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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
Truck Loads Of Beet
Cattle SWdrm Into
"HOOSier'' Market

Notwithstanding the fact that Il has
been seven years since the first motor
truck ratified into the Union stock
yards, to the intense Amusement Of the
bystanders, there had not been much
hauling Of this character done up to
two years age. and the stockyards au-
thorities had made hut little prepara-
hauling cattle, hogs or sheep" says a
! report from the Indianapolis chasnber
! OF commerce.
THE great European war, however,
so affected the railroads, and caused
such terrible COMPOSITIONS OF freight IN
cars and at terminals that II soon be
came apparent to farmers In the vicini-
| ty Of Indianapolis that they could never
got their stock to market Unsatisfactory
condition and In a reasoW8hle length
Of time by using the regular freight
so motor truck after motor truck
was bought and cent ~ Indianapolis
| laden with stock ana agricultural prod
utS til the number haR grown in the
past two yeaT0 TO an astonishing total
Realizing than the change In transp2r-
tation methods was permanent, she
stOckyards company has added q uum-
/ w w lth0 W. NA'ANNNN''h'N 49,
for the use Of trucks only, and today
the amount Of stock thus hauled 70
market constitutes q most substantial
percentage Of the total amount shipped
In. and the motor truck, SO far as live
stock Is concerned, Is no more regarded
as an experiment.
ION a recent Tuesday, when the mar
ket was several points HIGHER h a
usual, the longest lineup Of trucks ever
witnessed at the linton stockyardi
patiently advanced, step by step. and
unloaded its contents. From midnight
a quarter OF a mile from the unloadinG
platforms, and a conservative estimate
! placed the number close to five hundred
trucks for that day. These came iron
points all around the city, some o.
them Is miles distant,
Recently 57b trucks were couhte
at the Union. s~tockyards eaeh carr5'
Ing between 1900 and 1000 pounds o.
stock"
From illinois we are advised by Mr.
+, u. Erstman, secretary transport al
vision, highway transport committee
at Chicago Rural motor express ~,
will be built up around a central pu'
reau, Which will be the controllinI
bureau for the state. Surveys under
taken BY the central bureau Will ina
cate points at which subbureaus should
be established" They are %ganixint
in each city, town and community
pointed out by the preliminary survey
the survey to determine the amount
Of foodstuff shipped to each city, an
origin, what proportion should be move'
by motor highways, a survey OF moto
vehicles available, for highway trans
p~ortatiOn and n survey or road conul
tons particularly with respect to rura
motor express lines, A publicity cam
palgn viii be waged to farmers, gar
deners, etc, rs well rs truck men AM
operators OF motor express lines, I'D
vising the necessity Of utilizing to tn
utmost the facilities thus created, an
the creation OF motor truck lines Il
territories where none exist,
What Indiana and Illinois have ex
perienced will be visited upon this sec
tIon-motorized highways and tn
Memphis packing plant will bring l
nhnnl
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
TEST SHOWS TUBES
VARY IN DIMENSIONS

a set OF interesting figures has just
been compiled by the Michelin Tire
company showing the varying diameters
Of inner tubes of the same branded
size.
Most motorists probably believe that
all inner tubes made for a certain size
of tire are of the same length and
diameter, but this is not the case,
OF y leading makes of inner tubes
recently measured in the Michelin lab
orat6fies, no two were alike In diane
Ter, the difference between the smallest
and the largest being as much at Is per
cent.
The Michelin tube, 1t Is said, has a
much larger diameter than the aver
age Of other tubes,
The Micheltn Tire company offers to
send a report about tube measurements
to tho interested motorists.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09

