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IRRIGATION IN WEST
Desert of Ten Years Ago
Now Blossoms Like the
Green Bay Tree
BRINGING IN WATER
BY RIVER 240 MILES
Russians and Japanese Best Beet
* Growers—Thousands of Stacks of
Alfalfa Now in Fields in
Eastern Colorado
By f\ M. STANLEY
Manzanola, Col.,' September l.—(Spe
cial.)— Irrigation if* wonderfully impressive
to the man who has never witnessed the
'operations of that system of farming.
| It is developed to its highest efficiency
fin this portion of the Arkansas river
valley.
Water has been so plentiful this year
that everything is flourishing except from
•ome damage done to various crops by the
grasshopper and to some of the canta
loupe fields by rust, the rust being caused.
'According to general belief, by too much
water.
One of the main irrigation ditches from
the Arkansas river runs through the heart
of this town, so that It nearly always
lhas plenty of water for Its crops, though
1 Rocky Ford, a few miles further down
the river, has wrhat is known as a “first
water right.” This means that Rocky Ford
can take water out of the river as long
as there is a drop available. In years
when water is scarcer this is an invalu
able asset to Rocky Ford.
Bring Water 24 Miles
Ordway, 18 miles away from here, also
gAts its water from the Arkansas river.
Ordway has the added advantage of own
ing Twin Ijfikes, which are 240 miles away,
up in the Rockies near the source of
the Arkansas river. When water gets
scarce Ordway turns water from her
lakes into the Arkansas river and It flows
down 240 miles, where she Is allowed to
divert It from the river Into her main
irrigation canal. She is not allowed, how
ever. to take out more than 90 per cent
of the amount she turns into the river.
From the main canal lateral ditches run
Into various farming sections and from
these laterals still smaller ditches carry
the water to the crops. Water gates
f?uage the amount each farmer can take
out and the time of day he shall get
bis water and inspectors rigidly enforce
rthe rules to see that no man get.4* more
£han his share.
Water Distribution by Gravity
Most of the irrigation water moves by
gravitation but there are exceptions, not
ably in this town of Manzanola. A big
water wheel which looks like the paddle
wheel of a big stern-wheeler steamboat,
extends across the main irrigation canal.
The current of the water turns the wheel
and large cups on the end of each paddle
elevate the water about 12 feet and pour
it into a smaller lateral ditch at the high
er elevation.
The Arkansas is a fickle river and it
seems a pity that the tremendous volume
of water which comes down from the
mountains during the spring freshets can
not be conserved for use during the sum
mer. when the river sometimes gets so
low that it is little more than knee deep
and scarcely 10 feet wide.
Since I was here 12 years ago the river
bas completely changed its course and Is
probably a quarter of a mile further
from this town than it was at that time.
^The bridge over the river a few years
•**& .now stands high and dry and of no j
wrhile a new one has been construct
ed across the present channel.
Random Rates
Hundreds of Russians, Japanese and
W exicans are employed on the farms in
this valley.
Russians and Japanese are said to be
best at raising sugar beets. Much of
the work lias to be done on hands and
knees in the field and native Americans
will not do It.
Negroes have been repeatedly tried at
this kind of work but will not stick. There
are few of them in the valley.
Birmingham figures in a popular joke
In tills section on the Ford automobile.
Jt is credited to a negro coming from
Birmingham to Pueblo and has been re
peated to me nearly a dozen times al
ready.
Bees do well here and good prices for
honey are expected this year because su
gar is advancing so rapidly.
Only about 400 hives can be placed in a
single bee yard because this number of
•bees gathers all the available honey with
tn their range.
Electric power by high tension trans
mission from Pueblo covers this whole
valley section.
Alfalfa mills which mangle the hay and
grind it Into a fibrous meal for stock
feed do a big business.
Thousands of tons, however, are baled
each season and shipped in this form.
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SOME FRESH STORIES OF
EUROPE’S GREAT WAR
The Turcos At Charleroi
The New York Sun's Paris corre
spondent cabled fiom London;
Stories of the remarkable work ,ol
the Chasseurs d'Afrique in their attack
on the Kaiser’s Prussian guard con
tinue. A wounded officer who served
with the Turcos of Charleroi and whe
arrived here today said:
"We were attacked by lon.oon of thi
enemy. We were their inferiors ir
numbers, but in valor greatly theii
superiors. Throughout the entire tinu
that tiie terrible fight lasted my men
were absolutely unshaken. Sometime?
we had the advantage and at others wc
had to faH hack hurriedly. Twice wc
entered Charleroi and fwice we had tc
abandon the town, the suburbs of which
were occupied by enormous contin
gents of Germans. The moment ar
rived when it became necessary to
settle the question.
