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Evening journal., 1915-05-22

SLAP and landlords making an aver
age of per cent on their land in
vestment. the records show the
Middletown area of New Castle
county. Delaware. to be one of the
best agricultural sections of the coun-
try. Beth landlords and tenants are
being we'll repaid for their labor and
capital invested.
"ln taking the records back to the
farmers, it is quite remarkable TO find
so many different ideas as to why
this demonstration was made. Some
evidently took the matter as a Joke.
others we're of the opinion that in
some way II would increase their
taxes or those OF heir landlords,
while a few thought a plan was on
foot to ascertain the value OF the
land, in order to give the informa-
ton to q syndicate. forming TO buy up
some large tracts of land. About half
OF the sixty-fve really seemed to ap-
preclate Tat the demonstration was
made with no ulterior motive
With such variety Of ideas, num-
Der Of which were put into the heads
OF the tenant farmers between the
date of taking the records and that
OF returning them, the degree of
I cordiality that was accorded us when
we returned with the records was
quite surprising. A few told Us
frankly they never expected TO see
us again We were sometimes
| greeted with remarks such as. Well,
| you've come back TO tell me how to
/ farm, ] suppose or You're going 10
/ tell me what / did last year. whether
| did II or notg or Well, did ! lake
any money last year?' Sometimes
one like this: "If the Government
would put up the money and help de-
serving young farmers to get started
/ instead OF lot of the things II does
do, the country would be better on
A few were profane In expressing
their opinions of the demonstration
Cne man did not want to look at his
| record when 1t was taken back to him
and II required considerable tact e
overcome his prejudice. He soon saw
that we had some information n,
wanted and listened with interest
With these and similar greetings, i
may be imagined that feelings o
banter were uppermost in the minds
OF quite a number.
However. all have listened whil'
we explained their records. and al
we proceeded step by step. expires
sions of incredulity, chaff and sneer
ing changed to those of interest. ap
probation and gratitude In ever.
case before the writer left, he wa
thanked for his kindness and urge
to stop in anytime he was in tn
neighborhood. In every case also
he was asked TO come back next yea
and take another record. Il looks a
though this wind Of extensive worl
ccmmends itself to practical. thinking
farmers, large and small.
L. H. Cooch.
County Agent and Agent U. s. Depi
} of Agriculture.
Evening journal., 1915-05-22
Assessment BOOKS
UNDER Inspection.
New Castle Officials Put Big
Properties on the List
For First Time
BRASS IS LOOT
OF PETTY THIEVES

Special to ThE'ENENlNG JOORNAl
NEW CASTLE, May 22.-Meny per
sons called at Mayor Rodney's Office
last evening to inspect the 1918 assess
ment list which Clerk Smith has hung
up The appeal days will be on the
evenings of June >, 3, Z.
Two city properties are assessed this
year for the first time. Ten years ago
when the Brylgon aud Baldt Steel com
panies started operations they were eN-
empt from city taxes for ten years. The
Baldt Company is now assessed az SIs,-
OO0 and the Brylgon plant az S3o'0OO
The Delaware Railroad Company Is as
sessed for SCI $50 while the National
Tube Company's plant is placed at
s7s 300
In the school rooms Of the NJ. Y.
Church last evening the playlot, "nr.
Cure All,' was presented by young peo-
pie in very crcditable manner. The
other part OF the program was a. fol-
lows; Selection. orchestra; quartet, Mrs.
Elmer Megginson, Mrs. r. a. Nallett,
James Challenger, Harold Hobbs; reci-
tation, Charles Leib; piano solo. Miss
Emily +. Iunt; reading, Mrs. l.. A.
Wise; vocal solo, George Waer; tableau,
Rock OF Ages" Elsie Eskridge, Francis
Sheridan; recitation, Mrs. j. l.. johnson;
vocal solo, Miss Emily T. Lunt.
Lewis Roberts found buoy Of a tish.
= ing net on the river shore yesterday. u
is marked Frank Rhein, Delaware City
and the owner can have the buoy at any
time.
Dancing will be held at Battery PARK
tonight.
City Councils committee on light anC
water is considering the extension Of =
pipe to point near the storehouse o
the Fishermen's Protective Association
IL Is expected that spigot will h
placed there and then IL will be possible
for all who visit or work on the whar
TO get a drink of water without ha,in.
TO walk two squares.
st. Peters 7. 4. p. Society will NEE
tomorrow at the usual hour
Funeral services over the remains o
Mrs. Samuel Fleming viii be conducte,
at her late home on Monday evening
Members of the *. of &. will 20 &
Wilmington this afternoon TO participate
in the parade there in honor of his ex
cellency. Monsignor Bonzano.
Thieves are becoming active here
They stole considerable brass from m
Evening journal., 1915-05-22
NEW CHICKEN RRnnnER.

