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Montgomery County sentinel., 1939-02-09
Farm Bureau Asks
Legislative Plan
For Bond Issues
Committee Meet With
County Delegation; Wants
Public Reaction

At conference Monday afternoon,
the legislative committee of the
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
met with State Senator Robert Peter
and three members of the House Of
Delegates, Stanton C. Peele, Charles
C. Jones and Jos. d. Buscher and
presented legislative program.
According to James D. King, presi-
dent of the Montgomery County Farm
Bureau, a reassessment for Montgona-
cry County was assured this group at
this meeting Mr.. King believes the
repeal Of the referendum on bond is
sues to be one of the most serious
problems confronting the tax payers
of Montgomery County, realizing the
carrying charges on present bonded
county indebtedness amounts to
around one-half million dollars, with
no provisions whatsoever for retir-
ing the present bonds. Therefore, in
the majority of cases, when the pres
ent bonds become due, they are re-
financed instead of being retired. For
this reason, if for no other, Mr.. King
feels the public should pass on any
further bond issues. Furthermore, it
is conservatively estimated that with
reassessment, county assessments
will be increased around thirty million
dollars. This would increase the coun-
ty revenue at the present rate OF
should take care of all necessary i'm
$3.50 to $457, 100000. This. he says
should take csre of all necessary inaf
provements in Montgomery County.
The suggested program follows:
January 81. 1899
WHEREAS: The General Assembly
of Maryland is now in session, ands
WHEREAS: There are many neces-
sary adjustments which will require
Legislative action, and
WHEREAS: Such adjustments
vitality effect the members of this Or
ganization,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: BY this Board of Directors
of the Montgomery County Farm Bu-
reau, Inc, that we petition our State
Senator and members of the House of
Delegates to give favorable considera-
ton to items listed below, and,
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED:
That in the deliberations, said Mont
gomery County Legislative Repre-
sentatives keep in mind the Govern
ment study to be made by the Brook
ings' Institute and changed by Legis-
lative action only such items of our
governmental system as are absolute
ly necessary until such study has been
completed.
Reassessments
We feel the inequalities of assess
ments between the farming area and
the suburban area and between prop
critics in each Of these respective
areas has become so great that gen.
eral reassessment should not be post
poned for any reason, Sufficient in-
formation is contained in the Paul
Continued on page 81
Montgomery County sentinel., 1939-02-09
WHOSTT !?

Several years ago THE SENTINEL
ran a series of pictures of young
sters around Rockville. We now
propose to test your memory and
observation by printing a series Of
photographs. This week we ask our
readers to identify the lad shown
in the above picture. Remember, he
has grown up. Write The SENTINEL,
naming the subject Of the photo
and telling his parents, school, grade,
ambitions, etc. For the best an
swer we will give a years subscrip-
tion to THE SENTINEL.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1939-02-09

Wouldn't this old town be para
disc if all of us could make money as
easily as we make mistakes.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1939-02-09

Why is it a man will take it as a
compliment if you say he is level
headed, but he will want to cut your
throat from ear to ear if you say he
is fat-headed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

BOEING CLIPPER. Picture
shotos huge Boeing Clipper OF
the type that stops at Guam on its
truns-Pucifc flight. These flying
boats are bringing net0 life to the
small island.
matter, and it is not unusual for the
traveller to seek telephone at once
to communicate to his family,
through the village patrolman, that
he has arrived safely in the city and
is well.
Foot-Travel Best.
Within short time after your ar
rival you find that you have just
about exhausted the possibilities of
the motor roads-some IS miles of
improved highways-and that if you
are really going to see Guam you
should have to see it on foot. The
roads over which a motorcar can
pass serve only the principal viii
lagos, and these are near the sea-
shore. Only footpaths and carabao
trails reach into the hills and the
jungles, where no wheeled vehicle
can travel.
Merchandise and farm products
are packed in and out of the backs
of the strong, patient carabao, or
water buffalo, which, in the rainy
season, sometimes sinks to its Shout
ders in mud.
You have no difficulty in finding
guides to take you over the island,
but you have to engage different
one for each district you want to
visit. Each man knows only his
own immediate surroundings. In
many places the trails are not clear
ly defined; indeed, you often have to
cut your way through the jungle
with machetes. Since a mosquito
infested jungle would hardly be a
comfortable place to get lost in,
you invariably have a native as
guide and carrier.
The Chamorros do not carry water
on the inland trails. They drink
from any stream or pond, even when
it is obvious that carabaos or other
animals have recently been there.
Besides, in the jungle one can al
ways get drink that will at least
prevent actual suffering from thirst
by cutting a couple of feet of guiji
vine, which grows everywhere. Sap
literally gushes from the vine so cut,
and it is not unpalatable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28


