Nebraska Newspapers

    PROVIDE WORK
ON HIGHWAYS
Gov. Bryan Announce?
Plans to Be Carried Out
in Boyd County
Llnrcln, Neb— As a measure of as
listing the unemployed. Govcmoi
Bryan has announced plans for ad
ditional road work in a number o.‘
northeastern Nebraska counties. Ter
miles of road between Naper, ir
Boyd county, and the South Dako
ta line are to be graded at an es
timated cost of $7,000, and Is to bf
graveled later, the cost being esti
mated at $5,000
Grading between Lynch and Spen
ser, costing $3,000, also is to be done
The governor said the work prob
ably will be done through the coun
ty board, the plan including the ide;
that no one person is to be paic
more than $100, and hand labor If
contemplated.
Work in Holt county includes six
miles of clay surfacing on state
highway No. 13 from Amelia, the es
timated cost being $10,000. and 19
miles of grading and clay surfac
ing from Amelia to the Garfield
county line at an estimated cost of
$6,000.
Much of this latter section of road
Is sandy and difficult to travel In
dry weather and the original inten
tion was to mix hay with sand for
surfacing, but the hay crop was so
short that plan had to be abandoned
and It is expected that a six-ind
layer of clay will be used, to be grav
eled later.
YOUTHS TAKE LONG SWIM
IN MISSOURI RIVER
Omaha, Neb. — Three Omaha
youths swam the Missouri river
Sunday from the Blair bridge to
the Florence pumping station, a dis
tance of about 30 miles, in nine
hours, 35 minutes. Thrtr weariness
Monday morning surpassed descrip
tion. The three are George Foral
21 years old; Lowell Burt, 23, anc
George AUbaugh, 21. The two wht
have Jobs went to work Monday *u
usual.
It was a downstream trip, but ir
point of difficulties, an uphill climb
The south wind rolled waves in theii
faces. The water was so cold that
except for the aid of a coat ol
grease, occasional sprints across
sand bars, and the warmth of the
sand beaches where they stopped
several times, they could not have
stuck it out. Sand particles worked
into their grease coats, and when
they climbed out of the river each
was a fiery red from the action of
the water on the gritty mixture.
BELIEVE PROWLER IS
CAUSE HOUSE FIRE
Bloomfield, Neb.—A prowler who
invaded the farm home of John
Grothe, five miles northwest of
Bloomfield recently, is believed
to have started a tire whict
destroyed the residence. The Grothe.'
and their two children were in town
when the fire broke out. Firemen
from Bloomfield saved the other
buildings on the farm.
A neighbor reported that he saw
ft light in the Grothe home about
SO minutes before the fire broke
out and someone apparently mov
ing about, but thought at the time
it was some member of the family.
Authorities are seeking a prowl
er who in recent weeks has prowled
15 homes in Bloomfield and vicinity
LIGHTNING CAUSE OF
SEVERAL FARM FIRES
Fremont, Neb.—(Special)—During
the torrential rainstorm Monday
evening, several buildings in Dodge
county were destroyed by fire that
started from lightning bolts. The
large frame barn on the Adolph
Hagemann farm, seven miles south
west of Fremont, was burned. Calls
were sent to the Cedar Bluffs and
Fremont fire departments. The
farm residence of J. M. Row, west
of Hooper and a large barn on the
Emil Custafson farm in the same
vicinity were burned. The Hooper
lire department which was called to
the scene, devoted attention to
saving other buildings.
CATCHES TWO FISH ON
HOOK AT ONE TIME
Elmwood, Neb.—From the Ups of
a famous novelist comes this fish
story.
The spinner of the tale Is Mrs
Bess Streeter Aldrich, of Elmwood,
noted woman writer. The scene is
one of the 10,000 lakes in the
Minnesota fishing area and the
characters are Mrs. Aldrich, a four
pound pickerel and a three-pound
bass.
The bass and the pickerel, Mrs
Aldrich relates, were caught on the
same trolling hook. Both, she says,
must have struck the bait at the
same instant as she felt but one
strike.
WINNEBAGO NEWSPAPER
HAS NEW OWNER
Homer, Neb.—(Special)—H. N.
