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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17

the Hereford breed at the Chicago In
ternatiOnal live stock show, the states
OF the lower valley were experimenting
with d~airying. That was in 1913. Just
as these states have added more lau-
rels to their live stock wreaths, so have
they been making enormous. strides in
dairy farming.
1t has been found almost an ideal
country for dairying for the same rea-
son that makes it a fine live stock re-
gion. The big and primary essential
is low cost of production, and it is to
be found where the winters are mild
and short and the pasJurage season
long. The lower Mississippi valley has
these assets.
1t was not until 1912 hat Mississippi
bCasted a creamery. That one plant
paid farmers 81, 423 for products and it
made $4,000 pounds of butter, But in
1918 it had % creameries which paid
farmers 81, 262, $40, and these creameries
turned out 2,94Z, 94S pounds of butter.
The figures give one an idea of what
the dairying business is beginning to
amount to in the lower Mississippi val
ley with but a six-year start, more or
less.
1t took Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan and other Northern states years
and years to build up the dairy bust
ness to the point it has reached, but
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ten
nessee and other states in the South
are making bigger strides, all things
considered, than any of the old dairyinG
states.
It was not until 1916 that material
attention was given to the use of pure
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
SOLDIERS OBTAIN
NOTED OLD RANCH
Was Supply Depot in Gold
Rush Days-Called
Last Chance"

SMITHERS. y C.-The Hudson's
Bay Companvs old ranch in the heart
OF the Bulkley valley on the Grand
TTunk Pacific main line, known
throughout the Northwest as the
BLACK Jack Mcdonnell ranch, has
been taken over nv the Canadian Sol
dier settlement board, divided into
farms and allotted 10 tour returned sol
diers.
The ranch Of $40 acres which Is
seven miles from Smithers. VAS rstah-
liShed hy the Hudsou's Bav company
in the closing days Of the last century
TO supply food and farm products 10
arRunautg who followed the Telegraph
train through the Rocky Mountains. the
Blackwater country. QnrSnel. and the
Buckley valley on their way to the
KlontINe gold fields. h was the last
supply point for the gold seekers on
their long nrd dangerous journey
through the northern wilderness. II
was called in those days Last Chance
ranch.
This ranch Is distinct from the lands
which the liudson's BAY company is
throwing open for farm settlement
These lands lie east 81 the Rockies
They are distributed through every
town ship IN Alberta. saskatchewan and
wan river and include 5000 zoe acres.
Old Telegraph tran passes ttuOugh
the ranch. The irlll was first opened
about lSC0 and was one pant Of the
transContincutal highway used by col
onistS before the railway went through
to the Pacific coast. 1t was travelled
by such an army Of gold seekers dur
ing kluudike days that il is still plain
~ marked, though now little used.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
BIG NAVAL PRIZE GOES
TO SUBMARINE CREW

LONDON-The British privy council
has awarded the greatest naval prize
Of the war to the crew of the British
submarine Fla by giving them $3.50
600. The Ella four years ago sank the
Turkish transport Guj Djemel in the
Sea of Marmora with 5000 Turkish
troops and a crew of goo.
The $3.50, 600 goes exclusively to the
20' members of the British crew, aver
aging $500 per man. but 1t is divided
in proportion to rank. SO Commander
Boyle gets the largest share.
The prize courts ruled that the Turk
was not an armed ship" within the
meaning Of the prize laws, in which
case the allowance would be far smaller
and would go into a general fund. The
privy council, however, has overruled
those decisions, making the twenty
British sailors comparatively wealthy
men,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
LANDLORD IS SUED FOR
KEEPING FLAT TOO WARM

NEW YORK-Hyman Plotkin filed
a suit for $4,000 damages in the Bronx
supreme court against George and
Louise Singer as a result of the Singers.
his landlords, supplying too much heat
in his apartment.
His complaint states that Nov. 80.
1918. a valve of the radiator blew off
on account of too much steam in the
pipes.
He put his right index finger over
the valve. 1t was so badly burned that
blood poisoning developed and the digit
was amputated.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
N0RWAY'S TRADE WITH
u. S. ON THE INCREASE

