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The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
WANTS SPEED
ON XMAS MAIL
Postmaster Chance Begins
Annual Battle With Tar
dy Folks.

City Postmaster Merritt o. Chance
is preparing to lay down a heavy
paper barrage In the annual battle
against tardy Christmas mailing.
d. He announced yesterday that, in
addition to the usual printed in
structions. as to zone mailing sched-
ules for Yuletide letters and pack
ages, $4,000 pamphlets emphasizing
the need Of early posting will be
distributed among District school
children for transmission to their
parents.
Postmaster Chance is particularly
urgent on the score of substantial
wrapping of parcel post and other
packages. Last Christmas a great
number of, packages never were de-
livered because the exterior wrap
pings were demolished! He advises
that in addition to the writing of
the sender's name and address on
the exterior, a card with the same
data should be inclosed in the pack
age, so that loss Of the wrapping
will not prevent return OF damaged
goods.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
Commission Accepts Wage
Boards Findings on Per
Diem Workers Request.
IGNORE UNION LEADER
John H. Hurley to Quit To-
morrow as City Associa-
ton Head.

Hopes Of per diem employees of
the District for an Increase in pay
in the near future were shattered
yesterday when the District Com
missioners adopted recommendations
of the Wage Board urging that no
immediate change in the salary
scale be made. The findings OF the
Wage Board. returned last Friday.
were based on hearings held octo-
Der 2s.
A copy of the Commissioner de-
cision will be sent to John r. Giea-
SON. secretary of the City Employees
Association. following the city Of
ficials' refusal to deal any longer
with Joseph II. Hurley, president.
Hurley announced yesterday he
would resign as head of the ssso-
citation when It meets tomorrow
night In Cadet Armory. 7os o street
northwest.
The Cemmissioners Explain.
The Commissioners made known
their decision by the following an
nouncemeht:
The Commissioners of the Dis
trict Of Columbia have carefully
considered the request made by GER
tain OF their per diem lemployss.
through the City Employees Asso-
citation, that the existing wage scale
be modified SO as to conform to the
wage scale recently adopted at the
United States Navy Yard.
They feel that in fixing the
wages of per diem laborers and me-
chanics employed by the District of
Columbia under the authority given
them by law, 1t is their duty to
take into consideration many fac
tors, including the wages authorized
at the Navy Yard, the wages paid
by other employers in the District
of Columbia, the compensation fixed
by Congress for other District of
Columbia employees. the cost Of liv-
ing and the effect of any changes in
the wage scale upon their ability
to do the work which Congress has
directed them to do and upon the
efficiency of the District organiza-
tion as a whole.
Opinions Weighed.
After taking those and other
factors into consideration, and af-
ter reviewing the majority and min
rity opinions of the Wage Board.
they have reached the conclusion
that 1t is inadvisable to make any
change in the existing wage scale
at this time"
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16

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The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
POWER SCHEME
BACKED BY DIAL
Senator Says Great Fails
Dam Would Be Inspiration IN
To Nation.
CITES VISITORS HERE
Likely to Go Home With
Idea Of Developing Falls
There.
CITES VISITORS HERE

Development Of the Great Falls
waterpower project as an Inspiration
and example to the rest sof the ma
tion is urged by Senator Nathaniel
B. Dial, Of South Carolina, one Of
the men who will be called upon to
vote on whatever decision 10 made
by the Water Power Commission
relative to this project.
Visitors come here from every
section Of the country" said Senator
Dial. "and. after seeing this dam.
would be inspired and the idea
would suggest itself Of developins
water power at home. The first
dam ever saw made great impress
sion on me and ! forthwith organ
lied q power company and have
since constructed three dams.
Believes Scheme Feasible.
II don't claim to be an expert nor
an engineer but am satisfied that
the power going to waste at Great
Falls should be developed"
Senator Dial declined to comment
on the plan advanced by J. H. Lev
. A<oo Ah8CASo chkluccTt WHICH
would create two great reservoirs,
but said that matter 10 one to be de-
cided by experts.
II would suggest" he said, that
IL the powers-that-be cannot agree
upon a plan, that recognized experts
in the engineering profession be
called in for counsel.
Il do not assume to say which
plan Is the better but with what lit
tie experience / have had with
building powers I do not think q
dam Of too great height should be
constructed. In other words / don't
believe in over-building."
Declares II 4 Coed Investnent.
Referring to the prediction of En-
gineer Levering that power could
be developed at Great Falls for a
cost Of 500 per horsepower. Sena-
tor Dial said that anything like that
cost would be an exceedingly low
figure.
TN our section Of the country"
he said, even $500 a horsepower has
proved a profitable investment. I
think that of itself the demand
here and the opportunities for. de-
veioping the city require that this
power be utilized" '"' j.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16

