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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23

fish the post offices which the United
States and some other countries have
In China. The stamps of our office
at Shanghai will probably rise in value
in the collectors estimation through
this move, since no more will be print
ed when the post Is closed.
The Chinese Stamps
These Shanghai stamps are ordinary
United States stamps except that over
each one is Shanghai, China" and the
price in local currency which in each
case is double the face value. Thus
the two cent stamp is overprinted four
cents. Anyone wishing to buy stamps
with American currency at the Shang
hal. China, post office is given the or
binary American stamp.
That the post office department will
send for any of these Shanghai stamps
for its postage stamp agency to sell is
extremely doubtful There is a regula
ton that they may not be sold by the
department except for the local money
current in Shanghai, known as 'Mexi
can"
The post office department has beer
directing collectors who desire to blu!
these stamps to send a domestic mon
ey order to the United States posta
agent, Shanghai. He converts the or
der TO the local currency, and make:
the purchase. To sell these stamp!
in the United States would need (;
special order of some sort, and none i!
contemplated at present
Considering all things it is not estab
lished to do, people who have never col
lected stamps might not see how III,
government stamp agency is doing III.
collectors special service by sellins
them ordinary current stamps anC
very few recent issues.
The important part is that not al
two-cent stamps look alike TO the ex
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23

Where is the boy who
won't like new shoes
from Santa? Whether
he wants or needs
dress shoes, school
shoes or high tops we
can fit him and guar
antee pleasing quality.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
Uncle Sam and the Stamp Collector
BY FREDERICK J. HAsHIN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. %
Stamp enthusiasts all over the coun-
try are responding with promptness
to the Postmaster General Hays an
Houncement that the post office de-
partment has established stamp
agency and has certain stamps for
sale.
Nearly hundred letters a day are
being received from collectors who
wish to buy stamps, but surprising
number indicate that the governments
new venture is not altogether under
stood
Some think that the government is
selling obsolete and rare stamps. They
ask casually for such valuable old is
sues as those of the eighteen-sixties.
AS q matter of fact, the government
agency is selling at present only the
folowing: three cent Victory stamps
all denominations of the Pilgrim Ter
centenary issues, airplane stamps, a
small quantity of special delivery
stamps with a pink back, and the or
binary current isues.
The only place from which the gov
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
ONLY TWO RAILROADS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
IN The UNITED STATES
-lRy Assoeiated pressl

