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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
GOOD WORK BY BOY SCOUT.

-Four hundred thousand Boy Scouts of America,
under the leadership r. West of New York,
chief scout executive start in this week whirl-
wind nationwide campaign in behalf of the war
and navy departments. The boys asked through
the machinery of their 5000 troops. canvass
every city and all the states of the Union,
and to- enroll definitely all employers, great and
small, who will declare their Willingness to re-em-
ploy their home coming soldiers and sailors. Col.
Arthur Woods. assistant to the secretary of war,
charge of securing employment for returned fight
ing men, will direct the Washington end of the
drive.
AS Mr. West says in his letter to his scouts,
.'The Boy Scouts of America maintaining a
splendid record for service under the slogan, The
war Is over but not The depart
ment has presented to a. nationwide opportuni-
ty for piece of service which, am sure, will APP
peal every being very much worth
while. is desired that every employer of labor
stores. factories, business and individuals
join in effort to have 100 per cent of former
employers express their Willingness to take back
in their employ who left to serve in the great
war
Each troop has been furnished with a sample
of the citation which Colonel Woods issues on be-
half of the and navy departments to every pat
riotc employer who has taken back will take
back those who left him for army navy service.
Letters from Mr.. West and Colonel Woods explain
the plan to employers. and enough blank applica-
ton forms have been distributed to provide one for
every boy scout. The troops pledged to secure
least application for the citation from some
employer 70 reach scout in their membership
I'VE find" says Colonel Woods to the boys,
shat so per cent of the employers in the United
misconceptions, firms and indviduals-haye
taken back every The war and navy depart
ments have prepared a handsome citation to be
engrossed with the recipients which is award
all who certify that they will re-employ their
ex-service men. We want to reward these patriotic
firms. Thousands of them have applied for the
citation already have read of it in the
newspapers. but feel that we have not yet
reached the great of those whom wish to
include in Employers Legion of Honor. The
Boy Scouts do this
Each employer win be asked the question, He
IL back from the job over there's he back in his
job here?v
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
"FIu" Epidemic This Year?

Will there be another epidemic influenza this
fall and winter? 1t is possible. in the opinion of
Surgeon General Ruper Blue and leading physicians
health officials. Last winters influenza epidemic
is estimated to have this country half a mil
lion lives and three billion dollars manpoer
Interpretation and medical treatment The wise
thing now is to be prepared. Let all persons and
families and health authorities on their guard.
There is no reason to become panic-stricken, but
each one should take steps protect himself
and his home against the advance army of flu
germs. An of prevention worth pound
of cure. Influenza germs thrive best and do most
harm in the colder months and the colder months
are approaching.
Medical men of the opinion that any cpl
demic that may this fall and winter will not
be that of last winter. Moreover
some say those who had the disease last year
lin most practically immune, the medical
profession is not at all unanimous as to the i'm
munity theory.
The American Medical Association has asked
congress to appropriate money for thorough in
vestigation of influenza, its prevention and
To this end BILL known the Hardng-Fes BILL
introduced sometime ago provides that the
money shall be spent under the direction of the
United States Public Health Service. But congress
has not yet taken action the bill. If the
it must be passed There S time lose
Winter viii be here and its influenza epidemic.
if indeed to have another
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
RUNNING RIGHT ALONG.

Popular Bluff, Mo.--A cow tale GO
ing the rounds has caused doubling
Thomases to tell the narrator to get
n Jonah reputation for gospel truth
before repeating it to show me sxep-
tics. However, it amuses many, who
pass it along. Here il is:
1.-TWO years ago. John White, a
farmer living west of Garden City,
hung his vest on a fence in the barn
yard. A calf chewed UP a pocket in
which was a gold watch. Last week,
the animal, then a COW, was butchered,
when, White ayers, the timepiece was
found in such position between the
lungs of the COW that the respiration
the closing and filling in of the lungs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
PENSACOLIAN MAKING
GOOD IN SAVANNAH
James Brown is Now Assistant TO Vice
President of Macon, Ga, Bank.

