Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1913)
Semi-Week!y Rteaflan eer,Dtfember, 1913 . 0 , - . . . fef age 2 PARCEL POST TO NET $30000,000 First Yoar's Earnings Will Da Twice Sum Estimated, 'TOTAL INCOME $80,000,000 Result Seems to Justify Railroads' Contention That More Should Bo Paid Them For Carrying Mall New Bill Will Settlo It Readjustment of Pay Every Four Years Hitherto. ' It has Just become known in Wash- I lugton that the profits to the govern went from tlio operation of the new parcel post system (luring the enh-n tlar year 11)11! will bo about $:JO.OOO.(K)J. Tlio now system 'became effective iy. .Tan 1 Inst. It wis estimated that the profits for the first year would" be about $ir,0OO,O00. but the actual tig ures now in possession of postal olll clals convince them that the profit. Instead of being $15,000,000. will bo $110,000,000 for the first year. This will be Interesting news to rail way officials, who have been contend ing that their roads were entitled to extra remuneration for carrying the malls on account of the operation of the parcel post. It was learned also front a reliable quarter that, even as suming that the contention of tlio rail roads was correct. :.rre still would havo been u good inr.rglu of profit at tho end of the eah nilar year iill;'. ufter tlio payment of xtn remuneration to tho roads. Gross Rovenuo 30,000,000. If a parcel post adjustment were made along the lines suggested by some of the raltroads. probably not more than $10,000,000 of this $30,000, 000 would be due to the railroads as extra pay. Tlio total income from tho parcel post for 1913 will be nroiind $80,000,000. Tho wholo question of railway mall pay that Is, compensation to the rail roads for carrying the malls Is likely to bo readjusted next year. Immedi ately nftor tho meeting of congress In regular session In December a bill will bo Introduced providing for this readjustment. Tho mcasuro Is now be ing drafted. It will seel; to establish an entirely new method o'f paying tho railroads for carrying tho malls and do away with, the present nrchalc method of 'computing tlio payment to roads. For sorao timo members of the house postoMco committee havo been considering the question of providing a new me'od of pitying for mall transportation. They havo been con sulted in connection witli tho prepara tion of tho new bill, as lutvo also tho officials of tho postolllco department most Intimately identified with mall transportation. The bill will bo an administration measure. Pay Readjusted Quadrennially. Pay for carrying tlio malls Is read justed only once every four years. For purposes of tlio computation tlio country Is divided Into four grand sub divisions. In each of which the mall Is weighed once every four years. Tills Is accomplished In such a way that tho weighing Is done In one district this year. In the second district next year, the third district the next year and the fourth district tho following 'yenr. The mall Is weighed for thirty days, and upon this basis a computation Is made for nit entire your, showing tho average monthly amount of uiall car ried. Whrn once made, this computa tion continues for n single road for four years, anil payment is made ac cordingly. Tho bill now being prepared will propose n now method of fixing tho ba sis of payment, it will propose a rad ical change In the whole system of railway mall pay and n readjustment that Is expected to be fairer to both the government and tho rollroads. The now railway pay bill also will take Into consideration the paying of tho railroads for carrying tlio parcel post matter and will seek to meet the com plaints that havo been filed by differ ent ronds, several of which were will ing to throw up their railway mall contracts rather than carry the parcel post without additional pay. CANAL TRAFFIC FORECAST. Ships Passing by Long Route Will Not Be Fewer. A record number of steamers passed through the Magellan strait in the ten months from .lan. 1 to Oct. 31 of this year, according to nn official statement Issued recently lit Valparaiso. Chile. Tho tralllc comprised 221 steamers from the Atlantic :Uid 137 from tho Pacific. . Many otllclals nrof tho opinion that tliCi number of vessels using tuo .Magel lan strait will not bo affected by tho opening of tho Pananj cannl and that Valparaiso will continue to be tho pnn clpal port In tho southern Pacific. Arbitration Treaty With Denmark. According to advices from Washing ton, Secretary llryan lias Just announc ed that he Is negotiating with uon mark a treaty providing for tho sub mission to arbitration of nil questions aslitt between the fcwo governments, Including questions of natlooiil honor. Tho negotiatltfis wore undertaken at tho Initiative of Constant!)