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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAt, PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING,' JULY 13; 1913.
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Investigation Shows That En
listed Men Are Well Fed and
-t Cared For at Stevens, De-
w spite Charges to Contrary.
' Bjr Fred Lockley. ' 1
One can get no batter and fairer idea
of. actual army, life conditions a they
exist at Fort Steven's than bj person
ally,, absorbing the atmosphere of the
pot ; . - i?iA';
' To.' this . end I recently spent .the
greater part of two days in personal
contact' with . tha offloara and : enlisted
men at the fort, talked to them, ate at
the rau table and talked with civilian
employes stationed there. The courte
sies were extended tne toy tha officers
that X might -judge for myself tha facts
Of Fort: Stevens conditions, which ' of
late have bean .. subject to much criti
cism In published communications from
former oMIarst.,;t,:.;:i;;i-:V--'",.v-'
At the mid-day . meal a big bowl of
rich aoup wa followed by servings of
fried salmon and boiled potatoes. That
all might be plentifully supplied, the
waiters kept ....... busy refilling . plates,
serving bread and keeping -the coffee
cups filled. A large- serving of , sagd
pudding .completed ,. the noon ' meal.
There was no excuse for any soldier
leaving the table without all he could
eat, as the platters of .fried salmon
were constantly refilled, as were tha
bread plates and potato bowls. - .
"Today is Friday, so wa hava fIsV
said the sergeant who sat next to me.
"Ifesteaday wa had 3 roast beef, v For
breakfast wa usually have mush, oof
tee, bacon, and eggs, or ham and eggs.
It Is a wonder to ma that the papers
would publish .'kicks', from ex-soldiers
who probably got 'bob-tail' ' discharges,
and who are trying to justify , them
selves for being let out . of the army
without a good record." r"
"Any man," aaid a corporal across the
table, "who wants to behave himself in
the army, can get along. The trouble
Is that a lot of young fellows who have
been 'spoiled aud pampered join the
army, and -when they find that they
must tof th' mark and can no longer
be waited upon they become Indignant.
10 obey an order promptly and Im
plicitly Is degrading to their finer sen
sibilities, and imagining they are great
ly abused, they dessrt If a man has
the right stuff in him and. will stick it
out a year, you will very rarely hear
any complaint from him." ' .
' "As a matter of fact." continued the
first speaker, "the army turns many a
fellow who would hava become a hobo
Into a self-respecting cltlsen, and sends
him from tha army With a good trade.
''--' 'About tha ay. ...
.."A man's pay depends very largely
upon his own efforts. For example, wa
get lis a month, and in addition to this
wa receive board and lodging, free hied.
leal attendance, clothing, allowance, use
of .. tho reading room and' gymnasium,
game room and other privileges. Two
uuuixm souars a momn wm cover au
necessary expenses. A shave here costs
10 cents, a haircut 25 cents. Half of
this money goes to tha post exchange,
snd oomes back to each company in the
form of luxuries not provided by the
war department. Laundry bills and
barber bills will not run over IS -or II
a month, .'so that a thrifty man can
aave .114 or 16 a month. 6ome of the
fellows who do the moat kicking are the
ones who spond all the money they
make on boose, gambling and women,
If a man wanta to make money In ad
dition to his regular salary 'he can very
easily take tip some extra work.
,. "Ninety-nine dollars a month Is the
highest" wig an enlisted man can
draw. With each enlistment additional
money Is paid. Sergeant Xisary, who is
an electrician sergeant. Is-getting 177
a month. If a man wanta to be a cook
or a baker, the government will send
him at government expense to the
school for cooks and" bakers at tha fro
sidlo and five- him a course that : will
fit htm for this work. If he prefers
to become an olectrician, the govern
ment win train him for this work or
will allow him to work in tha machine
shops, and so. on through the .various
lines of work. If a man Is ahy In1 his
schooling he osn go to the night school
maintained here at the post and brush
up in the different studies."
After dinner I spent a few ' hours
talking with men In their quarters, at
the post exchange, In the reading rooms
and at their various posts or duty. in
the bathhouse back- of tha company
mess hall I ran across a private named
J. I varner.
,. "Tott don't , look., as . if you - were
starved to death," I said.. --
Private Is Contested. ,
"No," he answered, "1 haven't any
kick coming. I put in my spare time
working In the garden f Or one of tha
officers, and J am also agent for two
different laundry companies, 80 that
I manage to make about 140 a month.
