Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 7, 1919, Page 4

WARNER LENZ ~ COTTONWOOD BATTERY AND WELDING SHOP P. H. DYE, PROPRIETOR BOSCH MAGNETOS NOW IS THE TIME TO WATCH YOUR STORAGE BATTERY. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR INSTRUC- TIONS ON THE CARE OF STORAGE BATTERY IN COLD WEATHER IN NEXT ISSUE OXO-ACETYLENE WELDING HOWE SPOT LIGHT COOP SIO ODIO OOOO OM Oo Oooo ooooos te aaeetetete ete ctoate The flour that made Camas Prairie Wheat famous for milling. It is guaranteed to contain no acids or bleaching compounds. THE REAL TEST OF THE VALUE OF A FLOUR LIES IN THE QUALITY OF THE BREAD IT WILL MAKE HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD Call on us and see what kind of a deal we : can give you. PHO SSSOSOSE OHO SED SOROS OOOOH DOO HOMES FRANK P. LINT, D. S. T. WILLIAM P. SHEHAN, S. T. VENETTA I. SHEHAN, S. T. Members of i Washington Association ot | Drugless Physicians : You cannot afford to suffer with those old complaints. Life is too short to MERELY EXIST, whe 4 ; en you can be cur- ‘| ed and really enjoy every minute. If you are tired of medi- cine, come and take our wonderful Mineral Steam Baths, Electricity and Magnetic Massage. We will help you. Rheumatism, Nervous Troubles and Kindred Ailments Successfully Treated Without Drugs or Surgery Consultation ‘Free _ | Besse CLARKSTON, WASH eee 30 When in Grangeville Eat at the Silver Grill The neatest and most up to date Restaurant in the North west' Lunch Counter in Connection Your Patronage Solicited Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Zuver, Prop. FIND HOLLISTER’S ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA a great Laxative— mild, pleasant, certain, so thoroly cleansing and purifying that CONSTIPATION disappears, and when your CONSTIPATION goes your COMPLEXION improves—you work better—eat better Give a thoro trial ard you will recommend it to all your women friends. 35¢ a pacakage. THEO. SCHAECHER. Girls~Ladies-Women BULWARK AGAINST WINTER SHORTAGE Some Facts About Cold Storage and the Charges of Manipula- tion and Exorbitant Prices. Once again the subject of cold stor- age has come into the limelight of pub- lic attention; and this time in connee tion with the nation-wide search after the cause for the high cost of living. There can be no argument in behalf of hoarding and holding back food sup- plies for speculative profits, But this is a matter quite apart from the true and legitimate purpose of cold stor- age; and, unfortunately, because of the much agitation and damaging pub- licity that have centered about the subject from time to time, the real service performing function of cold storage has been largely obscured. Laying In Winter Stocks. City-wise people, and even country- wise people, have long since forgotten, amidst the conveniences of modern life, that there was a time in the his- tory of our country when “laying in a winter’s stock” devolved upon each household individually. Today, one does not even need to remember that eggs are not an all-year-around prod- uct; that butter is produced in scant amount in the winter, and cheese like- wise. Not a few would be completely surprised to know that even meat pro- duction has its seasons of scarcity. The buyer for the household in these days simply goes to the store, any day in the year, expecting to find these and similar commodities on the mar- ket. Are Storages Overstocked? However, we are told that storage stocks of certain commodities are at the present above the normal as com- pared with this time last year. It has been computed that the combined ex- cess of a number of important foods in cold and dry storage amount to 19 per cent. While on the face of it this looks like undue hoarding of reserves, yet it must be remembered that com- parisons with last year are altogether misleading, Demands for a_ great number of commodities have increased tremendously. Our exports for June were double what they were a year ago, and 40 per cent of these exports were foodstuffs, Moreover, our reserves last year were inadequate. Those who recall some of the extraordinary prices of certain foods last winter and spring know precisely what it means to have too small holdings in storage. That we are better prepared for next winter than we were for last should not be used as the basis of a wholesale con- demnation of our methods of providing for our future wants. : How Prices Are Determined. Cold storage has been criticised se- verely as an instrumentality that lends itself easily to the taking of unfair profits. Without a question its ability to extort has been grossly exaggerat- ed. Storage warehouses are scattered throughout all portions of the United States and their contents are owned by thousands of competing firms and individuals. About half the storage space in the country consists of public warehouses that rent space to who- ever wants it, either for small lots or big ones. Tabulated figures of the amounts in storage are gathered and disseminated by the government monthly; and the amounts in holding from month to month figured against what should normally be in storage during those months (or the estimated demand) form the basis for prices. Some Figures on Profits, But the best information as to profits in the cold storage business consists of actual figures, and such are published regularly by the federal Department of Agriculture. These show, for instance, that in the season of 1915-1916 butter stored in June and July at an average of 26.64 cents a pound, sold from November to March at an average of 27.45 cents a pound, giving a gross profit of 0.81 