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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

This is q. special oeos rtment devoted
solely TO the handling OF queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the serv-
ices OF an extensive organization in
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Q. How did the Churchill Downs
race track get its name?-A. C. A.
A. The great English DERBY is run ct
EPSON Downs Col. NJ Lewis Clark
patterned the Kentucky Derby after the
English Derby. He was the nephew of
John and Henry Churchill. who owned
the. tract of land upon which the
Churchill Downs race course is situated.
Hence it was so named.
O. What are deciduous teeth?-M. r.
A. They are the first teeth. Children
cut them usually between the ages Of 4
months and 2 years. They are shed
between the ages of and IL.
q. In planning new real estate de-
velopments. how much space should be
set aside, for recreational purposes?-
T. "A. S.
A. The Playground and Recreation
Association OF America says that not
less than one-tenth of the space should
be set aside to be used for play.
@. What make OF radio was carried
on the Graf Zeppelin?-H. A. P.
A. 1t was one of German make.
known as the "Telefunken" This Is a
tube set and has both high and low
frequency.
@. Did Indians play games that re-
quired thought and calculation?-B. K.
A. Indian games may be divided into
two general classes: Games of chance
and games of dexterity. Games of pure
skill and calculation, such as chess, are
entirely absent.
@. What is the purpose Of the Mac
DoWell Colony?-E. w.
A. To this colony in New Hampshire
there come each Summer artists, paint
ers. sc,llptors, poets, musicians, etc,
who seek the inspiration TO be found in
congenial companionship and in the
comparative isolation of the colony.
@. What country is called the swift
zerland of the Tropics"?-L. N.
A. Theodore Roosevelt gave this name
to Porto Rico because of it's high
mountainous interior and beautiful
scenery.
@. How many tons of rock are there
in Stone Mountain?-F. p. K.
A. The estimated volume of Stone
Mountain is 7,500,000,000 cubic feet.
Since granite weighs from $50 to ITO
pounds per cubic foot. this would be APP
proximately equivalent to o,O0O. 900
short tons.
q. In which of Shakespeare's plays
did woman first appear on the stage?
L. " H.
A. 1t is believed that the first woman
who appeared in any regular drama
performed the part of Desdemona In
"Othello." Her name is not known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Stone, News Genius.
Is Ranked Among Immortals

The greatness Of Melville f. Stone.
builder Of the Associated Press, and his
place among the immortals are i'm
pressed upon the public mind by the
universal recognition of his qualities by
is1ends and associates and rivals in his
own profession in their comment OIL
Mr.. Stones death at the close of one
OF the most remarkable careers in the
history of Journalism.
He was not alone esteemed for his
professional ability by the newspaper
fraternity as a whole" says the Chat
tanoOga Times, but he was loved for
his many qualities of heart and mind,
and he will long be held in affectionate
remembrance by all who had come
within the magic Of his genial and gen.
tie personality" The Detroit News de-
clares he was great planner. great
organizer. but above all he was great
in character" and the Charleston Daily
Mail observes that "he was a man of
high ideals because he had fine char
acter."
Mr. Stone" according to the New
York Sun, sought to make the Asso-
ciated Press as impersonal as truth.
From that equation his modesty ruled
out his own personality. Creation of the
institution was not the work of die
tatOr. AS truly as the Office holders
does, his tenure of Office depended on
the suffrage of other men. If his prin-
cipleS prevailed. 1t was because they had
the ring of rightness about them" The
Milwaukee Journal affirms that "he
never failed the trust which the news
papers of the country placed in his
keeping" and the Huntington Advertiser
recognizes that he "inculcated certain
standards of journalism that are the
pride and glory Of newspaper men
today"
Viewing him as "the molder of an
epoch in history and the captain of
mighty ideal" the Atlanta Journal
gives the estimate: Truth was the
master passion of Melville E. Stone. He
sought it with the ardor OF knight
of old in quest of the Holy Grail: he
served 1t with the courage of a soldier
at the cannon's mouth: he reverenced it
with the faith of a believer in whatso-
ever things are pure and OF good re-
port"
ut was his conception OF the plan Of
vast cooperative uewS-gathering
organization which. by the very nature
of its formation, would be inherently
impartial and accurate to the limit of
human possibility and his brilliant
carrying out of this ambitious design"
in the opinion of the Fort Worth Star
Telegram. that made for Mr.. Stone an
imperishable monument" The Fort
Wayne News-Sentinel assigns to him the
role of father and master of a new
journalistic order now commonly ac-
cepted as standard. admired of all the
world" His standards, to the Nashville
Banner. Influenced publishers in all
parts of the world" and the Harrisburg
Telegraph AYERS that 1.-The Stone tradi-
lions still sound the keynote of Asso-
eiated Press policies"
The fact that he made European
correspondence American, by Ameri-
cans, for Americans" is emphasized by
the Newark Evening News, which calls
him "the greatest OF reporters" The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
THIS AND THAT
The lasts for oyatory at general So
cial gatherings seems to be declining.
BY ARIES r. TR ACENETT.

