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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-05
His feet shot out from under him.

and chip that running
to for braking."
pretty dull but he thought last
He worked his until
and then, the l. Riverdale
hit slight Ed unprepared for it. He lost his bal
and forced step off the fiat
sloping, ice-covered top of the
The instant he did his He
sliding back" when nv legs were
have nail that had worked board the caught
than the roof able to
the And there I hung
There Wasn't Any Prospect of Aid.
wouldn't much of a chance All could
do hang back that possible.
weather and the position firing The longer
stayed there the it would be-"
Ed knew he couldn't look for help The
in the engine. His lantern shattered gone
side when he fell and he sa signal with that He tried
top but they Slipped the ice
tell you kept me busy II didn't know how that
strain But believe stuck tight with all the strength
Ed Runs Into Unexpected Difficulties
But Ed noticed something that working
coating spot hands were beginning to take hod
He began to move his palms forward to melt the ahead
would he II able to bring little
quite bit Of ice myself fairly
minute. And then I ran into another obstruction"
ginning hh Mhh Saa wa os In the be-
him from moving farther forward Ed didn't
knowing low spot or curve
in the track would shake him
He began to get bit stricken then He cawed
another nail worked up out the boards like the rst
did dare the other was
running board covered with
full of slvers All did was lie flat face and
for brakes, but didn't past the
station, Ed in a bawlng
for not disappear. Of
close calls in rairoading, but that the closest
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-05
Learning Lies Lessons
In the midst of bewildering

In the midst of bewildering mis-
fortunes, it is we'll to remember
that every mountain must have it's
valley, and every oasis it's desert,
and every island it's lonely sea, and
every rainbow its storm cloud, and
every day its night. But never has
an oak tree grown without weather
ing the storm, and every Calvary
has it's resurrection. Lies lessons
are never learned without heroic
self-discipline. This is the acid test
of character. Nothing is gained by
brooding. Poise and happiness are
lost if we debate life rather than
live it heroically.-The Uplift.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-05
"Yankee Doodle" Abroad in 1914

In 1914 the Americans met the
English to arrange terms ending the
War of 1872 in Client, Belgium, and
the city of Client asked the Amer
lean ENJOYS for the tune of the chief
American song in order to play the
English and the American national
music together. But it appeared
that none of the Americans was
musical, so Henry Clay, one of our
ambassadors, called his servant
and the musical negro whistled
them "Yankee Doodle" the notes
were copied down, and yankee
Doodle" was first played as Amer
ica's national song abroad.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-05
Floyd &36ons<
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES y~NY
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF -
The Closest Call"
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

ELLo everybody Well sir for long time I've been warn
ing young fellows to stay off of side door Punans I've
adventure about lads who have to
grief beating their freight trains that I'm pretty well
WINGED it's dangerous pastie But here's lad can't
well warn to stop riding freight trains.
In the first
formed and isn't working the railroad third
all
doggone sight about
If those aren't
But distinguished
DAHL of Young Saskatchewan Canadnother fellow
a long, long join club. And here's the
Ed started railroad century,
Pennsylvania.
Ind those the when the to with
the old style dawbar brakes
and far between There might be few baked
an but most regts consisted principally jack hand
braked
Ed brakeman tried airbraked at
the head the help lot in holding back the other
but the old deard wouldn't allow that here
brakes top they used to land the brakeman getting paid
brakng them Let his money. of those
conductors that Ed working foand costing him
his life
Proving That 1t Pays to Be Careful.
day 1906 that that happened Eds train pulled
Chicago 1890 night
meat and I'VE had nice string of abaed he
but they behind
ductor said nothing doing when the earend and wanted
switch them had aned Chicago and the the
with coating thin and first job the
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-05
Court Bill
Doomed


position where he can lose the pres
ent court battle with ease. In fact,
there are many observers who be-
ieve the court legislation will have
to be abandoned and that congress
will be quickly overwhelmed by that
annual desire of representatives and
senators to conclude their work and
adjourn.
Let us review the situation as re-
CARDS the court legislation. The
President got off to a very bad
start when the original bill to add
six new justices to the Supreme
court was presented. The original
reasons he gave for demanding the
new power he sought were shat
tered within few days after the
draft of the bill reached the Capt.
toll. He was forced to abandon
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
River. Flowing North

