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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-08-27

Many of them got their start in home town through
Jobs with independently -owned business institutions
Here they received valuable training, inspiration and
help because employers took real interest in their
development Their employers were local independent
business men, home folks neighbors who wanted to see
boys and girls do WELL
Hundreds of young people from community have
gone this road c achievement and success-made posi-
BILE because the business enterprises of town were
independently operated by whose interests
were centered in community.
Taxes paid by independently business concerns
for schools and public improvements contributions IN
time and money made churches hospitals and other
local institutions made these things possible.
Now there arisen in this country system OF ner-
chandsng operated controlled from the great Cities
which aims elimination of the Observation-Disclosures
store-and every time Observation-Disclosures store
drops out displaced by store owned and contro
ed York Chicago other large CENTER
the community has lost institution whose gen.
uine helpful interest is here in this communicated
taken another step backward
Governor Christensen, of Minnesota says
"Chan stores have invaded the field where the
local merchant reigned unchallenged The mail
order house, no longer relying the lure OF the
cataog has invaded the feld of the country mer-
chant employing in the local field the high voltage
merchandising methods it perfected in Chicago or
New York / cannot help but feel that the interests
of the country would be poorly served chain stores
should ever dominate the local field There would
be serious loss if every community merchant were
only clerk for chain store corporation. When
chain stores become the dominating factor in
community, that community whether large or small,
is doomed"
Merchandising institutions operated from New York or
other large centers expected take inter-
schools churches improvements and the future
of this community people whose interests large
ly entirely centered here at home.
Every time you make purchase of merchandise from
independentlyow store, helping COM
munity continue to furnish opportunities for
boys and girls
Your independent merchant is for you. Be for Him!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17

With the average car some six feet in
width the dangers of collision In passing
can readily be realized.
For this reason many motorists have
probably avoided the highway despite
the saving of time, and others have
Stunned resorts which would normally
be reached by this road. 1t was esti-
mated at the Citizens Club meeting
thst the contemplated improvements
will bring an increase of from twenty
to fifty thousand persons in the shore
population within a few years.
Maryland possesses one of the finest
road systems OF any state, but the De-
Tense Highway has been blot on its
fair reputation. Not only is the road
one of the narrowest of any of the major
arteries, but the shoulders are of such
soft material that if the motorist is to
escape disaster he must stay on the
concrets. When the improvement is
completed it will be a pleasure instead
of a hazard to drive along this route TO
beautiful Southern Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
Oregon Pageant Urged
To Honor Trail Blazers
tha pnrtland oreRon Journal.

From the Portland oregon Journal.
President Hoover proclaims the holl-
dav of the covered wagon. He pro-
noses that April 10, 1890, anniversary OF
the departure for Oregon of the nrst
wagon train for st. Louis, be nation
ally commemorated.
Thus the President OF the United
States creates officiRlly an excellent OPP
portunity to attract attention to oregon
and the Pacific Northwest,
1t is the time when the National Geo
graphic Magazine ahould devote the
lumber, long pleaded for. TO Oregon.
The projected aiming OF the epic
spectacle of the old Oregon Trail should
be done promptly. among Oregon scenes.
and distributed while interest runs high.
There ought to he presented here a
naQeant ut To thrill every lover OF pic
turesaue history, II ought In be n
pageant capable or calling Apeolai trains
and motor parties from all over the
country. Such pageant should itself
move in twentieth century covered wag-
ons, both Pullman coaches and automo-
biles, over the course the pioneers took
It should find climax at Portland. the
chief city standing NJ the end Of the
trail.
But In all the celebration preparation
sentiment win claim It's tear. II the
pioneers, who never knew holiday on
the dim and feRrsome trail, could only
share I'm this one, called to honor theil
memoriesi
They were builders of the NAtien
these men and women who marked
with wheels and hopes the Oregon Trail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
glish-American Competition.

