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The Washington times., 1919-07-03
BAND CONCERT

BY THE MARINE BAND AT BRIGHT
WOOD RESERVOIR. THURSDAY.
JULY ;. 1919. AT 7:5OP.M
WALTER p. SMITH, End Leader.
March, ALLIED Victory ZickeI
Overture. Ballet Joke" Lindpainter
Excerpts from the Musical Ro-
nance: Some Ting. FrinI
Cornet Solo Quaint To 4 Amo" Sstto
Musician Arthur S. Witcomb.
tS) Moonlight on the Nile" IanzberE
'b) One Step, NANNY o. Mine
Pinkard
waltz, The Only GirI' Herbert
Grand Military Tattoo Of the
British Army RoGan
synopsis: Gun, Signal Call As
sembly March, TrUmpets sound
Grand Tattoo, Creations Hymn.
Call TO Prayer Evening
hymn, Abide With Me
Lights Out
The Star-SpsnEled Banner"
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PRESS CLUB TO SEE
VOLCANO" ON FOURTH

1.-THE Volcano" the first play writ
ten for the screen by Augustus
Thomas, we'll known American play
wright, will be shown at a private
presentation tomorrow night to mem
bers OF the National Press Club. The
show will start at IL p. m. at the
Rialto Theater on Ninth street north
west
The Washington times., 1919-07-03
PORCH on FIRE, ONE BURNED.

Raymond Tilson, OF 2S5 Connecticut
avenue northwest was slightly burn
ed this morning when the sleeping
porch Of his home caught fire. Engine
No. % was called and the hre was
extinguished after damage amount
ing TO $500 had been sustained. The
cause Of the FIRE could not be ascer-
tanned.
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wANTED-A WIFE, QUICK.

wANTED-A WIFE, QUICK!
Step up, ladies. and see il you NIL
the requirements and they are
strict-which must be passed by her
who would wed Charles Salovic, TWEEN
ty-two years old, who was once a
member Of Company e." Twenty
third Infantry, but who is now &C.
cupying a bed in Ward No. 81 at the
walter Reed Hospital, where he is
nursing as many wounds in his body
as he is years old.
He was wounded at Scissors last
July, and anybody who got wounded
there was wounded in such a thor
ough. convincing manner that he was
bundled up in bandages until he re-
sembled a mummy and was sent
home on board the first available
transport. There was hot lighting at
scissors, and Charles Salovic was
right in the midst Of il, and going
forward to pot" q horrible Hun, when
an Austrian "SS" lit so near him that
when Charlie reached the first aid
station half an hour later, his body
looked very much like a sieve. So
they sent him home, and he's been
recovering by stages at the Walter
Reed Hospital ever since.
ShrapneI Got Him.
Dear Mr.. Editor" Charles wrote
The Times, having become imbIeI
with an overwhelming desire to get
married. / wish you would put the
following in your valuable paper.
MY name is Charles SaloVic, q
member Of Company Z, Twenty third
Infantry, twenty-five years old, 8
feet IL inches in height, weight $50
pounds, light complexion, and %mI
considered good looking by my
friends"
Charley doesn't say how he is con-
The Washington times., 1919-07-03
TRADE WOMEN
SEEK FUNDS
FOR BUREAU
Congress to Be Asked For Lib.
eraI Appropriation for Depart
ment of Labor Branch.

