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The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-12
FISH LIKE BOA CONSTRUCTOR
Ocean Denizen Has Remarks bIe Method of Securing and Consum-
 ing Unfortunate Victims.

There is singular cordlike creature of the sea called the nemertes borlassi, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long, which entwines and swallows its prey liter the manner of boa constructor. Down among the seaweed stems and pointed rocks it may be seen, a long, black. tangled string. It presents a tough, slippery India rubberlike ap- pearance. A sea-string 1t is, but not a weed It is living lasso, capable of consuming the prey inclosed within it's treacherous folds.
 Taken from the water, this sea worm hangs helpless and motionless, mere string across the hand. One cannot tell where 1t begins or ends. It looks like strip of dead seaweed, or even d tarred string. Such, apparent ly. Is the impression it makes on the little fish that plays over it, until at last it touches what Is too surely a head In an instant a bell-shaped sucker mouth has fastened to the fish's side. In another instant, from one lip, coneaye double proboscis, just like tapirs has clasped the fish just as a firm finger would. And now begins the struggle, but in vain. At last the victim is tired, and slowly, yet dexterously, its blind assauant is feeling and shifting along the fish's side until one end is reached. Then the black lips expand, and slowly and surely the curved finger begins pack ing the fish end foremost down the gullet.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-12

claimed by the organizers of tho movement. 4
 The first effect of the revised esti. mate was to cause cotton to sell off, January contracts going under " cents, but since then with good conditions in the cotton good, trade prices have advanced about two cents the pound. Exports Of cotton since June have been well above those of the corresponding months Of last year, and there Is some feeling in the British cottop trade that world stocks of cottor goods are low and that better buy. ing is not far off. Trade in India IS unfavorably affected by the patri- otic boycott of British goods.
 The Governments final rcpor. makes this country's production of wheat about 54,000,000 bushels above former figures Exports for the twenty weeks ended December 22, as reported by Bradstreet's aggregated 23l 100000 bushels against 258,000,000 in the corresponding time last year. The market has been unsettled and fuctuating but at the end of Dccem- Der was upon about the same level as at the beginning The worlds needs and supplies seeg's to be closely bal- anced ln this crop, but the growing crop in tliS country is rated at low condition
 The West Las surplus of corn which rests heavily upon the market, but prices have he'd their own during the past month, and gained a couple of cents, partly oil the strength of prospective purchases for Russia. Cattle are depressed, but hogs around S7 per hundred weight in Chicago yield fair return to the farmer who has grown good crop of corn. Dairy products also are bringing fair prices.
 Farmers who own their land and are out of debt can get along very well under present conditions, although local taxes have been pushed up in recent years until they are as much as rent was twenty years ago Far. mers who went into debt for land at the prices ruling two years ago have an interest charge which cannot be met from the land This will be the first year in a great many in which numerous defaults will occur in the payment of interest upon farm mort gages.
 There IS good reason to believe that present prices for farm products are about the lowest that will be seen The last two seasons have been un. usually favorable for the grain crops. The earry-over of wheat certainly will not be large and the growing crop has q poor start Ii would be re- markable to have another bumper corn yield after three great crops, and there IS reason to believe that less corn will be planted this year. Moreover, it is likely that the hog crop will be in- creased. During the years when corn brought high prices. it became the popular thing to sell corn and a good many farmers got out of hogs. They are likely to get back to a more evenly balanced agriculture, with more milch cows, more pigs. more grass and for age cruP. sN s,o-, s=asS s;,..!!ttx
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-12
By GEORGE E. ROBERTS

