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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-04
Plans

It will be found a great assistance
to the home builder to understand the
reading Of plans. Plan reading is
very simple and can be understood
with very little study.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
PAGE TIRES

Emory, of Grantsville, spent Satur-
day and Sunday with relatives here.
Element Of his late fathers estate.
Merchant @. C. Buckle has raised
price OF overalls since last week when
Madam Stork presented him with
new son.
Mr.. J. W. KimmeIl, Of near Deer
Park, spent last week in this neigh
borhood looking after his interests in
connection with his logging contract
with the Back Greek Lumber Co.
The sudden illness Of Mrs. Edward
Railey, residing on the east side of
Meadow Mountain, one day last week
made necessary the summoning of DR..
Davis, of Grantsville, but at this time
Mrs. Railey is somewhat improved.
The grounding is fulfilling the pre-
dictions made for him by giving us
the first real continuous winter
weather of the season. Snow fell al
most every day last week
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
WHY TELEPHONE
RECEIVER HOOK
ENDS IN RINGS
Like Many Other Details, Are Result
OF long Experimentation.

like Many Other Details, Are Result
OF long EXPERIMENTATION.
Those classic problems, How old is
Amer and (Which came first the
egg or the hen?" are probablv no
more puzzling to the uninitiated than
lie question why does the hook that
supports the telephone receiver end
II two rings?" Is it in order tina
he instrument may be closed with
a paddock? No. for if could still he
used-aIthough awkwardIy-by hold
ing it upside down. Or ia if nerhsns
in Difference 10 the feminine convfo.
lion that every hook should have an
eye?
As a matter Of fact the rings a.
the end Of the telanhone hack have
been evolved by a gradual process NJ
elimination. Like many other details
Of telephone apparatus and service
they represent the results of careful
thought and exDpriments directnd TO-
ward giving the public the hest and
most economical tolenhone facilities
that can be devised.
The early tvpes of desk teIenbonee
had hooks ending in pair Of unturned
horns This 2rranpemant nrovad r,,so+
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

ing FOch's task immeasurably less
difficult. For they supplied vitality
Important communication links, not
only betv cen the various units Of
the American Expeditionary Force
itself, but between it and the armies
Of France, Britain and Belgium.
Few people who had not the OBJ
portunity to see at first hand the e<-
tent or the difficulty of the task that
fell 70 the signal Corps realize how
quickly this organization was mob:
iIized, or the effectiveness OF its work
overseas.
When the United States entered
the World War the total strength Of
The Signal Corps was fifty-ive Off
GERS and 1870 men. In less than
two years this arm of the service
had 1852 officers and 33,03S men
serving overseas, in addition to large
numbers at home. The total over
seas force consisted of fifty-six field
signal battalions, thirty-three tele-
graph battalions, twelve depot bat
talions, six training battalions and
forty service companies.
Many of these men were enlisted
direct from the services OF telephone
companies, the Bell System alone
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

weekend with his brotLer-in-law. Mr..
Dawson, as Piedmont, West Va. The
latter has been quite i'll with diabetes
and we are sorry to note that his
condition at this time is unimDroved.
RLr. Eugene Walters and a friend.
both of near Pittsburgh spent the
weekend at the formers home here.
Miss Ruth Sweitzer, who has been
on the sick list for the past week, is
now able to resume her duties as a
teacher.
Miss Ruth Walters, of Grafton,
spent the weekend at her home in
Deer Park.
Mr.. ?. J. Lohr, of near Deer Park,
was a visitor at the home of Mr.. F.
n. Ries on Monday.
Mr.. William Fitzwater and Mr..
Thomas Lohr made business trip to
kitzmiller on Monday.
Miss Mary Jankey was visitor in
Oakland, Saturday.
Misses Lola King and Esther
Swearinger were visitors at the res
idence of Mrs. Charles Butler on last
Sunday.
Messrs. Edward and Harry King
visited their uncle, Mr.. Henry Friend
on Sunday.
Miss Elsie Lohr, who recently grad
uated as nurse at Elkins, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Lohr, re-
Gently, going from here to Philadel-
phia, where she will take a special
course in nursing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
CREOSOTE BATH LENGTHENS
LIFE OF TELEPHONE POLES

