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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
MANY PHONES
TO BE MOVED
Estimate That 1890 New
Stations VIII be In
stalled This Year
Over Two Million Were Moved in Bell
System Last Year-Everyday
is Moving Day"

More than $40 telephones in Vir-
ginia will be moved from one place OF
residence or business to another dur
ing 1922. This means that virtually
one out of every eleven will be discOn-
NO ted and re-connected at another 10
cation.
Officials of the Chesapeake and Pc
tomac Telephone Company estimate
that there viii be a total of 1900 new
telephones actually installed during
this year in Virginia. AS usual, u
large number of telephones will be
disconnected, SO that the total net in
crease IN the state during the year viii
be about $500. There are now about
y4,459 telephones IN the state.
Last year in the whole country l.
$4,000 telephones were moved from
one place to another by the Bell Sys-
TEN, At a cost o. more than Sl5,0U0,-
900. In Virginia during 1921, there
were 1885 connections and 1854
d!Sconectlons, IN spite OF the tact that
telephone subscribers arr PROBABLY the
most stable and permanent portion OF
the states population.
To most people, tine connecting or dis
connecting OF Il telephone seems Il SIM
DC operation OF installing OF remoF-
.ng the instrument. As q matter OF
TACT, IN every case IL neccSSlJateS
changes in the cables and wires over
nelu or underground. 1t also neceSSl-
Gates changes IN central Oluce wires
ana Switchboard connections; in sub
scrIOerS accounts and directory llst-
ngs; and frequently it required the
running OF new 'Grop" lines rom open
wires or cables.
In the telephone business, every day
Is moving day Though there are
certain periods, especially IN spring
and tail, wnen the number OF connec-
tons Is abnormaily large, many sta
tons are being moved every day III
the year. Ana the habit is not pecu-
mar 10 Virginia, since nearly 100000
telephones out OF I5,0O0,OO0 in the
Bell System were moved last year.
The problems OF station movement
are among the largest problems oil the
telephone people. 1t is only by the
most expert management OF plant Ia
cIhtles that service is enabled to fol-
low any subscriber wherever he goes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
Chapter 81
Tho A1nkinn Of words

The Making of words
We have said very little so Tar
about the speech of the Stone Age
people. Let US now 90 back to the
beginning Of language.
Human beings must always have
known how to talk after d fashion
The earliest people, however surely
spoke in q very crude way. Ihey
knew few words. They could hard
w have been able to speak a long
smooth sentence.
How did they get their first words?
We do not know. Spoken words are
not like bones, stone knives ana
spearheads. Words could not be
saved for us to see after hundreds
of thousands Of years.
Yet we can arrive at an idea oil
how people made words III the first
place. To get the idea we must use
our reason.
Suppose you were far out in the
forest with some friends. Suppose
all Of YOU had forgotten how to talk
and that you had to stay IN the
woods for many years!
If YOU wanted to say "brook" you
would probably make a sound like
the brook. You would say "urglGc,
urgle" or something like that. If
you wanted to say "crow" you might
say "caw-caw." If you wanted to
say dog" you'd could say "bow-
WOW"
In the same manner, it is be-
lievcd, the earliest people made
many of their words. To say wind. -,
they very likely said "woo-oo-oo.
To say rhinoccros, mammoth, bear,
lion, fox. deer, wolf they doubtless
tried to make the same sounds they
heard these animals make.
Perhaps you ask: "If things that
made noise were named in that way,
why don't we all use those names
now"
That is a good question, but here
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
BY DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH.
When Lacking Certain Desired Articles of Furniture the
clevev wcyrGr iInProvises them.

ut Is all very well" writes cor
respondent. Ito plan lovely room
when you have lovely furniture
but, alas. I have not Ny desire is
for one of the attractive dressing
tables you have described. but in
stead my heavy and ornate 'ou-
rcau 2rcets my eyes when l enter
my bedroom. Cannot ! 2"rangc in
my room a drapcd shelf or in some
other way convey the impression Of
having drIpod dresser
or course YOU can. Miss Cor
respondent When YOU lack some
thing; your heart desires a good plan
is TO improvise Il substitute. For
instance:
A small; oak table may be bought
at a nominal price. 1t need not he
Of pleasing lines or goo1 finish. for
behind curtains it goes. and just rs
long a it Will stand upright and
rot wobblc we Will ask nothing fur
Their Of It.
Select Inexpensive material 2u1
drapc it like The one in to-d1.'r IL
iustrltion. You will soc have had
the artist place thc one sEcjchcd
clcSc 10 The window, as ih"3c tiny
affairs should not Try 10 take on thc
dignity Of rc@ulCr articles of furui-
'urc. and so may be located in odd
corners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
Doctors viii Help
In tuberculosis Survey

