Pella Chronicle (Newspaper) - July 27, 1922, Pella, Iowa Best Advertising Medium VOL. 58 NO. 30. The Official County Newspaper ' MARION IOW WILL NOT ALLOW COAL FOR FARMERS MINE UNION LEADER SATS MEN WILL CUT BUT CAN NOT FURNISH Joseph H. president of the Iowa United Mine Workers of told President C. H. Hunt Secretary E. H. Cunningham of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation at a conference last week that he would be unable to take any steps to relieve the threshing coal not an actual shortage of coal that tne farmers are complaining but the high prices they are compelled to pay for what available coal there said Mr. Morris last He declared that the farm bureau officials were unable to show him any localities where farmers were actually suffering from a coal question of supplying coal for said not confined to any one small and to open up a few small mines would only aggravate and not solve the Declaring that the farmers were in less need of coal than the public Mr. Morris said that no mines would be opened and that all his organization could do to help the farmers during the threshing season would be to cut members In the mining camps will cheerfully help cut wood without payment for doing if the farm bureau will say the he He told Hunt further that the miners would do anything In reason to prove their friendship for the said coal is but I also wish to point out that the price of coal is very when compared with the price which we miners are paying for the privilege of belonging to a labor organization Public sympathy has been with us up until now and I feel that this includes the but this sympathy or friendship vanishes as soon as they are inconvenienced in the He that if permission was given to mine coal for any purr pose it would .be to the farmers of lie rno one strike took the farmers or that they did not have sufficient opportunity of providing themselves with Mr. Morris stated that the miners were sorry that they were unable to belong to an organization or gain a living wage without disturbing the but that when all peaceful methods the only weapon they had was a have just spent three weeks in Washington where attempts to solve this problem and free the public from worry were The has given no consideration to over three million women and children who have been without any income or aid since April 1, and very little for nearly two This same public is little concerned about what is to become of these people if our cause is public must this is a struggle of life and death for our Many of our members have died to build it and many are willing to die to save it. I have the farmers bear this in mind while they chop wood for their But You Can't Fool all the Farmers all the Time At a certain town in Nebraska the total coBt of four standard farm a gang a corn a grain binder and a farm was on August 1, 1914. By selling 798 bushels of corn to the local the farmer could pay for these On January 3, 1922, he had to sell 3,083 bushels of corn in order to cover the cost of the same four Part of this was due to the lower price of part of it to the higher factory cost of the but the largest factor was the extraordinary increase in the size of the freight the farmer had to In 1914 it cost him to pay the freight on the Implements from the factory and on the corn to The you gets the price less tJio freight when he he pays the Chicago price plus the freight when he in 1922 the freight he had to foot for the transportation of the implements and the large quantity of corn to pay for them had risen according to the Secretary of And yet the farmer believes that a stiff tariff on corn and commodities of which we have a large exportable will actually when it Is accompanied by an even tariff on everything he August the Fangs of the Strike Mob Under modern industrial conditions a man's job is bis most precious it from him and you rob him of his opportunity to feed and clothe his He can't go out and take from Nature the things he The job means life Therefore he fights for the job as he would fight for hence the consuming hatred of the In the United States we can not plead that there not to go We all know that there is ample natural sufficient labor power and productive capacity to keep every American family In reasonable The coal for instance can produce thirty per cent more fuel than the nation the copper the cotton the corn and wheat the factories and mills suffer from an excess rather than a shortage of That's the meat of the Russia tried to solve It by communism and In the United States it is the duty of the leaders in commerce and politics to face this problem of or coordinating the multiform activities of the nation for the general to bring about radical changes in a system which causes distress and starvation because there is too It's a huge task requiring the best effort of several but its very size commands that a stare be made The Herrin must use force to the utmost to prevent a merely a Hanging the mob leaders won't cure the economic and social reorganization PELLA TEAM TAKES GAME EROM ANKENY TEN INNINGS REQUIRED TO CAPTURE GAME FROM PLUCKY last Thursday afternoon when they met the fast Ankeny It was the opinion of the fans that the visiting team was one of the fastest teams that have played here this The two innings showed that the teams were very evenly matched and both started in for a hard steady In the third innings with two out the visitors scored two on errors and secured another score in the fifth before the local boys could get a man across home The game looked decidedly in favor of the In the same inning the home team scored three men and went ahead by one in the sixth In the eighth inning the visitors tied the score and It required two more innings for the home boys to run home another The playing was and even spectacular at on both Lankelma put the ball over the fence for a home run and his feat was duplicated by one of the There was a great deal of dissatisfaction on the part of the visiting team in regard to the umpiring of Joe Porter but it was evident to the spectators that much of the was unwarranted and the visitors were using that method for a The did not get rattled continued to call very close on both He showed no disposition to do any The weather was ideal for the game and the attendance exceeded the seating The score by Innings was as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ankeny 0 0 2 0 100 Pella 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4, Pella 5. 