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e Fourth l\.zrgest Town in Alabama . Fuﬂ*wlarown in One Year. 0 TEEeE ; HAD A MODEL GOVERNMENT Permanent Settlement Around “U. S. Nitrate Plant Presented . Unusual Problems. - . . By GARRET SMITH, . Thefourth largest city in Alabams, peopled with 25,000 sonis of diversd races abd peligions, uprooted from far scattered communities ‘in every pan of the United States and Canada sprang into befng almost overnight around the great mew government am'monium nitrate plant down on the open coltoh ‘wad t‘o}rni fields at Muscie Shoals. on the Ty Tleßsee River during thie dast ,\-.':x‘.r of the World War, Here was & froblem, In ety building, munic ipal governiant and commuity wel fare that bhax scldom. been 2»;;1:;:‘:;;,42 and the sucedss of e solution - has ‘pever beer oaeddod, : ‘ . ' The oh Wi i the Bands of the Ab Nitrates. Corpdrution. which bnd been ::1‘;;;“;1?’: ddpnder: the, ti,;l‘tr;?"u:;‘ of v ‘Ordngnce Depiariment to bulld planst and, ciiy s&‘f!‘ Musile Shogls. karly in Junuary, 1818 this. new town aad a few h"!l“tgwn:i‘. ry bulldings ald a popu lation of Svr. Thix had Jumped By the miilie of Auzuct to more Thiig 2 100 A population niiitiptied !»A in ¢ wonths, | - . In “the management: of the pesws towns and :;;!’m_f l"ﬂh?n!:it‘u'h?ﬁ thur sprang upl dufing the wur the ola thme evils {hat nttended the growiliof tnuﬁh?’i?lmif Cities Dave” been avolided 'L_\" the ngt;;%i?:-ii)wﬁ uf g'x-uitﬁ”ii welfure systews,. Dut dowhere were - consdl tions »hwmlf difficult than, at Muscle Shoals Here Wik 8 n ;-‘!»;';:-i‘.'(('rr;:“-vf'x Us!'/d.‘i.ﬂl‘!il‘i{l at the satie tinie with -other d-':uw_\ diseane epldemies. Trans. poftation. was lacking. Noo pearh; labor was lavailable and the generd libor shortage: was at Hs most acute stage, a;(‘-n«:sm' of jubor snd supplies Cwere iv:’s_pix*r; over night. Furthermory, Muscle Shoals differed from all o _other .new | war towns inasuiuch as’ 1t was to be permanent.. ’ New[Government Devised, ~ The managers, besides oty goy ern ment, ‘had|te handle the entire, reth: business lnl the town, A cuinp super vigor's deplariment ‘was put in harg: d( Uu-vt:m‘}’wh*xmmu of a 1 buildings ~ fire j\'!'u!m;ﬂ;n:xl and sanitation . The camp supgrvisor lonked alier eveiry thing front (he mending of g Yaglie (oo the remodeling of groups of building. or lnying sewers o steam maims, For the bachelor contitizent a commiissary Cdepartmenit was nosessary, - 'l‘lzpfﬁfﬁsuﬁ?zwﬁ&»m.f;';xr(xmmt manhged the stores, canleens, mation pletuny theaters, podl puriers, “tatlor “shops, dry cleaniiig estahitshments, barthe shops, newsstands, a hotel, . vesotall: farm and a heg farnn where 1,000 hogs were raised. on the wastes fram eating places.| It maintained a slaughter house where ‘these liogs Were put through the regular packing house .course, .Ii operated - laundry whieh cleaned 7493 pieces a - day. Tien there was a resl estate deparftment that rented and umnaged the family - quarters and a housing depariment which assigned to quarters everybody _excepting the families, ~ * Under separate lurisdiction from s community director were the police The healtth department, in charge of & physician from New York. city, ‘started with a .small affice in one of the temporary buildings, and wii - spoon full grown and splendidis equipped. Conditions were favorab to disense. The winter was severest on record in morthern Al ~ bama. The men were compelled

work either In deep snow or, mud aboy o their knees: “As a resuit a. pleumon g epidemic developed among the Negroos that springz. Later in the year a typhoid | epidemic’ was’ threatenc: Moreover, the site of the plant was 1 the heart of theé malaria distrigr. T the pneumonia epidemic was checke!, the typhoid threat nipped in the bud, and malaria stamped. out: . ; A Health Record Established ' The little first-aid hospital presentIy grew to a complete modern institu. tion with a nurses’ home and a separate dispensary for dental, eye, ear, nose, throat, genito-urinary elinics and a surgical dispeusary for first-uid work. @ i« . v

