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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Finance has its ups and downs, but
there is always something encouraging
for each community to look forward to
in the base ball news. Base ball has
come to be frankly recognized as the
great promoter of American optimism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

University of Chile students have an
boards until some fellow classmen, re-
Gently expelled for political dispute,
are reinstated. 1t is thought that San
tiago Local No. 8. BARRIERS Union, will
make vehement representations for
clemency TO the university authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Europe assumes to set the literary
pace for the world in spite Of the fact
that the people in several countries over
there are still reading Uncle Toms
Cabin"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Possibly Gallant Fox can come back
as a winner. II he does his achieve
ments will be even more spectacular
than the successes he has already en-
joyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Labor Day.
September! September Again you draw
near.
We hail you in gladness-we greet you
in fear.
You reflect the whole year in your Won
derful way
AS fierce as July and as fickle as May!
September! September! You summon
the earth
With a holiday call mingling Duty and
Mirth;
And a lesson you bring that this hfe's
finest art
Means the heaviest toll with a light
ness of heart!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Hindenburg likes to hunt channels.
AS a goat-getter, he is too hefty man
to waste his time on little thing like
a chamois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Free TO Contradict,

From the Omaha World-Herald.
But officers of the Navy who could
not contradict the statements of Cool
idge, the President are free to pick
holes in the assertions of Coolidge the
publicist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Intriguing Victory.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Although we have no absorbing In
terest in pugiltsrn, we are willing to adj
mt that the information that Berg won
over Chocolate by Slight shade In
tflRues u.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

It is curious that oil, such an assuager
of internal friction, should be such a
potent cause Of international friction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Scotch Get Blame.

From the Florence (Ala) Herald.
Midget golf courses were also prob
ably of Scotch origin, designed to save
shoe leather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Smoker Deals Fall OFF.

From the Detroit News
On account of tie business doldrums,
some of the big deals recounted In the
Pullman smokers are involving as little
as $500 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Drought and Cold Waves,

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
The Fiji Islands are suffering from
an extraordinary cold wave, and we ex-
Dect to hear any day that the natives
are opening coconuts only to find them
filled with ice cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
CIinching a Reputa ton.

"You say you are going to give up
trying to become a success as a cow
boy!"
That's what am goin' to do" an
swered Cactus Joe, almost tearfully.
But you are one of the best cattle
punchers on the plains"
II am. But for a cowboy rep. that
doesn't mean thing so long as I can't
get myself job in the movies"
He who tells his sorrows to the
world said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "is only boaster who thinks
his private misfortunes have assumed
an Importance to mankind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Butter Firner.

From the Seattle Daily Times.
Believe it or not, market reports
showed butter firmer as the weather
became hotter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Watermelon Picking Safer.

Frem the Duluth Herald
You can plug" a watermelon, but a
candidate must be taken on faith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
This Are of Sneed.

From the Akron Beaeon-Journal.
An old-timer Is one who can remem-
Der when lightning was considered fast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
New Timing system Needed

NeW timing System Neeueu'
From the New York Sun.
Hereafter official time records of air"
plane refueling endurance performances
should be kept in months and weeks,
not in days and hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

We read Of problems great and small
No novelist relaxes.
The greatest problems of them all
Are payin' rent and taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Queer Game.
He played the market
Just for fun!
The whole works lost.
Nobody wonl

us waitln','' said Uncle Ebsn, 'fch
camp mest.n' dat's a strcng encash
success to gcattar around religion to last
fer a whole year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
Utterly Impossible.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
Forget your WORRIES" says the do
tcr-and then he sends his bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

what do you think of the coming
elections?"
Did you say 'coming2" asked Sena-
tor Sorghum.
Certainly"
Pardon me if seem trifie cap
tious. But am not quite sure whether
these elections mean that am coming
or going"
Jud Tunkins says after long sure
enough drought there's never goin' to
be any further doubt in his mind about
whether he's goin' to be dry or wet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

BuSineSs ONCE.
18th St and Pennsyiva MIA ave
New York Once. ITO East 42pd st.
Chicago once Lake MICHIGAN Building.
European Once: IL Regent ST.. London,
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE w. MOVES. ). Editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

@. How many citrus fruit trees a-e
there in Texas?-W. F.
A. According to the 1929 count, there
were 5,118,981 trees. This enormoi'3
planting has been practically made sincs
1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

