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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

that is Staubach's record and he
speaks of it with justifiable pride.
Most officers of the law boast of the
number of arrests they have made and
it is pleasure to talk to one who is
not a windjammer. so far as his dar.
ing exploits in the arrest of dangerous
criminals is concerned
When trouble arises around his cor
ner Staubach acts as an intermediator
and the difficulty is always satisfac.
torally adjusted in an amicable man
ner without restoring to the police
court.
1t is no sinecure to stand out there
when the thermometer registers nine
ty in the shade, for the sun shines
brightly there all day and there is no
protection from its rays.
In winter it is just as bad il not
worse, only there is a difference.
Think of your warm fireside some
wintry day when the snow is scurry.
ing here and there, even finding its
way in through your window sash,
with the thermometer at eight or SO
below zero and then think of George
Staubach. out there on the cold cor.
ner. And if you happened to go down
town you would find him there, per-
forming his duties just as cheerfully
as though it was the most pleasant
day in Autumn.
Mr.. Staubach has faithfully served
the City of Richmond for twenty-five
years as a policeman. At the time he
joined the force it was composed of
but ten men but since that time it has
more than doubled.
When it was decided to place a
traffic officer on duty five years ago,
Staubach was the only man considered
for his genial personality had won a
place in the esteem of the business
men and he was put on duty there at
their request.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

part of the territory, is an Odyssey in
itself. For six months, when he and
three other men went out ahead of the
main party, they never met a human
being and. in fact, so few white men
did he and his few companions see
during the three years they spent in
the vast, virgin solitudes that they had
almost forgotten how to speak English
when they finally returned, half dead,
to one of the coast towns.
Learn Indian Tongue.
After we built Fit. Gibbon we went
out in small parties to blaze other
trails and for over two years about the
only people we saw were Indians. We
soon learned their tongue and finally
got to using it when talking among
ourselves. When we got back to the
coast it was with great difficulty that
we were able to carry on a cOnversa-
tion in English
Incidentally the story of how Jones
and three companions fought their
way back to the fringe of civilization
is a classic of human narrative. The
obstacles they overcame on this heart
breaking. body-racking journey are al
most unbelievable: their escape from
lanche a modern miracle.
With the break of a bleak Alaskan
winter Jones and five companions set
forth to blaze new trail back to the
coast. 1t was several months later
that relief party, sent to hunt them,
came across the four survivors of the
little party, for one had turned back
few days out of FIT. Gibbon and the
nth ba1 fr;o
zen brain. When the rescue party
met them they were almost starved
and nearly exhausted.
Snow lsolates Party.
1--WE had been making fair progress
out of Gibbon and at last reached
Forty Mile River" Jones tells of this
dreadful trip. Our first camp on
Forty Mile was at the base of steep
mountain. When we arose the next
morning snow slide came down the
mountains without warning but be-
for it reach the valley the slide
parted. hemming us in between two
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
Did You Ever Study Faces Y ou See

Did you ever take walk along the
street or sit in d street car and make
study of the people you encounter
If you never have, try it some day
and then make an effort to locate
your subject and see how near your
guess is to the habits. occupation, en-.
vironment and disposition of the per-
son selected.
You will find If you have a discern
ing mind and give careful thought to
the matter that you will be wrong in
at least seventy per cent of the cases
Investigated.
Now a newspaper reporter is sup
posed to be better character reader
and have a keener eye for trifles than
he majority of folks. so that may &C.
count for the success of some of the
incidents mentioned in this article.
but you can do the same thing if you
try and keep your mind on nothing
else but the person under investiga-
ton.
Claim Of Hypnotists.
Hypnotists claim that there are few
people who can concentrate their
mind sufficiently to be hypnotized and
that when they cannot do so it is i'm
possible to put them under the influ-
ence.
Try to put your mind on one thing
COR five minutes. Think Of nothing
else.
Can you do it?
II you cannot pick out some object
in the room where you are sitting and
look at it steadily for five consecutive
minutes.
Can you do 1t?
Yes, some of you can do both of
these things and It is you who can,
that will enjoy this little ramble over
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

How would you like to stand in the
street. for ten hours a day every day
in the year for five years and answer
questions, listen to the troubles of
chance passersby who want sympathy,
direct wagons and automobiles, help
the aged and blind. look after children
going to and from school, respond to
the calls of nearby business men who
have trouble, act as a starter for the
street car company~and do thousand
and one other things too numerous to
mention?
Your answer is that you don't think
that you could handle the job and give
satisfaction. Quite right, you couldn't.
There is one man in the city, how
ever who has such job and it would
be difficult matter to replace him.
That man is George Staubach, traf
fic policeman at Eighth and Main
streets, and it is safe to say that there
is no more popular man on the police
force than is he.
For five years he has been on duty
at that corner and has never missed
day through any fault of, his own.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

