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The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
MINING | I EMS
FROM PORT
WELLS

Harry Hayes came over from Port
Wells this week and brings some
items of interest to Cordova people
about the mining activity in that Sec
ton.
He says that Gus Ohm is working
on the North Star claims, driving a
tunnel. He brought over with him six
men and seven tons of freight.
The showing on the property is
traceable for 5000 feet and the lead is
three feet wide. The values are good
and everybody in the district feels
that Ohm has fine proposition, and
one that will run into good money.
The Nugget claim owned by Hayes
and others is continuing to show up
well. Seventy feet of tunnel has been
driven, which discloses 16 inches OF
quartz in the face. This 16-inch por.
ton assays $102 to the ton. Several
assays have been made by Charley
Foulkes, assayer for Colonel Willard,
with results running from $1,000 to
$1,000 per ton. Mr.. Foulkes said
they showed the best average values
of any assays he had made in Port
Wells.
Three engineers from the Gastineau
people at Juneau, are now in Barry
Arm to examine the property owned
by Harry Hummel. They plan to re.
main from four to six weeks and will
make detailed examination, prepare
tory to an exhaustive report to their
principals.
Ed Griset is prospecting in Pigott
Bay following up some rich float
which has been found in that vicinity
The float appears on both sides of the
point between Piggott and Hummer
Bays, and there are about ten men
prospecting here trying to find the
lead. The float is very rich.
At Golden, Wagner and johnson
have four feet of ore in their tunnel
and it shows good values. Jake
Logan is working on the Home Rule
property, and has driven about 70 fee,
of tunnel with 20 feet of cross cuts.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
VESSEL ARRIVES
FOR FLOATING
COURT

The United States Coast Guard
vessel McCulloch arrived in Cordova
this morning, on her way to Valdez to
take the floating court to the west
ward. The boat came direct here
along the outside passage from San
Francisco, where it left July l, and
encountered rather rough weather for
most of the trip. The boat took on
supply of oil and water at the dock
and sailed for Valdez this afternoon
The McCulloch is under the COM
mand of Captain ]. C. Cantwell, who
has seen more service in Alaska for
the Revenue Cutter branch of our gov
eminent than any other man in the
service. 1t was Captain Cantwell who
first discovered placer gold in Alaska.
In 1885, Captain Cantwell made a dis
covery of placer gold on the Kobuk
river land included the matter in his
report to the department for that
year. The next year gold was struck
at Forty Mile.
The officers of the Coast Guard YES
sci are mostly the same who were on
the boat when she was here last
year, and who made so many friends
among the people of the town. The
vessel will return to Cordova towards
the end of August and pay a longer
visit than it was able to at this time
Lieutenant Alger, who made a report
to the government that resulted in
the selection of the donation site for
the public building is again on board.
The full roster of the officers follows:
Captain J. C. Cantwell; First Lieuten-
ant, ]. A. Alger; First Lieut.. of Engi-
neers, J. W. Glover; Second Lieuten-
ant, T. A. Stanley; Second Lieutenant
of Engineers, J. F. Hahn; Third Lieut.
enant, J. M. carp; Third Lieutenant,
c. J. Todd; Third Lieutenant of
Engineers, w. M. Troll; Assistant
Surgeon, T. c. Galloway.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
WILSON WATCHES
THE MEXICAN
SITUATION

CORNISH, N. H., July 9.-Presi
dent Wilson is showing the effects OF
the outdoor life he is leading~here
and seems to be the very picture OF
health. He has game dseveral pounds
since he left Washington, and makes
the rounds on the golf likns at least
once day when the weather will per.
nit. He is paying close attention
the Mexican situation, and Lansing
forwards him all messages received
by the State Department on the sub
ject. 1t is said that some of Wilson'S
closest advisers have recommended to
him that the Villa faction be made the
provisional government, and that
Villa and his cohorts be given official
recognition by the United States.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
T AM D US T j n D
USED To HELP
ITALIANS

