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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-04
LANSING WANTS
IN OvERHAuLINF
by HARRY u. HUNT.

WASHINGTON. u. G.. Jan. g.
Nnclc Sans State Department. run
ming under heavy overload. as Q
result OF additional burdens imposed
by our new position Of dominance N
world affairs. II in danger of ser
ious breakdown. according Ia Seer
iary Of State Robert Lansing
The government now faces a de
clsion with respect TO the conduct Of
rnr foreign affairs" Lansing said
"l' must reorraniye and greatly er
largo the nenartment OF State or
hero viii he = breakdown OF thc
most serious character.
irmlsflca prnughf ~n the Real Wo.'-
E "The military effort of the Unit
States illuminated N the armis'icc
The reel work of the Department OF
State then began.
1T had 10 translate into concrete
International relations the ideals Tor
which men Ind given their lives
and Ia prepare for the discharge a.
the duties arising out of those rela
tlons.
Before the Spanish-Amcrican
War our foreign interests were al
most negligible compared with the
vast problems OF International de-
velopment. In the eyes Of Eurone
the United States was hardly n first.
rate power. Its International position
has. since that time. grown immca
surahly until today the greatest war
In all history has left the United
States economically and politically
the pivot Of the world.
THE war has not only given us
great merchant marine. but &, has
required the United States 10 lend
nearly $40 600 .000. 900 10 nations as
sociaied with IL In the struggle"
Additional Funds May Not Come
Through.
Placing of the State Department on
the basis that will be- outlined 10
Congress In q comprehensive plan
OF reorganization now In prepare.
ton. VIII add heavily To the expense
Of the department. And II seems
doubtful II the Republican Congress
which has failed to ratlfy the peace
treaty. and which homes to make a
show inc nf economy" for camnairf
purposes next flll. viii arr, 10 an.
propriate the additional funds witch
the new lansing plan would re- &C.
ANY failure 81 the departures 10
function. they believe. woul b.
charged 10 the inefficiency 4. the
Democratic administration.
Estimates of State department ex.
nenses for the next fiscal year. a. al.
ready submitted. amount tc Sis..
a2o.6e'. as AGAINST appropriation
for The present fiscal year of SIT.
$50. isi THIS increase OF si.gsf 600
however does not cover tho costs IN.
der the proposed reorganization
which. 1t Is estimated. Mould add
several millions more.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-04
QBREG0N SAYS army
SHOULD Be REDUCED

Ell PASO. Texas. Ia. g. Reduc-
ton Of the Mexican army To a peace
strength OF $4,000. instruction for
soldiers. and an increased Mexican
navy. are among measures advocat-
cd by Lieutenant Colonel Aware
Ohrcgon. candidate Tor .presiden, Of
Mexico. accordinr TO III Hehaldo, "a
daily newspaper OF Mexico Ciiy. The
paper publishes manifesto issued
10 the Mexican army by Ohregon.
one Part OF which reads:
Considering the high mission that
Is entrusted to the army that Of
safeguarding our national institu-
lions and our national liberty-it Is
necessary that the army. by which
term include the navy as we'll. he
organized on on absolutely moral
basis aud under the stricicst dis
ciplinc"
Among army REFORMS proposed
nv Ohregon arr equality among all
members of tho military service "a
To- pensions and allowances. cVclus-
ion OF criminals from the army
when their admission would he
recorded as punishment and es-
Enlistment of competent inspe,-
ton corps.
NJ Hcraldo publishes another
manifesto by Lieutenant Colonel
Obregon. urging that the RESPONSE
bility for the Mexican president be
extended 20 include prohibition Of
attempts AGAINST the free junction
OF CONGRESS- and the supreme court.
against the free eNerrls. OF the right
~ suffrage. against the sovereignty
~ tho sta'es and arainsi the proper
administration OF public funds.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-04

