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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
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Weekly Records.

High Single, Smith ............ 127 High Three, Korkin ........... 331
 High Game, Italics ............. 421 High Team Total, Italics .......114s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
Results. St Jossph's 46, Duces 2. Barnard 23, Nomads 20.
qcheduIe ror Toni,

Schedule For Tonight. 500 O'clock Duggan School vs r alcons.
 800 O'Clock-Begnal School vs St Joseph's School. Barnard drew bye.
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Lion You See at the Circus, in the MoVies or
at the Zoo May Be Home Groom Beast
That NeUer Roamed the Veldt-CaH-
foruia Boasts ofa Farm Where the Great
AnimalsAreRaised, Far From the Haunts
ofIHeir Mighty Forbears.

memorial No wonder the lion is bloodthirsty
beast, man-knler.
It requires 1900 pounds of horse meat to
satisfy the appetites Of our lions. We use horse
meat because 1t is easy to obtain and Is much
cheaper than other kinds ct flesh. Horses that
have outlived their usefulness on the farm are
sent to US to be destroyed in a humanitarian
way. The supply is always ample.
Unlike human beings, who thrive three
or four meals a day, the king Of beasts can
gorge himself only once day with the food
that is placed before him. On Monday he
must fest. This Is to give his stomach rest.
The only other thing that enters his stomach
Is water, which Is given him once day. Feed
ing time has been at o'clock ever since we
started the farm The surrounding community
knows when it is O'Clock. The roar Of the
lions-a tremendous caIl-may be heard for
long distances
Lions are small drinkers They get all their
moisture from the meats that they devour.
They never take baths They follow that old
feline custom Of applying the paws to the
parts that need cleansing, and they do the
job as thoroughly as your fayorite housecat.
People ask me who wants lions, and Is there
such a big demand for these dangerous beasts
that farm has to be established to supply
that demand?
There are big circuses travelling throughout
the country buyers coming from these institu-
tons TO make purchases The lions you win
probably see In the cages when the circuses
comes TO town this Summer were probably
raised on my farm and not in the wilds Of
Mombasa as the bankers are likely to say. Then
there are the amusement parks that must have
their lions and the menageries and private
ZOOS. One Of my best customers is George
GOetz Of Chicago. whose hobby Is to collect
Wild animals In his ZOO in that city. Another
ORe Is a famous newspaper publisher who has
enc Of the largest private ZOOS IN the world In
California
Lions cost from 81 900 up which Is the cost
OF q medium priced automobile. The price Of
q lion Is judged by his general appearance, dis
position and age. The older lion the more
valuable he becomes. Cubs when two weeks
old are sold for about &20o.
OF course, have some male lions that no
money can buy. would no more think Of
selling Numa than the owner Of Man o. War
would think Of disposing Of that illustrious
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the shovel, looked into its steel hole, blinking.
whats the idea?" he demanded.
Pull down that throttle-and pull it quickl"
Dan blinked again, twice.
Go TO the devils" he said.
do I.haye TO plug you?" snarled Renem.
Dan stil didn't see it. A minute before
Renelh had been pushing the FIRE, and doing q
good job. Now he was standing, his feet braced
ON the bolted floor. gun In his hand, and
telling him to stop the train. II he stopped the
train 80 would be late. II he didn't stop it he'd
get plugged What was the idea?
Say" he began.
"You poor sapi" snapped Renelli II don't
want to kin you. But unless you kick on that
air quick"
The gun moved nervously. Some one was
climbing down the coal In the tender, sliding,
clawing. man came out into the cab,
scowlng' his face red in the light Of the open
boiler.
whats wrong, Renelli?" he snapped.
Nothing, Joe. Only this poor sap won't stop
the Grain"
plug him then-and stop it YOURSELF If we
run past the gang"
Dan saw it then. Geez, he'd been dumb!
Gangstersl Reneln with his white hands and
his diamond and his sleek hair was gangster.
They'd laid Cassidy out somewhere in the dark
ness Of the yard at Chicago-kilIed him, maybe
80 Renelh could take his place And this
other bird had been riding ON the couplings Of
the tender and baggage car. And down the
line, near Exonia, their gang was waiting for
q chance ct Sullivan and his two million in
express cash. Once they had the train stopped
It would al depend on their numbers how soon
the Job was pulled But unless the train
Stopped
'Tisten---" said Dan.
"shut upI You got 10 seconds to kick ON that
air. $50 81 ssa 49, sN.s pas
sasp Dan leaned AGAINST the window Reneal&s
face was twisted his Anger tense On the trigger
The ether bird Joe was etanAin@ hesides him,
his hands hulging m his cod .pockafssAAs 4sss
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NINETY-NINE ON TIME =

