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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
MORE GOOD ROADS BIG NEED
viii Increase Growing Popularity Of
Automobiles and Help Build
Up Communities.

To determine the average mileage
the automobile owner covers in a
pleasure trip in the evening after
the days work is over, an investiga-
ton among $50 owners in a middle
western city of around 100000 popu-
lation resulted in an average OF 3S
miles. Slxty-two per cent stated they
would make longer trips If the roads
permitted, So per cent stated they usu-
ally made their trips out into the
country.
From these figures 1t Is easy to
see that more good roads will in
crease the growing popularity Of the
automobile, which will In turn help
to build up communities, relieving
congestion In the crowded cities, Gre
ate a wider circulation Of money, In
crease realty values, lower transpor-
tation costs and introduce america
First" to more people.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
FIX GLASSES ON HEADLIGHTS
Vibration Of Car May Cause Loose
ness Of Lens and Allow II to
Creep Out Of Position.

Many Of the light diffusing devices
10Y popular are designed to operate
when in a certain fixed position. VI
bration may loosen the glasses in their
rims so that the whole lens creeps
around and the diffusing properties
are lost. Some Of these glasses have
a means of anchoing them firmly in
place, but others have not, and 1t Is
up to tile car owner to see that they
are properly in place. Screws may be
used for fastening them and a lock
washer should be inserted under each
Of them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

The very little girls are INDUCED
In pretty taffeta or crepe coats. Hero
also they follow the lead Of grown.
ups, for the display reveals many mod
els in gray, bisque and light beige.
but blue and rose color have not been
entirely neglected and a whole bevy
of cherry-red taffeta coats md en-
thusiastic admirers in the little folk.
and among their mothers. Many OF
the silk and crepe coats have bonnets
to match.
Between the utility coat and these
splendid silk affairs for state occa-
sions, there are pretty models made
Of lightweight ~velours, broadcloth
and often these are decorated with
a little embroidery In the color Of the
o Poiret twill Is another favored
fabric and covert cloth will never BID
out-rivaled. 1t Is shown with ma
chine stitching for a finish with bone
buttons one looks for In Its company.
Many cloth coats are double breasted
and an occasional model features but>
tons In two rows down the front Of
the double breast.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

live but you're not apt to become
friendly now-after you've made up
your mind to be such enemies. No.
you're certainly not apt to become
friendly-not apt to in the least"
Mr.. Wood Elf said "Good-by" again
and so did the little girl who was very
sleepy. They watched Mr.. Wood Elf
as he picked her up and carried
her.
"She was too young to have left her
home" said the girl. 'She's quite a
bit younger than ! am.
"And to think someone said some
thing mean about her, or to think
that Mother Gossip's daughter came
and told her so. Well, II was a good
thing she met Mr.. Wood Elf, for then
she too was made happy"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

Sa''oS'sJ hodu 10 satisfactory.
labor. The army OF laborers which we
expected to apply for the work did
not, however. materlalize. On the
contrary, there was a distinct shortage
OF labor, and wages reached the high
est levels attained In the history Of
the country. In 1917, competent labor
could be secured for from $1.50 to SO
per day, but the corresponding wages
In 1920 were from So to IS for a short.
er days work.
In proportion to this demand there
was also a pronounced scarcity Of con
struction materials. Sand, gravel,
stone and cement. and materials com
monty used In road work increased in
price between 1917 and 1920 from 90
to 100 per cent. Naturally, these in
creases In cost were reflected In the
prices paid to contractors for road
work. Gravel roads increased from
s4,535 to $3.50 per mile; concrete
from $21, 185 to upward Of $4,000 per
mile, and brick roads from $4,000 to
$4,000 per mile.
AS funds available for road con-
%struction are largely limited by statute,
or by the returns from taxation, a
majority of the states this year have
deliberately withheld work, the plans
for which had been completed, until
they could obtain a greater return for
their expenditure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
SAFETY DEVICE IS INVENTED
Signal Lamp on Rear Of Automobile
Enables Driver to Signify
His Intentions.

