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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

Some of those quaint and
charming old cowboy songs were
written by Jim Welsh, Shrewd
Scotch business man who used
to herd COWS in west Texas on
a bicycle. One of the best, a
long, wailing recitative, told
how an angry long-horn steer
whammed into his bike and
tossed it clear over into the
next county, rider and all.
Jim became head cattle buyer
for Tex Richard down in Para
quay. He can bulldog the buff
falo on a nickel. but he's about
as much of a buckaroo as
Charles Evans Hughes. At the
rodeo at Madison Square Gar
den. Mike Hastings, of Spot
ford, Texas, throws a steer
with a front nelson half-lock in
eight and one-fifth seconds. The
worlds record is five seconds.
Pallid city crowds cheer the
bronzed vaqueroS. Paul D. CoZe,
famous French artist, rushes
over to paint them, for the fifth
year. They are figures of high
romance. But" say the cow
boys, there amt any West any
more"
BUILT UP
They're partly right. Many
of the $50 or 200 rodeo cowboys
are graduates of dude ranches.
There is a National Association
of Dude Ranches which seems
to have taken in custody the
romance of cowpunching. The
cowboys outfit has been built
up until it costs about $1,000.
In the old days about months
pay used to rig a working cow
boy with hat, chaps, boots,
spurs and a bandanna hand
kerchief.
The passing of the range,
narrower margins of profit, un-
certainty of prices, have made
it a close-figuring business. A
cowboy used to get $50 or $50
a month a few years ago, but
now he's down to $25 or $50,
as in the nineties, along with
his beans and chile. of course.
A Economically inclined young
man takes a look at this and
heads for either Hollywood or
a dude ranch.
As successful New York
lawyer. who used to be a reg
ular journeyman cowboy around
Laramie, Wyoming. IS years
ago, and who used to ride in
the annual Frontier Day cele.
bration at Cheyenne, was chat
ting at a New York club the
other night about cowboys as
he knew them. He had just
bee to the rodeo.
They're better riders than
we were-dude ranches or no
dude ranches" he said. "Once
in a while we'd hear of some
daredevil diving off a horse
onto a steer, but our contests
were in roping, tying and
possibly branding a steer: in
roping. blindfolding. saddling
a cayuse, and in riding, buck.
ing and pitching horses, much
as these boys do.
II used to think I was q
pretty good COW hand, but
these lads taAs chances I
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talking gently. He was a
Dunkard preacher, trying to con-
vert me.
There must have been about
a thousand verses OF The
Chisholm Trail We used to
sing them endlessly. But some
of the boys liked to sing
hymns, too, and you would be
quite as apt to hear Rock of
Ages as anything else. A lot
of these new cowboy songs
sound synthetic to me. The
ones that used to get around
most were mournful doggerel
and usually hard luck stories.
One we liked particularly was
Cole Younger:
4 am one of a band Of out
laws; Cole Younger is my
name.
MY crimes and miSdemeanOrS
have brought my friends to
shame.
The robbery Of the Mortified
bank; the same 1 can't deny;
And now am q prisoner; in
the Mortified Jail / ie.'
Eddie Braunschweiger, a
tall, thin, melancholy cowboy
with a German accent, used to
sing that one. One-half of his
face was paralyzed-a perfect
dead pan-and with the other
half of his face he would cry
as he sang out of one side of
his mouth, with tears rolling
from his off-eye.
o. HENRY
Eddie was a scared of guns,
and the boys used to rib him
a lot with fake gunplay. But
at that he was the only one
of the lot who could get a half
Nelson on a steer, the way
those rodeo boys do.
I'VE also knew a lot of Root,
Hog, or Die" Sydney Porter
took his name from one of
those verses. I don't know just
which one it was, but I re-
member a few of the lines:
"AlOng came my true love about
IL o'clock,
Saying Henry, o. Henry! What
sentence have you got?
The jury found me guilty, the
Judge allowed no stay;
So they sent me down to Hunts.
vile, for me to wear my
life away!
when think of our diet, I
wonder how any of us lived to
be more than 25-Sow belly and
bareback and beans and mighty
little green stuff. But there
were tough old-timerS who had
lived on just such stuff all their
lives. Old Reese Barton. OF
Texas, died three years ago at
the age of 101, only a week or
so out of the saddle. Old Bill
Hanger, Of Montana, is still rid
ing hard at So.
even in my day those dumb.
looking, peaceable, white-faced
HerefordS were replacing the
long-horns. From that day on,
they could just as well get a
lot of vacationing VasSar girls
for cowpunchers. and leave the
old buckaroo stuff to the circus
business"
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate. InS.)
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A Financial Workout
Raising wenty Million

