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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
DIXIE PIGS NEARING
LOOPCHAMP|ONSH|P
Another Win Over SakS Will
Net Capital City UnIim-
tied Banner.

Y UNLESS they show radical re-
versal of form over yesterday,
when they drubbed Saks, 10 to
2, on the University CT Mary
land diamond at College Park. Dixie
Pigs will down the ClothicrS in the sec
ond game of the series next Sunday on
the South Ellipse diamond and win the
Capital City League unlimited title.
Lefty Jones had Saks at his mercy
most of the way, while the Pigs dubbed
Charley ManniX for IA hits. The Pigs
took the lead in the first inning when
they scored three runs and were never
headed.
Spengler Post tossers today hold the
second half American Legion champion
ship They grabbed the bunting yes
terday when they nosed out Nash Post,
20 Z, in 10 innings. A neat bunt by
Dick Cullins scoring Gregorio, put
across the deciding run.
Victory Post landed second place by
trimming Sergt. Jasper Post, 5 to l..
Dick Nichols, winning pitcher, was in
rare form.
Chevy Chase Grays and Bethesda
Firemen have finished in a second
place tie in the Montgomery County
section of the Capital City League. In
double-header the Firemen took the
first game, 7 to 5, but dropped the
second, 4 to 7.
Miller Roamers end Franc jewelers.
still are deadlocked for the lead in
section B, senior class, Capital City
League. Millers 6Tubbed Acme Printers,
13 to /, and the jewelers. trounced
De Moiay, 10 to 3. Chevy Chase
forfeited to Mount Rainier A. c.
Fussell-Young nine now is within a
gamc of Stewart Pharmacy, pace
settlers in section A, junior class, Capital
City League, as the result of GA win
over Ross jewelers..
In section B Schwartz jewelers., who
already have gained the title, added
another win, Grubbing DORA tossers,
10 to 2.
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Weekday League
: Dope in Nutshell
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Teams.


Standing of the Teams.
w. l.. Pct. w L. Pct
Terminal / 1888 Loflers , 3 400
Gonstrucs ! 800 Print Shop 900
This Weeks Schedule.
Today. r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. VS.. Terminal
Tomorrow. Big Print Shop vs. Loffler. We'd
neSday. Constructioneers VS.. r.. R. Y. NJ. C.
A. Thursday, Terminal VS.. Big Print Shop,
Friday, Loffer VS.. Constructioneers.
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Teams.
Repair sh, 5 ! tss5 Treasury. : $50
This Weeks Schedule.
G. P. Q; vs.. D: c. Repair Shop, Agricul-
d. c. Repair Shop VS.. Agriculture, Com
merce VS.. Treasury.
GEORGETOWN CHURCH LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Teams.
w. L. Pct w. L. Pct
W. Wash; s .sss First Bap.. 3 3 500
Calvary. .7l4
This Weeks Schedule.
Today West Washington VS.. Metropolitan
First Baptist Thursday, Calvary Baptist
VS.. Metropolitan. Friday, Eldbrooke M. E
VS.. First Baptist.
COLORED DEPT. LEAGUE.
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Standings in Major Circuits.
MONDAY, JULY %, 1881.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

American League
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
s. Lc-is. 3; Wasa.rGton, ..
Chicago. 90 Few York. f-22.
Cleveland. 70: Philadelphia. g
Boston, 10; Detroit, 6-7 (frst, 10 innings).
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National League
,STERDAY'S RESULTS.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Cincinnati. 40; Brooklyn 0-5.
Boston, 80; st. Louis, rs (first, II in
lingS).
Chicago. 2: PHILADELPHIA 1,
Other clubs not scheduled.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27

GAMES TOMORROW.
Clcve. at Was'1incton.
St. Louis at Phila.
Chicago at N. Y.
Detroit at Boston.
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n. Y,-Penn, League,

N. Y.-Penn. League.
Williamsport, 5; York, 8.
Scranton, Is; Elmila. 5.
Harrisburg, IA Hazleton. IL.
Wilkes Barre, 81; Birghamton, 1-3
Western League.
Oklahoma City, 60; Pueblo, OF.
Denver, 5: ST. Joseph, 4.
Des Moines, ISL; Wichita, 6-2.
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STANDING or THE CLUBS
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Adair Versatile.

