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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
TO UNFOLD OZARK"
CAMPAIGN SECRETS
WRANGLE OF ADVERTISING
AGENCY AND DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE. FIREWORKS.

NEW YORK, N. VI. A. Van
Patten, whose advertising agency is
involved in a wrangle with the demo
cratic national committee over an ad-
vertising deal during the presidential
campaign last year, promises that
fireworks" will be produced at the
trial of suits filed here by both sides.
"The Borah committee investigating
campaign expenditures will be inter
ested more than little i'll this suit
said Mr.. Van Patten. He added that
trial of cases would "shed great light
on the reasons why John w. Davis,
democratic presidential candidate and
Chas. w. Bryan, vice presidential can
didate, suffered such crushing defeat
in the election last fall.
The democratic national committee
filed suit to compel Van Patten, INC.
TO account for a $4,000 cash advance
for campaign advertising last fall and
to return any amounts due. van rat
ten. Inc, countered with SUIT Tor
S84.220. claiming the agency sent ~
220 above the original S5O,OOO and lost
additional money as commission on a
5000 600 contract, of which the COM
mittee expended only about 100000.
After two unsuccessful conferences
in an attempt to negotiate a settlement
subpoenas and notices were ISSUED
against Glenn L. Shaver, democratic
national chairman, and George White.
Mr.. Van Patten said that Joseph II.
tones. of Texas, director OF finance OF
the democratic national committee,
would be a central figure in the case.
Mr.. Jones was a McAdoo supporter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
PEOPLE OF U. S. ATE MORE
BUTTER IN 1924 THAN EVER
In Nine Months Consumed Billion
And Half Pounds.

The people of the United States ate
10000 600 more pounds of butter dur
ing the first nine months of 1924 than
thew did during the same period in
1923, declares T. R. Pirtle, of the Unit
ed States Department OF Agriculture.
The figures for the first nine months
OF 1924 show consumption of 1,5l6,-
100000 pounds, as compared with l.
467, 043, 900 pounds for the same pc
Rod of 1923.
The normal increase in population
accounts for 100000 pounds of the
butter. An additional 100000 pounds
was required to supply country peo-
pie who had formerly been making
their own butter. The remainder seems
to be simply due to the fact that peo-
pie are eating more butter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07

The annual report of w. A. Wright,
comptroller general OF Georgia, made
public Thursday, shows that he han
died an aggregate of $1,000 $50 So
during 1924. This was nearly $9,000,-
900 more than was handled during the
previous year.
The report shows that the state had
180 sources of income, ranging from
the general tax of more than $4,000
900 to licenses for card writer's, which
yielded only $3.50.
Among the odd sources of income
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
DAWSON DANCE HALLS
THINGS OF THE PAST
OLD-TIMERS LOOK BACK WITH
REGRET TO THE ONCE ROYS-T
TERING WINTER LIFE.

1t is a changed Yukon of which old
timers now speak. Several of them are
in hospital in Vancouver this winter,
and they look back with some regret
to the old registering winter life in
Dawson. which has passed away as
the floating population OF adventurous
prospectors dwindles and power equip
ment largely takes the place OF hand
tools. says the Toronto Globe.
The hard working, hard drinking
crowd of argonauts OF 81 and '9S is
no more A few still seek the golden
fleece" upon distant streams, but the
old drill of spending quick earnings in
blaring dance halls is thing OF the
past
A Very Different Place.
The Dawson OF today is highly re-
spectacle mining town. 1t holds few
attractions for those old sourdoughs
who remember its better-or worse
days, and those who are still able to
withstand the Yukon winter keep to
their cabins on their claims But there
are Others. More than one old timer,
defeated at last by the bitter cold, has
been carried into the hospital i'll Van
couver this winter with limbs partly
frozen and rheumy joints demanding
the comforts of town life. To them
nothing remains but memories OF the
romance of it all-and the wistful re-
grets OF hardened old sinners for the
times that may never be lived again.
Up-river, downriver, the story is
the same. In summer new faces peer
down from the texas" of the stern
wheeler; in winter spluttering, blank
ct hooded motor cars dispute passage
with such dog teams as still strain at
the tugs.
Another Gold Discovery.
Another development which is serv-
ing to bind together the old timers,
and which may even bring many of
them together again, is the new gold
discovery which has been made in the
Dease lake section OF the Cassiar dis
trict, in northern British Columbia.
The question is whether there will be
a place for them among the graf pow
er driven dredges which will now
work the creeks.
1t is a difficult question to answer.
They come of race hard to kill, and
every now and then one meets Yu-
kon sourdough who had long been
lost sight of.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
COLLECT 70 MILLION
DOLLARS IN GAS TAX
GEORGIA, TOPPED ONLY BY
NORTH CAROLINA, HAS SEC
OND PLACE IN SOUTH.
$4,527,471 In STATE In 1924
Bureau Shows Percentage Used on
Road Work in Various States. Thir-
ty-six States Impose Gasoline Tax.
Other Interesting Facts.

