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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13

Sunbury, Pa. (UP)-Willie Set ley, baseball player extraordinary of 20 years ago, has finally drop ped from sight. but his name re- calls reminiscence among older baseball fans.
 setley was the small town Wad- dell, the bush league Bugs" Raymond, and at times his ec- centricities made the stories they tell of the big "Rube" pale in comparison.
 In Setley's day 1t was not un- common for players to jump from town to town and to oppose to-day the team they played with yes terday.
 They tell of the trip the Dan- vile, Pa, nine made South in the days of the famed Reddy Mccoy. The schedule called for a double header at Richmond. Va.
 Setley pitched the morning game for Danville and won 1t by e 2-1 score.
 During the dinner hour he ap- approached the manager of the Richmond team and offered to do his mound chores for him for the afternoon for $50.
 Play was called for the windup of the double bill. Danville went to bat. They faced Setley, their team-mate of several hours be- fore. He shut them out, 80.
 Setley's favorite stunt was to wire the manages of some small town baseball team of his own choosing.
 The wire usually read, Don't worry. Am on my way. Will pitch for you tomorrow
 The telegram, by the way, was prepaid. Setley took no chances on its non-arrival and non- acceptance.
 The tomorrow mentioned in the message dawned and Willie burst forth on the town with the dawn ing. usually dropping off the first freight.
 Generally he wore a high hat and a long linen duster.
 4 gaudy ribbon streamer flowed from the lapel of the duster. It had a purpose. Printed on the ribbon were the revealing words, T am the one and only Setley."
 Either gum boots, or patent leather shoes. completed the cos tune. He would remain one or two games and drift along.
 The last of the Setley saga
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13

salton Sea in the Mojave Desert of California, may supply a substance which will successfully muffie at least 50 per cent of the noise of subway trains.
 This substance, called Kalite. when bound with cement into a hard product. Is the most efficient sound absorber of this type, ac- cording to the U. s. bureau of stan dards.
 In a plaster form 1t is laid on an inch thick and is said to absorb over 50 per cent of the sound strik- ing it. On office ceilings, 1t muf- fles the chatter of typewriters and the jangle of telephone bells. New York and Chicago are planning to use 1t in their subway systems to cut the noise which now beats on the ears of passengers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13

derstood the investigation was caused by suspicion they had talk en photographs of the fortifica- tions with the idea of selling them to a 'certain power"
 The aviators came from Khab- arovsk, easter Siberia, after aban- doning efforts to beat the world flight record. They reiterated that they knew nothing of the regula- tions allegedly broken. They in- sisted they were innocent of any wrong doing.
 Tn Japanese, however, have talk en a more serious viwe of the in- cident, and have persistd in hold ing tn flyers plane at the air port outside Tokio, and in ques- tioning both Pangborn and Hern- don minutely.
 It was indicated that the fine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13

would be remittea. but that the procurator's ofiice would h ave to fine them as a matter of form.
 Pangborn and Herndon proceed cd to the procurator's ofiice from their hotel. They had spent the night in their rooms at the Imperial hotel, and when informed that re- ports had been circulated in the United States that they had been placd in jail, Herndon laughed.
 "Not yet" he said. Were still at the hotel"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13
Young Girl Fined
 In Middlebury Court

Miss Evelyn Kennedy, IS, of 31 Amaryllis avenue was fined $10 in the Middlebury town court last night on charges of speeding and giving a false name. Another charge of operating without a lii- cense was nolled. Miss Kennedy was arrested by State Policeman Russell Olson on the Middlebury road on Sunday evening and was said to have given the name of Mrs Aletta Deming, school board member. The fine last night re- suited from a conference between Attorney Morris Robin, prosecu- tor for the town, and Justice AL bert G. Clark.
 Stabbing woman cousin 46 times until she died, a Bagdad. Irak, man declared he did 50 to avenge his family's honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13
Saga Of Setley
 Recalled By Fans
He Was the Small Town Waddell, the Bush League
 eBugs" Raymond

came from wilmington, Del. whither Willie wandered after honoring about every baseball inclined Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia town.
 In Wilmington Setley was play ing semi-pro baseball and assist ing an undertaken on the side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13
CAUSES FOR THE
 UNREST IN CUBA
 AND THE REVOLT
Unique Relationship With United States, Which Is Causing Hoover Re- gime Grave Concern

