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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; TECEMBER 14, -1919.
South Side
PROHIBITION
MAKES RAISIN
POPULAR FRUIT
Former Omaha Man Return
; ing From California Tells
1 Of Exceptional De
mand for Grapes'.
"The raisin, once a plebian of the
iruit family aiul a partner , of the
cnce lowly prune, has at last comei.'
Fop a ew moment! Detectives
Frank and Keller believed they
were on the trail of the robbers of
the Hayden Brothers' store Sat
urday afternoon, when a telephone
call was received at the South Side
police station that a young man was
peddling diamond in the Exchange
building at the stock yards.
The detectives made haste to
reach the stock yards and after
waiting a few minutes a young man
was pointed out as having diamonds
for sale. Visions of grabbing the
big reward loomed on the horizon,
and the young man was placed
under arrest.
At the police station he gave his
name as Warren L. Reeder, laborer,
and his address as 2201 1-2 Farnam
into its own anil has taken a place as . - "
an aristocrat among fruits and deli- the property of his. wife and that
cacies to pamper the taste of epi-, was ty to ra.se some ready
cureans." said Harry E. Tevis of money. He was Uoked for mvesti-
A.,,.W fal a former res dent 8al," a,,a 5tnl. lu
of the South Side, who made ,the
Had Visions of Reward
For Arrest of Hayden
Robbers for a Moment
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE-
HE KEEPS HOME
The Janitor?
f
At
FIRES BURNING
Least, One of His
Is to Keep Radiators
Hot. s
Jobs
rounds of a number of old friends at
the stock vards Saturday,
i "But a few years ago," continued
Mr. Tevis, ''a day was set apart
in California called 'Raisin day,'
when the people of the state were
urged to make a special effort to
consume raisins. On that day raisin
iread, raisin pie and raisin cake,
with stewed raisins, were the prin
cipal articles of food of every man,
woman and child in the Golden Gate
Mate. Later a national raisin day
was urged to increase the consump
tion of the fruit.
Growers in Panic.
"In the Santa Clara and San Joa
quin valleys of California raisin
yrnpe growers were in a panic, with
thousands of tons of raisins await
ing a market. Specially packed
pound cartons were put up and re
tailed at 5 cents. Department stores
pushed the ra-isins as a side issue to
tiieir other sales. Seedless raisins
of the finest quality, put up in pound
i cartons, could hardly be sold for 10
cents a box. three for a quarter.
"Prohibition has made the raisin
I ing. The demand for raisins for
making 'raisin wine' and 'raisin
V.iisky' is rapidly becoming nation
wide. Those beverages are being
manufactured all over the country.
In the apple-growing districts of the
country, where there is a large pro
duction of cider, the apple juice is
given an extra 'kick' by the addition
of a few raisins.
Big Christmas Demand. ,
"Ttn. ralifm nia Association Raisin
company controls 85 per cent of the
Pacific coast raisin acreage and is
leported to be several weeks behind
on its deliveries to the wholesale
trade. As Christmas approaches the
raisin demand is getting heavier and
before the first of 1920 I predict
raisins will retail at 50 cents a pound.
"When the prohibition amend
ment to the constitution of the
United States was adopted, people
nf California, declared' their state
- s would go bankrupt, that their grape-
- growing lands would be left to the
! weeds. Some of the owners of large
i tracts of grape-growing land let
! their, vineyards die out and made ar
; rangements for the production of
i wheat.
Plant More Grapes.
. ''Now that the price of raisins is
j . soaring, vineyards - of the Pacific
i "coast are being rehabilitated, mil
i lions of new vines are being trans
s planted and the raisirr industry has
'taken on new Uife, with a promise
of forging ahead of all other Pacific
coast industries."
Mr. Tevis said prunes were
-: also making heavy advances ir
price, due to an increased consump
tion by thousands as dessert and the
use by a great many in the brewing
; of intoxicants.
He said fermented prune juice
, had an alluring "kick,", which was
said to not require as much handling
' as intoxicants made from raisins.