Wheat acreage In Potter and Old
hamcounties Is only 80 to 60 per
cent OF last years total. IL the belief
OF Harmon Benton, county agricul-
tural agent. IN n:a travels over his
district Mr.. Benton declared that
there were innumerable fields. which
were sowed with wheat last year.
that are now lying idle.
Climatic conditicna and the l'bor
shortage ars lssign,d as the chief
reasons for the decreased acreage.
Wages Oi ,drm ...rfCrs have gto az
increased. hut even hen much difii-
Guilty has boon 'Npse!onled In obtain
ing competent help oweyer. II u
believed thai the ucr1gi has nat
hen decreased ~ pO;icr aud Oldhan
countief as muvn - It has IN tho
Panhandle generally.
slow la Coming Up
Farmers are reporting that some
OF the wheat planted late has not
been coming up very we'll, said MIR.
Benton. termination has been de-
ayed because of the cold snaps.
Wheat which was planted earlier IN
The TALL has come up In petty kood
shape and indicate. point TO gooh
yield this summer
SIR. BENTON sald Tat h. was arg
ing many farmers To plant spring
wheat This Is do - the fact, lEdt
he large crop l's sum ncr deiaN,o
the preparing oi son io~ sowing VII
Ter wheat ordinarily this is not al
yisab,c In the Panhandle. Il ia undsi
/ stood. because OF the danger of there
net being sufficient rainfall Ia tn
spring 10 assure tho growth "a IT,
wheat. ut as an emergency w"''
,.Te for ono yea. ., 1, lelieval III
Il IL wort viii aIcml ting rrcaus'
OF the prospects oi n.Gch higher
prices for this years wheat crop.
Large. Ncrcas, Urged
Reports sta'a that the Souln
should be espC ally urged Ia In
crease rs acreage Of wheat. IN sew
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-04
oDD FELLOWS ATTENTION.

Monday night. JanIary 9Th. at
'.Se = NJ all Odd n llows are urg
entity requested TO be- present AZ the
J. q - y. hall. Thet - bus
iness vital importans .,,.e
me 7 iye. which viii. every
odd Fellow IN AmarI GA are
orr fly asked 20 avsI ,osrsalf of
~ rportunit. 20 BE- at Al his
" ing. ~ ne s'1
If KrSStp Fressors In 1
be Mexican
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-04

Daily News Want Ads Ca; Results
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-04
PANHANDLE WHEAT ACREAGE FAR
BELOW THAT OF PAST SEASON;
SEVERAL REASONS ASSIGNED

1Tal sections ~ the S0ilh. u o. Faid
,hat the re.IaildlN ti.h rfi,ts -!
cotton have caused The diversion o
land formerly used for wheat Ia cot
ton. Farmers In the South have been
urged To raise their own corn ant
meat as much as possible this yea
Ia order Ia avoid any possible short
age.
Figures show that the total d,
crease of winter wheat acreage IA th
country is nearly l2,000,OOO acres
or nearly % per cent. and a decreas
OF about the same per centage In ~,
acreage. or a falling qff In rye O
over 1905 acres This tremen
ious decrease Ia the country fore
casts decline of l1i.OO0.O00 e
.OO. O0U. 900 bushels of winter Whea
his year.
Al states I,cport decrease
The most significant thing abou'
the decrease In wheat acreage Is tina
Il applies To every state In the unio'
except three. whose aggregate acre
age is so small as Ia be- OF no mater
ial Importance The same thing y
true rs TO every State reported
detail on the rye acreage. Thus m
same conditions are applying In ~
cry section of she country. and
hey prevail In wheat aud ryr. the
are likely To prevail In all o'ho
'r0pa. for there o. no crop whi'
promises a better profit for the con
az year than wheat in ohio Their
q de- roase Of 5i0.o0o acres; In
lia.n shows decline OF aOo.ui
acres. Illinois. over Lice coo acres
Missouri. i,700.000 acres, Nebraska
s3O.o00 acres: Kansas. $500. 90
acres: Texas. r.lriy soc eco acre.
oklahoma. $4,000 acres: California
10000 acres. In Kentucky Their
vas decrease q. 10000 acres. o
20 per cent. Tenno ssee shows d.
line OF 33O.000 acres. or Z per cont
Arkansas. 10000 acres. or NOR
| han so per cent
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Mission Uses Boats.

A fleet of five gas boats. for the
purpose of taking comfort and in
struction to lumber camps and isolat-
ed coast Indian villages. has been es-
hlished by the Methodist mission
in Vancouver, British Columbia. In
former years ., a large Sea-going gas
boat patrolled the coast, distributed
literature, held services for loggers.
lumbermen, natives and trapperS.
nursed the sick and gave medical as
sistance to the injured. For years it
was an institution on the coastal wa
ters. But the vessel was sold to the
Dominion government, and the money
acquired has been spent on small,
stanch boats. Each boat has a CAP
tain who can preach and give first aid.
Some of the boats have women as
sistants. &
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
POWER OF WATER
Surprising What 1t VIII Do Under
Certain Conditions.
Jet From Nozzle Eats Away Large
Piece of Land In Day and Toys
With Boulders as If They
Were Pebbles.

