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The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
OLD H. @. OF L. SAID
TO BE LOSING IT'S GRIP
General Decline in Food Prices Said
to Have Taken Place During
September,

An Associated Press news dis.
patch from Washington Monday
says: Food prices are on the de.
cline, the department of labors
bureau of labor statistics announc-
ed Sunday night in a statement as
serting that the retail price of
twenty-five staple foodstuffs show.
ed decline of 2 per cent at the
end OF September as compared with
the last of August.
me decrease, based on statistics
rom all parts of the country, is
the first to be recorded since the
world war began with the excep.
tion OF a decline in JuneIwhen food
was f1ve-tenths of / per cent cheap
er than in May. The price of the
twenty-five staple foOdstuffs, how
ever, is still SO per cent above the
average price for the same foods in
1918. ' =
Five cities of the country failed
to enjoy the slight decline while in
Detroit prices were lowered 5 Der
cent. :,
Onions and potatoes showed the
greatest price decline of II and IA
per cent respectively. Cabbage,
meats, cheese, -four and sugar also
were lower. Raisins went up per
cent during the month and were
followed in their climb to greater
Or less degree by rice, eggs, salmon,
butter beans, canned vegetables,
coffee and corn meal.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
STATE TAX LEVY FOR
1918 BAT MILLS ON $1,45s, ,044, ,02s
Valuation for Prowers County is
SN,os4,6 4,610-state Highway Now
Carries Full Mill,

The state equalization board has
fixed the state levy for the year 1919
for all state purposes at 3.47 mills
on total state valuation of S1,495,-
0l4,O29. '''
The valuation for Prowers county
is $21,034,61O.
There is no change in the lew
from 1919 which was fixed at 2.77
mills except in the additional mill
levy passed by the 22nd General
Assembly for state highway, capi.
tol office building, state military
and relief of the adult blind.
The state highway carries an ad.
ditional .5 of mill and now is one
full mill. The mill levy of Ol2 for
new office building now under
course OF construction, the O.O7 of n
mill for military and OO1SO6 for re-
lief OF the adult blind, which car.
rles out the provisions of the init.
ated constitutional amendment yot.
ed on by the electors at the last
general election and the amount to
be realized by the state to reim-
purse the counties one half of s,1ch
reilei granted will approximate S27..
OV0O Tor the year 1918.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
NEW LODGE ORGANIZED.
Brotherhood of American Yeoman.
ry Homestead Instituted.

Holly now has another lodge-s
Homestead of the Brotherhood O
American Yeomanry. Homestead
No. 6O94 was organized here Monday
night by Mrs. Mamie Hancock Of
Rocky Ford, deputy state organic
er.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing term:
Bertha f. Duty, foreman.
Ethel Conklin, master of cere.
monies.
Gladys B. Lord, correspondent.
Florence Rice, chaplain.
Grace Oakes, Overseer.
Bertha Gurley, sentinel
Effie Frazier, watchman.
Elizabeth DeBus, Lady Rowena.
Enid b. Wood, Lady Rebecca.
W. |. kidder and F. c. Rice, com
mittee.
After the business of the lodge
was attended to, social time was
indulged in, during which dainty
refreshments were served.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Splendid Crop Of Broom Corn.

C.. N. McMullen from near Ston.
ington, was in town Tuesday. Mr..
McMullen has just finished har.
vesting his broom corn crop, OF
which he had out 75 acres this sea
son. He reports the quality and
yield the best he has ever raised
and that he has it harvested in
good shape Mac" recently return,
ed from trip to Orlando, Lakeland
and other central Florida points
where he went to looka fter busi-
ness matters. He bought business
property in Orlando and also has
his eye on some citrus fruit land in
the vicinity of Orlando
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Unions Have Called Strike
for November l.
THOUGHT NOW. HOWEVER,
WALKOUf MAY BE AvERTED
First Conference Of Miners and op-
orators Proves Fsilure-Secretary
Wilson Was Expected to Have
Played Trump Gard Wednesday.