Other Interesting Facts.
Georgia collected $4,527,471 from
her three-cent gasoline tax during
1924 and stood second in the collection
OF such revenue among the South At
lantic states that levy a three-cent tax,
it is revealed in figures released by the
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
The thirty-fve states of the union that
impose gasoline taxes collected total
of $79,734,490, it was shown.
North Carolina ranked first in the
South Atlantic group with total col
lection of $4,529,048. The state ex-
pended $4,520000 of this amount on
highways. Florida, with total revenues
Of $3,653,677, was just above Virginia
and was given third place. She spent
S2,575,199 on highways from the gas
tax fund Virginia received from her
gasoline tax $1,509,1 and was used
on road work under the supervision
of the state highway commission.
At fifth place was South Carolina,
with total collections of $3.50, 1877.
/ ne STATE uSeQ p/ZO,oOS vi lOdO WI n
under the. supervision of the highway
department. Maryland brought up the
foot of the list with collections of ST.
8,422, spending $1,111,S95 on road
work. Maryland imposes a two-cent
tax
The report accompanying the figures
of the Bureau of Public Roads pointed
out that thirtv-fve states in the United
States imposed gasoline taxes ranging
from to 3 cents a gallon, with the
exception OF Arkansas, which collects
a Accent revenue.
"The total revenue collected" the re
port went on, during 1924 was Sl9,-
734.4oO, and OF this amount S407ll,-
500 was made available for road con-
struction and maintenance under the
supervision OF the states highway de-
partments. A large share of the re-
mainder was turned over to county
and local road funds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
TEN MILLION CHINESE ARE
REPORTED IN NEED OF FOOD
Bishop Birney Says 100000 Are
Affected by Flood and Famine.

More than 100000 Chinese
are reported to be in want OF food
in eight provinces, according to
word from Bishop /. J. Birney
OF Shanghai, received by the Chi
nese Office of the Methodist Epis-
copal board of foreign missions.
The bishop reported that $4,000,
600 persons were affected by the
winter food and famine in north
and west China.
A heavy toll of life continues to
be taken as result OF the condi-
tions, Bishop Birney reports. The
estimated property loss runs into
hundreds of millions OF dollars.
Funds available, the commits
sion reports, are insufficient to
grant relief to more than six and
one-half per cent OF the victims
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07

shown by the comptroiler's report are
bee license taxes, $500; burglar
alarms, $3.50; carpet cleaners, S36.63;
dance halls, $1,000; detective agents,
S1,440; ernigrant agents. $500; junk
dealers, $1,o73.16; lightning rods, S45;
skating Kinks, $225; stevedores, $40;
weiner stands, $1,7l.20.
Motor vehicle licenses paid into the
treasury 81, 582, 24725, the report dis
closes. Other important items includ-
ed railroad taxes, S53,96674; rental
OF Western and Atlantic property,
$4,000; fuel oil tax, $5,561 ,40O.52; in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
10 MILLION DOLLARS WAS STATES INCOME FOR LAST YEAR

heritance tax, $336,258.72; insurance
tax. $725,836.55; street railroad tax.
$102,7oO.96; and temporary loans Of
$5O0,000.
The money which comes from l89
sources is spent Tor l01 purposes, the
report of the disbursements shows.
The school fund was the biggest re-
ceiver getting $4.545,073.45. Highways
came next with $2,553, 6o907, and pen
sions third with $l.597,z17.20. The
smallest expense OF the state was for
indexing house and senate journals, for
which $500 was spent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
MISSISSIPPI VOTES
DOWN MITIGATION
RETURNS SHOW FEWER THAN
IL CHURCHES FAVOR PLAN.
10000 AGAINST TO 176 FOR.