When q man goes in swimming at
the seashore and slaps the water forci-
bly, with his hand, or takes back dive
from a pier and lands squarely on his
| back. he realizes that the unstable
| liquid offers not little resistance. Yet
it would surprise almost anybody TO
see what water will do under certain
conditions.
A stream from a fireman's hose will
knock man down. The jet from
nozzle used in placer mining in the
West eats away large piece of land
in day, toys with great boulders as
if they were pebbles and would shoot a
man over the country as though he
were a projectie from a cannon.
There is a story of an eastern
blacksmith who went West and made
d bet that he could knock hole
through the jet of one of these nozzleS
with sledgehammer. He lifted his
arms, swung the sledge and came down
upon the ten-inch stream with force
that would have dented an anvil. But
the jet, never penetrated, whisked the
massive hammer out of the black
smiths hands and tossed it several
hundred feet away into the debris of
goid-bearing gravel beneath a crumb-
ling cliff. After this the blacksmith
left out iron when he spoke of hard
substances.
There is also a power plant near
Durango, COL, where United States
cavalryman one day thought he had an
easy job in cutting two-inch stream
with his sword. He made a valiant
attack. The result was that his sword
was shivered in two and his wrist
broken,
a little thinner jet of water descend
ing 1000 feet to manufactory at
Grenoble. France, and travelling at the I,
moderate speed of 100 yards q second,S
fractures the best blades of Toledo.
OF course some persons will not he
rieve such stories without having seen
the thing. and one may think it proof
Of the scientific imagination to say that
an inch-thick sheet of water, provided
1t had sufficient velocity. would ward
off bombShels as we'll as steel plate.
Nevertheless. many persons, while
travelling. have seen a brakeman put a
small hydraulic jack. under one end
Of Pullman car and lift twenty tons
Or so by few leisurely strokes of the
pump handle and the experience of
riding every day in a hydraulic eleva-
tor tends TO remove doubts Of the
magic power possessed by water
hitched TO machine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
HOUSE HAS LONG HISTORY
Tank Cottage, Still Standing at Green
Bay, Wis.,, Place of Mucn
Interest.

Green Bay, once the center Of the fur
trade, located as toll gate to the IN
terror of the Northwest, claims the dis
tinction of having the oldest building
standing in Wisconsin and probably
| the oldest building in the Northwest.
The cottage was erected in 1776 at the
outbreak of the Revolutionary war.
Like the Cabildo of New Orleans,
which is the Oldest building in the Mis-
sissippi valley, the Tank cottage at
Green Bay is no longer used for prac-
ticaI purposes but rs a museum for
relics of former day.
Ii was in the Tank cottage at Green
Bay that all legal business of the ham,
let was transacted during the great
fur regime. 1t was there that mar
riage contracts were made and there
that the faithful gathered in prayer.
It was at this house in 1912 that Amer
leans made arrangements for aiding
the United States during the war
against Great Britain.
Joseph Roy, who came to Green
Bay in 1776, was the builder of the his
toric cottage. His testimony Is to the
effect that he lived in the house until
1905, when he sold it to Judge .Porier.
The building was constructed of rough
" sawn timbers and boarding made
by rip saw. Spaces between the up
right timbers and the inner and outer
walls were filed with brush and
plugged" with clay, mud plaster be-
ing used in early times TO ch:nk log
cabins. In the center Of the building
is a great fire place. still smoked black
from the logs which there have been
burned to warm the visitors and ten
ants.
1t was in about 1850 thar an entirely
new influence took charge Of the
quaint building. Nels Otto Tank, de-
scribed as 4 Norwegian gentleman and
Moravian missionary. an ardent stu
dent, highly educated. Il fine linguist.
speaking fluently six languages, be-
came it's owner. 1t was occupied by
the Tank family until the decease' of
Mrs. Tank in 1891. Then the Tank Ii
brary, which was housed in this old
building. was turned over to the Wis
conSin Historical society, and in 1t
were found books and maps which
have been used by students and law
yers in settling boundary disputes be-
tween Canada and United States. In
this house are TO be found quaint
treasures from Holland and bric-a-brac
from various parts of the world, in
Guiding the unique garments and fur
niture of an early pioneer day. Re
Gently the building was purchased by
persons interested in history, and has
been preserved as an historical land
mark and museum. 1t is visited by
thousands every year.-Fred l.. Holmes
in the Boston Transcript.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Beginning Of Japan's Great Navy.