All doubt about the reception that
awaits the Memphis ship by-truck eX-
petition, which is to begin its tour into
| local trade territory the last of THIS
| month, probably the week OF Aug. 20,
have been dispelled through demands on
the executive committee by interested
| communities, individuals and by the en-
thusiasm accorded the expeditions log
ging committee.
| AS Elwood Lloyd, eommander-in-chief
OF the expedition, puts II, Memphis
trade territory is fairly hungry for a
sight of the mammoth truck train, AND
every community that has the least
chance OF getting in on the tours tim
erary is clamoring to be put on the
schedule"
Paul w. Custer. general manager OF
the Charlestown, Miss, Development
| club, was the first to put In an appear
ance. He walked into Lloyd's head
quarters in the Peabody hotel the other
day and announced that You fellows
are all wrong. The truck train Is not
going to stop at Clarksdale; its com
ing on down to Charleston, and I'm go
ing to stick right here until get as
| trance that Charleston Is put in the
Itinerary"
Custer is still here waiting, with ev-
Pery prospect Of having his demands met;
Wen give you anything. you want,
he said. III it's money, just say 50,
and we'll raise a fund for you. Fur
thermore, II you run on down to
| Charleston we'l shown you the time
! Of your lives. Charleston Is too good
a prospect for you to pass up, and, by
George, we won't let you do IT."
While COMMANDMENT Chief Lloyd was
talking to Custer the phone rang. owen
Lilly, president Of the Automobile deal
| ers' association n an out-and- sou
ship-by-truck enthusiast, was on tht
wire.
say" he said; there's a bunch OF
gentlemen here after your scalp. I'm
sending them over"
He did. They constituted a delega.
ton from Cleveland n Shelby. MISS,
who also demanded that their respective
liye-Wire towns be included In the truch
train route. Lloyd was in a quandafy
1t was an eye opener and he MADE va
liant efforts to satisfy them as pest M
could on such short notice. II was Jus
cumulative evidence to the keen inter
est in the expedition, for a few day
previous he had received equally as In
sistent demands from the business mel
at Jackson, Tenn, who declared II va
unjust and poor business TO leave tn
West Tennessee municipality out Of tn
truck train plans, The northern rout'
for the truck train, as proposed, wa
to swing south on its return trip a
Brownsville.
II the truck train takes in Cleve
land, Shelby and CharleStown In tn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
statesmen ELIMINATE
WAITING FOR TRAINS

To eliminate expensive selling meth
DDS, many wholesale houses have
equipped their sales forces with light
delivery cars, with the result that their
representatives have been able to triple
the number Of towns visited, carrying
their samples with them.
This growing practice bids fair to
alleviate to a great extent the troubles
Of the travelling salesman, Isolated
towns and one-a-day railway trains
have made many a salesman throw up
his hands In disgust and desert his
profession for fields less wearisome
and nerve-wrecking, Not only did such
railway facilities tend to reduce the
ranks of the travelling statesmen, but
they were responsible for an Increased
selling cost of dry goods, shoes, gro
ceries, hardware, hats and similar
staples, Using the railroads, the sales
man was able to make but one town
a day. where several hours were suf-
ficient to call on the trade. The re-
naming hours were spent In enforced
idleness, with the result that weekly
hotel bills and expense accounts scared.
But the development Of the motor
car. and particularly the light com
mercial car. Is rapidly doing away
with these old-fashioned methods oi
WHOLESALE StlilllE' AZ liNNl NH'iib
sample Of the successful use Of such
a car is that of b.. A. Rives, a shoe
| salesman In Southeastern Alabama.
In August, 1918, Mr.. Rives bought
a Dodge Brothers business car and
abandoned the Southern railroads as a
means Of covering his territory. Since
that day the car has been In continual
use, carrying the salesman, driver and
a bulky 700 pounds Of samples. To
the Dodge Brothers dealer from whom
the car was purchased, MIR. Rives
wrote: Il find that ! a make nearly
three times as many towns in n week
as | formerly could by railroad and
the weekly expense is no greater. The
pulling qualities OF your business car
| cannot be excelled, and the upkeep for
| the time that | have had IT has been
too little to count. The pleasure OF
not having 70 wait for trains would
| overbalance the entire expense OF the
| car. Refer any OF the boys on the
road to me II they have a heavy load
and want to go along without any
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
PATTERSON IN WORLD
FIGHT AGAINST LIQUOR

Former Gov, Malcolm r. Patterson
will engage In the world Champaign
against liquor and will visit England
to help open the propaganda for u dry
Great Britain when the American re-
formers train their guns on the tight
little isle. The former chief state exec
utlve made this announcement Friday
on his arrival In Memphis to spend
"A few days.
EX-Gov. Patterson was called home
on account Of the illness Of his moth
err, Mrs. Josiah Patterson, who has
been quite i'll, but who now Is reported
considerably improved.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
HALL RANKS NINTH
FOR SALES AMONG 222

