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The Jones County news., 1920-12-16

naturally cling to some extent to the
old hand methods of their forefathers.
Used for Tying Irvine.
The output is largely used for ty-
ing twine, but new market has been
found for a considerable quantity for
mixing with fax In the manufacture
of shoe thread Formerly it was not
thought that any material except fax
could be used in shoe thread, but
since the Russian supply was almost
entirely cut off, manufacturers have
found that they can combine the two
fibers without material deterioration
Much experimenting has been done
with a view to utilizing the hurds, or
woody center. which make up more
than half Of the hemp stalk. One
Ohio factory used several thousand
tons for paper manufacturing. but this
use win need development in the way
of shipping facilities and definite mar
ket. AT present the hurds are mostly
burned for fuel to operate the driers
and furnish power for the breaking
and scutching machinery.
Flax growing appears TO be on the
increase, due to the cutting off of the
European product The principal fax
regions are Wisconsin,, eastern Michi-
gan, the Willamette valley of Oregon.
and northern Minnesota.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
VHE5ia9paT,
HGSl1lBIaQJegESlgIlf
ADVANTAGES OF MOTOR TRUCK
Save Much Time 10 Hauling Materials
TO and From FaFm-Biu Draw
back Is Poor Roads.

According 10 an investigation into
the worth and service Of motor trucks
on eastern farms, specialists in the
United Siates Department of Aerlcni-
ture find that motor trucks. as com
pared to horses aud wagons. hast year
saved from one.half 20 two-thirds Of
the Time required for hauIng mate-
rlais to and from The FIRMS This IN
formation was cleaned from study of
reports from 153 farms. and they
showed further that trucks ranging In
size from one-haif ton TO five tons
were ia use. with about half Of them
OF the one ton size.
An interesting fnct obtained from a
study Of these reports IS that about
one-fourth OF those reporting have
changed their markets for at least a
part OF their produce. Instead OF
patronizing their old markets az an
average distance Of seven miles from
home, they go to better markets lo-
Gated nt an average distance Of 20
miles away During the year these
trucks Travelled an average of $500
miles nt costs ranging from aight
cents o ton mile Tor the one-half ton
trucks to 20 cents a ton mile for the
two ton size. /.
The average cost Of hauling crops
with the drivers time valued at 30
cents an hour amounted to 50 cents a
ton mile with hair ton trucks, "a cents
for fhrpo-fourthe non frurke mud de-
creaslng 70 is cents ton mile for the
two ton kind Along with these costs,
four-hfths OF those reporting stated
that thelr trucks decreased their ex-
pense for hired help. this decrease
averaging 1924 year
The principal disadvantage Of the
motor truck, according TO this Invests
cation, was poor roads It Is stated
that there are about eight weeks dur
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16

port restriction was removed. Imme-
diately the price of silver started
soaring until last December 1t reached
the unprecedented figure OF S1.33 nm
ounce. Everybody began melting
down his silver heirlooms for bullion,
which sold at a tremendous profit
Silver plate and ornaments bought in
the years 1904 and 1905 when silver
was selling at from so TO GO cents an
ounce, suddenly became worth twice
as much. 1t looked as IL whole for
tunes were TO be made ~ old Spoons
and knives and forks. But IN short
time. the silver bubble burst
The Flaod Of Bullion.
For Europe also had plenty Of sil
yer heirlooins and coins, and ever5
country, Including Germany, seasted
flooding the market with bullion from
these sources Then came the Jap
anese panic, which hit the market
hard because a good denl Of trade
through China and India is handled
by Japan The price Of silver once
more declined until II reached 81
Here the United States government
once more iuterfered and guaranteed
IL to remain at this figure by agree
ing to buy the silver necessary to re.
place the dollars taken from the
treasury during the war
Thus, today there are two prices
for sllver--one ii this country. and
one for the rest OF the world, set b,
the same old group Of brokers In Lon
don. London no longer controls the
price for American silver. however.
which 1t must buy at loss.
With this government guaranty the
production OF silver Is now profitable
enough to cause the old mines to re-
sline operation and new sources to
be sought Throughout Utah and
Nevada whole villages which have
slept peacefully for decades are COM
ing back to life with renewed Vitality.
Camps whose names would have been
forgotten but for Mark Twain, are
now receiving daily notices IN the
mining press; people are again seen
about their streets. and houses so
long deserted are receiving new coats
Of paint. Eureka, Tuscarora. Phoebe,
Cherry Creek, the Bellerophon, the
Silver Wave and other mining enter
prises are once more names TO conjurc
Frederick J. Haskin In the Chi
cago News.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
Rush to Silver
Mines on Again

