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Slorwich ulleti 1 mred Bunbied __l’ YEARS OLD 3 _-:-:m-;anu:a_cfiumu.u Tetégnone Catn, T SIS a, it Néfwien, Thursday, Mdy 26, 1081 WEMBER O6F Twe ASSACIATED PRESS, f= _m‘.‘ &rz‘m:l.fl‘(hlvfly‘au:‘l:d ‘e T v - i 861 otseiie frwdined » 1 > €4 446 W6 weal 08NS DuBlisbed All fights o repubiiéaiten O efeeIl dE: ateked inrélh &rd Albo FEITIER CIRCULATIO WEEK ENDING MAY 21s, 1921 SOLVING OIfY PROPLEMS, Enumeérated among the things which ve been accomplished by the present administration was action taken re- pension fund in mal more nearly self sustaihing. No made to creating the fund n putting it on {t8 presént basts. that the fund was created erm of officé of Mayor Thiy- made possiblé thén by thé a state law Whieh permitted tments of thé différent Eitles ate to take advantdge of its five per cent. of the ense money was utilized fof that purpose re fund had réceived the ben- efit of such money from the time it Was created but with the cofifig of prohibi- tion there was a slump in the liquor li- cense money and with nothing with which to keep the fund going. it Heécame garding the police passage of rovisions wher iquor 1 necessary to deal with it in another manner. therto those who had received the of the fund had not utiong thereto. It sclosed coming made any was therefore to Mayor Lerou that into the fund and Wwith ners Increasing it would only e a matter of a short time before the fund would be exhausted and those en- tled pensfons thersunder Would have to be provided for out of the treasury As the result of conferences with the commissioners and poliéemén an irrangemeht Was agreed to Whéréby the olicemen would pay ihto thé fund twe per cent. bf their pay. Thig step was sccomplished without friction. The sit- sation was fully explained ahd undér- stood and the arrangement received full apbroval afd has now baén in effect fof some months to entire satisfaction of those concerned and to the benefit of he taxpayers. A Tt {& only ona of the many problems which the administration of the past year has mét In a bBukinétslike mannér, and thus only ohe of the réasons why he voters of the efty chould be anxidus o give it thelr endorsement at the pols sixth and by supporting the re- sublican ticket insure the continuance of hat kind of good EbHvernment for an- sher year. the TRE AIGHWAY DANGERS, All that is needbd s t6 study the Meny fay mbming papers in order to recognizk he fact that the season is already with s when the Wetk-end hospital cased and fatalities due to Automobile accidénts Are likely to increase rather thah Je- srease It Saturday and Sunday are pleasant he highways are filled Wwith automobiles. Travel over the stréets ofd a elty and oads of a town was never 8o heavy as & under présent econditionk. Réads been ebnstiucted Which aré ébhdu- ® to autd trins and thére are mdre machines each yvear to nse them, so thére an be expeeted 1o be a eoffesponding nerease in the number of aceldents un: %55 there ls the exercise of propér care ind due respect showh to the fights f >theks in the use of the highways. Nothing should be more impressive to he drivers of autbmobiles than the large number who aré injured or killed foF thé very reason that cate Is disrégarded. Thé reckless driver Is & mehace fbt ohly {6 rimself and these with him but to every othet user of the road Thére are accidents which éah Be classed as uwhavoidable, yet It cah hard®y fall to be fecognized that of the many cases Where bones are broken afd llves are ftaken there is a large pereentage