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The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

# you have been afraid to go out
in the woods and enjoy the wonderful
perfume and aroma of the countless
flowers scattered everywhere, because
# fear Of poison ivy. you can now
fearlessly go forth and enjoy that re-
creation in forest and glen to your
hearts content. 1t has been found that
the effects Of poison ivy can be neu-
tralized and averted any time within
eight hours after the hand Or face
have been touched by the plant. by
bathing the infected spot with gasoline.
The gas dissolves the poison deposited
on the skin, and no after-effects are
felt. AS soon as the itching makes it.
self felt the gasoline should Be applied.
Poison ivy grows three leaves to each
cluster, either as vine or shrub and
may be avoided by watching out for
it. However, when infected, use gas
cline.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

The New York Stock Exchange has
sent this paper list of its members
and firms and requests us to give them
gratuitous publicity so that lambs may
present themselves to be shorn by these
assumed reputable firms. 1t would
never do to be shorn by curb brokers.
The exchange members having paid
their good money for membership,
alone are privileged to fleece suckers.
! never could get it through my moo
die why the police will grab newsboys
and other small fry who play craps and
penny ante, while the big gamblers Of
the stock exchange go unmoIested and
have all the credit privileges that the
banking laws make possible and pro-
ductive industry and agriculture are
left to languish and perish.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

The plutocratic coal operators are
flooding the country with misleading
propaganda to prejudice the people
against the bituminous coal miners
now on strike, because the law-defy-
ing operators refuse to meet them to
arrange new wage scale on the basis
Of collective bargaining. The public
ought to be well Up on the character
of these gentry. The extortionate pric-
es that they have had to pay for fuel
right straight along must be charged
chiefly to the extortionate profiteering
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

In the face Of the fact that the BIZ
luminous coal operators have publicly
refused to confer with the representa-
tiVes Of the organized bituminous min
ers on wages. Coal Age their prop
uganda organ. has the unblushing ef-
frontery to flood newspaper offices
with printed statements that the opera
tors are willing to confer and that the
wages must come down to reduce the
price of coal. Piratical profiteering
must stop; that's what will have 10 be
done and deliberate falsifying of facts
will no longer camouflage the shame
less robbery Of the public by the coal
operators and coal dealers.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22
$4,000 TO SINGLE TAKERS

Mobile, Ala. April IS. Henry
Ford. Detroit manufacturer, and Mrs
Ford have donated the Fairhope 0r-
ganic school. located at FalrhoPe' ene
SINGLE tax colony on Mobile Bay, the
sum Of $4,000.
This announcement was mace ~
Mrs G. G. Johnson. founder Of the
school. who is touring the country lee
t,ITiing On the Fairhope school work.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

Louisiana it was I5,5 while the high
est (22.4) appears for South Carolina
The mortality rate from this cause is.
a very important sanitary index as to
the healthfulness Of community. As.
this is filth disease, dead carrion be-
ing one Of its fruitful sources, care
should be taken that all decaying mat
ter be cremated. Flies should be care-
fully screened from all food as they.
carry the infection.
1888
The oldest horse in the world is nam
ed Clover. Thirty SIX years ago, at the
age of IS, he retired from the trotting.
track and became the property of the.
Reverend Doctor N. Meyers Of Cataw-
issa, Pa. DR.. Meyers, too old to-.
preach, can no longer afford to keep.
the horse, which is 81 years old, much
younger than the Reverend Doctor. It
may be necessary to shoot the horse.
Everybody. will feel very sad about
that. What about the Reverend Doctor
Meyers, retired on a pension of little
more than 81 day, after preaching
all his life?-Arthur Brisbane in the.
Shreveport Times"
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

proclivities of these forestalIers Of ma
lures bounty that ought not to be
longer tolerated TO claim as their own
personal property what from the stand
point of natural right ought to be dealt
with as the common property of the
whole people. The miners advocate
naturalization of the coal mines so
that the common people can get their
fuel in winter at labor cost. The SUI
perfluous, interloping operators should
be ousted.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22
SEEK FREEDOM FOR
BILLINGS AND MOONEY

