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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-02

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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
LOCAL eREViTiES.

Fine line of coats $3.50 up, at liar vey's Toggery. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
SKATING RINK
 $ OPENED
Sidewalk Manufacturer Takes Gold ie's Breath Away-some Good
 Skaters On Hand

The skating rink was opened last night and was crowded to the doors all evening, several hundred skaters enjoying themselves. Clarence Gold en, who claims to be the champion skater of the world, was on hand early, as was Jack Blake, who makes sidewalks for living. Goldie was trying to teach Blake to skate and as fast as he would get Blake on the floor down would go the sidewalk builder to the laughter of Goldie and the crowd of sightseers. After an hour of taunting from Goldie, Blake started out to show the shaver, who thinks he can skate, few tricks and soon had Goldie in the corner in amazement, Blake skating rings around him and made figure eights, did the top swing and a few new ones the barber had never heard of and received the applause of the crowd.
 Jim Nellie was also on hand-Jim has used skates before, seeming very familiar with them, and never once lost his feet. Jim skated with his hands behind his back.
 Many ladies and children also at tended the opening.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
LOCAL MOOSE
 WON'T AFFILIATE
To Maintain Separate order-LoyaI Order of Moose to Be Organ
 ized In Valdez.

The Order of Alaska Moose re- fused last night to affiliate with the Order of Loyal Moose of the World, now being organized in Valdez by National Director Johnson, who has already organized thirteen lodges in Alaska. The local Moose lodge held a meeting last night for the pur- pose of giving the members an op-. portunity to decide upon the question of amalgamatien.
 Director Johnson stated today that he had hoped the entire membership would join in a body and that the charter could be turned over tothem as an organization, but as they did not care to do so he would now or ganize a lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose at once and that the chart CT list was now open.
 The Loyal Moose of the World are benefit order, paying 5000 a week to sick members and providing doc tors attendance for members and their immediate families, besides providing a home for the widows and orphans of members and also home for eged members.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

Having secured first-class baker
 we are now prepared to sell bread and pastry at reasonable prices. Del monico Grill in Senate building. ti
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
GOV. STRONG ASKS FOR
 ANOTHER CHANGE FOR DEER

Gov. J. '. A. Strong has recom- mended to the Secretary of Agricul ture that the regulation ssspending the sale of deer carcasses in South eastern Alaska until August 15, 1914, be continued to August. IS, 1915. While the deer in Southeastern Alas ka are Increasing in number in most localities, the continuance of the regulation is deemed essential to the proper protection of these game ami mals. The Department of Agricul- ture will no doubt Issue regula- tion in accordance with the gover- nor's recommendation.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

Even when theE hasia at the. bot tom of the ladder some men are afraid the bottom will fall out.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
NubonA. cansaes.

Trp lGra. Sk 1Darie's for. ono oi tAess Mxboas. euexets. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
The Dentist.

He we'll deserves laurel wreath, the man wha tinkers with ny teeth; Ae plugs them up with melted lead, ard soothes ny swsiled and achine Aead, and heals the tortured gum. Unon his skill your comfort hangs when you have trouble with your faAgs, and seldom does he fail; his shining instrument be wags and draws the old insurgent snags, then draws his slice of kale. No mofe you hear in dentists room the shrieks of those who dread thsir doom, of those whose souls are sick; the patient calmly sits and smiles, the while the dentist with bis files and pincers does the trick. How diff ferent in olden days! The dentist then had painful ways; he sat upon a bench and took your head between his kneet, and. muttering, Look pleasant, please" he piled his mon key wrench. It took six. men to hold mo down when he adjusted bridge or crown or plpggst 8 hpllov fang and travellers could hear me roar away upon the distant shore of Eeng- -kiang. But now I like the d4ntist's chair. like to sit and rest ne there, from morning untn d4ef, ta sit In comfort and to snosxe, and have the gentle dentist use his' for caps on my tusk.
 WALT MASON.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

Mooss Dance Saturday. N qe yssslsr astsaeaEs xtxAtx aDaoaa dance will be held next Saturday.
 Fine music and excellent lunch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
chlldrsn's Danes.

