The Supply Republican (Supply, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1922 Page: 3 of 10
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MiM Ivy Ann Fuller of Kansas Old
Clever Work at Recent Na-
tional Convention.
The ways of the fair sex In politics
has been a more or less pleasant sur-
prise to the male
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th« Amcrlcon lepton N»w Srrvtr* )
“HOBOED” TO GET POINTERS
David McCallb, Tsaas Veteran, Makes
“Blind Baggage” Trip to Aid
Ex-Service Men.
Jobless and penniless, hundreds ol
ex-servire meu In the West are "riding
the rods" from
place to place In
of employ-
ment. While others
it J talker! about doing
IwAfc *TL- I something for
, s; them, David
V» McCallb. young
!>;-■» I wer veteran of
Dallas, Tex., n,mle
a long trip as a
"hobo" to get
firsthand Infor-
||jg mat Ion about the
men to devise
means of helping them that would be
acceptable to all.
"I rode the blinds and side-door pull-
mans for 800 miles over tlie M. K. A
T., Same Fe and Texas und Pacific
railroads,” McCallb reported to the
American I.eglnn authorities of Texas
hnudllng the unemployment problem.
“I noted three outstanding things In
the six-day trip. First, the real, old-
time hobo of tlie buck door variety
hns almost disappeared. Second,
there were a large number of young
men who were too young to have
entered the army. The majority of the
men riding the rods were of this class.
Third, there was a comparatively
small number of ex service men on the
rods. They were noticeably untrulned
In the ways of hoboing.”
. electorate ever
since the Nine-
teenth Amen d-
ment. The Amer-
ican legion saw
the emancipated
voters In full
swing during Its
_ recent national
/ convention. Out-
standing among
them was Miss Ivy
Ann Fuller of
Kansas.
One of the most bitterly waged
fights of the convention centered over
the election of a national chaplain for
1022. The East, West, North and
South hiul cnndlilntes In the held with
strong barking. Kansas put forth the
name of a “lighting parson” and Miss
Fuller, In s|ieeches, caucuses and lin-
ing up of delegates, put him across by
a narrow margin. Miss Fuller, a
“movie” actress In New York before
the war, trained In a Vnssar college
unit for nurses nnd then entered a
Fifth avenue hospital and later the
Walter Reed Institution ut Washing-
ton.
SEEK DEFINITION FOR TRUCK
But Few States Furnish Data as te
Size of Vehicle* Using Nation's
Highways.
lPr.r.r.4 by lb* Unit*-! Sut«a Pepertinenl
at A*rlcultur«.)
What is a motortruck!
There Is no universally accepted
standard of what constitutes a motor-
truck In the various states, says the
| bureau of public roads, United State*
Department of Agriculture. As a re-
sult. only 13 state* have furnished the
department with the Important data—
so essential to road building—as to
the size of trucks nnd commercial cars
using the nation's highways during
the first six months of 1021.
•‘In some states,” says the depart-
ment, "all motorcars are registered on
the same basis; In others, only cars
having solid tires are classed as
trucks; while In others all motor ve-
hicles used for carrying freight or
merchandise of any kind whatever ara
classed as trucks. Even those state*
which provide for a separate reglstra-
WAS ONLY COMIC OPERA WAR
Amsrlcan* Experienced Odd Pro-
vision* When Joining 8pan!eh
Legion Against Moors.
It was Just a comic opera war any-
how, according to 83 young Americans
who have returned to New York from
whence they sailed two months ago
to Join the Spanish Foreign Legion
for service against the Moors. The
would-be Foreign Legionnaires were
represented In numbers among ex-serv-
ice men applying to the American Le-
gion employment bureuu for any kind
of work.
After enlistment In New York, the
recruits, almost all of whom hud
served overseas with the American
army, were sent to Ceutn, Africa.
There they were Informed for the first
time that out of their pny of 4%
pesetas n day (about GO cents) they
must buy their own uniform, food,
even arms and ammunition.
“It was the funniest war you ever
saw,” declared George Dlmond of
Brooklyn, who explained that the hard-
er you fought the more It would cost
you for ammunition. If a man fought
very hnrd he would soon be deeply In
debt to the Spanish government. If.
on the other band, he conserved am-
munition and tried to save money, he
stood excellent chancoR of being
picked off by a Moor. Resides all
that, the Americans, who thought they
were to be officers, were assured that
they were welcomed only as prlvntes.