A Confederate ironclad. originally
named the StOnewall Jackson, was the
real basis Of the Japanese navy. It
was sold ut the close Of the Civil war
to the Jaranese and renamed the Adj
yuma. When. in 1867. Admiral Emo
moto fled with all the Japanese fleet
except the ironclad, and attempted TO
set up an Independent government at
Hakodate, it was the smelly. grim.
wallowing old ironclad that proceeded
to tear the rest of the navy to bits. as
well as to destroy the forts under/the
command of the rebel leader.
= So thoroughly did the ironclad do
its work that the rebellion failed. and
its leaders were seized and exhibited
in iron cages throughout the country.
The work of the ironclad was not lost
on the japanese. and they listened
the more willingly to the advice Of
Henry Walton Grinnell. an American
naval officer who entered the en-
peror's service and rose to the rank
Of admiral. They began navy that
steadily grew in strength and number.
and one that received encouragement
from both American and British naval
heads.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Cars G!ories Had Departed.

Henry" said Mrs. Gadder. Y must
have a new motor car"
Good heavens, woman" exclaimed
Mr. Gadder. whats the matter with
the automobile | bought you six
months ago? Didn't you chooset th0e
upholsterng yourself andTdNnl't you
have every contrivance you could
think of put in the tonneau, by which
you added nearly $4,000 to the original
price," -
"Oh. yes, Henry! But I've been
about quite q bit in that car. All my
friends and acquaintances have seen
me in it repeatedly. and it no longer
attracts attention when go for a
spin along the boulevard. Dear me!
When I'm in that car I'm beginning
to feel as if l were wearing last
years dress. ."-Birmingham Age-Her-
AID
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Old "NeW Amsterdam"

In 1864, on the 9th of September,
Peter Stuyvesant. the Dutch governor
of New Amsterdam. signed the articles
of surrender delivering the colony into
the hands of Colonel NocholS, the Eng
lish commander. Several days previ-
ously the island had capitulated, but
Stuyvesant was reluctant to admit de-
feat. The British Immediately changed
the name of the city to New York in
honor of the duke of York, later James
IL, who was then at the head of the
British army.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Cup1d's "Shaft,n

A honeymoon down coal-pit SOUNDS
a bit weird and dark; but that, at
least, was the first trip made by
bride and bridegroom after the church
ceremony. The bridegroom was a
coalpit manager, and his new wife
had never been down a coal-pit, or
even seen one, till the wedding day.
At her own request they went from
the church, donned suitable ATTIRE
stepped into the cage, and were taken
to the bottom of the shaft, There
they had rousing reception from
miners armed with pick. and shovel.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
At Sea.

There is nothing in life that gives
one such a sense of distance. of in
finite remoteness, as the setting of the
sun or moon at sea- 1t defines the inn
measurable leagues of wafer which
separate you from those you love with
Il sharpness that is scarcely felt ut
other times. 1t is the only mark upon
the circle of the ocean and courts you
into a reckoning which there is some
thing too vague in the bare and inf
mite horizon to invite.-William Clark
Russell
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
peep Was Riqht.

Two mining engineers were discuss
ing deep mine shafts, and one had
told in glowing terms about mines in
which he had worked.
"Jump into my car and I'll show
you regular mine," said the other.
Arriving at the mine they saw the
hoisting engine revolving at terri
flying rate. The engineman was asleep.
Rushing to the sleeping man, they
cried:
"'Wake up. man! You'll pull the
cage through the roofw
"What day is this?" the engineman
asked, sleepily.
ITS Tuesday. but stop the engine
quick"
"Ah. g'wan." he replied, dsgustedly,
settling himself back in his chair.
"She won't be up till Friday."-Sci-
ence and Invention.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Most Important,

Mrs. A. L. Allen. the Freudian
philosopher, said In a lecture in Chi
cago:
81 know a young mother who once
decided to impart some of the mys-
teries of childbirth to her nine-year-
old daughter. so she took the child
aside and explained to her with hushed
reverence that the stork has nothing
to do with the coming Of little
strangers. that the baby is never found
under a cabbage in the garden and that
the doctor never brings him in bag.
"The little girl was very much i'm
pressed. At the end of the discourse
she put her arms around her mothers
neck and whispered:
Mother. have you told daddy about
this, tooT-Los Angeles Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
TIM Much For His Brain.

