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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01
over 100000
TRUKCS TO BE
MADE IN 1878
Chicago Authority Tells Why
Government Will Not Sell
Commercial cars.

Estimated truck production for 1918
will be a minimum Of 32S,000 trucks,
according to George d. Wilcox, OF Chi
cago. Wilcox has just relinquished
command, as a major, OF the army's
most important truck manufacturing
district.
according to his statistics In Octo-
Der, 1914, three months after the allies
went to war with Germany. the United
States had In commercial use within
its border only $500 motor trucks.
BY the end Of 1917, Americas first
year of war. production for CONNER.
cial purposes had increased to 109.S65
motor trucks. At the end OF 1918
It had reached total Of 164,264. And,
according to Major Wilcox the 1919
production figures will be double
those Of 1918.
Maj. Wilcox speaks author1tatively
when he says positively the govern.
ment will not auction any OF the pas.
senger cars or motor trucks bought
Tor war purposes.
At the time the armistice was
signed the governments war orders
for automobile equipment totaled
104,700 cars. When hosdlities ceased
Official agures showed there were nc
less than $4,000 American made mo
tor vehicles overseas In Gen. Per
shing's command. American automo
bile and truck manufacturers at that
time had delivered to ports of en-
barkation $4,000 commercial and pas
senger cars.
This" Maj. Wilcox declares
"leaves q balance Of about $4,000
trucks still in America. The $4,000
shipped across and in the service o.
the United States army will not be
returned to the United States. OF the
balance OF $4,000 trucks remaining or
this side of the water consisting O.
one-ton, two-ton and some three-toI
Jobs the Postoffice Department Is al
ready reQuisitioning on the War De
partment for large number. The!
are going into the postal service.
"As this movement gains headwa!
from year to year our country will EN-
ploy for postal service alone mor'
than 100000 trucks. This, in m!
opinion, is the first great step TOWARD
a complete motorization Of the United
States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01
A Different Woman

Mrs. VIM. Buttermore, Fostoria, o.
and anemic from change
of life. Lost desire to live. Friend
recommended HuJls Superlative. Won
derful results. Now feel like different
woman" Hulps Superlattye on sale
at your druggist's-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01

durable class This does not take into
account increased real estate valua-
lions or social advantages resulting
from the Improvement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01
LESSON IN SAVING.

The report of the joint congressional
committee which investigated nigh
way economics in 1918 shows that 4
saving of cents per ton mile can be
effected in transportation costs when
a road Is lifted from tho dirt to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01

In July, 1898, the news was given
that plant would be built to turn out
lone motor carriage a week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01
Vulcanizing, Re-Treading

There is no better equip
ped Vulcanizing or Retread-
ing shop in the county than
here. Our plant is the most
modern in Wayne county.
We can take your old worn
tire and make it as good as
new.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
Six Tons to Acre

An average of over four tons to the
acre is an alfalfa yield that is being
maintained by E. c. Mathews on some
test acres on his cattle farm a few
miles southeast of Sikeston. He
has entered this field in the National
Alfalfa Yield Contest.
There are five acres in this field, Of
ficially surveyed, and all the alfalfa is
weighed as it is taken off the field.
This is done under the direction OF
Harry c. Hensley, county agricultural
agent for New Madrid county.
So far there have been three cut
tings from the field this year and a
total of Al ,OS7 pounds of hay cut from
the five acres. There will be two or
three more cuttings this year, which
should bring the total considerably
above six tons per acre.--Sikaston
Herald.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
5.29S PINTS OF BOOZE

Up at Clarinda the other day the
sheriff of Page County delivered to
the State Hospital there 5,298 pints
of booze which has been accommodating
in the county Jail in recent months,
the result of the sheriff's activities
in chasing to earth bootleggers who
have been bringing the stuff into To-
wa.
It is said that the bottled exhilira-
tor would have been worth SIS per
pint delivered in Omaha, which would
have made the lot worth $26,940. This
whiskey will be used for medicinal
purposes at the asylum. Would cure
lot of snake-bites, wouldn't it?-At-
Gibson County Mail.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
BEWARE OF FAKERS

