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ngs. This will be the main tunnel of the mine for some time. At the end of the tunnel a raise of 800 feet has been started and is progressing at a rate of 10 feet each day. This raise will make direct connection with the basin. The ore shoots of the Alaska Juneau are on an average 500 feet in width And it is estimated by careful computation that there are in sight above the present tunnel levels 254,- 10000 tons of milling ore. This esti- mate is by Joseph Macdonald.
 The ore above Silver Bow basin is to be mined during summer seasons only. 1t will be quarried and dropped down to the traffic lines where it can be hauled to the reduction works.
 Traffic Line.
 A traffic line connects with the main tunnel and winds along the side of the mountain passing through two small tunnels until the spur of Mount Roberts is reached when a tunnel 2,- 25O feet long leads to the channel side just above the mill site. A Hume AKA for carrying water parallels the rail way line being just low enough to pass under when tunnels are encountered. The ore trains will be drawn for the present with gas locomotives.
 Gravity System.
 The gravity system has full sway. The ore IS continually dropping from the stopes to the cars, down a gentle grade on the traffic line unti! the rock houses are reached at the reduction plant and so on through every process until the concentrating tables are reached, while the tailings keep sink ing until their final resting place is reached in Gastineau channel. Even the power will eventually come by gravity.
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FOR SALE-Launch Ariel" length 20 feet, CHI. P. engine, first class con- dition. See Trevor M. Davis. 7-1S-tf
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WANTED-By irst-class cook, pO- sition as hOusekeeper; will cook in camp. References. Will go to inter- for. e." Empire. 9-17-6t.
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TO THE LADIES'

IO II1E IIADILO. -
 The very latest in Gage hats and other ladies' goods on display next door to the postoffice. Ladies are in- vited to inspect the selection. 9-15-tf MRS. J. c. FUNK.
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ROOMS TO RENT-With use of bath and phone. Centrally located. Phone 3-2-O-4. S-29-tf
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NOTICE OF MARsHAL's SALE

Every thing that viii please a smOk- Pr may be found at BURFORD'S.
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FOR SALE-Gas boat "Boreas," 30 feet, S-10 H. P. See Wallis George S-7-tf.
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FOR SALE-Old doors and windows at the Juneau Construction Company
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FOR SALE-Waterfro lot with house, near ferry landing. "M," Elm pire. 8-9-tf.
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LOOK, LADIESI

-O-O- New undermuslins, lingeries and Balkan suits at Mrs. J. L. CAGES. If
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FOR RENTING furnished house keeping rooms. No. 12, Hogan's Flats.
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TRIMMER x RITTER

See this firm for all kinds of dray- ing and hauling. We guarantee sat isfaction and reasonable prices. Coal delivered promptly. Femmer & Rit ter's Express. Stand BurfOrd's Cor
 -O--O-O
 Dr. B. c. Pallmann, D. O. and Psy. D. specialist of chronic diseases. Con- sultation free in English, French and German. Office over Alaska Supply Co.,, Juneau. S-1S-tf.
 -O-O-O
 A complete line Of tobacco jars and pipe racks at BVRFGRD'S
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WANTED-An experienced cook at St. Ann's hospital, Douglas. S29-tf.
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SCANDINAVIAN GROCERY-Opp. City dock; just opened; fresh stock.
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Power.

Power to operate this immense plant will be generated by hydrO-electric
 plants. At Nugget creek some fifteen
 miles from Juneau an immense plant will be created capable of furnishing 5000 horse power of electrical energy. The Treadwell company controls the lower basin and is now taking 1900
 horse power from the stream. The Al aska-Juneau will have both the middle
 and upper basins which will bring the
 entire stream capacity up to 5000 horse power There is an amicable
 arrangement between the two con- panies over the use of this power. It
 is expected that in time more power will have to be brought from Speel
 river near Snettisham. In this event
 a submarine cable will have to be laid across Taku inlet
 Power for temporary use in operat- ing the first unit will be generated by
 an oil burning steam plant that is to
 be erected on the waterfront It is
 hoped to have this supplanted by cleo tric power in a few months.
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Sea Level Tunnel.

