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Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-23
After.Dinner Tricks
No. 4o--vanishing Ten. Cent Piece

INV. HU--F dIIoHIIkB TUT NuHt TSto
To cause dime to disappear from
he closed fist is not difficult matter.
A bit Of beeswax or soft soap is at.
ached to the middle finger nail The
.oin Is placed In the palm OF. the hand
and, In closing the fist, the. waxec
ingernail is pressed firmly against tht
lime. The hand Is opened with q quick
aourish, and the coin has gone.
5opvrssAs. 1851. by Psolio Ledger Csmsana
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-23

MEDIUM BROWN HAIR looks
best of all after a Golden CLINT
Shampoo.--Adv.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-23
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fRS MORTON .

and mustard and few specks of
cayenne and some paprika. Into
this mixture of egg yolk and
dressing add two cream cheeses
and continue creaming till about
the consistency of thick mayon-
naise, then add the white of the
egg, cut into small pieces. Pile
on crisp lettuce leaves.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-23
%s.,s ,,s.IsoIis Fine ,s.ai.I A.,MG0I S29.50

Here are the overcoats you have been waiting fo~,
allwool manufactured overcoats in the smartest of
smart styles, at $29.50. All the seasons most fa-
vored styles and colors are amply represented in
long wearing overcoatings. Get your overccat now
while the season is young and get just that much
extra wear out of it.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-23

It is claimed that women are
more adventurous than men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29

cover 2 tract ten acres square, if it would submit to being victimized by profiteers, 1t was declared.
 Prices Exorbitant.
 For several weeks. 1t was asserted, the Ford offices at Dearborn. have been flooded with offers of coal with deliveries guaranteed. It was de- clared that the prices asked ranged from 100 to 300 per cent above the normal cost.
 The Detroit manufacturer believes that if he yields to what he terms "the hold-up" of the coal brokers every other manufacturer will follow suit, and that coal prices will reach an unprecedented figure. One source close to MT. Ford said the manu- facturer had "at the back of hls mind" picture of workingmen be- ing unable to buy enough coal to keep their families warm because of the price that eventually would be asked unless this profiteering was nipped in it's inception"
 The Ford company recently has re :. ceived large number of offers on the part of coal operators to sell mines. None of these offers have been seriously considered. however, be- cause Of the present transportation conditions. It was explained by per sons close to Mir. Ford today that the offering of mines meant but little, "as they can be purchased now eor almost nothing because of the large stocks of coal held by brokers"
 The manufacturer believes linking of the Louisville and Nashville and The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton rail- roads, tho latter his own property, would solve not only the Ford com pany problems but those of every other coal user in the lakes region. Coal for shipment Is available in Kentucky, according to advices here. and only awaits a means of bringing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29

he believes is a great principle, The Associated Press was informed to- day, in sources close to the manu- facture.
 MT. Ford, 1t was stated. has started what he declares is a fight against alleged profiteering In coal. and that he believes he is in better position perhaps to do so than any one else. He feels, 1t was stated that by taking up the fight he is doing every other manufacturer, as well as working men throughout the country a real service.
 Mir. Ford denies there is a coal shortage. The investigation of his representatives has convinced him> 1t was stated, that coal brokers of the country have an enormous supply of coal on hand. The Ford Motor company could obtain enough coal to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29
EIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE
 INJURED IN ACCIDENT

Sheffield. August 2S.-An automo- bile carrying 10 young people who wore members of house party. over turned last night five miles east of Sheffield fnjuring eight of the t.n passengers more or less seriously. Miss Louise Turner of this city was painfully cut when she fell into a barbed wire fence and William Walker of Riverton was painfully bruised and internally injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29

American Automobile association, made the response to these addresses
 The opening session was featured by the address of Charles O'Connor, field secretary for the American Au- tomobile association. Following an automobile ride through the city and county, the delegates were enter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29

southeastern division, American Au- tomobile association, opened in Mont gomery Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with an address of welcome by Mayor William A. Gunter, Jr., in behalf of the city and Ray Rush ton of the Montgomery Motor club.
 George E. Biehl, president of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29
Worthington Will Speak in Behalf of
 Seaport Amendment

Mobile, August 28.--(Special.) )-J. ". Worthington. personal representa- tive of Henry Ford in his efforts to develop Muscle Shoals, will make sew eral speeches for the Alabama sea- port amendment throughout the Ten nesgee valley between September 1 and the date of the election, Novem- Der [.
 This information was received to- day by Joseph H. Lyons chairman of the amendment committee of Mobile county, from Congressman John Mo Duffie of the First Alabama district, who obtained the promise of MT Worthington that he would speak in the northern end of the state for port improvement. MT. Worthington was for many years executive head of the Tennessee Valley association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29

tained at dinner at the Countr,
 An address by Senator Id Rogers, chairman of the state way commission, who discussi subject. Good Roads and The lation to Development in the featured the evening session,
 began at 8 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29
IS WAGING
 BATTLE AGAINST
 COAL PROF|TEERS
By Associated Press

