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The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
Montana Site of the Garden of Eden?

fields OF science dealing with the
history OF man.
IL present plans are carried out.
anthropologists. paleontologists, ge-
Ologlsts. and other representatives
OF science would be brought here TO
carry on an extensive study and re-
search In the "Beartooth shales"
near here which have produced
some OF the most interesting fossil
finds In recent years.
A lone believer for years that
Mantana might hold the secret OF
mans mysterious beginning and es-
tablish herself as the site of the
long sought for Garden OF Eden,
Doctor Siegfriedt's hopes we're boil
stored here last summer when mem
bers of the international GeologicaS
congress visited this region.
This group was composed OF in
ternationally known scientists and
included Sir Arthur Smith Wood
ward, world famous anthropologisr
and co-dlscOverer Of the PiltdowD
man near Sussex, England
Sir Arthur was much impressed
with the possibilities OF this region
and stated that the ancient river
terraces which abound here offered
a promising field for the finding
OF a prehistoric man. The British
scientist urged that systematic
search be conducted.
Further encouraging statements
were made by DR.. w. T. Thorn, Jr.,
Princeton university scientist and
leader of the Scott fund geological
expedition. which has been sent to-
this region for tt past four sum-
mers by the eastern university.
Doctor Siegfriedt has made sew
eral trips East recently to try to In
terest scientists and philanthropists
In sponsoring an expedition for re-
search In the area adjacent to Red
Lodge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
Hostilities Reopened by
Bolivia and Paraguay.

Washington. South Americas
MARATHON War" has been resumed.
Following a Christmas truce and
unsuccessful peace parleys, Paraguay
and Bolivia reopened hostIlIties In
the Chaco. n huge lowland covered
In part with grass and in part by
forests. and lying nearly In the
heart OF the continent
"Chaco. corrupted from Chucu.
means hunting ground In Quinchua,
the language OF the Incas OF Peru"
says Harriet Chalmers Adams In a
communication to the National Geo
graphic society. Perhaps the an
Client Peruvians hunted In this re
mote region beyond the Andes. Per.
haps Incan tribes. Aeeing from
Spanish invaders. settled here. min
CLING their blood with that Of the
original inhabitants.
zone may see the Chaco from the
wharves OF paraguay's capital,
Asuncion II begins on the opposite.
or western shore. OF the Paraguay
river. A vast. low-lying. swampy
region. given over for the most part
10 primitive nomadic tribes. the
Chaco Is being reclaimed as n cattle
country. II Is the larger but more
sparsely settled portion OF Para
quay. An but $1,000 OF the 100000
inhabitants OF Paraguay live on the
eastern. or Asuncion shore. where
the land is slightly rolling. savannas
mlngllng with forest. and tree-clad
hills rise to perhaps 1900 feet al
ttude.
Splendid Grazing Lands.
"As early as 1897 the intrepid col
onlsts who founded Asunclon
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06

