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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21
London Letter
A. p. Correspondence

LONDON, July 1s.-(Cable r.s+..-,
The present membership and 81
ing Of the House of Lords ava -, 80
isfactory. All the plans for 50 So
agree to the proposal to lessee r-' -, q
number and influence Of the bera5'
tary peers. There are now ~
than 500 Lords. only small rnin ,,,o.e
Of whom take part in that bodv,e .J ~
ceedings and many of whom are ~ p-O'
seen there.
Explorations Fail.
So far the year 1922 has not be.o
triumphant season for British 49,
plorations. s4'
The failure of the Mount Fve,.-.
expedition to reach the summit nj 49,
highest mountain in the world W..
discounted by most authorities WIN
said the greatest surprise had bes'
that the climbers were able to % a.
far as they did without Oxygen ana
that they were able to transport NV.
gen apparatus to almost the hiebn..
slopes.
The definite news that they ver.
returning was taken for granted he.
fore it reached England. Wbetb..
the Royal Geographical Society win
review the enterprise another wear i,
questionable. The expedition. with its
caravans Of coolies and pack animal,
was one OF the most costly ever Ar.
tempted, and financial reasons NAV
make another Mount Everest cam.
paign impossible.
The Late Sir Ernest Shackletor',
little ship Quest, according to report,
is about to sail homeward from tbs
South Pacific thus giving up the long
program for Antarctic exploration,
over which the explorer had studied
several years.
Ship Too Small.
Sir Ernest's death was not the only
cause for the failure of the enter.
prise Captain Wild who succeeded 10
command after his chiefs death, con.
after consultation with shin.
ping men that the Quest was no,
large enough and strong enough to
fight the southern ice fields.
Considering Sir Ernests wide ex.
perience and the fact that all Of Eng.
lands seafaring knowledge was at his
disposal, it now seems strange to
leading shipping experts that the
Quests possibilities and Limitations
were nor -naHzed before the cxDal.-
ton started.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21
REGULATE ASSESSMENT VALUES.

recent editorial in the DeFuniak Breeze calls at
the fact that though Dade county has 3d.
100000 worth Of estate than Escambia per-
sonal property in this county is assessed mil
lion dollars than in Dade county
The editorial The Breeze interesting reading,
particularly a time, follows:
Reports Of various state officials generally
all contain. very interesting and valu-
able information to the person who is seeking It, and
has the patience wade through them to get the
kernels out Of the mass For instance, great many
people wonder why high.
ol,t s n so law and has frequently
figures the need of it, but the voters
while unit in kicking about taxes have never been
able to their way clear to taking any acton TO-
ward getting They kick all the state just
and hard they do here but with relief IN
II they would exercise their heads more on
election day and their tongues less between times
For instance Desoto county, the home Of the big
catte barons Of South Florida, and where their live
stock is assessable $s5 valuation of all live
stock than walton Osceoa county second largest
county in the state the largest now since
divided has than $4,000 valuation in live
stock than Dade county with two herds Of pure
bred cattle 100000 would not buy, has 5000
worth Of all the tax books. Escamoia
county $4,000 short of having as much value IN
live stock Walton, and Holmes county is $4,000
short OF our valuation this item Alachua county
is $4,000 short live stock valuation as compared
with Polk county third largest in the state In the
number of cattle.
When we come to personal property assessments
whole get some more interesting DATA tsn ne
Dade county instance. The automobiles IN that
county at $21o369o and all otner persona
property county is $17369Oo and this
han; furnishings OF the hundreds OF palalldl
hotels and homes Miami and by the way the city as
sessment Of Miami several times that OF the
whole county state purposes. Eliminating the as
easement NJ the Flagler estate, assessed to w. A
rslount as trustee Escambia county, and the per
sonal property in county is then million dollars
more than In Dade which, however has nine fnlaloh
dollars more real estate value than Escambia
The following figures real estate valuations IN
West Florida are interesting for comparison Escam
III s1A 0ss ESQ., Santa Rose $260S4 e5; Okaoosa S1s23
$40: walton $76s5,32o; Holmes, $1225s76; Wasning-
ION a 9s1945: Bay $222s94o; Calhoun, $1,S45615
jackson, 32s56.s85.
There are lots other interesting items in the re-
mort Of Comptroller from which these figures are
+,r.n and some that show more strongly than
these the necessity assessment law II we are
70 have lust equitable lower taxes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Denton ICY" Young pitched for big
league clubs for "a consecutive sea-
sons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