large doses of calcium during the
five months of training December
to ApriD.
Need of Calcium Proved.
The reports of the results of the
tests at the onset and the end of the
training showed that the heart rate
of the athletes was not only less in
those using calcium but came back
to normal CATER running the 400
meters) in much less time than the
athletes who had not used the cal
cium.
1t is not suggested that the aver
age individual should use calcium
in its usual drug form.
The suggestion is that most nor
NAL individuals would do well to
simply use more of the foods that
are rich in calcium such as dairy
products-cheese and milk; egg
yolks; green Observation-Disclosures,
cabbage, turnip tops, spinach; caul-
flower, carrots, string beans, tur-
nips, parsnips; fresh fruits-straw-
berries, raspberries, rhubarb,
oranges.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

tizos, with Spanish, German, Scot
fish, or American blood. The ma
tives of this upper stratum of Guam
society claim descent, on the Cha
MORO side, from the ancient chief
tains. 1t is unlikely that there are
any persons of unmixed Chamorro
ancestry on the island, even in the
back country, but of course the mix
ture of European blood is most no.
ticeable in Agana, which has al
ways been the capital city.
Many Are Educated.
Many of the men and women Of
the upper class have had education
al advantages that place them above
their neighbors. Some have attend
ed school in Manila, Hongkong, or
the United States. The girls and
women of this group are handsome,
often beautiful, and are dressed in
the latest fashion from Manila or
San Francisco.
The most important official func-
ton of the year is the reception at
Government House on New Years
day. Then daughters of the old FAM
lilies of Guam present a picture one
does not forget.
There are very definite social di-
visions among the 20,670 native in
habitants of Guam. The town resi-
dent feels somewhat superior to the
man from the back country, and vii
layers display a marked envy of
jewellers in Agana.
Many Chamorros in some of the
remote settlements have never trav-
eled beyond the limits of their own
village. They appear to have very
little curiosity about the island on
which they live, and are sometimes
incredulous when you speak of in
teresting places you have visited
which may be within a short dis
lance of their homes, but which they
have never seen.
A journey of 10 or IL miles is
looked upon as formidable under
taking. Formerly it meant an all
day journey in a bullcart, or per-
haps on foot. Even now that there
are automobiles, the trip from an
outlying village to Agana, ride Of
perhaps 40 minutes, is still a serious
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
IT'S the Head, Not Heart,
That Wags the Tongue

In recognition of some service
Chief Washable of the Shoshone
Indians had rendered, General
Grant sent him a beautiful silver
mounted saddle. 1t was present
ed with troops drawn up and a
grandiloquent speech by the COM
manding officer.
When Washable was asked if he
wished to reply, he shook his head
negatively.
What" shouted the colonel,
latter all you heard you have
nothing to say?"
The Indian answered: ''White
man feels with his head; his head
has tongue. Indian feels with his
heart; heart no tongue"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
ASK NE
ANOTHER
The Questions

1. What is the country of the
Lamas? Of the llamas?
2. With what controversial ques-
ton did the Missouri compromise
deal?
8. What famous street in New
York begins at a cemetery and
ends at a river?
4. What is meant by absolute
zero?
S. With what state did Ohio
come near war over a boundary
question?
6. The Mississippi separates
many states, but flows through
only two. Which are they?
7. In how many states can mat
ter exist?
8. What is the origin of the term
boulevard for a broad avenue?
9. Does the crypt of st. Peters
in Rome contain only the bodies of
men?
10. What is the only museum de-
voted to tributes to a living man?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
Diversions of 1877 Entertained Col. Byrd

