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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
TAX LEGISLATION
URGED BY WAL ER
GOVERNOR ALSO VORS A
STATE BOND ISSUE FOR ED
UCATION AND ROADS.

A complete change of Georgia's tax
system by the substitution of a CLASH
hcation tax and an income tax for the
present ad valorem system under the
equalization plan, and issuance of
100000 to $15,000,000 in state
bonds to improve and expand the en-
tire educational facilities of the state,
were advocated by Governor Walker
in a special message delivered to the
general assembly.
The governor did not propose the
absolute abandonment of the advalo-
rem system, but declared that it had
broken down as applied under the
equalization program, and he urged
the necessity of classification and in
come taxes as the best and most feast
bic of supplementing the state revenue
without imposing an undue burden
on any one class or property. Many
of the features of the old ad valorem
program would be embodied in the
classification tax, but the equalization
plan would be abolished.
Classification Tax Favored.
Governor Walker urged the enact
ment of constitutional amendments au-
thorizing the classification and income
taxes on the ground that most of the
intangible property in Georgia is now
escaping taxation, and that the state
is in. need of at least $3,000000 addi-
tional income annually.
He asserted that the state institu-
tons and the entire educational sys-
tenn are being starved by lack Of
money, and that the tax burden is
unequally divided This condition, he
declared, can be remedied by tax re-
form and by the instance of state
bonds to take care of immediate needs.
The governor expressed indignation
and shame that the heads of state in
situations have to spend their sum
mers climbing up this capitol hill,
wearing out their strength already de-
pleted by overconscientious effort in
their college work, on salaries less
than those paid deputy sheriffs or pro-
fessional ball players in Atlanta"
The chief executive was escorted to
the rostrum by special committee of
members of the senate and house OF
representatives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
CALCIUM ARSENATE
NEGROES DAILY MENU
TWIGGS COUNTY BLACK HAS
EATEN POISON" SEVERAL
TIMES WITHOUT EFFECT.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Cato dis
prove the fact that calcium arsenate
would not kill weevils or humans
"Quilla" Williams, negro, IS, who
operates a farm for c. w. Methvin
four miles north OF this place, has eat
en- the poison several times
While emptying a drum of arsenate
a few days ago Methvin told the negro
to be careful and not get any in his
mouth The hale and hearty black re-
Piled, "Shucks, white man, this stuff
amt nothing but weak lime lie been
eating it all summer, and last year |
just tried to see if it would kill me
and it didn't even make me dizzy"
The black has increased in weight
either from the use of the lime or 9TH
er things his appetite Graves.
A sample of this poison will be sent
to the state chemist for analysis TO de
termine its real strength. The farmers
in the vicinity think if their negroes
can eat it and thrive it is insufficient
from the standpoint OF being a deadly
poison to kill as tiny bug as the boil
weevil. This supposed-to-be-poison
was shipped here, from a Georgia city,
in drums
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
RUDE ARNOLD HITS
new TAX PROPOSALS
LEGISLATORS ADVISED TO GO
SLOW. GEORGIA NOT IN A
BAD SHAPE, HE SAYS.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Warning against
changing the present system of taxa
ton in Georgia was given to members
of the general assembly by Reuben r.
Arnold, prominent Atlanta attorney,
at the forum luncheon of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Arnold,
however, urged repeal of the state in
heritance tax and advised legislators
to go slow" in passing the proposed
classification tax measure.
He said that the state income tax
is "a tax upon ingenuity and thrift.
Members OF the assembly were guests
of honor at the meeting.
Georgia is not in half as bad shape
as some people say" declared Mr.
Arnold. 1--WE have pretty fair schools.
Always we find alarmists who find
fault with everything, but the tendency
has been upwards and EDWARDS and
will continue so.
The views taken by Mr.. Arnold
were directly opposed to those OF Gov
ernor Walker, expressed in his mes
sage to the assembly Governor Walk
er declared that the cause of educa-
ton in Georgia demanded more money
and recommended a classification tax
per cent income tax and $l0,
100000 to $15,000,000 bond issue for
educational institutions.
Georgia Is "Well Off,"
q am happy to say" Mr.. Arnold
said, that Georgia is better off in
the matter OF taxation than most Of
her sister states. Why anybody is
complaining of our system i'll Georgia
is something that | cannot understand
when we look around and see what
other people have. Georgia is collect
ing three times as much in taxes as
she did only 10 years ago and we did
fairly we'll at that time
The federal inheritance and income
taxes are the most oppressive OF any
now imposed. Mr.. Arnold charged
and the result OF the income tax in
causing billions OF capital to be invest
ed in non-taxable bonds is disastrous
in every way. Tax exempt securities
per Sc are cases of rank discrimination,
he said. and have led states, counties
and municipalities into an orgy OF
bond issues beyond prudence.
The income tax, however, is the
most disastrous OF all, ne Cidleu'
and is a tax not only on property, but
on energy, thrift talent, frugality and
productiveness.
1T is the greatest blow to industry
that can be given any country" he
said
Georgia's revenue in 1924 was $16,-
231, 900 compared to $6790,0G0 in 1914,
he said. 1T needs no argument" he
declared, ito state that we are run
ming very we'll on this amount and
ought to continue to do So"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
Treasure Seekers Work
To Recover Cargo With
-Four Millions aboard