About one-third of all poles placed
by the Bell Telephone Companies are
chestnut. Up to the present time,
very few Of these poles were treated
with a wood preservatiye before they
were set. The Bell System now has
plans well under way for treating
these poles, before they are placed in
the ground.
The treatment consists of standing
poles in an open tank of hot creOsote
oil for several hours then quickly
changing the bath to cold creosote 50
that condensing the steam in the wood
cells will create vacuum causing the
wood to absorb the oil. A pole is
treated up to about one foot above
the ground line, which covers the en-
tire section where rapid decay ordi-
narily occurs. This adds from ten to
fifteen years to the life of a pole
which would ordinarily last from ten
TO twenty years, the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company states.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

contributing ever 1000 of its e12-
ployees to the overseas force of the
Signal Corps. Among these not the
least important were the 233 girl
operators who saw service in France
TO the task OF providing a COM
muniCatiOn system which would
make real coordination of militaTy
effort possible the Signal Corps ap-
piled itself with characteristic Amer
lean enthusiasm and efficiency. I,
constructed 1890 miles Of telephone
line on permanent poles, with $4,000
miles Of wire; put up $3.50 miles Of
wire on French poles and installed
approximately 10000 miles of com
bat lines.
Two armies. twelve corps, thirty
three divisions and forty-fve field
signal battalions were completely
equipped with telephone equipment.
Telephone exchanges on permanent
pole lines numbered 273 and those
in the advance section 1913, besides
small, temporary field installations.
About 100000 long distance
telephone calls were handled b. the
Signal Corps, together with LEGAL
calls estimated at 100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
TELEPHONE LINES NOW
RUN TO TOMB OF TUT
Engineers Face Hard Problems In
Stringing Wires Across Valley
OF Xmas.

Upon the resumption recently Of
excavations of the Valley of Kings
in Egypt, telephone communication
was established, for the first time,
with the western side of the Nile
River in the vicinity of Thebes
The Valley of Kings, where the
marvels of ancient days were dis
covered in the tomb of Tut-Ankh-
Amen, was connected by wire with
Luxor, across the Nile, which required
some extremely hazardous and diff
cult work. Not only was it necessary
to cross the treacherous Nile in estab-
fishing this line of communication, but
the Egyptians met with a more dan
,gerOus task on the other side when
the Valley Of Kings was reached. This
locality is practically isolated from
the rest of the world by an encircling
HILL the vertical sides of which had to
be scaled before the wires could be
laid. The top OF this ridge is eX-
"a Sit0lS uliiICuiC " ledCH utuSl any
circumstances, but was unusually so
at the time set for the task. as the
extraordinary heat, unreasonable even
for Egypt, added considerably to the
other hazards Of the ascent. After
extensive preparations, however, the
task was finally accomplished by a
detachment of native Egyptians,
though only with extreme difficulty.
The telephone will now undoubtedly
expedite news to the outside world Of
each incident of discovery as the in,
vestigators proceed with the explora-
ton Of Tut-Anhh-Amen's tomb.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
BY p. r. BARRETT

As the World War recedes, some
of its features which, when viewed
at close range, could be understood
only as details are beginning to take
form as parts of a closely co-ordi-
mated whole. Watching the advance
OF this army one day and of that
army the next, the world was too
keenly interested in the outcome of
these individual movements to real
iZe their relation to each other.
After five years it is possible
somewhat better to understand how
closely these isolated events Of the
great conflict were tied together and
somewhat more fully to appreciate
the importance and the difficulty of
the task Of cO-ordinating widely sep
arated military units into an effective
fighting force.
At least portion Of the credit for
this close coordination belongs to
the United States Signal Corps. Real
coordination had not been attempted
until Foch took command. Almost
simultaneously there arrived IN
France the vanguard of an army of
telegraph and telephone workers
whose efforts were to result in max
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
DEER PARK
anneaann@aassssnAnaaNs

