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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Of BEER
RAISES AWFUL RUMPUS
Question Is Whether It Shall Be
Added to the Present Legal
Barrel.

In addition to regulating monopolies in
restraint of trade, enacting a seaman's bill
and few other little measures Of that sort
Congress may be called upon to regu-
late the size of beer barrels the country
over. and just at this moment Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue Osborn is
cositating over the problem of whether
he viii stand pat for thirty-one gal
Ion barrel, or recommend that the United
States standard for beer containers shall
be thirty-one and half gallons.
In support of the larger barrel, about
fourteen state commissioners of weights
and measures are either in Washing ton
or are carrying on correspondence with
their representatives, senators and the
internal revenue commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
JUST HUMAN
4 NATURE
q Or PNIa1oer khRsoo

fEXT to an aviator. the riskiest
looking man in the landscape
III is the three-hundred- FOUNDER
on skates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

knows how to make the lethal tap for one
man look like genial boost for another.
THE hand that rocks the cradle rocks
the world 81 know better" replied the
man with the concave facial expression:
since my wife Joined three debating so
cieties and card club, that hand is
mine"
You can't help d!strusting an editor
who. when you read him bunch OF Sol
omon's proverbs. says: That's good
stuff. Why don't you print IT?
We've changed the number on the year.
contemplate with cheer a future all
rene. And yet the ground hog. as OF
yore. will prance into the sun and old
st. Valentine-the bore,-will have US on
the run. The Easter styles will keep us
skinned for several weeks to come. The
brides in the springtime wind will sing
their lum-ty-tum. Wen work along. past
landmarks old as months go rolling
round, until hot weather, uncontrolled.
puts Towser in the pound. Wei SINCE our
eyebrows with great glee on lndepend-
ence day and pant and wish that we
could see Thanksgiving under way. When
turkey time again draws near and lightly
falls the snow, We say, We'll, well. An
other year. How swiftly time does 60"
And next year and year after that. the
same old days well greet. Wen all be
getting thin or fat Well fast or over
eat. We change the number with great
glee. We lift the cup of cheer. and after
that 1t seems to be about the average
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
districts is the tuberculosis sufferer.
the physical weak
Future Citizens ling. anemic.
Pay the Penalty. children and the

Future Citizens ling, ane m C.
:, stunted, warped
Pay the Penalty. children. and the
mentally unfit In these districts. also.
develop plaques which spread over the
city. Crime and immoral debauchery
are bred in them. To sum up: disease.
immortality. crime. alcoholism and the
production of vicious and incapable fu-
ture citizens are the concomitant fea-
lures of city congestion. One does not
need to keep the pitiable condition of
the miserable tenement and Stun
dweller in mind in order to realize the
urgency of the demand to solve the
housing problem.
Exhaustive studies upon this problem
have been made by the United states
Department of Labor and various RENE
dies indicated. Most pertinent is the
suggestion that the number of rooms
per acre should be restricted by law.
such restrictions would cut the ground
out from under wholesome land specu-
latton. by setting plausible boundaries
to the intensity of land development
In a general way building codes and
tenement laws In force in American
cities safeguard the poor. Dwellings
unfit for human habitatfon are con-
demned- The tendency is. however. to
give broad Interpretation to the de-
gree of unsuitability which shall con-
stttute unfitness. Chiefly, fire protec-
ton. & variable standard of plumbing
equipment, ventilation and stability are
insisted upon.
Many cities are limiting the heights Of
buildings. Chicago, Cleveland. Erie. Fort
Wayne and Indianapolis have placed this
limit at 200 feet. Other cities lace II at
between 125 and 2oo feet Height limits
have been long in force in European
cities: 1t is interesting to consider that
building erected to the height of the
aggregate height limits OF London, Ber-
lin. Paris. Rome. Stockholm. Edinburgh.
Zurich. Frankfort-on-M Main, Cologne, Dus-
seldorf and Hamburg would exceed the
height of the Wooiworth building in New
York by a bare fourteen feet Restriction
of building heights of tenements is re-
form to assure to each family its share of
sunlight
K
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

The Artful Knocker is the one who
knows how to make the lethal tap for one
man look like genial boost for another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
SCIENCE NOTES.

