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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
LEGAL ADVERTISING
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
FICTITIOUS FIRM NAME

The Undersigned does hereby
certify that the said New and Used
Furniture Store, Furniture Ex-
change, is conducting a Furniture
Store, located at 542 Main Street,
Ell Centre, California, under the
Fictitious Firm Name of Furniture
Exchange, and that said Firm is
owned by L. Fleming, $3.50 Brighton
Street, Ell Centre, California
Witness this 5th day of Novem-
Der, 1884
L. FLEMING.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL } SIS.
On this 5th day of November,
1884, before me, Allen P. Nuffer,
Notary Public, in and for said
county and state, residing therein,
and duly commissioned and sworn,
personally appeared L. Fleming.
Known to me to be the owner of
the store that Executed the within
instrument therein named, and
acknowledged to me.
In witness whereof have here
unto set my hand and affixed my
Official seal, the day and year
above written.
ALLEN P. NUFFER,
Notary Public in and for the
County of Imperial State OF
California.
(SEAL) J24,31-Feb.7l4
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24

FOR SALE-Cornish Game Cocks,
nine months old Priced reason
able 1901 So. 4th st. Rear. FL
Centre. (J22P-J25A)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24

NURSERY STOCK - All varieties
OF citrus, pecans and date trees.
Place order now to insure delivery.
Howard L. Hoy, 2la miles north,
west of Holtville. (J20p- J26A)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
n Wanted, Miscellaneous

WANTED-40 acres for alfalfa. State
price and terms. VIM. Smith, 759
E 83 Street, Los Angeles.
(J20-P-J26A)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
CLASSIFIED ADS
Sale. Miscellaneous

FOR SALE-Grocery and meat mar
ket fixtures complete with all or
part priced right. Inquire Pete
Shenas, City Limits Cafe.
(J20P-J26A)
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-09

NEW COUNCIL TAKES OFFICE
 T MEETING HELD JANUARY 7
 At a me eting held Tuesday even- ing the old council which has been functionlng for some months Sav7 way to the newly elected members, but not before much business that had been hanging fire was di isDosed of.
 The committee on cont1 1cts for warrontee 6 dee'1s as botWGen CClo~ nists and the ARRC rercrted con- tract forms that may be used had not yet arrived
 Tie co,al tUoe for the dis ttr lbu- tion Of sa7rc1 canned by coIorlsts at the E2cDeri inent Citation last sun- mer reported that there ot>l hz4n 10 charge made for this salmon and that it had all bcon GDc c0:~@1 cned,
 Jack Lund who hes l54l 5h5 ccl- ony grou1, tendore ed hi 5-CnGtion es z member Of the n~y 3)cr& 2ll6 it was eccep ted.
 A motion WIS carried to hcv7 one b..llet for . new ln>>" Der from Uls.- trict I-2, and the rcSll71t If that distri ct receiving the highest num- Der of votes be doc1C1o1 oioctods
 Motion carried to register all votes cQSt ln Jh- g spec l2- 6L2CUlOn and :t all future elect-onse
 Notion carried to publish in the PIONEER na1nes of Ill persons voting in this special election ~.nd in all future, elect ionss
 It WIS also requested by the new council thct notic3 te given th1cug} tho co lumns of the PI(:NI:AP that 0I1y one hcving copies Of consti ;4tlOns, by-lcWs or outlines of business Gd- mi nj strlti0n of cny cooperative set-up in the Ctctcs ple:@st leave them ct Mr. Irwin s office for use of the new council.
 Minutes of the old council WOre ordered clos5d md placed on file for future reference.
 This WIS the list meeting Of the old council end Nrs Irwin expressed his -rorociation for tho work md cooperation of it's members during the months they have so1cvQd.
 Officers 0f thC now council ire IS follows: m h. Bennett, rrosi dent; N. D. Sno dgrGss Vice Pr5sid ant; Mrs. Clyde King, Sec.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-09
TWO FTE<5 1'ClAY D1CTE OUR
 NEED OF PREP L.4-22EE..DNESS

