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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Adults Think

T EFT us quote few sentences
IL from DR.. Clendening: Adults,
according to them, are able to think
for themselves. It is, in this re-
spect, so they patiently explain to
me, that they differ from children.
They learn all about their bodies
by reading a book on the balanced
diet and a book on your nerves
and book on blood pressure and a
book on intestinal sewerage, and a
pamphlet from the life extension
institute and several from their life.
insurance companies, and they are
all ready to arrange their futures
so that the wheels will grind with
the least possibility of friction.
And that is one of the reasons
they are more trouble to keep
healthy than children.
1T is not without chagrin, in
deed, that the members of my
profession find how easy it is for.
mere laymen to learn all about the
nature and treatment of various
diseases.
I'VE remember the time we spent
in medical college. A year disSect-
ing, just to become acquainted with
how the human body is formed.
Long hours at the microscope look
ing at sections of healthy, then dis
eased organs.
"Interminable period of observa-
ton on experiments in the physi-
illogical laboratory, learning about
blood pressure, and nerves and
muscles, and gaseous exchanges.
Then examining patients and.
listening to heart-murmurs and
weighing children and delivering
mothers in tenements and observing
the effects of medicines and calcu-.
lating diets and tinidly assisting at
surgical operations.
1T all seems such a waste of time
when you meet one of these hygien-
lists who has read Clendening's book.
on the Human Body and knows all
about the subject"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

among boys as among girls. Most
of these accidents are reported to
the school teacher as sore hand
or sore foot.
The reason why boys have more
accidents than do girls is because
they engage in baseball and foot
fall, and also frequently play in the
streets.
More illness occurs during the
winter months than during the
summer. The worst month is
February. with a gradual decline
during May, but the May rate is
still higher than the sickness rate
of September.
It is only by determining facts
such as these that children can be
guarded properly against the type
Of sickness that affects the school
child,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21


DURING two full years the
~ average time lost on account of
sickness by children in typical
American community was IA school
days. The average time lost caused
by other than sickness was $50
days.
Investigations made by the United
States public health service in
dictate that younger children lose
more time on account of sickness
than do older ones, and that girls
are sick slightly more often than
boys. However, in the latter case
the difference is slight.
The common cold stands far
ahead of any other cause among
sicknesses that produce absence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Read 'The Care and Feeding
of Adults" If You Worry
Too Much Abort Your
Health.
THE Nation is running a series
l. of articles by various authors
entitled IF were Dictator"
At the moment, If I were dictator,
am inclined to think that would
require every citizen to read the first
chapter of Logan Clendening's new
book. 1.-THE Care and Feeding of
Adults" CThe book is published
by Knopf at S250)
The title of the book is some
what facetious. So is the style in
which DR.. Clendening writes.
Both are well adapted to his pur-
pose, which is to encourage people
to approach the matter Of their
health with a touch of humor.
Great strides have been made in
health matters in the last few dec
AIDES. Campaigns of education have
done much for public health. Many
contagious diseases, once rampant,
almost have disappeared.
But there is another side to the
picture. Too many people have be-
Ooy,,a foo Golf oOy,ccic4tc about 4Los-,
health. They chase health so hard
that they forget to enjoy it. They
ruin their digeStions by too much
care instead of by too little care.
And that is why urge people to
read at least the first chapter of
DR.. Clendening's book. 1t is a fine
antidote for too much worry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
SMASH HINDENBURG LINE
Nov. 21

GsN Nov. 81, 1917, Lieutenant
~ General Julian Bng, COM
manding British forces, smashed the
Hindenburg line on a thirty-mile
front from Arras to st. Quentin to
depth of one to five miles.
The foremost British lines
reached to within four miles west
of Cambria, which was a railway
center of German communication.
Thirteen villages and more than
nine thousand prisoners were taken
by the British.
This was one OF the greatest Brit
ish efforts Of the war. It culni-
mated four days of assault with all
possible zeal.
Meantime, British forces in Pales-
tine advanced five miles northwest
of Jerusalem.
The house of commons adopted
an amendment to the electoral bill
disfranchising conscientious OBJ
iect0rs to war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
There Must Be a Catch in II

