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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24
TEN YEARS AGO.

May "a was Friday. The Telegram
reported the birth of son to Mr..
and Mrs. A. d. Doring. The Per-
y-Tharp-Berry Music Co. received
two loads of pianos, said to be the
largest such shipment ever received
by a South Florida concern.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

DYNAMITED ELECTRIC TOWER
Charleston, w. Va, May 24.-The
electric transmission line tower of the
Virginia Power Company was dyna-
mited today near EIberton. Eight coal
mines we're closed as a resul!.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Mrs. Reid Tillis. daughter, Miss
Gsie and son, Clifford, have returned
Gm Safety Harbor where they have
Jeen vacationing for the last two
weeks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24
MORE pAueHERrY CHARGES

Washington, May 24-Attorney Gen.
eral Daugherty was charged by Sen
ator Caraway, OF Arkansas, speak
ing today in the Senate, with having
assigned secret service operatives to
hadow members of Congress. ..... Gee.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

D. N. Herring, 1926 West Lemon
street, has returned from a ten days
visit with his parents in Roseboro
North Carolina
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Mrs. Lilly Worren, of 80 West
Lemon street, has returned from Jack
sonville, where she attended the
Southern Baptist convention.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

The many friends of Mrs. Russell
Alderman will regret to learn that she
is i'll at her home, 20S East Oak
street,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Frank A. Jackson of Jacksonville,
state secretary of the Young Men >
Christian Association, was in the
city a short while today on his way
to a conference at Crooked Lake.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Rey, Of Tampa
are in Lakeland for a short visit with
Mrs. Rey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T
l.. Waring.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Mrs. Arthur Edwards and son, Til
lis, have returned from Safety Har-
Dor where they spent several days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Benz Getzoff is suffering a painful
burn on his left hand the result of the
unexpected combustion of a box of
matches.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24
RussIANJTALIAN TREATY

Genoa, May "a commercial
trea y between Soviet Russia and Italy
was signed in iho royal palace this
afternoon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hart, former
Lakelanders who now live in Miami,
delighted their Lakeland friends by
dropping into town Thursday evening
for a few days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Guy Wilson and Cliff Anderson are
among the ex-Lakelanders in the city
today from Tampa on business.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

Dr. J. Edgar Wilson is able to be
cut again after a serious illness, and
his many friends are pleased to know
of his recovery.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24

William Watson. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Watson of South Florida
avenue, is expected home Thursday
day night from Auburn, Alabama,
where he is a student at the Univer.
sity of Alabama.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24
CHURCH REPORTER.

neutrality-suspicious. instalIment
collector. Single man preferred.
Apply at once. Lakeland JeweIry Co
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02

is no more biting commentary on oul
modern life than that cynical aphor
ism to which it has given currency
business is business" That busines:
should become Its own SYNONYM,
as some one has put it, is a shameful
thing, and the farmer who thinks Of
the farming business as having nc
object beyond mere financial success
is in fair way to miss the best Of
life.
There is a great class of forward.
looking farmers in this country who
know better than that, We may rest
assured that these men, in working
out the vexing problems that the ag-
ricultural slump has spawned, will
not be so foolish as to forget that the
question of the financial future of
American farming is inextricably
connected with the question of bet
tel living in the farm home and the
farm community.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02
THE NATIONAL TARGET.

If the President is silent he's a
sneak. If he does lot of talk
in, he's fool. If he hap
pens to be honest, he's a freak, or
hasn't got the Judgment of a mule
If he irritates the bosses he's a crook.
II he does a thing, he never gets it
right. Whichever way he turns
he sees a spook, and dreams about
the devil every night. If he
should get to feeiin jestly proud of
any noble plan that he has sprung, it
brings the maledictions from the
crowd, that figgers every day to get
him hung. And, when he sends
a message to the whelps that prac-
tice all the deviltry they can, the pea
nut press pulls off is coat an helps
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02
THE GOAL Of THE
FUTURE FARMER,
IS BETTER LIVING
Holds American Farmer Is In
Death Valley Period.
Government Agricultural Head
Gives Hopes for a Better
Future, However.
Declares Farms Must Be Plac
ed on Scientific Production
Basis for Results.
BY H. c. TAYLOR,
Chief of the Bureau of Markets, U.
S. Department of Agriculture.

