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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
.OOO-POUND BLAST MISSILE
PIERCES HOUSE MILE AWAY
Wreckage From Mine Explosion Goes
Through Roof, Bed and Floors.

PETERSBURG, Ind.-The genera
tor blew up at the Ingle No. 7 mine at
Ayrshire, Ind, late Saturday night and
pieces of a hywheel that weighed four
tons were scattered over a radius OF
two miles One part, weighing LOU
pounds, was hurled a mile and a quar-
ter and struck the two-story residence
OF Elmer Woods
The huge missile went through the
roof and both floors, and buried itself
in the basement. In passing through
the house it struck bed and penetrat-
ed the mattress, steel springs and a
feather bed. The Woods family had
not gone to bed when the crash came
AT first members OF the household
thought the house had been struck by
a meteor Of unusual proportions Sew
eral thousand dollars in damage was
done at the mine. None of the work
men were injured seriously.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
DOTS AND DASHES.

To whom it may concern: We want
to inform you that we do not allow
just one girl to eat candy in school,
The idea! We allow no such stingi-
ness.
Here's a riddle Tor you, brother: Mr..
Trammell says he knows but three
words-indehnite insufficient and in
complete. We wonder if he means this
is all he can spell Ask me if | believe
it.
This weather reminds one of a wo-
man-just a bit tickle; one time cold,
another time warm-tepid. Am | kor
rect? M. S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25

and chokes. But what else could poor
prisoners do, when laughs are strictly
against the law?
We have learned, much to our dis
comfort, that chalk is made to write
with and not to be thrown.
Stopping the clock no longer has
the desired effect, since all the teachers
now wear watches.
A closed door is not quite so inter
esting as an opened door (unintention-
al hint.)
Pencils have an Importance hereto
fore undreamed OF. They give us the
right to pass up and down aisles when
all other plans fail. Z. M. H.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
TAX ROUNDS.

The books of Terrell count, Georgia,
will open for payment of taxes for the
year 1921, on and after October l, 1921,
and will close December 20, 1921. |
will be at the following places on the
iates named:
First Round.
Parrot: Monday, October "a.
Sasser: Tuesday, October rs.
Brentwood: Wednesday, October 20.
Graves: Friday a. M, October %,
Twelfth: Friday p. m, October %.
Doverel Monday a. m, October 81.
Herod: Monday p m, October 81.
New Eleventh: Tuesday p. M, No
vember list.
Second Round.
PARROT: Wednesday, November 2.
Sasser: Thursday, November 3.
Brentwood: Friday, November 4.
Graves: Monday a. m, November I.
Twelfth: Monday p. M, Nov 7.
Doverel Tuesday a. m, Nov 8.
Herod: Tuesday p. m, Nov. 8.
Third Round.
Graves: Monday a. m, November IA.
Twelfth: Monday p. m, Nov. IA.
Doverel Tuesday a. m, Nov. IS.
Herod: Tuesday p. M, Nov. IS.
New Eleventh: Wednesday p. m,
November 10.
PARROT: Monday, Nov. %.
Sasser: Tuesday, Nov. %.
Brentwood: Wednesday, Nov. 80.
Will be in office balance Of time
only on Thursday, November oath.
]. O. RUSSELL. T. c. T. C.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
NOTICE..

The city tax books will open Sep
TENDER l, 1921. for the collection of
advalorem taxes, and will remain open
until November l, 1921. at which time
they will close, and executions will be
issued against all defaulters. This Aug
ust u, 1921. R. R. JONES, City Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
COSTS MILLION DAILY TO
GOVERN NEW YORK CITY

1t will cost trihe less than $1,000
COO a day to pay the 1922 running ex-
penses OF New York city, according
to AN announcement by the board OF
estimates and apportionment. This
ar7ourt will represent an increase of
s. 916, 429.99 over the allowance for
1921.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
CHANGE THEIR HOME.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Dozier, jr.,
moved few days ago into an upstairs
at the home of Mrs Nellie
Harrell
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
County Farm and Roads.

