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man. Not only that, but the ruckus
continued for two more games, and
the final figure was the imposing to-
tai of2924-a record for the local
alleys, and an average of 1875 pins
per man per game.
Now we don't want to appear I'M
appreciative, but we ventore to call
the attention Of the team to the fact
that if this result were communicate
ed to headquarters with the idea OF
making an impression we should be
requested to relate our troubles to
Mr.. Sweeney or perhaps to the
Martens. The only thing those
birds can see is a tournament score,
and a few more of our match scores
have got to read something like this
before we can feel safe enough about
that cup to have case made for it.
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STATE INCOME TAX

If you have not received state
income tax return and have earned
in excess of your exemptions write,
call or phone for blank.
The state exemptions have not been
changed. $500 for a single person,
$1,000 for husband and wife, with 5000
each for dependents and children I'M
der eighteen years of age.
All returns must be filed on or be-
fore March first, except where ex-
tension of time is secured. All tax
payers will be subject to the double
or penalty rate on returns filed after
March first.
Failure to receive return is no
excuse for not filing. All returns
received must be returned whether
subject to tax or. not. If you have
received blank and your, income
for 1921 was below your exemptions,
write, phone or call at Office and you
will be excused from filing return.
The foregoing applies to wage or
salary persons only. All persons
engaged in business must file.
This office will render assistance
in making returns until March first
only.
Deduct all necessary travelling ex-
penses, including the entire amount
expended for meals and lodging,
while away from home in pursuit of
the trade, business or vocation which
produces the income reported, but
not including street carfare or other
transportation expenses incurred in
going between the taxpayers home
and place of business or employment.
!. Do not deduct taxes paid on pro-
perty without the state and only on
property producing income.
Do not deduct any interest on
money borrowed to conduct or ac-
quire or maintain property without
the state.
If you have a sale of real estate
to report for 1921 ask for our Form l.
File or or before March first.
PEARCE TOMKINS,
Assessor of Incomes Ashland, Bays
field and Iron Counties.
Phone 900 Court House, Ashland,
Wisconsin.
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OIL Output MAKES

The United States Geological Sur
vey estemites that the petroleum pro
duction in 1921 will amount to 1867
100000 barrels as compared with $685.
100000 barrels produced in 1920. The
above figures are for the entire
world, and of this, the United States
produced 469, 1868, 900 barrels, repre-
senting an estimated value at the
we'll of $753 100000. This is the
greatest amount Of oil ever produced
in the United States in one year, and
represents an increase of 1928, 900
barrels over 1920 and is more than
double the quality produced in the
United States in 1921.
Deliveries to consumers of domestic
and imported Guide oil during 1921
amounted to. 25,407, 900 barrels, con-
trasted with. 5S0, 474,00O barrels in
1920. Consumption for the year just
ended therefore amounted to 5,768,-
600 barrels more than the country
produced.
The year opened with record prices
--$6.10 per barrel at the wells for
Pennsylvania grada and $3.50 per
barrel for Oklahoma-Kansas. grade,
which has held for several months,
in spite of rapidly increasing stocks.
Soon after the beginning of the
year, however, prices began to fall,
and within few months Pennsy-
lvania grade had declined to 1925
barrel and Oklahoma Kansas garde
to 81 barrel. These low prices
held until the rate of rapidly in
creasing stocks eased off somewhat
in September and October, and the
year closed with Pennsylvania grade
at Sd and Oklahoma Kansas grade
at So barrel.
Several important new pools open
ed during tie year, among which were
La; Ell Dorado, Ark;
Burbank, Okla; and Pierce Junction
and Mexia, Texas; and extensive new
developments were made in the Elk
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DU POINT CLUB NOTES