; J, He also said the orange came third
. on the list of California products
i that had taken an enormous jump
in price, but that the orange boost
in price was due more to the manip
ulation of' the, market than to any
s unprecedented demand.
Oranges Are Popular.
station, where it is said Chief of De
tectives Dunn wanted to quiz him.
Beating by Robbers
Made Him Forget to
Report Loss of $180
A report was received by the po
lice Saturday from George Kubik,
2015 Madison street, that on the
night of December 1 four men at
tacked and robbed him at 1 a. m. in
his home, after his wife had an
swered a knock, on the door.
He said they pushed their way
past Mrs. Kubik and one man with
a gun struck him on the head. The
quartet then looted the house, tak
ing $180 in cash and a ring valued
at $27.50.
, Kubik said he was laid up at his
home for two days as a result of the
beating and when he recovered for
got to report the robbery to the police.
I, i
"Oranges," said Mr. Tevis, "are
; just as plentiful in California, with
probably a few exceptions, where
1 frost has injured the crop, as they
i ever were. The war caused oranges
to take the place of other food sent
4 to our soldiers overseas, which
. j made an increase in the demand.
But the demand for oranges is re
i turning to normal with no decrease
in the retail price.
; "This is caused by a combine of
; Pacific coast orange growers, whose
'association has sent out orders to
i market but first and second grade
i fruit and destroy the rest, and as a
consequence thousands of dozens
j of' oranges are throwed in gullies
, and pits, near the orange orchards
" ! and left to rot.
.. A few years ago, oranges that
iare now selling for 50 cents a dozen
in Omaha, were peddled on the
J: streets for 5 and 10 cents a dozen
tin the cities of the Pacific coast.
Orchardists threw their "culls"
, away and peddlers loaded them up
and took them to the cities. Now
,." the" peddlers are prohibited from
even taking the ;culls."
- Wants Damages for Blow '
- From a Fellow Employe
Through butchers and meat cut-
- ters' local union. No. 602. Miss Eliz
abeth Urak, 3312 South Thirty-third
street, has sought damagei from the
state compensation commission tor
- injuries received while employed at
v the Morris & Co. packing plant.
According to a statement made
by Miss Urak to investigators of the
state compensation commission, she
was struck August 30, 1919 with a
shovel on the hip by an employe in
the sausage department. She claims
to be partly paralyzed as a result of
the blow. '
South Side Pioneer Dies
f After Illness of" 10 Days
r Andrew Hert, South Side pioneer,
died at an advanced age after an ill
iiess of but 10 days from pleuro-
Jneumonia at the family home, 2105
street Friday morning. Mr. Hert
w survived by his wife and eight
; children, John, Andrew, Frank,
Henry and Rose, Mrs. Louise Cun
- kingham, Mrs. Kate Turek and Mrs.
Elizabeth Harvey, all residents of
Omaha.
t. 1 Funeral services will be held
; Monday at 9 a. in. in St. Bridgets
hurch,
Two Highwaymen Hold Up
Victim Early In Evening
Leroy Stearns, Forty-eighth and
W streets, was held up Friday night
and robbed of $35 at the point of a
gun by two young men, according to
a report he made to the police Satur
day.. Stearns said he had just got
through work and had come home
for supper at about 8:20 p. m., and
as he was about to enter his home
the two men stepped up to him and
ordered him to put up his hands.
Fined for "Bouncing" Piece
Of Concrete Off Man's Head
Archie Wright complained to the
police Friday that Lou Sharp had
not treated him right and had struck
him with a sharp piece of concrete
in an argument at the Skinner
packing plant, where the men are
employed with a construction crew
Wright said in oolice court Satur
day that Sharp bounced a chunk of
concrete off his head, cutting a deep
hole. Sharp was found guilty and
fined $15 and costs.
South Side, Brevities
Sale Everything B. V. Lorlg, 2418 N
street. ,
A big dar ce at "Sellevue college Satur
day night, December 13.
