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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
No Orders at Fort Bliss.

San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 17.-Ma-
jor General John L. Hines, comman-
der of the Eighth corps area, is
looking to Brigadier General Robert
L. Howe, commander at Fort Bliss,
to protect American interests on the
border without special instructions.
No report from General Howe on
concentrating of troops at Fort Bliss
has been received, Major General
Hines said today, and also said he
had sent no instructions to Fort
Bliss. No instructions from the war
department calling for alertness
along the border have been received
at the Eighth corps headquarters, he
said,
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
Ulster Unionists Released.

Belfast, Feb. 17.-Forty-two Ul-
ster unionists, kidnapped during the
recent raids across the border from
the south, have been released. Mich
ael Collins. head of the provisional
government, today telegraphed Co
lonial Secretary Curchill that he had
succeeded in obtaining the liberation
of this number of prisoners.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
TYPOS GET INCREASE

Quebec, Feb. ia wage increase
of SIS weekly was granted to Inter
national Typographical Union mem
hers working in newspaper plants
The newspaper workers recently
threatened to strike unless ther de-
mands were met.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
NEW BRIDGE CAN
BE BUILT WITH
PRESENT TOLLS
Total Receipts During
Year 1920 Foot Up
$I78o4.45
INCREASE OF s6,669.05
This Will Increase With
Equitable System of
Collections

In line with the lnformatlon the
Joint committee from the Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
lis securing is a statement compiled by
County Commissioner Charles Burt on
the probable revenue from a new
bridge across the st. Johns river here,
as compared with tolls collected un-
der the present system.
The statement compiled by Com
missioner Burt shows that during the
year 1921 $17,s94.45 was collected
against $11,225.40 for 1920, an in
crease in collections of $6,669.O5, or
approximately thirty three and a
third per cent. "A
1t will be remembered that during
the latter part of 1920 there was an
agitation for a more businesslike me-
thod of collecting tolls on the bridge,
The county commissioners gave the
matter considerable attention, and
Commissioner Burt was especially ac-
tive in seeing to it that collections
were made in accordance with the
rules made by the board. There was
an immediate increase in receipts.
Several changes were made in bridge
tenders, and on each occasion receipts
jumped up Immediately, and until j..
j. Grooms, the present tender went on
duty the receipts would gradually
fall off. Mr.. Grooms has kept them
up to a good average, the collections
for December 1921 being nearly a
thousand dollars more than they were
in 1920. Il
As an indication of the steady in
crease in the amounts received from
tolls are itemized statements of re-
ce;pts during January for the three
years. In 1920 the revenue was
$767.3O; in 1921, $1,129.1O, and in the
january just passed $1,711.30, indica-
ting that if the ration of increase is
maintained the receipts from the
bridge this year will be at least
$25, 900. a
Upkeep Is Ruinous.
The upkeep on the present bridge
practically wipes out the toll collec-
tions for the year. Within very
short time it will be necessary to re-
place a great portion of the structure
at heavy cost. A new concrete bridge
would eliminate this heavy burden
permitting the diversion of a suffi-
cient sum to pay the interest on
bonds, as well as sinking fund. The
expense Of operating a concrete bridge
with an electric draw, would be about
$4,000 per year, and with a constant
ly increasing traffic, and with better
collection systems the bridge could be
made to yield, it is estimated $4,000
per year. a
1T is pointed out that Jacksonville's
magnificent bridge was built with the
idea that it would pay for itself in
twenty years. At the present rate
of tolls being taken it will pay for
itself in less than seven years, even
though there be no increase in travel
over the structure. Il
The following table of collections
over the st. Johns river bridge here,
as at present operated, will indicate
how the revenue runs per month:
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
No Sign at Juarez.
(By Associated Press)

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 17.-Despite
the failure of Mexican revolutionists
to attack Juarez, opposite here, as it
was rumored they intended to do,
and the assertion of General Eugenio
Martinez, commander of the north
ern military zone of Mexico, that
there was no sign of revolutionary
activity in the zone, the First Unit
ed States cavalry, stationed at Fort
Bliss here, still was held in camp
this morning in readiness for emer-
gencies.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
Farmers Oppose Tax Plan.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE American
Farm Bureau federation in a state
ment today declared reports to it
showed that organized agriculture is
opposed to any form of sales or con-
sumption tax as means of raising
money for a soldiers bonus.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
Ulster Is More Contented.

