THE DALLES DAILY' CHRONICLE, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921.
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Topics
Cbndupted by'Goodrich
Mexico Is to have a pational au
tomobile show April 20 to May 5, Gen
eral Obregon, president of, the Mexi
can republic, has accepted the presi
dency of the. show. He is a strong
booster for the Mexican good roads
movement. Mexico is one of the few
foreign countries which has not suf
fered' seriously by business depres
sion. .
' "Just park your, car in the parlor."
This may become a common phrase.
C. H. Martin, of Boston, is develop
ing a 160-pound, three-wheeled auto
mobile that can be pushed through an
ordinary doorway and stored in the
front hall or office. The midget ma
chine has a maximum speed of 30
mile per hour and it is claimed it will
be able to travel 75 miles on a gallon
of gasoline.
Bad roads, the giant muck, -will be
dealt a terrific blow by the combined
good roads forces' of America this
year. In addition to maintaining and
repairing a greater mileage than
ever before in history, it is expected
that the several states will construct
between 35,000 and 40,000 miles of new
hard-surfaced roads. For this purpose
there is now available for expenditure
la federal and state moneys over
000,000,000. Labor is plentiful and ma
terials are lower in cost. Everything
points to a banner year.
Dallas, Texas, auto dealers have
gone Silly Sunday one better. Billy
constructs a temporary structure for
six weeks' revival while the Dallas
dealers' have built a $40,000 building
to be used for six days to house their
auto show and then demolished. It
will be beautifully decorated and Il
luminated. Vaudeville and dancing will
' be side attractions. "Hit the Trail In
a New Auto," will be the slogan. The
dates are April 11 to 16.
Do trucks economically replace
norses in lire departments: "xes,
says LaCrosse, Wis. Three triple
combination trucks now in service
there traveled 761 miles to report to
298 alarms during 1920 at a total ex
pense of 1602.89. During the same pe
riod 14 horses used by th,e department
consumed feeding stuffs costing $2,
453.13 and the .horseshoeing bill
amounted to $693.90 additional.
Every automobile carries an excel
lent steam vulcanlzer. This may be
surprising news to many potorlsts
who thought they were on very inti
mate terms with their machines, but
it is so, nevertheless. The radiator
when full of hot, steaming water is
a very satisfactory vulcanlzer for
tubes. A little vulcanizing cement is
-smeared on the rubber patch and
around the hole in the tube and then
S
ORE THROAT
Gargle with warm salt water
then apply over throat
VafoRub
(frier 17 M(afta Uud Ytatly
CHRONICLE
TELEPHONES
ARE
CHANGED
To improve its
telephone service The
Chronicle has installed
departmental lines
in its office.
For the businessoffice,
circulation and adver
tising departments,
call Red 111
Editorial roorai,
call Black 111
the two are ' put together, placed
patch downward on the radiator and
held firmly until the rubber is cooked.
The average life of an automobilb
is 5.3 years. This was the actual aver
age life of all cars that went out ot'
service in tile United States from
19i:Tto 1919 inclusive. High-priced
cars last longest largely because hey
j represent a greater Investment an J
' this alone creates aversion to scrap-
ping as long as the car is at all serviceable.
Spotlights and glaring headlights
have caused thousands of automobile
accidents. 'Failure to use the dimmers
when approaching another car on the
road at night blinds the oncoiSing
driver and he risks either scraping
your wheels or toppling over in a
ditch. In motoring circles the driver
who refuses to dim his lights is
ranked with the road hog and other
undesirables.
Our -weekly DON'T Don't use or
dinary cylinder oil as a lubricant for
door hinges and latches. It has a ten
dency to run which Is not desirable at
this location because the clothes of
passengers are likely to come In con
tact with it. Linseed oil mixed with
a small amount of graphite is much
better for this purpose. This furnish
es a good lubricant and will not run.
The Beit Big Sitter
Main 6061 Bennett Taxi Main 01 tt
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Brown's Dufur Stage Time TaDle
Two round trips daily. Leave Baiik
hotel, 9. a. ra. and 4 p.m. Leave
Dufur 7:30 a. m. aud 1 p. m. tt
The Best Bio Sitter : ,-
Taxi 8ervica
Day or night. Stand at Club Cigar
store. Telephone red 1711. R. Winter
muth. The Beit Bio Sitter
Typing and Stenography
dbno at reasonable rates. Kosina A.
