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The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
GAIN IN PHOSPHATE OUTPUT
Production in United States, Which
Was Nearly Cut in Half in 1915,
Showed Increase in 1916.

The production of rock phosphate in
the United States, which was cur
tailed in 1914 and nearly cut in half
in 1915, made partial recovery in
1916. According to figures just COM
piled by Uncle Sans geological sur
vey, from reports received from all
active producers in the country, the
total quantity of phosphate rock sold
in the United States in 1916 was l.
$50, 1856 long tons. valued at $5,S96,993,
as compared with 1,S35,667 long tons,
valued at $5,413,4 ,449, in 1915.
The quantity of domestic rock phos-
phate exported in 1916 was 242. $50 long
tons, valued at 81, 1,150,026, only 5000
tons less than in 1915. but only about
one-fifth of the quantity exported In
1913.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
U. S. AID is LEARNED FARMER
Man Who Is in Charge of Uncle Sans
Plant Exhibits Has Given 80
Years Service to Government.

Frank Lamson-Scribner, who has
charge of all of Uncle Sans agricul-
tural exhibits, is regarded as one of
the most learned agriculturists in the
country. He is SiXty-siX years old and
has been connected with the govern
ment for more than 80 years.
Mr.. Lamson-Scribner was in charge
of the governments plant exhibit at
the st. Louis worlds fair and also at
the San Francisco exposition, and the
government sent him with exhibits to
Italy, Canada, and Argentina.
Mr.. Lamson-Scribner was born in
Cambridge, Mass, April 10, 1851, of
parents named Lamson. He was
adopted by family named Scribner,
and was brought up in Maine. He
was graduated from the Maine State
College of Agriculture, and then
taught school. He was associated
with Girard college for eight years,
and entered the government service
in 1886. Except for six years which
he spent building the agricultural
station at the University of Tennessee,
he has been connected ever since with
the government agricultural work. He
is member of learned societies and
has been honored by France for his
work in agriculture.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
WOULD SELL AUTOS TO CHINA
Uncle Sam Is Sending Special Agent
to Investigate Markets for Motor
cars in Orient

Uncle Sam believes that there
should be an increasing demand for
American-made automobiles in China
and other countries in the far East.
and for the purpose of investigating
possible markets for this product in
the Orient he has appointed Tom o.
Jones of indianapolis as a special
agent of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. He will under
take an extensive study of the for
eign markets for American motor We
hicles not only in China but in the
East Indies, Africa, Australia and 9TH
er countries.
The rew special agent has been con-
nected with the export end of the
American automobile business for a
number of years and has had the bene-
fit of a previous trip to the far East
in the interest of a well-known auto-
mobile concern.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
AMERICANS GO TO FAR EAST
Tourists, Cut off From Europe by
War, are F!ocking to the Orient
in Large Numbers.

American tourists, barred from the
greater part of Europe on account of
the war, are flocking to the far East,
according To Uncle Sans consul gen
ernl at Hongkong, China. The tourist
travel to the far East, as well as that
to Europe, stopped at the beginning of
the war, but it has been revived. Hotel
reservations at Hongkong and in all
the principal Oriental cities are re-
ported to be heavier than at any time
in the past four years.
Some of this increased passenger
traffic is of n commercial Sort says
Uncle Sans representative, but the
great bulk of it is of people travelling
for health, recreation, or instruction.
Most of the travellers are making the
round trip from the west coast of the
United States to Hongkong by way of
Japan and the Philippines, returning
via North China.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
TO HOUSE GREAT ARMY need GOOD engineers
Defensive Forces Must Have
WeII-Trained Experts.
Maintain Special Service School
to Develop Technical Men.