Returns from the Mississippi confer
cnces show that only II churches in
that state voted in favor of the pro-
posed plan for unifcation of the north
and south. branches of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
According to the announcement Is
churches in the north Mississippi con-
ference reported 10000 votes against
the plan of unifcation and 10 votes
for the plan.
The church conference vote in Mis-
sissippi, Bishop Ainsworth said, is not
less than 95 per cent against unihca-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
FEWER PASSENGERS WERE
HAULED BY THE RAILROADS
The Decrease in 1924 Amounted to
54,657 900, Report Shows.

There were 54,657 900 fewer passen-
gers on railroad trains in 1924 than IN
I9-5, according to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. This resulted IN
reduction of passenger revenues from
u, i47 ,4234 86 in 1928 to $1,05,9o4,-
jS5 in 1924.
Some OF the decrease in passenger
revenues however, resulted from de-
crease in the average revenue per pas
Senger mile. In 1923 for the country
DIS a whole this was about 3.02 cents,
ana IN 1924 2.97 cents.
nese figures include commutation
rates, which in 1923 amounted to l.09
tehiS per passenger mile and in IVA
~ ia cents, an increase OF approx
NldIely one-tenth OF a cent.
NeVenue per passenger mile other
nan IN communication service, how
ever showed decrease. 1t was APP
PBI,ooNlmately 3.41 cents in 1928 and
go cents i'm 1924.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
10000 KLANSMEN
TO GO TO CONVENTION
PREPARATIONS
BEING MADE FOR BIG GATH
ERING JULY FOURTH.

BELLE FOURCHE, 5. D.-Ac-
commodations for 10000 klansmen are
being made for the national ku klux
khan demonstration to be held mere on
July 4th.' uuos.
ed to prepare additional trackage 70
handle the 40 special trains OF pullman
cars expected to bring the klansmen
from ali parts of the country to the
demonstration.
D. R. Evans, imperial wizard, IS ex-
pected TO be present at the CEREMONIES
and head the parade OF the loo0O
robed klansmen, which will include
seven bands and a drum corps.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
SOME OF LARGEST FRESH
WATER FISH 200 POUNDS

The largest fresh water fish in the
world is the pirarucu, found only in
the Amazon river and its tributaries.
1t is commonly known as the river
cow" and resembles somewhat the
whale. Thrills and danger go along
with catching the pirarucu, some of
them weighing as much as 200 pounds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07

-: switzerland is to have a factory that
VIII use a new method of imparting
WOOL finish to cotton fabric.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07

Nothing can feel better and look
worse than last years straw hat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
CHAIRMAN HOLDER LOST
FIGHT IN B|BB COURT
NOTICE THAT CASE WILL BE
CARRIED TO THE SUPREME
COURT WAS GIVEN.
GOVERNORS ACTION UPHELD

Decision Renders Unnecessary Hear
ing That Was to Be Held April 9th
On Issue of Fact. Basis of Argu-
ments by Both Sides.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
ELECTION WORKERS
I. TO SUE NEWSPAPER
Louisville Republicans Plan
to File Suits for $780,
600 in Alleged LibeIs.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. KY, November s.
The post election fanfaronade of
charges and denials of fraud in the
mayoralty election blared forth yes
terday. Leading the parade was a
statement from Republican head.
quarters that the Times was to be
sued for an aggregate Of $3,750.000 for
alleged libel of rs Republican workers.
Each dip of the pen added fire to
the procession of statements. Demo
cratic headquarters said that the sue
cess of Arthur A. VIII, Republican,
at the polls yesterday was accom-
plished by fraud, and then came a
statement from the Republicans pro-
claiming the fairness of the election
and the untruth of the Democratic
charges. The Republican statement
also hinted that not everything was
regular in the conduct Of Democratic
workers.
To get down to figures, complete re-
turns compiled by newspapers gave
VIII 58,205 and Joseph T. O'Neal,
Democrat, 55,919, a lead of 2,2S6 for
VIII.
Democratic campaign managers an
nounced they had begun compiling
evidence of alleged fraud for an ex-
pected contest. The Republicans
countered with a reply that they
would be ready for the suit, which
would put the legality Of the election
up to the Court of Appeals. The
court threw out the Republican vic
tory In the councilmanic election Of
two years ago as fraudulent and
illegal.
The statement regarding the suit.
given out by Aubrey Cossar, sheriff
elect, and published in the Times
without comment, said that today 75
Republican workers would file suits
for $50,0 900 each against the paper
for "reflecting nbelously" on the
plaintiffs. The suits, If brought, will
constitute the largest political dam
age action in the history of American
Journalism.
Mayor-elect VIII will take the oath
Of office November IT.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