The United States Geological Sur
vey bureau says that the Red
river of the North, which forms
the boundary between Minnesota
and North Dakota, flows north for
part of its course; the Monongahela
flows north from West Virginia to
Pennsylvania, where it joins with
the Allegheny to form the Ohio riv-
er; the Niagara river, connecting
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario; the
Tennessee river, where it crosses
the west end of the state of Tennes-
see; the Snake river, where it forms
the boundary between Oregon and
Idaho; John Day, Deschutes and
Willamette rivers, tributaries Of the
Columbia river in Oregon; the Mis-
souri, river in the vicinity Of Helena,
Mont, and a part Of the course Of
the Salmon river in Idaho, all flow
north. Others having courses be-
tween north and northwest include
the San Joaquin and Eel rivers in
California, Kootenai river in Idaho,
Mouse river in North Dakota, Ken
lucky and Licking rivers in Ken
lucky and the New-Kanawha river
in Virginia and West Virginia.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Robert Beasley
Found Guilty,
Seeks Probation

Robert Beasley, 491 st. Anthony,
st. Paul, was found guilty of driv-
ing while drunk in Minneapolis
Traffic Court Nov. 5. His case was
referred to the probation office for
investigation.
Beasley was arrested Oct. 10, af-
ter a collision with a machine driv-
en- by ]. Bagdon, white, of Mime
apois. After the accident he gave
bystanders his name and drove to
st. Paul. Later he was arrested by
st. Paul police and taken to the
Public Safety Building where he
was examined by a city physician
whose report indicated he was un-
der the influence of intoxicating
liquor. Beasley gave his occupa-
ton as Northern Pacific dining car
waiter.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Criterion Club
Elects Stokes

The Criterion Twelve, a progress
siVe group of young men, held its
second meeting, Monday, Novem-
Der 1, at the home of Ashmore
Stokes of 757 St. Anthony Ave. Of
ficers were elected as follows: Ash
more Stokes, president; Albert
Black, vice president; James Brad
ford, secretary; Ernest Potts,
treasurer, and John Scott, publicity
agent. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Albert Black
of $40 w. Central Ave. At this
meeting the constitution will be
read and discussed. The slogan Of
the Criterion Twelve is "Our solid
foundation is based upon the social
and educational advancement of
the. young Negro men,"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Silversmith Paul Revere
Artisan of High RenowyI

Although examples Of silver made
by Paul Revere were among the
first sought after by collectors. his
activities in the American Revolu-
ton and his versatility in other
fields have somewhat overshadowed
his achievements as a silversmith.
Much picturesque information was
gathered about Patriot Paul follow
ing Longfellow's stirring recital Of
his midnight ride.
In addition to his craft as silver
smith, he was one Of our first en-
gravers Of copperplate prints and
almost the first American industri-
alist in the production of copper
and brass, says the American Col
lector. Born in Boston, 1735. dur
ing his eighty-three years of life,
his natural facility was so marked
that Revere, the silversmith, was
sometimes subordinated to his other
accomplishments. Yet had he done
nothing else but cleve to the trade
learned from his Huguenot father,
he would still be one of the most
important American workers in sill
yer. In 1854, the same year that
Chippendale published his book Of
furniture designs, the elder Revere
died and Paul. a journeyman at
nineteen, took over the management
Of this long-established shop. From
then until about 1900, when he large
ly forsook silvermaking for his cop
per manufacturing enterprises, Paul
Revere was an active and prolific
Silversmith.
From 1774 to 1780 he played his
part in the Revolution by acting as
courier for Massachusetts,, printing
paper money for the Continental
congress, repairing spiked cannon
abandoned by the British and serv-
ing as lieutenant colonel Of an artil-
lery regiment. Then he returned to
his original occupation, expanding
It to include operation Of what he
termed hardware shop" In it he
sold everything from gold jewelry to
spectacles and shoe buckles and, Of
course, table silver and candle
sticks. Much Of this stock in trade
was undoubtedly the product Of his
own skill and that Of his workmen.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12

