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Evening star., 1934-08-04
FChanp Passes Riru Polo Boosts SBTish Good VIII
George Fails to Show Title
Caliber in Throwing Szabo

to two staIenates In the last fort
night, one lasting three hours. Don's
eagerness resulted In Szabo grabbing
of many early "holts,' particularly
q sincere-looktng arm grip.
Al the 40-minute mark George OBJ
tanned a toe hold which threatened
the end of the match. Breaking
away every nov and then. Szsbo
hobbled about on one leg with the
other twisted weirdly and dragging
behind. The Hungarians agony
seemed so sincere that once Pro-
moter Joe Turner was ready to order
a pistol and have him destroyed.
But, displaying that marvellous re-
operative power whifh all rasslers
seem to own. Szsbo recovered TO the
cheers Of the $500 until George
upped and let 'em have the flying
scissors.
THE preliminary card was all wet
as we're the spectators who sat
in the inf1eld sans umbrellas
and raincoats. Nick Nestor was dug
up by Promoter Turner 70 substi-
tute for somebody, and Nick kept his
record clean Of a victory by losing
to Joe De Vito St. Louis in five
minutes.
Vanks Zelesniak and Mike Romano
struggled through a 30-odd minutes
to a draw, the bout being stopped
twice to allow the attendants to sweep
the rain from the ring and stray
pieces Of glass which had been bulbs
from above the ring a few moments
before the rain had short rt-circuited
the wires.
Charley Allen destroyed Marshall
Blackstock in IL minutes and Harry
Fields licked Floyd Marshall in 20 in
other bouts.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

Barry Wood, Harvard's famous foot
ball star. Is fast becoming a CHAINS
pionship tennis player. w
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
Plane Transports A tons
 Of Mining Supplies

No finer example of the val ue of air tras portation in Alas. ka could be forthcoming than was displayed in a recent an- nouncemen. of Pilot Bob Reeve of the Reeve Airways that duf- ing the 75 days preceding the breakup lost spring he trans ported 98,300 pounds of min ing machinery and supplies by plane from Valdez to outlying points in that section.
 Two hundred and thirty-one flight were made during the period. All the freight con listed 'of mining supplies and included such diversified con- mJ9di!ies as 80 barrels of diesel oil, 150 cases of gasoline, a complete 16-ton Straub ball mill, mining timbers, building materials, sheet steel and tin, steel pipe, powder, an air com pressor, mine hoists, and other miscellaneous supplies, in d. d:'..;on to food products :.i.d per'shables.
 Single pieces weighing as much as 620 pounds were handled and not a pound uf freight was lost through dam age or breakage.
 Landings were made ir every conceivable kind of place--on glaciers, mountain top:, in creeks beds, on lakes and over flow; and tundra.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
Russia Eewards Alaska
 Avi ion Mechanics

An award of S2,500 in addit- ion t3 regular compensation, ha. been made by the Russian o.0v~, "rnent } William Lavery and Clyde Armistead of Fair inks lo1 heir services as avi- ation mechanics with the Soviet plane which last spring res cued from an Arctic ice flee the 110 perions that had been marC0ned by the sinking of the steamer Cheyluskin. News of the awards was received by the men fem A. TroyanCvsky, Rus an ambassador to the United States.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
Dimcnd Leaving For Home

A. J. Dimond, Alaska dele gate to congress, was scheduled to leave Washington for Alas ka today, according to advices from Juneau.
 The delegates visit will be the first he has made to his homeland since taking over the duties of his office in 1882. During the interval he has ac- comIplished much in the way of legislative benefits for the Territory and has displayed qualities of ability and energy which have won him unstinted praise from Alaskans of every shade of polb.ical complexion.
 It is apparently the general view that Alaska never had a more able and industrious rep re1entative in Congress.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
GOVT. COLONIZATION IN ALASKA RECEIVING
 ATTENTION OF ERA

