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PAGE TWO DEKTON, TEXAS, KECOBD-CHEONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1131 Denton Record-Chronicle RECORD-CHRONICLE COMPANY. INC. H. EDWARDS General Manager t. A.

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DENTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 3, 1931 A RECORD OF WHICH TO BE PROUD OP Denton citizens have a reason to be proud of ihe good Tire record which Denton made during 1930. Although figures show that the actual losses totaled S52.80G, about $1,000 increase over 1929, the 1930 losses really were lower due to the fact that lossei which occurred the last two weeks in December, 1929 were credited to 1930, Denton likely will get a reduction in the penalty nov: assessed property owners for a bad fire record in the past. This penalty, based on the losses for ihe proceeding three years, will be figured in 1931 on total of slUhtly more than $204,000, which is less than for any three year period for a number of years. Despite the good fire record made during 1930. there still is plenty of room for improvement, nnd each year that Denton citizens reduce their fire losses, the lower becomes the penalty that is assessed insurance premium, until finally as much as a 15 percent credit is awarded.

CINDERS ARE SCARCE A short item in this paner a few days igo 'celling of how the Teachers' College finally secured enough cinders' for its cinder track serves to call to mind the great change that has taken place in heating methods in this part of the country within two decades. Within corparatively recent years, ihe Teachers' College had plenty of cinders available from its own cinder pile. In fact, the output of cinders from the college steam plant was far in ox- cess of the demand for cinders for the track and also for the many little paths around the college grounds. Or if the supply ran short, which it didn't, ttfe public schools, ttje 'ioe plants many other places'where coal was Burned would be glad to supply the cinders. But natural gas and fuel oil leave no cinders, there is hardly a home, business or factory in Denton which still relies on coal.

The change didn't come all at once with the introduction of natural gas, but has been gradual throughout a period of years. As result, cinders are a scarce article, ashes are fcii only those homes which stuThave fireplaces used' tof-sorTtorig besides a nook for a gas heater and black smoke a chimney is a rare und conspicuous event. SCIENCE VERSUS LORE An interesting experiment is taking place in Fhil- a or rather it may be termed an unusual contest from the public interest standpoint. Realizing that the weather is an unfailing topic of conversation, a Philadelphia newspaper is staging a weather predicting contest between a government weater bureau expert and a veteran weather prophet who relies upon the "signs" to tell what the weather'is going to be. The contest started January 1 and is to continue for a month and by the end of that time, official score will reveal which is the more accurate.

has several amateur weather forecasters, who would gladly enter a contest with weather experts, pitting their ability to read signs from the moon and other infallible indications against ihe science of the weather observer with his maps and instruments. Prom time to time, these amateur predictions have been printed in this paper and in i 'large percentage of the cases, the predictions have been true, which proves that the local weather prophets are close observers and also have had long experience with Texas weather. New York Day by Day Bv O. O. McINTYRE NEW YORK, Jan.

Thoughts while strolling: The White Way's nightly miracle of light. And ihe pink glow that chiflons the heavens. What became of the Swiss bell ringers? One ot George Arliss' seems stretched out of kilter from monocle wearing. Zoo Akins. a Humansville, girl, who made sood in the city.

Simllie: As prominent as a newly upper lip. A "Frankie and Johnny" lunch-room. Folding beds $5.95. Texas Ouinan never carries money. A customer with many these days.

No matter how long an actor has been jobless he can sport a fur coat. H. Meiichen's short neck. Who remembers when Willie and Eugene Howard were programmed as: "The Traveling Salesman and the Messenger Boy?" Sign: "We only seek a dot of your patronage." Here are three Never hear much of Maeterlinck any more. Aversion: Jokes about Austins.

Theatre box offices are still rather snooty. And they helped kill the theatre. Along with those manufactured dancers sent, out in sets and with property smiles. Alexander Woollcott has a paunch. Sterling Holloway is a Sunny Jim come to life.

