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Pleases Us
to have our customers con
gratulate us upon the qual
ity of our meats. Of course,
we know we buy but the
best, but it'a mighty grati
fying to know that our
customers know , it also.
Phone us, come yourself or
send the children it's all
teame. We carry but one
grade the best.
CAMELS OPENED MILITARY
ROAD TO CALIFORNIA
Grocery Oat newer
Disappoints Customers
Not Best Because Biggest, But Biggest Because Best
No Order too Large to Fill; No Order too Small to Fill
This Store Aims to Serve
the Public Pleasantly and
Well The Goods We Sell
are Just as Represented
and When Orders are
Given WE NEVER DUP
LICATE. We Send You
Just What You Order,
Never Send the "Just as
Good" Kind.
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, Washington The (skeleton of a
camel, which stands in a case at the
national museum here, constitutes
the sole relic of two shiploads of cam
els brought from the Far East in the
'50s, while Jefferson Davis was sec
retary of war, in an effort to solve the
problem of transporting military sup
plies between the Mississippi river
and the nosts scattered across the
Western desert.
Hostility of native mule drivers to
the "ships of the desert" and the be
ginning of the Civil war are assigned
by government authorities as the rea
sons for the failure of the effort to
utilize camels as burden carriers over
the Western plains.
Dr. Charles C. Carrol, of the de
partment of agriculture, has written
an official history of the importation
of camels. He says the idea of trans
planting the beasts to America orig
inated with the Spanish after the
conquest of . South America and
toward the end of the sixteenth cen
ury they were introduced into Peru.
The' camels were not looked upon with
favorby the ruling officials, however,
and they dwindled away. Some cam
els also were transported to Virginia
from Guinea in 1701, but there is no j
authentic record of the enterpi'ise ex
cept that it failed.
Transportation troubles during the
stubborn Indian war in Florida caused
Major George H. Crosman to advo
cate the use of the desert beasts for
military purposes, but nothing came
of the plan.
Some years later Major Henry C.
Wayne suggested to the war depart
ment and to members of congress a
riea ana mane
leaving however.
fairly good beasts.
with nine
stantinople to Alexandria, Ltfypt,
where it wm proposed to pun-how
ten dromedaries and thirty camels
but "red tape1' so disgusted tho Amer-
...,. th..t thev loaded throe dromwm
.... 1 .l., w.iwk' til Mllll. Ul'iuiv
HUH ma' iv - .
they seourvii m
Tho ship an iled
dromedaries and a cnniel
presented by the bey of lunis, two
others obtained in Tunis having been
sold to a Turkish butcher for ?44
after they were found to havo signs
of itch.
Gwvn II. Heap was pent on whenC
to Smyrna, and when the Supply ar
f Hint nort the remaining
camels were found assembled. Mr.
Heap had purchased them at prices
ranging from if 100 to $400.
The voyage homo was begun on
February l.", lSi"(3, with thirty-three
camels, nine dromedaries, or runners,
twenty-three camels of bunion and
one calf. Six Arabs were engaged to
go along with the animals as it was
thought they would prove usolui in
their management. A Turk was em
ployed as a "camel M. L. ," but his,
medical services were disposed oi
after it was found that his cure lor a
cold was u piece of cheese, for J
swelled legs,' tea mixed with gun.
powder, and for trifling complaints, j
tickling the animals nose with a
chameleon's tail.
The cargo was landed at Indianalo,
Texas, May 14, 18515, and the beasts
were taken by easy stages to San
Antonio, 120 miles away, where Major
Wayne planned to establish a camel, 0f the
ranch and to attempt the breeding I growth
AMERICAN COLLEGES NEED
MONEY FOK EXPANSION
New YorkAmerican youthi en
terimr college have increased In num
bers at a record rate during the pant
six years and if the proportionate
growth Is continued to 11)50 there
will bo 1,138,000 student In 210 in
stitutions whore 204,000 were enrolled
1,t, year. Thcso figure compiled
by the institute for public seYviee
... . t
hnvo in sod tho question oi wnerp
ti,.. iiLUH-v needed to educate these
larger groups will come from.