Friends of James Brown, formerly
connected with the Fisher Brown "a
surance Company. win be interested
to learn that he has recently received
an important advancement with the
Citizens and Southern Bank of Savan-
nah, having been appointed as assist
ant to the vice. president and director
of their branch in Macon, Ca, sim
liar position in Augusta going to Wal
ter Lane, son OF the president of the
Citizens and Southern Bank. The inn
mediate duties OF Mr.. Brown will be
in connection with the stocks and
bonds department.
The Savannah News carries an in
teresting mention of the advancement.
of Mr.. Brown, who was with the bank
ing firm prior TO the war. Mr.. Brown
was among the first 10 enlist, going
to Fort Mcpherson, where he was an
training for some months, later seeing
service in France. attaining the rank
OF first lieutenant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

Not in a long time have heard read a
more sensible utterance nthe question and
by r. r. Motion, Booker T. Washington's successor
as principal of Tuskegee Institute, the Char
lotte Observer He declared 1t difficult for him
TO understand why there should be much APP
parent suspicion and bitterness the part of both
the negro and white races, and made the rather
disconcerting statement that 81 have known
the colored people to have intense feeling
wards the white people than at the present. In the
same breath he uttered this truth which should be
impressed upon all negroes everywhere by their
leaders and by the whites who come in contact with
them: And I have known time when there
less reason" for this feeling the part of the
black toward the white.
Having made this assertion, DIR. Motion, recog-
nized leader of his in the south. uttered the
following truths which ought to be read by every
negro in the land:
1 a when white people
of the south. not only the leading white people,
but the average white more anxious
than at present to be absolutely fair and just
to the negro. to to it that the colored race
in the south had better school facilities, better
railroad accommodations, and adequate protec-
ton under the law. This is also true of the
north.
There never a time when the south,
the north. too, clearly the value
of the negro economic factor in industrial
operations. never knew a time when southern
white people felt more chagrined and Inundated
at the awful crime of lynching than they do to-
day. and never knew time when they We're
more determined to put down mob rule whether
aimed at black white, than Many of
the leading papers of the south speaking
out as never before against all forms of injus-
tice and unfairness to the colored
We, north and south, should make up
minds that there enough there is OPP
portunity enough for colore dand white to work
peacefully and tremendously here in America,
each living his life unhampered by any act
any untoward attitude of the other. and hope
that leaders in every community white and
black. will get together and smooth out matters
that misunderstood that America can
teach the world that black people and white
people live peacefully and tremendously in
great country.
DIR. Motion confesses that he is puzzled to un-
derstand why there is much of i'll feeling among
the'people of his We believe suggest
the negro in America 1evel-headed.
ton, there would be no occasion for the statements
he uttered. There would be little of the
i'll feeling of which he speaks. 1t is due in large
radical and irritating utterances and propaganda
lie speech and printed page array the black
against the white. Many of the leaders of the
like DR.. Motion. doing their utmost to in
culcate the colored people the spirit of friend
illness peaceful relations between the races but
there others, few in nuEnbers perhaps. but
spicuous who seek TO lead the of the coll
ored people believe the white their enemy,
always arrayed against them If all the leaders and
spokesman of the negro in this country were
such Motion, it would be better for blacks and
whites
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