that eould have been avélded had there been a willinghess to saerifice spééd for saféty and to pefmit café to replace reckibasness, ¢ Laws have beén pasted with a view o bringing about the muth nésded pto- cctibn. That they have a good efféct in the great majority of cases must be 4d- mitted but it I8 that small percentage of @rivefs who &éém to flél that théy are outsidé the reach of the la¥ or that ciréle to wheth harm éah comé that ¢s- lay furnieh the gréat menace of the nuéh trav8led high®ay. A careful ob- servance of trafi¢ conditions, abiding by the highway régulations, practicing self denial whén it comé s to taking chances and studying such accldents ad io occur would bring aBout that mueh veeded reductlon of accidehts and fatal- tieg in which the auto fgures. GOOD SIGNA, " In view of recent developments it is mpessible to regard the gituation in the south as other than on the up gradé. It s tealiz at there is a hard puil ahead but there is some gdtistaction i being headed in the right Qirection; and rarticularly so when it comes to déaling with long established conditions, 1¢ we are to judge by revélations ¥hich have been made in the state of Georgia thefe have béefi years when peonage could be praéticéd without any Attentish beig gi¥éA t6 Ehecking it, and whén no attefition would have beén paid t6 such testimbny 4% might fidve beén given by megroes. That situatioh 1§ changing and from all accounts it is éxtending to the neighboring state of Florida Where the former EOVEFRGr has ‘st béén ap- prefiended after Béing awiay ffof the stath for 4 ébndidérable period on the chafge of RAVINE Practiced peonage. Sig- nifiéant in this éhseé also is thAt thé if- dictfnent was Fétiified by a jur¥ of white men upon teéstiriohy that Was furfishéd by fegroes. Té have had a governor 6f Fi6Fida #6 digrégard the laws as to persbnally 8- gagd in peonage reveals ‘4 @bAdltGA whidh Florlda may well b8 mitich cof- sarqfd about. That ha has heen indlatad === | Is to have his spéech so dlstorted that hé is fade to say what he did A6t at<| gz dots not necessarily mean that he will be convictéd but éven an IRdictriment meéans progress towdrds aifférent oom- ditionis 1 that Section of the ooufitey thitt 18 86 contrary té thé &Xpéribhces of thé past that it cafin6t fail to attrast attetion. 1t furnishes & foundation foF thé belief that public Semfifént hds at st g6t busy, that it fecoffitsss the im- portance of standifiy badk of law 454 6F- | the da aef and that & SrGREEr AdMand 18 Be- ing Madé 16F & NOUsE CleARINE 6f whicn not ofily the diFketly iRvetvea Bt thé commtsy at lasgé cah Be préud. A GROUNBLESS PROTHSY. For thé fiiokt paft thé speech by A dor Hafvéy i London pleased. at it sHOuld bBé efiticizéd cauies né #ufprise. Theré afé féw spedches (HEt afe not but the most unfortufiate thing fempt to say and then to Havé protests fade to the presidént based updh auch ifcorrect information, ‘What he had to say abdut tRé paFtiél- pation of this couAtry M tHE Ieagud hatiohs Was Emphatic. HE FEVE Askur: aficd that the présént FOVEFRMEnt would fiét have anythifi§ Whatever t6. do With the leagué of ahy cOMMISHIoN oF coms fifttee appéifitéd by it oF Fesponsible to it difectly 8¢ indivéctly. That was in- téndeéd t6 cléar up Any uncéftaifity that might éxist regardiig 4 posdibility that thé Ufiitéd Statés would yét j6ift thé leagué. It did A6t rmitnee Wwofds But knocked afiy dréam of that into a coekéd hat. - But W%hén e aftémipt i made to claim that hé sdid that “America ‘wéuld nét diféetly of indiféétly Havé anything to do with