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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-17
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub-
scribers Of Montgomery county have oh
tanned from the Orphans Court of Mont
somery county, Md. letters Of administra-
ton on the personal estate of
GEORGE M. KEPHART.
late of Montgomery county, deceased
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with vouchers thereof, 10 the
subscribers on or before the 26tb day
OF May, 1880; otherwise they NAV. nv
law. be excluded from all benefit of said
estate. All persons indebted 10 said es-
tate are requestedto make immediate nav
ment. Given under our hands this 26tl, dev
Of November, 1929.
HANSON G. CASHELL.
JOHN f. MUNCASTER.
nov got Administrators.
P0R SALE,
| 800 S. C. White Leehorn
pullets.
SAMUEL T. BUTT.
Rockville, Md.
oct 25.lm Phone 81 is
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SyELL FRUIT
- Trees and ornamentals
We have an opening In this section for
full OF part time representative. Cash
commission paid weekly.
TITUS NURSERY CO.,
july i5-3t Wanesboro. Va.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
Cur Neighbours Progress.
Cincinnati Enquirer.) )

72The destiny of the United States and Canada in the phenomenal development and material prog ress of the Dominion
 The date announced for the formal opening of the new Weand Canal is barely a few weeks away The event will take place Sep tember l. The Canadian Government has been 15 years building this great navigation improve ment. It has cost than $120000000 It SUD-
 plies bypass around Niagara Falls to connect Lake Ontario with the upper lakes, and is about half the length of the Panama Canal It will bring the mighty grain carriers-10,000 vessels jthe upper lakes down to Prescott the St. Lawrence, a step from Montreal. They among lthe most economic grain carriers in the word-all space with minimum of machinery The vessels that will now be admitted to Toronto will carry in one load 55OOO0 bushels.
 It is obvious that the canal thus becomes an fits opening no doubt will intensity interest in that proposed great enterprise New York is preparing for the trade which reasonably she may be able to attract while Buffalo intensively is figuring upon what will be the effect of the canal her own commerce. But the thought of commercial students is that America will profit much Canada from the new enterprise through reorientaton of trade between the various ports at the Eastern gateway ito the Great Lakes system In any event, the Ito union of traffic to the seas binding of the Great Lakes and rivers of the hemisphere with the oceans which bear the commerce of the nations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
HORR WILL PROBABLY WIN.

Ralph C. Horr, who recently led the successful movement to make the Seattle Republican organ- zaton wet and then took the fight into the Repub- lican State convention at Bellingham and won again, has gained another notably victory by de- feating Congressman John F. Miller who had served terms the Representative of the First Wash ington District in Congress If Mir Horr is ful in November he probably will be- it is under stood that he will contest in 1882 for the Senate seat held by Senator Wesley L. Jones.
 There was time when the drys preferred a wet Democrat to a wet Republican. The Demo- cratic was a minority party and wet Democrat did not represent much The attitude of the drys in New Jersey and elsewhere and the declaration of Senator Fess that the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee will work for the election of Republican nominees, wet or dry regular or insurgent or whatnot, indicate that the drys do not propose to be party to giving the Democrats a majority in Congress They would rather have party in power in which they have majority than to have a party in power in which the ma jority is wet
 There was a time when it different. The drys boldly announced in New York that they would prefer wet Democrat to wet Republican when they defeated Senator Wadsworth and con- ributed to the election of Senator Wagner by run ming independent dry Republican in 1926. In fact, there are indications that they may do the thing in Illinois this year. They have brought out dry Republican there an independent rather than to support Mrs Mccormick The circumstances there different, however, from most other situa tions Mrs. Mccormick had always been a dry. When things began to look dark for her, the Re- publicans got up petition to submit the wet and dry problem to a referendum. Mrs Mccormick forth with declared that she would abide by the refer endum. It to punish this sort of alleged treachery that the drys decided to defeat her. if possible even though the result might be the election of former Senator James Hamilton Lewis, wet Democrat.
 But in spite of the Illinois situation the prob abilities are that the Seattle dry Republicans will stand by wet MT Horr rather than to elect wet Democrat The Republicans will need all the mem bers they get in the next Congress and they not being overly squeamish about particular brands of Republicanism.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
Mrs. LongwOrth and Mrs. Patterson.
(New York World.)

