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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur. Perry.
It begins to, look like Henry Ford
for president in 1924, wag a llttlo bit
too much for the entire Union, includ
ing Oregon. .
Muddy as the rivers are,'
No wonder folks' livers are
Who drink this beanery coffee every
day.
A spoon will scarcely sink In It;
There must ber lye and Ink In it;
It's strong enough to pull a heavy
dray. .
By some Infernal trickery '
They fill It full of chlckory,
And, as If that's not quite enough,
They stow It for an hour or two,
Thus giving it the power to
Compete with "mule as painfully
potent stuff. .
WHERE THE BRUTE BELONG81
(Coos Bay Times) - '
WANTED Woman to work for
: her husband's meals in the
.'' kitchen. Won't object to one
child. Phone 1G1-K.
A gent temporarily detained at the
state prison at Salem, got drunk the
other day and gave his cellmate a
good larruping. The state prison is
the last place In the world, one would
suspect a prohibition enforcement of
ficer was needed.
'Nothing has beon done so fnr with
the live-wire, entorprislng and up-to-tho
minute merchant who put his
garden hoes in ono window, and fish
ing polos in the other.
Sidney Brown was drawling across
the Main Stem Fri. In his charming
southern manner, whon a playful
speed Idiot thought he would give hlra
a thrill, taking careful aim at Sid the
while. The prospective victim re
tained normalcy, but was torcod 'to
bulge bissolt abnormally In the equa
torial region.
Work Is being rushod on the roud to
Jacksonville, just like it was 40 liillea
out In tho timber.
Poople huvo startod to pungle up
tholr T ('!f- ('!.:; . . . income tax.
Thoro ought to bo drastic legisla
tion against plain und fancy boll-raising
for what thoro Is in it. The pun
ishment could bo made to' fit tho
crime, by. compelling tho causes to
suffer tho offuctB, along with tho par
manont population.
Tho new sawmill whistle Is sort
toned, and unlike tho Kspeo cannot bo
beard over tho entire 1'iictiic stopo.
Creswell, March 1). Polin Munrauon,
he teacher Is sick In bod with (ho flu.
(Uugono Guard). Why uionllou tho
gondor?
NEVER AGAIN, 8AYS REXI
(Siskiyou News)
Ilox Ballard of AhIiovIIIo and
South Fork culled on Miss Buetta
Rhoa Sunday. We're looking for
i ward to an interesting unnouueo.
incut soon.
Young llog. Fifer placed tho Index
digit of Ilia riKht breudhook against a
heated surface on tho 9th Inst., and
another burnt kid is luury of lie.
Thoro really ought to bo another
auto stage lino using tlie state owned,
maintained, nnd built highways, to
niako conditions ripe.
This is tho wook C'liarlos Chaplin
and Pola Negri, film mosiils, liavo
another fight, as there has been no
recent publicity givou to their ro
mance. ,
"gThe followed by sotlous
cold trouble! use nightly
CMS
VAPORUB
Omt 1 7 MUllon Jan Una" Yearly
IS IRISH PEACE NEAE?
THE WIDESPREAD raids oti Irish suspects in England yester
day cull attention to the fact that the Irish war is still going
merrily on.
In spite of umnesty offered to ull rebels if they would lay down
their arms, few of the irregulars took advantage of the opportunity
and the belligerent defies of De Yulcrii leaders continued.
Leaders are usually that way, however. They fight to the bitter
end, and keep up u brave front even after tho battle has been lost. It
is largely a matter of professional habit and professional pride.
Hut the runk and file of the Republican radieuls.in Ireland have
long since shown a desire to cull off the struggle. Much evidence has
accumulated to show that their morale is exceedingly low.' The man
in the street realizes thut the present Irish government has' the sup
port of a majority of the Irish people, and that any attempt to over
throw that government is bound to fail. ,' .
The names of the individuals arrested have not been made public.
Hut we trust they will includee a majority,, of the most belligerent
orators. If the Irish people could agree tipbn silence for a fortnight
peuce would follow as a mutter of course. The Irish people are tired
of the whole performance. If left alone by the professional inciters,
there would soon be nn agreement with the Free State government,
which would give Ireland that liberty and peace which she has fought
for so persistently the past hundred years.
Quill Points
The balance of power is a bank balance.
