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The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

And the Fordney -McCumber bill in go-
 ing far beyond the margin of differ ence between the costs of production here and abroad in the rates adopted Is nothing else than a protective meas ure for undue and unreasonable profits
 The popular view of the bill as it has passed both houses will not be in fluenced in any way fayorably by the suggestion that it will impose a S3- 900 .OO0 .0oO tax on the American con sumers In all parts of the country already there is a rising tide of feel ing against the continuance of super ta xation and this tide will not ebb at the thought that taxation is to be in crea sed rather than lessened.
 The direct iniquities Of the Fordney- McCumber measure are so glaring that it is not necessary to consider such American exports through the inabil- ity of nations to buy from us when they are forbidden to sell to us And this cutting down of the sale of our surplus products will react to defeat even the profteers. since the law of supply and demand can not success fully be repealed by congressional en- actment The party responsible for the affairs of the nation stands in danger of angering the consuming public through the menace of prof. teering and even of alternating the proflteers themselves through inabil- ity to serve them successfully. It is no wonder then that old line protec- tionists are trembling when they think of the evil economic and political pos abilities of the pending bill
 The Payne-Aldric measure defeat ed the Republican party over 10 years ago because 1t served the cause of pro lection not wisely but too well. And the Fordney- -McCumber bill will ren- der the same sort of service-only more so-Commercial Appeal.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24
SOLDIERS OBJECT TO DTGEST'S
 POLL.

The Literary Digest k receiving the disapproval not only of the drys but also of the ex-soldiers for the Had vised poll on Prohibition and soldier bonus.
 The chief objection of both drys and soldiers is to the wording of the ballot although there are many other reasons why it is felt that the Digest poll will not result in obtaining a true index Of public opinion. As previous ly stated by American Issue, drys ser iously object to voting on a prOposi- tiOn to nullify an Article of the Con stitution and insist that the word ''Prohibition'' under which the wet and dry proposals appear is mis- homer The issue before the people is dry law enforcement Prohibition iS settled
 The soldiers insist that the title Soldiers Bonus" is misnomer. the issue before the soldiers is adjust ment of compensation.
 An editorial in the American Legion Weekly for August l. 1922. sets forth the soldiers attitude on this Digest poll. After conceding that the Amer icau Legion weekly has considered the Literary Digest impartial in chronic, ling controversial news and develop ments ef the world. the editorial says
 Nevertheless the American Legion Weekly at this moment unheSitatingly
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24
EASY ON THE BRAIN

Occasionally we hear of brainy man who reads action stories in order to divert his mind from the strenu0- sity of his career He finds relaxa ton. and it is good for him.
 Stories founded upon the wild and woolly days of the early west appeal to him The heroes are genuine 'he men. with oceans of red blood in their veins. and he thrills as he reads of their marvellous exploits
 But he misses the best of all action stories
 He should read the Bible
 No writer of modern or other fiction has ever been able 10 duplicate the wonders that are told in that book
 No human mind has ever been able to fully grasp the import of the deeds recorded therein
 II is the only book that has ever been written that holds it's own against the lapse of an eternity of time
 Even brainy men may find rest and relaxation in reading of the glories that are told in the Book of Books
 Try it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

A lot of us fellows didn't quite un- derstand Cicero Perkins when he got of the statement that "TOo many friends are often a liability at Bud Thompson's woodcutting the other day; but he soon showed us that he had spoken some real philosophy by further saying that Eli Witherspoon will have enemies yet before he dies. because Ell has so many friends that should he attempt to help all of them he would soon go broke.
 FRIEND: A person whom you have tried and are willing to try him again. Bill Sans Dictionary, page 4SS.
 ENEMY A person whom you have tried once and are afraid to try him again. Bill Sam's dictionary, page 40
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24
AN INDEFENSIRLE MEASURE

