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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

ringer held on and lived, rent free, IN
the two front rooms Of the barn of a
hotel. His daughter, Mary, frail.
tanned. hollow-eyed and withered by
the droughts lived with him.
In 1890 the hot winds came again In
the summer and long and steady they
blew, blighting everything. There were
only five hundred people in Fountain
county that year, and they lived on
the taxes from the railroad that
crossed the county. Families were put
on the poor list without disgrace-it
was almost a mark of political distinc-
tion-and in the little town many de-
vices were I'm vogue to distribute the
county funds during the winter.
There was no rain that winter and
the snow was hard and dry. Cattle on
the range suffered for water and died
by the thousands. A procession from
the little town started eastward early
in the spring. White-canopied wagons,
sought the rising sun.
Christmas eve, 1891, the entire vii
lage, fifteen souls in all, assembled at
Barringer's house. He was hopeful,
even cheerful, and talked bitterly of
what zone good crop" would do for
the country; although there were no
farmers left to plant it, even If nature
had been harboring a smile for the
dreary land. The year that followed
that Christmas promised much. There
were spring rains, and In May the
brown grass and the scattered patches
of wheat grew green and fair to see.
Barringer freshened up perceptibly.
He sent an account of his Indebtedness
on hOme-ruled MANILA ra9er-to his
creditors in the East, and faithfully
assured them that he would remit all
he owed in the fall. A few wanderers
struggled into Fountain county, lured
by the green fields and Running brooks.
The gray prairie wolf gave up the dug
out to human occupants. Lights in the
prairie cabins twinkled back hope to
the stars. Before June there were a
thousand people in Fountain county
Aqua Pura's business houses seemed
to liven up. There was a Fourth of
July celebration In town. But the
rain that spoiled the advertised fire
works in the evening" was the last
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

LAVE you ever seen the suns
Il spots? Have you ever seen DEM
onstrated Foucault's celebrated pen
dulum experiment to prove the rota-
ton of the earth? Have you ever
watched the antics of minute infuso-
rians swimming in water?
With the completion Of the new
home of the National Academy Of Sci
ences at Washington. these things will
be a regular part of the interesting
exhibits open to the public.
1t Is hoped to have the b-ilding
completed by the fall of 1928. 1t will
be located near the recently dedi-
Gated Lincoln memorial and will be
three stories high. The first floor will
be given over to the public and mu-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

that fell until winter. A carload Of
aid from central Kansas saved hun
dred lives in Fountain county that
year.
When the spring of 1893 opened,
Barringer looked ten years older than
he looked the spring before.
It was his habit to sit on the front
porch Of the deserted hotel and look
across the prairies to the southwest
and watch the breaking clouds scatter
into the blue of the twilight. He could
see the empty water tower silhouetted
against sky. The frame buildings that
rose In the boom days had all been
moved away. He sat and waited, hop
ing fondly for the realization Of a
dream which he feared could never
come trce.
There were days when the postmas-
ter's four-year-old child sat with him.
The old man and the child sat thus
one evening when the old man sighed:
"If II would only rain, there would be
half a crop yet If it would only rain y
The child heard him and sighed imi-
tatiyely: "Yes, If 1t would only rain
what is rain, Mr.. BarringerT He
looked at the child blankly and sat
for a long time In silence. When ne
arose he did not even have a pretense
of hope. He grew respondent from
that hour, and sort Of hypochondria
seized him.
That fall when the winds piled the
sand In the railroad "cuts" and the
prairie was as hard and barren as the
ground around a cabin door, Barrin-
gers daughter died Of fever. The old
man seemed little moved by sorrow.
That winter the postmaster left The
Office was discontinued. The county
commissioners tried to get Barringer
! to leave. He would not be persuaded
to 90. The county commissioners were
not insistent. 1t gave one Of them an
excuse for drawing four dollars a day
| from the county treasury; he rode
| from Maize to Aqua Pura every day
| with supplies for Barringer.
The old man cooked. ate, and SLEPT
| in the Office Of the hotel. Day aftel
| day he put on his overcoat In the win
| ter and made the rounds Of the vacant
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

