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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-06
AUTOMOTIVE
SECTION

Of the Alien Company. but his z'ai
ana past endeayorS haze served ss a
stimulus 10 his former fellow wors .
ers, who keenly feel his loss.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-06
AUTOMOTIVE
SECTION
USE JACK ON HUB CUPS.

Hub caps won't always cope off
merely by wrench persuasion, even
when considerable manual effort is
also used. II the cap 10 so tight that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-06

year ago the Washington Automotive Trade Asso
ciaon-deploring the fact that Washington had no suit
able building available for holding autoflove show
such had been held in other larger cites-and knowing
that the public of Washington and vicinity were inter
esed in viewing close at hand all that was newest and
best in the automotive ndustry-inaugurated "Buy
Motor Car Week." during which the Autonotve Dealers
Passenger Cars, Trucks, Tractors Tires and Accessores
decorated their s1owrooms- open evenings
and had on display all their newest models.
In recognition of the widespread interest shown at
that tme-and feeling confident that the people of Wash
ngton again desire the opportunity to view the latest i'm
provemens and innovations in the ndusry-the
Washington Automotive Trade Association has ARRANGED
second annual Buy Motor Car Week." March ~ to
II inclusive,
During which Showroonls will be decorated and remain
open every evening to give to all opportunity of view
ing the counryS newest and best in the Automotive In
duSTy l.,,.- ..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-06

will get the best OF the stubbornsst
hub cap.-Motor Life.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

1Si 00O,0OO in 1918; S6,73G.OOO.OOO in
1917; SG,021 600 900 in 1916: $500
100000 in 1914: and S5.31S.OOO, 900 for
the fivp-year average. 191O-I914.
This increased financial showing. f
is again necessary to emphasize. does
not mean that the nation is better off
TO that extent or that Is real wealth
has advanced in that proportion. Cor
Sidering merely the domestic relations.
the true state is indicated rather in
terms of real commodities. comparative
statements of which are given il fore
going tables. The increased values.
however. do reveal that the monetar-
returns 10 the farmers have increased
proportiOnately with those of other
groups Of producers IN the nation, and
that their purchasing power has Kept
pace in the rising scale of prices"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

,,,bIic,n in form, together with halt
dozen other possibilities or ramiilca-
,iops are generally considered unim-
nortaut All that is regarded as 'ltaI
and imperative is that such a co.
Grafton be constituted and that 1t be
organized in full harmony with ma
support Ct the allies.
Hungary ard German Austria. rs
they will exist when the peace confer
ence finishes its work. will be dead
stafes-rhefr own people and states
men admit that. Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia are merely gambling h"iS.
But Serbia and Roumania are conSid-
cred aS he two big future bets Of
south central Europe.
on the other hand, there are just
as many supporters and just as many
pIotterS in Switzerland who would like
70 ste Vienna regain some Of its past
glory as the center of the rev Danuhi-
an confcdcracy; Budapest is equally
well represented. while there are
plenty Of others who can demonstrate
from dozen standpointS. why War
saw is inevitably destined aS the future
great center Of middle European Il c.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Production for Year 1919 Broke
All Records.
Worth Almost Three Times as Much
as Average for Five-Year
Period.

WashlnCtOn.-The value Of crops
produced IN the United States this year
Is nearly three times greater than the
average annual value during the five
years preceding the outbreak of the Eu
ropean war. according 10 the report o.
the secretary Of agriculture. ION the
basis of prices that nave recently pre-
vailed" says secretary. "the total value
Of all crops produced In 1919 Is Sl5.-
ST2.O000O0. compared with Sl4.2.2,:,-
OO0.O00 tor 1915; $13.4T9 gn.OOO for
1917: Sa054.OOO0 O0 for 1915: SG.ll2.-
D0O. 900 for 1914: aud 81 S2a00OUO Tor
!. The tive-yenr average l9l0-l9li. These
Balues represent gross production and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Traveler,s-JoY.

