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to close down. Already 80 per cent
of the mills in the South are idle
About one half the employees in the
toy shops in Belgium are women and
girls above 1G years of age. They are
paid from ITO to 30 francs per hour
for an eight hour day, with Saturday
afternoon off.
In Germany factories cannot close
down now, and production cannot be
restricted, neither can machinery used
for production be sold without first
obtaining permission from the proper
authorities.
In the six years from June, 1914 to
June. 1920. the average increase in
factory workers earnings in New
York State was 127 per cent. The
greatest increase during this period
was 1913 per cent in the paper manu-
featuring industry, and the minimum
increase was 96 per cent in the print
ing and publishing and paper products
industries.
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dirt which are liable to work into
and harm bearings and other delicate
parts.
(b) When approaching your car
after it has stood for some time,
make it q habit to look on the floor
or street underneath the car. If there
are spots or pools Of water or oil, in
vestigate at once. Continual drip
ping indicates leaks or worn bushings.
6.-If the car is not fabricated prop
erly. excessive wear on the machine
is bound to result.
Rules of the Road.
ALMOST every state and com :
munity has its own traffic laws, and
drivers should be thoroughly familiar
with all laws that apply in the loca-
tlons where they have occasion to
drive. A copy of the state laws can
usually be secured by addressing the
secretary of state at the state capital:
local ordinances from the local police
department.
s:-There are, however, many laws
that are universal enough to be
Of the road.
9.-Every driver should extend the
same courtesies to the other fellow
that ne expects the other fellow to ex-
tend to him.
lO-Every driver, Of course, knows
that he should pass to the right
when meeting other vehicles going
in the opposite direction. Slow NOV
ing vehicles should keep to the ex-
IRENE right.
11.-Always sound the horn and
pass on the left when passing other
vehicles going in the same direction
This applies when passing all We
hicles except street cars and vehicles
travelling on street car tracks. When
at street intersections, or curves, or
when going up or down hill, never
pass another vehicle going in the same
direction.
12-At street intersections give the
right Of way to the car at your right.
Do not presume too much when you
have the right of way. perhaps the
other fellow doesn't know it.
Stopping or Parking Cars.
13-When stopping or parking a
car, see that the righe side mot the
left sidcl is toward the curb. The
wheels should be cramped to the
right so that the ear cannot move far
accidentally. Make sure that the
emergency brake is on and that the
gears are in neutral before leaving
the car. Do not stop car within =
feet of fire hydrant.
14-Always signal when you expect
to stop. start or turn. If possible. sig
nal by extending the arm. If the car
body or load prevents persons ahead
and behind from seeing arm signals.
a good type of mechanical signaling
device should be installed on the car.
15-Always sound horn three times
before backing.
16-It is a gentlemanly act as wei
as safety precaution to dim your
headlights when approaching another
car in the dark. Every effort should
be made to have non glaring head
lights as discussed in lesson No. 10.
17.-See that your license tags are
installed in the position specified by
law and that they are clearly visible
under all conditions
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Safety Lessons for
Automobile Drivers
AUTOMOBILE LUBRCATION

