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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

its various grades Of hydrocarbon oils.
sit is entirely possible that foreign
oil fields, not extensively exploited as
yet, will supply the deficit caused by
declining production and increasing
consumption in the United States for
a time.
when foreign oils cannot be OBJ
tanned In sufficient quantities and at
reasonable prices we can turn to our
oil shales for our supply"
More than $50 companies have
been organized for the purpose Of de-
veloping or selling stock in shaie oil
enterprises. Some apparently are es-
sentially stock-selling organizations.
Others have been organizing on nrm
basis.
Large amounts will have to be in
vested before the oil shale industry
becomes of commercial Importance.
Estimates by engineers Of the cost
Of complete retorting plant. handling
1000 tons of shale day. are between
$1,O00.OOO and S5.00OOO0.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
|" Misunderstanding Cereal Bev'
4 MOVEMENT asking congress to

4 MOVEMENT asking congress to
~ shift burdensome taxes from the
people to nonaicoholic beer has
been started throughout the country.
Congress Is urged to have the revenue
blu provide for the manufacture and
sele Of beer containing 2.75 per cent
tlcohoL and In that way raise from
3. 900. OQO. OOO to 81 .25o. 600, 900 in taxes.
and the proposition Is being seriously
considered. - Y 49,
A serious effort has been made to
get Prohibitionlsts to agree to q tax
OF $40 per barrel on Misunderstanding
cereal beverages containing not more
than TX per cent Of alcohol by
weight as fetaS
The suggested legislation. Il Is ar
gued, would not violate the, spirit Of
the eighteenth amendment. but In ef-
feet amend the volstead act by kill
ing the provision prohibiting the man.
ufacturc Of beer with an alcoholic
content In excess OF one-half of one
per cent. A BILL or an amendment to
that effect win be introducya 7 In the
lhouse to be considered when the regu-
lar revenue bill Is taken up.
Prof. edwin X. Selignian, professor
q political eesnomy At Colombia uni.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
WASHINGTON
SDELIGHTS


'erhe parcel post system is COM
mercial venture pure and simple" Mr..
Hays said. There is every reason.
therefore, why 1t should be made at
least self-supDortlng. This does not
hold true of some other services of the
post office, which necessarily must be
accomplished at a loss"
Mr.. Hays explained why deficit is
expected this year and gave an item
lied statement showing where and
how the department plans to reduce
operating costs by nearly $15,OO0,0OO.
"For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1927 he said, ''the deficit was S17,-
100000. For the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1921, the deficit will be found
to be approximately SS4.000,OO0 when
the reports are all available.
''0f this. about S75O0O.0O0 was due
to Increase In compensation ordered
by congress to employees and $1l.OOO,-
600 was additional pay to railroads
under interstate commerce decisions
'Since April there has been seri-
Gus falling off of post office business
and in consequence receipts, but econ
oInies have been instituted which pre-
vent any deficit other than that for in
creased wages and railroad rates."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

largement OF the channel through
Pueblo and for a concrete channel.
Bank protection Is one Of four plans
suggested for Fountain creek.
The engineers make 1t plain that
their present recommendations are
based on fragmentary data available
at this time and that complete study
Of the problems involved Will require
much more time and more accurate
photographic and topographic data
than is now at hand and also much
detailed engineering work. ara.
They found a dearth of accurate top.
ographic and other essential data
on which to base even preliminary
study.
All the alternative plans which In
dude food detention storage with pos
sible use of the Steel Hollow reservoir
site. would benefit property interests
in the Arkansas valley below Pueblo.
while the alternative plan embracing
only channel enlargement or bank
protection through Pueblo would not
protect property interests In the val
ley below Pueblo.
/ f'Due to the limited storage posi-
bilities and as very little, II any.
water is available Tor storage In the
Arkansas river above Pueblo, there
does not appear to be any project of
developing irrigation storage with
economy In conjunction with flood de-
tention storage" reads the report
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

