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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
LOWELL IMPROVEMENT
BEING MADE BY COUNTY

In addition to preparing the ap-
proaches to the bridges and recon-
structing the bridges that were dam
aged last fall by the heavy rains, the
county engineers department has
been constructing new parking
ground at Lowell.
The new site will accommodate at
least 300 cars. This was a much
needed civic improvement, and will
greatly add to the convenience OF
the residents as well as of the business
men in the hill city. '
A tractor, for use in excavation
has been at work on the site for
several weeks, in which large guam
tity of dirt has been removed and
utilized to repair highways in this
vicinity of the district.
The public is now using this new
parking space, and it adds quite a
bit to the shopping district OF Lowell.
The site was inspected and passed
on by the board of supervisors when
they visited there Tuesday. John B
Hart, of this city, is the local member
of the board of supervisors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
JEWELLERS NOW SELL
DIAMOND SET HEEL

PARIS.-Now that jeweled shoes
and handbags for evening are fash
ionable, jewelers. are supplying
jeweled heels and ornaments to
match for evening bags.
Few of the jewels used Tor this
work are genuine. But the beauty
of the designs and the workmanship
that goes into them justifies buying
the detachable heels and Ornamental
which can be used on more than
one bag.
Bootmakers and manufacturers OF
handbags have now definitely agreed
that shoes and handbags for eve
ming must match.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
Y. M. C. A. Will Stage
Swim Events Friday

The people of this city will have
the opportunity of seeing the first
inter- association swimming meet be-
tween the Tucson and DOUGLAS Y.
M. G. A. on Friday of this week.
The physical directors of the asso-
Citations are making special efforts
I'd have series of sports placed in
the competitive class so that the boys
of the Y. M c. A. can have the
opportunity of showing their wares
against the boys of other cities.
The arrangements that have been
made, is, that the two best boys
from each association under II to
compete against each other and two
boys under Is to compete against
each other. That makes four boys
on a team.
The boys that will represent the
local ''Y'' are Howard March and
James Benson in the senior division
and two of the following boys in the
Junior division: Vincent Byrne, Arthur
Karger and Jack Deeming, Jr.
The lineup of the Tucson delegation
has not been received at this time,
but it is a sure thing that they
intend to give the local boys some
real competition.
There will be a small admission
charged to help defray expenses OF
sending the team to Tucson next
Tuesday to a return meet in the
northern city.
There will be other attractions at
the swimming meet and everyone will
see some real swimming and diving
These boys are the best in the city
at their respective ages, 'and will
give the best that is in them tc
take the honors away from the
visitors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07

Dispatch telephones 81 and 90,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07

The showers in Cochise and Ari-
IONA halls are also being fixed, and
tile floors are being laid in some of
them. These buildings are undergoing
Spring house cleaning" so to
speak in preparation for the influx of
fall students.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
KIMEs HELD F0R MURDER

OKMULGEE, Okla, July IHl--
Matthew Kimes, notorious outlaw,
was bound over to the district court
without bail today for trial on u
charge of numbering w. j. Mean
nally, chief of police at Beggs, Okla,
who was shot down by fleeing
bandits after they had looted two
BeggS banks May Is.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07

CHICAGO, July 6 lP-One man
was burned to death and three Others
including woman, narrowly e6-
capped a similar fate today when fire
swept through a South Side garage
destroying so automobiles and caus,
ing damage estimated at $l50,000,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
SNcm IN nIIIIITH

DULUTH, Mimi, July 6 A9 =
Slight flurIies OF snow fell here TO-
day mixed with a drizzling rain. ii.
w. Richardson, weather bureau
neteorologist, called it lust q
freak"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
her of the firm

ber of the firm.
The Roger brothers, John and
George, recently purchased the store
from Roy Hiatt and Son.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-07
Hotel ArriUals
GADSDEN

G. H. Bretherton, Los Angeles; E.
r. Mathewson, Jr, Tucson; Frank D.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
HYDRATED LIME FOR SWEET PEAS
RECOMMENDED AFTER EXPERIMENTS