The Social Committee staged an
Their of those real mixers last Fri
day evening in the gymnasium, and
there was a fine large crowd on hand
to enjoy it. The Blue Devils fur
nished the music, and in addition to
producing al 1.-The poppy dance me-
lodies that anybody could soak up,
they presented snappy appearance
in white flannels and shirts, and
lent quite Palm Beach air to the
occasion. (For the benefit of those
who did not attend, we might state
that the Blue Devils are not an i'm
ported jazz band from Memphis, but
are strictly homegrown Wash
burn product which have beer
rounded into shape under the fine
Italian hand of Heinie Johnson) They
sing as we'll as they play, and they
sure put the pep into the crowd.
At midnight there was an inter-
mission of half an hour or so, dur
ing which time everybody repaired
to the auditorium and consumed vast
quantities of wienies, buns and coffee,
after which the dancing was continu-
ed until everybody had had enough.
Some mixer!
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LET THESE SoAD IN!
Charity Ball this Friday evening.
LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL
GET RURAL CARRIER JOBS

WASHINGTON, D. C. January g.
The principle of the local resident
for the local job is further carried
out by ruling of the Civil Service
Commission today. Hereafter, the
Commission states, only persons who
have their residence within the de-
livery of the Office in which the va
cancy exists will be certified for
rural carrier appointment. Here
tofore certifcation has been made of
eligibles residing within the delivery
Of any Office in the entire county in
which the vacancy Office is situated.
The new procedure places applicants
for rural carrier appointments on
the same basis as applicants for post
master appointments, so far as the
matter of residence is concerned.
The Civil Service Commission states
that this change has been made after
due consideration and meets with
the approval of the Post Office De-
partment.
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Buy it in Washburn.
THE UNSUPPORTED

Colonel Arthur Woods, Chairman
of the Standing Committee of the Ma
tional Conference on Unemployment,
says that efforts of the cities throu-
out the country, has done much to
mitigate the troubles arising from
unemployment. "Many cities, says
the statement, report that they are
appropriating funds, in addition to
the regular budget, to relieve dis
tress by furnishing employment.
Work that otherwise would be delay
ed until spring or early summer has
been started at once" Buffalo has
set aside $4,000 for groceries and
other necessities for the, relief of
Lib families. :. Detroit is lending
out of emergency funds $1,750,OOO,
as necessity arises, to applicants for
relief. Kansas City has raised $780,
600 in a charity drive. Other cities
that have made special provision for
employment and public work are: st.
Paul, Los Angeles, Savannah, Balti-
more, Dayton, and Hazelton, Pa.
.- An ad in 'The Times will pay big
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A Kansas man in Columbus re-
Gently attending the meeting of the
American Red Cross, was asked by
some of the other delegates as to
the operation of prohibition in his
state.
"Do you know we have hundreds
of middle aged men in Kansas who
have never seen a saloon. You might
as well try TO make these men be-
lieve mad dogs are good thing for
the state as saloons. They would
warm up as quickly to smallpox as
to the liquor traffic.
"Out in my state we do not think
any more of the man who buys boot
leg whisky than we do the fellow
who sells it. They are both ostracized
Neither is considered good citizen.
When man wants to lose the re-
spect of his fellows, he cannot do
it any quicker than to be known as
a buyer Of bootleg BOOZE"
kansas is satisfied with prohibi-
ton. You will find the first twenty
five years Of enforcement are the
hardest" were his parting words.
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able at the value Of the stamps if
damaged, but returned in a practic-
ally whole condition. If necessary
to place money in box, it should be
put in coin holder receptacle or be
properly wrapped so as to be easily
picked up by the carrier.
Money for the purchase of money
orders should not be left in the boxes,
but should be handed to the carrier
and q receipt obtained.
Sincerely yours,
H. II. BILLANY,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
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WANT COOPERATION