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dence phonn red 2332. tf
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BETSY ROSS FLAG STORY
v DECLARED BOLD FAKE
By United Press
PHILADELPHIA , April 11. Do you
doubt the story In our school history
books which taught us that Betsy
Ross designed the American Flag in
1776? Louis Barecroft Runk, an at
torney and major of ordnance in the
reserve corps, declares that the story
is a fake. 'Runk, in a book he has just
publlshed.'entltled, "The Birth oT Our
Flag and Flag Etiquette," says Betsy
Ross story "rests solely on her own
testimony, which is absolutely uncor
robrated, and the best historians today
consider it without historical basis."
"It Is earnestly claimed by the des
cendants of Betsy Ross that on or
about June Is 1776, she was waited
upon at her house, 239, Arch street,
Philadelphia, by General Washington
and an alleged committee, of 'the Con
tinental congress; that they asked her
to make a flag and that she promised
to try; that they showed her a draw
ing whose proportions she criticised
and that General Washington himself
altered the drawing according to her
suggestion," says the book.
"Betsy was a lady of lively imagina
tion and short memory as is shown
by her ability to wed three times In
10 years.
"Her story rests solely .on her own
testimony which is entirely uncorrob-,
orated and the best historians today
consider It without any historical ba.
sis."
4The book declar.es that Washington
visited Philadelphia in 1776 for only
two weeks and he nor the alleged
congressional committee or its records
ever mentioned such a visit to -Betsy
Ross. Runk, in his book, cites several
other incidents in history which ae
says substantiate his claim.
"It is regrettable If I overthrow any
childhood traditions or local pride that
any may have about Betsy Ross, but
Synopsis of tbo Annual Statement of the
Southern. Surety Company
of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa, on
the 31st day of December, 1020, made to
the Insurance Commissioner of the Slate
of Oregon, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of capital stock paid.
up i...$i,ooo;ooo.oo
Income.
Net premiums received dur-
. tng the year .... $5,031,408,00
Interest, dividends and rents
received during the year 141,505.22
Income from other sources
received during the year.. 153,550.09
-
Total income $5,320,525.57
Disbursements.
Net losses paid during the
year including adjustment
expenses $1,809,034.91
Dividends paid on capital
stock during the year 120,933.00
Commissions and salaries .
paid during the year 1,030,800.84
Taxes, licenses and fees paid
during the year 143,70V 55
Amount of all other expendi
ture J. 544,305.79
Total expenditures $4,
Assets.
Value of real estate owned
(market value) $
Value of stocks and bonds
owned (market value) ....
Loans on mortgages and col
lateral, etc
Cash in banks and on hand..
Premiums in course of col
lection written since Sep
tember 30, 1920
Interest and rents due and
accrued
Other miscellaneous assets
308,842.09
452,039.21
995,933.03
824,519.00
003,045.00
1,049,797.94
71,939.90
270,025,16
Total admitted assets $4,007,299.85
Liabilities.
Gross claims for losses un-
paid i $841,521.99
Amount -of unearned premi
ums on all outstanding
risks 1,757,990.09
Due for commission and
brokerage 202,449.48
All other liabilities 227,777.53
Total liabilities, exclusivo
. of capital stock of $1,-
000,000.00 $3,089,739.09
Business in Oregon for the Year.
Net premiums received dur
ing the yoor $ 10,402.15
Losses paid during the year 9,359.25
SOUTHERN SURETY COMPANY
O. S. Cobb, President.
E. O. Davis, Secretary.
Statutory resident attorney for service
George D. Schalk, Portland.
Synopsis of the Annual Statement of the
Farmers Mutual Fire Relief
Association
of Portland, in the Stato of Oregon, on
the 31st day of December, 1920, made to
the Insuranco Commissioner of the Stato
of Oregon, pursuant to law: ' .r
Income.
Amount of ledger asBCts De
cember 31, 1919 $ 9,272.99
From membership fees 1,469.00
From expense assessments.... 15,186.88
Firo loss assessments 13,972.01
Interest on U. S. Treasury
notes
Total .$
Disbursements.
Actual amounts paid to pol
icyholders for losses dur
ing 1920 $
Loss Adjustment expenses....
Agents' compensation
Traveling expenses
Salaries nad fees, officers,
directors und clerks
Rent i,
Insurance department li
censes Firo Marshal tax
Postage, telegraph and tele
phone Advertising, printing und
stationery
Office supplies
Red Cross, etc, contributions
Miscellaneous
Application fees returned ....
