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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
3 Colored Workers
Are Taking Census

OF the $50 workers who began
a census taking of Seattle and
vicinity Monday, three are col
ored. They are Miss Odessa Le-
wis, Earl Glenn and Nesbit Fra
zier. The census is a Civil Works
Service project under supervision
of the Federal Government. This
project is a census of all indi-
viduals between the ages Of 4
and 81 years, being taken pri-
marily for the Seattle School
Department. The census will
take approximately one month
and the workers may be identi-
fled promptly by the brass badge
of the Civil Works Service. Co
operation Of the public is re-
quested.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
Woods Shows Courage
In Defeating Moro

Henry Woods proved to fight
fans that he Is game and can
take EN- on the chm In his bait
tie with kid Moro. Filipino light-
weight. Tuesday night at crys-
tai Pool. Moro. q why tough
boxer, almost put Woods to the
floor with q tremendous right
swing to the Jaw in the seventh
-ound. Woods knees sagged, he
staggered and had Moro landed
again. the colored phenom would
have gone down. Moro did not
follow his advantage. He back
ed away and that saved Henry,
who soon recovered and finished
the round handily. In the next
round Woods went to the front
again and easily copied the de-
cision by winning five Of the
rounds by q big margin. Woods
gave fine exhibition Of defen-
sive fighting in staving off the
aggressive attack Of Moro. Som
ny Jones, colored featherweight
Of Vancouver. got a draw with
Bobby Gray Of Seattle in six
rounds. Gray really had the
edge. Jones did not put up as
good q fight as he did in q pre-
vious fight with Gray. He was
slow and seemed afraid OF Gray.
The show staged by Nate Drux-
man was one Of the best Of the
season. The other 3 bouts we're
as interesting as the main ev-
ents.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
MRS. JESSIE HOWARD IN
CHARGE OF WELCOME CAFE

The Welcome Cafe. los 22nd
Ave. N. formerly Smiths Cafe,
is now under the management Of
Mrs. Jessie Howard. former own
er Of the Korner Kupboard.
Known as an excellent cook,
Mrs. Howard win specialize in
home cooked meals at popular
prices. Chicken dinners will be
served to order and on every
Sunday. A sandwich service Is
also provided. Mrs. Howard in
vites the patronage of all desir-
ing well cooked food at popular
prices served in homeilke sur
roundings.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Mr.. Emmett H. Holmes, wide
" known pioneer resident OF this
state, enroute to his home in
Spokane from Chicago and Oily
mpia. is spending the week in
Seattle greeting his many &C
quaintances. He was q speaker
ct the meeting Of the South End
Civic Club Sunday afternoon and
at a meeting Of Puget Sound
Lodge Of EllEs Monday night. Mr..
Holmes was one Of the officials
in charge Of the washington
State exhibit at the Century Of
Progress Fair In Chicago. Dur
ing his stay in Seattle he is the
guest Of Mr.. John B. White.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

In the presence of a few in
innate friends at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. c. j. Allen Satur-
day evening, January Is. Miss
Mabel Dixon and Mr.. James Al
len Turner were quietly married
by the Rev. John r. Harris. DIR.
Allen was best man ana Mrs.
Allen was matron Of honor. At
ter the ceremony tea was serv-
ed. The happy couple are on a
honeymoon to be gone two weeks
Mrs. Ernest Alexander is re-
ported confined to her home by
illness.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

The Mystic Mites" in meet
ing Saturday night at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Simcns ell
ected the following officers; pre-
sident, Mrs. Ira Simons, GsSW.;
vice president, Buddy Donald
son, S.W.; secretary, Mrs. Chas.
Lewis, P.W.; treasurer. Ernest
White, NV. The officers will
be installed at a meeting Satur-
day night at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles smith, 704
18th Ave. So.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Mesdames Hugh Vaughn and
Robert Minor after q week in
Seattle as guests Of Mrs. LaBeile
Jackson. left for their home in
Butte, Mont. last Thursday. A.
mong the social affairs given FOR
their pleasure were a dinner by
Mrs. M. Porter. q card party BY
Mrs. James Kirk. buffet sup
per by Mrs. Margaret Hiliyard
and a dinner party by Mrs. E
Iy. C. Walker.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
FOR SALE
LUNCH ROOM

