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$150,000 DAIRY EXPERIMENT IS
PROVING SUCCESS. ANIMALS
CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
SIOUX CITY, lowa.—Sioux City is
the cradle of lowa’s latest industry.
It may be termed either an “infant in
dustry” or a “kid industry,” since it
involves the raising of kids for the
benefit of infants. lln other words,
Sioux City is to have a goat dairy.
Goat herds for the purpose of clear
ing land are no novelty in lowa, but
this common or garden variety of goat
differs from the dairy herd as a mon
grel pup fro ma thoroughbred collie.
The idea was conceived by Benjamin
De Haan, who has lived in many lands,
end who learned the advantages of
raising milch goats in those countries
wherg it has long been a necessity.
De Haan marveled at the way the
little animals made the best from the
worst and he had a vision of what
they might be, given the best. So
clear was the vision that he had the‘
power to make others see it too, and
the result is the establishment of thel
farm at Leeds, an enterrpise involving!
$150,000, the only one of it stype in]‘
the United States.
Men who were in a position to know
the difficulties of importing stock
from those countries where pure-bred
stock is raised agreed that De Haan
conteplated the impossible when he
dreamed of bringing into this country
a large herd of pure bred Swiss milch
goats. Previously but few had been
brought in with success, and the war
multiplied obstacles. Added to the
strict quarantine maintained by the'
United States against this class of im-l
portation was the difficulty of obtain-|
ing the animals owing to the scarcity
of food in Europe, and the problem of’
transportation and providing feed en
route. Notwithstanding these condi
tions A. B. De Haan and F. A. Mc-
Cornack, who is associated with him
in the enterprise, decided that it could
be done.
One Year in “Transplanting.” |
De Haan started on his mission in|
May of Jast year and arrived in Sioux
City in May of this, the whole year
having been consumed in the endeav
or. Owing to post war conditions even
travel was bound up with red tape.!
There were also restrictions on sale of
animals for export due to the shortage
of stock and food in Europe.
De Haan enlisted the aid of the
French minister of agriculture and fin
ally through a Swiss commission a
herd of 200 pure bred Saanen and Tog'-l
genburg goats were assembled. The
Swiss registry and regulations of their
pure bred stock is extremely rigid.
Each animal has its number tatooed
im the ear and also bear metal tags in
the ear. Before the herd could be ac
cepted for export the local commis
sioners had to inspect and vouch for
every goat. Then the papers had to
be submitted to the secretary of goat
commissioners at ‘Berne, who delivered
them to De Haan. After all these
conditions had been complied with and
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the herd ready to leave Switzerland
there were but five days left in
which to catch the only available
freighter which was to sail from the
port of Havre. An obliging state
agent was induced for a considera
tien to attach the goat cars to the
fast mail, and thus the little animals
began their journey to the promised
land in style. But like other journeys
to promised lands they are easier be
gun than ended.
A Stop in West Indies.
They sailed from Havre in October
bound for Martinique in the West In
dies. In order to bring the herd into
the United States it was necessary
for De Haan to establish his residence
in some country against which the
United States does not maintain ali
quarantine.
. The change was hard on them. One
month climbing the steep pastures of
their native land, the next penned in
on the heaving deck of a freighter;
one month feeling the crisp cold of the
’Alps, the next the languor of the trop
ics. |
Perhaps, too, they missed the
soft caresses of their little Swiss play
‘mates, for nearly every one of them
was the pet of some Swiss home. It
was the original plan to remain in
Martinique until warm weather could
be expected, when they should arrive'
at Leeds. However, the climate of
the tropical island proved so trying
for them that as soon as possible they
were brought to the United States.
They left Martinique in March, arriv-|
ing in New Jersey in the raw cold of
a prolonged winter.
