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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26
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the fatal mistake of making
their slugs represent Uncle
Sans quarter dollars. That
meant a charge of counterfeiting
and the whole caboodle went to
the Mcneil island federal penn
tertiary.
The Seattle man who tined 70
beat the pin ball machine after
he lost $3.50 is in for a jolt but
fortunately did not run foul OF
the federal law.
He rugged up an electric
battery which he wore
strapped under his coat and
attached a magnet tn wires
run down his sleeve. BY APP
plying the magnet at the
proper spot he was able to
direct some of the balls into
the pay pockets. Owners Of
the machines were puzzled
at the high percentages
being won but didn't suspect
the reason.
As is always the case with
gains not honestly obtained, the
chap with the battery came to a
turn in the road. One night,
feeling particularly m & mani
nous, he revealed the system to
young woman whom he had
observed playing the machines
and consistently losing. She
told a friend and it wasn't long
before a lot of the Seattle pin
ball players were inquiring about
the new system. Two days later
the smart guy who thought he
could beat a game that il made
to be unbeatable was in Jail.
A righteous police court judge
gave him go days to reflect on
his sinful ways.
Another story which ought to
be of particular interest to the
host of wise ones who have
worked out systems" to beat
the races just starting at Long
acres, also comes from Seattle.
A loser to the extent of several
thousand dollars on investments
with bookmaker sued to recover
but the court turned him down. 1t
doesn't appear in the record but
the judge probably figured that
anybody goofy enough to think
he can beat the races ought to
take his medicine when he loses.
The moral of the two cpl
sodes is that nobody loves q
sucker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

fering by endeavoring to satisfy
material needs.
ROSS NISONGER.
1914 No. 35th st.
Editor, The Times: Is Tacoma,
the lumber capital of the world,
to go the way of other once
flourishing lumber towns in the
Northwest due to autocratic la
Dor leaders edicts?
The closing of the st. Paul
mill by the dictators of the CLIO
is a challenge to the business
men of Tacoma. Now the cars
of the AFL through vicious
propaganda have succeeded in
closing another of Tacoma's
best industrial plants, the North
west Door Co.
Our family moved from
labor strife-torn town to Tacoma
and my husband and son were
fortunate to secure work at bet
ter than equitable wages in the
new plant of the Northwest
Door Co.
Our former employer recon-
mended TO my husband the
N. w. D. Co. management as
one of the fairest in the industry
for both the employees and its
competitors. In fact he consid-
cred us fortunate to be able to
secure this connection. In the
words of our former employer:
1.-THE president of the North
west Door Co. Mr.. Tenzler. is
the last man on earth to refuse
to negotiate with his men"
But subversive employees with
in this organization have been
at work for weeks to make
trouble. A petition was cir
culated among the men in the
factory by these disloyal work.
ers for more wages. In the
case OF my son. intimidation was
used to get him to sign this
petition.
Weeks of negotiation have
kept our family in unrest. The
rank and file has steadfastly re-
fused to condone radical steps
which would cause operations 10
stop. Finally against the will
and vote of the men, the men,
bers of the district council of
the Timberworkers union took
matters out of the hands of the
men concerned had placed pick
cts to force cessation of work.
Their abb is that the North
west Door Co. is operating
steadily by underselling its COM
petitors, made possible by low
wages. This is bsrefaeed lie.
Most of the employees in this new
plant left other operations 10
better themselves and know saat
they are receiving fair or better
wages than before.
We also have the word of our
former employer concerning the
fairness Of the management Of
the Northwest Door Co. in re-
gard to its competitors.
One must regret that the
ant -picketing law was not
placed in operation in this state
as in Oregon at the last election.
for then such illegal strikes
could not be possible. I appeal
to the wives and mothers 10
exert themselves in behalf Of the
laboring mans interest and
against the unfair tactics of the
so-ealled union leaders. The
families bear the hrunt Of this
inexcusahle situation.
A MOTHER AND WIFE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. Name the capital of Ala
bama.
2. What is an amperemeter? 6
3. Are there more red stripes
than white in the flag of the
u. s.?
4. Name the two men who
made the first airplane flight to
the North Pole.
5. What is the correct pronun.
citation of the word metamor.
phosis?
6. Name the former capital Of
the Turkish empire.
7. With what sport is the
name Of Sam Snead associated D.?
8. Which of the states is Sec
ond largest in area?
8. What is helicopter?
10. Name the race driver who
was killed in the recent 500-mile
Indianapolis auto race.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26

brewery storage vault extended
back for 100 feet into the hill,
carved from solid rock. When the
drillers struck the vault, the
pressure therein caused the we'll
to flow copiously with golden
brown malt liquor.
Strange as it seems. George La
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26

