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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

Washington. Jan. 3.-Senate Re
publicans predicted early action in
filling vacancies and making COM
mittee changes as the result of the
death OF Senator Penrose.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyrighted, 1922, by Consolidated
PresS.1
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
GOOD OLD CORN.

Corn. more than other crop. al
ways has been the standby of a grea.
number of farmers in the western
states. Recently it has done much to
lift them out of their financial diff
cpities.
t.sIt appears among other things that
corn. which the farmer had so much
nf with market price below any pos
sable profit in selling, had a good part
ia saving the cattle herds of the
northwest. Cheap and abundant corn
has also assisted the hog crop, fur
nishinE a means by which the farmer
would be saved from loss on his corn
crop by feeding. Feeders estimate
that they were getting anywhere from
Fsc TO S1.O0 for corn fed to hogs.
way they would realize only S5c to
sc per busheI- When corn prices are
too high this process is curtaned.
Very large shipments OF corn are
The outstanding features OF the Amer
1e@n export trade in foodstuffs for
the month OF March. The record ex-
port OF 22.544.24S bushels of corn for
February. 1922. was again passed in
March. with a total export of nearly
250oo.000 bushels. Large quantities
Of corn were sent out by the Russian
Relief Expedition. but this is only
small factor in the total. During the
past month 100000 bushels were
consigned to Germany. zs00.0OO to
the United Kingdom. and 100000 to
the Netherlands. The three months
exports were $4,000. goo bushels. which
IS about three times the normal ex-
ports for the period.
The relief expedition had its adver-
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

ing to drag out the miserable empty
days that lay ahead.
And then she heard his voice call
ing her
.tAlicel Alice he cried sternIy when
she did not answer.
The Lathrops' maid must have let
him in. Alice couldn't face him now,
she felt But she must get it over
some time
Whats the matter?' he asked
when he saw her dropping face in the
dim room. He came toward her
eagerly. Il thought I'd write you at
once, Alice. and let you know. I made
a mistake from the first
She shank back against the wall at
this last cruelty.
Il ought to leave all the selection in
your hands
II don't understand" she whispered
why, the furniture, darling, as tho
that matters, as tho anything matters.
when have you,''
She was staring at him unbeliev-
ingly, and then she put her handa over
her face. The letter, the letter-it had
meant only thisl
and have dinner here with me-" she
said uncertainty.
She waited until the door had closed
on him to realize that joy had come
back to her. that her dream was still
hers and that greater than any dream
was reality.
Copyright, 1922. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

Using value. as far as corn is con-
cerned. by demonstrating it's attractive
character as a food This has un-
doubtedly helped to swell the exports,
a-Iho the relatively low price OF corn.
as compared with other grains. is no
doubt a large factor in these heavy
export figures.
The United States department of
commerce says that if European coun-
tries can be brought to appreciate
corn as a human food to the extent
that it is utilized in the United States,
it will mean a great deal to the Amer
lean corn belt in the near future. as
this country now produces a very
-arge surplus of corn at a relatively
low cost.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
LITTLE BENHY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

The Dawters of Cleapattera didene
eat all the cake ma made Tor thS
meeting yestidday aftirnoon so we nae
the rest for suppir, Nora bringing II IN
and ma saying to pop, Now Willyu1h'
1 particulhly wunt you to try shcs
L never eat cake. some things I eat
occasionally but cake never, sed pop
But Willyum, I made this myself
I'm sure it was very clever OF you
and all that sort of thing, but when a
man absilootly never eats cake wat
can YOU do with him sed pop.
I'm sure I wouldent try to force you
to eat it, but I think the leest you
could do would be to at leest take a.
slice. at leest, sed ma.
But hang it all, never eat cake, 1
don't doubt its a perfeckiy good cake'
its delicious, I'm sure, sed pop
Its all rite to sit there and give mo
ernptv compliments. but the proof of
the compliment is in the eating, seq
ma, you're able to eat slice or cake
as well as eny other man, you're not
@ let me have a slice for the love
of harnlinny sed pop. Wich ma did.
and pop took a small size bite, ma
saving, Well how does it taist?
Like a cake, sed pop, ana ma SEQ.
Ts thai the best YOU can say about it?
That's better than saying II taists
like a spunge or a auto tire or a bar
of soap or some other foreign sun
stants, sed pop, I think its a CRATE
achievement to do enything that pee
ple cant mistake for something eltS.
Wfllylin you've gone and insulteu
nv cake and 1 wouldent be serprized
If NV intire dizzert was spoiled, don't
ixpect to even injoy my coffee, seq
ma, and pop sed, come on, 1 oldeht
meen enything persinal, jest to prove
there's no hard feelings Ill eat hole
slices and take enybody to the movies
that wunts 10 go.
Being me and ma.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
ROTARY AND THE BOYS.

