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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
UNCLE SAM KEEPING GIRLS ON THE FARM
Tomato Clubs Bring Good h.
 comes to the Members.

Washington.-Guided by southern school teacher, Uncle Sam is turning his attention to keeping some of his country nieces happy on the farm in stead of letting them join the workers in the cities. In five southern states. under the direction of the department of agriculture. schoolgirls are learning how to turn tomatoes and snap beans into money.
 Miss Mary Cromer of Aiken. s. G.. began the girls canning clubs with forty-six of her own pupils. She had no reason why the girls should not make little money too. So one spring she encouraged forty-six girls to plant little tomato patches.
 All summer she worked with them. showing them how to hoe and culti- vate. Along toward harvest time the neighboring station of the farm demon stration service heard about what she was doing and sent canning expert to Aiken to show the girls what to do with their product. One girl got 512 cans from her patch. which gave her q profit at the rate of $400 an acre. Even Jerry Moore. the boy who won the corn prize. had cleared only $40 an acre. Miss Cromer was given place in the department of agriculture and has organized tomato clubs in five states.
 The clubs are formed very early in the spring before planting time. and the demonstrator who travels about tells the girls how to have their land prepared. The farms are only one tenth of an acre now. that being sup posed to be all that one girl can well take care of. Usually the fathers do the blowing. but they are paid for their time and the fertilizer they use. just as an outsider would be. For the cul- tivating the girls allow themselves 10 cents an hour. They learn to enjoy the work.
 The girls are taught to put up wild and garden berries in glass. In the fall. when the harvest is all in tin or glass. the demonstrator visits each home. weighs each can and marks its weight upon the outside. The little gardener adds her name and address. and the can is sent straight to some body's table at, 10 cents for the tin cans of vegetables and F for glass jars of preserves. If the purchaser is dissatisfied she notifies the department. and the girl is directed to send anoth- CT can. If there are continued com. plaints of her products 1t is assumed that she is not following directions. and she is dropped from the clubs.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29

States $107,159,0 ,003 and 2,000 lives; the Mexican war cost her $74,O00,- 900 and 2,000 lives; the civil war en- tailed an expense of $3,700,000, ,O00, and the loss of life on both sides was approximately 500,000.
 Indian wars cost the United States $1,OOO, 100000 and 49,0O0 men, while the Spanish-American war, the last of American conflicts, excepting the late unpleasantness in Mexico, in- volved momentary cost of $165, ,OO0,- 900; 2,91O lives were lost, but all but 306 deaths were due to disease.
 In the Russo-Japanese struggle, Russia lost 38S,500 men, and the Ja- panese 167,4O0. The money cost to Russia was 100000, and to Ja- pan $800,000,000.
 The fighting in the Balkan states was accomplished by expenses which hit deeply into their coffers. In the first campaign, October, 1912, to May, 1913, the total cost to Bulgaria, Ser via, Greece, Montenegro and Turkey was $94O,OOO,OOO. The loss of life to- tailed 22S,OO0.
 In the second campaign, in July 1doI Co1 Aoul otellSo "SAS HI '"A SN' Bulgaria, Servia; Greece and Rouman- ia. The cost was $450,0O0,0O0, and 100000 lives were lost. In these two campaigns the loss to Servia totaled $260,OO0,000, and the little kingdom lost 10000 men.
 The Boer war took more than $1,- OO0,00O,O ,OO0 of England's treasury, and that country's loss in men was 22,- 900. The Boers' loss was light, amounting to only 3,700 dead.
 The rFanco-Prussian war, bringing together in deadly conflict two na- tions which have again clashed in the present European upheaval, France and Germany, took a tremen- dous toll of life and money. The loss of men on both sides totaled 290,- OO0 France spent $3S7, ,800000 on the struggle, and Germany spent $382,- 500,00O above the usual army esti- mate. And this was brief in dura- tion. It began July IF, 1870, and was ended by May IS, 1871. The cost to the Germans was about $1.25 a day for each man.
 Russia and Turkey fought in 1878, and this war cost $100,000,00O and 120,000 lives.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Henry Seymour and Thomas Lynch, their heirs, administrators, and to all who it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that have expended $300.00 on the Association claim No. l, Association claim No. 2 and Association claim No. 3, located on the Chistochina river at the mouth of Slate creek, in the Copper Center recording precinct, Territory of Alas ka, the location certificates of said claims being of record in the U. S. commissioners office at Copper Cen ter, Alaska. Said expenditure was made in order to hold said claims un- der the provisions of the laws of the United States and of this territory, and was made in the year 1913.
 And If you fail or refuse to pay your proportion ($100.00 each) with in 95 days after the completion of the publication of this notice your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under Section 2324, Re vised Stautes of the United States.
 w. K. MORTON.
 First publication June IS. 1914.
 Last publication September IS, 1914
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2s, 1914.
THE ENGINEERING COMMISSION.

