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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
PRICES OF METALS
 MAKE SHARP ADVANCE

The middle of November sees all of the metal markets in blaze of glory. In each case there is a large production, probably a phenomenal production, but the demand is so large that the output is readily ab- sorbed on a scale upward. Verify, this is a bull market in the metals.
 In copper the strike at the Nichols refinery, reducing the American pro- duction of, electrolytic copper by a. bout a million pounds day, gave the market the fillup it needed. Buy CTS began to think that no matter how plentiful copper might be next year, when Chuquicamata and h. spiration are expected to be going real good, for awhile copper might be scarce, especially i'll view of the facts that producers were we'll sold ahead and had no great accumulation of stocks. Their thoughts of this nat ure prompted them to action, and they bought freely.
 Some characteristics of the ex- isting copper market are deserving of comment Buyers appear to have abandoned the policy of coming into the market together, contracting for huge blocks, and then remaining away for long time. During the last month there has been good bus mess from day to day, each buyer playing his own hand and contract ing for copper as he thought it wise to do. On the other hand, producers have displayed no tendency to dang le copper over the buyers heads but have supplied 1t liberally on a scale upward. Not yet has copper been put to an extravagant price.
 Within a month the price for lead has risen from four and one half cent to five and one fourth cents, the successive advances following large and satisfactory selling at each previous price. The demand for lead both, for domstic consumption and for export continues large, but in this metal, as in copper, the producers have followed the policy of making hay while the sun is shining and have deemed it wise to convert lead into money as fast as they could.
 The demand for spelter appears to be unsuitable, for in spite of the rapidly increasing production prices have risen again. The great mystery is how so much of 1t Is being used, for the domestic galvanizing business for peaceful purposes continues all but paralyzed-Engineering and Min ing Journal
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Capt. Geo. T. Rose, who has been captain of the steamer Tyonic during the past season, was passenger on the Admiral Evans this morning for the States. The Tyonic is owned by J. A. Herbert. and was frozen in at Anchorage while dischargin coal from the Seldovia coal mine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
Warship Remnants.

The commission pennant on United States war vessels goes, up when the vessel is placed in commission and is flown continually while she remains so. The jackies have many pet supersti- tions based on the way this bunting behaves.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

The government of Argentina has employed a Japanese rice expert to conduct an extensive campaign to in- crease rice production throughout the republic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

George Smith. of the Gfanby
 mine on Solomon gulch, was an out going passenger on the Admiral
 Evans.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
SUPPLIES ALWAYS ON HAND
British Claim to Have Made Transport
System to the Front as Perfect as
Is Possible.

When it is mentioned that 1000 tons
of goods-food and other necessities
are sent every day from the base de-
pots to the firing line of the British
army, some idea of the gigantic task
of the army service will be gathered.
This enormous weight of goods, says
Harold Begbie, comes almost entirely
from England, for we are not buying
in France even SO perishable neces-
sity as milk. Vast stores are brought
from England and loaded into sheds
at the base depots.
All day by motor dory and railway
truck supplies for the troops are sent
as near as possible to the firing lines.
And just as reserves are accumulated
in the docks, SO reserves are accumu-
lated near the front, since an accident
to the railways might cut off the fight
ing soldiers supplies.
On one occasion there was delay
on the railways of SO hours, but not
only did the soldier at the front get
all his food and ammunition, but he
did not even have to draw on the re-
serves I have mentioned; regimental
stores were sufficient for his need.
Everything goes by clockwork. There
is no room for an accident.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Candy Relieves FATIGUE.

The value of candy is recognized by
military authorities. The British soi|
diers in France are reported as con"
Stunning "prodigious quantities or
sweets" A captain at the front with
the British army reports that the cam
teen has five times the demand fox
sweets that was expected, and one
fifth the demand for beer" The Aus
tralians encamped in Egypt have eaten
all the chocolate to be had in Cairo.
Scientists contend the sugar has
much food value and is a good sub
stitute for alcohol. Chocolate, for ex1
ample, is harmlessly stimulating. Sol1
diers have discovered what scientists
knew before, that sugar, will relieve
fatigue quickly and give sense OF
strength that is real without the SUBJ
sequent depression experienced BY
those who use spirits. Sugar and cam
dies are found to be useful not only
to the physically tired, but to those
who suffer mental West1
minister Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
FROG IN BABY'S STOMACH
Tadpole Grew and Waxed Fat on the
Infants Milk Diet-Child
Is Dead.