BROUGHT HERE
Correspondence Institute Is
Moved From Quantico to
Washington Barracks.

The Marine Corps Institute, a vo-
cational and correspondence school
with about 5000 students at all the
Marine Corps stations, including the
distant foreign posts and Marines
on vessels of, the navy. has been
moved from ousntico. Va, to the
Marine barracks here, it was an
nounced yesterday by the Navy De-
partment.
The institute began last February
as a post school at ouantico and was
established by Gen. Lejeune while
in command there. A special corps
of instructors is now required to
handle the institutes correspon-
dence.
The institute includes thirty sep
arate schools, each Offering a mum.
Der of graded courses and now has a
total of 4,5sS students. The detach-
ment transferred from Quantico Is
composed of twelve officers and 125
men. 1t will now be the only organ
ization at the Washington Marine
Barracks, with the exception of the
Marine Band.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
SEE O-SHIFT SYSTEM
ALL HIGH SCHOOLS

More than 1000 children will be
promoted from the eighth grade of
local public schools to the high
schools when the new school Sc
mester begins next February, school
officials estimated yesterday.
Owing to the fact that approxi-
mately 500 students are expected to
be graduated from the high schools
at the same time, the net gain in
enrolment for the high schools will
be about 700.
The high schools, however, will
be crowded. and extension Of the
two-shift system to embrace almost
all of the high schools Is contem-
plated. Increases in grade school
registrations next February will be
slight, II Is believed.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
SCHEDULE OF ASH
COLLECTIONS FIXED

The District government ,, yes
terdsy ofiicially recognized the fact
that the weather's getting cold.
Norris Hacker, superintendent of
street cleaning and city refuse,
practically acknowledged that win
ter Is at hand when he announced
the. winter schedule OF ash collec-
tions.
Hackers force of ash collectors
will be looking for ashes twice q
week in the business. and nearby
residential sections Of the city, and
once a week in the outlying dis
tricts.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
Mine Bureau OGeial Tranfered.

Earl w. wagy. for the last year
and a half assistant to the Petrol
and half assistant to the chief or
the Petroleum Division, U. s. Blu
reau of Mines. has been transferred
to Bartiesyiile, Okla, where he win
succeed Al w. Ambrose as superin-
tendent 6f the Bureau of Mines
Petroleum Experiment Station, IL
was announced yesterday. tS'f-
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
Seapla.es 10 Help Shin Search.

The Coast Guard aviation base
station at Moorhead City, N. c., was
directed today to employ seapianes
to aid In the search for the disabled
American steamer Makanda, for
which the American steamer corson.
has been searching southwest Of
Cape Lookout light vessel.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
Greek Marine Line Upheld.

The, Supreme Court yesterday al
lowed to stand the decision of a
lower court which held, that theeNa-
ti9nal Steam Navigation Company.
OF Greece. is not liable for claims
of ss7s.o75.ss filed against It as the
result OF the loss of the steamer
The Saloniki"
The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
sOId Nag MOI Z Racer.

