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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
Plight of Public UtiIitie..

Under the regulations which now pre-
vail throughout the country the reward
20 capital invested In Its utilities Is linn
tied 20 a fair and reasonable return"
prefaced o. Il, Wilcox of Bonbright &c
Co.. Inc, New York, reporting for the
committee on public service securities.
which he Is chairman.
THE large and speculative profits Of
red by unreasonable enterprises being
entirely eliminated, the money Of spec
ulators will not flow into public utili-
ies." he said.
The past year has In many respects
zen the most notable in the history Of
,erican utilities Much has occurred
ing the period of reconstruction since
armistice and notably in the pas.
i've months tending toward the fixing
Cf the status of public utility securities
among the premier investments OF thls
country.
THE operation OF public regulation.
the high cost of labor and materials and
of money. the shortage Of labor, the con-
gestion In transportation and the great
Industrial activity Of the country. while
leading to embarrassments and diff
C tiles, on the other hand have all
helped to the better understanding Of the
status OF utilities In modern Industrial
life and therefore helped toward tho
sound solution of their problem. The
public utility situation Is distinctly en-
puraging."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
f3RONN,

Franchi, Frank, and John = n.
McConaghy; June ~, 1920. .s.....
Knntln, Maier-F. Adler; June ii.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
The Auto Quiz
Questions of Car
Owners Answered -

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9-Can a cracked battery Jar be
repaired?
1t is not advisable to try to re-
pair cracked battery jar. If 1t were
possible, tho cost of disassembling of
the battery and the replacing of
plates and electrolite would not make
the saving OF the old jar worth while,
altho covering the entire outer sur.
face of the battery with form of
pitch such as battery repair men
have said to stop the leaking of cleo
trolite. Of course IL 1tbis is done a
new and larger exterior box must
be built.
l0.-How can YOU start your car
1T the starter fails. the crank Is mis-
sing. there Is no convenient hill or
anybody near who can push the car
to start 1t?
II your starter fails, and you have
no crank. or II there is no one near
to push your car and you don't hap
pen to be on hill when the engine
dies simply jack up one rear wheel,
engaEo high gear then turn the
the wheel with your hands against
compression,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Uso Monkox.Wrcnoh.

II the owner drives his car con-
stantly it will be an excellent thing
for him 10 use his monkey wrench
now and then says American Motor
list.
Especially with new car 1t is not
a bad plan to go over nuts and bolts
occasionally. Even the highest nut
Will be more or less affected by con-
slant vibration and loose bolt
should be frightened. since the play to
which he looseness gives rise may
result in the necessity for later re-
pairs. AS the car grows a little older
the bolts and nuts settle ana there
lis less occasion for tightening.
The foregoing advice applies with
particular force to spring clips. a
pulling up OF the nuts Of which will
take but a few minutes of the opera
tors time about once month, keep
ing the springs properly seated and
adding much to the sense Of securi
ty that Is enjoyed by the man who
looks after things and knows that
they have been attended to.
Sometimes it happens that the
motorist is unable to keep the nuts
fastening the bolts absolutely tight
Try as he may, the nut will come
loose again. IF lockwasher can not
be applied. good remedy Is to put
a drop of solder on the thread of the
nut. or in the absence of solder, a
little paint or varnish will set the
nut tight and prevent it from becom-
inr loose again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
eANewAY FOR THE TRUCK.
A Skid May Annihilats Any Nearb,
Passenger Car.


When heavy motor truck is
swinging around corner on a wet
day it is the part Of wisdom for pas
senger cars to give 1t wide berth. If
the rear end Of the truck starts to
skid 1t Is likely to annihilate any
light passenger car that gets in it's
path.
ct is this danger Of skidding that
is one Of the truck drivers big wor-
ries on a wet day." said veteran
truck operator recently. I've seen
small passenger cars smashed to
pieces in this way on curves. When
the tail end of one Of these big fell
lows starts to slip there is no telling
where it will stop. Sometimes it
swings against the curb and other
times knocks over telephone poles.
If a passenger car happens to be in
between it hasn't much chance.
"My recommendation to the drivers
Of passenger cars is to give the
trucks plenty of room on slippery
days.
"One favor passenger car operators
can confer on truck drivers is to be
a little generous in the matter of
space on hill. The truck man is de-
sirious Of showing every possible
courtesy to other drivers, but he has
a big, heavy vehicle to handle, and it
it not so simple a thing for him to
get far over to one side on a bad
grade as it is for passenger car
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Total ...... s,44s s.7s7 49,
Seventy Per Cent Motorists.