IA great majority of all work in
automobile and truck repair shops is
made necessary by improper or insult
ficient fabrication.
EVERY make Of motor vehicle has
its own fabrication chart. and drivers
should be thoroughly familiar with
charts that refer to their particular
cars. There are certain lubricating
rules that are general and important
enough to be given special mention.
3.-Kind of lubricant to apply:
t(a) Cylinder oil in crank case and
oil cups.
(b) Cup grease in grease cups. y.
(c) A good transmission oil or semi
fluid grease in transmission. In cold
weather heavy transmission oil may
be thinned with cylinder oil.)
az Transmission oil in rear axle
case.
(e) Transmission oil or light cup
grease in universal joints.
Allow often should different parts
be fabricated?
(a) If there is an oil indicator for
the crank case, look at the oil level at
least twice each day: if there is no
Indicator examine the oil level at
least once each day; oftener on long
runs. Oil indicator, where used:
should from time to time be examined
carefully to see that it does not be-
come clogged up or stuck.
(b) Not less frequently than once
each week oil spring bolts, clutch
pedal, shaft, steering gear, radius
rods. torque arm and other points as
designated by the manufactures.
Care of Crank Case.
once each month, oil the brake mech
anism. grease the universal joints and
change the oil in the crank case.
transmission and differential. 1t is
especially important to change the
oil in the crank case, for a certain
amount of gasoline is bound to work
past the piston rings and dilute the
lubricating oil. Examine withdrawn
oil carefully. Finding broken gear
teeth or other loose metallic parts in
dicates that expert investigation and
possible replacing of parts is neces-
sary. Do not flush out crank case
with kerosene. 1t is not possible to
remove all the kerosene after it is
once poured in and enough may re-
main to do harm. Kerosene cuts the
oil and keeps it from lubricating the
engine properly In cold weather
when you are apt to use too much
gasoline. it may be advisable to
change oil in crankcase oftener than
every 800 miles. Place enough grease
in the differential housing so it will
come to the root tbottom) of the
gear teeth at the meshing point.
Cd Once month the wheels
should be lacked up. bearing adiu "a
and creased with a gun.
(e1 Every 5000 miles or at least
once a year. the wheels should be re-
moved and bearings repacked with
grease.
tfl Investigate every squeak and
make necessary adjustments. or APP
ply oil, or both. tNever oil brake lin
ings-see Lesson No. l.,
5.-(ieneral
(a) Wipe off all excess oil and
grease, otherwise it collects grit and
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-12

Japan leads all other nations in the
production of silk.
Philadelphia manufactures oil Of
the 2G4 products made in America.
The largest steel plant in the Orient
has just been completed at Yawata
Japan.
Practically all the steel plants in
Great Britain close down for the week
end.
Practically Is per cent Of the textile
mills in Philadelphia are closed down
indefinitely.
Over S5.oOo,Ooo was paid out in
Massachusetts last year under the
workmen's compensation law.
In order to reach all workers. trade
union correspondence courses are now
proposed by all the leading schools and
colleges.
A recent survey made by the local
authorities in England and Wales
shows the urgent need Of $4,000
houses.
Third week 1919, 1890 days lost,
cost S1j,319; similar week of 1920,
3O6 days lost, cost S115O.
Water power turbines, aided at
times by electric motors, enable Swiss
water works to pump water to town
1900 feet above it.
Stage hands in San Francisco have
signed new wage scale which gives
them from $45 to $50 per week for an
eight-hour day.
More than 100000 women are still
employed in the shops throughout the
United States, very few having quit
their jobs at the termination Of the
war.
Philadelphia leads the world in the
manufacture of textiles, just as it
makes more locomotives, more steel
railroad cars and more leather goods.
In Chicago a new agreement with
minimum wage of $50 week has been
secured by the Theater and Building
Janitors' Union. A few years ago the
rates of these workers was $40 n week |
Detroit manufacturers have been
urged to ration work with purpose of
keeping in Detroit its great body Of |
skilled workmen, many Of whom are
now unemployed.
! Venezuela is to have a large textile
factory for the production of cotton
fabrics and finished cotton wear. The
monthly output of the new concern is
estimated at 10000 yards Of cloth.
Unless the landslide in lumber prices
is checked. 80 per cent OF the sawmills Il
on the Pacific coast will be Compelled
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-12

Supplementary instructions issued
by the Highway and Transport Educa-
ton committee regarding the Good
Roads and Highway Transport ma
tional essay contest advise students
participating in the contest who reside
in communities where no local com
mittees for grading essays exist to
submit compositions direct to the COM
mittee in Washington.
These instructions were issued by
the committee in response to inquiries
from states where public schools close
early, the decision being made. it was
said. in order to give every student
assurances that each. essay written
would receive proper consideration in
the award of the national prize This
prize is a four years university schol-
arship in any college or university. Of
fered by II. S. Firestone. Akron, Ohio.
q member of the committee.
This ruling is was said. applies
only in the event arrangements have
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could be found. No sulpration of
harmful nature was evident on the sur
face of the plates.
Although the Ray battery is. of
course, not supposed to be used for
driving n car. this test just goes to show
the wonderful energy these batteries
are capable of developing. 1t is also
good indication of the rugged strength
Of the Lavier Formula Plates found
only in the Ray. There could be no
more severe test to prove the strength
of battery" says John l.. Gillin III,
distributor for Rays in this locality.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-12
Hubbard's Velie 81
Average Il Miles
to Gallon in Mud

