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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27
Three Motors to.
a Mile of Road

N the United States there are three
motor vehicles for every mile of high
way, and this includes all our unim-
proved roads.
The Federal Bureau Of Public Roads esti-
mates that the vehicle use Of the public
roads in the agricultural districts has
increased 500 percent during the past S
years; also that is percent of the main
highway traffic IS carried by motor truck.
Roads built 10 years ago were not intended to
Withstand the impact Of modern motor vehicles
passing in steady stream. The modern road must
be built to withstand this tremendous shock.
For years the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has
been producing material which has been used to
provide many miles Of road throughout the Middle
West with cushion tops Of paving asphalt--protect-
ing the highways Of town and country against the
mighty shocks of modern traffic
Good roads are prime essential 10 national pros.
perty. The Standard Oil Company (Indana) in
creating road covering Of proved quality is playing
vital part Ia the development Of the Middle West
Stanolnd Paving Asphalt is refined from petroleum
by dstilation with steam agitation 1t is an asphaltic
cement Of the very highest quality. II was devel-
oped to conform to the needs Of the modern high
way as determined by highway engineers working
under actual road conditions in the Middle West
In working out problems Of highway construction to
meet modern conditions, the Company is prepared
to cooperate with any corporation, engineer,
engaged in road construction.
In the production of Stanolind Paving Asphalt, the
Standard Oil Company Qndiana) has added one more
useful product to the long list Of its achievements.
Stanoind Paving Asphalt in itself is essentially USE
full, and by reason ofits manufacture by-product
OF petroleum. the Company has been able to hold
down the cost of manufacture Of Red Crown Gaso-
line, Perfection Kerosene, Polarne Lubricating Oils
and other major products, without disturbing their
high quality, thereby exertng deterrent influence
on increasing the selling price Of these products,
which accrues directly to your individual benefit
Standard Oil Company
(IndionG)
10 So. Michigan Ave, Chicago
: 245o
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27

Woman cannot resist the cool, re-
freshing appeal of organizes for
summer wear. This year the deli.
cate tints prevail, in orchid, copen.
and flesh colors. As shown here, its
plain texture is relieved by polka
dots and trimmed with neat knife
pieated ruffies. This new model is
an advanced showing in thesBush
Terminal Sales Building at New
York,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-22

Saturday at $50 the Phi Sgnma
Boys Club of the Bethany Baptist
Church enjoyed their annual get-to-
gether supper consisting of baked
beans brown and white bread, co
Goa, cake and ice cream. Fourteen
members were present James VIII te,
Linwood Savage, Smith Ames George
Patten, George Halves. David HAYES,
Frederick Burrll. Morris Cafes,
Stanley Kimball, Clyde Bracket, Ores
ties Bracket. Lester Pickett, Ellsworth
Emigh. Roy Bosworth. The guests
of honor were Rev George Merriam,
e. l.. Savage, Fred Nye. After en-
joying the generous served supper
each boy expressed his appreciation
In "a manner becoming to men. The
food was furnished by the boys moth
ers. The walters were Mrs f. l..
Savage. Mrs. Ethel Ames Mrs. Pickett.
Mrs. George Shields, Mrs. Ida Lymer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-22

Tickets for the wrestling macth Fri
day night are on sale at Sanborn's
Pool Room. Hall & Vigues Barber
Shop and by the management.
You will find me at the "B Z" bar
Der shop (Bushey and Bouchard) on
Water street. ! shall he glad TO see
my Old friends, Count on lis always
for frst-class work. Victor Bonchard
1W3S@
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
APoLoGISTS FOR TYRANTS

