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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
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Many of the artists who now oc
cupy fashionable apartments, pent
houses and big ateliers used to live
In the old Van Dyck studios on
Eighth avenue. They were happy,
young and poor. Everybody knew
and helped everybody else. If any
one sold picture or illustration,
it was an event celebrated by all.
One day a painter who now Is well
known, but then was just begin
ming, got an invitation to a fash
ionable wedding. Though he thought
there was a fair chance that the in
vitation was a mistake, he was
more than anxious to go. He al
ways had heard that at these big
house weddings the food was excel
lent.
The trouble was that he didn't
have the proper clothes. He did
have a shirt, which would do for
a foundation. and he also had
collar, a necktie and a pair of
gloves. The Van Dyck turned it.
self upside down to outfit him. One
friend contributed a pair of striped
trousers, another a morning coat,
another shoes and silk socks. No
body owned silk hat, but one of
the artists friends knew a man who
had one, and borrowed it. The hat
was a little large for the wedding
guest, so they stuffed a little pa
per under the sweatband.
The day came and, with the help
of all. the invited artist was shin
ingly arrayed. He wished to walk
the mile across town to the wed
ding, but that idea was vetoed. By
a unanimous vote of the Van Dyck
it was decided that he should take
a taxi. He really was not going as
an individual but as a representa-
tive of a district. With a due sense
of his responsibility, he entered the
cab and stuck his head out to wave
a dignified farewell to all the
friends who were leaning from win
dows. The taxi started with a jerk.
The silk hat, never too secure, top
pied to the street, bounced under
the rear wheel of the car. and be-
came just memory. That is one
of the tragic stories of the old Van
Dyck.
Those were the days when a GER
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Gull Improbable Cows
and "Stuff" Good Ones

Cows don't know anything about
business cycles; and so how can
they understand, when their grain
is taken away and they are forced
to get along on dry, short pasture,
that they are expected to make just
as much milk from this deficient
diet as they did on a complete ra-
tiOn during the winter.
Even If they knew, they couldn't
do much for their owners relief,
because the COW that can get along
on grass alone just isn't profitable
to her owner. Especially is this
true in year like 1882. For that
matter, it's always a bad year for
dairymen whose cows can give all
the milk they're capable of giving
on nothing but grass.
A COW must be able to make 300
pounds of fat a year to return her
owner a worthwhile profit now.
Liberal feeding of a complete ra-
tion pays with cows that can eat
that. Gull the poor COWS, feed the
good ones better.-National Farm
Journal.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19

and S9.4 per cent below the aver
age for the fiscal year 1929-the fig
ures dealing in each case with i'm
migrants officially classified as aliens
defined for purposes of the record as
immigrants who announce their in
tention of making their homes here.
The departments figures show
that immigration as a whole and for
the entire country has declined 903
per cent since three years ago when
the influx from all sources except
Mexico was practically normal. The
proportionate decrease was larger
in some cases, particularly for the
Irish Free State, Scandinavian
countries, Germany and Great Brit
ain, while that for Italy was 6S.5
per cent, and for Asia only 50.2 per
cent.
immigration officials up to year
or so ago were inclined to give
credit to the diminishing immigra-
tioh tide to a strict enforcement of
the immigration quotas laws. Un-
der policy laid down by Presi-
dent Hoover in September, 1880.
consular offices began Withholding
visas from applicants who might be-
come public charges upon their ar
rival here and so zealously was this
rule carried out that it came to the
pass where majority Of aliens ad-
mitted for permanent residence
were near relatives of American citi-
zens and aliens resident in the
United States. This. Of course.
cut down the influx tremendously.
But it is only in the last Is
months or so that the outflow has
begun to gain the balance in vol
ume and the authorities say there
is no doubt the depression is pri-
marily to blame.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
MORE ALIENS LEAVE Than COME