, The officer pays ma 10 cents an hour
for my work and I get a commission
from the laundry companies"
"If a fellow is looking for trouble
in the army he can get it," said an
other private. "For Instance, you think
It is rather hard that a man would
' get a year at hard labor for stealing a
pair of shoes or a dollar or two from
; some other soldier, and yet. when 10
or 100 men are living . together with
11 of their possessions where they can
' be readily gotten at by anyone, they
must be able-to feel that It Is safe to
leave their things around and to know
that a "man who steals them, should be
given such a severe lesson that he will
never be tempted to do "It regain.-;-A
man is charged with all of the clothing
he draws,' and If some thief steals his
; shoes or some other part of his equip
7 went and sell It to buy booses; he
'doesn't get much sympathy j from; ;,the
JL': it A moment or two later 1 met tiaptaln
! XiOng and asked him to take ma out to
" the mortar pita and tell me something
about the post. At the pits four huge
mortars rest on their, turn tables, pro
tected by walls of masonry and a hill
of earth in front of them. "These mor
ftars weigh 14 tons each," said Captain
i Jjong, "and counting tha turn table and
; the machinery that operates them, they
weigh about 10 tons apiece. They shoot
a projectlle.welghlng i960 pounds. jv
"It takes 140 men to operate the four
mortars to fire one round per minute
g from each gun. . They are placed at an
'. angle of from 45 to 0 degrees and a
child can operate the turn table and
(direot . the f lro In any direction. We
have two sutlons . about . 1000 yards
apart The men In tha stations tele
phone the angle of the target or the ship
to be fired upon' and the exact location
Of tha object Is worked out almost In
r etantly on the plotting board. As the
target , or vessel prooeeds, tha angle js
constantly changing. We ' have eight
J sones and In each of them we use a dlf
' f erent powder charge. For example, if
a ship was In one of, 4he nearer sones
I naturally a projectile would be sent with
too great foroe to land on the object. It '
Is a very simple matter to put 1000
pounds of steel in a SO foot target or In ;
the vitals of a warship four or five or
six miles away. You know the time of
flight' of the ; projectile, you have the
estimated Bpeed of the boat-at which
you are shooting, on the plotting board
you nave worked out the exact location
so that it is a. mere matter of hlxher
mathematics - to- be able to place your
shots where you want them. . .
i , ' Boms Aoourate Shooting. ' .
J "Recently, at -mortar practice at the
Presidio, at a distance of five and a
half miles, the mortars put 15 out of
20 shots la a 6,0 foot tret.- a( a dls.
Unce beyond three and a half miles a
morur is mors accurate than a direct
"aim gun. Say, however, that you could
only put in one shot out of four-where
you wanted it. No enemy's fleet could
pass A' battery without . being- de
stroy ea. ,i ,'- .
As we -earn e back from the mortar
pit 1 met another soldier. "Do they give
you boys a square deal hers?" 1 asked.'
"Do who give us a square deal T" he
inquired. ' , - "1 ;'- i
rt "The -officers. Have you ever been
court mariinjear- ' - t
, He gave me a rather embarrassed look
and said, . "Almost any:, man. : who has
served : two or three enlistments has
been before, the"1 aummary-iiourt. a. few
times for some infraction of the army
discipline. They have banded me
Jolt occasionally but no more than I
have deserved. , Xt a man Mtlu drunk
or If he does . something else against
tha regulations he expeeis to' get pun
ished.' Possibly some of 1 the younger
army officers who have just come from
West Point are more strict than', those
who have handled men for long" time,
but It Is tha rare exception rather than
the .'rule for a man to get the worst of
It in tha army."
At the hospital Captain Macey, the
surgeon, ; took me through the various
wards and through all the different de
partments. -Jn tne army, when a man
meets with an accident, bis pay does
not stop as it does in civil life. Not
only does his pay go on, hut the best
of surgical attention and nursing Is
given him as well as all medicines and
everything else necessary, without ex
pense. Here for example, is a young
man whose arm is in splints and who is
getting along very nicely. He broke
his arm. in a game of baseball a week
or two ago." ' - -. ii ' .
From the hospital we went to tha
mortuary chapel. . A flag draped casket
was in tha center of the room. Taking
off the? cover of : the casket Captain
Macey showed ma a soldier In full dress
uniform. . "This Is Sergeant Uuin
Btelnel." said Captain Macey. "He' died
of Brlghfs-disease. ; In two months
more ho would have retired as ha has
served 31 years and 10 months. He
was a German and an excellent soldier.
