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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Ford to Buy Nitrate Plant

WASHINGTON.-Secretary Weeks
announced that he would ask Congress
for authority to accept proposal by
Henry Ford for acquiring the govern
ment nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals.
Ala, If the offer was found to be Sub
stantial" The proposal, which was
transmitted by Secretary Hoover, was
on his desk. Mr.. Weeks said, adding
that he would begin the study of its
terms at once. Mr.. Ford offers to buy
the nitrate plant, equipment and lands
for S5,OO000O
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Have No Sleeves
Gowns Without Arm Covering
Most Noticeable Fashion.
Style Applies to Majority Of Garments
From Bathing Suit to Outer
Wrap.

Activities at country clubs and sum
mer resorts have brought to light all
of the warm weather fashions. The
dresses of the summer season repeat
very much the ideas of the preceding
season. The materials are different,
that is all.
In the trade fashion world, states
a fashion correspondent, we are be-
ginning to be confronted with styles
for fall. while women have only just
begun to bring out their summer
clothes and while they are still feeling
a trihe chilly without their outer
wraps. 1t is a whirling world that
shoves new idea along before the
old one has been exhausted, but then
there is nothing so awfully new un-
der the sun If one stops to take the
trouble to dissolve 1t into its elements.
Perhaps the most noticeably preva-
lent fashion is that of the sleeveless
gown. From the bathing suit to the
outer wrap things are made without
sleeves. Sometimes short sleeves pro
trude from the widened armholes and
sometimes they do not. This is all
governed by the occasion for which
the costume is worn. But the women
seem to like the sleeveless gowns and,
for this reason they are eminently
good and satisfactory.
They are made of finely woven jer-
seys. of ratines, of flannel, of linen.
In fact of any material that has enough
body to he depended upon to keep its
shape through all adverslties. And
this is something which women have
learned in recent years-that, If they
are to have wearable and satisfactory
summer clothes. they will in some
way manage to have the materials of
the sort that will not crush. It is
all right around home TO wear frocks
that have to visit the pressing table
repeatedly. but If one has n penchant
for fitting about the country or in
dulging In sports of any sort, then the
harder and more resistant materials
must he brought into play.
There are frocks and sweaters and
sleeveless coats made of these heavy
Jerseys and flannels and knitted ma
terials. They are of the simplest of
lines. but their great attractiveness
lies in the fact that they are most bril-
llantly coored.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22

The English town of Aldershot has
school for training steeplejpcks.
In many parts of China spaghetti
is eaten as much as rice.
The new Persian government will
employ II American agricultural ex-
perts TO nid 1t in reconstruction.
Statistics Of womens colleges COW
ering period of 6 years show the
average college girl Of today is an
inch taller than the college girl OF
1860. The figures also prove thru she
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Reoreanize Federal Judiciary.

WASHINGTON.-R Reorganization of
the federal judiciary system was dis
cussed Mt a conference attended by
Attorney General Daugherty, Chief
Justice Taft ana the special committee
of judges and district attorneys headed
by Judge John f. Safer of Columbus,
Ohio. Mr.. Daugherty said that a plan
was being worked out for a scientific
ally organized judicial system which
would be framed as bill for presenta-
ton to the President.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
origin of Name white"

II is generally supposed that the
name White was first applied to peo-
pie of very fair skin, but the fact that
the name is so frequently met
in early English nomenclature has
caused students TO seek another
origin. The theory now put forward
is that the name White springs from
the Anglo-Saxon Invita-, a swordsmith
or armorer. There was man named
'rhorel Invita- who lived in the time of
King Canute, Just thousand years
ago.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
New Gard of Tints Prescribes Various
Shades From Light Buff to
Deep Seal.

