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PAGE FOUR THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, PHOENIX, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1921 THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PuM1?2:;j,,X- ARIZONA At?rti l',dRv" Morning by th Entered ai p,lJ, bushing com pant tuterea at the .Pofflce at Phoenix. Arizona, as Man Publish., .n L?J th Second Class n.ral MSn! .lnct" V ..Owlght B. Heard Hn.in7n MS,"4 Secretary Charles A. Stauttr Editor Manaer....i W. W. Knorpp News Editor ,....3- W. Spear auBidtmidH -RAffcW 'AiS Vance Youn OUTSIDE STATBi? loLon. year. ,13.00; iM ARIZONA BY MAIL OR CARRIER One year. 8.00; BUNDAIf EDITION oy mall oniy--35.00 per year Phnna 411 Private Branch Exchange UUUC tOJl Connecting All Departments General Advertising Representative? Robert E. Ward, Brunswick Bldg.. New Vork Mnflera Rldjj , Chicago; W. R Barranger. Examine! Eldg.. San Francisco. Post IntelllKonrer Bldg.. Seattle. Title Insurance ildg.. Ijos Angeles MEMBERS F THB ASSOCIATED PRESS Receiving Full Night Report, by Leased Wire The Associated Prvss Is exclusively entitled to the use for te-publlration of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and aiso the local news puhlshej herein. All rights of re-publication ot special dispatches Herein are also reserved SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1921. Experience is a jewel, and it had need to be so for it is often pur chased at an infinite rate. - Shakespeare. We Do Not Want to be Coddled It was from the Intermediate country that Mr. Paul P. Hastings mad hla greatest advance toward the top of the railroad ladder from Prescott and Phoenix. It might have been supposed that Mr. Hasting then learned the needs of the Intermediate conn try and sympathized with them. It Is with regret and disappointment that w learn that he la fore most among- the railroad men who are urging a ruinous discrimination against this region. He washed his hands of us srt the Chicago hear ing by declining "to act as wet nurse for the indus tries of the Middle West." We are not asking for the ministrations of a wet nurse. So far we have been "raised by hand" or hardly "raised" at all but rather "jerked vp" and by a rather rough railroad hand. Nothing has come to us which the railroads could very well withhold from us. We have certain ly never been coddled. We do not expect now to nurse at the breasts of the railroad. We desire only the right to exist and be free. We shall not be if the1 plans of the transcontinental railroads to -lower transcontinental rates on a large variety of com modities. . , Mr. Hastings when questioned as to the rates of the intermediate region told the Interstate Commerce examiner that they were "reasonably low." In the next breath he told the examiner that the proposed transcontinental rates would be "reasonably .com pensatory." In that case a layman would suppose that the Intermediate rates, being much higher than , the proposed through rates would be unreasonably t and extravagantly compensatory to .the railroads. If the proposed rates are noj; compensatory why should the roads desire to put them in? They tell us, to meet water competition. But If it can be met only ' at a loss, or without profit, what is the sense in meeting It? But Mr. Hastings assures us that there , will be no loss to the roads. If then the through rates are compensatory why should intermediate points be mulcted by higher rates for shorter hauls? f If the so called through rate was a through rate In fact, to meet water competition objection to it would be robbed of a part, but not all of Its force. But we who are not railroad experts cannot under stand how water rates can be In competition with rail rates between Chicago and coast poipts; why the rate from Chicago to any point west of Kansas City and east of the Pacific should be higher than to a Pacific termnaL At the hearing on Friday mention was made of the rail and water rate from Chicago as In competi tlon with the all rail rate. There Is of course such a competition as to many commodities out of Chi cago, but there are extremely few commodities which would be shipped east to New York and thence to the Pacific by . water, though the combined rate were " lower than the rail rate. This combined rate was mentioned in connection with the shipment of pianos. We remember several years ago at an Interstate commerce hearing In Phoe nix, before Examiner Lyon, who by the way is now representing a steamship line, In opposition to the proposed through rate, the piano was mentioned then as commodity in competition. The statement was made and was admitted to be true that pianos were never shipped by water when it was possible to ship them by rail, on account of the deteriorating effect of sea travel. It Is so with many other com modities, which could not be shipped by time con suming sea routes and would never be so shipped re gardless of rates. We of the lntermountaln and Mid-west region have no Interest In the fight between the steamship ' lines and the through roads. We care comparatively little about the rates except that they shall not dia erimlnate against us and we want them only low enough so that our commodities may be moved to the markets. But the mam thing so far as concerns us of the