When a very mad lunatic is admit
ted, into an asylum all the other in
mates feel sane in comparison to him.
The other week new inmate ar
rived at Strngville on the Pole and he
was mad.
"Alas!" wept one slightly demented
creature. "What ever drove our poor
friend so insane?'
"Mercy!" gasped IN attendant. Hes
the most violent patient we've ever had
in this ward" .>
HE endeavored," reported the doc.
tor. ito discover some means in which
all the energy that is being expended
in dancing halls might be used in
stead of going to waste. .@..
And the thought drove all the other
inmates stark, staring mad again.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Animals Suffered in War.

Fifteen per cent each year Gf all the
animals in service with the British
armies during the war were killed. ac-
cording to statistics compiled by the
veterinary section CT the Imperial
War museum. In comparison with the
human casualties the figures seem re-
markably low. They are the lowest
figures recorded in any campaign.
Actually 4S4,143 animals lost their
lives, including $3.50 lost at sea
through enemy action, in all theaters
of war except that of the Dardanelles.
where 1864 animals died. Included
in the totals are 120,O13 camels, of
which 22,S12 lost their lives in serv-
ice. The mortality among the camels
was very much higher than that among
horses, although the latter were ex-
posed to more danger from enemy
action. In the last year of the war
1852 per cent Of the carels used in
Mesopotamia alCne died.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
PLACE HAS CHARM
Old, City, of Bagdad Is Luring to
the Eyes.
Once Within Its Streets, However.
Much of Its Interest Is Lost-Types
Of Almost Every Race There.

Bagdad from outside is aluring. At
first there is only foreground of fiat
desert, and in the distance lovely
rampant Of palm trees. Then almost
suddenly one sees some forty blue
and yellow domes and slim minarets
defined against AN azure sky, Maude
Radford Warren writes In the Satur-
day Evening Post. .'
This skyline is the most beautiful
thing about the city. If one looks at
dawn or at sunset across the rapid.
noisy Tigris, one sees the most beau
tiful colors, delicate or strong, pink
and pale green, hard orange and gold.
with the palm frOnds embroidered
against them. At dawn there is the
deep grooming of doves, and at SUD-
set the mingled voices of the people
crossing the pontoon bridges and the
women and children sitting on the
steps that lead down to the water.
telling over the events of the day, as
the men in the Lazars tell over their
amber beads Even when one enters
the streets and bazarS some Of the
mystery remains. though good deal
of the subtlety goes. s.
In the bazar, that place Of clashing
variety. of overbriliant color, one can
see every type of eastern face; one
can hear In the course of few min
utes speech in Arabic. Turkish, Kurd-
iSh, Armenian. Persian, French and
English. Then one can leave this
seething life and go out into the
desert, out into the blue, as they call
1t here, and. see nothing but space.
hear and feel only silence. Away on
the horizon there may be line OF
palm trees or little cluster of cloth
covered Bedouin tents; there may be
a herd of donkeys that one takes for
camels. so deceptive are the distances.
Or perhaps mirage will suddenly
open a marvellous vista of lakes and
islands remote and lovely.
a But all this is lure for the trav-
eler. The Westerner who lives in
Mesopotamia must see it with other
eyes. The man or woman who works
here must care tremendously for his
lob or else for the country which de-
crees the job. A woman who comes
with her husband must care tremen-
dously for him. For country clubs and
tennis and polo and races do not dis
guse the fact that to stay here Is to
exist rather than to live. Dust or mud
In the winter and Internal heat in the
summer; thousands of men without
homes.
No one uses the word "home" here.
They say "billet." A British child Is
a rarity. I know Of two men who
have children of five years of age
whom they have never seen. I have
met men whose leaves of absence are
overdue, but as long as they are fit
enough to do their work they can't he
spared. Good men are scarce. A
mans best chance Of getting leave Is
to break down.
But they carry on amazingly, espe-
cially through the months of gasping
heat. when from eight to five no sol
dier, is supposed to do any work;
when even the animals must do moth
ing; when people must wear their pith
helmets and spine pads all day; when
men out in the blue lie pantingly In
their tents longing for night to come;
when the most important piece OF
knowledge is the location of the best
stroke station.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-26
Moyinu Wheat in the Soudan.

One of the most novel craft encoun-
tered on the Nile is the grain boat, 1t
Is fashioned of willows and grass, and
Is propelled by two men who sit in
the stern and WELD pair of oars or
paddles. Occasionally a sail is hoisted.
These boats are capable of carrying
three to four hundredweights Of ce-
reals, and are the chief means by
which the wheat is carried from Khar-
toum to Omdurman. .n