Fire from on ovc1heo*od stove in the new lcrr2i tory building was discovered 1t o:45 this ov3nlng, md ir loss Jhon five minutes Drcc~ tic~llxT tho cn5iro ccl10 hc3 cns~ wt:>c1 the :nc Istont ca Il Of the re- yect90 short blasts on the poWer- house Wh istlo"
 IIldiGn~bGck pumps cnd small hcnC extingui5ncrs wore rushed from tho cortrcI fire station 41d other building5 in the center end what p2cmi s3d to be- . destructive blaze WIS put quickly unGor control. No5 ncr3 than two llun51c cd dollars of dcmc:2:o lCsuIted from tho firee
 6o1lc t inc lotoc l52c< Sheely saw f%cn tho g?r<cce {: fire oCting away tt the roof c2 t5nt occupied by BiLl TGy Tor. I~nCJher alarm DrOugh1 evoryon~ cn thc run again. Just IS the pump brigado closed in on blcz0 Bill came out rubbing the sleop from hi2 oyHs and hitching UT his trousers. He wanted to knew where the fire Wcs, having boon a. wC.kcncd by the alarm, 15ut un21orc tll-.t it WIS his own place burning down. Tho fire wos oxtjnguistod without much damage having been caused.
 Without doubt, it YVES the ready resDonso of tho SC of thu camp th2l~ koot thoso from being serious f irc md Mir, Ross Sh3oly, on oo}1:lf or the ccrDor.< ii ion, wishes to thank ell who volunteered their scrzico end did such excellent work Guri1-C the emergency.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-09

WIRE FRCl1 N!ESTRROOK CARRIES
 WARNING TO IDLE COLONISTS
 The following telegram was re- ccived today from Col. Lawrence WusthroOh by Cen. Han. Ross L. ShceIy.
 rT7773 rATAlJUsXA PROJECT IS AN AGRICJ- -T(JPAL ENTERPRISE. IT IS EXPECTED TIT AaCF SETTLER BE IN- DUSSGT7H ICUE DEVELOP HIS FARM IND DIc~-?ix.l Cj32 EEFFii.:rIVE ATTITUDE. l4NY- ONE | REFUSING TO D) THESE THINGS DIe CU4Al HITS FIl1e52riF IND C44NNOT RI"t IN - TIE SETH zL1523'F IT 'F1INT+ THIS ::4J Y W VI ':.r= '::.-rJ 1T ION RELIES OFT YOU WITH TIFF 4ADJLCE OE 472RC BD-AHD OF DIEEC- TOPS TO DELI, JUSTLY EUT FLRl4LY WITH COLlNT5TS.
 (2l5nod) Lawrence Westbrook
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-09

sixteen below YVES the minimum +5c~l1 :>1:cct5 t5'l,ce recorded horc during tho week.. The average was Woll e. to yc zoro, Witli but little wind.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
FORECLOSURES SALE.

By virtue OF the power contained in
a Deed of Trust executed by w. L.
Duke and Emma May Duke, record
ed in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Vance County in Book 1874
page 122, default having been made
in the payment of the debt therein Sc
cured, at the request OF the holder of
the note, I shall sell at public auction
to the highest bidder, for cash. at the
Courthouse door in Henderson. N. c..
at twelve o'clock, noon, on FRIDAY
April 10, 1896, the following described
real estate:
LIST Tract: One tract of 85 1-2 acres
of land on which E. T. Hicks formerly
lived, same being land inherited Nv
5. M. Hicks from his father. E.. w
Hicks, and was part of the home
place. For more definite boundaries
and description, reference is herebv
made to the will of e. w. Hicks and
Agreement on record in the office of
the Clerk of the Court of Vance Coun-
ty; this land being bounded on the
North by Sandy Creek, on the South
by 6. w. Finch's Estate: on the East
by S. Switzerland Estate. and on tho
West by George Robinson.
Ind Tract: A tract of land adioinino
Scion Switzerland, Haywood Foster
and others, beginning at q Red Oak
on the East side of Milford Road !:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
TO RID STATE OF
OLD PEACH TREES
Campaign To Do Away With Diseas-
ed or Abandoned Fruit Orch
ards Moved to West
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,

