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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
ARMOUR QUITS POST
Head Packers Firm Has Resigned
ia, His Position


Chicago, January 3.-Armour and
Company, for the first time since it
was organized, in 1862, today OPP
Grated without a member of the
Armour family in the presidents
chair.
Instead, F. Edison White, worker
from the ranks, occupied the con-
trolling station made vacant by the
resignation of J. Ogden Armour yes
terday, who became chairman of the
ard of directors. -
With the SHIFT in officials, Mr..
White became the president of one
of the worlds greatest packing in
dustries, its annual business total
ling more than 9 billion dollars.
Mr.. White started his career in
the killing rooms of the Goedei ana
Sons packing house in Peoria, H., in
1890. At the age Of twenty, he was
wtihe Armour and Company here az
a meat inspector, within year and
a half he organized and was made
manager of the sheep department..
Ten years later he was assistant No
Arthur Meeker, one of the vict-
presidents, and in January, 1912, he
was made a director. Two years
later he was named vice president.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05

with relatives at Fargo, N. ID.
Miss Rose Kessler has returned
from Madison Lake and is spending
a few weeks with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Kessler.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hannah Of
Springfield are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Weudelschafer/
Mr.. and Mrs. L.: Kendall were
shoppers in st. Peter last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Farrell were
recent guests of their son Roy Far
rell and family of Mankato.
Miss Anastasia Farrell is spend
ing a few weeks with her brother
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Far
Mrs. Alya Pettis and son w. A.
Pettis were guests Sunday Of Mrs.
Albert Lurth.
L. Kendall w. o. Shuey and Fred
Volk were among the anglers at
Lake EMILY Friday afternoon.
Messrs and Mesdames Albert
and Bert Lurth, Joseph and Herman
Lurth, Mary Lurth, Mrs. L. Shana
han and son Jerry, Melville Lurth
and Mrs. Alva Pettis were Christmas
guests of Mrs. o. L. DAVIS.
W. a. Fettis and Arthur Nc
Donald were business caller at
Winthrop Wednesday.
Miss Anna Kessler was a guest
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kes
sler.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Pettis were
entertained Christmas at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. o: L. Davis, st.
Peter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kendall and
son Clifford were guests Christmas
evening of Mr. and Mrs. j. J. Dobie.
Miss Hattie, Kessler was guest
Sunday Of Mrs. Albert Lurth and
family.
Max Hack and family of Kasota
are going to move into their house
which will be vacated this week by
A. .. Lee at Pettis. ~.
Miss Marie Reifschneider is
spending the holidays with friends
: Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Lee expect to
move to Kasota this week for the
winter. --.
Adolph Weiss of Cleveland pass
ed through here Friday with a load
of lumber which he delivered at Ka-
sofa.
Arthur Mcdonald was BUSINESS
visitor in st. peter Friday.
Miss Rose Kessler spent a week
dI JHS w. pltSaldIl
Mr. and Mrs. James Farrell were
recent guests of MI. and Mrs. Roy
Farrell. They are quite proud of
their little grandson who arrived
last week
]. J. Dobie was business caller
at st. Peter Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Conner
and children were guests, of Mr.. and
Mrs. DeiCs Gravel Christmas day at
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Livingston and
daughter Lora of Kasota were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Lee.
Misses Alma and Alice Ballman
are home for the holidays. Miss
Alma is teaching near Ladysmith,
Wis, and Alice is working at
Donaldsons, Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ballman, ST..
Of Cleveland were callers at the
Shuey home New YearsSday.
w. o. Shuey and J. ]. Dobie were
among the anglers at Lake Wash
ington New Years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Kendall and
daughters and Mr. and Mrs Fred
Fecheter and children were enter
tanned New Years at James Farrells.
A little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Kramer is reported very low with
pleuro- pneumonia.
Ernest Lindstedt of st. Peter was
calling on friends at Pettis New
Years. $780, 50 tt-
Misses Esther Griffith and Anna
Griffith Of Lake Crystal were guests
a few days this week of their sister
Mrs. Bert Lurth. ~
The schools in the Lurth and
Brown districts were closed for the
holiday vacation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
>RETIREs FROM BANK
:. w. Davies Has Been Active OFF,
Ger In Pipestone Institution
Special to the Free Press.

