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CHANCE TO FIND OUT

Just now a belated effort is under
way to find out some of the facts
about government business and gov
ernment employment. The Bureau of
the Budget has been organized and
is in operation under the direction of
Charles G. Dawes.
Both houses of congress are work.
ing on the problem of reclassification
of government positions and salaries.
The Veterans bureau has been or
ganized and has taken over the bureau
of war risk insurance, that part Of
the public health service which had
to do with veterans, and all Of the
work of the federal board for voca-
tional education except that part
which had to do with the treatment Of
persons injured In the industries.
There Is also the inquiry being made
by the joint committee on the re-
organization of the administrative
branch Of the government of the two
house Of congress, Of which I have
spoken. Walter F. Brown of Ohio is
chairman Of this committee, represent
ing President Harding. The members
Of the committee are, on the part of
the senate, Senators Smoot of Utah,
Harrison of Mississippi and Wads-
worth of New York. The members on
the part of the house are Repre-
sentatives Reavis Of Nebraska. Temple
of Pennsylvania and Moore Of Virginia.
The job Of this Joint committee is
to make survey of the administra-
tive services Of the government for the
purpose of securing all pertinent facts
regarding their powers and duties,
their distribution among the several
executive departments, and the over
tapping and duplication Of authority"
In reporting the resolution from the
judiciary committee to the house the
members were told:
It Is q matter of common knowledge
that millions of dollars are wasted by
the government by the almost endless
duplication of activities. There has been
trative activities since the organization
was devised by Alexander Hamilton. and
the result IL that activities entirely out
of harmony with the functions OF depart
ments have grown with the passing years
until the government OF the United States
ua8 poSohho HoS oAAAy eAAS oAo8oss S~SAAASco
in the world. but the worlds worst man
aged business.
Tho purpose of the resolution 10 to
ascertain 20 far ~ possible the extent
Of the overlapping and duplication of ac-
tivities, with the View that numerous
commissions and bureaus may be elimi-
mated and . great saving effected In the
governmental expenditures. The commits
tee feels that no more constructive legts-
lation IL possible under existing condi-
'ticns than the legislAtion proposed by
the resolution. With the present condi-
tien q the nAtlon's nnances and the bur-
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By EDWARD G.LOWRY
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

active for a number of years. but they
are keeping up their personnel in antici-
patton of work in the future. We could
save $30O.o0o.0oo a year. in my judgment
by doing away with useless bureaus and
duplication of activities.
Some of the Implications are rdicu-
lous and absurd. For instance, the gov
ernment seeks to protect the wild animals
in the national parks. II brown kadiak
bear has twin cubs, one brown and one
black. often happens, and one should
shoot the brown cub he must make his
settlement with one department but II
he shoots Its full brother, the black cub,
he must settle with another department.
If you were to shoot a fox in Alaska your
settlement would be with the Departme mt
of Agriculture. while II you trapped the
same fox you must make your settlement
with the Department of Commerce.
The government issued last year
through its several bureaus and depart
ments is cookboolts. The last one that
was issued was published by the board
of vocational education. This is a board
organized by the congress for the purpose
of rehablitating crippled soldiers of the
World war. to prevent, as far as possible.
their becoming derelicts in life. 1t
may be of interest to state that while the
government has been Issuing 16 cookbooks
and consuming vast quantities of print
paper in these and similar useless publi-
cations. 1900 country town newspapers
have suspended In the last three months
because they could not secure print paper.
Mr. Reavis and great many others
have sensed the feeling in the coun-
try and in congress that the time has
come to put an end to all this sort
Of thing. He gives reasons for his
belief:
One of the reasons is that the people
demand that their taxation be reduced
For many years we have been collecting
the revenues of this government through
systems of indirect taxation. The reve-
nues have been collected through a pro-
tective tariff and by excise taxation OF
Intoxicating liquors. Indirect taxation OF
this kind prevents the people from realiz-
ing fully just who is paying the expenses
of the government There was time
when the expenses of the government
amounted to only II cents per capita pei
year. Today the annual per capita ex.
pense exceeds $40. This tremendous ex.
pense has made it necessary to resort tc
direct taxation and the people have sud
denly become painfully aware OF who
pays the expenses of the government
am very certain that the elimination
of Implications and overlapping in the de
| partments will result in the saving OF
millions of dollars. There is no reason
why 1t should not be done.
There Is every reason. in the presence
| of the strife and turmoil that prevail ir
| this country and of the unrest occasionet
by the high cost of the necessaries of life
that the government should be put upor
q sane. efficient and economical basis.
Whoever by public clamor or other
means can induce congress and the
executive departments to organize the
routine business Of the national gov.
ernment will have performed a great
ganize" and not "reorganize," for in
no proper sense has the federal bust,
ness ever been organized.
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MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even a sick child loves the "fruity"
taste of california Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or if your child
is listless, cross, feverish, full Of cold,
or has collie, give a teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels. In few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly it works all the constipa-
tion poison, sour bile and waste out Of
the bowels, and you have well, play
full child again.
Millions of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc california Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother! |!
You must say "California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Advertise-
ment,
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Straight for the sand the sailors
drove the boat. She struck it with a
jar, grinding forward heavily. The
men sprang overheard, wading half
way to the waist. And the arms Of
the Honorable Cuthbert Vane had
snatched me up and were bearing me
safe and dry to shore.
Mr.. Shaw approached and the two
men greeted each other in their off,
hand British way. As we couldn't
well, under the circumstances, main
tain fiction of mutual invisibility,
Mr.. Shaw, with certain obvious hes
itation, turned to me.
"Only lady passenger. eh? Hope
you're not wet through. Cookies max.
ing coffee over yonder."
II say, Shaw" cried the beautiful
youth enthusiastically, miss Hard
ing's the most ripping sport. you
knowl Not the least nervous about
the trip, assure yon."
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the ship { Lam 10 y
CHAPTER y.
Tho Isle Of Forune.