WICHITA, Kas., Dec. 23-The only
railroads now being built in the United
states are two in number and both are
IN southwestern Kansas. according TO
the man who is bnilding them. c. p.
Byers. They are the Kansas & Okla.
homa, 225 mile line from Forgan.
OKLA, Just across the Kansas line. to
Liberal. kas., and thence west to Baca
and Las Animas, Colo, with Trinidad
as the ultimate objective; and the
Wichita Northwest. extending IA
miles across three counties. from
Pratt to Kinsley and Larned, which is
completing a 10 mile stretch from
north of Larned to Lacrosse, where it
will have connection with the Missouri
Pacific railroad Trains have been OBJ
Grating on this road for several years,
although the project Is far from CON-
pleted
las far as | have been able to find
out, or as shown by the records of
the Interstate Commerce commission
IN Washington, these are the only
lines under construction now in the
United States" said Mr.. Byers, who
is president, general manager and con-
struction superintendent of both COM
panies.
To Work All Winter.
Construction of the Kansas G. Okla
homa out of Liberal, will continue all
winter, weather permitting, Mr.. Byers
said This month an entire train load
of steel rail arrived and more than
$4,000 ties are piled at intervals along
the right-of-way.
Mr.. Byers is type of railroad man
of the "old school" His experience
dates back more than 40 years when
he worked as 4 laborer on the old
Kansas and Pacific-now the Union
Dallas, Texas, in the middle of SOS. He
was a superintendent of construction
on the Rock Island across Kansas to
Dallas, Texas, in the middle og 80. He
built the Hutchinson G. Southern rail-
way, from Hutchinson, Kas., to Black
well, Okla, now part of the Sante
Fe system.
The counties through which the BY
ers lines run are heavy producers of
wheat, in production of which crop
Kansas leads the world, according to
a report issued by the state board OF
agriculture. The Byers lines are fl
nanced mostly by the people they
serve, rather than by rail bonds mar
keted in money centers. Towns and
townships through which they pass
vote their proportionate amounts.
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been requested to report any discon-
tinued issues of postage stamps which
remain in stock But up to the present
time only those kinds which we have
mentioned as now being sold have
been reported.
Another point of misunderstanding
is that the post office department is
setting up a commercial stamp agency
One man wrote to know if he could
represent the department in Phila-
delphia to buy and sell stamps for It
there.
Post Office Does Not Buy Stamps
The fact is the department is not
buying stamps at all. and it is selling
them only at their face value, It is
written into the postal regulations that
no employe in the postal service may
buy or sell stamps at more than their
original sale price.
Other people have thought that the
government philatelic agency would be
dlsposing Of freak issues, such as the
airlane sheet that was printed with the
design upside down, or the famous is
sue of two cent stamps with several
fives on the sheet
These are great rarities, and bring
prices which only stamps collector
can understand. The 24-cent airplanes
have border of red and the airplane
! in the center of blue. BY a mistake
which will probably always remain a
| mystery, on one SINCE sheet of stamps
| the airplane design was put in upside
down
The Bureau of engraving was itself
turned upside down in vain attempts
to find out how this catastrophe oc-
CURED. Philatelists, however, rejoic-
ed. One congressman who has three
of these stamps recently refused ST..
500 apiece for them
The plate of twos on which the fives
occur was also due to mysterious mis-.
take, Perhaps an engraver absent.
mindedly took up a die marked five
cents thinking it was the master die
for the two-cent sheet. No one knows
And no one knows just how many of
the sheets were printed. But we are
told that one of them might bring $3.50.
1t is because such accidents are rare
almost unhearQ of-that the mis-
printed stamps are so highly valued by
collectors. The post office depart
ment says emphatically that it has
none of these rarities for sale.
One collector suggested that the de-
partment might render a service if il
would get some of the Shanghai over
printed stamps. The conference on
limitation of ornaments plans to ahol-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23

eminent stamp agency can get its
stock to sell collectors is from the post
offices of the country. In the past,
anyone who wrote to the post office
department to buy stamps for a col
lection was referred to his post office
and told that if his local post master
did not have the particular kind de-
sired, perhaps some other post master
would. Following this suggestion Of
ten meant wild goose chase for the
collector Perhaps some little country
post office might still have a few of
the desired stamps. But the chances
of striking these caches were about
even with those of digging up a buried
treasure.
Now, the post office department is
getting stamps, such as the Pilgrim
Tercentenary issues, from the post
offices, and will sell them direct to
stamp collectors. Postmasters have
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
$500 COUNTY SCHOOL
PUPILS TAKE EXAMS

Thirty-six hundred school pupils,
Wayne county, 400 high school and
$500 grade school, were taking eX-
aminations for the first four months
of school work this year, Friday. The
examination, which takes one and one
half days, started Thursday morning
and continues until Friday noon.
Papers will be graded at each OF the
schools, and the grades sent in to the
office of County Superintendent c. o..
Williams. The grade made by the pu-
pills in this examination is averaged
with the grade made by the pupil in
daily tests to determine the final aver
age.
Every town in the county. except
Cambridge City which has nine
months school. was holding an eX-
animation Friday. Towns where the
examinations were being held Were:
Fountain City, Centerville, Milton,
Boston. Green's Fork, Economy, Web
ster. williamsburg and Whitewater.
The next examination of this kind
will be held April 20, the last day Of
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23

pert. The stamp with perforations
ruuing into the pink design may be all
right to put on letter, but it isn't
Collectors ideal of stamp beauty.
He wants stamp that has a neat
margin of white around it when It is
torn off the sheet. He particularly
likes to see the perforations form a
maltese cross where they intersect be-
tween four stamps. Stamps with this
even margin he calls well-centered
Collectors who go up to the post of.
nee and ask for stamps are often Civ
en- badly-centered specimens. Gener-
ally the clerk has no time to hunt for
perfect copies. This is one of the
things that the stamp agency is going
to do. In selling to collectors the or
binary current issues, it aims to sell
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
Tweedie Boot Tops

