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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-24
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EAith re. August y. lt4l.
Editor, Albuquerque Evening Herald.
Ai%buqueraue. New Mexico.
In your editorial Of August II on
the good roads bond amendment No.
II. you stated that the amendment, "
ratified at the special election on
September 80. would open the way
for succeeding legislatures 10 enact
laws authorizing bond issues In OK
cess OF the constitutional limitation
of one per cent OF the aAscssed valn-
alton ~ taxable property In the state.
and would establish n dangerous pre-
cedcnt.
I know you wish 10 be fair and to
give your readers correct Information
on this subject, and I hope you VIII
publish this letter.
The facts are that the amendment
No. ~ does not open the way TO fu-
ture legislation and that u applies
only to tho n law enacted by the
last lcgislature-the firth legisla-
ture. authorizing the ISSUE of bonds
not exceeding Two million dollars for
road construction and to meet and
secure aliotments of federal FUNDS APP
proprsated BY congress under the fed
cral aid road act.
The amendment was originally in
tended TO also ratify an act OF the
NTH legislature TO authorize the issue
and sale Of debentures payable from
proceeds of motor vehicle licenses and
taxes ON gasoline. even II tho issue Of
such dcbenture should temporarily
Increase tne outstanding liabilities Of
the state above the limit OF one per
cent Of assessed valuation.
That plan OF raising revenue for
road construction IL successfully used
by Illinois and other states.
But the fifth legislature" did not
pass the bill authorizing such deben-
lures.
Therefore. the amendment No. II
applies only to the one bond issue
ana does not authorize ~ open The
way to the legislature or the highway
commission to issue any bonds or cree
ate amy Indebtedness except 10 much
of the two million dollar issue az may
be- needed.
la nnother ulac. you stated th,,
In your opinion this Two million dol
lar bond issue ia not needed
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-24
w. c. T. u. to Hold
Its 1922 Convention
In Atlantic City

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2A-At-
l,rttc civ was chosen az meeting
Mao, for the 1879 convention OF the
Wnm.us Christian Temperance union
tu the convention which closed mere
last night.
Miss Anna Gordon. national hean
,f IN. organization was given the al
duIonaI title OF worlds president OF
b W. c. r, L.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-24
MR1&,~' o:

4 n I T. y g J. .
g o ~ Ie 4 with
some knowledge OF
artificial r"spira-
ton. will prevent
many deaths finm
d%roN h'h
a bathcr has becu
trough nut Of th"
water in an uucon-
or apparent
drowned condl-
ton. don't luse a
moment in trying
HmAAH
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04

clear water in well defined bed with
high sides now are merely trickles
OF moisture in a wide waste of sand
most of the year, the water they for
merly carried off in twelve months
now rushing down in destructive
floods during two or three months.
We can learn that when the Chin
csc rivers had a steady, year-round
flow, the mountainous plateau of Cen
trail China where the rivers rise was
covered with an excellent stand of
forest trees and brush on the lower
hills. The trees are all gone now, the
brush has been chopped off and even
the grass cover of the slopes has van
lshed. When the rain comes or the
snow melts, there is nothing to hold
the water. 1t runs off taking more
and more of the hill soil with it, and
races through the valleys, carrying
death, destruction and sand.
America has 800 million acres Of
erstwhile forest land. Nothing IS
being done with this land except to let
fire run over it at frequent intervals.
Yes, we can learn something from
China as we contribute literally to
save the millions who are STARVING
after three years of drouth.-August
Sunset.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
Care of Phone.

Once every so often give the tele-
phone a thorough washing in alcohol
Take off the mouthpiece and pour alcO-
hOl through the little holes into sau-
Ger. Wash the receiver with a cloth
wet with alcohol Do not wipe the
parts dry, but let the alcohol evap-
crate Alcohol is one of the most eff
fective antiseptics known.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
Country Life Is Sweet

The best and most hopeful feature
In any people is undoubtedly the in
stinct that leads them to the country
to take root there, and not that which
sends them 1ocking to the town and
its distractions. The lighter the snow
the more it drifts; and the more frfv-
OlOus the people the more they ara
blown, by one wind or another, into
towns and cities.-John Burroughs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
WATCHING the Boss.