Whitaker work 40
1000
gallons 3l0
M 1880
NJ H Gardme
Va, 1000
Produce rutabaga and 30
ppBro Co 200
Pharmacy ands 1880
H 10000
10000
r
5000
Norman
5000
Sam 3652
sa1arv
Cook
hogs
for
A r & Co
Co fors
Lumber Co lumber
n O Co oil
Co
The SeIg Co. dnfectans ........ ......... Is
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
THE EXPENDITURES OF TERRELL
COUNTY FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
Court House and Jail.


NJ c Edwards Judge citv court salary September ....S 1888
balance September
10000
telephone
& Co Tor 7 ! P
Printing Mr Thrash salary Septemb
CogsU Co C
Davies Co blanks
D
NJ. on Martha Boyd and Tom ThrOwer
S.
Co. S 341
lights $045 house $148l 1870
Jail account
Dawson Hardware Co, courthouse REPAIRS l0
G D. Marshall cash paid B. l. Johnson option i0 0O
Johnson payment land
September
W. B. Cheaha, M, c. o. D. blankets 24o
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28
By O. Henry

I board way g the best / propose,
SAYS I, that we hand over $500 Of
this money 20 the chairman OF the
national campaign committee. get a
receipt on the presidents desk and
tell him about Bill. The president
is = man who would appreciate a
candidate who went about getting
office that way instead OF pulling
wires.
Andy agreed with me, but after
we talked the scheme over with the
hotel clerk we give that plan up
He told Us that there was only one
way 70 get an appointment in Wash
ington. and that was through a lady
lobbyist. He gave US the address
Of one he recommended. Mrs
Aver who he said was high up in
sociable and diplomatic rings and
circles.
The next morning at 10 o'clock
me and Andy called at her hotel. and
was shown up TO her reception room
This Mrs Avery was solace and
a balm TO the eysight. She had hair
the color OF the back Of a $40 gold
certificate, blue eyes and a system
OF beauty that would make the girl
on the cover of a July magazine look
like a cook on a MonOnga hela coal
barge
'She had on a low-necked dress
covered with silver spangles. and
diamond rings and ear bobs Her
arms was bare; and she was using a
desk telephone with one hand and
drinking tea with the other.
Well boys. says she after a
bit what IS it?'
II told her in az few words as
possible what we wanted for Bill.
and the price we could pay
Those western appointments.
SAYS she. are easy. Ie'me see. now
says she, who could put. that
| through for us. No use fooling with
Territorial delegates. I guess, says
she. that Sen. SHIPPER would be about
the man. He's from somewhere IN
/ the west Let's see how he stands
on my private menu card She takes
some papers out of a pigeon hole
with the letter s. over it.
Yes says she. he's marked
with STAR lndt means ready 10
serve" Now, let's see. age So;
married twice; Presbyterian, likes
blondes, Tolstoi. poker and stewed
terrapin; sentimental at third bottle
/ Of wine" Yes she goes on. I am
sure I can have your friend. Mr..
hummer. appointed Minister to
Brazil
Humble. says l. And United
States marshal was the berth.
oh, yes says Mrs. Avery. I
have 80 many deals OF this sort I
sometimes get them confused. Give
me all the memoranda you have OF
the case, Mr. Peters. and come back
in four days. I think it can be ar
ranged for them
80 me and Andy goes back TO
| our hotel and waits. Andy walks
Iup and down and chews the left end
OF his mustacche.
"A woman Of high intellect and
perfect beauty is a rare thing, jeff.
saws he.
As rare. says I. as an omelet
made from the eggs of the fabulous
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

