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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08
NUMBER OF ARMY ANIMALS.
Some Idea of Quantity of Horses and
Mules Used by Forces Overseas.

Some idea of what has been done in
furnishing horses and mules for overseas
service may be gained from a report made
by the statistical section of the remount
division. This shows that up to- Jan. IL,
1919, there had been shipped overseas
from this country total of 81 ,giS animals.
This included 5.4S9 cavalry horses, g, 1896
draft horses, 2s,0ss draft mules, and 975
pack mules. The total number of animals
lost en- route overseas, SO far reported, is
500 horses and mules, or less than per
cent of the total number of animals
shipped.
The total of animals purchased overseas
to date is 1926. Purchases of horses
in France totaled l09s 4S, in Spain, L.
53l, and in Great Britain, ii sos. The
value OF purchases in. France was 81, IL,
093.52; in Spain. S59S, l59 s96, and in Great
Britain, 1914, III, l5-a total value of $40,
5,s64.63 for 1927 horses purchased over
seas.
The total number OF as,asles purchased
overseas was 29,059; their total value was
| Sll, lis, S46.72. Nine thousand three hun
| bred and forty-one mules, valued at 81
| s95,927.76 were purchased in France: r.,
9il mules, valued at $3.50, 1874, were
purchased in Spain, and GIT valued at
| s., 6O0, 1922 were purchased in Great
| Britain.
| The American Expeditionary Forces
had on hand Dec %, 1918, total OF
| l9l ,63l animals. This total included &C..
023 cavalry horses, l09,52s draft horses
1854 draft mules, and 1896 pack and
riding mules. The total loss overseas t.
Dec. 25, 1918, amounted to 42,3ll animals
which included 36,lS9 horses and 6,l2.
mules
| No arrangements have yet been made
| by any foreign government for taking
over the animals belonging to the United
1 States which are now in Europe The
matter has been informally discussed il
this country, and the remount division
was informed that no objections woulc
be raised if the animals should be turned
over to our alDes, as there is an ampl,
supply OF animals in this country.
Plans are now being outlined by tn,
remount division for the encouragement
of horse breeding in this country with ;
view to supplying suitable cavalry an,
artillery horses in the future. Reports
from the bureau of animal industry show
hat there We're % per cent more horse
and "a Der cent more mules on the farm
III the United States on Jan. l, 1915 thar
on Jan. !, 1914. According to report
there is no appreciable decrease in tn
number of animals in the rural district
Of England. but there is about 20 pc
! cent decrease from pre-war figures il
france.-New York Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08

ment. then impress upon him the i'm
portance OF becoming part OF it, by
investing his money in Thrift and WaI
Savings Stamps.
The appeal to the pocket Is per.
petual. Once an investor, his interest
will be bound up with that of the
American people, and he will become
of permanent value as citizen and a
neighbor. His children will emulate
his example, and invest their pennies
In Thrift Stamps instead of frittering
them away on useless things.
A pertinent example of what may
result from interesting the children
of aliens is the experience of Freddie
Kadge, ten-year-old Syrian boy, on
the final day of the great drive in
October, 1918 This is his story:
THE Syrians were called to sell
Liberty Bonds on the Common.
helped them carry the things from
the car to the stand which they had
was asked ossell Liberty Bonds tic
help them Then Invent to sell Lib
erty Bonds. After awhile I sang KeeI
the Home Fires Burning and The
Star-Spangled Banner / wish / was
the age to enlist ir the United States
Army"
Such boys are the American men oil
the future, and they and their parents
deserve all possible encouragement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08

Spend wisely. save intelligently. in
vest safely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08

Get the most for your M ne::- today
ard have something left for tomorrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08
ToDAY's CASUALTIES.
Official Summary Released for Pub
lication This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, March s.-The
casualties released for publication
today contain 361 names, including
% in the marine corps. There are
200 in the morning section and 16l
in the afternoon section, a summary
& . l,a 4 49, - pall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08
Good Manners.