We have just received a
belated shipment and can
again show you the style
YOU wanted, including the
black satins that have
been in such big demand'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
Hosiery to Match

We offer an unexcelled
quality of Silk Hose in
shades to match shoes
purchased here. A pair of
hose to match will make
shoes doubly appreciated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
Ladies' Shoes

B. & K. offer splendid quality
and every correct style in all
the wanted shades of brown;
also in black. Shoes for
mother, wife, daughter or
sister, in just the style they
like best.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS
At WEBSTER, chester

Webster and Chester churches will
hold special programs on Christmas
day. At Webster, the regular Sunday
school hour will lie $3.50 O'Clock with
a special Christmas pageant at 7:00
O'Clock in the evening entitled. Car
rying the Christ to Every Child" Spe-
ciaI musical numbers will also feature
the program.
Chester will hold regular Sunday
school session at 9:45 o'clock and will
give the pageant. Carrying the Christ
10 Every Child" at that time. Rev.
Victor f. Stoner will take charge OF
the programs.
Brass is an alloy containing cop
Der and zine: bronze is an alloy con
Thinning conner zirp and tin
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
Girls Shoes

Pretty styles in dur
able shoes for the
little la d V in the
home. Won't she be
proud of a new pair of
these fine shoes! An
extensive stock from
which to choose. All
the new styles for the
girls.
Deming graphic., 1921-07-12

anee and allotments which the govern
ment should have paid In the first
place,
The shipyard workers and the clerks
at Washington received considerably
more than the veterans ask and the
war workers received bonus at the
end OF their service In addition.
The compensation measure IL de-
signed to equalize financial losses OF
those who served In the war by giving
them the choice of one Of the following
plans OF compensation: ID Adjusted
Service Pay.-Payment OF 81 for each
day OF home service and S1.25 for each
dnv overseas maximum payment for
home service only, $500, for overseas
service. $625. Payment In ten quar-
erly instalments (2) Adjusted Ser
vice tificates.-Payment In interest
bearing certificates. payable after 20
wears. equal to adjusted service pay IN
creased by 10 per cent. privilege OF
obtaining olans on percentage vaiue
of the certificates. vi lAnd Settle-
ment.-Es Establishment Of land settle
ment projects i'm which the veterans
conld obtain farms and townsitcs on
initial paymentS equal to their ADJUST
ed service pay, remainder OF payments
IN be made within forty years. (4)
Vocational Training Aid.-The FEEDER
nj Board for Vocational Education ~
nav the veterans S1.T5 for each day
spent In approved course OF trimming,
total pvament limited TO 40 per cent
az adjusted service pay. to) Farm or
Home Aid.-To pay to the veteran an
amount equal to l40 per cent OF al.
iustcd service pay for the purchase ol
improvements of home or farn.
Deming graphic., 1921-07-12

a stiff fight being made by the ad-
ministration leaders to defeat the
measure. While the committee reports
have been very favorable, big huis-
ness is up in arms to defeat the biil.
..Rig business." of course, consists OF
that large class OF fellows who were
too big TO 20 To war but who were
not too bic to make vast fortunes while
the soldiers risKed their lives at S5o
n month. big business" as repres.
ented by the United States Chamber oil
Commerce is trying to scare the TAX
nayers with a specious argument that
is being fully exposed In the mousse
The house committee report ON the
hill makes II plain that the measure
docs not concern bonus AT all pu'
IL I'm the nature Of compensation ior
heroic services performed-an attempt
10 somewhat equalize the difference he
tween war wages for labor 'at nome
and wages for military service.
An the veterans have asked has be'i'
an onportunity to win back their pla-
ces I'm the industries Of the country '-
IN regain the status of usful citizens
instead of being jobless buns as many
are today and without any good rens-
ON. The talk Of putting price on
natriotism. which is fayorite one
among the patriots that stayed al
homo and made money out Of then
comtry's necessity. is not fooling any,
ono Al most the Soldiers who served
overseas would receive only va
day as the price" Of their PATRIOTISM
and this amount includes the dollar
day which they have already received
nnd which went largely to war ihsur
Deming graphic., 1921-07-12
LONUS FIGHT ON IN CONGRESS

