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The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01
Babcock Bulletin States
Improvement Work
Highway Operations Hereabouts Are
Briefly Summed Federal Aid
Delayed.

Many complaints of automobile
speeding on trunk highways and O.
roundabout travel necessitatated b!
detours where permanent improve
ments are being made, are reaching
the st. Paul offices of the Minnesota
Highway department.
Charles M. Babcock, state high
way commissioner, repeated that tht
highway department is without auth
ority to police the trunk highways
In many counties, sheriffs' deputies
are combating the speed menace tt
public safety and fines are exceeding
the policing expense. Because of the
danger to the highway using public
and especially to highway patrolmer
who are among the compliments
however, Mr.. Babcock said the de-
partment is ready to cooperate ir
suppressing speeding.
Detours are unavoidable in some
localities during improvement oper-
ations on regular routes, but all
reasonable efforts are made to keep
them in passable condition, according
to w. F. Rosenwald, state main
tenance engineer. In some instances
the short duration of the main work
or condition of the detour will not
warrant the heavy expense required
to provide standard facilities, he add
ed, so that the best way is to look
forward to the benefits soon to fol-
low.
Commissioner Babcock has return
ed from Washington where he fought
for farm-to-market road Legislation
and against the rich mans highway
bill for transcontinental automobile
boulevards.
Confident that the farm-to-market
legislation will pass, Mr.. Babcock
predicted that Minnesota during the
next two years will continue to re.
ceive $2,S40,000 annual federal aid.
"But because of delays in congress
it may come too late for use this
season and construction of nearly
$2,5OO,OOO of grading and gravel sur
facing and $5OO,00O of paving o.
about half of the tentative 1921 pro
gram will have to go over until mex
year-somehing that must be kept il
mind in summing up first year pro
gress under the new highway devel
opment plan," added the commission
er.
Average progress on new construc
tion-paving, grading and grave
surfacing projects - scattered il
about IS sections of the state was de
clared satisfactory this week by Com
missioner Babcock. Many project
will be completed in advance of con
tract time, he said.
Maintenance operations are also VI
to the expectations Of the department
The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01
production in that part of the state.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fl,ie. RAMA llo

lHc dIlIlOuIiCculCilt VI IlAS 1CiudA hoUh
move to show the farmers how the.
can double their earnings was mad
by w. S. Moscrip, member of tn
Northwestern Dairy Development
| Committee of 100, which succeeded il
bringing the National Dairy Show t.
Minnesota for the first time to be helt
at the Minnesota Fair Grounds, Oct
SSth to 18th.
'The Minnesota Holstein Breeder!
Association has decide to trade pure
bred bulls for Scrubs" said," sale
Mr.. Moscrip, "for the purpose of in
creasing dairy production in the
northern part of the state. The
county agents are making a survey
of their counties and informing the
farmers of this opportunity to trade
their scrubs for pure-bred sires. The
association will accept scrub as the
first payment for the pure-bred.
"The scrubs will be assembled at
the nearest shipping point and taken
to the stockyards, where they will be
sold, and the price they bring will be
applied as the initial payment on the
blue-blooded stock. The breedera
association will carry the rest of the
purchase price for two years without
interest.
"The pure-bred bulls that are to be
exchanged for the scrubs will be as
sembled at the National Dairy Show
at the Minnesota Fair Grounds, Oct.
Sth to 18th, where they will be al
lotted to the farmers who trade in
their scrubs.
"The cows of Minnesota averaging
LAG pounds of butter fat, produced
S17O, 100000 for the state last year.
In one county, which holds the record
for the United States, the average
was 14O pounds. The minimum
yield should be. 800 pounds, so it car
be readily seen that the dairy pro-
duction in this state could be doubled
by the use of pure-bred sires.
"The National Dairy Show teaches
the use of 400 to 500 pound buttel
fat producing cows, SO if the message
of this big agricultural, educationa
exposition, bringing together the very
best there is in all branches of the
dairy industry, is properly received
dairying agriculture should in two
years time add another $170,000,00(
to the buying power of the state.
"The county agents will make theil
recommendations to the breeders as
sociation as to the farmers they fine
who appreciate the value of this pure
bred sire campaign, and there will b.
a pure-bred at the National Dair!
Show for every scrub turned in.
"Never before have the farmers O.
the northwest had such an opportun
ity to improve their condition as will
be afforded them at this big educa
tianal exposition. The choicest dair!
stock in the United States will be as
sembled there as object lessons in an
iml perfection. The most moderr
equipment used in the farm dairy
the creamery, the cheese factory anG
the distribution plant will be shown
People from all over the United
States and many foreign countries
will be present. This great show has
been brought right to our very doors
and the farmer of the northwest who
does not take advantage of this un-
precedented opportunity to learn how
to improve his stock and equipment
and thereby increase his earnings
will lose chance that never may be
presented to him again."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01

