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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1920-11-12
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1920-11-12
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1920-11-12
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1920-11-12
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1920-11-12

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14
MILLER TIRE SALES SHOW
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR

buying tires NJ cut prices Is the
proverb!al easiest way" which. in
the end. is the mos; costly TO the
mo;or!st The car owner who al
lows only first costs 20 determine
his purchases IN out-of-iuck in the
emergencies % the road
F'ly-by- night vendors OF ungua.an-
tccd products cannot spell true tire
economy for the motor.st. Buytng
ami selling tires lis not game nor
u pawn. but 4 bus!ness---a business
In which ultimate costs are Deepen
den, both on the mileage puil, into
tire and on the tire conservation
service OF the merchant
Neither the real mcrchand!scr nor
the great buying public would force
a merchant TO be either "A "gyp'
handling ''no-name" tires. not guar
ant".d. or 10 give away all the leEit!
mate profits necessary to stay in
business.
Among Ak-ons "hig four" tire
companies. there is one whose tires
arc costing an average OF but $40
cents per mile. Price per mile. not
price per tire. is the way TO buy tire
mileage. Tires that deliver about
half tho mileage Of a standard tire
but mile for mile cost far more
Tire cost comparisons concern
every Inotorist Within three years.
one company has increased its mil
cage ii5 per cent. I, Is only natu-
raj that Miller sales have shown All
Increase this year. eYen over the
record OF last year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14
SMALL MOVIE PLANT
ABOARD AN APPERSON

The .Appcrson F::E;,t-thc ear tina:
r!vea' c!ght-cylind"r NcSibill:y on
Iour-cy!!ndor gas ia;ions-has made
4 unique debut into the movics.' says
+. r. Jarrard. vice president Of APP
person Eros: Automobile Company. OF
kokOmo Ind.
probably the smallest complete
motion picture laboratory IN the
world is on an Apperson car. when
recently drove through Kokomo. This
car Is operated 10y the Harris Film
Company. 1T Reave- Fails, IA. and is
In charge Of Nelson 4. Harris. pho;og-
raDher. and .. G.. Healy, business
manager. The car travels from city
TO city taking all kinds Of CONNER
c!al motion Dicturcs-picturcs Of in
dustr!al processes. machinery in ac-
non. etc. The car carries the COM
pletc apparatus for finishing, print
ing and projecting the pictures. To
carry OUT the :oea OF this ltincrant
motion picture laboratory SUCCESS
fully, sturdy. trouhlc-proof ear was
required. The carbohydrates ncxi-
bil!ty OF the AppcrsOn combined Win
easy going ON all roads at low trans
pOriat!on cost"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14
DID AMERICA LIVE IN
PREHISTORIC ICE ACE
Scientist Places Her Existence at
Twenty Thousand
Years Ago.
NO POSITIVE RECORD SHOWN
Europe, Asia and Parts OF Africa
Have Produced Civilized Nations
and Empires That Were COntin-
uully Rcacting on Each Other.

The swedish gcologist. Gerard De-
Gccr. who il now exploring In Amer
lea. has worked out Il scheme for de-
terminins the chronology Of the
period that witnessed IN. evolution
Of men as well az Of the whole fauna
and iior;t" a. -. the existing animals
and plautsl of those parts of Flu
rope and North America which dur
ing the Ice Age were barren deserts
covered by extensive ice sheets"
He treats certain laminatcd clay
deposits laid down during the re-
the signihcance OF the rings Of
growth ia n tree trunk. and from
;h.m de'.uccs the tinc tina; has
ELAPSED enc" tn. rcCcding ice passed
certain points "n AS northward re-
treat
The annual lamina from warmed
years. nc s3vS. being thicker. and
from colder ones thinner. the ciIrono-
time a thcrmographical one
He puts III. length OF time covered
10? this nature mad" chronological
record al Il 600 years
The American seoioylst. II. l.. Fair
child. indicating the difficulties Of
D"G".rs plan ana pointing out that
the Hudson -chanplain valley con :
tainf Il continuous record Og Ia. re-
treat Of the I.ahradurian glacier
from the United states. remarks tina;
"" have no record of ~" long period
stiil a; the Long Island Staten Island
terminal 'rnorainc.
Sets Longer PcrIod.
Tire - sting record Is only That
% n" diminishing icc-shec. and til.
recession OF itR border
Professor fairchild also says that
DcGccrs estimate IF 2O.o"O years for
the length Of post, glacial time is Ger
iainly an und.r.s innate for America
and nc seems TO approve T. -. Tay-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14