Frank A. Agnew, lawyer, Vacek block,
4930 Suuth Twenty-fourth.
Mrs. C. C. Wilson, wife of the pastor
of the Grace M, E. church, Is reported
111 at tha family home, 2414 E street
The Ladles' Aid society of the Lefler
Memorial church of the South Side, will
hold their annual bazaar next Wednesday
and Thursday at the Douglas county court
bouse. Crotcheted articles will be offered
for sale. ,
Fine tame for sale or rent.
sale or rent the residence
s
I offer for
property, 3622
So. 26th St., Highland park district; . a
fine home. - Possession December 15.
Henry C. Murphy, Phones: South 206 or
South 18il7. i
As a result of the lifting of the fuel
lan the dances given by the Social Service
Settlement will be resumed Saturday
night. There will be dancing for children
from 7 to 8:30 -p. m., and for the grown
ups, from 8:30 to 11 p. m. ,
Have you tried laying aside a definite
amount of money as a savings each week?
Tou can do it successfully by Joining the
Economy Savings club at the Live Stock
National bank. Corner Twenty-fourth and
N streets. South Side, Omaha.
Mrs. Edward Jodiat will entertain the
kenslngton of Upchurch lodge. No. 2, De
gree of Honor, at her home, 6238 South
Twentieth street, next Thursday afternoon.
The members will hold tbelr annual
Christmas grab-bag party at 2 p. m. sharp,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis W, Horne, former
residents of the South Side, who have been
in charge of the United States navy library
at Nirfolk, Va., returned to Omaha re
cently and will spend the winter with Mr.
Home's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Home, 1913 M street.
, A moving picture company and' a movie
camera, taking scenes for a film, in the
Exchange building and various parts of
the yards, was the synosure of all visi
tors and emptied the offices of clerks
Friday. Heavy electric lighting wires
were strung in the building .to furnish the
light effects.
Clothing, men's furnishing goods and
allocs to the value of 8500 were stolen
Friday night from the Public Shoe A
Clothing Co., 2411 N street, according to
the proprietor, who reported the theft to
the police Saturday. It was said entrance
was gained through a rear door, which
was broken open.
Grace M. K .church. Twenty-fifth and
E streets 9:45 a.m.. business men's class;
subject. "How Comply' Feed My Lambs
and Fred My Sheep?" Pr. W. C. Herrold,
lender; 9:45 a. m., Sunday school; 11 a. m.,
sornion. "A Friend Deserted," by Rev. C.
O Wilson, pastor; 8:30 p. m., Epworth
league services.
That the corn crop this year was
heavy and of good quality along the M.
fc O. railroad, was the information givei.
out Saturday by Albert Leldow, who was
a visitor at the yards from Bancroft with
a load of fat hoes. He says some of the
farmers were caught by the heavy snow
with a large number of acres of com
still unhusked. y
' K H. Roberts. '4317 South Twenty-third
strt'et, received a letter this week from
Frank Briggs. a protege of the South Side
Odd Fellows lodge and a resident of the
Sui th Side during bis boyhood days.
Young Briggs said In the letter he had
been with the British army In Mesopo
tamia and Egypt for the last two years
and had returned to his borne In Aus
tralia, where he is employed.
C. F. Ball of Opal. Wyo., was 'among
the Wyoming shippers that , brought In
cattle Saturday. He came in with 21
carloads and a big grouch, complaining
that ' many Wyoming cattle men had
played in harder lufk the past year than
Ir. any year of the history of the state.
Mr. "Ball said, with drouth and! stormy
weather of the past few days, it Ik a sur
prise that anyone continues in the cattle
business In his section.