any association of nations” it is way off the track, and the protest that comes fromi a Cdlifornia leaghé haséd dpoR stich an allégation s nét wall founded. Protesting against some- thing he did not #ay, canmot bé expect- ed to amouht t6 muéh. It is wasting time and effort and needlessly distutb- ing the peace of mind of thosé Wwho hackéd it. Ambassador Harvey Was careful to cofifine himself to the léagué of natiohs. Thére has béén corsiderablé faid E68- cérning an assoclati6h of nations in Which this counfry miflit participate. SiéH 4n asdbelation Wolld satéguaid thé rights of thé Unitéd States and be with- out certain of the features of the leagué th WhieR this coufitfy i 6pPosed. Had Colonél Harvey included the associatior of nations along With the leagie theré might have béen grotind féf thé prétést but gince he confined himself to the league, and the league only, the protest falls thtough its o @éfects. Not hav- ing sald what He i§ charged with saying there is nothing to protest. THE COAL TAX. News to the effect that there is to be a test made of the tax which has been imposed in the stdté 6f Pefifisylvania up- | on the anthracite mined in that comfimon: wéalth 18 bB6uAd to Intérést many more than thé 1egisHators of residents 6t that state. DPéfikylvania sééké t6 put a tax of 6ne and one-half per cent. ad valéremn b the anthfacité mifnéd and ds is alway# the case such 4 A& s going t6 comé out Of the cofisufiér. 1t is oné of thesé things thal can and will Bé passéd along. It will méan an incréase in thé cost of a ton of coal of aboiit 18 &éhts and it 13 A mattér of corfiinéh éxPériencé that théfé ara AIWAYS stRér Incréasés which have to Be added at such a time 56 that while the tax might amount t6 18 éent¥ there is no telling H6w muéh it Would bé Wwheni it got to the fellow Who séitiés. Bit the quéstion has béen raised ad to whethér 2 staté has thd right to tax f vroduét in suéh & manner. It is math- tained that such 4 tax faN8 Within thé wbfie of a statd exPoFt téx and that mich a4 tax woild vielats the Uited Statés Constitutibn, and £ét an étamplé whéreby every other state whith has a monopoly in cértain commadities woui® be settihg ip similar foriia of tagation. In the steps which have beén taken to have the matter threshed out i the fed- eral courts the constitutionality of thé act Will be attackéd, 4na it will réfmain for Pennsylvahid to show that It Has a right, as it ¢laifié, to tax the produets of industries 48 Wwell a5 the industries thefhaélves Within its 6%n limitd Wwithout laving it fégdrdéd a8 dn expoft tdx. Inasfiuch a8 Péfinsylvanla Kas placéd fhis 1aw on its statuté becks it ig Well that it should be detérmined at this time whethér it i8 éonstitutional or net. It indicatés the difficuities that that commonwealth 18 having in ordér t6 gét moré revéniué and at thé sdfmé time thé aeslfe of thése from Whom the tax will 16 eollécted to éachpé thE Insrease in suéh Btirdéns. To mobst consumérs \the PFI&E 6f coal is such today fhat thére i¢ little wondér that éfforts t6 bilk even emall additions ars Made. LDITORIAL NOTES: Brery cold spell puts & értmp i tht ice business just ¥hén it looks as if mid- shmimer tredé cotld be éxpécted. When Pénnaylvinia undértakes to place 4 tAx bh coal it hould Bé prépared to coiléet it on coal and fot on rocks and airt. Thé fiafi on thé crnéf says: One thing abobiit afitiqhé fuffitufé, yoi don't find it all sttick up™ With aiseardéd chéiving g, 1t ritst B8 a bit htfniliating foF thé géhéral dssémibly to g6 ofto a darlight eaving basis aftér thé way it