The Dublin Progress and Telephone (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 33RD YEAR, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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To Our
Customers
We have steadfastly attempted to maiutain the reductions
in power rates which we ahve given our customers .voluntarily
in the past.
The abnormal costs of operation in our plants, brought
tbout by the excessively high fuel an material markets of today
v ave forced us to rate revisions which will assure continuation
f our present standard good service to you.
That our customers may be fully acquainted with the prob-
lems we must meet at this time, we have attempted to show in
tiie eolums of this paper the enormous increases which have re-
sulted in the markets in the past few months.
Fuel—a commodity which represents sixty-four per cent
of our production cost—has advanced one hundred and thirty-
nine per cent in price since February 1919. Our purchasing
agents, in fact, have warned us repeatedly that every care must
be taken constantly to prevent depletion of fuel supply lest we
cannot buy it at any price.
Labor—which represents a large per cent of production
> ost—has advanced to a greater per cent in recent months.
General Maintenance—a prime factor in production—will
show even more surprising figures.
Accordingly, we have adjusted our rate schedules to meet
these conditions, vour bill for this month for this month being
figured o nt his new basis. We hope that the adjustment as shown
by current billing to you will Ik* sufficient to enable hr to main-
tain our present standard of service to you—market conditions
permitting.
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A GENIAL HOST
Hr GEORGE E. COBB
(0* *|>rrtfkt, Vwtera Mawapapr, Unloa.)
The most agreeable incident that
had come into the boy life of Ted
Horse was that signalised by his stay
for one week at the Palace hotel at
Brompton, owned and operated by his
father’s brother, John Morse. Thence-
forth the lad had one fervid ambition:
to become In time the manager or
proprietor of a like establishment.
Unde John was a por% Individual
who hAd followed the hotel business
for over a quarter of a century. He
■was built for the task both In dispo-
sition and bulk. He knew every com-
mercial traveler on the road, he kept
fairly apace of the times In equipment
and Improvement*. The dazzled Ted
took back home with him a pleasant
memory of the big arm chair In the
hotel lobby, filled by bis big relative,
who was revered by Ills clleutele, al-
ways Jolly and Joking, a typical
“mine host."
The years went on, but the glowing
memory never Aided* from the mind of
Ted. He became a clerk In the store
of his native village and one day re-
ceived a letter that set his wits stag-
gering. His unde had died and had
bequeathed to him the hotel. The
dream of early youth was fulfilled.
"Tour uncle had been falling for
about two years," the executor of the
estate told Ted when he arrived at
Brompton, "and the odds and ends
have not maintained the old systemat-
ic order. However, young blood com-
ing Into the proposition will make the
best of a very promising situation."
It was In Ted to make himself pop-
ular. He faithfully copied bis uncle's
methods. He'became a genial hostj In-
deed. He was accomodating, lenient,
agreeable. The traveling men took to
him and there was no stinting In the
menu and no deterioration In general
aervlce. A new element came Into
the situation later that harassed Ted.
His friends and relatives began to
HI..
GROWSHIS
Preparation of Soil Encumbered
by Ttedious Details.
DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS
Upland Rle# Can Be Cultivated at Any
Ordinary Crop! Whereas Wet Rice
Is Sown Under Conditions That Ne-
cessitate the Flooding of the Fields
for a Considerable Time.
Rice 1* the chief sustenance of one-
thin) of the world's population. It
has been cultivated from time imme-
morial in tropical and semHropieal
countries and more than 1.000 differ-
ent varieties have been recognized.
The rice plant is similar In appear-
ance to wheat, but Instead of having
a compact "ear,” It bears a bead com-
posed of a number of fine stalks, each
of which contains one grain. The
grains Bre covered with a hrown husk;
when separated from the rest of the
plant they are known as “paddy.”
Rice plants may be broadly divid-
ed into two main groups, namely, “up-
land" or “hill" rice and "lowland," or
“wet” rice. Upland rice can be cul-
tivated as any ordinary crop, where-
as “wet” rice Is sown under condi-
tions necessitating the flooding of the
fields for a considerable time during
the growing period.
Rice Is generally considered a na-
tive of China, probably due to the fact
that Emperor Chln-Nong, who rated
2,800 years before Christ, established
a ceremonial ordinance which pre-
scribed that the emperor should «>w
the rlee himself, while four other kinds
of seed may he sown by princes of his
family.
Rlee was also cultivated centuries
ago In India and later In Egypt, after
which, about the year 14158, its culti-
vation spread to southern Europe. In
The level of this bed Is slightly
higher than the field Itself The seed*
are pecked In a straw matting bag
and soaked in cold water for about
five days until they begin to sprout,
when they are sown broadcast on the
bed. which Is then covered with rice
straw ashes to a depth of about one
inch. Sometimes they are sown In
the bed with no covering whatever.
