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The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
HOW GREEDY PACKERS HIRE CHEAP
 COAT TO HIDE GREAT PROFITS

poration. The latter is creature of a Maine company, which, owning less than one-fourth of the stock of the New Jersey corporation, is by reason of contractural relations entitled to receive the surplus earnings of the Jersey company and it's subsidiaries.
 The Chicago Stockyards Co.,, of Maine, is the octopus which has fas- tened it's tentacles about the bodies of the other stockyards. The Maine com pany was formed by F. H. Prince of Boston and J. Ogden Armour and marked the successful execution of the plan of these men to acquire the control of the Union Stockyards of Chicago"
 All but ten of the 80,000 shares of the Maine company were held, the commission discovered, in the name of F. R. Pegram.
 By the erection of financial super structures the three big packers, Ar mour, Swift, and Morris have, on an investment of $1 ,000,00 become the owners of stockyard properties valued in excess of $50,000, 900, and have con- cealed the extent to which excessive charges have been levied on the public for services rendered by operating companies.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
NO "HoRsELEss C1TYr SOON

An investigation of the comparative use of horses and motor vehicles in the large American cities shows that the socalled "horseless city" is only a remote possibility, although the use of the automobile has very greatly reduced the number of horses in pri- vate and public stables. The use of the automobile truck, although gen. eral enough greatly to lower the num- Der of horsedrawn vehicles, is not, in the opinion of many persons interest ed in the practical aspect of local transportation, proving economical in all cases. The automobile truck finds it's undisputed future development in making quick hauls over a long dis tance; but where the distance is short and the time long, as in the drayage and transfer business in some sections of a city whose normal congestion of traffic makes ten miles a day a good record for truck, the draft horse is more economical. As long as docks, railway terminals, and moving traffic over short distances remain a part and parcel of American muni- cipal life, there seems to be no likeli- hood of really "horseless city"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
LICENSING OF PACKERS
 IS PROVEN A HUGE JOKE

Despite licensing and other restric4 tions imposed on the Big Five" pack CTS during the war, the firms profits were from two and quarter to three times as great as during pre-war years, the federal trade commission found during it's investigation of the packing industry, as set forth in a report to President Wilson under date of June 2S, 1919.
 The report, which was not made public when submitted (Fo0d Admin istrator Hoover having requested it to be withheld), reached the senate Sat urday in reply to a request under a senate resolution introduced by Sena- tor Norris, Republican, of Nebraska. Accompanying it were copies of let ters sent by Mir. Hoover to the presi- dent objecting to the committees conclusions and asserting that "no useful purpose is being served by this public ventilation of inter-departmen- al disagremnts as to governmental policy"
 At Senator Norris request, all the documents were referred to the agri- cultural committee, which is now con sidering legislation providing for fed eral regulation of the meat industry.
 The commission in its report char acterized the packers maximum prof. it's as being "unreasonably high," and asserted that the food administra- tion's plan of regulation makes i'm possible adequate safeguards to the interests of the public.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
FOREST SERVICE
 NEEDS MORE RANGERS

In order to fill the gaps in the ranger force of the forest service caused by the war and by resigna- tions, the U. s. civil service commits sion announces an open competitive examination for forest ranger on Oc- tober 27. In Arizona the examination will be held at Clifton, Flagstaff, Pres- colt, Roosevelt, Stafford, Snowflake, Springerville, Tucson, and Williams, and in New Mexico at Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Magdalena, Santa Fe, Silver City, and Taos. Persons desir- ing to take the examination may se- cure application form 1912 from the civil service commission, Washington, D. C., from the forest supervisor at any of the examination places above mentioned, or from the district for ester, Albuquerque. The commission urges that applicants secure this form immediately.
 The work of the forest ranger is largely outdoors, in mountainous for ested regions, and the forest service is particularly anxious to secure men who like mountain work, are willing to endure hardship if necessary, and can take care of themselves and their saddle horses in remote regions. Ap- plicants must be able-bodied. and are required to pass medical examina- ton; must be between the ages of 21 and 40 years; and must be capable of performing manual labor as fight ing forest fires, and building cabins, trails and telephone lines. They must have at least common school educa- ton, and know the rudiments of com pass surveying, timber scaling and estimating, land laws, and the live stock industry. A good fund of com mon sense and some experience in kindred lines of work such as engi- neering or numbering, will materially help applicants.
 Applicants who reside in the state where they take the examination are given preference in appointment over given by act of Congress to honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and ma rines, who should attach to their ap- plications their original discharge, or a photostat copy or certified copy thereof, or their official record of service, which will be returned after inspection by the commission. Per sons entitled to preference because of military or naval service are released from age requirements.
 Appointees receive the initial pay of $1 100 per year, and those whose serv- ices are satisfactory may be allowed after the first month the temporary increase of $20 per month granted bG Congress. The continuance of this in crease beyond June 30, 1920, however, is contingent upon further action by Congress. In most cases quarters are privided by the government. Rangers are required to furnish saddle horses, two being the usual requirement; but forage necessary for horses is fur nished by the government.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03