Employer-'Yo man, it Will pay
you to keep your eyes open while you
are in this office" Office Boy-'Yes,
sir; that's just,what your wife told me
when she came in this morning, and
saw what a pretty stenOgrapher you
had. Boston Transcript
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
Drouth, Flood, Hunger and Forest
Trees

Trees
At this time, when the Colorado
flood disaster has brought home to us
all the devastating power of wild
water, the ruthlessness of rivers that
run amuck, there are many things we
can learn from China. For instance,
we can learn that the Yangtse River
has been known in recent times to rise
tifty-eight feet in a week and drop
sixty-eight feet in less than three
weeks. We can learn that the Hwang
Ho in 1886 brought down such a
tremendous mass of water so sudden
ly that the resulting inundation
drowned two million people. We can
learn that rivers and streams which
formerly carried a steady volume Of
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04

The reserve of grain in that country
is sufficient to last until the new crops
are harvested.
Showers and light rains have -inl-
proved conditions in the United King
dom, but the quantity TO rain was not
neraIv what was needed. In the
southern hemisphere crop conditions
have been reported in Australia and
prospects for the coming crops con-
tinue favorable Reports from Ar
gentina indicate the crops at present
are badly in need of rain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
Lxlna-AncIent VS.. Modern.

This story is vOuched for as true
a Sunday school teacher asked a
small girl the other day why Ananias
was so severely punished. The little
one thought a minute then answered /:
please, teacher. they weren't so used
to lying in those days."-LondOn
Morning Post.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
10000
Flax Fiber From American Farms


Flax Fiber From American Farms
The upside-down conditions of
things in Russia has produced many
unlooked-for results, but none more
unexpected to the casual mind than
its effect upon the supply of fax fiber.
Before the World War Russia pro-
duced about eighty per cent of the
flax fiber used in making linens. This
supply was cut off, while the demand
for linens continues as strong as ever.
In the United States the normal
consumption of flax fiber by the spin
ming mills, before the war, was about
10000 tons year, most of which was
imported. To produce this amount of
fiber about 10000 acres is required.
To help in meeting the situation the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, through the Office of Fiber
Investigations, is encouraging the pro-
duction of flax fiber by experimenting
with it in new localities, investigating
liz" AAASSllOOS anu LldCuluGS, ana uS-
veloping improved strains of the fiber
flax which are taller, yield more and
better fiber, and some of which are re-
sistant to disease and lodging.
1t has been shown that better flax
is produced from seed of selected
strains than from imported seed, such
as has been used in the past. Efforts
are being made, too, to increase the
seed of these selections for distribu-
ton generally.
A special survey is being made this
season to determine the extent of dis
ease injury to which fax is subject,
and to procure definite information
needful in devising methods for COM
batting such diseases.
About 5000 acres of fiber fax was
grown in the United States in 1920,
but the relatively low price for fiber
has resulted in a greatly reduced
acreage in 1921, estimated at 5000
acres.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
Future of Hoe in Kansas

The message that I want to de-
liver here, however, is not a discus
sion of ways of selling pure-bred
hogs. but to tell some of my observa-
lions made on my trips through Kan
sas. met a great many hog men and
farmers in their home towns and dis
cussed with all of them the immediate
future of hogs in Kansas. Most OF
our farmers have not seen any cheap
feed since the drouth of 1917 and
1918, and due to the war boosting the
price of grain. Grain costs have been
out of proportion to fat hog values,
Therefore, farmers and breeders have
not yet got back to pork production
on anything like the scale of opera
tions of 1914 and 1915. Now that
grain is plentiful and cheap, with
every prospect for a bountiful crop in
1921, most of the farmers viii raise
hogs in a more extensive way than
they have ever done before. That
will mean more pure bred sires will
be used on the farms than ever be-
fore. 1 also wish to say that today We
have more pure bred pigs of all
breeds on the farms than ever before
in the history of hog production in
Kansas. l answer the question every
day, as to where can l purchase some
good pure bred hogs at farmer prices,
that is, at prices that the farmer can
afford to pay. In the past few years
of inflated prices the breeder has not
been as solcitous as he might have
been, of the needs of the farmer and
pork producer. Therefore, he is just
a trifie timid in asking for prices on
pure-breds, and if the breeders will
just make a good, reasonable price to
the inquiries they receive on what
they have to sell, they will find Kan
sas the best state in the Union today
in which to sell pure bred hogs, as
every farmer is in the market for one
or more pure bred sows and will have
nothing but a pure bred sire.-Fern
j. Moser, Sabetha, Kans.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
PROMISES TO PAY.

