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Evening star., 1941-11-09

A FEW WEEKS ago. we presented what
we thought was the opening and closing
chapter of the saga of Brutus the
Lion. But William Bridges, Curator of
Publications for the New York Bronx
Zoo. has an epilogue to add to his
original report.
Brutus, you may remember, was the
lion who jumped into the moat sur
rounding his dwelling place in the ZOO
and was coaxed out only after his
keepers doubled his regular rations of
choice beef There was no question
about it. Brutus was smart lion. So
smart that he was the unchallenged
King of Lion Island.
He reigned we'll and proudly until.
one morning. he cut the pad of his foot.
The veterinarian, fearing infection, re-
tired Brutus and Gagged him up alone
for six weeks. Brutus complained bit
terly. He grunted, roared. woofed. No
results. He had to serve his full six
weeks.
Al LAST the day came when he could
return to his subjects. Impatiently he
endured the vets final inspection.
Finally free to leave his solitary cage,
he bounded up to the open door. eager
to rejoin his underlings. He hurled him
self through - right on top of one of
his mates, sleeping Just outside.
The sleeper awoke with startled
roar. clawed savagely at Brutus's flank.
He reared, roared and whirled again
and - Brutus gave ground. Brutus
the King, the Great. In about 10 sec
onds, he was in fight for his life. For
months his subjects had been waiting
for this moment Every lion on the
island wanted to take a crack at him.
simultaneously they began moving in
from all sides.
LIKE a bunch of small boys determined
to dethrone bully. they all ganged up
on him. In a snarling. lunging circle
they drove him toward the edge of the
moat step at time. Brutus fought
back valiantly But the odds were too
great One foot was already over the
meats edge when the keepers came
running to his rescue As the men
entered, the rebellious subjects hesi-
tated, debated among themselves and,
deciding they'd done their job, retired
Brutus scrambled back to safety.
But only his life was safe. He had lost
everything else. Dignity. Honor. Crown.
So the saga of Brutus ends. With an
EFT tu, Brutus!" he joins other fallen
dictators
Evening star., 1941-11-09

men. But not in air raids Their pro-
tective instinct for those they love is a
shield against the nerve -shattering ef-
fects of warfare noises. They 60 about
their blitz jobs with much more calm
than their trouser wearing colleagues.
And if woman is bomb shocked she
responds more quickly to psychological
treatment. Part of the cure is retelling
of experiences. Women remember the
details better and are more willing to
talk about them Then. once recovered,
they're all set to 90 back to work.
COOPERATION. Private John Pro-
chaska, of Battery H. 2l0th Coast
Artillery, has just returned to Fort
Sheridan, Illinois, from a 30-day fur
lough John got his leave because the
War Department decided that thresh-
ing machine was more important than
Army training:
The private owns the only threshing
machine at Azalia, Michigan. Came
harvest time and 81 of his neighbors
filed petition with the War Depart
ment to let their thresher come back
home. The adjutant general in Wash
ington didn't hesitate. Probably re-
membering what Napoleon had said
about an Army marching on its stom-
ach, he just sent through the furlough
order. M.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
0NE-WAY STREET
bv Donald Culross Peatfie

