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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
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Announcing itself first to reduce
its prices and last to boost them, the
Maxwell Motor Car company, through
E. c. Tew, its local agent, stated this
week that present prices would be
increased $40 January l. Mr.. Tew
just unloaded car of six Maxwell
touring cars last week, which are
available for immediate delivery.
Eat a time when other manufac-
turers were either raising their prices
or maintaining their old quotations,
the Maxwell company last July Gu,
it's prices on roadsters and touring
cars down $780," Mr.. Tew said. "Now
we are obliged to increase the price,
but are going up only $40 Of the $50
that we cut off last summer" =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
ORGANIZE GOOD TEMPLARS.

Olympia Chapter Formed This Week
With % Charter Members.
George F. Cotterill, international
counsellor, presided at a meeting at
the Baptist church Wednesday even
ing when an Olympia chapter of the
International Order of Good Temp
lars was organized with 25 charter
members. C. E. Muckler, of Tacoma,
deputy grand chief templar of the
state. conducted the meeting.
The following officers were named:
President, Ray F. Wood: lodge dep
uty, Grant Hinkle; vice-templar, Miss
Clara Avery; secretary, Miss Quinn
Trott; past chief templar, Mrs, Jo-
sephine Preston; chaplain, Rev. N.
M. Temple; marshal. W. w. Coulter.
A committee to arrange for place
of meeting was also authorized.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
GULL HARBOR.

The regular meeting of the Gull
Harbor Parent-Teacher circle will be
held at o'clock Friday afternoon,
January 5, in the school house. DR..
F. A. Longaker will be the principal
speaker.
Mr.. H. L. Dart and A. E. Cum
mings returned recently from Can
ada, where they were looking after
their crops.
A Christmas program will be given
in the school house Saturday evening.
A large attendance is expected.
School will open again January 2.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

The Olympia Garage company, To-
cal agents for Buick vale-in-the-head
motor cars, has received word from
the company Of an increase in prices
effective January Is, next, varying
according to the different types. The
company's announcement states that
it had been the sincere hope of its
officials that it would be able to con-
tinue the sale of cars at the former
prices and the announcement Of in
creases was delayed as long as pos
sible, in the hope that there would
be some relief in the materials situa-
ton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
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; WHAT'S AN AUTO
WORTH?-HERE A
. NEW SUGGESTION.

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Many an automobile owner or pros
pective purchaser has often wondered
how to figure out the value of the Diff
ferent makes of cars, and all sorts
Of arguments have been advanced by
agents for the various lines to con-
vince the prospect that the car each
handles really offers the greatest
value. The Rose-Nepple Auto COM
pany contributed to this symposium
the other day when it put forth the
contention that If an owner is still
driving the car he originally selected
as the best. that is the most con-
vincing test that can be made of the
quality of any car.
Supplementing this observation,
the Rose-Nepple company points with
considerable pride to the fact that
not single rhurston county resident
who has bought Dodge has ever
disposed of his car and bought one
of another make, though stating that
used Dodge cars bring top-notch
prices in the secondhand market.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

more pleasing appearance than it pre-
viously had and makes it compare
favorably with many higher-priced
cars.
Manager Mansfield announces that
the formal opening of the firms new
garage on East Fourth street will be
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
Russian Soldier Wants to Be Citizen.

Russian Soldier Wants to Be Citizen.
John Wisbicki, a Russian who has
been making his home with his wife
and three childrcn on a farm near
Tumwater, formally applied at the
county clerks office Monday for citi-
zenship papers. He was born at Kiev,
Russia, and served as an engineer in
the Russian army during the Russo
Japanese war. He lived in japan for
four years after the war, before
coming to the United States. .
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

The local superior court has given
Fred w. Carlyon an order returning
to him his farm at Yelm. because of
the alleged failure of the lessee,
Goodrich, to pay two months rent.
The complaint says Goodrich leased
the farm on contract to pay $500 a
year rent. In addition to the rent
due, Carylon seeks 5000 damages, or
twice the amount of the delinquent
payments.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
Macdonald Pleads Not Guilty.