For the past dozen years or SO the
railroads of the country have been
making an effort to educate the public
into ways of eliminating danger and
their efforts have met with some sue
cess.
Safety First slogans have been
scattered broadcast and columns of
newspaper space bought to forward
the campaign, yet despite this there
are hundreds who daily risk life and
limb doing some thing that they know
they should not do.
Men and women take desperate
chances every day in order to save
few minutes time.
Ignore Warnings.
They will run across railroad
track ahead of a rapidly approaching
train forgetting the chance of fall
or some other accident that may re-
suit fatally for them.
Men and boys and sometimes even
girls, will climb over freight cars that
block the streets occasionally.
If the train should start suddenly or
some other thing not anticipated &C.
cur the result would probably be an
accident with serious results to the
careless.
There are hundreds of ways that the
public defies the warnings sent out for
er arrive when the danger of accidents
on American railroads will be nil
Young boys are the greatest offend
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

the city in search of characters out
of the ordinary and there are many
of them.
You don't have to wander far be-
fore you will encounter an odd char
acter of some sort, or face that will
interest you if only you seek it.
In this still hunt. the writer had
hardly gone a half block before a
short, dark, we'll dressed man was en-
countered.
He wore a suit that was badly in
need of pressing and his shoes look
ed as though they had not been brush
ed for decade.
In his hand he carried little black
bag not unlike that used by physi-
clans and he hurried along with a
business like air that belied his years
for he was fifty or therea bouts.
His hair was gray and his eyes
were the same color, while his face
was tanned and he had the appearance
of man who spent large portion Of
his time out of doors.
Now there is your subject.
Guess His Occupation.
Before going further stop and see
If you can tell what this mans bust
ness is.
Can you guess where he is going so
hurriedly?
Now be honest with yourself and
don't read ahead until you decide that
you cannot solve the puzzle.
Well, if you can't, read on.
1t was decided that this man was
worthy of study and after mo-
ment's thought it was decided that
this man was not a physician.
What is he, you may be wondering,
but to save further anxiety at this
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
Here's The City's Traffic Cop

Days that he has been missed he was
attending some other duty assigned
him by his chief
Winter and summer. rain or shine.
he is always there and is the most
familiar figure in the city to both the
local and travelling public.
Everybody seems to know George"
as he is Familiarity called. and an hour
spent on the corner with him is a
worth while experience.
Mr.. Staubach is extremely fond of
children and they all like him for he
always guides their youthful steps
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
with a pleasant word and a smile that

with a pleasant word and a smile that
has become famous.
With the older people he is respect
ed and esteemed and his friends are
numbered by the hundred.
From the staid banker who rides by
in his automobile to the negro boot
black is long jump in the social
scale, but it makes no difference to
George whether it be banker or boot
black. he treats them both alike.
Quiet, unassuming and always ready
with helping hand, genial and courte-
GUS to all, he has made a reputation
that any man might well be proud of,
yes, and envy.
There are not man, policemen who
boast that they have not made an ar
rest on their beats in five years, but
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

moment it will be stated that he was
picked out as farmer.
Why? you may ask.
Shoes Deciding Factor.
The answer to this question is cas-
lily explained. His shoes for instance
gave the first impression.
Then the fact that he wore a black
suit that was impressed was another
reason
His face was tanned indicating life
in the open.
1t was noticed that as he walked
along the street block after block,
that he did not know many people in
the city, yet he knew his way around
and that indicated that he was a fire.
quent visitor here.
What was the inference to be
drawn other than that he lived close
by and that if that was true was it
not natural to conclude that he was a
farmer
What Was in the Bag.
But what was in that little black
bag you may ask. That will be divulg-
ed in a moment.
He walked along with a rapid
stride and turned North on Eighth
street with the writer at his heels try
ing to satisfy idle curiosity.
Block after block was traversed
but still the pursued and pursuer
kept on.
It was long walk but it finally end
ed at the hospital which the man en-
tered and the chase was ended.
What was in that black bag you ask
again.
Dainties from the farm prepared by
loving hands for the dear one who
was lying ill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

ers according to all railroad officials
consulted, for they will persist in rid
ing on the bumpers and tops of freight
cars.
There seems to be some special at
traction for them in railroad yard
and any day the children may be seen
jumping on the trains and riding often
for miles at time.
Railroad men make every possible
effort to keep the boys off the trains
but they cannot be on all the cars at
one time and the boys wait for an op-
portunity when the brakeman's back
is turned or when his duties call him
elsewhere and hop aboard and run all
over the cars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Granting that the average consump-
ton of tires by motor cars is eight
tires car year, which includes all
types of vehicles, there will be re-
quired during 1916 not less than co.
100000 tires, valued at from $500, 00O.-
600 to 100000, 000-f1guring the av-
erage price of tires at SIS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Where the soil is suitable the Unit
ed States government will reforest
lighthouse reservations with view to
having timber available for spar
buoyS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
Unusual Things
Worth Knowing