extended vote during 1890 and 1891. This bird
was the nominee OF the club women Of the
state
The New Hampshire Federation OF women's
clubs. through Mrs. Lucy y. Richardson. then
chairman OF conservation. sponsored a vote In
1877 that returned the purple aneh as victor In
the state bird ballot
Dividing the state into districts New Mex
leo was thoroughly cauvassed for It's opinion
on a state bird and the road-runner led ali the
rest In fact the vote for this typical bird was
just about unanimous Mrs Tom Charles. presl-
dent. reported the choice.
AN old campaign for state bird OF New York
having selected the robin and let the matter drop
there a new campaign was launched In Ig27-2s
under Mrs. Charles Cyrus Marshall. Although
the robin was Included a nominee, he ran
well behind the bueblrd which now is regarded
as the state bird
Through the circulation Of leaflets descrb-
Ing the three most useful birds not then selected
for state bird honors elsewhere. Mrs. !. T. Frary
chairman Of wild life for the state federation OF
Ohio conducted effective campaign In 1923
Ballots were included and the vote gave the
house wren a lead OF 7.469 votes over It's nearest
rival
More than GaOoo votes were cast In Okla
homa's campaign for q state bird under the
leadership OF Mrs W. A. Campbell and Mrs
Ellen Howard Miller. and the bob-whIte trl
umphed by wide margin.
"In 1926 the Oregon Audubon society asked
for a vote for state bird and got more than
45. 600 votes for the western meadowlark out OF
$1,000 cast.
'The rufed grouse was legallzed as the state
bird Of Pennsylvania by the legislature OF 1881
after a long campaign and deliberate voting
Mrs. Harry J. Shoemaker. chairman OF birds and
aowarg and the of7cHra of tha State Eadara fton
OF womens clubs as a whole urged the selection.
Schools. clubs. oranges. scout troops and
other organizations Joined In voting for the bob
white as Rhode Islands state bird
The campaign in South Carolina was under
the leadership OF Miss ClaudIa Phelps and In
1880 the Carolina wren honors the
Carolina dove.
Various organizations Joined with the State
Federation OF Women's clubs in Texas in select
Ing a state bird. More than 10000 children
added their ballots and the victor was the west
ern mockingbird
"Utahs state bird is the sea gull In grateful
remembrance Of the guIs that delivered the
crops OF the farmers from the pest of the insects
in 1913. and monument TO the birds stands In
the park OF the Mormon Tabernacle.
"In Vermont the State Federation OF women's
clubs conducted campaign In 1927, the hermit
thrush emerging victorious. In Virginia the
late Miss Kather'pe Stuart drew together bird
lovers and conse.TatiOnists in an educational
campaign that made the robin state bird by
popular vote. The robin ran way ahead in the
vote taken In Wisconsin under the leadership
Of Mrs. Walter Bowman, who conducted the
campaign as conservation chairman In 1926.
Mrs Edward Ewel Of Wyoming was one OF the
first to respond to the call for a state bird
campaign. and by 1926 the western meadowlark
was established as the favorite."
g By Western Newspaper Union
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
Smell of Onions
Was Worth $500

Philadelphla.-A jury In Del
aware county court has decided
that the inability to be able TO
smell onions is worth $500.
Miss Jean Marsh, Philadelphia
.x-model. twenty-seven. was struck
by an automobile driven by John
N. Ruegenberg. Upper Darby.
Several operations we're per-
formed on her nose In an attempt
to restore its former beauty. The
operations failed and the young
woman sued the autoist.
She testified at the trial In
Media that she couldn't even
smell onions and the jury's SYM
pathy went out to her In the
form of a $500 verdict.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
Expert Plans a Specialized
Hunt to Prove Theory.

Red Lodge. Mont.-Eastern Mon
tana. scene OF many fossil finds,
may have been the cradle OF man.
kind" Is the belief OF DIR. J. c. r.
SIegfriedt. Montant paleontologist.
Spurred by this belief. Doctor
Siegfriedt, hopes to launch at Bear
tooth Butte one OF the greatest and
most specialized imam hunts" ever
carried on within Montana's bor-
ders.
The search would be for remains
OF the prehistoric man who. Doc
tor Slegfriedt long has believed. once
inhabited this area.
The Red Lodge scientist says he
plans TO bring into the Red Lodge
district specialists In the separate
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
Saved Life in War;
Will Get $25O,OOO

MonteaEle Valley. Ont-Sergt.
William Miutz, who carried
wounded Scottish officer from a
shell hole In France 10 dress
ing station. saving the officers
life, will sail for Scotland next
summer 10 receive a reward OF
$4,000.
The officer whom Mlntz saved
and whose name he refused 10
divulge, until after | get the
money" was said to have Invited
Mintz TO visit him In Scotland
on many occasions while he was
on leave and for a considerable
time after the war.
News OF the reward which
Mintz will receive reached the
sergeant a few weeks ago. and
since that time he has been In
constant communication with the
Scottish officer for further de.
tails. lie refused IN make
known In what form his reward
would come.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
81 ELMO SCOTT WATSON

'lIHlN the last year two more
states have Joined the ranks of
those which have an official
state bird" By formal action of
the legislature the Carolina chick.
Adec was adopted In North Caro-
Ina. and in Indiana that honor
fcu 60 the eastern cardinal. al
though the rosc-hreasted grus-
t,cak was strongly urged for u.
Now only four sfates-Counecii-
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American League

