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Iron County register., 1921-08-25

PENNINGTON Times: ga Times re-
porter recently CHANGED to meet up
with big Iowa farmer, who said he
had recently sold 10000 bushels Of
oats for 15c bushel; that he still has
on hand $4,000 or $4,000 bushels of
corn, for which the best price he had
been offered is 25c bushel. He also
has large amounts Of alfalfa and clover
hay, which he has been unable to ship
on account of the low prices offered,
together with the excessive freight
rates. Looking for a possible salts
factory solution Of the problem in
which he engulfed, he recently visit
ed the cattle market. But the dealers
there told him they could not see
more than SC pound for meat next
spring. But feeding cattle his surplus
product seemed to him the best chance
to pull through, even in the face OF
such a dark prospect for selling his
cattle in the spring. This, he thought,
was fair sample of the Hard Zen ing
prosperity. However, we hope it
will not prove to be so bad as this
farmers information indicates"
Iron County register., 1921-08-25

To man who is willing to work
one OF the most profitable sales oppor-
tunities ever offered in open. Market
gardener or man acquainted with
flowers, seeds and bulbs preferred.
The Wing Seed Co.,, Mechanicsburg,
Ohio.
Iron County register., 1921-08-25

SENATOR REED, in an address at
the Centennial, at st. Charles, Mo-,
declared against the government en-
croachment upon personal liberty and
said that Missouri had fourished as a
state and the United States as a ma
tion because there had been no inter
ference with the personal liberties OF
the citizens.
''But in this modern day." Reed
said, "men without warrant of law
stop a citizen upon the street and
search him; they dare to enter his
home without search warrant duly
issued by court of constituted au-
thority. If this sort of thing Is per-
mitted to continue there will be q
reversion to the times of Louis XIV.
in France or those of William II, in
Germany. 1t is part of the same
system which obtained under the
Russian Czar. am no especial lover
of England, but it is from the English
that we gained our fundamental law,
our common law. From the Magma
Charta to the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and from the Declaration
of Independence to this very hour, it
has been an accepted fact that every
mans home Is his castle and cannot
be entered unless by express warrant
of law: That should be the law now,
and it should be observed. | do not
believe the anarchist who mounts to
soap box and seeks the destruction of
the government one-half so bad or
dangerous as preacher armed with
the authority OF government and us
Ing it to restrain the liberty of it's
citizens.'
Iron County register., 1921-08-25
China's Alphabet.

An alphabet of thirty-nine letters, In
stead of thousands of characters, has
been invented for the Chinese Ian.
yuage.
Iron County register., 1921-08-25

For Rent-Two upstairs rooms.
A. G. MoYER, Ironton, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-21

flashlight Then came anotherS dis
maying development. The cashier
pulled a pistol from his pocket and
deliberately aimed it at Harry.
Harry's antagonist was managing to
keep away from the light, despite
Harry's utmost efforts to get the
gangster between himself and the
cashier. Consequently Harry offered
a perfectly easy target. Thru Harry's
mind flashed the thought that this
was to be his end.
Harry gave a despairing glance at
Clara. Then to his intense surprise
came another startling development.
Quickly, efficiently, Clara knocked up
upon its discharge sent the bullet
harmlessly into the ceiling of the tun-
mel. Then equally quickly and eff
GENTLY she covered the cashier with
a pistol of her own!
Thru Harry's veins surged a great
wave of joy. Perhaps, after all, Clara
was all right!
And at this thought he felt renewed
strength coming to him. In a mo-
ment he had bested his opponent. In
another few minutes. with Clara COW
ering the cashier, Harry brought the
other gangsters into the light and
disarmed them And within a com
'paratively short time the four men of
the tunnel we're safely lodged behind
bars.
Then Harry had a heart-to-heart
talk with Clara.
t"You see.'' Clara explained. I've
been investigating the thefts just as
you have for some time. I'm 4 pri-
vate detective employed by the presi-
dent of the bank. My job as Steno-
grapher was just a blind
You saved my life.' said Harry
softly. II owe everything to you. but
I failed in my job. 1 didn't capture
the gangsters alone. 1t took you to
help me do it. And you said there'd
be chance for me only if won out"
You did win out" said Clara shy
~. You played a mans part. You
didn't tell me to escape when you
thought 1 was one of the gang. 1t
took a real man to do the way you
did. And as for winning me-perhaps
I'd not have gone into the tunnel to-
night if I hadn't been afraid-Io--
YOU
One fleeing glance she gave Harry
as she said this But that glance was
enough. There was a wonderful mes
sage in her eyes. And with a wildly
beating heart Harry caught Clara to
him and kissed her
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

