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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
Don't Toss Matche. Away

Almost al costly and dangerous forest and brush fires
are caused BY carelessness Going vacaton Don't be
the cause Of such fire! Try to remember the merest
elementary rules of safety and good sense.
The country has been reasonably fortunate thus far this
oer about forest and brush fires There haven't been
any even though great sections Of the eastern part of the
country have been hard hit by drouths.
Now il the time to be specially careful The youngest
How Scout learns not to throw matches about leave fires
burning But many of his elders do not have the wit to
remember the thing when it to their cigare
butts or cgar-stumps.
Don't throw matches. Don't leave fire unguarded or
ove Il behind you without thoroughly putting out Watch
Aoe gabuts For the season for forest fires coming
- it, peak
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
HOROSCOPE


Benefic aspects rule strongly
today. according to astrology.
All lines Of industry should be
stimulated under this configura-
ton which presages good for
tune for the United States.
This Is a luckier day for those
who are married than for those
still fancy free. The stars en-
courage stability of affection.
Divorces should become fewer in
number as the year closes.
Minds will be hospitable to
beneficient ideas under this rule
of the stars. Self confidence
should increase and assure sue
cess in cherished ambitions.
Building continues under the
most fortunate CONFORMATION.
although certain trades will be
hampered by strikes. Labor
may suffer through the excess
sive demands of union leaders.
Despite the predictions of stu
dents Of finance and economics,
surprising events viii upset sci
entific predictions.
Cuba and Peru continue under
threatening portents that seem
TO promise revolutionary upris-
inss. Investments should be
safeguarded.
Presidential possibilities will
be discussed under this sway
which makes for lack Of fore
sight and . general vagueness
on the part Of political leaders
The stars presage surprising
selections rs party leaders.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is
have the augury Of q year Of
activity and prosperity. Women
may be unwise in the manage
ment Of their financial affairs.
Children born on this day
probably viii be industrious and
independent. These subjects Of
Leo are often intuitive. yet
practical
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
UP TO LEGISLATURE

Editor, The Times: There is a
difference between hftch-hikers
and hi-jackers, but the kind
hearted motorist cannot tell, by
looks alone, the difference. Too
many times his kindness is re-
warded by robbery or murder.
A plan l proposed some years
ago for his protection has never
been given a trial. Now that the
need seems to be much greater,
1 am going to try again.
The plan is this: Require ev-
cry hitch-hiker land there are
plenty of honest young fellows
that deserve a lift now and
them to secure card showing
that he is entitled to the service
from any that are willing to help
him along. This card can be of
a color that is easily recog-
nized at some distance and will
be taken up by the motorist.
These cards may be carefully
guarded so that no tough guys
may get them. Minors might be
required to procure them through
parent or guardian, and any
hitch-hiker without one be liable
to arrest and punishment. Cards
could be handled by service sta
tons. and any boy picked up
between stations because of some
emergency would be required to
secure one at the first station
and hand 1t to his benefactor.
The turning in of these cards
will be only a matter of safe
procedure and should be handled
in the safest way possible. 1
believe this plan or some better
one is well worth trying.
c. P. FENTON,
1920 So. Tacoma Way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
womens page for the answers.
l. In which state is Abraham
Lincoln National Park?
2. Name the science which
treats of the celestial bodies.
8. What is meant by the flag
of a newspaper?
4. What is the name of the
British possession nearest to
Spain?
S. Who was the youngest
president of the u. S.?
6. What is the correct pro-
nunciation Of the word attache ?
7. In which ocean are the
Horse Latitudes?
8. With what sport is the
name Of Don Meade associated ?
Q. What is the name Of the
first day of Lent?
10. Who was vice president Of
the Confederate States of
America?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
SCIENCE NEWS