The man who towns" the beef trust is poor clerk. He lives in the town of Cohasset, Mass, and works eight hours a day in Boston.
 hours a day, says J. H. Duckworth N. E. A. staff correspondent at Bos. ton, Mass. He is ulti-millionaire who isn't and he holds $50, 900, 900 of beef trust stock, and can not spend nickel of it. He is the richest poor man in America. His name is F. K. Pegram.
 Though the title of the beef trust rests in his name, he can not even order beefsteak without paying trib- ute to the butcher.
 The reason is that while Pegram is technically the owner of this fifty mil lion, he is really only dummy, one of the many dummies behind which the big packers have hidden to conceal the real extent of their grip upon the stockyards interests. Pegram is a humble messenger and bookkeeper tn the office of F. H. Prince, Boston and New York banker.
 I have seen Pegram on the job in the office of Banker Prince in Boston, and out at his home in Cohasset. This 1850, ,OOO, ,OO0 messenger" looks like a typical New England "forty dollar per" faithful old clerk. He is about 55 years old, and works on cast iron schedule.
 He comes up from Cohasset in the morning on "the 7:59 express" sticks to his ledger all day, with half an hour for lunch, and gets back home in the evening on "the 6.05."
 Cohasset is fashionable summer colony. It is dead in the winter. Pe- gram lives in a comfortable, made over farmhouse on the outskirts of the millionaire section. He has a wife, but no children.
 He lives quietly, takes no part in the towns social or church activities, and spends his spare time in looking after his own stockyard, which con- sists of one horse, one COW and some chickens.
 When I cited to the genial chief of police, outside the post-office, that Pe- gram, by his possession" of $50, ,000,- 900 of beef trust stock, might be re- garded as the common enemy, he re- piled:
 "No, that can't be Fred Pegram! Fred is very nice fellow who just works up in a Boston Bank"
 This is how Pegram came into "pos- session" of his vast fortune, according to report of the Federal Trade Com mission:
 While the stockyards are operated by an Illinois corporation, the owner ship is vested in New Jersey cor
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
CONDITION OF LIVE STOCK
 AND RANGES IN ARIZONA

Moderate to heavy rainfall over the district has had beneficial effect upon the entire grazing area. Grass has approached maturity in only a small part of the district, most of it remaining green, consequently, the ef- feet of showers has been to freshen pastures previously reported as begin ming to deteriorate. At present d very small part of the range is re- ported as deteriorating, most of it being located in the extreme west where rainfall is normally small.
 During the past week the heaviest rainfall, however, occurred at Selig- man, the only place where it is stated that the range is only "fair," the con- dition of stock being good. Heavy rainfall also occurred in the vicinity of Nogales, Phoenix, Prescott and Williams.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES

At the Church of the Epiphany next Sunday morning, October 5, at the usual hour of ii o'clock the service will be the administration of the Holy Communion. The theme of the rec tors sermon will be "Christ's Unique Definition of Neighborliness."
 It is sincerely hoped that every one of the communicants will make the necessary effort to be present at this, the most important service of the month. All others are cordially in- yited to attend.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
THEN SHE PAINTED

A shy young hostess, in an effort to be genial, led aside the comparative stranger whose name, somehow, elud- ed her.
 "Oh, Mr.--er-I've paired you off with the lady in the corner. Will you take her to dinner? My husband, the naughty man, says she's bit of an old trump, but she's got lots of money, and one of his clever friends has just married her for it, so we must be very nice to her."
 q am sorry, madam" said the out ragged guest, "but I am the clever friend in question"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
AN EXTRA TOUCH

Gimme ham sandwich, quickp called customer in the srar'd-fire restaurant.
 Eat it here or take it with you?' asked Heloise, the waitress.
 Both, if it's all the same to you returned the customer. "Yaw-haw Haww
 "Old stuff" commented a sagacious guest, after the purchaser of the sand wich had departed, still chuckling in appreciation of his own wit. Hos tetter's Almanac, 1872"
 "Ye-ah, I know" said the young lady. But the boss makes us do it. he says pleased customer is his best advertisement"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
ENFORCING THE RULES

The new doorkeeper' at the local museum had evidently learned the rules by heart before taking over the job.
 Here, sir, you must leave your umbrella at the door," he said to a visitor who was going straight through the turnsti1e.
 "I don't have any umbrella"
 "Then you must go back and get one," was the stern reply. "No, one is allowed to pass in here unless he leaves his umbrella at the door,"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
GOOD FAMILY WEATHER

