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Douglas Island news., 1915-10-27

The Skagway Alaskan says: In speak ing of the observance of Alaska Day yesterday in Skagway, as a holiday, Agent E. J. Shaw of the Alaska Steam ship Co.,, said this morning that it would also have been appropriate to have observed it here as "hold up" day, for that on two different occasions steamship offices had been held up on the 18th of October in previous years.
 Martin Dahl brought in fifty sacks of rutabagas from bis Muddy river ranch Thursday, for shipment 10 Seattle. This is the second shipment he has made this season. He will have alto gether 15O sacks of rutabagas. John Johnson, who has a place in the same vicinity, will also have fifty sacks. The present price in Seattle for these Alas. ka grown vegetables is two dollars per sack.-Petersburg Report.
 Water at a temperature of l73 de- grees in six sulphur wells on Bell Is- land, southeastern Alaska, are 10 form the basis for a new health resort for Alaska. The springs are owned by E. s. and J. F. Rowe, and they will build a big hotel to take the place of the cabins at the springs which now rent for 90 cents per day. 4 nearby stream from a glacier will provide cold water to bring the sulphur water of the springs to a suitable temperature for bathing.
 Nome.-James Riley, a we'll known sourdough, is believed to have frozen to death on the Council trail He was mushing from Council with compan. ions to catch the steamer here fop the outside when becoming exhausted, he told his companions 10 push on while he rested Hisnouappearance after reasonable time had elapsed caused an alarm. Searching parties were unsuc- cessful in an attempt to find him. It is believed he crawled into some willows for shelter and was frozen to death. He served two terms as councilman of Nome. In the early days hewas noted as a pugilst and had many battles to his credit.
 In 1898 a youugster of but 17 years left bis home in Scranton, Pa. The lust of gold was in his blood and he set his face resolutely westward, whence had come, year before, announcement to the world that gold was to be had for the picking in Alaska. Across the con- tineut George Maynard battled his way. Then northward to Skagway and the White pass. He surged inside with the crowd and drifted from camp to camp without reaching the end of his rain- bow until he arrived at Nome. Here he put in many years of solid work, finally becoming business manager of the Nome Nugget, the biggestdaily pa per in that far-away city. Although it has but 500 subscribers, the paper re- ceives telegraphic news from all the world and is as metropolitan in it's character as most of the small city newspapers in the states. It sells for % cents a copy. Mir. Maynard says that Alaska needs a new cable. "Its a crime to think of the government using the present cable which breaks down every time you want to use it." he said. "It certainly costs more to maintain the old one than it would to lay new one." Seattle P.-L
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-12
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-12
BOYCE HEADS BANKERS
 Of GROUP NO. 7
(Continued from Page 1.)

marks to an expression of apprecia- ton of the honor conferred upon him by his election as chairman of the group, and to thanking Dr. Waldrip, on behalf of the members of the group, for the cordial welcome ex- tended to them.
 The treasurer's report, which was also brief, YVES then read and referred to the proper committee.
 Mir. COyey's Address.
 ]. D. Covey, assistant state bank commissioner, and one of the oldest and best known bankers ill Arkansas, delivered the first stated address of the session, and confined himself ex- clusively to statements of facts to show the vast improvement in bank ing conditions and banking methods in the state of Arkansas during the past few ysars.
 MT. Covey had as his subject Benefits Derived and Improvements Made in the Condition of State Bank CTS During the Operation of the Pres entt Banking L4aw,", and he covered the situation fully, reciting change after change, benefit after benefit and improvement after improvement all to show tho unusually high stand in gand excellent condition of the state banks of Arkansas, as re- suit of the operations of the bank ing dep partmeht.
 "lt is you gentlemen who deserve the credit for what has been done. he said. "Without the heartiest o cooperation from you, we would have been able to accomplish little but We have done wonders, and yol bankers deserve all the credit"
 MT. Covey mentioned briefly the trip to Atlantic City by the state com missioner and his assistant, to attend the meeting of the banking commis- sioners Of forty states of the unie n and tie conference with Secretary oi the Treasury McAdoo and Comptrol Ter Williams at Washington, whicl followed. He pointed out that to AT kansas belongs the credit for tn, initiation of the movement for th' virtual total elimination of over drafts. the resolution to have tho federal comptroller lend his co-opera tion to this end having been introduc ed by the Arkansas representatives That cooperation has been extend ed in excellent manner. said MT Covey, and other state banking del partments have taken up the work so that now one very great evil oi the banking business is being rapid ly overcome.
 The que stion of overdrafts, Mir Covey stated, is easily one of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-12

