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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

Local automobile dealers had trou- ble enough before the present railroad strike went into effect. what with freight transportation, or the lack of it, and the slow production of the fac tories. Now that the switchmen and yard men have seen fit to throw a strike conditions are even worse and the business of getting automobiles through to the Southland is reaching the impossible stage.
 One local dealer has made ten trips to the factory within the last year. Each and every trip was made for the sole purpose of hastening shipments of motor cars 10 Birmingham. Iu the majority of instances he was success ful, but only after a great deal of trouble and an outlay of money.
 The dealer referred to is H. E.
 Bisseii of the Bissell Motor Com-
 pmny, whose case is not uncom-
 mon among dealers fin general, and
 gives n fairly accurate view of what
 they have been through during the
 last year.
 Bissell has spent great deal of time hanging around the Rec factory in Lansing. Mich. grabbing up cars and trucks whenever he could Ten trips in twelve months is his record He has driven cars from Lansing to Grand Rapids through blinding snow storms in order to get them to a freight car so that they could be shipped to Birmingham He has spent days and nights in Lansing railroad yards try ing to get freight cars placed on a side track near the Rec factory so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

that he could load his cars for ship ment
 There are a lot of things that Mir. Bissell has done to get the Reos down to Birmingham and he has been fairly successful where others have failed. He has taken the bull by the horns" and went out and got them. It cost him all the way from $50 to s10O extra freight charges to get the cars through, but he got them and that's the main point.
 Bisselrs battle to get cars to make deliveries can be equalled possibly by several other automobile dealers in this and other cities. It just goes to show, however. what tricks of the trade have to be resorted to in these days and times to get the cars. There is some thing more to the game than selling them nova dealer has to get them be- fore he can sell them. And that's the tough part of it.
 
 Charles Denegre of the Denegre Car and Truck Company is plan ming a trip to Canton, O.. early this week to hasten the shipment of some Holmes cars. Denegre has taken on the Holmes line and has sold quite number of them, ale though he has never made a pub- lie announcement of thnt fact nnd hasn't had Holmes car on his
 salesroom floor yet. The Mayo Brothers have opened a repair shop on South Twenty-first street and style themselves "automo- mile surgeons" Like the Mayo Brothers of Rochester, Minn., they do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
China Absorbs UnruIy Neighbors

ther Anderson, in "Asia' magazine.
 The Chinese are seeking to make Mon golia an outlet for their surplus popula- tion Already they have colonized a con siderable area of southern Mongolia, and by assiduous industry have converted parts of the prairie into rich farmig lands The land will in time belong to those who will use it most efficiently Anyone who compares the two races < must admit that the Chinese are the Vastly superior. They are the practical, clever. industrious sons of agriculture and of crafty trade. The Mongols are inc naive. unsophisticated race. They arc ignorant in their strength. as were the Indians The Chinese have back of them forty centuries of cultural cultivation while the Mongols save only tradition If military exploits. There are 350 mii- lion Chinese and only five million Mon gols. The Mongols are set and unprosres- give, while the Chinese are striving fo adopt those sciences and inventions CT inc western world which seem applicable fo their needs Twenty-four centuries ago the Chinese built the great wall to keep the Mongols out. Now they nave pierced the great wall with mooefa railroad and have sent automopiies scur rying over the prairies of Mongoha. Anu yet this Mongol nation once establishes the largest empire the world has ever seen. Even today their country is one of the largest in the world with an area Of some 1.367, 900 square miles. It is nearly half the size of the United States ana about three-fourths the size Of China pro- per The mere mention of it's boundaries suggests enormous distances on the north and west it is bounded by Siperia' on the east of Manchuria and on the South by Chihli. Kansu and Chinese Turk eetan-
 Mongolia is a great plateau rimmed and partially ribbed with mountain ranges The greater part of this vast domain IS fertile prairie land, and with the excep- tion of Gobi. the soil is rich and there IS sufficient rainfall for cattle raising and agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
MANUF LECTURERS ID
 DRAW UP PLATFORM
Alabama Delegates Are Ap- pointed for National Con-
 ference In New York

