The Gate city journal., January 23, 1920, Image 7

THE GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
T o M eet
Miss Dale
By JANE DREW
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H i t . by M c C lu rb N a w g p t p e r S y n d i c a t e .)
"Y ou'll never know h e r by sig h t by
ju s t th a t d escrip tio n ,” said Stove P ow ­
ers, digging diligently into the sp a g h e t­
ti k e ttle w ith a chain dish cloth. “R o t­
te n sham e, th e way y o u r re la tiv e s laud
th e se little jokes on you, anyhow .
D on't th ey know you’re keeping b a c h ­
e lo r's hall h e re w ith m e?”
“ She w o n 't com e here. I’m only to
m eet h e r a t th e tra in and tro t h e r over
to th e L ong Island term in al. M other
sa y s sh e ’s blonde and w e ars a blue
se rg e su it w ith a w hite silk w aist and
w hite h a t.”
"T h e re 'll he b.OOO girls d re sse d ju s t
lik e th a t, Tom m y, you poor Ash, S a tu r­
day a fte rn o o n in th e G ran d C en tral. I
su p p o se she h a s a fu ll d e sc rip tio n of
you, too— slender, d istin g u ish e d youth
w ith d a rk blue serge suit, brow n low-
c u ts, re ddish hair, blue eyes, affable
¡m anner."
“ S h u t up," grow led Toni. "P e rh a p s
you'd like to m eet h e r yourself. No-
body'd ev er tru s t you to ta k e a young
person u n d e r your w ing and lund h e r
sa fely in th e bosom of h e r fam ily.”
“Y et I shall go w ith you, Tom m y, to
see th a t you behave,” P o w ers w arned
cheerfully. “ H ave 1 e v er d e se rte d you
hi any eimnateiicy? No, sir. B ro th e r
to b ro th er, through th ic k and th in , I
w ill s ta n d a t a safe d ista n c e w hile you
m eet h e r.”
X lifrefore, prom ptly a t th re e m in ­
u te s before two, th e re w aited a t the
low er level gate tw o a n x io u s young
m en, w atch in g fo r M iss V irginia D ale,
fro m T uekahoe, N. Y. B u t one a fte r
a n o th e r th e a rriv in g p a sse n g ers d is­
persed a n d th e re w as no young blonde
person clad in blue serg e w ith a w h ite
h a t o r w h ite silk w aist.
"D id w e m iss h e r? ” a sk e d Tom a n x ­
iously. “If you'd sh u t up and not get
m e all ra ttle d , Steve, I ’d h ave been
su re .”
B ut P o w ers failed to respond be­
cause he had been accosted by u young
person. C ertain ly she w a s n o t th e one
expected. All in pink sh e w as, sh o rt,
ruffly p ink sk irts above w h ite sto c k ­
ings and black p a te n t le a th e r slippers.
H e r brow n h a ir w as b ra id e d in pig­
ta ils w ith big, bunchy p ink bow s hiding
h e r e a rs and she h a d b lu e eyes.
“I suppose you’re e x p ec tin g V ir­
ginia." she said, in th e frie n d lie st fa s h ­
ion («ossltile. “ W ell, sh e couldn’t come.
S h e 's gone to be bridesm aid up a t
E la in e F a rre ll’s w edding, b ecau se
Anne got sick and couldn’t. You a re
th e rig h t ones, a re n ’t you? W hich Is
M o r a y ? I’ve h e ard y o u r m o th e r and
vour g ra n d m o th e r ta lk so m uch about
you. 1 guess I ju s t know ev ery th in g
t h a t ’s ev er hap p en ed to you ev er since
you w ere born.”
"H ow did you know ab o u t m e?"
asked Steve, w istfully. “ You’re lea v ­
ing me ou t.”
“ W elt,” she rep lied a s betw een th em
she trip p e d to th e ta x i, "V irginia
w as tellin g ab o u t you. S he say s she
knew y o u r big b ro th e r w hen h e w ent
to the Ju s s s n d M ilita ry school up
w here we live. T h a t’s a b o u t five y e ars
Ago.”
“H e’s my younger b ro th e r," said
S teve gravely. “I'm tw enty-five.”
“ R eally? You d o n ’t look it. Vir-
g ln a's nineteen. I ’m th irte e n . I'm ta ll
fo r my age, d o n ’t you th in k so? E v ery ­
body ta k e s m e for fifteen. I d id n 't tell
you my nam e, did I? G u e ss !”
