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Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
KAISER DISCHARGED

MADRID, June 4. (P)-Eleven years after his abdication as Elm peror of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm has been discharged from the Spanish army. He held the title of honorary colonel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
HELENE BIG ATTRACTION

SEATTL LE, June 4. (P)-Ten thousand persons watched Helene Madison, Seattle's great girl swim mer, perform on her rcent tour of the United States and Canada. The largest crowds were at Vir- ginia, Minn., and Hamilton, Ont.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
POTATOES IN PACKAGES

NEW YORK, June 4. P)-NeWs- paper advertising was used to introduce to Gotham a big potato from Idaho which is appearing in cartons, 15 pounds to the sealed package.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04

A number of boats were in port today and included the s. s. Starr, Rolph I, B. F. M., Foremost, Arrow, Leviathan, Sunde, Sunset, Redwing, Marian, Roy, Bill and Helldiver.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
SHRIMP MEAL GOOD FOR HENS
 BATON ROUGE. La. June 1.

BATON ROUUE, Id., JUIIt E. (P)-F ding experimets using shrimp meal as a supplement in poultry feed, conducted by the Louisiana State University exper- iment station, have shown that the meal lowers cost of rations, increases egg production, increases feed consumption and decreases mortality.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
CONVICTED MURDER

NEW YORK, June 4. H-Ru- dolph Duringer, 25, a truck driver, was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Killing of Vir- ginia Brannen, dance hall hostess.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
NEW STATION IN CHINA

RANKING, June 4. (R-The min istry of communications of the Chinese government has ordered the construction of radio sta tion at Shasi, Yangtse river port between Hankow and Ichang.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
S7O.OOO,OOO GOLD IMPORT

NEW YORK, June 3. (P)-The largest gold imports in four years reached the port of New York during May They aggregated nearly S7O,OO0OOO
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-04
PARIS-LONDON AIR FREIGHT

CROYDON, June 4, (P)-Nightly freight express air service between here and Paris has been inaugural ed, the volume of additional traffic justifying the experiment which will be continued indefinitely.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-16

The central office expenditures for
maintenance for August totaled $3.-
$40. chiefly for equipment purchases,
while for the eight months the Of
flee spent $l39,5l8. of which sl19,473
was for equipment.
The miles maintained and the av-
erage cost per mile in the various
districts are:
Bismarck district. 920 miles, average
cost per mile, $160.73; Valley City
district, 1854 miles and $l30.2l; Dev-
lis Lake district, 954 miles and $l3l;
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-16
spent FOR
MAINTAINING ROADS
first eight MONTHS
Average Cost Per Mile Ranged
From $12e to 5000, En-
gineer Declares

Maintenance of state highways
during the first eight months of this
year cost 1854 ,008, according to fig
ures announced Tuesday by T. G.
Plomasen, maintenance engineer for
the state highway department.
This figure includes $137,l14 ex-
pended In maintaining 5,1l8 miles OF
road during August.
The average cost per mile for
maintenance ranged from sl28.62 to
$2o0.54 in the eight districts into
which highway maintenance opera
tions are divided.
The largest item of expenses is for
smoothing surface, $349,466 being
spent for this work during the eight
month period, including 66,766 for
August.
Expenditures for the various dis
month period, including $66,766 for
August are:
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-16

Minot district, GA miles and $139.57;
Dickinson district, 446 miles and
$1379l; Grand Forks district, 532
miles and $16l.82; Fargo district, 389
miles and $2O0.54; Williston district,
$50 miles and $12862.
OF the $854,O08 spent for Mainte-
nance over the state for the eight
months of this year, are included the
following items.
Smoothing surface, $340, ,466; sur
face repair, $82,767; cleaning culverts
and bitches, $24,093; cutting weeds
and brush, $47,183; snow prevention,
$21 1,589; snow removal, $46,985; re-
shaping, $19,25l; surface additions,
$38,24l; road bed repair, $642; drain
age structures, $4,773; guard rails,
$4,5O1; bituminous surface, $4,262;
structures, $6,637; snow fence and
post, $19,927; equipment purchases,
$ll9,473; salaries, $22,455: travelling
expenses, s2l,549: workmens COM
pensation, $16,l32; marking high
ways, $26934.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-16
Tailless Airplane
Designed by German

Berlin, Sept. l6.-(P)-An airplane
without a tail, designed by Captain
Hermann Koehl transatlantic flier.
has been demonstrated before repre-
sentatives of the ministry OF trans
portation.
1t has wingspread of As feet and
is driven by a 29-horsepower motor.
It's sponsors claim its flying qualities
may prove it a turning point in air
plane construction.
Evening star., 1931-12-15
WINTERTIME
BY d. c. PEATTIE.

