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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
BARK OF TREE NOT WOOD
Scientist Corrects an impression
Which Has Long Been More or
Less Widely Held.

Bark on trees and shrubs corre-
spends with the skin on animals. But
ii isn't wood, according to one scien-
list. and 1t isn't formed as wood Is
formed. 1t covers the wood, and IL IL
generally an easy matter to separate
the bark from the wood. Hemp and
iute and flax are all bark-the outside
covering Of certain vegetable growths.
Bark is composed of three layers OF
tissue. The inside layer conducts food
10 the plant, and under magnifying
glass is seen to be made up Of tiny
iibers. Then there Is the green zone"
rs il is called, and this also is fibrous
and helps feed the plant. The out
side layer is cork. and is really dead.
That is, these cork cells develop and
die Immediately, so one really sees
only dead tree when he looks at the
bark. The cork of commerce is the
bark of Il certain kind Of tropical tree,
hut the outer layer of bark of all trees
is technically known as cork. and the
little cells going to make it up are
called cork.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
you NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW
Probably Jimmy Was Wise in His
Selection of a Present for
His Mother.

Jimmy Clersenwell and the boy next
door were CGi.ussing Christmas and
Christmas presents.
They had mentioned most of the ar
ticles that they would like to receive
themselves, and then the talk turned
TO the various presents that they
should give TO other people.
"What are YOU going to give your
mother for Christmas?" asked jim
my
ooh, don't know" was the reply.
81 thought of giving her paper
knife"
"a paper knifer' echoed Jimmy
scornfully. whats the good of
that?"
"Well, what are YOU going TO give
yours?" questioned Jmmy's friend.
ooh" answered the young sage
wisely, 81 believe in preparing for war
in times of peace. I'm going to give
her pair Of slippers with soft soles."
London Answers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
MEXICO: A MODERN BABEL

President ObregOn, who has just
been installed as chief executive Of
the Republic of Mexico. rules over
population Of many tongues. This
multiplicity Of languages is not due To
wholesale immigration as In the Unit
ed States, but to failure to "Mexi-
caniZe" large part Of the Indian
population. The causes of many of
the revolutions which have disturbed
the progress of Mexico can be traced
TO this diversity of tongues and the
differences in thought and ideals that
necessarily follow.
"From Sonora to Yucatan, more
than fifty separate dialects are
spoken" writes Frederick Simpich in
communication to the National Geo
graphic society.
"All the inhabitants Of the West
Coast, however, with the exception
Of some hill tribes Of Indians car un-
derstand Spanish.
"Of these Indians the 5000 Va Fnis,
with their crude Bacatete hill forts.
their weird ceremonial masque dances
and their warlike attitude, are easily
most conspicuous. Many are enlisted
with the federal army or employed as
ranch hands and mine or railroad la
borers.
''The Yaquis with the federal troops
are termed 'Manzos,' or tame Yaquis !:
those in the hills, wild and hostile,
are the 'Bronchos.' The latter are a
vagrant lot robbing ranches for food
and animals, carrying rawhide drums
and water gourds. wearing sandals OF
green cowskin--living by their wits.
Pressed by hunger. they subsist as
we'll on burros as beef.
"These burros, the short and sim
pie animals of the poor thrive by the
thousand on the West Coast Many
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
HOW STEEL is MADE

