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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
CAMPS ARE CLOSED
DOWN FOR HOLIDAYS

Grays Harbor mills and camps will
only take brief respite from their la
bors of supplying the world with Ium-
Der, according to views expressed by
the lumber operators. Most of the
camps closed either yesterday or will
close today, the majority remaining
closed down until after the first OF
the year, many plan to start active op-
erations on January g. It is reported
that one or two of the mills will close
down only on Christmas day.
An exceptional active bailding cam
paign over the entire United States.
the Japanese disaster and Berkeley
conflagration have all played their
part in keeping Grays Harbor camps
and mills working to full capacity in
keeping production apace with de-
mand
Both Aberdeen's and Hoquiam S
business sections have been gayly
decorated with evergreens and lights
to welcome the loggers. The only sad
feature or plight to mar the holiday
spirits of the woodsmen will be the
difficulty in finding rooms. There
will be from three to five thousand
loggers coming in today and tomor-
row and finding lodgings will tax
their patience to the limit, as few
rooms are to be had even now before
migration from the camps has started.
In future years the shortage will be
somewhat relieved by the new Wash
ington Hotel in Aberdeen and the
Community Hotel in Hoquiam, which
are now nearing completion, both are
constructed of permanent material
and five stories in height.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
NEW HOQUIAM HOTEL
TO OPEN IN MARCH

The new Hoquiam hotel has been
leased by J. A. Harding, associated
with R. X. Keller and W. s. Boyd of
the Benson hotel of Portland, Ore
This assures the stockholders, which
number some 700. that the investment
of $35O,00O will be a profitable one
and patrons the most modern and eff
ficient service. Thorpe Babcock is
president Of the Community Hotel
Corporation. 1t is expected that the
new hotel will be opened early in
March Of 1924, just one year follow
ing the opening of a campaign in
which the bond sale was put over.
1t is a swell building and Hoquiam
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
Salts Fine For
Aching Kidneys
When Your Back Hurts Flush Your
Kidneys as You Clean Your
Bowels


Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and
clogged and need flushing occasion
ally, else we have backache and dull
misery in the kidney region, severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver, acid stomach sleeplessness and
all sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney re-
gion get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any good drug store here, take a
tablespoonful in a glass of water be-
fore breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. 1t also helps neutralize the
acids in the urine so it no longer irri-
tates, thus helping to relieve bladder
disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive:
makes delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to help keep their
kidneys clean.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in trying to correct kidney
trouble while it is only trouble. BY
all means have your physician ex-
anime your kidneys at least twice a
year-adv.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
TAKE EXAMINATIONS
FOR FOREST SERVICE

A total of SO men in Washington
and Oregon took the forest ranger
examination according to District For
ester Cecil. OF this total, 36 tried
the examination In Washington and
Al in Oregon. Those who succeed in
passing are offered vacancies which
may occur on the 20 national for
ests in the North Pacific district COM
prising these two states.
1t is said that there is little chance
OF an applicant passing the examina-
ton unless he has had some expert
ence as temporary employee as a
fire lookout, patrolman or guard in
the forest service. Most OF those
whc took the examination last fall
had some experience.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
RAY CANTERBURY IS
PUBLISHING PAPER

Ray Canterbury, former president
of the International Union Of Timber
workers, has entered the newspaper
game in the Rainier valley. His pub
location is known as the Rainier Her
aid. It is being supported blythe Raj
nier valley business men and is
launched on a progressive platform
intended to serve all the people Of the
district. 1t will appear weekly.
Mr.. Canterbury has many friends on
the Harbor, all Of whom wish him
success IN his new undertaking, and
as Ray has the ability and does not
mind burning midnight oil, we pre-
dict that the weekly will soon shoot
sprouts for a daily.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
DANeERos EEL.

