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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06

plotting the monthly values back
to the start of 1920. The three
lines represent the value Of sales
for the two leading mail order
houses-Sears, Roebuck & Co. and
Montgomery Ward & co.-and an
index computed by the New York
Federal Reserve Bank on the basis
of the sales Of fifty-nine depart
ment stores in its district. The
figures have been expressed as per-
centages of the average monthly
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06
SUES CHESAPEAKE
BEACH HOTEL co.

t, The Chesapeake Beach Hotel Com
pany was sued yesterday In the Dis
trict Supreme Court by Gertrude
Frederick for $4,000 damages for al
legged personal injuries.
Through Attorneys wampler and
Kump. the plaintiff claims that on
July 90 last. while a visitor at the
beach, she tripped over a poard on
the pier and sustained permanent and
serious injury.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06

value of sales during 1919.
1t is evident that the department
store sales have held up better
than those of the mail order houses
circumstance which is explained
by the relatively severe loss of
purchasing power in farming dis
tricts.I 1t Is also apparent, how
ever. that the mail order houses
are experiencing their autumn
squirt in business.
Copyright, 1891, by New York Evening
Post, Inc.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06
Gr0cers Intervene
In Packers Case

The National Wholesale Grocers'
Association. which has for several
months attempted to be heard in con-
nection with the proposed modifica-
tions in the decree which required
the big Five" packers to divest
themselves of all holdings except the
meat business, were permitted yes
terday by Justice Stafford in the Dis
trict Supreme Court to intervene.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06

Monthly totals for the sales of
mail order houses usually are pub
lished in comparison with the to-
tai for the corresponding month
the year previous, a method which
gives little indication as to cur
great declines in commodity prices
this method of comparison Is fur
thermore, unusually misleading at
the present time. In the chart
above the difficulty is avoided by
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Erxs-strictly fresh. soc; average
receipts, 5saeoc: sopthern. 5saeoc-
Poultry alive-Roosters ID. 1sc;
turkeys, lb.. ssa40c; chickens,
spring, 1b.. 27a2sc: hens. ID, Bate:
keats. young. 4Oas5c: dressed fowls,
s5c: fresh killed chickens. ID, 3Oa
s5c: turkeys, h.. 40at.c; keats,
young. each. sea7Bc. Guinea hens,
CSC.
Livestock-Calves. ID. 12a12hc
lambs. choice. sasc; hogs. SIC
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Cfurntshed By ". 3. Hibbs q c.. n.mb.r,
Chicago Board Of Tradsl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06
Washington Stock Exchange Transactions.

The following md bond
including of November
(Furnished W. Hibbs & Company(
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Leather Eio.verx.

Painted learher bolionnieres that
AIRY the art of ariificiality to the III
most limit are the latest craze of fash
ion These floral bouquets are verltahe
works of art, being carried out in col
0red suede or leather. tinted to re-
produce the color ef the flowers they
profess to initiate. bunch of Nea-
poitan violets. made of fine scented
Russian leather, dyed delicate tone
Of pale mauve, with soft green leaves,
produced veritable triumph of art
as did pink rose fashioned of
crushed morocco that was destined TO
adorn the lapel of severity cut blue
serge coat. This new fad is very
costly one, as the flowers are all hand
made by clever artist. who keeps the
mystery Of her craft II profound secret
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
CUSTOMS FIFTY YEARS AGO

Who among us would say to-day, 81
never use Dentifrice, l never have tor"
Yet Fifty years ago, odd as it may seem,
not one person in 1000 used Dentifrice-
or even tooth brush.
So to-day, after more than 80 years of
persistent publicity of Aliens Foot=Ease,
the Antiseptc Powder for the Feet, not
many well-turned-out people care to con-
fess, "You know | never have to use Il
Powder for the Feet!"
More than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Fee5
were used by our Army and Navy during
The war.
The reason is this: Incasing and combining
the feet in Leather or Canvas Shoes is
bound to create friction, more or less.
Aliens Foot=Ease removes the friction
from the shoes, and sreshens the feet. 1t
is this friction which causes smarting, cal
'ouses, corns and bunions You know what
friction does to your motor-car axle. Why
not remove it from your footwear by Shak.
ing into your Shoes today, Aliens Foot
Ease, the clearly, wholesome, healing An
tiseptic powder? Get the habit, as millions
now have it.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Spanif h Influence.

