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Valdez news., 1950-05-12
City Council To Buy Skuting Floor For Gym
VALDEZ GRADUATION TO BE MAY v, 2P. M.

Valdez Schools eight gradu- ates, one from high school and seven from the eighth grade, will receive their diplomas at a spe- cial commencement assembly on May IT,, superintendent Harold French announced today. The commencement exercises will be held in the school auditorium at two o'clock. Friends and rela- lives are invited to attend.
 Only one high school student, Fred Hobson, will be graduated from Valdez High School this year. Fred has received a schol- arship from the University of Alaska, and he plans to enroll there next year.
 The seven graduates of the eighth grade at Valdez School in clude:
 Wayne Schmidt, Andy Day, Jr., Earl George, Thelma Fleury, Jacky Hobson, Larry Anderson and Johnny Schultz.
Valdez news., 1950-05-12
Roweno Redmond Is
 Honored on Birfhduv

Mrs. Larry Herman entertained a host of friends of her young niece, Rowena Redmond, on Ro- wena's recent eighth birthday. The party was held April 28. The event was also a farewell party for RoWena, who since has re- turned to New York.
 Party guests enjoyed games and contests at which many of the children won prizes. The door prize was won by Dianne Mat theWS.
 Refreshments included birthday cakes frosted to resemble merry go-rounds. Following the lunch, Rowena opened many lovely gifts
 Party guests included:
 Duane White, Shirley White, Larry and Eddie Sewers, Dianne and Carol Matthews, Robert Thatcher, Sharon Anderson, Bon cite Harrison, Alice Huddleston, Freddie O'Dell, Pat McIlroy, Idetta Vietti, Dennis Jennings, Marilyn Simpson and Mary Jane Schmidt.
 Lee Ann Thatcher planned the games and contests for the chil- dren.
Valdez news., 1950-05-12
Mothers Day Assembly
 Planned of School Mon.

A special Mothers Day pro gram and assembly will be held at the Valdez School on Monday, May IS, superintendent Harold French announced today. The program is planned by students of the lower grades of Valdez School, but the entire student body will participate in the pro- gram.
 Mothers of school students will be special guests for the program
Valdez news., 1950-05-12

Frenchs Visit Palmer Last Week
 MT. and Mrs. Harold French, Valdez high school teacher and school superintendent, spent last Friday and Saturday in Palmer. They were here for emergency dental treatment.
Valdez news., 1950-05-12
Talkeetna Teacher Will Spend Summer al Home in Valdez

Mrs. Helen Smith of Valdez, who has been teaching at Tal- keetna this term, will spend her summer vacation at home, she said this week. Mrs. Smith plans to return to the Talkeetna School next fall.
Valdez news., 1950-05-12
'WOMEN'S CLUB
 PLEADS, CITY DIGS UP Sl,5OO FOR FLOOR