A Berkshire minister has six broth
ers fighting in the German army, his
wife has four brothers in the French
army and their son is fighting for En-
gland
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
MORE ENTRANTS,

In our most exasperating expert
ence contest we enter, hopefully (a)
the attempt to turn on the water with
a round-headed faucet, when your
hands are soapy.
And CD getting piece of waxed
paper fast between your teeth when
you've been trying to use it as den
tai floss.
And this one (c) Is no SLOUGH
passing timidly by fifty people on the
streets of strange town, finally Sc
lecting a safe-looking person to ask
which is the way to the post-office,
and finding he is the only stone-deaf
man in the village!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
Commonplace And Unusual In CityS Daily Life
O'fAqlllOllAglIiii
STRICKLAND ". GILLIAN -
THRIFT.


Thrift is something that we call
stinginess when we see evidences of
it in others
What's one mans thrift is an
other mans tightwaddishness," would
not be such misleading paraphrase.
Some people cannot indulge in
thrift in moderation.
They are sxtravagant with it. and
go on thrift jags during which it is
unfortunate for a guest who happens
to visit the thrifty ones.
Thrift is the only thing some peo-
pie are lavish with.
When these thrift-gluttons get to
thrifting. they make the stranger
within their gates join in the thrift
fest, whether the stranger is feeling
thrifty or not.
American people as a rule are not
thrifty.
AS soon as the old man gets a dol
lar and a quarter day instead of a
dollar, they begin living on dollar
and half day.
And so on, keeping always just
about twenty or twenty-five per cent.
ahead of the old mans pay check.
This keeps the old man on the
rack till he swaps said rack for the
cooling board.
: If the American people could once
learn thrift, along with the actual
money they are paid for labor that
foreigners get one-ffth as much for
and save money, there would be far
less talk about the high cost of liv-
ing, the bread-line, the unemployed,
etc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Little fellows barely nine or ten
years old do this and think 1t great
sport and then when an accident hap
pens to them it is blamed on the rail-
road and nine times out of ten the
railroad company is mulcted for heavy
damages when 1t Is in no way to
blame.
1t is up to the parents to warn their
away from the railroad yards and If
this lesson is firmly implanted in the
minds of the children the percentage
of railroad accidents will be mini
mixed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

The teenth in gigantic moose
skull, found in the sand of Wis
consin creek bottom, have an esti-
mated value of $50 apiece.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
Painful Fact To FACE.

Now don't go getting watery-eyed,
And don't start in to sniffle;
But most of what's called "civfc
pride"
Is straight-Out civic piffle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Landaus were originally made in a
town named Landau, Germany.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
ODDITIES

There are about a million houses
London
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

A Nawsty Cut, But We Mean It.
This country is full of lot of cat
fish-mouthed political blowhards who
would like to be called statemen,
who would cheerfully plunge this ma
ton into war. with all the horror
that term means, to further their
own personal welfare for the time
being.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

The United States patent office is
and during the year
1914 yielded surplus revenue of
1881 900, an increase of more than
$114,0OO over 1913
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Blowholes and pinholes in castings
are caused by overheating the metal
while melting Pinholes are nothing
but small blowholes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
Boys Believe They're Acting Smart
+ + f + = + r
Railroaders Say They're In Danger
Many Accidents Show Who's Right

Safety railroads
about the
avorte diversions the that INDUCED in too often
hardly
the the other the
O
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

The Cannery At Work.
Among our hopeful entrants for ex.
tinction, pleased note the expression
"snuffed out" usually used in con-
nection with lives, in some especially
catastrophe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28
War Taxes Machs NIGHTS Aus.

War Taxes Machs NIGHTS Aus.
There is war tax in Canada Of
ten cents on each sleeping-car ticket
Huh! There's been a peace tax of
quarter on each berth for twenty-five
years or more
The Commercial Travellers Downfall
He could read the railroad schedules
right,
This salesman for a rug-house;
Twas the marginal note" that got
his goat,
And now he's in the bughouse.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Were the Rest Pleased?
Rev John Lawwill disappointed a
few Sunday evening at this place be-
cause he did not come to preach
Duke News in Waverly Watchman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

moment it will be stated that he was
picked out as a farmer.
Why? you may ask.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

We Should Say So.
CWaverly Waterman Again, So Soon
Earl Corn cut FIVE hundred acres
of clover for Pat Hart, Monday. Pat
is making hay while the sun shines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-28

Surprised They Didn't Come Hungry?
An enjoyable day was spent at the
home of Harry Scothorn,. -. 1T being
Mrs. Scothorn's birthday. A pleasant
surprise it was when her children
came with well-filled baskets.-Ash
vile, O., Home News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
LAUNCHES HELD UP BY
 STORM ON SOUND.