II you don't believe T. w. Hall, local
manager for the Wayne Oil Tank and
Pump company, is a hustler In his line
we refer you to the July number OF
Wayne Winners a monthly journal
published at the factory In Fort Wayne.
Ind. The issue shows the standing in
the sales contest for the month pre-
ceding, and Mr.. Hall Is ninth In the
list Of 222, but his score represents in
dividual sales while many Of the Others
include the sales OF their force as well
as their own. The scoring Is by points
the highest having 1,7S5.14 and the
lowest An, Mr.. Halls score is given
As 1.1qJ-O -
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
BYTRUCK CANPATGNERS ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED

and that 5000 worth OF fireworks were
used in the pyrotechnic display which
featured the evening program.
The play day was a revival Of the old
fashioned barbecue and community
celebration, It was proposed by and
successfully carried out under the guild
anCe OF President Ansted, of the Lex
ington company, Though one Of the
youngest executives in the automobile
industry, MIR. Ansted has gained con-
siderable prominence by his efforts in
behalf " his employees and the COM
munity In which they live.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
Delegations Are Sent
To Demand Recognition
In Truck Trains Tours
Ashland, Miss. Aug. 3, 1919,
Memphis Ship-by-Truck Expedition,
Peabody Hotel,
Memphis, Tenn.

Gentlemen:
Have lust noticed YOU I'D in the Memphis papers regarding our proposal
to establish rural truck routes throughout the Memphis trade district. This
is believe a movement which should have been started long ago, and which
win now, l have no doubt, receive the hearty co operation Of the people whom
It is intended to benefit. The greatest benefit that will accrue from the
the business a s now exists but rather the Increased business that viii result
as a natural IN inevitable consequence of the establishment Of such routes.
guarantee TO our oranizaton al increased business that win make il profit
able for YOU to operate, more particularly sc after the people have been
educated up to its u.s. and have been assured Of the pernaneney OF the
enterprise.
Ia this connection; an invitation is extended 10 you TO- establish one Of
having NJ transportation facilities, such as railroads or truck ines offers
We are confident that a truck line through this county win prove rcmunGa-
live right from the start n hope yu will see proper to brng about the
hrn,adfate asah6shnenC OF such a truck route Respectfully,
N""NO NJ GRESHAM
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
SWITCHMEN WILL GIVE
ANNUAL OPEN AIR BALL

Memphis lodge No, 219 Switchmen's
union will give their second annual
open-air dance at Edgewood park on
Monday night. A most enjoyable time
is assured all who attend by the com
mittee in charge Of the entertainment
as no pains have been spared to make
the event a signal success,
A well trained union band will fur
nish the music for the occasion.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09

tor cars, This enables the parts fac
tory to devote its entire time TO parts
construction and 1t Is never necessary
to give preference to the construction
Of motor cars.
Improved equipment together with an
efficient organization has made il pos
sible for the Buick Motor company to
render this service to Buick owners
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09
NDWDN~ -


More cars; we must have them. Ev-
erybody Is crying for cars and no cars
in sight" remarked H, ). Orr, manager
of the Tri-State Motor Sales company,
as he boarded a RATHER for Chicago
Friday night. Orr hopes to annex a few
Maxwell touring cars and Diamond 7
trucks.
J. H. McBee, Of the McBee Engine
and Equipment company, has returned
from a business Trip TO Arkansas.
81 sat around In the shade and drank
lots Of spring water" remarked j. w.
Bruce, OF the Memphis Nasn Motor
company, IN commenting on his rudy
complexion. Furthermore. | fell as
young as a colt" MIR. Bruce has just
returned from q two weeks vacation.
A. II. Gross, general manager of the
Quality Motor Car company, has re-
turned from q business trip to the East.
He reports business booming In New
York.
John r. Murphy, OF the Murphy Ma
chinery Equipment company, is scour-
phis several days ago with the avowed
purpose OF anne8ing q rev Columpias,
Dixie Flyers. etc, and some Indiana
and Duplex trucks.
C. A. Talikero, Jr., for the last few
months on the sales force Of the II,
A. White Auto company. has become
connected with the Erwin-Hicks Motor
Car company. Taliferro Is one Of the
best known statesmen on the row, with
an enviable record for sales.
Milton Thomson, Il the sales force
Of the Memphis Motor Car company, Is
back from his vacation. Thomson, so
his friends say. wa loath to get very
far away from the pay roll, SO sojournei
| around a few of West Tennessee
springs. He was gone less than a
week.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-09

