The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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More Than Million and HaJf
Trained in Citizensmp
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OtVWMMXt iMkl I RlMk
Wm Pall u Fits far Naturalise
!— 8418A All ana Naw In
Unlta Main
Washington DJc — Night srhools an-
uMlitrii by iKa bureau or naturaUso-
tlaa a( lha DapartaMwt of Labor aa
that aitraa seeking riitMiiaSI may eh-
laia Iba necessary educational training
art proving highly satlafartory nvw
lot la ofllolata of lha department
Blocs tha bagtaaiag af Iba asrvle
more than a million and a half raadW
-data for citizenship have baaa directed
la lha training classes Comaiunltira
hart beeo awakened to tha a rad of tha
rlaaaaa and to their economic mine
aad Ilia c o-o perm t Ion thua afforded haa
resulted In greater efficteocf and
keener interest’
This system It la said la weak la
that It can only eatabliah contact with
thoae allans who take soma atep toward
cttlzeushlp In - 1920 the number of
known mala anti female aliens In tha
United States was 5349185 with 730
838 wboaa nationality wan unknown
This last number wera aliens who had
Aot filed applications for dtlaenahlp
aad probably Intended returning ta
-their native countries
Whenever a candidate for dtlaenahlp
-film his petition the name la obtained
by the bureau of naturalisation from
tha darka of courts Thaao names am
4 van to ecbftol officials In tha locality
Ja which tha petition waa Iliad and
-a letter la rot to tha candidate urging
blni ta attend tha classes
An official af the bureau of natural-
isation said ha believed the plan for
training aliens for dtlzenahlp la on
of high Importance to the country be-
cause It makee for more Intelligent
dtlaeoa
“Many of the aliens who come te
us remain only a few years return-
ing to their homes for extended visits'
he said "Old World surroundings
after living In America soon pall and
they return to this country After this
experience they are randy to attain
-citizenship’ How much better pro-
pared they would be If during their
-first visit they had attended classes in
public schools" '
MYSTIFIES MEDICAL MEN
llartikichl Nakamura is ’ a strange
onan and his powers of healing have
mystified - medical men who many
-times take recourse to his skill Usu-
ally no credence Is given to the mys-
- Serious in medical circles but with
Nakamura who has effected many
-cures even a hospital calls on him in
certain cases'
He specializes on victims of Infantile
paralysis and a half-dozen years ago
daring the epidemic be had great suc-
cess In restoring stricken limbs to
their' powers
He has other powers ’ He can move
Independently any muscle In his body
He passes at will Into a condition of
suspended ' animation or technical
-death stops the beating of the pulse
stops the beating of the heart until It
Vis Indistinguishable even to ' Instru-
ments arrests his breathing ' He can
-with no apparent movement raise or
lower the temperature of his body
"The authenticity of these marvels is
-certified by medical authorities 1
THIS COALTHIEF IS ORIGINAL
Believed One Operating in New York
Under Rubber Shovel Becauae
of Silence
New York— A coal thief who Is be-
lieved to use a rubber shovel because
Tie works so silently Is being sought
here
Complaints have been received by
police from apartment house owners
-who say someone has been taking
-their coal In the dead of night with-
out making any -noise
The burglar made his prize haul
-when he escaped with IS tons of fuel
at one apartment
Eugenics Test in Vienna
Vienna Austria — Of 424 candidates
for1 matrimony who presented them-
selves during one month at the newly
established municipal department for
“advice In matters of matrimony the
physicians in attendance granted cer-
tlflcmtes to only 86 per cent
“SlMlO-'IS
DEAD AT71 YEI1RS
Natural Death Comet to Man
X3t$ Handed Ttesaands of
Pcssneua Rcpttet
tn k loEUE DOSS
BaHacheU Was Wont to Ooelars Thai
the Rattlesnake Waa Mack Ml sunder
steed— Unless Melented It Wee Id
Net Strike Ordinarily
Ban Antonio Tex— Julius K Ut li-
febelt alventy-one known to the world
et the circus and museum ns "The Hfr
tlesnake King” U dead at the home of
hU daughter Mrs Kmma llrauu In