Detroit II, 5; Philadelphia 7, 3.
st. Louis 5; Washington 4.
Chicago 3; New York l.
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football when he was coaching the
famous Carlisle Indians years ago,
and although lacrosse was not
played at Stanford while he was
there, it is planned to introduce
it at Temple, his present berth,
next spring.
Lacrosse has been popular at
some of the older American COL
leges for decades. Yale, Harvard,
Cornell, Syracuse, Oar tmou h,
Pennsylvania, the Army and Navy,
Johns Hopkins, University of
Maryland and other universities
have long been active in the Ia
crosse field.
Last spring 200 teams were play
ing from Georgia to New Hamp-
shire and out to the University Of
Washington. At the close of the
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basketball and other elements OF
its own.
Miller Moore, president of the
United States intercollegiate La
crosse Association, says his or
ganization is being swamped with
requests for information about the
great Canadian game from COL
leges, high schools and clubs from
Maine to California.
Grid Coaches Endorse 1t
American football coaches, among
them Pop Warner, Reggie Root
of Yale, Harvey Harmon of Penn
sylvania and others, Moore reports,
are praiSing lacrosse highly as a
spring conditioner for their grid
men, christening it the football
Of the spring. Warner was
stepped in lacrosse as much as
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season an all-American team
picked from 10 colleges Played and
won two games from all-star club
aggregationS in New York and
Baltimore.
How quickly American athletes
are taking to the ancient sport is
indicated by the fact that the Lally
trophy, emblematic of the worlds
championship, is now held by the
United States. Lacrosse is played
in England, Ireland and Australia
as well as on its birthplace, the
North American continent, and
was featured in the Olympic games
of 1928 and 1882.
The Indians who started the
game called it baggataway, and
whole tribes scuffled for the ball
with the goal-posts set miles apart.
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BARNEY ROSS
GIVES ADVICE

CHICAGO, Aug 30-Packey Nc
Farland, onetime lightweight con-
tender when he actually was a
welterweight, now a member of the
Illinois Boxing Commission, still
retains the prejudice he had for
managers when he was active in
the ring
No manager need go to Packey's
office seeking favors, but fighters
who have been fleeced VIII get
consultation there. Packey has tried
to convert Barney Ross to his way
Of thinking in this matter, but
Ross is quite satisfied with his
handlers, thank you, since they
were good enough to get Inn two
titles when one is the ambition OF
most boxers.
Ross, now preparing for the de-
Tense OF his welterweight title
against Jimmie McLarnin in New
York September 6, is taking care
that he will have his money when
the legs give out. His brother a
certified public accountant, has seen
to this. The Ross earnings are in
a trust fund, and that's where the
money he receives in his coming
bout is going to land.
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Pacific Coast League

Portland 4; Sacramento 2.
Hollywood 3; San Francisco 2.
Missions l; Los Angeles 6.
Seattle 8; Oakland l.
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LACROSSE CAME
IS SPREADING
over A MERICA
Old Canadian Sport, Orig
mated in Quebec, Gains
College Popularity

MONTREAL, Aug. 3O.-Quebec,
the ancient storehouse which two
centuries ago supplied hardy dis
covers and colonizers for a large
part of what is now the United
States, is making another contri-
button to the states-its native
game, lacrosse-now called by some
the fastest-growing sport in AM
erican schools and colleges.
Just as the United States took
hockey to its heart a few years
ago and has installed the winter
mania of Quebec as one of its
most popular cold-weather team
sports, so now schoolboys and COL
legians across the boundary are
adopting lacrosse, which has the
crash of football, the dash of
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ATHLETICS STOP
ROWE'S STREAK
TO WIN GAMES
Itching Ace of Detroit
Fails to Get 18th Con-
secutive Victory

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. go
The sensational winning streak of
School Boy Rowe, Detroit's giant
22-year-old pitching ace, was alb
ruptly halted yesterday by a bonn
bardment from the Athletic bats
as Philadelphia routed him in sew
en- innings Of the second game Of
a double header.
Rowe was trying for his seven
tenth consecutive victory, a new
league record, but he has to be
content with his share of sixteen
games, record with Joe Wood,
Walter johnson and Lefty Grove.
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GAMES WEDNESDAY
National League

Brooklyn l; st. Louis 4.
Boston IL, 0; Pittsburgh 0, 7.
New York 0; Chicago l.
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may LEASE
GHOST CITY

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 80. -
In gold rush days, the mining town
of Columbia came within one vote
in the legislature. of being named
the capital of California. Recent
ly it was revealed by Attorney
General u S. Webbs that the state
may lease the ghost city for 81
year as a historical site.
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,,Uedish Peer
Esche,os Right
10 S,rord, Death

