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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31
No Citizen There Found
with Income Above $7O,-
900. Puzzling Experts.
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES.

fsTAFF CORRESPONDENT l. n sERvicEl
WASHINGTON. March-The SOW
ereIgn state of North Dakota. birth
place OF the Non Partisan League
and the great testing pit for politi-
cal experiments along economic
Tines. has a unique distinction
among the forty-eight states or the
Union.
1t Is the only one or the forty
eight which in 1918 and 1919. the
last two wears for which records are
available. did not have a citizen who
paid surfaces on an income in err
cess Of $50 900 Nobody IN the state
had an income this large. even with
wheat selling at wartime prices. Il
appears that North Dakota is popu-
lated by real dirt farmers"
Government economists have been
puzzling their heads over IT. but as
vet they have reached no concur
sions a I to the why and wherefore
of this state of affairs unless 1t be
that the state controlled banks and
the state-controlled elevators and
controlled other things have
kept down large profits and enforc-
ed more standardized distribution
all the way round.
LARGE INCOMES FEW IN WEST
Absence Of great incomes is con
spicious in all western states that
are devoted almost entirely to agri-
vulture. as Is North Dakota, but all
around. in sister states. where cA-
perience with state control II lack
ing or not SO far advanced. there
have been at least a few taxable in
comes or more than s70, 600.
In South Dakota, for instance.
there were two men who in botn
years paid taxes on incomes in ex-
cess or $4,000. In idaho there were
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31
North Dakota Has Unique
Tax Distinction of u. $.

two in 1918 and three in 1919. Ne
vada almost equalled the record OF
North Dakota. as there was only
one man so caught IN 1919 and none
at all in 1918. New Mexico had four
in 1913 and only one in 1919.
1t is in the great manufacturing
and industrial States am the East
that are found the large taxable
incomes.
To what extent this is true Is
readily seen by the official fact that
67e OF all income surtaxes are pad
by persons living east OF the Ale
ghany Mountains. The boundless
West may be enormously rich in
resources, but not in enormous in
comes of the seventy thousand and
above variety
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31
AIR FLIGHT
ACROSS SEA
IS BEGUN
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERylcEI

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERylcEJ
(. LISBON, March 30.-A 1000
Trans Atlantic air fight was begun
here today by two Portuguese avi-
ators when they departed in a pow
erful hydropiane for Brazil.
With cheers and shouted wishes
of success ringing in their ears. the
airmen, Captain Scadura and Cap
tain Coutinho hoped or shortly af :
ter ten o'clock they planned TO make
their first stop at the Canary Is
lands.
The flight is being conducted un-
der the auspices Of the Portuguese
government. Three Portuguese war
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31

Mrs. Grace fisher Hollis disputes
validity or new marriage of her
husband. Henry French Hollis.
former United States senator.
can exile for love" That Is
how friends characterize former
Senator Henry French Hollis. Of
New Hampshire. VIII ,se marriage
to Miss Ann White Hobbs has
just been announced in Rome.
Rumor has il that he was grant
ed q divorce from his first wife
in Sofia, Bulgaria. after Ameri-
can and French courts had re-
fused him "a decree Eis first
wife. Mrs. Grace Fisher Hollis is
living at Princeton, N. ]. Her
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31
An Honest Doctor

/ have always prescribed for my
patients what felt my duty See
ing so many cures from the use Of
DR. Burkhart's Vegetable Com
pound. l could not refrain from
recommending it for Liver. Stom-
ach Trouble and Constipation. DR..
Burkhart's honest method of lettin :
the patient try the medicine before
paying for same shows what faith
he has IN its curative qualities. DR..
A. Van Meter. Georgetown. Ky.
Write today for trial treat
ment. Fay when cured Address
sci Main St. Cincinnati, 0. 80 days
treatment. csc: 10 days, soc. All
uggists-Adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31
April 1920 Designated
Library Week in State

