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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-07-19
A SYSTEM OF SIX MONTHS To
THREE YEAR RURAL BANK
CREDITS AND HOW

Big Business" always has access
to ample funds at reasonable rates of
interest; and the smaller business
men, farmers, stockmen, and wage.
earners are demanding that some safe
and conservative plan be provided
whereby they can secure longer bank.
ing credits at lower rates of interest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-07-19
CHALLENGE MINE
STRIKE TO BOUT

Continued from page oney
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-01
TOBACCO SALES
in VA. AVERAGE
UPWARD OF $40
More Than Million and Half
Pounds of Leaf Sold in
September

Richmond, W., Oct. 2S.-Thcrc
were l,5s5,a13 pounds of leaf tobac-
co of the 1922 crop sold for produc-
crs during September, according to
the Virginia crop reporting service.
Last year i.7l9,206 pounds were
sold in September by iifty-seven
warehouses, while this year only fif-
teen were operating. In 1920, sew
enty-seven warehouses sold Si,317,-
I9S pounds during September. Re-
ports were received from the bright
markets only, ms none of the dark
opened before October /.
Prices have started Off we'll and rs
early sales are usually of the poorer
grades, the averages made in Sep
tcmber are considered good. The
average price of all tobacco sold dur
ing September was S2O.sl per hun
drcd. which compares with S1G.69
per hundred for September, 1921,
and S20.14 the seasons average last
year for bright tobacco. The Mnr-
.insvillc market reported an average
of S27.bS, which was the highest
made during the month. This mar
kct also reported the best grades OF
tobacco, having only 10 per cent.
common, while some markets on the
eastern edge OF the belt reported as
much ms 60 to 40 per cent common
According to estimates of the ware
housemen the September sales grad
ed 20 per cent. good. 40 per cent.
medium and 30 per cent. common,
compared with % per cent. good, 81
per cent. medium aud Al per cent.
common last year.
The latest estimate of the United
States Bureau OF Agricultural Eco
Monies for Virginia's 1922 crop is
l73,053.000 pounds. which compared
with 9G,d34,Ooo pounds sold last
year, and i79,5so.ooO pounds in
1920.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-01
SIx-YEAR-OLD
PREACHER HOLDS
SUNDAY SERVICE

Baltimore, Oct. 2s.--Newton Z.
Hastings, Salisbury, Md, is only six
years old; he has just entered the
public schools of his home town and
has had no conscious preparation or
coaching for ecclesiastical pursuits;
but on Sunday ne conducted services
in st. Paul's Methodist Protestant
church in the manner of an expert
enccd minister.
The youthful preacher for the last
six months has been speaking be-
fore congregations in Salisbury and
nearby towns. His father says that
the hoy has had no Biblical instruc
tion other than the Bible stories and
passages which have been read to
him in his home and at Sunday
school.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-01
PLAN $4,000 EXTEN-
SION STRUCTURE
FOR VIRGINIA POLY

Blacksburg, Va, Oct. Plans
are under way for the erection of a
building to house the extension divis-
ion at Y. Z. l., to cost about S5o,0o0.
The building will be adjacent to the
agricultural hall and will form a part
Of the general scheme of architec-
ture which it is proposed shall pre-
dominate in the future.
In the last few years the extension
division force throughout the state
has nearly trcblcd and the force 10.
Gated at Blacksburg has doubled.
The freshman class has elected
the following officers for the year:
Z. X. Gaines, Culpeppcr, president;
G. b. Bullock, Norfolk, vice presi-
idcnt; +. w. Holly, Atlanta, secre-
tary; w. II. Gallup, Norfolk, treas
urer; j. +. Kite, Orange, sergeant
alarms. The members of the ex-
ecutive committee are: G. T.. Keep
pen, Fredericksburg; W. W. Kavan-
augh and c. W Cannndy, Roanoke.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-01
WARRENTON DOG
is SOLD TO D. c.
MAN FOR $4,000

wnrrenton, Va, Oct. 2s.-s. f.
Jackson has sold his fine hunting dog
"Trixie' to a Washington sportsman
for the sum Of $4,000.
This is the largest sum on record
for the sale of FarQuier dog.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
Nevada Natural Wonder.