"G w endolen,” said T om hopefully.
“ Agnes, E vangeline, B eatrice, B a rb a ra ,
C o n sta n ce .”
•'< ill, d ear, no. I t ’s ju s t B e tty ,” she
c h u ck led . “ Is th is o u r ta x i? "
It w as, Steve th o u g h t w ith relief. All
th e w ay to the P e n n sy lv a n ia sh e kept
u p a ru n n in g fire of q u estio n s, and
finally m ad e them p ro m ise on h e r w ay
hom e they w ould m eet h er, a n d give
h e r a sp a g h e tti dinner.
"R ig h t up in y o u r m ost special, se ­
c re t p lac e,” she urged, la s t of ell.
*'Goud-by. I ’ll tell V irginia how nice
you w ere. She'll w a n t to know w hich
Is th e nicer, b u t I don’t know m yself.
G ood-by.”
“T h e little flirt,” gasped Tom . “ Is
th e re a n y th in g sh e m issed ?”
“ I'm engaged," a n sw e re d S teve sol­
em nly. " I’ve got h e r sliv e r pencil to
m end a n d a sn a p sh o t o f her, a n d sb e's
going to send m e a box of w a ln u t fudge
every S a tu rd ay . I th in k sh e ’s a honey.
Y ou can keep your lo fty , golden-haired
V irg in ia s.”
l e t t e r s cam e from B e tty every o th e r
day. all to Sieve. L ik ew ise th e box of
fu d g e
And he a n sw e red all loyally
a n d se n t hack huge boxes of m a rs h ­
m a llo w c rea m s and T u rk ish p a s te tied
la p ink sa tin ribbon. A lso he se n t out
hi* fold in g kodak th a t h a d seen se rv ­
ice a b ro a d , a n d Tarious o th e r things.
“I w a n t to.” he said, in a n sw e r to
T om 's teasin g . “I n e v e r h a d a kid sis­
te r, and sh e's a honey. I t ta k e s my
m ind off my tro u b les. L et m e alone.”
T hen cam e a sudden v isit front Ted.
th e r o o t e r b ro th er. C e rta in ly he knew
th e D ale fam ily up a t T uekahoe, he
told them , w hile S tev e listened, wide-
eyed V irginia w as th e finest girl e v er
happened
“ I lik e h e r Bister.” said S teve
th o u g h tfu lly .
“ She h a sn 't any s is te r,” T ed re to rte d
flatly.
“ N sm ed B e tty ? ”
“ No Be»1ie*. V irg in ia 's th e one and
o a ly .”
“ B le n d e ? ' q u e rie d Tom eaghrly.
“ No. B row n h a ire d . D im ples, blue
eyes, little bit o f a girl.''
T h e w e sta re d a t each o th er, a n d
l a i n g-tnned aggressively. B ut Sieve
w as a sh ad e p a le r and th e re wa* a de­
term in ed look In h 'a eyes. H e had a
d a te on Long Island, It a p p ea red , an
Im m ediate oue. Tom called to him as
lie left them to tuke o u t som e T u rk ish
p a ste w ith him and a k id d ie c a r for
luck.
And w hen he faced h e r in the cool
living room ut tier chum 's house not
one b it did V irginia back dow n from
h e r sta n d , only in h e r blue linen dress
she looked fully eighteen, and only h e r
eyes and dim ples gave h e r aw ay.
“ I ju s t did It for a joke, a n d because
Molly, y o u r siste r, said I never could
p u t it over. W e w ent to school to ­
gether. And a t com m encem ent last
week you d id n ’t come up, you know,
and I'd liked y o u r p ic tu re so m uch, and
I did w ant to see you so Molly a n d I a r ­
ranged it w ith T om m y’s m other. She's
a dear, and well. It did w o rk o u t, d id n ’t
It?”
“I suppose Molly told you a lot of
stuff ab o u t m e?”
“ No,” honestly m eeting hi* eyes,
“only th a t you’d been 'o v er th e re ' so
long th a t you needed so m e o n e to cheer
you up and m ake you ta k e an in te re s t
In life. Did—d id you like th e fu d g e?”
“L oved It,” he an sw ered , e arn e stly .
“ W e il have sp a g h e tti to n ig h t, If you
like, a n d supply even a ch ap ero n If
you’ll com e up.”
B ut she shook h e r head.