Wagner has sold the Winnebago
Chieftain to L. R. Steimer, of
Academy, S. D. Mr. Wagner also is
owner and publisher of the Horner
Star, which he has edited for the
last 19 years. He purchased the
Chieftain last December. The hew
owner of the Chieftain took posses
sion Immediately.
CONSIDERS CHARGES
AGAINST INSURANCE MAN
Lincoln, Neb — Insurance Oom
misaoner Her dm an has taken wil
der advisement the case of J. G.
Widhelm, insuranca agent of Fre
mont, w ho is charged with misrepre
senting certain insurance policies in
order to induce the holders to drop
them and buy what he was selling
Charles Low of Scribner was among
the witnesses, who also included
Mr. and Mrs. Widhelm and several
character witnesses, along with two
affidavits. Mr. Widhelm denied all
the charges at the hearing.
MEMBERS OF 4-H CLI BS
MAKE FINE SHOWING
Concord, Neb,—In an exhibition
of work achieved by the 15 4-H
clubs of Dixon county, highest hon
ors for individual work were won by
Laura and Mildred Wilson, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Wil
son, Dixon.
Ruth Farrar, 10-year-old member
of Dixon's Kitchen Klatters, re
ceived highest hoonrs in the cook
ing clubs, while Dixon's four or
ganizations, senior sewing, junior
sewing, cooking and rope tying,
scored first in their respective di
visions.
Demonstration teams who are
entitled to represent Dixon county
at the state contest held in Lin
cold are: Rope tying, Melvin Kroli
and Orpheus Erwin, Dixon; cook
ing, Dorothy Hancock and Grace
Mary McCland, Dixon; Junior sew
ing, Frances Kelly and Vera Er
win, Dixon, and senior sewing, Ber
nice Erwin and Thelma Manz
Dixon.
Oilier winners at the county fail
Included: Style show', senior group,
Margaret Jo Davey, Ponca, first, and
Carolyn Phillips, Dixon, second;
style show, junior group, Lois An
keny, Dixon, first, and Geraldine
Sherman, Concord, second; judging,
Garnet Childs and Carolyn Phil
lips, Dixon: health contest, girls,
Thelma Manz, Dixon; boys, Ken
neth Kelly, Dixon.
Darlene Killian of Wakefield re
ceived highest score in the health
division but was too young to enter
the state contest.
A county organization was per
fected with Mrs. Ralph Gilman,
Ponca, general chairman, and Mrs.
Joe Phillips, Dixon, secret ry-treas
urer.
YOUTH KILLED BY
PIECE EMERY WHEEL
Prainview, Neb.—Leo Rasmussen,
17 years old, son of Mr and Mrs. R.
T. Rasmussrn, living seven miles
southeast of here, wns killed at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Jack Den
ny, near Tllden, when an emery
stone run by a motor bursted.
A chip from the stone entered the
young man's side, piercing the vital
organs resulting in death about 30
minutes later. He is survived by
his parents, five brothers and two
sisters.
TOOK CORN AND
WHEAT ON SUBSCRIPTIONS
Seward, Neb.—(Special)—R. H.
Summer, editor of the Blue Valley
Blade published here has been ac
cepting wheat at the rate of 75
cents a bushel in payment for sub
scriptions to the Blade which is
$1.50 a year. Subscribers were al
lowed to pay qs many years in ad
vance as they wished. Corn he ac
cepted at 60 cents a bushel, hens at
25 cents a pound and spring chick
ens at 30 cents a pound.
His offer ran for a month and
expired September 1. Hundreds of
bushels of wheat were brought in as
a result.
He is not selling the wheat but is
trading some at the local mill i r
flour and is storing the balance tJ
feed his chickens this fall and win
ter.
FREMONT BAND WINS
IN KANSAS CITY CONTEST
Fremont, Neb. — (Special)— The
Fremont post band, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, won first prize of
$200 in cash, in lhe band contest
in Kansas City recently.
GOOD CORN CROP
NEAR CEDAR BLUFFS
Fremont, Neb.—(Special)—Speci
mens of cornstalks that measure 12
feet high were brought to Fremont
by L. H. Krause, who says he has
a field of 100 acres of similar corn
on his farm near Cedar Bluffs.
