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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
N1<1 ANVIL Lands

NNE of the head men at the Smithsonian institute
" at Washington tells the world that high brow
is not an indication of brains, and we believe he
is right.
We should say that high brow more frequent is
an indication of creeping badness.
When badness approaches with slow and solemn
tread it Is very impressive being an asset to ones
majesty until the dead line gets with the ears
but after that it is a calamity.
Gentlemen have been known to shave their locks
back half an inch to gain the resulting impressiveness
And almost all men over 40 cling to youth with
tenacity which is interesting particularly when the
ladies are supposed to have a monopoly on such
solicitude
You will notice for instance that Mr. Hoover likes
that portrait which presents him in the bloom of
the middle fortes rather than in the dropping petals
of the f1fties.
RUT to get back to the head position, what this
~ Smithsonian man says about the high brow re-
minds one that there's not much mental significance
in the shape of ones dome.
All of us have known gents with massive cupolas
who cut little ice, and others with scan attcs who
brought home the bacon
There used TO be lot of phrenologists coming
around every year and they would thump your top
piece much as one thumps cantaloupe, and by your
convolutions and crevices, they'd tell you your con-
tents.
But they don't make their rounds any more and
the race remains uncatalogued.
REMEMBER night when phrenologist came
l. to Logansport and did a good business, for he
cut -ate phrenologst; he felt heads for dime
apiece, which brought the luxury within the reach
of all.
He had waiting line. surgng toward the stage
waiting to be assayed.
Finally q stranger appeared and he was a whizz
His head would have held half a bushel of po-
tatoes and when that phrenoogist started to ramble
over that Uranium he elated.
Finally he finished and gave his verdict.
"Ah," he sighed, here we have most unusual
head This gentleman has unlimited benevoence, the
highest character and countless possibilities"
The stranger eft the stage and seemed to be
in hurry to get away and after he was gone the
phrenologist discovered that the man with the
limited henevolerce had lifted hisl latch and chain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Pen in Hand

a l. SMITH has written his first
4 \ newspaper column, and it is
my notion that there is a good
chance he will hold the Job.
To a great extent he has profted
by the mistakes Of his confrere and
competitor, Calvin Coolidge. 1t has
always seemed to me that Mr.
Coolidge felt under the RESPONSE
bility of acting like member of
the little Algonquin Circle from the
start and attempting to wisecrack
with the best of them.
Al Smith, on the contrary has
been content to approach a solid
problem in a serious way. OF course
ne uses much more space than
Coolidge and has latitude to turn
his thought around without re-
course to snappy and pithy savings.
AS veteran in the game. It
seemed to me a good first column.
even though it had no puns or
poetry. But I feel that it is onlv
fair to send the Governor a word
Of warning.
Very possibly he banged the
whole article off upon his machine
In less than an hour. His remun-
Grafton, I trust. is more generous
than that which he received from
a grateful people when he was their
executive at Albany.
And when he came to the last
line he undoubtedly looked up to
say: Its soft. How long has this
been going on?"
Copyright. 1881. by The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Views of Times Readers

grating politics. Now who made
crooks of our office holders? Why,
we did, the people of the nation.
Say man gets a sticker on his car.
What does he do? Goes to poll
tician and asks a favor to have that
sticker fixed. Then what? Why,
that politician asks a favor, it is
granted. Isn't that bribery?
A business man finds a city ordi-
nance or law interfering with his
business or ideas Of living. He goes
to politician and has it fixed 60
it does not apply to him. In turn
he makes the politician a present or
contributes to campaign fund.
Isn't that bribery?
Then there is the criminal He
asks the same favor and gets it.
Isn't it just as fair for him as it
is for the so-called respectable peo-
pie? Maybe our graft or bride is
on smaller scale than this, but it
paves the way for him. So where
have we any right to yell?
Too, what do We say concerning
the city or government. Why, get
all you can, it's off the city or gov
eminent. So it looks to me as if
we, the people, demand and create
our graft and crooked politicians
and crooked Office holders.
The one thing to clean up crooked
politics is a newspaper that will
print the truth and nothing but the
truth to check up and tell the peo-
pie exactly what is going on, with
an earnest desire of the people for
clean, honest government. Until we
become afflicted with the desire for
a clean government, We can not ex-
pect one. We get only what we de-
sire and demand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09