= Especial TO the Free Press. y
Pipestone, Mimi, January Ar
ter having been an active officer of
the Pipestone National bank for the
last thirty six years, 3. w. Davies,
On Tuesday relinquished his posi-
ticn as president of the institution
to A. C. Walker, prominent lccal
capitalist. Prior to the election OF
Mr. Walker as president of lie bank
it had had but two presidents in its
forty years of existence. L. A.
Black, now of Sioux City, iowa was
the first president of the bank hold
ing the position for eight years
when Mr. Davies. who was then
CASHIER of the institution, became
its President.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
Hearing In Bonn, Murder.

. = IASSoclated| Press DlSpatch.I
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis, January A.
Preliminary hearing for, John Magnu-
son. farmer charged with murder in
Chapman, killed by an explosion of a
bomb sent through the mails to hel
husband was called for today The
accused man retained counsel despite
previous assertions that he would not
mploy 4 lawyer. ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
WOMEN GRANTED PAPERS
Men Eenied Right of American CT
.zenshic at Rochester

5u,chas;cr. January 4.-Only four
81 The eight applicants for citizen
saip Appcsared before the court yes
.rrIav for their final bearing and
easn1iaatfun. Eolis Gjcrsoe, 2lo
S4conS street NV. and TeodoIa
Jaco3scn. 2l0 Second street NV.
y4re TIE oIy TWO who were admit. :
tra ard who received their final
hapei-s Both were women.
tif tie Remaining two that appear
e.. the application Of one was de-
ned, and tho other vas continued.
l't.e applications Of :he four who
did not appear were also continued
rn:;: soine future time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
THIEVES RETURN CASH
Part Of Stolen Money Given BacI
After Christmas Theft

After Christmas Theft
Rochester, January All but Sill
>pf the 5000 in currency which was
taken from the apartments Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Williams in =, the
Lawler building last Christmas day
was returned Sunday in curious
manner. ~
The money was found in a half
opened suit case that had been
standing outside the door of the
apartment The thief had, evidently
stolen up the stairs of the Lawler
building some time during the day
and had stuffed the money in the
case. Mrs. Williams saw the ends
of the. greenbacks sticking out, of
she started TO leave the apartment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
December 29-January 5-12.
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION TO
CONVEY LANDS ON CON-
TRACT

sT Ris 8s IN aE Proba eeuH eou q
General Term, December ,28. 1922
In the Matter OF the Estate of Bertha
Pedersen. Beceased. a
On Reading and Filing the Petition
of Joseph u. Meyer claiming to be en-
titled to conveyance OF certain real
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
gliding OF Snake Rare

Minocqua, Wis, January ALEX
blacksnake in the woods near Toma-
hawk late, yesterday. To find a snake
of any species in upper Wisconsin DUR
ing the winter is rare and old settlers
weather.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
CZIME ON INCREASE
ia,,dcs end Granddaughter Victims
aruer IN 1922 Than Year Before

.arqer IN 1922 Than Year Before
lkzeoci3ted PreSj Sspatchl
Chicago January. 4.-Murder and
.na asIzugfiter victims in Chicago in
1872 numbered 3e2, an increase of
&c oysr 1921. e was announced to-
dsy a .ptal Of POS murder or man
sIaucAtei. deaths were attributed TO
re Use Of a pistol.
Automobile accidents took the
lives Of 736 persons during the year;
ho;E;cide eases NUMBERED los, bring.
ing the total OF violent deaths from
rniirder, manslaughter, homicide and
,tS-id s,ts 10 ,OS7. Murders IN 1922
yere only i've less han 1919, the
rear o. the raEs riots.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
COUNTY RECORD
Warranty Deed