During the eight months when the death rate was not affected by the influenza and pneumonia epidemics tae general health rate was 124 per thousand per year, which is lower than in most cities in the same latitude aund climate, and the pneumonia death rate during the epidemic was lower than in most army cantonments, v Much of tne-success of the health administration is due to the establishment of the Muscle Shoals sanitary district by the United States Public Health Service. Gl G

The education and welfare depart.—i ment also had a vital work to perform. | There was & school population of over | 1,000, The Secretary of War createdl \h{ﬁ;ﬂftﬂﬂnity organization branch of “the Ordnance Department which, | with advice and aid of some of tlwv! greatest school wmen of the country, prescribed the courses of study and recruited teachers from the best established systems. e ~ WANTED-— Woodcutters. James Holm wants men to help cut wood on Silburn farm 2 miles wmggzﬁggmer 'Will pay 30 cents an hour. Applicants R eeoo o 0 B G

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’ . Offer Opportunity for Each of Us to Write Therein a ~ "Record Better Than ~the Preceding. A 2= IIE- coming year lies spread like the: white plaion that , . sweeps from the roadside to . the distant forest where the Zray squirrels ure making tracks in the light snow. On this white sheet a little record may be written: not a full iife story, but merely a brief chapter or two- like the chapters of squirrel life that may be read by one who tojayv ventures into the white forest,

It is a great mystery thit lies ahead, 4 treasure house of endless possibillties. The span of g man's life is short; shorter. in absolute measurewent than the span of a year. For each year, when October fades into November, haB wrought complctoness. No humanp life can bring compieteness. [t cannot bring complétencss of knowk ge or completeness of happiness or sompleteness of good works, The best man ean do, in his poor. limited way, s to glean as much wisdom end win as much happiness and do as ‘much foodi as the number of his days per#iits. - When the human Octoler fades .t miay thus be rich and peaceiul and without the scars of siormy days or the hlight of wasted days and without undue regret that what should have teen seen-and known and done has not been seen and known and done,

~ A YEAR'S completeness is but a twelvemonth. Our human incompleteness covers many twelvemonths. How fortunate that /e;;\ch dawning year means a new oppoftunity to live and learn.. Again and .at’fin we may take up the thread and advance toward the zoal of apprehension. We may study God’s works and year by year come nearer to an appreciation of them. We can never fully appreciate them, for pur minds are finite, and they are in-

{;-}.*'f*—f*vvv;'f! 2 - Q| g The new resolu- & | %* tion will be simply | {B. - O | % the same old re- & § solve broken with €€ | o 6 -h fi e A & such frequency. & b 2 : ‘:‘l %%» HREDDRRRE FOR SALE—New souldenos, close in, furnace, bath, lights, sleeping porch, sun parlor, laundry. Enquire 217 E. Third St. Phone 178.

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finite. But each succeeding year is a new opportunity. It offers the perfection of completeness, and by even a partiil ‘comprehension of its fullpess we may move towuard fulfillment of the measure of bur lives. : I am not afraid,”. said Thoreau, “that I shall exaggerate the value and significance of life, but that T shall not be up to the occasion which it is. 1 shall be sorry to remember that 1 was there, but noticed nothing remarkable —not so much as a prince in disguise; lived in the golden age a hired man; visited Olympus even, and fell usleep after dinner, and did not hear the conversation of the gods.” o

Ol\'E who loves only artifiz ality, | who does not note the excellence of the world he has been set to rule, proves himself unworthy of his herjt- | age, and is punished by bitter unrest. His life lacks the boon of contentment | which includes all boons. There are, or course, the few whose mental scope ; is too narrow for self-measurement. They do not even know that they are discontented and may énjoy life as the ox enjeys life. They are fortunate. The unfortunate man is the one who has, even dimly, an understanding that | the wo .t '+ good and. beantiful and | that I is ¢ /ifng to reap the richuess that is rightly his. .. 4 The coming year is indeed a great mystery, full of possibilities. = Who- | ever has not watched and studied the 207 = G "W eTS ~»OW many of us are wait- : ing for the opportunities : ofthecoming year! With ' how many of usisit the | unuttered hope that tomorrow, . next week, nextmonth,thenext yearmay be as today in its privlleges and opportunities,only far more abundant. - ~ We are told that the first day ofthe New Yearisanappropriate time to form good resolutions. But the New Year is tomorrow, and there is a better time for such a tasit, and that time is today. For “now is the accepted time."—Bishop H. . Poiter. { ﬁ . v s passing years may begin foday; it is never too late. Whoever has long watched and loved the years will know that to his “nowledge, however ripe, much will be added. He will ad_vance a step nearer to the goal of conEtennnent. and in so advaneing will in_crease his human usefulness, his help- } ln'lnela. ; S % : < TBE year dawns on an earth red ‘A with blood, an earth torn with strife. It will be for most of the people of the earth a year of sorrow and of sacrifice. But for all this it will not be a bad year. Not half of civilized mankind but all mankind that has not forgotten the meaning of civilization has been unselfishly, heroically engaged in the needful work of ridding the world of a noxious parasitic growth, the poisonous fungus of militarism. For those who gave themselves to this essential work it will be @ good year. For all who are sufferAng that the years to, come may be happier and healthier the year will be Ay, o fe o b e T I «k&&‘ﬁv‘yﬁ‘é %‘“"‘gw&”@s,@??% IR B e ¥ } WTRTR M