Hopcwcll. Va, July In my opin-
ion". said local doctor, "thc State
Board of Health is doing most ex-
caIlent piece of work in its 7. 4. sur
vey which has just started. 1t GER
tainiy viii prove startling information
TO many other doctors, as il was TO
me, to learn that not over per cent
of the cases found through clinics had
ever been suspected of having tuber-
, cnlosi5 or had ever been under the sup
ervision of doctors in connection with
that trouble.
This doctor had just received a cir
/ cuiar letter from the State Health
/ Commissioner asking him to cooper
ate with the department in getting da-
Ia on ne tuberculosis sftuation. AL
though tuberculosis is one of the COM
municable diseases that are legally
reportable, ii is said that few doctors
| do report their cases and that failure
makes 1t very difficult for the tubercu-
losiS bureau Ci the State Board OF
Health to plan its work in a way to
make 1t do the maximum o. good.
! 81 fully agree with the Health Com
missioner, said this doctor. when he
says that the entire profession IS
deeply concerned in rne campaign to
eradicate tuberculosis. And we are
particularly interested in the clinic
work. | can speak with assurance on
that subject for we have had a clinic
in Prince George county; and people
who had never suspected that they had
tuberculosis are now oeing cured of q
malGdy that would certainly have
taken Il complete hold upon them ii
! the disclosure had not been made ii
time.
IF the profession responds, as
believe it will, the Health Commission,
CT can plan his work definitely; and
while the result may not be accom-
plished so speedily, he will in time
be able to show in tuberculosis reduc
ton record approaching the remark
able typhoid decrease. Already, witt
more or less desultory work, a grca
reduction has been effected; and, i
the medical profession cooperate
fully by reporting the work can b.
put on a definite, scientific basis tina
must bring even greater results"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

Tie Aztec calendar consisted Of a
Year o. eighteen months.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
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is a good answer Parents taught
their children the names of the diff
fcrent animals. The children did
not say those names just right. AS
time went on, there were changes
in the way certain words were spok-
en-. Finally you couldn't tell the
words were the same any more.
Ia give idea of mo-;on, the earli-
est people may have tried to act out
the ideas. For instance, when they
wanted to say, The bear runs, y
they probably made the sound for
bear and then made the motion of
running. To say high" they may
have held their hands as high in the
air as possible.
Even today we often use words
that sound liks the things they name
Among such words are: buzz, hiss,
crack, splash, and bobwhite. Say
these, and see for yourself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

While diamond cutting was done IN
ancient times. 1t was never perfected
90 the state Of an art until about the
year l456.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

\ coffee tree Yields about enc pound
Of coffee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

come to recognize the utility of the
motor truck in cutting transportation
costs and speeding up deliveries, and
the fact that they are buying nearly
twice as many now as year ago,
clearly points to better business con-
ditions.
At the present. time, Ford is en-
ploying $4,000 men in Detroit
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

Enteroa nt sbs Poslofiicc OF AlcxuDdr'o
Viraiuiu. Gas second class matter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

There are approximately 22,000,OO0
school children in the United States.
A large majority of these have rene
diable defects such as deafness, NAL
nutrition, decayed teeth, poor eyesight,
inciyient tuberculosis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
HAGUE CONFERENCE