the problem or a roller SkaClnR floor, the Valdez city council has agreed to purchase and install the proper floor in the school gym nasium, it was announced at the last meeting of the Women's Civic Club Mrs. Deane Jennings and Mrs. Bob Jeris met with the. council early in May to press the clubs plea.
 The council will purchase a tempered masonite floor at an estimated cost of $500, installed, The floor material already is or dered, and it is expected that the roller rink again will be in opera tion in another month.
 Dr. Kenneth Ham asked the club to sponsor an open house at the Valdez Community Hospital Date for the event still is uncer- tain, but Dr. Ham felt the hospital staff would be ready for the event by May 21. Mrs Minnie Thomp-. son was named to chairmanship, of a committee which will help plan the open house.
 Miss Helen Long reported that plans for a buffet supper for the entertainment of visiting dele gates from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce cannot be fulfilled. because the visitors have only a short stay in Valdez.
 At the conclusion of the busi- ness meeting for this, the last meeting of the club year, a spe- cial program was presented. Mrs. Katheryn Fawcett and Mrs. Margaret Harrais were pre- sented life memberships in the Women's Civic Club, in recogni- tion of their outstanding contribu- tions toward civic betterment oyer period of years. Miss Rita Dingman made the presentation. Mrs. Harrais was i'll and unable to be present to accept her mem bership.
 Mrs. Dean Jennings, retiring president of the club, was given a pen and pencil set in tribute to her excellent and untiring work as club president during the past year,
 New officers were seated in an installation ceremony. Mrs. Jack Thatcher installed these women as club officers:
 Mrs. Bill McIlroy, president; Mrs. Jess ODell, vice-president; Mrs Florence Ingraham, secre- tary; Mrs. Sid Moore, treasurer; Mrs. Lou Taylor, public relations officer.
 Mrs. McIlroy then appointed Mrs. William Blakesley as chair man of the local chapter of the Alaska Crippled Children's Asso- citation. Mrs. Kenneth Ham was asked to head the Valdez chapter of the Alaska Tuberculosis Asso- citation.
 It was suggested that Mrs. Fay Tor, the newly appointed public information officer, set up an in- formation booth at Valdez Dock for the convenience of tourists
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Test Your Horse Sense-s,D. G w. Crane

6-10. This problem will measure
your acquaintance with various
mathematical terms used in the five
trades or professions named below.
Try to match the sets OF figures
shown in the left-hand column with
the worker to whom they refer, as
listed in the opposite column. One
point for each correct judgment.
(a) 1886 (v) Geometry teacher
90 2x4 (w) Merchant
Co 3.1416 (x) Carpenter
Cd 145/84 (y) Weatherman
(e) 1893 CD Physician
Score yourself as follows: 0-2, poor: 3-6,
average; 7-S, superior; clio. very superior.
1. TWENTY-FIVE dootbalD. 2. Brace fof
ducks). 8. Diabolic (deviD. 4. Telepathy.
s. Bovine. g. ta) 29.95-Weatherman ".
(b) 2x4-Carpenter -tx). (c) 3.1416-Teacher
w (O 145 /s4-Physician tz). e) 1885,
NJ
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Uncle Rows Corner BY Romo" coffme.

to make Rugby rules standard IN
the United States.
BY the year 1900, the running
football game was played almost
everywhere. There was, however,
more Importance. to kicking than
there is today. A kick from the
field, over the goal line. counted 5
points, the same as a touchdown.
Changes in point scoring took
place during the next IL years. The
value of field goal was cut to 4
points, then to the present value OF
3 points. The value OF a touchdown
was increased to points. plus the
extra point for . goal after touch
down.
In 1906 the rules were changed
to allow forward passing. Strangely
enough. teams did very little for
ward passing until Notre Dame
made successful use OF that method
Of gaining ground during the 1918
season.
The washington and jefferson
team Of Pittsburgh is given credit
for being first to place numbers on
players. That Wa In 1908. The
Evening star., 1950-01-09

Magic tricks and games appear in
the new Uncle Ray leafet entitled
Puzzles, Tricks and run This Is
mailed without charge to any reader
envelopa 70 Unels Hay In care Of The
Evening star., 1950-01-09
By Frunk Colby

than a composite of words from
other languages and dialects
Anglo-Saxon, Danish. Norman and
modern French, Latin, Greek and
various Western and Eastern
tongues.
American English, especially, is
the worlds most rapidly changing
language. It has to be so If 1t is to
serve adequately the liveliest, the
most ingenious and the most re-
sourceful civilization the world has
ever seen.
Language changes are not the sign
of linguistic decay. On the con-
trary; language changes are natural
and proper. despite the. doleful
lamentations of the oldsters that
the language is going to the dogs.
AS Mr.. Sayce points out, a Ian
guage is simply custom. Customs
are always changing. The more a
language changes, the more 1t Is in
keeping with the times. Who would
want a Wright brothers language
in the jet-propelled 1950s?
Let me repeat: This column does
not make or propose language
changes. report, without prejudice
the linguistic changes constantly
occurring in good American usage,
even though that usage may be con-
trary to what you1l find in some
dictionary or other. or to what you
may have been taught at some time
in the past.
Our American language is the
liveliest, the most delicately express
sive and the most widely spoken
tongue in the world. And, to bor-
row maxim from the French:
The more 1t changes, the more it Is
the same thing.
Evening star., 1950-01-09