With the recent death of Ru-
dolph Blaschka. aged German
glass expert, the making of the
beautiful glass flowers in Hsr-
ward university's museum has
come TO an end. Blaschka and
his father, who died nearly a
half century ago. were the only
persons who knew the secret Of
making them. In all. more than
500 species of Towering plants
and more than $500 enlarged
details have been placed in the
Harvard museum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17

the longest, highest single
steel suspension span bridge
ever built In this or any other
country. The towers from
which the single span Is sus-
pended are las feet high. the
faIlest In the world. The main
span of 400 feet exceeds by
700 feet the next longest
single span in the world. the
George Washington bridge in
New York.
On the single deck are six
automobile lanes and two side
walks 101s feet wide. The total
length, including the approaches.
is seven miles. The center span
is 266 feet above the water. 1t
was built in a little over four
years at a cost of S35, 900, 900.
What makes the bay bridge
complete and induces the
phenomenally heavy traffic is
the system of approaches
underpasses, viaducts and over
passes-which connect 1t with
the lanes of heavy travel In
San Francisco and the east
bay cities. In the entire sys-
tenn there Is not a left turn.
From the moment the APP
proaches are entered every
turn is to the right. There
isn't the least possibility Of
accident.
Before the bay bridge was
opened operators of the ferry
systems declared that any re.
duction in the high fares would
compel abandonment of the ser.
vice. Shortly after traffic be-
gan flowing over the bridge al
a so cent toll, the ferry opera
tors discovered that they were
mistaken. They reduced the
fare to meet the toll rate on
the bridge. Then the bridge
toll, due to the heavy traffic
was reduced to 40 cents and the
ferry operators discovered that
they could live on lower fares,
Now it is proposed to reduce the
automobile toll on the bridge to
25 cents and the ferry operators
are preparing to meet the cut
All of which goes to show
that we can't take for gospel
truth all of the protestations
which public service corpora
tons sometimes make when the
public asks for only a square
deal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17

American Medical association.
The monopoly committee men,
bers believe they'll get new legis-
lation next session of congress.
AS a result of the glass industry
inquiry they're confident they
can get the patent laws amended
so that patent grants will be
revoked IL they're used in viola
ton OF the Sherman law.
That's better. argue the MEG
ers. than prosecuting when you
haven't got much chance Of con-
victing. Arnold's answer is that
prosecution is his job and he in
tends to 60 ahead with il. He
remarked TO a colleague after
the glass industry hearings that
IL he'd realized how much meat
existed there. he'd have brought
an antitrust action before the
NEG investigation stole his
thunder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
They'll Shoot the Gost.

America is sold the principle of conservation, de-
termined that natural resources including wild life
should Be protected.
Sometimes however idea of conservation doesn't fit
In with natures rules learn by experience
few the government decided to protect the
mountain sheep by prohibiting hunters from killing them.
Then strange thing happened-in districts where such
hunting was prohibited the sheep began to disappearl
For two years forest service have been nvestgat
ang and now at last have the solution Of the mystery.
The male sheep very jealous and real fighters
When there many of them in the mountains they fight
kill each other off and also kill the and young goats
That is why the is dying off.
hunters allowed in the territory they kill the
number of males for the horns and the remaining
males become calm and peaceful winning fine harems for
themselves, and fathering fine flocks of kids!
The government now intends to allow limited hunting
IN al major mountain sheep areas.
All of which shows that conservation is more matter of
0umon sense than set rules
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
CONTINUED from Page one)