Alabama members of a national committee of manufa sturers have been , appointed by L. sevier, president of the Alabama Manufacturers Associa- ton for the occasion of a conference tc be held in New York on May 8, when an industry platform will be drafted for submission to the national Democratic and republican conven- \ tions.
 The conference has been called un- der the auspices of the National As- sociation of Manufacturers which has asked for the appointment of commit tees representing the manufacturers Of each state.
 Alabama's delegation will be com prised of B. A. Monahan, vice presi- dent of the Hardie -Tynes Foundry and Machine Company; Hampton Smith of the Alabama Coal Operators Associa- ton an1 Bradford Johnson, president of the Birmingham Coca-Cola Bot ting Company.
 The national platform committee will formulate platform and submit 1t to the annual convention of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers on the evening of Tuesday. May IS, at the Waldorf Astoria. Open discus~ sion will be held on the draft as laid down to the convention. If the plat form is approved and accepted it will be sent immediately to both the demo- cratic and republican conventions.
 The platform will be framed on gen. erous principles. It will seek to har- monize the existing differences and dissensicns of today, not to aggravate them. l. will try to advise in matters of national legislation so that the op- posing forces and factions will come sytloser together and work along in Better spirit for the common welfare and industrial expansion of the na- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

repair work. but upon the anatomy of an automobile Instead of the human tody. They are J. T. and W. E. Mayo. both having made their homes in Bir- mingham for years.
 A national headquarters for the ship -by-Truek movement has been es- tabhshed in Washington, D. C. Tho Alabama state headquarters for Ship by-Truck is in Birmingham at the girestone branch on South Twenty first street and Kelly B. Spencer is the manager of the bureau. Mir. Spen- cer has several good ship by-Truck demons trations under way in Mont gomery and Mobile and plans a "whop- per" for Birmingham on May 22. Every truck operator in this city should be in on the Birmingport proposition.
 Ray Bolton of the Consolidated
 Motors Company states that the
 many md recent rains have not
 interfered with the sales of Stude-
 bakers. Bolton is making the
 saIcS just the snme ms if we were
 having delightful spring weather
 and claims that he doesn't dare
 think of what he will do when the
 weather does N'right about"
 One of the few daffydills encoun- tered along Motor Row slipped this one into the contribution box last week: When you want a Ford, see Stevens; when you want q Stephens. see Ford"
 Now, to untangle it for you. Frank Stevens sells Fords, while Earl Ford sells Stephens.
 And there you have 1t.
 
 The Ray Puncture-Proof Interliner Company of Birmingham, on South Twentieth street, is kept busy these days getting tires ready for the spring offensive. Nails and bottles hold no terrors for the Ray Interliners, 'tis said
 Jullnn Webb of the Birmingham Auto Top Company stRtes that he has taken on several "wreck jobs" recently that required some hard work to straighten out. When ever n body Is caved In, that's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
TANGO RETAINS
 ITS POPULARITY
By Associated Prass

Buenos Aires, March 1.-The Argentine has retained it's affection for his national dance, the tango, despite the introduction of American jazz music and syncopat- sd melodies in the programmes of Argen- tine balls and dances. This was sh syn during the balls held in a recent car nival, when tango tunes outnumbered the fox-trot and one-step in a proportion of three to one. Several American waltzes. however, are very popular The Argentines cal the syncopated music tQanqui tunes.
 Some native musicians have grown rich composing tangoes. One of the most poruIar here is called Pan Agua'' (Bread and Water). The title of another is translated as Flower of the Mud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Call Flu Gas Attack


 Tokio, March ts.-When the influenza epidemic pentrated the jungles in the Island of Formosa and began to pros trate the fierce head hunters. they called meeting of the tribe and diagnosed the difficulty as a gas attack by Japanese, who control the island In revenge the head hunters made a sudden descent on the nearest police station and consd- erable force of Japanese troops had to be dispatched to disperse them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Chinese Women Active

Canton, China March 1I-Demand by Chinese women for representation in Par lament is the latest development in the Chinese political situation. Three groups of women are agitating for the right to be elected members of Parliament, and demanding that the new constitution be- ing drafted here provides the right of women suffrage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