deal of metal is boarded from gem
GRAFTON to generation, through which
II is passed down much In the same
form ms the families OF other nations
pass down their real estate. Widows
II India, for instance hqve no dover
Fights, but they are permitted to keep
their ornaments, which naturally
causes the native women to demand
as many silver. necklaces as possible.
All Of the Indian supply Of silver
coinage is provided by the British
government. which therefore has al
ways been interested In keeping the
price Of silver down. For when the
price of silver rises above the value
Of the. Indian roupee, which is "a
cents, everybody Immediately melts
his supply OF roupees and sells them
for bullion. There Is one group Of
four brokers In London which has
been setting the price Of silver for
the. rest of the world FOR long period
OF years.. One firm is In les sixth
generation. They meet dt II O'Clock
every morning. and exchange orders
Some have buying orders and some
selling orders, and on the basis of
these orders they fix the price of sill
yer for the day.
War Prices of Silver.
The custom suffered severe check
with the war. Then the British gov
ernment and the other allied govern
ments were In need OF unusually large
quantities of the metal with which to
pay China and India for war supplies.
Most of this silver they had to buy
from the United States. There was
not nearly sufficient metal on hand
in this country to supply the demand,
and the price started rising AS an
ally in the war, the United States
government was compelled to inter-
fere and set an export price on sil-
yer at $1.0l 1-S an ounce, which was
higher than Great Britain had ever
permitted 1t to go, but not as high
as American mine owners liked.
Then, as the demand for the metal
became acute, and II was also needed
to meet our own adverse trade bal
ance with India. congress passed what
Is known as the Pittman act, author
izing the secretary of the treasury to
melt down 350,000,00s silver dollars
held In the vaults of the treasury and
to sell the bullion. The silver certifi-
Gates outstanding against these dol
lars were to be previously retired
and their place In the circulation to
be taken by notes issued by the fed
eral reserve banks. secured by spe-
cial deposits Of United States treas
ury certificates.
This kept the price of silver steady
for the period Of the war, but upon
the signing Of the arnistice the ex-
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
CHIEF BENEFITS BY FARMER
Lower Cost Of transportation, VIII
Better Markets and Higher
Prices for Products.

Perhaps one Of the chief benefits
which will be derived by the farmer
from the construction Of good roads
through HIS particular district Is that
OF an Increased production coupled
with better market and higher price
for his goods and lower cost of
transportation All OF these things go
hand In hand with the construction
Of good roads and all Of them have
sound economic reasons at their base.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
DISEASE-FREE SEED
CORN YIELDS BETTER
Series Of Tests Carried Out by
Plant Specialists.
Increase Of 10 to 80 Per Cent Obtained
over Kernels Infected by Harm
ful orpanisms-How In
fection Is Indicated.

Seed corn that gave 100 per cent ger
minations but showed infection by
harmful organisms was matched
against corn that showed no 'ifffec-
tion in a series Of. tests carried, ont
by plant specialists of. the United
States Department Of Agricllture : III
cooperation With the indiana expert
ment station Thes disease-free. seed
gave an increased yield of ten to thirty
per cent above it's competitor
Further results If the test seemed to.
prove that when corn vas planted too
thickly in. hill or diall row It was
more susceptible to disease than when
better space was given it ~'In sim
liar test at Bloomington, III, the dis
ease-free seed gave an Increase of %
per cent over the other corn. which
was selected for high germinatlon.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
LOSS BY PLANT DISEASES

Here are some of the losses to
American farmers in the United
States In one year by plant dis
eases which might have been
prevented If known control meas
ures had been Immediately ap-
Piled: Wheat, 122, 100000 BUSH
els; oats, 100000 bushels;
corn, S0,000000 bushels; pota-
toes. 5O,O00,000 bushels; sweet
potatoes. 100000 bushels (two-
fifths Of the total crop)s toma-
toes, $4,000 tons; cotton, $780,
600 bales; peaches, 5000, 600
bushels; apples. 100000
bushels. The figures were COM
piled for the year 1919 by the
plant disease survey of the bu-
reau of plant industry, United
States Department of Agricul-
ture.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
ALFALFA TAKEN FOR CLOVER
Seeds Of Two Plants Are So Similar
That Experts of Long Training
Are Often Wrong.