Blanche, u. S. marine, won the
worlds middleweight title from
Jack (NonpareiD Dempsey in
1889 while he was absent without
leave. He jumped ship at Mare
Island, Calf, to 60 to San Fran
cisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26
SUNDAY. JUNE rs. 1899

Adverse planetary aspects rule
strongly today, according to
astrology. 1t is a menacing con-
figuration, most discouraging to
serious thoughts of tomorrow.
For the aged the sway may be
depressing and a sense of the
futility of life may weigh upon
both men and women.
There may be keen insight and
far vision among ministers of
the gospel and leaders of thought
in other learned professions.
Their counsel should be sought
and their advice followed.
Under this direction of the
stars caution should be exer-
cised in letter writing. This
warning applies equally to
friendly communications and to
love missives.
Interest in the welfare of chill
dren may be intense while this
rule of the stars continues.
Many adoptions are presaged.
Refugees in large numbers will
enjoy the benefits of American
environment.
Great change in the character
of residents of the United States
will be evident in the next two
decades during which pioneer
strains and Puritan heritages
will be completely submerged.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of year Of
test in which business may cause
anxiety. The wise will live each
day carefully. forgetting diff
culties that can not be overcome.
Children born on this day may
be sensitive and high strung. but
tenacious of ambition and exact
in business relations. They are
ruled by the moon and may be
exceedingly temperamental.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26

THE BEER" WELL
There was a great celebration.
back in 1881, when Rial r. Co s
No. 8 well was brought in on
Point Bluff at Franklin, Penn
and flowed beer.
1t happened this way:
Unknown to the oil drillers, a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26

To receive attention In this coli
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer. Only initials
will be published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26
MONDAY. JUNE rs. 1899

ADVERSE planetary aspects are
active today. according to astrol-
ogy. The morning hours may be
vexed by labor difficulties. but
employers are under sway
making for patience and diplo-
macy.
AS the business week begins
there should be foresight en-
abling persons in authority to
prepare for future exigencies.
Commerce may be fortunately
directed and surprises may occur
when the outlook appears most
discouraging.
Scandals among government
employees are presaged for the
summer. Men in high positions
should be careful 10 avoid the
appearance of evil.
Women should be cautious
about embarking on anything
which appears to offer them de-
feat or lack of complete success.
II is an unfortunate date for
love affairs.
Poland and Rumania are
under a sign read as forecastlng
much anxiety and probability Of
extensive resdjustments. Geog-
raphy will reveal changes in
more than one map when school
begins in the autumn.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the sugury Of a year of
perplexities that may prove
helpful Promotions and favors
for both men and women are
probable.
Children born on this day may
be intense in their emotions and
idealistic in their plans. These
subjects Of Cancer reach great
heights if wisely guided.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26

Those Who are governed least are governed best"
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-26