He has over 111,000 deposited with the
war department drawing 4 per cent in
terest His wife has asked that be be
burled in Florida. The government
sends him there at government ex
pense and If requested, an attendant is
sent with him; He has been embalmed
and the government will not only bury
him at Its expense, giving mm a mili
tary funeral with full military honors,
but wlU erect a tombstone and maintain
tha grave." .
A little later, in tne ornco.oi tne
commanding officer of the poet. Colonel
Straub, I learned many additional ae
tails relative to Fort Stevens, one of
the officers being my informant
Facts About tha Fort.
"There are three companlee of Coast
Artillery stationed at Fort Stevens," hs
said. "The Thirty-fourth, .of which
Captain J. A. Berry is captain, with J.
E. Townee Jr., first lieutenant, and S.
W. Sparry, second lieutenant; the
ltfinatv.thini Mimnanv In commani ot
Captain J. I Long, the first and second
lieutenants being a. isorcon ana u. a.
East wold, and the One Hundred and
Sixtieth company, in charge of Captain
Frank B. Edwards smd Lieutenant V,
B. Netherwood. Lieutenant RmK. Cox la
the quartermaster and Lieutenant J. H.
Hood is the adjutant Captain L Turtle
la the engineer' and ordnance officer
and has eharge ot tha signal corps work.
Captain Macey Is the surgeon in charge
of the post and Lieutenant Colonel O. L
Straub is the commanding officer. There
are 14 men In each of the companies
mi if vou will watch them at their
infantry 'and artillery drill, you will
find they are a fine, soldierly and well
drilled lot of men. -Interviews
with a number of the men,
personal Investigation of the kitchens,
rrinntan. store rooms.' dining rooms.
amusement hall, bowling aUey and read
ing rooms, leads me to conciuae mac
the reports that the men at Fort Stev
ens are not sufficiently fed and that
.h. tnnA ta not well Dre Dared are with
out foundation. A sergeant of one of
tha companies told me that the govern
ment allows a oertsin amount of rations
ths cost varying with the contract price
of the supplies. Just now. It is arouna
37 cents a day per. man. -
"When you remember that there is
no cost whatever for cooking, servlcO
or any -of the other expenses Incident
to civil life." said a sergeant, "you will
realise that men can be fed for that
amount Frequently, in hotels and res
taurants. It tha meat la a Uttls tainted
or if ths fiah Is a little stale, the ma
terials are used Just the same You
get your tainted meat and your cold
storage chicken in the. form of stews
disguised with sauce. In the army no
questionable food -is sccepted. -It la
m-nmntiv condemned. If It should slip
by ths impaction otfloer, the mess ser
geant or company coon "
r .tuntinn af tht officer of the
company and a board would be called to
review It na condemn it"
"If a man oomes into the army for a
snap ha ia making a mistake, aald one
of tha soldlera. "If he comes into the
army willing to drill, do t his work
promptly and neatly and obey orders,
he isn't going to have any trouble"
COMMISSIONS NAMED
BY GOVERNOR LISTER
. (Special te Tee JonratV --v.."
V Olympla; - Wash. July ; II. Governor,
Lister today . announced , two appoint
tnents of non-salaried commissions au
thorised by jthe last legislature. On the
commission to act with the state board
ot. -control to select a site for a girls'
training school he named J. W. Bhaw,
ot Vancouver; Miss Lucy Case, of Seat
tle; Mrs. Herbert T. Granger, ot Seattle,
and Mrs. Clarenoe Parker, of Tacoma.
The law requires the selected site be
within 10 miles of the present training
school hear Chehalls. in Lewis eo&Sty.
The buildings are being erected so mat
the sexes may be separated, the boys to
retain the present quarters. . i ; .c
On the commission of industrial wel
fare, generally known as the minimum
wsge scale commission, the governor.
named Dr. Theresa McMahon, of Seat-
tie; Mrs. jacKson BUDeugn. or tJeattie;
Mrs. Florence H.'Swenson, of Raymond.
and Mrs. -N.-- J..1 Lauraer, . of Spokane.
Labor Commissioner K. W. Olson is ex
officio ohairmsn. The commission-Is to
investigate labor conditions, and is' to
fix the minimum under tha new Jew. ;
HoquUm Water Work ; Bonded.