seem. in our WEAKNESS, too high to reach.
Only brick at a time - by little more
effort. more courage. more patience - can
one make the climb. A hundred clutchng
hands drag us down Worries angers, fears.
They are stronger if you heed them; it's an
old rule for climbers not to look down. For
help. look up. But do you realize you can
make definite practice of reaching out for
hand up, on the way?
I'm not talking about prayer. because the
less prayer is talked about the more sincere
it is, or 50 it seems to me. There are other
uplifting experiences to which we can also
turn. A young doctor of my acquaintance,
who works among hopelessly crippled chill
dren, regularly budgets part of his slim earn
ings for records of great music. No matter
how late he comes home, he stretches out on
his couch for fifteen minutes of listening The
music recharges my batteries" he told me.
Especially Mozart. l always remember that
while his father lay dying in the next room.
he wrote one of his lOveliest works Mozart
too knew that only by brave effort could he
surmount grief. Now the gay courage of his
music gives lift to my young medical
friend. who carries the upward swing with
him when he enters the wards next day.
MUSIC is one of the rlngs on my own ladder
upward Another | mount in leap when.
just before bedtime. l step to the front door.
open it and turn out the light behind me. l
stand few minutes, looking at the stars.
drawing deep breaths of night air that clear
my head and send my blood coursing fresher
through my veins. Around me the petty
limitations of the day crumble and fall away.
feel how much sheer time there is out there,
and my pulses are slowed to a steady beat
Into my mind flows some of the generous,
decent vastness between the stars. The
rhythm of their immense and glittering clock
work makes order in my own confused and
tired thinking. If gaze upward long enough.
am literally lifted out of myself by the stars.
"A fine picture is like an open window to
me" That is what l once heard an old judge
say His work has been chiefly in the juvenile
courts, where his mind is filled with the
tragedies of youth. But his chambers are not
far from a great art gallery. and daily, as
some men do exercises for their health, the
old gentleman strolls over there to sit before
one of those ''open windows"
The door is always open. too. to Nature,
and this is one of the surest escapes in the
world. For through Nature we escape not
only out of our manmade troubles, but into
a world that is greater and happier than our
own. Speaking as naturalist. | can promise
you that every evidence in that world proves
that the upward way is the way of progress
Every gardener knows that all things that
grow, grow toward the light Only by lifting
his eyes to it can man find the real way out
Evening star., 1941-11-09

m HE whiSperlngs of doctors and nurses
didn't fool me. knew had pneumonia
- and that in another hospital my wife
lay close to death from mastoid If she died.
they wouldn't tell me yet - for fear
shouldn't want to live.
wasn't at all afraid of dying; it seemed 50
easy! No more difficulties, pain or fear or
worrying debt All you had to do was just
give up, give in and let yourself go down
down down.
Out of that dangerous darkness the light
of the window opposite my bed drew me up
and made me open my eyes. l lay staring at
the window At first there seemed nothing to
see - only bit of jutting brick WALL and a
vine on it. 1t was Virginia creeper and as
these were the short December days, cold and
dark, the leaves had fallen. But began to
see, all the better for that bareness how by
many thousand branches and tendrils this
vine had made its way toward my window.
Down there in the stony courtyard. in sunless
city soil, it had started its struggle. 1t had
everything against it for the first thirty feet
of its life. But it attempted only one brick
at time and 50, putting out little disks that
chung to the mortar tight as kittens claws,
patiently. iIresistibly it had risen into the
sunlight and air.
1t was while l lay looking at the vine
that, as unconsciously as plant began to
fight, to struggle against the ease of death.
remembered that had a daughter and a son
who would need me the more if my wife died.
l was already better when my mother-in-
law came running past the floor nurses to tell
me that my wife would live. Down like the
swoop of gull went my fever.
I'm not person to draw pat morals from
Nature: you can't get me to attribute courage
to a vine. The creeper was just obeying
natural laws. But the sight of that trium-
phant surmounting of all difficulties did
recall to me the fact - scientific and spiritual
- that the only way out is up.
IT COMES into every life to feel trapped
by set of cruel circumstances, so that there
seems to be no way out. You turn this way -
but lack of money stops you. You think you'll
try that way - and you haven't the health
for it. You turn another way - and find that
you are bound by beloved dependents; you
can't leave them as hostages while you play
at chance.
I've seen men try to escape through
brandy bottle, only to drown in it. Others try
to burrow away from the hard facts, refusing
to face them Still other people think they can
run away but as soon as we begin to run,
things begin to chase us, and in the end we
are sure to be Overtaken. And who can fight
with his back turned?
No, when you stand your ground and face
the truth. you see that the only way out is
up. Up toward those ideals of conduct that
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
PREMIER METAXAS OF GREECE STRICKEN:
 CORY0ZIS SUCCESSOR

