Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 225, 30 July 1920 — Page 13

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ADVERTISING RATES 10 cents per line, per Insertion. words to line. No ad taken for less than 20 cents cash or less than 80 cents charge. No ads accepted after 11 o'clock on day of publication. For contract, call phone 2834 or 1871. Phone 2834 MONUMENTS IB JOHN P. EMSLIB Monuments IS South Tenth Street Phone 4023 CARD OF THANKS CARD OF THANKS we hereby wish to thank all our friends end neighbors for their kind ness and sympathy during' the death. and Illness of our beloved mother. MRS. JEANNETTE SUDHOFF. MRS. GEORGE HAVENS. LOST AND FOUND GOLD Lingerie Clasp lost; Initial B; reward. Phone 2379. CAMEO PIN set with Phone 1798. pearls; reward. HELP WANTED MALE MEN wanted to work on saw mill and cut timber. Good wages. Call 12 N. 12th. J. W. Thompson, An Experienced Automobile Mechanic. E. W. Steinhart Company, 14 North Tenth St. SiEN wanted. Call Garfield Dixon. Phono 2S65. PORTER Wanted. Waldorf, 16 North 9th St. ) WANTED LUMBER HANDLERS C. & W. Kramer Co. LOOK ahead If you want to get ahead. CJuallfy to be an executive. A thorough business course will place you In - ltn for a. nosltlon higher up. School all summer. Call at office or write for Buda-et of Information. Richmond Business College. Men and Teams Wanted Report 5:30 to 5:40 North Sixth to work on our new Richmond Baking Co. building. Apply Superintendent on Bite. CLERKS (men, women) 18 upward, for Postal Mail Service. 1185 month. Jbx amlnatlona August. Experience un necessary. For free particulars, write J. Leonard (former Civil Service jt.x amlner) 1041 Kqultable Bldg., Wash lngton. THREE younsr men wanted 18 to 25; to work in cutting dept. Apply Atlas Underwear Co. 5DRUG CLERK wanted; or man with practical drug store experience; good wages. Address jjox aiijo, raic o.i ladium. ' ' - -' ' " '" HELP WANTED FEMALE 6 WAITER Wanted. Union Sta tion Restaurant. A. WHITE girl or woman wanted, for S housework. Phone 2733.

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2540. GIRL wanted to do hemstitching. Apply Mgr., Singer Sewing, 7 S. 7th St. COOK'S HELPER (White) Reid Hospital. WAITRESS wanted for lunch counter. Phone 3857. WANTED All sick women to take Chiropractic adjustments and GET well. Ruth Strjey.JM3ColonialBJdjf. Ml D D LE TaGE D lady for housekeeper. Box F6113, care Palladium. AGENTS & SALESMEN WANTED-7 AGENTS WANTED AT ONCE Choice territory now open for live men selling our complete line of Household Remedies. Extracts, Spices. Toilet Articles, etc All guaranteed products in daily demand. Good Sellers. Steady repeats. Healthful, pleasant, profitable work. No experience or capital required. You can easily make $150 to $300 a month. Many of our men make more. Steady Job and exclusive territory. Write for full Information today. Heberllnff Medicine Company, Bloomlngton, Illinois. SITUATIONS WANTED 8 INSIDE WORK of any kind wanted by responsible middle-aged man; can five references. Address Box 2100, care Palladium. CTR'PENTER. BRICK AND CEMENT WORK Wanted. Call 410 S. W. 2nd St. Whitewashing and spraying cellars. Phono 1377. Residence 509 S. i in. l. B. Utley. WASHINGS Wanted. Ave. 303 Richmond ROOMS FOR RENT MAIN ST.. 415 Two desirable front rooms for rent for light housekeeping. 9TH ST., NORTH, ill Furnished front room, with oath. ROOMS Partially furnished rooms for liffht housekeeping or single rooms. Electric lifrlit. heat and water; pleasant surroundings; located in country near city limits. Thone 4S06. BOARDING 10 BOARD and rooms, with bath; home cooking. 412 N. 11th. BUSINESS SERVICE 12 DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIMENT ON YOUR TYPEWRITER Phone 1010 and let experienced mechanles do your work. RICHMOND TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE Multlgraph Letters and Printing 17 North Seventh StHEATING AND PLUMBING