The operation of railway repair shops always has been regarded as a matter of policy within the dis cretion of the management. If a company can save money by oper- ating its own shops 1t should do so, and by the same reasoning if money can be saved by letting out the work, that should be done. The railroads are maintained primarily to give service to the public, and the public is entitled to have them operated upon a level of costs cor responding to what the public pays and receives for like labors and ser vices. Continuity of service and merit in service may we'll be recog- nized, but compensation should be based upon the value of services rendered. Any other system would make railroad employees a favored class, at the expense, not of the rail- road companies, but of the public, including millions of people who have less pay than the railroad men.
 We have a letter from Mont gomery, Ala, in which the writer says:
 "Thc producers are forced to sell beef for from )II to cents per pound and hides tor from l to cents and the consumers pay from 25 10 40 cents per pound for steak and from SS to SIS per pair for shoes. The same is true of all other prod. ucts The negro porters on railway trains get salary of from Sl00 to s200 per month tor eight hours ot easy work day. while the farm laJoCeTs work from 10 10 i4 hours gla tlA la ..f1 salary of from S8 to SIS per month. and the farmer loses money paying that salary. Something is radically wrong and l fear the result will not be good for our country"
 The prospect is for cessation of coal-mining when existing contracts expire on April lst The pay for mining coal is so far above what it was before the war that the price of coal is one of the most serious obstacles to the general reduction of living costs and the revival of industry. The increased cost of coal and increased cost of trans- portation are causing more unem- ployment and more hardship in this country than any other two inilu- ences that can be named. No pre- hiNliO Nuli D1 NCHtblNQ dS tO NliCil industry will be running full time so long as 1t labors under such handicaps.
 Agricultural Conditions
 Conditions in the agricultural sec- tions are far from inspiring, but in the cotton country the feeling is a little better. The final government estimate upon the cotton crop Is 8,340,000 bales, which compares with the October estimate of 6,537,000 bales. an increase that might have been expected to play smash with the market The ex- planation given for this extraor- dinary revision is that the Depart ment of Agriculture was crippled in the bureau of estimates by a reduc- ton of its force of investigators, and was mislcd as to the acreage planted in cotton. The ginnings proved the inaccuracy of the Oc- tober estimate, and the conclusion eems to be forced that the acreage eurrailneng Wa: Slucn less ;han
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-12

stupid quarrel? That when she was young no girl ever dreamed of quarrel Ing with the man she was engaged to marry"
 Will laughed as he kissed her. "Oh, well, guess that human nature was pretty much the sarhe in those times as it is nowadays" he said. 'But, Mil dred, dearest"
 WHIP
 "1hink how lucky 1t is for us she didn't marry your grandfather. Be cause that would have made us cous- fus-and marriage between cousins Is impossible in this state" FISH LIKE BOA CONSTRUCTOR
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-12
TN an industrial forecast for 1922

IN an industrial forecast tor l9ZZ
 1t is necessary to consider the
 causes of the depression, chief among which is the unbalanced re- lationship between the prices of . farm and other primary products on the one hand, and the prices of manufactured goods, transportation service and various other products and services on the other hand.
 The final estimates of the Depart ment of Agriculture upon the 1921 crops give them a market value to the farmers $8,000,000, below the value of the crop of 1918 and $3,400,000 ,000 below the value of the crop of 1920. These are figures of great significance. The farmers have produced nearly as much in quantity, but it has been valued in the exchanges at less than one-half the figures of 1919. As other prod ucts and services have not declined in like degree, the farmers must buy much less. and all the industries are suffering in consequence.
 1t is useless to expect return to normal conditions while this dis parity of compensation between great bodies of producers exist. It is unfair and 1t establishes an effective blockage against a revival of business. It IS time that the busi- ness community took cognzance of the situation, and set itself 10 the task of correcting 1t. The argument that stock on hand was purchased, at higher prices has lost whatever force 1t ever had. Merchants who are interested in the return of pros- perity should do their part for it, and one of their duties is to reduce operating costs.
 In large part the situation is chargeable to the action of organ ized labor in cinging to the war time wage rates. Raw materials and foodstuffs have had a great de- cline at wholesale, but between the wholesale markets and consumers the cost of handling and manufac- turing has not declined in like pro- portions. The effect is to obstruct the distribution of goods and throw millions of Wage-earners out of em- piOJ lHCltt, dl lllc SdllC lllllt kCcplHS up the cost of living on the entire wage-earning population. In the aggregate there Is no gain, bit 6 great loss. to the wage-earners as a class.
 Railroad Wages
 The railroad companies are struggling with difficult situation, and although their efforts are in the public interest they have little help from the public. Railroad wages in shops and for common labor are so far above the wages paid for similar work along their lines that the companies find it practicable to make important savings by con- racting for their repairs and much other work The New York Central has contracted for freight-handling a. some of its terminals, and the Erie has contra rted fx .rssk-maiD, tenancs over a poi don of its Eae,
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-12
"Till time shall end, thine,
 "EBENEZER HURLBUT. uIa. o4 1QE-