splendid economy i yours
in Carter's for older children
So many fabrics, weights,
weaves that you will Ger
tainly find just the garment
YOU want.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

widely circulated American periodi-
calls, especially weeklies, are on sale
here the same day as in the States,
and have large following.
AS for the movies-if American
studios ceased production every
cinema theater in Mexico City would
have to close. Some local and a few
European films appear, but they are
rarities.
Base ball is popular and is increas-
ing. The Mexican small boy knows
his Babe Ruth dope perfectly, and will
predict with confidence the big league
results. There are some good MeXi-
can teams and they draw well.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

every street. Gum chewing has be-
come a habit. The only difference be-
tween the Mexican and the home va
riety is that the wrappers are printed
in Spanish.
A Mexican with restaurant expert
ence In the States started a modest
waffle and hot-cake shop here and put
up sign, American Quick Lunch" "
Lunch in Mexico is anything but
snappy. Business establishments close
a minimum of two hours for the noon
meal. But the "quick-lunch" idea
went over big, and now there are
dozens Of such places here. The name,
however, continues to be a misnomer.
1t is quite possible to spend two hours
over waffles.
Soda fountains are frequent, and
the output would do credit to any
place north of the Rio Grande. The
dentifrices popular in the United
States loom large upon the shelves
and in the display windows. The same
applies to scores Of widely used Amer
ican products and articles.
Some Of the popular priced and
Evening star., 1925-11-05

DHYs1cIANs recommend
Carter's vests and bands.
Mothers know how long they
wear-how soft and warm
they are-how we'll they
stand laundering. The same
Evening star., 1925-11-05
RIDES HORSEBACK FAR.
Teacher Seeks to Reach New York
From Argentina.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, September ga
former English schoolmaster Is MAX
ing the long ride by horseback from
Bpenos Aires to New York in order to
demonstrate the endurance and hardi-
hood of the Argentine type of horse.
T. A. Tschiffely left here April 21,
and four months later had reached
Bolivia. Writing to friends here, he
said the animals were in better con-
dition than at leaving Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
MEXICO CITY IS LIKE
SOME TOWNS IN U. S.
Gum, Base Ball Slang and Other
Things Just as Popular
There as Here.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. October 2.-Mexico
Is about 100 per cent American from
a standpoint Of chewing gum. movies.
jitneys, base bali slang. tooth paste,
ice cream soda, waff1es and scent
literature.
In each Of these enumerations the
United States product found on every
Main street also flourishes in pristine
vigor throughout the Mexican capital
Americas most ubiquitous brand of
automobile honks for custom through
Evening star., 1925-11-05
Vagaries Of Age.

From the Boston Globe.
Old Professor-Ah, good morning
madam. SO glad to see. you. How 5
your husband?
The Lady-But I'm not married
professor.
Old Professionally, well, well. So
your husband is a bachelor.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
FOX TERRIER POPULAR.
Best Home Dog in Britain, Records

Best Home Dog In Britain, Records
Show.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 8.--The fox ter
rier is the most popular home dog In
the United Kingdom.
The shaggy Airedale. which many
owners believe to be the most human,
ranked second. Kennel Club statistics
showed that already this year 1000
fox terriers have been registered.
The dachshund continued to slump
in popularity. The pre-war number
was 232 and in 1924 1t was 154. Reg
istration the first eight months Of this
year totaled 1T.
The dog population in the Kingdom
is approaching the three million mark.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
He Was No Expert.