to hire help, the alien within our
gates Is finding it more and more diff
ficult to find employment-even by
underwriting the native-born work.
er. In many places, too, prefer
ence is given to Americas own
needy in the distribution of relief
funds-another thing which makes
1t difficult for the sojourning immi-
grant to understand this land of
ours. At least that is the way the
immigration officials size up the sit
uation.
The immigration tide began to
turn outward early last year. Be
tween January l and the end of
June of that year the departures
outDumbered arrivals in the coun-
try by 9,34S. Figures for July,
August and September materially
increased the excess. The peak of
the overflow was reached in May,
when a total of 8,577 aliens depart
ed voluntarily to the lands whence
they came and when another 1897
who had been found undesirable for
one reason or another were forcibly
deported. During the same month
the total Of incoming immigrants
amounted to only 2,479 admitted for
permanent residence for all ports
Of the country.
This compared with an average
of 3.051 monthly for the preceding
ten months of the fiscal year. The
May total was 69.4 per cent below
the monthly average of 8,095 for
the last fiscal year. 87.7 per cent
below the monthly average for 1880
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
TURKEY Gets FAMOUS MOUNTAIN

which connects the two peaks has
on altitude about 1900 feet
Little Ararat was Of unusual po-
litical significance before the World
war, for there three empires met:
the Russian, the Turkish and the
Persian. The boundary lines rough
ly trisected Little Ararat, as though
a pie were cut into three equal
pieces. The Turkish-Persian line
ran southwark 1.-The Russian-Persian
line, northeastward; the Russian
Turkish line, northwestward. The
latter line struck across the southern
shoulder of Greater Ararat, leaving
the entire upper portion of the
mountain In Russian territory.
During the war. the Russian
Turkish boundary fiuctuated north
and south of Ararat. In 1921, by the
Treaty of Kars, Russia and Turkey
agreed that their new common
boundary should run about 25 miles
north of Ararat, along the river
Araxes. Since then Greater Ararat
has been entirely Turkish territory
while the Turkish Persian line has
continued to run through Little
Ararat. The recent agreement be-
tween Persia and Turkey pushes
this latter line eastward down the
slopes of Little Ararat so that the
entire Ararat massif falls under
Turkish sovereignty. To compen.
safe Persia for this transfer, Tur-
key has relinquished a narrow strip
of territory farther south. The ad-
justments have been made to aid
both countries in the control of
tribesmen living along the border"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Learns Chicago No Longer
Gunman's Paradise.

Chicago.-Louis 1.-TWO Gun) Alte-
rie, who ten years ago was one of
the headliners in the Chicago gang
land, which then was beginning TO
reach menacing proportions as one
of the evils following In the trail
of prohibition, returned TO the
scenes of his gangland conquests, TO
find that times have changed. he
found that the states attorneys and
courts do not bow down to the gang
sters and that now they more or
less treat 'em rough"
Il want to get out of Chicago and
stay out as soon as possible" said
Alterio, following his acquittal on
charge of kidnapping. Times have
changed since | was last through a
court appearance"
Tried for kidnapping.
Alterie and Charles (Buster)
Brown, a minor hoodlum, were
tried on a charge of kidnapping
Edward Dobkin. alias Shamus
O'Brien. a bookmaker, for $4,000
ransom. The victim refused TO iden-
tify the hoodlums, which weakened
the prosecutions case to such an
extent that there was no corrobora-
tion for the testimony of Gus Sang
er, one of the gang, who turned
states evidence, and they were ac-
quilted.
After Dion O'Bannion. one of the
first of the gang leaders Of the pro-
hibition era, was slain in his floral
shop across from the Holy Name
cathedral, Alterie, his first lieuten-
ant. publicly announced that he was
going to "shoot it out" with the
killers of his chief. Gangland guns
blazed frequently in those days, and
soon Alterie disappeared. At first
it was thought he had been taken
for ride. but later he turned up as
the owner of a dude ranch near
Denver. Colo.
AlIerle, WHO Hdu many LilueS
walked in and out of the police sta
tions and the courts when he was
arrested during his popularity as a
headline gangster. apparently had
retired from his booze activities
while in good health. Several
times he was reported as motion
picture cowboy.
Finds Times Have Changed.
"We never had much trouble in
the old days." said Alterie. when
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Persia Gives Up All Claim
to Little Ararat.