“I c an ’t, b u t— b u t you know th e way
out now, d o n 't you? You m ight give
m e hack my pencil now and th e s n a p
sh o t.”
S teve sm iled.
“M aybe you th in k I don’t know w hen
I’m e ngaged.” he an sw ered . "T h e re 's
no com eback. You’re going to m ake
good on ull th a t B etty prom ised m e.”
FIND
LONG-BURIED
NIAGARA
Canadian Engineers Unearth Site of
Falls Once as Great as Those
of the Present.
A dead a n d buried N iagara, Its th u n ­
d ers sillied fo r counties* ages, onen
p e rh ap s a s g re at In h eig h t and vol­
um e o f w a te r a s th e p re se n t falls, has
been u n e arth ed by ex ca v atio n s m ade
In tlie co u rse of th e new W elland ship
canal n e a r T horold
in
so u th ern
O ntario,
No m em ories of th is lost N iagara
linger even in a b o rig in al trad itio n .
W hen It ex isted o r w hen It ceased to
exist h a s not even been conjectured.
It m ay have been th u n d erin g in p ri­
m eval so litu d es before th e age of m an.
T lie m astodon and th e p tero d a cty l
m ay h a v e p a stu re d upon its brink.
G iant-w inged liz a rd s m ay h ave sailed
above its clouds of rainbow vapors.
Tlie en g in e ers who p a rtly uncovered
it believe it w as th e original N iagara
m ark in g th e co u rse of a paleolithic
riv e r th a t connected L nke E rie and
L ak e O ntario. Some m ighty p re h is­
to ric catacly sm , it Is supposed, di­
v e rte d th e co u rse of th e stre a m and
hurled th e fa lls and th e old riv e r bed
level w ith th e su rro u n d in g country.
“C a n a d a 's g re a te s t a sse t today is its
land,” said one of the canal engineers.
“It is the ’b re a d b a sk e t’ of th e em pire.
Its g re a te s t developm ent In th e next
few y e a rs will com e from th e se ttle rs
sw arm in g In to m ake hom es on its
v a st u n c u ltiv ated a rea s. B u t If th is
a n c ie n t so u rce of w a te r pow er had re-
m ajned in ex iste n ce a n d w holly on
C an ad ian soil, it m ight h av e advanced
Ihe clock o f C a n a a n 's In d u strial des­
tin y a c e n tu ry o r so. C anada then
w ould not h ave to sh a re Its w ealth-
p roducing energy w ith th e U nited
S ta te s a n d th e nation m ig h t be today
one of th e g re a t m a n u fa c tu rin g c en ­
te r s o f th e w orld, w hich th e develop­
m ent of Its o th e r w onderful w a te r­
pow er re so u rce s eventually will m ake
it.”
T h e edge of th e c a ta ra c t so fa r u n ­
covered begins a t th e e a s te rn ab u t­
m ent of th e N iag ara, St. C ath erin es
and T o ro n to ra ilw a y ’s new bridge
n e a r T horold Hnd e x te n d s in a south­
w esterly d irectio n for 400 f e e t The
ledge co n tin u es u n d e r th e e a rth for an
unknow n d ista n c e beyond th e poiut at
w hich th e e x ca v atio n ends.
W lm t is supposed to h ave been the
first fall Is In th e form of step s, w ith
a to ta l d rop of 25 feet. Relow It th e
excavation 1ms revealed a precipice,
b u t to w h at d e p th th is wall of p erpen­
d icu la r rock sin k s into th e earth' has
not y e t been determ in ed . T h is ledge
Is believed to m ark th e m ain plunge
of th e a n c ie n t c a ta ra c t.
T h e e a s te rn a b u tm e n t o f th e ra il­
w ay b rid g e h a s been b u ilt on Ihe edge
of the ste p s down w hich th e old rive*
once sh o t In foam ing cascade*. T he
c en tra l a b u tm e n t, 75 fe et aw ay, w ent
to a depth of 75 fe e t be fo re strik in g ,
rock. T h is rock sloped a t a sh a rp a n ­
gle and ev id en tly hnd been w orn
sm ooth by th e ru sh of to rre n ts through
u n num bered years.
T he g rave of th is h urled N ia g ara Is
h a lf a m ile from Ihe e sc arp m en t of
th e p re se n t C an ad ian falls. A deep,
canyonlike valley, th ro u g h w hich the
ship can al p a sse s w here E ight-M ile
creek once m eandered on Its way to
L ake O n tario , la believed to h ave been
th e bed o f th e p re h isto ric riv e r which
fu rn ish e d th e w a te rs of the g ian t falla
th e ir o u tle t to th e sea.