' Pneumonia Makes Inroads. ! i
Again the change of climate took its
'toll of the little creaures. Already
weakened by the enervating climate,
;the extreme changes in temperature
land conditions they fell an easy prey
'to the inroads of pneumonia, until on
a dread day twenty of the herd made
'a pitiful funeral pyre on the bleak
'sands of New Jersey.
l When the herd was finally released
from quarantine seven months had
elapsed since they were shipped from
Havre. They were still hundreds of
miles from their future home. De
Haan decided to spare them the trip
across the states in stock cars, for the
crashing, banging noisy stock train
would have been another t&t to their
endurance, already weakened from
their long pilgrimage, and so they ar
rived by express in Sioux City in May,
140 of them surviving the trip.
After such an experience it is not
surprising that the bucks have an ap
pearance of venerable wisdom, which
is enhanced by the beard of the proph
et with which nature has endowed
them.
Transported to Goat's Paradise.
Transported from the sparse herb
age o?the Alps to the fatness of a
white clover meadow in Woodbury
county must have exceeded the wild
est hopes of the most imaginative of
goats. Instead of climbing mountains
in search of any feed whatever, they
find the fat of the land and the full
ness thereof served up to them on a
big, green, magic platter from which
they eat to repletion at will.
However, this prosperity has by no
‘means turned their heads, for they
are not above trying to tase anything
that offers. In fact the only difficul
ty in the way of kodaking them is
their tendency to try to bite out of
the little black box seemingly held out
to them. Nor di @&hey disdain to
sample a straw hat, though it was on
ly a $3 hat—after the fourth $l.
Goat’s milk has been used by man
since the beginning. In fact it is al
leged by those who eclaim to™ have
knowledge of such time and things
that the goat was the first aid Adam
enlisted when he had to go to work
for his living. This statement seems
not improbable when we consider the
subsequent life and habits of the ani
mal in question. All things consider
ed the goat is “easy.”
Though long used byth e Oriental
and European peoples the milk goat is
practically a stranger in the United
States. There are some few herds
scattered through the country, but the
herd at Leeds is the most important,
being the largest herd composed en
tirely of pure-bred Swiss born milch
goats in the United States.
MOTOR VEHICLES
TAKE BIG DEATH TOLL
AUTOS KILL THREE TIMES AS
MANY PEOPLE AS INDUSTRIAL
' PLANTS. VICTIMS HOURLY.
{ The perils of commercial aviation
' do not compare with the devastating
'motor menace, which is exacting a
terrific toll of human life through
out America, a report issued by the
executive committee of the National
Safety Council, in session at Atlan
tic City, stated.
There are obvious reasons why the
problem of making public highways
safe for the people who own them
should be given immediate consider
ation by the automobile makers of
the country, unless they expect soon
to be confronted by a great volume
of hostile public opinion, stretching
from coast to coast, said S. J. Wil
liams, of Chicago, secretary of the
National Safety council,
One Aeroplane Fatality in England.
“Reports dealing with the commer
cial development of the aeroplane
just received from England show
that 75,000 persons were carried
upon aerial journeys in that country
during the last year with very few
accidents and but one fatdlity,” the
council’s statement continued.
“Statistics for ?he current year in
this country show that three times as
many people are being killed by au
tomobiles as in all the factories,
mines, railroads and other indus
tries in America.
“‘One person is killed by an auto
mobile in the United States every 35
minutes, and the menace is growing
all the time, almost in proportion
to the increase of the machines in
use.
“It is estimated there will be 10,-
000,000 automobiles in this country
by the end of 1920, and the number
probably will continue to grow tre
mendously.”
DINNER BELL SOUNDS
FOR NATION'S FAT MEN
Annual Meeting an Interesting
Event. Leesburg, Va., Member
Tips Scales at 663 Pounds.
SALEM, Mass.—One of the most
enjoyable meetings in the history of
the United States Fat Men’s Club
was held at Salem' Willows, many_ of
the members being accompanied by
their wives and sweethearts. All
showed convincing evidence that the
H. C. L. had mot affected their
avoirdupois.
Charles H. Shipman and Joseph F.
