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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
PERSONAL TOUCH SHOWN
IN FURNITURE SELECTION
Selection of Bed Given Pref
ercnce in Beginning
Purchases.
Can Easily Provide Charming md
Distinctive FurnishlnEs In Keepinx
With the Finest Piece Of Eauip-
ment bought.

There has MEYER been Il timo In tho
history OF furniture making when az
much excellence and variety have
been displayed in the pieces espe
c!ai!y made for furnishing Lcdrooms
as Is the case today.
Among the beautiful and dis,inc-
tive pieces OF bedroom furniture tho
bed naturally takes precedence. The
huge four-poster. carved and orna-
mented with the pineapple. acanthus
rear. or even suggestion OF the
chinese or Gothic on It's posts or
canopies. is often suitable and al.
was splendid piece OF furniture
Chippendaio specialized upon tho
magnificent canopy effects. while tho
bed posts he designed are seldn,n
elaborate and always comparatively
slender. Those showing most en-
richment may be attributed to othSr
sources. The designs Of manv az
the original fonr-postcr beds ars
purely American
With the bed selected. wbe,h,
tour- poster. canopicd or French CO.
lonial with the rolling top showing
Empire influence, the homo makor
VIII have tho basic mott, for nor
other pieces And from the indivJd-
Besides the usual willow ana 800
nal pieces AT hand she can then nro-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
HEIRLOOMS ARE MODERNTZED
BYUSE OF ELECTRIC DEVICES
Adapers Have Been Arranged to Bring Old Candle
sticks, Candelabras, Oil and Gas Lamps and
Vases Up to Date.

grandfather loved to read by thI,
odd lamp. and we've never had the
heart to throw it away: and tina,
pottery Jar is another family hc.r-
loom that we have hated 10 dis
card"
Now. there is no need to apologize
for these ancient and often treas
ured pieces. There is no excuse.
either. for Keeping them in the attic
sinc" new devices have been intro
ouced 10 modernize such appliances
ana make OF them the latest OF cleo
trio lamps
There are tyncs OF adaptcrs now
made known as adaptcrs for omen
top vases. adapters for candle
sticks and candclnbras or gas lamp
oases For the oil lamps there are
two kinds of converters. One con
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
Originator of Popular
Rocking Chair Unknown

The rocking chair probably Is
tho only piece Of furniture known
today the history OF which can
not be traced.
What lazy persons FIRST con-
reived the idea of putting cradle
rockers on chairs?
What prompted the idea?
who could have compelled
disnined people To become ono OF
tho rocking, case-loving, content
ed persons who found soIace In
the forward and backward fitting
or their chairs?
And the rocking chair itself
hides It's history. But s, is dis
tinctly In the style OF the Italian
Renaissance
Tho American rockinr ehn&a
which fs not an amusement of A
crude people. Is now only another
name for graceful ease with an
CIVILIZED races. IT Is also making
progress with the hnlf civilized
Explorers and TRAVELLERS cay IL is
the pride of many savage hut.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30

vide herself with charming and din.
tinctive furniture for her room.
mere are. TO be sure. many beauti-
fui asHepbled bedroom suites which
hne can safeiy take In their entirety.
though thcrc Is at present some
what unsettled tendency toward ,b,
individual piece selection OF tho fur.
hiture Tor any room. To choose indi-
Vionai pieces for the bedroom whom
there Ia Mt hand competent advice
ana therefore. no chance OF error. is
very desirable: IL. however, there is
TN" least uncertainty in combining
tho pieces. sho Is much safer to hold
10 those ready assembled in suites nv
inc maker OF good furniture, who
must. or necessity. know his schools
and pcriois
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
COMBINES BEAUTIFUL,
WITH USEFUL IN HOME,
Best Ideas i'll Furnishings, Furniture Electric Devices
and Equipment viii BE Shown People of City
From Today Until August 20

Home In form the obe
luihhe mas said Obviously
mas reached LIES
10y demonstration
and Evening
estate dealers electrical department
atonalE Elk
I , Mnirn oesns today and continues
e given an impetus exhibit the promoters ava
No houses IN the
and modern electrical equipment Richmondor Who
"'nc surroundings viii
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30

use by Allan, Savillc Snead
rouse numb two. located on Rose
WOOD Avenue. WAS donated for use
by Muhieman " Kahoc. The two
houses are thus located in the West
part OF tho city. and, therefore, CON
Nehient TO reach the same day. Fur
nished complete. they win be open
ic tho public during the whole period
OF the exhibition. beginning today Ind
continuing TO sunday. August goth.
inclusive.
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Rocker Important I'm IIon,c

what wouid happen II the rocking
chair audden!y should be taken from
the homes in America?
what would happen IL II were for.
ever removed and nnat,ainabIc?
one American writer boldly as.
HcT,' tnht w" would become nation
o. noardors not an American home
would be lcft.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30

nInGr tIs
a
sewing cabinet
Old sishco
oeavr n
, 1922-03-23
Elk Easin Test Goes Deepcr.

