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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. '
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Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351.
MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS.
I hicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne & Cos.
Advertising Offices J ew fort. Boston. Payne. Burns A- Smith. Inc,
IT’S at.t. RIGHT, NOW, Jesse Eschbach can claim reappointment
a clear conscience.
BOYS WILL BE BOYS, but we must concede that Woodruff Place Is
most too t public for such personal treatment as was accorded one lad.
IT IS ALL VERY WELL for Sheriff Miller to take precautions against
a second jail delivery. Every oAe who wanted to get away particularly
bad participated in the first.
PROPONENTS of the present tax law declare it ought to have further
opportunity to make good before being judged, then they exert every effort
to make it more obnoxious than at present.
THERE ARE SOME indications that Vice President Marshall will at
tain the distinction of having been the last V. P. to have nothing to do but
make copy for anti-administration newspapers.
V- THAT BOSTON Is the driest and New York the wettest city in the
United States should surprise no one. Before prohibition became effective
the liquor business in Boston was the best regulated and in New York the
worst regulated of any cities.
Making Taxpayers Like It
In the passage by the house of representatives yesterday ->f the Good
rich administration bill legalizing the horizontal Increases heretofore made
by the state tax board and providing even more autocratic power for the
state tax board there has been established the real issue of the coming
campaign In Indiana.
The question that will be determined at the next election is solely
whether the people of this state are willing to allow a tax board, consist
ihg of three members appointed by the governor, to control without re
straint the valuation for taxing purposes of their property.
There has been much dissatisfaction heretofore with the autocratic ad
ministration of this tax board. This third session of the legislature has
abandoned all pretense of shearing the tax board of the illegal and high
handed authority under which it assumed the right to do things that the
supreme court declared it was not empowered to do.
Instead of curtailing the tax board’s power in any measure, the adminis
tration-controlled house has voted to grant to the tax board the power the
supreme court declared it did not have under the act of 1919.
And in addition, the obliging house has granted to the tax board a fur
ther final judgment on the valuations fixed by the board of review, acting
as an appeal board. ,
All semblance of home rule fades with the enactment of this law.
.’ All adherence to the theory that local officials are the best judges of
local assessments is abandoned.
All hope of relief from the Intolerable methods by which the taxes of
hundreds of thousands of Indiana citizens have been Increased through
over-valuation by the autocracy of three men is wiped out.
The republican party of Indiana, pledged to amend the tax law to over
come the objectionable centralization features, has had its chance before
a bouse of representatives whose every action it controlled and has neg
lected its pledge entirely.
The democratic party, pledged to a repeal of this law and the substitu- 1
tion of an act that would insure home government to the various taxing
uijfts, now has a justification for its state platform.
heretofore it has been argued with good grounds that the universal
dissatisfaction with the tax law was not due to the law Itself, but was cre
ated by improper administration.
The house has decided that the acts of administration concerning which
there has been so much complaint, which the republican party platform
Indicated should be stopped and the supreme court declared were illegal,
are, in fact, so very fine that they should be legalized and made a part of
the law which was once declared the “best possible under the constitution.”
And in addition, the house has decided that there should be no relief
except such as the tax board in its Infinite wisdom deigns to grant to the
citizen who goes to the trouble to perfect an appeal.
"There can be no doubt that there was complaint against the operation
of the tax law under the direction of the Goodrich board.
There can be no doubt that this complaint was directed against the
very things that the house is now anxious to legalize.
Therefore, if the house bill becomes a law, and there Is no reason to be
lieve it-will not, the people of this state will have a grievance against the
law itself which no amount of argument can turn from the law to the ad-1
ministration of it.
Heretofore it has been generally conceded that the administration of
the tax law was bad
When the law is amended so as to legalize the Goodrich methods of ad |
ministration there will b c no doubt in the mind? of-any one that the law is
bad.
Fortunately, it seems, the democrats of Indiana had some advance in- j
formation as to the real desires of the administration and pledged them- j
selves to repeal this law, even before It was further debased in the Interests
Goodrich ism.
The Danger of Names
Parents often have been criticized for tbe names they have wished on
their children —names that have been taken from favorite books, names
that are the combination of names, names that have been "handed down"
in the family, or names that simply were the result of an unhappy In
spiration"
And long before these children have grown to maturity they either
have exhausted all the expletives their nature would permit, or become
innured and hardened to the world.
