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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27
MASANAO CALLS
ON MARGUERITE

AI1sanaO Hanihara- consul general
Of Japan at san Francisco. paid his
respects TO Marguerite Clark while
she vas In the midst Of a scene for
The third Bah picture. at the stu
alo, during the recent visit Of the
Japanese commission to New York
M Hanihara found time to renew
an acquaintance with Miss Clark
which began in Washington. T. g.
several years ago. when she was on
the legitimate stage and the Mn
ponese statesman was attached 10
the japanese legation. You have
changed very little declared NJr
OF the irrepressible Bah, looking
about l6. came smiling up to him
] think you are even younger"
Two hundred Of Ruth 81. Denis
dancers viii appear iu Mar Pick
torus forthcoming Aircraft picture,
The Little Princess. Speaking OF
Nary Pickfords she. some time ago,
received a letter from a little girl iu
Alabama saying that the little girls
particular hen had hatched a brood
or chickens one Of which was pure
white The white one. she said. she
named Mary Pickford Later Miss
PickfOrd received a letter saving the
name had been changed to Douglas.
Fairbanks, as IL was that kind OF q
chicken
Clara Kimbau Young is using the
Ihanhouser studio at New Rochelle.
y " for the filming Of Shirley
Kaye" Joseph kaufman. husband
OF Ethel Clayton, is her director.
After the holidays Miss Young con-.
templates taking her entire COM
pany to Porto Rico TO take scenes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

Draw from enc to two and go on
TO the end.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

? = YOU want 70 make your NE
worth while. have enthusiasm for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27
World Needs Useful
Women as Meier Before
To Make Life Worth While,
Women should Have Enthuai-
asm For Something Useful.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.
copvrirht. 1917. By Madison c. Peters

- you want to make your life
worth while, have enthusiasm for
- something useful
There was never a time IN ths
worlds history when il was such =
glorious thing to be woman a.
right now
Life is mean only TO the woman
who makes Il So
Life IS an earnest, essential vital
affair
Act IS though the world had waited
Tor your coming and expected you 20
l form a grand part IN it
The world never needed 50 much,
rs lust this minute, helpful words
tender hearts and willing hands 70
lift the less fortunate over the rough
places into the paths OF goodness
Be less concerned about what Is 60
ing TO happen TO yourself, than what
may happen 70 others, through you
Almost anybody can live sixty sec
0nds as they should Be lived HaE-
ing lived a minute properly II VIII
be easier to live the next one as we'll
and so on until you come 20 live al
the moments rightly. just as a uattsr
Count that day lost when az night
time YOU can not recall one particu-
lar act Of kindness
The women who has learned 10 take
things as they come and not 70 take
them before they come, has mastered
the art OF cheerful and contsndsd
living
The old days viii never come aEa1n
and II they did, they would only get
in the way Of better days which have
Helen keller, deaf and dumb, zhs
has shown the world how 20 make
calamity beautiful, not through IN
sensibility, but through greatness %
mind and inTiucible determination 70
make the best OF the worst says: NY
share in the work Of the world may b
limited. but the fact that II Is work
makes Il precious
Darwin could work only half a.
hour at a time; yet IN many dilSent
haIf-hours he laid anew the founda-
tion Of philosophy.
Green, the historian. tells u that
the world Is moved along, not only
by the mighty shoves OF its siants-
but also BY the aggregate Of the tiny
pushes OF each honest worker
The Girl Who Il Wanted.
The girl who Is wanted everywhere
is the one who Is as pleasant In har
manners as she is beautiful In a.
pearance-
A handsome woman wins the heart.
a pleasing personality holds thu heart
the one Is jewel tins other IL
treasure.
Tradition says Jesus never smiled.
The truth is there must have been .
Joyous sparkle in his eye and milling
lines in his face or the little children
would never have trooped 70 his call
as they did
II YOU possess a smile that chiIdran
love you are 70 be congratulated THIS
world wants nothing so much -
sunny people
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