Maurice Macdonald, publisher Of
the Tenino Journal, pleaded not
guilty to a charge of criminal libel
when arraigned before Superior
Judge Wright Monday. The case
grew out of an alleged libellous cir
cular issued during the closing days
of the recent county campaign and
was preferred by Thos. l.. O'Leary,
prosecuting attorney-elect. Attorney
e. N. Steele is acting as counsel for
Macdonald. The trial may be held
during the first week in January, -
O'Leary is anxious to have it disposed
of before he takes ONCE.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
PAGE FIVE

celebrated New Years Day, when
these new models will be displayed
and explained to all interested per-
sons. Manager Mansfield is anxious
for everybody to remember the date
and attend the opening and promises
a right good entertainment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

Thos. L. O'Leary was elected wor-
shipful master Of Masonic lodge No.
/, at the recent annual election, the
other officers being: Frank Satterlee,
senior warden; Theodore Parker,
Junior warden; Robert Doragh. treas-
urer. and Fred w. Stocking, secre-
tary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

Thurston county young people who
are students this year at the Univer>
sity of Washington, the State Collego
or the normal schools, are arriving
home to spend the holidays with their
parents.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

A number Of Royal Arch Masone
Of Olympia went over to Chehasis Sat-
urday and conducted ritualis,ic work
on a class Of candidates for the lodge
of that city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
Egg King Escapes Federal Charges

After three weeks investigation of
the operations of James E. Wetz,
self-styled egg king, who is said to
have 100000 dozen eggs in Chi
cago cold storage houses and to be
one of four men who are said to con-
troll the egg market of the Middle
West, investigators for the depart
ment of justice report they have been
unable to obtain evidence of con-
spiracy upon which to base prosecu-
ton. According to the report Wetz'
operations and actions do not come
within the scope of the federal laws.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22

Motorcycle Wanted-Must be in
good condition. Inquire box IS,
Route 2. Olympia. (Adv. 12-3-2)
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-12-22
Evidence of
Satisfaction

The following includes
of
ket for used Dodge Brothers a prices
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
DAINTY HOMEMADE BLOUSE

left small portion of lining exposed
between the cores.
Over these l fitted a box plait of
material, allowing to lap enough to
stitch half-inch from edge all around
and ending just below the top of the
belt three inches wide, cut from one
of the front facings.
The coat was long enough to make
the whole dress, and was gathered
into the belt at the hips. one end of
belt tapping over the other at the
front, where the dress opened. The
belt was placed over material, not
cutting it away. The sleeves fur
nished sleeves again.
The neck was finished with a sailor
collar which, with the box plaits, were
cut from small pieces which l had
remaining when the suit was made.
The dress buttoncd down the front to
the belt, which was made loose
enough to slip over the head.
l finished with new smoked pearl
buttons, these being all the expense
of stylish-lookirg little dress.-Mrs.
A. NJ. in Baltimore American,
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f10E}LgCC
ROADS
CANADA TO MARDl eRAs CITY
Ribbon Of Concrete, Rock and Gravel
UnrolIing Between Winnipeg
and New Orleans.