Krause says that the field will
yield at least 65 bushels to the
acre.
While corn around Fremont is
poor, It is said to be excellent in
the Cedar Bluffs neighborhood,
where local showers gave relief sev
eral times during the hot dry
summer.
COUNTY TO CEASE PAYING
BOUNTY ON RODENTS
Neligli, Neb.—The Antelope coun
ty board of supervisors has decided
to stop paying bounties on gophers,
crows and ground squirrels after
September 14.
From the large number of these
animals brought in it is thought the
pests must be quite well thinned out.
Tills drain on the treasury has beer
about $5,000 annually.
CUSTODIANS FOR THREE
NEBRASKA STATIONS
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) — The
state railway commission has grant
ed authority to the Chicago, St
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Rail
way company to substitute custodi
ans for its agents at Obcrt, Mag
net and Slioles, Neb. It was pointed
out in the evidence that drought
conditions and the fact that trucks
are carrying livestock and ship
ments of less than carload lots les
sen the necessity for agents at these
points and the substitution, of cus
todians will save the company $1,
500 a year in each instance.
FIREMEN TO HOLD
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Pender, Neb. — (Specials — The
Firemen's District convention of
northeastern Nebraska will be held
at Pender, Labor day. There will
be a ball game between Pender and
Thurston, a watertight at 5:30
o'clock and a firemen's banquet at
6:30 p. m., also a dance in the eve
ning at Legion hall. The Pender
high school band will'furnish the
music.
HALF RATES ON GRAIN
INTO DROUGHT AREA
Lincoln. Neb. —(Special)— An
emergency order issued by the state
railway commission puts into effect
half rates on grain and livestock
feed shipped into a number of
towns in northeastern Nebraska
where farmers did not raise enough
to keep the livestock over the win
ter. The towns affectrd are Bloom
field Coleridge, Crofton, Fordyce,
Hnrtmgtou, Laurel Magnet, Obert.
Randolph, Wausa, Wynot, Masked,
Newcastle and Ponca.
Tales of Real Dogs
■Ml f P
By Albert Payson Terhune
He taught Quern to deliver his mail.
Queen had a queer twist to her
brain, a twist that made her a local
celebrity and brought her into the
newspapers and into high neigh
borhood fame. Here is her story
She was a spaniel and she be
longed to Diogenes Hastp.pis, a
Greek grocer who lived at 2'j West
Maple street, Columbus, Ohio,
Queen was not content to be a mere
pet dog. Always she was thinking up
ways to be of use to her master A
she was lucky to have a master who
understood dogs, this was made eas
ier for her.
(uuui v u wj
teaching her many useful tricks
and she was even more quickly easy
to learn than he was to teach her.
One of these tricks 'probably the
most useful of the loti wns her
stunt as mail carrier.
Her master had much business
correspondence and even more cor
respondence as an official of the
Oreek-American Progressive asso
ciation. There was not mailbox near
his store, but there was one at
Maple and High streets. Hastapis
taught Queen to deliver his mail
there.
He hung a sign around her neck
reading, “Please Mail My Letters in
the Box.” Then he would give her
a package of mail to carry between
her jaws. Off she would trot to the
box, never stopping on the way and
never so much as glancing at any
canine or human passerby.
When she reached the corner of
Maple and High streets, she would
sit down under the mailbox find
wag her tail appealingly at every
one who happened to draw near.
Always, within a few minutes at
most, some pedestrian would chance
to read the sign, "Please Mail My
Letters in the Box”, and would see
the bundle of mail which Queen
thrust out invitingly. The 'etters
.vould be taken from her and posted.
Instantly, she would not Lack home
igain. Never once was a single letter
ost.
Hastapis taught her. also, the
aames and whereabouts of the vari
ous tradesmen with whom he dealt
md he used her as a provision car
For example, his butcher nad a
stall in North Market. Hastapis
would write out an order for meat
and put it in a basket. Then he
would give Queen the basket and
tell her to whom to take it. Off she
would trot to the market and to the
stall she had been told to go to.
The butcher would read the order,
fill the basket and then give it
back to Queen to take uome. Hun
gry or not, she never touched a
single scrap of meat it contained,
and she guarded it fiercely against
all other dogs she met on the road.