Congress is to be asked to provide
literally for the permanent establish
ment Of the woman-in-Industry
Service Of the United States Depart
ment OF Labor, 1t was stated today
by officers Of the National Women's
Trade Union League. 1t is figured
there are approximately 1900, 900
women workers who are behind the
movement
An appropriation Of $4,000 was
made in the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill by Congress, despite pleas
made by the women workers for more
funds for the conduct Of the bureau.
Thousands Of women and Women's
organizations throughout the country
are supporting the movement to Sc
cure a larger appropriation for the
Woman = in Industry Service" said
Miss Ethel NJ. Smith, secretary Of the
legislative committee Of the National
Women's Trade Union League, this
morning.
100000 In League.
The National women's Trade
Union League, with an affiliated
membership Of about 6Oo,0 organ
lied working women" says Miss
Smith, has taken the lead because
the league has for nine years advO-
ted the creation Of q woman's bu-
reau in the Department OF Labor, and
in the existing service, created to
meet the war necessity, the league
sees the fulhllment Of its long-soughf
aim.
Joining their efforts to those Of tha
Women's Trade Union League are the
League of Women Voters, the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage As.
ISOLATION, the 7. W. c. A, the. Gem
eral Federation Of Women's Clubs,
the Ladies OF the Maccabees, the Con-
sumers' League, the National Fedora
ton Of Federal Employees, the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers,
the United Textile Workers, the In
ternational Association Of MachinistS
and numerous other trade union Or
ganizations having women members
scores House Attitude.
The attitude OF most Of the Rspub-
lican majority" continued Miss Smith,
"in the House Appropriations Commit
tee is surprising. Most OF the Repub-
lican party leaders have declared
friendly to legislation IA
vorable to women.
yet the Republican majority in the
Committee has done |
exactly what its Democratic predeces- |
sors did in the last Congress, and has |
refused to give this bureau more than !
a starvation allowance.
Forty thousand dollars or even |
$3.50, 900 is less than is frequently ap-
for a small town postoRice. |
Yet the women Of the country are ask
ed to accept $4,000 as sufficient for |
the maintenance OF q service dealing
with the bread and butter, the health
and general well being OF q third OF
the nations working people"
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TWO INSANE ESCAPE.

Two inmates OF St. Elizabeth are
being sought by the police. having es-
capped from the institution this morn
ing. They are Joseph CHM, thirty
years old, and Gus Siselan, twenty
three years old. CHM wore . uniform.
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FOOD PRICES
AND RENTALS
HERE SOARING
Senators to Begin Investigation
BY Comparison With Other
Cities Next Week.

Investigation to determine whether
Washingtonians are victims of I'M
necessarily high prices, as com
pared with other cities, is to be I'M
dertaken by the District Committee
Of the Senate next week, probably
beginning Wednesday.
Senator Sherman. chairman of the
committee, is anxious to get the in
vestigation under way as soon as
possible.
What the committee wants to &C
certain is the retail price lists of
foodstufts, as compared with prices
for the same foodstuffs in other
cities.
list OF wholesale prices of com
modities in Washington, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, and New York has
been compiled as far as possible by
the Librarian OF Congress, but this
list includes but few commodity
prices in Washington. Quotations Of
meat, for instance. are not included.
The price of eggs at wholesale in
creased in Washington from 80 to A
cents a dozen on June Is last to AZ
and IS cents a dozen on June p.
This does not mean that the house
keepers are paying that price for
eggs, for so cents a dozen is an aver
age retail price.
High Butter Prices.
Butter prices on June % were 81 Il
cents to 81 cents a pound wholesale
in Washington, compared with A
cents to IS cents in Baltimore; 40 to
Sc cents in Philadelphia and AN to
52h cents in New York.
Spring chickens, which are q luxury
on most tables these days ranged
from so to IS cents a pound whole
sale in Washington on the same date,
compared with - to 50 cents a pound
in BaItimore; 43 to So cents q pound
in Philadelphia. and 80 to 90 cents a
pound in New York
Strawberries were selling in wash
inRton at 20 TO 35 cents a basket
wholesale, compared with Is to 80
cents in New York, and 20 to 30 cents
in Baltimore
Twice As Much For Apples.
Apples sold for IS to SIP barrel
in Washington. compared with $3.50
to 50 a barrel in Baltimore.
There was moaning at the grocery
stores today, when it was learned
that q popular cooking substitute for
fat has scared to 80 cents a pound.
During the war it used to sell at 2S
TO so cents a pound, and before the
war II sold for IS cents.
Some Rents Doubled.
Despite denials Of an agreement to
boost rents in the District, the Senate
District Committee has been informed
this week OF several instance where
tenants have been given notice that
their rents are TO be nearly doubled. |
One woman who Is now paying about
$3.50 for a very small apartment has |
been informed she must pay about $50 |
a month when the Salisbury law ex-
pires.
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Saving IL not q dull duty. II f. .
ticket 10 the land OF prosperity. Buy
W. 3. 3
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09

