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The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05
WILSON'S CAMOUFLAGE
 PLAYED BY RiDDICK

Charging President Wilson with a "most reprehensible, partisan cam paign attempt to camoufiage neglect of duty with the appearance of desire to serve the public" by calling upon Congress for authority which he all ready has to reduce the high cost of living, Representative Carl w. Rid dick, of Montana, has denounced the extravagance of the. administration.
 Representative Riddick says: 4
 "The biggest contribution to hign living costs has been the waste and extravaganza of the administration, still continued. Money has been poured out as if the chief object of the administration were to spend all the money of all the people of this country over and over again. The country is filled with monuments to a saturnalia of spending, the like of which never before was dreamed of in all the history of frenzied finance. The government payroll has been swollen to gigantic proportions Hun dreds of millions S dollars have been wasted in cost-plus and other similar contracts, which have placed pre- mium on waste. War supplies have been purchased at the sellers prices, and at, the waste, not merely of mil lions. but billions.
 "Billions of dollars have been loaned to foreign nations with all the lib- eralitv characteristic of the politician spending other peoples money. All this has, of course, forced up prices to dizzy heights by fixing fictitious bases of values.
 "Vast stores.s not only of food, but of clothing and other supplies, bought as if it were expected theRwar would last forever, and as if the country would be called upon to feed and clothe the whole solar system, have been withheld from the market. Only now the War Department, at the de- mand of Congress, is reluctantly re-. leasing some of the canned goods that has been piled mountain hipR in the. storehouses. Supplies of shoes and clothing of incomprehensible magni- tude are still held out of the market, while prices continue to mount highaS and higher. !, "We have been draining the Ameri4 can market of staples to feed the next friends of the administration all over the globe and overlooking suffering here at home. That process continues with constantly mounting volume of exports ,whieA costs the American people two dollars in added prices for every dollar realized from our sales abroad Meanwhile we are permitting our own markets to be invaded by for eign manufactured articles to an ex- tent which will soon cause a slowing down of American industry.
 "The vast sums borrowed from the people by the government, with the consequent huge issues of securities, coupled with the operations of the Federal Reserve Board. have inflated our currency until we have. not mere Iv the 50-cent dollar Mir. Bryan cried for. but a dollar that has come to lcbk like 30 cents"
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05
"HOVAL A. SMITH PAINTS PICTURE
 OF ARIZONA'S POSSIBLE TIES ]"

I, President Taft I gained access to the historical data on the deal and found that Gadsden had been given a se- cret commission by President Pierce to go to Mexico City and acquire the territory south of the Gila river.
 It was deemed necessary at that time to find reasonable grade right through the southern states to tide water at San Diego, which a south ern cabal was then exploiting. Thus 1 E found at the outset that we appar- ently are suffering today for the fac tional differences of 75 to 100 years aMr. Gadsden was commissioned basically to get this railroad right of way. which would mean that much ad- ditional to the south's slave-holding states. Gadsden left Washington for Mexico in 1852, found Santa Anna, then president of Mexico amenable, and negotiated the purchase for only 0,OOO,OO0. The treaty was drawn up and signed but was kept secret until 1853. Two and half million dollars was paid down, leaving seven and a halfsmillions due. :. "About that time Santa Anna need- ed money and called for the balance, and the sale became public. It is true Ethat Santa Anna was deposed soon afterward as a result of the sale, but this did not affect the validity of the treaty. There were violent contro- yersies raging at the time and the data showed that the southemers wanted railroad in the south. while the abolitionists, who were fightlng them. wanted no more territory ac- ouired in the Southwest and were eager to accept a boundary line from 60 to 100 miles north of where 1t should have been.
 "On looking over the data on the boundary, found that the line should have run due west from Nogales, in stead of making the northern Send it does at present. It was evident that the southern faction wanted the line kept as far as possible from any other tidewater port except San Diego, which they themselves owned.
 "Thus we are laboring under the conditions of 70 years ago. We are Lhere only 19O miles frometidewates. and there is no reason why we should not have a port. The first result would be to bring into productiveness the millions of tons of this districts low grade ore.
 Studying the territory. saw the strategic importance of the chain of Tiburon islands off the coast and l pointed out to the navy department what an effective system of fortifica- tions they would make possibles Sec retarv Won Meyer was enthusiastic for the project.
 'T pointed out to the war depart ment and to President Taft the fact that in case of war n enemy to our west would certainly not try to land her troops on our strongly fortified Pacific coast, but would come up through onr cellar door bv way of the Gulf of California, land her troops near the delta of the Colorado and march up into the very heart of the Salt River Valley. What a wondrr- ful base of operations this fertile
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05