The Mcicrn iome Medical Ad-
wiser defines allsrgy by saying that
the person with allergy is an indi-
vidual who inherits ONE peculiar
constitutional make up which
causes him to become sensitive to
certain things. Thereafter these par
ticular things become violently poi
sonous to him, even when encoun-
tered in minute amounts. Allergy
patients may become sensitive not
only to material things but also to
physical agents such as light, heat
or cold. SenSitivenes may develop
to such an extreme in certain peo-
pie that they may be badly affected
by millionth of a milligram of sub
stance which may be devoured as a
food by nonsensitive person. Hay
fever, asthma, hives, eczema and
other diseases are linked with aller-
gic conditions.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Snuff Taking Once Was
"Daintv and Elegant


In 1859, George Washington, Vir-
ginia planter, shipped IS hogsheads
Of tobacco to England. When the
national capitol was built, tobacco
had reached such an important
place in American life that its
leaves were used on some of the
columns, along with corn, another
New World product, relates a writer
In the Washington Post.
To Sir Walter Raleigh goes the
credit for popularizing smoking in
the Elizabethan court and so in Eu-
rope. School children learn the story
Of how his servant threw water on
him when he began smoking-think-
ing he was afire.
The spread of the habit, however,
was not always clear sailing. King
James termed it filthy weed. Shah
Abbas of Persia, fearing its effect
upon the birth rate, prohibited the
use Of tobacco and burned a mer-
chant alive in his stock of the plant.
In Connecticut, in 1647. smoking in
public was forbidden.
During the fashionable reign Of
Louis XIII snuff-taking was pro-
nounced far daintier and more ele-
CANT than putting out tobacco
smoke"
As late as 1900 cigarettes-a South
American invention-were consid-
cred too sissy for use by red-blooded
Americans.
One Of the interesting things about
tobacco is that 1t adapts itself pc
culiarly to the soil and climate in
which it grows.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
st. Paul's Chest
Fund Team
Over the Top

Team 81, Division F-2 of the st.
Paul Community Chest drive, went
"over the top" in the annual drive
which ended last week. In nine
days this team made its quota Of
$500.
Led by Mrs. Mary Mcfarland,
the team secured 100 per cent sub
scriptions from the following or
CARNATIONS: Crispus Attacks Home,
Engine Co. No. 9, Lowry Hotel,
Minnesota Club and st. Paul Pull
man Porters.
The workers and the amounts
they brought in are: Mrs. Louise
Hargraves, $500; Mrs. Julia Doug
las, $500; Mrs. Del Gracia Wright,
$500; Miss Zalita Hamilton, $500;
Miss Birdella Erwin, $500; Mrs.
Lola Edwards, $1,000; Mrs. Clar-
eeta jackson, $21.00; Mrs. Lucille
Stone, 1925; Mrs. Cecil Boswell,
$24.5O; WPA Project, SOTO; Mrs.
Josephine Mccoy, $74.OO; Miss
Ruth Brown, $1OO.75; Mrs. Mary
Wilson, $135.0O; Mrs. Fannie Lynn,
$148.OO; Mrs. Mary D. Mcfarland,
$2O9.SO; Miss 1. M. Garden, $1,000;
Mrs. Birdie High, SPOTS. A grand
total of $801.75.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Gion, Aoi, Ancient Fetes
Traced to Early Century