St. Louis, Aug. ia warning
against horde of takers who are said
to be collecting sums of money in
many of the counties of the State in
the name of the Salvation Army was
sent out from the St. Louis Headquar-
tiers of that organization today. The
officer in charge, Lieut.. Col. John d.
Sharp, stated emphatically that the
Salvation Army had no collectors in
the field at this time and that the sys-
TEN of sending uniformed collectors
through the State had been abandoned
by his organization.
"The counties are full of criminals
who are representing themselves to
the Salvation Army officers and ask
ing for funds in the name of our or
ganization," he said, "and we want
to warn the people of the State, our
friends, against these people. We
have no solicitors on the road and
have abandoned that plan of getting
money and all collections are now
made by local men and women, all of
whom are well known in their respec-
tive communities"
"The first action against the takers
was taken in Stoddard county this
week, when a man and woman were
placed under arrest after they had Sc
cured several hundred dollars by rep
resenting themselves to be Salvation
Army workers. They wore a uniofrm
of similar design to that of the Saliva
ton Army and were living high as u
result of their efforts. The charge
against these people is, obtaining
money under false pretenses and it is
said the Salvation Army will use ev-
cry effort to secure a conviction in the
case"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
FOREIGN BORN LOSE MILLIONS

Three prosperous looking Syrians
walked into a Cleveland bank the other
day carrying a rather bulky bundle
wrapped up in an old newspaper. The
Syrians were interested in finding out
something about American financial
and banking customs.
They were looking for safe place
to put their money. 1t subsequently
developed that the paper-wrapped
bundle contained something like $780,
900 in bills, which the Syrians had
dug up out of their hiding place I'M
der a cellar floor. 1t represented
years of saving.
The Syrians had been prompted TO
seek a safer place for their savings
than the cellar floor by recent thrift
publicity. They had read in the news
papers that boarding money was
thriftless, and that money buried I'M
der the cellar floor was not earning
anything for its owners. They were
surprised to find that their money
could be earning interest for them
while it was safely invested.
The Stocking bank" Of the foreign
err is one of the most fertile sources
for the new capital which the country
needs just now. Many of these for
eigners are among the thriftiest of
our people, but they lack the knowl-
edge of American customs that would
lead them to properly invest their saw
J ings.
The efforts of the Savings Division
of the Treasury Department to insure
wise investment of savings, and gov
ernment's continued offer of Thrift
Stamps, Savings Stamps and Treas
ury Savings Certificates &c an abso,
lutely safe means of keeping savings
are slowly but surely bringing this
class of savers to realize that their
money is of more benefit to them.
selves and the community invested in
safe securities than it is buried in
cellars or stored away in mattresses
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15

is obtainable at this level it is I'M
derstood no sales have been made at
less than 1850, st. Louis, or S.O2c,
New York. Without doubt most of
the recent business has been taken
by dealers and it is thought by some
that these stocks have been pretty
we'll exhausted. 1t seems certain
that producers in general are not sell
lers at present prices but are conf
IDENTIFY waiting an upward trend in
the near future.-Mining Press.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
Htate Of Ohio. City of Toledo,
ENs.ss.AIE

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner Of the firm Of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY &c CO, Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. &c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15

The other day
A fellow came into our office
And he said
l wish that / had done
Like Jim Brown did
He bought a lot, Jim did, and
He built himself little home
The first year.
And he planned it so he could
Build more onto his home
The next year
And he did, and
Now he's got a fine big home
Worth lot of money
And he owns it
And it's his.
And l
Came to town about
The same time
Jim did
And | rented a house
Like a lot of other fellows
And the landlord sold the house
And l had to move
And l did
And ! rented another house
And the landlord sold that
And | had to move again
And all | got now is
Some rent receipts
And I've got to move again
Amt that the limit?
-O-O-
OWN YOUR OWN HOME.
Tetley-
Lumber Co.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
WAGE INCREASES AT BISBEE
AND DOUGLAS, ARIZONA

