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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15
cony Of STATE
RATE FINDINGS
TO MAYOR


Mayor Harry NJ. Schriver today
received copy OF the full report
OF To hearing before the state
public utilities commission in Chi
cage Nov. II, relative to the petit
ton Of the Central Union Tele-
phone company. asking the COM
mission to endorse the telephone
RATES - placed in effect June II,
1919. under order Of Postmaster
General Burleson.
The utilities commission report
shows that these rates were en-
dorsed by the commission with the
exception Of charges made for in
stallation service. pending a full
investigation, by the commission Of
the entire case as presented by the
telephone company.
The order stipulates that the
rates shall be effective from Dec. 1,
1919, and continue in effect pend
Ing such investigation and an op-
portunity for reparation to be pro-
vidsd II such rates shall ultimate
ly be found to be unreasonable and
unjust. Under the regulations Of
government control Of telephone
lines all rates placed in effect
while the government was in con-
.trol were to remain effective for
four months from the date that the
lines were turned back to their
owners, which action took place
July 81. 1919. The commission,
therefore. sets forth that the pres
ent rates charged by the Central
Union Telephone company would
be no longer legal under former
government regulation stipulations
aftef Dec. 1, 1919. and the commits
sion has therefore issued the order
OF endorsement Of the present rates
pending full investigation into the
facts.
i.t Small Profit Claimed,
In its tabulated findings the
commission report sets forth that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15

on the basis Of the net income. for
1918 and increased operating ex-
penses the net annual income for
the Rock Island, Moline and East
Moline exchanges With Increased
rates In effect will yield . return
Of less than Is per cent on either
the reproduction new cost or pres
emit condition cost o; the property
as shown by the company's ap-
praisals. In these appraisals the
total reproduction new cost was
given as $1,S58.63S, and the total
present condition new cost at ST.
1860.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15

lids no matter how disreputabl1
looking.
3. We agree to use our old neck.
ties exclusively.
I. We agree to buy no new shirts
unless our present stock renders it
absolutely necessary, and the buy
Ing Of q new silk shirt shalt serve
to expel u from this club.
8. We agree to wear our old COL
lars and soft collars or NO collars
whatever II individually preferred,
and to buy no new ones except for
the most urgent needs.
s. We agree to have our shoes
half-soled and repaired and patched
as many times as they will stand 1t.
Z. We agree to limit our buying
OF sox and handkerchief to the
barest necessities, darned sox and
patched handkerchiefs being addi-
tional badges Of honor.
The password Of this club shall
be 20. c. and the motto, I'VE re-
fuse to be robbed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15

art rooms Of the Rock Island grade
and high schools.
Now that the secret Of their or
igin Is out. let It be known that
this gayly painted and accurately
proportioned display Of toys re-
poses in the show windows Of the
Young & McCombs' department
store. The woodwork was made In
the manual training Departments
and the coloring IN the art depart
ments Of local schools. The ex-
hibit Il IN two sections, at different
, places along the Second avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15
OLD SCHEDULE
TO BE IN EFFEC.

All c. B. & @. passenger train
that were taken of during the COZ
strike will resume service Wet
nesday morning at 1901 o'cloc'
This information was received
the officials of the railroad today.
During the coal shortage mar
Of the trains were discontinue
but with an end of the shortage
view the old schedule will. be !
effect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15

stretch Of windows. one being work
from thS high school and one frem
Franklin school. They're there for
all the world to see, and judging
from their appearance, If the well
known 8. Claus chooses to retire
some day. and to take a much need
ed vacation at his big north pole
igloo. perchance the youngsters Of
the public schools here could quail
lily to carry on his age-Old work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15
START PAYMENT OF
INCOME TAX JAN.

