The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 298, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 21, 1933 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
EXPEDITION UNEARTHS
- VILLAGE OF STONE AGE
Persia Yields Two Most Re-
markable Discoveries.
Chicago.—Two chapters in the epic
of human advance over a span of near-
ly four thousand years from the re-
mote Stone age to the magnificence
of Cyrus the Great have been dramat-
ically revealed by discoveries of the
Persian expedition of the^ Oriental in-
stitute of the University^ of Chicago,
which have just been reported to Di-
rector James Henry Breasted by Dr.
#Ernst Herzfeld,. field director of the
expedition.
At Persepolis, the Versailles of an-
cient Persia, the institute expedition
has discovered some of the most mag-
nificent sculptures ever uncovered by
archeology. Within two miles of the
,ruins of the ancient palaces to which
Alexander the Great in 330 B. C., set
the torch during a drunken debauch,
Doctor Herzfeld has found a Stone age
village of approximately 4000 B. C. in
a state of preservation surpassing any
such discovery heretofore made.
“The discovery at Persepolis is one
of the greatest and most important in
-the history of archeological research,”
jDoctor Breasted said. “It not only
far surpasses any archeological dis-
closure ever made in the history of
such research in Persia, but there has
never been any discovery like it any-
where in western Asia since archeolog-
ical excavation began there almost a
century ago.”
Wall Sculptures.
Doctor Herzfeld has uncovered a
series of wall sculptures which, if set
together, would form a vast panel of
reliefs five or six feet in height, and
almost a thousand feet in length. The
carvings include a series of historical
Inscriptions of the greatest historical
Importance.
The walls of magnificent palaces
which stood on the gigantic terrace
of Persepolis, overlooking a mighty
plain encircled by mountains, were of
sun-dried brick. But the colonnaded
halls, the windows, and the great doors
were done in black stone which was
polished like ebony.
The sculptures were done here and
there on this black stone. Those dis-
covered by Doctor Herzfeld depict a
New Problem for
Tax Collectors
Wilson, Okla. — Two hundred
houses was the game Carter coun-
ty tax officials stalked recently,
with the authority of Attorney
General J. Berry King in their
pockets.
The houses disappeared from
their sites between tax assessment
and collection time.
When 200 families moved from
this once booming oil town, they
took their houses with them.
The building sites remaining
were not worth assessed taxes.
King held that the houses were
part of the real estate and might
be traced and levied upon, if
found.
Many Oklahoma oil field work-
ers live in small “Shotgun” homes,
light enough to be raised on skids,
hooked on behind oil field trucks
and dragged to new locations.
Others live in “ready-made” sec-
tional homes that may be disman-
tled and re-erected by a couple of
men in a few days.
All of which constitutes a prob-
lem for tax collectors in the oil
counties where population centers
shift with drilling activity.
magnificent durbar, or conclave, of a
great group of Persian and Median of-
ficials standing with the brilliantly
uniformed palace guards of the Persi-
an emperor drawn up at one side to
receive the ambassadors of twenty-
two subject nations who approach
from the other side bearing their trib-
ute to Persia.
The execution of the scenes, Doctor
Herzfeld reports, displays unparalleled
beauty and refinement of detail.
It was the disintegration and fall of
the great mud-brick walls that pre-
served the newly discovered sculp-
tures, and protected them from the
ravages of weather and vandalism
through the nearly two thousand five
hundred years since they were created.
The carvings are as fresh as the day
when the sculptors’ chisels touched
them for the last time. No other
works of old Persian art have ever
been found in such perfect preserva-
tion.
Stone Age Village.
Doctor Herzfeld found the Stone age
village beneath a small mound some
three hundred by six hundred feet in
area and only ten or twelve feet in
height, within two miles of the ruins
of the great palaces.
The walls of the adobe houses are
preserved in places to a height of six
or seven feet. There is a. narrow
street or alley extending the length of
the little settlement, and a modern
visitor walking along it can look over
into the houses. Through the doors
and the earliest known windows ever
found, he can see mural decorations
of red ochre water color still discern-
ible on the walls.
Standing about on the floors are
household utensils of pottery, fire-
places with burned clay fire-dogs still
in position, and pottery vessels still
containing the remains of food, espe-
cially the bones of probably domesti-
cated animals. In some of the dishes
lay the flint knives with which the an-
cient people had last eaten some six
thousand years ago.
“Such remains,” Doctor Breasted
said, “disclose to us the earliest pre-
historic ancestry of the civilization
which reached its culmination In the
palaces of Persepolis. The evidences
of the intervening evolution are plen-
tifully preserved all-around Persepo-
lis.”
