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TODAY’S NEWS FIRST
loL. 14—NO. 282
MARTINSBURG, W. VA.. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1921
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
riuc/ri o
REJECTS ALL PAVING BIDS
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MERCHANTS TO HOLD GOLDEN RULE SALE MONDAY
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IUN6ARY IS WARNED OF ARMED INVASION
IF THE ROYALISTS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE
FORMER KING CHARLES TO THE THRONE
zechoslovakia Formally Warns Nation, Backed By Jugo
slavia And Italy—Amliassadors’ Council Voices Opposi
tion—Expulsion Of King Promised—Horthy Resigns.
By International News Service)
London, April 1.—Formal warning
is given today that it former King
iarle« ot Hungary marches upon
idapest at tile head of a mnnai
list army, Czechoslovakia will in
:e Hungary. v This warning was
it out by the Czechoslovakia
arge de affairs. He declared that
e Czechs are ready to send an
ly to occupy Budapest If Charles
fsts in his attempt at a royalist
toration.
Ambassalors Opposed,
ris, April 1.—The council of am
Isadora is sending a note io Hilda
t notifying Hungary of the op
Isition of the allies against the re
Vn of Charles- to the Hungarian
rone, ft was announced this after
on.
The allies are considering the
ing of Hungary as a result
he attempted royalist coupe by
ing Charles, according to the
per L’EcIair today. The Hun
an situation was considered at a
ting of the council of ambassa
this morning.
Says He’ll Leave,
ome, April 1.—Italy has Joined
“Little Entente”—Czechoslovak
Rumania and Jugoslavia in
rning Hungary that force of aenu
111 be employed if necessary to prp
tbe restoration of Charles to
ungarian throne, it was an
ted today. The Hungarian min
assured Count Sforsa, thP (tal.
’oreign minister, that Charles
leave Hungary at once.
Horthy Resigns,
don, April 1. It is reported
Admiral Horthy, regent of Hun
1, has resigned in favor of former
Charles, says a Reuter dis
from Budapest today.
.0 CONVERSATIONS
IITH GERMAN HEADS
jld Assume Part Of Allied
Debt To U. S.
Internationct News Service'
kshington, April 1. Informal
prsations have been carried on
een German officials and Ellis
, Dressel, American c.ommis
1 in Berlin, with regard to Ger- ;
t’s attitude toward payment of
jeparatlons demanded by the
it "'as learned at the State
Irtment today. It was stated
[he conversations had been en
informal and for the purpose
orting correctly to the admin
the views of Germany on
matter of reparations. State
J-tmfmT officials refused to con- 1
[reports in Kurope that Ger
has sent a formal note to the
States on the matter of re
_ns .offering to assume a pot
of the allied debts to the Unit
fctates. Nor would 1 lie State
rtment confirm a report that
[my has indicated to the Unit
J ctes that, she recognises her 1
visibility in carrying out rom
lely the terms of reparations.
l THERA ND-SON
[NQUET TONIGHT
pe annual “Father-and-Son" ban- I
a part of "Father-and-Son ' |
i in this city. wiH Iip held lo
in the Y. M. C. iA., starting
'oek. Fathers and their own j
liopii d" sons, with sons and
pwn or adopted*’ fathers will
and it was said this morn- i
a crowd of 200 was being
led. The supper will he]
py the Uartieg Auxiliary of
Delation, and therp w>i1 hr
Irief addresses, ir.
I) fathers by some of tip
PUBLIC SALE
OF
[ JSEHOLD FURNITURE
f.onrt Houflo,
Saturday at 2 o’clock p. m.
IMRB. KATHERINE LYONS
1 Keeeecker, Auct.
aiVE ICE BUSINESS
"my whole attention
e of the fact that I have
d my withdrawal from the
iness, many persons have
mistaken impression thnt
going out of the ice bust
not the case. I shall re
[the ice business and will
y whole attention, in this
tall be able to render very
ter service to my Ice cus
han ever before.
1 2 lj> \ S. R OOKN.
TURKS CHUCK
GREEK ARMY
THEY CLAIM
(By International New* Service.)