/
What is the biggest gold coin minted
hy Uncle Sam?
All hands go up. Everybody knows.
A $50 piece. of course.
/ But everybodys wrong. The biggest
gold piece weighs 80 pounds, and its
value is $1,000.
1t is brick of gold. just about the
length and width of an ordinary build
ing brick. but not so thick.
Bankers use these bricks extensively
to settle balances, and exports of gold
are commonly made IN this shape.
In 1917 (the last year for which figures
are published the minis of Philadelphia.
San Francisco and Denver. and the New
York assay office manufactured $751;
600 900 worth of these gold bricks.
| One may Judge then, how widely they
are used. You can buy one or more of
them at any of the mrnts or sub-treas-
uries if you have the money to pay for
them.
/ The treasury estimates that about $780,
100000 worth of them. during the present
] year viii be used in the arts--that is to
say, for making jewelry, for gold plating,
for gold leaf, etc.
called. are worth more, weight for
weight. than the equivalent quantity of
| ordinary gold coins. for the latter are
one-tenth copper. whereas the bars are
pure goId-f- e, 1893 fine, which is
re arly pure as they can be made.
II you want to buy a gold brick from
Uncle Sam you must pay for it in gold
bullion or in gold coin. But this is not
a difficulty. because. now tnat the war
( IS over. you get gold coin at the
banks or at the sub-treasury in ex-
change for paper moneys
| Gold bullion. as 1t reaches the mints
| from the mines, contains impurities.
The first thing done with it is to melt IL,
| to free it from earthly matter and other
/ foreign substances; then measured
quantity of silver is added to it and the
mixture is immersed in a bath of nitric
acid.
The acid has effect on the gold. but
dissolves the silver into liquid that looks
like pure water This Hmpid loud is
drawn off, leaving the gold at the bottom
of the tub. The precious metal thus pur-
| flied resembles so much fine red gravel.
To get rid of all moisture, the gravel
| IS subjected to pressure, and on coming
out of the squeezing machine appears in
big cakes resembling in shape angel food
cakes These cakes are worth about
SIS. 900 each, and one could afford to nay
50 900 for slice of very moderate size
This is the material out of which the
bricks are made. The cake stuff is melt
&C in a crucible from which it Is dipped
out with a iadle and poured into iron
moulds. When cooled. the moulds are
unlocked and taken apart. the precious
metal then appearing. in the form of bars
When the gold Is wanted for coinage
one-tenth part of copper is mixed with
the melt The resulting bars are sliced
by machines into strfps. which are put
urder a powerful roller. and squeezed to
just the thickness required for the coins
Then the strips are passed beneath a
punch which cuts out Of them the blanks
for the gold pieces that are to be-Kan-
ELS City Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
Columbia County Paving.

AS a result of the failure of the board of coun-
ty commissioners of Columbia county to dispose of
good roads bonds authorized by the people of that
county at special election, movement on foot
to bring about the removal of three members of
the board. hearing before the governor at Tai
tahassee has been set for September 9, and so de-
termined is the movement looking the removal of
the officers special train is to have been
chartered to take the monster delegation from Lake
City to the capital
1t Is said that in spite of the overwhelming
sentiment in favor of the disposal the bonds by
the county board that the road Improvement
work called for by the authorization may start
ed the commissioners little disposed to pro-
ceed If there is county in the whose roads
need immediate attention it is Columbia county.
The condition of the highways in that county are
almost as bad that in Baker county, where there
is not single mile of permanent highway except
it be short stretches in Macclenny. Columbia
county expects to have her farms developed her
prosperity increased she have good roads That
is Imperative. The sooner they get them the bet
ter it vii be for the people generally. The com
mfssioners should not stand in the way they are
the progressive and business-llxe who ought to
be serving in such office. If they are wrong and
are holding up the paving work to the detriment of
the county, they ought to be removedJacl1son,iiI
Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
Florida Press Opinion
Fine Hogs of Madison.

" saw check last Saturday morning for 5000,
u Which ses442 represented price received that
s ny one OF our Madison county farmers for thir-
> One head or hogs fattened peanut meal. The
'otai cost or raising the hogs $780, which prac-
eans doubled Itself for the farmer. BY means of
me ieedlng ne was enabled get the hogs to mar
Aee eafiy' ana the handsome selling price shows
that he made mistake-Nadison E,nterprise Re-
corder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

Pensacola's directory shows that the popu-
iation OF the Deep Water City is 36,597. Miami
should hurry up and get her new census count SO
she can keep her place the third city in Florida
Jacksonville. Tampa, Miami, Pensacola-Miami
Nfetropcs The wish is father to the thought. but
Miami better until her winter visitors come
down and get them in her directory if she wants
to 60 into third place among Florida cities
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

THAT tenantIess apartment is daily
loss TO you It should bring you a daily
profit If you had advertised it rersisf-
emily il IS practicable certain that Il
would have had good tenant now Be-
cir a winning advertising campaign now.
Perhars it may not have to continue
long If the apartment is desirable and
YOUR price is reasonable. there's a tenant
waiting-wafting to be told about It,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09
APPLY THE ROD.