254.91
40,155.79
11,971.35
132, 34k
11,017.3b
41.50
4,232.00
190.00
42,00 ,
49.67J
512.44,
532.84
298.12
25.20"
32.08
44.38
Total .. $ 32.124.25
Total Ledger Assets on Hand December
31, 1920.
Cash in bank aud U.' S.
Treasury notes $ 8,031.49
Risks in force December 31, ,
a919 $0,503,975.00
Risks written or renewed
during the year 4,269,715.00
Risks cancelled or expired
during the year 1,253,540,00
Net amount. in force 9,520,150.00
Largest single risk of in-
surance 4,000.00
FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE RELIEF
ASSOCIATION
H. W. Snnshull, President.
Herman Loedinif, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 25th flay of January, 1921.
V. .1. Hayes, Notary Public for Orogon.
My commission expires Dec. 9, 1921.
You Can Write a Book
When someone asked Mark Twain which was
his, favorite of all the books he had written it
took just half a second to answer, "My Bank
Book." w
Everyone can write a book not like Huck.
Finn,, perhaps but on the style of Mark
Twain's favorite, the true story of one who
keeps his money matters in good order and
does not forget Tomorrow in the excitement
of Today.
Your bank book tells your story. Perhaps o.ur
officers can helpyou make it good reading.
4 Interest Paid on Savings Accounts
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The Dalles, Oregon
my duty is to give tho impartial ver
dict of American historinns," the au
thor says.
The Best Big Sister
Tripy's Cleaning
310 Union street.
r.nd Dye works.
A 20
Synopsis of the Annual Statement of tho
American Eagle Fire Insurance
Company
of New York, llj the State of New York,
on the 31st day of December, 1920, mado
to the Insuranco Commissioner of tho
State of Oregon, mirsuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of capital stock pnld
Up ?1, 000,000.00
Income,
Net premiums received dur
ing tho year $2,693,228.90
Interest, dividends and rents
received during the year 220,243.25
Income from other sources
received during the year 60.77
Total income $2,013,532.98
Disbursements.
Net losses paid during the
year Including adjustment
expenses $1,159,761.20
Dividends paid' on capital
stock during the year 140,000.00
Commissions and salaries
paid during the year 637,563.30
Taxes, .licenses and fees paid
during the year 68,294.72
Amount of all other expendi
tures 461,438.19
Total expenditures .$2,517,057.4l
Assets.
Value of stocks and bonds
owned (market valuo) $3,012,034.50
Cash in 'banks and on hand 423,137.92
Premiums in course of col
lection written since Sep
tember 30, 1920 830,585.70
Interest and rents duo and
accrued 13,417.69
Total admitted assets ....$4,279,175.81
Liabilities
Gross claims for losses' un
paid $ 409,399.55
Amount of. unearned, premi
ums on all outstanding'
risks 1,805,717.16
Due for commission and
brokerage 18,245.51
All other liabilities 67,286.77
Total liabilities, exclusive
of .capital stock of $1-
000,000.00 $2,360,648.99
Business In Oregon for the Tear.
Net premiums received dur
ing the year 0 11.792
Losses paid during the year 3,101
Losses incurred during the
year 3,313
AAlf.KlUAr EAUIjK F1KE INS. UU.
N. Y.
N. T. Robertson, President.
Ernest Sturm, Secretary.
Statutory resident attorney for servlc
F. V. D. Bangs.
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC RANGES
from "$95 to $220
ELECTRIC HOT PLATES .
from $9.50 to $37.00
Prepare Now fof the Coming
Hot Summer Months
"EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL"
Batlweg & Crandall
409 East Second
PATRONIZE THE
"CITY MARKET"
Help the Y. W. C. A.
Notice To The Public
We are now operating a Columbia river motor ferry regularly
hetween Grants, on the Columbia river highway, 20 miles east or
The Dalles, and Maryhill, Washington. . '
Running regularly between 7 a. m. and dark. Special trips may
be arranged for at all hours.
This is v the best route to Goldendale from points In Oregon.
The roads between The Dalles and Grants-are In'good condition, and
the road between Maryhill and Goldendale Is payed,
ft
Maryhill Ferry Co.
Telephone Goldendale, 312X
Big Sale On
Monuments
LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM
20 Discount lor Cash with Order
It costs 20 to sell monuments by agents. You can save that one-fifth of
the price by buying at the shop. Makeyour selection early and give us time
to set work before May 30th, Decoration Day.
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