Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-09-10
.CHEWED TOBACCO
FOR GOVERNMENT
Plug Tobacco Experts Have
Tested As Brands Submitted
for Their Decision.
lrrom tile New York Times.


erhe great naval tobacco chewing test
watch wen, on at the New York navy
ard last week, ended Yesterday In II
few days the reports of the experts who
have chewed all the brands offered in the
competition will be sent In the bureau of
supplies in Washington, and about 100000
pounds of those brands that the sailors
have pronounced the most delectable will
De contracted for by the navy depart
ment
The report of Patrick, better known as
PADDY" Goyle. the champion tobacco
sampler of The navy Is. of course, awaited
with the greatest interest. and those
brands that Paddy" pronounces the best
are sure to come in for serious considera-
ton before the final contracts are signed
Hardly less in Importance will be the re-
ports to be submitted by Bill Connor,
"Bill' Scully. "Old Father Kirk and
Harry Murphy of the marines. Major
Mahoney of the Submarine tender Hist.
and Tony Geswfs and Pete Hoffman
of the receiving ship Hancock, all of
whom. according to navy yard gossip. are
In direct line of succession TO the tobacco
chewing crown so long and nobly worn
by Paddy" coyle.
I've chewed tobacco in the Straits of
Magellan" said paddy Yesterday and
I've cheWed ii on the sun baked hills, of
streets of Sitka. the decks OF half the
battleships and cruisers, past and present,
in our navy, and I've sampled IL In China.
I've tried every kind they ever had in the
Philippines. while as for this country
there is not brand on sale from Port
land to Frisco or from Detroit Ia New
| Orleans that I've not passed ON. guess
I'm qualified to act as an expert WE'LL
reckon.
" lfr1p nf In ,laS thut
y were submitted to the experts were jeal-
\ ously guarded by the Washington authors
| Ties. and when the former report they
| will have to refer to the different kinds
4 by the letters of the alphabet and nnmer-
ais. As brands of chewing tobacco having
been submitted for the test. The experts
among the sailors and marines all say
they We're able to pick out the regulation
navy plug tobaccos and the sweetened
kinds that SO popular in the service
and anyone of them il willing to gamble
| that he can give the trade name of at
least three-fourths of the samples he was
required to test
! This letter and number business cant
| fool your uncle" said odd Father Kirk
! yesterday. and don't you get an idea that
] amt wise to EN-. Now look at that
! piece here. II that Amt old lke's Best,
4 why my name aint Kirk I've chewed
that brand from Seattle to Honolulu and
/ back. and / tell you It's one of the best.
/ It's more popular out Wes; than here in
\ the east. but it's n line morsel and you
| can gamble yer last shoe lace that who
ever makes 1t will get an order for a biz.
supply of IT, If they don't there'll bs
mutiny In Puget Sound as sure as You're
alive"
In the battle of Manila Bay" said
Mayor" Mahoney OF the Hist III was my
/ good fortune to be with Dewey on tho
admiral stopped fighting. for breakfast /
was chewin what we fellows of the real
service atioat call Aunt Marys de-
light Now. talking abou, tobacco, that
/ brand that bears Aunt Mary's name amt
| got a superior In this or any other navy
II cures indigestion, keeps down thirst,
ard makes you as strong as an OK See
| that cut over there on the table, Well.
! that's Aunt Mary, and she's go, my vote.
4 That kind they coll Simple Bill in the
| tropics Is good stuff too. IL got my sec
| ond best vote.
Tony Gaswin will report In favor OF
sample q which he says is the kind they
call "Seedless Grape Fruit in the serv-
Ice. while Pete" Hoffman will stand by
sample r. which he is willing to take the
| stand and swear is none other than the
kind he was chewing when Captain Eulate
OF the Viscaya came on board the Iowa
after the battle of Santiago in 1885 They
call IL the Golden Pinch" in the serv-
fee
III about two weeks the navy depart
ment Will have gone over the reports of
1 the experts and the awards Will be made