Killings, Mont, March z3-Al.
though Is is believed that h first
sand Of the frontier group encountered
by the Thompson-Elk Basin company
In its well on the Nettie Thompson
lease in h Elk Basin field would
furnish commercial production II IT
was shot, the company is drilling on
to the second sand. which gives the
big production in the field. Bottom
of hole is at zoos feet and a brief
shutdown has been forced by burnins
out of a bearing in the engine.
= The first SAND was encountered at
depth Of 1904 o and drill passed
out of Il at 1913 feet and into a
shady shale- Thesand yielded OF lin
such quantities that every bailer
brought up was half fun. In view
of prospects in n second sand, how
ever, h company decided to carry
hole on down as was originally plan
ned. for IL by any chance the second
sand proves disappointing it will be
possible 70 bridge back anddevelop
flow in h first with a STABLE shot.
Col o. f. Goddard. pre- sident of no
company, Il. NJ. Blake, vice president,
j. A Henderson and George B. Porter
returned from the well yesterday after
watching developments while the drill
was foinsg through the first sand.
, 1922-03-23
AUTOS
IN MANY MODELS
Eleven on Display at Denver
Auto Show; Agency Es-
tablished Here.

Casper visitors to the Denver auto
show this week will take unusual in
terest in the Lincoln automobiles by
reason of the establishment of an
agency here at the Boyle garage,
which also handles the Ford. The
Lincoln automobile plant, it will be
remembered. was recently purchased
by Henry Ford and the latter proposes
to introduce the same efficiency in
manufacture n performance Of these
autos that have marked the life OF
the Fird industry. No less than elev.
en- new models are on showing at Den
yer.
A special display feature is made of
the Electro-Fog. a new development
of the Lincoln laboratories. This is a
component of the carburetor which
electrically converts a small amount
of gasoline into n plainly visible. dense
fog, which makes 1t possible to start
the Lincoln engines in temperatures
well below zero.
Tho Lincoln 1922 line includes the
four-passenger phaeton. four passen-
ger sedan and seven-passenger linn
CUISINE. These cars were originally
designed as special custom-built ere
atoms, but have now been incorporate
cd In the line of Lincoln standard
body types.
The low sweeping body lines of the
four-passenger phaeton suggest smart
ness and speed. Tho body is a of
hand-hammered aluminium panels and
is upholstered in brown Spanish
leather as standard equipment.
The four-passenger sedan is a COM
pact, yet commodious type. which has
among its distinguishing features n
low roof with corresponding low In
ciIned windshield and stationary
leather visor. A large trunk mounted
at the rear provides liberal space for
luggage in touring The car is fur
nished either as a two-window type.
with leather ear quarter and orna-
mental bracket, or with an additional
window in place OF the leather quar-
ter.
Tho seven-passenger limousine is an
entirely new body type, now being
displayed for the first time. Like
the four-passenger sedan, It has a
comparatively low roof with slanting
windshield and leather visitor. Up
holstery and trimming of the highest
quality can be secured in a wide
range of color combinations with the
front compartment. below the belt,
upholstered in Spanish leather TO
match. All body types on display are
mounted on tho Standard 136-inch
wheelbase. eight-cylinder Lincoln
chassis.
, 1922-03-23
STREETS BEING GRADED
IN ADDITION ADJOINING
NEW REFINERY GROUND

Street making machinery is now in
operation at Independent addition
surfacing the many of Cas-
per's riewest section The street work
was started yesterday under the sup
ervision of the See Ben Realty com
pany. owners Of h property.
Water wells. to test the possibilities
Of large supplies of fresh aqua werc
also started yesterday. These well
are being drilled for the purpose OF
providing for the domestic supplies OF
carly home owners in the addition and
also show to what depth it will be nee
essary to drill to secure good individ
ual water supplies
The demand for the addition prop
erty continues strong according to the
statements of Cy Bon of the realty
concern. Work or establishment of an
in the addition is making prog.
ress and the building will be complet-
ed for h weekend rush which is ex.
pected-
, 1922-03-23
Montana Sends
For P~drtridges
From Hungary