1.-THE Devils Postpile" is located in
the Sierra Nevada mountains on the
middle fork Of the San Joaquin river.
The pile is a mile long, half as
wide, and 400 feet high. The odd
formation whence its appellation is
derived is not everywhere in evidence,
cropping out only in certain places.
The most striking columns constitute
more than 1000 feet of it's western
face. They rise over 100 feet above
the talus-a vast heap of broken
posts accumulated through the proc
ess of weathering. How far down
ward they extend is a matter of con-
lecture. The columns in this amaz-
ing bluff are arranged in rows as
regularly as the pipes of an organ.
Almost perfect prisms, they are fitted
together like cells in a honeycOmb,
and really look as if carved by hui.
man hands. These columns range
from IA inches to more than 3 feet
in diameter. Most of them are
pentagOnal, whereas elsewhere the
general shape is hexagOnal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
ORNATE COlFFURE OF GEISHA
Headdress of Japanese Dancing Girl
Is Expensive and She Is Care
full of 1t.

Probably the japanese geisha has
erected her hair into the most elabO-
rate couture that fashion has accepted
for one of her modes in any country
in the world. Except that it is more
ornate than that of the average woman
of Japan, the geisha headdreSs, in gen
eral structure and line, in its use of
silver and gold papers, Of artificial
flowers and jade or coral hairpins. eX-
presses the conventional japanese idea
of what wOman's crowning glory
should be like, says Asia. She requires
a professional ''kamigama' to do It for
her. Naturally she does not feel that
she can afford to pay 10 or 20 cents
every morning for this adornment OF
the outside Of her head; so at night
she props her neck on a tiny hard pill
loW-in the ancient days 'mahota"
were made of porcelain or woodland
takes care to keep her couture in as
good order as she can.
The long black hair is oiled so that
not a single strand shall be out Of
place, and the final effect is that Of a
carved black lacquer frame around the
delicate yellow of the face.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
A Helping Hand.

My sister and | were on the boat
which was to take us up the river
when l remembered an important tele
phone message | ought to have made.
1 hurried off the gangplank, up the
street, and into the nearest drug store.
AS 1 returned the last passengers were
going aboard the boat.
"Where is your ticket, miss?" asked
the white-ducked official.
Where, indeed! 1 dashed back to
the drug store. Fortunately, my purse
was where l had left it.
But when I reached the boat again
the plank had been taken in.
"It's all right, MISS" said the grim
ming negro porter on the wharf. And
before | knew what was happening he
had picked me up and thrown me light
ly over a foot or two Of water into
the arms of a sailor on the boat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
HAD The SNAKE HYPNOTIZED
South African Native Surely Exer.
cieed Some Kind of influence
Over Big Python.

Many powers are said to be pos
Sc ~ed by the African native which
these of the OccfdeGt find il hard to
credit. Here is a story Of Mutt" or
hypnosis. rs performed, according to
reliable informant, upon Il huge py-
thon. The narrator says:
q was in the weld when the herd
boy, very excited, came to me with
the story of Il big inyolo, quite near
l saddled up, took the shotgun and
went back with him. After covering
some 200 yards, l asked whore the
snake was. Quite near, baas.' We coy
cred a mile, which meant that the
herd boy must have left the snake
quite a time, possibly half an hour.
l pulled up. The snake won't be
where you saw it last, its no good
my going farther Yes, baaS, come, it
is there How do you know 4 made
him stay fast, baaS-I put mutt on
hin. SO we went on, and, quite two
miles from where | had started, the
boy pointed up n small valley. He is
there, baas.' and sure enough there
was q python lying straight out on
the grass and quite still | shot it, and
then turned to the boy: Now tell me
why did the snake remain like this.
The boy picked up II twig from bush,
ran it between his lips, and stuck it
in the ground an inch from the snakes
nose. 81 do so, baas, and the inyokO,
he lay still. He no move"
The reptile remained with its eyes
fixed crosS-Wise on the small twig
before its nose. The distance from
the stable was quite two miles, so
that the python must have been star
ing at the twig for a full hour before
the farmer reached it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
"Bird of PASSAGE"

