davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
The PACKERS WILL
FEED The ARMY
GOVERNMENT ORDERS WILL
COME FIRST IN CHICAGO
MEAT PLANTS.

Packing companies in Chicago are
prepared to ship three or four train
loads of fresh and canned meat daily
to supply the armed forces of the
United States, according to state
ments made by heads of the four big
Chicago plants during a recent con-
ference in Washington with the Ma
tional Council of Defense. The pack
ers have assured the government that
orders for the armed forces of the
nation will come first, and that if
time is left the packers then will de-
vote their energies to domestic orders
and finally to export business. The
government will be limited only in
the amount of meat it gets for the
army and navy by the supply in the
country.
Smaller plants on the Pacific coast
will be depended upon to supply
meat to forces in the Pacific states
so that it will not be necessary to
ship across the Rockies. Other plants
throughout the nation will be devel-
oped for local supplies.
Packers Are Well Equipped.
The importance of the nations
butcher shop" is best shown by the
fact that the government has erect
ed a ten foot board fence around
the Chicago stock yards which are
heavily guarded. One hundred thou
sand men are employed on single
shift and only the most trusted
workmen are allowed in the plants
by night. The elevated lines suspend
operations over the stock yards after
$50 O'Clock each afternoon.
All the larger packing plants own
their refrigerator cars. With the CO.
operation of the railroads it should
be possible to mobilize these in "a
hours so as to carry meat on rush
orders to government concentration
points.
At the present time there appears
to be a shortage in meat, but export
demands have fallen off considerably
since the Germans inaugurated their
U-boat campaign. This checks the de-
mand. Then, too, it is probable that
large shipments for the United
States will not be required before
the fall crop of hogs and cattle be-
gins to arrive in the stock yards.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
zz2I1
NfK XfE9=
FOR SALE BY
SOUTHERN GROCERY COMPANY,
DAWSON DRUG COMPANY
AND ALL GOOD DEALERS
Libel for Divorce.

Mrs. Daisy York VS.. T. J. York.
Suit for Divorce. In Terrell Supe-
rior Court. Returnable to the May
term, 1917.-To T. J. York: You
are hereby required personally or by
attorney to be and appear at the Su-
perior Court to be holden in and for
the county of Terrell on the third
Monday in May, 1917, then and there
to answer the plaintiffs complaint,
as in default thereof said Court will
proceed as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Hon. VIM. C. Worrill,
Judge of the Superior Court of said
county, this 18th day of March, 1917.
w. S. DOZIER, Clerk Superior Court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08

We all know him, the man who
burns dollars. At this season the
haze of blue smoke from burning
stalks, grass and other rubbish over
hangs his farm, advertising his de-
structivenesS to the world.
He revels in the use of the fire.
Corn stalks are cut and laboriously
piled by hand and the torch applied;
grass, straw, and weeds are raked
into long windows and burned. In
fact, he burns about everything in
the fields except the cotton stalks,
and the only reason these are not
burned is because years of burning
vegetable matter have so impover-
ished the soil that it is incapable of
growing anything but "bumble-bee"
cotton, the stalks of which are too
tiny to rake or pick up. Let's see
what he's losing-actually throwing
away.
From analyses at hand, it appears
that corn stalks and the accopany-
ing fodder contain about 1 per cent.
of nitrogen, or twenty pound per ton,
worth at present prices about SIS.
Weeds, grass and similar materials
probably run equally high in nitro
gen content. Thus the man who
burns a ton of corn stalks, grass or
weeds is deliberately destroying SIS
worth of plant food, since fire drives
off into the air practically all the
nitrogen contained. We believe the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
GOVERNMENT MAY BUY
NITRATES..FOR FARMERS
Backers of Measure Declare That
Distribution at Cost Will Double
Production of Corn and Cotton.

Production of Corn and Cotton.
The United States senate, by a
vote of So to 8, has passed a bill APP
$10,OOO,OOO for the pur-
chase by the government of nitrates
for fertilizer purposes and their dis
tribution at cost to farmers of the
Atlantic seaboard. Backers of the
measure declare that by making nj
trates available at reduced prices, the
corn and cotton crops of the South
may be increased from so to 100 per
cent.
The bill provides that the nitrates
shall be purchased in South Ameri-
can countries and carried to the
United States on government ships.
Such course, it is declared, will
not deplete the supply now in the
United States which may be required
for the manufacture of explosives.
The plan has the approval of Secre-
tary Houston, of the department of
agriculture, and is backed by south
ern senators.
Several republican senators oppos-
ed the bill as unnecessary. Senator
Smoot declared that Chili's entire
output for year can be bought for
the $10,000,000 appropriated under
the measure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
The Man That Burns Dollars.


