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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-07-04
Buy Coal. Say. Government

The United States Geological sursry
announces from Washington the prob-
ability OF another general coal short
age next fan and winter The an.
nouncemcnt Is based. the Survey
states. upon nationwide study Of
conditions IN the bItumInous field.
Unless steps are taken at once. the
Survey says, 10 place the mines upon
basis OF increased production there
is every prospect Of repetition 70
some degree Of the situation that pre-
vailed In the United States during the
winter Of 101T-18
The only way production can be slim
ulated at the present time, II Il said. II
by placing orders With the mines Tor
coal which VIII be needed later on.
Production during the first five months
OF the year." reads the statement, -feIl
57.202. 900 net tons. or approximately
2Jqs below production during the tirst
five months OF 1918. Mines are produc-
ing coal now at the rate OF from 5000
600 to S,5O0,O00 tons q week. An aver
age output Of 100000 tons a week
must be maintained from June TO
January 1 next II the country's esti-
mated needs Of 5OO.0OO.OO0 tons this
year are to be met"
Evil Of Delayed ordeFs.
At no time during this year has the
rate Of production approached the re-
quired tonnage. The tendency on the
part Of buyers to hold on placing their
orders 10 limiting production. az the
mines cannot store coal at the point Of
production. and when the rush OF
orders for the winters needs comes
next fall there Is grave danger that
the mines, with depleted labor forces
and the probability Of less adequate
transportation. viii be unable 10 meet
the demands The result OF such a att
uation would be an insufficient supply
for the requirements OF domestic con-
Humers. public utilities and industrial
users generally.
1T Is believed that requirements for
this year." reads Survey statement
10 Fuel Administrator Garfield. will
be about $50. .0O00OO tons Of bituminous
coal, Of which approximately 10000. 900
tons have been used from stocks accu-
= 4f.fa e&fNss aarRfn
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
STANDARD OIL BALKS
 AT TAX ON PROFITS

Deputy United States Marshal G. A. Weage, of Phoenix, came here last Saturday and served papers on Coun- ty Attorney F. M Gold and County Treasurer M. A. Murphy in the in junction suit brought by the Standard Oil Co.,, in the United States District court at Tucson, to, prevent the collec- tion of taxes on anything except the tangible property of the company.
 All the members of the state tax commission and the county attorneys and treasurers of thirteen of the coun- ties in the state are named in the suit, and they were ordered to appear at Tucson last Monday. States At torney Wiley E. Jones represented the officials of this county.
 If the Standard Oil Go. pays only on its tangible assets in the states, its taxes will be only $10,47S. But they are assessed the same as the express companies and other corporations, both on their tangible assets and their profits, the assessment against the Standard for this year being 27,127.
 The result of this suit will be of vast importance to the state, as, if it is decided that we have no right to tax intangible assets it will mean a big loss in tax revenue.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
BANKS ASSISTING IN
 PURCHASE OF CARS

Rapid expansion of the motor car offers wide field in practically every line of endeavor directly or indirectly connected with the business world, or industrial America.
 Even bankers appreciate that the automobile is very largely . utility rather than pleasure vehicle-that the motor car supplies an essential business commodity-transportation
 From figures recently compiled the aggregate retail sales value of the country's annual output of cars has already reached $2,000,000,000, about $1 500, 100000 of this total being pro vided by the buying public and the balance of $200,00O,000 by the banks and financing companies. The aggre- gate wholesale value approximates $1 ,5OO, 100000, about S400,000,000 of which is financed by banks and other credits.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
MAKE TOOL CASE
 OUT OF AN OLD TUBE

That old inner tube which has been kicked around the garage and which has long> since outlived it's usefulness for tire purposes, can now be made to serve very handily as tool case in which to carry all the small repair equipment, such as wrenches of mod crate length, spark plugs, screw driv- CTS, pliers, files, etc. Cut longth of the old tube, sufficient to take the out fit, and then, after splitting the rub Der lengthwise, cut the slits along the center in which to slip the tools. The sides of the rubber will curl up over the tools. and then the whole can be rolled into a neat bundle, which can be held securely in rolled form by using wide rubber bands made by cut ting off sections of tube.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
EUROPE WANTS ITS
 CARS GRAY OR TAN

