The Polk County post., March 19, 1920, Image 2

SUPERVISION OF
WOOL IS ENDED
Four or Five Steps Necessary to
Finish Work of War Indus­
tries Board.
SETTLE WITH 3,865 DEALERS
R ep o rt! Must Be A udited, Analyzed
a/id Excess P rofits D eterm ined and
D isbursed— R efunds in Many
C ases W ill Be Small.
ceived from any d e a le r they a re ap ­
p ortioned to th e Individual grow ers
to tile e x te n t to w hich th e ir Identity
is disclosed, but th e a c tu a l p ay m en ts
a re being w ithheld until th e collec­
tion o f excess profits Is m ore n early
com pleted, In o rd e r th a t p ractically
all th e g ro w ers may receive th e ir
checks a t a p p ro x im ately th e sam e
time.
T he re p o rts o f mnny cou n try d e a l­
ers show no excess profits. R elatively
sm all a m o u n ts of excess w ere m ade
b .’ m ost of th e o th ers, and th e refu n d s
to in d ividual g row ers In m any cases
will he very sm all. In o th e r w ords,
th e refu n d s will a m o u n t in th e a g g re ­
g a te to sev eral c en ts p e r pound upon
nil th e wool w hich th e denier handled.
“T h e g re n te r p a rt of all excess p ro f­
its,” acco rd in g to a re p o rt of th e de­
p a rtm e n t, “a p p e a rs to have accu m u ­
lated In th e han d s o f c e rta in d is trib u t­
ing c e n te r d e a le rs w ho purchased
largely thro u g h d ire c t agencies In p ro­
ducing sections. M any o f the d istrib ­
u tin g c e n te r denlers, w ho handled
w ools on consignm ent only nnd w hose
profits w ore n ecessarily lim ited to th e
com m issions paid by th e governm ent,
n p p ear to hnve no excess. In th e dis­
cussion of th is su b je c t In press, th e
fa c t th a t n e a rly tw o -th ird s of th e wool
clip o f th e c o u n try is so-called te r ­
rito ry wool from th e W estern nnd P a ­
cific const sta te s, w hich w as hm idled
alm o st exclusively or. consignm ents,
nnd th e re fo re fu rn ish ed on o p p o rtu n i­
ty fo r th e accu m u latio n of excess
profits, has, to som e e x te n t a t least,
been overlooked.”
[IN
ALMSHOUSE
W oman, 85, Public
w are Since She
Old.
76
YEARS How Squirrels Earned and
Continue to Earn Right to
C harge in D ela­
Live and Rejoice in Life.
W as 9 Y ears
"In creatin g the sq u irrel fam ily na­
G eorgetow n, D el.—An in m ate of the tu re perform ed one of her most g ra ­
S ussex county alm sh o u se fo r seventy- cious and beneficent n ets,” w rites A r
six years, M artha S tan fo rd , who w as th u r F. Itlee in an a rtic le on "Four-
“She
blind from childhood, h as died at (he Footed Folk" lu Boys’ Life.
age o f 85 y ea rs. She w as sen t to the m ade the strip ed squirrel fo r the very
alm shouse from the w estern p a rt of the small boy. the red squirrel for the
county w hen nine y e a rs old, and lived larg er boy and th e gray sq u irrel for
th e re ev er sin ce until the tim e of her the hlg boy from fifteen to seventy
years of age, and threw In flying squir­
death .
rels nnd black sq u irrels nnd fox squir­
D esp ite h e r affliction a n d her poor
rels a s an evidence of her generous dis­
condition, sh e k ept cheerful, alw ays
position to plense everybody. She dec­
hoping 'h a t som e tim e she would he
orated the stum ps nnd mossy rocks
tak en from th e alm shouse. She hud
with tiny, beautiful form s and added
no n e a r relatives.
picturesque life to the rail fences und
stone w ulls w ith a charm ing race of
little c re a tu re s w hose graceful
W ELL-KN O W N WASHINGTONIAN busy
m otions and Interesting h ab its con­
trib u te much to the en te rta in m e n t of
all m ankind.
“It w as in the etern al fitness of
things th n t the sq u irrels should do
som ething for n a tu re In retu rn for the
g ift of a Joyous ex isten ce; so they set
about helping her to p lan t h er garden.