To Vignette a Photograph.
A sim ple w ay to obtain a vignette
effect, w ith o u t a m ask m ade fo r th e
purpose, 1* a s fo llo w * : E xpose the
p a p e r a s usual, w et It In clean w ater,
and flatten a g a in st a piece of glass,
w ith coated side out. T o u ch the fin­
g ers In th e developing solution and
orently ru b th e p a p er In Ihe center.
As th e form o f th e p ic tu re loom s up.
th e fingers should follow th e o utlines
of th a t p a r t w hich Is desired to show
up
T h e fa c t th a t th e p a p e r 1* w et
Will m ake th e edges o f th e developed
field diffuse.
W hen fully developed
a s d esired , w ash In w a te r and p u t in
th e hypo b a th .— P o p u la r M echanics
M agazine.
No Room Abroad
for Sightseers
Admonition to Americans Who
Contemplate Touring the
Battlefields.
LONDON EVEN NOW CROWDED
Those Who Think
vised to Be Sure
fore Starting—
Planning to
of Going Are Ad­
of Quarters Be­
2,000,000 Are
Make Trip .
New Y ork.—A m erican s w ho c ontem ­
p la te v isitin g th e b a ttlefield s in E u ­
rope n e x t sp riu g o r su m m er will be
well a dvised to se c u re th e ir h otel ac­
com m odation w ell In a d v an c e o r to
p ostpone th e ir Journey u n til conditions
a re m ore fa v o ra b le. P e rc y S. B ullen,
tre a s u re r o f th e A ssociation of F o r­
eign I're a s R e p re s e n ta tiv e s in th e U ni­
te d S ta te s, who h a s ju s t re tu rn e d to
New York, sa y s th a t L ondon even now
can n o t find room fo r v isito rs a n d th a t
th e s ta te of a ffa irs w hen th e floodgates
of to u ris t Invasion a re a g ain open will
be a p p allin g u n less th e In tending
A m erican v isito rs a re fo re w a rn e d and
th e re fo re fo rea rm ed .
I t is e stim a te d th a t som e 2,000,000
p e rso n s—one fo r each m an se n t to
E u ro p e by th e U n ited S ta te s d u rin g
th e w a r— a re m ak in g p la n s fo r a
tra n s a tla n tic trip In th e n e x t tw o
y e ars. T h e ir c h ie f o b jec t is to see
th e h isto ric sp o ts w h e re th e A m erican
so ld iers fo u g h t— th e A rgonne fo rest,
C h a te au -T h ierry , St. M ihiel—a n d to
d e v o te such a p erio d to a v isit to E n g ­
la n d a s tim e a n d fu n d s will perm it.
Mr. Bullen has been all over the
w estern fro n t during the last few
weeks and he predicts nothing but
anger, irritatio n and despair as the
lot of any visitors who tru st to luck
to secure hotel accommodations.
No Steps Yet Taken.
T h e difficulty o f th e situ a tio n will
be realized w hen It is rem em bered
th a t th e u su al flow o f to u ris ts to
E u ro p e hns been com pletely su sp en d ­
ed (luring th e w a r a n d th a t only th o se
am ong the w e a lth ie st w ill h ave th e
first ch an ce o f se c u rin g hotel accom ­
m odation w hen th e b a rs a g a in st to u r­
ist tra v e l shall h a v e been rem oved.
Bo f a r no ste p s w h a tso e v e r h ave
been tak e n a b ro a d to m ee t an u n u su a l
Influx o f v isito rs. M r. B ullen w as so
im p ressed w ith th e difficulty th r e a t­
ened In L ondon th a t h e p re p a re d a
m em orandum on th e su b je ct, w hich he
h nbm itted a t a re c e n t m eetin g of th e
R oyal C olonial In s titu te In L oudon. In
th e d isc u ssio n w hich ensued It w as
p roposed th a t ste p s be ta k e n fo r th e
fo rm atio n in L ondon of a n a tio n a l
co m m ittee of re ce p tio n . As a n u cleu s
o f th e o rg a n iz atio n It w a s proposed
th a t re p re s e n ta tiv e s of th e vario u s
A nglo-A m erican socltthies should m eet,
w ith p o w er to a d d to th e ir n um ber
v a rio u s re p re s e n ta tiv e s w hose e x p eri­
ence w ould be u se fu l in solving th e
Broadway's Latest
Is Rag Doll on Arm
New Y ork.— W ith a rag doll, j
12 iuchcs long, d a ngling to a !
ribbon from h e r a rm , Mrs. Carl
Lauil), P h iladelphia, w ife of
L ie u ten a n t Lam b, 0 . S. N„ c re ­
a te d a sm all-sized sen satio n on
B roadw ay recently.
