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There are parasols and umbrella
handles which viii hold a pint OF
whatever you want TO put into them.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
SYSTEM is ALL WRONG

the field of private enterprise. They
were too fine and too patriotic to leave
their posts.
Under the compelling force of pa
triotism they made willing sacrifices
during the war, but with the return of
peace the government cannot expect
to retain these employees Indefinitely,
because In justice to themselves and
their families they will sooner or later
accept the larger opportunities that are
open to them in the. world of business
and industry unless the government
proposes to pay them salaries that at
least reasonably approach the value Of
their services.
"Only prompt action by the congress
to build up permanent and dignified
civil service which will include men
of great ability and high attachments
can prevent mistakes and failures in
the transaction Of the public business,
the consequences of which may be
calamitous."
Ex-Representative Good, who was
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee of the house, is equally frank:
uupiiSaliOh III 6OtCiA-
ment service abounds on every hand.
For example, eight different depart
ments of the government, with large
overhead organizations, are engaged
in engineering work, in navigation, ir-
rigation and drainage; eleven different
bureaus are engaged in engineering
research twelve different organiza-
tions are engaged in road con-
struction, while twelve, with large
overhead organizations. are engaged
in hydraulic construction and sixteen
ping. Sixteen different bureaus exer-
else jurisdiction over water-power de-
velopment. Nine different organiza-
tions are collecting information on the
consumption of coal. Forty-two differ
ent organizations, with overhead ex-
penses, are dealing with the question
of public health.
1.-THE Treasury department, the War
department. the Interior department
and the Labor department each has a
bureau dealing with the question Of
general education. These departments
operate, independently instances of CO.
operation between them are excep-
tional. Each of these departments Is
manned at all times with an organiza-
tion prepared to carry the peak Of the
load and maintains an expensive
ready-to-serve personnel. A lack Of
cooperation in the executive depart
ments necessarily leads to gross ex-
travagance. The system is wrong, and
congress alone can change the system y
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
By EDWARD G.LOWRY
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

Mr.. Lever-I concede 1t.
Mr.. Mclaughlin of Michigan-Will the
gentleman reserve his point of order?
Mr.. Stafford-I will reserve 1t.
Mr.. McIaughln-The committee made
the recommendation to increase the SAL
AIRY $500. took testimony on 1t and con-
sidered 1t very carefully. In our judg-
ment the increase in salary ought to be
made for an official who has been in the
department, as the chairman says, for a
long time at the head of this bureau. He
has performed able and faithful services.
The salary is less than that paid to the
heads of other bureaus. We felt, after
listening to all that was said. and with a
knowledge of the work he has been doing
and has done. the salary proposed is not
too large
Mr.. stafford-How long has he been
there?
Mr. Lever-He has been there forty-two
years.
Mr.. Stafford-what is his age?
Mr.. Lever-Over sixty, perhaps nearer
seventy, but he is still vigorous and able
to do good work. He is one of the
greatest entomoogists in the world.
The Chairman-The point of order is
sustained
Five minutes later the matter of
Doctor Nelson's salary was reached.
The secretary of agriculture recon-
mended an increase of his pay from
$500 to $4,000. This happened:
Mr.. Stafford-Mister Chairman, I re-
serve the point OF order on the para
graph. VIII the chairman of the COM
mittee inform the house to how long
this biologist has been in the service
of the government and how long he has
been receiving the present salary of $500.
on which you recommend an Increase of
$500?
Mr.. Lever-Mister Chairman, this gem
tleman. whose name is Nelson, has been
in the service of the department since
November 1890 He has served as chief
field naturalist from 1897 to 1872 and was
assistant in charge of the biological in
vestigation. from 1918 to 1914. on August
6, 1914, he was appointed assistant chief
of the bureau, and on December l, 1916.
was made chief of the bureau. He took
the place of Doctor Henshaw.
Mr.. Stafford-And the salary has been
SO 500 since 1916?
Mr. I.ever-Yes.
Mr. Stafford-What is his age?
Mr.. Lever-I should think that Doctor
Nelson is round fifty years of age.
Mr. Stafford-He Is not superannua ted.
Mr.. Lever-Oh, no; he is very vgor-
Gus man.
Mr.. Stafford-Mister Chairman. with
draw the point of order.
Doctor Howard was refused his in
crease of pay because he was too OLD,
cover sixty, perhaps nearer seventy
Doctor Nelson was allowed his in
crease because he was not superan-
nuated but in his prime, .'round fifty
years of age
Now, as matter of fact, Doctor
Howard is more than two years young
er than Doctor Nelson. Is it any Won
| der that scientific men of any attain
nj, to TOT loo
| where the measure of the value of
| their services is set down in any such
haphazard and casual way2
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
Has Twenty-one Children.

