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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1921)
ÏX XX XX * t~ iT \ DONT TAKE JOB SERIOUSLY PMOnutor« Refuse t . Anawtr Be- partment CerreapenSenee an« Threaten ta « n it Whan C alls« U Taah by Offleials. Wash Lag tun.— Soma o f the trials af tha Paat Office dapartmaat with taaar a f tha fourth ctaaa pestmastera af the aauatty, wha rafua* ta answer official correspondence, and who otharwlac conduct themselves In a perhaps too high-handed fashion, are revealed by W. Irvlug Qlavar, third assistant post master geoaral. These fourth ciasa pastuastara. It appears, have beau In part reapooalblt far tha delay in adjusting tha 90,000 claims for lost and damaged paresis. But more than that, thay continually act as If thay didn't care a rap wheth er they bald thotr jobs or not. Cara Little About Jobs. The trouble la that they really do aet, Glover Intimated, aud thay eftsu tall tha dapartuiant officials aa much In Just about that many word« Thay are under civil service, and aftan they are the oaly men In their towns who will and can act aa postmasters. Moat often thay run smaJl atoraa, and if tha department In Washington gats "all hat up” over their failure to an awar correspondence, tha postmasters thraatan to give up the paat office work. That threat usually "w ork*," for it ia better to have soma sort of post of •ca than none at all. "Why. soma af then pay no attan tion to us at all." said Olovar, with a smile af despair. “ One of them re cently was asked to till out a question aalre showing reasons as to this and that tn connection with a lost parcel. " ‘Hell, no; hell, yea: heill, no; hell, yea,’ was the way he sent the ques tionnaire back to ua.”, continued Glo ver, with some feeling. "Then, he continued. ‘If you don’t like it, take your -------- post office out o f my at are.’ "This la a sample o f the thing we ha ve t.o put up with,” continued the third assistant postmaster general. "One postiaastar actually tore oo' tha partitions used to mark off the post office from the rest of hla store and threw them out Into the street, together with all the postal appa ratua. “ Whoa tha malla arrived tha man aa the train aaw that thay could not 4silver the letters and other matter ta an office out tn tha street, aa re fueed ta let the mall off. Ward was seat to headquarters and inspector« seat dawn at ones. “ Do you havs to put up with that seat af thing?” M over was asked. Many Requests Unanswered. “There la net much else we can da. aaaaatlmas." ha eAld. "Often tt feo- eemee a case af baring a postmaster like that or none at ail. Often thay pay a# attantlon whatever to loiters asking for information, and same af than even refuse to send back to mer- aaatlle kauaaa packages refused by customers in their villages. "T or instance, a man neka far sam ples o f eeitlnge frous soma big mar- Seattle haute that la. perhaps, net aa strict ta its buaiaaaa ethics as some o f fh * hope** "A *hiu£le a f a felcs cleth, and a temple of a b reve cloth arc sect him. from which ha selects tha blue, and ardors a suit o f that color. But the slothing house eeada him suits made from bath colored cloths. "The customer accepts the blue suit, hat refuses the brawn one. And the postmaster does not take the trouble either to notify tha mercan tile house or send tha suit back. Then whoa tha house kicks, and begins to flood tha customer with letters asking far a remittance for the brown suit, too. the customer tears up the letter.« and the postmaster pays no attention to letters to him.” Glover said that the department had been able to clear up the 90.000 delayed case* partly because It had waived the eld rules requiring many • ffiflavlta ns to the coat o f article« *?