ROME, July 9.-Among the funds
which are pouring into the committees
in every city of Italy to provide com.
forts and necessaries for those who
are suffering directly or indirectly
through the war, an interesting con-
tribution of nearly $500 has been re-
ceived by the Committee for Civil
Preparation at Bologna. The COM
mittee existed during the war of in
dependence in 1866, and this sum,
which was then only $50 was the bal
ance which remained to the fund after
the war was over. 1t was deposited
in the name of Count Salina we'll
known patriot of the town, and in
years 1t has more than quintupled
itself.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
COMP AN|ES
BEING SUED
FOR TAX

JUNEAU, July 9.-The Territory
of Alaska has commenced suit against
the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Company,
and the company at Hoonah, for the
license tax due under the new law,
which imposes tax on all fish traps.
The companies have taken the posi-
ton that the tax is unconstitutional,
and the Bureau Of Fisheries at Wash
ington has expressed opinions coin
Gliding with the companies Many of
the companies have already sent in
their returns. j. H. Cobb has been
appointed as temporary counsel for
the Territory and will represent
Alaska in the suits. 6s
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
TWENTY MISSING
RESULT D F
STORM

CINCINNATI. July s.-The bodies
of 20 OF the storm victims, who lost
their lives in this city yesterday have
been recovered and identified. There
are still 20 missing, some. of whom it
is feared have been drowned in the
Ohio river, when tug and convoy
capsized. The work of clearing away
the debris of the five buildings So6
Sixth street is proceeding apaceJ and
it is expected to find some of the MISS
ing in the ruins. The city has opened
agencies for offering relief to the
poor of the city who suffered from the
storm, and the mayor has appointed
committees to assist in the work.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
CORN FLAKE MAN
SERIOUSLY IL
FAIRBANKS

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 9.-W
X. Kellogg, the Battle Creek Million
aire, and the manufacturer of several
nation wide advertised brands of
breakfast food, who has been tour
ing the north, was taken suddenly i'll
in this city yesterday with an attack
of gall stones. Mr. Kellogg was
bundled on board a special steamer,
which was secured, and departed at
once for Seattle, via Whitehorse. A
nurse accompanies Kellogg.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
WAR DOES n D !
AFFECT POSTAL
BUSINESS

PARIS, July 9.-War has had con-
trary effects on the postal service of
France. Distinctions to commerce
and industry resulted in a great de-
crease in business correspondence,
but this is more than compensated by
the increase in personal letters be-
tween members of dispersed families
and the soldiers and their relatives In
single day the postal department
handed 100000 letters, 100000 regis
tered letters and packages, $4,000
newspapers and $1,000 postal orders.
The volume of matter has steadily in
creased since December.
But the moratorium, the closing of
number of financial establishments
and the suppression of discount has
also turned great flood of collection
business to the postal department
Naturally, dead letters" have also
largely increased, partly through the
impossibility of delivering the letters
or packages to their destination, but
largely on account of defective adj
dresses. Between December 1914, and
May 9Th last, 100000 letters and
nearly 10000 packages were thrown
into the refuse heap. Among the let
ters that have gone to the Dead Let
tiers Office" during that time were
found bank bills to the amount of
100000 francs, of which the depart
ment has been able to return to it's
owners only about 10000.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
KURDISH c H Il D
MASCOT FOR
RUSSIANS

TIFLIS, July 9.-Hadzshina, a wild
little 6-year-old Kurdish girl, has be-
come the mascot of Russian artillery
regiment operating on the Persian
frontier. She was left behind when
the population of the Armenian vii
lage of Hazar fled and Russian sol
diers found her, clad in filthy shirt,
hiding in the depths of bake oven.
After she had recovered from fright
under the kind treatment of her cap.
tors, the little one told through an
interpreter how she had been left
behind by-her mother, who escaped
taking with her another child. Her
father, she said, was a soldier and
had been taken prisoner by the Rus
sian troops.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
BOOTH FISHERIES
co. ACQUIRES
CANNER|ES

SEATTLE, July 9.-The Booth
Fisheries Company has consummated
the purchase of the five canneries op-
Grated by the German Company in this
state and in Alaska. The canneries
in Alaska are located at Kasan and
Shakan. The German Company will
continue in the fish brokerage bust.
ness and will handle the output of
the canneries just Sold The transac.
ton is important as reducing the mum.
Der of independent cannery companies
in the salmon field. The Booth Com.
pany is gradually reaching a size
rivalling the Alaska Packers. The
purchase price of the f1ve canneries
was $1,oOO,OO0.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
MEN At F R D n I
COMPETITOR
PRIZES