FOR SALE at q bargain nicely
equipped lunch roor1 on 12th
Avenue, one-half block 10 Jack
son st. Doing good business.
Rent $40 month. Eorced TO
sell on account Of sickness. Es-
telle ]. Dawson, lc24 93rd Ave.
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Seattle Notes and Gossip
Miss Sadie McIve, Reporter
Building Day Prospect
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. Mary McCaney
Miss Sadie McIver, Reporter

With the Rev. h. B. CAN'T
officiating. funeral services we're
held this Thursday morning at
the Angelus Mortuary for Mrs.
Mary McCaney. IS. who died on
Monday at the GEORGETOWN Hos
pital. The body was cremated.
Mrs. McCaney a native Of Mis-
souri, was a resident Of Seattle
20 years. She resided. at 1906
goth Ave. South. No relatives
survive.
GEORGE A BOYER
George A. Boyer, 81. died OF
senility at Harborview Hospital
Tuesday. THE deceased was a
native OF Detroit, Mich, and re-
sided in Seattle only short
time. The body is at the Ange-
lus Mortuary for burial arrange
ments.
DE METICTO LADAGALA
Funeral rites were held Thurs
day at Maryknoll Catholic church
for DeMeticio Ladagala. Filipino,
found dead last week in his room
at GOT Maynard Ave. Coroner
pronounced death due to acute
pneumonia. The deceased was
as years old and a native of Ma
nilla. Funeral arrangements were
IN charge OF the Angelus Nor
tuary.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Mrs. E. A. Davis is able to be
about after two weeks illness.
Mr.. Robert T. Jones and Miss
Evelyn M. Parsee (white) were
quietly married at the Courthouse
Monday.
Miss Thelma Coleman Brown
entertained a large number of
guests with a party Tuesday ev-
ening complimenting her moth
er, Mrs. Alfred NJ. Brown, on
her birthday anniversary. The
hostess was assisted in caring
for guests by Mesdames Earl
Dill and Frances Smith.
Mrs. Fred Woodson left for
California Tuesday summoned
by illness of her mother.
Keep off date February IL.
Cabaret Dance auspices South
End Civic Club.
Miss Ann Edwards of Tacoma
spent the week end in Seattle,
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Duke
Jackson.
Mrs. James Chase was hostess
for a meeting of the London
Bridge Club at her home We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. Henry Davis was hostess
for the recent meeting of the
Thursday Study Club at which
the discussion "An Appreciation
of the Bible" was led by Mrs.
Josephine Casmon. Mrs. j. B.
johnson of st. Paul, MINI, was
visiting guest. Mrs. Emma Han
cock will be hostess for the next
meeting of the club.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Notice Subscribers: Send in
payment for your subscription to
the Enterprise. All unpaid sub
sCriptions win be discontinued on
February l.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Help build Negro business. Buy
your groceries, eggs and butter
at Our Grocery, 1926 E. Madi-
son Stree, corner of 23rd Ave.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
HARLAN FORCES
ARE OPTIMISTIC

The following optimistic
message so0s sent in from
H0rIiN Headquarters and Is
here printed without com
ms1t BY this paper.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
SOMETHING

A wen located flat buiIdlng
that was appraised at $9,0e0,
building cost $6,5e0.) is n
valuable, because Of fCreclOs-
ure at $2,75O. free and clear.
One half cash, balance easy
terms. Not for rent. No trades.
No mortgage. I separate COM
pIete apartments ready for
occupancy. Shown by appoint
ment only. Phone evenings:
West 5z27.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown
are parents Of a baby daughter
born January 7 at Providence
Hospital.
Mrs. Harry Duvail. seriously
III several days. is reported con-
valescing.
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sol Mcdowell Building
NOTICE
Republican Club

The regular monthly meeting
OF the King County Colored Re
publican Club viii be held ct 3
D. m. Sunday. January a. n
Chambers Hall. 1915 23rd Ave.
Installation OF officers win be
held and important matters dis
cussed. Members are urged to
attend. Public inYited.-Alfred
Hail, president: Clarence r. An
derson. secretary.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