Ban Antonio Although he had handled
literally hundreds of thousands of
traakee In a long career Ids death was
a natural one J
Bailschelt was a native of Germany
but rams to Texas when a young mau
and at flrqt1 engaged in farming It
was purely by accident that he started
in the snake busineea It la aald A
medicine show wan in Helutea a small
settlement In Bexar county and offered
83 for a rattlesnake Bailschelt never
had caught a rattler but going out with
a long stick at the end of which was a
forked prong be soon found a large
nuke pinned its bend to the earth
then picked It up threw It In a sack
and carried it to the show man
From that day forward Ballachait
caught rattlers for a living and liter-
ally has caught single-handed thoo-
sands of the reptiles The rattlers are
one of the great natural crops of south-
west Texas
Becomes Whole sale Dealer
As the “Rattlesnake King” became
better known and his snakes wera more
In demand among circuses- medicine
shows and museums he became 'a
wholesale dealer as well as a retailer
and Mexicans In the off season when
farm work was slack frequently went
oaks catching When they smade a
catch they wera certain to find a mar-
ket with "the Snake King”
Mr Bailschelt was wont to declare
that the rattlesnake was-much misun-
derstood Unless the reptile- was
molested It would not strike ordinarily
but would escape from the vicinity of
threatened danger If a rattler 1
startled It will strike and In the skin
shedding season when the reptile 1
blind anything approaches at Its peril
for the snake lashes out at every noise
Belonging to - the viper family th
rattler’s young are born not hatched
an In the 'case of many other reptilsw
and references to rattlesnake : eggs
sometimes seen" are doe to' mistaking
the eggs of some other eaake for thoee
ottho deadly rattling viper or to na-
ture faking The female gives birth
sometimes to Utters ft as many an a
dozen vigorous little reptiles In ths
early spring and they emerge Into the
world fully equipped with poison eacs
and fangs capable of slaying man sr
beast from the day of thoir birth on
- Warns Before Striking
“The rattlesnake Is a gentleman Ho
always gives due warning before he
strikes” Mr- Bailschelt explained re-
cently ' "In shedding season when ha
cannot hunt because of blindness his
hunger and sightlessness makes the
rattler a mean customer Sometimes
he will sound warning but generally
not and he will strike at any noise
during that period”
Mr Bailschelt was not afraid of rat-
tlers and the larger they were and
therefore the more dangerous the bet-
ter he liked them for rattlers sell by
the pound and pot by length as the un-
initiated might imagine
When the demand for the live snakes
proved slack the snakes still proved
profitable to Mr Bailschelt who killed
them and cured the hides for use In
leather goods such as belts hatbands
fobs and purses the skins being soft
and pliable when properly tanned The
carcasses are rendered for the fat
which Is highly esteemed for lotions
ointments and for use as a treatment
for rheumatic affections The venom
also Is useful In science and In the
manufacture of drugs
While many of the snakes sold by
“the Snake King” went to the pnr-
chnsers with their poison fangs intact
the majority had their fangs extracted
before they were shipped The ex-
traction of fangs Is accomplished by
getting the snake to strike at a heavy
piece of allk The fangs become en-
tangled In the texture of the goods and
a quick strong pull accomplishes the
dental work 1
Finish Big Alaska Bridge
Anchorage Alaska — The bridge over I
the Tanana river at Nenana hue been
completed and formally turned over to
the Alaska railroad commission It
bos a single steel span 700 feet tong
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Twitch of Eye Saves
Life of Man in Coffin
A twitch of hla eye saved Hen-
ry Hlser fifty yearn old of No-
- Mesvtlle ImL from going to hla
grave prematurely Aa an under-
taker was about to place the
body In the coffin he noticed a
muscular contraction of one eye
A physician was culled end Riser
was soon on the road to recovery
The apparent death waa on used
by paralysis
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FUIII AIDS OETTEil MICilLTORE