BY direction of the Post Office
Department, postmasters throughout
the country have recently made an
of the rural routes from
their offices. The purpose was that
they might ascertain by personal OBJ
servation and make report whether
the roads used were in good condi-
ton for travel, the routes we'll ar
ranged, boxes properly erected, so
as to be easily reached by the car
riers. without difficulty and without
obstructing travel, the carriers serv-
ing their route as officially prescribed,
the schedule observed, and whether
the families served were satisfied
with the service rendered, or there
were improvements which could be
suggested in the interest of the. pa
irons or the Department.
1t became necessary, in connection
with the inspection, to request many
patrons to take action to the end that
their boxes might conform with the
regulations as to kind, condition, To-
cation, or height, and in having the
name ;of the owner plainly printed
on them. Also, to bring to the at
tention Of road overseers or other re-
sponsible persons the need for i'm
provement in roads. or repair or con-
struction Of culverts or bridges.
1t is the desire of the Department,
and its purpose, to provide adequate
and convenient service, so far as may
be possible, to all persons residing
in rural communities, but this end
can not be attained without the full
cooperation of the patrons in the
efforts of postmasters and carriers
to serve them promptly, regularly
and satisfactorily.
Whatever. facilitates the work of
the carrier is Of benefit to the pa
irons, for the greater the ease and
speed with which a carrier may cover
his route the earlier and better the
service afforded.
So, patrons of rural delivery can
help themselves by helping their car
rier, seeing to it that roads are kept
in good condition and promptly open
ed after storms, by keeping the ap-
proaches to their boxes clear, and by
and willingly correcting any
irregularities affecting their boxes
when asked to do so.
Another great assistance that pa
irons can render carriers is by keep
ing themselves supplied with and US.
ing stamps instead of placing un-
stamped mail, with money for the
purchase of the required postage, in
the boxes. This delays the carrier
and sometimes imposes great hard
ship on him, especially in cold or
storm weather. If preferred, stamp
ed envelopes, either printed or plain,
may be obtained from the carrier,
are of good quality, and cost but
little more than the value of the
stamps upon them, and are redeem
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CALLS 1921 WORST YEAR,

OAAAO 1OA1 UsONH1 GkAR
The monthly bulletin issued by the
National City Bank of New York
for February, comments under the
heading of General Business Condi-
tions, as follows: "The first month
of the new year has been largely oc-
cupied with Retrospective views and
they have not been very pleasant
ones. The year 1921 was the worst
for business generally that has been
experienced by most of the men do
ing business todoy. The list of receiv-
erships and bankruptcies since the
close of the year has been a formid-
able one, but no worse than was ex-
pected, and on the whole the bust
ness community has stood up under
great losses remarkably WE'LL Gen.
orally speaking business has, done
well to make the transition from the
high level of prices to the low level
now prevailing, without either loss
or profit. 1t cannot yet be conf
IDENTIFY, said that the bottom has been
reached in all lines; on the contrary,
there is reason to believe that in manu-
fauctred good costs have yet to be
materially reduced"
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FARM USE MUCH POWER