W. J. Ryan and T. J. Cavanaugh
of the internal revenue and stamps
ONCE, returned from Chicago to-
day from the meeting of all rev.
enue collections in the district. In
structions were given to the COL
lectors relative to the collection OF
income tax, which is due starting
Jan. l. Collections continue un-
til March Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15

Field mice ruined the wheat crop
OF Australia In 1890.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
0P)51i413
Eh5l4G1n111eS1,
rtE SURE CURE.

e ONE Grand Old truths are overlast.
y ihpi one IN that industry ~ good
amid the yawpine and dodgasting.
remember th"t. aud saw your wood.
Too many takers spring their wheeE.p.
100 many make tho wrlkln ring; bnd
Az cure for our diseases work 10
the sane and proper thlnn. Too many
orators nrc climbing on s,umps .,d ,rgr
TO show their curves, aud even as do
THIS rhymlng n bruylnx wlndsnith jArs
my nerv~ Tho puszllng knOi we N II
unfnyol. and get things golng rlgM
once moro, when We quit paving sp
the gravel and get down 10 tho useful
choro. There's nothing like some hon
est sweating 10 drive the fantods from
our brains. mud help us to prompt for
getting OF all our penalties and pn ".
When ! am Idle | start hrooding, ana
.niofiaip tho saddcst Views. and I hav.
Nightmares. vain. dcluding. and see
snakes and kangaroos. Hut am chser-
fil when I'm busy. ! sing sweet SONGS
IN dulcci tones the Russian stuff seens
punk ana dizzy TO one who's earning
honest bones And whom We all gel
down 10 tolllng said Russian stun
viii SEQ slump; and fcrvld iapguaes
viii bo spelling. with other rubbish
at the dump,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

Fifty years ago Enoch Thompson
lett his home in Taylor, Penn, 10 60
TO Stafford. Kan. lie was interested
at the time in Miss Anna Smiley oi
Taylor. but did not see her again IN.
hi the last summer. when he visited
his old home Their marriage fol-
lowed the meeting.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
Appearances Deceive.

An old lady, well known ior her
phllan,hrophy, used 10 take great
interest in various asylums. During
a visit TO one certain old man
reused her special compassion.
"Ilov long have you been here !"
she asked him.
After asking him few more ques-
tons she passed on.
Turning to her guide, she noticed
smile on his face. On asking him
the reason she heard 10 her conster-
nation that the old man was no less
than the medical superintendent In
great agitation she rushed back TO
make her apologies
II am so sorry, doctor" she said (;
this has taught me leSSbn. "l'll
never Judge by appearances again
Chicago News
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
fifteen YeaIs ARo.

c. b. Shreves OF Denison. Texas,
has invented aitei thir,y-iiye years
experiment, a cot,on-picking machine.
which ne expects will reyolutionire
the cotton industry The cotton
picker is worked by horse power and
i, intended to be attached 10 the side
Ot a WlgOn.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

In a paper recently read by d. NJ
Buck before the American Society for
Testing Materials, il was brought on,
that very small amounts OF copner
have the effect OF reducing cortosloH
in steel. Tests were made OF open
hearth steel with various copper addi-
tions. so ,lat there was from 00l2
to 0154 percen, OF copper in the in.
gots. These were rolled into sheets
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

and exposed to the atmosphere IN the
Conncllsyilc coke region, together
with a number OF pieces III which
there we're no copper 1t was found
that = mere trace oi copper was sui
licicnt 10 prrvent rapid corrosiOn.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

Chief kesier aud the iiremcn want
to thank the wayor and city council
and people OF Oklahoma City Tor
their hearty welcome and assistance
in entertaining the visiting iiremen.
They are grateful also TO the mcr-
chants Tor the prizes in the contests
and to the restaurants and hotels Tor
meals furnished the visitors.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
RADICALISM ENDANGERS UNIONS.