Washington.-Part OF one OF the
worlds most famous mountains has
changed hands as a result Of Per
sia's ratification of a new boundary
treaty with Turkey. By the agree
ment Persia has ceded to Turkey all
claim to Little Ararat. Now both
peaks, Great and Little Ararat, and
their common base, lie wholly within
Turkish territory. A bulletin from
the National Geographic society
tells of the double mountain whose
name is familiar because of its as
sociation with Noah and his ark.
Ararat Holy to Armenlans.
"Ararat lies in a region far from
mountains Of comparable magnitude
and height" says the bulletin, "and
so from the earliest times has been
looked upon not only as a signiti-
cant landmark, but also as a holy
spot. On the north the snow-cov-
cred peaks of the Caucasus are 200
miles away, while the snowy sum-
mits of the Elburz range in Persia
lie 500 miles to the southeast.
Southwark there are no mountains
in Asia Minor or Arabia that ap-
proach Ararat in Importance.
"Rising to q height of nearly
y17.OOO feet, Greater Ararat is topped
by several thousand feet of snow
which glistens through the long
summer while the plains and
plateaus below and even the slopes
of the mountain are hot and dry.
This unique character. the seeming
impossibility of scaling the peak,
and the traditions of Noah's landing
on it's heights, combined to build up
in the minds of the Armenians who
lived nearby an idea of holiness.
They maintained that supernatural
forces guarded the top as a sacred
preserve and that no man would
be able to reach 1t. When Parrot
climbed to the top in 1929, making
the first recorded ascent, the Arme
mans refused to believe that the
feat had been accomplished. A num-
Der of mountaineers have scaled the
peak since Parrots day, including
Russian surveyor who spent FIVE
days on the summit. and James
Bryce. later British ambassador to
the United States.
Where Empires Met.
Approximately seven miles south
east Of the peak of Greater Ararat
lies Little Ararat, 12,s40 feet high.
The snow line on the Ararat massif
is very high-14,0O0 feet-so that
Little Ararat is without a white cap
during the summer. The ridge
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Change in immigration
Tide Laid to Depression.

New York.-America has just
about ceased to be a land Of op-
portunity to the European peasant
and unskilled laborer If immigra-
tion figures on record at Ellis is
land can be accepted as criterion.
The influx of aliens is diminish
ing week by week. During the fis-
cal year ended June 80 the total i'm
migrants admitted at this port from
all foreign countries fell to 116.765
approximately. This is only a
little more than one-third of the
total entries for the fiscal year of
l929-1930, which was recorded at
2,304.
On the other hand the number of
aliens leaving these shores for their
homelands Is increasing steadily.
During the twelve-month period
which has just come to close some
lS4,6S0 of them filed through Ellis
Island on their way back to the "old
countries" as compared with cor
responding total Of 170.412 for the
fiscal year which closed June 80,
1890.
Old Man Depression is to blame
or be credited. With mills and
factories closing down or running
on reduced schedules throughout the
country. building operations coming
to a standstill and farmers unable
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Safety of Cathedral
Now Worries British

London.-Many Londoners seem
TO be in constant fear that st. Paurs
cathedral will either crash to earth
some day soon or sink away into
the ground on which 1t rests. The
newspapers recently have carried
long stories about both possibili-
ties.
There is a far more logical basis
for the sinking theory than for
the more disastrous one. Gigantic
st. Paul's together with most of
the city of London) is only cunning
ly balanced on wet sand with it's
foundations no deeper at any point
than four and a half feet below the
crypt floor.
AS long as the sand remains wet
there is no peril, but during
droughts the cathedral already
sinks several thousandths of an
inch. If the underground springs
and streams which keep the sand
moist were damned by excavations
for any huge modern buildings near
by st. Paurs then would be doomed.
For the purpose of exploring and
charting the streams and lakes
which underlie the city, and by this
means to establish the exact danger
10 ST. Paurs If any large new build
ing schemes were commenced in
the neighborhood the staff of the
cathedral has begun digging holes
in the floor of the crypt and bore
holes will later be sunk at many
points within a radius of half a
mile of the great church itself. The
task Will take at least nine months
to complete.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Lime for Sour Soils