XXTASHINGTON.-Two instruments
w which, it is declared. will revO-
lutiOnize the art of coast defense, are
being exhibited In the ordnance de-
partment here. and later will be In
stalled at Panama TO control the fire
of the big guns in the canal defenses.
The instruments comprise a system
of ranging and following a moving
enemy ship. They are operated cleo
trically and adjusted automatically.
They add. substract, multiply. divide
and make allowance for many factors
controlling the flight of big shell.
Visitors to the larger coast defense
stations often wonder how II is pos
sible for the gunners to hit ship with
a five or six-foot projectile shot from
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
the Night"

night he walked to the red clay grade
of the uncompleted "Air Line" and
looked over the dead level stretches
Of prairie. He would have gone away,
but something held him to the town.
There he had risked all. Here, per-
haps, In his warped fancy, he hoped
to regain all. He had written so often,
"Times will be better In the spring"
that 1t was part Of his confession Of
faith-that and zone good crop will
bring the country around all right"
This was written with red clay In the
old mans nervous hand on the side
of the hotel, on the faded signs, on
the deserted inner walls Of the stores
In fact, everywhere In Aqua Pura.
The wind told on him; it withered
him and sapped his energy.
One morning he awoke and strange
sound greeted his ears. There was a
gentle tapping in the building and a
roar that was not the guffaw of the
wind. He rushed for the door. He
saw the rain, and bareheaded he ran
to the middle Of the streets where 1t
was pouring down. The messenger
from Maize with the days supplies
found him standing there, vacantly,
almost thoughtfully, looking up, the
rain dripping from his grizzled head.
and rivulets Of water trickling about
his shoes.
"Hello, Uncle Dick" said the mes
senger. Enjoying the prospect2
Rivers risln'; better come back with
me-"
But the old man only answered,
johnson? Not here! Nichols? Not
herel .Bemis? Not herel Bradley
Not herel Hicks? Not here! And
Barringer7 Herel And now Gods
moved the rain belt west. Moved SO
far west that there's hope for Lazarus
to get irrigation from Abraham"
And with this the old man went into
the house. There, when the FIVE days
rain had ceased, and when the great
river that flooded the barren plain had
shrunk, the rescuing party, coming from
Maize, found him. Beside his bed
were his balanced books and his legal
papers. In his dead eyes were thou
J sand dreams.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

packing boxes with aisles between
them range the length of the auction
room. Each box contains one lot Of
goods. Scarc-'y any articles are dis
posed of singly at these sales when
a large amount of goods is to be auc-
toned.
Hundreds of people go through the
auction room selecting bargains to be
bid for. When the sale opens, there
fore, 1t proceeds with snap. The
235 boxed lots of more or less bulky
merchandise, % lots Of tires and &C
lots of jewelry and small articles sold
in three hours at the last sale.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

The present year is near the middle
of the cycle, or in the period when the
sunspots are fewest. Last year was
time when few sunspots were normal
ly due, so that the sunspot, or cluster
of spots, which caused the great cleo
trical storm on May 10, 20 and p. was
quite unexpected. 1t is only since
telegraph and telephone wires and
cables have been in use that electrical
storms of this type have made any
great difference to human beings. so
that records of them have been
meager. but that of last year is by far
the worst that ever occurred, when
measured by damage to electrical ap-
paratus.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
REPRESENTATIONS have beer

REPRESENTATIONS have been
N made by the United States gov
eminent to the government of Ruma-
mia in connection with the Rumanian
debt to the United States.
This action was determined upon. 1t
xas stated officially, In order to protect
American interests. The incident
which precipitated the action was the
announcement that the Rumanian
eovrrnment was about to launch a
loan for approximately $17o.0 900 for
the purpose of covering outstanding
oblirations other than that involved
r h debt to the United 6tateA
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

"When God shall say, o Jesus, SON OF
Mary, remember my favor towards
thee, and towards thy mother; :.
when thou didst create Of clay as IL
were the figure Of bird. by my per-
mission, and didst breathe thereon, and
II bAcame a bird by my permission
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

the most trivial Of It's adornments be-
Ing subservient to, and suggested by.
the dominant idea; any departure
from those dictates would be the
classifying Of revelation" It Is un-
adulterated with worldly wisdom, def.
erence to prevailing opinions, mere
talent or cleverness. Its anguish is
untainted by the gall Of bitterness, its
Joy II never selfsh.-James Thomson.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

Philosophy We'll Defined.
Philosophy II but common sense By
! more eircuitous suuta-zAnweil
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
NATURALIZATION
PROCESS CONDEMNED
State Official Holds Manufac-
ture of Near Beer Nio-
lates Law.

