THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY. JULY 25, 1021
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PROHIBIT! OOHS
FAMED DMG NOOK
"Champagne Porch" Fails to
Pay in Dry Gotham. .
OANCE HALL SUBSTITUTED
Resort of Rich Jn Plaza Hotel Is
Being Altered Into Splendid
Ballroom for Patrons.
NEW YORK. July 14. (Special.)
Farewell to the famous "Champagne
porch."
That exclusive little nook, entwined
with rare flowers, extending out to
ard Fifth avenue on the east side of
the Plaza hotel, where none but those
possessed of sufficient wealth to
drink the finest vintage of France
In days gone by dared enter, is going.
It is the last of the widely known
Fifth avenue retreats of its kind.
Where once Jeweled women and
European royalty could be found al
most any night bent over the rarest
foods and the finest drinks there are
now only dust and broken bricks and
the sound of hammers and saws. The
Champagne porch, where the Prince
of Wales viewed the splendor of
Fifth avenue's stream of traffic,
where small fortunes have passed in
payment of dinner checks on a night,
where society gathered for its most
elegant splurges, is doomed. With
prohibition it became unnecessary,
unfrequented, and would not pay for
Its own upkeep.
Revenue Formerly Huge,
So, in making the 300-room annex
to the Plaza, its manager, Fred
Kterry, decided that this tiny spot,
where only ten tables sat, but which
returned in revenue as much in a
Bummer as the entire dining room,
owing to the class of patrons who
chose it, should be abandoned.
The Champagne porch was 40 feet
long and 15 feet wide. Before the
days of prohibition it was utilized
only by parties that made reserva
tions far in advance, and from its
oriental rugs to Its costly chandeliers,
from its rare appointments of tables,
chairs and chinaware to the very uni
forms its waiters wore, it was fur
nished with the most expensive ma
terials obtainable. Ordinary dinner
patrons were not placed there. Din
ners costing anywhere from $50 to
J500, according to the number of
guests, only were served there. In
other words, it was the restricted
rea of the exclusive hotel.
Outside the rose and vine-covered
posts and pillars of the porch news
boys used to come, peering in at the
diners, and invariably they went away
with substantial coins in their dirty
hands. For this was the post where
the rich could be found. The boys
soon learned its class.
Champagne Kiowa Freely.
Champagne flowed there like so
much lemonade at a Sunday school
picnic. At $10 or 15 a bottle the
price of a dinner, including the reg
ular food, tips, expenses of cover
charges and the like, mounted until
few but the most plentifully supplied
financially ever went there.
Now it is going. It is already half
torn down. Its furnishings are to be
transferred to the new main dining
room that will be located in the cen
ter of the hotel. The entire east side
of the Plaza (the Fifth avenue side)
will be turned into an entrance and
lobby. A new dance floor is being
installed in the new addition to the
southwest side of the hotel that, ac
cording to its builders, will be one of
the finest in the country.
"We wanted to keep 'the porch' In
Its former condition and serve ginger
ale and elderberry Juice," Mr. Sterry
said, "but it couldn"t be done. We'll
try to give them as nice a dance room
as we had a champagne room before."
HART STILL UNDER FIRE
(Continued From First Page.)
monthly salary a warrant for tilo
on account of the maintenance of has
mansion, it is inconceivable that he
would expect to escape censure for
charging other personal expenditures
to other funds.
ltrnioval Is SuKKeated.
"I supported him for nomination
and in the election upon his record
as acting governor and on represen
tation of his friends and himself that
he would give Washington an eco
nomical administration. He has
failed to do this. I oppose him now
because I prefer his removal to the
triumph of bolshevism in this state,
a thing inevitable unless the repub
lican leaders Join in correcting the
policies chargeable to the dominant
party through the Hart adminis
tration." The agitation that has resulted in
a general demand for a retrenchment
policy by the state administration was
Started June 21 by papers of the
etate, and reached a climax a few days
ago, when a number of the republican
editors of the state met and. under
the leadership of Kditor Sefrit and
J. C. Kaynor, an editor in Ellensburg.
and demanded a "house cleaning at
Olympia." The governor was asked
to explain his policy of what they
termed profligate spending at a time
when there is sifch a state-wide de
mand for the reduction of taxes and
the curtailment of expenditures.
Party Declared Threatened.