From the Progressive Grocer.
Dan, what's a heifer-is it u pig
or is 1t sheep" asked two sailors.
Dan paused reflectiveiy. Then he
said: ITO tell you the truth, mates.
I don't know much about poultry"
Evening star., 1925-11-05
Will See Cathedral 80 Miles.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, November Op).
The University of Pennsylvania
52-story Cathedral of Learning, a
structure of glistening limestone $50
feet above the Oakland district Of
Evening star., 1925-11-05

Pittsburgh. win be visible to the naked
eye for distance of about 80 miles in
all directions.
The cathedral will house practically
all the activities Of the university.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-17

cess noted in south Atlantic division
decrease in number of very small
and very large farms, with the farms
20 to so acres in size increasing in
NUMBER; tenantry, slight decrease
since 1910 (from 5O.7 per cent to
slightly less than so per cent in 1920);
foreign-born, very few Qess than u
of per cent?; Negroes, 1872 per cent
of all farm operators, a decrease from
S1.2 per cent in 1910 (this does not
include Negro farm laborers). Aver
age equipment-(d Discount size of un-
dertakings more than so per cent for
Negro farmers) buildings, s711; ma
chinery, S167; livestock, $751; Num-
Der of farmers automobiles, $780,
Approximate number of farmers in
each category of our classification
would be Tin round numbers):
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-17
Statistical Background of the Agrarian
Question in the United States

gagged in agriculture, Of whom 244,-
10S are farm operators.
Predominantly a meat raising d.
vision, the mountain territory is turn
ing more to wheat. which is the crop
second in value, the first being hay,
live stock and dairy products, and
animals for slaughtering, together
with hay, make up the bulk of agrar-
ian products. Always the area of
great ranches" this division has
witnessed a vast increase in the num-
Der of large farms between 1910 and
1920.
OTHER items: Number of farms,
~ constantly increasing lin 1910
there were 1S3,446, in 1920, 244,1O9;
or an increase of 60,663) acres per
farm, increasing decrease in the
number of very small farms, increase
in all sizes above 20 acres, with .heayi-
est Increase in the largest farms);
tenantTy, constantly increasing (90.3
per cent increase from 1910 to 1920,
the proportion to all farms rising
from 1917 per cent to 15.4 per cent?;
foreign-born, increasing, but not so
fast as total farms (16.S per cent Of
all farms in 1920; Negroes, few in
number (2.2 per cent in 1920. Aver
age equipment, buildings, $1,4S1; ma
chinery, $781; live stock, $2,9S7. Mum
Der of farmers automobiles, $1,000.
Approximate number of farmers in
each category of our classification
would be Tin round numbers):
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-17
The Pacific Division.

THE Pacific coast states present
i about the same ratio between city
and country as the East North Gen.
trail division. With 5lh million pop
ulation, of which a little over 2Emil-
lion (37.6 per cent? is rural, it is one
of the rapidly-growing sections, in
creasing since 1910 by more than 1-3
millions, while the percentage of rur-
al population declined from 1872 per
cent to 37.6 per cent. The area com
prises 1877 per cent of the U. S. total,
with SGT per cent of the total popu-
lation, and 4.OS per cent of the rural
approximately 3 per cent of the total
population is engaged actively in ag-
riculture, or 496,473, of whom 234,1e4
are farm operators.
This is predominantly a fruit pro-
ducing territory, with wheat and dairy
products the principal secondary
lines, domestic animals for slaughter
ing coming next in Importance. The
fruit farming is becoming more and
more highly organized and, to a
6lCdbCA CAlOul Judu III any OLhHA
branch, agricultural organization
among the producers has become an
economic force Of prime importance
in the market. Wage labor on the
farms here approaches, also. closest
to the relationship between Industrial
workers and employers. 80
OTHER items: Number of farms,
" constantly increasing lin 1920
there were 44,273 more farms, 23.4
per cent, more than in 1910; num-
Der of acres per farm, constantly de-
creasing (all size-groups increasing in
positive numbers but the farms under
so acres increasing much more rapid
ly than the larger sizes); tenantry.
increasing CABS per cent increase
from 1910-192O, with the percentage of
all farms standing at 211 per cent?;
foreign-borns increasing but in lower
proportion than total farms; Negroes,
few in number but increasing abso-
utely and in proportion to all farms.
Average equipment, buildings, $2,146;
machinery, 1892; live stock, S1.731.
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-17
TOTAL ...................1.7OO.OOO
South Atlantic Division.

HERE we are away down south in
IL the land of cotton" altho cotton
is the leading crop in only three of
the states comprising the division, yet
here is produced SO per cent of the
entire U. S. cotton crop. It's social
and politico-economic background is
profoundly different from the previous
divisions. Predominately agricultural,
of its nearly IA million population in
1920, over 91s million, or 50 per cent