- • gad to be loft. i f Tc^ay, With Their Bhoil S *irt. S-Jid te Be Adept in the T!. fining. Flying Leap." t. iiuliicr the girls o f today, with ie muchly discussed bobbed bait ¿ml modernized skirts are more ath letic und daring or their brothers are losing their speed, ia not known, but according to conductors ot busses and trolleys the young maid has a mauia for the running, flying leap for the car step, which former ly was the exclusive righ t and pos session o f the male. “ I have to positively stand in front o f the step to prevent them from either jum ping on or flying off at the corner,” said the dime col lector o f a F ifth avenue bus which went up along the drive, according to the New Y o rk Sun. “ Th ey take a fast start, a flying leap, and there they are. When I sav anything to them they are in dign ant; and one day a flapper slipped at the end o f her leap and then bawled me Out be cause I asked her if she was hurt.” On the street car line the cars having the side running board are the target for the leap o f the flying stenographic Amazons these days. They seize the side handle o f the car as well as any hardened com muter clutches the rail o f the 7 :f>8 each morning as he swings aboard at the furthest end o f the suburban platform. The best part o f it all is, the fare collectors say, that the fair maids are pretty efficient at that sort of thing and few fall or are hurt in any way. PARIS REALLY MODERN CITY It« Present Magnificence May Be Said te Date From Napoleon III and tha Year 1834. So massive and stately in appear ance is Paris today that it is some times difficult, to realize how recent ly the city took on its present form. A reminder o f the relative newness o f some o f its main features comes in the project o f the city adminis tration to complete the Boulevard Haussniann bv prolonging it to the Boulevard des Italians. As late as 183-4, but a few years before Eu gene George Ilaussinann, under Napoleon I I I , began to demolish streets and rows o f old houses that dogged the heart o f the city, in or der to build in their stead the now famous straight, wide and long thoroughfares, much of the old style of things remained. Drainage was prim itive; suspended oil lamps lighted the streets; paved sidewalks hardly eiisted. But little more than thirty years later, when the international exhibition was held in the city, Paris had become perhaps the most imposing o f European capitals, and an illustrious example of the great art o f city planning. TH E C ASU AL How is this for the casual moth er? The other day a friend o f the family met her and remarked, “ I hear your daughter ia married. What ia her new name?” “ I can’t tell you,” replied mother with a shrug. “ I was so" annoyed when she told me she was married, I didn’t even ask who the man waa!” ■ — Sydney Bulletin. 'W A Y UP. L ittle Harriet, in another room, was singing in a squeaky treble. “ You mustn’t sing so high,” her mother called. “ Oh,” H arriet answered, “ I ’ m singing ‘Tw inkle L ittle Star* and it’ s gotta be high."— Youngstown Telegram. NEW 0 R E 9 S IN 0 FOR BURNS. A Philadelphia house has brought J Derretí Mick— A little aatraal at Aral Biewght to he the "mlaelng linfe’’ whs raptnred reeeatl? ia the weeded y erti «a ef Berkeley. Chi It kad ■ tare MBe a man. a tall like that ef a aqmirrai heads resembling thoee of a harnea feeing and jabbered s Alatine tire Itage It ta about a feet tall aad raivsrefty af California will fee naked le dedos lu PCLON Frenoh Courts May Reverse De cision of 43 Years Ago. Chemist Convicted of Murdering W ife by Administering Arsenic Asks for Rehearing of Cass. “ Yea-—and learned farther.” — Birmingham to jump Agv-Her- •14 BOMB CHECKS Firat Vaudevillian — The kaiser •eems to have considerable fund* at his disposal. Second Vaudevillian— Well, you ! must remember thst he received biy cheeks on the bank o f the Marne RU RAL SARCASM. A New Yorker, visiting an Iowa town, was talking to a prominent citizen with reference to the one pa per the town boasted. “ W ell," observed the citizen, ‘ I ’ll say for the editor that he can be the moat sarcastic fellow that ever, w as when he tries." “ How so?" “ Why, in last week’s issue the de partment entitled ‘ Local In telli gence’ Was only about three inches in length." Parts.