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Wat V O L i 100 THE CITIZEN, PHELPS. N. Y.. MAY 14, 1931 THI PHELPS CITIZEN P n b ltfisd K rery T b a w d a y . l i r n r Btos. F M ^ M . I > T t C V U K B Y . riM&,llMH*lM«rifr iS?»Sfe’iwsf25!rr?^ ■ m h M l a w * . f l M T i . M. >. EARLE S. WA1NER Alteraay H i Caaasell*r at L»w[ ODBLi. aLOCK. r a i u n , *. r . S OTAHT PU B L IC W IT H H B iX 8H7ABT F. DE* Optometrist *1 K n iM tfel,! U«Df T». V. Y. S . A . G 1 X B E B T , n w iu a H M f lq a a r tan l o r O raea W a te lna W ateh, Oloek a i r f 'J M r 'l r r Repairing 810 B x e b a sge 8 t„ G enera, N. T. DR. C. J. KENFIELD D B S f l l T 0 « t M l o 9 a t a p k « m 0 o . B i I l d l f t C F M | » 1 OflM H omm Ml. 14. N. (lOWJl WMjBMlUr P. II RALPH W. PtlTY V a m l B i m U r . AmbulanM aaryla* IjtMy JUMlatut Phooe IS] CHURCH ST., PHELK. West-End Mwt Market Groceries and Fruit w i H u m . n « H (7 W E H A N D L E Swift’s Beef and Durr’s Smoked Meats. Saturday Specials. Come in and g e t o u r pricea. M. F. BEACH JOHN B FtlMELEE Attoraey aai C««MlI»r at Law Ohuroh 8U Ph.lp*. N- T ’ J wf mt A a ticlpttloi Thlss* without all nm o A j rfbonUI b« without Nc*rd; w b a fi too* i» done, m j i 8hake*D*ar«, an *r*wn*nt lo t i r o r of tke Joy* of forgetting. But m go on anticipating inceaw, long life, happine** u d whether tber ma- terlallie or not w« h a r t had tb* Joy of anticipation.—Exchange. Phelps Market FRESH VEGETABLES DAILY FRESH and SMOKED MEATS TR5T Armour’s Hams and Bacon WE DELIVER 1 LEONARD R. RAYMOND E liom Block, Phelps PbODe 7-B Hudson j Essex W illy s - K n ig h t and W h ip p e t John J. Celchar ' CENTENNIAL PHELPS PRESBYTERIAN CHORCH, MAY lOTHt 1931. Tk* hUlar jr at Ua FBalpaPrMbr- tertaa » raad by Ber. 0. J- Woad mt tke Matoaalal aarrlaa Im* Maday aTMlaff. Tha bMary follow** A SnM u lel la always ■ u k v e it k ; ITHI. R a n •< ae w in bar* that Iaa* a«o, la all probability aoaa al aa will ba ban IM yaan baaea. A p u l d*al baa happaaad Id tba laat aaatary. Probably mar* blatary baa baaa wrlttM, aiora •bantea awd* Ib tbe*laat aaatary, Uan la aay otber, azaapl, ol aoarae. lba I rat aaatary al MwAriitljHi an. Bat tbla la aot tha plaaa, aad' wa do aot bar* tk* tlm* to dwell apoa or area aot* tbeaa maay ebaairw aad areata. Wa ara met loalgkt ta a*a- ■td*r tba raaard al m- ebarab, aar aharab darlag e baadred yeara ol aerrlae. Aa' a a arg a a l a a t l o a , tb e ?raaby- ta r l a a aharab o( Pbalpa, o r T leaaa a a it v a a tben tailed, la oldar th a a IM rear*. A ttaally tba Haalaty w a a or-, ■aalaed lb 1111, mr 18tt. Tba ebarch ■ a w e rar, w a a a o t offltlally raaalr*# latn tba Praabytary af ftek a ra aatll 1*31, M proparly a a r blatary aa aa argaoleed ebareb, a a p a r t al tbe or- ganleed Praabyterlaa Obareb, D. H. A- date* tram t b a t ttaaa. Prom aboat 181* tba Pbalpa Ualaa Ballffloaa 8 oelety, u l mare parties- larly that part ml It kaawn aa ib* Pirabytarlaa ekarek ot Tlaa»» wor shipped ea alternate Saadaya ia tka Ualoa Hekcol at Vtaaia, aod 1*' tba ahareh tfalldlag at oaks- Ooraeri. However la 1811 a BHetlaar waa keti la tbe aabool boaat to taka ofidal a* tloa toward tbe baUdlng el a meettacboaee Id tberlllaKeJol Tleana. A eommlttae ara* accordingly ekoeea ta plan a balldlag, and #eleat a alte, Nowaday* we are perbape lodlneO to think oar graadlatbere moyed rather letearly, bat We' Dad tbat la tble matter, they mad* gnat- bMte. WUbla a lav daya acotker aaetlag vaa aallad, tbo aommlttea repartad that a alta bad bMk.aaleated,'aad pretaated'ptaa* tar a' balldlag. Tbe alta bad baaa: daaatad* by Ijam'aa Hatahtlea aad David M elf ell, *.oa Chareh ■ treat, aad tha plaa at-tha balldlaC^olM'lor a etraeteia M la*t long by 41 leet wide, wltb a tower ’aad eplre 106'feat high. | Ia order ta expedite tbe baUdlng, aad to provide lande a aale ot pawa waa adrartleed to be beld at Hiram iPayae'e Inn on Mareb lOtb, 1SX1 Not* tha taltb aad rlaton ot thaai peapl*. Tb* eharth bad aot yal baaa ballt, la taat It vaa'to beeeraral yean betara It vaald ba aamplatad, yat thaa* paapla vara vIlHag ta bay pave la a ebareb yat to ba balll. Tha P*we, or *Bpa aa tb*y war* tbea aallad, ware aaatlaaad o l to th* htgbcal bidder,aad lt waa <■ adaraWod tbat aaly oae-tblrd al tba (aea a t aaad ba la aaab, tba raat aaald b*. and