3 resS1ve Farmer.
humus value of such materials is as
high as their direct fertilizing value
and if this be so, their burning
means total loss of SO for each
ton destroyed. In other words, the
man with twenty-acre field of corn
stalks assuming 1000 pounds of
stalks per acre, is losing a round
500 when he burns these instead of
blowing them under. At the same
time he is probably buying fertilizers
at high prices in the effort to keep
his humus-hungry fields up to prof
table yields.
1t is not enough to say that stalks
and grass are in the way of cultiva-
ton, for if they are cut to pieces
and plowed under in time they will
very soon be thoroughly rotted and
incorporated with the soil; nor is it
enough to say that we have no i'm
plements for cutting the stalks to
pieces, for if we have no disc har-
row or stalk cutter, it will paw manv
times over to chop up the stalks
with a hoe, rather than sacrifice
their plant food and hurnus value by
burning.
This is a time for soil conserva-
ton and soil building, a time for saw
ing and utilizing every possible
pound of plant food. The man who
fails to do these things, who burns
plant foods instead of saving them,
will sooner or later find himself up
against poverty on a worn-out farm.
He will have burned dollars too
long.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
TO TOUR SEA BOTTOM
In A SUBMARINE AUTO
Simon Lake, the Inventor, Will Sur
vey Oceans Floor in Glass
Paneled Car.

vey Oceans Floor in Glass
Paneled Car.
One of the most curious vessels
ever devised is being constructed
for Simon Lake, American subma-
rine engineer and inventor. 1t is a
submarine motor car, in which he
purposes to take holiday under the
sea in the West Indies.
The motor car will run on wheels
at the bottom of the sea, and will
be connected by great tube with
a surface vessel-a sort of house
boat-which will move in unison.
The tube will be in adjustable sec
lions and will be capable of extern
sion to $50 feet.
The dimensions of the underwater
motor car will be 25 feet by 8 feet.
Glass panels one and one-half inches
thick will enable travellers to survey
the oceans floor by means of a pow
erful light equipment.
One of the most ingenious portions
OF the apparatus is an air lock sys-
TEN, which enables door to be open
ed SO that traveler-equipped with
diving dress, of eourse-can step
onto the sea bottom and stroll along
side the ''car."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
HEIR TO BISCUIT MILLIONS
ELOPES WITH STAGE DANCER

1t has become known that John
Green, "a year old son of the late
A. w. Green, head of the National
Biscuit company, eloped from Chica-
go to Crown Point, Ind, with Doro-
thy Silvia, dancer with the every
Good Eddie" company, now playing
in Chicago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
THE MAN WHO STOLE
MILLION DOLLARS is DEAD
Charles Becker, Famous as Forger,
Died in Poverty in New York.

Died IN Poverty in New York.
Charles Becker, who won interna-
tional fame as a clever forger, is
dead in New York city. Becker once
stole $1,OOO,OOO from the Bank of
France through his forgeries, and
with confederates was successful al
so in obtaining enormous sums from
banks in Russia, Austria and Tur-
key. In Turkey he was arrested but
escaped from prison.
Twenty years ago Becker was ar
rested and sentenced to life impris-
onment in California. Later he was
released through the intercession of
the American Bankers association.
Becker was &c years old when he
died, and lived in poverty during
the last years of his life.
There are 100000 blind persons
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08

5ecause OF ITS ionic AID laxative effect LAXA.
LIVE BRoMo QUININEis better than ordinary
Quinine aad does not cause nervousness nor
ringing "a head. Remember the full name and
lcok e. the signature of +. W. GROVE 2sc.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-06
Art Of Harvesting a Horse.