Landover led until the late going,
when Bladensburg stepped out to tie
rushed back into the game, replacing
Ode Ball, but was unable to check
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r THYATTSVILLE Md, July 81
- Base ball fans who gathered at
/ Riverdale Field yesterday were
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This Weeks Schedule.

ture IS om nS e rF Rsparr T Agsic9
d. C. Repair Shop VS.. Agriculture, Com
merce VS.. Treasury.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
You Cant Tell

You Can't Tell
"Good-night, mother"
Daughter, are you coming in or
going out ?"-Exchange.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
: BY Edna Ferbe err

cake dish with the carefree cupids, the
mantelpiece figures of china.
"You are very comfortable here in
Oklahoma" said Masja Krbecek. He
pronounced it syllable by syllable,
painfully. Oklahoma.
1T is very simple home" Sabra
replied, compared to the other places
you have seen hereabouts."
1T is the home of good woman"
said Krbecek, dryly.
Sabra was a trifle startled, but she
said thank you, primly.
"You are a congress member, you
are editor of great newspaper, you
are well known throughout the coun-
try. You American women, you are
really amazing"
Again Sabra thanked him.
"Tell me, will you, my dear lady,"
he went on, "some of the many inter-
esting things about your life and that
of your husband, this Yancey Cravat
who so far preceded his time"
So Sabra told him. Somehow, as
she talked, the years rolled back, cur
tain after curtain, into the past. The
Run. Then they were crossing the
prairie, there was the first glimpse of
the mud wallow that was Usage, the
church meeting In the tent, the Peg
Ter murder, the outlaws, the early
years Of the paper, the Indians, oil.
She talked very we'll in her clear, de-
cisive voice. At his request she
showed him the time-yellowed photo
graphs of Yancey, of herself. Krbecek
listened. At the end, 1T Is touch
Ing" he said. ut makes me weep"
Then he kissed her hand and went
away, taking one or two of the old
photographs with him.
The statue of the Spirit of the
Oklahoma Pioneer was unveiled a year
later, with terrific ceremonies 1t was
a heroic figure Of Yancey Cravat
stepping forward with that light
graceful stride in the high-heeled
Texas etar boots, the skirts of the
Prince Albert billowing behind with
the vigor of his movements, the SOM
brero atop the great menacing buffalo
head, one beautiful hand resting light
ly on the weapon in his two-gun
holster. Behind him, one hand Just
touching his shoulder for support,
stumbled the weary, blanketed figure
of an Indian.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
Population of Babylon
Has Been Overestimated

There have been various attempts,
by comparing its area with the area
of modern cities, to estimate the popu-
lation of ancient Babylon On the low
est calculation it would be found, sup
posing it to have borne any consider
able resemblance to European city,
to have had a population of 100000.
The map of Asiatic Turkey shows
that the extent of country around
Babylon available for agricultural pur-
poses must have been quite made
quate to supply the necessary demands
for anything like such an immense
population. Perhaps, on the whole,
says recent writer, one may esti-
mate the population at from 100000
to 100000. This supposition derives
support from the fact that Selucia
with a population of 100000, is stated
by Strabo and Pliny to have been
about half the size of Babylon In TIA
days of her greatest glory.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29

known as California Fig Syrup and
endorsed by physicians for over 80
years.
Children need no urging to take it.
They love it's rich, fruity flavor.
Nothing can compete with it as a gen
tie, but certain laxative, and it goes
further than this. 1t gives tone and
strength to the stomach and bowels
so these organs continue to act nor
mally, Of their own accord. It stimu-
lates the appetite, helps digestion.
A Kansas mother, Mrs. Dana All
gire, 610 Monroe ST., Topeka, says !:
Bonnie B. is absolutely the picture
of health, now, with her rudy cheeks,
bright eyes and plump but graceful
little body and she stands at the top
in every health test.
Much Of the credit for her perfect
condition is due to California Fig
Syrup. We have used it since baby
hood to keep her bowels active dur
ing colds or any children's ailments
and she has always had an easy time
with them. She always responds to
it's gentle urging and is quickly back
to normal"
Ask your druggist for California
Fig Syrup and look for the word
"California" on the carton so you'll
always get the genuine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
CHAPTER XIV

