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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-28
CAPITOL CITY CULLINGS
nv A T. Edmonston.l

jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 24.--The
two Democratic state senators from
st. Louis, Joseph H. Brogan and Mi
chael Kinney, are of the opinion that
this huge metropolis will he easily
carried by the "Only Reliable Party"
in the April municipal election, re-
CARELESS Of what happened at the No
yenfber Republican landslide, if high
calibre men are named for Mayor,
Aldermen and the other city offices.
The time is ripe there for reform
movement in city affairs to make a
clean decisive sweep. The voters are
Disguised with and weary Of the Kiel-
Schmoll- Koeln- Wicke Republican ma
chine and will strive hard to put a
auietus to it by voting the Demo-
cratic ticket, if candidates are offered
who have the welfare of st. Louis at
heart and who win rid the city hall
and the Municipal Courts building OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Jan. 20-Alva Denton, OF Flat River,
and Pearl Clay, of Pennington.
Jan. 20-Theo. Weedman, of Cen
tralia, ILL.,, and Bessie Warren, Of
Pennington.
Jan. 20-James E. Martin and Ga
ra Grandhomme, both of Bonnie Terre.
Jan. 20-John Vandiver and Cors,
Price, both of lockwood.
Jan. 24-Barney E. Conrad, and
Gladys Westmoreland, of Flat River.
Jan. 26-Charles Mcfarland and
Gladys Downward, both Of Elyins.
Jan. 26-Rollan Miller and Serena
Tinsley, both of Flat River.
Jan. 27---Carlisle Edward Rozier, Of
Pennington, and Margaret Stewart,
of St. Louis.
Jan. PTS. A. williamson, Of Nit
chell, Mo-, and Emma Kemp, Of Lead
wood. So
Jan. 27---Frank LaComh and AHie
Rehkop, both of Flat River. w
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-28
McADOO SHOWS THE WAY
TO ASSIST FARMERS

Policies thus far pursued with re-
spect to credits have been too dras-
tic. A more liberal policy about cred
its should be put into effect imme-
diately. Reserve bank rates could be
prudently reduced. Member banks
could be safely encouraged to make
loans on agricultural products and to
business generally, on reasonable
time to those who can give adequate
security. The whole situation would
be beneficially affected by this proceed
ure.
Every intelligent person sympa-
thizes with the effort to prevent spec
ulation and the use of credit for pur-
poses not beneficial to the general in
terest, but wise discrimination
should be exercised, and certainly the
primary producer like the farmer
should not be forced to bear the brunt
of the sacrifices.
In many parts Of the country, es-
pecially in the agricultural districts,
credit is almost entirely wanting and
in nary lines of legitimate business
and industry great losses are being
sustained because of the restriction OF
credits. ye~'r'. te- -s' - (
Defation has been carried so far
and with such rapidity that we must
now reconsider the situation, make an
effort to prevent further distress and
suffering and bring about revival of
industry and confidence.
We should make every effort to
stimulate and enlarge our export
trade. This is especially important to
the farmers, because approximately
90 per cent of our export trade repre-
esnts agricultural products. European
nations desire our cotton, grain and
other products, but have no credit. 1t
is to our interest to supply that cred
it.
The recent action of the League of
Nations at Geneva for the establish
ment of an international commission
to consolidate the credits of some of
the Central European Powers and
utilize them in the purchase of Amer
lean commodities, is an important
step and offers a new opportunity for
helpful service by the War Finance
Experimentation Gibbs McAdoo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-28

Congressman propose to raise their
salary from $500 to $12,500, or
thereabouts. It's case of the servant
debating the amount of his wages to
his master. The service to be rem
dered is also left to the discretion of
the servant. A most happy condition
for all save him who pays, and he is
not to be seriously considered. Some
fifty years ago "salary grab" play
ed Hades with a lot of hungry Con-
gressmen; but those old days of err
fete thought no longer embarrass US.
--Ironton Register.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-28

the "gop" barnacles who have been
there for twelve years, waxing fat at
the expense of the public and render
ing little, II any, service for Che mag
nifcent salaries they pull down month
The mirror., 1921-10-20
PACIFIC'S ISLAND OF MYSTERY