Editor Times-We have had a lot
of talk Of unemployment lately.
Most every one lays it to different
reason.
Let us take into consideration the
fact that partly due to overproduc-
ton and partly due to the machine
age, plants are shut down, laborers
are thrown out of work Consider
the laborer; the man who spends;
the man who makes trade possible.
His buying power is suddenly cut
of.
What happens2 Why the manu-
facturer has goods he can not sell
so he cuts wages and the buying
power of what few laborers he has
left. Conditions become worse and
worse until he, the manufacturer,
takes a loss on his goods. Then he
has to put laborers to work again
to restock and the laborer again has
his buying power and again times
are good. Would it not be simpler
for him to increase instead of de-
crease wages and save all this suf-
fering?
Some of our wiset men are telling
the working people to buy more, to
hold their job. How can they when
they haven't the money to buy with?
Can they answer that?
What is the matter with Indian
apolis business men who are cutting
wages and fighting any firm that
wants to pay decent wages? Do they
not realize that the working mans
wages will return to them and that
their business will be in direct pro-
portion to the wages they pay him?
Low wages, low business! High
wages, high business. Let them dig
the cobwebs out of their heads and
study history and see If that isn't
q fact.
We lay zexisting conditions 70
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
SCIENCE
BY DAVID pIETZ-

NeaO Books on Astronomy
Open Interesting Field to
Loyman Reader.
THE History of Science Society
l. meeting in Cleveland in con-
junction with the annual convention
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, devoted
one session to a celebration OF the
tercentenary of johann Kepler.
Kepler, one of the small group
characterized some weeks ago by
George Bernard Shaw at the din
ner in honor of Albert Einstein as
universe makers" was born IN 1871
and died in 1880.
Kepler helped to establish the
Copernican system. the belief that
the earth and other planets revolve
around the sun.
Undoubtedly his studies OF the
motions Of the planets had some
thing to do with Galileo's studies,
which led eventually to the formu-
lation of Galileo's laws of motion,
the laws upon which Sir Isaac New
ton later founded his own great
work.
The History of Science Society is
doing a valuable piece of work in
helping 10 focus attention upon the
great names of science. For too
many years the teaching of history
has centered it's attention upon
trouble makers instead of civiliza-
ton makers.
A Kepler may have been less dra-
matte in some ways than a Napo-
leon, but perhaps the historian Of
the future vii regard him as more
important.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Great Astronomers

WILLIAMS book opens with
w chapter in which he takes the
reader on what he calls "a pre-
liminary cruise in star land"
The purpose of this chapter is to
sketch the universe as the astrono-
mer now knows it a universe in
which our own galaxy of Milky Way
Of 100000 stars is just one galaxy
among several million similar
though perhaps smaller, galaxies
scattered through the great ocean Of
space.
The second chapter is titled "The
Old Heaven" BY contrast with the
first, it depicts the old notions Of
cosmogony that held sway in the
early days Of civilization.
Then comes the dawn Of the New
Era with Copernicus. Williams
traces the list Of great men and
their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, the great
observer; Kepler, the mathematical
genius; the great Calico, HORROR.
Cassini, Flamsteed, the first as
tronomer royal, then the climax
which was reached in Newton.
Then follows the story Of the great
mathematical astronomers who fol-
lowed Newton: Laplace, Lagrange,
Euler, D'Alembert and others. And
the great observers, the Herschels,
Bessel, Strive and Henderson.
The book closes with chapter on
"The New Astronomy" which traces
IN detail the contributions Of nine
tenth and twentieth century as
tronamers.
Both 1.-THE Great Astronomers"
and THE Adventure Of Science"
should be read by every person who
really wants to know the history
Of civilization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
MAGAZINE.

Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
THE increasing realization of the
Il fact that the mind of the sick
person must be kept constantly in
a hopeful and courageous state has
caused more attention to be given
to the matter of entertainment of
the sick, and particularly of those
compelled to remain in bed over
long periods OF time.
Under such circumstances, radios
in hospitals have proved exceed
ingly helpful. However, there are
many periods when the radio can
not be used.
Moreover, the nature Of the en-
tertainment can not be ordered at
any given time and there is a chance
rather than positive selection Of
what the patient should have.
In practically all veterans hospi-
tails in this country and in many of
the larger hospitals, libraries now
are made available in which those
patients who are able to be about
may sit and read.
Travelling trucks carry a wide
variety of books to those patients
who are kept in bed, SO that they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09

lUeU Uttb Dtyt6So ~ 6uftc
Safety.
III PASO, Tex, Jan. 8.-Between
Z four and five million still out
Of work, according to Chairman
Woods of the Presidents employ
ment committee, with no sign Of
marked improvement for January,
but with a S2,500,000,00O public
works program arranged, one-third
Of which is fairly close to the pick
and shovel stage"
We can console ourselves with the
thought that it might have been
worse, but that does not hide the
dark, naked truth that we have
failed.
With scads Of money for rent at
21z or per cent, and with the
credit of the government unim-
paired, it seems as though we might
have done better.
I still think the government
should have undertaken the role of
banker, instead of engineer, and
much of the delay from which we
are suffering goes back to the
clumsiness Of federal machinery
when it comes to getting things
done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Good Year

CATASTROPHES of one sort and
" another came to the surface
during 1880, but I am not willing,
myself, to shake my fist at the dead
and gone year. 1t hardly seems
sporting.
1t has left just the room and
is unable to answer back save upon
the crust Of some farf1ung planet
to which its reputation and record
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
~SZZTNSS
b1Te:!!
ANNIVERSARY
MISSISSIPPI SECEDES
January 8

I'm Jan. 9, 1861, Mississippi Sc
" coded from the Union.
The question of secession had
been agitated for some time, but it
remained for the election Of Lincoln
to bring the movement to a head.
The ordinance Of secession was
passed by a convention, "a to Is,
and the state constitution was
amended to bring 1t into conform
ity with the constitution Of the
Confederate states.
During the Civil war, the people
of Mississippi suffered greatly, and
in 1868 and 1864 large part of the
state was devastated by the con-
tending armies.
This day also commentaries the
anniversary Of Connecticut's ratifl-
cation Of the United States Con-
stitution, the fifth state to do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09

Is speeding even at this moment.
Many things which were to my adj
vantage happened in 1880. Even
though failed to get to congress,
[ can't be altogether sullen con-
corning the fate which it put forth.
And so L say across the inter
vening gap: Goodbye, 1880: take
care OF yourself. I'll meet you later,
maybe, upon the surface of Saturn. u
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Yale Men

A ND, contrariwise, 1t seems pos
IA sible that hell is built along
much the same lines; only in this
case the condemned one must pick
the spots where light years bring
bad news and all spectacles are mis-
fortunes.
I can imagine some Yale man
who has met his just deserts and
is compelled for all eternity to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Daily Thought

o death, where is thy tsing?-
I Corinthians 1855.
An honorable death is better than
3 dishonorable life.-Tacitus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
A Wrong Viewpoint

cotton is selling for cents
~ when it can't be raised profit
ably for less than IL or Is in the
United States, but can be raised for
2 or 3 cents in the Belgian Congo.
Are we going right along in an
effort to grow as much cotton as
we have been, if not a little more
when every sign points to the COM
petition of coolie labor on a wide
spread scale?
The sernibarbaric world, the
world in which multitudeS still can
be hired for so, 25, or even 10 cents
day, can learn how to use our
machinery and initiate our methods
in such fields as they have been per-
fected.
The one thing it can't copy is oul
brains. Brains, and brains alone
have made us what we are, and we
have enjoyed the privilege of using
them only because of that peculiar
form of liberty. to which this re-
public originally was dedicated.
Too many people think Of liberty
as an exclusive political by-product
but 1t is not. 1t can be destroyed
by an economic structure, as vel
as by a government. The right tx
think includes mechanics and chem
iStry, as well as opinions, and has
done quite as much, if not more, II
the former to justify itself.
Unless we insist on more f1ex.
Utility in our economic structure
more freedom of action, more
chance for the small, independent
thinker, we are not only going tc
have more depressions like this, and
worse, but after that-tyranny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09

