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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 16

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i THE OGDEXT STANDARD EXAMINER -B SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER SO 1930 START FLIGHT TO SOUTH AMERICA It IS Tales of Real Dogs- By Albert Pay son Terhune Togo: Hero and Victim 1 TUNNEL IS OPENED The Sepulveda tunnel 1 and highway giving motorists easier apcess to the sea and a quicker approach from San Fernando valley to Los Angeles was recently opened in California It required nearly a year to complete it 655- foot length and cost more than a half million dollars fi- Jso jrbis li re n- to he at ip Neighborliness Lost Art In America? FORT WAYNE Ind Vis-iting among residents of a neighborhood has passed on with the abandoned customs and habits of an earlier day Arthur H- Sapp Huntington former president of Rotary International told men of the Simpson church Fort Wayne in a dinner speech has come to be a lost he said Book Ban Lifted For Choir Boys 1 1 5 ft SSfDdD fP (Tl ir a ILLINOIS BUILDS MODEL PRISON FOR ITS WOMEN Newest Experiment In Welfare Work Result of Long Fight DWIGHT 111 A model reformatory equipped with the latest devices to aid in salvaging women criminals of more than 18 years of age is the state of latest ex- periment in public welfare work It was sponsored by -the club women who fought for the ssaga of appropriations through sessions of the state legislature I The institution known as the state reformatory for women was erected here during the last year at a cost of over a million dollars According to Rodney Brandon director of the state department of Eublic welfore the eight large red rick cottages will eventually ac-i commodate 250 women Present ar- rangements will care for 100 Opportunities for classification medical care and training for self-support are some of the provisions included in the The building plans were so ar-I ranged that the Inmates of the cottages may be classified and grouped properly and their occupantions and sj LONDON -Choir boys at St church Oxford may read during tti mnn read during the sermon 4 i 'y V- Xf- At wtA according to a recent decision reached by the vicar A The vicar says he can remember when he used to fidget and sweat thumbing through the prayer book and hoping for the long-winded sermons to end He believes in giving the present-day boys abreak ft tA y- y1 A A Stales op real dogs YOU will remember most of you the heroic dash of a dog team led by Balto to carry diphtheria serum through a storm to the isolated and disease-stricken town of Nome The story was printed in every paper in America and Europe A statute of Balto was subscribed for and was erected In Central park in New York City Balto by the way was a friend of mine the most powerfully built dog I have seen and one of the wisest and gentlest I spent some time at the studicr where he was posing for his statue and he and I got to knowing each other well and to liking each other -1 know what became of Balto eventually But the last time I heard or read anything about him -'he was being dragged from one theatre to another through sickening summer heat to be exhibited and was forced to sleep in cramped quarters and to endure long railway trips In brief he was exploited for money and hi3 life was miserable far away from his native north lie was plunged into-the din and the and the crowds of big cities 'he whose life had been attuned to "the great outdoors and the silences That was his only reward for the saving of many human lives in his inspired dash to Nome So much for Balto SUCCESS OF TOGO Another hero of that Nome Journey and one of the dogs most responsible for its success was Togo You have read of him more than once Togo belonged to Leonhard Sep- pala champion dog team racer He J- 0 0 Is 1 I 1 1 a I Associated Press Photo In a tiny monoplane with a wing spread of 25 feet and a two-cylinder engine Edward Wlngerton of Newark and Joseph Jones 19 of Riverside Conn set out from Caldwell on an 8000-mile flight to South America 4 of power A stew et oiiUi vV mkun omj stsrtiQg km pickup briHiaat perfcrrngaee after her commitment she will be allowed to keep the child until It becomes one -year of age after which it will be either turned over to relatives or friends or placed in a public institution M- Watermelons were native to the continent of Africa and were not introduced into America until after the time of Columbus training diversified Brandon declared 4 Under the law girls of 16 to women of higher ages may be committed to the reformatory when their sentences Is for six months and long er In case of any woman prisoner having the custody of a child under one year of age at the time of her commitment or giving birth to a Thanks to Togo Seppala won that Togo was still very much alive Whether Mrs Ricker decided to have him killed and then cremated or to GBOmCffiG was a born trail breaker and team 1 wait for him to die a natural death leader Thanks to speed and I know CBJTrOOTJB (DmiEWEM) IQi i ped into the crate which was to I carry him to his death PROUDLY ALERT A dog that is surely has enough strength and vigor in him to enjoy life for a goodly space of time If ever a dog deserved to enjoy such an old age of peaceful happiness to the end it seems to me that that dog was Togo Per haps this is a mushy hearted way of looking at it but I believe many of you will agree with me -So it was that the mighty canine