kdckef IN Tacoma
Slug Makers Sent TO
Federal Pen
Crime 10 Beat Pin Ball
Game Also
Seems As II Nobody
Loves q Sucker
Arrest of a Seattle man for
attempting to beat a pin ball
game in which he had lost $3.50
will recall to many of the older
residents of Tacoma an episode
of the open town" days when
one, Baldie, had a monopoly on
the slot machine racket here.
Operation of the machines had
been a bone of contention for
several months and became an
issue in the campaign. Some
pretense to suppress them had
been made to appease the So
called church element" but
camouflaged in the platform OF
the liberal party was a tentative
promise to make deal to
operate the machines. Baldie
took an active part in the cam
paign and for his influence on
behalf of the liberal element was
rewarded with the slot machine
monopoly.
Fulfiilment of the obliga-
ton meant knocking over"
slot machine operators who
wouldn't come into the COM
bine. There never was any
direct evidence but 1t was
suspected that the combine
was effected with at least
the knowledge IL not the CO.
operation of the city admin
istration. The alleged deal
was one of the influences
which brought a grand jury
into the picture but did not
have any tangible results.
One day there appeared at a
meeting of the city council
delegation of young fellows who
complained that the 25-cent slot
machines were crooked One of
them in particular said that he
had been able to get fair break
on the old machines but since
the new deal" ne had been con-
sistently on the losing end. He
presented evidence purporting to
show that most of the machines
were locked so that the jackpot
which the machines were sup
posed to pay at rare intervals
went into a special compartment
instead of to the player.
The council refused to do any,
thing and the boys decided to
take the law into their own
hands. They started playing the
machines with lead slugs in
stead of quarters. That in itself
was a heinous crime. The day
he discovered the first slugs in
his take" Baldie galloped to
the police station crying his eyes
out. Plain clothes men were
sent to watch the machines and
in "a hours they grabbed half a
dozen young fellows playing the
machines with slugs. They We're
hustled to Jail and held under
the charge. believe it or not, of
trying to defraud an illegal slot
machine.
That was bad enough and
would have involved a heavy
penalty but the lads committed
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
BOYS SHOW PROFIT
ON WESTERN LAMBS

The average return above pur
chase and feed cost on 305 western
lambs which were fattened and
sold by Maryland All Club mem
bers recently in Baltimore was
1922 per lamb, according to Mylo
S. Downey, Assistant Boys Club
Agent for Maryland William
Hare. of Carroll County, who had
the champion pen showed a profit
on Is lambs of $4S.4O above pur-
chase and feed costs.
Twenty All Club members from
Carroll, Howard, Hartford. Mont
gOmery and Washington Counties
took part in the Namb feeding
project. The lambs were received
from the west on November 2 and
were fed for III days. During
this time they showed an average
gain per lamb of 23.4 pounds or
.21 pound per lamb per day. The
average selling price for all the
lambs was $1O53 per hundred
weight while the price paid for
them was 1924 per hundredweight
The average cost per 100 pounds
Of gain was 1858.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS

Stockholders of three low-rate
industrial loan companies affiliat-
ed with the Southeastern Indus
trial Bankers, Inc, will receive
regular quarterly dividends within
the next week, it was announced
by Lewis Eisele, vice-president
and treasurer Of the parent or
ganization The companies de-
claring these dividends are the
Silver Spring Savings and Loan
Co., Silver Springs, Md; the
Southeastern Loan Corporation,
Roanoke, Va, and the Hagers-
town Industrial Savings & Loan
Co. this city. The dividend pay
ments will amount to seven per
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
Comrades
BY j. e. Elliott

You met my gaze, your brown
eyes laughed;
l met your glance, and smiled
at you,
AS if friendly cup we quaffed.
A world of wondrous things to-
do!
That day in spring we shared our
joy,
Two merry comrades at our play
No touch of sadness to annoy
OF worry us that joyous day.
When we returned at eventime,
My hand was resting on your
head;
You licked my hand in pantO-
mime,
And turned away to kennel bed. -,
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
TO REBUILD CHURCH

The congregation of the Central
Presbyterian Church, Chambers
burg has decided to restore it's
present edifice and to increase
the size of the building to provide
greater space for the church
school and for recreational pur-
poses. The church was badly dam
ICED by fire on October 27 last.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
BANQUET MARCH Fl

Officials of the national and
state fish and game bureaus will
attend the second annual banquet
of the FunkstOwn Fish and Game
Association to be held Tuesday
evening, March q at $50 o'clock
in the basement of the Reformed
Church in that place.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
HOMES FOR SALE

Desirable homes, 10 per cent cash,
no finance charge, no building
worries. Desirable building lots.
Rents collected. Insurance. First
mortgage loans at 5 per cent. c.
E. Fry, 100 Hamilton Blvd. Phone
2391-J.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
DRUGS, Etc.