Telegraph Editors Note:- The United Press presents herewith the first of a series of three articles Illuminating the economic and political causes of Cuban unrest and the unique relationship between Cuba and the United States. which makes revolt in the is. land of keen concern to the Hoover administration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13
JAPAN IS GOING
 TO PUNISH THE
 YANKEE FLYERS
BY MILES W. VAUGHN

United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 Tokio, Japan, Aug. 13.-(UP).- The Japanese authorities were ex- pected to fine Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh Herndon. Jr.. American flyers, to-day, for flying over Japan without official permission.
 The flyers have been questioned every day for a week by the pro- curator's office concerning charges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13
DOCS KILL RABBITS
 ON MARTONE STREET.

Nazareno Mancini and NicholaA Parella of Martone street are con- vinced that dogs are responsible for the killing of 40 rabbits owned by them on Tuesday evening. This is the second time that the men have lost rabbits in the last two years. They explain that several of the rabbits were used for breed ing purposes and the loss is keen ly felt. They said the dogs enter ed the coops by tearing a hole in the strong wire fence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13
VOLCANIC DEPOSIT MAY MULTIPLE NOISES (By NEA Service)

Chicago.-A pun1ice-like sub stance, formed from molten lava, spouted from volcanoes centuries ago and deposited on the shores of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-13

Little America in the Antarctic will be visited by the World Tour. ing S. c. Volendam, leaving New York December 15, 1881.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

gently spent three months in the states, featuring and getting big game hunters interested in the game lands of Alaska.
 President Bunnell, in a short talk, gave an outline of the work accomplished by the Alaska Col lege during the eight years of its existence. The college started with six students. Last year 63 fresh men entered the institution and there was a total enrolment of l91.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21
CORO0vA LEGION POST
 PURCHASES BUILDING

It was learned that the Cordova American Legion has virtually completed negotiations for the purchase of the building now oc- cupied by the Alaska Steamship Company and will convert that property into appropriate and suit able quarters for the post, reports the Cordova.
 The official announcement of the purchase was reported to have been made before the Legionnaires at their monthly birthday party when it also was announced that they would purchase an Austin automobile which will be used in connection with the dance they will give on July Fourth.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that rh. undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Collector for City of Seward in con formity with Chapter %, Alaska Session Laws, 1919.
 All male persons between the ages of tventy-one and fifty years. except soldiers, sailors in the U. S. Navy or Revenue Cut. ter Service. volunteer firemen. paupers and insane persons. are subject to tax in sum of Five ($6.00I Dollars.
 Should you be living in Aiaska on or prior ts the first Monday In April. 1881. said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May let, 1881. Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned. tax will be d4- linouent thirty (30) days after your a8 rival. or within ten (l0) days after notice is given you
 All persons. firns or corporations, en- plo5ing labor shalt furnish list of employees to collector and are authorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages os em. ployees. s.
 Fines and imprisonment are provided for b1 the Act above quoted for those who faAI or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of em- pioyees.
 Dated Seward. Alaska. April g. 1881.
 JennIe Psuison
 School Tax Collector for
 City of Seward
 Publish-;m- A iv, M 3. J lS.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21
LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TER.
 RITORY OF ALASKA. THIRD
 DIVISION
 A. H. TEDDY. as 8 stockholder of the Reward Lumber Corporation. Plaintiff. SEWARD LUMBER CORPORATION. a corporation. Defendant.
 and
 ELWYN SWETMANN. Receiver.
 No. S-293
 NOTICE TO PRESENT CLAIMS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the undersigned is duly appointed. acting and qualified receiver of the Seward Lumber Corporaton. a corporation, and that in &C., cordance with the order of appointment of such receiver. pubic notice is hereby given to the creditors of and to all other persons in- tefested. to present and file their claims. if any they have. with the receiver and to submit proof thereon on or before the 4th day of May. lo3i.. at the office of L. V. Ray. at torney at law. Seward. Alaska. which office the receiver designates az the place for the of all business connected with and incident to. said 1eceiyership proceedings Dated at Seward. Alaska. March 24, l03l.
 Efwyn Swetrhsnn.
 Receiver. Seward Lumber Corporation. Date First Publication Mar. 25. 1881.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21
DRACAW, BUNNElL TALK
 BEFORE JUNEAU ?. I. '.

