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POLICE
PURCHASE MARMON

When ono OF the banks In the city
pr Nashville. Tenn, was robbed re-
emily, the robbers stole an automo
pile and headed for safety. In true
movie style. the public. including the
thief and his deputies, boarded an
tther car. reputcd to catch all corners,
fsnd started in pursuit.
Steadily the forces OF the law crept
loser to tho fleeing thieves. IL
eemed all over but the thirty days
nd costs" when something broke in
he chariot OF the police. the robbers
3vaved fond farewell. and have
ever been seen since. Tho disgust
ii police were towed back to head
1uarters. vowing "ncvor again"
The reputation OF tho Marmon car
n speedy md dependable means OF
catching tho crring son had reached
he Nashville chief from his com
Iades Of Toledo. Nashua and other
tiles that have tried out the Marmon
TAR n n part of their equipment with
PnVary'nE success. He straightway
bought Marmon car and prepared
or action.
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Auto Notes

l Sever race the engine.
Keep the battery terminals clean.
} Tighten all bolts and nuts.
Use Of chains when streets are dry
causes less no 20 tho tires.
on the springs before going on n
;pur,
Tighten battery terminal nuts Of
ton go as to maintain contact
Squeahing rim lugs means they
need tightening.
II you hayc To Cross a bump In
the road. coast over II.
Tako distractions A. an angle. 80
(one wheel Will strike II at a limo.
wash the car frequently during
warm weather.
There arc ssi motor vehicles in
tho Canary lslands.
Nearly halt the motor cars IN
|Buenos Aires arc taIiCabs.
France has ono automobile 70 every
Use persons.
Belgium has doubled rs motor car
supply since the war.
Nearly AL automobiles in Arabia
arc in the city of Alden.
Poor roads have restricted the sale
Iof automobiles in Japan.
Nine States in the Union have mora
THAN 100000 motor cars each
l. +. Department Of Agriculture has
organized sheep and poultry schools
on motor trucks.
l. 5. Bureau ~ Mines reports a
gasoline reserve Of slS.5Oo.o0O gallons,
1;hc highest on record.
About zen times the number Of mo-
flor trucks in use in 1914 arc being
used today.
! Improper mounting OF rim and tirc
5'auScs unnecessary wear on the tire.
II carburctor catches fire fror,
fire, turn OFF tho fucl suDplv n mi
race the engine.
4 More thnn SO per cent Of the motor
ohiclcs IN the world arc IN the United
itntea
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GIVES INSIGHT INTO
WORKINGS OF CITY
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provements brought business and
brought people 10 our city. The In
duccmcnts we offered had their ct-
feet. The increased business brought
increased taxes. and with that we
made more improvements. and so
We stand today one OF the few cities
living within its revenue. and at the
same time spending more than a.
100000 a year"
Seven million dollars makes one
feel like Waldorf Astor. j, is a big
sum. but il will mean. IL history re-
pcats itself. that next year we will
be called upon to spend more than
se.o0o.O0O. perhaps S1O.O0o.o0o. And
tho revenues Will be here TO meet
the expenditure. for the sevehal mil
lions in improvements this year will
bring added funds 10 be placed in
the treasury for rainy day. With
most all OF the big things taken care
OF for few years. the cxchequer
VIII be pretty heavy next year.
movement is in its inclpiency
toward an organized form Of pro-
lection to the historical ccn,ers Of
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the city. Much too rapidly are the
business and co!o-ed elements en-
Croaching upon the sacred precincts
left by the glorious makers OF Vir-
sinia and American history. That
territory between Seventh and
Twelfth Streets. north OF Capitol.
teens with historic reminders All
tho old folks o. Revolutionary and
ante hcllum days lived there. Many
Of the old homes are stlll in good
preservation. This neighborhood
rapidly is developing into the board .
ing -hous" section OF tho city. The
city must have such section. II
cannot allow the Old mansions TO
Dc turned over TO tho small business
establishments that arc slowly
creeping in.
With the John Marshall House. the
Confederate Muscum. IN" medical
college. tho hospitals. the Mechanics
| institute. IN" churches. the city Hall.
John Marshall High school. tho
'apito! building and grounds them
selves, al ~ this area. there can
be u" doubt that Tho efforts Of those
starting tho movement to prevent
Dissertation q these sacred precinct
VIII rn"e; with universal approval
and hnai success.
Ny. POWERS. in his fgurcs. show
mat Their" we're in 1919 as many as
81" people attached 20 the Depart
, in"nt OF Public Welfare. which in
cludcS tho Health Bureau. the Pin .
camp settlement, the city Home. the
markets. tho Employment Bureau
Street Cleaning Bureau. Memorial
Hospital. while tho sum OF s3Tl.654
was spent. This department In 1921
had ioS employees and spent $4,000.
hut. remarkable as IL may appear
tn. same department in 1922. includ-
ing tho street Cleaning bureau.
spends but 'i+6.5tI. while II has but
one more "mplnye than FOR the pre-
vi"us year. -\ud this department {.
practically nnnproducing one. 1t
all goes out and nothing comes In
HlE Spcnder of bureaus.
III" Department Of Public Safety.
according to Mr.. Powcrs' figures. is
Tho big spcnder OF the city depart
ments. In 1919 there were 4s3 en- =
rioycs. costing sSs5.iO0: In 1921
rher" were .sI employees. getting
ia52.222. and this year there are 6ls
employees. showing somc growth
while tho sum of }l.0iSGGO Is spent.
All ih"Hc figures show the great
growth "f the fire. police ana build
/ ings departments. The Increase In
! the size OF the city occasioncd this
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enlarged force. say. MIR. Powers