THERE organized effort the bohest socialists the
radical organizations control the trade, and labor
Unions OF America The original plan of one big union to force social
revolution general temporarily abandoned what seems
more feasible plan ANNOUNCEMENTS this effect have appeared in the
public prints and lacking The Longhotnn strike the
eot Of New York which hampers worlds
greatest gateway The strike unauthorized by the
Loghorenns ard the president Of that ogana
.ion representative capas interests who makes the charge
that the strike prompted by w w and bolSheyist'
is not long railway sopmen strike defiance OF
their authorized New York suspended this moment
BY the of the local pmn union which ignores
urds paren, body leader the steel strike was
openly advocating sabotage synicam and revolution little while
Investigation by unuded observers indicates that strike attempt
radical gain of the American Federation OF Labor While
Gompers arbitration Foster still talking OF finish strike
the Sners is large Its hand i
teuands so radical that they threaten national disaster
Other instances, large and small could be cited but % sufficient
widespread ramcaions the 1t scheme which
already the millions indeed has cost the workngmen
millions, Unless checked will continue handicap
cc9ress industry checked will until evil
program fastened the But will be checked Foreigners
may The ignorant may be msled by
possible promises But the Americans believe the right OF the
individual Also Americans believe America and will permit to
Be made according to the plans and specifications Kar Marx
Lenin- and Trobly.
1t will be better for organized labor II
promptly recacan member, and rid it, ranks of those
agos rather than workers By submitting their dctatonby
ountenancing theories and impossible Notwithstanding
abs prestige ncm public sympathy has already been lost So long
o demands for sufficient for standard OF living
wholesome working conditions they rally that moral support the
public which mnots But when they
class rule and the the existing order then public sympathy
shifts and and strengthened and reinforced ses itself
struggle
But labor
For love power
the fate of Russia where industry shattered and
meaning Production a. essential labor capital
capital prepared the strain of idle
neu pauy products For selfish patriotic
behooves the members Of trades the
ey still possess rid themselves and country this growing hur
Of turbulence and industrial disorder.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
Ten YraIa AGO.

Women members OF the Eighty
Miners association are behind
movement TO build new home for
the Oklahoma Historical society. now
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

We asked the Young lady across the
~ay il she understood inside baseball
and she said she'd always seen It
PLAYED outdoors
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

The corner stone of the new PHI
grim Congregational church was laid
Sunday.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
.01ifW6rrp
bYRwM -
THE LUCKY ESKIMO.


Last summer when the weather wa, calorc (meanng ho,)
We used to think the Eskimo had drawn a happy lot
ana monsh tne DAY; are cooler now mat same OPINION hd'
Concerning those who sojoun the barren Arctic lands
Though frost hsNbiskers and chilblans ci-
The poor benigh,ed Eskimo is still exceeding rich
for where his icy lsloo bids defiance to the storm
The winters night is edsiug down o six months
Up yonder where they specialize plain and fancy
But through the white wilderness where Eskmos abide
No gFea, unrest is mussmg up the chilly countryside
Nor docs the northern or his polar substitute
And il he wants variety his bill OF fare
No packer boosts the prices on the on-ed polar bear
I. goes about ", his fishing in the CUSTOMARY way,
And when the shift is ended he sit around serene
With no debates on covenants TO nuddle up his bean
And while he fingers sucy abou, his suoubound shack
He knows stern committee IS cayortlng on his track
To bid him make donations OF a bale o or
Iha, down-uoddn foreigners the winter through
A coarse and greasy citizen the Eskimo may be-
Who misses much which graces this dominion Of the free
And make US long for habtlts where lie is less compx
wcmn do considerable travelling which AWAY, surprising
man wNShas watched one oi them pack a trunk
The disposition attempts get by eamoutagcd as an
artistic temperament
apt to talk great right, when h, trying
to get special privilege
long contention basket bali per
smmon seasons were long enough
Speaking visionary individuals although no one was we encountered
possibility There also possibility John D. will finish
market
Chau,auqua season although it
isn't necessary to camp out to hear considerable big talk
HOW SHORT THE BAYS ARE GETTING
My unbeams with rainbow round her hair"
So sing, bard Harpers Magazine
Md we have heard of other James with a thing
Although the same are very seldom seen
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

Attorney General Palmer has launched another drive prices
and predict w,hou, fear OF ucu contradiction will he fully
Is successful other efforts direction
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

virtually unemployment City disability
When high and work plentiful there for thanksgiving
lvsn in n Of high prices
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

is note tha, there republican senator's who hold
patriotism higher than and the fate humanity above personal pref
udice Nelson's the ratification the peace
Nstrous example OF such honest public aods well with the
record of the Minnesota His makes the
opponents appear silly well sodd by
this that America stand alooi European affairs
assurance isolation II the lesson
because of blindness which will helps herself
helping did turning
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
O1dSfo1ies
zzzNlelT14Pe
To- II NMee N1ee
Twenty Years Ago.

