Scenes in the Flooded Mississippi-Valley
Above, n stre e t lu H ickm an, K y . w here I he w a te r from th»> M ississippi rtv»r wns wlicltt feet i |« m Itelow, ■
trout» of refugees, wom en «ml c hildren. encam ped on (ho h ith e r ground, «mfe from (he Ihaala. hut w ithout sh elter
Mass Meeting in Favor of Sacco and Vanzetti
Euortiiutifi th ro n g In I ’nlun sq u a re, New York, Klguifylug » Ith ti|>r&ÍMH! hund« th e ir approval «if rraoltitltm * ugnili*!
th e tltMith Mentence w id th w as pronounced In MunwmhuHvtU M u ln it Sacco und Van se tti, th e radical* who w ere convicted
o t m urder.
of the Mashpee Tribe
MISS CUBA
1. Model by H. A. M acNell. 2. By B ry an t Baker. 3. By F. Lynn
Jen k in e. 4. By Ja m e s F ra se r. 5. By Jo Davidson. 6. By M ario Korbel.
7. By A. S tirlin g C alder. 8. By John Gregory.
T h e y s h o t a n d m a d e th e ir sallies till th e S h a w n c es b ro k e a n d fled.
W h ile th e w om en c h a r g e d th e rifles a n d th e w om en s h a p e d th e le a d .
T h e w om en n u rs e d th e w o u n d e d a n d th e w om en w a tc h e d b y night.
T h e w om en b ro u g h t th e w a te r th ro u g h th e peril o f th e flght.
T h e m o th e rs n e v e r fa lte re d a n d th e so n s t h a t th e n w e re sm a ll
G re w a s H u n te r s o f K e n tu c k y a n d w ere s tro n g a n d b ra v e a n d ta ll.
—F ro m “ T h a T a ll M en“ h y A r th u r G u lte rm a n .
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
I O T H E R 'S DAY’ com es on May H th is yes
I th o u g h ts o f th o u sa n d s o f A m ericans t
| * I | m others as those o f whom th e poet a irs
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■ • ] wlm “nev er fa lte re d " a n d who w ere as
, r ^ H E rtto flin try as th e ir h usbands or th e sons -,\
‘ Vountry. T h ere Is a very go»>d reasm whj
ji;Y
th is year to th e m o th ers of yesterday
* by m o th ers of today. T he reason . - that
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Ban* • a - p a rt In d erid in g w hich o f 12
he selected a s th e iln a l model for a huge m onum ental i
on th e nktutSbiua p ra irie s a s a m em orial to th e '
o f Am erica.
Some tim e ago K rnest W M arlnnd. an Okiuhon in
In oil, .decided th a t A m erica h a s »lone Instifticlent horti
of the fro n tie r. “O ur w ar heroes, sta te sm e n , silentl-t
even ^uidi pioneer men as D aniel B»*ine. D avy Cro<
C arson antT B ltiT alo'B ill, h ave been honored In l»r»»n
“lin t wtmf it horn t th e p io n eer w om en? W e a rc fori
Im aginations for p ic tu re s o f th e m others. W hat still
they, th e ir d a u g h te rs a n d th e ir d a u g h te rs' fhiughtc
w ard , e v er m aking hom es on th e lan d s th e ir hurb
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Orange Growers in Dispute Over Seed
All oran g e tre e s In C alifornia sp ran g
from a seed from R obinson C rusoe's
Island, according to T. A. Van Norden.
Pacific d ro v e . And th e first tre e to
grow In the s ta te wns th e "m other
tree. * soon to he dedicated by N ative
8»>n.i o f th e (»olden W est a t in d w e ll's
Bur. B u tte county.
T he C rusoe Island theory w as ex
plain» d qs follow s:
In IM P Van N o rd en * bro th er, R. T.
Van Nor»len. cam e aro u n d th e H orn
In a aniline vessel. T hey called a t th e
Island o f Ju a n F»'rnen»lex. com m only
calle«! the Island o f th e o riginal Rob
inson Crusoe. From th is Island Var.
Norilen brought oran g e **»eil*.
One of these seeds grpw Into n tre e
n e a r a fe rry at in d w e ll's B a r on th e
w est branch of th e F e a th e r riv er,
w here Van Norden p lan te d It. T h is Is
th e m other tree to be dedicated.
courage, fidelity, am bition w a s In th e ir mother«* m ilk. Love of
hom e, h usband, c hildren, m ade th e w ilderness to sm ile."
A ccordingly he determine»! to e rec t a her»»lc sta tu e o f ‘T h e P ioneer
W om an” on th e C herokee S trip In O klahom a, *he last A m erican fro n tie r
a n d th e la s t g re a t tra c t o f lan d opened to hom esteading. T h en he asked
th e R e in h a rd t g a lle rie s In New Y ork to com m ission th e lending A m er
ican sculptor* to m ake m odels fo r th e m onum ent. T w elve re*pon»le»l—
B ry a n t B aker, A. S tirlin g C alder, Jo D avidson. J a m e s F ra s e r, John
G regory, F. L yn n -Jen k ln s, M ario K orbel, A rth u r t.ee, II. A. MacNell.