1t is certainly fortunate that America
has its Bobby Jones, Helen Wills and
Gar Wood. Otherwise, with the appar-
emily Unsuitable determination of Eng
land to make and hold records of all
kinds, and, as rule, succeeding
American pride would be humbled in
deed Jones, of course, accounts for goli
superiority, Wills for tennis and Wood
for speed on the water. England, how
ever, brooks no opposition in its land
and air speed records. With Mai
Campbell and Maj. Segrave it has
pushed the automobile speed marx "a
point twenty-five miles an hour faster
than any American has ever Travelled
And, not content with this margin, has
sent Kaye Don, another Englishman, to
Daytona Beach to boost it still higher
In the air a British seaplane has
flashed across the horizon at better
than three hundred and flfty-seven
miles an hour, ninety-one miles an hour
faster than Lieut.. AL williams has been
able to drive an American ship. On the
water Gar Wood still reigns supreme, with
a mark of ninety-three miles an hour;
but the English see no reason why the
United States should be allowed to keep
even one record, in SO far as speed Ii
concerned, and boats are now being
built for Maj. Segrave and Betty Car
stairs to exceed one hundred miles ar
hour.
Kaye Don is now at Daytona, the
greatest racing course in the world
| waiting TO put the automobile record tC
point where competition will be dis
couraged. HIS new roadster" Is thirty
feet longer and is powered by two
twelve cylindered motors developing
more than two thousand horsepower
Theoretically, it will have a top speed
in first gear of ninety miles an hour. Ir
order to shift from second to high 9
| speed of hundred and seventy miles
an hour must be attained. From thai
point on Don can give her the gas
and the speedster, it is expected, viii
respond to about two hundred and fifty
miles an hour. This is the speed thai
Don hopes TO reach before returning tt
England, and il ne does the record 4
likely to stand for long time.
The American public wishes Don vel
in his attempt. 1t would wish him wei
even though an American held the rec.
ord. He is one Of the pioneers in tao
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17

of Ohio is threatening a political come
back this year. either as candidate for
governor or Senator. It begins to look,
however, as though the Democrats were
being forced into taking the wet side
of the prohibition fight in national
elections. And If they must do so.
there Will be plenty of his former fol-
lowers to demand the nomination of
AL Smith himself. Many Of them be-
lieve that the last campaign was
merely a campaign Of education, and
that when 1892 rolls round, former Gov.
Smith viii be able to carry the coun-
try, including the solid South" It is
pointed out that failure to support
Smith is being made the test of Denloc-
racy in the South in several States to-
day. For example, Senator Helm of
Alabama has been refused the right to
have his name appear on the ballot In
the Democratic primary in his State
this year. In Texas, the Democratic
organization has taken the same steps
as in Alabama to prevent anti-Smith
Democrats from running for nomination
for ONCE in Democratic primaries.
and in North Carolina Senator Sim
mons has been attacked because Of his
failure to support Smith. A defeat of
Senator Simmons in the coming sera-
torial primary by his pro-Smith oppo-
nent, Bailey, would be hailed far and
wide aSVa Smith victory However, it
does not appear that Senator Simmons
y 70 be deteatsd-not this yaax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17