Miss Jean Berger. camp fir guardian
o? the Camp Fire Girls, announced Satur
day that the Wlchaka (to be truthful)
group had received its charter and la com
posed of the following members; Sibyl
David. Wllhemina Auchmuty, Margaret
Trussell. Mildred Wilson. Ethel Rears, Mil
dred ChrlMfanson, Katherlne Oliver,
Unldie McAdama, Ethljn Berger, Elma
Cove. Marguerite White, Eleanor Sevlck,
Harriet Richmond, Irene Fitch, Lucille
Burr, Jean Berger, guardian, and Victoria
Uarr, assistant guardian. Two thousand
Christmas seals have been taken out by
th group for sale for the Red Cross
tuberculosis fund. The girls are spending
their spar time deciding on Indian
names and meanings, by which each In
dividual girl will be known. Tuesday, De
cember 9. the Wichaka group met at" the
home of the guardian. Miss Jjsan Berger.
vto-re they started weaving tbelr bead
bands
It was a cheerless November
night. A bitter snowstorm was rag
ing and the street was almost de
serted, save for occasional pede
straiti who," with coat collar turned
high or warmly wrapped in furs
laboriously forced their way through
the blinding storm.
"Great scott, but this is certainly
some blizzard and I will sure have
to keep the fires a-humping tonight,
said Uncle Joe Ward, the janitor of a
fine and fancy apartment house, as
he stood looking out of the window
of the boiler room. Uncle Joe, who
was 'a short, spare, kindly old man
with thin, gray hair and a close
cropped beard, well knew what it
frneant to keep the fires going at top
notch, for he had been an apartment
house janitor for 10 years.
"I guess you'll have to keep 'em
a-humpint' all right," gruffly called a
small dried uo old man, who canv;
slowly lunping into the boiler room. !
Hello, there, 1 though you d l e
in tonight," cheerily called Uncle
Joe.
v "I like to have. froze gettin here,
though," curtly answered the old
man. It was Bill Benton, a crony
of Uncle Joe's who always sought
the comfort of his friend's boiler
room on a pitiless night like this. ,
' Looking Out for the Meek.
"Sit down and I will be in with
you in a minute," said Uncle Joe as
he went and took a look at his steam
gauge to see if he had pressure
enough to keep comfortable the little
fifth-floor apartment of meek Miss
Singleton. This apartment was the
hardest in the building to heat and
Uncle Joe always tried to make sure
it was warm, for, as he often said,
Miss Singleton was one of the rare
souls, "a meek apartment hpuse
dweller" who wouldn't peep if it
was freezing in her apartment, or if
the piazza was piled high with un
collected rubbish. Satisfied that all
was well with Miss Singleton. Uncle
Joe came down and drawing a chair
up beside his -friend, sat down in
front of the big heater.
Uncle Joe took great pride in his
furnace room and it was always kept
as free from coal dust and ashes as
was humanly possible. The great
heater itself showed signs of good
care. Its cast-iron body glowed, its
doors were black and shining and its
metal trimmings were bright with
many polishings. The boiler room
led into a great catacomb cellar,
about two sides of which, locker
rooms for tenants had been parti
tioned off. At one end of the cellar
was an ash room, where the ashes
and rubbish were kept in barrels
awaiting the visit of city ash col
lectors. Uncle Joe's little apartment
of three rooms was nestled in a
corner of the basement at the side
of the locker rooms.
Ten Years of "Janit'ring."
' "Did you konw, Bill, that yester
day was my 10th aniversary as jan
itor," sard Uncle Joe as he lighted
his clay pipe. "I told Annie I cele
brated by giving the heater a good
cleaning up. Looks pretty spiffy
today, eh?"
"Looks pretty fair," said Bill, be
tween puffs at his pipe, "but I didn't
have no idee you'd been janit'ring so
l.rl.. -?s
WW i i -Sly
' Saw") -ill'
1 """"'" 'Win, ii. i hi' mi;.: i wmmAm I "
long. Sh'd think you must be mighty
sick of it by this time." '
"No; I can't say I am sick of it,"
slowly replied Uncle Joe "There's a
lot more to the job than mot folks
think. You get a great chance to
study human nature, lots more
chance than you would get at a
lathe or tucked up in a machine
shop, and you sure going in for a lot
of funny experiences. Keeping the
fires going, sweeping the halls,
emptying the paper barrels and gar
bage ain't all. there is to this job.
No, not by a long shot."
Some Adventures.