Alfalfa is often mistaken both I'm
plant and seed for sweet clover. The
seeds Of these two plants are so GIN
liar that even experts Of long train
Ing may easily mistake them. The
plants. however, are really dIstin-
guisDab3e especially during the bleon-
Ing and seeding stages.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
GOOD ROADS HELP CHILDREN
Larger Percentage of Students Attend
Schools Regularly Where High
ways Are improved.

While It Is true that various factors
contribute TO increase or reduce the
attendance at schools In given sections
Of the country, 1t is worthy of COM
ment that In the states having a high
percentage Of improved roads much
larger percentage Of rural students
enrolled regularly attend the schools
than In the states having a small per-
centage of improved roads.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
PAINT WILL AID MACHINERY
VIII Check Deterioration and Does
Not InJure Steel Parts
Grease Moldboards.

1t is well to touch up the wood parts
of all the machinery with little
paint, and 1t viii not hurt to paint the
steel parts. If there is any piece OF
steel you do not wish to rust. as the
moldboard of your favorife plow, rub
1t with tallow or axle grease In which
there Ia no salt
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
Missourl oroanIxino.

Many of the county farm bureaus
In Missouri are finding that the efrec
tiveness OF their Organizations Is in.
creased by forming farm bureau cen.
ters" or community clubs.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16


Ing the year when the roads are In
such condition, because of mud snow,
etc, that motor trucks cannot be
used, as the ronds over which three
fourths Of the trucks had to travel
were unpayed dirt roads. But in spite
OF bad roads The average slfe Of the
trucks was placed at 6M to years,
and the largest single item OF expense
In connection with their operation was
that Of depreciation.
Most OF the owners Of the one-half
and three-fourths ton trucks prefer
pneumatic tires, the owners OF one
ton are about half divided between
pneumatic and solid tires, while those
owning larger trucks were favorable
to the solid tires
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16
Marriage Was a Custom
When He Needed Money

New. York-M Marriage was. Il
custom with EIaftysSchuster, he
told police when arrested ON
charges OF bigamy. They're
all nice girls" he said OF his
three wives. 81 like them all
and ! think they like me. j
never had fight, bntswhepever
I got broke l had to marry some
one else with some money"
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16

Leaves are cheap IN the fall and
make splendid scratching material far
bedding the poultry house floor.
The Jones County news., 1920-12-16

The purebred sire is better than the
grade.
Evening star., 1920-03-06
MISS ADOlPHIA SHARPE
RELEASED ON PROBATION
Court Extends Clemency to Girl
Charged as Accompice Of DR..
George G. Chattertou.

Justice Stafford. presiding in Criminal
Division 2, today extended clemency to
Miss Adolphia Sharpe. twenty-one years
old. war worker. from Tennessee. VINO
was recently convicted Of passing seveIA
worthless checks on local merchants.
The court suspended sentence during sho
girls good behavior. but required nor
to report to Probation Oficer Steele tor
q period OF five years.
Overcome with Joy at the mercy OF
the court and the sight OF her Two sis.
ters from whom she has been separated
for several weeks. the young woman oo-
came hysterical. With LOUD cry sno
threw her arms about one OF ner SIS
| ters and swooned. She was removed oS
the sister from tho courtroom.
Miss Sharpe was charged Win nav
Ing been the accomplice OF pr. george
G. Chatterton, a former inferno a. 9
local hospital, who was sentenced last
Saturday to sixteen years IN the Psni.
tentlary for forging the cheGAs wnicn cn
the young woman caahsd. CnAttetton
has noted an appeal from MS conv'e-
ton and sentence,
While about TO receive MS Sentsncs M 9
last Saturday Chatterton askeo the
court to give him Miss Sna.pss pun
ishment and to lot hes 80 1sS
Evening star., 1920-03-06
OVER zoo T0L0SE
SHIP BOARD Jobs
Operations Division Soon to
Be Moved to New
York.

