The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-23
CLIPPINGS
Press Congress of the World


meeting place for the business ses-
sions o fthe Press Congress of the
World. 1t can easily be made to &C
commodate FIVE or six hundred dele
gates, and will afford hall of assem-
bly, the most appropriate and salts
factory to be found in Hawaii.
The stately building always brings
up memories of the old Kingdom of
Hawaii. AS romantic tales of love
and intrigue as marked the courts of
old Europe are the stories that might
be told of events that have taken
place in the Capitol, or as the old
timers prefer to call it, the Iolani
Palace.
In the Throne Room, which is now
the Territorial Hall of Represent
atives, are hung portraits of former
Kings and their consorts. Changes
that have taken place since Queen
Liliuokalani relinquished the reign of
government have made what was
formerly the royal dining room into
the Senate Chamber for the Terri
tory. What is now the Governors
office was the royal bed chamber, and
the other rooms of the building
housed the dignitaries of the court.
The woodwork in the building is
ohia, superbly polished; the furniture
is of koa wood. The royal Hawaiian
coat-of-ar now the Territorial seal,
together with gilded spears and other
marks of bygOne days, may still be
seen in the ornamentation of the in
terror.
Located in the heart of the city,
the Capitol viii be conveniently near
the principal hotels where the Con-
gress delegates are to be housed
This easy accessibility will save a
great deal of valuable time and make
possible more attention to the lengthy
program of trips and entertainments
planned by the Congress hosts.
10000
j heard a man say the other day:
Zone rotten egg will not ruin the
poultry business, but it will play hell
with an omelet." And this applica-
ton Immediately occurred to me:
lone error in an estimate will not
throw printer into bankruptcy but
it certainly will play hob with his
proht on that job."-John c. Hill,
Secretary, Baltimore Typothetae.
5000
Prices of Farm Crops Below Pre-war
Average
The prices of six of the important
crops on May 1 of this year were be-
low the pre-war average prices for
that date, according to figures collect
ed by the Bureau of Crop Estimates,
United States Department of Agri-
culture. These crops are corn, oats,
barley, flax, potatoes, and cotton. The
report showed that the prices of the
three grains-wheat, rye, and buck
wheat-were above the pre-war aver
age prices. During April the average
price of wheat declined from $3.50 to
$1.23 per bushel. The report shows
such as flax, cotton, and broom corn,
are the most depressed in price, and
that food crops, such as wheat, rye,
potatoes, and apples, show relatively
less decline.
The prices in various parts of the
country vary, with South Dakota be-
ing the center of the low-price dis
triet, the May l report shows. The
average price of wheat in that State
was 80 cents per bushel, and in some
counties it was as low as 20 cents.
Corn was selling at an average price
of 81 cents per bushel in South Da-
kota, while the average price for the
United States was nearly 90 cents.
The price of oats was % cents per
bushel in South Dakota, the average
for the United States being sos
cents. The report showed a big de-
cline in the price of old potatoes,
especially in Michigan, where the
average was % cents a bushel. which
was 20 cents below the average for
the United States.
10000
The Electric Ship
The New Mexico was the first hat
tleship constructed in the United
States, to be propelled by electricity.
This ship is 624 feet long, weighs
$4,000 tons and from the water-line
to the top of the mast is as high as
a ten-story building.
To drive it 21 knots an hour re-
quires $4,000 horse power. Her OIL
burning engines are fed from tanks
which carry approximately 10000
pallons of oil It's nina hni1arr ma