But it was only a year or so ago
that Queen exhibited the odd twist
of brain I have spoken of. and, by
reason of it, she "broke into the
news" and became the target for
a battery of press cameras. It hap
pened in this way:
The only other animal besides
Queen in the Hastapis household
was Rosie, a plump and elderly cat.
Rosie did not care for Queen. Queen
did not care for Rosie.
But, after a mild scrimmage or
two, they had decided that their dis
taste for each other was not worth
a fight. Thus, they ignored each
other and lived in the same ncuse
without further clashes, if with no
friendliness at all.
This went on until Rosie vanished
from her usual place as official
rat-catcher in the Hastapis grocery.
She was gone from the store for
some days. Queen did not seem to
notice her absence, nor to be inter
ested in her in any way.
Then, during an exploring tour of
the rooms behind the store. Queen
came upon a box. In the box re
clined Rosie. Cuddled against the
cat’s side were four baby kittens,
perhaps 10 days old.
At once, some unknown impulse
stirred within Queen as she stared
down at the little family in the
box. Hitherto, she had had a whole
some respect for Rosie’s scratching
claws. Now, she forgot to fi nch
&t them.
Fiercely she attacked the fat old
cat, driving her off the box and
Into a far corner, despite Rosie’s
spitting and scratching protests.
Queen was not to be deterred by
any opposition, be it ever >o pain
rul.
Having driven Rosie away from
he kittens, Queen stepped into the
box and cuddled down there nos
ing the kittens close to her own fur
ry underbody, and licking them all
over, one by one.
That was the beginning. Until
the kittens were big and old enough
to take care of themselves. Queen
lived in that box, licking them, cud
dling them, crooning to them,
mothering them in every way she
knew how to. When Rosie ventured
near, the dog flew at her in mur
derous fury, chasing her away and
then trotting back to her four
adopted babies.
Lest the kittens die of hungar,
Hastapis used to pick Queen up,
several times a day, and lock her in
a back room, while Rosie was al
Spotswood Tomb Is Bared.
From the Baltimore Morning Sun.
Modern progress rudely disturbed
:he 173-year-old slumber of a col
onial dignitary when the jaws of a
steam shovel on New Fost Farm,
four miles below this city, bit into
ihe long unlocated tomb of Col.
John Spotswood, friend of George
Washington and son of Gov. Alex
ander Spotswood. one of the most
famous of Virginia’s colonial rulers.
The skeleton was found intact,
lying just as It had been left by
reverent hands nearly a century and
three quarters ago. All except a few
fragments of the walnut coffin in
which Colonel Spotswood was buried
had rotted away, but the silver
lowed to come to the box and nurse
her infants. But, except at feeding
time, she was left to sulk in the
far end of the room while Queen
nestled among the kittens anc
washed them and played eently
with them
There have been instances when
dogs deprived of their own puppies
have mothered and nursed the
young of other kinds of animals
—cats, bears, foxes and even leap
aid-. But Queen had no puppies of
her own. She never had had any.
So the instinct to become the moth
er of these lour kittens was wholly
mental.
When the newspapermen came tc
see the odd sight and when click
ing cameras were turned upon the
box and its ill-assorted occupants,
Queen showed no sign of interest
in the attention she was attracting.
She suffered herself and her
adopted babies to be examined and
photographed, without any demur at
all.
But when Rosie was emboklened
by the presence of strangers to
creep furtively toward the box and
toward her own children, Queen
drove her furiously back into the
corner and then returned to brood
over the kittens
A reporter for the Columbus Dis
patch interested himself in Queen
and in her odd career and wrote a
iirstrate story about her. Among
other discoveries he made was this:
Queen understood Greek and
English equally wrell. She would obey
commands of her master, spoken in
either of the two languages. There
seemed to be no difference in her
quick comprehension of an order or
of a single word, whether it were
voiced in English or in Greek.
Was I right in saying Queenie had
“a quick twist to her brain?”
A Text from Genesis.
From the Chicago Journal o. Com
merce.