A determined fight Is being made by
the friends Of adjusted compensation
for the relief Of veterans Of the world
war In congress 10 overcome the hos
tility Of the president and the secre-
tnry OF the treasury. 1t is admitted
that the issue Is very doubtful. The
president is expected to deliver n mes
sage to congress to influence the house
10 table the measure. The bill has
already been passed by the senate and
has received warm endorsement at
the hands Of the house finance com
mittee.
Deming graphic., 1921-07-12

Forrest Fielder was visitor III
I0rdshurg last week.
]. =. Vaught motored to Lordsburg
last week on legal business.
Tai Hunter and family and Miss
Rel Stubbs spent the Fourth In Aimo-
gnrdO
Deming graphic., 1921-07-12
ADJUSTED COMPENSATION

The adjusted compensation bill has
been passed in the senate and 1t Is now
Deming graphic., 1921-07-12

Prince Albert 10
sold In foppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and half pound fin
humidors and tnths
pound crystal class
n u m idor wifh
sponge mofstensr
top.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
HENS WITHOUT WHEAT
GIVE GOOD RESULTS
More Eggs Obtained From Pen
Of Rhode Island Reds.
Mash Containing Only IS Per Cent
Meat Scrap Gave Very satisfac-
tory ResuIts-Experiment-
ing With Green'Feeds.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Poultry-feeding experiments con-
Quoted by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, last fiscal year,
show that practically as good results
can be obtained without wheat as with
1t in ration. The Rhode Island Reds,
in the wheatless. pen, averaged l40
eggs, while those In the pen receiving
wheat averaged 134 eggs. Good results
were obtained with the use Of garbage
until the warm weather began, when
there was considerable mortality, due
apparently to the garbage spelling.
This work is being repeated this year
with much more satisfactory results,
the garbage being fed in trough on
Q large wooden feeding board, which
prevents 1t from getting on the ground
and decaying.
In the use of vegetable pr0teins the
relative order Of production is the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
HAS AN EDUCATIONAL VALUE
Good Newspaper Is Very Much More
Than Mere Purveyor Of the
Worlds News.

The newspapers are made up by
men trained In bringing together all
the most important of the worlds hap
penings and condensing them so that
you can grasp them with little diff
Guilty.
If yours Is good newspaper. 1t Is
interesting, for nothing is really news
that isn't interesting. Read II care
fully. 1t Is your history of the most
interesting of all the periods Of the
worlds history-the times In which
you are living.
You can get an excellent education
by reading the newspapers attentively
and following up the suggestions that
come to you while reading them.
II you do not read them, and read
them carefully, you will always be
rusty and behind the times, though
you have taken all the degrees the
greatest university can cOnfer.-John
Blake, in Chicago Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
WORDS MADE NO DIFFERENCE
Hearers Might Have Found II Hard
to Understand, but Old Friends
Were Satisfied.