the dealers in the row His ANALYSIS
after several visits to various cstab-
lishinehts was. ia short. the lack
tive selling"
Newspapers like The Times Dis
patch have been Tor yearg reporting
educational sales plans ga uRc by the
best merchants OF the Industry sun
/, is ln!tc commons IN Richmond for
answer 20 be made to Inquiries. no.
have not read the automobile col
umns closely OF late"
Any salesman connected .rlih a
dealer establishment Who cannot
eacn week report 10 the manager ut
journals should be sentenced Cor a
month 10 the library q; his own cx-
pense until lac does re; the idea that
he does not know IL ali.
whiie attending recently. :. sales,
BY Wylic Hcarne. saw 100 men
battling mentally with simple uu.s
tons FOR nearly thirty minutes. Tn.
replies TO some OF the questions we're
not n Keeping with the positions
but only further goes To prove tina;
some real hard thinking should ac-
company the effort rather than Il
take -itfor-granted attitude. on tn.
basis that the information concern
ing the product and the Industry Will
not be needed.
Salesmanship is the business ot
the world. what does It proa, !:
manufacturer, distributor or dealer
tina; merchandise Is produced IL I,
is not sold ut a profit. to tho mutual
advantage ot ali ccncc rucd?
only the IL shall survive" This
is almost by-word now in the
industry. 1, can be truthtully add
ed that, only thos" who know now
to sell. and actually sell. arc worthy
OF the name Automobile Mcr
chants ="
Let's 20 TO work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14

Tors estimate that IL required any
where from $1,000 to 10000 years
for the ice to rccede. by alternate
advances and retreats. as far az from
Cincinnati to Aackinac. Taylor has
found fifteen frontal moraincs, where
the lee made longer or shorter stands.
and has suggested that these remark
able oscillations of the Ice may have
been connected with the procession
OF the cquiDoXcs. which when com
hined with the effect OF the rcyolu-
ton OF tho npsidcs OF the carth's orbit.
produces every 1880 years "a reversal
OF the inclination OF the North Pol,
the result being an alienation oi
periods Of genial and OF glacial tenn
pcrature in tho Northern IIc,nisphcrc
At present. IL tx important to re-
mark. We arc in one Of the genial
periods. our winters occurring whcr
the earth * in pcrihclion. or nearcs,
10 the sun.
Record In Doubt.
The prehistoric record OF man.
presence on the earth Is mostly con.
fined To tn. later glacial and early
pos;-Elacial times Iin NAV have
managed 20 cNist through several .'oa
citations" between genia! and glacia
conditions. but he seems 20 have don.
nothing of Srea; Importance, showing
his vast superiority To any other sort
Ut animal, until the several stages Of
Rlaciation had disappeared. The col,
periods which may br ascribcd 10 urc.
ccssion and apS!dal revolution aion.
duration when compared with wh:,'
the state OF things must have beer
during the greater ice inyasious
America ~ far behind the Old World
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14
ELEVEN

on Il large sralc one OF these corf.-;s
pani"s. or Il n0y oo that roin. us
'hen. aet'n@ co-opsratiyc.v. viii rS,aIf
8irnrt u branch railway aiouy Sw5it,ss
Creek 10 = connection with thi NU.
Folk and Western Railway Moa,
this hrSnch line saw mi'r. planning
miiis and other woodworking plr-
are 20 BE- established ard tic tiap
rs to be cut aud made u;o bu,ni.. :, s
mAtcria! from something IKE l5apl
acres or original forest Tic oul.
nanies are the W. 81. Filter LIn.o.
Co. 81 Columbus. ohio. and the II
nedy Coal Co, OF huntington. ~ TX
Va w H-''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14