—'Modern scientific re.esrch with regard to arsenical poison may cause the French courts to reverse a life sentence passed 49 years ago on a chemist named Danval, who wss found guilty of having murdered hla wife. BUSINESS DIPLOM ACY. Danval, who, owing to a press agita- Uon. was released 19 years ago, has “ Josh eats with his knife and now hied a petition asking for per mission to bring bis case before the drinks his coffee out o f the saucer," supreme court of sppeai. The Dan- said Mrs. Comtossel. val case was one o f tha most famous “ I told him to,” replied her hue- poison tríala in the annala o f French criminal law. In 1877 M. Danval was band. “ Summer boarders are com a prosperous chemist with an estsb- plainin’ about the prices we charge. llshment In the Hue Mauberg. Ac The family has got to do something cused of having poisoned his wlte hr to keep up the impression that was brought to trial before the 9elne j we’re simple, unsophisticated coun assise court, and ou May 10, 1878 ion try folks.” damned to deportation for Ufa. Famous experta appeared hoik for H ANDICAPPED. the prosecution aud the defense aud {b e whole of medical Jurisprudence 1 “ I don’t hear from mv girl at the concerning the qualities of arsenic as they were then known, was argued seashore." before the court for many -lays. The ; “ Whv doesn’t she write?” government experts found traces of “ I suppose some other fellow ia arsenic In Mine. Danval’s body which would amount to one milligram j holding her hand.” — Louisville Cou (.01949 grain). This, it was argued. 1 rier-Journal. proved that arsenic had been admin istered with criminal intent. A toxi JAPAN 'S HOUSING SHORTAGE. cologist for the defense, however, maintained that one milligram was a The housing shortage in Japan is perfectly normal amount of arsenic to illustrated by the fact that no less find In the human body. It was point ed out that the green curtains sur than two thousand families have ap rounding Mine. Danval'« bed had been plied for the ISO houses which the colored with an arsenical dye and con Tokyo municipality is now con tained an ounce of pure arsenic. structing.--The L ivin g Age. M. Danval was tent to the penal settlement of New Caledonia. He was living there, comparatively free, with VERBAL W AR FA R E . hla family, when, In 1602. the order cerne for his relesas. “ Words are your weapons,’ said The French government toxicologist the admiring friend. has Just Issued a new textbook for “ If you say it that way,” rejoined consultation at criminal tríala In may feel which It Is declared that the presence Senator Sorghum. “ I e f so small a quantity aa one m illi call d upon to modify tnv demand gram o f arsenic in the human body la for a limitation o f armament.” negligible and ought not to be taken aa incriminating evidence In a charge NO DANGER e f murder. It Is on this new ruling that M. “ Feeling is bitter in this lawsuit. Danval appeals. TO STUDY AMERICAN WOMEN If we leave our clients room they may rush at “ No. they won’t. there is nobody b> hold SHORT STORIES OF TOWN AND COUNTRY Willard E. Craven Hdw. ia having a big atova sale. It will pay you to see for yourself. O. A. Kreamer and A. L. Kul- lander made a trip to Valaeta Miss Opal Hewett and brother thia week. Tney went both on Gerald were home from O. A. C. n inapec tion and pleasure trip last week end. *and were not disappointed in either m asion. W. V. Acoek is driving a new I f you can’ t have money, you Dodge readater, purchased from can have a purse—Get an attrac the Sayles Motor Car Co- tive one at Gale & Co., Salem. A Showing of LADIES PURSES and VANITY E9XES That will please the most fastidious and exacting. A new assortment just in by ex’press, comprising the latest novelties in purses both large and small and an assort ment of vanity cases that will pleasantly surprise you. St .98, $2.45, S3.75, $4.98 Oui Price* Always the Loweat Gale & Co COMMERCIAL AND COURT STRUTS in the ante each other." They know them apart.” SALEM, ORE ONE CENT SALE : Thursday, Friday, Satarday, October 13-14-15 T HE P L A N —-Pay ua the regular price for any item her« advertised and we will tell you another of tha same kind for ONE GENT. MOTHER. $4*0 burse In Coal Wagon out an instantaneous dressing for Greenaburg. F a — For four days a pockethooh containing »4*0 was car burna It consists o f three rolls of ried around the country attached to gauze immersed in a solution o f bi the running gear of a coal wagon be carbonate o f soda and mineral, put longing to Trank Ahlrey of Llgonler. up in a container with an instantly The pockethook wa« the property of 1 John Gunter of that place, who laid removable lid.