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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
TELLS OF RACES
IN DANCE HALLS
Musher Describes Curious Con-
tests in Alaska.

st. Louisa grizzled old marathon
runner who mushed dog teams In quest
of gold in the Far North remembers
when the events w4e for fifty miles
and took place In frontier dance halls.
II. N. Huber, now seventy, competed
In these races In Nome, Alaska, while
a cheering mass Of gold miners looked
on. They paid a top price Of 50 for
the best seats--some of which were
the tops Of beer tables.
Stools, kegs and other bits Of furni,
ture which were prominent with the
old time dance hall constituted the
cheaper seats.
Huber, whose record In point OF
years compares with that OF Clarence
De Mar, sensational Boston marathon.
er, smiles when he reads of the
achievements of the present day
racers.
The Nome races, more gruelling
than those Of today, according to HUI.
Der, originated as result of cold
weather and crave for excitement
"The bitter weather halted business
conditions one year and we had to
have some sort Of excitement while
awaiting spring.
IA marathon race was suggested.
swell, up there the boys did not do
things by halves and when they got
down to business they fixed the dis.
atance at fifty miles and called in sur
veyors to figure the exact distance in
the largest dance hall.
ut was some hall, too," the old
timer said.
1.-THE house was full on the night Of
the first race-so were most of the
spectators and few of the runners.
"About twenty of us, old and
young, lined up for the start, but most
Of the kids dropped out before the
race had gone far.
"With the race half over there was
but four Of us left, and at last the
remaining three fell by the wayslde
and l ambled into victory.
II covered the fifty miles in Z hours
and. 40 minutes, receiving $500 plus
aches and burns for my trouble"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
ABED 40 YEARS AS
RESULT OF VOW
Quarrel Over Will Send. Wom-
an to Couch.

Council Bluffs, Iowa.-Mrs. Mary
Wickham of Upton, Iowa, whose will
leaving all her property to the Brook.
Ign IN. " Watch Tower and Tract
society has just been fled for probate.
spent forty years in bed as the result
of vow.
The property came to Mrs. Wick.
ham on the death Of her husband,
and it was because Mr.. Wickham
had not willed to her all his prop
erty that she took to her bed and
remained there.
Forty-five years ago Mrs. Wick
ham came from England to marry
Mr.. niickham. She asked him to
make a will leaving her all his prop
erty. He refused, and his will left
her only the legal one-third Of his
estate.
The controversy grew warm. One
,lay, at the close Of particularly
violent quarrel. Mrs. Wickham said:
'.I'm going to bed, and I'm going to
stay there until yol give in"
"Well, you'll stay there the balance
of your life,' answered the husband.
Mrs. Wickham went to bed that
same day. The controversy contin-
ued for twenty-five years. Then
Wickham died. Mrs. Wickham did
not attend the funeral. She stayed
in bed.
Once Mrs. Wickham decided to
get up and accept her dover share
of the estate. But she discovered
that during the years she had spent
in bed her limbs had withered. She
was unable to walk. She got buck into
bed and stayed there.
During the first twenty years
Mrs. Wickham was cared for by neigh
bors, who used to come in every day.
Then she turned against these friends
and refused to have anything to do
with them. After the death Of Wick
ham she hired companion.
There are no near relatives, and
1t is unlikely that the will giving her
share of the estate to the Watch Tow
er and Tract society will be contested.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
PROSPEROUS SEASON PREDICTED
BY BERRY GROWERS