Yarmouth. Eng.-Four strokes Of the
birch rod was the sentence of a magis-
trate on the 11-year-old boy who was
found guilty OF stealing. The boys
mother offered TO take the flashing. but
the magistrate would not accept the Of
fer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

These are great days for West Florida farmers.
The corn crop Is bumper and the excess of
rainfall has been beneficial rather tina notherwise
to the rice crop. Next TO hog and honiny back
bone spare ribs and rice vies for the honors in a
staple chow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

In answering advertisements be sure
10 mention The Journal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-09

today Germans began their
after the first battle of the Marine and Paris saved
Find Hun
Answer yesterdays Upside rigging Upper
left n
The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-13
u PER RALSToN

H. rf-uIe t. the cyo % Of - %
old-timers and pioneers a
we remarked in last weeks iasrr
The Enterprise 1--WE hope the intro
iuction Of new blood will be benefi
cial to our county, rs the "o!I
lave about outlived their usefulnea
No enc is more gratifieI than .h
writer, that these good people, az
lroaching the scar and yellowleaf'
are in n position TO rc.irc i--4
farm, where, in measure, CLc.
"outlived their usefulness" in 81
particular vocation. They retire wit
the respect, and love, and good wiahe
Of all. The term fossil only 81.
ferrod TO their activities on q
farm. In many ways they can anc
viii he extremely useful. We di
not mean "pctrified','. rs that wour
have hit the writer hard and W
would object to being regarded as
pcti-ificd, but are perfectly willing
to admit being somewhat antigua
ted. Those who took offcnsc at ug
probably have forgotten, or never
knew that "all the worlds o stage,
all the men and women merely play
trs. They have exits, and then On
frances. And one man in his tune
plays many parts. His acts bring sew
en- ages" What 10 your age? Some
one has said. IF you wish to return
the love and respect Of your fellow
men. do right. and II you desire the
same from some woman, don't
write"
Prof. j. h. Nelson was visiting hi,
old friends on Ralston, Saturday and
Sunday. The professor is engaged j
mining in the southern part of d
state.
Mr.. Higgins entertained Il large
party Of friends from Golden, Den.
,or. and Ralston, Saturday night nj
her splendid home. Dinner was ser
we'd ut 8 p. m. and the evening spent
= dancing. finging and social inter
curse. Al pronounce the affair nt
Gc best ever.
Clarence Reed. brother Of Mrs. Geo
Miller is visiting his sister on Upper
Talstor, having received an honorable
dinchargc from the service Of Uncle
Sam.
Tho dreaded flu has subsided
The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-13
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SsE< sE<SECORDS S~sNNS M IIissli5s:Si-ii 5-i-ii EEP--

s17 lie, on hand are the lowest and
oefore much of the years cropping
hGs been started.
Care should be taken to list as
many OF the items separately Us pos
siDle. This insures greater accuracy.
Instead of Jumping off the value of
all machinery as one item, list each
machine separately and give it val
ue according to what it is worth. Do
bhc some with each class OF livestock,
feed, etc. These items may then be
grouped INTO on inventory summary,
The following is fair illustration.
'ePcIt 1t must be dated Jan. / but
for other purposes it may well b,
taken any time between the first of
january and March. A desirable time
being when the amount of feed and
The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-13
WROTE MESSAGES WITH DYE
Material for Invisible Writing Used by
German Spy Was Obtained From
Silk Hosiery.

A cleverly designed method OF out
whiting the government officials and
furnishing information to the enemy
was revealed In the early days of the
war by the arrest of II man In Pater-
son, y. j., by naval intelligence OFF.
GERS.
The man. held ms an alleged spy In
Il Jail in Brooklyn, Is said TO have
come from Holland ana TO have been
employed In silk dyeing establish
mcnt In Paterson. His unique method
OF sending messages 10 Germany
called for the use of sill; hosiery of
peculiar dye. It Is said that h. hid
received n dozen pairs of these socks
from German agents In Holland and
tha: his method was to soak them In
water and use the coloring matter
which they gave forth ms writing
fluid. As this dried |. became Invisible
until brought out by n special process,
which, however, the federal agents are
said TO have worked out.
They, In turn, In learning the secret.
opened his letters aud chnngcd the
contents and forwarded the letters.
The information thus received by the
Germans proved Of little use to them.
But for long time, /, Is said, there
was not enough evidence on which to
convict this man, until one day
through cnrclcssncss he left one Of
the socks where n naval intelligence
officer found It When confronted with
this the man Ig said TO have confessed
10 TIN lnI lI.n nrnlnri
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SUMMONS.

