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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
Old Horse Believes His Race
Will Have Its Innings Again

"Yes, | guess the old musi give wa!
OF the new. Every one has his day o.
usefulness and l suppose mine is pass
ed. But why can't they take ME swa,
TO a place where | won't have to stand
around and see these things which have
usurpcd my place? Why mus. | stand
here and be Inundated and made TO fee
that I'm uscless?'
The door of an automobile shop, lead
ing out onto Eighth street was open
and through j, came these indistinctly
mumbled words. The tone of voice told
how the speaker had fought against ac
knowlcdging to himself the fact tha,
there was no longer any excuse for his
existence. and he had had to admit il
to himself. And it was the sort Of thing
to make one feel a little left OUT. More
over there was such sadness and despond.
ency in the tone that the passer-by in.
voluntarily looked into the room. Some
one was certainly in distress.
He saw a wide space of floor, quite
empty. To ore side and toward the
back of tho large room was an even
row of large shiny. quite new and self.
complacent looking automobiles. But
from around the back of the las. car
in che row proiruded the gray, white
named, dcspondent looking head of a
wooden horse If horses could cry II
certainly would have been doing it. and
with bowed head, Tapping ears, and
dropping tail. he leaned agains. the
back wall of the room, muttering to
himself.
Then with a switch of his tail he lift
ed his head proudly and continued to
himself, dcfianily such as | certainly
should nos be treated in this manner.
Have not my kind played an important
part in the history of at least one for
cign country? Did he not figure prom
inenily in one of the greatest quarrels
in history? What would the ancient
Greeks have done in their hour of great
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

dersOn. "SOme Of them are intended to
reach railroads to the exclusion of 9TH
er forms Of business. Railroads should,
OF course. pay proper amount Of tlxes,
but it should be remembered thst what.
ever they pay is passed on to the pub
lie through rates.
''The capital fund Of the country
loaned by the Investors and the banks
is the surplus derived from the enter
prise, thrift, and sacrifices Of all hard
working, prudent citizens and conserva-
lively managed corporations, and is a
species Of general reservoir from which
all forms of industry must draw. If
the interest rate to the railways rises,
the interest rate to the farmer will al
SO increase, for the capital market is on
the interest rate for one industry af-
competitive basis, and what affects
fects the rate for all industries.
''The Joint Commission has therefore
concluded that the issue of tax-free se-
curities and large expenditures for non
productive purposes by the federal, state,
and municipal governments be reduced
to the smallest possible limits, so that
taxation can be reduced and capital
funds be allowed to increase for the
use at fair interest rates by agriculture,
industry, and the railroads. and there
by help TO promote prosperity.
Another recommendation TO Con
eress by the Joint Commission, regard
ing management, will be that the rail-
roads establish regional traffic execu-
tives, and organize public relations de-
pariments, to bring about closer contact
and better understanding between
themselves and the public
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

address letters correctly, either through
ignorance. or, worse, through careless
ness. Return addresses are often omit.
ted; the addresses on mail are often illeg-
iblc-in many postoffices it is necessary
TO employ handwriting experts 10 deciph.
er the addresses.
All the internal improvements in the
Pos:offce Department cannot alone elm
male the delays and confusions in the
mail service. Most of the employees are
consoicn;iously striving to give better
service, and Postal Improvement Week
is merely an intensihcaiion of this striv-
ing.
Every time you address letter, bear
in mind that it may 60 to the dead-letter
ofiice-and keep the letter out of it.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Z. S. MARKETS AND RUSSIA

