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row. 1t has been long awaited by
specialists and doubtless will be a
collectors item in itself.
Paul Edward CARRIER. aviation cura-
tor OF the Smithsonian Institution,
was the guest and principal speaker
of the Washington Philatelic Society,
Hotel Carlton. Wednesday evening.
He exhibited stereopticon slides rep
resenting the history of aeronautics
from the earliest times. accompany
ing the display with running COM
ment on the events and personalities
pictured.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening At 8. Washington
Air Mail Society. Hotel Lafayette.
Sixteenth street. Regular program.
Tomorrow evening at 8, Stamp Gen.
tenary Committee of the Washington
Philatelic Society. Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street. Members only.
Tuesday evening at 8. Collectors
Club OF Washington. Branch 5, So
ciety of Philatelic Americans, Thom-
son School. Twelfth street. Exhibi-
ton of covers by D. H. Reichgut.
nomination of oficers. auction. bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8. Washing
ton Philatelic Society. Life Chapter
No. l8, American Philatelic Society,
Hotel Carlton. Symposium and ex-
hibition. Stamps and Athletics" !"
Bourse and auction.
Friday evening at 8, Fidelity Stamp
Co. auction of airmail covers, etc.,
Hotel Carlton. Catalogues on appli-
cation to ONCE. City Bank Building.
Friday evening at 7:30. Washing
ton Stamp Club Of the Air, Station
VOL. Albert F. Kunze will discuss
current philatelic news and dramatize
stamp romance.
Saturday afternoon at i, Philatelic
Luncheon Group, Hotel Harrington,
Eleventh street. Round table on
stamp news.
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the Arabs took it and later Pippin
the Short. Through the centuries
the city kept changing hands. The
crown confiscated it, then the Cru
Saders took it.
"Frenchmen still live in the narrow
old streets, and the only entrances
are two fortified gates. Towers top
the ramparts. The inner rampant
tower foundations are relics of the
Roman and visigothic days. The
castle is considered 11th or 18th Gen.
tury, the outer circuit 18th.
Frances new 10-franc stamp, of
upright formal, carries a picture of
the tower and gate of Vincennes, the
handsome 20-franc stamp scene at
the famous port of st. Malo"
Now may be good time to collect
the stamps of all the countries south
east of Germany. If the so-called
middle Europe plan should be put into
effect that portion of the world woulo
be of special interest to philatelists.
The stamps of Austria already are
headed skyward
A committee OF the Souvenir Issues
Association hereafter will cooperate
with the editor of SCOTS Catalogue
in judging miniature sheets.
The Philatelic Society Of Pitts
burgh. celebrating a golden jubilee
October 8 and 9, has appealed to Post
master General Farley again for q
stamp to mark the sesquicentennial
Of Allegheny County.
Many Washington collectors are
planning to visit Philadelphia for the
Sepad Exhibition a. the Convention
Hall there, opening Tuesday and con-
tinuing until Wednesday evening,
June %.
Arrangements for the show are in
the hands of the Associated Stamp
Clubs Of Southeastern Pennsylvania
and Delaware, and ITO exhibitors
will display 1858 frames of stamps and
covers.
Four attractive poster labels have
been issued by the sponsors as souve-
Mrs Of the occasion.
For the International Philatelic
Exhibition at Praha, June 28 to July
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poultry raisers urge authorization of
set of four stamps to advertise the
Seventh Worlds Poultry Congress
and Exhibition to be held at Cleve-
land July % to August 7, 1899. The
proposed design for the highest value
of the. series-the Scent dencmina-
tion-shows an airplane view of the
National Agricultural Research Gen.
ter at Beltsville, Md
Ecuador has announced postpone
ment of the Exposition of Progress
until July, and the stamps for the
same therefore will be delayed
The Accent James Madison stamp
will be printed in pink. 1t will go
on sale exclusively in Washington on
Friday, July l. and will be followed
by the 4la-cent White House Mon
day. July IL; Scent James Monroe
Thursday, July 81, and Scent John
Quincy Adams Thursday, July 28.
Meanwhile the Scent Constitution
Ratification commemorative will be
released at Philadelphia Tuesday,
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visions Of transoceanic travel by steam
He was sco1fed out Of the country
but the plans and drawings he left
there were later turned over to Robert
Fulton. Returning to Kentucky, his
adopted State, he committed suicide.
The third steamboat was Demon
strated on the Seekonk River between
Pawtucket and Providence, r. I. The
inventors, two young mill mechanics,
regarded the affair As lark and
allowed the boat to rot on shore.
Fulton also helped himself to the plans
for this vessel when, in 1899, he was
building the Clermont.
Leaving the James Rumsey Monu-
ment, you may drive back into the
