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o o o o MEDFOftD WATTJ TTNBT7N"E, MTDFCmD, 0171 Ti ON". srxn.W. .T.AT'aRY 27. 10J!). o O IJ3GE SIX o American Race Men to Turn OrCHIIf QUID Tfl Away From European Control lUUUL Ullll III Christmas Card from Below Equator E a !:uct sevt-rul times - la rut- und I crwitiiiK the Mount Ilupe ceine i tery. A Aiih-i.intial income from the kiIp of loth in Mount Hope is ex jtPi'ted for a' lea-t yem-H. Mure th.iit half of it, i;i acfi i:m'e with Mr. Whi'.iiiK' will, fiO!s to Wash- hum rillt-Kf. The ha la nee In shared c nially hy the y. M. i A. and the Y. W. t '. A. Mr. Whiting, a n;ui of Ver- rnont, was u ioiur KhushsJ far mer and miller. Ilia homestead, s:aked out near Fort Riley in 1R5C five years before Kansas was art mined to statehood, was the far th"'jt ivetern outpost of civlliza tioii in Kansas territory, fi re mained aeiive in huniness until hut death a few iiionthn uro at the UKe LEARN FATE OF LOST COLONISTS TO GET REVENUE ft r'lTBdifiPd ndvefininir (jeiq recuJtn 8 1 WT IK 'I f , V 1 1 S ft v American motor car raciny officials, who have decided to drop European racing specifications aner i.ju, nave been told by Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker that the principal need today is for a simple and cheap racing car tl at will bring about practical results for stock machines. The picture shows Captain Rickenbacker in his racer on the Indianapolis speedway in 1915. WASHINGTON, I). C M.iro thii n Jut If a hundred cliitit on W'niiik' ! Ihlatul have l en cut f "loin i h world for tw.. years. Uiijvi.i'M cuni-i in iKr their f;ic ha iIci-jm n'-.i Jut i.nxiuiihi wii ry M'l'rtuw- Hit- iVhi'in- i;t-irnr Si.tv rojiiil r ( in iii-iI with tin- ipoit that il i-ffuri to rr-iu-h th- Islurxl full-' The c'llmiislH, fidm whom nn Word h:is cr,iiH Hltli-e (hey vce tint jifhoie nit V'ruiiKl lii HUC. iu Imle.i, ;iir.rdliitf to ci-porif', fifty K-kinm lamilii'M urn) nix lussiitiis. Tin' "IIihim tf TruKMly" "VliiilM-l'n IslilHl' It-roid nivfs i Utile t-i.i'(nji(iemcnl to Jtussia' hopey," sn.w it hul let lu from i he I ahliminii. I). ( '. heiiiitiart'is f j the N'iillonal tlftmmuhU- Wm-h'ty. i "Wi umt-i Ik tin- imui" of iiuu- I edy." ji . oiitluip .s. "I j.th sought ; nit lho.e who iliired to live on its1 of 1 .HIIOI i-H. ' "The Inland i 7H mlli l,m t,v f 2R itilh-H at its widest, mid lh-s Hmi inlh'M off the norih Hll.erian eoast. i It is 3Hi mileH north of thu An th-i Circle. ! "1'nptaiu ThomaH l.orij;, nn Arner-h-iin. win) flrnt dlMt-fvei m1 In imit the true extent fit the Inland, nam-' Ke,i.dlic:i,l of one of the most l!: i.-lu'iliK unusual and the m,"M inier-M! inu u-.nd ln-.-r fn.ni the epi.i-hal 'I i rif-i in :i n-li i; ...id; : veil l.vrd Aiil.'iirln- n oc.I i i .. in .in i raiM i.-' o mis .-'iison. i-.iiil Komi y I: l ir'tii: e. H.i u .i ii.in i in navigator ami iiov. lo .10 of o' J- ..itl. i-j ri.mie. Th. two .nfi.'il 'U 1 I 111' I. ; ill 1111' HI'' I I'l.-f l.ll-IMI.. II lllll.'ttl I (IL'fl IOM- .W.iciate.I id om(.tiiy, was tlie through tin ir rflitiial inti-r, -t ii, It"!on.i note 1'Je.s III" hest l.j-heM of tll- t out ..'-I.- l:u k' i . iiit-mlier TO i I ; K A . Kan. aj To help Vunhhurn eolh.'t,'e liv e after his ath. A. 1:. Whiting, one of il uste.-s for half a ev-ntuiy. he. eatlnd it .1 eetin-tery. The idea JiIOVlil.tiK the B.hool n income from the tle of hurittl t tame to him in a tlreuni years Kft. The eoh-Kp haK a IrtO-a.