The quantity of lime which may
be used on sour or acid soils va
ries according to the amount Of
acidity. If ground limestone is used,
which is the most economical form
of lime to use for soils, one to three
tons per acre may be used. For
golf courses, Bent grass or Brown
Top is about as good a grass as can
be used. These may be used exten-
sively for this purpose and for
more or less permanent pastures.
Both will be found entirely salts
factory.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
CANCSTER FINDS TIMES CHANGED

we got pinched we either went out
on a forthwith writ or bond was
scheduled at once by the handy
bondsman.
Seems though that times have
changed In this town. When ! was
extradited here on this charge had
to lay in Jail for quite some time
before | was able to get out on
bond. Plenty of negotiating had to
be done before a bond was obtain
able that was satisfactory to the
courts and the states attorney.
Bond in my time was $1,000 or
$4,000 on most anything but muir
der. Just think of it had to get
a $4,000 bond-and a good one, at
that-before they let me out on this
kidnapping case"
Attorney William Scott Stewart
who had represented Alterie before
he left Chicago, had considerable
difficulty in explaining to his re-
turned client why the case, which
was admittedly weak. had not been
dismissed without the formality of
a trial. That would have been done
without question in the old days
Alterie told his lawyer.
And Alterie moaned some more
after the jury returned the ac-
quittal verdict. He wanted to re-
turn to Denver Mt once. Judge John
Prystalski, who is to be the next
chief justice of the Criminal court
said otherwise. A charge of con-
spiracy growing out of the same
case must be tried, the judge said.
before Alterie can leave.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Offers "Black Light"
to u. S. for Defense

Dayton, Ohio.-Gisbert L. Bos-
sard, inventor, believes he has in
BLACK light" a useful means of
defense should United States be-
come involved in another war.
Experiments have been car
ried on to the point where a per-
son hiding in a field on a dark
uight can be located by these In
visible light rays, or black
light" said Bossard. This is
accomplished by the use Of ap-
paratus In the hands Of an OBJ
server. In this manner the navy
can detect the presence of enemy
ships at night. This form Of ma
tional defense lies in utilizing
the light rays which lie outside
the visible spectrum"
More than 100 patents have
been issued to Bossard in this
country and abroad.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Tough British Bandits
Are Ordered Whipped

London.-Said to have boasted
that they were gangsters, John AL
fred Wright, twenty-five, laborer.
and Clifford John King, twenty, a
butcher, were recently sentenced to
an old form of punishment lin ad-
dltion to Imprisonment on a
charge of robbery. with violence.
They were ordered whipped with a
birch rod. Wright got IS strokes,
and nine months in prison; King
got 10 strokes and six months In
prison.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Man Begs Meal, Then
Tips From Big Roll

Orange, N. J.-Proudly erect.
a hungry looking man ap-
preached two men who were
breakfasting in a restaurant
here.
Eloquently he explained his
misery, his enforced idleness.
and his hungry condition.
Touched, one of the men bought
him a substantial breakfast and
the other handed him a fresh
package of cigarettes. Then the
benefactors left.
The man finished his meal
wiped his mouth with a napkin
drew out a large roll of bills
tipped the waitress, and depart
ed, still proudly holding his
shoulders back.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
Around the Farm

Expensive weed eradication pro-
grams will accomplish but little
while farmers continue to use poor
quality, ungraded seed.
When hay containing less protein
than alfalfa is fed, one should feed
protein concentrate with the
corn or other grain.
Hereford cattle, as they have
been selected and developed in
America, are admittedly superior to
those of any other country in the
world.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19
e. CHERIE NICHOLAS

Gingham goes formal. There's
nothing swankier to dine and dance
In than a gay little frock of plaid
gingham made up as formally as If
it were satin or silk or any one of
the more pretentious materials.
These audicious little ginghams
sally forth fashioned with the new
and very smart foor-length skirts.
and necklines cut somewhat decOl-
lete, tiny puff sleeves and all the
other details which distinguish the
dressy dress. With' these party
fed ginghams," sashes of 'sheerest
bright velvet are worn. and some
times a bow of the velvet decOrates
the bodice at the shoulder in lieu
of a corsage bouquet.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19