INDIANAPOLIS. March Is
Manufacture Of near beer by the
process OF Standardization IS IL
legal in Indiana. according 20 the
opinion OF Att. Gen. Lesh. given to-
day 10 Bert Morgan. federal prohi-
bition commissioner for Indiana,
who says eight Indiana brewers
have federal permits for use Of the
process
State and federal prohibition laws
are in conflict on this question OF
manufacture. but Mr.. Morgan said
he believed that the attorney gen
erals ruling will make il necessary
for use OF another process despite
the character Of the federal permit.
Indiana law. Mr.. Lesh pointed
out, prohibits manufacture Of any
liquor containing more than one
half OF one percent alcohol BY
the Decentralization process OF
making beer the product contains
alcohol which is taken out until the
minimum amount is reached.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
STATE TAX BOARD
FACES HARD TASK
TOEQUALIZELEYY
Reports Already Received
Show Big Discrepancies
Throughout State.

INDIANAPOLIS. March 1S.-Put-
ting all Indiana communities on the
same tax levy may prove the most
difficult problem the state tax board
viii have 20 adjust this year Re
ports reaching the board show big
discrepancies among the various
counties in making the tax appraise-
ments. and the law charges the state
board with the duty Of making all
equal.
This equality. the board attempts
90 bring about, by horizontal in
creases affecting the whole taxing
unit, and prospects are that the
board viii have many such orders
20 issue when it sits down at it's
equalization sessions extending from
mid-July TO early September
Some county and township assess
Ors and their deputies ara apprais-
ing property at considerably lower
values than those on which taxes
have p.en collected the last several
years. other assessors are maintain
ing higher values. and the state
boards job viii cali for orders rails
ing the low values or lowering the
high ones.
All through the appraising period,
which opened the first day Of this
month. the state board Will have its
agents working i'm each county with
the local officials in an effort 10 eff
feet equal statewide appraisements.
alter the agents will work with the
county boards of review. and finally
join with the state board if any in
equalities remain for adjustment.
Members of the state board say
that fewer inequalities viii result If
the local officials maintain a 100 per-
cent, true value basis. Whether the
values be too high or too law. as
long as they are the same every
where in Indiana, the board mem
bers point out that the ultimate of
taxes paid Will not be affected Pub
lie expenditures. the board members
say, govern the amount Of taxes paid
and if the valuations are low the
tax rate viii be high, or vice versa.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Organize 100000 Theater
Corporation at LdpOrte

LAPORTE, Ind, March 1S.-The
organization of a $500, 600 corpora
ton 10 be known as the Laporte
Theater company was perfected here
today. a. Sommerfield was elected
president of the company, Norman
Wolfe. president, and Jacob
Levine was named secretary and
treasurer.
The new company is TO be capital
ized at 100000. papers for incor-
poration having already been filed.
The structure viii be three stories
high and i'm addition TO the theater
seating 1900 persons on the main
floor. it viii include seven store
rooms and one large store space.
The second and third floors will be
devoted 10 90 three-rOom apart
meuts anordins ideal living quarters
for at least q people. The theater
proper viii be completed in about
four months.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
48 RefornatOry Inmates Are
Transferred TO PeniteRtiar,

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. March
1S.-Shackled in pairs, IS inmates
Of the state reformatory were trans
ferred today TO the Michigan City
prison, most of the prisoners being
long termers.
Under the guard OF eight refor-
matory officials. the prisoners left
here at noon and will arrive to-
night at Michigan City. Plenty OF
tobacco. sandwiches and coffee were
provided for the men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
RUM PARTY DENIED
BY LAPEFR SHERIFF

