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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
TRADE WITH THE FAR EAST
Developed Almost Beyond the
Imagination.

Some people say the Chinese are
80 poor that it will be difficult to In
crease thAk' trade with u.s. writes Rob-
ert Dollar in the Nations Business.
say that opportunities In China are
greater than in any other country and
will illustrate how this trade can
be enlarged with conversation once
had with a Chinese on street in his
native city. / said to him:
1--WE are going to increase trade
here by increasing the purchasing pow
or of the people"
But" said he, ut cannot be DONE"
At that moment a wagon load of
lumber from my lumber yard came
along; II was being pulled by thirteen
men. 1t was in the winter and snow
lay on the ground, but those men
were all barefooted l was paying
them eight cents a day. 1 said:
''YOu take those thirteen men OF
that wagon, put horse there with
one man to drive and put the other
twelve men into a factory and you will
AhNACaSG tliCll puINIl pONci. 1uty
will buy more and develop the COM
merce Of your country"
l asked him how many persons in
China were going barefooted, and he
replied that there must be 100,O0O,00O
anyway, if not more. l told him that
they were going barefooted from ne
cessity and not from choice and that
If they could earn more they would
not go barefooted. Each one of them
wanted to buy pair of shoes and
stockings. Maybe a shoe manufacture
or will read this. What would 1t mean
to him to supply 1OO,OOO0O0 people7
And bear in mind that shoes are
not the only necessities that these |
people are doing without
for the simple reason that they have
been too poor to buy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
ANCIENT PEOPLE A MYSTERY
Excavations on Site of AskaIon and
GAIA May Throw Light on
Philistines.

A further attempt is to be made this
summer to solve the mystery of the
Philistines."
Professor Garstand, the archeolo-
gist, has returned to Palestine after
his visit to England and has started
to mark out sites for further excava-
lions.
During the past two years the pro.
fessor and his assistants have been
engaged in making exploration on the
sites of the ancient cities of Askalon
and GAIA
This season trial explorations are to
&c iliaGe upon series of "tells" Ear
tificial hill mounds, the debris of sue
cessive cities near the two sites of
Askalon and GAIA. Little Is known of
the national history of the Philistines
and it is the object of the new excava-
tons to get at the problem of this
mysterious race.
Professor Garstand considers that it
would be too prolonged and expensive
a business to dig through the great
uCpli VI bIdSSO-IlOlIdu UuIluluSS u |
the deeper layers in which lie the !
Philistine remains Of the city of Aska-
Ion, so that the excavations will be
outside the walls of the city. A good |
deal of pottery has been discovered
and a few weapons which may have
been used against King David.
Many theories have been advanced
as to who the Philistines were, and
from whence they came, but it is gen.
orally believed their origin was in the
of the island of Cyprus.
Reference is made to them in the pre-
Mosaic period but for at least 5000
years they have remained a mystery.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Tribe That pevours Its Children.

"Since the doctor came here we
have seen the most wonderful things
happen. First of all he kills the sick
people; then he cures them, and after
that he wakes them up again." SO a
native girl wrote of DR.. Albert
Schweitzer, author Of ION the Edge
of the Primeval Forest" who went out
in 1913 to the Ogowe lowlands of the
French colony of Gaboon, there to
maintain for four and half years a
surgical and medical clinic for the ne
groes.
"Our country devours it's own chill
dren," was the sage remark of an old
chief. A vicious climate, a plentiful
lack of proper food, overindulgence in
rum and strong tobacco were killing
off the natives rapidly when Doctor
Schweitzer arrived. One Of the worst
problems was chronic nicotine poison
ing, producing acute constipation and
nervous disturbances. The tobacco
comes from America in the form of
leaves, frightfully strong, and is so
highly priced by the natives that it is
used as money-a single leaf buying
two fine pineapples.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Steam shoveIs Disturb Indlans' Sleep

The slumbers Of prehistoric Indians
buried in the Southwest before the
time of Christ will be rudely disturbed
this summer by the raucous growl OF
the modern steam shovel.
Self-dumping cars, trackage, derricks
and other up-to-date paraphernalia
will be used for scientific excavation
in the ancient Pueblo Bonito, in Chaco
canyon, by Dr. Neil NJ. Judd, curator
of American archaeology of the Smith
sonian institution.
Doctor Judd left Washington to con-
duct this work under the auspices of
the National Geographic society. He
thinks his work may result in connect
ing the period in which these Pueblo
Indians lived with the Magyar race
in British Honduras, Of whom there
Is record as far back as 95 B. G.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Permanent Umbrella"

A new kind of umbrella is the
broad bungalow hat" worn by ma
terial checker in shipyard of Port
land, Ore. 1t is made chiefly of wood
and measures 1914 inches long by 81
inches wide. 1t has a supporting
frame which rests on the shoulders,
and it is steadied by straps which
connect with chest belt, and a
wooden strip which extends down the
back. Its purpose is to protect not
only the wearer but also his tally
sheets in stormy weather.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
The Last Resort.