1t was a great party the Topeka
Rotary club put on Saturday for the
?, 500 school boys Of the city.
The youngsters greatly appreciated
the spirit of their big brothers" in
this event They realized that they
were not being disciplined but were
made pals in an afternoon and even
ing of fun
This is the spirit that appeals to the
boy. Attempts to exert rigid control
over him win arouse his iHborn Amer
ican assertion of personal rights. Ro-
tary seeks to become a companion
with the boy and without his know
ledge. lead to the paths OF good cii-
zenship.
There is a lot of hoy uplift" that
never will. care for the youths well
fare. The old doctrines of "don'ts"
do net set well with the youngster
His confidence must be gained by boy
ish association. Motherly care ard
fatherly companfonship will keep any
boy out OF trouble.
Topeka mothers and fathers owe a
debt OF gratitude to Rotary .sponsLr-
ship. When such men as Captain
MacLean, W. w. Webb. Charles S.
Elliott, Ralph McEntire and Cecil
Howes take a week of their time to
organize their fellow Rotarians for the
entertainment of the real boy it is
time TO give thanks.
Rotary's attitude toward the boy
will mean more to the youth of To-
peka than all other influences.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
JUST FOLKS
THE BANDED TEETH.
az EDGAR A GUEST.

Z
When 20 back to school again
You bet the kids will look at me,
And l will be a hero then,
With~something they will want TO see.
Nv ma. she took me down today
To where the dentist is and told
Him to get busy right awaT-
And new my teeth are wired with gold.
I've got n band all 1oeped around
Ny mouth to hold my teeth IN place,
And when / talk a funny soHnd
Like Kissing comes out Of my face;
And there's little screw back here
Which he can turn to make il tight,
And he says il win be a year
Before my teeth are fixed all right.
Nv pa saws not so long ago
Teeth Just grew anyhow they could;
II they were bad. they didn't know
There was way to make them good
And that's why his buck tooth is plain
Coz it got crowded out Of line
And never could get back again.
But now I've got band on mine
When Jimmy first put glasses on
The kinds is all flockeG around to see
And he just let EN-. every one.
Look thru fem. Now they'll come TO me
Cox I've got something I can show
And talk about that's just q grand
As gIaSseS are. I'd have EN- know
Inside my mouth I've Eet n band
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
THE coal STRIKE TO DATE.