nv j. G. BASKERVILLE
Raleigh, April 1.-The campaign to
rid the State of diseased and abandon
ed peach trees, which are a menace
to healthy and bearing orchards, has
now moved into the western part of
the State, in Catawba and Caldwell
counties, it was announced today by
Commissioner of Agriculture William
A. Graham. The work is being done
as a project of the state Works Pro-
gress Administration, under the di-
rection of DR.. r. w. Leiby, state en-
tomologist with the Department of
Agriculture.
Since the various projects to rid the
state old iseased and abandoned
peach trees and orchards was started
by the Department of Agriculture and
the WPA last September, more than
5000 of these trees have either been
dug up, pulled up or blasted out and
destroyed, Commissioner Graham said
A systematic search for peach trees
that should be destroyed is being
made now in Catawba and Caldwell
counties and owners of orchards or
those who have a large number of
trees theySSwant destroyed, should com
municate at once with Commissioner
Graham or DR.. Leiby, it was announc-
ed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
NOTICE OF SALE OF HOUSE
AND LOT.

Due to an advance bid having been
placed On the former highest bid re-
ceived for the below described prop
erty, which was offered for sale under
order of Court in Special Proceedings
entitled w. H. Fleming, Trust Officer.
Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Ad-
ministrator VS.. Maria c. Timpson, the
same teing No. 1851 upon the special
Proceeding Docket of said Court, the
undersigned Commissioners will on the
18th day of April, 1886, at IL O'Clock,
Noon, at the Court House door in
Henderson, North Carolina, offer for
sale to the highest Bidder for cash
the following described house and lot
situate on a Cross Street near Orange
Street in Henderson, N G.
Begin at a stone on a cross street
Henderson,, N. CO. , 100 #. from
Orange st. and run thence along said
cross st. N so e 100 #. to a stone:
thence N 40 w $50 #. to stone:
thence S SO w 100 it, to a stone:
thence S 40 E $50 fit. to the beginning,
See Deed Book So page 1856.
The bidding will start at $495.OO.
This 31st day of March, 1886.
r. G. KITTRELL,
Commissioner
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS


April 1, 1637-"April Fool" saved the
life of Francis, Duke of Lorraine
Condemned to die by the king Of re-
bellion, he and his wife donned cos
tunes and walked out of their death
cells at Nantes during the All Fools
celebration. A bystander saw the es-
cape and warned the wardens.
You can't fool u.s." they laughed.
France was first to observe All
Fools Day. Before the change in
calendars, April 1 was the same as
January is today, marked with festi-
vities and exchanges of gifts. After
ward, only pretended gifts and mock
ceremonials were adhered to on April
1, to make fools of those who had for
gotten the date.
April /, 1697-Antoine Francois
Provost d'Exiles was born in Hesdin,
Artois, France. AS Able Provost, au-
thor of "Manon Lescaut" he is a lit
erary immortal. The Able wrote
more than $50 books. At the end of
one of the volumes, he gave some
space to what he called the History
of the Chevalier des Grieux and
Manon Lescaut."
lie apOlOglZed TO his readers for doing
So suggesting that perhaps only a
few of them would find it interesting.
So many found this story of a re-
markable love so interesting that it
is classic. It is the only one of all
his works that is remembered TODAY.
April 1, 1805-Alfred Guthrie was
born in Sherburne, N. Y, son of the
discoverer of chloroform. Alfred's
own great contribution to humanity
was his successful one-man campaign
for U. S. steamboat inspection laws.
Before they were passed As percent
of river steamboats, were lost by dis
aster. Afterward only one person in
100000 travellers by the steamboats,
lost his life in an accident. Now the
inspection extends to ocean liner and
the mortality rate is even lower.
April 1, 1S53-The first profession
al fire-fighters in the U. S. took up
their duties in Cincinnati o. They
were members of the first paid mum
icipal fire department to be organized.
Previously Cincinnati, like every 9TH
er town in the country, had only vol
unteer fire-fighters, usually morgan
lied.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES SALE
OF LAND.
In @--?erior Court.
State. of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
Plaintiff.
Grandson S. Taylor, Sr. (dead) and
Wife Mary e. Taylor (deaO,
Grandson S. Taylor, Jr., and Wife
Olivia Taylor, Matthew e. Taylor
and Wife Cherry Taylor, Andrew j.
Taylor and Wife Bette Taylor, Her.
bert L. Taylor and Wife Mabel Tay-
lOr, Maria v. Russell and Husband
Lewis Russell, Bette b. Groves and
Husband - Groves, Pattie l.
Jones and Husband p. S. Jones,
Mary b. Bullock and Husband
Thomas Bullock, Enoch N. Taylor
(nOt MARKEDLY
Pursuant to a. judgment entered in
above entitled action on the End day
Of March, 1886, in the Superior Court
of Vance County by the Clerk, I will
on the 9Th day of April, 1886, at II
o'clock, noon, at the County Court
House door in said county, sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described lands,
situate in said county and state in
Townsville Township, comprising 108
acres, more or less, and bounded and
described as follows:
That tract of 1O8 acres, more or less,
lying in Townsville Township, Vance
County, and bounded on the North by
the lands of Luther Marrow; on the
East by the lands of Warren Will
liams; on the South by the lands Of
DR.. j. H. Parker Estate; on the West
by the lands of Joseph Aston Estate.
Being the tract of land heretofore
conveyed to Grandson S. Taylor by L.
D. Burwell by deed recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds Of
Vance County in Book Is at page 311.
All bids will be received subject TO
rejection or confirmation by the Clerk
of said Superior Court. The successful
bidder will be required to deposit
$500 as a forfeit and guaranty of
compliance with his bid Immediately
after the sale. If deposit is not made,
notice is now given that said lands
will be resold at the same place and
upon the same terms at 2 o'clock, p.
m of the same day. Every Deposit not
forfeited or accepted will be returned
promptly.
This 9Th day of March, 1896.
r. G.. KITTRELL,
Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
Laws
Of State Decided
As Constitutional

Raleigh, April by ruling that the
hotel and cafe law of the State is con-
st1tutional, the superior court in ses-
sion at Hillsboro recently, with Judge
Marshall T. Spears presiding, remov-
ed barrier from the regular annual
work of inspecting public eating plac-
es in North Carolina. The law had
previously been held unconstitutional
by a municipal court in Chapel Hill,
and with this question in the air and
unsettled, the work of safeguarding
the peoples health by inspecting and
rating hotels, restaurants, and other
eating places was somewhat hamper
ed. But with the constitutionality of
the law definitely established, it is
expected that this phase of protective
health work will now proceed with
out further difficulty.
1t is the purpose of the Division of
sanitary engineering of the State
Board of Health, under whose direc-
ton the Hotel and cafe law is car
rled out, to set up a countrywide svs-
tenn of rating hotels, restaurants.
cafes and cafeterias, also hot-dog and
barbecue stands, similar to. the NUM-
clpal milk-rating system now in eff
Iect IN lO5 towns and cities of the
State.
inspection surveys have been made
recently in several counties with a to-
tai of 181 public eating places inspect
ed, and with finding of IS per cent
OF these with a sanitary rating below
~. A score of 70 or below, according
10 the law, means that the establish
ment closes until required sanitary
improvements are made, when at the
managers request another inspection
and rating is made. The law govern
ing the sanitary management of pub
TIC eatlng places in North Carolina
makes it a misdemeanor to operate
a place with sanitary rating less
than 70.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
Negro Farmers in
State Are Giving
Aid to Soil Plan