Eliza L. David to Arleigh Parker,
$3.50, lots and 4-15 Harvard.
William A. Holden to Frank Mat
tson, Trustee, 5000, lots 4, 5, 6, Z, s.
II Moore's Add, Moscow.
Patent
United States to John A. Johnson,
SkSWA and SWASEA 8 and NWA-
iNWA 1884 w. cont. 100 A.
Chattel Mortgage
Will B. Leistner to Potlatch State
Bank. s1967, due 1O-1-24 Crops for
1928 and after on NWANWA and
SkNWA 14-42-5 W., and NEA and
IE1lNWA 1926 W. horses, 2 sets
harness, machinery and implements.
G. J. Hugo to Moscow Inv. Co. $14,-
900; s4590 due 8-1-23; $4,000 due 1876
%: $1,000 due 1923, $500 due 9-14-23
and $4,000 due 10-2523. Shop equip
ment, all office furniture furniture
and equipment, all stock of parts,
lures, tubes and stock of merchan-
disc of every kind in brick garage
bldg occupied and doing business
under the name of Hugo Motor Co.
| John East and Ida East, his mother
to Guaranty G. Loan Co., $57O1.46.
$3.50 due 3-13-24 and $315146 due s.
1924. 900 ewes, 800 lambs.
A. e. Rosenau to N. Williamson
s744.65, $500 due 10-1-24 and S344.65
due 1O-1-25. 4 cows, heifers.
Earl Sprouse to N. Williamson,
SIPS, SITS due in so days and $50 due
in 80 days. 1 COW.
F.. G. Cameron to C. A. Mercer, $500
due / year. 2-3 crop on NEASW
and SWANWA 24-3S-4 w.
Chattel Mortgage :.
August Johnson ct ux Ida of Cen
esee to Albert Peterson $500, due IT,
1928. Lexiongton touring car.
Marginal Release
S. E. Mattson to William Holden
r-m 12-31-17, lots 4, 5, 6, Z. S-ll
Moore's Add. Moscow.
Marriga License
Raw Shoop and Edna Tyrrell, Mso-
COW.
Wallace Boil and Geneva Brown,
BOvill.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

PERSONAL MENTION


Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Harsh Of Deary
have been called to Michigan, because
of the serious illness Of Mrs. Harsh s
aged father. They expect to be IN
the east for some weeks.
J. N. Valentine of Spokane, vice
president of the Columbia Oil COM
pany, and Mr.. Anderson, OF Baker
City, Oregon, friends of Rev. H. II.
Mitchell, were guests Wednesday al
the Mitchell home.
J. s. Conner of Yakima was Mos
COW business visitor Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lang are re-
joicing over the arrival Of an eight
pound son, 'Verne Wallace"
DR.. H. O. Perry went to Lewiston
Thursday afternoon to attend a dis
trict meeting of the Methodist min
listers.
Miss Rhoda Bateman is i'll and out
Of school.
Mrs Frank Slater is visiting in
Spokane.
Miss Nora Hanson, from near Cen
esee, was a Moscow shopper Thurs
day.
u. S. Kelly of Seattle was Mos
COW business visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. s. L. Lewis and Mrs. j. F.
Stewart returned Thursday from
Spokane, where they attended meet
ing of the Daughters of the Nlbe,
of which they are members.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Estes of Pros
ser, Wash, arrived in Moscow Tues
day for an indefinite visit at the
home of their son, Homer E. Estes
Word from Lewiston states that
William Brown, we'll known resident
CT Moscow underwent an operation
on Thursday morning at st. Joseph's
hospital
DR.. w. H. H. Forsyth went to Lew
iston Wednesday afternoon 10 at
tend meeting of the Methodist MIN
listers of the district.
Mrs. w. F. Morgareidge and Mrs.
W. H. H. Forsyth went to Albion
Wash, on Thursday afternoon to at
tend a meeting of the Home Mission
airy society Of the Methodist church.
Rev. C. D. Bell went to Lewiston
Thursday afternoon to attend a MIN
isterial meeting.
Mrs. F. M. Leitch spent Wednesday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs l..
E. Stratton, near Pullman.
Mrs. E. Farris, son and daughter OF
La Crosse, Wash, spent Wednesday
in Moscow on shopping tour.
The annual thank offering party OF
the Main and Sunnyside divisions OF
the Methodist Home Missionary So
cieties, will meet together in the Ia
dies parlor of the church Friday, NO
vember 90, at two o'clock.
The Daughters of Veterans will
meet Friday afternoon. with Mrs. B.
c. Collins, sos West Thurd street.
Mrs. Thomas Weldon will be assist
ant hostess.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