HELENA. Mont. March 2a.4The
state fish and game department has
placed n cable order with Czecho-slo-
vakia for 500 pairs OF Hungarian part
ridges. The purchase price of the
birds Is 80 per pair delivered at the
headquarters of the department in
Helena
According to Warden c. A. Jakways
h Hungarian partridge weighs about
one pound. is especially prolific and
is adapted to the climate OF Montana.
Washington installed several hundred
pairs o fthese partridgos some time
ago and they nave increased by the
thousands, 1t is said. The birds have
also been tried out in Alberta.
The American Game Protection as
ISOLATION will attend TO receiving the
Montana shipment in New York. The
money for the purchase will DO taken
ron h state fish and game fund.
, 1922-03-23
JURY VERDICT UPHOLDs
FINE AGAINST WHITE

The City OF Casper can now collect
a fine Of $50 from F. II. Whit. who
was convicted of assault upon T. r
Cullen several weeks ago. The police
court ruling was upheld By a jury ver
diet against White yesterday after
noon. White took exception to tho
city finding n appealed to the lis.
trict court, resulting in the higher
court holding that the municipal court
decision was within the bounds OF
jurisdiction
The alleged assault is said to have
occSE7sd when White went to tho
Cullen home TO collect money. In the
resulting melee White scored n tech
meal knockout over Cullen With ar
iron bar. 1t is said.
, 1922-03-23
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals will be received
by the State Highway Commission
at the office of the District Engi-
neer, Courthouse, Casper, Wyo-
ming, until 2 p. m. Thursday, April
6, 1922, for the construction Of a
152-foot pile timber trestle COM
plete in place at Sand Creek, on
the Yellowstone Highway, two
miles west of Grin Junction, Con
verse County, Wyoming.
Piling will be furnished by the
State Highway Commission. All
other materials and labor to be fur
nished by the contractor.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the office of the District En-
gineer, Casper, Wyoming.
Proposals will be publicly opened
and read at the time and place first
above mentioned. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids.
WYOMING STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION.
Publish March 2s. 20. April 4. 1872.
, 1922-03-23

BILLINGS. Mont. March 23.-with.
in the next 60 days. there Will be three
competitions in the Antelope Creek
field. which will largely determine its
importance rs n producer of oil, nc.
cording to information reaching here
from Winnett. The well being drilled
BY Batchcller = company, on section
5-l4-3l is now at 900 fcc. depth and
will he drilled to completion in the
very near future. IL is said. The Alb
aroka company viii at once RESUME
irilling for the oregon-Cat Creek syn.
licate in the northeast corner of sec,
lion 34-i5-30. about three-quarters of
a mile south of the Frantz-Homestake
producer in section &c. Harry
Schwartz and associates arc rigging
up for n well on the same section, and
will spud in within the next 10 days.
II these wells are s~uccessfully
brought in. and there is general con.
ddence that they will be, the Ante.
iope Creek field will be due for the
drilling Of many wells. and may rival
Cat Creek in number OF producers and
volume OF production, Il is declared.
Bitter Creek on company, now test.
ing the Bitter Creek structure, five
miles south of Billings, for gas and
OIL has been confused in the minds OF
many who scan oil news hastily with
the Bitter Root on company, nov
conducting a test near Corvallis, Mont
according to officers of the Bitter
Creek company. The latter is in nc
way connected with the Bitter Root
company and the tests being conduct
ed by the W companies are some 4oC
miles apart. n being in Bitter Root
valley and the other in the Yellow.
stone. 4,
, 1922-03-23
Crude Market
BOSTON GIRL WANTS MAN
WHO EATS WITH knife

CHEYENNE. wyo., March pa
nice. big. tall, dark" western boy who
eats with his knife" is desired by
Miss Frances L. Beauvais, zoos Beacon
street. Boston, Mass. who has written
Cheyenne in regard to the natter
Frances desires to MARI him. She
says, regarding herself: IT am IS
years old. weighc 127 pounds. good
build. brown eyes,, not bad looking.
chestnut brown hair-have 1t combed
nice all the time-good teeth: all that
any nice fellow would like in a nice
girl / can cook. sew and wash-all
that a wife needs to do"
, 1922-03-23
Police Officer
And Wife Held
Up and Robbed