Constantinople. April 1—The
Turkish nationalists have lurnod
upon the Greeks and checked their
advance on the Bagdad railway, ac
ording to a dispatch from Angora,
he Turkish nationalists capital. The
Turks claim that the Greeks have
not. entered the city of Bski-Shehr,
although they attempted to capture
it earlier in the week.
(Advices from Athens on Tuesday
stated the occupation of Bski-Shohr
tjy the Greeks. Eski-shehr is K’O
miles west of Angora.)
A SPLIT DEVELOPS
IN MINERS' RANKS
Yet About Million Men Believ
ed On Strike.
(By International News Service.)
London, April I -Great Britain
was in the grip of a national coal
strike today for the second time in
less than 10 months. The strike or
dor was effectivo at midnight hut a
split quickly developed in the ranks
of the strikers. The pumpers and
i.nsrineers in Scotland, South Wales.
Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire decided to continue a(
work to prevent the mines from be
ing flooded.
Tlite leaders of the federation or
miners had ordered all men to epaso
ivork regardless of the safety of the
collieries.
It was estimated Ilia;! nearly I.
ii00,000 miners obeyed the strike or
ler.
The government Is prepared for
1 rustic action under a royal pro
ilamation issued by King George
stating that an emergency exists.
COURT AWARDS
HER ALIMONY
(By International News Service.)
While Plains, April 1. Mrs.
James A Stillman was awarded
ST.500 a month alimony and $.15,000
counsel fees by derision of Supreme
Court. Justice Morsehauser here to
day. An additional $12,500 was
granted her for additional expenses
necessitated by her counteraction
against her husband s suit for rii
vorce. Mrs. Stillman in her counter
action had asked $10.oOO a month
alimony and $75,Wm counsel fees.
CONTINUANCE
TO BE ASKED
(By International News Service)
Covington, Oa.. April 1.- A contin
uance In the trial of John Williams,
planter, and his negro arm hand.
Clyde Manning, on charges of mnr
Ier growing out of the death of ele
veil negro employes of Williams,
may he asked when court Is conven
ed in special session here April 5.
it was stated today hv Orcene F
Tohnson. chief counsel for the de
fense. He declared ihere has been
no time to prepare the case and
■parch for witnesses.
HAD HIM BEWILDERED.
"I've been called everything but a
‘genneman,’ ” said a wearied teh
phone man. when he staggered horn
to dinner today. He wasn't inebriat
ed; the staggeriness was due to the
demands of flitters 1 hat he, or some
helper, rome at once and put in a
vhone. or lake out r. phone, or
change a phone, or repair a phone
Miss Hattie Adams, stenographer
at Attorney A. B. Noll's office, has
been confined to her home on West
Virginia avenue with the mumps.
NOTICE.
I am now in the Flick Building
in Public Square, over office of Mr
S. S. Felker. My phone is Vo. 255
same as before.
HHItBERT I,. ALEXANDER
3 31 It 1P
PEOPLES TRUST
COMPANY STOCK
1 will 'ffpr for sale at the front
door of the County Court House or.
Saturday afternoon, April the 2nd.
commencimr at 1.30 P. M„ fivr
shares of the capital stock of th"
Peoples Trust Company. Terms
Cash.
GBORG-K W. KEB9KCKBR,
3 31 lp 2ts pd. Auctioneer.
Good Ford.
Touring car for sale. (NeelMptor
Company, Ppplic Square ? SO St Ip
SEVEN LIVES LOST
WHEN BIG STEAMERS
CRASH ON PACIFIC
Governor Had 125 Passen
gers Aboard.
(By International News Service.)
Seattle, Washington, April 1.—
Seven passengers ami three mem
bers of (he crew of the steamship
Governor rammed and stink by the
steamship We*t Hartland. off Point
Wilson early this morning are nit
accounted for according to informa
tion received here today by the Pa
clfle Steamship Co., owners of the
Governor. It was declared, however
these persons may have got off In a
boat and will he picked up by the
fleet of launches and tags now
searching the waters near the scene
of the wreck.
