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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26

treba, ola hi mu elovek pomagal. Tezko je breme,
XII ga je na)ozil, dolga je pot, XII jo je odmeril; JAZZ
pa pojdem in BON nosil do kOnca!"
Take besede je govoril Jernej, ker ie bilo
V nJegovem srcu %zaupanje tako veliko, kakor je
bila velika bridkost
Tisti, XII so ga vodili, pa so odprli duri in
so lih zaklenili "a Jcrnejem. lzba je bila pusta
mia Je bila tam, dvoje nizkih postelj, sirokim
klOpem p%odobnih stene so bile prazne, gledale
so ma cloveka kakor slepe oci Sc razpela nj bilo
V kotu. OknO je bilo omrezcno.
Ma eni postelji je sedel razcapan Glovek; &c
Je bill star ali &c je bill mlad, Bog vedi. Lasje
so bill redki in kustravi; kozavi obraz nj bill ne
obrit, pa tudi brada nj bila dolga. Pomeziknil ie,
2 veselimi ocmi je pozdravil Jerneja.
bog daj, sosed! Kaj 81 ukradel?"
JerneJ ga je premeril 2 dolgim, zplostnim po-
gledom, sci je do druge postelie, polozil ie manic
culo, skornje in klobuk, paiico pa ie postavil V
kot.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26
lepo in bogato AUSTRIAN

Ureditev poskrbi urednistvo 'Proletarca",
kar daJe gotovo vsem narocnikom jamstvo, da
dobe lepo izdajo, XII DO dostOjna delavskega praz-
nika IN gotovo zadovolji ve c~itatelje. Kolikor je
lezece ma upravnistvu, BIO tudi ono vse storilo. da
Sc izpolnijo vse upravi6ene zelje.
Ia izdaja izide
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26
poleg ''Proletarca''

XII nide redno brez obzira ma slavnostni list. Ma.
rocniki torej dobe tudi "a l. maj redno "Proletar.
eevo' steyilko. Kdor zeli slavnostni list, ga mora
%narociti.
LAM smo storili V TEN oziru prvi poizkus; letos
ga ponavljamO. Ako Sc obnese, DO Jugoslovanska
Delavska Tiskovna Druzba IL tega 6rpala pogum
"a prihodnja leta in tedaj je gotovo, da postane
slavnosti majski list trajna letna izdaja.
Il ozirom ma veliko d~raginjo, XII Sc je lotila
vseh tlskarskih proizvodov, vsled katere Sc pokri-
vajo lie izdaje 2 zelo velikimi nakladami, Sc d.
rektoriJ sicer zaveda tezave tie naloge priGakuie
pa uspeh, ker je preprican, da ustreze $ to izdaio
zelJam ~najsirsih delavskih krogov.
Vsak sodrug, kdor smatra BOZ proletariata "a
osvoboditev izpod kapitalisttnega jarma resno.
nam DO gotovo pomagal $ pridno agitacijo "a raz-
s%irjenje tie izdaje. XII bo vsakemu odjemalcu lep
spomin.
Gene slavnostnega lista so slede6e:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26
Na$a majni$ka 1zdaia.
Sodrugii!

Sodrugi!
Zma Sc pripn]uJe kraJu in $ pomladjo pride
zopet svetovni prank zavednega delaystva
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26
n~ajkasneje 5. aprila

V rokah upravnistva. u ozirom ma velike stroske
nam ne DO mogoce tiskati wee iztisov, nego Jill BIO
harocenlh kdor sc prekasno oglasi, mu torej ne
Domo mogll postreti. Prosimo sodruge, maj vpo-
stevaJo to, ker Sc je doslej re nekolikokrat zgodilo.
Ga so nam nase izdaje - II. pr. ~letosnji koledar
zelo kmalu poSle, in tako Sc tudi sedaj zelo
lahko zgodi, da ne bono imeli wee slavnostnih Ii.
stow, ko hi jh marsikdo Sc rad dobil. s prayo.
casnim narocilom je pa to vpraSanje reseno.
VISA %naroGila s~preiema upravnistvo ''Prole-
tarca''.
Da DO izdaja zelo primerna "a agitacijo, nam
nj treba naglaSati.
lzpolnite in izrezite ia kupon, ter ga nam
p%Osljite!
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26

