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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14
ROASTING THE
 WICKERSHAMS
FAIRBANKS PAPER HAS NO USE FOR MEN ELECTED TO
 LEGISLATURE.

The Fairbanks News Miner object, to the so-called non partisan ticket selected to represent the Fourth diyis- ion in the Juneau legislature on the ground that four are Wickersham men and the two others are equally divid- ed between democrats and republicans It describes Roden as of the firm of Wickersham and Roden. and Wicker sham's manager in Iditarod Dan Su- therland Is called wickersham's man. ager.
 Dan Driscoll is called the Wicker sham manager in Fairbanks who Is quoted as saying that he will keep on voting for Wickersham until he dies.
 J. J. Mullally is described as the creek manager for Wickersham.
 ''To make the ticket seem non par tisan." says the News Miner. they gave the other two places to Billy Burns of Chatham and F.. E. Collins of Dome.
 All this appeared in the News Miner before election. but goes to show one side of the opinion prevailing in Fair banks.
 Said the News Miner further:
 That ticket does not appeal to us. We have no personal criticism of the candidates to make. for they are prob ably as decent men as could be found in this district who would take the of fees if they were given to them, but it is the principle of the thing which does not appeal to us. Delegate Wick ersham seemingly has machine in Alaska. which. through the disorgan- to, year after year. drag down the delegate plum. To further build up that machine until it places the en- tire control of Alaska in the hands of one man. no matter what that mans name may be. seems poor business to us. To elect to the legislature a great majority of Wickersham followers tand what is being done in this dis trict to that end is being done in every district in the territory would be tol turn this territory and it's destinies over to Delegate Wickersham. and wel have not the slightest belief that such a course would be other than for the worst interests of Alaska. While wei may not be able to do much to defeat the Wickersham ends. we will prom ise to do all we can. The majority of the voters of Alaska do not believe in our delegate. and were they united there would be no danger. but they are not united"
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14

To the members of the Miners Home Club:
 You are requested to attend the business meeting on Thursday, No- vember 14. Question of interest to all will be discussed. Our new home is No. 414 Front street Opposite Holts Miners Hotel)
 N. B. $. FLORANDER.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14

to coal the Pacific fleet with Alask, coal instead of shipping the fuel around South America from the East. ern states. In the opinion of the Se- attle Times such a railway far from being a drain upon the government. would on it's own books pay from the start
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14

Canned Snowfall Caulifiowsr and canned Dill PieI<iss, now soods, as Frssdins q eorpsn.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21

Ames, la, March 16, Special
-Iowa's farmer and business
men are thoroughly stirred up
about the matter of seed corn
testing. That is reflected in
the demand upon Iowa state
college for its experiment sta
ton circulars on seed corn test
ing and making home made
testers. Thousands of inquir.
les are coming in for these cir
culars and commercial clubs
and banking houses and mer-
chants everywhere are getting
them for distribution. The
college is furnishing these cir
culars without charge and vii
send them in airy quantity to
any responsible person or bust
ness house willing to distribute
them. One edition Of $4,000 is
already about gone and a new
edition Of SO, 600 more will be
published at once.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
a TURKISH slNEcURE.
easy dob Of the Man Who Was Ap.
pointed Buoy Tender.

easy dob Of the Man Who Was Ap-s
pointed Buoy Tender.
Some years ago It was resolved to
buoy the shonls in the sea Of Mar:
mora. some OF which extend to a mile
or more FROM tie shore An English
naval officer vas lent Us the English
to the Turkish government IN order to
carry out this and other measures.
He laid down the buoys and was sur.
prised to find that tie Turks thought
that thereupol the whole business way
concluded. He pointed cut. however,
that buoys require care. that It IL
necessary to repMint them from time to
time. to pump the water out OF them
and to see that they remain duly un.
chored In their tight position. TO ION.
vince the Turks of this took q cor,sid--
cradle time: but. baing at length con.
WINGED. they appointed man espe-
cially to take charge of tho bl.oys
Some months later. however. the
English officer heard shocking reports
OF these buoys qnd many complaints
OF them. and on going out TO inspect
them he found the pnint worn off and
nost Of the buoys waterlogged. Here
upon he wrathfully found the nan In
charge and demanded I'm explanation
The man informed him that he had
never been supplied with boat and
had therefore never been able TO visit
the b,aoys since he had been In charge
Of them!-London Family Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
DEAD RECKONING.

