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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
RESUMPTION OF SOFT COAL
MINING and WAGE BOOSTS
INDICATE BUSINESS BOOM
Fuel Output Soon Will Be Large Enough to Al
low Reopening of Factories, Says Harden
Colfax; Tax on Undistributed Profits on Cor
porations Also Expected to Release Finances.

in the bituminous fields bids fair to
hold transportation tonnage to new
high records within the next 60 days.
The most spectacular industrial de-
yelopment of the last week was the 20
per cent wage increase in the steel
industry.
Economists here were unprepared
for it. One effect, however, was that
the wage increase is heralded as the
first of a number to come.
1t is the opinion of officials here
that wage increases impend in the
building trades and the automobile in
dustries if these major lines of en-
deavor are to hold their forces in the
face of the strong bid for workers at
the steel mills.
Although the wage increase in the
steel industry was hailed as the first
big payroll boost of reviving prosper
ity, such an appraisal was unwar-
ranted. 1t was preceded by wage in
creases in the non-union coal fields.
Operators in these fields, flooded with
orders, raised wages 10 to 80 days ago.
The wage increases approximated %
to 80 per cent and effected more than
100000 workers. In the fields of
southwestern Virginia, for instance,
unskilled laborers are receiving at the
present time as much as 81 a day.
Business is about to receive another
stimulus. section 220 of the revenue
law of 1921. Under that section of
the law. corporations which do not dis
tribute their earnings are taxed % per
cent upon the undistributed amount.
Heretofore corporations escaped a por-
ton of the government tax by holding
their earnings intact.
Cnrpnrntinps did this with tho ra-
suit that hundreds of millions of dollars
are tied up, ripe melons awaiting the
knife on a day when tax burdens would
be lightened.
Ali that is changed by the law. The
tax which undistributed profits must
pay is much heavier than the tax which
would be imposed if they were dis
tributed. Scores of big corporations
and hundreds of little ones-are re-
ported to be getting ready to distribute
their accumulated profits.
One corporation-a n~on-union coal
operator-sorrowfully told this cor
respondent that his company soon
would be forced to distribute more than
a million dollars in dividends.
Unemployment in unskilled labor has
increased considerably during the
past three weeks. largely because of
the rail and coal strikes. but some
slight improvement has been noticeable
during the past few days, according to
reports reaching Washington. Bank
deposits for the week showed a healthy
increase. The deflation Of credit APP
pears to have run it's course. loans with
the federal reserve banks having de
creased approximately n billion dol
lars within the past II months.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
Prosperity Signs Showing Up Again

envy of the whole Black forest.
An Alpine hat of beautiful wool felt
came to 55 cents. For the same price
/ purchased a crushed morocco bill
fold with silver corners-a real ''luxus
article" a stout cane with steel-point-
ed tip is another walking necessity. On
this / got rather stung, paying 90
marks for it, only to find that the econ
omist got one just as good in the mean
while for fifteen marks. | also wanted
a pocekt notebook, an ordinary TO-
cent one" / found that these as we
know them in America cost about a
cent and half, so for II cents / o
cured a leather-covered one with de-
tachable leaves.
Good Beer, Too
Shopping is tiresome and the pur-
chases made me glad to drop into a
shady beer ~dispensary. In Paris there
are two sizes of glasses, the book.
supposedly one-quarter of a liter. and
the demi- or half. For the quarter
liter, the cost was five marks and for
the demi, ten. The beer was good, but
while l was drinking it the economist
came in. He, too, had been shopping.
Besides the walking stick, he had in
vested in various fountain pens, etch-
ings. cigar cases and the like. Not
alone this, but he had been to the
Observation-Disclosures agency-and in.
stead of a walking trip we are to see
the Black forest for a couple Of days
at least from a motor car. A splendid
seven-passenger conveyance was wait
ing for custom and the cost was IS
marks a kilometer, so the temptation
was too much for the economist.
Cd 70 ANAL NY fn,1rl +ha
luncheon rendezvous hat the bride
and ingenue had also been shopping
They had found a milliner with some
extremely pretty fur-trimmed hats at
5000 marks. They were not quite
sure how much a mark was, but they
thought it was about 200 TO a franc.
So they had invested in a headpiece.
Although still cheap, the hats did not
seem so attractive when they were told
that the franc would ordinarily buy
about so marks. All of which proves
that when economists know so little
about exchange it is folly to expect
brides to be wise about 1t.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
BY HARDEN COLFAx
lscial Correspondent OF Great Falls Tribune
ppyright. 1922. BY The Great Falls Tribune

