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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-30

rates on salmon from Alaska an
nounced by the Admiral Line and
the Alaska Steamship company are
50 ton lower than last year from
Southern Alaska points, and s1.75
lower from southeastern points.
RICE.
New Orleans, March $3.50
heavy have been the demands for
rice for export that it is thought
old stocks will be cleaned up well
before the new rice comes on the
market this year.
COTTONS.
Chicago, March 30 = Local
cotton jobbers announced that the
fell prices for ginghams in this ter
ritory will be unchanged.
GLASS.
Pittsburgh, March 30.-The q. S.
Glass company, largest makers of
pressed glass and table ware, is on
a 65 per cent production basis. Do
nestle business on table and other
pressed ware is growing in a most
satisfactory way, while foreign
trade is dull
Chicago, March 30.-Three new
hotel projects are in the market
for 100000 tons of structural steel
to be delivered within the next few
months.
Youngstown, Ohio, March 30
Steel plants of this district are on
the highest operating schedule
since the latter part of 1920. Ingot
output is rs per cent of capacity,
sheet IS per cent and tube over 40.
COAL.
Harrisburg, March 30.-State
are being reassigned
so as to make them quickly avail
able in case they are called on by
the sheriffs of coal mining counties
to suppress disorder arising from
a possible mine strike.
Pittsburgh, March 30.-The Whit
ney plant of the H. C. Frick Coke
company is being made ready to
resume operations after an id}eness
Of Is months. Workmen are light
ing $50 ovens and preparing others
for resumption.
CARPETS.
New York, March 30.-It is esti-
mated that many new and attrac-
i've patterns Of floor coverings will
be shown at the auction sales Of
The Alexander Smith & Sons Car
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-30

7 years crops have already been
marketed and the increases AFFECT
| farmers only in the hope they hold
for the future.
Spring retail trade is being re-
tarded by cold rainy weather
| building, especially the erection OF
dwellings, is active and Is increas-
| ing as the weather permits. This
activity has been accompanied by
a lessenfng of unemployment and
farm work is expected to take up
some of the labor slack in the near
future. Loans by country banks
are increasing slightly which ia
usual at this season but the bor-
rowings from the Kansas City
Federal Reserve bank are lower
than at any time in two years.
The amount of -four produced by
southwestern mills is showing d
steady increase. The figures for
February were IL per cent larger
than for January and 1922 per cent
lafger than for February, 1921. The
Mid Continental Oil field Is increas-
of the coal strike has resulted in
great activity at coal mines in this
section.
SEATTLE.
Seattle, Wash, March 30.-Gen-
eral business conditions in Seattle
and the Pacific Northwest are i'm
proving slowly from week to week.
Trade is no longer spotty in char
acter and various lines of activity
have gone far toward finding their
normal level. The old established
lines of business almost without ex-
ception report a volume of business
much in excess of last years. The
last of the commercial war babies"
have been eliminated while stable
and established enterprises are
coming into a more satisfactory
condition from day to day.
Better conditions in foreign ex-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-30
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Business Reviews Pro-
Consumer.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
One Must Be Careful,

l think the most embarrassing mo
ment for me was one day when l was
going to lunch with two girls. We had
gone a short distance when we saw
two other girls coming. One / knew.
l said: "Oh, this one makes me
tired:
They said: (which onef'
l said: "The one on the inside. She
thinks she is 50 swell. and she is only
a switchboard operator"
l then remembered one of the girls
l was with was switchboard opera
tor, and all she did was look at me,
and l knew ! got red, but it was a hot
day, and the sun was shining. SO
maybe she thought l was sunburned,
but l don't think she did, for she has
not talked to me since.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Dollars Torture
to Germans