T h e doll,
“P a tsy D ooley” by nanus w as
b rought along, said M rs Laud»,
“to keep me com pany." She is
going to C hina soon, she said,
and w ill ta k e “T h o m as Squeel-
Ix,” a b ro th e r to “ P a tsy ,” along
w ith her.
problem now p re sen te d . Sucli p ersons
w ould include m em bers of th e A m eri­
can C ham ber of C om m erce in London
a n d o th e r A m ericans, b esides leading
B ritish e rs.
Plan Suggested.
T h e first e sse n tia l s te p Is to mo
hillze anil list all a v a ila b le accom m o­
d a tio n provided by h o tels a n d board
ing houses, nud th en e n list th e a s s is t­
an ce of ev ery housel.oiiier w illing to i
«
place a room a t th e disposal of the 2
com m ittee of recep tio n . If th is plan
m a tu re s L ondon w ill keep in touch J battlefield s, m ain ly because Ypres.,
w ith New York on th e q u e stlo u of a c ­ D ixm ude and th e m uch b a tte re d coast
com m odations and people In th e U ni­ to w n s a re all w ithin easy ra n g e of
ted S ta te s will be a d v ised a s to th e O stend, B ru g es a n d G hent. Of all the
b est tim e to trav e l a n d th e c h an ces of b a ttlefield s visited, Mr. B ullen de­
sec u rin g accom m odation a t re aso n a b le c la re s Y p res is th e “m o st d e v a sta te d ,”
ra te s. At th e tim e Mr. B ullen le ft Liv­ but, w ith Its m em ories o f heroic fight­
erpool n o th in g a ctu ally hnd been done ing e x te n d in g from Y pres down the
except to call a tte n tio n to th e p rob­ M ennen a n d P oelcappelle roads, “ Is
lem and th e d issa tis fa c tio n w hich will b e a u tifu l in its ru in s.”
O stend Is
ensue If A m erican v isito rs to E ngland p ro b ab ly th e best c e n te r fb r autom o­
and F ra n c e next y e a r find them selves bile p a rtie s , a n d th e b u rg o m aste r of
a b so lu tely stra n d e d , a s is th re a te n e d .
O sten d Is one o f the few m en p re p a r­
B elgium is a p p a re n tly w ell ab le to ing to deal w ith a n unexam pled do-
ta k e cure of v isito rs to th e B elgian m aud fo r hotel accom m odations.
Communists in
Big German Plot
Seized Documents Disclose Plans
Are Projected for Organ­
ized Murder.
NEW TACTICS ARE ADOPTED
Agitators Are Fattening on Proletari­
an Funds, Some of Which Ema­
nate Directly From Bolshevik
Russia— Plots Disclosed.
B erlin.—C o m m u n ists o f a dan g ero u s
ty p e a re a fo o t In G erm any.
T h e ir
(dots fo r th e w in te r a re com ing to
light. T hese range from m ild dem ­
o n stra tio n s to o rganized m u rd er. And,
w hile lea d ers a re innocently declarin g
th a t th e in te n tio n s of b oth Independ­
e n t so c ialists and com m unists a re
peaceful, th e go v ern m en t is co n stan tly
ro unding u p docum ents proving th a t a t
le a st am ong c e rta in groups of com ­
m u n ists th e re ex ist p la n s o f the blood­
iest n a tu re .
G overnm ent d isc lo su res leave little
room fo r d o u b t th a t som e of th e w ilder
S p irits nm ong th e S p a rta c a n s proposed
to form a m u rd erb u n d th a t w ould do
aw ay w ith p o litical opponents.
Dire Work Projected.