Ono Way Of Determining o Vessels
Course on an Ocean Voyage.
Dead reckoning simply means the
computation Of ships longitude and
latitude from her movements as re-
corded In the log and without having
recourse to astronomical observations.
The chief elements from which the
reckoning IL made ore these:
The point Of departure-that is. the
latitude and longitude sailed from or
last determined-thc course or direc.
ton sailed In as ascertained by the
compass. the rate Of sailing. measured
from time to time by the log. and the
time elapsed.
The various principles or methods
followed in arriving at the reckoning
are known among navigators as "plain
sailing" and middle latitude sailing"
However. the data thus obtained arc
always liable to considerable errors by
reason Of currents. leeway, fluctuations
of the wind and changes In the decli.
nation 1T the compass The results
arrived a. hy dead reckoning, there
fo.... must OF necessity be corrected as
oflan as possible by observation Of the
heavenly bodies. No navigator would
risk relying wholly on this method Of
determining his position on an ocean
Ivoyagc.-Ncw York Times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
AN UNFOUGHT DUEL
And the Reply southey Preparsd Per
Byren's Challenge.

Lord Byron once se.t n challenge TO
Soutlley. the pct. Tho Nnarrel which
led IL the challenge Ind sprung from
4 severe criticism of Byron's work b.
the future poet laureate. II happened
that the friend TO whom the challenge
was intrusted. Douglas Kinnaird. was
too sensible to deliver It, and 80 tho
duel never got beyond the nierest pre-:
iiminaries Southey nevertheless, III
full expectation of the challenge, had
prepared letter to send IN reply.
This letter j. Roger Itees quotes IN
".rhe Pleasures Of !. BookwOrm." II
follows:
Still have the honor of acknowl.
cdging the receipt III your letter and
do myself the pleasure Of replying to
1t without delay.
I'll, affairs Of this Kind the lmrtness
ought 10 meet upon equal terms. But
to establish the equality between yo,,
and the there are three things which
ought to I've done. and then IL fourth
also becomes necessary before can
meet you ON the field.
"First.-You must marry AID have
four children. pleuse he particular
In having them tall girls.
Second. You must prove that the
greater part OF the provision which
you make for them depends upon your
life. and you must be under bond Of
t4.0O0 not to be hanged. not to com
NIT suicide and not to be killed In a
duel. which are the conditions upon
which have effected an insurance Of
my own life for the benefit Of my
wife and daughters.
"Third.-I must tell three direct false
hoods concerning you upon the hust-
ings or in some other not less public
assembly, and shall neither be able
to do this nor to meet you afterward
In the manner you propose unless you
can perform the fourth thing. which
is:s
.That you must convert me from the
Christian religion.
IT'LL all this is accomplished our dis
putc must be carried on without the
use OF any more iron than is neces-
sai7 for blackening our ink and mend
ing our pens or my more lead than
enters into the composition Of the Ed
inburgh Review.
II have the honor to subscribe my
self. sir, yours. with all proper consid-
Grafton. ROBERT SOUTHEY."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
RESULT IN KANSAS IS
VICTORY FOR WILSON
Governors Friends Pleased al
Instructions to Delegates.