I bird known as the epidermis.' says /.
\ woman ike that says Andy.
ought 10 lead a man To the highest
/ positions Of opuience and fame.
81" I misdodbt.' says ]. II any wo-
man ever helped man 20 secure a
| job any more than 10 have his meals
ready promptly and spread a report
that the other candidates wife had
once been a shoplifter. They are no
more adapted for business and poll
| tics. says l. than AlgernOn Charles
/ one of Chuck Connor's annual balls.
II know says I 20 Andy. that some
times a woman seems to step out into
/ the kalsomine light as the charge d.
ahaires Of her mans political job
But how does IL come Out2 Say
they have a neat little berth some
where as foreign consul OF record TO
I Afghanistan or lockkeeper on the
Delaware and Raritan canal. One
/ Say this man finds his wife putting
| on her overshoes and three months
supply Of bird seed into the canary's
/ cage. Sioux Falls?" he asks with a
kind OF hopeful light in his eye. NO,
Arthur says she. Washington.
We're wasted here" says she. You
ought 10 be Toady Extraordinary 10
: the Court Of St Bridget or Head Por-
ter Of the Island Of Porto Rico. I'm
going TO see about it,"
Then this lady, I says to Andy,
moves against the authorities at
| Washington with her baggage and
! munitions. consisting Of five dozen
| discriminating letters written TO
her by Il member Of tho cabinet
when she vac IS: letter of intro
ducuon from King Leopold TO the
| Smithsonian institution, and a pink
silk costume with canary colored
spats.
Well. and then what2' ! goes on.
She has the letters printed in the
evening papers that match her cos
/ tune, she lectures at an informal tea
given in the palm room OF the B. &
/ o. depot and then calls on the pres
/ ident. The ninth Assistant Secretary
/ Of Commerce and Labor, the first
/ aide camp Of the Blue room and
an unidentified cOlored man are wait
ing there to grasp her by the hands
and feet. They carry her out to S.
W. b. street and leave here on a cell
/ lar floor. That ends it. The next
time we hear Of her she is writing
postal cards to the Chinese minister
asking him to get Arthur a job in a
| tea store
" Then says Andy you don't
think Mrs Avery will land the Mar
shalship for Bill?'
~ not says l. I do not wish
to be a septic but doubt if she can
do as we'll as you and me could
have done.
Ct don't agree with you says
Andy. III bet you she does. I'm
proud of having a higher opinion Of
the talent and the powers Of nego-
! tiations of ladies'
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28
j. S BANKS PLAN
TO HELP FARMERS
Government Plans Ample
Credit to Relieve Plight of
Agriculturalists.

T. s Lands-\o
Ey international News Service:
WASHINGTON, April 27.-Suffi-
clent credit 20 pull the farmer out
of the hole" and allow him to CON
tnue operations, viii be provided
ov the governments program TO aid
-he producers. Comptroller Of the
Currency Crissinger declared today.
How the credit reservoirs are
20 De opened 20 afford new capital
90 the farmers. already loaded down
with debt and unable 10 sell their
crops. except at great loss. is 90 be
determined tomorrow at confer
ence between Comptrpoller Crissin-
ger. Sec'y OF the Treasury Mellon
and members Of the federal reserve
board
There must be immediate as
surauce given the farmers OF the
country that his requirements for
fertilizers. seed, implements and
abor. will have the greatest measure
III support through The banks" Girls
singer said. Comptroller Crissinger's
plan proposes that the federal gov
eminent and the federal banking
structure must stand soidIy behind
.he individual bankers in their ex-
tsnuons TO farmers of badly needed
credits.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28
GRANDYIEW