F o r in stan c e, M unich new spapers,
P ru s sia n
M in ister-P resid e n t
H irsch
and th e m ilita ry a re a u th o rity fo r re v ­
e la tio n s in th e closing days of S ep­
tem ber, show ing th a t, am ong o th e r
SUGAR SHORTAGE HITS THEM ALSO
things, th e S p a rta c ls ts p lanned the
fo llo w in g :
(a ) To do aw ay w ith a larg e num ­
b e r of officers and soldiers In M unich,
slnying them a s th ey s l e p t ; (b) th a t a
gro u p o f re d s from M unich proposed
to b la c k list a n u m b er of pro m in en t of­
ficials, d ra w lots, anil th en “p u t a w ay ”
th e c o n d e m n e d ; (c) th a t, p a rtic u la rly
lu M unich, p lan s w ere afo o t for c rea ­
tion of red “ shock tro o p s,” to use
a g a in st th e re g u la r m ilita ry —p a rtic ­
u larly a g a in st m o n arc h ist o fficers; (d)
th a t, In enses of d e m o n stra tio n s, wom­
en a n d c hildren w ere to be p u t In the
fo re ra n k s to sh ield th e cow ards be­
hind from th e m achine guns of th s
go v ern m en t tro o p s; (e) th a t th e com­
m u n ist governm ent should ally Itself
w ith th e a n a rc h ist-sy n d ic a list groups.
All evidence a t h an d In the la s t few
w eeks h a s show n q u ite conclusively
th a t th e S p a rta c ls ts a n d th e Independ­
e n ts w ere en d eav o rin g to pro v e con­
clusively to G erm any a n d to th e world
th a t th ey had m o d erated . C ertain ly ,
In general, th ey ad o p ted a new course
of ta c tic s from th a t p u rsu e d la s t w in­
te r a n d spring, w hen rio tin g a n d blood­
shed w ere th e o rd e r o f th e day. T h eir
new course a p p ea red to co n sist In fo­
m en ta tio n of s trik e s nntl o th er In tern ­
al tro u b le s w ith a view to e m b a rra s s­
ing th e governm ent and h a n q ie rln g the
n a tio n a l life th a t th e e x istin g regim e
w ould be ov erth ro w n . Now, how ever,
the evidence o f th e governm ent con­
tain e d In docum ents seized from Im­
prisoned S p a rta c ls ts show s th a t w h e re ­
a s sa b o tag e a n d k indred w eapons
w ere probably favored by th e bulk of
th e com m unists, th e re w as a n o th e r
group th a t believed In “d ire c t a c tio n ”
of th e w o rst sort.
T he m u rd er o f G overnm ent In sp e cto r
B lau In A ugust led th e governm ent to
probe even m ore deeply th an before
Into th e se c re t w orkings of th e com ­
m unist group.
Many Arrests Made.
T h is general Investig atio n led to a
num ber of a rre s ts . Including th e haul
a t H alle, w herein a b o u t a dozen of very
rad ical strip e w ere c ap tu red . It also
proved to th e go v ern m en t’s s a tis fa c ­
tion th a t B lau w as killed by reds.
M unich c o n tin u e s to be a fru itfu l
source of com m unist a g ita tio n . Moms
of th e re d d e st of th e red s h ave th e ir
h e a d q u a rte rs th ere . F ro m th ese head­
q u a rte rs Issue se c re t o rd e rs w hich ev­
ery now and th en fa ll in to g overnm ent
hands a n d prove th a t not only a re
th ese a g ita to rs w illing to harm , and
even h a lt, the n a tio n a l In d u strial life,
but have no really sin c ere de sire to
benefit th e lab o rin g man.
Instead, It hns been show n, th e agl-
ta to rs a re fa tte n in g on p ro le ta ria n
funds, som e o f w hich e m a n a te d irec tly
E ven th e tre a s u ry d e p a rtm e n t's sto re In W ashington, w here tre a su ry from bolshevik R ussia and other* of
em ployees can buy a lm o st ev ery th in g from ed ib les to auto m o b ile tire s. Is which a re collected from th e “b re th ­
a d v e rtisin g its lack o f su g a r. T h is sto re hns 17,000 possible c u sto m ers and re n ” In G erm any, A u stria and C iecho-
Slovakia.
helps m a te ria lly in c u ttin g down th e cost of living.
DEER BEG FOR FOOD
Invade Houses in Yellowstone in
Search of Grub.
Animals So Tamed by U. S Protection
They Follow People
Around.