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FARM USE MUCH POWER
The increase of population has
been characterized by the constant
increases of power. Agriculture takes
more power tina nall other industries
combined"
So stated Professor G. w. McCuen
| of Ohio State University in a recent
address at La Porte, Ind.
"a century ago it took four farm
ing families to support one family
in town. Now one farming family
supports four in town in the United
States. Harvesting of power with
consequent increase of output per
farmer is the explanation"
To the argument that tractors, by
reducing the number of horses and
thus reducing the amount of grain
consumed for feed, are responsible
for low grain prices, Prof. McCuen
replied that all horses thus far dis
placed by tractors would make but
an insignificant difference in corn
consumption.
Convert your grain into beef; not
horses fiesh," urged Prof. McCuen.
"Use the land on which you would
have to grow feed for horses for
growing feed for cattle. Motor ma
chinery can be very efficiently used
in handling crops. On our expert
mental farm in Ohio we cut 2.49
acres of alfalfa an hour with one
man, a tractor and an eight-foot
cutter"
LUMBERMEN USING TRACTORS
Adirondack lumbermen are using
tractors for log hauling this winter
to a greater extend than ever. Last
season several of the largest lum-
bering companies used tractors for
the first time and found that one of
the machines would do the work of
several heavy teams of horses. The
tractors practically make their own
roads and are able to haul out the
logs, several big sled loads at once,
by the shortest possible route.
BUSINESS AND LAND CLEARING
Keen business men in the regions
of cutover lands see the wealth that
| is lying outdoors all around them
and are giving material support to
campaigns which will lead to the re-
clamation of these lands.
One of the most striking land clear
| ing campaigns in northern Michigan
was recently completed. 1t was
financed by business men of the re-
gion, experts from the agricultural
engineering department of the state
college cooperating with advice and
superintendent.
A land clearing special, consisting
of tractor caravan composed of %
tractors each drawing a trailer, was
run distance of 900 miles, was view
ed by 100000 people and was used
for demonstrations to 10000 farmers.
Everything in the way of modern
equipment for removing stumps was
included in the demonstrations. The
stumps were cracked with dynamite
and the pieces pulled out with pow
er hoist, the power being furnished
by a tractor haunted on skids with
the rear wheels removed, the power
coming from the axle. Another de-
vice was an auger by power from a
tractor fywheel which bored a hole
SO inches deep in a minute.
LET THESE SOAD IN!
Oil your tractor and keep it oiled.
Keep the grease cups screwed down
at all times.
Don't let the magnetic wires get
oil or water soaked.
Strain the oil in the crank case at
frequent intervals.
You can do more work on yuor
tractor with an oil can than you can
with a monkey wrench.
Cha, ,itys Rail Ahic Er;dov ovoy,ino
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Hills and at Huntington Beach, Cal.
The new year began with produc-
ton, imports and stocks the greatest
on record, and with consumption not
much below it's peak, but yet INSULT
cient to prevent continuous addi-
ton to stocks.
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The Barksdale plant team staged
a practice session last week, to see
if something couldn't be done about
that 2446 score which they rolled in
the eighth inter-plant tournament
match the other evening. The battery
was made up of Axelberg, Lund,
Wegsteen, Ross and Lumsdon, and
the light of battle cleaned in every
mans eye-and in some cases in
both eyes. Clearly, here was a
determined little band of men with
whom there was to be no trifing-
desperate men, in fact, who would
brook no interference with their am
bition to wipe that low score from
the slate, and hang in its place a
brilliant record, no less. Sort of
made you think of Horatius at the
bridge, or the boy that stood on the
burning deck, or some of the other
gang whose high emprise has blaz-
oned their names on the pages of
history.
Well, to get down to brass tacks
and proceed with the story, Axel
Lund wound up and sped a few pills
down the boards with his famous
international Harvester twist, and
bent up about two hundred and sixty
two -three-four pins in 'ond gamet
He was closely followed by Axel-
berg as Father Time with his scythe,
and Wegsteen in the role Maud
Muller raking the meadow sweet
with hay-at least they knocked
down just as many pins as almost
anybody else could with a scythe
and hayrake, their totals being 233
and 241. When the spectators fin
ally succeeded in sweeping tn wood
smoke out of their eyes, they observ-
ed by the score-board that 1895 pins
had been bumped off in the course
of the game-an average of PIG per
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WHAT ARTHUR BRISBANE
SAYS ABOUT FARM POWE