tby ASSOCIATED fressD
Belfast, Feb. 17.-Return to their
homes of large number of the kid
mapped unionists has had a stimu-
lating effect on public opinion in
Ulster, but the situation on the obr-
der continues to be one of danger
owing to the proximity of rival
forces a tsome points.
News of the arrangement for liai-
son commissions on each side of the
frontier also was received with sat-
asfaction and the hope is widely ex-
pressed that they will become oper-
ative as quickly as possible. Appar-
emily, however, considerable prelim-
mary work is necessary before the
commissions can begin to function.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-17
Will Pass Bill, Says FOrdney.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE bonus
bill will be reported to republican
caucus within the next ten days
"and a republican house will pass it,
Chairman Fordney, of the ways and
means committee, declared in the
house today.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-01-19
YOUNG MAN, COME
EAST IS ADVISED
Mass. Executive Claims His
State Offers a Surprise
to Farmers.
New Agricultural Boom Will
Enrich Those Who Till
Bay State Soil.
BY CHARLES H. Cox,
Governor of Massachusetts.

EDIToR's NoTE. - Massachusetts
years ago dropped, apparently from
the race for farm production and its
Young men left the soil held to be
norm out for the rich and cheap land
of the west. The lands in the west
are no longer cheap and modern
farm science has discovered that the
eastern soil is not useless while econ
omic experts have pointed the dd-
pantages of a neighboring market to
production. That is why the govern
,or, Charles H. Cox, is anxious to tell
the world that the farm lands Of the
old state are once more to come into
their own and every acre worked
means one more unit of productive
ness to counterbalance the CONNER
cial slump that followed the recon-
struction period that followed the
mar.
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Young man come east.