| ~ DSfHtH'Si1t " hS'fSHHWo'
EDlToR's NoTE. H. C. Taylor,
chief of the Bureau of Markets for
the United States Department of Ag-
ricuHure, is both a scientific and "old
faShionef' farmer While his years
Of specialization and intensive study
have given him a vide background on
which to base theory and practice, he
has also undertaken the task of un-
derStaHding the actual conditions
which confront the American farmer.
He is recognized as one of the men
pho Mil light the nay for the Ameri-
can agricuHuriSt to a future of great
er production and ever reducing op-
erhedd.
The American farmer is now pass
ing through barren and inhospit-
able waste, sort Of Death Valley
among his landmarks. Having been
through such experiences before, we
may confidently count on coming
through as we always have in the
past, but we are living in a FOOLS par
adise if by that token we hope to
come out at the same place we went
in. We might as we'll admit once
for all that the good old times" Of
American agriculture, the free and
easy times Of cheap land, continually
advancing in price, are gone forever.
The change of base was inevitable.
Henceforth, instead Of an agriculture
conducted loosely, with one eye on
the increment in land value, we must
have a tight and rational agriculture
based upon sound agronomy and ami
NAL husbandry and a knowledge Of
the cost Of production and Of market
conditions. Henceforth we must con-
duct our farming operations so that
they will yield profits on a farming
basis, rather than as side line in a
speculative deal in real estate.
This being the situation, what of
the outlook?
WoRsT Is PAST.
From the purely economic side
the outlook is dark enough, though
there is reason to believe that the
worst is now past. The consuming
public seems to have no conception
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02
$E:;;sz

Max Gorfkle, Pen ileton business
man, was in this city short time on
Saturday last, attending the meeting
of Morrow county sheepmen. Max
reports that business with him has
been very dull during tire past year.
the bottom dropping out of hides and
junk, and he is experiencing hard
time coming back" He is happy,
nevertheless. He is the father of a
bouncing boy, now one month old,
and is making no complaint.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02
Community Service

OF the plight in which the farmer ha.
been left by the slump in farm prices
All that the consumer knows is tha
retail prices have not come down tC
anywhere near the pre-war level anC
he may assume that the farmer i:
still getting high prices, when, as .
matter of fact, he is getting smaller
net returns for his product than he
got in 1918, and in dollars that will
buy only about half as much per dol
lar as would his 1918 dollars.
Take a concrete example. The U
S. Department of Agriculture has
made an annual analysis of the busi.
ness of 1000 representative farms in
central Indiana for the past eight
years. In 1913 the average net in.
come of these farms, the return for
both labor and capital, was ST ,503. In
1920 the net income was only ST. ,269.
However, this falling off does not
measure the actual decline in the far
merS income, for in 1920 wholesale
prices of commodities other than
farm products averaged more than
two-and-a-half times as high as the
corresponding prices in 1918. That
is, it took at least S2.59 of this 1920
income to buy what a dollar would
have bought in 1918. Consequently
with total smaller by over $500,
and a dollar shrunk to forty cents,
the average 1920 income of the
group Of farms in question would
Guy not more than one-third as much
az would the average for 1918.
Since the current year, thus far,
certainly has been no more favorable
to the farmer than was 1920, we may
gain from the plight of these Indiana
farmers fairly good idea of the
Flight Of the American farmer at
large. 1t should be borne in mind in
this connection that the above COM
parsons are drawn on the basis of
wholesale prices, that the farmer Gus
tomarily buys at retail and sells at
wholesale, and that retail prices are
still relatively very much higher than
wholesale prices. 1t is also important
to note that, though wholesale prices
have fallen since 1920, the prices of
farm products hace fallen much ta.
ther than those of other commodities.
With these facts in view, it is clear
that we have not shown the condi-
ton of these Indiana farmers in its
worst possible aspect. Some farmers
have doubtless done better in the
past year and half than have these
men; many, especially in the South,
certainly have not done so well. On
the whole,I think we may say that
The above is a conservative statement
of a representative situation.
Is it possible to CLEAN any comfort
from such a situation?
From the strictly economic stand
ooint it takes very close study Of the
price curves, and perhaps a bias TO-
ward optimism, to detect signs Of i'm
orovement, but it begins to look as
hough the farm price curve has
Tipped as low as it is going on this
wing.
MORE OPTIMISTIC.
There is another point of view,
lowever, from which the outlook is
more definitely encouraging. If we
urn for the time from the cold, sta
istical viewpoint, and consider the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02
~ Poem By
SE3R1I1nc1e John