Don't fool with him." he growled. plug
him"
Listen" said Dan again IF stop this
train"
Something struck him In the shoulder.
sharply staggeringly. He saw the squirt Of
crack. He slumped back against the window,
his right hand paving at his shoulder. Outside
he could hear the wind howl.
ReneIii was coming toward him, reaching for
the throttle. Shoot him, would he? Pull that
throttIe?-neverl Let 'em have their guns
he had hard right fist and it was going TO
smash right into Renelli's ugly mug. Like that!
Renelli staggered back, slipping on the steamy
floor. Feet, tool You got two hoofs, Dan-let
'em fly before that Joe-bird gets out his gat.
There-there! Stop your train, win they?
His left arm swung limp, but it didn't hurt.
It Just hung sort Of useless-like The Joe-bird
was rolling toward the tender. bruised In the
coal dust: feet were awful good for tripping.
But guns were quicker. Better sock Reneli
before he came around again.
He advanced catiike on the bolted floor.
Reneln was half on his knees against the iron,
crouching, dazed. The gun dangle6 from one
finger by the trigger guard. Dan Kicked the
hand and watched the automatic Slither across
the floor. Then Renelh sprang. low. fierce, his
arms locking around Dams waist. They rocked
back, Dan pounding the others neck with his
good nst They staggered toward the tender,
choking on the dust.
T,HE cab pitched ON q curve, rocking them
over FOR the first time Dan thought Of his
train. Behind were eight Pullmans, careerfng
tilzxily, spinning IN the dark. Suppose block
were set against them? Suppose they ploMed
into q stalled freight7 or jumped the track
On that curve by the Rock River goreea He
could see poles nirkng past the window SeiloW.
thenSrsd. blinains through the sngW N@F
!. He staagepsa tosshis 1set .ReneEk chasing.
elawinm,a mnils aiSking into his Meshs sxh6tJ6e-
bird vas seomaang argana. tc0. ss1fshe had tMo
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hands he might finish them--but with onlg
one?
He backed away, Reneln hanging ON, trying
to pull him down. Well, there was one way
to get him loose. He rocked across the cab
his good arm tight about Renelli's neck. At the
boiler he whirled and damned Renelh againss
the open hre-box. There was CRY. Rene1
dropped, whining like dog. shivering, writhina
on the floor.
The Joe-bird was up now. pulling at III
pocket for gun. On the floor at Dams 1eeg
was the fire shovel He stopped, got his hand
on the handle and stood up. The gun in Joe1
hand quivered with the shaking cab. They
swayed on curve, rocking and q bullet spaA
against the shovel. Then the showed loopeQ
forward, singing in wild swing. and thudde6
against Joes head.
Lights flashed past the windows. E61e1
whirled. Concrete uprights danced by. Dan
staggered to the window. They wereMz8fRse
In the Watertown terminal. He jamned the
throttle kicked the air, and ripped ct the shriehs
cord. The train bumped TO q stop
Carpenter, lantern swaying, came running up
the bricks. Sullivan was behind him, the con-
ductor-the whole train crew.
whats the natter" yelled Carpenter. "ATS
you nuts, man? That's no way TO drive
train!"
Dan spat from the window.
Come up here, Sully, and drag out coup16
Of gangsters," he said. They was gonna stop
the train back by ExOnia where their mob was
waiting"
sHuh?" gAsped Sullivan.
~Yeah had to smash 'em up o Bit. Dfa@
'em out snappy, win you? And Carp, get ne