@. Is Phillips Holmes related to Tay-
Tor Holmes?--G. x.
A. Phillips Holmes is the son of Tay-
lor Holmes He went to Hollywood from
Princeton without the intention of going
into the movies, but was offered con-
tract, accepted and bids fair to become
a popular leading man or star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25


that they amounted to more than those
of Frank Smith. She maintains, how
ever, that all of the money was ex-
pended legitimately, and, of course she
was not chairman of the Utility Com
mission nor did she receive contribu-
tions from utility magnates. Nearly all
of the money she put up herself.
\
Already there is talk of an independ-
ent candidate, carrying the dry BAN
ner, against Mrs. Mccormick and Sena-
tor Lewis. Mrs Lottie Holman ONeil
of Downers Grove, stanch dry and
a political opponent of Mrs. Mccormick,
has been mentioned as a possibility for
the role of independent candidate. If
Mrs. Mccormick passes successfully the
danger Of division of the Republican
vote she still will have to run the risk
of being denied a seat by the Senate
itself.
President Hoover's selection of Henry
P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, former
Ambassador to Italy and to other ma
tons, to be chairman of the new United
States Tariff Board, provided for under
the Smoot- Hawley tariff act, probably
win strike favorable note. The for
ner Ambassador is man of wide ex-
perience. It is true that he comes from
a State which has stood strongly for
the protective tariff in the past, but
it was scarcely to be expected that Mr..
Hoover would appoint q man who was
not in sympathy with the protective
tariff system to head the new commits
sion. The fact that the President was
able to prevail upon Mr.. Fletcher to
take the position, which promises to be
one Of much activity. is no small feath-
err in his cap. The former Ambassador
had voluntarily retired from the public
service after long years as diplomatic
representative of the United States.
The American Bar Association Is not
impressed with the arguments made
against the old Norris resolution TO
amend the Constitution so as to d. awau
with lame duck" sessions Of Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

@. How old was Mrs. Surratt at the
time she was hanged following ths as
saSsination of President Lincoln 20 r.
A. Her exact age is not known She
was born about 1917 in Prince Georges
County Md. She was therefors about
% years old at the time of her death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

@. Why is it cooler after rain?-
J. S. c..
A. The Weather Bureau says that one
reason, often the chief if not only one,
is the fact that evaporation occurs from
the wet surface and objects on 1t. Evap-
grafton consumes very much heat and
hence is cooling process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

@. Are animals other than hors )
spoken of as thoroughbred?-T D. =.
A. Other animals which are recordc
or eligible to be recorded are spoken (
as pure bred
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Whales of Antarctic
 Worth Many Dollars

Under modern methods of extract ing the valuable products, whales caught in the Antarctic will bring as high as s10000 each, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The humpbaeks. found off the coast of California, some times realize $2,5OO each, while the white whale of the northern Atlantic is prized for its hide. which is shipped to Scotland for the manufacture of shoestrings. Floating factories that convert the whales into material for the soap companies, bone charcoal for the sugar refining industry, dried meat and chicken feed, simplify the task of turning the catch into profit. Members of the United States bio- logical survey have asked for informa- ton about the logs of old whaling vessels, as these records are consld- cred valuable data concerning the mi- gratlons of the big sea mammals.
 Parasites found on the whales may also give a clew to the animals wan derings. For instance, one species of known southern origin has been dis covered on whales in northern waters.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
SUCCESSFUL FUR FARMER
 WRITES TREATISE ON MINK

Mink raising in Alaska" is the title of an interesting book which has just been published for the en- lightenment of those engaged in mink farming in the territory and for the guidance also of those who are contemplating embarking in that interesting and lucrative in dustry, says the Anchorage Times. The book was written by Gerit Snl- der. successful mink raiser of the Wasilla district and is based on ac- tual experience, the treatise having been prepared by the author in or der that all may avail themselves of the knowledge gained by him during the years he has been en- gagged in putting his Wasilla ven- ture on a dividend-paying basis.
 In his introduction, MT. Snider tells of some of his early experi- ences in life, how he left his fa- ther's home in Holland at the age of 16 and of his wanderings during the years that followed, up to the time he Handed" in Anchorage in 1916, with Mrs. Snider and "S5 cents in our pockets" Several years were spent at various tasks and finally, after three years of work as a section foreman for the Alaska Railroad, the mink ranch at Wasilla was launched, with two pairs of wild mink, limited means and very little knowledge of mink raising. Hast year." he writes, i've sold $3,000 worth of breeding stock. This year our income will double that amount" But the au- thor does not claim that everyone will succeed who engages in mink raising. "If you are looking for an easy living" he warns, "don't start A mink farm. Profits depend on knowledge; knowledge depends on study, and study must first of all come about through ones own in- clination to learn whether one is fitted to have charge of mink or any other animal"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
PAY IS URGED FOR OFFICERS