MUNICH, July 9.-Being in the
field on soldier duty has not prevented
eleven metaphysics students from TAX
ing time to compete for the 1000
mark prize offered by the Kant
Society for the best answer to the
question, What genuine advances
have metaphysics made in Germany
since the time of Hegel and Herbart?'
DR.. Oskar Ewald of the University
of Vienna, now at the front, was
awarded the 1000 mark prize, which
was donated by Prof. DR.. Karl Gut
tier of the University of Munich.
Another serving in the war, DR..
Kynast of Breslau, won the second
prize of 500 marks. The judges were
Prof. Hussel of Gottingen, Prof Hen
sci of Erlangen and Prof. Messer of
Giessen.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
NEW LABOR LAW
HAS ITS FIRST
OFFENDER

GLASGOW, July 9.-The first case
Of a Glasgow workman charged with
interfering with the output of mum.
tons was dealt with severely by the
local court. The workman, James
Marshall, was charged with assaulting
another workman because he was
turning out too many shells. The
courts sentence of three months at
hard labor was accompanied by the
following statement:
Although you are making % cents
an hour and have constant work, you
are finding fault with a fellow-work.
man because he is doing his duty to
his country in it's hour of agony. This
assault was committed by you to in.
timidate him from doing his work like
a man. If this happened in Germany
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
ENGLISH PEOPLE
BUY BOTTLED
LIQUORS

LONDON, July 9.-The new drink
restrictions seem to have caused peo
pie to lay in private stocks instead OF
really decreasing the sale of beers
wines and liquors. To get around
the early closing hours, people buy
less in the saloon and more bottled
goods, while the business Of the
saloon has fallen, the bottled goods
merchant never did so well. Strict
watch is kept on the sale of alcohol by
the druggists, who have to keep a
stock book open for the inspection OF
visiting revenue officers.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
GERMANS ASKED
GIVE READING
To TURKS

BERLIN, July 9.-Through the
agency Of the 'Deutsche Durerbund"
in Constantinople, an appeal has gone
out throughout Germany for German
literature which may be placed at the
disposal of the Turks.
"The Turks" says the appeals, like
their army, will be advanced in cul-
ture after German pattern" Germans
therefore are asked to give their sup
port to the move to supply Turkey
with German literature. 1t is hoped
and expected to establish reading
rooms in Constantinople at which Ger
man books will be obtainable.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13

In 10 states it is unlawful for an
employer to exact any agreement
either written or verbal, from, an en-
ploye not to join or become men,
Der of labor union, as condition of
employment.
The Japanese are now manufacture
ing yearly about $5,OOO,OO0 worth of
toys of which 40 per cent are for
expectation.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
YOUNGEST BARONET
THREE YEARS OLD

q LONDON, July 9.-The youngest
baronet in England is Anthony Banks
Jenkinson, aged 8, who has just sue
ceeded to the baronetcy on the death
of his grandfather, Sir George Banks
Jenkinson. The baby's father, Cap
tain J. B. Jenkinson, was killed in
action in September.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13

The Health Commissioner of Mil
waukee is planning to establish free
dispensaries and clinics in school
buildings at regular hours, not only
for servicet to the children but for the
general public. ~
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13

Just received a new shipment of
sTYLEPLUS Clothes at S. BLUM &
Co. ny@lH
Il Z .- :. = - ~ ~. X. a
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-18
RENT PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
Should Be Very Carefully Consid-
cred by All Parties Interested.

