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Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

Performance of contract shall commence
within ten Q0) days after execution of the
contract and be completed during 1928 or as
specified.
Monthly payments will be made for 80 per
cent of the construction completed each month
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
surety bond, certified check or money to the
amount of at least ten (1O) per centum of
the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked Proposal for the Construction of
state Aid Highway Contract No. ''
The Contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (2O) days from the date of
opening proposals.
bids. "-'' u al
Detailed plans may be seen and index plans
and specifications may be obtained upon de-
posit of ten dollars $4,000 which amount
will be refunded upon return of plans and
specifications in good condition at the Office 81
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover. Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
The Man He Wanted,

what kind OF a man do you want
for this jOb7"
zone who was bear In the past,
who will be a bull for the future, and
a horse to work. Judge.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

was deserted near Ginn's Corner and
the same men stole DR.. Niles car that
entered Mr.. Walls home. 1t is hoped
that DR.. Niles car will be recovered.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank EHason have
moved from Mt. Pleasant to their
newly purchased home on Cass street,
Middletown.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

Miss May c. Enos has sold her
property in Odessa to Percy T. Wal
lace, of the same town. Mr.. Wallace
gets possession within so days.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities

Nearly 100 horses, cows, sheep and
hogs have died from anthrax within a
few days on farms in New Castle
county.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

Rev. R. B. Matthews, rector of the
Episcopal Church at Snow Hill, Md,
has been extended call by the vestry
of St.ThOmas' Episcopal Church, New
ark.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

The equinoctial rains last week gave
old Mother Earth the best drink she
has had for long time. The best of
it all was that there was no wind,
and the corn, now being cut, stood up
well.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

Contract No. CK-17. O.5Os Miles
Through Frederick
1900 Gu. Yds. Excavation
so Tons Broken Stone Base Course
$50 Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pavement
10 Gu Yds Glass A Concrete
200 Lbs Reinforcement
60 Lin Fl II in r Pipe
Contract No. 42-A. SeafOrd. Del
Temporary Timber Bridge
120 feet long, 10 feet wide
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

According to DR.. David A. Ward,
superintendent of the Wilmington
schools, there are 1904 pupils on part
time study. Plans are being made to
relieve the congestion by equipping
assembly rooms for classrooms.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department, at its office, Do
yer, Delaware, until 2 o'clock P. NJ, Oc-
tober II, 1928, and at that place and time pub
licly opened, for the construction of State Aid
Highways, involving the following approxi-
mate quantities
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

The State Highway Department has
been granted permission by the New
Castle County Levy Court to erect
warning signs at the intersections of
the county roads.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03

School officials in Wilmington last
week announced that 1921 school
children have total of S6O,364 on de-
posit in the savings banks. Of this
sum $4,000 was saved by the youngs-
ters during the summer vacation.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
1IsT OF LICENSES

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Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
PEDDLERS
DENTISTS

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Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
OsTEOPATH

OSTEOPATH
Fitzgerald, Paul ....................SlO $1,000
CHTROpOnVCT
Smyrna times., 1923-10-03
CHIROPODIST

EDGAR E. CLEMENTS,
Clerk of the Peace
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
FREIGHT LOADINGS MAKE
GOOD GAINS, is REPORT

Loading of revenue freight con-
;inues to run the heaviest for this
time of year in the history of the
railroads, according to reports filed
with the car service division of the
American Railway Association. Dur
ing the week, which ended on Feb
ruary II last, S17,778 freight cars
were loaded. This exceeded the cor
responding week last year by 44,503
cars and surpassed the correspond
ing week in 1921 by 125,771 cars.
This also was considerably above the
corresponding weeks in 1918, 1919
and 1920.
Compared with the previous week,
however, this was a decrease of 35,-
511 cars, due to the oberyance in
many states of Lincoln's birthday, on
February IL.
Compared by districts, increases
over the week before in the total
loading of all commodities were re-
ported in the southern and south
western districts, while all others
reported decreases. All districts,
however, reported increases over
the corresponding week last year,
except the Pocahontas and North
western districts, while all reported
increases over the corresponding
week in 1921, except the north
western and southwestern districts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
WALL STREET