Tho Department OF Utilities. IN
which are found the bureaus OF gas
production. gas and water dIstribu-
ton. water publication. electric
plant and electric inspection. had 27I
employees In 1919. costing s3i5.25l: In
1921. 3QT employees. costing stSG.Sl5.
ana In 1922 there are 2sG employees
costing Si26.o77. This is distinct
curtailment or expense. and 1t is
said that within few months tho
people OF tho city Viii bc ahir to
get a reduction In their xas Hills,
There wore ISIS employees in tho
Department of Works In 1919. cost
Ing E225.72s. In 1921 this number
was Increased to 1928. with a cos, Of
t303.b6s. while this year there arc
223 employees at n cost Of ;303. sis.
Just trifle more than in the prcvi-
GUS year.
Mr. Powers dug NJ, thcsc figures to
satisfy himself that tho cNpendi-
lures for the three years mentioned
were being placed to good account
iIc shows that the two hiE depart
mcnts-Works and Utilities are op-
Grating at practically tho same as
last year. the Utilities. as matter
OF fact. working at decrease.
Departments Expense Accounts.
The real story about the cKpendi-
lures Of funds, however. ia told In
tho expense accounts Of the depart
ments, aside from the salaries
There was decrease In the appro-
pr!atiors for the city Council OF $3.50.
in the Department. OF Finance. tlO.TS5,
In tho Department OF Utilities. $685.
Asa; supcrannua'ed employees, sa93:
Department OF Finance. 3lO.765: De-
par,mcnt Of Public Welfare. which
includes tho street -clcaning bureau.
which was Transferred to tho De-
partmcnt OF Works. &352.si7
"A.l this goes to show" said Mr..
Powers. what tremendous corpor-
alton tho city OF Richmond is. And
IL VIII continue to grow. and the
more II grows. the more II costs TO
TAX" care OF. But we all profit there
by. FOR the more we spend judlciously.
tho better the returns IN happiness
| and prosperity"
So that. last word to the
youngsters who do not know what
great city they are part of and
! through whose efforts in the coming
years tho city Will have to maintain
its place in the Nrst class: Keep up
| on tho work OF the municipal bodies,
study the cause and enec, OF gov.
crnmcnt. and givo your ideas as to
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AUTOMOBILISTS PAY
FOR ROAD BUILDING

Motorists If tho United States con.
tributed more than sI22.GOO.OOO I'm
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registration and license fees in 1921.
In New York. which leads the process.
sion. motorists paid In 10000. 900 IN
these special taxes. Pennsylvania
was close second With so,5Oo.oo0.
Iowa. which stands third and Is ono
OF the richest States in tho Union.
has not enjoyed tho road building
that It's license money would sccu To
cnt!tls it to. Perhaps this is hecaus.
the motorists have not banded for
their mutual benefit as they have I'm
Ohio. Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Gasoline Cost. IN r-.no.