With the most representative Repuh- lican newspapers of the nation de
 nouncing the Fordney McGumber tar iff bill as an iniquitouS piece of legis- lation if will be readily understood if the measure should he delayed in conference and in final ratification be yond the November elections. By so doing the opportunity offered hy the measure to the profiteerS wilt he put off and possibly some of the inevita- ble reaction to prohteering averted. But even this may not put stop to the resentment in large Republican states against tariff bill that is in defensible even as a measure of pro tection to American industries.
 Some days ago the Chicago Tribune analyzed the Fordney McCumber bill and declared that the protection of its rates was not for American lahorers against the pauper labor of Europe, nor even for legitimate American manufacturers. It declared that the only ones who win receive protection are those who seek to exact extor- tionate profits from the American con sumer. But even these interests ulti- mateIy must be defeated since there Is limit in prices at which buying ceases and where profteering Is turned against itself To seek to bring about the highest level of prices at a time when the buying power of the nation is being reduced by wage re- auctions is the most stupid bit of fol Iy that this nation ever attempted
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

At recent Sunday School conven- ton 25O delegates were present. and only six of the number had received ballots of the straw vote being taken by the Literary Digest on the bonus question and enforcement of the 18th amendment At the National Changers convention which recently met in Con necticut a protest was entered against the poll and farmers were advised to send for ballots sn that they might cast vote.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24
THE CANTALOUPE CROP
(By F. J. Watson. Agricultural Agent, Prescott & Northwestern railroad)

by F.. J. watson. agrlcuIIufaI Agent,
 Prescott X Northwestern railroad.)
 The 1922 cantaloupe crop from this section is now matter of history
 From the standpoint of production only, it has been a success. In the number of crates harvested from each acre under cultivation, and the aver age prices received. if has been only moderate success At this time we do not have the actual figures on the net proceeds of the crop but, it is safe to say this will not run above seventy five cents per standard crate. The yield per acre of what was actually harvested and shipped from each acre
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

under cultivation, will run appror, mately 8 standard crates to tha ..
 which, when multiplied by savon.- l five cents, makes S4S.75, as the mons- value per acre to the growers. Ont :. this must come the expense Of ma duction, which will leave the growor very small margin of profit when everv item of expense, including labor ,n cured in production, is charged m against the above figure This maro;. of actual profit would very probah,r not run over 5000 per acre on tha above basis. Looked at from th;. standpoint, cantaloupe production b.. not been profitable for the past tvo years. It is plain to see that if th. tide does not turn more in the fave. of the grower within another twelve months, cantaloupe growing will proh. ably be thing of the past in th,. section. It is we'll that we sbou,a face the actual facts just as they aro
 If it had been possible to have har. vested and marketed at a fair nr;oo a larger percentage of the crop that was actually produced on the vines. tha margin of profit would have been actually doubled in most instances Hundreds of growers did not harvest more than one-half of their crop. due to the fact that the vines deteriorated from blight and other causes. mainly blight This caused the melons to he. come unmarketable, and consequently direct loss to the grower. This han. pened at a time when the price was as good. or better. than at the opening of the season
 If the cantaloupe industry is to sur vive in this section, it is plain that tho business must undergo a reorganiza- tion and more effective measures adopted for the control of the blight. The blight can be very successfully controlled by the use of the Bordeaux Spray when applied systematically, but in order to accomplish this, smaller acreage per farm will have to he adopted. and those growers who do not and will not adopt these pro- gressive measures should cease grow ing cantaloupes for shipment.
 The secret of success in cantaloupe growing in the future here will be more
 intensive methods. and an organiza- tion that will eonfine the business to smaller number of growers who will agree to adopt more scientific methods of production. And as an aid to this. more diversified system of farming should be established. What we need is fewer acres of cantaloupes, and a system that will save all the market able melons produced on the vines. And then we should have other crops to market besides cantalOupes, some coming in before. and others after the cantaloupe crop. When we adopt 8 system like this. we will not have such rush of cantaloupes coming on all at the same time, and we will get more profit out of what cantaloupes we do have
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