Pop was reading the paper with his
feet up and ma was darning holes out
of socks and 1 was looking over my
stamp collecktion wondering wat
would happin if a Chinee sent letter
to Spane with a Germin stamp on it.
and pop sed,- He's a CRATE man, all
rite, there's no doubt of that he's
great man.
Who, Mr.. Harding? sed ma, yes.
thing he is. too
Harding nuthing. I'm speaking of
the CRATE and ony Charlie Chaplin
sed pop. dident you reed how all Eu-
rope went crazy over him wen he was
over there a vile ago?
Well wat of it. I don't think so
mulch of Europe, sed ma and pop sed,
Be careful wat you say, If Europe ever
heers of that there's libel to be another
war, but Ieeving politicks aside Char
lie Chaplin is a great artist.
Watts CRATE. about him. the size of
his feet2 Hee hee, sed ma iaffing, and
I sed G, pop, do you remember the
pickture ware he's sippised to be
shaving his face and some lady comes
up and pats him on the back and he
thinks its some man and smears her
face all over with shave lather?
o deer, how artistick. sed ma and
pop sed. Yes. that was rich. wasent it.
but I liked the pickture better ware
he gets dough all over his hands and
then rubs 1t off on everybody as ony
Charlie Chaplin can rub dough off on
people.
Mersey it takes a perfeck artits to
do that o yes, sed ma, and I sed, Well
gosh, pop. how about that pickture
ware he's Supposed to be a pleeceman
and soaks everybody on top Of the he'd
with his club weather they're doing
enything or not ladies and everybody.
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NO ACTION ON MITCHELL LETTER

The board Of directors of the Cham
bers of Commerce failed to so much
as take voting notice OF the letter
written it Saturday by Charles L.
Mitchell, in which Mitchell protested
against the turn down. of the Kansas
official council entertainment COM
mittee's request for funds. MitchelPs
letter also offered the chamber a loan
Of $3.50 with which to meet the re-
quest.
The letter was read to the board
this noon and permitted to go into the
records of the chamber without COM
ment.
Referred to the committee on poor
losers" commented President George
McDermott
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A SHORT SIGHTED POLICY.

The railroads seem to be greatly in
need Of business leadership. Their
own best interests in the long run de-
mand an early elimination of the
heavy tax on all industry which trans
portation at present rates is impos-
ing, but they seem unable or unwill-
ing to see it.
To illustrate, it is pointed out by
the Iron Trade Review that in the
present agitation for lower freight
rates in practically all branches of
business, some of the railroads appear
to be taking exceptions to the leading
part that the iron and steel industry
is taking in this movement. The
claim is made by these carriers that
since they normally buy 80 to IS per
cent Of the steel output OF the coun-
try that in waging a fight for lower
freight costs the iron and steel pro-
ducers are attacking their best Gus
toners. Therefore, they would like to
see present freight rates on the raw
materials of iron apd steel manufac-
ture continue practically unchanged.
While it is true the railroads prob
4bAy WOuAQ t'OlSulIl6 dEOuuQ
of the total iron and steel production.
under conditions of free and unlimit-
ed buying. no such situation has pre-
vailed IN recent years. 1t is doubtful
whether railroad buying in the past
five ye: would average one-half of
the amount indicated as it's normal
amount. Yet in large part of that
period or since 1917, the railroads
have enjoyed a substantially increased
rate of freight return on the material
for each ton of iron and steel manu-
featured, due to advanced rates.
Again. the railroads have been
claiming that they have been unable
to buy their normal requirements of
rails, cars. locomotives, bridges, etc,
because of the increased prices and
that they must wait in their present
unstable credit position until these
prices have fallen to levels which
would bring them well within their
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Dorothy Dix Tails
III DOROTHY DIX
Wsrla's Highest Paid Woman wrstsx,
superfIuous Advice-2.