Libby Holman looks like Joan Lowell, The serene statuesque Julia Hoyt. And Mie wide- eyed Nida Westrcan who seems eternally bewildered by her mix-up with the world. I'd like to see Ethel Barrymore, shucked of her emotional wrappings, just being herself some time. The blurred Broadway masses tsumbling along. One of those tweedy boys with balcony teeth: "I'm hopping over to Yokohama next week!" That's ignoring "distance, It strikes me Califorhlans are ihe greatest of all travelers.

That is, among Americans. Satin-slippered ladies in evening wraps, who park limousines and walk to the play smoking. Cole Porter's latest musical show tunes failed to click. PseuSo twins on the make-- a new racket gold-digging. And what's become of Harry Richmari? Those leather-lunged barkers in front of movie houses.

Bellowing like beasts in heat. Move over! I have the apple rights on this corner! I am told of a middle aged couple who, loving become depressed at times over advancing years. WASHINGTON LETTER By RODNEY DUTCHER NBA Service Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-Amid the world-wide depression, the ostrich of South Africa and the rabbits of Australia have had cause to rejoice. Style changes have hit the export trade of trioso countries but have benefited the animals.

South.Africa's export trade in ostrich plumes has been almost destroyed and Australian rabbit skin exports dropped oil from more than $4,000,000 in value to about $1.000,000 from the first half of 1923 to the first half of 1930, according to J. J. Krai, head of the Department of Commerce's division statistical research. Men have come to prefer light shades in hats and light-tinted hats can't be made from rabbit fur. t(ie' decline in the value of international trade was due to a.

reduction in volume. It would also seem thit prices of commodities entering International trade, as distinguished from local prices, prevailing in the first half of 1930 averaged, approximately 7 to 8 per' cent below." the prices for the corresponding period of '1929. That would indicate' a'de- cline ol only about 7 per cent of tlie volume of international trade. Too Much Efficiency "The present fall of prices differs somewhat from the decline that occurred a decade ago. In 3920-21 the sydden fall in prices was 'a nat ural reaction from the inflation pro- duved by the abnormal conditions oil war and post-war, time.

The ijresent fall of prices appears to The hat. trade is threatened by the spreading habit of going bareheaded, both in this country and Europe; 40 per cent fewer hats were exported from Italy, the big hat country, in 1930. Meanwhile, women appear to be. wearing Ip.is clothes than ever, Mr. Krai suspects, and that seems to be one cause for continued decrease of turnover in textiles in last year's international trade.

Also, the Ethiopian trade in wax has been nearly destroyed, thanks to the Aussian revolution, because large wax candles are no longer lighted in Russian churches. Reduces World Trade Value These facts are sidelights in an analytical study just completed by Krai which shows how the decline When the strain is too great, they don evening clothes commodity prices has reduced the and dine at the sedate Murray Hill. "After that." va i ue world trade along with the they declare, "we rush home sucking lollipops, put on rompers and play with blocks." News photographers are reported meeting a Water- decline in volume caused by that and other factors. Krai has classified the type of countries which loo trying to snap young Howard Hughes, a million- nave beeri tlle greatest losers in aire movie stripping. One report was only a back view world trade aud has undertaken to of him, was secured as dashed into a hotel.

It was esUmate tne re i a tive decline in vol- further reported the shy, so shy, youth left places by back doors. All of which sounds pretty phoney. The young man have dodged them, but had they valuc In vajue oreign trade of 62 coun- for the flrst months of wanted his picture badly they would have taken it. 1930 the $31774000000 of And lay big odds on it! There are a half hundred tne flrst a 1929 to Hughes popping into New York daily. Those who cent pictures are wanted are always taken.

Data availab i Krai says, 00 ''dicate that only about one-half of New York has more than 600 private detective agencies, chiefly concerned with divorce evidence. One agency is conducted by a woman whose letter head screams: "Never Lost a Case in Court!" Among hclticst accounts of private sleuthing agencies are those of rich women who indulge the luxury of having their husbands spied upon wherever they go. Many are not seeking divorce evidence but merely like to rend daily reports of the professional snoopers. One spring-kneed fellow, under constant espionage, can. Just abouf dodder to his club and back each afternoon.

