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Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14
WOOdsnen's Pay
No Longer High

in Bangor for whisky, motor rides and
other enjoyments, or lost in gambling
Eottom Fell Out.
Then, In the early fall Of 1920, the
bottom began to fall out Peeled
pulp wood fell from $31 cord to
$21, and rough from $23 to $13, while,
with an overstock ON hand every
where, cutting operations were cur
tailed one-half Woods wages went
down with bang but the bottom was
not reached. This summer the decline
has continued and woods wages are
down to $1.75 day, in some sections
as low as $1.50, with board, while
pulpwood sawyers working by the cord
are getting instead Of $2.75 to $3.50
a cord, $1.75 and occasionally So, and
paying their own board at the rate of
rs cents to 81 day. Even at these
prices there are thousands idle.
Spruce lumber, which at one time in
1919 reached $63 and $65 per 1000
feet, is now quoted at $45 to
$40 for dimensions and $50 to $43
for randoms, and the only thing that
prevents a further slump is the de-
mand of the pulp mills, which now
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14

eat up fully rs per cent of the log crop.
On the west branch of the PenoD-
scot, which in the old days yielded
5O,O0O00O feet or more of long logs,
scarcely a stick was cut last winter
for sawmills, practically the entire out
put, 134,0O0,0O0 feet being in four-foot
lengths, for the Great Northern Paper
company. 1t is the same story every
where-the pulp mills monopollzlng
the log cut, and as long as this de-
mand continues lumber cannot be any
thing like as cheap as it once was,
whatever the cost of labor.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14

Last week the President let 1t be
known that he wished congress to go
ahead with its legislative program
without thought OF an early adjourn
ncnt. There had been some anxiety
in Washington lest the deliberations
of the conference on Limitation OF
ornaments might be disturbed by the
dolngs of congress If 1t were in session
after November II, hut Mr.. Harding
is not at all worried by this. The tax
bill is holding up all business In the
senate except the treaties and the
canal tolls bill. The treaties are TO
be voted on october Id and the canal
measure comes to vote on October
10. n President Harding's preference
Is considered, the tariff bill will be
taken mp before adjournment though
many members of congress seem WILL
ing that 1t should go over to the next
session.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14

Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood was con-
firmed BY the senate as governor gen
eral Of the Philippines and next day
WINS placed on the retired list Of the
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14

Hungary, warned by the allies,
agreed to withdraw entirely from
Burgenland, the strip awarded to Aus
tria by the treaty of TrianOn. The
trouble there, however, may not be
ended, for the Hungarian government
admittedly has lost control over the
irregular troops that are holding a
part of the territory and that so far
have refused to get out.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14
Reaction in Maine From War
Boom Sends Lumber Prices
Down Toward Normal.
TWO men FOR EVERY JOB
Home Builders Will Rejoice, but Pulp
Mills Garner Most of the Output
Employers Now Can Get Their
Pick of Men.