Every year at least one pair of cedar
waxwings braves out the Winter in
my neighborhood. There are always a
good many in Rock Creek Park that
stay through the seasons and, on the
whole, it may be said that this hand
some fellow (Who Is very sociable if
you put out a little food every day for
him) is a regular Washingtonian.
In Spring, Of course. this species be-
comes suddenly numerous, since those
that have wintered farther south begin
to pass through in noisy bands. Then
you hear their strange, loud mating
call, that sounds like "Tea-did Tea
did"
In Summer, one easily and often dis
covers a waxwing's nest, for it is big
and baggy and most elaborately made
OF plant fbers and plant silks or downs,
the whole cunningly cemented with a
glutinous salivary excretion like swal-
lows nest, though not so fine.
1t is in Winter that I see most of
the waxwing, because his modest fawn
and buff p1umage is not now lost in
greenery but stands out boldly against
the bare limb of the tree outside my
| window, where I hang up suet and
put out seeds and bread He is a big
bird. and no mistaking his war-like
crest. The only difficulty is in distin-
gushing Mr. ,Waxwing from his wife
The cedar part of his name is de-
rived from his fondness for the ber-
ries Of what we sometimes call the
cedar" though juniper is more accu-
rate name for It, Juniperus virginiana
as you may call it In case of dire neces-
sity, is that pyramidal tree. with red
shaggy bark and sprays of evergreen
foliage SO dark as to look almost black
and blue-black berries. which mays be
seen in any country landscape about
Washington, especially eastward and
southeastward.
Like poison ivy, it is abundant along
the roadsides, and springs up in rows
along the old snake-rail fences, owing
to the dropping of its seeds by birds
which like to perch on fences and tele-
graph wires.
1t has, of course, no other resem-
blance to poison ivy. being useful
harmless, and even ornamental tree
which yields us the household cedar oil.
cedar chests and pencil sticks. The
characteristic grain and color of cedar
timber are familiar in pencil shavings
Evening star., 1931-12-15
BEDTIME STORIES B. B Tss,s,s" s%.,s.,

over thoroughly until he was sure that
there were no more Possums in there.
Then ne collected the eggs In basket
and with this in one hand and Runty
In the other left the hen house
that his fears we're realized; Runty
had been caught. But Unc' Billy knew
Farmer Browns Boy and he didn't
feel as badly as he would had 1t beep
some one else who had caught Runtz
He even grinned as he saw how per
fectly Runty was playing dead.
The ltP rascal done remember wn.
All told him." muttered Unc' Bfe7
Hes smart, is that li'P Possum. He
isn't fooling Farmer Browns Boy, but
he thinks he Is and All reckon he k
gwine to learn lot befo' he gets back
to the Green Forest. All wonder what
Farmer Browns Boy will do with him.
All reckon All done got to stay around
a while to help him get away If there
Is chance"
Up to the house 10 show Mother
Brown Farmer Browns Boy took Runty.
He held him out for her to see. Where
did you kill him?" demanded Mother
Brown.
Farmer Browns Boy chuckled. "If he
Is dead he killed himself" he replied.
But he isn't dead. There isn't a thing
the matter with him He Is playing the
old Possum trick of pretending to be
dead. I found him in the hen house.
He had eaten two eggs and I guess he
went to sleep. He hasn't moved since
I found him. I am going to keep him
Tor while for pet"
Evening star., 1931-12-15
YOUR BABY AND MINE
MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

She says Il have written you once be-
fore for leaflets and found them very
helpful AS have no mother to whom
to go for information, don't know
what to do now A friend of mine. who
has a bottle-fed baby months old, told
me not to feed my baby vegetables, as
they grippe baby. This same lady told
NE to feed the baby boiled bread and
milk with some water in it. My baby
is 6 months old and weighs II pounds.
She is breast fed. At weeks start
ed orange juice, but it constipated her
so that she never had natural move
ment. Even an enema didn't always
help. This woman said to give her
prune juice. She has been fine since
then. would be grateful for any ad-
vice you can give me, as my baby's
health is very important to me-"
The best advice 1 can give you is to
get all your information about feeding
from feeding authorities. Experience
alone is not sound enough basis upon
which to spread diet information
The diet of 6-month-old baby con-
tains orange juice, cod liver oil, vege-
tables and cereals. 1t is possible that
this mother started vegetables in too
Sieved, resulting in excessive bowel ac-
tivity. A certain amount of roughage
is one of the excellent features of vege-
tables. If properly fed, the baby re-
ceives them in such small quantities at
first that he grows used to their effect
gradually.
Orange juice is not only valuable for
its laxative qualities, but is essential in
the diet for its vitamin c properties.
Prune juice is laxative in effect but
cannot substitute for orange Juice in
the diet. I have no answer to why a
baby should be constipated after TAX
ing orange juice, but my guess is that
at weeks other factors were probably
at fault. At any rate, orange or to-
mato juice, both of which are high in
vitamin c, is necessary for the well fed
baby.
Boiled bread is neither as good nor
as appetizing for a cereal as fine wheat
preparations or oatmeal The informa-
tion on how to prepare the early ce-
reals and when to feed them is in
cluded in my leafiet, Feeding From
to IL Months" If you have this
leafiet, you are disregarding its very
definite advice. If you do not have q
copy hope you'll send me q self
addressed, stamped envelope for it.
Address your request to Myrtle Meyer
Eldred, Your Baby and Mine" depart
ment of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1931-12-15