Vie old nag which arrived at To-
ledo. Ohio, In d horse car marked
Man o War" didn't much resem-
BILE the fHight handlers conception
of the famous runner. The clink Of
bottles In her stall tipped on the
lads asid thcy called the police. whe
found yh1lkN -
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10

Asyeung ladv aeross Inc way says nnu@law can4itioue must Ae terrible and nAa sa~ tu the paper that4 labor had ngf1a<ysn n@en stabilized
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10

with small iron signs suitable for lv-al and low speed traffic. However, these will not do for rapid travel, as the in- scriptions are so small they cannot be read while cars are in motion, and many of them are not within the radius of the lights at night
 In order to facilitate traffic, the French and allied armies had recourse to signs with large letter inscriptions, painted On wood or canvas, or when ever possible, on the walls of houses. These were placed at a proper height to be seen by the drivers without diff ficulty by day or by night. The direct result has been that the French min istry of public works has decided to carry out the idea developed through the war traffic, by erecting danger sig nals and indicating noteworthy places and by denoting the route to be fol- lowed as regards direction and dis tances and class of road. There are five different classes of roads and highways in France.
 It is planned to have the roads oi
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
AN EMPTY HousE

This place was home ;and here were
 hearts made glad With dawn, gray dusk, and rest when
 day was done 70 House have you forgot the dreams
 they hadD Around it was a whisper of the leaves. The smoke curled sl5yward in the even
 ing air. And there were children's feet upon the stair. And twittering swallows wheeled about
 the caves, But now no footfall crosses any room; No finger lifts the latch. The hearth is cold And black with ash. Nor through the
 deepening gloom Does any window cast it's bar of gold. Q House of Dreams, will you remember
 yet The hearts that loved you, when all
 else forget7 Victor Starbuck in the Independent, New York.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
ER0M.
- .Isnzs zRoa. |
 TIE WNNDEV1NA7ZD RUFF
AsuKEs
Bp Lillian PGschaI Rap

The rest were all fictitious, went home mystified. Who could my girls enemy be7 She declared she had none. I went with her to the lot. Got job as extra. Then l watched every girls face. Especially when Laura was on. Soon I spotted one girl.
 She watched my girl every minute. Jealousy was written all over her. got a specimen of her writing. 1t was identical with the letters. took her aside, showed I had her. Taxed with it, she confessed. She was in love with the director. She thought he liked her.
 He changed when Laura came.
 She hated her-and wept.
 l wanted to shake her.
 You goose! He's a married man. He was merely kind to you.
 He's crazy about his wife. She came the day Laura did.
 She probably saw your foolishness.
 Put him wise so he was cool
 It was for your own goodl" She dried her eyes and apologized.
 She's engaged to the property man. Laura has been promised stardom
 The directors wife saw to that. Isn't it odd? Jealousy turns girls to demons. They turn back when they wake u
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10

is arranged. There are thirty five vol umes containing the proceedings of the commission formed for inquiring into the losses, services and claims of American loyalists. Another interest," ing colonial relic is of much earlier date, the record of the Virginia Com pany, covering the years of 1919 to 1924.
 New England is we'll represented, Mayor Peter Force of Washington sold hfs great collection to the government. The West is represented by the literary remains of Schoolcraft, secretary to General Lewis Cass, and some papers and letters of Cass himself.
 Uncle Sam has also the letter books of President Monroe. kept while he was our minister at London, the papers of General John Sullivan, the letter books of General Nathaniel Greene and the papers of Colonel Ephriam Baine.-Sur and New York Herald
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
BEHIND THE SILVER SCREEN

My daughter is in the pictures. No star yet, but names in the cast So fans know who she is. Directors are queer folks Ability doesn't always count. They think lot of letters Those are popularity thermometers. Fans are supposed to write them. Of course they don't always. Any goose knows that.
 Some actors write to themselves. Others have press agents to do it. My girl scorns such methods. Says it's your work that counts. But these knocker letters started. They roasted her up and down. Said she was ugiy-no actress. They even went to the director. Asked him what pull she had.
 Nasty insinuations, and they hurt. He began being crusty to her.
 Bawled her out till she cried.
 And he'd been so nice to before. She expected daily to get canned. decided to do something.
 Made her give me those letters.
 Some were anonymous.
 Others had names and addresses.
 went on a still hunt for them.
 The first number was a vacant lot Next place I asked for Miss Sax"
 Nobody had even heard of her.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10

through his flesh so that pain might keep him awake; and of the restless Sai Lin, whose active body revolted against sitting at his books, and who cured himself of constant disposition to rise and leave them by placing pail of cold water where his feet would be immersed in it whenever he stood up.
 A warning is given in the career of the interruptions Pang Kien, who cut off the ends of straws that his teacher told him to arrange evenly. while the careful and honest Sung Pin separated similar bundle and laid the straws straight one by one, and found that they were all of uniform length without cutting. The character thus manifested by the two showed their teacher which of his pupils would best repay his ef-
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
CHINA scHooLs'