The information that the Alaska Engineering Commission will prob ably not be able to go over the Val dez route this season is very disap- pointing. The chairman of the com mission has spent the entire season at Ship Creek, on Knik Arm of Cook inlet. Lieut.. Mears has taken since the middle of June to go over the Susitna route to the Panama.
 This means that the commission will not be able to make an intelli- gent report for another year, for it is certain that no comparative report can be made of the different routes till the Valdez route has been in- vestigated by a personal examination of he commission.
 Should the railroad commission submit a recommendation to the president for line or lines in Alas ka without a full investigation hav- ing been made of all routes, it would give congress a just excuse to re- fuse to make the necessary appro- priation to carry on the work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
AN ExHAUsTING~w WAR.

There is occasionally easy talk about wars necessarily being of brief duration under modern conditions, because of the "exhaustion of the resources" of some of the combatants. There is one record of a war of comparatively modern times, when the world was given spectacle of what it means in exact terms to ex- haust the resources of country.
 In 1865 Paraguay was under the dictatorship of Francisco Solano To- peg, who succeeded his father in su- preme power, after the latter had held it for eighteen years. The younger Lopez declared war against the infinitely stronger country of Ar gentina in that year. Brazil and Uru- quay joined forces with Argentina. Yet, despite the overwhelming odds against him, Lopez kept up the war for five years and it ended with his death on March 1, 1870. when the scattered remnants of his armies fin ally surrendered.
 At that time the men under arms in Paraguay consisted of little more than boys of tender years, nearly all of the adult males having perished. A comparison of the official census of 1857, with allowances for the nor nal rate of increase between that time and 1865, with the census talk en in 1873, showed that Paraguay lost more than 100000 inhabitants dur ing the struggle, a death roll which is likely to be greatly exceeded dur. ing the tremendous struggle now on in Europe. The entire population sur. viving consisted of 2S,746 men of all ages, and 203,333 women and chil- dren. It was many years after the end of that war in Paraguay before the ratio of women to men fell be- low the proportion of three to one.
 Paraguay's resources were really exhausted-the only case in the his tory of modern warfare.-Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
BABY CUT OFF 200 PHONES.
Papa the Real siIencer, However, With Aid of a Shotqun.

SNI0 OI onoeSuus Atlantic City. N. 1.-The birth of baby in the home of Matteo Gionetti of Merlonville cut of all telephone service in that section for the greater part of day, to the rage of 200 sub- scribers.
 The boy arrived at the Gionetti home shortly and there was nobody around to help Matteo celebrate, so he grabbed his shotgun and proceeded to blow holes in the atmosphere.
 Mir. Newton. the phon. company's wire chief, discovered the lines were useless when he came to work next morning. At Gionetti's place he found the broken wires hanging loose from the pole. with about pound of shot in the cross arm. Gioneth told all about it. Newton started to swear. changed his mind, grinned, said, Hope the kids all right" and started repairs.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
PUPILS WORK SCHOOL FARMS.
Get Pay For Foil and Michigan citie'
 Buy the Produce.

