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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
Is NEW ARMY OFFICERS ARE
BACK FOR A FEW DAYS LEAVE

Fresh from their work at the Leon
Springs. Texas. training school .
young officers arrived in FL PasO on
Wednesday night about 1880 o'clock,
their train having been delayed. Their
vacation leave Will extend until
August q.
Among those in the party were
Lieut.. Walton H. Sarrels, field artii-
lery. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. ". Sarrels.
112O East Rio Grande street He is
to be here a few days before he re-
ports for duty in foreign service.
Lieut.. Sarrels was a student in the
junior year at the school Of mines
when he left to go 10 the training
camp. He is % years old.
Harry Leslie Jones, son OF Mrs. v.
T. RagEio. 11O7 East Nevada street.
was another arrival. He is a second
lieutenant.
Lieut.. Charles Y. Jackson. formerly
connected with the sales department
OF the AndersOn-Fiuer Realty com
pany. was among the arrivals. He
has not yet been assigned to q regi-
menL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
LULL IN RECRUITING; MORE
MECHANICS, COOKS, WANTED

There was a luu In recruiting at
both the army and navy recruiting
stations Thursday morning. Only
eight recruits appeared for examina-
ton at the army station in The Her
aid building. while at tie navy re-
cruitinE station CLYDE Frank Brady
sent TO the training station al san
Francisco.
Both the army and navy recruiting
stations here have enlisted almost
their entire quota and the navy is
limited 70 take but 10 recruits per
week Mechanics. cooks and skilled
labor is still wanted in both branches
Of the service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
ROADS too BAD
FOR BIC hike
Gen. Bell Calls Off Troop
Movement to Mescalero
TIL Next Week.

Because OF the heavy rains which
have made the roads between FL Paso
and Alamogordo practically impos-
si6le Mai. Gen George Bell, jr., com
handing the United States troops in
the FL Paso district, has postponed
the hike Of various units Of the
army to the MescaIero Indian reser-
walton. He had arranged to have
artillery regiments leave Thursday
morning. The artillery was to have
been followed by infantry. mounted
engineers and practically every
branch Of the service represented
here.
Roads Bad For Guns.
Reports received at district head
quarters Thursday from AlamOgordo
were 10 the effect that the roads
there were flooded and in many
places washed out and Il would be
impossible for artillery 10 be sent TO
the reservation from Al2mosordo.
The hike" may be started Monday
or Tuesday next week. More than
1000 men viii take part in il. No
camp viii be established during the
hike for a longer period than one
day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
Soap Box Orators Who
Preach Sedition Are
Soon To Be SUSPENDED

New York, Aug. 16.-In an effort
to curb reasonable and seditious ut
terances by soap box orators, every
loyal and patriotic man and woman
in New York was asked today to help
organize local vigilance committees.
Through the police departments 100
other cities in the United States are
TO be asked TO join the movement
started by the American defence So
citey. which announced that gutter
oratOry" in New York must stop. The
movement was begun following the
arrest OF Cleveland NOffett. author
and newspaper man. when he recently
attempted to break up one OF the
meetings
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
SERGEANT OF ARIZONA GUARD
GETS COMMISSION AS MAJOR

Phoenix, Ariz. Aug. 16.-Possibly
the most notable promotion that has
come through the work Of the Presi-
do officers training camp is that Of
T. A. sherman. Of Flagstaff. Ariz..
promoted 10 be major from the grade
Of first sergeant in the First Arizona
infantry at NacO.
John Rinker Kibbey. Phoenix
architect not included in the tele-
Eraphed list. has been made a first
lieutenant OF coast artillery. Albert
q. Akin. OF WickenburE. has been
commissioned major at the engineers
ing camp at Vancouver Bar
racks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
F. LEVY, JUAREZ BUSINESS
MAN, RELEASED; GOES HOME

F. Levy, one of the proprietors Of
the Three B store in Juarez. who had
been held in the Fort Bliss prison
stOckade for the past three weeks.
has been released and has returned
TO Juarez. Levy. il is said. was under
Investigation by government agents
in connection with reports that he
had some connection with the delivery
OF a cableEram 10 Frederick Reuter-,
German consul I'm Juarez. who has
since closed the consulate and gone
TO Santa ROsalia. Chin.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
GUARD AT BIG DAM CHANGES;
REGULARS RELIEVE MILITIA