A T least, that is the logic which
II many have derived from the
Darwinian hypothesis. And I even
have heard it applied to the every
day life of us all. We are told upon
occasions such as patriotic holidays
that this is a world in which only
the strong and the well prepared
may survive.
Gentlemen who call themselves
realistS as well as patriots are fond
of reminding us that man is re-
moved by only a few thousand CEN
turtles from the jungle and that
civilization is a thin veneer under
which Seethe the primitive emotions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

How large is the Rock Island dam
on the Columbia river? What Is its
water capacity?
It is $500 feet long and has
maximum height of 100 feet. The
capacity of it's initial installation
will be about 8O,OOO-horse power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

1t Takes 1000 Cops to Make a
Mile Safe for q Man Who
Has Come to AdUise Us
About Arms Reduction.
SAYS:

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-Dino
Grandi, Italian foreign minister,
here to talk peace and disarmament,
pays a brief visit to New York.
riding from the battery to city hall
and back again between solid lines
of policemen, who stand with their
backs toward him in order that they
may keep sharper watch on the
sidewalk crowds.
It forms curious stage setting
for this messenger Of good will, and
one need not be cynic to discover
an element of irony in it.
Admittedly some strutting was
called for in Signor Grandi's honor.
but would city officials have gone
quite SO far, unless they -sensed the
possibility of untoward events.
Two thousand cops to make a
mile safe and that, too. for a man
who has come to advise with us
about scrapping naues and dis
banding armies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column arc 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 Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

What does the expression, ITO
come from the Styx" mean?
ITO return from the dead" The
Styx in Greek. mythology is the
river that guards Hades or the
abode Of the dead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Daily Thought

But new wine must be put into
new bottles; and both are pre-
Served.-Luke 5:3S.
1t is my humble prayer that l
may be of some use in my day and
generation.-Hosea Ballou.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

It's all right to take time off from business to keer
in the pink if you don't get into the red.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

People in Somerset, England, use a rose to pay
tenure. If the people in America use anything t.
pay tenure lucky.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

An English woman is heading movement TO
perfection of man." Sounds like Swiss movement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
More Teeth Than Brains

MTOR was he routed from the
IN earth because some other ami
NAL came along with three-foot
teeth and machine gun attached
to his spine. Tom the Terrible never
lost a single encounter in which the
issue depended merely on physical
proweSs.
But his superb array of weapons
and his beautifully co-ordinated
muscular system we're motivated by
limited brain capacity. To make
room for the roots of the teeth it
was necessary to f1atten the skull a
little.
And so he went the way of I'll
flesh. He lived by tusks and per-
ished by them. Similar species
which he could have licked with one
paw tied behind his back have sur
vived even down to the present. I
see, for instance, that the puma,
which could have been no more than
Pekingese in the eyes of Terrible
Tom, has managed to perpetuate
himself.
I don't happen to know any pumas
personally, and they are not by
reputation the most pacific of ami
mails. But, at least, their I. Q's rank
them above the saber- toothed tiger.
And so their persistence must be
attributed to taking thought rather
than cutting the jugular veins of all
their neighbors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

Drinkers. says headline, pay one-hfth of Bri
aims taxes. Well, over there it's ALE ale. the gang
all here"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

In these days of "abysmal ignorance" about tn
only one who air his views with impunity is tn
aviator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

Bald men are stampeding a Chicago doctor wht
has discovered how to grow hair Evidently all hair
minded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

All items in Ripley's Believe
1t Or Not" which appeared in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

of hate and ambition. We must
watch our neighbor, keep our gun
powder dry and build more bombing
planes.
There is a flaw in this reasoning.
Ask any of the preparedness people
to produce for you the Saber-toothed
tiger and every one will funk on the
assignment. The f1ercest Of the
fighting animals, the champion of
them all, has gone down into the
dust of oblivion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
The Washington times., 1931-07-07
GEORGIAN MADE
PARKS HEAD