NEW YORK, Mar. 3:-Prices con-
tinued their upward course at the
opening of today's stock market de-
spite the usual weekend profit TAX
ing in a number of popular shares.
The initial demand centered in the
independent Steel, Equipment, Dom
estic Oil, food, dividend-paying rail-
road shares and a select assortment
of specialties. Union Pacific led the
advance in rails with gain of 1 4
points and Sloss Sheffield, up 2, and
Bethlehem B, up 1 headed the steel
group. United Drug dropped points
and Utah yielded one-haf on realiz-
ing sales.
Increasing interest in the rail
shares was the feature of the early
dealings. Baltimore & Ohio advanced
u points and Canadian-Paciflca and
500, each, while Reading, New
Orleans, Texas & Mexico, st. Paul
preferred, Northern Pacific and Chi
cago & Northwestern each advanced
one-half. Express shares continued
their advance of yesterday, Adams
gaining a. point and Wells Fargo
fractionally. United States Steel
common sold at 1888, new high
record for the year. Atlantic Gulf
was pushed up is but California
Petroleum dropped points and
Tidewater Oil y. North American
fell back TX. Stromberg Carburetor
and United Retail Stores were in
good demand, each gaining a point.
Foreign exchanges opened firm, De-
mand Sterling selling at S4.7o4 and
French francs at 6.10 cents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
SUGGESTS UNDERGROUND
STORAGE FOR COAL

WASHINGTON, March S-Under-
ground storage of coal at the mines
is suggested by H. Foster Balm, di-
rector of the United States Bureau of
Mines, as a practical step toward the
accumulation of reserves Of fuel
necessary to stabilize industry and to
protect the domestic consumer in
periods of acute shortage.
The seasonal demand for coal can
to some extent be met By storage,
Director Balm said in a report to the
United States Coal Commission, but
this must L. done by the consumer
or by some distribution agency op-
Grating between him and the mine.
At the mines the best place to store
coal is in the ground, as with unim-
portant exceptions it is not feasible
to provide more than a limited
amount of storage above ground.
Anthracite companies established
near points of consumption a system
of great storage piles which were
valuable balance wheels to the trade
and have facilitated steadiness of OPP
Grafton which distinguishes anthra-
cite from bituminous mining, DR..
Balm said. Large scale storage of
bituminous coal has been less prac-
ticable because the uncertainty of
future price has deferred companies
and individuals from making the
necessary investments. However, in
certain periods as much as 60,000,-
900 tons of this coal have actually
gone into storage, showing the feasl-
bility of storing soft coal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
bic BUSINESS
ROWING
Important Steps Taken
Money is Tighter But Abun-
dant at Same Time

important developments in Feb
ruary included the acceptance by
Congress of the terms of the settle
ment Of the British Debt Commits
sion and agreed to, by representa-
tives of Great Britain, the sccelera-
ton of the upward movement OF
commodity prices, followed by an
advance in money rates and an in
crease in the discount rates of the
federal reserve banks Of New York
and Boston, and rather more def
mite assurances that Congress would
adjourn within a few days, not to
meet again until the regular ses-
sion of the new Congress in De-
cember," says the American Ex-
change National Bank of New York
in its monthly review.
Continuing. the banks letter says:
THE exchange markets were fea-
tured by a recovery in marks and an
advance in sterling to a new high
for the postarn1istice period.
Higher price levels for the pc
riod of recovery were reached in
cotton, copper. sugar and other ba-
sic commodities. Steel recovered to
It's 1922 high (Which had been
reached during the period of the rail
and coal strike), thus re-establish-
ing its price at the highest level
since 1920.
1.-THE upward movement in prices,
which had been languishing for sew
eral weeks. became definitely
stronger during the mid weeks of
February. The movement was ac-
companied by increased forward or
speculative buying and threatened
to result in runaway markets in va
rious quarters. The advance in
money rates reflected an increased
demand for credits in connection
with the greater activity in general
business, this activity having reach
ed seasonally record-breaking pro-
portions in numerous lines.
"In January domestic consump-
ton of cotton established new
record and there were record-break-
ing freight movements and bank
clearings. This tendency continued
over into February, the freight
movements being particularly heavy.
'In the retail trade a g rater de-
mand tor novelties was reported
along with larger takings OF sta
Piles. The jobbing trade was also
more active, forward buying on an
increased scale being noted in many
trades. Hand-to-mouth buying was
occasionally encountered, however,
notwithstanding better buying for
the fall in the trades which have
opened their books for advance Or
ders. Trade reports in some lines
deprecated tendency among dis
tributors to push price advances too
fast"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
BabSOn Says Business
Good I'm West, I'm His
Weekly Trade Article