‘ And,” says Genesis, “the whole
earth was of one language and oi
one speech ’ That gave the people
unity, and they planned a tower tc
reach to the heaven, and give them
a name, l’nis. the Bible story tells
us, displeased the Lord. He saw the
people as one, having all one lan
guage, and therefore unity, and
ioresaw that "nothing will be re
strained from tnem, which they
have imagined to do." Evidently
this was contrary to the Lord's
pians ior men, so He came down
and confounded their language,
that they might not understand one i
another’s speech. Confusion fol- i
lowed,. woi'K on the tower ceased,
and tne people were scattered, and |
each group had its language, differ
ent from all the others. That held
the groups apart, each to work out
its own destiny.
Is that good theology? Probably
not, but it has taught the races of
civilized men that unity of purpose,
of thought, o.‘ ideals, can come only
when one common "language" ex
ists between the nations, of like in
terests, ol similar ambitions, to the
end that wicked rivalries shall
i t a common prosperity
shall be achieved, all through the
destruction of the greatest enemy
of all peoples the world over, the
destroyer of human comfort and
happiness in all the ages, the su
preme evil, war?
We are trying to substitute for a
common tongue, a common agree
ment among peoples. Is the time
ripe for it? And would the Lord ap
prove it? Assuming that deity is
Interested in the matter, does the
Great Intelligence see in it what is
best for mankind? He knows what
has happened as a result of the
confusion of tongues He deliberate
ly imposed on men many centuries
ago. As to the God of the Old Tes
tament we r > >■■>[ know. But as to
Christ the Savior we are not in
doubt. His compassion would surely
be for the sinners on earth, if com
patible with the purposes of Je.
hovah.
BUT I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.
The loafers standing on Fifth
street,
From morning until night.
To watch a building being razed,
Themselves present a sight.
’Tis not a pretty one they watch,
Nor even is it strange;
And on the faces gathered there
Expressions never change.
Alone they stand, in pairs, In
groups;
Some lean against the bank,
But here and there they are so
thick.
They stand in triple rank.
But now I think I'll run along—
I’ve been here half the day;
For while I’d like to stay till five,
It really doesn’t pay.
—Sam Page.
Hidden Ignorance.
From Humorist.
Wife (keen on gardening, to hus
| bard)' Did you write to the florist
about the herbaceous border?
Husband: No, I telephoned. I’d
rather say herbaceous any day than
spell it.
name plate on the coffin, heavilv
stained and slightly corroded about
the edges, was almost Intact.
The inscription, "Col. John Spots
wood. departed this life August 26,
1758, age 34.” could be read easily
without the use of magnifying glass
1 es. Oddly, the same inscription was
carved on both sides of the plate, but
I in different types of lettering, al
though screws rusted into the plate
showed which side had been used as
j the face.
LOCUST‘INVASION
According to the Ohio experiment
I station, at Wooster, the state is to
experience an invasion of the 17
year locust thU vear
WOMAN HAS BOTH ARMS
CUT OF BV MOWER
Ainsworth. Neb —(Special)—Mrs
M. E. Stacy lost both arms in a
hayfield accident. She was run
ning a mowing machine and at
tempting to rearrange the harness
on one of the horses. The team
lunged, she was knocked down and
both arms were amputated by the
sickle.
Stacy had been putting up hay
on his ranch l'i miles southwest
of here, assisted by his wife, be
cause of not having enough work
men. Her husband had taken a
load of hay to the house when the
accident happened. He did not re
turn to the field for an hour, but
his wife did not lose consicousness
in all that time. She is the mother
of four daughters ranging in age
from 18 to 14.
BONDEDDEBTS
ARE PAID OFF
Numerous Nebraska Com
munities Wipe Out 01 Re
duce Their Indebtedness
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— State
Bond Examiner Lawrence has ap
proved and registered $1,156,846.35
in bonds issued during the month
of August by cities, villages, school
districts and other subdivisions of
the state. Refunding and renewal
bonds totaled $888,177.29. which
leaves a total of $268,669.06 of new
bonds issued during the month.
This is the second month of the
year in which more bonds were
paid and cancelled than were is
sued, payments during August
amounting to $286,615.
Merrick county paid $12,000 to
rid itself of a $100,000 courthouse
xmd issue of July 1, 1911, leaving
that county without any bonded
debt.