BISBEE, Ariz., Sept. 3.--Hoval A Smith, pioneer mining engineer and builder of the Warren district, was the principal speaker before the new Luncheon Club at the Copper Queen hotel recently, and in sa brief but forceful talk on "Arizona's Port Pos. sibilities," he drew. a prophetic pic ture of future Arizona, boasting hei own seaport, with an outlet to the ocean and world trade in her prod ucts of mine and range and farm.
 MT. Smith, who has made close study of this subject both along the border and in Washington, D. C.. showed that under the terms of the original Gadsden purchase, the bound ary line should have been run due west from Nogales instead of taking a slant 60 to 70 miles to the north as at present. Had the line been run as originally intended the delta of the Colorado river and the natural harbol of Port Lobos would now be in Ari. zona territory.
 MT. Smith blamed the mistakes of our forefathers for their neglect in not taking over this seemingly dreary waste of desert at the time of its purchase from Santa Anna, then pres ideht of Mexico. That we have slept on our rights does not, however, now mean that the territory is irretriev- ably lost. It is not too late to get what is ours by right, and the bound ary line should be rectified and the territory acquired by negotiation oi purchase in a friendly, and business like way.
 'I was in Washington, D. C., in 1911" Mir. Smith said, "when friend of mine suggested that it was about time Arizona should arrange foi cheaper transportation rates which would bring in, a vast tonnage of low grade ores, and extend the mineral life of the state for generations.
 At that time there was no Roose- welt dam, and the vast agricultural re. sources of the state which irrigation brought about were undreaniei of. A seaport, of course, was the answer to the cheaper transportation problem and while Arizona was within about 60 miles of tidewater on an air line the first problem that presented itself WesS' thC ioSh th3t ftiC oNoiiAOlC pOtt> were n possession of our neighbor- ing republic to the south. I then be- gan looking up the data to discover how the people of our revolutionary days in Alabama and. Georgia got egress to the sea through territory then owned by Spain and also how they got through to the delta of the Mississippi through territory owned by France. "I found that the policy then was mostly one of aggression. They sim ply went through this territory to their destination without paying much attention to the rights of France or Spain. Things have changed since then, of course, and sueh methods in this day of high ideals would be dis countenanced. Finally the problem was solved on a solid basis by the purchase of Florida.
 "Then I began looking into what motives had guided Gadsden in ar ranging for this purchase. Through
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05
WHAT BECAME OF THAT
 $100,000, ,000, HE NOW ASKS

In these days of difficulty over the high cost of living, there is much won derment in Congress and elsewhere as to what was done with the $10Q000,- 900 fund appropriated at the insist ence of the president in order to pro- vide food for European peoples.
 It was pointed out at the time the last Congress made the appropriation
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05

that it would tend to add to the cost of living for Americans.
 Representative Good has introduced a resolution asking the president for a detailed statement as to what was done with the $100,000,000, to what countries the food was, distributed, what reimbursement was received, and other specific facts.
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

They were choosing name for the new baby.
 "I think Esmerelda is too sweet '' said one of the infants aunts.
 "Alfreda is better, and more un- comnion," said ~anothers
 How would Alvina dol" asked a third. ~
 Hardly" said the fond father. s"You seem to be getting away from the idea that this is a baby and not a new, kind of a cigar."s !.
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05
THE DIFFICULTY

Mistress: "You must really break off that dreadful habit, Norah, of al- ways wanting the last word"
 Norah: "But how am I to know, ma'am that you have nothing more to say?"
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05