The theory has been advanced at times that it would be far wiser, j
and far kinder, to allow the child to grow to a reasonable age with mere
ly a number as a mark of identification —such as nee Jones No. 3, or pos
sibly some kind of cipher to relieve the monotony, and then be permitted
to select a name for itself.
But the recent experience of a man who had escaped from Sing Sing
some fifteen years ago goes far toward proving that even this theory
has its weaknesses.
Grown tired of his name, he changed it when he left the prison un
officially. as lightly as he changed his garb.
Unwittingly he changed his name to that of a tailor, whose mere exist
ence was unknown to him, and equally without intent to imitate he set
up in business as a tailor.
Equally unknown to him, after the lapse of many years, was Ine fact
that the fedara! authorities wanted the tailor whose name he had taken in
vain; and it was a cruel awakening when he was arrested for the other
tailor’s offense and his true identity finally established by means the
rogues’ gallery and the Bertillon.
Which all goes to show that the average theory has a knot-hole in it
somewhere.
How About It?
Commenting on the expenses and failures of the primary law, the
Muncie Press says:
"But when a man of worth and ability is practically barred from being
a candidate before the primaries for a high office such as governor, sena-"
tor or president unless he have much money that he can spend for the pur
pose or tinless his friends come to his rescue with money, thus forcing the
candidate in the latter case to be under obligations that likely he is un
willing to assume, then it is high time something were being done to
remedy such a condition.” * '
The sentiment expressed will meet with general approval, but It can
not be dismissed from the mind without some reflection on the last pri
mary in Indiana.
Are we to infer that Harding’s friends came to his rescue with money,
“thus forcing the candidate to be under obligations that likely he is un
willidg to assume?”
Warren T. McCray was not deterred from entering the primaries. Did
he "have much •'■money that he could spend for the purpose” or did his
friends put him under obligations that he was unwililng to assume?
The Press either said too little or too much!
I
Sjxmesjythe TErne*
mu i v * c
J)n the Hand of Make-£elieve
*Tis a wonderful land I’ve explored today,
• a place where the fairies dwell.
In the wonderful realm of Make-Believe,
there they make little sick folk well;
And I’m glad that I visited there and saw
what little eyes have seen,
I’m glad that the wick of cheer stiil burns
, in the lamp of love serene.
For there where the little white cots In a row
are ships on a tossing sea.
The wee mariners, curly-haired, bright-eyed,
pretend that the waves restlessly
Dash high on the prow of the vessel strong,
and the winds from heaven blow
’Til they anchor in the barbor safe
of Make-Believe, you know.
By the aid of charts that willing hands
have planned and made with care
These tiny sailors have tacked their course
to shores so green and faJr;
By the “scrap book” charts they sailed the d“ep,
and rode each briny wave,
On, on to the land of Make-Believe
these skippers small but brave.
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
A New Serial of Young Married Life
CHAPTER LX LI I.
Before Virginia’s dinner at th* Rorh
ambeeu was over I had issued tnvitations
ro oar postponed family dinner.
And all during tbe day of my party
while I was deep In nervous yet hopeful
preparations for It, I remembered Jim s
delight because I leaned serose the table
In the little card mom Issuing a laughing
mandate to Betty and Terry:
•‘Vou two are Included because you're
our closest friends —Jim's 'war family.
So you'!! break si! engagements snd
come, won’t you?”
They accepted and Virginia cried with
real enthusiasm:
“How Jolly of you, Anne, and how
equally Jolly of you two to cancel yonr
appointments for us.”
The first thing I had done to win Vir
ginia's complete approval was to Invite
Betty Brice to dinner.
That came to me next day with such
iforce it almost caused me to drop the
fish ring I was examining with terror
lest for the first time In ray career as a
cook It refuse to Jell. I rescued the mold,
nut it back on the ice prayerfully and
advanced to tbo next course- chicken en
case role. Bv the tiro* Hint was steara
irg away with a savory promt** my
shortcake was ready to cohne out of th*
oven and cool a bit in anticipation of Its
gntle burial beneath peaches and cream.
Then came a flurry of final preparation
—setting the tabla, dressing and superin
tending Jim's tie and Neal's hal;
After that came tbs delicate task of
greeting the guests In a manner that
•would seem unflurried and make Jim
proud of his wife and full of delicious
anticipations anent her party.