European buyers of American cars have their own ideas about equipment. Sometimes it is found that the con ventional black so universal in this country must be changed to a gray or tan if the cars are to sell well abroad. The sleek black leatherette or the smooth gray mohair tops which we affect must usually be replaced with khaki tops on cars destined for overseas. A few years ago when cleo tric starting and lighting was first accepted as the thing on this side, OH World buyers were insisting on gas lighting and were perfectly content with the Armstrong" starter.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
LEATHER TAKES THE
 RATTLE OUT OF CHAIN

The common method of locking spare tires is to use a chain and pad- lock. The only trouble with the idea is the noise incident to the rattling of the chain and the fact that it mars the finish of the parts with which it comes in contact. Some car owners cover this chain with bit of hose, but this is usually too stiff and is somewhat noisy and even permits of marring the finish. A bit of leather or heavy substitute, the length of the chain and wide enough to form tube to inclose the chain offers satisfac- tory solution of the problem. Turn in the edges of the leather case, and if you can not do the job yourself the nearest harness maker will make the tube for you.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
SEASONAL

Talking about collecting delinquent subscriptions, and also the approach of cold weather, brings to mind the Lament of the Small-Town Editor" which runs something like this: Tell us not of mournful numbers
 Honest toll don't stand chance: The more we work, we leave behind us
 Bigger patches on our pants On our pants, once new and glossy,
 Now patched up with different hue, All because subscribers finger
 And won't pay us what is due. So let all be up and doing;
 Send your mite, however small, Lest when tn snows O winter reach US
 We shall have no pants at all! After Longfellow, long way after.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
DIRT IN GEARS IS
 ONE CAUSE OF WEAR

Around the engine and other parts of the car there are supposedly tight joints in addition to actual opening. Take the front and cover, commonly called the timing gear case cover Vibration may loosen few of the holding nuts, allowing the cover to move away from the crankcase a small fraction of an inch. With an accumulation of dirt over the cover, some of the dirt is bound. to get to the gear teeth. Dirt and lack of lubri- cation of front end gears are respon- sible for rapid wear and noisy opera tion.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
PROPER FABRICATION

The term proper fabrication has no very exact meaning for the average caY owner and yet it can be defined exactly. It means the quality of oil needed by the individual part supplied in the proper quantity, neither too little nor too much, and changed with sufficient frequency to keep it in con- dition carries with it the implication that the crank case or other part shall be flushed out with kerosene before new oil is put in. From all this it will be seen that the car owner must devote some study to the particular needs of his particular vehicle in order to master the fabrication needs of his car.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
DIRT IS COSTLY IF
 LEFT ON THE AUTO

Dirt is undesirable, no matter where it is, but the average automobile own CT has yet to learn that dirt on the running gear does more than merely cover up some painted or unpainted metal. Joints seemingly as tight as a mechanic can get them allow dirt to pass through. The reason for the dirt being so undesirable near the working parts of the chassis is not so much because it doesn't look well, but because it eventually gets to a moving surface and starts rapid wear.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
PREVENT CHAINS ON
 TIRES FROM RUST

Tire chains are always used in wet weather, and care is necessary to keep them from getting rusty. The chains should always be dried off before they are returned to the tool box after use. Especially should the chains be looked after. A little cup grease or vaseline will prevent rusting and eliminate the trouble of prying them open or using a hammer to close them. There should always be carried in the tool kit crossplate tool and one or two extra cross chains. With this tool broken cross chains may be removed or replaced very easily.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
SUES DIRECTOR GENERAL

A $10,000 damage suit against W. D. Hines, director general of railroads, has been filed in the Marico2a county superior corut. The plaintiff, Charles W. Miller, alleges serious injuries as the result of accident, which occurred on the Arizona Eastern last May.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
PREVENTING BURNS
 IN VULCANIZING TIRE

It often happens that in vulcanizing a tube, particularly in the open air, the rubber is burned. This may be obviated by making collar about four inches high to fit around the vul- canizer, using wire gauge or several thicknesses of ordinary wire mosquito netting, fastened together with cou- pie of rivets of wire run through.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
NOT SURPRISING