RA§ tried te block it When .a congréssman cl bathtut® havé been fid: brewe 18 fietrcA A the AMBIHiSA t6 put a bath: tub in every Meme. 1f, as claimeéd, thé average colize man's salary tén yéars after graduation is $5782.51, théré isn't any Evidence of an inclination to profiteér. It is intérésting fo fiste tHar the for- mer govérior of Florifla eduzirt fer hrin- ety and pebnagé undertodi 6 escapé ar- test By g8ing into GeédfEia. Stopping thé stréam of liquér sald 6 bs flowing thfough thé stité of Comnec- tiét ought to Bé a qdick fidans of in- creasing thé staté révends It &iuhspots are résponsible for the frofty nights At this sieédn 8f the yéar it i tima 4 ceftdih 1nddstFibus pair of tWins was pat 18 Work t6 remsve them. [ A8 Wak éxpested Drésidént Marding Egnéd tha ifimigration bill and 1t will fobn g0 fito éfftdct: 1t Means restriction not péfmanhedtly but $6r a limiitea period. Théré may bé placed Whifo difeulty 18 being éxperienced secufifz éRdugh Aror- feréd AutoMEBIles th carry thé cld vet- srand MeMiorial ady bt Norewich mitten't BA iicHidsd Among such. The hope of the president that there will he 16 mére Wars véices thé sentiment of thé pesple, and wérd it nbt for the réFiBd 1814:1518 it #8HIA not bs \ss difeutt ts s¥pest fve FANsAtON of Faen a2 hata. 1A of | ANNEESAEY pafls. My dear, Havé you d6he anything dbou {n6 ifver wedding present fof Anfa and . molfh?m MotheF, “Shall we gt the Sneflisid turkey platter we 687 2 o4 day. Will $40 céver “I gRould thifk Wé esuld 6t some- ‘ {hing nandsome or that,” métner feplied, | “All the spléndid dousRBdys wio wént a5 @ad cbuntéd out semé Biil. to Franck will Yéu should thitk “Lét mé afténd t8 it f6F y&4," I said. |them mors; methér’ T replied- patient: “P'Il b6 glad to fAve you all the running éttainly 1€ he four windd ever arbind ahd shopping, mothér. ARy REFE I8 BR Ut Jona's it Bhe Wik Jukt BERINRIRE t6 Drotest when ‘afll your fathér té thé phéné” she fathér HAnged e thE BHlIS. HE said he [said, and after sne Rad talked to hifa Mé 84Y€ heér théseveral dollars’ Wefth, Sure, he éameé yul A 3 to me with 2 H Unclé Jonin atd Aufit Afifia had ifvited “I'm astomishéd at y#u, Ludile,” He all the farally &Ir61€ t6 thé fafm for a € te said. “You should have had béttér judg- celépration of tHEIF SilVEF wédding. Moth- | ment. How fuch di# yéu pay for that er decided {6 g0 Gt iA advance ‘Quatre Vents' rubbish.’ His Frénch ac- FRAAHGLRET ahd COuSIN Fa touch a Big ORé 38 1 had that beantiful pér’ Stiffipéd in silvér and 2 tastéful sign méde for the gite. I thought they’d be delightét: Bifn't I give the fatm a prétty name, motheér?” “ ‘Quitre Vents’ Liiéiié. s smt ot 2w & WhAt it IeaHs 2 % G cent is 30 fuma¥. 2 “Thé neté pAPer and the . beautiful sign for thé §f#té E@meé 6 a little moré than $30. 1 #6t théR &t Whélesate.” “Whéte's the surplus?” Ne demanded. "whg. adaddy, Piig that T rfea . of polishing, sb I speiit it for 4 ARANIP6O, fact mikesage and g % mmant- curé. T thought y6u'd B¢ gad. “I ought t6 déduct It ffom your next month’s all6RaRES. mw(!‘n*m {‘o s::i something in &ilvér on fhe Way tfaift I Stinposs; N6, ¥6u néedn’t a6 It for me, Lucilé! Not this #me ™ T packed miother's dtmandie in a drug Box and gave ft to fathsr t6 “Can’t you tARE ft, LAEME?" né ask “I have to éall at the offfeé before I g0 to the tFAM." “But T nét #6ing 16 the farm.” 2" hé tRundersd, , daday. a¥é A hafd hieadache, and I cértainly wouldn't Bé ornanieBal at the Pafty with fhese réd and swollen éyes of mids. 1 fidd BReR Erving. - “Nonsense, Lucile! TYou'l be all right in a liftle While” “N6 daday, 1 don't fecl a%l6 16 g6 1 Asclarén, aRd ®hen K6 phone me from the officé T was still . He was avérsé to going Withdut mé, Bt T @id not mind being léft alohé at hems ®ith Tmy. 1 am n6t véry Kéen on latge family gathers ihgs, anyway."