/. A fair catch" suggests a game
involving a total Of how many
players?
Two Ten Eighteen Twenty-Five
2. Which of the following terms
suggests the sound "Quack quack"?
Brace Team Span Yoke
8. Which of these terms suggests
a man with horns?
Metabolic Catabolic
Diabolic Anabolic
4. The word mental is often
employed (and erroneously) in front
of which one OF these terms?
Hunch Premonition
Intuition Telepathy
S. A T-bone steak would properly
be described by which adjective
below?
Feline Bovine Canine Porcine
Evening star., 1950-01-09
7 axe NV Word for 1t

Los Angeles: While words are
constantly taking on new meanings,
there seems to be no reason for
your giving them new pronuncia-
tions just for the sake of change as
some Of your articles would indi-
cate.-E. p. G..
A. Let me say again that this
column does not establish pronunci-
ations, nor change them. I report
the pronunciations that have been
established by the majority of
literate Americans. That, and not
the dictionaries, is the true criterion
of correctness.
Here is the whole thing in q nut
shell, in the wise words of A. H.
Sayce in Introduction to the Sci
ence Of Language: Language is
no artificial product, contained in
books and dictionaries and governed
by the strict rules of impersonal
grammarians. 1t is the living
expression Of a people, ever chang
ing and shifting, whose whole stand
ard Of correctness is custom and the
common usage of the community"
If we are properly to understand
our great American language, If we
are to use it intelligently, we must
face the fact squarely that living
language is in a state OF constant
change-words change in meaning,
in usage. in spelling and in pro-
nunciation. New words come into
the language; many old words be-
come obsolete and disappear. Slang
words become respectable; new
idioms are created; foreign words
are adopted; new expressions arise.
The purity Of English is myth.
for the language is nothing more
Evening star., 1950-01-09

Some persons speak of football as
a rough game and perhaps it is, but
there was time when 1t was far
worse. Back in 1900 the football
players were gladiators of sort!
The history of football is long
one and shall say only few words
about what 1t was like before the
present century. The game grew out
of kicking contest on the order of
modern soccer. Later came Rugby
football, which gained its first foot
hold on this continent in Canada.
In Rugby football, players were
allowed to run with the ball. On
a spring day in 1875, the McGill
football team Of Montreal paid q
visit to Harvard and game took
place. The McGill captain told the
Harvard captain about Rugby rules
and those rules were used in half
OF the game. The other half was
under soccer rules.
The Harvard players liked the
Rugby rules and taught them to the
Yale team. Then the two famous
American colleges worked together
Evening star., 1950-01-09
@. 3-As dealer you hold:
4 AGA 2A75 o109.2 &AK73

WHAT Is your opening DID!
A.-The only proper call is one mo-
should happef to respond with one dia-
mond you would have no satisfactory
reid Of one trump and yet not stronS
enough for jump rebid to two mo-
srmph hand xhish Toad 6nly require ls
q. 4As South you hold:
AAK3 0AQJ42 uQJ95 Ak
The bidding has proceeded:
South West North East
! diamond Pass 2 clubs Pass
What do you bid now9
An view Of the fact that partner
~ jump nG'' sia ia Is iP indicated "a ana our eheie.
e for three .s TRUMP; The fact act. that hat
value Of three points In view, of the fact
that partner named that suit: A id rsbid
Be made with a hand Of somewhat lesser
strength.
@. 5As South you hold:
AAQJ6 Us 1AK72 %Q853
The bidding has proceeded:
South West North East
] diamd spade 8 diam dis 4 hearts
-*-
What do you bid now?
A.-You have considerably more than
partner has made q jump response. It
behooves you, therefore, to do somethins
more elamorous than merely proceed to
game in diamonds. Our suggested call Il
3our spades, throwing the hnal decision
right back into your partners lap.
(Copyright, 1880. by Charles H. Goren.)
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Word Come
Find 27 or more words in
CON E MPT,
y y N Z N1 .
"derision: disdain." Av-