tain well-known illustrator was so
poor that, while be had cake of
soap and tin basin, his only towel
was a piece Of old curtain. This
aroused the finer feelings of faith
full model. Each day she used to
bring him a present of one or two
nice linen towels. Finally he had
more than a dozen, and they were
all marked. They bore the names
of most of the large New York no.
tells.
William G. Lengel, the editor, tells
me that the first book he ever read
of Theodore Dreiser's was "Sister
Carrie" He thought he should read
it because he was working under
Dresser at the time, so he bought
copy for 40 cents. He started ii
sitting on bench in Central park.
He read until it was too dark 10
see. He couldn't finish it that eve.
ming because of engagements he
couldn't break, but the next morn
ing he went to the beach, where he
figured he would not be interrupted,
and completed the book. After
that he never missed one. Dresser
is another Indiana author, having
been born In Terre Haute. His first
journalistic experience was on Chi
cago newspaper. At various times
he was editor of half a dozen mag
azines.
There is honesty, even in New
York and in these hard times.
woman came out Of bank clutch
ing S25 in one-dollar bills. Ii was
raining hard. In putting up her
umbrella, the woman slipped and
involuntarily opened her hand to
catch herself. The bills were scat
tered by the wind, but beaten by
the rain. Wet, they stuck to the
sidewalk and street. Passersby,
for half a block, hurried to pick
them up. Then they gave them to
the woman. She counted the wet
bills to see how many she had lost.
She had %. might add that only
a woman would do what she did
then. The bills were caked with
mud. She took them home. washed
them in the bathtub, and irOned
them. Good as new!
(G. 1892. Bell syndicate)-WNUs Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-19

Those were the days when a GER
Evening star., 1932-12-14
CoiHures Give HEIGHT.

THERE Is white magic In the art
Of the hairdresser. A new part
ing Of the hair, . few sldllfully
i placed waves and ringlets, and
behold, milady is transformed.
The large moon face" can be made to
look more slender and the long. thin
face fuller. The short face and figure
will gain height and dignity from the
well-arranged couture. Before the
bobbed-hair vogue, women made them
selves look taller by wearing immense
pompadours or piling large masses .i o.
hair on top Of their heads, but the
need for coiffures that add to height
must be met in other ways now.
Today have some special coiffure
suggestions for the girl or woman who
wants to look taller. Besides choosing
clothes with long. graceful lines and
sedulpusly avoiding high fur collars
and tiny berets, she may add at least
an inch to her height by dressing her
hair In either Of the two ways shall
describe.
Couture number one is an adapta-
ton Of the halo style to short hair.
in the front, then two parallel parts an
inch and q half apart are made from
one side Of the head to the other, run
ming over the top. This inch-and-half
piece of hair Is rolled on q curling iron
and the sections carefully Joined so
that in the finished couture there is
smooth, continuous roll across the
crown. This part Of the halo is rolled
forward while the lower section that
runs across the back Of the neck is
rolled upward on the iron. The ends
of the upper and lower rolls are care
fully joined behind the ears so that
the complete halo appears to have no
break in it. The hair in front of the
halo Is waved simply and covers the
Evening star., 1932-12-14

I really don't want anything special, I'd
be satisfied with any little bit Of q
thing just for the kind thawt, but
there's a little kitchin up in the sta
tionery store window with all the little
pots and pans and things hanging up
In It and everything, and It's ony mark
ed 3 dollars and 40 cents.
Well holey smokes I haven't even
got that much saved up altogether, SO
how could I have that much left over
for your present after I buy all the
other presents I half to buy? said,
and Mary Watkins said. o well my
goodness I didn't mean for you to es-
pecially buy me that, my goodness no,
In fact 1 don't want anything special,
how much do you think you'll have
left over for my present?
About 80 cents. I said, and she said,
Well, I'd be satisfied with just any
thing, in fact don't expect anything.
there's a little bank in the stationery
store that rings q little bell every time
you drop money in, and it's marked
exactly 80 cents. now isn't that funny,
but I don't want you to get me that
Of corse. I just want you to get me
any little thing at all just for the kind
thawt, she said.
Sure, I'll serprise you, I said.
Ony by that time she had gave me q
hint without knowing it.