Waterway Tolls Smallest of
Any Year Since 1923. -
Balboa Heights, C. Z.—During the
last financial year the Panama canal
earned slightly over 2 per cent on the
invested capital of §553,000,000, after
all expenses had been paid. During
this period there was a decline of
some §4,000,000 in tolls and the net
revenue was §11,750,000 from canal
operations alone, with an additional
§12,500,000 from the operations of the
government-owned Panama railroads,
which besides running the trans-isth-
mian railroad, operates a steamship
line, the government commissaries,
coaling stations, cattle industry, print-
ing plant, and considerable real estate
in the cities of Colon and Panama.
Canal gross revenue totaled over
§21,000,000, or §4,000,000 less than the
preceding year and the tolls collected
were the lowest since 1923, and a de-
crease of §6,000,000 from 1929.
The total amount of work under-
AIR CORPS HERO
Private First Class, Specialist Second
Class Arden M. Farley of the Ninety-
fourty pursuit squadron at Selfridge
field, who has been designated the out-
standing hero of army air corps activ-
ities for the year 1932, upon the recom-
mendation of a board of air corps
officers. He receives the Cheney award
which Is given annually for “the out-
standing act or acts of valor, self-
sacrifice or extreme fortitude in a hu-
manitarian interest In connection with
flying.” The act of valor which has
won Private Farley the coveted award
consisted In dragging a comrade from
a burning plane after extricating him-
self.
Offers Baby as Bail;
Police Prefer Father
Duluth, Minn.—Arvid Peterson, thir-
ty-one, did not have the necessary §25
bail when brought to the police station
on a reckless driving charge and was
allowed to return home to get the
money. He returned with his seven-
months-old daughter, asking Sergt.
David Perry to keep the infant as bail
during the night. Perry ordered two
patrolmen to return the baby to Pe-
terson’s home and locked the man up.
taken by the army and navy during
the last fiscal year was a record to
date and was approximately 33 pei
cent of the total amount of marine
work handled by the canal’s mechan-
ical division at Balboa and Cristobal.
This was due in a large measure to
extensive repairs and work on sub-
marines based on the Panama canal
During the ensuing year the sum ol
§2,466,000 has been asked for by the
canal governor for construction work
to be carried out on the canal zone,
and in urging congress to approve oi
these measures, the governor draws
attention to the serious situation
caused by the depression, with young
Americans born or raised on the canal
zone facing unemployment, and the re-
duced wage scale and low prices of
materials, intimating that the present
is a most opportune time to'carry ouj
much needed work.
Repair Waterworks to
Relieve Unemployment
Columbus, Ohio.—Citing the fact
that from the standpoint of construc-
tion costs the present time is more fa-
vorable for waterworks improvement
than at any time in the past 20 years,
Dr. H. G. Southard, director of the
state department of public health, is
urging Ohio municipalities to under-
take such improvements to aid in re-
lieving unemployment, and to further
protect their woterworks system.
Pointing out that the Reconstruc-
tion Finance corporation is ready to
loan money for self-liquidating projects
Doctor Southard mentions that such
loans have already been made to two
Ohio municipalities.
“Where bonds cannot be issued,”
says Doctor Southard, “and where the
interest and sinking funds therefore
cannot be obtained without embar-
rassment to other necessary municipal
activities, the financing of improve
ments by ‘waterworks bonds’ should
be considered. Such bonds are se-
cured against water revenues and not
against the tax duplicate.”
Existing water rates, he believes, in
a great many instances, would pro-
duce sufficient revenues to pay sucl;
loans.
10 Brothers and Sisters
Average 71 Years Each
Seattle, Wash.—Edward Walton of
Seattle wants to claim some kind of a
record for his three brothers and
sisters, whose ages total 771 years.
Walton said this is an average of
71 years to the person. Walton him-
self said he is planning to celebrate
his seventy-ninth birthday next March.
Next oldest is a brother seventy-seven,
and the ages range down to Isaac Wal-
ton, the “baby” of the family who is
only fifty-six.
All members of the family were born
in London, Ontario. Brought up on
a farm, the families are all abstainers,
according to Walton.
Complying With the Law at Berea, Ohio
The town council of Berea, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, recently passed
an ordinance requiring any animal, driven or ridden through the streets, to
be equipped with tail lights. It applies equally to horses, mules, dogs, cats,
monkeys, or any other animal that can be driven. Miss Marion Boehn is pic-
tured here as she started on a late afternoon ride equipped in compliance
with the latest edict of the town’s solons.
Gross Revenue of Panama
Canal Declines in Year 1932
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The Print of
the Hand
By SIDNEY WALDO
&• by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service
'T'HE body lay close to the rows of
corn, and the sheriff was bending
over it. Then he straightened up
slowly and turned to Will Grainger,
the older of the munlered man’s two
nephews.
“You and Ruth and Tom Hathaway
druv to church together in the car.”
“Yes.”