Port Townsend. Wash , April 1. -
The passenger steamer Governor
sank .offft of Point Wilson, near here
at 12.50 o’clock tins morning with
! the possible los» of throe passott
j gers and three members of tlie chew
The Governor was rammed by the
freighter West. Hartland and remain
oil afloat 15 minutes, permittint
. most. If not all. the passenger* ant
i rew to be taken off in the (lover
nor’s own lifetKtats assisted by life
; boats from the West Hartland
; Three Governor lifeboats were re
ported ashore and it is possible that
I six person* who have not been ac
counted for made their way to safe
i ty in the three lifeboats which wen
] not manned. Fortunately the colli
sion oceurrod on a calm sea. which
simplified the rescue work. Th«
West Hartland which was hounr
nut from Point Wilson for Bombay
is taking the survivor* to Seattle
The Governor which v . hound fron
Seattle to San Pedro with 125 pas
sengers, and was operated by th(
Pacific Steamship Co. which alsi
owns the West Hartland.
TWO INTERESTING
CONTESTS DEGIDEt
Bird House And Candy Mak
ers Of Newest School.
Two content* that have been o
exceeding Interest 10 the bova am
! girls of AVin< heaterAve. School have
i closed. The contest among the hoy:
I was for the host constructed an'
appearing bird house arid about, i
dozen atractiVf. designs were sub
1 raided.
After passing on the finalities anc
I good points of each it was decider
I to award Who first prize $2.50 offer
od by the school to William Hails
otrnan, of the Eighth Grade. Tin
! second prize $1.25 offered by thi
Hoard of Education wasawarded tr
I Thomas Hook, of the Sixth Grade.
At the same time the randy con
lest waged among Hie girls was de
elded 1n favor of Miss Audrey De
Fry, of Fourth-A, $2.50 offered hi
Hie school. There was no serom
prize in this instance.
MR. LUTMAN BURIED.
The funeral of Mr. William Gut
man, an age<i resident of Morgar
county, juet across tlm lino fron
Berkeley, took place today at Sni
der's church.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Rev. .!. R Jacobs, of Trinity Met!
odist Episcopal Church, South, vil
leave early next week for Roanoke
Va., where he will attend die an
i nual Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Soud
which will convene in Greene Me
- mortal church, that city
REMOVAL NOTICE
I tr Claude A. Thomas announce
fie removal of his oTice from 3<G
King St. to 325 West. King S'
3 24 tf Ip
DRY CLEANING.
I Now is the time to think of get
ting out vour Spring and Suinniei
' garment to have them cleaned ui
and gone over for summer ti«.e.
We clean anything from a neck
tie to the Inrgest. size rug.
OUR CLOTHES CLEANING
; eanr.pt be equalled for the reasor
dint your suit Is sent to Hagerstown
'thoroughly cleaned (lining included)
, and returned to us the same day
j We press it and deliver it the fol
i lowing day.
I Your suit is pressed hy steam
j right in my store, and in this way
I all wrinkling due to shipping rlnthei
Three Hav Service.
GIVE US A TRIAL
RAYMOND B. ADAMS
Hotel Berkeley Building
3 30 5t Ip
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
April, the month of moving, is
almost at hand, so if yon are
contemplating moving or if yon
ar„ movie to insure the prompt
delivery of your paper o your
new address, kindly notify this
l office, and avoid missing any
I of the issues.
GOLDEN RULE BARGAINS
ARE ANNOUNCED TOOAY
Announcement will be found
on two page* in today's issue of
the bargains being offered by
merchants of Martinsburg In the
Golden Rule Sale. The sale Is
the first of the kind In Martins
burg—the first in this section, in
fact — and the merchants, co-op
erating through the Advertising
Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, are making a special
effort to establish the value of
the special sale in the minds of
the buying public. The sale has
been widely advertised by the
committee, the individual bar
gains being listed as they are In
the page-advertisements today.
The sale officially opens on
Monday although most of the
merchants are putting their spec
ials on display today. Merchants
co-operating in the sale have ar
i ranged to fly Golden Rule
streamers In their windows.