The piano In EyeFyman's Club
 house has been completely repaired and tuned by Professor Firing and the children ,of Valdes are cordially invited to attend the daace to be given this evening from 7:30 to 10 o'clock n tn clnbhouse.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

w. w. Hughes, representing the United States Smelling and Refining Company. arrived in Valdez on the Alameda iron the vest and will in spect a number Of properties on the sound for his people. MT. Hughes came to Alaska from Mexico. Be cause of the unsettled conditions in that republic all mining development has been stopped.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

Sam Blum, the Valdez banker, will return to Valdez on the Evans to- night.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

Phil. P. Smith, of Katalla, the the manufacturer of Alaska gasoline returned to the oil city this morning on the Triton
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

E. Peterson, a sailor brought here from Nushagak, died last night from pneumonia
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17
ADMIRAL EVANS
 HERE TONIGHT

The steamer Admiral Evans of the Admiral Line, is expected to reach Valdez at 6 o'clock this evening from Kodiak, having left Seward at 4 this morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-17

MT. and Mrs. J. M. Lathrop are returning on the Evans, having made the round trip to the westward on the steamer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

How to Preserve Street
Surfaces; Street Sand
ing; Street Flushing;
Hours for Street Clean
ing; Garbage and
Snow Removal

to the collecting box. Such a machine
is complete and effective. II may also
be found as a horse drawn vehicle.
AS apparatus Of this kind is expen-
sivc, some German cities like Duesscl-
dorf utilize a form of electrically driven
machinery in which the motive part,
the motor, storage battery and controls
with chauffeur's seat mounted on the
front axle. Is detachable unit, which
may be employed in connection success
sively with various forms Of cleaning
apparatus. some for summer us. and
others for winter use.
Electrically driven machinery has
proved more economical than horses
and II Is being substituted as rapidly as
the old equipment can be disposed Of.
When streets and sidewalks are
cleaned by hand sweeping there should
he provided rcceptacles of appropriate
design and suitable capacity for the re-
ception of the street sweepings awaiting
removal A useful form of such re-
ceptacle would he one which could he
removed without being emptied another
being left in its place for the next days
sweepings. The same method is equally
| applicable for small garbage and house
hold refuse. as has been described.
Other receptacles for street refuse may
ne sunk in pits, az also noted. They are
| made of steel with dumping bottom
| and the removal cart is provided with
| means of lifting them out Of the pit 10
! the top of the cart, which H. covered
with a top having special openings 50
| that the contents of the cans may he
| dumped into the cart without being
! scattered by the wind After being So
dumped the cans are lowered again into
place in their pits.
| In order to avoid handling such cans
pits are located In the sidewalk near the
| curb and the street refuse Is swept di-
| rectly into them, small hinged flaps
bridging the gutter. The pit is OF
course provided with cover
| AS stated. the removal of street
| sweepings and garbage refuse should he
done in wagons invariably having
| covers in order TO protect the passing
| public and the workmen from escaping
particles. 1t is better. however, to have
| 1t removed in the original cans, leaving
empty cans in place. as this is AN abso-
lutte protection to all concerned and gets
the wagons off the streets sooner.
| If wagons are used into which the
rubbish is dumped they should be of the
end dumping type and in some cases it
SO that 1t may be lifted off by hosting
cranes and dumped at any desired place.
This is especially convenient in conneC-
ton with the work of refuse destruction
plants.
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later in the day. often in the afternoon,
hut all streets must be cleaned once a
day. whether there is much dirt or little
on them.
The practice of Dresden has beer fol-
lowed by practically all prominent Ger
man cities. Some of those of less i'm
portance. owing to conditions Of light
traffic continue the old methods. but
the larger cities have been forced To
adopt the early morning plan. The ad-
vantages Of the system are that the
cleaning can be carried out by daylight
and is consequently better performed
than when carried out under artificial
light. that the workmen are more eff
cient as day workers than as night
workers. and that during the early
morning hours the traffic is at the min
imum.
1t is essential that the sidewalks and
the other adjoining spaces be cleaned
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