Swayed by the influence Of the
Spanish style evening dresses for
spring and summer wear are of lace.
Not lace of the familiar ivory or black
necessarily. but laces of bold design
and colors which are equally bold.
rangerine. scarlet, American beauty.
orange and glowing yellow are not I'M
usual in the dyed lace gowns. In de-
sign he gowns conform more TO the
linner gown thsn that for formal eve
ing Near Tain are never seen in
~ newest gowns. although skirts may
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
DOM

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of New
the $1,354 $50 estate of Mrs. Frank
Leslie, announced Thursday that $500
600 of the estate had been spent for
womanis suffrage work in the United
soon be consumed in the PHILIPPINES,
Porto Rico and Hawaiian. Funds also
were supplied, she said to suffrage
campaigns in Hungary, Switzerland,
Italy, France and Belgium.
Quotations for refined cane sugar at
the refineries at San Francisco fell off
Wednesday from Sc to $500 hundred
weight the lowest price for more than
five years. Beet sugar, refined drop
ped 20 cents hundred weight to 500.
Delegates to he evil service commi
sioner's annual assembly ut Menneapo-
lis Thursday, announced San Francisco
has been decided on as the convention
city for 1920.
The Rainbow Parade" of the Fores-
tiers through the business district and
final drill maneuvers at their encamp-
ment at Forest park at Los Angeles,
Thursday occupied the attention of the
approximately 5000 members of the
Modren Woodnen of America at the
orders convention.
Sergeant James +. Jones of Wash
ington, o. c., was instantly killed and
Private Lester J. Oyerton was slight
~ injured when an army airplane in
which they were flying fell 300 feet at
March field at Riverside CAL Tuesday.
The accident was caused by the motor
of the plane stalling, officials at the
field said.
Six negroes were candidates for the
city council In Tuesdays municipal
election at Jacksonville. Fla. the first
time member of that race has sought
public office In Jacksonville in many
years. A municipal election here US
ually is regarded only ratification of
the white primary.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Nests in the Dark.

Prairie-owls select the deserted
burrows of the prairie-dogs; Chin
ney swifts construct their nests far
down In dark sooty chimneys. says
the American Forestry Magazine,
while woOdpeckers constitute other
familiar examples of this. as do a
vast host of other species of birds
all over the world
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

Watch cuticlra Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment
Wash off Ointment in FIVE minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. II
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
will do for poor compilations. dandruff,
itching and red rough hands,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
NEWS UF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRlEFEST
MANNER Possible.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
iflTERMOUNTAiN,

Clarence l.. Mower 81 years of age,
arrested ut Eden late last Thursday
night by the sheriffis department on
the charge of kidnapping his son. Ray
Mower 9, years Of age from the moth
err at Provo, Utah, WAS turned over to
Mower Kidnapped the boy after the
mother had been awarded his custody
In divorce decree.
At the regular meeting of the city
council of Blackfoot, Idaho last Thurs
day petition of frontage owners of
ten blocks from the business and resi-
dental districts for paving with
blulltihic was acted on favorably, and
the city attorney was instructed to pub
fish the intention to pave.
Harry Jacobson, 10, made an herioc
attempt Wednesday to save 9-year-old
Herman Orvih, who was drowning in
the Snake river, near Lewiston, Ida.
Notice exhausted Jacobson held to the
boy as they were carried considerable
distance down the stream, the river
being at high stage. Both were
drowned. Their bodies have not been
recovered.
Mrs. Alice Connolly, A, was drowned
in small creek Thursday after res
cuing her three small children from
drowning ut Peoria, Ill. Exhausted
by her efforts the mother fell into the
water after the third child had been
rescued.
Two hundred and fifty members of
the Alpha Delta Pi, national college
sorority, were attending the national
convention of the organization at Estes
Park, Colo. Tuesday. The conven-
ton will continue until June 81.
Construction of huge reservoir
above Pueblo to impound the waters
of the Arkansas river is the tentative
plan for preventing recurrence of
a flood in that city, Edward G. Fin
ney of Washington, d. c., first assls-
tant secretary of the interior, said in
Denver, Colo, Tuesday Mr.. Finney
went to Denver to discuss food pre-
vention with agents of his department
and Colorado engineers.
More than $500 persons attended
the dance given at the Bonneville
fit of the families of the three men
who lost their lives in the recent Utah
Oil Refining company fire. The af-
foir was hold undnr tha auSDirpS of
the Clarence f. Allen post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Salt
Lake
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Discriminating Lightning.

Picked up bodily from group OF
five students by novel bolt of light :
ming while standing in Dickinson col.
lege dormitory. Charles Markell, a
freshman of Mill hall. was hurled sew
en- feet across a room. Others did not
feel the shock.-Carlisle correspond
enee Baltimore News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

in the poisoned, impoverished blood.
When this is so, you need an in
ternal remedy, one that will take
out the impurities that are tortur-
ing you, one like famous S.S.S.,
which has relieved thousands Of
cases Of rheumatism all over the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

You nave doubtless
rubbed on outside treat
ment,; most rheumatism
sufferers have. Some of
these take the edge off
the terrible pains for a
few hours, but they do
not strike at the cause,
VII ich nearly always lies
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

Marion is fond of her daddy and
never wishes to hurt his feelings. one
day she ate too much candy and made
herself so sick she had to go TO bed.
Every little while her daddy would so
In to see how she was, and hnaliy,
when he went in, before he mad time
70 ask her. she said Don't ask me,
daddy, for | will have to tell you
feel u,OrSe."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Conference.