“You left your brother, Dan’l, and
your uncle at home here—arguin’.”
“They stayed home. Yes.”
“Arguin’!” the sheriff insisted. “That
can’t be covered up, Will. Plenty peo-
ple heard ’em, hot at it, as they went
by to church. The winders was open.”
“Yes, they was arguin’.”
“And you three come home from
church separate.”
“Yes. Separate.”
For the first time, the sheriff looked
directly at Daniel. “And how about
you, Dan?”
“We—got through arguin’; and I
went for a walk In the woods.”
The sheriff studied the lowered stub-
born face of the ..wenty-y ear-old boy.
Then he made a little gesture of dis-
tressed helplessness and began to lead
the way toward the open shed door.
Once Inside, the sheriff crossed the
uneven plank floor to a broad work-
bench which ran along one side. Over
part of thejough surface of the bench,
smooth gray cardboard had been
tacked. Cartridge boxes, powder cans,
small tools, and a set of scales were
neatly arranged on this clean surface.
On two wooden pegs above the bench
rested a Winchester repeating rifle.
From his pocket the sheriff drew
an empty brass shell. Taking a load-
ed cartridge from the nearest box, he
compared the two. He did not make
the obvious statement that the two
matched; or trouble to remind the
others that rifle, cartridges, and the
reloading paraphernalia belonged to
Daniel.
Instead he turned to Tom Hath-
away, the tall spare elderly hired man.
“I reckon you knew the old miser,
Tom, jest about as well as anybody
livin’.”
“I reckon," the other agreed.
“You was workin’ for him even be-
fore the boys’ mother died, and they
come to live with him.”
“To live—on his charity,” the other
man amended. “As he always took
pains to remind ’em.”
“I guess there ain’t hardly been one
cussed meanness he’s put on ’em you
ain’t known of, and tried to help ’em
bear.”
“I tried to help the boys just so fur
as I could, sheriff,” was the calm re-
ply.
“I tried to show ’em the way of pa-
tience,” Tom went on. “Especial-
ly Dan and Ruth: after they’d fell in
love, and was crazy to marry.”
“And, this morning,” the sheriff sud-
denly broke in, “their uncle told the
boys—because of hard times—he’d
have to cut down their triflin’ pay
When they knew he had plenty, and
more, hoarded In the bank. Money
they wanted, now. Needed, now. Money
Dan had to have, now. Ain’t that what
his ur.cle and him was arguin’ over?”
“That can’t be denied,” Tom said at
last, and his expression became deep-
ly thoughtful. “My mind was running
along them same lines, too, sheriff, as
I sat in church. It seemed to me Dan
and Ruth ought to have that money,
some way. While they could still be
young and happy with it.
“Sittin’ there, I took a good look
back over my own life—which all lies
behind me now, any way you figure
it, and it come to me how different
things would of been, if I’d had any
kind of a start. It all come to me plain.
I would of married. Ruth might of
been the daughter I never had. I’m
mighty fond of them two, sheriff. So,
all in all, I couldn’t hardly blame Dan
for the stand he took.”
And. once more, the sheriff broke
In abruptly. “That’s just the point,
Tom. Just what I’ve been leadin’ to.
We all know you’d like to ease things
for Dan. But here’s where you
weren’t able to help any—and can’t
Certain things the law says neither
man nor boy can do. About your only
way to help Dan now, is counsel him
to come along with me, peaceable.”
But Tom Hathaway merely looked
at the sheriff in feigned surprise.
“How so, sheriff?” he asked. “You
appear to of forgot somethin’. We
all come home from church, separate.
Y/e got here, separate. Dan’s gun was
here, for any of us to use. We all hated
the old man, equal. How’s the law go-
in’ to tell—which of us to take along?”
“Just this way,” the sheriff declared,
with forced patience. “The gun’s been
cleaned and oiled. There’ll be no finger
prints on it, likely. That, I grant you.
But it’s a long reach, over the bench,
to put it back on them pegs. A man
would do it with his right hand. His
left, he’d put flat on the bench—palm
down—to steady his weight on. His
hand would of been oily. There on
the cardboard, Is a clear fresh print
of a man’s whole hand.”
The tense silence that followed this
announcement was short. Dan sent a
swift startled glance at his brother.
Then he urged sharply: “Quick, Will!
l\lp that cardboard off. He can’t stop
us: Chuck it in the stove. Then they
never can tell which of us it was.”
It was Tom Hathaway, however, who
moved, stepping forward to stand be-
side the sheriff.
“No, Dan,” he said. “The sheriff’s
right enough. Certain things neither
boy nor man can do. Not without pay-
in’. So leave the cardboard be. The
print of the hand—is mine.”