CdfMn aad Seller Drought Together by FieU Expert
Who Secure Square Deal for Doth Partiea — Quality
of Farm Product Improved
By D M OTI
Agricultural Dlrecter Americas liithtn Asaoelatles
The retain of I nit class cattlo aa the planting of
pnre-bre soods take but HUIe If nay more tiara tkaa
Inferior rattle aa Inferior ia 'With Improve lire
stock aa dependable are lha earnlags of the farmer
are sure lo lacrwase la volume aa value ' That thought
was the forersaaer of the ftaaker-rarmar Eaebaogo Idea
a y'“ by which the banker might al the farmer toward
tho poaecaaloa of better cattle end the production of
better crops an Had a ready market for hie surplus
The Banker-Farmer Exchange plea was proposed
Is 1111 by (ha Agricultural Committee of the Wisconsin
Bankers Association of which tho chairman was Burton
M Smith now chairman of the Agricultural Commission
of tbs American Bankers Association To get it started bankers of Wisconsin
subscribed to a guarantee fund of flOdOO covering a period of two years
After three years of operation dur-
ing which time there has been oppor
tunlty to give the plan a thorough
test the Exchange has been found to
e an actual and a distinct help to
farmers aad incidentally to the
banks of farming communities
How the Exchange Works
The Idea la worked out aa follows:
Aay farmer In the state who has
any grade or purebred livestock for
sals can step into the bank where he
does his banking busineea and on
blanks furnished to the hank can Hat
what he haa to offer giving the num
her age color records price ate
Aay farmer oa tha other head who
- wishes to purchase a horse or a cow
or even a carload of stock mb notify
hla banker of tbs kind aad Dumber
of stock bo wishes Than listings are
seat to a central ofllce where tha
' prospective purchaser Is put In touch
with the listings of stock for sale that
'came nearest to aseetias hie require-
ments aad which are situated as cloaa
as possible to his locality
With the development of the work
of tho Eacbange-we found that there
was a large number of Inquiries com-
ing In for carload lots of Improved
dairy cattle In order to handle these
buyers efficiently It was necessary to
secure reliable field men- This was
done by getting la touch with local
banka aad having the banker recom-
mend a reliable man who waa a good
Judge of stock who waa well acquaint-
ed with the farmers and commanded
their respect aad who was la a posi-
tion to meet buyers with hla automo-
bile and take them from farm to farm
show them tha ' stock that waa for
aale and when found satisfactory by
tho hayer help In assembling testing
aad shipping 1
i The Services ef Field Man
These field men are expected to
keep posted on the livestock for sale
la their respective communities They
are to steer the buyers away from
herds that are kaowa to be affected
AMERICA THE WORLD’S
TRUST COMPANY TODAY
- By THEODORE G SMITH
President Trust Company- Ol vision
American Bankers Association
The trust com-
panies of the
United' States
are custodians of
nearly thirteen
billion dollars of
assets to be used
Id advancing In-
dustry commerce
and trade - This
word "trust”
means something
more than a term
Theo G Smith
of trade U indicates trustworthiness
and responsibility It measures the
vast confidence which millions of citi-
zens repose In Institutions that can
be trusted :
It is well occasionally to ask our-
selves what life Implies what our per-
sona) and corporate life Implies It Is
wholesome’ at such a time as this in
human affairs when the world hears
many expressions of lack of confi-
dence when distrust and sorrow are
speaking loudly in economic social
and political life to remember that
there are some men and some instltu
tions that are and can be trusted
The note of trust cannot be too loudly
sounded in the entire world today
America Is the world’a Trust Com
pany at present She is the world's
largest creditof and that Imposes an
outstanding responsibility Our cred
itor position Is still new to us but
after several years of It we are able
to perceive that having changed from
a great international debtor to the
greatest International creditor calls
for something more than complacent
reliance on our new position
What is most needed at this mo-