STOCKHOLM, aus. 30.-Whcn
Axel Gyllenkrok, a national banl.
official, recently told the govern
ment he wished to relinquish rri-
..--,es rs noplcman granted his
family in 1874, he resigned illusory
rights.
The only privilege left in Swed-
ish nobility is the right to be exc
cuted with a sword instead of a
broad axe, and that has been dor
mant since abolition of the death
penalty several years ago.
Gyllenkroks resignation, which
probably can't be accepted, is the
second in history. In 1900 Hans
Hierta, a radical-minded peer,
spectacularly resigned his rank at
a session of parliament.
Daily Empire Want Ads Pay!
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Although the Empire State
building on Fifth avenue, New
York City, 102 stories high, is
widely known, few know that a
small building by the same name
has stood on lower Broadway in
New York City for many years.
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Negro Radio Expert Loses
And Regains Worlds Title

Continued from Page one)
He brought his product to Turner,
who eested it, found it to work
perfectly, and relinquished the
championship.
But" says the Boston Post,
aWhittemore held the title only for
a hours, for on the following day
Turner recaptured It with his new
radio built on the head Of tiny
straight pin"
Too Small for Photo
Whittemore admitted that he was
trumped but applied himself anew
to the task Of bettering Turner's
efforts. After a few days, he pro-
duced a workable radio that eclips-
ed the pinhead set. This time,
however, the title rested with him
only Cor the short time that it took
Turner to take from his pocket a
still smaller set, already construct
ed, which was too tiny to be pho
tographed by the daily papers.
SO instead, the Boston Traveller
made a picture of Turner and Viii
ttemore together and printed 1t on
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MisOula, Mont.

Among the out Of iowa visitors
who spent the Fourth Of July IN
the city were: Misses June Walk
er and Madeline Fenter Of Butte
VINO were house guests Of Miss
Ruth Hardin; Misses Nellie Rob
ertson and Pauline Monroe. also
Of Butte, who were house guests
of Mrs. A. Lundy; Mrs. Inez Walk
er vino was guest Of Mrs. B. Sims;
Miss Billie Coleman who was the
guest Of Miss c. Ropeck; Mr.. and
Mrs. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. TaTd,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mast and daughter,
Mr.. Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Mundy, all Of Helena, and Mr.. N.
Arnold. During their stay the out
of town guests were entertained
with many social affairs, dancing
parties by MISS Ruth Hardin and
Mrs. Beatrice Sims. lawn patty
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Mudd, and a dancing party at
tie home of Mr. jim Johnson on
Wednesday evening The Butte
colored Giants played in Missoula
last Sunday winning from the
Missoula team 1873.
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Vancouver, B. C.

All Is in readiness here for the
Elks convention to be held Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. Large dele
cations of ElIks are expected from
Seattle, Tacoma, Yakima, Spokane
and Portland. The local organiza-
ton, Grouse Mountain Lodge and
Temple under leadership of C. L.
Lee, District Deputy has arranged
headquarters at 699 Drake Street.
Reservations for the visiting Elks
have been made at st. Regis Ho-
tel. A reception and dance will
be held for the delegates Friday
night. Business sessions will open
Saturday and end Sunday.-Mrs.
Anne Townley and Mr.. Ray Simp-
son were married Saturday even
ing by Rev. w. Banks assisted by
Rev Smith.-Mrs. Stella Bryant
and grandson, Charles Simpson,
have returned to their home in Ia
coma after visit of two weeks
Among the citizens Of Vancouver
who attended the Masonic and
Eastern Star convention in Seattle
last week were Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison Pryor, Mrs. I. M. Smith, Mrs.
Luetta Foster, Mrs. B. Pope and
Miss Dorothy Pope.-The Juvenile
Daughter Elks gave a surprise
party honoring their daughter ruI-
er, Miss Beverley Estes and her
brother, Robert Estes, prior to
their departure for Powell River
where they will spend the summer
with their grandmother, Mrs.
Theo Estes.
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Helena, Mont.
BY Hex