Over half a century ago a great
man gave the opposite advice. The
world of opportunity seemed to rest
beyond the Mississippi and the rich
lands of the prairie states waited
only the drive of the plow to enrich
whosoever cared to labor. The young
men went, went by thousands from
Massachusetts alone, and many of
them did find opportunity. AS the
reports of the WONDERS OF the soh
came back east from fertile Iowa,
from prodigious Kansas, and even
further west, the farms of the old
Bay State fell more and more into
the class of "has been," the youth
whose strength and ambition was
needed to draw the best from the
earth had gone on, the hired labor
that replaced it was indifferent and
careless. The production fell lower
and lower, the soil each year seemed
more stubborn and unyielding. The
farms that bloomed in beauty and
richness in the days following the
Revolution passed on into poorly
planted, poorly worked areas that
were a drug on the market and Mass
achusetts became more and more a
manufacturing state.
During the late war the labor de-
mands from factories forced upward
the wage scale until the farm lands
occupied were drained of every sort
Of labor and agriculture in Massa-
chusetts was almost lost art Near
Ily 100000 people lived within its
borders and those 100000 depend
ed and still do depend to a large ex-
tent on produce raised without the
borders. Less than S per cent OF the
population are engaged in farming
Industries. Wealth from the states
fisheries continues to pour in. The
annual fish stock received each year
at the docks runs from 250,000,000
to 800, 100000 pounds. With nearly
three billions Of dollars invested in
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2S,OOO,OOO people, about one-fourth
of the population of the United
States. Massachusetts, at present is
not able to grow food enough to feed
the people of Boston alone.
The Cape Cod strawberry grow
erS formed an association in 1918
and they now have about one hun
dred members. These men pool
their orders in the purchase of fer
tilizerS, baskets, ETC., and by proper
sorting and other modern marketing
methods receive about ten cents per
box more than they formerly receiv-
ed for their berries. This has en-
couraged a much larger planting and
leads to a flourishing industry.
Only one variety of the berry is
grown. 1t is called Echo, and seems
peculiarly adapted to Cape condi-
tons. The berries are brought to
the railroad station, where the agent
takes charge of them, giving each
man ticket or a slip by which rec
ord of his shipment is kept. If the
berries are to be shipped very far
special iced cars are used. The cost
of the ice has been much reduced
through the associations work. For
merly the growers had to pay thirty
FIVE cents a crate for having the ber-
ries carted from the station in Bos-
ton to the market district, This cost
has been reduced to eight cents a
crate, in itself material saving.
Growers ASSOCIATIONS.
THE Cape Cod Cranberry Grow
ers' Association, the onion and to-
bacco growers of the Connecticut
Valley, the apple growers in the Con-
cord section of the state, are carry
ing on the same type of cooperative
effort. This brings an adequate fl
nancial return, which stimulates the
industry into rapid growth. The
work of the State Agricultural Col
lege and the State Department OF
Agriculture in developing markets
and reducing the cost OF marketing
has been a large factor in this rapic
growth of Massachusetts, farming
New and improved varieties are be-
ing produced at the experiment Sta
ton of the Massachusetts Agricultur
al College and the most recent meth
DDS of culture and fertilization taugh
, at the College and other agricultural
schools Of the state.
: AGRICULTURAL CLUB Work.
"The most significant development
and the one which gives great prom
ise is the growth Of the boys an(
girls agricultural club work OF tht
state. AT present over 100000 boy
and girls are engaged in such work
, large numbers Of whom keep accur
ate records and write report o
, their work at the end Of the year
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emg Stomik. She told him she did
dent slap me there. & she diddent.
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good judgemint.
Saturday-ma went to a mlllnary
stoar tonite & got soar at pa because
me & him LATED when she wanted to
try on a pritty hat witch wassent no
hat but insted was the lamp shade.
Sunday-The minister was at are
house for dinner & he sed they war
sent nothing that perduces so much
peace Of mind as good homes & good
wifes & nice Children like are house
is. pa wispered to me & sed that
was trew that he all ways was a get
ting a peace Of mind. he ment mas
mind.
Monday-Pa went to wirk today &
got let out. he asst the boss wasseni
his wirk satisfacktry & the boss sed
Yes sir it is. Pa sed Then what is
the reeson | get canned. the boss up
& sed Yure wirk is all k only they
Iissent enuff Of it.
Tuesday-got in bad agen with the
teecher today. was climeing up the
rane water spout & she hollered ur
at me & sed | woodent do that Stats
* sed to her ! CESS you woodent
because you cuddent. She waited
till | come down & TUX me in 4 ker
me after skool.
Wednesday-Jake got a licking
this evning. so | went with pa & ms
to see a mother new baby witch is II
town. He was cute little thing
She was Iieing on the bed a hollerlnl
and kicking real hard K | sed to hi'
ma what is it doing & she LATED 8
smiled & sed He is doing the dinner
dance. II is a boy or else a girl bu
they haven't give lame to her yet
Thursday forgot to wash my
hans and face this morning & wher
| started to set down ma slapped me
pa sed Shame on you Emmy yor
shuddent ought to slap the boy on (
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-01-19
Honey Philosophy for 1922

A cycle of seven years has Just
ended. Look back at it, reader, and
appraiSe that cycle if you can War,
peshlence, famine and a grand finale
of hard times. Let US start a new
cycle of seven years, with the deter
mination, each of us, 20 do our part
to make the world and our neighbor
forget the horrorstricken seven years
that went before. Tie rulers and
politicians have been busy making
new maps. Let us make map Of
our own, better than all the others
because we have placed Utopia upon
n
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-01-19
If "Blocs Are Bad the Farm.
ers Will Cure Them.