Dr. Walter Simons, former German
sc5-c>ry for foreign affairs. said recent
ly ihIi the next noteworthy step in the
worlds history would be an. agreement
bC;wccn the United States ard Germany
ard Rus a. Unemployment problems.
due chiefly to inability to find foreign
markc:s. forced Germany TO sign the
Rua5c-Cc:man treaty and, for the same
reason. Doctor Simons believes that the
United States will be forced TO make such
treaty
While il is true that before the war
Russia was one of the biggest markets
for American industrial products, the as.
scrtior Of Doctor Simon is hardly feast
bic. The United States would never enter
into such a treaty because foreign outlet
for the manufactures of this country is
not dependent on Russia or Germany
alcnc.
Such treaty would likely bring about
tie loss of more foreign trade for the
United States than it would bring in. 1t
is almos: certain that a treaty between
these countries would be opposed by 9TH
CT countries on whom the United States
is dependent for an outlet for manufac-
iured products.
Had Doctor Simons included in his as
sc-iion that these three countries would
be principals in an agreement between
the nations of the world it would have
been much more plausible. The similar
ity of Interests of the three countries is
cc'ipscd by the need for the restoration
of markets in all parts of the world.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
UNSOUNDNESS SHOWN IN
REPORT ON RAILROADS
Sidney Anderson Will Present Plans
for Reconstruction to
Congress.
BY JAMES T. KOLBERT,

United Press staff CorrcspOndent.)
WASHINGTON, (By Mail THE rail-
roads are not sclf-sustaining and are
therefore not on sound credit basis.
If this condition continues tfansporta-
tion service will be crippled, and the
country will suffer accordingly
This was given Saturday by Chair
man Sydney Anderson as the basis Of
the recommendations and findings soon
to be reported to Congress by the Joint
Congressional Commission of Agricultur-
al Inquiry. The commission has made
an exhaustive inquiry nito railroad con-
ditiOns. ...g .. '..s,
I'VE believe that the transportation
facilities of the country" said Ander-
son. must be placed upon a solid foun-
dation. 1t will not do 10 make up de.
ficits by appropriations of public funds.
The railroad companies must be oper.
atcd with the expectation that the
gross revenues will be sufficient to cover
operating expenses and leave reason
able return upon the investment. 1t
is of paramount importance to the pub.
lie welfare that the transportation COM
panies be made going concerns; that
they be placed upon substantial foun-
datiOn in every respect; and that the
operating expenses be reduced by care
full and efficient management"
Figures in the report will show a
progressive deterioration since 1916,
which was the most favorable year in
railroad history from the standpoint of
net revenues, and that in the last few
years most railroads have done little f.
nancing through the sale of stock, but
have raised money through the sale Of
bonds or the issuance Of other evidences
of Indebtedness.
This method of financing cannot be
indefinitely continued Anderson said.
Railroads cannot go on constantly in
creasing their Indebtedness and not
building up an equity in their properties
underlying their debt. Stock, being
Junior to debt and having no lien on
the property of equipment. naturally.
must bring a larger return in order to
be attractive.
''New and varied forms of taxation
are constantly being levied, said An
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

And seen sailing, singing stars SWEEP
the distance at night?
Have you seen these things and thought
| think some of you have not,
Else you could not go, so contentedIy,
Up and down
Up and down
The little street
With your tired, empty faces.
o you of the little town,
Memories are good-and bad.
They should be bequeathed to old man
Yesterday.
Mid-air life so thin and blue
We, you and |, have slipped thru
On to clean white margin for a be-
ginning today.
Who shall say,
BE you Gagged. bound?"
Who shall tell you to nurse the con
flicis and feed the grudges
Which men love to plant in the stuff Of
you?
You can think.
Today holds lips. life. and love.
Will to swing out.
For all about the little town
That you call yours and | call mine,
Though there is only one street that runs
up and down,
Are hot, throbbing, pulsing arteries
Leading straight to the heart of the uni.
verse.
You may not call it sd, but instead,
Truth, Love, Life, God!
But be no more the heavy clod
Content only to toll and plod
A little four inch square of sod.
For even the roads.
And the smoke which curls from the
chimneys Of your homes and the
hills yonder not far from your
door
Soar and soar
And travel nearer the edges Of the uni
Than you who are content to go,
Up and down
Up and down
The little street.
ruth Ribns.)
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
500 OFFERED FOR A POEM
Witter Bynner Is Donor Of Prize for
ColleSe COmpetiti0n.