little town and see the James Rumsey
house, q one-story log cabin where
the inventor lived from 1785 to l788.
On High street, near the river, Is an
other log cabin, the Richard Morgan
house. probably the oldest building in
the State. Shepherdstown had the
flrst church and post ONCE west Of the
Blue Ridge and the first courthouse
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and newspaper in West Virginia. It
was settled in 17l9 by Pennsylvania
Germans and called Mecklenburg.
The first settlement in the State, 1t was
not incorporated until 1852, when 1t
was named Shepherdstown in honor
Of its founder, Thomas Shepherd.
THE Shepherd State Teachers Col
lege is in the center of town. On
the campus is a one-acre farm used
as an education experiment. All work
was done by and for children. The
10-foot, two story house mentioned
earlier is on this farm Everything
Is to scale-a little brook, . small
waterfall and two tiny bridges.
When you are ready to leave Shep-
herdstown drive to the west end and
turn left at the stop light. A few
miles on this road Is a State marker
pointing to Morgan Springs, where in
ITS Morgan's boys met and started
their 600-mile bee line" to Boston.
They had heard that their neighbor.
Gen. Washington, was in trouble with
the British.
The fecund valley land of Jefferson
County produces everything from
small grain to fruit. Charles Town,
the county seat since the early part of
the 10th century, when the court was
moved there from Shepherdstown. was
planned by and named for Charles.
the brother Of George Washington.
There was veritable nest Of WASH
ingtons in the vicinity, and George
himself spent much time there as
young man. Several estates and graves
of Washingtons feature the area, but
your road misses them. You 60 by
the courthouse. in the basement Of
which John Brown was tried after
his capture by Robert E. Lee at
Harpers Ferry. The site Of his exc
cution, marked by q stone, Is now the
yard of a private home. Charles Town
now attracts the devotees Of horse
racing, as it possesses fine track.
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Rumsey demonstrated the practical
use of his steamboat on the Potomac
below. Why. you thought Robert Full
ton invented the steamboat! What
is this imposition Shepherdstown and
the State Of West Virginia is foisting
on the world? The Clermont was the
first steamship, and it first sailed on
the Hudson. not the Potomac.
AS a matter of fact, the story of
the steamboats, invention, like that
of any natural inventive development,
is devious. half-told story. One
man gets the credit for the work of
dozens; one man whose luck or good
management brought the invention
to light at the propitious time and
place. Thus, on looking into the
story of the steamboat, we find that
at least three men before Fulton in
vented and publicly demonstrated q
steam-propelled craft, and that James
Rumsey was one, and probably the
first Of these. For two years before
he publicly demonstrated his inven-
ton he had worked on it privately
on q small tributary Of the Potomac
above Shepherdstown. He undoubted-
ly made many trial runs there before
showing 1t to "the world" at Shep-
herdstown. Rumsey's big mistake was
that he did not take his boat to
Baltimore or some other large city for
demonstration.
IN THE case of another inventor of
the steamboat, however, even the
regular scheduled operation of q
steamboat did not bring fame or for
tune Poor John Fitch" spent his
whole life and small fortune on his
boat, which also was first shown in
1887. He tramped on foot from New
York to Virginia, trying to interest
legislators IN his vessel. Greeted
everywhere as q madman, he at last
turned to the great Benjamin Frank
lin.
Franklin offered him a few dollars
Of charity. but said that the idea of
steamboat was not practical and
never would be. Somehow or other
Fitch got the money to build a boat
(1790 on the Delaware, and for sew
eral years he carried passengers be-
tween Philadelphia and Trenton. He
had plans of opening up the West
with the steamboat and built vessel
specially designed for the Ohio River.
A storm dashed it to pieces just as
1t was launched. Poor John then
sought help in France, as he had
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the Postal Stationery Society. Those
interested may address Warner Bates,
sl State street. Albany, N. Y.
Ralph r. Marshall has been elected
president Of the Stock Exchange Phil
atelic Society. publishers Of the Phil
aticker. one of the most attractive
Of amateur stamp periodicals.
Prizes awarded to members particle
pating In the Washington Federation
Of Junior Stamp Collectors exhibition
were distributed at . meeting held
at the Hotel Carlton Wednesday eve-
ming.
Volume Of Stanley B. Ashbrook's
monograph on the l-cent stamp of
1S5l-1S57 will be published tomor-
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AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phatelc World Its Interests and
Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.