Senator Bragaw illustrated his Anchorage, and Charles E. Bun nell, president of the Alaska Agri- cultural College at Fairbanks, were the principle speakers at the meet ing of the Juneau Parent Teachers Association recently, says the Stroller's Weekly.
 Senator Bragaw illuserated his talk, which was on Mt. Mckinley National Park, with numerous moving pictures. Senator Bra gaw is president of the Alaska Guides and makes it his business to know about the park. He re-
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

Charles L. Kemp, a veteran member of the Anchorage Moose lodge, now heads that lodge, re- ports the Anchorage Times. He was unanimously elected Dictator at a recent meeting.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

Mrs. Joseph Koonk, mother of Mrs. Eva Blake and Wrangells oldest resident, passed away at her home in that city recently, reports the Wrangell Sentinel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

Two Pioneer Log Cabin organ izations were initiated in Juneau recently at a meeting in the I. o. O. F. hall attended by more than 40 Alaska born boys and girls, says Stroller,s Weekly.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

Patterson EdenShaw was badly burned about the arms and face when he made a heroic effort to save three children trapped in the burning home of Sam Douglas at Hydaburg last week, according to the Ketcllikan Chronicle.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21
ALASKA SEWERS ONLY

We hall hire only Alaska Sein- CTS this year in connection with our cannery at Excursion Inlet" said O. s. Syra. superintendent of the Puget Sound & Astoria Pack ing Company, who was in Juneau recently, says Stroller's Weekly.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

II Surrender Dear." beauIIfui new Bruns wick record now at the Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

New assortment of beaatlful Easter cards nov display at the Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

NOT MANY MORE DAYS UNTIL. MO, THERS DAY. COME IN AND SEE OURs BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF MOTHER,Y-S DAY CARDS ALASKA SHOP.
 Watch for the new Easter dlspiay window at the Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

TOR NINETEEN years Research Department has kept intimate touch with every development of Science that could be applied the manufacture of cigarettes. During this period there has been development ftested value importance 70 the smoker which we have not incorporated into the making of Chesterfield cigarettes.
 Liggn 6 Mw,5 1odaao
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-21

Publiss-;m A iv, M 3. J 10.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
BUSINESS PITFALLS
IN FARM DISTRICTS
Bankers Point Out Hazards of
Unsound Practices and Help
Farmers to Avoid Them.

WAYS in which bankers may discour-
w age unsound farm practices are de.
scribed by President F. d. Farrell Of
the Kansas State Agricultural College
in the American Bankers Association
Journal He says:
''In Kansas in connection with the
importation Of dairy cattle, large
shipment of very inferior animals came
into a county to be sold at auction to
local farmers. The county agricultur-
al agent informed the bankers that the
community. The bankers refused to
finance the purchase of the cattle and
the sale was abandoned. The cattle
were shipped to another county. The
county agent and the bankers there
did as was done in the first instance
and the second county escaped.
"a year ago creamery promoters be-
gan trying to capitalize the Kansas
farmers desire to improve his markets
by inducing communities Of farmers
to purchase creamery plants before
production and local conditions justi-
fed them. Informed of this by the
State Agricultural College, the bank
ers association sent warnings to every
bank in the state, leading many to re-
fuse to support the creamery promot-
ers until the college approved the plant
for the community concerned. This
saved many communities loss from the
premature establishment of plants.
"a third way bankers can discourage
unsound practices is to refuse to fin
ance farmers who wish to pyramid their
enterprises, temptation difficult to re-
sist. This is illustrated among farm
ers who buy cattle for feeding pur-
poses A farmer feeds two or three
cars of cattle one year and makes a
good profit. This induces him to buy
twice or three times as many the sec
ond year, still more the third and so
on until he finally loses more by having
too many cattle on feed in a year of
bad prices than he made in several
previous years with smaller numbers
and better prices. When bankers dis
courage bad practices their action is
positive benefit to the farmers con-
cerned"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
FLY CONTROL ON THE FARM

