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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24

August 1, 34,6O5 on September 1.
The actual number of untitled car
orders on October 1 was almost iden-
teal with the number on October /
Of last year, the figures being 97,572
for October 1, 1917, and 1854 for
September 80. 1915. On the latter date
34,157 cars were idle, whereas on last
October 1 only 24,192 were Idle, thus
indicating more efficient use Of the
available equipment.
Returns to the railroads war board
show that the actual number of cars
and locomotives now in service Is only
slightly In excess Of the number at
this time last year.
The war board on October 10 had
been In existence exactly six months.
During that period the railroads have
rendered upwards Of Is per cent more
service than during the same period
of last year, with practically the same
plant. The outstanding feature of the
situation is the degree to which the
railroads are cooperating whole
heartedly with one another and With
the railroads war board.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
WORK FOR SCHOLAR
What Fairfax Harrison Did for
Transportation in South.
SINGLE UNIT IDEA Wins OUT
Great Work Of Double Tracking and
Realigning Main Line Of Southern
Railway, Brought to Success
fuI Completion.

The Southern railway Is the main
stem Of the South. With its head a,
Washington It's many arms reach fol-
long distances-to Atlanta, to Savan.
nah, to Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis
Memphis and to New Orleans. It is
1000 miles Of railroad, and today re-
markably well operated railroad. Time
was when this was not 80. The South
was suspicious Of its namesake-and
many times for good reason. For 1t Is
never an easy process to evolve a sim
gle great railroad from a group Of rival
and ambitious smaller lines. Outlines
connecting and cooperating In theory
but not In practice.
Even after the Southern came into
existence-a little less than twenty-five
years agO-the battle was not won nor
the problem solved, Edward Hunger
ford writes in Leslies. The new road
was single system, but only In name !;
the old jealousies still existed. For a
time 1t seemed as If the road could
not stand. Men came and men went.
1t was hard work for the single unit
Idea to take hold. Gradually 1t did.
Progress began. And then came the
day-in the fall of 1913-when a new
president was announced for the prop
erty. And the wise men of the South,
knowing him, said:
"At last, the Southern has come in
to its own"
New President Was Harrison.
The new president was Fairfax Har-
rison and his very name was half the
battle fought. Tradition. good blood
and old blOod-how it all does count
south of the Potomac! Harrison's ia
Their had been private secretary to
President Jefferson Davis-think of
what that meant to a land which even
today lives in the memories Of "the
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
WILL USE KEROSENE AS FUEL
Peculiarly Constructed Locomotive for
Work In Yards and Indus
trial Plants.

A peculiarly shaped locomotive that
weighs only two tons and runs on ker.
osene for fuel is being employed on
construction work in yards, Industrial
plants and contracting work. It's
strange appearance Is due to the fact
that the boiler with the stack sits on
the center Of the truck while the water
tank is in front. Under the latter is
a small unit engine that transmits the
power to the solid car wheels. This
type Of oil-burning engine, the largest
size Of which is 20 tons, can be ope-
rated by one man, who can learn the
trick in one or two days of preliminary
lessons. Kerosene may be the future
motor fuel.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24

A tale of daring that Is rarely
equalled is told Of an exploit of Sergt.
G. Morini Of the Italian Bersaglieri.
While on patrol he stopped German
motorcar carrying General Won Berrer.
an adjutant and two chauffeurs. He
killed the general with the first shot
and put the soldier-chauffeurs to flight.
The adjutant, a German captain, he
captured after struggle, and turned
him over to the nearest Italian COM
mand, and then Joined his cycle patrol
for further rear-guard action. He was
wounded later and sent to a hospital
in Milan. His most extraordinary and
daring feat took place at the gates Of
Udine during the Italian retreat to the
Piave.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Fool Economy.