In proportion to their qualities
Washington berries have developed a
remarkable demand. In 1929, as shown
by Washington State Chamber Of Com
merce figures, the States berry in
dustry brought a return of s3,5oO00O
with 7434 acres yielding l6,884,745
quarts of berries.
Well located and well-managed berry
acreage ranges around $500 net profit
per acre. Yield in the Pacific North
west, with Washington producing one
half of the supply, is 65 per cent great
er than the Nations average. In
Washington, Pierce County leads with
an output of over million quarts;
King county comes next with nearly
8 million quarts; Kitsap, Snohomish,
Spokane and Whatcom also having
large yields.
Early in April Eastern and Central
and some Southwestern Washington
sections begin supplying the markets
in The State, receiving good price for
their early Strawberries. Almost every
county in Washington produces straw
berries to perfection, the Western sec
ton and Oregon supplying one-third
of the canned and processed straw
berries consumed in the United States.
Piquant raspberries are another
specially. No part of the Nation has
been able to raise as fine red rasp-
berries us that west OF the Cascade
mountains. While the greater portion
of the crops marketed to the Is can
neries in the State, large amount oi
the fresh fruit is disposed of In local
land eastern markets. Black rasp-
berries, huckleberries and currants are
also grown prolifically. on one
thirtieth the acreage Western Wash
ington produces one third the rasp-
berry and blackberry crop OF the
United States,
And first place in the per-acre pro-
duction of blackberries is Washing
tons record The tender, evergreen
blackberry thriyes in the mild climate
of Western Washington, commonly
yielding from nine TO ten tons an acre.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Loses His Pay Gambling;
Then Fakes Holdup Story

Vienna.-Because he feared his wife
more than he feared the police and
because he tried to deceive both his
wife and the police, Gustav Stocker,
tailor's apprentice of Wiener-Neu-
dorf, for several weeks has been free
boarder in the village Jail.
Having lost all of his weeks wages
gambling in q saloon and then becom.
ing frightened at what would happen
to him when his wife learned of his
losses, Stocker went to the police and
reported that he had been attacked
and robbed By highwayman while on
his way home. Within a few hours,
however the police had discovered
that his statements We're untrue. I'M
mediately he was arrested on a charge
Of perjury with intent to deceive law
enforcement officers.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
EXPERT GIVES SYSTEM TO
COMBAT POULTRY DISEASE

The best weapons the poultryman
has for fighting coccidiosis in his flock
is sanitation and feed, declares W. p.
Buchanan, extension poultryman. He
cannot win with one alone, but must
give careful attention both to cleanli-
ness of his poultry houses and yards
and to the well-balanced ration fed
his chicks. A ration containing large
percent of milk is especially helpful
in treating chicks infected with the
disease.
Since the coccidiosis germ is bred in
the intestines and is transferred to
others through contamination of feed
by the droppings, absolute cleanliness
about the brooder house and yards is
the first step in preventing the en-
trance of this disease into the flock.
Before the brooding season arrives,
many poultrymen scrub the house and
equipment with boiling Iye water and
then go over it with whitewash. An
other method of reducing the danger
of infection is through the use of wire
screen floors In the brooder house dur
ing the early periods of the chicks
life, and the frequent sweeping Of the
brooder yards aad removed OF filth
during the later stages of development,
Other poultry,nen seed their brooder
yards to some greer, feed ana move the
chicks to new yeards as soon 6 sthe
growth becomes thinned oat, after
wards cultivating and reseeding the
used yards After rain, many poul-
trymen confine their chickens to the
houses until the yards are dry.
No system is entirely adequate to
prevent coccidiosis, says Mr.. Buchanan,
unless the poultryman exercises care
in going from one yard to another,
especially in going from old chickens
to young The old stock or most poul-
try farms carries some infection Of
coccidiosis and any filth carried on
the shoes or clothing is sure to SOW
the seeds Of infection in the brcoder
house or yards, no matter how well
kept they may be.
If this disease should enter the flock
the infected birds should be isolated
at once in house and yard that can
be thoroughly dry-cleaned every day
for period of ten or twelve days. Dur
ing this period they should be given a
ration containing plenty of milk. a
mash that is sometimes made especial
ly for this purpose and that is fed for
ten days without grain is composed OF
IS pounds of powdered milk, 40 pounds
wheat bran, 20 pounds ground yellow
corn, 2 pounds steamed bone meal,
pounds ground shell or shell flour and
pound salt. If liquid milk is available
so that the chicks can have all they
will drink without water, the powdered
milk may be left out of the mash, and
when the cleaning is done regularly
as indicated, the disease will run its
course without serious damage to the
flock.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
CAT EYE ANNIE SAWS
WAY OUT OF PRISON
Notorious Burglar Escapes
From Auburn.