zmanJe ovire III zmote delavstva samega tOda
kar Sc mora zgoditi, Sc zgodi prejalislej ~neizogib-
no. Socialism je tax cilj, Xxi nj ~izumljen V glavi
kaksnega posameznega cloveka ali kaksne male
skupine, ampak je neizogibna posledica gospo-
darskega %razvOja, in zato je ~njegova konGna
zmasa nedvomna. Njegovo propaganda lahko o.
nra in ~oteztaya brutalna Sila; njegove namene
lahko obrekujejo Poole kreature; ~niegovo inc
lahko zlorabljajo fanatiki in ncvednezi social
zem sam ostane kljub temu zdrav in krepak, in
2 nJegovo zmago pride svoboda in p~oviSanje vse-
ga eloveStva.
Tim Dol jse pa kaze kratkovidnim Deem,
kakor da hoce tudi socializem p~ogoltniti kaos,
TEN resneJsa Je nalOga resniGno zavednih delav-
cev, ola drze krepko prapor svobode in mednarod-
mega bratostva, da podkrepe vero omahujo6ih in
vllJejo poguma tistim, XII so proved zatirani, da bi
mogli dvigniti svoj glas.
Nacin praznOvanja Samega je stvar prizadetih
organizaciji. Toda ''Proletarec" in "Jugoslovan-
ska Delavska TiskOvna Druzba" hoGeta tudi cd
svoJe strani storiti, kolikor je mogote, "a prosla-
vo tega dine.
he lani smo izdali poseben
majniski list
IN smo z MIN dosegli velik moralen uspeh. To
mas vzpodbuja, da ponovimo letos Ia korak V ma
Oh, ola ustrezemo S tenn zavednim slovenskim de.
lavcem.
lzdaJa DO zopet ~ureiena V obliki revije v veliko.
si 1913 prot I palcem in DO stella najmanje dvaj.
set strani.
Ako pa dobimo zadostno mnozino oglasov,
DO obsegala
dvajset strani samega Gtiva,
to sc pravi, da ne bodo oglasi vsteti V TEN stevilu
strani. kakor lani, DO tudi letos slavnostni list
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26
v prvi polovici aprila

IN prosimo vse organizacije kakor tudi posamez-
ne odJemalee, da sc cimprej naroce. Ma vsak ma.
elm pa morajo biti naroGila
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-26
lega lista so slede6e:

Majski slavnostni list izide
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
TENNESSEE VALLEY
HAS fertile LANDS
FOR THE F ARM CROPS
Territory Around Sheffield
Important Contributing
Factor to City's
Prosperity

Shaff;al6 March 0--tSpecial. This
-.,,.v includes the Little. or Rus
.o,,v;l,e valley. 1t is in many re-
snxcts the most interesting portion O.
+ha state and well deserves the name
.nn,ied to it OF being the garden spot
IL Alabama, The climate is favorahie
~ varied agriculture throughout We
~x.r. No section Of country in this or
80 other states seems to have peeh
80 blessed by nature in all that goes
- make life desirable and iarmsne
.ttractive. The valley lands aliord ~
nnat agricultural opportunities.
M = hard TO realize just what cheap
r.rttiixers will do for the valley, soI
heretofore when proper ro,atlon Z,
crs,ns has been observed the yieio has
n~nr rreat. but now that Sheffieiu
Il IN he the center of the. nitrate m
Ausfrv il is safe to assume that ~
yew years land values will increase
Ana the country will blossom ike I
rose. The soil is adapted not mercy
Tor corn. cotton, oats wneat' rye DaI
ley, clover and the various sfsssss
me timothy, bluegrass. red top grass
srl orchard grass but the salubriou'
climate offers inducements to horti
c,Iiturtsts. The products of the farlni'
fha xardens, the orchard and the vine
xnrd supply nearly every article y
1iet for the table of man and for TN
cs.rink for cattle.
III 4 general way, the valley is from
IA 10 IL miles broad, through whiel
TIC Tennessee winds its stnuous pain
II has q plain-like or almost leve
surfece that Is uniformly broken her
nnd there BY slight elevations ina
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
MUSCLE SHOALSDAM
TO BE LARGEST OF ITS
KIND IN THE WORLD

Washington, March S0.-Col Hugh
Cooper, builder or the Famous Keokuk
dam and eminent hyrdoelectrical en-
gineer in the service of the govern
ment announces on leaving Washing
ton for Sheffield that work on the
Muscle Shoals dam will be undertaken
at once.
The dam will be the largest OF It's
kind in the world, and that, when COM
pleted, lit will be one of the attrac-
lions of the nation, an attraction OF
sufficient interest to bring to its scene
thousands of people each year.
The dam will be of national interest,"
he explained by virtue of its own pro-
portions as we'll as on account OF the
fact that it will be the means OF gen
Grating 680.000-horse power, power
greater than any other wholly Wlthm
the United States.
The concrete wall will be Ky fee'
high and a mile and 200 yards in ex-
tent
Colonel Cooper declared that the TOP
of the dam would permit the laying
thereon of a road surface making !,
available for wagons of farmers anu
automobiles of sightseers. He is dls-
playing great interest in the proJec'
and pride in it's undertaking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
COMBINATION OF ADVANTAGES
The Sheffield Hotel