Copyright, 1922. by The Great Falls tribune
Washington, Aug. 27.-Tbe industrial
setback caused by the twin strikes
promises to be as brief as it was sharp.
Optimism has followed Immediately on
the heels of the strike settlement in
the bituminous fields. Reports to the
department of and labor dis
close that manufacturing and other
plants which had to slow down or close
up for lack of fuel are planning to re-
open or increase operations as fast as
they can get coal to meet their require
ments.
So heavy is the demand for coal,
however. that the hand-to-mouth needs
of these plants cannot be met short OF
three weeks to a month, in the opinion
of the government coal distributors.
Coal production next week will be ap-
proximately 100000 tons. Actual
running requirements probably approx
innate S,0OO,0O 0 tons.
There is coal enough for everybody s
IMMEDIATE needs, according TO a sur
vey of the producing capacities of the
various operating fields, made by the
geological survey. The problem is to
get the coal from the mine mouth to
the consumers. Transportation facili-
ties will be pressed to the limit, in the
opinion of the carriers executive COM
mittee. orders for coal, in the opinion
Of the railroads, seeming likely to bring
every available coal car into service.
AS a result of the strike settlement
the entire surplus Of railway equip
ment bids fair to be wiped out. A car
shortage within six weeks is among
the probabilities. The railroads are
carrying freight now, with the excep-
ton Of coal, at nearly capacity ton
mage. The settleme emit of the coal strike
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
TWO HURT. FIFTEEN
LEAVE TOWN AFTER
FIGHT IN BILLINGS
Between Shop Work.
ers and Strike Sym
pathizers.

Billings. Aug. 27.-(By the Associ-
ated~ Press.)-Two Northern Pacific
shop workers are in hospitals and
others Of a group estimated TO number
Is. have fled town as a result of a
street fight with strike sympathizers
here late Saturday night.
The workers arrived from Laurel,
where Northern Pacific shops are To-
Gated on a train near midnight to take
positions in the local roundhouse. ac-
cording to railway officials.
After leaving the train and proceed
ing about two blocks they were attacked
and badly beaten by men who. local
police declare. came into the city from
Laurel in automobiles. Arlie Hedrick
and a man named Conrad sustained
serious decorations in the fight and
witnesses declare others of the railroad
workers left the scene with numerous
bruises and cuts.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
T|GHTENS
WITH ARREST OF Z
ALLEGED SW|NDLERS
Leader of Confidence Ring
Taken by investigators
in Colorado.

Denver. Aug. 27.-Harry b. White,
said to be wanted by federal Post
office Inspector Fl. e. Graham on a
charge of swindling S. Tuch of Plain
field, N. j.. of 100000 at Miami. Fla,
on March II, 1921, was arrested late
Saturday by agents of the Denver dis
trict attorneys office who have been
conducting the raid on an alleged mil
lion dollar confidence ring" here.
White, according to District Attor-
ney Van else. also has been known
under the name of Sam Barnett,
Harry Whiting, H. Latter and Harry
Whitney. He was arrested when he
attempted to cash a 500 money. order
said to have been sent to him by an
other alleged swindler whose activities
local authorities have been investigat-
ing.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
NINE HURT IN WRECK

Denison, Tex, Aug. 27.-Nine per
sons were injured, three probably fatal
". when a uth-bound Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas freight train crashed into
the rear end of the Katy Filler at
Bells. IA miles east of here,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28