Detroit. Mich, August 2s.-Henry Ford in announcing Saturday that his plants would be closed Septem- Der 16 because of conditions in the coal industry, began fight for what
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29
Automobile Men of
 Southeast Meeting

Montgomery, August 2S.-(Speeial.) The first annual convention of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-29
Police Court Cases


 Fifty-nine cases were tried before Judge H. A. Burns in the Ensley po- lice court yesterday morning. The majority of the cases were for minor offenses. Harrison Jackson, a negro, was fined $100 and 1S0 days in jail on a charge of larceny; James Cot sell, negro, was fined S75 for carry | ing a pistol; Percy Jones. negro, was fined $100 and 1S0 days on a charge of buying and concealing stolen prop erty, while Nelson Taylor and Alfred Hobson. negroes, were fined $53 each for violating the prohibition law. Willie Morrow. negro, was fined $50 for carrying concealed weapon. The members of the Matrons Bible class of the Ensley Highland Meth odist church will conduct an ice cream social this afternoon between the hours of and S:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W. A. Coggins, 2540 Nineteenth avenue. The patronage of the public is solicited. Two false alarms were turned in to the Pratt City fire department last night, both from the same box on the corner of Mitchell and Vines street. The first alarm was turned in about 10:30 o'clock and the other at 2.00 o'clock yesterday morning. A number of false alarms are being turned in to the Ensley, Fairview and Pratt City fire departments here lately and it is causing a great deal of inconvenience.
 So far nothing has happened while the departments were answering those calls, but it is pointed out that there is always a great deal of danger of accidents or that a fire alarm will come in while trese com panies are out on one of the false alarms.
 Personals Mir. and Mrs. J. s. Falkner have re- turned from visit to Clairmont Springs, stopping over on their way back to visit MT. and Mrs. H. M. Mechanism in Anniston. Mrs. A. D. Rochester has returned from Athens where she has been visiting relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. c. W. Hooks are visiting friends and relatives in Alexander City.
 Mrs. c. D. Gaines and little daugh- ter, Myra Joe, are visiting relatives in Albertville.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-21
Overland Mail Route of COS Spawned the Wilderness
and Was Mighty Influence InlPlshing Back Frontiers
After half a dozen years Of ex

After half a dozen years Of ex
Fermentation the postmaster-gen
eral issued an order creating Al
official transcontinental route fol
mail stages as follows: From St
Louis and Memphis, converging a
Little Rock, Ark. thence via, Pres
ton, Texas, to the best point %,
crossing the Rio Grande above E
Paso, and thence to Fort Yuma
Calf, and to San Francisco. TIL,
length of the route was 2,729 mile.
and the schedule time from St
Louis to San Francisco was Is day:
or about three days ahead of tn.
ocean steamer.
The mail matter transported
overland consisted almost entirel,
of letters, postage being at the rat,
of ten cents for each half-ounce
The first contract was awarded t.
John Butterfield, William B. Dins.
more, William G. Fargo, Hamilton
Spencer and half a dozen Other
prominent citizens of New York
The service was semi-weekly and
the compensation paid was upward
of $4,000 a year. The stage line
was very well equipped, having
more than 100 of the finest Con.
cord stage coaches, 1000 horses
500 mules, $50 drivers and 60C
other employees. The fare acros.
the continent was 500 in gold. On
each of the coaches departing on
the first trip from St. Louis and
San Francisco was correspondent
of one of the great New York dali
les of that time. The coach going
east from San Francisco made the
trip through to St. Louis in half an
hour less than "a days. The first
west-bound stage made the distance
in an hour or two less time. The
arrival of the first stage at San
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-21
Eureka Chemical Plant Outuut

CoA0AO SuO1U1C38A 1130t O0t00G
According to Manager C.. A. Well
of the Eureka Chemical company, the
plant will soon be producing six tons
of the now famous mucic acid daily.
We'll states that the test run proved
a great success. and orders have been
pouring in SO fast that immediate
steps have been taken to double tho
capacity of the plant. The value Of
the product is about $500 q ton.
The company is now paying Sd. 30
q ton for tamarack butts, and II buy
ing timber from as far west % Troy.
It is expected the factory eventually
will draw on all the tamarack forests
OF the valley. including those near
Kalispell, and this will aid materially
in clearing up large areas Of stump
land.
The product Of the plant IL eager
~ sought BY baking powder factor.
les. self-rising flour makers and IKE
concerns. and the Eureka concern
has orders on hand for six month";
run.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-21
Six Different Mail Routes
Between Missouri and Pacific

By 1889 there were no less than
six different mail routes from the
Missouri river to California and
the Oregon country, the annual
cost to the government being more
than 100000. A curious feat
ure of the early mail routes was one
mail contract between Independ-
ence and Stockton, Calf, which
was in effect for nearly year and
cost the postal department $50, 600.
The entire mail matter received at
Stockton in that period consisted
of two letters and rs newspapers.
In 1889 congress investigated the
western mail routes and there was
a general Shaking up" which re-
suited in saving of 81 100000 a
year.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-21
Holiday Develops Greatest
Stage Line on the Globe.

