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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL 1928 Page Three POOR GEORGE "So you are going to set up housekeeping as soon ae you're married? I thought you had mude up your mind to board." "Yes, but George Is equally det•Jrm!ned to have 11 house of our own.~ "And so you are going ro keep house In order to plea&e George?" "i'lo, I'm going to keep house so tbat George will be glad to board." HIO RACY STORIES 1-Herbert HooYer and the man he hopes to succeed. 2-The Hevubllcan national convention In session. ll--::!enator Fess delivering the keynote speech, NEWS REVI'EW OF CURRENT EVENTS MISSOURI 7 1 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ' tlon would have ensllrined Ills memory • - - • ULY 4, 1778. The sun has as one o! her greatest heroes. In· gone down behind the Ailsstead It has been a matter of shame sour! hills across the lllfs· to historians who have recogulzed the slsslppl river from the Ittfull Indebtedness of the United Stater tie French town of Kal!" to this great Virginian that our nation kaskla In what Is uow the allowed him to die In poverty and neg. state of Illinois, and the . feet, his last years embittered by the soft evening II g h t Is Ingratitude of a "republic which tor· gets," spreading over tbe low rambling houses and the Recently, however, some recompense, orcbardll and g ·a r den a. tardy though It Is, has been made tor ~'rom the belfry uf the litthe many years of neglected honor to tle stone cburch In the center of the the name and fame of George Rogers vlllage, a sweet-tonad bell rings to ves· Clark. Last year the first organized pers. Dark settles down and In a Itttribute of the Old NorthWI!st to the tle while lights begin to twinkle In the man who made It a part of the United windows. A scene of peace In !.'!range States wa~ offered In a pilgrimage contrast to the warlike sounds which made by a large number of c!tlzena of are soon to shatter the stillness when the stx states to his birthplace at that little army, which now Ilea In the All picture~ from "The Capture of Charlottesville, Va., on November 19. timber that lines the bluffs above Kas· Old Vincennes," courtesy Bobba-Mer· the one hundredth seventy-fifth annlkaskla, shall sweep down upon the riH company. 1·ersary of his birth. vtllage and ral;:e the dreaded war-cry ~---------------~ Further honors to the memory of of tbe "Long Knives of Kentucky." Clark were also projected during the For stirring events are about to take escape from the pllaco would tmmedl· sessions of congress this yenf In the place In this sleepy little town, events ately be put to death. Mr. Rocheblave introduction of various bllls. One was whleb in the light of the eentnry and , waa secured, but oome time elapoed to authorli'Jil the cons-truction of I before be could got out of bls room a ba If th at bave Interven ed • we now 1 auppose he delayed to tell hla wife George Rogers Clark memorial ligbtrealize were history making. what disposition to make of hlo public · house on the Ohio river near LouisBut let the leader of the Invaders papers, but a few or which were ••- \'!lie, Ky.; another provided for the ::tured by us. tell hl1 own story, as he does In the cmastructlon of a memorial on the site boo~ "The Capture of Old VIncennesIn this matter-{)f-fact manner does of Fort Gage (Kaskaskia) in RanThe Original Narratives of George George Clark tell the story of the dolph county, Illinois. Clark and of His Opponent, events or that Independence day far But most Important of all was the Gov. Henry Hamllton,~ edited by !liiio out on the fringe of the western wll· recent passage of a bill providing an II. Quaife and published recently by derness. If he recognized the appro- appropriation ot $1,000,000 for the tbe Bobbs-Merrill company, In the fol- Jlrlateness of the occasion, there l!! no construction of a historical museum '~0107 1 11"' words: Indication of It In hi~ writing. It Is on the the site of FOft Sackvllle at doubtful If be did, however, for tbe Vincennes, Ind., and the participation On the evening <>f July fourth we arrived within a few mlleo of the town, significance ot that red-letter day In of the federal government In tbe Clark