But the CLIO Is New Deal off
spring. New Dealers laugh at
John L. Lewis off-the-record
threats that he may lead his fol-
lowers over to the opposition.
The ability Of either of the
labor chieftains to deliver the
vote Is doubted by veteran po-
litical observers. It's conceded
that Lewis is better able to do
it than Green. But it's also
recognized now that his endorse
ment, in most parts Of the coun-
try, alienates as many votes as
1t contributes. The best chance
the New Deal has of regaining
the affections of the AFL is to
let Lewis carry out his threat
and turn Republican.
When the New Deal first
started on its way, it had an
economy-minded senate and
spendthrift house of representa-
tives. The house was on its toes
to vote all the PWA and WPA
appropriations Roosevelt asked
for. The only brakes on the
spending came from the upper
chamber.
All that's changed now. It's
the house that has tended to be
parsimonious of late. The ges-
lures of generosity have come
solely from the senate. 1t was
the senate that insisted on farm
parity payments in excess Of
the presidents budget estimates.
The senate restored a goodly por-
ton of the cuts which the house
made on the third deficiency APP
preparation, including s11e.00o,-
900 for the Commodity Credit
Corporation. White the senate
merely pruned the "sp-lending"
bill, the house ruthlessly killed it
altogether.
Shrewd commentators see
significance in the shift. The
house, they point out, is always
more responsive to popular senti-
ment. It supported liberal SPEND
ing-when the people wanted it
while the senators took note Of
the public will more slowly. It's
argued that the houses current
tendency is equally reflection
of popular feeling.
Senate reaction. as usual. lags
behind. II the theory is right.
the homecoming congressman
will get only applause-instead
of the retribution which New
Dealers insist awaits them.
No one doubts Thurman Arm
old's zeal for trust busting. But
there's q growing feeling among
his colleagues on the national
economic monopoly committee
that it's exerted in the wrong
direction. There's q fundamental
difference of opinion involved.
Arnold holds that out antitrust
laws are al right; they just need
vigorous enforcement. Other
New Dealers who have been
peeking at the trusts during the
NEG hearings are convinced the
laws need 10 be sweepingly re-
vised.
NEG hearings. to their minds.
are far more effective in arous-
ing the public against monopoly
than are antitrust suits-par-
ticulsrly antitrust suits that
fail, such as those against the
oil and milk companies and the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17

umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. ONLY initials
viii be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle IN arru-
ment. could you give me the In
formation whether or not VIII
lam Belond was q married man:
He was known ~ Billy the Mug
In the early Seattle days.
MRS. =. 3.
We are informed that the IA
nous saloon keeper Of the 1905
by that name was a married
man. His dive on Washington
st., Billy the Mugs Place" con-
sidered the toughest In Seattle,
was famous for the size Of its
nickel beers and free sandwiches
and the efficiency with which
the buns who had spent their
nickels were rushed out the side
doors to make room for the
crowd IN front Belond Ia be-
lieved TO have died In Arizona
many years ago Of tuberculosis.
Mr.. Fixif: Gould You tell me
where the nearest school Of
music In and where / could get
more information concerning 1t.
M. +.
The Conservatory of Music at
Tacoma's own College of Puget
Sound can offer you four-year
course as complete as you could
get anywhere in the Northwest,
unless you are a very advanced
student. John Paul Bennett, d.
rector OF the conservatory. at
Proctor 0495, should be glad to
make an appointment with you
TO discuss your musical school
ing.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you please
tell mo n there IL any place in
Tacoma where you can have old
rag rugs remade into new ones:
MRS. r. II.
You can get old rags or old
rugs woven into new rugs by
the Hardness Rug Cleaning &
Manufacturing Co., 6612 South
Tacoma way.
Mr.. Fixit: Please give me =
recipe for making CASTLE soap,
the kind they made years ago.
s. j.
There are too many recipes
for that type of soap available
for us to quote you one, but you
can call at the reference depart
ment of the Tacoma public
library and copy down all of
them, If you like.
Mr.. Fixit: Someone wrote to
you about John J. Anthony's
address. They were wrong about
him with the Good
Will House," II Ii Goodwill
Hour" He Ii heard over KMO
every Sunday from g to I.
READER
With that clue, he was easy /
to find. We enormously read
our readers word "hour" as
''house." John ]. Anthony can
be reached by writing In care
Of Station WMCA. 1857 Broad
way, New York City, from which
he broadcasts over the Mutual
network.
Mr.. Fixit: In 1t true that .
new state law provides that
insurance policies surrendered
for cash value several years ago
are really worth more than the
amount which the Insurance
companies allowed? II 20, In II
necessary to stin have the old
policies to collect the additional
amount due? w. #. r.
We know of no change In state
insurance laws. In section IL Of
the new State Social Security
law, which went into effect
April /, there was 4 change in
the welfare departments evalua-
ton of old insurance policies as
resources. It doesn't mean any,
thing extra can be collected on
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17