Governor McCray has issued
proclamation designating April
10 % as library week in indiana
Ind urging It's observance in
PARTS OF the state. 4 especia
recommend that the trustees
public libraries. librarians. teacher
and clergymen do their utmost /,
each all in each community with
he message and influence Of good
books" the Governor said
The proclamation, in part. fol
lows;
ITO spread the influence Of good
books is not simply a missionary
work for human betternent, but a
patriotic work In disseminating the
principles In which democracy finds
support and strength.
Today as never before the we'll
being OF our state and the progress
IT our communities depends upon
me vigor and effectiveness OF our
educational institutions, our public
libraries as well as our schools
The public library in Indiana and
Elsewhere has proved itself one Of
+ti@ must NdluhniF SOCIAL SPIRITUAL
md practical forces in the life Of
the community BY fostering refec-
zion. ideals and progress. and BY
'timulating the reading and assim-
'lation OF the best in books. the
treasure chests Of human aspira-
zion and knowledge"
The Governor said he was desfg-
hating a library week in order that
sffe citizens Of Indiana might come
20 recognize more fully the value or
books. reading and Libraries, and
hat they might become more ia
niliar with the advantages and
needs OF the public Libraries in their
own communities
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31
STATES OF 10000 INCOMES

Fifteen States in 1918 reported
they had more than one hundred
citizens within their borders who
paid surtaxes on incomes above
$40. 900. They are the richest States
in the Union from a surtax stanl-
noint
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31

The new chancellor OF Syracuse
University. Rev Charles w. Flint,
Is the son. the grandson and the
great-grandson of Methodist local
preachers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31

IN. How good your
tired. swollen. burn
ing feet feel. "TIZ"
instantly draws out
the poisonous ex,
udations that puff uE
your feet and causA
sore iu-amed, sweaf
ty feet.
"TIZ." and only
"TIZ" takes the pain
and soreness out of
corns. callouses and
bunions. Get a box
of "TIZ" at any drug
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31

or department store for a few cents.
Your feet are mag going 10 bother
yns e5s more. A whole years foot
comfort guarantecd.-Adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-31

ships are stationed along the route
to pick up the aviators if they fall
into the water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
GIRLS CLUB NOTES

The members of the "Intowin" cir
Gle of the Augusta Girls Community
Club will have experimenting this
Monday evening at $50 o'clock. The
supper will be served on time and
those intending to go are asked to
notify Miss Lena Gregory, captain
of the circle, before noon Miss
Gregory is at the Chernowsky store.
A regular meeting of the Execu-
tive Council will be held this Mon
day evening. Miss Louise Folsom.
vice president of the club, is calling
the meeting. A full attendance of
officers is called as number of i'm
portant matters are to be called be-
fore the council.
Two interesting events are sched-
uled at the club house, this week,
which are not club. parties On
Wednesday afternoon, the Red Cross
tea will be served. On Wednesday
evening, the Colby Alumni of Au-
susta, Hallowell. Gardiner and vicin-
ity. are planning session at the
club house.
The following are the Ward Cap
tains in the Roll Call drive: Ward l,
Mrs. Keith Ryan: Ward 2, Mrs.
Dwight Higgins; Ward 3, Miss Con-
stance Randall; Ward A, Miss An
toinette Lacombe and Miss Dulciena
Carey: Ward 5. Miss Marion Beck;
Ward 6, Mrs. Dennis Donovan; Ward
Z. Mrs. John Newman; Ward 8, AIRS.
Joseph Lee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Radio tc Other Planets

Venus is possibly inhabited by
human beings, and communication
with planetary neighbors by WIRE
less may be possible. although the
cost would be immense" in the OPP
inion of c. G.. Abbot, assistant secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution,
who dicusS es various scientific
phases Of the "habitability of other
worlds" in the annual report Of the
institution.
Mr.. Abbot says Venus reflects light
rs if it were surrounded with clouds,
and so probably 'it contains plenty
of moisture"
Its temperature is about the same
az that Of the earth he added, and
all other conditions are apparently
compatible with the existence of in
teligent life" Many popular writer's
have claimed great things for Mars
a. an abode of life. Mr.. Abbot says.
hut l cannot accept this view"
Commenting on suggestions that
I'VE are already receiving wireless
signals from intelligent beings out
side OF the EARTH" Mr.. Abbot declares
the best information seems to be that
the wireless indications referred to
are merely disturbances introduced
by solar or terrestrial causes as yet
imperfectly understood"
The moon, our nearest neighbor. Is
a waterless, airless, mountainous
desert, and there is no probability
Of intelligent beings there; the pro-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Two Headed Dollar