In answer to the returned summer
visitors questions as to the welfare
of Mr.. Padgett and his whereabouts
Mr.. Dorkin replied that Jake" was
teaching at the little red schOolhOuse
on Harly's hill
'But 1 thought"
well, he Is" admitted Mr.. Dorkin,
Understandings, IAN he gets more
n more muddleheaded all the time.
But what else could we do? We had
to put him In as sehoolmaster to keep
him off the town.
1--WE amt goin' to pauperize a man,
hc added loftily, "if we can find any
Tim for him to do. "-lttsburgh Dis
patch.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Human Flea.

Il reckon you had right lively time
In Kansas City," insinuated an ac-
quaintance.
"Tolable," replied Gabe GosnelI of
Grudge, "but nothing like what l prob
ably would have had if wasn't consid-
erably lively on my feet. You see.
up In Kansas City, if you meet re-
spectacle looking man anywhere after
4 o'clock in the afternoon anywhere
the least bit off to one side, he's a
holdup and robs you.
"And if you meet one that don't look
respectable he's plainclothes police.
man, and pounds you because he
thinks you're holdup. So was prac-
tically on the keen jump all the time l
was there, lodging one or the other"
Kansas City Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Ignition of Escaping Hydroo.r.

There have been so many cases of
spontaneous ignition of hydrogen gas
when charging balloons that an in
vestigation has been carried on to
determine the cause. BY observing
In the dark jet of hydrogen escaping
through pipe flange, it was found
that a brush discharge of static cleo
tricity was plainly visible. When the
pipe was tapped, to stir up the dust.
an explosion occurred. From the in
vestigation it would seem that the
spontaneous ignition was due to the
friction between the hydrogen and
the dust of iron rust and to the brush
discharge of static electricity from the
electrified particles = Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
CREDIT TO AMERICAN RULE
Affairs Of Colony Of Page Page, In the
South Seas, Declared Admirably
Managed.

According to Randolph Bedford, IL
recent number of Our World, Page
Page is the ''happiest community on
EARTH"
This island In the Samoan group is
the southernmost outpost of American
government. Little has been said
about this colony Of ours probably
there are great many Americans
who do not even know that we have
1t. But in our administration of Its
affairs we have demonstrated, accord
ing to Mr.. Bedford, who is an Aus
tTaifau gioDe trotter and journalist,
that we govern our colonies better
than we govern ourselves.
The total of the annual taxes lev
led on the natives is just 81. 1t is
with mingled feelings that one reads
of what Uncle Sam can accomplish
for 81 a year if he has to. The Sam
oan, according to Mr. Bedford, gets
for this expenditure, protection, work,
cleanliness, electric light, good water
supply, cement roads and education"
When Spanish influenza was raging
through the islands of the South seas,
taking a cruel toll among the natives,
1t passed Pago by. There was not
a single case throughout the entire cpl
demic. "Pago Is long march ahead
OF the average western Pacific settle
ment administered by the white man.
The native has succeeded at no per-
sonal cost to the efficiency of the
American engineer; to the smooth
roads that bear his bicycle; aye, and
20 the picture show and ice cream of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Mosquitoes Dislike These odor..

Where mosquitoes abound, a prepar-
alton combining one ounce of oil of
citronella with four ounces of melted
vaseline should be rubbed on the face
and hands. Persons who object to
the odOr of citronelIa could use this /:
castor oil one ounce, alcohol one ounce,
oil of lavender one ounce. Both prep
arations were used by workers in the
Panama canal zone and gave great
relief until the determination of mos
quitoes was undertaken. Neither prep
aration should be allowed to get into
the eyes.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
No Rest in This World.