wv ASHINGTON.-Parce post rates
w must be. increased, If an inves-
II tigation SHOWS that this service
is responsible for an expected deficit
Of $70,00O,00O in the postal revenue
this year, Postmaster General Hays
slys. Accountapts AVID post Office en-
cheers are now checking through the
entire country to learn If the parcel
post is, as suspected, one of the two
big losing ventures of the department.
Until 1920 postal revenues exceeded
expenditures for several years, but
now deficits are showing. due to busi-
ness depression, increased wages and
increased compensation to railroads
for carrying mail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
Beverages ;

yersity, testifying before the finance
committee Of the senate. made an Inn
preston when he said:
1"We must remember that had We
not adopted prohibition we should
b. getting at least $1,000, 900. 900 we
will not get under the existing law"
Asked II he favored the repeal Of
the prohibition !&ws Prpfessor selig-
man replied:
mo. sir; although should bs glad
% see It so interpreted q 70 permit
the sale and the heavy taxation Of
heer and light wines. That would help
% out immensely"
Practical experts have estimated
that between 9O.O0O.OO0 and l20. O00.OO
barrels Of beer would be consumed 4
Il contained ~ ~ sent - alcehel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
Oil shale When Our Crude Oil Is Gone
~ n-BEARING shale In the United I
States Is capable of supplying
all of the countrv,s DENIAL ds for

~ nBEARING shale in the United
~ States Is capable of supplying
all of the country's demands for
petroleum when the supply of crude
OH Is exhausted. This announcement
is contained In report Of the bureau
Of mines. n
- Oil shale up to the present time has
not been mined on q commercial scale
IN this country. Since the middle of
the last century oil shale mining has
been an important origin of oil In Scot
land and France. 58st
/, Rich and easily accessible deposits
of the oil-bearing shale are said to
exist In Colorado, Utah, Montana, Ne
,,vada and California. where some shale
oil already has been produced and
used successfully. Several small re-
ldpcing plants have been In operation
for some time, and others are under
construction near Debeque. Colo. |;
Watson. Utah; Elko, New, and Dillon,
Mont.
!. Tests indicate that the yield Of oil
sshale Is all the way from practically
nothing up to ninety gallons or more
a ton. Much shale is too thin to be
mined commercially. but there are ex-
tensive deposits running from several
feet to 35 feet In thickness.
'.It Is estimated by the geological
survey" says the report. ''that the
curve of crude oil production will
reach its peak within few years, and
then the country will have to look
more and more to other sources for
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
BETTER
ROADS
DEVICE TO MAINTAIN ROADS
King split-Lop Drag Was the inven+
tiop Of Missouri MaH-lts
Construction Explained.

The King split-log drag is q good
drag made of s-split log. and originat-
ed by Mr.. ID. Ward King OF Maitland,
Mo- Mr.. King explains the construc-
ton as follows: flake the two halves
of split log. ten or twelve inches
thick and seven to nine feet long. Set
the halves fiat sides to the front,
fasten so inches apart with strong
stakes, the ends Of which are wedged
in two-inch anger holes bored
through the slabs. Put q solid plat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
HARD ROADS SAVE GASOLINE
Thsy Also Result In Much lsss
Wear and Tear on Tires, Springs
and General ComSorE a

In tests recently made at Cleveland.
O., q five-ton truck carrying q full load
averaged l1.78 miles per gallon Of
gasoline over q concrete road and but
SIS miles per gallon over an earth
road In average condition.
The truck was tested over seven
different kinds Of highway. On the
earth road the mileage per gallon Of
gasoline was as above noted. 6,78. On
fair gravel. 7,19 miles per gallon: on
good gravel. $50 miles; on fair ma
cadam, 948 miles; ON fair brick. 9.88
miles; on good brick. liza miles, and
on concrete. Ills miles per gallon OF
gasoline. M $40, .s..s.,
According to the above figures for .
man who drives his auto 1900 miles
during the year and assuming that ~
600 miles Of the totzi will be oyer me-
dunn to poor roads, the balance over
fair to good roads. the cost Of gasoline
would be $40 to $50 In excess Of what
Il would be II all Of the road was
made Of concrete. 81,
Besides the extra expense for fuel
there would be big saving on tires.
springs. general wear and tear and
comfort.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
HAULING on COUNTRY ROADS
Nearly Average From 1915 70 tete
Amounted TO ss.5ooooo Tons--sgf
+ illinois IN Lead. s@,.ss t..