During the year 1913 sixty-seven minor
planets were given provisional numbers.
though five of them subsequently proved
to be members of the asteroid family.
Nineteen of these bodies We're discovered
at Heidelberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

The international committee sitting in
London has recommended that iiteboatS
be provided for all on board ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

1t has been proposed that the working
mans home should be built only two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Ii is an irony of the modern city that
the poor people live on the expensive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

The largest electric hoist in this country
is to be installed in the Granite mountain
shaft of the North Butte Mining Com
pany. The hosting motor will have
maximum intermittent rating of $500
Douglas Island news., 1914-12-30
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody

Dr. McGinuis runs a dancing school at Fair banks.
 Artesiau water was struck ai Cordova at a depth of 37 feet.
 Tbe robbers of seal fisheries in Alas ka are to be made Co suffer.
 Jack Williams, a pioneer of Cook in- let, died Nov. 2ith, at the age of G4
 A term of court has been called for January lst st Nome, but reports say that there are very few cases to be tried
 Congressman J. A. Falconer, of Washington, is getting almost as pop ular in Alaska as a acarpetbagger federal officer.
 The moving picture show at Seward is open Sunday nights in defiance of the "orders" of the United States att torney.
 Andrew Beatson, former owner of of the copper niue at Latouche which bears his name, died last week at Los Angeles.
 A townsite addition to Seward re- gently purchased for S3O,OO0, sold for S4OOO0 a few days ago. There are 326 lots in the addition.
 Alaska's contribution to Uncle Sam's money chest through the operation of the internal revenue laws for the fiscal year which terminated June 30th last was s3l,85L
 Over 5000 voters in the Third division declared themselves on the question of liquor licenses a couple of months ago, but at the delegate election only about 5000 voted.
 The steamer Humboldt has b en temporarily withdrawn from the Alas ka run, and left Seattle Monday on her way to San Francisco for her annual overhauling.
 The Canadian government has or- dered that all claims in which the eu- listed men are interested are to be eX- empted from representation until the return of the owners.
 The following appears in an Alaska paper: Estimates of the wealth of this country show that each of us should have Sl, ,4OO We personally know there has been a theft of s1, 1,39S-somewhere.
 By order of the governor general of the Dominion of Canada, Sunday, the 3rd of January, has been named as the date for special prayer in behalf of the Empire and allies in connection with the present war
 A new postofice has been established at Takotua, with mail service to Ruby. This iusures the continuous existence of a winter trail between Seward and Ruby and the districts in the lower end of the Yukon river
Douglas Island news., 1914-12-30

The fine detention hospital which
 was built at Nome by the federal gov ernment has never been used for the
 purpose for which it was constructed. An effort is being made to secure the use of the building for a hospital for natives.
 Robert Lagin, a trapper in the Tacot- ma district, has been missing for several months, and as the Indians had threat eued to kill him because he was trap- ping on ground they claimed belonged to them, it is believed that he has met with foul play. An investigation will be made at once.
 Fau banks.-Wm Hebling, a baker of this city, who left here last fall for the states, has written from Nanaimo That he is held as prisoner of wal at the British Columbia town. He was taken from the boat at Dawson and has been held since that time He bas written friends here that the treatment ac corded him is satisfactory, but that the long confinement is wearing upon him.
 Tom Stepau, for whose murder In dian Jim is now in jail in Seward was the chief of the Kuik Indians and was also accustomed to hold services of the Greek church iu Kuik and elsewhere. He also held some services in the Mel china, and Judge l.. F. Shaw, formerly commissioner of the latter camp, says he was we'll liked. Indian Jim, who must stand trial on the charge of mur- deriug the chief, was a sort of second chief and was also well known and liked. According 10 the Kuik News Indian Jim went to Kuik after the oc currence and gave himself up to the authorities.
 Tom Mozeak and John Scotland re. turned Wednesday from a hunting trip to the ueigbborhood of about ten miles west of Fish lake They did not secure any big game, but killed over a hundred birds, grouse and ptarmigan. They captured anauimal which Mozeak says is neither a lynx or wolverine, but which he thinks is coyote. If it is, it is the first one ever known in this part of the country. They brought the animal to town alive aud it is now at Mozeak's home where he invites natur- alists-if they are coyote experts-to call and pass opinions on it. The anil nal had evidently been in a steel trap, as one of it's feet is partly gone.-. Whitehorse Star.
 Secretary Lane in his report says that the chief aim of the government should be to save the Indian and not to get him out of the way The Indian is the real father of this country, and while there are many agitations for the preservation of the buffalo and while even the black bear has his friends most of us are inclined to forget the oldest families in the land-the red men. The Alaska native can be saved if he is given the same care as ptarmi gan. Of course his usefulness is not so apparent to us as a blooming bird, but we should remember that the peo. pie of the country have been given the native as a ward and when we let him die from disease or neglect we are just as much accountable as if we murdered him. Do we always remember that we are guilty of murdering the poor Alas ka saYage by omissionY-Ex.
Douglas Island news., 1914-12-30
A Misunderstood Measure