The editors contended that the ad
ministration policy threatens to dis
rupt the republican party in the
etate, and that it is practically equiv
alent to turning the state over to the
farmer-labor party at the next elec
tion. Following are a number of the spe
cific' charges brought against the
Hart administration: f
Four Fords were bought by the
chief highway engineer, James A. Da
vis, in April and May. One, from the
Spedden Axito company, Chewelah,
cost J650. 'Another, from John Ray
mer & Co., Davenport, cost S647.S5.
A third, from the Bowen Auto com
pany. Tonasket. cost S94. The fourth,
from John Raymer & Co.. cost $729.10.
To pay for this last car it was neces
sary to charge $500 to the motor ve
hicle fund and $229.10 to the public
highway fund.
Touring Car Purchased.
L. D. Crowe of the grain department
Of tne department of public works.
VHt . 191S Oakland touring car
March 2S, from the Shields Livengood
Motor company, Yakima, for $725. and
two days later got a Ford touring car
and extras from F. A. Williams, Spo
kane, for $727.60. Ernest A. Scaborg
of the department of fisheries and
game, at public expense, April 29.
bought from the Bronson Motor Car
company. Olympia. one seven-passenger
touring car. make not specified,
with accessories. costing $2446. Ss.
Grant J Hinkle. secretary of state,
got a Buick from the Bronson Motor
Car company on March 14. It cost
the people $1609.95. including bumpers
xtra tire, spotlight, chains, lenses
and swipe. -
It Is said Secretary Hinkle objected
strenuously when he learned a car
had been bought for him at public;
expense, but was practically com
pelled to take it, "because everybody
was getting one under the new effi
ciency administration."
L. L. Thompson, attorney-general,
drives a Ford sedan that cost the
state $952.34.. It was bought March
16 from L. E. Titus, Olympia. As in
a number of other instances, an old
car was turned in to help pay for the
new.. The attorney-general's sedan
cost $5G6.34 cash, 450 having been al
lowed for an old car.
Governor Hart's critics charge that
it would take a small army of ex
pert accountants weeks to segregate
payrolls and expense vouchers to
make a comparison of this month's
expenditures With those of the same
month a year or two years ago, and
it is doubtful if it could be done even
then.
Card. Cost V420.CO.
A voucher in the state auditor's of
fice here shows the cards which
figure in the dispute were or
dered from the Lowman & Hanford
company, Seattle. December 23. The
bill from Lowman & Hanford was for
2000 Christmas cards and envelopes,
costing $426.60. The bill went un
paid until April 4, when it was audited
and allowed, after Governor Hart had
certified its correctness and ordered
it charged to the fund provided him
for investigation purposes and sur
vey of public lands. ' This is the
transaction which the governor ad
mitted to the bar association was
"open to criticism." He did not, how
ever, offer to refund the money to
the state which he had expended for
the cards, as pointed out by Mr. Sefirt.
Since the new "efficiency" admin
istration stepped into the harness at
the capital there has been a rear
rangement of offices. This has re
quired a rearrangement of funds and
rearrangement of duties. Critics of
the administration charge that the
favorite pastime of officials today s
the Juggling of figures to show the
"vast saving" of money they have
been able to make..
Saving Declared Myth.
Tet the payrolls and expense vouch
ers, it is alleged by the governor's
critics, show nothing of the sort.
One critic has charged that:
"The average 'citizen trying to find
anything out is completely lost jn a
maze of vouchers and pay-roll sheets,
but a glance will show him that in
the very department where they pay
roll is said to have been cut, new
employes have been added and old
employes' salaries raised. In another
department eight experienced girl em
ployes were discharged to 'reduce ex
penses. The fact was made public
by the head of department, but he
said nothing when he replaced the
eight discharged employes with eight
inexperienced girls, and' later put on
eight more, making 16 inexperienced
girls In all, to do the work former
ly done by eight."
STRIKE APPEALS SUITED
PROTEST OF OPEX-SHOP PliAX
IS SHAPING.
Committee Prepares Appeal to
Building Trades Unions for
General AValkout.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. Follow
ing its decision to appeal direct to the
various individual labor unions, rather
than wait for the executive committee
of the labor council to act on the
general strike proposition, the strike
committee of the conference commit
tee of the buildiner trades unions of
the bay district today was busy pre
paring a "statement of facts" to pre
sent to the unions during the coming
week.