Richmond motorists sometinos
pink they pay n plenty for gasoline
|ut what II they lived In France7
n fact. tho high cost OF gasoline n
|reventinE many sales OF AUTOMOBILES
mat country and Keeping many
|eople from enjoying the pleasure Of
,,Toring. Present price In Paris. ac-
prding to United States Commerce
fports, is about 8.75 francs per flve
ters. or about so cents a gallon AT
no present rate OF exchange
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Handy Tin for afotorists

i here is tip for motorists whom
heir lights go out on some dark
t,sht. A temporary fuse can easily.
'S made by wrapping small leaf
tinfoil, the kind that comes from
hewing gum or cigarettes, around n
urnod fnso and reinstatinE It in tho
use box. Ono or two layers OF tho
|oil mr." sufficient. Keep the battery
can ny oil means. If tho smallest
uantity OF iron or copper and the
ke gets into the battery an iron
copper sulphate will form on The
lhtes, making them Inactive.
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where improvements may DO made
to those who can help make them
Tho young fellow with his light
concealed beneath bushcl Is little
good 10 himself and no good to
his country.
, 1922-12-12
VIII They Hccd9

GPEAKLNG to his friends and the world, the new
~ governor general of Ireland says that he means
and expects to remain the Tim Healy," of his
old fighting days, and as evidently he ascribes i'm
portance TO this rs indicative of the simplicity that
will mark his part of the administration of the
Free State, it is not necessary for others to name
him with more formality. He is not dependent
on forms and ceremonies, fortunately, as the meas
ure or compulsion of respect, and he is the better
fitted for his difficulty that his record is as much
marked by the picturesque and the humorous as II
is by proofs of an underlying seriousness and by
demonstration of his high ability as a lawyer and
a parliamentarian.
a worker for recognition of ireland as a nation
long before most of those who now are imperiling
that nationality were born, no sane freshman,
without anger or derision, can hear Tim Healy dc.
scribcd as an agent of the British tyrnnt, and IN.
tagonism TO him, or suspicion of him, will be pos.
siblo only TO mad or vicious enemies of irish free
dom, achieved at last after SO many weary centur-
les of struggle that often seemed hopeless.
And ON his first day in office, Tim HeaIy had
something 10 say to Americans OF Irish birth or
descent-to the Americans to whom ha himself,
moro than once and always effectively, had appeal.
ed for helph He asked them-alI O fthem-to lend
their encouragement to the Free State government
Dour g~ovrnment," he called it-and added, @or
at least not TO give its enemies financial add
, 1922-12-12
Flood Prevention.

PREVENTION of overflow along the Mississippi
L valley is an age old problem that is yet to be
solved. Federal aid and lead backed by local sup
port and contributions will In time harness the
great river, keep it within reasonable bounds AID
save the great valley from its ever threatened de
struction. Overflow of the river has created a sit
uation in the valley which has occasioned great
economic loss in the entire length. In many places
the levees have been broken down and do not pro
tect the lands along the river. The result has been
the abandonment of thousands-or it might even
be said hundreds of thousands-of acres of arabic
land. This has occasioned great loss to the entire
valley. 1t goes eeven beyond that, for the Missis-
sippi valley is a highly important section of the
country, and the entire country is more or less
directly dependent on its welfare.
The problem presented is a difficult one, just as
1t has always been. Eminent Engineers have studied
it, but no plan has been entirely worked out as vet
for it's solution. There is differing opinion. Some
believe that the strengthening of the levees is a
solution, but that does not seem to be the whole
answer. There are still phases of the question
which will require continued study to arrive at a
satisfactory solution.
Pork barrel or no pork barrel. This great water
way is one of the most important arteries of trade
in one of the c~ountry's greatest sections. The lands
lying along the. rivers course are among the most
fertile and productive in all of our agricultural
area.
The lands must be savel and utilized and the
river must be tanned and be made to behave. The
federal government is the proper authority TO take
the lead and the army engineers are the geniuses
to solve the problem.
, 1922-12-12
More Than Pays Its Way.