tc cruelty that poor, tormented man!
lreckon that there never was
a soul, that gets so little comforts out
OF life, when every moral polecat
leaves his hole, to hurl a batch of
venom at his wife. In hate
to be the President-elect; | wouldn't
be the President-that was. &.
I'd be so hard to deal with, expect
Id make EN- go an wash their dirty
paws. | wouldn't be NAL
treated by the mob, that every brand
of hellishneSs creates. Id
sooner tackle any other job, than
President of these United States.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02

Miss Margaret Crawford, who is
teaching near Morgan, visited with
her parents in this city on Saturday,
returning to her school work on Sum-
day-
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-02

Tom Boylen, one of the leading
sheepmen of Umatilla county, was
in Heppner on Saturday attending
the meeting of Morrow county wool
growers.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
CLEARING TOWN STREETS.
Infantry at Fordsburg Take Many
Rebel Prisoners.

By the Associated Press.
JOHANNESBURG. March 1S.-Ad-
vices from Fordsburg timed late yes
terday report that government in
fantry was then clearing the streets
after the capture of the town from
the rebels. Many prisoners had been
taken and the remainder were re-
firing on the Langlaate river.
Leaflets were dropped by airplanes
warning the women and children to
cave before the town was bombarded.
There was an immediate response, a
steady stream of refugees proceeding
to a special camp outside the zone OF
bombardment.
Although the houses. in FordsburE
had been deserted by the men. only
women and children being found
when the government forces entered.
snipinE at the government troops
continued. One of the snipers. ap-
parently a woman, was shot, but
when the body was recovered it was
ans clothing. Women carrying white
flaes sheltered some of the rebels,
according to the military reports.
while groups of children surrounded
other rebels to facilitate their escape.
Transvaal Scottish forces took
DUnSwart on SUNDAY Dy llontdi ~.
tack with the bayonet, but the
stretcher bearers were unable to re-
move the wounded. owing to con-
tinued firing from the houses. until
endorsements arrived in the after
noon, the reports state.
Every house on the main street Of
Benoni. captured last week. was
found fortified, and barricades had
been placed in the streets. On Sun
day night houses and shops were
ransacked and saloons were looted.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
GilleH May Stand Against .
Rules Suspension for Bonus