4. CzechoslovakiA will bring out q
souvenir sheet of two values-SOh
vysehrad Chateau, and TX. Hrad-
cany panorama.
When King George vi and Queen
Elizabeth visit Paris on June 28 the
French postal authorities will release
q stamp in compliment to them. A
double portrait design Is indicated.
Pre-canceled stamps Of scent value
or higher must show hereafter the
initials of the permit holder, the
name Of the town or city In which
he operates and the name Of the
State In which the town or city Is
located.
Hundreds Of letters received by
Postmaster General Farley from
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~INY Shepherdstown, pocketed
among the granite ledges on
the south bank Of the Potomac
L like some precious gem forgot
by time and man, offers the motorist
who leaves the beaten path more than
enough in repayment. For in histor-
ical associations, in scenery value and
In picturesque situation, Shepherds
town is unusual. One single abstract
fact elevates 1t above the mean Of
other villages; band of men in 1908
left Shepherdstown with the express
purpose Of founding q great city in the
West. These men marched for weeks,
and finally reached the southern end Of
Lake Michigan. Following its sandy
shore to q point where q small river
cut the shore line, and q log cabin
(built by an early French explorer)
formed the skyline, they stopped and
founded Chicago.
In Shepherdstown there Is q two
story house only 10 feet high-built
by and for children. And there is
but let's wait until we get there and
take the sights one at q time. Mean
while, we shall see what we can find
on the road to Shepherdstown.
You have all travelled to Frederick
many times and seen the fine farms
with their paint-decorated barns, spot
ting the rolling hills. It Is town of
German people living in old houses
The most famous citizens are Bar
bara Fritchie, Francis Scott Key and
Roger Brooke Taney. The home of
the latter Q799), at Isl South Bentz
street. is a fine example of Colonial
urban architecture. 1t contains a
museum of Taney and Francis Scott
Key relics. and is open on Sunday,
l:30-6:00 pm. (admi6sion. IS cents)
If you wish to see the Barbara Fritchie
House also, you may buy joint ticket
for so cents. Roger Brooke Taney,
you remember, was the Chief Justice
whose fame as the swearer in Of Lin
coin is eclipsed by his notoriety as the
promulgator Of the Dred Scott deci-
sion. which precipitated the War Be-
tween the States.
FREDERICK is bounded closely on
the west by Catoctin Range
Your road crosses 1t, threads its way
between the Potomac River and South
Mountain (the Maryland name for
Blue Ridge, and squirms into Harp
ers Ferry. Here everything comes to-
gether-four roads, three States, three
mountains, two rivers, one railroad
and one canal. For awhile. after the
flood of SO, conditions were almost as
old fashioned as when Harper slid his
ferry across the river two or three
times q day; the flood had washed
away all but railroad bridges. Now,
however, the older railroad bridge,
which has only an occasional freight,
IS equipped to carry the automobile
traf1ic. Near the railroad station the
site of the Kansas abolitionist's his
toric fiasco Is marked. The founda-
tions of the arsenal he attacked are
painted white. A good view of the
whole Sheperdstown layout. and Of
the trap he so carefully laid for him.
self. can be seen from Hill Top House,
virtually the only eating place in
town.
You will no doubt want to come
back to Harpers Ferry. to make it the
object Of another Sunday trip, but
today you must hurry on to Shepherds
town. There Is no road along the
river; you follow u. 8. $40 to Hail.
town and turn right on q little-used
overland road to Shepherdstown.
ShernStoun IL m q hl,IfY ovorlonk.
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Automobile Briefs