"Jan. 24. 1857"
 Will Hurlbut folded up the paper and looked at Mildred. Her eyes were moist and her lips were quivering
 "It must have lain there unnoticed these fifty years and more," she said. "We must not let her know, now.
 "No," answered Will, and, tearing the paper into strips, he let them flut- ter slowly out of the open window.
 "Will," said Mildred, presently, do you remember the date of your grand fathers marriage|
 "It was in the spring of 1858, l think-it must have been, because my father was born that Christmas"
 And grandmother was married in the summer of 1857. It didn't last long, this desperate passion, Will? But dear est, do you know what grandmother told me once-it was just after our
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
HARNESS THE lGNUS FATUUS
Gas Being Produced From WilI-o'-
the Wisp on New England Farm.

LONDON, Dec. 24.--Producing
gas from new source is being tried
as an experiment on a small Surrey
farm.
1t is nothing less than tho chain
ing of the will-o'-the- -wisp, which is
a form of marsh gas. 1t was dis
covered during the war that marsh
gas could be produced in quantities
sufficient to be of practical use
whether for heat or power. Almost
all manure, whether from the farm
yard or from rotting vegetables and
leaves, gives off at certain stage
large volumes of marsh gas.
A building has now been de-
signed into which the manure is
pitched at the right time and the cps
forming above it is taken off and
measured. A double purpose IL
thus served. The manure does not
lese it's valuable qualities and the gas
from II may be used TO run the ma
chinery of the farm.
The gas from the new experiment
is at present a little tickle. Some
times the quantities are great, some
times small; but the causds of the
variation are being probed and great
results are expected,
with the gas the only apparatus
needed is a pipe and an air-tight
reservoir.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
Hearne First
Race Entrant

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. IA
Eddie llnnuuu. Familiarity known ns
'Guudu1 ll.lruc I'm racing cir.
olDa viii tLniu have the honor OF
carrying Tine uumvral ono on his car
m the t,n'h annual aOO-milo sweep
stahos uu tho indianapolis motor
Speedway. May 800, thc samo mum
bcr Dc carried lu tp2l
'GnUdp1' ls the tlrst cntrant
and One ~ the four veterans who
competed m fho first 500 mtlc race
~ Ncnra ago. ENoapc for q fcw
years suUut uu thr dirt tracks
Ilc1rnr hts born e. star of the
'BlE IiWu' circuit ut tho road.
track and speedway events I'm his
auo-wi'n competition hc has to-
tul ut lN1a competitive miles. with
J second rIu.H to his credit iu 1919.
\ ycur uau lloarur drove % Revere
but a hulhy uIl pump eliminated
him after t11 lups lutl his me-
chauical ill luck Uonruo was rum
ming with the leaders aud always
within striking distance of DcInlmu
Ur Milton. who divided first place
throughout the race. buriug tht
"tt5 miles llD1ruo had boon run
ming from fuurn TO sixth and was
ntth when eliminated having made
thruo stops for Adjustments, tires
and fuel
Ilcarno will hc driving Distccl-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
Boiler Plate Protection in Lee

"Boiler plate" protection Is virtu-
ally what the Ice Tire and Sales
Tulsa distributors OK
clusivclv for the Lee tires. has to
Offer to its customers, I'm Wow OF
new feature added to the Lee pro-
ductious.
And H. T.. Bentley, manager Of
the agency, is not the only man I'm
Tulsa 10y far who is firmly convinced
that the Ice line OF tires offers the
safest and surest protection to auto
mobile drivers.
Bent' claims for his tires that
they are really the only puncture-
proof pneumatic tire ON the market
today and saws that tho factory
last year reversed its system of pro
duCtion In such "a way as to mako
the tire produced positive puncturc-
proof
The feature OF the Lee tires is
It's three layers of rubher-imhoddaH
steel discs which. In the structure
Of the tire, overlap with the result
that an cucircliug thrce-ply layer Of
steel is the obstruction offered to
tacks. nails aud other Nightmares
for the automobile owner. But to
he exact the structure of the tire.
beginning on the outside. Is as fol
lows:
First an inch and thrcc-quarters Of
high grade rubber Second, five Law
ers of cord. Third. three layers of
steel discs and last, five layers of
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
Over Million
FOrdS in 1921