TTOSE Delawareans who believe the United states has
not done its full share toward the rehabilitation of
Europe should examine the books OF OF big ex
porting industries
Not only has the American Government itself extended
financial and material aid in the upbuding Of the devss
atedtountres, but private institutions in this country
have done their part as well.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, for instance, showed
on their last balance sheet total amount OF ii35o OF
Belgian treasury notes.
The American Locomotive Company revealed similar
item.
The obligations were given in payment for $50 big
freight engines costing s5stOO EACH total OF ss OO
Were every credit transaction, to which American pro-
ducers and European purchasers been parties to-
made known It would be shown that private enterprises
in this country have shipped many millions OF dollars
worth OF goods to Europe in exchange for promises
to pay.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
MExIcAN-AMEmcAN EXCHANGE.

TUDGSG from the articles Mexico is purchasing from
j the United States It would seem that that land OF
boodshed and riot is fast rehabating itself and that II
the sway OF obregon continues arm has been for
the past few months it will not be long Mexico Is
properly entitled seat among the respectable and TO
spected nations OF the world.
Considering our trade with Mexico the total value OF
all our exports to that country during the eight months
ended August last Officially given at si7 Ooo0o com
pared with st2 100000 for the similar period OF 1920
Imports from Mexico lotaled sSi 10000 compared with
h2i 100000 for the 1920 period the chief falling on beins
In the items ssal grass india rubber, hides and SKINS
copper lead cotton and coffee.
Reduced prices also figured materially in the decreased
Total II win be noted that the articles which pro
lounced decreases given those chiefly used by
our mills in manufacture and the Industrial depression
following in the wake OF and wisconsin is but just
dispensing.
Our exports Mexico increased SO per cent In the 1921
over the 1920 period this value by means
represents the actual Increases quantities OF merchan-
disc sent her again owing to falling prices.
For example, the value OF cotton cloths doubled while
the quantity quadupled the figures for the 1920 period
being s7SiOOo yards valued at S3Ai9OOO, and 39260O0
yards worth 81 10000 in i92f Cotton hosiery exports
doubled while Of raw cotton exported nearly 100000
pounds the 1921, compared with less than 100000
pounds for the 1920 period
other articles showing increases bitumnous coal
p9O0o to $4,000 tons automobiles 600 to i073
passenger autos 1885 i53 freight cars i75 TO 7S9
locomotives "a to 22O; nour $4,000 to 269OOO barrels
corn 1900 to sis5OoO bushels nails 2oOeOoO to
564OOO pounds baed WIRE 26s2OoO to isi9OOO pounds
iron pipe 100000 to 26OOOO0OO pounds lard i25oOO0
to 100000 pounds; cottonseed OIL $4,000 to 575OOO0
pounds; printing paper 10000 to 100000 pounds
aned sugar i4S7OOO 10 is26sOOO pounds and fuel oil
$4,000 to 9O575OOO gallons
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
OXFORD PROTESTS
PLANT ORDERS

EASTON. Md. Oct. 7e.-Residents
Of Oxford are up in arms against the
large fertilizer factory just across
the river. A large number OF people
signed a petition and recently pre-
sented It to the County Board Of
Health protesting against the odors
arising from the plant OF w. H.
Valiant. at Bellevue. The complaint
states that the odors are at times
very offensive and requests the board
to take steps to prevent this in the
future.
The health board passed the com
plant TO the County Commissioners.
but these in turn stated that it was
not = in their province and re-
ferred It back to the Board Of Health
TO settle. Just what action the
health board can take is awaited
with much interest by people in
oxford.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
TRAFFIC MEN AND CLOSE CUTTERS.

xVTIEN automobss are courslng through the streets
w OF Wilmington they should be especially soictous
for the safety and welfare OF the trafc policemen
We have noticed recently that there automobile and
auto truck drivers who to take delight in running
as close 70 the trao post possible without
hitting them
That is decidedly the wrong thing TO do The life OF
trafc policeman is hard enough and hazardous enough.
II should not be made by senseess driving by those
who are operating cars and trucks past intersoctng
points
Unless the practice OF this close cutting stopped vol
UNFAIRLY, Superintendent Black and Sergeant Devenish
should make the Municipal Court examples Of the
close cutters who have such queer idea OF what const
tuies transportation amusement.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
The Strike Situation
(From the New York Herald.)