fleets of tractors and trucks are re-
shaping and smoothing trunk high
ways in the st. Cloud district.
Roads in this district are rated in
good condition generally, considering
recent weather conditions which have
not been favorable to effective MAIN
tenance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-02-18
EDGEhTON, Wis. Feb. Is, 19l

EDGEhTON, WIS.,. Feb. Is, 1921.
The northern valley sections are be-
ing fine combed for binders The pack
ers from the southern part OF the state
have been vying with those from West
by and Vircqua in securing unsold lots
of crops which had the promise of
binder in it. The price last week fol-
lowed the quality of the leaf, bringing
from 16 to 25 cents The warehouses
up there are not hurrying deliveries,
seeing to it that they are fed lust fast
enough to keep the asserting gangs
busy. In southern Wisconsin some rid
ing is done, especially in Dane and
Columbia counties. The buyers are
picking the leaiest crops to secure
what holds out promise of fair per-
centage of binders. The prices range,
according to type of leaf, 15 to above
2O cents, the average somewhere around
IL cents. In stemming goods nothing
OF Importance has been reported in
sales from first hand, but it has become
known that several packers have dis
posed of their 1920 low grades as it has
come out in the handling at sacrifice
prices, 6 to cents, to stemming con-
Germs. The matter which just at pres
ent is of live interest in the southern
Wisconsin market is the effort of the
Rock County Tobacco Growers asso-
citation to organize pool to handle the
largest acreage so far attempted in
this section. The matter of financing
the handling and holding of some two
million pounds of tobacco until it can
be marketed at an advantageous figure
has been gone into by representatives
of the association. At meeting held
in Janesville last Saturday it was re-
ported that satisfactory arrangements
had been made between the association
committee and local banking concerns
for the financing of the pool, but moth
lug definite has been given to the pub
lie, as another meeting of the growers
was scheduled to be held Wednesday of
this week. While it has been stated
that other cooperative warehouses
would open for the handling of tobacco
still in the growers hands, no activity
of any proportion has developed in this
line up to the present time. The mov-
ing of the Pennsylvania 1920 crop has
served to create feeling that some
thing might happen also in Wisconsin,
but the signs so far have not been pro-
DitiOuS
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-02-18
Pennsylvania
LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 3, 1872

A special to the U. S. Tobacco Jour
nal of Date says: The General Cigar
Co. representatives, the Eisenlohrs,
Bayuk Bros, Long & Taylor, Captain
Joseph Goldberg and the Gresham in
terests are actively in the fields buying
the 1920 crop of Lancaster county to-
bacco, and this statement goes for doz-
ems of the smaller Independent packers
and local buyers in different sections of
the county. AS the result of this con-
certed onslaught on the most valuable
crop grown in Lancaster county thou
sands of cases will have been contract
ed for before the week ends and trans
actions involving millions of dollars will
have been put under way The price
for wrappers has ranged from is to 25
cents, and the man who bought the
best leaf is the one who will max. the
most money. The general market
needs the wrapper grades, but the
lower grades are not worth much If
prices vary from Is to 18 or 20 cents it
will be high priced crop in the long
run for the purchasers. Buying as they
do, right and left, they get numbers of
packings that contain considerable low
grade goods and they will average
price somewhere in the vicinity of 20
cents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-02-18

The slump i'll tobacco products for
December left the balance sheet for
the year with less of showing than
otherwise would have been the case
However, large cigars &C, D and El,
totalied an increase of over one billion
in number as compared with 1919. To-
bacco, smoking and chewing, decreased
about 80 million pounds. Cigarettes
and snuff increased.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-02-18
New York
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 1921