The wage increase which became eff
fective on July % in the Warren dis
trict and Douglas for employees of the
Phelps Dodge CORPORATION, Copper
Queen branch, and the Calumet &
Arizona Mining Co., placed the Ari-
iona copper miner on top of the heap
so far as wages are concerned. Bis
bee miners now draw $6.10 per day of
8 hours, an increase of one dollar from
the previous scale, which became eff
fective last December. Timbermen
and skilled mechanics also received the
one dollar increase. Muckers in the
mines of the Warren district were in
creased rs cents to $500 per day.
Mexican and other unskilled labor was
increased 60 cents per day. The
smelters at Douglas had similar in
crease, all men who had received $4.25
or more during the period previous to
July Is receiving rs cents per day. in
crease, the men who had received less
than that figure being given 60-cent
increase. Skilled mechanics received
one dollar increase. All employees re-
ceiving a monthly salary were raised
Is per cent. In announcing the wage
increase Grant H. Dowell, manager of
the Copper Queen branch, made it
plain that skill would be recognized
by higher wages and the 50-cent off
ference between miners and muckers
would be maintained, no matter to
what level wages rose. He also called
attention to the fact that the increase
was based upon 24-cent copper, and
that if the price rose further wages al
SO would increase in conformity to
the sliding scale agreement. The for
mer sliding scale was still in effect,
he stated, but on account of the in
creased cost of living the 24-cent base
for the increase was adopted. he
mentioned the Butte district, where
miners receive a wage increase to 3d.
rs per day and had agreed to main
tain that figure for year, and con-
trasted this with the Arizona plan
whereby the employees of the COM
panies in the Warren district, as well
as those at Jerome, in the Globe-M
ami district, and other large com
panies operating in the State, will pro-
fit by the anticipated rise in copper.
Lead
Another advance in the price OF
lead was made July "a, when the
American Smelling & Refining Com
pany raised its quotations from 5.75
to &C., New York. The independents
at once met this and are offering the
metal at &C., New York. The market
is quiet and firm at present with quo
tations for August delivery held at
5.75c., st. Louis, or &C., New York. It
appears that lead from second hands
or dealers is now coming into the mar
ket at &c., New York, and intimations
are to the effect that this price may
be shaded slightly in order for deal
ers to make sure of their paper profits
Zinc
The market has turned very quiet
and demand has tapered off decidedly
In fact slight reaction has been ex-
perieneed and prices have receded I'M
til today prime Western for early de-
livery is quoted at 7.70c-, st. Louis, OF
S.o5e., New York. Although the metal
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
Auto Edition

The Scott County Democrat, Ben
ton Mo-, printed a 24-page AUTO edi-
ton last week, one of the big features
being the name Of every auto owner
in Scott county, with the license NUM-
Der and make of their car.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
PERUNA
and MANALIN Cured Me

Mrs. E. nj. Harris, r. r.
No. 8, Ashland, Wis.,, sends
a message of cheer to the
sick:
After following your advice
and using Peruna and Manalin. I
was cured Of catarrh OF the nose,
throat apd stomack, from which
/ had suffered for several years.
When commenced taking Pee
without stopping to rest Now I
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
catarrh Of the
Nose, Throat
and Stomach.

do all my work and am in good
health. recommend this yalu-
able remedy to all suffering from
any disease Of the stomach"
Peruna II Sold Everywker
Liquid or Tablet Fern
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-15
Lead
Zinc

The market has turned very quiet
and demand has tapered off decidedly.
In fact a slight reaction has been ex-
perieneed and prices have receded I'M
til today prime Western for early de-
livery is quoted at 7.70c-, st. Louis, or
S.05e., New York. Although the metal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

perior quality of the fruit they
brought to maturity. No less a prom.
inent citizen of Florida than the Hon.
H. j. Drane, member of congress,
says: II have been a grower Of citrus
fruits for many years. l have made
a special study Of lands suitable for
such purposes. There are no better
citrus growing lands in the United
States than in some four or five
thousand acres surrounding the club
house." from which point Of vantage
l gained my first view Of this i'm
mense grove, as related above.
The Lakeland Highlands grapefruit
grove property is operated on the co.
operative plan, after the first year,
during which time the Hallam com
pany, having brought the soil into
cultivatable condition, selects and
plants the best trees procurable from
reliable nurserymen, cares for these
trees, replacing those that may not
grow, cultivating the soil, etc., and
then hands the started grove over to
the purchaser who, If he is wise, as
nearly every one is, becomes mem
Der Of the Lakeland Highlands Coop
erative Association, which is made III
exclusively Of the owners of the va
rious groves purchased from w. F
Hallam e Co. The association ther
assumes full care and charge of the
groves Here is an approximate sum
mary Of one years grove work:
Bank and unbank the trees fol
winter.
Pillow the land and apply and har
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

row in the fertilizer according to the
season.
Cultivate the trees approximately
twenty-five times per year with Acme
harrow and hoe.
Spray and prune all groves at
least three times each year.
Pick up roots, pile and burn aft
er each cultivation: until land is en-.
tirely free of roots
"Cut weeds along fences and road
ways, Keep fences in repair and
gates locked
Frequent inspections by horticul.
turists, assistant horticulturists and
superintendent
Watch for and destroy insects and
remove suckers"
This responsible work, as well as
the entire management of the asso.
ciated properties, is absolutely con-
trolled by the grove owners, now in
charge of an ex-banker as business
manager and OF a college trained
horriculturist, with many years of
practical experience, with staff of
grove workers, some of them college
men, selected and employed by the
cwnerassocistion members.
Each and every grove receives
careful attention is painstakingly in.
spected, systematically cultivated and
fertilized,' and is given "exacting
supervision throughout" to quote the
assurances Of the company. This CO.
operative plan has brought into work.
ing order a practical, conservative,
aelf-sustaining business operation in
which the owners may be likened to
the stockholders OF a corporation,
Ike that OF q railroad. WITH this dis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