Plans for colonization in Alaska have been submitted to the federal relief administra- tion and are receiving attention from that department, accord ing 10 a recent statement by Joseph Baker, assistant feder- al emergency relief admins trator, during 13-day trip to the Territory.
 The department has as yet no set scheme, MT. Baker said, but indicated keen interest in one plan now before his de- pap.ment concerning coloniz- ation along the Alaska Rail- road. He also wanted to know what facilities there are for numbers of small homes in Alaska. He said the usual pro- ceedure was for towns to ac- quaint the department with land available in their immedi- ate districts and indicated that in this way practical cooper ation was more app. to be se- cured for actual needs in indi- cated areas.
 E. A. Steiner, former resident of the Territory, is reported hopeful of interesting h e emergency relief administra- ticn in a cooperative colony.
 Steiner, who spent some time in Washington during the sum- mer, proposes to borrow money from the ERA to establish a colony made up ,o'f people re. cruited chiefly from Minneso- ta. The colony would repay the loan over a period of years
 Steiner claimed that enough people to create a good-sized community have signified theil eagerness to go to Alaska.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
Junaau Florist Will Attempt
 To Raise Sup ar Cane

? Encouraged by success in raising tobacco plants in Jun eau has induced J. P. An der>Dn, Juneau florist, to at- tempt the growing of sugar cane in Alaska, he announced recently.
 Anderlon raised tobacco plants in his greenhouse and alc,0 out-ofI doors, although the latter did not thrive as we'll as indoor cultures owing to more variable temperatures.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
OUT OF TOWN SUBSCRIBERS

When you move report your new address to the Herald, instead of to your local postoffice. Unless you do so, your papers will not be forwarded by the postoffice without payment of extra postage for forwarding. Just write your old as we'll as your new ad- dress on penny post card and mail direct to us.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04

Former Governor William Sulzer cf New York, who owns large mining interests in inter- i"r Alaska, plans to visit the Territory within the next few weeks.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04

Bar silver was quoted at a new high of 4624, up A, on Thursday. 4
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-04
LATE NEWS FLASHES

paper cart0'on1St, dled late last week, aged 63. A meteor so bright that it dimmed the glare of the midday sun, fell into the Pacific southwest of Los Angeles. San Fran cisco strike mediators found the hardest steamship compan- ies to deal with were those which drew the most money from the government in ocean mail subsidies-the Dollar and Watson lines. Opera tions of the. Premier Gold Min ing Company at Alexandria mine reported seriously retard- ed by heavy flow of water which drowned the pumps on levels below the main tunnel, located a few feet above high tide. =. On June 30, 1885, the gross debt of the United States will be $31,843 millions, according to budget estimates; net increase in public debt is placed at 1886 millions. Marie Dressler, 62, famous act ress, died Sundey after a long illness due to cancer, heart trouble and uremia. Dam- age to their balloon cut short the stratosphere trip of Major w. E. Kepner, Capt. Alfred Stevens and Capt. Orvil Ander- son at Holdridge, Neb., last Saturday, after they h d reached 60,000 feet and been adrift 10 hours and 15 minutes. Rips in balloon top forced fly CTS to take to- parachutes in perilous descent before the balloon ripped from end to end. A. Gilchrest, New York grain broker, sues U. s. Grain Stabilization Corpora tion and 32 other corporate and individual defendants for for $1,129,5O0,0O0 and ad- ditional restitution of 5 million dollars, charging that through chicanery and hypothecation the federal farm board and federal government "cheated, swindled and defrauded." :. President Roosevelt left Hawa- ian islands last Saturday en- route to Portland after 5-day visit. Refusing to recog- nize an order of Governor J. w. Troy granting a reprieve to Louis Wagner, serving sen- tence for violation of national prohibition act at Juneau, U. s. Marshal w. T. Mahoney is holding Waggoner on h e ground that Governor is lack ing jurisdiction.
 Death toll of recent heat wave placed at 1868. Missouri mortality highest with 378, Ill., inois and Ohio 362 and 137 re- spectively. Hard liquor license applications in Alaska since July 1, when all such li- censes must be renewed, to- taled 123. Inactive vol canic crater larger than fam ous Aniakchak crater and con-
Evening star., 1934-05-23