The sweet pea likes plenty of lime.
Being legume it does not thrive on
an acid SOIL 1t is more sensitive
about lime supply than is red clover.
Since many lawn and garden soils are
acid it is advisable to lime the soil
where the pea is to be planted.
Recommends Four Pounds in Trench
About four to five pounds of hydrat-
ed lime to each ten linear feet of
trench are recommended by G. w. Ell
lenwood, writing in the Bimonthly Bull
letin for March-April, 1926, of the
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station.
He suggests that this treatment be
placed on top of the soil in case of
fall preparation ofthe trench, whereas
mixing it with the soil is preferable
If the trench is not prepared until
spring.
A supplemental treatment of one to
two pounds of an available phosphate,
such as acid phosphate and steamed
bone meal, is also advised. His speci-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
HOOP SNAKE A FAKE!

Here goes another tradition" The
Hoop Snake is a Nature Fake. Thefe
is no such, animal, according to P. S.
Ridsdale, editor of Nature Magazine
of Washington.
"We get many inquiries as to Ma
lures Oddities" says Mr.. Ridsdale
1.-THE latest is the Hoop Snake. AS
the man, looking for the first time al
the giraffe in circus, said, there
amt no such animal 1t is odd how
some things get into the public mind
and are passed along from one gen
Grafton to another.
"The origin TO the Hoop Snake story
is unknown. In the imagination of the
story-teller, the snake picks out a
good steep hill, puts his tail in his
mouth and gives a perfect imitation
of wild automobile tire on Joy
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

and friends. He radiates charm,
geniality, and kindliness. honestly
believe that President Coolidge is
one of the most popular presidents
we have ever had. If he is unpopu-
lar with certain politicians, this is
more than compensated by his popu-
larity with the masses, with the
average citizen of Main street, for
throughout the year, on special oc-
casions, anniversaries and holidays
such as Easter, Saint Valentines
Day, Christmas and New Years, the
White House is literally deluged
with greeting cards and personal ex-
pressions of greetings pouring in
from every section Of the country.
This to me seems significant. 1t
certainly does not convey an i'm
preston Of unpopularity, nor does
it indicate that people who really
count regard the president as "cool
and unapproachable." I found him
to be the very opposite, and 1 am
sure that the expressions of good
will which come to him each day
from all over the country are not for
Coolidge the President but Coo'idye
the Man."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

fications for trench are: depth and
width, Is inches.
Lining Puts Bloom on Flowers
English floriculturists practice the
use of lime on a wide range of flower
plants. Among them, it is rather
common agreement that the carnation,
chrysanthemum, and sweet pea are
greatly benefited by lining. Some as
sert that lining favors better color of
flower on the snap-dragon, sweet pea,
carnation, and chrysanthemum. In
vestigation in this country-at the
Rhode Island Experiment Station-has
brought out the fact TO high respon-
siveIess to lime on the part of candy
tuft, mignonette, poppy, and sweet
alyssum. The good effect on pansy,
sweet pea, and nasturtium showed up
in the greater number of blossoms,
which was doubled on the first and
tripled on each of the other two. The
marigold appeared Indifferent to lime,
growing normally in an acid soil.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

even greater attention should be de-
voted to markets than to production.
Unless we understand our markets;
how can we produce for them? Goods
can be manufactured, but they cannot
be sold at profit unless first the
buyer approve the merchandise, and
second, unless 1t is scientifically mar
keted. The next ten years at least
will be an era of merchandising.
believe that it is only question
of short time now when those in
terested in our foreign trade, which
has always of necessity received very
secondary consideration, will take
many pages from the book of those
successful industries who have at
tanned great prominence in other
fields of commercial achievement in
the home market. When the same
thoroughness in studying the foreign
customers needs from all angles is
shown by our exporters and potential
foreign traders as has been so care
fully and intelligently exploited in the
home market, and when our design,
shape and quality, as well as our
methods, in sorting and packing, ap-
proach more nearly the needs of the
consumer abroad instead of merely
fitting in with our equipment, and
when our cargo handling is improved
to the extent that it does not show
the same terrific loss through short
age and damage as official statistics
indicate at present, with its conse-
quent disappointment and annoyance
to the consignee thousands of miles
away, then, we are aiding several fun
damental factors in our advertising
structure that are just as essential as
good copy. Do not let us forget that
primarily advertising depends on hav-
ing worthwhile service, an article
to sell and that advertising of itself
cannot create a single point of super
iority in product, or add single vir-
tue to it's manufacturer.
The only permanent basis for adj
vertising and sales promotion or pub
'licity is that it be. synonymous with
exact truth, for whenever fraud or
Misrepresentation find foothold, they
eventually loosen the whole founda-
ton and sully the art itself If our
business life is to be wholesome, fresh
and continue on permanent basis, it
will be as result of the ideals and
efforts Of those who desire such ends,
and all indications are that in the de-
velopment of our great country these
vital principles Of truth are the foun-
dation for the expression of both our
present and future commercial and
national greatness.
*Mr. Sturgess is manager, Publicity
and Advertising, Mccormick Steamship
Company, San francisco. This article is
from paper prepared for the Foreign
Trade Club of California.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
GENERAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS
By E
Of