As soon as the first unit of the mill is completed and working the great sea level tunnel will be started and the work continued until the ore body is cut more than 400 feet below the pres ent mine levels. This tunnel will be 5000 feet long and will go in a straight line from the reduction works to the mine.
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The Investment

UC iHNCSliiCHb
 The total cost of the development including both mine and mills, will approximate when this first unit is completed a sum aggregating $1,5OO,. 900. It is estimated that an expend- iture of $4,OOO,OOO all told will com plete the entire plant and prosecute development work in the mines to a stage capable of producing the ore tonnage to keep the plant busy.
 Working conditions on this side of the channel make it possible to mine and mill ores 60 cents per ton cheaper than in Treadwell. It costs $1.4O per ton on an average to miIe and hill at Treadwell. These figures are con- servative. Joseph Macdonald, former ly superintendent of Treadwell and who is well acquainted with condi- tions in the Alaska-Juneau, declares that the ore can be mined and milled for 52 cents per ton.
 The ore values are such that more than one dollar per ton profit will be realized.
 The Plant to Grow.
 The rock house for the first unit is already practically completed and the hydraulic sluices are busily engaged in sluicing off the debris where the mill foundations must be placed. This first unit will go through the same growth as the plant in general. It will start as a fraction with 40 stamps and the propOrtiOnate number of Chil- ian mills and other equipment Tn the early spring it will be completed to its full capacity. All the time the devel- Opment work in the mine will progress toward the end of providing greater ore tonnage. Slopes, raises, drifts, and shafts must be driven to block out and mine ore. This requires time. The crews will be increased as rapidly as room can be found for the men to work and as the mine development progresses and the tonnage increases the units of the reduction plant will be added until the works are com plete and have a daily capacity of 12,OOO tons.
 Beginning with next spring there will be 800 men on the pay roll and when the plant is complete the working force will have to be increased to 15OO
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Service Water.

Water service for the mills is Ob, tained from Gold creek, and from diff. ferent sources in Silver Bow basin where it is gathered and led by pipes and ditches to the main Hume parallel ing the present traffic line.
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z. R. CHENEY,
 Plaintiffs Attorney.
 First publication September 9. 1913.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
ERUPTION LIKE PIMPLES

Wathena, Kan.-"My child's scalp
trouble became so bad that / was
ashamed to have anyone see him. His
head had a solid scab on 1t. He also
had terrible breaking out on his face
which was gradually growing worse.
The eruption was like pimples which
developed into sores when he scratch
ed, which he did almost constantly
Baby would almost scratch himself
raw.
Il had used several different kinds
of salve, none of them helping in the
least bit when l saw the Cuticura ad-
vertisement in the paper and 1t made
me think of the good results my sister
had when she used 1t for her children.
/ had only used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about two weeks before
noticed that the sores were almost en-
tirely gone, and 1t must have been a
month or six weeks he was troubled
before began the treatment. He
would get easy when l would put the
Cuticura Ointment on him. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment completely cured
him and he has a clear complexion
now" (Signed) Mrs. W. H. Hughes,
Dec. 81, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
The Relqn Of Woman.

Women will serve as public porters
and dining car walters on the special
train which is to carry the Illinois
sufrragists to the Washington parade,
and except for the train crew and sol
itary man to shine shoes it will be an
example of feminized railway trans
portation. The male shoeblack
prompts masculine reflections on the
new dspensation. But mere man
may take heart. The time is still re-
mote when there will be women at To-
comotive throttles or in the more re.
sponsible posts in railroad operation.
New York World.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
SUCCESS IN MAKING OVER A NEGLECTED
TREE DEPENDS UPON PRELIMINARY PRUNING
Hundreds Thousands Of Old Native Apple Trees the United
> States That Are Well Worth Grating-Process Is Sim
pie and Interesting for Any One to Undertake.

