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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
CURIOUS FOSSIL FORESTS.
Twelve Tower, One Above the Other,
 In Yellowstone Park.

Twelve Tower, One Above the Other,
 In Yellowstone Park.
 In the Yellowstone National park twelve successive forests. one on top of another. have been buried by out flows of lava and petrified. according to government pamphlet entitled. Fossil Forests of the Yellowstone Ma tional Park by F. H. knowlton.
 The area within which the fossil for. ests are now found was apparently in the beginning an irregular but rela- lively flat basin. on the floor of which. after time, there grew the first for est. Then there came from some of the volcanoes, probably those to the north. an outpouring of ashes, mud flows and other material which entire ly buried the forest. but so gradually that the trees were simply submerged by the incoming material, few of them being prostrated. On the raised floor of the basin, after a time, the next for est came into existence. only to be in turn engulfed as the first had been, duu SO Ou lulou5h IdC pCl1Ou ISpA sented by the 2.OOO feet or more of similar beds.
 The whole history of the manner iD which these forests were fossilized is not fully understood, but it was un- doubtedly dependent on or at least greatly facilitated by the presence of volcanic and hydrothermal activity. which was doubtless then. as it is to some extent now. marked feature of the park region. The fossil forests are surrounded by matrix that is known as an acidic lava. which con tains abundant silica in solution The first part of the process of silicifcation may we'll have been that silica would be deposited in all the cells and ves- sels of the wood. making an accurate cast of all open spaces. Then, while the slow process of decay went on, as each particle of organic matter was removed its place was taken by the silica, until finally all the wood sub stance had disappeared and it's place. atom by atom, had been taken by silica.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
MANS CRITICAL AGE.
if Thirty Is Safely Passed Many seri-
 ous Diseases Are Outqrown.

# Thirty Is Safely Passed Many seri. ous Diseases Are Outsrown. A medical lecturer recently declared that in many ways thirty is the critical age in the average mans life. Once you reach thirty you have outgrown many serious diseases. On the other hand you become liable to many oth- CTS that seldom or never attack people l in the teens or twenties.
 Anaemia, for instance, is practically unknown after thirty. If you have not had it by then you never will. If you have you will have outgrown it at thirty or so. Acne, too-that spotti- ness of complexion so common among young people-is certain to have van- ished by then.
 Thirty. too, sees you out of the reach of the gravest of all diseases-con- sumption. If you have shown no sign of it by then in all probability you never will. If you have hitherto escaped rheumatic fever, too. you are fairly safe from it for life. Epilepsy and goiter. too. never make their first attacks on any one who has reached thirty.
 But your thirtieth birthday lays you open to kidney troubles of all sorts They are very rare in people under that age. Cancer, too, usually con- fines itself to people over thirty. And you may at any time be surprised by a touch of gcut You may have had a tendency that way all your life with out knowing it. It never develops till the critical birthday is past - New York Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16

Notice of Settlement of Account In the Commissioners Court for the
 Territory of Alaska Third Division.
 In Probate.
 In the matter of the estate of I. D. Flynn, deceased.-Notice of settle ment of account.
 Notice is hereby given that w. T. Scott, the administrator of the estate of l. D. Flynn, deceased. has rendered and presented for settlement, and fil- ed in the above entitled court, his final account of the administration of said estate, and that Wednesday, the 24th day of February, 1915, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the court room of said court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, has been duly appointed by me, the undersigned, as the Judge of said court, as the time and place for the settlement of said account at which time and place any and all persons interested in said estate, may appear. file exceptions in writing to the said account or otherwise contest the ai- lowance of the same.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd day of December, 1914.
 (Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE, U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
 Probate Judge, for the Recording
 Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
 Date of first publication December "A, 1914.
 Date last publication February 24, 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
SAVE THE SOIL.
Don't Let the Rains Wash the Valuable
 Plant Food Away.

Don't Let the Rains Wash the Valuable
 Plant Food Away.
 If you knew that it takes nature 10000 years to form foot of soil maybe you would have higher opin. ion of Mother Earth and be more care full how you drain your garden or field.
 If you saw granary full of rat holes you would suspect careless farmer. But a field left to wash away by the unchecked rush of sur face water after downpour is fully as wasteful. The only difference is that here the waste is of plant food before 1t gets into the grain.
 If your garden or field Is on slope, terrace it; if on level. plant it not in straight rows, but in circles. And in both cases tile drain it, for the stuff that washes away is precisely the stuff that your crops most need. Once gone it is expensive to replace.
 When you stop to think that every thing depends on the soil. clearly the soil is worth saving.-Seattle Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
OLD TAPESTRY.
How the Product of Different Bras
 May Be Distinguished.