Warren Pharmacy. Drugs, Pre-
scriptions, Cosmetics, Magazines,
Candy, Cigarettes. 24O Jefferson
st. Phone your order, 927.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10

When Andrew Ashton Waller Hills
of London, five-year-Old son of the
late John Waller Hills, privy cOun-
cilOI, was informed that King
George vi had conferred barOnet-
cy on him he thought it was some
thing to eat. His father would have
been honOred by the king at New
Years ceremonies but for his death
Christmas eve.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS

Five Per Cent Interest, 10 to 10
gears to pay. l.. S. Spangler,
End. floor, Second National Bank
Building. Telephone 1886.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
MARKETS

See Abe Martin for the best in
Meats, Groceries, Vegetables. 16
Public Square, Hagerstown. Tele-
phones 251O-2511-2512-2513.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
TEACHER OF MUSIC

Samuel Strine, teacher guitar
mandolin, banjo, xylophone, estab-
lished teacher. Studio, SIT West
Franklin St.; phone 1928.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
POULT RY

Frying and Roasting Chickens.
Foltz Poultry Market. Phone IT'S.
Free delivery. % High Street
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10

Examinations,
family
building
type family, salary.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
FRUITS, VEGETABLES

Fruits, vegetables and all kinds OF
green groceries, etc. E. E. Cronice
81 West Franklin Street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE
LOANS

Real Estate and Fire Insurance.
Money at 5 per cent loaned on
first mortgage. Brewer and Lind
sew. 214 Second National Bank
Bldg. Phone 24S1.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10

MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT
NC C 70 r Y S
THE FRIENDLY FIVE & TEN
FIVE g. TEN CENT STORES
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
AUTO SERVICE, USED CARS

Diamond T Motor Truck Sales
and Service-Poe's Garage, rear
of 115 E. Franklin st. Hagerstown
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
ICE CREAM

Mains Ice Cream for Quality. A
your merchants.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10
PATTERSON nOTEL AND
C~FFEE SHOP

For home-cooked meals visit the
Patterson Coffee Shop. Hotel ac-
commodations Everything the
best. Potomac and Franklin SITS.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
ole Miss Orchestra Will
Play For Tchulo Dance

The Ole Miss Collegians will fur
nish music for a dance to be given
Friday night, May 5, at the new
Jitney Jungle store building In Tchu-
la, which mas just beer completed.
The dance is sponsored by the Tchu-
la Rotary Club and a floor show Of
the Price Studios will be featured.
The new building in Tchula which
will be occupied by the Jitney Jun
gle store, owned by w Kinds Jump
er, is the largest and most modern
grocery store building in Holmes
county and a large crowd from all
parts of the county is expected to
attend the dance.
Admission lis S1.00 script and 25c
for spectators will be charged. Every
one is invited to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Goodman Will Build
School
Bonds Sold This Week
To Lexington Bonk;
Record Low Rute

$4,000 in bonds have been sold TO
the First National Bank of Licking
ton o the purpose of erecting, re-
pa'~~lmg and equipping a school build
ing or buildings and for purchasing
lands for the said school for the
white children of the Goodman Con-
solidated School District.
The bonds sold for 3 "a per cent
interest with a $1,000 premium which
is said to be a record low.
IA petition with Signatures OF loS
qualified voters of Goodman was IRE
sented to the Board of Supervisors
at its meeting this week by w. A.
Thomas and Dave Gulledge. The
matter of the approval of the Board
of Supervisors was a mere techni
cality as the bonds will affect only
the Goodman Consolidated School dis.
trict and not the whole county.
II is understood that the erection
of he new school building on the
same site will take place as soon as
possible after the bond issue is COM
Dleted.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Duront To Wage War
Rots Friday, Moy 5th