The District Commissioners through Corporation Coun
sci Barrett Prettan out looking for suggestions
from Washingtonians to how the Municipal Center
can be financed.
Since the project will cost probably than twenty
million dollars our citizens will no doubt be delighted to
participate in planning how to raise the money.
It will be novel incident for most of residents
who have never tried dream of such sum, much
less to figure out concretey how that much money can
be gathered together in one spot
However, the Commissioners apparently don't want
to overburden the financial minds of the community so
they are introducing the subject gradually, proposing
that at this time suggestions be made only for financing
the first unit.
This would cost mere four five million dollars and
would give our residents little workout before they
start figuring how finance the project in its entirety
The history of this gorified city hall project it seems
to u.s. would indicate that the Commissioners have gone
to the wrong source for financing suggestions.
Where the Commissioners should have gone is to the
Federal Government.
The people of Washington never suggested spending
twenty million dollars to house the municipal govern
ment They weren't even consulted about 1t.
The Federal Government suggested the structure d1c
+ated where it should lie located and virtually drew all
of the plans at least ordered how they should be
drawn
Then the Federal Government forced the local tax
navers to spend six million dollars buying the site for
the monumental structure. The land was bought on
Pennsylvania Avenue years ago. It has stood idle since
its purchase removed from the tax rolls and losing the
ctv revenue of which it is in vital need.
After the land was bought at tremendous cost the
local treasury was stripped There remained no funds
to carry the grandiose plans which had been drawn
And then the Federal Government lost interest IN the
biob hoa
in any way in the financing. It has refused even to
carry out its buy the present District Build
ing and apply the purchase price to construction Of the
new city hall.
The place to receive suggestions for financing the
center is the Congress-
More than that the Commissioners in addition to seek
ing suggestions from that august body might also seek
to get the necessary money there, too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05
World!
By Elsie Robinson

The Macon.
Incredible, sky-filling lowell
ness. impossible, soul stirring
challenge; the Macon can't be
BUT IS!
No! Men can't do a thing
like that. Little worms of men.
Born in the dirt. Dying in the
dirt. Doomed to darkness and
dirtiness and despair from the
cradle to the grave. Men can't
do a thing like the Macon.
Men are weak. Men are
stupid. Men are cowardly. Men
when they started-hadn't
even the power or authority Of
great apes. Men lived in holes.
in caves, like beasts. Went
shambling. shuddering, slobber.
ing all their days.
Men wouldn't ever get out Of
holes - out of fears. Men
couldn't do a thing like the
Macon.
BUT THEY DID!
Men made the Macon! The
Macon floated in a mans mind
before it ever floated in the sky.
The Macon floated in mans
mind before he had a house to
live in, a car to ride in, a book
to read from, a coat to wear.
HOPE AND DARE
The Macon started with a
dream, a hope, A DARE.
The Macon wasn't built first
Of silk and aluminium, 1T
WAS BUILT OF FIRE AND
FAITH
Men made the Macon because
men DARED TO HOPE FOR
FREEDOM DARED TO
DREAM OF FLIGHT!
ANYTHING A MAN DARES
TO DREAM HE CAN DO!
ANYTHING A MAN DARES TO
HOPE HE CAN HAVE IF
HE'LL KEEP AT TT AND
WON'T LET ANYTHING MAKE
HIM TAKE THE COUNT.
Who said I didn't have a
chance? Who said I could
never get anywhere? I did!
BUT I WAS LYING.
No matter how poor I am, or
how bound, how stupid or des-
perate, I can do anything I dare
to dream-I can have what 1
dare to hope.
Men couldn't make the
Macon. But they did. AND
so CAN /!
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05
Mothers Have Rights
Courts RECOGNIZE Them