The only genuine silver dollar with
two heads. i.e., head on each side,
is owned by Southern man. who
obtained the curio in New Orleans
some time ago.
The Southerner got this dollar in
change, and for some time was UNI
aware that he possessed anything
unusual in the coin line. Under one
head are the figures 1906" the date
Of the initial stamping, and under
the other head 1909"
After investigating it was found an
employe in the New Orleans mint.
whose duty it was to run the silver
coins through the dies in order that
the mead might be stamped on it.
substituted current silver dollar for
the coin Immediately after the head
had been stamped, leaving the other
side unstamped. This was in 1906.
Three years later, he ran the coin
through the stamping machine for
the reverse side. The fact that a
coin had been put in, in the first. in
stance, to replace the half-coined
dollar, prevented observation-disclosures
City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
CRAWFORD MC|LROY
EXPANDS BUSINESS
IN WOODEN FIELD

x. Crawford McIlroy of Winthrop.
mas associated himself with the w.
> Llbbey Co. of Lewiston, in form
ing the Columbia Wooden CO to take
over the Columbia Mills of Lewiston,
the Hinsdale Mills near No. Adams,
Mass. and the jobbing business of
Ihomas Kelley & Co. at Boston,
Mass, with branches at New York
and Chicago. Mr.. McIlroy and Mr..
W. Scott Libbey will jointly manage
these businesses having their main
office at lewiston, Maine. Their
principal. business will be the manu-.
facture and sale Of bedspreads and
mems and women's fancy bathrobe
materials.
Mr.. Mc1lroy is at present General
Agent Of the Winthrop Mills Co., do
ing an extensive wooden blanket bust
ness at Winthrop and No. Monmouth.
Mr.. McIlroy has resigned as General
Agent, he is however to retain his
financial interest in the company and
act in an advisory capacity to Mr..
Herman Wilson. the present super
intendent. 1t is announced that I'M
der this arrangement no new General
Agent to succeed Mr.. McIlroy will be
appointed for the present.
Mr.. McIlroy was formerly associa-
ted in business with his father, Mr..
John Mc1lroy, at No. Monmouth,
Me. The past twelve years he has
filed many important positions with
the Winthrop Mills Co. and has been
a large factor in the development Of
this business, which has increased
three times in size during this period.
Mr.. McIlroy is forty years old and is
considered one Of the leading blank
ct manufacturers of the country and
that he should no wincrease his field
OF action is no surprise to his many
friends who know him.
Mr.. Mc1lroy is a member and one
OF the directors Of the Augusta Ro-
tary Club, a prominent 32nd degree
having held all the principal
offices in the Blue Lodge and Royal
Arch Chapter At present he is
Captain General of Trinity Comman-
derry Knight Templars at Augusta.
He is also a member of the Augusta
Country Club and Augusta Lodge Of
Elks. Although his business Office
will be at Lewiston, Maine, he ex-
poets to retain his citizenship at
Winthrop and with his family ex-
poets to spend SIX months Of the
year at his country home, Overlook
Farms. which he has taken a great
interest in developing during the past
seven Years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Wonderful Carpets

Ushak, where the recent battle be-
tween the Greeks and the Turks took
place, and which the Greeks are said
to have set fire to before their retreat.
is the centre Of the Turkey carpet
industry, and was formerly very
prosperous.
There are-or were (writes q cor
respondent who knows the place
well)-more than 1000 hand looms
and about 1000 workers. The women
and children weave the heavy pile
carpets. the men wash and dye the
wool. which is bought from the no
mad flock masters. 1t is now hard to
get hold of a good carpet. The de-
mand in Europe has sent prices up
and quality down, the middlemen
taking the lions share of the profit
The harmonious color resulting
from the use of the old vegetable
dyes is now rarely met with. Aniline
has largely replaced madden and ind
igo. and stereotyped designs have
succeeded to the free, irregular
Turkish patterns. in which no two
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Living in Peru's Attitudes