.hilins H. Itarnes, chairman of
the institute, found In it iuiy or me
figures compiled that this year's in
crease each year, u report of tho In
stitute states. Hut if they grow at
the average per eentage ruto of the
lust six years, they will have (151),
OHO students in 11)30 and 1,138,000
20 years later.
Taking the lower estimates for
lDaO, it "menus finding facilities for
mom than three times the total for
1920 at six, or seven times the salary
cost,'' said the report. "It means
aililinjr (SII.OOO students, or 200 coll
leges tho size of Yale last year.
The institute asks, "Will tho
nionev to provide education fur the
increased number of student come
fwm taxation, endowment private
gifts and larger fees? Must present
universities grow or more universities
be built?"
In numbers, (he largest increase
in six years is credited to the college
city of New York with a
lneroaan mi t. ... ' -
4700. Yule
w on 0f
tutlona which had f.J:. W
six Venn b,, u. . r tvms, a
the Institute reimrtd"61118 i
uarnea anld there U O K
ove that in anv .. j. U J
It!... , " u0
from colled. ttrin it
llllf or Kim,, i.t. . - "vrmn.,i
cntion, aftnioon 4
collegia nri ....... "' c!t
of fi.KOO, followed by the
of the animals, but Secretary Pnvis , ,Jniveryity of California with fi'200
instructed him to find out whether
the
elasticity which
quires."
I no virgin forests 0f tu
States, which f !5 thl'i
million acre, i C0Vt'Nf;
Ixth of that area. '
All classes of forest ,'. 'i
culled, burned ,ul J0
the United KtatoH now I
milion acres, or L'
one-hnlf of . . 7. H
About one-half of tho L
2.2IK Kill! i . 1,0 rc"i
...,,,M i(lnl j.,( ,
iimuer in tno Unitei
It f,
i7 uiiri- rucuic count .t(.
The Lnited Staten eot,Sm,...,
atrvyt annually f,fj billion
Of material of aaw-tinJ...
ri '
llio pir eapitu conHumnti,,.
her In the United Stat,., a.
1918 w,h,5 about ,1iu)L..ji ,
Recent tliscovcry of ,,, i .,
of high grade iron oro in CoUIt,
county i.i attrarlinir att.nti,,.
mining men thmoghout the t,i.
States.
standi
States
Kuacburif - New Umnom r
1 ..... " ' " !
jrioge to ie hunt.
the animals were adapted to military
uses. ,
Major Wayne found the animals
TllflTl "for crnrolwYnif 5rviTirtrt irt TTi
j0 . j , , fT ; highly satisfactory for the purposes!
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Try It Out
says the Good Judge
vis, then chairman of the senate mili
tary committee, and after Mr. Davis
became secretary of war under Pres
ident Pierce he pressed the subject.
Finally in December, 1854, congress
'K ' approved an amendment by Senator
Shiel of Illinois, to the annual army
: appropriation bill providing $30,000
"to be expended under the direction
of the war department in the pur
chase of camels and dromedaries to'
jbe employed for military purposes."'
Secretary Davis at once sent Major
for which they were secured and as .
something over $20,000 of the original
appropriation remained. Lieutenant (
Porter was sent for another ship load, j
The sultan of Turkey gave six drom-1
edaries which were included in the J
lot of forty-one animals landed at j
Indianola February 10, 1857.J The
camels were taken to Camp Verde, j
which had been established as the !
camel station. Five of the first herd j
had died, one it was said from blows)
received from a mule driver. 1
And you will find how j
much more satisfaction a
little of this Real Tobacco
gives you than you ever
got from a big chew of the
ordinary kind.
The good, rich, rea to
bacco taste lasts so long
you don't need 'a fresh
chew nearly as often. So
it costs you less.
Any man who uses the
Real Tobacco Chew will
tell you that.