,,o % ,"'in' II the mark falls ,ho ,..
uay they walt for sin Tprthan ,e mex neh'
II II rises they experience n ,I,,,a , urop' .
mental anguish rnm tho ,I"a ae , more
backward. "ue turns
another phase of the w.o,osa,.
,e.pt OF presents rom abroad "'e ,a ,, re-
prlekinyers and hodcarrlers of ros, ,,n'
u"s nave turned into stndan,s -
economics, The pages of f,nnmoro, OF
Pers' so strange to the ordinar, '"' ,,,,t, pa
, n'"n' now assume the interest ~ non',
Inr novels. They are peruscG ,p,I, nnp",
'or authentic information os IN u.rn,t s
er or not the mark is roIrr nm ''' "
Gown on the morrow, in spite oS ny ,,a %a
l"et mat financial prognostIcotiors a-s ns
NOT like those of the weather hm.,',,' ,s a. :
II Is n futile search. however anS I'n u
tie ehd the holder of dolIrrs moro,n
goes deeper into the mire of ,ndooIs,a!, %
ana IN the end learns he ,nbnrninn"'
,hnt can come from he possession ~
the worlds greatest currency
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
HAD GOOD REASON TO WAL
Traveller Surely Was in Predieamsnt
That Afforded Cause for
MournfuIness.

The conductor on the California
Limited between Chicago and Los An
geies noticed that one of the passen-
gers sat in his section hour after hour
and sobbed. The first night out of
Chicago the conductor was tempted to
ask what the trouble was but having
learned from previous experiences
that one is better off minding ones
own business he did not do so. On the
second day, as the passenger contin-
ued to weep and wall, he was even
more strongly tempted to go to the
mans aid, but still he refrained. On
the third day. however, the soSs of
the traveller We're so great that he
could not resist any longer and he
approached him politely with the ques.
ton:
please tell me what is the trou-
ble?"
"Oi, oi, OIL" sobbed the passenger.
i've been on the wrong train for
three days.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
MORE MEN ARE NOW ON FARMS

100 females, while the ratio for tn
entire population was 104 males t.,
100 females.
OF the number of farm dwellers
totaling 31,614 ,269. males number 10,
49G.33S and females 15.117,931. o.
the total farm population 49.5 pei
cent was twenty-one years and over
PAT per cent between ten and twent.
years, and 25.7 per cent under ter
years. Those twenty-One years ant
over numbered 15,632,09S. For tn,
country as whole those q years ant
over compromised 57.6 per cent of tn,
total population.
The farm population, therefore, In
cludes a relatively large proportion OF
persons under twenly-one and rela
lively small proportion twenty-ont
years and over.
The difference in age Distribute,
Is declared by the census bureau te
he due largely to the fact that the
majority of persons who leave th'
farm to take up their residence else
where have reached twenty-one.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29

aid not comply with the terms of tho
Will capt George C. Douglas will no,
nave his legacy Of approximately s75O
ooo to spend as he pleases, according
10 a decision of The loca. probate
court.
Probate Judge Dahl has ordered
that Charles Il. Fowler, attorney, con,
tlhue his guardianship over Douglas
Affairs. despite the ,ntter's petition
That he be declared competent to man
age his estate.
Walter T. Douglas. his father. pro
''ued IN his Will hat Captain Dougla.
must earn $500 year for two sue
cessive years before he could claim
his legacy. The trustees held, how
ever, that Douglas war record wa.
equivalent to the demands Of the will
although he did not earn the specified
amount.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Arkansas Town
Owned by Man