The students in the field artillery
branch Of the service who attended
the officers reserve training camp at
Fort Riley never knew before there was
Just one way to harness and unharness
a horse, or that it was such a compli-
Gated job. Some of them were reared
on farms or ranches, but they never
groomed a horse like Uncle Sans men
do, says the Kansas City Star.
Every student has two horses he
must care for. He must harness them
up, ride n and lead the other. When
he is through he must unharness them.
Sometimes he works by the hour har-
lt"ssing- and embarrassing, so he, too,
will be able to do it in the dark.
After that comes the grooming Of
the horses. 1t sounds simple, but it
isn't. The lessons of the students in
grooming r practical ones and the
horses have to stand for it, whether
they like it or not. Sometimes a horse
will spend all morning being groomed,
not because he needs it, but because
the students need the training.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-06
SOAP FROM ASHES
Arabs Got Cleansing Substance
j From Desert Plants.
Dalook, Which 10 Burned 70 Produce
7 "Hottom," Sprouts From
!, the Barren Rocks.

Although the consumption Of soap
has largely increased in the district
around Alden, there is still an import
ant local trade in hottom, which is
used as a substitute for soap. Hottom
u the Arabic names for the ashcakes
which result from the burning Of q
desert plant that grows plentifully in
this part Of Arabia.
The plant from which hottom is
made Is a glasswort or saltwort; both
6alicornia herbacea and Salsola kali
are said to be found in this region
and used for the purpose. The Arabs
call this plant dalook, and say that it
Is a natural one, because it sprouts
from the ground where It would not
seem possible that there could have
been seeds or any other means Of re-
production.
AS a reason for their belief they
point to the parched and barren rocks
of Alden from which, when there is
one Of the rare rainfalls, these plants
sprout in great numbers, but usually
never to mature. The Arabs of the
desert gather these plants and pile
them In pits dug in the sand. They
are then burned to ashes, the ashes
forming a hard cake in the bottom Of
the pit.
The product comes into Alden by
camel caravan from the mainland, one
camel carrying from two to three
cakes. 1t is estimated that $500 to
1000 maunds of % pounds each Of
hottom are sold each year in the Alden
market. Much greater quantities are
produced and used in the Alden hinter-
land and in the Arabian Red Sea prov
tnces, says a United States commerce
report from Alden. The local govern.
ment levies a tax of 1 cent per maund
on all the hottom sold in Alden.
The principal purchasers of this
product are the native laundrymen and
dyers. From the former it derives an
other local name much used by Euro
peans. The hottom has the appear.
ance Of dried cakes of dark mud. Ma
dve laundrymen r known as
'dhobies" and hottom is frequently re-
ferred to as "dhobie mud"
: 1t is quite effective in washing very
dirty or stained clothing, but is said
to be sufficiently strong in alkali to
have an injurious effect upon the
wearing quality Of the clothing If used
regularly. Hottom is claimed to be
an excellent mordant and the native
dyers use it in their work. A large
quantity is used in this way.
The plant has other important uses.
The Arab women gather the branches
and leaves and dry them thoroughly.
They then crush the dried material
into a powder. This powder is sold in
the native bazars and is also hawked
about the streets. This form of dalook
Is used for cleansing the body, particu-
1ar1y by the Arab and the Somali won.
en-. It is invariably used when the
hair receives one Of it's infrequent
washings. The dalook powder is also
used to make tough meat tender.
While hottom and dalook are still
extensively used, they are slowly CIV
ing way to imported soap. The use of
soap in this district is increasing and
that it will continue to increase is q
certainty.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-06
No Use for II.

Pat walked into the post Office. A.
ter getting into the telephone box he
called a wrong number. As there was
no such number, the switch-attendant
did not answer him. Pat shouted
again, but received no answer.
The lady Of the post Office opened
the door and told him to shout a little
louder, which he did, but still no an
sswer.
Again she said he would require to
speak louder.
. Pat got angry at this and turning
to the lady said:
"Begorra, If I could shout eqy loud
e. I wouldn't use your bloomin' ould
telephone at all !"-Tit-Bits.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-06
NoncommittaI Reply.