How the Product of Different Bras
 May Be Distinguished.
 The word tapestry" needs to be de fined, for it may mean anything from figured furniture covering to carpets Tapestry as the word is here used is a pictured fabric woven by an artisan on hand loom, in which the design forms the cloth and is not worked upon basic tissue. The design itself is painted by an artist, and the loom. either upright or horizontal. has alter ed but little from prehistoric times to the present. The difference in the tapestries through the ages lies in the dyes, in the design and in the talent of those who translate the drawings in weaving. The species of stitch all ters not and belongs to all peoples Asiatic, European, aborigines of North and South America.
 For those who would be quickly wise in a general classification of old tap estry it may be said loosely that three great periods of design and weaving dominate the history of the art. First, the primitive or Gothic; next, the renaissance, and then that florescence of decorative design which belongs more peculiarly to France in the sev- enteenth and eighteenth centuries. As these three great periods of artistic development prevailed all over the Christian world in all varieties of art one can, by using this simple key, ar rive almost instantly at the century to which tapestry belongs.-Scrib- ner's Magazine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
A Doc Story,

We brought from Scotland collie about six months old. He was allow ed to be with us at the breakfast ta- ble, but never to be fed in the dining room. This rule was enforced by my daughter. was the only member of the family who ever broke over the rule And often when l offered him tempting bone he would glance across the table. and if he caught the forbidding eye he would resist the temptation. But one morning she left the table abruptly. Rab followed her into the hall and watched her till she had closed the door of her study. Then he scampered back, nudged my elbow, as if to say. Now is our time." seized the bone and was soon crunch. ing 1t with the greatest satisfaction London Spectator.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter ritory of Alaska, ss.:
 I, Charles E. Davidson, Secretary of the Territory of Alaska, do here by certify that on this date there has been filed in my office consent of stockholders to dissolution of the James E. Wilson Transportation Company, a domestic corporation or ganized under the laws of the Terri tory of Alaska, and said corporation is therefore dissolved.
 In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the Territory of Alas ka, at Juneau, this Fist day of De- cember, 1914. (Seal)
 CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
 Secretary of Alaska. Publications Jan. 2, g. 16, 23, 30.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Vanished Vegetation.

The ancient vegetation which grew in South Carolina and Georgia during upper cretaceous and eocene time or, as geologists state. at least several million years ago-included the se- quoia or "big tree." now confined to the Pacific coast. Also there were three kinds of araucarias or Norfolk island pines, which at the present time live only in South America and Aus tralia. pine with the leaves in cius. ters of three. as in the living pitch pine. and a number of cypress-like trees which were once widely spread over the world but are now extinct
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Red Sea Heat.

At certain seasons of the year the Red sea is almost unbearable. The water taken from seventy to eighty feet below the surface at o'clock in the morning will often register tenn. perature as high as 90 degrees. If. in addition, 8 sandstorm thinks fit to blow the whole air is full of mist of tnnumerable particles of fine, hot sand, which blind and suffocate at the same time.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Easy to Hide 1t.

Mary" said lady to her house. maid as she surveyed the furniture, just look at the dust! Didn't tell you to 90 carefully over it? l expect company this afternoon, and 1 shall feel disgraced. Every one will go away talking about it."
 Well. num-" said the girl. why don't you pull down the shadesY'- New York Globe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
strikino at tho Cause,

MT. Littlerest-Doctor, what did you tell me was your special treatment for sleeplessness? Medico-We strike at the cause or the origin of the trouble. Mr. Uttlerest-You don't say so! We'll. you will find the baby in the other room. Only don't strike at him too hard.-New York Globe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Squarina 1t.

Mir. Sboddy-Yes, that's the armah used by my ancestah who came ovah with the Conquerah. Young Lady (after examining the armor carefully)- It says Made in Germany" on the gauntlet. MT. Shoddy-Oh. yes; my ancestah-er-started from there. don't yer kuow.-London Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Contemptibis.