The earliest use of the term "bird
of passage" is found in eighteenth
book OF the Natural History of Pliny
the Elder (23-27 A. d., where he says :
1.-THE bird of passage known to us as
the cuckoo" and the term has since
been applied to birds which migrate
with a season from a colder to a
warmer, or from a warmer to colder
climate, divided into summer birds Of
passage and winter birds of passage.
Such birds always breed in the coun-
try to which they resort in summer,
that is, in the colder of their homes.
The term is said to have been first
applied to sailors by Bacon, who de
clared that the uncertainty, the insta-
bility and fuCtuating stage of human
life was most APPLY represented by
those sailing the ocean.-Exchange
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
Americas Laboring Classes
Aided BY Republican Party
Army of Unemployed Reduced, Burden Of
Taxes Lightened, immigration Re
stricted, Cost Of Living Lowered
and War Menace Removed.
L. s REPEEsENTAT IyE EVERETT SANDERS
INDIANA, MEMBER HOUSE COMMITTEE
on INTERSTATE COMMERCE

According to estimates given out by
the American Federation Of Labor at
that time there were between 5000, 600
and 6,0O0,000 wage-earners out of en-
ployment when the Republican ad-
ministration came into power March
4, 1921. This industrial depression
began early in the summer Of 1920.
The immediate problem before the Re
publican party was the return to nor
NAL conditions.
The underlying cause of industrial
depression was the prostratiOn of agri-
culture brought about by the radical
curtailment of agricultural credits by
the Democratic administration. The
American farmer buys 40 per cent. of
all manufactured products. His des-
perate circumstances compelled indus
tries to cUrtail production and turn
men into the streets. The Republican
Congress Immediately restored agri-
culture to a healthy condition The
farmer entered the market again as a
buyer of manufactured goods. The
ranks of the unemployed began to
decrease.
At the time the coal and railroad
strikes were called there was a great
er demand for laboring men than there
was a supply.
One Of the most important contribut-
ing factors to the improvement of the
unemployment situation was the early
enactment by the special session of
the Republican Congress of the re-
strictive immigration law This was
demanded by the laboring people of
the United States. Its enactment pre-
vented the incoming of hundreds of
thousands of immigrants who would
only have increased the ranks of the
unemployed and added to the indus
trial distress. The previous Republi-
can Congress had passed a similar law
but it was vetoed by President Wilson.
The Republican administration came
into power finding the burden of taxes
very heavy. The working man had to
bear his share. 1t was essential to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
Americas Ex-Service Men
Best Treated of Any
i'm World
Republican Administration Spends More
for World War Veterans Than for
Any Item Except the Public
Debt
Z. 5. REPRESENTATIVE CARL w RIDDIC K
(MONTANA), MEMBER HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON AGRICULTURE

Veterans Bureau. The number of beds
in these hospitals taken over by the
Veterans Bureau is in excess of U.s.
600.
There were many eX-serYlce men
living in remote sections of the coun-
try who were not aware of the bene-
fits they could receive and should be
receiving from the government under
the Veterans Bureau. In order that
no worthy eX-service man entitled to
benefits of any kind might be neglect
ed, the Veterans Bureau conducted a
drive in which over $4,000 ex-service
men were interviewed and 10000 new
claims were filed and handled as a
result.
As result of this tremendous pro-
gram Of Federal aid to ex-service men,
all of which has been put into effect
by the Republican Party and the
money for which has been appropri-
ated by Republican Congress, the
following standardization may be
given:
O Over 100000 eX-service men
have received hospital treatment; 80
900 eX-service men are now receiving
treatment in hospitals; over 1000, 900
eX-service men have been called for
examination in order to ascertain if
they should receive hospital or med.
ical treatment.
(2) Over 10000 ex-service men
have entered vocational training and
100000 more have been declared eligi-
BILE for vocational training.
60 Compensation for disabled ex-
service men or their dependents is
being paid out at a rate in excess of
S1,000,000 in cash every day, includ-
ing Sundays
az Over $4,000 medical examinations
are being made free every month in
order to ascertain the physical and
mental treatments needed by afflicted
ex-service men.
60 Over 1000 new claims are being
handled every day by the Veterans
Bureau and all work in that bureau is
practically current and being conduct
ed at a minimum loss Of time and
minimum expense both to the govern
ment and to the ex-service man con-
Cerned.
co. An insurance business for over
100000 ex-service men + being con-
Quoted by the COVE -.so t, without
any cost Of administa =, 20 ex-serv-
ice men, at premium ra Is far below
those private companies charge for
like policies.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
WHEN THE BIRDS FLY NORTH
One Of the Great Mysteries Of Nature
Is the Migration OF the Winged
VoyaGer5.