T he chipm unks burled beech nu ts and
ch estn u ts and aco rn s In th e ground,
and th u s did th e ir p a rt In the schem e
of scientific fo restry . T he red sq u ir­
rels dropped hazelnuts, b u ttern u ts,
cherry stones and pine cones along
the w alls and fences nnd straig h tw ay
th ere sp ran g up along th ese avenues
of squirrel travel fru itfu l sh ru b s and
lusty trees w here o th er sq u irrels find
a feast, w here th e birds build th eir
n ests and under which the c a ttle en­
joy a g ratefu l shade. So th e sq u irrels
earned, nnd continued to earn thp right
to live and to rejoice In life."
W ashington.—T h e d e p a rtm e n t of
a g ric u ltu re is w inding up th e affairs
o f th e dom estic wool section of th e
w a r In d u stries hoard. T h is work in­
volves fo u r d istin c t steps, nnd it seem s
p ro b ab le th n t a fifth will he necessary.
Tile first step Is to secure, on form s
fu rn ish e d by th e d ep a rtm e n t, sw orn
re p o rts from th e 3,08(5 cou n try d e a l­
e rs and th e 179 d istrib u tin g d ea le rs
to whom th e w a r In d u stries hoard Is­
su ed p erm its to deal In wool of th e
1918 clip.
T he second Involves th e a u d itin g of
th ese rep o rts in d etail to d eterm in e
w h e th e r th e m ethods p u rsu ed an d th e
profits m ade a re in acco rd an ce w ith
th e regulations.
T he th ird Is th e collection of excess
profits from those p erso n s or firms
w hose reports, a fte r nuditlng, show
th a t such excess profits w ere m ade.
A s rap id ly as they a re received by
th e d ep artm en t, all re m itta n ce s for
ex cess profits a re being deposited as
n special fu n d In th e tre a su ry of th e
U n ited S tates.
G ift Costly to Giver.
D isbursing E xcess Profits.
London.—G iving a deserv in g case 00
T h e fo u rth Is a c arefu l an a ly sis of
ench re p o rt w hich show s excess profits c en ts co st a T ow er B ridge man $50.
w ith a view to w orking out th e fnir- T he delighted recip ien t gnve him a
eRt possible m ethod o f d istrib u tin g “p a t” on th e sh o u ld er w hich knocked
su ch profits. A fte r th is Is done, th e h im th ro u g h a p la te g lass window.
d e p a rtm e n t proposes to d isb u rse the "Good you d id n ’t give him 5 sh illin g s,”
New p h o tograph of Mrs. T hom as
excess profits by cheek of Its own dis­ observed th e m a g istra te , o rd erin g th e M arshall, w ife of th e vice president,
b u rsin g officer d raw n on th e tre a su ry u n lucky p h ila n th ro p ist to pny fo r d am ­ and little M orrison M arshall, tb e lr
ag es done.
o f th e U nited S tates.
adopted son.
T h e fifth ste p w ill he an a u d it, In
th e field, of th e hooks nnd records of
d e a le rs w hose re p o rts fo r any reason
seem to m ake tills co u rse advisable.
T h e first division of th e w ork tins
been v ery n early com pleted. A re la ­
tively sm all num ber of approved d e a l­
e rs h av e failed to m ake rep o rts, nnd
It Is believed th a t th e tra n sa c tio n s o f
ninny of th ese w ere so sm all a s to be
silv er o r gold. In a b ility of m ints to
Money Changers Make Profits of
p ra e tle a lly negligible.
m eet th e dem and 1ms cre a te d n sh o rt­
It h as been discovered th n t sovernl
age of change. T h is sh o rtn g e h as been
Because Mints Cannot Meet
h u n d red wool d ea le rs c a rrie d on th e ir
tak en a d v a n ta g e of by m oney changers
the Demand.
b u sin ess ns usual d a rin g 1918 w ith o u t
all over th e republic.
o b ta in in g perm its. As th e n am es of
It Is alm o st im possible to buy m er­
th e se d eale rs h av e been ascerta in e d
chandise in larg e or sm all q u a n titie s
th ey h av e been req u ired to fu rn ish re­
unless you a re able to m ake y o u r own
p o rts sim ila r In resp e c t to th o se re­
change. F rom 2 to 5 p er cent Is coim-
q u ire d from perm it h olders nnd to pny
mohl.v charged by money ch an g ers for
over th e ir ex re ss profits w henever It
co nverting 10 or 20 peso pieces Into
a p p e a rs th a t they have m ade more Almost Im possible to Buy M erchandise silv er of sm all denom inations.
th a n th e reg u latio n s allow ed. In o th ­
In Sm all Q u an titie s U nless You
T h is sh o rta g e w as m ade m ore acute
e r w ords, they a re not allow ed to de­
H ave E x act C hange—T axicab
about tw o y e a rs ago th rough th e w ith ­
riv e any ad v a n ta g e from h av in g oper­
System Is Well R egulated.
