The Chitina leader., 1914-11-17
Late Telegraph News

WASHINGTON Nov. 17.-Secre- tary of Commerce William c. Red- field in letter to commercial organ izations. issued today, asserts that gloom and depression in business in the United States passed with inaug- uration of the new currency system and that while Europe is mobilizine its forces for destruction of life and property, the agencies of construc- tion here have just commenced to get busy. The letter expresses the gen. orally optimistic spirit of every mem- Der of the administration and of banking and business interests.
 JUNEAU, Nov. 17-The Terri torial Board of Pharmacy will ask the legislature to amend the present law, so that proprietors of general stores, and road houses having for sale drugs, patent medicines ana toilet articles, to annually procure license from the Pharmacy Board permitting the sale of such articles, and to fix the fee at $5, according to a statement contained in the annual report of the board which has Just been filed with Gov. J. F. A. Strong.
 The board will also ask the legis- lature to pass additional legislation governing the sale of intoxicating liquors in drug stores and general stores.
 The report covers all of the official acts of the board since the law creat- ing it went into force and contains the minutes and records of meetings held July 12, 1913;' also July 8, 1914.
 Since it's organization the board has granted certificates to 46 phar- macists in the territory who applied for registration under the law. All but two of these were upon approved credentials and these two were passed upon examination entitling them to registration.
 At the first meeting forms of 'cer- tificates and an official seal were adopted as well as bylaws and rules governing examinations. Exam nations are held in Juneau, August 26. Valdez August 26, Nome. Septem- Der 15 and Fairbanks, September 1o, of each year.
 The board consists of w. E. Britt, president, Juneau; w. H. Caswell, vice president, Valdez; F. B. Ryus, Ketchikan, secretary-treasurer; E. V. Boyle, Cordova, w. B. Kirk, Nome, w Ramsey, Council, F. M. Dunham and R. T. Kubon, of Fairbanks
 FAIRBANKS, Nov. 17.-Delegate Wickersham was among the passen- gers leaving for the outside this morning by the Sheldon Auto line to Chitina. Other passengers were: MT. banks; John Joslin and wife, H.. Youngquist, Mrs. Blanche Martin and two children. The roads are re- ported to be in the best condition ever known.
 MT. Wickersham offers to head 2 subscription fund with $25O to drill for coal under or near this city. The proposition is meeting with general approval and prospects are good for work to commence n the near future-
 NASHVILLE, Nov. 17.-Dr. Shaw was reelected president of the Na- tional Woman Suffrage Association, the annual convention of which is in session here.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Ameri- can troops will probably be ordered out of Vera Cruz very soon, leaving the Mexican factions to settle their own differences, as result of recent developments which brought about guarantees of demands from Wash ington.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Special- ists of the department of agriculture have been conducting a series of tests with various substances de- signed to keep flies from annoying horses, cattle and mules. In these tests it was found that there were substances which if applied to ami mals, would keep the biting flies, such as the stable fly, the bot fly, and the srew worm fly, away from the animals for from one to four days.
 Various kinds of flies tend to in jure cattle by weakening them and reducing their milk supply, the de partment says in bulletin jus, issued. It is we'll established thai the stable fly does considerable dam age, especially in northern Texas where it was found that they killed stock directly, made cattle more SUD ject to recurrence. of Texas fever and reduced milk supply, causing . loss estimates of s25,000 in a single