where we threw out some scouta In American history was not yet appar· sesquicentennial celebration to be aclvanc~ and lay until nearly dark. We tll&n resumed our march and took poa- ent to the men who had the most teo held there next year. This celebra· tesslon of a house on the bank of the do with putting It In our calendar. tlon which will open next Febrnary kaakaskla river, about three-quartoro American Independence from the on the one hundredth and fiftieth anof a mile above the town, e>ccupled by mother country had been declared niversnry of tbe capture of Fort Sacka large family. We learned from the blmate• that the people had been un• only two years and It was yet a ques- ville by Clark will be the most lmpresanna a few da.ya before but had tlon whether the Revolution would slye gesture of honoring tbe conqueror <.~'ncl. ud••d the alarm to be groundlesa succeed or fall. ot the Old Northwest that bas yet preaent all was quiet, and that Neither could he foresee what lay been made, Initiated by the people o! wu a large number of men In although the Indiana were f"r before him-Ills easy capture of Ca- that section, the whole nation wUI be most part absent. We obtained bokla and Vlncenne>-, the less of tlle Invited to participate because It Is the tho man boai!. enough to convey latter place to "Hair-Buyer" Hamilton, whole lll!tion ' which owes a debt of acro111 the river, where 1 rormed my the British governor of Detroit. the gratitude to Clark. In three divisions. I felt conft. The celebration will have a special the Inhabitants could not now ob- terrible march which be was to lend knowledge <>f our approach In across the Drowned Lands the next significance since It will alro mark the to enable them to make any re- year to recapture VIncennes, the dl oae hundredth and fiftieth anniversary My object was now to get toaaeaalon of the place with u little plomaey, the tact, the boldness, the of the first time tbe Stars and Stripes eonfuslon u poaolble, but to have It daring, and the master skill which lle were raised over that section ot the If neceaaary at the los• ot the whole must employ to win the French lnhab- country. For when tbe Britlsb lla11 town. I did not entirely credit the ltants of tbe Illinois country !rom was hauled down from over Fort given us at the bouae. u seemed to contradict blmaelf, their sworn allegiance to the British Snckv!lle, after Hamilton's surrender ilil1for1mi ng ua among other tblnga that Hag and to overawe the Indian tribes of the fort, It was the new flag of the we heard In t-he town wae so .tl}at hi! slender force could hold new nation, one of the several stands by the negroea at a dance I the country which they had conquered. of colon which tbe French lnhabifor the fort with one division, Least of all could he foresee tbe tants bad presented to Clark's men :MierinJr the other two to proceed to quarter• or the town lt J mighty consequences of his ambltloui and the volunteers who accompanied no resistance, at a certain plans and the sufferings which be and them on their expedition against Vlna general shout was to be given his men were to be ealled upon to en cennes, wblch was run up In Its plac~:. certain part or the town was 1elzed Immediately, while men dure before be bad accomplished bls S~>me historians have stated that each detachment who were able designs. We can look back now and Clark first unfurled the Stars and talk French were to run through see that had It not been for George Stripes ou the soil of Illinois before atreeta proclaiming what had hiiP· Rogers Clark, the weE1:ern boundary retting out for Kaskaskia, but Clark's and Informing the townomen ·to of the new republic at the close of narratl\-e, In the book quoted above, ~01a1n In their houses on pain of bethe Revolution would most llkely have makes no mention of this fact. and It abot down. arrangements produced the de- been the Alleghenies and the great Is probable that VIncennes and not elfect, and withIn a very abort states of Wlsconrln, Michigan. Illinois, Kaskaskia first had a sight of Old we were In complete poaaesslon of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, to say Glory. with every avenue guardrd It would have been a final touch of 