It started with fine promise when
Terry arrived and said in bis rich, de
lightful voice: “I can see that t*f!a Is go
ing to be a fop-hole party.” And It was
—st first
When Virginia praised my cooking, I
thought I should exptre of Joy. To think
of stately Virginia's discussing mere
food. All through dinner I felt exuber
antly uncertain that my party was a real
success. Even the percolator worked and
the cream poured out thick and rich.
The Janitor's wife came up to do the
dishes for me—and after Phoebe and Neal
and I had cleared the refectory table and
had returned to "play lady.” as Neal put
it, someone suggested that we have a
go at poker. That “someone” was Jim.
He insisted on teaching me the game.
I detest all card games except bridge,
and was on the verge of insisting that
I’d prefer to stay out, when I caught a
sudden glimpse of Neal and Phoebe -
happily ensconced on the big couch, quite
absorbed in each other. So I played
poker. Or I tried to.
The game ended abruptly an hour later
—for suddenly Virginia discovered that
happy little group of two, and decided
that she wanted a chatty evening. She
sent Phoebe into the bedroom for her bag,
settled her score and then strolled over
to the couch and sat down in the middle
of it with a complete air of intending to
remain there.
From the moment of her first move to
end the poker game Jim surprised me.
BRINGING UP FATHER.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JULY 17,1920.
By ANN LISLE.
I"Virginia, don't be a spoil-sport,” he
protested Irritably. *
This io his beloved Virginia snd he
followed It by stubbornly Insisting that
Betty and Terry continue the gams. But
Betty wooed Terry away with a smlls
and aald ahe also felt "chatty.”
"All right, then, let the glrla gossip—-
but ahoot a few die* with me, Terry,”
Jim urged.
Betty and Terry exchanged a quick j
glance- and then tbe Englishman said
bo'd rather talk and get acquainted.
“How about you, Neal?” asked Jim.
molsfenlug his lips nervously snd ho pro- j
dueed a Httle black cylinder from hit
card box.—Copyright. J 920.
(To be continued'.
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY. JULY 17, 19*0.
Astrologers read this as an uncertain
day, although kindly stars domlnste.
Jupiter snd the Sun sre In benefle as
pect, while Saturn and Uranus are ad
verse
Jupiter la In f> place read as making
for high values where material success
lt-i onoernad. Both men and women will
continue to be strongly Influenced by
the power of wealth.
The planetary government believed to
encourage organisation has both a good
and an *tll effect, for It aids the forces
of selfishness to gain control even while
It helps workers of every sort to gain
power.
There Is a sign read as presaging a
continuation of success for all who ex
ploit the needs of their fellow men.
This should be an auspicious day for
all who seek blgh office as well as for
all who occupy positions that provoke
envy.
Clashes between progressslvo and re
actionary tendencies will ho more prev
alent as tbe summer advances.
All the lndicatlona seem to be that
whatever belongs (o the past must give
way before progress which Is now’repre
sented by constant, speedy movement.
Travel by olrptanes will become ex
ceedingly popular this month and will !
lead to the practical and general use of |
aviation as a menus of making long j
Journeys.
Inventors again have a most prom
ising direction of the star and their tal- |
ents are likely (o he directed toward !
simple devices that savo labor.
Cooking will be much studied and |
discussed in the early autumn w r hen !
fashion will Introduce odd customs, as- j
trologers foretell.
Persons whose birthdato It 1s have a
happy augury for the year. They will
prosper exceedingly and save money.
Children born on this day ‘uherit the
tendency to succeed. These subjects of
Cancer are often shy and retiring in na
ture-Copyright, 1020.
MEANING OF AMEN.
Q. What docs the word ‘‘amen” mean?
A. 8. R.
A “Amen” is a word of nehrew ori
gin, meaning “Thnn has said it,” qr■ “So
I believe.”
A GOOD MAN
NOWADAYS IS
HARD TO FIND
Influx of Foreign Husband-
Seekers Feared by Do
mestic Product.
MIGHT TRY IMPORT TAX
By FREDERIC J. HASKIX,
CHICAGO 111., July 17.—The Im
migration problem is presentlhg anew
aspect of late, at least to American girls.