Some wise person has said that
"good manners are surface Christian
ity," and an essential part of good
manners is unselfishness. constant
thought of others, and study of :. the.
other persons viewpoint.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08
CHURCH NOTICES.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, En-.
erson building, Elliot street, Sunday
service at 1915 a. m. Subject, Man
Wednesday evening, testimonial meet
ing at 7.45. Reading room open daily
except Sundays and legal holidays
from to 5 clock. All are welcome
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-18
The Fullness of Our Day

"When every farmer in the South
shall eat bread from his own fields
and meat from his own pastures and
disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved
by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming
gadens, and orchards, and vineyards,
and dairies, and barnyards, pitching
his crops in his own wisdom and grow
ing them in independence, making
cotton his clean surplus, and selling
it in his own time, and in his chosen
market, and not at a masters bidding
his pay in cash and not in
a receipted mortgage that discharges
his uebt, but does not restore his
freedom shall be breaking the
fullness of our day."-Henry W Gra-
dy, 1883.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-18
South Carolina Landowners Associa.
tion
(By Geo. r. Wheeler, Manager)

(By Geo. r. Wheeler, Manager)
In order to bring real development
to South Carolina, within reasona-
Bile period, we should seek out the
more important in the very long list
Of necessary changes in conditions
and first take up those which will,
when brought about, make the way
easier for other activities.
A statewide highway system and
extensive drainage stand out as two
constructive features which must first
claim our attention. We should pro-
fit by the experience of other states
in highway construction and mainte-
nance. To sum up the whole thing IN
a few words, inso far as the road
proposition is concerned, the states
that built hard surface roads of such
materials and construction that stand
up under heavy motor truck transpor-
tation have increased the business
within the state; added to the popu-
lation; increased the taxable wealth;
introduced new industries; and reduc-
ed the cost of living in the towns and
cities by causing a great increase IN
the supply of farm and dairy pro-
ducts. l think that the slogan used in
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-18

advertising and publicity plan was al
so adopted at that meeting which plan
carries with it telling the world all
about the South and its opportunities.
The South Carolina Landowners As
sociation invites every man, within
that State, to join in this well and
carefully planned organized movement
to add to the happiness, prosperity
and welfare of the entire State of
South Carolina.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-18

rural schools and changing the health
conditions.
If We are to expect the live stock
industry to thrive and grow, we must
have a change made in the Chattel
Mortgage Law in order that the banks !
can lend more freely on live stock
and We must have Marks and Brands |
Law in order that the lender Of money !
can be able to better identify his COL
lateral.
South Carolina was once known as !
a great sheep producing state, but |,
the outlaw dog has killed the sheep !
industry to the extent that today there
are more dogs in the State than there
are sheep. What are we to have "dog
meat or lamb chops?" When we speak
of a dog control law, we mean one
that throws a great protection around
the dog that is loved and fed and
cared for by his master and one that
will control the dog that is not loved
and cared for by his master, the one
that destroys the neighbors property
in seeking food.
The South Carolina Landowners AS
sociation goes into the different COM
munities in the State and lends its
assistance in the establishing of home
markets in order that the farmer,
when he brings in some hogs or food,
feed and forage crops, can sell them
and go back home with check. A
good illustration of the work Of the
association along these lines can be
found right in the town of kingstree.
A group of progressive men of that
city and the county are taking hold
of this proposition and are pushing it
through to a successful conclusion. l
also want to say that group OF pro-
gressive men in Greelyville, Williams
burg County, got together short
/ time ago, at one of the meetings,
called by the South Carolina Land
owners Association and formed a
drainage project which will reclaim
large area of fine land and do much
towards putting the mosquito out OF
business, thereby making Greelyville
better community in which to live.
The actual work of digging the drain
age ditch is now well under way.
While speaking of real constructive
work, it might be we'll to call your
attention to the plans, of the South
ern Settlement and Development Or
ganization, which were adopted at the
meeting Of the Board of Directors on
December 1st, which provides for
bringing into the South at different
times on special trains groups OF
eastern bankers and representatives
of the Breeders Associations and live
stock men of the North and West, the
newspaper men and merchants and
manufacturers, in order that they
might see and study at first hand the
wonderful opportunities afforded in
these Southern States. A nationwide
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-18
Maryland was good one Prosperity
follows the pike"