and better than when tall old limbs
are top-worked
AS the grated branches grow they
must Of course be pruned In such
way as to get as spreading an effect
as possible. The natural tendency OF
grated wood is to grow vertically up
ward, but by. the judicious use OF the
pruning shears one can force the
growth in almost any direction. The
skill and judgment of the owner here
come into play. Good results are. OF
course, easier with a tree having
good spread of horizontal branches.
because the twigs for grating can
be started at considerable distances
one from the other, but even in so
upright a tree as the one pictured
herewith, desirable results are readily
obtained.
In many old apple trees there are
likely to be horizontal branches ex-
tending far from the trunk-which
are too old and hard to be grated
but which have small twigs arising
from along their outer part Sucn
vertical branches are soon brought
into condition for the insertion OF
scions by simply cutting off the main
limb just beyond them, making a
clean cut very close to the vertical
| branch. The bark will soon heal over
the cut end, the main flow of sap VIII
be carried to the twig and when
grated It will make a fine fruiting
branch 80 far out from the trunk that
1t has abundant air and sunshine
Such n branch as shown in the pho
tograph herewith is splendid stock
scion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
HOW TO IDENTIFY
SAN JOSE SCALE
Difficult to Detect Owing to Its
Small Size and lnconspicu-
GUS Color.

Perhaps the worst feature of an at
tack by the San Jose scale is that,
owing to its small size and inconspic'
uous color, 1t often remains unnouced
until the tree has been seriously in
jured or even killed. That the tree
lacks vigor may be recognized. but
the cause of it's unthriftiness Is over
looked. Yet 1t is not difficult to de-
tect when one really looks for it. In
the early stages of infestation a few
scales may be found, usually clustered
about the buds OF the preceding sea-
sons growth, or even on two-year-old
wood, says a writer in the Baltimore
American. The mature scales are
grayish In color, being usually. but
not always, somewhat lister than the
bark to which they are 80 closely at
tached. The mature females are
nearly circular in shape. are approx
mately onesixteenth inch in diameter,
and each is somewhat raised In the
center to form slight protuberance
or nipple, which is lighter In color
than the rest of the scale. II this
scale is carefully examined by means
Of a Small magnifier, several corcen-
trio circles may be observed between
the nipple and the outside edge; and
II It be carefully raised with the point
of a pin or a knife there will be re-
vealed a minute bright yellow object,
the insect itself.
The trees should be sprayed in mid.
winter with the lime-sulphur mixture.
For few trees buy a hand vaportzing
sprayer. One can be had for 81, and
with It an active man can thoroughly
spray bearing tree In ten minutes at
q cost Of few cents. To have clean.
healthy trees and perfect fruit the
trees should be sprayed In season
The lime-sulphur mixture. properly
applied, will cleanse the trees of the
various scale insects Uncluding the
San Jose scale). and Is also an ex.
cellent destroyer Of fungus growth Of
all kinds. Fruit growers recommend
its use for killing the eggs of the
aphis and oyster shell insect. For
scurfy scale and oyster-shell louise use
whale oil soap solution. This solu-
ton is made as follows: Whale oil
soap, one pound and boiling water,
one gallon. Mix well and dilute with
six gallons of cold water when ready
to use. The time to apply is In May
or June. or when the small scale lice
are moving about on the bark.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
GOOD CARE OF DUCKS
Fowl Cannot Eat Dummy Food
Without Wasting 1t.
Plenty OF Grit Must Be Available az
All Times, but II Must Not Be
Mixed With Food - Green
Stuff Is Also Essential.
(RY A. GALLIGHERl

A ration that is all right for ducks
may be all wrong for chickens, and
vice versa. For instance: Whole grain
is not as good for ducks as a mixture
Of ground grains and cooked vegeta-
bles.
Whole corn may be fed occasionally.
but II should be soaked for several
hours before feeding.
Dry oats and wheat make very poor
duck feed. but both are good when
cooked and mixed with corn meal or
boiled potatoes and bran.
II hardly pays to feed wheat to
ducks unless it is unstable. Since
thorough cooking renders musty
grain harmless it may be fed to ducks
with good results. When cooked po-
tatoes are used they should not be
mixed with the ground grain until
after the latter has been thoroughly
moistened with either milk or water
If the dry meal is added to the
mashed potatoes a tough, sticky mass
will be the result. Don't make the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
Trying to Place Him.