The statement, it was said by mem
bers of the committee, will contain an
urgent appeal to the labor unions to
call a general strike as a protest
against the "American" or open-shop
plan.
James 33. Dewar, an active member
of the conference committee, declared
that plans for a central committee of
workers were being perfected and
that actual formation of the commit
tee would be started the early part of
the week.
This central committee will be or
ganized along the same lines as the
employers association and will be
composed of representatives of all
unions irrespective of their affilia
tions. CLEVER RUSE IS STABEO
PAROLE OFFICER WORKS FAST
TO OUTWIT PURSUER.
Ball Game Plans. Instead of Ar
raignment in Court, Follows
Chase of Two Miles.
SALEM. Or., July 24. (Special.)
"With the plea that he was en route
tc Portland to arrange for a base
ball game between members of the
police department there and the state
penitentiary nine probably saved
Percy M- Varney, state parole officer,
from being arrested on a charge of
fast driving.
While passing through Milwaukie
Mr. Varney was detected by George
Kelly, motorcycle patrolman, who
went in pursuit. The chase continued
for several miles, but finally the pa
trolman overtook the car in vhieh
the parole officer was riding.
"What in thunder is your hurry?"
shouted the speed cop as he drew up
alongside the parole officers' car.
"I was hurrying to Portland to ar
range a game of baseball between
the members of your department and
the penitentiary nine," replied Mr.
Varney.
"Agreed," replied Kelly, and the
date was fixed. Mr. Varney then
continued his way into Portland.
KIma Strawberry Patch Good.
ABERDEEN', Wash., July 24.
(Special.) W. H. Harding of Klma
has reported the sale of more than
BOO crates of strawberries from a
field of an acre and a quarter, which
he sold for an average of more than
$3 a crate. The price was made pos
sible by his favorable location for
the automobile trade. Harding's son,
Karl Harding, has set out this sum
mer a five-acre field-of strawberries
and an acre of gooseberries.
reaches Sent Abroad.
SALEM. Or., July 21. (Special.)
Another carload of prunes left here
yesterday consigned to England. This
was the 2th car of prunes to be
shipped abroad s:nce the "Mistland
label was adopted last fall.
Crops Reported Good.
MORTON". Wash-. July 24. (Spe
cial.) Klickitat prairie farmers are
harvesting the finest quality of grain
and largest crops in many a year.
So great is the yield that every man
and boy has been pressed into service.
600 Arrested lor Assassination.
BELGRADE. Jugo-Slavla, July 24.
More than 600 communists and rad
icals and several persons prominent
socially have" been arrested in conse
quence of the assassination Thursday
of Minister of Interior Crashkovich.
TARZAN OF APES IS
OUT-TIMED iW
Story of Girl-Grabbing Gorilla
Is Unfolded.
ATCHISON SCRIBE SCORES
Xew York Papers "Scooped" by
Kansas Reporter, AYho Tells
of "Horrible" Adventure.
ATCHISON. Kan., July 14. (Spe
cial.) From the "Main Streets" of
America, as has frequently been
pointed out, come our true geniuses.
There flourish the truly worth while
qualities daring, energy, imagina
tion, in a degree not to be discovered
among anaemic city dwellers.
As a case in point, consider Atchi
son, Kan., and the story of the girl
grabbing gorilla. An Atchison man, a
reporter for the Atchison Globe, dis
covered tHis amazing story and the
GJobe gives it to the world, chival
rously omitting names.
"A story," declares the Globe, "so
gruesome in its details that even the
sensational New York newspapers
have not dared to exploit it, has been
brought back to Atchison by a Globe
reporterwho has been east.
('Gene Howe, editor of the Globe,
recently took in the Dempsey-Car-pentier
affair, but the Globe doesn't
say who the geniusof this reportorial
feat is.)
"It is said." avers the Globe further
and what a multitude of contingen
cies are forestalled in those three lit
tle words "it is said" "a party of
wealthy New York people stopped
over in South Africa on a round-the-world
tour. The party included., a
young woman,' said to be pretty and
attractive.
"The party made a flying sight-seeing
trip into a jungle. While walk
ing along a pathway, it is said (ah.
helpful little phrase) a mammoth bull
gorilla suddenly surprised the party
by jumping down from a tree. The
gorilla grabbed the girl, picked her
up in his arms and disappeared in the'
tropical growth.
Girl Finally Rescued.
