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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

existance, according to George Davis,
managing editor of the Optic-Re-
porter of Minot, N. D., who is the
OWNER of pepper seventeen years the
senior of the one owned by Mrs.
Fleming. 1t is copy of the Connec-
ticut Courant, published at Hart
ford. Conn.,, and is dated July -.
1888. 1t is four page, five column
paper. The columns are seventeen
and half ems wide, and the the
pages are fourteen inches long. The
largest advertisement is about two
and quarter inches deep, single
column. None of the advertise
ments are mmore than that in
width. One of these is an offer to
sell the services of a man at public
auction to pay debt The old
fashioned IS" almost the same
as the "f" of the present time. is
used throughout the paper.
The paper, under the name of the
Hartford Courant, is still in exist
ence and is one of the leading iourn-
ais of New ENGLAND and the east
American Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11
WEST FLORIDA MAYOR PRO-
CEEDS TO INVESTIGATE

According to the Breeze, Mayor
Flournoy, of DeFuniak Springs
promises a shaking of dry bones
with violaters of the law The
Breeze, this week, printed the fol-
lowing:
In the trial of the case against j.
D. Wilkerson, Monday morning, Tor
an alleged assault on H. NJ. Wads-
worth, Mayor Flournoy establish
ed some precedents and made some
announcements that will be of inter-
est to the public, particularly that
part that seems to have been under
the impression that the city govern
ment was a huge joke.
In opening court, Mayor Flournoy
stated that he wished those present
to take notice of what he said, that
they, as we'll as others might be
aware of the position in regard to
Some matters.
THE mayors court" he said,
will be held here in the court
house, by permission of the commits
sioners, that the public may know
who is being tried and what for.
There will be no star chamber pro-
ceedings. No unexplained plea of
guilty will be received, but the wit
paccaS will he heard that all facts
bearing on the case may be known
and the punishment fixed according
ly"
Again, the Marshal's instruc-
tions, which he must Gerry out, are
to enforce the ordinances as they are
until they are repealed or amended.
He is not to be either or both judge
and jury There are other officers
to fill those positions. but must en-
force them as they are. Whatever
blame attaches to this course should
be put or the mayor. and if the or
dinances are bad the council can re-
peal or amend them; if they fail,
then the blame will be on them, but
as they stand they must be enforc-
ed"
After hearing all the evidence in
the case, a fine of s25 and costs was
assessed, SIS being suspended dur
ing good behavior
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11
BETTER UNDERSTANDING BE-
TWEEN RAILROADS AND PEOPLE

E. P. Ripley, president of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe, five
years ago called a conference of ;po
rating traffic and other officials and
expressed to them a new view about
railroading.
Il have figured it out" Mr.. Rip
ley said, at that time, that the
hostile public sentiment against
transportation corporations is due
largely to the fact that the people
| do not understand the railway sit
uation, and that the men who man.
age the railroads are not familiar
enough with the troubles confront
ing the people. | want your CO.
operation in the inauguration of a
campaign for the purpose of bring
ing our officials and patrons into a
closer relationship, with the view of
changing this feeling of hostility to
one of friendliness. | would like to
have general managers, general
freight and passenger agents, fnan-
cial and accounting officers, attor-
heys and others visit the cities and
rural communities along our lines,
and get better acquainted with mer-
chants, manufacturers, farmers,
stockmen, bankers and every other
class of people doing business with
our company, and ascertain the
cause of their discomfort We will
tell our story to the people, and ask
them to tell theirs to us ~
The plan outlined was put into
effect, and the work still is in pro-
gress, division by divisions A Kan
sas newspaper called it the Har-
mony special and by that name it
is known in Santa Fee territory
Harmony work has developed in
to a feature of our business Mr..
Ripley said recently. THE cam
paign was a success from the start
and now it is a party of every Off
calls duty to perform a harmony
stunt when occasion demands
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