Eleven principal crops afforded 66.-
10000 tons for hauling on country
roads In the yearly average Of 1915 TO-
1919, or n tons per 100 acres bar
vested Among the results Of cempu-
tatiens made By the burcau Of crop
estimates. United States Department
OF Agriculture, Illinois 10 far In the
lead At states IN providing crop haul
age. and IT. frsctioa Of The United
States total - s1e-tenth, - So.O0o
tons. Iowa has 6.b00OO tona. an6
Kansas somewhat mere than one-haf'
u the Illinois tonnage hauled. with
l,062, 900 tons. Following In order are
Nebraska. Indiana. Ohio and Texas
With 100000 tons In the last-nafnsd
state. The difference between high
and Low costa Of hauling due = pesos
a good condition 81, roads reaches .
large dgure In the hauling OF this
great tonnage - : large factiSc
thersof. g l'T3i
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02
Condensation by
Mips Elizabeth M. Lee.

The very large
number of novels
credited 20 the
name of Mrs, bur
nett includes Inn
pertant studies of
life In both coun-
trs les she has
known. " II b n {
Lass o. Lowrie's1
l1Szz and sHns
vvorth's- t1s7
are remarkable
storfes Of the
&c q x | ish mining
districts and of
Lancashire manu-
4 d CT u r ing ME.
Through One Adj
m 4 n istxa Ion-
(1SsS) ns Its name
implies takes her
60 w n . h inEtan.
n~rh~-~ fh> 1000
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

prepared by the National Geographic
Society. Washington. d. CO.
A sled drawn over the deep snow by
terrified horses, 4 driver wildly beat
Ing them, and pack of ferocious
wolves breaking In pursuit from
dark pine forest-this is a picture that
has given many person q faulty idea
f the Siberia Of today. ol.s
An American woman who had
hughed at an Englishman when he
complained that during his ten days
fn New York city he had not seen Q
single Indian asked upon her arrival
IN vladivostok II there was any dan
ger from wolves In the city. As a
matter of fact. one may spend con-
siderable time In Siberia and cover
large areas without seeing q wolf, or
q pine tree. and what little snow he
will see will probably not be more than
a few inches deep. though there are
sections where It Is quite deep. And
one may meet thousands Of people
without seeing either exile or criminal.
One is not likely to be disillusioned
about the climate. The American sol
der said, siberia has two seasons
July and winter" This Is nearly
true. for there Is practically no spring
the foliage does not appear until June.
July Is as warm as the winter Is cold.
Tho brief fall Is beautiful indeed. and
there 10 something very thrilling about
the intense cold Of the winter. when
the temperature goes to go and 20 de-
grees below zero In some sections.
Everybody dresses and prepares for
the cold, and on the whole II Ii pos
sible to be more comfortable In the
steady winter of Siberia than In the
changeable American winter.
Beautiful Wild Flowers
Siberias wild fowers-a feature
which does not 1T into the picture Of
frozen waste-are worthy volume
In themselves. There Is wild rose
Ghat blooms hugely on big, sturdy
bushes. Then there is the mauve and
gold of the MARY and john" that Is
loved most by the Siberians. This
lovely flower is named after the vir-
gin Mary and the loved disciple
( Siberia vs., Ab6ve all, an oriental
country. Out there the traveller sees
every phantasmagoria associated with
the East. Oriental sunsets. equal to
any and interior to- none, thrill the
senses with splendors. Of color rang
ing, from volcanoes Of rubies to the
myriad mysteries Of the kaleidoscope.
Then one sees al the peoples Of the
Orient Chinese, japanese. Tartars,
Manchus, Koreans-men and women Of
every color and condition.
For the most part the Russians have
Russianlzed the country. Even %.
one could easily believe the Tower of
Babel Incident to have occurred In ST.
IBERIA, for one hears 20 many Lam
guages and sees 20 many different ma
tional customs. Chinese ''sampans'
and Japanese '.dambes" ride the road
stead OF vladivostok along with Rus
sian craft and American motorboats
and on the highways and caravan
routes camels and oxen are passed b.
modern automobiles. mostly Of Amsri
can make.
Native LIE Fascinating.
| One gets wonderfully attached q
Siberian life. There h something
charming and fascinating about Il
The natives, in spite Of the scourgc'
Of typhus and cholera. In spite Of tn
hunger and cold which they have ex
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