-re mpiiH and he proposed to other members of the hoard of trusteen ! hat the ".smith eiifhty,' a prairie it tin- time, he .set aside for he dead. The hoard rejected his pl.m. ho he enrrled it out alone hy ituyiiiK- I rei-ipimt. TO BE A SHRINE Jle needs no hron::e or stone me. in or la t, Vet Wi Iteejj his home a mkii to H ' Of OUi deep debt to him whose hi Kh desin. Found lusty Joy alorik' the eom inon way. HARTI'OHU. Conn. uVi liused. , perhaps, upon the foreKolnt; hrwH i written about Mark 'iwain. a pro- ! Ject Ik neariim realization to make the , fiimoiiH Amerleaii htimoi tHt'a home here u shrine to his memory. , An option on the home expires , Fehrunry I. Ily that date Mlsnj Kathertne Heymotir liny, n dest-en- j dant of Harriet Ifeerher stowe , nud head of the memorial commit- tee, hopes to have reeelvtd the j wum RHlted hy the present hwiuth nf the property. The flicure fixed under the option is SIMi.'mmi. and nn ndditlitmtl (I..immi 1m Initio HOtlght to meet repairs and provide futnishiiiKH ami malnti-nam e. Hf foi'tw to save the home as a shrine befmn nine years ao. ( .In thin raiiihlinK old structure, on FarminKton (iveiiue, Siiniuel I.. ' Clement, better known as .Mark : Twnln, lived until IKftl. 1 Hero ho wrote "Tom Hawyer." "Huckleberry Finn,'1 "Th I'rlnce and the Inuper" and other hooks. HIb close nelh'hhors included Har riet Jieecher Stowe, author of' "Undo Tom's Cabin." and Charles' Dudley Warner. Here nuih noted literary figures an William Dean' Howeiis. Hud yard KIplfnK. Thomas Itaih-y Aid rich. Hret 1 1 arte and others were Mark Twain's quests. Ah a Hhrine the Iioiim- would rc VtMil Twain'H eccenti h Ules. Ite Btored as the author himself ar rnnKcd it, the kitchen would face the street "that the servants mlKhl watch tho circus parade without having to run throuKli the house." Tho place where his billiard table and famous barrel of cIkhih stood would be indicated. Tho homestead has been called by Albert HIkcIow J'aine, bloma pher of tho humorist, thn "happy residence." Hut by those artlstle- nlly Inclined here It has often In always ciioe together, who would eM'ajie h.tiicini; (r yet attain. "Let iiM hi- tli.'inl fot ii,. t..,.i. Mm for them the n si of Us could i " ,inr"n "nKel, a ItUssian not succi i-d." ! ,Jtldoi'er. l-'nrty year.s earlier the H..-ides 1,'einn use, iix a hlllie 1,"'"n wd llUtlve reports of to the author, hte hom.- would , (h tslu"11' hUt 1 ' f"il'-'l set ve ux ., hrain h of the piihhi- Ii- : tlu,i "- I. rary and the hom- of luo . h,l- Slii ( ViIsIhnI hy Ice AianKimt n il ran inland to iKath Cjiii-c I nkiMtun si.it.- whether this was murder or l'l'I.l.i;i:T'N. Cal.. .Inn. !). suici.ii," the verdict read in addt- A cm-oner's jury r-tunied an open li..n L, de.-i.niuK death having vi rilict eoric-riiinK the death Jan- n due to a cut throat. uary Hi ,.f ), ,,( illM , M.-rz. as(-o. Wash., a nd I 'end let mi, t in-., rail- . 'I'1'" I'c-nt red ud ion in the road man. whose body was found price ir poxtae stamiis has result- by the Si,nla !.. railway tracks .-.I in a loss of M i;.iimO.(mki it.. ilea r he,,., "We j,vv unal.p. to p-..-t ot In-.- d..:nt no nt . dleil's flllhs. Ill I lit ye.-u'.s it has lii-i-n used as an a pa. t uii'iit ' house. Those in the loup sei kinu lo save the home are tlie IVicmis of Hartford, Inc. j A rKKSTON, Ui.tA) Will and Aiden .MeKe,. are convlncid thai "no one ever lost money on a healthy hojf." 'I'hey are so sure of It they advocate the statement's adoption ms it laiiii slonnn. When the brothers were only hoys they started ntlsiiiK hois on tin- "home place" itciir 'rest on. Now they aie nationally known as hi" lers of Hut 'in' .Jersey, whose . it tat Colonel and ( old en t learn ' were proclaimed World champion hoH, and whose herd Is one of the outstandluh' in the nation. Their pfk's have heell shipped to every state and to South America ami Africa. "Healthy Iioks can't lose money" the McKces insist, "because they produce pork efficiently nntl he. itself until January, mi l. wli 11 die Karl uk was crushed into kindling wood by tin ici'. Captain Ho In-it j A. H'irtlett 'ed he main body of i survivors 100 miles over the pack t Ice to Wrnnjret, With one com panion he then crossed to Siberia, brliiKlnB news of the disaster. A rescue