CHRISTTANIA.-Norway's mercantile
shipping business with the United
States has received a big impetus since
the war by reason of the fact that Eu-
ropean markets are no longer able To
supply the country's needs. New York
and other American ports are now taxi
as the principal outlets for the over
sea trade of the Scandinavian countries.
Moreover, a great many American ex-
port firms have established branches
and agencies in NORWAY.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
BULLET LODGES IN NOTE
BOOK INSIDE POCKET

BOSTON, Mass.-Angered, 1t is al
legged, because he had been refused "A
Job, Francesca Buccana. 10 years old,
attempted to shoot c. w. jefferson,
chief engineer OF the steamship West
Point. The engineers escape was re-
m~arkablc. for the bullet passed be-
tween his right arm ana MS body.
pierced his outer clothing and lodged
in a notebook in the inside pocket Of
hig pDot
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
SEER GUESsES o

Aaron Shranski peddles
old clothes by day and docs plain and
fancy mind reading and palrnistry by
night.
\ neiehbor. disappointed in the fu-
ture Shranskl pictured for her, had the
seer hailed into court.
Are you an expert seer" Judge
Richardson asked.
Il am Shranski said.
Read my mind" the court ordered.
THE Judge is thinking ! am an hon
est business man. said the seer con-
fidently.
'Wrong-S25 and costs" said the
Judge.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
BEES BOTHER CHURCH.

MANHATTAN, Kan.-Bees bother the
worshipers of the church of which the
Rev. Roy lindley is pastor at Nash,
Okla. For several years the bees have
made their home in the walls of the
church.
Mr.. Lindley wants to add to the
church funds by saving both the bees
and the honey, and has written the
becologist at the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college here to find out the way
it should be done.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
Peabody College

177HE GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGEHr Teacher. OF Nashville Tennessee has
i dedicated itself to the task OF preparing educational leaders ir the South. 1t aims
suppement and complete the work oft the school systems OF the Southern states
by supplying a graduate school for those Of their graduates who desire mre prolonged
and intensive training; by preparing teacher, for their normal schools and universities:
and by preparing supervisors and other educational leaders, Through the teachers Of
colleges and norma schools which it sends out the college hopes to help the teachers
in the high schools and in the elementary schools to rain wisely and well the children
who arr mrusted to their care In addition, it hopes to act as an educational clearing
house through which will pass we'll d4eNel educational data and enlightened pc!aeopc
opinion to direct educational activity throughout the South
Toward accomplishing this task the college has gone a little way. Five new. mod
en buildings Ue Social and Religious building in the picture above is me Of thc,el
have been built and equipped, largely as a result OF the generosity q friends. and placed
OF the new campus adjoining that Of Vanderbilt University Th, arrangement has made
possible the present agreement with Vanderbilt University by which Pcabrl, student,
are admitted to Vanderbilt classes for such academic work as the, NAV nepI, without
extra charge. A faculty OF splendid men and women-lea1rs in their Gne-hayc been
assembled from all over the United States Tor this purpose # thoroughly preparing edit
caional leaders
The college hopes in the near future to be able to add some other much needed
buildings to its plant Three buildings which are much needed at the present time
ar a domtoy a building for the demonstration or training school, and a rural life
building
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17

Back Of the whole growth and inter-
est is the great essential, described by
GOV. Lowden as a duty which nature
has laid upon the South" 1t is a coun-
try Of naturally fine conditions for
~dairying. as it is for live stock, for
general farming and for other agricul-
Jural pursuits.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
Lowden a Booster.

Gov, Frank Q. Lowden. of Illinois.
believes that a duty has been laid upon
The South to become the great beef
and pork producing section of the Unit
ed States.
"You have an advantage in the
South which would be of immense val
ne to use in the North" says Gov.
Lowden. AT least 10 months in the
year cattle can live out in the open.
With us in Northern Illinois, five
months are about all we can count
upon it averaging,
II have said for 10 years, and | have
stated it North oftener than | have
South, because | have spent more time
North than ] have South, that no man
living can over-estimate the agriCul-
tural value of the South of the United
States, and | believe that more strong
lv now than | have at any time in the
past"
About the time that the lower Mis-
sissippi valley launched forth into the
live stock limelight by having a South
ern bull crowned grand champion OF
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
Long Overlooked.