erage Is Is; limit, 20 minutes.
Rt ss-Words must be Of four or. more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition OF s. such rs bats"
cats" are not used. Only one form Of .
word Is used. Proper names are not used.
list viii be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Bridge Quiz
by CharIes H. Goren

Q.-Your partner opens with one
club and you hold:
AK94 2A95 HK72 %K853
What is your response?
REQUIREMENTS for jump to two no.
trump, forcing to game. Despite the
fact that 1t contains only .2H honor
tricks, it counts IS points in high cards.
A Jump to three clubs would not be a
sound choice because partner might be
unable to contract for q no-trump game
and might carry the bidding beyond q
nine trick contract,
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Points for Parents B, Edy'h 1home. we'lese.
Making children fearful OF criticism
critical OF Others
Not This

Mother-Go over and play with
those little girls. I'm afraid the
neighbors will think you are +
tomboy II you play ball all tn
time. .4st
Evening star., 1950-01-09
@. Partner opens with one club
and you hold:
AAQ10 0A106 HJ953 %S42

What is your response? e
Awhile this hand contains little
over 2K, tricks and has three suits
stopped, it does not qualify as 2 response
to game. Such a bid describes a hand
Of approximately opening-bid strength
tains only II, and a temporizing bid of
one diamond is suggested, with the inten.
tion of trying no-trump next round. If
you happen to be employing the con-
vention in which a one-no-trump response
to an opening one-c club bid denotes good
hand, you may respond one no-trump
But remember this is a specialized bid
and you must not expect some strange
partner to catch on to 1t,
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Answer 70 GUILTLEss.

plan was dropped for q time by w.
and j., but the University Of Chicago
numbered its players in game
against Wisconsin five years later
and other colleges took 1t up after
that.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-07-01

troublesome only in southwest Mon
tana: in Silver Bow and Beaverhead
and Madison counties.
So we say that in Montana we
have only the two larkspurs to worry
about, and of the two, only the tall
larkspur is dangerous, knowing very
well that in Wyoming there is a
middle-sized larkspur that is really
a bad actor and causes a lot of cattle
losses. Fortunately, this middle
sized larkspur doesn't grow in Mon
tana.
The tall larkspur grows mostly in
mountain country and mainly in
coulees and brushy hill-sides, and in
timber. We are not sure how far
east it grows, probably not east of
Billings, but it grows in the whole
mountain system, from way up in
Canada to far south in Utah.
1t is big plant, not at first, of
course, but by midsummer it may
be to S feet high, with a hollow
stem as large as mans finger. The
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-07-01
Veterinary Department
The Larkspurs
BY DR.. HOWARD WEIGH

WHENEVER A CATTLE MAN
loses cattle on the summer range
from poison" or says that there is
poison" in these or those hills, he
is referring to the tall larkspur, or at
least the taller of our larkspurs, for
we have but two kinds.
Any statement made about climate,
soil, forage plants, and poisonous
plants, should refer specifically to
one state, or to locality within
state, for these weeds vary greatly
from one region to another. For in
stance, a weed called horse-b brush,
which resembles rabbit-brush much
more than horse resembles rabbit,
and causes a disease in sheep known
as swelled-head or big-head, is
"a
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-07-01