The early bird gets his reward. Hut the early worm becomes the
late worm.
Adam had his faults, but you can say one thing for him. He was
an original cuss. . :
Another way to get thin to music is to try playiug an accordian
for a living. r
Uard times are just little intervals of timidity between periods of
normal growth.
You can't expect much romance in an ago when artists wear four-in-hand
ties and some of the nicest poets are bald.
Tho strike of miners need not worry France so long as she can
seize enough marks to keep her furnaces going.
Parents of a small boy who holds his breath when denied his own
way will understand Europo rather well.
Paint jobs arc so well done now that it is difficult to tell the age of
a car without seeing' tho mortgage.
Ah well ; the modern girl may know less about making bread, but
she knows more about making dough.
At nny rate Rurgory is making rapid strides in teaching people to
talk about their intimate possessions. " ."
, ' Women are funny. If it's a 1922 gown, it's a disgrace. But if
it dates back to 1200 15. C, it's ultra modern. ,
Tho west may be untutored, but you'll notice where the lecturers
do their stuff when they come over to scold the country.
RipplingRhuniQS
Ar won rrason
m mi i ji .
MARCH WINDS.
THE WINDS of March are raw nnd bleak, as they go whiz
zing by, they rudely biff me, nose and cheek, nnd smite me,
hip and thigh; but in my heart there is no pique, vi tear is in my
eye. "Blow on, yo dippy blasts, blow on," cxj.Jtantly I say;
"from curfew till the break of dawn blow on und iiirn your pay;
like evil dreams you'll soon bo gone comes Apr1,' J ml then May.
Wo would not fully realize bow lovely is the slig, with bab
bling rills nnd nzure skies and guinea hens that sing, if yon should
fail to put us wise, by having thus your fling. Blow loud, ye
nutty winds, blow loud, blow, for the love of Mike, and strip tho
whiskers from tho crowd that toils along tho pike; there comes
a month that is endowed with weather that wo like. And when
beneath an elm or larch, soino vetyial day, wo snore, while colls
and lambkins, full of stareli, play on the brooklet's shore, wo will
recall the winds of March and love spring all the more. Blow on.
blow on, oh, dotty breeze, blow all things galley west! Make nil
the blood within us freeze, nnd spoil life's joy and zest, for after
wooly days like these, Spring will seem doubly blest."
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RADIO BATTLESHIP
ON 1JOAHD U. E. TIlA.NSPOriT
HKNDlilt.SOX,. EN : llOL'TB TO
PANAMA, March 11. (By the Assu
ciated Press) Three uliasos of the
fiilnii tent against the radio con
trolled battleship Iown, nnd n de
stroyer uttnek on a battleship column
form ho chief elements of the fleet
maneuvers in' Panama bay next week
under pliins announced today by
nuvnl officiate to the senators und
representatives in Secretary Denby's
party aboard the' Henderson.
Tho destroyer uttaek on tho bat
tleships will form tho first phase of
tho gunnery work. Thirty-eight de
stroyers, supported by light cruisers
and aircraft, will form the attacking
forces. They will firo a total of 111
dummy torpedoes at tho battleships
while they pursuo a zig zag course in
column. During the attack another
force of planes will attempt to beat
off tho "wasps" with bombs.
.Tho supcr-dreadnaught Mississippi
will bo used in tho gunnery test
against the Iowa. In tho first phase,
tho Mississippi will open firo on the
Iowa with fivo inch guns while the
ships aro running in opposite direc
tions, tho purpose being to determine
tho best method of firing nt an on
coming enemy. Next, the Mississippi
will bring her fourteen-inch guns into
play against tho radio-controlled bat
tleship whilo they steam in parallel
at a distunco of nine miles.
The Iowa then will bo turned com
pletely nround to determine what ef
fect the sharp chango of course will
have on the accuracy of fire. . and
next the Mississippi will ho put to
the test of hitting the Iowa whilo Bho
pursues a zig-zag course.
er, wrote tho above-named Immortal
sonnet i uni laboring under a miscon
ception, us I have ulways been led to
believe that its authorship is, and
long has been, a moot question;
although some very eminent author
ities credit its authorship to a Mr.
Douglass, all agree that its first ap
pearance antedated tho time of Scot
land's favorite "utr.? njuny years, if
this be true, U3 I Uelievo it to bo, we
huvo unother proof in 'support of the
trite contention that "You cannot be
lieve all that you see In the papers."