and the west is more than casually
w interested in the annual report of the fed
eral reclamation service. june 18th of this year
marked the completion of twenty years of operation
of the national reclamation act.
The investment in construction during this pc
riod has been in round numbers $135, 100000. This
investment has accomplished the construction OF
works by which about 1,61o,OOO acres oil arlu ianu
sn The west have been furnished with a complete
water supply and about 100000 additional acres
in private projects have been furnished a supple
mental supply under The provisions OF the warren
act. On the government projects proper the area
given comprises 31,462 farms, or an average area
per farm of about SO acres, and these farms sup
port upwards of 10000 families.
With the investment mentioned the reclamation
service has built canals aggregating over l5'OUV
miles In length including q miles OF tunnels ana
1S6 miles OF fumes; Inc eo struSenpeS . +h mn LAGER
works constructed are the Roosevelt dam III All
Eona, $50 feet high; the Arrowrock dam in Idaho
349 feet high; the Elephant Butte In New mexico
zoe feet: and the Pathfinder and Shoshone dams IN
wyoming 21s and 32s feet, respectively.
The works include other dams, canals, tunnels,
fumes, drains, power plants, transmlSsaon ants
and a variety of other classes of work incidental
TO the development of large irrigation projects.
The 1,157,9OO. acres cropped on the government
projects proper produced crops in 1871 to the value
of S49620,300, and about S45,OOO,OOO additional was
added from the crops grown ON private Pro9ects
receiving their water supply from the works al
standpoint the Reclamation Service has ADDED a
state to the union, equal in the value of its agricul'
tural products to that of the state of West Virginia
OF to the combined values of the crops OF the states
of Vermont and Connecticut.
In this connection it is particularly interesting
TO note that the value of the crops grown on the
irrigated lands in federal projects in 1871 averaged
S42S5 per acre as compared with the average
value of only $14.52 for the ten leading crops In the
United States as a whole in the same year, or
practically three times as much in favor of the
irrigated lands.
Since the government works began the delivery
of irrigation water, the crops produced in the re
This does not include the large areas under private
systems served government water, nor increased
values produced as livestock and stock products,
The increase in the value of the lands as a result
of government reclamation work is estimated to
amount to over $780, 0,000.
, 1922-12-12
TriuidI Grounds for Dioorce.

WHAT TRIvIALITIEs men and women resort
Nv TO in matters affecting the marital state and
what flimsy excuses and claims they set up in Sc
rious courts to dissolve the tie that is supposed to
hold without slipping until death do them part.
Here we find a Brooklyn man seeking separa-
ton from the wife of his youth because she is de-
ficient in arithmetic. Cannot count nor calculate
like the ordinary auditor or bookkeeper. he knew
this deficiency in his wife all along, knew it when
he married her, took her for better or worse, took
her as she was. If he wanted an accountant, why,
in the years that have passed, did he not give her a
short course in arithmetic, and prepare her for the
business career he now seems 10 desire for her.
No other fault is mentioned In tho petition the
gentleman has filed in court-simply she cannot
count. If, again, as it appears, that the man has
prospered and can afford ii, what's the matter of
installing an adding machine to the household
equipment, and until the good wife attains prof.
cheney, hire an operator to run up tho groccr's bills.
the coal dealers bills and other tradesmen's ac-
counts Count or no count, We'll venture the lady
has lost no more money by her inability TO count
than the old man has thrown at the birds
~foolishly.
The court ought to dismiss the mans petition and
make him go back home and beg the woman to
Live with him 20 the end of the contract made years
ago.
Then thore is The case OF the chioaso woman who
, 1922-12-12
Object to Fixing Cost.

/ lust AT THE TINE the question of the Giving
d wage is being agitated in organized labor cir
cles the United Mine Workers OF America issue n
statement which is tantamount to a repudiaton
of the idea. This was issued as n part Of a formal
communication sent TO the Federal Coal commits
sion. The commission recently sent n question
inaire to the miners and operators preparatory to
investigating the whole mine industry. One of the
questions was as to whether or not there should be
workers, which is exactly what other organizations
are asking of the railway labor board under the
title of a living wage. In reply TO all this the
United Mine Workers said:
"How this commission can hope to standardize
the cost of living without at the same time stand.
ardizing the level of living of mine workers Is be-
yond the comprehension Of this committee 1t seems
20 us that it would be impossible to standardize
the cost of living unless each individual mine
worker was required TO accept and adopt n stand
ard, identical level of living for himself and his
family. Any attempt 10 establish such o standard
or 10 fix a maximum or minimum limit TO what the
individual man might wish to adopt for himself as
his level of living would out-soviet any system.
either paternalistic or commrnistic, that we know
lof. We are unable TO offer any suggestion about
lstandardizing the cost of living for mine workers
lit would be easy enough for experts to prepare o
budget showing the amount OF food. clothing. ETC.
That is necessary to maintain a family of a given
number of members on a level of decency and com
fort, but IL would he impossible TO standardize
the cost Of such a budget, Flour that sells for
81 at one place sells for S1.2o at another place.
Sugar sells for 6 cents a pound at one place
and Z cents a pound at another place. dasoilne
sells at % cents a gallon in Indiana and "a cents d
gallon in the District of Columbia, though why we
do not know. How could anyone hope TO standard
ize the cost of living under such conditions"
OF course, if the cost of living cannot be stand
ardized, il is impossible to standardize the wage
that would cover the cost of living, which is exact
ly the position held by the Railway Labor board.
%Inasmuch as the United Mine Workers constitute
the largest body of organized labor in any industry
outside of the field of railroad transportation,
their position in opposition to any Standardization
of living costs and therefore Standardization of
wages Is very significant.
, 1922-12-12
Is This Free" Speechp