After a conference with his asso-
ciates yesterday Afternoon. Warren
s. Stone. chief Of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. declared
that unless they get terms satisfac-
tory TO themselves the railroad
unions will stand on their constitu-
tional rights to tie up the trans
portation system OF the United States
IN accordance with the orders of the
strike leaders.
In these circumstances the rail-
road situation. so far as one can see,
points to two luminous facts.
One fact is that the railroads are
going to cut their operating expenses
because they must cut them to give
the reduced trafic rates which are
imperativeiy required by the eco
nomic condition OF the country.
The operating expenses OF the
railroads are largely made up OF
labor costs. The roads, therefore,
are going to reduce their labor costs,
and this they will do. strike or no
strike, because they have got to do It.
The other fact~is that the railway
unions do not care whether the rail-
roads are ruined or not by the ex-
cessive labor charges. They do not
care whether industry and business
are throttled or not by the excessive
trafic rates and labor charges They
do not care what happens to the
public. they do not care what be-
comes OF the country, so hong as tney
can maintain their war imitation
wage scales by brute strength.
This is shown unmistakably by the
statement OF Stone. II is shown by
the Texas strike which went off on
schedule Saturday. 1t is shown by
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
A BENIGHTED ARKANsAN.

I'd REPRESENTATIVE OLDFIBBD. OF Arkansas. is pretty
"A well Up on the list Of Democratic members OF the
Weys and Means Committee which is charged with tariff
egislaon hence he ought to keep himself informed OF
what transpires in his particular sphere.
The other day taking his lng at the proectonsts, he
iied the example OF free trade England.
Evidently the Arkansan free trader is not keeping
breast Of his own times
England became protective country October T. Of this
year. when the safeguarding OF industries act went into
eaect She no longer can be pointed to as an example
She is no longer on the free trade roll Wake nm Old
ncdi
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED.

rTNHERE are several defective places in the paving Of
Il Pennsylvania
The Street and Sewer Department should deal intel-
gently with them before they made by the
ceaseless grind OF traflc.
There has been good construction work in the avenue.
Il should be followed by good maintenance.
Another thing should be done by the Street and Sewer
Department That put the from Pennsyl-
yana avenue Union street in better condition The
at that point has been chuned up and ground
until the roadbed FAR from what it ought to be
The repairs mentioned above should be made before
cold weather arrives
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
SHIP BALLAST.

A \ American banking syndicate is TO be formed in New
"a York for the purpose OF financing shipping enter
prises.
II understood that assurances have been received
Washington that the government will contribute every
proper assistance to the project
distinct institution specializing in marine financing is
to be set up through the cooperation OF the banks
The movement is an evidence OF the general awaken
ing among business men, manufacturers nnancers TO
The necessity OF maintaining independent American
merchant marine
The fun power OF American energy initiative and bus-
ness acumen is getting behind the project and gives an
assurance Of ultimate triumph over the discouragng con-
dons that have surrounded American ships in the
past
Evening journal., 1921-10-26

the strike leaders, defiance OF the
United States Railroad Labor bvard
by their indifference to the Amer
ican public and by their attitude and
actions toward everybody and every
thing except their own selfish rule
or-ruin purpose.
When there is thus left no doubt
how far the dictatorial union leaders
would be willing to go to have their
own way. cost what II might to all
others; when it is obvious that they
would go the limit so far as concerns
wrecking the railroads. would go the
limit so farNas concerns wrecking the
country when they are willing and
ready TO go to any length to achieve
their purpose, they are as supremely
confident. as they are supremacy ar
rogant. that they can get away
with it.
In the week which Is left before
the hour set for the unions to begin
the walk-out on all the railroads, the
union leaders and the union workers
may conclude that. in the face Of
public opinion and in defiance OF the
United States Railroad Labor Board,
and the national government itself.
for them to attempt TO tie up the
roads and starve out the country
would bring sure defeat and utter
disaster upon themselves and their
unions That would stop them.
Nothing else apparently counts with
them.
Much depends on how clear It can
be made to these would-be railroad
and country wreckers in the Next
few days that their small minority
Of workers cannot terrorize and will
not prevail over the great majority
OF the American people.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
With the Pdragraphers