said, and urged that new spirit take hold, aSI that Arkansas have q monster delegation at the congress, concluding by remarking that he would commission every man present to be "a member of congress"
 George w. Rogers, president Ci the Arkansas Bankers association, and former resident of Pine Bluff, mac the first of tile scheduled addresses of the afternoon session. He devoted his time and his remarks to a resume of what changes have occurred in the state, and particularly in this section of the state, in the banking business in the past quarter of a century. r,.-s
 Oldest Bank Here.
 There were but five state banks in the entire state 20 years ago, he said, these being the Merchants & Planters Of Pine Bluff; the Citizens of Pine Bluff; the Camden Bank, oi Camden; the Arkansas Banking com pany at Stuttgart; and the Monticello bank, at Monticello. The Merchants & Planters is the oldest state bank i in Arkansas, he said, having charter No. 1. It was originally organized in April 1870, as Buck, Smart &s Co., later becomin" Smart, Hudson & Co., and still later becoming the Merch- ants & Planters' bank. MT. Rogers made numerous per. sonal references to men who were ir the banking business in these day and who are still actively in business ard cited instances to show sthe diff | ference in the manner of conducting the banking business then and now 1 He made a reference to Col. Brecken l ridge, stating that the colonel haJ started as boy on the Erie canal finally reaching the halls of congress where he was great aid in making the Wilson bill 8 law. Then he, had "fallen to the ambassadorship at St Petersburg, but because of innate courage and force of character, hat risen again, t2 now occupy the prou' and influential position of success full Arkansas bottom land planter"
 l MT. Rogers discussed the, accomp l lishments of the sta,e bankers as. sociaticn in past years, covering il brief form the history of the organi- zation to date. He spoke of the air rendered the state by the assOciaticr in Spanish war days, to re- cruit and equip the states soldiers He mentioned that through the prizes offered by the bankers, the corn prc- duction of the state had increased 4 per cent. or more. He told of the constant fight against the proposal 7 to establish guaranty banks, w,lh their attendant evils He mention ed what the members of the assoc.a tion had done, when the meeting oi Southern bankers was called by h,n at Washington, to arrange a means of aiding the cotton farmer, when the European war broke cut, and said success has attended every effort oi the organization to aid the cotton planter. The price of cotton, from its low point to the present nigh point, has increased $1O per bale, ne said, which means that the Arkansas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-12
ROAD TAX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the road taxes for Road Improvement District No. l of Jefferson county, Arkansas, will be due on January b. next, and if same arc not paid within sixty days thereafter penalty of 70 per cent attaches by operation of law for said delinquency. All lands with in said Road Improvement District are liable to such tax and owners will please take notice hereof and avoid penalty and costs.
 R. H. WILLIAMS, Collector Jan. 1, 1915. 2-lS-lm
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Meritol Rheun n,atism Powders.

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-10
DRIscoLLALLY SPEAKING. :

DRISCoLLALLY SPEAKING. Il
read The Public Forum in The Day
Book day by day; like to hear opin-
ions, what the people have to say.
Now there is Allen Steven and the
radical Max Man, and many other
lesser light, who do the best they can.
By reading others views of life
you're adding to your knowledge; I'll
guarantee it serves as well as things
you learn at college. That's why it
bores me when read an article
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-10