Get Pay For Foil and Michigan Cities Buy the Produce. lshpeming. Mich.-The cities of up- per Michigan have devised a new way for school children to earn money in the summer vacation months by es- tablishing school farms which pay pu- pill workers for their time and sell the produce to people of the cities inter- ested practically at cost.
 Ishpeming began the experiment. It was so successful that the idea is spreading over the upper peninsula. The Michigan State Agricultural col lege this year will have experts to sys- tematize the work.
 Farms have been conducted under the management of the Ishpeming board of education for three years, and this year they will be operated on larger scale than heretofore. M. A. Russell. from the Michigan Agricul- tural college, has been placed in charge.
 The board of education owns eight cen acres of tillable land in three tracts. and most of this will be cult- vated. Students do the work. One hundred and twenty-five boys have agreed to perform the necessary labor. Their pay is 10 cents an hour. The school board markets the produce and retains the proceeds. The chief crops this year will be potatoes. cabbages and caulif1ower. One acre will be de- voted to strawberries.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual stockholders meeting of the Black Diamond Gold Mining Com pany Gas adjourned) is called to meet at the office of the company in Val deg, Alaska, on September 18th, 1914, at 8 o'clock p. m., at which meeting a board of irectors will be elected for the ensuing year and other busi- ness of importance will come before the meeting.
 By order of the president. k Sept. 1 GEO. J. LOVE, Secretary.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
Cost of Some Previous Wars

The present European war calls to mind the vast cost of war, both in lives and money, and serves as a reminder of the staggering immen. sity of the sum the world has spent on wars since the beginning of the eighteenth century.
 Beginning in the United States with the Revolution, thus excluding colon. ial wars prior to that time, which cost 30,000 lives, the United States spent $135,193,703 on this conflict and lost 30,00O men. The cost of the war to the British was s710,O0O, ,OOO
 The war of 1872 cost the United
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
Stockholders Meetinq.

The annual stockholders meeting of the Granite Gold Mining Company will be held at the office of the com- pany at Valdez, Alaska, on the 18th day of October, 1914, at the hour of 200 p. m., at which meeting board of five directors will be elected for the ensuing year and such other bus mess will be transacted as may properly come before said meeting.
 B. F. WILLARD, President
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29
T.aoup. of Salt For Waoss.

London.-Major Hans Schomburgk. the explorer. who has just returned from West Central Africa with films of native life. states that the "supers" hired were paid two cupfuls of salt a day. salt being the current "coan" with which even wives wera bought
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29

Wood for Sale.
 Four-foot slab wood far sale $3.5O a cord at the Copper River Lumber Company. KZo
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29

Wood for Sale. Sixteen-inch slab wood for $5.50 a cord at the Copper River Lumber Co
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-29

Nubone Corsets. Try Mrs. St. Marie's for one of those Nubone corsets. If
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

pr. Henderson's theory was set forth as follows:
 Life is constantly being created be- heath the waves of the ocean and passing through innumerable phases ot evolution. This Is @ startling con- ception. It Is a startling conception. It is the ultra -materiaiistic conception of the first principles of creation.
 Scientists have long refused to be- licve in dogmatic and orthodox views of the origin of life. Ever since Dar- win published his theory to the world. they have been striving to so back beyond the first evidences of animal and plant life. in the hope of finding the source from which they sprang.
 Just as important. # not more so than the missing link between the lt wer animal life and the human life. Is the connecting link between matter
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

The following is the full report of the grand jury which was filed late this afternoon with the court:
 We the grand jury. empaneied Monday, April the sixth. 1914. have completed the investigation of all matters presented to us by the dis trict attorney and othcs and have re? turned three "'true bills." Aside from these there have been several other matters presented to this jury for consideration by private citizens which. atfer a full investigation. of same we have not thought 1t to take any action upon.
 This work necessitated the exam ipation of forty i've witnesses and two petitions by this jury.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

or the profits. It costs s1.500 to take tke New York team to St. Louis un- der the arrangements now in vogue and Kansas City is a whole nights ride between St. Louis. so the Federals can figure on spending considerable money for transportation. If they get number of major league play CTS whom they are angling for. they must expect to visit only the best hotels as well.
 The Giants. always fighting for the lead and with the prestige of having two successive pennants. faii- cd to make money on any of their
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

