SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
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1—Jobless cripple» marching to the New York city hull to demand employment 2—View of the coliseum
on the fair ground» nt Springfield, III., where the "grnsa roots" Republican conference of the Middle West wan
held. 8—Leonard P. Steuart of Washington, the new Imperial potentate of the Shrlners.
Honor Men of the Armed Services
Midshipman L. L. Shock, Jr. (left), was the top honor man of the
graduating class at the United States Naval academy at Annapolis; and
Cadet John D. Brlstor of Passaic, N. J. (right), headed this year’s gradu
ating class at West Point. President Roosevelt made an address at the
graduating ceremonies.
He Has Made a Real Pig of Himself
Twenty Children in 21 Years Is Her Record
Spalding Bradbury, largest pig In the recent Royal Agricultural
show at Sydney, Australia, evidently has spent bls life in effort to in
crease his size. He 1» seven feet long, a veritable porcine Camera.
If the stork hndn’t skipped her In 1910. Mrs. Pauline Cole of White Marsh, Md., would have had a child for
every one of the 21 years she has been married. She has 20 children and they came one at a time, and she
Is not yet thirty-eight years old. Here, at the right of the line. Is Mrs. Cole with some of her progeny.
Children of “Pioneers” Already Play Baseball
One First Lady Greets Another
No sooner had their pioneering fathers and mothers erected the tent city of Palmer In Alaska when the
children of the group laid out a diamond and began to play baseball, the introduction of the sport to the fertile
Matanuska valley.
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Raindeer Long Domesticated
Mothers-in-Law Muzzled
Plant Life in Animals’ Hair
The reindeer has long been do
mesticated In Scandinavia, especial
ly among the Laplanders, nnd In
northern Asia, for Its flesh, milk,
and hide and for ubo ns a drnft anl
rnal. In Knmchntkn It also serves a»
a saddle and pack nnlmnl. It some
times attains a speed of ten miles
an hour.
Four words a day Is the total
speech legally allowed a mother-in-
law In Budapest when living In her
son-in-law's house. This, says Stray
Stories Magazine, entitles her to
say "Good morning" and “Good
night” at the appropriate times.
For the rest she may speak only
when spoken to.
Rarely If ever do the various
kinds of plant life that thrive In
the balr of animals serve their host.
One exception, however, Is a green
alga which Ilves In the cracks of
the hair of the sloth and gives this
tree-hanging mammal a mantle of
invisibility that protects It from en
emles.—Collier’s Weekly.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Is here seen welcoming to Washington
Mme. Albert Lebrun, wife of the president of France. The distinguished
visitor was a guest at the White House.