porarily helping this section, al
though ! fear that some OF the Sec
tons will not feel so prosperous
when the time comes to pay off
the road bonds which they are now
SO freely issuing.
THE last great industry to benefit
from a building boom is the furnl-
ture industry. After house s
built. new furniture is always pur-
chased, even though the family
moves from some other house.
Now nearly four-fifths of the furni-
ture manufactured in the United
States is made in this Industrial
West L forecast great activity for
this industry during 1923. There IS
liable to be even a furniture short
age. Those who contemplate buy
ing new furniture during 1928
should make their purchases at
once. The industry is not one that
can quickly expand. 1t also is verg
dependent upon transportation,
which is liable to congesti IN
throughout the year. Remember
that there are fewer miles of rail-
road in our country today than
there were ten years ago. Terminals
are becoming more congested every
year and industries, which, like fur.
niture-are so very dependent upo /
the railroads, should count Upon
this unfavorable factor. This is also
true of the paper industry, which s
thriving in this section and which
is continually becoming a greater
factor in its prosperity.
II have said nothing about the
agricultural outlook for this Sec
ton because I shall treat it in de-
tail next week, when discussing the
purely agricultural states. Suffice to
say, l found it improving and very
much better than a year ago. The
wiser farmers. however, are going
more into dairying and the raising
of market garden products. Beans,
peas. cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, po-
tatoes fruits etc. are becoming the
most profitable products. Dairying
and poultry raising alone is bring
ing about $400,000.000 a year into
this section. Because of the diver
sity of income and the increasing
profits, 1 feel optimistic as to the
farming possibilities within reason
able trucking distance of good
sized cites When the farmers and
this section get broader vision and
realize that each prospers. only as
the other prospers, then they all
can prosper. The great enemy of
the average farmer is not the nat
| ural elements without himself
; but rather those human elements
within himself. Creative nature has
been good to the farmer, but human
nature has been the farmers great
est obstacle. When the farmers
eliminate jealousy-they will start
on the highway of prosperity-bnt
not until. The best antidote for
| jealousy is cooperation;-ye a
greater spirit of cooperation is what
all Americans need today
General business as reflected in
! the index of the Babsonchart is one
per cent normal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
BETTER GASOLINE

WASHINGTON, March 8. - The
quality of gasoline marketed in the
United States is improving, the Bu-
reau of Mines reports after the
thirty seventh semi-annual survey
covering the cities of New York,
Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago,
New Orleans, st. Louis, Denver, Salt
Lake City, San Francisco and Bart
lesville, Ok.
The volatility OF gasoline, noted
six months ago, was found to be
still present, which means that the
average gasoline is easier to vapor-
ize, with an easier start for the
automobile. Another thing is that
there is greater uniformity in the
gasoline marketed in different parts
of the country. The bureau found
that the seasonal ariation from
summer to winter gasoline is slowly
decreasing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
Our Industrial Community
new ALLOY REDUCES
THE COST OF COPPER

Introduction of a new alloy used
for one of the electrodes in the cleo
trolytic refining of copper has cut
the cost of copper production at
Chile, to only Ga
company revealed. The new alloy
of the Anaconda Copper Mining
cents per pound, the annual report
consisting essentially of copper and
developed by c. G. Fink, is
used for the anode during copper
recovery from the electrolytic and
reduces current losses and contami-
nation of the product experienced
when ferrosillicon and lead cleo
trodes are used. Figures of the
Chile Copper company show that the
cost per pound of copper exclusive
of interest depreciation and deple-
ton dropped from 1913 cents in 1921
to an average of 6.4 cents in 1922.
In 1915 the figures was 1854 cents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
STEEL CASTINGS GAIN