According to economic and sociological
students the European emigrants of this
I generation will be young women seeking
| refuge from splnsterhood in lands not so
crowded with superfluous females, rather
j than, as in the past,, young men seeking
j greater advantage n newer countries.
| Where should th'-se young women pur
[ sue the elusive male If not in America.
I the home of the perfect husband?
Another condition which Is attracting
these enterprising females to our shores
Is the scarcity of domestics which is
making maids worth tbelr weight In gold
and offering lucrative position* to occupy
the fair immigrants’ period of coy taough
watchful waiting to be captured.
This may seem an Ideal arrangement
to the students of economics, but It ap
pears to he causing vague stirrings of
doubt in the minds of many of our native
virgins.
Handicapped as they are already in
their hunt for mates by the high cost of
living, it seems a little hard to them that
a lot of outside competition should be
encouraged to enter into the pursuit.
According to Dr. R. Murray of
London the results of this preponderance
of the more famous sex are much more
Important and far-reaching In their ef
fect than we realize.
He says that the social unrest is
largely due to femlhine discontent, and
that as long as a large percentage of the
women are dissatisfied we may expect
strikes and other disturbances.
He is particularly worried about the
situation In Great Britain, where there
are now over 2,000,000 more women than
men.
MORALS ARB
IV rERIL.
Another consequence of this excess
feminity, according to Dr. Leslie, Is the
effect It has on morals.
The modern woman, freed from re
ligious acrupies, and denied a legal
spouse, Is Inclined to rebel against con
vention and snatch what romance she can
from a stingy fate.
The fact that she is usually self sup
porting and thus not dependent sos her
livelihood upon (he approval of a father
or the possibility of snaring a husband
makes her feel freer to take her life into
her own hands.
It Is interesting to note that the mod
ern woman is much more liberal, not to
say radical, in regard to personal free
dom than the average mat.
An illustration of this occurred here
recently when a group of representative
citizens were asked to gWe their opin
ions upon a certain prominent short
story writer's double-tnenage form of
matrimony.
The women, without exception, said
that they thought this writer's married
Ilf* was peculiarly her own affair and
not matter for public discussion or
Interference.
Tbe men, one and ail, were as agitated
as if they had discovered another red
plot.
They saw clearly that ills portended
the downfall of tha great A nerlcan in
stitution* of home and family, and that
It was. In fact, the beginning of the end.
Dr. I-**ll*' however, mournfully ad
mits that while the old Idea of a woman
devoting herse'f to husband, home and
children Is still very dear to men, It Is
a little unreasonable to expect women
lo lltc np to It without providing tluiu
with a husband, home and children to
be devoted to.
In Ireland, for example, 'he illegiti
mate birth rate is far lower than 1n
sny other couutry in Europe, showing
that when the instincts of motherhooa
find legitimate expression they can be
the most legal of Instincts.
But In England, according to Dr. Les
lie, things are In a bad way. The scares
male is so popular and ao beset with
feminine attentions that ho is in no
hurrry to marry, or If he Is married he
Is sometimes led from th* path* of
monogamy.
There are wen those who are so te
merarious ** to say that th* preponder-
The Young Lady
Across the Way
The young lady across the way says
you never get the best things when yod
order by telephone and every house- j
keeper ought to be her own biologist, j
Copyright, 1920.
What’s What
In Indianapolis
“Know Tour Own
Home Town ’
(/j* tht Rejerence Department, lndtanaptlu
Public Library, C. £. Ruth, Librarian)
What was the first Fourth of July celebration held here?
It was a barbecue in the middle of Washington street, just west of
the canal, in 1822. A fine buck, killed the day before by Robert Hard
ing, was roasted whole, and enjoyed by the entire population. After
dinner the people were entertained by a teamster from Dayton, who
dressed himself in fantastic style, sang comic songs and amused the
people in various ways. Then began the dancing in a large, unfln
fshed frame building on Washington street, and it continued until
the next day.
What is the Tuttie rrtemorial tablet?
It was placed at Teachers’ college, at Twenty-third and Alabama
streets, in 1916, in memory of Armenia B. Tuttie, one of tbe benefac
tors or the institution. It was designed by Rena Tucker Kohlmann,
formerly of Indianapolis, and now of New York City.
What is the Lillian Snider Home?