new fre-pusher quick. And set COOL one
this time"
sullivan elimbed into the cab his eyes widA
Gosh. Danl DO ron know you saved &2o00w
600 tonight w not stopping this traiif
DNz 'rocked unsteAdily against the window.
two miilon doIlafs7" he said. IT Nasn0
thinking o. yonr s2o00000. was thinking e
settimE my t1Nm m On time Say. What time "a
e. anzhnwss v
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the cubs than the grown-ups. We have 10
about SO cubs since the farm has been in opeBs
alton, but these have been mostly killed by Their
mothers We successfully raise 90 per cent 81
the newborn babies.
Human beings may take a lesson from I'M
that becomes sick. He Is given no medicine
but instead goes on fast. This fast continues
until he becomes well. That Is the simple
method that Nature has handed down to IN
wild beasts for their self-cure when they. aEa
attacked by disease
In my opinion, lions win never be domesels
Gated to the point that they win be as safe %
have around as your favorite cat or watchdog
1t is an axiom among animal trainers that ~
wild animals are dangerous and cannot -
trusted. This axiom applies TO lions. whetheg
captured in the jungles or raised within .
stones throw Of a skyscraper. Lions are shores
tempered. You do not know what they win ID
People who have been hurt by lions can blamaN
themselves for their eareleSsness. Heads ~
and on your toes" are good words 10 remembeF
when In the presence Of q lion. Once O. wzi0
always been the enemy Of men and always
win be.
It is hard TO teach lions. Though their head
are immense, their brains are the size OF 8
goose egg. This also is reason why It Is hard
to kiE them. Their brain is in the back Of tho
head and Is protected by a mass Of muscle and
bone several inches thick. A lions brain @la@
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and threw 1t back in blue CLEANS. Renelli
glanced down quickly, his eyes suddenly bright.
ooh that" he said. That's fake"
"Yeah?"
Sure Four ninety-eight. You've seen pic
lures OF them in magazines"
1T looks good to me-" said Dan.
They make them look good"
ReneIi pulled on the glove, his eyes keen on
Dams face He moved back to the tender,
shovel dragging. He threw the coal in the
.aThat last stop was Milwaukee. wasn't it9"
he asked
yeah"
"And the next Is watertOwn?"
Right"
"How far are we from place called Exonia7"
Bout eight miles. It's just dump. WhyP"
at used to have q girl there, that's all. How
long before we get there?"
Eight minutes. maybe We don't stop"
II know"
He went back TO the tender slowly. Dan sat
m, the side seat his head out the window, the
snow singing his face. The poles whtzzed past,
blurred through the makes. He chuckled. Late
chr Not 09l Not the way they were going
now-with . green nrepusher. at that. He'd
kick ON the air In Minneapolis ON time and
tomorrow he'd collect Billings hve-spot. And
he'd punch Cassidy's head, too. for leaving him
In q hole Funny about Cassidy; Carp said he
hadn't been drunk.
THE shovel was quiet for minute and he
- looked around. ReneIn was leaning on IT,
pulling on his gloves.
How far are We from Ezonia now?"
Couple OF miles"
IAN right" said Renem. you can stop the
train"
''Huh?1
Renelhs Lips lifted over his teeths4
ae.s n said to stop the train" s.pe tssons9t
From under his overalls he pulled black
automatic pistol Dan. who had reached 10
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BY CHARLES GAY