State Of Colorado,
Jefferson County, )ss.
In the District Court.
First judicial District of Colorado.
Hiram G. Wolf,
Plaintiff,
David J. Lake, Nelson
Millett, Trustee; G. A.
OSBORN. Trustee, and Summons.
the Unknown Heirs
of said Lake, Millett
and Osborn,
Defendants.
The People of the State of Colorado,
to David j. Lake, Nelson Miilett,
Trustee, and G. A. Osborn, 1rus-
tee, and the unknown ne..s s.,
said Lake, Millett and Osborn, The
defendants, above nance, u.eu,-
ing:
You are hereby required to appt.
in an action brought against yol by
the above named plaintiff, IN al
District Court of the County Of Jel-
ferson, State of Colorado, and an
swer the complaint therein within
twenty days after the service hereof.
If served within this county; or, il
served out of this county, or by pub-
lication, within thirty days after the
service hereof, exclusive of the day
of service; or judgment by default
will be taken against you according
TO the prayer OF the complaint: ana
# copy of the complaint in the
above entitled action be not served
with this summons, or if the service
hereof be made out of this State
then ten days additional to the time
hereinabove specified for appearance
ans answer will be allowed befcr.
the taking Of judgment by default as
aforesaid.
The said action is brought TO quiet
the title in the plaintiff in and to the
20 naItcl2 OF the northwest quar-
ter (nwh), Section twelve U2),
Township four (4) South, Range
Sixty-nine (69) West. Also that the
adverse claim and interest of the de-
PENDANTS be determined, if any. That
the defendants be declared to have
10 ciam or interest IN the I re
estate. That it be adjusted and de-
creed, that the said defendant Davi
}. Lake, at the time of the making
OF the two conveyances mentioned
the complaint had no claim or interc-
in the above said real estate. II
the deed of trust executed by David
j. Lake to Nelson Millctt TRUSTEE
dated October 6, 1888, recorded IN
Rook 81, at page 3i2 Of the record
Oh the county clerk and recorder of
Jefferson county, Colorado, purport-
ing to convey the east half of the
northwest quarter section IL, town
ship 4, 90 west be ecancellcd. That
the deed Of trust executed by nav
]. Lake to G. A. Osborn, dated oc
tober %. 1883, recorded in Book
at page sG of the records Of IT,
county clerk and recorder of Jcffcr
son county, Colorado, purporting t.
convey the east half Of the nor:hwee'
20 ticU - township 4, G9
west, be cancelled. For gcncr
lief as will more fully appcgr fror
the complaint in said action, to whi"'
reference is here made, and which is
now on file.
And you are hereby notified thnt II
you fail to appear, and to answer the
said complaint Gs above required the
said plaintiff will take judgment by
of9ul prayed for IN the com
nlaint.
'Wimc7a my hand ut Denver, in
the city and county Of Denver, this
goth day Of January. A. y. 1919
THEODORE II. THOMAS.
Attorney for Plaintiff
705 Interstate Trust Bldg, Den
yer, Colo.
First publication February l3,
Last publication March 6, 1919.
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somewhat, and the general health OF
the community is improving.
atc ng Mrs. Burgess and family
OF Denver, were calling on Ralston
friends Sunday.
Mn ana Mrs. Ii. Is. Smith are this
week soiourning in the wilds of Gilpin
county. where they have u homestead.
The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-13
THE FARM INVENTORY.
(By o. S. Rayner.)

The most Important part of farm
records are in inventories. Two in
ventaries are necessary. One shows
the amount and value o. everything
on hand at the beginning of the year
and the other shows the same for the
end Of the year The difference in
Ihe two Inventories shows the gain or
loss for the VEN.
The date of the inventory does not
matter much. For the income tax
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Anticipated Pleasure.

81 don't believe the approach Of
Christmas brings YOU Il single joyous
anticipation" said the sweet yo .ng
thing.
Don't, eh?" replied the savage bach.
elor. Listen to my secret. That
youngstcr on the third floor is sure to
get tin trumpet for present"
"Yes."
",rhcn he will get careless and leave
II on the hall floor. And then l shall
step on 1t with both feet. Don't you
call that a joyous anticipation?'