“‘Give them the Turcos!’ shouted our
colonel. Then the avalanche began.
It was a mad rush. Fifteen hundred
meters away were the men of the Prus
sian guards, extended over a. front of
one kilometer. Suddenly from the
borders of a little wood which masked
mitrailleuse companies there broke a
fusillade of bullets which mowed down
our ranks, but the Turcos and couavefi
to the strains of the “Marseillaise,”
swept steadily forward.
“When they arrived within a few
meters of the Prussian guards the
machine gun filing ceased and the
Turcos began an awful bayonet en
counter. The men were fighting like
furies, using the butt ends of their
rifles and shooting right and left with
their revolvers.
“My men hurled themselves on the
Germans before them. The columns of
Wilhelm Jl were nothing but little
children. They fell like flies and their
blood flowed like fountains on all sides.
The poor fellows lost their heads, threw
their arms away and fled.
“Nei^Charleroi our enemies installed
a battery of machine guns in the belfry
of a church. They then hoisted a white
flag and the Red Cross ensign. Our
troops, suspecting nothing, reached the
vicinity of the church and then the
Herman bandits began to turn the
handles of their machine guns and pour
death into us. That is how they make
war."
li_i _a a %«_
London Cable to the New York Sun.
Writing to his brother in England,
Sergeant Loftus tells of his experiences
at Mon8. He says:
“It came unexpectedly at a time
when we had given up any hope of
seeing the Germans. Just after re
veille our cavalry pickets fell back( re
porting the approach of the enemy In
force.
“As we lay in the trenches our ar
tillery opened on them In fine style and
soon they returned the compliment.
They were a long time finding the
range. After about half an hour their
infantry came into view. They were in
solid squares, standing out sharply
against the sky line. You could not
help hitting them.
“We lay in our trenches without a
sound and they crept nearer and nearer.
Then our officers gave the word, a
sheet of flame flickered along the
trenches, and a stream of bullets tore
through the advancing mass. The}'
seemed to stagger like drunken men,
suddenly hit between the eyes, and then
made a run at us. Halfway across the
open another volley tore through their
ranks.
“Uy this time our artillery began
dropping shells among fliem, and then
they broke into open formation, rush
ing like mad toward the trenches. On
our loft the Germans fell back in con
fusion and lay down wherever cover
was available. We gave them no rest
and soon they were again in flight.
Rush Follows Rush
“Then came more furious shelling of
our trenches and another mad rush
across the open on our front. This time
they were strongly supported by cav
alry who suffered terribly, but came
right up to our lines.
“We received them In the good old
way, the front ranks with tHe bayonet,
ami the rear ranks keeping up an inces
sant fire, and after a hard tussel they
retired hastily. Just as they thought
themselves safe our mounted men
swooped down on them, cutting right
and left.
•‘This sort of thing went on through
the whole day without bringing the
Germans any nearer to shifting 11s.
“After the last attack, we lay down
to sleep in our clothes, but before sun
rise were told to abandon our posi
tion. Nobody knew why we had to,
but we obeyed without a murmur. The
enemy’s cavalry, evidently misunder
standing our action, came down on us
again I11 force, hut our men behaved
very well, and the Germans gave it up
as a had job.”
The Daily Mail said editorially this
morning:
“The concentration of the Germans in
immense strength to crush the small
British force is now an established fact.
The result of the fighting which followed
this concentration is not yet fully known.
The latest report only brings events/to
Wednesday, on which (late our two army
corps were engaged by no fewer than
five German corps and two cavalry di
visions. These were stupendous odds as
each individual German corps is stronger
than a British corps.
Fight At Odds 3 to 1
“Odds of three to one can only be with
stood by the superlative valor which the
British have Shown and good fortune,
which no human courage can guarantee.
Reinforcements are essential and in abun
dant numbers, as it is evident that the
strength of the German armleR has been
markedly undefestlniated. The Germans
are known to have called on every avail
able man, and Germany is now believed
to have thrown a very large part of her
enormous forces in Belgium into northern
France.
“The Indian troops who have been
sent to France will not go very far. The
whole energy of the British race must
be employed. The nation must arm and
pi-cpare on a colossal scale and send every
man and gun that can be spared here and
now to the decisive point in France.”