1>revot1t any one from escaping and nothing of the whole vast territory alarm to the other villages west of the lll!ssissippl, might not now patriotic appropriateness It the Stars .VtLrhma order• not worth mentioning be a part of tiM! United States. and Stripes bad been displayed on been laaued tor the guidance of For It Is not veatur!ng too wild a July 4, 1778. But even though It was men In the event of oppoaltlon. silence, J auppoJJe, never b'1less to declare that had Clark's at· not, the eveuts of that day were rlgamong the Inhabitants of a tempt to capture Kaskaskia that ' In· nlficant enough, and on Independence tl1an In Kaskaskia at thla june- dependence day a bundred and !!tty day this year, when Americans are retare: not a person was to be eeen er a word to be beard from them for eome yeare ago by some chanee resulted In memberlng the men on the Atlantic ttme. Meanwhile our trGopa purpoaely failure instead of success. the whole seaboard who, on July 4, 1776, signed .llqt up tbe greatest poaslble noloe course of American history might have the Declaration of Independence, they tllroughout every quarter <>f the town, been changed. It Is orten upon such should also remember the little group while patrola moved around It continually throughout the night. u It waa slender threads as this that the des of backwoodsmen who h~lped wake a capital object to Intercept any mee- tiny of nations hangs. In view of the tbat Declaration good by their daring ;...,nK•er that might be aent out, In about Importance of Clark's conquest ot the and the privations they endured un two boure •ll the Inhabitants were diearmed, and Informed that any o11e who Brltlro posts In the West. It would be der the leadership of George Hoger~ oould be taken while attempting to natural to suppose that a grateful na Clark. J Great Marsh Area El Chaco, a vast area ot land bePHraguay and Bolivia, Is awaitthe ambitious adventurer. lt eov· about 200,000 square miles and I& t...,u .. ,,.. tt to be constituted mainly of and jungles. A few mer· who even today, liS they were the da)·s of the Phoenicians, are t•loneer explorers of distant anil le known 11reas, are about the only wlu' have ever visited the In· terlor of the Chaco, lured there beIt Is the home of the querbracho tree, an Important rource of tannin. e&OII(' Deprived of Equipment A man who had made a reputation as a pol!llcal exhorter was asked to talk to a gatlwrlng of the gentler sex. He demurred. "I'm afraid I can't do much good at IL I have nHer tslk<>tl to women, you know." "NonsenRe !" hfs frieuds replied. ··You arouse tiM! men, why not the WOJlleD ?" J., "I tell yon I'm certain to make a failure of It" "Why are you so sure of that?" "Beeause," be answered, "I can't U8e more than half my vocabulary when I tulk to women." Hopelesa Cau· 'l'he <'ream ot all uiJSP~t-mlnrled is llle one who. ahuut to ~tart on o journey, tilled his \\'ife wttb gasoline, kissPd his ronn m:~p goon h.' and trl~fl to sho,·e his llhll<•r r·nr int• h!R llO<"I;et profc~sors \VEU., 1\IA t-lat' GOII-IE\' IO GWE IT 10 YOU, I Ki.JO\V IHAI OH, JOAI-J! LE'TS PLAY ,, ''ADAM AIJD E.\'E 'l/ln-1 ,,. Nomination of Hoover by Republicans Outstanding Event of the Week. Republican uationul convention T HEfocused the attent!ou of the coun· try for at least five days of the week. The nomination of Herbert C. Hoover as the Republican candlflate for the Presidency, a foregone conclusion be· fore the doors of the convention ball were opened to the delegates, left the proceedings largely o matter of rou t!nr, except for the !Jattle over the platform. The outstaudlng feature of the con vention, seen In retrospect, was the Boover control of the proceedings. It was supreme, but It was a mannerly, orderly control. No rough stuff. Op ponents of the Hoover majority were courteously given ample opportunity to present their side of the question' at Issue and no restraint was put upon the delegates when their enthus lasm burst Into long and noisy dem· onstratious, as It did particularly when the nominations were made. The agt·lcultural plank of the plat· form, as expected, launched the big fight of the L"Onvention. A determined fight on the plank presented by the majority of the committee was made by the westeru farm leaders. 