Freiburg in Brisgau. Germany, Aug.
27.-Commodity values today remain
untouched BY falling exchange in the
Black forest of Germany. 1t still is
possible to get food and clothing, as
we'll as travel supplies, at a rate that
when compared with the American
valuation" is pleasing in the extreme.
We arrived here for a walking trip
through the forest. The lure of the
cheap mark was the determining in
centive. although our party included
an economist who lectured almost all
the way from Paris on the reason why
we should not expect bargains. Theo-
retically. it was quite impossible that
things should be much less expensive
on this side of the Alsatian front than
on the other.
B~ut-economist theory has exploded
We had trouble finding a place to sleep.
but eventually were lodged. Your cor
respondent and consort found a splen-
did corner room with twin beds for
$50 marks-about AZ cents. The bride
and the ingenue discovered another.
less sumptuous, for 260. while for 200
the bridegroom occupied a single bed
with the economist curled up in a NOR
ris chair by the window.
Total Cost 81
Lodging for six for about a dollar a
night.
We decided to spread on dinner. We
called on our host for the best. We
began with excellent weiner schnitzel-
local pride names it rheiDer schnitzel,
as in Paris. Vienna coffee Is yclept
Cafe Liegois, after the gallant Bel
gian city. Green beans and potatoes
accompanied. Then came a fat pigeon
for each guest. The meal was moist
ened with bright golden Rhine wine
we had five carafes, to be exact-and
we called for the "rechung'' with the
satisfied feeling of having eaten for
the absurdly low price of the rooms.
But, alas! we had only further indebt-
ed ourselves to our host, for the entire
dinner for six tip included, was about
S1.15.
Today at the bank $40 bought a
stack of notes two and one-half inches
thick, and in the hope of getting rid of
part of the bulge it made in my pocket,
/ went shopping. A rack sack is a
prime necessity for a walking tour.
Prices run from 55 marks up. Nine
cents buys q thoroughly satisfactory
sack, but / finally decided to plunge
on a sehr elegant article with genuine
leather straps, several pockets with
buckles, etc. In short, l paid 90 cents
for a sack that / am sure would be the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-28
PRICES STILL
REASONABLE IN
BLACK FOREST
w ritter Finds Trip Is Not
a Bit Costly; He
Walks.

(Mr. Bird, making a walking
trip through the Black forest, pre-
sents a first-hand experience TO
show the purchasing power OF the
German mark when away from the
tourist c~enters, where foreigners
are expected to pay, and they pay.)
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
BAGGED BOTH FISH AND FOWL
Dover IN. H.) Man Shot Drake and
Got Pickerel That the Bird Had
Been Carrying.

George Hayer Of Doyer, N. a., tells
a remarkable hunting story, which is
vouched for by witnesses, says the
Manchester Union. Waiting patiently
behind a blind at Ayers pond in Bar
rington, Hayer and his companions
saw a large shelldrake alight on a
rock just outside Of gunshot on the
opposite side of the pond, and after
making quite a lively turn there took
to the air again and alighted in the
water 80 yards from the blind. Hayer
fred and killed the drake.
An abnormal bunch or swelling no
hced In the birds throat, which APP
peared to have nearly. shut off the
breathing, was not, investigated until
the return to town, where it was found
that the drake had captured a large
pickerel and had devoured the head,
after which 1t had attempted to swal-
low the rest Of the fish. The body
of the pickerel stuck In the brakes
throat. 1t measured IA inches In
length. The drake weighed, without
the fish, four and one-half. pounds.
Hayer and his friends were served
drake with pickerel on the side at the
spread that followed the hunting ex-
petition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
"AERoPLANE' NO NEW WORD
Was First Used by French inventor
to Describe Flying Machine,
In the Year 1879.