The eighteen-months-old child Of
Mrs. Harry Wolf of Chicago is dead
following an operation which disclosed
conditions that many surgeons had de-
clared to be impossible, says Goshen
Qnd.) dispatch to the indianapolis
Star.
While visiting her parents in SYRIA
cuse, Kosciusko county, last summer,
Mrs. Wolf permitted the baby to drink
hydrant water. Within a short time
the infant became sickiy and lost flesh.
Treatment for indigestion was given,
but it did not reach the seat of the
trouble. Then an X-ray examination
disclosed a black spot on the stomach
and an operation resulted in a frog
weighing more than half pound be-
ing taken from the infant.
Doctors who operated said they be-
lieved that when the child drank n.y.
drant water in Syracuse tadpole was
taken into the stomach and that the
frog developed and lived on milk,
which was given the patient in large
quantities. Following the operation
the child improved rapidly and com
plete recovery was practically assured
when pneumonia developed, causing
death,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
WAS "T0O POOR TO BE HURT"
Injured Street Sweeper Fatally Hurt
Struggles to Return to His Work,
But Death Claims Him.

Frederick Birkmer, a street sweeper
of New Rochelle, N. Y, "too poor to
be laid up by an accident" he said,
was knocked unconscious when struck
in the back in the Pelham road by
motorcycle ridden by Frank Purdy OF
Port Chester. Birkmer, still uncon-
scious, was being lifted into an ambu-
lance, when he regained his senses,
struggled to his feet and staggered
toward his broom.
Cant afford to be hurt" he NUT
tered.
Purdy and hospital surgeon forced
him into an ambulance. At the hos
pital his skull was found fractured. He
was prepared for the operating table.
A moment later he sprang from bed,
tore off the bandages and, struggling
with an inferno, strove to reach a
doorway.
II must go back" he faltered.
Then he fell unconscious and died.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
BIG INCREASE Of
FARM PRODUCTS
Province of Alberta Shows In
crease of Over 20 Millions.

Figures just compiled by the public
ity branch of the provincial depart
ment show that last year, notwlth-
standing that quite third of the pro-
vince was affected by the drought to
a very serious extent, the total value
of agricultural products actually pro-
duced in the province showed an in
crease of over twenty million dollars
over that of the previous year. Al
though southern Alberta had bad
year agriculturally, the province as
whole experienced a period of great
prosperity, due principally to mixed
farming, which is becoming more gen.
eraI with each succeeding year.
The value of mixed farming, in fact,
was never better illustrated than last
year as the value of the animals
slaughtered and sold alone equaied
the value of the spring wheat crop.
without taking into consideration the
value of the butter, milk, cheese, poul-
try. vegetables, and other by-products
of the farm.
Oats was the banner grain crop,
1,147,3S acres being seeded, and pro-
ducing 34,397,117 bushels, or 30.15 to
the acre. Sold at an average of SOC
per bushel, these yielded a revenue of
$17,19S,55S. Comparatively little win
ter wheat was produced, the yield be-
ing a little short of one million BUSH
els, but the spring wheat crop
amounted to 15,102,0S3 bushels, the
yield per acre being 1926. At an aver
age of $135 per bushel, the value of
the spring wheat crop was therefore
S20,3S7,S12. The total production of
barley was 7,S47,640 bushels, which, at
55c per bushel, yielded revenue of
S4,316,202.
Other productions v ere as follows:
Flax, 207, Ills bushels, $310j672!00; rye,
261, S43 bushels, $196, $4,000; speltz, A.
7O7 bushels, $32,03000; hay, 100000
tons, $2,50O,OOO; potatoes, four million
bushels, $3;OO0,O00: turnips, three mil
lion bushels, $75O,O0O; carrots, 100000
lion bushels, $75O,O0O; carrots, 100000
bushels, $180,O00; mangolds, $4,000
bushels, $4,000; animals slaughtered
and sold $20,0o0,000; butter and
cheese, $1,5OO,00O; milk, $3,OOO,OO0;
wool clip, 100000 pounds, 100000;
fish, S195,OOO; game and furs, $780,
600; horticultural products, $4,000;
poultry and products, $2,650,000.
The total of the agricultural prod
ucts is given as $7S,516,S91, as COM
pared with $5S,O9S, 0S4 in 1918.
The statistics also show that the
value of the live stock in the province
at the end of the year was $110,044,-
$50, this being an increase of $7,762,-
S45 over the previous year. There
were 609,125 horses, 75O,7S9 swine,
5O1, 1888 sheep, 192,905 dairy cows, 1885,
O35 other COWS, 190,923 beef cattle and
$4,000 other cattle.-Advertise
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Sandstone Smith Was Treasured.