In recent expedition to Peru,
Joseph Bancroft of the University Of
Cambridge did some exploring in the
higher Andes and made some inter-
esting discoveries.
At 10000 feet cows gave milk: at
10000 feet they gave little or none.
At 10000 feet there were no COWS
At 1900 feet fleas disappear ed,
though lice remained so long as trere
were human beings.
At these heights men have lived
for many generations. having become
accllmatiZed TO the rarefied air.
Many of them lived in chimneyless
and windowless houses: they had a
purely communal system of govern
would hardly appeal to more civil
lized races. When native was
very i'll, for instance. the date OF
his funeral was fixed without refer
cnce to his convenience. and an off :
cial saw to it that he was ready to
keep the appointment.
IT was remarkable what loads the
people were able to carry at these
attitudes. A boy of about 10 would
carry from the interior of a mine a
burden of 40 pounds. ascending a
staircase with it from a point ESQ
feet below. while full grown man
would carry 100 pounds OF metal,
yet the European was out of breath
if he carried his coat up a slight
decline-British Medical Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Radio Waves

A radio wave sent out from n
transmitting station will go on for
ever. rushing outwards into the ut
termost depths of space.
Radio waves may be of any length;
from one yard to % miles. The
wave-length is the distance from the
crest of one to the crest of another.
The rate at which the waves move
up and down depends upon the
wave-length: the shorter it is the
more quickly they undulate. Waves
one yard in length would rise and
fall no fewer than 300,000,000 times
j.: the space of a single second.
Think of what this means. If you
started counting as hard as you
could go on the first of January,and
continued without ceasing for
moment for "A hours a day. you
would reach 800 900. 900 about the end
of May the following year.
Yet radio waves can perform this
amazing number of upward and
downward movements in a single
swing OF pendulum.
What is more wonderful still is
that these waves are not mere tiny
ripples rising and falling but a frac-
ton of an inch. Their size depends
upon the amount Of power used for
sending them out, and when a big
station is working they rise to en-
Ormous heights.
Their speed is the same as that of
light, which flashes from place to
place at the dizzy rate of 1866
miles a second.
In one second the waves could en-
circle the world seven and half
times: and in one and one half sec
ends they could travel from the earth
to the moon.
Radio waves are the first cousins
of those waves which bring light
and heat to us from the sun across
92,000.000 miles of space in eight and
half minutes.
Like them, the radio waves will
pass through some substances, but
will not through others. Light waves
pass through glass; radio waves
penetrate bricks and mortar or even
the solid earth with the greatest
ease: radio messages can be received
in the lowest depths of a coal mine
But radio waves cannot pass
through metals. which behave to
them as a mirror does to light, re-
fiecting them and turning them aside
from their path.
If you were to erect an aerial just
behind the Stag heap of an ironworks
YOU would hear little or nothing of
radio messages sent from the other
side of it.
The metal IN the heap would shield
the aerial from the radio waves just
as a tree shields the ground beneath
it from the suns rays. Your aerial
would, in fact. be in a radio shadow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Lighthouse Becoming . Back
Number

The lamp Of an old lighthouse on
the New England coast was recently
eXtfnguishcd and the picturesque old
tower converted into museum.
In the opinion of many experts on
the lighthouse service the change is
significant.
Modern science has made II pos
sible to operate a light automatically
without attention for n year or more.
The invention Of the radio compass
promises to rcvolutionize methods ~
long distance signalling at sea.
brilliant light may he placed on
floating buoy in a dangerous position
far from land. that will function for
TWO years without being visited.
SO great has been the advance In
developing light signals that the
costly and complicated lenses indis-
pensable in old time lighthouses are
no longer required The powerful
modern lights have n greater cffcc-
tive range alone than many of the
old lights with the aid of three COM
plicatcd lenses The most powerful
lights on our coasts are now supplied
ny burning oil vapor. which is cheap
" and conveniently supplied.
1t is not generally known that the
most powerful light in America. at
the entrance To New York harhor Ia
supplied in this way. An elaborate
electric light plant was established
to provide power for its illumination.
which developed candle power OF
95000.000 The light which guards
tile great shipping of New York
harbor is now supplied by an insic-
nificant can containing gas under
pressure.
The automatic lighthouse Is quite
as dependable as those cared for by
light keepers and their families. II
is even possible to install automatic
signals in connection with the lights
which will operate without attention
for indefinite periods.
The picturesque lighthouse tow
ers built of solid masonry are being
replaced by much simpler and less
artistic structures which are far
cheaper The modern light towers
are being standardized. This IL cs-
pecially the case Of the lights used
in such numbers in inland waters
and the protected positions along the
coasts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Life Of a Five Dollar Bill