IN III. Indications that il has thus
far offered of tho presence OF man
immediately on the heels OF the last
retreat Of the ice. This may explain
the historical fact that our cortin-
Of forests, cultivablc lands, rich soil.
narigaDlc rivers. Capacious harbcrs.
imncns" fertile valleys and prairics,
bracinE climate. great aboriginal pro-
vision OF varied and useful plants.
and splendid scenery, WAS found when
Europeans began to take possession
OF II. only 900 years ago to he In
saEaHes. who even In their most all
vancc'i stages of culture. az in Mex
leo ana Peru. had hardly progress
ed beyond the middle stage OF bar
Dar!sm.
America In tho background.
While. for many thousands OF
years. Asia. Europe and parts of
Africa had been producing civilized
nations and empires that wcrc con-
tihually rcactinE upon one another.
and gradually pushing the standards
OF human life higher. here In these
grand and, by nature. greatly favored
twin continents lying between the
! oceans. although man existed. yet
| his powers were very limited. his
| numbers were few, his mud was un-
progressive. and he had produced. and
prcmiscd to produce. nothing that
could aid his race to attain 4 higher
development.
The Ola World found nothing to
! learn in the New. rs far as the huina n
! ihha bttan;H or the latter were con
cerncd. Eut ;he New World had
everything to learn from the Old. our
human America is Il remadc world,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14
Declares Death Matter
of Expansion, Not Grief

BERLIS. Nov. i3-wide-eycd
muurn~rn listened In nmnxemcnt to
OberdndR Bnadcr. Grand Exalted
Ruler OF the Order Of Dndns. n
literary society which believes the
drama ought to be nude more sim
pie, when he recently preached u
tuhrrnI scrmoD over the body OF
his wife.
SniiinEIJ, the Oberdndn walked
up to the coffin and, In II bright
md snnppy little speech, explained
he Ind no occasion tO SrieSr.
Death, he snId, Syns merely n INIT
ter OF expnnsion. and he felt quite
life"
At the conclusion OF hlx her,uon,
the Oberdada made a cheerful exit.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-03-13
EGGS FOR SALE.

Brown Leghorrf $3.50 for set
ting of eighteen eggs. Apply to
416 Iberia Street, New Iberia.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-03-13

5-room store house and arpents of
land on 20-arpent road. Additional land
can be bought IL desired. Price $4,000
Two residential lots on Charles and
Ann Streets, 60x150 each, more or lees.
Price for both $500. $500 cash, balance
any early instaliments.
Two of the best commercial buildings
in New iberia. One-third cash. These
buildings are located In the principal
block in this City
The elegant residence on the East Side
UPPER MAIN STREET An
Two elegant commercial or residenes sites of
block between Hopkins and Corinns Streets.
The Nelson property beyond Olivier
acres of improved land, fruit trees, etc
for e3oe0to effect quisk sale.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-03-13
Murray, Fisher & Labit
REAL ESTATE.
Sugar and Rice Plantations Bought and Sold.
City Property of Every Description.

A nice residence at No. la French st.
This property sdjoins the Robertson
home. Good condition. Price $1,000.
One third cash, remainder your own time.
Another good dwelling on Charles ct.
Modern eonvsnienees and well located.
Price Ss3oo.
The Victor Barthe residence, corner Of
Ann and Charles streets, two lots. Price
$500 90; one-third cash, remainder in
and 3 years
Several vacant lots on Iberia sc. near
Hacker. Excellent residence sites.
Z the Teohe Of the late Me Muller.
YuLroE ST. PROPERTY.
An s..s f~e,,4 - 1na 4. Aa1S& -ns..n-owox l.
Evening star., 1920-04-28
Burned Airplane Nails.

A postal airplane lost in fog in
New Jersey yesterday fell, caught fire
and was destroyed. Several thousand
letters carried in mail bags were
burned. This accident is the first of
its kind since the air mail was estab-
lished, and it is probably not the last.
Until aviation has become much more
safe even the most substantial and
carefully handled mail planes will fall,
and there is always danger of burning.
The loss of these letters Immediately
suggests that all airplane mail should
be carried in fre-resisting containers.
There is no occasion for handling these
receptacles en- route. They can be
tightly closed at the start They can
be made of metal or of asbestos. A
metal container would probably not
secure its contents from fire in all cir
cumstances. Evidently there is need
of special email bag" for this serv-
ice. 1t is rather strange, indeed, that
: this possibility has not been guarded
Z against already in the development of
1.-The air mails, which have been in op-
Grafton for two years.
Evening star., 1920-04-28
A New Party and Socialism.