An exchange Of the guard at Ele-
plant Butte dam was made Wednes-
day. when federal infantry was put
in charge of the dam. and the Albu-
querque national guard company was
released and sent TO the state camp
at Albuquerque.
It is reported that there has been
much discussion Of the situation at
the dam, and IL had been felt that
troops might be withdrawn from
guard there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIeS
Glrlsl Make beauty lotion at
home for a few esntG Try I'll

Squeeze the Juics "a tu5 lemons IN
to a bottle containing three ounces
OF orchard white. shake well. and you
have a quarter pint OF the best
freckle and tan lotion. and complex
ion heauufier. at very. very small
cost
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces OF orchard white
for Few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face. neck.
arms and hands each day and see
how freckIes and blemishes disappear
and how clear. soft and white the skin
becomes. fesl 1t is harmless.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
HOME DEFENCE
LEAGUE STARTS
Burt Orndorff Heads It;
Committee Will Present
Bylaws and Rules.

Preliminary organization of the
home defence league was carried out
at a meeting Of S. representative FL
/ Paso men Wednesday afternoon, when
they met at the chamber Of commerce
at the call Of police chief B. J. Ia
briskie and elected a board OF direct
OTIS and a committee on regulations.
r. Burt Orndorff was chosen temper
airy president and Jack Randle, sec
rotary. Friday night the directors
and committeeman viii meet IN the
city hall to pass upon applications
for membership. more than a hundred
Of which have been received
The meeting was called 10 order by
PONDER 8 Carter and AdO-ph Schwartz
nominated Er. Orud0rff for the chair.
Chief Za5rls5le explained his plan
and ideas for @ defence league. which,
he said. would be a second line OF pO-
lice force, an emergency auxiliary
body Of acceptable men, nOup0lIriCal,
uOnsectarlan, open 10 labOrIDg men
and capitalists alike. Every repre-
sentative citizen viii be asked to Join
the league, the chief said, and com
pauies VIII be formed in semimilitary
manner all over the city and have
drills
Former Sheriff n Speaker.
Mr.. Schwartz agreed with the sug-
Eestions Of Mr.. ZabrIskle and asked
former sheriff Peyton J. Edwards TO
tell Of his experiences when at the
head Of the C0unty's peace officers.
which he did. explaining the former
posses that had been formed during
the border troubles
7 7 Raster spoke in favor OF the
defence league plan.
Appointed as directors were Mt.
Raster, Mr.. Edwards. Mr. Schwartz.
Mr. Carter. Roy d. Barnum, c. Jack
Henry, Charles A. Kline, 5. Z. Pat
ten, J. A. KrakaUer and r SilberberE.
The committee on bylaws commit
tee IS composed OF Nessrs Edwards. [
SilberberE, Carter. Kline and Kra-
kauer- The chief OF police. chairman /
Orndorff and the secretary were in
cluded in the directors board.
Union Men Invited
The secretary was ordered TO notify ]
the different labor unions in FL PasO /
that the league is not against union |
ism, as has been said about town. The I
only objects IL mas are law and order. .
and in no way are men 10 be hindered !
in their work as long as they live
within the law, IL was explained. ]
Members Of the different unions are I
to be asked to Join the league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
NEW LIEUTENANTS ASSIGNED
TO REGIMENTS IN SOUTHWEST

San Antonio. Texas. Aug. 16.-Thc
following second lieutenants just out
Of the Leon Springs training camp
have been assigned to regiments IN
the southwest
To the 2fth infantry Columbus and
DeminE. y. M.-MiIliam b Mhita.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
TwO Yankee Boys Offer
To Break Horses; Want
More Than Am1u Wages

Adrian Laprade and Anthony Rich
ard, two boys at PaWtucket. r. T.
have written 10 United states immi-
grafton inspector Perry p. Young, at
the Santa Fe bridge, through their To-
cal inspector. saying they would like
JOBS on ranch in the southwest.
they say they are experienced horse
breakers, p years Of age. They ask
$50 o month. board and room.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16

Women are the rulers OF the Is
land Of Tiburon in the Gulf Of Cali
fornia and the men are made 10 do
an the work and act as servants TO
their wives
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16

Are You getting all OF the money
your house should bring Ask Zee
Newman Z specialize on tenemenrs.
Phone 1904 9O5lz $ Ell Paso.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16