The Textile Color Card association,
which tells just what shades to wear
each season. has issued its fall color
card. Once again. as befits the au-
tumn, brown and its tones is the pop
ular color, and it comes in tints from
light buff through gold and rust TO n
deep seal. Purple is also used. while
gray and navy blue are of course in
vogue.
For evening wear shades of red such
AS gayety, "A deep rose. poppy red and
aurora, flame shot coral together
with blues, greens and rose oranges,
are all to be worn. Indeed. the col
ors for fall are carefully chosen. and
while they are of necessity tased on
the seven primary tones, they have
been so combined and blended thar
many new shades will greet us in the
season to come.
IL is but short time and the Au-
gust far sales will be with us. and the
comforting assurance is given that the
prices will be lower than they were
a year ago. just now the fur neck
piece Cor wear with suit or frock is
smart.
Because of the popularity of gray
MS garment shade all of the gray
furs, .,uuirrel. silver fox, caracul eEd
brimmer are featured, the latter fur
being used as trimming on silk and
satin summer coats.
Among the novelties for blouses are
tyilled rairbow silks, copied by Eng
Iish looms from old Roman patterns.
Whose nre severely tailored with broad
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
White Population Increased.

WASHINGTON-The white popula-
ton of Washington state increased 10
per cent. between 1910 and 1920, while
the negro population increased 1876 per
cent, the census bureau announced
Enumerators in 1920 reported 1,319,777
whites. 1887 Japanese, 1,150 Fill
pinos, Hawaiians, Hindus and Koreans.
Foreign-born whites constituted 1874
per cent. of the total population in
1920. as against 21.1 per cent in 1910.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
BRIEF INFORMATION

The powerful drug hasish is made
from common Indian hemp.
Newly hatched silkworms sleep in
the intervals between feelings.
1t has been estimated that only one
person in fifteen has perfect eyes.
To save room an inventor has in
serted n phonograph in the case of ii
player-piano, making two instruments
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22

Between May l and July of this
year more than double the number of
tourists registered at Spruce Tree
Camp in the Mesa Verde National
Park than during the same period OF
last year, according to an announce
ment by Superintendent Jesse Nusbaum.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Printed Chiffon Good

Printed chiffon Is very much fav.
ored now and fashions many "dressy"
summer frocks. They come in a great
many varieties of vivid colorings and
quaint designs. Usually the printed
chiffon is combined with plain chiffon
either in exactly the same shade or
else in quite contrasting tone
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Ask Reduction in livestock Rate.

WASHINGTON.-R on livestock
We're held TO be unreasonable from an
economic standpoint, and recon-
mendation was made to the Interstate
Commerce Commission that che car
riers make substantial reductions for
the benefit of business in general, in
report made Thursday by Examiner
Disque.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
BROWN is TO BE FALL COLOR

shoulder line and short back. They
have gusset breast pockets and are
cut for high or low neck fastening
with seven bullet pearl stud buttons
arranged close together and reaching
only to the bust line.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Reducing Enlisted Army.

WASHINGTON.-Reduction of the
enlisted strength of the army to 150,-
600 will he accomplished without
changing the basic organization, and in
a manner which will provide for a
rapid expansion in time of emergency,
1t was announced at the war depart
ment.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Land of odd Birds.

Queer birds seem to inhabit Talbot
county, Md. S. A. Seth has very
tame black robin on his farm. Judge
#. Low reports white sparrow near
his place. Gen. ]. B. Seth says that
ne has a white blackbird and white
partridge on his farm, while Mrs. f.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22
Fire Loss Heavy.

OKLAHOMA CTTY.-Fire loss re
sulting from the Tulsa race riot, May
81 and June /, was placed at 81, 100000
by the state fire marshal.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22

FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASION
Park Floral Co. 1643 Broadway.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-22

MARCEL WAVING-We lead in this Al
all other lines. Charles Hair & Beauty
Shop. 40 18th St. Denver. Colo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