II. H. LAMPMAN.
Contral Point, Feb. 12, 1923.
Big Double Header
Basketball : Games
Y. M. C. A. Hall
There will be a double header
basketball game In the building
formerly used by the Basket grocery,
north of the Nat, tonight by the Y. M.
C. A. league. The two Mothodist
teams and the Baptist and Christian
teams will play. Both are In splen
did condition and tho championship
is at stake.
Games called at 7:15 p. m. See
these good games and help the teams.
MANY
SCHOOL CHILDREN
ARE SICKLY
COMMUNICATIONS
Bobbie Burns and Annie Laurie
To the Editor: I note in a front page
article in the last issue of the Med
ford Sunday Sun that the granddaugh
ter of the poet Burns Is described, at
the age of ninety-three years, as hav
ing been regaled at a recent celebra
tion of tho poet's birthday by songs
from the works ot that illustrious
author, among which, tho nrtlcle
states, was "Annie Laurie." All of
which goes to Bliow that even the
wrltors of syndicated press articles, as
wall as we more humble mortals, oc
casionally fall into error when they
attempt to discuss the facts of history.
If Burns, of whom I have been a
life-long student and an ardent ail nil r-
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fort and the welfare of their children,
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The Central Point
Flour Mill
Is now turning out the
"Mt. Pit Hard Wheat Blend"
brand of flour. This flour is manu
factured under the latest system of
milling, combining both principals
Sanitation and Economy. You get
the very health giving portions of tho
.wheat milled in such a way as to
retain the natural sweet flavor of
the flour. Every sack guaranteed.
We Invito you to call and let us
demonstrate this wondorful llttie
I mill. Wo carry a full line of poultry
, and dairy feeds, whole grain and
cereals.
MORTON & MORTON
Central Point
Comparative Installation Costs itf Concrete and
Corrugated Pipe on Three State Highway Jobs
1 That the labor costs for hauling and placing corrugated pipe are con
siderably less than those in connection with reinforced concrete Is perfectly
obvious from a comparison of the weights per fool of the two types; but just
how wide iao difference Is has boon a matter of conjecture, since definite
fiKures wore lacking,,,. The welgths according to California Highway Com
mlsaison standards, are as follows:
Corrugated Pipe Reinforced Concrete Pipe
Diameter i ' Weight per Ft. Weight per Ft.
12 Inches 1 -.10.8 lbs. 90 lbs.
18 Inches ...15.7 lbs. 140 lbs.
24 inches ..20.7 lbs. 200 lbs.
30 inches 31.9 lbs. 355 lbs.
36 inches ...38. 1 lbs. 507 lbs.
Figures just at hand In connection with three rocent State Highway
grading contracts throw quite a llttlo light on the matter of installation
costs. Bids wore called tor on an alternate basis, the pipe to be either
corrugated iron or concrete according to a later decision of the Commis
sion. Tho Highway Commission was to supply the pipe In either case, and
deliver It to tho railroad station nearest the work, so the calculations ot the
contractors wore confined to hauling, installing, and back-filling. The
figures of tho successful bidders were as follows:
JOB NO. 1
6.1 Miles of Highway In Santa Barbara County, between Cuyurraca
River and Buckhorn Creok. Tho Warren Construction Co., Successful
Didders. .'-',
Cost of installing per foot.
Corrugated
Diameter No. Foot. Concrete Iron.
12 inch .1,004 $1.75 $ .75
18 inch 1,662 2.50 1.00
21 inch 428 3.00 1.25
30 inch ; 132 5.00 2.00
5.7 Miles in Mariposa County, between Sierra Natioual Forest and
Briccburg, Rhodes & Price, Successful Bidders.
JOB no. a
Cost of installing per foot.
Dinmoter No. Feet. Concrete Iron.
12 inch 1,232 $2.00 $ .80
18 Inch 550 2.50 1.00
24 Inch . 300 3.50 1.20
36 inch '. 682 5.50 1.30
JOB no. a
16.8 Miles In Santa Clara County, between San Fellpo and Eastern
Boundary. Rhodes & Price. Successful Blddors. '
Cost of installing per foot.
DhiMieter .. No. Feet. Concrcto Iron.