LANSING Mich. March 1s.-Ray
Baker Lapeer sheriff took the wit
ness stand before Governor Groes-
beck Friday On his own behalf In
the hearing on the petition filed by
LaDcer citizens asking his removal.
He gave an altogether new YER
sion Of the events surrounding an
alleged drinking party in the Office
or the Lapeer road commission the
evening OF February II. He testi-
fed ne had found Cora Widely. the
central figure in the affair. I'm an
intoxicated condition In the hall OF
The opera house building az Lapeer,
AID had taken her to the highway
commissions office as an act OF
kindness. intending 10 shield her
from the gaze Of the curious.
He said when ne first saw the
girl she was with Ray Smith. OF
Detroit Smith. he testified. admit
ted giving her the liquor. He had
advised Smith TO take her home, he
said. but she refused TO go. saying
she would not permit her mother 70
know she was intoxicated Sheriff
Baker said ne then volunteered 20
let her go into the road commission
Office until she could recover.
While ne was in the auditorium
of the building getting the key q
the highway Office from George
Utley. chairman Of the road com
mission. he said Ray Smith disap-
peared
He denied he had given the WON
an money with which 20 go to New
FORK the night before the Subpoena,
for the grand jury investigation. He
said he tried 20 arrange for heI
presence at the hearing Friday.
The case was adjourned until
Monday, Governor Groesbeck insist
ing an effort be made 10 obtain the
girls presence here as a witness
and that if this is proved TO be Inn
possible, a deposition be taken.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Piles

Can't BE Cured from the Outside
External treatments seldom cure
piles.
Nor do surgical operations
The cause is inside-bad circula-
ton.
The blood is stagnant, the veins
habby
The bowel walls are weak. the
parts almost dead.
To quickly and safely rid your
self Of piles YOU must free the cir
culation - send a fresh current
through stagnant pools. Internal
treatment is the one safe method.
O.ntments and cutting won't do IT.
j. :. Leonhardt, n. D. a special
ist. set az work some years ago TO-
ind a real internal remedy for piles.
He succeeded. He named his pre-
scription HEN-ROID. and tried il
i'm 1000 cases before he was salts
fed. Now HEM-ROID is sold by
druggists everywhere under guaran-
tee. IL is a harmless tablet. easy to
take and can always be found al
Wetticks Cut Rate Drug Store, who
VIII gladly refund the purchase
price 10 any dissatisfied customer.
-AdVt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
PRESERVE RILEY HOME
AS PERPETUAL SHRINE

INDIANAPOLIS, March 1S-The
home of James WhitcOmb Riley in
Lockerbie St, where the Hoosier
poet did most Of the writing which
brought him fame. has been pur-
chased by the Riley Memorial As
ISOLATION, il was announced today
and will be preserved as a perpet-
ual shrine Cor those who would pay
homage
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
MUD BLOCKS TRAFFIC
ONVAN buren, ROAD

LAWRENCE. Mich, March IS
Chicago bound autoists have been
warned not to travel the Paw Paw
Lawrence-Benton HarbOr road from
points in the eastern and northern
parts of the state because of the
condition of portion Of the high
way between this village and Paw
Paw. For a quarter of a mile the
gravel surface has broken through
and 1t is almost impossible for a
machine to go through unaided. AT
one time 46 cars were stranded
Several farmers have reaped "a har-
vest pulling machines out of the
mud.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
EIkhdrt County Has LOiU
School Building Costs

INDIANAPOLIS. March IS
school building costs in contracts
for FIRE proof buildings in Elkhart
county recently have attracted the
attention OF ". II. GHdeweu. plan
examiner for the state board of &C
counts. The costs for the Elkhart
county buildings are said 20 De the
lowest 20 come 20 the boards at
tention for some time.
Information received by Mr..
GHdewell Is that the contracts let
since Jan. ? show a cost of "a 10 -
cents a cubic foot OF space occupied
by the buildings. The four instances
before the state officials were the
Rowe. Dunlap, Albion and Morgan
township schools. which cost APP
proximately s6.O97. s5.479; S5.155
and S5,906 a room.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Defies BOOtleggerS
To Equal His HOOtCh

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. March
1S-H. b. Taylor 60 years old. a
negro not only pleaded 20 making
"mooushine" Friday. but defed all
Michigan bootlegeers to produce a
quality OF "hootch" equal 20 his
"I used 20 fire i'm a "still' in North
Carolina" ne told officers and
sure knows how liquor ought 10 be
made" Circuit Judge W. II. North
fned him 500. and sent him 10
Detroit house OF correction for two
months
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
S5,243 Verdict GiUen
AGAINST KGzOO Firm