In the two years since the end Of
hOstilities i'm the World war, the cOun-
tries suffering most from the conflict
have been importing steel to the eX-
tent that their finances will permit (:
for this substance is needed to patch
the industrial injuries inflicted by the
war Some of the important methods
employed in the making of steel are
described In the following commune
cation TO the National Geographic
society, by William Joseph Showalter:
AN open-hearth furnace looks
good deal like an ordinary bake-Oven |;
but when one looks in through the
water-coOled door, vast difference
appears. Instead Of pans of fra
grant, fat loaves Of baking bread
there is an imposing pool Of fiery liq-
uid as bright as the filament Of a
high-pOwer tungsten lamp, so dazzling
that it can be examined with safety
to the eyes only by those using col
ored glasses. Tinted here and there
with streaks Of soft blue and dainty
pink, IL looks like melted stick candy.
"In preparing battery Of open
hearth furnaces for charge, finely
ground dOlOmite Is shOveled I'm first.
This meIts like glass and fills up all
cracks and crannieS caused by the
powerful heat Of the preceding charge.
Then little train rolls up before the
battery, and an electric crane dumps
box after box Of scrap metal from the
cars into the furnaces. OF some dis
lance Is "A great steel tank lined with
friedrich and full of liquid pig metal.
"When the scrap has melted and the
contents Of the cauldron are cooked
enough; when the impurities have
been driven out and tolled away, the
fiery broth is seasoned as Il were,
with the proper amount Of carbon.
spiegel. ferromanganese tungsten. fer
roSiIicon. vanadium, or whatever Is
necessary To give the desired char
acter to the resulting steel.
"Then comes the tapping of the FUR
mace. An electric crane lifts great
ladle into position, workman jams
crowbar through clay-pluggcd hole
at the base, and out flows the fren-
zied stream into the ladlc. The Stag
rises to the top like oil on water and
overflows. congealing ON the outside
Of the ladle. Then the big crane picks
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
EUGENICS AND OUR
IMMIGRATION LAWS

Recognition by congress that immi-
grafton constitutes one of the great
est of the after-war problems of the
United States makes timely a sugges-
ton in regard to controlling the great
influx of foreigners to this country,
advanced by DIR. Alexander Graham
Bell, in IL communication 10 the Ma
tional Geographic society.
"Why should not congress provide
for an clinical survey Of the people
of the United States" he asks.
I'VE should have definite and rell-
able information concerning those for
eign elements which are beneficial to
our people and those Which are harm
full.
The problem of improving race
of human beings is Il most perplexing
one to handle. The process of inn
prOvement must be slow where the
forces concerned act from within and
are not amenable to control from with
out. Under the best conditions IL
would require several generations to
produce sensible results; but in the
tnllNh h'NdltS We III TIE ntM
blood introduced from abroad. an i'm
portant means of Improvement that
will act more quickly, and that is emf
nently susceptible to control. All the
nations of the world have been con-
tributing elements to our population
and we have now, and now only, the
opportunity of studying the process of
absorption before ii is complete.
"The grand spectacle is presented
10 our eyes of a new people being
gradually evolved in the United States
by the mingling together of the differ
ent races of the world in varying pro-
portions. 1t IL of the greatest cOnSe-
quence TO us that the final result
should be the evolution of higher
and nobler type of man i'm America,
and not deterioration Of the nation.
ITO this end the process Of evolu-
ton should be carefully studied. and
then controlled by suitable immigra-
ton laws tending To eliminate unde-
sirable clinical elements, and to slim
ulate the admission of elements as
simulated readily by our population,
and that tend to raise the standard
Of manhood here"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

run wild, ike the wild asses Of
Mesopotamia.
'.The Maya Indians, some Of whom
still carry bows and arrows, inhablt
the fiat costal plain south of the Yaqui
region along the River Maya. Elk
cellent laborers, peacefully inclined,
many Of the Mayas are trusted help
ers on American ranches and planta-
lions.
''Most Of the well-advertised brands
of Wild men are fairly familiar TO the
show-going American public. The
head hunter, the Pygmy. the Bushman
and his boomerang, are all old circus
acquaintances. But within 100 miles
of chaste and classic Los Angeles,
there dwells lost tribe of savages
whose very name is known to but few
of us; for this tribe has never been
tanned, 'uplifted,' or even exhibited.
Yet II Is older, perhaps, than the Az
tees; IL may even he the last living
fragment of the American abOrigineS.
"The Seris, these strange people
are called, and they inhablt lonely,
evil rock called Tihuron (Shark) is
land that lifts it's hostile head from
the hot. empty waters Of the Gulf Of
California. And all down This coast
the name OF Tiburon is spoken with
shrug OF the shoulders. for these
Serbs are thieves and killers. 1t is
even whispered that long ago they
were cannibals."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