'The soda fountain has one advan-
tage over the Old-fashiOned bar"
what is it?" asked Mr. Grumpson,
suspiciously.
1.-THE man you meet there seldom
tells you his family troubles and weeps
on your shoulder"
That's true, but some oid codger
who has been buying a pill or plas-
ter on the other side of the drug
store is apt to hObble over and detain
you for half an hour while he tells you
what his symptoms are."-Birmingham
An-Herald.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Miles Of Wire in This Apparatus.

A milliOn-volt transformer of 1000
KVA capacity is being built by lead
ing electric company for its expert
mental laboratory at Trafforu City,
Pa. The windings Of this transformer
contain nearly 20 miles of wire. The
terminal bushing is the largest ever
built in the Westinghouse shops. Spe-
cial machines had to be fitted to turn
the bushing on this account. It's
length is 10 feet, and it is an inches
In diameter. The static shield will be
10 feet in diameter and 20 inches deep.
The bushing will weigh about 1900
pounds when completed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
How She Did II.

Two housewives were exchanging
condolences as to their help.
what I can't see," exclaimed the
first, 'is how you manage to .get so
much work out of Ruth. l can't do 1t.
She gets your work done much quick
er than mine, and does 1t just as well
or better, too"
well" exclaimed the second
housewife. a. Just a,'f jazzy pieces on
our electric piacre piano all the time
she is working. Simple, isn't itT
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Home Hunters Take All Except Ghost


1t was haunted house in a gOssipy
neighborhood, relates the New York
Herald. Residents assembled daily anC
talked in muffled tones of spirits anf
queer noises. With such advance ad
vertising the real estate agent found II
difficult to get a prospect" near the
house. As last resort he decided to
have the place redecorated and to in,
stall new electric fixtures and plumb,
ing.
The work had scarcely been com.
pleted when the agent heard Five
one" had visited the property, Rush
ing off TO the caretaker he inquired
breathlessly: us it true that someone
has taken the hOuse?"
"No, sir not vet" replied the care
taker, but they've taken the fixtures,
piping and doorknobs. Perhaps they'll
come back for the house"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-08-18
Force Of Habit.

Baseball Manager-Say, four men
stole bases on you today. You've got
the longest wind-up l ever saw.
Pitcher-It's my fnrliar cnr'rpn-
ment, boss. l used To bc = mixer
OF eight-day cks."-WaySide TA!es.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
PETITIONS ASK
TERR|LL RECALL

Medford, Or, July THE long
anticipated petitions for the recall
of Charles E. TerriIl, sheriff, have
been filed with the county clerk
and with them also were petitions
nominating D. NJ. Lowe, farmer
and fair exhibit collector, to make
the race as the recall candidate.
The petitions were filed by Rev.
w. Judson Oldfield, pastor OF the
Congregational church of Ash
land; Stella Levitt, said to repre-
sent the Womens Christian Tenn
perance union of Ashland, and
Minnie Bryant, said to represent
the Womens Christian Temper
ance union Of this city. The perI-
tioners were accompanied by At
torney Canaday and Frank Red
den of this city and two women.
1t was said that 100 names had
been signed.
1t is said that large percent
age Of the signers were women,
and that the largest number of
names were secured in Ashland
precincts.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
MILL CITY QUIET8
ON JULY FOURTH
q

Mill city, July THE Fourth
Of July went by very quietly in
Mill City, an occasional fire
cracker and flag being the only
evidence that such a day was be-
ing celebrated. Everybody that
had a car was out on a picnic or
fishing, and the trains and stage
lines carried large numbers of
the population to beach and 9th
er summer resorts. There was a
dance held at Lyons the night of
the fourth which was we'll pat
ronized, also a danse held at
Gates on Saturday night in the
Odd Fellows hall.
The weather has been extreme
ly hot last few days. Sunday be-
ing the worst experienced for a
long time, being very sultry and
the thermometer lowered around
104 all day,
The Hammond Lumber com
pany mill started operations again
Thursday morning after a three
day shut down to allow the men
to celebrate the fourth. They ex-
pect to start their various camps
to work today.
The baseball team of the Mill
City Athletic club will cross bats
with the team from Turner Sun
day on the local ground, and try
to get revenge for the beating
handed them at Turner last Sun
day.
F. J. Walling of Portland was
In Mill City over the Fourth Wis
iting at the home of c. e. Hase-
man.
G. B. Mcleod and A. c. Char
ters of the Hammond Lumber
company at Portland, accompan-
led by their families, spent the
Fourth in Mill City, Mr.. Mcleod
returning the 5th, Mr.. Charters
remaining for a few days work
in the local office.
f. E. Westerberg of Hoover,
shipped in a carload of horses
Saturday to help out with his
work in the woods. Mr.. Wester-
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