—Chicage Néws. — i A Sbdhs chiid bétter nd theré were tersifle fosds M an ParS of the estintry. Seimmtifts tried (6 aséribé a édusé for tAIE wiustsi Wifiter. THE W6rét wintéf on récora previous to that 6f 1831 wag tn 1717-18, the fa- méug bitter winter that tésted theé & durancé and patfictism of Washington's soldfers it Vallky Forge. (Tomorrow—When Roehdmbeau Cams t6 Ameérica.) gatted mé 16ng dis- igficé to A%k about HEF 1ETEnder 6rgan- dié frock that #hé was fo Wéar to the it i your triifk? 1 asked. : N6, ft 1$7't 4he replied. “¥ou must havé 16ft it in the seWwing rooni where you packed.” “Well, déariés, if T afd, T'fl get it out 6 you all right,” I reassuféd Hef, and I feant {6 §6nd it by mail immediatély, so {hat ehe wéuld Nave plenty 6ftime to press it; but T wae busy hélping Tilly with the prépafations for a Sunday supper party that I was taking thé opportunity 6f giv- iig WIE miother Wis away. “DIa y8u atténd o the £t Al right, Latefle?” asked fathér the day bfore the anniversary. “Oh, yes, ! today.” “Why is it delivered so late as this? “You know how long it takes to do engraving, fathér, but it will surely ar- Fivé 8t the farm in plenty of time.” T replied, and just then the telephone rang. It was mather. “Lagéile What in the world do you ¢ ean by sénding that writing paper to your uncle and annt? Where's the platter you wéré to £6t? she asked breathlessly. “Why, dearle,” T answéred, “the plat- térs were s6 éxpensive that $40 wouldn’t all indeed. It was to be sent 00l INCIDENTS IN AMERICAY HISTORY THE WINTER OF THE DEEP SNOW. _There may have been colder wintérs thah that of 1830-31, but not at least within t() centuries. This winter waf known as “Thée Winter of the Deep & Snow,” and it far surpasses all recofds, T both previous and after tiis year. Theé That Recalt Others precipitation of rain and méited snow biorivs Thet A o for the year was 53.54 inches, and thé - averago for the previous twenty-fivé Baving Carfare years was only 41 inches. ~ _ A lunch room Kad bESA having very For many moftinge during the wintef {8500 skiés on 4 MBSl madwlen. It in the nerthern states the thermometer|WAS JUSt & Sliéed "m’.‘f“m"} hd was_below zero, and several times ad|Dafl BEtWEEA W6 piecés e M much as five iégrees. The great smow |l 1oGked gobd. Mo one had évér v stoim, which seems to have visitéd théitOnéd thé value of it 86 smany paid 20 éntire’ lehgth of the Unitéd States, coms | SENtS apice for the sandWiches very will: 81 Vv, aul 3 2 méncéd on Friday, Januaby 14, 1831, at e SR AAF 4 WAl 4 0'cl6ék in thé Rftérndom, and continued until Saturday at 11 o'clock in thé morn- | ¥HS hiad BeeR i Loy ot Buyifg 84 ifg. Thers fell fifteen inches in depth | SHEFY fia“g A{:;d?i:;i SEh 5:."!5&"‘&‘: snow, very level and evén over the facs |PIXIR Katn Sandbier i A of the earth. 32 céiite. K& hé it at thE tible In 1832 the following summary of thé Whiers tR&FE Weth # other 1831 winter is récorded: “Depth 6f snow A bér & ; in 1831, 18 inches. The past vear ha|EIfls SHE 8aid. -HEr€'s whére 1 khos béen fatked With fang: Singalaf md- r:"lf‘f ::z,?