Tho Isle Of Forune.
Popped my book antran on deck.
Zone else was ALREADY there. The
cleaning orb Of tn tropic moon
2linding as the sun. Away to the
translucent line O. the horizon
an infinity Of shining sea.
Sht ahead rose a lark conical
It was the mountainous shape
seward island.
srybody was cranine to get a
view. Hail, isle bf Fortunei"
med Miss Browne. think my
would not have beSn surprised
hd begun to rain doibloons upon
ck.
let we don't put II over some
I'M original Argonaut fellers,
cried Mr.. Tubbs.
er and higher across the sky
| II the dark crest Of the island
freighter steamed valiantly
] sheer and formidable from
1 rose ! line Of black cliffs, and
! them 4 single peak threw it,
= 1Ar aeross ~ water. Family
" DIT the whfts line e6 ~
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Cutting My Teeth"

mother, whom you see beside me, was
born in Africa, as was my daddy, so
l am of foreign-born parentage.
my mother is only one-fourteenth
the size of the big hippo, and 1 am
smaller than my mother, so am really
still but baby. And am cutting my
teeth.
"Oh, yes, am! And when the keep
er hands me a broom handle, how do
love to bite on it, just as baby who
is cutting his teeth will bite on some
thing good and hard too!
II am almost four months old now
and every day 1 grow more curious
about this world and this zoo that is
around me. But 1 will tell you Sc
cret-though my mother tells me OF the
river-forest home back in Africa, where
life was damp and dark and thrilling
I like the zoo and am quite happy
here as long as I can be near my
mothers beautiful chocolate-colored
body which 1 can caress with my lit
tie pygmy hippo snout!"
Now not far away stood the great
African Elephant. He had just built
himself a mud bath or rather the mud
bath was just finished.
"He had dug the holes himself in
the corner Of his yard, one was for
the front part of his body and the
other for the back part Of his body,
while the center of his body did not
need a hole for 1t would be too hard
then to get himself out Of his bath
tub. Then he had waited for the rain
water to fill these dirt holes SO as to
have the correct kind of mud bath
and his keeper was very proud of the
way he had thought 1t out and planned
1t all himself. And there he was
this huge creature-"making believe"
he was in his African home.
Then as 1 had promised to meet
some new acquaintances in the Reptile
House I hurried to their abode-for
I've never understood how some peo-
pie could see so many different crea-
lures In one day at zoo.
found very strange creature hang
ing upside down.
"Why should 1 do any other way
when 1 find this so cOmfortable?" the
creature known as the Two-Toed Sloth,
asked me. There seemed to be no f1t-
ting answer to this.
Eyes, always prefer hanging this
way. climb, you know, by hanging
on by the claws of my feet, which are
Of little use except for climbing"
He looked at me out of his brown
eyes. "If 1 were not in the zoo," he
continued, "but in my home in the
northern portion of South America, l
would be asleep now because it is the
daytime. At nighttime would go a.
travelling.
I'D 60 from branch to branch this
way, always hanging upside down, and
from tree to tree. When there would
be no tree nearby 1 would feel quite
lost. I'd then have to roll over and
over until 1 could find a tree.
II move very slowly and the only
reason escape being caught is be-
cause my hair is the color Of bark and
perhaps 1t may be because I'm SO
strange looking may not be thought
real.
"But I'm a good-natured creature.
I take kindly to captivity. AS for the
Three-Toed Sloth-well, there is dis
agreeable fellow If ever was one. He
just sulks in the zoo, just sulks.
"No. I'm not weary hanging to this
branch in this fashion," he said again,
"but / know-you merely want to say
politely that you're going on and have
tpff-sS. Wep. good-by !"
~. =. z.s
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sive taxation. any legislative measure
looking to real economy should commend
itself to the sympathetic attention of the
house, and we feel that the passage of
mittee which will be done under its au-
thority will result in the saving of nail
lions annually.
assurance that nothing will come Of
this proposed voyage Of discovery un-
less we, the shareholders in the enter
prise, maintain an active, lively, sus-
tained interest in it. One thing is al
ways true of the house of repre-
sentatives-it is representative. If
we breathe warmly upon 1t, 1t glows.
If we are Indifferent 1t becomes cold.
This isn't the first time that plan
something about how the governments
business is conducted.
The earliest inquiry into the ad-
ministrative methods of the executive
departments was made by the Cockrell
commission In 1887. Six years later,
In 1893, joint commission, of which
Representative Dockery was chairman,
was appointed to examine the status
of the laws organizing the depart
ments. President Roosevelt in 1905
named an interdepartmental committee,
of which G.. Fl. Keep, assistant secre-
tary Of the treasury, was chairman, to
consider department methods. PresI-
dent Taft In turn, In 1910, named a
commission on economy and efficiency
Of which Frederick Cleveland was
chairman.
Broadly and generally speaking,
nothing came of these enterprises.
You and commonly and vaguely
known as the public-were not in
That ended 1t.
But just now, at this moment. we
have the best chance we ever had to
find out about our common business
and how to improve 1t and lessen its
cost to us. The burden of supporting
1t is heavier than ever before.
You will perhaps notice all through
these articles that the Information
supplied me about the general, facts
of government employment and govern
ment business are in terms of
estimates and approximations. This
is one q the defects of government
organization. 1t is so large and so
formless, and its parts SO unrelated,
that exact and precise information
about the whole is virtually unob-
tainable.
It is of the greatest urgency and
need that the people shall know
about their government. but they will
find 1t difficult to learn until the gov.
ernment KNOWS about itselfvsvvkw~
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GOOD LOOKS FOLLOW
GOOD HEALTH
If You're u Young Woman
This Advice 10 For You