Even now tenants and owners are
making their rent plans for next year.
The terms and conditions of the con-
tract should be very carefully consid-
cred by both parties, for a wrong
agreement may mean loss to both.
Figures gathered on $50 farms in a
farm management survey in northeast
Missouri by o. r. Johnson of the Mis-
souri, agricultural experiment station
show that the average tenant in the
area surveyed made s13S greater net
income than the cash tenant, and that
a share of the crop paid the land
owner 1.3 per cent higher interest on
his investment than was received by
the owner who rented for cash. The
total net income of the average ten
ant who rented all his land on share
basis was $548, the owner receiving
49, per cent. While the cash renter
made $40 and paid rent which re-
turned the owner 3.6 per cent. The
tenant who rented his crop land for a
share and his grass land for cash
made a net income of $5O7 and the
owner received So per cent ON his
investment.
The land owner Is better able to
bear all or part of the risk of food
or drought than the average tenant,
and the share rent plan throws part
of the risk upon tlSe tenant If he is
financially responsible. If not, the
owner may lose part or all of his rent,
but he usually takes no further risks.
Land continuously rented for cash
is found to be more rapidly exhausted
than the farm operated by the owner
or rented for shares.
Cash crops must be relied upon
much more exclusively by the amount
and must pay fixed cash rent as Sc
curing money for use in paying store
bills.
AS the country grows older cash
rent will probably become more preya.
lent and desirable. We may perhaps
approach the present condition OF
England, where the tenants are
wealthy enough to stand a bad year
or two without becoming bankrupt
Their long leases. running for fifteen
or twenty years. give them good Cd
portunities to balance up bad seasons
with good ones. Besides this. the fac,
that the owner takes a large share
of his income in the form of socia
prestige attached to owning land and
the renting and other privileges con
nected with it enable the tenant tc
get 1t for a cash rental amountins
often only to two per cent of the own
er's investment.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-18

Love is greater than happiness.
Push thy harvest lest it push thee.
The boarder COW often looks as
good as a deacon.
The confidence of a dog once lost
Is hard to regain.
Folks still fail to remember that
gasoline is explosive.
Most of the good listeners among
the men-folk farmers are married.
Don't send the children to Sunday
school; 60 yourself and take them.
There are occasions when 1t is up
to the man to apologize to the dog.
Kissing is not the only way to catch
disease. but it is the most satisfactory.
Don't think you are the only one
who has trouble. 1t comes to all.
sooner or later.
Character, friends and money are
all worth while, and the least in value
of these is money.
There are many unhappy retired
farmers-living in town. They have
hard work doing nothing.
The fellow who is rich enough TO
afford real genuine vacation is sell
dom weary enough to need one.
The highest duty of state and fed
eral governments is to place agricul
tural education within the reach of all
If you have to start a funny story
by saying you don't tell it the way it
should be told, for heavens sake don't
tell it.
Have a plain understanding with
the day help as to wages, board. rainy
weather time. II may save trouble
when you can't afford it..
The farm with well-painted build,
ings may not pay any better. but it's
a deal more encouraging to the
young folks and a better advertise
ment Of ones way of living.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-18
She Knew Amos.

The man who takes trolley rides
through the country, says a writer In
the Boston Advertiser, sees and hears
much that is amusing. A few days
ago, while / was riding through the
outskirts of Amesbury, an old lady
but decidedly spry one-hailed the
car. She was accompanied down to
the road rom the house by young
woman. possibly her daughter.
The elder woman put her foot on
the lower running board, grasped the
upright and was about to climb into
the car, when she turned to the young
woman and said:
Don't forget that gingerbread in
the oven, Liza. You know pa just
hates burnt gingerbread"
"Ali aboard" shouted the conduc-
tor. But the old lady paid no atten-
ton to him.
And, Liza" she continued, when
you pick the eggs, bimeby, look out
for that Rhode Island Red that wants
to set! She'll pick We If We amt care
full"
"All aboard" again shouted the
conductor; but as the old lady pro-
ceeded to climb on to the car she
paused long enough o say to him:
"Ye can't scare me, amos. I've known
ye ever since ye was knee-high."
Amos grinned, pulled the bell and
we were OF. our way.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-18