Bangor.-The day of fabulous wages
for woodsmen Is past, and instead OF
Jobs hunting men-men OF any klnd
at almost any price-the hunting is
now done by the men, for there are
at least two of them to one job. Every
day now, the sidewalks of lower Ex-
change and Washington streets are
thrOnged with woodsmen, waiting for
something to turn up, and the employ
ment agents are having their pick of
The men at prices not more than half
those paid year ago.
In olden times the best of native
woodsmen were glad when November
came around and long winter faced
them, to get $16 to $25 a month to go
into the woods, walking most of the
30 to 100 miles from Bangor to the
scene of operations with their bags
on their backs, and satisfied with
bunk in a log house and diet COM
posed chiefly of pork and beans. They
went to work at the first streak of
dawn and kept at it as long as they
could see a tree.
Wages Were Low.
In that day the price of spruce
stumpage (the right to cuD was $l.2o
to 81 per thousand feet and very lib
eral scale at that. The men who drove
the logs down the boom got $1.75 to
$3.50 day, and they were experts,
every one The rafters at Bangor,
the overhaulerS, the sawmill men and
everybody else who touched the log
or the lumber worked long hours at
low wages-the sawmill men from
dawn to dusk for $50 a month and
board. Vessels carried the lumber
from Bangor to Boston for as little
as $1.25 per thousand feet, seldom
more than $1.75; to Long Island ports
for 80 cents more and to New York
for 1925 to $2.75.
On this basis of cost of production
estimating the price of the logs in
boom at SO to 50 per thousand feet
for hemlock and $40 to $13 for
spruce, lumber was so cheap that al
most anyone could afford to build a
house and mechanics in Bangor and
the towns along the river improved
the opportunity of cheap lumber and
cheap land to get homes for them
selves.
Today everything is very different
There had been a gradual increase be-
fore the war of stumpage rates, wages
and other costs, and lumber was costly
enough when the war came on, largely
through the advent Of the pulp mills
which from small beginnings In the
eighties increased their field and scope
Of operations until in 1915 they owned
most of the desirable timber lands
and were eating up rather more than
half of the SO0,O00000 feet of spruce
cut in the state.
Then the war set things faster
than ever. Wages were first to go sky
ward, owing to the difficulty of getting
help.
Men who could not speak a WORD
Of English and were almost too lazy
to move got So day and board fol-
cutting four-loot pulp wood, or SITE
to So cord when working by the
piece and paying their own board, al
the rate Of rs cents to 81 day
Some of these pieceworkers made as
much as $3.50 to 5000 month, few
even more. Most of this was spent
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14
Check Signed U. R. Acrook
Goes Through Banks

Loveland, Colo.-Some crook
with sense of humor succeed
ed In passing a check for $3.50
on an Akron (O) rubber firm
that was written or counter
check of the First National bank
here. 1t was signed U. Il.
Acrook and indorsed by several
banks before it got back here,
and it was discovered there was
no such account in the local
bank.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14
Changes in Tax Bill Proposed
By the Democrats and the
"Agrarian Bloc
GENERAL WOOD is RETIRED
President Asks Local Cooperation In
Relieving Unemployment Conditions
-Premlers BRAND and Lloyd
George May Attend the Great
Conference In Washington.
By EDWARD w. PlcKARD.

The peril that resides In overwhelm-
lug majorities, always recognized by
politicians, is being demonstrated
again to the Republicans in congress
In the case of the tax bill. The senate
Republicans have. been split up into
several groups that so far have been
unable to agree on the changes to be
made in the measure as passed by the
house, and the Democratic minority,
consequently, is hopeful of carrying
out Its program. The main features
of this are:
A higher surtax rate than 81 per
cent to affect incomes in excess OF
$5O0O00.
A graduated corporation income tax
in place of the proposed Is per cent
rate.
Retention of the corporation capital
stock tax.
Repeal Of the freight, passenger and
Pullman transportation taxes and OF
the $1,000 exemption allowed to cor
porations.
Decreased normal income tax rates
on incomes of $4,000 or less.
Senators Mccormick, Capper, Len
root and others of the so called
agrarian bloc, together with number
of other Republicans, have been work
ing hard to devise a program that Will
be acceptable to a majority of the
senate. and the one they have drawn
I'D tentatively includes the following
changes:
A graduated corporation income
tax instead of fiat tax as substi-
tute for the excess profits tax.
Further reduction in the lower sur
tax rates on individual incomes, but
an increase from the 80 per cent maxi
mum in the bill to 80 per cent, which
represents a compromise between the
proposed maximum and the rate OF
65 per cent present law.
Retention Of the corporation cap.
ital stock tax which Is repealed in the
senate committee bill.
An increase in the higher rates OF
estate taxes.
Repeal of the taxes on freight, pas
senger and express transportation
Senator Smoot OF Utah and few
others nre advocating a 3 per cent
production or manufacturers sales
tax. but the group above mentioned
is oppoped to this, and so is Repre-
sentative Mondell Republican leadel
of the house, who. after a conference
with President Harding asserted there
was no chance that the house vOulC
accept anything of the nature of
general sales tax.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14
u. S. Tells How
to Save on Fuel

