Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 105, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1923 — Page 4

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MAKING STUDY OF NATURE r-pIHE General Federation of Women’s Clubs of America is 1 pushing a widespread campaign to make the study of nature a decided feature of the common school course in Indiana and other States. Why study nature ? The arguments for it are too numerous to count. One of the best is that it takes children, on occasion, out of the stuffy and monotonous schoolroom and into the fresh air and sunlight of the joyous woods and fields. A stimulus to brains, if there ever was one. Commune with nature anywhere—at the roadside, in the grove or in the middle of a meadow—and you will find the most beautiful of clothes and richest of gems all around you, hut not an atom or a molecule of snobbishness. Nor envy, nor brag, nor lying. Study nature only a little and you will wonder at the enjoyment you have missed. Study it more and your pleasure will become boundless. Indiana gives you glorious opportunity. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (This article was written by John B. Reynolds, sreneral secretary. Indianapolis 'Chamber of Commerce, at request of the editor, and is one of a series by local men in various activities.) , EN lIVERY city of whatever size there is a well-defined need for a clearing house of activities for the good f the whole community. Things need doing that are no individual’s particular business, but without their accomplishment a city lags behind other communities and the life of the people of that city does not reach a fullness that is attainable when community interests are looked after in an efficient manner. In Indianapolis the organization that looks to the better ment of the four separate interests of the community—civic, .commercial, industrial and financial —is the Indianapolis Cham her of Commerce. It is the Chamber of Commerce that follows through persistently so the needed betterments of the community are made. It does what no individual could accomplish and at fains what no group of individuals could attain without a similarly organized effort. The men and women who band themselves together to make the work of the Chamber of Commerce represent all of the four prime interests of the community. When their efforts are put behind an activity and a concerted move is started and kept going, accomplishment for the good of the whole public is the inevitable result. A specific example of Chamber of Commerce accomplishment, * and one which has resulted in large community betterment, safety ; to life and property, increased commercial and industrial activity * and largely increased valuations of property in the city, was the - elevation of railroad tracks in Indianapolis. This required more ; than twenty years to accomplish, hut once the move was started -with an appreciation of future benefits, it was, and is being, fol- : lowed through to a successful conclusion and it is not possible to " estimate the extent of the betterments that have resulted. A continued effort is being made to obtain just freight rates for Indianapolis shippers. This activity of the Chamber of Comi meree has returned to its supporters —people in every line of l business—many times the cost of operating its freight and traffic l division. Concerted action on the part of the Chamber of Commerce J helped in a large measure to make possible the war memorial l plaza which will give Indianapolis a world shrine, excelling in | grandeur any similar project. Now. with its other efforts, the Chamber of Commerce is - seeking to rid Indianapolis of the menace of smoke. It is proseE cuting an intelligent campaign of education on the smoke evil and is working for the enactment of an ordinance that will make * this a cleaner, more beautiful citv, and at the same time save l thousands of dollars to the owners of property and merchandise • damaged each year by smoke as well as effect a saving in the coal ; bills of the firms and individuals now producing this undesirable ’ evil. Only a few “high spots” can be touched upon in a restricted ’ amount of space. These mentioned above constitute but a small part of Chamber of Commerce accomplishment. Indianapolis is fortunate among cities in this highly specialized age, in having ■ for its backbone such a wealth of good citizens who make possible ' a Chamber of Commerce which serves as a proxy in carrying on > the important work for the common good.

MOST EXPENSIVE AUTO JTUr] HAT is said to be the most expensive touring ear in the [W | world has just been finished by a British auto maker for an Indian prince, the Maharaja of Gwalior. The interior of this luxurious car is fourteen feet long. It has two Pullman berths—even a vanishing porcelain hath tub with hot and cold running water. The Maharaja will decorate it with jewels. We’d like the sensation of being an Indian prince and owning this car. But, after the novelty had worn off, maybe we’d gladly trade places with the happy family flivver-touring along Indiana highways. That may sound like counterfeit philosophy. But think it over. Happiness is in ourselves, not in flashy trappings. Joy is a state of mind. Many a child forsakes its gaudy toys to play with its toes or a basket of potatoes. The Indians traded many a square mile of American real estate for a handful of bright glass beads—and weren’t cheated, from their viewpoint. LATEST statistics show there are 3,000.000 automobiles in the United States with bad brakes, not counting the had breaks of the drivers. “WHAT are we going to do when all the coal is gone?” shrieks a scientist. Not a thing but haw-haw in the faces of the ; operators and miners. DR. HORNADAY says the automobile has destroyed wild ; life, and all the time we had been supposing it was making life more wild than ever. AN ENGLISH novelist, now in the United States, says we are going toTiave anew civilization, but he should try it on ’ Europe first. IN THE midst of all this distress on the farm, we are cheered by the news that the onion crop is coming along with more than its usual strength.