Governor Bilbo said at a food econ.
omy meeting in Jackson:
"But let US have no fool economy,
no miser economy of the Smithson
kind.
''The Smithsons were a misery old
pair, and one day Smithson said timid-
ly to his wife:
"'rve a hankerin' for an orange. /
think I'll go down In the orange grove
and pluck few fruit
"Yes, but don't you pluck no sound
fruit, ST. shrilled Mrs. Smithson.
Only bad ones, mindr
"'But suppose there amt no bad
ones, motherT
"'Then you'll have to wait till some
goes bad, that's all. We can't afford
to eat good, sound oranges worth q
quarter Dozen"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24

| four years" And his mother, Mrs.
| Burton Harrison, Is one IF the few
really distinguished women in the short
| annals of our American literature No
wonder then that the son writes cas-
! lily and fiuently-that the annual re-
ports of the Southern railway are doc
uments which for exquisite literary
style are without peer in the CONNER
cial annals of the land.
Nor does the pen of Fairfax Harri-
son stop at English facility. If the
man were not a railroader, and a very
great railrOader at that, he might have
become an American Macaulay or
Bagehot. He is, unquestionably the
finest Greek and Latin scholar among
the big business men of this country.
Record Speaks for Itself.
For Harrison's record had begun to
speak for itself. 1t has continued to
speak for itself ever since he took the
rudder Of the Southern. The great
work Of double tracking and reallgning
the main line Of the road begun by a
distinguished earlier president Of the
road-Samuel Spencer-he has carried
forward to completion. The troops that
slipped down into the camps and can
comments Of the southeast during the
past few weeks rode over main line
that stretches from Washington to At.
lanta and today Is completely double
tracked-save for a few incOnseQuen-
tial links which will be finished within
the next few months.
1t would seem to follow almost as a
matter Of course that any man with
such a practical notion of preparedness
should be made chairman of the war
board Of the railroads. The war board
is one Of the most interesting of all
the emergency organizations that have
sprung up in Washington within the |
last six months-importan because Il |
holds In the hollow of its hand the des-
TIMES and the operating control Of al
most every mile of the 275.OOO miles Of |
railroad In the United States of Amer
lea.
Technically the war board Is the war |
defense committee of the American |
Railway association. Its Oper-
alton divides, both geographically and |
functiOnally, into subcommittee, also |
composed of railroad executives and |
located in the various corners of the |
land, and into other subcommittee
having In their care such important
functions as car service. military Oper-
alton, government. accounting. military
tariffs, express service and the like.
Its powers are sweeping.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Women Are Successful.

So successfully have women been In
the Canadian Pacific car shops in Mon
treal that no less than 200 are now
being employed.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
RAILWAY SWITCH AND SIGNAL
Automobile Device Invented by Two
Michigan Men-Adapted to 30
Actuated by Train Trip.

In Illustrating and describing a rail-
way switch. invented by f. Evans and
d. Butt, Riverdale, Mich, the Scientific
American says:
This invention relates particularly
to a switch and signal Of the type
adapted to be actuated by train trip,
and Is so connected and arranged that
the switch bar, connected with the
switch points, will be rocked by q
train trip and a sliding axial move
ment will be given to the switch bar,
the rocking movement serving to &C.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24

The South Manchurian railway has
more than doubled its operated mile
age, becoming one of the great railway
systems of the world.
Because a diaphragm separates the
air chamber from the moving parts Of
new tire pump for automobiles, oil
Is prevented from entering tubes with
the air.
French chemists have discovered a
way to make a cement from the scum
from beet sugar refining, heretofore
wasted, as it contains much carbonate
Of lime.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Greatest Railroad Mileage.

Canada has the greatest railroad
mileage per capita of any country in
the world.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
10000 LESS CARS ARE IDLE
Locomotives and Cars Now In Service
Only Slightly in Excess Of
Number Last Year.

Railroads report that on October I
The excess Of untitled orders from
shippers for freight cars over and
above the idle cars at different points
numbered 70,3S0. Compared with last
year this Is a slight increase. This Is
the figure commonly but inaccurately
referred to as "car shortage" 1t COM
pares with 1852 on July /, 1886 Cd
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
New Jos FER Women.

Women are employed to sort scrap
iron in the Sacramento shops Of the
Southern Pacific railroad,
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Will Aid Government.