Norma TalmadEe is seriously con-
sideriuE an offer. made by a London
theatrical producer, to take up the
speaking stage and appear in that
metropo Ter decision viii be
known iu q few months
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

Beatriz Michelena announces from
her producing headquarters at Boul-
der Creek, cal, that she has com
pleted all photographic work on The
Dead Line the first of the western
features to be produced by her own
company. Just Squaw." her second
release, is now under way.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

for the comparatively slack demand for
potatoes in the big centers. 1t has
been the burden Of complaint in
produce circles for weeks, in all parts
of the country, that there is not as
heavy a demand for potatoes as was
anticipated in view of the strong CAM
paign to, increase their consumption
as a substitute for other food products.
Perhaps consumers will change their
point Of view and stimulate the market
during the coming winter; but while
the war gardens are still supplying
potatoes at the cost Of last springs
seed and summer care, it is quite likely
that the demand will not increase at
once. War garden potatoes are not
included in the government estimate.
These are some of the reasons why
potatoes are not going to market by
train loads, and why the big news
papers are unable to carry the same
kind of scare heads" in telling Of
marketing the crop, that they did in
telling Of the raising of it The 1917
crop is the largest in United States
history, being estimated in November
at 440,000,000 bushels. or 155,000,000
more than last year.
There is no profiteering in the 1917
potato crop by farmers, and they
should not be blamed unless, and until
consumers are made to suffer because
Of farmers. But this will not happen.
Potatoes are not going to market any
faster because farmers were urged to
hold the crop and spread It out gradu-
ally; because cars can not be got to
ship as many potatoes as the farmers
would like to sell: and because prices
are materially lower than last year
in the face Of world shortage Of food,
which logically ought to result in bet
ter prices to the producers. instead OF
lower prices.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Get Account Books

only condition being that the farmer
keep the record carefully and allow the
college to make use of any figures 1t
may need in compiling data for general
distribution. In such cases the books
are returned and new one for the
next year sent also.
It is believed Montana has issued
such book. Most agricultural coll
leges have. AS a rule the colleges pre-
fer that farmers procure books from
their own states but do not refuse to
send books outside where home books
are not issued. The North Dakota
book will be sent to North Dakota
farmers who will keep the records for
use, free Of charge. They will also be
sent to outside farmers where specially
requested, and unless there should be
a big demand there would be no
charge. If there were a big outside de-
mand from some state not having such
books, a charge of Is or 20 cents would
be made to cover actual cost of manu-
facture.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
FARM ERS WERE
URGED TO HOLD

For many weeks the publicity matter
sent out by the food administration
emphasized this point Instructions
were published as to how farmers
could most cheaply and easily increase
their farm storage capacity. The dire
need of doing this and letting the sup
ply reach market in orderly fashion
was insisted upon. In fact as soon as
Mr.. Hoover was firmly settled in his
position Of food administrator, one of
the first things he took up was the
potato situation There was need that
he should for at that time the southern
crop was going to market, and extra
high prices (for that time of year)
were deemed but forerunner of
wild stampede of potato growers to
reap big prices as soon as the crop
was within reach of the money.
Undoubtedly this nationwide publici-
ty had a wholesome effect. and in
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Absence of the Usual Fall Stampede Has Some Economic
Patriotic Causes That Are Being Overlooked

duced many farmers to attempt saw
ing as much Of their crop for winter
marketing as they could, in order to
avoid the glut that Mr.. Hoover said
would be disastrous.
However, more. potatoes are ready
for market than are getting there.
Many farmers have not been able to
increase their farm holding capacity.
Many of them need the money, and
potatoes all over the country are ready
to be loaded-but the cars can not be
had. This has resulted in several mil
lions of dollars loss in the state Of
Idaho where the earliest freeze known
in it's history caught shippers with
their potatoes unprotected, and in
heavy losses in other parts of the
country. 1t is notorious that cars have
been scarce this year for the shipment
of farmers produce, potatoes, apples.
wheat, and even cattle, having had to
be damned back for lack of cars.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