THE PARTS OF THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM ARE THE SKIN, DUCKS
UNDER THE ARMS, AND SOLES OF
THE FEET.
Correct the sentence, MY mothers
taste is better than her sister" my
mothers taste IS better than my aunt's."
The French Revolution was caused by
overcharging takes
The catacombs were where the early
Christians lived when they were put to
death by Nero.
After undue exposure to air, fatty
substances become ransom.
One puts food in to the ice-box be-
because of the low climate there.
He played the part of the EngliShman
fine, but he would have looked more
natural with a molecule.
One of the three decisive battles of
the Civil War was fought above the
clouds atop of Teapot Dome.
(CODvriRht.
Evening star., 1931-12-15
Runty Carried Away.

Unc' Billy Possum, peeping out from
his hiding place in the old stone wall
opposite Farmer Browns hen house,
saw Farmer Browns Boy enter and his
heart sank. Runty had not come out
and Unc' Billy had grown very fond
OF Runty.
That liz rascal is sho'ly gwine to
get in a peck Of trouble now" NUT
tered Unc' Billy. "Ah feel it in nah
bones. Yes, sub, All feel it in nah
bones. He isn't gwine to fool Farmer
Browns Boy, TO- All done try it nah
own self and 1t didn't work. Trouble,
a peck OF trouble, is waiting TO- that
iP rascal. That is what comes of not
minding. If he had staid behind as
All told him to he would be all right
now and we-uns would be safe over in
the Green Forest. All wonder what
he will do when Farmer Browns boy
finds him, fo' find him he sholy will !"
Farmer Browns Boy did. That Sec
ond empty eggshell was right In
the nest in which Runty was hiding
under the straw. When Farmer Browns
Boy opened the hen house door and
entered Runty couldn't see him, but
he could hear him and his little heart
began to thump with fright. Who was
coming? He never had seen a human
being and he didn't know anything
about human beings save what Unc'
Billy had told him. So when the hand
Of Farmer Browns Boy began to feel
about in that nest he didn't know what
1t was, but he did know that he was
terribly frightened and he anted to
jump out and run.
Frightened as he was, he didn't for
get what he had been taught. No,
sir, he didn't forget. When yo don't
know what to do just play daid," Unc'
Billy had told him over and over
again. So Runty overcame his desire
to jump and run and remained per-
fectly still while Farmer Browns Boy
Evening star., 1931-12-15
or creatures are part of the decorativ

creatures are part of the decorative
scheme.
On blankets, crib covers, carriage
robes and bonnets you may use ap-
plique animals cut from white elder
down. Turn in the edges and sew
into place around the edges taking
care that your stitches are small
enough to hide unseen in the soft ma
terial
On knitted sweaters or caps the dec
grafton can be made with cross
stitches done in heavy silk or fine
wool yarn in contrasting color on q
white sweater you may work with yell
low, red, pink or blue, while tan or
beigs sweater may be trimmed with
brown.
Simply thread the yarn or silk into
coarse needle and work the cross
stitches as you would on linen, taking
one cross-stitch in each stitch OF the
knitting The diagram shows how te
take the cross-stitches for duck
inches in width If you are un1nter'
ested in ducks and prefer some Other
device, you can work out the arrange
ment of cross-stitches without toe
great difficulty Simply draw inter.
secting lines on piece of paper ane
then experiment with the crosses unit
you have a design that pleases you.
Evening star., 1931-12-15