Sabra Cravat, congresswoman from
Oklahoma, had started a compaign
against the disgraceful condition of
the new oil towns. With an imposing
party of twenty made up Of front
page oil men, senator's, congressman
and editors, she led the way to Bow
legs, newest and crudest of the new
oil strikes.
Cities like Usage were suave enough
in a surface way. But what could
a state do when oil was forever surg
ing up in unexpected places, bringing
the days of the Run back again? At
each newly discovered pool there fol-
lowed the rush and scramble. An
other Bret Harte town sprang up on
the prairie; fields oozed Shiny black;
oil rigs clanked; false-front wooden
shacks lined one-street village.
Dance halls. Brothels. Gunner.
Brawls. Heat. Flies. Dirt. Crime.
The clank of machinery. The roar of
traffic boiling over road never meant
for more than plodding wagon.
Nitro-glycerin cars bearing their dead
ly freight. Overalls, corduroys, blue
prints, engines. The human. scum of
each new oil town was like the scum
of the Run, but harder, crueler, more
wolfish and degraded.
The imposing party, in high-powered
motor cars, bumped over the terrible
roads, creating red dust barrage.
10, oil DIM fn
homa state politics." Sabra explained
to the great senator from Pennsyl-
vania who sat at her right and the
great editor from New York who sat
at her left in the big luxurious car.
"Our laws are laughed at. The cap
itol is rotten with graft. Anything
goes. Oklahoma is still territory in
everything but title. This town of
Bowlegs. It's throw-back to the
frontier days of forty years ago
and worse It's like the old Cimar-
ron. People who have lived in Usage
all their lives don't know what goes on
out here. They don't care. It's more
oil, more millions. That's all. Any
one of you men, well known as you
are, could come out here, put on over
alls, and be as lost as though you
had vanished in the Wilderness"
The Pennsylvania senator laughed a
plump laugh and with elbow nearest
Sabra made a little movement that
would have amounted to nudge-in
anyone but senator from Pennsyl-
vania. "What they need out here is a
woman governor-er, Lippmann!' to
the great editor.
Sabra said nothing
On the drive out from Usage they
stopped for lunch in an older oil town
hotel dining room-a surprisingly good
lunch, the senators and editors were
glad to find, with tender steak, and
little green onions, and near beer, and
cheese, and coffee served in great
thick cups, hot and stl ong and refresh
ing. The waitress was deft and
friendly: tall angular woman with
something frank and engaging about
the two circles of vermilion on the
parchment of her withered cheeks.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29

"How are you, Nettie? Sabra said
to her.
I'm grand, Mis- Cravat. How's all
your folks?"
The senator from Ohio winked at
Sabra. you're politician, all right"
Arrived at Bowlegs, Sabra showed
them everything, pitilessly. The dread
full town lay in the hot June sun, q
SCARED thing, flies buzzing over it.,
the oil drooling down it's face, a Shiny
stream. A one-street wooden shanty
town, like the towns Of the old terri
tory days, but more sordid. A red
checked young Harvard engineer was
their official guide: an engaging boy
in bone-rimmed glasses and a very
blue shirt that made his pink cheeks
pinker. That is what wanted my
Gin to be, Sabra thought with great
wrench at her heart. l mustn't think
Of that now.
The drilling of the Oil. The work
mems shanties. The trial of a dance
hall girl in the one-room pine shack
that served as courtroom. The charge,
nonpayment Of rent. The little room,
sitting, sinking, was already crowded.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
\ Cold

Colds common because people careless. Prompt
use Of aspirin will always check cold. Or relieve your
cold any stoge And genuine aspirin can't hurtyov Take
tablets Of Boyer Aspirin at the first indication Of cold
and that's usually the end Of it. If every symptom hasn't
disappeared in few hours, repeat Boyer Aspirin does
not depress the heart Take enough to give complete relief
And your troo sore dissolve three tablets in water
and eorgIe away all soreness every package genuine
Boyer Aspirin directions for colds headaches
throat neuralgia, neutis Millions who used suffer
from these things have found winter comfort in aspirin.
pAvEpLSzA AcDlpIhl
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29