San Francisco, April Is. District
Attorney Matthew Brady, Of San Fran
cisco to-day appealed to Governor VIM
D. Stephens Of California 10 free War
rem K. Billings and Thomas Mooney
from the state penitentiary.
Both are serving sentences for COM
pIicity in the San Francisco prepared
ness parade dynamiting Of 1915;
Brady wrote the governor he belley-
ed both should be freed Immediately
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

CoIonist Ed. Merrill is quite a gen
ius; sfrikingly demonstrated by most
excellent periodical produced by his
nimble fingers and alert brain. and cir
culated among the colonists. He has
named it Fun" and it surely is very
humorous in most delightful way.
Letters and pictures are all drawn by
hand and eyince considerable talent.
He takes a sly dig at some Of his fell
low workers in his drawings, but real
izing his good-natured raillery, it is all
taken in good part. Go to it. Ed.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

YOUR GUIDING STAR YOU
wish to make the most of each passing,
day, buy copy of Planetary Daily
Guide price $I.00 postpaid Emily
M. Richardson, 803 Santa Paula ST.
Santa Paula, Calf. Stop
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22
DETROIT VOTES TO BUY
CITY STREET CAR LINES,

Detroit, April IS. The city yes.
terday voted 1858 to 1928 to pur~
chase the city lines Of the Detroit Un-
tied Railways for $l9.650,000, the fig
ure agreed upon between Mayor Cou~
zens and stockholders Of the corpora
ton.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

FOR SALE. Al acres of land;
= acres cleared and under cultivation.
4-room house, and barn. 100 peach
trees; 20 apple trees; 20 grape vines;
Strawberries, blackberries, and dewber-
mes; some figs. Well improved
terraced. Price, $ll00. Main road.
A a, E WELDON, Rte |. Box s., Lees
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22
BY THE WAY

# you are in bad. TO stay in only
makes it worse.
$3.50
He that Is wild thinks that the whole
world is wild.
1855
What we think are necessaries are
often vile things.
$3.50
Be patient. for there are many
guys you can lick.
1888
Prohibition has accomplished one
great good shorter banquet speeches.
81 -
Women who pay income tax in New
York number nearly one hundred and
fifty thousand.
The reason why last summers bath
ing suit will not do is because it out Of
date either too long or too short
= y X
A new Italian airship will have an
electrically operated kitchen capable
of providing meals for 100 passengers.
The Russian Soviet Government is
planning TO fill German warehouses
with goods to barter in lieu Of trading
on a gold basis.
1888
As rapid-fite piemaker, Miss Laura
House, of Maucotah. Kans., is believed
to hold record twenty pies in As
minutes are her figures:
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers organized by
eleven firemen in 1873 now has mem
bership Of nearly 10000.
An Ohio man has succeeded in breed
ing tailless dog. But really he began
at the wrong end. A barkess dog is
the crying need Of the age.
The worlds Iarges shallow oil
field is in Bossier Parish, La. Wells
produce from five to five thousand
barrels at four hundred feet and less.
Forty-eight dead. hundreds injured
and many millions of property, was the
toll taken by a storm which swept
through Indiana. Illinois and Missouri
last Tuesday.
There can be no place where people
live close enough so that they may as
semble in large or small gatherings to
sing the songs they like best, but that
they are bettered by the effort.
a'* SO
If the Mosaic commands, better
known as the ten commandments, were
not intended to govern the actions of
people. why were they brought down
to us as part of the Christian law?
*# #a-
At Amarillo, Texas, Lonnie Quine,
l5-year-old. son Of Mrs, Quine, a wild
ow, was accidentally electrocuted when
he caught hold Of guy wire which
supported a street railway trolley pole.
The Mayor Of Houston, Texas, is a
baseball fan with punch! He has is
sued a proclamation calling on the bus
mess houses to close so that everybody
can have the opportunity to witness
the opening game Of the season be-
tween the home team and Galveston.
%* %*
Gradually woman demands her
rights and gets them. She demands
IN America exactly the same status as
man and will get it. This does not
mean, as idiots assert, that she ought
to be fireman or a policeman. You
might as well say that, because man is
womans equal, he ought to take his
turn as wet nurse Arthur Brisbane.
*** y
At Magnolia. Ark. the six-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Cooper was
killed when he grasped an
electric wire. while playing at the plant
IF the Consumers Ice and Light COM
oany, where his father is an engineer.
The wire was broken during a wind
storm which blew down the ice fac
.ory's smokestack and was left dang
ing. it was stated. when workmen re-
quilt the stack.
1855
The fight against typhoid fever in
he Y. S. is showing good results by
decreasing mortality rate from 1873 per
100000 IN 1914 70 7 IN 1920 r,
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