lntermountaln region Is that we shall not become victims of discrimination in favor of the Pa cific coast Just as It is the desire of the Mid West region that they shall not be chained to Chicago territory. Trade Associations Secretary of Commerce Hoover has Just demon strated that there Is a reliable short cut to Justice by using the plain, simple process of asking ques tions. Undoubtedly the secretary of commerce is a remarkable questioner. He seems to possess an oc cult genius for getting straight at the heart of a proposition and of ascertaining the essential facts without red tape or lost motion. Ever since coming into his important office Mr. Hoover has heard trade associations condemned aerely upon the exparte statement .of over-zealous prosecutors who seem to have the settled habit of pre-judgment. Mr. moov. v,us - and familiar with business practices, was unwilling to accept rumor in regard to trade associations as sufficient ground for general condemnation. So he proceeded to investigate for himself. He did not organize the expensive and cumbersome machinery 0f inquisition so often used by governmental agen .lea. He Just sent his own trusted men to ask ques tions to secure reliable data and report fully upon "hat' trade association, are organized for what their functions are and what service they perform for n ourtry And this is what Mr. Hoover has found The trade associations throughout the country v.wt to a sreat deal of criticism because the associauons hav- nrictlce. that were, in fact or in sus "Tviluon or the restra-t of trade act, A short time ago, a canvass was made of trade associa tions to find the number that embraced In their cate gory of effort those particular functions that are subject to a suspicion, and it was found; that less than 10 per cent of the trade associations of the United States have any function of that character at all; that there were associations that have been created under the nam and cloak of trade associa tions for the purpose of restraint of trade and of combination; that it had brought th whole world of trade associations into some criticism. But that can vass and knowledge of the department of the work ing of the vast majority of trade associations in this country, convinces me that the objective of these or ganizations is not in the remotest sense against the public interest; that in fact a study of the trade as sociations that we made shows something like 80 different lines of activity in which they were en gaged, covering a great range of educational subjects, matters of improvement In fundamental practice in the industry as to trade questions. Interest In mat ters of transportation, elimination of waste, foreign trade some 34 different activities; and of all those activities there had been embraced only two that were at all subject to discussion as to whether or not they were against public interest in even a remote sense, and, as I say, leas than a very small fraction of these associations were even engaged In those. "AH are agreed that th purposes and actions ot th raat majority of national associations ar a con structive contribution to public welfare. 'Their ac tivity in promotion of better business practices, ad vancement of technical processes, simplification of production, standardization of qualty, extension of foreign trade, commercial arbitration, etc. all make for more efficient Industry and business. Many of them collect Information as to production, stocks of raw and other material, percentage of industry In active operation, total orders in hand all of which, when available to the public, contribute both to stability and the increasing efficiency of industry and to the protection both of the smaller manufac turer and the consumer." HATCHING EGGS UNDER DIFFICULTIES Bird Conservation In another column we are printing the letter of a bird lover, desiring to co-operate with the Boy Scouts in bird conservation. He describes a dearth of song birds which for some months has been unusual in Phoenix. We had observed 'it but were not quite sure 'of the cause of It. For years until early in the pres ent fall, in almost every tree with a considerable top there were crocking birds and many other varieties of song birds. There are now very few. We have not seen or heard a mocking bird for many weeks. Our correspondent ascribes the absence of them to the "air rifle brigade." We are not quite sure that the birds have been so driven away, but we know they are not here now. We also know that the "air rifle brigade" was quite busy last summer and fall, but it had been as busy in previous seasons. The writer has for some years been engaged in bird conservation in a small way in his Immediate neighborhood and has repelled several invasions of not only the air rifle brigade, but of older brutes . armed with 22's. But the writer's birds are all gone now killed, driven away or absent from some other cause. Not only are their cheering songs missed but there has been a multiplication ot destructive in sects. , There is a way to suppress the bird destroyers and th Boy Scouts can easily find it. They need only to report the shooting or the attempted shoot ing of song birds and the law will do the rest. They will have the hearty co-operation of the office of the game warden so that every case will