The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-13

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u the best suited for the organization
OF average size. In numerical filing,
an alternative system which some pre-
fer, q number Is assigned to each per.
son with whom considerable CORE
spondence Is carried on. To locate
any particular number In the file an
alphabetical cross index Is kept.
Safeguarding the Cash.
A regular system Of safeguarding
the cash should be adopted and ad.
hered to strictly. All cash entries
should be explicit and items supporting
such entries should be fled 80 as to be
easily accessible. No entries should
be recorded In the cash book which do
not relate to cash. If possible. the full
receipts Of each day should be dep0s.
tied in the bank. All Cancelled checks
should be filed in numerical order. and
duplicate checks should be covered by
indemnity bonds. The cash or check
register and the bank pass book bal.
ance should be reconciled each month,
and a permanent record kept Of this
agreement. Checks. sales slips. re.
ceipts and the like should be numbered
with a numbering machine. and any
which are spoiled In use should be
marked void or left in the book. A
regular system should be used for &C
kn0wledging all cash sales or miscel-
laneous cash items received. A syste-
matte record should be kept Of all pet
ty cash payments.
An important item often neglected
in the accounting Of marketing organ
izati0ns IL depreciation. The extent
Of depreciation should be estimated as
closely as possible and credited to the
time Reserve for Depreciation" &C.
count as the books are closed for the
year. This will decrease the net profit
by the amount Of depreciation, and set
aside amounts to replace the assets
out Of the earnings One other essen.
tial in the proper accounting Of any
marketing organization. as well as In
other business efforts, Is the auditing
Of the accounts. Both external and in
ternal audits should be made at reg
ular intervals. The latter may be con-
Quoted by a committee Of members,
while the former should be made by
an expert accountant and should be
complete, all original documents being
srS!,,sSlo for his Investigator.
Meteerite Of Great Age.
Meteorltes Of indicated great age
are conspicuous by their absence from
museum collections. and 1t Is suggest
ed that such specimens may disinte-
CRATE and disappear from the rocks
within a relatively short time after
falling.
The British museum, however, has
lately acquired q slice Of somewhat
less than a pound from meteoric
iron that Is believed to represent an
ancient fall. The slice Is from one
Of two similar masses that were found
In January, 1905. within a few miles
Of Dawson, Kfondike, and that. from
their position deep in the oldest grav-
els of the district, are thought to have
rested there since the Pliocene age or
before. III
From his study Of tho original spec
linens in the museum of the geologi.
cal survey at Ottawa, r. A. A. John
son has concluded that they are part
Of a single meteoric shower Of Ter.
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Llbsrlan Hlppos.
The Liberian hippos do not live 10
+, dense forests; they do not frequent
the rivers. A small forest stream sat.
isles them, but they do not enter 1t, a
least by day. They burrow into ita
banks, wherever there has been Z
washout, and in these burrows they
sleep during the daylight hours. So
It Is very difficult to trace them. The
first specimen that was seen could moi
be caught, because all the native car
riers were sick, and the whole country
was 90 flooded by rains that Schom.
burgk, famous hunter, could not camp
therein. After trying various ways tc
capture the shiny little beasts, Schom.
burgk succeeded by digging plta
WHEREBY they were entrapped on theiI
nightly strolls through the forese.-.
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