(By FREDERICK ]. WRIGHT, PreSl-
dent OF jefferson Highway Association.)
In New Orleans on November Is and
16 of last fall, after six months OF sys-
tematic agitation, more than 400 good
roads enthusiasts from eleven states
west of the Mississippi river met and
organized the Jefferson Highway asso-
citation. Now ribbon of concrete and
rock and gravel is rapidly unrolling be-
tween Winnipeg, Canada, and New Or
leans, La, which latter city aspires to
be known as tho winter capital of
America.
In less than six months of it's official
existence, the Jefferson highway has
become second in Importance among
Americas great new national high
ways. The Lincoln highway is natural
ly and rightfully given first place, con-
Meeting as it does New York and San
Francisco, and spanning the entire con-
tinent from east to west. The Jeffer-
son highway, en- the other hand, ira
verses the great agricultural center
and connects the Dominion Of Canada
at Winnipeg with the Gulf Of Mexico
at New Orleans. 1t crosses the rich
agricultural states of Minnesota, Iowa
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
and Louisiana, with a possible branch
through the Ozark mountains in Arkan-
sas.
Thomas Jefferson is justly entitled
to the honor which the Jefferson high
way is expected to confer upon his
name. The great north and south
highway traverses the Louisiana pur-
chase territory with the exception of
a short dip into Texas, made to provide
a level route around the mountains Of
Arkansas. This diversion makes the
Jefferson highway a farm land, level
country route from beginning to end.
The actual work Of graveling, rock
ing, macadamiZing or surfacing with
concrete is now being arranged for
with surprising energy. Single coun-
ties in Texas and Louisiana have
voted 100000 and 100000 bond is
sues. Counties and road districts in
which it would not have been supposed
that ten per cent of tho voters would
approve of bond issues for building
roads have won their bond issues cas-
lily because of enthusiasm for the JEFF
ferson highway.
Highways must be built on the
ground as well as on paper before they
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
Support of Vines.

In furnishing support for vines that
Chamber over the walls of the house,
do not use strips of cloth, as so many
do. The cloth is good for a season
only. After the vines have become
large and heavy their weight will be
sufficient to tear the cloth loose from
the tacks that held it in place, espe-
cially after heavy rain or in strong
winds, and down will come the plant.
It will be found impossible to put it
back in place in anything like a sat
isfactory manner. For supporting
large, stiff vines make use of screw
hooks, which are easily inserted in
wooden walls. Turn the hooks in un-
til there is just enough room between
their points and the wall to admit of
slipping the vine in.
Some vines are not adapted to this
treatment. Those can be supported
by using strips Of leather instead Of
cloth. The leather should be soaked
in oil for "a hours before using, to
make it pliable and water-resisting.
Do not use small tacks, as these do
not have sufficient hold on the wood
to make them dependable. Use nails
at least an inch long, with good-sized
heads.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
STYLES IN FLOWER BEDS
Excellent Idea Sometimes to Get Away
From the Conventional Designs
So Often Seen.

Do not be afraid to get away from
the conventional when making flower
beds. Have beds different from those
of the neighbors and different from
last seasons beds. Geraniums, coleuS
and the other old bedding favorites
are good, but it is tiresome to see them
everywhere. Verbenas are not bedding
novelties, but might be used more gen.
orally; also petunias, abutilons, Gu
pheas, fuchsias, balsams and ivy
leayed geraniums.
A mixed foliage bed Of tropical ap-
pearance can be made by the use of
the following plants in such combina-
tions as may be desired: Aspidistras,
deus in variety, crotons in variety.
dracaenas, pandanus, pepperomia.
palms in variety, sansevieria, eche-
verias, ferns, grevilla robusta, white
leaved cineraria and centaurea, pyre-
thrum, goldenfeather, farfugium, maui
randias lobelias, lantanas, cupheas.
The last three namGd will supply a
little color in red, white and blue
flowers to tighten up the color of the
various foliage plants. The taller
plants scattered about the bed will
supply shade for the smaller shade
loving plants and the ferns, which
should be tucked in naturally to FILL up
space. The variety of colors in the
foliage of dracaenas, pandanus, Gro
tons, cineraria, centaurea and pyre.
thrum will contrast well, if the plant.
ing is arranged with care. and the
whole will make an unusual and beau
tiful bed.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
Designs Of the cartwheeI Variety Used
as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Straps
and Sleeves Of Malines.

