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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
A GREAT HIGHWAY
FROM EAST TO WEST
mobile accessories. All things CON
sidcred. the route selected WAS the
most aNAila bic and nrncticaI

- 49,
mobile accessories. All things CON
sidcrcd the route selected was the
most available ana practical
Central Location.
To unite the entire south the road
had TO be measurably near the middle
broadly. the South is tho region wing
north Of the Gulf of Mexico and south
Of the Old Trails Highway. which runs
from Washington by Columbus. o.. and
ST Louis. Mo. to the Pacific. In seek
ING the middle line or this region, u
point was selected midway between
anu another point midway between ST
Louis ana New orleans. From the New
McNic" line eastward. the route selected
follows closely line through these
two middle points. That part OF the
South Which Hes north OF tie route is
building roads southwark to the main
hGntuCk!; iehhcssee and oklahona
while highways are being built com
inS IN from the South from South Caro-
lima: Georgia. Florida, Alabama. Mis-
sisspp Louisiana and South Texas
Thus the route selected is the only one
npon which the whole South could pos
.riN, OF more northerly. could never
have served as the backbone OF The en-
tire road system of the South.
Attractions to Tourists.
An indispensable requisite Of The
routc TO he selected was that ii must
be attractive to tourists. II was real
Leu tIil TOURISTS. cnlcuN American,
spent Slot, 100000 - year touring Eu-
rope; that New England realized SIS. =
u0o.ooo year California SIS. 100000 Il
year. and Colorado $4,000, 600 a year
from the same source. II was under
stood chat AN increasing number were
joining tn" See America First move
mcnt: that there were 1000. 900 auto
owners in the United States to-day:
That 5000 touring cars Il wear. pli-
vately owned. were shipped across our
continent for their owners use in tour
ING California: that two great Panama
i'aCiic cNpositioES would be held in
California in 1915, during which year
probably 10000 autos would go from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific coast, going,
by one route. returning by another. and
that the actual money spent along the
route III transit by these tourists while
running into tile millions was less to
be considered than the national and in
ternational publicity that would come
TO the South and the opportunity that
would thus be offered to the South, the
nations main asset, to impress tour
lists with the attractions of her eli
mate, with her roses till Christmas
and yiolcts all the year and with the
richlless md immensity of her unde-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
THE ZIG coRN SHOW
\ir.ins Corn Growrrs' Ass.ria iiou to Make
EreMtc,i ENhihii ion IN Tic Till EitN.

Lyrchhur. Va. Decouiher -u-r Professor
l.ymIu W. Carrier. the secretary Of tho Viz
.iuiu Corn-Growers' Association. writes Ia
tn" president of the lNnchGur& CEaHb-r al
tplnncrcH ti!dr nc has ;Is-ursuc of aOt only
Tho cora show "ud convention 10 hc held
la this city on ru"Mi1N ana Wednesday. Ian
UIry y a:.I e. Nhe untc-is al The oraHnia.-
ton have taken crrJt pains q" arrange .,
program thnt win sUr@i> prove attractive
aud Instructive.
frcuiuins amounting ia several AUudred
dollars have been offered la the cyhibitors.
assuring Il good variety and - humble. large
enough to make a biz SHOW. several hun-
drcd exhibitors viii rntsr me contests and
make the displn! tho largest Of It's Kind ever
uccumu.atcd IN the state OF Virsini, az one
time.
Til. railroad officials attracted by ih.
promise OF Il sarS" attendance. lave offered
reduced fares To 81! WHO VIII attend. Thea.
reduced fares will 10 supplied 70 purchasers
Oh th- certificate plan ha-is which IS tina {
passeugera will pay full fare on The going
trip. and on The return Grip uckeis Will ~
s,oi't for three-nt'hS OF the regular fare plus
- cents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
KEEPING BUSY IN
SOUTH COUNTRY
Continued From First Page. J