What procedure should be fol-
lowed in adopting a baby from an
orphans home?
we suggest that you address your
inquiry to the indianapolis Orphans
Home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Think Only of Size

T\HERE was, and is, a definite
4 degree of industrial mall
adjustment in this country, a
definite amount of over-production
in some of its branches, coupled with
a definite amount of under
production in others; a definite de-
termination to keep just so many
people at work in each particular
branch and hold the structure rigid.
We not only are living in an ex-
perimental age, but enjoy it. The
idea of lashing such an age to huge
corporations which can't reduce
their output, except by running thou
sands of stockholders, as we'll as
turning armies Of highly specialized
workers adrift, can and already has
been carried too far.
The great weakness Of business
management in America is that it
makes too little allowance for the
ebb and flow brought about by
human ingenuity, whether in the
field Of mechanics, politics, or
sociology.
When 10000 acres first were put
under irrigation in the FL Paso
valley, the farmers went in for
pears, alfalfa, cantaloupe, and other
diversified crops. Now most of them
are raising cotton, and they are
doing it in response to precisely the
same complex that produces billion
dollar combines.
America is obsessed with the idea
that bigness means safety, that if
enough people do a certain thing,
they are bound to succeed, no
matter how stupid it may be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
M. E. Tracy

America Is Obsessed With
Idea That Bigness Means
Safety.
Weekly herald., 1931-11-22

NOVEMBER 22, 1851,
 FOR SALE Tons of charconl-. See ..: Johnny Nelson.
 THE ITO CARPENTERS TFo ARE BuIIDTN0 the Native hospital almost fr oze to death when the co1dsnap came. Hiss Lambert the nur SC who never likes to see anyone suefer took the stove oh of the c1inick in her own house to insta1 in the hospital so the men would be Harm to do the inside fin- nishing, When it got to be 25 belo, she herself almost froze but when the warm spell came she thEwed out and-is moving ar ound again The car- penters ere hurrying fo f1nn1 sh be- fore another coldsaap come so K1se Lambert wi Il not freeze to death as she c~n have her stove.
 4 LAKE, K+~swEEPING PKKTY was on Friday but on Saturday the Lake was swept. This was fer the purpose of skating for t he snow was thick on Trout Iale. M2. .& Rs,. FRANK CARROLL VERB GaahpED by the loss of their 1itt1est baby who Ii ed of whooping cough -Er .& MT s {. Mor~4e Jo of Tazline also lost their bapy 5y the same disease There is h1 Sp4OSlilC. CCppC4 V u scs1Au S A@%A1A ies in Chi tina h7ve it now.
 SCHOOL NOTES HRS .CQX'S DAUGHTER of Anck orage ,N1x.s s bwo ski came to town & s'1prized her mo ther by walking in to the schoo1r oom.She is going to b< a help to Mrs .Cox who is not feeling well ,Sc will get her mea1s hot. Sht will be an extra teacher when needed She has alr 3ndy taught one half day. She is 8 graduate of Bel1ingham "as1 ington Norr:A1 school md she has hac. post graduated.
 PHILIP NELSON GOT \ NE77 COLLIE DOG whi ch he has been expecting quite a while He was owned by IN .Yoo dman of Upper Tonsin7 & as good s1ed- dog Philip tied him to his belt to try to get him used to him. Cr1ey didn't like that at first but did not snap 7:u Philip. The dog is prog babIy pi ticu1er about his meat. DADDY 5H1PP HAS THEE sECIALTIES MT 5 ::hip pp came down from Kennecott
Weekly herald., 1931-11-22