Thief Proof
 Lock!
 Save 15 per cent off in- surance. The Scott Telecator and Auto Lock, after being put through the most strin- gent and severe tests of the expert engineers of the National Board of Underwriters Labora- tories has been indorsed and bears their label en- titling any one to 15 per cent rebate off theft in- surance.
 IMPOSSIBLE
 to leave your car un- locked. With the Scott Telecator and Auto Lock, to stop your car, you simply press a lever and your car is left as safe as the valuable pa- pers locked in your vault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

Tn certain Amazonian tribes. on the day of his marriage, while the wedding festivities are going on. the brdegroom's
 hand is tied up in bag filled with ire ants If he bears the torture smlingly,
 and unmoved he is considered fit for the trials of matrimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Japs Fight Flu

Tokio, March 15.--A striking feature of the epidemic of influenza here was the grotesque appearance of Tokio crowds wearing all kinds of resprators, from the celluloid artificial nose to the pate hof black tastefuly embroidered by the aes- thetic schoolgirl. Innoculation with pre- ventive serum was tried, it is claimed, with good results though certain cases it~was said to be as fatal as the disease itself. The deaths from influenza in Jaruary totalled 5,775.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

The Imperial Motor Company is now handling the Stutz exclusively. l. F. Perkins of the Imperial states that he has handled many cars in his day and time, but that the Stutz has it on all of them. so he will devote his entire time to it. The production on he Stutz has been increased materially and Mir. Per kins states that he expects to get good delivery on them, especially after freight conditions loosen up bit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

Several German chemists are endeavor- ing to find economical processes for the recovery of combustible material from coal ashex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
SEVEN

when Webb warns up to the tnsJS of straightening it ont so you'd never be able to see where the bump occurred.
 
 The Greet Motor Company has re- ceived the new model of the Velie. It is smaller, except in seating capacity; lighter. lower in price and costs less to run. The list price is s1.4S5 at the factory. The hood lines on this lighter Velie are somewhat different from the big Velie. having the streamline effect with a rounded hood.
 E. N. Claughton and George Nor lis have things travelling at a rapid clip at the Five Points Garage now with their Oldsmobile These boys. in addition to running a first-class ga- rage where a whole flock of cars are stored. have time to sell Sterling tires and Oldsmobile cars and trucks. Out side of that they haven't much to do.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Sunday. In the morning he talked
on the School of the 0zarks. - VIM.
Winger and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fritz Winger visited with relatives
near Fulton Sunday. - Miss Flor
ence kirkpatrick who lives west Of
Benton City will leave soon for Idaho
to visit her sister. - Mr.. and Mrs.
French Douglass and family visited
with H. Hofsess and family of Mex
leo Sunday. - Word has been re-
ceived of the serious illness of the
little daughter, Genevieve, of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos Wright. Mrs. Wright
was formerly Miss Edith Purdom of
this vicinity. - The Benton City
Cemetery Association will hold q
lawn social in the Christian church
yard there next Saturday night, July
10th. The proceeds will be devoted
to improving the cemetery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08