‘“m Héfie {6iifght By it tiirés, and the extrémes ih Mbistiré and | IN8 ~ i Th Over the Back Fenbs temperature beén very great. The win- tér months were atténded with 2 degrdé| «Morn Miz A! Littlb iaté gotek’ out your washih® this orain’ I of cold found only in Arctic régions, niticed 4 giFl the summer mohths with flbods 6f rain| «Ayek 1 aif't §ot My mind 6n it soMe- peculidr to that trépical ciimate.” Theré|way. i'm an dxéited over goin’ iAts seerts to 1avé been a bélt of cloudé én- Cifcling thé wéstern states for thé ladt six months, 8péning at Stich ‘distant 6l 1 just kb savit' 6¥eF #N' iods, and for suech short 3 3 " to the rays of the sun, that selar heat, | Over fi" ”?h’:“é&n.’:",‘:',“fihm‘fmw ;gl.h' ince thé gréat éclinse of Fébruary last, | oo, c.i Tece phosicdl TAOBE if hetes has doné but little Wwafming of the sur. | 0. SHEK 8 A “‘i’. nl 4 face of the earth” N i sl Many striklhk Stoples aré Enéountsréd |pignt, 1 sebn & MR (48 Bis AW but 6 in old historié§ of the “WHitet of the |y biock 6t WhBA 4na mdké it MA thd Deép Snow.” The winter of 1830 sét in | Rosury. AR RGN the TAFMEPE MISR' unusually eafly. By Décembéi 1 the en-| o 44 monby out o the bitéhtork an tire north may bé said to' have bEen|sysn tne spFiglin' €afi! 6 &Y nbiRAE frogen Gvéf. The first deén anb® fell the .ygit (he eigar BS: and & whOlE 15t of @ay beforé Christmas, and ft temidined|siner contraptions, Iit6 e ail Fii ufimelléd When anothér BIg SHo® stberh |0 Pl am:“;« Kol arfivid on Decribér 30. Aceotipany- | iiuat o3 b R4 M R ing this siow there was & furious £2l8 | idtics now 1 can miaké it piky & and it was bllter cold. Tt sbems t6 have|fiis zot thy StaEE SSLURE Al HEuFEd SWE continiéd for davs wnabated—a wonder, |V} SO GRRLCHUR L SRt A at firkt, thén & téirér, a Bénumhbing hér- Mary 4t {'M diflifilfl'n\' Site BAatin g ror, as it béafme 4 :fifinacéwn Ntk of |5 CiekaiRin 1ike, AR (ABH &t At Gnes men 4nd animals. Thé food Was in thé - Y i = flelds. the fuél in thé Woodk, thé cattls "h'fm;‘"’:"?‘ Gé‘i:fi:‘%fi"fh':‘;;; ll:“‘xfn‘fg: hudaiéd and parishing of cold and tar- | 0 PAER J& CROE OF SEE B vatioh. Hbw long this first storm con.|dish Fag 4R (RER I cBME &t in frént tihued s unkhown. In ofie &eriké it ata | With the wasiboktd Wih Sué jblnin Rbt end at all; it mérely changed in g;:;"";’g:,,‘“‘" b EgE BedtsF dnd wé ::;Alfyic':;;,hom tiie to time fof tne héxt|PUg S Alwask 86 SIEVER MIi A T At Dr. Samtiél P, Hildfeth, In his Pldfikér “"*g;;;’:.“ ;ifi ‘i"fi;‘: "" .'.“"fi: ”“lfn s History of thé oimo blvnnay,flm:;s de- i Comia 46 SOmARE kb (3D AFam scribes this remarkable showrall: s . 3 riving rain, fréksing as it 1 on thé e Abkerad ree faet of &nbw, forfied a crast hot e &tréng enousti to bar a mans| Al fight, Mii & 1f 1 deeids t6 make On_ this erust thrée fhofs inched |A Whole ofch&Sif 86t ot It T fay tAKE 1A of snoW féll. a8 likht and_AAE as nsheslug hé OEigADOTY. Wi g6t it as Much 4nd as hard as #and. THeR a Bright, | FIEht {6 the MERey a3 tBé Mén. Therd's cbld sin shéné 6n thé Aa#blific landseans g«&_tns batch of Eidthés t5 BHng sut: to thireaten the éyésight. To add 14 | S'I0A; < these difficultis 4 strong northwést wind| “Slong! ’ arosé, to fill the aif With flying shiow. so stinging, blinding and chokink that mén could not long fhake héadwiy against it. The wind was a stéady, fiercé gale, day and fight; for many weéks, and thé snow drifted before it all wintée. It sfiowed dlmost daily 4f to thé middié 6f Fébruary. TFér nite wBEKS shifw covétad the greund to the average dapth of foir fet. No morning da¥AAQ f6r many days| At 4 time that thé thermoffietér rékis. thred less than tWeive dégréés bBelow séto. To &how that tHé 8&how stofm Wab|. widespread the Vanddlla, Tri., Iritehy &r, lats i Febfdary nbtisea: fRéwpapets that reach us frém evédy At thetloi ars