A prize of 500 has been Offered by
Witter Bynner, for poem written by an
undergraduate Of any American college
or university. Any number Of poems may
be entered by a contestant, but single
poems or definite groups may not be
longer than 200 words. Previous pub
lication Of a poem does not prevent its
being entered in the contest.
The judges are to be Haniel Long.
Arthur Dawson Fisk and Witter Bynner.
The prize is offered by Mr.. Bynner
through the Poetry Society Of America
He is a poet Of prominence and spoke
in Columbia this year.
The poems must carry the name and
address Of the author on each page Of
the manuscript and must be mailed be-
fore May Is, to Haniel Long, $3.50
Beclcr street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
AT THE HOSPITALS

Those admitted TO the Parker Memoir
ial Hospital yesterday were Miss Esther
Hill, John T. Sandison and Charles A.
Schnur. Those discharged were Miss
Jane Enloe, Miss Julia Price, Brutus
Hamilton and James Ralph Carrell.
No one was discharged from the Boone
County Hospital. Mrs. Mary Hannah
Bowles, negro, was admitted.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
HELP THE MAIL SERVICE

This week is Postal Improvement,
Week. The postal service Of the United
States affects more persons than any 9th.
er agency. public or private, in the coun.
try. DIR. Hubert Work, Postmaster-Cen.
eral. is directing his efforts especially TO.
ward improving the efficiency of the per-
sonnd Of the department. But the pub.
lie is mainly responsible for the quality
Of the postal service.
Too many persons have only the haz.
ics: sort Of idea as 10 the correc, meth.
DDS Of using the mails; too many fail to
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

Professor Z. Newton Harvey Of Prince
ton has discovered Japanese crustacean
which makes light without heat. In the
present days of coal strikes, one which
gives heat instead of light might be more
useful.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

Now that the Ku Klux Klan has pre-
fcrred buttons 10 white masks, the in
will be taken out of the invisible" En-
pire.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

H. F. Major Speaks at BOonville.
Prof. H. F. Major lectured before the
Civic Club Of Bocnville yesterday on
the subject of Improvement of the Home
Crouseds and Street Parkings Of Boon.
Vile"
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

The romantic journey of an NJ. U. CO.
ed has given the University more public.
iiy than ten presidential addresses.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

And she writes her own stories, too!
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
FIELD PRIZE POEM

| FIELD PRIZE POEM
This poem tied for fifth place with
Robert l.. Housman's Touches"
CACED
BY Miss Ophcfia Koontz.
! | live in little town,
And often watch the people go
Up and down
Up and down
The little street.
There are men there who stand around
and think,
And some who just stand around;
But eventually. all go
Up and down
Up and down
The little street.
Beyond the town
The sky dips down to the meadows edge.
Its rim cups close to the earth,
And | think the earth and sky meet be-
hind that long, low range of hills
yonder.
There is something as final about its
closing down
As there is in a sinking sum-
1t seems as if those great hills are push
ed into my face;
They move and stand before me,
As far away picture is brought start
ingly near
By readjusted focus.
o majestic hills!
Does the sky which rims the meadows
Cage you, as the lithc town
Cages my ncighbors,
Until they are content to go
Up and down
Up and down
The little street
In measured beat? .s Es.
o hills. you can not walk beyond the
wise
That locks the earth and sky,
But you lift above the drift and the
mists of coluds.
You tower;
You climb; &c..
You soar,
And swing out.
You crush my doubt and make it
bleeding, dwarfish thing.
Your strength is matched to that of the
wills of thousand men and more.
Looking at you | almost sing.
| do sing, and stop moment, weak,
And look back with frozen fear
To see the cage-how near
How close it is,
But turn again and sing
And scorn the grief ! killed
In sheer relief for having ran from out
the cage
Before my wings were SO bruised l could
not fly,
Before | beat and beat and lashed
against the bars
That caught my neighbors-so many
And made them die.
1t is evening and dark-quite.
Yonder in the village.
There glows light and a light
Another and another.
The smoke crawls from the chimneys,
up and up,
And pillars the sky.
Vagabond smoke from his chimney
And the other, and the other.
think of those homes
And of the sweet sad eyes of my mother.
And wonder how many of these, my
townsmen, are Gagged in,
Hedged. bound down.
For | have seen many of them
Upon the little street
With tired. drawn faces. set mouths,
blank eyes!
The darkness keeps on coming.
1t is already drinking at the pool which
sleeps at the foot Of yonder still
hill.
The smoke yet trails from the chimneys,
but already grows thinner.
The fires in the homes have perhaps
been Gagged.
The stars stud the sky
Until it looks like lovely blue mosaic
set with jewels.
And to think that it is stretched above
my neighbors town!
o neighbors! people! friends.
You who live in my town.
Have you not seen the mist on the far
horizon2
Have you nor seen from your doors
purple dawns,
Beginnings of endless roads.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02
Bank Robbers Get $4,000 in Cash.