d raw al from circu latio n of th e old Mex­
a te d In Ignorance o r violation of the
ican silv er peso. T h is w as caused by
re g u la tio n s. T h e disco v ery of ninny
San A ntonio, T ex .—Money, taxicabs, th e ad v an ce In th e price of silver,
o f th e se u n au th o rized d e a le rs w as Im­
w hich m ade th e peso w o rth approxi­
possible until th e re p o rts of th e 179 flowers, fru its , d irt an d tra d e e m b a r­
m ately 50 p er cent m ore Ilian Its face
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d en lers In d istrib u tin g c e n te rs w ere
value a s bullion. T he new Mexican
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au d ited , since th e e n tire wool clip of
silv er coins do not co n tain ns high a
th e co u n try ev en tu a lly passed through S ta te s in Mexico.
percen tag e o f silver as th ese old peso
Mexico
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th e ir books e ith e r ns p u rch ases or
[ pieces.
basis, so fa r ns money is concerned.
consignm ents.
It is h ard to conceive of a cig ar store
T he second division of the work, T h is condition h as been forced thro u g h refu sin g to sell one cigar because one
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th a t of au d itin g th e re p o rts received.
hns not th e ex act change, hut th a t Is
Is p ro g ressin g rapidly a s the force p e r money by v ario u s rev o lu tio n ary J th e case all over Mexico. One also en­
a v a ila b le will perm it, and th e collec­ factio n s p rio r to th e In au g u ratio n of c o u n ters difficulty in buying food while
tio n of excess profits proceeds ns the C a rran za a s p resid e n t.
trav elin g , fo r the reason lh a t food m er­
a u d it o f each se p a ra te case Is com ­
T h ere Is on a b u n d a n c e of n ativ e gold c h a n ts a t th e sta tio n s a re unab le to
pleted.
and silv er o u t of w hich to coin money. m ak e change readily. O ften a meal
As rap id ly ns excess profits a re re ­ All coins above 10-centavo pieces a re
mny cost $2 because o f th is scarcity of
MEXICO NEEDS
SMALL COINS
MUST MAKE YOUR OWN CHANGE
PRIZE HEN HELPS WIN COLLEGE FUND
I’rof. H enrietta K. Hooker nnd one of her four Buff Orpington hens,
lTils hen raptured first prize at the New York poultry show, and Its value
Im m ediately Jumped to $1,000. Professor Hooker has announced that money
from t h . sale o f the hens, or any prise money won by them w ill be given to-
ward the $3,000,000 endowment fund of U o lv o k . college, M assachusetts. . .
W h y a re
WRIGLEYS
f l a v o r s lik e th e
p y ra m id s o f E g y p t?
B e c a u se th e y a re
lo n g -la s tin g .
And WRIGLEY’S is a beneficial
as well as long-lasting treat.
Graphic Chart Shows That
Human Life Appeared Late
in the Quaternary Period
A geologist, w ritin g to th e Scientific
A m erican, describes by m eans of a
graphic c h a rt th e co m parative lengths
of the different periods of th e age of
th e earth . He places the age of the
e a rth a rb itra rily a t 72,000,000 years,
represented by a clock dial of 24 hours
—3,000,000 y ears to each hour.
On th e above b asis th e first six hours
of th e clock re p re se n ts Azoic tim e, the
ea rlie st co n jec tu ral period of the
e a rth ’s form ation — 18,000,000 y e a r s ;
th e next six hours Eozolc nnd th e next
eight Palezoic tim e— 18,000,000 and 24,-
000,000 years, respectively—periods of
m ineral and vegetable form ations. In
th e next th ree hours anim al life de­
veloped—Mesozoic tim e, 9,000,000 years
—th a t Is, from the tw en tieth to the
tw enty-third hour. T hus th e la s t hour
of th e 24—3,000,000 y ears of geologic
tim e— re p re se n ts Neozoic tim e, which
Includes th e nppenrnnce of hum an life
in the Q u atern ary period.
T ills la s t division of th e 24 hours,
th e Q u atern ary period, Is show n as
only 10 m inutes— In o th er w ords, 500,-
000 years. T he existence of hum an life
on th e earth , therefore, b ears th e sam e
relatio n to the age of th e e a rth as 10
m inutes does to 24 hours. B ut since
th e period of w ritten h isto ry Is e sti­
m ated roughly a t only 0.000 years, this
la s t division Is not show n on th e chart,
since It would only be 12 seconds In
duration.