piled free by the soviet govern
ment, the same as to all visitors t.
the Tolstoi home. The three WON
en- do the cooking.
The correspondent came first in
contact with a member of the col
ony in a rather strange manner.
After a long journey, he had been
enrolled as a pilgrim at the Toll
stoi home, according to the rules
of the institution. He was given
bed in the ground floor room.
characterized by big brick arch.
room occupied by Tolstoi for
some Is years. Just as he was
dropping off to sleep, he was rous-
ed by pleasing chords on the grand
piano located in the room. The
playing was done by q young man
who wore high boots, a belted
jacket, and a sheepskin cap. See
ing the correspondent he stopped
playing and apologiZed, saying he
didn't know the room was occu-
pied. Then he went on to explain
who he was and began to ask in
formation about the possibility of
walking to India, by way of Turke-
stan. He wanted to study phil
osophy there, he said.
The 100-acre farm includes a big
orchard planted by the famous
Russian author and one of the first
acts of the newcomers was to
whitewash all the trees. This op-
Grafton was preceded by an ami
mated discussion as to whether it
should be done. The young men
carefully debated this problem: II,
the trees are not whitewashed, the
orchard will be ruined by insects
but if the whitewash is applied the
insects will die OF starvation and
It is wrong to destroy life. AS the
members of the colony are vegeta- |
-ians and fruit is therefore the
prime article Of food to them, ne
,essity prevailed over ideals and
he whftewashing was done.
A second problem was solved
much after the same reasoning /:
FOR many years the manager OF
he Tolstni estate has been PrineaH
Obofinski, who occupied a buil0-
ing once used by the author as a
peasants school. The newcomers.
declaring that the presence of an
Verseer might restrict their lib I
rty of action, have decreed that i:
Ie prince must go and the OboIin- :
Sd family soon must seek food and |:
'NeNter elsewhere. y
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

varieties of baskets, depending on
the size of the family and the num-
Der of children. will be given.
The baskets will be delivered to
the homes so that they will be
there in time to be prepared for
the Christmas dinner. The welfare
association is distributing the food
and clothing where necessary, and
The Argus Santa Claus will pro-
vide the toys for children of such
families as are unable to give their
children holiday gifts.
An extra crew of helpers are fill
ing the baskets at the welfare
roms today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
ADJUSTMENTS

= Sylvia Dreamer makes her debut
/ in a Goldwyn picture as leading
lady with VIII Rogers in his latest
laugh-evoking photoplay, "Doub-
/ ling for Romeo" Mr.. Rogers, who
says that his latest uicture made
even him laugh, can be seen as a
bashful cowboy lover at the Spen-
Ger Square theatre. The story was
written by Elmer Rice, the author
of ION Trial." directed by Clarence
Badger, and photographed by Mar
eel lie Picard. VIII Rogers took
many liberties with Shakespeare's
text, and the sub-titles of his new
picture are delightful parodies of
the English Will.
One of the best casts ever seen in
a Rogers picture supports the star
in Doubling for Romeo" Besides
Sylvia Dreamer, who is one of the
most beautiful women on the
screen. Raymond Hatton has the
part or dapper smalI-town soda
dispenser, and plays it to the life.
Sydney Ainsworth, who has been
in many Goldwyn pictures, has a
grateful role as the hero's best
friend. The other members of the
cast have all distinguished them
selves in the past. They are John
Cossar, Al Hart, C. E. Thurston,
Roland Rushton and Ccrdelia Gala
han.
A departure in screen comedy
may be seen when the photographs
of famous screen stars are flashed
before the bashful lover as an ex-
ample Of what a hero should be.
Doug and Mary, Tom Mix and Bill
Hart, not to mention Bull Montana,
should be grateful for the free ad-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
new COLONY OF
RUSSIANS ARE
ANTI-S0vIET
Community Strives to Improve Upon
observation-disclosures Destruc-
ton of Property.

Yasnaya Polyana, Russia.-Fff'
teen young men, two young women
and an elderly matron have re-
Gently established on the ToIstoi
estate what they term IAN improv-
ed boIshevik community. Describ-
ed as an attempt to rectify failure
of communism, the members Of the
colony are the declared enemies OF
the destruction of property, human
or animal life and thus are ar
rayed against the soviet govern
ment
The members of the colony make
a religion of manual labor and de-
clare its chief tenet to be embodied
in the phrase Love thy neighbor
as myself. They declare them
selves, like Count Tolstoi, search
ers for the truth in all things.
They arrived here in early Septem-
Der with permit from Moscow tc
occupy a portion of the estate now
classed as a national institution.
A teacher whose brother is direc-
tor of the colony, organized the
The IS members, all
Of whom profess the practical
dealism Of the Doukhobors sect
With mingled belief in Buddhism, !
we're allotted quarters in a once
but now tumble-down
One-story building OF the estate
built in 1880 for the serfs of Prince
VolkonsR, father OF Tolstofs
mother.
Free Food.
The new arrivals have made the
habitabIe and have start
d to prepare for the cultivation I
81 the 400 acres Included in their
grant, Food 50 tar has been sup-N
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Unite COUNTY
AGAINST COOK
POWER CENTER
Many Organizations Mt Meet to In
sure Downstate Strength in.
State Assembly.