Traveler'S-i0y is conspicuous in the
hedges of England in the autumn Of
the year. This clematiS and the sweet
scented wild variety adorned the cOun-
trySide of Europe long before the Chi
neSe and Japanese clematis were in
troduced from the East. Travellers
ioy-ClematiS vitalbai-is the "viorne"
of France And no plant in the French
language is richer in popular names.
Their number is vertically legion. The
more attractive are composite words,
such as barrie au bon Dieu. cheveuX de
In Vierge. chevieux de la Bonne Dame,
consolation dies vOyageurS. This last
is the English "travcler'S- joy and
Remy de Gourmont in his "ESthetique
de la Franchise" has this interesting
little fuotnote. The plant was thus
named. he says. because it preSaged to
the traveller his near approach to p
village.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
SELECTION OF FRUIT TRa
Essential to Securing Orchard II
Pleasure and Profit-Many D
ferent Varieties.

If you want a really good ORG
one that will bring pleasuN
profit to the owner and increaS
value of the place-look careiu1
the selection of the fruit ueu
plant. There are many oln1
kinds of fruit, but only a few oe)
In any particular section. f1
and plums lead in one section
fruits in another, and citrus III
another. Grapes and berries a
best in certain localities. 50
not do TO try to grow everything
home orchard, and it is folly
farmer To try to raise more u
or three different fruits in his
if he is producing fruit for ID
ket.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Bee Stinrs Cure rheumatism.

OF the cures for rheumatics" there
are some very curious ones on record;
and one or two which have come I'M
der notice are perhaps interesting.
t Ough the writer has not yet tried
these cures"
The "bee sting cure" was n common
treatment in the Isle of Malta. II
originated there when il was discOv-
cred that people. having been stung
accidentally. were rendered immune
from rheuma ism which had previous
~ troubled them. The bee sting cure. -
il is said. was also practiced among
some Indian tribes. who admitted that
il was a painful prOcess.-Exchange.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Prehistoric Tree Trunk
Found in Iron Nine

ST. Paul. Minn.-DiscOvery has
lust been made in the Holman
iron mine. near TaCOnite. ItnSca
county. Minnesota. not far from
the source of the Mississippi
river. of the trunk and branches
of a prehistoric pine tree in an
excellent state of preservation
and with pine cones about il.
The tree is not petrified. The
wood is as sound in the main as
though it had been felled only
few years ago and the pine cones
are still pliable. The wood with
exposure to air ha rot Softened
ar crumhled. and tie find is the
first of its kind on record so far
MS biologists of the great iron
ranges can learn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
VALUES TRIPLED
Funeral Held for Cat.
Pet of New York Woman

LennX. MaSs.-FunPral rites
over n cat here were attended by
all the employees on the sum
mer estate of Mrs. Carlos de
HerodiaS Of New York. and the
felinp'S "remainS' were buried
on the estate in a metal casket
Hyacinth. Persian cat. said To
have cost $1,000. was greatly
treasured by Mrs. de HerodiaS
and when il died at her hone in
New York the owner had the
body borne here in a special au-
tOm0bile truck.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

Idaho. by two JonSon brothers of that
city. II is declared To be on a trib-
utary canyon of Ramsey creek in the
upper Salmon river district of central
Idaho. The ledge proper is declared
10 be from four To six feet wide. with
a rich streak Of quartz, in which the
gold is easily visible TO The naked eye,
four To six inches in width.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Beecher and inqersolI

II happened at one time that Henry
Ward Bcecher and Robert lngersoll
met Oh u platform during public
meeting in New York city, and both
were speakers. During his address.
Mr.. Beecher incidentally referred to
the splendid Oratorical ability of
Colonel lngersOll. The latter declared
during his address that his utterances
on the public platform against re-
ligion would have been impossible If
all ministers had been as broad and
liberal as Mr.. Beecher.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Maxine Pets OF Fish.