An sn,i.saloon league has been
formed at Norman with Rev. Mr.
Wagner president and Mrs. J. =.
Duriey secretary.
City Clerk G. ". Spencer has been
granted leave OF absence OF six
weeks by the city council and will
leave in day or two to enjoy his
vacation
Saltwater i, now lighted with elec-
,rlciy. The system started oil with
$50 lights.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

The Chau,auqua has had successful although
isn't necessary camp hear considerable big talk
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

Speaking OF visionary individuals although
enthusiast the other day who regarded Senator Reed presidential
possibility There also possibility that John D. will finish
steamheated poorhou hut that doesn't him. affect the stock
market.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

has long been contention that the basket ball and per
Smmon seasons long enough
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11
HOW SHORT THE DAYS ARE GETTING.

My love is clad sunbeams with rainbow round her hair
So sings bard in Harper's Magazine,
Md have heard OF other lanes with not thing TO
Although the very seldom
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-11

Is apt talk great deal about his rights when he i
10 get special privilege
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-19

Life IS gay and blithe and sunny
since the peace dove hit the breeze;
every one is burning money just as
though it grew on trees. l insist
on thrift and saving, but there's
none to heed my words; johnnies say
that | am raving, and throw money
to the birds. Men are drawing
princely wages, and their breasts
are filled with mirth, and they jeer
foreboding sages who predict a day
of dearth; but that day will come
as surely as tomorrow's sun will
rise; things will then be going
poorly with the giddy spending
thrift guys. Things won't boom
along forever as they're booming
now, my friends; and the man who's
truly clever saves as ably as he
spends. 1t is patent to the know
ing, IN expensive times like these,
that the kopecks won't be growing
always on the shrubs and trees.
There will come day of trouble ,
when this boom is left behind, and
the kopeck and the ruble will be
mighty hard to find; happy then the
lads whose wages have been safely
placed IN brine, who obeyed the
seers aud sages, when the saving
graft was fine. And how sick will
be the mortals who like spendthrifts
now behave, who reply with jeers
and chortles when we call on them
to save!-Walt Mason.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-19
Peas Pay in Latah County

From numerous farms in Latah
county, Idaho, come reports of pro-
fit in peas, both as crop of intrin-
sic value and as soi-enrlcher.
Elmer Nichols of Moscow thresh-
ed 26O acres, averaging nine sacks
of one hundred and forty or fifty
pounds to the acre, and expected
about $75 an acre for his crop. Arm
bruster & Taylor threshed ITO acres
of Blue Prussians and reported a
crop worth, at present prices, S7l 40
an acre, besides the waste stubble
and grain, on which it is expected
that their 1913 hogs will probably
gain 70 pounds per head.
G. P. Mix, threshing a 20O-acre
field of peas just north Of Moscow,
found part of the yield as high as
10 sacks to the acre. and expected to
average eight sacks. S. 7. Silvey,
who averaged 32 bushels on his
farm one mile south of Viola, be-
lieves the place would have aver
aged at east IS had it been covered
with pea crop the preceding year,
that portion which was so planted
last year having yielded better.
Charles Snow, of the vicinity of
Moscow, who expects six cents a
pound for his pea crop. will aveage
even for the dry season just past
$50.40 an acre on land that in for
mer years would have been summer
fallowed. Said Mr.. Snow: "This
year has shown that this country
will produce wonderful crops. even
with rainfall far below the normal,
if land is properly cultivated and
crops are rotated. - Idaho Farmer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-19
Lewiston Fair Next Week