The electric eel is a great eel Of
the South American swamps. It at
tains length Of six to seven feet, and
can discharge at will sufficient cleo
tricity to kill bullock, let alone a
man.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21

Twenty-Five members Of the Aber-
deem Kiwanis club visited the Ho-
quiam club Wednesday.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21

can wen feel proud Of its achieve
ment.
Evening star., 1923-02-01

Clearances happen in the best regulated factories
When winters are mild, now, they happen with know-
edge and ght That is surpluses deliberately
sold at losses.
Several hundred coats have in that
To them have added from stock The result
ee-dmensonal sale-at $40, $50 and S46-broad
long and thick in savings.
Evening star., 1923-02-01
$50
Street Coats

Including ''Printzess'' in Normandie
and Pollyana. Also Salts Peco plush,
polaires and bolivia. The plushes have
natural fitch opossum collar, others with
beaverette, raccoon and Manchurian wolf;
sizes 10 to 40.
Evening star., 1923-02-01
Astonishing Sale Of Women's Goats
$40
Sports Coats

Including the famous ''Printzess'' in
overplaid and polaire. Also Normandie
trimmed with Manchurian wolf, beaver
cite and fitch opOssum; sizes l6 to TO- A
value SO pronounced that you should not
miss ii.
Evening star., 1923-02-01
S46
Dress Goats

81. IL n 1,o~ ~ Richly fur trimmed i'm fitch, opossum
TI l, L WOLF nutria and caracul. Lustrosa. Bolivia
collar others viii, and Normande panels
MancIuran with fur tips Sizes 10 A.
variety of syes-not many of kind.
They remarkable coats-the very flower OF the
sons fashions, and they offered you head-on
ductions from earlier prices.
The thought occurs-When winter is mild, as this one
has been, won't Spring be hard find? You will need
coat for many days to
The ht sco durl
Evening star., 1923-02-01

Bright satcen cover, with
Solid-color borders. Light
i'll weight and very warm.
Full bed size. As for their
value. ask mother; she
knows.
(rhc Hec.t Co, fourth floorl
Evening star., 1923-04-03

ary 8, 1853, there it stands and there
it will stand. Jackson's friends are
still numerous and alert. There have
been other efforts to put Andrew Jack
son or the reservation, but he refuses
to be put. Art critics have squinted
at the statue. made faces at 1t and de-
clared it was not art. Jacksonians
have said: Art critics. bah. Touch one
bronze rivet in yon old statue IL thou
darest! Art or not art, it is a statue
erected in honor and dedicated to the
memory Of Andrew jackson. and any
body who proposes to put chat statue
out Of the park is q whig, or worse"
When Congress, in March, 1885, ap-
propriated $4,000 for a. statue Of
lafayette the commission having the
matter in charge recommended that
Lafayette be given the center of the
park and that Jackson be transferred
to some other site. The proposal to
oust the victor Of New Orleans started
an uproar. The Lafayettecistas re-
treated, and proposed that the statue
VI cat OC 6lNCil d
place on the Pennsylvania avenue side
Of the square halfway between Jack
son and Madison places. The foun-
dation was built. but Congress. in Au-
gust, 1890, directed that the work be
stopped because the Lafayette statue
would obstruct view Of the Jack
son statue from the White House. So
far from permitting Jackson TO be put
out Of the square. Congress would not
permit his view Of the White House
to be cut off. Lafayette. thereafter,
was stood up on the southeast corner
Of the square. The Jacksonians are
very moderate in permitting the
square in which jackson rides to be
called after Lafayette. If they should
exert their strength they might re-
store to the reservation its older
name, Jackson Square.
Evening star., 1923-04-03
Women in Politics.

Secretary Davis of the Department
Of Labor, addressing the Women's Re
publican Club III Boston yesterday,
activities in politics. 1t was not by
! way Of handing them a bouquet in a
spirit Of political gallantry, but the
studied words of an observer and a
participant in national politics. He
found, he said, "a great consolation
for the present. a great hope for the
future. in the advent Of our American
women into political life through the
exercise Of the right Of suffrage" That
sentiment is now shared widely anon g
practical politicians SO called be-
cause they are presumed to he in
touch with the rank and file Of the
electorate and to study political cause
and effect rather than pursue theories.
Secretary Davis went on to say, 81
am one OF those who believe that
women IN politics means better poll
tics. rot worse women. and that wom-
en- will bring into public life those
same virtues that they have SO long
displayed in American home life" The
"pra ctical politicians" know that they
are doing so. Croakers were wont to
say, in opposing woman suffrage, that
mixing in politics would brush the
bloom from woDlanhood, by contact
Of the delicate with the gross. The
reverse is proving the case; the gross
is being refined.
wonan's most effective work in
politics, many thoughtful politicians
think. will be to discern the evil. the
hypocrisy among politicians through
her own highly sensitive instinct for
the good and the true, and to fight
them when found. The country needs
women to take part in politics in
greater number. and they will as they
become increasingly familiar with the
game and appraise the value to the
nation Of woman's work in politics.
Evening star., 1923-04-03