One of the most mysterious spots in the
world is Easter Island, in the Pacific
Ocean, 2,100 miles west of the South
American coast and close to the Tropic
of Capricorn.
1t was discovered on Easter Sunday,
1922, by Dutch navigator Roggeveen.
He called it Easter Island, and sailed
around it, but did not attempt a landing,
although much struck by an extraordinary
spectacle that met his gaze.
AT intervals along the shore he behcld
great platforms, on which huge stone
giants stood in rows, facing the sea. He
saw them first and was last to see them,
for Easter Island thereupon became "lost"
again to navigators for more than half
century, and when it was rediscovered all
the giants had been thrown down.
What had happened? Nobody will ever
know. The history of the island-wholly
volcanic, thrown up out of the depths of
the sea and 1,100 miles from the nearest
lands lost; the population it had when
Roggeveen saw it had wholly disappeared
at the time of its rediscovery.
But the stone giants remain; also the
platforms of cut stone (more or less in
tact) on which they stood. One of these
platforms was $40 feet long, and on it
were placed fifteen of the huge images,
The mirror., 1921-10-20
BASEBALL

The Saltwater All Stars won the ball
game here on October 18th by a score of
IL to 10, in an eight inning game.
The locals played in hard luck all the
way. The breaks throughout the game
were decidedly against them. The visi-
tors out hit the locals 13 to 9, but the
locals nine hits were for total of fifteen
bases, while the visitors thirteen hits were
for total of fourteen bases, and still, they
were allowed to make the enormous total
of twelve scores. 1t does not seem posi-
BILE that so many scores could be made off
twelve singles and one double and
especially so when there was never more
than three singles made in one inning.
However, such was the case. Six bats
men reached first on infeld errors and FIVE
of these developed into scores. Another
costly error was made in centerfeld that
allowed three runners to score and the
batter to reach third, and moment later,
to score The visitors contributed quite
freely to the error column but their errors
The mirror., 1921-10-20

were not so costly as the locals. They
allowed four men to reach first on in6ed
errors but only one of these developed
into score.
The visitors started right off the reel to
ring the bell. In, that round it chimed off
three doleful chimes, representing three
runs Off the visitors. They were made off
of two singles, sacrifc fly and an error.
In the second they counted once more on
three singles and an infeld out. One
more counter was registered in the third,
on couple of singles and couple of in
field errors. Then came the visitors big
inning which was the fourth, when the
bell tolled off five markers. These were
made from pass on balls, three singles,
and three errors. The fifth frame started
out with the appearance of being a re-
peater of the fourth, for the first man up
reached first on an infeld error, stole
second and went to third on sacrifice
and finally scored on single. The re-
naming batters failed to hit, thus keeping
the ball from being booted about the dia-
mond for the remainder of the inning.
The sixth was scoreless, but one more
counter was recorded in the seventh and it
came by the way of single, stolen base,
passed ball and sacrifice fly.
The locals took the lead in the early
chapters but after the visitors changed
pitchers they frightened up on their de-
fensive work and came from behind and
won the game. The locals made one
marker in the first frame which came by
the way of a couple of singles, sacrifice
and an overthrow to third. In the second
round the locals got five runs that devel-
oped from three singles, two passes, one
double and two errors. This ended the
locals scoring until the sixth round, then
two runs were recorded which came by
the way of base on an error, single
and triple. In the last round, two more
runs were made on pass and home
run.
Bur was the star hitter of the day. Out
of five times up he smashed out four hits
that were good for nine bases. Two sin
giles, a triple and home run, which
drove in four runs, and scoring once him
SELF
The mirror., 1921-10-20

Slated for liver in eighth inning.
Games won, IS. Lost, 9. Percentage, .591.
Summary-Home runs Bur. Three
base hits-Bur. Two base hits-Pomin-
vile, Hic. Sacrifice hits-S. Hoy, Peu!ine,
Goulette, Alvin, liver, ON. Stolen bases
&C. Hoy, 8, Pominville, Hic, Bur, Nell.
Left on bases-Visitors, 7; M.S.P., 7.
First on errors-Visitors, 7; M.S.P., 3.
Earned runs-Visitors, 4; M.S.P., s.
Hits-Arndt, 6, in two innings; S. Hoy, 3,
in six innings; Nell, 13. Strikeouts-
Arndt, 8; S. Hoy, 9; Nell, s. Passed on
balls-Arndt, 8; S. Hoy, 1; Nell, I. Wild
pitches-S. Hoy, 3; Nell, 8. Passed balls
-Peuline, 2; Lob, 2.
Umpires Mr.. P. Byers and Mr.. A. J. H.
j. r. S.
The mirror., 1921-10-20
WINDOWS FOR POULTRY HOUSES
By a Fancier