Thus 1t appears that nearly 70 per
cent OF those injured and killed dur
ing the three-year period were
motorists and that such deaths and
accidents are steadily increasing
from year to year. In fact. there:
were nearly IA per cent more
motorists killed in 1919 at grade
crossings than in 1917.
During the half year ending June
80, 1920, there were 1902 motorists
killed at grade crossings in tina
United States.
That preventive measures are be-
coming more effective in some states
than In others because Of grade
crossing eliminations, more cautious
driving. and the protection of cross
ings by gates, bells, etc, is indi-
Gated by the fact that the deaths oc-
curing are not always in direct pro-
portion to the number of machines
registered in those states. For in
stance, while New York gained first
place in registrations, more motorists
We're killed in Ohio. Likewise, Penn
sylvania, running third in 1919 regis
trattons. has fifth place on the death
list. Massachusetts, was tenth in
registrations, but twenty-fourth In
fatalities. Connecticut was twenty
third in registrations, but thirty
fourth In grade-crossing tabulation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
GRADE CROSSINGS
TAKE HEAVY TOLL
SEVENTY PER CENT OF THOSE
KILLED ON CROSSINGS ARE
MOTORISTS.
CASUALTY LIST 1868
INsLAST THREE YEARS
Of These 5,605 Were Killed on Grade
Crossings Of Railroads-Appaliina
Death List Points TO Need OF Care.
full Driving and Elimination Of
Grade Crossings Wherever Possible

Washington, D. c., Nov. 3-Seventy
per cent of those killed or injured at
grade crossings in O three-year
period were motorists. according to
figures compiled by the inter- state
commerce commission and just given
publicity by the American Auto
mobile Association. which thru It's
touring, good roads, and legislative
boards is preparing a nationwide
agitation on this vital phase of high
ways travel and transportation.
Three times as many American
citizens were killed or injured at
grade crossings in 1917. 1918 and
1913 as were killed and injured dur
inS the revolutionary war;" says NJ.
o. Eldridge, the A. A. A. director Of
roads. He gives the American
casualties In the principal battles as
$500 and places the grade crossing
killed or injured for the three-year
period as 1865 men. women, and
children, OF which 5.so5 died of their
injuries within twenty four hours Of
the accident.
Accidents Continue.
In spite OF the combined efforts of
railroad and highway officials and
automobile clubs. the total number
of accidents continues annually at
about the same rate. The number OF
such accidents and deaths for the
calendar years 1917, 1915 and 1919, as
compiled by the interstate commerce.
commission, is indicated as follows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
T.-R. Cook Book

Send to the Times Republican one
of your favorite recipes, which will
be printed, with the donors name
and address. Cut out each day the
various recipes and paste them in a
scrap book. Classify the scrap book
so that recipes of similar kinds can
be arranged in order, and indexed.
In short time you will be surprised
what a good cook book you have
made up of tested recipes.
Address your recipes to the Times
Republican, care of Cook Book Edi-
tor. Be sure to include in the manu-
script directions for cooking as well
as the ingredients.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
"PUSS PUSS."
An American Wheel Burlesque at the
Odeon Friday.

Trying to pick out the good things
in the "Puss Puss" company, the at
traction at the Odeon Friday evening,
will prove like trying to pick out the
feature acts at a three-ring circus.
AS matter OF fact "Puss Puss" is so
good in every detail that. it is almost
impossible to locate the outstanding
features. Perhaps it can be best
characterized as a good all-round
show Of the first quality. The cast
consists of Evelyn Demerest, Ray
Reab, Ben Small. Al Young. Roy
Peck, Viola Bohlen, Mona Mayo, and
a chorus of twenty high steppers.
Gideon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Rust Preventers.

Vaseline in which a little powdered
gum camphor has been added, the
whole being heated over a glow fire,
will prevent the formation of rust on
tools. A mixture of one pound of lard
an ounce of gum camphor and a little
lamp black will protect bright metal
work from rust,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
BAD BLOOD
Impure, Thin, Weak, AffIicts the
Great Majority of People

Whether in scrofula, sores, boils, and
agoniZing pains and aches in limbs,
joints or muscles; as catarrh with it's
disagreeable Inflammation and dis
charge; in disturbed digestion, or
dragging down debility and tired
feeling,-it is corrected by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. that most eco
nOmiCa1 and reliable blood remedy
and building-up tonic. Thousands
use this medicine and praise it for
wonderful relief. Made from the most
valuable remedies that physicians
know. and unparalleled in character.
quality, taste and curative power.
When a cathartic is needed, use
Hoods Pills.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
JELLY LAYER CAKE,

Three eggs, one cup sugar, one
cup flour, three tablespoons sweet
cream, one teaspoon baking powder
and flavor to taste. Put all together
in mixing bowel and beat well. Bake
in two layer pans we'll creased. When
done spread one with jelly and turn
the other over it. Let stand until
falls from the pan. Miss Marie Hick-
man, Conrad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Exhaust Pipe Paint,

To paint the exhause pipe requires
compound capable Of resisting a
high degree of heat. Use two parts Of
black oxide Of manganese. three parts
of graphite and nine parts of fuller's
earth, thoroughly mixed and added to
which is ten quarts Of sodium Sill
cate. one part Of glucose and four
parts of water, until it is Of the con-
sistency that enables it to be applied
with a brush.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
kraut For Sickness.