II is probably not generally known,
but iish can be made pets Of just as
any domestic animal. They gradually
begin To know the person who feeds
them. and when he or she approaches
the aquarium they will show every
sign of pleasure and Eight. wagging
their tails as dogs do on the approach
Of their master. They will also re-
spond 10 the call of their name and
come TO the top of the aquarium when
summoned. They also show sigus OF
jealousy.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
PROPER DISTANCE TO
Much Depends on How orehs1
Be Cared For-Pruned Tree
Be Planted Closely.

Don't plant trees too close.
lance apart depends to a cen
tent upon how the orchard Y
cared for. If the trees are to]
well pruned they may be planis]
than if .hay are TO be allowed
without pruning.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Federation Is Formed on Paper
by PIotteTS in SWItzer-
land.
DETAILS IRE hot COMPLETE
Exiied Rulers, Seeing the Hopsiessness
Of Their Cause. How Center All
Their Plotting on One Great
Scheme.

Bernc. Swiizcrland.-From "the play
ground Of Europe Of before the '1r'
Switzerland has become "tho plotting
ground Of Europe" of after the war.
And all Of this plotting may now he
summarized in one general end Of the
constitution Of a Danubian "oufedera-
ton"
To the credit of the Swiss 1t must
be said they resent in The extreme de-
gree the ahuse that is now being made
Of their country and their hospitality
by the exilpd rulers and statesmen or
erstwhile empires and states. but they
are rs helpless i'm the matter as they
are innocent
Keeps Everybody Busy.
While they cannot keep their little
country from being converted into an
incubator, however. they an al least
try to keep the plots being brooded
therein from actually Matching, and the
Swiss secret service, together witt its
gendurmeS it's policemen, its detectives
ana It's public officials generally, are
putting I'm quite a few sleepIess nights
TO this enI
Now ~ the gradual readiuStment
OF l. ~ has left no do'ihts in the
mi ~ Of certain eNiled rulers. like ok
- Constantine of Greece and some
~ the former rulers of German states.
of the hopelesSness Of their cause, II
of the plotting in Switzerland has
come slowly 10 center on one great
scheme. a scheme that is not only on
sidered possible. hut :h9t is considered
by many of the great minds and au-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
WOMAN DIRECTS SWISS BANK
Sex in Europe in Such
Position.

Gcncya.-Mlle. Marie Prodhom.
tw"nty-cight years old. has been ap-
pointed director Of the bank of Cen
eva and viii sign the notes and scrip
Issued hy the hank.
Mile. Prodhom, who proved herself
nn excellent financicr during the war
IL the nrf woman in Europe TO hold
such an important position.
There are now two judges. nine bar
listers. three engineers and number
~ university professors and doctors Of
chs fair sex IN switzerland
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Friendship,

friend whom you have been gain
ing your whole life. you ought not 10
be diSpleased with in a moment. A
stone is many years becoming a ruby;
take care that you do not destroy IL in
an instant against another stone
Saadi.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Exhibit at Montana State Fair
Sent People Away
Thinking.
.EPITAPHS drive HOME truth
Greater Convenience and Larger
Measure of Comfort in the Farm
Home the Big Lesson Conveyed
by Miniature Graveyard.

Washington.-It was a neat little
country cemetery. much like most lit
tie country cemeteries, yet there was
something queer about it. There was
the arched gateway and the customary
weeping willows by it. The clipped
hedge was like most cemetery hedges
The tombStoneS were about the aver
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
AGED Fiddler PLAYS

Fremont, O.-"Iiat' Gould cham
pion oldtime fiddler of America. cele-
brated his eightieth birthday anniver-
Sary with dance in the Mutual Aid
hall in Bellevue. RAT" furnished the
music. Old-faShioned dances were re-
vived.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Fined One Kiss.

A curious custom. 300 years old. Of
exacting a kiss from each person not
paying a set small fine on the annual
Hocktide festival. is still in vogue in
Hungerford, England.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
LOST GOLD NINE IS FOUND
OBJECT Of Twenty Years Fruitless
Search al Last Has Been
RediscoVered.