aeoally vaa paM la klbd,) amber, aeat etock, vkeat.orothermerebaat- abl* eommodlty. Oaa maa >aid la blaekemltb wark. I aot* a l*w ot tb* pewa, and prlae* paid:' To Darld MeNall, aaa tor |M, oaa lar $M, ,a third lor IN; to Wm. DUklaeoa, oaa lar | 7 S, aad another lor |Tt; other* par*ha*lag one *r more pave van: Bartl* ft Morton, V a . Hildreth, Baoah Wlag, Joha Partridge, Sol ved Parry, JokaApallmaa, Moaat ft LmmtUr, Bar.». Wj BMd*l (paeior) Lamaa Katabkla*, Wm. Friable, Jamee Wabater, Ben] t ml a Sat**, ■Ua* Blgelaw, Baoeb Oroaby, Laekey Marrow,. OmrUr. >P*tar «ook., aad a gaadly admlwrol a there, am« atranga to aay,.th«-farther troat tbo paw, tba mara It aaat (tkat meat bare baaa a haadre* yaar*,ago.l) The Oarah trait*ea aatatad ~ ta ta a eoatraat vlth eaa et tb*m*mb*ni, William IMaklaaan, vharaby be vaa to taralah tba aeoomkry lamber aad ralaa tba fraaea aCtba aharab, he to taralalL tha haada tor tba ralelag, aad ta taraleh thaa the aeaeaaaryretreeb- U, the traeteaa. bewerer, to tar- aleb tba dtaaera. Ia aaae eaoagh goad baade did aot appear, tbe traemaa baaad. tbemealTae le g*t •aBelaat baada to rale* tb* ebareb. Appanatly tt wa* raleed la good- ordar, aaa Ur. XHaklahoa elgaed a iccolpt lar tba tall amaant whlcb wa* 1778.50, la' D***mb*r, 1S11, /aeob Horay va* *agar*d te eneloa* aad •atab.part ol tha ho«*f, th* tram* hartag ha*aral**d. Ia Baptambor, lN f, tb* trvitaa^ •ataradlato a eoatraat with R. T. David* to palat th* ebarab. Th« eoatraat waa a* follow*: ‘Thla agroemmt mad* tbta Mrd day of S*pt*mki*r, U S , tb* trar- t*ea at tb* fraebyterlaa Beelety a( TM aaaltlM tret eerf, aad B, T. David*, ot tb*****Dd part.wltaeeeeth tbat tb* aaM party nf tb* (rat part agraea to pay th* *atd party ot tke eeeoad part th* earn at f tty dallart, br<tM tret day of /aaaary B*zt I d n>*r*h an table vbeat dallvarad at B, T. Kartoa'* atara at tb* thaa *k*b prlar, ar,ta hare the eake* plaaed ta KMW*dl<ateald a lore. Par vMeb earn at maaey the aald party at thi eeeoad part agreee to palat tb* oat- eld* at tba aiMtlag baa** la tb* Tlllag* at Vtaaaa wltb tbr** eoate ol vhlt* palat, axtapt tb* blind* a*d eaeh. Tba eaeh tobakilaek, aad the bllad*gr**a. Tb* eplre to be laid vlth gald leati a* ma*b of It a* may ba daemad aaaeaaary by th* party ot th* Iret part. Tha vork ta ba dea* la vorkmaallkf maaaar, aad la aa* mafetfa froat date. Tb* patty et tk* tret part la to laralib alt tha materi al*. aad to hav* tbeta oa tb* ipat aa faet a*'ikk eald party otth* ae«oad part Waata tbem. N. B.-Tb* raot II not te be palntod.” (D m . Mtb. ISn, reeelved |S6 I* tall (or abor*. elgned K. T. Darlde.) Aa waa Indleatod above aiaargave caatrlbntlon* to kind, one eaek la noted: “Oee* CMttendca promleee to give oae good cow aest Fall.” Tbe total amaaat* *It*o by eome ol tb* tamUM waa daS*ld*rab)e, and woald b* »vwi la oar o v a day. David Mt- 'Mell, Lackey Morrow, Wm. Dlekln- esn, Baoek Wlay, Wm. Prtakle eaeh pledgad b*tw**a |W aad INI. At aboat tbla aamatlmatbe fallow- lag paper waa drcalatad: “Believing tbat a ebareb bell to be raag at eertala boar* ot tba day darlag tbe week aad at' the elated hear* ol pabll* woreblp an th* Sabbath, woald be a great eeareeleaa* to all who live wttbla tbe eaaad al tt, aad alao highly eaadaalve to tb* ad- ▼aa**m*at at gaad erd*r amaag ai, and learalng martover tbat iatb a bell ta already contracted tor la be- halt of tbe tra*t*e* ot tb* Pr**by- tariaa rellgleae eoelety et thl* vil lage, aad may b* *xp**t*d lmmodt- ataly, la aaae tbe meaae mt paymeat ahaU be praylded, ve, tbe ander- *lga*d ibarafora aeverally promlee to pay lh* *aM tra*t**a vltkta tbr** moatb* tb* aam* **t oppo*lt* oar raapaavlve la a t a to defray tha ax paaee ot aald ball. There tellov* a leag llet at aamea vlth varylag amoaata tram |d* davn to M eeate, totallla^ tb* in * at $SW. Thl* vaa l a l U t . Tbe letbty e*atlaa*d to meat la tha Mheol' boa** lor aeveral y*an, prabably aatH'iome time la 1 K 8 , al- tbaagb tb* tram* ot tb* balldtag bad beea promptly ereeted. It appeared ^thatjtba ^ofltty did not vaat to vorahlp la tb* aew balldlag antll thay eenld pay tor It. We aot* thl* team: Joha B o n y wa* hired ta Iatb,^laat*r aad Saleh the laelde ot tba meetlagJiewe, *ze*pt palattag, far whlcb hie wa* to veselveVSW, aad taka hie p%y la paw ato*k. In aald maatlag