The dispatches announce thar the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has taken action looking to a closer
affiliatfon with the q. NJ. w a. Il
this mean that the brotherhood is pre-
pairing to sustain the striking miners
by contributions of money. it is the
rconcern of nobody except the parties
directly interested. But if it mean an
attempt to aid the strikers by tying
up the transportation of the country.
the engineers would better stop right
where they are.
The coal strike now is dragging
along in the second month of its ex-
istence with no signs OF a settlement
in sight. Both parties to the contro-
versy appear to be satisfied with the
situation. while the public rests secure
in the knowledge that the government
can cause the mines to be operated
whenever it deems it necessary to
do so.
1t will be fortunate II the govern
ment continues to refrain from med
ding with the situation so long as no
emergency exists. Interference while
terminating present conditions would
in the end leave the whole subject
where it was before the strike took
place.
There is going on in the bitumi-
nous coal industry simply a process of
readjustment which must work itself
out. It can best be done if left alone
to the natural play of economic influ-
ences. 1t can only be hindered by the
Intervention of the government.
With the object lesson OF govern
ment control of railways and ships be-
fore them, the people of the United
States certainly must have learned by
this time that government interven-
ton IN industrial problems and gov
ernment regulation OF great industries
is inevitably disastrous to the public
interest in those industries. 1t is urged
in some quarters that the coal indus
try is peculiarly charged with a pub
lie interest which makes it kind OF
public utility and, therefore. properly
brings it within the sphere Of govern
Mental control and regulation.
As our modern life is constituted,
coal is a necessity. but so is wheat.
GOANoAAs AllEdAs A0AAAGEAs AADAAs EAEEAs uOO-S
and shoes. cotton and woolen cloth
ing. These and many other things are
necessary just as coal IS necessary to
our health and well-being. They. too,
are charged with a public interest
precisely as is coal. and if it be wise
and right for the government to un-
dertake to regulate coal on that ex-
cuse, then it is equally wise and right
in the public interest that the govern
ment should undertake to regulate the
growing OF wheat. the picking of cot
ton. the spinning of yarn. the weav-
ing OF cloth, the manufacture of boots
and shoes and a dozen and one other
processes OF our Industrial and social
life.
II left to itself the coal industry viii
adjust itself as these other industries
have done. But the engineers WI
hardly be permitted to butt into tho
fight.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
Dorothy Dix Tails
Mammals Pct.
By DOROTHY DIE
Woe1a's Highest Paid Woman writes.


Consider also a man when he is
sick. or thinks he is sick. How then
does he desire to be treated? Like a
baby, and a spoiled baby at that. He
wants his wife to sit by his bed. and
hold his hand, and weep tears of pity
over him, and if she doesn't believe
he is going to die every time he has
headache, or a cold, he considers
her heartIess icicle, and feels like
an orphan left on a doorstep.
Most of all does a man want his
wife to treat him like a baby when
he is naughty. When he comes home
of an evening, and slams the door be-
hind him, and snacks the baby and
kicks the cat, and is cross and
grouchy, he doesn't want his wife to
talk to him about the duty of man
to control himself, or the sacred obli-
cations of a husband. He'll just love
her to death if she's got sense enough
to mother him, and say. There, there,
did them meanums manums at the
office treat my poor ickle bitty boy
bad today? Never mind, he'll feel
better jeS as -Soon as he has some dood
soup in his little tumtum, and, any
way, his little wifums knows dat he's
dreat big man, dat will des beat 'em
to def in the end
Even when a man stumbles off the
straight and narrow path he still
wants his wife to look upon his faults
as those of child, that are not to be
ldkSA SSTlOQSly nat ) why ne mas
the nerve to ask to be forgiven be-
cause in reality he seldom means to
do wrong. He's just a boy who could
mt resist the temptation to play
hockey, and the thing he never can
understand is why his wife can't un-
derstand. And in this, perhaps, is the
tragedy of matrImpny, that men stay
boys till the end of time, while wives
are always grown up.
Somehow women have got into the
way of thinking that they should have
a monopoly of all the petting in the
family, and all the fuss should be
made over them. They expect their
husbands to be demonstratiVe in their
affection for them, to arrange little
treats and surprises for them, to praise
them for all of their successes, and
condone all of their faults.
But these same ladies take every
thing that their husbands do for them
as a matter of course. 1t never seems
to occur to them that a man would
like his wife occasionally to strew a
few bouquets in his pathway: that he
would enjoy being thanked for all he
does for his family instead of being
blamed because he doesn't do more,
and that he would dote on being
treated not as the family goat. or
cash register, but as the household
pet
We often wonder why men. who are
married to women who are models of
all the domestic virtues, wander away
from home. Perhaps the answer is
that they are seeking some woman
who will baby them.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