hero was sent from the home that was his and was shipped to a scientific institution- there to be put to death among strangers' while he still was strong enough to get pleasure out of life And all for what? In order to let careless visitors to a museum glance idly at the stuffed body of a genuine Siberian husky I Truly a strange end to heroic life! (Copyright 1930 McNaught 1 Syndicate Inc) Three Queens Shop At War Vet Bazaar (UP) unusual event of three queens shopping together was recently witnessed here at an exhibition of the work of dls- abled ex-service men at Londonderry House Queen Mary of England purchased I a Velvet lined beauty casket a stool and bridge scoring pads Queen Ena of Spain also bought a vanity case Queen Maud of Norway ordered a) number of dainty articles and all three bought workbags with tortoise shell handles -fir great heart and endurance and leadership Seppala won race after race name became as famous in the frozen north as did that Of Man o' War on the racetracks of more temperate regions The average dog at the age of 3ten is as old as i3 the average man of fifty-five or even sixty At twelve ''the average dog is as old as is a man at seventy Yet Togo was twelve years old when he made that terrible Nome Journey And he more than held his own against sled dogs far younger than he At an age when most dogs are either dead cr else spending their drowsing in front of the hearth-fire Togo was still winning races for his master Time seemed to have passed him by He was a wonder a super-dog FOX BLOOD STRAIN Seppala always claimed there was a strain of fox blood in several breeds though such a blend is said to be unknown to biologists and -has even been called impossible It 'is known that his mother was a Siberian sled dog member of one of the hardiest of canine types Well when Togo was fourteen Seppala gave or sold him to a Mrs Ricker Jr of Poland Spring Blaine He lived at Mrs home for two years longer Then at last he began to show slight signs of old age This when most dogs bom at the same time as himself had been dead for several years Mrs Ricker hit on a plan to have I him cremated and then to have his 1 ashes scattered to the winds in the of his birth It was a poetic idea The only flaw In It was (I may be wrong in thinking it Is saner and kinder to give an old dog the best possible treatment and to make his last days happy than to But him to death and then to his memory by the dramatic scattering of his ashes over the wastes which once he traversed so gallantly That is merely my own opinion) DOG'S DESTINED FATE At any rate the plan was changed for another as perhaps some of you may have read at the time The newspapers printed accounts of the grand old destined fate I am going to quote in part one of these accounts It is from the New York Times of December 7 1929 Tersely it described next adventure Said the Times: Siberian husky hero of a thousand frozen trails will never see Alaskan snows again Proudly alert despite sixteen winters Togo was placed on a (At Poland Springs Maine) "yesterday to be taken to New Haven he will be put to death and his pelt preserved in the Peabody Museum of Yale university Typifying his kind he will stand in harness for posterity Peabody Museum officials attempted to secure a Siberian husky and obtained the dog from Mrs There you have the story To me most of it seems to be between the For example alert Hespite sixteen That gives me a mental picture of the good old dog as obedient to his commands he step mmaB Gmmmirti sff JFSsheir oJtufjEimg In the entire field of modem coach-craft no symbol has come to mean more to the buyer of a motor car than Body by Fisher And never has Fisher's superiority been more strikingly exemplified than in the beautiful new bodies of the Bigger and Better Chevrolet Six! Interiors too are exceptional In every way The new mohair and broadcloth upholstery is" tailored with exceptional smartness Seats are wider and deeper and more luxuriously cushioned A deeper windshield and wider windows give better vision for both driver and passengers And beautiful new hardware of modem design lends a final note of charm IMPRESSIONS More of the Usual Banalities a By McINTYRE Working with the added advantage of a lengthened wheelbase Fisher designers have been able to achieve -in the new Chevrolet a degree of smartness comfort and impressiveness hitherto considered exclusive to 'cars far higher In price Front rlw of tht new 1 0 LUCKED from the mail sack I has become of your serving maid Siegrid and cook Mar-' garet you lecently raved about? You seem strangely silent-' Mrs Coronado Beach There have been many since then Just now Martha and Harry color- ed from Virginia -are doing a swell- Job of the wealth of color as colorful as the western plainsmen i in Chicago why is it that no writer has written a worth while book about the drama in that Joplin Mo Read by Edward Sullivan a good guy anyway and glad to give his new book this deserved puff The greater quality and beauty of the new Chevrolet-Fisher bodies bare Chevrolet Sport Coup countCTpart In the many lmprore- meats which have been provided in the chassis of this Bigger and Better Six Among these Improvements are a longer deeper stronger frame easier steering a more durable clutch a quieter smoother-shifting transmission and engine refinements which make the new Chevrolet a' car you will be happy to as well as proud to own it The Bigger and Better Chevrolet Six is now on display In