Spencer, of Boston, who weigh 275
pounds, were presiding officers. In
formal talks following. the sumptu
ous feast werer made by several
members. Walter Gorham, a world
war -veteran, now a member of the
board of selectmen of Stoneham,
}was a special guest.
| The club comprises 1,200 mem
bers of whom the greater number
‘are residents of New England. The
heaviest member so far as known is
Charles H. Shipman, of Leesburg,
Va., who weighs 663 pounds. Arthur
Moulton, of Portland, Maine, tips
the scales at 525 pounds, and Joseph
Butler, of Stoneham 480 pounds.
* John Dillon, of Cambridge, treas
urer of the club, weighs 260, and
G. Everette Stackpole, of Stoneham,
secretary of the club, 230 pounds.
760,110 EMPLOYEES
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ON U. S. PAYROLLS
An Increase of 339,358 Shown Since
June 30, 1913. 'Huge Sums
Of Taxes Consumed.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The pres
ent number of civil employes of
the federal government whose sala
ries are paid by the taxpayers is
-760,110, as compared with 420,752
on June 30, 1913, according to the
figures of the civil service commis
sion.
The number at the end of Taft’s
administration was 420,000, while
the number last February was 760,-
110. These are the last authentic
figures. The number on the date
we entered the war, April 6, 1917,
was 465,483, which was an increase
of some 45,000 during the four
peace years preceding the war,
ATTENTION! EX-SERVICE MEN!
$90,000 GIVEN AWAY!
Available For Business, Agricultural
And Vocational Education.
The Y. M. C. A. state committee
has been given $90,000 to award to
the ex-service men, soldiers and
sailors of the state of Georgia. Some
$50,000 has been placed and the
fund for collegiate scholarships has
been exhausted, but the remainder
is now available on business, agri
cultural and vocational s¢hools. This
is an opportunity for the ambitious
young veteran to fit himself for a
better salary and a more successful
career. For the man tied to a po
sition and unable to get away the
correspondence school of the Y at
New York is a fine thing. He may
continue to draw his salary while
he studies at night. Leading bank
ers and other successful men at
tribute much of their achievement to
work done in some correspondence
school. The Y extension division of
fers one hundred and fifty standard
and thorough courses, Prof. J. C.
D?kes, of Dawson, will be glad to
talk to you, or you may write Mr.
C. M. Richmond, care Y, Albany,
Ga., for application blanks. These
men will do all in their power to
assist you.
Child Cured of Bowel Trouble.
A child of Floyd Osborn, Notary
Public of Dungannon, Va., was taken
with bowel trouble. Mr. Osborn gave
it Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea
Remedy and it quickly recovered. Inl
speaking of this remedy he says, “It‘
is the best I ever uysed.”
THE DAWSON NEWS.
SISTER OF MURDERED CZAR
TOO POOR TO BUY GOWN
Became Known When She Declined
Invitation to English Palace.
Unable to afford the price of an
evening gown Grand Duchess Xenia,
sister of former Czar Nicholas, of
Russia, reggntly declined an invita
tion to dine at Buckingham palace,
in London. When Queen Alexandria
heard of the duchess’ plight she sent
her a few new gowns as an anony
mous gift, and the Russian peeress
attended the dinner.
THE COST OF DR. STORK’S
VISITS HAS BEEN DOUBLED
From $35.49 the average cost of
a visit from Dr, Stork has increased
to $70.04 since 1916, according to
reports from maternity hospitals in
New York city.
VOTE FOR
O. H. B. Bloodworth
OF FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY
FOR RE-ELECTION AS
JUDGE OF THE
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counties and received more county
unit votes than any other candidate.
His popular vote was 71,661, about
$,OOO more than his nearest opponent,
and more than one-third of the total
votes cast in the State although
there were fourteen candidates in
the race, yet he was not nominated.
He was appointed, and afterwards
elected, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the lamented Judge
Hodges.
He has devoted himself earnestly
and faithfully to the duties of the
office and has made good.
He is now serving an unexpired
term, and, as a faithful official, he
should, in all fairness, be given «
full term.
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