The following news dispatch is
taken from last nights Denver
Post:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22-Every
government agency Wednesday was
being prepared to meet great
national crisiS-a coal strike.
Cabinet officers gave instruc
tions that their departments should
investigate the possibilities OF
government operation of the mines
and the revival OF the fuel admins.
tration was under serious consider.
alton.
Meanwhile, slender hopes were
held out that the differences be-
tween the coal miners and the coal
operators might be sufficiently
smoOthed out Wednesday in con
ference with Secretary of Labor
Wilson to open the way for nego-
tiations which would at least
delay the strike.
Both sides were openly Obdurate
when they gathered for the confer
ence Wednesday morning. The
strike order has not been recalled
according to John L. Lewis, acting
president of the United Mine
Workers of America, and the oper-
ators, represented by Thomas r.
Brewster, refused to accept any idea
of negotiation until the strike call
is reScinded.
Secretary Wilson was expected to
play his trump card Wednesday.
Just what club he holds over the
parties ins4 controversy is not
known, but his confidence indicat-
ed that he had some suggestion
to offer which would give both the
miners and the operators reason to
consider their position more care
fully.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
The Town Is Growing.

Frank j. Hall began the erection
of portable chill lunch parlor
yesterday morning on John Dun
cans lot across the street east of
the First National bank where he
will serve all kinds of lunches, chill,
hot tamalaes at all hours of the
day and evening as soon as he gets
his establishment built. There has
been an apparent demand for a
place of this kind for some time
and if Mr.. Hall puts up the right
quality of hot coffee and all the
other things usually served in
place of this kind he should build
up a good trade.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Dr.. Mills Addresses Treat,

The addresses delivered at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning and evening by the Rev.
Dr.. Nelson Mills of Washington. D..
G., who with his wife CHANGED to be
here on a visit with the Rev. Wiley
Il. Wright and Mrs. Wright, were,
indeed. rare treat. The church
ing, and every auditor was most at
tentive. DR.. Mills has Travelled
around the world in mission work
and is one of the kneenest of OBJ
servers, while he has an exception
al memory. His personality and
delivery are remarkably forceful
and interesting. Holly people are
fortunate in having had the oppor-
tunlty to hear so eminent speak
er. Mr.. and Mrs Mills, accompanied
by Rev. Wright, left Monday for
Denver, Rev. Wright going to
Boulder to attend the annual ses.
sion of the Presbyterian synod.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
FUND DRIVE NOW ON
Quota for Prowers County $3.50, of
Which Holly Is Asked to
Raise 500.

The Roosevelt Memorial fund
campaign, Oct. Goth to 9th is now
on. The newspapers and magazines
for weeks have been telling about
the great plan to raise the five mil.
lion dollars to appropriately conf
memorate the life and public SER
vice of Theodore Roosevelt.
The memorial is to be construct
ed entirely from voluntary funds
no pressure will be brought to bear
upon anyone to subscribe-the con-
tributiOns will be entirely vOlun-
tary. The national organization
through state and county Organi-
cations has merely arranged a pop
ular plan for affOrding the public
an opportunity for every admirer
OF Col. Roosevelt to contribute in q
small way toward the erection of a
suitable and adequate monument
al memorial in Washington, and
the acquiring, development and
maintenance OF park in the town,
of Oyster Bay which may ultimate
ly, perhaps include Sycamore Hill,
to be preserved like Mount Vernon,
and Mr.. Lincoln's home in Spring
field.
lOI IEONcTS
County is $650-but no subscrip.
ton larger than ten dollars will be
it is hoped to have a
very large number of contributions
in sums ranging from one to five
dollars. A receipt will be given
each subscriber to the fund, and
following the campaign an attrac
tive certificate. properly signed will
be given each contributor. All
checks should be made payable to
Hon. A. N. Parrish, of the First
National Bank, Lamar. Colo.
Holly's quota of the Roosevelt
Memorial fund. according to let
ter received Tuesday morning by
John Duncan, who has been select
ed to make the collection here, is
500.
Following are those who will re.
ceive contributions in Holly: John
Duncan, John H. Adkins, Frank
Chas. Pinkham and the
Holly Chieftain. If Holly's quota
of S100 has not been raised by Sat |
lrday morning Mr.. Duncan will ap-
point four OF Holly's popular young
ladies' to scnmplete. the canvass.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Shortage of Cattle Cars,

Uruers Tor I6 cars have been filed
with Santa Fe Agent c. w. Hurd for
the shipment of cattle tomorrow
Friday, to the Kansas City market.
Owing to the usual heavy demand
for ears consequent to the sugar
beet harvest it is doubtful if the
required number of cars will be
available tomorrow. Those wish.
ing to ship tomorrow are F. d..
10 ears. NJ. L. Dowell two
cars, J. j. McKibben four. Roy
Garrett has asked for three ears for
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Hostesses AT Halloween
Show Tuesday Night.
EVERYBODY Is INVITED;
NO ADMISSION FEE
Ladies Anxious to Have All New
corners Present-Clever Features
Are Planned-Club Desires Great
er Enthusiasm and Numbers.

