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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-14
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

dered a carload of Indiana coal, but
in every instance outside mines are
patronized, according to the state
ments of coal distributors.
This reminds US of what Abe Martin
said of some farmer getting "a load
OF Injeanny mine run of slate and coal
to do his threshing with All the
same we do mine lot of coal in this
state and it stands to reason that Ii
isn't all steam coal and that some
folks, some place, must burn it in
their stoves. Take Brazil block coal,
for instance, a raft of it commands
good prices from Chicago consumers
Hogs Moved BY Truck
OF the $1,000 or more hogs received
at Indianapolis on Monday better than
5000 were trucked in as reported by
the truck division. The receipts by
truck are constantly increasing in
that market, and when these are count
ed in with receipts by traction the to-
tai makes an imposing figure, and
shows how the live stock. business of
Indianapolis steam roads is being cut
into.
The general sale of good hogs at In
dianapolis on Monday was at $3.50. A
few droves brought 1885 and the top
of the day was $3.50. The run on Mon.
day was nearly twice as large as most
commission men had looked for and
the result was weak market and a
break of practically 25 cents all round
Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, wife of the
new Indiana senator elect. keeps chick
ems, white chickens, if you please, but
! they are not Leghorns, her fancy run
ming to Plymouth Rocks. The Ralstons
live just out of indianapolis, or at leas
away from the heart of town on ths
Michigan road They are a snow,
bunch, these Ralston chickens, and tht
mistress of the home was caught ant
photographed feeding them. on Satur
day morning.
Producers Family Market
Market gardeners and farmers Il
the Indianapolis section contend tina
they have been squeezed off the pub
lie market by retail stand holders AM
commission merchants who have bee
favored by the Shank administration
says the Indianapolis News. For thi
reason the producers are going ahea
with their plans for the building O
a separate producers market. Tn
Growers Finance company, holdin
company, has been organized and
} capitalized at $250,0G0. Stock is no.
beng sold to producers, 175 of whic
are vegetable growers, and to all VIII
wish to take a hand in backing tn
new building enterprise.
The market investigating commi
tee appointed by the mayor, reporte
in favor of a new and larger marke
house and new and larger aud
: forum on the site of Tomlinson hal
last Saturday. With reference to thi
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-14
GRATIS MEETING DATES cTvEN

GRATIS, Ohio. Nov. 1.-THE Sister
Hoods will hold meeting at the home
of Mrs. Ada Kimmel Friday evening.
Revival meetings will begin at the
First Brethren church, Dec. II.
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226 North Eighteenth street, by the
Ladies' society.
Mrs. Glenn Whitesell win be hostess
to called meeting of the Delta Theta
Tau sorority Tuesday evening at 1880
o'clock at her home. 1114 Main street.
All members are asked to attend
Mrs. Ray Meeks will be hostess to
meeting of committee members ap-
pointed by the Baxter P. T. A. at her
home. 225 Kinsey street, at 7:30
o'clock Tuesday evening.
A public card party will be given
at Vaughan hall Wednesday evening
at s o'clock by the Degree of Honor.
Euchre and sheephead will be played.
Everyone is invited
The Y. M. I. club will give a large
dance for members and their friends
Tuesday evening at their club. The
dancing begins at $50 o'clock. Mil.
ler's orchestra will play the order OF
dances.
Denver Brown camp, No. 20, and the
Ladies' Auxiliary q. S. W. ", will
meet at the courthouse Wednesday
evening at 1880 o'clock. After work
short program will be given and re
freshments served. All members are
urged to be present
The Greenbriar Community club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Laura
Williams on the Arlington road Wed
nesday afternoon at 1870 o'clock
Election of officers will be held. All
members are asked to be present
The Ornis Melas club will meet with
Miss Gertrude Williams, 200 South
Sixteenth street, Tuesday evening.
The Amistad club will meet with
Mrs. Ray Kinder on South Thirteenth
street The Ladies Aid of Third M
E. church will have an all day meet
ing in the basement of the church
Wednesday. Every woman Of the
church is asked to bring her lunch
The degree staff Of the Pythiar
Sisters will meet for practice Wed
nesday evening at 1880 o'clock, in the
temple.
A kid" party is being held by thu
Womens club of Fairview at Sevas
topol, school, Tuesday evening. Lunch
will be 10 cents.
The Wedoso club will be entertain
ed by Mrs Floyd Scott at her hom'
on Easthaven avenue Wednesda,
evening.
Mrs. Frank Reed will be hostess t
/ Circle Three of the First Presbyterian
/ church Wednesday afternoon.
The Young Peoples Dancing clu
will hold a dance Wednesday evenin
at the I. O. o. F. hall. The Eva
Smith orchestra will play
The Philathea class of the Secon
1 Presbyterian church will serve
chicken supper from $50 o'clock t
8 o'clock Wednesday evening, at tn
church. The public is invited to a
tend. Mrs. Hale's class will have
candy booth.
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CURATOR COMPLETES
LARGEST PHOTOGRAPH;
TO Be ONE OF SERIES
fBv Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Nov. IA photograph
90 feet long and 10 feet high, one of
the largest ever made. has been COM
pleted by DR.. Frank NJ. Woodruff Gu
rator Of the Chicago ACADEMY OF Sci
ence, in Lincoln park
II shows a panorama of the Lake
Michigan shore at Miller Beacn, near
Gary. Ind, the famous Indiana sano
dunes, the sluggish Grand Calumet
river. and the swamps and sWale
stretching around the eastern anu
southeastern environs OF Chicago. Inc
photograph is printed in natural col
ors.
The picture is one of four immense
panorama photographs which Wnen an
are complete, win form the PACK
grounds of exhibits showing the Dlfos'
animals, reptiles. trees and flowers
common now or in earlier days IN the
Chicago region.
4 second picture, "a feet long and
10 feet high, has been completed ano
two more. one 90 and the other u
feet long, are to be made.
Scenery ls Shown
when complete the series VIII SHOW
4ynieal bits OF scenery from the SAND
dune region. through the swamps &c
the Calumet Sag, north through the
prairies, and back to the LAKE some
where above the north shore suburb.
The photographs mark the advent g
a new art, and have displaced Oh
paintings costing thousands OF dollars
A picture 90 feet long can be produced
according to DR.. woodruff, TOT lesl
than 500, and the tinting In transpaI
ert oils costs but small amount 40
ditionnl, as compared with the heaV!
cost OF oil paintings.
Any art student who understand
color can do the tinting. he says, a.
the photograph itself furnishes I'M
high lights and shadows.
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SOCIETY
Continued from Pnge Tour)

ian Sisters are to meet in the temple
at 1880 O'Clock Wednesday evening.
All members are asked to be present
The Neighborly club has postponed
its meeting to have been heia Weones-
day afternoon with Mrs: wafer Mopl1'
The next regular meeting or the ciuo
viii he held Nov. % with Mrs. August
nafner OF her home on the Natlonal
Road east.
social meeting Of the Good Cheer
class of the First M. z. Sunday schooi
will be held at the home OF MIS- "
n. Holland, 1907 East Main street
wednesday afternoon, Nov. 10. Mem
bers are each asked to bring one dozen
cookies to be sent to an NJ. Il. orphan
age, Each person is also requested 10
bring needles, thimbles and thread 10
sew for tho bazaar.
euchre and sheephead party Will
he given by the Knights Of Saint John
n their rooms in the Lyceum, South
FIFTH and G streets, Wednesday even
ing at o'clock. The public Is cordi-
aIlv invited. Lunch will be served as
usual.
A dance Is to be given at the Cen
terville Town hall from to Il ocloch
Tuesday evening. The Evan Smltn
orchestra will play
The Bethany Bible class OF the sec
ond English Lutheran church Will oe
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. K. 4
Holzapfel at their home, l04 Wes'
Fifth street, Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Cora Little will be hostess tc
an all day meeting of the Ever READY
class of Middleboro Wednesday.
Mrs. Will Davies, of 624 Richmond
avenue. will be hostess Wednesday an
ernoon to the U. B. Hustlers.
Mrs. Charles Backmeyer's SUNDAY
school class will be entertained will
a picnic party Wednesday evening a
the home of Mrs. Alfred Sudhoff, u
South Fourth street.
Mrs. Brown of 420 North Sixteenth
street. will be hostess to the Colder
Rule Bible class of the First NJ. Z
church Wednesday afternoon at FL
o'clock. All members of the class ar
urged to be present. A social hour vii
follow the program.
A hard-times party will be given TO
members of the B. of L. F. and E. an
their families Tuesday evening at tn
home of Mr.. and Mrs. V. L. Hagert1
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The question is frequently asked by
city consumers if the comb honey sold
in pound squares is manufactured
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-14
]. H. MARTIN FIRST
TO FILE EXPENSES

me first candidate to file an &C
count OF election expenses, In the
county clerks office. was James H.
Martin, of Center township. Mr.. Mar
tin had been a candidate for. township
assessor on the Republican ticket.
Harry NJ. Sourbeer, of Jackson town
ship. candidate for member of the ad-
visory board, filed the same account
as Mr.. Martin, no expenses and no
promises.
Amos e. EhIe, candidate for Cor
oner on the Democratic ticket, filed
an account of SIS for advertising
Stephen Williams, who ran for the
office of township assessor of Web
ster township, on the Democratic tick
ct, gave S1.05 as his expense.
]. 0. EdgeFton. elected to the office
Of Wayne township assessor, gave ne
expense and no promises in his report
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-14
Joe Funk Barn Is Burned;
Lose Grain And Implements

CARLOS CITY. Ind, Nov. 14-Spon-
taneous combustion is believed to
have caused the burning of the Joe
Funk barn Sunday, with the loss OF
approximately 100 pounds of wheat,
200 bushels of oats, fodder, nipple
ments and other articles of value.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-14
Two Passenger Trains
Added To Liberty Service

LIBERTY, Ind, Nov. 1.-Two pas
senger trains have been replaced upon
the G. I. and W. schedule here. An
eastbound now leaves Liberty at 6:52
in the evening, and the other is west
bound leaving at 2 o'clock each after
noon. The addition OF the two gives
Liberty four trains each way.
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report the News quotes Edward Hohit,
one of the promoters, as saying:
I'VE are opposed to spending more
than 100000 on new city market
and auditorium. when the construction
of such building would not relieve
the real trouble on the market, which
is the political situation" said Mr..
Hohit. No matter how much money
they spend on new building it would
not better conditions one bit for the
producers, and as long as the city
market is under political control. the
situation is lost for the producers.
We will continue with our plans for
new and separate producers mar
ket."
Purebred Hog Census
Whatever may be the present status
Of the jure-bred hog of various breeds.
the following census figures will be
of interest to all breeders. The show
ing made was compiled in 1919 for the
1920 census Jnd has but recently beer
1920 census and has but recently been
married., the census report is as fol
/ lows:
/ Duroc Jerseys lead the list, with Pc
| land Chinas ranking second in the las
census report of the relative percent
ages of the population of the differen
breeds of purebred hogs in the United
States. The grand total is 2,049, 900
including all breeds, and this is thu
/ first time an actual count has eve
been taken. They are listed below a
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Bee keepers say it is just as impos-
sible to manufacture comb honey as
it is to manufacture eggs.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17
KAN IS DOOMED,
ALLEN DECLARES
Conference of Governors
Hears Kansan in AS
sault on Empire
ORGANIZED 0UTLAWRY
That, IN Final Analysis, Allen
Says, Is the Klan, Not 100
Per Cent Americanism .

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.
Va, Dec. 1.-THE Ku-Klux Klan is
doomed, Governor Allen, OF Kansas,
told the governors conference In a
discussion following an address to-
day. The conference adjourned its
fourteenth annual session after cleo
tlon OF officers.
Governor Cox. Of Massachusetts,
Governor Harde, OF Florida, and
Governor McCray. OF Indiana, were
elected members OF the executive
committee.
Former Governor Townsend. or
Delaware, was reelected treasurer
and Miles Riley Of Madison, Wis,
secretary.
Governor McCray Of Indiana, de-
clarcd that II the klau in his state
engaged I'm such eCtlyities az were
complained OF In other states, Indl-
ana would show ats teeth =
Assails It's Philanthroplcs,
In the course Of the discussion
philauthropies OF the khan were
mentioned.
81 am surprised" said Governor
Allen that the National Boy Scouts
of ST. Louis did not refuse 70 accept
$4,000 from the klan, given 70 boil
stcr up the orFlnizatun.s cry Of 100
per cent Americau.sm.
Il am Methodist but / am
ashamed 10 say a Methods. hospital
accepted SIS 900 from tho khan, there
by giving IL a certificate OF char
acter'
Governor Morrison. Of North Car
ohna, cited incidents showing the
khan had helped the state in several
criminal cases.
"I want 10 mention these things in
Justice 20 the khan although / ana
against d." he said.
In his address, Governor Allen
branded The khan as organized out
lawry." denounced it as the greatest
curse that has come 20 any civilized
people, and urged that steps Doe taxi
en- TO eradicate IL from America
Dangerous 10 Prutcslnnts.'
"The organization is aR dangerous
to the Protestant as II Is 20 the Cath
Ollie and the negro because IL exists
only when the authority Of govern
ment has been broken down ana de-
stroyed," he declared. 'It brings
hatred. chaos and menace 20 every
/ law-abidlug citizen who may fan
victim of the private qlarrcls and
CONTINUED on PAGE NINETEEN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17
FAMOUS IN SOUTHWEST
Prominent State Figure, Le-
gally and Politically, Since
Coming to State in 1893
WAS TERRITORY MARSHAL
Served in Days When Bud"
Ledbetter Was Famed for
Exploits Against Crime

ny the Associated Press state Wire.
hUSkOGEE Dec. 26--S. Morton
Rutherford, state senator and for
four years prominent figure In
Oklahoma politics was instantly
killed here tonight when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
a. l.. Harris, n fellow attorney
Together Rutherford and Harris
had attended a Muskogeo County
Bar association banquet. II waa
shortly before midnight that tho
banquet ended and the two men
atarted homo, Harris in his car ana
Rutherford hfnot
IAed Almost Instantly.
The accident came with such
startling suddenness that Harris did
not realize he had struck Ruther-
ford until he had dragged him 80
feet or more. His friends lifted him
from the ground but his face was 50
badly mangied that they did not
know him. 1t was not until an ann
hularce into which no had been
placed reached the hospital that he
was recognized. Rutherford was
dead and physicians declared he
had lived but "a moment after he fell
beneath the car.
witnesses declared that Ruther-
ford was crossing the street in the
middle OF tho blocl9 on Okmulgee
avenue between Fifth and sixth
street, directly in front OF the federal
building and almost In the business
heart 81 tho city. Harris Nas taken
to police headquarters md after an
hours questioning County Attorney
w. A. Green sald that, 80 far as he
was concerned, there would be no
prosecution ut was clearly an un-
aVcidable accident" Green said.
Rutherford had been the last
speaker ut the banquet tonight He
and N. A Gihgon. the toastmaster,
engaged In considerable banterlng
ana the banquet closed In a gale
OF laughter at Rutherford's parting
sally. lie walked out into the night
and five minutes later he was dead.
Came 90 State In 1898.
Samuel Morton Rutherford had
been a prominent and picturesque
figure in Oklahoma since 1898. when
no moved from FUrt Smith, AK ..s::.55.,
TO Atokh 10 become United states
ommissioner.
Since then ne has served as
United States marshal mayor or
Muskogeo ana member OF the
state senate, representing Muskogce.
Mcintosh and Haskell counties and
In 1907 the year oklahoma was ad-
mittcd 10 statehood, he ran for IN"
democratic nomination for United
states senator against his fellow
townsmnn, Robert /. owen.
a southerner Of the old school,
the title Of colonel was naturally
given to him aud Colonel kutber-
ford became one OF the best known
criminal lawyers in the state
HIS political star was still bright
when hn died lie was talked OF
ms candidate for speaker pro tem-
pore OF the state, and at the state
convention of the democratic pnrtY
held Immediately after the August
CONTINUED uS PAGE NINETEEN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17
EAGER TO TEST ACTION
In Heart Of Gas Field, With
out Gas, He Took Drastic
Step for Sake of His City
ROBBERY, SHARP DECLARES
Oklahoma Natural Officials
to Decide on Legal Course
in Conference on Monday

Ey the Associated Press state Wire
DRUMRIGHT, Dec. 16.-Mayor
". y. Nicodemus, champion or
freezing Drumright, who yesterday
brought warmth to the city for the
first time in more than a week by
the simple eXpedient of tapping the
high pressure pipeline Of the Okla
homa Natural Gas company, without
authorization OF the company. said
tonight he was ready TO back up his
action to the limit.
Mayor Nicodemus said he was not
worried about threats Of court ae-
tion from the company.
He's "Rearlng TO Go"
do you suppose that any court In
tho world would sac town OF 5000
persons suffering from the cold and
not realize that drastic steps were
necessarily" the mayor asked heat
edly.
9TH rearing TO go. Let them hop TO
IT," he exclaimed when told that Of
ficiais Of the Oklahoma~Natural Gas
company would hold a conference
Monday TO determine upon course
OF action TO force the city to sever its
unauthorized connection with the
cempany's lines. o
7 did what anybody else would
have done under the circumstances, >,
Mayor Nicodemus said, Schools had
been closed because there was no
gaA hospitals could not be heated;
GicNe ss was developiNg and there
fss iAtense suffering in every home
in Drumright.
None Could ~ lnything.
Il took the matter up with the
state corporation commission, and
the Shafer County Gas company, the
local distributor, applied 10 the
oklahoma Natural company for gas.
But they wouldn't do anything
a meter was installed when the
lines OF the Oklahoma Natural COM
pany were tapped and the gas being
used by the city is being measured
80 that an adjustment can-be made
later. he said.
The Oklahoma Natural Gas COM
pany, he declared, was supplying gas
20 the oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
lu Drumright, the latter company
generating electric light power here
for number OF surrounding towns,
There was no reason why the Okla
homa Natural could not supply other
brumright consumers, he continued.
The mayor dispatched letters To-
day to the state cooperation commits
sion and the oklahoma Natural Gas
company explaining his action.
Drumright is situated in the heart
oi the Cushing oil and gas field
which supplies gas TO many distant
cities.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17
Accused Auto Thief Chief
Lodged Behind Bars Here;
Admits Stealing Fifty Cars
r. W. Pontius However Dealt Only in Hgh-Priced Cars
According Officers Who Find He Sold Stolen Motors
Many Citizens Ranging From Bank HeSdS to Clerks.

II. W. Pontius, branded by local
authorities as tho klug-pin OF
auto thieves, was yesterday lodged
in the county jail in default OF
three bonds or $1,000 each. fol-
lowing arraignment before Justice
j, IT. Query on charges OF auto
larceny. receiving stolen property
and obtaining money under false
pretepsos. All Of tho charges are
the result OF Pontius' alleged &C
tiviues locally In disposing OF
stolen cars to unsuspecting buy
ers
other charges will probably he
filed against Pontius next week
according 10 @. l.. Collins. head
OF tho police auto recovery de-
pnrtmcnt, who arrested PontluB
Friday morning and who signed
tho three informations flied
against him Saturday. Tho alleged
auto thief chief admitted TO police
officers that no mad disposed Of at
least 90 stolen care In Tulsa but
he refused to disclose the names
OF any OF the layers.
Evidence on his operations II
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17
.LEAGUERS EYEING
M'ALISTER'S JOB
Present Lull in Battle
for Election Machin-
cry Just a Truce
JACK BIDES HIS TIME
At Right Moment, Friends
Aver, Governor-Elect Will
Jump Into Thickest of Fray
BY CLARK c. HUDSON.
World Capital Correspondent,


OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 16.-The
truce which appears 10 exist in the
imbrogllo over Secretary MCAlister
Of the state election board is one Of
those political Illusions which APP
pear at intervals in any important
controversy. Those who may he
lulled into a SNUG and comfortable
doZe by the impression that all Is
over are due for an awakening soon
er or later. II may come with a
punch over the pleXus or by a shot
in the arm; but there Is a deter
mination on the part OF those re-
spons!ble for WaltOn's nomination to
shake off the grip which the HeG-
tenant governor holds on the elec-
ton machinery, and TO place that
important political appartus in con-
troll Of the governor
\ Clear-Cut Battle,
on the face OF things, IL would
seem that Trapp has the better Of
the situation at present. While sem
atOrial noses are hard 10 count II
may be said that a majority OF the
democratic senators al this writing
favor the election OF McAlister as
secretary Of the austere ana dlgn'fied
body which functions as the senate.
This situation eNst largely because
Of McAiisters personal popu.a'!,,y, .,l
and because the manage neht OF l'lo
Trap campaign 70 retain lHe Hyalg
election machinery mas eAplatiiep
upon the wounded dIEhlty W"tgh
would result from an executive IH-
tTusion Into sugh a pam s'n''"L'1 '1'
preroEatye as the selection or sec
retary. That or course, Is p!aln per
sitl3ge. IL ~ nnt tne secretary OF
the senate 'nat interests -hs exc, T.
ave, or tlpse VINO coH'p' us ne
cabinet Il is IN" secretary or The
state election board, who happens 10
rou, aayarfnrrrg a into hitherto sacred
,l-'-s,-+,. H. "a nor "a contest I.-
I'A .aa.'..f
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17

being gathered as rapidly as pos
slble, according to Collins. who
thinks that when Pontius IA
brought 20 trial no will be faced
with score OF aCcuaers whom he
defraudcd by selling them stolen
autos. In all instances found 40
far Pontius dealt only in high
priced cars. In all the cases now
before the officers the alleged
auto thief and stolcu-car merchant
disposed only OF Chdillacs. He
bllked his victims on amounts
varying from $1,000 10 $4,000 and
tho unsuspecting buyers range
from heads OF banks to clerks.
Two charges OF interstate trans
portatlon Of stolen cars are pend
ing against Pontlus in the federal
court at MuskOgee. He was at
liberty under $4,000 bond pending
trial on these charges when ar
rested Friday morning by Collins.
pontius was brought to oklahoma
by federal authorities after he
had been brrestod in California.
lie was in jail here last year but
mysteriously escaped before he
WAS prosecuted