Maryland was a good one Prosperity
follows the pike"
The malarial mosquito makes US
sick and uncomfortable. In fact, be-
ieve that this pest has done more
damage to the South in general than
any other one thing. We must get rid
of the malarial mosquito and all
kinds of mosquitoes and we can only
do this by extensive drainage. There
is no argument to be advanced ad-
verse to drainage, therefore, no ex-
tensive argument is called for in be-
half of extensive drainage. Only | do
want to say this, that we have in the
coastal plain of South Carolina 1,500,-
600 acres of potentially productive
land, as rich soil as can be found in
any section Of the world, which can
and should be reclaimed by drainage.
And l also want to say that this
land could be profitably reclaimed and
there are thousands upon thousands
of people who will buy and operate 1t
after it is reclaimed and offered for
sale.
The only way that we can finally
eliminate the mosquito is by extensive
drainage and if we are to expect the
newcomer to move on these poten-
TALLY productive low lands, we must
get rid of the pest. We need new
drainage law in this State-a model
drainage law, so let us ask the Leg
islature to enact one that will en-
courage drainage projects, one thai
will throw such protection around
drainas.e bonds as will increase tbell
marketable value.
The activities of the South Carolina
Landowners Association covers very
broad field. 1t is an organizaed group
of broadminded men who, with love
for the State of South Carolina in
their hearts, are seeking to do every
thing they can to bring development
to the 100000 acres of idle lano
within the State some of this grea,
area of land should be protected from
fire and kept clean in order that
mother nature can assert herself anc
cause the young trees to soon become
merchantable timber. We must, there
fore have a fire control law. Some o1
the vast area of land referred to i:
suitable for pasturage and We mus'
have extensive experiments in improv
ed and new grasses and / must sa!
that such experiments are sadly lack
ing right at this time; then there i:
the area which must be cleaned fo]
intensive agriculture. All of this call!
for bringing into the State new bloot
and new money to people and operat'
these lands. am very glad to stat'
that tie Southern Settlement & de
velopment Organization, with which
this association is affiliated, as vel
as the other land owners association
in the other southern states has care
fully lsid plans for bringing peoplet'
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-18

South Carolina. We must get ready
for all of this and we can only get
ready by doing real constructive work
in building better roads, improving
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

relaxation of passport regulations
before staging grand re-opening
Nogales, Sonora, opposite Nogales,
Ariz, has tasted the prosperity grow
ing from American prohibition since
Arizona went dry some three years
ago. The town has doomed and re-
ports are there is plenty of liquid
left for future booms.
But passport regulations and fr-
ture legislation by Dotn the United
States and Mexico enter the situa-
ton
At present thirst is no valid rea-
son to apply for a passport In
fact, good reasons for going to Mex
leo, in the eyes Of Uncle Sam, are
rather limited
The restrictions against importa-
tion will not permit bottle to be
brought back in the overcoat pocket.
A skinful is the limit
AS for the attitude of Mexico, a
high official at Mexicali credited
with speaking the thoughts of Gov
Estuban Cantu of Lower California,
endorses prohibition in the United
States for its effect on stopping the
spread of alcoholism among the ma
tive Mexicans
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