more frequently executive incdnpe-
1cncy. policy and lack of system.
While the problem is somewhat diff
hcult in America. on account of the
heavy falls Of snow, our cities are tinan-
cially Well situated to handle the mat
ter SO that failure is only due To lack
Of proper preparations and absence OF
decentralization.
\ highly effective plan for the re-
moval of snow is that Of dumping 1t
into sewers. as has been noted. Pre-
cautions must be taken not to dump
or sweep into the sewers with the snow
any matter liable to settle in the sewers
and clog them up, such as street. de-
tritus. as the subsequent cleaning Of the
sewers might prove more expensive
than the removal OF the snow ny soma
other method. Nor. in removing snow
toy sewer dumping should the amount
Of snow dumped in At any on" time b"
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before the crews pass through the street,
as otherwise the cleaning would not be
thorough. Cities should therefore clean
the sidewalks In business districts ow-
ing to the early visits of the crews. while
house owners in the residential districts
which are visited from 6 TO 3 o'clock
10y the cleaners are required to have
the streets in front of their houses
cleaned and ash and refuse cans ready
for removal by u scheduled time, under
penalty of a fine. No refuse may be
placed on the sidewalk. but must be
kept ON the householders' premises in
such places as will not cause annoyance
to the neighbors. AS the street clean
ing crews may be expected at n fixed
time daily. the householders are able to
make their arrangements accordingly,
and thus the whole proceeding is carried
out i'm the most expeditions and conven-
lent manner.
The crews are compelled 10 work in
a manner as unobjectionable as possible,
with a minimum Of dust raising and
noise making.
Conditions of such kind can only
he brought about when the department
itself IL efficiently administered by cap
able and technically trained officials,
who devote their time and energies to
| the duties in hand and not to political
activity and experimental devices, and
when regulations are such that the
householdrrs are compelled by law Ia
cooperate with the department.
In the removal Of snow. American
| cities are chronically slow, having IN
| abiding faith in favorable change OF
weather. The ever ready excuse il that
not enough men and wagons are OBJ
| tainable. but In reality the reason Il
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Dumping OF sunken garbage receptacle the
removal wagon