prosperous years in its history, its
profits being increased by the low
prices for the feed grains. Hoard's
Dairyman, in its review of dairy mar
kets in 1926, says:
Disregarding the increased production
per COW that has taken place in the
past ten years and that has had an i'm
portant part In increasing dairy farm
returns, cost formulas for feed ard mar
ket prices of dairy products show a
very satisfactory condition prevailing in
the industry. The spread between tho
feed cost of market milk and price re.
ceived was $l.74 in 1926. This Is %
cents above 1925 and Is exceeded only
by few cents in 1919 and 1920. Pro.
ducers of cream made into butter re-
ceived return of 25.9 cents a pound
fat above feed cost in 1926. which is
"a cents above the spread in 1925 and
is exceeded only slightly In 1923 and
1919, with the return In 1920 being 3.4
cents greater.
The number of cows has decreased
from 22.48l 900 on january I. 1925, to
22.l4s,O00 on the same day in 1926 and
finally to 2I.824.o00 on January l., 1927.
This is a decrease in two years of
$4,000 head, or nearly three per cent.
overproduction by increase in number
of cows is indicated by the fact that
there are 900 fewer heifers between
one and two years than there were two
years ago. although the number is four
per cent greater than year ago. Value
of cows is % per cent greater than two
years ago and per cent greater than
one year ago.
The Bureau of Agricultural Econ
omics of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in its review of
the dairy industry in 1926 says:
The close of the year finds the do
mestic situation on sound basis. with
the lighter 1926 production and an ac-
tive consumptive demand standing out
as primary elements of support. Prices
are high. especially butter prices. but the
inventory of reserve stock on hand sug-
gests that 1t is plainly case of supply
and demand.
Butter is bringing much higher prices
in the United States than in any other
country. New Zealand butter of guar
anteed quality has been offered, c. j. f.
(cost, insurance and freight paid) at
New York, in the past month at 80
to 1874 cents, and a considerable
amount of butter from various for
eign sources has come in, subject to
the IL cent duty.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
Famous Artist Depicts Coolidge
As ssHun,an, Kindly, Thoughtful"

Howard Chandler Christy, inter-
nationally famous artist, illustrator,
and portrait painter, disagrees with
those who picture President Cool
idge as "the grim, silent man Of the
White House."
The President, reputed to be
taciturn and uncommunicative, has
even been described as cool and I'M
approachable. That this impression
of Mr.. Coolidge has gained wide
currency is indicated by the frequent
newspaper references to "Silent
CAL" and waggish comparisons Of
the executive to an iceberg and
other objects descriptive Of frigidity
and inmobility.
IF the impression prevails that
President Coolidge is cold, unap-
proachable, silent and lacking in
human qualities" declares Mr.,
Christy, who was a guest at the
White House for several weeks
while painting portrait Of the
President and Mrs. Coolidge, "then
should say that the President is
an excellent actor"
NAAs SAA44oCy was oSdCSO III
beautiful New York studio where
such celebrities as Col. George Har-
vey, former Ambassador to Eng
land, Will Hays, Gear of the Mo
ton picture industry, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Cole
man Du Pont, and others, have sat
for portraits. Beside him stood his
dazzling wife, the famous "Christy
Girl" of thousand magazine covers
and illustrations.
"From the viewpoint of portrait
painter, just what impression did
you form of Coolidge, the MANI"
urged the interviewer.
Gle is one of the most human
men / ever met" replied the artist.
"He is really most interesting con-
versationalist. He is extremely
thoughtful of others. I could relate
dozen incidents illustrative Of his
solicitude for others, his humanness
and kindness. Being very human
himself, he likes to make human
contacts.
"The President may be cool and
unapproachable to politicians who
come bearing gifts in one hand and
axes which they want to grind in
the other, but he is an entirely diff
ferent man when with his family
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
THE OLDEST FIRE