Between 200 and $50 employees OF
the division Of operations. United
States Shipping Board. will be re-
leased from further employment by
the board when the operations divi-
sion is moved to New York within
two weeks.
The cut in the pay roll Is expected
to save the board about 100000 =
year in salaries.
Decision again to move the dtvf-
sion Of operations, this time to New
York, where. it is said. about 90 per
conducted. was made today. follow
ing a meeting Of the Shipping Board
yesterday.
The cut in the staff of the division
of operations follows more severe
cut, amounting to more than $50
employees. last December. and reduces
the staff of the division down to a
bare working basis. 1t was said today.
Capt. Paul Foley. at present in charge
Of the sale Of wooden ships. Will head
the new office of the division Of oper-
ations In New York. after the resig-
nation of Mai John e. Gushing be-
comes effective. April I.
of operations are in the old aircraft
building at 9Th and B streets. These
quarters viii be vacated. the board
announced today. and the entire per-
sonnel and office fittings will be
moved to New York. The transfer OF
the Office of the division has been or
dered on the advice Of G. E. White
lam, expert on office organization. who
has been making a study OF Shipping
Board Office conditions for the past
four months. Chairman Payne said
today there would be no Office Of the
division of operations. as such. in
Washington, but that the board would
maintain connection between New
York and Washington by means Of an
executive Of the division here.
Three months ago the Shipping
Board decided to move the entire per-
sonnel and once stan Of the division
Of operations from Philadelphia to
Washington, including about 1.700
persons. Protests against the bring
ing of SO many people into Washing
ton at time when the influenza was
at its height here were registered by
DR. w c. Fowler. District health officer.
and the board decided to move only TOO
Of the employees Of the division to
Washington. This change has been
made, and now the entire stan will be
moved to New York. where omcials
Of the board say II will be in closer
direct touch with the main business
Of the division. The employees In
Washington who will be eliminated
by the cut in the staf OF the division
will probably nnd other openings In
the government employ. 1t was said
today.
Evening star., 1920-03-06
GRAIN INCORPORATION
CAN EXTEND RELIEF

The United States Grain Corporation
has sufT1cient authority to extend re-
lIsf to European nations. the House
rules commitr,. today decided when
1t failed to report rule giving leg
is,ative preferences to the proposed ap-
preparation of $4,000. 900 for food re-
lief.
Chairman Campbell Of Kansas told
the committee that the statement OF
Julius H. Barnes. president of the
Grain Corporation. that 100000
barrels of -four. which it has found
II cannot sell in this country, will be
shipped to Europe and sold on credit
If Congress does not act to permit
sales for cash. removed the necessity
for further legislation.
Relief Not to Wait ON Congress.
Food for the relief of the starving
people of Poland, Austria and Ar
menia will be rushed to them whether
Congress acts promptly on the $780,
00O,0 food credit proposal or not.
States Grain Corporation. told the
committee late yesterday.
Mr.. Barnes said there are 100000
barrels of soft winter wheat -four now
il storage that cannot be marketed
quickly enough in this country to
prevent SpOtlage ano tnat ne ooes hot
propose to see it spoil in storage while
people overseas are starving.
In CONNECTION with the -four stocks
of the Grahf',C Mr.. Barnes
said the advertising campaign to pro-
mote domestic sale of the soft wheat
product had failed and that the
stocks are blocking" many American
ports. With warm weather 1t will
dfterioate rapidly. he added.
Flour Purchases Not Necessary.
fne 80 100000 appropriation for
FOOD fenef. he continued. would not
put US in the market for a single bar
re}<aE -four. and the entire fund
Nt6fd be used for sale Of the product
Ingislation in such a form would en-
cRhrage other countries to contribute
Il the relief fund. he said. Failing
fte appropriation measure. Mr.. Barnes
aeked congressional Endorsement Of
8 es on credit. adding that he might
hjtve to act without such sanction.
Poland and Austria each need 200,-
03b tons of -four. Mr.. Barnes said he
H1(d been advised. Other countries.
i1jfluding Armenia, Hungary and
Q4echoslovakia. need more than 75.-
op tons. he said.
Evening star., 1920-03-06
No American Battle Planes
Built With Billion Spent,
Mr.. Maqee Charues