up the ladle, swings IL over to the
pouring platform, where IL. in its turn,
is tapped and its purified fluid run
or into molds.
Great care has tn be taken in ham
ding these. ladies, for the presence OF
a few drops Of moisture when the
hot metal is poured into one might
cause an explosion and loss OF life.
Just before they receive the molten
metal the ladies' are heated nearly
white hot in order that the steel or
iron may not chill in them.
AS fast as they are filed the ladies'
are swung out over the ingot molds
and the liquid steel is run into them
and allowed 10 cool and take It's solid
form. II is ms il water were poured
into mOlds and set in refrigeratng
machine to freeze into blocks Of ice.
The only difference is that the 'freeZ-
ing point of steel is away above the
boiling point Of water.
There are two other important
types of steel furnaces-the crucible
furnace and the electric furnace. In
both Of them the idea is to keep all
hurtfu gases and other impurities out
and To regulate the addition of alloys
and oxygen destroyers to a nicely. In
a crucible furnace the metal is placed
in graphite clay pots. covers are put
over them, and the pots subjected to
great heat. Silica Is gradually alb
sorbed out of the clay in the pots and
transformed into silicon by coming
into contact with the carbon in the
steel. The silicon in its turn absorbs
the oxygen ana thus quiets the froth-
ing. foaming contents of the kettle.
The electric furnace acts in much
the same way, its heat being SO pure
that there is no necessity of putting
the steel in covered pots TO keep out
gases and other impurities. An cleo
trio arc, established between huge
electrodes and the surface Of the
Stag. produces the heat in such
furnace. BY varying the materials
used i'm the formation of the Stag any
impurity can he worked off and the
glowing steel left as pure as crystal.
The alloys are then mixed with The
steel and 1t is made fit for any use
desired. 1t is drawn off into ladies'
and poured into ingOt molds, where
it hardens, ready tn be worked mp in
to those things that constitute the last
word in fine steel"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

am now able TO do my work. L recon-
mend the Vegetable Compound to my
friends and you may use these facts as
testimonial. Mrs. SALLIE STEFERT,
3l3 w. Fourth Street, Pottsville, Pa.
The everyday life of many housewives
is a continual struggle with weakness
and pain. There is nothing more wear
ing than the ceaseless round of house,
hold duties and they become doubly hard
when some female trouble makes every
bone and muscle ache, and nerves all on
edge.
If you are one of these women do not
suffer for four or five years as Mrs.
Siefert did. but profit by her experience
and be restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
Papa Missed Her, Too.

Priscilla had been to school Il few
days for the first time i'm her life when
who inquired about how she was get
ting along
Mamma does not like TO have me
go very WELL" she said,s because she
misses me AT home"
but what does your papa say
about it?" inquired the friend.
"Oh, he is kind of uneasy in his
mind, too" answered Priscilla.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
BESSARABIA: SHAPED LIKE
A PITCHER WITHOUT
A HANDLE


the World war, the largest Of the
states of southeastern Europe, owes
much OF this increased area To its re-
cent annexation of Bessarabia, pre-
viOusly part Of Russia.
BesSarabla. the former Russian
the Dniester rivers, and bounded on
the south by the Danube and the
Black sea, might be likened in shape
to Il tall. slim pitcher. without a han
die. IL is completely bounded by wa
ter except at Il very narrow point at
the mouth of the pitcher. The Dnies-
ter river forrhS the eastern boundary
of the province. Flowing out OF the
crown lands at Galicia, the river runs
east in general direction for approx
mately fifty miles. Then il turns
southeast for ninety miles to Dniester
bay, an arm of the Black sea. some
fifteen miles from Odessa. Russia's
principal port on that inland body of
water. The truth river, flowing out
of Galicia, runs east for about twenty
miles, then turns southeast for hun
dred and ZEN miles, and then slightly
west of south to its confluence with
the Danube.
Bessarabia Is little smaller than
Vermont and New Hampshire togeth-
or. Its greatest length is 30 miles,
while its greatest width is 175. Ii is
mostly fiat. except for some we'll
wooded Off-shoots of the Carpathian
mountains in the northwest. 1t might
be said To be the vineyard Of Russia,
being great producer of wine. The
population OF 2,500,000 is made up OF
Moldavians, Little Russians, Poles.
ROumanlans Bulgarians, Jews Arme-
mans, Greeks, and Tartars. More
than 100000 OF the inhabitants live
on the soil. The capital is Kishinef,
which is located almost at the center
of the province. To the west of Bes-
sarabia lies Roumanian Moldavia, and
to the east the Russian province OF
Podolia and Kherson.
The original inhabitants of Bessa-
rabia are believed to have been CHM
merians, after whom came the Scyth-
ians. Because II was the key TO one
of the approaches toward the empire
OF Byzantium, the province was in
vaded by many successive races dur
ing the early centuries of the Chris
tian era. Trajan Incorporated it with
the province Of Dacia. and IN the next
century the Goths poured into 1t, to
be followed in turn by the Huns, and
Avars, and the Bulgarians.
In the seventh century ThracIan
tribe, known as the Bessi, settled
there and gave to the land its name.
Between I'LL and 1912 ii was the
great bone Of contention between the
Ottoman Turks and the Russians.
The Russians lost and recaptured it
five times in that century. After the
Napoleonic wars, it was definitely an
neXed to Russia, and its frontier
pushed southwark so as TO include
the delta OF the Danube.
AS n result of the Crimean war
Moldavia was given Dobrudia and
other territory, but under the treaty
of Berlin in 1878. following Russia's
mastery Of Turkey and the congress
Of Berlin, Russia secured all Of the
territory east Of the river Pruth. Bes-
sarabia remained part Of Russia
from that time until the dismember-
ment Of the cars empire, following
the Russian revolution.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