At a recent meeting of Major An
derson Post No s. G. A. r., the fol-
lowing resolutions We're read and
adopted:
whereas, the Supreme Commander
has called our Comrade w. H..
Beardsley to the ranks of Comrades
gone before, be 1t
Resolved, that this post has lost a
loved and faithful COmrade and the
city loyal and patriotic citizen.
Resolved, that the heartfelt SYM
pathy of this post be extended to the
bereaved family and friends in their
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

antiseptic cream into your nostrils. 1t
penetrates through every air passage,
soothing and healing swollen, in
famed membranes and you get in
slant relief.
Try this Get a small bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm at any drug store.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

Your cIogged nostrils open right ~;
YOUR head is clear; no more hawking
or snuffiing. County fifty. All tne
STIFFNESS, dryness, struggling 1or
breath is gone. You feel flnes 70
be obtained at Corner Drug ana
Jewelry Store.-Adv.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

"A ~. hrs ,..... i, iiilSly)-l had
lie Blues awfuliy when came here
IN GIN, .l.s$ r'isiier, but they are all
zone now You are as good as medi-
cine.
Miss Fishers Little Brother-Yes,
father says she'll be drug in the mar
ket if she doesn't catch on to some
fellow soon,-London Tlt-Bits.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

sorrow and that copy of these
resolutions be given them. Also a
copy be forwarded to the Star Mirror
for publication.
(Signed)
r. P. DRURY
S. j. SCOTT
T. w. JOHNSON. So
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
FRESH VEGETABLES

Brussel Sprouts Arhokes Radhes. Bunch Turnips
Onions Bees Cauiflower,
Lettuce Celery Solid Lettuce, Spinach
Rutabagas Turnips Beets
Fancy Potatoes,
Golden Yellow Pie Pumpkins.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

Exceptional bargain on team mares
weight 2700, ages and years. Alb
solutely true and not a blemish.
Price $3.50. Almost new 3A Weber
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
FRESH FRUITS

Delicious
Beauty with Winter Banana apples for
California
Dauon Pears. eat Red Emperor
Grapes; lots of EN- and
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

wagon $500. Heavy harness, good /
as new $25. Call at Frank Griffith's /
barn to see them or phone 391. Hugh [
Burgess. 63
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS

Jeies, Soups Con
Pickles.
Swansdown Gaze
Devils Food and Burnt
Fruit Cake fAemz
Plum and Fig Puddings Such
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
CANNED VEGETABLES

Brusse Sprouts, Sweet Po
Sunkist and other Corn
Sunkist Tomatoes
Pork and Beans, Vegetable Salads.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
FANCIES

Canded Fruits Assorted
Halowi Dates Camel
Dates Dromdary small Layer Figs
Claus Prunes Fancy Dried Sun
Seedless Rasns Cand1ed Cltron
Orange Bleached Seedless Suana Raisins
Check off call
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

II your nostrils are clogged and
your head is stuffed because OF nasty
catarrh or a cold, apply q little pure,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
Cord Reading

Card Reading
Gifted card reading, Mrs. Harland,
Moscow Hotel, for week only. $3.50
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
MEATS-Canned and Smoked

Pack Shrimps, Lobster Crab
Salmon, White Tuna Fish Abaone
fresh half pounds whole
Swifts they have equal
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
CANNED FRUITS

Raspberres LoganbeFrles
Grapefruit Fruit Salad
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
CHEESE

Full Cream Cheese, Imported
Kraft Cheese Chill
Roqeufor Limburger Blue Hill Pi-
ment packages.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
CREAM CLEARS A
STUFFED-UP HEAD.