Newark, y. Mrs. Mary Casale of
Newark, widow of Charles B. Casale,
former New Jersey assemblyman, who
died Nov 10, gave birth to her twenty
first child on New Years day, it was
shown when a birth certificate for
Jeremiah Casale was filed with the
Newark city clerk. Eighteen Of the
Casale children are living, the eldest
being 2G, and only three have married.
or the three who are dead two were
twins, born in 1919. Their birth was
made the occasion of a freak session
of the lower house, in which the late
Assemblymun Casale was spurred into
making his first speech of his political
career.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

winnings of Norwich up to $115,234.
Only three other two-year-olds have
earned over 100000: His Highness,
$106,9O0 in 1891; Domino, $170,S9O In
1893, and Colin, $131, COZ in 1907. Had
Norwich been eligible for the Futurity,
he would probably won an additional
100000. as he ran away from the Fu-
turity winner, Bunting, when they met.
A truly great race horse must have
speed and courage and go distance.
These are essentials. Additional fac
tors are health, ability to stand train
ing. intelligence, good behavior ana
love of racing.
Those arguing for Norwich hold that
an analysis of his IL races shows that
he is healthy, sturdy, easy to train,
Intelligent, docile, and loves to race;
that he is well-behaved at the post,
quick breaker, runs well in front
and can come from behind; that he
is game; that he can carry weight !;
that he is equally good in any kind
of going; that he has done everything
that he has been asked to do.
Those arguing against Norwich hold
that in winning his IL races he did
nothing phenomenal; that the two
year-olds Of 1921 were a second-rate
lot; that the Pimlico Futurity, run
In 1 40 for the mile, was cheap race
except for the size Of the purse; that
he comes from family more noted
for extreme speed than stamina.
Owner Block Is one who has conf
dence in the greatness of Norwich.
He has entered Norwich very liberal
ly in the big stakes and handicaps Of
1922. He intimates that his champion
colt will be ready to meet both horses
of his own age and the older cracks
of the handicap division.
"Morvich will not dodge any mans
horse" says proud Owner Block.
Five jockeys-Metcalfe. Ensor,
Keogh, Sande and johnson have rid
den Norwich. All pronounce him a
great horse"
Block has been offered large sums
for his champion, who is insured for
$50, 900.
1t is stated that Norwich should be
pronounced M-o-r-v-i-k and that
Spreckles named him after friend.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
VII.
WHY GOOD MEN DODGE

The government service must look
largely to the graduates from colleges
and universities in recruiting for its
technical work. Replies to an inquiry
addressed to some forty of the leading
colleges and universities of the coun-
try to discover what class Of men took
civil service examinations, whether
the number is decreasing and, If so,
the reasons, disclose vividly what the
training schools of technical and scen-
tific men think about the government
as an employer. They warn their
graduates against government service,
and the graduates heed the warming
Carnegie Institute of Technology
at Pittsburgh, reports:
1t is certainly true that the best of our
graduates are not interested in govern
ment employment because they feel that.
first of all, 1t does not pay adequate sal
aries. nor does 1t offer opportunity for
advancement that private enterprise does.
This spring 1 interviewed all the MEM
bers OF the graduating class. except the
women, and none of them would consider
government employment, although there
were many positions open. There
are now about 500 male graduates of the
institute. and l will venture to state that
not more than ten are employed by the
government.
Replies of similar tenor and import
were received from the University of
Chicago, Leland Stanford university,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Princeton university, Indiana univer-
sty, and the University of Wisconsin.
Inequality of compensation is one
of the chief reasons that deter scien-
tific men from going into the govern
ment service. Congress fixes the sal
aries Of most of the government en-
ployees. 1 can give a concrete Illus
tration of how it determines the sal
aries of scientific men.
| DIR. Leland o. Howard and DR.. Ed
ward w. Nelson are two scientists in
the employ of the government who
have national regulations.
The appropriation bill for the De-
partment of Agriculture was under
consideration in the house ON January
Both, 1920. The secretary of agricul-
| ture had been recommending for five
| or six years that Doctor Howard S
salary be increased from $4,000 to S5,-
600. He proposed it again in that
| years bill. When the item was reached
in the discussion on the floor. this col
| loquy ensued:
Mr.. Stafford-Mister Chairman, I re-
| serve point of order on the paragraph.
Is the entomologist whose salary you
| propose to increase the same person rec
| commended for an increase last year?
Mr.. Lever-Yes: he has been in the gov
| ernment service many, many years.
The Chairman-l make the point of or
| der.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
Eall RuYs BID Ranch.