In these days New Dsm Of growing governmental pen
traon into every aspect personal e of weakening family
ties Supreme Court Justice Hammers decision in New York in
the Syearod Ethel Cordes breath of sanity
and normality.
In deciding that Ethes mother had the right to keep
although she had lived her life with relatives who
refused renqush her her mother the justice said
"The right of the natural parent to the child is
of the highest of natural rights. child cannot be
taken avay from its unOffending parent simply to
better its moral and temporal Uelfare. The right of
the parent to the society and education of the child
uUithin reasonable limitation is paramount to the right
and interest of the State in child's LUelfare."
is splendid to have legally stated that mother must
have her natural rights respected that mother love must be
presumed be innocent of doing until 1t is amply
proved to be guilty.
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Just try and do it! But the
doggoned article had to be
written somehow. SO here I
sat-plugging away-mangllng
wordS-getting nowhere.
But that, II said to myself"
is life. Nobody ever gets any
where. We're hamstrung be-
fore we start. If one thing
doesn't get you, another will.
Poverty, sickness, or some dirty
deal in the dark. So what's the
use Of hoping, dreaming, bait
ling-kidding yourself that
you're going to make a record?
Maybe things will seem to be
breaking right for a while. But
sooner or later you're bound
to flop. You haven't a chance.
Nobody has.
Recognize the wheeze? Sure
you do. Probably started the
day like that yourself. Most
of us do-lately.)
NlIIC " CAOChS 4CL1' Wuo do
sunk as when started.
Sunker! Couldn't see any
further, talk any taller than
my own crouch. But presently
I became conscious that some.
thing was coming off.
Incredible
Settling outside the window.
Far away. Like a huge hum.
Too lazy to get up at first. but
the hum came nearer-loomed
louder-became a snarl-a roar.
Suddenly the whole sky seemed
slipping by my window-Sliding
past me in a silver avalanche.
I jumped-and saw q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

In slightly petulant mood the
other day, I remarked in this
space that when a resident of
the effete Atlantic Seaboard
pays his income tax to the Fed.
eral Government, it is some
thing like giving his money to
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin johnson,
who may be off to the Uganda
with it at any minute.
My point was that, worthy as
many Government projects may
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tain, a steep ascent on Dhtch
there is not a single foot that
is not at sharp angle. From
the first moment one steps on
the side of this steep elevation
tt is all struggle.
Only the toughest can make
that ascent and annually the
Indian athletes use the side Of
the mountain in tests for en-
durance.
But Joe stuck it out until he
reached the top, from which he
descended much faster than he
went up.
So, Joe says the White House
steps are easy.
Out in Montgomery county,
Maryland, Ed" Peter is one of
the most active leaders in the
Fusion party although he is not
a candidate for office.
Not so long ago Ed was in
an extremely rural section of
the county trying to persuade
farmers to vote the Fusion
ticket.
He approached one agricul-
turist to make his appeal when
the man demanded:
Say, Ed, you amt one of
those FuSS-iniStS, are you?"
Oscar Johnston. manager OF
the Agricultural Adjustment
Administrators cotton pool,
has fired the opening gun in
serious campaign to repeal
the rigid Bankhead cotton con-
troll act Which has caused its
author and Southern farmers
plenty OF grief!
Senator Cotton John" Bank
head of Alabama, sponsor of
the act, has been busily engaged
this summer explaining to his
constituents why he secured
the legislation in view of the
fact that Southern producers
claim it has seriously injured
their earnings.
Many of the men who clam
ored for the bill last year in
the belief that it Mould assist
them By limiting production
haze changed their vieDs on
the subject since they haze
witnessed its operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

be, my public servants Gas I
like to call them) seem to be
more fascinated in adventures
which are not Immediately re-
lated to life in Forty-fourth
Street. This was small Of me,
I know, and typically provincial.
was just running the thing
over in my mind.
I didn't know, at the time,
what the Department of Agri-
culture is doing for me and my
fellow city-dwellers. didn't
know of the bulletins which
one-anyone-can get free by
simply sending to Washington.
(In the following quotations,
I want it distinctly understood
that I am not trying to be
funny, or using deceit of any
kind. am making actual selec-
tions from the departments list
of publications, representing
storehouse of goodies open to
every citizen We all pay for
this Service-let's use it'd
You-or I (unleSS I am on the
blacklist by now) may send for
works on:
/. VetcheS.
2. Egyptian Cotton in Salt
River Valley. Arizona.
8. citrus ThripS.
4. Sheep Scab.
S. Ginseng Diseases and Their
Control.
6. How to Attract Birds in
Northwestern U. s.
7. Dwarf BroomcornS.
8. Spinose Eartick, Treatment
Tor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05
Send Now
BIZ Robert BenchLey