12 Inch 2,120 $2.00 $ .70
15 inch 816 2.50' .73
IS Inch 840 3.00 .80
24 Inch .-. 498 4.00 .90
Those Jobs ran from $150,000. 00 to $100,000.00 each, and many con
tractors bid on each of them. Tho figures of tho successful bidders may
thcretoro bo considered fairly Indicative '
In Oregon the Stato Highway Department does not buy tho culverts,
they allow tho contractors to purchase them, and tho contractors aro gen
erally awarded tho contracts on the typo ot culverts on which they make
tho lowest price. ,
An nlalysla of tho bills In all tho lotllngs of tho State Highway Depart
ment tor tho lust two or throe years shows that on practically all bids, the
contractor's bid prlco has beon from 10 per cont to 20 per cent lower on
Corrugated Culverts than on culverts ot heavier and moro brittle materials
Tho flrat cost of Corrugated Culverts at tho manufacturer's plant, l
considerably higher per foot than tho first cost of culverts of tho heavier
and more brittle materluls, but owing to tho great difference in tho weights
per foot, on the two types of culverts na shown In tho forepart of this ar
ticle tho expense for hauling and Installing Is several times more than on
corrugated, and tho difference In tho oxcavation nnd back filling of tho
heavier types ot culverts is so much greater than on corrugated culvert
that It inukes the price considerably loss on corrugated culverts.
-Many people aro under the impression that a culvert of a heavier ma
terial naturally lasts much longer than a corrugated culvert which is of
much lighter material, but recent data Inspection of different culvert instal
lations, bears out tho fact that thore is much less percentages of failures In
corrugated culverts and especially tnoso made from a pure Iron thnn
many of tho heavier typo culverts. Adv
STRAHL LO
THEN MADE
6 POUNDS
A GAf OF 18
Well Known Portland Citi
zen Declares Tanlac Com
pletely Overcame Indiges-;
tion, Biliousness, Gases
and Insomnia and Eestor
ed Weight and Strength.
There is scarcely a city, town or
mmmnnliv in inn LTnitcd States, Can
ada, Mexico or Cuba, where there is
not only orto but numbers ur eiunu
slastio witnesses to the wonderful
merits of tho Tanlac treatment. Head
what your neighbors, say, nnd then
determine for yoursolf whether or
not you will try tho medicine that
has "meant health and happiness to
so many thousands..'
In tho state ot Oregon alono hun
dreds have testified and nmong tho
latest is J. P. Strahl, well-known car
penter residing at 6517 88th St.,
Portland, who said just tho other
day:
"Tanlac has ended my stomach
trouble, built mo up eigi'en pounds
in weight, and I now enj'k' tho best
health of my life- Buk fur , two years
before I got Tanlac itwiu troublo
i... lib., n viKn nntl nil
Had nio 111 " - - - -j -
sorts of ailment kept holiiB up to
cause mu misery. o .. j ""k
I ite a"iel with me und 1 Kept fall
ing off till 1 WKS Pounds
underweight. On on jny stomach
bloated m ' 1 could hardly
breathe, and P spent many wlrctched.
sleepless hours nt nluht on account
of this trouble. I had atqackH of bil
i.,.r,,.uu nnd sufl'orctl so i bad from
constipation I had to bo all tl time
' "Now that's just the fix, I was lit
when I started tho Tanlac treatment,
and I certainly thought It couldn't
be worse. But the medicine has put
me on my feet, fixed me up so I can
eat heartily without trouble after
wards, sleep like a top and work at
full speed. There's no two ways
about it. Tanlac isurc builds a .solid
foundation for health, and I'll always
give it my o. k."
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Over 35 million bottles sold.
Adv.
Add Profitable Land to Your Farm
at Less Expense
T OTS of farmers around here cleared stump land last
J-f year with Pacific Stumping. That land is now put
ting money in the bank for them. It's no longer a loss.
They save money on the job, too.
For Pacific Stumping gives you one-half more sticks per
dollar it has approximately the same strength, stick for
stick, as any standard stumping powder. Non-freezing
end non-headache.
Let us give you full information on Pacific Stumping arid
other du Pont explosives for land-clearing and ditching
..work. -We can give you quick delivery end probably
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After your checks have been accepted in pay
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Then there is the additional prestige that conies
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