MARCH GIVES MONTH
OF EXTREME WEATHEI
Cold And Warm Peaks Reach
cd—Plenty Wind Thursday.
March came In like a lamb, hn
it wont out like a lion late las
night. Today. April Fool's day, hai
a seasonable temperature and It wil
continue fair with moderately cot
weather, according to the forecast
; Rain and a slight snow, accompai
! ied by a heavy wind, marked tli
departure of the moulh,
| The month, as a whole, has broke
more records than any other Marc
i iu the history of the Weather Mi
resit. The days on which it did nc
set a new high temperature mart
it did it* best In set a new low om
and though not succeeding in ih
ialler. it caused crop damage thn
may exceed that in any recent yea
Reports ••Hilling the bureau ind
i ate, that SO per reul of Ih" peac
i mp Is destroyed, with heavy dan
ige to all other fruit,
Tim average temperature for th
month was far above normal, an
higher than the normal for Apri
Thn highest, of the monlb was S
degrees oil Hie 21st. and the min
mum 21 on Tuesday,
n t v
in \ / i lifu *
CAUSES LOTS
OF TROUBLI
This is the 'lay of all (lay oil
rial moving day in Martin*hurt
Truckloads, wagonloads, whrelba
row loads and human beings strut
'.ding along with loads of ftirnitnr
j and household goods are in evidonc
I i v'Tj whorp. Some are moving i
I and others are moving out, and Horn
won't move out so the others ea
move in. Already there have bee
several sails in the magistrate;
court and former lenanle llireate
to sue, while otIvors defv an
Ihreaten violence to tbe landlord o
landlady who attempt to eject then
GERMAN MAW
IS BRIDE OF
YOUNG HOURi
Mr. and Mrs. E. A, Mobile wer
pleasantly surprised to reri ;w «or
from llieir son, Mr. Tatonard llobbi
now with the American Army of f)<
cupation in (Germany, staling that h
lias married a pretty German go
ind will soon bring her to this coat
I try, locating at Grafton, VV. Va
where he has secured employmenl
Tile bride was formerly Miss Gel
tnide Klassinann. of Creffilde. f;«■ i
many. Voting iinbbn has
iderahl" time in Gerina
MORGAN HONORED
FIRST REODES
rharleatou, April J nor (•
, E. Morgan honored hi* minis
lion papers today since taking o
! fire. Thv came from the governo
of Florida and asked for the ideas
by this state of J. Pierson, want
i ed in Klovadi on ^ charge of einbe;
r.lemenl and obtaining money unde
false pretense lie was taken bar!
'tonight by a deputy sheriff, of Dad
county.
GREAT CAESAR!
Think of the values we’re ofTerin
I at the lowest prire you’ve sepn ii
j the last few years! Men's Shoe
i and Oxfords in Beacon and Diamom
Brands at $2.98 and up.
THE HUB. til N. Queen St.
; 3 31 2t Ip
AGAIN WE CUT
Into the heart of prices on Sprint
Millinery, lor r riaay ana saiuruaj
THK Vlirso LApiKS SHOT
135 S. Queen St.
I 1 2t Ip
BUICK COUPE
FOR SALE
Mechanically perfect. Fnl
ly equipped. This is a rea
bargain for quick sale Ap
plv at Journal office.
1 l.p U- j
1
COUNCIL INFORMED
OF PROGRESS MADE
TOWARDS A SUBWAY
Agreement Foreseen — Bill
Still Before Committee.
Mayor Seibert and Delegate
Downs last night reported to the
j City Council on negotiation# now
under way with the Baltimore and
Ohio representatives at Charleston
relative to a positive agreement for
the construction or a subway under
tlie railroad on North Queen street
The matter, which is the subject
of a hill now before a committee of
tho legislature, was heard first of
last week, and there will be anoth
er aud final hearing on April Klh,
tit which the question of forwarding
the tjill will be determined. II was
- reported last night, however, that
there was good prospect for an
agreement between the City anti the
It. and O without the use of the
Ibill, which would put the entire cost
on the railroad Positive negotia
tions, direct with the railroad rep
resentatives and now down to the
' point of details as to time and con
struction and measurements, are tin
der way, it was said, and there «p
i peats no now wide divergence. Yes
I terday afternoon (he Council and en
I gineerlng staff went over Hie ground
I covered In the plans, which had
I previously been gone over by B. <•
O engineers.