cents a pound, or scarcely enough to pay for storage and nothing for net profit or interest on investment. In 1916-1917 the gross profit was 7.79 cents a pound, and in 1917-1918 it was 5.86 cents, These gross amounts must cover storage charges and interest on the money tied up for several months before the net profits are arrived at. It is apparent from these figures that storing of foods is an uphill and down- hill business with its fat and lean years, and affords an average profit which is not excessive in view of the rigks that are run. Figures on storage eggs for 1915-1916 show a net loss of 2.2 cents a dozen; for 1916-1917, an unusually prosperous year, the net profits were 5.54 cents a dozen; and for 1917-1918 there was a net loss of 1,42 cents a dozen. Extravagant charges of manipula- tion and control of prices are prepos- terously absurd in view of these sea- sons of losses. The ups and down of profits simply indicate the hazards af the game; for the best laid plans of men can not foresee when a warm spell may come which will start the hens to laying, nor, on the other hand, a cold snap that will shut off current production entirely, Year in and year out, as the figures would indicate, the consumer pays but a modest sum for the blessing of cold storage, which takes upon itself, with all risks in- volved, the task of laying in his winter s@teres Tor him. DISHWASHER . SAVED FORTUNE ON $12 A WEEK Never Earned More than Two Dollars a Day, But Saved $12,500 A dishwasher who died recently at Albany, New York, left an estate val- ued at $12,500. He never earned more than $12 a week. Now an income of $12 a week, if saved in its entirety would mean about $12,000 in twenty years. Out of $12 a week the dish- washer had to live. But out of that sum he succeeded in saving. He saved steadily, something out of every pay envelope, And the first savings, laid aside in the hard early days when his bay was frequently less than $12 a week, were well invested. Soon they began to earn something of themselves, in interest, for the patient, hard-work- ing plodder. The dishwasher was no financier, He undoubtedly missed opportunities for investment that would have in- creased his savings vastly. But he was steady and sure, and he accumulated enough to insure himself against ad- versity. He had something solid and substantial to show for his years of patient effort. And he was forced to study the investment of his savings carefully to insure their safety. Today the government has provided the means for enabling every small saver to invest his savings, however small, and to put them at work earn- ing money, at an attractive rate of in- terest. From the dishwasher up, in the scale of financial ratings, every in- dividual can now place his savings in War Savings Stamps, guaranteed by the government, and earning interest at the rate of 4 per cent compounded quarterly. If the dishwasher had had this opportunity his $12,000 would un- doubtedly have grown to a great deal more. Buy War Savings Stamps every pay day, W.S8.S. You can get even with Uncle Sam on the penny war taxes by purchasing War Savings Stamps. For the old boy will have to pay YOU something then— see?—Tyler County Messenger, Grieving Cows, An Essex correspondent of the Lon- don Daily Mail writes: This morning I witnessed a strange sight in which a herd of cows, an old bull and a few calves took part in a meadow near my house. A cow that had recently calved died in the night and yesterday morning lay out stiff on the frosted grass be- neath a tree. During the day cows roamed near the place and stopped to smell and lick the side and face of the dead animal. Not till this morn- ing did the knacker’s cart arrive to carry the body away. When the vehicle was drawn to the spot the whole herd came slowly up and stood rotind watching intently, with heads down, and an indescrib- able expression, which seemed half questioning and half sympathetic, in their eyes, Seven of them and the old bull came up and licked the dead cow's face, In one Instance as it was being hoisted into the cart. When It was taken away they stood watching {t to the far side of the meadow and through the gate till they could see it no longer. Then they smelled all over the spot where it had lain. Do Animals Love Music? I was awakened the other morning by the clatter of a horse’s hoofs and a man’s voice singing “Killarney,” says a writer in the London Dally Ex- press. Peeping through the venetian All puna 1. ‘saw that a young Midland railway carter was the vocalist, and that his horse, which was harnessed to a heavily-laden van, was following him in a zig-zag fashion, across and up the steep road which runs past my windows. He was not using a whip or touching the rein$, and the horse kept his nose near his shoulder, but when the man stopped singing, the horse stopped pulling. I have heard the land girls say they sing to the horses and cows they look after, and that the animals love ft, and I know in India some of the hardest labor is done by oxen, driven—not with whip or goad—but by the singing of the native boys In charge of them. Soapy Pear. Little Jeanne was tremendously in- terested in the patriotic songs she heard at the community singing to which her mother had taken her. A few evenings later she was play- Ing close by as her mother practiced at the plano. “Mother,” she asked, “can you play that piece about the ‘soapy pear?’ I like that one best of all.” Her mother, knowing the child had confused some words, played various melodies she remembered hearing at the community singing and finally dis- covered, through this method, that ft was the song “Over There” Jeanne referred to, The refrain, “So prepare, so prepare,” was the one which to her ears, had sounded like “soapy pear.” Truly Times Have Changed. A friend of Senator Sorghum en- countered the solon on the steps of the ecupitol and after passing the time of day remarked playfully: “Senator, how comes it you aren't making any of your famous speeches these days?” But the senator was ready for him. “Times have changed,” he replied without hesitation. “Now it {sn’t at all easy for a man with silk hat and frock coat to assert he is saving the coun- try all by himself, and say it at an audience that’s all khaki uniforms and overalls.” GRATE FIRE TEACHES LESSON Pictures in the Flames Bound to Im press Observer of Any Keen- ness of Mind. > The wood fire in the open grate. The quiet hour of a wintry evening. Who does not revel in the combination? The pictures in the flames, The musings as the fire crackles, the only sound in the stillness. Ancients in Persia, in other lands and times, worshiped fire. It was the symbol of purity, puriiication, Poets have found the fire on. the hearth an inspiration. Painters have seen pic- tures in the glowing coals. them, too, in the silence of the evening time. But te wood fire in the open grate is more than a symbol of purity, more than a creature comfort, more than a sign of personal prosperity, more than a setting for dream pictures, It’s a symbol of action, It’s a picture of ambition, It’s an incitement to en- deavor, The flames are never still while there’s material to reach, Reaching, reaching grasning keeping never ean. tent, never idle, Action! That's what the wood fire in the open grate is say- ing. The flames leap higher and higher so long as there is fuel to feed them, When the fuel is consumed the flames wither and die. Ambition must be fed. That's the lesson of the fire. You can't get the fire of ambition to burn in the work- er’s brain to energize his hand unless They are built to an ideal— “To be the Best Concern in the World to Work for and the Squarest Concern in Existence to do Business with.’” Next Time— BUY FISK For Sale By Dealers We see | The Stuff They’re Made of Marks Their Worth BF Bice greater mileage, the uninterrupted service that Fisk Tires give, starts with their built-in goodness. Big—way oversize —tough; measure their mileage against any tire you have ever used. Tune to Re-tire? (Buy Piety FISK TIRES it is fed, and fed again. Take away incentive, make labor ineffective, and the laborer’s ambition dies, And what is a man without ambition? An ax without an edge.—Milwaukee Journal. HOW HAILSTONES ARE FORMED According to Theory, Electrical Action ls Responsible for Storms That Frequently Do Damage. The formation of hail through elec. trical action, according to one theory, is an interesting and even wonderful process. The wind draws out a cloud into a long, narrow strip. In that form, owing to the great amount of surface exposed to the air, the cloud evaporates rapidly, producing intense cold. 5 Dry particles of snow are then form- ed, and these, by friction with the wa- ter drops, quickly become charged with negative electricity. But the water drops carry positive electricity, and since negative attracts positive a film of water is formed upon each snow particle and js instantly frozen into a layer of thin Ice. At this thickness its outer surface remains moist, the water not freezing so rapidly there, whereupon the elec- trical charge changes from negative to positive and the particle is repelled by the water drops and driven to the outer parts of the cloud. Here the in- creased cold covers it with snow, and friction charges it anew with negative electricity. Repulsion is now once more ehanged for attraction, and the particle rushes back into the cloud, receiving upon its surface another film of water, which 1s turned into a second ice layer, Thus the growing halilstone darts zig-zag through the cloud, piling up Its alternate layers of snow and fce, until gravitation gains control and sends it with a jingling crowd of its fellows spinning to the ground. SHOFAR IN HEBREW RITUAL Wood Instrument Dates Back to the Very Earliest Youth of the World. Hebrew historians, with a spectal eye (or ear) to the racial history, are very proud of thelr shofar. They say it Is the oldest form of wood wind in- strument in the world, that it was used in the original Mosaic ritual. It is the one musical instrument, says Dr. Cyrus Adier, which has been pre- served unbrokerly in that ritual. There is even a theory, voiced by Professor Steinthal, that the shofar antedates the people of Israel. He says it probably goes back to prehis- toric times. And another investiga- tor points out that it obviously came first from a folk solely dependent on the growing of sheep. This ancient ram's horn instrument was perhaps earliest used for the sig- nals of alarm which were so neces- sarily common in primitive soctety. The Israelites then adapted it to their religious services, and with such fit- ting effect that it has persisted uniquely since the beginning. But the Talmud indicates that, even among the Hebrews, the shofar was also developed into a horn for giv- ing alarms. Fundamentally these alarms would be incidental to war. Afterward, though, the instrument was blown in other seasons of danger or distress, It warned of famine or of a Plague of locusts or of drought. And it was employed in the public serv- ice of excommunication, The children of Israel had other horns which were used for musical and ritualistic purposes, but this is the only one which has survived.