our showrooms See It drive and learn for yourself that it Is the Great American Value! Inside and out you will discover scores of refinements that stamp this car as a masterpiece of modem coach-work Radiator headlamps and tic-bar have been artis- i tlcally grouped to create an unusually attractive and distinctive ensemble Mouldings sweep hack from the graceful new radiator in an unbroken line to blend with the smart new body contours And new colors In care- fully devised combinations lend a new individuality classed 'Fine and Dandy and as two of the hit shows you enjoyed most but had nothing to say about the biggest hit of all in a Brooklyn Others like It but its forced humor i sent me home after the second act eNut to4fefelMil ATT HEW MDW 1PIHUICES NdUflltJ Seeing the magistrates off The Phaeton The Coach merriest at sun-up It was padlocked several times Sport Coupe with rumble eeat Standard Sedan you had a boss constantly heckling you before fellow employees and making your face turn red what would you A Omaha Neb I would set up what we Freudians call and if that work tell him where to go and quit have been in New York eighteen months I never met a soul who Interested me It is full of cheap men and cheap women who spend their time talking about themselves and knocking the other fellow The whole place is just one big four flush and leaving You can have A from Spokane and Returning Soon come back They all do The Roadster Sport Roadster with rumble seat Special Sedan Standard Coupe Standard Five- Window Coupe- SPECIAL EQUIPMENT EXTRA Chevrolet Trucks from $355 to $695 'All prices fob' Flint Michigan 7- Sidney Skolsky observes many actresses are better hi the audience than on the stage And adds: why they are in the At a dinner a friend the other night let himself go in hot biscuits Finally he decided his appetite was becoming noticeable and when the hostess asked him if he have Just another he said: more I know how many A precocious five-year -old replied quickly: fJ ri note in a movie magazine that you say you never-saw anyone drunk take a drink in Hollywood -What Hollywood You noted nothing of the kind I said I had never been offered a drink dn Hollywood And I Chiefly I because my friends there know I quit drinking There is always plenty for those who want it in Hollywood elsefhere 'I lives on Park Avenue has an estate on Long Island but gets homesick every two or three months for Tulsa Okla Charles $500 book is reported to have kept one of the three richest men in the world up reading about buried treasures Ray Long went to Moscow to interview a group of writers who are holding out there More writers than actors aie members of The Players The Frazier Hunts are domiciled at the Grammatin Inn In Bronxville There is not a nail in the Beverly Hills home of Norman Kerry Joe Cawthome is an expert fisherman Stretch and Strain Motor Company is in Wichita Kansas Baker the new best selling $5 book was written by a New York Episcopal minister and published by MacMillan Fletcher the English mystery story writer is afraid of big cities Harrison Simrall the Michigan foot ball star is a nephew of Keats Speed The 10 cent Woolworth magazines are cutting into the Macfad-den circulation (Harp ers) is the story of the love affairs of favorite sister Van tie Water the writer is a nephew of Albert Payson Terhune David Belasco who lived so long at the Marie Antoinette now lives at The Blackstone Four Broadway blackmailers were in a single week Fred Allen appears to be late at his performance each night because he was at the depbt seeing four magistrates off Jules Bache owns a car that belonged to the Prince of Wales Harry Richman once a night club favorite lasted one week in his winter engagement Marlen Pew editor of Editor and Publisher was one of crack reporters (Copyright 1930 McNaught i Syndicate Inc) 71 WISE TO CHOOSE A rt is the go to you come from you thing Phil Baker plays? And you think he Is about the slickest comic in the Red Chicago (l) an accordion (2) I do And I like the story of the polite boy who bit into a sick oyster but held it in his mouth like a little gentleman Presently as oysters were passed again he was asked: you haVe some Screwing his mouth into a pucker he mumbled want what I Short shavings: Courtney Ryley Cooper Is listed in the Henry Prize stories for 1930-31 As are Wilbur Daniel Steele and William John also from Denver Mary Heaton Vorse the writer is Mrs Robert Minor William Hazlett Upson lives in the ideal town Bread Loaf Vermont Edgar Wallace has a big offer to broadcast on Old Gold hour Hudson Bay old name was a hot novel title: Gentlemen Adventurers Phyllis Duganne buys old houses fixes them up and sells them for pastime Okra is the New York substitute for slippery elm Booth Tarklngton Is a portrait connoisseur Hall Wood is a builder In Longview Texas John Horgan the Cincinnati hotel keeper is called the fashion plate of the middle west Gene Crawley ATE A Y-Ot3 VRO has infuriated me so much as those recent Tammany wagons decorated In American flags the miserable Brooklyn Well one thing you blame me for --1- The old Beaux Arts cafe has reopened In other days it was often the place of $50 a plate dinners Water was unknown and Ostrich ovsters and Bear cub steaks were the plats du jour Once it furnished the glamour for an Henry yarn It gave Harry Thaw one of his first tastes of High Life and was always Phone 404 451 25th Street.

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