Jack Blank, president Of Arcade
Pontiac Co., has announced the ex-
pansion Of his retail selling organiza-
ton by the addition of D. Shaw Parker
and F. B. Coakley, both Of whom have
had long experience In the retailing Of
automobiles in Washington,
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By James Waldo Fa,yceff.

SCOTS Chronicle for June lists the
light green variety of the l-cent
George Washington stamp released on
April IS, first reported by william
A. Verhas.
Release Of the Scent Thomas JET
ferson stamp on Thursday furnished
opportunity for quoting these words
from his first inaugural address: with
all these blessings what more Is neces-
sary to make us happy and pros
porous people? Still one. thing more,
fellow citizens-a wise and frugal
Government. which shall restrain men
from injuring one another. shall leave
them otherwise free to regulate their
own pursuits of industry and i'm
provement, and shall not take from
the mouth of labor the bread 1t has
earned. This Is the sum Of good
government, and this is necessary to
close the circle of our felicities"
Also this paragraph from letter
written to John w. Eppes September
IL, 1913: And is it less dishonest
to do what Is wrong because not ex-
pressly prohibited by written law?
Let us hope our moral principles are
not yet in that stage of degeneracy
and that in instituting the system
Of finance to be hereafter pursued We
shall adopt the only safe, the only
lawful and honest one, of borrowing
on such short terms Of reimburse
ment of interest and principal as
will fall within the accomplishment
Of our own lives"
When the Universal Postal Union
Congress met in Washington in 1897
the Post ONCE Department presented
to each delegate complete set of
all United States postal paper then
current. Specimens were mounted In
albums, and each individual item was
overprinted Universal Postal Con-
gress." The list of contents included
13 values regular postage, 1c to IS;
special delivery; postage dues,
1c to soc; newspapers and periodi-
Gals. 1c to 500, and 81 envelopes of
different denominations, sizes and
colors. Only 125 delegates were in
attendance at the congress, and it
is probable that the number of al
buns prepared did not exceed 200.
James B. Hatcher, stamp writer for
the Associated Press, says: THE his
toric fortress of Carcassonne looks
like a medieval setting for tale of
fair princesses and bold knights. 1t
forms a picturesque and effective
vignette for Frances new 5-franc,
blue. stamp, which replaces the ia
miliar brown Mont st. Michel design.
Dating to pre-Roman days. the
old town of Carcassonne lies on the
River Aude in Southwestern France.
It fell to the Visigoths when the Ro-
man Empire collapsed; then in 724
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Trip Directions.

Trip Directions.
U. 8. 240 to Frederick; U. 8.
$40 through Harpers Ferry to
Halltown. w. Va; sharp right on
an unnumbered, paved road to
Shepherdstown. Return: w. Va.
48 to Kearneysville: w. Va. .
through Charles Town to the Vir-
ginia line; continue through Hills
boro to Purcellville; left on Va.
Z through Leesburg to Falls
Church; then U. 8. I'll into
Washington.
Distance: 152 miles.
Lunch stop: Hilltop House.
Harpers Ferry.
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For illustrations for the earlier edi-
tions Of SCOTS Standard Postage
Stamp Catalogue every stamp neces-
sarily was redrawn. The cost of the
art work ran into hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars.
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Flag Labels

The United States Flag As
soci1tton on Flag Day, Tues
day last, brought out the beau
tiful patriotic poster stamp
reproduced Gb0De. Sheets OF
100 at 50 cents, approximate
cost price, may be had By ap-.
pltcntion to Col. james Il.
Moss, room 400, 923 Fifteenth
street N.W.-Star STAT Photo.
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Collectors of United States and
foreign stamped envelopes. letter
sheets and post cards are organizing
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By Ralph Gray.

Touring Counselor, American Auto
mobile Association,
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Joachim c. Benzing. engraver of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, has asked to be excused from
his engagement with the Washing
ton Philatelic Society on Wednesday
evening. He will be guest Of honor
and principal speaker at a meeting to
be held July 49,, r' ID.
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For the International Philatelic
Exhibition at Praha, June 28 to July
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SCOTS Chronicle for June lists the
light green variety of the l-cent
George Washington stamp released on
April IS, first reported by William
A. Verhas.
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June q; the Scent Delaware Ter
centenary at Wilmington Monday.
June ~, and the second Scent North
west Territory Sesquicentennial at
Marietta Friday, July Is.
The schedule for August probably
will include the 7-cent Andrew Jack
son, Scent Martin Van Buren, g.
cent William Henry Harrison and 81
Woodrow Wilson.
Pre-canceled Lucent Martha
Washington stamps were delivered to
the postmaster at New Haven, June 6,
and 1a-cent Franklin stamps to the
postmasters of Harrisburg, Pa, and
Buffalo, N. Y, June ..
It also Is reported that 1-cent
George Washington stamps, pre-
Cancelled, were sent to Baltimore,
Buffalo, Grand Rapids and Austin,
Tex, June 10.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-09-08
Annual Sale OF Guns
To Be Held Sept. IL