It is located at 623 North New Jersey street, snd was built and
opened in 1905 by Mrs A. K. Snider in ’memory of her daughter Lil
lian. It can house thirty girls and fl(tv can be served In the dining
room. Its purpose is to provide a real home for employed girls.
(Series Number Forty-two.)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How can pancakes be made with
bread crumbs? This department of The
Times tells you. If you have a question to
ask, send it with a 2-eent stamp to The
Indiana Dally Times Information bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing
ton. D. C., and the answer will be mailed
direct to you.
CRUMB PANCAKES.
Q. How can pancakes be made with
bread crumbs? ** D. S.
A. Following Is u recipe for crumb
cakes: One and one-half cups fine bread
crumbs, one-half cup flour, two cups
sour milk, two tablespoons fat. one egg,
one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda.
Sift together flour, soda and salt, add
crumbs, aour milk, fat and beaten egg.
Beat thoroughly. Fry on hot griddle.
PAYNE’S PROCESS.
Q. What Is Payne's process? F. 8.
A. This is a procesa for preserving
timber and making it incombustible by
Impregnating it successively with solu
tions of sulphate of iron and calcium
chloride in vacuo.
FARM HOME BEHIND.
Q. Has the farm home kept pace with
! the farm in regard to modern improve
j ments ? H. C. W.
A. The department of agriculture
states that such homes are far behind,
j Only 48 per cent have water In the
I kitchen, and 79 per cent use kerosene
■ lamps.
BERNHARDT'S AGE.
Q. How old is Sarah Bernhardt?
E. K. H.
A Madame Bernhardt was born of
j Jewish parents on Oct. 22. 1845. In Paris.
She is. therefore, In her seventy-fifth
year.
LABOR DAT ORIGIN.
Q. What Is the origin of Labor day?
T. E. D.
A. In September, 1882, the Knights of
I/abor held their general assembly In
j New York City. On the sth of the
month a great parade was organized by
the Central laoor union of that city. A
similar parads was held the following
fine* of females la nature's argument for
polygamy, but fortunately most of us
are still not ss logical at that.
QUALITY OF BIRTH
RATE LOWERED.
Aside from Its effect upon morals, this
one-sided population has a decided Effect
j upon the birth rate of the countries so
afflicted.
It tends to lower the quality of the
birth rate rather that the quantity,
i It is a fact of common knowledge that
I the physically and intellectually fittest
I women are more often unmarried than
: the frivolous, butterfly type.
Thua the nation that has an excess of
women wastes Its best potential moth
ers, with the resnlt that the race Is grad
| tially becoming weaker.
Havelock Kills, an authority on the
woman question, points out that tbfs con
| dltlon Is due to man's failure a a se
j lectlve mate.
He says that among animals of which
i ihe males display their strength and
i beauty to the passive female she usually
I chooses the mate whose intelligence and
strength show that he will be th* best
parent.
Amoug humans, on the other hand, the
females compete for the favor of the male
by displaying their attractions, and he
usually chooses the one with th* curliest
hair and the most weakly clinging nature,
regardless of his duty to posterity.
Havelock Ellis sees in the very prepon
derance of women the salvation of the
race, however.
Since women will soon be voters in si!
the more advanced countries, and since
In these countries they are as a rule In
the majority, it is hardly an exaggera
tion to say that they may be the mis
tresses of the wqyld.
If this should be so, one of their first
considerations will undoubtedly be the
betterment of the renditions of mother
hood and the health and development of
children.
This will do much to even up the pro
portions of the sexes, as even now there
are more boy babies born than girl
babies, and it is principally because the
male ehildren are more delicate and have
a higher death rate that there is a
preponderance of females.
The late war is another factor which
is bringing up the male birth rate. It
is a well-known fact, that there are al
ways more boys born during or after a
big war.
In this connection it is Interesting to
note that just before the war the excess
of females In Germany had fallen 32 per
cent, whereas In England it had risen 23
per cent.
This might be taken as sure proof that
the Germans were planning the war all
along and carrying their efficiency to al
most unbelievable lengths.
Although their claim that Gott was
their ally hardly seemed Justified they j
might with good reason even' now claim j
that nature was on their side.
year on the first Monday in September,
in 1884 a resolution was passed by the
knights deciding to hold an annual
parade on that day. In 1887 Colorado
enacted a law making the first Monday
In September a legal holiday known as
Labor day. All other states followed
(except Maryland and Wyoming, where
It is usually observed by proclamation),
and Alaska and the District of Colum
bia.