German Methods Defended
London Cable to Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hilaire Belloc, graduate of Oxford uni
versity. an officer for many years in the
French artillery and now a university
professor, and most famous military critic
in Europe, writes:
"The operations of an invading army
in a hostile country are invariably at
tended by more or less wanton destruc
tion and slaughter, because the frenzy
and passions of the populace incite dread
ful retaliation. One recalls at the time,
told of Sherman’s march from Atlanta
to the sea. with its frightful destruction
of property to break the resistance of the
south and end the civil war; on Sheridan’s
cavalry raid through the Shenandoah val
ley, <»f which Sheridan himself afterward
is reported to have said: ^
"if a crow flies over this valley now
he will have to carry his own . subsis
tence."
The American soldiers were never, in
deed, accused of slaving women, children
or other noncombatants, but the delib
erate destruction of towns and sources
of subsistence sometimes was unavoid
able. That’s what Sherman meant when
he said: "War is hell."
Colonel Belloc writes in Land and
Water:
Strictly speaking, all operations of
war depend for their success upon the
moral effect. Excepting that operation
by which a hostile force is completely
surrounded and may be exterminated, in
every case you obtain your success over
your enemy o** the survivors among your
enemy by reducing them to a condition of
mind in which their opposition is inef
fective.
Action Calculated
"Now that is what we see in the pres
ent campaign. The Kaiser's commanders
have carefully estimated and Intend to ap
ply this factor of moral effect apart from
direct action. I do not say their estimate
is just, hut I do say their action here
is calculated.
"Thus by marching through Brussels,
the. German commanders added a full
day’s fatigue and a full day’s delay to
the great body of their troops. Among
the 350,000 soldiers shown there was one
entire fresh army corps. The p6puta.ee of
Brussels gazed upon men in spick, span
uniforms marching in the goose parade
step.
"This was not a piece of empty the
atricallsm. The undefeated Belgian army
had only just been withdrawn toward Ant
werp. The populace was certain to carry
stories of the German numbers, weight
apd condition.
"Jts effect was calculated beforehand.
That effect has been in part attained.
"No one reading the papers last Thurs
day can doubt that the German parade
through Brussels did in some degree, per
haps .less than the German commanders
hope, affect the spirit of their opponents.
"It is exactly the same with the much
graver policy of torture and murder. The
German troops have direct orders from
their superiors to clear any object before
them and break the resistance on the part
of the civilian population, even though
such resistance consists only of women,
elderly men and children.
"Since their elderly men, women and
children have no organization, the terror
inspired by the fate of a few individuals
overwhelms all the rest, convincing them
of the hopelessness of resistance.
"I do not say this is wise of the Ger
mans. Personally, I think it is handi
capping them politically and probably will
later on in a military way, but the poinf
to remember is these actions are ealeu*
lated actions.
"Utter fear and nonresistance on the
part of the entire population of civilians
in southern Belgium, and now in France
in the last few days, encouraged the Ger
man commanders to bellieve these meth
ods have a military value. They will be
pursued in France, and should a force
land in England the same methods will
follow.
Ransoming ot towns
“The same rule applies to ransoming of
towns. It Is not the town which is ter
rorized, but the financial power of the
enemy. This is much more cowardly
than the enemies’ hearts. Take the $50,
000,000 levied on Belgian towns this wek.
England and France have immediately
granted this sum to Belgium as a loan,
which means that Germany, by her suc
cessful occupation of Belgium, has al
ready fined her principal opponents $50,
000,000 and has inspired in the minds of
those putting cosmopolitan finance above
human life the dread of further loss
“Germany knows how powerful these
men are. Finally’. Germany Is certainly
counting on the moral effect of the occu
pation of the seacoast. There is nothing
to prevent small detached bodies of Ger
man armies, specially strong in cavalry,
from occupying Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais
and Boulogne, nothing except a decisive
battle adverse to the German army.
“If the Germans are successful in the
long battle on the. northern frontier of
France, they will certainly occupy ports
In the Straits of Dover. Relying as we
do upon our fleet, we can tell ourselves
all sorts of consoling things concerning
such occupations.
“Nevertheless, the presence of German
troops on the further side of the. ^traits
of Dover would profoundly affect the
state of mind of the allies.”