O u r y o u th b eg an w ith te a r s a n d sig h s,
W ith seek in g w h at w e could n o t find;
O u r v e rse s w ere a ll th ren o d ies.
In eleg iacs still we w hined;
O u r e a r s w ere d.-af, o u r ey es w ere blind.
W e so u g h t, an d k n ew n o t w h a t w e so u g h t.
W e m a rv e l, now we look b eh in d ;
L ife ’s m o re a m u s in g th a n w e th o u g h t!
Oh, foolish y o u th , u n tim e ly w ise!
O h, p h a n to m s of th e sic k ly m ind!
change.
W h a t? n o t c o n te n t w ith se a s a n d sk ies,
W ith ra in y clo u d s a n d s o u th e rn w ind.
W e in th e s ta te s m ight learn some­
W ith com m on c a re s a n d fa c e s kind,
thin g from th e w ell-regulated taxienh
W ith p a in s a n d Joys each m o rn in g
system o f Mexico C ity. I arrived In
b ro u g h t?
th e cap ital a t 3 a. m. My baggage w as
A h, old a n d w orn, a n d tire d w e find
ca rrie d to a tax icab by a licensed and L ife 's m o re a m u s in g th a n w e th o u g h t!
num bered enrgndore. T h ese cargadores
T h o u g h y o u th " tu r n s sp e c tre -th in and
Insist upon show ing tra v e le rs th eir
d ie s,"
num bers, In com pliance w ith the law.
T o m o u rn fo r y o u th w e 're n o t in clin ed ;
nnd It Is w ise fo r any stra n g e r tra v e l­ W e s e t o u r so u ls on sa lm o n flies.
W e w h istle w h e re w e once rep in ed .
ing in M exico to n ote the num ber c a re ­
C o n fo u n d th e w oes o f h u m a n k in d !
fully. Most of the cnrgndores, how ­ B y h e a v e n w e 're “ w ell d eceiv ed ," I w ot;
W h o h u m c o n te n te d a n d resig n ed ,
ever. can be relied upon to handle your
" L ife ’s m o re a m u s in g th a n w e th o u g h t” !
baggage w ith care and p erfect safety.
Once y o u r baggage Is deposited in a
ENVOY.
O n a te m eeum , w o rn a n d lined
tnxleah, n policem an Is on hand to
note th e chnufTeur's license, th e n u m ­ O u r fa c e s show , b u t th a t Is n a u g h t;
O u r h e a r ts a r e y o u n g 'n e a th w rin k led
b e r of p assen g ers nnd d estination. T he
rin d ;
pollceninn gives th e passen g er a slip L if e 's m o re a m u s in g th a n w e th o u g h t.
—A n d rew L an g .
w ith th ese fa c ts recorded, w hich should
he reta in e d In case th e service is found
to he faulty.
Big Men Who Are Unusually
T ax icab ra te s a re plainly posted in
Bright Are in the Minority
th e cars.
Fruits and Flowers Plentiful.
Along th e rm ite to Mexico City 1
found th e tow ns d irty , but the flower
nnd fru it sta n d s sum ptuously stocked.
P rices fo r fru it nnd flowers a re so rl-
j dleulouslv low In com parison w ith
prices In th e s ta te s th a t one is tem pted
to lay In n rid icu lo u s oversupply. One
enn buy a bouquet o f r is e s ns big
aro u n d ns a bushel b a sk e t fo r 50
c en ts A m erican money.
I I found co n siderable d issatisfactio n
j th ro u g h o u t M exico w ith the em bargo
j a g a in st M exican c itru s fru it. L arge
q u a n titie s o f oranges, lim es nnd lem ons
I are raised In Mexico. T he q u ality of
th is fruit Is r -cellent. T he excuse for
th e embargo Is th a t th e g enu of a
| Might th a t Is fa ta l to c itru s fru its
m ight be bro u g h t Into the U nited Stntos
I If markets were opened t > th e Vex1-
I cans. I am told, how ever, on reliable
authority, thnt this dnng >r Is rpore
Imaginary than real. I f mnd strong
sentim ent everyw here for t to lifting of
the embargo and a slm l n r embargo
*«ulnst cotton.