"The parents of the girl were told
Instances were known where gorillas'
had carried away native women and
had not killed them. A month later
the girl was found wandering about
the forest by natives and was restored
to her family.
"The girl when found by the na
tives was delirious and it is said her
hair had turned snow white. After
she had been rescued she collapsed
and for weeks was on the verge of
death. However, she has entirely re
gained her health and it is said this
fall she will marry an army officer
to whom she was engaged at the time
she was carried into the forest. New
York people are applauding the of
ficer, and they say he is a real man.
"Because of the prominence of the
girl and her family connections, the
New York newspapers have contented
themselves with veiled references to
the adventure and no . names have
been printed. But the story is being
passed along from mouth to mouth
until it has been told in nearly every
home in the east.
"It is said the girl has related that
when she was picked up by the
gorilla, she expected to be torn to
pieces, but that the animal handled
her gently. He carried her deep into
the forest, and then tried to make her
climb a tree in which he had con
structed a small hut. The girl said
she fought against being carried up
the tree and that the gorilla then
spent an entire day building another
hut on the ground.
"She said the gorilla forced her to
remain in that small habitation with
him 31 days. She was permitted to
walk about the forest in the after
noons, but the gorilla always kept
her in sight. Several times she tried
to run away, but the animal punished
hes-by severe slaps.
Big Beast Is Tricked.
"She finally made up her mind her
only chance 'of escape was humoring
him and acting as if she did not care
to run away. The huge beast, tricked
into trusting her, began to leave her
for longer periods as he tramped
through the forests gathering fruit
and one morning she managed to
elude him and to find some natives
who were in the jungle searching for
her.
"The girl said the animal had not
been unnecessarily brutal. She said
he was at least eight feet tall and
did not weigh less than 400 pounds.
The girl of whom this story is told
is one of the most wdely known in
the United States. Her father is many
times a millionaire."
The social status of the gorilla is
not set forth, but the Atchison genius
next day was authority for the state
ment that the girl's brother had de
cided to make the matter an affair of
honor, and will devote his life and
fortune, or so much of it as is neces
sary, to seeking the life of the amor
ous ape. He expects to recognize the
animal by two missing toes on its
left foot
The authors of the "Jungle Book."
"Tarzan of the Apes." and the shade
of Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote "The
Murders in the Hue Morgue," are be
leved to b looking with apprehensive
eyes toward Atchison.
In conclusion it might be said that
the Globe was "called" by one of its
readers, who pointed out that gorillas
are not found in South Africa, but on
the west and east coasts and central
part of that continent. But. anyway,
it makes a good "hot weather story."
OSAKA SCHOOL HEAD HOME
Principal of Commercial Training
Institution Makes Flying Trip.
EUGENE, Or., July 24. (Special.)
Professor M. B. Madden, head of the
Osaka Commercial Training school at
Osaka. Japan, arrived in the city yes
terday and has been a guest at the
home of his relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
R. McMurphey. He made the trip
across the Pacific during the sum
mer vacation for the purpose of plac
ing his son in a good home in Port
land, where the boy will take a
course in the high school.
Mr. Madden will leave for Japan by
the steamer Empress of Russia Au
gust 5. He telis of a flourishing
school at Osaka, with an enrollment
of 1200 pupils, the courses being en
tirely confined to commercial lines.
WOOD BACK IN MANILA
Many Natives Want Independence
With U. S. Protectorate.
MANILA. P. I., July 24. After a
trip through the Visayan islands
members of the Wood-Forbes mission
investigating conditions in the Phil
ippines returned to Manila yesterday
to spend a week before starting on
' the last leg of their journey through
Mindanao and other southern Islands.
At Cebu the mission separated for
several days, meeting again at Baco
lod, the capital of the province of
Occidental N'egros, the chief sugar
raising province of the Philippines.
At several meetings held -in the
province and at Cebu virtually all of
the speakers advocated independence
under United States protectorate.
In the province of Occidental Ne
gros many speakers devoted their
entire remarks to a discussion of
financial conditions and the difficulty
of obtaining money with which to
handle the sugar crop. Others advo
vated independence under a protec
torate. At Iloilo, the financial center of
the sugar trade, the speakers were
undecided in their opinions regarding
independence.
ITALIANS PLAN TO BUILD
ERECTION' OF THREE-STORY
STRUCTURE PROPOSED.
Federation Vice-President Says
Arrangements AVill Be Cora
. pieted at Later Date.