G3G9GsS :!
Sleigh riding is the order of the
day with our young folks.
Mr. Claude Weimer and Mrs WEIGH
and children, Of this place, spent the
weekend with relatives and friends
in Mountain Lake Park.
Mr.. Leslie Rodeheaver spent last
Sunday as the guest OF Dr.. and Mrs.
f. z. Sollars at their home in Deer
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Bittinger and
son Junior, of Denbo, Pa, spent the
weekend at Mrs. Bittinger's home at
this place where thew were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. George.
Mr.. Elmer limbaugh and Misses
Julia limbaugh and Georgia John
ston are visiting relatives at Salem,
West Va.
Among those who visited Mr.. and
| Mrs. George Lee on Sunday were
Misses Eunice and Alice George and
Lena and Mclva Refs, and Messrs.
Ray Custer and Fred. George
Misses Alice Campbell and Gladys
Johnston, who are employed at Cum
berland, have been visiting at their
homes here the past week.
Mr.. Ray Wright, of Swanton, was
visiting at his aunt's, Mrs. Cora Refs,
recently.
Miss Ruth Sweitzer was in Pied
mont, West Va, on Saturday
Mr.. Lee Rodeheaver, teacher of the
international class and pupils of the
class of the Deer Park NJ. e, Sunday
school, met at the home of Misses
Pauline and Flora Chadderton recent
ly for the purpose of re-organizing.
The officers elected are as follows:
President, Miss Pauline ChaddertCn
vice-rresident, Miss Thelma Savedge;
secretary, Miss Flora Chadderton, and
treasurer, Miss Lena Refs.
Mrs. Salem Broadwater visited her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Hardesty, on
Sunday.
Mr. Salem BroadWater and son Rob-
ert were in Oakland on Sunday last.
At a meeting held on Sunday after
noon at the NJ. f. church the president
and vice-president Of the Senior Ep-
worth League and Mrs. Susan Daw-
son, who has been appointed superin-
tendent, organized Junior League
Of the society.
Rev. D.. NJ. Loar went to Cumber-
land on Tuesday where he will under
go 9 slight surgical operation.
Miss Cenevicve Lee IS spending a
brief vacation with her aunt, Mrs.
Percy Comp, IN Piedmont, West Va.
Miss Mabel Tasker was visiting
friends in Mountain Lake Park on
Sunday last.
We regret to state that Mr. Ellie
Brady is a patient i'll the Western
/ Maryland Hospital at Cumberland for
an operation.
Misses Eunice and Alice George
were visitors at the Refs home on last
Sunday.
Mr.. Leslie Rodeheaver spent the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
TELEPHONE MAKES
LEFT EAR BEST

There is quite a notion that
the use of the telephone is bad
for the ear. Perhaps that can
be tested In most cases it is
the left ear that goes up to the
telephone receiver. And, &C
.ording TO the News Bulletin of
the Kansas Committee on Public
Utility Informa don, the left ear
is the better ear. More than
that, according to this veracious
authority, it IS the telephone
that makes it better. Left ears,
as a result Of this practice, have
become far more sensitive than
right ears" says the Bulletin.
And if you don't believe, you are
invited to put the telephone re-
ceiver to your right ear and
prove it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
LAPP EERDs1GEN GIVEN
ST0RM TIPS BY WIRE
Telephone Lines Aid Reindeer Raisers
In Land o. Midniaht Sun.

'i -GiI W HIiHHiSOI GUN.
"Te!ephoHe lines" says a Stock
holm despatch to the London Daily
Mail, are to be laid to the mos
northeIly portions Of Lapland in Or
der that The nomad tribes of LanDs
may be given meteorological bulIc
tins and information of snow condi-
lions, when they make their sprine
and autumn moves"
When this contemplated telephone
construction is completed, civiIiza-
ton will have extended its long ten
tacles Of wire far up beyond the
Arctic Circle into the Land of the
Midnight Sun. Fer ten weeks, dur
ing the short Arctic summer. the
daylight is unbroken in this Far
northern country. For similar
period in winter unralfeved dark
ness shrouds the land.
The wandering Lapps diminu-
tive. broadfaced race. Of uncertain
origin, drive their herds of semi
domesticated reindeer across The
lonely uplands of Northern Sweden,
working south in the fall. aad re
turning to the summer pasturage Of
the northern mountains in the late
spring. They depend upon the rein
deer for meat. milk and hides. eking
out preoarious existence by ooca-
siCnal fishing in the lakes and fjords
with which Northern Scandinavia
abOunds.
Related tribes with substantially
similar ways of life, are found in
upper Norway and the adjacent sec
lions of Russia and Finland. But it
is apparently only the Lapps of
Sweden who are soon to be assisted
in finding suitable feeding grounds
for their reindeer by meteorological
bulletins and information of snow
conditions" transmitted into the
Arctic wastes by telephone
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
TTENGER
taastEaaReeanaaanaa

Misses Dora and Mildred Wiley, of
Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Earle Miller, Of
Phillips, Pa, and Elmer Wiley, Of
Youngstown, Pa, were called homo
one day last week by the death Of
their mother, Mrs. George Wiley,
which occurred on Thursday morning,
February 21st.
Mr.. Charles J. Sechler spent last
week at st. Paul, Pa, looking after
some matters pertaining to the set
Mrs. Lydia Wiley and Miss Ruth
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28
LEADS IN FARM TELEPHONES.