Says the Tobacco Leaf: In comment
ing on the binder outlook, prominent
Water Street packer has this to say:
There is nothing in the binder situa-
tion to make for lower prices on desir-
able old goods. Continuation of the
binder shortage through the next two
years would seem to be in, v.tab.e The
1920 crop of Wisconsin and Connecticut
will yield a comparatively small per-
centage of leafy binders. That much
is certain, and the supply of old bind
ers OF any type, as everyone knows, is
far below requirements. do not pre-
tend to say that there will be no re-
cession in prices. There is no denying
the fact that the price tendency on all
commodities is downward and it seems
reasonable to suppose that the incom-
ing crops will be affected to some ex-
tent at least by this fact. Old tobacco
will escape this .eaction only because
of its limited quantity. To my way of
thinking he state of mind of the buyer
is going to be far more important
factor in this market for some time to
come than the influence of supply and
demand itself Grower, packer, manu-
facturer the entire cigar industry is
realizing that the skyrocketing days
are over. The reaction toward normal
begins with the 1920 crop. Any packer
who invests his money in 1920 tobacco
is going to be influenced by intuitiye
sensing of his customers attitude rath-
er than by any strict adherence to the
law of supply and demand.
New England
HARTFORD, CT, Feb. 3, 1921.
The tobacco market here is practical
ly dead. 1t commences to look as
though those who have not sold would
have to pack their own crop or come to
terms of the buyers, which have not
been considered unfair at any time
Tobacco deliveries are slower this
year than usual One reason is be-
cause of the discord that exists between
grower and packer Packers declare
that the producer is attempting to force
on them low grade and damaged tobac-
co. Adjustments are numerous. Every
reliable packer in this locality stands
ready to take all crops as per contract
made during the growing season. They
will take advantage, however, of the
clause, ''merchantable tobacco" and
will not allow producer to put over
low grade and hail cut tobacco. IS. A.
B. in Leaf,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-29
UNSTEADY TONE
on THE MARKET
Call Money Tightening up
Yesterday Reflected
Today

NEW YORK. Dec :9--Hester-
days unexpected tightening OF call
money rates TO 81 per cent ac-
counted FOR the aes.,ant and ire,
gular tone Of the stock market at
the opening OF tuday's session.
some Of tnc investment rails were
fractionally higher ana such spec
iallie8 as American Ice. Sears Roe
buck Famous Players. ana Dayi-
son chemical registerel similar
gains. me independent steeIs
were lower. however. and heavi-
rd.s was shown 10y prominent
rails, motors. Burns Brothers ana
Columbia Graphaphonc preferred.
Gables announced the failure of an
important italian banking ins;itu-
ton caused moderate reactions in
tho leading foreign exchanges.
Iarl. Of puhiic support cncour-
aged the shorts to begin 4 segseS
Gf drives during the morning Del
aware. IIAe.laIwanna aud Western
Chicago ard Northwestern and
Colorado Southern we-c heaviest
Of the rails. averaging one point
declines. Pressure ag.,ins. Eurns
Brothers. Columbia CiI1phUphons
preferred ard some II the low
grade oils. metals and Aoecill,les
became more InS!sten; Pierce oil,
preferred, American cotton oil pre-
ferred. Gulf states oil. Chino cop
pers and National Cloak and suit
to ~ points. The reaction was
,aEtly checked before noon. Both
Iehcm Steel and sugars featuring
the irregular rally Call money
opened =; five per cent.
Declaration OF all extra five per
cent. dividend on Delaware. LaCkI.
wanna and Western strengthened
that stock and other cnalers al mid
day. Equipments and sugars alao
enhanced early gains but heavy
selling OF general motors and reac'
lions OF / to 2 points IN various
s1eCialties added to the markets
uncertain tone.
Oh equipments and coppers
furnished the basis of another
selling movement later. The list
established lowest prices in the
final hour The closing was heavy.
Liberty issues eased but the gen
eral bond list was steady Further
selling to adjust income tax re-
turns for the year and pressure
against minor specialties acceler-
ated reactions OF to joints in
today's stock market Sales APP
proIimated 100000 shares.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-29
RETAIL PRICE
PROBLEM PLANS
Attorney General TO Enlist
Aid of State Leaders in
Investigation