'T'm so glad to see good golf weather at hand" said young Mrs. Torkins.
 "I didn't know you cared for the game"
 q don't. But I'll be glad to have Charlie out playing the game instead of staying at home talking about it."
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
THE NEW TONGUE

Two girls were quarreling.
 You're always saying mean things about people," said one to the other. "The trouble with you is you've got a chauffeur's tongue"
 "A chauffeur's tongue ?" echoed the other girl.
 "Yes," was the answer. "It's al. ways running people down."
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
MORE INFORMATION WANTED

Did the seeress give you any en- couragement ?"
 "Well, she gazed into her crystal globe and said l was going to be rich some day"
 "Finew
 But I told her to polish up the crystal bit and see if she could not read the exact date"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03

Her eyes were red and she explain ed that she had been to wedding. ! "I always cry more at wedding than do at a funeral-it's so much more uncertain"
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-03
CALL OUT CONNECTS UNION

In the event of the prison officers striking in future several old hands now undergoing sentence have offered to come out in sympathy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Misses Suits at $27.75.
Nearly Half Price.

Between season Suits in a vari-
ETY. Of styles, fabrics and colors.
Many only in Jews of a kind mod
els. For ages IA, 10 and Is years.
To close at $27.75.
Is, Salons of Dress, Third floor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
MORE MEN NEEDED
HERE, SAYS
Present Force Inadequate to
Fight Profiteers and Liquor
Sellers, He Declares
FUNDS ARE GRANTED HIM

Funds for additional Department Of
Justice agents to carry on the fight
against the high cost of living and en-
force wartime prohibition in Philadel-
phia and other places have been granted
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.
Mr.. Palmer appeared before the
House appropriations committee in
Washington and explained to it that the
territory over which the Philadelphia
office of the Department of Justice has
supervision is too large for the limited
number of agents available.
time prohibition law is becoming q
AS a result of this shortage, he ex-
planned, the fight against food hoarders
and profteers is threatened with fail
ure and the enforcement of the war
joke.
"There are only eight or ten ~investi-
gators attached to the Philadelphia Of
flee, while there should be at least
fifty" he told the members of the COM
mittee.
The committee recommended that Mr..
Palmer be voted, all the money he de-
sired to enforce the law against prof.
teers.
He told the committee it would take
at least $500, 900 a month to enforce
the wartime prohibition rnw. which. he
thinks, will be in rNy", .' INST two
months more. Funds .rd him
for this work also.
Violations :
Mr.. Palmer said { ..naiers
in Philadelphia tried , rompli-
ance with the law when g.. department
of Justice turned attention 10 tle high
cost of living, and acknowledged it was
difficult to apprehend them without
funds.
"All I can do under the circum-
stances" he said. 'is to make a clean
up in one city after another by putting
twenty or thirty men on the job and get
ting evidence of the violation of the law
and bringing as many prosecutions
simultaneously as I can in the hope that
they will throw fear into these fellows
which will make them obey the law in
the future.
1.-THE enforcement of prohibition in the
country is now upon the Department
of Justice, without Il penny of appro-
priatiOn to enforce it. Our peOple
estimate hat 40 per cent of the
energies and activities of our bureau of
investigation is expended upon the en-
torcement of the liquor laws right now"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
FISH LINE SAVES SWIMMER
Philadelphia Nearly Lost Trying to
Round Steel Pier

A fishing lines saved the life of
Charles Bowlin, of this city, when he
attempted to swim around the end Of
the Steel Pier in Atlantic City yester-
day.
Bowlin tried to make the two mile
swim alone. When he reached the end
of the pier he became exhausted. He
grasped a fishing line, which an angler
had fastened to the structure, and
chung to it until Life Guards McCullen
and Yates, summoned by persons on the
pier, reached him in a lifeboat.
E.. J. Farley. Edna Hopp, Lillian
and Marian Haig, all of Philadelphia,
were swept into a hole in the beach at
the foot of Kentucky avenue, and were
brought safely to the beach by Life
Guards Estcrgrin and Kirkland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
DR. BATTEN IN LONDON
10 Delegate to World Brotherhood
Conference.-The Americans There

10 Delegate to World Brotherhood
Conference.-The Americans There
The Rev. DR.. Samuel Zane Batten,
secretary of the Social Service Educa-
ton of the American Baptist Publica-
ton Society, Seventeenth and Chestnut
streets, is the only Philadelphian at
tending the world brotherhood confer
ence in London.
The sessions began in that city to-
day with eighty American delegates in
attendance. Among these are the fol-
lowing: Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church of the
Covenant. Washington; the Rev. DR..
Henry Allen Upper, the Rev. DR..
Worth NJ. Tippey, Prof. George NJ.
Berry, of Syracuse, and the Rev. DR..
Rolvix Harlan, of the Baptist Home
Mission Society.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Girls %Fall-weight
Goats and Capes, $40
Savings Range SIS to $I9.75

