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Cities Tackle the
Food Problem
Variety of Ways, Some of Them
Unusual, Are Being
Tried Out.
HOW ONE CITY SELLS FOOD
Houston, Tex., Handles Fruits and
Vegetables In Competition With
Tenants of Its Municipally.
Owned Market House.
(Prepared by the United States Depart,
ment of Agriculture.)
11 . t i i mi. iiii.h
VIlSIIIIIOIl, illlU IIlUUlCl)UlllIL'a
nre Kick I Inn tliolr local food problem!
In a vnrloty of ways, soino of tlictn
unusual, Is evidenced by reports re
ceived by tbo city marketing division
of tbc bureau of markets, United
titatcfl department of agriculture.
From establishing curb markets, re
modeling, or building retail market
bouses, efforts of cities bave expanded
until some nre actually selling food
supplies, while one city of about O.T,
000 population Is operating a farm
and selling produce from It nt retail.
How One City Sells Food.
Houston, Tex., which has a nuinlcl
pally owned retail market house, has
taken over three stnlls In the build
ing and Is handling fruits and vege
tables in competition with Its tenants.
In order to be fair to other retailers
It charges Itself with all overhead ex
penses paid by other dealers, Including
rent, and also pays wages higher than
those paid In other stalls. Reports
on ten weeks' operation of the city
managed stalls show that It Is possi
ble to buy and sell produce In com
petition with local merchnnts at both
n direct and Indirect saving to con
sumers. The experiment Is to bo en
larged to Include food products other
than fruits and vegetables and Is said
to be already serving as n stabilizing
Influence on prices In that city mar
ket. Competing merchants have be
come Interested In the methods of do
lug business of the cltyoperated stalls
and appear anxious to try out prac
tices that would enablo them to lower
their prices.
Allentown, I'a., has gone Into farm
ing on a farm acquired for other pur
poses which, through changes In mu
nicipal plans, was lying Idle. Under
the direction of one of the city alder
men this farm Is producing vegetables
and selling them nt retail In competi
tion with shlppod-in produce. Tbo
farm also feeds 1,000 head of hogs on
city garbage. Local advocates of the
plan now propose to Include the use
of an old browery as a storage ware
house for potatoes and other products
grown by local farmers, so as to lessen
the city's dependence on shlpped-ln
products.
Although the buroau of markets,
through Its city market division, Is
keeping In touch with developments
in many cities and Is compiling In
formation for use In answering In
quiries, It states that it would bo glad
to hear from any cities, not as yet
reached by formal Inquiry, which are
working on local food problems
through municipally owned shops nnd
by other methods differing from those
that' have been followed In the past.
HEADS ARMY CHAPLAINS
This photograph shows Ulflioj
Hayes, who Is soon to go to France a?
head of the American army chaplains.
He will go as a civilian, having de
clined a commission.
The bureau plans to make available In
formation In regard to the successes
nnd failures of cities In their offorts to
solve their food problems In order that
municipalities contemplating special
action mny have the benefit of the ex
perience of communities faced with
similar conditions.
First Battle of the Marne
Cost Nearly 750,000 Men
Tho bloodiest bnttle of the
world wnr was tho first battle
of the Marne. Olllclal figures
Just Issued In Paris show the
losses were:
Dead 320,000
Wounded 400,000
Total ...720.000
This means that this one bnt
tle cost nenrly three-quarters of
a million men. The figures In
clude, of course, tho losses on
both sides,
"Old Razor Man"
Was a Woman
San Francisco. Tho death of "John
Young," known for yeurs along the
highways between this city and Los
Angeles as "tho quaint old razor man,"
discloses a secret long kept that the
real name of tho old peddler was Anna
O'Connell. For many years, left alone
In the world, she had worn men's cloth
ing to enable her to earn a living un
molested. Dies on Doorstep.