Reduced rates have been granted
by the raiwlay administration to
the lewiston -Clarktson Fall Fair,
to be held at Lewiston From Sept.
% to 26 inclusive. Round trip tick
cts will be sold for one and half
fare.
An elaborate program has been
arranged for the four days of the
fair and many expensive attractions
have been. signed up by the fair
management. Among the amuse-
ment are horse racing, aeroplane
flying, band concerts, free pave
ment dance, band concerts, earn
ivals and many other attractions.
The management states that this
will be one of the best fairs ever
held in Lewiston.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-19
1t Isn't So

The impression has gained ground
among number of the residents
living within the proposed Kend-
rick Highway District that Is per
cent OF the bonds voted in a high
way district reverts to the general
fund of the county. This is posi-
lively not the case. All money
raised by voting bonds is retained
by the Highway district, except Ii
per cent which is paid to the county
for collecting the money. There is
no question about the matter what
ever as the attorney general has
passed upon the question.
Just why these methods are being
used to endeavor to defeat the high
way district is hard to understand.
If a highway district were some-
thing that would ultimately ruin
the community one could see some
logic in such opposition measures,
but proposition that is being pro-
NOTED solely for the benefit of
everyone concerned deserves little
more consideration.
There is general idea that a
higwhay district means an avail
anche of high taxes for everyone.
The highway laws are fixed so that
this is impossible. Ten percent of
the assessed valuation of the pro-
perty within the district is the
limit of bonds that can be voted.
This represents about percent of
the actual valuation. Now any
farmer or business man who cannot
stand five percent bond issue is
right in line for a sheriff's sale, so
there is no use to prolong his men
tai stress. Most of the highway
bonds issued in Latah county bear
less than SIX percent interest, so it
is easily seen that highway bonds
cannot become very heavy burden.
For the people of this community
to sit back and allow the election
to tail to carry would not be in
line with the usual progressive
spirit of good Potlatchers. Other
highway districts in the county are
progressing splendidly and are CIV
ing satisfaction. Not only that,
but they are producing results and
will be the means of securing fine
system Of roads all over the county.
Under the old system this would be
impossible to obtain in a lifetime.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-19
Can Secure Federrl Aid

There has been some difference of
opinion as to whether it is possible
to secure federal aid for the con-
struction of good roads that are COW
cred by mail routes. The fact of
the matter is that Moscow has been
notified that federal money would
be appropriated for building roads
in the Moscow Highway district.
If this district can secure federal
aid, there is no reason why other
highway districts cannot receive
the benefit of this manner of secur-
ing helplin the construction of bet
ter highways. 1t rests with the
people who live within the highway
district as to whether they get fed
eral aid on the roads. All it takes
is cooperation and consistent effort
along the right lines and this
money can be secured. There is a
certain method of procedure that
must be followed, and each ap-
plication for federal aid must be
acted upon in the order in which
the applications were sent in.
When the money is secured it means
that for every dollar spent for
road construction purposes on high
ways used for rural routes, a like
amount will be contributed by the
government. The grades and width
of the roads for which federal
money is appropriated do not have
to comply to strict specifications as
do the state highways.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-19
Kelso Flew at Kendrick

Kelso, one of the most daring
avaitors in the northwest, spent
the noon hour in the air over Kend-
rick, Tuesday. Arrangements had
been made last Saturday afternoon
with the manager of the Spokane
aviation company to have Kelso
come here to give an exhibition
flight. The business men here paid
the sum of $1O0 for the exhibition.
Arrangements were made on short
notice as the manager of the COM
pany said it was Impossible to make
dates very far ahead as it was often
the case that climatic conditions
and other unforeseen circumstances
delayed Kelso in getting from one
town to another. Last week while
going from Lewiston to lilo, he
broke the propeller and one wheel
from the machine while trying to
light at Ilo. 1t cost S125 for new
propeller and made it necessary to
cancel several dates with neighborig
towns.
The manager of the company, Mr..
Belknap, said the expense of hand
ling the machine averaged 1925 a
day and that the average weekly
flying time was 49 days. Kelso
gets $500 week and he has two
mechanics. two automobiles and a
manager with his outfit. Where
ground conditions are favorable he
carries passengers for 81 minnie.