Hans was speaking about the high
price of cabbage in his town.
"Kebbeges is awful high dis year."
he said me and mine wife puts up
seven, eight, nine barrels of sauer-
kraut efery year, but We can't dis
year. De kebbeges cost too much"
But you put up some -kraut,
didn't you Hans?" questioned friend.
Oh, yes, two or tire barrels, just to
half in de house in case of sickness"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Automobiles Trucks TRACTORS
Making a Maunet.

II Is possible to magnetic a file by
taxing about dozen turns of a
strand OF the cord to which a lighted
electric bulb is attached. This will
give enough magnetism to the file TO
permit OF us use for picking up
small parts. screws. nuts, etc. that
nave fallen into inaccessible places.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
An Obscure Knock.

A knock difficult to locate is some
times caused by one of the pistons
touching shoulder in the top Of the
cylinder because the packing be-
tween cylinder and crank case has
been worn thin. Obviously thicker
packing will cure the trouble.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Pipe Joint Cement,

A mixture of ten parts of iron, fill
ing with three parts OF chloride OF
lime mixed TO paste with water
makes an admirable pipe joint ce-
ment. The mixture is applied to the
joint and the clamp and becomes
solid In twelve hours
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03

These accidents include all persons
who were injured or killed by rail-
road trains striking or being struck
by trolley cars. automobiles. or other
vehicles and by trains striking
pedestrians. A great majority OF
these accidents have occurred to
motorists, as will be seen from the
following fyuraa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03

the bark and then treating it to a.
pasty preparation. After the boiling
process. the fiber shows a regular
overlapping arrangement Of the
strands like woven material.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03

In the tropical islands OF the Pa
clffc there are several tribes which
make use Of the bark of a tree as a
substitute for fabric. 1t is called
tapa" and is obtained by heating,
The Washington times., 1920-08-08
10000 HANDS NEEDED
ON CANADIAN FARMS

WINNIPEG, Man. Aug s.-Thirty
thousand farm laborers will be nee
essary Il. harvest the crops OF Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, se-
cording to an estimate announced by
J. A. Bowman. commissioner OF colon
ization Of Manitoba.
Officials OF the prairie provinces,
railway representatives and farmers
recently held a harvest help confer
cnce in Winnipeg and asked for 5000
zen for Manitoba, 5000 for Saskatche-,
wan. and 10 900 for Alberta.
Half the harvest hands are expected
to come from eastern Canada. Prob
ably 1000 or 5000 will come from the
United States. and the remainder Will
be recruited in the towns and cities
of western Canada. Several thousand
farm hands usually follow the harvests
northward from Oklahoma and Texas
and wind up their seasons campaign
In western Canada, where the harvest
starts about the time II ends in Min
nesota. the Dakotas and Montana
Wages In western, Canada will be ~
to Sc a day and may go higher. While
the acreage under crop in the prairie
provinces is slightly smaller than last
year. the yield is expected to be much
heavier,
The Washington times., 1920-08-08
REDS PLAN To PAY FOR
IMPORTS in PLATINUM
Will Get Supply From Mines in the
Ural Mountains Seized From
the Late Cxar.

AGO, Aug s.--The soviet
government OF Russia, according to
the cable. plans TO pay for imports,
when trade relations are resumed
with western nations. with platinum
from the Ural mountain mines.
Before the war Russia produced 90
per cent OF the worlds supply OF
platinum. The mines were near Eka-
tarinburg, where the Czar and his
family were put to death. When reyo-
lutionary chaos overwhelmed the
country, the mines closed down Al
last accounts they had not been re-
opened.
The necessity for platinum in the
manufacture OF high explosives sent
the price to Sl05 an ounce during
the war. The worldwide demand for
the metal for use in fashionable jew
clry has kept IL up. The worlds chief
supply now comes from Colombia, In
South America. Platinum was first
discovered there as by-product OF
gold mining. IL was held OF little
value. The Indians made fsh-hooks
of IL. Great quantities. were, thrown
away. Since II became valuable the
old mine dumps have been industri-
ously worked to recover the treasure
once deemed worthless. II is now
five times more valuable than gold.
Though Russian money is OF no
value under the Bolshevlk govern
ment, every nation in the world
would accept platinum in payment
for goods shipped into Russia. 1t is
said there is enough platinum in the
Ural mines to pay Russia's enormous
national debt.
The Washington times., 1920-08-08