"How do you think this problem
ught to be handled?"
Nothing occurs to me- replied Sem
ator Sorghum, except the program
usual in such cases; call conference
in the hope that something unexpected
will hapDen"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Oh How Glorious to Be Free
From Rheumatism's Tortures {!

Just suppose you could be free
from your deepseated, agonizing
rheumatic aches and pains, your
stiff jointe and unsightly swellings!
Wouldn't you give anything to get
rid of them?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

UrganazatIun, OF the SOutIN esLern
Farm Bureau Wool and MOhair Grow
er's Cooperative association was af-
fected with the election Of officers and
adoption of constitution at Dallas
Texas
The Northwestern university at COM
mencemnt exercises Wednesday con-
ferrcd the degree of doctor of science
upon Nine. Marie Cure, codscoverer
of radium. DR.. Charles Mayo of Ro-
chester, Mimi, cofounder of the Mayo
clinic received the degree Of doctor
of laws.
Three persons were wounded Tues
day when Frank Fisher, a farmer. held
the main street of Oakfield n. j., thir-
ty miles east of Buffalo, for an hour.
firing with a rifle at pedestrians and
storekeepers. He was captured after
he had used all his ammunition. Fish
err was released from state hospital
for the insane year ago.
j. Harry Ertle of Jersey City will
be selected by the New Jersey boxing
commission to referee the champion
ship Dempsey Carpenter fight on July
2. This announcement was made by
Joseph Cassidy, secretary Of the com
mission, who declared 1t found at
an informal conference of the COM
mission that Ertle was satisfactory
to all parties concerned
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Acquired LIKING.

He--do you believe there is anythin,
Yn names?
She-les, do. My girl chnm
nnins Is Olive, and didn't Ike he
VI al. At tirst.-Boston Transcript
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Forestalline a Touch.

mir Grabcoin, lady wishes to see
sou"
"What does she want?"
"'She looks like an uplifter."
"Lock my checkbook In the vault
md tell her can spare her five min
Ntes."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
London Hats Arc Red.

Red is the dominant note in all the
tine summer hats being shown by
leading milliners in London. Shades
include lacquer, sealing wax, rose-red
and smoked salmon.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
FOR EIGN.

DIR. ]. c. A. Everwijn has ben select
ed minister of The Netherlands to the
United States from The Hague He
Is A years old and belongs to an arts
tocratic family.
At a conference Thursday of the
Australian labor party resolution was
adopted protesting against renewed
of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, cor any
purely military or secret treaty con
tanning the germs of future warfare.
Boy or girl?' Giulo ncerti asked
the midwife. -Four boys and one
girl" the midwife replied. Incerti
tainted His wife had borne quintup-
lets. One died, but the remaing four
are crying Justify says a report from
Reggie, Italy.
Bella Pontiac, the worlds record COW
owned by II. A, Barron of Brantford
Ontario has set a new recOd. The of.
fetal test of the Holstein Friesian as
showed that for the year ended June
Is Bella Pontiac produced: Milk 27,-
or pounds; fat 1859 pounds, and but
ter. 15I3.75 pounds.
Eamonn de Valera has been reflect.
ed president of the Irish Republic"
is was announced Tuesday by his sec
rotary. Harry Roland. He also stated
that Sean 0'Ceallaigh. former Irish
envoy to Paris had been elected
speaker of Dali E-eann, the Sim Fien
parliament.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

country just this way.
Get S.S.S. from your
druggist today, and after
starting with it write us
a history Of your case,
addressing Chief Medical
Advisor, BIT Swift Lab
oratory, Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

Tell 'em nothing. Ell? What about
that advice In managing wives?" sit
won't work. What you fail 10 tell 'em,
they guess."-Louisvile Courier-Iouf
nal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

Eyes. I'm engaged to girl with q
rniliion dollars" "What does she look
&ikeT' Like million doliars."-Bal
gilmore American.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

Indoor plants should be watered
with tepld water, and kept when pos
sible In an even atmosphere.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Perhaps.

1.-THE course of true love never does
run smooth" "Well, that keeps the
young people interested"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
Coffee In Cookies.

Cold coffee used instead Of water in
making moasses or ginger cookies
gives them y delightful flavor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

be draped and looped in IN uneven
hem line
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
ASPIRIN
Name ''Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as toid In each
package of genuine Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during p years. and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. II you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds.
Headache. Neuralgia, Rheumatism.
Earache, T, othache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

a good conversational story-teller
soon learns to tell em too long.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02
WASHINGTON.