— Buffalo Express. It oo the wagon while paying Shire? TW O D EVELO PM EN TS for a load of coal. Four days after the transaction Rhlrey dlecevered the " I can remember the time when purse while hitching up hla team, and it was feared bicycles in the street-- returned it to the owner. Guater bad missed the money, but would depopulate the conntrv.” coeld aet ratuember where he bad “ W e’ ve traveled some since then.” laid I t B4ranga Beast NEW LIGHT ON P U K P O S E --T h is »ale was developed by the United Drug Company as an advertising plan. T he Cetnpaay sacrifices its profits in order to get a larger distribution of its meritorious products, aad you got tho benefit*. Take advantage of this uncqualhd opportunity to ieara more of this splandid line of merchandise. (T H E S E PRICES DO N O T INCLUDE W A R T A X ) This young Japan«*? woman la coin lag to America to obaorva those thing» which will prove of Interest and ben« flt te* the ladies back in h«r nativ« laa4. She la Miss S. Inouya, a grad aste o f the Joshl Dalgala. aad h daughter o f Prof. H Inouy. af that school "Wateh Yaur Step." Waltons, Cal.— Mereafter when W. N. Noel e f this ) are starts to milk hie cow he will eay: “ Watch year, •tap I” Mr. Noel sat quietly down oa hie ■toot last evening to milk the family cow, neglecting to make till* remark. Aa he proceeded with the job the cow. apparently hemming tired of «funding »till, toaght to change her position. ao<1 la doing so placed one of her feet firmly upon the foot of the milker. An X-ray examination disclosed that Mr Noel bad suffered several broken bona« In his foot. » I tW H t t i i i Ntw York Health Spot Is Ghetto. 3.300 to a Block hew York.— New Tork city’s healthiest dlatrlrt la not In rifth avenue. Riverside park. Graraercy park, ner any of the other select residential quar ters hut In the heart mt the Ghetto, with its swarming thou sands. The board of health preved It with statistics. la sanitary district No. 12. comprising ton square blocks en the lower East side, with a population of 8.8,87ft nr more than 8.300 persons to s block ths morts ilry rate wa* 0 44 per 1,000, «gainst the city’s average e f 12 86 KLENZO DEN TAL CREAM T O IL E T QOODS That cool, clean Klenzo feeling. Endorsed by dentists. The size of the package is a recommendation of economy. Arbutus Talcum........... 25c, 2 for 26« Hiker’ s D eodor............... 25c 2 for 20C Violet Dulce Face Powder .................................. 50c, 2 for ö lC Antiseptic Tooth Powder .................................. 40c, 2 for 41« Cream of Almonda......... 35c, 2 for 30C Bouquet Ramee Face Powder ...............................$1.00, 2 for $ 1 .0 1 Bouquet Ramee Toilet Water ...............................$2.50, 2 for S 2 .5 1 Bouquet Ramee Soap....50c, 2 for 51C Violet Dulce Talc ......... 26c, 2 far 26« Lilac Toilet Water..... $1.00, 2 for $ 1 .0 1 Violet Toilet Water ... $1.00, 2 for $ 1 . 0 1 Ricker’ s Cold Cream____ 35«, 2 for 36« Massage Cream ......... 60c, 2 for 51C Ricker’a Peroxzone Cream ................................. 25c, 2 for 26« Rexall Toilet Soap........... 15c, 2 for 16« Medicated Skin Soap....... 25c, 2 for 26c As advertised nationally— The Tube...................... 50c This Sale — Two Tubes.......................... 5 1 c SY M O N D ’ 9 INN COCOA It’ s mighty hard to “ beat the duteh’ ’ in making cocoa—BUT Symond’s Inn Cocoa— American process—will convince you none finer can be found anywhere. Standard Price—One Can ................ 3 0 c This Sale—Two Cans......... ............... 3 1 c OfEKO COFFEE This is a big value for the money at regu lar prices Try it and you will be convinc ed. An extra pound at this sale for only one cent. 1 pound 50c; 2 pounds......................... 5 1 c PURE FOOD PRODUCTS Opeko Coffee ............ 1 lb. 50e. 2 lbs. 5 1 c Opeko Tea ................J lb. 45c, 1 ib. 4 6 c Vanilla............................ .. 36c, 2 for 3 6 c Lemon ................................ 40c, 2 for 41c Chocolate (B itte r).........J Ib. 30c, 1 lb. 31c REXALL STORE M a x im u m H « t - W a t e r B o ttla a The largest selling bottle in the world. The price everywhere is $2.50 each. Full two quart capacity. Guaranteed for one year. Standard Price, Lne Bott e ............ $2.50 Thia S a le-T w o Bottles................... $2.51 Maximum Fountain Syringe—aame goods, same guarantee, same price. WILLIAMS DRUG CD. 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