The treasure hunt expedition in
search of the $4,000,000 cargo of
the sunken steamship Merida be-
gan its salvage work last week af-
ter four days spent in Norfolk, Va,
equipping the boats with necessary
apparatus for the final stages of the
operation Radio has been installed
and the divers report every move
in their operations direct to the ex-
petitions headquarters in New
York. In case of attack by pirates
or hijackers help can be quickly
summoned from revenue cutters on
duty along the coast, only thirty or
forty miles away.
Weather conditions may delay
operations somewhat during the
next week, but Captain Ohagan,
head of the expedition, hopes to
have the last of the thirty tons of
gold and silver slowed safely
aboard the Spray by July 30th.
The dynamiting of the strong
room will take place, it is hoped,
early this week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
BLUEBOTTLE FLY BREATHES
TO ENTERTAIN SCIENTISTS
Katherometer Records Respiration as
Well as Condition of Air.

LONDON.-A large bluebottle fly
was the center of attraction recently
at an assembly of members of the
Royal Society, who witnessed the
working of an instrument called the
Shapespeare katharometer, with which
it was possible to measure the fy's
respiration. 1t is claimed that the
katharometer can measure also the
breathing OF a plant, find the water
vapor in the air and detect the most
minute leakages OF gas in the envel-
opes OF balloons and airships. Tests
are to be made to determine its value
in medical research.
Comfortably accommodated in a
glass tube, the bluebottle fly was
brought to London from Cambridge.
After being inspected by the scientists
fresh air was admitted into the tube
and the insect was seen to take deep
breaths, much TO the delight of the
who realized that the breath
ing performance of the bluebottle fly
would provide ample opportunity for
the instrument to show its worth. At
the same time, it was announced, the
staieness of the atmosphere inside the
tube also was recorded by the device.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
PRISON BOARD is
LAUDED IN AUDIT
FINDS MANY IMPROVEMENTS
MADE AT INSTITUTION.
SMALL EXPENSES.

ATLANTA, Cain his comments
included in the audit which he has
Just completed on the state prison
commission State Auditor Sam ].
Slate points to several betterments and
Improvements made in the state prison
property, which the commission has
accomplished without any special APP
preparation for that purpose. In the
comments the auditor says:
Buildings Improved.
permanent assets in the shape Of
buildings show gain of $4,000. A
new roof has been placed upon the
imam administration building. A new
story has been added to the building
for the colored women and the build
ing has been re-roofed. The commits
sion has greatly improved the wo-
mems buildings, both white and color
ed. and | was impressed by the clean
illness and neatness with which these
buildings are kept
"Outhouses and barns have been
painted and the whole farm presents
much better appearance than 1t did
a wear ago, when l MADE my HISt sur
vev. The tuberculosis building has
been greatly increased in size and has
been thoroughly renovated.
The commission has made i'm
provements which aggregate $4,000 in
1924 and about $1,000 in 1928, and
have paid for same out OF their appro-
priation They are continuing their
schedule of improvements this year.
Crop conditions are not so good
this wear, a. I am informed no rain has
fallen since April 10, and the parched
condition of fields seems to verify this
statement.
Small Travelling Expenses.
Il think we should endeavor in ev-
erv way TO make our prisoners as
comfortable as possible, so that prls-
oners will receive such treatment as
will not turn them into hardened GRIM
jnals. if possible and | am anxious to
see the schedule OF Improvements con
tinue at the farm.
"Bv comparison the travelling ex-
pense accounts OF the commissioners
and inspectors are moderate in cost.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
INCOME
MORE THAN MILLION
A 12,O00-ACRE TEXAS IRA c T
YIELDS THE OWNER $4,000
TO $4,000 AN ACRE.