Two of the most picturesque festi-
valsshe in Japan are those known
as the GiOn and Aoi, says a noted
authority. The Gion festival (Gion
MatsurD dates back to 876 A. D.,
when the head priest Of the shrine
formed procession with decorated
cars as a means Of seeking the pro-
lection Of the gods against a pesti-
lence raging in the city. The fete
officially lasts for seven days.
A special feature of the fete is
the fitting out Of expensive cars to
take part in the procession. These
are Of two kinds, the yama and the
hoko. The yama is carried on the
shoulders Of a number Of men by
means Of long poles and contains
decorated figures. The hoko Is a
kind Of ornamental tower placed on
four massive wooden wheels and
beautifully decorated. There Is usu-
ally mast, 100 to 100 feet high, in
the center Of the tower. Originally
there were So of these cars, but the
number has been reduced to %.
The chief festival Of the Shimo-
gamo-jinsha is known as the Aoi
Chollyhock) festival, it having be-
come the custom to offer hollyhocks
to the gods on this day. The origin
of the festival Is Traced back to the
Sixth century.
The festival is in imitation of the
imperial procession which formerly
used to pay homage at the shrine.
Early in the morning imperial mes
sengers and their suite, in full court
costume, assemble at the old i'm
perial palace and start In procession
for the shrine, accompanied by po-
lice officers on horseback, old-time
gendarmerie RebiishD, pages, hal
berd bearers, an imperial chariot
drawn by oxen, etc. At the shrine
the priests perform a ceremony on
the arrival Of the procession, and a
similar service is performed at the
Kamigamo shrine before a return
Is made to the palace.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
South Side Men
and Boys Program
To Be Launched

A new community recreation
program for South Side boys and
young men from 8 to 25 years of
age will be launched with regis
tration of all boys and young men
in the community Saturday, No
vember 20, and Sunday, Novem-
Der 81.
The program, sponsored by the
South Central Y. M. c. A. through
st. Peters, st. Thomas and Be
thesda churches, will include clubs
for boys of various ages, sched-
ule of athletic competition, hobby
groups, forums for discussions of
interesting topics, handicraft clubs,
vocational training projects, music
groups, and a religious program.
Leo Bohanon, Sam Harris and
William E. Cratic will be in charge
of registration. They will take
registrations of boys and young
men Saturday, November 20, at
Mr.. Harris, $3.50 Fifth Avenue s.,
and at Mickey's House, Thirty
eighth Street and Fourth Avenue
S.
Boys and young men also may
register Sunday, November 81, at
st. Peters, st. Thomas or Be-
thesda churches.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Pilgrim to Dedicate
New Pipe Organ

An augmented choir of thirty
five voices under the direction of
Mr.. A. V. Hall will dedicate a new
pipe organ at Pilgrim Baptist
Church, Sunday, November IA, at
SPIN.
The program, consisting of So
prano, tenor, and baritone soloists,
ladies' and mixed quartets and
choral numbers, amplties and pre-
sents unsteady the evening theme,
"The Harvest Is Ripe"
Soloists for the evening will in
clude Miss Jessica Oden, Mrs. Su-
sic Gaylord, Mr.. Mark /. Gibbs, and
Mr.. Lee w. Harris, with Miss Ber-
nett Cason, violin accompanist.
Mrs. A. K. Fellows, organist and
director of Hamline NJ. E. Church,
will play the dedicatory number ON
the organ. Admission is free.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Elephants Legs Strong;
Are Set PRECAUTIONARY

AS to the elephants agility, it is
pertinent to read the interesting
statement of Zoologist Ernest Pro-
theroe, F. z. S.. concerning the ele-
plants legs:
'Jn order to support the enormous
weight which rests upon them the
legs are very stout and are set per-
pendicularly, without that bend in
the hinder leg which is found in
most animals. This pillarlike struc-
ture is Of infinite use when the ami
NAL climbs or descends steep ac-
clivities, which it can perform with
marvellous ease. Considering its
bulk, the elephant is remarkably
active; it can lie down and regain
its feet as easily as a dog; It can
stand upon its hind feet alone, or
erect itself upon its forefeet; and it
can even stand upon its head. It
cannot trot or gaIop, but neverthe-
less can move along at eight miles
an hour if needed A ditch seven
feet wide would prove a complete
bar, as the animals maximum
stride is only six and a half feet
and it cannot jump an inch"
TIE statement about the ele-
plants pace is probably an under
statement, for hunters would have
no need to fear an animal whose
speed was limited to eight miles an
hour. Zoologist G. M. Viewers, SUI
rerintendent of the London zoo,
says: Both species Of elephants are
fast movers over a short distance,
and a speed of fifteen miles an hour
II not mcommonly kept up for a
quarter Of mile or so, but whereas
the African can keep up speed Of
ten miles an hour for several hours
on end, the Indian, being shorter in
the leg and more cumbersome, can
not maintain a speed Of more than
six or seven miles an hour"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
PRINCESS WHOSE PRIDE
WAS BROKEN