Another railroad man will aid the
government. Carl Scholz, consulting
mining engineer of the Burlington
road. has beea appointed to the COM
mittee of consulting engineers On
coal conservation and publicity for the
bureau Of mines.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Are Parrots left-Handed7

1t has been noticed that parrots
seize objects with the left claw by
preference or exclusively, and they
make reader use of the left claw
for climbing than the right. Are they
'left-handed ?'-Exchange.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
BRIEF NOTES

= ! s. : 70 be established in Ha.
sNs .sare automobile tires
IA i s = e'., goods from old rub.
=. pIs, = plentiful in Cuba.
Nm ~, organization of the
. kw'tn their departure from
- u =: man above twenty
~ ! ~, . soldier. Each tribe
= IL anne with its own ban
=. wA leader. Their pOs:-
~ amp or on the march
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Curious

Just happened to think-funny, but
true-that every man who ever made
a pioneer of himself was considered
looney! Can you locate a single ex-
ceptioni Look 'em over.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Waa4
600 - 49,.
Railway Switch.

tuate semaphore while the sliding
movement serves to throw the switch
points, the operation being automat-
ically effected by train coming from
either direction at any rate of speed.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-24
Women on Pennsylvania.

Nearly 2,400 women are now en-
ployed in the operating department
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
BuY w. s. S
JOHN c. HATHAWAY

John Claude Hathaway was born
near Belleplain, Kansas, June 18th,
1887. He, with four others, was kill
ed by lightning, near Campo, May
30th. He was united in marriage to
Eva Scott, daughter of D. W. Scott
aid wife, on December 25th, 1906,
at Liberal, Kansas. They resided in
Kansas until two years ago, when
they moved to their homestead in Ba-
ca County, eleven miles southwest of
Campo.
He leaves a wife, four children, a
father and mother at Winfield, Kan
sas, four brothers, Guy, of Campo,
Ernest of Utah, Clyde of Wichita,
Roy of Council Bluff, Nebraska, and
two sisters, Mrs. Ina Boyd, and Mrs.
Anna Mccoy, both of Towanda, Kan
sas.
Claude's sunny disposition and
great love for his family made him an
ideal husband and father. He has
always been church worker, but
since his conversion last August he
has taken still greater interest. At
the time of his death, he was teacher
of the Young Peoples Glass, in Sun
day school. This should be great
comfart to his bereaved ones. We
shall miss him both in teaching and
singing. He has been one Of the
main workers in building up the
school and community at this place.
Il The funeral services were held at
Mountain View School House lat
a. M, Rev. Jesse Holmes, of Kenton
paid beautiful tribute to the men,
DRY of the deceased.
The casket was covered with floral
offerings.
His death was great shock to his
many friends as well as his relatives
and the loss will long be felt
Campo Enterprise.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

U. S. 5. South Dakota,
June 5, 1918.
Dear Folks:
Will write you few lines; / am
sending money order for $50; one
kid had $35 stolen from him, and
don't want to run the risk of having
mine stolen. / don't know when ]
will draw any more pay, but if l run
out you can send me some. Write
and tell me whether you got the mon
ey on that check or not. Say, l owe
the Pullman cafe $500, and you pay
them out of this. sent Mr.. Dubois
$16.25 the day sent you that check
l think that is all owe, unless I owe
A. B. Mitchell a little.
Well, / will have to close and 20 to
work. They don't work fellow near
as hard here as they do at the train
ing station. Write and tell me all
the news.
NOVA H. DICKERSON,
U. S. S. South Dakota, Care Post
master, New York, N. Y.
P. S,-Ask Grandpa if l don't owe
him a dollar.
The example set by Nova is deserv-
ing of commentator. When the
boys left it was on short notice, and
they had no opportunity to settle up
their affairs. 1t is to their credit
when they apply their pay on their
bills. If there are any who are not
doing this they should follow his ex-
ample.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Manney visit
ed i'm Arkalon Monday.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Nancy visit
ed nm Arkalon Monday.
Miss Hazel Wolley spent the week
end with friends in Camp Funston.
Elmer Huber off Tyrone was a
business visitor in the city Satur-
day.
Mrs. G. D. Edgar went to Airing
ton Friday to spend few days with
her parents.
I. ]. McDermott was here from
his ranch near Guymon Friday trans
acting business.
Mrs. A. Burch left for Notaway
County, Missouri, to attend the fun
eral Of her brother.
Mrs. A. M. Peck, who spent a
week with hey sister, Mrs. Clay Full
ton In Hooker returned Saturday.
Miss Inez Barker who spent a few
days with her friend, Miss Mildred
Fuller returned to her home in Ty-
rome Saturday.
Miss Marie Hansen who spent a
few days with her sister, Mrs. v. N.
Renner and family returned to her
home in Burns, Kansas, Saturday i,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stricklin
| went to Dalhart Monday where Mr..
Stricklin will be employed in the
bridge work for the Rock Island.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. G.. Smart and
family left for Dalhart Monday
where they will make their home.
Mr.. Smart will be foreman of the
bridge work there.
! G. w. Law of the First National
Bank left for Wichita Saturday
where he will visit home folks short
time before entering the army. Mr..
Law is called for the oath.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Jay returned
from few weeks visit with Mrs.
jays parents, in Neodesha, Monday.
They also visited relatives in Black
well, Okla.
c. R. Diatton of Burlingame spent
few days in the city the first Of the
week the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
E. Bush.
George Spradling went to Hooker
Monday. He will visit his sister,
Mrs. Ernest Adams, near that place
and assist in harvest.
Mrs. Jennie Karau left for Kan
sas City the last of the week to at
tend the reunion of a number of her
relatives. She will visit relatives at
other points in Missouri before re-
turing.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