Rustle of Taffeta in Fashion Realm
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
\\7HAT’S this we hear? ’Tis the
’ ’ rustle and swish of taffeta in
the air. The whispering frou frou of
this sprightly silk will be heard on the
avenues and boulevards, in smart res-
taurants at tea-time and during the
formal dinner hour, and when the
evening lights go on, its glamorous
beauty will add romance to the fes-
tive scene. From the signs which
flash across the style horizon, the com-
ing is to be one of the biggest taffeta
seasons we have known for a long,
long time.
For evening, for afternoon, for gen-
eral daytime Wear, describes briefly
in their order the three gowns here
pictured. The tiny sketch in the oval
is merely a suggestion as to how party
frocks for the young girl are being
“prettyifyed” with frills and furbe-
lows. Among the many chapters
which taffeta will be writing in the
book of fashion this spring and sum-
mer, there will be none more fasci-
nating than that which lias to do with
frilly fluted and ruffled gowms which
designers are now preparing for the
younger set. These will flaunt crisp-
tied bows single and en suite. Not
that all party frocks will be made up
ornately, for quite a few jeune fille
frocks will be styled with utmost sim-
plicity even to the point of severity,
depending upon “lines” for their suc-
cess.
As to the other gowns pictured, a
big bow tied at the waist at the back,
hemline fullness, also the floor-length
skirt are major points of interest in
regard to the formal model shown to
the left. Centered in the group is an
afternoon gown. While in one sense
of the word it may be said to be tai-
lored, embodying, as it does, consider-
able neat stitching and introducing
subtle pleats which preserve a modish
slimness, yet it also boasts many in-
triguing dressmaker details. One mes-
sage which this attractive model con-
veys is that the best-looking daytime
dresses are often given a dainty femi-
nine -touch via the sheerest of sheer
organdie, lace, embroidery or net fin-
ishings about the neckline and sleeves.
The outfit to the right in the group
is ever so smart and new, contrasting
as it does, plain taffeta with plaid.
The fact that it is styled with a cape
is prophetic, for the cape theme is
considered of utmost importance for
spring. As to plaids and checks, their
vogue will be outstanding during the
coming months.
Not to be overlooked among taffeta
fashions are the evening ensembles
which top a dress of this crisp lively
silk with a cunningly devised little
jacket which most frequently fastens
with a soft bow tie of some sort or
other. The beauty of such a bolero
o jacket is that it may be worn with
other gowns as well, being particular-
ly effective, as it contrasts chiffon or
lace, or some other sheer weave.
© 1933. Western Newspaper Union.
MATCH footwear
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Fashion is more exacting than ever
when it comes to selecting accessories
with a view to matching or relating
them to each other. This season, more
than ever, footwear is made to en-
ter into relation with scarfs, belts,
gloves, hats and the blouse. The cos
tume pictured answers to the call of
the mode for color harmony among
accessory details in that the blouse,
the scarf and the shoes are all in an
Identical pale beige tone. A touch of
red is added to the scarf and the dress
itself Is in navy blue. The handsome
beige kid sandals are of newest design,
stressing, as they do, the very latest
cutout or perforated effect such as will
be made a major theme in footwear de-
sign for spring and summer.
TUNIC SOLVES MANY
A DRESS PROBLEM
One suspects that the introduction,
or rather the re-entry of the tunic at
this time is one of the kindly ges-
tures fashion is making to those of us
who must make our last year’s dresses
serve another year. The tunic is a
direct answer to the often perplexing
question of how to lengthen a skirt—
especially since many of the really
smart tunics are quite as long as
skirts used to be.
Not, of course, that every tunic
dress is a left-over by any means; any
more that every dress with contrast-
ing sleeves is one that has been re-
modeled. The current ruling on
sleeves is that they should either con-
trast or do something to attract atten-
ion—and most of them do.
Fashion, being so completely con-
cerned in preserving the top-heavy
silhouette, naturally has given up dec-
orating skirts and is concentrating on
above-the-belt trimmings. The excep-
tion to this is the tunic frock, which
is likely as not, bordered at its tunic
edge with fur, or with a ruche of some
sort.
Taffeta Vogue Spreads to
Hats and Accessories
The flair for taffeta is so insistent
that milliners are creating some of
their choicest hats of it. Nor does
the favor for taffeta stop at that point,
for all sorts of belts, girdles, scarfs, and
even handbags are being fashioned
of it. Among smartest details there
is none more definitely featured than
the jaunty waistcoats of checked or
plaid taffeta which will be worn with
the new spring suits. Often the jacket
or three-quarter coat of the suit is
lined with the silk, the revers and a
sprightly tied scarf furnishing a
dash of color such as the new style
curriculum calls for so Insistently
these days.
The fact that there is such a wide
variety of taffetas shown makes the
vogue all the more interesting. The
smartest new item Is matelasse taf-
feta. This puff-surfaced silk looks
best made up very simply.
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