When the government decided
to contract for a daily overland
mail service, the contractors sent
out long wagon trains to transport
supplies across the plains to the va
rious stage stations on the frontier.
It required a train of Is to SO
wagons to haul provisions, forage
and necessary supplies for each
division of the line, as it took an
enormous quantity of these to feed
the army of employees, the hundreds
of head of stock and the passen-
gers. It was necessary to have at
each station extra teams for use
in case of losses from Indian raids
and other losses incident to the
|perils of 1000 miles of wilderness.
The speed with which the stations
were built and equipped was con-
sidered remarkable.
With the exception of a few
weeks in each of three years-l862,
1854 and l865-there was no inter-
ruption of the daily overland mail
running between Atchison and Ca
lifornia for about five years. 1t
was the greatest stage line on the
globe. and the genius who develop
ed 1t to its greatest success was
Ben Holiday, who had long and
notable career on the frontier and
was possessed of remarkable abil-
ity as an organizer and executive.
He employed the most experienced
stage men in the country. He
bought. regardless of price, the fin
est horses and mules of the type
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-21

ped his stage line with the best We
hicles obtainable. These stages,
built in Concord, N. H., were de-
signed to carry nine passengers
inside and one or two on the seat
with the driver. AS many as Is
passengers were carried at times.
In 1868 the fare from Atchison to
Denver was SIS. Later it was in
creased to SIPS, and then to $l75.
Collateral. lines were established
north and south. The fare from
Atchison to Virginia City, Mon
tana, in 1866, was $3.50. The fare
to Salt Lake that year was $3.50.
The first contract for carrying mail
from Atchison to California and
intermediate points was for 81 600,
900 a year. Later the compensa-
ton was reduced to $4,000.
Among the remarkably fas,
stage rides made across the plains
during overland days was one
made by Holiday from California
to Atchison. While in San Fran.
cisco he received telegram to go
to New York in the quickest time
possible. He sent word ahead to
his division agents to have every
thing in readiness and made the
trip by special coach from Placer
vile to Atchison. a distance OF
1000 miles, in IL days and two
hours, beating the regular daily
schedule by five days.
Holidays Fast Trip on
Overland Cost Him $4,000
This was a somewhat expensive
journey, the cost in wear and tear
of stock, vehicles and other ex-
penses amounting to $4,000. How
ever, Holiday considered it to be
a great advertisement for his stage
line, being the quickest trip ever
made across the plains excepting
by pony express.
Holiday remained at the head
of the Overland line for five years.
In the latter part of 1866 he dis
posed of rolling stock, stations,
livestock and all other equipment
of the line to Wells, Fargo & Co.,
which firm soon had exclusive con-
troll of all express and stage routes
between the Missouri river and the
Pacific coast.
Some of the most horrible afro
cities committed by Indians on the
plains were along the old overland
stage route. In an attack which be-
gan August 2, 1864, and lasted for
several days, the Arapahoes cap
tured train of nine wagons, cap
tured and destroyed several stage
coaches, burned stations and MUIR
dered a score of men and women
along the South Platte river in
Colorado. At the Liberty Farm
station on Little Blue river the but
cherries were worst. The station
keeper and stage driver were tor
tured in a horrible manner before
being killed, while the wife of the
former and their child were cap
tured. Ten settlers were captured
and murdered, and the same fate
befell ten employees of a wagon
train.
At times attacks on stage coaches
were so numerous that travel was
temporarily interrupted. It was not
an uncommon sight to see coaches
drive into a station bristling with
arrows shot into the body of the
vehicle, and bullet holes by the
dozen.
AS the Indian excitement began
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|ence to Sacramento. The annual
receipts were only S., 400, including
passenger fares.

receipts were only S., 400, including
passenger fares.
Independence was an old trad
ing point, and it became the most
important town in Missouri except
ing St. Louis in the early days Of
the overland mail. In 1880 it had
become the outfitting point for
long ox-train caravans hauling
merchandise to Santa Fe and Chi
huahua over the famous old Santa
Fe trail. The first stage coach left
there in May, l849. The stages,
even at that early time, were hand
somely equipped and carried eight
passengers. The bodies were
bright with paint and varnish and
were water-tight so that the,
would float in deep fords across
streams. Six mules pulled each
coach and there were eight guards,
heavily armed.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-21
BAcK=TRAILLNG ON. THE OLD FRONTIERS


