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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
And The FLU
First Step In Treatment Is a Brisk
Purgative With Calotabs, the
Purified and Refined Calomel
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.

Doctors have found by experiences
that no medicine for colds and infu-
enza can be depended upon for fun ef-
fectiveness until the liver is made thor
oughly active. That is why the first
step in the treatment is the new. nausea-
less colonel tablets called Calotabs.
which are free from the sickening and
weakening effects of the old style Gale
mel. Doctors also point out the fact
that an active liver may 60 a long way
towards preventing influenza and is ons
Of the most important fgctors in en-
Rbling the patient TO successfully with
stand an attack and ward OF pneu-
monia.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow Of water-that =
all No salts, no nausea nor the slight
est interference with your eating, pleas
uEe or work. Next morning your cold
has vanished, your liver Is active, your
system is purified, and YOU are feeling
fine, with a hearty appetite for break
fast. Druggists sell Calotabs only ia
original sealed packages, price thirty
Eve cents. Your money viii be cheer
fully refunded if you do not find thons
deaightfuL-(Adv.)
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

are avalanches. iandslidcs. falling
rocks. billiards.. falling ice. falls from
precipices or into crevasses. falls from
ice slopes or down snow slopes.
Some OF the notable mountaiFi-ciimb-
ing peaks of history and the year in
which the peaks OF the various noun
tains were attained follows:
1874. the Titlis, the first true snow
mountain; 1856, Mount BIanc's sum-
nit reached for first time: 1911, the
Jungfrau: 1872 the Finsferaarhorn
1913. the Zermart Breithorn, 1920.
Pixies peak; 1864. the Wetterhorn;
1855. the Mounte Rosa 1865. the Mat
terhorn; 1879 Chimborazo; 1883. the
CordiIlera; 1888. the SeIkirks; 1897.
1898, the Bolivian Andes;
1899, Sikkim in the Himalayas; 1909.
Mount Ruwenzori. There have been
no pre-eminent achievements by ex-
plorers since the laSt-named date,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Will Tackle
Highest Peak

peaks are kIncninjunga. 2S.225 feet,
and K-2. or Bride peak. whose alti-
tude is s.191 feet.
Duke Holds Record.
The intrepid duke of the Abruzzi,
who reached the top of Mount St.
Elias in Alaska (1S.024 fee) and who
at one time held the record of Earth
est north" in arctic exploration, tried
10 climb K-2, or Bride peak, in 1909,
but failed because from whatever
point of the compass he advanced he
could find no way up TO attain the
summit At "a, GOO feet he and mis-
companion were in good physical con-
dition. although progress was slow
and IabOrious; thick mist warned
them that to go on would have been
madness"
This achievement of the Italian ex-
plorer. however, is the worlds record
for mountain climbing. Bride peak is
in the Karakoram Himalayas. Be
sides ii and its two higher sister peaks,
there are in the Himalayas no less
than 10 peaks about $4,000 feet, As
above $4,000. 16 above 10000 feet and
five above 27.O0O feet
Mountain climbing is one of the
most ancient as we'll as fascinating
forms of adventure. Its chief dangers
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
DROP IN CROP VALUES

crops gained in value. chief of which
are oranges, with a gain of $50 10000,
and sugar beets, $24.OOO,OOO. Other
items of gain are cabbage, $11.000,O 600 !;
cowpeas, S1O,OOO.OOO; sorghum cane
sold and strip made, $7,0O0.OOO. Small
gains were made by soy beans, sugar
beet seed. maple sugar and strip, and
onions. Apparently. the products of
the farm wood lot have gained 1928
100000 in value in the comparison
with 1919.
After offsetting gains against losses,
the net crop-value reduction in 1920
below 1919 is $4.S6S, 100000 while only
$237. 100000 is found in the total of
farm animal products and farm ami
mails sold and slaughtered. The wool
decline is as yet unrealized, but it is
reckoned at 100000. Of the ami
mails sold and slaughtered. the decline
for cattle and calves is S223, OOO. 900,
and for swine. 1927, 100000. But ON
the other side of the account, dairy
products gained $311. 100000. and poul-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