Washington. March 18.-The result
in Kansas is very gratifying indeed to
Governor Woodrow Wilson'S friends
The delegates were instructed for him
IS second choice and authorized to
cast the vote of the entire delegation
for Governor Wilson when two-thirds
OF the delegation so desired This is
all that could have been expected
when 1t is remembered Kansas is real
.ly Speaker Clark's front yard" Not
withstanding the fact the Missouri
papeis supporting MIR. Clark went to
every precinct throughout Kansas and
the speaker himself wrote innumera-
BILE personal letters to his friends, the
overwhelming sentimentof the masses
was for Governor Wilson.
Had there been presidential prl-
mary instead of convention the
friends of Governor Wilson in Kansas
insist he would have swept the state.
"A few trained professional politicians
An 81 state convention frequently
thwart the will Of the majority of the
people. The result in Kansas demon
strates the great need of presidential
primaries II the people are to rule.
Kansas was flooded with literature
calculated to promote Mr.. Clark's in
terests. Many false and scurrilous ar
ticles, in the main anonymous. against
Governor Wilson were circulated in al
most every precinct throughout that
state. but seemingly without effect.
The significant evidences of Cover
nor Wilson'S strength in Oklahoma and
Kansas. the united support which the
south will give him, his great popuiari-
iy il, the New England states ard the
nation wide growth of his strength,
significantly stamp, him MS the candi-
date who can win for the Democratic
party.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
PAPER BOXES.
One Industry Alone Uses 1000 Differ.
ant 9ixea and Shanea

One Industry Alone Uses 1000 Differ
snt Sizes and Shapes.
A thousand machines of many types
and sizes and designed for many pur-
poses are used today in the manufac-
turc Of paper boxes. This assortment
Of machines is absolutely necessary,
for the number Of styles Of cardboard
boxes used for packing all sorts OF
articles is without limit.
According to the Edison Monthly. one
industry alone. the making Of pens.
pencils and erasers, requires boxes Of
1000 different sizes and shapes.
Paper box making. one Of the new
but important Industries of this c0un-
try, has made IT'S greatest progress
during the last half century and par
ticularly within the last twenty years.
after modern machinery had been I'm
troduced The business has assumed
wonderful proportions in New YORK.
city. where the capital invested c5
cccils $5.0OOOOO.
One hundred years ago there was no
such thing us paper box. The coI-
tainer OF those days consisted Of moth
ing more than a heavy sheet Of paper
wrapped around the article to be car
ried. In time some progressive person
conceived the idea of cutting part way
through the paper in order to make 1t
fold more readily. With this four sid
I'd wrapper 1t became the custom to
tuck the loose ends i'll to prevent the
contents slipping out.
From this was evolved the idea Of
scoring the paper so both the sides
and ends folded up and then gluing the
ends together. That was the way the
first paper boxes were made, and 1t
was years before any marked improve
rMent was made. In those days a knife,
IL pair OF shears. a kettle Of paste and
a stralghtedge. with supply of box
board were sufficient equipment to
start man in business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Peintina Emo Point.

II think remarked Biggs. zone Of
the funniest signs ever saw was
this: Teeth Extracted While You
Watt"
Riggs laughed long and loudly at
this. and shortly afterward he tried It
on Jiggs.
"a friend OF mine." he said. .told
me Of a funny sign he had seen
Teeth Extracted While You Watt"
Jiggs reflected.
what is there funny about that?''
he asked. II don't quite catch the
point"
Cant you see? The man who put
up that sign used I've words when one
would have been enough. The word
dentist covers the whole round. Ev-
cry dentist Is supposed to pull teeth.
isn't he;"
.Oh. yes; see. Ha. ha. har'-New
York Mail.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Orson Items

Miss Cody ou1 school teacher
visited home folks in Mo. VAL
ley over Sunday.
Helen Ogden who is attend.
ing school at Logan spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with her
parents here.
Jocob Lloyd has ordered a
new corn shelter and will soon
start Smelling corn for his
neighbors.
Orson now has one of the
oest blacksmiths in the county.
Mr.. Townsend from Little
Sioux has located here and is
getting his shop in shape to
serve the people. We certainly
welcome Mr.. Townsend and
family to our city.
Our Enterprising merchant
81 Ogden is emf wing a fine
trade. M Ogden carries a fine
stock of General M rchandise.
There has been four emigrant
cars unloaded here the past
week. The people know where
to find a good country.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Fir. Extinauishers.