"a Library, Garden, Grove
and Purling Stream are the inno-
cent scenes that divert our LEISURE"
William Byrd II wrote to a friend in
England, as he sat in his palatial
residence, Westover-on-the-Ja mes,
one of the most celebrated and beau
tiful of all Colonial homes. AS for
the library, it numbered nearly 4.600
volumes, the largest private library
in the colonies. 1t was in April,
1877, that Colonel Byrd advertised
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

in Virginia Gazette that on the north
side of the James river, a little be-
low the falls there had been laid off
by Maj. William Mayo, a town
called Richmond, with streets IS feet
wide. A pleasant and healthy situa-
ton and well supplied with springs
of good water" AS the founder of
Richmond, writer, and as a states
man he is one of the most impor-
tant men of his time. Westover is
still used as a residence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

8. From the boulevards or bull
warks, the old walls of the city of
Paris, which, when demolished,
were replaced with streets.
9. Although the crypt of st. Pc
ter's in Rome is supposed to be
reserved for the tombs of the
popes and princes of the Roman
Catholic church, it contains two
women-Countess Matilda of Tus-
cany, who died in Ills, and Queen
Christina of Sweden, who died in
1889.
10. The Charles Lindbergh mu-
scum of St. Louis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
New life for an old rocker

THERE were rocking chairs
hanging from the ceiling of a
certain secondhand furniture
store. Nobody wants them any
MORE" mourned the dealer. std
sell any one you see for so cents"
The little bride with me promptly
chose one. Perhaps she would
paint it for the porch.
What she actually did is shown
here in the sketch. The result was
the small but comfortable, mod
ern looking chair at the upper left.
The bride raided mothers attic
for two things that went into the
making of this chair. One was an
old quilt that she used to pad the
back. The other was feathers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
Flag Sizes

The executive order which estab-
fishes the proportion and sizes of
the United States flag calls for IL
different hoists ranging from 1.31 to
20 feet. The hoist is the width or
short dimension of the flag. For use
on a private or public building 9TH
er than one in an army or navy
post any convenient size may be
used. For a 30-foot pole on a tall
building flag with hoist of 10
feet would be about right. This
corresponds to the post flag of the
army. t- tgs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
Elusive Deer

Houdini had nothing on the deer
being studied by scientists of the
American Wildlife institute at the
cooperative wildlife research, DEM
onstration and management unit at
the Alabama Polytechnic institute.
A one-strand electric fence was
placed around a field containing cot
ton, corn, peanuts, peas and pota-
toes, in an attempt to protect the
crops from deer. The deer just
crawled under the wire, although it
was only about "a inches from the
groundl ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

from an old bolster which were
used to stuff a seat cushion tightly
so that it would raise the seat
which had been lowered by re-
moving the rockers. Cotton basted
to muslin could have been used
for the back padding and a cotton
substitute for the cushion filling.
The new sewing book by Mrs.
Spears contains 80 other useful
homemaking ideas, with all di-
rections clearly illustrated. You
will be delighted with it. The
price is only 10 cents postpaid.
Enclose coin, with name and adj
dress, to Mrs. Spears, 30 S. Des-
PLANES ST., Chicago, H., and book
will come to you by return mail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
The Hub of Scotland

Stirling, ''in the midst of Scot
land" is also described by its citi-
zens as between east and west and
between north and SOUTH" and they
claim that it has Cooked down on
more history, seen more armies adj
vance and retreat than any other
town in the world"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

ing in offices during
the day, they had lit
tie opportunity to
benefit from fresh
air and sunshine.
DR.. Martin made
a test on young run
ners who ran 400
meters or about a
quarter mile. Of a
group of q athletes,
Is u n d e r w e i G h t
training without use
of calcium; the 9TH
~ .-@ zr.-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
200 Histories Reviewed.