-Four thousand persons gave
Eugene V. Debs an hours ovation at
a soc.alls meeting in Chicago. and
hundreds were unable to obtain ad-
mission notes the Kansas City
Journal. In the course OF his speech.
his FIRST public utterance since he
left the United States penitentiary in
Atlanta. Debs declared that he OPP
posed-the wa and would continue to
oppose war.
Il would not go to war at the com
mand of any capitalistic country on
the face OF this earth, - he declared.
THAT I, on the face Of II, a harm
less. even commendable, sentiment.
Germany went TO war for purposes Of
aggression. in which commercialism
We'd with militarism in It's purposes.
But the Allied powers went 10 war
not onls in the mcst obvious self
defense. but with equal obviusness to
iefend civilization and humanity from
the assnults of militarism masuuerad.
ing as commercial self.preservauon.
ANY '~cap!taiistic' war has had set
upon II the ineffacesble stigma OF the
worlds condemnation.
But. OF corse, that is not what
Debs meant at all. He meant that
America went to wal at the behest of
'c%apltalism,' for selfish and wholly un-
warranted reasons and with designs
which had no Justification.
, 1922-12-12
The Terrible Turk

The TUX is really picturesque
When. mado from metal, wood OF
bone.
He ornaments your writing desk,
In efnGy and all alone.
But when he's clothed in resh and
blood
fThe latter seems his ~favorite wear
And in aabre-waving flood.
It's not n all the same affair. 1,
For me. I'd keep him in the house
Beside a cardboard minaret.
Whore he could never harm "a mouse
And had no shiny blades to whet.
Yet many Statesmen. great and vice
(At least they puse that way, pro
teml.
Cause Christian peoples some surprise
By turning Allah loose on them.
1 like my tiny toylsnd Turk,
I quite enjoy his standing by
And glaring hercely while I work.
But then he's Just three inches
high.
And those abroad. who deal In oil,
Are safer. 1t would seem, than we
The statesmen who divide the soo1
Not even toy shop Turks will zee.
o. c. a. CHILD.
, 1922-12-12
Do 1t Early

The campaign Il induce early
Christmas shopping and mailing
should appeal to all. 1t is directed
to the interest of all. Every pros
pectHve Christmas shopper, II he or
she stops to think. win realize the
advantage in purchasing early. The
eleventh-hour rush that has SO often
marked past seasons makes FOR un-
satisfactory buying and unsatisfac-
tory postal delivery.
Early shopping "a also urged in the
Interest Of merchants and their EN-
ployes and OF the postal workers. OF
whom the burden of delivery falls.
1t IS no hardship to purchase early,
1t would simplify the problem OF
Christmas shopping and insure more
fitting gifts. General cooperation
with those pressing the campaign IS
urged by considerations of economy.
unselhshness and self.interest.
, 1922-12-12

wants a divorce from her husband and meanwhile
seeks an injunction restraining him from flirting
with = stenogsApher whom she has named as the
other corner Of the triangle in her divorce suit.
No one will uphold a married man in nirtations
with stenographers. II is a very reprehensiblc
practice. Not countenanced in the best married
circles. But it would be much better even to con.
done such q fault than to wreck the family ship,
where no other fault or offense exists against the
husband.
While it is very true that many mistakes are
made in selecting life partners, and that many
existing partnerships were better dissolved than
continued, still the divorce laws of the country
are about the worst that could be imagined. The
ease with which husbands and wives are separated
without reference TO the children in the case is
growing rapidly intc a crime against civilization
and family and doing a wonderful work toward
wrecking the American home.