The O'Neill school district freed
tself of bonded indebtedness when
,t paid $1,000 to clean up a building
issue of April 1, 1913.
Included among the municipali
ses reporting payments during Au
gust are: Belgrade, $500; Burt
county rural schools, $8,500; Boone
county rural school, $1,250; Craig
$1,000; Central City, $7,000; Cen
tral City school, $14,000; Clarks
school, $2,000; Dodge, $4,000; drain
age district No. 1, Merrick county,
$1,750; drainage district No. 2, Mer
rick county, $2,500; Fremont school
$1,000; Holt county rural school
$375; Lyons, $345; Merrick county
$12,000; Merrick county rura
school, $2,500; Nance county rural
school, $294; Niobrara school
$1,000; Newman Grove, $2,000; Oak
land. $9,000; Oakland school, $4,000;
O Neill school, $1,000; Pierce coun
ty rural school, $400; Scribnei
school, $8,000; Wayne county rural
school, $600.
KEPT CLOSE ACCOUNT
OF WHEAT CROP COS1
Sidney, Neb. — (UP) — One pan
handle farmer knows just what it
cost him to produce a bushel o!
wheat this year. His son kept books
on him.
Raymond Cruise kept a complete
record of the cost of producing
wheat on 240 acres of his father’s
land. It cost 46 cents per bushel to
grow the crop. The yield for the
field was 11.5 bushels per acre.
Young Cruise’s cost tabulations in
cluded all expenses, labor, depreci
ation on machinery, fuel, repairs,
seed, trucking and rent.
The total cost of producing 2,800
cushcls of wheat on 240 acres was
$871. One third of the crop was
mid out for rent, leaving 1,870 bush
sis to defray expenses of production.
If no deductions were made for rent
:he production cost would have been
il cents per bushel.
On a cost per acre basis, it cost
the farmer $5.40 per acre when the
one third crop rent was given. With
out figuring the rent the cost was
$3.63 per acre.
Costs of growing the crop were
distributed as follows: Fuel for
summer fallowing 80 acres, $44.60;
alow lays, $22; fuel for seeding, $47;
•eed $121; fuel for harvesting $48;
•epairs on combine, $15; trucking,
2,800 bushels, $56; depreciation on
machinery valued at $4,000, $400;
nterest on investment, $40; repairs
Dn tractor, $20; 260 hours man la
3or at 25 cents per hour, $65, and
10 hours hired labor at 5 cents per
lour extra $3, making total labor
)ill of $68.
WORE ROAI) WORR
IN DROUGHT AREA
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Ten
miles of grading between Spring
dew and the South Dakota line
>n highway No. 83 in Keya Paha
:ounty is to be done as a part of the
governor’s program for finding
hand and team work for drought
sufferers, according to an an
nouncement by Governor Bryan.
The estimated cost of this work is
to be $5,000 and the stretch is to
ae graveled later at a cost of $7,
>00. Work of this kind already has
leen arranged in Boyd, Cedar, Dix
m, Holt and Knox counties and the
governor said that if funds were
available he may have similar work
lone in Brown and Rock counties.
HOMER LEGION WINS
FIRST AT FREMONT
Homer, Neb.—(Special)—The lo
cal post of the American Legion
was awarded first place in the state
convention parade at Fremont, for
the largest percentage of represen
tation. It received streamers for
ts colors.
FIND MILK BOTTLE IN
SERVICE 19 YEARS
York, Neb—(UP)—The life of a
milk bottle is notoriously short. But
the Keystone creamery here has
discovered one that has survived
its trips from doorstep to aoorstep
and from one creamery to another
during the last 19 years. The bot
| tie showed up at the creamery re
cently. Its age was determined by
the name “Home Dairy’’ and the
name of its owner, M. B. King The
Home Dairy discontinued operation
, in 1912.
HIGHER SPEED
FOR AIRPLANES
Rickenbacker Predicts 500
Miles an Hour in Near
Future
New York — (UP) — Col. Eddie
Rickenbacker, American World war
ace and now an aircraft company
official, forecasts that the winning
plane in the coming Schneider cup
races at Cowes, England, will travel
at 400 miles per hour. He also fore
sees an air speed of 500 miles per
hour or more within the next two
years.