Auburn, N. Y.-Cat Dye Annie LII
Han Observation-Disclosures
burglar and one of the most elusive
characters Of the underworld when
outside prison walls, escaped from
the Auburn women's prison, but prIs-
on authorities are doing their best to
lock her up aga!n. Just three weeks
after declining to try for freedom
with two other Inmates who were cap
tured, Annie sawed her way out Of
her cell and escaped.
Cat Eye, who got her nickname
from peculiar cast to one eye,
sawed through the wood around the
lock In Ler cell door and got over
the walls In a manner which left prls.
on officials puzzled several hours aft.
terward.
Every Nook Searched.
Only few days ago she told
Warden Frank L. Heacox that Sally
Joyce Richards, blond bandit Of Buf.
falo. and Amelia Basc0m, badger girl
Of Brooklyn. approached her to get
her to join them In their contemplated
escape Of April %. Mystiiied at the
time by this revelation, and puzzled
that Cat Eye had turned down the
opportunity, prison officials now see
her refusal to escape at that time
based on desire to play her old lone
wolf part.
AT first 1t was believed that she
must still be within the walls, but
an extended search of every nook and
corner failed to reveal her. Immedl-
ately the hunt was started outside the
walls by troopers and police through
out the vicinity. Cities throughout the
state were asked to be on the lookout
for her.
On a previous escape, after 20 hours
Of freedom, she was found raln-soaked
and exhausted, hidden under pile of
straw q mile and half east of Weeds
port, eight miles north of Auburn.
Nearly Died Of Pneumonia.
A clew to her whereabouts was pro-
vided on that occasion by word Of
residents In that vicinity who said
they had seen a womaa near there
acting strangely. She had gone with
out food for "a hours.
Due to exposure she contracted
pneumonia and nearly died. After her
recovery she was taken to Matteawan
state hospital In the belief that she
was becoming insane. Subsequently
she was returned here.
The description to the police said
she probably wore blue striped skirt,
a blue sweater, black shoes and stock
ings, and a light top coat and brown
fedora, She was described as feet
inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with
medium chestnut hair and light com.
plexion.
Working in the dead Of night on
her previous escape here, with no
tools but short iron window prop
and spoon, Cat Eye Annie, virtually
under the eyes Of guards and prison
matrons, dug hole through the brick
wall Of the cell and, with the aid of
plank taken from the greenhouse,
scaled low wall and slid down an
improvised blanket rope to freedom.
Packages Of mortar and bits OF
broken brick were found stuffed in a
mattress upon which she had pretend
ed to sleep at night.
Her escape was made in the early
morning on that occasion.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Sun Tan Ages Features,
Specialists Declare

New York.--Amerlcan women are
being strongly urged by beauty spe-
cialists to shun the sunburn rage that
swept the country's last vacation sea-
son.
Throughout the winter specialists
have been toiling vainly to undo ray.
ages of the sun to which some women
exposed themselves last summer. But
they have found in many cases that
the merclless rays had added years to
the faces of their clients which cannot
be wiped out.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03

Canneries use most OF this crop.
Loganberries originated on the North
Pacific Coast Their tart flavor de-
velops ideally nthe rich sell along
the Coast and rivers. The especially
large gooaeberries raised locally are
attracting wide market and cram
berry culture has reached very pro-
fitable basis.
With local berries excelling in quail
ity and yield, and absolutely depend
able for honesty of pack, the markets
OF the United States are looking more
and more to Washington for their
berry supply
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Sailor, in 20 Foot Boat,
Will Try to Cross Ocean

Llsbon.-A Portuguese sailor named
Macedo left Casa Blanca in 20-foot
cutter to cross the Atlantic to New
York, where he expects to arrive in
40 days. He will follow route which
touches the Canary Islands, the Ber-
mudas and Cape Hatteras, North Caro-
lima. The cutter is equipped with
three sails, radio outfit, and dis
places five tons.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Popular Pine Material

Meerschaum is the name Of the clay
from which meerschaum pipes are
made. In minernlogy meerschaum is
called sepiollte. Tile material comes
chiefly from Asia Minor. Tho pipes
are made in Germany and in Austria,
Vienna being the center OF the manu-.
facture.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Nations Infancy