In the light of demonstrations since
1918, it seems absurd that the South
has been overlooked so long by the
herdsmen and the flockmaster. With
its 10 months grazing season and it's
cheap ensilage, the South can produce
cattle, hogs and sheep at prices far
under those paid in the North, East
and West.
one of the great benefactors Of the
southern live stock industry was the
ate Herman B. Duryea, international
sportsman, h established Lespedeza
arms. at Hickory Valley, Tenn, and
hereby proved to the world hat the
,'outh was a natural attle-producing
rcgion.
For years it has been the annual
"pstom OF Mr.. Duryea to come South
N the autumn with his friends on a
hunting expedition. While standing one
day in a desolate spot in West Ten
nessee, he determined upon a mission
Of service. He observed that the soil
was worn thin, and the hills were cut
checked washing. Not a habitation
was visible as far as the eye could
reach.
Mr.. Duryea returned to Tennessee
and selected the most worn-out tract
Of land he could find. He began to
upon lespedeza as the legume with
which ne would restore the fertility of
the soal
Under the favorable climatic condi-
tid1s Of the South, he quickly produced
amazing crops of lespedeza, and within
a few years had so brought back the
soil that his other crop yields were
records for that section Of the country.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Duryea had stocked
the farm with the best Shorthorns
that money could buy, He was wealthy
and he paid the price. 1t was a trib-
ute to his judgment that one of the
bulls of his breeding went almost to
the top of the Shorthorn world, and
the son of this bull was almost
crowned International grand champion.
since his lamented death, Mrs. Dur
yea has operated the farm under the
management of R.. H. Scott.
What Mr.. Duryea did in the cattle
business in the South car be repeated
by others who understand the indus
try. He took WORKOUT cotton land as
lis foundation, and built thereon one
Of the finest live stock farms in Amer
ipq
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
Buys Champion.

In 1918 the South did not win a
championship at the Chicago show, but
farms at Hickory Valley, Tenn, paid
SIS, 900 for Imported Lord Rhybon, the
grand champion Shorthorn bull of the
1918 show.
All doubt that the South was a pro-
ducer of beef. cattle was dispelled at
The 1919 International, where five
grand championships were awarded to
Southern animals.
In the Shorthorn show, L~espedeza
Collynie, owned by l.. l.. Little, of Fay
etteville, Tenn, was crowned grand
champion bull, This animal was sired
by Lespedeza Sultan. In the female
division, Little Sweetheart, a Short
horn COW bred by a Californian and
sold prior to the show to Frank Sco-
field. of Hillsboro, Tex, was the grand
champion.
The South likewise triumphed in the
Aberdeen-Angus show. Or. j. I. Hig-
gins, of cambridge, Tenn, won the
grand championship with his bull, Idol
mere, while G. C. Parsons, of Ruther-
ford, Ala, captured the grand cham
pionship for females with his Angus
cow, Queen Mile Of Sun Dance.
In the Hereford show the South
scored again when the grand champion
ship was awarded to Bonnie j., a bull
owned by E. E. Mack, of brownsville,
Ca.
Not content with its winnings in the
cattle arenas, the South captured two
of the top honors in the swine shows
at the 1919 international. Peacock &
Hodge, Of Cochran. Ga, showed the
grand champion Duroc boar, Orion
Cherry King, Jr., later sold to Eastern
Arkansas demonstration farm at Brink
ley, Ark, and z, G.. Herlong, of
Micanopy, Fla, won the grand cham
pionship for Poland China sows with
Herlong's Model.
The cattle industry in the Southern
states is growing so rapidly that even
keen observers are unable wholly to
keep apace its swift development, Hun
dreds of farmers who prior to 1914 had
not been in the live stock business, are
now building notable nerds. They are
working diligently to cross the right
blood lines, and within the next few
years some names new to the live stock
world will be written large among the
outstanding breeders
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
Wins Championship.