"Heh, Wall, mebbe what you say
is so, but I never could see much to
it but good hard work. What are
some of these fine things you tell
about? Tell me some of 'em."
"Sure, I will, but it is kind of a
poser for me to know where to start
in," said Uncle Joe, knocking the
ashes from his pipe and settling
back. -"My adventures range from
filling in as best man at a wedding
to chasing burglars, and I hardly
know what to tell first.
"My, but that best man business
vas funny," continued Uncle Joe, his
face lighting up with an amused ex
pression. "You see, "there was an
old woman who had more money
than brains, and she took into lief
head she wanted to get married.
And what did the old fool do but
write to a matrimonial agency. They
told her to write to an old man down
in Maine, who, I guess, was as daffv
as she was. After writing for a
while they decided to get married.
"Being "Best Man."
"He came down here and they got
the arrangements all made for the
wedding, which was to take place
at her apartment. A crony of the
old duffer was to come down from
Maine and stand ud with them, but
at the last minute he got an attack
of dyspepsia, or something, and sent
a telegram he couian t come, w ncn
they found they were minus a best
man they were about crazy, and in
their flurry she happened to think
of me and cent the old codger down
here post haste to see if I would be
best man. Well, I hated to turn
them down, so I spruced up and
went up and "stood up with them.
All the time I was doing' it, however,
I couldn't help thinking of what a
'tarnal fool she was to give up a
good little home like she had down
there in the Peckham and go galli
vanting off to Maine with an old
chap she hadn't seen till a few days
before. But then there's plenty just
like her.
Catching the Burglar.
"Then that time I had with a bur
glar was kinder hair-raising. That
happened right here in this house
about two years ago. It was during
the summer and I was down here
when I heard footsteps soft-like in
the apartment above. I knew right
off that something was wrong, for
the Keatings.s who lived there, had
gone off. on their vacation. I had
a master key and pulled that out
and went up there asquickly as I
could, not thinking anything about
calling to anyone to go in with me.
I opened the door quiet-like and
went there, all the time keeping as
still as I could. I had heard the
footsteps in the bedroom on the
court and so I made for that room
and sure enough there was a burglar
there.
, "He hadn't hear-tf'me coming and
when I got to the doorway he was
having a fine time pulling out the
bureau drawers. I yelled at him and
the minute I did he pulled out a
revolver and poked it in my face.
I don't know how I did it but some
way I managed to swing my arm up
there and knock the pistol from his
hand. Then we had it hot and heavy
and for a time it looked as if he was
going to get me down. But small as
I am, I guess I am kinder wiry, and
I managed to keep my end up until
George Brown, who roomed across
the court, heard " the rumpus and
came to my aid. We kept the feller
down until the police got there and
took him on to the station. My, but
he was a tough looking piece. I'll
never forget his face."
"You sure have had some time,"
Alleged Shll and
Barrels oPMash Are
Seized In U. S. Raid
Joe Bogoglev, 6518 South Thirty
firststreet. was placed in custody by
Internal Revenue Officers Larry
Flynn and B. F. Lynch and Police
Officers Samardick and Buford, after
a search of the premises was made,
in which the officers say they found
a complete still with seven barrels
of raisin and grape mash.
Bogoglev was taken to the South
Side police station and yesterday
morning a complaint was filed be
fore Acting United States Commis
sioner Robert D. Neely, charging
him with running an illicit distillery.
He is held to await the action of the
federal grandjury.
Say Man Had Wine, Stove
And Boiler; Is Arrested
Joe Bogal is being held by the
police for investigation. He was ar
rested Saturday , morning at his
home, 6518 South Thirty-first street,
by Detective Samardick and Fed
eral Officer Flynn. The officers say
they found at Bogal'sliome three
quart jars full of wine, an oil stove
and a boiler still. Bogal will be
turned oer to federal officers.
Bank Cashier Worked
Too Fast, Offers Apology
Reading, Mass., Dec. 6. Three
plainly dressed men walked into the
First National bank here together.
With the looting of the -Randolph
Savings bank fresh in his mind,
Cashier Clarence C. White drew a
revolver. "Throw up your hands,"
he shouted.' Three pairs of hands
went up.