be vigorously prosecuted and we are sure that th justices of th peace and the police magistrates will impose such punishment that the bird-murderers will not com mit the second crime. We trust that the Boy Scouts will hasten to per fect the bird-conservation movement. Every good citizen should join it and be an active member. It will result In making better boys of many who are owners of air rifles and 22's. The average boy la a pretty good boy. He has a good enough heart and enough sense not to shoot at song birss. These of fenses are committed by boys and men who are be low the average of subnormal intellect and they need to be. taught that bird murder is wrong. If they are not so taught, their low intellects will lead them blindly into other crimes which will land them into the reform school or later into the peni tentiary. Most boys and men who get Into these places of restraint are unfortunate in not having been endowed with normal intellects. They have not been given their share of brains. So the bird-conservation movement will not only save the birds but sub-normal boys. It has remained, for Life to discover that Presi dent Harding's golf' scores look like his majority a year ago. From what we know of golf this seems to be a slam at his game. . Preliminary, we suppose, to 'passing around a subscription list in aid of the former kaiser, word comes out of Holland that he has been forced to dis charge ten of his servants and hire a cheaper gardener. IN FLANDERS FIELD WHERE FLOWERS GROW (Written for Armistice day by one of the boys who fought overseas and was wounded in action) 0 comrade, dear comrade mine, the days ar dark though suns do shine In Flanders Field where flowers do blow and summer winds still come and go. 1 know no peace, no joy by day, dear comrade, since you went away At night I sle'ep not, but repine for you dear com rade, comrade mine. Today I roamed the shady dell and sought the flow ers you loved so well But the wild rose hung its pretty head, the winds were hushed, the birds were fled. And the river sighed I pine, I pine for you, dear comrade, comrade mine. Sweet comrade, dear comrade mine, what 'er betide my heart is thine Where e'er I wander near or far O! there my sweet est memories are. You, little knowing, smiled to part you, little dreaming, broke my heart. I gave no sign you did not know in Flanders Field where flowers grow. HARLAND D. CLARK. ENTER THE SHOPLIFTER By Frederic J. Haskin ' ) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 19. At this season of the year New York department stores increase the size of thqir detective forces in order to combat the ever growing number of thoughtful persons who begin their shoplifting early. From now until" after Christmas, shoplifting will pro ceed at a bold and furious pace. The women's court will be kept busy hear ing the cases of light fingered ladies caught at inopportune moments, while the large Fifth avenue stores will lose thousands of dollars worth of goods to others who will success fully get away with it. This is always the case. The an nual depredations of shoplifters are regarded as an inevitable calamity which no mercantile establishment, however successful, can hope to es cape. And this year the Btores an ticipate greater difficulties from this source than ever before because of the new styles in sleeves. You may have observed that the new feminine sleeve Is a voluminous, drooping, bell shaped affair, possess ing tremendous possibilities for la dies who are clever with their fingers. It is going to be extremely easy to hide stuff in the recesses of a sleeve which trails obligingly all over the counter when the wearer puts her hand down. We saw it done only the other day. A plump, agile hand, ac comanied by one of these dangling sleeves, glided quickly along a coun ter covered with feminine lingerie, then paused for several seconds while the fingers examined tha tevture of the silk. When the hand moved again It was in swift upward flight, presumably to adjust a slight dis crepany in the owner's lace collar. "There, you see how easy it is," said the salesgirl who had given the demonstration, as she removed a pink silk undergarment frcjm her sleeve. "You didn't see me do that even thought you were watching, and think how much simpler it would be to stuff ,my sleeve in the confusion of a Christmas crowd. That's why we've got to be so particular and In sist upon customers keeping their arms off the counters." A Store Detective The interesting information was corroborated by one of the store de tectives, a tall, sleek faced individual who so well looked his part that one did not see how any shoplifter could fail to notice and avoid him. "There's no doubt but that the new styles are all in favor of the shop lifter," he said. "But, of course, we're gonna watch 'em. . And then we've got our own system. They don't get awav with as much as they used to." We pressed for details. "By what astute methods are shoplifters pre vented from running off with the store?" we Inquired. "Oh, we get to know a lot of the Arizona's Changing Mo ads BAD BUSINESS Father Duffy is credited by the New York World with this after-dinner story: "An old sexton asked me, "Father, weren't the Apostles Jews? I said they were. Puzzled, he de manded: "Then how the deuce did the Jews let go of a good thing like the Catholic church and let the Eyetalians grab it?" The Outlook. WOMAN'S WORK "And how is jour husband keeping?'' '"E ain't keeping; 'e's on strike, and I'm doing the keeping." The Bulletin (Sydney).