All of the employees of the Mex
leo Post Office received substantial
increases in salaries effective July
first. The increases are the result
of the law recently enacted by Con-
gress.
The new classification of salaries
is as follows:
Postmaster w. R. Jackson from
$27O0 to $4,000, per annum; Assist
ant Postmaster E. B. Keath from
s1s25 to s21OO; Clerks H. NJ. Bartels,
$3.50 to $500; J. j. Crews, $3.50 to
$500; c. G. Head, $3.50 to $500;
L. ", Saunders, $3.50 to $500; E. E.
Shay, $1,000 to $1,000; John Wilding,
gl4OO to s1700; City Carriers, W. L.
Bryarly, $165O to $500; H. A. john
ston, $3.50 to $500; James o'Brien,
$3.50 to $500; C. H. Pulls, $1,000 to
$500; Raymond Robson, $1,000 to
$500; Rural Carriers Edw. Rodhouse
$1796 to 1920; G. o. MCGEE, $1748
to $500; F. j. Swanton, $1772 to
1880; G. D. Talley, $500 to $3.50;
j. H. Gamble, S1748 to $186O; H. G.
MCGEE, $174s to $3.50.
KEENAN, Hulen has been appointed
carrier. on route No. 7, vice A. w.
Helwig, resigned. Hulen's salary
will be $2064 per annum, from July
/, the date of his appointment, an in
crease of $136 over the former sal
airy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Rev. R. c. Abram of Columbia,
will preach at Sunrise Church, north
IF this city, Sunday, July 18th. There
will be special music in the morning,
Including a solo by Mrs. j. H. Smith.
Sunday School will be held at 1000
p. m., and the preaching service will
be at 100 a. m. The subject OF
Reverend Abrams sermon in the
evening will be The Journey to the
Far Country being the first Of a
series of sermons he will give on the
story of the Prodigal Son. J. W.
Perkins, of Mexico, will sing at the
evening service. The public is cor
daily invited.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08
NORTHEAST BENTON.

Mr.. Rowland Cruise of Ripley,
Iowa, has been visiting his parents.
- MIR. and Mrs. Joe Hildebrand of
ST. Louis visited with relatives over
Sunday, Rcv. Clagget occupied
the pulpit at the Presbyterian church
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Robertson
have gone west to visit their daugh
ter, Mrs. Dean johnson. in Seattle
and before returning home win visit
Yellowstone Park.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Dave Clark, chief engineer Of the
Arctic Ice and Storage Company, was
painfully injured in a fall from a re-
frigerator car Monday afternoon.
He was on top of the car, helping to
fill it with ice, when his foot slipped
and he fell. His left ankle was
sprained, his left wrist injured and
he was badly cut and bruised.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Little Miss Elma Lee Hawthorne,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Haw-
thorne, cut her arm severely on a
piece Of wire Monday. Several
stitches had to be taken.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Collins Of Phil
adelphia announce the birth Of a
daughter last Saturday morning.
Mrs. Collins formerly was Miss
Martha Horde, and is we'll known in
Mexico.
Mrs. Paul Poggenpohl and daugh-
ter. of Chadronne, Nebr., is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Max Piper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Wallace Peck of Moline, Lee Gram
ley Of Farber, and Ed Allen of Rush
Hill were here to enjoy the American
Legion's celebration Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Everett Mcbride was painfully in
iured Tuesday when swinging on a
rome over the Hardin College SWIM
ming pool. He swung too high and
his head struck a rafter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Mrs. Irvine Biggs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Van Studdiford, and R. III.
Barrow were among the visitors here
from Vandalia Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Miss Elsa Steiss returned to her
home in St. Louis Wednesday after
spending the weekend with Miss
Lottie Cornett. Miss Cornett left
Wednesday for Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Mrs. H. S. Whitlock and children re
turned Tuesday afternoon from a
visit in Paris, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Mrs. E. E. Hopkins, Of Peoria, H.,
is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. W. Lamber, of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

ter Of F. P. Denham of St. Louis are
here visiting for a few days and
then 10 her sisters at Boonvilc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

i. B. Young and son, A. B. Young,
Jr., were in Mexico Tuesday, en-
route to st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

R. NJ. White left Wednesday for
Southampton, Long Island for a
visit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

Charles Kunkel of Columbia is
spending his summer vacation in
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

The Rev. A. A. Wallace dspsrtes
Monday night for a two weeks vaea
ton at Lake Geneva.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-08

For further particulars address
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-04-29
THE TAX SITUATION.