ATHENS, Jan. 3I-Premier John Metaxas. 70 dictator of Greece near ly five years. died this week after a brief illness. King George organ ized a new government which he said would carry on the war against Italy until victory is achieved
 4 royal proclamation announced Alexander Coryozis. governor of the national bank of Greece. had been named head of a government com posed of all present ministers.
 Metaxas. physicians announced. died from various complication" including blood poisoning from ur- emia. After a throat inflammation. the Premier underwent a tonsilec- tony January Is. As his condition became worse he was given a blood transmission Sunday, two more Mon day but failed 10 rally.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

mander Tex MeKowan and Past Commander Mickey shain. sueervis- cd by claud Clark. gave demon stration on how to fix a stove that wouldn't burn. They produced fire. up out of the burner came MeKow- an. neatly sooted No black-faee act cracked he. seeking soap and towel
 Gards-pinochle. bridge. pitch were enjoyed until achow calI7 was sounded by Department Vice Com mander Ernie Campbell, whose post tops the Territory in membership quota l43l. Great feed. thanks to Auxiliary. was climaxed with presentati ton To I980 Commander Shain of Past Commander gold pin. presentation being made by De partment Vice Commander Camp bell Compliments went 10 the building committee for a dandy job of Dueout renovation IstiI under way and to the Auxiliary for sorely-needed financial aid.
 Next event on Legion calendar is sJiggs Dinner. corned beef and cabbage, some time next month. date not yet set
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

for roads, bridges. trails and land ing fields throughout the Territory. divided equally among the four Di- visions.
 x# aa
 Among the ideas for raising ad- ditional revenues. and referring par tieularly to support Of roads. comes the gasoline tax Tn the biennial report of Territorial Highway En- gineer William A. Hesse. Says road builder Hesse in his report to the Governor:
 The gasoline tax is both seien- tifie and equitable. has been adopt ed every where else in the world and should be adopted here. There is no valid reason why motor ve- hicles for which the highways have been built and are being maintain ed at a cost of millions of dollars should not contribute something to- ward them in the way of taxes. The receipts from any tax of this kind should be credited exclusively to the road funds.
 Putting in a plug for his suggss- ted trunk highway system which has won strong support throughout the Territory, Engineer Hesse has this to say:
 4 tentative plan. such as would tie together most of the Important roads and communities into one trunk system is suggested by this office. This system would begin at Haines on sheltered inland waters nayigable throughout the year and connect with the Richardson High way from which other branches and connections would link up the major activities and industries of the interior. While this highway would follow the earliest overland route used by whites in traveIing. from tidewater to the interior it| has the disadvantage of being with in Canadian Territory for a dis tanee of 260 miles, but il is be-. lieYed that since Canada is sorelvI ln need of free port facilities and access to it's own territory through Skagway that some sort of trade. could be made that would be mu-I tually beneficial Assuming that such arrangement could be made
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
ANGELL SENTINEL
 Founded h 1902

OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PAINTED NEWSPAPER IN THE TERRITORY
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
LEGION. AUXILIARY
 ENJOY DUG0UT MIXER

First joint meeting and mixer of the 1941 Legion year was enjoyed by members Of the Merlin Elmer Palmer Post and Auxiliary Tuesday night in the Dugout, stove fixing. cards. eats. compliments featuring the occasion.
 Following an informal meeting presided over by Vice Commander R. L. Hunting and Auxiliary Pres ident Rena Shain. Second Vice Com
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

Published every Friday at Wrangell. Alaska. by
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

LEW NJ. WLLIAMs--Editor < Prop.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

the construction of the highway could be undertaken on a eoopera- tive basis between the Federal aud Territorial governments similar to the Federal Highway Act. in fact it would open the door to Alaska for participation under the Act"
 
 One of the most revealing items in Hesse's report is the listing of 155 aviation fields in the Territory and 10 seaplane ramps. platforms and floats. Alaska is going to town in the air
 "
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

Former Speaker Howard Lyng of Nome got the distinction of drop ping the first bill in the hopper. Known as House Bill No. l, Lyng's measure would appropriate S600,000
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
FOR TWENTY YEARS

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
TEPEE TALK

-.- I. :. -s .s 2. :. :. $. .s .s .s :. < TEPEE TALK # I. < :. ... :. z. !. :. $. :. 2. :. :. lstikine Tribe No. 5. E 0. R. M)
 By JAY BYRD
 Al the regular meeting Of the tribe held Tuesday night in he Red Men hall brother Oscar Carl son. pioneer resident ot Wraugau gave highly interesting and hum orous talk on the big fire which burned most of fhe dwellings and business houses in Wraneeu in the year of 1906.
 Next Tuesday night saehem r. C. Hanford will disclose his Gud- ings on the early organization of civic bodies and public utilities in Saehem Hanford has long been interested in civic history and his talk will undoubtedly be very and educational
 Twenty nine members enjoyed he smoker put on by the younger oGfi-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31
THROUGH TB1E P0laIIlGAALL
 PElRISGOPE