There is great excitement in the
big city papers over the agricultural
bloc" in Congress. 1t seems that il
is a most terrible thing for Senators
elected to represent farming states
to really represent their constituents
regardless of politics.
Yet, if these same representatives
of farming states went TO Washing
ton and thereafter gave their atten,
ton and their votes to the financial
and manufacturing interests there
would be no outcY at all.
Every American knows that fol
more than half centuY-aye, fol
a century-the financial interests
have been we'll looked after in Con
gress. When Wall Street decided
upon a certain policy, many Demo
cratic and Republican Congressmer
forgot their politics to unite for, anc
to make into laws, such importan
bills as the great fnanciers and cap
tains of industry demanded. 1t i:
true that off and on certain progress
ives of both parties-9ometimes lee
| by a Roosevelt or Bryan-protestec
against all the good things of legis
Ilation going to one class of business
men and none to the class of bushes:
represented by the farmer and tht
small tradesman. But they wert
smiled upon indulgently or sneerec
at, and the "bloc" in Congress wen
on voting for Big Business the samt
as ever.
1t was inevitable that other "blocs'
would spring up. If the great farm
/ Iing-stock raising industry could ge
nothing from the government, it wa:
natural that it would take the very
steps that were plainly successful 10
other interests.
The agricultural "bloc" has beer
the result.
They say "like cures like" If tht
"bloc" that has represented high Fl
nance for century was bad thing
perhaps the new "bloc" which 81
much distresses the Eastern newspa
Ipers and politicians and big guns gen
orally will cure the whole bloc
business. Anyway, the country folk
at last have something to trade with
and trade on.
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its factories and nearly a billion dol
lars paid in wages each year, there
is no lack of cash with which to pur-
chase the product Of the farm; the
question is, shall that money remain
in the state to be respent at the doors
of the manufacturer or shall it 60
forth and return only in part?
This brings us to the importance
of cheap food in the development of
an industrial community. Food to be
cheap must be produced cheaply,
transported cheaply, and marketed
cheaply. The rise of any of these
units is instantly felt by the other
two and, of course, by the consumer.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
Two of the requirements, cheap
production and cheap marketing
Massachusetts, has enjoyed in rela-
ton to its neighbors and even to
those western states whose very ex-
iStence is agriculture. The third
unit transportation, has become more
and more important to the marketing
and distribution of foodstuffs, and
there lies the advantage to Massa-
chusetts with its four million citi-
zenS. If Massachusetts, can produce
and market its agriculture as cheap
| ly as communities outside its borders
and then add to that reduction in
rates through shortage of haul il is a
simple problem to solve to arrive al
the decision that Massachusetts can
undersell its rivals outside its bor-
ders or enter an active competition
with a greater margin of profit than
will be gained by those bearing the
overhead of large freight or ex.
press cost.
An investigation by DR.. Arthur W
Gilbert, our commissioner of agri
culture, gave birth to report which
says in part
If man can purchase good farm
land in New England at SIS per acre
while his western cousin must pay
$3.50; if by expending reasonable
energy and a comparatively small
sum for fertilization, he can get a,
much or more out of the land as tht
westerner can; if, for example, hi
can get his fruits to the finest marke
in the world day after they art
gathered, as against week, letting
his fruit ripen on the tree or til,
bush instead Of in the freight car
and, if he can get it to the consume
for about one-fourth the freigh
charges paid by his western cousin
what must he conclude?
REBUILDING AGRICULTURE.
"It is especially important from
every point of view that Massachu
sets and New England agricultur
should be Immediately rebuilt. With
in 800 miles of Boston are nearl
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emY Stomik, She told him she did
dent slap me there. s she diddent.
The oldest pupil in the physiology
class was lust at the age when hui
manity-that is, humanity as embOd-
led in girlS-waS far more interest
ing to him than any other study. So
he suddenly awoke to alert attention
when he heard the teacher remark
People who drink too much coffee
get what is known as coffee-heart
and men who use too much tobacco
get tobacco-heart.'
The oldest pupil frantically waved
his hand.
We'll, what is it, Herbert" :" the
teacher asked, pleased by this un'
usual show of interest.
What | want to know is this,
Herbert burst out; "if a fellow eats
lots of sweets will he get a sweet
heart ?"-LadieS Home Journal.
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ABSOLUTELY.

1t was when they started school
for the seamen on the U. S. S. Mis-
souri. A young ensign, assigned to
instruct the class in grammar, de-
manded: What are the two princi-
pal parts of a sentence? and waited
for the inevitable reply: Subject
and predicate.
But it was not forthcoming. In
stead a veteran COB shook his head
sadly and replied:
SOLITARY confinement on breac
and water."-The American Legion
Weekly.
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the rode they taWK ABOUT
in Sunda skool and
chirch & she sed hows
that & | replyed & sed it
was strate & narraw.
When | seen | had hirt
her feelings | give her
the 3 sticks Of chung
gum frum my pack. she
threw back her he'd &
then walked off. so
CESS she IS mad enuff
that | will hafta by her
25c wirth Of choklets. il
She gets to xpensive
will quit her & get me
poor girl witch has
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ing the way in admitting its present
plight Other states should follow
suit in the campaign for LESS NEED
FOR TAX REVENUE RATHER
THAN MORE REVENUE. - The
Manufacturer.
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CprAr AMERICAN LANDMARKS.