The delightful children's play,
Princess Whose Pride Was Brok-
en-" presented by group of chill
dren under the direction of Mrs.
Louise Woodford, won much
praise. The crowd was disappoint-
ing but the ardor of the young
actors and actresses was not cooled.
A future date for presentation of
the play is being considered.
The Book Lovers Club of Halle
Q. Brown Community House is
having its annual tea Nov. %, from
4 to p. m. Mrs. Anna Berggren,
who recently returned from Nor
way, will be guest speaker.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Food Plants Used by Indians


A hchen growing on the bark of
pine and FIR trees in the Columbia
river area which was sprinkled with
water, allowed to ferment, then
rolled in large balls and baked in
an oven, was one Of the favorite
foods used by the Indians. The pal
atable roots of the arrowhead which
were boiled or roasted by nearly
all the Indian tribes. The annual
wild rice, which grows in great
fields along the Potomac and was
one Of the most important of all
Indian cereals. It Is not a true
rice, but is almost indistinguishable
from that grain. The corme of the
jack-in-the-pulpit was known as Iro-
quois bread root. The sumac, whose
acid fruit was used to make cool
ing drinks resembling lemonade.
The fruits of numerous wild roses
were eaten both fresh and dried.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
SWEET SHOP LAUNCHES CAM.
PAIGN TO FORM COOP
STORE

At a meeting Saturday evening
at Sumner Sweet Shop, 642 Sixth
Ave. NJ, group of citizens out
lined definite plans to incorporate
under the laws of Minnesota in or
der to form a cooperative store.
Herbert Howell said, at the meet
ing, "every Negro in Minneapolis
should support this movement be-
cause in the growth of the coopera-
tive store, Negroes will be en-
ployed for clerical and other posi-
lions.
A series of Saturday night meet
ings have been planned to arouse
the enthusiasm of Negroes and to
show them the need of such an Or
ganization.
The Sweet Shop has been in OPP
Grafton for about two years and
has been able to exist in spite of
its hardships and the lack of sup
port. "The time is now ripe"
added Mr.. Howell, "to show the
Negroes of Minneapolis that they
can own their up to date store and
run it economically and efficiently
like those in other large cities"
The next meeting will be held
Saturday, November IS, at 8 p. m.
All persons interested in the Coop
erative movement are invited to at
tend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Nye Investigation
Topic of Halle
Forum Speaker

The famous Nye munition inves-
tigation will be the subject of w. R.
Sassman, Halle Q. Brown Com
munity Forum speaker, Sunday af-
ternoon at 4 p. m.
The speaker, Mr.. Sassman, is
WPA adviser and supervisor Of
Workers Education in Minnesota.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the meeting.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
Tomatoes Brought Fame to Town

A quaint community of more than
1000 persons living on the north end
of Majorca, one of the Balearic is
lands, off the east coast of Spain,
gained its fame as a producer of a
single variety of tomato, which was
the community's sole means of sup
port. The islanders planted millions
of vines of this single variety each
year, but they had to overcome al
most unbelievable hardships to do
so. Their island is mountain US,
and to procure level patches of
ground the Majorcans built by hand
great stone walls, 10 by is feet high
and several feet thick, thus forming
a series Of mountain-side terraces.
Then they built concrete reservoirs
for irrigation water, moistening the
terraces by intricate irrigation sys-
TENS.