small boy of today that it had
IS years ago when your CORE
Spondent was in his pre-teenS.
This proves conclusively that
youngsters have not changed in
the essentials.
The ice wagon as an inStitu-
ton still flourishes in Saratoga
with the difference that today
you attract its attention by
placing in the window a dig
nified card with ICE" printed
on it in letters four inches high,
instead of yelling, "Ice man, I
want so pounds today" as was
the custom in the olden days.
Each morning. the progress OF
the ice wagon down the street
was hailed with joy by the tots.
What is the charm that a piece
of ice filched from the wagon
holds for small boys? What
gustatory delight does it pos
Sess that makes a youngster
willing to pass up an all-day
sucker for it? All-day sucker
that term dates your correspond
ent, for the all-day sucker is
not known to the boy of today.
It has given way to more elab-
crate confections of chocolate
covered ice cream, costing
nickel instead of a cent, and
with family repellent (pardon
Mr.. Woollcott) names like CO.
la-la.
X 4 <
Observation No. 2-Boys no
longer play cops and robbers.
At Saratoga during August, due
to the pervading influence OF
the race meeting, the prevailing
game was horse races. 1t was
not possible, almost, to venture
from the house without getting
tangled up in a hotly-conteSted
race consisting entirely OF
Cavalcades and Equipoises. For
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
The Greatest. Shoe
On Earth
By John Snure, r.

The other day he returned
from Canada. His pocketbook
and his party affiliations had
been touched.
Said he:
81 took 10 American dollars
to Canada. They would only
give me $3.50. I'm through
with the Democratic party.
81 refuse to have anything to
do with a crowd that will do a
thing like that to my money"
Public Health Service doctors
are being criticized for their
treatment of Government work
ers in connection with injuries
sustained in employment.
One of the most recent cases
brought to light is that OF a
young bog 1Uho 1OGS engaged IN
Juggling huge bundles OF paper
1Deighing $50 pounds at the II.
o. L. C.
Injured, he went to the H. o.
L. C. nurse, tUGS ordered to the
Public Health clinic.
A doctor at Public Health
made a curSory examination
and said the injury was old. The
boy protested. The doctor or
dered him from the office with
the admonition:
81 am busy"
The boy secured an affidavit
from a physician who had
treated him from birth which
offset the Public Health doc
tors contention.
In the delay, howeUer, in Sc
curing treatment for the youth
Jailed to Improve, must no1D
take three months from tDorE
and submit to an operation
Dhich lDill require him to re-
main in a hospital for three
1UeekS.
Had he been given proper
treatment, his condition might
have improved. But the Public
Health doctor was "tOO busy"
Copyright. 1880. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

by the government of Man.
chukuo."
BY vigorously protesting al
legged lawleSs acts on the part Of
Japan along the line of the rail-.
way in dispute Russia hopes to
mobilize world opinion against
Japan and assure herself free
hand when she finally decides or
is forced to resort to the sword
to achieve her purpose.
Chances Good
Last spring when negotiations
regarding the railway were re-
vived there appeared to be good
prospects that the dispute could
be peaceably adjusted. When
these negotiations became deao-
locked early in August the gov.
ernments had come within TO-
100000 yen of agreeing to the
purchase price.
Russia had come down in her
price from 620,00O,000 yen to
160,000,000 yen and the Japan.
ese offer for the railway had
been increased from 50,000,0OO
to 100000 yen.
When Japan made this offer
1t was clearly intimated that it
was final. 1t was rejected by
Russia on August 13 and on The
same day began the series of
arrests Of Russian subjects by
the police Of the Manchukuo
government, charged with plot
ting to assaSsinate officials of
the Japanese and Manchukuo
governments that has so aroused
the Russian government in the
last few days.
In this Far Eastern dispute the
United States has no direct in
terest. It is dispute that may
lead to war. The fact that it has
finally provoked an angry ex-
change of notes between Russia
and Japan proves once more
how futile the League of Ma
tions and the Kellogg BRAND
Treaty are when two great ma
tions engage in quarrel of this
kind.
AS long as the dispute over
the Chinese Eastern railway
continues to bedevil the rela-
tions of Russia and Japan it is
obviously absurd to expect that
these two governments will con-
sent to reduce or limit arma-
ments or pay any attention to
the mandates of the League of
Nations.
Copyright, 1884 The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
Il Scientific Report
By Frank Sullivan