 Chinese schoolroom methods arc in teresting as showing the contrast be- tween schools in the Orient and schools in this country. Many elderly people wfil recall the time when practices fin the district schools of the United states had some of the Chinese thor oughness and dependence upon the memory.
 The beginner takes his book to the teacher. who hears him read a column or more. after which the pupil returns tc his desk and repeats this lesson aloud until he can recifa. it from mem wrx. Ha tnen 4aikes his book again to
 ..s.s< q. ' t'rrz e's sels % s.s upon Esgrras s1S ItI4 IH cnIirH ~tockinN the lesson" In ttis way tho pupil commits the st.sss ,s iSsra c s1 fhoroushly that h< can Of any moment repeat the whole
 ss, s.s Rss.Ass ass..sss. s,'is D slm words of Just before the monday recess the teacher writes a sentiment, proverb CT a proposition upon a slip of red raper and pastes 1t upon the door Each boy as he goes out reads the 1nes. and in the afternoon renders to the teacher another line which will, With the first, make Q couplet
 2 Tn China all honors. social pecuniary and official. await the scholar. and the teacher has always at hand illustrious samples to hold up for the emulation r those who become discouraged. Among the ancients. as among the moderns. many who were poor 0r cupid rose to eminence by sheer dili- Rcnce and self-diseipline.
 The teacher tells of So Chin, who, ceing afflicted with drowsiness when at his nightly studies. thrust a needle
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
FRANCE TO MARK ALL ROADS

The importance of motor transpor- tation was thoroughly established in France during the war, and from now on motor trucks will be widely em- ploved for industrial, commercial and agricultural purposes. It is also ex- pected that there will be a consider able increase in the volume of tourist traffic. The direct effect of these de- velopments has been to turn attention to the care of the roads in France, and also to the importance of marking them adequately so that it VII be pos sible to circulate through the country without difficulty and loss of time, writes Louis G. Dreyfus, consul at Paris.
 At present the roads ara marked
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
YOUNG AND oLp

When all the world is young. lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose swan. lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse. lad, And round the world away; Young blood must have its course, lad And every dog his day. When all the world is old, lad, And all the trees are brown; And all the sport is stale. lad. And all the wheels run down; Creep home, and take your place there The spent and maimed among; God grant you find face there You loved when all was young
 Charles Kingsley.
 --O- My brothers business is going to the wall'
 Dear me, how did that happen? ?r He is selling decorative vines
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10
AMERIcAs LETTER coLLEcrIoN

Uncle Sam is not especially inter ested in autographs. but in his big li- brary at Washington he has a good many letters and papers signed by some of his m os t distinguished nephews. All these manuscripts, which were not we'll cared for until a few years ago, are now intelligently classi- fled and preserved. There are 25,000 documents of importance. The Wash ington papers are the most valuable, They include documents written and received by the first president, the re- ports from the secret service agents during the Revolution, letters from Rochambeau ard state papers.
 The John Paul Jones papers fill eight volumes of the special kind of letter file in which the national collection
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10

forts, and his Judgment was justified by the event for Fang Kien came to no good while Sung Pin won renown and
 wealth, and great honor came through
 him to his eceptor.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-10

France completely equipped with signs by December 31, 1921. at the latest.-- New York Evening Post,
The Rice belt journal., 1920-03-06

Little Dave Bottorff and Big Dave
Bottorff are both somewhat incapaci-
ated this week, but both are on the
mend and will be as usual soon. Big
Dave, it is said, used his foot as a
prop behind a number of four by
heavies in partially successful at
tempt to uproot gatepost. Several
thinks and circumstances worked to-
gether for the injury of his foot, in
cluding Ford car driven by A. T..
Jones. Little Dave had a very narrow
escape for his life He was assisting
in the unloading of Layne &, Bowler
pump on the Jones & Bottorff farm
near Fenton last Saturday, when the
heavy pump fell from the wagon, and
catching his glove carried him be.
meath it to the ground. His head was
driven into the ground beneath the
weight of the heavy pump. Fellow
workmen expected to find him dead
but he soon came to and is at present
about recovered.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-03-06
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
CONQUER BLAZE
About 5000 Damage to House Occupied
by Baptist Misunderstanding
Damaged Considerable.