The Scientific American illustrates
and describes a signal lamp, invented
by II. II. Andreas Of Manila, y. L., as
follows:
The object of the invention Is to
provide a device whereby al automo-
bile driver may easily signify from
the rear Of his car to following auto
mobiles or other vehicles his intention
to slow down and stop. or of changing
direction by turning either to the right
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

A MEXICAN women have been edu-
"A Gated In footwear up to a point
where they are more fastidious than
shod with the most graceful and ex-
quisltely finished of shoes and have
come 10 give more and more attention
TO style and daintiness and somewhat
less to appropriateness. This sweep
ing assertion does not apply to all of
them. but holds good for a majority.
as one may prove by watching pedes-
TRANS In any city. The trend of de-
mand is for less substantial and more
dainty footwear, and the new shoes
for this spring are answering this de-
mand. A half-dozen pairs of the most
practical shoes found In the displays
are shown here. together with a reg
ulation pair of smart sport shoes such
as the real golfer insists upon own
ing. These are comfortable and sty-
lish with a chic of their own which
belongs TO well-made utility shoes of
all kinds. The discriminating woman
is conscious of II, as she is of the
fitness of other apparel to Its uses,
but there are who cannot
"see" the utility shoe.
The new styles viii please the low
FRS Of dainty footwear, for shoes are
much elaborated. Low shoes of all
kinds, from evening slippers to sports
slippers. I'LL the horizon, having almost
displaced the high shoe for the com
ing season and having gone a long
way toward usurplng 1t during the
winter Straps and buckles, or but
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

tons, form decorative points that ar,
made much Of, contrasting colors IA
feathers or fabrics are used together
and fancy stitching In contrasting cob
or is cleverly employed for decoration,
Applique figures cut from one leather
are applied to another, and patent
figures embellish suede and satin
shoes. Gray, brown, tan, fawn. white,
alone, and in combinations, provide
the manufacturers with a range Of
colors which we must concede, are
beautifully handled by them, and ara
the best possible choice for footwea.
The variety In shoes is so great thai
everyone may be pleased, and there in
n variety In each particular style also.
Taking the dainty slippers shown AZ
the bottom of the group, Tin a circleD
they are made IN black or brown satin,
gray or brown suede, or p~atent-leath-
er vamps with gray suede quarters, %
tan calf vamps with fawn suede quar-
tiers or In silver or gold cloth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
ROAD SOILS DIFFER WIDELY
Just What Characteristics Are Which
Make Them Different Puzxles
Highway Engineers.

The federal highway engineers
point out that soils differ widely In
their ability to support loads, particu-
larry when they are wet. Just why
this Is true and just what are the
characteristics which make them diff
ferent is little understood at present.
II is In this field Of investigation, of
increasing Importance because Of the
growing volume Of heavy traffic, that
the federal investigators expect to ST.
cure important information.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

bile.
hard wood, is cut from a 2-by-6
about 10 inches In length, and a notch
cut in one end as shown to fit the
under side of the wheel-hub. This
Is then bored for a one-quarter-lnch
bolt al inch from the other end and
holes to match drilled through each
side of the Jack at a height which
will place the bottom of the notch on
a level with a point about the center
of the wheel-hub.
How Jack Is Used.
The illustration shows how the Jack
Is used. The first position shows the
feet Of the jack placed tight against
the tire with the notch Of the wood
block against the under side Of the
wheel. When the top Of the jack is
pushed In toward the wheel, the ac-
ton raises the wheel about two inches
and transfers the weight from the tire
to the hub. The feet afford sufficient
bearing to enable the car to stand
rigidly when four jacks have been
applied and remove all possibility of
its shifting to n side and back to
the fioor.-Dale Van Horn In Popular
Science Monthly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
IMPROVED
ROADS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1920
Distinct Shortage Of Labor and Higher
Cost Of Materials Among Diff
' culties Encountered.