structed so that the heat is held In;
that the air be kept moist; and that
enough fresh air be admitted either
continuously or from time to time to
avoid the discomfort or unhealthful
conditions due to accumulation of car
bonic acid gas. In selecting fuel the
bulletin suggests that different KINDS
and sizes of coal be tried out.
Should Be Properly Installed.
The best and highest-priced heater
improperly installed may give less sat
isfaction than the poorest and cheap
est put in correctly, says the bulletin.
For this reason a man known to under
stand his business should install the
plant. In selecting the furnace, consult
owners of homes who have had ex-
perience in operating furnaces of diff
ferent types.
Practically all heating plants have
four dampers. A draft damper In the
door of the ash pit is opened to admit
air through the fire, which causes 1t
to burn rapidly. A check damper To-
Gated in the smoke pipe is opened to
admit cold air into the fiue, thus inter-
fering with the draft and retarding the
burning of fuel in the heater. The
damper located in the feed door Is used
for the same purpose. Through it cold
air is admitted directly over the fire,
and If opened wide, 1t acts as a check.
When regulated properly, it admits just
sufficient air to supplement that adj
mitted through the draft damper and
causes more perfect combustion Of the
fuel. The smoke pipe damper is To-
Gated between the furnace and the
check draft, and can be used to control
the draft above the fuel in windy
weather or at night.
Ashes should not be permitted to ac-
cumulate in the ash pit. as this retards
the draft and the heat causes the CRATE
bars to become warped and bent. AS a
rule 1t is not necessary to shake down
the ashes more than once or twice n
day. except in very cold weather. and
shaking should be stopped as soon as
live sparks begin to fall into the ash
pit.
Sealing Cracks Saves Heat
II Is economy to seal the cracks
about doors and windows with weather
strips, and where the, weather is un-
usually cold storm sash is recon-
mended. With wind velocity of
fifteen miles an hour crack of three
thirty-seconds Of an inch. which is
much less than the average for doors
and windows, permits, the passage Of
about one and one-half cubic feet Of
air minute for every linear foot. An
ordinary double sash window (thlrty-
six inches wide and seventy-two inches
high) would thus admit thirty cubic
feet of mir minute. In q room ten
feet wide by twenty feet long having
two windows Of this kind, there would
he required approximately 80 per cent
more heat units to heat It properly
than If the entrance of the air was
controlled and n complete change nj
lowed once every hour.
In addition to maintaining proper
temperature, the moisture present in
the air is great factor in heating
homes The water pan in the furnace
should always be kept filled, and other
means provided for the evaporation Of
water In the living room. Not only are
rooms in which the air has high per
centage of moisture more economically
heated, but living conditions are more
healthful. r.t
Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14

This girl, Juanita Clivette of New
York, is certain that she is the re-
incarnation Of Sappho. At the age OF
six she climbed on her mothers knee
and said: Mamma, I have found
myself Who, or what, was SapphoT'
Since then she has written thousands
of lyrics and painted many charming
canvases. She is now only fourteen
years old. Her father, who keeps
curio shop, has been an actor, ma
gician, newspaper man and artist.
81 am as old as time," says Juanita.
81 have been since the beginning.
Once was Sappho. l am again Sap
pho reincarnate."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22