he lAbllOl VI NiHlllIlS tue llIol EluAiN
championship for the South at the In
ternational show in 1913 goes to Point
Comfort XIV, owned by the late j..
w. Davis, who with his son, Vernon
Davis, operated La Vernet Stock farm,
at Jackson, Miss.
A severe blow was suffered by the
southern live stock industry a few
years ago, when Mr.. Davis died and
his remarkable Hereford herd was sold
at auction. Ii is a source of pride to
the South, however, that Vernon Davis.
the son, is buiuding up a new Hereford
kerd, headed by the old master, Point
Comfort XIV. He viii again be a con-
tender on the show circuit.
For three years after the triumph OF
Point Comfort XIV. the South rested
upor her lauYels. But at the 1917 In
ternatiCral the South again claimed the
live stock spotlight, when Ames Plan
tation Beau, from Ames' Plantation at
grand champion bun Of the Aberdeen
Angus breed.
While Ames Plantation Beau was
sweeping through the classes to the
crest of Angus fame, another southern
bull. Lespedeza Sultan, from LeSpedeza
farms, at Hickory Valley, Tenn, was
achieving almost the same success in
the Shorthorn show.
The monster white bull from Tonnes
see went through the classes to the
sweepstakes, but there went down in
defeat before a Shorthorn bull from
Oklahoma. There is a story that a
Zip of a coin decided the championship,
but it's authority can not be guaranteed
here.
Lespedeza Sultan was predestined to
become a great show bull. He was
calred in a railway cattle car contain
ing the show herd of the L~espedeza
farms while on tour. He swept like a
meteor OVat' the 1917 show circuit, and
although he lost the championship at
Chicago, it is a notable fact that his
son was crowned International grand
champion at the 1913 International.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
SOUTHERN LIVE STOCK RIPDLY COMING TO THE
FORE As THE LASSLEST STOCK RALSED IN U s.

Back In the late autumn Of 1918 the
stock world was amazed when a
southern bull was crowned grand
champion OF the Hereford breed at the
International Live Stock show In Chi
cago. IL was the first time that a
Southern animal ever had won such a
coveted honor,
In the light OF subsequent events. the
year 1913 should go down as a mile
stone in live stock history, for Il
marked the rise Of the ~rejuvenated
South as a producer Of beef cattle.
Six Southern beef animals have won
grand championships at the Chicago In
ternatioual since 1918, and two other
grand champions now live on Southern
farms.
The South achieved its greatest tri-
umph at the 1919 show, when four beef
animals, two swine and two sheep from
Dixie won international grand cham
ptonships in competition with all the
world.
Championship cattle, hogs and sheep
shown by the South since 1913 have
smashed the popular belief that Dixie
can produce only scrub animals. South
ern cattle heneeforth must be reckoned
With in all live stock arenas, because
southern breeders are fast coming to
the front, and today the South, includ-
ing Texas, owns one-third of all the
beef in the United States,
, 1920-02-26
RUssIA,s GREAT CLOWN.
Durov Had a Biting Tongue, and Hs
Dearly Loved PIGS.

The famous Russian clown. Anatold
Durov, held that. whatever your voca'
ton. the only thing that brings you sue
cess is work. Accordingly he became
the most Industrious, successful anc.
beloved clown in Russia and probabl!
the richest clown in the world. too, fol
when he died he left o fortune of 81,
OOO, 600 and a collection of trained II
mails that brought visitors 10 his home
from all over the world.
Born of an ancient and noble family
he was a pupil Of the renowned cadet
corps, but before his graduation he raa
away and joined II circus.
But he had no ambition to be an or
binary clown. lie kept in touch with
politics, with everything that took place
In Russia, and applied to 1t his wit.
Soon he became nn unlicensed censor
of Russian society in motley. EVIL he,
rebuked by jest ana gibe. No man was
in too high u place for his tongue, and
furious officials once brought about his
exile. Russia loved him too well fol
that, however, and soon he was back
in the ring. TO show that he meant to
be more discreet he appeared with a
paddock attached to his mouth.
He was a very famous animal trainer.
The pig was his favorite pupil, md it
is said that his pigs could do almost
everything that human beings can do
except talk.
A team of trained pigs drew him
about the streets. and so did he love
them that a pigs head with a ID to
the left was the device upon his seal.
He used to enjoy telling how. when
be was on tour in Germany, one OF his
pigs ran away and came finally to a
farm not far from Berlin. The farmer,
who was n kind man, gave the tired
looking beast food and drink. TO his
CONSERVATION. the visitor solemnly
mounted an upturned barrel, looked
gratefully at his host and stood on its
head as a token Of appreciation
Youths Companion.
, 1920-02-26
INCOME TAX IS
DUE MARCH Is
Penalties for Delay and Failure
to Make Returns-EarIy
Compliance Urged.