VI thought you told me you were
selling me a pleasure car" said the
bandaged motorist.
$50 l did," replied the brisk sales
man.
"Do I look as If I had been having a
good timer
"Well, I've eel a great many peo.
pie look the way you do after they'd
had what they called q good 1nAS
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
Progress Made By the Saxon People

Three years ago. at the Chicago au-
tomobile show. Harry Ford, who was
then secretary of the Chalmers Mo-
tor company, conceived the idea of
building an automobile of sterling
quality and a price that could he
reached by the masses of people. Ac
cordingly, he gathered together three
or four other young men who We're con-
nected with various automobile com
panies, and by tremendous efforts sue
ceeded in selling enough stock to or
ganize a 100000 company, and in this
small way started building a little road
car called the Saxon. The great prob
lem confronting the Saxon Motor Car
corporation now is how to produce
enough ears to meet the clamoring de-
mands of the people. This demand
spread like wildfire, and its force has
been felt in Idaho.
Less than one year ago the present
Saxon Motor Sales company was or
ganized and not housed until March
IL. One demonstration was driven in
from Pocatello through the snow, with
the thermometer Is degrees below
zero in the eastern part of the state.
After this car was shown in the streets
of Boise, a few orders came in and
the Saxon Motor Sales company be-
came a reality. Even though it was
small, Yet in that small way. which is
characteristic of the Saxon industry,
started what is now one of tho most
successful automobile businesses of
the CITY
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

steam heated garage at the corner of
Eleventh and Front streets. This ga
rage will employ 40 workmen. 1t will
contain a repair shop. surpassed by
none, also a paint shop, commercial
body factory, body repair factory. and
a storage capacity for 200 cars, as well
as large vulcanizing plant. and ac-
cessory store and sales room to handle
Ford sales The garage will be 122x150
feet. and will cost $4,000
Because of n virgin country, stead
lily on the incline and because of the
promised sales in Ford tractors and
Ford trucks the company feels iust-
fled in building such a garage.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

Progress has been steadily upward.
The present local manager, Mr. Cor
don. came July Is from the little town
been how to expand his growing bust
ness fast enough to meet demands. At
the close of the year the COM
pany had delivered in this state
upwards of $50 automobiles and had
orders on it's books for immediate de-
livery of 101 cars. In order to meet
this growing business. the company
has contracted with the owner of the
present building to completely remod-
ell, building in the rear to the alley u
modern repair shop. An elevator will
be installed, whereby the basement
and second floor can be used for stor-
age. In the front will be equipped "a
first class showroom and the balcony
will be used for accessories and parts
OF every kind
In cApection with this. plans have
been completed for the building of a
modern brick garage in Idaho Falls,
50X14O feet. also a deal is pending
which, If closed will give possession
of one of the best equipped buildings
in Pocatello. Should this fail, mod
ern building will be erected in that
city.
Saxon cars can be seen in practical
ly every Idaho town. Twenty two us =
sociate dealers are now assisting in
selling in the state of Idaho, and sales
of about 500 cars for the year are
cp1IptpI On
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
UNDRESSING SPRINGS.

Motoring department. - Will you
kindly advise me if car with an I'M
dersung frame has less side swing
and steers carries when running rap
idly than drop frame cars? b. II.
The writer is not in a position to ad-
vance information on this point. There
are few cars using the underslung
type and undoubtedly 1t has It's ad-
vantages The makers Of the under
slung type cars can better advise You
as to the reasons for their construc-
ton. To discriminate would not be
just.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
RoUND-HEADED BOLTS.

Motoring departmental desire to
remove the bolts which hold the hub
on my front wheels, but as they are
round headed the entire bolt turns
when 7 turn the nut There is no way
of holding them so they will not turn.
How can / get them off? L. L.
If you do not care TO cut the bolts
would suggest that you slot the head
of the bolt, and hold it with a screw
driver, or would suggest that you file q
flat surface on each side of the bolt so
that it may be held by wrench while
the nut Is being removed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
OIL ON WASHE r.

Motoring department-Kindly rec
ommend some substance which can be
applied to the leather washer of the
pump so as not to allow the air to fill
ter through and thus cause loss of
time. l have been told to oil the
leather, but the oil will, after a time,
be forced through the leather. b. II.
A little neatsfoot oil or castor oil
applied to the leather washer of the
pump should remedy the trouble. If
this does not do it,, it would seem ad-
visable to install "a new washer.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

to the rancher is as the lubriCating oil
is to the car. Communication is the
modern. education of the steel age
Business deals, social affairs, and in
case of life or death TO people that are
isolated, as they prove TO be in the
west, the auto bridges distance in a
hurry, and distance that oftimes proves
to be canyon, II barrier that stops
all life and makes the life of the isolat-
ed an unbeatable succession OF power
tN, poor health. and lonesomeness with
out the auto
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
TO SELL 1900 THIS YEAR.