GONE two decades Of brutal tyranny and
~ ignorant oppression are evidently in
sufficient to depress the forces Of press
agcntry organized on the modern fashionable
model
Tho tale that the suicide of ScnOrita
Cabrera, of Guatemala, was the consequence
Of her despair over the Imprisonment of her
father Estrada Cabrera. the cruel re-
dictionary old ex- dictator of the Central
American republic. may on its emotional
side be true. Recent dispatches narrating
the tragedy dwtll Significantly. however. on
the plight of the former tyrant and are OBJ
viouSv intended to arouse public sympathy
abroad.
Tho story bears the unmistakable ear
marks Of deliberate press agenting and as
such is highly typical of the way in which
Latin American politics is often played
for the benefit of outsiders Ex dictators
hav" adopted the practice of maintaining
wary publicity bureaus in New York and
New Orleans and sometimes San Francisco
and FL Paso. The handy scribcs for Pancho
Villa and Ciprano Castro scored some strik
ing successes in their day.
1t il a fact that some years before the
expiration Of his rule Estrada Cabrera was
a name Of dreadful omen in Guatemala. His
people. mostly Indians, feared him, and he
returned the sentiment.
An attempted assassination by means of
an internal machine of thfs ruthless prcsi-
dent resulted in the establishment Of a ban
against the introduction of electrical ma
chinery in the republic. This was but one
Of the many manifestations Of his insensatc
methods.
When the earthquake almost destroyed
Guatemala City o few years ago the terrified
Cabrera seized large portion Of the Amer
lean Red Cross supplies for himself and his
inner circle of partisans. This was the
rr0wning infamy and a revolution soon
broke out. Cahrera's escape was cut off by
determined bands of natives sharpening
their machetcs on the rails which the
despot's train was expected. Il neyCr
arrived
The provisional government seized the
panic. striken ex ruler and bestowed him in
comfortable but we'll guarded quarters. II
has been said that Cabrera accepts his in
generation with considerable philosophy
II is better than almost certain death,
nder his successor, the enlightened and
LIBERAL minded Herrera. Guatemala has en-
tered upon a new phase of progress, slow
for the effects of Cabrcra's misrule ere not
to BE- dSsipatrd even within two or three
! years, yet solid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
HunldniSnS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

TNIIE greatest trouble that women will face
L when they come to participate in public
affairs, says Miss Alice NJ. Robertson. con.
gresswoman from Oklahoma. is to divorce
themselves from the merely personal phase
of things They will be too prone to indorse
persons, not measures; to accept opposition
as being personal rather than a matter Of
principle.
She worked with certain woman down in
Muskogee, she says, who was a Democrat.
They both opposed woman suffrage. After
suffrage came, however, Miss Robertson
found herself candidate for Congress. On
election day she went to the polls and Loyalty
voted for herself. AS she came out of the
polling place she found her former crusader
against suffrage. her Democratic friend. had
just driven up in flivver. She wanted to
cast her ballot but the flivvcr was full Of
children and she hated to leave them.
Miss Robertson grasped the situation. She
walked out to the automobile and volunteered
her assistance.
II will take care of the children" she
said. while you go in and vote against me /"
This is the spirit. she says. that women
must come to show. 1t will take some time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
PRICELESS MARBLE

NNE hundred years ago this year there
" was placed in the Louvre in Paris II
statue which has been the admiration and
despair of sculptors ever since The Venus
Of Milo, nrmlcsS though II be, is figure
of surprising beauty. II has been accepted
as the ideal model for the female form. The
physical directors Of the womcns colleges
are in the habit of announcing every year
or so that a girl has been found among the
students whose proportions correspond to
those Of the Venus. Some Of them go 80
far MS 10 compare the chest expansion Of the
living girl with that Of the statue,
The approaching centennial Of the arrival
of the statue has led to discussion about
the way it was secured The guide books
say that it was sold to the French Govern
ment for G0O0 francs. But the Louvre has
recently published a statement, which, while
omitting the sum paid for the marble, tells
an interesting story Of the cupidty of the
Melos Inhabitants when they learned that
something had been dug up from the earth
that had financial value. servant of
the French ambassador at COnstantinoplc
attempted to get possession of the statue by
bribing the Board Of Aldermen with 750
francs. The transaction was discovered and
tho TurMeh Government fined the com
munity 1000 pasters,
No one should assume, however, that the
Turkish Government was shocked at tho
conduct ot the French servant. Turkish
servants were capable of the same kind OF
| thrifty conduct. The Turks merely saw an
opportunity 10 get 1000 piasters from Melos
/ and embraced it, Just how the French am
bassador finally got possession of the statue
has not been told. Before the summer /.
over some one may dig out the facts from
a musty record and then We may know what
the market value Of old marbles was IL
Nelos in 1921 But whatever the French
ambassador paid for Venus, the people o
Paris know that no American millionaire
has money enough TO buy it out of tn,
Louvre today, e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
A PATERNALIsTlc PROPOSITION