Every kind Of road cost about twice
as much TO build In 1920 as It did in
1917, according to the chief Of the
bureau of public roads, United States
Department Of Agriculture, and high
way construction suffered more than
any other class Of work through rail-
road congestion. strikes, labor trou-
bles, and material shortages.
After the war there was a great
public demand for improved roads.
Many roads had been seriously dam
aged by war traffic, and It appeared
that the return Of men from military
service would provide an abundance OF
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

which Mother Cos
sip and her hor-
rible family live"
you're ( e
from them" said
Mr.. Wood Elf. "If
you can pass them
by, everyone Of
them, and II you're
Just the sort
that won't and
don't make friends
with them = well,
you're pretty safe
now. I'm sure OF
you anyway. 1t is
true she sends her
family around the
countryside and
wharayar fnlk q
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
ADVANTAGES OF PAVED ROADS
Give Ever-Increaslng Share Of Service
In Providing Safe Highways for
Motor Traffic.

Paved roads are giving an ever-in-
creasIng share Of service In providing
safe. permanent, dependable highways
for heavy motortruck traffic. relieving
railroads of much short haul, lessen
ing terminal congestion and In these
ways making the handling and ship
ment of supplies much easier.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05


decided, Mr.. Wood Elf, for us to have
our real supper here. l didn't want
to eat with that horrid family. They
were the limit, actually the limit"
such creatures are really horrid,"
Mr.. Wood Elf agreed. 1.-THE great
trouble is that so many creatures have
become connected or friendly with
Mother Gossip and her children in
some way and don't know II. They
are the mes we've got to try to help,
for IL they go on they'll not only make
others unhappy, but they'll be wretched
themselves. It's so miserable to get
to the point where one thinks that
there are many more wrong things
about u friends than right things.
Well, we're going to be gay tonight
and forget about all of them"
SO saying, Mr.. Wood Elf beckoned
to them to sit down right at the top
Of the hill. He clapped his hands
four times, each time very slowly, and
out came four little wood elves, small
cousins of Mr.. Wood Elf.
"Will each of you serve each of us
our supperT" asked Mr.. Wood Elf.
"We will, and with great delight"
said the little wood elves. 1T is all
ready. 1t was sent up here by the
Hospitality Hotel people down In the
next valley. It's a most delicious sup
per-"
ut is" said the boy, as he took a
lamb chop in his fingers so as to leave
no meat on the bone. Mr.. Wood Elf
said he could do 1t of course. ''We're
having a picnic" Mr.. Wood Elf said.
"and 1t wouldn't be a picnic II we
didn't get sticky and a bit greasy"
"Are we going to see the Hospital
lily Hotel?" asked the girl.
Eyes," said Mr.. Wood Elf, "Tve en-
gagged room for you for tomorrow
night. This evening the little wood
elves are going to put up a tent for
you just as soon as we're through sup
per. Then you're going to have a
beautiful sleep and I'm going to take
this little girl back to her family. You
want to go. don't your"
uo, Suiu the NIUE BlTl, sInlilnB
up at Mr.. Wood Elf for she knew he
was a friend. She was quite too young,
though, for adventures.
They finished their supper which
was very fine. And they were anxious
to see the Hospitality Hotel after hav-
ing tasted one of the picnic suppers
they had prepared. They had even
sent dishes along and hadn't forgot
ten salt and pepper.
I'm going now" said Mr.. Wood
Elf. "And may you have pleasant
Dreams"
"Good-by," said the boy.
"Good-by," said the girl. "This
hill top is a good deal different from
the partc nrnund
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
Indications OF Trouble.

Johnny-Did Moses have dyspepsia
like what you've got3
Dad-How on earth do i know1
Why do you ask such a question?
Johnny-Well, our Sunday school
teacher says the Lord gave Moses two
tablets.-London Mail.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

that he would give
them a moonlight
supper party.
They had also
invited a guest to
their party - one
they had met when
visiting the hor-
rid Mother Gossip
and her family,
and who had been
meanly treated.
The moon was
shining brightly
and they all felt
very hungry and
ready for their
party.
I'm glad" said
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
Fur Neokpieoes for sprIno.