- - (Edgar Kennison) By varied shifts from form to form She drifts and darkles, gleams and glows; Hers Is the passion of the storm. The tender penance of repose. Through changing shapes or devious ways. Through storm or calm, by cloud or , flame, 'Jly heart shall follow all my days Something that I cannot name.. Like sunlight on some maiden's hair. Or light that gleams in children's eyes, When rings the laughter, rich and rare, That ereets a cift of Klad surprise. My heart doth know and thrills to know Some primal presence that It sought: Mv soul awakes to find it so, And cries: "Behold what God hath wrought!" Sometimes when sudden afterglows. With spectral lights transform the sky, 1 see beyond the gold and ros The feet of seranhim no by. Or when the trampling morn walks o er The broodincr'skv or nursing sod. My awed heart whispers "Ask no more: 'Be still and know that I am God.' Or dreaming In some canyon, where The dim walls ring with murmunngs, Whore part is music, part is prayer, And part is rush of angel wings: Solemn I bow a reverent head. Amid the shadowed splendor where The towering peaks and chasms dread Bear witness all that God is her. professionals by their looks," the de tective replied. "And there s usually somethin' about them to excite sus picion. One thing and another." But your system; we persistea. Well, there's the store aisles, for instance. Notice how wide the aisles are in this store? That ain't for beauty and it ain't for comfort. It's because the light fingered Lizzies don't liko them. They prefer the narrow, crowded aisles wher they ain't so likely to be seen." This was all the Information we could drag forth. The "system," it seemed, was a secret formula which had to be carefully guarded. If the shopliiters once got wise to it, it would be useless. To make up lor his inability to gratify our curiosity in this respect, however, -our friend showed an eager willingness to dis cuss other important matters. He gave us, in elaborate detail, his pri vate views on the disarmament con ference; dwelt upon the carelessness with which the mails were handled, and explained the most dramatic plays in the late world series. Final ly, when he had talked himself into a good humor and we were nearly in a state of coma, he allowed himself to be steered gingerly back to the subject of his own secret activities. 'Let me see." he said cautiously. stroking his long Jaw, "the case of Gabrlelie Lemaire was In the news papers, so there can't be no harm in tellin' that. Mind, I don't Bay it hap pened in this store, but it shows the kind of schemes every store is con stantly bavin' put over on it" Not long ago. it seems, a certain store became aware that it was los ing a good deal ot valuable merchan dise to an extremely clever woman. She was attractive and fashionably dressed, and always made a favorable impression upon the sales lorce. Representing herself to be the pos sessor of a charge account, the num ber of which she gave, she would order good3 sent to her supposed ad dress and then, at the last moment, decide to take a few packages with her, "because she could not wait to have them sent." The goods, later delivered to the true owner of the charge account. were Immediately returned, so. that the store was not long ignorant of the fact that it had been defrauded. The case was referred to the store detectives, who at once became con cerned with one question: How did the young woman know the numbers of other persons' charge accounts! Undoubtedly, she must have an ac complice working in the store. How Thieves Wer Caught It was a customer who finally brought the accomplice to light. One day, when this lady was amazed to receive a number of unrequested packages from a second store, she called its manager'on the telephone. "I am sorry." that gentleman re plied to her complant. "It is the first case of the kind we have had here. although I understand it has hap pened a good many times in a neigh boring house. The suspect that one of their employes is involved, since only some one connected with the store could know the numbers of so many different accounts. "Oh," cried the lady, thinking rap idly, "I'll bet it is that nice looking, friendly clerk, who wears such ar tistic ties. I gave him the number of my account at your store by mis take the other day, and then changed it to the correct number at his store, explaining mymistake." An investigation proved that the lady was correct In her suspicion The young .man in question had been supplying his attractive young wife with names, addresses and numbers of various charge accounts and di recting her shoplifting efforts.