1'h Is plank, formulated after two dass and nights of labor In the com· rulttee, Ignored any mention of the controverted equalization fee of the Jllc~ary-Hnugen bill, but pledged ev· ery assistance In the reorganization of the farmers' marketing machinery. Lt proposed the creation of a farm board with vower to set up farmer owned and contFolled corporations to preVI!ut and control surpluses through orderly distribution. Facing an admittedly losing fight the farm leaders battled on earnestly and at great length, suhrulttlng only when the majority or the delegates vot<>il approval of the committee t'e· port. A no less earnest but less time con· snmlng battle, and also a IO'Sing one, was waged on the prohibition plank which advocated observance Rnd vlg· orous enforcement of the Eighteenth amendmeut. For the first time the radio made the proceedings of a national political convention available to people In all parts of the eountry. Other conven· t!ons have been broadcast, but never before was there a hook-up of hroad· casting stations so distributed that anyone with a receiving set Anywhere In the country could hear the entire proceedln~:s. COOLIDGE on Monday PltESIDENT night gave his semiannual report on the business of government as It has been handled during the last few years and outlined his policies for the next six mouths before a gather· lng of the department heads In Mell\ll rial hall, Washington. "It has been my endeavor," he snld. "so to manage the national f!nnnr!'s as to secure the greatest benefit to the people. I have rejoiced in keeping down the annual budget, In r"duclng taxes. and paying off the national deht, becau~e the Influence of such action Is felt In every home In the land." TllP people. he said, must 1 fu rnlsh their own prosperity. It cannot he hanileil down to them by the government. And wh~n they have It they must rise above It In spiritual outlook. "Prosperity," he said, "Is only an Instrument to he used, not a deity to be worshiped." Reviewing the condition of Industry and trade since 1921, he said: "Stabilization and a feeling of se· curit;v have been the primary factors In the great upwArd swing of Amerl· can in<lustry and commerce since 1921." The tax question, he declared. has been approached from the ungle or re· qulring no mor4l from the people than necessary to operate the govern rnent efficient!~·. "The revenue acts of 1!1:.!1, 1!1:!4. 1926 and Hl2S," he Raid, "whrn fully BU't' HO\V DO \VE operative will reduce taxes by approx· hnately two billions of dollars a year as compared with what would have been collected If the act of 1918 had remained ln force. "It Is Inconceivable that In such a short space of time the government coul<l ~~ut its tax rutes to snrh an extent. Yet that hns been done. Mil· lions of Individuals In the lower brack· ets have been entirely stricl<en from the tax rolls. Pe•·sonal exemption for !nd!v!dunls and head~ or fftmll!es hnve hcen greu tly Increased. "Prefer('ntlal trentment has been given to earned Income. War taxes and nuisance taxes ha\'e heen repealed. Business has been freed of many hampering and uneconomic re· strlctlons. The pro~perity of today can be attributed In a large measure to the lessening or the burden of fed· ern! taxes. "The reduction which has heen made In the national debt since July 1, 1921, has contributed much to tbe ability of the government to lessen taxes. That reduction ut the end of this fiscal year will amount to approximately $6,327,000,000. The total debt will' then be $17,650,000,000. It Is one-third paid. The total saving In Interest over all that period will amount approximately to $9W,OOO,OOO. The reductions In the tleht required by law for the same perIod total $3,200,000,000. "By the end of this fiscal year we will actually have applied to debt reduction $3,031,000,000 more than required by law. That represents what was saved from national revenue. These, together with refunding operations which converted securities bearIng high rates or Interest Into securities having lower rates, re1•resent a perpetual saving In Interest of $274,000,000 a year. F'or the current fiscal year, which closes In a few weeks, the President said there would be a surplus In excess of four hundred million. l~stimates are IK!ing prepared for Hl29 and 1930. On this he sa!fl: "Taking Into consideration the leg· !slatlon enacted during the last ses· sion of cungress, we find that for 1929 our rec!'ipts w!ll be about $:{,707.000,. 