ut has been said that lions are monog-
ANGUS Naturalists and lion hunters
coming back from the jungle are fire.
uuently quoted as expressing TINS
opinion believe it would be exceed
Inc1y hard to determine whether or not TINS Is
a Characteristic trait If you had to rely upon
field work in the wilds for personal observation.
The ins1lrmountabIe obstacles are obvious. But
here in my civilized jungle in California the
observation Is made simple, indeed. Prom my
experience know that my lions are not monog-
ANGUS They are polygamous- kle-hearteo'
! tendency not at al uncommon even IN human
beings, judging from the number OF divorces
being granted in the courts q the country eacn
day.
When the cubs are born we do not modest
them in any way, unless we learn that the
mother is not taking care Of them. We learn
this bv the way she is feeding them or If she
starts killing them. Just the other day q honess
became the mother Of two white cubs. APP
parently they were strange sights 70 ners 50
she started to do away with them. We saved
one before she destroyed 1t with her fanes.
When we do take the babies away from the
mother we put them on a goat-miIk diet, feed
ing them ON q bottle for two months. We Keep
goats ON our farm for the purpose Of supplying
milk 70 our new arrivals.
That the baby lion is wen taken care Of from
Its infancy may be seen from the pains we take
in feeding him. At FIRST we feed him milk every
two hours, one ounce pelng the nhnAI AAeeE
few days we increase this to three ounces every
hour and then four ounces. When he b six
weeks old he Is honored by having the yolk OF
an egg included in his milk diet In two more
weeks the carniyorous instinct Is satisfied when
we start feeding him little ribs, the gnawing Of
which serves to sharpen his milk teeth, which
have already grown to the point where they
can hurt These appear when he Is weeks
old, and he loses them at the age OF months
70 year Now his second set are beginning to
reveal themselves. and they are TO remain with
him for the rest Of his life.
THE meat diet to the exclusion Of everything
else begins after the cub has attained the
age Of months. Meat. meat, meat for the rest
Of his life It has been 90 since time i'm
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thoroughbred. Numa has earned $4,000 IN
seven years working in the movies. II you see
q lion In motion pictures. 1t Is very likely you
are looking at Numa. He Is the most ma
jestic beast of the lion family in the world
today.
There are several reasons why home-produced
lions are much more desirable than those
coming from Africa or other wild regions. In
the first place, the expense Of capturing them
and then shipping them to various parts OF
the world Is too great. And, strange as 1t may
seem, the quality that comes from the jungleS
is far inferior to that Of the domestic eats"
In the jungles lions are beset by enemies.
disease and other dangers. Having no one TO
direct their diet they overeat and gorge them
selves They are always engaged In warfare.
which leaves them many scars Parasites and
fieas attack them In the wilds. Then in
breeding Nature takes its course, which means
that there Is no selective production.
ON the other hand. on our farm every precau-
ton is taken TO bring up the king Of beasts
in the style which such q majestic animal de-
serves. His quota Of food is provided for him
from day TO day. He is not subjected to over
eating. He does not risk his life fighting with
his enemies, because he has no enemies that
can reach him. His name Is allowed to at
tain its fun growth. And lastly, there Is no
inbreeding.
Yes, sometimes our lions become sick and
die. Death, however, Is more apparent among
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THE meat diet to the exclusion Of everything
else begins after the cub has attained the
age Of months. Meat. meat. meat for the rest
Of his life 1t has been 90 since time i'm
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T has been said that lions are monog-
ANGUS Naturalists and lion hunters
coming back from the jungle are fire.
uuently quoted as expressing this
a..s..iorn I hnlinue Il MOULD he exceed
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The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
no By William Macleod Raine
fighting Tenderfoot
convrrbt by William Macleod Raine Service
WHAT WENT BEFORE