Among the aIternates are me f0I-
lowing west Texans. whose prefiNed
numbers signify the order in which
the men will be drawn as vacancies
occur among the regulars appointed
to the camp:
1, Fred Garland Jones. Amarillo.
II. Rayburn S. Potter, Ell Paso. =,
Amos Hardin Plummer. Odessa; 40.
Gabe Herman Robinson; Al. Earl V.
SteenberEe: "a. Lloyd Winter stan
ton; p, oscar Bernard Smith, FL Paso.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30

mar yesterday on iis way home from
visit to the 81 region Of Oklahoma
and Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Silver of Den
yer have been in Lamar this week Wis
iting with their daughter, Mrs. Lee
Leatherman.
Mrs. Ira Swadley and mother, Mrs.
Martha Cline, left last Sunday for an
extended visit with relatives in Iowa
and Illinois.
Chas. G. Smeltz, secretary of tire
Granada and Holly Irrigation District,
was in Lamar on business for the dis
trict last Saturday.
f. NJ. Willoughby returned last Fri
day from a trip to Anna, Illinois,
where he was called by the sickness
and death Of his sister.
At the regular communication of
Lamar Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. NJ,
last Thursday evening the second de-
gree was conferred on Gale A. Lee.
Miss Edna Gerstenlauer, who has
just graduated from the Gunnison
normal school, Joined her father
Henry Gerstenlauer, in Lamar this
week.
J. W. Stanford Of Independence,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30

tourist car and considerably bruised
though not seriously injured. Too
many of these tourists are becoming
reckless in their driving and it may
be necessary 20 make an object lesson
of some Of them as a safeguard to
the lives Of our citizens.
b. f. Metcaf Of Two Buttes was
up this week having big cock shack
constructed for the outfit he is run
ming near Two Buttes. He demon
strated his faith in the Lamar Y. M.
B. A. by having heir motto, Don't
Weaken" painted in letters of gold on
the back Of the shack. He didn't say
whether it was in the nature Of advice
to those who will eat there or not.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30

w. w. Cooper went to La Junta
yesterday on business matters.
Mrs. C. G. Linville of Pueblo is Wis
iting with friends in Lamar this week.
Miss Maude Wright Of Florence
has been visiting relatives in Lamar
this week
Gale Lee spent several days the
first of the week N Denver on bust
ness matters.
Manager Fred L. Harris Of the Two
Buttes company spent several days in
Lamar this week.
viii Kennedy, one of the Santa Fe
detectives at La Junta, visited Lamar
friends yesterday.
Chas. L. Doughty drove down from
Denver on Tuesday in a new Ford he
had just purchased.
Born-On last Friday to Mr.. and
MIS-. LEG LtdlilClIAoiA SN wiz
hospital, a fine boy.
N. N. Mclean spent several days
last week attending TO business mat
tiers in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell left
the first of the week for a visit with
relatives in Indiana,
Prof. and Mrs. ]. H. Mitchell of
Sugar City were visiting friends In
Lamar last Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Ida Wilson and little daughter
of Denver have been visiting with
Mrs. Wilson's sister, Mrs. Roy E
Cooper.
Editor Cnas. E. Gamble was in La
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30

Sunday school at 9:45 a. M, with
classes for all ages.
DR.. N. H. Lee will preach at ll:nO
a. m, on Jesus the Same Forever"
Epworth League meeting at $40
D. M, led by Miss Beula Eckles. Topic
"What Are My Bible Study Habits =
Wednesday evening at 7:45, Praise
and prayer meeting.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30