Captains of launches who have been travelling on Prince William Sound for years state that the storm which ragged Tuesday night and yes terday was the worst experienced during the past six years. A number of small boats were unable to buck the storm blowing out of the Mar rows and Sawmill bay and were fore ed to seek shelter behind Freemantle point. Shortly after midnight the wind abated and the launches took advantage of the storm to gain the shelter of Valdez bay.
 The launch Shamrock, owned by Tim Marcum, which carries the mail to Port Wells, was one of the few boats which was able to make head way against the storm and picked up a number of stranded passengers while coming from Port Wells Tues day evening.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21

To the American Locomotive works is awarded the contract for a new rotary and three new Mikado locomo- lives. The rotary will be of standard design with a 12 it. cut, IS by 26 in. cylinder, 5000 gallon water tender an> when loaded will weigh 366,000 lbs. It will be coal burner. Coal will be used in place of oil in this service during the winter, fuel being stored along the entire road in con- venient and sheltered places. By the first of the year 1t is expected that 6,O0O tons of coal will have been dis tributed along the entire length of the road for emergency use of the steam shovel crews.
 The three locomotives will have a AS inch wheel base, 20 by 28 inch cylinder. They will be oil burners with a capacity of 5000 gallons of oil, eight wheels, and in working or der will weigh 370,000 lbs. The com pany has several locomotives here which are equipped to burn coal in service with the rotaries and the new locomotives are so arranged that they can be easily converted should occa- sion require.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
O|ST|LLERS MUST
 SERVE SENTENCES
Head of Kansas City Distillery Sem tenced to Nine Years and Oth-
 CTS Given Light Terms.

FORT SMITH, Oct. 21.-Jos. L.
 Caspar, a wealthy Kansas City dis tiller, has been sentenced in the fed eral court here to serve nine years in
 the penitentiary and pay a fine of $30,OO0 for organizing a conspiracy
 which defrauded the government out of more than $1,000,00O internal revenue.
 The case has been before the court for several years and the conspiracy
 was one of the greatest ever uncov- cred by the secret service officials. Casper and his associates had bribed Knox Booth, the internal revenue official for Tennesse and Alabama, where most of the liquors were sold. Soon after the discovery of the frauds in connection with the distilling business the government agent dis appeared and is believed to have been murdered by Caspar's hired |agents, fearing that he would dis close the identities of all connected with the frauds.
 Six other officials of the company of which Caspar was president re- ceived sentences of from one to five years in the penitentiary.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
CANADIAN STEAMERS ARE
 AFTER ALASKA TRADE

That the palatial G. T. P. steam CTS, Priuce Rupert and Prince George will enter in the Alaska business next season was announced recently by the head of the system while in Van eouver. Captain Nicholson, manager of the G. T. P. steamers has long had his eye on the Skagway trade and at the Prince Rupert conference pressed his views SO strongly that President Chamberlain told him to go ahead. The Prince Rupert and Prince George will therefore run on to Skagway and other Alaska points in conjunction with the Prince Rupert service and the company feels that the steamers will not only get fair share of the northern travel from the south, but will also reap a lot of business over the recently completed c. T. P. trans continental line.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
Weather Report.
Valdez, October 20, 1915.
Interior Weather. /.

Fairbanks, zero, 3 inches snow; cloudy, calm.
 Salcha, zero, 5 inches snow, calm, cloudy, trail fair.
 Richardson, above, 2 inches snow, cloudy, trail fair.
 McCarty, above, inches snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
 Donnelly, below, II inthes snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
 McCallum, 6 above, 30 inches of snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
 Paxson, above, 15 inches snow, trail fair.
 Hogan, below, 10 inches snow, clear and calm.
 Gulkana, 3 above, inches snow, clear and calm, trail fair.
 Copper Center, above. 3 inches of snow, clear and calm, trail good.
 Tonsina, above, inches snow, clear, calm trail fair.
 Teikhell, 3 above, inches snow, clear, light wind, trail good.
 Beaver Dan, 20 above. Il inches of snow, clear, calm, trail fair. Wortman's, 22 above, inches of snow, windy, trail fair.