Officials of the war department have
for long time suggested that Uncle
Sam should maintain "A special service
school devoted exclusively to the en-
gineer corps of the army. Had this
been established it would at this time
he of the greatest assistance in train
ing men for this very expert work, it
is declared.
Various branches of the service have
these schools to supplement with post
graduate courses the fundamental
training given to officers at West
Point. The army war college is, of
course, one of these and deyotes its
teaching force to the study of the
principles of strategy and military
policy. The service schools seek to
specialize in their particular branches
of the service, and the rapidity with
which new implements of war are de-
veloping and their highly scientific
character make it increasingly import
ant, say the war department experts,
that special study should be given to
such subjects as precision in indirect
artillery fire, the use of the machine
gun. the modern uses of cavalry and
military aviation.
II is said by the experts of the de-
partment that the engineer corps of
the army for many years comprised a
large part of the most eminent engi-
neering talent in the country. Its Of
ficers are still. 1t is said, men of great
distinction and ability, but the science
of engineering in its various aspects
has become fundamental to the entire
Industrial life of the nation. The civil,
electrical and chemical engineer is to
be found In every great industry, and
the rewards offered in civil life to the
engineer, it is pointed out, are now at
tractive in the highest degree. 1t is
very necessary, the experts say. that
the army should be continuously sup
piled with well-trained engineers.
1t is pointed out that even the peace
time occupations of the war depart
ment and of the army rest in n high
degree upon the engineer force, and
the great problems of river and harbor
Improvement and development for the
promotion of navigation and for the
conservation of the water power of
the country are in the hands of that
corps.
OF course, in war times the engineer,
as bridge-builder, road-maker, builder
of Notifications and variety of other
construction enterprises, is essential to
military success. But the science of
engineering, like all other sciences
nowadays, is rapidly developing. Ev-
cry new application of scientific prin-
ciples to industry affects the engineer.
and 1t is of the highest Importance
say the officials, that the engineer
corps of the army should continue to
contain a progressive, highly trained
body of men
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
Smoked Fresh-Water Fish.

For the past two years Uncle Sans
bureau of fisheries has been smoking
fresh-water fish at the station at Fair
port, Mich. The experiments have
yielded interesting results. The bow
I'm, or grindle, hitherto considered al
most worthless, has been found to be
excellent when properly smoked. OF
those who have tried samples of snok-
ed bowfin, all speak of the unusual
texture and flavor of the meat, and
some consider 1t the best of all smok-
ed fish. The bowfin Is abundant In
the Great Lakes and in sluggish waters
from Minnesota and New York to
Florida and Texas. In the Mississippi
basin 1t Is generally known as dog
fish
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
Uncle Sam Plans CantonmentS to
Cost Abort $4O,O0O,OOO.
Huge one-story Buildings viii Be
Laid Out Along the General
Lines of Bungalow.

Until they go to the trenches, sol
diers Of Uncle Sans huge new army
Will live in cantonments, or huge one
story buildings, laid out along the gen
eral plans of sublimated One-roOm
bungalow if plans prepared by the
army quartermasters are followed.
A series of sample buildings, de-
signed to do away with the use of
tents in concentration camps, will
shortly be erected at Fort Myer.
The buildings will be of simplest de-
sign, and will be grouped for brigade
headquarters, regiments, battalions
and companies. Each company will
have one or two barruck buildings, 112
feet long, and mess building ST feet
long A "layout" for a company will
consist of quarters for officers, lavato-
ries bathhouses, barracks, mess build
ing and kitchen.
The officers quarters for regiment
will be "A feet long. with a kitchen
and messroom at one end, offices Mt the
other, and sleeping rooms for six Off
GERS In between. The buildings may
be portable.
1t has been estimated that construc-
ton of such buildings for an emer-
gency force of $4,000 officers and
1,O34,27O men, after deducting accom-
modations now available for 10000 Of
Gcers and men, will cost SAC. 100000.
Temporary hospitals have also been
planned at cost of S2,014,540; water
and sewer systems at n cost of $2,490,-
600; electric lighting systems at cost
of S6O4,O00, and the construction of
roads costing 50, 100000.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
keep GOOD ROAD GOOD
This Is Advice of Uncle Sans
Highway Experts.
Maintenance, often Neglected, Most
Important Task When Construe-
tion Is Completed, 1t Is Urged.