ment Is a genera) conviction such as
the individual banker mast always
keep in mind In his dealings as cred-
itor that It Is a creditor’s doty to
eep his credit sound to keep his
lebtors solvent to help maintain bus-
ness as “a oing concern” -Europe
Is of value to us only as
Europe is a going concern The only
my Europe’s debt car be liquidated
s through continuance In business
bis Involves political and social re
abilltation as well as economic To
i!s rehabilitation it is Amerca’n duly
- creditor to contribute
The adjustment of International in-
with tuberculosis or thst have con-
tagious abortion Ia other words
these field men -are expected to give
a square deal to both the seller and
the buyer For the services rendered
by the Banker-Farmer Exchange In-
cluding the services of the field maa
and hla automobile the buyer pays a
8 per cent commission This commis-
sion Is divided equally with the local
fluid maa
During 1922 tbs Exchange experi-
enced a marked growth It had In-
quiries for ever 1200 head of dairy
cattle aa Increase et M par east over
tha preceding year Tha raoordi shew
M carloads sold as compared with S3
carloads ta 10IL Of these alas car-
loads west to tha state of Maryland
eight to IUlnola four each to Ohio aad
Minnesota three each to Iowa North
Dakota aad Missouri two each to
Montana South Dakota Florida Mis-
sissippi aad Canada and oaa each to
Washington Michigan Indiana Geor-
gia New York and Kansas Tha bal-
ance wera sold to parties la Wisconsin
Salsa Greatly Increased
The value of tha livestock sold dur-
ing tha yes? amounted to IlllJTI as
compared with 837092 la 192L Tha
baslness transacted during tha year
showed an increase of over MS per
cent
Aa encouraging feature of the work
is found In tho repeat orders Buyera
seem to be pleased with the service
they have received aad are not only
comlag back themselves but are re-
ferring others to tha Exchange
Another encouraging feature of tha
work la the Increased Interest that la
developing In tha stats Parties era
writing tha Exchaige for bulls with
records aad of certain lines of breed
la and are also - writing for cows
and heifers of foundation stock With
tha development of this type of work
tha Banker-Farmer Exchange will ha
of material assistance la devaleptag
aad Improving the livestock et i
state 1
debtedness must be made while sew
business is being done It is part of
America’s trusted obligation to use Its
unique position by assisting with
profit to herself and to the borrowers
tbq progress of economic production
and distribution In all promising coun-
tries That is part of the day’s work
and the day’s work must meet the
world’s need I
Boys and Girla Clubs
”1 am ' particularly interested In
what the National Committee on Boys
and Girla Club Work is undertaking
for the reason that I am convinced
that no public spirited movement of
which f have knowledge holds greater
potentialities both for the future citi
zenship of America and for the stabil-
ization of a sound economic and rural
life’’— -F N Shepherd Executive Man
ager American Bankers Association
“Boys and Girls Club Work today
will furnish the power which will run
our agricultural engine tomorrow It
Is the solid foundation now being laid
upon which may be built a prosperous
national structure I should i like to
see the sons and daughters of all
Farm Bureau members as well as all
other farm boys and girls take advan-
tage of the opportunities afforded by
Cliib Work” — James R Howard
SIX REASONS FOR THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
First: A boy or girl adopting a
modern practice has from 40 to 60
years to use It as against 20 years
for the average man who adopts a
new practice : -
Second: Boys and girls are more
easily influenced to take up the new
methods advocated by the Agricul-
tural Colleges than are adults
Third: More boys and girls can be
reached than can adults becauae de-
mands are not quite so great upon
their time and they can Je readily
formed Into clubs
Fourth: By reaching the boys and
girls the adults are' reached at the
same time so that the results obtained
in changing the agricultural practices
of communities are very great
Fifth: A dollar expended for boys