Speaking of the Russian advance
against Germany from the east and north,
Belloc says:
“The only decisive success thus far ob
tained is the battle of Gumbinnen, 25
miles from the frontier. Russian mobili
zation provides three successive relays
upon the enemy. Germany’s best troops
were sent against the French frontier.
The Russians have taken Tilsit and Koe
nigsberg, besides capturing a number of
field guns.
“Polish East Prussia Is now dominated
by Russian forces, but the reader must
not assume that the Russian advance
will continue like the successful invading
army in the west.
“No prediction can be made of the
time the Russians will get to Posen. 150
miles from Berlin, until the Vistula river
is successfully crossed. The roads arc
very bad. Weeks of rain turn them into
a morass. There is no adequate railway
system and the transportation of supplies
Is extremely’ slow’ and difficult.
“By the time the Russians reach the
line of the Vistula Austrian pressure
from the south may become s*rious.
When this river Is passed the Invaders
will find themselves In territory much
easier because it is now certain the Polish
population will favor the Russian ad
vance.
“The racial relations underlying this in
vasion are exceedingly important, but
there are yet several weeks of time neces
sary before the Russian advance can get
far enough westward to compel the Ger
mans to withdraw tlielr forces from the
French frontier to prevent the Russian
advance on Berlin.”
G. A. R. VETERANS
ENJOY EXCURSION
Detroit, Siptember 1.—An excursion
trip on the (Detroit river was the prin
cipal event on today's programme of
the forty-eighth national encampment
of tlie Grand Army of the Republic. At
a semi-official meeting tonight Gov.
Woodbrldge N. Ferris welcomes the
aged soldiers to Michigan.
Meetings were held today by the
following organizations affiliated with
the G. A. R.:
The Association of Army Nurses of
lha. Civil War, Daughters of Veterans,
Advisory Council of the Iaadies of the
G. A. R„ Sens of Veterans, the Union
ex-Prlsoners of War.
Naval Stores Receipts
Are Eligible Securities
Washington, September 1.—(Special.)
Following his ruling that notes Becured
by warehouse receipts for cotton should
be made eligible as a basis for the Is
sue of national bank currency at 76 pet
cut of their face value, Secretary Mc
Adoo today made the same ruling as
to naval store, “to a reasonable ex
tent.’ This recognition on vala stores
waa urged by former Governor Jen
nings of Florida at the recent “cotton
conference."
BY GERMAN PEOPLE
Americans Reaching Rotter
dam From War Zone
Tell of Conditions
ABUSE AND DANGER
DUE TO EXCITEMENT
Emperor Took Care to See Foreigners
Protected and Especial Con
sideration Was Given
Americans
Rotterdam, August 21.—(Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.)—Amer
icans who found themselves In Ger
many during the first few days of the
European war Were In nowise mo
lested, and the German government
took every step to protect them. This
Is the suhHtaYice of statements made
here by Americans returning from
Germany.
Several instances of abuse and per
sonal danger were recorded, however,
but in every case the excitement inci
dent to the declaration of war, mobili
zation and resulting high spirit of the
people were responsible. Then. too.
the few cases recited to the Associated
Press correspondent occurred in out of
the way places, and persons touring the
empire in automobiles were the princi
pal sufferers. German villagers unab’e
to distinguish t7ie American from the
English, stoned travelers, threatened
them and molested them iVi hotels, hut
as soon as it had been made clear that
the victims of their wrath were Amer
icans the most complete apologies were
offered. In most cases the offenders
were immediately arrested and sum
marily punished.
“On August r, the German Emperor
himself is said to have issued a decree
according to which the burgomasters
all over the empire were to be held
personally responsible for all barm be
falling foreigners, especially Amer
icans. There is every reason to be
lieve from the accounts told by Amer
ican refugees, that the Germans went
out of their way to take care of the
visitors from the United States. It
must be said, however, that they were
subjected to the severe military rules
so suddenly applied and that those
without passports were in some cases
detained until identification had been
accomplished. But even this necessary
process was never attended with the
usual brusqueness of the German of
ficial. Americans by the score maintain
that they had never though German
officials could be as polite as they
showed themselves.
Americans in cities had not diffi
culties of any sort. They were warned
to keep off the streets after sundown
because t lie lower classes, it was
feared, might mistake them for Eng
lish. But after a few days this was
no longer necessary, and while the
Americans had been told, in most cases
politely requested, to leave Germany at
their first opportunity, no pressure for
their departure was applied.