Continued From First PaEe)
stock OF 100000 to manufacture Ium.
Der.
Coleman Lumber Co. Losansport,
In. will install additional machinery
and increase daily capacity from 20
600 to $1,000 feet Of lumber: is ne
Eotiating for timber tract and will
construct twenty-m!lc tram road.
Walk & Murdoc!l Machine Works.
charleston, :. C.. was incorporated with
capital stock Of s25o,0O0
Texas Power and Light Co. \ T.
strickland, president. Dallas. Tex,
Will soon begin construction OF plant
at Waco. Ten; reinforced concrete and
brick building. 200 by 162 feet: mr.
ranged for future enlargement: will
also construct 100 miles OF transmits
sion arste''l for light ana power.
T.. ~ Bedwcll Coal Co. Fort smith.
Afk., was Incorporated with capital
stock Of $4,000 to develop coal mines.
Bond Foley Lumber 60. Vas mcor.
porated with capital stock OF s2l2.500
by Ninian l. Bond. Oakland, Md. ana
others; has mills in jackson Connty.
w. Va.
NalGcsc Manufacturing CO.. Valdcse.
\. g. organized with capital stock OF
fl.o,ouO and let contract 10 erect SlO-
geo mill buildings will install 5000
spindles. steam and electric plant to
cost about $4,000. for manufacture OF
cotton yarns.
spikes Brothers, Daiworth Park Ten,
was incoroorated with capital stock
OF $4,000 TO manufacture brooms. etc.
Ennis Lumber Co. Ennis. Tex. was
incorporated with capital stock OF S35. :
600 to manufacture lumber.
smith Concrete Tie 90. Brming-
ham Mn, was Incorporated with capi-
tai stock of $4,000 10 manufacture
concrete ties
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

month after the raising Of the parcel
post weight limit from eleven TO TWEEN
" pounds, which occurred August 20
The lcss ensuing in September in
other transportation revenue was
enough to bring about loss in this
item for tho entire three months OF
some 100000. although all Transports
ton revenue gained more than S26.-
10000" In tn" same time tranaporta
ton earnings other thnn those com
So1. 900, oOo
For q $1,000. 600 expansion In mail
husincsR Tor 1918. due TO parcel post
the railways have received n l. per
cent increase in mail pay during half
the year. about Si.250O60. That for tho
came business by express they should
have earned $4,000 U0o shows the loss
ensuing from inadequate mai; pay
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
MORE WORKERS. WANTED.
Plenty OF People Down south. But Too MANY
the I.oafrr's List

IL must no admitted that ~ least some Of
me alleged facts In the arrsieninen: below
are true. Tho arra!Eumcnt comes from the
Manufacturers Record That paper saws:
Looked NJ from tho purely material point
"f view, there are enough people in the
SCUM 10 do twice az much work In the az
ar"Gatc as Is now done there. There are
enough people TO meet every demand of IN.
iard ANA factory; bat very considerable
pr"p"rtloi- OF them are living in idlencss Tor
= part, and many Tor all OF their time: some
gambling: some arc simply drifting as the
current goes and others viciously bad
mere are very many In all Of thcse classes
that might be reached by the rign; l;inJ az
Work. nrd v no could probably he saved IN
themselves and TO their country by AN OK
penditure OF oven less energy than that
which Is put forth TO bring othr, people
into the South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
New cotton VIII.

Norganton. y g. Decenber 27--1lis
Naidese Manufacturing Company has
been organized with ample capital, 10
do business nenr lierc The officers are
+. lihet. president; J. Garrou. vice
president: Francis t;arrou, secretary.
treasurer s. Y. Upchurci. enginesr-
architect This company has contract
ed Tor Tho construction OF 260xG0-
foot brick building costing about Sl0,-
zoe. steam ana electric power plant
costing about 5000, ana a 5.o0O- spindie
equipment to manufactures cotton
hosiery Yarns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
TIE MAN OF FORTY.
More Valuable Than tho InInnt, mud
should lie More Carefully Preserved.
Ii.

MS Essay - from TIE I'ropklF0
There is pretty deep Significance
III the idea presented 10y Professor w
! Scigwick before the life insurance
presidents. that IL j. much more i'm
portant Tor society to saw" the man Of
forty, the trained wealth producer. than
10 save babies. The professor does not.
reduce infant mortality. but he faTorS
ana eXa!ts such community experiment
tttiou as VIII prolonE tho period OF ~
Ncicncy ~ human NE after efficiency
has been proven.
II babies nrc kept from dying. il IS
manifest enough to The economist tina
- fairly large proportion Of those
The Interference with tho law or the
sNrNlvhl Of the nttest. justified rs i, IS
ny all hufna'Iitariaus has diSadVau-
itg"s II MAY and often does. burden.
the future with incoupctcnts To he
supported or partly SUPPORTED By the
rs Professor ScdgwlCIl says the man
of fortY. skilled at his trade. a steady
Wagc-carncr. has passed tho test Of
/ survival Of 'hc tittcSt.' Tic is one cf
the ut who have survived. What can
til" community DO 10 prolong his pro-
dGctiVc cucrgN2
Clearly. secur" tenure OF job. ade-
ose'ncn; TO use leisure intclligcntly
must be considered. The need Of quic K
"nd scientific attention TO any sickness
IS likewise apparent Ventilation IN
worKng-!oolns ANA IN homes is i'm
portant. other details viii suggest
themselves ~ keen minds. The self
interest Of the life Insurance corn
panleS enlisted TO save the man OF
forty may bc Of immense advantnre
to The human race.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
The Cotton hoY.n,eu1