D enver.— D eer, w hich invade k itc h ­
en* o f houses In se a rc h of food, and
b e g g a r b e ars, w hich w aylay a u to m o ­
b ile to u ris ts and p e d e s tria n s along the
road*, a re e x am p les o f th e e x te n t to
w hich th e p ro te c tio n fu rn ish e d by th e
go v ern m en t to th e w ild gam e w ithin
th e b o u n d a rie s o f th e v a rio u s n a tio n a l
p a rk s ha* tam ed th e an im als, acc o rd ­
in g to H o ra ce M. A lb rig h t su p e rin ­
te n d e n t of Y ellow stone N atio n al park,
and a s s is ta n t to 8 tep h e n M. M ather.
Ilre c to r o f n a tio n a l p a r ts , w ho cam e
to D enver re c e n tly to a tte n d th e m eet-
ng of n a rk officials.
"O ne night sh o rtly b e fo re I l e f t t
w ent to a d an ce,” said Mr. A lbright.
“I took hom e a p itc h e r o f c id e r a n d a
p la te of dou g h n u ts. W hen I reached
th e house I placed them on a back
¡ste p , w hile I unlocked th e door. A
| noise behind m e cau sed m e to look
I aro u n d a n d th e re w a s a big m ule d eer
I w ith h is nose b u rled In th e p itc h e r of
elder. H e follow ed me in to th e house
for one o f th e dou g h n u ts, and when
T gave It to him . h e tro tte d off."
It Is no u n u su al sight, declared Al­
b rig h t, to see d e er e n te rin g and leav ­
ing a house In Y ellow stone.
Sm all
c hildren feed them from th e ir hands,
and b e g g ar b e ars, he declared, have
com e to be one o f th e biggest a tt r a c ­
tio n s o f th e p ark .
“T h ey w a it b eside th e road u n til an
a u to or p a rty o f p e d e s tria n s ap p ro ach ,
and th en get u p on th e ir hind leg* and
extend th e ir fro n t paw s fo r c o n trib u ­
tio n s." A lb rig h t *ald.
T h e tam e n ess of th e a n im a ls h a s It*
d ra w b ac k s a s well, because It m akes
them easy fo r pot h u n te rs If they hap-
' pen to stra y beyond th e p a rk boun­
daries.
Woman Dog Catcher.
D enver, Colo.— “T h e only worn** dog
c a tc h e r In th e w orld" la th e title ap-
| piled to Mrs. L au ra D ietrich, deputy
pound m istre ss a t th e dog pound here.
Mrs. D ietrich Is highly efficient In the
unusual role, acco rd in g to W illiam O.
Fox, su p e rin te n d en t, who declared
th a t he had m lsgtvlngs a t first a s to
th e ad v isab ility of se c u rin g a w om an
for th e position, as he th o u g h t It would
| be too difficult.
“H ow ever, I soon
discovered th a t dogs re sist a wom an
m uch less th an a m an,” he said. "T hey
a re h andled by Mrs. D ietrich w ith
m uch less tro u b le th a n by a m an.”
Paarla In Oyster*.
B eloit WIs.— F o rre st W ilson bought
a q u a rt of o y ste rs for 50 cent*. W hen
e a tin g tbein he bit on som ething h a rd
and found It to b e a pearl. A few
second* la te r hia son had a sim ila r ex­
perience. T h e atones had not been
cooked enough to harm them . T hu
larg e st one Is w orth $50 and th e sm all­
e r $10, m aking $60 In tw o bites.
STOCK LISTED BY COUNTIES
Most Desirable for Communities to
Concentrate on Production of
Few Breeds.
( P re p a r e d
by th e U n ite d S ta te s D e p a r t­
m e n t o f A g ric u ltu re .)
In th e n ation-w ide cam paign to >ro-
m ote th e general use of p u re b re d sire s
anil b e tte r live stock, th e U nited S ta te s
d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re w ill keep
records of th e a g ric u ltu ra l c o u n tie s
according to the b re ed s of live stock
w hich p red o m in ate In them . P ra c ti­
cal experience h a s d e m o n stra ted th e
d e sira b ility of com m ittees c o n c e n tra t­
ing on the production of only a few
b reed s and ty p es of th e differen t
c lasses o f live stock. Such m anage­
m ent not only e n ab les th e Individual
fa rm e rs to aid each o th e r In Im prov­
ing and u p g ra d in g th e ir stock, b u t also
g ain s fo r th e co m m unities w ide re p u ta ­
tions a s c en ters fo r c erta in breeds.