line Of duty. Two pieces were dam
aged in the long run to Chssa peake
Beach, and an engine and truck were
damaged in answering the call to the
Boiling Field fire. Several other pieces
Of motor equipment are out OF COM
mission. There is no reserve apparatus
in the District fire department to take
the places Of the engines, hose wagons
and trucks that have been disabled,
and even the fund for repairing this
broken equipment is SO slender that
the Commissioners are almost at their
wits end to find the money with which
to bring the department back to nor
NAL. The department on its best foot
ing is too small, and repeated efforts
have been made to secure an appro-
priation for reserve equipment. The
efforts must be renewed, and the pres
ent situation of the department point
ed to as proof Of the need for reserve
engines. reels and trucks. The condi-
ton is serious today, and it is obvious
ly hazardous that the department
should be without apparatus to imme-
diately replace that put out of commis-
sion by hard use and accident.
Evening star., 1923-04-03
Sincere Regret Voiced Over Bern
hardt's Passing.

The passing OF Sarah Bernhardt
caused universal sorrow throughout
America and emphasized here, proba bly,
more than in France. that the last OF
the old school OF thoroughly trained ac-
tresses who placed their art above
money has departed. In her prime she
was mentioned with Duse and Ellen
Terry. although very likely in sheer
charm of manner and ability as an &C
tress She eclipsed both of these who
now are only a memory to the older
genera ton of stagegoers. AS the Sche-
rectady Gazette points out. as long as
Nine. Bernhard lived and walked the
tragic stage she kept alive in the world
some spark OF idealism in her mastery
Interpretation OF the urge CT life that
is always being lost by men and women
who daily too long with the inferior
things Of human existence Always
an artist her visits to America the
Chicago News recalls. were unfailing'
triumprs until perhaps the last one.
Her dauntleSs courage enabled her as a
grandmother over seventy TO undertake
and successfully carry off youthful
parts. 1t kept her fighting for renewed
strength through the long Illness that
Indianapolis News points out, there va S
the skill that is associated only with
genius and she used it well" Which
leads the AsburS Park Press to suggest
the inspiration which her life leaves
for those who follow after her, in a
measure, compensates for the loss of
her physical presence"
IF there ever was a queen OF the
stage it was her majesty, the Divine
SARAH" the S.. Louis Post Dispatch
urges. What a reign she had! To
the youth ard even early middle age of
today Bernhardt is mostly a legend.
But to the elders of all the nations there
are great Bernhardt memories that
thrill across the years" The curtain
flickers and drops. but, as the Albany
News points out. while she was dying
workmen were carrying from the house.
the equipment and setting for her last
motion picture. SO we will always have
her with us in form and feature as well
as in memory. But the great theater is
very dark today" Supreme in her art
Bernhard was famous in several
fields" the Buffalo Times says. and she
won renown "as author. sculptor and
painter, as well as the worlds greatest
tragedienne. Awe Is deeply mingled
with admiration in the feeling with
which she world bows to the everything
memory of her whose golden voice is
forever hushed" This likewise is very
much the opinion of the Dayton News,
which points out while she belonged
ito the old school," that branch never
theless has left an enduring monument
TO its greatness. The Roanoke World
News recalls that for the second time
in the twentieth century the world has
paused at the bier of a woman. In 1901
it uncovered its head for a last look at
the beloved Queen Victoria of England.
Now it stands contemplating all that
remains of the Divine Sarah. When
the creator let down the curtain upon
Evening star., 1923-04-03
Rolling Eggs.