9 10 0 0 0 1 POSTAL CARD SHOWER GIVEN Carbon paper and second at the Chronicle Little Paul W. Roorda was very pleasantly surprised last July 18, on 7th birthday in the way of a postal card Paul received about 80 very nice cards and booklets and he is very busy looking them As he is just recovering from a very severe It was a nice surprise for Paul and his papa and mamma wish to thank all of his little friends and cousins for remembering THE PRETTIEST GIRL MISS HAZEL MYERS OF WINS OUT IN REGISTER BEAUTY The big beauty contest conducted by the Des Moines Register is going the Register last Sunday announcing the Marion County Miss Hazel Myers of whose picture we are to print by the courtesy of the PER YEAR In announcing Miss Myers as the Marion county we are giving the decision of the judges who decide the contest for the The editor of the Chronicle is not expressing his own as he does not wish to make any enemies in the vicinity of his home It is quite that all the handsome young ladies of Pella did not send in their If there can be no objection on their part to winning the Miss Myers now becomes eligible as a contestant in the Seventh District the winner of which will be in the state The final winner for the state will be at Bought Used Cars with Worthless Checks Business in used cars was going strong in Indianola for a few days last when D. R. of the Parr Auto company of bought 12 cars from different dealers in But the business didn't appear to be a very profitable one when It was found that checks on an Ottumwa bank amounting to which had been given in payment for the cars were Nine of the cars were sold by the Indianola Auto the Bulck sold two and Poison The cars were bought on Thursday and Parr had asked that some of the checks be held till this week so that he would have time to deposit enough to cover all the When the checks reached Ottumwa on Saturday it was found that he had no money in the bank and no provision had been made to meet the The sheriff at the Polk county sheriff and Sheriff were given warrants his He was found in Albia on Sunday and Sheriff Hartzler wetn to Charlton on Sunday night and brought him to He had on him when Sheriff Hartzler met him at At the hearing given Parr Tuesday morning before the local Justice of his bond was fixed at He was turned over to Des Moines authorities by Sheriff Parr claims that he believed the checks would not come back to Ottumwa before Tuesday and he had intended to have the money there by that He says that he will get the money to meet the He has been doing considerable business in Ottumwa for several The party who took my ladders from behind the Vander Linden Drug store is It returned at once nothing will be otherwise I will start action at WILL J. Decorator and DISSOLUTION OF Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned and Do Geus in the ownership of the Garden Cafe been Mr. De Geus has withdrawn from the and the undersigned remains as the sole DAVE VER The Martha Society of the Third Reformed will hold an Exchange of baked July 29th, from 1 to 5 p. m. at the Holland Meat CLUB WOMAN TELLS OF HER TRIP EAST MRS. SARAH RICHARDSON ATTENDED FEDERATION MEETING AS FARM BUREAU Mrs. Sarah who attended the recent national convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs at N. has written an article for the giving some of her impressions of the As Mrs Richardson her many duties have made her article a little but wo are certain it will interest our readers none the It I have recently returned from the National Convention of Federation of Women's held in N. from June 20th to 30th. Farm Bureau work and at home have not permitted me the time to write an account of my trip before I am submitting it to the editor of the Chronicle to be trusting it may be o Wi of in Before saying anything about Chautauqua or the let me say that looks awful good to I saw better better better homes and better looking towns in Iowa than in any other state through which I And I am not speaking disparagingly of any other The great fields of grapes in New York interested me. Thousands of acres of land planted to beautifully cultivated is a pretty These grapes furnish supplies for many grape Juice and grade lade factories of that I visited the Welch grape juice factory located at This is a mammoth the present work being the labeling of last year's products and overhauling A large party of us took the trip up to Niagara after the This trip I have always anticipated and I was not As I stood on the Canadian side of the river and viewed in awe that wonderful spectacle of Nature's a new inspiration of dignity and strength seemed to steal over and possess me. How I hated to leave that majestic spot where throngs of silent spectators stand and forgetting losing themselves in that enchantment of blended force and I separated from the new friends I had made and returned to took the boat trip on the splendid new See and Bee boat on Lake Erie down to This was a delightful cool trip and was a charming experience to me. After reaching Cleveland I took a fast train to just eight hours on the A few hours In Chicago and home the best place in the whole And a few words about Chautauqua is an institution of established several years ago by a man of Dr. John who realized that books are and learning a guide to Here on the beautiful Lake Chautauqua Dr. Vincent first established a training school or assembly for the training of religious Out of this initial movement has grown the wide literary field of a reading course for This is a course of four years which is supervised by a board of directors consisting of prominent literary men and This Chautauqua Course encircles the globe and brings in one several hundred thousands of Supplementing the reading course is the study Course that features the life of the resort during summer Can you conceive in your mind the picture of a city in the U. S. A. Where all the activities of its people are blended in educational and spiritual there is no no no on Page Colfax Woman Struck by Truck