000 and our estimated expenditures $:l,8fl1.00H.OOO. These estimates might seem to forecast a deficit. We must not hn,·e a dpflrft. "The cost of government In the United States, federal, state and mu· .nlclpal, In 1921 was $9.:->00,000,000. In ~025 lt hnd Increased to $11,124,000,. 000. During that period the nntianal government had reduced Its expend!· ture by two billions. "The necessity of keeping expend!· tures within receipts, the importance of continuing our pay-as-we-go policy, <'annot be overemphnslzed. This primary limitation on estimates Is the first step toward the continuation of that policy In 1930. rt means that there will be no latitude for expan· slon where expansion Is not made compulsory b~· new law or hy conditions that leave no choice. In preparing your preliminary estimates for 1930, which you V(ill submit to the budget bureau by July 15 next, you must keep this In mind." W ELL, he hard ought not to be so to beat," was the only comment of Gov. AI. Smltb when Informed of Hoover's nomination as the Republican canuidnte for President. u EARL KLINCK, former right-hand man of the klan dragon, D. C. Rtephenson. was convicted by a jury In the criminal court at Indianapolis of being accessory In attesting a false affidavit. Conviction carries a one to thr~e-year prison term. Klinck ap· pealed. Klinck, once a policeman at Evansville, wns Stephenson's personal bodygun rd. HIs present predicament !ol· lowed an attempt to have Indictments returned against Tom Adams. crusnd· lng anti-klan publisher at VIncennes, and Royd Gurley, Pulitzer prize editor of Indianapolis, following presentation or a forged atliflavlt to the ted~ral grunrl jury at Inclinnapolls last fall. States District Judge UNITED 'fhornns R. Thatcher of New York di8missed the fede•·al suit In equity the Standa•·u Aircraft corpnrntinn tn rerm·er ~2.:\!l4,4~S.48, which It alle;::!'d hnd heen illegally paid in settleme11t of wnr nir contracts. A rnuntPr rlaim of the ddenolant for an again~t additional payment or $142,000 also wus dismissed. 'fhe case Included testimony from former War department ofiicials and officers of the airplane company, which during the war had held con· tracts tor alrcruft for the government totaling ahout $11,000,000. or President Cool· Tldge elimination as a candidate to succeed himHE self caused a tremendous crash on the )~;.,ow York stock market Monday. Prices broke from 2 to 25 poiuts. Not sinee the hectic record-breuking ses· sion of Mnrch, 1!126, has the exchange experienced such wild selling. Marked recoYery In prices was shown later ln the week. wl won $100 on tbe races yesterAND .MHS. COOLIDGE day." "I'd thank you to keep your racr llll\'e settled down for the season at the summer White House on the stories to yourself." Brule river in Wisconsin. After a two days' delay lu vacation d~parture, due Earlinesa lo the Illness of Mrs. Coolidge, the The early bird, as all affirm, Is to rejoicing stirred. Presidential party left Wa,-hington But how about tho early worm Wednesdny night. lllrs. Coolidge had That reeds the early bird! lmpro\·ed greatly, was cheerful and anxious to get started on tbe journey. Trouble With Watch 1'he offices of the White House sta!T Patron-~ty watch which i bought have been established at Superior and from you has stopped. What Is the the President Is expected to motor to matter with It? that city when business requires his Jeweler-It Is a victim of wbnt the attention. doctors call "cachexia." The President I& being guarded by Putron-\Vhat ln the world does caregular troops from Fort ilnelllng, chexia:' mean? Minn., who are camped about a qunr· Jeweler-It means run down. ter of a mlle from the lodge. P HESWE~'f T HE prlce of educating a public school pupil has more tltrt n dou· bled In the last 15 years, It Is shown by figures compiled by the federal bureau of education. In 1013 the cost was $38.31, nnd the present figure Is $102.50. Expenditures for public school i'ulld lngs hR\·e almost doubled since 1920, with the peak being reached In lll25 when $43:1.000,000 was €'j.lent for new buildings. In 1926, howeYer, the an· nual expenditure for public school buildings decreased $22,000,000, lndf· eating, the hureau said, that construction had overtaken tl1e shortage caused by the World war. 