The silver dollar is the most coun-
terfeited of American coins.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Easter cannot occur later than April
25th.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

That was a mighty pretty editorial that the jack
sonvils Times-Unon published about the hooking
birds After all It is the hooking birds. and the
moonlight and the dewy dawns and all Of the rest OF
lars pile up
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

There are many ways of doing many things Blu
there is a right way to DO everything
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Many stories coming in from all the coun-
try telling OF beach tragedies. Let guard our
beaches and immunity from like disaster
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Nov, thew are afraid walking will become lost
art Maybe So but we'd just gamble that 1t
never will be until it is late for us to claim the
limousine we want
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Maybe st never does to buy cheap things,-but you
watch these bargain sales and maybe you will change
your mind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

This rainy weather makes motorists long for the
rood new days when West Florida will be bsected
with real roads.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

The more correctly you dress these days the LEI
ycu have to dress.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Beauty schools may fakes, that New York
nudge declares, but he should have remembered that
beauty is only skin deep anywhere and If the schools
don't skin em, somebody else will.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

One of the Russian delegates to The Hague has
been taken to the hospital Sounds like an Irish fight
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21
Poor Richard Said.

is
n
Richard bought him fivve, his
The a hundred
of today.
20 is
less valuable applied @ dollars
proportion Of the
clothing So
to ca furnishings,
There's making
ADVERTISEMENTS
IS newa They ell
to- 20 They
lon what manu- acturer
ire
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

This is a very peculiar climate. The more OF it y
have the more OF it you want
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

You may say what you like but these Pensacola
girls surely are a sight-for eyes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

July is half gone and before we it August
win be blushlng the and then the next
thing it will be September
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Those Love Letters of Haberdasher must be as
blight as some of the haberdashery know
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

There are many ways O getting in the swim but i
the way we don't like is getting in the rain Il
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Everybody. even the deaf, tanning for radio.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Wonder what the who horses
thinks about them after he gets sober agar?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

The looks is after he gets into
a Palm Beach suit. looks comical in one
and a lean looks. worse. Only Adonis can
look right in one.-Times- Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Dade City Banner: prominent Tampa music
teacher arrested for disturbing the neghborhood
noise Of his class complaint of boilermaker! Next
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

With certain knowledge that his mission to this
country had satisfactory either financially
spiritually, Conan Doyle has returned to his Lon
don home. learned among other things, that the
ghost walks" substantially when grnds out
of those famous detective Journal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

st. Petersburg Times: Tampa objects to soap fac
tories and singing schools Probably because one
foams and the other froths.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

From present indications the Taylor county fair
this fall going have the finest community displays
ever seen section of the state" the Perry
Herald Crop prospects this time excellent and
the various communities Of the county working in
friendly rivalry for prizes and favorable comment at
the county general interest and certain
cess County fairs always good for any section
and the only thing is that sometimes they better
than before.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

people of Pasco county want their county to
develop into one of leading counties of the state
The foremost factor in development of any
county is good roads 1t is up to the people to say
what they want the road bonds. Increased
values and rapid settlement of all sections will follow
election fails to Pasco county takes
back seat and other sections leave her in
the rear.-Zephyrhills Coonst.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