TVI1E discovery Of gold on the
Pacific coast in the latter 4Os
fired the United States with
excitement and led to the rapid set
tlernsnt Of California with people
from every state and territory il,
the union. The invasion Of the
new gold fields, in fact, included
people from every nation Of the
civilized globe. While this brought
about, eventually, the establish
neht Of the first mail route across
the contipent, for a period Of nine
years after following the first gold
strike there was no time that the
mail was received from the east il,
San Francisco more frequently
than twice a month, and then by
steamer after it had been trans
ported across the Isthmus of Pan
anna.
The first overland mail west of
the Missouri river was established
in l848. and was called the Great
Salt Lake Mail. The first contract
to transfer mail from Independ-
ence, Mo-, on the Missouri river, to
Salt Lake City, was awarded in
1880 to Samuel H., Woodson. This
was a monthly service, the contract
price being $l9,50 a year. The
route was 200 miles long through
a country that was a wilderness
from Missouri's western border to
the Salt Lake valley. Woodson
contracted later with Utah men to
have mail carried between Salt
Lake City and Fort Laramie, on
the Platte river, where the mail
stages met and exchanged. At that
time there was no settlement be-
tween Salt Lake and Fort Laramie
except Jim Bridger's trading post,
called Fort Bridger. During the
excitement of the first California
gold strike another mail route was
established between Sacramento
and Salt Lake, but it was found
impossible to make the journey
oftener than once a month.
Early Mail Service on
Overland Slow and Uncertain.
In July, 1854, the government let
another contract for carrying mail
from the present site of Kansas
City to Salt Lake, but so frequent
were attacks on stages by Indians
that the contractors for some time
found it necessary to pack the mail
on three mules, escorted by three
men who also rode mules. It took
more than a month to make the
trip from independence, Mo-, to
Salt Lake City. When the stage
coaches were used passengers were
charged $50 to Salt Lake City and
$500 to California. The contractor
failed in 1856 and after that for
year overland mail service was ir-
regular. In 1857, when the Nor
mon trouble was at its height, Gen.
eral Albert Sidney Johnston, who
later was commander-in-chief of
the Confederate army and was kill
ed at Shiloh, was sent by the gov
eminent with 5000 men to quell the
disturbances, but was forced to
spend the winter at Fort Bridger,
and this necessitated the establish
ment of regular mail service to
keep in touch with Johnston and
his troops. A contract for weekly
mail delivery was let at price of
$l5,833 a month, and later the
government paid $4,000 a year
for carrying mail from 1ndepend-
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Francisco and at St. Louis was
hailed with delight and celebrated
in fitting manner.
First Daily Overland Mail
Established in 1861.

President Buchanan sent Butter
field telegram of congratulation,
declaring the event to be "a glor-
ious triumph for civilization and
the Union" He added: Settle
ments will soon follow the course
of the road and the east and west
will be bound together by chain
of living Americans which can
never be broken
The first daily overland mail was
established in July. 1861, from St.
Joseph, Missouri, and later from
Atchison, Kansas, to Placerville,
Calf. 1t crossed the desert on
what was known as the central
route" which was / 800 miles long,
passing via Forts Kearney and
Bridger and Salt Lake City. Five
months later the first telegraph line
was completed across the continent.
The Butterfield Overland Des-
patch, an express and fast freight
line, was started across the desert
on the Smoky Hill route in 1866,
but on account of financial diff
culties brought on by Indian depre-
dations, this enterprise was a fail
ure. Then followed a consolida-
ton known as the Holiday Over
land Mail and Express Company.
The stage stations along the
route of the overland mail were
built at an average distance of ten
miles apart, although in some cases
they were as much as IS miles
apart. Many were built of adobe,
or Mexican brick. The establish
ment of the daily stage service by
the shorter route cut the time of
crossing the continent from Is days
to 10.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
X. II. DANA TO WE'D
MRS. MUMFORD FEB. Is
His First Wife a Daughter OF
Longfellow.

The marriage of Mrs. Helen Ford
Mumford. widow of DR.. James G. Num-
ford. to Mr.. Richard Henry Dana, will
take place next Saturday in Emmanuel
Church. Boston. Mr.. Dana's first wife.
who died some years ago. was Edith
Lonsfellow, ~ daughter OF the poet
Henry Wadsworth LongfeIow. Mrs
Mumford has been associated with the
American Committee for Devastated
France, of which Miss Anne Morgan is
executive head. Soon after their mar
riage Mr. Dana and his bride will sail
for Italy. Announcement of the engage
ment last week interested many friends.
Mr.. Dana is II years old. His fiance is
forty five.