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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

cation and transportation by electric ity, and the encouragement of public and private aid to the idle who want work. That relief, however, is too scanty for the need. What is wanted is railroad provision fer shifting of labor in masses, as it is shifted by across the ocean.
 The establishment of clean and safe low-rate labor excursions, as cheap in comparison as steeraee, would do for the United States what ocean passage has done for the world, to correct the old rule of idleness, famine and extirpation in one conti- nent, while another was suffering for labor to develop it.-Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
5000 ISLANDS FLY OUR FLAG
Have Population Double That of United
 States a Century Aqo.

Have Population Double That of United
 States Century Ago.
 In recent address before the Ma tionai Geographic society in Washing ton Secretary o. P Austin said that there are now 5000 islands under the American flag
 'aThey now support a population Of lO,OOO.OOO. or more than that of the entire United States century ago." said Mir Austin. Their commerce ex. ceeds $3OOOOO,O 900. or more than that of the United States in any year prior to 1870: the American capital invested in them aggregates approximately $4OO 900. 900; they send us $1O0,OOO, 900 of their products each year and take in exchange nearly $l00.00O.O00
 When the United States took hold of Porto Rico fifteen years ago therr was but one building tn the entire is' land which had been et,sted for school purposes: today there ,ire l.200 build lngs erected for schoo, purposes There were 25!Oo0 pupils enrolled Il. the puhiic school in the nrst year Q, the A.,iertcAa administsatioas Aow. th tnta4 h ,1s0oo"
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
Summons for Publication.

Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. w. Fred Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend ants.--No. 653. Summons for Publica- tion
 To the above-named defendant, w. Fred Swanson:
 You are hereby required to appear in the district court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty days after the completion of publication of this summons against you, to-wit, within thirty days after the 18th of March, 1914: and answer the complaint of plaintiff filed here in, and unless you so appear and an swer the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint, decreeing her to be the owner of the launch Anita, and that neither you nor your co-defendant has any interest in or title to the same.
 Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown. judge of said court, this 18th day c. February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG, Clerk of the District Court, for the
 Territory of Alaska, Third Division By T. r. GERAGHTY. Deputy Clerk.
 First publication Feb. If, 1914.
 Last publication March 28, 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
A PRECAUTIoN AGAINST CON-
 GESTiON.

Dr. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, in g letter to the lmmisrt- ton League declares that there is and for many years will be a scarcity of labor in the United States, be cause of the sparseness of our pop ulation and the enormous, unused re sources of the country which require for their development both new cap ital and new labor."'
 This is in apparent conflict with the stories of armies of the unem- ployed in many of the larger cities. The impression of want of employ ment is created by the congestion i'll the nearest cities of workmen tem- porarily out of employment, even when men are sorely needed in remote sections. The Pacific coast has illus trated this in recent months. Owing to a temporary depression in the lummber industry, thousands of work men have been out of employment, while in some of the manufacturing centers in the East and Middle West there has been a scarcity of labor. This condition will be emphasized with the opening of spring work, with the renewal of activities in Alaska and with the general revival of. construc- tion work on the railroads and in the building trades of the country.
 The remedy is quick and cheap transportation of labor in masses to the place of greatest need. Dr, Eliot points out that some relief is com ing from quick and easy communi-
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
SOLDIERS OF HUMANITY"
Miners Brave as the Minutemen of Lexinoton. Director Holmes Tribute.

Miners Brave as the Minutemen of
 Lexington, Director Holmes Tribute.
 The bravery of miners and members of rescue parties that go into fume filled shafts, risking the loss of their lives that others might live, is lauded in report issued by the United States bureau of mines.
 Since the bureau of mines was ere ated." says Dr. Joseph A. Holmes. the 5000 miners in the use of the modern rescue apparatus and 4.0O0 of them in the principles of first aid to the in- jured These men are the soldiers Of humanity, as eager and ready to re- spond to the call of distress as were the minutemen of Lexington
 '"rhe bravery of the miners has nev- CT been questioned. There never has been time when more volunteers than needed did not respond. When the rescuer goes to his death he is not Spurred on by martial music, the roll of drums. the crack of rife fire. like the soldier His is the grim. silent, desperate task in the darkness of the inside of the earth The world thrills for a day over his heroism and then forgets.
 ''I cannot refrain from paying my humble tribute to the bravery of the rescuers of the bureau of mines. They and the volunteer rescuers are the men who uphold our traditions of noble self sacrifice and the courage that knows no flinching."
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
!. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914.
ANOTHER CERTAINTY DlSAP-
 PEARS.