Grace-If it was a secret why in tho world did you tell that girl2 Gwendo- lyn-It won't do her any good. my dear. I'd already telephoned it to all the girls she knew.-Puck.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Human Mature.

Eddie--Pa, what's human nature3 Pa That's the thing that always catches 1t when . fellow can't blame it on anybody slse-London Mall.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Too Persistent.

She-Yon know very well that you had to ask me three times before 1 would consent to be your wife. He Yes, 1 know, and that only goes to show that 1t ts sometimes possible to be too confounded persistent-Boston Transcript.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16

With the Modern Heel. What on earth are you doing with your shoe on the deskT "I'm only rubbing out a mistake. I've lost my eraser."-Meggendorfer Blatter.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Eorosjuh$.

Forssight. Little Wflie-Say. pa. what b toro sdght1 Pa-Foresisht my con. ts the faculty of peing, around when thew b . melon to be -ChicaSo NewA
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16

There are mors men ennobjed by study than by natura
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16
Somebody
 With Money.

always has been found to "back" a good plan, a good idea, a good busi- ness venture or a good mining prospect-other- wise a good many of to- days successful business enterprises would still be mere dreams.
 Advertising has brought about a majority of the introductions of the man with the idea, the man with a prospect or busi- ness to the man with the dollar.
 ADvERTISE lN THE PRoSPECTCR FOR RE- SuLTs.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-16

If you want all yne news a0 time. reed tho Prospsesor.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27
MAYS SETS HIGH STANDARD
influential Southern Paper lauds Work
Of a Tuskegee Graduate.

Influential Southern Paper lauds Work
Of Tuskegee Graduate.
The following editorial from the
Tampa (Fla.) Morning Tribune tells OF
the success of one of Tuskege<'s grad
utes. who is putting into everyday
practice some of the things which h,
learned while in school:
1.-The Tribune has had occasion sew
eral times to refer to the good work
that is being done by the colored peo-
pie of Marion county. which is the cen
ter of a movement on the part of mem
bers of that race to set higher stand
ards of usefulness for their people. AT
recent meeting held in this city un.
der the auspices of the Afro-A merican
Civic league George H. Mays. Jr., one
of the men who are leading in this work
in Marion county, was the speaker Of
the occasion and told his people in
Tampa how they might join In the
movement and do something for them.
selves.
mays is himself an example of what
Woodworking, intelligent and re-
spectacle Negro can do with his op,
portunities. He is a graduate Of
Tuskegee. taught in schools in the
north and is now the head of bank
ing investment institution at Ocala
organized and managed by Negroes.
He believes that the south is the best
place for the Negroes and that their
future lies in this section of the coun-
try. Mays so enjoys the confidence of
the white citizens of Ocala that many
of them have deposits in his bank. He
is always urging members of his race
to strive for Industrial independence.
and it is due to him that those of Ma
rion county have taken account of their
opportunities and have begun to work
toward better ends"
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

up week." which will be generally OBJ.
served throughout Elizabeth City
county. A committee was appointed ut
this meeting consisting OF ministers.
teachers and other representatives
from all the various districts In the
county. whose duty 1t will be to work
up an interest among all the colored
people Of their localities.
1t was suggested that the societies
formed among our people to visit the
sick and bury the dead cooperate for
the purpose of hiring district nurses
who will visit the homes for the In
struction of housewives In sanitation
and for the care of the sick.
One Of the objects of the April meet
ing is to raise $1,000 toward a new
schoolhouse. The school superinten-
dent. Mr.. Willis. having promised the
colored people that satisfactory
school building shall be erected II they
raise 5000 during the coming spring
great interest is manifested In the
raising Of this sum.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27
PLANS FOR OBSERVANCE OF
NATIONAL HEALTH WEEK.
Business Leagues President on I'm
portanee of Checking Death Toll.