SI, " Y JILL ! NIL 4 l \ cHIT1NA ALAsA MERCURY RUNS UP & DOWN Last week the co1dsnap really came tempr ature was 10 below xero This week it was 20 below Tues. it was about that till Thur ahy night when it began to warm up & blow l ike everything It was real Chinook wind and melted most of the snow off Saturday Be tween 10P. N. Thurs & 10 PM Friday Mercury rose from 24 below to 36 above zero A jump of 60 degrees in 24 hrs Los Angeles: has seen some won derful weather but she never saw any' thing like that, .* SOME ONE SAW JOHN NELSON CUTTING UP meat and wondered that he showed such skill and knowledge in the matter. He explained that he learned that years ago when he ran roadhouse on theVa1- dex Trail, and cut up millions of rab- bits so that they were eaten fU, chic- ken, pork, beef and mutt ton. / ALL ABOUT THE CHITINA B0orIEGGER WHO STOLE FROM ANOTHER CHITINA B00TIEGGER and lost out when he tried to repeat
 A TRUE POEM.
 4 hundred fifty little beer bottles
 sat in row,
 They all went away. But Where did they go? Their contents went to the belly of
 boot-legging man, Now the hundr dfifty Ii tile beer bottB
 Find them if yox can: Now the hundr edf fifty Ii tile beer bot ties did not satisfy That young man
 W: Of e boot~legging guy. So he went back to the home of the hundre If fifty little bottles But he could not find so much as
 A fringe to a turkey's watt1es. For the hundred fifty little beer
 bottles' Owner
 Was sitting in chair.
 And si tting up waiting
 To guard his monnshine there. So the hi -jacker ,wlao stole the loot Vas left out in the cold
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
Daily Health Service
How to Fight Mouth Diseases
Clean Teeth, Right Diet and Yearly Trim to Dentist
Important to Keen Healthy

through cavities may form assesses
at the roots Of the teeth. It is quite
possible for such germs to be brought
to the roots of the teeth by way Of
the blood and thus to set up disturb
anceS.
Trench mouth is liberation Of the
tops Of the gums caused by germs
which live best where there Is no
oxygen. For this reason, one of the
best methods Of prevention and treat
n1ent Of trench mouth is the proper
use Of sodium perborate, which is
mildly antiseptic and which develops
oxygen.
In addition to the conditions that
are particularly diseases Of the mouth,
many general diseases, such as tuber-
culosis, cancer and syphilis, and vari-
Gus forms Of poisoning, such as from
lead, mercury and bisrnuth, may ef-
feet the mouth, causing the teeth to
fall out and associated with the de-
velopment Of ulcers.
Thus the person who attempts to
treat diseases Of the mouth must
have not only q complete knowledge
Of the structure of the mouth, jaws
and teeth, but also Of diseases in gen.
eral. For this reason, q speciality has
developed in medicine called stoma-
tology, dealing particularly with dis
eases Of the mouth. Moreover, good
dentists and good physicians work
together constantly to control condi-
tions which demand the special
knowledge that both may apply to
the situation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
Sock EN-. Kids

Two leagues have been organized and sandlot baseball
appears about to come into its own in Bismarck.
Under the leadership of the citys recreation depart
ment. adequate arrangements have been made and the
battles for diamond supremacy soon will be in full swing
Many a supper table will be RECALLED with tales of feats
by the household hero and, perhaps, many a supper will
cool while Johnny and his pals battle to the bitter end
to decide defeat or victory.
But whatever the outcome Of the fights for the cham
pionships of the two leagues now organized, the effects
will be beneficial for boys and parents as well as for
the city. To demonstrate superior skill on the baseball
field is an accomplishment but one less worth while
than that of keeping boys out OF trouble. The person
who originated the saying 1.-THE Devil finds work for
idle hands must just have suffered from an unfavor-
able experience with a boy of sandlot baseball age.
Mother will approve because of the happiness which
it brings to the pride Of her heart and Dad will get his
thrill because, in q great many instances, it will enable
him to live over again by proxy the heroic deeds of his
past.
In some instances, too, it will give Dad fair opportun-
ity to instruct the family circle on the general subject
Of what a real guy he was when he was a youngster-
and thereby earn a disappearing frown and q bedroom
lecture from Mother.