Here, briefly, is the Wick Plan for
better Control Colds:
1.-Before a Cold Starts.
When children come in smiling and
sneezing, apply few Vicks Drops up
each nostril. Use the Drops yourself
at that first scratchy, sneezy irritation
of the nose or upper throat-Nature's
warning that you are catching cold"
If you or the children catch cold easily,
use the Drops after exposure to any
condition you know is apt to be fol-
lowed by cold-dry, over-heated rooms
Indoor crowds-sudden changes, wet
or cold-dust and smoke-etc., etc
and there is the slightest stuf1ness.
Used in time, many colds can be
avoided.
2.-After a Cold Starts.
At night, massage the throat and
chest well with Vicks VapoRub. Spread
on thick and cover with warm flannel.
Leave bed clothing loose around the
neck so that the medicated vapors aris-
ing can be inhaled all night long. Dur
ing the day-any time, any place-use
Vicks Drops as needed for ease and
comfort. This gives you full 24-hour
treatment-and without the risks of
constant internal dosing" 50 often up
setting to digestion, especially the deli
cate digestions Of children-Advertise.
ment.
Evening star., 1931-12-15
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Conquest of Fear.

All about you, you find men fight
ing fears and trying to escape direful
forehodings. This can only mean that
they do not understand the world OF
everyday affairs in which they find
themselves. Within yourself, also. you
recognize anxieties, doubts, beWilder-
ments, guesses and suspicious. IhlS
means that you have not conquered
your feelings. Self-mastery Is equiv
alent to a conquest Of fear.
We usually try to argue our fears
out of our system. That will never
do. Our feelings seem to increase IN
intensity as We try to put them down
with logic.
Most fears are silly Only very
few are logically valid, as this world
goes Most of the impending evils you
think of fade into thin air
1t has been said that the best way
to conquer fear is to laugh at it. While
this formula doesn't always work, II
works more than so per cent OF the
time
The sense of this argument is this
Fear is a feeling of inadequacy. When
you laugh, you have a sense Of su-
periority over the thing you laugh at
If you can find way to laugh sim
cerely at your fears, you will conquer
them.
(Copyrieht, l931D
Evening star., 1931-12-15

~ quarters TO decide ABOUT the
weather, and II he sees his
shadow he knows there will be six weeks
of weather in which 1t is UNIT for
grounding to step out.
The woodchuck has lost his sense of
fear which his ancestors were in bond
age to, because Of the scarcity Of wolves,
foxes and wildcats. Only man and his
too -inquisitive dog are about to disturb
his peace Of mind.
The home Is established near q fence
or pile Of stones, and you can readily
locate the front door to his domicile
because he has left the evidence of his
excavation about. There are two or
more secret exits at the rear, however,
and they are hard to find. You can
tell when they are "in residence" by
listening at their front door, and boys
know just how to roll stone into their
front hall.
Sometimes there are two large rooms
leading from the main hall The COM
fort of the dugout Is enhanced by lin
ing the walls with soft grass. The
mother. father and five children spend
their days together. resting At night
they go forth to steal and plunder.
Besides being clever hunters and
fighters, when the chase gets too close
the whole family can climb a tree.
They are very fond Of peaches and
melons, the grasses and vegetables.
Their skin Is very loose
In August the woodchuck begins to
take on flesh, and sees how much he
can increase his girth. The first sign
Of cold weather sees the woodchuck
Evening star., 1931-12-15
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
MISS anxious to get their daugh
married? Do they want to be rid OF them? or tina
they they landed man? am 23, have
good Job and self-suppong am no expense to M

~ mothers anxious to get their daugh
married? Do they want to be rd OF them? or Is II that
~ good Job esupporng 80 am no expense to my
parents mother always urging me to get married and
to marry some day but not now
night school trying to improve myself and am naVng nn time
with plenty Of dates and amusement why cant my M me
enjoy rlhod and wait until Mr. Fight comes comes ane Wnen ne
a home?-R.
"a getting all girls would wait until they
picked their mates there wouldn't be
misft marriages many divorces
is % "a takes her until that
what she wants In husband
Also if before has mad grhood she always feels
will the who at middle
iou and have silly cruhes movie actors that they
invariably
too and who had paytme in their youth
THE happst and contented wives and mothers the
had their fn of dancing
to settle
who Kick out OF making
rush premaurey into maimony
ALL in
spnster orlorn life used to
THE be envied than has
pocketbook and her latch
times
happier and looking
married
a ideally loves her
sympathetic prod
to
the Crouch tghtwad the
their daughters married nobody really knows
DOROTHY
Evening star., 1931-12-15

Every mother is taxed with the prob
lem of colds-especially the frequent
colds of children. And the family bud
get is taxed by their costs-in money,
lost time and health. 1t is good news
indeed, then, that the makers of Vicks
VapoRub have perfected Plan for bet
ter Control -of-Colds" in the home.
The Plan means fewer, less severe colds
and real reduction Of the burdensome
family Colds
Trial Offer to Wick Users.
The Wick Plan is introduced along
with the new Vicks Nose and Throat
Drops, based on new idea for pre-
venting" colds-companion product to
Vicks VapoRub, the modern, external
way Of treating" colds Get bottle
OF the new preparation and use it with
VapoRub as directed below Unless you
ere delighted with results, your drug
gist Is authorized to refund your money.
Evening star., 1931-12-15
Deaf Ears Desirable.