Instantly Opens Every Air
Passage-Clears Throat.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22

"HOME THRIFT
Capital s1O00oO0o.
PLAN AHEAD.
Thanksgiving winin
Read them and then step to the phone and
ahead insure the That
avoid the
FRESH VEGETABLES
Brussel Arichokes Bunch Radshes Bunch TurnD
Bunch Carrots Green Onions Bunch Bees Cauower Leaf
Onions Turnips
Potatoes, Red Peppers
Hubbard Golden Yellow Pie Pumpkins
FRESH FRUITS
with Winter apples for
California
Dauon Pears ripe sweet juicy ready to eat; Red Emperor
Grapes Carnischon Grapes; Bananas. lots of em and
clean red Eamore Cranberries.
CANNED VEGETABLES
Asparagus Spinach Mushrooms Sprouts
other
sunkist Pmenos Hominy sauerkrou Green
Beans, Pork and Beans and canned Vegetable Salads
MEATS-Canned and Smoked
Oysters and shrmps Lobster Crab
Red PnkS Fish, Abalone,
half pounds whole
pounds; they have equal
MISCELLANEOUS
Dressings Jelles Soups, Con
Pickles. Dill Pickles.
fresh
Fruit Cake Heinz
Plum Such Mince Meat
CHEESE !
Pimento Cheese, Kraft Cheese Chilli
Iimburger Blue Hill Pi-
nto in sc
CANNED FRUITS
Raspberr1es
Blackberries Grapefruit Fruit Salad 9
Candied Fruits Assorted
Hallowi Dates Camel
Packag
Seedess Raisins Canded Citron =
Orange and Lemon Sulana Rasins
theme off, and y
PHONE 1856 (
RRATT0N'S
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19
Bath TUBS SHOWN
As SAXON N0YELT
Shops in Saxon Capital Exhibit
Bath Tubs AS Leader In
Curios

PRAGUE, Nov 19.-(Bv Asso-
ciated Press. Prague counts as
many curiosity shops as the ordi-
nary city does butchers and bakers,
and articles of striking interest Oft
en- are to be seen in Uneir windows.
Not long ago one displayed an elab-
crate bathtub, pewter oTnamented
with copper, said to have belonged
to and been used by the late Emp
error of Austria, Francis Joseph,
and the exhibit attracted as much
attention as would have the actual
throne of the royal hapsburgs.
This piece of imperial furniture
was bought by man who made a
fortune during the war by selling
paper-soled shoes to the Austrian
army, and it became the most val
ued piece of his collection IN his
new villa near Prague. he showed
it to his visitors with much pridc,
and related patronizingly how much
it had cost him.
Then one day some one question
ed its authenticity. The owner at
ONCE started al investigation in vi
emma, and was in due time inform
ed by his agent that Francis Joseph
never used bath tub, preferring
daily sponge bath with cold water
and brisk rundown, and that dur
ing the, days of this emperor there
was not single bath room, or even
a bath tub, in the Austrian imperial
palace.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19