A three-story building to cost from
J100.000 to 150,000 will be con
structed on the southeast corner of
Madison and Fourth streets this fall,
accordi-rsr to P. Tusi, vice-president of
the Italian federation here. A meet
ing was held yesterday afternoon at
St. Michael's hall to discuss the final
plans, but owing to the fact that
only about 90 per cent of the sub
scribers to the new building were in
attendance, the final arrangements
were not completed. A meeting will
be held the last Sunday in August,
when the arrangements will be com
pleted. About $40,000 of the required
amount has already been subscribed
voluntarily and little trouble is ex
pected in raising the needed amount.
The stock is limited to $1000 to each
person.
The plans for the building as they
were discussed yesterday are for a
three-story structure. On the ground
floor will be four stores. The second
floor will be made into a ball room,
with a balcony as the third story. A
stage will be constructed in the ball
room, where entertainments and
Italian productions will be staged.
Articles of incorporation were filed
Saturday, according to Mr. Tusi.
The Italian federation was organ
ized among the Italian residents of
the city in 1916, and the plans for the
building were started about two
months ago. Italian marble will be
used in its construction.
BOY IS KILLED By TRUCK
WHEEL RESTS OX YOUTH'S
HEAD AS VEHICLE STOPS.
Banks Lad Hurled Face Downward
in Attempt to Climb to Top;
Accident Shocks Driver.
BANKS. Or., July 24. (Special.)
Sam Maxwell, 11-year-old son of Will
iam Maxwell, was instantly killed
yesterday afternoon by a truck loaded
with rock from the crusher. John
Baker, driver of the truck, did not see
the boy until after stopping: the ma
chine. When he stopped one of the
rear wheels stood on the boy's head.
According- to the story of a man
who was riding" horseback -just behind
the truck at the time the accident
happened, the driver had stopped to
talk with someone he had met and
had but just started on again. The
boy had come up from behind the
truck, he said, and tried to set on the
moving vehicle. His hand failed to
grasp the short hand-hold at the end
of the seat and he was thrown to the
ground face downward. The rear
wheel struck the body above the hip,
and rested on the head when the
truck came to a stop.
Will Baker, a brother of the driver,
was on the seat of the truck along
side his brother. Will sighted the boy
and called to his brother to stop.
Mr. Baker was credited with being
a careful driver and the accident
proved a severe shock to him.
FIRE DAMAGE IS $3000
Coffee House at McCleary, AVash.,
Completely Destroyed.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 24. (Spe
cial.) Fire of unknown origin com
pletely destroyed the Greek coffee
house in the business section of Mc
Cleary at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, entailing a loss of approximately
$3000. When discovered the fire had
gained such headway that the volun
teer firemen could not save the build
ing, but kept the flames from spread
ing. The building was a story-and-a-half
frame structure and was owned by
James and George Lervos. The loss
was covered by insurance.
MEREDITH VISITS IDAHO
Preparations Made to Place Xew
York Settlers on Land.
BOISE. Idaho, July 24. (Special.)
E. T- Meredith, former secretary of
agriculture and who was a member
of President Wilson's cabinet, is in
Idaho looking after his large land
interests here. He is the owner of a
large amount of land in the Buhl
section, and this he is preparing for
the New York settlers who are com
ing overland to Idaho in a caravan.
Frank Brown, secretary to Gov
ernor Davis, this week inspected the
lands, and said their location was
ideal for the new settlers. Crews of
men are at work preparing the lands.
Tfead The Oresnian claspifipd ads.
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for
Post. Toast ies
for breakfast or lunch
Crisp, sweet, satisfy
ing ready to serve
with cream or milk
Sold by grocers
everywhere!
WAR TO BE WAGED
MPS
Gasoline and Oil Short Meas
ured in Kansas.
FRAUD FOUND GENERAL
Owners of Motor Vehicles Lose
Thousands of Dollars Monthly
Through Unfair Dealing.
TOFEKA. July 18. (Special.) How
much gasoline and oil have the motor
car owners of Kansas been "gypped"
through short measure in the last
few years?
Nobody knows. But the best stl
rrrate obtainable through the state oil
department indicates that they paid
$45,000 in May alone for gasoline that
never went into their cars.
