The Branch House Man
This i9 one of the Swift & Company
Branch House Men.
They are all pretty much alike in the
way they feel toward their work—and that
is what this ad is about.
They know that most people couMn’t
get such good meat promptly and in good
condition if it weren’t for the branch houses
of which they are in charge.
They know that the branch house is
one of the most important links in the chain
: j of preparing and distributing meat for a
nation.
They know that Swift & Company must
have its branch houses run at the highest
notch of usefulness; that even a Swift &
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Company branch house won’t run itself, and I
that it is up to the branch house man to f
run it properly.
Any branch house man who doesn’t I
see his work in this light is transferred to
some other place with Swift & Company to
which he is better adapted.
- They are picked men, these branch
house men. Every time you sit down to a
steak or chop, or cut of roast, you can give a
grateful thought to the whole crew of them.
And remember, in a general way, that
everythjpg that makes life smoother and
more Convenient for you,is the result of the
thoughtfulness an<3 effort of a lot of people
of whom you have never heard.
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The Independent has the exclusive
sales rights for the American War
Atlas, without which you cannot
keep up with the war news as you
should. Call at the office and get
one. Only 35 Cents.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what our
boys at the front are doing. Keep ’em
going! War Savings is a message t<
the kaiser that will “get over.”
(By The Associated Press.)
Offensive operations toward Metz
strike at one of the most important
German bases in the West. The city'
and the twenty-eight encircling forts
comprise what has been regarded as
one oi the most formidable fortresses
in the world. Metz also is the center
of important iron fields, which before
the war supplied France and Germa
ny with more than two-thirds of the
ore used by their iron manufactories.
Metz is on the Moselie 10^6 miles
west of the French border. rihe city
lays astride the Moselle river as well
as on both sides of the Seille.« Part
of the city is on islands in the Mo
selle. To the east, north annd north
west are the iron and coal fields of
French and German Lorraine. De
prived of these fields Germany 1
could net conduct the war another
three months, it is asserted.
The chief iron field of the Rhine
district is that of Lorraine, includ
ing the Bassen de Briey (the center
of which is the little village of Briey)
the greatest iron-producing region in
the world. It is located mainly in
Alsace-Lorraine and overlaps into
Belgium and Luxemburg. It extends
along the Franco-German frontier
for thirty-five miles, almost up to
Pont-a-Mousson.
Germany’s possession of the ma
jor portion of this productive area
followed the signing of the Treaty of
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present war Germany obtained from ,
the mines on her side of the frontiers ,
21,000,000 tons to her total annual1
production of 28,000,000, while
France got 18,000,000 out of a total |
production of 22,000,000.
Since her occupation in 1914 of the
mines on the French side of the fron
tier Germany has added to her min
eral wealth the 15,000,000 tons an
nually obtained by the French, bring
ing her total production from Lor
raine alone up to 43,000,000 tons a
year.
The only practical rOad to this
important region, military authori
ties agree, is the valley of the Mo
selle. At the head of the valley and
barring the way lies Metz, ranking
with Strassburg as one of the two
great bulwarks of the German south
western frontier. Metz, is a city of
60,000 population,’its chief industries
being the manufacturing of weapons,
clothes, shoes and hats.
As a fortress Metz has been im
portant since the Romanera. Since
that time it has never succumbed to
frontal attack. Its present system
of fortifications includes 28 detached
forts which encircle the city proper.
The outer chain of defenses, built
within the last two decades, and un
jdc,J~.ted-y peifec,ed since the out
| MUST SUSPEND BUILDING.
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i Special to Independent.
> Little Rock. Sept. 24.—All building
| not essential to the progress and
; prosecution of the war must be sus
I pended until after the war. Those
! are the positive instructions that
have been issued bv the War Indus
; tries Board, and are being promul
gated through the Council of De
i fense system. /- '
Charles L. Thompson has been
appointed by Chairman Lloyd Eng
land of the State Council as State
; chairman on Buliding Proposals, and
he has named Gus Lyons, T. E. Bur
row, George Pugh, annd J. R. Vin
: son of Little Rock as the advisory
committee. County committees will
be appointed throughout the state.
; The Pulaski county committee con
sists of A. Brizzolara, J. F. Lough
brough, and H. M. Bennett,
j All building propositions must be
passed upon by these authorities, and
i the permit be issued by the War In
dustries Board in Washington, for
; projects exceeding $2500 in cost.
I Mr. Thompson announces that he
will retire from business as an archi
tect until after the war.
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TERRIBLE BLOW TO THE
LOVERS OF LITERATURE.
' Washngton, Sept. 23.—War again
has hit the Congressional Record. Al
ready reduced in size and circulation
because of the paper shortage, Sena
tor Smoot of Utah of the Printing
Committee announced today that
hereafter the Record will be printed
on ordinary news print instead of
Heavy caieuuai p«pox. pun
also will be used for the daily calen
dar and Senator Smoot estimates the
saving to the government at from
$2,000 to $3,000 a day.
The government needs your money;
ou need the stamps.
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The more you help the men at the
liont the quicker the end will come.
What the Capture of Metz
Would Mean.
break of the present war, extend to
Thionville on the north, and Grave
lotte on the west.
West and southwest of Metz the
course of the Moselle is lined with
high, wooded hills. The German for
tress also is protected by heights and
woods northward. On the the south,
however, the terrain, is more open
with few hills and little wood.
From the American lines southwest
of Metz the nearest forts are Forts
Hasseler and de Sommy on the right
bank of the Moselle and Fort Kron
prinz on the left bank. Fort de
Sommy is less than five miles from
the French town of Arnaville, on the
Franco-German border. The forts
surrounding Metz were similar to
those at Liege, which were notable
for their disappearing turrets. Ger
man guns, however, overcame these
forts.
Metz also is an important point on
the railway line supplying the Ger
man line eastward from Laon.
The fall of Metz, not only would
probably seal the fate of the iron and
coal fields, but, through the severance
of railway lines, imperil the Germar
line west of Laon and thence north
ward to the Belgium coast. All re
ports o£ a pussiino German retire
ment in the west have indicated thal
Metz would form one of the bastions
of the German defense.
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leciding factor? Coming from Lord
Milner this statement is momntuous
and America is not coming in—she
has come in—America is in.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid,, and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine.
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to- before me and subscrib
ed in my presence, this 6 th day of
December, A. D., 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
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F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
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0., writes: “By the changing of
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HENDRIX COLLEGE jl
Answers Young Men's Perplexing Questions. f
1. —By having a unit of the STUDENTS’ ARMY TRAIN- i ji
ING CORPS established there.
a. S. A. T. C. is open to all healthy men 18 or over who
have High School education or equivalent. Barracks for |
some 200 additional men are being erected.
b. Members of S A. T. C, receive $30 A MONTH, FREE
TUITION, CL; THING AND BOARD.
2. —-By providing MILITARY TRAINING for all mala
students whether members of the S. A. T.C. or not.
' 3.—By its strong scientific, literary and practical courses.
I 4.—By its high grade ACADEMY for boys and gtrls who
not ready for college classes.
Hendrix Will Open October I
in order to conform to the revised regulations of the War Depart
ment govemoting S. A T. C. the college is co-operating with the War
Department in its plans to train officers for the Armg. For informa
tion address the President
J. H. REYNOLDS
< I i WAY, ARKANSAS
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