and that is unwritten. II is that everu
bouy must work. There are no idh
men In the town and vagrants are no
tolerated. There can be no undesirabl,
citizens because Wilson, who owns al
the houses, will not rent homes to unde
sirables.
Homes Are Modern.
Everybody in Wilson is renter
Even the one man who owns and rum
the town writes check, payable t.
himself, every month for $40. That il
the highest rent paid, and only tw,
other citizens pay that much. Othe
tenants pay $3.50 to $3.50 a month
with few exceptions, where tn.
rentals are $50 to $40.
Every home in Wilson, whether 1t /
a three-room cottage or mansion, IL
equipped with electric lights, tub ant
shower baths, hot and cold water, tele
phone, hedge. flower garden, trucl
patch, and chicken yard.
Wilson has industries that rcpresen
total investment of S1,OOO,OOO. Thes,
produce annually nearly 100000,
worth Of manufactured hardwood lum
Der, ginned cotton. flour meal, an,
mixed feed. The raw material for thes'
products comes from 40.000-acre trac
of cultivated and timbered land, al
owned by Wilson. The principal agri
cultural products are cotton, corn
wheat and alfalfa.
Wilson's IS cotton plantations, will
n total area of 5000 acres, will produce
this year 6,G00 bales of cotton. Corr
was harvested from 5000 acres, whea;
from LOO acres, and alfalfa from SOt
acres The farm is so big that Wilson
employs his own agricultural expert
and a general plantation manager who
has supervision over is zone managers
Got Start in Sawmil.
There is no season of idleness in tn,
town. When the harvest is over. tht
farmhands are put to clearing land OI
working in the logging and timber in
dustry. Wilson is now reputed to hav,
a fortune of more than S10,00O.00O. He
began operations with small sawmill
on the site of the town which bears his
name.
With the profits from the sawmill h,
bought up Ian. parcel at time
Now, at tifty-seven years old, he ownf
timbered and cultivated land enough
to make fair-sized county. His terri
tory is 81 miles long and eight mile.
wide.
In this section of the country Wilson
was one of the first to take up diversi
fed farming.
Then, too. Robert E. Lee Wilson ha
a hobby-educntion. He has sent many
young men and women to college
financing them all the way through.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Robert E. Lee Wilson Rules
Small Village Like Baron
of Feudal Times.
PLACE HAS NO POLICEMEN
Wilson City, Ark, With Population Of
1900, Gets Along Without Ordi-
nances and All Courts, But
Everybody Must Work.

Little Rock, Ark.-Wilson. in MissIs-
sippi county, Ark, is one-man town.
1t has no courthouse or city hall, no
ordinances, no police force. When
taxes fall due. the collector has only to
20 TO Robert L. Lee Wilson and say :
MIR. Wilson, give me check for taxes
on everything in sight"
Wilson writes the check. covering all
Of the land and physical assets in a
town of 1,So0 population and enough
of the surrounding farm and lumber
country TO total more than 10000 acres
of territory, said to be riyaled in pro-
ductiycness only by the valley of the
Nile.
The town Of Wilson has only one law
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
FREEDOM FROM
LAXATIVES
Discovery by Scientists Has Replaced
Them,

Pills and salts give temporary re-
lief from constipation only at the ex-
pense of permanent injury, says an
eminent medical authority.
Science has found newer, better
way-a means as simple as Nature
itself.
In perfect health natural lubricant
keeps the food waste soft and moving,
But when constipation exists this nat
ural lubricant is not sufficient. Medi-
cal authorities have found that the
gentle lubricating action of Nujol most
closely resembles that of Natures own
lubricant. AS Nujol is not laxative
it cannot grippe. 1t is in no sense a
medicine. And like pure water 1t is
harmless and pleasant.
Nuiol is prescribed by physicians !;
used in leading hospitals. Get bottle
from your druggist today.-Advertise-
ment.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Everywhere She Goes.

We have n little dog that is rather
fond of me, and follows me wherever
| go.
1t happened in church as l was sit
ting at the end of the pew, during n
sermon, that l noticed all eyes fixed
on me.
looked and saw little Trix wigslinc
his tail for all he was worth, glad to
have found me.
As l could not chase him home. I
had to get up and walk out, feeling
the heat that made me blush as Triy
and l marched down the aisle.-Ex.
change.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Sex Ratio Is 1901 Males to loo
Females, Statistics Show.
Census Bureau Figures That Larger
Number of Women Than Men ARC
Leaving Farms for other
Fields of Endeavor.

washington. - Larger numbers vi VI
yomen than men are leaving 'he
r.rms IN search of more lucrative
fields of endeavor, the census pureau
s,vs basing its statement on an aiia'S
,is of tLe 1920 census statistics.
The enumeration shows the ratio u
u,los to females was higher for farm
population than for the total popula
ton despite the fact that the foreign
horn element, in which the ma'es co,i-
siderably outnumber the feihaies' 10
found mainly in the cities.
The sex rotio of farm population VI
Ionnnry /, 1920, was 1901 males 10
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
squirrel Stored Golf
Balls Instead of Nuts