The lasts for ovatory at general So
cial gatherings seems to be declining.
Once upon q time no meeting of
a State society in Washington was COM
plete without a. fill lict OF speakers.
huG all that seems 10 ne changeU, II
oos n'ss il ose from she general an
no;ncsmnnt ~ ooe sch .societv rs-
'en!ir
IT, was ootlatgd trat so.ano $50
~'nrio me Se tne o0if ak. fn>tca O
OF half Il doEsn p-alogs. cas would do.
and even he seemed to be apologizeo
for.
The word "only" was significant.
x 4 X 4.
There we're no speakers at all at the
recent dinner given to Walter Johnson,
Washington base ball idol, before leav-
ing for the Spring training season in
the South.
People are disinclined nowadays to
listen to other people just talk; they
realize that most such talks are given
merely for the purpose of the talk
itself
There is still place for the man
with a message, the. orator burning
with purpose, the speaker fairly seeth-
ing with thoughts which burn his brain
and tongue.
To listen to such a: man is one thing.
but to spend an houY tapping up blah-
blah via the ears is distinctly another.
x * X
1t would seem that the mass OF the
populace has become so standardized
by similarity Of education, environment
and thought habits that striking char
acters no longer eXist, all having been
smoothed out to uniformity. There
fore no one has anything to say that
every one else doesn't already know
or has thought.
In the old days. :and not SO very long
ago at that there was no small town
in the United States without galaxy
of queer and unusual men, men who
were different and who. therefore.
spoke strictly with their own tongues.
Those men dressed as they pleased,
and spoke as !hey pleased. They
found themselves under no necessity OF
"cultivating" any :one. OF OF attempting
to make an impression" on any one.
They neither kept up with the
Joneses" nor gave whoop whether the
Joneses kept up with them. When
they had anything to say they said IL:
others might or. might not like 1t, but
1t made no difference to them.
They were Independent in the best
sense. They "walked under the shad-
ows Of their ovn hat brims" and took
off their hats to no man alive.
The necessity OF trimming their
thoughts because of what some others
might think had no standing in their
lives.
They were under no necessity for
being "yes-yes men" as the expiring ex-
preston has It. What they said they
thought; they had principles and lived
up to them, both in deed and word.
y y < u -
Especially In word.
When they saw injustice flOurishing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
The Runaway Street Car.

Early yesterday morning the impos-
sible happened in this. city. A street
car. standing in the barn at the foot
Of Seventh street, was started by some
unknown agency and went csreening
through the street, for distance of
four miles. at high rate OF speed II
was finally checked by derailment at
curve and but for the bruising of a
couple OF men who had been trying to
overtake and stop it the incident was
closed harmlessly.
II was supposed to BE- an impossibility
sSE a3y u2sgs90r!zsa psE:2n 70 start .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