Kansas, who is visiting his old friend,
f. NJ. Wilson of Hartman, spent Tues
day in Lamar in company with Mr.
Wilson.
August Almquist of Larned, Kan
sas, was here last week and purchased
section of land near H2sty. He OK
poets soon to make his home there
and farm the land.
Miss Maudc Silver, who is head
nurse Of Mercy hospital at Cincinnati,
Ohio. arrived in Lamar on Monday to
spend Il few weeks vacation visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Lee Leatherman.
Mr. Guy Raymond Baugher and
Miss Fern Smith of Holly were mar
ried by Rev. n II. Lee ut the Metho-
dist parsonage Thursday forenoon.
They will reside on his ranch south of
Holly.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church held an interesting meet
ing with Mrs. j. r. Sewer Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. Purden ard Mrs.
Haskins assisted in serving refresh
ments.
Mrs. E. A. Siegfried and daughter,
who have been visiting with Mrs. Sieg
freid's mother, Mrs. j. +. Lay, left
last Saturday for Trinidad to join
Mr.. Siegfreid, who has taken a posi-
ton with the Snodgrass Food Co.
DR.. n. II. Lee spoke at the Memoir
ial services at Bristol yesterday fore
noon and at Hartman and Holly in the
afternoon. Large and enthusiastic
meetings were held at each place, the
last two being outdoor meetings.
Prof Frank c. Hamphill of the
commercial department of our high
school left last Saturday for Nash
vile, Kansas, where lie expects to
spend the summer in the position of
assistant cashier in the bank there.
The Lamar Motor Sales Co. reports
big sales Of Smith Form-a-trucks TO
residents of Baca and east Las Ami
mas counties. The residents Of those
sections find them the best vehicles
to carry their large loads Of supplies
from Lamar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Coover viii
leave tomorrow for Kansas and Okla.
homa points. They will stop Sunday
- at Fort Riley to visit the Lamar boyi
= there, and then go to Blackwell, Ok
3 lahoma, to be present next Wednes'
day at the marriage Of their son, Mer
win S. Coover, and Miss Alice Potter
' of Blackwell.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Artie p. Clark Of
Arlington, former residents, were her,
this week visiting with NJ. Clark
father, Mr.. Phil Clark. They returned
y home on Tuesday accompanied By
Mrs. w. L. Nelson and daughter o.
Bristol. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. W. Clarl
Of Arlington are expected here thu
last Of the week for a visit.
Word was received in Lamar Of the
marriage at Center, Colorado, Of Mr.
= A. V. Pattee of Center and Miss Zoi
Ray Of Lamar, who has been teaching
there the past year. They visited il
the home Of Mrs. Pattee's father, C
b. Ray, in Lamar this week and ther
5 left for California for short trip
q They will live in Center after theii
:, return.
Geo. f. Case while crossing MAR
street at the Olive street intersection
on last Saturday was run down by {
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30
prop Annexation Proceedings

The city council this wees lied
release Of the annexation proceedings
in the county court ard the city lin
its will remain as they have always
been since the town organization.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30
New Reservoir

The new city reservoir will be com
pleted sufficiently to turn in the water
next week to wash it out. II tho
water supply is sufficient it will be
ready in about four weeks to receive
storage water.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30
For Sale

676 acres Of bottom land, 2 miles
from town; 200 acres in alfalfa; ESQ
acres in meadow, balance good farm
land in cultivation; all under good
ditch; good improvements. $50 per
acre, half cash. RAY JACKSON,
Syracuse, Kansas.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30
NoTICE-SAFETY FIRST

To owners and drivers Of automo-
biles and motorcycles:
Your attention is hereby called to
ordinance No. 1877, which forbids driv,
ing faster than twelve miles per hour
within the corporate limits Of this
city. This ordinance will be strictly
enforced, and all violating It do so al
their own risk.
Riding bicycles on the sidewalks is
also forbidden by ordinance.
The second time your attention is
called to these ofenses will mean youI
arrest.
(signed) RAY STRAIN,
Mayor.
C. F. DANIEL,
Chief Of Police.
Will sell equity in 30 acres Of Two
Buttes irrigated land, cheap for cash,
or will trade for good auto. Write
al" No. 80, or phone Lamar 1O3.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-05-30

d. C. Durham, Piano Tuner. Leave
orders at The Lamar Book and Sta
tionery Store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04
PHTHIsIs HITS RISK FIRMS
tuberculosis Claims a Victim Every
Thlrty-two Minutes, According
to Insurance Statistics.

Every 80 minutes, day and night,
one of the big life insurance COM
panies of New York loses a policy
holder from tuberculosis.
-"That is why we are fighting the
white plague with all our might;
why we are carrying on nation
wide campaign of education to over
come the spread of the disease" said
f. 0. Ayres, an official of ore of the
largest life insurance companies of
America, who is in Kansas City at
tending a meeting of the company's
agents.
at is the most logical fight in the
world, because none need die of tu-
berculosis," he continued. "The dis
ease may be overcome with ease if
got at in the early stage. In itself
it is largely result of carelessness."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

The 'Pepys Diary" which has for
the past two years been one Of the
most welcome features Of Truth, is
now published under the title "a
Diary Of the Great War by Samuel
Pepys, Jun" The angle Of vision
Of the original is very cleverIy imi-
tated, and the Junior Pcpys has
caught the knack Of the elders pref
ty egoisms, bis delight in irrespon-
sible gossip, his little naughtinesses,
his little moralizings. 1t is heredi-
tary trait that this diarist should
on one page chide shopkeepers for
grasping at war profit and on an
other direct his agent TO hold out for
higher price for certain ash trees,
these snow fetching great prices for
their use in making aeroplanes.p
We are not sure how many people
(including some Of the most unex-
pected) are in the course of 1t sent
to the Tower; and the story Of the
Zeppelin chickens somewhere in the
eastern counties), each with "a bald
spot in shape exactly the shape of a
Zeppelin ship, or almost" viii
plainly be recognized in Berlin as a
passage from one Of those unexpur-
gated editions which the Vossische
zeitung has been telling us about
London Observer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