house-down in the valley beautiful
Lake Miriam and beyond other hills
like those in every direction, all
clothed in the garments Of early
spring, although to most Of this great
country of ours it was yet winter.
w. f. HaIIam Greets the Visitor
AS | viewed this beautiful natural
landscape scene, and admired, Of
course, ! was greeted and welcomed
by w. F. Hallam, the man who, l had
been told, was responsible for having
taken these hills and dales from the
original wooded and overgrown con-
dition in which Nature, undisturbed
for centuries, had nurtured and
clothed them, to transform them into
even more beautiful groves, planted
and designed by man to yield "of the
fruits of the EARTH" the increasingly
popular grapefruit, of such excellence
of quality as only Florida soil and
sunshine can produce. Under the
guidance of Mr. Hallam, and with the
conveyance that the lowly but eff.
cient Ford car affords, was soon to
learn the history of the great Lake
land Highlands grapefruit grove
property and its development, as well
as to see for myself the various
stages of that development from the
still overgrown lands, being turned
into cultivated fields, each ten acres
in area, being planted to fine, clear
specimens of grapefruit stock, Other
ten-acre plots having trees in various
stages of growth up to the fully de
veloped and bearing trees, from the
latter Of which we plucked the deli
cious fruit which We ate from the
SHE'LL" to speak in the words describ
ing the method the oyster connois
seur employees to best enjoy the flav
or of the succulent bivalve.
Approximately 5000 acres, of the
10000 acres owned by w. F. Hallam
Company are now planted to grape
fruit trees, all in the various periods
Of growth as just described in brief
This work was started in 1912, al
though two years earlier the Hallan
company made their original purchas
es of land, after careful and critica
investigation of soil and other condi
tons in various sections Of Florida
and finally decided that here, in Poll
county, was the proper place for es
taDlishing great commercial grape
fruit growing industry, soil, climate
and other conditions being most fav
orable to such an enterprise, In thiE
selection the developers were highl,
commanded by competence authorities
and their judgment fully confirmed IL
the eventual growth and productive
. uess of the trees planted and the su.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

for the number Of acres which they
wish to have developed, but may
withdraw at any time by giving thir.
ty days notice. Each member paws
" per acre per month to cover the
cost of cultivation, general admins.
tration (under their associated con.
troll and expense, including the hor.
tieulturist's salary, plus the actual
cost of fertilizer.
Under this plan the company as,
sures prospective members that:
"The only risks under this ulan ara
those of drought, insects and frost
being less than the risks of the ordi.
nary commercial enterprise. There
is no risk of inexperience or neglect
Drought is overcome by more cul
tivation.
insects are overcome by a trained
spraying organization under the al.
rection of the horticulturist.
Frost is minimized by the inAu.
ence of the lakes and the perfect Air
and water drainage of the hills q,
Lakeland Highlands. Our horticu,.
turist, by scientific handling Of the
trees into a near-dormant condition
for the winter"
By experience it has been found
that grove owners in this great tract
fare best through the cooperative AZ.
ISOLATION plan, rather than through
Individual management and care At
their individual properties. A fev
have tried the latter method onIv 70
become convinced Of the greater az.
iCiency and corresponding satissac.
tory results to be attained BY the %.
operatice method.
icontinned on Page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

tinction-that the grove owners are
the actual owners of the real estate
comprising their individual ten-acre
grove tracts, or as many ten-acre
units as they care to own, over which
they have absolute control for the
purpose intended, and may be mem
bers of the cooperative association or
go it alone, as they prefer 1t needs
no argument to convince them, how
ever that in association there Is
strength, scientific skill, economy In
labor costs and in purchasing fertil'
izing and spraying materials, and in
the utilization of the best modern
machinery and tools needed for the
proper caring of the groves-and
then, when the groves are in bearing
the most profitable methods of mark
citing the fruit which Is preferably
done through the Florida Citrus Elk
change, with headquarters in Tampa
which is only thirty-five miles away
and having one of its numerous sub
exchanges in Lakeland. Eventually
Lakeland Highlands will have its OWL
packing houses at Haskell, a railroad
station on the property, with the
Florida Citrus Exchange in charge Of
the picking, packing and shipping o.
1 the fruit and making honest returns
of highest prices procurable through
established, reliable and we'll adver
tised marketing facilities.
The plan of grove ownership, ant
of management under the cooperative
association method, is simple and eco
nomical. Briefly, members subscribe