IN BEHALF OF INSANE MEN
Test Suit Filed In Providence. R. I.,
May Affect Numerous
Other Cases.
Are former soldiers whose minds
were wrecked by shell-shock, wounds
nnd gas, temporarily or permanently
Insane? The question Is to he decided
In a suit against the government tc
compel payment of war-risk Insurance,
filed In Providence, II. I., by James B.
Littlefield, attorney for the American
Legion.
The action hns been tnken In behalf
of three soldiers, Adam Mlklllwlcx,
Gulsseppe Vltuilo nnd James McGee.
It Is alleged by the Legion attorney
that the three nre totnlly disabled as
a result of Insanity. The government
Insurance bureau, Mr. Littlefield
charges, has refused to pay the In-
surance of the men on the ground that
they may recover.
Their minds dwarfed from shell
shock, several thousand ex-service
men are confined In Insane asylums
and private and government hospitals.
The decision sought Is thnt the men
are permanently dlsnbled and ns such
are entitled to the full money allow-
ance awarded by the government In-
stead of n small temporary compensa-
tion. The result of the suit filed in
Providence will nfTect similar cases
about to be filed In all parts of the
country.
P «.t h;
1/ SH:.
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Truck Used by Dairyman In Nswt
York State for Carrying Milk.
tlon for motortrucks do not employ
the same basis for designating the size
of the vehicle. Some states use the
total weight of the loaded vehicle, oth-
ers the weight of the unloaded vehicle
or the weight of the chassis, and atlU
others use such Indefinite bases aa
the horsepower or the cost of the ve-
hicle."
The need for definite and uniform
Information concerning motortrucks In
use on roadways Is felt, the depart5
ment says, In the preparation of data
which will enable road builders to
take accurately Into consideration the
effect of such traffic.
SNEEZE WEED KILLS SHEEP
Plant Seems Impractical)!* of Eradi-
cation and Stockmen Ar* Warned
to Avoid IL
(Prepar'd br fnlt.-l Stataa Department
of Agriculture )
A plant poisonous to sheep on the
ranges, and for which no practical
method has been discovered either for
eradication or for cure of the resulting
disease. Is described In a recent bul-
letin of the United States Department
of Agriculture. The weed Is most trou-
blesome In Utah, Colorado, Arizona
and New Mexleo and In the eastern
half of southern California, as well a*
In scattered areas In eastern and west-
ern Nevada, southeastern Oregon,
southeastern Idaho and northwestern
Wyoming.
It wn* first reported to the depart-
ment In 1908 that a mysterious dls
ease, characterized by vomiting, wast-
ing away, and death, was attacking
sheep In Utah. The disease was at
first attributed to Zygadenus (death
ratuas), but several years later de
partment botnnlsts observed thnt
sneeze wee-1 was usually found on
ranges occupied by the affected sheep
Subsequent experiments covering five
yenrs fastened responsibility upon the
sneeze weed. No effective remedy
hns been found, and sheep which do
not die retain symptoms as long as
two or three yeurs.
The weed Is a strong perennial,
growing to a height of one to three
feet, with one or several stems. The
plant, when young, Is often hairy or
woolly, particularly the stems. There
may he one or several flower heads,
which are two to three Inches broad
with ray flowers of an orange color.
The Reeds are numerous and hairy.
The plant occurs at elevations of 5.200
to 12,000 feet. Its best habitat Is on
sunny slopes of the southern spruce
belt In moist and In well-dr?Ine.l soil.
From the color of the flowers It Is
sometimes called "yellow weed." and
Rtet
ft AW
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waist
Tablets Put On
firm Flesh
Quickly Increase Your Energy
and Beautify ths Complexion—
Easy and Economical to Taka.
Thia or run-down folks! Tsko
Mastin'* VITAMON—two tablets
with every rural. Then weigh end
measure yourself eseh week end con-
tinue taking Mastin'* VITAMON
regularly until you ere satisfied with
your gain in weight and energy.
Mastin'. VITAMON contain, highly
concentrated yeaat-vitamine* as well
as the two other still more important
vitaminea (Fat Soluble A and Watst
Soluble C). It is now being used by
thousands who appreciate its con-
venience, economy end quick results.