Among the few things about which all doctors have hitherto joined ev- erybody else in believing is that the terrible disease scurvy is caused by the absence from the diet of certain substances and that it can be cured only by return of food containing them. This is a truth" seemingly confirmed by an enormous amount Of experience and observation, and till now contradicted by none, and yet it is asserted and apparently proved by competent investigator that the scurvy theory will have to go the way of the old malaria theory also was a truth of universal acceptance till it was shown to be ludicrously false-and that the accepted cause of the malady have nothing to do with it.
 This iconoclast is Dr. w. Morton Hewetson, and an article by him in The Transvaal Medical Journal, sum- marized in American Medicine, tells how he was commissioned to study a puzzling outbreak of scurvy among some native Afrit an laborers. He no ticed that the victims were all negroes belonging to tribes that filed their teeth, and consequently suffered fror' carries and attendant mouth infec- tions, those having the nearly pe feet dentition peculiar to the black race being quite immune, in spite of eating the same food as the others. With this as hint, instead of order ing a change of diet. Dr. Hewetson took the proper measures for disin- fecting and keeping disinfected the mouths of the stricken negroes-and they all promptly recovered.
 This throws a great light, Dr. Hew- etson thinks. on the lamentable ex- periences of sailors on long voyages, and of explorers, arctic and other. They were all so circumstanced that careful attention to toilet details was difficult or impossible from scarcity of
 
 water, and. as American Medicine in it's comments points out. the chief and most severe sufferers have al ways been those who were least care full in such matters. In Dr. HeWet- sons opinion, scurvy is a bacterial toxaemia, due to "a specific bacterial invasion of the tooth sockets and pc ridental tissues," and its once familiar symptoms are simply and purely local inflammations
 The data seem to be bit scanty for so large conclusion, though it is true that the new theory not only fits in with all the known facts, but it explains the formerly mysterious cases of immunity that are found on every scurvy ship.-Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

Not only are the saloons at Nome closed on Sunday but every kind of business has had the lid put on it by the owners of the thirst emporiums, as retaliatory act for the move of the federal officials in causing them to close their doors one day in the week. As result the city council, Chamber of Commerce and business men generally have joined in a tele- gram to Governor Strong asking them to include in the special session of the legislature the repeal or amendment of this orthodox law Cordova Alaskan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
FED COWS TO FLAVOR MILK.
Bran and Corn Produced That of the
 Preferred Taste.

The department of agriculture has just concluded series of experiments to determine the effect on the flavor of milk of feeding different kinds of ra- tions to cows The department has decided in favor of bran and corn as producing the finest favored milk.
 Some dairymen have theory that feeding crushed oats to cows will tm- prove the flavor of the milk. Six cows were used in the experiments, and the various kinds of rations were fed to them. Fifty opinions were passed on the samples of milk. Sixteen prefer. red milk from COWS fed on crushed oats. twenty-five preferred that from the bran and corn ration. while nine expressed no choice. The department decided that the ration containing bran and corn was preferable in producing fine favored milk.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
PLANS HAZARDOUS PLUNGE
 INTO GUATEMALAN WILDS.
Safer Than Life In Big City, Says Dr..
 Spinden-His Ambitious Program.