Perhaps >this is natural enough.
perhaps no one can see a couple of
inexperienced young mariners setting
forth to sail dangerous sea without
desiring to shout some sort of warn
ing to them, even if it is only to bid
them beware of the particular rocks on
which their own ship of happiness was
wrecked. Indeed, if most of the peo-
pie who thrust undesired advice upon
newly weds were honest, they would
begin their counsel by saying, Don't
be as big a fool as I was" because
it is the tragedy of the knowledge that
we gain by experience that it gener-
ally come too late to do us any good.
But, as my little bride says. all the
advice that is given to bridal couples
is excessive, superfluous, undesired,
and no good, anyway, because no hus-
band and wife since the first bridal
excursion in the garden of Eden have
every had just the same matrim onial
puzzle to work out, or have approach
ed the domestic problem from the
same angle.
Every husband and every wife on
earth have a thousand little eccen-
tricities of temper, and ternperan 1ent,
and disposition that makes each a
separate riddle to solve, and each is
put into an environment that calls
for different treatment of the situa-
ton.
This turns all advice, no matter how
wise as a general proposition, into
utter foolishness in the individual ap-
plication of it. The way to manage
one man or woman is not the way to
image another. The things that APP
peal to one husband or wife leave an
other cold. The tactics that cause one
husband to loosen up and be lavish
will button up another's pocket
There are men who have to be 1ol-
lied and cajoled; other men whose
sense of justice must be appealed to,
still others who must be browbeaten
and henpecked into being good hus-
bands. There are weak. Iovable men
whose wives must always take to-
wards them the indulgent attitude of
a mother towards a bad child. There
are other men who are oaks of
strength on which their wives can
lean. There are stingy men whose
vanity alone will make them provide
decently for their wives; there are
have to arise in the night and go thru
their pockets; and there are generous
men whose wives will have to do all
the saving.
There are tender, affectionate men
whose love shows itself continually in
delicate attentions: and other men
whose~W will have to take their
husbands affection for granted, and
believe that as long as they continue
to support their families, their hearts
are all right.
You can't treat any two men alike,
or deal with any two husbands on the
real advice I would give any newly
weds is to study each other, and try to
make the best of what they drew in
the matrimonial lottery
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TO HANDLE FOOTBALL CROWD
Extra Equipment VIII Be Provided for
x. I'M u. Gnmc.

x. UNI. u. Game.
The Santa Fe is making elaborate
plans to move the crowd to the big
football game between Kansas and
Missouri at Lawrence next Thursday,
but mostly from the eastern end.
Extra equipment will be provided
on the regular trains running into
Lawrence from the west. especially on
No: Il, leaving Topeka at 1:10 o'clock,
and five specials will be operated out
or Kansas City to carry the thousands
OF fans from that place and the Mis-
souri, followers to the scene of the
game.
The first special will leave Kansas
City for Lawrence at $3.50 O'Clock in
the morning and others will follow at
1880, IL, 1880 and 1890 o'clock.
Plans for each special call for twelve
coaches but extra coaches will be on
hand to swell this number and a sixth
special will be provided il necessary,
according to J. NJ. Cornell, general
passenger agent.
In addition to this. the Santa Fe is
making plans to run another special to
be made up at Columbia of the uni
versity's military training corps. The
Santa Fe will receive this train at
Kansas City from the Wabash
Governor Arthur NJ. Hyde, of Mis-
souri,, and President Jones, of Missouri
university. will attend the game and
will make the trip from Kansas City
on the Santa Fe's special leaving there
at 1890 o'clock
The trains leaving Lawrence after
the game will depart as fast as the
crowds demand. 1t is the Santa FEES
information that a crowd of at least
10000 persons is expected at the game.
Good roads and motor cars have done
away with the necessity of running
special trains from Topeka. Other
wise, at least two special trains would
be run from this place, Connell says.
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QuestTons-AnsweD