order to get the federal aid funds.
According to recent legislation q
commissioner Of public works, ap-
pointed by the governor, recommends
such aid as he thinks fit, for state
highway construction, the county
paying two-thirds and the state one
third. Ordinarily the state will 60
as high as $4,000 for this purpose.
If Bingham county expends $780,
600 on the state highway the state
will spend, under House Bill 238, the
sum Of $4,000 and such additional
amount not over $4,000 as may be
recommended. With county taxation
the amount for the highway goes up
100000 making a total of $1O5,0
and on this the maximum of federal
aid, $4,000 brings complete avail
able fund Of $180,O00O. The initial
$4,000 for this county will come out
of the sale of general road bonds.
and is considered by the commits
sioners as too good an opportunity to
let slip, with so much outside help
in cash.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
BINGHAM COUNTY ONE
OF FIRST OVER TOP

In. answer to an appeal from the
state Victory loan committee a week
before the bond selling campaign
was to close Bingham county went
over the top at the named quota of
$4,000.
No especial effort was made to
sell the bonds this time, each man
being left to his own judgement
and patriotism. What deficit was
left the banks arranged to handle.
The banks Of Bingham county are
patriotic institutions and they con-
slider bond buying as good business.
The first four counties over the
top of their quotas were Payette.
Bonner, Oneida and Bingham. The
whole state was rapidly nearing the
top Thursday morning, running
about 80 per cent, according to adj
vices reaching H. q. acCosham, act
ing chairman Of the Bingham county
council of defense.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09

Christensen contemplates working in
his billy district with an early start.
Cheap and Durable
The county roads are to be built
with gravel and clay, twenty-five feet
wide, with two foot wing on each
side. The county is fortunate in
having suitable materials near at
hand, ordinary white wash gravel
along the Snake river and clay soil.
Oversize pebbles screened >out make
fine base, upon which the pea
gravel and clay form a compact sur
face, such as the commissioners saw
giving satisfactory service in other
counties.
County Clerk F. M. Fisher is at
work to frame a system of account
ing and financing the road building
operations, adapting it to the present
record system from forms used in
the counties visited on the trip.
Saw Good Roads
In Power county, on either side Of
American Falls, the commissioners
found good road which has been
laid over sandy hills, made of clear
gravel from the river and clay, mixed
at q ratio Of four parts Of gravel to
one part of clay. This is cheap and
sefviceable. Construction Is still 60
ing on in that territory @
The method of procedure is to
grade up the dirt base in q form to
allow good drainage, lay over It first
heavy, then light gravel and clay.
and let the traffic work 1t in. For a
season 1t is not an excellent road,
but the second year It turns out
smooth and hard.
In the Burley region they came
across more good gravel roads. built
of an excellent character of gravel.
and properly subgraded. This is the
section which has the gravel and
black sand, which works up we'll
with clay.
In that vicinity many miles Of
road construction is now under way.
Farther west, in the Twin Falls dis
trict, the good roads are all In pre-
paration, and are to be built Of
bitulithic material. Twin Falls ia
spending for roads two millions and
a quarter.
In the Bull vicinity are some Of
the best and most expensive roads |
OF southern Idaho, made Of crushed |
lava rock picked up along the right |
of-way, laid on q we'll graded bed.
and topped with lava dust or gravel. |
They are paying $1,000 for every
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
THEY LEARNED AT
SLIGHT EXPENSE

Two or three weeks ago this paper
said, half seriously and half testing,
that before any of the county bond
money was expended for roads, the
commissioners hould go on junk
citing trip to learn all they could
from the experiences of others, to
see what kind of materials we should
use, and We stated that even tho
they expended $4,000 getting fully
informed so they could Judge cor
rectly as to what we should use with
the materials we have on hand, the
money would be we'll expended.
We expected of course that they
would spend great deal less than
$4,000 and come back satisfied
with their information.
They made an auto trip of five
days, travelling 500 miles and spent
less than $50 Of the county money
They have $19,950 left out of the
$4,000.
They came back entirely satisfied
with their information and feeling
sure that their judgment of what to
use and how to use it, will stand
the test of time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09