Have you a little Want-Ad in The Sun this week?
The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05

Sell your old car through Sun Want-Ad.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

Misses Lula Tison, Chistin,
Sadie and-Mr. Wallace Iiaon were
shopping in Albany last week.
Miss Nora Davis, of rhilema,
was here Monday.
Messera Abreese Daniels and
Terrell Webb, of Smithyille,. were
here Sunday.
Miss Mamie Ruth Harris was in
Albany Tuesday.
We regret to learn that Mrs, d.
Forester and family are all sick
with influenza.
Mrs. J. G. Odum, of Newton, is
spending while with her mother,
Mrs D. w. Tison.
Mrs. Perry Moreland, from IT,
toa, is Whiting relatives here.
Ne are al glad to know that Mr..
Wade Laramore is improving, and
hope that he will continue to do so.
Miss Martha Pryor, who has been
i'll with the FLU" for the past two
weeks, is improving.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24
BRIEF SUMMARY OF
Pig CLUB WORK

The following is brief summary
Of some OF the phases and activities
Of the pig club work in Georgia
during 1918 as carried en- hy the
Extension Division Of the State
College u Agriculture in cooper
alton with the U S. Department Of
Agriculture.
Fourteen school pigs in one com.
ty raised on the waste from schol-
ars' lunch baskets sold for $4,000
at an auction sale.
One town. of 1000 people pro-
duced 80, ZOO pounds Of pork from
pigs raised in back yards. The
white boys of the same county rails
ed $12, $4,000 worth of meat hogs,
and the negro boys $2,134S5, or
s14, 474.85 produced by big club
boys.
An all-cotton county reports an
increase Of 5000 hogs in 1918.
Fifty seven pig club members in
one county raised $50 head of reg
istered Duroc-Jerseys. The amount
invested was 50, 10000. An auction
sale disposed of eighty head Of sur
plus. The sale and remaining hogs
represent 81, 10000.
Twenty-Five schools in one county
are raising twenty-five purebred
hogs this winter on waste from the
pupils dinner baskets.
With twenty. eight pig club hogs
one county won seventy-six ribbons
and prizes amounting to $817, so,
including the State Championship.
The State Champion was the
eleyen-year-old son OF a one-horse
farmer who bought his big at an
auction sale for $37 so. She is
worth $4,000 today.
Six pig club, boys in one county
will start hog farms in 1919. Three
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

1nere is more Catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years It was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failinS
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh Is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional com
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by T. j. Cheney a
Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is @ constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Il. ]. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, Ohio.
gold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

Of the boys have their hogs and
Hand. All of them started with one
small pig.
OF the 2, l05 hogs at the South
ca tern Fair, 345 We're owned and
raised by pig club hoys who won
thiIy'one ribbons and $4,000 in
priz. in the open ring, Three Of
the ribbons were Junior Champions.
or the $50 hogs at the State Fair
81 were owned and raised by pig
club. boys who won 80 ribbons in
the open ring and 1912 00in prizes.
One Of the ribbons was u Junior
Champion.
Pig club boys won 70nbbons and
s505. 90 in prizes in the open ring
at two Georgia Fairs. -Four OF the
ribbons were Junior Cham pions.
There We're S.67S members in the
pig clubs in 1918. The draft last
spring prevented the number reach
ing 10000, which was the number
aimed at.
The total sum represented by the
hogs and pigs in the hands of pig
club members during 1918 was a
half million dollars.
The increase in the initial cost OF
pig club pigs in 1918 was almost GO
per cent more than in 1917.
The increase in the final value OF
hogs raised by pig club boys III 1918
over those of 1917 was over 56 pei
cent.
The increase in the number Of
purebred hogs raised by pig clut
boys in 1918 over 1917 was ovel
306 per cent.
The increase in the number Of
pigs exhibited at two fairs BY pia
clup boys in 1918 over 1917 wal
nearly TO per cent.
The increase in profits Of hogs
raised in 1918 over 1917 was ovel
81 per cent
At the second annual Negro Mea
Show there were 896 pieces OF hos
NEST exhibited, 2S4 dozen frest
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24
KEEP AHEAD OF
THE BOIL WEEVIL