The egg-rolling spectacle in the
White House grounds and on the
slopes in Geological Park is one that
can be seen in no other city in the
world. Nowhere else is Easter egg
rolling children's pastime. 1t is dis
tinctively Washingtonian. end from
this city il spread to Baltimore and
it never made there the appeal it does
to Washington children. The Easter
egg and egg games are as old in
northern Europe a s recorded history,
but the play Of rolling eggs down a
grassy slope was not one OF the games
OF our northern ancestors. There is no
record Of how, it came to be played in
Washington, but the oldest Washing
tonian remembers rolling eggs, and
says that he remembers that his father
and mother, if Neutrality-suspicious. told
him that when they were little chill
dren they rolled eggs at Easter. The
custom probably originated on the sod
terraces at the west front Of the Capi.
tol generations before the present
marble terraces" were built. The
Easter picnic was an early institution
here, as in other cities. and many
years ago there was only one public
park in the capital to which picnickers
could resort. That was Capitol Park.
much smaller and less handsome than
it is now. A few trees and shrubs
and plots OF grass had been planted
within the high fence around the Capi-
tol Square and it was a park. In the
children's picnic lunch baskets were
hard-boiled dyed eggs. Some child, ac-
cidentally or purposely, rolled eggs
down one Of those steep turf terraces.
Other children followed suit and the
custom was born. When that was no.
body knows. but il was many years
ago.
Evening star., 1923-04-03
The Jackson Statue.

1t is not easy to evict Andrew Jack.
son from Lafayette Square. Any at
tempt to do this which may have been
contemplated has been abandoned.
Doubtless there never was a serious
thought Of making the attempt with.
out putting the question up to Con-
gress, and it may be that suggestions
were made that Old Hickory be moved
to a less conspicuous place and Wash.
ington put in his place just to see
what would happen. 1t happened. Old
citizens, even some never suspected
Of being Jacksonian democrats, OBJ.
jected. The Tennessee Daughters of
the American Revolution protested
and the Andrew jackson Society of
Tennessee objected. A member of
Congress from Tennessee protested
ION behalf of the entire citizenship of
Tennessee" Secretary Weeks saws
the War Department has no intention
Of putting jackson in Washington
Circle and Washington in Lafayette
Square. and that no steps will be
taken in this direction without au.
thority from Congress. There the
jackson statue has stood since Janu.
Evening star., 1923-04-03
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM

months just to signing his name to
the patents in order to catch up.
President Jackson was dismayed at
the magnitude and monotony of the
job. An appeal was made to Con-
gress and a law passed authorizing
him to appoint a secretary, at a
salary of $1,000. to sign his name to
the documents. The law provided,
however, that the arrangement should
continue in force only four years.
Forty-five years later, or in 1878,
Congress again came to the rescue OF
an overburdened President and au-
thorized him to designate one of the
executive clerks as name Sfgner TO
land patents.
William N. Creek was appointed to
the job and held il for six years. 1t
was found then that the arrangement
didn't work well, almost wholly be-
cause Mr.. Creek had so many other
duties that he was compelled to delay
the name signing from time to time.
President Arthur then obtained an
appropriation designating "one fe-
male clerk, to be designated by the
President. to sign land patents.
The authorization has been continued
ever since.
The first "female clerk" so desig-
mated was Miss Marcia Mexican, a
descendant of one of the signers OF
! the Declaration of Independence and
! also of the first governor of Penn
| sylvania under the Constitution. She
| held the place until her death, thir-
teen years later. in 1897.
When she died, her sister. Miss f.
NJ. Mexican, was appointed to succeed
her. She held the place ten years.
until her death.
Mrs. NJ. w. Young. the next incum-
bent. was appointed by President
Roosevelt in 1907 and served until
! her death in 1910.
/ Then there was appointed Mrs. NJ.
| p. Leroy, widow of James A. Leroy.
who had been associated with Mr..
Taft in the first Philippine commits
sion. President Taft gave her the
appointment and she held il for more
! than eleven years.
/ At the end of that time Mrs Leroy
| was appointed recorder in the gen
eral land office, a position she now
holds, and Mrs. Pugh was named as
1 her successor.
Incidentally. Mrs. Leroy has signed
the names Of Presidents Taft. Wilson
and Harding. She has signed as
many as 1900 documents a day. And
IL you are inclined to make light OF
| that feat, try it some time.
You Will notice that several of the
women who have held the place have
| been designated by the initials OF
! their Christian and maiden names.
| There is reason for that.
| When Mrs. Leroy entered upon her
| duties she was asked how she usually
signed her name.
Mabel P. Leroy" she replied.
Well. let me suggest" said her adj
user. that you don't do 1t here
: Suit yourself. Of course. but you'll
save a lot of extra writing If you'll
cut the Mabel to just plain NJ
She did SO. But somehow when
/ Mrs. Pugh took over the work she
! failed to receive this sound advice
So she started in BY signing her full
/ first name.
! And now she's got to keep on sign
ing il that way. 1t means little. SC
far as one signature is concerned, but
when it comes 10 100000 signatures-
Veil, figure it out for yourself.
Evening star., 1923-04-03
Deplores Failure
to Cut Coal Price
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor OF The Star:
AS a citizen of the District of Co
lumbia, / want to thank you for the
splendid editorial on the high cost of
coal and the notice of the dealers
that the high price of coal would
continue as now. ] have for many
years put in my supply of coal for
the winter in April or May, thereby
getting the benefit of the summer
prices, but according to notice
read in the papers q few days ago
there will be no summer prices and
in my humble judgment there Is no
sane reason for this highway rob-
berry. 1t seems to me there should be
a law to protect the people from such
hands. but all the people get is in
vestigations. and after the investiga-
tions a higher price for everything
you have to buy. Look at the price
of sugar, is there any sane reason for
this? I believe there, Is to be an in
vestigation on the high price of
sugar. Now we are paying nine cents
and after the investigation we will
no doubt be paying ten or eleven
cents. Is there no help for us?
R. F. FORTUNE.
Evening star., 1923-04-03
EDITORIAL DIGEST