There are about 2,7O0,00O telephones
i'll the United States in farm dwellings,
or nearly one telephone to every two
rural homes. No other country has
anything approaching this farm tele-
phone development. There are $1,000
rural lines and systems connected
with the Bell System.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

DR.. Paul Kammerer, the eminent
Austrian biologist who has been lee
turing in this country, remarked in
a recent interview that the American
telephone service gives our Wen
lnese service black eye"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

Production of telephone transmit
ters for the Bell System by the
Western Electric Company this year
will exceed 100000 AN increase
of almost 40 per cent, over the rec
ord output of a year ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

With only per cent. Of che
worlds population, the United States
produces "a per cent. of the world s
wheat, rs per cent. of the world S
corn, 81 per cent. of the worlds cot
ton, 4S per cent. Of the worlds coal
and iron and has SO per cent Of all
the teleDhones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-02-28

The city of Minneapolis has in
proportion to population, nearly 3
times as many telephones as London,
over times as many as Liverpool
and over 20 times as many as Naples,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
BEN ROSS BOOSTS DIETRICH
Mayor of PocateIIo Interviewed by
PocatelIo Tribune Praises
Dietrich and Farmers

Mayor Ben Ross of Pocatello attend
ed the meeting of the Lincoln county
Pomona Grange at Dietrich last Sat
urday and on his return home was in
reviewed by the Tribune which prints
the following story:
Mayor c. Ben Ross returned Sat-
urday evening from Dietrich. where he
attended a meeting of the farm
grange OF that section and reports an
attendance OF one hundred and fifty
Despite expectation Of a dry season
the farmers are optimistic over the
seasons outlook, according to the
mayor. Many farmers are becoming
exceedingly prosperous In this section
he said, one man clearing $4,000 on
his eggs alone the past year. Others
loath to accept his resignation and
butter and creamery In the Gooding
territory Is an assured project. This
will eventually work to the good of
Pocatello in that a produce cold stor-
age plant is becoming increasingly
necessary at this point and will be ex-
ceedingly profitable to Pocatello. anf
vicinity. Mr. Ross addressed the
gathering on the subject of diversified
- Es
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
INCREASED VALUES
Assessed Valuation of Lincoln
county Increased $SO,157.
SIX MILLION is VALUATION
otal Amount of Taxes to be Collected
and Used This Gear Amount TO
S263,oe3.74, Few Delinquents.

| according to the report of Countv
Auditor Bowler now nearing con,nia-
tion' on January 1. 1924 there were
outstanding warrants of Lincoln county
amounting s1229S but there was in
cash In the fund to meet these war
rants the sum OF s2&7Ss.s4, which
means the county Is on a cash basis.
The total assessed valuation of the
county is s6,5O7. 1852, divided as to classf-
fication in six classes, public utilities
leading with $3.642,2 valuation. Real
Estate and improvements come next
with s2,Se9,699 closely followed by live
stock, S26S,5Ss and personal s22o.6e4.
This totals s6,531, ,167 out Of which are
exemptions. Widows, soldiers, etc.
amounting to s24,O05 leaving the net
valuation at s6,5O7,162.
On this valuation with the levies
as made the total amount of taxes TO
be collected amount to S263,O93. dI-
vided into state purposes, s3s,45s.44
county purposes, $6gsS6S54, villages.
(both Richfield and Shoshone) s15.-
1916 Independent schools. s77, ,21o IS,
district schools s17. .5O7.S6 and High
ways S49,S6O.57 Careful study of this
tabulation shows that the schools get
almost as much as the county and
state put togethdr more than the
county and villages combined ana A.
most as much as the state, villages and
highway combined. In addition to /. -
amount of money for use by the ~
ious subdivisions must be included t: q
monies received from fees, of the diff
ferent offices, autos, etc. OF the amount
of money to be collected in from taxes
during the half payment of the 1923
taxes, payable in December there was
received the sum of $115.s77.S1 from
real and $12.ss1.24 from personal ssi-
s12-54 went delinquent at that time.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
METHODIST eplscoeAL CHURCH