Fur ne~ckpieces, that the fur coat
or fur-collared coat have put out Of
use for the winter. will be worn with
the street suit until late In the spring.
Doubtless. too, they viii come into use
from time to time through the sum
mer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
From. View and Section of the Device.

or left. without diverting his atten.
ton from the proper management Of
his own car, thereby materially con.
tributing to the safety of his car arf0
those Of others following in crowded
traffic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

Fairy Iale.o
NJ EDhIAM pNNNrrD
MOONLIGHT SUPPER PARTY.
lARI IEAHAW BOVINE

Mr.. Wood Elf had promised the boy
and girl who were of on adventures
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

Because there are several particu-
larry fast automobiles In this country,
there is a plan among motor interests
to get up a subscription to send Ameri-
can cars and drivers abroad to enter
in the French Grand Prix automobile
race this e
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-31
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
Soeu Ointment Tnlcum 2sc everywhere. For samples address Cuticura \, Maiden, Mas.

Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned is required by law to file liens against all property which the take upon the List of 1919 remain unpaid on the Last Day of March, 1921. Payments will be received at the office of the Tax Collector, Rooms and 5, City Hall, up to and including March 31, 1921, without lien expense
 HOWARD F. SMITH, Sc3 la Tax Collector.
Evening star., 1921-02-05
MANY VISIT YELLOWSTONE
$4,000 at Park in Short Season,
Supt. Albright Reports.

How 10000 visitors are streaming to
Yellowstone National Park for the
short open season each year and some
of the wonders and beauties that are
drawing them there were told last
evening to members of the National
Geographic Society by Horace NJ. AL
bright, who, as superintendent Of the
big government playground, lives
there the year around.
Yellowstone, which was created in
1872. was not only the first of the
national parks in the United States,
Mr.. Albright said. but was the first
region set apart for such a purpose
by any country. 1t has an area equal
to that of the state Of Della ware and
is practically as it was before white
men came to America. 1t now is the
largest tract of ''unspoiled wilder
ness" in the United States, as well as
the worlds greatest wild animal sane
tuary.
Motion pictures showed bears that
eat out of visitors hands, elk so
friendly that they push carnerl. tri-
pods over, great herds Of tame buf-
falo and antelope and wild sheep, two
OF the wariest of animals, that permit
a photographer to stroll among them.
stephen Il. Mather, director of the
National Park service. introduced the
speaker
Evening star., 1921-02-05
PLEADING LETTERS COME
FROM CENTRAL EUROPE
U. S. Post Office Department Gets
Flood of Them. Asking Relief
for Persons in Distress.

Letters food the Post Office De-
partment from persons in Germany
Austria and other central European
countries asking for aid. food and
clothing to tide them over the win
ter.
Everybody from the officials to the
postal employees of Washington" is
appealed to in the letters many of
them written by German soldiers
who served forty months in thc war
'1t is all can do TO make both
ends meet for little while yet
writes an ex-sold:er from Erfurt.
Germany.
"The general breaking up of Ger
many is to BE- expected very shortly
continued this writer LAS a result
the families of the poor as class
will be wiped out if aid is not OBJ
tained'
IF my request finds favor" he adds
with the worshipful overseer of the
poor. | would humbly beg some slight
assistance be Sent me. Ii it should
be so desired over there. ] would ex.
press my thanks publicly through
the press"
The letters run the "a',''t "~o.,, seem
ing arrogance to pathetic tinge.
snow your mdgGanimtl ,t which
the Americans have SO much'' writes
q postal messenger who signs him
self IAN old man OF forty-two wears
a woman Of Vienna appeals for a
dollar food parcel from America
and states that her husband knows
nothing Of her action in writing to
the Post Office Department of the United
States
Several hundred such letters have
been received to date, and many as
yet have not been translated ON.
cials are somewhat at loss as to wha
to do with the missives.
There seems just one thing Ger.
tain-the writers are going to wal,
a long time before they get the as.
sistance they ask
Evening star., 1921-02-05
.FIREMEN RESCUE WOMAN
FROM BURNING BUILDING
Philip Hofberg's Store Ablaze. Up
per Rooms Being Occupied-Loss
Estimated at $5. 900.

