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Show i THE PROVO POST TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1922 V Awaits Wifes Return 37 Years; Then Dies Honolulu, T. H. Colburn H. Hawaiian, waited 37 years for his wife, Emily, to return to him before he brought suit for divorce on the of desertion, he testified ground at the hearing of hjf case. Maemae and his wife were married in Ewa, Aahu, in 1884, the year following the coronation of King Kalakaua. She left him four months after the marriage. Since then he has waited for her return, but finally decided she "meant to stay away, he 6ald. Mrs. Maemae now Is a fisher-lad- y and resides on one of the small Islands In Kalihl harbor, adjoining Honolulu bay. Maemae, V MFD JV COMPETITION RESTRAINED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL. a GIN SPANISH MOSS IN SOUTH D Y ITS denial of the Southern Pacific's petition to reopen the Central Pacific case the Suof relief from the depreme Court of the United States is eliminated as a possible-sourccision separating the Central Pacific from the Southern Pacific. Efforts which have been centered on the Supreme Court to grant a rehearing are now being directed into other channels in the hope that the effect of the decision will be nullified and that the Southern Pacific may yet be permitted to do what the Court has forbidden. Fiber Said to Furnish Excellent Material for Upholstery, Mattresses and Other Purposes. e MM It is not our; purpose to prejudge the result. So many requests have been received, however, for a statement of our position that we are attempting to clarify the situation by a series of public statements. There is abundant evidence that the best interests of Utah and the intermountain region will be served if the separation decreed by the Supreme Court be made permanent. It is admitted by both sides that active competition is desirable, but it is claimed that a competitive condition now exists which would be destroyed if the Central Pacific were freed. Exactly the opposite is true. Competition is now restrained and on that ground the Supreme Court based its decision. Such combinations, . . . says the court, constitute a menace and a restraint upon that freedom of commerce which Congress intended to recognize and protect and which the public is entitled to have protected. More specifically the decision recites that: The proof is ample that the policy of the Southern Pacific System has been to favor transportation on its line by securing for itself, whenever practicable, the carriage of freight which would normally move eastward or westward over the shorter line of the Central Pacific Railroad and its connections, for its own much longer and wholly owned southern route. . . A compelling motive 'of this course of conduct is obvious. TJie Southern Pacific owns and controls the southerly route , and receives 100 of the compensation for freight transported by its road and water lines. Over the Central Pacific route it receives but a fraction of the freight because the Union Pacific with its eastern connections takes up the carrying from Ogden to the east. dictates the solicitation and procurement of freight for the longer haul by the Southern Pacific lines. Frank admission that this situation exists is found in the testimony of Mr, L. J. Spence, Director of Traffic of all the Southern Pacific lines, before the Interstate Commerce Commission, as recently as April, 1922. Question. In connection with the movement of traffic in either direction, between the Atlantic seaboard states on the one hand and the Gulf or Pacific Coast States and intermediate territory on the other hand, where does the interest of the Southern Pacific lie in the movement of that or in the movement of it by mixed rail and water route through Self-intere- st all-ra- il Gulf ports? Answer. The interest lies naturally in the movement via the Gulf Route in order to secure the entire revenue for the Brazoria, Tex. One of rapidly growing Industries of Texas and Louisiana Is gathering Spanish gray moss and The commercializing the product. moss is put through a ginning process by which the fiber is extracted. It Is then used for upholstering, mattresses and other purposes. There are a number of these moss factories scattered through southeastern Texas and eastern Louisiana. One of the largest of these Is at Brazoria. In Louisiana there are probably half a dozen large moss factories with an investment each of close to $100,000, while there are a score or more smaller plants located through the gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas, each with $6,000 to $15,000 Invested. The moss is a parasite that has caused the destruction of many millions of dollars' worth of trees. It often hangs In thick strands several feet long. Running through the moss is a fine,, strong and dark fiber which has become commercially known as vegetable hair. It Is this fiber that Is now in great demand for upholstering. For upwards of a hundred years the people of Louisiana and Texas have home-cure- d this growth and made excomfortable mattresses ceptionally from It. LONDON CHINATOWN DOOMED 30 years 25 Ounces for 25 Ff jf over llJ haul of the traffic. Population Drops From 2.000 to 700 In Pour V car, Says London Pape r. London. Londons Chinatown is fast Four years ago 2,000 disappearing. Chinese seamen were living within a stones throw of the West India dock Now It Is doubtful whether gates. there are 700, says the Dally News. During the war Londons Chinatown had its most prosperous days, for quite a number of British ships were manned by Chinese crews. But when the war ended the' edict went forth British crews for British ships, and as the Chinamen were paid off they either went back to China or to some other country where their labor was In demand. Chinese traders In Chinatown began to suffer and one after another had to .put up their shutters. Then suddenly there came a boom. A beautiful actress died while attendg party. Stories ing anwere printed about the thrills to be experienced in Chinese opium dens, and public attention was