Legislature kicked off for it's 10th biennial session up in Juneau this week, the Senate in its usual quiet manner and the House enjoying is customary tilt over Speakership Upshot is that two legislative vet erans are heading the respective houses, Henry Rodeu as President Of the Senate and II. H. McCutch- con as Speaker or the House
 Roden, member of Alaskas first Legislature 30 years ago as a rep reseutatiYe from the Fourth Diyis- ion and member of the Senate many times from the First Division, was elevated to the Presidents chair without a struggle. In the House contest developed between McCuth- eUn, Third Divisions old faithful and dean of the House in point of service, and Leo Rogge Of the Fourth. After milling around the lobbies and spending night argu- ing, showdown vote gave MeCuteh- con Il and Rogge five Named tenn pOrary Speaker many times in the past and again this year, gray-halr- ed distinguished Me" has now at tained highest honor bestowed by the House.
 j.
 Making il kind of a pioneer ses- sion, House also went back to the veterans for a Chief Clerk this ses- sion, naming Lawrence Kerr, many times on the job in years past, to the post Crack stenographer, ex- court reporter, Kerr dates most of the members Of both houses, being an early day Nomeite He was for merly Secretary to District Attorney William A. Holzheimer, more re- gently has been working in the Attorney Generals office; one of the best informed men in the Ter ritory on legislative procedure
 Opponent was Karl Drager, mem Der of the House two years ago and now practicing law in Anchorage. Drager, ex-Ketehikan policeman, got six votes, Kerr ten and the job.
 Senate moved Miss Edythe Young Assistant Secretary two years ago, up to the top spot this session. She's daughter of Mrs. Stella Young, many years Secretary in the office of the Secretary of Alaska. When not leg islaturing, Blythe works in Treas urer Oscar 0lson's office.
 
 Former Speaker Howard Lyng of Nome got the distinction of drop ping the first bill in the hopper. Known as House Bill No l, Lyngs measure would annrnnria1e sam -AGn
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-31

cers Of the tribe and directed by
 Lloyd Benjamin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21
ARIZONA z(G
IA AIR
by TEX HANCOCK
SAD NEWS

SAD NEWS
In an interview with a news
paper man last week j. c. Penny,
OF Penny Store fame made this
statement: IT'S hard work, not
cleverness. that makes for success.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

Authority $250,307 and the Public
Building Administration $66,041.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

That's the way this nation was
built"
This will come as sad news to
many people who have banked on
cleverness and luck to get them
thru life.
In the past few years some folk
have given the laugh to rugged
individualism" as something be-
longing to another period. Just
what it is may not be clear but
we know it does imply applica-
ton to the job and a sort Of win
or die spirit in going after some
thing you want.
The tendency today toward
cleaverness is strong. A little OF
it, with good looks, is considered
the only necessary equipment for
success. And being attractive is
not to be sneezed at. But if it
comes to a choice of an ornament
or a worker in an Office or on any
job the business man does not
find it difficult to make a choice.
Along with cleverness there is
also a decided swing to the idea
that after all it doesn't matter, one
will be taken care of.
Unemployment insurance and
old age pensions are good things
thai we should have had long ago
but, good as they are, there is
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

There is an average of eight
to each family, for whom Mr..
Rhinehart has provided a camp
water system including showers,
sanitary facilities and every health
protection. He has also authorized
the local physician to render all
necessary camp medical aid. Il
want no sickness in my camp" Mr..
Rhinehart says.
The Philippine diet is similar
to that of the Chinese. They have
a cook who does all the buying
and at the end of the month the
workers divide the grocery bHl.
Their food costs on an average OF
from Is to 20cents per day a
family and is prepared by the
cook with help of single assist
ant. The workers meet at meal
time in central dining room,
saving the time of meal prepara-
ton which is expended in addi-
tional hours of farm work.
Asparagus, lettuce, cotton, alfal-
ia, hegaria, wheat, eauliflower,
broccoli, cantelopes and carrots
are the crops raised under the ex-
pert care of the Rhinehard Ranch
cooperative labor plan.
Recently Mr.. Rinehart bought 53
registered Herfords-in addition to
the 800 Mexican calves he has
cleaning up the remains" of his
fields. He is interested in pure
bred cattle and may go into this
as a side line.
Born in Bradford, New York, Mr..
Rhinehart bought his ranch here
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