II. II. Bryant a. Son opened up Il
garage in the year of 1914, and in that
year sold 200 cars. In 1915 800 cars,
and in 1916 10 cars, and for 1917 he
has n contract for 1900 cars, and he
expects that the car sales will in
crease 80 per cent each year for the
next several years to come. Our ac-
cessory, oil and tire business for 1916
amounted to $4,000.
Soon as the cold weather moderates
we are to erect a two-story modern,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

81 Side by side all conditions equal,
a well-known car of less than six
cylinders and a Saxon Six were
tested for accelcration by a group OF
engineers.
81 Going from stand to - miles
per hour the "less-than-six" required
an average time OF 30 seconds i'll six
successive trials. Saxon sin" re
quired only % seconds.
q In short, Saxon six" showed D
per cent faster pickup"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

G With a siN-cylinder motor how
ever. one explosion merges smooth
" into the next.
" 1t practically eliminates wear on
the motor and parts, gives longer
life to the motor. enables higher
maximum speed and lower minimum
speed, and produces nearly absolute
operative quietness.
q And best OF all it adds perccptiblv
10 the performance OF the car
81 lust how much il adds can best
be grasped, perhaps, through COM
parIson.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

" Figured as precisely as possible.
the poWer-floW OF Saxon Six per
loot Travelled was % per cent
smoother than that of the less
than-Six
VI This smoother poNer-flow that
helps increase the getaway speed Of
Saxon Six also plays its part in
the pulling power OF Saxon "SiX."
81 Up a milc-lonY. winding hill
with ) to Is per cent gradc-thc
"leSs-than-six' mentioned before
was timed at exactly minutes
Once a gear-shift was compelled.
G Saxon six made The same hill
in | minute and , scconds-withou,
shifting gears.
l SO YOU sec they are records vo,
can safely accept as Justly illus
trative OF the superiority OF Saxon
Six
u Saxon Six is SOS, Boise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

a shoe" characteristics. The clothing
ranges in size from h2leless na 4apy
Lawrence Patterson is i'll at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George fatter-
Mr.. and Mrs. theodore Kreipe are spend
ing the winter in Fort Meyers, Fla -
The Tecumseh grange Will have an all
day meeting Saturday at the schoolhouse.
basket dinner will be served. ana an
election of officers will be held Id, r,s,ia,v
The Women's Benefit association rssleM
No II will hold an election OF olIiee ,r
Thursday afternoon, December T. at the
home of Mrs. Rose Goiger. l2zt h"hsas
avenue
The Women's Foreign Missionary society
of the East Side Methodist church will nave
their regular monthly meeting at the nome ',1l,
of Mrs. A. V. Ritts. Branner street. Friday
afternoon. The Adult Bible class Will meet
Friday evening at the church for business
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Mcclure 1929 Kansas
avenue. have gone to Miami, Fla, to spend
Mrs. Mollie Anderson viii have as her
guests Friday afternoon the members OF
The Ladies' Aid society of the Third
Christian church ~ gave their quarterly Fly
home Of Mrs. Mary Brentnan. East sixth
avenue. The hostesses were Mrs James
Mrs. Bradfield. Mrs. Mary Brentnall Mrs.
f. b. Jolley and Mrs. Grover Stitt. Those
Who enoyed s the evening were Mr MI ams
Muilin. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Owens. Mr.. and
Sawyer. Mrs. George Morford. Mrs. +. w.
Rake. Mrs Albert Stone Mrs. Minnie Tay-
! Tor, Mrs. Thomts Mrs: Lucille Simonton.
Mrs Ellen RradfieId, Mrs. J. c. Russell,
1 Mrs Nellie Brizendine Mrs. Grover Stitt
4 Mrs. Fred Oherer. Miss Alice Auerbach.
Miss Fada and Miss Margaret Brentnall,
/ Thelma Wood. Helen Wood. Herbert Stitt
/ and Brent and Mary Jane Brentnall
! Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Farmer have changed
4 their residence from 704 Branner street to
I 81 Klein street.
The Assumption Aid society will give
( silver tea at the Knights of Columbus hall
! Thursday afternoon. The hours have been
Sc. from > until in the afternoon.
i Mrs Edra Hooper has returned to Kan
sas CITY after snending the weekend visit
ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs Frank
Buttorf at Teeumseh.
Mrs. Kate Cox and family have changed
( their residence from sos Klein to 303 Han
i cock street.