The cashier then placed his foot
cn a button, sounding the burglar
alarm. The situation became so
tense that one of the men fainted.
A big crowd gathered as the po
lice answered the call of the burglar
alarm. But it was up to the cashier
to make an apologv. for one of the
men proved to be a prominent citij
zen of Gloucester, Edward lngersoll,
who had come to make a deposit.
The other two men were patients of
the North Reading sanitarium
named Michevitz and Bolgen, who
had also come to the bank to trans
act business.
British "Soap King" to Speak.
I Boston. Nov. 25. Lord Lever
iiulme, "Soap King" of England,
speaks at a Chamber of Commerce
luncheon here today. He is founder
and chairman of Lever Bros., Ltd.,
at Port Sunlight, the famous model
town. Lord Leverhulme recently in
troduced the six-hour day into his
establishment. His subject before
the Chamber of Commerce is ''Fac
inp; the Facts of Human Relation
ship' in Industry.'
Forced School Vacation
,Has Certain Advantages
: :
Teachers and Pupils Make the Most of Their Extra
Time Some Continue Their Studies Many
"Clerk" for Extra Money Few Are Idle.
"Hello, hello. Is this you teacher?"
"Yes, this is I."
"Why, er-er I called you up for
is to find out what our lessons will
be when we return to school. You
remember you gave us our assign
ment for at least one week in ad
vance, but that is entirely consumed.
I would like to know wljat to do
the rest of the vacation."
"Well you can go ahead a little
bit, and then review all of it over
a good idea anyhow. Don't you
think so." .
( Conserving Time.
This is the kind of talk that is
going over the telephone lines every
day by pupils, not only in the high
schools, but those in the grammar
grades. Many of the teachers took
a great deal of precaution in dealing
out assignments in advance. Others,
upon hearing the circulars passed
around through the rooms, hesitated
to do so. On account of being the
Thanksgiving holiday, many school
teachers also allowed the outside
matters to interfere with -a good
time over the week end.
But the pupils are not leaving such
valuabje 'time go to .waste. Many
gatherings have been held in private
homes already for the purpose of
going over school lessons. Teachers
are also calling up their pupils and
dictating assignments via telephone.
"All the same as being educated by
mail," said- one teacher.
The teachers are taken ud in very
many different types of work. Lay
ing aside their pride which often
comes in handy while teaching
school, the teachers are selling mer
chandise over the counters. "It cer
tainly seems funny to punch in the
time card behind a small girl who
works in the same department, and
who probably gets the same pay,"
said a teacher who recently returned
from government service at Wash
ington. "That's democracy if there is such
a thing," said that same teacher. "In
the morning I tutor a few children
at $1 per 60 minutes, in the after
noon I sell books. I feel like a prof
iteer, but what shall I do with my
spare time ?"x continued the clerk
teacher. In many cases school teachers
look up to scholars for instructions
in several .departments. One pupil
has worked for a local firm for two
years and has continued after school
and on Saturdays. Naturally he
Knows the stock and must "break ill" 1
the school teacher. The glowia tbt
faces of such pupils surely "brighten
the corner."
Janitors of the high schools are
kept busy allowing students into the
building to get their books. Many
of the teachers assign lessons in
books that are at. the schools. Of
course over the telephone the stu
dent does not tell the teacher this,
but merrily boards the car for th
old school house. (Often they board
the walk).
Has Many Advantages;
The vacation is an advantage in
many ways. Extra earnings for
Christmas shopping, experience in
other things than books, and knowl
edge of the pupil in certain cases,
are the inevitable results. Pupils may
chew gum, eat candy, play the talk
ing machine and even entertain com
pany while talking over the wire to
teachers without the teachers know
ing it.
Last year during the influenza
epidemic when schools were forced
to close, the same type oi communi
cation was adoDted. Kesuits could
easily be seen after the regular ses-
sions ot school naa taKen up. rer-
sonnef" attention to the pupils also
shows up. A little- inside dope on
the subject appears.