AS a sort of interest stimulent fol
the Women's Civic Club tho, ladies
of the club have planned a Hal
lOWe'en program to be presented
at the Commercial Club rooms next
Tuesday night There will be NO
admission charge and every body
is invited, both men and women
and newcomers to Holly are especi
ally invited to be present.
The members of the club have ar.
ranged particularly interesting
literary and musical program,
which will be well worth hearing.
This program will include many
unique Halloween stunts, prepar-
ed by some of Holly"s most clever
women entertainers.
The club ladies are especially
anxious to have large attendance
and have arranged to make every
body feel perfectly at home. With
this idea in view Mrs. Wiley X.
Wright, as hostess in herself Mrs.
Leonard White and Mrs X. A
Shanner have been appointed re-
ceptiOn committee to greet the Wis
itors on their entry at the club
rooms at o'clock next Tuesday
evening.
Following is the program as ar
ranged for the evening:
PROGRAM.
Address by the President.
S............ Mrs. w. 5. Partridge
Sss0 ....L L. NJ. sAppel
Mrs. F. H. Allen, Accompanist
Reading. -. Miss Martha TomilsOn
Solo,. Mrs. Ivy Sprinkler
Mrs. F. H. Allen, Accompanist.
instrumental Duet.
Mrs. H. d. Steel, Miss Dorothy
Carr
Reading. Mrs. Clem Mellinger
Solo. ............M Miss Janet Duncan
Miss Alice Adkins, Accompanist.
Jack O. Lantern Dance. .......
................M Mrs. l.. NJ Appel
Solo. ............. Miss Bess Emery
Mrs. H. d. Steel, Accompanist.
Violin and COrnet Duet .......
Mrs. G. w. Bean, Russell Lee
Address. .................A. M. Dicks
You are cordially invited to come
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
HoLLY'S JEWISH RELIEF
FUND QUOTA RAISED
John Duncan and Frank J.. Gretchen
Made Days Canvass and
Easily Secured 1926.

Messrs. John Duncan and Frank
J. Gretchen selected as the local
committee to secure Holly's' quota
OF 1926 for the national Jewish re-
lief fund, started out among the
merchants of the town about 10
o'clock Monday morning and finish
ed up the canvass Tuesday after
noon.
The actual time spent by Messrs.
Duncan and Gretchen in the work
was not over five or six hours, and
the money was easily raised and
she contributions were cheerfully
made
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
TURN YOUR CLOCK BACK
NEXT SUNDAY MORNING
Director General of Railroads Is.
sues Formal Order to All Agents
and EMPLOYEES.

Director General Hines of
I the federal railroad admin
istration has Just issued Or
Z der No. 81 which has to do
with the official change of
I time in daylight saving and
the notice has already been
| issued to all railroad agents J
I and employees.
Under the order all rail. ,
road agents and employees are !
instructed at 2 o'clock a. m. ,
Sunday, Oct. 2Gth to turn all ,
watches and clocks of the var J
Gus railroad systems of the )
country back one hour max !
ing the clock or watch indi- !
cate | a. m. standard time, ]
instead of a. m, and all ]
trains must be held to con- ]
form to schedule after change ]
is made. ]
All overnight passenger ]
trains will leave initial termi- j
nal on the 25th instant on !
present schedule time. except j
that Train No. 93S- Roswell j
to Clovis. N. M.-will leave j
Roswell on present schedule j
and run special after 2 a. j
m. Oct. 26. i
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
One of scribes and Secretaries.

Postmaster J. II. Adkins, who is
also secretary of Holly Lodge No.
l44, /. o. O. f.. attended session
of the Scribes and Secretaries of the
order held in Denver Monday. Mr.
Adkins went up to the metropolis
Sunday night and returned last
evening. The |. o. o. +. grand lodge
was also in session at Denver this
week. Holly lodge was represented
by Charles NJ Witty, alternate
delegate as Chas. Pinkham, the reg
ular delegate, could not get away
to attend.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
The Honey Season Closed.