WASHINGTON. Dec. ~ Aid
Of the attorney general Of the
various states VIII be relied upon
By the justice department in an
effort 10 readjust retail prices Of
the necessities OF life. Attorney
General Daugherty said today.
When the departments inresti-
CATION OF retail prices has been
completed Mr.. Daugherty said it
was expected that local authorities
in the different states would take
the necessary steps to remedy 10
cal situations while the depart
mcnt would act in cases where
there were violations OF the federal
law.
MIR. Daugherty said that he ex-
pected to publish table Of the
cost OF Hecessities-food, fuel,
shoes and ClOthing-to the consul
mer in different localities as COM
pared with the production costs OF
these commodities in order to
bring to the attention Of the pub
lie any wide margin between these
ruSLs found 10 exist. Publication
OF retail prices as found by the
department was expected by Mr..
Daagherty to have salutary CT
feet upon profiteering prices Al
ready he said. announcement OF
the departments investigation has
had some effect
Protests have been received trnE.
some retail trade associations
against the investigation, Mr..
Daugherty said but the depart.
ment,S attitude was that where
there was no violation Of the law.
no association had cause for I'M
easiness. Numerous cases of VIC
la tions OF state laws have been
reported, he said. but federal pro-
secution would depend unon VIC
lation OF antitrust laws. The GOV
eminent. Mr.. Daugherty said.
wants merchants to make Il fair
profit but was steadfastly opposed
ia enormous or unreasonable prof
its.
Increase in the price of bread in
the District OF Columbia by one
cent loaf when the price Of flour
was lower than II had been In
ycars. was cited ny the attorney
general as an instance Of high
prices which would he given at
tention in the departments iuvcs-
tiSation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-29
Local Railroad
Notes Of Interest

Or A. & Earnest, assistant med.
;c:tl examiner +. & G. E-E. Wncel
ing. is in Tairmont attending I"
the work Of Dr. John +, Hyrne'
who is at the bedside q his uEing
father in Boston.
Commencing January !. the three
per cent war tax on freight shin
ncnts and the eight per cont wal
tax on passenger fares will be
eliminated in accordance with the
act Of congress.
A special Il. & o. train will lcnv"
F.tir7nout this afternoon at $50
o'clock Tor Wheeling in order to
convey F'airmontcrs to the r. x O,
ra!lroadcrs ball. On the return
trip thc special train will leave
Wheeling at 1880 n. m. Friday
Applications will be received I'M
til SATURDAY. January :. Tor an on
Einccr oa the night Shinnston dis
ir!ct turn. p. & O.. caused by tho
temporary vacancy OF Engineer j.
Sweeney. ..
Last Saturday freight and way
bill clerks position at the +. 4 O.
freight station was abolished.
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CHICAGO WHEAT

CHICAGO. Dec. .9.--AlthouGh
wheat showed weakness a. the
opening to-day the market soon
rallied and in some cases scored
gains. Bearish aspects Of the gov
ernment rs to the 1921 crops APP
penrcd to be responsible for the
initial DIP. On the other hand. the
succeeding upturns were ascrtoen
TO buying based on chances that
the government figures today OF,
the 1922 crop would prove buliish.
Strength in the corn market tend
cd also TO encourage buying OF
wheat. Opening quotations varied
from p TO !. lower with May 114%
to 1J5Lt and July 1914 to "a but
the reaction was complete within
an hour.
Russian relief purchases togeth-
or with the reduction OF the gov
ern1nent crop estimate had bull
ish influence on corn. After ope-
ming unchanged to y higher, Ma!
5Iia 10 +. the marSct advanced
moderately all around.
Outs sylnpathized with corn,
starting tsmh OF 10 Z up. May
3SE: to Il and later hardening for
all deliveries.
Lower quotations on hogs weak :
cEcd provisions.
Subsequently talk Of liberal
purchases of seed wheat for Rus
STA helped to lift the narket some
what. Prices closed unsettled 4
to X net higher with May l II Is
to 4 and July 1065s TO a.
In the later dealings the Decen-
her delivery underwent material
sag. The market closed unsettled
AZ Is net decline to Is advance with
May 55qis to 55M Wheat No.
: red ia. No. / and 1l5ia. Corn
No. . mixed 49649i4: No. 2 yellow,
4gi:. Oats No. =. white. 3Tiz N
S91+; No 3. white. 34iaG35A. Pork
nominal. lard. sS.97. Close, Wheat,
May. HES July, 1o6FS. Corn. May,
55 July. 5G3S. Oats, May, 39la
Iuly, 40L. Pork. January, $14.95.
Lard, January, $50: May, 1910.
Ribs. january, $3.50: May, SS.05.
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TODAY'S XVIII
IA Pdg. U. S. IA. o..
Answers to Yesterdays kwiz.