! Itrun. Dan ish minuter iu Washington. Minute "Movies" of the News Right Off the Reel United States Is now two-thirds "dry." Prohibitionists assert ItcHl "devl wagona" of tlio rural post al service tire to be iMlntcd groon so they voa't Irritate the bulls. A. North Dakota Judge has refused to confer citizenship upon applicants en gaged In the liquor business. In n Denver maternity hospital twenty-three girls have been born In us many consecutive days, but nary n boy. College football team from New Zea land has been playing eiovens In Cali fornia and beating everything In sight. ! lici t Armstrong will soon have the distinction. If the law Is carried out, of beln.: the first man hanged In Horuiuda In thlrly-throo years. Hubert Ilnmm was caught stealing ggs from n henhouse nenr Peeksklll. N. Y. The owner armed himself with n shotgun and captured both llamtn nnd eggs. Nnshvlllo (Tenn.) man. seventy-three years old. sues for a perpetual Injunc tion restraining his son and, grand daughter from visiting him except on specific Invitation. NEW STAMP BOOK ISSUED BY POSTMASTER GENERAL Contains Twonty-four Each of One Cent and Two Cent Stamps. Postmaster fJencrnl Ititrleson Is the author of what Is expected to prove one of the "six best sellers" among the books of the coming season. An nouncement is made that It Is off the press and soon enn bo had at thou sands of postolllces nnd subpostolllces throughout the country. The book. Its attractive title being "LM:le-2c," Is embellished with beautiful engravings and will sell for the nominal sum of 73 cents. Tim iloninnil for such a book was recognized by those who approved of that other sterling little volume Issued lv lm government nnd which contain- n twelve two-cent stumps, the price of which was 'Jo cents, tho now voiumo Is to contain twenty-four two-cent and nn equal number of one cent ctnmna. "The lenves of this new educatlonoi work." sold a nostolllce official, "will go far to fill a long felt want. In fact. properly used, they will go as far as tin. Pli nnlnos. Hawaii or I'orto mco. It Is seldom nn announcement Is made of n new voiumo that Is destined to exert so widespread an influence. The deoartment has Issued msiruc tlnnsi in noMtmnsters throughout the country concerning tho Issue of tho now stamp book. FARM FOR HONOR CONVICTS. Washington State Project to Buy a Thousand Acres Benefits fcxpecieo. Purchase of a largo farm for "honor iiivIph ." j the first in tho United States, Is under consideration by the prlsou board of Washington suite. , ine l.niini nrmies that the project would be both economical for tho stato nnd bene- flclnl for the prisoners. The penitentiary should notjinve to expend more for common supplies than iinrw tiu successful farmer. It Is urged. Not only Is it hoped ultimately to raise the beef, pork and bacon neeuea, mil i. i.. ,l,,,in,l tn linvn n f lmrolltrlll V equipped dairy, nnd It Is oven suggest- i timt t n woo from tho sheep may be used In making clothing for the prisoners. It Is suggested that 1.000 acres would hn .renin red nnd that tho state might exchange some of Its present holdings for tlio desired acreage, convenient to the penitentiary, it la nnlnted out that several nun iiri men could bo nut to work, which in Itself woifd bo of great benefit to them physically nnd morally; more small waco could. If found de sirable, bo paid them so that when they are finally liberated they wouici havo n start in n new life. At present thero are about 2T.0 pris oners working about tho penitentiary farm, virtually on their honor. Two unarmed guards work with them as counsel nnd custodians. MAIL YOUR PARCELS EARLY Poetofficn Department Adopts Slogan For the Christmas Holidays. "Mull your holiday parcels early'' will be tho slogan of the postolllco de partment from now until Christmas Tills is the first Christmas season tin? parcel post system has been In opern tlon nnd Postmaster General Burleson Is .planning for the handling of tho mnlls as expeditiously and economical' Iv and with us little criticism ns Kssl bio. This he thinks will bo posslbio If ptitrons realize the advantage of the early mailing of parcels. Many Inquiries are being received by tlie postal authorities In Washington from firms lu Canada concerning tho operation of the parcel post In the United Ptntes, which Indicate agitation tCr the establishment of a parcel post lyateiu by ttiu Cuuadluu government DIET FOR HEALTH GUTS LIVING G0ST Federal Expert Gives List of Suitable Foods. FAVORS HOME CANNING. Rheumatism and Other Ills Would Be Largoly Eliminated if Fruit and Vegetables Were Provided Every Day In the Year, Says Food Special ist Would Be Cheaper Too. Tlio average American family may steer clear of the ordinary discomforts that nllllct the body and thereby Im prove Its health If the housewife will exercise Inore care In getting up the daily lilll of fare. A food specialist of the department of ngriculture in Washington points the wny. He says that the balanced. ration of many Americans today is made up about as follows: Dread, Moat, nutter, Fish, Ebbs, Pntcnt medicine lax- ntlvcs. Mnny Americans suffer customarily from indigestion in Its various forms and rheumatism, nccording to the gov ernment food specialist. lie suggests that n simple change of the dally menu might go a long way to remedy these ailments. The specialist recommends a chnngo to this menu ns being more In keeping with nature's plans: Bread, Meat, Hutter, Fish, Fruit, Esrs, Vegetables, Greens. For Fruits and Vegetables. Tho specialist recommends that ev ery family provide a diet of fruit and vegetables for every day in the year. He argues that this would do much to eliminate the need for patent medi cines that figure so prominently in tho bill of fare of so many Americans. "If every home," said the specialist, kept on liand enough canned products so that there might bo a can of fruit a can of greens nnd n can of vegetables for every day during the winter there would bo llttlo need for tho laxatives now so regularly purchased from tho corner druggists. Thero would nlso be