ALCOHOL AGAIN. - Ask your
druggist if alcohol is classed as mar
cotic, an anaesthetic or stimulant.
Refer to his book on drugs and see
for yourself. A peach is not pear,
even if they are both fruit.
NJ H. says that alcohol applied to
the skin without evaporation causes
irritation. So does wet bread and
most of the other things we eat. Al
cohol does not destroy or paralyze
the living cell
One per cent alcohol cannot be de-
tected in the stomach with SO per
cent other foods favorable or other
wise. Six per cent or 10 per cent does
not retard digestion. Two quarts of
beer in "a hours has about the alco-
hoIic ratio of per cent. Alcohol has
a heat value in digestion. A gram of
alcohol iberates about seven heat
caloTies.
All the physiological changes of al
cohoI in digestion are not known.
That it accumulates in the nerve It's
sue to greater degree than it should
is only statement.
Alcohol in itself is inanimate, its
energy is transferred to the user
through his digestive arrangement,
the muscles, nerves, etc. So built up
or nourished by alcohol are the same
as if nourished by the food it substi-
tutes. Hans Wagner, Ty Cobb,
Steinmets, Roosevelt and few mil
lion others seem to keep up the clip
on a temperate use of it.
There is no one that has an equiI-
ibrium of perfect health. Energy in
man is like energy in a machine, both
wear out and need lot of oil before
they are thrown in the scrap heap.
People do not drink to work. They
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-10

low wages and increases unemploy-
ment.
Land speculation and abnormal
prices can only be abolished by TAX
ing economic rent for public pur-
poses and exempting everything
else from taxation. But it takes
clear vision to see even things that
are not obscure. v Wells, $3.50
South Park ,AV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-10

drink for pleasure. After any big
meal a person is not at their best
mentally or physically. His digestive
apparatus is using his energy. Ath-
letic records are not made with a
full stomach, be it whisky or beef
steak.-Robert Doner.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-10
LOAN SHARKS