The further Republican senate the less
it is able to the Democrats for mussng things
up.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Jacksonville Times Union: In Tampa a few nights
ago Manufacturers Association enjoyed DINNER
lat the F4Isboro hotel which many specimens of
made in Tampa" products were displayed. The Tri-
bune, giving an of the entertainment, also
printed large picture flashlght photograph
scene line benath told that it made
after midnight by experts and demonstrated the speed
of one Tampa mandatory at least. The manufac-
Tampa and enthusiastic condi-
lions and prospects in that fine city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

the information of those who might wish to go
down and enjoy the night life in St. Petersburg we
have gathered following data: You mingle
with the throng $3.50 p. At that hour
throng retires and you will be looked with
picion until midnight, after which, If you still
roaming streets, you win have explain to
Tho
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

restaurants of Seattle obtain, for
IS cents half chicken with vegetables bread.
Good things too often elsewhere far away-Albany
Journal. Why don't you down to Florida, where
good things produced and eat them where they
fresh ?-Florida Times Union. One that we
know after we had sufficiently should be
homesick and lose appetite And there other
rea sons.-A1bany Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS. THEY SAVE
MONEY AND EARN MONEY FOR YOU.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

There of other interesting items IN the re-
port of Comptroller Amos from which these are
taken and some that show more strongly tnan
these the necessity assessment law II we are
"a have lust equitable and lower taxes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Whenever the president tells congress to do q
thing and congress does the reverse another tack
driven in the Republican coffn.-Tirnes- Union. Well
than driving two lacks the coffin BIZ
doing what the president says?-Inverness Chronicle
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

What's worse than changing your mind after hav-
,g your halv bobbed?-Nashvile Tennessean.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21


There are many ways of doing many things but
there is a right way to do everything.
This is very peculiar climate The more Of it you
have the OF it you want
The more correctly you dress these days the less
you have to dress
There are many ways of getting the swim but
the way we don't like is getting in the rain
Won NAV saw what you like but these Pensacola
girls surely are a sight-for sore eyes
IN. ., the Russian delegates to The Hague has
been taken to the hospital Sounds like an Irish fight
Now they are afraid walking viii become lost
art Maybe so, but we'd just soon gamble that II
never will until it is too late for US to claim the
limousine we want
Those Love Letters of Haberdasher must be as
bright as some of the haberdashery we know
This rainy weather makes motorists long for the
good new days when West Florida will be bisected
with real roads
Beauty schools may be fakes that New York
beauty only skin deep anywhere and If the schools
don't skin em, somebody else will.
Everybody even the deaf are tanning for radio
July is half and before know it August
win be blushing round the corner then the
thing it will be September
Maybe it never does to buy cheap things-but you
watch these bargain sales and maybe you will change
your mind.
Many stories coming in from all over the coun-
try telling OF beach tragedies Let guard our
beaches and immunity from like disaster.
That was a mighty pretty editorial that the Jack
sonville Tines-Union published about the hooking
birds. After all is the hooking birds and the
moonlight and the dewy dawns and all Of the rest OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Palatka Times-Herald An arplane line between
Tampa and Miami is probable for the coming winter.
With boat line a rail line. auto line and plane
line between the east coasts OF Florida Flor
idians should get pretty well acquainted with each
lother.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-21

Elfers Record: Peter o. Knight sent in a five
year membership fee to the Elfers Chamber of Com
Imerce. many others having interests here
Iare joining organization. Better get aboard
thing doing here.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
HISTORIC SITE
ii TO BE SAVED
Bill Carries S10O to Care
For Washington's
Birthplace.