This proposed Development Board, which congress is planning to provide for Alaska, is misleading in it's name, for it is frequently supposed that it's purpose is to make laws for the terri- tory. When the announcement was first made that development board was planned for Alaska, the purpose of the board was misunderstood here, and even now, after many explanations have been made, we find some of the people who are supposed to be we'll in- formed presenting the idea that the board would be a misfortune.
 In a recent issue of the Seward Gate way is found an editorial which alludes to the proposed development board as a disgrace to the people of the terri tory. One paragraph of that editorial is as follows:
 "In the Valdez Miner appears tele' gram from Fairbanks, dated Novem Der 2, which quotes Wickersham as saying that at the next session of congress a bill will be passed placing Alaska m, der the government of a federal com, mission. Whether this telegram is true or not cannot be told. Placing Alaska under such government would be the most frightful political disaster that could befall the people of the ter, ritory, but it must be regretfully ad, mitted that the people of Alaska them selves will be responsible if such an insult is delivered"
 It should be pretty well understood by this time, that the proposed devel, opment board will have nothing to do with the making of laws for Alaska, but will simply be for the purpose of eliminating "red tape" in federal af' fairs in this territory.
 Among the duties of the proposed development board will be those of giving patents to mining claims and to other lands The board will also take the place of the present road commis, sion in Alaska, and will direct the edu cational facilities for the people living outside of incorporated towns and cities.
 According to present plans, the board will have the authority to manage all the telegraph lines in Alaska, and will act in advisory capacity to the Presis dent and to congress ip regard to routine matters here,
 Instead of being disgrace to Alaska, the proposed development board will be a wonderful aid to the territory. It is proposed to have it made up of five men to be appointed by the President, and at least three of these must be Alaskaus. If the people of the terri tory could understand how much time the proposed board would save foF them in many things that are directed by the federal government they would not oppose the plan,
 Alaska will probably want more rail- roads, and the territory is certain Co need more wagon roads. There will also be many other improvements that the government will be asked to Rnancs and development board would bs able 10 do more toward securing it than a delegate to congress or the entire Alaska legislature.-Alaska Citizen.
Douglas Island news., 1914-12-30