WILL TRADE FOR COLONY
SIOCK-40 acres Of bottom land.
mostly under cultivation, under Cotton
wood Ditch, Cottonwood, Call; Five
miles from town and three miles to rail-
road; best land around this part Of
California. Will take $500 Colony
stock, balance easy terms.-H. A.
ABBY, Cottonwood, Cal.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22
Classified Section

FOR EXCHANGE shares of
Llano stock to exchange for property
j. c, Male, Box 81, Wasco, Calf.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

Was man made for religion, or was
religion made for manp
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

Roger w. Babson, who is credited
with getting $l,600,000 a year for his
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22
TRADE FOR LLANo STOCK

INADE FUK7 LLANU 5IUNk.-
100 ores in Minnesota; fair buildings;
drilled well and windmill; mail and
Phone; s miles to town; | mile to-
school. About 40 acres wood; 80
acres fenced; so acres in tame grass;
balance natural meadow. Lime-cIay
soil. Price $35 an acre ($56OO.O0)-
Time on $1,000 at 796: balance in
cash. Will take Llano stock up to.
$4,000 as cash, par value.-C. ]. S.
care Llano Colonist l4z
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

Permitting others to think. pray. OIL
vote for you is slavery.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

We must have as big navy as
England" was the cry in Russia away
back in 1850. Later Germany said
the same thing. And now we are to
be tarred by the same stick. Why
should we be alarmed if England de-
cides to spend millions on her navy7
We can safely look on her folly and
smile; because what we did in war pre-
parations during the recent scuffle was
the surprise of all the world, and we
can do the same old trick again and do
it quicker and better than ever, next
time. But there seem. 10 be SO many
people that want us to get into the
game Of building big navy. and Of
spending our good money IN foolish
competition along that line. Better wait
for cause first. And, besides, we
need the money.
This system of competition IN big ar
mics and big navy was the direct
cause Of the downfall of every nation
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-22

The fight against typhoid fever in
he U. S. is showing good results by
decreasing mortality rate from 1873 per
100000 in 1916 to 7. in 1920. In
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-05-19
NATIONS BUSINESS

Department Of Agriculture forecast
the winter wheat production this year
at 584, ,793, 900 bushels.
The price of gasoline has been ad-
vanced by Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana and other refiners in Louisi-
ana 1 cent gallon to "a cents.
During April steel ingot production
totaled 2,439,246 tons, according to re-
ports from 80 companies to the Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Institute. Produc-
tion showed an advance Of 68,495 tons
over fine previous month.
New Haven car repair shops uf the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad will reopen
Price Standardization was declared
to be in the interest of the public as
well as of the manufacturers by Jo-
seph E. Davies, former member of the
Federal Trade Commission and now
general counsel of the American Fair
Trade League, in an address at the
annual convention Of the American
Booksellers Association. Mr.. Davies
spoke in advocacy of the Stephens
Kelly bill, which provides a method
by which manufacturers may maintain
resale prices.
Erection Of IL soldier hospitals, at a
cost of $4,000 600 and with total ca
pacity of $3.50 beds, l. provided for In
a bill reported at Washington by the
house Appropriations Committee.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt testi-
fed that, for the next two years at
least, oil taken under the private leases
ought to be conserved for the proposed
war emergency reserve.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-05-19
SPORTING
Fordham wins over Columbia, to 1.