By increasing the nourishing power of
what you cat Mastin’* VITAMON
supplies Just what your body need*
to teed the shrunken tissue*, strength-
en internsl organs, clear the skin snd
renew shattered nerve fore* without
upsetting the stomach or causing gaa.
l'miplee, boils and akin erupt ion*
^ 140 seem to vanish as if by magic snd tho
"3 complexion U-come* radiantly «!***
snd beautiful.
JHk »S* IMPORTANT! White the am**.
lag health-building value of Mastin'. VITAMON ha. Ijeen dearly and PodUvel*
demonetrsted in ease* of lack of energy, nervous trouble*, anemia, indigestion,
constipation, skin eruption., poor complexion snd s generally weakenedi phyMeal
all gjod druggists.
Clear the Slun and Incraasa
tut osicmu UO-YMST© vtast Energy When Taken With
TtK VUW Every Meal or Money Bach
■JEL.I
VITAMON
Is^MASTIHSiiJ,,VITAMON
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FREE LEGAL AID FOR NEEDY
Loy J. Mollumby, Commander of Mon-
tana Post, First to Sue in Be-
half of Wounded.
The first man In the United States
to file suit against the government In
behalf of wound-
ed soldiers wns
Loy J. Mollumby.
young attorney of
Great Falls, Mont,
lie won his ease,
which was to ob-
tain hospital
treatment and
compensation for
a service man who
becnine Insane as
a result of hi-
war experience.
A second suit
against the government lius been tiled
by Mollumby In favor of Chris Toss,
service man, who died of tuberculosis.
Tills action seeks to secure payment
of war risk Insurance to the young
man's needy dependents. The govern-
ment claims thnt the disease was con-
tracted nfter Tuss' discharge and af-
ter his Insurance had lapsed. Mol-
lumby contends that he contracted tu-
berculosis while In the army.
Mollumby, commander of hls Ameri-
can Legion post In Great Falls, hns set
up a free legal aid bureau for all sick
nnd wounded ex service men.
§
MEDAL OF HONOR MAN DUPED
John J. Kelly of Chicago Badly Ad-
vised In Signing Petition for
Release of Prisoners.
Thnt hls Medal of Honor brother,
John J. Kelly. Chicago, had been
“duped" Into sign-
ing a petition to
President Hard-
ing for the release
of Eugene V. Debs
and 145 "political "v ***-
prisoners” Is a
charge made In a
letter to national
headquarters of
the Atnerlcnn Le-
gion at IndianRp
oils from Michae'
J. Kelley, also of
Chicago.
The Congressional Medal man. a
former marine who wears several for-
eign decorations In addition to the
highest award nt the disposal of the
American government, has Informed
President llardlng by letter, according
to hls brother, that “I allowed myself
to he badly advised. I now realize
that I should have had confidence In
my President and hls administration
of the government of the country for
which I fought and should have re-
frained from Interference In the mat-
ter."
STANDARD MATERIAL TESTS
Increasing Need Felt for Some System
to Be Recognized in All Parts
of Country.
With the wide extension of Im-
proved hlghwny construction through-
out the United States, the need Is In-
creasingly felt for some system of
standards for the testing of highway
materials so that tests In one part of
the country can be accepted In an-
other.
The bureau of'public roads of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture hns held conferences on the sub-
ject with the various state highway
departments, and last year a confer-
ence of testing engineers was held In
Washington. The results of the con-
ference are published In Department
Bulletin No. 949, "Standard and Ten-
tative Methods of Sampling and Test-
ing Hlghwny Materials." This bulletin
of 98 pages gives 02 different tests and
tentative tests covering nonbltuinluous
and bituminous road matertuls, soils
and other substances.
In some cases the standard tests of
the American Society for Testing Ma-
terials have been adopted In their orig-
inal or slightly modified form, and
In others not yet covered by the soci-
ety original standards have been es-
tablished. Lists and descriptions of
apparatus for conducting tests, form
for reports and tables of comparative
standards such as Baume gravity,
Centigrade and Fnhrenhelt tempera-
tures, and metric nnd American meas-
urements are also given for ready ref-
erence.