her life He brought TO a close the exhi-
bition of one Of His masterpieces
Three generations. as the Harris
burg Telegraph see II, have known
and admired her. She was the last
leaf On the tree; famous figure
rather than a throbbinS personality
FOR young men and women Of today
last living link between the drab
realities Of the present and the glory
tfat was yesterday" 4 world figure,
''she is now history and for the
Stage of France she did much: for
the stage of the world. more" the
Newark News says. She was uncon-
querable youth incarnate. At nearly
eighty she submitted to the only un-
beatable adversary. Now She is gone,
and her successor is still unknown.
For, in all the wide world Of the
stage today. there is no one to take
her place. She was unique" Paus-
ing to reflect on her crowned career
the Knoxville Sentinel shows how
even at the last her art was supreme
as like Napoleon whose stormy soul
scared on the field Of battle at death,
Nine. Bernhardt's soul trod the
mimic stage as she died and. as
| the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch recalls,
"of course France mourrs. And art
itself bows it's head" She was peer
less and her fame confined to no
ed so high and in glory SO superb as
, to be seen around the world" the
Lynchburg News asserts. The world
salutes her with its homage. while
princes and potentateS statesmen
and sa ges, the renowned of the earth
and the more obscure in countless
| numbers, pay the tribute of exalted
honor to the unrivalled spiendor Of
the wonderfully lived and matchless-
y wrought career
Now she belongs to the ages the
Boston Post suggests in recalling
Lincoln's death and Stantons i'm
mortal remark, '-and it will be a
precious remembrance to thousands
! privileged to see and hear upon the
f, living stage this rare embodiment of
dramatic power and glory" Her sue
cess very probably was due, the AL
bany Knick erbocker Press believes,
in that what to others would have
been an insurmountable obstacle, to
her was of little moment, so compel
ling and convincing were the factors
Nine. Bernhardt's career covered a
glorious era in the history of the
| drama, and her name stands among
! the foremost" This also is the view
of the Lynchburg Advance, which
suggests that sheer technical eff
detail is said to have been the real
secret Of her success. She dominated
the stage scenes by her dramatic
talent and her emotional acting.
DaSed pTlnClpdliy Oll lONe, Hdte eiiio
jealousy, captivated her audiences.
Nine Bernhard reached a pinnacle
never attained by another actress, and
, her death leaves vacant place in
the theatrical world that may never
be filed" A great actress and IAN
otherwise remarkable woman" the
| Washington Star points out. "the
lines Of great writer's never suffered
by her delivery of them" and in her
passing, the Philadelphia Public
Ledger says, Franco has lost an
ornament, the stage a genius, the age
a fine spirit, who set humanity an
example Of victorious courge."