Fordham wins over Columbia, to l..
Edgar T. Appleby, worlds amateur
balkline champion, defeated Julian
Rice by a score of $50 to 1877 in the
continuation of the play for the Pog-
genburg cup at the Recreation Billiard
Academy, Brooklyn.
of the University Barge Club, Philadel-
phia, a clever novice sculler Is about to
make his debut. He is w. j. S. Borie.
Jim Dempsey, developer of champions,
has taken up the task of final prepara-
ton and will shape the aspirant for the
junior sculls race Of the Schuylkill
Navy Regatta, June II.
Bobby Walthour, Jr., defeated Jack
Magin in two straight heats of match
bike race at the Newark VeIedrome.
Orlando Piani and Alfred Goulett de-
feated Reggie Mcnamara and Alfred
Grenda in a team match race, while
Frank Kramer defeated Willie Spencer
two out of three heats at one-mile each.
After two years of preliminary train
ing directed by Russell H. Johnson, Jr.,
Princeton defeated Lawrenceville,
New Jersey school, in the annual ball
game with the school boys on their
diamond II to 1.
Jimmy Kelley says that he has $10,-
600 which he stands ready to post
as forfeit for a match between Pep
per Martin and Johnny Kilbane or
Johnny Dundee.
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey, holder of
several Olympic and national swim
ming championships, soCr will desert
amateur swimming ranks.
Roger Bresnaham, manager of the
Toledo club, was in st. Louis seeking
succor and after being cioseted with
the New York leader for several
hours Bresnaham obtained under op-
tional agreements the services of Ike
Boone, slugging outielder, and Bill
Black, infielder.
President Harding ill play in the
inter-city newspaper mems golf tour
nament on June IL in New York city,
possibly on the cCurs> IF the Engi-
neers' Golf Club. This fact became
known in Boston when it WIS learned
that the President, who Is an enthusi-
astic golfer, had entered the tourna-
ment.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-05-19
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

Senator Walsh (Mass.) introduced
bill to IegaIize boxing and wrestling
in the nations capital.
Senate action on the soldier bonus was
held up pending communication
from President Harding, who said
his mind and heart on the subject
have undergone no change. He op-
posed the pending bill.
The cabinet discussed the GenoN con-
ference and Russia. 1t was hoped
the conference will succeed and that
the policy toward Russia will not
deviate from the basic principle
enunciated by this government in
the policy toward the Soviet.
President confers with leaders in Con-
gress on ship subsidy bill.
Interstate Commerce Commission
granted Chesapeake & Ohio author.
ity to issue s7,6a5,ooo equipment
trust certificates, the proceeds to be
used to purchase rolling stock.
Reports to the Controller of Currency
show a decrease of $17,206,771 in
deposits with total amounting to
3I Oyff
banks, between March 10 and May
American Iron and Steel Institute re-
ports an increase of 68,495 gross tons
in the production of steel ingots in
April.
President sends statement by Attorney
General Daugherty to house, how
ing government is preparing to
~ nin NJ Ia
war frauds vigorously; may re-
cover s1oo,ooo,ooo.
At a meeting of the Cabinet devoted
almost entirely to International af-
fairs, there seemed TO be general
agreement that the Genoa conference
was in danger of ending in complete
failure.
Administration discIoses Allied Rus
sian program at Geroa meets Ameri.
can requirements for Russian recog-
milton.
President Harding was expected to
take a decisive stand on the senate's
bonus proposals, and upon his execu-
tive Endorsement hangs the fate OF
the controversial measure now be-
fore that body.
One billion six hundred million dollars
in round numbers will be saved by
the government for the fiscal year
1922, as compared to the expenses
for the year 1921, it was disclosed
when Charles G. Dawes, director Of
the Bureau of Budget, submitted his
report to Congress through the Ap-
preparations Committee of the House
of REPRESENTATIVES.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-05-19
U, s. TO PRESS
BIG FRAUD CASES
Daugherty to Speed Prosecution
of Two War Suits "of
First Magnitude"
New Delegate to Con-
uress From Hawaii