NoTE-This is the second article on peril
nent questions relating to poultry by one who
has made study of the business of poultry
raising.
If you were to go out through the coun-
try and look over the construction of poul-
try houses you would find that most of
them are built with their windows from
three to four feet from the floor, while
they should have been built so that they
are down to the floor level.
l will try to explain this by giving you
an illustration.
Did you ever go home at night after
working out of doors all day, settle down
in an easy chair and try to read? In a
few minutes you find yourself getting
drowsy-the air was bad. Those at home
during the day had not noticed it because
they had been moving around. When
you settled down in the chair you were
below the window ledge and in what
might be termed a tank of foul air,
which air is much heavier than fresh air
and had settled to the floor. What did
you do? Opened the door and give the
foul air chance to pass out.
Hens cannot get up and open the doors,
and unless you arrange the windows of
your poultry houses so that the bad air
has chance to escape, your poultry have
: to make the best of it. Remember the
tallest fowl is not over eighteen inches
high and unless the windows are down
to the floor it is in a tank of bad air all
day, unless it gets up on the roost, and
hen that spends its time on the roost does
not lay any eggs.
Get the fresh air down to the floor of
your poultry house and you will improve
the health of your fowls, and also increase
the egg yield, because fresh air, as well
as feed, is necessary in egg production.
In hanging the windows bear this in
mind-they should be hung the same as
storm windows are hung, by hinges, from
the top of the sash, except that the top
and bottom sash should be hung separately.
Then when they are opened you get the
effect of Aue. This will draw out the
bad air from off the floor, without form
ing draught.
There are several companies that man.
ufacture ventilators for poultry houses but
there is no need of paying fancy price
for these systems. The windows, properly
placed, will do all that is necessary and
you can keep the money you would spend
for the system to buy feed for the flock.
The mirror., 1921-10-20

verying in stature from forty to sixty Zee.
Most of the images wore crowns, weigh
ing two or three tons apiece, of reddish
volcanic tufa. Some of them represented
females apparently, and each one was
modelled in the likeness of the upper halt
of human being, the head dispropor-
tionately large. They are carved out of
gray lava, and it is surmised that they
were designed as portraits of royal or
otherwise distinguished personages.
The origin of the giants is no puzzle.
They are found today on the island in III
stages of the making, the quarry frcm
which they came being located in the
crater of an extinct volcano at an eleva
ton of 1927 feet above the sea. There
some of them may be seen merely sketc:'cd
out upon the rocky walls, while others re
in state of partial completion and yet
others stand or lie where they were left
while in process of transportation to the
coast.
In all, SIS of the statues have been
found. The largest seventy feet high,
remains unfinished in the crater. The
crater is cupshaped, perfectly circular, half
a mile in diameter, and contains small
lake that is alleged to be "bottomless,"
sounding lines 800 feet long having failed
to reach bottom.
The rim of the crater is broken at one
point, where stream of lava formerly
poured through on its way to he sea. 1t
was through this gap that stone images
carved inside the crater were dragged.
Their transportation down the mountain
and to the coast seems miraculous per-
formance, in the absence of steamboats,
and other machinery; but the supposition
is that they were lowered by chocks ard
wedges, and drawn by hundreds of men
along roads covered with seaweed. On
reaching the seashcre, they were probably
rolled up inclined planes of earth to the
tops of the platforms, where they were
placed erect.
In the crater are ninety-three images,
forty of them finished and ready for re-
novel. They weigh from twelve to forty
tons apiece. Outside the crater is another
quarry, in which thre are $50 stone giants
in various stages. The rock is soft and
easily carved; and the final step was to
cut the back of the statue away from the
matrix.
1t is manifest that the island in the
days of the image-makers had a large
population relatively to its size, its length
being only thirteen miles and its width
seven. Chambers beneath the stone plat
forms are crowded with human skeletons,
wrapped in grass and laid with their
heads toward the sea. One subterranean
vault of great size is filled with skulls
There are now on the island about $50
people of Polynesian stock. But they dc
not seem to be descendants of the image
makers.-Ex.
The mirror., 1921-10-20
RELATO REFERO