Take advantage of this free service.
II YOU are one of the thousands who
have patronized the bureau, write us
again. If you have never used the serv-
ice. begin now. It is maintained for
your benefit. Be sure to send your name
and address with your question, and in
close 2 cents in coin or stamps for re-
turn postage Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
Haskin, director, Washington, d. C.
@. To what extent have billboards in
the United States been posted with the
phrase, Business is good-Keep 1t going
Nothing can stop United States" etc.?
&C. w. E.
A. There were approximately $4,000
OF thsse posters displayed in 1850
cities and towns in the United States.
O. What are the names of the men,
bers of the Revelers Quartet?-H. s.
A. They are James Melton. tenor;
Lewis James. second tenor; Elliot Shaw
baritone and Wilfred Glenn, bass. This
is one of the oldest groups an broad
casting, being formerly known as the
Shannon -Four.
@. Would a canal across Nicaragua
cost more than the Panama Canal?-
l.. d. @.
A. The cost of the proposed Nicara-
guam Canal would be several times the
cost of the Panama Canal. The Nicara-
guam Canal would be about 1873 miles
in length, 70 miles of which will be in
Lake Nicaragua, so miles along the
San Juan River, and the remainder
through the mountain section. The
region of Lake Gatun In the Panama
Canal is IS feet above mean sea level.
The level of Lake Nicaragua is los feet.
ofnr al ~ a ko ro0 OIL
is one of the main features of the added
cost of the Nicaraguan Canal.
@. Who was our first Ambassador to
England?-R. B.
A. Thomas Fryncis Bayard was APP
pointed Ambassador to England in 1898,
and was the first to hold that diplomatic
rank.
@. OF what nationality was Hof-
mann, who painted the famous Christ
in the Temple"?-H. j. M.
A. He was a German, born at Darn
stadt in 1924. He died in 1902. His
pictures owe their popularity to his illus
trative talent and ideal conceptions of
biblical events.
@. Why does a man who is coming
up to bat in base ball swing two or three
clubs until he steps to the plate?-
S. N. T.
A. Base ball players say that swing
ing several clubs makes the one that is
retained seem light in the hands and
easy to control.
O. Has the United States advised
| Liberia in its financial affairs?-J. w. C..
A. The United States has interviewed
in Liberia twice to effect financial re-
organization. In 1909 President Roose-
welt appointed a commission to visit
Liberia and investigate the condition of
the country. and by June, 1912, all diff
f1culties which Liberia had had with
the German government over financial
loans were overcome, and an interna-
tional loan of $l.70O, 900 was raised
The customs duties and certain taxes
were pledged as security for the loan,
and are administered by an American
receiver general, who is also financial
adviser to the Liberia government.
Thus, in effect, the control of finances
is in the hands Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

ment and Observance Commission would
not be amisS, but nothing of the sort
is in sight The WickerSham Commits
sion so far has not hankered after the
spotlight.
Representative Charles L. Abernethy
of North Carolina has introduced a bill
providing that the Federal treasury
shall refund to the States one-half the
amount of all internal revenue taxes
collected from the tobacco, cigar and
cigarette industry. The refunds, of
course, are to go to the States within
whose borders such taxes are collected.
This would be fine scheme for North
Carolina. Uncle Sam collected about
four hundred million dollars in to-
bacco taxes last year, of which more
than half was paid in North Carolina.
Her share in such a refund scheme
would exceed hundred million dollars,
nearly five times what the State of
North Carolina now eXpendS annually,
but her chances of obtaining any such
windfall are without the realm OF prob
ability. Representative Abernethy's Dill
will cost the Federal treasury no more
than the price of the ink and paper on
which it is printed.
4 X
William Murray Butler of Massa-
chusetts, textile millionaire, former
chairman of the Republican national
committee, one-time member of the
Senate, and now candidate in the Bay
State senatorial primaries, has finally
crossed the Rubicon in the prohibition
issue. He proclaims himself bone dry,
100 per cent for the eighteenth amend
ment, the Volstead act, and for his own
States baby Volstead act, up for refer
endum repeal next November. In the
Judgment of most political prophets III
Massachusetts, Mr.. Buffers announce
ment insures his victory in the Repub-
lican primaries next September and in
sures his defeat at the polls In November.
Copyright, ls30o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
Public Hopes Better Career
Is Ahead as Cook Leaves Cell