The Helena Progressive League
Monday night reelected the fol-
lowing officers: president, c. H.
Harrell, ST.; vice-president, Nor
man Howard; secretary, J. E. w.
Clarke; assistant secretary, Lawr-
ence Howard; treasurer, H ]. Ba-
ker. The meeting was held at the
residence of Julian Anderson.
Presiding elder, ]. E. F1utcher,
it is announced, will bold the last
quarterly conference for this year
at st. James church, July 10. ].
E. Ingram is asking that all re-
ports be ready on that date. Mr..
Ingram is steward in charge.
We have just received word of
the death of Henry Mcfarland at
Montreal, Canada, January %. Mr..
Mcfarland was well known in this
state having been employed for
years on the N. P road and also
on the C. P. R. The deceased has
sister, Mrs. Frances c. Harding,
and other relatives residing in
Missoula.
Mr.. and Mrs. AID Banks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Page Anderson, Mr.. Julian
Anderson and Miss Florence An
derson motored out to the Sun Ri
yer valley Sunday.
Miss Octavia Bridgwater and C.
H. Harrell, Jr., returned to Helena
Sunday from a visit to Tacoma.
Nearly all of Helena's colored
folk migrated on the Fourth to
the inviting picnic grove above the
Spring Hill mine. Mr.. and Mrs.
Logan Allen and Mrs. George
Christian secured the variety of
edibles and drinkables for the OUT
ing that extended away beyond the
twilight hour. Games for young
and near-young were enjoyed, the
near-young paying toll the next
day in aches.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Baker, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Mast and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Ford
and HEX motored to Missoula on
tn. Fourth. Those Missoula peo-
PIE fixed it SO we can't ever fot-
get them. After visiting several
homes and looking over the city
we were taken to the pleasing and
hospitable home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mudd where, under the
shade of heavy-laden fruit trees,
we gathered around a very long
table loaded with tempting things
to eat and It was feast.
McArnold had motored over with
a party from Butte, and with the
James Simms, the Blount Tullos,
the Chester McNortons, the Mike
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TACOMA NEWS
G. b. Aldrich, Editor-AIgr.
08SK Pacific Ave.

DR.. Thomas w. Turner, president
of the Federated Colored Catho-
lies, was visitor here last week
during which time he was guest
of Atty. G. B. Aldrich and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Ray. DIR. Tur-
ner was guest for communion
breakfast of the Holy Names So
ciety at Holy Rosary Church Sun
day and made a splendid impress
sion with an eloquent speech. He
discussed Catholic education for
Catholic Negroes and urged the
assistance of the Holy Names So
ciety in forcing the opening Of all
Catholic institutions to all Catho-
lies alike. Sunday afternoon he
was a guest at a reception at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Ray
which was attended by colored and
white alike. He left for Seattle
from which place he will go to
Yellowstone Park and st. Paul,
MINI.
Funeral rites were held 3 p. m.
Saturday at the Lynn Mortuary
for Mrs. Mary Taylor, age S3, who
died at local hospital. Rev. H.
Francis Mcclure officiated. The
deceased was a member Of the AL
len A. M. e. Church, and is sur
vived by a son, T. Albert Tanner,
and a grandson. Ernest Tanner,
both Of Tacoma.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at the Allen A. M.
e. Church for N. w. Johnson, S3,
Civil War veteran, who died after
long illness. Military burial took
place in Orting Cemetery.
Kansas City Monarchs, worlds
champion colored baseball team,
defeated the Tacoma Whitestocks
90 in an exhibition game Sunday.
The colored players excelled their
white opponents in all departments
of the game.
Charged with beating his wife,
]. Hyde was given a jail sentence
Monday by Judge Magill
A union Sunday School picnic
will be held at Point Defiance park
next Thursday.
Full Gospel Pentecostal Church,
Elder E. F. Morris, pastor-Regu-
lar services win be held Sunday at
IL a. m. and 8 p. m. Young peo-
pies meeting 6:30 p. m, The 4th
of July picnic at Lake Wapato was
a decided success.
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Farm Hands in Cotton Belt
Change Color; No Singing

BIRMINGHAM, Ala Specially
"A tour of nearly a dozen coun-
ties in Alabama's cotton belt, made
during the past few weeks, showed
cotton choppers. pillow hands and
fence members of a color not usu-
ally seen In these parts.
White workers, men and women
have come off the front porches,
out Of the stores and away from
the domino tables and have gone
to the fields. They have not sup
planted colored labor. They are
merely doing their own work and
leaving the colored man either to
go back to the big plantations on
the river bottoms or to buy his
own farm or starve to death.
There is plenty of grass for both
races to fight.
Women Work 6arefooted
White women with children play
ing in the sbade are to be seen all
along the highways, chopping cot
ton, hoeing corn or setting out po-
tatoes. Back in the hills they work
barefooted, with huge floppy sun
bonnets covering head, neck and
most of the face. A colored man
driving through In an automobile
may either be called mister" and
nasally given directions to his des-