officials of Uncle Sans Office OF
public roads and rural engineering are
calling the attention of public officials
throughout the United States to keep
ing good roads good
This, they say, is the most Import
ant task in connection with an i'm
proved highway system. once the con-
struction work is completed. In this
country in the past this task usually
has been neglected, the improved
roads in many instances being allowed
to deteriorate until they became al
most impossible. when they We're, at
heavy cost, rebuilt. That states and
counties are now coming to recognize
the need of careful and thoroughgo-
ing maintenance, however, Is Indicated
by studies of county road systems in
different sections of the country re-
Gently made by experts of the office
of good roads.
While some of the counties in which
intensive studies were made were
found to have no provisions for main-
tenance and others were found to pay
for upkeep of the roads out of bond
Issue funds, thus creating debt that
would outlive the temporary improve
ment by many years, two counties In
widely separated states We're found in
which maintenance conditions were
practically all that could be desired
according to the officials who made
this study. In Mississippi, 1t was
found, there is state law requiring
that a special annual tax of at least
| mill shall be levied for the upkeep
of all roads constructed by means OF
bond Issues, the fund to be kept sepa-
rate from all other funds and to be
used for maintenance only. Instead
of the deterioration taking place on
the roads of some of the counties in
other states on which examinations
were made 1t was found that in GER
tain counties In Mississippi roads built
several years ago and maintained from
the special fund have actually i'm
proved since their completion.
The roads in a certain county In
the state of New York, 1t was found,
are maintained with contribution of
30 per cent by the state and under in
direct state supervision. AS result
of this system, say the experts, the
roads have been kept up to their con-
dition on completion. While provisions
for maintenance were on the whole
not satisfactory in the counties of the
other states in which studies were
made. this condition since has been
remedied in Virginia by the passage
of state law providing that an an
nual tax of not less than 3 per cent
of the amount of bonds issued shall
be levied to provide a maintenance
fund for bond-built roads.
The existence of regulation tend
ing to lessen damage to roads and so
to reduce maintenance costs was re-
vealed by the studies in one of the
Virginia counties, where the county
supervisors had passed an ordinance
placing a relatively low limit on loads
that may be hauled in wagons fitted
with narrow tires and a considerably
higher limit on loads for wide-tired
wagons. AS result, 1t is said by ex-
perts making the study, most of the
wagons using the roads of the county
have been fitted with tires ranging
from 3 to inches wide.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
"Cards of Honor" to Mark
Homes of Marines.

BY providing 'cards of honor"
for display outside every house
in the United States which has
II man serving his country as
"Soldier of the Sea-" the U. S.
Marine Corps has kept to its
slogan "First in Action"
These cards bear the follow
ing announcement in letters OF
scarlet: "a man from this house
is serving in the United States
Marine Corps" The men who
are accepted for service in "the
first line of defense" receive
copies which are turned over to
their relatives or the friends
with whom they resided.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
Scion of Francis Scott
Key "SoIdier of Sea-"

Following in the footsteps of
his illustrious ancestor, Francis
Deuber, a direct descendant of
Francis Scott Key, the author of
'The Star Spangled Banner" is
now serving his country in the
arm of the national defense
which boasts that it is always
"First to Fight'-the Marine
Corps.
Private Deuber's mother is
great-granddaugh of the au-
thor of our national anthem, on
the maternal side. Deuber's re-
semblance to his renowned an
cestor is said TO be so noticeable
that many of those who have
seen the original Francis Scott
Key picture have commented up
on the remarkable likeness.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19


tic school of Washington Co. learning make shells for the Uni
department
of the
Evening journal., 1917-11-02
Liberty Bands Take Stage as Modern ViqiIanfes
TO Strike Terror 10 The Pacfi5f Agifdfors

OF tobacco growers, dissatisfied with
the purchasers pooling arrangements,
which, theysfelt, deprived them Of a
fair return for their crops. They pa
trolIed the countryside. burning crops,
destroying barns and warehouses,
frightening and Furnishing those who
did not Join in their program.
Evening journal., 1917-11-02
Special Dispatch from THE EVENING
JOURNAL Washinaton Bureau.