About 1870 n MIR. Thomas Philips OF
London invented al apparatus for put
ting out fire. but 1t was not much Of u
success. When put in action the steam
aud carbonic acid which were to ex
tinguish the flames were not gener-
iated in sufficient quantity to do the
work. A Frenchman named earlier
patented a fairly successful extin-
guisher IN 1862. since which date they
have been used more or less oil over
the world to put out incipient fires.
though. of course. they are valueless
after the lire has acquired much head
way.-New York American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Arm In Arm Win !. Tiors.s.

kAGUu III NTH WIFI u .1t8GV9Vs
Il is related Of Sir Edward Bradford
that he once walked arm in arm. SO to
speak. with tigress. he was out
shooting and. always a fearless sports
man. had come to close quarters with
his quarry. He fired. and either the
ball failed to take effect or but slight
" wounded the animal. She sprang
ut him and seized his left arm above
the elbow. The pain must have been
terrible. but Sir Edward Kept cool.
and, realizing that It would be death
to drag his mangled arm away and III
low her to spring afresh at him. he dc
liberately walked few agonizing
PAGES until his comrade was able to
take aim and kill the brute Thus his
courage snyed his life. though the am
putation of his arm at the shoulder
proved necessary.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
SPIRIT OF THE TIMES
TYpIF|ED BY WILSON
Iowa Pleased at Solution Of
Present Problem.
[Des Moines DAD News.l


Woodrow Wilson typifies the new
spirit of the times in things political.
he is the embodiment Of the new
thought in the nation.
scholar brought to the Iowa people q
message of hope and good cheer. He
came carrying the standard Of pro
gressive army Of thoughtful Ameri-
cans, fully determined that whatever
else may happen 1t shall be brought
about that this shall again be gov
ernment by and for the people.
In his Coliseum address the governor
properly assumed that there are ten
denotes IN American life that are
wrong, that evils have grown up. that
we have got away from the moorings
of free government. No need to dis
cuss these things. But what is the
remedy?
He analysed the problem with the
dispassionate logic Of the great univer-
sity teacher before his class. He was
especially happy in his characterize
ton of the problem as one relating to
privileged business" rather than 'tbig
business" for it is not size so much as
1t is the enjoyment of special privilege
that makes some business destructive
of all that is good in commercial and
political life. He was right. too, in
leading back to the original source and
refuge of all special privilege-thc pro-
.ective tariff
without attempting to go into details
he pointed out that the remedy that we
al! are seeking must be secured. If Mt
all. through agencies that are free to
Get. No axiom of the school books
could be palmer.
Woodrow Wilson brought to Iowa
people message they hear with eager
ness because they want just such a
message. He spoke from the stand
point of the lifelong and earnest stu
dent of world politics. as one who has
approached the subject with ripened
intellect and well trained mind aud
following the eternal principles of
truth, has reached a conclusion that
cannot be assailed. Without any ora
torical lourishes he held his audience
lentranced. He said nothing but that
which he knew to be trae. He made
no use of merely fine sounding phrases
Il was cold logic, yet told in simple
and direct Language.
Here, then, is the new nan III poll.
ties, a man come US n proplG. among
MS to preach the new gospel. We have
come upon a new time. when things
are different, when the problems are
not WHIST they once were. when the
people are eagcr for some discussion
of present day politics in the light Of
present day conditions. That is why
Woodrow Wilson's message t. Iowa
people was SO refreshing, SO inspiring.
10 helpful.
Whatever else they may do, the Iowa
people. without regard to the particu-
lar party tag they are Just now wear-
Ing, with small consideration for the
grandfathers' prcjudices, owe to Wood
row Wilson vote Of thanks for the
battle line and shown us that which
lies Just beyond.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21

Salina (Ilan., Union: 'Thosc Demo-
Gratis who oppose the nomination Of
Governor Wilson as the Democratic
candidate for the presidency should
advance some better reason than that
he has changed his mind or shifted his
point Of view on political issues. The
man who stands today where he has
always stood on all political questions
is too much of Bourbon to deserve
the support of Democratic voters"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Her Abb.