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. March 20.
Discovery that Police Commissioner
Thomas e. Shumate n his wife
were held UP in their automobile near
their home here several days ago and
robbed of several hundred dollars was
made when it was learned that detec.
tives We're working on the case SO
cretly, according to a story printed in
the Chronicle. The robbery was
kept quiet. the account states, in hopes
of catching tho bandits. No arrests
have been made
, 1922-03-23
BETTER THAN CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are a Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub
stitute for calomel-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous These little olive
colored tablets are the result of DR.
Edwards determination not to treat
liver andbowel complaints with calomel
The pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does. but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calomel. They IKE
hold of the trouble and quickly correct
it Why cure the liver at the expense OF
the teeth? Calomel sometimes plays
havoc with. the gums. So do strong
liquids. 1t is best not to take calomei
Let DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets take
its place.
Headaches, "duIlness" and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and a
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when youfeel "logy" and
heavy" They clear" ciouded brain
and "perk W" the spirits. 15c and 30c
, 1922-03-23

NEW YORK, March 23.-The est,
mated daily average gross crude oil
production OF the United States for
the week ending March is. increased
1850 barrels over the preceding
week, according to the American Pc
t-oleum Institutes weekly summary.
The estimated daily average produc.
ion for the whole country was 1,452,.
80 barrels, compared with 1929. 200
arrels h preceding week This is
he largest weekly production yet re.
ported by the institute.
, 1922-03-23
AGENTS SEIZE
LIQUOR CARGO

NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-The
Lugger World, together with her crew
OF nine men and a cargo of whiskey
said to worth $4,000 fen into the
hands of federal prohibition agents on
Lake Ponchartrain near Milenburg
today. Tony vassin. skipper of the
World. was about a week ago
as he was bringing in his oyster craft.
Honest Clay. said by agents of the
prohibition office TO have been loaded
with liquor. through the Chef Men
teur.
, 1922-03-23

NEW YORK. March 23.-Great
Britain demand s4.ssSs; cables s4.s9:
co day bills on banks S4.35%. France
demand 9.05h; cables $9.O6; italy de-
mand s5.11h; cables 1855; Holland de-
mand $s7.S7; cables $3.50; Norway de
mand s17.52; Sweden demand 26.17;
Denmark demand s2t.25; Switzerland
demand SEAS; Spain demand $15.5S;
reece demand S4.s2; Poland demand
axe: Czecho-Slavia demand $1.73;
Argentine demand 1861: Brazil de-
mand 1887. Montreal 97A.
, 1922-03-23
CHAOS RULING
RUSS BUSINESS
tContinued from PaEe onel

Continued from Page One)
next harvest. 100000. 900 people viii
have died from want of nutrition. ]
think it viii ultimately end in some
sort of sea coast control by corpora,
tons interested and protected by their
own troops or employed troops pre-
ferably Russians. Exchange at T1nis
has gone beyond repaIr-it is now
about 2.5oo,ooo to a pound sterling. 1t
VIII eventually have to be sold as
waste paper and weighed as such"
, 1922-03-23
BEARS FORGE
STOCKS LOWER
Rails and Industrials Off One
to Three Points in Trading
Today.

NEW YORK, March 23-The stock
market was under constant selling
pressure today. High class rails and
tndustrials sustained losses OF / to 3
points with many s~peciaitios- Sales
approximated $50. 900 shares.
ReversaIs Of the mid-session were
extended later Rails. steels, equip
ments and gas shares recorded lowest
prices o fthe day. Brooklyn Rapid
Transit was tho only stock to display
strength. The closing was heavy.
NEW YORK, Marc 25-Nothern
Pacific registered an extreme decline
OF three points at the opening OF to-
days stock market as a result OF the
reduction OF tho annual dividend from
seven to five PEI cent Great Nothern.
on which dividend action recently was
deferred. lost 1 Ia points and the
general list was r~eactionary. Among
Industrial declines extending from
large fractions to one point were made
by United States Rubber. Lima Loco
motive and Standard Oils Of New Jer-
sey and California The few moderate
| gains were limited TO Mexican and
Pan-American Petroleums, American
Ice. Bethlehem Steel. sumatra Tooac-
CO and Perc Marquette preferred.
Little rallying power was shown
by Northern Pacific and Great North
ern added a fraction to its early de
cline. Union Pacific also becoming
heavy. Several junior rails. especially
Norfolk and Southern and Ann Arbor
preferred were strong. Pullman was
again conspicuous for its 3 point rise
md ~Studebaker. Railway Steel Spring.
Kelsey Wheel and Sears Roebucl
Tained 1 TO . points. Recessions Of 1
to . points marked the offerings OF
Dawson Chemical. Industrial Alcohol.
General Asphalt and General Elec-
trio. Tho more prominent steels,
equipments. coolers and niscellan-
eous shares were dun at moderate
changes. Call money opened at AZ
per cent.
Reactionary tendencies were more
pronounced in the afternoon. stocks
which lad shown marked strength
Early falling back sharply. especially
Mexican Petroleum and Pullman,
Sugars, chemicals and tobaccos were
offered freely. American Sugar and
retail stores lost 2 points and Pierce
oil preferred. United Drug and Vir-
ginIa Carolina Chemical preferred A..
Silver.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Foreign
har silver 64Tsc: Mexican dollars 1850,
Money.
NEW YORK, March 23-Can money
firm; high. 5lk; low. Az; ruling rate,
~: closing bid, 5; offered at 5h; last
loan. 5h. Call loans against accept
ances. 4.
Time loans steady; 60 days. AZ; 80
days, AZ: G months. 4h@4A.
Prime mercantile paper. Az @4&.
Metals.
NEW YORK. March 2s..Copper
easier; electrolytic spot n nearby
12A G13c. Later 13a13Bc.
Tin steady; spot and futures $29.37.
Iron eteady; prices unchanged.
Lead steady: spot 4.70@S4.s0.
Zinc quiet; East st. Louis delivery
spot 4.70@$4.75.
Anthony spot "a. IS.
, 1922-03-23