she decided. "If there were pebbles
and stones in the way, or it was that
stiff clay we had to dig in, would
make this do, but as long as the dig
ging is no harder than it Is, think
we had better keep on for while.
THAT is all right with me-" re-
piled Rattles. This is as long tun-
mel as we have had for several years,
but, as you say. 1t is not hard digging
and the longer the tunnel, the safer
our home will be. Do you know. I
don't think any one has discovered yet
what we are doing. ! guess every one
takes it for granted that we are build
ing over near the Big River. No one
suspects we are over here"
Just what I told you would be the
case in the first place when you made
such a fuss about building here" re-
piled Mrs. Rattles.
Rattles looked a bit foolish. Then
he frankly admitted that Mrs. Rattles
had been right. Il am glad you in
sisted on this place" said he. Il didn't
like it at first, but I do now. In fact,
I think it Is the best place we could
have found anywhere. We will have
little to worry about over here. When
you think that tunnel is long enough,
just say so, and we'll dig the bed
room"
When the tunnel was in feet.
Mrs. Rattles decided that that would
do. Then she changed her mind and
it was carried forward another foot,
so that it was 9 feet from the entrance
to where the bed room was to be.
II don't think we need to make a
turn in the tunnel this time" said
she. "You know we had one last year,
Evening star., 1934-05-23
Sleuth at Contract.

EvEN though your role In real life
happens to be that Of a matter
of-fact banker, you must constitute
yourself an amateur Sherlock Holmes
at the bridge table. So many people
bid their own hands correctly but dis
regard the inference which may be
drawn from a partners bidding. Your
partner Is attempting to portray his
holdings. Stop a minute and get a
count on his hand.
For example, suppose you pick up
the following collection of cards:
sp; Kx, 2t.AK @ 10 <
Hts. K Jxx CT. x
You properly open the bidding with
diamond. Had you held one less
heart, and high honor with small
card in clubs, your correct bid would
have been one no trump. However,
though you hold a "declarer" type of
hand Zone that should be led up to-
you respect your worthless singleton in
clubs, and only hope that you can bid
no trump later.
Your partner responds with two
clubs. So far so bad. Having only a
singleton club, you have no prospects
of setting up his club suit; therefore
you cannot make the strong response
of two no trumps. Two diamonds is
your next bid-a weak response, but
that cannot be helped. You have not
found any At in the two hands as yet.
Now your patrner bids two hearts.
Business is picking up. Your first i'm
pulse is to jump to four hearts. But
on sober reflection, you recall that no.
trump bid that you wanted to make all
along. Here is fine spot for it. You
definitely show your partner stop
per in spades. as well as support for
his heart suit. (Since you refused to
bid no trump over his two-club re-
sponse, the fit must be in hearts)
Three spades" replies your partner
Evening star., 1934-05-23
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

AS they rise to the surface of the
water. they are instantly struck by the
Geaks of the watching ibis
The fishermen who are not stirring
up the water are going about striking
the struggling fish, and in few min
utes the surface of the water Is a
sight to behold. Everything that came
up to see what all the terrible stirring
and confusion meant, was instantly
killed. All turned over on their backs
and f1oated on the water. Here you
may see frogs, baby alligators, fish
and water snakes. With their dinner
spread before them, the ibis gorge
themselves until they cannot hold
another morsel.
Now you see the feasting party wade
slowly to the shore. In long lines,
side by side. as if for inspection, their
breasts turned toward the sun-a habit
that vultures and pelicans follow-the
birds await for their dinner partially
to digest. When they feel less
stuffed" they rise into the air to
great height, and sail about for an
hour or more. It, is at this time the
intricate evolutions are performed.
The wood ibis ranges from temperate
to tropical America, and they breed
in Texas, Florida and South Carolina,
south to Argentina and Peru. They
are not regular migrants. After the
breeding season, they go to California,
Arizona, Montana, Wisconsin, On
tario, New York and New England.
In many parts of Florida, during
the Winter season, you may see great
numbers of them. There are some
very interesting rookeries. Cypress
trees, standing with their knees in
the water and reaching height of 80
to 100 feet, seem to be the choice build
ing site.
The wood ibis is an early bird. The
babies are born in December, and by
the middle of January, junior or
sister may be seen standing alone and
nursery. Usually there are twins.
Four or even five have been recorded
The nest is made of sticks, Spanish
moss, vines and leaves. The walls
within are lined with cypress twigs
and green leaves.
The wood ibis has beautiful white
plumage. The wing quills are dark
bronze green, with purple tint. The
tail is similarly marked, but the pur-
pie tint is deeper. The head and neck
are bare and rather yellowish in color,
the legs blue, the feet black.
The bird is easily identified when
in flight, because of the contrast of
the white feathers and the black tips
of the wings. the long legs stretched
out to their full extent, and the long,
thick bill pointing in the opposite
direction, as if the flyer wished to
appear as long as he possibly could.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