The army appropriations
bill provides for 800 to care
for the birthplace of George
Washington at Wakefield. Va,
now said to be in a condition
of neglect.
The fence needs repairing.
according to testimony before
the Appropriations Commit
tee, and the site is overgrown
with weeds.
Washington's birthplace is
ninety-six miles below Wash
ington on the Potomac River
and cannot be reached by
railroads or automobiles. The
site is 11.SS acres in area and
can be reached only by ferry
ing down the river. then in
land by a dirt road.
The house in which Wash
ington was born has disap-
peared and all that remains is
a small monument marking
the spot.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

Work.
As proper noun. this word
signifies the name of the ne"
United States Postmaster General
DR.. Hubert Work.
As a common noun. it represents,
to quote Noah Webster, continued
exertion Or activity directed TO
some purpose or END; putting forth
Of strength or energy, physical
or mental: effort; labor; toll; es-
necially. in the case of men. manual
Iabor-as, hard work is the usual
price of success"
Work Means "Work."
In the Postoffice Department the
two words will be inseparable IN
the future. They will have but one
meaning, and this is: Make every
work-day moment record some
activity which will improve the
postal service"
This new movement, which has
been dubbed "Workizing" the postal
service, will supplant the Human
izing" methods introduced by the
recently resigned Postmaster Gen
eral, will Hays, according to an
order which was issued yesterday.
abolishing the morning and after
noon rest periods which have been
granted employees for many years.
Coming as it does on the heels
Of an edict putting an end to non
official conversation between EN-
ployes during working hours. is
considered proof-positive that when
the new administration Of the de-
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
DATE FOR GENOA
FARLEY UNCHANGED

LONDON, March 13.-Refusal of
America to participate in the eco
nomic conference at Genoa will not
lead to any alteration in the date
for the convention. Austen Chamber
lain informed the house of commons
today.
The conference will open, Cham
bcrlain -aid. on April 10.
Soviet Russia has informed the
Italian government, he added, that
their delegation will include Lenin.
Tchitcherin, Krassin. Litvinoff and
eleven others.
Replying to question as to
whether steps had been taken ito
protect these gentlemen from assas-
sination." Chamberlain said that was
"a matter for the Italian govern
ment"
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
''WORKIZING" SUPERSEDES
POST OFFICE HUMANIZING

partment is properly intrenched,
work alone will remain.
The banning of conversation was
a staggering blow to the marriage
license clerk. according to one OF
the department employees, for the
little friendly chats which took
place between clerks of opposite
sex resulted in many nuptial cere-
monies. But, it's all over now"
he said.
No more can the needlework de-
votees pull out their doiIies and
are made with needles.
Gone are the days when the book
worm" could find time to delve into
the latest best seller"
Devouring sandwiches during the
rest periods and using the lunch
period time to promenade F street,
is no longer possible.
Has "siIver Lining
Only one division of the ONCE OF
the comptroller OF the Postoffice
Department escaped the full force
of the order, and that was the card
comprising most of the
newest and youngest girls in the
service. These girls viii be granted
a brief rest period each afternoon
We'll there is still hope, for IL my
fella' really wants TO sec me dur
ing my rest period. he can get away
from his desk for a short time, even
though he Is not in our section"
Co,tirped n, pooe Tam
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
FOUR KILLED, FORTY HURT
BY TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA
Storm Damages zoo Buildings in Sulphur
And Levels Miles of Wire.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, March 1s-Four persons were
killed injured by tornado which
late this afternoon, according to word received here.
Early declared than buildings
been damaged and the Uttered bricks
debris. The house damaged badly.
Telephone and telegraph communication practically
possible miles of poles levelled by storm
The disturbance the northern
reported to be moving northeast from Sulphur.
Sulphur has population of 5000 and ninety miles
here
Relief parties organized any
of The
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
.RAPS MELONS
BONUS ADVICE
Rep. Frear Asserts Sales
Tax Is Designed for
The Wealthy.
FAILURE IN CANADA
Declares Bill in Present Form
Will Pass House Five
To One.