Seems to us that in his latest pho. tograph, our coming visitor, Albert Edward George Christian Andrew Patrick David looks trifie tired-but what can one expect when the have to lug around such a moniker as that?
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
LOOK AT FLOAT WHEN
 THE CARBURETOR FLOODS

In case the carburetor drips con- stantly and the float chamber is food- ed, inspect the float and float valve for trouble. The float may be heavy through having soaked up small quantity of gasoline.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
100000 CARS FOR 1920

The Oakland Motor Car Go. pro- poses to build 100000 cars in 1920. Plant extensions costing $2,000, ,000 are to be made at once. These do not in- clude the S250,000 administration building now being erected.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31
A PECULIAR WORD

Tommy: Isn't Wholesome funny word, father?"
 Father: What's funny about it?" Tommy: "Why, take away the whole of it, and you have some left"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31

This should be placed over the vulcan izer just before lighting the gasoline.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31

When doctor gives a patient hope he expects pay for it.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31

Sun Want Ads bring results.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31

the principal features of the farm implements show at the coming Arizona State Fair, to. be held at Phoenix, Nov. 3-S, inclusive.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-31

most ss much about tractors as he did. There is nothing in which the modern farmer Is more interested.
 The tractor exhibit will be one of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Exceptional Bargainsl
Floor Samples and
Used Furniture

If you are going to buy anything in
the household line II will be to your
advantage to visit our store before you
buy,
II you want what Is not listed in the
following list, Just call for tive
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Y
Statesmen ANo AGENTS.

I WILL make room in our OrEsniza-
ton for a salesman who can qualify
strictly as to character and sales abili-
~. II he will come to me l will offer
him work that is dignined and con-
genial, and a position in which he will
Z OF his real value. This is perma-
nent and with a splendid income at the
start and an executive position as a
reward for consistent effort, Call after
10 a. m. at 479-4 Randolph Building,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
$50 Acres Eight Miles Of
Memphis

This place Is one-fourth mile from fine
pike, with over 800 acres In high state
Or cultivation, no hills or washed lands,
balance In bottom, with some fine tim
Der, This farm and nine good tenant
houses all fillel with good labor. This
is very fertile, Fine for wheat, corn,
clover, alfalfa, and cotton, Come see
this place and you will be convinced to
look no farther, Price $50 per acre,
small cash payment and the balance on
easy terms,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Fine Alfalfa Land

so acres, five miles west of Terrell,
Ark, on good load. This has 30 acres
In cultivation, balance eutover land;
all well drained, with one good house
and barn; for a quick sale I am prize
ing this at ss5 per acre; cash 81, 500,
assume a 81, 800 loan at 5h per cent
balance in four years at 6 per cent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
LANDS n FARMS.
40 Acres in Shelby County

10 acres in Shelby county, well To-
Gated on a pike, all in cultivation, all
fenced with hog wire, two sets of build
lngs n u good barn. all in fine repair.
This you can buy at Sc, 500. Part cash,
good terms on remainder. A snap for
the small man See me at once.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16

s model, sacrifice for
rtty bonds: good me-
I'D good running order.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

tales were so filled with poor, hun
CRY little children and with such
bloodthirsty witches, will welcome
Joining G,weUe's Frjend1y Foi,ies."
The little stories are very simple
and. especially we'll designed for the
questioning child of four or five.
And that same active small boy or
girl would love to "Wbisk Array on
q Sunbeam and hear Of the varied
adventures of Ragged Robin, Johnny
Jump Up and Queen Lady Slipper
in those happy hours when they be-
come alive and "bright and spright
ly" and Joyous and gay "BiVy
Bunny's Fortune" is about an ad
venturing Cottontail. The illustra-
tlons are simple and colorful and
the few sugar-cOated morals ought
to work wonders with the three
year-olds. "Litt1c Bab," by George
Mitchell, is the story of a lonely
little girl whose good fairy brings
her what all children want most-a
chum. These foul books are from
the Volland Company, Chicago. The
paper, print and illustrations are
good, and the books are light and
easily held by small hands.
Fully as difficult choice do we
parents and fond relatives encounter
in selecting fairy tale books for
very little people--collections of the
time honored tales of which no one
must grow up ignorant. Some are
so condensed they are hardly visible.
and others, again, are so heavy that
the young reader must needs use the
floor or the bed as a desk-but that.
OF course, is no hardship after all, is
1T? Among the latter is Stokes
Wonder Book of f'aary Ialcs," illus
trated by Florence Choate and Eliz-
abeth Curtis. which defies you to
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