Richard Cover of Chain-o Lakes
nd. spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. 1. -. Ewers.
Mrs. Hattie Krill and Miss Helen
BOYER OF Five Points spent Monday
with Mrs. Edward KriA
Mrs. l.. A. Smith and g. r. Berry
spent sunday with her sister, Mrs.
smith Mnuken Of Lydick.
W. O. Sisk and w. r. Sisk and
their families motored 10 North Lib
crtv sunday and visited with Mr..
md Mrs NJ. r Ransbottom and Mr.
and Mrs John A Sisk-
Mrs. clyde Galeener and daughter,
Vera spent las Friday with Mrs. d.
CaIeener or South Bend
Sunday school at 10 o'clock Sun
d,v. Christian Endeavor at 8
O'Clock. followed by worship by Rev.
w. Duher
Mrs. CHARLES Groves and son, 10
seph. spent Wednesday with Miss
Zilirer OF South Bend.
Mrs. w. O. Sisk spent Monday
vim Mrs. Vincent Daurer of Ard
more.
Mrs Clint Christ OF South Bend
visited MONDAY WIKI leE 0aAEu Ter,
Mrs. CLYDE Galeener.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph JoAf were
SUNDAY visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Potter OF Sample
st road
Mr.. and Mrs Edward KILL mo-
tored to Lapaz. Ind, Sunday. and
visited with her sister. Mrs a. An
drews.
Grandma PoT Is III at the home OF
her granddaughter, Mrs Charles
Berry.
Mrs Charles Madison visited Fri
day with Mrs Van Glider OF South
Bend.
Mrs c. F. Ransborom and Mrs.
Ira Botorr spent Tuesday in South
Bend
samuel Bo.orff has returned 10
his home in Plymouth after spend
ing the past week with his son. Ira
Bottorff and family.
A number OF persons from this
place attended the reception given
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Ritnour OF Portage for their dauEh-
ter. Susia. who was recently married
to Jesse Kellar of Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Wilson
visited sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs Wade Morton OF Notre
Dame
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28
SAYS SOYIETS WILL
RETAIN THEIR HOLD
Former Polish Officer SAYS
Many Americans Detained
In Russ Prisons.
BY IatsrnatIonal News Service

BY international News Service
RIGA. April 27.--The soviets are
In power in Russia 10 stay and the
whites C@nti-oolsheviklJ seem 90 be
nearly non-eNistent," was tho state
nent made here TODAY by capt Ma
rian G.. Cooper Of Jacksonville. Fla
former member OF tho koseusk7 es-
QGadriue Of tire Polish army, who
escaped frOa a Russian prison near
Moscow and rrade his way into Lat
via. Cooper said there were more
than half a dozen Americans still de-
tanned en- PRISON near Moscow. in
GLIDING Capt Emmett Fitzpatrick and
Mrs Harrison. newspaper writer.
AT night we clmped ln the woods
80 We wouldn't lose our money. said
Cooper lou. food ran out and we
traded our underwear for seven
pounds Of black bread and pipe.
We posed as German prisoners and
We wanted the pipe as camouhage.
once when We were questioned
h. local soviet officials we posed as
Russian workn en-. My hands had
been badly burneI when NV airplane
was shot down In flames by Cos
SOCKS last July and showed the
scars TO the Russians saving they
had been caused by hard work
They let MS ress. We worked in
prison camps for eight months Dur
ing that time. wc got good chance
to study conditions among the
americans. II Mrs. Harrison and
Eipa trick had not received food reg
uiarly from the outside they prob
g. oily would starve 90 death"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

the country. But I hadn't much
faith in looks. so I was certainly
surprised when she pulls out a dOcu-
ment with the great seal of the
United States on it, and William
Henry Humble in a fine, big hand
on the back.
"'You might have had It the next
day, boys says Mrs. Avery smiling
I hadn't the slightest trouble in get
ting it, says she. I just asked for
it, that's ALL Now, I'd like 10 talk
to you a while she goes on, but
I'm awfully busy. and I know you'll
excuse me. I've got an Ambassa-
dorship, two Consulates and a dozen
other minor applications 10 look
after. 1 can hardly find time to
sleep at all You give my COM
pliments to Mr.. n. lie when you
get home, of course.
Well I handed her the $780,
which she pitched into her desk
drawer without counting. 1 put Bill $
appointment in my pocket and me
and Andy made our adieus.
w started BACK lot the 1eIlllOAy
the same day. We wired Bill: Job
landed; get the tall glasses ready
and we felt pretty good.
Andy joshed me all the way about
how little I knew about women.
"'All right says I. I'll admit
that she surprised me. But it's the
first time l ever knew one Of EN-
a-s~,-r~4o q, r,foco Of business on
time without getting it bungled up in
some way says l.
The paper was for Bill. all right,
and a genuine document, but IL ap-
pointed him postmaster Of Dade City,
Fla.
Il never saw Bill Humble after
that"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28
PESKY BED BUGS