What is believed to be the Oldest
fire in the world, excepting volcanoes,
is in a coal mine at Summit Hill, Penn.
This fire has been burning since be-
fore the Civil War. 1t was started
through the careless handling of live
embers in 1859. From these embers
the fire spread to the timbers and then
into the coal deposits, where it since
has been smoldering. 1t has destroyed
100000 tons of coal and 100000
has been wasted in futile efforts to ex-
tinguish it.
1t is one of the most striking ex-
amples in existence of the dire results
that often comem from carelessness in
little things.-Thrift Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

-HE month of March has strength
ened the convictions of those who
q believe that the factors making
for good business are still in the as
cendancy. Late in 1926 business ex-
perienced some let-up which was cause
for considerable questioning among
business men as to whether the long
expected termination of prosperity
were not at hand. Since the new
year, however, business has been slow
ly but steadily improving, until it
is now pretty clear that the recovery
has been genuine.
Industrial production, though heavy
in Individual lines such as iron and
steel and tires, has not been generally
up to the levels of 1926. Output, how
ever, has shown a good increase since
the first of the year and is in good
volume as measured by the totals of
most previous years.
Bank checks drawn and cashed
throughout the country and railway
traffic continue at high levels. Bank
iebits, as the former figures are called,
for al principal reporting cities ag-
gregated $53,l90,629000 for the four
weeks ended March %, compared with
Ss0,507, $4,000 for the corresponding
period of last year an increase of 5.3
per cent despite the lower level of
prices. Railway carloadings passed
the million mark for the first time
this year in the week of March II,
or nearly nine weeks earlier than last
year. While objection may be made
that shipments of coal in Anticipation
of strike are largely responsible
for these heavy loadings, the move
ment of merchandise and miscellan-
eous freight has continued at record
levels.
With the United States Steel Cor
poration operating practically at ca
pacity and the industry as whole
averaging around 95 per cent at the
end of March the month will come
close to setting new record for steel
production.
General building continues to hold
up, as shown by February contract
awards for 81 states which were only
3.4 per cent below those of February
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

last year. For the two months OF
January and February total awards
ran 10 per cent under those OF last
year.
The Further Decline of Prices
The general tendency of commodity
prices has continued downward, as
indicated by Professor Fishers index
of EOS articles which in the week OF
March 20 touched 1896 per cent of
the 1913 average, the lowest in five
years and almost down to the post
war low point of 1873 reached in Jan
uary 1922. Much has been said of
the decline in agricultural prices, but
non-agricultural prices have been fall
ing too. In January of this year the
average of non-agricultural items in
Guided in the Department of Labor's
wholesale price index stood at l56 per
cent of the 1918 average, down S
per cent from a year previous and
practically equalling the lowest point
touched in the depression of 192l-22
The decline of prices, it is interesting
to note, has not been confined to this
country but has been in evidence in
foreign countries as well.
The Improvement in Textiles
Good reports are still to be had
from the cotton and silk branches Of
the textile industry. Cotton mill &C
tivity has continued to increase both
in New England and in the South,
with night operations common in the
southern sections. Reports compiled
by the Association of Cotton Textile
Merchants Of New York show that,
while production of standard textiles
during February increased per cent
over February year ago, sales in
creased by 37.3 per cent and shipments
by 1875 per cent. Stocks on hand
on February % were 27:6 per cent
below stocks on hand February %,
1926, while untitled orders at the close
of February this year were 62.6 per
cent greater than on the corresponding
date year ago. All in all, the cotton
industry regards the outlook more
favorably than at any time for sew
eral years past.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