Fire was discovered in the dry
goods store Of Philip Hofberg. 232 12
AZ street southwest. about 4:45
O'Clock this morning. Herman liaw =
kins. colored, his wife and eleven
month-oId baby. were occupants Of
rooms on the second floor Of the struc-
ture The husband handed his child
to neighbor and made his escape
from the building. His wife. Rose
Hawkins. nineteen years old, was car
ried from a rear window down lad
der by firemen.
Sounding Of an alarm from box No.
IL, summoned several companies of
the department. Deputy Chief Suili-
van also responded and directed the
fight on the flames. He ordered lad
ders raised to the front and back win
dows in preparation for rescue work
Smoke and noise of persons in the
street awakened the sleeping occu-
pants of the upper rooms. and
Hawkins soon had his baby in the
hands of a neighbor on the ground
The three occupants of the upper
floor being out of harms way, fire
men were able to confine their atten-
ton to the work of fighting the blaze
They soon had it under control and
prevented it from spreading to ad-
Joining structures. Police estimated
the damage at $1,000
Evening star., 1921-02-05
land TOBE SOLD
FOR UNPAID TAXES
$4,000 Lots Will Be Auction
ed Off Next Month Unless
Redeemed.

Approximately 1900 lots and par
cells of land in the District will be
sold At auction next month for non
payment of last years taxes unles 50
the owners come forward before th-
date of sale and pay the tax, plus a
penalty of | per cent a month since
last June.
If the delinquent taxpayers pay up
during February the penalty will be
between March | and the date OF sale.
which viii be about March Is. the
penalty viii be 10 per cent
There are between 800 and 500 more
pieces of property TO be sold for taxes
next month than there were Il year
ago. according to Chatham NJ Towers,
collector.
Much OF this property. District ofii +
Cials say. is uud.vtlop-d land for
which the owners have no present
USE. and therefore lose interest in the
payment of taxes on it. Officials. ~
the District building also believe that
Il considerable proportion OF the prop
erty in arrears belongs to war work =
ers and others who came TO Washing
ton during the war and paid deposits
on homes instead Of renting
1t became known today that The
II
counsel have given thought rr,-nil,
to the advisaiility Of asking Con
greSS for a new law under which the
District would tak- title to property
on which taxes are not kept up in
stead of selling il to private in
dividuaIs.
Under the present law several in
dividnals attend the tax sale pay the
taxes due. plus the penalty and re-
ceive certificate Of sale. The la v
states that the origins owner sinai
have two years from the last day Of
the tax sale in which to redeem his
property by paying to the individual
the amount the latter paid at the
tax sale. plus IL per cent OF that
amount
The present law further provides
that if at the end of two years the
original owner has not redeemed his
property the tax sale purchaser "shal
be given" Il deed to the property by
the Commissioners. which deed shall
be admitted and held to be prima facie
evidence of good and perfect title
IN lee simple to any property bought
at said sale herein authorized
There are two ways in which the
original owner can regain clear title
TO his property after a tax deed has
been issued to another party. One
way ds 10 sue in the courts. the other
to settle out Of court with the tax
sale purchaser.
Corporation Counsel Stephens said
today that the District could derive
a new source Of revenue by taking
title to all property on which taxes
are not paid and collect the penalties
which now 90 to private individuals
He expressed the belief however
that the danger Of such Iegislati ton
lies in the fact that property owners
would allow their land to remain de-
linGuent for an indefinite number OF
years if they knew the city and not
a private individual held title
The city. ii was pointed out. must
collect taxes in order to operate. and
through the present method of tax
sale Il large number of delinquent
bills are paid up every year by the
Esaie purchasers. who later get
their money back with penalties hy
settling with the owners.