BY The United Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 22.-By plac-
ing eggs on a hot water bottle, and
covering them with a feather duster
Jerome Jackman. claims to have
raised several broods OF chickens in
his room at the Y. NJ. c. A. He says
he will continue in the business, the
profit being 100 per cent. He asks
that It be remembered that he is q
member of the Young Mems Chris.
tian Association and teacher OF a
Sunday school when his claim is con.
sidered.
Evening journal., 1915-05-22
CRADLE ROLL RuMMAGE SALE.

For the benefit OF the Cradle Roll
Auxiliary OF West Presbyterian Sun
day school a rummage sale will be
held at No 100 West hlGhth street on
Saturday. May %. Donations will he
called for by notifying Miss Irene
Martin. No. SOC West Eighth street,
ID. g. A. phone 412i d; Miss Ruth
No. 1913 Washington street
1926 d; Miss Madeline Fell. No. GA
Van Buren street, Miss Ella Mcln-
tire. No. t27 Broome street, phone
3677.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

"The Captive" which tszas picturtEa;,, ton of the play of the same name by Cecil B. de Mile and Jeanie MacPher- son and in which Blanch Sweet plays, Is a drama of the Balkan, wars and should be especially timely at the pres ent moment Miss Sweet undoubtedly has the finest and most sympathettcal- ly romantic role of her entire career, and MT. House Peters, jn the leading; male role of noble Turkish. captIgs. -ta, equally well cast
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07
Il H.RHR,4,B ,B RzRAlR4 :; 3 HAYNES NEWS :: .R NBhBehO S~ Ssg.IE-
nRM.RR1RbRsR.RsREM Q F


 Hanes, May 6-Dick Lahey and Steve Ragan, made the round trlp to Juneau and return in a. gasoline boat, getting back Friday night Dick says they came very, near be- ing run down by a larger boat. !
 A son and daughter of Fred. Meyer have arrived in Haines., and are living in their fathers house.. MT. Meyer has not seen them yet. having beeu, sinca their lr arrival, working on the governmen: road be- tween Wells and Porcupine.! r.
 Mrs. s. J. Weitzman, Jeanette Weitzman and Mrs. Steve Sheldon are taking short vacation at Wells on. MT. and Mrs, .Weitznllanl 1l n $ s homestead.
 Little Nellie Hooking received by last boat a beautiful pinto Shet- land pony, harness, cart and sad dle and now she is the happiest little girl in Haines. s,.,l @i
 Dr. l.. M. Craig Is taking a.tYsea-7 ton from business for a short time. He hes been attending closely. to his duties at the Mission hospital, and is taking a needed rest. -..-..-
 T. D. Lahey was down from his fox farm, returning home yesterday. lie says his foxes are all In fine condition.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07
Mary PickfOrd in sd" Hearts Adrift" at the Nugget :: M Moyies tonight and tonight.

SALESMAN-Experlenced sales man wanted to call om merchants or Alaska with our line of woolen socks, yarn and leather gloves and mittens. Goods are especially adapted to Alaska trade. Line to be handled on commission basis. Give references and state all particulars iSs !. 9lr as to lines you now represent and what business you consider can be obtained. Clare Knitting Mills, Saginaw, Mich. 6-7-2t Q
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