Men and women filled the doorway,
lounged in the windows. The judge
was yellowfaced fellow with a cud
Of tobacco in his cheek, and a single
law book on a shelf as his library. 1t
was a trial by jury. The jurors were
nine in number, their faces rogues'
gallery. There had happened to be
nine men loafing near by. 1t might
have been less or more. Bowlegs did
not consider these fine legal points.
They wore overalls and shirts. The
defendant was tiny rat-faced girl
in soiled green dress that parodied
the fashions, pathetic green poke
bonnet, down-at-heel shoes, and great
run in her stocking. Her friends were
there-a dozen or more dance-hall
girls in striped overalls and jockey
caps or knee-length Bingham dresses
with sashes. Their ages ranged from
sixteen to nineteen, perhaps. 1t was
incredible that life, in those few years,
could have etched that look on their
faces.
The girls were charming, hospitable.
They made way for the imposing Wis
itors. "Come on in," they said "How-
do pike friendly children. The mid
afternoon sun was pitiless on their
sick eyes, their bad skin, their un-
healthy hair. Clustered behind the
rude bench on which the jury sat, the
girls, from time to time, leaned a
sociable elbow on a juryman's Shout
der, occasionally enlivening the judi
cial proceedings by spirited COM
ment uttered in defense of their sister,
and spoken in the nearby ear or
aloud, for benefit of the close-packed
crowd.
"She never done no such thing!"
Hes a d-n liar, an can prove it."
No one, least of all the tobacco
chewing judge, appeared to find these
girlish informalities at all unusual in
the legal conduct Of the case.
In the corner of the little room was
a kind of pen made of wooden Stats,
like a stable chicken coop, and in
it, on the floor, lay a man.
w nat AC IiiSiO AOA Cophd dSkGu
one of the girls. "What is. that?'
That's Bill. He's in jail He shot
a man last night, and he's up for
carrying concealed weapons. 1t amt
allowed"
I'm going to talk to him." said
Sabra. And crossed the room, through
the crowd. The jurors had just filed
out. They repaired to draw at the
side of the road to make their find
ing. Two or three of the dance-hal
girls, squatted on the floor, were talk
ing to Bill through the bars. They
asked Sabra her name, and she told
them, and they gave her their own.
Toots. Pewee. Bee.
The face Of the boy on the floor was
battered and blood-caked. There was
festeriag sore on his left hand, and
the hand and arm were swollen and
angry looking.
"You were carrying a concealed
weapon?' Sabra asked, squatting there
with the girls. A senator or two and
an editor were just behind her.
An injured look softened Bills bat
tered features. He pouted like a
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
NURSES KNOW

NURSES see many breakdowns and
serious illnesses caused by letting the
system rundown" until it is too weak
to fight off germs.
They also see doctors prescribe
Fellows Syrup for people who are ner-
vous, easily tired, unable to sleep. These
people might have had long siege of
illness instead they recovered quickly
and now glow with energy and health.
You too can pep up" your vitality,
and raise your spirits to the skies. This
wonderful tonic replenishes the body
with valuable ingredients, so that even
the first few doses start the change. Get
the genuine Fellows Syrup from your
druggist today.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
Royal Stamps Still Used

European critics Of revolutions are
giving publicity to the fact that de-
spite the Spanish revolution letters
from Spain still bear stamps with
the head of King Alfonso. One
critic commented that evidently it is
easier to depose a monarch from the
throne than the post Office.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
Precarious Enterprise

what happens to man who car
ries water on both shoulders?" asked
the youth who is learning politics.
WELL" replied Senator Sorghum,
Il hate to use slang. But as rule
he gets soaked"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
Girl at the Top
IN Health Tests

Millions of boys
and girls all over the
world, thousands Of
them right here in
the West, are being
restored to health
and strength by the
purely vegetable ton
il ond lavo fiuo
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29

There is nothing wrong with the
mind of a man who minds his own
business.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
Trial and Error

GLOW are those new bumpers?"
"Fine; I bumped two cars already
and never got a scratch. detroit
News.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
FELLOWS
SYRUP

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ployed. Address, 1898 Laclede ST. Louis, Mo,
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trimmings, patterns. Send Csc and postage.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
BAYER(DDAsPIR|N
A Brave Mans Speech


Samuel H. Church, the head Of the
new Liberal party, said in New York
the other day:
ITO belong to our new party will
take courage. But nothing can be
done without courage. Remember
what Pompey the Great said when
he wanted to sail his grain ships to
starving Rome and the sailors were
afraid to raise anchor on account Of
the terrible storm.
Tt is necessary to go, said Pom
pey. 1T is not necessary to live"
Eternal Problem
He-Shall we elope some dark
night?f
She-But what in the world shall
I wear?
Nogales international., 1931-05-23
READING CIRCLE