William M. Robinson, Augusta
NGa0 civil engineer, was air
nounced yesterday by Secretary
of the Interior Wilbur as super
nntendent of the Colonial Ma
fional Monument, consisting Of
three parks in Virginia.
The parks now. are being &C
quired and are located at James
town, first permanent English set
tlement in the United States; Will
liamSburg, old Colonial city, and
the Yorktown battlefield, where
CORVALLIS surrendered.
Yorktown will observe the
sesquicentennial of this surrender
on October Is to 10, inclusive.
Mr.. Robinson's duties in the next
few months will be to organize
historical data, under the Ma
tional Park Service, for the SeSqui-
centennial program.
The Washington times., 1931-07-07
HUSBAND ASKS
BEE NUISANCE
Be ABATED
Wife Stung on Eye BY Neigh
boris Pet, BaItimorean Tells
Zoning Board; Asks Action

A1TIMORE, July Bees
may not be factories according
to a recent ruling of Walter g.
Hammond, building engineer, but
they are a nuisance. Frederick c.
Ely, informed the zoning board,
and brought along his wife to
prove his point.
H. Homer Salley, Ely's next
door neighbor. about week ago
obtained ruling from Hammond
that permitted him to use the
attic of his home as an ap1ary.
Salley said that he was not IN
the honey business, but merely
kept his bees as pets and for the
honey that he used for his family
Ely when he appeared before
the board asked that Salley's per.
NIT be revoked as his wife had
been badly stung over the eye
by one of the pets who was on
his way home after collecting
honey from flowers in Ely'S yard.
The Washington times., 1931-07-07

OH
mo organization can rise higher than
the ideals of its leaders.
Some one key brain always pushes
the buttons of success.
The Loft leader has vigorous mind,
alert TO every opportunity.
Charles 6. Guth, President, has spent
thirty years in study and practical ap-
plication of the Loft policy of Purity and
Quality az the lowest price-So low that
there is no competition.
HE has surrounded himself with .
group of optimistic associates who Coz
operate with his policies with vim, vigor
and energetic effort. The Loft organiza.
ton functions like an army going over
the top, in its fight for Purity and Quality
Against wasteful frills, gee-gawS and
prohteering in the Candy and Food
business" cropcrn o,N,rvr
The Washington times., 1931-07-07
B.Y.P.U. Convention
TO Omen Tomorrow

! The fortieth annual convention
Of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union Of America will open to-
morrow night at the washington
Auditorium.
Mrs. j. M. Dawson, of Waco,
Tex, will address the convention,
on "If I Be Lifted Up" This
will be the theme of all addresses
at the convention.
The Washington times., 1931-07-07

"The demand for Loft products: Pure
Candies, Pure Sodas, Pure Ice Cream and
Quality Foods, has made the Loft sales
success an outstanding achievement DUR
ing the past year.
Loft executives and employees are
workers-thinkerS-
"They believe in Loft products, be-
cause they know how they are guarded
from beginning TO end.
Loft associates move fast because the
public believes in Loft methods, and all
Loft sales records have been broken
month after month since the present
managementtookc charge ofthe business"
E.T. DODD
The Washington times., 1931-07-07

Pattern 1874 is obtainable
only in sizes 16, 18. 20, "a. SO,
SO, 40 and AZ. Size 16, sleeve
less, requires 35s yards of 39-
inch fabric. Yardage for every
size, and simple. exact instruc-
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ing experience is necessary to
make this model with our
pattern.
Send Is cents, coin or stamps,
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address, style number &nd size
wanted. Send for spring and
summer fashion book. Price Is
cents. Book with pattern, IS
cents. Address Washington
Times Patterr Bureau, 243 w.
Seventeenth St., New York City.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04
A FEW COMPARISONS