% Litdle oldlastyear’s % 4 resolution is as- % good as any, and & % probablywillwear ; fully as long as a-§ & new one. - (f.'..; e ...-;.

brightness. April will spread her feast of flowers. June will dispicy her green perfection of beauty. JAugust will offer the. ripening grains; October the ]_jad\en orchards. The year will take no heed of the crime that has been done by man or of the vengeance that marched inexorably. G

POE’I‘S dled in the trenches of GalL lipoli and France, watching God's sunrise or the wispy clouds in the biue. British gentlemen caked«with the mud of Flanders wrote detailed reports of their observations of migratory birds and of the effect of drumfire on bird life, French students and scholars, bearded and dirty, made careful notes of the flora of the Meuse and the Somme. ;

These men visited Olympus and did pot fall asleep while the gods conversed. Neither did-they permit the roar of man's fury to drown out the divine voices. = . So it must be a good year that is ahead, There can be no bad years, The years are measured by God and oot by the evil that men do. . 1 Joy That All Can Have. The joy of living is best found in the real success of life. Take away ‘success and there's no jgy in life to one alive to opportunities and responsibilities. No live man is satisfied with mere existence, for he wants to contribute something to the world's progress, the world’s good. And it is in such ¢ontribution that real oy is found, the satisfattion that comes from full reallzation that one has done what he could in the year given him. So this is the joy-this journa! wishes every reader may have the coming year; andwill have if they fully appreciate that the new year is theirs, to make it truly a happy new year. , ' .~ Day Means Much to All. ~ New Years suggest intiniate personal views of self. The annual crop of good resolutions shows how near most people are to becoming radically better. The day also bring a seuse of the

inexhaustible resources of life. It is the door into a wonderful future, new {nventions, new discoveries, new xchievements, of social justice and privilege and joy for the masses of men.

If you leave it to the schoolboy New Year's day fore he has to go back to school.

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- Kodak fnishing Hicber §°adio. i ~ Get your automobile curtains re-| paried at Wilkerson's harness and shoo ! repair shop. C. 43bat L e : + . Wantd, Cern. | .1 want to buy corn. Phone 16.000 A | C. L. Chamberiain, Ligonier . ‘i?bﬁ!g .ms : § i FOR RENT-—Good 6€-room hoase 'lb’cumd on East Jackson street. Cail! at Citizen Bank for torms. 42bit For gale, desirable building lo&.'!g Sidewalk and sewer. Bube Deeter. | - - zm_:g | FOR SALE—Three thorough bred| short horn Bulls good ones price right. | ;B D. Mcintire. Topeka * ? . . azbee : : - § _Get your old harnes repaired and oiled early and avoid tie spring rush. B. F. Wilkerson, Old ‘zaner. Block: | L . . U eohat

Housekeeper Wantos h'x .zgmuo-}gj men’'s home, light work. no washing, | good home. Address ot «all Bauner office. o ' o 43af . For sale or rent, § rosm house modern all bat furance. “ood barn and| chicken park, loated 370 East Fifth] street. Move any tim> Call en Samuel Galloway, Bryan's Garage - i v e FOR SALE--Bedrvo suite, dining oom suite, center table two mahogay chairs, two small o:k bookcases | ind one iron bed with good spring and mattress. . - e .. o ‘34 FOR SALE--219 acres ncar Eikhart city, on cement road. 60 rods to shib'—i ping point. All black fevel prairie sofl. | Well draiied, weéil fended Improve‘ments. Splendid grain and stock farm. Land adjoining is selling for iéo%peri acre. Price $l3O per acre. » ] - M. H. Miller, Bristol, Ind . R

' IF YOU WANT A GOOD SQUARE MEAL ; A QUICK HOT LUNCH. o A COLD TUNCH. ' A SHORT ORDER. . A SANDWICH. 2 A CUP OF HOT COFFEE. ; A CUP OF HOT TEA. - A SUNDAE OR SObA, VISIT THE LUNCH PARLOR OF MICHAEL & GODDARD ~ Jonas Shobe’s Old Stand