Toole's Early Prolific Cot
ton seed has been in the lead
for 20 years for Productive
ness and is still leading under
Boil weevil and all other con
ditions. Price of seed 200
perbu. F. 0 B. Augusta, Ga.
w. W. Toole breeder and
Grower. Augusta, Ga.
Box 873
-s%-o -s--
Does your houIe need painting?
See Bridges Bros, Leesburg, they'll
FIX YOU, up. Prices. right. 3tp
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24
Local and Personal Items

Mrs B. e Fouche and daughter,
rs Robert Hodges, were in town
atnrjay.
Nesdamos Z. F. King, w. b.
Icolb, Z. R. Forester and Miss
Amie Blanche Lee were shopping
Albany Saturday.
Miss Frances Wise spent the week
I'd with her mother, Mrs. p. j.
Use.
Miss Eva Lindey, of Americas,
ss in town the first Of the week
the purpose Of organizing a
3sc class.
Messers j. K Forester, w P.
srIiu and Henry Bagley were at
ndiug to business in Albany last
eek.
Col. W. &. Martin was attending
business in Americas Saturday.
Mrs. G. G Avery left Monday
pr Smithville to visit her mother,
rs. BulIoeh.
Miss Elizabeth Denison returned
turday to her home in Albany.
Coils. R. R. and E. h. Forester
ne in Americas Saturday.
Mrs R. S. Pryor, of Smithville,
, d Mrs. w. T. Maynard, of Ameri-
s, have been spending a few days
It'll Miss Martha Pryor.
Mrs. Frank Goodwin spent the
eek-end in Albany.
Mr.. c. G, Avery left last week to
cept position with the Case
WIer Lumber Company at War
elk.
Mr.. ard Mrs T. R. Bass were in
bany shopping Monday.
/ MIR. Harold Richardson, Of Smith
he, spent Sunday in Leesburg.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE
United States District Court, Albany
Division, Southern District
OF Georgia.

In the matter OF Grady Massey, indi-
vidually and as member of Arm OF Mas
sey Bros, firm composed OF /. X. and
Grady Massey Of leesburg, Lee County,
Georgia.
Bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of the Above Nance
Bankrupts;
You are hereby notified that the above
named bankrupt has applied for a dis
charge from all debts proyable against
him in bankruptcy.
The said application will be heard by
the United States District Judge of said
division and district at the United States
court room in the city ofAlbany, Georg-
ia, on the oath day OF February, 1919, at
10 O. clock in the forenoon.
All creditors OF said bankrupt are
notified to appear at the time and place
stated and show cause if any they can
why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
Dated at Albany, Ca, this 18th day
of January A. D., 1919.
GEO. F. WHITE,
1t. Deputy CLERK.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

WANTED-Share Chopper for u
Two horse farm. Will furnish hogs
Of registered stock to raise on shares.
VIII share on anything that can be
raised or grown. Three miles from
I.eesburg. j. ID, Shi.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

eggs and 43 10 pounds Of butter
A close inspection detected fifty.
seven shoulders slightly off in odol
and but two actually sour.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

FOR SALE Several good farm
mules, mares and colts; and some
good Milk cows fresh in milk.
1-24 e. B. Lee.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

FOR SALE Farm in Lee County
2 miles from Adams, 2 horse farm
cleared, tenants on place. a y.
l~31 Mrs. II. + Cato.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-24

FOR SAlE-No.l Cedar Shin
giles. $500 per thousand, f. 0. h.
Americas. G. a, Wallace
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-26
What the Eighty Ninth Did.