THERE have been various explana-
tions as to the origin of this
name. 1t is singular, however, that
in any case the origin has to do with
. tree. One authority suggests that
the name arose from the old German
"ickenbaum," meaning an oak tree.
Another etymology assigns the origin
to "hickin." a provincialism in Lam
cashire, England, signifying noun
tain ash. and bottom meaning low
ground or valley. Another probable
derivation is found in the Dutch name
Hoogenboom. and Hoogenboom simply
indicates a high tree" So it is that
a Hickinbotham or Higginbotham may
choose his own tree.
This name appears to have been
in Virginia prior to 1875. when John
Higgenbotham came over from Ire
land with his wife and settled in
Goochland County. He later moved
to Albemarle County. Aaron, his
son, served as captain in the Amer
ican Revolution and his grandson
Aaron was also a Revolutionary War
soldier.
Descendants Of John are now to
be found in various States of Amer
lea, particularly in Virginia. Mary
land, New Jersey and New York.
Richard Higginbotham was set
tier in New Haven, Conn, in 1882,
but later moved to Stamford. There
are also descendants Of this line liv-
ing in different sections of the
country.
(Copyright, 1e34.)
Evening star., 1934-05-23
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

but we were only half as far as we
are now"
"Just as you say" replied Rattles,
who by now was ready to agree with
Mrs. Rattles on anything.
So they dug the bed room, nice,
comfortable, rounded chamber big
enough for large family. Mrs. Rat
ties was very particular about this,
She finished 1t herself. She would have
to spend many long days in there,
sitting on eggs, and she intended to
be as comfortable as possible. At last
it suited her. There wasn't a thing
about it that she could find fault with.
1t had been long job, and they had
worked hard on it, but now that 1t was
finished 1t was good job well done
and both were proud of it.
Are you going to make a bed in
there?" asked Rattles.
"I hadn't thought about it." con-
fessed Mrs. Rattles. II don't really
need it, for this is fine, clean sand, but
now you speak of it I believe I will.
Such a good house ought to contain a
good bed. Well get some dry grasses
and leaves. We don't need many, but
a few to cover the floor will be a good
idea"
So they gathered a few leaves and
some dry grasses, and Mrs. Rattles ar
ranged them to suit herself. At last
there wasn't another thing to be done,
SO they took day of to rest and fish
But every now and then one or the
other few back just for look at the
new home to make sure that it had
not been disturbed.
II suppose it is foolish. for I can't
imagine how any one can get at it to
disturb it," said Mrs. Rattles. "Just
the same. I like to keep an eye on it.
I see Billy Mink is back here at the
Smiling Pool for little Spring fish
ing. ! guess he would like to know
where our home is, and guess if he
thinks he will find it he will be badly
foolen. He never in the world will
think of looking for it over in the Old
Pasture"
But Mrs. Rattles didn't fully ap-
preciate the smartness of Billy Mink
Evening star., 1934-05-23
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