Johnsten's King of Fire, the greatest remedy in the medical world today of its kind and merits and is guaranteeil to cure burns, bee stings, tooth-uche. puneumonia, colds, bronchitis, asthma, cuts, sprains, bruises, boils, - carbuncles, bleod poison, pimples, eczema and croup. This.has got to give satisfaction or money refuyded. Just try a bottle. On sale at a{l Drug stores. [ ~J. M. Johnston, G9shen, }GL/K

- Higher Than a Cat's Back. ,{35 Furs of all kinds are higher 7 % than a cat's back. Joe Milier \1 L will pay the highest price to . s~ be had anywhere. See him efore selling. Phone 319. Warehouse 7an Smith old stand. © o Steat CRONWELL, . J. Durk and son Bob returned to Deflance, Ohio Saturday. ' . 8. B. Tucker was at Elkhart Moriday. . Schools will open here Monday after a two weeks' vacation. ' : ~ Oka Galloway and wife and Dewey Brown of Wryandotte, Mich. were visitors here last week. = . [ Miss Helen Jamerson is visiting at Garrett. - L = Mrs. Mabel Hontz of Garrett is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. Bouse. Mrs. Etta Bunger was a Kendallville visitor Monday. - T ~ George Barnhart w.ll return from an lowa visit this week. F. B. Robbins and family are home from a visit at Columbus, Ohio. - Glenn Watts and wife returned to Gary Monday. i o Geo Falk returned to Mishawaka Sunday. - - 4 Johnathan Sloan was home from South Bend Sunday. = ° - Clem Beberich of Kendallville was here Saturday. e

Mrs. -Mary Cunningham is home form a Ohio visit. - = Morris Windsor is at Indianapolis. C. M. Sloan and family have Michigan guests. ~ Roscoe Kiser has relatives from. ‘Wisconsin as guests. - o Rev. Smith and family will move to| Wakaruska this week. - . Rev. Wade of Elkhart was here MorMonday. , Geo Willard and wife and. Wm Mec‘Dowell returned to Bremen Monday. P. Conner has moved on a farm west of town. : ; ' . S. Bunger writes he arrived safe in ‘Florida and that it sure is some place. Melvin Rodgers and family of Ligonier were visitors here <part of last weei : b - L. M. Stage sends the Banner for 1920 to C. M. Kinney at Buffalo, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney are old. Ligonier residents and will enjoy. the

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Do You Know T e ‘ / Retreader and Relined Tire Wil give mu nearly as mﬁcb service as a new one > - with about ome-third the cost.” Don’t throw ‘aw'ayf - your qld‘ tires---have them retreaded. . : ' We do all kinds of tire r;treading and radiator . repairing. = _ | VAL';, WORK \B.\Of,l TELY Gl'Aß.}\.\'TEéD‘ A | Phone 327 - ' . . 4 ‘ . §y Ligonier Repair Co.

| Next»td_Tel‘ephOne Exchangé, . . Ligonier, Indiana | Buys Cream and Eggs ' Freshßutt’ermilk ard Cottage Cheese sold Daily Sisterhen’s Sanitary Grocery also sells . our Cottage Cheese Topeka Creamery Co. ’ Phone No. 26 .

' 1 Farm Loans s }' Rate 6 per cent No charge fbr»i:(;n' mirsicr .No Clﬁ:ge for Inspection - of Land.. . No Charge for Examination ' of Abstract. Privilege oi paying $lOO or any multiple theréof on the principal on any Interest paying date ;m;{u./ soc. ond year. Small payments #a principal required. . L - Best Loans Obtainable We also make loans for terms of ,_ 5, 7 and 10 years. ° Send for Circular B. L - THE Straus Brothers Company.' x\a*\:.sao. Cap. 2nd Sup. $3,000,000. Ligonier - = Indiana

Auctioneer Will Answer Calls Anywhere Phone 16000 Q Ligonier ' - Indiana 'Harry Schlotterback Trustee Perry Towp:lﬁp - . Office Day, Saturday at Mier State Bank e e e e e e _ Zimmerman Block, Ligonier 9001 e 12 1400 163:00 700 to 8:00 ~ Office in Zimmerman Block

My residence properiy near eer- ~ mer of Unlon and Fori Waype Streets. This is an eppertunity te - “buy a good property at a reasonable price and stop paying high rent. Substantis! dowfl payment asked—«asy terms for balance, © Also—Six aeres of land ¢-mile . from city limiis on paved Blazed Trail. Inis is ax ldeal City Farm and with little labor will furninsh the living for a iamily. o -~ D.S. TAYLOR : - LIGONIER, INDIANA

: ‘ ,M;nufac't::rcr;o! mu‘l Harness, Robes, Blankets, Whips ~ Harness Repaired, - ' Cleaned and : - QOiled. ; EXPERT SERVICE Goodyear Welt -Shoe Repairing Shoes Repaired while - you wait. : ‘ Bothwell Building . Sack’s Bakery Old Stand

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