NEW VALUES BEING GIVEN SEX RULES ' Judge Lindsey Blames Education and Modern Religion for Conditions, By United Pree ENVER, Colo., Sept. 12.—A new standard of sex relationships .iii is being established by the rapid increase in cohabilitation among unmarried couples. Judge Ben B. Lindsay, famous Juvenile court jurist of Denver, declared today. Commenting upon the national census figures showing a large increase in the number of divorces in the United States and figures for Denver showing one divorce to every two and a half marriages, Lindsay said: Sexation Increasing “Court figures on divorces do not tell the whole story. Separations are increasing with divorces. The two combined now nearly equal marriages in many large cities of the country. “Failure of modern religion and education are responsible for the condition. The church has lost Its grip because of the church itself. Our system of education is wholly inadequate to meet the new conditions of life and It is becoming more and more a monumental failure, compared with what it ought to be.” Lindsay said he knew in Denver of many unmarried couples living together. „ Create New Standard “By justifying themselves in the practice they are gradually creating a new standard of relationship ” the judge continued. “I cannot say it is right I am merely speaking of what is. What is right and what is wrong must, in a large measure, be left to time.” The judge referred to printed reports that 50,000 single girls in New York City alone are being supported by wealthy men not their husbands.

Indiana Sunshine

Earl Maynard, 21, Greensburg. fell in love with his stepmother, Nettie Maynard, 40. But he was in jail, so he wrote her "Oh baby" letters and said he longed to be with her again. His father produced the letter in court and secured a divorce. Hazen Lautzenhiser, North Manchester, filed a petition in court asking that the allowance of sls a month he was paying his firmer wife be reduced. Then the wife asked for S2O a month and the judge allowed it. Now Hazen is sorry he spoke. Crowds scattered in every direction and peanuts and popcorn flew far and near When a car belonging to Ping Zikes, Bloomington, refused to park at the curb, ran amuck over the walks and wrecked a $1,200 peanut roaster in front of a confectionery store. Three strange men appeared In Winchester offering thre.e fur coats for sale at S2OO each. Two were purchased by young women. Afraid the coats were stolen they haled the men before the mayor. A bill of sale was produced showing each coat had been purchased for $35. Curiosity probably caused another sleepless night.

Science

Voliva, head of the Zion colony founded by Dowie. near Chicago, has Issued a number of statements recently to stop the growth of dangerous ideas among his followers. He says the sun, moon and stars are fixed lights in the heavens, and that the earth is flat. He explains all physical contradictions to his statements by saying jhey are optical Illusions. He has refused to discuss what would happen if a person traveled 25,000 miles In what we call a straight line. The person would return, of course,, to the point from which he started but probably Voliva believes he would fall off. Even in the United States and outside of Voliva’s cult, there are still numbers of persons who believe the sun moves—that it rises and sets —and who deny that the earth is round. Several thousand years ago the Babylonians and Hebrews believed that the sun and stars were gods moving around the earth and looking things over constantly so that it was well for the common people to behave and do as they were told by their priests and kings. The later Greeks believed the stars were sort of ornaments set in crystal spheres. Considerable progress has been made in knowledge of such matters since those days, but the sun and stars are still objects of mystery to most persons whenever they think of them at all.

A Thought

They that go down to the sea In ships, that do business In great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. —Ps. 107:23 24. ’ * • * ATHER see the wonders of the world abroad than, living dully sluggardized at home, wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness. — Shakespeare.