What is your idea of radical?"
asked the young man who is studying
politics.
my observation" replied Senator
Sorghum. lis that radical is usually
a man who wants to muss things up in
the hopes of establishing himself in
circumstances sufficiently comfortable
to warrant his becoming a conserva
tive. Washington Star.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13


that such have good union with the
parent branch and a good access to
the supply OF sap.
Among these vigorous suckers Sc
lect for growth those which are most
advantageously placed upon trunk
and branches. They should, OF course,
be some distance from one another,
and 80 scattered that the largest area
possible will be occupied when the
scions grow into fruiting branches.
Then ruthlessly remove all the other
suckers. and continue to remove them
as fast as they start. This will in.
Volve going over the trees at least
once month. scraping off each time
all the buds that show on the bark.
The result of such treatment will be
that the twigs left to grow will re-
celve practically the full sap supply
OF the tree and will grow with aston.
lshing rapidity. They will be large
enough to graft in one or two years.
or they may be budded the first sea
son. The scions also will grow re-
markably fast, healing over in a year
or two and giving a full foliage in
three or four years. They will bios
SON and fruit freely after they begin
70 bear and the fruit will be larger
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
TRAGEDY OF AN AIR DEATH
How the Grandchildren Of Colonel
Newport Concealed His
Sons Death.

why did not Charles come back
yesterday" querulously demanded
Colonel Newport, the eighty-two-year.
old father of the airman killed near
Etampes, Seine et-Loire, recently. His
eldest brother, Edward Newport, was
killed in the military maneuvers of
1911.
The news OF the second sons death
had been hidden from the father.
and his relatives could only re-
ply: Charles has gone for a great
flight"
"Ah, well! And why. then, has
not Edward come to bid me good
night?"
They could not make him remember
that Edward was long dead. With
tears in their eyes, his grandchildren
brought him letters and flowers to dis
tract him.
What has happened" asked the
old colonel.
why, nothing, nothing, GRANDPA
Their"
The old mans memory returned
and he was heard muttering: ut is
dreadful to lose your boy. l would
rather have died before him. And the
second-his brothers equal-nothing
can have happened to him? oh, no
The same house could not twice suf
Ger a blow like that" Smiling, he
thought OF the honors which hsi
younger son was gaining.
Suddenly the sound of military
music came up from the street II
drew nearer, and as the beating drums
passed the old soldiers window he got
up with difficulty, leaned out Of the
window and saluted the passing reg
iment. Newspaper boys followed the
crowd, shouting. News of the acct
dent" Gentle hands dragged the ole
man back-"Go in, grandpa! You arr
getting cold. Paris Journal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
ey CLARENCE NJ. WEED, Massach'

nv CLARENCE NJ. WEED. Massachu-
sets College of Agriculture)
The other day l saw some apple
trees which had been "dehorned
according to the orders Of the new
owner of an old farm. The trunks
we're about a foot In diameter and
all the large limbs had been sawed
of very near the fork 30 that the
trees looked like great clubs. The
whole operation had been performed
at once, with, of course. a great shock
to the balance of root and leaf which
the trees will be likely to try to make
UP by sending out an enormous crop
of watersprouts. Whether they will
survive am not sure, but / am sure
IL would have been better to do the
remodelling more gradually by ex-
tending 1t over two or three years
There are hundreds of thousands
of old native apple trees in the United
States that are well worth making
over into grated trees. This can be
done more quickly than new trees
can be brought into profitable bear
ing and II is a simple interesting
process for any one to undertake.
Success is fairly certain il one Is con-
tent to take a few years time rather
than to try TO do 1t all at once.
Success in making over a neglected
apple tree depends largely upon the
preliminary pruning; the first thing
20 do Is to thin out superfuous
branches and this may be done in
summer, fall or winter. Especial care
should be taken to open up the cen
ter of the top. Any young branches
that start low enough to be grated
to advantage should be saved. If two
or three such branches can be grated
the first year, others can be grown for
grating in succeeding years.
Late summer is a particularly good
time to begin the preliminary pruning
Of these trees to get them ready for
the following spring.
The spring following the severe
pruning a crop of young twigs is
likely to appear on the trunk and
larger branches. These furnish a
splendid opportunity for training a
new set of branches for grating, 90
near the ground that the fruit will be
within easy reach. In every crop OF
these watersprouts there are varia-
lions in the characters of the indl.
vidual twigs. Some are much more
vigorous than others, an indication
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13