declares that the Literary Digest has violated it's whole structural code of ethical impartiality by the manner and method in which it is conducting its national poll on Prohibition and what it is pleased to term the Bonus.
 Please note carefully that second question:
 Soldiers Bonus: Do you favor federal bonus for all American soldiers and sailors who wore the uniform dur ing the world var"
 The question so worded is a dist0r- ton of the issue which is now before Congress and the American people in the pending adjusted compensation bill Every honest supporter of the LegiOnS bill if he voted strictly ac= cording to his own convictions. if he were guided by the will expressed by three national conventions of the American Legion. would answer No to the question asked above. The Legion does not favor bonus for all American soldiers and sailors who wore the uniform during the world war. It fayors an adjustment of com pensation. It favors that adjustment of compensation only for men who served sixty days or more. It favors that adjustment of compensation only for men who served honOrably and were honorably discharged It favors that adjustment only for men who served as enlisted men or officers of the lower rank-to men who held ranks up to captain in the army or under lieutenant in the navy In voting Yes on the question asked in the Digest poll one must ignore the word ing of the question and assume that the Digest meant what it did not ask.
 If this poll is to be fair test of public opinion it is difficult to under stand why the Literary Digest has Haunted the word bonus" misnomer WHICH ttit ailtlttdh IN PAp tested at every opportunity. =.
 But it has gone even further. The fairness of linking the adjusted com pensation proposal and Prohibition is even in itself debatable. But the Digest in it's comments on the poll has stated that wet votes in the poll are also for the most part votes for the bonus" The fact may or may not he true In any event the effect is the same It tends to prejudice dry ad- herents against the bonus.
 The Legion does not wish to believe that the Literary Digest has departed purposely from its traditional policy or that it has become the tool of utter for propaganda The blunder has been made. however. and although irrepar able it calls for an apology and eX planation to four million ex-service men and to the American public.
 The Literary Digest has offended thousands of soldiers and thousands of drys by it's unfortunate poll. In the end what will it have accomplished? The result of the poll whatever it may be, will be practically useless as a guide to public sentiment on the two great questions involved. There is grave danger that it will have helped the campaign of the wet nullifleatiOn- ists.-American Issue.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

A noiseless typewriter, as we under stand it is one who has learned to chew her gum with the muffler on.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

Another disappointment. Skirts are getting into the price class and are coming down.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

The government explains that the bird on the new peace dollar is an eagle We are hankering to make it's acquaintance.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24

The most exciting moment in climb ing the ladder of fortune Is when it begins to break.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-24
"Do Rats Talk to Each Other2~
 Asks MT. M. Batty, R. l.

"I got five cakes of Rat-Snap and threw pioeas around feed store Got about half dozen dead rats day for two solid weeks. Suddenly. they got fewer. Snap Rats dry up and leave no smell Thrs sizes: 3Sc oSc, $i2S.
 Sold and guaranteed tV Hesterly Drugstore X PreseOttHdw.Co.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-05
Haskin Does
Not Write Essays
for School Children.

The Director of our free
Information Bureau in Wash
ington does not write ESSAYS
for pupils, because such work
is supposed to be done by the
children themselves.
For the same reason Mr..
Haskin declines to answer
lists Of questions for anyone
taking civil service examina-
tons, or participating In
contests Of any kind.
Neither does the bureau
give advice ON legal, medical
nor financial matters. Il
does not attempt to settle do
nestle troubles. nor to I'M
dcrtake exhaustive research
on any subject.
But it does answer thou
sands upon thousands Of
questions which are matters
OF fact, with quotations OF
authorities.
II you have never use
this Bureau try it ono
There Is NO charge for Il
1ervica except two cents !
stamps Tor return postass
WFita plainly and brisll,
and addfess your lettsr DO
Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
The Rock Island Argus In
lpsnafioa Dupeau. Waning
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-05
HUME HAS BECOME
CITY OF DIVORCES

nume.-This city counts q popu-
soon OF $4,000; $4,000 Of them re-
ased DEGREES of divorce in the
!afs 1920 and 1921. Divorce
4 ms to be the most flourishing Of
- local industries, and it is max
the city famous.
ine reason is that the severance
me marital bond is easy here,
Is people desiring freedom flock
ame from neighboring states
ssre divorces are not granted.
sone can get q divorce in Fiume
20 has lived in the city long
snship.
complications, however, occas-
ally arise. The case IL stu re-
noered Of an Italian woman who
sired the citizenship Of Fiume
divorced her husband, who re-
sned an Italian subject. Shortly
her divorce she remarked and
arned to Italy, where she was
IMPLY imprisoned for bigsny,
Italian law considering her d.
ee hull and void, her huband be-
a Italian. and, a. such, not On.
Wsd to divorce.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lodge Notices

ssasiCAN LEGION-Post No. 2Qo> RAs.
y. cuAness meeting will be he'd the
- Tuesday each month. AL e.
uce men welcome. Walter A. Rosen.
g Commander; D. B. BergQuist. Adj.
s.Vo GRoTTO-No- 81. II. Q. Y. p. =.
= stated meeting held On the Afs4
wsdnesday of each mouth. Waiting
aophets welcome. C. W. Thacher.
march. Frank L. Patterson. sec-e-
~. Annual fall ceremonial occurs
safSday. Oct. 8. See DOPE ahsets fos
~ paruculAA On this account ~
ulaf business meeting Will b held
.smeeday. Ocl 4.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-05
1sGGY" BEALR DENIES GUILT