BALL STREBE FOR Plunmblinig aed Heating We carry a full line of supplies. When you need work done, Just call 2899 for immediate eervice. ALT, WORK GUARANTEED 306 Main Street Phone 2S99

12 Polishing and Washing Cars AT ED. BRANNON'S Rear 13 N. 9th St "" FOR PAINTING Best work, least money J. S. Moore, Phone 3049. GENERAL HAULTNG AND TAXI SERVICE . Phone 6284 or 4846. PAPER HANGING AND PAINTING Phone 3761 or call 620 N. 18th St. PLUMBING 14 PLUMBING, heating and lighting contracting. Repairing and supplies, at eerhoffs. 9 Souih 9th, Phone .1236. MOVING AND STORAGE 13 FORREST MONGER For local and long distance Furniture crated, stored or hauHngrshipped. AUTO MOVING VAN 200 South 7th St. Phone 2608 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRING 17B LAWN MOWERS sharpened: baby cabs re-tlred; all kinds or repairs. worn called for and delivered. Pictures framed. New bicycles, reasonable prices. J. C. Darnell Co. Phono 1936. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 21 :00-LB. ICE BOX Quarater-eawed; call 160 Ft. Wayne Ave. PLAYER PIANO and household furni ture. Address 488 South 11th St. WE buy, ieU or trade for Used Watches; also complete Una of new watches, priced very low. Buy your high-grade spectacles of us at about half the usual price. C. E. Keever, 7 South 11th. FOR SALE A frame building 34x17: in good condition; to be moved from lot. Phone E042. COAL OIL STOVE AND OVEN Suit able for Chautauqua. Phone 4196. CONCRETE MIXER Jaeger 3E batch mixer for sale. John Doherty, centerville. MISCELLANEOUS WANTED 22 REFRIGERATOR wanted; 8 ft. long. 3 ft. deep, two or three compartments; overhead Icing preferred. Earlham College. GOOD USED FURNITURE of all kinds wanted. See us before you sen. Townsend's Used Goods. Phone 1296. 633 Main. WE pay highest prices for junk. Sam Jarre, 304 Main, rnone zyi. FURNITURE AND STOVES All kinds; good prices. Home supply ciore, m Fort Wayne Ave., phone 1S62. FURNiTURE'W ANTED We pay highest prices for used goods, stoves, etc. Brammer & Foster, 17 S. 7th. Phone 1876. ELI A SON FURNITURE EXCHANGE Good used furniture bought and sold. Seo us before you buy or sell. We pay highest prices. Eliason Furniture Exchange. C20 Main St. Phone 1469. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 23 BRAND-NEW Portophone phonograph, playing all records; mounted In leather case. Just the thing for that vacation trip. Price $30. Weisbrod Music Co. WE CAN SAVE YOU DEALERS PROFIT ON A USED FIANO; OR CAN TRADE YOUR SILENT PIANO FOR A VICTROLA. Our salesman. Mr. J. R Jones, has had fifteen' years piano experience. His advice is free. WALTER B. FULGHUM 1000 Main Street RECORD EXCHANGE 23A USED Records bousrht. sold, exchanged. Nellie A. Booker. Miller Harness Store. SPECIALS AT THE STORES 25 MAGIC MARVEL Saves clothes and labor. Ask your grocer for It. D. W. Walters, 107 S. 9th St. Phone 1904. RUBBER HOSE, 14c FOOT 5-ply rubber hose, 14c ft.; best grade red moulded hose, cut any length. 16c ft.; all new stock. LAWN MOWERS, $5.95 up. SPRAYERS, 49c. PARIS GREEN, 25c can SO-BOS-SO 80c can Special prices on garden tools. BIRCK'S 611 Main FURNACES 25B Holland Heating Systems are planned by engineers and installed by experts. Estimates given freely. H. L. HOUSEHOLDER, local representative, phone 3163, 319 Randolph streeL WOLVERINE FURNACES E. J. Knapp. Ph. 1S76. Office IT S. rth. FARM & DAIRY PRODUCTS 27 FOR SALE PEACHES $2.50 per bushel. Palestine Fruit Ferin, Palestine, Ohio. KIRCHER'S MILK for quality. Phone 4096. BUILDING MATERIALS 28 IS IT A GARAGE? Build t with Concrete Blgpg: ,B?rtSJfeo& Phone 3250 LIVE STOCK & VEHICLES 31 THREE SOWS For sale. Thone 4340. PET STOCK & POULTRY 32 SOME excellent bred coon, skunk and oppossum hound pups. Cheap now. Ready to train. Butler Warner shoeing forgpe FIVE Coon and Skunk Hound Phone Adam Eby, 24F. Boston. Pups. 14 HEATING AND PLUMBING 14