The annual sale of confscated guns
and fishing equipment will be con-
Quoted by the division of game and
fish Saturday, September II, accord
ing to Harry E. Speakes, director of
the division.
The public auction will be held at
the North Central Commercial Club,
113 University Ave-, just north of the
State Office Building. Approximately
$50 guns, nearly evenly divided be-
tween shotguns and rifles, besides
some fishing equipment consisting of
tackle and miscellaneous items, will
be offered for sale.
Under the law, equipment in the
possession of game and fish law vio-
lators becomes the property of the
state, and the proceeds of the sale
of these goods are placed in the game
and fish funds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-09-08
A Large Audience
Hears AskOv Choir

Under the dierction of Miss Ruth
Sorensen, a group of 20 male and
female voices rendered a delightful
concert in the Askov church Sum
day evening The renditions, many
of them capable of taxing the ability
of professional singers, were given
in pleasing manner. Solo parts dur
ing the concert were taken by Miss
Ruth Hansen, Otto C. Hoiberg and
Andrew Jensen, the latter of Mime
apolis.
While all solos were enjoyed by
the audience, special pleasure was
derived from Mr.. Jensen's work dur
ing the concert period, since he came
from his home in Minneapolis to
aid in the rendition of the concert
and to sing for his many friends here.
He dedicated Danish number, 'Det
koster Ell for megen Strid," to Mr.. and
Mrs. N. S. Petersen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-09-08
ID. A. V. Auxiliary
Elects Officers

The Cloverleaf Chapter No. 4, D.
A. w., Pine county, held its last meet
ing at the Pine City Armory on Fri
day evening of last week. There was
good attendance and the meeting
was great success. Both the D. A.
v. and the Auxiliary, which was or
ganized the same evening, enjoyed
motion picture films of past Legion
parades.
A delicious lunch was served by
the Pine City Legion and the 40 & 8,
and everyone who attended reports
very enjoyable evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Kaldunski of
st. Paul, attended this meeting for the
installation of officers for the Clover
leaf Auxiliary. The elected officers
are as follows:
Verna Christensen, Hinckley, COM
mander; Estelle Mullins, Hinckley
secretary; Hazel Calvin, Sandstone,
first vice president; Pauline Benson,
Willow River, second vice comman-
der; Clara Jensen, Hinckley, treas
urer; Emily Mills, Rutledge, sergeant
alarms; Eldora Eliason, Hinckley
color bearer; Mrs. Frederick Wach-
lin, Moose Lake, chaplain; and Mar
garet Rypkema, Sandstone, conduct
reSS.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-09-08
Seven Foot Sturgeon
Shown At State Fair

Seven feet of sturgeon-120 pounds
of live fish-will occupy one of the
special aquarium tanks at the Con-
servation Department exhibit at the
state fair September to 10. Another
section of the fish row will contain
a group of the four months old mus
kies from the new hatchery pond at
Nevis. And just in case anyone thinks
that muskies are too young or too
small to make show, one taken from
the pond at the age of three months
measures fully nine inches, and the
added month should bring along some
fine specimens of the fighting tiger
Besides the rare sturgeon and the
elusive tiger muskies, the aquarium
will contain specimens of all the COM
mon and some uncommon fish taken
from Minnesota waters.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-09-08
Warren Shute OF
Duxbury Is Dead
Respected Resident of That
Community is Laid to
Rest on Saturday.

The DuXbury community was
shocked to hear of the death on Au-
gust 81 of Warren Shute, who passed
away at the home of his sister near
Danbury, where he had gone to visit.
Mr.. Shute was born Aug. 20, 1870
near Princeton where he grew to
manhood. He was united in marriage
to Miss Selma Anderson of Milaca,
on Nov. 2, 1898 and to that union
were born two children, Harry of
Duxbury, and Mrs. Theodore Holm
strom of Markville. Mr.. Shute farmed
near Princeton until 1906 when he
moved to Milaca where he followed
the work in sawmills and logging.
He spent two years at Willmar where
he managed a & 10-cent store.
In 1915 Mr.. Shute moved with his
family to Duxbury, and had resided
there since. The funeral was held
from the Markville Presbyterian
church Saturday and burial was in
the Markville cemetery by the side
of his wife who passed away April
26, 1887. Besides his son and daugh-
ter, he is survived by three grand
children and a sister.
Other relatives who attended the
funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. San
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Sanford,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Sanford, Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Sanford and son and
Mr.. Hill, all of Princeton.
Many friends and neighbors join
in the extension of sincere sympathy
to the sorrowing relatives in their
premature loss.