Yet for- 15 years he has -bean trailed. He learned of it upon discovering monthly bills of his wife, after her passing. have been caused in part by increased efficiency and greater intensity of production, and in part by the failure of various attempts to maintain monopoly prices and by other factors." Price declines have been most in crude foodstuffs dustrlal raw materials, Krai points out, with only slight 'declines in prices finished manufactured products ready- for consumption Modern, intensified methods of production of agricultural commodities has developed far beyond the demand; wheat, coffee and rubber have suffered hardest from such overproduction. Metals such as copper and silver, overproduced, are cheaper than at any time in this century. The United States has benefited to the extent that its imports consist largely of foodstuffs and raw materials--it has bought cheaper coffee, silk, rubber and so on am hardly any such imports at increased prices.

Cotton, lard and refined copper were the prlncipa commodities, which we exported at lower prices. Chile Hit Hardest Chile, Argentina, Australia, Egypl and Canada, producers of primary materials, were the worst losers in export trade. The declines ranged from 45 per cent in value of exports from Chile per. cent for Can- Henry Sell's swanky Button Place apartment has With the Exchanges By L. A.

M. America has 40,000 millionaires, but not a doggoned one of them can beat us getting enjoyment out of a fishing -pole arid a can of Favorite. Nature has been pretty fair with iienry sens swunsy DUIWH riace apuruuuni, fiv orvbodv after all The millionaire row after row of deep glass tanks along the windows. alter an. ine millionaire All art filled with water and floating with'freshly cut has the money with which to gratify roses.

I suppose it is a forerunner of a complete men- his desires, but the human being is tal breakdown but all last evening I had to fight off 50 cans tit ted that the more he has an urge to flip a cigarette end in one of the compart-' thf efc rf ments. I also have an incurable craving spit out the mdre lle wants and tnerelore open high windows. (Copyright, 1931, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) 19 Years Ago Today (From Record-Chronicle. Jan. 9.

1912) 'The nnw S50.000 library building at the Normal College will be located south of the new Science building, according to an agreement reached today by Stale Superintendent P. M. Bralley and Regent Peter with the architects. Citizens ol Garza met night discussed for CotablifhuiR a rural high school under ihe law. County Superintendent J.

J. McCook brieily outlined the lor the movement. At Ilir meeting ot the Board ol Directors of ihr TJcnton Countv National Bank. -0 per cent dividend was declared. During llic 20 years history of tte institution, lour 12 percent dividends have been declared--the first four years--and the hist 1C percent dividends have been uaid.

Contemporary Thought WHERE WORK LIGHT IS NEEDED Alfred P. Sloon. president General Motors, rc- n.nlly raadc a remark in a radio address that ramcs a'welcome reiic; the lh.it nany v.o'jld-bi 1 ur-iclis have been frivorui" us In of ('if- i Mr. Slonn so.ci: one IIUM its bvi-n nblc to explain, to the sat- hfacuon if all. has caui-rd Ilir conditions 13 fi Ix- i a through "volu- tion diiii a "i the- a we- shall be able, U'e lutui'e.

to i i tlie imdTlyinp e. wlu't "i'il HT- With tlir rtal raii'c- it to imiifclry. pnvernmont, v. ays ar.rl to recluee HA i.ovcrity." It wholciuiiic to liiu! a bin statuv; liiiinlly tl.at v.v cammi '(-ally mmtiv matters Uiuil vvu nlvc Hie wlioh' prohli'in inure hunrsi t.tu.ly tlinil hflvi- II Mlilhli.ri Heporti'l'-Tcle- lirmii. Human Interest Editorials By WICKES WAMBOLDT WOULDN'T IT KE INTERESTING--? -VJERE TO BE APJUSIEDTOTrtE SUWA1ESS OF HOW'S HEALTH room tends to tax their nervous resources.