An annual income OF more than ST.
100000 from his cotton farm is the
record made by G. L. Murray, of
Crockett, Texas. He owns and oper-
ates a plantation OF 1900 acres, and
of this 1900 acres are in cotton. 1t is
said to be the largest cotton planta-
ton in the United States.
In the last few years the average
yield has exceeded one bale an acre.
A bale of cotton selling, with the seed
for $3.50 to $500, the enormous reve-
nue. of the crop may be realized. The
land is in the valley OF the Trinity
river.
When Mr.. Murray took charge of
the plantation he spent $650,000 on
levees, which protect the land from
flood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14

mile long. The capacity will be T.,
100000 acre feet, sufficient water to
cover as many acres at depth of one
foot.
Most OF this storage water is to be
used for supplemental purposes on
tracts under cultivation, but the gov
eminent has 10000 acres, known as
the Minidoka extension. that will be
brought under the reservoir.
So important is the undertaking re-
garded in Idaho in stabilizing values
and bringing water rights in the great
Snake river valley to parity that the
people hail the development as over
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14

At American Falls, Idaho, July 81
one of the largest storage reservoirs
in the world will be dedicated.
Constituting an unusual arrange
menf in the history OF irrigation, the
reservoir will cause submergence OF
an entire town site, the buildings hav-
ing been moved elsewhere. A lake will
he formed of water impounded from
the Snake river.
Contains $1,000 Acres.
The reservoir will contain floor of
more than 61,000 acres, breasted with
a dam about seventy-hve feet high and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
THE FARLEY ON FOREIGN
DEBTS AGAIN ON ROCKS
ITALIANS GO HOME WITHOUT
MAKING DEFINITE AGREE
MENT WITH UNCLE SAM.
FORESEE A FURTHER DELAY
The American Officials Believe Rome
Hopes to Be Excused of Part of Its
Obligation and That Paris Will No
Doubt Take the Same Stand.

DOuDt axe the Dame otdnO.
Uncle Sans efforts to collect the
billions of dollars owed him by for
eign governments as war debts have
gone on the rocks again. Debt nego-
tiations with Italy have ended without
any definite agreement, while the
French are not so eager now as they
were some weeks ago to send debt
funding commission to America,
Seek Debt Reduction.
All seemed rosy when the Italian
commission came to the United States
to discuss Italy's $1,000 100000 world
war debt to Uncle Sam. The Italians,
however, demanded a reduction in the
debt principal Uncle Sam to
knock off a few ciphers, in other
words. This the American financial
authorities refused to do.
The Italian commission, therefore,
is ready to return home 1t is stated
that the Italians will obtain more fig
ures on their country's financial con
dition and return later.
The French, who announced that
they would send a debt funding com
mission to the United States soon,
are hesitating. The French, too, de-
sire to be forgiven of part of their
$4,00O,0O0,000 debt.
So the French are joining the Ital-
ians, it is believed in Washington, in
further blocking attempts to get the
debt problem cleaned up this year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
BEES DROWN IN HONEY
AS HEAT MELTS HIVES
California Colonies Meet Sweet Death
In Torrid Wave.

Many colonies of bees in Fresno
county, California, have been drowned
in their own honey, the hives melting
during the recent heat wave.
The June report Of c. r Snyder,
inspector Of apiaries, filed with the
board Of supervisors, revealed the con-
dition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
ALL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF DAWSON MUST BE VACCNATED
Tax Table, Paid by States, Presented
oRo5bM Governor Richie of MARYLAND

The Governor Richie presented
OF Maine his speech assaiing the
htyh of federal Objects shows the
personal and paid 1922 with the
received by the federal aid
income payments to eachst federal aid
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14

With all the square heads in the
game, it is strange wrestling isn't on
the square.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
10 SUBMERGE TOWN WITH BIG RESERVOIR
Will Give Pageant.

shadowing all constructive enterprises
in the state.
Will Give Pageant.
An elaborate celebration has been
planned. The committee i'll charge ex-
poets an attendance of 100000 There
will be a pageant OF progress, in which
hundreds Of Indians, cowboys and
pioneers will appear. The story Of the
growth OF the country will be depicted.
Secretary of the Interior Work and
Commissioner of Reclamation Mead
will be the principal speakers. Govern
or Moore has invited many other no
tables.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14

shadowing all constructive enterprises
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14
FARMS SHOW PROFITS
FROM PRINCIPAL CROPS
DrpORTs REPRESENT DIFFER
EMIT SECTIONS OF COUNTRY
Under SAME CONDITIONS.
YIELDS GENERALLY HIGHER