street car. Yet the thing happened.
Some one did start the current and set
the car in motion. And unless add
tiousl safeguards are ADOPTED the same
impossible thing NAV occur aga in. H.
behooves the street railwsv scomps pies
70 lock up theiI cars in ma nner tnst
will In truth maze it impossible for any
one TO set them In motion without au-
thority.
This accident. which luckily proved
o 90 inexpensive. tulsNs IS the d.
ooanoo 20 !,'!*r 10 ., 7o..une rnsr 20
oes'' 70 oe asn"nos nls. I, W. ,'.p-
ot.'o n pc ,ufhcent - sci me con,ols
o. tns G.leet car IN q manner to DE.
vent its starting save by some one
fsmiliar with the system. Yet that
happened which had been considered
too remote for consideration. Some one
who knew how to turn on the Juice"
did, In fact, set the apparatus in mo-
ton and went on g. joy-ride. or sent
the car forth without control.
This tour-mile dash of the car might
have cost dearly in lives but for the
fact that the hour was early, and that
there were few persons In the streets.
Perhaps it could have been set going
only at such an hour. when vigilance
was slsckened at the terminal. But
even so, the happening shows how need
full it is to assure against even the most
remote contingency.
1t Is in order to praise the courage
OF Policeman Rabbi and Mail Driver
sernhardt. who at the risk of their
lives went after the runaway car. That
they reached it only to be flung forth
by, its final crash does not lessen the
quality of their performance. They saw
the danger and acted promptly to check
1t. Had they stopped the flying motor
before 1t derailed itself they would have
deserved no higher credit than now
goes to them for their deed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

A Man Stole a Street Car.
We thought that the burglars who hurry
in stealth
Were chief indicators 'gainst money
and health.
And next, when in daylight a jewelry
theft
Was committed we thought nothing
worse could be left
But now comes the climax-a robbery
new
Extremely audacious. Extravagant. too.
The limit of wickedness comes on dis
play
When man steals a street car and
throws 1t away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
RADIOTORIAL.

Fra Of Expert Accounting.
When they talk reparations, great men
of affairs
Proceed with abstruse calculate
This income tax isn't the worst of our
cares,
AS figures arrive from each nation.
We gather quite often in Joyous acclaim.
And yet we grow gloomy and dizzy.
This life for while doesn't seem quite
the same,
When the expert accountant gets busy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Remarkable Constitution.

From the Hamilton Spectator.
A Scottish piper plays outside the
Kings window each morning at 8
O'Clock To some this will be interpreted
as additional testimony to the remark
arch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
interviewing the Lone Earle.

When Lindbergh greets the First Page
clan,
Each writer and each camerman
Views him as one prepared to grace
A very high offScial place.
OF craftsmanship he has the art.
But In reply to all demands
He smiles and Keeps on Shaking
. Aaaas Sag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

One OF the most interesting points OF
an alleged secret pact is the rapidity
with which any attempt at secrecy dis
appears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

A bodyguard is demanded by Demp-
sey because Of threats. Why even pro-
fessional Jealousy should prompt a wish
for the demise Of q great pugilist is hard
to understand. For the purposes of all
would-be purse sbarers, he is valuable
only while he Is alive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

His declaration that he has nothing to
say comes late considering the turbulent
experiences Trotsky has had as the
result OF talking too much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

1t would increase the agitation of an
affectionate public if the Prince of
Wales, having given up horses, should
take fancy for driving high power
motor cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Hint to the Wise.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Paper that will not burn is said to
have been invented by German scien-
tist. More than ever the prudent man
will see the wisdom of saying 1t with
the spoken word.
Jsi.S Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Before the Burl!nsame case is over, a
witchcraft trial may suggest itself.
Some body. apparently, has been ''hexed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

A war in China usually appears to be
a rough solution Of the unemployment
problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Go to Land Of Sunshine.