Cal Hubbard Of the Hubbard
Abstract 60. put his five passen-
ger selle ~ IT, a mileage test last
sunday. May %. when he Travelled
-o.o miles, using II gallons of
gasoline, Or doing better than u
miles TO the gallon.
INC entire trip was made over
country roads except between Hell
cha aud Great Falls. Mr.. Hubbard
reports the roads were rough and
muddy.
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not been made to grade essays locally.
The contestant should make every ef-
fort to determine whether there is a
FOCAL committee before sending essays
to Washington
Students also are urged to be sure
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their names and addresses appear
plainly on each essay submitted. wheth-
ed to local committees, principals of
high schools, or to the national COM,
mittee.
In the majority Of localities. it was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
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It can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt can't give advice,
or make exhaustive research.
The war forced SO many changes In the
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service Of this information bureau VIII be
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Keep in touch with your government az
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VayS II YOUR wants are only made known.
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great deal OF comment. The irascible
Randolph capped the climax Of this
comment by declaring that the appoint
ment meant the Combination of the
Puritan with the blackleg." When
they fired the first shot in the in
evitable duel, both missed. Randolph
found his hot blood SO cooled that he
refused to fire again, and there the
matter ended, without bodily harm to
either.
Dueling has been frowned down al
most everywhere now. Occasionally a
duel will occur in France. but fatal
results rarely follow. German army
officers and students have a dueling
code, but in the student duels, at
least, all vital portions of the body are
SO protected that nothing can result
but few picturesque scars of which
the bearers usually are Unfortunately
proud.
In every state in the Union dueling
is forbidden, with various penalties
ranging from death to disqualification
for public office forever. In Texas to
this day, the governor on taking oath
of office, must swear he has never
taken part in duel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News
By XEIE PAPE.

Inc .HdTk ave. NEWS
Weather. Precipitation from rich
and poor.
Spoarts. The Invisibles played the
Park Wonders last Satidday and lost
bad, score 81 to 20, some of the In
visibles claiming the Park Wonders
pitcher put vazeline on the bail so it
would slide off the bat and make
fowls.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sid Hunt has perfect mole
rite in the middle of his back, and
he's libel to live all his life without
having more than one persin out of
100 even sispecting it.
Pome by Skinny. Martin
The heighth of disappointment
Lots of things make you feel silly
But If you wunt to feel axuilly dunn,
Jest aim at a male with a hammer
And have it come down on your
thum.
Sissiety. Mr.. Benny Pottses berth
lest as the invitations sed it would. A
Enjoyable time was had by all, Mr.. Ed
Wernick reciting the Chardge of the
Lite Brigade, Mr.. Leroy eShooster re-
citing the ferst lines of the Boy
Stood on the Berning deck, being all
of it he knew, and Miss Loretter Min
Ger kepp on offering to sing without
anybody ansering her till she got IN
suited and stopped offering.
Things You Awt to Know. There
are millions of germs in one drop OF
waiter, ony each germ probenly thinks
he is the ony one on account of germs
not being able to see throo a mikero-
scope.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
EXPRESSION.