Put up in two styles
W-B GUT is a long fine-cut tobacco G
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
T'l i t i i.
Wayne to the Levant to round up the I V , T "oraary, ia, ui- j
camels, the secretary of the navylrected the secftary of war to make 1 1
placing at the disposal of Mr. Davis : 3 L.r?port T' cxPeriment 5
the storeship Supply, with her crewj w"s uone 8nu Jon" r 10'a- I
er, t
under the command of Lieutenant Da
vid Porter- afterward Admiral Por
ter). It was ordered that the ship
land at a Texas port, as it was sup
posed the climate there would more
resemble that of the Far East.
Major Wayne and Lieutenant Por
ter brought their Yirst animal in Tu
nis in August and upon applying for
a permit to bring the camel away the
bey of Tunis presented to the United
States two other camels, one of
which finally became the veteran of
the American herd.
The ship then went to Constantino
ple, where the officers declined an
offer of the sultan of Turkey to pre
sent four camels to the United States,
becautee it was found the animals
would have to be brought from Asia
and the officers did not want to Wait!
for them. The Supply went from Con-
n fl Zip fl f)
m Willi? ' KIM w& wMf H : tnP
rm WW sZSfXS' WW
Give us your rush calls! 'The calls
where your party must be located. The
more difficult they are the more pride
we take in getting them through
promptly.
lit j mipi';". !.. i
If ft'" i
ATr
who became secretary of war und
President Buchanan continued to urge '
buying more camels. Secretary Floyd j
recommended that congress authorize
an appropriation for the. purchase of
1000 camels, but the lawmakers did)
not agree with him and no further I
expenditures were authorized.
During the summer of 1857, the!
camels were used in carrying water?
and for scout duty. That fall Lieu-1
tenant Edward Fitzgerald Bealel
opened a wagon road from Fort De-!
fiance, New Mexico, to the eastern
frontier of California, using part of
a herd of camel. The journey took
forty-eight days through unexplored
wilderness, plains and desert. The
camels carried water for the mules
on the desert, traversed stretches of
country covered with the sharpest of
volcanic rocks and swam rivers with
out hesitation.
When Lincoln's administration be
gan in 1861 the war department had
twenty-eight camels : in California.
...m uunTs orougnt on I r
from Texas were held in various forts 1 1
and military reservations in Califor-I
nia without being put to any use. In
1862 Lieutenant Beale wrote Secre
tary Stanton of their idle condition
and proposed to use them for further
exploration and in packing supplies
across the Great Basin, but his pro
posal was rejected as was one a year
later to Use the camels in carrying
mail between Fort Mohave, N. M., and
New San Pedro, Cal.
The herd finally was sold by the
government to Samuel McLaughlin, in
wnose care -the herds had been for
home rime. Home of the
iouna their way into
hands of other parties.
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r
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camels
circuses and
LOUVAIN IS BEING
REBUILT WITH RAPIDITY
j R. E. HEREFORD, Proprietor
m
Dorit ask for
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NORiiwESTEiM mm DIS
Louvain, Belgium Prom the ruins
of Louvain, to which the Germans
applied the torch on August 25, 1914
are springing dozens of modern'build
ings. They lack the historic inter
est of the destroyed structures, but
no city in Belgium will be able to
ooast ox a more up-to-date appear
ance than Louvain when the work of
reconstruction is finished. The city
presents to the stranger an unusual
apearance-maas of ruins here
new five-story buildings there, with
the old undestroyed buildings in
sharp contrast.
No efforts have yet been made to
rebuild the famous library. The Bel
gian government, however, is gracu
ually finding in Germany trace of
mf7.f thu 1PriCelesS manuscripts
and other, books looted from the li
brary by the Germans.
The Enterprise is still $1.50 per year.
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Ilirschberg
D. W. Sears
I. 1). MIX, Cashier
C. A. McLaughlin
Otis D. Butler
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8:15 1.
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6:15 P. M.
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