Have you ever arisen before the
birds awakened You, when the dawn
Sky was still 1ccked with clouds that
drifted, it may be, across the face of
a dying moon, and heard far, far above
you, the speech Of unseen voyagers
going north?
1t is a strange, a memorable senSa-
ton, to look into the blank sky while
your ears tell you that the aerial mi
grafton is winging past. Perhaps, with
a glass, you can pick out the specks
against rosy cloud or the moon disk
Birds, it may be no larger than a hum
ming bird, hundreds of them, thou
sands of them, all the spring, thread
ing their way for endless miles by the
CLEAN of a river far below, the dark
patch of a mountain forest. the haze
and glow of town-straight, some
times. to last years nest.
When their little voices drop from
the mist or the darkness, bearing a
message of their passing, it is a poor
soul, indeed, which does not thrill in
answer, and in answer to the sweet
twitter of some flock Of tiny warblers
no less than the heroic clang of the
Canada geese, flying in battle fOrma-
ton with sound like the dragging of
a chain over some vast cOrrugation of
the air.-Walter Prichard Eaton in
Harper's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14

In November, 1918, the people elect
ed a Republican Congress. The first
session of this newly elected Repub-
Hcan Congress began May 10, 1919.
With it began practically all Federal
aid for relief and assistance of those
who served in the World War An
elaborate program was formulated
providing for hospital and medical aid
for all disabled and diseased ex-service
men. The program included those
suffering from mental diseases as a
result of their war experience; also
vocational training and rehabilitation !;
also financial allotments for those en-
gagged in such training; also compensa-
ton for men totally or partially dis
abled, and for their dependents: and
for the dependents of those who died
as a result of injury or disease con-
tracted while in the service of their
country. l,.--
There was expended to July /,
1922, for the purposes of carrying out
this program the sum of 81, 435, S54,SS5.
In addition an appropriation of S423,-
OSS,S42, has just been made by the
Congress for the Veterans Bureau for
the coming fiscal year. This is a great
er appropriation than made for any
other purpose except in payment of
the public debt.
Following the war the administra-
ton of relief for ex-service men was
divided among several bureaus and this
necesSitated tremendous overhead ex.
pense, eating up a dispropOrtionate
amount of money appropriated for aid
of World War veterans, and it
occasioned endless delay in hand
ling eX-service mems cases and
put them to unfair expense. To
remedy these evils the Republican
Congress passed measure, combin-
ing all agencies dealing with ex-serv.
ice men under the Veterans Bureau.
Following the war; hundreds of thou
sands of veterans permitted their in
surance to lapse, largely because of
the slipshod manner in which their
claims were handled under the Dem
ocratic administration. At the re-
quest of representatives OF the ex-serv-
ice men the Republican Congress made
It possible for all ex-service men
whose policies had lapsed to be rein
stated at any time prior to March 4,
1926.
The disqualification and medical
treatment of ex-service men was found
to be unsatisfactory and Congress
transferred 80 hospitals to use of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
Saved the knifehoard-

When Jane, the new maid-of-all-
work, arrived, Mrs. Brown was careful
to impress upon her the necessity of
guarding against all waste, everything
being so dear.
That night they had friends to sup
per. Just as the meal had started
James mistress made the horrifying
discovery that the knives were cleaned
on one side only, that side being the
one which was laid uppermost.
Jane" sh= asked in tragic tones,
"what is the meaning of thls?"
"Well, num-" came the reply, "you
told me to make spare O. everything,
and knifebOards is hup."--Tit- Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14