- For six months the scheme had worked beautifully, and might have contin ued to do so, had he not made a fatal slip by sending her to the other store. Both the clerk and his wife are now serving a term in Blackwell's island. Most shoplifters, according to the aforementioned store detective, con fine their thefts to feminine lingerie and silk stockings, probably because these articles can be crumpled with out Injury and are easily concealed. Jewelry of all kinds Is also highly fa- vorea by the shoplminir sisterhood One woman, apprehended during the Christmas rush season of last year. had nine strings of beads concealed about her person, each of which was worth about J15. Another woman arrested for taking an expensive um brella, told with groat gusto how- few days before she hfid calmly waiKed out of a store with an un paid-for suit on, the pockets of which contained a bracelet and a silver vanity case "lifted'' from the Jewelry counter. One of the most Irritating things about the professional shoplifter. says our friend the detective, is her usually brilliant histornic ability. When caught in the act of stealing, she is apt to throw an emotional fit, tearfully appeal to the women shop pers about her, mention her little children who are dependent upon her, speak of th shame her arrest will cause her dear old uncle, who is a clergyman, and otherwise prey upon the sympathies of the crowd until it looks upon the lone male detective as really the guilty party and th shoplifter as his innocent victim. 'It takes nerve to stand your ground in such a situation," he de clared, "but then if you didn't have nerve you wouldn t ba a detective. o Sav th Birds ' Editor, Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona. Dear Sir; I have been reading with interest the news that the Boy Scouts are undertaking a bird-conservation cam paign in and around Phoenix. iease send some of them out to my end of town to get pledges. I live at Twenty-third avenue ana Monroe. Last year the neighborhood was tua or Diras mocKing-oiras, thrashers, mourning doves, sonora doves, humming-birds, cactus wrens, Abert towhees, blue-birds, meadow- larks, yellow warblers, Audubon warblers, house, finches, riy-catcn- ers. Say phoebes, biacK pnoeDes, white-crowned sparrows, and others that I don t know or have torgotten to mention. Then came the air-rifle brigade and the bird's-nest collectors, and this fall an occasional distant buzzard or a sparrow hawk is the only bird to be seen for days at a time. However the trees are full of life; Longfellow's words aptly describe it: "From the trees spun down The canker-worms upon the passers- bv. Upon each woman's bonnet, shawl and gown. Who shook them off with Just a little cry." JOHN A. WOOLSEY, -a Questions And I Answers I -a (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Kepub llcan Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, J. u. This offer applies strictly to infor mation. The bureau cannot give ad vice on legal, medical, and financial matters. It does not attempt to set tle domestic troubles, nor to under take exhaustive research on any suh Ject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and ad dress and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY, THE WAY TO FREEDOM : Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32. IT TAKES A GENERATION BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1921. by Frank Crane) G When was thm firmt Christian missionary 6ent to Japan. U. O. T. A. The Jesuit Francis Xavler, who was afterward canonizeu. was ine first Christian missionary to Japan t - . 1 - v. , ,v,a -I : of August, 1549, and remained In Ja pan until November 20, 1551. Q. Which country has the largest . . . - n r- r Standing riny i D. c. . a t'hina has the largest standing army in the world. It is composed of 1,000,000 men. France is next with a Q. When was pulverized coal first used? C. H. T. A. The experiment of using pul verized coal was made about 45 years ago, when It was tried as a fuel for heating the kilns in which the raw materials ior masing r-uruanu ce ment were burned. It was not sue- since been devised that make pulver ized coal a successful fuel. Q. Will a pebble thrown overboard reach the bottom or tna ocean ir it g SiA , i 1 1 1 1. -r . A. The hydrcgraphic office says that a pebDie inrown overDoara win reacbe the bottom ot the ocean at any aeptn. Q. Who discovered oxygen? R w. A. The American Chemical society ior.that Josenh Prie.stlev. an Kne- litihman who same to America in 1794, discovered not only oxygen but also ammonia, nytirugen mmnne sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide In the course of his various mani pulations of vapors, he isolated chlo The real reason why the United States of Amer ica abandoned its Allies at the close of the war, would have nothing to do with the movement toward world unity, as represented by the League of Nations, and gave itself up to a sulky and selfish isolation, is that tne proposed step was too great for a thorough democ racy to make. - Other nations moved fast because they are ac customed to being led by their rulers: America movei slow because it moves onlv as rnishprl hv its mn.?!?p? It is not the Lodges, Harveys, Borahs and Reeds. 