Rickenbacker made these predic
tions at the Society of Automotive
Engineers' meeting.
The Schneider cup races and
similar speed events along the same
line are the proving grounds for
fast airplanes, just us the Indian
apolis race events have become the
proving grounds for many automo
bile improvements, he said.
"Events of this type furnish the
Incentive for the development of
fast planes needed in time of war,’
ie declared.
The record in the Schneider cup
races of 328.64 miles an hour, was
made last year by Flying Officer
Henry R. D. Wughorn, of the Brit
ish team. The United States did
not have an entry in the race, and,
from present indications, will have
none this year either.
“The building of racing planes
requires a great deal of money,”
Rickenbacker pointed out, and said
that “the public's money should
support our entry.” The funds are
needed for research and it is his
contention that no individual, or
corporation, should be expected to
carry on the work alone when the
whole public will benefit from
the improvements and knowledge
gained.”
The famous war-time flier said
that a cruising speed of 200 miles
an hour is essential and will be de
veloped in the future, and the con
1 at will be crossed in 15 hours
in regular service.
Ric<cenbacker also asserted that
there is a growing need for larger
and cheaper aircraft engines and
predicted that engines of 24, 36
and 48 cylinders may soon be de
veloped for aircraft.
WILD EAST STUFF.
/ou hid in your geography.
Remember? Deadwood Dick.
To read how redskins bit the bust
At his six shooter's click.
Such tales are all outmoded, r.ow,
With youngster of today;
They pack a thrill like buggy ridesi
Or jaunts on loads of hay.
He likes a rival killer tale,
With flashy clothes and glory;
High powered cars, gang leadcrshiu
And Little Ceasars, gory.
Those Wild West tales of bvgone
days
Were merely bits of fluff,
Compared to those of present age
Machine gun, Wild East stuff.
—Sam Page.
Relief and Adventure.
From New York World-Telegram.
Its often a relief, if not an ad
venture, to take an hour off with
some historian, or excavating ex
pedition, and learn about people
who were not bothered with the
speed of the present.
Somehow those people who lived,
loved, fought, died in quieter days
seem awfully human.
They have just found a new
statue of Livia at Pompeii. She was
the wife of Augustus, not only liv
mg with him in happy, dignified
wedlock for 50 years but marrying
him after his soldiers had chased
her through a forest all one dread
ful night and after her husband
had been compelled to get a divorce
What an age that was, with Rome
struggling for freedom only to be
enslaved, with its shallow, cruel An
tony who has become a hero, its
noble Brutus who was a complete
failure, its furious Fulvia who
thought she could promote decency
bv being indecent, its Augustus, so
™d in youth and moderate in age,
and its Livia, first empress of Rome,
who made a better job of it than
any of her successors.
Then there is that fourth and
last treasure room of the Turkish
sultanate which has just been
opened to the public, with its jewel
encrusted slippers once worn by the
Princess Fatima, its big pumpkin
turban once worn by Mohammed
H., conqueror of Constantinople,
and its collection of gems and jew
gaws said to be worth $100,000 000.
If men with machines are open
ing up the future, men with spades
are opening up the past, and if the
prophet has a clover patch of ro
mance in which to wallow, so has
the historian.
Give them all a chance. The hor
izon is not a one-way street.
OR THE MERRY WIDOW.
This year when maids set autumn
traps
For Tom or Jim or Beanie,
They’ll bait the same with thoso
new hats—
The Empress style, Eugenie.
Of felt, tip-tilted jauntily
Just over the right eye
They trail a length of ostrich plume
Or bit of ribbon fly.
Now ladies’ lids are fearsome
things—
Or am I just contrary?
But .iake. with me, except that style
Affected by Queen Mary.
—Sam Page.
PANAMA FACES DEFICIT
Panama —(UP)— The treasury
of the government of Panama will
suffer a deficit of $50,000 for July
according to Dr. Alejandro Tapia!
Comptroller General. This will be
the first deficit experienced by the
treasury since the present budget
was made effective. The July :n
come, the Comptroller General said
will not total over $625,000.
The Master.
From Answers.
Minister: You look like a goou
little boy. I suppose you always do
what your mother tells you?
Billv: Yes. sir. and so does daddy.