You prodigal Floridian turn your
face again to Germany and learn a
new lesson of thrift. The saving
| banks of Germany continue to do
we'll Notwithstanding the war. New
deposits in May mounted to 267,-
$4,000 marks, or about 22,0O0,OOO
marks more than for May, 1914.
Owing to payment upon the last war
loan, however, the Withdrawals were
also greater than last year, having
amounted to 292, 100000 or 75,S00,-
COO marks more than last year. But
for payments upon the war loan the
net gain in deposits in May would
have been 100000 marks. For
the first five months of the year
these banks paid out on war loans
not less than 100000 marks
(sS43 100000 at the normal rate of
eXchange.)
If Germans can save that vast SIM
while fighting enemies on all sides
of them, what should we in sunny,
happy Florida ve?-Jacksonville
Metropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11
SHADOW ON THE .,,,,,

There is a great deal of twaddle
in the pro-German papers about the
British Shadow" on the White
House. Commenting upon this, the
editor of The Nation says;
"One insinuation or complaint OF
, the German press, in commenting on
rho American note, is familiar. Inc
United States, it again asserts, is
plaving England's game. The Brit
ish Shadow" rests upon the White
House. This has been said so often
before that we suppose the German
editors couldn't help repeating IT,
But they can scarcely believe 1t. For
unless they have failed to read
President Wilson's notes with due
attention. they must have discover
ed two things: The clearest diner
entiation of the American case, and
the plan indication that we do not
propose to overlook any just griev-
ances which Great Britain may have
given us in the war III this is not
obvious to Germany it certainly Is
to England The English press Is
rot so blind as not to perceive in the
note to Germany distinct implica-
ton that, as the Manchester Guard
ian puts it, lin President Wilson S
opinion this contry is an offender
againct the principle of the freedom
Of the seas 1t adds that the note
may well occasion some very SER
icus reflections" in England. Yet
we fancy that the German news
papers will go on with their silly
talk about American subservience to
Great Britain, The truth is that our
government has limited itself to in
sisting upon the rights of neutrals.
and particularly those of Ameri-
cans"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11
THE LAKELAND NEWS.

Referring to a recent paragraph
in the Telegram hoping that the
good Lord would deliver us all from
the intense conviction that makes
us blind to everything except that
which we want to see, the Ocala-Star
says that the sentiment should be
framed and hung in prominent
place in every newspaper office. ;"
That endorsement pleases us about
as well as the sentiment itself.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11
DADE co. SHERIFF HAS NEW
WRINKLES IN RUNNING JAIL

While it took considerable agita.
ton before the court house yard was
rut in proper condition and grasses
we're planted. the law moved. and
other cleaning up was begun, i'm
provements to the county jail have
been going on for several weeks, and
the interior now is as clean as the
lproverbial pin. Two painters re-
Gently gave the inside of the Jail a
pair OF coatings, and other cleaning
up propaganda, along the lines of
sanitation, under the direction of
Sheriff Dan Haddie and Deputy
Sheriff Hicks, has converted the Jail
into one of the cleanliest institu-
tions in the state, from its previous
untidy appearance.
The commissary department that
heretofore was located in the west
wing of the downstairs corridor, has
been removed. and the insects thriv-
ing on it, have also been made con-
spicuous by their absence. Scrub
bings and polishings have added
much to other spots in the inter-
ior, and it is as spick and span as
could be made possible with the
present equipment.
The prisoners, "A of whom are
either awaiting sentence or have
already been sentenced, readily re-
sponded to the call of Sheriff Hardie
when clean up" day was announc-
ed and every one of them contribut-
ed his labor in the cleanup cam
paign. Soon the effect was notice
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11
HAS COPY OF THE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER

In the American Press of July "a
story appeared to the effect that
the Oldest copy of a newspaper in
eXistance in the United States is
owned by Mrs. B. II. Fleming. of
Jackson, Mich, and the date of the
paper is given as 1900.
This is not the oldeset paper in
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

This from the Mulberry Herald is
the kind of cheerful paragraph,
with the substance of cold fact in
it, We are always on the lookout
for:
More trains loaded with phos-
plate rock are travelling over the
track today than at any time since
the beginning of the war a year
ago. 1t looks good to father and the
rest of the family
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