The rich men ought not to oppose
the new adjusted compensation Dill,
which provides for certificates to ma
ture at the end Of 20 years The rich
men can gather them in and put them
beside the Liberty bonds which they
bought up at less than par.-Sioux
City Tribune.
The fact that the rich do oppose
the issuance of such certificates may
argue that they are not so eager to
acquire unholy gains as they fire.
nuently are credited with being. And
as regards the Liberty bonds, if those
pos essing money had not bought
them. who would have accommodated
the holder Of these securities. when
h-s necessities forced him to offer
them in the market2 Always there
must be sellers before there can be
buyers. Many of the present holders
Of Liberty bonds would not have
bought them, if the 4 Il per cent in
terest had been the sole attraction.
Little ever is lost thru being fair.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
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Over-development of the bitumi-
nous coal industry. whatever may be
its undesirable results, constitutes the
Safeguard of the public against short
age of supply and the exaction of eN-
tortionate prices by monopolistie con-
troll. according TO a statement by j.
ID. a. Morrow. vice president of the
National Coal association, at the hear
inga by the house committee on labor
on Representative Bland's bill for
commission TO inquire into labor con-
d.tions in the coal industry Doubt
less the public would be glad to see
some of the beneficial results of the
Safeguarding Shortage Of supply 1t
Experiences occasionally and extor-
tiouate prices continuously An over
development of mines hardly can be
nseful unless the mines be worked
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

The telegraph's announcement that
1900 persons had been driven from
their homes by the flood waters Of
the Mississippi recently passed almost
unnoticed by the public. The expla-
nation probably lies iP the fact that
Il is an oft told tale. Something ap-
proximating it happens every year in
that region. The odd thing about the
matter is that nobody ever seems 70
think of providing a permanent rem
.edy. Each flood merely results il a
fresh appropriation by congress,
which brings no appreciable results
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
Ouestions-Answer

O. Where was the first subway bVilt?
London was the first city tS fsSI s1osP the
ground railway from Edgeware to Kings
Cross was begun In 1853.
O. Who was called the "Father OF MEAL
can Independence" V. r; 5.
A This title was given to Miguel
ii1ed H9edifP from asSd i75s ISL lie Started move
ment for independence which cost him MS
fs some dd years Yea e I1Sfr born ne Rep1bie erected
G. How much dead weight gradually
applied would be required to pull a rail-
road spike from an oak tie? 2. z. NJ;
A. A standard cut spike, us Hsed by the
Penn. r. r. west, required 9.f20 pOunds-to
draw it from white oak tie.
Q. When was Coney Island opened up
A. Steamboats, first began, making yex-
cursions to Coney Island in 1S4O, and II
may be said to have been pleasure resort
Q. How big is a conger eeI2 NJ. w
"A. The ordinary specimen Of the conger
sTerages sS abont four feet feet in iength. While
those taken in the open sea measure from
pounds speeimens having been taken that
weighed over 100 pounds.
@. Has an ohioan ever been Speaker Of
the National House of Representatives
A. General J. Warren Keifer. Republi-
can, was Speaker or the House in the 41th
Q. Us there town or city that is sit,s-
Aleu one nall IN rance duu One-nhiL III
Belgium? T.. A.
A. Comlnines, France, and Commines.
Belgium, are town situated on opposite
sides of the river Lys, and in ancient days
they formed a single town.
9. Who invented condensed milky p: Y.
a.. The first application Of a practical
process for condensing milk was made by
Gail Borden, Of Norwich, n y. whe began
his experiments in 1851 and applied for a
patent in 1885 which was first rejected but
finally granted August 49, 1856.
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The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