that claims agains: the government
amounting to 81, go. 100000, now before
the Department Of Justice. should De
taken into consideration in connection
with any discussion Of the bonus auee,
tion. The government. he added, wouio
be lucky" II Il settled these claims
for ''as little as SO cents on the dollar.
Large Patent Amounts.
"It might interest those Tho are de.
batting the question of a soldier bonus,
Nj. Daugherty said. 30 kEow hat in
round numbers claims involving 2l,.50.
Oh0. 900 are now on file under the rooi
OF the Department of Justice. or this
amount $3.50. .00O. 900 arise out OF alleged
infringement OF patents alone. fhell
there are $10.o00,000 which come oul
OF the Shipping Board. The board g
claims, however, do not include .hose
now being dealt with by the claims
commission set up by the board itsell.
''These Claims" the Attorney Genera
continued. ''are In the process OF az
justmenf. some in dispute and some II
preparation. The government Will oe
l,,cky II Il settles these claims 1or at
little as so cents on the dollar.
'It IL no part of the Department
of Justice to deal with the bonus issue
direct. Nor do mean to express any
views upon that question at the mo-
ment. But It is proper for the Depart
rnent Of Justice to call attention to the
financing in connection with these
claims ~ contribution to 6hr general
discvssion that Is now going on. rms
financing for the most part will have
to be provided for within another year.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
URGED As NEED OF DAY
Remedy for Present Conditions in
Country, Mid-Lenten Meeting
Is Told,

At the mid-Lenten meeting at
keith's today George Wales. civil
service commf ssioner. presided. On
the platform with him were Assistant
Postmaster General Bartlett. Martin
a. Morrison. Mrs. Helen H. Gardener,
civil service commissioner: City Post
master NJ. .. Chance and John Ihlder
of the United States Chamber Of Com
merce.
After an invocation by Rev. F. p.
Lanxhorne or the Petworth .taptist
Church. William Mather Lewis Of the
was introduced by the presiding Of
fcer. MIR. Lewis referred to the num-
Der of birthday celebrations held an
nually in this country. mentioning
Washing5on's ard Iinccln's birthdays.
hirtc'iays. but said that March Is.
today. lis the most important of ali
birthdays because 1t is the day the
government takes its toll OF our in
come and marks the end Of that
which We have tried to subtract item
is from item y. and make the result An
exemption.
Two thousand years ago they also
paid taxes, and when they asked Christ
in what form taxes should be paid to
the things which are Caesars Ind unto
God the things which are Gods In
my judgment the remedy for the lack
of patriotism, business depression and
social unrest which inflict the world
| today is realization Of the need that
we render unto our government the
things which belong to 1t and unto
Christ the things which are his"
The speaker tomorrow will be Col.
John Temple Graves, whose addresses
in previous years, have drawn record
breaking crowds to these services.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
NEEDS Of ORPHANS
T.: vVDly DEPICTED
Exhibit Shows Countless
Tholsands in Near East De-
: pendent Upon Charity.

/, The needs of countless thousands OF
Christian and Jewish orphans In the
near east are yividly depicted and the
results accomplished by the Near East
Relief in establishing over 400 orphan
ages. hospitals. rescue homes and in
sdustrial plants in that territory. Is
shown in an exhibit In the windows
of the Globe -Wernicke Company.
1918 F street northwest. which
opened today, and marks the begin
ming of the Lenten ofering campaisn
OF the Washington Near East Keller
committee.
Designed by Mrs. Stephens.
The display was designed BY Mrs:
Cabot Stevens. honorary director OF
the local organization. and was deco
rated by GUIDE Brothers, s Rann Sons.
assisted by Mrs. Henry X. Bush
Brown, artist. and Harold Bush
Brown. architect.
Inasmuch as the funds of the Near
East Relief are SO depleted. says
Statement. from headquarters here.
there has been s5 per cent cut in
appropriations overseas, (which
means tina. all their institutions can
not be maintained. and beyond that IL
means that unknown thousands
,nitted. 1t -,eaps daily death OF In
nocents who need only little bread
FIJI n Bowl. Save a Life.
The Near East Relief appeals to
Washingtonians to I'LL a bowl and
save a life" at any one of the tables
in charge OF the following societies.:
The Federation of Women's CLUBS,
Junior League, the Temple and Eiec-
ia Chapters, o. L. S.: Christ Child So
ciety. w. c. T. L.: Ladies' Aid Society
of First Congregational Church. Sis
Seventh Day Adventists College Club.
Interior Department Club. AN Souls
Alliance. p Z. o.. and D. A. r. chap
ters with the women's committee OF
the Near East Relief of washington.
The exhibit will close March 20.
!. Seventeen cents a day or IS month
will care for child. It is said Con-
tributions may be ssnt to John B.
iarner, treasurer. ais Bond building
Evening star., 1922-03-15
STRIKE A PUBLIC AFFAIR.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla. March. 15-Dis-
appointment at the refusal Of the op-
orators to meet the coal miners in
conference in an effort to make q
new contract to replace the one ex-
piring March d was expressed by At
torney General Daugherty. At the
same time he reminded all parties
that the threatened coal strike in-
volved the interests OF the public and
Is not a private controversy.
The public would look to the gov
eminent for protection in the event
of an emergency, the Attorney Gen
eral added.
II think it was a mistake on the
part Of the operators to hold out
against preliminary conference with
nfne workers" Mr.. DauSherty de-
clared. There is contractual re-
They agreed under terms of the 1890
scale agreement to meet and discuss
a new scale. They ought to do so.
And it is fair to remind them that the
government itself is q party to this
contract and therefore has q right to
take a hand in the business"
Expressing the hope that the threat
ened strike would not take place, Mr..
Daugherty added
Il hope the strike will not take place,
Of course, but if it does those imme-
dtately involved might remember that
the country must not be left without
Portation and essential industries" :"
The Attorney General made it plain
that he was not taking sides in the
controversy, but that the public is
vitality interested and that it makes it's
voice heard through the government
Evening star., 1922-03-15
D. c. AWAITS ACTION
ON NEW AUTO TAX
WithhoIds Considering Mary.
land Proposition Pending
Bin's Passage.