"There are more chances of being killed in a big city than in Central America" said Dr. H. J. Spinden of the department of anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, when asked If it were not dangerous to go into parts of Central America and Mexico. which he is to visit during a five months trip of ex. ploration.
 Belize, British Honduras. is to be the base of operations for Dr. Spinden. who, because the museum authorities think 1t safer to be accompanied into certain regions where he will collect material, will travel with pack train under Russell Hastings MillwaM. who is said to have interests there.
 Dr. Spinden. among other things, ex' poets to visit ancient ruins of the Maya Indians which have never heretofore been seen by explorers. One of the cities where he expects to get material. but which has been the objective point of other scientists, is Ixkun. in Guate- mala. which dates back to the time of the Roman empire. Photographs will be made of all places visited and much archaeological matter collected. Dr. Spinden also hopes to get valuable data regarding the Carab and Maya h. dians.
 To forestall attacks by snakes and insects Dr. Spinder will sleep in hammock. He will carry small medical outfit. which will include needle and permanganate of potash, to use in case of snake bite
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that; pur- suant to an order made by the dis trict court of the Territory of Alaska, Third division, in the matter of the annexation of certain territory to the incorporated Town of Valdez, the common council of the Town of Val deg has called n election to be held in said town and in the territory pro posed to be ann xed to said town, on Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ- inc whether said territory shall be so annexed as prayed for in the peti- tion therefor filed in said district court as provided by law. The de scription of said territory as set up in said petition, is as follows, to-wit:
 Beginning at Meander Corner No. 1 of the Valdez toWnsite survey and running thence south. A degrees, 19 minutes, Ii seconds east 24063S feet; thence south 53 degrees. 32 minutes east, 1228.26 feet thence south, "A degrees, 52 minutes east, 56826 feet: thence south, 45 degrees, 43 minutes east, 1862 feet; thence south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west, 13124 feet; thence south, 29 degrees, ll LllHulcS west, 1-o.fA AcCI, Ih0iiNe south, If degrees, 45 minutes west. 5195 feet; thence north, 61 degrees. 27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence north, 28 degrees. 48 minutes west, 2O5O feet; thence south 61 degrees, 30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place of beginning.
 At such election qualified electors are invited to vote upon said prop osition to annex said described ter ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac-. ing upon their ballots the words For annexation to the Town of Valdez" or Against annexation to the Town of Valdez" or words equivalent there to.
 The polling place for such election in the Town of Valdez shall be in the hall of the common council on Broadway avenue. The polling place in the territory proposed to be an 1.,xed shall be in the ground fioo1 roon of the Fish building on Mckin- ley street, adjoining the Tillikum Club The polls shall be open from g a. m. to p. m. of March 21, 1914,
 The election board designated for the Town of Valdez is composed of the following persons: Judges-H. P. Sullivan. Louis Rosenthal, Thomas Hunt; clerks J. J. Cavana. Dan Will cey.
 The election board designated for the territory proposed to be annexed is composed of the following persons: Judges-Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise, U. H. Bell: clerks-Frank Willard, Robert Weber.
 The qualifications of an elector en- titled to vote at such election, ore scribed by law, are as follows: He or she shall be a male or female per son of the age of twenty-one years or more and shall be the owner of substantial property interests in land. building or improvements on land or tide land within the said corporation or the territory proposed to be an nexed to or incorporated within such corporation.
 TOWN OF VALDEZ.
 By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor. RANDALL B. ASHBY, Town Clerk. First publication Feb. 20, 1914. Last publication March 20, 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
MADE PEANUT FAMOUS; ASKS FOR NOBEL PRIZE.

Dr. Thomas J. Allen of Eureka Springs. Ark. who gained fame by living sixty days on an exclu- sive diet of peanuts, has filed ap. plication with the president of Arkansas university for the Mo- bel prize to be given in 1914. He . claims to have made the most important discovery in physiolo- gy or medicine during 1918. The :. discovery in question: Dr. Allen said. Is that variation in feed ing; iss the fnndnmen'a! cnuse of premature seniijty. !he ..predis- posing cause of all disease. the essential factor in cancer and the essential cause of nigh infant mortality" :" ''%'' ''
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
Notice to Creditors.