These figures show that the
Brat System" Of liquor control
in Sweden is reducing the volume
of drinking in the country, Accord
ing to this system any respectable
adult who is self-supporting, pays
his taxes, and IS not addicted to al
coholism may obtain a pass book
which, when presented at a desig-
mated liquor store, enables him t.
buy CERTAIN iquantity of spirituous
liquor for home consumption. Not
more than about a gallon a month
can be obtained on this book. The
record of the applicant is kept, and
if it is found that his privilege re
suits in drunkenness, the maximum
may be reduced or his book with
drawn. Sixty-three per cent of all
the males IN Sweden over the age
of 25 hold such books.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19
SALE OF LIQUORS
REDUCED IN SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10, - by
the Associated Press. The total
sales Of hard liquor in Sweden nov
average only one gallon a year ror
'every man, woman and child in the
kingdom, and the yearly sales of
wine amount to less than one pint
per capita, according to the official
statistics made public by the Liquor
COntroi Administration.
The report states that the sales
of spirituous liquors in Sweden have
decreased 1922 per cent since 1918,
and that the quantity sold in 1922
was 32.1 per cent less than in 1920
During the last two years the sale
of wines fell of by 1926 per cent?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19
Club ENDORSES
PROPOSED HIGHWAY

WAYCROSS, Nov. 70. The
move for new permanent high
way across the state from Colum-
bus to the sea at Brunswick, was
endorsed by the Lions Club of
gWaycross recently. 6 Nh. Reddy,
president of the Brunswick Mer-
chants Association came to Way
cross to secure the support of the
local people for the proposed trans
state highway and will present the
project to the Kiwanis club at their
next meeting. 1t is believed that
every citizen of Waycross win sup
port the move and help to put over
the project.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19

Public health authorities in Ger
many have recommended soy beans
as a substitute milk for cooking,
but not for baby feeding.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19
ANIMAL AND BIRDS
PAPIDL.Y DECREASING
Statistics Show Okefenokee
Swamp Ravished by Hide
Hunters

WAYCROSS, Nov. Animal
and bird life in the Okefenokee
swamp, though still plentiful
enough to command the attention Of
the sightseer or scientist who mas
explore the vast. mcland sea Of
South Georgia, is rapidly de reas-
ing, according. to ON. Wilson, nat
ural history expert Of this city.
With the possible exception OF
o'possums and raccoonss, the ranks
Of every species Of fur-bearing ami
nal to be found in the swamp are
thir ing year by year The black
o. hos" bear was reported this
year in large numbers that unusal,
aud the increase IS hello responsi-
Bic for the number that have been
slain by The Hunters near here.
Hide hunters are fastening the
day when the alligator viii sbe ex-
tinct in Georgia. Nowhere in the
state is this so clearly seen as in the
Okefenokec, the last stronghold
of the gator, where as many as
25 have been known to be killed
by a huilter in days time, it was
stated.
Among the rare animals of the
swamp are the offers which are
seen only in the winter. Many are
trapped every year for their skins.
The swamp people lay traps on logs
and snare the offers. Trapping IS
just now beginning in the swamp.
Much has been written in the
scientific journals about the Florida
water rat. This frisky and diminu-
tive roden, which has been found
only in small areas in South Caro-
line, Georgia and Florida, was dis
covered in the swamp several years
ago. 1t constructs nests of grass
a short distance above the water
level where it harbors its young.
Deer are sighted less frequently
than in former years. Only a frac-
ton Of their former number is be-
lieved to exist in this section, Mr..
Wilson said. Steps are being talk
en- to make the swamp a game re-
serve for deer and other animals
which are being killed off.
But, while the swamp is a fast
ness of fur-beaTiRg and cloven
hooved animals, it is no les a retreat
for rare birds. National legislation
passed several years ago for the
protection Of birds has done much
to preserve them, but their worst
enemies are swamplanders them
selves. The shooting Of a sandhill
crane by hunter in the swamp who
was aware that these birds are pow
almost extinct recently was wit
messed, it was stated. The white
egret IS seen at rare intervals.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-19
Bicycles tor ali the family
Girls, Boys and Men. Veloci-
pedes and roller skates. Go.
Carts retired while you wait.
COmpton's Bicycle Shop
205 Cotton Ave.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE

Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ca.
The following schedule figures
,rblished as information and not
guaranteed: