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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

Washington, D. c. l 0 DESPAIR of giving you the latset
 news of the motor truck industry. |
 It is moving so fast that the doings | of today are ancient history tomor- row, and the Seven League Boots' or the fairy tale are snails in comparison Its tracks already gridiron the world, and it's mighty loads have part ln every war industry. This is so not only in the making of munitions and army supplies here at home, but also on tne battlefield where the motor car forms a part of every engagement and trucks are the chief means of transportation for soldiers and men and supplies.
 Shortly after the war broke out the Germans had So,OOo trucks in the field and the armies of the allies had lfV'Voo motor vehicles of various kinds. As soon as war was declared every wheeled car moved by a gasoline engine that couu be found in France Belgium ana Ells land was mobilized for military opei a tions, and it was that qulck hop eioii that held back the onslaught oI tiie VI mans It was the motor truck thae a os.es. sas S,. Verdun and Paris. At verouii 4Voo 1s Y moved back and forth bringing supplies, ,..oi,iSo an endless procession 30 miles
 
 lone coming and going. The trucks no" in prrance if joined together, alloWlhs fifteen feet to the truck, would make :" train as long as from Ne" Aorh Cleveland, and that tram would iheluue nortable searchlights, traVeHhs teie- nhone and telegraph offices, automoplie repair shops, electrotyping plants TOT waking field maps, field kitchens' helu kosnitals, officers passenger cars anu tr,cling vehicles of every description.
 At the beginning of last year there
 a. something like 10000 motor trrcrs in the war zone. We shall e~.va more than that number for our own troops before the peginhlns oi 1a1e The first intention was to use 100 600 trucks of various types for l. ooo o60 men. We have already almost a.o00.0 900, and our army will have sew era1 times the number of trucks per division of that of any other Tn the field. At the beginning of the year i France had something like one truck Cor every 50 men. We should have Ane or more for every 25.
 The British say at least 30, Qoo trucks are needed for an army Of l,oVOoVo According to our present plans, When we have 3,000,000 in the field we snail probably require something like zoo'- A00 trucks That time will come cary next year. The war department wants 100000 trucks delivered by January ! Ever at 100, 900 the cost is enormous single truck with its repa1r part costs in the neighborhood of $4oeo an. that hundred thousand order alone vii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

tion, and at the end of a months study the plans were brought forth, which are embodied in the Liberty truck of tooay'
 At the same time the machinery fol making these trucks was designed ana the new tools, dies and other machines were rapidly brought into being. Within 30 days after the designs were made the
 first truck was completed, and then an
 order was given for 10000 cars. That
 order was distributed among 15 different
 plants, and the business of these plants
 has been so standardized that the gov
 ernment can now have it's army trucks
 made by the tens of thousands. It IS
 estimated that we shall be able to supply not only our own troops, but some oI those of our allies as well.
 The Liberty truck is the most efficient of all trucks for the purpose It is made
 ir three types, ranging in carrying weight from three-fourths of a ton to i've tons Without the body the largest truck weighs almost four tons The tnree-ton and five-ton trucks will each make rom 12 to IA miles an hour, and each has capacity of more than 50 horsepower.
 The fuel is gasoline, fed by gravity from 16-gallon tank on the dashboard, with a 15-gallon reserve tank under the seat. A one-ton truck that is likely to have large part in our army work is being made at Detroit
 l In addition to the demands from abroad are the increasing demand: l for motor trucks in the various wal activities at home. You have all reat | of the wonders of the cantonments Since the war began We have created I 32 military cities and 16 of these wen up like A1addin's palace-almost in { night. Some of them covered as mucl l as 100 or more quarter section farms land they included military buildings o every description. They were made il accordance with modern sanitation, am each had it's houses for the drill an parade grounds, its machine shops an
 repair shops lighting facilities and ar
 arrangements for water supplies. Som
 | of the cantonments, such as Cam
 Dodge, were devoted to the training 0
 cavalry, and connected with them wer
 remount stations, with thousands c
 horses. Camp Dodge, situated near De
 Moines, was cornfield when the Sec
 retary of War picked it out as the sit , for a camp. He sent forth his order and the caravans of war trucks wer to work. In short time five miles ( wooden buildings and 10 miles of in ! proved streets were created. A COT : crete reservoir, with a capacity of 22 [ 000, 900 gallons, was built, and 22 mile of sewers were dug. Among the built ings were bakery, a laundry, ho; | pita1, a steam heating plant and 3 I electric light plant, and accommod' tions were made for something lil = 10000 horses. All of the transport; tion of the camp was done by mot I trucks, and that to even hauling
 the food for the horses and taking aws
 such horses as died
 The motor truck is doing an enormo' work in hauling the material for g kinds of war industries and in carr ing the finished products from the ia tories to the seaboard. Fleets of trucl are in the service all along the Atlant | coast, and caravans of them have be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

The motor truck is doing an enormous work in hauling the material for all kinds of war industries and in carry ing the finished products from the fac tories to the seaboard. Fleets of trucks are in the service all along the Atlantic coast and caravans of them have been
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
Brave Act Recognized.

The navy department has commend
ed Matthew McCabe, water tender,
for gallantry and herOism in jumping
overheard from the United States
steamship POcahOntas and rescuing
from drowning fireman who had
either jumped or fallen overheard.
When the man was seen to disappear
from the ship McCabe. without hest
tation, jumped into the water and sue
coded in getting line around the
man. who was hanled up on deck. Nc
Cabe enlisted in the navy August,
1916, at New York.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
FIaaIer.s Florida Railroad.

There is no railroad from Key West,
10 Cuba, and could not well be, as
nearly 200 miles of ocean intervene.
What Mr.. Flagler did was to build a
railroad along the eastern coast Of
Florida to its southern extremity, and
thence on piles and artificial viaducts
to Key West, and to provide for the
transportation of loaded trains both
ways between Key West and Cuba by
huge ocean ferry boats constructed and
equipped specially for the service.
There are no figures at hand as to the
cost of the work done by Mr.. Flag.
Ter. 1t has been Of great commercial
value.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
500 Reward. 500

CatsrFh IL a local disease greatly indu.
enced by constitutional conditions. II
therefore requires constitutional treat.
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys.
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation Of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature In
doing its work. $1,000 for any case Of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
IDAHO BUDGET

Idaho is to raise 100000 in the
next Red Cross drive, which is to
commence May 20.
A 42-star service flag was dedicated
with special exercises by the students
OF the Nampa high school last week.
The apple crop in the lower end of
the Boise valley has been damaged
some by the frost. but the prunes are
not hurt.
Bread is now being sold in Boise
on basis of II cents per loaf whole
sale, and 13 cents per loaf or two
loaves for % cents retail.
The lieutenant governor occupied
the states chief executive Office at
the capitol three weeks in the absence
OF Governor Alexander.
Summer schools for teachers will
open at the Lewiston normal June 4,
at the Albion normal the same day
and at the Boise high school June II.
To date the markets bureau has met
with excellent success In supplying
demands for farm help, but the calls
for labor are growing more numerous
daily.
Every family at Barber and every
man employed at the Barber mill ex-
cept two have bought Liberty Bonds
and the manager says these two are
not financially able to do so at pres
ent.
The Emmett Fruitgrowers' asso-
citation has decided to build an evap-
Grating plant in time for this seasons
crop. 1t will be completed in time to
take care Of the apple and prune
yields.
The 3 per cent interest rate demand
ed Of the banks in the state using state
funds will be continued in effect an
other year, it was agreed by the state
depository board when it met last
week.
Men of military age called in the
next draft from southern Idaho will
entrain May 10 and II, according tC
schedule sheet filed with the adju
tant generals office by the Oregon
Short Line.
r. F. Bicknell, food administrator
for Idaho, is not a candidate for gov
ernor or any other political office OF
the Republican or any other ticket a
this time, according to an announce
ment made last week.
The geological survey is issuing
bulletin calling attention to promising
ore deposits in Custer county whicl
may take on a new Importance, in view
of the action of congress in fixing tn
price of silver at 81 an ounce.
julius ]. Meyer, for many years pre-
prietor of a groce store at Boise
now living in San Francisco, ha
jumped into the limelixht in the latte
city through the beating he gave t
an alien who spoke slanderously Q
Liberty Bonds.
All the state organizations for spt
cial war work in Idaho have united i
an appeal to the county organization
to be well represented at the confer
ence arranged by the National Counc
\pf Defense for Boise, Monday an
0esday, May 20 and q.
hplands made upon the. state
loans, couple
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
Not 8otherjno.

'DO you remember when they talked
Of converting the swords into plow-
shares?"
I'm not bothering bout what they
did to the swords" replied Farmer
CorntOssel, $50 long as they didn't
ships
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29

To drive tank, handle the guns, and
sweep over tie enemy trenches, takes
strone nerve. good rich blood, good
stomach. lner and kidneys. When the
Nme CONS, the man with red blood in
his ve,oy rs up and at It." He has iron
rervesfOr hardships-an interest in his
woregrips him. That's the way you
reeTwhen you have taken a blood and
no%e tonic, made up Of Blood root,
e6lden Seal root. Stone root, Cherry
bark, and rolled into sugar-coated
hblet and sold in sixty-cent walls by al
host all druggists for past fifty years
5 DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
~. This tonic, in liquid or tablet form,
1 Just what you need this spring to
I've you vim, vigor and vitality. At the
g end of hard winter, no wonder
feel rundown" blue, out Of sorts.
this Medical Discovery" Of DR..
lrce's. Don't wait! To-day is thu
y to begin! A little "pep," and you
ugh and live.
The best means to oil the machinery
the body, put tone into the liver
pneys and circulatory system, is to
st practice good housekeeping.
know of nothing better as a laxative
pan vegetable pill made up Of May
ppie, leaves Of aloe and jalap. This
commonly sold by oil druggists as
y. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and
pouid De taken at least once week 10
ear the twenty-five feet Of intestincs.
GU will thus clean the system-expel
pc poisons and keep aeN. No,o is
Pc time to clean house. Give yourself
spring house cleaning.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
Don't Worry About PimpIes.

DON'T worry ABOUT PlmPjeo.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
of the Ointment in five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
free samples address. "Cuticura, Dept.
K, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap Is, Ointment Is and 5O.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
Best Part.
USE ALIENS FooT.EAsE

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath. It relieves
painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes the
sting out Of corns and bunions. The American,
British, and French troops use Aliens Foot.
Ease. The greatest comforter known for all
footaches Sold everywhere, z5c.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
EIoQuence.

What is your idea Of an OratOr?'
"A real, natural-born orator." an
swered Senator Sorghum. "is man
who can put up such good mono
logue that you forget to notice wheth
er his arguments are any good"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29

Why wait? Your druggist sells q
tiny bottle Of Freezone for a few
cents. sufficient to rid your feet Of
every hard corn, soft corn, or corn
between the toes, and callouses, with.
out soreness or irritation. Freezone
is the much talked of ether discovery
Of the Cincinnati genius.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29
OHIO man ISA
MODERN WIZARD
CORNS STOP HURTING THEN
LIFT OFF WITH FINGERS

Drop OF magic! Doesn't hurt one
bit! Apply a little Freezone- on that
touchy corn, instantly that corn stops
hurting, then you lift it Off with the
npgers. No pain at all! Try It!
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-29

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A Business Should be
as Big as Its Job
IF bigness is Of benefit to the
public It should be commended.
The size Of business depends upon the
needs which that business is called upon to
serve. business should be as big - IT.
job. You do not drive tacks with pile
driver-or piles with tack hammer.
Swift 4 Compsny's growth has been
the natural and inevitable result Of ma
6oual and international needs.
Large-scale production and Distribution
are necessary to convert the i've stock Of
the West into meat and by-products. and
to distribute them over long. distances to
the consuming cente9s Of the East and
abroad.
Only an organization like that Of Swift 3
Company, with its many packing plants, hum
0ISO8 q Distributing HOUSES, 04lO I41Oooo1SSO
Of refrigerator cars, would have been able to
handle the varying seasonal supplies Of live
stock and meet the present war emergency
by supplying, without interruption:
First-The u. S. soldiess and the Allies
In Europe by shipping ~ much ~ 500 car.
: loads Of meat products in single week.
Second-The cantonments IN the United
States.
Third-The retailers upon whom the
American public depends for it, daily
supply of meat.
But many people ask-Do producers and
consumers pay too much for the complex
service rendered.
Everyone, we believe, comedies the eth.
cheney of the Swift & Company organization
in performing big job in big way at
minimum Of expense.
Swift Company's total profit in 1917
less than 4 cents on each dollar Of
meat and by-products. Elirnip0
profit would have had practc
live stock and meat prices.
Do you believe that this SET
rendered for less by any osA
method Of organizationl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-04-01
EXPECT EDGE To
SPEAK SHORTLY
Governors Decision on Sena-
toriaI Race Should Soon
be Made Known.

TRENTON, April 1.-Two things
Governor Edge is expected to do this
| week are to appoint members of the
new state boxing commission. created
by the last legislature, and to make
known his attitude in regard to the
Republican primary for the nomina- :
ton of United States senator. All
signs here in the view of political OBJ
servers are that he will declare him.
self candidate.
The governors statement has been
anticipated for some time. 1t was
expected right after the close of the
legislature. 1t will be remembered
that when he named Mr.. Baird to
the temporary vacancy at Washing
ton he said that it was not his prac-
tice to postpone decisions and that
with the conclusion of the work of
the Lawmakers he would issue a
sta tement setting forth his attitude.
The legislature has been adjourned
now for a month. and the executive
has kept number of politicians on
the anxious bench by refraining from
making good his declaration he is
sued at the time he honored Mr..
Baird.
In the meantime he has held sew
eral political conferences with men
from various counties. and received
from them the assurance that he was
strong in their respective districts.
The governor and former Governor
Stokes held a long conference here
on Saturday, after which the execu-
tive was authority for the statement
that within q few days, which is taken
to mean this week, he would make
a definite and final decision and give
it to the people.
While mentioned prominently as
candidate, Stokes maintains that he
has by no word of his own indicated
that he would be in the race. On the
other hand he has so far refrained
from saying anything to indicate that
he would not be a candidate. It will
be recalled that two years ago Mr..
Stokes announced he would not be a
candidate for senator, and the gener-
al understanding was at that time
that he withdrew to permit former
Governor Franklin Murphy to COM
bat Joseph S. FTelinghuysen, who
won.
In the meantime, however, former
Senator Colgate has become q candi-
date. and Governor Edge has loomed
strong on the horizon as a possible
candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation. Added to this George L.
Record is already on the stump and
appealing to the public and also is
suing statements and thus attracting
early attention.
Some months ago Mr.. Stokes and
Governor Edge held a conference, af-
ter which the executive said that
there would be no contest between
the two men for the Republican SEN
atorial nomination this year.
Senator Charles C. Pilgrim. of Es-
sex county, together with Jesse Sal
mon, Republican leader of Newark,
today called on Governor Edge in
company with Edward E. Grain, of
East Orange. 1t is expected that
Grain will be one of the new state
commissioners. John F. Smith, of At
lantic City, and w E. Cam, of Eliz-
abeth. will probably be the other
members. Cam is Y. M. c. A. ath-
letic director of Elizabeth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-04-01
PRESBYTERIANS ELECT
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS

At the business meeting of the
Presbyterian Sunday school officers
and teachers the following new Off
GERS and committee were named. They
will take their new Office next Sun
day:
Superintendent, Glenworth Sturgis;
first assistant, ID. W. Boehm; second
assistant, Carl II. Makeley; treasurer,
w. H.. Cortelyou; attendance secre-
tary, Edward L. Gridley: assistant,
John F'ritzinger, Jr.. recording secre-
tAry, Mrs. Carl II. Makeley; financial
secretary, Harry w. Jensen librarian,
Francis Willsey: assistant, William
LitteIl pianist, Mrs. A. J. Perchard;
assistant, Miss O'Brien; senior depart
ment superintendent Wilbur La Roe;
intermediate department superinten-
dent. Mrs. Adrian Lyon; junior de-
partment superintendent, Miss Leisa
Henry; primary department stiperin-
tendent Mrs. c. D. Fraser; assistant
Miss Emily Peterson; beginners de-
partment superintendent. Miss Bertha
Brown; assistant, Miss Kathryn Her
bert; secretary, Miss Susan Cluney;
organist, Miss Helen Whittemore:
home department superintendent,
Mrs. Susan Fraser; cradle roll super
intendent, Miss Bertha Brown; music
committee, Mrs. Perchard, Mrs. La
Roe, Wilbur La Roe and Carl Make
ley; missionary committee, Mrs. Per-
chard, chairman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-04-01
Hercules Employees Enjoy
An Interesting Program

The mess hall Of the Hercules
Powder Company at Parlin was
crowded to the doors Saturday night
at the second social event of the en-
ployes of the plant. The affair was
under the direction of the amusement
committee of the employee and was
one Of the best held at ttat place this
season. they, gre held every two
weeks.
On the near future a ladies' night
will be given and all of the families
of the employees will be entertained.
The entertainments are proving most
delightful and the committee has
contracted for some of the best mo-
ton pictures as we'll as vaudeville
feature acts which will be presented
from time to time.
The program presented Saturday
besides motion pictures and vaude-
vile acts included an address by Sam
uel Dawson on the Liberty Loan. The
program: Stanford and Harris. pian-
ist; Chaplin pictures; Billie Barlow,
monologues: G. J. Smedley, instru-
m mentalist; Samuel Dawson, Liberty
Loan address; A. c. Duncan, ventril-
oquist; Oaks and Hazard. songs and
dances; Hart pictures two reels.
After the program refreshments were
served.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-04-01
LAST DAY RUSH
TOF|LE ERETURNS
Income Tax Collectors Kept
Busy With Line of Late
Income Reports.

Today is the last day on which in
come tax returns can be filed and
all those persons unmarried, having
an income of 1000 or over, and those
married having an income of $4,000
or over, must make out their returns
today and file them or else they are
liable to large fine.
At the office of Deputy Collector
l.. c. Dalton in the custom house this
morning, the last minute rush to file
returns was great. From eight to ten
persons were waiting continually for
the collector to aid them in going
over their returns. The Office of the
collector will remain open through
out the day and as far into the night
as necessary. The collector said this
morning that he would stay in the Of
fee until the last person had been
seen.
AS the returns for each day are
sent into headquarters it is impossible
to tell how many returns have been
filed from this city. but the amount
of business done here within the past
two months has kept two collectors
busy and has been exceedingly large.