The feer that knows jest exactly how to farm is aurs
on IN lecture platform.-Abe Martin in Farm life
II will he glorious day when the nickel can 60 where
It pleases without being chaperoned by pennes-St Louis
Post-Dspatch.
No exists for doubling that in the price recovery
now under way raw materials will go I'D most rapidly
Manufactured goods next and retail prices last II the re-
taller for year has been protecting himself ne will he
some protection to the public in the times ahead-Ney
York Tribune.
Twelve cities report that The retail cost Of food fell in
August in their markets, the lower farm and wholesale
prices being thus passed along In the same cities II viii
be found that building booming wherever wages have
been eadiusted to The lower living costs Where this has
not occurred building will be found be pretty near
standstiL-New York Herald
Last Saturday al early candleligh about the time the
hoptoad starts on its evening travels there appeared al
certain gate in village Mr. Cecil Hughes and Miss Ola
Sheriff. OF adjoining neghborhood The party entered
and presented the necessary papers from county clerk
Mr Hughes and Miss Sheriff. declared themselves in readl
ness and the ceremony said that united the Young
couple husband and wife All minds being free thew
went their way. We had quiet wedding In our com
munity since last report The bride was one Of Mr.
Jentry's girls and the young one OF Andrew
Campbelrs boys OF Liberty Hill-Baesvile Record
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
cAII.s ron INRFMI1rINc wnnr

Delaware is 10 contribute its $4,000 quota the
Il College Endowment those who constitute the
campaign force here must bestir themselves
The money never will reach them by mere public ap-
peal II must be obtained by personal solicitation rein
forced by sound argument in behalf Of the oldest
OF the best women's colleges in the United States
Team work, hard work unremtting work alone will
achieve the result
II would be pity were Delaware to fall down its
share Of campaign that has underlying it such aud-
>oe purpose
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
THE BUBBLING BALKANS.

WTllofn~SrONulANS unquestionaby have noticed that
w The Balkan situation is boiling over again
IL Is said that war between Hungary and Austria may
break out before the armaments conference meets in
Washington
The World War originated in the Balkans and those
states have been The OF world for decades
II there be place earth that should have received
the attention OF The League OF Nations in the interest OF
world peace, 1t is the Balkans but apparently there has
been no real effort made to bring about an understanding
in that area
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
WHY NOT DO rr NOW,

'IHoSE persons who own building lots in our city in
II front OF which sidewalks have not been laid should
remember that they give to hundreds OF the un
employed by having the work done now
sooner or later the owners OF such lots must meet their
sidewalk obligations to the public Why not do II when
thousands OF hunsering for work which will, en-
able them to earn the necessares OF life for them and
their dependentsG
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
GEMS OF THOUGHT

There is one passion 10 which you may safely make a
complete surrender-the passion OF lofty ideal.
-@s-:
The crusiacea OF the Sygian waters Of the Mammoth
Cave t Is said originally given perfect sight Now
their eyebals appear all right but upon examination II is
found the optic has shrinken to mere insensate
thread. Having eyes thes not" They have degen-
suit in atronhy.
==:-.
AT some points in the Alps, the guides warn tourists
neither to talk sing whisper lest the yfbra
ton Of their voices in the might tear an avalanche
from It's poise and send 10 deah-errand into the val
ley far below. Character, Also has wonderfully
delicate poise Some loaded with secret sorrows
and cares that the least additional weight would crush
them Some spirits sustained only by tremhline'
lhope-everyhing is in the balance and known 10 them
alone. Along comes some gloomy whsperer-and ruin
have been spoken W