She died on the doorstep of the homo
of Edwin A. Turner, a toy-maker, In
Green street. The Turners were her
REMARKABLE LAUNCHING AT FALL RIVER
A most reinui-Kuoie launching wu leecmlj executed at Full River. .Mass.,
when tho steamer Iladnot, a 1:1,500-ton tanker, was launched 1)1)0-10 per
cent completed. Steam was up and her whistle wus blowing when she hit
tho water, Tho Iladnot Is 430 feet in length, CO feet wide and can make 1014
knots.
friends of early years. When her wan
derings brought her to this city sh
always went to their home. Thej
chanced to bo out this time when slu
called. A lodger In the house lnformec
her they would soon be back. She wiu
weak and ill, and ns she turned on the
doorstep she sunk down, clutching at
her heart, and died. Mr. Turner now
feels free to tell her story.
"More than twenty years ago," he
said, "my wife and I mado tho ac
quaintance of a Canadian gentlewom
an, Mrs. Anna O'Connell. She wut
then living In Montgomery block, with
her only child, Marie. Her husband,
a Canadian army oillcer and a native
of Yorkshire, England, hnd died.
"In the fire and enrthquake of 100(7
Mrs. O'Connell and her daughtei
dropped out of sight. We heard noth
ing of them, nnd, flnnlly, we went ou
a long visit to the Island of Guernsey
in the English channel, my native
ti ,i
iiim-v. vihjui nve years ago we re
turned to Snn Francisco.
"One evening when my wife was
alone nt home there was a knock al
tho door. Opening It she saw a little
old man wearing a small mustache.
'I am a brother of your old friend
Mrs. Anna O'Connell,' the cnller said
'Don't I resemble her?' My wife re
plied: 'Yes, the likeness Is striking;
come In.' They hnd a cup of tea atid
talked.
Tells Her Story.
"Suddenly, the old mnn rose, put his
arms around my wife nnd said: 'I am
Mrs. O'Connell ; look well nt me.'
"My wife was too surprised foi
words. Then the old peddler explained
that she had adopted men's clothes In
order to make a living, for her daugh
ter had died and she wns alone. She
was in tne house when I returned
home. My wife and I both promised
to keep her secret. From that tlme-sho
visited us once a year. We were her
ouiy intimates, sue find wished to
live In San Frnnclsco, but the cllmato
of tho south suited her delicate health
better, and so she mnde her home In
I'asadena. We knew from her that
she sold razor and knife-blade shnrp
eners, walking from place to place, and
getting frequent lifts from passing mo
tor cars. We will see that sho has de
cent burial."
CAPITALS
- "Hi
Small Pay Drives 2,000 Officers Out of U. S. Army
tlTASIIINGTON. Two thousand regular army ofllcers linvo resigned In the
year since hostilities closed. This emphatic demonstration that the high
cost of living und tiie Inadequate pay of the soldiers who led the fighting In
the great war are rapidly demoralizing
HERE'S
WHERE I
RESICrt-
tho regular personnel, wus ninfio public
from Secretary linker's ofllce without
any comment ns to what tho war de
partment proposes to do to remedy the
sltuution.
The two thousandth resignation
wns that of Capt. Edward Canfleld, .Tr .
const artillery corps, native of New
York stnte, nnd graduate of West
Point, who, nftcr serving in the tem
porary grade of colonel, wns forced to
return to the rank of captain with
smnllcr pny than Is drawn hy government bricklayers in Washington. In
tho general statement setting forth the dangerous situation the army Is facing
the war department said:
"Tho average pay of a railroad trainmaster Is $325 per month; about
equal to the base pay of a colonel, which is $4,000 per annum. Bricklayers
employed ou government work In Washington nnd vicinity are paid $9 per
day, or at the rate of .?2,8G2 per annum ; the base pay of a enptain Is $2,400.
"So Captain Canfleld. who is an expert In construction, resigned to accept
a position in civil life.
"The resignations of trained army olllcers are apparently having a psy
chological effect upon tho military academy from which, under normal condi
tions, ofllcers would be drawn to replace those going out.