''"mipOScd of--W. II. Harrington. Luther
Lewis Ilyds Davis. ,iwyn Joncs. wal
ter Schwc!tzer. Geo. Cox. Edward Nc
NJ. I.pwcry. Chas. Puteet, Howard Clay
Pu"l". and other.
To Confer Side Degree
Tn" Minstrel part will lie followed by
IN" .t"n''rri:. Of 4 Sid" h"Rr"e or tho
ur,I-r uI"r II lnrE~ class The entire
Hahn" md I.Ih'' company taking part
rG"r, .rr:' >",un l'ythiaus IN hcelinS
via" have lrh tins ratK conferred upon
them. ia lat there arc some PTlhians
n Wheeling who knew there was such
rauh t. "hlol only Pythians arc eNg-
~" tn" commit. is having the time
"f th",r lives In selecting the candidate
FOR this work 40 nInnsi every Pythian
im th, rlts I"eirv> 10 be selected for
tbs high honor.
All roads VIII lead t. the Pythian get
together meeting n; E!ks club this eve
mn. Usual Iyth!an smile will admit
you.
The committee having arrangements
IN charge ia composed Of tho following
VEL SHOWN i'ythtans Fred simon. Jas.
VI. lI"rry. \. e. Harmon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES DRIVE
MEETING SPLENDID RESPONSE

a rurHr"~ e. ue~ ruu:rihGl"r~. NY;
Fred Eos also turned ir good 'iS' -
Subscriptions. ono OF Hhi,h vas n
c-"aSed rrn'n s'".c0 10 Sirn."". We a.?
hal u uun!L.t Of new subscribers.
MI. SAone Talks
Mr. ". T.. Stoue. art,r the report nr
~" team captains. aga called atte'-
con 10 ~ necessity = putting WIS
campo Igu over. as work - hun'Ani'>
and s" obligation ~ every Christian
community. rs We" IS FOR tie e"f-pr".
t.'tIrn and h,st interests ~ III" HE"tr
.'lt,. ~. st"i 'ra' whits x viii iaHe
1'T"N h-rd work "U the part % t'.e
team WORKERS :" ny n" i"o Throw +,
tr nos he 't'nos' ~rrnd>E"" - TO
c",ru.urt;. >? ~ Wheeling. a:d ~.
-. h.l'N'. .iNr 10y "T" wcu Il r~fH,'
Z" ne"t h.s star" &c tins oh,tEst'"".
Nhen !, "a r"t .IUare!l ~ 10 htrN.
War ." 'rs"'lnE Tho TOMS asNtr
',rI ~ 't.i" ~, tN-ouEhcui ~" o''N.
= ID VI iel"r, "s..'' - :. '.",' .i0'H-
.~. a. =" E'r' Henri C'Th IN new
b, ~SpssdaN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
.PYTH|ANS MEET
THIS EVENING
FIRST OF SERIES OF GET To0GTh-
Err MEETINGS 80 EE HELD
AT ELKS CLUB
Baltimore Lodge Has Arranged unique
Reconsideration PROM
Many Points