The Gateway editorial of last week relative to Senator Howels assertion of the terrible winter diff ficulties encountered in the operation of the Alaska Railroad did not go far enough with reference to com palison with winter raroadng iii the States says an Oldtmer who dropped into the office to express his personal views (depleted of the Senator's reflection winter weather and conditions in this Territory
 Back in Annetta North Dakota this oldtimer re- called winter the likes of which was never seen in Alaska and probably never will be. Annetta at that time consisted of about 40 buildings In November of 96 87, there scarcity of file-wood and pas senger and freight trains stalled n snow A TO- tary sent in and 1t also was stuck There the whole shebang stuck until spring.
 But when the town was again glimpsed by out siders, what change had taken place. Lo and behold The 40 odd buildings had shrunk to scant haf-dozen The folks had moved into the larger buildings and wrecked the rest of the town for fire-wood.
 We, in our simple ignorance would call that real terrible winter raroadngr
 Again, and also, sad to relate but we must pick on North Dakota more, in the town of Larimore drifts piled Up n the main streets to height of 24 feet
 crew of 400 men were employed in the railroad yards expressly for the purpose of keeping the tracks clear. Some more tough winter railroadinq in the States, we would say.
 When power speeders, step above hand-car can be operated the Alaska Railroad throughout the entire year with couple of saWedoff brooms draped m front of the wheels brush aside the on the track, winter difficulties of operating the Alaska Rail- road are not so bad slide or two comes down once n while but snow sheds would eliminate tieups which seldom occur and then for but few hours.
 Wonder what the committee would say If they could have seen that mle-ong freight train which came over the mountains into Seward the other night?
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04
RAILROAD REPORT! BY ..... HOWELL, COMMENDED Y.
 CHAMBER MEMBERS

Eight requests were received in the last mail from the States, reported Acting Secretary Chil- berg of the Seward Chamber of Commerce, before the regular weekly meeting yesterday in the Seward Grill. for general infor- nation. Communications We're or- dered handled by the secretary
 Rev. Earl Reisner # announced the annual Father and Son ban- quet on February 1l. #.H#"
 Reverend Reisner N aIsO OfTer- ed the suggestion to tha#Nlocal or- ganization, that upon the arrival here next summer Iii thet Los An- geles Chamber of Commerce ex- cursion. a Hsourdough # Feed' be rendered them. #### #
 It was moved by M. E-# Homer, and seconded by J. s. # Holman, that R letter be sent to Senator Howell commenting his report on the Alaska Railroad =..+' #
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04
FIRST DEGREE MURDER

An indictment was handed LID to the bench by the federal grand jury accusing John F'riehage of Ruby of the crime of murder in the first degree, says the News- Miner. He is charged With hav- ing inflicted injuries on Mrs. Biz Joe, an Indian woman, caus- ing her death. Government will attempt to prove that Freihage beat the woman Sd severely with an iron clamp that vital inter- nal organs were broken, causing her death ... -
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04
TOOLS GOLD' CAUSED ......
 FARMER WED,.F0RTuNE

The late Professor Bush, the distinguished mineralogist of Yale, delighted in the story of M the young farmer, who knocked ti1nid- ly at his office door one day.
 In response to the professors invitation to enter, the farmers $ head appeared at the partly op- ened door, and an anxious voice inquired, fare you alone?p Hives, yes,' said the professor, 4+come in." #.##.##"-a @
 The farmer entered, closed the door carefully behind him, seated himself and from the depths of a carpet bag drew forth large lump of yellow mineral, Which he passed tO the professor "What do you think of that?' he said. Professor Bush examined it for 5a moment and then replied. aT have never seen a finer speci- men of pyrite N "Pyritei'fH said the young man, '.what do.yau mean? Amt # goldar -No,## said Pro- lessor Bush 4It is onlyI a conl- pound of iron and sulphur .' The farmer sank into his .chair than pulled himself together and said weakly "My God Professor. T've just married 20 acres of"It.'#.#I
 Denver Mining Record.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04
Haas Candy-Fresh shipment on every boat. The Alaska Shop.
\ NOTICE \.