NEW ORLEANS. La. March "a
Announcement was made at the cot
ton exchange today Of the failure OF
h spot and futures cotton brokerage
nrnn q Sheppard and Chuck Consid-
ezbio excitement prevailed on the
trading noor for a while, the immedi-
sfs effect Of which was a drop IN cot
tca pfcss Ct about ten polntz
, 1922-03-23
Rear ADMIRAL
AYRES is dead

MONTCLAR, N. j., March a.
Rear Admiral Joseph Gerrish Ayres.
medical corps, United States navy. re-
tired, died Tuesday at his sons home
here. Funeral services will be held
Saturday at Canterbury. N. H. where
he was born in 1889.
Rear Admiral Ayres was appointed
to the navy medical corps just before
the outbreak of the civil war.
, 1922-03-23

Cereal mil here. The fire which start
ed on the fifth floor in a pile of dust,
did $4,000 damage t the building
and moro thai s15o,o0o to machinery
and contents, according to representa-
tives of Grey-Rosenbaum company Of
Chicago. who nav an option on the
property of the Portland FIGURING
Mills company. including the Olympic
Cereal mill.
, 1922-03-23

CHICAGO. March 23.-Butter un-
settled; creamery extras 3oc; firsts 81
6ssc; seconds 51@s4c; standards
3sEc.
Eggs easy; receipts 1925 cases:
firsts 22h 922zc: ordinary f1rsts 81
@21hc; miscellaneous 22@22Kc.
, 1922-03-23

NEW YORK. March 23@Dlrectors
OF the Northern Pacific Railway com
pany declared a quarterly dividend
of Ia per cent OF n common stock.
This represents a reduction from Z
to 5 per cent annually
, 1922-03-23

follow:
Wei No. as-A- southwest quarter.
section 1s4o-7s. Wyoming Associated.
completed at $50 feet. production
sos barrels.
Wei No. s-A. northwest quarter
section 3s4o-7s. Midwest OIL. 1893
feet, so barrels.
Wen No. "A. southeast quarter
section 2G-4o-79. Midwest on. 1.4ss
feet. 500 barrels (estimated).
Wei No. 2t-A. northwest quarter
section 1s4o-7s. Wyoming Associated,
2.2s4 feet. 100 barrels.
, 1922-03-23
MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS
FOUR NEW WELLS IN SALT CREEK

Compilations by the Midwest Refining company during the
last week, two for the Wyoming Associated company and
two on leases of the Midwest Oil company, added 1926 bar
res of new production to the field. On one well estimate of
production only is furnished but is considered conservative
in view of the excellent showing of the producer. The wells
, 1922-03-23
S225,O0O LOSS
In PLANT fire

PORTLAND, Ore, March 23.-Loss
estimated from s225. 900 TO $685. 600
was caused by a fire which
swept the upper floors OF the Olympic
, 1922-03-23
Livestock Mart


OMAHA. Neh., March 23.-United
States Bureau of Markets)-Hogs re,
ceipts 1000; slow, generally steady.
spot 5 to loo lower; bulk $50 to 21C
pound butchers s9.T5@s.s5: top $3.50
bulk 210 to 325 pound butchers $3.50
@9.75; packing grades Ss.25@s.75.
Cattle receipts $500; beef steers and
she stock slow, uneven mostly 10 to
15c lower other classes generally
steady.
Sheep receipts 5000; lambs steady
to easier; bulk s14-25@14.75; top s14.75'
sheep and feeders steady; eve to.
$500.