WASHINGTON. March 3.-Sales
cf commercial steel castings were
larger in January than in any month
since March, 1920, tho Department
OF Commerce announced today.
Total bookings were 103,161 tons by
firms with capacity normally de-
voted to commercial castings of &c.
200 tons, or at the rate of 1922 per
cent of capacity, compared with De-
cember bookings at 71.7 per cent of
capacity.
Bookings of railway specialties
amounted to 47,S79 tons or 125 per
cent of capacity, compared with 1873
per cent in December. Railway
specialties castings for 1922 totaled
$99,174 tons, the largest year since
1918.
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
"AvERAGe" OWNERS OF CARS
More o. Lees lntsrsstlng statIstles
Concerning Fortunate Ones Who
"ionk" At pedestrians.

Philosophers. politicians and others
nave spent q great deal Of time and de-
voted world Of high-powered thought
to finding Mr.. Average Citizen. In or
der to carry It along further. q finance
corporation has been working to dis
cover who and what is Mr.. Average
Automobile Buyer.
Through vital statistics the survey
in question was taken from the me-
dlum to higher-priced cars, thus elm
mating entirely all the low-priced lines,
says Farm Life. This was done to get
an impersonal view Of the average
man who drives the average car Of the
higher grade.
Thus we learn that the average age
of motor car buyers is thirty-four
years; that "A per cent Of them have
wives; 80 per cent Of them have mon
ey in the bank and 90 per cent Of them
carry life insurance. Basing the next
deduction on figures obtained by the
acceptance corporation on sales be-
tween January and June !, we find
that IS per cent Of the purchasers
have owned cars before and that As
per cent Of that number bought on
credit
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
x-RAY LITTLE UNDERSTOOD
Not Much More Known Of u Than
When II Was First Made Public
by Roentgen.

Wounds are no longer probed for
bullets; fractures are not set by guess ;
fiawed teeth are examined without be-
Ing pulled.
But the extraordinary. fact concern
ing the X-rny Is that practically moth
Ing has been learned about It since 1t
was first introduced and experimented
with by Roentgen. Enough has been
found out about the laws that govern
It to make It a practicable instrument
for diagnosis, but as u scientific phe-
nomenon Il is almost isolated and is far
from being understood. II remains, for
the lay mind ut least, an inexplicable
demonstration Of the lack Of solidity
In matter.
II there is kind Of light md kind
Of sight that go through flesh and
blood. then flesh and blood are subject
TO laws Of which the race is so far al-
most completely ignorant. When the
existing clews are developed II IL fairly
certain that Roentgen's contribution to
science will loom larger even than at
the present tline.-New York World.
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
PROFIT IN Low-eRADE ORE
Mining Engineers See the Possibility,
but Enormous Capital Will Have
70 Be Employed.

Radlnin-bearlng pegmntites In vnrI.
ous districts In Ontario. cnnada, will
eventually be proiltnbly exploited. ac-
cor,iing Ia writer In the Engineering
and Mining Journal-Press Of New York.
He states that the pcg,nati.cs OF the
province undoubtedly contain In the
aggregate relatively enormous amount
Of radlum and thorium minerals. but
these occur In widely disseminated
condition. Low-grade ore containing n
pound or two of uranium oxide TO the
ton might. under certain conditions.
prove workable. the taiiings constitnt-
ing refined ground feldspar product.
for the pottery Industries. that would
be the main source of revenue. while
the uranium minerals would be by.
product obtnlnsble probably ut a little
extra expense. The application Of II
concentration process would remove
not only the rndium minerals. but alss
various impurities. such rs magnetic.
iiinenite. pyrite and tonrmniine. thus
Improving the quality of the feldspar
product and enabling deposits TO be
worked on large scale. Such opera.
tions. however. could probably be sue.
cessfnlly carried on only by y company
with sufficient capital "a produce md
market ground feldspar In large guam.
titles. mine mica and recover and re-
hne the rare mineral by-producis.
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
PRAIRIE STAR NOTES