great economy In tho substitution ofnn inexpensive food for more expensive ones." Tho food specialist suggests that housewives should do moro home can ning nt tho proper season. IIo thinks this would help to solvo tho problem Involved In the cost of living. "It is estimated," ho said, "that over CO per cent of nil the vegetables, greens, fruit and berries that grow in this country go to wasto nnd nro ac tually lost to those who need them. This is simply because, housewives have not learned to caro for theso sur plus products efficiently nnd to mnko them available for the winter mouths by cnnnlng. Economy In Home Canning. "That homo cnnnlng may reduce tho cost of Jiving Is not generally appre ciated. Even thoso who are accustom ed to use n supply of canned goods In tho winter do not renlizo that they sometimes pay transportation on goods from distant parts of tho country when there is a surplus of the same product in their own vicinity during tho sum mer months which might havo boeu saved by homo canning." Tho food specialist then tells about (ho enormous economic waste that could be prevented by home caunlng. "For example," ho said, "n can of tomntoes Is bought during Mie winter months In Colorado for 15 cents. This can was put up In Maryland. Tho peo ple of tho section where it was pur chased Ilvo In nn irrigated district where there is always a surplus of to matoes In summer, yet they pay trans portation on vegetables from Mary land when they might have put up n similar can during the season in their own district which would have cost 0 cents. "When ono considers tho number of cans used which havo been shipped great distances ono realizes tho enor mous saving a llttlo intelligent home canning might bring ubout" Alff CURE FOR ADENOIDS. When Surgical Operations Are Nsces sary Schoolroom Temperature. Adenoids will heal themselves in four cases out of tlvu if tho child suffering from them bo given plenty of outdoor nlr, nccording to Dr. T. F. Ilnrrington, director of school hygiene lu Hoston. In addressing a tethers' association recently In that city Dr. Harrington snld: "Tho knlfo Is neccssnry only when thero Is a discharge from tho car and danger to the hearing or when tho blood supply Is cut off from tjio brain and feeble mlmledness, flat chests and glandular trouble seem imminent "Tho nlr of the classroom should bo down to 55 degrees, and tho children should be allowed to wear their wraps when they care to." Chicken Thief Repent!. A man who "Btolo' thre chickens years ago from L. Glass of Kvunsvlllo, lnd.. has become conscience stricken. Glass received nn unsigned letter post marked Kvansvllfe, l?i which atfla lu closed $l..r0 In money, Tho letter c?ad ns follows: "I herewith (Jjielose $1X0 for three chickens I stole from you Of tecii years ago. I am a thief no loiucxr,1' years the wartl Insurance v Company has been climbing jjie fire insurance ladder until to-day it( stands at the top. Irj. Ine volume-of fire protection it gives the' American people it ' stands , above 'every other fire insurance jcompany. When you need fire, insurance E. E. OAKES - Hotel Bandon - American Plan, $1.00 and SI. 50 per day, u, "European Plan, rooms 50c, 75c & ?1 per day . E. G. CASSIDY, Proprietor City Transfer " R. M. Boiler, Prop. ALL KINDS OF HAULING DONE With DISPATCH BANDON :: OREGON Benjamin Ostlind Consulting Engineer and Architect Office in Thrift Bldg. Cedar Hill Dairy Farm J. P. VanLcuvcn, Prop. Fresh Milk and Cream-delivered daily at your door in any part of- Bandon. All orders given prompt attention Phone Rural 29 ABSTRACTS Bnndon Branch Office of Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. (Henry Sciiptackcn, Mgr.) McNair Hardware Building In charge P. H. Poole. Economy Promptn.n Reliability MRS. W. W. WOLFE INSTRUCTOR OK PIANO Mrs. Guy Dipple Spirclla's Corseteire I'HONIi 7jt After November 30tl mill wood v-l be $2.25 a 'loatP. Pay tlfe driveP on delivery and get 25 cents discount. Geo. B. Morgan, Phone 1173 tarcruire NOTCO News item appearing in local -newspaper four days before ' ' Fl FI FLD" sailed .last trip : ' 'tf even passen '" gers were .refused transportation on the Firield' on ac count of all aceomodatibns being sold. Disappointed Were Many , Who were unable to secure passage on the good ship $F I F I E L D """ Sails Again Saturday, December 6, 7 p.m. To be certain.of securing accomodations upon this Wireless, Twin Screw Steamer better step into the office of any of following agents and purchase tickets NOW' Bandon Warehouse Co., Gen. Agts - C.-M. Skeels, Coquille; H. Sengstacken, Marshfield; Joe Schilling, Myrtle Point y- BUICK LEADERSHIP Continues Undisputed Uninterrupted and increased popularity is evidenced bv the, vast numbers of BUICKS now 'in use. Each Year's Business an increase in volume The. vast volume of BUICK business is the result of the Buick factory principal of '"building up to a stan dard, not down to a price." Buy the car that has made good and has the confidence of the people. All 1914 Buick cars are equipped with Delco starting, lighting and ignition system. Put your order in now for one of these, popular cars. Six models, $1,085 to $2,160 Bandon Including our luxurious six-cylinder touring car M. D. Sherrard Agent, Bandon, Oregon A. D. Mills Real Estate . , Fire Insurance Notary Public . .o Rentals I have a good buy in mud flat lot on First Street 6 Also best corner in Azalea Park O O o