college Station, Raleigh, April l.
Negro farmers over the State are
pledging their cooperation in the new
soil-improvement program, John W.
Mitchell, district Negro farm agent
of the State College extension service
said today.
Certain phases of the new program
are in accord with the farm practices
which the Negro agents have been
advocating in the past, and which the
colored farmers have found to be good
he said
For instance, he pointed out, the
Negro agents have been urging the
farmers to balance their farming and
rotate their crops so as to provide the
Things they need at home and at the
same time conserve and build up their
SOIL
The new program calls for the
growing of soil-conserving and inn
proving crops and also the limitation
OF soil-depleting cash crops.
But the new program does not re-
qulre farmer to reduce his produc-
ton of food and feed crops below tho
amount needed to supply the needs of
the people and livestock on the farm.
Essentially, he observed, the soil
Improvement program will be a means
for encouraging the practices already
advocated by providing payments to
the farmers who carry out these prac-
tees. -
Some of the Negro agents have
asked farmers if they plan to in
crease their acreage of cash crons
this year, Mitchell added, and in prac-
tically every case they they told him
they would not.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Daniel G. Roper of South Carolina,
secretary of commerce, born in MARI
boro, Co., S. c., SO years ago.
Karl A. Crowley, Solicitor of the
Post Office Department, Washington,
D. c., born at Smithville, Tenn, AZ
years ago.
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama,
born at Hope Hull, Ala, 60 years ago
Linton Wells of New York City
journalist, traveller, aviator, born at
Louisville, KY, 43 years ago.
DR.. Aurelia H. Reinhardt president
of Mills College, Oakland, CAL, born
in San Francisco, SO years ago.
DR.. Alexander G. Ruthven, presi-
dent of the University of Michigan,
born at Hull, Iowa, 81 years ago.
Julius D. Stern of Philadelphia and
New York City, newspaper publisher
born in Philadelphia, so years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
II TODAY =
TODAY's ANNIVERSARIES

1578-William Harvey, English ply
stefan, discoverer of the circulation of
the blood born. Died June 3, 1857.
1781-Robert Lucas, Ohio surveyor,
soldier and governor, territorial gov
ernor of Iowa, born at Shepherds
town, w. Va. Died in Iowa City, Feb.
7, 1858.
1811-James McCosh, Scottish Pres
byterian clergyman, Belfast professor
of logic, president of Princeton Uni
versity from 1868 to 1887, under whom
the college attained its greatness,
born in Scotland. Died at Princeton,
Nov. 16, 1894.
1S15-Prince Won Bismarck, German
chancellor, born. Died July 30, 1898.
1826-Edward A. Sothern, noted
American actor, and father of noted
actor, born in Englind. Died Jan. 20.
1881.
1868-Edmond Rostand, French
dramatist, born. Died Dec. 2, 1918.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
No april Fool"
For Drivers With
Revoked License
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
nv 4 e. RACK E.R VIvT

Raleigh, April There was no
"April Fool" joke about the revoca-
ton of the licenses of 40 automobile
drivers today by the division of high
way safety of the State Department
of Revenue. All of these 40 drivers
lost their driving permits on April
Fools Day because they had been
foolish enough in March to get drunk
and then try to drive automobiles, it
was pointed out by Arthur Fulk, di-
rector of the highway asfety division.
For every one of these 40 drivers lost
their licenses because of convictions
for drunken driving.
The license of each has been revok-
ed for one year and if any one Of
them tries to drive a car again within
a year, his license will be revoked for
another year.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
TODAY in HISTORY

1871-Relgn of terror in Paris-city
in hands of Communists.
1911-Some 900 meetings held in Bri
tain on list and End favoring passage
of English American Arbitration
Treaty.
1925-Hebrew University, Jerusalem
opened.
1934-German scientific weekly
printed story with photographs of cap
ture of Scotland's "Loch Ness Monst-
er"-taken seriously until discovered
an April 1 joke.
1935-Patterson and Norris of the
Scottsboro, Ala, case, granted new
trials by U. S. Supreme Court.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01