CENATOR KENYON'S bill p.oyidiug foI
> the creation Of n"w cX"cuUv" depart
mout Of public welfare, the head Of which
Is to sit in the cabinet is not likely to 60
through by unanimous consent
Too many special interests are affected
by il and it interfcres too radically with the
plans of others for it TO be accented as tho
perfect solution Of perpcXing administrative
problems.
The bill provides for four assistant secre-
taries, each Of which is to have charge of
special functions. Ono Of them will look
after all the educational activities VI the
federal government and will take over the
duties of the commissioner Of education
Another will have charge of the public
health activities, including research work,
quarantine, sanitation and hospitals. 4
third viii devote his time 10 what s known
as social service, He will be- responsible
for the women's and children's bureaus and
the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross. And the
fourth will assume all responsibility for the
administration of the service for the benefit
of the war veterans, such as insurance al
lotment,N psymenttc bonuses IL any are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

granted. schools for vocational training and
the like.
Aside from the wisdom Of establishing
such n department, il may be assumed that
the conservative Influences in Congress will
object to such formal Endorsement Of pater-
nalism as would be involved in creating a
federal department to be devoted to 1t.
Some of the activities in which the new de-
pnrtmcnt is TO be- engaged were once thought
to belong exclusively to the states. But
citizens Of the states, who cannot get the
people at home to do what they wish, have
long been seeking to induce Congress to
authorize the federal government to order
that the things be done. That is, they have
been asking federal appropriation to be
appnrtiOned among tho states in proportion
as they meet certain standards set up in
Washington. The penalty for not meeting
the standards is the loss OF federal money.
The Kenyon bill provides concrete ex
position OF the plans for a public welfare
department. and exhibits what the cen
trali7:cs are after If any bill Of the kind
goes through it is likely TO be different In
many respects from that now before Con-
gross
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
THE INEVITABLE BACKDOWN

DoDGING and evasion no longer profit
- able, Germany has accepted uncondi
tionaly the Allies reparation terms. The
events resulting in submission to the explicit
demands of the ultima.um significantly
recall the prcludcs to the armistce. When
there is nothing else to do, Germany will
acknowledge facts
1t is reported from Berlin that the new
Wirth ministry has bowed to the terms in
order to spite France and with the view Of
convincing the United States and Great
Britain of German sincerity. In other
words, Germany is angry enough to espouse
a course of honesty.
The rest of the world will not be dis.
trcssed if this method of hcaping up Goals
Of fire is consistently pursued. The perils
of a new military movement. desired by no
body save few impcraliStS and desperate
politicians. have been avertcd. Genuine
peace construction in Europe is in sight.
These are the welcome realities. and the
indignation which has prompted Germany
to submit is additionally gratifying. The
advantages of fair play are not diminished
even by the most spiteful motives
In justice TO the new government in
Berlin, however, it may be said that DR..
Wirth' plea for acceptance was frankly and
manfully phrasod and sounded Il new note
of straiGhtforwardness This changed tone
if sustained. should render the execution of
a genuine peace program easier than Mt any
time since the signing of the treaty Of Yer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

increasing general tendency of Gcorgians
toward mob law and lynchings. The sta
tistics he cites are appalling
While the governor was appealing to his
people the Ku Klux Khan, which only few
years ago was regarded as an organization
Of dangerous outlaws was conducting public
limitations in some Of the far southern cities
and parading with white masks and shrouds
in streets guarded by the police.
Nebraska. being n peaceful place can
spare the Pcaccmnkcr. And il "A preacher
Of the light ever was needed anywhere, he is
needed at this moment in the South. What
Mr.. Bryan should want to do in the Senate
while things nrc ms they are in Florida and
Georgia is hard to understand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
WHAT ABOUT PEACE GARDENS?