New York word)
 Interesting but not true.
 The news is that Mrs Alice Longworth
 will be not only confidential adviser to
 Mrs Ruth Hanna Mccormick but that she
 will campaign publicly for her lifelong friend.
 Interesting, but not true.
 Mrs. Mccormick takes advice, politi-
 cal or otherwise from Mrs. Longworth
 Mrs. Longworth gives interviews to
 the press
 Mrs. Longworth cannot speak in public
 Her assistance will therefore, resolve
 itself, as usual, into posing for photographs
 ELEANOR PATTERSON This little piece, which appeared in the Wash ington Herald, of which Mrs Patterson recently became editor, certainly does not look very friend ly Yet unwittingy it probably reveals what has made Mrs. Longworth what she is today; what has made her, that is person of mystery, a power behind the throne, figure that appeals enormously to the imagination of the American peo- pie. For Mrs Longworth knows that this role calls for impeccable personal dignity, and that gabbling in the press making speeches, and all the other things that go with active campaigning are very damaging to it.
 And she seems to know that they involve some thing else very risky appearing on platforms with other women, having pictures taken in groups of fifty on the White House lawn, meeting with com mittees etc. In other words, they involve becoming a part of womanhood in the plural Nobody has ever caught Mrs Longworth in such ensemble She plays lone hand. Perhaps she does not have much influence in electing the candidates, but the candidates are in office she has considerable how they vote. So when you begin to reckon power which is the only thing that counts in this game, probably she has much as many spellbinder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
DRYS CONTINUE TO SWITCH.

President Curran of the Association Against Pro- changed from dry to wet at least sixty-two dry Congressman will give way to vets in the next Congress, regardless of the voting in November These changes where wet Republicans have been nominated to replace dry Republicans where their Democratic opponents also wet and where formerly dry Republicans have announced change in their positions
 One of the latest Republican switches from dry to wet is a leader in the New York Assembly. It is told in the New York Times
 Eberle Hutchinson of the most prom inent Republican members of the Assembly, revealed today his shift from the dry to the wet side of the current discussion of Pro- hbition within the party. His action asserted by the vets to be indicative of general trend throughout the upstate gions hitherto almost solidly dry Prohibi- tion advocates. however, said his switching of opinion not significant.
 MT. Hutchinson who has served in the Assembly since 1919 to rise to the important post of Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has in the past always been found the dry side in tests of Prohibit tion in the State Legislature. He voted for ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment and supported the Republican efforts for a State enforcement law.
 In his statement, published in The AL bany Evening News he disclosed that he had changed his attitude and favored modification of present Prohibition laws so as to permit the sale of liquor by Gov ernment dspensaries under State muni- cipa control
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

Almost any little annoyance seems to carry away MT Caraway. Cincinnati Enquirer 9s- .s'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
Keeping Steady.
Baltimore Sun.)


 Again the State Department has wisely refused to be drawn into any kind of concerted action to restore order" in China to suppress Com munists" It is not our business or our duty to ar range the affairs of China That ancient nation is going through the travail of new birth, travail that may last decades. The affair is too immense for any paterng governing by nations that hay ing enough trouble adjusting their own lives to the changing times.
 The only excuse we should have for interven- ion would be protection of the lives and property Iof American nationals. It would be crime if, under the preteXt of doing that, should join Iother great powers in military movements that would have the result of swinging the balance one way or another in the movement of Chinese affairs swinging it in accordance with the poor light the Western nations have in the East and light made the poorer by too often masked sef-inter- est We should act only if and when our people actually need help and, as the State Department says there is no sign that they really need help any more today than during past months and years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

Congressman Johnson has had another hair breadth victory in his distrct-such a victory as tends to make hair turn gray. However he would not for lot trade his narrow plurality for a
 minority. He at least holds the office compensa-
 ton for his scares
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

Emery Valentine who always threw his whole heart and strength into anything that he did What he did done in the best way he knew how to do it. For many years he had been Japanese Vice-Consul for Alaska and on December l8 1922, the Emperor of Japan conferred upon him the Order of the Rising Sun, and sent to him a gold medal This is the highest honor conferred by the Japanese Government and that very few foreigners have received
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

the profession through which she won her farm
 And this causes one to think about those other farmers of the great Middle West who do not have recourse to voice other artistic or other talent What is to become of them?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
MARION TALLEY PROVES THE CASE.

The dispatches tell that Marion Taley, who quit the operatic stage after sensational success to purchase and operate l600-acre Kansas farm is returning to her singing because the recent heat wave destroyed her corn. She will sing Tor the records and may re-enter opera.
 That is picture that tells emphaticaly than columns of words what havoc was wrought bv the recent draught The girl loved the soil and returned to it to live life that attracted her. Deplorabe conditions have sent her back to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

The English and the Irish are here, afloat and lon horseback in the hope of taking home some of Americas large collection of cups. Opinion in Scotland is that so long Bobby Jones eschews polo and yachting, their fellow islanders have a lchance-(New York Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

Chinese rebels have begun to talk about another drive That may develop another fickering blaze
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13

And at the next meeting of the Authors League steps will be taken, impeachable authority said yesterday in view of the Phelan $20000 bequest, to declare Mrs Gertrude Atherton a professional (New York World
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-13
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT

SERIAL NO. 07546 -- Tn the United States Land Offtc.
 for the Juneau Land District al Anchorage, Alaska. r Tn the Matter of the Application
 of CHICHAGOFF POWER COM
 PANY, a corporation organized
 under the laws of Alaska, fo, patent to the AURUM NO. ll
 lode mining claim, emtrcced ir
 U. s. Mineral Survey No. 1515
 situated on Chichagoff Island, if,
 Chichagoff Mining District, Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division, Alaska
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Chichagoff Power Coni- pany, a corporation organized ur1d- or the laws of Alaska, whose post Icffice a d dress is 424 Goldstein Building, Juneau, Alaska, has file it's applica tion in the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, Tor patent for the Aurum No. 13 lode mining claim and included within U. s. Mineral Survey No. 1875, sit- uated in the Chichagoff Mining District, Territory of Alaska, Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division at Chichagoff Post Office on Chichagoff Island, Alaska, and more particularly described as fol lows:
 AURUM NO. 13 LODE
 Beginning at corner No. |,
 identical with location corner
 and with corner No. 1 of Pa
 cific Lode, survey No. 1045,
 whence U. s. L. M. No. bears {. s. 55 deg. 13' E. 1330l it.
 Thence N. 65 deg. 19' w. 343.50 2 it. to corner No. 2. Thence N.
 47 deg. 5G' w. 10O7.50 it. to
 corner No. 3. Thence s. 6 deg.
 03' w. 565.10 it. to corner No.
 4. Thence s. 55 deg. 13 E. 4 1901 it. to corner No. 5. Thence
 N. 6 deg. O3' E. 488.8 it. u
 corner No. l, the place of be-
 ginning Containing an area of 12.616 ac. ,s. Total area in conflict with Pacific Lode, sur
 vey No. 1045 owned by appli5
 cant. Entire area in conflict
 claimed by applicant"
 United States Location Monu ment No. T, to which this survey is tied, consists of cross on ex- posed out-crop of bedrock 10x8x5 it. on the shorc of Klag Bay, Chit Island and chiseled U. s. L. M. No. in latitude 57 deg 29' 10" N. and longitude 136 deg 05' 45" w. Magnetic variation 30 deg. 30' E.
 The names Of the owners of con- flicting claims are not known to the applicant except as hereinabove set forth. The total area embraced in the survey and claimed by the applicant is 12616 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described veins, lodes or premises are re-. quired to file notice of their ad- verse claims with the Register ot the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the per- iod of publication, or eight months or they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of the statutes.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First publication. July 12, 1880. Last publication, Sept. "A. 1880.
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Of his lifelong companion one week later at the
age of g. Ascension had lived with them al
ways, had talked the language and had learned
from them all there was to know Of their tribal
history. When found her she was In the mid
die stages Of dying from q malignant tumor
which had reduced her TO the point where she
could sit up only with the greatest difficulty.
"'You are the vehicle Of God that comes to
see me in the eleventh hour to save my knowl-
edge from being lost she said Indeed I will
teach you up to the last day can, and see If
can tell you all that know
when she began to put her mind on the
happenings and the information she had picked
up from old Indians long dead, it seemed to
act like q tonic for her mind and body" Mr.
Harrington continued. "She gained Q new in
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terest In life and began to eat better and
worked such long hours that we had to stop
TO make her rest-she never stopped first. She
never took Opiates but she was dosing herself
all the time with Indian medicines"
For many years she had been "doctora"
for Indians and Mexicans. They came 10 her
from places within q radius of $50 miles. She
would undertake any case, and when living at
her home near San JUAN Calf, kept patients
at her house, treating them with internal and
external Indian herb remedies and prayer. She
had q whole backyard full Of sick Indians.
These courses of treatment would 60 on for
months. 1t was in this business that she learned
the ingratitude of the human race. Some whom
she would cure would leave the hospital as
soon Is they recovered, with the promise that
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- SCENSION SOLOHSANO hAo pre-
pared herself for death. She was
III the last of her tribe to know the
customs and ways Of her. people.
- - Eighty-three Summers had rolled
over her snowy head And now came oeath'
Did not she ''doctora" Of her tribe, know the
signs and portents?
So. tortured by pain, she put ON her black
silk dress especially made for her burial ana
propued herself back against the pillows In the
front ROOM Then she sent out call for her
friends She believed she had three days longer
in which to live Her going would have ORA
matte significance TO mark the passing OF
great race of Indians
But. 10! the hand Of death was stayed. A
sudden new interest enabled this remarkable
old woman to prolong her own life in order that
she might give to the world the true history Oh
her people their customs, their language. music,
folklore and their religion
The San Juan Indians were q tribe whose
story the Smithsonian Institution had despaired
of ever getting. They had been at the height
of their power 100 years ago, but with the
great trek to California they had died out, vic
tins of the white mans diseases and desire
for land 1t was known that very few full
bloods remained and it was believed that none