hoaae. News Review of Current Events the World Over International Chamber of Commerce Debates Causes and Cures of Economic Depression— Financiers Scored by M. A. Traylor. By EDWARD W. PICKARD W HAT alls this old world? WTiat are the causes of |he flllmoots? What can be done about It? These were tbe ques tions asked aud lu various w a y s a n sweredby scores of the leading men lu finance and Industry from 48 nations, assembled lu Washington for tbe sessions of the Inter national Chamber of Commerce. Silas H. Strawn of Chi cago, newly elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, formally opened tbe meeting aud then Georges Theunls, former Belgian premier and retiring presi- dent of the international body, took the chair The first address was the speech of President Hoover welcoming the delegates, und the Chief Execatlve seized tbe occasion to take another bard wallop at war aud armaments. He said he believed the certain way to restore prosperity was to lighten th« burden of national defense wblcb is now costing tbe nations more than 90,000,000,000 a ye&> and keeping near ly 0,000,000 men actively under arms. He urged the business men of the five continents to mobilize their In fluence upon their respective govern* ments to Join In tbe reduction of armament at the International con ference to be beld next year under the auspices of the League of Nations. “Of all proposals for the economic rehabilitation of the world,\ said Mr Hoover, “I know of none which com pares In necessity or importance with the successful result of that confer ence.” M. Tbeunle submitted n long and exhaustive report on world conditions, in the course of whlcb he said “I am personally convinced that the com mercial policy and tbe customs tariff In force In most of tbe countries of the world constitute one of the funda mental causes of our actual economic troubles. A liberal customs policy might be expected to lead to better business conditions.\ He thus showed he was In accord with certain prominent members of tbe United States Chamber of Com merce who at their meeting in At lantic City called for a tariff revision downward. Melvin A. Traylor, prominent Chi cago banker, electrified his bearers by a scorching attack on commercial leaders and government executives of America. \Ambition* cupidity and greed have dictated policies, and trou ble has been the result,\ he declared. “It Is a tragedy when in a world of plenty there should be so much pov erty and when, in i nation tbat boaats of Its riches, 5,000,000 or more per sons willing to work should be un able to find employment It is a chal lenge to the world and especially to American business and political lead ership.\ Mr Traylor's attack began wltb a criticism of manufacturers who took advantage of technological and man agement Improvements to swell their output to a point far in excess of the possibilities of consumption. And he was equally severe lu his character- ixatlon of Uie methods of bankers and of traders on the floors of the stock and grain exchanges. He urged that floor trading and small margin ac counts be forbidden. M EL STRAWN when he addressed the delegates to the international meeting Invited them all to Chicago for the “Jubilee* celebration of May 10 to 20, and he received asaurance that many of them wonld attend. The midweet metropolis had made most elaborate preparations for th!« affair, the program Including festivals In the brightly decorated <rloop” district, big parades, dedication of the replica of Tort Dearborn, lira* of the Century of ProfreA exposition buildings, and, to wind np with, the elaborate war game of the air force of the army. PREVAILING de- *■ preealon has not a f f e c t e d the Boy Scouts of America. The national council celebrated at a two day meeting In Mem* phis the close of the twenty-flrstyear of the organisation and an* nounced it had been tbe best and most eventful of alL Presi dent Walter W. Head of Chicago presided at all the sessions and on the last day Mortimer SchLff, New York banker, was elected president for IDSL At a banquet concluding the first day’s session Dan Beard, veteran In dian fighter and chief commissioner of Boy 8couts, presented the silver buffalo, highest honor In the gift of the organisation, to an Bngllsh peer