From the Detroit Free Press.
An incident of the present slave mar
ket is that ball players are leaving the
land of billiards and snow for Florida,
Texas, California, ct cetera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

immunity Uf ING USefeSB.
Il quail must quail" when gunners pass
With aim precise and neat.
4 tough crow boldly caws, because
He isn't good to eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Folks dat shy at de honest truth"
said Uncle Eben, lis liable to 60 out an
believe anything fortune teller says
to EN-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Jud Tunkins says the drum major is
like lot of people he knows, who get
by simply by managing to look busy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Contrast.
A window and an open fire
What more in life could heart desire?
The window frames picture strange,
Where. DER the snowdrift, shadows
range
In silver silence, as the moon
Wanes slowly, and is lost, too soon.
And then. unto the mounting blaze.
With genial eye you turn your gaze.
For here Is hope and hearty cheer,
In contrast to the Winter drear.
A dreamland crystallized In white.
Close by hearth fire burning bright.
In. contrast lies the greatest worth
OF all the pleasures here on earth.
A window and an open fire
What more in life could heart desire?
Reward.
do you feel that your Iabors in be.
half OF the public have been rewarded"
"Assuredly." answered Senator sor-
ghum. MY photographs have come
into lucrative demand among some of
the most prominent advertisers"
Jud Tunkins says the drum major is
like lot of people he knows, who get
by simply by managing to look busy.
Self Defense.
why do you pretend you understand
the Einstein theory"
. 80 as to head of some erudite friend
who might insist on trying to explain it
to me" .,+>
"A man who laughs at his own mis-
fortunes" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown. ''prstends to be a philoso-
pher, when he is only hypocrite."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

"A man who laughs at his own mis-
fortunes" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, 'pretends to be a philoso-
pher, when he is only hypocrite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Washington is about to lose one of
It's pastimes which has kept the wise
acres busy for the last three months
putting together cabinet for President
elect Herbert Hoover. BY Monday, or
possibly Tuesday. the whole world will
know the selections of Mr.. Hoover him.
self for places in his Official family. It
has been suggested that Mr.. Hoover is
to name Democrat as head of the
Department of Justice: that he has Of
fefed the place TO William d. Mitchell.
now solicitor general of the United
States under appointment by President
Coolidge. Mr.. Mitchell is from Mime
sofa. He Is listed in Who's Who" as
Democrat and not long ago declared be-
fore Senate committee. at hearing
that he was Democrat. There are
Democrats and Democrats. and in some
quarters 1t is suggested that Mr.. Mitch
ell is one of the Democrats who voted
for Mr.. Hoover and against Gov. Smith
in the recent presidential election.
Mi. Mitchell has wide reputation as
lawyer. Furthermore, it is understood
that he Is the choice of many mem
bers of the Supreme Court for the Office
OF Attorney General, including Chief
Justice Taft The members of the high
est court. before which the solicitor gen.
eral appears frequently in cases involv-
ing the Government, have great re-
gard for him. The recommendations of
members of the court that Mr.. Mitchell
be appointed Attorney General have
been conveyed to Mr.. Hoover both di-
rectly and indirectly, 1t Is said This is
strong backing for any candidate
II Mr.. Mitchell Is offered and accepts
the Office Of Attorney General it will
lead to wide comment. The appoint
ment OF Democrat MS member in a
Republican cabi4st would be suficient
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

M. B. Harlow, retired banker of Wash
ington and Alexandria, is preparing
publication to tell the story of The
Road to Mount Vernon" which has re-
Gently been authorized by Congress.
More thar AZ years ego MI. Harlow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

More, storage space will have to be
secured by Col. Lindbergh if the we'd
ding gifts are nearly as numerous as
the presents showered on him when he
arrived from Paris.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-11-28
Alex Stewart
919 Arctic Bldg.
Seattle, Wash.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington for the County
of King. In Probate. No. 46919.
Notice of Hearing Final Report and
Petition for Distribution.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Anna
Alderman, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Alexander
Stewart, Administrator of the Estate
of Anna Alderman, deceased, has filed
in the office of the Clerk of said Court
his final Report and petition for
distribution, asking the Court to settle
said Report, distribute the property
to the persons thereto entitled and to
discharge said administrator; and that
said Report and petition will be heard
on the 18th day of December, 1929, at
$3.50 a. M, ct the Court Room of the
Probate Department of said Court.
Dated this Goth day of November,
1929.
ABE N. OLSON, Clerk Of Said Court
BY H. G. Gordon, Deputy.
Date of first publication 11-21-29
Date of last publication l2-s-29
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-11-28
Figuring the Nations
Leading Cereal Crops

