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, 1922-05-11
FaIlacy of Quick Draw

I1tpHE MELANCHOLY accident to Bud BaIlewI I"
l. says the Kansas City Star, seems to show that
If a man wants to live to a green old age he ought to
have something more to rely on than a quick draw.
A quick draw is something, to be sure, but there is
no telling how long it will remain good. 1t is a chang
ing world and a competitive world. What was good
yesterday may be no good today, and the man who
tries to use yesterdays draw in today's shooting event
well, he's very likely to get it where Bud got his.
ITS n changing world. The draw, no matter how
quick, is rapidly going out as a life preserver. A
careful man can do better in these days with a sensi-
BILE diet and a few demonstrated rules of health than
the draw ever did for anybody. Look at John D..
Rockefeller and Chauncey NJ. Depew and Joe Cannon.
They never relied on the draw. They realized, like
sensible men, that if they went in for the draw and
perfected themselves in it, it would only be a matter
of time until somebody with an improved technique
beat their draw. The science of the draw is a pro
gressive science. Somebody is always adding a touch
to it somewhere, a rifle or a twist, that little shade
OF difference that separates mere talent from genius.
and then what worlds away.
bud Ballew might have lived to be as old as any
Of those named if he hadn't believed his draw to be
the quickest going. He relied upon it and trusted to
nothing else. Yet it was an old draw, really. There
is nothing to show that he had bettered it or tried to
bring it up to date. Probably it wasn't anything better
than a 1910 draw-and look what science has done
since 1910! Bud couldn't see it. He had a closed
mind. His draw always has been good enough and he
believed it always would be.
'The lesson is that no draw is quick enoupb whom
it meets a quicker. Probably it's better and safer
never to cultivate a draw at all. If a man wants to
live long he should learn how to live, not how To
draw. That seems to be the lesson of Bud Ballew.
the man who had the next to the quickest draw in
Wichita Falls"
, 1922-05-11

Of truck wheels caused by compare
lively small surface Irregularities pro-
duces very high stresses In comparison
with those Of static loads only. Only
tests now under way indicate that
tractive resistance depends largely
upon the surface and material of the
road. Here is one place where trac-
tive resistance. already very low on
concrete pavements. may be made still
lower by good construction.
THE common methods of finishing
a concrete o usually result in a
surface free from noticeable bumps
and Impressions. Further. this mate
rial has the great advantage of re
naming in its original condition. un,
affected by temperature or by traffic.
There is still room for Improvement:
sufficient attention to forms. uniform
consistency, finishing methods and
testing the surface must be given to in
sure a truly even pavement"
, 1922-05-11
Consolidation of Relief

THE FINAL STEP in the consolidation of all govern.
4 ment veteran relief agencies under one head wa.
taken in the executive order signed by President
Harding April 90 which transfers from the United
States public health service to the United States Vet.
Grams bureau all hospitals caring for disabled world
war veterans. The transfer was effected under tbs
authority contained in section 9 of the Sweet bill
enacted by the present congress.
The order affects 81 hospitals now in operation
one purveying depot and nine hospitals under con.
struction. The institutions are scattered among two
states and include such we'll known hospitals as Fov
Hills, New York, and the Edward Hines Jr.. Hosn;taI
at haywood, Illinois, as well as several reconyerted
army camps All facilities, property and equipment
in these hospitals are transferred to the Veterans
bureau. The commissioned personnel of the United
States public health service on duty in these HOSPITALS
Will be detailed by the surgeon general of the publir
health service, who are paid out of Veterans bureau
funds, will be transferred and given appointment IN
the Veterans bureau,
The number of beds in the hospitals thus taker
over is 1900. Approximately 5000 patients are
now under treatment therein.
Coincident with this transfer of existing hosnit,,,
has been the passage by congress of the Langley. hill
and its approval by the president, carrying an anpro-
priation of s17,OO0,0O0 for the construction of add.
tionai hospital facilities. This is the third hosnit,'
approximation made by the congress since the war
S9,O5o,OOO was appropriated on March 3, 1919. .,d
Sls'ooo, 600 on March a, 1921, which, with the present
appropriation and three deficiency acts, makes a tota'
OF S46,145,000 for hospitals. The latest appronr;a
tion was made in order to enable the Veterans blu.
, 1922-05-11
Chronicled Oddities