Our blessed old State primary
law, which seems to become more
complex and obscure with every at
tempt to clarity it by amendment,
has now reached a stage of OPAQUE
hess which induces the editor of the
l-eesburg Commercial, after endeav-
oring vainly to understand the lat
est amendment, to remark:
What is this dge-podge of an
amendment. anyway, and how is it
TO be Strengthened out before the
time comes for it to ball up the
entire State of Florida?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

case with him, Adams, and If it
comes to the worst, fall back upon
the Pickwickian Interpretation of
your offending words.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

While Silver Springs is peculiarly
an Ocala asset, as a suburban resort
for the people of that city, its we'll
nigh Incompatible beauty and charm
make it also a State attraction, and
tourists who visit it must always
think about it as one of Florida's dis
tinctive beauty spots of a kind not
to be surpassed in any other State
Hence we deprecate the proposition
tc despoil it of its beauty by turn
ing its waters into a canal cut to
Ocala, and welcome the better propo-
sition of the Ocala Star to connect
it by trolley line with Ocala There
are cities out in the arid West that
would bond themselves for a million
dollars, more or less, to secure such
an asset as Silver Springs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

Over in California the truck and
citrus growers have to pay good
money and plenty of it for water
like unto that which benefcent ma
ture is daily dispensing to US here in
copious volume without money and
without price. Not the least of CAL
ifornia's disadvantages is the irri-
cation trust. but here in Florida not
even Rockefeller could corner the
clouds and make us pay for the rain
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

Who said the days of chivalry had
passed? The editor of the Raiford
Tribune, taking mortal offence at
certain things said in the Zolfo
Truth, formally notifies the editor of
the latter paper that he will be in
Zolfo on day specified in Septem-
Der to seek personal satisfaction for
the alleged affront. There is polite
ness Of the old school for you, but
1t sounds cold, sinister and deadly.
and Editor Adams of the Truth, who
is mighty good fellow, has our best
wishes for his safe passage through
the impending peril. Reason the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

Referring to the heating-up pro-
cess in Florida politics in the south
end of the State the Pensacola
Journal says:
Our turn will come next, but in
the meantime we have little con-
gressional scrap over here that gives
promise of keeping things lively :"
Which reminds us to ask who are
the congressional candidates in the
Third district? We got the impress
sion that Congressman Emmett Will
son thought of retiring on account
OF Ill health, but have heard moth
ing OF it since. Is he still in the
field and who are his opponents?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

From every part of Florida comes
the story of the biggest corn crop
ever grown in the State. Farmers of
certain class, who distrust "book
farming" and printed matter gen.
orally, are still in the ruts of old
ways and are satisfied with ten or
fifteen bushels of corn to the acre;
Dut we have considerable and
increasing class of modernized, pro-
gressive farmers who live and learn
by reading and experiment and
these are the men who are respon-
sible for Florida's big corn crop.
The day is not far distant when
there will be neither corn nor hay
nor any of the needful things we
can grow here imported into Flor
ida. and the old-time tiller of the
soil, content to scratch scant liv-
ing from his farm, will be hard to
ind. He had to come first under
pioneer conditions. but he is being
rapidly eliminated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
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MARINE NOTES

q. Q @ q. e @ @ Q @ e 6 e Q S q +
 The Al.I1i is the next boat from se- atde. and il Is believed she is bring ing mail. She is due Saturday night.
 The Kansas City is at cordova. un' dergoing minor repairs, having been slightly damage at Anchorage. owing to fee.
 The Senator was due to leave Seat ue last night for Southeastern Alas. lsa points. with freight only. She will carry passengers on her return trip to the Sound and ls scheduled to leave Juneau next Monday
 The Northwestern should reach port late tomorrow night or early Friday on her way south. She left Valdez at 1O:3O o'clock Monday night but has been loading large cargo of copper ore at Cordova.
 The Georgia sailed for sitka at 12 o'clock last night.
 The Jefferson leaves seattlc Friday night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
DAWSON NATIVE CHIEF WANTS ALL
 YUKON CARIBOU