BWb, Dr. Iflfo Qoldnon Tomorrow--Saint Vitus' PURGE LEGAl PROFESSION Some of the finest, most admirable, most valuable citizens of the United States are. lawyers; and some of the most abominable, most most worthless citizens of the United States are lawyers. "Hold on; Hold on!" remonstrates an attorney. "Why pick on the lawyers? There'are scamps every profession--there are rascals among ihe physicians, among the dentists, and even--he slyly--among the Of course there are rapscallions in every field of in no other profession are there so many.scallawags as in the legal profession.

There are various reasons for that condition: One is that the lawyer--more than any other professional man-ris. tempted to do evil. Rewards to do unethical things are constantly being thrust' at the lawyer. For some reason or other he is always being drawn into politics--which means getting into dirst that sticks to him, unless he has a sturdy pioral character. A struggling lawyer, who does not know where next month's office rent is coming from, finds it hard to turn down the scoundrel who is willing to pay ihe price to defeat justice.

Conscienceless schemers, who wish to steal, and remain within the law, offer tempting baits to lawyers to tell them how. The lawyer, like any other man who permits himself to lake one step in the direction, finds the next wrong step easier. A man who goes into law with high ideals, can easily drift into low ideals. The criminal lawyer is particularly liable himself to become criminally-minded. Constant contact with clients who arc crooks, thieves, murderers, has a sullying effect on the character of the attorney, unless lie is a man of high principles, determined to hold to his principles.

Conspiring with criminals to got them free, to Help them to cheat justice, will eventually beloul the soul of any But the main reason Ihe legal profession contains such a deplorably high iicrcctitage of undesirable members, is that--for some cause or other not apparent to the layman--lawyers arc not jealous of ihe reputation of (heir profession. Physicians will not countenance a physician whose methods are questionable. Dentists will not tolerate who resorts to quackery and trickery. But lawyers stflnd for amazing chicanery on the part of follow lawyers. Members of the bar commit again and reprehensible acl.s without rebuke or strnncc by their fellows.

A lawyer can get by with iiiost anything, so far us the other lawyers arc con- tile irffal profession Is in Jisrcpii Throughout tlie length and breadth of this land Ui runs tin 1 MiyiiiB. "Show me three lawyers and I'M Miou' you tlirfc crooks. 1 Thc firM. time I of tli.it expression. It viis from the li)K- lawyer.i is not It is him- slander: lmt it Is And Uir suocj jt not tiin bat! nr hliinir; lor it the goc'l Ihe tlroni; lawyer.

the big liir hnr Ir.wyrrs. H'oulrJ slitil down IT. Icntlrktly on those members of the bar who uniMi- tiit" their profession, if Uiry would determinedly pmlKtte all Kv.vyer.s guilty of shady practices, if iliey would run out of their assori.itions. a.s ohysi- i-iam ami iK-mlsts would ilo. tlu'y would soon haw i IctT.il profusion rpRnrdod as It should In- with i i i i unrl can not be satisfied.

The fellow with little of this world's goods has fishing and many other pleasant pastimes left-to him at little cost, and as lie doesn't have much he doesn't expect much, and consequently is often happier than the man of wealth. Only 75 were treated for intoxication or alcoholism in New York following Christmas, and there was only one. death. More than 100 died there during the week following Christmas a year ago. There has either' been improvement in the brand of liquor served or a falling ofl in the amount of To say the least, there hp.s been a great improvement somewhere along the line if these figures are correct.

Sherman Democrat. We agree fully with the Democrat that there has been a great improvement, and ate inclined to the belief that the situation as recorded in New York was due to' less drinking than to a better brand of liquor, since scarcity of money and a lessening cf profits not Jikcly cause bootleggers to go to greater expense in preparing thcii' products for consumption. Present conditions, helping (o people to their clliliig Is enses, may have' hart do impressing upon them the foolhui Oincto of drinking and the importance of prc- tlicir health and using what, money they have (or a better purpose. DENY PERCUSSION I'OK WASHGINTON, Jan. THE PROUD TEAM Tlie Little Black Clock had turned the time ahead just a few weeks.