9. Book Lice. Il must send
for thiS.)
10. Cowpea Utilization.
ii. Gullies: How to Control
Them.
IL. Quack Grass.
I realize that I am not play
ing fair in listing only these
items, for the Department OF
Agriculture doesn't pretend to
cater to the night club trade.
But I have a surprise in store
for you. In the same catalogue
are items which even the most
citified slicker should be inter-
eSted in:
Cd Cockroaches; co Hockey
and its Uses in the Home (thiS
may be "honey"-my copy is
rather ODD; Cd Food for
Young Children; "a School
Lunches; (5) How to Select a
Sound Horse; 60 How to At
tract Birds-N h a tern
States; I'd RaCS ana MICE No|
Neufchatel and Cream Cheese;
90 Wintering Bees in Cellars;
(1O Home Laundry, and CID
Judging Sheep.
So, you see, there is some
thing for all Of us. and I am
sure that we all ought to be
very grateful to the Depart
ment of Agriculture for think
ing in such intersectional
terms.
True, there is nothing there
about How To Prevent Frogs
from Getting Into a Pipe While
You Are Smoking It, or Broken
Shoelace: It's Prevention and
T,,ra R11t uyo con't nYnAct
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would never have thought Of
taking.
I'VE used to whoop and yell
a lot, take pot shots at coyotes
and likker up on occasion, but
I never saw gun-play. There
was one chap with black
whiskers who was supposed to
have about eight notcheS on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

his gun, and I was plenty
scared of him. One night, as I
lay under my tarpaulin in the
moonlight, I saw him creeping
over toward me. He was a
husky citizen, and 1 knew I
wouldn't have a chance with
him. I was stiff with fear.
Then he leaned over and began
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

s e n a t o r
Royal s. Cope
land, Demo
cratic NOM
inee for re-
e lie C t ion to
the S e n a t e
FIR o m N e W
Y Ork, al
IN o u gh the
omission was
later explain
ed away, fail
to pro o Ike
& N mr. Sc
among pOlit-
ical observers.
A. A-@HN
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wiggle left in
e m Z? Well,
t h a t S the
way 1 was
feeling t h is
m o rnin g.
Blue-blah-
blotto! III
washed up n
willing to pay
a bonus to
anyone who'd
h q u ! me
away.
writ e an
article when
you're feeling
like that 2
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head act as Senator Bankhead
a private citizen rather than in
his official capacity, it is known
that much of his opposition
came because Of his official sur
vigilance of its operation.
Almost all Southern members
will have something to say
about repeating the act next
session and the Texas delega-
ton will favor a change almost
to q man.
Downright. 1891 The Washfngton TimaAl
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When Con-
greSS opens
there will be
an immediate
demand for
it's modifica-
ton or re-
peal.
Al t h ough
Mr.. Johnston,
W no is a
large grower
of cotton, in
dictated that
he S o u G h t
m o dification
of the Bank
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

everything, and I'm sorry that
I made the nasty remarks that
I did about our Government
and its use of our taxes.
And, by the way, have you
noticed that Shoe-laceS don't
break as often as they used to
in the old days? Things must
be getting better!
Copyright, 1884. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
duy and Thursday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, T.

The failure Of President I
Roosevelt, before leaving for
Hyde Park to vote, to endorse
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-05

Men Couldn't Make The
MacOn-But They Did!
Rotten morning! You know
those drowned worms you see
after a rair1Storm-not a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-29
APP. Decision to End Business
In Cleveland Will Stand; Ohio Meat
Cutters Plan to Vote on Strike

CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 90
(UP).-The Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea company, giant gro
Gerry chain hurled a defiant chal-
lenge in the face of organized la
Dor by closing its 800 stores here
rather than submit to union de-
mands for a closed shop. The
company said it was quitting bust
ness here forever. More than g.
900 employees, mostly non-union,
were paid off and discharged.
Seven unions involved in the
dispute issued a statement charg-
ing that the closing of the stores
was further proof of coercion
and intimidation of employees by
the company.
Non-union clerks and managers
considered appealing direct to
President Roosevelt for interven-
ton to save their jobs. In Mil
waukee meat-cutters in all A&P
stores struck today.
The Ohio Meatcutters union has
called a convention to consider a
statewide strike vote against the
Arp.
In quitting business here, the
company was leaving behind an
estimated annual gross revenue OF
nearly $20,000,000.
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No Vandalism
On Halloween
Decreed Here
Children May Enjoy Them.
selves; Grown Folks
Can't Wear Masks