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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE 33 1S20 FORD Touring car, with starter: excellent condition; $575.00. Phone 4719. FORD Speedster for sale. 22 3. 11th St. SEDAN TOPS, truck cabs, combine rcial bodies all kinds of auto repairing and woodworking. See H. M. Kendric, builder, 900 S. W. A St., phone 4848. DAVIS 6-cylindr, 1918. for sale; XI condition; new tires. Call 510 North 19th St AUBURN SIX 1918. Phone 276. One 1919 Ford with starter; two 19lt Fords, 1 Chevrolet. Geo. Worley'a Garage, S. th. Phone 8906. . FOR SALE One McFarlan Motor Bus, capacity eighteen people. Apply F. O. Coats, Assistant Purchasing Agent, Teetor - Hartley Motor Cororatlon, Hagerstown, Indiana. FORD roadster ana Phono 4846. Tf model Bulck. CHEVROLET RCADSTER For sale; Baby Grand model; starter; In good condition; 1350.00, for quick sale. Organlat, Washington. DAVIS Speedster for sale; first-class shape. $200.00. Phone 1493. 318 Main. TIRES AND ACCESSORIES 35 LUBRICANT An automobile necessity. . D. W. Walters. 107 South Ninth street. TAXI 36 TAXI SERVICE Careful and Polite Driver Day and Night Service MULL & WILLIAMS Phone 1370 MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES 37 TWIN EXCELSIOR motorcycle for sale; first class condition; cheap. 20 South 22nd St. INDIAN MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES Second-Hand Motorcycles MEYERS & TROXEL 14 N. 5th St. We don't fix "em We repair 'em. HOUSES APTS. TO RENT 38 MODERN HOUSEPhone 2197. -For rent; 8 rooms. 3RD ST., SOUTH. 222 Five-room cottage house; modern except bath. Immediate possession. Price $25. Inquire Saturday, S30 South 7th St. 4-ROOM apartment; re-decorated; inimedlate possession. Call phone 1049. MIGHT consider renting to desirable parties who can afford to pay good rent of approximately $60.00 per month, modern eisht room home, never been rented. Or will sell, email payment down and balance like rent. Located at 312 S. 12th. Street. Address E. G. Kemper, 205 E. 33rd Street, In dianapolis. WANTED TO RENT 41 WANTED TO KENT By Sept. 10; 4 or 5 unfurnished rooms. Hat or house; West side or central part preferred. Box F-602Q, care Palladium. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 42 6-ROOM HOUSE for sale; good tlon, 315 North 17th street. loca.FOR SALE S. 8TH ST. 7-room house, strictly modern, hardwood floors upstairs and downstairs, two baths, garage, nice grape arbor, lot 54x150 ft. Price $8,500.00. EASTHAVEN AVE. 6-room cottage; price $2,000.00. S. 13TH ST. 5-room house, strictly modern, corner lot, good garage, fruit. Price $4,200.00. S. 13TH ST. 7- room, good garage. Price $3,000.00. S. 12TH ST. 7-room, electric lights, both kinds of water, two barns, fruit. Price $3,500.00. N. 12TH ST. 10-room, 6 rooms on one side and four on other, electric lights, both kinds of water. Price $1,650.00. S. 15TH ST. 6-room house, in good condition. Price $3,500.00; $2,100.00 down, balance payments. Immedi ate possession. N. 21 ST ST. 6-room house, modern bath, large garage, possession to suit buyer; $3,600,00. Henry E. Long Realty Co Over Teeple & Wessel Shoe Store ?201a Main Phones 1628-2017 BUNGALOW For sale; modern excert furnace. Call 63 John St. Modern home for sale. Possession In CO days. The Owner. Phono 2718. PUBLIC SALE 48