Mr.. J. t. Davis, a popular hotel man,
known to practically every southern tray
eler through his many years of connec-
ton with leading hostelries in Nashville,
Chattanooga and Birmingham, has re-
Gently accepted the general manage
ment of the Sheffield hotel, and is greatly
improving the service. new steward
chef, head waiter and assistants nave
been installed, and the equipment aug
mented wherever needed A large SloooVO
addition to the hotel is under cohstruc-
ton, and by time it is completed a pro-
cess of interior alterations, retrimming
and refurnishing in the old section to
conform with the new, will make Inc
Sheffield one of the finest homes for
travellers in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
Reasons Why Sheffield Viii
Be Important Populous Center

ing with Mr. lie Prince are DR.. L. L.
Lumsden and DR.. s. II. Mustard of the
United States public health service, who
will supervise the sanitary work within
an area OF 80 miles about the govern
ment works at Muscle Shoals. Their du-
ties are to insure the continued health
fulness of this locality, where large num-
bers of people are being brought into
limited area and the thoroughness of
their preliminary preparations speaks
well for the future health of this section.
HEALTH CONDITIONS
Commenting on the fine conditions OF
health and sanitation at the United
States nitrate plant No. 2, j. w. Young,
resident manager, said:
probably no other construction work
of such magnitude has ever enjoyed the
immunity from disease and illness that
has been the good fortune of the United
States nitrate plant No. at Muscle
Shoals Although the work of construct
ing the camp has only been under way
for the past three months, it is already
complete city, with all the advantages
of healthfulness and sanitation of q city
of many years standing. Despite the
fact that over 10000 people are gathered
here from all sections OF the country, do
ing every imaginable sort of work, there
has been no trace of any epidemic OF
illness of any sort and so few single
cases of sickness as to make this num-
Der almost negligible. AS a matter OF
fact, practically all of the illness in camp
has been colds and those other minor
ailments that are accepted as matter
of course everywhere during the period
of changing weather between the winter
and spring.
I'VE ascribe the favorable conditions
to the provisions made for absolute clean
liness and sanitation in every department
of the works, and to the fact that every
applicant for a position here must un-
dergo a searching physical examination
before he or she is permitted to COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
Tennessee Riuer Looms Large
AS Source of Sheffield Wealth

ehanical equipment for hanaling a.
classes of freight is the order OF tne
day and the value of modern equip
rncnt and transportation companies OPP
Grated on the same basis VIII prlns
about results which in no way can pc
measured BY the river traftlc OF the
past.
OF ADVANTAGES
"The Tennessee river, wits its Won
derful, valuable deposits of coal ana
minerals, and its superb virgin fofests'
is a veritable treasure house and ohly
awaits the coming of economical trans
portation which adequate navigation
affords to bring this section to the
front as the most important indus
trial area and, when this boon OF cheap
i. transportation comes, with a supply
of economical electrical power second
alone to that of Niagara Falls. com
bined with the wealth of resources
whose variety is unequaled in any oth-
er similar area in the United states
we will have at Sheffield combina
tion of advantages the like of which
is not found elsewhere in our coun-
| try"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31

arc generally covered with beautiful
groves of oak or hickory or cedar. y
is for the most part in state OF cur
t,yation The soils vary from deep red
To a deep black and are unsurpassed
in their fertility.
a valley might have all the thinSs
here enumerated and yet prove uhat-
t,active for homeseeker unless Wei
ygatered. but the valley is admirably
dr.. ined and the water supply is
abundant The Tennessee river receives
either directly or indirectly every drop
of water that falls within It's limits.
Health giving springs seem TO nave
heen srpinkled broadcast over its area.
as they are seen gushing OUT IRON
the banks of streams ana from the
s 6es of the ravines or boiling up from
the flat places. This MAKES - 81 A"
place for cattle.
bomeseeker who wishes to escape
The rigors of the northern winter aad
| the long feeding period will Tina ideal
conditions in Colbert county, Wati'
| climatic conditions enable him 70 Wofis
orteoors almost every day in the year
and produce two crops on the same
| lard Sheffield will offer him a marhc'
l for everything which he can raise g
| grew and at a price that VIII pc suis
to make farming both an attfacs4Va
auo a paying occupation.
i 1t takes no prophet to fofeteli nov
the Tennessee valley where the hards
/ grains and grasses of the north mee'
the corn and cotton of the south i,
the same field obliterating the mag
mary Mason and Dixon line in then
anxiety to bless the hands which tent
them. Is the coming farming section o.
1.-THE country. and Sheffield is not onls
going to nave a part in making
. so but is going to be beneficiary .
. lit in very large ana substantial man
ner. The Tennessee valley Is going u
become Sheffield's backyard garden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
TENNESSEE RIVERS
SERPENT|NE COURSE
Great Stream Drains Basin
With an Area of 1887
Square Miles

sheffield. March 30.--(Special9-Tne
Tennessee. the largest branch OF
~. ohio. has its source in the Ap-
pa,aehian valley in the soutnWeseeih
part OF virginia and in the mountains
os North Carolina. in NUMBER Q,
branches formed by the Holstein lfofi
Virginia and the French broad lfoi',
North Carolina. 1t flows southwest -"
allies. to Knoxville, Tenn. SIXTY miles,
still, to tho southwest. II reaches LOU
aon. Tenn. At this point it gets tired
ar flowing southwest and just to show
that it is no. ordinary river but en-
dowed with feminine characteristics
turns at right angles and runs towara
the northwest. making us was
errourh several subordinate ridges "a
miles 10 Kingston, Tenn. where X
firms a junction with the Clineh river
| one Of its largest tributaries.
At the point above IT again cnaHsSs
| It's course and resumes a southwse'
| course. entering Alabama in the NORTH
| nastern part OF the state in Marshall
| ctnntv. where ii turns northwest aEc
/ flows across the northern part OF ths
state. re-entering Tennessee IN Hardi'
4 county. 1t being 100 miles from hins'
ston 10 chattanooga. Here it alternate'
again, sweeping abruptly TO the NORTH
yests19 miles. where II turns shafpi'
"a the southwest and flows In = tor
tuous course for II miles to Fridge
mort, Ala. and on in the same direc
ten ii pursues its WAY "A miles fni.
4 tier to Guntersviile. II you haven
! already gotten .crick in you neeN
follow it once more northwest until
gradually bends Its way 10 the uors'
5. miles to Decatur.
n Now / have got you where J wan
lycu. in hailing distance Of Brown
Ferry, head Of the famous natural OBJ
struction. known FAR and wide
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31

when asked why he believes that
his city has more promising future
than anv other in the Muscle SHOALS
locality. the Sheffield citizen has only
to point to the map, for within or
adjoining its corporate area are two
government nitrate plants of enor-
nous size and it's advantages in To-
cation need no further argument ri
trate plant No. is under construction
in the western portion of the city
and when it is remembered that the
100000 buildings which are being
built there are but the first step in
a comprehensive plan of govern
mental Improvement of the large res
ovation of 1900 acres it becomes evil
dent that nitrate plant No. l alone
would assure to Sheffield a promis-
ing future.
Turning to the east, moments In
spection of the map shows that the
great nitrate plant using the cyanamid
process, which is being constructed at
a cost of s30,O00,000 on a second gov
ernment reservation Of 1900 acres i'm
rnediately adjoins the corporate limits
of the city OF SheI1leid. Cohstf uCeeu
as it is under high pressure and with
all possible speed to cope with the
present war emergency, it is, however,
true that this gigantic war industry
will mean even more to Sheffield when
| the war is over than it does now, al
though the pay rolls in Sheffield are
already upward of 100000 per week.
! This fortunate circumstances is due
| TO the fact that this great nitrate
plant may be converted in time Of
| peace to an enormous factory for tbs
manufacture of highly concentrascd
| commercial fertilizer. This product
| comprising 40 per cent phosphoric acid
| with 20 per cent of nitrogen, can %
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
Local Expert Points Out
Some of the Advantages
in Transportation
Situation
HUNDREDS OF MILES
OF RIVERS OPEN TO
THE CITY'S MARKETS
Already Being Used to
Garry Iron to Markets
of the North
and East

sheffield March 30--(special.1--J ust
at present the eyes Of the country are
on the Tennessee as a great source OF
water power and it has every right
to loom large as one of the greatest
reservoirs of unutilized energy in the
United states, but there is danger lest
In paying too close attention to the
snectacular developments under way
Wa forget the great river as a helpful
link in inland river transportation.
If the war is food problem. and
a manufacturing problem, and a trans
rcrtation problem. then it's well worth
our time to think of the Tennessee as
a means of relief in releasing rolling
stock and untying some of the con-
geSted knots found at our terminals.
At the head of navigation, at least
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31