1 X f 1 . If' 1 1 1 I 1 ,1 A who, 10 accompasn semsn enas, manipulated tne great reactionary crime, it is not these who are primarily to blame. Their vicious efforts would have been fruitless nvon-n4- 1 1 - - 1 calcui, i iirv iiiiii j. i m i v-s fii iiiiruiiM r f l r m i i i i i r fJ nmnr. , y ir m tr v -t"" ance, and inertia to work on. We will take our place amone the nations of the world, but it will take a generation. It Trrlr rrrti nrn t-i r-ry ftm Awtmism.s - m-1 1 Avaf-f-MkM ' JLV VWA Ct atlVU XIM. -TXAlli. &llO IU U till CUUiC ly free from monarchy. The people of the colonies, though they fought England, were yet salted with monarchic ideas. It was only afterward that George Coqmbe could say: -j Uut the condition of affairs is now changed. The generation trained to obedience under monarchical in- been reared under the full influence of democracy." Ine great new thought m the world today is World Unitv. lust as the great new thought in WashinrH-rvn's day was democracy. This idea was born into full vigor during the war. The nations had to get together or perish before the, attack of Germany. " . ' And they realize now m Europe that they have to , stay together if they would avoid other evils.' Russia and red madness confronts them. T-?nrVii .f rHr Q-nrl omnntriio rlicocfo 4-Vinof on 4-Ti i 1 vuuiu uivvj uiiu vwiiuutib Ulixiijtu tllltaiCll CUtllA and the only remedy for that will be some sort of eco- ;i i i nomic unity, even as military unity was imperative in 1917. . The United States will get around to it when this generation has died off. ior their children are growing up in an atmos phere of World Councils. Democracies move slowly, and usually very un comfortably. As Fisher Ames stated: A monarchy is like a merchantman. You get on board and ride the wind and tide in safety and elation, but, by and by, you strike a reef and go down. But democracy is like a raft. You never sink, but, damn it, your feet are always in the water." It took a generation for the New South to get away from the prejudices and passions of the Old South. It has taken a generation for many an American in Tio "TsTnTt n rn roali'70 trior tVo f.ivnl Wo ia ni'i.v ' - v - " -- WW V V --" M-V V . - ' ' " ' V , It will take a generation to establish Prohibition. We need not wTonder if it takes a generation for America to get hold of the idea of World Unity.' rine. which is now extensively used in the arts and in th manufacture of military gases. , Q. How larg is an orang-outang? H. M. O. A. The orang-outang, the name being Malay for man of the woods, is shorter and broader than a man. The adult male stands about four feet high and sometimes weighs as much as 250 pounds. Q. What can be put in a refriger ator to keep it fre from odors? W. L. S. A. Frequent washing of the ice box Is important. A small saucer of air slacked lime set in the bottom of the refrigerator will absorb odors caused by food. Q. How many telegraph poles ar there per mil of railroad track? T. E. I A. The number of poles to the mile depends upon the number of wires carried. When there are six wires or less, there are 30 poles to the mile; 7 to 60, there are 41 poles; 61 to 70, 63 poles; 71 to SO, 53 poles; in places that are particularly exposed to wind and sleet, many more poles are used. Q. Ar mora children attending school and ther wer a few years ago? G. S. A. The 1020 census shows an in crease of 5.1 per cent of children be tween the ages of S and 20 who at tend school. This would not include young men and women over 20 who are attending institutions of higher education. Practically all colleges have a record attendance and many are forced to reject students for lack of facilities for a larger attendance. Q. What is th total value of all th railroad property in th United State? D. G. S. A. The interstate commerce com mission has accepted 310,800.00000 as a tentative valuation of the rail roads. Q. What Is bonded whiskey flav ored with? A. P. A. We quote from Harvel Wiley's textbook "Beverages:" "When whis key is withdrawn from the still ad reduced with water, it is placed in a bonded warehouse In ak containers, which have been previously charred. This is different from the English, Scotch and Irish whiskey, in which countries charred casks are not used. It is claimed that whiskey kept in a burned barrel reaches the proper flavor at four years that would take the whiskey in unburned barrels to reach in eight years. Whether or not the whiskey is improved by the char ring of the barrel Is a Question left for experts to decide." Q. When did Ty Cobb first play big league baseball? L. B. C. A. Ty Cobb first played big league baseball in 1903. when he joined the Detroit team. Prior to this he played with Anniston part of the season of 1904 and then went to Augusta, where he stayed until he Joined the Detroit team. BertonBraleys Daily Poemj Conversation I'm weary of people w ho talk about liquor. And how you can get it, and where; W ho speak about booze as life's fountain ot ichor Whose loss they're unable to bear; I'm weary of folks who bemoan prohibition And weep for the by-gone saloon. Where once they could get In a pie-eyed condition Ly four o'clock each afternoon. I'm weary of talk about bootlegger's whiskey. And bootlegger's brandy and gin; I'm fed up on people who get very frisky On stuff from the flasks they bring In; I know there are thousands who gleefully chortle; "To get it is easy enough!" Cut I think the average common-place mortal Is sick Of that manner of guff. I'm fed up on talk about hooch can you doubt It? You'd think, to hear some people blow. That getting a drink and then talking about It Was . II of life's beauty they know; So talk of diseases or work or the weather Or any old subject you choose; There's only one tonic 1 can altogether I'm weary of talk about booze!