O. VIII a pebble thrown overheard
reach the bottom Of the ocean If it is six
A. The photographic office says that
pebble thrown overheard will reach the
bottom Of the ocean at any depth.
@ Who discovered oxygen? W. W.
A. The American Chemical society SAYS
that Joseph Priestley, an EngIishman who
came to America in 1874. discovered not
only oxygen but also ammonia, hydrogen
chloride, sulphur dioxide and nitrous
oxide. In the course of his various manip-
ulations of vapors, he isolated chlorine.
which is now extensively used in the arts
and in the manufacture OF military gales.
Q. What is the total valueof all the
railroad property in the United States
D. G. S.
A. The interstate commerce commission
has accepted $4,000 100000 as a tentative
valuation Of the railroads.
@ How large is an orang-outangf u.
A. The orang-outsng, the name being
Malay for man OF the woods, is shorter
and broader than a man. The adult male
stands about four feet high and sometimes
weighs much as $50 pounds.
@. What countries are included IN the
Near East? V. S.
A. The countries Included In the Near
East are: Abyssinia, Afghanistan, Albania,
Arabia, Armenia Asia Minor, Egypt,
Eritrea, Greece. Cytrus, Malta. MeSopo--
tamia, Morocco, Palestine. Persia. Smyrna,
Syria, Iripeli, Tunis. Turkey
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TO SHOW UNCENSORED MOVIE
Governor Allen Grants Special PERMITS
sion to Kiwanls Club.

. Indications this afternoon were that
nearly two thousand Topekans will see
an uncensored photoplay at the
Grand theater this afternoon and to-
night. The photoplay The Girl from
Topeka" is having it's first showing
the Kansas Board of Review" because
Director lie Witt. of the Community
Photoplay company. and Dwight
Thacher Harris. chairman of the board
of review failed to make connections
in Kansas City, this morning for the
scheduled showing and censorihg of
the Topeka made film produced by the
Kiwanis club for the benefit of the
Provident association.
The local Kiwanians IN their eE-
tremity appealed to Governor Henry
J. Allen TO assist them in their dilemma
and he AZ once gave permission for
the unce1sored showing three times
today of the film 10, SOC Topekans saw
in the making at the Grand theater
all last week. He explained the situa-
ton to Chairman Harris of the cen
sor board via long distance telephone
and arranged that another hurried
trip to Kansas City with the film be
made tomorrow morning and
Tuesdays crowds at the Grand viii
see what the censor board has left OF
the film" Those last were Gov. Al
lens words spoken with laugh. The
governor is a Kiwanian himself. so the
What There is Left will undoubt-
eddy be exactly the same as what
today's crowd sees.
There is every prospect that this
weeks crowds will be as big as those
last week, A. j. Schober, chairman Of
the committee, reports. The advance
sale of reserved seats is heavier than
any such sale on record at the theater
and a special window has been opened
to take care of this box office bust
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Keep in touch with your government at
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ers may take advantage OF it. You are
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YOUTHFUL ROBBER CAUGHT
EImokff Farmer Faccd Practical Appli-
cation of Snake Story.

EImohf Farmer Faccd Practical Appli-
cation Of Snake Story.
Once upon time there was a man
who found a snake lying in the road
cold and almost dead. The man took
it home and warmed it by his fireside
and the snake out of gratitude. pre-
sumably, bit him and his children
George Brown of ElmoEt. route 10.
faced a practical application of the
snake story Saturday. A lone youth
whose sole assets seemed to be a desire
to work and a suit of not overly warm
clothing. applied at the Brown farm
for work on Friday night. He was
given lodging. a hot bath, and some
heavy underwear to fill out his meager
wardrobe.
Saturday morning, the Browns
learned of the death OF a thTee-weeks-
old niece whose burial was to take
place that afternoon. Leaving the boy
a lunch on the kitchen table. with in
structions what to do about the place,
they drove off. He assured them not
to worry about him. that he'd get
what he wanted He did.
when the Browns returned late Sat
urday night the house had been ran
sacked. Several hundred dollars
worth of jewelry and clothing were
gone and with them the boy His
cast-off clothing adorned the living
room, while Brown S army uniform
evidently adorned the figure of the
missing youth.
Neighbors were called and finally
the lad was located as having been
seen at Grove about o'clock Satur-
day. Brown learned the art of gain
ing an objective in France and lost no
time in taking up the trail With the
assistance OF Oscar DERRICK. q neigh
Dor, he overlook his man in the vi
cinity of Grove. after he had swung
onto a freight train. He was returned
to the Brown home and Sheriff Rob-
ert Miller notified. Sheriff Miller made
the trip to Browns house at 2:30
o'clock this morning and brought the
youth to the county Jail. Practically
all the stolen goods were recovered.
The young man gave his name as
LaVerne Brown and admitted, accord =
| ing to officers, that he recently
escaped from the St. Charles reform
atory in Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-21