In the United States Commissioners Court. ex officio Judge in Probate, Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di- vision, Territory of Alaska.
 In the matter of the estate of Peter Steinmetz, deceased. w. A. Rystrom, administrator--Notic to Creditors.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned, administrator of the estate of Peter Steinmetz. deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said estate, to ex- hibit them, with the necessary vouch- CTS, within six (6) months after the first publication of this notice. to the said administrator at the office of c. E. Bunnell, at Valdez. Alaska, the same being the place for the trans action of the business of said estate. Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th day of February, 1914.
 w. A. RYSTROM. Administrator of the estate of Peter Steinmetz. deceased.
 First publication Feb. il, 1914.
 Last publication March 16. 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.

For $6.0U we will give you ticket entitling you to hospital service and care for any eight weeks. out of. the Jear from date of your ticket. when .ncapacitated by injury or sickness. Seq W. H. Ziegler " .
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
Aero Has Twenty Sleeping Berths.

A giant aeroplane designed by the Russian air man. Sikorsky, has just been successfully tested. It weighs three and a half tons, is propelled by four 100 horsepower motors and has cabins with sleeping accommodations for twenty passengers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
An English Memorial to Franklin.

Nn EHyTTSn WoVnoTTd1 70 ' TdHKTT1I'
 Subscriptions are being invited in London to carry out proposal to commemorate Benjamin Franklin in the church of St. Bartholomew the Great. in West Smith6eld parish, wherein he worked as d printer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

Quite naturally it isn't the man with level head who does the most but ting in.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

Of course we should all love our neighbors. but the trouble is our wives are apt to object.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

Vice President Marshall sent a copy of Back Country Folks" to President Wilson as q gift On the fly leaf he wrote: "To the President of the Unit ed States. From his only vice-Thom- as R Marshall"
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

If you want all the news all the time. read the ProsRsctor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

A unique sight seen recently in Pittsburgh consisted of two teams of horses drawing two shanties, in which were stoves with fires lit, around which the drivers were keeping them selves warm.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

John F. Bach. retired clothing manufacturer of Newark, N. J., who is ninetynine years old. has lived in the United States seventy-three years, but hasn't learned to speak English yet,
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20
News Films of the Passing Show
A one man trolley crew" is new year innovation at Rutherford. N. J.

minister of Derry, Pa, announces tbat he will not conduct funeral serv- ices for any member of q club that has bar.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-20

If you want all ths news a3l ths lime read the Daily Prospector. :.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

w. B. Harper, charged with
killing Phil Hebert, Jr., at Bag
dad, Grant parish, Jan. l, was
examined by q lunacy commission
at Colfax, who decided that h6 Il
criminally insane and remanded
him to the custody of the sheriff
for delivery to On asylum. i.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

avn VvOSSAS - SOSBUOOO
It is q good plan 10 carry .
compass when tramping, but II
you lose your directions when
without a compass, your watch
will help you out of the difficult
ty. Hold the watch flat , tho
hour hand pointed toward the
sun, then half way between the
point of the hour hand and the
II o'clock figure will be south.
If the face Of the watch were
divided into "a hours. the u
o'clock mark would always 10y
in the direction of south, but
as it is divided into only one-hslf
that many hours, it is necessary
to take the point halfway be.
tween the hour hand and u
O'Clock. Thus. at 4 p. m. south
will lie approximately in the di.
rection Of 2 o'clock, while 1t 8
a. m. it will lie approximately in
the direction of 10 o'clock.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

The Waterman makes its visit
weekly to our home; we are all
glad to get it, as it gets better
each issue. A.
The farmers are progressing
nicely with their crops since the
heavy rains held up,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 9. James
daughters made 4 pleasant visit
to G, w, Walls Thursday and
went fishing. Sorry to say they
had poor luck, .........
G. w. Wall and two daughters
from Bay were welcome visitors
at the home Of w. o. James and
wife Sunday.
Robert Hines of Grayson was
a pleasant caller at Mr.. and Mrs.
S. M. Loves last Sunday.
S. NJ. Love and W. o. James
went to Columbia Saturday on
business.
Willie Rodgers and Frank Love
went fishing last Saturday but
did not catch any.
What has become Of the Boost-
ers Club; haven't heard from
them in y good while. Lett
boost the parish. The people of
this parish have made : start a
building good roads. Let's kaep
the bali rolling until We set good
roads all over the parish.
! think that we could hays be-.
Ter roads if the police jury would
change the system, Of having
them worked. They should let
them out BY sections and em 10y
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