New Orleans December 27--In his
last report the secretary OF the New
Orleans cotton Exchange. shows that
the amount OF cotton brought into
sight during Ito days of tho present
season was S,s7:.63o bales. an increase
over the same period last year OF 80. :
$40 bales. Exports wero i.74J.794 bales
n decrease or ll..i4S bales The talk
inBs were. ny Northern spinners, L.
a4S,52i bales. an Increase OF 1895 bales:
by southern spinners, t.s33l1s bales.
an increase OF 3I6,110 bales.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

II"re Is STONY rom an eXchun.e:
An extremely curious variety OF fat
tailed sheep is native to Afghamistan.
II is characterized by the immense
weight and size or It's tail. caused by
DEVELOPMENT of masses Of fat forming
stores Of nuurishncnt which .4rc drawn
upon during The winter months. when
fodder is scarce. These sheep furnish
the principal meat diet OF the inhnbi-
tants. and IN" grease Of the tail is :,
substitute for butter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
IN WITH THE BOYS.
New President Of Southern Railway
Proud OF Record Corn Clubs Nfndc

Washington. December 27.-Com :
mentinG the other day on the statement
issued by tho United states Depart
nent of Agriculture. showing the re-
suits attained by the boys and girls
who won prizes in the Boys Corn Clubs
and Girls Carnin" Clubs i'm their re
spective States in the season OF 1913
Fairfax Harrison, the new president
of tho Southern Railway, said:
while the work done by tho BOYS
and girls in all OF the States was re-
markable. 1t Is very gratifying to me
to note that first honors. both in the
Boys Corn Clubs and tho Girls' Can
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
THE RAILWAYS IDEA or ,r.

Parcel pOst Helps the Country. but Is
Somewhat Shocking TO Railroads.
The bureau OF railway statistics has
show that 'the loss of almost 81. 900. 900
in Septembers other Transportation
revenue, IN the face of a gain In all
transportation revenue OF more than
S9.000.000. ~ the first instance of the
Kind III 1919, and comes III the iirst
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
HendcrSonNiIIc Hosiery ,Iul.

tlendersonville, y. c.. December 3..-
The Frcizc- Bacon Hosiery Mills of this
place has been Incorporated with $50
o"o OF capital and IL is their purpose To
start here at once i splendid hosiery
mill that Will employ over Il hundred
ncODle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING Ne VS.
continued from First Page

! general way, | am Inclined to in
dorsc that idea, but all OF tho good
things are not going to happen in Jan
uarY or in February OF right away. It
is going To take a few months for this
new currency Law To Get things straight
and then it is going to take some time
Tor local investors ana spectators to
get their mortgages and loans and
things Strengthened out OF course.
things arc not going TO remain dull
and am inclined 10 think 1914 is GO
ing 10 he y big year for the real estate
business. hut am not looking for very
much OF the activity 10 show mp in
the irst quarter Of the year"
The sales for tho past week were
almost down to the naught noint. the
only ones showing mp being on the
very small order ana confined entirely
to residence property. mostly in the
1 suburbs. II is doubtful ii all of the
| sales reported and unlcpor;ed amount
od To as much ~ $4,000 This. of
course, refers 10 city and suburban
transactions.
Some of II" men who make q special
" Of farm lands away out in The rural
districts had some holiday customers
from a distance, WHO took advantage
OF the holiday cheap rates on the rail
ways To come 10 Nircini: to look over
farm land propositions. Some of these
Investigations may have resulted in
good sales closed on the spot or soon
to be, but none have gone TO record
yet
Ont on the Boulevard
Tho farm land agents, rs well Us
the city land agents. arc all in an op-
tiin!stic humor az To neNt years bust
ness. ana AL arc looking forward TO
great things in the near future Just
what is the real foundation for all
OF this optimism / am sure | Il" not
know. but optimism j. q good thin.
10 have around anyhow.
There is not = lttlo OF building going
on out on the Boulevard and an addi-
t!onal interest has been awakened there
BY the Semioihcial information ;hat
comes almost direct that the cuvhimr
iiow being done by the city in the cen
trc Of the boulevard. between Ecser-
voir Park and Monument Avenue. win
be completed hy March LIST. Weather
conditions permitting, ANA after that
time the worl, o: smooth paving the
Boulevard within this territory viii
he pushed forward with Vigor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
NOTES ON TOBACCO
AS TOFUTURE DAYS