DAWSON, Oct 29.-Chief Isaac. of the Moosehide Indians dropped in to- day to report.
 Iniun all return today" said Is. aas, from Glacier Trail. where shoot caribou, and bringem to Moosehide and putem in cache for winter. That enough to last an winter
 "Jess you tellum white man killem 5000 caribou, but Injun he ldllum on- ly seventy. Me no lilzum white man shootem caribou
 "Just you tellum in newspaper that it an right white man come dig deep, cachem my gold on my creezs-ihat an right. Lstum white man have sold Injun no eatem gold. But Injun wantem caribou - wantcm hunting ground. 1n Alaska white man no huntem game; in Canada side white man he go shootem caribou which belong to Indian. Caribou my meat. no shootem horse, no shootem white man cattle. You tellem news paper-good-you throwem bull, chi
 Say, catchem good cigar for me?
 Umph- fine thanks now me SO smokeup up some more. News. him an right" -lDawson News.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
WORK STARTS ON
 NEW WRANeELL DOCK

WRANGELL. Nov. 1S.-Work was started yesterday on the new dock to be built by the suldnd Mining Com. pany on tho old McKinnon wharf site. The new dock will have waterfront age of two hundred feet, and win be built against the Columbia & Nor. thern dock and extend toward the St. Michael dock so that small boats will be able to set to the float the same time as at present The dock will have an approach about six hundred feet long, and will leave Front street between the Thonhouser saloon and the Wrangen bakery, the old building setting on the site which was former. ly used as the Owl Restaurant, will be moved back and used for an office. Olaf Peterson has the contract to drive the piling and Is busy at the work, using the Alaska Packers biz driver
 It is expected that the dock win be rushed to completion SO as to be in first class condition by Spring A track has also been built out over the old dock for trucking out lumber and necessaries to the face of the dock.-(W (Wrangell Sentlnel)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24

1914, both those sleds and all the dogs ! bought off the Karluk were taken by the Alaska to Coronation gulf. or tho Nome outfit ! have here, therefore. only one sled (Bernard's) Bernard's dogs and one dog you got for me @ brindle one named Hansl. The Nome freighting sled type has proved excellent for ice work. but Che toboggan bottom put in by Fath- CT La Fortune is 9 great improvement (prevents the benches being caught on snags of ice and floats the sled through soft snow where it sinks to the body) For speed. convenience of handling and for general driving on smooth going ] Ike the Nome style oi hitching in pairs on @ central tow line, but as you told me you thought would be the case. the individual haul Ing traces keep getting snagged in very rough ice and SO do the necl, lines. less frequently. some times checking the dogs badly. For heavy hauling in rough ice ] find the tan- dem system as used In the woods better than any method ! have tried. especially with big dogs. For conven- fence speed In good going. etc. it is of course not up to tho Nome style. Bernard is a jewel priceless to us in our situation.
 Thompson has also proved very .serviceable ana bis wife Is worth her weight in gold. She is the most rapid .seamstress ] ever knew. which is im- portant now that ail our ready made clothes are lost with the Karluk. Ev- erything has to be made now of the skins we kin ourselves. have often thought these things would be of in- terest to you. especially general news ! have not time to SO into. This note may be the only one ] have time to write to Nome though there are many there to whom I owe much be- sides you. Please show them this let ter or tell It's contents so far as they are of interest to Mir. and Mrs. Darl-
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24

date of July 15. 1915. Several parts Of the communication arc Of Q pri- vate nature but the remainder is sub standally as follows:
 As will be seen by the date of the first part of the letter it was written before tho explorer had been located by Captain Lane on Kellet Point while the latter portion was penned after Stefansoon had reached Hersch- ei Island on the Polar Bear and short- ly before he started out on the re- turn journey Go Banks land to con- tinue his exploration during the pres- ent winter.
 Dear Mir. Allen: ] intended writ ing you this summer (by the mail ! sent out by Wilkins but had not the chance. write this not now on a page of my diary SO ! shall have it ready to tear out and send when have 8 chance.) A whaler may call ln. possibly about the time we ex- pect to set Go our winter camp at Kellet (about August 15) We shall have to 80 overland from there wnth pack dogs. This letter is not written because it win amount to anything as letter but merely to show ] have not forgotten your services to the ex- pedltlon when we were outiitting. Mostly the fine outfit you helped me get together vert out of my hands with the Karluk. The twelve dogs took with me ashore were ones that had not previously tried and ] was taking them on a trial trip. They were not therefore. the best though some of them proved excellent or the sieds. I had one that Father La Fortune made for us and the other from Mir. Davenport, Both of these got out of my hands later for when I was absent ( with O six-day team and Captain Bernard's sled) from the rest of the expedition. the summer of
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
VI1LIALMuR SUBDIVISION.
STEAM PLANT AT
 DAWSON IS BURNED