- Bpf1l ta The Joarnt)
"Aberdeen, Wash.,' July II. A mort-
gage of i3ontooo to J. o. steams as
trustee was'flled at Montesano in eon
nectlon with the issue of bonds recently
put out by the Hoquiam . Water - com
pany, The mortgage covsrs the -water
plant of that city and between 1000 and
4000 acres of land. A large part ot ths
bouda wilt be used 'in an extension of
the system. . -. . -
GRANTS PASS CELEBRATION WAS A GRAND PATRIOTIC HUMIyIER.
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TopMooBe float, awarded first prize In fraternal order float division of parade.
Bottom Parade forming oa Sixth utreet. ae&r County Courthouse..,.; ; , - ' J
(Special Correspondence.)
Grants Pass, Or., July, 19. The fea
ture of the two days Independence day
celebration in Grants Pass Was the pa
rade, In which business, houses, fra
ternal orders , and Other organisations
compete for prises. Rivalry among
the lodges was especially keen, the
Order of Moose winning first honors
with a beautifully decorated auto float
EVEN 95 MS ISN'T
TOO OLD FOR DIVORCE
Chief Tahola Promptly Gets
One When Dubious About
"Nigger ;Jake,"
(Special to The Jouraal.) '
Aberdeen, Wash.. July 13. Chief Ta
hola, better known as Chief Mahon, head
of the Qulnalult tribe, and IS yeara of
age. was granted a divorce from his
wife, who he says has become enamored
of another man of the tribe, known as
"Nigger Jake." , The object in getting
a divorce is to keep the woman from ac
quiring any of the old chief's property
en bis death.
M'MINNVILLE PROPOSES
EXTENDING ITS LIMITS
(Special to. The Jouraatt
McMlnnvnie,;Or.,7July 12. MoMlnn
ville is to hold a special election on July
18 to vote on the annexing of territory
adjacent to the north and northwest part
of the city, taking several additions which
have been placed on the market There
will be an eleotlon held within the cor
porate limits and another within the
territory to be annexed. There must he
a majority of votes oast in favor -of an
nexation in each territory before the
corporate limits of the city may be ex-
4-tended.'. ,.; ,,mv- ,-:u;
.. Under the direction of the state bu
reau of mines. Professor Colon Shadd, at
one time professor in the Oregon State
Normal school, and for IT years pro
feasor of geology In ths State College' at
Pullman, Wash., was here this week to
secure data for a large ' topographical
map of Oregon. He recejajly was in
Clatsop county. A number of others
are doing similar work In other parts of
the state, - j - n -,
HAY CROP IN SLATSOP 1 "
T PROMISES BIG YIELD
s-vlvv i3neclal to The Journal.) '. .
Astoria, Or.j July la. Reports fro ml
dirrereni pans 01 me county are tq tne
effect that the hay crop- this year will
surpass anything realised for many sea
sons. Good weather is all that Is need
ed by the farmers who have already be
gun, cutting.' By next week the harvest
will be well under way. - County Fruit
Inspector W,orsley, who was in the elty
yesterday, stated that while yiere waa
some-loss to the strawberries, owing to
the rains, ths ether fruits will make up
the deficiency to the fruit men. All In.
dicationa are that there will - be a
bumper loganberry crop, as well as Of
other small fruits. ... '. ..-.j.
Experiments With a tree planting ma-
chine at the Utah Agricultural Experi
ment Station Indicate that It may be
used to advantage In reforesting old
burned areas on the national forests.
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escorted by the brass band, composed
of members of the Moose lodge. Second
place was given to the float prepared by
the realdant Elks.
The pageant of nations was an effec
tive section of the parade, a dosen
floats being decorated to , represent as
many nations.. The car' representing
Japan, prepared by Sam Baker, cashier
of the Josephine County bank, was
awarded first prise in this section.
U. S.
(CCted Frees Leaned W!r.)
San Francisco, July 12. On a tour of
inspection of the American military
system, Major General John Qodley, one
of the heroes of Maf eking in the Boer
war, Is here today from New Zealand,
where he is commander-in-chief of the
British forces. One of General Godley'a
firs Inquiries on nrrtvins hr was
about the outcome of ths international
polo games at Meadowbrook. L, I. He
la a great polo enthusiast, having been
at one time captain of the famous B,
D. F. and IrlBh Guards teams.
-General Godley will remain in tills
eountry two weeks, proceeding then to
England for the autumn military man
euvers. While in San Francisco he will
be the guest of Major General Arthur
Murray, commander of the western di
vision of the United States army. On
hla way seat General Godley will in
spect the posts at Fort Leavenworth and
Fort Blley. ' : ... . : . V,: -
ACCIDENT UNAVOIDABLE,
IS VERDICT OF JURY
(United Prats Vmtt Wwe.'"