filled with accoufits 6f se- verdly cold Wweathér, Afd ImMMEARES faily of snow. Wé havé had an extraordi- fafy &6af6n. THE £01d has B&eR ifiténsé and unintérruptéd. The Whole country has héen hlbckéd uh with show bankd that have covéréd thé eafth sineé De: cémber. Efich 4 wifteF Ras Abvér bedn KhoWn h this FEEISRA Yery little mail was transmittéd dur- g nll thig Bli32ard pétiod, and naviga: tlon 6f all kinds a\-? almost imy 6:;&21;; éxcopiing for shoft distanices: A tRe kpfl:fi 5\-& cdine eonditiond Wére Ifitié Vauddviile.” “Hits vaudeville! HOW'S that?” The fruit of thé jack 1768 s the Targest &aiblé ffuit i tHe Werld. NEW SPRING PRICES IN LEHIGH-WILKES BARRE COAL NUT STOVE EGG No 2 NUT g P N 80¢ EXTRA IF BASKETS ARE USED, JOHN A. MORGAN & SON Telephone 884 vd aii Spécial 1t's pertéctly i NkEE U 18 néfl:fi Do PR | Gan German pay?—This old and dis- n is always in the mind |- who travels through Wtites Géorge Penwick t &f the 1omdon bt support the nplétéd my third long 4 u sinéé the be- 19. 1 YiAvéE #€6 hér ports réviving ffofn théir long stagnation hér indus régions gré beginning to thtob with biisy 1ifé; héf business men did_thé na;; -nen’um things and neés thé politiclans not ham- unt tAém, would iavariably bé_optinistic: And ¥ #i6F€ thdn vef convinc- ed that ft 1§ weli Withifi Germany's m:;r t6 pay thé Alliés to the extent Russian Trading Leégal—Yesterday's decigfon n!o}gfi‘c urt of Aappul in the test Gasé thér vs. Sagaf estab- lla?!%nlhe' validy of ééntracts between Br stibjécts and M. Krassin, af- fecting property confiscatéd by the So- viet g6¥érnment on Russian’ territory. ‘Thé dé&Cision results in prinéiple from the recognition of that govéfnment as thé “de I#éte” Govérnmeént 6f Russia; and i Praéticé it is absolutely neces- sary, if Anglo-Russian trade is to de- velope. Everybody must appreciate the griévance which the fOFMEr oWhers of confiscated propérty have against the Yérfimiént hich confiscated thém; ut it would bé futilé 6 hope to get 1t Fédfesséd By Prolonging barriérs be- tweéen British and Russlan trade, Taught America Golf—The great inva- sion fréfi Affierici S8értés to recall that theré is 8till 1¥ifg the mam who may be said to hAvE ifitr6duced golt ger the ion for every eu boiling — an: evet tasted. send you the tes to make ullle'ru?lm."i!ynufinmaflunmzfir a ton figuré out that Palo Pinto and Williamson Counties suffered a crush- ing logg from thé deprédations of the sixty of mi6ré tons of thém that were killed in those counties. What {66d- over agmin. Thé most effective means stuffs rats have destroyed durihg the last yéar would make very considerable felief of Making war en r most urgent demand of the momeént. If the tens of millions of them now Proofing. If it is not possibie at large in thé state should be allow- ed to multip! unless saved nature, have a plague comparable to|reduced 1o a number which wi some of theé fabular onés recored in our ancient history. But whilé that is fec- essary a industry of the state is immediately | exposed there will be only a témpof-| ary relief unless the work of destruct- rat proofing. It is probably not possible | to_exterminate rats to get a complete ‘Make the foago'}. Test - We will win your faver by Int & warm erockety teapot put a level teaspoontul of the genuine g ORANGE PEKOE TEA . ired. P freshly beiling water —buit Be sure it is bubbling - é::’e"m fiu:h:"m—yu-lnun“ delicions eop of tes - & will 1': “A ! using only those meihods, must leave enough for bréeding to recréalé the resént infestation within 4 yéar or so Ve should thén