The average saving is a hall. Styles and weights needed for i'm
mediate wear.
Coats and Capes Of serge, velour, burela and checked velour
many ire in n and twos of a kind. Styles that find favor with the
young girls. Plenty of navy blues
In 6 to 10 year sizes. From such a variety, a pleasing choice is
assured.
The new low price is $40.
-Gimbels. Salons of Dress, Third floor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Rev. r. P. D. Bennett In Hospital

The Rev. DR.. r. P. D. Bennett, pas
tor of Summit Presbyterian Church,
Germantown, is reported to be severely
sick in a hospital at Bar Harbor, Me.
Doctor Bennett has been pastor of the
Summit Church many years, and is
known widely in Germantown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Misses Capes at SIS.
Save Half,

Suitable for immediate wear.
Mostly of navy blue serge and fine
poplins. Reduced to make room
for Winter garments-now $l5.
In IA, 10 and l8 year sizes.
Climb,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Exceptional Value in Misses Fall
Dresses of Serge at $3.50

At least a dozen perfectly stunning models to choose from.
Coat and bodice fashions. Some are prettily braid trimmed. In
navv blue. Excellent for business or college wear. For ages IA
to 20 years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-14

carried here a bite to Mr.. Porcu-
pines home.
You would have been sorry for
him. He swan in the brook to catch
fish and his quilts stuck out and
made him look like pin-cushion.
The Turtle family were very kind
and they helped him catch fish and
get some fresh water mussels. Then,
after he had the fish and the mus
sells, he had to drag them home and
put them down cellar and lock the
door,
"My, it is hard work to have guests
and a party" said poor Gully Por-
cupine. 81 won't ever ask Alphonse
to visit me again, and I will be care
full not to run my spears into any
one again but an enemy"
Gully Porcupine had to soak his
feet at night, he was so tired, and
he had to wrap a wet towel around
his head. He did look funny with his
head tied up and sitting with his
feet in water.
Uncle Bullfrog said that he would
bring his orchestra, so that there
would be dancing. Everyone was
crazy to go to this party when they
heard about the music. Uncle Bull
frog said he could play reels and
quadrilles and hornpipes, and fox
trots!
But when he said fox-trots, little
Peter Rabbit tainted away and they
had to throw water in his face t.
bring him to = because he thought
that meant that Mr. Red Fox was to
be there!
ITO Be Continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-14
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINKING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.

If you wake up with a bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; if your
head is dull or aching; if what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stolu-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
just right, begin inside bathing. Drink
before breakfast a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoOnful of limestone
phosphate in it. This viii flush the
poisons and toxins from stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels and cleanse,
sweeten and purify the entire alimen-
tary tract. Do your inside bathing i'm
mediately upon arising in the morning
to wash out Of the system al the pre-
vious days poisonous waste, gases and
sour bile before putting more food into
the stomach.
p To feel like young folks feel, like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your pharmacist a
quarter pound Of limestone phosphate
which is inexpensive and almost taste
less, except for sourish twinge which
is not unpleasant. -
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so hot water and limestone
phosphate act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. Men and women
who are usually constipatsd, bilious,
headachy or have any stomach dis
order should begin this inside bathing
before breakfast They are assured
they will become real cranks on the
subject shortly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-14
JIMMIE COON MAKES ANOTHER
DOOR.

ALL Che little animals in the Great
r. Forest were very much excited to
hear about the party that Gully
Porcupine was to give for his cousin,
Alphouse, the white porcupine. and
Jimmie Coon.
Those who weren't invited felt
sighted, and showed it. Jimmie
Coon felt very important and went
struttfng around so that you would
have thought that no ons ever had a
PARTY given for him before. No one
esCr bad really. so every day jim
nlie came and sat on Quilly's front
steps and talked it over.
Aiphonse, the white porcupine, en-
joyed himself very much for nearly
everyone came to talk 1t over Of
course, QuiIly's house wasn't very
large-just a front hall and back
room, and only one front door; no
back door at all. and everyone spoke
of the one door.
No one could understand how any
one could live in house with only
one door. ''Why, what do you do
when Mr. Red Fox comes to call?"
said that good Mrs Rabbit.
"QuiIly just puts his back up
against the front door," laughed Al
phonse. %7T
The back of the house had hole
up through the roof and Jimmie
Coon said it could easily be made
larger 1t was really crack in the
stone house and you could see lit