Heard in the Smoking Room

<<i 'IT isn't so much that the gids I of today do not know how I * 1 to cook, as it is that they aro not honest enough to admit it and keep away from the kitchen after they get married.” This from the smoker on the inside seat. “In their enthusiasm they take awful advantage of the nest making A human stomach is nothing at all to them. They plunge into what they call cooking with a recklessness that hreeds nothing at all but disease or death. Take the case of the young bride who had heard her fresh young husband say that he liked turkey with oyster dressing. Now, she never had cooked

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, UNUSUAL PEOPLE America’s Only Woman Guide By NEA Service —p—l EATTLE Sept. 12.—Miss Alma D. Wagen is the only known woman guide in America. In summer Miss Wagen guides tourists onto the glaciers and up the p e a k sos the Mo u n t Rainier climbed windMISS WAGEN mills. At last as a grownup she realized her childhood ambition and reached the Pacific Coast and the ’country of great mountains. She began climbing and walking in the summers and has scaled practically every peak of any consequence in the northwest. When the war came on and the men guides went away to fight, Miss Wagen offered her service to the Government and was assigned as a guide on Mount Rainier. She is now in her sixth season of service. “You don’t get the spirit of Mount Rainier until you've made a climb or two,” declares Miss Wagen. Climbing is invigorating and refreshing sport and there is nothing that I enjoy more than leading those who are weary of the cities up into the free air of the high places.”

gbir SIMS I [ -!- -/- Says

New plane weighing 40,000 pounds flies. Nail down the postofflee. It may get restless. • * Burbank has crossed peaches with plums. Maybe he could cross a street with heavy traffic. • • • Terrible news for fish in British streams. Great Britain’s unemployed is increasing. * • * Gas sold for 6 cents in Los Angeles. Must be the climate. • • • Snakes are being kept to catch rats in Sawtelle, Cal. Like keeping mosquitos to chase flies. • • • School teacher Is missing in Pennsylvania, but the kids are afraid she will be found. • • Reservoir broke in Pueblo, Colo., and all we hope Is that it washed away some picnic, ants. • • • Omaha, Neb., has a water shortage. May be one In New York. New Yorkers haven’t looked to see. • • Mrs. Coolidge Is a good knitter. So is her husband when It comes to knitting his brows. • • ♦ Dubuque (la.) man won an embroidery prize. Men are making it now. They may wear it some day. • • • People bothered to death by Insurance men may enjoy learning one Is In jail In Akron, Ohio. • • • A man is starting a butterfly farm in California. He will grow real butterflies, not movie stars.

Observations

'Ganna Walska, having married into opera bouffe, now thinks of going Into comic opera. It is plain that eight brakes on an nuto may reduce the breaks of the driver. They used to pronounce Villa’s name "Vee-ah” In life, but now his name seems to be mud. But Magnus should not forget that the old guard made his election possible. Darn that banana song! It’s coming true. Sure signs of an early winter: Birds flying south and promise of a coal shortage. Great Britain Insists the occupation of the Ruhr by France is illegal, but what does Poincare? Just after he had been sued for 30 cents, Senator Brookhart frantically wired President Coolidge that “only quick Government action will avert widespread disaster.” Just think of the number of people who dally purchase automobiles and gaily wend their way to the nearest railway crossing. The wheat farmer used to poohpooh the idea of diversified crops, but now he acknowledges the corn. Some wives are sure they never get the truth from their husbands until the latter talk in their sleep.

a turkey in her Jife, but she wasn’t daunted. She went to it gaily and without compunction. The bird was served as a surprise. It was all of t’ lat. “ ‘I don’t know how it is,’ the husband said, gently, ‘but this bird’s got bones all over it. Just listen to the knife on them, my dear.’ “ ‘Oh. how silly of you, darling,’ she replied, happily. Those aren't bones. Those are the shells.’ “ ’Shells?’ he ejaculated in astonish ment. “ ‘Yes, shells. Don’t you remember you sold you liked turkey with oyster stuffing?’ ”