Large cartwheel rosettes made Of
q spiral of finely plated silk or satin
are used to fasten wide. soft girdle
at one side. Other wide silk girdles
wound about the waist a couple of
times fall at one side of the front fin
ished with deep fringe on the ends
On one lovely ball dress Of taffeta
the waist was composed of two girdles.
One was broad band of silver lace,
the other, just as wide, and of taffeta,
wrinkled over the lace one. In the
center, in front, the silk was caught
together and twisted once. This made
the frclt of the girdle form a sort Of
bolero outline that was novel and at
tractive. The silver lace showed above
and below the knot and more OF less
beyond the edges all around
This same dress had the outer skirt
cauehr up into pannier puffs, the skirt
edged with crystal bead lace The
uudc1sk'.: showed below in a straight
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
FOR A SMALL HALL

The hall piece that is now banished
by fashion is the hat rack-the poor
old thing! Think of being banished
after years of such faithful serviceI
And by some sort of reactionary prin-
ciple the piece that is reclaimed from
iniquitous desuetude is the wardrobe.
Not only movable hat racks but the
built-in type of thing, the looking glass
with hooks at each side and arms ex-
tended in embracing curves to support
witty wet umbrellas-old familiars,
that seemed downright essential to all
well regulated halls year or so ago :
are irrevocably doomed. The sad fact
must be faced: "They have gone out
of style!"
In conformity with the general trend
toward better taste in home furnish
ing, nothing is allowable that has an
untidy air, and certainly nothing was
ever more untidy in appearance than
the hat rack burdened with miscel-
laneous lot of hats and wraps hang
ing in detected folds, and not only ex-
posed to view but, what was ever more
lamentable, exposed to dust. insight
ly and unhygienic was the verdict
at the post-mortem.
If furnishings are elaborate through
out, the hall pieces are, of course, cor
respondingly SO. Simple taste often
calls for the most expensive materials.
A hall may boast nothing more tnan
a good piece of tapestry, fine gothic
chest, and a pair of torchienes, a pam
eled wall and mosaic floor. with rine
pelt thrown down on it-all this is SIM
pie enough-only one piece Of fur
niture really-yet its cost would com
pletely furnish the average home.
We can always strike happy me-
diun. Instead of a genuine tapestry
we can use an attractive little mirror,
one that will conform to the style in
which our furnishing is done. Below
this may be a table, with chair at
either side, or, if space forbids, a chair
venicnce to have a small clock, pre-
ferably an inexpensive little eight-day
clock, on the hall table. Here must
also rest the maids little silver card
receiver, and it is quite necessary that
the table should have a drawer and
that pen and ink, pencil and pad
should be kept in this drawer, SO that
signing of receipts at the door for
parcels and notes. etc, can be attended
to without the confusion of having to
run around and look for writing ma
terials while a messenger waits.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
Jefferson HighwNy.

are satisfactory for purposes Of traf'
fic. The jefferson highway was a
dream in mems minds for a few
months, then it became a highway on
paper for a matter of a few weeks.
Rapidly now the ribbon of gravel and
rock and concrete is unrolling through
Winnipeg, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Des
Moines, Kansas City, st. Joseph, Jop-
lin, Muskogee, Denison, Shreveport,
Baton Rouge and New Orleans, ira
versing the agricultural heart of Amer
lea, the most broadly developed agri-
cultural country in the world. In less
than three years time the great high
way not merely ought to be but will
be transferred from mems mind and
from paper to the ground, 2,O00-mile.
hard-surfaced, 365-day road from Win
nipeg to New Orleans.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
DA|RYING IN
WESTERN CANADA
Accompanying Industries Also
Prove Highly Profitable.