SAYS ABOUT FARM POWER
The country is far from making
full use Of machinery, according to
Arthur Brisbane, a nationally known
editorial writer.
In 1921 on the farms Of the United
States the trucks numbered 1874, 769,
the tractors 246,139 and the horses
seventeen millions. A long way from
the horseless age, you'll say. But
that age will come, and the horse in
farming will be as rare as the hawk
or bow Snd arrow in hunting. When
farmers realize what the tractor can
do, when government interests itself
in careful tests and cooperative use
Of farm machinery, the horse will
vanish and be at rest.
TRACTOR FUELS MAY
BE EXEMPT FROM TAX
In the agitation which seems to
be rather prevalent in several states
regarding the taxing of gasoline, the
interests of power farmers will un-
doubtedly be taken care of. For
instance, Governor McKelvey of
Nebraska, state which is consider
ing q tax on gasoline, has expressed
himself as being very definitely in
favor of exempting from tax such
gasoline as is used by farmers for
their tractors and other farm ma
chinery used in crop production. Col
orado which has gasoline tax law
has such an exemption and it meets
with general favor.
New. England Homestead, comment
ing on the likelihood of the Massac-
husetts legislature to give serious
consideration to measure calling
kor state tax upon gasoline to help
defray expenses of road construction
and maintenance, emphasizes editori-
ably the necessity for providing in
any such legislation that gasoline
used for running stationary gas en-
gines and farm tractors should be
exempt from such tax. Such levy
ON fuels for machines which are never
operated on the highways would be
an unjust burden for agriculture.
: FOR ECONOMICAL SEEDING
The development Of power farm
ing equipment still goes on. One of
the latest devices is a seeding at
fachment which can be connected
directly to spike-tooth harrow, thus
making superior combination for
seeding and covering of grasses and
legumes at one operation. The at
tachment is made in various lengths
50 IS to fit two, three or four sec
ton harrows and can be used equal
" effectively with any one. The
power for operating the seed-hole
agitator is derived from two wheels,
one ut each end of the machine. The
whole machine is built close to the
ground to prevent scattering of the
seed by the wind.
Combining farm operations so they
can be conducted simultaneously is a
very effective way of reducing the
cost Of crop prediction. Progress
sive farmers will readily recognize
.@the value Of the new machine and
SWilk undoubtedly find it of great adj
vantage.
MILKlNGMACHINES IMPROVE
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:. TRACTOR SHOW OPENS

Inc National Tractor Show is be-
ing. bel dthis year at Minneapolis,
MINI, Febraury-6 to IL at the Mimi
esota State Fair Grounds. 1t is
expected to prove the biggest ex-
hibition Of power farming machinery
ever housed under one roof, with
people from all the northwest in at
tendance.
The educational aspect of power
farming is to be strongly emphasiz-
ed at this exhibition. Prominent
speakers from all over the country
have been secured TO deliver instruc-
tive lectures and the farm engineer
ing department from the Minnesota
College of Agriculture is putting on
. special short course for the bene-
fit Of the show visitors.
aA3 number Of new machines ex-
hibited is not very large, the efforts
Of manufacturer having gone mainly
into the refinement Of present exist
ing puodels that have proved satisfac-
tory. In addition to tractors there
with be exhibitions of motor trucks,
lighting plant and other item of farm
power equipment. Every farmer
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MILKlNGMACHINES IMPROVE
QUALITY OF MILK

Certified milk is being produced
with milking machines, and also mar
ket milk of a good grade, under or
binary farm conditions. There is
no short cut, however, to cleanliness;
and neglected machines will not draw
clean milk. To attain this objective,
machines must be thoroughly wash
ed and sterlized. The milking ma
enine is sure to play larger and
larger part in the economics of
dairying. For this reason it is
important that care be taken in sani-
tation, SO that nothing will impede
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W. c. 7. y.

Next meeting Thursday, Feb. 10th
at the home of Mrs. F. E. Wieman.
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Business
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will find much of value at the ex-
hibiticr.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
HAMLET

Miss Sara Crabs spent the week
end with home folks.
Quite a number from here at
tended the Edgar sale near New
Boston Saturday.
Miss Katherine Gray and John
Becker were dinner guests at the
Crabs home Sunday.
Mrs. George Gray. Jr., and chill
dren spent Saturday and Sunday
at the home of Oscar Marsh
Mrs. Ben Burrows spent Sunday
at the parental home.
Miss Mary Lee recently enter
tanned seven girl friends. One of
the pleasant features of the after
noon was the announcement of the
of Miss Katherine
Gray TO John Becker. The we'd
ding date is Feb. IA.
Mrs. Mary Reaber of Aledo, Mrs.
John Reaber and Miss Minnie
Cooper called on Miss Armenia
Crabs Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Carl Bruins, Misses Irene
Godfrey and Ethel Bonynge and
Leland Boyles were Sunday guests
at the home of c. L. Boyles.
Mrs. Mary Reaber OF Aledo is
at the home of her son,
John.