sufficient to cause the sewer to become
cloggcd up.
Where sewage pumping plants are
installed for elevatlng sewage. snow
should not be dumped into the sewer
within some 1000 feet of the pumping
station, as otherwise trouble with the
pumps is likely to occur.
The swifter the flow Of the sewer, the
better 1t Is adapted for purposes of
snow removal. which IL preferably car
ried on at night when the ordinary flow
Of the sewer Is at its minimum.
Many american cities are fortunately
placed in having large volumes Of water
at their disposal. which may be utilized
in flushing snow and slush directly
into the sewer, process which has
many advantages, especially when salt
water is available for the purpose.
Perhaps the most urgent of the duties
| of the Street Cleaning Department Is
the removal from the streets of the
| carcases of dead animals, not only on
| account Of the unsightliness OF such
| objects, but also because, especially IN
summer, they are a menace to health
| Singularly enough. In many American
! cities, including those constantly eN-
plotting their civic Improvement plans
there Is lack of cooperation between
the police, to whose notice such mat
tiers naturally first fall, and the street
cleaning departments. So that the car
cases remain. often for days, before
being removed. 1T would certainly seen
a necessary preliminary to street plan
ming to have the streets free of such
impediments.
Street cleaning machinery consists
principally of three classes. sprinkling
sweeping and removing apparatus
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mere politicians as sort of good fell
lows job the results. as seen in so many
American cities, are about what could
be expected.
The lack of system and want of tech
meal training on the part of the offi-
Gals in charge makes street cleaning
unnecessarily expensive, leaves the
streets in a bad condition and causes
the cleaning to be carried out in a
disagreeable and unsanitary way.
In foreign cities engineers specialize
on this subject. Street cleaning has
been reduced to science and economy,
efficiency and the comfort and con-
Nenience of the public are considered at
every point.
The purpose OF street cleaning is to
remove as quickly and as cheaply as
possible all foreign matter in the streets
and thus to conduce to the health OF
the public by minimizing the circula-
ton Of < ,rm laden Gust.
The cleaning of streets should be car
ried out in systematic and thorough
manner. The cleaners should proceed
in crews, with the necessary apparatus
both to clean the streets and the side
walks as well if necessary, and the lay
out of the work should Ice such that
., % ~, IT,,
WI w" pos VI ,.'e 49,, w. az
en- .,'' 80 W,
"'N. pa,u ''',ou ~, ..e $40 VI"
VIZ" WI " u'"'' Va
"DI'''''' WIN
,''"e' S"rvp'nS u''t nv Wv
'"' street 'ea''e' S"'ep'"S INV P''''
anu the pies pe'hs removed ny "'S""S'
with the occasional passing first on one
oil of ha 81 nd On
other oi So''e piece "' s''ec' ''eah'"s
apparatus. results IN cohtin"ai SUR
ring UP vi "us' l" '"c great "'S'"'''ioi'
ana inconvenience Oh al '"h'c'h'u'
wh!le the street never rc"''! te'~
cleaned
Inc NUMBER OF men III the c'eahlhs
crew oepehus Oh the KIM vi maj
USED. AS no machine Is 'ap"o'' III
reaching all parts OF the street cer-
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~ New York Bay. There was
barely a ripple on the water.
The Baltic. having on board
loo passengers rescued from the III
fat"i Republic was proceeding slowly
and cautiously toward Quarantine For
more than three days New Workers had
awaited her coming with the keenest
story through the spark gap flashes of
the wireless
y score Of small tugs and launches
crowded with newspaper reporters
body Of the ship. Owing to the strn-
gent Government regulations none of
TIE news gatherers was permitted to
board the Baltic until the health au-
thor,i"s Of the por, had completed
their observations
Where is Binns Jack Blnns?" i'm
patiently called one If the reporters
| through a megaphone.
Yes. where is Bnns?" choruscd the
other reporters, Send him To- the
| rail-"
But Bnns did not appear. Instead
he secluded himself in his statcroom
and began jotting down with pencil
| and paper the part he had played in the
disaster. The now famous G @ y call
which sent the Baltic to the aid of the
stricken Republic had made the little
Il ir,.ln for In e ~.
| The newspapers clamored for his story
and for weeks afterward Binns WAS
piled with tlattering offers from vaude-
willie managers. moving picture con-
Germs and others eager to commercial
ize his herosm.
Binns had truly come into his own
Long before the Baltic docked he had
found time to rest. and So far from
| being nervous wreck after his trying
experience when the Republic sank h,
was fresh and smiling when he stepped
| ashore.
But there was another hero aboard
the Baltic who had not been as fnrtu.
nate as Bnns. He was capt. JOSEPH
Barlow Ransom upon whose shoulder,
rested the responsibility of rrscuing tn,
Republics crew and passengers an,
bringing them safely to port.
i This mariner who had sailed tn,
seven seas in all manner of weather ant
at the age of - had been promoted t,
a ships command, admitted for the frs
time In his life the futility If defyin,
the Jaws of nature.
!, II have been on tina, bridge fo
eighty-eight hours" he remarked will
a wave of the hand as he dcscendc,
the narrow stairway leading Ia hi
cabin. land III confess it's about all
can do now to stick on my pins"
Eighty eight hours without sleep an
without shelter from an impenetrabl
fog that drcnched and all hut hlinde
him!
"I'll tell YOU" continued Capt. Ran
son. "I've had some thrills in the thirty
eight years I'VE followed the sea, b,l
, this eclipsrd them all Why. there wcr
times when would have welcomed an
I personal sacrifice to relieve ne of tn
torture and suffering I was forced t
? endure had II not been for a realizatio
\ If my responsibility
= First there was the twelve hoI
h search for the Republic. zigzagglhg an
circling in the fog. changing our cours
= as each new bit of information came b
!, wireless. and then when within hur
}. dred feet of the ship being unable
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though there are many forms Of COM
binations of one or more classes in
single piece of apparatus
The sprinkling apparatus is designed
especially for economical use of water,
from one-thrd To one gallon sufiicing to
cover 1000 square feet of surface in
the best forms of apparatus.
Cleaning apparatus consists of rotary
brooms and rotary scruhher and squee-
gee devices. while the vacuum sweep
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ers are also coming into use.
The removing apparatus is usually in
combination with sweeper or scrub
her the dirt being elevated To the cart
by mechanical conveyors or suction.
\ form Of machine much used in Ger
man cities is a gasolene or electrically
driven automobile, with water tank
and sprinkler. scrubber and squecgee
apparatus and a mechanical conveyor
or suction device for carrying refuse
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
nr Streets Cannot Be
Compared With Those
in Giles of Europe
Proper System andAp-
naratus Overlooked
bv Officials Here
~ FRANK KOESTER.