a squirrels cache. holding 81
golf balls, was discovered ra-
.en,'y on the grounds of the Au-
suS'a Country club, at Augusta
Me. The place near the cache
Is one Of the most difficult, drives
OF the course and something
psychological swerves the balls
INTO the woods. where they are
lost.
Mr' Squirrel apparently thought
,hey were new kind of nut so
he gathered them for his winter
h'ard. Some of the balls are in
good condition, while others bear
the teeth marks Of the little
hoarder.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
man Ends Life by Sitting
on Shell; Blown to Bits

h'hnoh.-A Cologne telegram
r rlO'eo by THE Westminster
ua~e''e states that at the VII
''ss ase OF oplnden n man, tired of
S .nS sal on a shell. lit the fuse
a a waited the explosion by
, a'.h ne was blown to frag-
ns' ~ His fiancee, mother and
da' ,s'''s who saw what he was
,n s 'r'ed to stop him and were
ploson. D' INC
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Recipe Wanted,

Flint Cooking at picture)-"I Won
der what made the tower of Pisa
leanT Fatleigh-"If I knew I'd try
it"
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Wireless Call Bells

An officer of the Portuguese arm,
has developed system of operating
call bells by wireless, which army
circles say will do away with prolonged
watching for calls at radio receiving
stations
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Cuticura for PimpIy Faces

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cutl-
cura Soap and hot yater. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
clude Curicura Talcum. Advertisement.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
WAX RECORD WINS s75o,ooo
Minneapolis Vet Gets L,oscv n.
FATHERS Stipulation Tha. He
Work Two Years.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Whil7 his wo-
record with the British army in the
NorId war won him share Of b,s
fathers millions. although bis coroa5
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Mean Insinuatjon-

bachelor says a mule is the most
obstinate thing on earth, but married
men know better.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
NJ by Friends in the United
ststes, Relatives Hesitate to
Exchange Them.
PoWD BANK LOBB!ES DAILY
=, Fluctuations in Doubt Whether
fsy Should Sell or wait-when
euror of Vis. Starts Line
Thins Rapidly.

-NornIists seeking to pre-
sermons upon the ours of riches
i, find convincing material daily
No crowded Iobh'es of Berlin banks.
,,s are gathered the most unhappy
,rlp of Berlin-the poor with Ameri-
dollars
ps,bops there is nothing more COW
a today than dollars. All Germany
literally gone lid over the desire
possess them. Imagination has
Icet their value far above their ac-
|, worth and as n result Of this pal
s,inr anticipation realization brings
bitter fear that the precious dollar
hand Is not buying every possible
rk The magic coin changes over
M the German who has been rail.
At the visitors rom countries with
N "yaluata" to theoretical capital
hoping that on the day he Cashes
dollar the marx will 20 utterly to
.arue Sums Sent From America.
Ind Il is the poor who are now re-
wing the coveted currency. Hun
Ms Of Germans in America. hearing
the crash Of German marks. have
/ checks. drafts and postal orders
sums from 81 20 $50 to poor rela-
es They flock 20 the banks when
doors open in the morning. watch
figures on the bulletin boards an
5rnclng the fluctuations of the ex-
tnge tremblingly approach the cash
q and then decide to wait for one
)re hour in the 'ope that the trend
y be upward again. Perhaps the
b hour brings II drop OF one or two
lns Panic-stricken the holders of
Iall checks bcsieCe the windows to
load their hOldin $ before there Is n
fther drop.
prosperous stranger who has no
liars TO cash, however. enters. He
Overheard by n dmId seller telling
Pc friend that he had I: straight
|n the ministry of finance that the
4 rE Is going to droi heavil.' in few
b.
Rumors Cause Tortures.
Pie dollar holders nearest the win
y swallow rising Jumps In their
foats and the lin begins TO thin ont
Pdly, AT this loment the bulletin
frd shows an encouraging rise and
nerSplrlng dollar holders 20
fough living torture. They either
p by cashing their checks for what
n they can get or by leaving the
ph completely crushed b! indeci-
p Likely they have lost n half or
Fho'e days wort ari still hold their
FhpIed checks and their deep deter
patton to get all the marks possible
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
'I'ty Letters in Students Name.

[,puuOn.-ln the list of matriculutlon
! rn, r'''hs In Ceylon. Colombo. for
|ns ,'ers'ty of London. appears a
n wh,', ",''' can be written. with care,
boon outside of Ceylon, has not
h n r properly pronounced. 1t is
lrma.a Observation-Disclosures
'' de Silva Wijesekers."
The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
Terrible Force of Habit.