knew the story of their tribe. Then j. p. Har-
rington of the Smithsonian staff heard of As
tensions preparations for death II was the
one chance for which he had long been wait
enough to get her story?
LIE found her at the home Of her daughter.
Dionisia Mondragon in Monterey. last Sep
TENDER She had left her home in the hills
when she realized that her hour was approach
ing. He told her why he had come to see her.
The old woman's eyes lighted with pleasure
and understanding. She would tell him every
thing she knew, and she prayed that death
might wait until she could tell it all.
She proved wonderful find" She was q
fine type physically and mentally, woman
who had her five senses" as they say in Span
ish IT have never known a woman with
better memory" Mr.. Harrington said. Sick
ness seemed to have made it even better, clearer
and more spiritual The circumstances pro-
duced the right condition for remembering
she was q true San juan Her mother, Bar
bara Sierra had lived TO be "a, and her father,
Miguel Solosano, had died Of grief ct the los
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the evening, around AScencions fireplace.
these patients would tell stories from their
youth. Old Maggie with her tales Of the slums
OF San Francisco in the sixties, and the old
Mexican who knew the Arabian Nights tales
not rs they were written but embroidered with
Mexican and Indian variations, would keep the
children as well as the grown-ups awake half
the night
Mrs. Soorsano was in better condition after
month and half than she was on the first
day." Mr.. Harrington explained 1.-The bed
eats people, she said, meaning that II one lies
In bed too long one becomes bedridden. The
more she remembered the more clearly other de-
tails came to her mind, until story after story
relating to happenings in her youth or during
the lifetime of her parents were recorded and
embellished with greatest detail"
The San Juans were called in their own lam
guage the Westerners," because they were the
westernmost group of Indians speaking various
dialects. the others of which are long extinct.
They lived in the mountains near MONTEREY
Calnr in one Of the most beautiful regions Of
the world. where according to Ascencion "Na-
ture provided such abundant food that the IN
dams had an oversupply Of wild fruits, seeds
and green's. Therefore they never practiced
agriculture, because there was no need of 1t.
They lived in villages for greater sociabilitv
and to protect themselves against their enemies
"A village consisted of rows of houses shaped like
old-fashioned beehives and constructed nv
planting willow poles in the ground a step apart
IN the form of circle and bending the tons
together and flashing them, tying on horizontal
poles and covering the whole with liberal
thatch Of bulrush or deer grass
Fires were built in the middle of the wig
wan, liberal hole being left at the ton as an
exit for the smoke. A few little holes were left
In the side walls for windows or peenhoJes
The door was low and small and On the side
away from the prevalent wind The floor was
OF earth At night the Indians got out their
Dulrush sleeping mats spread them On the floor
and cuddled up under a few bear or other skim
robes.
The San Juan men and boys wore no cloth
ing 1t all and were athletic. They sDent their
Continued on Sixteenth Po0e
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Putting on the black silk dress she had
made for her burial shroud, the last Of
the San JuGnS calmly a,Uaited the in-
evitable as she haItingIy related the his
tory Of her people to chrOnicLerS! The
above picture tOas taken shortly before
her death.
they would pay next week" Many OF these
she never heard of again. All the hobos had
her house marked because she never turned
any one away without meal.
Ascension undoubtedly took a great deal Of
pleasure in her hospital. Her attitude toward
her work was not so much that o. doing good,
but her patients provided her sort Of practical
laboratory in which to test out her knowledge
and her skill She was interested in it,
IT have more than 100 pages on Indian medi-
cine, as well as details of persons treated and
their ailments-reguar case histories" Mr.. Har-
rington said "At present they are recorded in
q mixture of San Juan Indian dialect Spanish
and q little English as she gave them to me.
I knew Spanish, Of course, but had to learn
from her the San Juan language"
Mr.. Harrington moved into the home Of the
hospitable Indian family so that he might be
free to take down anything that Ascencion
might tell him. They gave him the room in
the basement at the back Of the house, which
looked over a short stretch of beach to the
Pacific Ocean.
Among her patients was Indian MaRgie a
full blood, who didn't know where she was born
or TO what tribe she had belonged. The white
people had killed her parents when she was q
baby and had carried her away with them on
boat to San Francisco where she had been
reared In the slums. When she was very old
she mad happened to come where Ascension
lived and SO had remained with her until her
death Maggie could entertain the other pa
tients by the hour with her tales of early days
m the West, and particularly of the building Of
san Francisco. Another patient who was nearly
100 years old had lived in Mexico at the time
tne Austrians had placed Macmillan on the
throne of Mexico
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Nell Ray
Clarke.

- SCENSION SOLORSANO had pre-
II pared herself for death. She was
the last Of her tribe to know the
customs and ways Of her people.
: EightY-three Summers had rolled