Bedbugs law an average Of seven eggs
per day. Under favorable conditions
they hatch in five days of which two
thirds are females. They mature to
adult size and are capable Of laying in
four weeks. How many bedbugs would
YOU have in a year IL you left one fe-
male or egg unmOlested for one year?
To rid the pesky bedbug. you can read
preparation that viii kill the eggs as
we'll rs the live ones. Z. d. Q. has been
demonstrated by the leading hospitals.
Hotels and Railroad Companies that the
safest and most economical way TO stOl.
future generations of bedbugs reaches.
fieas and ants is to use the new discov-
cry Pesky Devils Quietus p. ID. O."
A &c package Of z. ID. Q. makes a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

quart. enough 20 kill million bedbugs.
reaches. fieas and cOties and at the
SINE time destroy their eggs
Impossible Cor them to exist when Z.
d. .. is properly used Free, patent
spout in every package to get the pesky
devils in the bard-tO- get at places and
save the juice.
Special Hospital and Hotel size $3.50
makes Eve gallons Of =. D. Q.-your
druggist has it or can get it for YOU.
or sent prepaid upon receipt Of price by
the Owl Chemical Co, Terre Haute, Ind.
Success Of z. d. Q. has caused imita-
tors: genuine =. ID. Q. IS never peddled.
Sold by American Drug store. Central
Drug store. South Bend; Red Cross
Pharmacy, Mishawaka; opera * Fruma s
Drug store. Elkhart, Ind. ADV.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

and doctored but without any i'm
provement. A neighbor recommended
Lydia F.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound to me, and the second day after
l started taking it began to feel
better and l kepton taking it for seven
months. Now keep house and per-
form all my household duties. You
can use these facts as you please and
l will recommend Vegetable Com
pound to everyone who suffers as l
did. Mrs. J. S. LITTLE, 9455 Liv-
ingston ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
How much harder the daily tasks
of a woman become when she suffers
from such distressing symptoms and
weakness as did Mrs. Little. Such
troubles may be speedily overcome by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

BALGRIGGAN SHIRTS AND
DRAWERS (Friday and SAT-
urday only, 3 for ......S1.OO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

1T was evident she was going 20
be a martyr. II was just the sort
o. thing she enjoyed" From the
new Confessions Of a Husband %
the mans side or married life. be-
ginning Monday IN the News-Tmes.
s554-I
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

We was back AT Mrs. Avery's no
tel al the time she appointed She
was looking pretty and fine enough.
- far as that went. 10 make any
man let her name every officer in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28

down most or the
time and felt bad
in my left side. Ny
monthly periods
were irregular,
sometimes five or
seven month S
Iapart and when
they did appear
would last for two
weeks and were
|verypainful. Twas
sick for about a
wear and a half
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-28
AN OPEN LETTER
TO WOMEN
Mrs. Little Tells How She
Suffered and How Finally
Cured

Philadelphia, PAT was not able
to do my homework and had to lie
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-22
ALLEGED SINNER
SLAIN BY OFFICER

Arkadelphia. June 20.-Walter
Shmffield, aged 80. was shot and
instantly killed near Curtis at
6:30 o'clock Yesterday morning by
Deputy Sheriff Fred f. Wright of
Gnrdon. Shurffield and another
man. who escaped. We're found OPP
Grating still. the officers said, and
upon Wright command 10 halt, the
men started running. The officer
fired three times with Winchester
pump gun.
One No. 3 buckshot pierced the
back of the mans skull and another
entered his back between the shout
ders. Shurffield was more than 100
yards away when Wright fired the
fatal shot. When the officer reach
ed the man he was dead.
Accompanying Wright was Deputy
!Sheriff Ed Bloomfield. also of Cur
|don. Coroner Harris conducted an
inquest, returning verdict to the
effect that Shurifield came to his
death from gunshot wound inflict-
ed by Deputy Sheriff Wright.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-22
Grandpa" Sloan Dead.