nd girls work will produce two to
iree times the results for the same
mount expended In adult work for
he reasons above given
S'-cth: Boys and girls club work
— e s t-e masses ftbere were 600-
r’-hs jn 1921 and approrl-
’ " ”0 eowl and is a feeder
rf-’-tfo-si high schools and
—linker Farmer
pet ram a
LAHOE QUANTITY OF
CENTAL GOLD HERE
Abe Arrest Party Alleged Te Have
Burled Staff Near Cettee Deck
la North Pert ef City
A man giving bin name at tha
police station as Jha Egan about
45 years oldt ia being held in the
city Jail here for Investigation fol-
lowing the finding by police near
the cotton dock in the north end of
the Rock Island yards Saturday
morning of a conglomerate man of
dentists gold constating of small
strips of 18 and 22 carat gold sol-
der gold plate and bridge mater-
ial teeth and suchlike
Chief of Police Gossett and Offi-
cer Carl Ray were told by parties
living near the cotton dock this
morning that they saw a man hide
something near the north end of the
platform The officers investigat-
ed and after considerable work un-
covered the paper packages contain-
ing the gold It was taken to the
police station and soon after noon
Chief Gossett who had been given
a good description of the party al-
leged to have hidden the stuff went
back and arrested Egan at a point
about one hundred yards from tha
place where the stuff had been bid-
den Makes General Denial
When taken to the station Egan
denied hiding the packages and in-
sisted that he knew nothing about
them f
Questioned by Policeman Ray late
Saturday afternoon at the city jail
Egan at first refused to talk accus-
ing tha officer of being a detective
and informing him that ho waa Mho
spring chicken” when asked his age
and that he would "talk when the
proper time” cam Later how-
ever he stated that he waa a stran-
ger here
His answers to questions were ab-
out as follow: '
“Have you any faimly?” 1
"No sir my folks are all dead”
“What state are you a native oft”
' “New York I guess My parents
have-been gone for so long I can’t
remember very well”
‘You h&ve no family of your own
thent” x
“No sir” -
' “What do you work att”
“Anything I can get to do Jobs
are not very easy to get now days”
‘‘You have no trade thent”
‘No sir none that I can work at
I am hard of hearing and my eye-
sight isL bad” V
Cm Gin No RtftmcM
“Is there anyone you have worked
for that you could refer tot” :
“No air I can’t think of anyone
worked for so many- farmers in
Kansas and Nebraska that I 'can’t
remember I never thought I was
going to get into trouble of this kind
and didn’t know I would need to re-
member who all I worked for”
In answer to questions by Officer
Ray as to what he was doing near
the place where the packages of gold
were found the prisoner : replied
that he was just loafing around and
wanted some place to get out of the
wind -
What was you doing when you
stooped down near the place where
we found the packages?” Ray asked
“I was tying my shoe’’ was the
answer 4
At the time the packages were
uncovered it was noticed that there
were a couple of splotches of blood
on a piece of the paper wrapper
At the jail one of the prisoner’s fin-
gers was wrapped up
Can’t Remember Hurt Finger
Asked how he hurt his finger
Egan replied that he didn’t remem-
ber The man wears ’ glasses and a
black mustache the latter evidently
dyed black for it has a rather glossy
shine He is a well built healthy
man weighing about ’ 165 or 170
pounds and about 5 feet 9 or 10
inches
In the opinion of the police de-
partment the fellow is wanted acme
place and in all probability has a
criminal record
A local dentist after being given
a description of the loot Saturday
afternoon and an estimate ' of the
weight stated that it was worth some-
where between 8250 and 3350
An investigation into the case is
being made by local police depart-
ment — — o '
Recovering From Dptherla
The little son of Mr and Mrs S
R Ellis who has been critically ill
with diptheria is reported by Dr Pet-
ty as being greatly improved and on
the road to recovery It was a des-
perate case and it became necessary
to operate on the child’s throat
o
Mr and Mrs Herb Wood and little
daughter Annabel left last night for
Watonga to visit relati
man ei::!:::eeh
IS HELD CAPTIVE DY !