~ thfted ffess
OAKLAND, CAL- May Six bandits
held up messengers Of the Central Ma
tional Bank yesterday and escaped with
$4,000 in cash.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-02

Member Audit Bureau of Circula-
tions.
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
FORMER MANAGER
 TAKES NEW POSITION

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 4.-Taking an executive position with Eccles, Smith & Co.,, a big machinery manu- featuring concern of this city, Rob- ert w. Baxter has entered upon his new duties. MT. Baxter was former ly vice-president and general mana ger of the Alaska Steamship Com pany and of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway Company, with headquarters at Seattle. Mir. Baxters duties as general manager have been taken over by s. H. Knickerbocker, formerly an execu- tive with the Union Pacific Rail- way.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
 REM0DELEDF0R
 NEXT SEASON

SEATTLE, Nov. An line with it's general policy of improving it's line of ships on the Alaska run, the Alas ka Steamship Company announces that the steamship Northwestern will be withdrawn from service about the mid dle of November and put on the ways for thorough overhauling and repair ing During the winter months the Northwestern will be completely re- constructed with the exception of the machinery. The entire interior of the vessel will be remodeled the decks will be renewed, and the staterooms, which are at present equipped with three berths, will be made over into two-berth rooms.
 The big new s1,000,0OO liner, for which a contract was recently issued to Tacoma shipbuilding firm will be christened the Alaska, and together with the Alameda, which this summer underwent complete repairs, and the remodeled Northwestern, will make a fleet of three big ships which will be assigned permanently to the Prince William Sound run. The route will continue as heretofore, via Southeast ern Alaska
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
WACED TO SAVE FISH
 IN CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4. - Fish conservation versus power conserva- tion.
 This is the battle being waged in California with the fish conserva- tionists temporarily the victors.
 The Federal Power Commission has rejected the application of a power company to construct a pow CT dam on the Klamath River - the last river in California where satis- factory spawning ground can te reached readily by migrating sal mon.
 The California Fish and Game Commission is leading the fight for the maintenance of the valuable Klamath run of fish, with support from various Northern California public bodies. Ill opposing the con- truction of the dam It was urged that a fishway would not be feasible and that construction of the power dam would mean the extermination of the run. The salmon run in the Sacra, mento and other rivers has almost been destroyed, the commission point ed out.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
GARDENERS WIFE PERSISTS CLAIM

MT. Flory says that the output Of canned salmon from Alaska this year will be about the average of the past lO or 12 years, something over 100000 cases. 'Tt looked last year as though the salmon industry was facing early destruction, but, greatly to the sur prise of those familiar with the in- dustry, the run this year was in some cases greater than ever before.
 MT. Flory stated that as MT. Sher- man came through Ketchikan he saw five-masted schooner being loaded with lumber from the local sawmill and billed for Australia. The cargo consisted of 1,SOO,OO0 feet B. M. of spruce and is part of a 5,O00,OOO foot order, the remainder of which will be loaded and on it's way probably by the first of December.
 'It was interesting to note also that during the summer the sawmill at Wrangell billed out 45,000 feet of clear spruce which was shipped to the London market. The same mill also made a shipment of 450,000 feet of spruce intended for the eastern mar. ket. At the time of visiting Wran- gell, MT. Sherman saw a carload of shop lumber waiting at the dock which was intended for shipment to the Chicago market"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
Worst Cdr Shortage Country's History
 COnfrOntS Roads