and Killed As the result of having been struck by a heavy auto truck Mrs. Nora McCracken Moore died an hour later at the Victoria Mrs. Moore was in the street in front of her home burning brush and limbs that had been torn from trees In the Sunday evening A dense curtain of smoke shut off the view of the approaching Mrs. who was around 60 years of was slightly deaf and evidently did not hear the approaching At the Inquest the Jury found that this accident was FORD RETAIL SALES MAKE NEW RECORD COMPANY REPORTS TOTAL SALES HAVE REACHED 5,709 A sales of Ford trucks and tractors established a new high record during according to a statement issued from the Ford Factory at an average of 5,-709 machines were sold Ford sales have been showing a constant increase each month this June being the highest in the history of the Company with a total of 148,439 trucks and Of this 6,054 were sold by the Ford Company of Canada and 9,435 by the various European Ford Companies | and South American reaching purchasers In practically every civilized country in the With the closing of business for Ford records disclosed the fact that total sales for the first six months of 1922 were well over the the exact 652,261. This Is also a new high record as It Is considerably in advance of any previous half-year July Ford sales are expected to and probably eclipse The estimated output of trucks and tractors has been placed at 151,767, although dealers have requisitioned more than 200,000. Ford officials state that every attempt has been made to supply their dealers with sufficient cars to fill their but that for the past three prompt have been impossible with some of the The demand for Ford enclosed cars has been especially hard to due to the ever-increasing popularity of the Coupe and Sedan for all A reflection of general business conditions is seen in the record of Ford truck which show an increase of eighty-four per cent over last Merchants and farmers alike have come to recognize the utility of the motor truck in cutting transportation costs and speeding up and the fact that they are buying nearly twice as many now as a year ago clearly points to better business At the present Ford is employing 75,000 men in PELLA WINS FAST GAME FROM MILO MILO TEAM FALLS FOR SECOND TIME TO PROWESS OF LOCAL BALL Pella defeated Mllo In a very Interesting game Wednesday The weather was very hot and oppressive which accounted for the seeming lack of pep on the part of both In the first inning Mllo scored one run on account of pitcher Do overthrow to That was the last of the scoring until the sixth when scored men and In the seventh two Both teams batted unusually but the fielding was also which accounted in a measure for the small Both the Gale boys suffered accidents though did not prevent them from There was a little too much In this game to suit the who would witness good win or than to have so much seemingly Of course we know it is hard for the losing side to be fully satisfied with all the decisions and this method is often resorted to to intimidate However we favor a moro generous policy on the part of the home team oven if it the sacrificing of a game now and The team is especially by the business because it is good advertising for the but we fear the good effects are often offset by having the opposing team go home and report ill We are not accusing the home team of unfair but the fact is the opposing teams do make such kicks and we are suggesting for the benefit of all concerned and for the future of baseball in Pella that this very undesirable situation bo remedied if Score by innings was as 1 2345678 9 Mllo 1 0 0 0,./'0 0 0 0 0-1 Pella 00000320 We observe that C. Ernest a former principal of the Pella high was one of the graduates to receive his Master's degree at the State University last Mr. Clarke resigned his position at Pella to enter the army and after tho In Wyoming until a year when he entered the university at Iowa City for graduate work in Mr. and Mrs. Will McAdoo visited relatives in Pella briefly the latter part of last They left Saturday morning for for a short visit and will return to their home at Okla. McAdoo is running for the legislature in Oklahoma this Bigger Crowds ted at Iowa State Fair opening date of the Iowa State Fair only a month authorities here are beginning to look toward this great barometer for signs of Iowa's returning I Indications today were that they would not look in State Fair officials said today that the bettering of conditions among farmers of the state was being reflected materially in the great Increases in entries In almost all of the agricultural and live stock the Final entries do not close for live stock until August 1, but they now bid Tair to go over the marks set last year in almost all Grain and farm produce exhibits also show marked promising for state fair visitors season one of the greatest of Iowa's farm wealth that has been seen in recent Throughout their fair officers are making preparations for larger crowds than they have entertained in a long Admission to the been reduced to 50 as compared with 75 cents for the last several Railroads have given additional inducements to state fair visitors by reducing rates to fare and one third for round trip instead of fare and one the state fair Is any this is going to be a great year Secretary Corey said SINGERS TO GIVE CONCERT IN PELLA The Cotton Blossom Sextette from the Piney Woods Colored School at Mississippi are going to give the people here in Pella an opportunity to hear the Old Negro Spirituals and plantation melodies just as they are sung in the cotton fields and lumber camps of tho These young people are students from Piney Woods School and each one of them Is specializing in some definite Industry with the hope of aiding their For Piney Woods School not only teaches school branches but it gives them an opportunity to learn brick carpentry and such arts as ure needed in the Black Belt of the Many of the good people of Pella are helping to maintain Piney Woods School and it is for their benefit that these students will give the Admission is absolutely free but an offering will be taken for the benefit of the This entertainment will be given at the Second Reformed church on Thursday July 27, at 8:00 9