Carrizozo, n. M.-One of the biggest
real estate deals in this part of the
state for some time was closed when
the Harris ranch, known for many
years as the Three Rivers Land and
Cattle Company property, was pur-
chased by Secretary of the Interior A.
b. Fall. The property has one of the
finest orchards in the state, large
acreage of alfalfa and many acres of
grazing land The consideration was
not given, but it is supposed to be
large as the ranch is one of the most
valuable properties in the state.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
s1es5 900 for Air Mail Service.

Washlngton.-With provisions for
the air mail service eliminated, the an
nual postoffice appropriation bill, car
rying approximately 554,00O,OOO, was
favorably reported by the House ap-
preparations committee. AS drafted by
a subcommittee, the measure provided
$1,935, 900 for the air mail service dur
ing the fiscal year beginning next July
/. The full committee, however, in ap-
proving the bill, struck out this sec
ton. The total carried in the measure
is $24, ,7O7,9 ,976 less than the appropria-
tions for the current fiscal year and
$24,735,691 less than the amount re-
quested by the budget bureau.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

two-year-old he lodged no mans horse,
won all of his IL races and earned
S115.234 in purses and stakes. And
here is his history in brief:
Norwich, brown colt by Runnymede
Hymir, by DR.. Leggo, was foaled Feb
IA, 1919, at the Napa ranch of A. b.
Spreckles, a wealthy Californian who
breeds and races thorOughbreds for
love of the game. His first start was
May 6, 1921, in the Suffolk selling
stakes at .Jamaicn, five furlOngs, in
the Spreckles' colors. He won by
ten lengths at odds Of 80 to l in
1 :OO4-5. His was entered to be sold
for $1,000. He was not run up. Max
Hirsch then offered 1900 for him and
Trainer c. w. Carroll said. Sold"
Hirsch didn't like the colts knees
and sold him to Fred Burlew for ST.
500. Burlew was trainer for Benja-
min Block, New York broker. a be-
ginner at the racing game. Norwich
won the Greenfield selling stakes at
Jamaica May 16 and purse Mt Aque-
duct and Empire City for the b & B
stable.
After Norwich had won another
purse at Empire City, July 20, Sam Hill
dreth of Rancocas stable fame-Har-
nv NJ. Sinclair, the oil man, is the rest
of the works-made an offer of some
thing like 100000 for Norwich. Bur-
lew was for selling, said he couldn't
afford to own half horse as valuable
as Norwich. But Block said mo" to
Hildreth and bought Burlew's half In
terest for $4,000.
. The luck of beginners is proverbial
on the turf. Norwich, with Burlew
training, proceeded to win fame and
fortune in short order for Block. The
colt went to Saratoga In August and
made clean sweep for the orange and
iade silks, winning the United States
hotel stakes, $9,075; the Saratoga Spe-
cial, $1O,5OO and the Hopeful stakes,
S34 800. At Havre de Grace, Septem-
ber 81, he picked up the East Shore
handicap, $7,1OO. At Pimlico. Novem-
her s, he won the first running of the
Pimlico Futurity from field of IL.
His share of the money was $42, 100
He was then retired for the season.
The Pimlico Futurity brought the
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