A verdict, giving the Athol Manufac-
turing Co., Of Massachusetts judg-
ment to the extent of $5.243.2S
against the darcy Spring Co, Of
Kalamazoo. was returned late Fri
day by a jury in circuit court here.
The Darcy company had filed a
counter claim asking judgment Of
$4,000. The Athol company charged
the local company not only shipped
back goods not within the specifCa-
lions, but also q large quantity OF
material. delivered and partly paid
for. the price of which had suffered
a severe decline.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Indiana and Michi6dn News
GETS DEAD HORSE
As TRADE BARGAIN

KALAMAZOO. Mich. March tS.-
David Harum. as a horse trader. has
been surpassed by a stranger who
succeeded in trading a dead horse
90 Isaac Drake for a photograph
with extras Drake. Friday APP
pealed 90 the officers to recover his
phonograph on the claim he had
been defrauded When he went 10
get the horse after the trade he
said. he found Il dead IN IT'S stall.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Potato Prices Decline
Is Spring DrdIUS Near

STURGIS. Mon March IS
Owing 20 the large crop of potatoes
held I'm the northern part OF the
state for higher prices, the prices in
tho local market have been high for
the past few months. but a. spring
approaches many of the farmers are
now disposiug OF their remaining
stores. and prices have taken a sud-
den drop. some now being offered as
low as 81 per busheI Indications
are that the price viii continue 20
drop so the crop OF new potatoes will
soon De shipped in. reducing the
market for the old crop. EEes con-
tiuuc az a low price. even i1 face Of
approaching Easter. and are quoted
at Z s. cents. wholesale.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
'DOBBIN' WINS In
HORSE US. TRACTOR
CONFLICT ON FARM
Farms Using Horse Power
Show Difference Of $500
Over Tractor Farms.

Il LAFAYETTE. Ind March IS
SJolbln has come into hls own on
1he farm. A study OF the horse or
tractor question on "a farms IN In
diana has disclosed that there was
difference Of more than $500 per
farm en- favor Of the farms using
horse power in 1920. according 10
Irof o. O.. Lloyd. chief Of the Farm
Management Department OF Purdue
university.
Prof Lloyd's address. made re-
Gently az a meeting OF the Draft
Horse Breeders association in In
dianapoIis. has been summarized
and put into form for the Horse
Association OF America. &c was said.
The professor said studies In 1919
showed that farms depending ex-
cIusively on horses for farm motive
power made more than 5000 per
farm more than those which use
tractors"
The professor added. however,
that the difference IN profits can
not be attributed as a direct cost OF
tractor labor above horse labor"
He said eft will require at least five
years study 70 determine II the con-
ditions are comparable. and 10 de-
termine 81 the results are signif-
can't"
Prof. Lloyd's summarized state
ment follows:
Farmers want 20 know whether
!. horse use OF tractor use pays best
- IS not merely a question Of COM
parative costs OF doing any partic-
ular piece OF work. &c is a question
o. the profits aecruing at the end OF
the year
The difficulty IS Ia getting a fair
comparison between farms using
tractors and farms using horses ex-
clusively. The operators I'm each
group must have equal ability and
equal opportunity 10 farm efficient
U.s. or the profits or loss due 10 1.-THE
tractor cannot be measured II will
require at least five years study 20
determine 10 the conditions are com
parable and % determine n the re-
suits are significant.
Our 1919 studies I'm Indiana on
- farms. half Of which made use
Of tractors and the others using
horses only. disclosed that farms
depending exclusively on horses for
farm motive power made more than
5000 per farm more than those
which use tractors. IN 1920 the
difference was more than $500 and
was again ir favor Of farms using
horses exclusively.
The difference I'm offs cannot
be- attributed as a rect cost OF
tractor labor above morse labor
Zach tractor displaced approximate
j. two horses. The power cost OF
these two horses was nearly as
large "a direct cost as the tractor
but the farm organization where
tractors were used showed that less
live stock was kept per 10 acres
that the quality Of the live stock
was not so good and the crop yields
not so high as on farms using
horses exclusively
Was the tractor responsible in
any large way for the difference in
profits In the two groups The
farms were approximately Of the
same size IN each group. and the
land per acre was approximately the
same valuation. All the farms were
IN the same community If farm.
ers OF equal ability and equa
opportunity were operating boti
groups Of farms. then the difference
in PROFITS is truly significant"