J. II. McBee, Of the McBee Engine
and Equipment company, has returned
from a business trip TO Arkansas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
WAR SESSION
[contInued From Page one.1

many, signed April 6, 1917; the Sc
lective draft act, the law for seizure of
interned German ships; the war risk
insurance bureau act; the first war
revenue bill; the food and fuel con-
troll law; the daylight saving meas
ure; the initial and record breaking
aviation appropriation of $4,000, 900;
the trading with the enemy act; and
measures for soldiers and sailors in
surance and protection of their civil
rights at home.
Outstanding measures of the Sec
ond, long session, were:
The Austrian war declaration; the
national prohibition resolution; the
Webb export trade act; the alien
property custodian bill; the laws for
government control of railroads, tele-
graphs, telephones, cables and radio
utilities; the second draft law; the
War Finance Corporation act and the
Overman reorganization bill.
Suffrage Much Debated.
During the last session, completion
of the $4,000, 100000 revenue bill was
the chief accomplishment in addition
to completion Of the wheat guaranty
bill, waterpower. oil, gas and coal land
development legislation, authorization
of $7,000,000,000 In short term notes,
and the huge annual appropriation
bills.
Woman suffrage also was a much
debated topic, but was defeated in the
Senate last month, 55 to 20, lacking
two-thirds by margin of one vote, aft
er the resolution proposing submits
sion of an equal suffrage amendment
to the Constitution had been adopted
by the house on Jan. 10. 1917, by a
vote Of 274 to 1876. The campaign for
its adoption will be renewed In the
new Congress.
Investigations by both Senate and
House committees were numerous
throughout the three sessions.
Among these were the inquiry into
disloyalty charges against Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin, which recently
ended in vote dismfssing the charg-
es. Other important inquiries, in adj
dition to the Senate military commit
tees general army investigation, were
those into radical policeman and
brewers propaganda, activities of the
National Security League, regulation
of the meat industry; the railroad
question, into coal and sugar condi-
ton; the Ford-Newberry senatorial
election contest from Michigan, and
the Hog Island shipbuilding enter
prise.
The Senate confirmed thousands of
nominations. 1t ratified treaties for
acquisition of the Virgin Islands, for
reciprocal drafting Of aliens and sew.
eral commercial and arbitration treat
les. Despite the support of President
Wilson, the $25,000,000 Columbia
treaty again failed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
Twenty-Five Types Of Medals
Turned Out BY u. S. Mint
lBy Associated Press)


PHILADELPHIA, March avery
medal that the United States govern
men confers ia made in the Philadel-
phia mint. For the War Department
alone, the big Federal money factory
is at present turning out twenty-five
types of medals. The badge of honor
awarded to Marshals Foch, Haig and
Joffres and other distinguished allied
commanders, were the product Of the
mint.
Marshal Foch is reported to have
remarked that the American Distin-
guished Service Medal is the hand
soonest military decoration awarded.
About two hundred of these medals
of bronze and brilliant blue enamel
are made every week in this city and
turned oyer to the War Department
for shipment to the camps and army
headquarters at home and abroad.
Many more of the military crosses,
awarded for valor, are being made.
More than Ave thousand of these have
already been shipped from the mint.
In manufacturing these medals ten i'm
pressions are made by hydraulic
press on small square of bronze, be-
ginning with one hundred tons pres
sure and increasing to two houndred
and fifty tons. Afted the die has been
stamped in this fashion, the cross is
cut out by machine. The medal is
then passed to workmen who fashion
the little cross-bars from which it is
suspended, ribbons are attached and
the decoration is placed in box
ready for delivery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
DOCTOR SAID LUNGS
WERE TOO FAR GONE
But Miss Green's Recovery Proves
That There 10 Hope for
Many Consumptixes.