The cheese industry throughout
western Canada today is in a highly
aourishing condition and Is bound In
q very short time to become much
more important. The war has created
a great demand for that article. and
its use abroad has given it lot OF
useful advertising. The article known
as Canadian cheese Is Low sought not
only by the soldier in the trenches.
hut by the ordinary civilian consumer,
who. having used 1t, is quick to sp,
preciate it's value. This means that
after the war there will be a demand
created for it that would not other
wise have been. Up to the present
the war needs have limited the local
supply, but with the increased effort
that Is now being put forth 1t is hoped
that this will be met. AS a matter Of
course the prices are high, and the
farmers who contribute to the cheese
factories are making money.
The cheese season Is now fully open
and there is every prospect Of an ex.
cellent year because the high price
which obtained last year will undoubt-
edly be maintained this season. West
ern Canada has all the natural re-
sources for the making Of cheese, tho
feed and the cool nights, two things
essential, and in time It Is bound to
become one of the finest cheese cOun-
tries of the continent.
The lower foothills of Alberta. used
only at the present time as ranges or
for no purpose, will in time produce
cheese in great quantities, and doubt
less will soon equal the famous up
lands of Denmark.
The cool nights mean the better
keeping, of milk and cream and
cheese, and that is 4 great thing for
the industry, especially when com
bined with possibilities OF cattle feed
such as exist on the long slopes from
the Rockies eastward.
The hog market, which may be
classed as an adjunct Of farming, ID
an exceedingly good one, and the low
cost at which the feed can be pro
duced, coupled with the high prices
realized, make this industry very prof
table
One Of the first thoughts that occur
to the mind Of the average prospective
settler is the likelihood of suitable
markets. In this connection the fol-
lowing table will be Illuminating. II
is supplied by the P Burns company.
packers and exporters, Of Calgary. and
shows the average monthly price paid
for hogs for the six years 1910 to 1915
inclusive. When one considers the low
initial cost of the land and the small
overhead cost of maintenance and
feed, these prices challenge compart
son.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03

i" HE SHRILL whistle of the en-
gine at the power plant at Ele-
phant, New Mexico, echoed and
re-echoed down the canyon on
q recent afternoon at four o'clock.
While the same whistle had made
similar music innumerable times be-
fore during the last five years, its toOt-
ing that day had peculiar significance.
It gave vociferous and prolonged no.
tice that the last bucket of cement had
just been placed in it's proper niche in
the parapet wall and the greatest
storage dam in the world had been
finished.
In two important essentials the Ele
phant Butte dam ranks all other con-
crete masonry storage dams of the
American reclamation service, viz,
cubical contents and capacity of res
erYoir In the latter particular it ranks
every other irrigation dam in the
world. When the floods of the Rio
Grande begin to drip over the spill
ways, the Elephant Butte reservoir
will contain two-thirds more water
than the combined storage of all the
reservoirs for Boston and New York.
There will be more water by one-third
than Is impounded by the $19,000,000
Assuan dam in Egypt. Spread out,
the Elephant Butte storage would
cover Delaware more than two feet
deep. Confined in pipe four feet in
diameter, it would encircle the globe
seventy times. Expressed in layman's
measure, it will hold S65 billion gal
Ions.
The material in the dam if placed Oh
a city lot 25 by 125 would make a
solid block of concrete lacking only
so feet of being a mile high. Its
weight is more than 100000 tons.
Transported by rail, 1t would require
22,9O6 of the largest freight cars or a
train 217 miles long.
In the dam are twelve openings or
passages, six for future power devel-
opment, four for delivery or irrigation
water, and two for sluicing purposes.
Retaining an Empire.
The Elephant Butte dam, while the
largest, is only one Of the numerous
structures contemplated for the recla-
nation of the fertile empire which
lies below it in New Mexico and Texas.
Ora McDermith, the irrigation man.
ager, thus tells about it,
"The Rio Grande project lies in the
valley of the Rio Grande between San
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-03
FASHION HINTS

Most of the new fashions suggest
those Of bygone days.
There will be a great wave of POM
padour silks this season.
We may still have pockets in our
skirts and be fashionable.
Big black insects are thA sole trim
ming of many of the new uats.
Lingerie, with touch OF Chinese en-
broidery, is new and very rich.
Quillings and ruffles are the quaint
trimmings adopted for taffeta frocks.
The latest stockings are those of
black silk with good-sized polka dots
in white embroidered on them.
If you have not the time to make a
handkerchief linen embroidered blouse
buy the plain linen blouse and en-
broide~ l..