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Mc-GIIATH, ALASKA. FEB. 24. 1922
Redskins’ ‘Superhooch’
Survives Senate Attack
Washington.—The crafty red-skinned
aborigine may have the same difficulty
as his white conqueror in getting his
tire-water these days, but he still has
his peyote, and peyote, according to
competent testimony, will produce a
more prolonged jag than the best 100
iproof red-eye.
The Senate yesterday, after consider
able debate, declined to give its ap
proval to an appropriation of 82p,000
for the suppression of the use of peyote
among the Indians. Peyote, it was
generally admitted, enabled the Indians
to pet even drunker than they could on
•“red” liquor, but it was saved from the
ban on the ground that its use was ab
solutely essential to the ludiaus’ re
ligion.
When the item came up in connec
tion with the Interior Department bill,
Senator Harrison, democrat, asked
Senator Smoot, republican, to give the
Senate some information about peyote.
“It’s the same te the Indian as rot
gut whisky is to the white man,” an
swered Senator Smoot. “The only dif
ference is that its effect last looger. ’
He explained that it was made of a
small bean grown along the Rio Grande
;and that one of its effects was to pro
duce a delusion of great wealth. Sen
ator Jones, democrat, said he had in
vestigated its effects on the Indians
and had been informed bv a missionary
that it brought about ”a most beautiful
state of mind.”
“The missionary added that it pro
duced such a good feeling that he felt
sure he could make Christians of all
the Indians in the United States within
a few days if he had a large enough
supply of peyote beans,” said Senator
Jones. _ _
Phone Receiver of Human Ear.
What is commonly called the ear—
that is, the external part—is little
more than a “telephone receiver,” as
it were, to the inner, or true ear, with
PROFESSIONAL
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LAWYERS
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705 L. C. Smith IJJdg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
Dr. W. F. Green
M cG ratios A Lusk a
which all hearing is done. Of tills
‘•receiver,” the lobes form an essential
and necessary part. In nature’s won
derful way they are made to serve a
very important purpose ic keeping the
drum of the ear properly stretched.
Many waves of sound would he lost to
the real ear were it not for the lobe
The lobes of hunted animals, such as
the hare or stag, point backward, and
I of hunting anirnatls, -such as the dog,
I forward. Originally, it is believed.
| human lobes were movable, but as with
the advance of civilization man had to
depend less and less upon his sense of
hearing for protection against danger,
the muscles connected with the lobes
fell into disuse and resulted in the
lobes becoming practically a fixed part
of the hearing machine. — Ex.
21 Speeders Are Ex
amined as to Sanity
Detroit.—Twentp-ooe persons, chaOg
ed- with driving their automobiles
faster than the law allows, and two
others charged with driving through ;
safety zones were examined by Or. A.-:
L. Jacoby, city psychiatrist,, today, to
determine their sanity. The exatuina- j
tions were ordered by Dr. Charles L.
Bartlet in recorder’s court, and sen
tences were withheld until the court
had received the psychiatrist’s report, i
Three of those examined were pro-j
nounced inferior ir. intelligence by Dr.
Jacoby. They were ordered to return
in one week for further examination.
According to the physician’s report,
one man, charged with haviug driven
his car 32 miles an hour, -was- found in
ferior in Intelligence, hard of hear ing
and possessed of poor -eyesight. An
other alleged offender was unable to
read English and told Dr. Ja,-ohy he
could not differentiate -between the
“Go” and “Stop” signals at btreet in- I
tersections.
Fourteen persons, pronounced men- j
tally sound, were given jvsi 1 sentences
and lined.
Dr. Bartlett said he had no intention
of intimidating the public, but that it
was desirabie for the sake of public
safety to weed out those who are men
tally incompetent.
Senate Whisky Crash
Costs Waiter His Job
Washington.—The Capitol, police yes
terday pulled in the dragnet thrown
out Saturday when a bottle of whisky
was dropped on the floor of the Senate
restaurant, and the “catch” was oi e
badly scared negro waiter.
He candidly confessed the “likker”
belonged to him and was not intended
for some “wet” senator. The calamity
happened, he explained, simply be
cause he placek his battle in his hip
pocket on top of his handkerchief, in
stead of placing his handkerchief on
top of the bottle. When he had occa
sion to use his handkerchief he gave it
a quick jerk, aud the result is a sad,
; sad story. He not only lost his cheer,
but his job.
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, who is de
termined to break up the bootleg ring
at the Capitol, was much gratified to
learn no oqb “higher up” was involved
in the restaurant episode, lie has
given the Capitol police some interest
ing clues, especially ooe to the effect
that a certain bootlegger has a monop
oly on the business of the Capitol. He
is anxious to know if that is true, and,
if so, why.
Some day our European debtors may
get what is coming to them. They al
ready have what is coming to us.—New
York American.
Europe now has its red shirts, its
black shirts and its gray shirts, but
...Hof Rnmnn narticularlv needs is to
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‘Uncle Joe’ to Quit Smoking. 0
Washington.—“Don’t you think you
ought to give up those cigars?” the
doctor asked Uncle Joe Cannon, the
other day, meeting the former speaker
speaker of the House.
“Sure,” said Uncle Joe, and he did.
But for how long not even he will pre
dict,
Mr. Cannon’s cigars are not long nnd
black, all cartoonists to the contrary
notwithstanding. Me uses the mildest
the market affords.
“Uncle Joe stopped smoking,” said
oue of his friends, repeating the ques
tion yesterday. “Certainly. He often
switches from cigars to plug tobacco,
and at that, I guess, he smokes less
than the average woman of voting
age.” ____
In a Scottish family there were ten
childaen. The wife complained to the
husband that the cradle was somewhat
rickety, so he railed on McDougall, the
joiner, to whom he gave directions for
wear and tear. When he presented it
to his wife he said: "Try and make
that one last.”
In anv nation the political majority,
after all. is only a group of minorities
that manage to hold together for a
time.—Philadelphia tiecord.
LOUIS GORMAN
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