The great difficulty that stands in
the way Of discussing Uncle Sam as
an employer is that there .is no such
person. The men who stand in the
relation of employer to their subOrdi-
mates are nothing but employees them
selves, and temporary ones at that,
with very fleeting tenure Of office.
Cabinet officers and members of con-
gress, to whom the rank and file Of
employees look for guidance for a
solution of their problems, are simply
fieeting figures that come and go, with
their own interests to serve. They
testify freely enough as to conditions
of government employment. Senator
Carter Glass, recently secretary of the
treasury. for example:
1.-The largely multiplied business of
tile government cannot be conducted
with efficiency and economy unless
there be attracted to and retained in
the public service group Of highly
trained, well-paid and permanent Off
cials of supervisory grades. Uncer-
tainty of tenure in some instances and
inadequacy of compensation have
closed the public service to many men
of the best type or forced them out of
government employ at the moment Of
their greatest usefulness.
"The war has increased the public
debt more than twenty-five fold and
has augmented the functions and ac-
tivities of the government in many
ways. The duties are greater and the
responsibilities are larger than those
of other days, to the standards of
which 1t is not to be expected that
the government will ever return. The
conditions are such that failure to take
the necessary action to invite and
hold in the public service men of ex-
ceptional ability and of real distinc-
tion in their fields can result only in
grave burdens to the taxpayers Of the
country and in possible disaster.
ALREADY the transaction of the
business OF the government is ham,
pered by deficiencies of personnel due
to the return to private life of many
men of large capacity who during the
period of active warfare were willing
and glad to serve their country at
great personal sacrifice. have come
to learn that there are heroes in the
civil establishments as well as In the
military services, self-sacrificing pa
triots who toll year in and year out for
a bare pittance when they could COM
mand salaries double or treble the
amounts they receive from the govern
ment, but who, for the love Of their
country and for the love Of their
work, have rejected alluring offers IN
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
Army Officers Want More Pay.

New york.-Army officers at Gov
ernors Island here are prepared to
contest proposed decreases in officers
pay by collecting statistics to show
that they have hard time making out
as it is. Domestic statistics already
assembled, it was announced, show
that not until an officer attains the
rank of major does his income suffice
for comforts enjoyed by the average
professional man in civilian life.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
Ford to Build CITY.

Detroit, Mich.-1f Henry Ford OBJ
tains possession of the Muscle Shoals
project in Alabama he will take imme'
diate steps to make that part of the
South one of the industrial centers OF
the country. The Muscle Shoals plan
of Mr.. Ford contemplates one Of the
greatest undertakings in the history OF
Industrial America, 1t became known.
and includes development Of the prop
erty as model and the eventual ex'
tension Of the system to other parts Of
the country.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
Baby's Big Cigar

traveller in South America writes:
iar as we observed, the landlords
-year-old daughter had not ac-
'ea taste for rum. but she had
eudy laid the foundation Of habit
,eh colombian women, at least the
A and file. have acquired In ad-
aee OF their northern sisters. Sit
Ls cross-legged on bench chatter
pahy-talk. she contentedly smoked
"rse black cigar, around or partly
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
ID. s. rs Financial Center.

Washington.-Amer Is the unchal.
lenged Goliath of the financial world,
the annual report of d. II. Crissinger,
comptroller of the currency, made
public shows. From heavy debtor
nation in 1914 she has emerged the
greatest creditor nation in the worlds
hostory. IIer banking power during
the Intervening seven years has in
creased nearly IS per cent and her 31,-
200 banks can marshal cash and cred
its estimated at more than s4S, 200, ,00O,-
600
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
Few oa. RIewere Now.

A great many glass articles and par
ticularly the finer grade commodities
are blown by hand. In the past the
glass blower was an essential and an
indispensable employee in the glass
plant, but today he has lost great
deal Of his Importance. The lung
power of the blower is being re-
placed more and more by compressed
air in the glass-blowing machine.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