The word, "aeroplane," only recently
admitted to the dictionary, has been
traced back to the year 1879. In that
year a Frenchman named Tatin, ap-
piled the name "aeroplane" to a flying
machine of his own invention driven
by compressed air.
Possibly it was from Tatin that was
borrowed the corresponding English
word (similar save for the ~accent) by
Ella Merchant and Alice Jones, joint
authors of. "Unveiling a Parallel"
CS92). The hero Of this novel is1a
birdnan who scars in his "%aeroplane"
to Mars, where, among other wonder
full things, he finds woman on terms
of perfect equality with man.
Fifteen years later H. G.. Wells used
the word, "aeropile" In n Of his
novels, but the term didn't become
popular. And nowadays the word is
being condensed into the two-syllabled
word, "airplane."-The Leatherneck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
ADVANCING YEARS.

When drst you find within your raind
For quiet Joys a preference;
Or when. again, some younger men
First treat our views with Differences
When you'll confess to more or luss
Political perplexity-
When first you a p adown your shape
At manifest conveEdty;
When first you choose some cas-. shoe
That strike your wife as hideoua;
But with the care you give your halr 4
You're more. not less fastidious;
When first you feel your blood CONCEAL
To hear an unlocked laddie call
"Old-fashioned guff" the daring stun
That you considered. radical
But most OF all. when first you call
Will Undermine society,""
When first you say some modern way
A new idea "impiety;;"
You are not old-your heart is bold
You've courage, strength. ability
Yet you have passed the peak at last
You're headed for senility!
Ted Robinson. in Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Timely Notes on Beef Cattle.

Clemson College, April 3.-Keep
a masters eye on the thin cows that
will drop calves this month. A little
feed and attention while COWS with
young calves are being turned to pas
ture' will insure the raising of a good
calf crop and will mean a better calf
crop for the next year. Give the COW
and her calf an ven start with the
coming of >the new grass (that is,
feed them a little longer), and they
will both do we'll The calf will get
ready for the market quicker and the
COW will bring you. a better calf next
year.
Do not let the bull run with the
COWS this month for this will make
next years calves come in January.
which is too early. Feed the bull well
and have him in good condition when
you turn him in the pasture in June.
Castrate all scrub and grade bull
calves and get a %purebred bull for
breeding purposes.
Dehorn all yearlings that you fail
ed to get in March. Cut horns close
to the head, taking of a little skin.
Select a calf that you are going
to kill this summer in the "Beef
Club" and keep him growing and fat
that you may have a good quality of
beef for yourself and your neighbors
to eat:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
African Kings curious custom.

In Central Africa is a little kingdom
that has a feroclous king that has an
old and curious custom Of frightening
his subjects, no matter whether they
wish to speak 10 him or he to them.
II one OF his subjects wishes to in
teryiew the king, the subject must
cough three times and the king
will roar at him and try to brighten
him away. If the subject>i is unafraid
and repeats his cough, he can gain
audience with the king, but If he
shows the, least sign Of fear and starts
backward, the king follows him until
the man is off and away.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Tom Cat adopted" Turkeys.

An Alberta woman who WINS a farm
says that she had two turkeys aatched
out late In the summer, by an old hen.
The hen would have nothing to do
with the chicks so she brought them
up around the door yard. At night
she covered the birds up but in the
daytime they wandered at will. A
young tom cat took a fancy to the
little turkeys and 1t was a common
sight to see Tom curled up in the Gun
shine with a turkey OH either side of
him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Shows Footprints Of Dinosaurs.

The department of geology at Mount
| Rolyoke college, in replacing collec-
lions lost by fire, has obtained a slab
Of Connecticut valley sandstone on
which are found fossillzed mud cracks
and ripple marks Of bygone ages, and
with them seven footprints made by
giant dinosaurs. The slab is an un-
usually good specimen, as both sides
have marks of geological interest. 1t
measures u by 6 feet.
The ripple marks were made In the
ooze millions Of years ago, when the
region Of the present Connecticut val
ley was a large river bottom, occa-
~slonally flooded. They are unusually
distinct.
The footprints show that at least
two dinosaurs, one a big one, the 9TH
er apparently its young, roamed over
the mud flats on their hind legs. The
larger tracks are about 8 inches long
and the indicated stride 4 or 5 feet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
- The - I.
Scrap Book
HAVE MANY KINDS OF BELIEF
Almost Every Denomination. Would
Seem to Be Represented in Con-
gressional Membership.