Presenl plans, which etc subject
to alterations, provide for construe
lion which will, it is estimated, cost
, approximately iunn.non, of which the
, city will pay JUS.nno, provided in the
bond issue In The remainder
l would be borne by tiie railroad. The
probabilily i» that tlie agreement, as
it looks now. would not obligate Hi''
railroad In begin work before eiglt
i Icon months, the City making litis
toncosaiou in ret urn for a Hpocille
agreement to have lb* work done
j ill Mini*1 i 111 i«p i nmi
A t.wo-levol exit at I IIP northern mil
oT (be stlbway Is h<‘injc considered,
a one level briny that on Quern street
I wtiieh would be joined by another
street leading to liberty street, the
■ two coming together above the It.
I,. Snodgrass store. The City Is in
sisting upon a. width of 21 feet for
the main driveway on Queen street.
Itanked on either side by a (Ive-foot
sidewalk; while the street, tending
to Liberty will probably be 16 feet
wide with a sdewalk on either side.
'] The art list subway work would hr
done hy the railroad company, the
city, on the other hand, agreeing to
pave the surfaces. A retaining wall
would he built at the western head
of Liberty street where it runs into
Quean on the upper level, and this
wall would conduct the traffic north
ward and southward on the upper
level, so that traffic coming from
| Liberty street and headed for the
uptown business section would go
i northward on Liberty for a short
I distance on the upper level then
, turn to the left, at I he junction of
j the two levels and come mtiHtward
on Queen on Ihc lower levin
'Lite City Is aiming for si signed
agreement at this time and is not
'disposed to push the railroad coin
pany unduly into operations which
> would he loo burdensome at this
l into. At the same time the City Is
, imying close attention to details as
to the width of streets, looking ahead
' to future traffic requirements, ami
providing for satisfactory ronstrur
j Lion when ihe time for operations
com ns.
Mayor Seibert returned to Chat
lesion today to watch Hie progros
oT the negotiations The Baltimore
and Ohio has gone over Ihe ground
and. it is said, ate well prepared to
talk to details. No formal action
was taken bv the Council last nig , i
after hearing the report, the authori
- ties merely awaiting developments
The hill amending the charter and
giving the Council the right t > corn
pel the railroad to lay the stthwav
will he kept in the forefront. It
was said.
OUR GOLDEN RULE SPECIAL
la Handsome Suit Patterns, spc.
ul Monday only, $2" ~fl A big n
i i it unity to get your Spring Suit a
i real reduction.
HAVMONT> R ADAMS,
t I 2 ljt Hotel Berkeley Jiuildln
SPRING COATS AND WRAPS
GREATLY REDUCED
On Friday and Saturday Nov
our opportunity to buy.
Till: A’Or NO LAIMKS SHOP
. 115 S. Queen St
1 1 2t 1p
woTirr Tn pm tGY HOLDERS
If you are moving this year, kind
ly advif ■ us so we may transfi r
our inruranee polity to your nev
location promptly.
0. V. POWNALIj
Real Kstate and Insurai.
Public Square
"• ::t- "t Ip
See my
page 13.
1 1 Ip 2t.
announcement on
y
A. I). |.\UI!
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ALL BIDS FOR 1921 PAVINU HIM HtltUltU
BY COUNCIL, ALLEGING EXCESSIVE COSTS; M
WILL READVERTISE IMMEDIATELY FOR BIDS'.
Three Offers—Flanigan. Brooks And Central Construction|
Company—Read And Dismissed—Brooks Lowest Of Thre®
—Council Holds Labor Reduction Should Mean Cut.
low prices
CAUSES WORK
AT THE MINES
(By International Newa Sarvlca.)