I
Church night next Wednesday. wheI
there Will be something that win inter-
est you Orchestra rehearsal at s D. m.
Church family dinner at 7:15. In
vfted guests are President Charles
Wesley Tenney N. A. and some stud
ents from Gooding College. At D.
m at the church there will be a
musical program and readings given
by the visiting students. This is free
and everybody In town should make
II their business to come and hear
them and enjoy the evening. Church
school next Sunday morning at II.
Mr.. c. T. Borden. superintendent
Morning worship at H. The theme
for the sermon will be. The Apostles
Creed" Young peoples meeting at $50
Leon Jones viii be the leader Even
ing Song and Praise service at 1880
Tho theme for the evening sermon will
be, Heaven Miss Dorothy DeMary
IN charge Of the music. There viii be
special music az both services. a
A. CLARK SFLBY, Pastor
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
LOCAL BOY WRITES PLAY
Viii! be Produced at the University
Of Idaho After Winning All
University Honors

Announcement has been made that
the play Wandering Men. by Tai
bot Jennings, university dramatic
student, has been chosen for the Uni
versity OF Idaho university dra-
matte offering OF the year marking
a new era for student dramatics both
here and in the northwest. The play
was chosen by Professor John H.
Cushman, director of dramatics, after
considering a number of modern plays
being run in the large cities at the
present time.
The author is a University of Idaho
senior ma1orfng in English. who has
written several other shorter plays.
and last year wrote the manuscript
for "The Light on the Mountain, pa
geant of Idaho history given during
commencement week by university
students. which drew q crowd of ap-
1000 visitors to the city.
Jennings was born in Shoshone. lived
for much OF his boyhood in Nampa.
and after the war was employed In
the state purchasing office In Boise.
Wandering Men, is try OF the
Canadian fur traders at about the end
Of the eighteenth century. The action
Of the play begins in the little village
of ST. Annes. while later the scene
shifts TO the great wilds Of the Rocky
4 Is written IN three acts.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
TOURIST TRAVEL is HEAVY
The National Forests of Idaho Have
Over 10000 Visitors During
the Past Year.

According to the Forest reserve bu-
reau over 10000 people visited the
forests of Idaho during the year 1928
Even the. widest forest in this section
of the country in a remote part Of
Idaho 487 hunters and fishermen were
tabulated by the rangers.
In the forests south of the Salmon
river there were 23,s7o campers, 25,2S2
fishermen and hunters and 80 .s2s
through tourists, total Of $50. 4ss T.
sons who viewed the glory and grand
ure Of mountains and forests during
the past year.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
WATER SHY EVERYWHERE
California Reports Show Water s,onIv
is 80 per Cent Under Normal,
Almost a Drouth.

water supply for irrigation seems tc
be short in all parts of the unued
states and when the farmers of Idaho
think they will be short of water with
over half supply in sight and ars
prone to lamentations they should give
other places the once over and cheer
up.
Down in California the Chef Engi-
ner OF the city Of Los Angeles, Null
holland, issues a statement saying the
city will have to conserve water and
will limit sales. He stated that the
normal rainfall Is S.8s inches but so
far this year there has been but 1.7e
inches. The normal snowfall in the
Sierra Nevadas, where Southern Cali
fornia gets most Of its water for frrfsa-
lion and other uses. Is between eight
and ten feet but this year there Ia
but five inches
Travellers through Wyoming and Col
orado, where many irrigation projects
get their supply Of water state that
the ground is bare of snow and there
VIII be no spring runoff to amount to
anything, q condition in almost every
section Of the country. 80.
On the Big Wood project there Is
already in storage in the Magic dam
some $1,000. acre feet Of water. which
together with the run OF that can be
counted on at this time. msans around
100000 acre feet by ths time farming
operations open up. This IL ovsr half
he supply that It Is possfhle to sec ire
md assures grain crop and two cut
tnss Of Alfalfa at tbs least.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-03-07
1T COSTS $1o.4s PER PUPIL
Monthly Cost per Pupil per Average
Attendance at High School
During Year 1922 "a.

The average cost per pupil per month
In the Shoshone High school for the
year 1928 amounted to the sum OF
s10.4s.
In Lincoln county there are three
Independent schools, ten common
schools housed in fourteen buildings,
giving instructions 70 497 boys and 460
girls. a total of sS7 children. IL take
forty-ope teachers, seven men and
tblrty-four women 70 do the teaching.
During that school year the assessed
valuation of Lincoln county from which
taxes were derived 20 pay the costs
~ the schools was ss,972,s95, The
valuation " school property was
fsio@ss72 against which fhere Wa
y bonded Indebtedness ~ si9ESt9l
nuflpf fhe school yeag sesllsse Wal
eflepae9 for instruction operation qna
equipment 4hefe age ne TulN llsh
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