Up to about August 5 it was diffi
cult to obtain money in Germany on
American paper of any sort. It was soon
renllzed, however, that all American
drafts, notes and letters of credit ol
standing were good and alter that if
was a comparatively easy matter to
si cure money. Many banks limited the
dally allowance of Americans to about
$20. I’ersons who found it impossible
to realize on paper in their possession
1 MA\/// fhlHl .AU
were given credit by the hotel and
hoarding house proprietors. Those who
were-caught while en route wero given
accommodations in most cases on the
promise that they would mall the
amount of the bill from the United
States.
Rooms for Americans
The Bristol hotel at Berlin, for In
stance, turned 150 rooms over to Amer
icans absolutely free of charge, and
those who failed to get rooms at ho
tels were taken in by families. Similar
reports were made by Americans from
other parts of the empire. The cities
in which Americans were especially
well treated are Berlin, Munich. Frank
ford-on-Main, Cologne, Hamburg, Dres
den, Leipzig, Magdaburg. The many
health resorts and virtually ever other
Place where familiarity with American
and Knglish touvists made distinction
net ween them possible.
Many Americans here assert that the
KiigUsh tourists In Germany had 11+He
cause for complaint. A party of them
stranded at Cologne was put up free
of charge by a prominent hotel there.
Women and males not of military age
Here permitted to pass over the Hol
land border without trouble, though
examination of them was not carried
°n with the consideration shown tour
ists from the United States.
Much baggage of Americans had to
he abandoned. Much of the rolling
stock of the railways was in the hands
of the military and needed for the
transportation of troops. For this rea
son little baggage could be carried on
trains. It has been learned, however,
the responsible German express firms
look charge of the baggage and that all
of it, if properly labeled, can be re
covered easily.
The American refugees at Rotter
dam were unanimous in their praise of
the Germans'and the closest canvass by
the Associated Press# correspondent
showed not a singte instance In what
an American had a complaint to make.
Only one Instance was brought to his
attention, that of a naturalized native
of German Lorraine. The man had been
home for a visit when war was de
clared and was drafted to serve In the
Landsturm. for which his age made
him liable. After working for two days
at trench digging he was discharged,
the excuse of the officials being that
they had believed the man’s naturali
zation papers were spurious. Most
prominent American travelers in Ger
many were given a sort of "laissez
partier,” or passport, which, in most
cases, exempted them even from hav
ing their baggage inspected.
At the Newspaper Club
The following out-of-town visitors
registered at the presB club yesterday:
K. G. Abernathy of Pulaski, Tenn.,
J. W. Tusker of Pulaski, Tenn., E. R.
Spies of Chicago, E. E. Eagle of Selma.
■Fames DuBose of Atlanta, F\ M. Taylor
of Dallas, Tex., E. S. Howard of Syla
cauga, Charles Horton of Ailceville,
George M. Thomas of Nashville, Hon.
L. W. Arnett of Covington, Ky., Wil
liam H. Rogers, Jr., of Raleigh, N. C.,
Col. D./G. Cravens of Sewanee, Tenn.,
J. E. Wilkinson of Selma, Dr. T. L*.
Ledbetter of Cleveland, James J. Winn
of Clayton, L. T. Miller of Atlanta, A. R.
Hunhke of Chicago, G. E. Hill of
Blanche, Kit W. Harwell of Cedar Bluff;
D. H. C. Wowe of Cedar Bluff, J. H.
Rogers of Talaldega, A. E. Bartlett of
'i aliadega.' E. H. Freeman of Monte
vallo, M. W. Freeman of Bessemer, W.
K. MeClung of Collinsville, Harry Sea
man of Jasper, G. M. Riser of Chil
dersburg, G. R. Powell of Childersburg,
George Moody of Childersburg, W. D.
Putnam of Fayette, R. S. Smith of
Bankston. J. W. R. Jones of Blount
Springs, Tom Hubbard of Albertville.
F. C. Marquis of Dora, T. J. McCabe of
Dora, C. H. Jones of Dora, L. Becker of
Jasper, Basil E. Kennedy of Fayette,
J. F. Watson of Jackson, Tenn., S. H.
Hill of Carrollton. Roy G. Pooker of
Atlanta, Norman H. Johnson of Rich
mond.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
yesterday recorded in the office of the
probate junge:
W. A. Summers, Avondale, to Miss
Maude Goodwin.
P. G. Wilson, Squaw Shoals, to Mrs.
Let ha Parker. *
11. Lee, Jett, to Miss Beulah Sum
merlin.