EfokaBe. Wash.--The lost" gold
iaias - The upper Salmon river dis
frasT = ldahD, source FOR years of
nsysrsr 0-,s wealth for irs original dis
eaversgs aad cause ~ the death of one
~ fhsfa. aHd 'Ls object ~ n 20 years
fsu.c.~ss ssaFol b. their "legatcc." has
issu rs-9 sesY cred. according 20 a re-
Dsr Fs4ehiEz bere.
Tor mHsy yeaFs Two pr0sprctOrs,
Rugies sod sven. went sysry spring
ou 8 mysterious Jourey into f5s hills
~ ceutru Idaho sud every fall re-
turned Hith qgaBBtieS ~ raw gold.
p'h.ch made tlen the enyied ~ every
miusr Go whose ears word 0f their
great good fortune had come
Then one fall Hughes fell sick. and
Span his partner was Nayiaid and
robbed Of DIS summeTs toil ia The
.hlddeg lnine aud murdered. Hughes
dia4r1 rnsss1 Az poverty la ibis city.
unsseR ieesisa, eeeord-
y, roidSt S,sss =. .from i<et4sf0wn,
XuG& - -, a.. ipcorrfrC INF the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
hnnles for Storage

Apples for winter storage
picked without bruising ana
wrapped in paper and put ID
4 cool, but not moist, cellar
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

Memorial erected at ClaienS-Munt-
reuX to the allied soldiers who died
during their intcrnment m SWitzer-
land. The monument WIS recently I'M
yelled, the ceremony Icing attended
by all the diplomatic representatives in
Switzerland. The French cock is
pcrchcd on the top of thick square
pillar on the forward face Of which is
inscribed in bronze PRO Patria. 1914
1919" a poilu lies on block of
stone and presses to his lips the folds
of the triCOlOr.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
nnnIe is Kim OF Eruit

The apple is the king OF
value of crop as well as in tns
ton of apple lovers.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

not net returns 20 the producer. The
value Of live stock on farms in 1919
was $3.50 UOOO 900. compared with 49,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
DRAINAGE for Oror71

The soil for the orchard
well drained to a depth OF
as six feet.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

Don't look for any escalator to do
your climbing for you.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Apple Tree Wrapped for Winter
PAPER to Protect Against Rabbi

Apple Tree Wrapped for Winter
Paper to Protect Against Rabbi
tector around them. If the 4
around the trees are very high III
be advisable to break the snow
around the trees 50 that the RI
cannot reach the branches. Wal
the trunk with whitewash cQnta
copperas or sulphur is also eifej
Hunting and trapping rabbits a
snow break or orchard during
early winter months is helpful, "a
Young fruit trees are greatly
flied during the winter by n
mulch Of strawy manure. This 8
he spaded in in the spring as n
stimulate growth and developn
During the winter it will help to|
vent root-killing.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
Cheap Barometer.

Spirits of canphor makes a good
barometer. 1t is cloudy before =. storm
and clear In fair weather.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
UNIQUE CEMETERY
TEACHES LESSON