Flooding the Rice Bed.
For the first five days the bed la
Covered with water about oue inch
deep, during both day and night. After
that it is flooded each morning until
the plants are five or si* Inches tall.
The plants are then pulled out and
stuck Into the soil about one and a
half inches deep In. regfUlar rows.
The plants take root In about ten
days after which a tong consisting of
an iron oombllke head Is used to har-
row between rows. Every effort Is
made to maintain a uniform depth of
about two Inches of fresh water, which
is drained off when the head of the
rice comes out.
Early rice Is harvested about 100
days after transplanting, and late rice
takes about 150 days to mature.
The comparatively low cost of rice
has made It the staple article of food
In Asiatic countries. Rice Is also
extensively used by all other parts of
the world, as It is easily transported
and can be held for a considerable pe-
riod without deteriorating. There Is
no doubt that its consumption will
materially Increase with the#dlssem-
Ination of knowledge regarding the va-
riety of palatable ways In which It
may be prepared to snlt the tastes of
the most fastidious.
Elisabeth. Ky.—Charles Friend of
Glendale, who Is eighty yuan old and
never would be taken to be over sev-
enty, was In town the other day. He
■till writes visiting card* for the
young peOplo and so steady his hand
and perfect his eyea that they al-
moat look like they were engraved.
Whenever he taken a notion that he
wants to go to Hodgenvlllo he walka
there and back, a distance of too
mllce each way.
Credit Men Make Appeal for Thrift.
New York.—An appeal to the Ameri-
can people to desist from "a rampage
of extravagance” issued by the Nation-
al Association of Credit Men.
Hearing on Coffee Rates.
Washington.- Suspension of sche-
dules proposing increased rates on
coffee from Galveston and other gulf
ports was ordered by the interstate
commerce commission. A hearing on
the Increase was ordered.
. l«47Slr William Berkeley planted one-
trade on his liheral, easy go ng nature. | hjl|flof „ bothrt of ,n Virginia.
They came. In swarms. Ttmr ln lfiSM a Portuguese hark home-
"vriirTRelr Tam files and seHT "their
friends ns well. It seemed as though
every acquaintance he had received
s tip that half rate*, or no rates at all,
were accessible to those who had the
art to appeal *|iece**fuUy to the In-
dulgehce of a man who loved to be
considered a> genial host, and whose
ambition was to be known a* “running
the best hotel on the road.”
By the end of a year Ted began to
realize his weakness. Thus, a half
cousin had swooped down upon him
with a family yf five, staying for over
ward bound from Madagascar, driven
from her -course by tempests, was
forced to take shelter In the* harbor
of Chari eat on. 8. C-, and the captain,
In return for courtesies extended him,
presented Gov; Landgrave Smith with
a bag of rice seed, which Smith plant-
ed that year Ih accordance with the
captain’s Instructions, and from this
crop sprang the present tremendous
rice Industry In the southern states.
Rics Growing Is Tedious.
As rice Is the staple food of China
__ a* _... with Its 4tK).l»i0.000 Inhabitants. It will
irs*■»..—«...
general method of cultivation followed
his bill. A brother In-law had passed
half a dozen worthless checks on the
• hostelry, some «M time friends had
borrowed several hundred dollars from
hint. His manager had worked In a
by the (Ttinese.
In China the preparation of the soli
presents many tedlou* details, ns very
and Ted could not help but notlre the
extortionate prices paid for supplies
"Something's wrong.” decided Ted.
“I must find somebody to watch the
outlay while I ait a route} playing gen-
ttsmaw."
Ted was thus occupied In his favor-
ite arm chair one evening when a
little girl of about ten came hurriedly
iato the lobby. He could not help but
notice her deep agitation. She looked
wearied and her attire was poor and
old
“Pisase. air,” she panted, “mamma
la sick,”
"Eh, hello! what** that?” exclaimed
Ted “Who ta your mamma and where
la'shoT”
"Mamma I* tired oof and walked
a long way, and she expected to find J
friends hare, and they're all dead and )
gone, and we're hungry, too. She * Juat |
outside.”
h Big hearted Ted Morse stirred him-
self with a vigor'ever present when
he could do anyhody a good turn. He
followed the child outside. There
seated on the step of the ladle*' en-
trance was s young woman, pale, with
dosed eyes, and apparently overcome
with weakness She looked dazed nud
despairing as Ted touched her arm
and apokd kindly. In fragments she
weakly told her story. Both her bus-
hand and herself list} In years agone
been respectively Steward ami book
keeper of the hot**! for John Morse.