WILCOXEN'S B ui roc Sale Tuesday, August 3, 1020, Richmond, Indiana Farm 2V- miles northwest of Webster and 0'2 miles southeast of Williamsburg, Ind. 45 HEAD HERD BOARS ORION CHERRY KING COU by Orion Cherry Kins ORION KING ORION III by Fancy Orion King TAXPAYER BILL by Taxpayer's Model The offering will Include Spring and Bummer gilts, bred and open, sired bv ORION CHERRY KING COL., ORION KING ORION 3rd, JOE ORION JUMBO and FANCY ORION KING 2nd. Some are bred to ORION CHERRY KING COL. and some to TAXPAYER BILL. We will sell Fall gilts, bred and open, sired by ORION CHERRY KING 11th, TAXPAYER'S ORION, FANCY ORION KING 2nd, ORION KING ORION 3rd, and others. Some of the Attractions of This Sale are two Fall gilts by Orion King Orion 3rd, dam by Orion Cherry Giant, farrowed September 14, 1919, that ought to be shown this Fall. They are real gilts. Three tried sows, open, which are real brood sows; one by Joe Orion 2nd, one by Fancy Orion King, and 1 bv Hoosier Giant. Seven Fall boars, one by Orion Cherry King 11th. four by Col. Joe Orion, one by Orion King Orion 3rd, and one by Giant Top Col. EVERYTHING IMMUNE Wm o Wllcoxee Auctioneers Bragg, Hall, Weddle and McGrady Greensfork Phone 38-F Route A, Box 212

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CITY PROPERTY Good locations. Bee us for values. Petty Bros.. 710 Main Bt Phone 2218. QOOD CITY HOMES AND FARMS PORTERFIEIiD. Colonial Bldg. TURNER W. HAJDLET Ind. Nat. Bank Building; Buys and sells Properties; Home aold on payments Ilka rent. FOR SALE 6-ROOM modern bungalow, immediate possession. 5 ROOMS, bath and furnace, on payments. , 5-ROOM HOUSE, not modern, on payments. 5- ROOM HOUSE, furnace. In South End. 6- ROOM HOUSE, furnace. East End; immediate possession. 8-ROOM HOUSE, strictly modern, centrally located. See thl3 for a real home. DOUBLE, 7 rooms to side, $1000 cash, balance terms. See this for a barraln. t BURDSA1X & WILLETT CO. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS REAL ESTATE Room 303 Union Natl Bank Bldg. 8th St. Entrance Richmond, Ind. Phones 1965, 3271. 3293 I have property In Richmond to sell or trade for Indianapolis property, vacant or improved. If you have Indianapolis property, advise. Address, P. O. Box 1214. Indianapolis. C. E. KEEVER CO. Has a fine list of houses. Office phons 1641; res. 2169. Office 7 S. 11th St. See us for bargains. C. C. HAWLEY & SON New Paris. Ohio. For Farms and Real Estate of all kinds GREEN & RAMSET Kal Estate. Rentals. Auctioneering and Insurance Hittle BlorU, 9'h & Main. Phone 2578. FOR SALE Two cottages on Sedgwick St., just off Richmond Ave. and immediately west of piston ring factory, are offered for sale subject to removal by purchasers. They are priced at a low figure, and any one who seeks a small place can secure a home at a fraction of reproduction cost- See Mr. Hlbberd at Richmond Piston Ring Company. FOR REAL ESTATE AND FARMS See A. M.ROBERTS, 18 S. 8th. Phone 4171. PKTTY BROS." Real Estate, Farms and City Property. 710 Main. Phone 2328. FARMS FOR SALE 43 FARMS All sizes, prices and loca tions. Bee us for values. Petty Bros., 710 Main tst. Phone 2328. FARMS FOR SALE 40 ACRES good land. Good 7 room house, fair barn, abundance of fruit in good location near Richmond. A bargain and on easy terms. 16 ACRES fine level land and all tillable. Six-room house, good bam, silo, good poultry house, and other buildings. Located 2 miles from good market. Price only $6,500 terms. 55 ACRES In good location, good 8room house, bank barn, abundance of fruit A real bargain at $150 per acre. 160 ACRES fine land, excellent buildings in good location at $150 per acre. C. C. HAWLEY & SON. New Paris, Ohio. PUBLIC SALE 48