"November .1 the adjutant general repotted 603 vacant appointments to
West Point Of these 280 are to replace the .Tune graduating class, but 214
are vacancies In tho authorized strength of the endet corps."
"Open Door" for Interstate Automobiles Asked
UNLIMITED automobile reciprocity among the several states and the Dis
trict of Columbia soon will receive the attention of Congress, as several
bills on the subject hnvo been Introduced In both branches and have found
place on tho dockets of the interstate
commerce committees.
In the house Its committee passes
upon both Interstate and foreign com
merce, and becnuse of this fact the
reciprocity measure just introduced
by Representative Burton E. Sweet of
Iowa best meets the general needs of
tho situation. This bill has tho In
dorsement of the American Automo
bile association, which for a period of
years has been seeking from congress
the "open door" In registration reci
procity. Not only does Mr. Sweet's draft provide for unlimited recognition of
registration numbers throughout tho United Stntes, but It also authorized tho
secretary of state to arrange with foreign nations so that any American going
abroad can be equipped with n registration tng on which "U. S." will be
substituted for the name of his state and In consequence be acceptable In all
European countries which are signatories in the use of the so-called "Interna
tional plnte of identity."
This arrangement has been In existence In Europe for a period of years,
somewhat Interrupted by the wnr, but now to be resumed ugaln, undoubtedly
with a subsequent accompaniment in the form of an "International triptych"
which will relate to customs duties.
Americans traveling abroad have been obliged to accept the courtesy of
Great Britain or France In arranging for tho international plate, which has
been somewhat awkward
LA
Y m t WHERE
Denlnls make little faults great.
SUES FATHER FOR $300,000
Minnesota Girl Bays He Ordered
i Out After Entlclno Her to
HIb Home.
Her
Duluth, Minn, A damage suit for
$300,000 hns been llled In district court
by MIhs Ednn O. Budd, forty-two, of
St. Paul, against her father, Dr. J.- D.
Budd of Duluth, department comman
der of tho G. A. It.
Miss Budd Ib tho daughter of tho
Duluth physician and philanthropist by
a former marriage and did not learn
Mr. Budd was her father until she had
reached maturity.
Sho charges that Doctor Budd In
duced her to abandon tho name of
her adopted father, Miller, and to como
to his home In Duluth, where one hour
after arrival, sho said, he "directed
and commanded her to leavo his houso
and informed tier unit her presenco
was not desired."
i Spanish railroads are conducting
campaigns of education along their
linos lo Improve agricultural eondl
tlons.
NO CHANGE IS GIVEN
.
Mexican Merchants Refuse
Make Small Sales.
to
Sliver Coins Are So Valuable They Are
Being Hoarded and Sold for
Their Metal.
Mexico City. Tho most persistent
phrase encountered by the buying pub
lic In Moxlco at present Is "No hay
eamblo," "there Is no change." Tho
sliver in the Mexican peso, 00-cont
piece, nnd the smaller coins Is worth
more than the face value of the coins,
so this money has been hoarded by
many persons and sold for their silver
content.
iiie result is mat "cummo," or
change, has disappeared and persons
who buy or sell are forced to pay from
4 to 1 per cent for silver pieces from
brokers. Most merchants refuse to
make small sales If they are forced to
give change,vassertlng they would lose
money In tho transaction.
The "nztcca," or Mexican 20-neso
piece (gold) Is practically usel.v(i
money In stores or cafes when tho
purchase Is for a small amount.
"I might as well bo broke as have
an nztocn," comnliilned nn Amm-i
who was hungry and could not llutl a
cafe to change his gold. Later he lilt
upon a unique scheme. He deposited
tho "nzteca" with the cafe proprietor
and proceeded to eat at Intervals until
he had no more credit, which, with
prevailing prices, was not a long time.
Child Put $1,950 In Kitchen Stove.