ship reached Wraiu;e In Heptemher. Of L'5 nn hoard the Karluk, I I returned safely to civ ilization. "In HU I four men. wirh an l-Is-kimo seamstress, t leeled lo slay on WraiiKid Island. They found it to be the home of many foxes and polar bears which they shut for meat. .Seal and walrus frequented the shores and. In summer, la rue numbers of birds, ducks, jieese. terns, und snipe nested t here. Driftwood lined the beaches so the sojourners did not lack for fuel. Ititt the supply ."hip dispatched in Wramfel In, the second year failed to reach tile Island. Three of the men started for Siberia and were never heard of airain. On died of rcurvy; Ada Hlai kjack. the Kskl mo, was the only human helm; on Wratinel when the rescue ship ar rived. Confiscated fur Catch "Tile Teddy liear, that brought back Ada I Slack Jack, left Omrles Wells and l.'l Kskimos. They lived on Wi a Intel until a Ktissian ship took them off lu Utj-I and confisca ted their fur catch. Wells and two Kskhnos died In Siberia. " Wra nue I remained untenated until I !U (J when liussla estahllshed , cauve the swine and feed or uraln 1 .markets always are un it favorable 1 tlH lai'Ke and well-equipped colony level over a period of time." I which Is now a source of worry. I They condemn the breeder who t,f m? s'x Kltssians left there, three cares for his ho-s indifferent,. n(i are said to be men and two wm- ' suffers niotietaiy loss from Infec- 1 ''n- n, "f the latter is 11 nurse, ! Hons and diseases. j another a teacher. They were the fThe Mi'Kcif hm( hers favor the f'st white . women who I rted to exiainslon lu dairyliiK hul decline ! Hv" "n WrutiKel. -the hoir is the "nnirti;ae lifter." j "What Is their fate? Nobody 1 "It's a fine thiiiK for any farm knows. The silence of the Arctic . to have 11 few kooiI mil cows, for has swallowed the colonv. Two i tho cream checks will pay the urn- j years have passed. The Russian ' eery hills, buy k.-ikoUiic and tires ' rescue ship failed to Met throuuh ! for the automobile and etothlnu I the ice pack. The Arctic nlht j for (he family," they say. "Hut, has descended upon the colony. 1 when the farmer needs money to Question rows more Insistent dally ! pay luxes. Intercut, and land debts, what has happened to the W can ine looks over into the pl pen to j k- Island colony? : count noses." "The Island Itself has been .1 OltAND FORKS, U. I foot bull nf International politics. Jan. 'Jfi. , v.-i-vs. in.i..i. 1- ...1... 1...,. , ' " there, have rffni-fod lo on -th,. 01. .1... : , . . .. . . ' . i-anei " , " v ....Mf-- mii .in- provincial ponce ami tinve already UKly roof." The design of tho roof, however, did not prevent Twain from min ing such Kerns as: "Truth is the most valuable HiIiik we have. l,et uk economize It." Or "if the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill I won the first skirmish. Two pro Ivtnc'itl police ntficers reported lo I day that they were forced to flee I before an army of anRered and naked Doukhohors when they 1 sotUTht to arrest three ftf (heir memhers at a ranch near '-.ere. variously claimed in the name of Canada. the t'nlted Stales or Russia. 1 1 lies closest to Rus.hIiiu territory and the establishment of the Rus sian colony was an endeavor on the part o! the Soviet lo make :ood her ctaim." Classified advertising uets results. SEVERIN Battery Service Owing to large buying power, we are able to quote the following prices: 6-volt 11 plate Battery, 1 year guarantee. .55.75 6-volt 13 plate Battery, byear guarantee . .S7.50 6-volt 11 plate Battery, iyear guarantee. .$7.50 6-volt 13 plat Battery, 2 year guarantee. .S9.00 Don't forget when vou buy a Hut tery of us, who mako it. you will not. lie told, "V( will send it in and set" what will he done about it," hut prompt adjustment will he made hv us. 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