UI" BEALE UENIES GUILT,
4 nsas City, Mo-, Oct.5.-Marie
.ssC Beale, pleaded not guilty
~ Indictment charging her With
murder Of Frank, Anderson,
y. Her trial was set for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-05
Business Opportunities

DISTRIBUTOR-By an old established
Chicago firm with reoerd Il ~ years
steady growth and honest dealing. 70 dis
tribute new product-California Wine
Grape juice product that II In
greater demand than ever haaoEe In the
history of the country. becausa OF this
demand we arc establishing exclusive
distributing cepteFs % W can rive our
customars psrsnnai aasvice and prompt
deliveries. We wAat ) hve wire who
can put W . deposit Of $500 - evi-
dance of good faith and ~ guaTantee
to COVE transportation chafges. VIII
pay SIOO 81 better week TO anyone
who will givp his ialGshtate spd a.
tirs tinss Address '1el," care Afgus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-05

Invsstnaats, SteekA DsnAs =
oaDRNHAUA ~ BONDer-esAs ~ -
siaca 1855. Tor ale BY SPECIAL Car. @. =
ChAmberiin, 1eom IL. Seats Aank 1lAg.
Ph0aa 3. /. 1881 -2140.
kNL it quickly fer eaah. - slasar
ANh
Evening star., 1922-08-16
Mems So and $3.50
Paiamas, $1.95

Mems Pajamas, Of mercerized
striped madras, in plain blue,
white. lavender, hello and tan;
trimmed with four double silk
frogs; all sizes; perfect quality.
Mems 81 Shirts, $1.1O
Neglige. Shirts, of madras,
Russian cord, Bedford cord
and other fine quality shirt
ings; soft cuffs; plain white
and striped patterns; perfect
quality: some slightly soiled
from handling; all sizes, ex-
cept size 10. :,
Evening star., 1922-08-16

Gsllsnbsry'-Ftrst Floor.
Evening star., 1922-08-16

Mems Garters, 16c pair
Brightoa or Paris Pad Garters.
made with 7-8 Hide webbing: in
black. white and plain coiofA Also
Little Paris' garters IN the lot.
(Amit two patrh)
President Suspenders,
33c
Genuine President Suspendefs.
plain colors, plain white and
stripes: fine Isle webbing; all
new fresh stock. fLimit two
pairs.)
Mems Nightrobes, 6oc
Cambria and Muslin Might
robes, v neck style, trimmed With
washable braid or plain tatlored
styles: full cut garments; seconds
Of $1.80 and 1.25 values.
Evening star., 1922-08-16
Soc CretOnne
Cushions, 27C

1Sx18 size Cretonne- covered
Cushions. light or dark color
ings: filled with cotton; for
porch. lawn, hammock or canoe
use.
ooidsabrgs-Ysarta flosf.
Evening star., 1922-08-16
Mems 81 Union Suits. S1O5

Faultless' Make Athletic Union Suits of
fine quality mercerized SATIN striped madras S.
sleeveless style; perfectly tailored; sizes 81
to AZ. Made with improved blouse back
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-07
SAVANNAH MAY QUIT
OLD 'SIESTA' HABIT
y COPYRIGHT SY NJ cAGIs

SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. ID. N.
S,l-To "siesta' or not to "siesta"?
That is the question-as Hamlet
soliloquized about something else.
For this is no gloomy meditation
1t is a live question to Savannah,
whether it shall shake off the GUS
toms of two hundred years of clos
ing down tight every afternoon from
two to four while all citizens in
dulge in slumber and lunch sor
scramble about for something to eat
in a quick lunch room during a half
hour period.
Efforts to relegate the custom of
midday siestas to the discard have
failed in the past. Periodically the
question is debated and as often the
old custom is clung to. =
Now comes Mayor Stewart With
the assertion that the old practice
Is obsolete" and calling on the heads
of civic clubs and banks to Join with
him in inaugurating "a half-hour
lunch period with a subsequent car
ller knocking off in the afternoon.
The board of trade directors have
endorsed the Mayors proposal.
Others have not acted on it,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-07
To Wipe Out
Disease In
u. S. Herds

! ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 7.-(U. P.)--
| Complete eradication of tuberculosis
among cattle is {. practical possibility,
DR.. j. A. Herman, chairman of the
International tuberculosis Commit
tee and connected with the Depart
ment of Agriculture, declared here
! today before the American Veterinary
Medical Association.
DIR. Herman placed before the con
Vention showing the cattle infection of
this character has been greatly reduc-
ed and is now comparatively light.
In 81 states, comprising 46.2 per
cent of the area OF this country and
containing more than 40 per cent of
the cattle of the country, there is less
than one per cent of tuberculosis"
said DR., Kiernan. '"rhe livestock own
ers in those states have decided that
the disease shall be eradicated In
this area there is such an active
sentiment against the plague that it
does not seem too much to expect
that within 10 years it will be entire
~ eradicated or reduced to a mini
mum.
"Inasmuch as it has been demon
strated that bovine tuberculosis may
be eradicated from an individual herd
or group of herds or from all the
herds within a circumscribed area,
there is no reason to believe that the
campaign, maugurated in 1911, will
be abandoned until it is wiped out in
every county in the United States"
DR.. Herman called attention to the
rapid progress that-is being made in
many states where there is a high
percentage of tuberculosis.
From July /. 1917 to June 80, 49,
600 tuberculous cattle were destroyed
in this country. When the campaign
begain it was thought by some per-
sons that the destruction of so many
cattle would cause shortage of dairy
products and cause alarm among con-
sumers. But this has not been the
case, The per capita consumption Of
milk has increased and the number of
milk cows increased 1900 head in
1927.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-07
OCTOPUS NOT DANGEROUS;
REALLY TIMID CREATURE

PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE octopus not
only is dangerous, but it is Very
timid creature" declares Professor
Joubin, Director of the French Tech
nical Bureau of Fisheries, in state
ment of La Liberte. An unusual
number of members of the octopus
family has come up on the French
shore of the English Channel recent
ly and bathers haye been afraid to go
into the water.
The adventure which Victor Hugo
describes, which is the classic story of
the octopus. has never existed except
in the boundless imagination of tho
author declares the professor "Thc
bathers on the Brittany coast have
nothing to fear from the octopus in
vasion.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-07
ovERDRAFTs IN FUNDS
Ccontinued from page -

NSOnllHue0 from page Id
gust and total fire loss of $50, ac-
cording to the report submitted by
Fire Chief w. f. Ringold.
A total of 81 cases were before
The city police court during the
month, the report of Thomas Fitz
Gerald. city recorder. showed. or
this number. 81 paid fines amount
ing all told to sT69.95, Is served Jail
sentences, Is forfeited bail. one case
was dismissed and one was contin-
.ued. Receipts from the auto park
for the month were s322. and license
money received was s55. The value
of building for which permits 10 the
number Of II were taken was SI6.-
80. ts
The council, acting on n reouest
OF Judge Fitz Gerald that some in
structions he given him as TO what
licenses may be Issued 70 those who
wish 10 operate here during Round
Up time. decided that taxi-cabs, hot
dog stands. merry-go-rounds and
Ferris wheels licenses may be grant
ed by the city. Some opposition 10
granting licenses for the merry-go-
rounds and Ferris wheels was ex-
presSed on the ground that these at
fractions might clash with Happy
Canyon The attitude was taken.
however. that children would be the
chief patrons OF these amusement
devices. 50 the decision TO permit
Lhem to operate was reached.
Meat Interests which few months
fHHsaa
-ity meat inspection ordinance have |
cooled Off" IL was reported last I
night, and the members of the conn 4
IL talked over the advisa bility Of (
-sDealing the ordinance. II was or
einaiiy framed az the Request or
neat interests. Now they are report
q 70 bave lost their derire Tor in
-pecfion. u