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/ was not fit to do
my work at times
and took medicine
from a doctor and
got no benefit. l
saw Lydia K. Pink
ham s Vegetable
Compound adver-
tised in the news
papers and took it
and got all right. 1
gained twenty
pounds or more and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
Safe Offer.

"And is ten dollars all you are Of
fering for the return of your wife?"
Every cent"
"No one will bring her back for that
paltry sum-"
az know it."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
The Inconsistent Male.

Men are inconsistent. They COM
plain If their wives don't read the
newspapers and keep up with impor-
tant events, and yet few of them read
the fashion nOtes.-Baltimoro Sun.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
The Inevitable Tune.

Daddy" pleaded the sweet young
thing, "can l have an automobilef
You can buy one for n song"
ayes" grunted her harassed parent.
land know what that song will be
Over the Hills to the Poorhouse.
American Legion Weekly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

DIED

in New York City alone from kid
ney trouble last year. Don't allow
yourself to become q victim by
neglecting pains and aches. Guard
against this trouble by taking
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
Mechanical Courtesy.

Mr. COldcash Cat phOne)-HellO.
central-hello-operator, I'm trying to
get some service!
OperatOr-But I'm ringing your
party.
MIR. COldcash-YOu little fibber, /
haven't given you the number yet -
Judge.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

Usual Proceedings.
"DO you know how to dancer
"No, but am taking steps to learn"
Louisville CGurier-JOurnal.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20

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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
ABLE TO
DO her WORK
After Long Suffering Mrs. Sieferi
Was Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Pottsville, Pa. 81 suffered with
female trouble for four or five years and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-20
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-04-08

lia.-Arbitration courts maintained
by the state have practically bank,
rupted New South Wales trade
unions, declared Secretary Rawlin, of
the Gas Employees Union, in his an
nual report.
"There seems to be too much law,
no arbitration in the true sense,
said the unionist, who urged concili-
alton rather than arbitration.
''The arbitration court puts one in
mind of being summoned to jury,
+, where the atmosphere Of a court is all
law, judges and barristers. The unions
are being bankrupt because they are
forced to pay big fees and other ex-
penses necessary to place case before
the court.
"Take, for instance, some employees
/ giving their evidence in the court,
| They know their work from A to u,
but as soon as they step into the
witness box and feel the atmosphere
of the court they get nervous. The
Judge puts questions, no doubt to help
them, but the Judge knows absolutely
nothing about the work that the wit
ness is giving evidence on and his
questions, instead of helping, confuse
the witness.
); "Then the employers barrister, be-
ing strictly trained to law and know
ing nothing about industrial matters,
has for his main object the confusing
of the worker with technical questions
to make him contradict himself. The
barrister then points out to the Judge
that the witness knows nothing about
his work and his evidence is not reli-
able.
'If he cannot confuse the witness
he will try to make the witness and
the judge believe there is not the
skill, responsibility or effect on the
, workman that the witness is trying
, to impress on the court
Secretary Rawlin recommends that
the cumbersome machinery of abrl-
tration courts be junked and that it
be replaced by roundtable conferences
! between employers and employed.
l "a "a "a
WHY COAL PRICES SCARED
New York.-The Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Coal Company has declared
special cash dividend Of $50 per cen
: on it's $9,210,OOO stock.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-04-08
HIDE BIG PROFITS
And Block Business, Says
Shelton, of Steel Trust