Joe Spenard, the City Expressman, who has the contract to carry the mail
 from the postomce to the steamer, Thursday took the mail to the Admiral Evans with his team of young bear
 Five thousand pounds of outgoing Christmas mail was taken to the dock from the postofIice in 20 seconds, a record trip.-Valdez Miner.
 Exhibits from all portions of the world are reaching San Francisco for Panama Pacific International Expo sition. On the basis of those already received it is predicted that the ex. hibits in variety, extent and interest will far excell any ever shown at a previous international exposition. On December lst exhibits had been re. ceiged from fourteen foreign countries and tons Of foreign and domestic eX hibits were arriving daily on the docks of the exposition grounds, deposited there by ocean freighters coming in through the Golden Gate from all parts of the world, or switched in freight cars over the exposition ter miual railway system directly into the exhibit palaces where the displays are being installed.
 The Pacific coast rarely ever becomes thoroughly aroused on any one ques ton, but from one end of the coast 10 the other representative public bodies, transportation and fishing companies, fshermen's organizations and iudivid uals, are lining up solidly behind Sec retary of Commerce Bedfeld in his strenuous fight to secure from con- gress sufficient funds Co enable the lighthouse board to erect and main tain the sorely needed aids to nayiga. ton, and the coast and geodetic survey proper equipment for expeditiously charting the waters of Alaska, says the Pacific Fisherman. Although congress has declined to grant his requests, the secretary absolutely refuses to accept defeat, and is again preparing 10 carry on the fight during the winter session, aud it begins to look as though the only hope of escape for congress is in granting his demands, for he has plainly shown since he assumed office that when he sets his mind upon attain ing something he generally succeeds in getting it. The Fisherman prints an article in it's Alaska Edition for No vembe showing the terrible toli which has been exacted from the commercial, fishing and governmental fleets of the Pacific while navigating in the waters of Alaska. The list contains the names of 28l vessels, valued lincluding hull and cargo) at SIP, ,792, ,25o, and this list is far from complete. In it no account Is taken of the vastly larger number of disasters in which the vessels were later on saved. Owing to the meager records, it has been impossible to show the total loss of lives, but the records extant show loss of not less than than 300 lives, the greater part of whom could doubtless have been aaved bad congress done its plain duty by the territory. In this, as well as in other matters, the secretary has shown that be is keenly alive to the needs of this coast, and he IS today, so far as this region is concerned, undoubtedly the most popular officer in President Wil- sop's cabinet.
Douglas Island news., 1914-12-30

Card parties thrive and waE fat sl Feirbauks with no fear of the lay.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
CANAL trade
EXCEEDS ESTIMATES
War Checks Business, but E1.
pectati0nS Are Realized

Washington. - Despite the general
check on business in consequence Of
the European war and the interference
of war vessels with the shipping of
belligerent nations, traffic through the
Panama canal in the first month and
half of It's commercial service exceeded
the expectations Of Colonel Cocktails
Up to Oct. 100 vessels had passed
through, and the traffic is increasing.
A picturesque feet which passed
through recently was composed Of four
Norwegian steam whaling vessels
which had been In Magdalena bay.
West Mexico. The season Of eight
months had netted 10000 barrels of oil
worth 100000. By using the canal the
fleet expected to reach Norway four
months sooner than II it had gone
around South America and to save be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in expenses
Of travel after paying $4,012 canal tolls
The canal government has establish.
ed mail and cable service for the off,
GERS and crews Of vessels. Letters and
cable messages addressed to Cristobal
or Balboa, Canal Zone. will be deliv.
cred to passing ships.
BY using wall map and push pins
representing ships the port captain can
tell where vessel in the canal should
be ut any moment
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
ROYAL GWENT SINGERS
IN NEW YORK.

The Royal event Male Glee Singers,
conducted by George F. Davies, ap-
peared last night in Carnegie Hall. It
was an unusual concert. The organi-
zatior is we'll trained and sang admir-
ably THAT is, with good, clear, reso-
nant tone, with rhythm and praisewor-
thy attention to shading. There were
many encores and the audience seemed
to be delighted when the choir fol
lowed up E. Germans "Oh, Peaceful
Night" with the Soldiers Chorus
from aFaust." THE New York Press
New York, N. Y, October 20.
This famous organization will ap-
pear in Minot Nov. 20.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
RURAL TELEPHONES.

The telephone is one Of the most
profitable business agencies that the
farmer can employ. It affords him
facilities fer keeping II constant com
munication with the markets, provides
a sitting room for the community
where the families can assemble and
discuss the events of the day without
the inconvenience of travel or loss of
time, and in sickness and emergencies
it renders a divine service.
North Dakota farmers should en-.
courage the building of telephone
lines. Local cooperative companies
can be formed and country lines built
at small expense.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
SCREENINGS BEAT
BRAN AND OATS.