Th.S evening al ~" Eiks "lun ~ an
street tn FIih;nr', n ms vicinity viii
huyh the iirsi ~ 4 serbs 81 Get i"+"tiI'T
MEETINGS. Pi''lE.nl, i.,rr" "ll lie los
I" ibis gathering n'i have ARRANGED i
program ihlt pr";al,e' (" no ih' "t"~'
unique ever uniri ,A~"r Tor '!t"iah
event.
The COMMITTEES has hccr adv iscd fh7 I
Delegations Will attend from AdHu'6
IilIonIalc 81 ''n'rrNi,ie. ''eiiulr"'
bridgeport. Ming" IlI,,tion. Stcuhe"
villc. Chesrer New Cumberland. weir
ton. F1iIansb"c. Wcll,uurG. Eenwoo'l,
,MrMechen end Mouris' lie
Anticipate Big Attendance
Anticipating a Large hiteudamr" ih-
cowmt;'e"' have ".ad" arrangements I"
care r"r al aud extend p 'orI'l inNi.
tItiuu TO the iu"u'i".", 0t ~" fraternity
70 attend iht< "r"rIug meeting.
District perul Grand rhnuc"'ur Vi"
tor Myers viii Ir-q'Ir tn" evenings
e-t"t '.lun,HN' ',r'l G". i.r...',..-i.h by 81
address on fr,r"rusI=r' b. supreme
Ns;rcScnI.f.t. Fl,'. lao l. arhen2,
Ernare AVID l."H. "'U erp"ar in Wheel
.nE WITH their rorrnrv Or T'thian en-
'erta,n.rs Ari :, great trcat Is In
ttcr. fer tro>c vho a'rsid
Rack Face Minstrel
The Wds:n"H aEsn, no ras n""i N
the ety. rnr s'r,.at dnvS hsH arranged
10 tres.'.' s. -" tvet iri't { The pro
grent =, ~" 'aI>j. Nj E,a,H tee" Mn
S;rel e. -. 80 ~. .. = iHi"nt ol.isiu-
a. Die NH YAK mar. Nrv". rh"w h"rr.
NJ l,.rH" shows. Iu'.~.r' $3.50 :
Nr ''v!. Ua>,. : vrtr r'r.'
Hpwar1 -, GuoI. len '1r, r..r...
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
8O-CENT ROBBERY CASE
IS AGAIN CONTINUED

H. r-.m;nt, cnur: yesterday Judge
h'ar II. Robinson continued until the
n"Nr t@>N the rern Of Uncle Bob
Etans a negro. who has been In tall
for I'VE months awaiting TRIAL On o
rrhh"rr HhirE" that involves eighty
~"nt,. TIj~ Action was taken escsuse
- 'rc nbsruce OF Il material state Wit
l"><. Prosecuting Attorney Carl g,
Ea"Snsun said that tht'"sta,o, because
Of so aged negroes years, had rsftaaned
fr"W placing pistol toting charge
HLs'nst the prisoner
The ,'ase Of Eau L!',!e. charged Hi:h
Ming on the earnings OF his wife. Sc
cured ILLEGALLY. was continued 10 the No
vcmher t"rm r. SaEie's Ease. an
alleged Ind che-k affair. Soes over TO
''r'"he~ 81
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
BLkNTON TO SPEAK
ON RAILROAD STRIKE

Hon. Thomas l.. B!anton VIII deliver
the principal address at the second an
nual dinner Of the Industrial Relations
Association Of the Wheeling District at
their meeting TO be held next Tuesday
evening 1T 6 o'clock.
Mr.. Blanton's topic will be very Wit
al one, on tho existing railroad strike.
He is bitterly against the strike. and his
address will no doubt be interesting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
PuBL1sH NOTES TO CHINA.

Toxic. Oct. 2l.---fBy The Associated
Press 1.-The foreign office today gave
out for publications is recent notes to
China I'm connection with Jaran's pro-
pokals for direct negotiations with that
nation over Shantung and in brief
paragraph eccomFa ny!ng the note cited
tho prior exchange Of communications.
The text OF China's reply. dated 0cto-
Der Is. It was appended.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
su rinr a par.ds this afternoon at 1:3O

o'clock from the central part OF the city
to League Park ball grounds TO witness
tho Martins Ferry-Fostoria game. llan'
call for the high school parade TO pre-
ceds the city parade and form at Fourth
street. north OF Hanover. at 1870 eNact'
ly. All who expect to attend the foot-
Lall game are urged 10 join the paraHe
and give the visitors a royal welcome.
The matter of securing crnanGnt
quarters was discussed ana 4 committee
was appointed for carrying this point
The meeting night OF the club was ais"
changed to Thursday. Instead Of Wed
nesday. as usual. Last nights meeting
was held at this time for Convenience.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
QUARTET or DRUMS

= = =. = r'"n rh1p ~ Nv |"h
art t-on, q 1a?os,' = Il rp"'t= IRE hat
AS been !!s,c,ernt -ics. to the aurfa~.
Z tar ground.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
WEST LIBERTY
NORMAL NOTES