Say, looky yur!" snarled Sand
storm Smith, the widely-known Okla
homan, emerging from the elevator
in a Kansas City hotel five minutes
after he had apparently retired to his
room for the night. who in the
blazes is that cuss in the next room
to miner"
"A guest who was i'll an automobile
accident this afternoon" replied the
clerk. "The gasoline caught fire and
burned him pretty badly. l am sorry
his groans disturbed you, but
saw, that's all right! I thought it
was one of them Internal cabaret per-
formers practicing on an accordion"
Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29

Urban Red" Faber promises to be
the mainstay of the Chicago White
Sox pitching staff this season. Faber
came to the White Sox in 1914 from
Des Moines of the Western league. He
worked in 16 games last year, win
ming eight and losing eight. His most
notable achievement in his first year
in the big league was in holding the
then smuggling Athletics to one hit. He
came within an ace of holding the
champions without a hit, but in the
ninth inning Jack Lapp, with two out,
raped roller between second and
first which Russell Blackburne had
trouble in handling, and the official
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
DIAMOND
NOTES

Cy Williams is developing into fast
base runner.
Fred Clarke seems to have made
fair outfielder Of Baird.
John Beall is now the leading batter
of the American association.
Manager Rowland is called the Beau
Brummel Of the major league mana
gers.
You can't expect a fellow who hits
SIZE a month on the pay roll to bat
800 on the field.
Buck Herzog believes that it is quite
necessary to drive ball players to get
work out of them.
Pat Moran's only blunder as man.
ager has been not to sign players
with nonbreakable bones.
Pitcher Charley Jackson did not
fast long with st. Joseph, though he
showed well in the trials he had.
Third Baseman McLafferty of the
Terre Haute team is out for the rest
of the season, with broken leg.
Boston's claims to both pennants ia
the major leagues, which were strong
sometime ago, appear to be weaken
ing.
Peckinpaugh, Pipp and Nunamaker,
who are helping keep the New York
club in the pennant fight in the Ameri-
can league, we're castoffs from other
big league clubs.
The death of Tim Hurst is the Sec
ond one within a year of former men,
bers Of the American league staff Of
umpires. Jack Sheridan died less
than a year ago.
The Little Rock team has been 60
ing better since President Bob Allen
quit trying to manage his team and
instead turned that end Of the game
over to Charley Starr.
Ray Caldwell, for some reason, is.
not equaling his work of last year, al
though his salary has been almost
doubled.-New York Evening Sun.
Perhaps that is the reason.
Herzog and McGraw are having it
out good and plenty this time The
manager of the Reds has it on his
former manager, because McGraw does
not seem to get his Giants started
at all this year.
Tommy Connolly, recruit, is the
only Washington player batting above
the 300 mark Griffith's men can field,
but they cannot hit, and that about
eliminates them from the pennant
fight.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
IL Didn't Work.