Representative Magee, republican.
New York. a member OF the investi-
eating committee. told the House that
not one American-buiit battle plane.
or purely bombing plano was PRO
duced during the war from tho ex-
penditure OF more than a billion dol
lars for aircraft.
The liberty motor" he said. was
the only achievement OF merit of the
American air service in the United
States"
The 213 American built De Haviiand
might be used for light day bomb
ing" He said these planes were
awkward and dangerous in service.
Criticism of the airplane lumber
production in the Pacific northwest
was made by Mr.. Masee. who argued
that locality had been organized all
the lumber needed would have been
produced at moderate cost"
Those placed in authority in the
northwest by the War Department" :"
he said, mot only had no experience
in the lumber business, but they were
arrogant, autocratic and operated
wholly regardless OF law and author
ity. Those that had no power to do
so ordered the construction OF rail-
roads in Oregon through plus
contractors at large governmental ex-
pense and not in the public interest" :"
The employment OF 10000 soldiers,
including officers. in the lumber op-
erations was also attacked by Mr.
Magee. who asserted the payment to
them Of wages Of So to IS a day was
lin defiant violation of law" John d.
Ryan. director Of aircraft production.
he said. heartily approved OF these
payments"
Those who are responsible for thIa
unlawful expenditure ne added
should be held strictly accountable
therefor The Siemsi Carey
Corporation was actually paid BY tho
War Department a per cent commits
sion en- civilian wages Paid to- SOL
diers working for subcontractors In
the construction of tho Lake Crescent
| railroad. In excess Of the compenss-
tion fixed by the Congress"
Evening star., 1920-03-06

even with motor pl0ws II was dimcult
to keep traffic moving.
Ferry transportation was cons1der-
ably impeded Trains into the railway
terminals were reported to be con-
siderably behind their schedules.
Damage From orm.
The rising wind whistled through
the canyons of narrow streets In ths
ekyscraper district. making waking
well nigh impossible. 1t unioosehea
signs, toppled over chtmneys here and
there. and smashed great plate glass
windows in fashionable shops along
9Th avenue, causing thousands OF dol-
lars damage. Costly oil paintings uis-
played in the windows of the Enrich
galleries were slightly damaeeo oy
falling glass. Some Of the painting >
were over two hundred years old ana
had been display AT the Royal Acac-
emy in London. Valuable antique
vases were injured by being showered
with broken glass III other art Shops
The telephone and telegraph comps
MES reported that wire commLnica-
tion out Of the city was badly Grip
pied.
New York Central trains were three
to four hours late The Baltimore anu
Ohio railroad reported that IT'S stFste
WAS almost completely tied up py the
storm 1t 9 O'Clock this morning the
train had arrived here from its southern
division since 10 o'clock last night.
Mercury Drops 81 Degrees.
NEW YORK. March GA dro2
Of thirty-three degrees in tenn
perature hetween 5 pm yesterday
and the same hour this morning WAS re-
corded here by the weather bureau. The
lowest Temperature reached vas htteen
degrees above zero. The wind from the
northwest reached a velocity Of forty
eight niles an hour.
Probably due to Observance OF storm
warnings sent broadcast by wireless. but
little damage has SO far been reported
by shipping In the harbor two shipping
Board steamers dragged their anchors
and bumped together. but without seri-
Gus damage to either ship.
The steamer Orient. outbound from
Baltimore, was reported by wireless as
aground outside the Virginia capeS.
Evening star., 1920-03-06
CHARLES A. SHAFER DIES.
Founder of Jewelry Firm Passes
Away at Age of Eighty-Seven.

Charles A. Shafer. founder and for
many years head OF Harris & Shafer
jewelry store. died Thursday at his
residence, 1902 18th street, follow.
ing an attack of acute INDIGESTION. He
was eighty-seven years old and had
been in falling health for several
months. Mr.. Shafer during his long
residence in this city became promil
nent in the business world and we'll
known to a wide circle Of friends :.
Mr.. Shafer was born August II.
1882. in Boonsboro, Nd. He came 10
this city while a young man and en-
tered the employ OF Calf & Bro. In
1879. with Edwin Harris. also an sm-
ploye at Galt's. Mr.. Shafer left tho
firm and established jewelry con-
Germ at 1113 Pennsylvania avenue.
where they remained until 1914. wneas
they moved to 1908 r street, the pree.
ent location OF the store.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at his resi-
dence. Rev. Joseph Kelly OF the Fourth
Presbyterian Church offfciated. In
terment was in Oak Hill cemetery,
where clerks OF Harris & Shafer
comprised the pallbearers.
Mr.. Shafer Is survived by his wife,
Mrs Mary Preston Shafer: a son,
Charles +. Shafer. and a daughter,
Mrs. L. F. Bacon. both OF this city.