Los Angeles. July H. '"Death, due to
unavoidable accident" waa the blanket
verdict returned today by a coroner's
Jury which beard testimony regarding
the snuffing out yesterday, ot the lives
of Carl Huffman of Long Beach, CaL,
and five members of his family.
Huffman's automobile waa struck by
a Southern Pacifio switch engine near
San Gabriel, and all but one of its Oc
enpants Instantly killed. Testimony
showed that crossing bells were ring
ing, and the locomotive waa In sight
when Huffman drove, his automobile,
across the tracks.; 1,:,y.":"t.- v ;,-nv-v;--
PIONEER FRUIT MAN OF
. CALIFORNIA IS DEAD
Long Beach, Cal., July 1J. T, H. B.
Chamblln, -7 years old, founder of the
Southern California Fruit Growers' Kx
change, died today at the Long Beach
sanitarium, where he had been a pa
tient for almost two months. Hs oame
to California in lttO from Galesburg, 111.
COLUMBIA RIVER
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BOER WAR HERO WILL
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America, Paul Kinney's car, war given
second honors.
Among many features, the Rainbow
drill, in which Ef young ladles in dis
tinctive gowns appeared, attracted spe
cial attention. Fully 10,000 visitors
were present during the two days. Not
an accident occurred, and not an arrest
waa made. It was generally agreed that
the celebration eclipsed anything of the
kind ever before held In southern Oregon,
CAPT, BOLTON HAS HAD
ENOUGH OF FAIR SEX
86-Year-Old Rancher Says
Mall Order Wife of 30 Got
$2500 and Flew,
' (Special to The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., July 12. Claiming
that he was "skinned" to the tune of
,2500 by a "mail order" wife. Captain
N. F. Bolton, of this city, comes out
with the statement that women aa a
general rule cannot be trusted. Captain
Bolton was born March 1, 18S7, married
and lived happily. Hla wife died and he
became lonesome. He subscribed for a
marriage paper and after perusing it for
several editions selected him a wife. He
got into communication with the woman
Of his choice after, paying the fee re
quired in aucb cases snd the wedding
day was set. The woman was about
80 years old.
They were married and dtp tain Bol
ton took his bride' to his home' In a
few days she waa missing, he says, as
was also $2600 of bis money. He did
not prosecute nor did he worry but
swore by all that waa holy hs would
never speak to another woman, and up
to this date be has kept his word, he
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Csptatn Bolton is a Mexican war vet
eran, having been assigned as captain
of eompany T Twenty-fourth - Infantry
regiment of the Indiana volunteers. He
has lived in Clarke county for 89 years
and owns a large fruit ranch near the
city. He makes trips to Vanoouver
about once every six months. He does
all hla own cooking and busies himself
reading the news out of 13 papers which
ha -takes regularly. -;i
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FREE ALCOHOL IS
SENATOR LANE'S
PLANUM!
Anyway, It Will. Be Almost
. Free, if He Is Allowed to
:Turn Waste Fruit, Vegeta
bles Into Denatured Product
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. Washington, July '12. Senator Lane
has discovered what .the country need
Not absolutely free, hut relatively;
free of unnecessary - cost to the pro
ducer, and he hopes that every farmer
shall in time become a producer. v
" Nocv it is' hoped that the white rlo
boners will . not throw up "their hands
and start out to, make protest until the
matter can be set forth more In detail.
It is not the alcohol used to put the
"lick in liquor . that Senator Lane ret
fers to,- but he has in mind ths ordinary,
common or garden variety which can be
distilled from the weeds and vegetable
rubbish on any farm Into the denatured
sort that can be used to run motor cars
or for many other purposes, and in the
end aid to whittle down that bogey of
the age, the high cost of living.
The government went Into this sub
ject of denatured alcohol very ab
strusely i few years ago, and the de
partment of agriculture was considera
bly enthused over the possibilities of
profit to the agriculturist. . Congress
got Imbued with enough of the enthu
siasm to pass a law which was sure,
Its proponents said, to result in a still
on every quarter section, with the re
sult of utilising fallen spples and chick
weed and potato parlnga and corn cobs,
et hoc genus omne, aa they say at
school, by extracting from them the
spirit of the things : that cheer and
sometimes do more than that. . ,
Octopus Still At Zt
The emancipation of the honest sari-
culturlst waa visualised by the solons
who, in truth, have a real, honest af
tection for the aforesaid H. A., and
a great aeai was said aooul tne won
ders that denaturised aloohol would
accomplish in turning the wheels of
industry and putting a crimp in the
tentacles of the octopus. ; But there's
me run. xne octupus is still octupus
ing, and It was that selfsame octopus.
according to Senator Lane, that tfe-
naiurea tne denatured aloohol bill.