Sioux City, Iu. When Nikolai Peloid
sold his little homo he received $1,000
In bills. The following morning' he
gave tho money to his wife, who laid
It on tho table nnd stepped Into anoth.
er room. Whllo sho was gone her five
year old child placed tho roll In tli(
kitchen stove.
"Death Dance of the Millions" in Carranza's Land
DISCOVERY of a shortage of 151,514,476.80 pesos, or more than $75,000 "
at par In American money, In tho ofllce of tho controller of Mexico fo
yenr 1018 has causod a sensation, according to advices from Mexico
This department, which Thomns R.
LI11, a member of the Bruere commis
sion from tho United States, told the
United States senate committee Inves
tigating Mexican affairs was the
greatest achievement of tho commis
sion, has just made its report for the
last calendar year, and under the
head of funds unaccounted for, lists
this amount. According to tho report
the Item covers disbursements for
which no proper vouchers were obtain
able. Tho advices state that El Uni
versal, a leading newspaper of Mexico City, declnrcs that there Is no record
of tho arrest of a single defaulting paymaster of the government, or of ono
foelnc comnolled to turn over funds not ids own to make irood- n shortage. It
points out that a recent order of the controller directed that all sums paid to
tho military should be accented without Investigation
Excelsior, nnothcr lending pnper of tho Mexican capital, In nn article
entitled "Tho Death Dance of the Millions," calls attention to the silence of
olllcers. and says that the lack of satisfactory statistics prevent gauging at all
accurately "how deep tho wounds are which tho last ten years of revolutionary
unhcavel have caused on the public body." "The account of the federal ex
penses for 1018 shows," says this new3pcper, "the mngnltude of the disaster
which no ono todn.v dares to call the redeeming und regenerative revolution,
on which Its most fervent adherents have now turned, their backs and have
lieirun to renudliite."
As to the accounts of 1017, this paper says, tho disorder so far shown Is
oven greater and the reports will probably have to be simply pigeon-holed nnd
forKotten. It adds that In the face of tho present disclosures the only remedy
will bo to suppress tho controllers olllco,
Santa Fe: Old, Old Capital City of the Southwest
n PEAKING on n bill to give an additional federal building to Santa Fe,
U N. M., Representative Chnrles J. Thompson of Ohio hnd this to say in part:
"Ono nr Mm Intcrestlnc buildings at Santa Fo is the old palace of tho gov
ernors, and from this building for 300
years snnin ruieu a mrgo part oi
North America now n part of tho Unit
ed States Montana, part of Texas,
part of Kansas, and part of Oklahoma
It was built In 1000313 years ago
by Juan do Onnte, who was tho
croat irrnndson of Montezuma, tho
Aztec emperor of ancient Mexico, and
tho grandson of Ilernnndo Cortez, tho
Spanish conquewr who subdued and
took over the- Aztec or Indian civilian
tlon of Mexico and, with the sword In
nnn lmnd nml Mu prnea In tho nihir. substituted Snanlsh civilization. El
Palaclo, as the building Is termed In Spnnlsh, wns originally designed for
n nalace. castle, and fortress.
"Its vicissitudes durlnc moro than threo centuries, under Spnnlsh, Indian
Moxlcan, and American rule, formed a most dramatic and thrilling chapter In
the hlstorv of tho nation. For threo centuries It was not only tho seat of
frnvnrimiont. hut also tho homo of cantalns ceneral nud governors, their
retainers and families, nnd from Urao to time it housed tho dungeon, the Jail
tho nost otllcD. the leuislnturc. the supremo court, tho territorial secretary
nnd family, tho territorial law library, nnd law olllces. On every pnge of tho
history of tho venemblo edifice ono Muds romance, stfrrb'g Incidents, nnd
im.uirtnnt oniRiuins. In which tho flcurcs of Snunlsh ctnquerors nnd Frnn-
.i.nn monks. Indian chieftains and American adventurers, soldiers, states
men, authors, scientists, nnd dainty society ladles step into tho spotlight to
vanish ugaln as Father Time, grim una incxoritDio. swings nis scyiue.
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