,,+i1 the Muscle Shoals have been
overconne. with six feet Of water shet-
s.1d is 700 miles nearer by water TO
a. louis than is Pittsburg, ana the
river below the city Is consloereo
,,,tra navieable stream than the ONO.
Tha natural landing. extending TOR
tt,ree-fourths of a mile along the oase
az the bluff, is admirably fitted TOT tue
construction of wharves that VIII W
adequate to all the demands naoe upon
n nv virtue of it's being a river city;
f,rthermore, the rock and the lime
and lumber with which TO make the
needed improvements are close al
hand. ,a~-
Already the river route is being USED
10 carry pig iron to some OF the west
ern markets. shipments have gone
fron, the Birmingham district to De
reloaded at Sheffield. But get TINS
fact. for it's vital: Sheffield Is near
er bv rail to all important places anu
regions in Alabama, Georgia eastern
1fississinnf south Carolina, Florida and
Tennessee than is any other point con-
n.cted with the river system
Professor Waldo, VINO is an authority
~ liver TRANSFORMATION, in speaking OIL
tbe Tennessee as a carrier OF Irelsht
recently said:
eve are entering upon new era
in the art of navigation on our IN,
land waterways. 1t is an era OF steer
towboats and specially constructed
freight barges, with special reference
to practical and economical handling
Of freight The day Of freight being
carried upon passenger boats not de-
signed for that purpose and without
particular reference to economical
baodlinp is PASSED.
..'The time has passed to deliver loads
up slippery banks on negroes pacAs
The foremost municipalities which are
located on the navigable streams IN
| the Mississippi valley are founding
| modern transfer systems, which elm
| mate hand handling of freight. Me-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31
Sheffield Commercial CIub

All the live wires OF Sheffield-mer-
chants. manufacturers, professional men
and lay citizens, are banded together il
an organization known as the Sheffield
Commercial club. 1t is a very useful
and very busy organization, too. Part
OF its programme is to have every menl-
|uer, individually and collectively, make
visitor feel at home and give nin
any required Information. The club.
through its energetic secretary, Mr.. SID
Jones, aided BIZ several Industrious com :
mittees is doing much to put the new
Sheffield on the map and tell the world
OF the golden opportunities they are
negiecting II they fail to settle, invest
and produce at Sheffield.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-31

,,rosuced At nitrate plant No simply
H. adj " the necessary electric tuf-
mace equipment for treating phos-
phste rock by modarn processes.
This additional equipment VIII cost
inward OF s22,000,0O0 and dam No.
required = the generation ~.
cheap ele,4eic power will cost some
SIG. 00O, 900 and is the first Of several
dams required for the complete de-
yelopment of the power available ~
the Tennessee river at this point. it
may be conservatively stated that
within a radius of IS miles of Sheffield
there will be expended within the next
few years not less than Sbo,oooooo.
Accustomed as we have become Ill
recent months to speaking of expen-
ditures of many millions, it is perhaps
possible that the significance to Shel-
field OF this enormous expense AZ
Muscle Shoals may not be realized,
bu. when it is remembered that the
thousands of workmen pouring into
this section are but the forerunners
of other thousands who will come here
to he employed in the many industries
which must spring up in this locality
we can catch a glimpse of what TIC
! future has in store for Sheffield.
| ADVANTAGEOUS LOCATION
The city is located on the south side
/ of the river, the side on which both
4 tho nitrate plants and hydroelectrit
1 pants will be located, and the side
which will naturally attract future in,
| ditst1ies.
Three lines of railroad provide ade
quate rail transportation north, east
/ south and west, and $4,000 in band:
/ have been voted to prsvidc at Shelf
i field reinforced concrete municipst
| wharf with an adequate terminal 70
handling freight which Will enabl
this city to enjoy the benefits of MOD
ern river navigation.
/ OLD AND NEW IN NAVIGATION
n Hampered by lack of transfer facil
tiles, attracting only the lower elias
OF labor struggling with the difficult
of handling freight on boats bette
a6apted to passenger traffic. inlan
Iriver navigation of the past has Tough
a losing battle with the ever multiply
ling railroad systems. But new er
I is in sight, an era of cooperation be
tween the water and the rail. an err
j in which it will be recognized thd
: both the steamboat and the railwa
train are Invaluable to the country
. Transportation system. We need the.
{ both, and the signs Of the drles pom
| to new type of equipment for hand
VI Inns this rail and water traffic.
III The old wooden steamboat has give
: place to the modern steel tow boat an
+ | its fleet Of steel barges equipped e
rapid loading and unloading BY ma