The new Reclamation Era under
date Of April 1881 carries an article
on the method Of fly control followed
at the st. Elizabeth's hospital at
Washington D. G. In a very warm
climate such as we have here it looks
as though this method Of control
should offer splendid opportunity for
fly control measures on many Of our
farms.
Briefly the life history Of the fly
is that the adult fly lays her eggs in
manure and refuse piles. The eggs
hatch and the larva feed here for a
short time then travel away from the
pile, travelling as far as 10 to 20 feet
before digging in to change to adult
fly through the pupae stage. The
fact that the fly leaves the pile and
pupaetates in the soil reasonably
close to it offers chances for control
measures as worked out there.
The control measures consist in
digging a trench about the manure
pile, say one foot deep and one foot
wide. This is filled to a few inches
depth with old crank case oil. Under
our conditions it probably would be
necessary to do right from the start
what they have done the second year,
and that is constructing a concrete
lined ditch around the pile to this
depth and width and putting the oil
in this concrete trench. The larva
then in leaving the pile to pupate
in the ground around it will fall into
this oil trench and thus be killed.
While it has not been possible to
do entirely away with screen doors
and other methods of control the
number of flys that are available
are so much reduced that it has been
considered an investment worth many
times what it has cost.
E. C. DURDLE,
County Agent.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
WHAT A KEY BANKER
DID FOR His COUNTY

The farmers of one county in Ten
nessee are receiving 100000 addi-
tional annual income from new farm
enterprises started since 1926 through
the efforts of "key banker" and the
county agent, according to estimates
from the Tennessee College of Agri-
culture. A "key banker" is part of the
state bankers association voluntary
field force cooperating with the Alneri-'
can Bankers Association in its nation
wide plan for bringing about better
agricultural conditions through COM
bined banker-farmer effort. New pro-
jects started in this particular county
are tobacco, Irish potato and cabbage
production for cash crops, and dairy
ing and poultry raising for livestock.
The key banker, looking for some
thing to do to better his community,
first attempted to procure Comfy
agent but was unable to get the county
to make the necessary appropriation,
SO he and other leading citizens made
up the requisite funds through private
subscription among farmers and bust
ness men and an agent was employed
Up until 1926 grain was the prin-
cipal farm production in the county.
The banker recognized the disadvant-
ages CT this. 1t afforded low cash
income, and the land was too billy and
rough for profitable grain raising. His
idea was to introduce cash crops that
offered more return per acre and were
better fitted to the county. 1t was de-
cided that the county should stand
ardi2e Oh the Green Mountain potato
and TO market it in carload lots.
Through his bank he sponsored the
buying Of a car of certified seed
potatoes. He likewise bought some
high quality tobacco seed and several
hundred settings Of purebred eggs.
These supplies were distributed at cost
through the banks to the farmers.
After considerable effort market
for dairy products was assured the
farmers when in 1928 national cheese
company located factory there. A
county appropriation was secured for
county agent work in 1928.
In 1929 the cash crop program re.
suited in farmers selling $4,000 worth
of milk, S150,000 worth of tobacco and
fifty-five carloads OF potatoes and cab
bage, mostly through cooperative sales.
This was some step from the $4,000
worth of cash crops in 1896" the
county agent says, "and indications
are that this amount will be doubled
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
ovERPRoDUCTIoN A MINOR
FACTOR IN PRESENT CRUX