o. ]. Wilkins and daughter, Kath-
ryn, spent Sunday with Mrs. Wilkins
in Guymon.
j. E. Gilchrist, who is employed at
THE Rock Island oil house left for
Wichita and Preston Monday where
he will help in the harvest fields.
H. w. Clutter of Dalhart was in
the city the last of the week prepar-
ing his household goods for shipment.
Mr.. Clutter has recently been trans
ferred to Dalhart, being given the
position Of agent for the Rock Is
land.
Mrs. Henry Ledbetter and children
who have been visiting Mrs. Led
better's mother, Mrs. s. E. Hartman,
few days, returned to their home
near Goodwill Monday. Mrs. Led
better's cousin, Miss jennie Hart
man of Webb City, Missouri, ac-
companied her for visit.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
Mrs. G. H. Hose of Kismet was
shopping in the city Saturday.

Mrs. G. H. Hose of Kismet was
shopping in the city Saturday
Miss Lottie Henline of Arkalon
was transacting business in the city
Friday Z
Mrs. Dewitt Cradle went to Pratt
Saturday to spend. few days with
relatives.
Mrs. Geo. New left for Hutchinson
the last of the week for few days
visit with her parents.
Mrs. Eugene F. Pellette who has
been visiting her parents in Pratt
returned home Friday.
Mrs. May Barton came from Green's
burg the last of the week for visit
with Mr. and Mrs. W. o. Woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Ihle arrived
from Wichita Friday for a visit with
Mrs Ihle's parents, near Forgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Sealey and
family left for Larned the last of the
week to visit relatives a few days.
Mrs. Lon Huff who spent few
weeks with her parents, near Lorena,
returned to her home in Dalhart,
Saturday.
Miss Fannie Wheeler went to OPP
TINA the last of the week for a few
days visit with the W. F. Hubbard
family.
Miss Sylvia Moore and Miss Alma
Simmons who spent few weeks at
the A. T. Moore home south of the
city returned to their home in Ar
lington, Monday.
Mrs. H. E. Horton of Tucumcari,
and daughter, Mrs. Oscar Clouse of
ElPaso came Friday to visit Tom
Horton and sister, Miss Ora.
Mrs. Olive Lipscomb went to Guy
mon Monday to spend few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 7.
j. McDermott, on their ranch near
that place.
Mrs. M. A. Morrison of Illinois
who has been visiting relatives in
the city for the past few days went
to Texhoma the last of the week
to visit other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Woods have
recently purchased the property for
merly occupied by the W. H. Graves
family on South Prospect and are
having the same remodeled.
Mrs. j. W. Cavit of Forgan return
ed from Cheney, Kansas, Friday
where she had been with her mother
who was ill, but was much better at
the time of Mrs. Chavit's return.
Miss Anna Brophy who has spent
few months at the Dick Wilshusen
home near the city left for her home
near Columbus, Kansas, the last of
the week, to oversee the harvesting
Of her wheat crop.
Mrs. Roy Rhea who has been visit
ing her parents. DR.. and Mrs. w. o.
Nelson returned to her home in Dial.
hart Monday Little Miss Lou
Chadline Morgan and brother, Mas
ter Jack, accompanied their aunt for
a few weeks visit.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