Ttve state department under direc
tion of H. H. Motter, the new chief
who took charge in April, began an
investigation recently of the gasoline
pumps at the retail stations of the
state. Up to date only 124 pumps
have been inspected, but 86 of the
124 were found to be delivering short
measure to the customers. The short
age varied from 12 cubic inches up to
one pint, and even one quart on the
gallon measure.
Three Armls Made.
Three arrests have been made by
the department of retail dealers and
the law will be tested on these cases.
Arrests have been made only where
there appeared to be willful intent to
violate the law, by juggling with the
pumps. In a majority of cases the
retailers themselves were surprised
at the revelation of short measure
ment. They had purchased the
pumps on the representation that
they were correct, and, without hav
ing them tested, began to pump gaso
line into the tanks of motor cars of
their customers.
There never has been a test of the
gasoline pumps made in Kansas.
Heretofore the state oil department
contented itself with inspecting oil
and gasoline at the refinery and let
ting it go at that. Motter conceived
the idea of looking beyond what the
retailer was getting. He found out.
They practically all are getting
"short changed" on gasoline.
Three Gave Exact Measure.
Some of the pumps were short to
the amount of one quart on the gal
lon delivery just 25 per cent.
Only three of the 124 pumps in
spected thus far have been found to
be delivering the exact measure.
Thirty-five of them were delivering
a slight over-measure.
The average loss on all the pumps
shows a shortage of 2 per cent. Kan
sas retailers sold in May 11,235.750
gallons of gasoline. The loss to the
buyers that month would amount to
224.000 gallons.
When it comes to oil for motor
cars the condition is even worse than
in the sale of gasoline.
The loss on gasoline averages only
2 per cent. The loss to the consumer
on oil amounts to 7.25 per cent. This
is occasioned by the use of bottles
rather than .he use of standard meas
uring cans.
A practice has. grown up . of .using
beer bottles since prohibition went
into effect for delivering lubricating
oil to the motor engines. The bottles
are practically all short measure.
With lubricating oil selling to the
motorcar owners at $1 a gallon the
loss in the aggregate would be as
tonishing. Short Bottle. Ued.
In some cases the retailers have
resorted to the use of "Virginia Dare"
bottles for delivering the oil. One of
these bottles filled with oil is emp
tied into a motor car before the un
suspecting eyes of the owner for
one quart at 25 cents, and the owner
drives away feeling that he has
"oiled up.", But a "Virginia Dare"
bottle holds only 24 ounces of oil. A
quart of oil weighs 32 ounces short
age 25 per cent.
The department figures that the
motorcar and truck drivers of, Kan
sas were "short changed" to the
amount of something like $68,000 in.
May alone on oil through this process
"Where we find dealers selling oil
from bottles that are under measure
ment." said Mr. Motter, "we will order
an immediate arrest. We are inclined
to be "more lenient In the matter of
short-measure pumps, because pumps
are mechanical devices and subject to
become out of order. But bottles and
cans are not subject to adjustment.
The retailer must knowwhether or
not his measuring vessels hold the
amount of oil he is selling."
In the case of arrests made because
of "short-change" pumps it was found
that by the device of fitting the
pumps with larger pipes .than is neces
sary the pipes will displace gasoline
and at the same time make the pump
register the required amount. Mr.
Motter holds that the juggling process
of enlarged pipes was not brought
about through ignorance or neglect.
Strict Rules in Future.
"Now that the matter has received
sufficient attention to give proper
notice to retail dealers to have their
pumps tested," Mr. Motter said, "we
will not be so lenient hereafter when
we find a dealer selling from a pump
which gives short measure."
Another disclosure made by the In
vestigation is that the first man who
drives up to pump in the morning,
after it has been idle all night, and
orders five gallons of gasoline, in
variably loses from a quart to a half
gallon on the 5-gallon purchase. The
pumps are dry, and, even where the
pump is fairly accurate,, the first cus
tomer gets "soaked" for a shortage.
"It is not that the retail dealers of
1 Kansas have been crooked," Mr. Mot
' ter said. "It is rather throuprh the
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neglect of the state to make these
investigations and ascertain if the
pumps are in working order. A retail
dealer takes it for granted that his
pump is all right when it is set up
by the mechanics."
Seek. Regulation of Pump.
The state department is not mak
ing the investigation in order to
prosecute the dealer, but to prose
cute and regulate the crooked pump.
One or two instances have been
found, it is said, of the working of
a trick through the use of the at
tractive glass pumps. The consumer
likes to see the glass pump work.