wealth-zoid and silver and precious
stones.
There is SO much In Siberia that re-
minds an American OF our wild
West" Of earlier days, whether Il Be
iawlessness, freedom. opportunity. q
place to live life over again. great dis
tances, vastness and gioriousness Of
scenery, or barrenless such as Is seen
on the Cobb desert, where the camels
Craze.
And there are many features that
may be described In typical American
superlatives. vladivostok has the fin
est harbor In the world; the rail-
road connecting vladivostok with Pc
trogr&d Is the longest In the world
thus the Siberians rave. and not alto
gether madly. But they cannot rave
about their roads. The Russian word.
''doroga." meaning road" literally
means bad road.- and Il would b
redundancy to speak Of a bad do
roga." 1t merely means 4 place where
you may get through.
Cities Handsome but Dirty.
The cities Of the Russian "wild
East" are not very populous, but each
one boasts of sufficient beautiful
churches, government and private edi-
fees to give 1t noble aspect First u
vladivostok. combination of Gotham
and Chicago. At the other end Of the
country Is Omsk, the capital. In be-
tween and top and bottom are Tomsk,
Ekaterinburg, Cheliabinsk, Chita,
Xabarosk. Irkutsk, Hardin and Nix
DISK. One Of the most Objectionable
, features about these beautiful cities
Is their filth and the attendant 'Odors.
Tomsk has an unusually beautiful
cathedral and great university that
has produced more than one famous
name, Metchnikoff. the great bacteri-
ologist. being one Of them
vladivostok. the largest and most In
teresting city Of eastern Siberia, owes
much to Russia's loss of Port Arthur.
for that misfortune increased the
ltsar's interest In the more northeriy
seaport until he had made 1t worthy
of its name, Ruler Of the East" The
one disadvantage Of vladivostok 10
| that its harbor Is frozen during sew
eral months Of the year. In spite of
this drawback, vladivosrok probably
possesses the second finest harb0r In
1.-THE world, and It Is claimed that from
Ia military standpoint the city was SEC
ond oply to the Dardanelies.
I The city spreads out ut the foot Of
many hills and rises into beautiful
land sudden spectacle a. ones steamer
Imakes q turn in the approach from
the sea. A cathedral with many gold
en- dones occupies place Of vantage.
land everywhere rise huge stone and
Ibrick barracks, mostly white. with an
Occasional pile IN red brick for con
ktrast.
i All around ths city are barracks.
barracks everywhere. II Ia aid that
there are sufficient barracks in and
around valadivostok to house an army
| IL half million men. These barracka
are substantially built and provide
| projection against the heat Of July ~
well ~ the cold Of winter.
| The outstanding characteristics a
the Siberian Russian ara his phys.
fcai strength and stamina and his
gentleness OF nature. Mott Pc
pile win be surprised at tha
| second part Of that statement. On ac'
\ count Of what has been published
about the Bolshevist cruelties. II d
true that the peasant went from the
extreme Of an abs0lute MONARCHY d
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

form on the stakes for the driver to
stand on. Therhitch is made OF strong
wire or chain. the long end fastened
to- stake over the top Of tho front
slab. the short end put through = hole
In center Of the slab and near tho
end to prevent the back slab tilttng
forward. Face four or Ave feet Of
the ditch end Of the front slab with
Iron. An old wagon tire. worn share
or road grader, or any piece u dat
steel. viii answer for this purp0se."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

Moor Trse)ts over~eIoRs.- ]
During tn iast year hisAvay lnspec.
tsrs In PennsyIvanie sslghed lp5t
nelor trucks II various s6clloio q a.
state 40 1suna l.lGe - - svoEs
UoiGAG
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

The last toll road n Nsw. JsrssV
passed into history when the atste
highway commission purchased fcuh
and eneshalf-mils stretch near Cam
den for S7O.O00. Tha rSad was con,
strnessd n 1850. sr z.:s;..a q.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