Aurora, Nebr:-."My mother was
Pierce's medicines and when I was .
girl she gave me the 'Favorite Prescrip-
ton when l was in rundown, nervous
condition and it soon built me up in
health and strength. am glad to en-
dorse DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
as being q splendid tonic for girls or
women who suffer"-Mrs. Walter
Guard, 6OS Tenth st.
How can delicate, sicldy girls hope to
become healthy women? A healthy
state of the system comes with DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It's q
medicine prepared for women's ailments.
Get it now in either tablets or liquid
from your neighborhood druggist, and
write DR.. Pierce, Invaids' Hotel, Buffalo
N. Y, for free medical advice.
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a most excellent lady," inter-
Mr.. Shaw stifily. "And let me
his, Miss Harding: here we are
gether. whether we wish to. be
and for six weeks or n1onei y
land ~ shah sse no faee5 sbut
"a. sAres VIC 70 be dtvidSfe from
esinnfns BY Quartelsf m may'
eh the 5meh Of rs to be ~ by
(arp through the bIckering Of
! II"
the flick Of a whip came the
bty that he was thinking Of the
able Cuthbert, and that I was
bck on which their David-and-
Ian friendship might split. 9th
l suppose Miss Higglesby-
aEe andI might have clawed each
forever without interference
blm.
lily" said with-I hope-well-
3ted scorn. ''since am quite
againsts half a dozen Of you,
q think you could count on put
bwn any rebellion on my part
Fhsily. I repeat, I had no other
in coming along-though I was
kidnapped alOng-than to look
my aunt. AS to the treasure.
Use 1 know perfectly well that
sn't any"
er / turned my back and looked
sl out to sea. After a moment
ne 1 heard him turn on his heel
:, away. 1t was none too soon,
3, ad already begun to feel unos-
nusly for my handkerchief.
NY, 1 had had thu last word
atest of my day vas lonely, for
~ utiful youth, prsbably by ma
y design, was kept busy between
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If You Need a Medicine
You Should Have tho Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for IN
almost every case it shows excellent re
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
SO many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects .uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.Advertisement
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Wha. He Wished.

They were buying the son and heir
new pair of shoes. Father had ex-
pressed the usual wish that he could
buy paid of number los as cheaply
as number IS, and mother had ex-
pressed the usual hope that the new
shoes would last long while.
"And l WISH" said the youngster,
''that you would buy me football so
that 1 could have some use for my new
shoes !"-Milwaukee Journal.
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lAItpE sol

S1eg.16 5aas 1Laraing. rssps(
-'11t a9yeF tee - ;shi1R l
.zs gaesl ~ - eteH ne
q. - yeestl sAongad Tor Il
n - = fhe conf1siou IL vi
llzl241x eoyy5od along. By n
- - r&lng her, distaste fe
telpu and her codternr
g e19ers. virginia \ z
eAnco Of the Hch6sibI
l2er@ Y4Ne, and Is somewhu