and s ix Americana Those honored were Lord Hampton, chief commis sioner of British Boy 8couts; Griffith Ogden Bills, editor of The American Boy magazine; Lewis Gawtry, New York banker; George W Olmstead, Pennsylvania public utilities execu tive, Victor F. Ridder, New York newspaper publisher, Robert P Snlf fen, Yonkers, N Y., merchandising ex pert, and Mell R. Wllkinsoh, Atlanta (On.) merchant and manufacturer Ci tations praised them for distinguished service to scouting. Lord Hampton, long prominent in English Boy Scout work, served with distinction in the World war. He was awarded the Silver Cross for Ufe sav ing In 1016 and the following year re ceived the award of tbe Silver Wolf, the British Scout decoration for dis tinguished service to boys. A. B. Fall r_TERE Is something else for cer- * tain active opponents of the dry law to ponder upon. Tbe District of Columbia Court of Appeals, in an opin ion which takes away from Robert de Francis of Washington the citizen ship granted him In 1927, holds tbat a violator of the prohibition act can not be attached to the principles of the Constitution and is not a person of good moral character. The decision reversed the action of the District of Columbia Supreme court which had dealed a petition by United States Attorney Leo A. Hover seeking to set aside Francis' natural ization. t J I S conviction on * the charge of ac cepting a bribe having been upheld by the District of Columbia court of appeals, Al bert B. Fall says he has decided not to carry the case to the Supreme court of the United States. Tbe former secrotary of the Interior it seems, must serve tbe one year term In prison to whlcb he wns sentenced, and pay a fine of $100,000. vnless President Hoover Intervenes with a pardon—which is the hope of his friends. Fall, Interviewed at his ranch In New Mexico, said his attitude toward a Presidential pardon was rather pas sive. “I am an old man,” he said. “I am not guilty of tbe crime of whlcb I was accused. I had fought until I am worn out and considerations for my family impel me to carry the flght m# farther ” He said he had no money with which to pay the fine and explained lie had lost ownership of the ranch ea which he lives when a mortgage was foreclosed several years ago. M o t h e r s a n d c h i l d r e n and their welfare were the topics of especial con sideration darlag tho week throughout tbe nation. To promote better maternity care for the women of the United States was the object of a big meet ing In the Park Lane hotel, New York city, the arrangements for whi*h were in the change of Mrs. Kermlt Roosevelt. Prominent physicians and health of ficers as well aa many well known women were among tbe attendants, the latter Including Mra Herbert Hoover, Mrs, John Sloane, Mrs. Au gust Belmont, Mrs. S. Marshall Field, M n. Jeremlab Mllband, M tb . Samuel Schiffer, Mrs. Robert L. Gerry, Mrs. John R. Drexel, Miss Mabel Choate, and Miss Frances I’erklns, New York state Industrial commissioner DULJTZKJR prize awards for liter- * ary excellence In 19ttO huve been annouuced* and there are few If any surprises In tbe list The main auanJs are Best novel, Mrs. Margaret Ayer Barnes, for “Years of Grace\ best book dealing with the history of the United States, Prof. Bemudotte E. Schmitt of University of Chicago, for “The Coming of the War” , best play, Susan Glaspell, for \Alison's House\; best American biography, Henry James, for “Charles W Eliot\ beet volume of verse* Robert Frost, for \Collected Poems’*, best piece of re- portorlal work, A. B. Macdonald of the Kansas City Star, best example of foreign correspondence, H. R. Knicker bocker of the Philadelphia Ledger, best editorial, O. S. Byckman of the Fremont (Neb.) Tribune, best car toon, Edmund Duffy of the Baltimore Sun. A gold medal was awarded the Constitution of Atlanta, Ga^ for meri torious public service in exposing municipal g r a ft Several young men were given traveling scholarships In Journalism. G EORGE) FISHER BAKER of New York, reputed to be the richest American banker and the third richest man In the country, who died of pneu monia at the age of ninety-one. was burled Tuesday In Tuxedo Park., N. Y.t where he resided. Many persons promi nent In finance and In life generally were present at the funeraL Because