Winston Churchill Decides
To Take Up Oil Painting
London, Dec. 13. Versatile Wins
ton Churchhill, soldier, politician,
diplomat, writer and a "Little Na-
ooleon." in social affairs, has
blossomed out on a new branch-
oil painting. His portrait of Sir
John Lavery, the artist, is on exhibi
tion with others at the Royal So
ciety of Portrait nainters, Grafton
gallery, and every lorgnette wearer
in London has gone to see it. ,Sir
John likes the picture, which shows
him painting a masterpiece in his
studio and the Daily Express' art
critic iavs the likeness is remark
able". Painting is Churchill's hobby.
Texas Rangers in Control of
Disputed Border Oil Lands
Fort Worth. Tex., Dec. 6. Texas
rancers are m lull control oi uia-
nnted nil lands on the Texas- Okla
homa border, over which officers
from the two states threatened to
clash when the state courts issuer!
conflict !!' writ" fr" nossession of
the laud .
admitted Bill, who had been listen
ing rather intently.
A sharp whanging on one of the
steam pipes -bluntly bjoke in on
Uncle Joe's story.
"Well, if that old crank on the
third story ain't rapping for more
heat, and I bet its hot enough up
thete now to boil eggs." said Uncle
Joe, going over and looking at the
gauge.
"Bangin' th' pipes for heat is their
favorite pastime. And do you know
1 have got so I can kinder read
folks' characters by the way they
rap," continued Uncle Joe.
You heard how the old fellow
just clanged the pipe, making just as
harsh a sound as possible. Well,
you may not believe it, but there is
one woman in this house who always
taps the pipe in a sort of a musical
like way. Somehow she can almost
seem to get a tune out of the pipes.
She is mighty fond of music, and
you wouldn't have to be told that
after hearing her rap once Then
there is a business man in this place
who always raps in a most efficient
like way. He is quick and rather
sharp about it, just seeming to de
mand it being done at once, but
whenever he does rap, I feel as if
they really did need more heat up
there, and that he wasn't rapping
out of pure cussedness like the crab
you just heard. This pipe rappiu' is
quite a study.
Settling Scraps.
"Another thing that is . kinder
funny, too, is the way some folks
are always asking you to settle some
scrap or other. Most times folks are
reasonable in their complaints about
the noise the party is making over
or "under them or in the hallways,
and we usually take it up with the
owner and settle things. But always
there is one family in a block like
this that is always crabbing about
something.
"Here it happens to be Mrs. 'C,' on
the second floor. She is forever and
a day coming down here and kick
ing because Mrs. 'J,' upstairs, hap
pens to sweep a little dirt down onto
her piazza, or Mrs. 'H' made too
much noise when she came in about
2 last night, or because the hall is a
little.dusty, the water isn't hot
enough, or something.
Hearing Family Histories.
"There is a pretty good crowd in
this house" now and I really like be
ing here. It is rather fun, too, go
ing around to collect the papers, as
a lot of women come out and tell
you their family histories. There is
one woman on the top floor who
often asks me to come in and have
a nr n( rrfif in wintpr anrl 1
can tell you it tastes pretty good
after tramping up and down the
stairs after the rubbish they didn't
install chutes in the days they built
this. I try to keep the place up as
good as I can and be accommodat
ing and that seems to please them
pretty well. I have got to put some
coal on now. I sure shovel a lot of
coal a year between the heater and
the hot water heater, and thats the
hardest and meanest part of my
job."
Well, it is nearly 11 o clock and
cal'cate I had better be getting
around to Matthews street, said
BH1. pulling out his watch.
"Guess I have talked all the time,"
said Uncle Joe, "but somehow when
I get started talking shop I don't
know when to stop.
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Less than 10 per cent of the pulp
mill workmen in Canada receive $25
a week or over. r
The average yearly earnings of
factory workers in Australia is $625.
More than 125,000 men are em
ployed in the coal mines of Scotland.
Fifteen per cent of the Workers in,
the United Mates are between the
ages of 16 and 21.