Raymond Williams was arrest
ed at Alexandra on a charge Of
stabbing q woman in Grant par.
|ish. It IS stated that if the knife
used BY Williams had been sharp
be would have cut off the WON.
ans head. She is in q critical
condition.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01
Mighty Good Advice

If the young men are wise and
truly have great ability, they
will remain at home, at least for
a season longer until their wis.
dom teeth are cut. 1t is more
satisfactory to be a prominent
and respected citizen of a village
than to be an insignificant stran-
ger, jostled and ignored by the
hurrying mass of humanity in a
metropolis. We would rather be
a dog on a farm than a Gagged
lion in a menagerie.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01
NEVsY NOTES FROM TIE MARTIN SCHOOL NElCnBoRHo0D

a man on each section of road
and pay him living wages and
give him authority to hire labor
to work on the roads. Let the
police jury fix the price per day.
BY this means all the money
will be spent on the roads and we
can have all the roads worked
soon, It won't take q year to gel
around.
Let's change the system Of
working the roads.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01
Would Be . Good Move

WI
A bill to remedy the practice
of holding vast acreage of cut
over lands at low assessments for
speculative purposes is being
prepared by Senator Sundbery
and will be introduced at this
session Of the legislature. The
aim Of the bill is to place on the
market those immense tracts of
idle lands which could be offered
to desirable immigrants at q
reasonable price and thereby
bring considerable more revenue
to the state in taxes. Napoleon
vile Pioneer. r..-z. 49,. -.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

Jim James, . negro, has been
arrested and indicted for murder
q one Of the bandits who killed
. negro porter on In /. c. train
near Fukers during IN attempt.
ed hold-up.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01
Sure VIII Show You

If q man wants to get acquaint-
ed with human nature! let him
edit q newspaper for q short
time. He knows nothing of the
ups and downs of life until he
has served in that capacity. He
may have preached, conducted q
bank, sold goods, traded horses,
practiced law, sawed wood or op-
Grated a popcorn factory, but he
needs a few months experience
as an editor of a country news
paper to complete his knowledge
of the eccentricities of human
nature. Exchange. +
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01
JURY HOLDS WALTERS GUILTY
Will Seek New Trial and Chance
OF Venue. Still Mvster;o,,a

Guilty without capital pun.
ishment" was the verdict rem
dered Monday at Opelousas in the
trial of W. C. Walters for the
kidnapping of Bobbie Dunbar.
AT no time during the jury's
deliberations did Walters stand a
chance for better verdict.
Two ballots were taken, On
the first the foreman, Callouet,
voted for capital punishment.
Opelousas is satisfied with the
verdict. Walters alibi was 20
strong that it and the element of
doubt as to the child's identity
caused a moulding of sentiment
in favor of a milder punishment
than death.
An indication of the bitterness
of feeling against Walters was
given in the gathering of crowds
around the courthouse during the
deliberations of the jury, when
threats that Walters would not
be permitted to return to Jail
alive in case of acquittal or q
mistrial. Sheriff Swords realized
the gravity Of the situation and
had several dozens Of rifles ham
dy for Walters protection ID case
|of need. !. 81
The attorneys for the detenss
will tfils an appeal on grounds
stipulated in five bills Of sxeep-
tons granted them duting tie
trial and win also seek ! change
of venue, on the ground that EN-
timent was % strongly manifest
led assinst Walters IN IT, pre-
encs d The Jury that Jude fsxy
YES spellsd . adjourn . -
folSN
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

Contracts for road work in
Calcacieu parish amounting Ia
500, 600 were let Monday. Al
together about SO miles of high
ways are provided for in these
contracts. s.-.e IT,.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

Speaking Of woman, lovely wo-
man, hattery doesn't turn her
head half % quick as another
woman who passes her wearing
q new dress. I'd.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01

Winnsboro is going to have an
up-to-date hotel. The contract
has been let and work is to start
in 4 few weeks.