Under the cal! of the executive com
mittee of the National Negro Business
league, DIR. Booker Il. Washington
president, preparations are going for
ward in all parts of the country, In the
south particularly. for carrying out the
suggestions which have been outlined
by DIR. Washington and the executive
committee for the observance OF ma
tional health week among our people.
The particular reasons for asking the
colored people OF the country to OBJ
serve national health week are set
forth in bulletin statement issued
and which follows. DR.. Washington
says:
First.-We are asking the colored
people of the nation to unite In observ1
ing a national Negro health week In
the belief that in carrying out the sug-
gestions outlined below they will be
doing the best possible service to them
selves and to the race. Many diseases
are spread from the sick to the well by
means of germs that come from the
sick person. These germs find their
way into filth and waste and reach the
bodies of well persons. to whom they
give the disease.
Second.-"Diseases Most Fatal to Ne
.roes" The following are the diseases
most fatal to Negroes: Diseases OF In
fancy, from which % per cent Of all
deaths among Negroes occur: tubercu-
losis, from which Is per cent of all Ne
groes die: pneumonia, II per cent OF
all their deaths: diseases of the heart.
per cent OF all their deaths; Brights
disease, I per cent OF all their deaths:
diarrhea. 8 per cent of all their dealt
Third.-"Diseases Exact Their Great
est Toll From the Young" The dis
eases which annually sweep away
such large numbers of our people exact
their greatest toll of babies and chill
dren and Of our young men and wom-
en-, who. being in the very prime of life,
constitute, economically and intcllec-
tually, the most valuable asset for the
future progress of our race. Instead
Of these persons living and doing serv-
ice as leaders of the masses of our
people they give their lives useless
toll to death. Our only remedy for
this fearful drain on the pick and flow
er of our young wopanhood and man
hood Is a widespread inculcation of
the habit of clean surroundings and
clean living.
A suggestive or outline program will
be issued very soon. the purpose be-
ing to ask various communities to take
copies of this outline program and
have It reprinted IN their various COM
munities. under the auspices of the
several cooperating agencies so that
a definite program for getting results
may be followed in each community
where National Negro health week n
to be observed beginning ON Sunday.
March 81.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27
MAJOR & MoToN's ACTIVITY.
President Of Organization Society Of
Virginia Plans Big Work.

FTOe'o9US VI sSsSAV1ohsVU SSSsSy ~
Virginia Plans Big Work.
Hampton. Va.-At meeting recently
held at the Hampton institute called
by Major Motion. president Of the Ne
gro Organization Society of Virginia.
there were present about Ninety repre-
sentatives Of the various s0cl.ties. or
ganizations and settlements in Eliza
beth City county. Va. as well as the
ministers of various denominations.
teachers in the schools. other leading
men and women of the race and the
officers of Hampton institute. Great
interest was shown in the aims of the
Negro Organization society. and de-
termination to cooperate in every way
possible for the betterment of the
colored people in the county.
1t was decided to call a mass meeting
in the Hampton institute gymnasium
in the early part of April to consider
definite measures for reducing the
present large death rate among the
colared people in this vicinity. The
meeting will be followed by "clean-
The Denver star., 1915-02-27
NEW PRESIDENT OF FISK.
Alumni Of Noted Tennessee School
Pledae Dr.. Mckenzie Hearty Support.

Pledge DR.. Mckenzie Hearty Support.
At an enthusiastic meeting OF the
Fisk club held recently in Washington
the election OF DIR. Fayette Avery Nc
Kenzie to the presidency Of Fisk uni
versity, Nashville. Tenn. was heartily
commended. Practically every mem
Der Of the Fisk club of Washingt0n
was present, and DIR. Mckenzie, who
attended the meeting. expressed him
self us highly Nleased With the recep-
ton accorded him by this gathering Of
representative alumni.
Resolutions were forwarded to the
board Of trustees commencing its &C
ton. and DIR. Mckenzie was assured
Of the hearty good will and loyal co
operation Of the Washington alumni
In NIL the efforts which he may make
for the upbuilding Of the noted insttfu-
ton of which he II soon to assuDe
charge.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27
BIRMINGHAM BANK MERGER.
Penny Savings and Prudential Concerns
In Alabama Metropolis Unite.