Paper money wears out rapidly and
las to be replaced frequently. The
life of S. note, for example, is on
the average about ten months, and in
New York city is about two months
less than the average, owing mainly
to the more rapid rate at which it
circulates. This same tendency is
seen in the higher rate at which bank
deposits turn over in New York city
than in other parts of the country.
The work of keeping the paper cur
rency in good condition is done very
largely by the Federal Reserve banks,
which in the course of their daily
business handle all forms of cur
rency and coin, eliminating that
which is unfit for further circulation.
This service is a large item in their
annual costs of operation. Last year.
for instance, the supply of currency
and coin caused an expenditure at
the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York amounting to about $2,875 coo,
of which somewhat more than one
third represented the cost Of print
ing new Federal Reserve currency
to replace worn notes in circulation
and to increase supplies unissued
and on hand.-Federal Reserve
Monthly Review.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
i. of M. Students
Celebrate Football
Win at Portland

Portland. Nov. 4-Practically the
entire student body of the University
OF Maine joined in the impromptu
celebration that they staged in the
streets of this city last night after
their football victory over Bowdoin
college at Brunswick.
Members of the student body esti-
mated that all but about % students
enrolled at their college boarded their
special train when it pulled out of
Otono yesterday afternoon for Bruins
wick. Following the game the special
continued to this city.
Plans had been made to attend
Keith's Theatre In body. but when
inquiries were made there it was
found that the entire house had been
sold out. Arrangements were later
made to attend the Strand Theatre.
When the special train arrived here
the students formed in line and head
ed by the student band marched up
Congress street to Monument Square.
There the students formed into a
cheering circle, participated in
snake dance and engaged in a 10
minute cheering fest, after which
tEey dispersed to later M ct at the
theatre. They left for Orono on their
special at midnight. Bananas. the
bear mascot of the victorious team.
occupied a position of honor through
out the nights celebration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
x-Rav To Rout Cotton Pest

A new campaign is to be waged by
cotton growers of the South to eX-
terminate the boil weevil.
Wide publicity was recently given
to the suggestion made by DR.. Miller
Reese Hutchinson. electrical engineer
Of New York, that the pest might be
controlled by the use Of the X-ray
applied by means Of vehicles driven
between the rows Of growing plants.
As a result of the interest thus
aroused In the cotton growing
States. DR.. Hutchinson was recently
invited to expound the subject more
fully in an address before conven-
ton of farmers, merchants and
bankers. in Columbia, S. C.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Runaway Horse Causes Some
Excitement Saturday Eve

An exciting runaway horse and
team dashed through Main street
Saturday morning shortly before 10
o'clock. narrowly missing many
pedestrians who were on the side
walk near the Central Maine Office.
The damage done by the runaway
was little except to generally break
up the team, but it was only luck
that several people were not severely
injured or killed by the frightened
animal in his wild dash. The team
was in front of the A. and p, Store
when the horse became frightened
and started off up Main street.
Something scared the animal by the
Haines Theatre and he turned and
dashed in the opposite direction.
At the corner of Temple and Main
streets. an automobile, coming out
Of Temple street caused the horse
to swerve on the sidewalk in front
OF the I.arkin Store. He tore
through the walk and scattered many
pedestrians who were in front of the.
waiting room and continued down
towards the Common. Officer Ron
court saw the animal approaching
and made a dive for the bit but he
was knocked one side and the run
away kept on down to the corner of
Silver street where he turned and
dashed down that street to Gold. He
ended up his marathon sprint in a
yard on Gray street after he had
terrified everyone in the Plains.
Had not Officer Rancourt made a
try at hating the horse. two woioen
who were in front of the Whitcomb
store would have been hit A wheel
of the wagon came off on Silver
street but this only made the ami
NAL run all the faster and two men
who chased in a Ford were unable
to keep up with the frightened beast.
The horse and team were the pro-
perty Of William Marcoux Of West
tern avenue.