H.. Cores left Skagway for Ju- neau this afternoon on the City of Seattle.
 H. c. Goldrick, traveller for an electric supply house, was an out going passenger on the City of Seattle.
 Mrs. Lieut.. Hartigan of It. W. II. Seward was a Skagway visitor today having made the round trip on the Peterson.
 Miss Margaret Keenan, principal of the Skagway public school, will leave for Seattle some time this week to spend the summer vaca- tion.
 The cement for the Pullen House tennis court cane in on the City of Seattle this morning, and the work or laying the court will short ly commence.
 H. n. Clark, the .skagway valley rancher, has just received from the factory a fine two-seated, light spring wagon. He was out in it yesterday with his family for the first time.
 The Georgia was ill and out of Skasway yesterday, but left on her return tU Juneau earlier than usual -6:5O D. m. instead oI l. D. m.- in order Q have time in Juneau to get her boilers cleaned.
 Mrs. John Dortero and two .chil- dren left on the City of Seattle this afternoon for the home of Mrs. Dor tero's parents in Minneapolis, Minn. where her mother is lying danger ousiy ill and not expected to re cover.
 Upon the arrival of the City o. Seattle in port this morning with crow.l of excursionists, the frs tourist train of the season oyeI the W. P. .& Y. K. was run to tho summit leaving Skagway shortly be fore s o'clock a. ID. and returning a II o'clock a. m.
 Michael Monahan, a fireman or :he Alaska Steamship cOmpany's Al aska passenger ship Dolphin, fel from the wharf and was drowned Friday night just before tn, Dolphin sailed from the Colmal dock for Skagway. The body wa recovered, but all efforts to restOr li:e proved unayailing.
 The sixth sitting of the checke champions of Skagway and KOyu kuk Yeomans and Williams, tool place at the Golden North hote last evening and ended as follows i Williams, 5 games; Yeomans, 8. A the contest now stands there ha been a total of IS games played, O which each has won g, making it l tie. Whether or not this will en, the contest has not been decided. 1 The pastor, Rev. L. II. Pederse7 announced after the services las night that Miss Ergenzinger woul' speak at the M. E. church on Thurs day night, June 10th, on her worl Nn, ,,r;1I airH 4hnt n rnr,,. of fl
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07
SHORT LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
 AND OCCURRENCES OF INTEREST

in the native mission and orphan age at Wood Island, Alaska. The lady is d most interesting speaker, and it will be well worth while for everyone who can to attend, cordial invitation being extended to all t. be present on that occasion.
 The Dolphin is due Tn SKagway at 6.3O tomorrow morning. She has 57 tons Of freight for this DOT. and an unraported number of passfngeIs.
 Miss G. N. Code of Fairbanks, came in on the City of Seattle this morning and left fo, WhitehOrse on her way down the river at 9:SO o'clock.
 Mrs. W. R. HiIIey left for Whitehorsc this morning for visit with !! er parents, Judge and Mrs. | G. L. Taylor. She will bring back with her on her return her little son, W. R., Jr., who has been with his grandparents for the past two weehS
 II. Brandt, general agent of the passenger department of the P. c. s. $. CO., with headquarters in Seattle, came in on the City of Seattle this morning on a visit of inspection. He left fer the south on t.: same vessel this afternoon, but expects to return to Skagway in a suor. time for a more extended visit
 l Mrs. John Alden and daughter Lea left cu the City of Seattle to- 1 day for visit to the Panama-Pa- ciuc International exposition at | San Francisco. Yesterday after noon. Lcla, who is very popular Iw'tn her schoolmates, was the honor guest at a picnic party at IScaaffer park, gotten up by her iyouug Skagway friends to show tr*Ir love and esteem for her.
 A blaze that was just fairly get | ting uuder way between the Popular Picture Palace and the adjoining ! building on the north side oi Fifta street, between Broadway and State. Mas discovered at '4;3O yes, terday afternoon by John Bender Vincent Dortero and c. Chambers and promptly put out It looked as though it had been start ed ny a cigarette or cigar stumr and haF it not been discovered just as l. was, might have developed : into something serious.
 Anyone interested in a little deat
 child can obtain free literature eX
 claining approved methods of train
 ing deaf children from infancy tc school age by writing to The Vol ta Bureau for the Increase and Diff
 fusion of Knowledge Relating tc
 tEe Deaf, 16O1 Thirty-fifth Street
 x. W, Washington, ID. c. Thi!
 literature relates only to the train inc of little deaf children; not tt medical treatment nor to the deaf acsa that comes in later life. Agt . of child and other details are vel , lComed.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