LABORITES IN BRITAIN SEEK LEVY Would Reduce War Debt by Tax on Fortunes Over $23,000, By JOHN W. RAPER S’] TANDING out prominently over all the other planks in the British Labor party’s platform is the one favoring the lifting of the war debt by a levy on capital. It proposes the creation of a war debt redemption fuhd by a special graduated levy, on fortunes exceeding approximately $23,000. There seems to be no possibility of labor putting this Into effect. The Unionist party, old-fashioned reactionary, has 344 of the 615 votes in the House of Commons. If their votes were needed to defeat it, the Lloyd George Liberals undoubtedly would vote with the Unionists and so, probably, would the Asquith Liberals. Labor party leaders have no Illusions about their strength among the voters. They are not at all certain last fall’s election, In which they polled such a heavy vote, means anything. “It may be that our candidates drew a heavy protest vote, voting with us not so much because thebelieved in our principles as from disgust with the old parties,” they say. “The next election will give us a better idea of our real strength.” The election returns show In one-third of the districts the Labor candidate did not receive a majority of the votes cast, but was elected by a plurality. Any kind of a combination would probably have resulted In defeat in these districts. Capital in England seems to be not In the least frightened by the Labor party’s proposal. Nobody (in England) has planted any guns, machine or otherwise. Lord Haldane in a speech several months aro, said: “I have no fear of labor doing anything rash if It gains control of the government. Leaders like MacDonald and Henderson may safely he trusted to do nothing that will wreck the British Empire." That sentiment is general. All the conservatives with whom 1 talked ascribed the highest motives to both the non-Sociallst and Socialist in the Labor party. I asked if it were not probable that many of the wealthy and influential men in the Igibor ranks were In the party not so much to advance its principles as to force the old parties to action.

Trom the J Referee’s Tower By ALBERT APPLE

Fires Forest fires in Ontario province, Canada, this summer have destroyed five to tea times as much timber as falls before the lumberman's ax In a whole year. So claims Robson Black, head cf the Canadian Forestry Association. The camping season is over, but hunters soon will be hiking for the woods. They can’t be too careful. Fire is the most dangerous force harnessed by man. In the United States the original forest of 822 million acres has shrunk to 138 million acres of virgin forest and 260 million acres of cut-over and secondgrowth. Four-Fifths The world s trade in 1922 (com bined exports and imports of all countries) totaled a fifth more than In 1913, the year before the war, measured in gold dollars. Gain due to higher prices. Other figures, just announced, show that in tonnage, which tells the true story, world trade In 1922 was fourfifths as big as before the war. Meaning: The worjd was a fifth below normal when it started 1923. The present year, however, is making good headway at cutting down that fifth to a smaller fraction. The world’s economic trouble Is primarily financial. Jazz The poor quality of music causes the poor quality qf dancing, observes Louis H. Chalif. official of American Society of Teachers of Dancing. "\Vl\en you hear jazz music, you can't help doing those wiggles. And the more Jazz, the more wiggles." You can know a nation by Its popular music, the same as you can know a man by the tunes he whis ties, especially in absent-minded moments. Mortgaged Only forty-six out of every 100 American farms are mortgaged, claims a prominent banker, minimizing agricultural depression. Only! Just suppose 46 per cent of the homes and working equipment of city people were mortgaged. Eh? maybe they are. at that. Fight A C erokee Indian, single-handed, goes o i the war path and delivers a sound beating to six Chinese in a New ork chop suey restaurant. Somehow this fires the imagination of even a pacifist. No matter how much we believe in peace, none of us is rid of the instinct that makes the heart beat fast at a fight against odds. That instinct, inherited from savagery, is one reason we still have wars. As for the Indian’s exploit, the thrill subsides like a punctured tire when we learn that the battle was about how much he should pay for his order of spaghetti, and his weapon was a catsup bottle. There’s no romance In any fight, after you investigate. Predicted An airplane of aluminum but weighing 112 tons when loaded, will be built In Germany for service between Hamburg and New York. It will carry sixty passengers and a crew of twenty men, also much mall. There will be a dining-room, grill, writing room, stateroom, kitchen and crew's quarters. It sounds like Jules Verne, and It gives us rather a startling glimpse of life as it will be lived in the future.