Silk manufacture also is active and
rayon, or artificial silk, is in strong
demand.
Woolens, on the other hand, are in
the least satisfactory position of the
principal textiles. Emphasis was laid
on the difficulties which the industry
has been experiencing by publication
OF the annual report of the American
Wooden Company for 1926.
Those who are thinking that agri-
culture is having a monopoly of trou-
bles will get different view by
reading the record Of this company,
which is the largest single factor in
the wooden industry. 1t had a def
cit, after dividends, in 1924 of SILL
100000, in 1925 it suspended divi-
dends on its common stock, but had
a deficit notwithstanding of $2,5s5,
and in 1926 the deficit increased to
$7,727,505. Upon the publication OF
this report the preferred shares,
which have paid 7 per cent for many
years, sold down to 50 on the New
York Stock Exchange and the COM
mon touched 1874, the lowest price in
"a years.
Agriculture
The Governments report of March
lst on grain status showed 100000
bushels of wheat above the figures of
last year, and good crop prospects,
with the result that prices weakened.
The stocks of corn and oats also are
unusually large and prices of these
grains declined to the lowest figures
on the crop. The report makes the
interesting estimate that only l6 per
cent of the last corn crop will leave
the county in which it was grown
and only "a per cent of the oat crop
These figures emphasize the fact that
there is but limited market in the
cities for these grains. They must
be fed out on the farms, and the low
prices of late are clearly due to a
falling in the number Of horses, hogs
and cattle on the farms.
The dairy industry on the other
hand shows a contrast to declining
consumption Of other products. Ac-
cording to all reports the dairy
industry in 1926 had one of the most
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

ride.
Another query has come in about
Nightshade berries. Nightshade pie
and Nightshade jam are two of the
best tasting dishes you can eat. If
you want recipe for Nightshade pie
or, Nightshade jam just write to Ma
ture Magazine for them. This black
Nightshade is member of the to-
mato family. Your great grand
mothers supposed the tomato or "love
apple" to be deadly poison, but that
idea has been exploded long, long ago.
The Nightshade berries are rich in
sweetness and in the west they call
them Dakota Blueberries."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
Life Insurance Record
Sketched by Underwater

SAN FRANCISCO.-"Of all the SER
vices the American people buy, life in
surance is probably the most econom-
ically administered" declared Wins
low Russell, vice, president of the
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., ad-
dressing the Sales Congress of Life
Underwriters here recently.
Gin the past decade, policyholders
have had returned to them in divi-
dends, cash values and claims, 98.2 per
cent of all the premiums they have
paid. In other words, all expenses of
investment, of selling, taxes, medical
costs and every other outgo have been
covered by the interest and other in
come on these invested funds and, to
maintain the companies, policyholders
have contributed only 1.S per cent"
"This is development almost be-
yond comprehension. No other period
In human history supplies parallel
for such an accomplishment in public
thrift and paplied financial genius. 1t
was achieved in period even when a
world war was financed and devast.
ing epidemic of influenza ravaged the
land"
In the years 1915 to 1925 the Ameri.
can people contributed in life insur-
ance premiums the sum of $14,987, O00,-
900, the insurance executive declared
lnthat decade the companies paid
their policyholders 1871, 100000 and
increased the assets set aside for the
benefit of policyholders by $6,0O1, OOO,.
600, or total of $14,73O,OOO,OOO The
mutual life insurance companies of the
country in 1925 alone returned to
their policyholders in dividends $751;.
100000 and, in the aggregate, paid
claims amounting to $493, 100000.
More than 70 billion dollars of pro.
lection are held by the policyholders
OF the United States, with assets OF
IL billion dollars to protect future
claims and a surplus over all liabilities
amounting to more than billion dol
lars, Mr.. Russell explained. He fur
Their declared that There is little to
encourage the Bolshevist and Red
propagandist in this aspect of our ma
tional life 1t speaks eloquently not
only of our financial stability but OF
the profound sense of family obliga
ton that the average American feels.