Willard Osoie Oliver, Birmingham, tc
Miss Annie Mims.
William Compton, Sulphur Springs, to
[Miss Claudio E. Mitchell.
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Twenty-Nine Arrests With
23 Convictions—175 Ani
mals Destroyed
The following report of the past four
months work of the Birmingham Hu
mane society was made public yester
day by the city commission:
Cases investigated and properly 'at
tended to, 434: cases referred to city
commissioners, 4: welfare department.
2: Associated Chari.ies, 2; juvenile
court, 3: cruelty to aged man. 1; cruel
ty to aged woman, 1; one man (col
ored) sent to Hilman hospital; one man
(colored) sent to almshouse: one wom
an (colored) sent to almshouse.
Cruelty to children, 15; cruelty to
children (colored), 15.
Arrests, 29: convictions. 23.
Animals humanely destroyed, 175;
horses humanely destroyed, 20; mules
humanely destroyed, 9; dogs on com
plain* destroyed. 60; dogs electrocuted,
48: destroying in all 108 dogs in four
months; puppies chloroformed, II; cats
chloroformed, 12; kittens chloroformed,
19; warnings given. 231: turtles de
stroyed, 2; overcrowded coops for geese
land chickens, 28; cruelty to cow and
calf; .horses at work inspected, 266;^ IB
from service, 9; to veterinary, 6; mules
at work Inspected, 269; from service, BE
8; to veterinary, 5; overloaded teamz^ i|B
12; high checking, 4. V |||||
INSPECTOR MAKES I
MONTHLY REPORT M
Six Hundred and Forty-One Inspect fl
lions of Plumbing During August H
by Eckerle’s Department ^B
Plumbing Inspector Charles E. Eckerls IB
made his monthly report for August to ^ IB
Judge A. O. Lane, city commissioner, yes- IB
terday, as follows: |||
"Plumbing inspections made, 641; j^B
plumbing permits issued, 192; plumbing, wm
permits issued (extra), 110; charge iBJ ^B
plumbing deposit, $943. j||||
"Receipts, $943; salaries, $681.66; net ^^B
gain. $261.44.
•’Plumbing inspections made by the foW^^Bfls
lowing inspectors: \Y. H. Proctor, lOlck^^H
R. G. Westbrook, 165; Albert Cox, 161; \V. -^B
A. Finley, 154. Total, 641. jj||
"Special inspections made on insani- ^^^B
tary plumbing and called on jobs
plumbers, 110. Arrests, 1; convictions,
tines, $5." ' jB
An Irrepressible Influence U
From the Washington Star. ^ i M
"There’s no way to beat the societal I
game," said the man of simple ideals. ■
"Have you tried it?" I
"Yes. 1 persuaded ray wife and daugh
ters there is nothing in society. Ho they^, jS
called in some of their society friends amJr
organized an anti-society club that give*!. ^B
the handsomest receptions and dances in
town."
—„AW 11 i OH WIMlIMM >■ lllllll HU
"NATIONAL HERO SERIES” NO. O
Admiral de Ruyter— Greatest of Holland’s Sea Captains
C: our own Paul Jones, de Ruyter knew no such word as surrender. His life from boyhood up was one constant battle
against the enemies of his country. He defeated the proud English navy in two wars. One of his sea battles with the
English fleet lasted four solid days, and ended with foe advantage resting with de Ruyter. Later he fought several great
naval duds against the combined English and French fleets, and while his victories were not decisive, he won for Holland undying
glory. The great de Ruyter abhorred tyranny of every kind, just as do die Hollanders of today. When prohibitory enactments are
proposed to those of the Wood of Holland they vole to a man against it.They are wherever found unalterably opposed to any legis
lation which would make the m any suffer for the faults of a. few. Hollanders know that there is no evil in the bailey brews and
light wines of their fathers—EVIL ONLY IS IN THE MAN WHO MISUSES THEM. In America we have thousands of these
splendid people, and Ffersonal Liberty always obtains where they reside, for $7 yean Anheuser-Busch have enjoyed the
trade of those of Holland blood because every day of these o years has been devoted to the honest brewing of Barley-Malt
and Hop brews. It is not to be wondered that 7,500 people are daily required to keep pace with the natural demand
for Budweiser. Its sales exceed those of any other beer by millions of bodes. ANHEUSER-BUSCH • ST. LOUIS, USA.
Bottled only at the home plant.
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