Semi-Week!y Rteaflan eer,Dtfember, 1913
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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
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Hotel Bandon
- American Plan, $1.00
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"European Plan, rooms
50c, 75c & ?1 per day .
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City Transfer
" R. M. Boiler, Prop.
ALL KINDS OF
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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
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