Pottsrtlle, Pa . April 1—An
notinremonl. liy thp Philadelphia and
Heading Con) and Mining Co. of a
reduction of fifty cents per ton In
domestic sizes of anthracite was foil
lQWed with n slight action by other
companies. Th0 reduction has re
sulted in such a rush of telegraph
orders for coni, particularly from
Now England, that, work will bo re
sumed tomorrow at all the collieries.
Not a wheel turned in the anthra
cite field today. The miners wore
celebrating the eight hour day vic
tory.
CUSTOMSPENALTIES
WILL BE MODIFIED
In Order To Avoid Business
Stagnation.
(By International News Service.)
Pa rift, April 1. The allies mih
loins penalties upon Germany are
In hi' slightly moililli'il. According to
‘an otfii'lal announcement following
illin meeting of the council of am
• hassmlors today. A sub-commission
was appointed l.o redraft and to mod
ifv slightly Ihc custom* sanction in
order to provonl business stagna
lion. Thn ambassadorial council
will niccl again tomorrow lo ap
) prove llip report, of the sub-commls
sion.
The penalties worn imposed be
11 a use of Germany's refusal lo nieel
ilie Paris indemnity terms Tlo-y
are effective along the zone upon
I ho Rhino occupied hv the. allied
I roops.
INCORPORATE
ORCHA RO CO.
Articles of incorporation of the
Williamsport. Orchard Company
iiave been filed ;it. the clerk's office
at Ilatferfdown for record by Hoiiip
I , Powers, Hagerstown: .1 Kred
Lai;.. Hunger Hill, and Amy F
I11 It.m r, Martiiinbur/', as the incorpo
rators. The principal office of tie'
company, which will raise the mar
ket fruit, deal in trees and shrub
bery and can and preserve ve^eta
Idos and fruits, will he in Williams
port The company is i-apilalissed at
.n'.VOOO, divided into l>f»o shares of
$ 100 each. The directors are: Mel
\ in A. Flora, l/ouis I- Bowers. Bob
ert. H McCauley, Amy F Keltner
and .1 Fred l<aise
RAN PITS LOOT
ANOTHER RANK
(By International New* Service.)
Chicago. April 1 Throe aulnmo
Idle bandits. full armed, held up the
Summit Slats Hank, In Summit, III .
mi the southern outskirts of Chi
cago, just after Rip opening hour
today and escaped with between **.•
non and *10.000 in cash Shotgun
squads "ere immediately sent out
lo intercept the bandit cars report
ed to he headed for Chicago
\CTION NOT
YET ON PELS
i By International New* 5*rvic«.)
Washington. April I.- There will
he no action on the appeal for a par
don for Kugene V Debs, socialist
leader now In the Atlanta peulten
liary for violation of the espionage
law. before April IT Attorney (lener
al Daughters* stated todav On Ap
- il 10. President Harding "ill re
reive a delegation to make a plea
lor general amnesty for political
prisoners.
MONDAY’S SPECIAL.
I/.'idifo’ *11.00 Grey Suede, en
trap Pump at ** no
PIERV'S SHOE STORE.
FRI-SAT Ip
BED MATTRESS
Special Sale of Red Mattresses at
IV K. IIU.I.'S Furniture Store,
il-s Tuo? £ Kri. tf
DAILY MARKET REPORT
The following are the prevailing
prices being pair! by MartinshurR
men hauls and tdevalors today
\ote- The prices ouoteil below
tor the lo. al Market* ire the prices
dealers are offering at noon today.