-AE-El rtH
That the churches arc we'll repre-
sented in both houses Of congress is
evidenced by a statement issued by
the board Of temperance, prohibition
and public morals of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which recently made
a survey and issued the following
statement:
Out Of the total Of 435 members Of
congress "a are non-members, and
church utilization of SO could not be
ascertained. The following are the
church affiliations:
United Brethren, Mormon, Independ-
emit, Mennonite, Dutch Reformed, Evan
gelical have one member each. There
are two Unlversalists. There are three
members Of the Quaker church and
three Of the Jewish church, FIVE Uni
t%arlans, ten Disciples, ten Lu%therans,
IL Christians, 10 Catholics, 23NCongre-
gationalists, IS Eplscopalians, 20 Bap-
lists. Sc Presbyterians and 80 Meth
odists.
In the senate the survey showed
that out Of a total Of SO senator's the
church affiliations Of % was unknown
and only four were non-members.
There was n Protestant Episcopal
ian, one Christian. The L%utherans,
Dutch Reformed, U~nitarians and Nor
mons all have two members each.
There are six Catholics and six Bap-
lists, seven Congregatlonalists, IL
Presbyterlans, IL Ep%Iscopalians and
~ Methodists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Greedy Young Rooster.

On a farm in Nova Scotia where
chickens have a fine range, the family
was astonished one day to see a half
grown rooster trying to swallow a
brown snake about Is inches long.
After many unsuccessful efforts he
succeeded In getting down the wrig-
Cling and live morsel, much to the
jealousy Of his brothers and sisters,
and giving himself a terribly overload
ed appearance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Mouse ana Cat Comrades,

An Alberta reader Of the Montreal
Family Herald states that at her home
in Yellow Head pass, B. c., she was sit
ting one quiet afternoon. after putting
down a saucer of milk for her cat, when
she saw a mouse slip out from behind
tho stovs and drink at the saucer with
the "a. until the milk was finished
they seemed to be on the best OF
terms.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Swallowed Snake While Drinking.

A New Brunswick man while max
ing hay, took a drink from a spring.
Not long after he began to feel an In
ternal pain which continued to in
crease gradually until after a year OF
so he was operated on In a New Eng
land hospital, and a snake six inches
long was found In the lower part of
his intestines. Re thinks that he
swallowed the snake, when 1t was
small. while. drinking from the spring.
AS he had no cup or other drinking
vessel he could not have e en the
snake. He has had the snake pre-
served.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
IIv.d Lono WITH Broken Neck

A t~en-year-old Walsall, Staffordsh.re,
Eng, schoolboy went to school regu-
larly for Ave weeks with a broken
neck. The lad, when in a hospital for
treatment, made a slight movement
which caused pressure on the spinal
cord and instant death. The surgeon
said that the boy had been protected
by natures own method of contrac.
ton of the muscles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Ancient LeolsIatlve Body.

It Is said that the blouse Of Keys"
Of the Isle of Man, which is the
Islands parliament, Is the most an
cient el1sting legislative body, as 1t
dates bach to many years before the
Norn.ll- conquest. The laws are still
promulgated IL the Manx Language, q
variation Of Gaelic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
How To Give oulnine To ct1ldren;

PEBRILrNE Is the Srade.fnark name given to an
Improved Quinine. It Is Tasteless Syrup. pleas.
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take Il and never know 1t Is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not raaseate net
ceuse nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
st the eIt time you need Quiuiue for any puff,
pose. Ask for 2sonnce original package. The
:same FRBRLLME shown ~ bottle, IS cents