On account Of the rainy weather
there were seven absent from school
Monday.
County Supt. Riffenburg called at
Prairie Star. Wednesday morning.
-'CAll again, Mr.. Riffenburg."
Mrs. VIM. Mutchie called on Mrs.
Harry Alberts Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. !. ]. Rogers and daughter cal
led at Haxtun and stayed over the
week end with relatives.
Arbor Day was observed at Prairie
Star. The school ground was cleaned
up and rose bushes and lilies were
planted.
Arlo Ferguson visited the week end
at the home OF his sister, Mrs. Franc
Ahnstedt.
Mrs. Harry Alberts, who was opera.
ted upon recently, is reported well
again.
Eden Rogers called on Arlo Fer
guson Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John vogel visited at
the b ne Of their daughter, Mrs. H.
AIberts, Wednesday.
: The play given by the Prairie Star
school Friday evening at Paoli, was
well attended and much enjoyed by all.
The Eighth Graders Of Prairie Star
took the examinations Thursday and
Friday as test, and all received a
very good average.
The next meeting Of the p. T. A.
at Prairie Star will be May LIST. A
wennie roast will be the most enjoy.
able event Of the evening. We have
. 1906 membership and would like
to have anyone interested in this or
ganiEation become a member on our
roll.
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
MUST USE EGYPTIAN DESIGN
Only One Way to Mount searabs, Just
Now Coming Into Great Pop
uiar Favor.

Speaking OF scarabs, and the wave
Of Egyptian influence brings the scarab
again into prominence, Leonlde c. Law
eron, Chicago, a recognized authority
on jewelry design and kindred subjects
In art, says:
''To mount scarabs correctly, follow
the design Of the Egyptians used when
the scarab was worn by the kings
in the Valley Of the Nile. Any de-
parture from this design Is utterly.
lacking in artistry.
Miss Laveron sketclied off in pencil
the correct design. The king wore the
scarab in ring. A gold bar passed
through the body of the scarab ending
in knobs Mt either end. so the scarab
revolved on the bar. This was attached
to a ring, on the sides flsnked with
twisted gold wire. The car.Ouchc Of the
king was on the diverse side Of the
scarab. The king used the ring as, a
seal. The other correct mountings, nc
cordIng to Miss Laveron, is the scarab
in the center Of bar pin, flanked by
wings or by the head of the sun god
or the asp All Of these motif. were
used In the days when scarabs were
worn MS assign Of rank.
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
NOT ALL GOOD FOR HEATING
Much Variation In soapstonss- -classi.
fication Of Properties Would b
Most Valuable.

Soapstone is q term that has been
loosely applied to several varieties OF
rock with differing chemical and phys
ical properties. Some soapstones are
hard. heing only slightly different from
serpentine, and others are soft and
contain more tale. Some varieties
have definite grain and others are
composed Of interlocking prlsmatlc
crystals.
The difference In properties affects
the suitability Of various soapstones
for different uses. In the construction
Of fabricated forms hardness, tough
ness and absence Of grain are most
important. but in the manufacture Of
foot warmers, griddles and heating
stoves for fireless cookers resistance
to heat and retention of heat are more
important. Thus soapstone from GER
tain localities in Virginia is more valu-
able for fabricating than for heat re-
tention, and certain Vermont SOAP
stones are superior for heating pur-
poses. An investigation Of the proper
ties Of various soapstones and classlfi-
cation by such properties would be
most valuable.--New York Herald.
Phillips County herald., 1923-04-26
Ak for Laros Sum.

Something like $925. 600 Is required
to establish women's colleges at Ok
ford, and while women have been TAX
ing advantage Of the educational op-
portunlties offered there, NO wOmen's
colleges have yet been possible. The
London Times In an editorial calls at.
tention to the fact that many Of the
endowments have been made by wo.
men and that 'piety," never lacking In
the national character, should inspire
nll those who have had the advantage
Of such endowments to help the good
cause Of the "women's colleges" Mt Ok
ford. II In hard times In England and
Il IL not easy to raise such a large
sum. although the editorial asserts
that mo one In theory grudges the
money, or would deny university
education ia as many women ms are
worthy Of e."
Harvard university In Radcliffe col
legc has long had woman's college
Of which II II justly proud.