nURING ,hr war Years, wurn r@rrybod'
- was rich. annt"ur gardening bocnm" q
grent fad, II wns profitable and even n
fascinating exercise Of muscle and imagina.
tion and faith 50 far Us we have heard.
and though times ar" lard and prices high.
there has been no such genera rush =, plant
gardens this spring And yet gardens are
more necessary now than they were two
years ago.
Thos" who prartIrc gnrdcning as ana
teurS insist that it is III" king oE sports
But It is sport in tho true ruth"r than in
the conventional sense Nobody advrrtiscs
special tweed toggery to BE- worn in hooing
corn and there are no annual displays Of tho
newest things in spades, There ar" no gar.
dening champions and the achievements Of
gardeners are not reflected gloriousv in
daily score hullotns from the lettuce patch
or the onion beds. II would be u pity to
see home gardening pass out as quickly as
II came in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks 9th Thinking PhHadephans Subjects They
KnoU Best

dencc necessary to send him to Jail for a
term of several years.
despite the fact that the peddlcrs are
clever, there are times when they are like
infants in the hands of a resourceful man
who knows the game
They all have their weaknesses and the
thing necessary to do is to ferret them out
and play upon them. 1t is n dangerous
business hunting down these fellows, but
there is an undeniable fascination in it that
cannot help but appeal to one who likes the
element of chance in life.
Some day my service will come to an
end, but / will never regret the time | have
spent in it. 1t has paid in thrills for every
minute that | have spent in it,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
Mr.. DENsYS NERVOUSNESS

CECRETARI DENBY'S impatirnrr with
~ hystrrical proh"r> and sensational, inv"S-
tigators reveals his uuiamiiiarity with the
penalties Of political office. Inscnsibility to
calamity bowling is acquired by most ud-
ministrations ere the day of retirement
arrives.
Josephus Daniels though listed as an
amateur on several counts, was often pro.
fessionallv impcrvious 70 crticiSm It is
not known that he lost any quantity Of sleep
over the rccurrent hulnbaoos about the
American administration Of Haiti.
The present revival Of this charge "ut-
RACES and w"areS his successor. II am sick
a. having this thing rocur." declares the
secretary of the navy. 1T is the same old
rot"
Mr.. Dcnby merely speaks ont of frS'
hand acquaintance with the subject his in
formation concerning Haiti being chiefly do
rived from recent personal inspection ot
condition. in that island republic He has
the tcmcritv 70 dSpItc the accusations IN
bodied in n memorial by three citizens oi a
nation whose history for nearly a century
was n byword for miSgovcrnmpnt.
The secretary has Il feeling that tho sup
preston of anarchy and chaos by the ma.
rineS has been n good thing for turbulent
country. and apparently h" ontertainS thr
notion that II" restoration a. order is some.
times accompanied by juStifable and con
struCtivc severity
The head Of The Navy Department may
eventually modulat" his ir" when he CONES
TO realize the unattrac;ivnnrss of common
sense. Dissemination Of itS principles would
soon put the irresponsible" S"nSatOnaiiSts
out Of business.
tn" prospect is lncou"ojyable, Just as Mr.
DENLY reliance IN justice and calm reason
"a mt fhnft .F,'N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
LET'S HOPE IT'S TRUE

TOUNCILMAN HALL is predicting n
" drop of thirty cents in tn" tax rate to
a fixed next December. 1t will come about,
he says. through an increase in tho value Of
taxable real estate and through the exist
ence of unexpcudod balances. lie might
also hav" said that the increasing rurchss
Ing power VI the dollar May have something
10 do with il.
The city ought 10 prof. BY the fall in
prices the same as private business is profit
ing. But the most important point in the
remarks Of Councilman Hall is that which
deals with the unrxpcnded balances. This
means that tho business ot the city will be
conducted this year more economically than
was expected when the appropriations werc
made in the budget last December.
The Mayor and his directors are cvid"utIy
doing their utmost to conserve the public
funds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
Mr.. BRYAN IN THE SOUTH