- LEXICA!! DANDTS'
Government Sends Flying
ef Tree pa late Meastaias Ta
Captara the Bandit
Mexico City April Id — (Aaaocla--ted
Press)— Military commanders ato
Zacatecas and Durango have beta or-
dered to dispatch flying columns of
troops after the bandit leader John
Galind who la alleged to be respon-
sible for the kidnapping of Oliver -W
Krull a mining engineer from
tha Trinidad mine in Durango near -the
Zacatecas border according te a:
statement made by the foreign office
here tonight
COURT OPENED WITH PKAYERT
New District Judge Recognizee Deity
Aa One of First Acts
Judge M W Pugh who was ap-
pointed district judge to fill out thw
unexpired term of Judge Cham Jones
who waa elevated to the supreme court
commission was oa hand this morn-
ing and opened the April term of
court
“Gentlemen I am about ready to-
open court” Judge Pugh declared
“and aa I believe in recognizing the-
deity we will open with prayer for
guidance during the aessioin” Rev-
Jarrell invoked divine blessings upon-
the assemblage and the court waa in
full awing
Judge Pugh ia a high-toned Christ-
ian gentleman and as long aa he is on
the job the people can expect justice
to hold sway in the Stephens countje
court house
CONTRACT LET FOR i
$26000 RESIDENCE '
BY J !! SRELTOir
Structure Will Be of Brick and Mod-
ern In Every Detail Worw Is
Now Under Way
- J M Shelton is planning to build
a handsome brick residence at the
corner of 10th street and Hickory-
avenue the contract having been ta
yesterday to Lobert A Klein of this
city
The permit from the city calls for
an estimated cost of 326000 but it
is expected that all the improvements
contemplated will run considerably
above that figure It will be a decid-
addition to that popular residence
section-of the city
Ground has already been broken for
this residence and the work will he
ruched through to rapid completion
o— — — —
LEE D FORD GOES TO
THE SUPREME COURT
Lee D Ford who has been assoc ia-
ted with the law firm of Womack A
Brown of this city is leaving for Ok-
lahoma City to assume the duties of
mandate clerk of the Supreme Court
As much as we regret to see Mr Ford
leave our city Duncan is to be con-
grttulated in that one of her worthy
sons has been chosen for so respen- -sible
a place in the affairs of state
Mr Ford came to this city about
two years ago He at once connected
himself with one of the churches in
which he was appointed teacher of a
Sunday School class of ’young men
and women in which position he has -labored
having scarcely missed oae
Sunday from his class in all that time
He has also taken a keen interest in
the civic activities of our rapidly
growing city making of himself a
useful and honored citizen His high
toned moral character his vital inter-
est in community affairs together
with a pleasing personality and splen-
did ability will cause his wide circle
of friends to regret his leaving
The office where he goes is to be
congratulated on receiving so active i
and honorable an incumbent while
Mr Ford himself leaves the city of
Duncan with the good wishes of all
who know him -
O - - s
A GOOD WOMAN GONE
Mrs 'Ida Flowers wife of Tom
Flowers who died at her home in this
c ty Friday was buried in the Dun-
can cemetery Sunday afternoon
Mrs Flowers was 38 years and two
month old at the time of her death
She was a member of the Baptist
church for more than twenty years
living a consistent Christian life She
was born In Gainesville Texas and
was married to Tom Flowers seven-
teen year' ago To this union were
brn six children and she is survived
by htr husband and five children two
boys and three girls of her immedi-
ate Jamlly She is also survive 1 by
her lather and four sisters She was
trai” a good woman and he ga-ug
has tocght grief to tho hearts of aIN-':
j who knew her
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