built here and the stupendouB enter
prise is Seen when you look upon the
canon between the Rocky mountains
whose base is 800 feet wide.
They have made the dam OF both
branches OF the Shoshone river ana
the water above Is six miles wide
and extends a distance OF ten miles.
This body OF water will irrigate 226,-
900 acres OF land. Sixty-siX thousand
acres are now available if Congress
will provide money enough to build
canals to the various lands.
In round numbers. 226,000 acres Is
the quantity which the dam VIII pro-
vide water for. BY furnishing $l2.-
900. 900 dollars more 100000 acres
could be opened in small farms, say
from fifteen to twenty-five acres. Tn"
land is so fertile that a farm Of fif-
teen acres seems TO satisfy them. In
Yakima Wash. they raise from COO
to 300 bushels OF potatoes'on an acre
OF this ground. And the Indian res
ervation here AMAZED me. They are
industrious and the little towns show
prosperity. The Indians own and run
the banks and are engaged in the
general Industrial life.
LAW is JUSTIFIED.
"Since the primary purpose Of this
reclamation law was TO create homes,
IL has justified all its exponents
claimed for II: for on the Government
project lands. are 10000 families in
independent homes. The Government
The Washington times., 1920-08-08
WANTSS12,0OO,0OO.
. FOR RECLAMATION
Secretary Of interior Payne
After Inspection Trip .enthusi-
astic Over Possibilities.

IL is the belief OF John Barton
Payne, the Secretary Of the Interior.
that with an appropriation OF
N2.O0o0oO. broadly speaking. 100000
acres OF land could be opened for
entry under the reclamation act, and
he stated that there would be AN open
ing OF farms within two months OF a
few thousand acres In the shoshone
Wyoming project.
Secretary Payne has Just returned
to Washington from . trip OF inspec-
tion OF two OF the-SsoSerhment's. great
irrigation projects at Yakima, Wash,
and Shoshone. Wyo. and IL most en-
thusiastic In his account of the home
stead possibilities provided by these
two great engineering projects.
GREAT HUNGER FOR LAND.
There never was q time In our his
tory" said the Secretary. ywheh the
hunger for land was greater than II
10 at present.
"In the early part Of this year we
had proof OF this demand when we
announced that there would be a land
opening on the North Platte project
containing eighty farm units. and as
soon as this order was made pubic
thousands OF letters, telesrams and
telephone Inquiries nearly swamped
the office.
After the opening was advertised.
change WAS made, giving preference
rights to soldiers, and so the number
Of applications increased until we had
TO resort to the system OF drawing in
order TO be fair to the crowds thst
waited In line for three weeks, many
OF them sleeping where they stood.
There were 3.2ss applications re-
ceNed by mail and 10000 letters
"A .a..A
There were over two thousand men
who came TO Wyoming, exseryice
men. too. who had been warned by
the Interior Department. that the
chances OF one man in forty having
the luck to draw a homestead tract,
would suggest a risk. but the depart
ment's advice was unheeded. and in
consequence a great deal of hardship
that might have been avoided was
the result.
MARyELs At WORK.
Many of these ex-service men
came without any papers showing
their service record. many OF them
had no money nor capital, and with
but hazy impression of what a
benetcent Government was going to
do for them in the way of giving
them homesteads.
1T now rests with Congress. which
has the power to develop the immen nse
amount OF land. to make appropri-
atoms that will provide the territory.
81 spent more time in the Shoshone
reservation than in the region OF the
Yakima project and | cannot but
view the work accomplished here
with wonder. The second highest
dam in the United States has been
The Washington times., 1920-08-08

reservoirs are supplying 2.7sOlo0o
acres and on these recia med acres
there are too.ooo psoPis prontao'y EN-
ployed.
The average value OF the crops
raised on the land reclaimed, was
$50 20 per acre and the average value
for the last census OF the United
states for farm crops was $40 per
acre. in fact we had one project near
the Canadian line In the state OF
Washington that produced little
More than $3.50 900 900 worth OF
crops have been produced on the re-
claimed land since 1905, the present
annual crop returns are 10000 600
which does not include the value OF
crops grown on the million acres out,
side OF projects which are supplied
with stored water.
The Washington times., 1920-08-08
A SALE THAT IS CITY-WIDE

You order the Thor have demonstrated of the dealers
here listed prefer Whether ordered from them these SAME
LOW TERMS ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT CHARGE will be the
during this VERY SPECIAL sale.
The Washington times., 1920-08-08
COSTS SINGLE PERSON
$3.50 A MONTH TO LIVE

DETROIT. Aug. S.-Average living
costs for unmarried former service
men taking vocational training in De-
troit are estimated at s92.5O a month
by the department of public welfare.
The estimate was asked for by the
Federal board OF vocational training
in Washington. Monthly expenditures
are estimated as: Meals. si5; clothing,
sl4: lodging. $22; laundry. So; car
fare, recreation and extras. $3.50.