The District Commissioners will not
give further consideration to Maryland's
proposal to substitute tax on gasoline
for the annual horsepower charge on
automobiles until the legislature at
Annapolis has acted on the scheme.
This was indicated today by Com
missioner Rudolph, chairman Of the
board Of Commissioners, when asked
what conclusion sthe city heads had
reached on the proposition.
There IL nothing to gain by our
considering the plan further until the
Maryland legislature decides whether 1t
will adopt the gasoline tax for that
state" said the Commissioner.
The state highway commissioner
and the automobile commissioner Of
Maryland came to the District build
ing several months ago and suggest
ed that If the District would join
with Maryland in adopting the gaso-
line tax that state would consider
establishing automobile reciprocity
with Washington tourists.
The bill. proposed by Maryland.
would start with a tax of ! cent per
gallon on gasoline for the first year.
At the end of the year the authorities
would reduce the horsepower charge
by the amount that had been col
lected as a gas tax. The second year
the tax would be cents. and q fur
ther cut made in the horsepower
charge.
After the gasoline tax had replaced
the horsepower charge there would
remain a nominal fee Of 81 10 be
charged each year for the registration
tags.
Although the District Commission
ers are desirous of seeing reciprocity
et;ta blishe between Maryland and
the District. they will consider care
fully the effects Of the proposed plar
on the pocketbooks OF Washington
motorists before agreeing to recon-.
mend the bill to Congress.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
LEWIS HAS NO HOPE.

. Nation wide strike In the union coal
fields on April is inevitable. John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, and Secretary Davis
were said to believe after their con-
ference yesterday.
Mr.. Lewis declared cessation of
work in the union mines after April
l. was coming about automatically,
Ind asserted that "a bold commercial
policy OF the operators, for which the
public must pay" was in part respon-
Sible.
. .If there is no conference between
the miners union and the operators" !"
he added, referring to the bituminous
situation, there can be no wage
contract drawn up. II there Is no
wage contract there won't. be any
coal dug after April 1 in union
mines"
. Mr. Lewis accused mine operators
associations which have sought local
conferences with the union looking
10 the construction Of district con-
tracts Of playing for position and
f;shooting propaganda"
!, Meanwhile, he declared. coal COM
hanies can make q lot OF money" by
refusing to enter conferences, get
fank out strike scares, and frightsn-
Ing consumers into paying high
prices for coal"
He also insisted that district or