Secretary MELONS letter oppos-
ing the soldier bonus bill has
drawn a sharp retort from Repre-
sentative Frear. Of Wisconsin, mem
Der of the Ways and Means Com
mittee
Mr.. Frear explains that he does
not attempt to speak for the COM
m.ttee. and then takes Secretary
Mellon to task fc- A:z repeated OBJ
jections to the bill.
Secretary MELONS great wealth
is referred to in connection wlta
the declaration that the sales tax
he advocates will shift burdens
from the shoulders of the rich.
Ignores Treasury's Advice.
The Ways and Means Committee.
meantime, is ignoring Secretary
Melons letter and the reported in
tention of President Harding C.
veto the present bill. The meas
ure was altered in one or two min Or
particulars yesterday. 1t will be
considered at a meeting Of the en-
tire membership of the committee
today. and thereafter reported 70
the House.
Mr.. Frear informed Secretary
Mellon it would pass the House 5
to ], and also that IL would pass
the Senate. in its present form.
The obligation Of ConSress -
care for former service men canrot
be avoided, Frear wrote Con
gress took from their homes, joDs
and schools $4,000 men and boys
and sent them 70 war to fight for
the rest of us at 81 a day. most Of
which munificent sum went for
allotments and insurance. over
100000 of these men and boys are
now reported to be without jobs.
Rnps War MIIIonaIres.
Congress is further confronted
with the fact that the millionaires
who stayed at home during the war
doubled in number" Frear added
And We know that you have re-
peatedly and publicly expressed
your opposition to any soldiers
bonus legislation.
You objected before the commit
tee to paying the bonus by Treas
ury certificates as authorized by
law. and as the Treasury did when
paying $4,000, 600. .OO0O of cancelled
war Contracts-to which we were
advised you never objected"
Mr.. Frcar condemned Secretary
MELONS endorsement of recent leg
islation to stabilize railway securi-
ties with an appropriation OF $780,
600. 600.
secretary MELONS objections to
the certificate plan as bound 10
cause frozen credits are some of
the many iCiCles of sympathy and
freezing advice" handed out by the
Treasury Department. according 10
Frear
Would Not Freeze Credit.
These hypothecated credits would
probably never reach / per cent Of
all the loans by the banks and trust
companies combined" Frear wrote.
Nor will they freeze soldiers half
rs much as the cold reception ac-
rorded them in many quarters. The
figures you present are not admit
Continued on Page TUo.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
TRAIN HITS TRUCK;
5 DEAD, 9 INJURED

HAMILTON. Ont. March 13.-Five
men were killed and nine others in
jured' seriously today when a truck
in which they were riding was struck
by a Grand Trunk passenger train
near Merritton.
The dead are: James Harrington,
Brantford; Samuel Mcmillan. s. Bur-
CESS and L. Howe, all of st. Cath
crimes; and l.. Lownes, Toronto.
Fourteen linemen, employees of the
Hydro Electric Power Commission Of
Ontario, were on the truck. which
moved onto the crossing in front
Of the train.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
OIL DISCRIMINATION
DENIED BY BRITAIN

LONDON. March 13.-The British
foreign office denies there has been
discrimination against the Americans
in the Near East or elsewhere. de-
claring it is the British policy to
share such concessions to avoid fric-
ton. An agreement has just been
made whereby the Anglo-Persian and
Standard Oil companies share $3.50
in the Persian delds. 1t Is now
awaiting Endorsement by the Persian
Parliament
1t was also stated that in Meso-
potamia, Asia Minor and elsewhere.
similar action will be welcomed by
the government and no pressure Is
being brought to bear on the rulers
of these countries. 1t was pointed
out that in 1918 after protests by
United States interests. Lord Eli
bank, who had been seeking con-
cessions in Columbia on behalf Of
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
BARON KATO LAUDS
CONFERENCE WORK

TOKYO. March 13.-Baron Kato
has been disarming opposition
through highly optimistic reports of
the disarmament conference. He re-
fuses to apologize for any part played
by Japan at Washington. He ad-
dressed a special session of the cab
met yesterday. when he declared
that Japan must remodel its diplo-
macy in line with the Washington
conference t"eatiey and understand
ings.
At a dinner at Premier Taxa
hashi's residence he emphasized the
openness of the confcrenc, and the
frankness OF all the delegates which
enabled a complete understanding 10
be reached. 4,
(CopyriRht, 1897