Parole for DR.. Frederick A. Cook, who
claimed to have reached the North Pole
at the time of Peary's achievement and
to have accomplished other spectacular
things which were unverifed, brings
reminiscent smiles to the public. He
has been at Leavenworth for several
years on charge of using the mails to
defraud in connection with stocks, and
Attorney General Mitchell orders con-
ditional release for good behavior.
kindly wishes for q more honorable
career are extended by Americans.
Hes told so many people he discov-
cred the Pole that he probably believes
it himself now" says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, adding: 1.-THE tolerant
world now smiles incredulously, but
cannot fail to see the drama in the life
story OF this pleasant and plausible adj
venturer in the back yard of science
who was feted by a king, believed for
time by the multitude and who lived
to begin his old age In a felon'S cell
The world will not begrudge him success
in his effort to salvage enough from his
furnished notoriety to live in peace the
rest of his days. Tell it to the Danes,
the public jeered 20 years ago, when the
hoax was exploded and the tawdry hero
fell. But it has pity now for a broken
man no longer young"
4 X y
"Give the doctor room!" excIaims the
Charleston Evening Post, with the COM
ment on his career: "a faker on a grand
scale, DR.. Cook is really an engaging
character, and his return to society will
not offend the sensibilities of many
people. He has been q model prisoner,
his jailers say, and five years of penal
Servitude are a good deal to cut from
the life of a man who is no longer
young. 1t is hardly likely that he will
seriously deceive anybody again, and If
he does it will be simple matter to
cancel his parole and send him back
to LeavenWorth. Meantime, one of his
genius ought to be able to tell a good
yarn about life in a Federal Jail
For lack of better term, it may be
chausen complex" suggests the Louis
vile Courier-Journal, believing that
the itch of travellers to exaggerate and
falsify was In his blood" In a more
serious vein that paper states: But
Cook was not all fake. He was an ex-
plorer of persistence and courage
Amundsen, who was with him in the
Antarctic, has vouched for this, and
when he was in the United States on
his last visit he went to Leavenworth
to see his old companion. Cooks early
record speaks Ior lCSen ne accom-
panied Peary to the frozen North in
1892 as surgeon of the expedition.
Under the Belgian flag he went to the
Far South, and for his services won
distinguished honors, the decoration of
the Order of Leopold, the gold medal
of the Royal Society and the silver
medal Of the Royal Geographical So
ciety."
X y
Pointing out that he must begin life
all over again, at an age when most
men are ready to retire." the Roanoke
Times reviews % varied and checkered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17

career" and continues: His name is
associated in the public mind with a
monumental hoax which he has stead
lastly denied. 1t is to be hoped that he
will make good use Of his freedom in
whatever years of life remain TO him"
The indianapolis Star also afirms that
his fellow countrymen will wish him
well, voicing its conception of the pub
lie attitude toward the man: DIR.
Cook is not the kind of man to arouse
enmity even on the part of those who
may have placed wreathS about his neck
when he arrived in Copenhagen. He is
not the only one who enjoys the
plaudits of the multitude. Every COM
munity has its Dr. Cooks who are will
ing to go to almost any limit TO get into
the limelight He stretched the limit a
little more than some among them"
The priSore- viii return to civil life
at 81, = records the New York Sun, still
cheerful in cpite of the vicissitudes he
has encountered in his erratic career.
As driver of q milk wagon in Brooklyn,
as physician, as explorer, as promoter
of wildcat oil companies, he has had his
ups and downs. He may not have
scaled Mount Mckinley, he may not
have reached the North Pole, but he has
never lacked for ability to persuade
others ito believe he has done both and
many other useful things besides"
Future evidence OF an exploring
mind'i is expected by the Hartford
Times holding that his thoughts mat
urally run to charting out unusual
courses" and expressing the hope that
1.-The logic of his experience has taught
him the larger usefulness to which he
should set his undoubted intellectual
and imaginative powers" The Spring
field Union, however, suggesting that
Attorney General Mitchell evidently is
of the opinion that Cook has been SUM-
GENTLY chaStened and reformed by the
punishment he has undergone" adds
that whether or not this opinion is
justified remains to be SEEN"
"On the whole, he played in abomi-
nable luck, as viewed by the Baltimore
Sun, and that paper adds: Others as
INSCRIPTIONS as he have succeeded only
because they worked on a smaller, less
entertaining scale and in greater for
tune. Now he is starting I'll over again,
he says. One almost wants to wish him
luck-and, at least, better judgment"
The Suns analysis also includes the
statement as to the characteristics OF
DR.. Cook: HE should at some time or
another be accorded that study now
given to all remarkable personalities,
whether they are wholly benevolent, !
genuine and Sanctif1ed or not. DR..
Cook, it is true, has to his credit almost
no solid achievement save one: the ex-
ploitation Of himself, an exploitation 50
thoroughgoing and historic that ne Is
one OF the few men out of the flrst 10
years of the century whose names are
still familiar and significant. And this
should be qualification enough. IS a
matter of fact, DR.. Cook was an en-
bodimcnt Lf almost every one OF the
characteristic popular American virtues.
Only in him they had gone somewhat
astray, turned. slightly vicious az De-
come MhnleSomelY burlesque."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKM.