AS a result of many requests for in
formation regarding a building of this
sort, specialists in rural engineering
In the United States department or
agriculture have worked out plans for
a corn crib that will both aid in the
drying of corn and protect 1t from
rats. AS the accompanying drawings
show, there are really two cribs in the
complete structure, each 32 by feet.
with a capacity of 1000 bushels. II
desired, however, only one of the cribs
may be put up at first and the con
struction of the other left to more
venient time.
The two cribs are separated by a
driveway ~ feet wide, and the whole
is covered by gable roof. The drive
way floor may be of concrete or dirt.
II the ground is well drained. a dirt
floor in the driveway will answer very
we'll. If the floor is of concrete. it
will also serve as a feeding floor for
hogs. A wood floor should not be
used. as it would harbor rats.
The details of construction can be
used in building cribs of greater or
less dimensions or of a different type
The devices for ventilating and rat
proofing can be used in new cribs or
in remodeling old structures.
AS the plan shows. concrete foun-
dation is put in for all of the walls.
This foundation should extend from
below the frost level to inches above
| ground for the outer wall and to 8
inches above for the inner wall. The
space between the foundation walls
should be filled in with well-tamped
cinders or gravel, and on top of this
base a concrete floor laid. The differ
ence in height above ground between
the inner and the outer concrete foun-
dations will give pinch pitch to the
floor toward the outer edge and thus
drain off water that may beat through
the walls of the crib. The cinders or
gravel underneath the floor prevent
through capillary action. The floor it.
self should be constructed of inches
Of REINFORCED concrete. with the sur
face troweled to smooth finish.
II a concrete driveway is decided
upon, 6 inches of gravel or cinder
floor should be first tamped down and
a 4-inch concrete floor with float
finish laid on top.
The iron sockets or joist hangers.
which can readily be obtained on the
market. should be set in while the
concrete floor is being laid AS the
drawings show. the studs themselves
should be by 6 inches. To these is
nailed siding for the outer walls This
siding consists of by inch boards
with both upper and lower edges bev.
eled at an angle of As degrees. They
should be set about ~ inches apart.
This permits free entry of air. while
the beveled edges lessen the danger
of rain beating into the crib. However,
the beveled edges are not absolutely
necessary. In the complete structure
the siding on the walls facing the
driveway need not be beveled. as there
is no necessity for protection from
rain here. On these sides, too, the sid
ing boards should not be carried high.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-18
Perspective Showing Dotted


er than 61s feet. This permits the
crib to be filled by throwing the corn
over the boards. If the quantity OF
corn on hand is sufficient to I'LL the
crib above this point, additional siding
boards can be hung on 20-penny spikes
driven into the inner side of the STUDS.
The boards have holes at proper inter
walls to fit over the spikes and are
held in place by the pressure of the
corn.
The rat-proofing is an important fea-
ture of the design which the farmer
can not afford to neglect. One-halI
inch mesh wire netting is put on all
sides of the crib between studs ana
siding and carried to height OF 81
inches above the ground or above the
floor of the driveway. At the top OF
the wire a strip of S-inch galvanized
iron should be nailed to the outside OF
the siding. The bottom of the gal
vaniZed iron is inches lower than
the top of the wire, making a total
height for the wire and iron strip OF
sc inches all around. This galvanized
iron strip will halt any rats that may
climb up the walls The rat-proof1ng
is put on the drive side of cribs so
that IL the doors are left open rats
will still be unable to get at the corn.
| Care should be taken not to leave any
objects near the walls which would
| enable a rat to jump above the rat
proofing.
Provision is made for drag doors
on the outer side of each crib and z
rolling doors on the inside. The drag
doors are so designed that corn will
roll out of them on to the conveyer
| belt of a shelter. The rolling doors
on the inside are for access to the
crib. They should consist of a frame
| completely filled with wire netting.
with a galvanized iron strip at the
| same height as on the wall. The drag
| doors are made of siding nailed to
cleats with the wire mesh between.
Movable inverted troughs of Stats
are placed on the floor lengthwise of
the cribs. These are in sections to
facilitate handling and are designed
| to increase the circulation OF air
| through the corn. AS further aid to
| circulation OF air, movable shafts may
be placed at the side or on top of the
troughs. The shafts are constructed
| of / by 3 inch vertical strips nailed
to frames made of by inch stuff.
In order to hold the shafts in place
while the cribs are being filed. they
may be tackled to the crossties over
head. The number of shafts to be
used will depend upon the amount of
moisture in the corn.
| Complete working drawings for this
crib may be obtained from the Office
of public roads and rural engineering
Of the department. A bill Of materials
| to enable those interested in the mat
ter to form some idea of the probable
expense in their locality of erecting
the structure will also be furnished
on request.
AS has already been said, however.
some of the fundamental principles in
volved. the rat-proofng. the ventila.
ton. and the protection against ground
moisture, may be employed advan-
tageously in smaller buildings.