Q great euissnce 10 that one Of the
suthexfs own ehfidren from whom II
was drawn. The play OF ssEsmeralda,' -
done with w. Fl. Gillette from one of
her shert stories, ran three years In
AneFtcs- "A Lady 81 Quality" dram
sthsx pAsySD. haags csasiderable rua.
n ETTfNA vANDERPoEL was
ten years old when her sister
RosaIIe married Sir Nigel An.
strufhers. an English lbaronets Betty
hated Nigel with a child's instructive
hatred for q bully. but in spite Of his
congresses. there was a certain, fasci-
MATES. about him which blinded Ros-
ale = his real character. They were
mAfffed Ia the whlri OF gayety which
behtted the daughter Of muiti-mil-
iicnAlpe, and left New York for Eng
iand Long before the honeymoon
ended Rosy discovered that Nigel cared
cnit Or her money. and nothing what
evsc fce hef peetty. rather shadow
seif. and By the time 'Stor1kam court
was reached Rosy was desperately
acmesick and frightened. Her life
IA the little English village even while
she WAS TIE lady Of the manor. was
made q nightmare By Nigel and his
mother: and when. 4bewildered and
terrified. Eosy sought spiritual con-
ISOLATION and comfort from Mr.. Ffol-.
slett. DE vicar. Nigel accused her of
having 4 liver. He intercepted her let.
ters. lied 70 her about her parents, and
at last SfSrious at her refusal to ask
her father for money. he struck her
20 thst she fell In q heap against q
chair. and cried out, with crazy. aw-
fui iittie laugh: !
s'Niset be CAREFUL You don't know
how vaiuabis ami l mightI might
have-a % Nax
Fifteen years passed. and the Shut
to Of Life. weaving back and forth
between ehe two countries, weaving a
ceaseiesS web over the ocean, twisted
. thread 10 the life OF. Betty Wander
poei thAt stirred her with the spirit
Of adventure that had been born In
her Dutch forefathers. and always q
voice cried out to her to go to Rosy.
to see why the letters from England
had been so few and so unsatisfying.
Betty was lovely woman Of twenty.
five. very different from the gawky,
Iong-legged little schoolgirl who had
sngrilF defied Nigel Anstruthers, but
she kept her determination and her
wtli-power. and booked her passage on
the mhuretanla with party of
friendb. At sea storm came up that
threattaed to send the ship to the bot
tom II the ocean. and. rallying the
frightened people who were with her,
BETTY had the unexpected assistance
at one Of the second-class passengers.
4 sile1t gentiemanly Englishman. who
helped her to keep order among the
passengers. and then as suddenly as
he calpe, disappeared into the second
cabin. The storm abated at last. and
Nusfaed was reached In safety. but
Betty pa mot SEQ the man again.
WIN Betty reached Stornham
Court AAef worst fears were confirmed.
Rosy 80 changed from . dainty,
pretty lpeable girl into faded wreck
tinid hh4 dowdy before her. time. Her
con yi4rfed. was . hunchback. and
with ~ fringing nature at his kind
tried ~ lde himself from the world
Nigel H. on trip to the Hlviefa, and
his nokH1F had died. which left Ros
allie 4S9t In the Court. which wal
q
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-02

nstabSe 81 her other stories are "A
Lady Of Quality (16eeD and "Hfs Grace
Of Orme~de" (1ss7), though ~Editha's
BwrEisvs a.d ssara Crewer 0sss).
have achieved . wide reputation.
The book and the play of 'sLittie Lord
Fssntier0y~ probably spread Mrs. bur-
nett's naae the hroadest. IL had .
sreessfeus Pun, the pretty pathos OF
the story appealed TO grownup~, though
" seemed silly twaddle 20 the fnnumer-
able kids who were dragged by fond
psrents to see n. and was said TO be
. great autssBce 10 that one of the
suthsr's ewn chiidren from whom Al
was drawn. The play or .sEsmerslda,.
done with w. Fl. Gillette from one of
her saert stories. ran three years In
America. "A Lady 81 Quality dram
attsed with Stephen Townsend Gas were
either pzsys). hsaga csnsiderabie rua.