43 FOR SALE Cxtra good Improvements, 2Vt miles from good market. Price $7,000.00. Bargain If sold at once. FOREMAN & ADDLEMAN 310 Colonial Bldg. Phone 1097 FARMS FOR SALE 106 ACRES black land. 1 mile of town of 6,000; good 7-room house, two large barna. See the crop on this farm. Price, $21,000. Terms. 60 ACRE8 on Dixie Highway, between Hamilton and Mlddletown; a gentleman's fancy country home, near Country club. Extra, rood farm land. Price $26,260; extra terms. 18 ACRES black land, one square of depot, canning factory and school; modern home Of even rooms, light, furnace and bath. A very good buy at $7,500. A COUNTRY STORE In a town of S0Q on traction, doing a thriving business. Selling on account of death in family. Priced right. Come, see it. MAC HARRISON. Trenton, Ohio SELL YOUR FARM We have sold over 15.000 Farms to date. No listing fee and no withdrawal charges. You pay us our commission only after sale to our customer. Write or telephone. E. A. Stfout Farm Agency JOHN E. KAUFFMAN College Corner, O. Phone 63-K FOR SALE 40 ACRES Good 6-room house, woodhouse, well-house and smokehouse, good barn 30x44, hog house, garage, orchard, good fences, well drained, nice location, handy to school and railroad; fall possession; $7,400. 80 ACRES Good 7-room house, cel lar, both waters in house, very large barn, tile silo, hog house, cow barn, well fenced and tiled, on main pike, 1 mile to school and railroad, nice shade and orchard; 114,500; fall possession. 77 ACRES 5-room house, good barn 42x68, double cribs, good fences, well drained, 5 acres of good saw timber, 1 mile from good town; a bargain, $8600. We have some good, level, well Improved farms that can be bought on easy terms. See us before you buy. HARRIS AND KORTEWEG Southwest Corner 6th Main Streets Phone 2278 and MONEY TO LOAN 46 $S LOANS On Furniture, Pianos, Live Stotk, Autos, Talking Machines, Eta Get our terms before borrowing. 1 to 20 MONTHS TO PAT All transactions strictly private The State Investment & Loan Company Room 40 Colonial Bldg. 3rd Floor Phone 2560 LEGAL NOTICE 49 NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS, ETC. In th matter of the estate of Fred erick W. Slewcke, deceased. In the Wayne Circuit Court, April aerm. iuzu. Notice Is hereby given that Dickinson rrust Company, as Executor of the es tate of Frederick W. Sieweke, deceased, has presented and filed Its account and vouchers In final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for examination and action of said Circuit Court on the 21st day of Auffu3t. 1320, at which timo all heirs, creditors or legatees of said estate are required to appear In said Court and show cause. If any there be, why said accouat and vouchers should not be approved. DICKINSON TRUST COMPANY, Kxecutor. JOHN L. nrPE, Attorney. July SO; August 6- IS. CITY ADVERTISEMENT Department of Public Works Office of the Board. Richmond, Ind., July 22nd, 1920. To Whom it May Concern: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of tho City of Richmond, Indiana, that on the 22nd day of July, 1920, the unanimously adopted Improvement Resolution No. 530, 1920. For the improvement of the alley between Lincoln and Pearl St. by con structing cement roadway in said alley the full width thereof, from West 1st to West 3rd St. Improvement Resolution No. 581, 1920, For the Improvement of the alley be tween North "D" & "E" Sts. by con structing a cement roadway in said alley the full width thereof, from North 22nd to North 23rd St., and of making by contract at the owner'3 ex pense all private connections with the sewer. The Board of Public Works of said city has fixed Thursday. August 19th, 1920, as a date upon which remonstrances may be filed or presented by persons interested In, or affected by, said proposed Improvements aa above described, and on said day, at 9 o'clock, a. m., said Board will meet at its office for the purpose of hearing and considering any remonstrances which may have been filed or presented, and for. the purpose of ta,klng final action thereon. Such action shall be final and conclusive upon all persons. H. W. GILBERT, T. C. TAYLOR, JOHN E. PELTZ, July 23-30 Board of Public Works?