Fifty-four persons were lynched in
the United States during 1916, accord
ing to the records of the Tuskegee
Institute. Fifty were negroes and
four white persons. Three we're ne
gro women. Sixty-seven were lynch
ed in 1915, which included IS white
lpen. Arkansas had four, Florida,
Eight, Georgia fourteen, Texas nine,
Kentucky. Louisiana, North Carolina
ana South Carolina, two each, Okla
homa four, Kansas, Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and Alabama one each, and Ten
nessee three.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04
Inactivity Causes Constipation.

Lack of exercise in the winter is a
cause of constipation. You
feel heavy, du and lstless. your
complexion is sallow and pimply, and
energy at low eob. Clean up this
condition at once with DR.. King 5
New ] ife Fills, a mild laxative that
relie,.s the congested intestines
without gripping A dose tefore re-
firing will assure you q foll and easy
movement in the morning. 25c. at
your Observation-Disclosures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

London papers do not hesitate to
criticise the vindictive spirit in which
the reply of the Entente to Germany
was couched. The hope is expressed
that better spirit may be shown in
the reply to the Wilson peace note.
The Guardian says: owe see no rea-
son why if Germany is willing pub
licIy 10 state what she is prepared 10
offer, we should Brt-Giee4+55zw> with a
!, z :su terfe -1t What we demand.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

A postofice reports says despite
weather conditions, SO per cent OF
Christmas mail, including 125, 900, DOC
parcels and many million holiday let
tiers, were delivered on or before
Christmas day. 1t is estimated De-
cember stamp sales will total $l8, 900,
600, as against S., OON, 600 last Deem
Der.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

Gen. Gerard Amanrich, command
er of the Legion of Honor, who had
retired from the service, has joined
the French army as private in an ar
tillery regiment. Gen. Amanrich is
IS years old and is now at the regi-
mental depot at Versailles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04
THURSDAY, JAN. 4

Thos. w. Lawson is in Washington
to appear before an investigating
committee and says he can prove that
advance information of diplomatic
matters affecting the stock markets
have leaked out of the State de-
partment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

News print paper investigations at
Washington, says the Courier-Jour-
nal, came to an abrupt end Friday
when manufacturer refused to dis
cuss the reasonableness Of prices,
fter publishers and iobbers had testi-
led. The threat was made that the
apartment of Justice may be called
to aid the Trade Commission. The
'mmission received, through Repre-
1 NATIVE Rouse, an appeal from the
4 entucky Press Association for relief.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04
FrFrY-sEcoND YEAR

WATCH THE DATE-After your
name, renew promp ly, and not Miss
number. The Postal regulations
require subscriptions to be paid in
advance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04

q Announcement of the marriage Of
Yrs. Marian Kenyon, widow Of F. r.
Kenyon, formerly of Pittsburg, who
Mas lost in the Titanic disaster in
&l2, and 0. A. Williams, Of Noank,
Sonn., was made at San Diego, Cal +,
8riday, by the couple, who are pass
IL a brief honeymoon in that city.
ehe marriage took place at Santa
Cal, Sunday. Williams is
in the lumber business in
New York state.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-04
The Making Of Men.

It Is not ease, but effort; not facility,
but difficulty. that makes men. There
is perhaps no station in he In which
difficulties have not been encountered
and overcome before any decided
measure Of success was achieved
Recognizing the retail catalogue
house as a worthy foe. a competitor,
the local retail merchant in preparing
for battle must take an inventory of
his many advantages over the mail or
der house.
First and foremost. he Is always
working among friends and acquaint-
ances The mail order house must al.
ways work as a stranger.
Did any one ever suggest to him be.
fore that perhaps he neglected or over
looked many things important to bust,
ness success?
An Iowa Cure For Bad Habit.
am not an adept at suggestions, so
will refrain from making any, but will
tell of plaP that worked out success
fully in - Iowa town.
The merchants of that town were be-
ing imposed upon by mail order buyers
and organized for their own protection
and determined to cancel all favors
and credit heretofore extended to those
offending citizens.
1t developed that the FIRST applicant