Representative of the farm bu
reau, the Rock Island County
Bankers association, the Chambers
of Commerce If Rock Island, Mo
line and East Moline, the county
board Of supervisors, the Woman :
club, manufacturers and other or
Plantations are in session in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms this
afternoon to adopt resolutions
urging Limitation OF Cook county's
representatio in both branches Of
the Illinois assembly.
E. II. Davis, OF Chicago, an agent
Of the County Representation
league. is to outline the leagues pc
sition.
The action o. the meeting will be
communicated to the delegates to
1.-The constitutional convention, in
cluding Oscar CarlstrOm uf Ale1G
and Cyrus Z. Dietz OF Moline, and
Charles = Woodward ~ Ottawa,
president OF the convention, which
assembled on Jan. 8.
At the last session of the con-
yention it is said to have record
ed As votes for the county repre-
sentation plan favored by the
league. Eight additional votes, Il
is stated. were recorded for the
plan with reservations, Mr.. Carl
strom and Mr.. Dietz being, it Is
said, IN this class. Fifty-two votes
are required for majority.
Two propositions will be sub
mitted 10 the coming session O
The convention affecting the com
4 position Of the assembly, the Cook
county, and the down state plans.
Cook County Plan.
Figures were submitted this aft
sernoon TO the effect that under the
Cook county plan, the down state
representation would be reduced
from So to 81, and Cook county's
representation would be increased
I from 81 tn II. In 10 years. ii vas
claimed. this would give cook com
tY Z ma f0Tjty.
The doWH state plan gives Cook
county 6A of l1S representatives, 81
81 this number representing Net
clty Of Chicago, four more than the
present number Of aldermen.
The County Representation
league is promoting a movement to /
Unit Cook county,s representation
Ia the senate TO one third of the en- {
lire body. and to give one repre- S
sentative in the lower house TO | +
EACH county in the state, providing t
Tor the election of other represent
atives for every SO 900 Of popula-i
ton. /;
Z 1t was affirmed at the meeting,
hgures being presented to sub
stantiate the statement, that if the
Cook county plan is adopted by
the convention, or if the state De
re-apporuoned according to the
present constitution, down state
would have 81 and Cook county II !
representatives.
How Rock Island Fares.
IL was affirmed that under the
county representation plan, Rock /
Island county which had two rem Il
resentatives in 1920, would have an 4
equal number in 1890, three in 1910 L
and four in 1850, but under the 4
Cook county plan, the county would /
have two representatives in 1880. +
1910 and 1850.
Mercer county under the Cook i
county plan, it was alleged, would
De without representation, and
Henry county which under the
county representation plan would
be entitled to one representative in
1881, ls4O and 1850, the same as
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

: at present, would, under the CooN
f county plan be deprived of rep
iresentatiOn during the three dec
fade5 referred TO above.
The meeting Of this afternoon
was thrown open to a general dis
cussion of the subject.
In Rock Island county, the farm
Oureau, and tue county board OF
+ supervisors are on record as fay.
oring the county representatio,
plan, involving the limitation q
: COOK cOU1tVlS representation in Lht
assembly
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
DISTRIBUTE 200
Dinner BASKETS
Greatest Number Ever Given in
City at Any Christmas
Period.

Approximately two hundred
Christmas dinner baskets, the most
distributed by any agency at any
time in this city, will be given to
families in Rock Island tomorrow
by the Rock Island Welfare asso-
citation.
This will be 40 more than last
year and 40 more than were dis
tributed last Thanksgiving. Three
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
BURGESS FINISHES
RIVER INSPECTION

! Colonel Harry Burgess, head Of
the Rock Island district of United
! States engineers, who has been
touring the Mississippi river from
Cairo to New Orleans with the Mis-
sfssfppf river commission, will re-
turn tomorrow. The inspection
tour is an annual event.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

Last time tomcrrow-auction sale
-Juhl, the teweler, Safety building
Buy at your own price.-(Adver-
tisement)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

All the news all t-Ie time-The
Argus.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-21
BEHIND NATIONS CREDIT.