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Got. Marcos H. Holcomb. Beeause of his uncompromising attitude against suffrage, Governor Holcomb of Connecticut is virtually a prisoner in his own state. He has refused to call a special session of the legislature to vote on the suffrage amendment but the lieutenant governor, Clifford B. Wilson, asserts that he will convene the assembly the moment the governor steps outside the state's borders. For reasons which seem good to him, the governor wishes to leave the state, but dares not. u Why' of Many Superstitions From the Edinburg Scotsman When some Illustrous person dies, flags are lowered to half-mast. If the average man In the street was interrogated for an explanation he, would probably say it wa3 just the usual cus tom.- However, there is a distinct meaning in this, for the space above Is left for tho flag of the Angel of Death. Again, a ship is invariably spoken of as of the feminine gender; this is traced to the ancient Greeks, who called all ships feminine names out of respect to Athene, goddess of the sea. Friday Is believed to be an unlucky day by those who are superstitious. It is derived from the fact it was the day of Our Lord's crucifixion, as well as the one on which Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Few, perhaps, are aware why a weathercock is frequently attached to a church steeple. This is believed to remind people of Peter's denial of Our Savior. Journalists are spoken of as "mem bers on the Fourth Estate." Burke Is generally credited as being the origin ator of the phrase, for while address ing parliament one day he said there were three branches of government, the king, tho house of lords, and the house of commons, the three estates; but, turning round to the reporters gallery, he added, "There sits the fourth estate, far more important than the others." The barber's pole has also a curious history. In other times barbers were also surgeons, and practiced the art of phlebotomy, and a pole was given to the patient to hold in his hand in order to let the blood run more freely. The pole should have a line of blue paint, one of red, and one of white, winding round its length, blue representing the blood in the veins, red the blood in Ihe arteries, and white the bandages. "Uncle" adopts his familiar sign of three balls over his shop, because Uie balls form part of the old arms of Lombardy, the people there being the first pawnbrokers in existence. It is a common belief that peacock's feathers are unlucky. This is due to the tradition that the bird opened the Gate of Paradise to the serpent. The nick in a coat has been a puzzler to many. It is said to date back to the time of Napoleon. A general named Moreau had many followers, but they were afraid to openly express sympathy with him. It was therefore agreed to put a nick on their coats as a secret sign. The letter M can be seen in the lapel representing the initial letter of the general s name 3308. A BECOMING BLOUSE SUIT. Pattern '3308 is shown in this design It Is cut in 4 sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12 year size will require 4 yards of 36 inch material. As here illustrated, white linen was employed, embroidered In green floss. Gingham, chambrey, galatea, serge, and suitings are also appropriate lor this style. Address City Size A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 12 cents In silver or stamps. Patterns will be mailed to your address within one week. Address Pattern Department, Palladium.