In Alabama Metropolis Unite.
Birmingham, AIa.-The consolidation
Of the Alabama Penny Savings and the
Prudential Savings banks in this city.
announced the first week in February
after joint meeting OF the boards OF
directors of the two institutions. has
been met with instant favor on the
part of leading white and colored peo'
pie OF Birmingham.
Colonel Tom o. Smith. vice presl'
dent of the Birmingham Trust and
Savings company; w. A. Porter. presi-
dents Of the Merchants and Mechanics
Savings bank. and w. w. Crawford
of the American Trust and Savings
bank and other leading white bankers
have indorsed the step as one that Will
bring to the Negro race in this section
increased good.
The Alabama Penny Savings bnnl;
was established twenty-five years ago
by the late DIR. w. II. Pcttiford. J. o.
DIffay, B. Fl. Hudson. two Of the pres
ent officials and others and Is the old
est and strongest Negro bank in this
country. 1t has paid in capital OF
S61, 600. The Prudential Savings bank
established four years ago by DIR. u
G. Mason. w. w. Hadnott. w. ]. Ech
OILS and others. Is the only Negro bank
to have begun operations with paid
in capital OF $4,000. The combined
Institution under the new merger Will
have capital stock OF 100000 paid In
A strong Endorsement Of the step was
wired to DIR. u. G.. Mason by DR.. Book
er r. Washington. The consolidation
will go in effect within thirty days
from announcement.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27
Lucy nieho1. Of Civil War. Fame Die,

Lucy Nichols Of Civil War Fame Dieo.
Perhaps the only woman of our race
holding membership in Grand Army
of the Republic post of white persons
was the late Nine Lucy Nichols. who
died on the last day of January at New
Albany. Ind. She was member OF the
Twenty-Five Indiana regiment, hav,
ing Joined the regiment In Tennessee
in 1861. Nine. Nichols was member
of Sanderson post. G. A. r.. and was
pensioned by special act OF congress
several years ago. She was nurse In
the civil war and became famous for
tho care and sympathy which she dis
played In attending sick and wounded
soldiers on many battlefields.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

christnas Club Adds New Msmbsrs.
The Christmas club Of the Wage
Earners' bank Mt Savannah. Ca. for
1915 has recently added to Its member
ship 600 persons. Included In the num-
bsr are many energetic newsboys. who
are saving their pennies.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27


l.. NJ Blakey.
WANTED-T. Ernest McClain, A
g. D. D. S.-Sundays and nights py
appointment. Office hours, a. m. to
~ m, p. m. to 6 p. M Office, 3l31a
Kitirdege Bldg. Phone Main 74l6'
/ Res, S22 32nd St, phone Main 1897.
The Elite Barber Shop and bath
rooms. 1928 10Th St. Lillian Stew
art, Prop. ,4-.
The Jewel Barber Shop, 1929 18th
st. First.class tonsorial artists. g.
Anderson & Son, express. coal and
= wood. 2239 Washington ST., phone
Champa 1174. Residence. 2431 Court
FL, Denver. Colo.
We rent and sell anything from a
STABLE to a MANSION. Bring your
business. whether large or small. You
will find our service the best. The
rolored American Loan and Realty
20. al3 Twenty-first street.
wln sell you the best massage
vibrator, the White Cross, for $1,000.
IA goo as any $250e machine made.
Call O. write to Vibrator Co.. 53S 14th
street.
FOR RENT-One nicely furnished
room in modern house. Mrs. FER
kins. 2447 fremont Pl. Phone Cham
ua 1856
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

House and Lot For Sale
II ; lot, 7 room brick, mod
ern except furnace. 4 blocks
from Country Club. $1,000
Small payment down. Phone
Main S e5. ut IL OILS
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

=se except furnace. s16 32nd. Rent
.casonabie to responsible party. Two
---s,nm modern houses. Call 3153,
ofG2 Champa st. York 7f16.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

FOR RENT-One nicely furnished
front room at 2246 Glenarm place.
Phone Olive 1877. Rates reasonable
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

FOR RENT = 16-room hotel, all
modern 2100 block Arapahoe St
Rent $4,000. The Colored American
Loan & Realty Co., 21st st.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms ana
rooms for light housekeeping In mod
ern house with conveniences, on car
line Mrs. Ada Cunningham.
623 22nd ST.,
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

FOR RENT-Sixrooms nicely fur
nished. water in house, at 2535 East
Fifth avenue, all for $1,000. Mr.. Dan
.aallory. Kindly call at this Office.
The Denver star., 1915-02-27

' FOR RENT-One large front room
for two gentlemen or man and wife
modern house, rates reasonable. Phone
Main 3z12, z4OS Court Place. 2-27-4t