Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-05-12
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ily-and looks good for five ore
AVON, N. Y.-The sparrows +
smart, but they can't fool the folk
out this way. One bird lover built
a house for wrens last year, using
an entrance about as large as a
quarter. During the winter the
sparrows have pecked at it with
their bills, charging it sufficiently
so they could use the house. The
bird house owner, however, has
chucked them out and fitted the
opening with an iron washer. Let
the sparrows try pecking at that
q while.
JAMNAGAR, India-Silver an
niversaries near something in In
dia. The jamsaheb of Newanagar,
celebrating his 25th year of his
rise to the throne, has given to
the poor his weight in silver
and the jamsheb is a husky fell
low.
CHICAGo-George Sanders, ne
gro, figured his meal should cost
18 cents; Nick Anas, restaurant
cashier, figured it should be twenty
They fought all over the place for
the two cents. Finally Anas shot
Sanders Ia slight wound) and went
to Jail. The restaurant was wreck
ed.
PORTLAND, Me.-The way to
determine the proximity of an ice
berg, says Captain William Mouat
who sails among them, is by the
smell. They have a "musty odor,"
he said.
AMSTERDAM-The profession
al smugglers remember their pals.
More than 100 of them turned out
for the funeral of one of their
number. The smugglers were a bit
too demonstrative, however, and
were arrested-for holding a dem
o%nstration without permission.
WILMINGTON, Del.-The party
down at the old quarry developed
into quite a blowout. Federal pro-
hibition agents tossed many con-
traband bottles into a pit. Hardy
souls clambered down the sides
and salvaged several unbroken
ones. The agents came back and
set off 200 pounds of dynamite. The
party was over.
.
NEW YORK-Francis Adams is
on record as a good advertising
man. Failing to land a job by
personal application, he sent a
portable gramophone to the boss of
a big advertising agency with a
record extolling the capabilities of
one Adams, the interview was
canned but Adams was hired.
LOS ANGELES - Plenty of
knuckle bones and dog biscuit
seemed assured for Shaggy. When
Lee A. Mcconnell, bank director,
made his will he provided $40 a
month to care for his fox terrier.
HARTFORD, Conn.-William G.
Baxter wants to see the trinkets
and curios of the Connecticut
Prison association, of which he is
secretary, put back in prison where
they will be safe from thieves. At
a public showing half a dozen items
disappeared.
NEW YORK-What a break for
truantsl DR.. Charles Hendee
Smith, head of the pedriatrics de-
partment at Bellevue hospital, says
he would give the highest marks
to the child who stayed away from
school the most days when well.
He thinks school children work
harder than stock brokers.
NEW YORK-Napoleon, We'll
lington and Butcher fighting the
Battle of Waterloo on a chess
board! A set of chessmen, red for
the British and blue for the French,
is among the items in an exhibit
ton intended to revive interest in
the game in this country. Some of
the counters are carved to repre-
sent the heroes of Waterloo.
LANCASTER, Pa.-Who is the
best known American? The an
swer, so far as England is con
cerned, is AL Capone, says Canon
William Thompson Elliott, vicar Of
Leeds. He said DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler gets measly little pieces
in English papers while Capone
rates columns.
CLEVELAND - Broadway has
been called a lot of names, but
never a co-respondent-unti re-
Gently. Carl l. Shooter, seeking a
divorce, said the gay white way
was the lure which drew his wife
away. She is a niece of 0. 0.
MCINTYRE, columnist.