Il his holiday Is about over. Pret-
BON now his trainer will be get
him ready for the races of 1872.
a little later his owner will be
pg thrills up and down his back
as the oldtime cry goes up from
grandstand, They're off"
n this year Fred Burlew and Ben
Block hope to have this romp-
colt say Yes" to the question
&h is now being asked wherever
emen and lovers of the thorough
congregate:
Norwich second Man o. War;"
IS; this rough-coated, romping colt
Re big Jamaica paddock is Norwich,
twO-year-Old champion
921. And he looks the part. He
solid mahogany bay In color, with
exception Of dlamOnd-shaped
&on of white on the nose, few
Herring hairs of the same color in
Forehead and the off-hand pastern
fe with black spots around the
net. He is larger than most peO-
believe, measuring 1913 hands. At
Pent lie girths 10 inches. His depth
Rugh the heart is very great for n
OF his size, while his breast is full
prominent. His Group is high and
hind leg is trlfle crooked, be-
fning great leverage.
IuCh has baap ,t-rfttan about Nor
rs knees. Both of these members
gouty appearance In the summer,
the off one has cleared up and
pow normal. There is knot on
other knee which may disappear
Pine. though 1t is moderately hard
Fhe touch. Fred Burlew thinks the
hces are that the colt will go on
train soundly as a three-yeur-old
Pite the blemish.
Pne of NOrvich's best assets has
p his temper. In or out of the
PIE he behaves like u gentleman.
beautiful head, with its marvel
~ luminous eyes of a liquid brown,
Y centers of the deepest blue, are
iar apart in his skull. These and
sharp ratlike ears bespeak intel
nee OF the highest order and tell
reason why he has never been a
.nent's concern to those who have
to do with him.
iorVich may or may not prove HIM
second Man o. War this CON-
Season-the ups and downs Of the
!, are proverbial and the racing
o'es are full Of disappOintments
= started out as world-beaters-
II must be admitted that he has
'e everything that has been asked
hifh to date. Last season as u
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
University Gets War Collection.

Lincoln, Nebr.-University of Ne
braska has received the first consign-
ment Of what is said to be the most
valuable collection of war implements
ever made in the United States. The
collection is gift from Gen. ]. j.
Pershing, who brought many of the
pieces from the Philippines
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
DENVER LIVESTOCK.
GnfflG

Demand was good from practically
all sources. but buyers We're showing
the light quality kind. Heavy rangy
stock was slow to move. The Offering
of killing cattle was small and packers
and small killers competed in good
fashion for the few pens of attractive
beef and butcher material offered. The
general trend of the market was steady
for the day, but on few of the best
lots strong tendency was shown and
ing. claimed that in some of their deals
a good advance could be seen.
Two loads of steers sold for $3.50,
and a load of mixed yearling steers
and heifers sold for $6.25: Demand for
good butchering material has held
very good all this week and prices
have continued strong from day to day
in comparison with those paid at the
close of last week. Cows sold at S4.75
heifers brought s5.65. Choice light
feeder steers We're in good demand at
Sc to S6.25.
Values at most markets registered an
advance of 25 to 40 cents and traders
here We're calling the local market a
full quarter higher. Some of the stock
that pleased buyers Small killers paid
top price of $3.50 for one load of choice
hogs, averaging 1S6 pounds. Packers
81 to s775. A load of mixed heavy
hogs brought s6.75 and cutouts We're
being quoted at S5.T5 to $6.. No pigs
were received and this section of the
market was quiet.
Sheep.
A new season top was established
when two cars of attractive lambs sold
for, s11.4o. 4 two-load eonsignment
lambs averaging SS pounds sold for
s1L25. freight. paid Packers We're the
heaviest purchasers and among their
purchases were two loads of lambs av-
eraging a peends; sl14o; two loads
of SS-pound lambs. $11.25 flat, and one
load of S7-pound lambs. $11.1o.
Three cars of attractive stock from
Evanston, Wyo., averaging So pounds.
sold for $10.S0. This sale was consid-
cred quarter higher. Buyers are taxi
ing all the feeders available here, and
a good many more lambs could have
been disposed of to good advantage.
No ewes were offered. but a good in
auiry for such stock was being made
and traders were quoting them at fig
any sales on the local market vet this
year.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
coId,nrod our National Flower.

Mexico has adopted the nopal cac.
tus. or prickly pear. as its national
nower. and Canada the leaf OF the
sugar maple, remarkable Tor It's Deau-
tiful coloring In the fall. BY popular
vote the goldenrod has been chosen az
the national flower Of the United
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

around which her tiny forefinger
coiled in stereotyped form. Her moth-
er gave her light and seemed un-
feignedly proud of her offsprlng's ac-
complainant
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

OMPING In his big pad
dock at the Jamaica race
course is n colt that Is
being discussed from Cal
ifornia, where he was
bred, to Maryland, where
he won his last race. His
winter coat has not felt
a comb or brush since
November. He has moth
ing to do but romp, eat
and sleep.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20

states, though there has been no off,
cial adoption.
The Ordway new era., 1922-01-20
METAL MARKETs.


Colorado settlement prices:
Bar silver (American). .9sx
Bar silver (foreign).... IS
Copper ss.sssses. .4S ~ .lt
Lead ....s...... 9'lv
Zinc s.....s 4.SS