q. In Egyptian furniture did the 11afS'
of the ox-leg design antedate the lion
A. In the earlier period OK legs were
more usual and testify to the impor-
lance of agriculture in early Egypt.
@. In what States of the Union is
onyx found?-S. D. r.
A. It occurs in Arizona, Arkansas,
California, New Mexico. Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, South. Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah and Virginia.
@. When did women in New York
State get their first suffrage privileges
Is.
A. The first suffrage privilege permit
ting voting on school matters was given
women in New York State in 1880.
O. Please give a biography OF the
late d. H. Lawrence, British novelist
r. L.
A. David Herbert Lawrence, son of
coal miner, was born in Eastwood, Not
! tingham, England, on September II.
1885. His youth was spent in the en-
vironment of CRIME and poverty which
| forms the background of Sons and
Lovers" his best known and perhaps
greatest novel. Working his way
through Nottingham University, he
taught school for time in a small
mining village. In 1914 Lawrence mar
ried Frieda Won Richthofen. a woman
of noble lineage, daughter of the Ger
man governor of AlSace- Lorraine and
sister of Baron Manfred Won RIGHT
hofen. noted German ace. During the
war the author, an intense pacifist,
went with his wife to Cornwall, Eng
! land where, very poor, he worked in
the fields as well as wrote. He was
declared consumptive and rejected for
military service. Nevertheless he was
suspected of spying and driven from
! Cornwall. The war years are described
| in his novel, kangaroo" 1t is said
| that in appearance Lawrence reSembled
Robert Louis Stevenson. AT A. he had
published 81 volumes of novels, short
stories, essays, travel books and plays,
as well as numerous contributions to
magazines. He died in Venice, suburb
of Nice.
@. What is the past tense of the verb
/ brosdcast?-S. A.
| A. While dictionaries give both broad
cast and broadcasted as the past tense.
radio announcers seem to have settled
upon broadcast as the preferred form.
! @. Please give an example of blood
less revolution.-B. M.
A. The revolution which resulted in
the establishment of the German Re-
/ punt has O1LcIl DCSIl IElSlIcu W dS n
/ bloodlesS revolution, because the change
in government was accomplished with
out conflict other than some street
| fighting in Berlin and other cities.
! @. How much gold is produced in the
world in a YEAR,. M.
A. In 1928 the gold production in
| Transvaal, Cape Colony and Natal
amounted to $214041, 633, and the pro-
duction of the United States was S44,-
1856, 800. Canada had a production of
$50, 082,0 05: Russia of $24,S06, 201;
Mexico, $14,451, 721; Rhodesia, $11 999.-
292. and Australia and New Zealand,
3,078, 925.
Q. Can an emigrant from the old
country bring with him all his clothes
and personal belongings without paying
duty?-C. A. H.
A. An emigrant entering the United
States is allowed to bring all his per-
sonal effects free of duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
Defense Highway Widening.

Neutrality-suspicious. are no doubt as much
aratified as Marylanders at the plans
of the State Highway Commission to
start work on the widening Of Defense
Highway otherwise known as suicide
road" AT meeting recently in An
napolis the Citizens Club was informed
of the projected improvement, which
will, during the coming Summer, en-
brace ten or twelve miles OF widened
roadway. Next year the work will be
completed.
Defense Highway, although opened
for only q few years, has compiled
an unenviahle record in motor car &C.
oidents. Only fifteen feet wide, it is one
of the most heavily travelled roads in
the State, being short cut fNpm WASH
ingtcn to Annapolis and the BAY resorts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Study Of Mankind.
The novel brings a wondrous thrill
The essay cheers my mind,
AS they work out with cunning. skill
Their studies of mankind.
And yet some spot l make my choice
Where crowds are hurrying by
To listen to the variant voice
OF old vox Populi.
Sometimes the words are like my own
And sometimes Greek to me.
They echo from some mystic zone
From far across the sea
In hope their message will rejoice,
Or else they breathe sigh,
AS there ! listen to the voice
OF old Vox Popuh