The Railway Age of recent date
presents lot of figures designed to
snow that the profits of Henry Ford's
railroad have diminished almost to
the vanishing point and attributes the
situation to the fact that he has low
cred rates and advanced wages. There
really does not seem much reason to
worry about Henry. 1t will be re-
called that few months ago he was
reported to be heavily involved. and
trying unsuccessfully to borrow mon
ey. If he actually were in difficulties
he pulled out and without making
loan If his railroad venture be not
prospecting as it should he can be
relied upon to get it out of the hole.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-21

In connection with the Wa shington
conference, attention is being called
to the huge sum spent for Injuries
as compared with the money spent
for maintaining the army by the peo-
pie of the United States. But there is
a difference between spending money
for something one wants and spending
it for something one doesn't want.
Many persons do not feeA the need of
an army, while others regard the
army itself as a sort of luxury. Be
sides wasting money in one direction
does not justify wasting it in an
other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-21

AS the dawn of a new year ap-
proaches. it is encouraging to note
that one million idle men have found
work in the United States in the last
month, according to government re-
ports prepared for the permanent
committee on unemployment. Unem-
ployment now involves only approx
mately 100000 workers. according
to the same authority. The very dis
crepancy which can be found in the
figures compared with those of Il
month or two ago is optimistic. At
the height of unemployment some au-
thorities estimated that as many as
100000 men were out of work ii
this country. Figures more carefully
prepared for the recent unemploy-
ment conference in Washington re-
duced that total to 100000. If
100000 more men are now at work
than were work two months ago it
is because there is greater demand
for their services and the commodi-
ties which they produce. It indicates
a sterilization Of wages. an adjust
ment to a new level of costs. and a
willingness to give a days work for
a days pay.
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resources. Yet freight rates today
are the one remaining major factor,
the reduction of which could bring
about further substantial lowering
of steel prices Liquidation of wages,
greater manufacturing efficiency, and
other means taken by the iron and
steel producers to reduce their costs
have about reached the limit.
The railroads expect soon to be IN
the market for large purchases of
rails and other iron and steel prod
ucts. If they want low prices they
must give low prices in return.
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A REAL THANKSGIVING FEED
Eats at Country Jail VIII Include
Turkey anu Pie.

The prisoners at the county Jail are
going to have a real Thanksgiving
feed Thursday, according to Sheriff
Robert Miller. The eats will include
turkey. cranberry sauce, celery-and-
maybe-pumpkin pie.
There are now about forty inmates
in the jail and it will cost a wad of
money to lay out a fine table for the
whole bunch. But Thanksgiving
comes but once a year, Miller points
out, and this will be a day when the
offenses of the prisoners will be for
gotten.
ITS true that half of EN- won't ap-
preciate it," Sheriff Miller admitted,
but it's a shame to be rough with a
fellow just because you have the adj
vantage of him. So I'm going to feed
them this once. ANYWAY"
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PRESS CLUB TO MEET TUESDAY

The Topeka Press club will COM
plete the final arrangements for its
second annual frying pan dinner at a
meeting to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce tomorrow evening at s
o'clock.
The opening exercises and the clos
ing exercises of the usual monthly
meetings will be in order. AS usual
the business session will be held be-
ginning at 1890 O'Clock. All mem
bers Of the club are urged to use spe-
cial effort to attend this meeting bv
President ]. Z, IarreIl