They bad left for another poaltlon
six yettrs previous. Her husband had
died leaving her penniless She had
come to Rrotnptoo' to see if her former
employer could' not give her employ-
ment again
“Ho the finely kept hook* showing
a profit where nty careless figuring had
a loan was your work, ehT” observed
Ted. whea he hart seen mother and
child Installed comfortably. “You'v*
crane at die right time, Mrs. Alward.
If ever J needed experienced srtvloe
it's J««t new.? ,
Within' a month Mr*. Alward was
hack at her old desk and the leaks lit*
profitsJiejmn to diminish. Within a
month Ted experienced bl» first loVt
Mid there was a quiet wedding. v i
lal host and genial husband to
rating, helpful woman, a klBdly
quite to little Eva, it sqemed tut
ligh fate had led to hi* door the In-
gres that were to make him a sue-
and a happy man.
been introduced. The land 1* either
worked with hoe*, spades or rrtattocks,
or plowed to a depth of about ten
Inches with an antiquated contrivance
usually drawn by a water buffalo. Wa-
ter 1* supplied the field by mean* of
a waterwheel until the soil 1* thor-
oughly soaked. In some cases tha
field la first flooded and then plowed.
Green manure, consisting of straw,
grass, etc., is spread on the field after
it is flooded and worked into tha soil
with the feet.
Seeds are generally selected by sift-
ing the paddy. This operation, which
is performed In a sieve constructed of
bamboo, eliminates effectively the un-
desirable and small grains, writes K.
G. Herr, In the Grain Log.
A seedbed separated by hoard*
Spent 50 of Hia 83 Year* In Jail.
The oldest living burglar In the
United States was arreated recently
In Chicago. He Is eighty-three yeara
old and has spent fifty years of hia
Ufa In prison.__
wny Uayngnt scaertte Failed.
The secret has leaked out that the
real reason why the fanner* were op-
posed to the daylight saving plan was
that they were not able to get the
roosters to adopt it. The he-chlckens
Insisted on going to work on the old
schedule. In open defiance of «*«-
rrcrat,-they-eefuaed-to-kaock- ofL-thff
extra hour from their morning beauty
sleep. So. undpr the new plan. Instead
of the roosters wnklng up the farm-
er*, It became nece*ary for the fann-
ers to wake up the roosters. This,
quite naturally, aroused feelings of
mutual antagonism. No farmer rel-
inks* the task of going out each
morning, while the moon Is still riding
high In the heaven*, and cuffing n
barnyard full of roosters off the perch.
Bo there was nothing to do but re-
owl the law.—Thrift Magazine.
f China Egg Trap# Snake.
Swallowing a chirm neat egg was «he
fata! mistake which brought to a clone
the long egg-stenllng career of a black
wake. Found In a hen house which
It had been plundering, the reptile was
vainly trying to squeeze through the
hole by which It had entered the build-
ing. The lump formed in the scaly
body by the nest egg would not p«r»
mlt the exit, and the snake was kliledk
A post-mortem operation was perform-
v remove the egg.—Popular UP
Vg£nlcs Magazine. _
Bill Proposes 8oldler Dead Memorials.
An appropriation of $1,000,000 for
the erection of memorial tablets nt
various connty seats In memory of
American soldiers killed in the world
war Is proposer! In a resolution In-
troduced by Senator Harding of Ohio.
Man With “Ingrowing
Grouch” Is Divorced
Io* Angeles.—A man with an
“Ingrowing grouch"—so he dub-
hed 'himself—was divorced by
Judge Crall. I- E. Ross, statis-
tician employed by the state de-
partment of labor, la the man.
Helen Rosa, who was represent-
ed by Attorney Ori.uth Jones,
secured a divorce on the ground
of cruelty.
Ross had brought the suit, but
failed to appear In court He
charged his wife with cruelly
and among hi* grievances was
that hi* wife kept too many cats.
Her main grievance against him
was disclosed in a batch of let-
ters from a woman who signed
herself “Your Baby.”
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log put a budget, apprnxl-
tafth to one-fourth of tM
should lie apportioned
eventy per cent of the
Complete Protection
and Drop Seat Convenience
That’s what you get in SHIELDALS. The scat
drops down in the simple, easy manner shown
below. That’s a convenience you’ll greatly ap-
preciate. At the same time you get all the other
advantages of a single piece work suit: roomy
working comfort, no suspenders or belts to
bind, complete protection from dirt, and safety
around machinery.
Go to your dealer's. Try on your size See
hew naturally they fit. how good they look
and how well they are made.
Tailored in Khaki, Blue and Brown Denim.
Sturdy quality. Reinforced scam*. Finished
selvage in pockets. Generous oversize.
Vour Dealer should hava SH1ELDALS.
If not, send us his name and your size; we ll
supply you through him.
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W. R. YOUNG, Vice-President. J. W. H’ALL, Assistant Cashier
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