T h e ra isin g of sev eral d o m in a n t breeds
In a n y com m unity m akes th a t locality
th e m ecca fo r p ro sp ectiv e p u rc h a se rs
w ho a re desiro u s o f buying an im a ls
o f th o se breeds, and also m akes It
possible fo r b u y e rs to o b tain stock In
larg e q u a n titie s.
F o r th e serv ice of p erso n s In tere sted
In exam ining or selecting live stock,
th e d e p a rtm e n t will keep a reco rd of
th e dom in an t b reed s and v a rie tie s of
th e d iffere n t k in d s of live sto ck in
each county w h ere such Inform ation Is
o b tain e d from a c c u ra te and dep en d ­
ab le sources.
P e n d in g fu tu re devel­
opm ents In th is w ork, a breed o r va­
rie ty will be considered d om lnnnt if
100 o r m ore good p u re b re d sire s of
th a t breed or v a rie ty n re ow ned and
used fo r b re ed in g In a county.
S ources of In fo rm atio n concerning
th e se fa rm a n im a ls will Include coun­
ty ag en ts, officials of s ta te a g ric u ltu ra l
colleges, and re p re se n ta tiv e s o f s ta te
b o a rd s of c g ric u ltu re .
T h e d e p a rt­
m en t re q u e sts th a t s ta te a n d county
live stock a sso c iatio n s tra n s m it fig­
u re s and all d a ta av ailab le on th e
p u re b re d sire s of th e ir region to th e ir
locnl county a g en t o r th e s ta te a g ri­
c u ltu ra l college. T h is m nterlnl should
Include a sta te m e n t of th e n um ber of
p u re b re d sire s In th e county, to g e th e r
w ith th e d a te w hen the In fo rm atio n
w as g a th e red . In itia tiv e In co llecting
and re p o rtin g th ese d a ta re s ts e n tire ­
ly w ith th e com ity nml s ta te officials.
In fo rm atio n g a th e red In th is w ay
by th e d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re w ill
be a v ailab le to th e public. T h u s per-
Only Good Purebred Bulls of Known
Breeding Value Should Be Used In
Upgrading Their Stock.
sons w ishing to p u rc h a se a n y kind of
live stock m ay a sc e rta in re ad ily w h at
c o u n tie s In th e U nited S ta te s, accord­
ing to th e records, h ave p u re b re d sire s
of th e v a rio u s b re ed s In w hich th ey
a re In terested .
N a tu ra lly w h ere a s
m any ns 100 p u re b re d sire s a re used
In a com m unity, th e se herd h e a d e rs
will sta m p th e ir q u a lity to a c o n sid er­
a b le e x te n t on th e live stock of th a t
county anil lead to the p ro d u c tio n o f
m any d e sirab le g ra d e fem ales, a s w ell
a s p u reb red stock o f both sexes. F u r­
therm o re, In c o u n tie s w here a c e rta in
breed Is considered dom lnnnt, even
though th e re a re less th an 100 p u re ­
bred sires, such fa cta should be r e ­
p o rted and will be kept a s su p p le m e n t­
a ry records.
FEEDING AVERAGE DAIRY COW
Certain Amount of Clover Hay, Com
Silage and Grain Requirad
for Winter Feed.
An a v era g e d a iry cow th a t Is c ap ab le
of p roducing 250 to 800 pou n d s of
b u tte rfa t a year, will re q u ire a to n of
clover hay, th re e to n s o f corn silage,
and aro u n d 1,500 pou n d s of g ra in for
h e r w in te r feed o r fo r th e tim e she la
fed Indoors. If th e h a y Is of first-class
qunllty and th e corn silage h a s con­
sid e ra b le com , th e hay m ay be In­
c reased a n d th e a m o u n t of g ra in d e ­
creased.
AID TO PERMANENT PASTURE
Ohio 8tatlon Official* Recommend Use
of Aleike and Blue Grato—
Manure le Big Help.
G ras* seed applied e arly In F e b ru ­
a r y o r M arch helps to e stab lish a per-
in an e n t p a stn re , and Ohio sta tio n offl.
d a i s recom m end th e use of a lslk e a n d
b lu e g rass, a s red clover does not
th riv e well w here tap-roofed p lan ts
w ill h e av e out In th e w inter.
T h e a p p lic atio n o f m a n u re Is of help
In e v e r/ In sta n ce In p ro d u c in g a good
grow th of p a stu re.