have to do the work ifi Texas dnd probabiy the only one, of getting \lriylhlng like a completé riddasicé of them after the number has beéa re- ducéd {o mormel by active warfaré, is to starve those which éscap the war- fare. ARd this can be done onl{ih' rai- #tar- ing thém in this magner {0 gét & rid- dance at 6nce complete and pérmidnént at least Wé can, in (his way keép thém Make théir dés(ruction négligible. Afd no Othér way is that likély 16 be done— the only méns of abating|Dailas News. e to which the agricuitural the hun- in Europe. is abotit the unhinderéd, we Wwould some intérvention of mena One of the stfangé tales 1004 through- 6tit Russia 8 Gt Cxaf Alézandér the is followed fast by 4 campaigh of | Fifst did w6t dié at Tagahron o the Dot In 1835 as was nopularly supposed. but permitied the body of x soldier 10 be on the bther 81aé, riddance of them. Certainly it is nt| imried, thén slole away to Tomsk, Where in his ifty Yedrs 6f Golf” Mr.|DY Killing, poisoning and (rapping a- ne livéd (6 an old age as a religions Ber- Horace Hutchinsoh Has told 48 how, on | lone: The most persistant campaigh, | mit. a Sunday aftérnooi hié gave some sim- ple demonstrations of the game at a country club near New York, and how little enthdsidsm jts first introduction raised in the minds of hi# hosts whose utmost enthustasmi did not go béyond the con¢éssion that it Might be a way of passing a lasy Sunday aftérnoon. And Now Ameérica is the Mecea of all ! golf professionals, and its amateur goif- | ers aré providing somé livély appnen- sions in the minds of our own cham- pions. A Greéngreéers Aeroplane—New milk has alfeady béen brought to this count- | £y #rom Holland by thé aif route, when will Londoners sée thé aéroplane com- Ing to Convént Gatrdén With vegetables! ahd frults and flowers from our own| farms or from foreign countries London - Chronitle. . TONS OF DEAD RATS- The News had beén informed that a rat-killing camipaign éarried on in Palo Pinto County a few weeks ago yeild- ¢d thirty-one tons &6f dead rodents. It has éeén informed further that like cdfmpaign carfied on i i County had yiélded twenty-cight tons Bétors it wak énded. “Tons” is the word The News, too, was sképtical but was assured that it was in tons the counts Weré made, thé quantities being too "f“ to maké énumeration practicable. t will enahjée oné to form something ke an adequate idéa as to the incred- 4ble éxtént 6f the infestation, which undoubtedly éxceéds bewond all com- parison any that has Herotofore been known in Téxas. Lut even under the Btimulus of that statement one is not likely to get anything liké an adequate | ¥énse 6f thé damagé that is being done | Any calculitions have been made in! the éffort t5 déteérming the rat's de- Structive powers. Noné of thém is en- titiéd 16 mueh credit, of course: the Bést of themi i8 not much better than 4 guéss. But oné can put the rat's de- Structive poweér very low and theh as- Suming that it takés 4000 rats {6 make THE WONDERFIL FRUIT MEDICINE Erery Home n This State - Nesds “Fruit-a-fives” 6 those sulering with Indigestion, Forpid Liver, ation, Sick or Nervous Hesdaches, Newialgia, Kidnéy Trouble, Rhedmstismy Pain in the Back, Eczéma &Ad seher Skin Affections, ‘Fruit-a-tives’ gives prompt félief and assures & ?fiy recovery when the treatment, taithifally followed. ‘Fruit-a-tivés' is the enly medicine madé from (hdl = éontaining the meditinal prineiples of apples, oranges, Aigs aid prunes, eombined with Yaluablé toniés and antiseptics. 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