Let us set out to visualize the I'll.
gantic proportions of our crops, that
we may the better appreciate the rea-
son for thankful hearts. Start with
corn, wheat, md oats, the three lead.
Ing cereal crops, providing foods for
man and beast. prosperity for country
and city alike. Manhattan island, on
which New York city stands. contains
"a square miles of land surface.
Should we empty these three largest
grain crops over these 14,03S acres the
gathered grain would cover the island
to depth of 100 feet-everything
under ten stories would be buried be-
meath the avalanche Of bresdstuffs
Or. let us suppose we Jumped It to.
gether. Make bin, If you please,
and our three great cereal crops
would Oil a titantic measure one-half
cubic mile In dimensions. II It we're
set up on Broadway. this half cubic
mile would tower seven times as high
as the Woolworth building. and the
bin would be twenty city 'blocks long
by ten blocks wide. TO grow the
wheat alone required field as large
as all Of New York state, and the
billions Of bushels of corn were grown
on a field as large as New York, with
New England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales.
And so on right down the column,
10 turo hoc hmm rnncf Lind 80 a,,,o,
lean country folks. Surely, a far DIFF.
ferent situation confronts us than that
which faced the fathers Of Thanksglv.
Ing. Contrast this against that first
harvest and we should the better up
preciate the reason for our thankful.
ness.-Earl. w. Gage. in the Michigan
Farmer.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-11-28
Almon Ray Smith
2l0 Natl Bank Of Commerce Bldg.
Seattle, Washington

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State Of Washington for the County
of King. In Probate. No.4643o.
Notice OF Hearing Final Report and
Petition for Distribution.
In the Matter of the Estate of Minnie
F. Reavis, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Elmer j.
Satterberg, Administrator of the Estate
OF Minnie F. Reavis, Deceased, has
filed in the office of the Clerk of said
Court his final Report and petition for
distribution, asking the Court to settle
said Report, distribute the property to
the persons thereto entitled and to
discharge said administrator; and that
said Report and petition will be heard
on the 23rd day Of December, 1929, at
$50 A. NJ, at the Court Room of the
Probate Department of said Court.
Dated this 18th day of November
1929.
ABE N. OLSON, Clerk vi Said Court
BY H. G. GORDON, Deputy.
First publication 11-21-29
Last publication l2-5-2s
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-11-28
DIRT-FLooR STORAGE BEST

Families that have common dirt
floor cellars have the best place to
store their winter fruits and vegetables
for conditions Of cool, moist storage
are more easily obtained here than in q
cefnent-floor ace-heated basement.
A special storage room that will pro-
vide good storage conditions can be
built in the cement cellar, however,
without great cost. A corner presents
the best and cheapest possibilities for
only two additional walls need be
erected. These walls should be double,
of boards or wall board nailed on each
side of two-by-fours, leaving an air
space, The door also should be double
III possible. by sprinkling water on
the concrete floor of this room at
frequent intervals, the moisture con-
ditions can bs kept within the desired
range.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-11-28
Alex Stewart
919 Arctic Bldg.
Seattle, Wash.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington, for King
County. In Probate. No. 4S3se.
Notice to Creditors.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Arthur
Garfield Arnold, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as executrix Of the estate
Of Arthur Garfield Arnold, Deceased;
that all persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby required to
serve the same. duly verified. on said
executrix or her attorney of record at
the address below stated, and file the
same with the Clerk of said Court, to-
gether with proof of such service with
in six month after the date OF first
publication of this notice or the same
will be barred.
Date of first publication November
81, 1929
EDNA DAPHNE ARNOLD.
Executrix of said Estate
Address 1926 39th Avenue North,
Seattle, Washington.
Alex. Stewart, Attorney for Estate,
$40 Arctic Building, Seattle, Wash.
Date of first publication 1l-2l-29
Date of last publication 1859