A,,srape Cost of Corn Was 80 Cents
Bushel, and of Cotton 20 Cents a
Pound. Figures Given on Other I'M
rortant Crops of Country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14

n. oa'S showed an average gross cost
~ acre OF 5000, a credit of $2.0l for
s 40" and a net cost of $1898 per
4, he average yield was twenty
co. 70 bushels, making an average net
bo5 ' per bushel of so cents. Man and
" labor for preparing the seed bed,
V~ondnued on Page s, Col. y
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
CHARGES ORGY
IN fraternity
H0USE,URBANA

URBANA, Ill. Sept ia chal-
lenge to the University Of Illinois
officials as to why they are harbor-
ing what is styled "subsidized vice
has been issued by Edwin r.
Wright, of Chicago, former Presi-
dent of the State Federation OF La
Dor, at the convention of the Fed
Grafton here.
Il have been told that a frater-
nifty house is completely covered
with a canvass shield while inside
a drunken orgy took place which
even savages would not tolerate
Men and girls were participants.
Chaperones were present.
Wright charged that Dean X. c.
Babocock, acting President OF the
University. promised full considera-
tion of the charges.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
COMMUNIST IS
DENIED ENTRY
INTO The U. S.
Delegate to Inter Parlia-
mentary Conference Has
Visa Cancelled.

LONDON, Sept. II. - Shapurji
Sal iatyala, communist member of
Parliament, hen notified the Unit
ce States refused 10 enter him as q
delegate 10 the Intef parliamentary
Confertuco at Washinelon said Sec
retarY of State kellogg was I'm
bued with the petticoated aristo-
cratic IDEAS OF Great Britain"
Sak latvala is of the opinion that
The cancellation of his visa vio-
lated constitutional practices of
laws
9TH ordinary laws OF political
decency h.ls been disregarded, said
Saklatyala. Americans agreed to
act ms my host and at the last mo-
nent l am refused admission to the
country. Are the Americans afraid
of the truth? l had no intention
OF carrying on propaganda in the
United States. | intended to re-
spect the laws of the constitution.
Sal .atvala announced his resigna-
ton from firm of East Indian
traders. whose cotton mills he has
managed for several years, because
of the publicity which hindered the
company's business
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
WALKER VICTORY
MAKES AL SMITH
DE|M0CRATLEA
Senator Borah Voices Opin-
ion that Gov. Smith Will
Be Presidential Nominee

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Voicing
a prevailing sentiment Senator w.
f. Borah. prominent Republican
Progressive. when he learned that
Senator James J. Walker, Gov. AL
fred e. Smiths candidate for Mayof
Of New York. had defeated Mayor
John F. Pylan. said in Washington
Now we have the Democratic candi-
date for President in 1928"
Complete Returns.
Complete returns from Tuesdays
primaries show that 403,615 votes
were cast in the Democratic primary
and 134,934 in the Republican. In
each instance about SO per cent of
the registered vote was cast.
Frank d. Waterman's vote in the
Republican primary in all five Bor-
oughs was 1862. John l.. Lyons,
in the Republican primary, received
1878. and w M. Bennett 4,494.
In the five Boroughs in the Demo-
cratic primary. Walker received a
majority over Hylan of 95,543, the
vote being. Walker 249,579 and Hy-
Ian 154,O36. The separate boroughs
voted as follows: Manhattan
Walker 103,596, Hylan 27,942;
observation-disclosures home borough
Walker 65,584. Hylan 60,959; Bronx
Walker ASST, Hylan 21,311;
Queens---Walker 2S.266. Hylan H.
62T; Richmond-Walker 6,256, Hy-
Ian 12,197.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
ALASKA FURS
SOLD, AUCTION
IN SEATTLE
Alaska Silver Fox Brings
High Price Other Good
Furs Are in Demand.