focused on the sinister alleys and byways of Chinatown, but gradually the novelty b&m We shall furnish additional information from time to time - See GEORGE W. CRAIG, Provo, for particulars as to competitive condition as affecting Provo, Utah County Opium-smokin- wore off. WAR OFFICER WEARS ram li(E $9 SUIT John Martyn Sets Example for Rigid Economy With Clothes Made From Flour Sacks. Washington. An example of eeon-om- y In line with that now exercised throughout the army has been set the civilian employees of the War department by John Martyn, private secretary to the secretary of war. He Is boasting the cheapest suit of clothes ever worn by a department officer, proudly admitting that it was fashended June 30, 1922, will show 24,528 ioned from three flour sacks, purschools enrolled, with a total of 4,483,-84- 5 chased in Panama at a cost of $1 pupils wearing the I Serve but- each. The tailors fee brings the total ton of the American Junior Red Cross cost of an outfit to , $9, Mr. Martyn the badge of unselfish service earn- said. ed by each individual member through personal sacrifice. TREE SET BY KING IS DEAD In International school correspondence 736 classes and schools engaged Soli In Front of Pennsylvania Capitol In friendly communication with 623 Is Too Rich for Tree Planted schools In European countries, 90 by Belgian Monarch. schools In United States territories, 13 in South Africa and 10 In a miscelHarrisburg, Pa. The larch tree laneous list of foreign countries. The planted by the king of the Belgians work in foreign fields in establishing at the time of his visit to Harrisburg playgrounds, school libraries, sewing In 1920 and the companion tree plantand manual training classes, homes ed in honor of Queen Elizabeth In for war orphans, school reconstrucfront of the state capltol have died tion in devastated areas, encouraging because the ground was too rich. The community gardens and many other trees were planted In the midst of activities was financed through the flower beds where the soil has been National Childrens Fun raised by fertilized for more than a centnry for the Juniors at a cost of 1338.237.40. purposes. During the year $56 922.1 J was con- gardening tree planted by the French Foch The tributed toward the fund, in which on marshal Is thriving. 1 there was a balance of July POWDER Honest Weight Thats what youll get order Ice when from this you con- cern. We are painstaking in giving you your moneys worth. You are also assured pure ice and prompt service. Get in line with the others who are planning wisely to have ns deliver their ice regularly during the hot weather. PROVO ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. PHONG K08 1 The term Sunset Gulf Route, heretofore applying to eastbound routing via Galveston, has been discarded and in the future our 100 PER CENT route will be known as Sunset Route. This route includes the Southern Pacific rail lines to Galveston and Atlantic Steamship Lines (commonly called Morgan Line) to New York. The circular closes with the direction: SOLICIT ACTIVELY FOR OUR 100 PER CENT ROUTE. BAKING SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUNDED Oriental A circular of the Southern Pacific Freight Traffic Department, issued September 29, 1921, addressed to agents and signed by G. W. Luce, Freight Traffic Manager, says: Oil SAME PRICE EACH BOTTLE BRINGS HEALTH TUST make a regular habit of drinking milk and you will see for yourself the decided change in your health. Doctors and health officials prescribe it for body building. Our only caution to you is that you make sure the Milk you get is pure and this you will find by getting your Milk from CHERRY HILL DAIRY Phone 780-R-- 3 0 DONT THROW azda j i M LigtiS Globes for the and the House We are putting in a stock of Genuine Ford parts. We will recharge Ford batteries for 50 cents each. DURRANI AUTO SUPPLY CO. Ad! It Pays! Want Post a Try YOUR OLD SHOES AWAY Let Me Half Sole and Repair Them OLD WORN OUT SHOES Guaranteed to Look and Wear Like New Give Me a Trial Be Convinced. Shoe Shop Economy Thomas Demos, Frop. 403 W. Center St. Provo, Utah AND PIANO MOVING FURNITURE Work Guaranteed Get our prices on town work and long-distan- ce The advancing standard of the Junior American Red Cross made two outstanding gains during the last year one In the field of domestic .activity, which Is rapidly Unking up th schools with the Junior program, the other a gain of a dozen countries in Europe pledged to organize Juniors on the lines of the American organization. For this accomplishment the American Juniors earned the hearty endorsement of the League of Red Cross Societies for its "creation of an international spirit of human solidarity among young people with a -- view to preparation of a new civilization for peace. The forthcoming annual report of the American Red Cross for the year trips. Provo Transfer & Taxi Co. PHONE 665 Junior Red Cross Praised for Work Influencing Peace 105 W. Center Germany Is now paying back that money with pretty heavy Interest. If France proves too militaristic and unreasonable, she. In years to come, will pay back, with usury, all she gets now from Germany and more. times And so it goes. Victory or defeat, war does not pay. $500,000,000 The governments by bond offer is $1,000,000,000. There Is some money left. When France had to pay 5,000,000,000 francs to Bismarck, the French people subover-subscrib- scribed the amount over. ed fourteen Yank Relief Cuts Ruts Cholera. Petrograd. Cholera has been reduced to an almost negligible number of cases this summer in Petrograd as a result of sanitary measures Invoked by the medical forces of the American relief administration through purification of the citys water supply and the Inoculation of 75,000 .persons. IA&JU D singles! When your yheart ' flutters, and palpitates, when youre short of breath and dizzy, when you have smothering spells and faint spells, look out for your heart! DR. MILES , Heart Treatment has been used with marked success for all functional h e a r .t troubles since 884. 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