no boy with any self respect
would tolerate entering any
race except as one or the other
Of those two stars of the turf.
So each race was always won by
a Cavalcade or an Equipoise,
followed by anywhere from 10
to IS less successful CavalcadeS
and EquipoiSes.
The hero of our block and
undisputed leader of the shock
troops this season has been a
glamorous young man of 10,
about whose primacy there
never was any question at all.
He became head man, ipso facto
and ex officio, simply because
he happens to be the younger
brother of that elder statesman,
of IS or so, Silvio Coucci, the
famous jockey. Simply by being
a younger son of the Coucci
dynasty, Coucci Minor was in
vested with a charm and au-
thority that made him the envy
of every kid on Lincoln Avenue.
Observation No. 3-Before
August arrived and racing be-
came the game, another but not
less vociferous game was the
fashion. Constantly, from morn
ing to night, sWarmS OF lads
mounted on bicycles swooped up
and down our street uttering un-
earthly cries. Your correspond
ent is aware, of course, that 1t
is not in the nature of the small
boy to converse during the excite
ment of a game in anything less
than a piercing scream audible
for blocks even though his Wis
avis may be a matter of two
feet away.
But these noises were some
thing new and it was some time
before your c. realized that it
was the Next War In The Air
that he was witnessing. Bicycle
bells and sirens being made
quate, it became incumbent up
on the riders of the bicycles to
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
War in Far East Unlikely
By James T. Williams, Jr.

In spite Of the angry diplo-
matte exchanges now going on
between Russia and Japan over
the Chinese Eastern Railway,
advices to Washington from It's
own observers in Russia and
Japan agree that there is not
much likelihood of war in the
Far East before next year.
One reason Tor this view is
based upon the knowledge that
the extensive program for mod
ernizing of the Japanese army
which is now being carried ont
will not be completed until
1885. And unless Russia should
force the issue, the probability
seems to be that Japan would
prefer to wait until her army
is completely modernized before
she clashes with her old enemy
on the continent of Asia.
Russia in the meantime is in
creasing her armamentS and
striving to strengthen her diplo-
matte position with other pow
ers, encouraged by the resun!p-
tion of relations with the United
States.
Peace Disturbed
According to statement COW
ering the period from January l
to August 6, 1884, by M. Rudi,
general manager of the Soviet
Manchukuo railway board, the
following incidents" are al
legged to have disturbed the
peace along the route of the
Chinese Eastern Railway:
Sixteen trains wrecked by
planned damage to the tracks;
81 armed raids -on railway sta
tionS and barracks; 116 railway
employees arrested or kidnapped;
nine bridges damaged; 46 MUIR
derS, including nine of railway
agents; 102 persons injured, in
Guiding 83 railway agents; ~
robberies of railway employees;
% cases of arson affecting rail-
way property; 81 locomotives
and 207 coaches damaged; total
physical losses of 100000 gold
rubles apart from loss of rev.
enue."
Japan's list of grievances has
yet to be broadcast. It is not sur.
priSing that freight traffic over
this railway has dropped to a
minimum since China's right to
half share in the management
of this railway was taken over
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

from prominent Democrats to
run against Representative
Schuyler Merritt, of the Fourth
Connecticut district.
Andrew w. Mellon, former
Secretary of the Treasury, re-
turns from a vacation in Europe
looking better than he did in
the last few years of the Hoover
regime.
An Allegheny county, Pa,
grand jury, looking into Andy'S
income tGT returns, refused to
return an indictment, holding
that there 1OGS not sufficient
evidence to DGrrGnt any charge.
The Board of Tax Appeals
composed of men who do not
come from Allegheny county
where the Mellon interests are
headquarters, is still going over
the case with a fine-tOothed
comb.
James William Bryan, who
has been much interested in pol
iticS for many gears, wGS one
of the most ardent Democrats.
From Tennessee, he spoke
with a Southern accent which
was accentuated the more he
Travelled North. He was a ram
pant, raving Democrat.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
make no further trips!