DAWSON. Oct. 2s.- The Canadian
 Klondllgo Mining Companys large
 steam generating plant, used for driy- ing dredges and heating the com. panys shops. offices and general works, burned to the ground this af- ternoon. The battery of three large
 water cooled tubular boilers was in service at the time. each carrying one hundred and forty pounds of steam and the roof of the boiler house was ignited from sparkle dropping down from the high stacks. There was O ] first class pumping plant, and several hydrants and plenty of hose on the premises. but 1t is understood that the pumps refused to work at the critical time when the fire was start ing. The flames soon spread over the pump room and the entire structure was in flames in a few minutes. A l four hundred XIV turbine Nesting house engine, which was running also went through the fire and was prob ably ruined. The engine was famous as being the one which was used to drive the light plant at the st. Louis exposition just before it was sold to the company. It Is impossible to compute the losses as yet as no in- ventory has been made The dredges win continue running with water pow
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
sTEFANsSON WRITES AN INTERESTING
 LETTER TO ALLAN

NOME. Nov. 1.-Mrs. c. E. Darling received by last mall letter from the explorer Vihlialmur Steiansson which was forwarded from Ottawa by A. A. (Scotty) Allan who in turn had re- ceived it from the Canadian authori- lies. The letter is written to Allan from the Bay of Mercy on the north cnast nI Banks Land and bears tho
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
J. e. CALVIN SAYS GRANTS INTANGIBLE
 PROPERTY GOOD

WRANGELL. Nov 18.--J. e Calvin manager Of the croundhog Basin Min. ing property was passenger south on tho Al-Ki. bound for Seattle on a business trip. Ho expects to be away about three weeks Before be left for lho south Mr. Calvin stated in regard to tho mining property:
 "I believe thnt the Groundhog prop. erty ia going to show mp to such on extent that it win be a surprise even Go the men who are closely associated with the progress we have made there this fall ] mo going outside for the purpose of attending to business in regard to the property and am going to bring back a large shipment of mining machinery which J hope to get in to the property this fall. The showing so far is very good, the new ore body recently cut through shows very rich, and although ] brought In my crew from tine property, whose work was hampered by Q snow slide, ] am sending more men in there and ] am sure that they will tap the biz orc body with about ten days work From the showing of the small vein we laro sure that the larger one is there and that this is going to be one of tho coming properties of Southeast ern Alaska ] will return shortly and see to getting the winter trail ir shape to take ln the necessary ma chinery this winter (Wrangell Sen tinei)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
wlcKERsHAm NOT IN
 RACE FOR GOVERNOR

vALDEz-while his steamer was In Valdez Mir. Wickersham visited with @ number of his friende and ex- pressed regret that he could not spare the time to remain between boats.
 When asked concerning the report that he planned to be Q candidate for the governorship of Alaska in the event the Republicans should win in the national election next year, Dele gato Wickersham stated that he was not 8 candidate for the position. - (Valded Prospector)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24
TURNER DANCING AcA1EMY.
Mrs. Alice Fyfe. inriructor.

Do not be timid about slartlng- There is no one in the hall but you and the teacher during your lesson hour Office open from 10 @. m. to 9 D. m. phone 275 1l-20.tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24

wni there be muslc In your home this Christmas? Think of this. Then act on your good judgment. Come to the JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE. make your selection. have it laid aside. We win deliver anytime you say-a little down and a little @ month will buy a Victor, Columbia or Edison phono- grapher Q plano or player piano.
 JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24

Just Reoeived-A shipment Of frssh Eastern oystors. Dont forget Chic ie the place to buy your fi0h.-morrio Flah Market ii2 2nd st, phone l99.
 lI-28-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-24

For Holiday Presents-Furs Moe caslno and Baskets of all kinds. at reduced market prices. Wills Store.