Mr. Baker died In a period of price depression, the United States and the state of New York win re ceive In inheritance taxes far less of his amassed wealth than would have been the case had be passed away *wo years ago. Ills estate is esti mated at something like $500,000.0)0. DRENCH opposition to the proposed 1 Austro-German customs accord seems to be effective at least to the extent of keeping the little entente out of line. The foreign ministers of that entente have stated that alt ques tions concerning the accord must find the countries of the little entente Arm ly united in their attitude, and what tbat attitude will be Is Indicated by the fact that tbe Rumanian gi*\ern ment has Informed Berlin that It does not wish to negotiate with Germany at this time. M. BrlunrJ Is hrin# warm ly supported by Czechoslovakia. HINA has virtual- ly abrogated the e x t r a t e r r i t o r i a l i t y treaties, with for eign powers, the ab rogation to take effect January 1 next Chi nesi Jurisdiction over legal cases Involving foreigners resident In China is to be estab lished, but special courts for such cases will be created In cer tain areas, Including Shanghai, Tientsin, Mukden and Can ton. Tbe mandate to this effect was promulgated by President Chlang Kal shek's government after negotiations with Sir Miles Lampson, British min ister, for abolition of extraterritorial ity had broken down. Foreign consuls In China feared that communists would find In the action excuse for a t tacks on foreigners In the Interior, and the number of protecting warships at various ports was Increased. President Chlang Kai-shek Is hav ing hie troubles with rebels in Canton and with some members of his own Nationalist party The former are led by Chen Chl-tang, and both tbey and the conservative Nationalists declare that Chlang must resign the presl dency, asserting that be is trying to make blmself a dictator The prov inces of Kwangtung and Kwnngsl de clared their Independence. Chfang Kal-*hek PRESIDENT DOrMERGT'E opened * France’s International culonlal ex position at Vlncennpft park on Tues day, and it Is experted UiHt the hlg show will attract thrones of visitors until it closes at the end of October In addition to all French colonies, the United States Italy Belgium Brazil, Denmark, Holland, and Por tugal are represented. Native Ufe of Indo-Chlna* equatorial Africa, and Madagascar has been reproduced even to the extent of Importing 3,000 na tlves. Tbe Tnifed States Is represented by a copy of WanMnpton’s Mount Vernon home, and hy pavilions for Hawaiian Porto Klrnn, Alaakan, and Philippine exhibits. PRESIDENT CARMONA of Portugal * Is comparatively happy now for the rather serious revolt in Madeira Island has been suppressed by the government forces under command of Magalheas Correia, minister of marine The federal troops hombardod the rebels at Funchal hy land, sea and air until they rfave up the fleht. the leaders taking refuse In the British le gatlon. The casualties were not ex cesslve, but the normal life of Madeira had been greatly disturbed for weeks nnd the government in Lisbon was really worried for a time. M Olttt than once Mustapha Kemal J*asha has refused to lot tbe Turks make lilm President for llf«\ but they are doing it In efTect any way The other day they elected him for his third term of fuur years, that action being taken b> the natifcal as seinbly In extraordinary sgs^lon at Antf)ra, and the vote was'unanlmous Ismet Pasha and the cabinet resigned pro forma and the premier nnd other ministers were promptly reappointed. J APAN’S foremost a v i a t o r , young SelJl Yoshlhara, start ed bis solo flight from Tokyo to Washington, D C-, under the aus pices of tho Tokyo n e w s p a p e r Hochl Shlmbun. His ronte for the long and peril ous journey was laid out to the northern Is lands of Japan, thence along the Kurlles to Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, with two intermediate landings, from there across the Bering sea and along the Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan shore, with stops, to Seward, and then down to Vancouver and Seattle. At the latter city he will change his sea pon toons for landing gear and proceed to San Francisco, after which be hopes to fly to the National Capital to deliver