a minister in the middle wes,
FOUNDER and for twenty a pastor
o. a church, married a couple while
tney wore bathing suits. standing be.
SIDE a puhlic swimming pool. His
ehurcf promptly preferred charges
against him and will try him for ne
onense OF conduct unbecoming a min.
lister.
A New York Judge had before him
a prisoner charged with shaping his
old father" The offense was not s.
rious from the legal standpoint since
h slap had bee undamaxfng to anv.
thing save dignity. The sentence was
that h offender paste In his hat a
written cop Of the Fourth command
men. Honor thy Father and thy
Mother" and agree to obey IL. Com.
enun on the sentence. a court fiji
Ger said: ut may sound foolish but
nus naghoors VIII know It and talk
about IT. and public opinion will keen
him w~el-behaved in the futurer'
In a Virginia court, a woman ae-
cused OF a serious crime of forgery
was sentenced to pay a fine OF one
dollar and to spend one hour in jaII.
The our tempered the stern Justice
Of tmpersoual law with the tender
mercy Of compassion for the helpless
The trial developed tina woman and
her baby had suffered hunger and
cold from ack of necessities the hus-
hand failed to provide. though able
The woman opened n letter addressed
TO her husband found a government
check for disability allowance. wrote
the husbands name on II. cashsd Il
and spent IT for clothes and food for
herself and child.
An Indiana wonsn died and kept
on living according to the doctors
who attended her. The TRANCE case
was that OF n mother. run over by a
train and fatally injured. who WIS
kept alive n conscious for hours.
with mother-love anxiety over her
children. after her heart had ceased TO
beat. according to attending physi-
Clans.
, 1922-05-11
The Peoples Business

The postal business is the peon,..,
business says Postmaster Cener,i
Work. which the postoffice denar--
ment is charged with operating To-
the public 1t is only by the xreatss,
possible Interest and understand,n-
on the part of the public, ana ,hs
heartiest kind OF cooperation. thai III
postal system can attain its highes,
deals. Postal service affects NOR.
people either directly or indirectly thar
any other agency in the United state
whether 1t be public or private. I-he
IDEAL postal service, therefore. ls th,,
service which discharges all Of ,he
functions OF the postal establishment
to the satisfaction OF all OF the peoole
all OF h time. This Will be attained
: every postal employe from the post.
master general throughout the service
will do Gil OF his duty and do IL all
OF the time In its last analysis. postal
duties are accommodations performed
for our neighoors and friends ana
should be 80 regarded rather than as a
hired service performed for an alb
sentee employer.
, 1922-05-11
Inconsiderate Neighbors

Editor Tribune: I am n regular
subscriber for your paper and have
read many times. where you have ad.
Vised people to their own homes.
keep them clean. attractive. etc. Now
l fully agree with you. but what can
ono do In a town like this when some
people have nj regard for other peo-
pies property
i bought a place more than a year
ago IN the east part of town, lust
east and south of the school and nv
family n 1 like TO see and have
things attractive. We put out young
trees, planted grass. made a nice gar
den n the stock and chickens ruin.
IN the night. running horses. COWS
and mules off the place. I have seen
men lead their horses right in front
of the house and turn their loose. One
lady had n lot of chickens and when
7 asked her II she WIS going to keep
them peuned up she said. mol You
can't raise any thing in this l.
town and chickens need the green
grass I bought this place on time
and am making monthly payments
was out of work last winter and have
not paid for the place yet. and do
not feel able at this time to fence and
do Il lot of improving.
Now, I ask through your paper
haven't the people any protection
Must we have the Same conditions
this summer we had last?
TAXPAYERS.
, 1922-05-11
A Word From Wyoming

The fates they have given me bless
ing thrice (whoever the fates may
bel
And If We regard the gold reward
then oil is first of the three:
Ny heart heaves hard beneath its
road: my very veins would burst;
To them belongs my rich life blood
who pierce my bosom first.
Or IL ye regard a healthy life as the
thing that We first would choose,
BY the selfsame voice that you make
your choice we may have what We
would use, q
Or IL ye regard it character, that shall
We also see,
For whether it's health. manhood or
wealth, 1 give you one or three.
No love I hold for dainty deeds nor
, pride In weaklinE men;
I take the best of the winds of the
west and send 1t out again;
l breathe 1t forth to h south and
north; I drive it far TO the east
And those that blame my biting blast
are those that know me east
But those that love my open ways are
those that know me best;
To them I shall give TIE right to live
in the open heart of the west;
To them I shall teach the silent
speech that comes of the clasp of a
hand
So let them know. whose love I hold.
it was this love that I planned.
GENE MARTIN.
Eaatier Wyn
, 1922-05-11
S~uperpower Plan