Grandpa" H. r. Sloan. aged ~
years. died Sunday at 3 O'Clock p.
M. at the home of his son, John
Sloan, in the Howell addition, aft
err an Illness of several weeks with
He was operated on
at the sanitarium about ten days
ago. but owing TO the fact that
the disease was so far advanced, Mr..
Sloan failed to rally. He is sur
yived by one son. John, with whom
he had made his home since last
July when his wife died. Deceased
was member OF the Baptist church.
He was born in Tennessee and came
to Arkansas when quite young. and
was reared in Poinsett county, near
Harrisburg. The funeral was held
this afternoon at O'Clock, Rev
b. l.. Bridges. assisted by Rev. NJ.
NJ. Smith. officiating. Funeral ser
vices were under the auspices of
the Masonic lodge and were held at
Browns Chapel.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-22
HANKS HELD IN JAIL
FOR KILLING MYERS

I.uxora. June 20.--A. b. Hanks
must remain in jail until the Arlan-
eas courts decide that he is not
guilty of the charge of murder in
the first degree placed against him
for the killing of II. Myers, farmer,
on the Moore & McFerrin place,
near here. on June 6.
The killing of Myers was unjusti-
fable. witnesses say. Hanks, man
of family and means and on whose
place Myers lived. contends that he
killed Myers III self-defense when
the latter advanced on him with
la stick Myers. according to Hanks.
was beating mule and he stopped
to urge him to dcsist.
The sum Of S100 that Myers is
known to have had on his person al
the time of the killing has not been
found.
County Judge keck held the pre-
liminary hearing and ordered Hanks
sent to jail without bail. Circuit
Judge Dudley refused to grant Hanks
mis- freedom when habeas corpus
writ was brought before him.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-22
A New Kind of Berry.

About five years ago Mrs. Marie
Justice noticed that volunteer ber-
ry vine had sprung up in her yard.
She guarded the young plant for a
year to see what character Of berry
il would bear. The vines now bear
a bright red, juicy berry which
grows in prickly burr which opens
out and displays when grown, a
delicious berry. Mrs. Justices de-
sires the berry growers of the coun-
ty to call and inspect the bush and
berries which may prove good
type OF berry to invest in. Mrs.
Justice will divide the vines at her
place with some of the berry grow
ers who wish to experiment with a
new variety.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-22
BANDITS SECURE
HEAVY PAY ROLL
Omitted Press .AssociatiOns)

Granite City, H., June 2O.-Five
bandits held up John Metro. driver
for the American Railway Express
Company, and seized a payroll con-
tanning over seventeen thousand dol
lars. then made their escape. The
shipment was being carried from
the company's building to the rail
way station, and the holdup occurred
in the very heart of the business
district of the city.
ROBBERY AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia. Pa, June 20.-Four
auto bandits held up and robbed
Fred Myers. messenger for the
Mutual Trust Company, taking ten
thousand dollars in cash. The hold
up took place at the door of the
bank.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-22
RAILROAD MAY BE BUILT IN
MACKENZIE RIVER OIL LANDS

Edmonton, Alberta.-A new rail-
way to tap the Mackenzie river oil
fields is planned by twelve Edmon-
ton business men. including r. G..
Brett. Lieutenant Governor of Al
berta, who have applied for a char
ter to the Dominion parliament.
The Edmonton & Mackenzie river
railway Will be the name OF the
line. which viii have It's southern
terminus at Fort McNiurray, on
Athabasca river, where the Alberta
&. Great Waterways railway from
Edmonton now ends. ii will run
to the mouth of Hay river, on
Great Slave lake, crossing Peace riv-
err near its junction with Jaekfish
river Ii will be 400 miles long
and will cost s35, 600 per mile. Only
l part of the route has been sur
reyed. but it is said there will be
no engineering difficulties.
The Alberta & Great Waterways