The Belmont Trading Company VIII silortly open for business as traders in all kinds of merchan disc, new and secondhand, at the old log house on Fifth Ave.
 Joe Holman
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04
CENTURY OF RAILROADS

The year 193l marked the 1O1th anniversary of the first regularly operated steam railroad in the U S the Baltimore and Ohio which in 1880 was only 19 mles long. Other construction under way brought the total for the country to p miles in that year.
 By l84O the mileage had increased to 2818 and ex- tensions were made with increasing rapidity during the succeeding years When the railroad was 50 years old in 1880 the United States had 93,671 miles,
 The 10 years between 1880 and 1890 was the great est period of railroad building American roads built during that decade totaed 71983 miles The greatest railroad mileage reached in 1916 when 254251 milesWere in operation.
 Since 1916, owing to the abandonment of num- Der of unprofitabe short lines the mileage has been actually reduced, being now about 2493OO miles At present new construction is almost entirely limited to adding second third even fourth track to exist ing lines
 If he keeps on licking them often enough those wild jackasses' in the Senate may eat out of Mr. Hooyer's hand yet
 With couple more Alaska salesmen like Ernest Walker Sawyer, the awakening of interest in Alaska by continental United States is assured.
 Life is much easier to live if one keeps his mouth shut
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04

The M s. Discoverer returned during the night from ~ two- weeks absence in the Latouche area.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04

If he keeps on licking them often enough wild jackasses' in the Senate may eat out Hoover's hand yet
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-04

h easier to live if one keeps his mouth
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-08
Il. S. LEADS Ia EXPORTS

Government figures show that the
United States still exports more
merchandise than any other coun-
try. Though we pay by far the high
est wages, yet they take our goods.
American machinery and inventive
ness make possible this marvellous
distribution.
The antions of the world are en-
gagged in a fierce competitive race
for foreign trade. Many concerns
that limit their sales efforts to our
country, are ignoring nearly 2,OO0,-
100000 residents of other lands,
who constitute a vast possible mar
ket. If these countries could acquire
stable government and education,
their demand for American pro-
ducts would increase faster than
our home trade ever gained.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-08
BUYERS AND SELLERS

In order to make trade and busi-
ness profitable and successful,
means have to be found to bring
buyers and sellers together. If the
buyers do not know what the sellers
have to sell, and if the sellers do
not know what the buyers want to
buy, trade will lahguish.
In ancient times, fairs brought
buyers and sellers together, and
towns where such fairs were To-
Gated always prospered. Today, the
newspaper advertising is the princi-
pal force bringing buyers and sell
lers together. 1t tells the buyers
what the sellers have to offer,
which promotes prompt sale of com
modities and keeps money circulat-
ing. In communities with little adj
vertising, trade will always move
slowly, and in an irregular way.
There will be a few rushes at
special seasons, and then it will
fade into almost nothing.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-08
TOO MICH THRIFT!

Some authorities seem to think
that the country suffers when the
people save too much money. They
feel that when the money is laid
aside, it fails to employ labor.
The folks who just tuck theil
money away in hiding places and
fail to put it to work, accomplish
nothing for the country. But most
people who earn or make any con-
siderable amount invest it in banks
or bonds or real estate or stocks
The net result is to increase the in
come of the people, so that they can
spend more, and thus their spend
ing capacity is permanently enlarg-
ed, which means more work for
wage-earners.
The money thus saved assists mu-
inequalities and other units of gov
ernment to spend freely for perma-
nent improvements. 1t enables the
industries to improve their facili-
ties, and turn out better and en-
larged product. 1t provides homes
for the people. If the amount saved
should largely increase, then the re-
suit would be to cut down the rates
of interest, which would lessen the
cost of doing business and making
improvements.
When the country is recovering
from business depression, a policy
of liberal spending does help to
provide work more than a policy of
saving does. The saving will fur
nish the capital that employs labor
regularly over a period of years, but
the whole amount spent now will
go directly to wage-earneTs many of
whom are or have been idle. People
then confer a benefit when they
spend a normal or more than nor
NAL amount at such times.
A policy of extravaganza destroys
the capital that is constantly need
ed for the renewal and betterment
of the country's industrial and gov
ornment plant. The American peo-
pie must keep up the habit of saw
ing. which protects families from
want and supplies the capital which
makes it possible for the industries
to grow in productiveness.