The payment of a fixed amount to United States Commissioners in
 out-of-the-way places where the
 fees are inconsequential, is recom- mended by the report of the federal grand jury which recently was in session at Fairbanks. It is pointed out in the report that the commits sioner is one of the most important officers in the present system of our territorial government. He Is ex- officio Recorder of the Recording District in which he is located, Jus tice of the Peace, committing mag istrate, probate judge, coroner and election officer. He commits de- pendent children to the Board of Children's Guardians, issues and re- cords marriage licenses, records births and death certificates and in addition performs many duties in connection with the payment of bounties and old age allowances
 His duties bring him into more in- innate and direct contact with the vital interest of the community and it's people than any other officer, yet the commissioner is entirely dependent upon the fees of the of flee for compensation. In many of the recording districts the fees are so inadequate that it is almost im- possible to get anyone to accept the position. It is the recommendation of this grand jury that minimum salary be established for commits sioners sufficient to attract capable and qualified persons to the office
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Colun1bus' Two Wipes

Christopher Columbus was twice married. His first wife was Felipa Munnis Perestrelle, daughter of a captain of Prince Henry of Portugal, ''the navigator" He married her in 1471. The charts of his father-inlaw helped to mature his plans of dIs- covery.
 Columbus son, Diego, who accom- panied the father on the occasion when they were reduced z beggary a. the convent of La Rabida, was the only ,hild of this marriage.
 This wife tied in 1483, or there about, and in 14S7 Columbus married Beatriz Enriquez at Cordova. She was the mother of his second son, Fernando, who became his fathers bi- ographer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Hope to Extend VielD
 of HeaUens' Wonders

Galileo's telescope, whicf suddenly expanded the known stellar universe at the beginning of the Seventeenth century, had lens about two and a quarter inches in diameter, with an area eighty times that of the pupil of the eye. This increase in light col lecting power was sufficient to reveal nearly 500,000 stars lover the entire heavens) as compared with the few thousands previously within range, writes George Ellery Hale in Harper's The 100-inch mirror of the Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson observa- tory, which collects about 160,0OO times as much light as the eye, is capable of recording geographically more than thousand million stars. While the gain since GalileO's time seems enormous, the possibilities go far beyond Starlight Is falling on every square mile of the earth's sur face and the best we can do at present is to gather up and concentrate the rays that strike an area 100 inches In diameter.
 A 200-inch telescope would give ss four times as much light as we now receive with the 100-inch, while . 300-inch telescope would give nine times as much.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03

operated a salmon packing plant on the lower Yukon, and it was used by him at different times for hauling fish from traps to cannery. It also was used for freighting on the Innoko river and later by the Alaska Railroad. It was built ten years before it came into the serv- ice of the Bureau of Education.
 It also has been recommended by the superintendent that a small hospital be established at some point on the lower Yukon, in the vicinity of either Marshall or Old Hamilton, to supplement the medi- cal service. And there is need of the stationing of a doctor at Nulato, for some sort of medical aid in the upper Kuskokwim district and for the establishment of a small hos pital at Nenana, Fairbanks or An chorage for the care of Indians re- ouiring medical aid. A further rec ommendation made by the super intendent for the improvement of the service, is that an additional nurse be carried as part of the medical staff of the Martha Ange- line. Only one nurse was attached to the staff last season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
She's Coming Up

The woman whose husband earns $110 a week met her old friend, the woman whose husbands envelope reg ularly contains $60.
 "Yes," said the first, T bought a bridge lamp, rug and two of the nie- est pictures for the llbrary-do you still do your own washingT"
 Reluctantly the other woman admit ted that she did.
 My dearP' exclaimed her friend aghast. Don't tell mel Why, my maid wouldn't think of doing her own washingi She sends 1t out just like me-"
 That same night the woman of the $6O envelope informed her husband of . decision she had made.-New York Sun.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Brute

Her husband was patiently waiting to take her out. At last she was ready, and came tripping up to him.
 "There," she exclaimed. q wasn't very long, was I? Do you know, some times r." She broke off and stopped to look in the hall mirror.
 George, dear," she began afresh ''haven't I got a tiny mouth? In the glass 1t doesn't look large enough to hold my tongue"
 "It doesn't" said her husband.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Valuable NeaD Alloy

A metal alloy for moving picture screens which shows pictures clearly with half the usual electric current, has been invented and successfully ap- piled in three workmen's clubs in Leningrad, according to motion picture authorities. A special shape in the screens Is also said to increase the effect of perspective in the pictures, making figures seem to stand out in sharp relief against the backgrounds.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Good Enough