EIuiArS the most striking differ
y ,ncr noticed by the American
tourist abroad between Ameri-
can and European cities Is the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
~ JOHN TAYLOR PARkERsON.

A DENSE fog had settled over
~ New York Bay. There was
barely ripple on the water.
The Baltic. having on board
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-06
Garden CITY
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The bank opening on Saturday,
October 81, was a decided success
in every way. Cashier Monroe had
issued a comprehensive booklet tell
ing the present standing and future
plans of the bank. Food was pre-
pared and brought by the wives of
stockholders and same lady stock
holders who are not wives. And
what a feed! II Is estimated that
there were about 400 people who en-
joyed the meal, which was served
In the basement of the Christian
church. Later there was program
in the auditorium. VI. +. Crane, presi-
dent of the bank. presided during
he session, Judge Lorin Cray made
splendid short address comparing
conveniences of the present day with
those away back in the fifties.
George NJ. Palmer, who has the good
wishes and the respect of the whole
community, then gave a pleasing
speech on the benefits to be derived
rom the splendid bank here and any
other proposition which is for the
Improvement OF the town and the
betterment of the people. L. H. Mon.
roe, the cashier, closed the speaking
program with carefully prepared
paper on THE Truth About Banking
and Honesty" The Bank building
was visited and pronounced to be
hne by everybody. -.
4 joint meeting of. the Ladies'
Study club and the c. & C. G. cf
Garden City, and all other citizens
interested, is called for Thursday
evening, November 5. at the school
house. Eight o'clock is the hour
iarden City Is to have electricity
and II Is desirable TO have just such
l meeting to talk over the posi-.
5ility of lighting the village streets.
Don't fail to attend the meeting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-06
From Tuesdays Daily.

Manager II. c. Scoles OF the North.
western Telephone Exchange com.
pany, with reference to the action
OF the Mankato city council last
Monday morning in ordering suit
brought against the company to re-
move the telephone poles from Wal
nut street and the wires placed in
underground conduits, declared that
this action on the part OF the coun.
ell placed an unjust criticism on the
company.
Mr.. Scoles declared that the com.
pany had had a crew OF linemen and
cable splicers working in the city
for the past two weeks, placing their
wires underground, and making all
preparations for the removal OF the
pole line in question. He remarked
that the work was being pushed as
rapidly as possible ana that the big
poles would actually come down in
about three weeks, or just as soon
as the present crew of capable men
finished splicing In the connections.
Mr.. Scoles declared that IL the
council had taken time and trouble
to ask him to appear before that
body. he could easily have explained
the situation. He feels that the coun-
ell acted too hastily and without thor
oughly understanding the matter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-06
Judson

From tuesdays Daily.
Little Rachel Evans has been very
sick the first part of the week but is
better now.
DR.. Andrews accompanied by
Thomas Hughes and II. o. Thomson
addressed a large audience at the
school house No. SO last Thursday
night, II was reported they gave fine
addresses.
Mrs. Mary Jones and Fred Jones
were Mankato callers today.
Mamie Krummel Is patient at
the New Ulm hospital.
NJ. Joseph Roberts repaired his
house and built a couple of corn cribs
also painted his barn, house and all
other buildings lately, which makes
a large improvement to the place
Mr.. Roberts is one of Judson's pro.
gressive farmers.
Mrs. Causen is visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert p. Williams and
uuuBulT
Mr.. II. r. Jones of Lincoln town
ship is much pleased having so many
OF his Jerusalem friends visiting him
after his unfortunate fall off his barn,
and is improving gradually according
to last report
Miss Eileen Thurston is reported
seriously i'll at the Mankato hospital
John Thomas of Lake Crystal has
just got through painting VIM. W.
Evans house and out buildings. Mr.
Evans has lately built graAary and
a double corn crib.
Edward n. Jones of Mankato was
caller in this neighborhood this
week
Ed. Dackins threshed for John Fl
Roberts last Thursday the last OF
the season here.