In a sheep feeding experiment at
the North Dakota Experiment Station
it was found in a 1O-weeks' feeding
trial that sheep fed screenings made
"a pounds more gain than another lot
of Z sheep fed oats and bran. And
they used up IL pounds more screen
ings than the other lot ate Of the oats
and bran. The average dockage of
North Dakota wheat is more than two
pounds to bushel. In 1914 the dock
age will be at least 10000 tons of
screenings in the wheat alone, or
enough to feed one million sheep thru
a fattening period Of 80 days.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
WIN ORCHARD MARATHON.
Five Apple Trees Bear Perfect Fruit
For Twelve Years.

For Twelve Years.
Silver Lake, Ore.-Twelve crops
without a failure is the marathon rec
ord Of FIVE apple trees on the ranch of
Felix Duncan on the west bank of
Silver lake. Mr. Duncan IL harvest
ing a big crop from the trees this
year.
These trees. says Mr.. Duncan. never
have been pruned nor cultivated. They
had a precarious existence in the four
years following their planting, as they
were in the center Of pasture with
no protection from stock. When they
blossomed the fifth year Mr.. Duncan
built a fence about the small orchhrd
and since has harvested big crop
each year Mr. Duncan does not know
what kind Of apples he is growing. but
says he never has plnck,1l Il worny or
faulty apple from any Of the trees
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
70 FORBID COTTON CROP.
Movement started 70 suspend Piantin
In the South.

Mevsmsnt Started 20 Suspend piantin.
In the South.
Washington.-A movement which. II
It IS successful. will mean that no cot.
ton will be planted in the nine great
cotton growing states of North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi. Louisiana, Arkansas. Texas
and Oklahoma in 1915 will take def.
ute shape in the states referred to.
The plan is for the states to pass la ws
that will prohibit the planting OF cot
ton and substitute oats. corn and other
grains. Ar
The two states that are expected to
lead the movement are Texas. the larg,
est cotton growing state Of the south.
and South Carolina, the leading cotton
goods manufacturing state south of
the Potomac
The mo crop in 1915" movement Is
the result of the deliberations Of the
luton offered by Governor Noel and
adopted by the association points out
that if no cotton is planted in 1915 1t
will not impose undue burdens on the
cotton growers or consumers and that
the drastic action advocated in add.
ton to Graduating the boil weevil and
other pests will as result Of the
planting of other crops reduce the cost
of living and bring to the farmers of
the south the benefits Of crop diversi-
fcation
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
TRADE LOOKS UP IN WEST.
Chicago Packing Houses Forced to Run
Night and Day.

NhIC00O TaCkInS f1ouSeS EOTVc0 70 NUT
Night and Day.
Chicago. Merchants, manufactur.
ers. packers and men in many other
lines Of trade report a significant up
turn In business conditions in and
around this city and in the middle west
generally. Some of the improvement
L. attributed to conditions arising from
the war. but much larger proportion
is attributed to increasing American
prosperity-a more insistent demand
among Americans for agriculture prod
ucts.
At no time in the history of the Chi
cago sto * yards has business been so
brisk. In fact, all the big packing es-
Establishments have orders enough to
keep them working night and day I'M
til Jan. l. While the war is contrib
uting factor. it by no means accounts
for the general activity in all lines Of
manufacturing.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
SALE ATTRACTS
"a MUCH ATTENTION

The big sale of $4,000 worth Of
bankrupt merchandise which is being
conducted by J. H. Weinrebe in the
new Jacobson block, is attracting a
good deal of attention. The opening
day of the sale far exceeded Mr.. Vein
rebe;s expectations.
The stock is first class in every way
and Mr.. Weinrebe has priced it right,
He is anxious to close it out just as
quickly as possible. Read the big bill
that appears elsewhere in this issue.