1859. early Virginia settler and
member of the House of Bur-
gesses in Virginia.
The common ancestor of the
queen and Robert E. Lee was
Colonel Augustine Warner the
elder, first of that family to set
tie in Virginia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
LOUISIANA'S PLIGHT
WARNS OF DICTATORSHIP

Editor, The Times: For any
who have even an embryonic
yen in their system for some
form of dictatorship. the Louis
lana mess should be an illum-
mating as well as horrible ex-
ample.
The common quagmires Of
politics are bad enough and will
so remain until the general aver
age of morals and purposes is
lifted and the man-to-man rela-
tionship is predicated upon a con-
ception and application of the
golden rule. and the poison of
selfishness and sheer greed is
squeezed out. Nor is that too
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
Something TO Justify
Horn Blowing
California Has Reason
For Bit Of Shouting
Bay Bridges Add TO
Worlds Wonders

THE story of vacation in the
San Francisco bay region
which has been appearing in
this column would not be COM
plete without some reference to
the Golden Gate and the San
Francisco-Oakland bridges.
We people up north are in
clined to be mildly tolerant of
what we call CALIFORNIA; hot
air peddling." Quite likely some
of the pictures of the attractions
of that state are overdrawn but
in the case of the great struc-
lures which span San Francisco
bay, the use of superlatives is
fully justified. Nowhere in the
world will there be found such
amazing examples Of engineer
ing skill.
Like a great many others Of
the wonders of the world which
now far exceed the traditional
seven, the two bridges are the
fullfilment of an Imagination.
Ferries-one of the most effic-
entity managed systems in this
country-served the district well
for many years but did not keep
up with the ambitions Of the bay
region.
Many years ago an imagina-
tive engineer made a sketch
of a bridge spanning the sew
eral miles of water between
San Francisco and Oakland.
Nearly everybody said 1t
couldn't be done but the idea
was planted, and once an idea
Is planted In California some
thing happens. So 1t hap
pened that in 1888, one of the
low years of the depression,
construction started on these
two latest wonders Of the
world.
Goat Island, or as it is now
called Yerba Buena, seemed to
be set at the right spot on the
bay to break the long span be-
tween Oakland and San Fran
cisco. The bridge probably
would have been built anyway
but the location of the rocky
island was an encouragement to
the proposal.
Altogether the structure is
eight and a half miles long, four
and a half miles of which are
over nayigable water traversed
by the worlds largest steam
ships. Towers and piers rise
700 feet from a rock foundation.
Foundations for one pier have
a depth of 242 feet, a new engi-
neering record for depth below
water. On the upper deck are
six lanes for automobile traffic.
Double tracks for interurban
railroad service and two truck
lanes are on the lower deck.
Construction started July g.,
1888. The bridge was opened to
automobile traffic Nov. IL.
1886, and to train service ????
Is, 1889. The total cost was
$50, 100000.
The second of these two
newest wonders of the world,
spanning the Golden Gate, is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
THE QUEENS COUSIN

Elizabeth, present queen of
the British Empire, actually
claims close kinship to George
Washington, first constitutional
president of the u. S. The
descent traces through the FAM
lily of Robert Porteus (1679-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17

Not for IN the sun Sees the close earth wombs the
ofound "a hides in unknown fathoms break thou thine
9Th Shakespeare.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. He appropriated
his friends auto for the day,
say, took"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17
Mr.. FIxIT
He Fixe. Thing.

To receive attention In this COLI
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. ONLY initials
viii be published when requested
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-17

~TAoss pho governed least are gouvned best"
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-09-14

of Hjalmar, sometimes assisted by
Rigmor, his wife, when she could get
few hours to spare from her house
hold duties.
A Growing Paper.
All the work from editor to devil
rested on the shoulders of Hjalmar.
He was busy man performing his
several duties, but the Askov Amer
lean came out on time as scheduled,
and since that date, September II,
1914, it has made its appearance reg
ularly without fail.
The first issue consisted only of a
couple of hundred copies; but the
next was larger, and subscribers were
added every week until it now reaches
nearly 1000 individual subscribers
in this and adjoining counties as well
as other parts of the country. 1t is
one of the neatest, most newsy and
best edited weeklies in this state, and
its editorials and features contain
much food for thought.
1t is long ago since Hjalmar had to
delegate some of his duties to assist
ants. AS the community grew so did
the American. Little by little the
crew was increased and the work
specialized. New machinery displaced
the old, outdated stuff The old build
ing proved too small and in 1926 a
new, commodious building 50x9O feet
was erected and equipped with new
and up-to-date electrically driven ma
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-09-14
Storm Gives Warning