The growth of the insurance in
dustry in this country has been re-
markable; the amount of capital in
vested is enormous. But of great
business written.
Insurance has become an essen
tial element in the social and eco
nomic life of the nation. AS bust
ness grows and industry developes in
various directions, new risks are
continually arising which must be
cared by insurance.
The fairness of fire insurance
companies is one of the business
mems biggest assets. Life and cas-
ualty companies occupy the role
Of a good samaritan in time of need
The American marine companies
have not had the encouragement
they should, as conditions favored
foreign companies. but this is be-
ing changed. and our own com
panies are growing.
In the complexities of modern
business undertakings and the vast
amounts of capital required, in
surance is the basis of all credit.
and stands back of every loan of
consequence.
In the past. insurance, like utili-
ties, railroads. and banks. has been
the target of much political activ-
ity. In this critical readjust-
ment period of our nation, good
judgement would suggest that our
state law makers step lightly in
any plans that might be proposed
tending to interfere with the opera
tion of any industry, let alone as
complex a business, which involves
the credit structure of the country.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-21
EBERT CAMP NO. 15N

in the last few weeks complaining
that they can not get credit under
any conditions.
Congress must slove this problem
and as one remedial = measure it
must re-establish foreign trade re-
lations so that our surplus crops,
market. In considering measures
the war finance corporation should
be authorized to resume operations
at once There is no other way to
market the 100000 bales of this
years cotton crop and our other
great surpluses.
Just as it is wrong or the farmer
to attempt to protect himself Trough
supporting class-conscious Social
istic organization like the Nom
Partisan League so is it folly for any
government not to attempt to rem
edy conditions under which farmers
and the ultimate consumer suffer Sc
we're financial injuries thru grain
speculation, and a distributing and
marketing system that fosters prof.
teering Exchange.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-21

not counting the cost OF raising the
sheep. Naturally he is being
forced out of business, yet there is
scarcely any noticeable decline in
the retail prices of ood.
One Kansas farmer took a load
of twenty-five bushels of corn to mis-
local elevator the day before Thanks
giving to get his wife pairof shoes
He also took along the hide of a
beef. He got $3.50 for the corn
and 50 for the hide, but for an or
buy the same suit. bushel OF
shoes he had to pay $40.
This is a homely example of what
is happening throughout the coun-
try.
Two young farmers at Hickory
Point. Tenn, killed a couple of
calves in November. The two hides
weighed 40 and one-half pounds.
They paid s1.5S to ship them to St.
, l ouis, and after the hides had been
scld and all expenses paid, one man
got back eleven two-cents stamps
and the other received 20 cents in
stamps.
Two ounces have been added to
the loaf of bread in my home town
and more than s1.25 a bushel has
been taken from the price of wheat
and sc cents bushel from corn be
tween June / and December l.
A few months ago thirty bushels
of corn would buy a good suit of
clothes. Now. even with the small
cut in clothing prices, it requires
more than 100 bushels of corn to
buy thes anne suit. A bushel of
wheat would buy ten gallons of gas
oline last June. it will buy little
more than five gallons now
Lack of credit is choking agri-
culture to death. Farmers from
almost every state in the west and
middle west have written to me
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-21
Subscriptions Are Now Due.
Thrift Mercantile Company Stockholders Vote
Increased capitalization.

At the annual stockholders
meeting of The Thrift Mercantile
Company, held in Denver January
11th, en- amendment was passed in
crcasing the capitalization to ST.
100000, in anticipation of the
expansion Of the company.
Mr. Torbert, president of the
company, gave Q. report, showing
that the company is now operating
twelve stores, one Of which is loca-
ted in Ebert, and stated that the
ecmpany-s plans are to increase the
chain to one hundred or more stores
within the next three years.
The stockholders from all districts
were unanimous in declaring that
the Thrift store in their town had
saved them great amounts in the