INTERESTING READING AND INFORMATION
GATHERED FROM MANY SOURCES
By Scissors
Australia has population of 5,O30,OOO.
The high cost of fuel has led Japan to
develop immense water power.
The sparrow can fly short distances at
the rate of about 80 miles an hour.
England's lunatics decreased by 1o per
cent in the last two years of the war;
Study of domestic economy was not in
troduced in school in England until 1874
More than a million patients pass
through the New York hospitals every
year.
Several hundred new designs in penny
toys are brought out every week in Lon
don.
The idea that the century plant blooms
only once in hundred years is popular
fallacy.
Bisons are the only horned cattle native
to America and they have never been
domesticated.
Sauerkraut has been found of great use
on board ships as safeguard against
scurvy during long voyages.
No goods are allowed to pass a Turkish
customhouse which have trademark that
at all resembles a crescent.
The chemical constituents of the Inush-
room are almost identical with those of
meat and it possesses the same nourish.ng
properties.
One home in every two in the rural dis
tricts of Ontario has a telephone and
about one farm out of every four has a
motor car.
Asbestos was known to the Romans,
1000 years ago and was used by them
for wrapping bodies that were to be
burned or cremated.
Abdur-Rahman Kahn, amir of Afghan
istan from 1874 to 1909, succeeded in i'm
posing an organized government upon
most unruly people.
Court plaster is so called because it was
originally applied by ladies of the court
as patches on the face. 1t is made of silk.
vanished with a solution of isinglass.
Great Britain now has Is peeresses in
their own right. OF this number five ,'e
countesses, one is duchess, two are Wis
countesses and the remainder baronesses.
Women of the harems of the Bagdad
sheiks are occasionally permitted to view
American motion pictures, which must be
strictly censored, all love scenes being en-.
tirely eliminated.
A great deal is now being learned about
the Koreans and the statement IS made
that these people made gunpowder in 200
B. c., and it is said that they used iron
clads against the Japanese away back in
1897.
In olden times the mayors of Leicester,
England, were chosen by pig. The
candidates sat in a semicircle each with
The mirror., 1921-10-20

In olden times the mayors of Leicester,
England, were chosen by pig. The
candidates sat in semicircle, each with
his hat full of beans in his lap, and he
was chosen mayor from whose hat the pig
ate first.
The mirror., 1921-10-20

A great deal is now being learned about
the Koreans and the statement IS made
that these people made gunpowder in 200
B. c., and it is said that they used iron
clads against the Japanese away back in
1897.
The mirror., 1921-10-20

Asbestos was known to the Romans,
1000 years ago and was used by them
for wrapping bodies that were to be
burned or cremated.
The daily times., 1921-07-29

company all legal notices for inser-
ttCn in the Times
Attorneys claim they are not re-
sponsible for the accounts when
their clients do not pay them and so
we frequently lose the money.
Hereafter attorneys must require
clients to deposit sufficient funds to
cover the cost of publication before
we will insert legal notices.
We have probably $4,000 worth
If legal notice accounts on our books
tLat we have worried over for the
past two or three years trying to
collect and are no nearer now than
when we started, and we need the
money for our paper is cash when
we get it and our help must be peiG
every Saturday night.
The daily times., 1921-07-29
PREPARATIONS ON TO
GIVE PASSION PLAY.

ODerammergau, July 28.-Since
the decision was made to give the de-
layed Passion Play in 1922 Oberam-
mergau has taken ON new life. Car
penters, painters and masons, many
Of them wearing long hair and boards
which mark them as participants in
previous dramatizations of {the pass
ion of Jesus Christ, are restoring the
open air theater and villas which had
no attention during the war period
Busy housewives are pr eparing
their homes for the reception of visi-
tors who Will fill the little village
next summer. -Scene-painters are re-
building and restoring the representa-
tions of parts of the Holy Land where
Jesus lived and died and rose again
from the tomb.
Needlewomen are fashioning robes
for the apostles and scores of other
biblical figures who participate in
the play. Although the cast will not
be elected by the directors of the
play until October, young women who
have distinguished themselves in 9TH
The daily times., 1921-07-29
WEAK; RUNDOWN
Carolina Lady Got So She Could
Just Drag.-"Cardui Built Me
Up," She Declares.