Still harping on third party. A
convention has been called for Chi
cago, July 10 to l3, to provide rest
ing place for those who have lost
faith in the two old parties, and are in
close enough accord on existing issues
to cooperate for the salvation Of the
country.
Place and time are well chosen. Chi
cago is the greatest of convention
towns, and live political community
the whole year round. 1t is central
and hospitable, and fond of company.
Halls and hotels are specialties, and
visitors are invited to all the conf forts
of home.
BY the time fixed, both Of the old
parties will have acted. Two national
tickets and two national platforms will
be in evidence and open to discussion.
If neither suits the voter, he can then
consider his course-help to form q
new organization, or go fishing.
Men in this movement point to 1919,
when Theodore Roosevelt led third
party almost to victory. True, but he
afterward returned to his republican
affiliations, and died In the rapubli
faith. Practically, he reoanted, and In
1916 testified by voice and ballot that
Evening star., 1920-04-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILAEDER JOHNSON.
Spring Songs.

Spring Songs.
Some birds come promenadin' with
their uniforms so fine.
They'd make a great procession if
they'd only stay in line.
They sang some pretty music, but it
warn't very loud,
And other tunes were holdin' the at
tention of the crowd.
Oh, Mr.. Robinbird,
Travel on your way!
The voters are a-marchin'
An the band begins to play!
The pretty blossoms gather where the
grass is CROWN. green,
But the banners gayly fyin' are the
features Of the scene.
And all the birds together couldn't
drown the horns an drums
Which convey the information that a
conquerin' hero comes!
Oh, Mr.. Robinbird,
Your lovely little lay
Is hardly worth the trouble
When the band begins to play.
Evening star., 1920-04-28
The Senate Making Haste.

The Senate is in speeding mood
at present and at the present rate of
doing business will have its calendar
of "must" measures soon cleared. Yes
terday it passed the deficiency and
District appropriation bills and prae-
tically finished consideration of the
naval bill. Ordinarily the deficiency
bill might have occupied an entire ses-
sion and the District bill has often
been known to take two days. The
naval bill was figured on as likely to
consume the better part Of week
But the Senate is in no frame of mind
to daily along the legislative road, and,
with the clutch in "high," is proceed
ing at sharp pace. The conventions
are near at hand, and there is hope
that adjournment may actually be
had for the session before the first of
them assemblies. If that is accom-
plished record will be written better
ing any for several years.
Evening star., 1920-04-28
A Sound District Bill.

Acting in record time, the Senate
yesterday passed the District bill In
a form most satisfactory to the peo-
pie of Washington and most definitely
in harmony with the principles that
should govern the relations between
the District and the federal govern
ment in the maintenance of the capi-
tai The Senate has acted constructive
lv in going beyond the replacement
of the half and half provision. elimi-
mated by the House. 1t has adopted a
plan whereby District needs can be
presented in full in the Commission
~ers' estimates to Congress and whereby
= District revenues can be used to the
full to meet the requirements of the
capital municipality.
:. Heretofore the Senate, in resisting
the attempt of the House to break down
the half-and half system, has confined
itself to the restoration to the bill Of
its long continued phraseology. Now
It writes a new law which is designed
TO correct certain faults in the system
resulting from congressional failure
to carry out fully the terms of the or
ganic act.
Maintenance of fixed ratio of fed
eral District contribution will prevent
the unfair burdening of the District
with an excessive portion Of the cost of
capital maintenance. Utilization of
the surplus of District revenues held
in the Treasury will give fund for
immediate application to large i'm
provements.
This is just bill. a fair bill and a
practical bill, liberal in its specific
terms of appropriation, equitable in
its provisions for taxation and true to
the principle under which the District
has been developed. 1t goes now to
conference. The hope of the District
is that the Senate's measure, founded
in equity, will prevail.
Evening star., 1920-04-28
ON the basis Of its need az a

sauarely ON the basis Of its need AZ a
m cans of insuring an effective system
of merit promotions in the admins
tration ranks to secure the highest pos
sible degree of effectiveness.
Statistical sheets have been prepared
and are doubtless we'll known to the
members of the House to show how the
government has suffered in the past
through the lack Of such system. 1t
has been demonstrated again and again
that practically every department is
congested with superannuated men and
women who have toiled faithfully
through many years, and who must be
retained unless the government is to
adopt the policy of brutal, heartless
dismissal
Many large business concerns have
for their own betterment adopted re
tiremcnt plans. Some Of them finance
them entirely out of their own funds.
Others put them on the cooperative
basis. All of those that have tried
these methods have benefited in the
improvement of spirit of service and
in the actually higher degree of eff
cheney Of the working forces. The
United States now proposes a co opera
tive plan for its people. 1t should be
come the law without further delay.