* TOWER OF WINDS.
Q. What is the tower of the winds?
L. M. J.
A. This Is the water-clock erected r
Athens, Greece, In the second or first
century before Christ. It Is octagonal
in plan, forty-two feet high and twenty
six feet in diameter. Toward the top
of each side it is sculptured with vari
ous symbols of the wind. Originally
th* structure was surmounted with a
bronze triton which served as a weather
vane.
ESKIMO LANGUAGE.
Q. Do all Eskimos speak the same
I language? C. E. T.
I A. Eskimos are scattered through
Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Siberia
| to the number of about 32,000, all of
whom seem to apeak the same stock
• language, using the same stem words and
affixes. The chief characteristic of the
1 language is that single words of com
plex structure Ire used to express ideas
j that In English would be conveyed by
, a whole sentence.
LATE CROPS.
! Q. When the planting of crops is so
j late, are the crops poor? R. A.
| A. In the last thirty-seven years, only
four times has the progress of planting
been so backward on May 1. Os these
times 1912 had a bumper crop. 1904 had
a large crop. 1903 slightly above average,
'and 1*99 about average.
RYEHOUSE PLOT.
Q. What was the ryehouse plot?
R. H.
A. This was a plot to kill Charles
II and James, duke of York. It was
so-called from a house in Hertfordshire,
tho reported meeting place of the con
spirators. The plot was discovered in
June, 18S3, and Lord RusSell and Alger
non Sidney, who were supposed to be
concerned in it, wer* executed.
AMERICAN RIA’ER.
Q. Where is the American river?
L. E. I.
A. This river ia In north central Cali
fornia, rising in Eldorado county and
emptying Into th* Sacramento river, a
short distance north of th* city of Sacra
mento.
Gold has been frequently found along
Its banks.
KISH CLASSES.
Q. Ia there a course in “fisheries" in
any of our colleges? 8. T.
A. xtie University of Washington of
fer* such a course, twenty-four men hav
ing been graduated recently. The school
includes course l ' of instruction in fish
eries of the Pacific ocean, canning of
fisheries products, curing of flsherle
product*, classification, habits, etc., of
Pacific economic aquatic species, ele
ments of navigation and diseases and
parasites of fishes and other aquatic
food animals.
LAKE SHALLOWER.
Q. Is Lake Tahoe in California grow
ing shallower? B. N. C.
A. The prehistoric Lake Tahoe was
larger and deeper than th* present lake.
During the Neocene epoch and earlier
part of the Pleistocene epoch, its waters
*tood much higher, but in its overflows
it has cut through the lava dams that
maintained It at that height. Beaches
that mark the former higher level of the
lake are about 100 feet above th* present
surface, and doubtless the water once
stood even higher.
Try This to Reduce—
No, It’s Not an Ad
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., July 17.
Emory Tltman, who a year ago claimed
all records for weight for his age, has
cashed in enough beta to keep him in
smokes for another year, no matter what
‘‘reformers” do to the “weed.”
Jan. 1 Titman, then weighing 623
pounds, decided to reduce.
His friends joshed him, and he began
<o wager cigars that he would be down
to 400 by his thirty-first birthday.
He volunteered as a laundryman and
worked almost continuously In the steam
room.
The fat began to roll off, and then he
went about among his friends wagering
more cigars that he would be down to
350 by July.
These friends gathered about him as
he got on the scales and looked on In
amazement when the dial registered 347.
Hts rigorous training course had
knocked off 276 pounds In seven months.
JIGGS’ SYMPATHIES MISPLACED.
JUNIOR CHAMBER
READY FOR DRIVE
O. R. French Picked as Mem
bership Committee Head.
A membership drive for 500 members
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce was
started today with the appointment of
Oakleigh R. French of the Russell M.
Seeds Company as chairman of the mem
bership committee.
Plans have been made for the drive,
which will start with the membership
meeting next Friday night at the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Four team captains have been ap
pointed.