Here's where the gumshoe sleuthing
comes in. Your partner has, OF course,
shown you five-card club suit, q four
card heart suit and q four-card spade
suit. He Is also indicating inferentially
that he has no diamonds. In other
words, he Is trying to tell you that If
your diamonds are six to the ace
queen. let us say there are little or no
prospects Of setting UP your suit at
a no-trump contract. In the hand
given above, however, your diamonds
are fairly solid. Even II the seven out
standing diamonds are divided five-two
against you, there is an even chance
of the jack dropping in two or three
leads. Therefore you will probably
make your four diamond tricks out
of your holding.
A bid of four hearts can hardly be
criticized at this point. The only
question that you, as an amateur de-
tective, must ask yourself is whether a
contract of three no trump wouldn't
be Just as good, If not better, than a
contract of four hearts. This question
Is particularly important at duplicate,
in match-point scoring, where there is
a prospect of making four no trump.
Four hearts count only 100, whereas
four no trump count 140 points.
BY bidding three no trump at this
point, you protect your partner against
a possible bad trump division. 1t is
evident from the bidding that he will
have to trump clubs and spades in your
hand, and at least one diamond in his
hand. He has a void in diamonds:
therefore it is eminently possible that
one of the opponents has either void
or a singleton In hearts; the other
necessarily will then have four, or all
the outstanding trumps. If you play
the hand at no trump, your can mess
around with four suits. and should be
able to garner nine tricks with ease.
Amuse yourselves by making up
hands which would ft the responses
I gave above. Play these hands and see
how they turn out. For example,
South might have held
sp. Q 1Oxx p.
Hts. xxx Cl. X @ XXX
You can probably think Of dozen
others.
(Copyright, 1934)
Mr. Sims viii answer all inquiries on con-
tract that are addressed to this newspaper
with self-addressed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

ghosts which haunt" old houses, and
imagine that the ghosts are of white
color. This helps us explain a COM
mon name for certain blossoms of the
woods-the so-called ghost flowers" :"
Ghost flowers in general are waxy
white, and so is the plant on which
they grow. The plants have no leaves
(at least, no leaves of the ordinary
kind, and in large part obtain their
food by fastening to roots of other
growing things. They reach height
of 4 to IL inches, and the flower Is
about inch long
Now and then the ghost flower
has a reddish tinge, but that Is not
August; and as the flower goes to
seed, it rises from its dropping posi-
ton and holds its head high-a last
salute to the world.
Ghost flowers usually grow in
clusters, in thick wood with moist
soil. If picked, they turn dark as they
dry, and become almost black.
Another name for the ghost flower
is Indian pipe" A glance at the
plant-with its bloom which may be
taken for the bowl of a pipe-shows
the reason for calling it that.
Ghost flowers are fairly common In
most woodland parts of North America.
and also grow in Japan and Southern
Asia.
(For Nature section Of our scrap
book)
The Surprise Leafiet" will be mailed
without charge to readers who send
me a stamped return envelope. This
leaflet contains riddles, and tells how
to perform magic tricks.
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
Uncle Ray
Little Trips Into Nature.
Sunf1owerS,

THIS Summer you might find 1t
interesting to make test with
sunfowers, if you are where you can
watch them. There is a dispute as
to whether they turn their faces to-
ward the sun as the day goes by,
looking east in the morning and west
in the afternoon. If you make the
test, I shall be glad to have you send
me a letter to tell what you have
learned.
North and South America are ma
tive homes of the sunf1ower, and rec
ords seem to prove that they did not
grow on any other continent before
the days of Columbus. Since then
they have been planted far and wide
in Europe and Asia, and likewise in
parts of Africa and Australia.
Sunf1ower seeds are of value as food
for cattle and poultry, and they pro-
vide an oil used for much the same
purposes as olive oil. Farmers have
obtained as much as so gallons of oil
from an acre planted with sunf1owers.
Sunf1ower plants are known to grow
to heights of 8 to Is feet. and cases
have been reported from Central
America of heights above 20 feet.
Bees like the honey in sunfiowers.
Old-time Indians made bread out of
the seeds.
Some persons fancy that there are
Evening star., 1934-05-23
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Community Gossip.

TAKE almost anything you have
l. heard from two or three persons
and you get the impression that it Is
known by every one. Your attitude
is, They are saying it." No matter
if the saying" has as many versions
as "sayers," differences in what was
said mean nothing.
If you carefully study your own
attitude toward the next thing every
body is talking about, you will be
pretty likely to find out something
about the mass mind"
You may not place much confidence
in the saying of one person. But let
two tell it, and you begin to take no
tice. Let third tell it, and it sounds
like truth. Let fourth tell it, and
you treat it as a fact. So it comes
that four persons equally unreliable
and really uninformed may establish
community attitude which goes for
the absolute truth about situations.
Numbers maximize any story by the
multiplication method. That's why
whispering campaigns" have always
been SO effective. That's why ''mobs"
have always been so uncomfortable.
That's why propaganda persists, even
for years, in spite of evidence to the
contrary.
(Copyright, 1934)