being tried: the figures are not all
available yet but we understand
that it. looks promising. 1t will be
all hand-work, however, and likely
to be expensive.
Larkspur is about the only plant
that kills cattle on mountain summer
range. Very few poisoned cattle re-
cover, and medical treatment is not
often practicable. There is tablet,
to be dissolved in water and admin
istered hypodermically, that has
seemed to be effective in cattle not
too severely poisoned. 1t is composed
of Physostigmin-1 grain, Pilocarpin
2 grains, and strychnine-k grain.
1t is worth trying, but must be sup
piled to the herder ahead of time,
as there isn't time to go to drug
store after the poisoned cattle are
discovered.
Severe bloat often accompanies
poisoning, and may contribute to
losses. About all that herder can
do is to relieve bloat by tapping, and
to move the PROSTATE cattle SO that
they lie with their heads up hill, to
reduce the danger of bloat.
Low Larkspur
The low 1arkspur contains the
same poison, but it is not the cause
of loss in sheep or cattle, as far as
we can determine. 1t is SO. slender,
so fine-stemnaed, that cow would
have to put in a very busy day to
eat enough 20 cause trouble. The
brilliant purple flower stalks, 8 to
8 inches tall, are common along road
sides and in pastures everywhere in
late May and early June.
We have never known of cattle
losses that could be definitely pinned
to Delphinium bicolor, the harmless
first cousin of the most expensive
poisonous plant we know, the tall
larkspur.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-07-01

early leaves are large. and deeply
cut. By July, at low attitudes, or
by August at 5000 to 1000 feet, it
sends up long spike of pale blue
flowers, with the typical larkspur
"spur" To get good idea of what
the plant looks like, go into your yard
or your neighbors yard and examine
the delphiniums, for the larkspur is
a wild de1phinium or the delphinium
is cultivated 1arkspur, as you
please.
Young Plant
But the plant that we are really
interested in is the young clump of
stems and leaves in early June. This
is the stage of growth that really kills
cattle, for June SHOWS often cover
the grass for two or three days at a
time, and the larkspur clumps will
stick up above the snow, green and
attractive. In July, and later, with
plenty of grass around, there isn't
SO much danger of poisoning, unless
somebody camps a bunch of cows
right in the middle of big larkspur
patch. OF course, there are some
creek basins and hil1sides so heavily
grown up with larkspur that losses
will occur up until August, unless the
cattle are kept out of that country.
We know of many large areas that
are just too full of 1arkspur to fool
with at all Such mountain pasture
should be used for sheep, because for
some reason larkspur does not poison
sheep. We know of many 1arkspur
infested ranges that are safe after
July, because by that time the plants
are tall and stemmy and the lower
leaves withered and poisoning seldom
occurs.
Keep Cattle Out
Keeping the cattle herded away
from larkspur patches, the use of
drift fences, special sailing areas etc.,
have often been tried, and with some
success. The eradication of larkspur
by grubbing has proved too expen-
sive. Control by chemical sprays is
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-07-01

In 1850 10 percent of the United
States population lived on farms.
Today only Is percent live on farms.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
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times or longer consecutively
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Advertisements under Special
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Advertisements of New Auto
mobiles, SOC per line. 4-line
minimum.
OUT-OF-TOWN RATE
-Four Lines tMinimuml
Flat rate per line SOC
Out-of-town Rate is charged
on all advertising 35 miles or
more from Washington.
OFFICE HOURS
Daily, s am. to 8 pm.
Saturday. s am. to 2 pm.
Sunday. II am. to 9 pm:
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Of the Branch Ofices throughout the
city, or
PHONE STERLING 5000
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Evening star., 1950-01-22
SALESMAN

We offer substantial, well.payins
sales opportunity for men who are
not job jumpers. who are not worn
out and who have faith in their
ability to sell. A car is necessary.
plus good character and the need of
financial independence. We manu-
facture locally the outstanding
aluminium specially for homes and
commercial buildings. Sold ex-
clusively in New York by Macy's,
which is the best recommendation a
product can earn. Top commissions
paid weekly and thorough training
and sales assistance by our sales
manager, leads furnished. We have
a lot t., offer you1; what can you
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
between 10 and 12 am. 8 and 5
pm. sos r. l. ave. ne. or phone
HU. 1867 for appointment. PA
SALESMAN WANTED for outstanding
television and radio, department;
high volume and earnings; excellent
opportunity if qualified; must be top
notch producer. Apply LUBAR.
1900 G st. NV. between 10 and
Evening star., 1950-01-22
HELP MEk