Kernersville, N. C.-In an interest
ing statement regarding Cardui, the
Woman's Tonic, Mrs. Wesley Mabe, of
near here, recently said: 81 have
known Cardui for years, but never
knew its worth until year or so ago.
was in weakened, rundown con-
dition. became draggy-didn't eat or
sleep to do any good; couldn't do any
thing without great effort. I tried
different remedies and medicines, yet
continued to drag.
81 decided to give Cardui a trial,
and found it was just. what l really
needed. 1t made me feel much strong
er soon after I began to use 1t. / be-
gan to eat more, and the nervous.
weak feeling began to leave. Soon l
was sleeping good.
"Cardui built me up as no other
tonic ever did.
81 used Cardui with one daughter
who was puny. felt bad and tired out
al the time. 1t brought her right out,
and soon she was as well as a girl
could be. We think there is nothing
like Cardui."
Do not allow yourself to become
weak and rundown from womanly
troubles. Take Caedui You may find
1t just what you really need. For
more than 40 years it has been used by
Thousands and thousands, and found
Just as Mrs. Mabe describes.
At your druggists, NC1I42
The daily times., 1921-07-29
MAY MCAVOY
SCORES AGAIN

When Realart determined to cele-
brate their second anniversary with
special production, they combed
the industry for someone to fittingly
occupy the star part in the story
which was written by Hector Turn
bull. 1t was not mere chance that
Miss McAyoy was chosen to PLAY the
role of the petite French maid, Jean
ne Millette, in "A Private Scandal, :"
coming to the Wilson Theatre Sat
urday
Miss McAvoy had already made a
reputation for herself with her mar
velous Interpretation of Grizel in
Sentimental Tommy and her fine
characterization in The Devils Gar
den, Truth About Husbands.
Forbidden Valley" and other pic
lures.
In "A Private Scandal" Miss Nc
Avoy is called upon to portray a very
difficult role, that of an innocent girl
upon whom suspicion rests, and who
Keeps silent through loyalty to the
guilty woman who has been her
friend and benefactress. Miss McAyov
handles this with sonsummate art
The daily times., 1921-07-29

DO so. He then gives i'll detail to the
lCcal papers claims held by the city
on the State fer paving i'll front of
State owned property amounting to
$3,249.04 which has been standing
since 1914.
In asking that he further his eff
forts To have the quarry drained the
20 or more citizens calling upon Soil
citor Norris stated that public in
terest demanded the drainage and
subsequent investigation of any dis
closure that may result from the
work
The meeting of the public build
ings and grounds committee which
Governor Morrison instructed ]. Bry-
an Grimes to call is expected to
reach decision this afternoon The
committee is composed of the COVER
nor, secretary of state, attorney gen
efal and auditor. Governor Morrison
will not attend the meeting
State College summer school stu
dents are today leaving Raleigh for
their respective homes after com
pleting a six weeks course. The last
examinations were held Wednesday.
The attendance this year reached $50.
One hundred and twenty thousand
license have been issued by the State
TO automobiles and motor trucks. it is
announced hera tOdav
The automobiles licensed total
100000.
The daily times., 1921-07-29
MAYOR SAYS RALEIGH HAS
BEEN A GOAT FOR THE STATE.
tBy Max Abernethy).

Raleigh. July 2S.-With delega
E. Norris to go the limit with his in
yestigation and Mayor r. b. Eldridge
firing d broadside at the State for
its failure to bear the expense of
draining the old rock quarry in East
Raleigh interest today centers in the
meeting of the State building and
grounds committee called by Cover
nor Morrison to consider the much
mooted question: To drain or not to
drain.
Mayor Eldridge fires point blank at
the State without calling any Off
Gals names. The city of Raleigh has
always been a goat for the State, the
mayor said, and imposition after i'm
position has been heaped on Raleigh
by the State and the city has been
forced to bear them until the rock
quarry controversy arose 1.-The city
of Raleigh has bucked in the matter
of draining the quarry and intends to
stay bucked," the mayor declares
with heat
The State claims the service of the
various departments of the city gov
ernment just the SAME as any tax
paying citizen without contributing
anything to the revenue, Mayor Ell
bridge says in discussing what he
termed. "the habit of the State in
passing the buck to the city when
ever possible" 1t is the mayors Be
lief that the State now would force
the city of Raleigh to undertake the
work of draining the seven million
gallon pond if there were any way to