to President Hoover a message of good will from .Tapan. Yoshlhara’s plane Is a light all metal Junkers with open cockpit and no radio. The buge German seaplane DO-X, which started for South America months ago asd was laid up by a fire is on its way again and at last ac counts had reached Bolama, Porto ljuese Guinea. Yoshlhara F CLL by iJngdoo depend* ^ula A» tire kln« It embt square than T) recognition has been extended .he L'alted States to the dual i of Hejaz nnd Nejd and its .Tides on the Arabian penln Jter years of warfare, the en ,;doin Is now ruled by Ibn Saud. aces an area of about 7u0.O0<) /n>lee with u population of less iXKMXIO 1931 W «storn N vODff L aioa ) A u t o i a t P i c k s U p L i v e R a b b i t F r o m M o v i n g C a r Modesto* Calif.—-Tunney Stedman, Modesto fireman, was riding on an au tomobile running board when he no ticed a Jackrabblt crouched under some weeds along the roadside. As he passed he swooped down with one hand and came up with a Jackrabblt alive and kicking. TO B l CONTDTUMB. £ g | F r e n c h W i l l B u i l d $ 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 V i a d u c t Rochefort, Kan.—A giant via duct, 9,500 feet long, is to- con nect the Island of Oleron with the French mainland near here, according to plans announced recently by the departmental council of the Charente Infrele- nre. The coat Is estimated at $4»- 000,000. The viaduct will be 120 feet high and the roadway will be 75 feet wide. ** * * *** * * * * * * Rabbit Spread Flames A stiff breeze nnd a flaming jack rabbit combined to spread a fire near Santa Barbara, Calif., recently that destroyed 600 acres of wheat before It was put out A jack rabbit was trapped in some burning brush. The frightened animal run Into a nearby grain field with Its fur on fire. The rabbit roiled in the dry grain in an effort to extinguish the flames and Ig nited the grain The wind fanned the fire until 000 acres of grain and brush land wqb burned. M o n u m e n t M a n R u le* C i ty W i t h U n d e r t a k e r Maqaoketa, Iowa.—Thl* Is not a dead city by any manner of means, d^plte the fact that It Is run by an undertaker and a* monument dealer The dty, through Mayor J. B. Har rison, undertaker, bas Just hired as its manager J*. C. Wray, who has been engaged in the monument business for years. Both men promise to inject new Ufa Into the city and cut down its running expenses. Not IaeonaUteDt Jack—I love tho very ground yon walk ou IOdlth —You Raid the same thing to two other girls who work here Jock—Well you can’t accuse me of inconsistency Yon nnd they all walk on the same ground. Urging Her O a Mrs Snapper—I‘m f*o nmd I could quit speaking to yon Mr Snapper—Then get Just a little hit madder, will you?—Pathfinder Msgnzlnp ■I I I I I I 1 I I 1 I I I I 1 I I I 1 H H -l-H- \\ W o m a n K i l l i M a t e D i v o r c e d Y e a r A g o • • Seattle—Mrs. Jlory O. Bur- ; | blck, forty-two, shot and killed •• her divorced husband, Joseph C. 1 1 Bnrblok, here, explaining he ■ • would not reaso paying her an- ” welcome attentions. She said ever since their di- !! vorce a year ago. Burhlck “had ■ * been bothering l»pr ■-I-I 11 I I I M M - H H - H --H -I H -M - ] TAME HELL GATE AFTER 62 YEARS M o it Treacheroui, W icked W hirlpool in W o rld Con quered by Engineer*. New York —To reach New York city through I/Ong Island sound ships must sail the East river which is not a river at all but a tidal strait. And right In the middle of this misnamed stretch of water Is Hell Gate, the most treacherous, wicked whirlpool that ever sucked a boat into Davy Jones' locker For (32 years man and dyna mite have nibbled at the rock bed of this channel apd now tt has been tamed. Army engineers now announce tbat the raging current has been slowed down to six miles an hour, says Tome l’ettey in the Chicago Tribune. There are new charts in the pilot houses of the Boston bound steamers, and the tug captains will haul their fleets of eand scows safely under Brooklyn bridge with hever a fear of piling them up In some tenement house back yard. Battleships will move safely 8nd excursion steamers this summer will be able to tie up at the foot of Forty-second street In mid town Manhattan. High Toll of Lives. Tn tbe last 12 months 51 708 cubic yards of rock have been