Any mother may we'll be suspicious
Of advice which runs counter to that
of authorities. Babies are no longer
fed by instinct, nor is a food or 4
method of feeding harmless or val
liable simply because it didn't kill
some baby who was subjected to it
Any neighbor or relative or friend
who tells mother something which
is not advocated by an authority can
be given the benefit of deaf ears. In
fact, deaf ears are a good fixture for
the young mother. She hears more
that is valueless than valuable. After
years of reading letters from mothers
who write, they say" or some one
told me" I am convinced that every
thing bordering on the superstitious,
the ignorant, and the absurd is per-
petuated in that way.
Mrs. j. L. D. is having her ears filled
with nonsensical ideas about feeding,
Evening star., 1931-12-15

felt about in the straw of that nest.
1t was a great temptation to bite those
exploring fingers, but Runty didn't.
Hal" exclaimed Farmer Browns
Boy as he felt the little fur-coated
body. Whom have We here?"
By his funny little tail he lifted
Runty out and held him up. Runty
gave no sign of life. Farmer Browns
Boy chuckled. AS I live" he ex-
claimed, ''it is one Of Unc' Billy Pos
sums children! What are you doing
in my hen house, you little rascal?
You look to be too young to be out in
the Great World all by yourself. Did
your nanny bring you over here?
Are any of your brothers and sisters
with you?"
OF course, Runty made no reply. He
was frightened almost to death by this
great giant, but, frightened as he was,
he didn't forget to play dead. Farmer
Browns Boy kept hold of him by his
tail while he hunted that hen house
Evening star., 1931-12-15
Wick Plan Helps Mothers
Solve Problem of Colds

Mothers Adopt Plan By the
Makers of Nicks NapoRub
for Better "Control-of-Colds"
in the Home.
Evening star., 1931-12-15
The Old.tinse
Christmas thrill!

The kind of Christmas you
haven't had since you were q
youngster. That's what Christ:
mas is like at Chalfonte and
Haddon Hall! Decorations,
glittering trees, stockings, gifts,
an old-fashioned Christmas
dinner, entertainment, dancing
hospitality, friendliness,
holiday spirit everywhere!
And Atlantic City itself is
worth travelling many miles to
see. The lights, the color, the
garlands and trees along the
boardwalk are something you'll
never forget. See them in all
their beauty with the COM
fort of Chalfonte.Haddon Hall
as a perfect background. You
can easily afford it, for ointer
rates are amazingly reasonable.
Write for information or tele-
phone 40l4l.
American and Europeau Plans
Evening star., 1931-12-15

family interning for the Winter. They
sleep and live on their "fat." Only
faint heart beat indicates the occu-
pants of the underground home are
alive. BY March they are lean and
hungry lot, and when they step out it
Is food they are after.
A grown woodchuck is about two feet
long, dark grizzly brown with under
parts of his body a reddish color. His
feet are black, his coat OF fur is coarse
and thick. His hind legs and feet are
longer than the front ones. Both pairs
are adapted for digging. The ears are
rounded and are closed when the dig
ging is going on. Bright-eyed and
eagerly looking about, with his bushy
tail swishing about the woodchuck
raises himself on his hind legs and tail
to scan the landscape.
He is a noisy eater, and gives out
grunts of supreme satisfaction as he
munches his food. When fighting he
the world he whistles. He Is friendly
and very fond of music.
In May the baby 'chucklets" are
born, and the last of June the flve
children follow their mother about.
They are roly-poly little babies, and
squeal and chuck at a great rate Late
| in August the young woodchucks are
busily engaged in courting. and pretty
soon they are digging away at the en-
trance door Of their subway dwelling
And who can tell "how much wood
would a Woodchuck chuck If q wood
chuck could chuck wood?"
(Copyrisht. lsslD
One railway in Britain will spend
$25,000,000 in construction and i'm
| provementS this Winter.
| Mrs. Sarahann Howes, oldest resident
Of Cambridge, England, has just cele-
| brated her lOlst birthday anniversary