The World asked a number OF
leading automobile men over the
country for statements ON business
iu the industry today and regarding
the outlook for ig22 Here is the
answer received from ". A. Ryan,
manager OF sales for the Ford Motor
company of pctruit
This will acknowledge your lot
ter Of December 80 requesting our
opinion on tho outlook FOR this
years business.
we might preface our rcmarkt
with thr statement that during the
year 1921. Just closed, 10000 mora
Ford cars and trucks were retailcd
tu customers In the United states
alone than were rctnilod during the
year 1929. YOU viii appreciate from
this that our outlook for the past
II months or more has been an
optimistic one. our entire urgaui
Hbtiuu has never permitted adverse
conditions to lessen It's efforts 20
secure business We, Of course,
have not been unmiudful that Cor.
tain sections have really been de
pressed. but we have continuously
cmphasi2cd that there was some
business To- bc obtained everywhere.
and perhaps these facts. haSc had
something to do with the Increase In
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
Automobile Industry
To See Good Business
In 1922, Says Willys

We may be sure also that the au-
tomobile dealers OF the country this
year will approach In the numuor of
their used car sales tho number VI
new cars manufactured
Sometimes one hears statements to
the effect that "the automobile bust
ness isn't what it used TO hc." or
there viii not he So many dealers
operating I'm 1922 after the unCcr-
tain times Of 1920 and 1921"
From every source of Information
at my command ! learn that the au-
tomubile business for the retailer
OF good cars is good this fan. !
believe that there will bc Just as
many dealers in 1922 II not more
than in previous years.
Better Automobile IN 1879.
believe the public realizes that
the cars To he made ahd delivered
In 1e22 will be the best the indus
try has ever produced. Naturally
there have been improvepc and
refincments as the evolution OF the
modern car has gone on. That Is
always to be expected.
But in the past year Of slackcncd
business the manufacturer has had
| q wonderful opportunity to pause
| and study his methods OF manufac-
ture and tn apply TO his business
those advances i'm production cfI-
cheney worked out 10y kindred indus
| tries. In larger part the American
automobile industry has taken fun
advantage Of the opportunity.
| American automobiles are now
better built because several factors
lentering into their production have
been strengthened. Some OF these
factors are:
Am appreciation by labor that
future sales mean future Jobs and
that future sales are best assured
by doing the very best OF work on
every car turned out.
"A willingness by labor to work
Ito closer mechanical limits. a will
lingness by the employer to provide
systems Of inspection that prevent
poor work and eliminste costly
scrap.
3-Closer inspection Of raw mater
ial at sources OF supply.
| Refinement In design ny which
fewer moving parts are employed
Use OF better and newly developed
materials
improvements IN working
machinery and tools and a better
ment in progressive methods OF
work. Time is the great factor IN
this division OF Improvement and
II is by the saving of time that NOR,
value can be placed in the finished
product.
The above five points cover manu-
featuring improvements in general
In passing / might say that the
Improvement in handling the work
and In passing 1t from one operation
to another has permitted us to bring
our savings of time to n point wher,
we are now building 2.55 cars witt
the number of men required to bullc
lone car two years ago. And 1t is Q
far better product because every
part IS made by a specialist.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