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QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to an.v question oi fact or iniormatlon by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 N Y. Avenue, Washingtnii. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal, love and marriage ad vice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under laKen. or papers, speeches, etc.. be prep ired Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but ail letters are conlidentiai. auu receive personal replies.—Editor. When the flag is at half-mast is it raised to the top of the flag staff before being lowered at sunset? Yes. What does oil of citronella come from and for what is It used? From a grass cultivated in Ceylon and Singapore, and used in soaps and perfumes, and as a preventive for mosquitos What Is the term of life of a house fly? From ten to fifteen days. When the President has no wife, who acts as hostess at the White House? The President selects a hostess among his relatives or family connections. During President Cleveland's bachelor days, .his sister. Miss Rose Cleveland, acted as hostess. Daughters nieces, and daughter-in-laws have filled this position.

In what year did McClellan run against Lincoln for the Presidency? In ISB4. Where can one get a book on the diseases of cattle? "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle" is sold by the superintendent of documents. Government Printing office, Washington, D. C., for sl. Remittance must be made by money order. How may the soles of shoes he made waterproof? Apply several coats of linseed oil. Do not. however, apply this oil to the uppers, as It will make the leather stiff and liable to crack. • What nation invented paper and when? The invention of paper is attributed to the Chinese statesman T'sai Lun, who is said to have made paper from bark. hemp, rags and old fish nets in 105 A. D. In 704 A. D. the Arabs captured the Chinese city of Samarkand and there learned the art of paper making. Among the earliest Arabian documents written on paper and still in existenc Is one dated 86C A. D. Is It Incorrect to say "I am through.” This expression is used continually, but It is said by the purists to be an Americanism, and incorrect. Why are enlisted men in the army called privates? The terms is of ancient origin. Shakespeare used it in this sense. The word is used to denote a person undistinguished f ro m the masses—for lnstansce, a "private citizen”—and hence it has come to be applied to soldiers of the rank and file. What do the three balls which generally hang in front of a pawn shop represent? The three halls were originally the arms of the Medici family, the earliest and most important of the moneylenders of Lombardy. Where was Betsy Ross born? Betsy Ross, whose maiden name was Griscom (daughter of Samuel Griscom), was bom in Philadelphia. How can one wash white silk stockings so they will not turn yellow? Prepare a soap jelly by cutting eastile or other gbod white hard soap into shavings and pouring over it, its own bulk In water: dissolve by gentle heat; dissolve enough of this soap jelly In hot water. Jet stand until the hand can be borne in it comfortably; wash the stockings in the warm suds, rinse thoroughly in warm water, then again in water in which a little blueing has been added. > How can kerosene oil be removed from a fine rug without injuring the fabric? Cover the spot with blotting paper or brown paper and press with a hot iron Repeat if necessary. Or cover with com meal. Hour starch or salt. Brush oft as fast as the oil is absorbed and repeat It necessary.

No Wonder it Doesn’t Get Dry

Trivialities By BERTON BRALEY Son, when you deal with womankind, Unless you’d be a lemon in The game of love, you’d better find What pleases most the Feminine. Though your devotion be expressed In toiling all life through for her, The things a woman like the best Are little things you do for her. A little keepsake now and then, A bunch of flowers sent to her, A note In whiijh you gently pen A bit of sentiment to her; Praise of a hat, a gown, her eyes. Will make gray skies clear blue for her; Oh. greatly does a woman prize These little things you do for her! Be kind and strong and clean and brave; But still, let me recall to you. Thar, oftentimes a girl will crave Things which seem very small to you. A smile, a trivial act polite Will make the world seem new for her. You keep the love-lamp burning bright By little things you do for her! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