He gets so intent upon watching the
gasoline in the glass, as it bubbles,
that he fails to watch his gasoline
task. If the man who works the
pump desires, it is said, he can fill
the pump with five gallons of gas.
The owner wants ten gallons? All
right. By turning a little valve the
pump will close up the pump in the
gasoline well and bring the five gal
lons back from the motor car tank.
The last five gallons pumped into
the motor car is the first five that
went into it. But thee has been no
serious loss from this practice in
Kansas. : n
School Election Called.
MORTON, Wash., July 24. (Spe
cial) The board of directors of
Mossyrock school district has called
a special meeting for July 30 for the
purpose of voting a special 4-mill ad
ditional tax. The money will be used
for school Improvements. The Mossy
rock high school alumni are consider
ing plans for the erection of a com
munity building.
Kqualization Board to Meet.
KELSO. Wash., July 24. (Special.)
The Cowlitz county board of equal
ization, composed of Commissioners
Albert Maurer, P. A. Parker and
James Ferguson. W. M. McCoy, as
sessor, and L. P. Brown, treasurer,
will hold its first meeting to con
sider complaints upon 1921 taxes
Monday, August 1.
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So Do
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NINTH AND EVERETT STREETS,
"and seven conveniently located branches"
Mrs. Erma Delinas
Communicate with River
News, Rio Vista, California.
C. W. Flodin, publisher
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ARMY UNITS ME REDUCED
FOURTH DIVISION CUT BELOW
PEACE STRENGTH.
Reduction Exceeded by More Than
3 0 Per Cent When Order Stop
pins Discharges Received.
TACOMA, Wash.. July 24. (Spe
cial.) The Fourth division at Camp
Lewis now numbers but 350S men,
having lost 2109 soldiers by discharge
since July 1. The division is 6637
under its authorized peace strength.
There will be no more discharges
from the Fourth division units, all
hHvfnx lost more than 30 per cent of
their enrolled strength on July 1.
when the war department halted dis
charges three days ago, except in or
ganizations whose present strength is
more than 70 per cent of their per
sonnel on July 1.
Soldiers will be discharged from
camp commands net affiliated with
the Fourth division. These discharges
are being handled from 9th corps
headquarters in San Francisco.
When discharges were stopped, the
division had released 424 men more
than the 30 per cent prescribed.
At present there are 414 soldiers
formerly members of the 57th and
59th coast artillery regime: ts who are
attached to the Fourth division. They
were transferred out ot their former
organizations pending action on their
applications for release. What their
status is has not been determined.
In case their discharge's are withheld
they will be absorbed by the Fourth
division.
The present enrollment of regimen
tal commands in the di- ision fol
lows: 59th infantry 620, 47th infantry
438, 39th infantry 432. 5Sth infantry
387. 77th field artillery-;??. 16th field
When a pair of shoes wear out
you have been notified in advance
by the thinness of soles or crack
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easily recognized sign.
But when a battery wears out
you may be taken by surprise,
because batteries often go strong
until the last minute.
The way and the nly way
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cost to the limit is to buy the best
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artillery 380, 4th engineers 292. 4th
medical regiment 147.
The authorized peace strength of an
infantry regiment is 1490. A f.eld ar
tillery regiment is entitled to 1003
men and an engineer regiment to 710.
The strength of a. medical regiment
is 277.
$1,176,000 Paid War Corporation.
WASHINGTON". D. C, July 24. The
July re-payment installment of $1,
276.000 on loans made last year to a
group of backs to finance wheat ex
ports to Belgium, has been received by
the war finance corporation. The
total advance was $11,229,000. Re
payments now total $2,353,000. while
$3,300,000 is due in August and Sep
tember and must be paid In full by
September, 1922.
Farm Home Burns.
CKNTRALIA. Wash.. July 24.
(Special.) Fire of unknown' origin
Friday destroyed the farm home of
Robert Allbritton. north of Tenino.
Practically none of the household
contents was salvaged. Part of the
loss is covered by insurance. The
flames destroyed an old blockhouse,
one of the landmarks of the vicinity,
which was erected in the pioneer
days.
Walla Walla Elopers .-rrested.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 24
(Special.) William lnglif, aged 19,
was arrested at Prosser today,
charged with having eloped from
Walla Walla this- morning with 14-year-old'
Morara Lowe. Officers will
leave to bring the couple back.
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