Mrs. R. E. Lee was hostess to the
reading circle Thursday afternoon,
and a most delightful afternoon
passed with reading and conversa-
ton. Mrs. Roy Lynd, who was a
guest, received a pretty gift as a
farewell token from the hostess.
Those enjoying discussion and tea
were: Mrs. Roy Lynd, Mrs. N. B.
Mercer. Mrs. James Brum-
mette, Mrs. E. S. Edmonson and the
hostess.
Nogales international., 1931-05-23
GREAT COMEDY TEAM HERE
IN HILARIOUS FILM

'''Hold Everything" has everything.
This Warner Bros. and VitSphone
production, which will open two
day engagement at the Fox Nogales
Theater Sunday, IS one Of the fun
niest comedies ever screened With
Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown
in the, leading roles, deliver ng the
clever dialogue, there is a riot of
laughter from start to finish.
And it br ngs us intimate views OF
Georges Carpenter, the famous
French boxer who gave the re
doubtable Jack Dempsey such an in
tereSting afternoon few years ago.
Not mlly are we shown the training
activities ,of Carpent er in preparing
for fight for the heavyweight
championship of the world, but we
see the battle itself, with all time
feverish excitement that attends
such affairs.
Winnie Iightner, a recent recruit
from the stage, "gets over'' a most
magnet'c C personality in the leading
feminine role, and proves and ad-
nlirable foil for the side-splitting
Joe E. Brown, who impersonates
dub pr zefighSer in manner that
brings a constant succession of
laughs. Sally O'Neil, as the sweet
heart of Carpenter, is capable and
altogether charming, while other
good characterizatiOns are supplied
by Edmund Breese, Dorothy Revier
Jack Curtis, Bert Roach and others.
There is a wealth of beautiful
settings in Hold Everything" and
Director Roy Del Ruth has pro-
duced a picture which may we'll
take it's place as one of the out
standing successes of the current
season.
Nogales international., 1931-05-23

nothing at all will be given the
same bright red poppieS.
And every penny of the money
which goes into these coin boxes will
come out in service to needy dis
abled men and Their families during
the coming year. The bulk of the
money Will be expended right here
IL our own city by our own Legion
naires and Auxiliary women, who.
because OF their intimate know
ledge Of the veterans to be aided
Nogales international., 1931-05-23
/. BRIDGE PARTY
:::s.SMNAk

Wednesday evening Mrs. O. l..
Cornwall delightfully."- entertained a
group of ladies at an evening of
bridge. The rooms in which tables
were arranged for cards were de-
corated with colorful spring bios
SONS, and following play, most
enjoyable supper was served. Prizes
for bridge went to Mrs. L. L. Odle,
Mrs. B. L. Coulson and Mrs. Earl
Segar. Those enjoying the evening
we're: Mrs. F. j. Trimer, Mrs. CT.
r. Michaels, Mrs. Harry Connor,
Mrs. Jack Farmer, Mrs. l.. L. Odle,
Miss Dorothy Lee. Mrs. Gene Ri
chards, Mrs. Earl Segar, Miss Lor-
ena Dixon, Mrs. Carlton Towne,
Mrs. LOUIS Bristol. Mrs. Herman
Medlin, Mrs. Jack Cohen, Mrs. Bon
sal Noon, Mrs. Del Williams, Mrs.
Craig Pottinger, Miss Minnie Ber-
gu st.
Nogales international., 1931-05-23

and the voiunuteer character Of
their service, VII make it go far
ther than almost any other char
liable contributions.
Paying honor to the men who
have died for the country should be
2 natural impulse with every pa
triotic American. Helping better the
lot OF the wars living victims is an
obligation upon all of us. We can
do both by wearing the Legion and
x.liary poppy on Poppy Day.
Nogales international., 1931-05-23

Morning worship. IL A. NJ. Ser
mon topic, 'Meph bosheth''
Jun or and Senior B. Y. P. US,
7 P. M. Mr.. Edward Smith, Senior
Leader.
Evening worship, P. M. Sermon
topic, Echoes.
B BILE study, Wednesday, P. M
All are most cordially invited to
these services.
w. G.. Downing. Pastor