Chief of Police Otis Powers this
morning issued a warning that the
city law enforcement officers will
tolerate no vandalism or destruc-
ton of property under the name
of play on Wednesday night, Hal
lowe'en.
Chief Powers declared that the
holiday was primarily for the
amusement of children, and that
no attempt would be made to in
terfere with any fun on the part
of children, but he declared that
any adult parading on that night
doing injury to any personal prop
erty would be dealt with severely.
In the matter of the wearing of
masks, Chief Powers said that
children would be allowed to par
ade with masks, but that adults
would not.
Special police officers will be
on duty Wednesday night, Chief
Powers said, and his instructions
along this line will be strictly en-
forced.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-29
Wesleyan Revival
To Continue For
Ensuing 2 Weeks
Old Fort Pastor to Preach
AT Tonight's Protract-
ed Service

The revival which has been 60
ing for a week at the Wesleyan
Methodist church was a scene of
successful meetings over Sunday.
The singing is attracting many,
and the Happy Singers" Messrs
Cox and Rushing are proving
themselves efficient workers.
The pastor, Rev. M. R. Harvey,
who has been doing the preaching,
delivered three strong messages
over Saturday night and Sunday.
Religious convictions and profess
sion have been the result.
The pastor will be relieved of
preaching at the Monday night
service, as a new minister will
preach at the revival. The Rev.
R. L. Phillips. Wesleyan pastor of
the Old Fort charge is to be at
that service and has consented to
preach. Rev. Phillips spent five
years at Gods Bible School at
Cincinnati, and is said to be an
unusually strong preacher. He
and Mr.. Cox, the choir leader,
were students there at the same
time. Mr.. Cox says that Rev. Mr..
Phillips is indeed strong
preacher.
The revival will continue for at
least two weeks yet, with services
every night at seven thirty o'clock.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-29
RIDCIANS BEAT
RUTHERFORD
Collegians, No Match For
Them, Fight Hard But
Held Scoreless
By pete" STOKES

The Blue Ridge Hilltoppers roll
ed over Rutherford College on the
High school grounds Saturday af-
ternoon to the tune of 1910.
Rutherford was no match for
the Ridgians but put up good
fight in holding the score down.
Rutherford kicked off, and a
few minutes later Ed Edney got
loose around end for 25 yards to
the 10 yard line. Miller went
over from the 10 and pass for the
extra point failed.
Rutherford held the Ridgians
throughout the second and third
periods although the Hilltoppers
were a constant threat. In the
fourth quarter Ritch and Miller
ganged up to score. Miller TAX
ing the ball over on a lay out pass
that was good for 43 yards. Ed
ney caught pass for the extra
point.
The final Hilltopper marker
came after Boles had intercepted
a Rutherford pass. Miller, Edney
and Rich carried the ball to the
7 yard line and Miller went over,
but failed to make the extra point.
The whistle blew on the first play
after the kickoff.
Hitch, Boles, Edney and Miller
in the Blue Ridge backfeld made
CONSTANT gains all afternoon.
Captain Easterby, Maxwell and
Coffey in the line played out
CONTINUED on page four)
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FRUITLAND LOSES TO
WALNUT HIGH l4-6
BY SIR MAYNARD HEDSTROM
United Press Staff Correspondent

FRUITLAND, Oct. 29-Walnut
high defeated Fruitland here Sat-
urday, IA to 6.
Ramsey scored the first touch
down for Walnut in the second
period after the visitors had grad
ually worked the ball down the
field to within plunging distance
of the goal line. Ramsey also
kicked the extra point.
In the second period Henderson.
of Walnut, intercepted Fruitland
pass and ran 40 yards to score.
Haynes, accounted for the extra
point.
Fruitland's score came in the
second when a pass, Bryant to
Henderson, was good for 20 yards
and touchdown.
McDevitt, Ramsey and Hender-
son starred for Walnut, while
Fruitland's Henderson and Bryan
starred for the home team.
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OUINTUPLETS ARE
SLEEPING OUTDOORS

CALENDAR, Ont, Oct. 20.
(UP) The Dionne quintuplets
were five months old yesterday
and celebrated with maps out Of
doors despite the fact that ground
was covered with snow following
a blizzard Saturday.
The temperature was below
freezing but that made no differ
ence to DR.. Allan Ray Dafoe,
country physician, who has at
tended the worlds most famous
babies since their birth. He or
dered the five tiny girls into their
outdoor cribs for five hour maps.
Nurses said the babies slept well
although it was the coolest day Of
the year.