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The worst car Sshortage in the history of American 'railroads is given by the Railway Age, transportation trade journal, as tieing up railway transportation in the United States at the present time. The railways of the country are operating under tremendous diff ficukies with a deficit in available rolling stock of 152,034 cars. The largest previous shortage recorded was that of September, 1920, when the number of cars short of the quota necessary to take care of the business of the roads was 46,070 The present deficit is therefore an increase of 1O5,964 cars, or two and a half times as great as that of two years ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
NAVY SCORES AGAINST PENN.
 IN BIG GAME

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. - Before the most brilliant gathering of spec tators that has ever congregated to witness a football game in Washing ton, the Naval Academy yesterday "came back against the University of Pennsylvania, mounting up a score of fourteen to nothing. The defeat of Pennsy by the Navy is the first the former has experienced in three years, and the overwhelming drubbing given the Quakers by the Sailors is the sensation of the pres ent football season. The Navy was defeated by Pennsylvania last Satur- day, and yesterdays comeback was complete surprise. The game was cheered by a crowd which numbered among it's conspicious persons the President, Government officials, Army and Navy officers and mem- bers of the various diplomatic corps.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
Arctic Ship Brings Stirring Reports 0f
 Hardships Met

VANCOUVER, Nov. 4.-The steam ship Lady kindersley, returning from a summer cruise to the Arctic, arrived here yesterday, having on board three men and one woman, all Eskimos, who have been held at Herschel Island for the killing of two members of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police north of the island this summer The na- tives will be put on trial here. The Lady Kindersley was hard put to reach Point Barrow before her way could be blocked by ice floes which, Captain Foellmer declares, are this year the worst which have been wit messed in the Arctic in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. The motor schooner Herman was sighted by the Kindersley on September 19. according to Captain Foellmer, at which time she had already had great difficulty in making her way out. Twice she had been forced to pedestal the ice to get to open water, the crew leaving the ship temporarily.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
CANADA WILL HAYEENV0Y AT WASHINGTON

OTTAWA, Nov. 4.-The appoint ment of a representative from Can- ada to the United States, which. it is expected will be consummated shortly, has been under discussion this week by Premier King, of the Dominion, and Ambassador Geddes, Washington It is probable that tE
 Canadian ambassador will be named, but that he will not have the power which was proposed by former Pre- mier Borden, namely, that in the absence of the British Ambassador from Washington the Canadian of ficial would represent the British Empire It was felt by Premier King that such an arrangement might result, under possible circum- stances, in creating strained rela' tions between Canada and England
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-04
LOOKING UP
 SAYS FL0RY,
 ABOUT ALASKA

PORTLAND, Nov. 4.-Business in Alaska is looking up, according to Charles H. Flory, district forester for the Alaska District who is in Portland en route to the southwest. "Exports of fish, for the past ten to twelve years the great source of cash re- turns, will be surprisingly heavy while a mining revival is in evidence and exports of high-grade lumber, cut from the Tongass National Forest, show a promising beginning said MT. Flory.
 MT. Flory stated that E. R. Sherman, associate forester from Washington, D. c. spent two months in Alaska last summer as a special representative Of Saeretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture.
 "Mr. Sherman found the people of southern Alaska are particularly pleased with the efforts of the Forest Service to establish a pulp and paper industry in the Territory and with the roads built by the Service and the Bureau of Public Roads, said MT. Flory. "The road problem in Alaska is unlike that encountered elsewhere. In the States travel and traffic exist before the government begins build ing roads; in Alaska we have had to anticipate the demand. Under our plans, roads have been extended short distance along the coast from each of the chief towns in the Forest, with some definite objective in each case. The extension of settlement which has followed has been surpris- ing.''
 "By January l." continued MT. Flory, "the Government railroad Will be in shape to run cars direct from the wharves at Seward into Fairbanks, distance of 467 miles, which is 2o miles, farther than from Portland to Sp3kane The completion of this road will greatly benefit the mining indus try in the interior of Alaska
 MT. Flory accompanied MT. Sher- man on trip into interior Alaska. While in the Fairbanks region MT. Sherman made a brief study of local economic conditions. He is authority for the statement that "when the rich placers were played out there still remained tremendous field for dredging. This year more men are employed in the mines around Fair hanks than for number of years, due Afirst to unusually heavy rainfall and second, because of the cheap fuel they see coming. AS a matter of fact, they already have relatively cheap fuel on the ground.