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HIGH PRICES AFTER CIVIL WAR FURNISH v PARALLEL TO 1920 ' (Kansas City Star.) How long la the present era of high prices to last? is the pressing question in every American home today. The same question was asked almost as earnestly something more than a half century ago. While conditions resulting from a world war are hardly comparable to those that came from the civil war, it Is interesting to observe what happened to prices as the result of the conflict in the sixties how they rose, and how long they were in falling. Briefly, prices rose in the civil war very much as they rose in recent years. They fell off somewhat with peace, maintained themselves for about three years, and then began a gradual decline that with one intermission brought them to the pre-war basis in 1878, 13 years after the war's end. With the opening of hostilities prices were affected. Starting from a level a little below that of 1860, they advanced more than 20 percent before the close of 1861. At the beginning of the war flour was selling at $7.25 a barrel, pork at 11 cents a pound, sugar at about 9 cents, eggs at 15 cents a dozen and coftee at 20 cents a pound. The sudden cutting off of supplies from the south along with an equally sudden demand for war materials in the north. had an Vnmediate effect on prices. But by the next year the big factor in civil war prices came to be an inconvert ible paper money standard,, with a consequent premium on gold. Specie payments were suspended by the United States treasury in 1862. Paper money, largely in 6mall denomina tions, circulated freely. As at the present time, there was an atmosphere of prosperity, and although there was complaint that Increased with the mounting prices, nobody ap peared to be suffering. Situation Was Desperate. This condition, of course, prevaUed in the north. In the confederacy the situation became desperate as the war advanced. Paper currency was issued by the wagon load, and by 1864 $1 in gold would buy $22 of the Confederate money. Many commodities could not be bought for any price in the south. A dinner for nine men at a restaurant in Richmond in 1864 cost $631.50. Turkeys cost $60 each; flour, $300 a barrel, and shoes, $150 a pair. But In the north, where the purchasing power of the dollar remained above 50 cents throughout the war, prices continued to mount. By the middle of 1863 flour had almost doubled in price, pork had gone past 25 cents a pound, butter had advanced from 25 cents to nearly 60 cents a pound, and other commodity prices showed increases amounting to more than 100 percent. The general average was not far below the 100 percent mark. Swan Island to Become Site For Industries (Horace E. Thomas in Popular Mechanics Magazine) Swan Island, which divides the Willamette river at Portland. Ore., causes a sharp curve in the main channel that has long been recognized as a handicap to shipping. Now the is land itself, or rather half of it, is to be removed and a new and safe channel created. The other half of the Island is to be utilized as a site for docks and Industries, the present impediment to navigation thus being converted into the chief asset of the har bor. To understand the scheme, it should be realized that Portland, although 100 miles from the Pacific, is in reality an ocean port. It is the outlet of the vast basin of the Columbia and Willamette rivers, its wheat and lumber shipments in particular be ing enormous. To make this traffic possible, the federal government and the city of Portland have spent many millions of dollars building Jetties at the mouth of the Columbia, and deep ening and widening the ship channel. With all this development work ac complished. Swan Island has remained a bugbear to the engineers and shipping interests. Portland will spend $16,000,000 to solve the difficulty, according to the plan adopted by its port and dock commissions. The west side of Swan Island, which has an area of 267 acres, will be dredged away, creating a new, absolutely straight river channel. 1,600 feet wide, and Its great width and adequate depth 30 feet at low water not only will make it a safe course for large vessels, but will enable it to serve as turning basin. The present east channel will be closed at its south end by a causeway, but deepened and widened by dredging away the east side of the island. It will become a still-water anchorage. With the dredging completed, the sides of the island, with the exception of its northern extremity, will be per fectly straight. Along its west shore. parallel with the new main channel of the river, will be built a mole 5,000 feet long, which will also be used as a dock site. Another dock will be built along its east shore. Between these docks the land will be divided into industrial sites, served by railway connections over the causeway that leads to the east bank of the river. The dredging operations will move 6,377,072 cubic yards of sand and dirt, and this material will reclaim a total of some 1,530 acres of land now useless. Of this, about 890 acres will be In the Guild's lake district on the west shore; 480 acres in a tract known as Mock's bottom, on the east shore, and the remaining 160 acres on Swan Island itself. WELL IS GOLD MINE MONTREAL, Can. Several gold nuggets have been found In a shallow well on the farm of W. Andre in Saskatchewan. Analysis made at Calgary showed the gold to be of high quality. The .nuggets were found by George Egstead, a workman, who has filed a claim to the property. OBJECTS TO LOVE LETTERS ' LONDON, Eng. Justice Lush, trying a breach of promiseotcUon In the High court, protested against the needless reading- of love-lettera In court. "I do not think," he said, "that in these cases letters ought to be read unnecessarily. I do not think the reading ot affectionate letters ought to be encouraged."

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