Washington-Two criminal cases of
the first magnitude" in connection
with war contracts are ready for
prompt submission to the courts, At
torney General Daugherty told the
house in letter transmitted to the
Capitol by President Harding.
One of those cases, the attorney gen.
eral said, 'is nation wide in scope,
involving besides the principals, "a
great many others who have been lurk-
ing in the shadows" Indictments
against principals and groups of in
dividuals in other parts of the country
may be expected to follow, he asserted.
A third such case will be ready for
presentation shortly, after which others
now in course of preparation will con-
tinue throughout the summer, Mr..
Daugherty promised Congress. More
than 200 war cases, most of which are
civil claims without the element of
fraud are being prepared by the De
partment of Justice, he said. He estl-
mated the possible aggregate recov-
cries at S1OO,O00,00O, adding that the
War Department with the assistance
of the Department of Justice, already
had recovered millions of dollars "from
those who were overpaid or who know
mgly overcharged their government"
Mr. Woodruff and Mr.. Johnson plain
ly indicated they were not satisfied
with the attorney generals explanation
i'm debate which followed the reading
of the letter. The discussion centered
about Democratic innuendoes that
the letter was written to stifie the
proposed investigation. Representative
Garrett, Democratic floor leader, fac
ing Representative MOndell asked:
SIS this the end of the chapter? We
are ready to support the Woodruff res.
olution. No Democratic administration
ever backed away from an investiga-
ton. Will yours?"
Mr. Mondell answered:
"That will be told at the proper time
in the proper manner"
Stressing the need for increased
appropriations for the Department of
Justice, the attorney general said the
work could be greatly accelerated by
granting the special appropriation of
S5OO,OOO asked to maintain the investi
cotton fOroo
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-05-19
Events That Concern the Two
Hemispheres Recorded SO as
to Be Read at a Glance.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPITOMIzED
Paragraphs Which Picture Executive
and Legislative Activities at the
National and State
Capitals.
WASHINGTON

New York senator's and congressman
who are seeking to block the st. Law
renee canal project called on the pres
President.
Senators, impatient over the soldiers
bonus delay, threatened to move for
discharge Of the Finance Committee
from further consideration of the bill.
The administration emphatically de-
MED the report that it had changed its
attitude toward Mexico, or has made
new demands on the Obregon govern
ment.
The President invited railroad ex
ecutives to conference May 20 on a
general railroad policy.
The President submitted to Con-
gress a report by Attorney General
Daugherty explaining the delay In
prosecution of alleged war contract
frauds. The attorney general prom
ised to disclose the Identify of the
Wilson administration Influential per-
sonages'' who t'were personally inter-
ested in concealing'' fraudulent coz
tracts and who protected the contrac-
tors.
Democrats charged that the budget
savings figures put forward were
juggled.
Senate Finance Committee to discuss
bonus bill with Harding.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-05-19
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

kAGoSHIMA, JAPAN.-The Prince
of Wales has sailed for home.
PARIS.-New lives for old-a sys-
tenn of rejuvenation of humans where
by all can live to be at least 80 years
old-was explained to the Geograph-
ical Society by Drs. Javorski and
Vachet, noted French scientists. The
newly discovered system consists in
muscular injection Of new cells for
old ones.
SHANGHAI.-Refu by Sun Vat
Sen, head of the South China govern
ment, to recognize and cooperate with
WI Pei Flu threatens China with fur
ther civil war.
SHANGHAI.-Gen. WI Pei Flu or
dered the shattered remnants of Chang
Tso Lin's Manchurian army to sur
render unconditionally.
GENOA.-Soviet Russia held the
fate of Genoa in it's hand. Rejection
by Russia of the allied note would
mean the end of the conference, OBJ
servers agreed.
LONDON-kng George and Queen
Mary left Dover on their way to pay a
state visit to the King and Queen of
the Belgians at Brussels.
DUNELLEN, N. J.-one or two
here is not expected to live.
DAKOTA, ". D. - AISLE J. Gronna,
former United States senator from
North Dakota, died at his home here.
He was siXty-four years old. Mr..
Gronna recently returned from Roches-
ter. Minn., where he underwent an op-
Grafton.
NEW YORK; The danger of inscI-
vency facing the Interh ough Rapid
Transit Company through it; inability
to pay a fixed guaranteed dividend
rental of per cent 0 the $60,0O0,0OU
Manhattan Railway Company stock is
removed in voluHtar.; readjustment
plan submitted to the State Transit
Commission.
NEW YORK.-Jewsh organizations
of union bakers have become SO power
full in New York city that they are
rapidly throttling tie business of their
employers and handing it over to the
Gentiles, it was testified before the
Lockwood investigating committee.
DENVER. - After firing nine shots
of nitroglycerine, which practically
wrecked the building of the First Ma
tional bank at Lafayette, bandits es-
capped with approximately $4,000 in
currency and Liberty ones.
PHILADELPHIA. - University of
PENNSYLVANIA declines to extend Gen
eral Woods leave Of absence.