E. w. Hicks corner; and run along
Hicks line N 80 w 1853 chains to a
stake at a Gum and White Oak point
ers; thence N IL w 1928 chains to
stake and Persimmon pointers in
Hicks line; thence S Is f 24.67 chains
to the beginning. See Book II, page
244, in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Vance County. This tract
contains II 3-4 acres, more or less
Reference is also made to Commits
sioner's Deed to w. L. Duke, dated
September 25, 1884.
This the 10th. day of March, 1885,
T. P. GHOLSON, Tru tic e.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See BGck Page

1. Paul Gorguloff.
2. Knox.
3. The struggle between Emperor Ma
poleon and the Spanish, Portuguese
and English on the Iberian PENN
sula from 1907 to 1914.
4. An enlisted man who is not in the
seaman branch of the service, but
takes the rating of third class sea-
man.
5. Vermont.
6. Secretary of the Navy.
z. Japan.
3. American agriculturist and botan-
ist
3. A boatman who operates a gon-
dOla.
10. Brazil.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
ANSWERS

l. Governor Zebulon B. Vance. Gov
ernor Vance was elected to serve the
term which began September 8, 1862.
He completed this term and was re-
elected in 1864. The end of the war the
next year ousted him with all other
state officers. He was elected again
for the four-year term which began
January 1, 1877 and served until Feb
ruary 5, 1879 when he resigned to ac-
cept his election to the United States
senate. He was succeeded by Lieute-
nant-Governor Jarvis.
2. 1t was made unlawful to sell in
toxicating liquors within two miles of
speaking place on the day the poll
teal speaking was advertised to be
held. fine of ten to twenty-five dol
lars was provided for violation of this
act.
3. The acts of bull in scraping his
horns into the ground, or his paving
and believing on being turned into
pasture are not signs of viciousness,
is the opinion of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina. These acts are
termed normal behavior. -. . boastful
publicity or propaganda, doubtless de-
signed by the animal to inform his
BOVINE friends and admirers that he
was arriving upon the scene" Opin-
ion written by Justice Brogden.
4. r. M Norment, of Lumberton,
representative from Robson county,
on January Is, 1879 introduced a bill
to remove the disabilities from the
reconstruction governor. It was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee, and
wac not ronnrfQ1 ont
5. Mines so far reported to the De-
partment of Labor show that gold to
the value of $50,072.88 was mined in
North Carolina for 1895.
6. In the summer of 1918 Stede Bon
net, pirate of the Cape Fear, searched
the waters about Ocrocoke for Black
beard, famous pirate of Bath, to at
tack and settle a score with him.
Blackboard could not be found. Some
time earlier than this Bonnet had
joined Blackboard in the Bay of Hon
duras. Blackboard took advantage of
Bonnet and placed one of his own
men in charge of Bonnet's ship. Bon
net resented this and later when they
disbanded at Topsoil Inlet and his
ship was returned to him, he prepas-
ed to seek revenge.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-01
IT'S TRUE

HIS TRUE
Joseph Arsenault of Prince Edward
Island, won a speed skating cham
pionship at the age of 90.
With 150-pound man on his back,
Noah Young ran a mile in minutes.
30 seconds, at Melbourne, Australia.
j. A. Rice, weight al, picked up six
men in Melbourne-their total weight
was $50 pounds-and carried them %
feet, z inches
Ten-year-old Constance Free of
Chicago walked 4O8 feet on her hands.
Tanneguy DeWogan, of Paris, pad
died $500 miles in a boat made en-
tirely of paper!
All these facts were culled from the
1886 edition of the All-Sports Record
Book of my friend, Frank Menke
which is one of the absolutely essen
tlal reference books of an avid news
paper reader.
Queries, reproofs, etc., are welcom-
ed by Clark Kinnaird.