CONTINUED fIom First, PageD
in southside Nirg;nin rhe Sauthsiders
viii simply have to learn the art OF
flue cur and growing the brighter
weed s
The Richmond warehouses; vii, hs
opened for business on Tuesdayn morn
ing, December 40 Most OF the otI,sr
Virginia warehouses viii keep the hotl.i
day season going until the week fots
lowing. Nj
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

Velopcd resources. Hence. n main CON
sidcration was to select route that
would b" attractive 20 tourists
Free OF Ice and snow
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27
RECLAMATION OF THE HIGHLANDS

THE gathered by Former Mayor Valentine concerning
 the reclamation of the Juneau deands, and forwarded to
 Delegate WickerSham make strong presentation of the necessity existing the reclamation of these lands The case has been succncty stated and should command the earnest Congress- With the growth of this city, expansion becomes vital necessity and especially from business standpoint.
 nothing unreasonable in the demand that will be upon Congress this matter there nothing to be lost and much be gained in permitting rising town to have e bow and breathing space It's expansion should be outraged rather than hdered and there should be ppos on developed the part of property within the townSite Their holdings will not be deprecated in value but the other hand their worth will be added to- by the increase permanent population and the expansion of business Sup; pose uneau population should reach say five thousand with in the years and under the conditions exist what could be done with the increased number? Where could they housed? Of there is still considerable ground that be utilized for business and residential poses with the growth that this city promises to attain with the year all that will be made of and much more will be demanded
 This time go sleep this question: It is
 important affects the interests of every person who has slightest interest in the c future growth and prosperity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27
DIsCOUNTING THE BOUNTY OF NATURE

CCORDING to an economist it is not the bounty A of Nature the fertile so abundant mineral deposits or
 good climate that have made this country the most pros porous of nations says Among the for promoting progress none important than the discovery and % uaon who have high abilities Freedom ot opportun y aud diffusion of education the for discovering those possessing unusual gifts. Freedom ana oemoc- ac operate to develop to the full scany number of leaders The abolition of class privileges in modern times thus has been not only of political social consequence but has had direct economic effects The industrial preeminence of England during the eighteenth nineteenth centuries due large to her free institutions The owbo persons opportuni ties to rise though restricted better than on the Con- tnent and England proted accordingly the United States opportunities have been free than ever before m any part world and this factor above all others IS due the wonderful material prosperity of the country.
 may be great economist and still his deductions may not wholly In fact of them are sure to be wrong Economic questions constantly presenting new phases and economical conditions be chameeOnke in their changes The bounty of Nature has had much to do with this nations marvellous progress.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27
GIVE THE CONSUMERS A CHANGE

THE tariff hearings that being conducted by the Ways
 and Means Committee of the House to be giving
 fort to the high-proectiont newspapers One of these assumes that Underwood has stated the tariff on glass and pottery would probably be unchangedhis remark made some time ago the tariff would be changed from agate to zinc merely airy persage, something to that effect The glass pottery manufacturers interested witnesses in fact all manufacturers who appear before the Com mttee and their testimony should be taken too seriously
 is well known fact that American glass manufacturers have glass the past for from ten to thirty cent less than price The pottery manufacturers have had
 surplus stock for export but instances have been getting exorban prices the home Only the protected manufacturers afford Washington to es
 y been urged heretofore these columns that the consumers given chance to put in their evidence This is the who have to pay the freight but they cannot be expected Washington nevertheless their side of the case should given the fullest consideration by the Committee The people have voted for change of policy and if the Demo do redeem their pledges they will be given an other opportunity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

Presidentelec Wilson has 1OS99 jobs to f and fully 1OO 900 patriots ready to be used as filters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