The crowded car was overlooking.
"Get off the STEP" the conductor
cried. "I've got to shut the door"
Don't mind me-" replied the man
on the step. "Close it if you like. It's
true that l have a couple of sample
packages Of dynamite in my overcoatl
pockets and the windows might be-
broken and the roof blown off, but
don't hesitate on my account. y
haven't many friends, anyway, and
/ don't think many would sorrow over
my early demise. Go ahead and close
your door,"
Then the conductor closed it. Aa4 I
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29

scorer ruled that it was a hit. The
Iowa pitcher was overworked during
the middle part of the season when
the team was short of pitchers, and
became stale.
He lis showing great form this sea-
son, however, and Manager Rowland
expects great things of the red-topped
boy.
Faber is a highlander and is
twenty-four years old. He was born
in Cascade, Iowa, and began his pro-
fessional career with Des Moines, In
the Western league, from which team
he was brought to Chicago. He weighs
17S pounds and is six feet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Speaker Hard to Fool

'Tris Speaker is the hardest player
in the American league for me to
pitch to-" says Bill Steen of Detroit.
HE can hit anything l throw up to
him. l simply can't fool him. I've
tried everything in my pitching roper
toire with Speaker up, but it has
availed me nothing. He refuses to
hit at balls inside, ant when he gets
one outside he slams it down the
foul line at mile-a-minute clip. Craw-
ford and Cobb are hard to fool. Both
show their greatest weakness in go
ing after slow balls"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
The Floor Did.

Jimmy, five years old, had discov-
cred that he could do few turns on
the swinging rings in the gymnasium
of the Boys club, following the ath-
letic example of his Older brother
But, as all joy must end, so ended the
happiness of the young swinger. His
hold slipped and he landed on the
floor. His brother rendered first aid.
Did the rings hit your" he asked.
NO." Jimmy replied between sobs,
but the floor did"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
LOOK YOUR BEST
As to Your Hair and Skin, Cuticura
VIII Help You. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients pre-:
serve the natural purity and beauty
of the skin under conditions which,
If neglected, tend to produce a state
of irritation and Disagreement.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Friend in Need,

Four-year-old Donald was out on
the lawn, wrestling with a somewhat
older boy, and getting decidedly the
worst of it. His quick wit thought
out way to avoid defeat, so he
called out:
Mamma, did you call me?"
Not receiving any reply, and be-
ing on the verge of defeat, Donald
yelled desperately:
Call me in, mamma; call me In
k!''-Nationa Food Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Takinu No Chances.

so you're leaving to get married,
Mary?"
Yves, num-"
And how long have you known the
young man?"
Three weeks, num-"
isn't that a rather short time?
Don't you think you ought to wait
until you know him better?''
mo, mum. I've tried that several
times, and every time the man changed
his mind when he got to know me
better"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
HuqCins Is Confident.

Although the Cardinals lost Lee Ma
gee, Wingo and Perritt during the off
season, Miller Higgins is confident
that he will land his team higher than
fourth position. The little manager
still has formidable pitching staff in
Sallee, Doak, Purdue, Griner, Robin
son, Niehaus and Meadows. Snyder
and Gonzales are the catchers and few
backstops can beat them throwing to
bases.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Pickering Still In Game

Ollie Pickering, the famous out
fielder who finished his big league
career with the Senators some years
ago and was with the Minneapolis
Millers for some time after that is
still playing ball at forty-one. He is,
manager of the Winnipeg team this
summer. s-t s,r, NJ ecera
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
George label.

proper kind of coaching he would de-
velop into a star.
The Cub manager has devoted
much time to the young finger and
thinks that he has taught him enough
to depend on him, as one of the regu-
lars-that is, as one of the twirlers
to be used constantly with Cheney,
Vaughn, Pierce, Lavender and Humph-
ries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
CUB RECRUIT PROVES A STAR
Manager Bresnahan Predicts That Ia
bel Will Be One of Best Hurl-
ers in National League.