Dockworkers in Jamaica have de
cided to abandon their strike.
A lockout has been declared in the
metal industry at V igo, Spain.
Carpenters in Chicago who'work
on Suiulsy receive $2 an hour.
Plans for Ifl new factories were
approved by. the New York state in
dustrial commission during October.
WeeklyIeview
is 9-64 of an inch, and its stroke ii
36-1000 of an inch.
An investigation of labor condi
lions and wages of women and child
workers in Dallas, Tex., brought to
light the fact that telegraph mes
senger boys there earn as high lis
$100 a month, while some women
telegraph operators are receiving as
high as $250 a month.
Since 1887 the cost of living in
Japan has increased tenfold, while
wages have advanced fourfold.
The recent actors' strike in New
York caused a loss to the theaters
of more than $2,000,000.
A wa'je rate of $1 an hour has
been established by the Plasterers'
union in Rock Island, 111.
. Many mills in the south will be
compelled to close down due to the
lack of coal. v v
A company has been organized in
Maryland to insure employes against
losses from labor troubles.
South Wales has 580 tinplate mills
with an annual output of 1,000,000
tonsw
The National Union of Railway-
men, with its 4,000,000 members, is
the largest single trade union in
England.
An increase of 10 cents an hour
has been granted to longshoremen
of St. John, N. B.
Bricklayers in Christiania, Swed
en, have been earning i) per cent
more than cabinet ministers.
Three shoe factories in Lynn,
Mass., have applied for an injunc
tion to prevent workers curtailing
production.
Organized butcher workmen in
Memphis. Tenn., are 'reducing their
long work day and many firms ar
signing the new 10-hour agreement
Mote than 950 factories, work,
.-hops and shipbuilding -ards and
30,000 workers are affected by th
lockout in Barcelona, Spain.
Lumberjacks in Louisiana, win
are receiving uprecedented wages
are buying $3,000 autos, $10 silk
shirts and $5 neckties.
Child labor in the United Statei
has decreased more than 40 per cent
since the child labor tax provision
of the revenue act went into effect
in April last.
Federal employes in Belgium havs
been given the right to organize in- .
to trade unions, including the right
to strike.
Thirty large employers of laboi
in Japan have organized, under Gov
ernment auspices, "The Association
for the Conciliation of Labor and
Capital."
A strike of factory workers in Co
colapam, Mexico, was broken by the
women there, who went into the fac
tories and did the men's work until
the latter decided to return to their
machines.
Striking printers in Paris have re
quested a commission be named to
endeavor to find a solution of the
questions at issue between the print
ers and newspaper owners.
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It is stated that Welsh coal miners
could earn from $5,000 to $6,000 a
year if they would work steadily.
Web pressmen in 20 cities 'have
formed a new association and have
broken away from the parent body.
A jeweler of Hillsboro, N. D., has
made a tiny engine, run by com
pressed air, which is only three
quarters of an inch long and weighs
only 2f4 grains. The diameter of
the cylinder bore is 28-1000 of an
inch; the diameter of the fly wheel
Under the organic act of the de
partment, which gives the secretary
ot labor the authority to mediate in
labor disputes through the appoint
ment, in his discretion, of commis
sioners of conciliation, the secretary
exercised his good offices in July,
1919, in 94 labor disputes.
Official figures given out by. the
South Wales Coal Owners' associa
tion show the weekly 48-hour wages
paid to 40,000 skilled miners, from
which it appears that 27,000 received
less than $14.60 per week in July,
1914, but that all excepting about
00 were earning more than this in
November, 1918 and that nearly
26,000 were in receipt of a weekly
wage exceeding $21.90 at that time.
The official figures showing the
results of the scheme for the train
ing of unemployed women, are sig
nificant chiefly because of the ap
parent lack of interest in the scheme.
The total of 2,761 woman who, up to
June 18, 1919, had taken advantage
of the opportunity offered for train
ing as compared with the number of
women on the live registers of Brit
ish employment exchanges, indicates
that the scheme is practically a fail
ure.
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