We note, in a recent article by
Frank III. Simonds, that he takes
the same position in regard to the
Genoa Conference as was taken
by the Gazette in several editorials
during the Conference. As MI
Simonds is a recognized authority
on the European situation, we ieei
rather flattcrcd to have our views
thus confirmed. lie is IN thor
ough accord with Us III the view
that the Genoa Conference was
doomed to failure from the begin
ming, because OF the Russian par
ticipation. For the Soviet Gov
eminent 20 change its views as to
the validity OF contracts or the m
stitution OF property, would be to
spell its own speedy destruction.
For the allies to recognize Soviet
Russia would be to recognize the
anarchistic theories of Its admin
istratlon, which would preclude all
commercial relations thereafter
As we stated, in criticism OF the
Washington Posts position, poll
tics and economies are SO inter
woven and 50 intcrdcpcndent that
YOU cannot separate them. They
are conditioned one upon the
other.
We also note that Simonds
agrees with us that Lloyd George
had other fish TO iry-and that ON
the whole the outcome OF the Ge-
noa Conference was triumph for
that astutc statesman, When ne
LETT for Genoa his situation was
extremely prccarlouS. opposed
by the powerful Northcliffc press
and by the Morning Post, the or
ran IS his ;nvctcratc foes; threat
enod ~. , revolt AGAINST his lead
crSb;n within his own coalition;
:I I .Ll. .r.,,,oro,,. for = rccoq-
w. D. ,b,4 #. ;obless
i''.'C'' W. .,';,,r,, onro ,g,;n have
i'''', i, ' - 49, = ibis orc,t
80, mG,", - had ,t l,s, met his down
en- p,t drsnitc the failure OF
the Conference, Lloyd George re-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20
VIRGINIA NEWS
PARAGRAPHED

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of dollars
worth Of expensive materials lay in
the cutters of the city of Richmond
today as the result Of the near
clOUdburSt and storm of last week,
which washed away hundreds of
sand and gravel piles IN various sec
tionS Of the city as completely as if
threy had been used by the builders.
Contractors and builders everywhere
suffered heavily, and many of them
were compelled 10 hold up their work
until other materials could be Sc
cured with which to complete con-
struction. In some places cement
which was only covered with canvas
was wetted so that it became useless.
The delay was the most serious dam
age done The builders were COM
PEELED to put heavy forces to work
after the storm bailing out cellars
on now Jobs and hOleS dug for founda-
tlons. Force pumps were in evidence
everywhere. Ihe North Side suf-
ferod heavier than ony other section
in this respect. Here especially III the
tablc-likc sections U tthe city, the
water did not run oil for a whole day
and cellars baled in some sections
filled again quickly. Cutters every
where testify to the potency OF the
rainfall.
Hopcwe!l-For the second time
since Saturday, Federal officers, as
sisted by officers from Petersburg,
have captured another lj0-galion
capacity liquor still. The raid took
place on the Johnson road, in this
county, this morning. The still was
touuu on the farm OF Charles Cuder-
field, a Bohemian. The Federal agents
accompanied by Detectives MCGEE
and Goodwin. left Petersburg about
80 clock this morning. When they
discovered the still no one was around,
but they found five barrels Of mash,
copper coils, copper dOubler, seven
containers and four dozen fruit jars.
There was no liquor found, but the
mash was ready for q run. Cudcr-
held was found I'LL in bed. No ar
rests were made by the officers.
I Norfolk Homer l.. Ferguson prcsi-
/ dent of the Newport News ShipbUild-
NIX and Dry Dock Company, declared
| today that he had been negotiating
I with responsible parties VINO plan
90 build two l,OO0-foot passenger
steamers. the largest iii the world
their CONSTRUCTION being contingent
upon the passage of the ship subsidy
bill.
/ Observation-Disclosures for the
Scjsmograph to be installed in the
observatory of the University of Nir-
GINA have been completed IN an iron
foundry here from patterns made IN
the department of engineering, bat
the finishing of these parts will be
delayed until the school reopons in
September Tests that nave bee;
made at the observatory ON the toy
Of Mount Jefferson show that the ell
mate of the university Is almost idea
e for the location Of the delicate IN
StyumeU, for the detection Of earth
QUGkcs on the other SIDE of the planet
, While diamond cutting was done II
ancient times. 1t was never perfected
20 the state Of an art until about th'
, year lt56.
\ coffee tree Yields about one poUnC
of coffee.
TIE Aztec calendar consisted Of
Year o. eighteen months.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

Public service corporations Of the
United States require new capital of
$4,000, 100000 annually.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-20

There arc 3O,OOO,0OO grade and
scrub dairy animals in this country
less than 100000 purebredS.
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16
TO PROTECT CAR
TIRE And TUBES
Vital Parts Are Worthy Of Much
Consideration When Con-
tempIating Long Run.
few PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
To Keep Safe and Free From Injury
During Driving. They Should Be
Protected Against Moisture,
Dirt and Grit.

