V -P et- > ls irrev- years •erv- 4 h« Uon* gear t the »me, time Mas- rPa- * day grip- oae d be ed at the bottom, » Thirty-four and a half minat* later, after someone had obtain ed a grappling hook.' Hkneetf Wei pulled to the surface. ¥o all ap pearances he was dead, t ** ' With ap inherent «tubbcrnnesi he still appeared dead an. tour <a more later when coroner’s mei arrived. Bnt tho sailers whs la bored over the inert form Tqfnset to'relinquish their opfapanloa waterlogged and ’M d * timdfch k t And than a white band plopped, palm down; upon the w et boasoe. It was Paters hand and it moved of its owh strength. A moment later Peter grunted, atyl th . dep u tes admitted that they’ might have been mistaken,. "It wasn’t long Peter recall ed, "before I was back on, my fast. "Maybe the liquor had kept me down, and maybe Ittiwd kept me alive. But whether nr ap, I’ve not touched a drop slafe." Which to AU given on the word WASHINGTON, Jaly-99— (UP) —An air stream, blowing 799 .miles an hour, has been perfect ed by the Barena of Standards f»r feeling airplane propellers. The experiments with the new high pressure air stream have shown that tblg'metal propellere, now coming into om . are more efficient at very high speeds than woolen propellers^ OLYMPIA, elite coast atatee am spending rel- attvely mor# mob«y for educaUng their children th*p; a r e -ea ste rn schools, and they are outstanding te efficiency aceorgjn« to »Utls- ties of Dr. Frank W. Phllllye of ,ttae George Washington univers ity, chief statistician in the Unit- ed States bureau at eahcatlon.— s Phillips has ranked Washing- ton first in general «ed llence in kir'biennial tdrVeg. "W^sblng- t®B ranked ainilariy 1» 1918. 1910, 1922 and 1924. •, California, with tho highest an- ■■*' * * * W Mtild of hay state, 1169.36, ranks second to Wash lotion, according to the report, Ohio ranks third. Near York fourth, New Jeraeyvfifth and Min* i rojs wi '* W C M M ; PhllUp Morris, proal of Morriy and Company BY G. P . WILLIAMSON • (U. P. Staff Correspondent ) LONDON,. (U P )— Prohibition ’M the. Wost* dangerous problem A m erica now has to confront, Sir Charles Higham, advertisingand trade export here, told the United l i t e m an hie return from his 3i»t r trfc ‘to the United stabs«. < "Liquor is freely sold in Amer ica and is not difficult to hug," of the world to prospective cus Sir Charles declared. "It la,'how tom er!. The American no, longer ever, of poqr qu^ity. Oo my test stops to write Seitd catalogues trip < found people hr (io had been to customers by mailj h^new us total abstainers 25 years ago. c a ll es the fastest njfihyds of. selling ing thkir bootleggers Jor a regu cooperation— the cable, telegraph lar supply. .?»:• ' system, ant m p i ^ < • ' ' / ’While the people of the United States are hindered hg «he prohib ition la w /th e w h ile altltdds of the people Meme fo be one of -warning against Interference with *thelr right to drink.’. *The American people have be come » great playing nation and the quest for the ’mighty dollar* which la so often misunderstood coming By the foreigner,;^. for the sole purpose of earning that it might . he spent on the better things of I r v i r ? W ~ p r fl| Sir Charles declared that the Colo., former prosteent pf HSroford' CattlO Breeders Asso>- cjatlon of America; O. M. Plnm- thef, Portfend. gOneral falsnaffer of tkd Pketffc UMdtastlotttl U r t p o f e W f t t t lo f f t TbobiadWilson, presidents* Wihten aad Company packers, : and’i t K r t a r i i & x i pine, Tax.,« president oP t i l l fo x es Cattle Growers Association . "What wo realljr are seeking," said R. J. Klnkef, secretary ef the American H erford Cattle ^reed- ere Association, -a , pure food and drop a ct appUeaUe to the meat Industry." Mi H PWU4} as delicious to eat which it come s. W hile you will ways first in your memory, cation o i beef so th e . housewife will get exactly what she pays. |- From its sessions, leaders ex pressed the hops, of perfecting an Organisation to propagate the dor- trine Of mqpt standardisation and labeling of meat under govern- ment supervision. - ■ W illiam M. Jardín^ secretary , » Secretary Jardine has glyen his agriculture, few? gottatora, pee approval to the plan of standardis ers, rauchgra, livàsipA and coi ing and labeling beof cuts ao the mission men met hege for Mie fir customer will know whether he annual Better Beef Conference. is getting a prime cut from a prise The bbnferenoe aeeks a way f< .steer or a tpajrhetted flank from the. standardisation hnd claaail la Texas maverick/ Governors attending are Me- Knlvle. of Nebraska; Gore of, West Virginia, Penmen of Kansas, agd Baker of Missouri. Other lead- ftfiPfc c*n~ RWbttlUon. work when fermetatatiou persists in bri Include M. A. Vraylor, pleel- fo rk in g too f detet eC the First National B usk lcego; C. T. Curtis, dean of usually BAGGY KNEES IN BAGDAD r|igh, bnt in Ash- are tiòt. L et us pressed for you. setpe far rrenca as Arid aJUtUmore tan Standard Cleaners 2 L ...... 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