eeee4 ~ ~ explanation of tn
- q himself and Shaw.
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Help Wanted.

Help Wanted.
They occupy small apartment and
keep colored maid. The other morn
ing, when the missus was leaving the
house for downtown, a colored woman
of robust proportions appeared at the
door and asked to see the maid. She
was ushered in. That afternoon when
the missus returned she was a bit
curious to know who the large party
was.
"Oh, that's my cleaning woman"
the maid replied.-Indianapo Star.
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And suddenly to my dis.
- grew husky. I had to
aside and blink hard AT
iooking down at me-he
q, though Of lesser height
orb Cuthbert-in a way
b understand. And what
tand always makes me
he said after a pause.
opportunity will come.
ea pity indeed IL Miss
to require no protect
ing lady here with such
u. Buff you WIN take
of a man Of rather
Hence than your own,
until the occasion arises.
ralship. really, to waste
|on like this"
I am not q master Of
ried. furious at myself
ut Of weakness and At
ftening to0e which had
voice. Il am merely
when I - Aunt Jans
this vislet peesos,
= have 49, ~ Donr1D |
- Alga = Is -
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q ~ . ~ his Scotch % hmrr y,
- 4Poothed down by much wander
Ing but You knew at once on whicl
side Of the Solway he had seen th,
light.
1t 10 not question of my liking.'
retorted. trying to preserve an I'M
moved and lofty demeanor, though M,
heart was beating rather quickly a,
finding myself actually crossina
swords with the redoubtable adventur
q. this man who had often faced
death. I could not refuse to believe
e sfeadiiy ~ be was facing me now,
~ y not at all question of my
l9ing q not liking the trip. but of the
41p ttee1f being quite the widest
elrs ev9e hard out Of story-book. q
The world would be poorer
4 coet4l1 Wild trips had not been TAX
to remember one Chris
teDH1F cola1kbps. for instance"
= y&vl4 Nghtning flash of wrath
~ ftek ~ ldventurer was laugh.
~ y r. un1or his sober exterior
- eeiEEing ~ up as one does an
1sted out, "but Columbus
!!l - mye1ele confidIng old lady
- ~ elpng with him!" OF course
Anf yene = not. properly speaking.
- - AQH but 1t was much more
eftve - pehe her as one for the
~ Ftqiniy effective, to Judge
cen hrm setting Of his
[u1
"a ~ elid quietly. '1end a hand
VA 34a3 They are overhaul.
~ 4ur stun tween decks"
3 n a1te4 until the Honorable Cuth.
- ~ father dazed, had retired.
u y - l1E@g each other, my breath
:! % kh1k hurriedly.
~ U4kolng." he said slowly.
~ = bitter word you said"
vent up.
Il! , q. perhaps," flung back, "but II
: - nct tr1ef It is for you to an
e = not for me to answer, be-
= = not for you to ask. But i
l7l ~ 0ik of inveigling, let me
~ ~ ~ history of my connecticut
~ expediti0n. You will under II
f1en that I had nothing to do Il
Mining 1t, but was merely en-.
~ ~ my best to carry it
= ~ Guccess." Il,
3 4&4 elready heard a version of Il
from Mr.. vane."
Q4 think he Is In the con-
1<!z not," replied hastily: =
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A Willing Husband.