"One of the best physicians in Terre
Haute said he could not save me. as
my lungs were too far gone. Another
physician treated me for three months
very bad hemorrhages and was nearly
skin and bones. My lungs pained me
all the time. Every time I coughed
1t nearly killed me. commenced
taking Milks Emulsion in April. 1906
Ny appetite improved. The soreness
left my lungs and commenced to gain
In flesh and strength rapidly. My face
sab lost ISL that paun nsssa My health
and l am as strong as ever, owe my
life to Milks Emulsion."--MolIy Green.
sos s. End ST., Terre Haute. Ind.
1t is not claimed that all cases OF
consumption are durable. but Milks
Emulsion has brought health in many
so-calIed hopeless cases. 1t can do no
harm and costs nothing to try at the
makers risk.
Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nutri-
tive food and corrective medicine. 1t
restores healthy, natural bowel action.
doing away with all need of pills and
physics. 1t promotes appetite and
shape to assimilate food. AS a builder
of flesh and strength. Milks Emulsion
is strongly recommended to run down
nervous people, and it has produced
berculosis of the lungs. Chronic stom-
ach trouble and constipation are
promptly reIieved-usualIy in one day.
This is the only solid emulsion made.
and SO palatable that 1t IL eaten with
a spoon like ice cream. A truly won
derful medicine for weak, sickly chill
dren.
No matter how severe your case. you
are urged to try Milks Emulsion under
this guarantee-Take six bottles home
with you, use it according to directions
and II not satisfied with the results,
your money will be promptly refunded.
Price SOC and $1.20 per bottle. The
Milks Emulsion Co., Terre Haute, Ind.
Sold and guaranteed by Thistlethwaites
6 Drug Stores.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
Houansburg, o.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Thompson and
Frank Bowman and family Of Rich
mond spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
w. A. Harrison. Howe Beetley and
family Of Richmond spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. II. Beetley.. . Orla Harris has NOV
ed on the farm which he purchased
some time ago near Bethel . :. Miss
Mae Thomas is visiting in Indianapo-
lis for few days. Mr. and Mrs.
VIII Commons spent Sunday after
noon with Mae Shurte. Henry Harms
came Sunday for an indefinite visit
with LuEmma Chenoweth. Mr. and
Mrs. George Armacost are the parents
OF twin girls born last Thursday
Mrs. Emma Chenoweth arrived home
last Friday She spent part of the
winter with her son Charles and wife
In Savannah, Ga. She reports them as
being in good health and doing fine.
ALBERT Wiles and family moved to
Glen Karn last week in to the prop
erty recently vacated by r. Nj. Mad.
sen. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Butts will
move to Glen Karn Tuesday. /. Miss
Ida Cox Of Carlos City is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Ray Wright, for few
days. Mrs. Liza Jones of New Mad
ison spent Saturday with her mother,
Mrs. Lucretta Mansfield Walter
and Harvey Peden have purchased the
elevator at West Manchester, Ohio.
VIII Mains and family of Lynn spent
Sunday with Jess and Lizzie Hoos.
Mrs. Emma Williams is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. VIII Mcdonald at In.
dianapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
FARMING TO Be
TAUGHT YANKS
WHILE ABROAD
$4,000 Farming Exhibit
Shipped to France for Use
of Soldiers.
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, March "A 100000
forming exhibit Is being shipped this
week to France by the War Work
Council of the Young Mems Christian
Association, to be used In the instruc-
ton of thousands of soldiers in the
American expeditionary force who
want to return to the farms when their
regiments are demobilized.
The exhibit was assembled by the
United States department of agricul-
ture at the request Of the war de-
partment.
Experts Give instruction.
1t includes samples of soil from
every county of the United States.
dairy utensils, egg testers, cereal and
corn samples. insecticides and fungi
cides,. and other material sufficient to
fill five cars.
With this material will go to France
four government experts to supervise
the setting UP of the exhibit and to
prepare for the work of instruction in
France. These experts will remain
with the expeditionary force for four
months to teach men assigned from
the army SO that the work of instruc-
tor can continue as long as Ameri-
can troops are held overseas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
German Children Profit
When Chocolate Car Wrecks
(By Associated Press)

TRIER, Prussia, March A car
load of chocolate billed to the Ameri-
can army of occupation was wrecked
near Trier recently and several Ger
man children of families living nearby
ate such quantities of the sweets that
doctors had to be called in to treat
them. Many of the children had new
er tasted chocolate before, this form
of candy being among the luxuries
which Germany was virtually unable
to supply during the war and, before
the American salvage crews got to
work the youngsters consumed their
fill and then started homeward with
all they could carry.