berg has contracted an order OF
$50 cars of piling to be shipped
to California, which has necessi-
tated his enlarging his crews. He
has also installed a gasoline dom
key engine at Hoover to haul the
piling ON to the cars.
T. A. Caruthers, accompanied
by his family and Mr., Glenn, mo-
tored TO Tacoma to see the auto
mobile races there the Fourth.
John Bodikker and Clyde Stone
left Saturday afternoon for Kla-
math Falls, in Mr.. Bodiker's new
auto.
Large crowds have been going
through Mill City daily towards
Detroit and Hot Springs, and the
springs are evidently doing a
record breaking business.
Mr.. Boyd, agent for the South
ern Pacific at Detroit, passed thru
Mill City Saturday enroute tc
California for his health, having
obtained six months leave of abb
senCe.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
FOREST LOOKOUT DID
NOT LEAVE STATION

Dallas, Or, July 7.--According
to a Dallas correspondent to a
Portland paper the lookout at
Bald mountain was forced to flee
from his station on account OF ex-
cessiYe heat from the approaching
forest fires. w. v. Fuller, dis
trict fire warden, stated that this
was not the case as he is still on
duty and has not left that point.
Bald mountain is the highest peak
in Polk county. with bare spot
on top where a lookout station is
maintained.
The fire reported north of Falls
City in the Griswold slashings
spread down toward the LeCreole
river, but is at present entirely
under control. Nine men were
engaged Tuesday in preventing
the spread of the flames and four
were on duty during the night,
with eight men at work Wednes-
day.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
DALLAS MILL AGAIN
OPERATING FULL BLAST

Dallas, Or, July 7.-Owing to
Tuesday being holiday the mill
of the Willamette Valley Lumber
company remained closed from
Saturday evening until Wednes-
day morning, thus giving the en-
ployes holiday which many took
advantage of by going to various
points outside the city. The mill
is now working full handed and
the same condition prevails at The
logging camp above Black Rock.
No further shut down is antici-
pated during the summer. The
planning mill department will put
on night shift the latter part of
this week, twelve men being en-
ployed to the shift.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
Cloverdale News

Cloverdale, Or, July IA fam
lily reunion was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mckinney,
July 4th. There were expected to
be between rs and 100 people
present. Coming from far and
near.
John Thomas has just pur-
chased a brand new Overland car.
Loganberry harvest is in full
sway here now.
Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Walter Blaco
and Mrs. Morris Townsend re-
turned from Newport Sunday
morning after a short stay there
Of about 10 days.
Miss Rosa Drager was home
Sunday from Monmouth. where
she has been attending the nor
mai school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olin Hadley and
small son of Athena, Or, are
spending a few weeks here with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. }.
Hadley.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
HammanAutOStaee

EItsctlVe May 22nd
Three Stages Daily
Leaves Salem Stage Terminal;
No. 1, 1890 a. IN. No. 3, 1880 a.
m. No. 8, 4;30 y. m.
Leave Mill City:
No, 0. a. m. No. 2, 1890 D. m.
No. 4. 4 p. IN. No. connects
with east bound train at Mil
City, No. 2 waits for west bound
train at Mill City.
JOS. HAAIAIAN. Prop.
Salem- Division
Leaves Salem Central Stage Ter
minal 1900 a. IN, l1;00 a. IN. $500
y. m.
Leaves Silverton News Stand, $500
a. M, 1900 p. m. 600 .. m.
acknowledgement Monmouth
Leaves Salem Central Stage Ter
minal, 1900 a. M, 500 a. M,
1l:00 a. m. $500 p. m, $500 D. m.
Leaves Monmouth. Monmouth ho-
tel, S:15 a. m, 1900 p. m, GAS
p, m.
Leaves Independence, Beaver ho-
tel, $3.50 a. m, 1000 a. m, lis
2. m, 400 p, m. $3.50 p. m.
We make connections at Salem
to all parts of the valley.
Extra trips by appointment
j. w. PARKER
General Manager
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
win Move Liyerp Barn.