in 1921, but he and Mrs. Rhine
hart, the former LOWE Louise Hill
ton of Jackson, Mississippi, lived
in California until two years ago
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Rhinehart
are golf enthusiast and in 1941 Mr.
Rhinehart won the Brawley lettuce
trophy at the California meet.
The Rhineharts see wonderful
possibilities in the Eloy district,
which they have made their
permanent home.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21
Arizona Federal
WPA Projects Cost
Above $15,OOO,OOO

Federal Works Agency projects
in Arizona during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1910, cost $15,640,-
OPS in federal and sponsors funds,
it was announced by John M.
Carmondy, federal works admins
traitor.
Work Projects Administration
spent $8,410,042, the Public Works
Administration $2,350,2S6, the
Public Roads Administration $4,-
563,352, in the U. S. Housing
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

profits between themselves.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21
ELOY LOCALS

Leon Chanez entered a plea OF
not guilty on a charge of disturb
ing the peace in Glen Shay'S Cot
ton Camp south of Eloy. He was
given $1,000 or 10 days and Will
serve time in the County jail al
Florence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21
Huge Rhinehart Ranch Is Complete
Unif-1355 Acres Located North of EIoy

The 1856 Joe Rhnehart Ranch north of Eoy is COM
munity complete in operation and management
town.
Mr. Rhinehar has very little labor trouble with the $50
Philippine workers who with their families, contract the
ranch labor by the and conclusion divide the
profits between themselves.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

how the farmer went to town on
Saturday, bought his supplies OF
groceries for the week, got
gloriously drunk, unhitched his
team and crawled in the wagon
and let the horses take him home.
He didn't drive home-he was past
that stage. The horses were sober
and knew the way home. When
they arrived at the house the mem
bers of the family would come out
and take the man in. He, having
made no pretense to drive, could
hardly be arrested for drunk driv-
ing. He wouldn't even be in the
seat. He was usually found lying
stretched out in the back of the
wagon-dead to the world.
In a slot-machine raid woman
admitted losing between $4OO and
$500 in one machine in the past
two weeks. Forgetting the slot
machine what is the matter with
the woman, or any person, who
can do a thing like that? She evil
IDENTIFY had more dollars than
sense.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21
Resource Board
Are Now In Office

Five new members of the Ari-
zona Mineral Resources Board are
in office today following appoint
ment by Gov. Sidney P. Osborn
and confirmation by the state
senate.
Those confirmed were: Kuenn
R. Savage, Winslow; G. E. Scale,
Prescott; Norman Adair, Yuma;
George M. Goodman, Mesa; and
Nick C. Hall of Tucson.
Scale was nominated to the
board in place of an original nomi-
nation of George Mcdonald Of
Phoenix. The senate informed the
governor that no two appointees
could come from the same county.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-27
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SARAH MARGARET CURTIS

After prolonged illness, Mrs.
Arthur j. Curtis, IS, died Tuesday,
March Is, 1941, at the family home,
ZIG Isaacs Avenue, Walla Walla.
Sarah Margaret Hawley was born
In Kennewick August %, 1915. The
family moved to Walla Walla De-
cember IL, 1919, where she had re-
sided continuously. She attended
Baker School and graduated from
the st. Paul's School for Girls. She
pursued her musical education at
the Fischer School of Music.
She was a member of Pioneer
Methodist Church and had been
active in its work especially the
choir. She belonged to Narcissa
Rebekah lodge and was a charter
member of the Theta Rho Girls
Club, having served as it's first
musician.
On June IS, 1889 she was mar
rled to Arthur j. Curtis, who sur
wives her as does her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Hawley. Her father, the
late E. Y. Hawley, died in 1888.
The funeral services were held i
from the Cookery and Groseclose
Funeral Home Thursday at pm. ,
Interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. ;
Friends and relatives from Ore |
gon, Idaho and neighboring towns
attended. r