Th« 5
Flavor
\la s ts
It Is generally accepted that great
development o f the powers of the
brain Is usually accompanied by only
m oderate animal or physical life. In
those cases where high development of
both Is found. It Is emphatically mark­
ed by shortness of existence or defec­
tive vitality In the structures of or­
ganic life nnd low organization. Men­
tal celebrities of large stature have
been In a noticeable minority, and the
standard of health very lo w ; In fa c t
according to John o’ London’s Week­
ly, from Alfred the Great to Schiller
the physical defects have been pain­
fully apparent, and the roll o f death­
less names seem s to be the list o f a
gathering of Invalids and cripple*.
It helps appetite and digestion,
keeps teeth clean and breath
sweet, allays thirst.
CHEW IT AFTER EVERY MEAL
Sealed Tight-
Kept Right
UNITED
A10
Good Tim es.
I suppose no one has looked more in­
dustriously or in more places, for a
good tim e than I have. R esults have
been so m eager that I have concluded
that a good tim e is more or less of
a phantom.— E. W. H ow e’s Monthly.
A Basket of Eggs.
Patalum a, center of the largest poul­
try district in the world sen t to the
California industries and land show a
basket holding 72,528 eggs. The bas­
ket w as 15 feet long, 5 feet high and
8 feet wide.
S cien tists say that an ordinary
w hale lives to the age of five hundred
years, w hile som e w hales have been
caught w hose appearance indicates
they have lived as many as a thousand
years.
The first auto mail service in the
Orient has been introduced in Madras,
India.
Test of College Life.
Frank A. Vanderlip, the fam ous
financier, would not engage for a high
position any man who failed to make
his im press felt when at college. “A
man who won recognition from his
classm ates at college is likely to win
recognition in after life,” he once re­
marked.— B oston P ost.
It W orks! T ry It
Tells how to loosen a sore,
tender corn so It lifts
out without pain.
No humbug!
Any corn, whether
hard, soft or betw een the toes, w ill
loosen right up and lift out without
a particle of pain or soreness.
This drug Is called freezone and Is
a compound of ether discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a sm all
bottle of freezone. w hich w ill cost but
a trifle, but is su fficien t to rid one’s
feet of every corn or callous.
Put a few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or callous. In­
stantly the soren ess disappears and
shortly the corn or callous w ill loosen
and can be lifted off w ith the fingers.
T his drug freezone doesn’t eat out
the corns or callouses but shrivels
them w ithout even irritating the sur­
rounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no sore­
ness or sm arting when applying it or
afterwards.
If your druggist don’t
have freezone have him order it for
you.— Adv.
“ Water Chestnut” the Latest.
From China has been obtained the
“w ater chestnut,” the tubers of which
eaten raw or in stew s, are a source
of much gratification to the palates
of pig-tailed epicures. T hey are also
sliced and shredded for soups.
Philadelphia Parks.
A Kind Provision.
Philadelphia has a park system of
Apparently the m en w ho talk all
4,464 acres.
the tim e never grow dumb, but those
who are com pelled to listen all the
tim e have a tendency to deafness.
N ature protects her children ultim ate­
ly.— H ouston P o s t
NAME ‘BAYER’ MEANS
ASPIRIN IS GENUINE
Safely stop headaches as
told in “Bayer packages”
Vital Step.
“I have crossed the rubicund,” mur­
mured the woman w ho had Just quar­
reled w ith her red-faced cook.— Brook­
lyn Eagle.
H ealth is the fashion. Take Garfield
Tea, the herb laxative w hich purifies
the blood and brings good health. Adv.
Wedding Superstitions.
— The superstition that it Is bad luck
to get married on a rainy day com es
from the old saying. "Happy Is the
bride that the sun sh ines on.” There
M illions of men and w om en have is another old superstition that a
proved "Bayer T ablets of Aspirin" "snowy w edding prophesies w ealth.”
with the "Bayer C ross” on tablets, the
quickest, surest, sa fest relief for their
H ead ach es, ColUs. N eu ralg ia, T ooth
f requently three crops a year are
ache. Earache. R heum atism , Lumbago, raised in A byssinia.
N euritis. Pain seem s to fade right
away.
Cuticura Soap foi the Complexion.
Buy only a Bayer package contain
Ing proper directions.
A lw ays say N othing better than Cuticura Soap
Care of Toys.
"Bayer.”
dally and Ointment now and then as
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost
Always examine your children's toys but a few cents. D ruggists also sell needed to m ake the com plexion clear,
before allowing them to play with larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is scalp clean and hands soft and w hite.
them. The paint may come oft with the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
socking, or there may be rusty pro­ of M onoaceticaeldester of Salicylic- Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura T oilet Trio.— Adv.
acid.— Adv.
jecting nails In them.