Harry COlebOurn. the local "King
Bee reports that the 1919 season
has closed so far as the honey crop
is concerned. Mr.. Colebourne is
now closing up the seasons work
and while the production this year
was not so great as that of last year
he is very well satisfied with his
summers. work. The price this
year is much better than last and
this fact has helped to offset the
lack OF quantity.-Wiley Journal.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Coming Home From siberia.

Mrs. Grant Ashby received a tele.
gram Sunday from her son Claud
saying that he had landed in San
Francisco, Calf. Claud was drawn
in the first draft in Prowers coun.
ty and after short time in camp
was sent to Siberia where he has
been ever since and it was glad
news to the widowed mother to
hear that he would be in Holly in
q few days.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Illustrated Lecture Friday Night.

Dr.. b. S. Varjabedian. noted Ar
menian lecturer and graduate of
Roberts college, will deliver short
address ut the Methodist church to-
morrow, Friday. evening on "The
CrucifiXion of Race" followed by
a stereOpticOn talk on ''The Turk
is Atrocities and Americas Oppor.
tunity.' Admission is free. DR..
Varja bedian is a native of Constan.
tinople and highly educated man.
His address will be highly interest
ing to every person who attends.
You are invited.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
Begin Strike in the Pitts
bureh Region.
FOLLOW LEAD OF RAIL
MEN IN CHICAGO DISTRICT
Race Riots Loom in Ohio as Blacks
Fire on Union Man-Polics Kept
Busy by Frequent Clashes In
Pittsburgh Yesterday.

The following news dispatch is
taken from last nights Denver
| Post:
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Consent
OF the railroad brotherhOods. to a
walkout OF all union train crews
employed lin mills in the steel
strike area, who are not under
contract, assures tie up of the rail.
road facilities of the United States
steel corporation, John I'll. Fiztpat-
rick. steel strike leader announced
Wednesday.
The train crews in the Pittsburgh
district will follow the action TAX.
en- Tuesday by the railroad men
employed in the mills in the Chi
cagO district and will stop work
either Immediately or in a few DAYS,
Fitzpatrick said.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Fifty switch.
men employed on the Chicago,
West Pullman & Southwestern
railroad, which affords transporta-
ton facilities to the Wisconsin
Steel company in South Chicago,
are on strike Wednesday in an eff
fort to aid striking steel workers
in the Calumet district.
The strike of the switchmen was
called late Tuesday-e- ective We'd
nesday- which both steel mill Cd.
orators and union leaders declare
will be test day" in the strike.
The mill operators have served
warning that striking employees
failing to return to their work
Wednesday will forfeit their prior
ity rights and pensions and have
predicted that the men will return
to work in numbers rather than
forfeit these rights.
Union leaders say the workers
will forfeit these rights Willingly
rather than return to work until
the strike is won"
The strike of the switchmen was
expected by union leaders greatly
TO strengthen the position of the
striking steel workers. Officials of
the sWltchmen's union say that
the WalkOut of the fifty men We'd.
nesday is only starter" that "all
may be out by the middle of next
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Oct. o.
Fear was expressed Wednesday
that the most serious trouble OF
.he steel strike here SO far-the two
'lashes in which Negro strike
and union pickets figured
may lead to race riots.
IN the shooting affray three union
llckets were shot and wounded by
Negroes and Negro is alleged to
lave stabbed two pickets. one per-
laps fatally.
-Four heavily armed Negroes are
being held by the police as result
u the shooting affray Union pick
It's charge that the Negroes fired
lpon them early Wednesday when
hey questioned the Negroes about
heir destination.
Police fear the clashes may re-
The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-23
MIckIE SAYS

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11
CLEANS OF HOPE
Prices Will Go Down Soon Says
Government Expert.
so to 80 Days Is the Time Set
for the Decline.
lIOnlIFn nERA nEiE oil An
HOOVER GETS ONE SLAP
Government Board Tells A~en-
cies to Keep Still. r
LII Commodities VIII Be
Cheaper, Their Belief.