US about daylight saving is the great
number of persons who consider the
matter of sufficient importance to
Justify them in becoming excited
about it.
However, of all the arguments We've
heard against it. Uncle Adams seemed
to us to be the most logical ana the
most vital "FH have no democratic
time in nv house, said Uncle Adam
We note, incidentally. that Frank
Simonds has started another war. Let
it be hoped it doesn't last as long as
Mr.. Simonds' other one.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

woodrow Wilson calls for the de-
IN order to redeem the reputation
Of. the Democrat party" But, just
what is the reputation of the Demo-
crat party. that Mr.. Wilson desires
TO redeem2
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

The efforts of Lloyd George at the
Genoa conference. says one commenta-
tor. are distinctly for the greatest
benefit to the world, and incidentally
to Great Britain. If the statement
had been made to read, for the great
est benefit to Great Britain and Incl
dentally to the world. perhaps it
would have been nearer to the truth.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

more than another But he sees no
fault here, finding this the fortune
of business which tends to create a.
healthy rivalry among workers which
would inure to the benefit of the
public and the state.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09
| HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Il am a girl
sixteen years of age My mother is
opposed to my friendship with several
boy friends. am not allowed the
parties or shows. l have been meet
ing them uptown.
was walking up the. street with
my friend the other day when met
mother. Now I am not allowed to
leave the house unless I am accom-
panied by one of my parents. AS 1
have saved enough money TO get to
another town, would it be correct for
me to leave home and go to work?
ALL BY MYSELF.
You are really too young to make a
practice of going with boys. 1t seems.
to me, however that your mother is
carrying her discipline too far when
she refuses to let you have any boy
friends and when she insists that an
older person accompany you every
time YOU go out of -1he house. 1t
would be all right for you to entertain
a boy occasionally in your home and
also to attend school and neighbor-
hood parties.
1 would not advise you to leave
home, however, because if you did you
would be forced to return since you
are not OF age yet Besides. a little
girl of sixteen could not earn enough
to live comfortably and happily. Even
if you cannot make your mother see
your point Of view stay at home until
you are of age. at which time your
mother will surely change her views
and permit you to have young men
friends. DO not try to deceive her be-
cause yon will only cheat yourself.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell
me where a book case is supposed 10
be? I have it in the den and people
Undecided
1t seems to me aNGen would be a.
very good place for a book case. In
many homes where there are a lot OF
books, instead of calling the reading
room a den it is called a library.
Usually a living room is SO fun of life
that it is more pleasant 20 have the
books in more quiet place 50 that
the person reading will not be dis
turbed BY the conversation of others
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell
me where a book case is supposed 10
be? I have it in the den and people
say il belongs in the living reom
UNDECIDED
The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-09

The only thing that really impresses
The Yale expositor., 1922-12-14
FARM BARN BURNS

On Sunday morning at about
700 o'clock the barn on the farm
of John Long, one mile north and
a half mile west of Yale was
burned to the ground, together
with all of it's contents.
There was in the barn at the
time four horses, four cows, two
head of young cattle, a brood SOW
and litter of pigs. grain binder,
moving machine, side delivery
rake, hay tedder, truck wagon,
besides other farm implements.
Along with the above live stock
and farm implements were 200
bushels of wheat, 600 bushels of
oats, 1000 feet of dry maple lum.
Der, and all of his seasons crop
Of hay and straw.
The loss will total about
$1,000 with only $4,000 insurance.
The cause of the fire is a mys-
terry, as the family was not up at
the time it broke out.
Every effort was made to save
the contents, but to no avail.
The Yale expositor., 1922-12-14
SETS ASIDE VERDICT

In it's second decision, the SUI
preme court set aside the verdict
of the jury in the circuit court
and sent the case contesting the
estate of the late Abner Jackson
back to the latter court for a new
trial.
By the term of Jackson's will,
$4,000 was left to his daughter,
$50 to a grandson. and the rest to
his widow, a second wife. The
will was contested on account of
claimed undue influence on the
part Of the wife, and the jury in
the circuit court broke the will.
The appeal to the supreme court
followed
Walsh and Walsh represented
the contestants and Avery and
Watson the estate.