How was it done? Why it was so sim
ple aa to make an experienced octoous.
wise In the ways of legislation, snigger
until u reit coiiicky with emotion. It
was simply, Senator Lane says, by fix
ing up the regulations governing the
extraction or tne tanglefoot essence
from various unconsidered trifles of tha
vegetable kingdom so that it would be
too expensive for any small operator
to run a aenatured aicohoi still at all.
"The Standard Oil outfit triumphed,"
said Senator Lane, speaking of this sad
affair, "by making the cost of federal
inspection of such stills so costly that
they couldn't be run. An Inspector aV
(5 a day of eight hours, or $l& a day
of 24 hours, would be too heavy a bur
den for any farm still to bear. And
the stuff turned out couldn't be used
at that without being refined, because
it is too acrid or somathlna: anywav it
couldn't be taken internally unless it
might be by an Indian. And it might
sena mm to ins nappy bunting grounds.
Gives Use for Waste Trait.
"I have spoken to the finance com.
mittee and the Democratic cauous about
it, and they declared that It sounded
good to them. Take Oregon; we are
putting out so much fruit, especially
apples, that it is likely to be a drug
on the market in a tew years, and even
If selected fruit meets with a good sale
there are always the eulls and wind
falls and runty potatoes, and so on,
which could b worked up into alcohol.
Why. in Germany , they grow potatoes
to make Into alcohol. And thla will in
terest the orange grower, the sugar cans
man In Louisiana when tha tariff la
taken off of sugar; the beet men, too,
and the grape grower, and all the other
tillers of the soil. -There might be
saved to these Industries : $100,000,000
WEINHARDS
COLUMBIA
ORDER
fi ADDS ZEST ? fi
0 ) TO THE . OUTING JtlR
"x inns'. r s i
Latest Styles 2n Fine
On Exhibition at Salesroom
46-40 Filth St., Porilnntl
- Let Us Firr-rc wi::i vcu
Your New Ccr Cut:::
The DniXeSivIcri-rrT'rC'C"""
year. :If the administration Is r-"v
actuated by a desire to advance in
beet interests of the farmersand ot
course it Is let the government tK
this up.! I am going to President "Wil
son and demand that the people be gtv.-iv
a chance to get at tne pianuaru vn
company and checkmate it in mis ne
farious scheme to keep down the man
on the farm i to let him lift a profit out
of present, loss and. , turn refuse Into
coin. .
' Says Inspection Is Unnecessary.
"This nroblem' of manufacturing is
Simple. ' The inspection provided for
now la . unnecessary. Let the distiller
of denatured aloohol operate hi still
under seal. When he Is ready to re
move the product, let him notify the
revenue authorities and have an inspec
tor sent -without charge to see him de
nature - the alcohol a little coal on
poured into it would do the trick and
empty the still. 1 am taking tnts up
with the treasury department and 1 ex
pect soon to be able to present a bill
which I think will prove satisfactory."
Well, as the agricultural person might
say, ; "listens good" and perhaps tun
attempt to provide the-gentlemen who
raise our apples and potatoes and other
plain and rancy rarm truck witn Home
made juice for the little motor car. that
takes the butter and eggs to market
and the family to services on the Sab
bath will 'pan out more to . ths good
than the lamented act now on the stat
ute books snd. which said act was be
deviled by the vil eye of the Standard
Oil trust. - ,
Anyway,-' talking of alcohol, here's
hoping.- -f r-- :
RIRI fiPTQ ADDAIMTIldCMT '
AS U. S. "ELEVATOR BOY"
Washington, "' July 12.- Postmaster
General Burleson today appointed Miss
Jessie Vaehon "elevator boy" In ; tne
federal building at Bell Ingham. Wash,
Some time ago tha postoffics department
refused to confirm a temporary appoint-'
ment of . Miss Vachon, and this caused
Senator Polndexter .to make a vigor
ous protest . , , ,
Why Pay ;
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NO JUNK ORTRASH-
selling out the - " -
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of High-Grade Suits
Celling regularly at $ i 5-.
$2O-$25-$30-$35-40 '
At J2 Price
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Foil Dress Suits Now
$25.00
Everything marked
in plain figures .
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