Washington. March 11.-Prices on
most of the basic commodities, ipclud-
ing food, will he brought down within
sixty to ninety days, George N. Peek,
chairman Of the new Industrial board
of the commerce department, predict
ed today.
The new board plans to call repre-
sentatives of each of the Industries to
Washington. agree with them on price
schedules that will be fair and relieve
the business stagnation. Then the
board will recommend these prices to
the public.
Steel men will submit their sched-
ules of after-the-war prices tomorrow
and they will be followed by brick,
cement, fuel, lumber. food and textiles
probably IN the order named.
VIII Establish Prices.
THE board hopes to establish price
schedules that will stand until the
normal law Of supply and demand can
take effect again." Peek said. Our
Whole aim is to establish prices that
will establish confidence enough to
relieve the present business stagna-
ton and send US into what all agreed
would be an era of prosperity.
Z One of the things the board intends
To do is to talk lower prices at all
tmes, members said today. They were
frank in theig criticism in the policy
of some government agencies in pre-
dieting much higher figures for some
comm ODDITIES.
The statement of the food admin
istration that pork will go much high
err with the discontinuance of the
$3.50 price has Immediately brought
an increased hog price. with more
pork in storage in the country today
than ever before, one members de-
elared. Herbert Hoover's statement
predicting $3.50 wheat was followed
by a boost on the Chicago grain mar
Ret yesterday he added.
Remove Some Irregularities.
Efforts of the board will also be di-
rected toward removing some irregu-
larities in the price schedules of the
various industries. For instance
while the average increase of steel and
It's products is about 115 per cent over
Increased $50 per cent. Efforts will
be made to bring all down to a fail
level.
The steel outlook would be brighter
II congress had voted the s750,000.00C
fund to the railroads., Chairman Peek
Stated today. Thirty-five per cent OF
all the steel production is normally
taken over by the railroads. He be-
Heves, however, money can be OBJ.
tanned to make a large portion OF
these purchases, thru plans of Direc-
tor General Hines.
{ Complete cooperation between the
board and the railroad administra tor
has been promised and this may NEAR
that some of the high freight rate:
will be lowered. particularly in build
ing and road materials as requested
by the recent conference of governor:
and mayors
Tables of the board show that foot
has gone up los per cent over the
pre-war figures, with milk and egg!
Showing the highest increase. Build
ing materials average a 100 per cen
Increase.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11
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United tates have been and to report
on means for counter action against
them.
King then asked Raymond Robins,
who was concluding his testimony,
whether he knew of any organized
propaganda movement in the United
States. Robins replied he did not, but
added that every I. w. W. in America
is spreading Bolsheviki ideas"
The statement was made to the COM
mittee in a memorandum submitted
the postoffice department and pre-
pared by James D. Horton. This
memorandum declared the /. w. w.
are the most active of the radicals
seeking overthrow of the American
government. and the institution of a
Bolshevik republic in its place.
Extend Russian Red System.
Committee members today declared
they feel the investigation has clearly
shown that the Russian Bolsheviki
mean, if they can, to extend their sys-
TENS to all the world, even to the ex-
tent of helping revolutionists with
force if necessary. They declare leg
islatfon must be enacted that will:
/. Keep agitators out of the country.
2. Curb and punish those trying to
undermine the government.
out of the mails and public prints.
Senator Overman, committee chair
man, indicated no more witnesses will
be called now unless some good rea-
son is shown for calling them. Prepa-
ration of a report probably will re-
quire several weeks.
One Red Poster.
Major Humes today put into the
record of the investigating committee
a large number of documents bearing
on Bolshevik activities in the United
States. One of them was an anarchist
poster which appeared all over New
England and which said:
The senile fossils ruling the United
States see red. Smelling their de-
struction they have decided to check
the storm by passing the deportation
law affecting all foreign radicals. We
the American anarchists do not pro-
test for it is futile to waste any energy
on feeble minded creatures led by his
majesty, Photograph Wilson.
Deportation will not stop the storm
from reaching these shores. Deport
US. We will dynamite you.
| Signed by the American anar-
chists''
I. w. w. Are Heard.
| From the Voice of the Laborer'
published in Russian, in Chicago. by
the general executive board of the
W. w. it appears that Russians in
the United States and Canada held
meetings to decide whether to pro-
claim soviet government here. They
decided against it, the newspaper said
because they are against all forms OF
government.
Another exhibit was a circular ad-
| dressed to the Hungarian workers ir
the United States urging them to help
"our fighting brethren in other lands
The documents included scores OF
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets
and circulars, the general tone of al
| of which was an appeal to the work
| ers OF America to revolt against the
capitalistic classes.