M aurice S tern e. W heeler W llllam a and M ahonrl Young—a n d sub m itted
th e ir m odels w hich w ere on exh ib itio n a t the R ein h ard t ga lle rie s for
th re e w eeks. D u rin g th a t tim e th e m odels w ere view ed by m ore th an
10.000 p erso n s a n d each v isito r w ns given an o p p ortunity to vote for the
typical pio n eer w om an. In th is uniq u e cont»-st the figure m odeled by
B ry a n t M aker (No. 2 In t h a gro u p show n a la n a ) received th e largest
vote am ong th e te n tho u san d . Second choice w as given to th e model
su b m itte d by H. A. M acNell (No. 1). and th ird place w e n t to th u t by
A. S tirlin g C ald er (No. 7).
A fte r th e exhib itio n In New Y ork clotted th e 12 m odels w ere sent to
B oston a n d a fte r being show n th e re th ey will he e xhibited In o th e r cities,
Including P itts b u rg h , W ash in g to n . C leveland, C hicago, K a n sa s City.
P o rtla n d . Ore., San F rancisco, I.os A ngeles, Oklah»>ms C ity nnd o th er
p lac es In th e M iddle and F a r W est. In en»h place th e public will have
P rincesses M lnow nnln nud Minimum la and M antaslkauli, nn-dhiiie iimii. a re
th e Inst survlvora o f the M ushpee trth e of (m ilans. T hey a re neeti uhovo ns
th ey took p a rt In cerem onies a t lu d io n Rock, n e n r M hhllehoro, M ass.
Senorlln A n g e l i n a A rduU a o f Ha-
viiumi, ('u h a , who Ima won th e big
I••-mity content th ere and I* to b e
“Mias C ulia" In the In te rn a tio n a l
lien m y content a t U alveaton, T exas.
In May.
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Russian Armored Train in China
H e re Is th e fam ous W hite R ussian
arm o red tra in th a t Is a tta c h e d to the
N o rth e rn arm y In C hina. T he gun Is
In the k ettle-llkn sh e lte r w ith Its cr»tw.
U nion T a n a k a , hvud of the Selyukal
party , baa been np|M»lnte»l p rem ier of
Ja p a n to succeed W nkssukt, who re»
slgncil. B aron T an a k a, who h a s boon
m in ister of w a r In thr»»e cablnnta, was
born In 1WV3, th e non of n htiiuhl*
se rv a n t o f th e feudal Isvrd Mori.
T h e Van N orden th eo ry o f th e origin
o f o ra n g es In th e s ta te Is questioned
hy m any, who claim th e “m o th er tre e ”
w as bro u g h t from S ac ram en to In 1S58.
j tra y w ith shot and hold o v e r s lam p.
T h e shot will m elt but th e c ard b o ard
will not b u r n —F a rm Jo u rn n l.
P irate H om e in 1771
In te re itin g E xperim en te
W e did not believe, until we saw It
trie d , th a t a piece of w riting paper,
bent In hasln shape, filled w ith w a ter
and held In th e flame of a canille, will
not burn, w hile the w a ter will boll.
T ry It and see. Ton m ight also henfl
th e edges o f a piece o f c ard b o a rd so
a s to m ake a sm all tr a y ; cover th e
L afitte, a colorful bu ccan eer, mod*
Ms stronghold on 0*lvest»>n Islnnd In
1771, sn d hurle»! mucli o f his pirate
tre a s u re on th e stm re* Jk e re. The
Island wns th en know n s i "Cam
peachy.”
Like th e plrnt«*« of th*
story books, he .iressed In a gr«*en uni
form and possessed a p o lite and easy
m anner.
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
P o tt Office K ep t B u ty
D uring ev sry hour of each dap
over n m illion and a h a lf letter* nr«
F ifte e n s ta te s h av e law s pfot#»*t-
C ockroaches will e at alm ost a n y m ailed, w hich m eans sh o u t flfl,000,00®
s r e handled dally hy th e Post Ofllc«
tng n a tiv e w ild flowers.
th in g Including o th er cockroaches.
Ita ly ex p o rta th ree -fo u rth * o f th e
R eady m ixed co ncrete I* being sold dope 1 1ment h«-lween one sunset nnd
autom obiles It m anufacture*.
by firm a In som e In d u strial center*. th e next. In ad dition to p a rce ls a n d
B ritish fo»Kl e x p e rts say C leo p atra
T h e o ra n g e tre e bear* fru it and olh«»r plio e* o f mall.
a le onions and used g a rlic and o th e r flowers a t the sam e tim e.
highly *<*ente<l In g red ie n ts In her f»>od.
The Return
A m erican toys a re becom ing popnlnr
A rtificial silk liber la m ore re g u In A u stralia
(h a il RulTerer (as T ow ser chew s hl»
la r th a n fiber m ade by sllkw orm e.
T he Island of FIJI asse rt* Hint It sore fo*»t)- U real w hllllklns, I'm II»
T h e common brow n ra t h a s sp re a d la th e m ost h ealth fu l spot In th e ago n y ; th a t pain has come Mich w orse
to p ic s .
until It n»w Infest* every sta te .
th an ever.— P urls Ulr*.