The greatest thing in life is express
sion.
There is the stem that greens and
leaves, then there is the bud, and fl
nally, little by little, the natchless
dress of the rosei
He who does not express, rusts and
decays.
And only as you are able to enter
upon the work of your day with heart
and enthusiasm, are you able to ex-
press honestly. Not to express is to
starve your soul-which is a far worse
starvation than that which comes
from lack of food.
If you would unfold naturally, if
you would deveiop-keep expressing.
No matter hoy imperfectly.
would much rather haveea hand
made book than one produced by
machinery. For there would be in
the one all the beauty and love of
expression There is fascination
about an original painting. You see
the very tracks Of the skilled fingers
of the artist and often you see whole
years of growth about the carefully
placed paint. Expression!
shrouded fn/darkness-no matter how
good our eyes may be. But as we
scrape away at the thick walls of our
hidden selves, We break into the
light.
Take time to think Take time to
play Then yeu will have plenty of
time in which to work
God was very far seeing. He placed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
TOO MUCH WHINING.

Are we to become known to the
world as a nation OF winners? There
emanates from certain quarters con-
tinuous complaint that some foreign
nation is getting the better of us in
business. In order to eliminate COM
petition, which it is alleged we cannot
meet, a prohibitive tariff law is
planned.
Now it is charged that other coun-
tries are hogging the carrying trade.
causing our ships to lie idle while our
commerce is carried in foreign YES
sells. Great Britain, it is charged, Is
sparing no pains to embarrass us in
every way with a view to discourag-
ing our carrying trade and ultimately
destroying it so that she may monop-
olize American freights.
When the war began we were
carrying but 9 per cent of our total
the Pacific coast our flag was con-
spicuous by it's absence. Japan ad-
vanced freight rates to the point of
extortion, and even when those rates
were met, she went farther and gave
priority in almost every instance to
Japanese commerce in Japanese
ships. If there was any cargo space
left after her own merchants had
awaited themselves of their needs, we
were given our dole, but more fire.
quently American goods were left to
rot on the docks. 1t soon came 10
pass that old hulks which had lain up
for years In the harbors of the Pa
cific coast were put into commission,
and many of them paid for themselves
over and over again in a single voy-
age. We had to have ships. and the
shipping board output did not begin
to make its initial appearance until
the war was well-nigh over.
I Our water-borne foreign trade for
the fiscal year 1921 totaled something
in excess of $4,000, 900, 900. 40 per cent
by value of which was carried in
American vessels. In 1920 it totaled
s12. 900. 900, 900. AZ per cent of which
was carried in American vessels.
1t must be humiliating to the aver
age citizen always to be told that the
greatest and wealthiest country in the
world is being knocked about and
shunted aside by nations which are in
ferior to ours in so many ways. If We
can't hold our own in the worlds
business, let's quit and not continue
to whine about it.
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PRIDE.

How often. when the tickle hand of Fate
Bestows upon the mortals Of this earth
The laurels of success, the tyrant Pride,
Casting over them his fatal spell.
Defies sympathy and understanding,
While they, their vein of egotism stirred.
Exalt their achievements to the skies
And then themselves ascend
The tremnlous ladder of their self-esteem,
And surrounding all their victories DER,
View those below with the eonquerer's
eye
The conquerer supreme.
Yet. ever called upon to do some deed,
They cannot long lie in ecstasy,
And rising to subdue their task
Find their foundation frail and weak,
A footing slippery and insecure;
Hence. when they rise at Duty's summons,
They fall
No friendly arm to save.
For a vast, infinite gulf separates them
From those who should have been their
feliowmen.
So they fall, fast and hopeless. on and on,
Down to the Rocks of Destruction
Where fireflies fit and buzzards soar
Ard from whence no man emerges
With former courage and ambition
Allen p. Dasher, Dwight, Kan.
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The speed exhibited by the lower
house of congress in making final dis
position of the Fordney tariff bill and
handing it over to the senate and the
dilatoriness that has been displayed
by the senate in taking action on the
measure may be dueAto the storm of
protest that the bill has raised even n
protectionist quarters. The New
York Herald does not believe that 1t
protects in principle. and says: And
tariff that starts costs and prices up
again on the American public will
dynamite the political party response
BILE for that economic crime" The
New York Globe says: "As for the
tariff, the Fordney bill has proved one
of the worst boomerangs any Ameri-
can party has hurled at itself. The
country will find it cheaper to main
tain it's congressman and senators in
luxurious idleness than to pay them
salaries for passing such monstros-
ity as the Fordney tariff" And the
New York Tribune thinks means
should be taken to drag this "unsteer-
able tariff ship back into the quiet wa
tiers of the committee for badly need
ed REPAIRS" Commerce and Finance
calls it a conspiracy in restraint of
trade"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
Dorothy Dix Tails
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds highest Paid Woman Writer.
What Can a Poor GIN Do9-.a