FURNITURE REPAIR and upholstery
foreman. able to train and super
wise in shop of 15 men; S-hr. day
5-day wk.: vacation and sick leave
plan; good working conditions. Gail
ME. 5940 for appt.
FURNITURE REPAIRMAN and fin
isher; car necessary; excellent sal
airy and car expenses. See Mr.
Hinkel, MARVIN'S WAREHOUSE,
80 L st. ne.
SALESMAN, not afrait
OF hard work. Apply MR.. MUSK
1922 14th st. NV.
FURNITURE SALESMAN, exper.; fasI
track store, located downtown: yer!
large expansion program. Our mer
know OF this ad and are amons
the Understanding statesmen in
Washington; good salary and com.
mission, steady position and goot
opportunity. Write fu particular!
for interview. Box 320-M, Star
GENERAL GROCERY CLERK. mus
know butchering, exper., acquainted
with Italian products; steady work
good wages. Call at GE. 9543. y:
GLAZIERS-Must be experienced or
steel sash, S2.25 per hour. CHESA-
PEAKE PLATE g. WINDOW GLASS
CO, 1857 New York ave. ne,
GRoCER1Yl CLERK. experienced
drivers permit. Apply 1920 Hamilton
St. Hyattsville; WA. 5000. ask fol
Mr.. Noon or Mr.. Lupo. rs
Evening star., 1950-01-22
APPLIANCE
G SALESMAN

One of washington's leading whole
sale distributors of nationally famous
appliances has an opening Tor an
experienced salesman whose JOB u
will be to call on the retail dealers.
Excellent salary and opportunity ioi
full details. Box 19S-V. Star.
ARCHITECTURAL designer-Drafts-
apartment design as well as gen
eral commercial work: Must have
a sound knowledge of construction
and be able to produce workable
sketches he's foT deyeiopment saae and zonins
regulations required. Good salary Il
Cau Mr., GoENNER, EN-. 800; for
aRrfsT aH hgPoinftments fon Advertising agsncy. S
ASsisTANT MANAGER, lge. parking
garage; good opportunity for able,
energetic man capable Of supervising
help; age 80 to 35; references nsees-
assiksrRST ssEk; RSH So 10 GENERAL Sssfn mansser;
one who can appraise trade-ins and
buying experience preferred; good
salary to start with, excellent fu-
AUFoMoBILE tHTs eGd 1S4isi FAkTs sfsr' manager to
take complete charge in modern
parts department for authorized
Chrysler product leadership; change
to be made within so days. Write,
giving full details, including expert
ence, age, salary expected, etc. BOX
t2a, Biz SALESMAN. exper:
Must have transp. METROPOLITAN
MOTORS. N. Y. ave. and Biadens-
AGTo PHFo; MECHANIC, III; must. be expert
erced and able to supply refs, top
working conditions, to work In fac
tory equipped garage. Apply in per-
son. FRAZIER-CLARK MOTOR CO..
626 8. Washington, Fails Ch., Va.
AUTO MECHANIC. experienced; long
established leadership: excellent
working conditions; must have tools.
See Mr.. Carpenter, WILLIAMS 81
BAKER. INC, 2519 M st. NV.
MECHANIC, expert, re-
liable and sober, for service station.
AUTO MECHANIC, experienced. Will
ing worker; top straight salary to
qualified applicant. SPURRIER MO.
TORS. INC. Arlington Packard
dealer. 1871 Wilson blvd 8 blocks
mel. GIL. 4l1O. "a