upon casual examination, and that any
damage from the causes mentioned can
be removed by the ordinary method Of
pairing without appreciable increase in
waste over what would occur If the
potatoes were perfect.
To ship the frosted with the good
means an economic loss Of potatoes.
labor freight charges and. in addition.
the loss Of car space, which. incident
ally. is Of vital concern in the present
shortage OF cars.
It is not alone question Of patriot
ism. but also one Of good business
judgement, to see that potatoes going
to the wholesaler or retailer are In
marketable condition.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

war. The meat supply is below tho
demands now made on it. In a recent
statement, Herbert Hoover. q. s. food
administrator said:
IT farmers are to find markets for
feed, it must be to a great extent
through an increase in animals. The
monetary Interpretation of this situa.
ton must be that we will have a low
range Of prices for feeding stuffs, and
In view of the European situation and
our own shortage in hogs we win havs
high average price for pork products.
Therefore. 1t must be to the vital ad.
vantage Of every farmer to raise hogx.s
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
PRICES ARE LOWER
THAN LAST YEAR ~

But there is another most superficial
reason why potatoes are not going to
market this year so fast as they did
last year and it seems surprising no
one has thought of it. The price is
lower, in spite of the greater food
shortage. Potatoes are raised for a
price, just as steel and copper are
manufactured for price. The steel
and copper industries have fallen far
below their production Of last year in
spite Of higher prices but the same
persons who see no wrong in this, ap-
pear to regard it as crime that farm
ers do not rush to offer up their splen-
did potato crop on the altar Of reduced
prices. When the November crop re-
port was issued by the United States
government (about the time the fall or
northern grown crop was coming out
Of the fields) the average price of
potatoes in the United States was $1.28
per bushel as against s1.35 last year.
That difference of Z cents per bushel
Plus what it means is enough to make
many farmer hesitate about putting
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Hoover on Pork

A birdseye view Of the pork situation
may be had from figures announced by
the U. s. food administration. At tho
beginning Of this year, swine in the
United States numbered about 67,450,-
900. In Europe the decrease in hogs
since the war began has exceeded 49,
100000. So the European shrinkage
equals about half the total number of
hogs in the United States.
In the face of this situation, the
American people consumed more than
three pounds moro pork per capita
during the last fiscal year than In the
average Of the three years before the
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Frosted Potatoes

Severe frost and freezing weather in
many of the Northern states have done
considerable damage to the late potato
crop. In. some sections not over SO
per cent of the late crop has been har-
vested and many of the potatoes yet
in the ground have been damaged
The federal license system now in
effect and which affects potato ship
pers. prohibits them under penalty of
forfeiture Of their license, from ship
ping or selling for food purposes from,
points of production, potatoes which
are not practically free from frost and
decay. Practically free" is interpret
ed that the potatoes shall not be in
jured to an extent readily apparent
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Dagmar, Mont.

Dagmar, Mont.
Editor Nonpartisan Leader:
In your issue Of September 6 appears
an article eff There Had Been Ac-
counting" in which emphasis is laid
on the necessity of farmers keeping an
account of his farming operations.
was very much interested in the arti-
Gle, and would like to have you inform
me as to how to obtain one Of these
farm account books.
The books offered by the North Da-
kota Agricultural college or the Iowa
State college appear to me to be the
ones best suited to the farmer of east
ern Montana.
I like the Leader and read it from
cover to cover. Keep on hammering
the truth into the people and results
will follow.
WALTER ROLAND.
Books of this kind can be procured
generally by farmers from their own
agricultural colleges without cost, the
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

flow Of the crop through the channels
OF trade to the consumer VIM aid IN
stabilizing the market and preventing
waste.
Undoubtedly potatoes win be used
extensively this year. They may be
substituted for grain, which bears
shipment better and occupies less
space. Growers can also help to In.
crease consumption by proper grading.
The culls may be utilized on the farm
as food for poultry and livestock.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Market Potatoes Steadily