histories of patients examined in my
office Except cancer patients) re-
vealed that 129 complained of con-
stipation and used cathartics.
Among the II nonconstipated pa
tients, however, there were several
with diarrhea and colitis. If these
cases are excluded the number with
normal bowel habits is small"
One of the conclusions come to by
DR.. Perry is that large breakfast
is one of the most important factors
in correcting constipation. With
this conclusion most physicians will
agree because a hurried, light
breakfast does not give the impulse
to the digestive tract to move and
drive wastes downward. The very
weight or heaviness of meal will,
in itself, give considerably stronger
impulses to the whole digestive
stomach, small intestine, and
large intestine.
It is difficult for the average in
dividual to sit down and eat a good
breakfast in a leisurely manner, and
to take time to sit and read the
paper for a few minutes after break
fast seems impossible. Yet, if this
same individual were to retire a
half-hour earlier and get up half
hour earlier he could easily eat a
larger, unhurried breakfast, read
his paper and reach office or factory
in plenty of time.
CReleased by Western Newspaper Unisp.l
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

n o t con t a n
enough minerals, T0DAY'S |
particularly cal urnIru
cium or lime. nIhLIH
Perhaps you COLUMN
have thought of -
lime only as being one of the
necessary elements to form the
bones and the teeth, and of
some use in tooth powders, and
to overcome an acid condition
of the blood and tissues.
One of it's most important
uses recently discovered is that cal
cium is a real heart stimulant or
tonic.
DR.. P. Martin, Basel, in the Swiss
Medical Journal, reports his studies
on the influence of calcium during
the training of athletes. "The young
athletes were mostly city jewellers
who lived in modest circumstances
and whose food was frequently de-
ficient in calcium. Moreover, work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
The Answers

4 ne HNSLUSTS
l. Tibet. Peru.
2. Slavery.
3. Wall street.
4. That point of temperature
when body has no heat.
5. Michigan.
6. Minnesota and Louisiana.
Z. Three: solid, liquid, and gas
eous.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
harnesses Start

Modern lacrosse originated from
the stickball game of the North Car
Dina Cherokees, who still play the
ancient form.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
Calcium Plays
Important Role
In Normal Diet
BY DIR. JAMES w. BARTON

THE one outstanding criti-
Il cism by food experts of the
ordinary diet found in the ma
jority of homes is that it does
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

year the equivalent of 578
ioaUes Of bread or los pounds
OF butter or IA dozen eggs
or $50 pounds Of bacon. OF
an Average $495.l3 spent an
nually for food, each family
is said to pay S35.l5 in hid
den ta1es. On a national au-
erGge, here's ,ohat the above
breakfast is taxed:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28
Habits Cause
OF Constipation

'The hustle and hustle of the
average persons daily life in this
machine age, the lack of time to
create a habit, improper foods or
freak diets, pandering to the almost
universal desire for slenderness, in
sufficient fluid intake and other fac
tors contribute to the prevalence of
constipation.
I am quoting DR.. Clayton c.
Perry, Cleveland, Ohio, in an article
on constipation in Medical World.
I believe DR.. Perry's statement
that "the lack of time to create
habit" is one of the great truths as
to the cause of constipation. With
a great many individuals there is
the hurried breakfast and no time
for, or thought of, the intestinal
habit. And so common is constipa-
ton that he states further:
at is so rare in my experience to
find a patient who is not constipated
that I have come to look with awe
and wonder at those who tell me
that their bowels move naturally
and repll1arlv
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-09-28

Above: Cost of toast is
raised Ga per cent by So hid
den ta1es-ll federal, ~ state
and local. The orange juice at
the left costs the average
family Sl4.A a year, includ-
ing the tar collectors SIPS
squeeze.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
1t. STEFFENS,
Fireman, DIES
Had Been Member of
Local Department
Since 1923

Lieut.. Jesse r. Steffens. so. for
the past is years member OF the
Tacoma fire department. died
Tuesday evening al a local hos
pitsl. The remains were removed
TO the c. o. Lynn Co. chapel.
where funeral arrangements were
being completed Wednesday.
Steffens was born in Yelm, but
had resided in Tacoma practically
all of his life. The family home
is at 2l3 So. 45th st.
For a while he was employed
by the Tacoma Railway & Power
Co. later joining the Tacoma
police department. In 1928 he be-
came a member OF the fire depart
ment and in 1884 was advanced
to the rank of lieutenant for his
efficient work.
He was active in civil service
circles, belonging to the Civil
Service League and also TO the
firemen's union.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Holdena
Steffens, at the family home. he
leaves one brother, Clinton Stef-
fens, and a sister, Mrs. Sylvanis
Jones, both OF Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
2 SEAMEN LATE.
AND MISS BOAT