'l'he bureau attributed the Increase In school expenditures to the de· creased purchasing power of the dol· lar and the general Improved school fncllltles. T HE Raltlr bitterness, resulting from the unrettled 4Mspute between Lithuania and Poland. remain~ as the only danger to European pen~e. was the opinion expressed generally as the council of the League of Na· tlons ended Its fiftieth session at <'>€neva. Council members made no attempt to conceal their chagrin that the body had found Itself unahle to liquidate this quarrel. 'l'he basis of the dispute Is the Polish po!!'Sesslon af the city of V!lna, former capital of Lithuania, and recently named an~w. In the constl· tut!on of thnt country, as the seat of Its governmPnt. Members of the council separated with the fe!'llng that the Ralt!c situ· ntlon will be either better or worse hy September. It the Iutter proves to he the case, the whole controv!'fsy Is llkel:v to be thrashed out hpfore the general assembly of the IPHJ!ue. W. STEWAHT. cha!:man ROBERT of the Standard 011 •·••mpany of lnfllana, was acquitted by u jury In the District of Columbia Snt•reme court In Washington on a churge of refusing to answer questions nf thij senate Investigating committee regard lng Continental Oil company hon<ls. Stewart specifically was accused of violating section 102 or the criminal code, which makes It mandatory thnt "1tnesses before congre!!'Slonal committees answer questions pertinent to the subject of Inquiry. Back&eat Wisdom A young married woman w.'to was learning to drive a car became somewhat confused o\·er the detnlls and exclalmetl: "But how can I think of what to do?" "Oh, just imagin~ that your husband ls drh·ing," was tbe Instructor's reJoinder. Pride Husband- :s"ow, why did you buy such a big shirt? W!fe-Olt, I didn't want the clerk to know that I married such a little shrimp. Word.s Father-Tllis thing can't go on, Daughter-What are you talking about? Father- Your new dress. PUZZLED Bird-! don't see bow you fly-you haven't any wings or any feathers l Goodly Outside How many ptople ao they pass Will smile as th~y deeeivel l'he most agre~ab;e, alas, Are those you ean'l believe! Avoiding Troublea "Do you think that riches brio& happiness?" "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "If a man can keep his dollars oecupled strictly In business and prevent them from tooling around in polltlcs."-Wnshlngton Star. Good Reaaon ''Why so happy?" "I've been to the dentist." "That's no reason for being bnppy." "Yes, he was out." 0 NE of the most picturesque fig· Strategy ores In the woman suffrage moveFlsst Clu!Jman (after mldnlght)ment, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, died · In a nursing home In London, England, Gilod heavens l I've just remembered at the uge of sixty-nine. Death came that I haven't my lntcb key wltb me. Second l'luhamn-Won't your wife after a comparatively shmt Illness. Mrs. Pankhurst was the tlrst mill· get up and let you ln? Fit·st-1'11 make her. !'II scratch on tunt suffragist In efforts to obtain the the cloor and whine nod she'll think vote fur women, millions of whom are her pet \log has been locked out. now enjoying the privilege of casting their lJallots ot parliamentury elec· Many Competitors tlons ae a result of the work of her and her supporters. This early work ~!ollie-- .Jaek is a h<'~· in 8 hundred. was often done at great personal rl~k. Dods- !loPs he !mew be's competing w'tt- so many? ., PLA'I ·n-lA:r GAME~ ' A\-JD I'Ll, Extracting Splinter f1WE •·nocror wli r~-c get this splinter cut f;·c·m u111ler my t lnuuhnai, ?" "'ly d~ar man, we no lt:Jer wJste tl.;.t> ext11tding splinters. I will give ,.,m a:1 tll]l't't. ln of our uew anti· SpJi•,!cr ~<'rtJm an.] \'f'U ern forget ubout 'iJiinters for !he next seven years.'' WA'I! ----Such Is Life nili-C1Jn you lend me a dollar? 1 dnn't get paid until tomonow. Jeny-Sorry; I gut p!!..lol yesterda)' |