Two nrunliI"',t members OF the S;a'"
Beard uc control. James :. Lak!n ami
John $. parst. visited the Normal sch"",
October -. 10 inspect the FrpUnd~
building aud work under constru"t'".
Roth we're we'll pleased with tie rr"r
res> OF the new construr''"u WORK and
ths improvements In general about th"
school.
This Vas Mr. parstA inst VISIT ="
West Liberty Normal ~" was very
val pleased and much impressed Win
the One Ioca ton Of tho srhn"l a:.,l "a
creased sYUe very vpt'n!stt" views 90
tive tHstituttna as piace Tor '-ainii =
,ea hers in orthwcs'err West Virginia
Mr.. I.akn said the i'lans for III" new
administration building % be erected @"
the school farm nuar tho g!r's dorm.
tory have been compelled and the u@N'
legislature Will be asked for funds :"
d. thr Urrk.
Work Oh tho ,Aw Sy'Hnasium has betT
dor .d tnr fN'v day. lit" EahCc"k
lumber conran" 80 rl,iskursh. Pa. -
t"rT.s.'i:- n" Lumbar aTd they Eat"
notified M-. shaw. constructI"" super
'n,rnGe"t hat carload hae been
shipped from orc Of their mills ."
Georgia Three rrrre carloads al r"i
low soon Wien the lIr,her nrriN e..
tul' r-cu - Wor"rr"r viii 70 u.Sd g
~. Tia building indie -."f t"fcrs -
arp--a~r ~ in"'rr'.rr 'ea.i-'-. MIA
wrIie o.. trur. TORE % w"rEm~n pa
heeH s'crred 20 ,he h':!lding Il tNe
res>-vCtr Reinforcement; !r"r f"r me
Na"s i.yS a--'vci III" ro-rs arc Trn"'
,'raliv r"rrle'. aHd 'ne men arr lHs!
"a >ins 9"u .,ur "a "rur0t
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-22
FERRY BOOSTER CLUB
HOLDS BIG MEETING

The Martins Ferry Booster Club held
4 meeting at the Board Of Trade rooms
last night, with 4 large crowd in Attend
ance. Arrangements were made for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-23
SUGAR EATERS

Sugar consumption in the United
States will make new high record
in the fiscal year ending with this
month. The quantity impored from
foreign countries, says statement
by the National City Bank, of New
York, was greater in the 10 months
for which figures are now available
than in the corresponding period OF
any preceding year. The domestic
production of the year was bigger
than ever before and expectation only
about half that of the corresponding
10 months of the preceding year.
These official figures of the months
imports and exports, plus the domes-
tic pro duction for which a record is
already established, adds the banks
statement, give a net total available
for consumption so much in excess
of any earlier year that we may not
be surprised if the official figures
showing the average per capita con-
sumption in the fiscal year 1921 run
up nearly to 100 pounds per capita,
against 81 u pounds per capita in
the fiscal year 1920, the former re-
cord year; SO paunds in 1919, and 80
pounds per capita in the high re-
cord per-war year 1914.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-23
INVESTIGATOR ENDORSES
NEAR EAST RELIEF

During the Peace Conference In
Paris the American Commission to
Negotiate Peace, approaching the i'm
portance of accurate. first hand In
formation about the Armenian situa-
ton, sent Capt. Benjamin Burgess
Moore of the American Red Cross as
head of special mission to study and
report on conditions. Captain Moore's
findings as to the value of the work
done by the Near East Relief form part
of his official report.
"Armenians are sincerely grateful to
u.s." Captain Moore states, "since 1t is
no exaggeration to say that they would
have disappeared as nation had II
not been for this splendid help given
them by the Near East Relief and the
American Food Administration. The
best that sympathetic Americans can
do is to continue and enlarge the pres
ent admirable work of the Near East
Relief" 49, --4-1-I