They used to tell a funny story
about the fellow who missed his
boat. Two young apprentice
seamen. who had that experience,
didn't think it was so funny We'd
nesday
The two young Norwegian sea
men. Willy Moberg. II, and Rolf
Tysse, 20, employed aboard the
Norwegian motorship Berganger,
went out to see some of the points
Of interest in Tacoma late Tues
day afternoon while their ship was
berthed at Port of Tacoma loading
plywood and lumber for CONT
mental Europe.
They returned to the dock at
lis a. m. Wednesday, to find the
ship had departed two hours earli-
err for San Francisco.
The youths were found by prowl-
er car officers and lodged in city
jail. where they are being held for
u. S. immigration officers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
.STARTEARL|ER,
ADVISES CHIEF
Ask Cooperation of
Public in Reduc-
ing Accidents

An appeal to the motoring pub
lie 10 cooperate with the police de-
partment in its "deathless days
campaign was made Wednesday
by Public Safety Commissioner
Holmes Eastwood and Chief Einar
Langseth.
Without the whole-hearted and
active support OF this program by
citizens OF Tacoma, the police de-
partment is practically helpless to
adequately cope with this problem
or drive for deafness days"
Commissioner Eastwood said.
Leave your home five minutes
earlier in the morning and plan
TO arrive there five minutes later
in the evening" suggested Chief
Lsngseth. 1T has been shown
time and time again that when
speeding is decreased, accidents,
especially those involving death,
likewise are decreased"
Langseth warned that the de-
partment's drive against speeding,
reckless and drunk drivers il per
msnent." He declared police Of
ficers will constantly be on the
lookout for traffic offenders, who
will be shown no sympathy by our
police judge"
The chic said enforcement of
traffic laws by the department is
mot a personal matter on the part
of the officer in any way"
"In' removing from the streets
the incompetent. the wilfully care
less, the drunken, or otherwise
dangerous driver" Lsngseth COM
mented, we are simply protecting
the great mass of our citizens from
danger. Thus, YOU. your neishbor.
and members o. your family are
enabled " walk the streets or
drive your cars in greater safety
and comfort"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
Infantry Drill Regulations
To Be "Streamlined" in Fall

The war department recently
announced that effective in the
fall OF 1899, new "streamlined" in
fantry formations would be en-
ployed by various components of
the u. S. army.
The new regulations have been
designed to provide a system Of
drill which can be used by any
type of organization. Changes in
strength or weapons will not ne
cessitate revision of drill proceed
ure. This has been effected by
adopting the so-called column Of
three" drill with provisions to per-
NIT its use in column OF tours for
units whose squads are not in null
tiples Of three.
The position. steps and march
inss performed by the individual
soldier remain substantially un-
changed. The marching cadence,
however. has been reduced from
1913 to 100 steps per minute. A
few Of the more difficult operations
in the manual Of arms have been
simplified.
In Single Rank
Under the new regulations a
squad Of foot troops. without
transportation. will form in single
rank, rather than in the double
rank now customary. with the
squad leader on the right. Squads
within platoons will form one be.
hind another. Columns will bs
formed by execution of the sim.
pie movement Of right face by
members Of the squads. The mum.
Der of men in the squad il imma-
terial to the performance of the
drill Of the unit. a distinct advan-
taRe in view OF the expansion of
the rifle squad to IL men when at
war strength.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

InerS were ~ pluucrs iof INC
Job and the top price, proposed by
Rumsey 4 Co.. Seattle. was $50
7o7. Nearest figure to that Of
Cray's was NcNutt Bros. Port
land. S3s,sl0. while the third figure
was S4l.el7. submitted by Mac
Rea Bros. the Seattle firm which
built the S4th 1t. bridge.
Two Tacoma bidders were far
out Of the running, wartcr &
johnson submitting bid Of $45.-
$3.50 and Woodwork 4 Cornell,
e45.S67.
Obtain Federal Funds
The bridge was obtained for the
convenience Of south end-east side
traffic by Works Commissioner
Bergersen through the state high
way department. which supervised
plans. let the contract and will su-
perise construction.
The SSth ct. span Is not city