George label, who recently pitched
the Chicago Cubs to victory in a 49,
inning contest with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, will be one of the best young
pitchers in the National league this
year, if Bresnahan of the Cubs has
his way. All last season Roger thought
label was destined to be a great hurl-
er, and believed then that with the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Peck Weak at Bat

Maisel and Boone Of the New Yorks
are surprising the baseball world
with their consistent batting, but
Peckinbaugh still handicaps the team
in this respect. If Peck could hit he
would be the most valuable shortstop
in the game.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
CALLS BALK ON CATCHER

One of the most peculiar in
cidents ever seen in a ball
game came up in the Tufts
Dartmouth game recently. With
a Tufts man on third, the sig
nal for a squeeze play was CIV
en-. The Dartmouth pitcher
started to wind up, and the
man on third dug for home.
The Dartmou ut h catcher
jumped out Of his position and
yelled to the pitcher, who had
Just time to defect the ball to
the left. AS it came, the batter
moved out of his box, and.
stretching around, hit the ball.
The base runner came rushing
in and the ball hit him.
This was a fine mix-up for
the umpire. He called a balk
on Wanamaker, the Dartmouth
catcher, for being out of his
box, and allowed the runner
to score. The batter was or
dered back to bat, the ball
counting nothing against or for
him, being dead on account Of
the balk.
In addition to this decision,
which was the logical one, two
plays might have been called.
The batter might be put out for
jumping out of his box and bat
ting the ball, or the base runner
out for being hit by batted
ball. The balk occurred first.
and therefore took precedence.
1t was play that could not
come up in years. Not all base
ball fans realize that balk
can be called on the catcher as
we'll as the pitcher.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Dissatisfied With Speaker.

There has been a report going the
rounds for several weeks that the Bos-
ton club is dissatisfied with che work
of iris Speaker this year. The great
center fielder is drawing down $4,000
for his seasons work and under the
present conditions that is somewhat
burdensome to pay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
No Longer HitIess Wonders.

You can't dub the White Sox hitless
wonders this year! They are hammer
ing the ball so hard and successfully
that the records show that they have
made more hits and runs than the 9TH
er American League teams up to date.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Study Human Nature

Clark Griffith says successful man
ager should be student of human ma.
ture. After one day on the Washing
ton bench we suggest the best man
ager for that bunch should have had
experience in bear den.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
An Insect Tragedy.

First Mosquito-What's become Of
our old friend?
Second MosQuito-His was a horri-
BILE fate. Those human beings poured
kerosene oil over the place.
+. M.-But he liked kerosene.
S. M-That was the trouble. He
gorged himself with it, and then col
iided with a FREELY.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
phelan Plays Pretty Game

Phelan is playing pretty third
base for the Chicago Cubs. He is a
great improvement on Heine thinner
man at the far corner, while the for.
mer is a great Improvement on him
self at second.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Too Tame.

Coin to the Sunday-school picnic,
Jimmie?"
Nav! 1 went last year and they
didn't have enough ice cream and
lemonade to make baby sick"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
staIIinas Signs Younoster.

Manager Stallings has signed an
other college man for his club. He
has taken Pitcher Cram of Brown uni-
versity, who also plays the outfield.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Indians Sim coIlenian.

Floyd Wright of the University of
Kentucky baseball team will join the
Cleveland Indians for tryout He
ia said to be fast and a good hitter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Cocoa was unknown until Mexico
was discovered.
Drink Denison's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.
The One Execution.

Everyone seems to be here for
his health" remarked the new arrival
at the summer resort.
Eyes, everyone but the hotel pro-
prietor," replied the guest who had
been there three days. Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
On a Ladder.

Hampton-How dio you get the
paint OF your coat?
Rhodes-From the men higher up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
An Insufficie Mt Supplv.

II want to buy COW, Silas."
well, Hi, ives got one as is hefty
creature. She's got one pint"
Tibet amt enough. / need at least
a quart, Silas."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29
Drink Denison's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.

But even at that, what our neigh,
bors think about us isn't apt to be
very far out of the way.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29

xoU. OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Mcrine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
iust rive comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29

Salton sea, California, yields enorm-
Gus numbers of carp
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-29

Here are the leading sluggers of the
American, National and Federal
leagues, according to the latest fig
ures. Ty Cobb and Jake Daubert are
familiar figures as leading swatters
but in Manager Lee Magee of the
Brookfeds the fans see a new fence
breaker.