There had been heavy snow storms all over the country and great blizzards, and there were mighty drifts all along the countryside. The Little Black Clock. had suggested- that after their sleigh upset they might not care for another i'ide so soon, but the children had taid that they adored sleigh ddin'g. And he was taking them lor a ride on a big cutter drawn by a fine team. It was a bright, sunny day.

It made them all feel so gay and merry and they told stories one another aud played guessing along the Suddenly they saw a sight they had seen once in awhile; but one which they had not seen for. ever and ever so long. An automobile was stuck in. a soft; snowy patch. 1 It was making great deal of noise and the people had found old sticks to put unfler the still the automobile stayed in the snow.

Peggy had a notion that perhaps tlie automobile- was so used to hard, MiiuoUi rOads over which It had to no so quickly it was probably enjoying this little adventure in which its wheels turned round in the biicw, but would not go forward. And then the people got out a big rope, at.the Httl'; Black Clock's suggestion and fastened it to the end of the sleigh. Soon their team had pulled the automobile out of the snow, and how proud the horses were! All the way home they noticed lion- the heads of the horses were close together. Aided by the Clock's magic, they could hear them say: "We cpulct do what that silly ma- cliino could not do! Next tune an automobile goes clashing by us on a road we'll give it a look to let it know we remember something that Isn't so, fine about Old, SAINT VITUS' DANCE--H It was originally observed by Bernard Sachs that the mratal calibre of children who developed Saint Vitus' dance, or chorea, is rather above than below par. Children who stand at the head of the class, who work for prizes and earn them, children who arc Under constant mental strain and about whom parents and teachers make much ado, are the ones most ant to be attacked by chorea.

Irritability of temper also is frequently associated with chorea and may. be as a forerunner of the disease. I This viewpoint on chorea suggests! the method of its prevention and treatment. Except in those where chorea is associated with rheumatic fever, the medical treatment' of the disease includes littie medicine. the absolute sense of the i word, is the important item in thej remedy.

The choreic child, when put to bed and" kept thtrc constantly. Will soon lose its twitching. After a period of a week or two of "playing the child may be allowed to get up for a half hour or. 50 and this period may then be increased as the results indicate. In the choreic child nutrition stands second in importance to rest.

Since so many of these children are of the' over-active type, it Is to be expected that a relatively of them will te un- der-weightr and under-nourished. Proper feeding will improve their condition and will help them overcome their chorea. Tor a long period following the diagnosis and treatment, the reic child should not be allowed violent exercise of any kind, such as running, jumping, bicycling or dancing. These children should also lie kept from school, the com-' petitive atmosphere in the school BRYAN BECOMES GOV- Abilene and Eastrni Railway was OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN, Jan. W.

Bryan, Democrat, today be-. wmc'Rovernor of Nebraska. Bryan, denied permission by the Interstate nominee for vice prcsl- 'rient in 1921. aud brother of the late William Jennings Bryan. Is the only man in the history of Conilyusker state to be returned to the chief oflicc by pop- Commerce Commission today to build a npproximat-rly 13 miles long in T.iylor and Cplhihan CDun- tics.

It was held that public convenience nncl noce.xsity had not teen shown. Hardware porting Goods Seed Slow. Taliaferro Son lar vote vacating it. Bigger Bargains Than ever before in 1931 Ar-La-Tex-0 Of ArJfJKi 3O8 SHOOT-CURTIS BUILDING TELEPHONE, 365 BARBS In suggesting a third political Prof. Dewey showed foresight, at least, In making hit proposal during the season tor coming out parties.

Now thst golf balls ore bcim; made lighter, does it follow that, "fore" will be supplanted by "three" on the links, too? Jim Luccy, oohhler frlenil of Cal Cooildge, received from him a hox of gold pieces for Christmas. Probably in recognition of the advice he the-fopneiv president as to what Maybe those schoolboys in Missouri found playing marbles Trltli gold nuggets could answer the popular query, "What's all the shooting lor?" A British scientist says the earth is expanding at such a terrific rate if is exploding. Maybe this explains why so many revolutions have broken out of late. (CopyrJshl, 1330, NBA Service, Inc.) OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan.

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