As an illustration of the terrible
force Of habit, there is the story of
the man who had been visiting at the
home of a millionaire. When he re-
turned to his boarding house he alb
sent-mindedly left his shoes outside
his door to be shined by the butler
When he looked for the shoes the next
morning one Of the other boarders had
made away with them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-02
EAST ARLINGTON

Fred Reginald entertained his
brother from Wallingford a few days
last week
Daniel Walsh spent few days in
Readsboro last week visiting his son
Dr. f. A. Walsh.
Miss Ethel Lawrence entertained
her Sunday school class Monday by
giving them a picnic.
Robert Parkinson, who works at
Salem, n. Y, spent the week end in
town with his family.
Adolf St. George has purchased a
new bort car Arsene Bushway
bought Mr. ST Georges Ford
Born Sunday, July 80, a son to Mr..
and Mrs John Doyle at Putnam
Memorial Hospital Bennington.
Mr. and Mrs. r. H. Walker Friday
evening gave party for their son,
Wesley who left Tuesday for Camp
Deyens.
Aleck Gaucher and son OF New
York are spending a few days yaca.
ton in town with his mother, Mrs.
NJ Gaucher.
Almon Dufrenes, Jess Hayden and
Ed Derosia were home over Sunday
from Hoosick where they all work
on a lumber job.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bumper and
family OF Brooklyn have been spend
Ing few days in town Mr. Dump
er is a Hale company's salesman.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mayhem ant
son, Robert, have been spending
few days at Manchester with Mrs
Mayhew's sister, Mrs E. d. Soule.
Mrs. Sarah Brooks OF Adams.
Mass, who has been spending a few
days in town visiting her sisterin
law. Mrs. Sarah Budro, returned Mon
day
The sympathy Of the community is
extended to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Mann. jr, over the loss OF their lit
tie son who died at birth carly Sat
urday morning.
Gordon Hard, Wesley Walker,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-02
STAMFORD

The Baptist church is being re-
painted
Billy and Lucratia Seymour went
to Pittsfeld Sunday
Rev Hague of Connecticut called on
William Richie Sunday
Many farmers have finished hay.
ing and report good crop of hay.
Miss Cowles OF New York city
spent the week end with friends in
town.
Mrs. Beals and Mrs Oscar Thayer
of North Adams visited at the Ebert's
home last Friday,
The ladies of the Baptist church will
meet Friday to clean the church Sup
per will be served.
X. b, Gaindo of New York city is
spending a few days with his family
at Mrs. .Seymours.
The, Stamford Valley Grange viii
meet in the usual place next Monday
evening, August It'll
Misses Clarabel and Alice Dowd
of North Adams were guests of Miss
Marion Blood Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Foster and Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Foster Motored to
Mr.. Hathaway's Sunday,
Born, at the North Adams hospital,
July &c, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Ross, of Stamford
The Girls Sewing club met with
Mrs. NJ d, Marcellus last Tuesday.
All had a very enjoyable time.
Rev A. E. Place will preach next
Sunday morning on Service" and in
the evening his topic will be on
Elijah. "
Mrs. S. NJ Dickinson and Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Dickinson and son of
Troy were guests at the home of Geo.
Estes recently.
Mr. and Mrs Chippendale Of North
Adams have rented the home Of Mrs.
c. Holden during August and Septem-
ur Mrs. Holden will stay with her
mother in Cheshire
Henry Seymour and friend Of
Evansburg, Pa, visited at his sum
mer home here a few days last week.
They returned Sunday
as -a- tnsau araIs 40 4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-02
NORTH BENNINGTON

The lawn party which was scheduI.
ed for last evening for the benefit of
st. Johns church, North Bennington,
and which was postponed on account
OF the rain will be held this evening
II the weather permits. II 1t should
rain, it viii be held the first pleasant
evening this week.
The Woman's Missionary society
Of the Methodist church will meet
with Mrs. j. ]. Brimmer at Hooslck
~ y, Friday afternoon. Miss Leola
Green home missionary from the
Deaconess School in Wilmington,
Delaware, will tell Of her work in
that city.