SEATTLE. Sept. 17.-Scventy five
thousand Alaska and Siberian furs
valued at between $350.000 and $780,
900 were offered yesterday on the
Fur Exchange.
/, Alaska silver fox brought 1910 the
highest price paid during the sale.
Forty per cent of the mink were
sold Alaska mink brought SIS. early
caught: 50 to $11.50 for late caught;
light browns 81 to 50 late caught;
ordinary pale 81 to $3.50.
Red foxes were sold easily Alaska
interior red fox brought $26. ordinary
ones and twos from $40 to $22: class
es three and fours from $12 to $15.
Fifty per cent of the white fox
we're sold Lots ones and twos were
sold for $35 to $40.
Blue fox, 1874. average lots, were
sold for $45 to $75
Cross fox, we're poor and none were
sold. except dark specimens, extra
large.
A large number of number one lots
of lynx brought from $2S to $50.
All lots, average. brought SIS.
The best lots Of ermine sold for
1920, average $1.56
Nearly all otter were sold. large
ones bringing from $25 to s27 and
|evarage lots $3.50,
The fur auction continues today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
MAYOR HYLAN RETIRES
WITH CLEAR CONSCIENCE

NEW YORK, Sept. II. : Mayor
John F. Hylan announced today
that Il return to private life with
my self-respect unimpaired and con-
science clear; with the satisfaction
of having scrupulously lived up to
my oath of office"
Hearst Papers Sees Third Ticket.
The New York Evening journal
a Hearst publication, stated last
night that there will be third
ticket in the field to be voted upor
next November, and it expressed
the hope that Mayor Hylan would
be induced to head it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
Mining Official
Says Diety Is
aiding Enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IT. Of
fcials of the Carson Valley Mining
Company, organized this year with
a capitalization of 100000. have
been ordered by the State Corpora
tion Commission to show why their
license to sell stock should not be
revoked.
The. order was issued after the
company, headed by Rev. William
Keeney Towner. of San Jose, Bap-
tist pastor, circulated literature
claiming that God was supporting
the enterprise" and urging invest
ment on that basis.
rhe company is said to own prop
erty n Nevada.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
TREE THAT ONCE WAS INDIANS
LOOKOUT AIDS FIRE FIGHTERS

LAKE ARROWHEAD, Cal, Sept.
17.-One of the valuable aids to the
United States Forestry Service IN
this mountain resort section Is Il
pine tree nearly 200 feet high, on
the north shore of Lake Arrowhead
The tree serves The ranger lookout
even as it served Indian warriors
scores of years ago in tribal wars
At the base OF the pine signs blazed
in the past by the Indians may be
seen diniy.
Today keen-eyed rangers keel
continual watch in the uppel
branches for forest fires. They ar.
equipped with powerful glasses ant
telephones, in modern contrast t.
the sharp eyes Of the oborigina
lookout and his crude wig-was
System.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES 8,
OF PROHIBITION IRE =
DISTURBING, IS REPORT

NGTON, Sept IA collec-
ton OF varied Information as 10 the
effect Of prohibition on economic
conditions and It'll il made public
by the Research and Education D..
partment OF tho Federal Council OF
Churches as a part Of it's report on
the prohibition question.
No definite conclusions were stated.
but it was remarked II the report
THAT in general the nunber Of deaths
| from diseases that grow out Of Ii.
quor drinking showed drop in 1920
carly in the prohibition regime, but
an increase in the years thereafter
This was one OF the tabulations
on which the first section Of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD COURT
IS PREDICTION

VANCOUVER, b. c., Sept. Il
United States Senator Frank Is.
of the Kiwanis International Hard
ing Memorial in Stanley Park yes
terday afternoon expressed belief
that "Harding's dying wish for the
entrance of the United States in
fed" by the next Congress. Senator
Willis asserted the vote on the en-
trance of the u. S. into tue World
Court would be by substantial
majority
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
Chances of Oil in
Washington Are Good

SEATTLE. Sept. II. The
chances Of finding oil in the State
of Washington are excellent. M. J.
Hopkins told the Mining Club yes
terday. Hopkins was introduced by
Falcon Joslin as a nationally known
geOlOgist.
altogether 10 wells are down in
this Stae." said Hopkins, land of
these fifteen were sunk in hap
hazard way. Although the Others
have not developed oil yet, ! think
they will as indications are there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-09-17
Deserted Village May
Be Revived; Gold Found

MEDFORD, Ore, Sept. 17.-Jack-
sonvilie. Oregon, the roaring mining
camp of so years ago, now de-
serted village, may revive If gold
panning started on the main street
continues to show prosperous re-
suits. Joe Langwell sunk a shaft
on the main street that brought sic
in gold in one pan. He declared
he struck a rich ledge so feet down