Secretary Hoover says that a com.
plete development of the
superpower prophet by which a ser.
les of electric power stations. est,h.
ished adJacent to coal mines to sup
ply power to the Atlantic coast no.
i from Maine to Maryland. would
a v the nation thirty million tons of
Goa annually. In a discussion of the
project in a cabinet Aeeting. Score.
tary Hoover said it was pointed out
that such a project would have a
great OBJECT upon future coal strikes
and the reduction of unemployment
by producing regular work for min.
ers. 1t is noted that the coal saving
would como in two ways: First, the
coal expended in locomotives to trans.
port the coal to be burned would all
be saved: and, second, the loss occas-
Toned by burning plants would be saw
ed by having much coal bus ned in
large quantities in a few plants.
The government is now working on
development plans for the project
through the geological survey, which
already has issued a preliminary re-
port on the subject 1t Is not the in
tention of the government to finance
the project. The government is inter.
ested in the estimated annual saving
OF coal and man power and increased
employment which, it is believed will
be made possible through the carry
ing out of the 's~uperpower plan.
Plans of the geological survey will
be made available for utilities com.
panies which desire to use the super
power plan. leaving the financing OF
the project in the hands of private
enterprise
, 1922-05-11

reau to care for all patents in institutions owned,
supervised and managed by the government.
The chief dissatisfaction among the veterans has
been the contract institutions which the bureau,
through inadequate resources of its own, was obliged
to utilize. With the passing of the contract Institution
it will be possible to standardize the care of all the
3O,774 patients now under the bureaus jurisdiction.
That the former crowded condition of veteran hos
pitals has been effectively relieved since the organ
ization of the Veterans bureau is evidenced by the
records of the bureau that there is now a surplus Of
1000 beds in bureau hospitals. The additional space
is required, however, for a more adequate care of the
2,Ss3 tuberculous and 1926 neuro-psychiatric pa
tients now being treated in outside institutions.
The consolidation of the public health service hos
pitfalls under the Veterans bureau completes the uni
fication of veteran relief agencies which has been the
constant aim of the present administration. and which
, 1922-05-11
Tax Exempt Amendment

The Green resolution proposing an
amendment to the federal constitution
which would prohibit the issuance of
tax exempt securities by the federal
government and by any of the states
or other governmental units has been
ravorably reported to the house by the
ways'and committee. Represen
tative Green. Republican of Iowa, who
introduced the resolution. also wrote
the committees favorable report rec
ommending its adoption. In this re
port it is declared that tine mass of
tax exempt securities will continue
to increase until every inducement
will be offered to the man having a
large income to make his investments
solely in them, n even the compare
lively small taxpayer will find it to his
profit to invest in them. Meanwhile.
the of the government from
large incomes will continue to shrink
and income tax will be collected large
ly from those whose incomes are com
p~aratively SMALL"
The report states the present system
enables much property to escape tax
alton; that 1t unfairly d~iscriminates
between taxpayers; impedes private
financing. discourages investments in
new enterprises and creates social un-
rest. According to conservative esti-
mates obtained by the committee. tax
free securities now amount Il at least
SIS. 600. 900. 900 and the amount is
steadily increasing. h fact that
such securities find a ready market
is a temptation to states, municipal
ties. counties and other governmental
units to issue such securities in much
larger amounts than is necessary for
the economical financing of their re-
spective governments.
, 1922-05-11

Republican congress last summer. The Harding ad-
ininistration entered office to find the work of veter-
an relief a chaos of conflicting jurisdiction. The
unfortunate veteran, under the old system. was
obliged to pass through the red tape Of the United
States public health service for his disqualification
the Federal Board for Vocational Education for his
rehabilitation, and the War Rick Insurance bureau for
his compensation. As a result. the whole service VT S
clogged with delays.
Under the present system, with all agencies CEN
tralized in the United States Veterans bureau, red
tape has been eliminated, delays reduced to a minimum,
ami every effort has been made TO make relief easy
and available to every needy veteran. Finally, the
consolidation of the hospital service of the bureau
will make it possible to bring a marked efficiency into
that most difficult branch of the veteran relief ndmin-
istration.
, 1922-05-11
How Does 1t Ridea

Comparatively few people who use
our highways are sufficiently well
versed in the technique of road ON
struction to knc whether or not a
highway was constructed under the
most approved specifications" notes
the Concrete Highway Magazine. I'm
the absence of any obvious defects, the
average motorists opinion of a high
way is summed up in his answer to
the question How does it rider
Engineers and contractors. on the
other hand in the past directed their
attention to getting the proper amount
Of cement into the pavement, cutting
down the amount of mixing water.
adequately preparing the subgrade and
other technical details in which the
average user of, hi highways took
little interest. But with the present
universal interest in highway matters,
the motorist is learning more of the
engineering side of highway construc-
ton and the road builder is, to a great
err degree h before, considering the
motorists point OF view. The need for
great care in securing an even. true
riding surface is being recognized by
highway builders to an increasing de.
gree. Many states now specify the al
I1owable surface variation in n certain
Euage length from a straight line.
Some states require the use OF split
floats at joints, finishing with special
tools and careful testing of the fin
ished pavement with a straight edge
TO insure an even contour.
1t is not enough hat the pavement
be made of good concrete. For maxi.
mum comfort. economy in operation
and durability of the pavement itself
surface must be free from irregu.
lnrites. Recent experiments indicate
the Importance Of an even riding sur.
face from other considerations than
the comfort of the motorists. Tests
made by the U. S. bureau of roads
have already shown hat the impact
, 1922-05-11
Decrease in Unemployment

The presidents conference on I'm.
employment reports that during the
month just passed the ratio between
job and job hunters has decreased.
There being $50 seekers for every 100
Jobs. as compared with z26 unem.
ployed for every opportunity at the
beginning OF the year. In January
~ per cent of unemployed could find
work. whereas now 81 per sent can
find places. With the jobless esti.
mated as $500. 900. the figures work
out to the opening of opportunities
for an army of $40. 900 men.
Further evidence OF returning pros.
perity is seen at the capital in the
growing numbers of travellers who
ask for passports for foreign Jour.
nys- So great Is the rush for
h little -greencovcred evidences of
American citizenship that almost 90
900 were issued in April. and the state
department. which has Jurisdiction
over granting them. warns would.oe
travellers to apply early II they would
receive their passports in time.
Department of labor statistics in
dictate that living costs are steadily
decreasing, a further evidence of real
prosperity. Tho fall in the cost of
living in principal cities between
June, 1920. and March. 1922, the de.
partment estimated. was greatest in
Detroit, where it amounted to 26 per
cent. In New FORK the decrease was
22.5 per cent in the same period, and
in Chicago PAL per cent The small
est decrease found was in Los Ange-
les. where it was 14.5 per cent.
Comptroller OF the Currency Girls.
singer. sometimes called the govern
ment's official optiniist. said n, an
, 1922-05-11
4 Distinguishing Trait

TT WAS CHARACTERISTIC of John Hay, when
l. the American Legion committee having in charge
the raising of funds for a community house for their
purposes, wrote him a letter asking for a donation,
that he took up his telephone and told those in author
ity to set him down for five thousand dollars. Mails
between Rock Springs and Laramie, for even that
short distance, were too slow to afford the expression
of encouragement he felt for the efforts the former
soldier bow we're putting forth.
The American soldier boy of the World war is near
and dear to John Hay, for the pride of his life, his
eldest son, was their comrade on the fields of France
and there gave his life for the flag they followed in
common.
With Mr.. Hays substantial gift. the boys will CARY
to successful conclusion the object of their present
campaign.
, 1922-05-11

address before the Florida banke-
convention: The business outiook
for h whole country is brighter an1
more encouraging than Il has 49,
for h past two years We are vi,
rid OF business n Industrial froth
and In a position TO go forward =,
sound and substantial lines. We a.
-eady 10 start. 10 be off. to be doanr
Business. industry. Agriculture. 40
commerce need only the awakening -,
American pluck. courage and tni,,..
tive to insure the reestablishmept o.
prosperity"
, 1922-05-11
Producing Citizens

The bureau of the census complies
volume after volume of figures from
which the statistician draws many n
f~erences. Dry reading. IL not under.
stood, they tell a graphic story to the
trained student. Recent results show
the distribution of workers in various
lines throughout the country.
Male workers engage in agriculture
to h number of 29.9 per cent %, 1867.
900 mem. Three and three-tenths per
cent do mining q.0S7 900 workers..
Thirty-two n ~nine-tenths per cent
manufacture QO.sS2 900 laborers), while
SO per ent e 1859 900 mem are engag.
ed in transportation. Trade uses 10.
per cent (3.574.0 900 workers.: "a per
cent of the male population are in
professional work Q.13s, 900 doctors,
lawyers, dentists, scientists, teachers,
etc.; while 81 per cent are clerks l..
6s6,ooo pushers-of-the-pen and punch.
ers-of-the-typekeys).) Domestic and
personal service uses 81 per cent, or
1,216, 900 Wallets. buffers, walters, cooks,
janitors, porters, etc.
Women are 1871 per cent in agricul.
ture u,oS4, 900. dairymaids and far
merettes), 22.6 per cent in manufacture
ing Q,9S1, 900 machine tenders and
skilled workers.. rs per cent in trans.
p~ortation (214,ooo ticket choppers, con-
ductresses, car-cleaners, etc.). rs per
cent in trade (67O 900 standing behind
counters, buying, selling. stock clerks,
etc). 1l.s per cent professional e.
0l6'O00 nurses. teachers,
doctors. etc), 25.5 per cent in domes.
tic service & ,1s4. 900 cooks mattresses.
chambermaids, and housekeepers), and
1871 per cent doing clerical work a..
$4,000 stenographers, typists, book.
keepers, file clerks. etc.).
, 1922-05-11
The Trial Up-Sky

soon
Fades that last Wilderness of h moon
The face of noon is wrinkled, old
Like Pabio's of the sheepfold,
Who has seen all youth go by
On the long trail, up-sky.
Evening waits
At her turquoise gates
To fondle us.
And sing and sing,
With Groom of mothering.
We ask not whittier,
Ask not why,
On the long trail up-sky.
William H. Simpson.
, 1922-05-11
~Intoxication Justified

Magistrate Black of New York set
free Samuel e. Malcolm. SIS years old,
married for 2S years, when he cele-
brated the birth of his first son by get
ting drunk. The magistrate held that
Volstead low or no Volstead law, there
are occasions whe' a nan simply must
celebrate and that the end Of rs
fatherless years was such an ~occason
, 1922-05-11

If the sea dried up there would be
five million square miles Of a one
mile thick.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-12-30
VIM. C.. GRIFFIN
DIES AT HOME
in WALDHElM

William c.. Griffin died at his
home here on December 20, 1927,
after months of sickness and suffer
ing. Mr.. Griffin was we'll known and
his many friends and relatives mourn
his loss. He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Mary Griffin, and six children, Annie,
VIM. R. Hester, Ruby, Otis and Be-
atrice. May his soul rest in peace.
Mrs. Chas A. Touro, of New Or
leans, is spending the holidays with
relatives at Waldheim.
Miss Norma Andrews returned to
her home here after having spent
a week with her aunt at Boothviile,
La, and a week with her sister, Mrs.
R. ]. Lohran, in Pointealahache, La.
Her mauy friends are glad to see
her back once more.
The Christmas program which was
held at the home Of Mr.. Jacob
Schadt, Monday, Dec. rs, at 1880
p. m, was success. Quite host
of friends attended. Pastor o. W.
Luecke read the Christmas text,
after which songs were sung and
poems recited. Cake and candies
were served. The evening was very
much enjoyed by all.
Mr.. Norbert Fortier, of New Or
leans, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. l..
Andrews, and family.
Mr.. Tom Drumming was a Wald
helm visitor last Saturday.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-12-30
ST. TAMNIANY DAIRY COW PAYS
PROFIT.

Mr.. L. j. Heintz, of Covington, is
the proud owner of the high yield
ing COW of the parish, SO far as the
records of the Ozone Dairy Associa-
ton go. He has very fine young
Holstein cow that produced 1885
pounds of milk from Nov. to Dec.
4, 1922. This cow tested 3.3 per
cent, producing 1923 pounds of COM
mercial butter, or 37.55 pounds of
actual butterfat.
What is butterfat worth? What
is butter worth Figure it for your
self.
The feed consumed by this COW
cost $1,000. The milk was sold to
the Ozone Dairy Association where
the tests were made and records and
weights kept. A check goes to Mr.
Heintz every two weeks for his milk.
AS the COW was bred, born and raised
in this parish, many others could
have the same cream check coming
in every two weeks if they would
milk a cow.