feed sloppy; just moist enough to
cling together without being gummy.
A duck cannot eat gummy feed with
out wasting it.
Other vegetables, such as turnips,
beets, rutabagas, etc, are sometimes
used instead of potatoes. Pumpkins.
when thoroughly cooked, make very
good basis for the mash. The seeds
should always be removed.
When no vegetables are to be had
we use equal parts of boiled oats,
corn meal, wheat bran, and middlings
or second flour with little powdered
charcoal added. Some people (who
ought to know better) put sand and
oyster shell in their duck feed. When
this Is done the ducks are often forced
to consume more grit than they re-
quire.
OF course ducks must have plenty
Of grit at all time, but 1t should not
be mixed with the food. We place
shallow boxes OF grit close to the feed
troughs. Oyster shell and coal cinders
in some of the boxes, and clean, coarse
sand in others.
Ducks will eat grit after every meal
II It Is within reach.
They usually drink and rinse their
beaks while eating, therefore water
should be placed near the fed
troughs. Also green food is necessary
the year round. Some sort Of green
stun should be given at least once q
day in winter.
II cabbage is plentiful, a little may
be added to the mash each time. It
should be chopped raw. AS bulk is
one of the important elements in a
ducks ration, it is a good plan to
provide an abundance of green stuff
for winter use. We usually SOW a
patch of rye early in the fall for win
ter and cary spring use.
If 1t gets a good start in the fall It
will stay green all winter, If protected
with little straw or other covering.
The grain of rye is unfit for poultry
feed. Unless ducks are well fed In the
winter they will not begin laying very
early In the spring, and when they do
begin their eggs will not be as large,
nor as fertile as they otherwise would.
There is usually some shed or build
ing that can be converted into a duck
house at small expense.
II the roof is good the rest is easy.
II the weather boarding is not sufi-
GENTLY close to keep out draughts in
cold weather cover the outside with
tarred paper or strip with lath.
A board floor is better than an earth
| floor, because the ducks often stir
up the ground in very disagreeable
manner where there is the least sign
of moisture.
In cold weather ducks should be
kept in the house, because their feet
are 80 tender that when they come in
contact with the ground they suffer
greatly, and hobble along as though
their backs were broken.
| Provide plenty of clean bedding. and
change It frequently. Straw or litter
should be kept on the floors all the
time. If bedding material is plentiful
put 1t on several inches thick. 1t will
help to keep the ducks comfortable,
and also keep the floors clean, thus
serving double purpose. Never pick
ducks in cold weather, nor during the
laying season.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
Alfonso Enjoys Reminders Of DANGER.

King Alfonso OF Spain is said to be
a fatalist. and being of this temper
he is able to derive enjoyment from
occurrences that would alright most
people. A knife that he knocked out
of the hands of an assassin is hung
up in his den. The hides of two horses
killed in bomb explosions have been
made into rugs for his coy corner.
On his wedding day an attempt was
made on his life, and the next day he
visited the spot and pointed out to his
young wife the spot where the assas-
sin stood.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
Fair Comparison.

DO you mean to say that you COM
pare yourself to Shakespeare" why
not?" insquired the manager of the
Clothesline Burlesque company,
Shakespeare had pretty much my ex-
perience. The critics roasted him
and the authorities were always
threatening to close his show
Washington Star.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
Crime Note.

First Small Town Police Official-A
crook was just in to get permission
for little criminal work tonight.
Second Ditto-Yegg work?
First Small Town Police Official
Not much. First-class hold.up by the
original New York company.-Puck.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
Her Habit.

1T did Jack no good to marry his
stenographer, for she continued the
habit of office in their home"
How so?"
When he starts to dictate she
takes him down. Tilt Bits.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-13
Gould nMnrkn Him

The Preacher-Aren't you afraid of
your future in the next world?
The Dying Man-No, sir. If satan
is any kind of fellow at all he must
belong to one or more of the nineteen
different lodges of which ] am a mem
Der in good standing.-Puck