blasted from , the bed of Hell Gate and, Inch by j Inch, the winding, dangerous “S\ pas sage has been straightened. Depths which as late as three years ago ranged from 19 to 23 feet now have been increased to 36 feet and gradual ly the channel is widening. So far the struggle to tame Hell Gate has cost 10 lives, but the whirl pool Itself hss claimed almost 2,000. Since 1^60 more than t.2o0 craft have been whirled to destruction against saw-tooth rocks and projecting reefs. The work of engineers of the Tnited States coast and geodetic survey In Hell Gate In 1930 cost approximately half a million dollars, and the struggle bas been going on since 1869. Tbe casual passenger on a sound steamer these days would never know that dynamite crews had to blow the nose off the ’’frying pan ” blast “Way’s roef” skyward. Mow “Baldheaded Billy\ rock to bits before the days of comparative safety arrived It waB Brig Gen. John Nelson who began the Job back In the 1370’s that the army engineers corps now Is fin Ishlng Present-day dredging and blasting Is of great magnitude, but it is not so exciting as tbe Job General Nelson did In 1875 His problem was to trim Hallet’s point so thnt passing vessels could ewin* far away from tho “Gridiron,M the center of the whirlpooL Others had attacked the rock from the top aud side. General Velson took one I»*ok and attacked from the bottom. A Rhaft was sunk from the Long island shore and for almost a year miners and sappers drilled and bored until they had made Swiss cheese of the sawtooth tip of Ilallet'8 point Then they packed the holes full of dynamite, set fuses, and crawled ashore. First Great Peril Removed Th<»re was a general warning of the approachlpg blast and residents along both hanks of the East river fled to the streets, fearing their homes would tumble down. General Nelson’s young daughter aet off fhe charge In such a ceremony as might have marked the launr-hlng of a battleship. More than feet of rock poured Into the water, to he baulod away by dredging scows, but not a single house fell The Ode rushlntr In from the sound broke smoothly on a straightened shoreline and part of the threat of the “Orid- lr<in” waa tamed S!n<*e (hat day the dynamiters have pe< ked away at the rock lined shore and the channel hod and the East rher from l/)ng Island sound to the navy \ard in Rrooklyn grows stralgbter year by year The array engineers say the Job will be ended In ten years. Eastern Girl M arried in Gown of Bandages New Haven. Conn — ttanduges lormed a large part of lbe wedding c/»*<fm»>e of Miss Anna McDermott, who was burned severely while clean lug her gown on the eve of her wed ding. The ceremony was performed while the priest, the bridegroom, and witnesses gathered around her bed. Speediest Rail Engine to Go to a Museum London —The railroad engine City of Truro, which holds the world’s speed record, 1s to retire and be pre served in the York Railway museum. This powerful engine, looking some what out of date compared with mod ern streamlined types, made the high est authentic speed e\er recorded— 102.3 miles an hour -while competing for an American mall contract on the run from Plymouth to London as far back as 1004. and she still holds that re«-ord At that tlm** there was a great flght between three railroad companies for the contract of the oct?an mall traffic, lines serving Liverpool, Holyhead and Plymouth being concerned. Tho City of Truro’s record run finally decided the Issue and established Plymouth as best port for transferring New York to London mall from ship to train. New Design Sought for American Q u arter Washington —Secretary of Treasury Mellon Boon will invite artists through out the country to submit designs for a new 25-cent piece which will be Is sued next year in connection with tbe celebration of the two hundredth an niversary of the birth of George Wash ington. The coin will be the first to bear the Image of Washington It Is authorized by legislation passed In the closing days of the last session of congress. O n the front of the 25-cent piece now in use Is a full-length figure of a woman, while the back Is engraved with an eagle In flight F a m e d F o r t M c H e n r y I* B e in g R e s t o r e d Baltimore, Md.