WASHINGTON, Nov. i.-Now the
liberty Bands have taken their place
on the American war stage. Out Of the
west has come the memory of the old
Nlgilautes. and from the south the
spirit Of the Ku-Klux-Klan, 10 join in
Kentucky in inspiring the FIRST Of new
organization Of night riders to apply
the American system Of emergency jus
tice 90 emergencies Of the war.
The first Liberty Band outbreak was
the capture and chasiisement of Her
bert Bigelow. well-known Ohio paciflst
BY a Kentucky motor crew following
night rider methods on a six cylinder
basis No one here IS willing TO stake
his reputation as a prophet on the as
serti0n that 10 will be the last Liberty
Band outbreak
On this new organlzation-tho Lib
erty Bands-which seems TO have con-
stituted itself an extra-legal constabu-
larry for the purpose Of keeping paci-
nsm within bonds. official Washington
has no opinion.
But without approving the Liberty
Band. Official Washington is forced tu
recognize their existence, and TO face
The possibility that their methods viii
spread.
These citizens posses. II IS pointed
out, have sprung up during every ma
iional crisis. and governmental process
has never sullced satisfactorily 10 con
troll them.
The first American Vigilance Com
mittees. parents OF the Ions line OF
similar organizations, were creatures Of
the revolutionary period. They were
formed IN many communities 20 on
force non-importance agreements and
70 ferret out Tories.
Most notable were the Nigllantas. IN
California IN 1913 and 1879, when legal
government did not keep pace with the
influx of thousands Of gold-seekers
Vigilantes were common In many fron-
tier communities until officials Of the
law were stable enough to keep order.
In the southern state prior 20 the
Civil War, vigilance committees some
lines enforced the win of the COM
munlty against abOlitionists, or others
suspected Of disloyalty 20 the south,
and TO prevent the circulation Of aboll-
ion literature.
After the Civil War the Ku-Klux-Klsn
ferrorlzed almost. the entire south from
1866 TO 1872, visiting its wrath on aspir-
ing negroes and "carpet-bag' polltl-
ians from the north. II was the south's
weapon 90 nullify the enfranchisement
Of the negro. and keep the political
ontrol in the hands Of the whites-lis
warnings, couched In awesome phrases
and marked by strange hieroglyphics,
struck terror 10 negro politicians and
10 northern organizers.
Among the sectional organizations OF
vlgilentes one OF the most unique was
that Of the Nollle Maguires. which To-
inented strife in Pennsylvania IN the
seventies and eighties OK the last CEN
tury. The NIolhe Maguires were com
Evening journal., 1917-11-02

posed Of miners and others whom they
-l1 lthizers. Originally
combining their activities 10 hazing and
..c breakers and others who
disrupted the mining conditions the
employees were working for. the society
finally dogenerated into a band for pay
l"r of private grudges with thuggery
and murder. and was broken up by the
SD. ga etdtes government.
The Kentucky Night Riders, who even
within the past decade have galloped
over the hills and valleys through
which Bigolow was spirited by his
motor caravan escort. were the latest
outbreak Of viglante justice prior 10
The Liberty Bands. They We're bands
Evening journal., 1917-11-02
CONSTIPATION is
A PENALTY OF AGE

Nothing 10 so esgcntial 90
health in advancing age ss free
dom and normal activity of the
bowels. IL makes one feel
younger and fresher, and fore
stalls colds, piles, fevors, and
other dependent ills.
catharties and purGativos are
violent and drastic in action and
shouId be avoided. A mild, Of
feetive laxative, recommended by
physicians and thousands who
have used Il, is far preferable.
This is the combination Of simple
laxative herbs with PePsin cold
by druggists under the name Of
DR.. cAldwel's Syrup PePsin. Il
costs only fifty cents a bottlei a
trial bottle, free Of charge, can be
obtained by writing 10 DR.. w. b.
Caldwell, ass Washington St.s
Monticello, Illinois.
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-06
MORE INVESTMENTS
Will Help to Knock the "L" Out of
 kultur.