1t is not easy to measure the services of
body of soldiers by cold statistics. You cannot
take tape line, scales slide rule or dividers,
and set the bounds of its contribution to victory.
But the record of losses sustained, ground
gained, prisoners taken and guns captured al
fords pretty fair index of the activity of the
troops involved, at least so far as the battle line
is concerned.
The Eighty-ninth division was twice on the
front line in the Meuse-Argonne campaign and
went through some of the heaviest fighting of
the war; While the regular" army divisions
suffered the greatest losses, and in every way led
in the record-making, the middle west boys were
not so far behind them. In point of major
casualties, the Eighty-ninth came off compar
atively well, with only ISIS, being twentieth on
the list that is headed by the Second division
with $3.50. In the capture of prisoners, the
Eighty-nnth is third, with 5,06l accredited to it,
the Second and First divisions leading in order
The Second division is first in number of guns
taken, with 343, but the Eighty-ninth is second
with III on its list This division also advanced
IS kilometers over the distance against the
enemy, driving back the crown princes best SOL
ders over that distance and capturing ass ma
chine guns on the way in addition to the ar
tllery taken. During its service it had 6,2S2 re-
placements.
In other words the Fighting Farmers" went
right along with the veterans, taking full part
in the campaign that ended the war in Novem-
Der instead of continuing it on through this
spring, and coming out of the hell of Argonne
Wood with the nickname conferred on them
fully justified. No wonder General Wood in
sists on calling them my boys" He trained and
organized them, and they made good. But it is
in the states that bred them where they will get
due credit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-26
Increase in Divorce.

Comment of judge on the number of d.
vorces being asked for in Douglas county
is to the effect that the situation is appalling"
To the mind that looks on marriage as sacred
relation, its ties indissoluble, something ex-
tremey shocking is found in the fact that for
every twelve marriage licenses taken out five
divorce petitions are filed. Sociologists will be
inclined to inquire into the facts and the causes.
They will not have to look far. 1t is undoubt-
edly the psychology Of the day. Marriage is
lightly entered into, and divorce as frivolously
sought. People are nervous, and the hysteria
that has followed the war finds its exhibition in
divers ways. One Of these is shown in the sud
den mounting of the number of divorces applied
for. Economic conditions may contribute in
some way to the problem, but probably only
slightly. If the situation shows anything, on
the surface at least it is symptomatic of highly
excited mental state, phase of life induced by
all the stir attendant on the great war. The
phenomenon is noted abroad, and elsewhere in
this country. and is not by careful observers re-
garded as due to permanent let-down in pub
lie morality or as seriously endangering the
we1l-established institution of marriage. When
the disturbance Of the war has passed and peo-
pie have again settled down to normal life, the
divorce courts very likely will have less to oc-
cupy them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-26
ODD AND INTERESTING.

The eyes Of starfsh are in the
tips of their rays
King George has a scuttle made
from a big German she'll
The chance of two fingerprints
being alike is figured as one in 81
100000.
The peak of Teneriffe, in the
Canary Islands. throws a shadow SO
miles across the sea.
1t is estimated that the worlds
railways represent One-SeVenth of
the worlds entire wealth.
The Holy Land of the Chinese is
India. 1t is the native land of
Sakya-Huni the supreme Buddha.
Shakespeare had a vocabulary of
some $4,000 words. The average
man has about $500 and some have
but I, 900.
An attraction in the public park
at Ouray, Colo. is pond contain
ing $4,000 goldfish. of all varieties
and sizes.
Hearing is the only sense which
is not active in new born child.
That sense is dormant until the
third or fourth day.
The province Of Manitoba is bigger
than England and Wales, and could
by herself grown enough wheat to
feed 40,o0O,000 people.
Great Tom" the chief bell of
St PauIs Cathedral in London. is
tolled only on the death and funeral
Of any member of the royal family,
or of the bishop, the dean, or the
lord mayor.
The smallest screws in the world
are those used in watches. One
screw to the naked eye looks like
a f1eck Of dust. Under magnify
ing glass it is revealed as a screw
with $50 threads, 4-1000ths of an
inch in diameter.
Gulls are attracted by any small
shining object, which accounts for a
valuable engagement ring, which
was accidentally dropped overheard
in mid-Atlantic from the steamship
Mauritania, being found in the
gizzard of one of these birds, shot
months afterward off the coast of
Maine.