abound in incident; virtue is always
richly rewarded, while vice is pun
ished with thoroughness satisfac-
tory to the most eXacting conscience.
The eight full-page illustrations in
color by George W. Hood add much
to the charm of the volume. We
have not seen SO delightful book
Of fairy tales in great many years.
Mr.. Padraic Colum is evidently
able to count knowledge Of bird
language among his accomplish
ments, for it is he who tells us what
the birds told the boy. With Mr.
Dugald Stewart Walkers charming
black and white illustrations this is
very attractive book and one
which will undoubtedly find many
glad child readers. It's lack of orig
inality will not = trouble a young
critic, may even give the added
pleasure which comes to him who
finds an old friend under a new
name. "1'he Boy Who Knew What
the Birds Said' (Macmillan).
"The Fairy Dstective,' by Rupert
Hughes (Harper's), contains unusual
fairy tales, distinctly for American
children, of a fairy detective dis
guised variously as squirrel,
mouse, fish and eagle A child of
nine or ten would enjoy the enter
tanning story way in which the
habits Of these animals are disclosed.
A quartet Of Mrs. Burnett's fairy
tales, "Rachoty Pockety House,"
"Thc Spring Cleaning" "Queon
Sjlver Bell" and "7he CoSy Lion," in
uniform bindings and with delight
ful illustrations by Harrison Cady,
cannot fail Of welcome in any nur-
sery. All normal children will en-
Joy this merry world of animals,
dolls and fairies, all in their proper
places.
- Those of us who remember the
poignant regrets that We sometimes
had in childhood because our fairy
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

book In our own home laboratory
on small boy aged nine. He thinks
it is a story book, because, as he
locked at pictures of elves, or gazed
at the little peoples market, or
studied the little piper, he could
make up the story himself. And the
Joy is no f1eeting joy, as this small
boy said: you've got to have time
to read these pictures Or you're goin'
to miss sump'in'."
Men may resort to rioting and
bloodshed to stand by their differ
ences in opinion about the kind of
world in which they want to live, but
when it comes to the Land of Make
Believe all people seem to have the
same opinion as to how it should be
constituted. If you doubt this una
nimity in pretending among different
tribes and peoples you have only to
read such books as Katherine Pyle's
"Toles of Folhs and Fairies" and
"Wonder Tales Retold" (Little,
Brown & Co.. to see this fact quite
clearly. The ingredients Of these
tales, whether they originate among
North American Indians or Chinese,
are muc11a the same: but the order of
mixing is slightly different. AS it is
4 part of liberal education, however,
to know how other folks live, it is
good for children to read tales of
trolls in Scandinavia and genii in
Arabia. They offer an unconscious
lesson in geography, SO much de-
sired by educators to-day.
Similar stories told with more
consideration for the racial differ
ences of the peoples among whom
they originate, more colorful back
ground and even more fairy charm
are to be found in "TeU Ne q Story
Necer Heard Before" by Mary
Stewart (RevelO, to be recommends
ed not only to the jaded youths who
yearn for new tales to conquer but
to the initiate in folklore. They
are illustrated with charming silhou-
cites by Rachel Lyman Field.
The charm of Irish folk tales per
vades "Seven Peas IN Pod," BY
Margery Bailey (Little, Brown G.
co., collection of fairy tales to be
taken "slowly and severally, one
each day in the week, to insure good
dreams and the departure of all i'll
humors." Each is further enhanced
by ballad-like song preface for the
medium voice and one finger" 1t is
a delight to find new tales so full of
real whirsy and deep, Pep magic
and an unmistakable intimacy with
brownies, mikes and other fairy taia
folk.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

