe stems, ETC., now contain casein
products.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Going Quite Strong

Breakspeare was walking slowly
across the street when car hooted
violently, and he found himself almost
embracing its radiator. At the same
time he recognized the owners face.
1t was an old acquaintance.
swell, Alfred" he stammered
"Fancy our meeting like this! How
long did it take you to learn to driver
about SIX" replied his friend cheer
fully.
"Six weeks" asked Breakspeare.
mo, idiot" was the answer; six
cars, of course"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Wide Pronunciation choic.

There are - ways of pronouncing
the name of Miami. if a record kept hy
George B. Joyner, Pathfinder Maya
zine reader at Whitney, Fla, is to be
relied upon. From bits of converse
ton overheard at recent tourists gath
erings in Florida's mecca. Mr.. Joyne,
lists the following:
"Mi-a-mer, My-er-muh, Mi-armour
My-aim-ah. My-am-l, May-hammer, NV
ammy, Me-ammer. MANNER, Me
yammer. My-yamer. Me-ah-mah, My ah
ahm, Me-ammy. May-yammy and
Nanny"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

Top: Along the scenic NeD RiUe
and Ohio Railaoay passenger train in
Bottom, left: Section of the G.. & 4
system at Richmond.
Right: T. S. TutiDeiler, Dispatch
Efficiency in American railroad ope-
ration is outstanding. Millions of peo-
pie are transported annually over
thousands of miles of track in addi-
tion to the vast tonnage of freight
that is handled year in and year out
by these efficient carriers.
One Of the methods by which the
railroads have increased their eff
:iency in recent years is by telephone
dispatching. OF the total railroad
mileage in this country, go per cent is
now operated by telephone control.
Many railroads such as the Chesa-
)eake and Ohio, the Virginian, Nor
ok and Western, and Pennsylvania
ire now operated entirely by tele-
>hone control.
Railroading in America has Just
passed its hundredth milestone. The
telephone came along half-century
alter and is now in it's fifty-third year
of service. With the invention of the
telephone in 1876 when there were
only two of these instruments In exist
ence, there were more than 10000
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

There was time when men were
held responsible for women leaving
home. Today industry seems to have
usurped that place, for never before in
the history of the world have so many
women been engaged in industrial
operations.
In many industries it is easy enough
to associate women among the en-
ployees. People generally are not sur
prised at the large number of women
employees in the telephone industry,
for the pleasant voices that ask "Num-
Der, please?" or say "Thank you"
when the number is given are daily
reminders of this fact. Telephone
companies in the United States now
utilize about $4,000 employees in the
construction, operation, and mainte-
fance of the systems. OF this number,
2S9,000 are women. But surprising
facts revealed by officials of the tele-
phone company show that women
occupy many Important positions
ether than the telephone operating de-
pariments. ----.--.-. \,
This Western Electric Company o.
worlds largest manufacturer Of ltele-