|, of drifting sands. salt and alkali,
working from two bases Of supplies,
one Of which was separated from the
other by more than 10000 miles of
stormy seas They were so far from
the works that manufactured their
rails, rolling stock and other ma
terials that they had to keep stuff
ordered two years in advance rof
their needs, and do 1t all on Dor
rowed money, obtained by making
men believe that q road could be
operated thru 1900 miles Of wild,
half-hostile Indian country where
towns were as much as 100 miles
apart
When the last spike was about to
be driven in the laurel tie capped
with a silver plating, a pair of silver
hammers in the hands of two Of the
big leaders we're connected by wire
with the whole system Of telegraph
instruments east and west from sea
to sea, and the people of proud ma.
ton gathered about the instruments
to hear the taps that sent the spike
home completing the route to India,
376 years, six months and twenty
eight days after that eventful morn
when Columbus landed on Cat Island
and kissed the ground that he sup
posed was India.
Same Spot Became Monu-
mental Failure
Promontory, the spot where the
golden spike was driven, was de-
signed to be a great city and rail
road division city, the supply depot
for all the rich country lying to the
northward for 500 miles. Many
wealthy men of Salt Lake and other
places, believing in the future of the
place, took stock in this modern
Plainopolis and backed it with big
blocks of money, but even tho it was
the scene of such an historic event
and was woven into such fine senti-
mental prominence, the mushroom
city sat in silence and then went to
decay and was quickly forgotten,
total loss to the promoters.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
AT PROMONTORY

Saturday, May 10 is the fiftieth
anniversary of the driving Of the
golden spike that connected the
Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
railroads at Pomontory, Utah.
1t was an event that marked a
great step forward in the worlds
progress. 1t made a short route to
western America, and a new short
route to India that Columbus tried
to find in 1892 and Frobisher and
other explorers had hunted for ever
since then.
A large number of leaders came in
from the east in finely appointed
train of palace cars and other lead
ers from the west in old scarred-up
and out-of-date cars that had been
shipped around the Horn. The one
crowd had built a railroad across
prairies, low ranges of mountains
and small deserts, working direct
from their base of supplies, and the
other crowd had built a road over a
high range, across illimitable wastes
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
NHluE CARS At u0lllME rRIEe3

mile. Other roads built of gravel
and clay cost only from $4,000 to
$4,000 mile, and this is the kind OF
road Bingham county will have. The
cheaper construction, while furnish
ing lasting hard surface road, al
lows for the construction of many
more miles than a more expensive
one.
All culverts larger than eighteen
inches are usually made of concrete,
and this seemed the proper idea to
our commissioners.
Thru Hagerman, Bliss, Mountain
Home and to Boise went the road
scrutinizing autoload, enjoying the
state highway, leading down into the
beautiful and rich Hagerran valley.
All along this highway is an album
dance of material of the best kind
There is no highway from Bliss
to Mountain Home and from there
on to Boise only dirt road, but
smooth as floor and hard road to
beat. 1t Is told that motorists some
times make the forty-six miles into
Boise on this road in as many
minutes. So it is great temptation,
but our commissioners, being con-
sentative men, who frown on speed
ing, 1t is practically certain that they
babe Satan go ahead and ambled
into Boise in a leisurely and sane
manner.
In Boise they looked at the &C.
ment road that begins to go to Cald-
we'll, q good but expensive luxury.
They returned the same way, max
ing 200 miles the last day, Monday,
: The road work in this county,
which will soon be under way will
cost, according to a safe estimate,
between $4,000 and $4,000 per mile.
With one exception the material is
handy at short hauls, and that ex-
ception Is in the Aberdeen region,
where it will be necessary to haul
material for as far as ten miles. In
the rest Of the county every ma
terial is practically on the right-of-
way.
It will be necessary for the county
clerk to keep cost accounting for
every mile Of road construction, in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
MOTHERS
DAY

Sunday, May II is the day for
particularly remembering the price
less blessing of a mothers love, and
for showing mother some sign OF
that remembrance. Mothers are SO
constituted as to be living emblems
of undying devotion, and they can
not help letting the world know that
they think their sons and daughters
the most precious human particles
on the earth.
Sons and daughters do not always
demonstrate their affection in re-
turn for the priceless, and so this
day is especially set aside for their
opportunity.
Send her white carnation or a
letter to be her greeting on that day,
and she will know that you do not
forget
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09