quate solution. 1t is, according to
the subtitle, "A Young Folks His
tory Of the Great War" His story
is clear and graphic, comprehensive
to boy of ten years or even less.
His discussion of the causes of the
war, while necessarily not cxhaus-
tive, is both lucid and fair.
Another book of great and stimu-
lating interest is the "Boys' Book
Of Battles" by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
(Crowell). Exception may be taken
to the title for calling it a boys
book. The material is thoroughly
suitable to girls reading and is
capable Of thrilling her to the same
extent as her brother. Isn't the
fashion going out of differentiating
between the sexes in the matter of
reading? The author has taken
great battles Of various wars
Bunker Hill, Waterloo and Verdun
are some of them. He has been
most skillful in drawing his settings
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

elor Sunday afternoons has bee,
driven away by regiments of inter,
minable question marks, Esther Sin
gleton's book, 1.-THE ChiIdrea's Ciius
(Sturgis & Walton), offers a solu
ton. In it she describes trims and
outings about the city of New York
A mere reading of the chapter head,
may suggest to our jaded minds ths,
the subway does not run only to The
shopping district or to the Office: tha,
playing in Central Park while his
elders read the Sunday papers might
grow dull even to the most accom-.
modating six-year-old.
At the Zoo the information Of The
average parent is exhausted when
he has shared the knowledge tha.
lions eat meat and monkeys prefer
peanuts. Miss Singleton, sensing
this little shortcoming. gives con-
pact little plan of the Geological Gar
dens SO that one can walk at once to
the buffalo herd, the sea lions pOc
or the ice bears den. She helps out,
also, with information about the
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Catching Up on
The Classics

The market is flooded with "juve-
nile literature"- pa horrible mis-
nomer, for most of it is neither
literature nor should it be for juve-
niles. Children's time is as precious
as grown-ups', even more so, for thew
are children Tor only few years and
are groWn-ups for sometimes two
and three and four times as long.
And so it should not be wasted on
twaddle, which adds nothing to the
growing mind and so clogs it with
useless junk that it becomes inca
pable of good thinking and straight
action. There is no better time to
catch up on the classics than the
years between grammar school and
college, when there is a good deal of
time to read and the interest in
books is keen. This is the time for
"Treas,rc Island" (Scribner) and
"Captoins Courageous Century,
"Tro Years Before the Mast" (Mac-
mlllan), "I'om Bromn's School Doys"
(Macmillan), "Liftie Women" (Lit-
tie, Brown & Co.. and others by
Louisa Alcott.
The publishers are now, Offering
tempting bait in new editions, with
gorgeous illustrations, wide margins
and pleasing type and bindings. A
conspicuous example is "Gulliue,'s
Ira rels" (Macmillan), edited (and,
no doubt, expurgated) by Padraic
Colum and illustrated by Willv
Pogany.
Among the new holiday books of
this description is a new edition of
Malory's "Morte d'Arthu,.," abridged
by Alfred w. Pollard, of the British
Museum, and illustrated in color bv
Arthur Rackham. The stirring tales
OF King Arthur and his Knights of
The Round Table are among the
greatest stories ever told. Complete
texts Of the "Morte d'Arthuy" are
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

and has presented tales to stir a
stone.
A narrative founded supposedly
on the diary Of a young girl of
Rheims is entitled "Vive La
France" by E. B. and A. A. Knipe
Century,. The story is moving
and simply told, although it's effect
iveness is somewhat destroyed by a
tendency to idealize and sentiment
talize. Still, the glorious struggle
and victory Of France will bear
retelling from many angles and
continue to inspire young and old.
When a youngster looks at you
and me he sizes us up, and he knows
instantly whether or not we are his
kind of person. If story is going
to hold young reader-especially a
boy reader-it should arrest his at
tention, no matter at what page he
opens it. Lay the scene in Belgium
during the war, realize that boys
have the gang spirit and make your
hero young American boy-and
you have real stuff for story-making.
This is what George Ethelbert
Walsh has done in "The Boy Vigi-
lautes IN Belgium" Century,. The
story is we'll written, clean cut and
moves along rapidly.
If girls Of fourteen are not grown
up-well, they think they are grown