City Hall" physician Louis moced the simple diet and said man should eat pie day Kansas medical profe sor says that in their efforts to make themselves beautiful American women acquiring artificial homeiness pain full to behold" Another doctor-a Boston mghorow-adVSeS everybody go barefooted
 These are but one days geanngs One imagine the product of week or month They will inevitably recall Solo mons oouoed statements In the multitude of counseors there is safety But Soomons wisdom is beaten to fraz ze' bv that of the quidnuncs of the twentieth century
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27
NOTES AND GLEANINGS

"Motor Spirit" otherwise known as petrol or gasoline, is taxed 6 cents a gallon in Great Britain to help pay for the roads The American high way expert, Mir. Clifford Richardson, predicts in Good Roods that such tax must come in time" in the United States to pay for the road mainte, nance. If the 100000 motor vehicles licensed during 1912 run 4,OOO miles a year, consuming a gallon of gasoline for each 15 miles at least 21OOO,OOO gallons burned would yield, at Great Britains rate $1,62O,OOO, which with li- cense fees, Mir Richardson says, would go far" in maintaining the surfaces of the trunk boulevards and place the burden of the upkeep where it properly belongs"
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

SEAL SHIPT OYSTERs-Fresh at the local agency-CHAS. GOLDSTEIN
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27
A MULTITUDE OF CoUNsELLoRs

sG URELY ye the people, and wisdom will die with you
 C These are words attributed to Job most patient of
 and age wther custom stale their application to any day or generation. And live day when wisdom cries aloud in the streets and shouts from the housetop Chicago physician the other day told Young Womens Chris tian Association that the gowns by in New Eng land wckeder than those by the of Euro pean country except France Boston, he said the suggestive city, in America, Philadelphia preacher denounced wife of millionaire banker for permitting the smoking of cigarettes entertainment and said she and her husband should be tarred feathered minister in New declared Mayor Gaynor-fahfu disciple of Epcetus
 of the moral masma that emanaes from the
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

The program of education reform in China is complicated by the problem of school strikes and boycotts, for which the Chinese students seem to have a genius. The Picking cores pondent of The Japan Weekly ChrOn- icle describes a couple of typical in- stances of student insubordination in the Imeprial University and at Ching hua College. near Picking, and re- marks: The deplorable lack of dis cipline in Government institutions may be ascribed mainly to what Dr. Arthur Smith in his work on Chin ese Characteristics" describes as the inherent capacity for combination" on the part of Chinese of all ages, sta tions, and occupations. "There seems in fact" he wrote, ito be not cohe- sion simply, but kind of chemical union." Students have learned from experience that by united action they can proceed to almost any extremes with absolute impunity. But organ ized attempts at insurection in schools of Occidental culture have failed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

About 2O.OOO,OOO,OOO pounds of edi- ble meats must be produced yearly for the 9O,OOOOOO consumers in the United States. They must be held in chill rooms after slaughter to "ripen and become palatable," but not to spoil. For this purpose ice is an un. satisfactory refrigerator, and dry air is the best preservative. The h. creased use of artificial refrigeration of butchers meats by electricity is described in a recent issue of The Electrical Review
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27
: Northern News Notes


 Percy Graham and Frank Newman, employed at the fisheries plant at Afford Bay, B. C., were drowned last week by the capsizing of their boat in the bay
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

Mrs. A. J. Elliott, a former resident of Ketchikan, died recently in Seattle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-27

held recently at Ottawa, between Dr. Thompson, NJ. P, for the Yukon, Bishop stringer of the Yukon, and Dr. King, director of the astronomical department.
 The people of Ketchikan are using briQuets for fuel, and they are said to give excellent satisfaction.
 Two of the first log buildings erect ed at New Hazleton, B. C., were de- stroyed by fire recently.
 An 1S-inch pipe on the acropolis con- veying reservoir water has frozen, and at the present time six-inch pipe has to be depended on On last Tues day evening, according to a state ment by the city engineer there was plenty of water in the 1S-inch pipe, and on Wednesday morning it had frozen up. The valve became closed during the night-Prince Rupert Em' pire.
 Drilling for oil is to shortly com, mence on Graham island. Oil was dis, covered on the west coast of island several years ago.
 
 The first passenger train with mail and express arrived in New Hazleton, B. C., with passengers on Jan. IS. On Sunday morning the passenger train started from New Hazleton for Prince Rupert, Until further orders New Hazleton will be the terminus for both freight and passenger trains.
 
 Mrs. A. J. Elliott, a former resident of Ketchikan, died recently in Seattle SEAL sHIPT OYsTERs-Fresh at tbo Ioco1 oco,c,, CLJAc COT ncrrI1TN,