BALTIMORE. Jan. 2s.-Dr. l.. J. Henderson of Harvard university before distinguished group of scien- tists in the John Hopkins physical h iabotratories tonight, asserted that researches extending over many years had convinced him that "in- organic matter contains latent life"
 Before the. surprised savants who heard this radical theory had recov- cred from their astonishment. pr. Henderson added that he believed "this latent life becomes active under certain conditions and soon the line between the two will be crossed"
 No more far-reaching theory has been promulgated here in years. Tn it's significance regarding the origin Q: life. 1t may be chased with the Darminian hypothesis.
 Stripped of It's teachnical language.
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hills.
 Ii is found that the grasing grounu there are in Q similar condition. Tne natives have divided the large herds into small bands and seek out the few
 small patches of moss which are un- covered in hopes of saving the herds While there will be some loss of ani- mals 1t Is thought and hoped. that weather conditions will soon change where an abundance of feed can be procured by the deer. The deer to
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
PREDICTS DISASTER FOR
 THE FEDERAL LEAGUE

three western trips last season. Can you imagine what tho Federals may 0. pect from St. Louis to Chicago. when the Giants could not make money on these two cities combined. Furthermore. the Giants went through the month of September. the last of the pennant race and with the team in first place, Il money loser. That seem incredible but it Is the fact. Some of these facts will make food for thought for tho packers of tho new league.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

The mild weather which has been prevailing along the coast the last few weeks has placed the numerous herds C.. reinder In a serious predtca- ment. The snow has been packed sclid by the winds and rains and is now q sheet of ice which makes 1t extremely difficult for the herds to procure food. Large numbers have bs en moved oa,x l. tf. Dilts where they can ordinarily secure an abund- arce of moss on the bare sides of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

We have carefully examined Into the condition and management of the federal jail. commissioner court and re recording once. dstsntioa hospital city Jail. and United States district court house and ofaces.
 We find the federal jail to bs con ducted in an excellent manner and with due regard to the well being of the prisoners but would recommend better ventilation of the cells and re- pa,nting of some of the interior of the building.
 We lind the city jail to be well con- ducted and maintained fin satisfoc- tory condition. W find the detention hospital to be ii. good condition.
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etcure enough inJsS L., sustain life h " become exhausted by the effort me- cessuy to break the ice tO reach the mess. This will exhaust the females and this heinz the fawning season II is thought will greatly reduce the percentage of increase this year. The herds in the Norton sound country will bc the greatest sufferers while the herds at Marys Igloo are not as yet suffering.
 The conditions here are not unusual
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
HARVARD SAvANT SAYS
 INORGANIC MATTER IS LIFE

that is wholly inorganic wholly pas sive. and that which is active and organic.
 Dr. Henderson believes that h" IS on the way to find that missing link. He believes that tho dividing line be- tween the thing that lives and the thing that is. but does not live. will soon be established and thnt he will be able to demonstrate the process of transition between them.
 In the last ten years Professor Henderson has worked unceasingly along these lines. His researches have been painstaking and minute Along what lines he is proceeding he i. silent, but it is expected the entire history of his experiments will soon be given to the world.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
EASTER MUSIC REPEATED.

Those who missed tir Faster mu sic at St. Mary's Mst sunday. as w"l as those who were present. will have another opportunity l." hear parts Q the morning and evening music r" ppated tomorrow evening. includin: tie morning anthem. Subject of s"r mon: "rhc First Doubling Th"mas oi From Doubt to Faith.
 Celebration of Holy Eucharist. !? .'
 Sunday school and Bible class II.
 W. A. meeting. Thursday. ?. m. parish hall.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
REINDEER HERDS ARE
 MASER|0uS CONDITION

and ure such as have often befeli thc herds of Siberia in which thousapds oi deer have been known to perish. N hiie the deer on Seward peninsula are not now in immediate danger the situation is known to be serious and can be worse under certain weather conditions which entirely cut off the moss supply In certain sections.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
GRAND JURY BRINGS
 ITS FINAL REPORT