What Can a Poor Gil1 Do?-.2
When a girls good sense tells her
kthat she is no siren, she does well to
make UP her mind to espouse a ca
reer instead of wasting her time try
ing to marry a man. Nor need she re-
gard this as Hobson's choice, for only
gilt-edged husband is better than
a good job.
No one disputes that the ideal lot
of woman in life is to have a kind,
tender, and generous husband. who
makes enough money to support
comfortable home, and enable his wife
to dress well. and take life easy, but
the ideal marriage is so seldom realiz-
i ed in actual life that no girl need
feel that she has missed her chance
OF happiness in missing matrimonY.
Her easy hours in office or store,
her comfortable s-lary, her freedom,
make a mighty goo6 consolation prize
for the single men. Many shabby.
overworked drudge of a wife would
gladly trade her wedding ring for. a
| bachelor girls pay envelope and latch
| key.
| In olden times it was a stigma upon
a woman not to attract men and not
| to marry, because marriage was the
only profession by which woman
could support herself, and only mar
ried women had any social position.
| So for a woman ,ot to be able to
charm men, or be desirable to men,
marked her as a failure.
We have changed all that Matri-
| mony is a luxury, not a necessity to
women nowadays, and whether a
woman charms men or repells them
| is a matter of small moment. The
world is as free to girl as her
| mother. She can make money She
can travel She can have her own
! home. She can have. all the inter-
ests, and pleasures ana perquisites OF
| life, with or without a husbal d.
If girls could only realize this, and
instead of mourning over their lack OF
charm for men, and lying awake
nights trying to. think up some scheme
\ to hypnotic men into noticing them
if they could devote their efforts to-
wards making an individual life for
! themselves, they would save them
/ selves SO much misery and so many
| tears.
| And they would do the one thing
that would come nearest TO refusing
mems interest in them, for nothing
man so much as to find that she isn't
| curious about him. He wonders why
| she isn't after him, and if he could
make her care if he tried.
| Also, the girl whe-isn't attractive
to men often develops into the. woman
! WHO Is, DuI Sno dIJdlnS ClldlIu iii
! filling her heart and mind with other
| things than man hunting.
| So, say to the girls who ask me
how they may charm men, to- give
up all idea of being vamps. Let
/ them fill up their lives with interesting
work. Let them get some goal before
them to arrive at, and they will find
so much to enjoy that they will mot
care whether they have any men
around or not. And perhaps hus-
band also shall be added unto them
For those that has, gits.''
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JUST FOLKS.
now IT'S DONE.
ny RDGAR A. GUEST.

HOW IT'S DONE. aa
He sought for recognition, he was hungry
for reuown,
He wanted folks to know him as he walked
about the town,
He wanted folks to point him out and
whisper: There he goes,
The man who's doing wonders and whom
everybody knows"
At every public meeting he was sure to
take the floor,
But all the people whispered was Good
Heavens, HVat a boret''
He sought for recognition and his voice
was never still.
But the people only snickered, aud /
think they always will
He dressed in swagger clothing and he
lined up with the freaks,
He wanted men 70 whisper: NOW the voice
of wisdom speaks! -"
But the people only chuckled when he
shouted "Fellowmeni"
And all they ever whispered was: "Oh,
gee, that pest again..
Now a quiet little fellow who had not
word to say,
But kept plugging at his labors thru the
busy hours of the day,
Woke to fame one sunny morning, with
the whole world on the run
To congratulate and cheer him for the
splendid work he'd done.
Copyright, 1921. by Edgar A. Guest)