present costs of labor and ma
terials.
The law also authorizes the
secretary of war to ,.ansfer !. to
the secretary Of agriculture ma
terial, equipment and supplies
suitable for highway improve
ment and not needed by the war
department.
OF the 100000 added to
the funds available the federal
aid road act, the new law makes
S9,000,000 available for eXpendi-
ture by the secretary Of agricul-
ture for roads and trails within
or partly within the national for
ests. 1t also provides other
measures which are expected to
give great impetus to the devel-
opment of the road systems in
the national forests.
The original federal aid road
act, which became law in July,
1916, appropriated $75,000,000 to
aid in the construction of post
roads during a five-year period
ending June 30, 1921, and $rA,-
100000 to aid in forest-road
building during a ten-year pc
riod ending June 30. 1926. Not |
over $3,000,000 of the original
$S5, 100000 had been expended |
prior to 1919, so that $4,000, 600 |
plus $209,000,000 or total Of
1921 100000 Of federal funds,
viii be available, Of which $685.
100000 will be available during
the next three years. The act
and its amendment require the
states to provide at least an
equal amount on the post-road
work, and it is customary for
the states and localities to con
tribute toward the forest-road
work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04
DEMON RUM IS
EXILE in MEX.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Los ANGELES, Cal, March A.
With nationwide prohibition ratified
in the United States, Mexico, as the
last big stronghold of Demon Rum
in North America, looms as a haven
for the thirsty.
But in Mexico the situation is be-
ing viewed with mixed feelings.
Lower California's government, ac-
cording to semi-official sources, well
comes national prohibition in the
United States, not as a source of fu.
ture prosperity but as a step to-
wards reduction of drinking in
northern Mexico.
At the same time large contin-
gent in Mexican border towns pic
lures new sun of Mexican prosper
ity rising in the north.
Mexicali, opposite Calexico, Cal,
is well stocked with liquor. Train
loads OF wet goods recently have
passed over the border and were un-
loaded at Mexicali These stocks,
their owners say, will dampen
American throats for many a month.
Tia Juana-for years Lower Cali
fornia's sporting metropolis-is re-
ported as awaiting nothing but the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

the 1919 expenditures for roads
an dbridges at $685., 100000, OF
$110,000,000 more than the aver
age expenditures for 1916 and
! 1917.
An important effect Of the
law containing the new arpro-
priation is that it broadens the
definition Of rural post road.
under which class a highway
had to qualify in order to re-
ceive the benefits of the federal
aid act.
Under the old act it was re-
quired that mail should actually
be carried on the road or that
there should be a reasonable
prospect that mail would be car
riad on it within a short time
after improvements. The new act
says. "S = the term rural post
roads = shall be construed
to mean any public road, a ma
jor portion of which is now used
or can be used, or forms a CON
Meeting link not to exceed 10I
miles in length Of any road or
roads now or hereafter used, for
the transportation of the United
States mails, excluding every
street and road in a place having |
/ population, as shown by the |
attest available federal census, of |
$500 or more, except that por-
ion of any such street or road
llong which the houses average
more than 200 feet apart.
The new act also raises the
government limit Of contribution
rom not to exceed $4,000 a
nile, taking account Of higher !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04
FEDERAL ROAD BUILDING
PROGRAM.

With full state cooperation ac-
cording to the terms Of the fed
eraI aid road act, the United
States will have total of at
least $574,000,000 for co-opera-
tive road building during the
next three years. The federal
part Of this fund is assured by
an extra appropriation Of $209,-
100000 in the postoffice appro-
priation bill just passed by con
gress and signed by the presi-
dent.
Officials Of the bureau of pub
lie roads, United States depart
ment Of agriculture, which adj
ministers the provisions Of the
federal aid road act and cooper
ates with the state governments
in the expenditure Of tha money
point out that this amount Of
funds is the largest ever appro-
prlated for similar purposes and
for a similar period by any gov
ernment in the history of the
world and that it enables the
federal and state governments
to carry out ar oad-building pro-
gram of a magnitude never |
equaled,
In connection with the great
federal-aid program it is also
noted that expenditures for high
way work in the United States
this year are likely to amount to
a half billion dollars or more
On reports received from state
departments, the bu-
reau of public roads estimates !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