Mrs. Wood Elf wasn't really so
good to US when you think that she
lives alone. and must be glad of the
company" said the boy.
"And she let us get that fright
thing was all right said the girl.
II don't know that / think so much
of her now" said the boy.
That's right" said the first voices.
"And oh. it's getting, very dark, :"
said the girl. ITS going TO storm"
IT'S not going to Storm said the
first voices, but Wen show you that
even the sun isn't as bright as you
think it is. We can show you how
dangerous you can be. and how you
can hurt not only your enemies but
your friends. For we'd show you that
friends weren't so much after all"
"Oh dear" said the girl, Il don't
feel very happy. I did like Mrs.
Wood Elf"
You really like her STILL" said the
second voices. now sounding very far
away.
"Oh. I believe I do" said the girl.
Then the second voices sounded loud
er and stronger. And the darkness
began to change into light once more.
The sun was shining through the
trees and the shadows were dancing.
@'Now I don't hear those first
voices" said the boy, land the second
voices sound near"
of course we do" said the secoad
voices, for now you're true and loyaI
TO your good friend and you're not
thinking things that aren't so
you'll understand all about us from
her. if you haven't already, and if you
have-let rs beg of you never to doubt
your friends again"
1--WE never will" said the hoy.
eve never will" said the girl.
"Good," said Mrs. Wood Elf, who
now stood before them
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Younghusband Gets Permit to
Scale Mount Everest, "Roof
of the World"
NEVER YET SCALED BY MAN
No European Has Ever Approached
Nearer Than Sixty Miles From Its
Ease and Few Travellers Have
Seen Its Upper Slopes.

New York.-Mount EN crest, the
Himalayan peak called 1.-THE roof of
the world" which Sir Francis Young
husband, the British soldier-explorer.
Will attempt 10 climb next summer.
has never yet been scaled by man.
Towering above the frontiers of the
hitherto forbidden land of Tibet and
the remote province of Nepal, India.
another land of mystery, the difficult
ties in even approaching Mount Ever
est have been sufficient to battle ex-
plOrers.
The worlds highest peak lies in
Tibet, north of the British Indian bor-
der, yet, so far as known. no Euro
pean has ever approached nearer than
60 miles from its base and few trav-
elers have ever seen its upper slopes.
Explorer Gets Permit
The attempts which have been made
TO ascend some Of Mount Everest's
sister peaks of the Himalayas usually
have been made though Nepal, be-
cause access to them through Tibet
was not open. The approach to Mount
Everest through Tibet is said TO be
more accessible and presents greater
prospects of success than from the
Nepal side.
Sir Francis YOunghusband an
nounced that the Tibetan government
had granted him permission 10 at
tempt the ascent of the mountain by
the Tibetan route. 1t was Sir Fran
els, who as colonel commanding a
British mission to the forbidden city
of Lhasa in 1902. opened Tibet to
civilization.
Mount Everest. named for Sir
George Everest, famous British sur
veyOr general of India, is the highest
known mountain in the world It's
trigonometrical altitude is 29,002 feet;
it's probable height is 29,151 feet. The
next known highest of the Himalayan
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

Ceoar Creek Concrete Bridge at Lou
isviIIe, KY.
convict labor and statute labor, the
value of wmch, not definitely known,
IS estimated at about $132 100000 So
far as possible, all expenditures on
city streets within Incorporated towns
and cities and all Items OF sinking
fund payments or the redemption and
interest payments on road and bridge
bonds have been excluded.
The road and bridge expenditures
for 1919 show an increase of approx
mately 80 1-5 per cent over those of
1918 and 20 per cent over those of
1914. More striking. however, is the
increase in the proportion of the to-
tai funds supervised by the several
state highway departments. In 1918
the expenditures by or under the su-
pervisiOn of the state highway depart
mentS amounted to $117 ,285, 268. while
the local road funds, over which they
exercised no control Whatever. amoTnt-
ed to $16S. S12. 925. In 1918. however,
the state highway departments super
vised the expenditure of 5000. 90 694
as against the total of $3.50. 1929
expended by the local road and bridge
authorities.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

try raised and eggs produced, $780,
100000.
1t is the rule that. I'm the upward
and downward movements of prices,
farm animals and animal products lag
behind crops. So extreme was the lag
In the price of animals and animal
products in 1920. on account of the
extraordinary fall In the prices Of
crops with short period of time
that the total crop value of 1920 is
reckoned to be only Sc per cent of
the total value of all farm products.
In the estimates for a long series of
years, this Is the first crop value esti-
mate that has fallen below 60 per
cent of the total of all products.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
DdddyS
46EveRiN8
Fairy Tale
6yNAARY GRAHAr1 BONNER
THE VOICES.