According to estimates, this years
crop Of Irish potatoes will exceed aver
age production by 1oo.000,0o0 bushels.
II growers place their entire surplus on
the market now or hold over the bulk
of the crop until spring. flooding Of
the market will result at one time or
the other.
To bring about more equal distribu-
ton growers are urged to market the
1917 crop throughout the nine months
that it will be used as food. An even
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
Machine Shed EFFICIENCY

With the high price of farm mactin-
cry and the increasing difficulty OF
making enough steel to meet the needs
Of the war, implement manufacturers,
railroads and other industries, the
housing his farm machinery. II It can
not be put under cover. at least cover
all the bearings with oil so that thsy
cannot rust or corroda. Adding few
years to the life Of each farm machine
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

mendous potato crop produced this
year, side by side with the market re-
ports of potatoes reaching the big dis
tributing centers like Minneapolis,
Chicago and New York in small guam
tity. They wonder why more potatoes
are not getting to market, and there
has been some questioning as to why
prices remain $50 high"
But it's not as puzzling as it looks.
There are several reasons why pota-
toes are not flooding the markets this
year as they have. in past seasons
when there were big crops. In the first
place the United States food admins
tration began hammering early last
summer on the need for farmers to
prepare to store their 1917 potato crop
on the farms instead Of sending it all
to market in rush as it usually went
under the guiding hand of the potato
spectators.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

According to an English disnatch
bacon is not procurable in many butch.
Or shops in London. In shops able to
secure supplies. the price ranges an
nigh a. 80 cents per pound for grades
% bacon that before the war sold for
u centA
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

his crop In the hands of middlemen
right now.
What the farmers believe it means
Is that middlemen are trying to take
advantage of the big yield to break the
price. Farmers have been giving care
full study to marketing during the past
year, and hesitate to let their crop go
on the market at 81 to $1.5O, with the
object lesson of last season before
them, when potatoes sold at those
prices and lower, were held a few
weeks and resold at SO to IS per bushel
If farmers could be convinced that no
fictitious advance in price would be
added to their crop while passing
through middlemen's hands, it is GER
tain that more potatoes would be Of
fered than are now being offered. This
is another reason for the slow and
steady stream, instead Of CONGESTION
and low prices.
And it is a particularly justifiable
reason. Farmers never paid such prices
for seed stock as they did last spring
in response to an appeal by>the gov
ernment for prodigious crop. Many
potato growers, unable to pay the
prices planted none. Many who did
wished they hadn't for they lost their
crops-thousands Of acres that had
cost them s35 per acre just for seed.
Some who got a partial crop are wait
ing until prices reach a level where
they can get their money back.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24
WAR GARDENS"
CUT THE DEMAND

1t is very probable that the present
price to producers would be still lower.
and the price to consumers still higher
Cat least in the near future) if farmers
were to break over and stampede to
market.
Again. farmers are not to be blamed
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

10 ono way to help win the war. ana
this is one way Of doing a BIT that win
cause no hardship to any one.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-24

LOW and steady marketing Of
the potato crop is proving a
puzzler to many people. They
have been reading in the
neWspapers about the tre-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-23
HEAVY HAIL FALLS
SIX MINUTES HERE
Put truit Trees Were Not Hurt and
Damage 10 crcCThuu~cs Was
InsisniiiCant.

No. the hail which fell last night
was not as large as mems eggs. Nal-
ruts or crabapplcs II measured
about one and three-fourths inches
per stone which is pretty good hal
for this Corntry
The small ice cibiclcs began fall
.ng at 6'25 o'clock and continued 70,
six minutes. /; was preceded anu
followed by heavy showers.
Atho the heaviest nail in tie three
years the resulting damage was sur
prisiugly small. According to Or. c. f.
i'arnheaIt county farm expert, none
of the fruit suffered. Peach, apple
and plumtrces are beginning to bud
but have not reached the stage where
a hail storm such as last nights would
DO any material harm.
Several of the greenhouses reported
small losses from broken glass. Tn,
largest loser was a dollhouse at IN,
extreme southern edge Of the city
where about thirty pahes of glass were
broken by the hail stones. Another
in Orcutt addition suffered about 81
damages. but the remainder report
only one or two panes broken and
some none at all
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-23
SHARP ON WITNESS
STAND SEVEN HOURS
Tells of Former Connection
With Texas Company in
Suit for $4,000,00O.