—Active work now Is under way here on restoration of Ford McHenry, scene of Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner.\ as a national shrine. The restoration work was made pos sible by a congressional appropriation of $80,000 for Improving and parking tbe grounds. Approximately 100* red oak trees will be planted. Various patriotic so- leiies have signified their Intention of aiding by posting markers and tablets. I Y O U C A N S A V E M O N E Y N O W I BY FILLING YOUR BIN AT ONCE WITH EMPIRE COKE than to wait until th® price has advanced. Easy Term* If Desired. I Place Your Order Now and Save $2.00 on each ton. se* Associated Gas & Electric System EMPIRE GAS&ELECTRK CO. Distributed by J. P. Clark KIDS BECOME REAL ICTORS DH MODERN SGHODL SUGES Theatrical Equipment In 8ome Insti tutions Rivals That of Broad way Houses. Ni»w York.—Has yoar child suc- cuuil<<*d to the lure of the footlights? He probably will soon, though he may be only kludergarten rhildren of all ages are taking to the stage, for mod ern schools all over the country are transforming their bare old assembly rooms Into lntinmte little theaters, whose scenic and lighting equipment rivals that of many Broadway play- housea. As a result, stage-struck daughters, of five or Blx may not be uncommon in the near future. It la a delight foi almost any child to act on a stage equipped with asbestos and close-in curtains, drop scenes, spot and foot lights and other elaborate fittings which used to be found only In big theaters. Moreover the opportunity to participate tn and see real plays is Rtlmulatlng In children an enduring love of the theater The devolopmeut of the old assem bly room from a barnlike ball wltb 8 bare rostrum to a modern theater, I p described by Frank A Ohilds, Ohlca go architect la the American Arch! tect Mr Childa, who haa specialized In designing school stages, describes some whose curtain and lighting equip ment cost from $$.7tJ0 to $13,l.r»0 “in the modem sohool, tbe old barn like assembly room has given way to the Intimate theater of 700 to 1.000 «cats, where various activities require Its use every period of the school day ” he writes. “While taxed to capacltv il'irlng the day its use at night by the community has reached the point wh.-re, at the Ha\en Intermediate s-hool In E\anston. HI for Instance, honking* must be mnde one year In H'|\ a nee \ 4? 4 % N O W R I G H T N O W 1 STRONQ people act a t once. Weak folks wait until a c tion loses force. A n old m a n is going to be dependent on you and th a t old m a n is y o u rself. T h e m o n e y t h a t you are w a s ting should lje w o rking for y o u now , to take care of y o u when you are no Iqnger able to earn. System a tic saving here will give you capital and independence. Geneva Savings Bank, 24 Linden Street, Qeaera. It- Y. 4% 4% a some schools, U r Childs says, dressing and makeup rooms are pro vided. Many schools ara installing radios, pipe organs and sound motion picture equipment in their auditoriums, and the halls themselves are fitted with dimmer lighting equipment so that the change from light to dark ness and vice versa can be gradually made. Oyster* Always Popular Since ancient times oysters have been highly esteemed as a food, they were cultivated by the Romans as early as 100 a . D. Not Maay Poisonous Saakes There are more than 100 species of snakes In the United States, of which number only 17 are poisonous. «.%» £ .V ' ' t First Umitsd States Strike The first strike In the United Stater took place In New York city In 1741, when a nnmber of journeymen bakerfe combined and refused to bake unlll their wages were raised. U n for OM' Railroad Ties Pencil manufacturers of the East boy up old railroad ties from the west ern states. These logs are mostly of red cedar In which the hearts are stlf* sound- First America* Novel? It is said that tbe first American novel was published In 1780 and writ ten by Sarah W Morton under the title of 'Tower of Sympathy M What’s In It? G. L. F. OPEN t-ORMULAS TELL OD can’t tell by looking at paint bow much of it is honest pigment * and r«bicle and how much of it ie filler A filrr in a oheap material likt wat»r chalk, gypsum or gronad sand mixed with the paint to jfire It weight and to I « i b g at low Boa«ufflcfuring eoet. 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