Garrett OHara, young lawyer,
on his way to practice at Concho,
wild western town, is shot at from
ambush by Shep Sanderson, who
mistakes him for Judge Warner,
whom certain interests wish TO
prevent holding court. Barbara
Steelman. who thought the shot
was directed at her. advises Car
rett not to go to Concho. center
of a big cattle war. In town
Sanderson picks a fight with Car
rett, which is stopped by Ingram,
cattle baron. Steve Worran tells
Garrett about the cattle war be-
tween Ingram and Steelman, ia
ther of Barbara. Ingram tells
Garrett he must take one side or
the other. Garrett meets Bob
Quantrell, young killer for In
gram, and an Englishman, Smith
Beresford. looking for a ranch.
Quantrell saves Garrett and the
Englishman from being shot by
Sanderson, and the three become
friends Garrett witnesses meet
ing between Ingram and Barbara.
They are lovers. Garrett and the
Englishman buy a ranch with
Steelman as silent partner. Fitch.
Steelman man. kills an Ingram
follower and is pursued by a
posse. He stops at the tender
foot" ranch and is caught and
hung. Sanderson starts a fight
and Garrett and the Englishman
are wounded. QUantrel changes
sides, joining the two ranchers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
Death Answered His Wish

81 would rather have died myself
than to have lost my good friend"
said Jacob Michaels, seventy-two, at
tending the funeral of Judge David
Lourie, New York city. Before the
service was over, MichaeIs' son, Hen
ry, sitting with him, saw his father
lurch forward suddenly. Death was
instantaneous. Michaels had been
an interpreter in Judge LOuries
court, a place he had held 30 years.
He was driven from Russia as boy
and was a self-made man, learning
to speak five languages fluently.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
CHAPTER VI
q. Trip to Town,

q Trip to Town.
A FrER the battle at the Cress
n ranch there was a lull in the
jefferson County war, as the con
fict between the Ingram and the
Steelman forces come to be called
in later days. 1t was as though
both sides were waiting to get
their breath again. The less dan
gerously wounded men were afoot
within a week. Pankey and Smith
Beresford hung for a few days be-
tween life and death. then very
slowly began TO mend. edging away
from the gulf into which they had
almost been plunged.
Meanwhile talk swept the coun-
tryside as fire does a dry prairie.
There were some amazing aspects
about the Cress ranch battle. Old
timers found the facts hard to rec
oncile. That OHara had stood up
TO the blazing guns of SandersOn,
Sewers, Deever, and others, had
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
Eternal War on Plant
Insects and Diseases

On the old apple tree that used to
stand by our garden gate, where we
learned the mysteries of mumble-ty-
peg and where. on moonlight sum-
mer nights, as we devOutly believed,
fairies came to dance, there was
never a deyiliSh insect or ruinOus
wilt. The bees would swarm in
April TO gather future honey and in
autumn golden butterflies would
hold farewell flutterings there, but
nothing more sinister Year after
year fruitage followed blossom
without a misadventure. Little boys
needed castor oil, especially when
apples were green, but the tree was
sufficient unto itself in all matters
of physic. Sprays were unheard of.
SO, too, with the peach orchard and
with the figs, except for an occasion
al plague of June bugs, many of
which met with cOndign punishment
at the end of piece of string. HOr-
ticulture was then a pastime. Now
1t is a battle.
Hostile insects and plant disease
entail upon our country an annual
loss of S3,0O0,000,000 Thus report
the captains of the federal Depart
ment of Agriculture, and we take
their word without question. "The
unfortunate thing is" they ominous-
" add, "that the end is not yet. Each
year adds new pests, and new dis
eases at an alarming rate. Only by
adoption of the most efficient meth
DDS of control and eradication can
we hope eventually to triumph over
these apparently insignificant enc
mics"
Moths, beetles, bOrers and what
not are swooping upon us as men,
acingly as Goths and Vandals upon
ancient Rome. This is no rhetorical
flourish. reader. Consider the Medi-
terranean fruit fly. What other in
cursiOn of undesirable aliens ever
wrought such havoc as did that pes
tiferous immigrant in Florida and in
southern parts of Georgia? COnSid-
er the boil weevil. It's march was
more destructive than Shermans.
Potato bugs we have had always
with us, but now comes the bean
beetle, cutting a cleaner swath than
did Attila the Hun.
Devilsh insects, we say, because
they strike at our creative and pro-
motive industries, and if they took a
motto it we'll might be Mephisto's, 81
am the spirit that denies" Men
have been fighting one another for
thousands of years. Henceforth
| they must make common war on the
challenging insect. or they will have
no use for either their swords or
their Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02

Its utterly unfair, Of course.
But if a man will smoke an OUT
rageously strong pipe, nobody i,
going to get close enough to him
to appreciate his heart of gold.
Don't keep potential friends at a
distance. Sir Walter Raleigh's
favorite blend is incomparably rich
and fragrant-yet SO mild as to
be acceptable to the most fastidious
pipe-snifer. Nor does Sir Walter
lack body and real flavor. They're
all there in Sir Walter Raleigh
as you'll discover when you try il.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02

Holloway was born gossip. He
itched to know just what had taken
place, but Dave Ingram was not
the man upon whom to push home
his curiosity.
"Well, l guess I'd better drift on
down." he said.
DO" the cattle man agreed.
An when you're through ride over
to the ranch. Doc Manley may
need some help. We've got quite a
hospital there, too"
AS the doctor descended toward
the cabin his mind ranged over the
situation. This was only the be-
ginning, the first battle of a war.
There would be lively times on the
San Marcos.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
So Big

Pretty Coed-I want a track suit
can wear around the gymnasium.
Clerk (absently)-Certainly, madam,
what size is your gymnasium?-Rai
road Mems Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
Wave Washes Car Off Road

While driving an automobile from
Eastbourne to Brighton, England,
late at night recently, Barry O'Brien
was surprised at Seaford when a
mighty wave from the sea knocked
his machine across the road. I'm
der similar circumstances an autoist
lost his life at the same spot last
year.