In 1T75 the estimated population Of
the American colonies was 100000.
The population of the principal coll
onies was. Massachusetts, $4,000;
PENNSYLVANIA, 100000; New York, 19o,-
600; North Carolina, more than 1885,
600, and Virginia, 10000.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Hawks 560-Mile Chase of
Pigeon Ends Aboard Shin

New York.--A 5G0-mlle race over
the sen between a carrier pigeon and
a hawk terminated when the pigeon
fell exhausted on the boat deck OF the
Gunarder CaronIn. The hnwk circled
and landed few seconds later along
side Its intended victim. Several sail.
ors were pecked vlciously by tile
hawk when they attempted to lift the
pigeon from the deck.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03

Answer my question yes or no, he
admonished
Your questions can't be answered
yes or no" replied the witness.
"Any question can be answered yes
or no." expostulated the lawyer. Ask
one and I'll prove IT,"
The witness replied; Have you quit
beating your wife,"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Proves He Is Sober
by Uhbroken Eggs

London.-A London cockney
has put one over two policeman
and a prison doctor. He was
charged by the three at a Tot.
tenham court with being help
lessly drunk. The prisoner
pleaded that he had indlsput-
able evidence that he was not
disorderly. His -lordshlp, the
Judge, commanded him to call
his witnesses. The cockney pro.
duced six eggs from his pockets,
not one Of which was even
slightly cracked. His honor dis.
missed the prisoner at once. y
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Patient Suicide

Exeter, Neb.--Plucing his chair on
the Burlington railroad tracks, S. G.
Manning, fifty-eight, discouraged after
years fight for health, sat down and
waited two hours until fast mail
train passed and killed him.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Cow Bite. 40 Person.

Belgrade, Jugoslavia.-A COW bitten
by mad dog ran amuck near the vii.
lage Of Essogg, biting everyone within
reach. Forty victims were taken to q
hospital, some with hydrophobla.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
browns in Rain Barrel

Hammonton, N. J.--iTalllng into
rain barrel while playing near his
home here, two-year-old Joseph Del,
arato was drowned.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
o.. bu. Ha. Mo- crax Hair.

Rochester-Thomas A. Burchill is
nlnety-three years old, Civil war vet.
Gran, former sailor, policeman and fire.
man, but he hasn't single gray hair.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
Persecution

The history of persecution is his
tory of cndeayors to cheat Nature,
to make water run up hill, to twist
rope of sand.--Ralph Waldo Emer-
son.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-07-03
"Revealing"

The word revelation" is derived
from revelatlo, the Latin equivalent
for apocalypse, both words meaning
uncoyering or unwilling.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28

injunction against unionists, but modified it with a sentence permit ting public speeches, arguments, etc, by unionists
 The Senate is said to be seriously considering Judge Parkers record. Considering that members of the Supreme Court already have given decisions somewhat in conformity with those of Judge Parker when or a lower court it is evident that he at least is no different in his views than some of the members already on the court. Whether the Senate wishes any more on the court with similar views remains to be seen, though it is doubtful at this time whether opposition 10 Judge Parker will be sufficiently powerful to pre- vent the ratification of his nomina- ton.
 Taken broadly the yellow dog" contracts are in essence negotiable, considering that men who sign them are virtually forced 10 do so if they would wish to obtain employment where such contracts are utilized The Constitution safeguards the sacredness of contracts, but it ap- pears to many observers that 10 be sacred and worthy contract must be entered into freely and not under compulsion.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28

Light trucks are quite as speedy as most automobiles; trucks of in- termediate weight also are speedy; and it is only the heavy trucks which, when loaded, lack the speed Of automobiles. How fast or how slow they are, however, has nothing in common with careful driving. It is the men at the wheels who count most in the toll of accidents caused by trucks.
 It is amazing indeed that some truck owners are not more particu- lar in whom they employ as drivers, and make no apparent effort to 'educate" them in the manner that the taXicab concerns and bus con- cerns try to educate their help.
 Possibly they think that their outfits are insured" and then what difference does it make"
 Let such be forced to go into the hospitals and see the suffering they cause. Then they would change their minds.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28
25 Fears Ago Today