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DRUG DREAMS CALLED MYTH
Research Has 8hown That Habitual
Uasra of Oplatea Can Do No )
Lasting Good Work.
The gulf between the songs of pop-
pies that breathe of slepp, tlie golden
and green dragons, nnd the eeslntlc
dreams thnt mark the “literature" of
drug addiction and the dismal side
of the vice which the police behold.
Is brought out In an article by Dr.
Carlton Simon, who emphasizes In the
Scientific American the fact thnt
opium, hasheesh, cocaine, heroin,
morphine and the rest are far from
lyrical.
"From the standpoint of the po-
lice,” he writes, "all the romance of
the songs and short stories Is swept
away on the fumes of n drug which
brings depression, poverty, dospnlr,
and death." It has long been sus-
pected that the drug dream, ns a
literary motif, was much overrated.
By the time the nddlct Is able to write
of hls visions—If he has thpm—nfter
a debauch, he Is 111 and purposeless
and ready for another dose. For any-
body but a PeQulncey a sniff Is In-
spiration enough for a drug poem or
tale. Go further, and the dreams van-
ish in a lonthsome reality.
Needs New Poll-Tax Law.
In passing an amended bill exempt-
ng ex-service men of Alabama from
,he payment of poll tax, the legisla-
ture of that state has unwittingly dis-
franchised the men It sought to bene-
fit. The amendment was heJd uncon-
stitutional and the only ex-service men
permitted to vote In receut elections
were those who became dlaubled from
wounds or sickness during the war,
provided they did not own $500 worth
of property. George Lewis Railes,
commander of the Birmingham post of
the American Legion Is drafting an
amendment as a substitute for the one
declared unconstitutional. It will be
submitted to the legislature at an
extra session called by Governor
Kilby.
Wants Mors Land Opened.
For every government farm avail-
able today there are 100 service men
standing In line, according to Secre-
tary of the Interior Fall, who has In-
formed the American Legion that the
government Is unable In any degree
to satisfy the "back-to-the-farm" crav-
ing of former soldiers and sailors with-
out additional legislation. The Le
glon la endeavoring to have more
land opened to settlement for service
men.
Totally Indifferent
The rush hour crowd was gathered
waiting for enrs. A middle-aged, red-
faced woman dug her elbows Into con-
venient ribs, regardless of owners.
“Say," she bellowed at a stout gentle-
man, utter a particularly vicious Jab:
“does It make uny difference which of
these cars I take to get to Greenwood
cemetery 7”
“Not to me, ma'am,” he replied,
slipping through an opening In (he
crowd.—American Legion Weekly.
ROOM YET FOR IMPROVEMENT
Although Roads Have Been Improved
8ince Coming of Auto, Condi-
tions Ar* Ripe for Mors.
That the roads In rhls country, al-
though greatly Improved since the
coming of the automobile, are not yet
universally developed to the point
where they should be, was demon-
strated during the stress of war. In
several Instances shipments of essen-
tial war materials were seriously de
layed because of little less than de-
plorable conditions along some of our
supposedly Important highways, con-
ditions that might have been Improved
at but little cost.
Mileage Would Encircle Globe.
Since the government first h*g*n
planning the enormous task of build-
ing highways, July, 1910, the mileage
of roads which have been built or are
now under construction by federal
aid Is nearly sufficient to encircle the
globe.
Dragging Helps Road.
Is your road to town rough and hard
to travel over! A spilt log or Iron
drag drawn over the road after each
rain helps a good road and does not
coat much.
Sneeze Weed.
some stockmen coll It sunflower, but
In Utah It Is most commonly known as
sneeze weed.
The weed seems Impracticable of
eradication. Digging out costs about
$40 an acre and cutting with a scythe
only stimulates growth. Department
scientists, therefore, see the only re
lief In acquainting stockmen with the
appearance and character of the plant
and wnrnlng them to keep their sheep
away from Infested areas.
COST OF PORK PRODUCTS
Records Easily Kept Will Show Breeder
If His Profit Is a Fair On*,
or ths Reverse.
Before It Is possible to determine
profit or loss, It Is necessary to know
the eost of production. Investigations
of fnrm costs of pork, made by the
University of Minnesota, gave the fol-
lowing results for 100 pounds of
salable hog:
Feed, 504 pounds: labor, mnn, 0.2
hours; labor, horse, .9 hour; cash ex-
pense, 7.4 cents; general expense, 12.0
cents; Interest, .00 cent.