We find the commissioner and re. cording office to be conducted in an efficient manner. the books being up t. date, and will say we consider that the present. iocIti"u of the "ffir. k nn improvement on the old ioc;L- tion with regard to light. the public pi otection of the records.
 We find the detention hospital to be
 We .,lso recommend that repairs be mnde to the courthouse with reference to Ieveling the foundation and hoors; adjusting the heating plant: repair ot sidewalk: painting the outside oi the building and bette: ventilation of tho jury room.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
CORDOvA RAILROAD
 AGAIN BL0CADED

along tI,e line and are clearing the track as rapidly as possible.
 The superintendent stated that the company was using every effort and expected to have trains moving along tho whole line by Tuesday next. The heavy fall of snow has put tho in- tericr trail in splendid condition.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

A recent letter from Dave Fox. pr iesitent of the Arctic Placer and Mining Company. dated at New York January 31 stated that he would leave the first of February for the Philip pine island. He wanted to know T the Andraefski strike had made many millionaires.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

Do yeu rsad the Daily Nugget end keep abreast of the doinss of the out side world7 Subscribe now, $2.o0 per month delivered every night before 6 o'clock.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
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 NEW YORK. April 1s.-That the fedeal league circuit, extending from Baltimore and Toronto in the eost to Kansas City in the west. spells certain disaster for the new organization. was tho statement of Secretary John Eos. ts, of the Giants today. He backed ur his assertion with some interest. ing figures of National league receipts and expenses.
 "The jumps in tho Federal league will be longer than those in the Ma. tic nal league" explained Foster. and railroads and hotels eat up c big part
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
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 lCORDOvA. April ls.--The railroad ls biocaded for the second time this winter. High winds have been pre- vriling for several days Accompanied With heavy fail of snow and the drift ins snow has Allcd the railway cuts msking 1t impossible for trains to move. Crsws Of mon arc scattered
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Tho freighter. Steilgelmier from Solomon left this morning with ten hcrso load of freight for Pfaffle. the Council City merchant. Tho freight will bo taken as far as Solomon by hcrscs and moved from there to Coun- cil by dog teams.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

Henry Riley who is known in Nome but better known as q mining man in the Iditarod hns recently purchased a 3 400 acre ranch near Lodi. Cat. for tn. sum of ss0o.000. IL is the intention ct Mir. Riley to subdivide tho farm.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

ShiIds and Lomen have postponed their trip of inspection of the rein deer herds about Golovin bay as the herds are now scattered on account of shortage of food on the coast.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
PRESIDENT WILSON ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE
 DATE OF DAUGHTER
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 WASHINGTON. April ll--rrcsident Wilson has announced that tho mar riage of his daughter Eleanor to Sec retary McAdoo will take place at White House on May [.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
NEWS NOTES

George F. Tuffs an old timer tn Nome. is now a very successful busi- rss man in LivcrInorc. Cal. He IS conducting an ice and soda water business.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

One of the most pleasant incidents of the dog race was the reception given to the winner, Johnson, from the queens stand. Surrounded by her raids of honor the queen cordially gi eeted the winner and extended her congratulations to him for his suc- cess.
 The contradictions were moicstly acknowledged by Johnson who said ho was nearly blind. This was unfor- funate as he may neve favc the op- pcrtunity of seeing so much beauty smiling down upon him again.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

town this morning. Percy Blatchford and Earnest. the native, had charge oi the teams.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

Scppala arrived in Nome 7:30 las night with his racing team. <,
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18
WHY EAT POOR BREAD.

When you can get GOOD. WHOLE
 SOME Bread At Sc per Ioaf. ANVIL BAKERY, NORTH POLE BAKERY,
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

About 1.700 pounds of mail left Ilnalakleet last Thursday for Nome md will probably reach here next Wednesday. This consists of mall that has been held over during the win ter and will be second class only.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-18

E. W. Mccarthy who has charge Of large properties in the Gold Run country for n San Francisco and Se- attle company has been in Nome for a few days on business and will soon r. turn to Teller by way of Gold Run.