LOAN SHARKS.Ih have had some
experience with loan sharks and I
wish you would publish this letter, so
we can hear from others who have
had experience with them. 1 was laid
up and went to a loan company for
a loan of SO for six weeks. They
charged me So for this measly sum,
and, mind you, had to start paying
them back the next Saturday at the
rate of 81 week for five weeks and
So the sixth week. Do you not think
interest on this small sum is out
rageous?
Another time 1 borrowed SIS for
two weeks and it cost me 81 to Dor
row this. What's more, when you
want a loan you have to have with
you the sum of two cents to pay
the revenue tax.
l overheard a loan shark say he
had 1900 accounts, so they certainly
must skin the poor working man
something awful. Do you think the
interest is legal? Are they violating
the law?
The Daily News gets the suckers
for them through their columns. I
would like to hear from others who
have had experience with these
leeches, so if you see fit to publish
this put my address at the bottom
Fred Ford, 42oo Indiana Az.
DRISCOLLALLY SPEAKING. -
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yam officer IN thc Sixt,-ninth Regiment.
mad" up Of lr"shmcn of the first or
s"coni generation.
"Wheuever I'm not sure Of the din-
lect | want 10 use 90 Somewhere and
hang around whore | can overhear II.
II I'm not sure just where | can get
on tn" right track 7 ask my way. |
md that whenever you're IN trouble OF
This Kind and wan information If only
youll state your need and ask for help
youll get II.
For instance. there's that bit about
the Spaniolisch in the early part Of
Empty Pockets had heard about
these people. Jews who emigratsd
from Spain into Turkey and then To
the United States and who spoke n
MIXED dialect called I.adino' | went
down into the East Side to find out
about II.
II told a druggist IN hat district
frankly about my difficulty and en-
planned that was writing a novel
and needed his help. lie took me at
once tn a restaurant where | spent a
delightful hour talking to the Ladino
people about thei customs and regis
tering in my mind their forms of
Sfe''". lucy "'i' Ne'! courteous ana
"'"N '""'" ''''''' '"hee as 'i'el'
guest.
''"P" "' "'""'' "h''S !" Ielp
H'' " s'" 'N,'"H" So"' n'e". i"h'
'h'' par, 'n"u' we i"uhu'lhS hoSpltal
'"' "N ~ :" '"''' ''"', ! nav
mar" anu ms WIZ" '"r'''" on ny
NV '''' '" '""'"S' '"H''t"'c''
n''H "S ''"iS 'S', N"Th ''s'''
'''n' SCI 'nSNev o"'s''e her door
!" saw " Jew nl"'Ilihe m"'h'rS iron'
nHl's' ."'n u'"e'""lr ""'''S' II
,ta, na,o,. nu, :" ,rn,
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tiful far reaching view Of little green
mortgages"
Altogether II was a setting calCu-
lated 10 inspire in the breast of the
beholder a resolve 10 become at once
a successful author.
In his study Mr.. Hughes revealed
one instrument ~ aid which partly
explains his grasp Of heterogeneous
details and AZ the same time proves
his accuracy. II is a Ale, huge and
dailr growing, in which are kept care
fully c~atalogued clippings from the
New York papers which call attention
TO and describe Genes types, customs.
incidents and 50 on.
Those who marvel that Empty
Pockets covers the wide area that y
does should see that hle and the
schedule Of scenes ard characters
which the author originally intended
70 incorporate in the novel, over half
the items have not Yet been touched.
but Mr.. Hughes Is not worrying about
that, He intends to he writing novels
Of complex New York life for some
time 70 come.
The data in this file are not used as
material, Of course. hut serve only as
suggestions MIR. Hughes is particu-
larry jealous about seeing things for
himself and hearing for himself. In
fact. he Is so accurate along all lines.
Including the slightest distinctions Of
dialect and idiom in individuals as well
az In nationalities, that il is with some
hesitt ncy the visitor ventures to put
the authors own talk into quotation
marks.
IRREGULARITIES OF dialect have always
Interested me-" said Mr.. Hughes, "and
I've a pretty anxious ear for register
ing them. | always take special pains
with that part of characterization.
ITS not enough to make "A char
acter talk like a Jew; an American
Jew doesn't talk like an English Jew
nor does an English Jew us. the dia-
lect or the idiom of a Russian Jew. a
German Jew or an Oriental Jew.
Neither would one Oriental Jew talk
exactly like another Oriental jew.
"Little peculiarities of idiom mark
individuals as definitely as do pecu-
liarities Of physiognomy or character.
Nothing irritates me in the work f
lauthors wise great so much as
their neglect Of this point. they
spend pages d~issecting their charac-
ters' motives and traits and then
make them all ak alike and all like
the author. The only difference be-
tween the dialogue and the mnIe
Of many novelists is in the quotation
marks around the former.
II like to listen to people talk
Right here at home have pienty n
opportunity To learn. with a Polish
foreman, an English butler, an Amer.
lean cook, a Swiss and an Italiar
housemaid and farmhands Of various
'nationalities. For eleven years | wa'
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time. so she hunted around and Sc
cured an assistant. a widow who could
sew and who needed work. She was
lucky in getting just the right sort
Of person. for the widow had been
familiar with the art Of shocking in
her youth and armed with a cut out
pattern and a finished garment she
experienced little difficulty in whip
ping the smock together. Soon she
had a goodly number ready for sale.
The next thing was to find the proper
location for a salesroom. This proved
To he in Connection with an exhibition
Of garden tools and garden novelties
generally.
While the smoCks were designed
primarily for artists. they made an
instant appeal To women horticul-
turists because of their loose cut and
pretty Informal style. From the start
they sold well and soon it became the
smart thing for the feminine gardener
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indispensable on the chicken farm.