Family Fun

Letters to Ephesians Paul du Chaillu, the one-time African explorer, performed a Good Samaritan act one night In assisting along the street an intoxicated stranger. The man told him where Ms home was, and after considerable difficulty Du Chaillu got him to his door. The bibulous one was grateful, and wanted to know his helper's name. As the explorer did not particularly care to give his name in full, he merely replied that it was Paul. "So lt’sh—Me—Paul, ish It?” hiccoughed the man, and then, after some moments of apparent thought. Inquired, solicitously: "Shay, ol’ man. did y’ever get any —hie —any ansher to those 10-ong lettersh y’ wrote to th’ Ephesians?"— Argonaut. One on the Professor Young college professor to fair pupil: "Let me teach you to love me.” "How many girls are going to take the course?" —Judge. Pa’s and Ma’s T "All you do Is chase around from one tea to another.” , "Well, what about you chasing around from one tee to another?” — Boston Transcript. Hubby Overdid It A sad looking woman of mature years appeared on the street pushing a baby carriage, in which was a fine, healthy Infant howling lustily A friend approached. “Why, Mrs. Lufkins!” she ejaculated “What a darling baby! But you haven't any children. Whose is it? ' "You’re wrong, my dear.” replied the sad-faced one. "This is my husband. He went too far with the gland cure.”—American Legion Weekly. Rig Sister Hooks Him "Goodness! We’ll miss the opera. We’ve been waiting a good many minutes for that mother of mine.” "Hours, I should say,” he replied, somewhat acrimoniously. "Ours?” she cried, rapturously; "oh, George, this is so sudden.” Then she fell upon his neck. —Standard Times. Advice to Father "Doctor, my husband says black and red spots appear before his eyes every night What do you advise?” "I advise that he stop playing poker.”—Chicago News. Wind The silver-tongued orator was declaiming before Hicksville veterans. His speech was replete with glowing references to the flag. "How proudly she waves over this beautiful campground,” shouted the speaker. "But she ought to wave over other lands, too. Why doesn't she wave over Kataganzu, Loliapaloosa, the Islands of Bazzazza? Why—” "Perhaps,” interrupted a small voice from the rear, "they aren’t getting as much wind as we are on this camp ground.”—Judge.

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What Editors Are Saying

Strikes (Rushville Daily Republican.) To be fair and just, why should we criticise European nations for settling their disputes by going to war? There’s no league of nations in the American business world, for the amicable settlement of disputes. Instead, there is continual warfare of a devastating kind —strikes. We live in a mighty big glass house over on this side of the water, and the softer we sing the sweeter it will sound. • • • Accidents (Gary Post-Tribune). Children, parents, teachers, police and the automobile drivers should all cooperate in a general campaign to lessen the number of and, if possible, entirely do away with accidents to children. • * • Progress (Decatur Daily Democrat) Well lighted streets, rest rooms and camp grounds are necessary steps of progress in these days of the automobile and the town which passes them up is slipping backward. The automobile has changed conditions of life in many ways and the communities must change with them • • Universal (Frankfort Evening News) Many scholars are contending for a universal language. In as much as American money now talks all over the world and is understood, why not make it American all around? * • • Character (Daily Clintonian) No man who has a big heart “has it In for" anybody. He minimizes differences in this world and smilingly looks to the future to help Iron out misunderstandings and right wrongs.

Animal Facts

Porcupine's track in the snow is big enough for a man crawling on all fours. Porky is som# waddler. Enos Mills, the Rocky Mountain naturalist, who never carried a gun, once followed the trail of a wild cat for twenty miles, only to discover that the critter had gotten beMnd and was trailing him. Not to attack, because a wild cat must be terribly hungry to make even a feint at the smallest human, but probably curious to see what the Sam Hill this two-legged sinner was up to, anyhow. His majesty the skunk, to whom even a 1,000-pound grizaly yields the road, never uses his odorous chemical except in defense. It’s secretion is a liquid produced by glands special to the skunk family and kept in a special reservoir having a trigger nozzle. Evert H. Baynes, of Merldan, Ne;v Hampshire, entertains birds so sumptuously that same flock of chicadees spend every winter in his yard._ A photograph shows a wild chicadee perched on Baynes’ chin and trying to peck a bit of food out of his lips. Another photo has a. chicadee standing on the end of Baynes’ pointed gun barrel looking up the muzzle for food. One would be" tempted to say that chicadees aren’t afraid of Baynes. Ouray. Col., is high up In the Rockies. During winter the D. & R. G. station master throws out hay and straw and the extra wary Big Horn sheep, which stick generally to the most inaccessible slopes, come right up to the tracks to feed. They refuse to be scared away even by arrival of trains. Scotch Looks as if the Scotch whisky business is going to he cornered by one big company. The Dewar and Buchanan intex - ests have bought con* trol of five big rivals, including Haig and Haig and Johnnie Walker. Continuing its absorption, the combine is mmored about to take over the few independent distilling firms left in Scotland. Dewar-Buchanan have 120 million quarts in warehouses. A big figure, but it’s probably small compared with the number of counterfeit Scotch labels in the hands of American bootleggers. _ u .