DucscnborE IN the coming race. the
sqmc car he uHod In the closing
events OF the 1927 Champiouship
scuson His car is fast and lleIruc
has been one Of the seasons most
consistent, performers ln the tlrst
championship races Eddie placed in
all but two. the Indianapolis 500
and the WashingtOn's Birthday
epriuts at Lus Angeles. lilo finished
third In tho championship. with
1899 points tO Roscoe Snrie's 1850
and Tommy Milton's 2,23O. I'm tho
10 races I'm which tlcaruc placed ho
finished winner twice, got ono 7cD-
ond. three thirds one fourth. two
flfths and one sixth.
while licarne carries the name
"Grandpa" hc Is not an oid man.
having recently passed his 85th
birthday. whom 1Ioaruc became
star IN 1905 he was one of the tow
bona fldr millionuircs driving lafo
cars IN hls early successes hc
used foreign cars, using the italian
Fiat and tho German Benz. ~"
was most successful with tho latter.
winning several of the indianapolis
eprint events. which preceded the
establishment OF the 600-mile class
ir. To-day he is tho last of the mll-
llouairca who competed decade
ago Hcnrnc ig wintering at his
homo In Los Angeles, and Will con
test Ia tho coming events on the
various California spcedways.
ucaruc's most scuatioual victory
last scnnun was in the Los Angeles
event Thanksglviug day when he
drove hla Distocl- Ducsenhcrr the
entire $50 miles without stop.
ny ycraglng tO7 miles an hour.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

cord under the discs and mounted on
the tire carcass itself.
There are four distinct types Of
the Leo tire ON the market and
Bentley carries IN stock full sup
ply Of every type In every size In
addition 10 a complete stock uf tubes.
His location is 3O4 East Second
Tho Lee agency here. iu charge
Of BENTLEY. Is branch ot the factory
ana Is not operated by Tulsa intor-
ests. However, BENTLEY IL u fun
flcdgod Tulsa citizen, having resided
here for two years. The Lee agency
has been established actively here
Is months
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

business We have enjoyed tn spite
of kccuor sales resistance.
Naturally with fairly good
volume of rrtuu sales during to2l
totortng i.oo5oUo Ford ears. trucks
and Ford-uu tractors. We look for.
ward tc .pbsauual Increase I'm
business durlut tho prcscut year tu
fact, We have already had some rv-
markUhlc evidences as our tractor
salcs during December showed an
actual increase over rctull alcs for
November aud were moro than
double Our tractor retail sales for
December 1"'u Whom YOU con-
slider TINT farmers perhaps, have
been Mt the hardest it Us quito en-
cuuingine to note increased buying
on their part
"OW ear and truck rctal husl-
urss also showed 20 90 rcr cent IN.
crease tot December. tg21, aa
against December. 1920. $50 that it
appears tine public in general is ho-
coming uur, receptive and I,apuu4
YiNv.
"Nuu VIII motto from tho above
that our uuJlouk be- decidedly opU-
misuc, although We arc not uu.
mindful or tine tact that 1go2 win
call Tor continued careful planning
and morr consistent. hard work
"No shalt ho pleased to have YOU
send ua o. copy of your special auto.
mobile edition which YOU expect To
publish ON the o..
Yours very truly
FORD MOTOR GO.
coIEuvdl ". A. Ryan,
Manager ot sales
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
ohio ItOad Marking

Work has been started by the
Ohio state highway department in
Warking all OF the main travelled
highways in the state. All i'm
portant cast-wcst state roads will br
marked with red stripes and north
south roads with blue stripes and
diagonal roads with yellow stripes
The state highway department
will not do any painting along the
Lincoln highway .as the Lincoln
Highway association has takon
proper care OF the marking Of that
route In permanent manner, with
out expense TO the state.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
Endless supply.

Crabshaw-So your mother said
she was too tired to tell you any fairy
stories tonight and advised you 20
come to me?
Wille-Yes. she said you'd told
her nothing but fairy stories ever
since she married you.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

A London man Is the inventor Of
a basket in which q baby can he
carried with the aid of a strap over
an adults shoulder.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1922-06-19
CE VOR
BENEFICIA DE
AMNESTIE

In consiliul de ministri din )
lunie s'au examinat 81 punctele
ce v0r fOrma Obiectul decretului
de amnestie.
Din lucrarile comisiunei insar.
clnate Gu redactarea decretului 81
din discutiunile din consiliu, de
pana acum, Sc pare fl fost de.
pin castlgate pentru dreptul de
amnestie urmatoarele fapte: de.
llctele Gu caracter polite 81 cele
de opiniuni.
In ce priveste situatia speciala
a comunistilor, al caror process
este in ours de- judecata inaintca
Curtii Martiale, parerea majori-
tatii ministrilOr este in sensul de
a Sc aplica amnestia tuturor celor
ce s'au facut vinOvati numai
de culpe politice 81 de a Ii Sc refu.