The New York Evening World
notes that 'the country has just
gone through the mental anguish OF
another federal income tax return
made under the most needlessly com
plicated law that ever harassed ar
intelligent people," The other New
York dailies, the Washington papers
the financial journals and a great
proportion of the press of the country
are similarly. critical They realize
the necessity of heavy taxes for a
considerable period to meet accruing
interest. on government bonds and to
pay necessary running expenses, but
insist upon a radical change in tax
distribution and the entire elimina-
ton of the excess profits tax as now
imposed
There seems to be no desire to ex-
empt big business from it's share of
the public burden, but a widely ex-
pressed sentiment prevails that the
excess profits tax results in diminish
ing the supply of goods on the mar
ket, limiting efficiency, raising pri-
ces and tending to obstruct the ac-
emulation of capital and to retard
enterprise.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-04-29
LUMBER FUTURE BRIGHT

The prospective demand for lum-
Der was never so bright as at the pre-
sent time and men thoroughly fami'
liar with the industry state that
there is little possibility of the de-
mand slackening for the next 5 or 10
years. In fact, it appears that the de-
mand will exceed the supply for an
indefinite period
Now that the railroads are back in
private hands they are actively in
the market and will buy tremendous
quantities of lumber. 1t is estimated
they will spend in the next years
1900, 100000 for new freight cars
alone. The railroads are far short of
their normal freight car require
ments due to war conditions and de-
layed construction under government
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-04-29
OIL PRODUCTION

Material increase in output OF
crude oil is indicated this year, &C
cording to the Wall Street Journal.
Results so far from wildcat opera
lions and the redrilling of old fields
il the Appalachian and Central West
fields, together with the opening up
OF new acreage in Wyoming for de-
yelopment by the passing of the oil
and leasing bill, are expected to re-
salt in production more than offset
ing the decline in the North Texas
output Recent competitions in okla>
iona indicate that this state still
has some undeveloped territory.
Activities in the Western States
point to the possible opening up of
new producing areas. Oil operators
are especially active in Montana,
Utah and Washington.
The fact remains, however, that
our domestic consumption is far ex-
ceeding our production and that de-
mand for petroleum products is in>
creasing at an unprecedented rate.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-04-29
an UNFAIR EXEMPTION

The returns from all sources of in
come bearing property are subject
to taxation under the income tax
law. except such securities as govern
ment, state and municipal bonds is
sued for public benefit and to some
extent these are taxable.
But Farm Loan Bonds issued I'M
der guise of federal undertaking,
but in reality being for purely per-
sonal and private gain, are entirely
free from all forms of taxation and
the general public makes up the tax
es lost on over 100000, 900 of these
bonds already issued. One of the
first things congress should do is to
amend the Farm Loan Act making
income from such bonds taxable the
same as income from other property.
operation and much of the equipment
is in bad condition. Their rehabilita-
ton process will require large "a
mounts of capital. Some authorities
estimate that the railroads will need
50,000,000 ties which would require
1000, 100000 board feet of lumber
and their other lumber needs are in
like proportions.
Thus, it will be seen that condi-
lions encouraging to railroad develop
ment and improvement directly af>
feet the prosperity of hundreds of
thousands of people employed in the
lumber industry and conditions
which hurt railroading automatically
hurt numbering in normal times.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-04-29

in the United States Army service on
1.-THE Mexican border and in France,
my connection with the party under
whose banner l desire to appear has
been active and consistent through
out My contact with the peoples OF
foreign LANDS has only deepened my
regard for American institutions and
strengthened my belief that the
principles OF government as laid
down by the Fathers Of American In
dependence, and so gloriously upheld
by the Republican party, are sacred
and should be held inviolate.
During thirteen years residence in
idaho the many perplexing problems
of state government have naturally
come before me, both as a newspaper
man and as a state financial officer.
Among the most grave problems are
those dealing with taxation and state
finances. AS chief of the Bureau of
Budget and Taxation there has been
me
for the study of these questions-a
study which has, l think, evolved an
efficiency along these lines that can
not but prove Of value to the people
in the office of State Treasurer.
With an intimate knowledge of
the finances of the state, the relation
of one state department to another,
and the duties of the various state Of
ficers, / feel l am qualified to dis
charge the duties of State Treasurer
both as state officer and as mem
Der of the State Board of Equaliza-
ton, in an efficient, economical man
ner.
Should l be honored with the nomi
nation by the Republican State Con-
vention and election by the people OF
the State of Idaho, I pledge my every
effort to faithfully perform in
fair, impartial and efficient manner
each and every duty pertaining to
the office of State Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL F. BANKS.