Mr.. James Farley, our prin-
cipal postmaster, believes the
day will come, and, soon, when
a letter mailed in New York at
six in the morning will be de-
livered in San Francisco at four
in the afternoon. Which seems
a prediction fairly conservative
when one listens to Prof. Pic"
card, the stratosphere man, and
to Miss Amelia Earhart, our No.
l girl flyer. They think that
within a few years we will be
flying over land and sea at five
hundred miles an hour, break
fasting in New York and din
ing in Paris.
All of which comes under the
head of modern miracles, but
miraculous as they are, or sure
ly will be, one doubts very
much if this blase age, familiar
almost to the point of contempt
with the wonderful machines
and gadgets that the magic of
Science has given to us, will be
half so thrilled over this terrific
maildelivery and flying speed
as Americans of three-quarters
of a century ago were agog over
the flying pony of the plains,
the amazing Pony Express,
which carried the mail from St.
Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento,
California, in nine and a half
days or so.
You can get a glimmering Of
a notion of what wonder,
amounting almost to awe, the
flying riders created in their
passing by reading Mark Twain.
Young Clemens was riding west
in a stage coach to take a job
under his brother in Nevada
Territory. And suddenly his
attention was riveted:
away across the endless
dead level of the prairie a
black Speck appears against the
sky. In a second or two it
becomes a horse and rider,
rising and falling. growing
more and more distinct and
more sharply defined. nearer
and still nearer, and the flut-
ter of the hoofS comes family
to the ear. another instant a
whoop and a hurrah from our
upper deck, a wave of the
riders hand but no reply, and
man and horse burst past our
excited faces and go winging
away like a belated fragment
of a storm!
$50 sudden is it all and so
like a flash of unreal fancy,
that but for a flake of white
foam left quivering and perish
ing on a mail-stack after the
vision had flashed by and dis
appeared we might have
doubted whether we had seen
any actual horse and man at
ALL"
1t was in March, 1860, that
the San FranciSc papers
printed an advertisement head
ed: Pony EXpreSs-Nine days
from New York to San Fran
cisco. Letters to- all points be-
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
T 1unan Side Of the News - ByEdwin c. Hill

of letters was fifty a trip, but
eastbound the number carried
ran from two hundred to three
hundred. The famous firm OF
Russell, Majors & Waddell main
tained the Pony Express
throughout its brief lifetime Of
a year and a half.
At the height of its activity
the Pony Express used four
hundred and twenty horses, as
fast as could be found, and
hundred and twenty-five riders,
picked men, selected for horse
manShip,. daredevil courage and
light weight.
Each rider had to gallop from
flfty-five to a hundred and
twenty miles at top speed, no
matter what the weather was,
no matter how many warlike
Indians were about. For the
job he got from $50 to $3.50 a
month, good pay in those days.
The stations where the horses
were changed were fifteen or
twenty miles apart, according to
the lay of the ground and the
water upply. The station
houses were solidly built of logs
or adobe, because often they
had to Withstand Indian at
tacks and were built like fort
reSSeS.
Famous names come down to
us from that daredevil service.
But of all the great Pony Ex-
press riders, Pony Bob Haslam
performed probably the most
heroic feat of all. When the
Indians were ravaging Nevada,
Pony Bob galloped his 75-mile
route, and then continued on
for another is miles because
the relay horses had been
stolen. Then he found that the
next rider, Johnny Richardson,
had refused to go out because
the country ahead was swarm
ing with red warriors.
Pony Bob jumped on a fresh
horse with the mail sacks and
went laundering out into the
night through a country alive
with scalp hunting Indians, for
95 miles more before he could
give over the precious mail. A
1875 miles without rest, without
stopping, except to change
mounts, a matter of seconds!
Nine hours later he was gal
loping back over the same
trail. He flashed into Cold
Springs to find the station a
ruin and the mutilated body Of
the keeper lying beside it. The
horses were gone with the red
skins. His own tired pony had
to stagger on, with nothing but
a swallow of water, to the next
station. Darkness fell around
him. The bowling of wolves
was audible above the clatter
of his pony's hoofS. And finally
he came to the end of his run,
having ridden $50 miles with
less than II hours rest. They
were men, those flyers of the
Pony Express!
Copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate, Ina
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

render the horrendous zoo"aings
and whirrings of bombers and
pursuit planes engaged in mortal
combat. You could tell the
bomberS from the pursuit
planes, because the bombers, be-
tween "Rat-tat-tats!" and "Z-z-
z-zooms!" would shrek, I'm
bomber! I'm a bomber!"
Fourth and last observation
The country is safe, kids are
still kids.
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, InC.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

yond Salt Lake $5 per half
ounce, and at that rate accord
ing to weight" And they
made good!
There were great doings in
Sacramento on April 13, 1860,
when the first Pony Express
rider came dashing in with his
precious mail sack, and equally
joyous celebrations in st. Joe,
Missouri, when the eaStbound
rider came laundering in, ten
days out, with his eighty-fiVe
precious letters. The route Of
the express followed in general
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

that Of the Overland Mail, the
stage coach route. st. Joseph
to Fort Kearney to the South
Pass and Salt Lake City, and
thence to Carson City, Lake
Tahoe, through the Sierras and
down to Placerville and Sacra-
mento.
The letters were carried in a
pair of saddlebags fitting over
the saddle horn. Written on the
thinnest of paper, the letters
were wrapped in oiled silk to
preserve them from dampness.
Westbound The average number