Some of the voices who were shout
Ing out TO the boy and the girl as
they were advenmring in the woods
said that they didn't think anything
of Mrs. Wood Elf at ALL
And yet the boy and the girl had
found her so nice.
''She was so good TO Us" said the
girl 10 the voices. why. she never
even asked us TO wash up the dishes. =
well. maybe she isn't SO nice after
ALL" said the boy. "She left Mrs. Get
the Most ut-of-Life to do them. She
came along on trip with US which
was certainly far more pleasant"
Certainly" agreed the girl.
Don't be so conceited." said the
second voices they had heard before.
for Mrs Wood Elf is doing you
favor. You're not the most wonderful
creatures who ever lived
You're pretty fine" said the first
voices. "She isn't so nice as you
think"
"Oh." said the second voices, don't
be influenced by those other voices.
You must be clever and be able TO
know which is best. They. the first
voices, the wicked ones. are advising
you not TO like Mrs. Wood Elf. and
after all she has done for you. too :"
POOH said the first voices. what
has she done for you? She was glad
enough to have you come to see her
there in the woods. She has but few
friends. She likes company. era
cious! You did her a great favor by
going there"
This is very strange" said the boy.
The voices are so queer The first
voices, the ones which say we couldn't
like Mrs Wood Elf, all talk together
like a great chorus of voices. and so
do the second voices. 1 do wish we
could see the creatures who own
these voices"
You can't see US" said the first
voices. for we won't let you. We
are doing all we can for you. though,
in telling you and warning you not to
like Mrs. Wood Elf"
1--WE can't let you see US" said the
second voices" but we're the Right
Voices and the others are the Wrong
Voices. We can tell you that much.
Can't you see that our advice is really
the right advice? You've got to be the
ones to decide. and surely you're clev-
er enough TO know"
"Ha, ha," said the first voices,
laughing in a very queer fashion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Decline of More Than Five Billion
Shown in 1920.
Corn Leads the List With 1885,, ooo.-
ooo-Ten Crops Show Gain in
Value, Oranges Leading.

Washington.-The value of farm
crops of 1920 and of the farm ami
NAL products and animals sold and
slaughtered, as finally determined by
the bureau of crop estimates. United
States Department of Agriculture. is
$19, $50. 100000 or $5.1O5, 100000 below
the total of 1919 The. drop is almost
entirely confined to crops, among
which the chief declines In value are !:
Corn, $1,662, 100000; cotton lint and
seed, 81, 3OO0OO.O0O; wheat, SS54.OOO.-
600; hay. tame. and wild. 1925, 0OO.O !;
tobacco. S24s. 100000; and oats. $751;
600 600.
On the other hand, as many as ten
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Improved Roads
MUCH MONEY FOR IMPROVING
Over s4oo. ooo. 900 Expended on Rural
Roads and Bridges During caIen-
dar Year of 1919

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture9
During the calendar year 1919. 46
States of The Union expended over
$400,000.O0O on their rural roads and
bridges. the bureau of public roads of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture recently announced. This to-
tai is made up of the actual cash ex-
penditures for such items as labor.
materials. supervision and admins
tration. amounting TO $685.. .93I. and
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Spain to Reward Mothers.