For seven hours yesterday j. r..
Sharp underwent a rapid, cross fire
Of questions put by attorneys in his
S4,000.000 suit against The Texas
Company which Is on trial In superior
court The examination had to do
with his former connection with the
company as vice president.
The plaintiff told Of his purchase Of
the oil lands in Mexico which are the
subject Of the controversy. He as
serted that he made the purchases as
a personal investment. The Texas
Company claims that Sharp was
simply acting as its agent because its
charter Of incorporation forbid 1t from
holding property in Mexico. After
much dispute compromise was
reached. Sharp testified yesterday, by
which he was to transfer the prop
erty to II. H. Brooks, president of the
Texas company. and the oil lands op-
Grated for their Joint benefit. Sharp
claims that the contract was not full
filled and asks for his share OF the
profits from this land since the trans
fer, which he says are approximately
81 900, 900.
The plaintiff took the stand on the
opening of court AT 9 O'Clock yester.
day morning and his testimony had
not concluded upon adjournment at
5 o'clock I'm the afternoon. HJ will be
recalled this morning.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-23
KILLED IN K. C. CRASH
Eight Others Injured When Gas EX-
DIasion Wrecks Two buildings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March IA.
+. Brown, 20 years old, was killed and
eight persons were injured, two it was
believed seriously when gas eN-
plosion wrecked three buildings In the
residence section here tonight The
buildings. thrce-story brick structures
with stores below and apartments
above were razed almost TO street
level by the blast.
Brown had entered the basement Of
one of the buildings followed by
George Levine, 3S years old. one of
the seriously injured. Gas collected
within the basement it is believed,
from leaking pipe was ignited when
Brown struck a match His body was
not recovered until several hours
later several passersby were included
among the injured and one woman
living across the street was knocked
unconscious by a flying brick.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-23
CLEARINGS MILLION A DAY
Tulsa's Banks Keep Up Rapid Pace;
Weeks Total 5000, 900.

BY going well above the s6,70O.0 900
mark for the six days of the business
week, Tulsa's bank clearings for the
period ending yesterday averaged
more than $l.000,000 a day and
showed percentage gain over the
corresponding period of 1916 of 1913
per cent.
While slightly less in amount of
clearings than the preceding week the
period which closed yesterday added
its 81 .000, 900 a day to the total which
Tulsa's clelrning house Is piling up,
and which placed it at the top of a
list of one hundred cities in the United
States 81 times out of SO last year.
The figures given out yesterday
were from the report kept by W. l..
Propst, auditor of the First National
bank, who has recently succeeded
Roscoe Adams as manager of the
clearing house.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-23
RESERVE BANK VALIDITY UP
Suit Involving Constitutionality OF
Measure Argued in Court.

WASHINGTON. March 22.-The
first case involving the federal reserve
act was argued today before the su-
premc court. a test suit Of Michigan
trust companies attacking the consti-
tituionallty of the reserve acts pto-
vision giving national banks authority
to act as trustees, executors, admins
traitors and registrars of securities.
This clause was declared void by
both the Michigan and Illinois state
courts, who held such business func-
tions subject to state regulation eX-
cluslvely. The department of justice
interviewed in the case In behalf or
the federal reserve board.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-23
FL00RLEADER MANN MISSING
Much Speculation in Capital Over
Whereabouts of G. q. y. Chief.

WASHINGTON, March 90. - There
was much speculation at the capitol
today over the whereabouts of Repre-
sentative Mann, the Republican floor
leader of the house, who started on
q vacation trip without leaving his
address before President Wilson ad-
vanced the date OF the extra session
Of congress two weeks. Mr.. Maun's
secretary said nothing had oeen hear J
from him since the new call, but both
the secretary and Republican mouse
employees seemed untroublcd, in con-
fidence that .he minority leader
would be back ut his pest when the
time came for the convening of con-
gross