The only Items of cost that are not
accounted for are shelter and equip-
ment. For lioga fattened In the fall
and sold in the early winter, this
would be a small Item.
It Is a simple matter to determine
the cost of pork production by sup-
plying local values to the amount* of
feed and labor required. Oeneral ex-
pense covers general labor not di-
rectly connected with hog feeding.
WINTER SHELTER FOR COLTS
Open Shed la Not Deslrabl# aa Feed
Is Utilized Mostly to Combst
Cold Westhsr.
An open shed is not desirable for
rlnter shelter for the colts. If they
ave to use feed mainly to combat
old weather and other conditions
rhlch could be overcome by better
uarters, they will be stunted and
nndleapped, to say nothing of much
f the profit* being taken up In feed-
•0-
A Drawback.
Argus mourned hls hundred eyes.
“It Is so hard to avoid seeing where
Mrs. A-hides tny Christmas pres-
ents," he explained.
Knowledge.
Edward, age four, fell and hurt him-
self and hls mother fully expected
him to cry, but was agreeably sur-
prised when he did not.
"Oh, you are a little man, aren't
you? Men don’t cry,” said hls mother.
"No, hut they cuss," Edward said,
knowingly.
The housewife smiles with satisfac-
tion aa ahe looks at the baaket of
clear, white clothe* and thanks Bed
Croaa Ball Blue. At all grocer*.—Ad-
vertisement.
HIS GOOD BUSINESS SENSE
Easy to 8ee That This Restaurant
Proprietor Will 8ucceod In Hie
Line of Trade.
First Guest—HI, waiter, open that
window, pleuse. I can't stand this
heat.
Walter—D'rectly, sir. (Opens the
window.)
Second Guest (a little later)—
Waller, there's draught enough te
give one a death of cold. Do shut the
window.
Waltei^-Yes, air. (Shuts the win*
dow.)
First Guest—Walter, are you raadt
Why have you closed the wlndowf
Open It again at once.
Walter—Very good, air. (Goes te
proprietor.) Sir, one of the gentle-
men wants the window open and the
other wants me to Bhut tt What aa
I to do?
Proprietor—Do what the gentlemaa
says who hasn't dined yet.—Petereao'B
Weekly.
Glv# Him Time.
“Isn’t Charley Castleton one of
Adele's former husbands?”
“Not yet.”—Life.
Out of Piece.
“It's no fool Job, I tell you."
"Then why undertake it?”—Boat**
Transcript.
We have to play life's ge.me with
the hands denlt us, so why waste time
wishing we had the other fellow’at
1
| “ Those Who Dance
U Must Pay The Fiddler*
There’s a settlement in profit or lose, for
nearly every indulgence.
Sometimes the pay day Is long deferred, and
in that case the settlement may bear compound
interest
Often a payment in ill health is required for
the dance had with tea or coffee during earlier
years. Sometimes the collection comes in sleep*
lessness, sometimes in headaches, sometimes in
high blood pressure, or in nervous indigestion—
sometimes in all these penalties.
Nerves won’t always stand the whipping of
tea and coffee’s drug, caffeine.
If you’ve been dancing to tea or coffee’s fid-
dling, why keep on till payment time cornea? If
you’re beginning to pay, now, why not cancel the
contract?
There’s an easy and pleasant way to avoid
tea and coffee’s penalties, as thousands have found
who have changed to Postum. It is a delight
with any meal—rich, comforting and satisfying
—and it never harms. Even the little children
can have a breakfast cup of Postum, with no fear
for what may happen to sensitive nerves.
Instead of paying penalties for your meal-
time drink, let it pay benefits to you, by giving
natural health a full chance—and begin the new
arrangement today. Any grocer will sell you, or
any good restaurant will serve you Postum.
Postum pomes tn two forme: Instant Postum (In tins)
mad* instantly in ths cup by the addition of boiling water.
Postum Cereal (In packages of largsr bulk, for those who
prefer to mak* the drink wbll* the msal Is bsing prepared)
mads by boiling for 20 minutes.
Postum for Health
“There’* a Reason”
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