Government Forester Weigel of KOtchikan, who had heeR in skagr way for several days, left for home on the Georgia lact. night. {:
 Frank Suffecool, of the Alaska Transfer Co.,, of skagway,, left on the Georgia last night on a bust- ness trip to Juneau. He will be absent for seYerai days.
 The City of Seattle came in. at $ o'clock this morning with 16.. local passengers, 27 round-triR tourists and 50 tons of freight. She. sailed south via Sitka and .Taku, glacier at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
 The Nugget movies has been. 8tH- ing an excellent class of plays in moving picture for some time past, amonr the later oaes being "The Sea Wolf" "A Lady Of Quality, " it's weekly two reel iDstaIlment of "The Million Dollar Mystery" and tonight and tomorrow. night Is an an aounced the celebrated, film fa- vorite, Mary Pickfor1, in a tragic epic, Hearts Adrift," drama Of tangled lives, interwOyen with the mists of the sea, tragic role, softered by Mary Pickfords be- witching portrayal.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

"olive's Pet" is one of those delight full kiddie plays which are: as whole. some and sweet as new mown hay. Tiny Olive Johnson. aged three, plays the leading role ably assisted by her dog, Ted, whom she loves with 2, fiery, devotion second to none.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

Frank McGlynn is not an ultra con seryative, but he is expressing himself as being strongly for the old time fake fight of the stage days since motion pie lures began the real thing. He has stiff neck that he got when Edward Earle gave him a half Nelson in the fight scene in For the Man She Loved" Earle has a spralned finger, but he says he's willing to sacrifice much for the punch 1t put into the pie ture.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

Lloyd V. Hamilton and Bud Duncan, the comedians who appear in the come dy burlesque, Ham and the Jitney Bus" assert that no life insurance company cares to have them atfiX their names to policy. According to Ham, one agent informed him that mo man can stand the treatment you and Bud accord each other and live-lOng"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

TN "The Brooding Heart" the young
 daughter of the broker dies, and
 his wife is heartbrokcn. To relieve her distress the broker tries an eNpcdi- ent He purchases suitable clothes for a girl waif. Ills wife finds the bill and, believing that her husband leads T double life. determines to leave him. She returns for her dead child's play things, sees the little waif asleep in the bed, swoons and is revived by the touch of baby, arms.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07
SCENE FROM THE BRooDINe HEART"

An amusing film is "The Bouquet" with Sweedie. The girl gets beauti- full bouquet of flowers from her flance. There is to be party at her house that day, and they are a very welcome ornament Sweedie, the maid, goes into the woods and picks nettles and puts them In with the flowers. When the guests arrive they all admire and smell the flowers. By the time they are ready to partUke of the refreshments their skin Is stinging from contact with nettlcs. The girls mother finds out Sweedie is responsible and calls the po- lice. The policemen also get it.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-07

You will find that copy Daily Alaskan will be almost as appreciated by ete and it's lots less
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-22

Dakota Central plant. This man in
troduced him to the manager of the
Bell telephone exhibit at the eXposi-
ton, who offered to let him use the
wires between San Francisco and
New York. 1t was the same thing
that President Wilson did but Il few
weeks ago, startling the whole world
by its revelation of the possibilities
OF the telephone.
Mr.. Reeves declared that he could
hear the voice of the man at the 9TH
err end of the wire with startling
clearness and the whole process
seemed as ordinary as talking over
the wires with some IL in the same
city. 1t was enough to thrill the hear
err, as the waves. of the human voice
were carried 3,4O0 miles over noun
tains, rivers and plains. By means
of intensitiers, the sound of the voice
is magniied and is really stronger
than when spoken into the trans
mitter.
The whole Mitchell colony in Los
Angeles, particularly around Long
Beach, is in happy circumstances and
all are enjoying themselves and pros
porous. Among those whom Mr..
Reeves visited while in southern CAL
%ifornia where the Newburys, MIR.
and Mrs. Joe Swift, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gus f. Kleinau, Mr.. and Mrs. Asa
Dodd, Mr., and Mrs. Henry Schultz,
Sweet and John Getty. George
Thomas, who travelled to California
with AL Hillman in a Ford car last
fall, is planning to start ON the re-
tun trip in June.
Business conditions on the coast
are not very bright at present." said
Mr.. Reeves. THE big influx of tour
lists to the eXpositions is helping
matters very much and if it were not
for them l believe conditions would
be bad. While / am not talking poll
tics any more it was very noticeable
the bitter feeling there is in Califor-
mia against Wilson and his admins
tration.
1.-The two expositions are wonder
ful and Wei worth the time and
money spent in going to see them.
They are having ideal weather in
California now, now that the rains
are over | could not attempt to de-
scribe the buildings at the eXposi-
tons. They are beautiful in their
co%lorings and arrangement and the
displays in them are wonderful.
THE whole trip made me all tho
more satisfied that l am living in
Mitchell and in South Dakota. When
saw land out there selling up to
$4,000. an acre and producing a big
crop of oranges that is proving hard
to sell, it made me thinkful for the
land in South Dakota that raises
wheat and corn. And it made me rea-
lie that we are all holding u land
too cheap in South Dakota, too cheap
compared with, the prices elsewhere
and what we are capable OF produce
ing"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-22
DIES OF EXPOSURE
WHILE INTOXICATED