Fire which originated in the roof
CT the old Chas. Dautel residence in
south Welsh Monday morning did con-
siderable damage before it was. con
Querad by the efforts of volunteer fire
fighters. The house is owned by S. o.
Scoggins, who purchased it short
time ago from the Dautel estate, and
is occupied by Rev. Jordan, pastor
Ct the Baptist church, and his wife,
There is some diversity of opinion
as to the origin of the fire but Mr..
Scoggins states that he thinks it was
caused from a spark falling on the
Roof. He states that the damage to the
house amounted to about $500, fully
covered by insurance. The minister's
furniture was considerably damaged
by water and hurried handling as it
was carried out Of the building. His
wife suffered the loss of considerable
valuable clothing. Their furniture had
carried insurance in Alabama, but
the policy had not been transferred
when they moved to Louisiana.
A big hole was burned in the roof
of the main part of the house, making
it uninhabitable. The minister and
his wife. however, are still at home
there, getting along as best they can
in the one room that was undamaged
AS usual the towns chemical en-
CINE played a very important part in
putting out the blaze. Both of the en-,
gines were taken to the scene, Nbut the
The Rice belt journal., 1920-03-06
GET A GOOD SIRE.

Quality and productive capacity OF
the average Louisiana farm animal Is
still low. Thousands Of farmers are
wasting time and money on animals
that give less returns for the same
expenditures than would better stock.
The price Of land, the price of labor,
and the price of everything else is
high. If animals are to hold their
own in our system of agriculture they
must not only be high-priced them,
selves but they must also be Of high
quality.
The value of livestock depends on
good care, housing, feeding and dis.
ease control, as well as on breeding.
Good breeding, however, determines
the fundamental capacity of an ami.
NAL to be profitable to its owner. Ac-
cordingly, the replacement of scrub
sires by good purebreds is considered
basis for other improvement, While
the use OF good females is likewise
important, good sires bring results
more quickly and at less expense.
Get a good sire.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-03-06
services of only one was required.
FENTON TOPICS.

The old proverb has come to pass
in the closing of February. Our grand
mother used to give us kids what we
called fireside chats. and one of the
old proverbs was, that the month of
February was very accurate in its
habits, which very plainly proved it
self, that February comes in like a
lamb and goes out like a lion" which
seems very true, as the first Bad, cold
rain came the 2Sth, and the heaviest
ice came on the night of the 29th. as
a reminder.
The Mclaughlin Oil Co., of Fenton
has derrick up and ready for oper-
alton. A crew of men went to work
Monday morning setting the machin-
cry, which will be ready for operation
in few days if no bad luck oyertakes
them in the work We are informed
that Mr.. Dan Doescher rs one of the
drillers.
Monday morning was an ice cracking
morning, as heavy ice covered the
ground As the weather had been so
fine for a few days several gardens
had been planted and much of the
plants were just right to be caught by
the freeze-which means mad women.
Mr.. Maxile Bertrand of Elton was
in our vicinity Saturday and Sunday,
and while looking over the Rice Belt
Journal said, 1T seems to me that
there is some sunshine" flirting at
at Woodlawn. wish my name added
to the Journals subscription list and
the paper forwarded to me at Elton
La" He is probably looking for Sarah
Jane.
Mr. Fob Reed has moved from
Bayou Serpent to one of the McLaugh-
lin places. Mr.. Reed will be one of
the oil drilling force. Mr.. John Hebert
of Kinder has also moved to the oil
we'll district, and will be in the employ
of Mr.. Mclaughlin.
Mr. F. c. Benning and son, Clarence,
are now running the Dock Witherwax
saw mill on the D. S. Williams place.
The mill is running at full blast and
turning out a very good class of lum.
Der for the local market
The heavy rains of Saturday and