Answers to Yesterdays XVII.
/ The "LeYiathan Of Literature
was the sobriduet OF Pr. Samuel
johnson.
2. Macaroni is an Italian paste
made into slender tubes from the
flour OF hard glutinouS wheat mixed
with water.
3. The abbreviation Of the word
manuscript" is MS" plural
MSS"
4. The Amazon is a river flowing
across northern South America
from the Andes Mountains to the
Atlantic ocean. 1t is about $500
miles in length.
5. "Ambergris" is waxy concre'
ton OF the sperm.whale. usually
found In largo quantities ON the
shore. II is Opaque, inflammabie,
yolGtilizable and usually Ereytsh in
color, 1t is employed largely in
perfumery and formerly was used
In cookery.
8. A woman who is learned and
literary. especially II she is not do.
nestle, is sometimes referred 10 ~
"bluestockinS.'
Z. In architecture. the capital
Of column, pillar or plaster is thu
upper part. 1t is the characteristic
mark OF the order or style Of the
architecture which it represents.
s. Little Rock is the capital OF
Arkansas.
o. An "armistice" is temporary
cessation, by mutual agreement, Of
iiostillties between two armies in
the fields, or by two nations at war.
a truce.
10, Godfrey Chaucer tl34O.1too,
wrote Canterbury Tales
New Questions.
1.Who was Henry David
Thoreau?
9. What is "typhoon ."
ais 1t possible to dissolve wax
in water?
4.What is mineral WOOL" &c..
5. Was Peg Wellington" real
person?
6. What is RADICAL"
{. What is the capital Of Penn
sylvanIa?
s. who wrote Peer Gynt?"
3. What and where is "iiell
Cater"
~. What was the ancient Latin
name of Switzerland!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-29
Pathological
Questions

Who received Saul tlat"r
known as Paul. into tho church?
(Which OF the seven churches
of Asia. referred to In Revelations,
bore the name Of prominent city
in the United States?
3-What do the seven stars
stand for in the Book Of Revela-
tions?
Allow did Samson tell Delilah
to bind him that he could not get
loose
5-How did Saul cscone from
Damascus when his life was
threatened?
6-who wrote the Book Of raea-
teronomy?
Answer to Yesterdays Questions.
1--Sarah wished HaEar and her
son driven out OF the house be-
cause the son Ishmnel was mock
ing at the feast set in honor Of
Isaac, and Sarah did not wish 1sh-
mael to be heir with her own son,
Isaac.
Isaac married Rebckah
3-Balak, King OF Moab. wanted
BALKAN to send curse upon the
Israclites.
4-Baa was the supreme male
divinity OF the Phociucan and
Caunanitlsh nations.
5-Ashtoreth was the supreme
female divinity OF PhoteiRcian and
Cauaanitish
6--While on the road to Dana
Gus, the Lord appeared unto Saul
and rebuked him FOR his behavior.
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MEETING is >osTPoNE0.

The meeting OF the Cricinal court
commission named by Judge Show
aite;' to investigate the high cost
OF living in Marion county schec-
uled 10 he held al 1880 O'Clock F,1-
day evening In the circuit court
room at the court house has been
postponed until Friday evening.
January G. The chairman of tho
commission announced the post
pontnIent today aud stated that IL
was Impossible for the commission
to get all its evidence ready 70 pre-
sent at the open session called for
al the meeting scheduled.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-29
Fenhagep Case To
Reach Jury Today

Final arguments in the damage
suit OF F. Donald and Mary NJ.
Fenhagen. versus the Hope Natural
Gas Company were started al 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon and
the case should reach the jury by
late afternoon. All the testimony
was presented by the close Of the
morning session and Judge W. S
Meredith had his instructions
ready for the Jury when court
opened at 1870
Following the conclusion OF the
Fenhagen case jury will be en-
paneled to hear the testimony in
the case of Mary Marthy Mccall
lam, an infant who sues by her
next friend, H 5. McCallam,
versus the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany.
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COMMITTEE IN SESSION

PARIS, Dec. 29.-The allied re-
variations commission with Roland
". Burden. the American repres-
entative on the committee in at
tendance convened here today ut 1
O'Clock The meeting was called
especially to hear status 10 be
presented by former German min
lister Of destruction Rathcnau and
Or. Fischer. chairman OF the Ger
mnu war debt commission
Meeting was limited to five prin.
ciplc members and Two Secretaries
CanCrnl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-29
ADOPT POLICY

AHENiEDABAD, British India,
Dec. o9-At a full session OF the
Indian national congress today the
resolution proposed by Mahmat
Gandhi declaring for continuation
or the policy OF non-violence in the
effort to obtain independence from
the British empire was adopted
with only dozen dissenting votes.
Tho resolution declares, Gandai.
the sole executive authority with
fnIl nowers over the congress.