All income tax returns covering the
year 1910 must be filed by Monday,
March 10. Each taxable return must
be accompanied by check or money or
der for the full mount or at least one
quarter of the amount of tax due.
Cash payments are accepted only at
the collectors main office; If sent by
mail, they are at the sender's risk.
Residents of Wyoming should file
their returns with, and make payments
of Income Tax to, Leslie A. Miller,
Collector of Internal Revenue, Chey-
enne, Wyo.
Those who must file returns but
have not done so are warned hat the
revenue law imposes heavy penalties
for failure to get returns in on time or
to make payments OF time.
Early filing and early payments are
urged, in order to relieve the internal
revenue offices as much as possible of
an overload or the final day, March ~
, 1920-02-26
The BONDHOLDERS
AND THE PEOPLE
By Theodore Roosevelt.

BY Theodore Roosevelt.
Not many years & mi of the IA
rorite cries of those who wished to
exploit for their own advantage the
often iustifiable popular unrest and
iiscontent was that the people were
oppressed in the interest of the bond-
lolders." The more ardent souls of
his type wished TO repudiate the ma
:ional deb to wipe it out as with a
Iponge" in order to remove the "op-
PRESTON" The bondholders were al
Ways held up as greedy creatures who
lad obtained an unfair advantage of
he people as a whole.
Well, the Liberty Loan now offers
he chance to make the people and the
,ondholders interchange ole terms.
The bonds are issued in such a way
hat the farmer and the wage worker
ave exactly the same chance as the
banker to purchase and hold as many
or as few as they wish. No matter
how small a mans means he can get
some part of a bond if he wishes. The
government and the big %financiers are
1oing all they can to make the sale
Is widely distributed as possible.
Some bankers are serving without pay
IN the effort to put all the facts be-
Tore the people as a whole, and SO
make the loan in very truth a peo-
Pies loan. 1t rests with the people
themselves to decide whether it shall
be such.
The government must have the
money. 1t is a patriotic duty to pur-
chase the bonds. And they offer an
absolutely safe investment. The money
invested is invested on the best Sc
,urity in the world-that of the United
States; Of the American Nation itself.
The money canno be lost unless the
United States is destroyed. and in that
case We would all of us be smashed
ANYHOW. so that it would not make
, 1920-02-26

any difference. The people can, #
hey choose, now make themselves the
o~ondholders. If they do not so choose
and if they force Wall Street to be-
come the largest purchaser of the
bonds, which must be bought ONE
how, then they will have no right in
he future to grumble about the bond
holders as a speciai class. We can
aow. all of us. join that class if we
wish.
, 1920-02-26
No Hunting or Shooting.
Famous for It's Flavor

No hunting or shooting allowed on
Saratoga Live Stock Company Ranch.
or Donald McPhail Ranch.
A. L. DAHL.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-01-22
Two Most Prominent and Inter.
esting Members Of the
Family.
MANY OFFSpRINGS ARE KNOWN
Difference ,setween Grain and Wood
Alcohol Clearly peseribed--Fatal-
tiles Due to Amateur Attempts
to Make Grain Alcohol.

Chlcago.-While there are seventeen
or more alcoholic products known In
chemistry, there are two OF general
commercial use In the country-ethyi
alcohol, or ordinary alcohol, the kind
we used to be able to buy "for medicl-
nal purposes" and methylated spirit.
CT Industrial alcohol, which is popular
" called "wood alcohol" and which
does contain an amount Of that fluid.
Ethyl or ordinary alcohol is formed
by the spirituous or alcoholic fermen-
tation Of saccharine juices. The fer
mentation must be completed before It
is distilled. 1t is made from grain.
either corn. wheat. or barley. This is
also known as grain alcohol. The
formula is G, H. OH.
Methylated spirit. or industrial alco-
hOl, is made Of ninety parts Of ordi-
nary alcohol and ten parts Of wood
alcOhol-methyi alcohol.
Source Of Wood Alcohol.
Wood alcohol is obtained by the dry
Gistillatlon Of wood. The common
method of obtaining this Is 20 take
cordwood which has been seasoned for
about two years-beech, maple, and
birch are best--place II in iron or steel
retorts over a slow fire. The intensity
Of the fire is gradually increased as the
d.stillstion progresses, until at the end
Of from twelve to eighteen hours moth
ting remains In the retort but charcoal.
The dlstillate is passed through q
condenser, and The liquid thus gath