Much to the curious little girls dis
gust. her elder sister and her girl
friends had quickly closed the door Of
the back parlor before she could
wedge her small self in among them
SHE waited uneasily'for little while:
!hcn she knocked. No response. She
knocked again. Still no attention. Her
curiosity could be controlled no longer
"Dodo." she chilled In staccato tones
US she knocked once again. "'Tain't
me! It's acknowledgements.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Sale Postponed

The w. B. Girton public sale
which was to have been held
Wed. March, goth, has been
postponed until
MONDAY MARCH 25th,
at which the following will be
offered for sale:
IL head of horses and mules
5 head of cows
Is head of hogs, Is bred sows
Farm machinery
Household goods including a
piano.
Remember the date Monday
March 25th. d CIV
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
A Real Danger.
Sioux City, lowe,
March, Is, 1912.
Commercial Managers:

Commercial Managers:
This is to advise you to
call up all the farmers connect
ed with your exchange and say
to them:
eve have been requested by
Greater Des Moines Committee
Of Oes Moines, la, to ask you
whether you have tested your
seed corn for the coming spring
crop, and if so, what do the
tests show. That is DO you find
your seed corn first class, or if
not, what percentage of the
seed was good"
am furnishing you with
blanks to use in writing down
the results Of your inquiries.
These blanks must all be in
this office by the 23rd of
March.
Very truly yours,
Clement j. Welch,
Dis. Com. Mgr.
The above letter is being sent
out to all the telephone ex-
changes in the state. The seed
corn situation in Iowa is very
critical and every farmer
should thoroughly test his seed
corn before planting. One bad
ear for each farmer makes a
loss of many hundreds of
Thousands of bushels in the
state. TEST YOUR SEED
CORN.
Children Cry
FOR FlETCHER'S
g a 3 Z RIA
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21

Had q puncture, my friend?'
The chauffeur looked up and
swallowed his feelings with q
huge gulp.
mo, sir," he replied, I'm
just changing the air in the
tires. The other lots worn
out, you know!!'' Ideas.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21

Look out. for another big bill
from the Valley Department
Store which will quote all kinds
of bargains. Their sale is prov
ing a great success and they
are not sparing with the print
ers ink to tell their patrons of
the many bargains they are
offering. There are sales and
there are sales but this one
is a sale that will save
YOU money.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
Will. Rensmbsr.d.

Mother (reprovingly,-W Willie, some
one else may like the tender bits of
celery besides you. Why do you al
ways pick them out when the dish Is
passed? Willie-You said. ma. that
1 must never take the biggest pieces
when things are passed to ms.-Boston
Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
There are no elevators running up.
and down the ladder Of fame.

There's only one way to
make aviation safe" said the
man who loves legal formalities.
"What Is that?''
'Get some good attorney to
prove that the law Of gravita-
ton is demonstrations. y
Washington Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
The GIadiators.

Usually gladintors were matched in
pairs. They fought in different ways
blindfo!ded. II, chariots. on horseback.
in full armor md with the lasso. Nets
were used By some. who. after throw
ing one over the head of an antag-
onist, dispatched him with a three.
pointed lance or trident.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
GOVERNOR WILSON'S
CHANCES.
New York World. ]

Tho World is unable to agree
with its friend Colonel Waiter
son that "the Woodrow Wilson
presidential boom has started on
the down grade"
Viewing the situation without
prejudice, wc should say that tho
governor of New Jersey is still
the leading Democratic candidate
for the nomination and that he
10 still the only candidate who
has shown strength in all Sec
tons of the country.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
A nasirahia Limitation.

II envy the man who believes that
superstition about Friday" said Mr..
Growclier.
Il consider 1t depressing"
Not ut ALL A man ought to Le
mighty comfortable who can feel sure
there's only one unlucky day in the
week Washington Star.