An actress who possessed a costly pearl necklace thought to circumyent burglars by leaving 1t carelessly on her dressing tables with the note:
 'SThese are cheap limitations and worthless. My real pearls are in a safety vault"
 One night when she arrived at home from the theater she found the neck lace had disappeared and beside her note was another, which read:
 "These are good enough for me. Pm only a substitute. The burglar regularly assigned te this district is in prison. n."-London Answers.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03

When I was thin and underweight, To me my mother said: .'Eat a piece of Shonwald's bread Before you go to bed" I followed my mothers advice, And ate Shonwald's bread every
 night. You ought to see me now
 certainly am a fat sight,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-03
Lodge Directory
The American Legion

Merlin Elmer Palmer Post No.6 Meets second and fourth Thursday evenings in each month in Ameri- can Legion Club Rooms.
 L. c. SCRIBNER, Post Commander. E. M. CAMPBELL, Post Adjutant.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-19
WE'RE YOUNG YET

Every so often we run across remind
er that the so-ealled good old days. are
not so lar behind as we think they are.
1o read OF l6 year old girl driving an OK
cart across the plains enroute to Oregon,
fathers the thought that it was long long
ago, so long ago that it matters but little
to any OF u.s.
Yet the 16 year old girl is still alive, an
active young woman OF 50 and readily re-
calls every incident connected with the
long trip from her old home in Missouri
to the new one on the banl-s of the Column
bia
Harassed by disease, hunger and hos
tile Indians, the men folks in the party
became short handed, and a spirited 16
year old girl readily took her place as
bullwhacker. Mrs. Sarah S. Dunlap of
Los Angeles, who was the girl, tells with
delight of these old days. She did much
of the work assigned ordinarily for mer
and was none the worse for it.
In their new home her mother-who
bore II children-did all the housework,
gardening, spinning, weaving and care of
young army.
She points cut that in those days it was
impossible to take a taXicab when one
wanted to &c out and new dresses made
their appearance at irregular and widely
distant periods.
There is hint there that Mrs. Dunlap
may think the modern girl could not fol-
low in her footsteps. If SO she is wrong
TIE modern girl has never done the
things Mrs. Dunlap did because she nev-
er had to. Put her in the same position
and Miss 1880 would make good for real
women have that habit instinctively.
Mrs Dunlap is living proof Of this coun-
try's youth. Those who sigh that there is
nothing more to accomplish here, no op-
portunity, are 'all Wet. This country,
and particularly the western section,
isn't even old enough to have outgrown
growing pains.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-19
HOW TO END
CONSTIPATION

! II you want to get rid of constipa-
tion for good you must cleanse the
liver of its stored-up bile. and set it
to working right. Remember It's a
torpid, lazy liver clogged with bile
that keeps you constipated. This sur
plus bile poisons your whole system,
causing headaches, bad breath, SAL
low skin, sour stomach, gas, indiges-
tlon, dizzy spells or other Disagree
able symptoms.
All that any ordinary physic does
iS to force bowel movement without
getting at the liver. What you really
need is a thorough internal cleansing
with Plantlax, which brings out ali
the accumulated bile and other. foul
sccretlons.
IlantlaX Is most effective liver
tonic compounded from the juices or
extracts of harmless plantS-rcmedies
from Natures own laboratory. 1t
acts In gentle, easy Way--no irrita-
ton or weakening Of the organs. Large
bottle 81. on sale at ali good drug
stores.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-19

cago gang leader named John Oberta.
nicknamed Dingbat, was buried in Chica-
go. Oberta had met his death through
gangland machine gun, murdered in the
typical Chicago style; and Chicago's
gangland gave him very swell funeral.
There were $4,000 people out for Ober-
ta's rites. His coffin cost $4,000, and
was covered with a blanket of orchids.
Four automobiles full of flowers went to
the cemetery with the hearse. The funer-
al procession was two blocks long.
All OF this, happening at the same time
that eX-President Taft was being buried,
was rather startling 1t made strange
spectacle; a gangster getting funeral
nearly as spectacular and costly, and ev-
en- better attended, than President of
the United States.
The whole thing is eloquent about the
state of things in our modern civilization.
It will be valuable item for historians
some day.
Our standards are so mixed up, so con-
fused, that an underworld gang chieftain
is one of the important men of the coun-
try. While he lives he has vast power,
riches and fame. When he dies he gets
S15,C00 casket, and his obsequies vie with
those of President.
That's America in the year 1880. When,
do you suppose, will we wake up and
adopt a better kind of standards?