Four more North Canaan boys have enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam, and it is expected that there will be several more within the coming month The first of the trio to enlist was John Taylor, son of MT and Mrs. Samuel Taylor of Canaan Valley. John is little bit short, as men taken into the army and navy go. but he certainly is long on patriotis n. After three un- successful attempts to enlist in the navy and being thrice rejected at so many different recruiting stations. he finally succeeded in being accepted as a chauffeur Tn the quarter masters de partment This makes the second son of Mir. and Mrs. layior to enlist in the service.
 George and Roy Laffargue have passed the preliminary examination for the Aviation Corps. George passed the examination at Fort Slocum, N. Y last Saturday and Roy took his on Monday. Both were pronounced physi. cally fit and they will leave this Satur day for Springfield, Mass, then to Fort Slocum and from there they will be translerred tc one of the aviation training camps in Texas. After several months training in Texas, If they qualify for the flying corps they will be sent back to New York city for the final examination, before they will be permitted to try their skill as aviators,
 William Bannahan and two of the Deane boys from Salisbury. have also enlisted and 1t is reported that Roy Smith is about to leave to take the examination.
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-06
CAMP FIRE NOTES
An Opportunity to Help the 0rganiza'
 ton.

Our 20 Wangum Camp Fire Girls have by no means turned deaf ear :o the cry for workers during this time of the nations great need. Sacrificing all amusements at their meetings, they are doing all in their power to help win the war. Will You help them to Igive this service? Now that severe weather will interfere with their tramping out of town to the quite dis tant home of their guardian, they re quire nearer meeting places. Do you live in central location? Won't you volunteer to let these girls gather Ip your dining room or kitchen. once al least, during the winter, to work there on the comfort pi lows, which, under the direction of the local Red Gross Auxiliary, they are sending to the | front.
 The stuffing for these pillows is made of scraps left from the hospital garments cut out by the ladies of our Auxiliary. The Camp Fire Girls snir these scraps into tiny bits, tor they must bs as soft and pllable as possible as substitutes for the feathers which are no longer avai able This work hurts the hands, causing blisters which the girls bear bravely for the sake of the tired backs and wounded limbs to which they hope to give little ease For, in a very few moments, the scis sors become dulled and the work more and more tireing to thumbs and wrists.
 Is there any one in Canaan who would care to sharpen shears occasion ally for the girls someone who has the necessary implements?
 It may interest you to know that the returns from the crop of beans raised by the girls. during the summer months has been turned into the War Chest which the National Camp Fire Organization hopes to fill to the amount of $50, ,000 The contents of this chest will represent part of the splendid service which 100, 900 Camp Fire Girls are doing to help win the war.
 The Wangum Camp Fire wishes tc thank Miss Whittlesey and Mrs. Jack son who have already allowed the girls the use of theIr houses, and to urge their other friends to help suppy then with places of meeting in which tC continue their patriotic work.
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-06
IMPORTANT TO DRAFTEES
Must Notify Local Boards of Change of Address. .s

Governor Marcus H. Holcumb has received from Provost Marshall General Crowder at Washington a telegram. asking him to warn all Connecticut men who have registered under the selective draft act and have since changed their addresses to communi. cate immediately with their local board and notify them of their present addresses. Beginr ing December l5, the boards will send out to all their reglstrants questionnaires which must be filled out aGd returned within a definite time limit.
 If the questionnaires fail to reach any of the registrants because of change of address the men concerned are likely to lose any exemption cr dis. charge rights that they might have had, for each regist' ant is required by law to keen himself informed of draft developments and failure to answer the questionnaires lists the delinquent reQistrant automatically in the first group of the new classification, tue class which is liable to immediate summons for military service. Rela- tives and friends of registrants whp have changed their addresses will be doing them favor if they notify them of this warning or send information ae to their present addresses to their locai boards. %
 The telegram, which asks for the widest possible publicity follows: S
 Washington, D O., Nov 29. 1917 Governor of Connecticut:
 Please cause the broadest and most extensive and continuous possible pub licity to l,e given through the Adju tant General. Local and District Boards. the newspapers and by all other possible means of warming to all registrants who may have changed their places of abode and Fost Office address to communicate immediately with their Local Board where they are registered and furnish their presens addresses so that question: tires which will begin to be mailed December | fifteenth will reach suciI reeistrants without delay. Registrants are bound | by law to keep themselves advised of all proceedings in respect of them and failure to do so may resnlt iu their l losing right to claim eXem ntion or dis charge. Please recuest newspapers t) give this warning broad ahd centind- ous publication from this time spnt ] I the process of mailing questjonnaires has been accomplished Crowder