Dallas, Or, July IA. W
Thornton, proprietor of the stai
Transfer company of Dallas, hai
purchased piece OF property al
the northeast corner OF Court ant
Levens streets and during the
summer will move his large livery
barn at 315 Main street to thu
new location. Mr.. Thornton owns
the building but 1t Is on property
owned by II. l.. Chapman. In al
probability building will bc
erected on the property after tht
removal of the barn. This strue
ture formerly stood on the prop
erty where the county jail is now
located and was removed to It's
present location a number of years
ago.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
FARMERS TOBE
ADVISED ON HENS

Dallas, Or, July IA series Of
demonstrations has been arranged
by Paul Carpenter, county agent,
to take place this month, the main
objects OF the gathering being to
place the supposedly faithful
"biddy" on her mettle and show
whether or not she is worth to her
owner the food she eats and the
care and attention bestowed upon
her.
According to Mr.. Carpenter
non producing hens are detri-
ment and have tendency to dis
rupt the morale Of the faithful
members Of the flock that are try
ing to do justice to themselves
and owner. The demonstrations
are to show the advantages or
cuIling and the proper methods to
pursue In ridding the flock of
the laggards. One principal idea
OF the demonstrations is to teach
the farmer to do his own culling
and this he can learn without
much trouble. The non-producer
should be decapitated and placed
In the stew kettle and the sooner
the farmer realizes this the better
off he and his flock will be.
1t is the expectation OF Mr.,
Carpenter that dozen or more OF
these demonstrations will be held
before the middle of August. The
first three meetings will be super
yised by II. e. Cosby, poultry ex-
tension specialist of the Oregon
Agricultural college. The dates
for holding the demonstrations
are as follows:
Tuesday, July IL, at 1870
Mrs. James Wooden place at Gold
Creek. Wednesday, July IL, at
$50 a. m.--The Mccall & Co,
farm in the Brush College. district.
In the afternoon Of the same day
at the r. Hennagin's plant, south
end of Seventh street, Independ
ence.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

~ one-Piece ring. Nom
Per Ring butting joint, which
can be fitted closer
than ordinary step cut velvet
finish-quick seating. Seats in
a jiffy." To keep them clean
and free from rust, each ring is
packed in an individual glass
Inc envelope.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

e. nn SupOrevc - Keeps
~ W. lubricating oil
- out of combus-
re- NlhS tion chamber.
Collects excess oil on each down
stroke of piston and empties on
each up stroke, which ordinary
grooved rings cannot do Each
ring packed In a parchment con-
tainer.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
VALLEY NEWS

for John Friesen near Cherry and
Leyens streets. The house Will be
built in bungalow style, will have
four rooms and bath and will
cost in the neighborhood of $500.
Work of construction will start
the first of the coming week.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

The flu left me IN such a rur
down condition life was missr
able and work a burden" declar
ed John w. Thomas. well known
Insurance man. eco Tatnall St
Wilmington, Del. in a recent
statement regarding Tanlac.
Twice I was a victim of the
flu." he continued. "the las,
time about two years ago, and
since then suffered from stom-
ach trouble. nervousness and diz-
~ spells. After eating. gas on my
stomach worked up through my
chest and made my heart beat SO
fast II alarmed me and l nearly
amothered- I could never get a
good nights sleep and got up
mornings with a mean taste IN
my mouth and all tired out.
''Other medicines seemed to do
me harm instead OF good, but
three bottles OF Tanlae rid me OF
INDIGESTION. the nervousness and
dixxineaa NY sleep is restful and
am feeling like a different man.
Taniac is certainly great"
Tanlae is sOld by ali good drug
gists- (advl
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
High Street at Ferry

psAa MoQuay-Norris Vain
ASIOA1S wright Pistons and Pins
onI ps~o gray iron pistons as
permits - specially designed for replace
ments - available in standard sizes and
over sizes also In semi-6nished form IS
thousan1ths oversize - pins of special
hardened steel, ground to exceptional
accuracy.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

Tho Drager Fruit company has
purchased the bankrupt Albany
cannery, which has been idle for
more than a year, and win begin
operations within a few days.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

AT the present time probably
60 or 10 per cent OF the farms
ON tho 0ehoeo project are spec
imlizlng in dairying. A cow-test-
Ing club has been organized and
favorable results are being obtain
cd.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07

Just about the time we think
were getting our heads above
water, financially speaking, some
merchant advertises an irresistible
bargain sale for the womenfolk.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-07
To Build New Home.

Dallas, Or, July 7.-Contractor
C. Richert of Dallas. has secured a
contract for building a new house