Little folks as well as adults wear
the shocked garment. Formerly I'M
known as n commercial product. the
smock nay now he seen in the shop
windows.
Altogether smocks have become
quite as ubiquitous as were white
spats in winter or white fox furs in
the late spring. Moreover. ii looks
as II they had come TO stay. Though
fhe present fad will soon die out. fol-
lowing the fate of all fads. smocks
will still be w'rn. Several classes OF
people will always cling To them. They
will he retained by artists. as they
have been In France for years. and
by golfers. sportswomen and Young
girls generally as n utility garmen for
which there IL NJ good substitute.
| In France IL is still seen in the form
Of the workingman's blouse. II has
been taken up and glorified ny the
French artist until in the minds of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
Rupert Hughes Says He
Strives to Ma X e
Every Detail Accurate
in His Rapid Fire Ro-
manceS
~MILLIoNAIREs yacht ar

MILLIONAIREs yacht an
n chored of T~wenty-sixth
n street in the East
Manhattan; Ellis Island a
Harlem cabaret, a Greek kaneneion
IN Cherry street, an exclusive Lons
Island Yacht club; a Harlem FOUND
Ing hospital. where babies may be
left in a basket; a Fifth avenue home;
a stun n%eishborhood embracing a
world II nationalities: the fashionable
Sop Of a man dressmaker; a MID
night tayicab chase covering Man
haitian Island from greensboro Bride
to The BronX-these are a few OF the
scenes Included in Rupert ughes
new novel, Empty Pockets"
The range and diversity OF them,
when encountered compressed within
the covers of one novel, strikes into
the reader anew a realization OF Just
What this New York life Is composed
Of, and the way in which the story
interweaves characters supposedly as
fai apart as the poles-fnanciers.
''pants" makers. gunmen. street ur-
chins, society girls. "men about
town" Italians, Greeks. Irish and
Americans OF a hundred breeds
causes the reader to stop and wonder
whether the various phases OF New
York life are as interdependent as
the story would
The author has a theory that such
Is the case. And, since he
irgly presents his scenes and people
n This story, since he has written a
presentation OF another phase OF New
- rk life in What VIII People Say?'
Ence ne is engaged or yet another
one and has plans for two or three
more, one interested reader was i'm
p,lled to look up Mr.. Hughes and ask
him how he came to know so much
all 1T tho different sides OF New fc"k
ife snd how he cnntrives. hen he
works, to hold the whole city in the
palm of his hand.
Al his farm in Bedford HIS,
where he spends the greater part or
Vic year. he was found, with his wife
and three childrel, surround a by a
beautiful house, a luxurious de-
ttched study, nine Thoroughbred
Digs. a motor car, a flower garden.
tive artificial lakes trimmed with
bright red goldfish and a bright ivory
9 crete bridge. The other day he
took irwin s. Cobb up "a the highest
point Of land in his forty-fve acres
and Cobb exclaimed upon the heau-
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WIN had never been to Paris that
started the craze owe here and finally
wen into the business of dealing in
smocks. To-day. quite apart from her
profession. which is that If an illus
traitor, Nste. does a thriving trade in
making smocks 10 order. II all came
about M such things usually do: She
had reioiced in n smock of her W
for some years, the gift OF an artist
friend, hut there came a time when
ii had To he replaced by a new one.
She ripped it up. bought new linen
and cut it after the old one and
thought no more of tie maker until
ne friend after another had admired
her smock. which was in "A particularly
effective shade Of burnt orange. The
admiring friends asked her to sup
ply them with smocks. She gave
away several but the emand seemed
To- grow AS her generosity increased
and she finally began charging for
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Little Twists of
Dialect for Which Re-
viewers Criticise Him
Represent Close Study
of Types

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WAS seeking , nnhrsper ~ issua
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N"eh nv went 10 '"'leSe' ~ Lac i"
SPe''"''"'h III 'feeh ana LdNn i"i
men IN fnSISh' intending I" nec'me
"A professor OF English literature. kut
AFTER ne had ms NJ, y At fttr
and had begun his second year ~
study for "A i'h. D., he changed his
min and became a newspaper re-
porter (Which accounts for his IA
mil!aritN with sources In New York;,
and later on started writing stories.
That is, he started getting them pu1-
lshod. for lie had been writing them
since tender years,
Ills work is pretty well divided be-
tween novels Of New York He ard
short stories of small town life. After
a long stretch of work OH a nuNc. ..c
finds rest in a chang" of tL,uc ard
writes "A short story usually on - saia'.
town theme, tie Was born in a Mis-
souri, village, spent his huS hood In an