Dougald McMillan has awarded a contract 10 the B. H. Hubbard Co, for the erection of a large addition to his Main street store.
 The quarterly payroll of the fire. men amounted to s2,94S.S0. The caucuses in the republican wards will be held next Thursday The principal contest will be in the Mercy is endeavoring to take the aldermanic laurels from o. r. Cur tis.
 The New Britain Gas Co. is plan ming to rebuild part of it's plant IL will erect a brick building 40 by 15. feet.
 The Seneca club and the kenil. worth club will have their fna meeting in the whist tournament this evening. The Seneca club |: now 20 points ahead. The Turner society met last eve. ming and completed arrangement! for its Sand anniversary celebration to be held in April. The city year terminates today | The several departments finished the year in good condition, none o them being very far behind.
 The good weather is bringing ou the golfers and every afternoon hal Il dozen or more Of the most enthu siastic of the Maple Hill club mem bers are at the links
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28

Gehenna Election Day. This Year. excellent Unk: Our people desire to  Their hart praise the folks in Podunk TOT the truly That their heated campaign recrimnations and cant to refrain abstain their speeches before lection day. To the the nrodden able, could the party select, No faul capous critic detect In the rival he hopes they'll decline to elect cpt he doesn't know how to be mayor could descend to that trick of the cheap casting his frend tvoud shame his sulied Commendaby of words he is chary tendt 10 there's that matters quite condaryhc axrate went up like Perditon We're compelled nothing the border. cleaning off and restoring the streets order. Though o n every He approves o that dsmay, He hopes he will win in the primary fray and be chosen the C Warder 0
 
  ain' too peculiarly. questions a political bee, you'd careful, you That it makes big dhrence whose side you'd be- You MIGHT get locked in the cooler bid night give scribbe your rown down all and quibble. Discourage Keep politics clean the and And some day we'll welcome all here below
 Your faithful friend
 ISH K
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28
THE MIDWEST BLIZZARD

Every person in these parts who has felt the zest of approaching spring within him has been inter- ested in the news regarding the worst blizzard in history" which came to Chicago and contiguous territory.
 If, in that neck of the map, it Was the worst blizzard in history it must have been pretty bad. Everyone, we presume, has read of bad blizzards at and around Chicago. The place seems to be headquarters for that kind of weather.
 If New England-at least, south ern New England-has a peculiar climate, then Chicago has no climate at all Rather, it is a species of dis ease, and residents can never tell when the rash is likely to break out.
 Ones sympathy goes out to the denizens of the Middle West for being forced to contend with so much travail and disaster.
 Next summer, when the heal hereabouts will be satisfactory most Of the time we will be reading of Chicago suffering" with 110 in the shade and precious little shade.
 In theory New England has the unique climate. In practice Chicago has the worst this side Of the Sa- hara and the North Pole.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28
Observations On He Weather

Washington, March 28.--Forecast for Southern New England: Fair and slightly colder in north portion tonight; Saturday increasing cloudi- ness; diminishing winds shifting to northwest or north winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Generally fair tonight and Saturday, except cloudy in extreme south DOT tion Saturday; slightly colder in north and east central portions to- night; diminishing west shifting to northwest or north winds
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight; Saturday partly cloudy.
 Conditions: Pressure continues low over the Gulf Of St. Lawrence. High pressure covers the country west of the Mississippi river with an extension south eastward over the Gulf and South Atlantic states. A disturbance is developing over the coast Of Mexico. Rain was reported from the Gulf coast and along the Atlantic coast northWard 10 Will reported from the lower Lake region and New England. Temp pcraturcs arc lower in the central plains states but arc without material change
New Britain herald., 1930-03-28
TRUCK ACCIDENTS

We do not stand in judgment on truck drivers; but we do know, judging from the reports of accl- dents appearing in the public press that too large percentage of the trucks on our streets and highways are involved in accidents.
 In this city, during the past few days. there were several accidents in which trucks figured. Injuries were of a serious nature.
 As a rule, truck drivers possess 100 much confidence in their ability 10 drive. There can be little qucs- ton that most of them are experts; they arc in the class of taXicab drivers, who. operating their con- trivanccs professionally and being a' the wheel almost constantly, be- come experts
 Possessing too much confidence at the wheel often is more prolific ol accidents than when 9 driver, realizing he is not an expert, talk es care to be extremely cautious.