Beginning tomorrow, Friday, May
5th, a rat campaign sponsored by the
American Legion, will be conducted
in Durans under the supervision OF
r. 3. Deem of the u. S. Biological
Survey, and assisted by d. W. Cru
appropriation recently made by the
Board of Aldermen is sufficient for
a complete campaign in the resident
and business sections.
The Boy Scouts have volunteered
to help make this campaign a sue
cess. They will put The bait at each
residence and business house accord
ing to need. The poison bait win
consist of 80 pounds of K. r. o.
squill, 225 pounds of hamburger meat,
ITO pounds of oatmeal and SIS pounds
of corn meal.
Along with the Durant rat cam
paagn, so or more packages of rat
poison will be prepared for farms
outside the city limits, north, south
and west of Durant. MIR. Wiley Muir.
head has 80 on his HIST for packages
of the bait west of Durant, but the
orders for the poison north and south
of Durant have not been completed.
Red squ;ll is relatively harmless to
human beings. domestic animals and
poultry. Generally other animals will
rot eat red squill bali s. and if they
do. vomf ing is induced and the poi
7on is thus eliminated. To be abso-
lutely safe, however, keep the bait
of their reach.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
45o All Club Members
Celebrate 18th Yeur

Twenty-Five years of successful All
III work Din the nation is being
celebrated this week as farm boys
N girls the nation over observe the
silver anniversary of All clubs.
The celebration in Holmes county
has been marked by meetings over
the county at night where free mo
ton pictures pertaining to club work
have been shown.
Pictures Of the annual Spring rally
held in Lexington in March were
also shown at these meetings whicn
will be concluded by next Tuesday.
Members of All clubs in the coun-
ty are urged to listen in Saturday
at 1870 o'clock eastern standard
-me % ii rational Farm and Home
our on TIE radio wherein some fea-
lures On al club work will be given
IS a part of The celebration.
Holmes county All Club work is
under the direction of Miss Ellen
Scale, county home demonstration
leader, and w. r. Thompson, assist
n county agent. Work in the H.
cal clubs is under the supervision .t
local leaders
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Eligible Farmers Can
Make Application
For FSA Lonas
Tenunt Purchase Loan:
Made To II Formers
Lost Year Report

Eligible farmers in Holmes Coun-
ty may now file applications for ten.
ant purchase loans at the Farm Sc
curity Administration office, located
in the Watson Building at Lexington
it was announced yesterday by B. F
Wiley, County Supervisor. The clos
ing date for applications has beer
set at June LIST.
Mr.. Wiley stated that Holmes coun-
ty farmers who are tenants, share.
troopers, or farm laborers, and who
cannot obtain an adequate loan TO,
the purchase Of a farm from Other
sources ait reasonable terms are Ell
gible for boans.
Under the terms of the Bankhead-
Jones Tenant Purchase Act, the Sc
lected applicants, who are chosen
from those who apply by q county
committee, WI be loaned enough to
purchase q family-sized farm, chosen
by themselves with the approval OF
the committee. The loans will also
include the funds to make repairs
to existing buildings, to build new
ones where necessary and to make
other essential improvements,
The money borrowed for the pur-
chase Of the farms must be repaid
within forty years. The interest rate
is three percent. Payment must be
made in annual installments, but a
variable repayment plan is available
under which borrowers can make lar
ger payments in years when crop
production and price is favorable, and
and Smaller ones in years of partial
crop failure or low price.
Mr.. Wiley said that the number
of loans to be made in the count,
during the next year had not ye'
been announced, as the amount Of
The appropriation has not yet bee:
! set. but FSA officials have found II
advisable to begin receiving applica
tons now, so that when funds are
available, it will be possible ito Sc
lect those who are to receive the loans
and establish them on their farms il
plenty of time for the 1910 croI
season.
According to Mr.. Wiley, Tenan
Purchase loans were made last yeal
to twelve farmers in Holmes county
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
J. 6. Grace Is Candidate
For Justice Of Peoce

J. G. Grace, who lives near West
lis a candidate for Justice Of the
Peace of Beat 2, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary in Aug
ust.
Mr.. Grace in announcing says that
he will appreciate the serious consid.
Grafton of every voter and that. if
elected, he viii be fair and honest
treating everyone alike.
Mr.. Grace was born in Holmes
county and has lived here in beat 2
all his life. He has served as Justice
OF the Peace for eight years before
and is well qualified to fill the office
he aspires to.
He will appreciate your earnest
consideration.