Madrid.-Most of the Spanish prov
inces are organizing fetes for the in
auguration of Mothers day." a fea-
ture of which will be the awarding of
prizes to conspiciously meritorious
mothers. The government and the To-
cal authorities are providing funds TO
organize and promote the movement,
which aims at the encouragement OF
large families.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
How TO Spell Colt

''What have you learned at school
today, Richard?" asked his father.
Il have learned to spell horse" was
the reply.
Very good. How do you spell it?'
Horse" spelled Richard
And now can you spell coltT' In
CURED his father.
YES" was the prompt reply. you
spell it just the same as you do horse
only you use smaller letters"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
NUT TREES ALONG HIGHWAYS
Michigan Is First State to Offer Re-
ward for Beautifyino It's I'M
proved Roadways.

Michigan is the first state to offer
a reward for planting nut trees beside
highways. In Europe the profit from
roadside nut trees assists in main
tanning roads Roadside nut trees
abroad are protected from vandalism
by public sentiment. and this is true
OF the nut orchards in the principal
centers of production in this eaun-
try.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Knitters, Let's Have Wool in Balls.

Knitters, Let's Have Wool in Balls.
How much time do the women knit
tiers of the fashionable handmade
wool stocking spend winding yarn in
10 balls?
English women are instigating a
campaign designed to compel yarn
manufac turers to wind wool into balls
instead OF skeins. The women figure
the heel or toe of a stocking could be
turned in the time it takes TO hand
wind the yarn which is now univer-
sally sold I'm skeins.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Important to Mothera
ONLY chean Thinn Left.

The H. c. of Living had been dis
-cussed and the family felt as though 1t
behooved them TO watch the corners
The small daughter thought every
night none too often to take in
movie. but mother insisted that con-
slant going added greatly to expense.
At supper Margaret remarked: Moth
ing doing in the movie line tonight.
dad; let's take a walk. that's the only
thing that's cheap"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

Frequent dragging OF a dirt road.
with the King machine. not only main
taiDs the proper curvature necessary
for drainage but develops a hard.
weIl-packed wearing surface and
firm base with the result that the
road constantly improves instead of
deteriorating.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Have You Seen Anything
of a Lost Indian Tribe7

Washington. ID. C.-Has any
body seen anything lately of the
Montauk Indians? AT last ac-
counts they were living on Long
Island, but they seem to have
drifted away and now the gov
eminent is asked 10 pick up the
trail. Chairman Snyder of the
house Indian committee. intro
duced a resolution TO direct the
secretary of the interior to in
vestigate and report.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Sharks Usefulness Ended

shark in Saigon harbor, Indo-
China, falling TO take a baited hook.
was fed a large piece of pork con-
tanning chlorinated fresh lime. The
action of the water on the lime caused
an explosion which threw pieces of
shark meat 800 yards away In the
mangrove thickets.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

one could be when DR.. Pierce's Cold
en- Medical Discovery was recon-
mended to me. took about four bot
ties and some Of the Pleasant Pei
lets with il. After taking these
medicines was in better health and
felt better than / had for several
years."-MRS. C. ". OLIVER, COS
N. 9th st. All druggists sell Medi-
cal Discovery, liquid or tablets
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

was impOver
i 8 b e d a n d
my complex
ion became
sallow. / also
s u f ( e T e d
fromindiges-
ton and con-
stipation. /
was extreme
ly nervous
and as mis-
e r a b lie a .
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Acid Stomach
for 10 Years
NOW 4 Different W0MsE
EarnesfLY PraEses EafOnEo

''AIy wife was a great sufferer from
acid stomach for 10 years" writes III.
d. Crippen. "but is a different woman
since taking Eatonic
Sufferers from acid stOmach-lee
EatOnic help sou also. It quickly takes
up and carries out the excess acIdity
and gases and makes the stomach cool
and comfortable. You digest easily.
get the full strength from your food,
feel we'll and strong. free from blOat-
ing, belching. food repeating. etc. Big
box costs costs only "a trife with your
druggists guarantee.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
rruoks as PubIlc carriers.

Motortrucks moved 1.200.0O0.000
tons of freight in the United States
last year. They were second only to
the railroads as public carriers.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Zines for overIoadino.