age run Of tombStOncs. But, withal,
there was something queer-eypn
shocking. Then you discovered what
ii was. These were truthful tomb
stones. ConSoling platitudes-"Too
pure for earth" and that lik@-found
no place. Instead. there were such
cpitaphS rs these: "Morhcr-walked
10 death in her Kitchen" sacred 10
the memory of Jane-she scrubbed
herself into eternity "Grandma-
washed herself away" "SuSie-swept
out of life with too heavy a broom"
The people who saw that cemetery
and there were thousands Of them
may have been shocked for the instant,
but they came away with the thought
that one might be better for seeing
such Il cemetery. For, You see, it was
a miniature cemetery, three feet
square. and it was part Of an exhibit
nj the Montana state fair. Such levity
with the most solemn thing that man.
kind knows could not be justified
merely on the theory that the things
said were true-hut those who saw IL
came away with the belief that ii was
justified by way of keeping just those
things from being true. And that was
the purpose of the exhibit, placed
there by the agricultural extension de-
partmcnt of the Stale Agricultural col
lege Of Montana. Ii was meant to EN-
phaSize the need for home convent
enceS. for lack of which many farm
woman has gone to her grave before
her time.
Drive Truth Home.
There were other exhibits designed
to drive home the same hard truth
One was model showing a bleak
farmhouse on a bare hill. At the bot
tom Of the hill ran little stream, and
by the stream were barns and cattle.
/ Struggling up the hin toward the house
/ with two heavy pals of water was a
! bent old woman. And the legend was ::
/ Convenient for the cartle-but not for
mother" Then there was 4 farmhouse
with the water supply rs il should be.
The woman IN the yard sprinkling her
| lower beds with hose. And The in
! Scription read: convenient for moth
cr-ard the cattle, too Another
model showed q kitchen rs il should
| ne. and another. a kitchen a. it should
not be. And there was the legend: a
/ lon--diStance kitchen shOr ms life"
The lesson taught by the exhibit is
/ one that the state agricultural colleges
/ and the United States department OF
/ agriculture are trying TO teach by
every means mt their commandment
/ er convenience and a larger measure
of comfort in the farm home.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-06-18
should be leaders of the many.

N"Ao' Arthur "A. aer0ld lett Tor
visit with her mother, Mrs. Herman
Loeb, who is in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Henry Florsheim and daughter,
Miss Lolita, after delightful visit
with Mrs. s. j. Lyman Of Troy, Ohio,
for a stay in Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stein an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Bertha to Mr.. Able M. Marx
Ct Monroe, La.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney L. Herold en-
tertained with swimming party,
which was farewell to Miss Edna
Ncssek of Chicago and to welcome
home Misses Mary T. We'll and Ma
talie Heilperin. After visiting the
Natatorium, the gay young people
gathered at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
herold where bounteous supper was
awaiting them.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Highlander and their
son, Israel and daughter, Gladys,
have sailed for England to spend the
summer with their families. They
were fortunate in securing passage in
boat sailing so soon, accommodate
ions are at a premium. In fact, Mr..
and Mrs. Highlander received a tele-
gram from Mr.. and Mrs. Fairbanks,
MARY Pickford) offering them a
thousand dollars for their reservation.
But all arrangements had been made
and had they not gone at that time,
it was not likely they could have Sc
cured passage before August. Mr.. and
Mrs. Highlander and family will re-
turn to Shreveport in the fall.
Miss Eleanor and Juliet Perlstein
Of Beaumont, Texas, are the guests of
their sister, Mrs. Louis Selber. Miss
Eleanor Perlstein is returning from
the Benjamin School in New York
City.
Miss Alice Steinan will spend the
summer here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Steinan in Park Place.
Mrs. Steinan is looking forward to
introducing her daughter to her
friends, as Miss Steinan has been
teaching at Vinton near Lake Charles
ever since the family came from Ho-
mer to make Shreveport their home.
Mrs. M. Bodenheim and SON who
spent the past month at the Airing
ton Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark, have
returned home.
Miss Eva c. Peiser has returned
home from visit to Mrs. Sam Lip
shitz, Miss Peiser having gone over
to be with Mrs. Lipshitz during an OPP
GRAFTON. Mrs. Lipshitz is now at home
to her many friends feeling fine.
Dr. stanton Friedberg Of Chicago,
the husband Of Mrs. Aline Lehman
Friedberg, formerly Of this city, died
rather suddenly following an opera
ton. Doctor Friedberg was q special
ist Of eminence who gave his services
during the world war overseas. Mrs.
Meyer Benson Of this city, sister Of
DR.. Friedberg, was with her brother.
The wife and three children are left
to mourn the loss.
lies Neufs" entertained their
friends with hay ride. A large truck
carried the merry crowd out on the
Mansfield road where spread was
enjoyed by Misses Dorothy Goldstein,
Myrtle Newman, Naomi Captain Of
Houston. Sophie Siegal Of Chicago,
Susie Gold, Ida Abrams, Goldie Gold,
Annie Abrams, Marguerite M. Kelley,