GREAT AMERICAN LANDMARKS.
He was showing the fair guest the
sights in Springfield, Ill.
"And is that dirty little shack the
place where Lincoln lived?" she in
quired, ,,
Heavens, now he replied. why
do you ask ?" =,
For answer she pointed to small
tin sign that tapped on the wall. II
read: UNION LEADER.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-01-19

School teacher Ito little boy): IF
a farmer raises 300 bushels OF
wheat and sells it for $3.50 per BUSH
el, what will he get|
Little Boy: An automobile, -
| Christian Advocate.
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Stats Diary.
By ROSS FARQUHAR

Friday-Jane got mad at me today
because | sed she reminded me of
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-05
Critcher Theater Tonight

That eminent stage and screen actor,
william Farnum will be seen at the
Critchcr theater tonight in his master
piece, If ] Were King In this won
derful production he takes the charac-
ter of Francois Villon, who wins the
love of a great lady. One Noel lie Jolys
also had loved the lady. He is angry
and taunts Villon. Villon is about to
ride off to battle against the Duke of
burgundy when he. insults Vilion.
From then on there are many thrills
In this screen story of vagabond poet
who saved the day for France.
In fact it is stirring tale of a devil
may-care rogue who won glory for
France and captured the heart of a no
bic woman.
1t tells OF love aud adventure in
which a staggering ne'er-do- well be-
comes the great man OF France, and in
which William Farnum wins fresh re-
nown as the greatest of romantic ac-
tors,
There will also be a comedy, "Stcalin'
Home" at the Critcher tonight.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-05
GRAND OPERA ENJOYS
SUCCESSFUL SEASON

Despite generally adverse business
conditions thruout the country which
have affected many branches of the
amusement field there seems to be a
demand for entertainments of the
higher grade greater than ever before.
This is especially true of grand opera
this season and the San Carlo Grand
onsra which comes to the Burns thea
ter, Colorado Springs for one night on
Friday, January 6, is enjoying the
most successful and prosperous sea-
son in it's history.
The Colorado Springs engagement
follows the New York, Boston and
Philadelphia subscriptions seasons in
which cities the San Carlo played to
capacity audiences In the largest opera
houses in this country and received
warm praise from the critics and the
public alike for the artistic excellence
of their performances. In Philadel-
phia a repertoire Of nineteen operas
was given among them Lucia Di
Lammermoor" which will be the
opera that will be sung at the Burns
theater. The same cast will be heard
hero that was heard in this opera in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Fortune Gallo. general director of
the san Carlo organization has added
greatly to the strength OF his COM
pany this season by the additiou of
several new artists who have won
fame in the opera houses of Europe
and South America. These new sing
crs include, sopranos, Contraltos,
tenors and baritone and several of
them will be heard here in the per-
formance of Lucia Di Lammer-
moor" Tho announcement that the
San Carlo Grand Opera will be heard
here is creating much interest among
the society leaders and also among
the resident guests at the leading
hotels. Special parties from Pueblo
and Cripple Creek also arc planning
70 attend the san Carlo performance
and many advance reservations for
choice seats already have been re-
celved
Among the artists who Will be heard
for the first time in this city VIII he
Josephine Lucchese. brilliant,
young. coloratura soprano. who has
created a yertlshle sensation in the
cast, Romeo Boscscci, . tenor of re-
putc who has been acclaimed as a
splendid artist not only in this coun
try but in Europe rs well. Anita Xii
nova. "A mezzo-sopraro. with a beauti
;ul voice, Joseph Royer the French
Canadian baritone, Pietro DcBiasl. a
favoritc baso Joseph hudson. Antonio
Canova and others.