Fines ranging from S25 to 800 are
imposed on offenders who drive over
loaded motortrucks on highways in
PENNSYLVANIA
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
oiIcIoth Hint

II you use oilcloth on a kitchen ia
BILE. place under II some soft paper
and the table covering viii wear twice
as well.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Every Policeman in California
University Town Is an Expert
in Some Line.
SEEKS TO PREVENT CRIME
Each Patrolman in Berkeley Has Mo-
tor Car-Entire Force Could Be
Concentrated in One Place in
Five Minutes.

Berkeley, CaI.-POlicing a city IS
where every policeman is more
or less a specialist in some line, where
the prevention of crime is made a
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
woedtot Deserves Car.

A woodlot is just as deserving of
care and good treatment as is the gar
den, the orchard or the pet horse.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Police Work
Made Science

STUDY, where every effort is made to
use the latest and most modern meth
DDS in preventing and combating
crime, and where there is an unusual
ly friendly relation between the police
and the general public. are some of
the distinguishing features of the po-
lice department of Berkeley. Cal. This
city. in which is located the University
OF California. the largest student body
In the world, has perfected a system
OF policing regarded by experts to be
nearly perfect
Proud of Police.
Pride in the work of its police is the
boast of every citizen of this Cali
fOrnia city. In forwarding the eff
cheney of the department every po-
liceman is provided with an automo-
bile, that is a combination police ma
chine, ambulance and fire apparatus.
Each patrolman is qualified as a first
aid man.
Through the use of signal lights and
police horns, this department of 30
men, handling a population of 10000
persons. covering an area of nine
square miles. patrols every street and
section of the city, day and night. No
man patrolling a heat is at any time
more than a minute away from COM
munication with the station. and the
entire force could be concentrated at
the extreme limits of the city within
five minutes
Beggars Are Barred.
Through the method applied by the
police department and the ordinances
passed by the city, beggars have been
barred from the municipality and the
soliciting of aims by the fake cripple
has been virtually eradicated. Gam
bling has been reduced to a minimum.
One feature that has attracted I'M
usual attention to the department is
the mapping of crimes. BY a pin
with colored beads, which indi-
cate the nature of the offense, the
location is marked on the map. This
indicates where the most seri-
Gus crimes are committed. general
map shows all the complaints. An
other shows the bad boys of the com
munity. Still another shows the hours
of the day on which crimes are COM
mitted.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

Nothing is more unsatisfactory than
vanity in another.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18

eaving the farm machinery out In
tina field all winter helps the farmer to
see only the hole in the doughnut.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Rather

That man works by fits and starts.
Fits and stops. l should say"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Much Money for Roads.
Improve by praaaina.

Great Britain is expanding $780,
0OO,O COO a year on highways.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-18
Run-down-BIOOd impoverished

Richmond, Va--"When was a
girl I became all rundown. nv blood
The New York herald., 1921-11-30
RAILROAD CONTRACTS
BY SHIPPING FAVORED
Permit Through Bills of Lad.
ing, Says F. G. Munson.

The Shipping Board should give fits
approval to contracts entered into by
American steamship lines and railroads
serving the same ports, such as those
held by the Munson Line with the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad and the Southern
Railways. Frank C. Munson. president
OF the Munson Steamship Company said
yesterday
No other company operating exclu.
sively American flag ships has an agree
nent OF this sort. but practically all the
foreign lines operating from Atlantic
ports have contractual relations. with
American railroads. The contracts are
TO be the subject OF a conference be-
tween Shipping Board officials and rep
resentat tives of tho railroads. to be held
December / In Washington.
Originally the Shipping Board wa.
IN favor of the abrogat tion Of all these
agreements. but l think we have con-
WINGED them that the interests of An1erl-
can shipping can best be advanced by
encouraging further contracts so far t.
they apply TO vessels OF our merchant
marine" Mr.. Munson said. "a railroad
agreement empowers us to issue through
bills of lading. which arc OF great ad.
vantage in obtaining freight"
Mr. Munson would not discuss the re-
port that he desires to establish n west
coast South American service beyond
saying that there seemed TO be no in-
mediate need for new service. lie
gaid he expected soon to receive three
moro OF the Shipping Boards 535 foot
passenger ships and that the needs oi
other operators would be taken care OF
by redistribution OF the cx-German
liners and of the 523 foot Shipping
Board vessels.