Canton, S. D.-Paul Haarberg, a
pioneer settler of Union and Lincoln
counties vas found dead in a buggy
under circumstances which indicated
that he had died from exposure. He
and a companion had left town in
the buggy for the home of H%aarberg.
When lei their destination the other
man left the buggy. unhitched the
horse and managed to make his way
to a nearby barn, the evidence indi-
eating that both men were intoXicat-
ed. The companion was found in the
barn in the morning in an neon
scious condition. A search for Haar-
berg resulted in his body being found
in the abandoned buggy, his body be-
partially out of the vehicle. The dead
man was engaged in the we'll drilling
business. He is survived by two sis
tiers, Lena and Martha Haarberg, of
Sioux City.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-22
CASE in
NEW TAX LAW
EMPRESS COMPANIES SUED FOR
PAYMENT OF TANES AS.
SESSED BY THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre, S. Dan entirely new
departure in the collection of taxes
OF corporations is attempted in Sem
ate Bill 55, which passed the last SEES
sion as an emergency measure and
seeks to compel adjudication of taxes
through the circuit courts of the state
before any action can be brought in.
the United States court. The main
features of the law are to require
payment first, and then ii the COM
panies are not satisfied, they may
bring suit for recovery of said taxes.
The first suit under this law will be
brought in the Hughes county court,
the papers having been filed In the
cases of the Wells Fargo Express
company, and the American Express
company, for collection of the taxes
due from those companies, the suit
being commenced by state treasurer
Ewert. The amount claimed to be
due from the Wells Fargo company
is $14,390.60, and the amount asked
from the American Express company
is $11,T11,29. 1t is not likely that
the case will come on for hearing
until the October term of court IN
this county, as the papers were not
filed in time to get into the April
term
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-22
LAST "BULL MoosER" IN
CONGRESS QUITS PARTY

Spokane, Wash.-The sole pro-
gressive in the United States Senate,
Miles PoindeXter of Washington,
announced here Saturday night that
he would seek reelection on the Re-
publican ticket. He took his seat in
the Senate as a progressive April II
1911, and his term expires March 8,
1917. Senator P~oindeXter arrived at
his home here today and after a day
OF consultation with friends issued a
statement which read in part:
There will be a concerted and
vigorous movement by republicans
throughout the country to nominate
a progressive on the republican tick
ct for president of the United States.
When united the party is progressive
both in this state and in the union.
Neither the Aberdeen convention in
this state in 1912, nor the Chicago
convention of that year represented
the republican party.
Both prepared a political coup
d'etat by force and Machiavelaian
methods with swarms of armed poll
enc on the floors and at the doors
Their acts were void and of no eff
feet" D..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-22

~ an aggregation Of individuals.
And IL it does not add to the pros
perity Of the Individual to squander
large sums in drink, it certainly can
not help the community when the in
dividuals composing it, or a consid-
cradle proportion of them, so waste
their income.
But this suggests Il further obliga-
ton upon those who have shared IN
the work of destroying the saloons.
And this is the duty on their part to
practice Just what they preach, when
TREY say that 1t will help the city
financially to close the saloons or
otherwise decrease the consumption
OF liquor. III, saying this, they will
do no more for the city when given
the chance to subscribe for its legi-
innate enterprises, they are giving
81
the lie to their own words. To IL
Illustrate, there is the matter of
$4,000 given annually by the saloons
to the Corn Palace fund. The Corn
Palace must have this money, from
some source. There is something of
an obligation upon those who have
argued that defeat of license would
help business, to show their good
faith by providing this $4,000 in adj
ditional donations by those remain
ing on the Corn Palace subscription
list after the of the saloon
keepers have been stricken from ii.
If this is done, it will be one of the
most convincing arguments that can
be used in subsequent campaigns in
favor OF the rejection OF license.
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