Washington. Shelton Will
liams, former comptroller of the cur
rency, renews his attack on the steel
trust. and in a letter TO Judge Gary
charges this corporation with hiding
millions of dollars of profit in depre-
citation and other funds, and with
blocking return of business by ex-
cessive charges. He says the trust is
able to double wages and still meet
dividends.
Mr.. Williams declares that in the
year under discussion, over 100000
900 were charged to operating ex-
penses, for maintenance, repairs, etc.
In addition to disposing Of these pro-
fits by this method of bookkeeping
it is shown that on December 81,
1919, the corporation was carrying a
high balance of over $2O0,000,000 to
the credit Of depletion, depreciation
and replacement funds" unexpendec
and available when needed.
1t is also shown that that from
March 81, 1915, to Decenlbsr 81, 1919
the trusts net surplus, after payment
of all interest dividends and excess
profits taxes, and after setting aside
enormous reserve" funds for future
possible contingencies, was increased
by more than $4OO,0OO,000, according
to the trusts's official report.
Mr.. Williams says that after full
er investigation of the facts, includ
ing all the arguments submitted b.
Judge Gary in his letter recently print
ed in the newspapers, he is more thar
ever convinced that ''the high price
Of steel and iron products, artificial.
maintained, are blocking the way t.
normal times and to the restoration
Of business"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-04-08
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

Brew and Soft Friday
BARRIERS Mondays, Hall No
Brickayers Tuesdays, T. c. Hal
Brotherhood of Railway Temple
Cigar Makers Monday Labor Temple
3rd Saturday T.
Carpenters Every Thurs, Nall No 3A Eggl
City Fighters Tuesday, T. c. Hi No
Electrical Weds, Maccabees Hail.
Letter Carriers Tuesday, High Monument
24 Wed Labor Tenn, Homer one
Maintenance Way Employes.1st Sundays Hail.
Molders Union No 0e y 4th Feay
283 Alternate Wed, T. c. No
Musicians Local No Monument
Mtal Posbers ..... Alternate We'd, .~.....~......-
Plumbers Union t. C. Ha-"".
Pattern and 3rd Fri, c. Hall
Paint Paper Every High and Monument
1ls End and h Mondays Labor Temple
Union No 8 and Srd Fri, T G.
Stationary Fremen Thurs st~...
A. A E. Ry E. of A Fri Miamsburg; Srd Fri Ham,
Mems Local No 43S ~ Fri Manisbug; 8rd Fri Ham,
swtchmens Union No 1870 @ and Monday Moose Hail. p m
Stage No. 1876 Sunday t. c. Hal
Temsters and chauffeurs No. 175st and Bird Thurs T G.
MlDDLETowN LABOR UNIONS
Trades Council 1st and ard Tues t C. Hall ....~..
Building Thurs, Leibee Bdg
BARRIERS No. 70 Last Mon.
Brcklayers and 3rd Mon
Carpenters Every Mon
Electrical Workers No. 927 - Every Fri - -w -w
Iron Steel following M Ton Pay
Metal Polishers No 48
A.
Musicians No Franklin Ohio..Arur
Paint, Dec, Paper Hangers No. e4slst and 3rd Wed
| Plumbe ..""..2n ~
We'd Geo X Mayer, 326 Ma
SheetM Workers No LAB End and 4th Mon -
Stage Employees No 232 Every other Sat
Firemen No 264. .2nd and 4th
Chaufeurs No. 252 list and 3rd Tues - w
Typographical Union No. 487Fr Frst Fr
DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS
Molders Conference Clark St, Cnfi
! AGENTS
Moder .- Tim Rowan Centra Ave Bell Phone 4os-x
Smith, 81 S. 9th ST. Bell Phone 190Y
Perping Y.
S. E. Schue Maple Phone 2367-Y