Lack of demand, due largely to
the failure of foreign countries
to bid for our exportable surplus,
coupled with out domestic unemploy-
ment in the working classes, consti-
tute the underlying causes for the
present low price level of farm pro-
ducts and numerous raw materials,
according to R. M. Turner, extension
economist, Washington State College.
Overproduction, with the possible ex-
ception of wheat and cotton, plays
a minor role in the present situation.
Crop production, which includes hay
grains, cotton, tobacco, seed crops and
potatoes, revealed drop of five per
cent in the United States last year.
Yet, on December 1, 1880, this smaller
crop was valued about 90 per cent
below the larger crop of 1929. Live
stock showed similar behavior when
4 per cent less meat was marketed
during the first 10 months of 1880.
However, contrary to custom, it
brought return of 8 per cent less
than the meat marketed over the
same period of 1929.
These reductions cannot be attrib-
uted to the affect Of wheat and cot
ton on the general average. Practic-
ally all crops are selling or have
sold at greatly reduced price levels,
despite smaller crops. The corn in
1880 was the smallest in 20 years, or
81 per cent less than that Of 1929.
Yet, corn prices last February aver
aged only 58.6 cents per bushel COM
pared to TIA in February 1880. This
drop Of 1873 cents was registered re-
gardless of the unusually small crop.
Declining commodity price levels
similar to those following the Civil
war, interruption of world trade by
low silver values, unequal distribu-
ton Of gold reserves, tariff barriers
imposed by certain importing coun-
tries, and lowered purchasing power
on the part Of American consumers,
are cited as some of the factors which
enter into. the present farm and
business depression.
The farm depression is likely to
continue until there has been fur
Their drop in the cost Of living or I'M
til the price level of farm products
advances. Commodities purchased by
the farmer for use on his farm or by
his family had lowered only nine per
cent last September as compared with
the previous year, while the index
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
Legal Precedent

One legal authority says: in the
Anglo-Anle;ic;.n legal system deci-
sion by court, made on a question
Of law arising In u case and neces-
sary to lis i:ste:u.:n;: Ion, Is an author
Ity. or binding precedent, in the same
court or In Other conrts Of lower rank,
in subscH.tnt eases where the same
question Is again in controversy.
This lis chilled the doctrine of pEece'
dent, or sstare decisis ct non Quieta
movere' which means ito stan1 by
the declsi, MS aid not disturb what is
settled
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30

for farm products dropped 80 per
cent during the same period.
Farmers are making a tremendous
effort to meet this disparity by cut
ting their costs to the bone, elimin-
ating low producing animals from
their herds and flocks, and using
their low producing acres for pasture.
Most observers believe that improve
ment will be under way by the latter
part Of this year or early in 1882.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
Towns With Short Names

Two towns in the United States are
easy to remember. They are Al, in
Georgia. and Uz, il. Kentucky
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30
Great Human Gift
What a gift it is to make all
men better and happier without
knowing we are doing it.-Hcnry
Ward Beecher

Contemptuous Term
Untrue to salt" Is the translation
Of Persian phrase meaning disloyal
r ungrateful.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30

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Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-27
MAGNIFICENT BOOKLET DISTRIBUTED BY THE
 KODIAK GUIDES ASSN,

In submitting advertising copy to The Gateway, Chas. MadSen, field manager of the Kodiak Guides Assn, sent along a copy of their 1881 booklet on big game hunting in Alaska. To see it is to marvel and to that end The Gateway will editorialize on it in one of the next issues.
 MT. MadSen said they expect to distribute 10000 of the booklets to bona -fide sportsmen of the professional, industrial and fin ancial world and hope that they will be instrumental in turning the eyes of American sportsmen away from Canada and spend some of their good American dol- lars in Alaska.
 Continuing, MT. MadSen said the booklets should be material help to everyone in Alaska, eith-
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-27

CT directly or indirectly and that the Kodiak Guides Assn, is happy to render such a valuable ser vice to the people of the Terri tory.
 Tn compiling the material were are not selfish and have made feeble attempt to cover Alaska's great hunting fields from the southermost tip to the bleak shores of the Polar Sea (Capt. Madsen's old stamp ing grounds when he was walrus and polar bear hunting for the marketl."
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-27
ULSTER SHOULD SEEK
 4 DOMINION STATUS

BELFAST, Ire, Mar, 27, P)- There is to be no merging of Northern Ireland with the Irish Free State. This was emphatical- ly stated by Lord Craighaven, to the members of the Ulster Union iSt Council at Belfast.
 Lord Craighaven said that in anticipation of hypothetical diff ficluties he had received sugges- tions among others that Ulster should merge into a Dublin par lament and that she should make a bid for Dominion status.