set in two facing rows, 10 stalls in
each row. This method takes the
strong light out of the cows eyes, and
permits the sunshine to strike the gut
tiers. Sunshine helps to keep the stable
healthful, as it kills germs. Over both
the feed and litter alleys are carrier
tracks, which save labor when the feed
is being carried to the hangers and
the litter is being removed. The tracks
over the litter alleys run to the
manure pile, shown at the rear and
one side of the barn.
Fresh air inlets are located at the
center Of the stable ceilings, and are
connected with chutes that lead to the
openings that may be seen just above
the foundation wall in the picture.
Inside, at the center of the building, is
the foul air shaft that is connected
with the suction ventilatOr on the roof.
Thus is the foul air sucked out of
the stable and replaced by fresh air,
which comes in so that there is no
draft on the animals The hangers
at the stall heads are continuous and
are built of concrete. They should
have a slight pitch to a drain at one
end so that they may be hosed out
when cleaning is required The stall
partitions are of steel, and are set into
the concrete when the floor is laid.
The roof Of the building is covered
with prepared roofing, and the barn is
IL Ill
farm buildings should be.
This is completely equipped we'll
planned milk producing factory, where
the cows will be comfortable and
highly productive, and where during
cold weather they will be warm and
the feed they consume will 20 to make
milk rather than to keep them warm.
1t is now approaching the time of
the year when building operations in
the central and northern states can
he started, But before a farmer con-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
FOND OF ODD ORNAMENTS
SaVages of New Guinea May Be Pic
turesque, but Their Society Has
Its Drawbacks.

The Kaja Kaia savages of New
Guinea, who have a reputation for
bravery and are powerfully built paint
their foreheads red or black with white
circles around the eyes. Their nostrils
are frequently adorned with the claws
Of birds Of prey or the tusks of wild
pigs. From the lobes of their ears the
most extraordinary variety Of objects
may be suspended. NJ Neyons de
scribeS one warrior who proudly wore
an old coffee pot as an ear ornament
The bodies of the natives are usu-
ally tattOoed with figures in relief. The
tattooing necessitates painful opera
ton in which the patient, stretched on
the sand, is literally baSted with a
sharp bamboo instrument, after which
the numerous slashes are filled with Il
sort of clay.
The Kaja Kaja never battle; in
stead, the body is rubbed with a vari.
ETY. Of oils which give off an insupport-
able odor, augmented, it may be add
ed. by the decomposing skins which
they wear as arm decorations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14

his relief that the taxes be reduced.
The outstanding feature of the new
tax law written by the special session
OF the Republican Congress was an in
crease of $500 in the tax exemption
OF the head Of every family who re-
celves an annual income of $4,000 or
less. In addition, his exemption for
children and dependents was doubled
from $500 to $500 These exemptions
embrace practically all those on a
wage or salary. 1t includes over A.
100000 heads Of families in ordinary
circumstances. In addition, the new
tax law repealed altogether the
nuisance taxes which working men
mad to pay on everything everywhere
for everything they bought. It also
repealed all transportation taxes
which were levied on all goods shipped
by freight or express or parcel post.
Such taxes were added to the ultimate
cost of goods and, in the long run.
were paid by the working men. All
told, the new tax bill lifted from the
shoulders Of the working classes of
this country over $500, 900, 900 a year.
According to a report issued by the
L. S. Department Of Labor June. 1922.
the retail cost of living was gradually
reduced from March, 1921, to the time
the report was issued. The living costs
in no other nation in the world were
reduced during this same time
The sum and total of one year of
Harding's administration, so far as it
affects the working people, has been
the elimination of the problem of I'M
employment except in those industries
affected by strikes; reduction of taxes
paid by the working classes in a sum
aggTegating nearly billion dollars:
the restriction of immigration; a gen.
eral program OF lessened public ex.
penditures which insures still further
reductions in taxes; an increase of Ii
per cent in the value of Liberty bonds,
millions of which are held by wage
earners and men on salaries; a grad
ual reduction in living costs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
Government BY Commission.

The commission form of city gov
eminent varies widely in the different
states. The characteristic feature Is
the combining Of all legislative and
executive powers in a single body usu-
ally consisting of from three to seven
members. These members are elected
at large. The mayor, as rule, is one
Of the commission, but has no more
power than his associates, though be-
ing the official head of the city. The
administrative work of the commission
is divided into departments, each
headed by one commissioner. AS a
eminent almost invariably includes mi
tiative, referendum and recall.