CRACKED EGGS at the Creamery
at 15c per doz. 2tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Margaret Clutter of Hooker
visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Woods
teh last of the week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. H. X. Scandrett and Children
returned from few weeks visit with
Mrs. Scandrett's father in Hutchin-
son Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. D. F. Woods visited her
son, lack, in Grensburg Friday.
Mrs. Byrd Rodgers of Guymon
was transacting bushes in the city
Saturday.
R. ]. Terwilliger left for Harper,
Kansas, Monday to spend few
weeks with his daughter, Mrs. Martin
Benson.
Mrs. lack Cain who is assisting in
the care of her mother, Mrs. NJ L..
Smith went to Tyrone the last of the
week to spend few days with her
family.
Miss Ella Garrett who has ben with
the Boles Dry Goods Store for sew
eral years has resigned her position
and has accepted similar position
with the Jet Mercantile Company at
Blackwell, Oklahoma. She left for
Blackwell the first of the week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. E. Buffalo and Miss Rilla Pot
ter of Forgan were visitors in the
city Monday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Miss Lottie Henline of Arkalon
was transacting business in the city
Friday 4
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

James Potter of Forgan left TO
Ft. Riley Monday. He has recent.
enlisted in the army.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Miss Blanche Fuest went to Hutch
inson Friday to spend a few days
with friends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Dewitt Cradle went to Pratt
Saturday to spend. few days with
relatives.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. D. F. Woods visited her
son, lack, in Grensburg Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Hemphill have
purchased the room modern cottage
on South Sherman that was formerly
owned by Clyde Atha, and will take
possession at an early date.
Mrs. Joe Randles left Sunday for
Fairbury, Nebraska, where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. A. Shumate and
family, for few weeks. Mrs. Fran
els Morgan is taking her place in the
road masters Office during her alb
sence.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Geo. New left for Hutchinson
the last of the week for few days
visit with her parents.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Eugene F. Pellette who has
been visiting her parents in Pratt
returned home Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
Buy W. S. S..
FROM NOVA DICKERSON

U. S. S. South Dakota,
June 5, 1918.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Elmer. Huber ofITyrone was a
business visitor in the city Satur-
day.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Miss Hazel Wolley spent the weel
end with friends in Camp Funston.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-05-17
SHELL-TORN DOLL TELLS
MOST GRAPHIC STORY

ST. GATHERINGS, Ont, May IL
Lieutenant Jack O'Brien has brought
battle-scarred doll from shell-torn
France to freedom, although the dolls
seVen-yearold mamma" lies in a
roughly-made grave, victim of Ger
man ruthlessness. The lieutenant,
who is on leave from the French for
eign legion to do recruiting service
in Canada, is using the doll in his
campaign for new soldiers.
This doll" says the veteran of
many battles, was handed to me one
day in France by little brOwn-eyed,
curly-haired girl while the Germans
We're sweeping toward the village in
which the child lived.
I want you to take my dolly to
Freedom" she said as her baby arms
tenderly extended this ragged little
sawdust doll to me.
by terrific fighting the Germans
drove our forces from the village
Later, when we counter-attacked and
regained the town, it was a scene Of
desolation, the bodies Of soldiers and
civilians filing the streets.
Among the dead was the little doll
mother who wanted her baby to have
the freedom of which she had been
robbed.
Il buried her in the village from
which the Germans had been unable
to drive her, and promised myself
that | would indeed take Dolly to
freedom"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-05-17
NOTICE

BY order of the town council, all
ownerless and vicious dogs will be
removed from the street.
FRED BROTHERSON,
Chief Of Police.