r>VTie:tl . $1.4'*
'oni . di"
, Mutter . •*"
i >■ ■ ...I li
All three bid* submitted last, night
for the paving work specified in th*
IP21 citv contract were rejected by
ordinance by the City Council and
Citv engineer waa directed to re» i
advertise for bide for (he Karo#
work. The rejection w»s made b*»
cause the Council fell that the re*
ductlon In bids between the 1920 attaf
the 1021 contract* fori exactly that
same work was not in proportion t<» ,
the reduction in coat of la bop anti <
material. The three bt(ls wnrp rewlj
by total In open seselotp of tho CtmM
cil last night, and thnpn was aomt
little discussion and following thh»
the Council went into pxecutlve t»e»
slon to consider the bids, at thd
end of which It announced it* d*»
clslon in an ordinance) of which th#
following paragraph I* the Kiel:,
"It appearing lo the Council
that the hid of Uie Central K
Construction Company aggre- P
galea $245,S51.8R. Ih« bid ot P j£
Flanigan and Son* aggregate*
$302.0411.94, and Hib bid «f ft.
c. Hrooks company aggregate*
M99.20R.93. and it, further *P
pea ring th*t the loweet bidder ■
is onlv six percent lower then ;
asphalt and twelve percent on I
hrtek paving than the co*trart *j
for like w'orfc awarded. in th* j
spring of 1930: and the CetjpeH t*
being of Iho opinion that th*
reduction i* not. bo much a*
ought to he made on account of
the reduced cost of labor and
material, it is therefore ordered
Hint each and all hide be re
jected, and the Cjty Kttglneer ’■
is directed to read vert lae for
bids for said work."
Street CoiiimiHsloner Sparrow, In
ithmilHng the totals, recalled thn
i9::o prices for corresponding work
and Slid that Ihnae prices, appll-l!
in tills I ear's contract. w ould mu!i«
llie Hrooks lild for hriek work ap1
"rovimately six percent lower and
it.at. for asphalt, approximately
twelve percent under the 1920 seal*.
Contractor Hrooks, supplementing
Mr. Sparrow's explanation said thnt
prices this vear on sand, on stone
■nd stone delivery, and on cein*fft
■■ere, on the whole, about flfttfn,
t'ereent above the 1920 scale, jn*
though labor was about twenty-ftf.l
percent under the estimated PrlCjl.
when the 192(t bids were submitted;
ml figuring Hie material ill t.KOS,', \
think of the total outlay, and Q\A 1
labor ns one-third, he said h* ettlj*
idered the liids very reason&hJju *
Mr. \V A Oniinan, representing Or*'
i: \ Cordon Co., general cot}tr*<k.
ton of Washington, which Arm, Mr,
11rook- aid, was to do the asphalt
topping for him. said the prices _i)i)
pliall were approximately the
one an laet year. ,
i/iav/uns i u t *t>
SWATH IN GA*
(By International New* Service.)
Albany. (ia.. April 1. — With on*
M>i'»on, a negro carpenter, known fn
he ile,nl, ami a dozen other* injurad,’*
following a tornado, authorities liar*
today hr’an investigation* to dots*1,
mine whait. damage has been drma
in outlying district*. The storm
<vas one of the florcest seen In this
el ion in the last 15 years. Jt
swept a path a hundred yard* wide
through Albany, demolishing house,*,
out buildings, ripping trees up by tjif
roots and tearing dn-wp telephone
and telegraph wlrea.
WATf'H our windows for real un
matohable bargains Monday. oGIHag
Hula Sale Day.
THE urn, 141 N. Queefi St.
:: si 2t ip
ROOM SIZE RUGS
V\\. hate .juftt received a shfp
i/i' 'l nf room size rugs in Brussels
•iml \x minister, These rugs hem
been reduced. Cotne in and get mjf
prices on them.
Houset'urnishings & Toil
2 22 Ji< Tues. & V-'. •»
ATTENTION FARMERS
AND ORCHARDISTs
Successful merchants, manufar'
rs, hankers ami profession- *
.•scribe their sucre** I arc
fact they profited fro
cnee of others.
Orohardist and fan
mg the same experie
effort to get profitahli
the ground.
The agriculture
founded. They gatli
data. The county a<,
bureau next brought .
the growers' own loea.
asp y(m not to place au>
fertilizers until you get pric
me. is I am in a position to t..
any >ru! all standard and high-gra
analysis ’
P. K. HAU.
C C. WHSTRATBR,
Bell phono ;!X .1
211 W.
(’. V. phone
Tue# * Krj tf if