The automobile tire and Its accom-
panying inner tube are the vital parts
to be considered on long tour or In
the usual days run. To keep them
for use for emergency cases on the
road Is thing to be appreciated by
all owners and drivers. A few sug-
gestions are well worth considering,
inasmuch as they are offered from
practical experience.
To keep the inner tubes safe and
free from injury during driving they
should be protected against moisture.
dust, and grit, as these affect them
to an unlimited extent To prepare
a tube for storage, remove the valve
spring and plunger from the inside
OF the valve-stem, and roll the tube
up so that all the air is expelled. Hold
Ing 1t still compressed, re-insert the
valve-plunger and screw it up tight,
after which, screw on the valve-cap.
The tube then will lie absolutely fiat
and should be folded as shown in the
Illustration, and an elastic band made
from a strip cut of the end of an old
inner tube around 1t, as shown. One
ut each end will make complete job.
The tubes should he carried In a
wooden box with corrugated cardboard
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16
l.!lLx Sgsl{liys
6@S||Sl|YX
WY Us; S;RA,HAM ; AHA ~ .BE'ONNER ~:
IN THE GREENHOUSE

"Shall I take you on a little trip
through the green-hOuse7 asked the
Fairy Queen of some of the Fairies.
'It is wonderful park greenhouse
and there are many interesting plants
from all around. I've been there and
I can tell you about good many of the
plants and blossoms If you'd like to
take such a trip"
The Fairies had said they would like
some new kind Of trip. and SO the
Fairy Queen had suggested this.
1.-The house isn't u house painted
green, you know. A greenhouse such
as I'm speaking Of means house for
flowers and ferns and shrubs.
"We'd love to go on the trip you sug-
gest," said the other Fairies. "When
will you take us?'
AFTER the visitors leave" said the
Fairy Queen. 1--WE will go late this af-
ternOon."
So all the fairies who were going on
the trip got ready in their new out
door suits which no one could see be-
cause they looked the color of air.
If you can see that color and know
what it Is you're very. very smart!
'Now we're off," said the Fairy
Queen, some time later
They went to the greenhouse. At.
tached to the big one were many
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16


tucked to its inner walls. An ordi-
nary skate strap will be best for lock-
Ing the box.
The tires are the next In line. To
be kept In first class condition tire
should be kept In position rs near
its real diameter as possible, and to
provide for this a rack should be made
on the running board of the automo-
bile to hold the tires. The Illustration
shows a few suggestions as to how this
may be done.
To make either one of these use
ordinary gas or water pipe 1 inch in
diameter, with an elbow and long nip
pie on the one for the spare wheel.
and T and flat-iron bracket with sew
eral holes for up-and-down adjust
ments for the spare-tlre bracket. This
accommodates tires from 30 inch to
Sc inch. The difference in size is TAX
en- care of by raising or lowering the
bracket on the I and replacing the
bolt. Secure the tire by heavy leath-
er strap passed through the ends of
the bracket. Fasten the fiange to the
running board by bolts.-P. P. Avery
in Popular Science Monthly.
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16
AQy)TT@H0@[s3 BILLIE
NEWS ge7a -

1t is very important after tire has
been changed that the rim shall be
properly adjusted.
Automobile operators should famll.
iarize themselves with the new traffic
ordinances and make every effort to
obey them to the letter.
Before inserting a spark plug. ap.
ply graphite in powdered form to the
threads. The plugs can thus be re.
moved easily. no matter how long
they have been in the cylinders.
The knock produced by loose pis.
ton pin Is considerably lighter than a
crank shaft knock and is most notice.
able when the engine is running idle
with the throttle nearly closed.
A brake has been invented to oper.
ate on all four wheels of an automo-
bile. The application of the brakes
it is claimed. will stop the car in half
the usual distance and prevent skid
ding.
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16
YOU AUTO KNOW

That light-colored blush
smoke emanating from the ex-
haust pipe is a signal that too
much lubricatlng oil is being
used. either because an excess of
oil is being fed to the engine or
because the engine is being run
too far with the throttle nearly
closed. In the case of a super
abundance Of oil, some of this is
vaporized by the engine and is
forced out through the exhaust
In the form of the blush smoke,
thus subjecting the driver to the
probability Of police action and,
at the same time causing him to
think that his car Is using more
oil than 1t ought to.
Running with the throttle
nearly closed will accomplish the
same result, for this causes a
distinct vacuum in the cylinder
on each intake stroke of the pis-
ton and this vacuum pulls the oil
up past the piston into the COM
bustiOn chamber. where 1t burns.
1t Is for this reason that a car
which has been left standing for
some time with the engine run
ming will often start off with a
cloud of smoke which may last
for block or so.
Copyright. 1922. by tho Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16
That Pays
le Model Cleaners and Dyers
F7 BROADWAY, DENVER, COLO.
FOR NATION DEPARTMENT
Plnucrcinl Inquiries answered and
formation gladly furnished without
st. Address any firm above.
u0ar Producers Refused Tax Cut.