Two lieflOng residents of an Indiana
city meet daily at the noon hour, one
going to lunch, and the other return
ing TO work. Their habits have be-
come so regular that they usually meet
at the same place on consecutive days
AS neither hears well, their brief
forms of greeting have become stereo-
typed, but the other day something
slipped and this is what was over
heard:
"Mornin', Mr.. Jones-nice weather
we're having" said the one, oblivious
Of the fact that 1t was pouring rain.
mo, Mrs. Smith amt doln' so well
lately. Reckon the weather amt the
best in the world nowadays" vas the
reply.
Coin to attend the revival meet
ings this week, Mr.. Jones?" said the
first
"Yes, you come and see us one Of
these days." was the parting answer.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
RAT IS SERIOUS
ENEMY OF WORLD
No Other Animal or Insect Is So
Dangerous and Persistent
in Doing Harm.
IEFlICTS IMMENSE DAMAGE
Value Of Food and Property Destroyed
Annually by Each Individual
Rat Is Estimated at $2-is
Efficient Germ Carrier.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
The necessity of campaign of un-
varying efficiency against the common
Drown rat, Is an outstanding one. No
other animal or insect Is so dangerous
and persistent an enemy, and no other
enemy succeeds in inflicting the dam
age that the rat annually imposes up
on humanity. The rat population of
the United States is at least equal to
the human population, and the same
raHo holds true for practically every
country under the sun. The bureau
of biological survey. United States
Department Of Agriculture, places the
value Of the food and property de-
stroyed annually by each individual
rat at 81. Keeping well within the
boundaries Of conservatism this means
that each year, IN this country alone
we produce 5000, 100000 worth Of food
to no other purpose than to feed our
rats. In another way, 100000 men in
the United States are devoting all
their labor to the maintenance Of 100,-
100000 rats.
Is Efficient Germ Carrier.
But the rodents enmity is far from
being satisfied by this huge economic
injury. A frequenter of all the places
that are vile and loathsome, the rat
is a most efficient germ carrier. The
germs of the dreaded "black death"
have killed more human beings than
oil the wars of the worlds history,
and these germs are introduced into
the human system by the bite of a
rat flea. In India, no longer ago than
1896, the bubonic plague killed 9,000,-
600 persons. In Europe, during the
Fourteenth century, 1t is believed to
have brought death to 25,000,000 hui
man beings. Other diseases, almost
as dreadful, are traced to the common
rat. Thus, from the standpoint Of
public health, as well as from the ne
cessity of controlling the drain upon
the public purse, it Is essential that
the rat be exterminated. Once the ex-
termination is complete, or as nearly
so as modern methods will permit, ev-
cry precaution must be taken to pre-
vent the rat from multiplying and re-
gaining lost ground.
Exterminating Plans.
Trapping should be done continuously
and Systematically at all rat-infested
places. Rat poisons, especially>barium
carbonate preparations MS recently de-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29

veloped by the biological survey,
should be employed. In furthering the
destruction Of the rat, community or
civic organization Is Of the greatest,
Importance. 1t does no good to drive
the rats from one cellar into the next
II they are allowed to breed un-
molested In their new quarters. When
the campaign is made general the pest
Is allowed no rest and no opportunity
to intrench in new position. II one
pair of rats is left they reproduce the
original number in a little while, as
rats breed Ave or six times year
with an average of ten to the litter.
In connection with the extermina-
tion campaigns, preventive measures
should be employed against the rodent.
First among these is the protection OF
all food supplies. This Is of prime
Importance The removal and destruc-
ton Of refuse Is the next step IN pre-
vention, as abandoned dumps and-pdles
OF waste material furnish excellent
shelter and food for the rats that have
been driven from the houses and cell
lars.
N Building Should Be Rat Proof.
All buildings should be rat-proofed
by the liberal use Of cement and tin.
Rat-proofing should be a prominent
specification in all new construction
and if should be applied to older build
s--- A.. Az, <<>xx,. ~ xoootro All drain
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29

same as 1t was last year. No success
has followed an attempt to substitute
completely vegetable protein for ami
NAL protein. The ration used last
year, mash containing only 10 per
cent meat scrap as compared with 20
to 20 per cent in the ordinary mashes,
gave very satisfactory results with the
heavier breeds, especially the Ply
mouth Rocks, in keeping the birds in
good physical condition and fertility,
though the egg yield was not quite
so good as when the higher per cent
Of meat scrap was used.
New experiments were begun during
the year with green feeds. comparing
alfalfa meal with sprouted oats and
comparing these rations with one in
which vegetables were supplied. While
none Of these green feeds have shown
marked increased production over any
other, the results have emphasized the
importance and value of that form Of
food when given in a>yariety.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
IMPORTANT GRAIN soRGHUMs
Dwarf and Early Varieties Are Beet
for Higher and Drier Districts-
Essential Hints.

The more important grain sorghums
are included in two groups Of varie-
ties, the kafir group and the milo
durra group. Dwarf and early vari-
eties In both groups are best for the
higher and drier districts. The use
of good seed Of adapted varieties, q
well-prepared seedbed. clean cultIva-
tion. and the right method of ham
ding after harvest will increase the
yield and quality Of the grain.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29

Population Of Tarsus 5000.
The population Of Tarsus, celebrated
an the birthplace of st. Paul, has
dropped within the last five years
from 10000 to 5000.