These are with the members of their
teams: Harry Scott, captain; Don Sted
feldt, Harold Forsythe, Robert Arthur
and Perry Lesb; Cushman Hoke, chair
man ; Paul Kramer, George Mize, Robert
Warner and Henry Bruner; Lawrence
Neidlinger, chairman; Howard Bates,
Harold Ross. l'ressly Kelly and George
Stafford, and Paul Singleton, chairman,
Gayle O. Banion, I. F. Ferrill, C. T.
Rice and D. H. Collins.
Each team is expected to obtain at
least 125 members.
Weekly dinners will be held each Fri
day during the drive.
The newly formed executive committee
is composed of Wallace Lewis, Law
rence Neidlinger, John B. Reynolds,
Felix McWhirter, Lucius Wainwright.
Henry Bruner, Howard Bates, Frank
Jordan, Merle Sidener and Fred Millie.
F. Don Allen of the Chamber of Com
merce was selected by executive com
mittee as secretary on the nomination
of President Lewis.
Must Mayor Resign
to Get Long Vacation?
RICHMOND, lnd„ July Ift.—A legal
technicality has arisen here with refer
ence to the city council’s action in grant
ing a ninety-day vacation to Mayor W.
W. Zimmerman.
The question arises as to whether
there will be a vacancy In the office of
mayor, during this period.
Under tbe state law provision is made
that In the event of a vacancy In the
office of mayor, the city controller shall
I assume that office, and he is fully em
powered to' act as mayor until anew
mayor is elected and assumes office, but
the controller is not permitted to con
tinue to act as controller.
In the event that Mayor Zimmerman'*
ninety days' leave of absence ia not a
vacancy in his office, it would appear
that the controller has no authority to
serve as acting mayor In any capacity.
REAL ESTATE
GOSSIP
By REALTOR
M AL W EVANS
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According to Realtor MacLeod I am
one of six “goats”—named io make our
| picnic a whirlwind success.
O, D. Ross has been denied the priv
ilege of competing in the games at the
picnic by MacLeod. That gives the rest
of us a chance.
In selling homes realtors shonld re
member that there are two kinds of men
to deal with. Those whose wives have
the final and deciding word In matters—
snd bachelors.
George Lucas has sure put on a lot of
flesh In the past two weeks. He Is spend
ing each week end now with relatives
on the farm—who In pity for him due
to his hard luck lately load his car up
with provisions, so he has an abundance
to eat. We state that the money he
spends for gasoline for these trips is well
invested.
Ford V. Woods, has Joined the sales
forces of H. Y. Bodine of the firm of
Schmid ft Smith. Mr. Woods has been
with tbe W. E. Stevenson Company
since his return from the army In De
cember, 1918.
Mr. Woods has had several years' ex
perience in the real estate and insurance
business, having been in business for
himself for about five years. He will
help Mr. Bodine In the general real
estate and insurance business.
Helnle Richardt ha3 gone to the bad—
be has been drinking hair tonic. Helnle
probably would have got by without this
becoming public if he hadn't spilled some
of the fluid on his upper tip.
The editor of this colyum has been ap
pointed a committee of one to gather in
the prizes for the picnic. Now don’t be
bashful, let's hear from some of you
chaps that have made a cleaning In the
last few months, and have some useful
prizes that will create competition and
thereby Increase the excitement for the
onlookers. We have to make this a big
time for everybody. If I don’t get to
you as soon as you have your gift ready.
Just call me, Main 3500.
A sure nuff fish story. Bill Brennan
left for Lake Manltou, via auto. He said
he was going In the fish business. He
Is going to do the fishing while his bet
ter half will have charge of the stand
where they will be for sale.
Question —Will the Mrs. have a busy
time or will she enjoy the vacation!
The Brennans will return to tbe city
a week from Monday.
“There are ten thousand lilacs In bloom
In my front yard.”
"Gee! Wish I could 'lilac* that."
H. A.
Who looks like a friar? So Jolly and tfct
Who leads la the singing? and does It
quite pat. t
Who’s class Sunday morning Is known
far and wide?
Who--takes trips In a llxxie? bnt not a
joy-ride.
Who cracked his right arm In cranking
the beast? \
But the smooth face of his morals was
not dented the least.
Who loses his nerve at the close fa
deal?
Who’ll grow wiser as shadows of time n
him steal?
You've guessed him? Well! Weill Pm
thrown from my Pegasus.
Make way at the table! Here comes
Realtor Amos.
—A S. M.