uoar PRODUCERS Refused Tax Cut.
Denver.-Sugar companies in Colo
DO were refused permission to make
auctions In the assessed valuation of
operty in Colorado under the 1922
hedules by the tax commission and
SCISSORS from eleven sugar factory
unties at conference in Denver
Gently.
ply this action the various sugar pro-
icing companies in the state will be
qulred to pay the same taxes as
ERE paid last year, 1t was said. with
p exception of companies which are
n operating or which have closed
By of their factories.
"A general meeting of the assessors
ID tax commissioners took place in
|e new state office building. 1t was
Pt attended by representatives Of the
gar companies, 1t was said.
"At our conference we agreed that
|e 1921 values for taxation purposes
&ould stand for 1922" declared John
Jones, assessor from Boulder
Runty.
THE companies had submitted
fhedules calling for reductions in the
Fsessed valuation of approximately
] per cent"
The counties represented at the con-
frence with the state tax commission
ere Boulder, Adams, Bent, Crowley,
elta, Larlmer, Logan, Mesa. Morgan,
tero and Weld.
The Great Western Sugar company
lbmitted schedules requesting a re-
hction in the assessed valuation of
Is property in Boulder county Of 1886
FER cent under the 1921 assessments.
fhe factory Of the. sugar company in
pat county was appraised at $4,000
psf year.
The Dolores star., 1922-06-16

smaller ones. They were all filed
with flowers and plants and palms
and mosses and ferns.
They saw some dear little crocuses
and tulips and daffodils outside the
door and then they went in. There
were many palms and trees from hot,
hot countries, known as the tropics.
1t was very hot in this house for it
had to be in order to have the plants
and trees grow as they would in their
native lands.
Gold fishes were swimming in little
pools and there were rocks and lovely
moss of different kinds growing from
the rocks and ferns everywhere, and
great tall palms which reached the
ceiling.
Some of the ferns hung down and
some were little ones. There were
ferns that grew in water and other
water plants growing there too. There
were sugar cane and coffee trees and
banana trees, and lovely maidenhair
ferns enjoying the shade.
Nearby were some cactus plants,
queer and knotty and ugly in a way
and yet rather fascinating.
Each plant had to be treated just
sO-receiving what it would receive
in the way of heat and proper earth
and water as it would if growing in it's
own part of the world.
There were some palms with great
branches and spreading leaves. Plants
and ferns which had grown too fast
were clipped off so they wouldn't
go up through the ceiling!
OF course they couldn't do that. but
they would push other plants out of
the way and bend over and break
themselves so they had to be stopped
from growing too much.
In one house which was called the
'sl,ow house" there were tulips of all
colors and gay tlamingo lilies, orchids
which were called Indian Orchids and
orchids known as Tiger orchids. The
Orchids were quite decided in letting
everyone know that they liked warm
and sunny weather and that they
would complain if the weather were
cloudy and bad, though they liked
drinks of water.
There We're long pink hanging
flowers which We're called Medinilla
Magnitica And there were red
flowers which dropped and hung down
in very attractive way and which had
the gorgeous name of Acalypha SAINT!
There were flowers and plants from
other parts of the world and some had
colored leaves.
And little humble bees came in and
buzzed through the greenhouse room
where were the hyacinths and the for.
get-me-nOts and the jonquiis and the
snapdragons and the Jack-in-the-Pulpit
families.
The Fairies and the Fairy Queen
looked at everything and they whisper
ed little secrets to some of the flowers
while the flowers told the fairies of
some Of their sweet secrets. Little
Friend Heliotrope told the Fairy
Queen that she must take n look at the
Butterfly plants which had blossoms
of pink and white. rose and red and
lavender and which looked like but
terfiies. They wanted so much to
be admired by the Fairies.
And the Bird of Paradise flowers
with their gorgeous blue and yellow
flowers and the other members of the
family with their blue and white
flowers which only bloomed once a
year for six weeks-all told the Fairies
who they were as have just told youl