rs IT in response to decree of PrOvi.
i dencc that William Jennings Bryan,
tireiess advocate of self determination for
those who agree with him and unhagging
champion of the laws Of freedom and human
brotherhood, has taken up permanent resi-
dence in Florida with view 10 nomina-
tion from that state for the Senate?
Mr.. Bryan is intolerant of injustice. His
heart Is wrung by thoughts of violence and
oppression. Surely he is needed in the South
Of today,
The governor Of Georgia has publicly in
siicted his own people for their outrages
against the Negro, and he has called for a
housekeeping and for soIne formal course
Of authoritative action likely 10 check the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

'"To enforce such an unpopular law as
the Nolstead act" says u New York com
missioner, ''you must develop 100 per cent
Americanism into 100 per cent squealerE,
The commissioner ranks fairly high as
phrase distiller, but as brewer of statistics
his average is low.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

When Or. Flnegan was asked how he
expected to overcome the loss in the teach
ing force by marriage he replied that 1t was
cation demanded the longer a woman re-
mained in the service. That DR.. Fincsan
Is right cannot be denied that the condi 4.
tion indicated is wholly desirable is open to
debate. woman is never better teacher
than when she is teaching her own. Ihe
home class is the class that gets the tender
est care.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

Senator Salvatore A. -Cotillo, who bas
sSd IN se1%s aIGh 1ne Of NsT G0k 1 Legs
8OOth anniversary of Dante's death, saws
one of the legislators withheld his support
believing that Dante was New York hall
player. It's a good story, butt would
have been better story II the legislators as
a body, believing that Dante was a ball
player, had authorized the appropriation, !
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

A Boston physician has declined TO give
up his practice in order to take up big
English estate to which he has fallen heir
II he has enough and work he loves withaI,
he shows wisdom in refusing more than
entail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11
Maxim Gorky's plea for the

Maxim Gorky's plea for the 5000 scien =.
lists, artists, educators and historians OF
Russia who are starving to death is one not
to be treated lightly. 1t IL doubtless sober
sOoth, and the condition, in lesser degree
probably exists in other European countries.
The menace to the world lies in the fact
that when country loses its "intelligentsia
it loses its civilization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

1t peNses us to note that a world
record was broken in this city when Brit,
ish ship bound for Hamburg was loaded
with 216,O00 bushels of grain in eight
hours; but we have a notion that we, could
make that kind of thing commonplace II
we but put our minds to It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

The bill prohibiting Federal judges from
accepting outside employment while on the
bench might have greater force II its per
sonal application were less marked The
point on the Dial is too pointedly Lands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

Lady Astor'S fame as n jester is be-
Clouding her reputation rs thinker; In the
which she shares the injustice served out TO
some greater publicists. The average run
of mankind cannot see wisdom apart from
solemnity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

General Sawyer might have had better
luck boosting the Department of Public Wei.
fare If he had chosen a gathering of poliu.
clans instead Of bunch Of college presidents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

II is harsh philosophy but justified by
history: Whether the Poles are right or
wrong depends entirely on their success or
failure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

Even the most pacific must admit that
Frances show Of force in the Ruhr has done
more to bring about agreement in the
Reichstag to allied demands than any num-
Der of soft words
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

The chief Of the general staff of Switzer-
land says the American troops in CobenE
are the finest he has ever seen; and we
mOdesuy admit that he IS a wise guy and
indubitably speaks sooth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

Though what Borah tells of Panama
tolls is evidence Of a wish to embarrass the
wish will be realized. Mr.. Knox might tell
him something of what is likely to happen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

Another thing the publication of the
slackerS' list will do will be to draw atten
tion to the fact that its preparation has been
marked by certain amount of slovenliness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

L. Of P. professors so designated may
console themselves with the thought that
there is certain amount Of distinction con.
fcrred on those singled out as being "mOst
unpopular"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

If 1t be true, as alleged, that Japan has
decided upon the unconditional surrender Of
Shantung, the gesture may be altruistiC, but
the average man will look for the fact that
makes 1t expcdient.