When the sun, which had been
shining brightly all morning, be-
came obscured at midday and a
black pail enshrouded the city, the
so 900 inhabitants of Bahia Blanca>
Argentina, became terrorized. Rec
objections of a recent violent storm
in Cordoba and the earthquake in
Chile added to the frenzy. Streets
and stores were quickly deserted
as people fled to their homes. Iron
shutters of store windows were
closed and automobiles with head
lights on were deserted at the curb,
although street lamps throughout
the city were lighted. Families gath
cred in their living rooms and wait
ed for anything to happen. After
three hours of blackness the tail OF
a cyclone struck Bahia Blanca, up
roofing trees, blowing down electric
signs and cutting cables, but no
lives were lost.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-09-14
sibilities in store.


Hjalmar worked then with one of
the big daily papers in Milwaukee.
During the winter he wrote to the
bank in Askov and others asking if
the people of the village and the COM
munity wanted to have him come
to start the paper, or whether we
thought it was too early to venture
it. The merchants as well as all 9TH
ers in the community, wanted very
much to have local paper started,
and so we encouraged him all we
dared to, promising him our loyal
support. We tried hard to convince
ourselves that the venture would turn
out successfully, although it was hard
to rid our minds of hidden doubt
that tried to creep in. Speaking of
the matter to other newspaper men
in the county didn't give us much
confidence in the matter. All they
said was: ooh, maybe he can make
it go for six months" Well, Hjalmar
decided to go ahead. Early in the
spring Petersen's father started ex-
cavating for basement, and during
the summer concrete building was
erected and the necessary machinery
was installed. The plant was very
primitive. AS near as can remem-
Der, it consisted of press run by
foot power, a couple of fonts of type,
stone and few other necessary
paraphernalia. The staff consisted
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-09-14
Birth OF Askov
American Was A
W orthy Event
BY A. GRAVESEN, Askov.

Twenty-Five years ago Hjalmar
Petersen started the Askov Amer
lean. 1t was in 1914. Hjalmar had
been here some years before, at
which time he bought a forty-acre
tract of wild land covered with
brush and stone. At this time,
believe, he conceived the idea of
starting newspaper at Askov when
the time was ripe, so he could grow
up with the country. At least,
am sure that as early as 1912, when
he was at Askov on visit, he showed
me neatly drawn sketch of the head
ing for the prospective Askov Amer
lean, the same under which it is still
published.
Askov at that time didn't look so
very inviting to anyone, and least
so to newspaper man. Settlers were
few and mostly poor financially, but
they had youth and courage and be-
lieved that the future had great pos
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-09-14

chinery. The plant is now modern
and the business was incorporated
in 1925. Seven people are employed
and more than 40 country corre-
spondents write for the newspaper.
Since 1882 when Hjalmar was first
elected to the State Legislature, the
Askov American has been under the
able management of A. w. Conway,
whose weekly column, 81 Would Say"
is highly appreciated by the readers
of the paper. 1t gives us in con-
densed form the news of the world
and Eye editor's' opinions on the
happenings in snappy comments.
Best Wishes
And so the twenty-fifth milestone
has been reached by the Askov Amer
lean and it has started for its next
goal, the golden one It is my wish
that it may complete the golden run
in due time and that it may be able
to look back to the silver stone just
past in as jubilant a spirit as it now
looks back to the day of its birth,
and that it may then be justified,
as it is now, to say: Well done!
Most of us that read the first issue
of the Askov American shall not be
here to scan its pages when the jubi-
lee issue comes off the press; but
maybe we shall be fortunate enough
to be allotted place in this great
armament from which we may OBJ
serve the event.