An agreement upon 100000 men for
the navy enlisted personnel for the
next fiscal year, reduction of about
1900 men has been reached by senate
and house conferees on the navy APP
preparation bill.
The senate irrigation committee has
favorably reported Senator Hendricks
bill appropriating $4,000 to enable the
reclamation service to make surveys
for irrigation works in Green River
basin, Wyo., and to report the results
of such surveys TO congress not later
than December |, 1922.
Attorney General Daughterty indi.
Gated Thursday that he might recon-
mend a pardon for Jack Johnson,
former heavyweight champion serving
a years sentence at Leavenworth, Kan.
for violation of the Mann act before the
day set for the Dempsey Carpenter
fight. Mr.. Daugherty said Johnson had
been model prisoner and a "liberty
bonus" had been suggested as his term
expired July Z.
Senator Johnson's resolution for a
congressional investigation of the Min
go, w. Va, coal strike disorders tech
nically passed the senate Thursday
was prevented from becoming effective
through notice by Senator King, Demo-
crat of Utah that he intended to move
a ci ora tion
The senate Interstate commerce COM
mittee Thursday favorably reported
Senator Good,ng's bill placing south
ern Idaho on mountain time and max
ing the change from mountain to Pa
cific time at Huntington, Ore, instead
of Pocatello. The senator hopes to get
the bill through the senate next week.
Idle or surplus freight cars were re-
duced $1,000 within the last month, ac-
cording to reports received by the car
service division. On June 8, the total
number Of cars In excess of current
freight requirements was 3S9526, as
against All 800 on May it was an
nounced.
Federal expenditures for the fiscal
year beginning July | should fall be-
low $500 100000 Representative Mad
den of Illinois a republican leader Of
the appropriations committee declared
Tuesday in the house. On that basis,
he added. congress could repeal ex-
cess profits. transportation and OBJ
n0xious" luxury taxes, reduce higher
income tax brackets and substitute
nothing but economy
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

MoNUlb.N TS. Write for catalog. Standard
Marble q Granite Co.. III W. Broadway.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-02

INTER-MOUNTAIN ART CO.. picture franz
ing, china painters and artist supplies 366 Main
SPECIAL RUSH SERVICE secured II you
mention this paper when writing above firms.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-02-11
PAR0DIES ALWAYS IN ORDER
Omar khayyam and the Ever.DeIoht.
full Pepys Have by No Means Ex.
hausted the List.

Does your memory go back to The
time when everyone was writing par
odies of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khay
yam? When 1t was considered very
literary to know all about Omar, and
when all the writer's, both wouldbe
and professional, were reducing the
hypnotic quatrains to modern termsi
The newspapers were full of "0mas
Up-to-date," and quite a lot of them
got into the magazines before the craze
died down.
After that parodists sought other
inspiration, but found no material that
suited them quite so well, until few
years ago, one of them CHANGED on the
Diary Of Samuel Pepys. What a rich
vein. The parodiSts went mad over
it, and have been digging there ever
since. Almost anybody can fill up a
column with chronicles in the Pepys
style, while the clever writer, by this
means, can make himself entertaining.
Some other original genius will soon
take the place of Mr.. Pepys in the re-
gard of the copyists for the popular.
ity of the creative masters of litera'
ture is more or less changeful, de-
pendent upon time or circumstances,
while the work of the parOdist goes
on forever.-Ohio State Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-02-11
HAVE BRIEF SPAN OF LIFE
Most Placer Mining Camps Flourish
for Little While and Then
Pass Into Oblivion.

Exceptions 10 the rule governing
mining camps, hectic activity and
quick decay. are Helena, site of a
One-time noted placer camp, and the
fine city of Denver, where in the sum.
mer of 1858, James Ii. Pierce PANIED
out little gold from a sandbar near
the mouth of Cherry creek, a discov-
cry that fired the expectations of
thousands and started the historic
rush to Pixies peak country.
The fine and progressive city of
Lewiston, Idaho, is another exception
to the rule of oblivion that has been
the almost unfaiing fate of placer
camps While, strictly speaking, Lew
istOn was not a placer camp, but the
Quitting point, at the head of steam
boat navigation, for the stampede into
the clearwater region, in the early
COS, it was placer camp in other
respects, and in the wild spirit of early
day gold hunting.
With the sailing away of the steam
ship Victoria, bearing $50 Nome resi-
dents, most of whom announced their
purpose never to return, the brooding
spirit of melancholy came in with the
long, long winter. Again the "wolfs
long howl is heard on Ounalaska's
lonely shore" and the little remnant
of population is left with memories
and disappointed hopes. Yet a few
will cling to the deserted beach to the
last breath of life, for such is the
unfailing record of every famous
camp, to live over again in memory,
through the long arctic nights, the
stirring scenes of 20 years ago.-Spo-
kane Spokesman-Review