An Atlanta man tells Of darky
who called at his house one afternoon
seeking work.
"All right" the darky was told.
"there's a ton of coal on the walk that
must be brought up"
"But," the darky protested, "dat's
no work fo a lady! My wife does
washin'"
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But the omnibus driver draws the
line at stage money.
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n HIm!"
Mr.. Tubbs dan.d attendance
Elnt Jane and MissBrown, so as
lisly that I alread. began to see
of my worst fars realized.
was nothing for ne to do but
tire to my berth ind peruse a
led copy of Hucleberry Finn
1 found In the coin.
dinner, having te Honorable
bert at my elbow,lt was easier
not to ignore eveTone else. d.
dinner was at amend, remorse-
Captain Magnus ID the Honor
Cuthbert away. i retired to
2ohorrr Finn. Bud 4 face Nth
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"A close call. Thought one
time cid Nsp bad got . stran-
sle-hola all right"

lTo nn coNT1NunD3
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I.-con.lnu.d.
It me steadily.
y that seem to

HQthing. I felt a q
iAnce rising in my own.
Il Is too bad" he Sd
Af lhe trip should not
Harding's liking" n
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Dn. At
md a fire
relief the
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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-06-22
RENOWNED AS GREAT RULER
Roman Emperor, TrAJan, Spread the
Boundaries Of the Empire and
Governed Justly at Home.

The Roman emperor, Trajan, whose
full name was Marcus Ulpius Ira
janus, was born about the year So
at ralica in Spain, which was then q
Roman province. He was trained for
q military career and gained distinc-
ton in the Parthian and German CAM
paigns, and after holding two civil
offices was adopted by the Emperor
Nerva, whom he succeeded on the
imperial throne in the year 9S. The
greater part of his time as emperor
was spent In the field commanding
his troops. His first campaign was
carried on beyond the Danube against
the Daeians, whom he conquered after
long struggle. In the conquered
country he planted a Roman colony,
and the descendants Of those coionists
are the Roumanians of today. Trajan's
next war was carried on in the East.
He made Armenia and MesOpOtamia
into Roman provinces, but suffered
defeat at Ctesiphon, not far from
kut-el-Amara, where a British force
was cut off and compelled to sur
render during the World war. In his
rear the Jews Of Cyrus and Cyrene
rose in revolt and made fearful mas
sacres, and disorders also arose in
the West. Trajan returned to the
coast and took ship for Italy. His
health was broken and while on the
journey he died at Selinus in Cilicia,
Asia Minor, in August, III. Trajan
found time to accomplish much in the
Internal improvement Of the empire.
He beautified Rome; he constructed
canals, great military roads, and har-
bors, and built up towns. Law was
enforced and justice fairly admin
istered.