The registration books are now
open and every woman should
take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to qualify herself to vote.
Many women registered for the
special election in January but
there were hundreds who neg
lected to do so. 1t will not be
long before we have primary
and general city election and no
woman should fail to exercise
the right which was recently ac-
corded her. Don t delay longer
register at once.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

One Chickasha man offered to
buy his wife $25 hat if she would
wear it to church bearing tag,
Marked Down to $29S." Did she
accept the proposition? She did not
ST Simp says he notices that it al
Ways seems more like spring when
the weather turns warm
And Woodrow intimates that he
is going to have a peace league even
if he has to pull off his coat and
fight for it,
Also, there is a Chickasha man
who is hesitating about planting his
garden for fear he may want to drill
an oil well in his backyard
Another thing that tends to CRATE
on ones disposition is to have to
pay for ton of coal after it has all
been consumed. There are some
mighty hard-hearted people in this
cold and cruel world.
The Tulsa of Southwest Oklaho-
ma" is doing tolerably WE'LL thank
you, To anybody desiring to know.
you may give the information that
Chickasha is now a regular" oil
town.
Judging from the crowds in town
yesterday, the people hereabouts
have a pretty keen appetite for
"Dollar Day" bargains.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

In taking up the movement
for a public welfare department
Of the city government Chicka-
sha is getting in line with pro-
gressive citizens and towns
throughout the country. Such an
agency will help make Chick
asha a better town in which to
live and, if properly conducted,
is bound to be productive Of
much good for the community.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

Income tax returns are due on
March Is and Uncle Sam expects
everybody who is subject to the
tax to deliver the goods. Severe
penalties are provided for fail
ure to make reports as required
by law. Every citizen should in
form himself regarding the law
For the benefit of those who de-
sire assistance in making out
their reports, Mr. Bolen, revenue
collector in Oklahoma, is sending
a special deputy to Chickasha
and he will be found at his of
flee in the federal building with
in a few days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04
A STOLEN SMILE 'ER TWO

= y = = y y =
All He Could Get.
And so you sacrificed your good
name and everything for a paltry
dollar" asked the preacher.
"Sure!" replied the village tough
THAT was al the fellow had. -
Yonkers Statesman.
corking Good Idea.
81 always believe in saving some
thing for a rainy day"
How much have you saved?"
ooh, l haven't saved anything, but
believe in it."-Boston Evening
Transcript.
"Gone, But Not Forgotten"
"Are caterpillars good to eat?'
asked little Tommy at the dinner
table.
mo, said his father; what makes
you ask a question like that while
we are eating?"
"You had one on your lettuce, but
it's gone now" feplied Tommy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04
EXPRESS PAcKAeETTEs

= + = Z = = Z = = = > =
One lamp, thy mothers love
Amid the Stars
Shall lift its pure flame changeless
And before the throne of God
Burn through eternity,
Holy-as it was lit and lent thee
here. Willis.
First thing you know Chickasha
is going to be so busy that the Sit
and-Argue club will have to find
some other place to hold its ses-
sions.
If it gets much more oily around
here the clothes cleaners are going
to have some fat pickin.'
The Daily Oklahoman threw a
few duck fits when it discovered a
duke, baron or some such critter in
town? Calm thyself, Reginald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

HERBINE cures constipation and
re-establishes regular bowel move
ments. Sold Wren Drug Co.-Adv.
DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

TAKE HERBINE for indigestion.
1t relieves the pain in a few min
utes and forces the fermented mat
ter which causes the misery into
the bowels where it is expelled. Sold
by Wren Drug Co.-Adv. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

The management of the Sugg
theater is to be congratulated
both on the fine quality of the
attraction which was offered
Monday evening and ON the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04

large crowd that filled the house.
For the first time in many
moons Chickasha saw show of
the highest class and undoubted-
ly the people appreciated it. 1t
is to be hoped that the manage
ment will be encouraged to bring
more attractions Of the same
kind to the city.