maintain the close bonds of comrade.
ship that have developed in barrack
and billet, and to provide means
OF encouraging good citizenship. He
proposed that the organization might
in several years own it's home in
Bingham county and urged that il
the county should consider erecting
monument of commemoration, the
veterans ought to prefer actual help
toward building permanent head
quarters and reject the monument
idea.
"About all you would ever use a
monument for" said Mr.. Parkinson,
would be perhaps to strike matches
on some, time when you happened
to pass by"
w. B. Goodenough, called upon
for a piece of his mind, gave it
freely, and among other things he
said it would not be at all difficult
to secure the funds and the site for
a permanent building.
And we want a good building. /"
he said, lone that will last at least
eighty or eighty-five years. We're
not all going to die off in fifty years."
He thought that such an organiza-
ton as about to be formed could
WELD splendid influence upon the
coming generation of men by foster
ing sports, athletics and clean amuse-
ments.
Richard Stevens, Chester Vincent,
Willis Thomas and Fletcher Alfred
all expressed themselves for the or
ganization. Chairman Parkinson
then read the constitution and it was
adopted by article, with few
changes from the model used, con-
stitution under which the Bannock
county association exists.
No change was made in the oath.
which at the end of the reading, was
taken heartily by every man present.
1t was agreed before electing
permanent officers for the first year
to hold get-acquainted smoker, SO
that the first set of officers may be
chosen intelligently. This party will
take place within two weeks. At
this smoker an announcement will be
made concerning the Memorial Day
Parade, for which it is hoped the
new association can furnish 200
men in uniform.
Constitution Vigorous
The constitution Of Bingham
county's war veterants' association is
the same as that passed
by the P0catello meeting for Ban
mock county. It states in no uncer.
tain terms that the organization in
tends to encourage good citizenship,
and not only discourage future loose
but always to remember
the "black guilt" of Germany in the
late war and those who failed as citi-
zens to- uphold the American side Of
The fight. Il
1t provides for standing commit
tees on membership, ceremonies. |
athletics and building. Only an
American citizen, who has served in |
he armed forces of the United States
,r Of an allied country in the war |
9 eligible.
In short, whatever conceivable
way in which a combination OF |
rained citizen soldiers can make |
heir military experience work as 4 |
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
WHAT EVERY MAN
SHOULD KNOW

How would a newspaper look with
out any advertising? Consider
and then confess it would look very
unattractive to the eye. Such a
paper would offend and repel read
ers. Is It because advertising is ar
expected portion of the daily or
weekly message?
Would you care to buy goods ii
town where the merchants failed
to advertise and state their policies
in black and white?
Most OF us are for the house with
a policy, the man with principles, the
article with name, the party with
a platform.
II there were only one store in oul
town we should all know its policy;
if we are acquainted with only one
man, we know his principles; if
there were only one automobile, one
breakfast food, one make of clothes
or only one brand of tobacco, we
should all know the name of it. But
inasmuch as there are many kinds
and classes of men, business houses
and things, they must be presented to
us to gain our acquaintance. BY
their advertisements We shall know
them.
One man goes into a town a
stranger and next week he is known
to every Tom, Dick and Harry and
every Maude, Mary and Elizabeth
in the town. Another man may be
born there, spend all his days there,
and die there, a stranger. 1t is a
difference in advertisement.
There are some places of business
constantly crowded with customers;
there are more than 80 per cent of
businesses failing annually. Custom
ers do not frequent unknown places
of business, as rule. Every bust
ness meets either success or failure
according to the way it adverties in
word and deed. If you are in bust
ness the public takes you at your
advertised value.
Every customer lost is an adver-
tisement of failure, and the reverse
is just as true. A customer who for
gets is customer lost; the average
customer expects to be approached
with advertising messages, and de-
ponds on them to prompt his de-
cisions in careful buying.
The United States recently pulled
off triumph in world war-by
means of advertisement; and that
success has advertised this nation
as the worlds primary power today.
Now, prices are high, and they are
not going flop. 1t is good time to
buy, If one buy wisely, because
money is flowing freely in the land.
That golden flow keeping us all in
shoes and something to eat depends
upon us all. If some of us stop buy
ing, all suffer a little; If all stop
buying-all will go barefoot and
hungry.
There is mystifying deluge of
qualities in every article on the mar
ket. Only rich man can afford to
buy promiscuously, without study
and rich men are not accustomed to
such actions; they know better.
Business Is business.
So by their advertisements you
shall know their wares, and that. is
a thing that every man should
know. c. X.