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The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-27

of fishing bO6Es drawn up on the beach. In moment he had pushed off from shore and was polling his frail craft into the track of moonlight that led to freedom.
 Of to the southeast there showed a faint light-sOme nOrthbound steamer. So fearful was he that he might miss the precious opportunity and so ab- sorbed was he in the management of the strange boat that Mason failed to notice the omlnous silence that brood ed over the waters; the shudderlng' licking sound of the oily waves.
 Suddenly the moon was plotted out by a swift onrush of inky clouds and the hot breath of the wind.
 Surely death stared him in the face. It was riding now on the wings of the approaching typhOOn.
 And all the while that red light bob bed and disappeared, and now the steamer showed a blessed green light. He could see them alternately-port and starboard, She had changed her course and was coming before the wind, straight toward the tiny sampan tipping up and down on the swell.
 One minute after Mason had been rescued by the great ocean liner the typhoon struck with shrieking force.
 Perhaps the tidal wave that follow ed tossed the sampan back on its na- tive shore; perhaps the hungry wave leaped the embankment and tore away Mason's hut and the snarling guard fans. He never knew. He never cared.
 They put him In a cabin and gave him what he asked fOr-hOt water and soap and clean garments-Nnd he cared not for fifty typhoons. He was back among civilized people. He was free from that mysterious imprisonment
 A year later he had almost forgotten 1t. He was back in New Hampshire, going daily to his business in Concord. Ills family welcomed him home as one from the grave, and his children play ed with the straw toys he had bought from the street vender.
 Albert Mason had other troubles now. Business was bad, and bank ruptcy stared him fin the face. Untor- tunate investments had depleted his assets. The years he had wasted in the hut on the China sea had under mined his prosperity.
 He went home and talked 1t over with his wife, helpmate indeed.
 They smiled at the children playing on the floor. The youngest brought a broken toy to his father. It was one of the straw animals Mason had brought home from China.
 "The frog and the cat and the bird are quite we'll" said the baby earnest ly, "but my dwagOn feels very sick?'
 "The dragon, eh?" repeated Mason,
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The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-27
EDITORIAL P ICE

your city. People are coming here who would otherwise have gone to Europe. And they are being as t0nished at the wonderful things they see. All of which means that they are coming back.
 If there has been a 'laNity Of business for the past year it is be- cause of ten years of railroad smashing and trust busting.' A prominent railroad man told ne re gently that his railroad was willing to spend billions on development within the next five years if they had the morey. All of which leads me to believe that the republican platform next year will be drawn along conservative lines and a con structive minded candidate for pres ideut selected.
 The republican candidate for president will be a man who is sought by the office rather than 8 man who seeks it. Senator Elihu RCo. and Judge Charles F. Hughes are two such men. senator Root and Col. Roosevelt have always been warm personal friends, and it would be no more than logical to assume that Col. Rooseyelt's sup bort would go to Senator Root.
 Tn regard to the Mexican situa- ton, I believe the administration is ready to recognize as president the first man who gets into power. This will be as an out The un- fortunate affair at Vera Cruz was costly diplomatic blunder and it ap- pears as if former Secretary Bryan is being made the goat As a means Of rectifying the mistake the administration appears now to be willing to see any one who can obtain to power to become president of Mexico"
 Gel. Sleicher and his son will sail for Alaska tonight on the steamship Admiral Watson, return ing three weeks hence.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-27

end of the garden and looked at the moon. Why not escape tonight-or must he wait until his guards relaxed their yIligance and then make the ef- fort?
 NOW or never" he muttered and pressed against the gate that opened upon the muddy bank above the rest less waves.
 The gate resisted his efforts-it was as if some great weight held 1t closed.
 Then came q bloodCurdling gr0wl, and there stepped into the mooulit space before the stockade a huge striped form with eyeballs like flame and a breath like pestilCnce.
 Mason fed to the other gate, and again he met the flaming eyes and the jungle smell.
 Men guarded him by day; man eat Ing tiger and his mate kept watch by night
 Like a madman he flew into the house and locked the doors.
 A year and q day passed, and the captain Of the junk came and asked him if he would give up the dragon. And Mason, raving with anger, bitterly refused, although he knew not what the man meant And the captain smil- ed and went away.
 And now two years and two days had passed and the junk had not made her second visit to the prisoner.
 His position was a singular one. He was innocent of having broken any law of the cOuntry-of having commit ted any crime. In his baggage there was not a single thing that he had not brought from home, except a few toys. grOteSque straw animals, gayly color ed, which he had purchased from an iusistent street yender. The very next day he had been trapped with some hand luggage and spirited away from Shanghai
 Its q case Of mistaken identity" he told himself over and over again as he restlcsSly tramped the garden paths, envying the freedom of the birds swinging in space and the fishermen off shore
 Back home there, in New uamp- shire. his wife and children were mourning him as dead. It was an ago. uizing thought
 He went to his worn travelling bags and listleSsly turned over the con tents. There was little clothing left. That which he wore was in tatters. There were pictures of his family, his case of medicines for an emergency, the straw tOys-that was all. His trunks, if unclaimed. were still in 
 The medicines were getting low. He had been obliged to take most of the quinine- pills durin~ his frequent at
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-27

The following interview with Col. John A. Sleicher, editor of Les lies Weekly, taken from the July 18th issue of the Seattle PoSt-InteI- lIgencer, will be of interest to Al askans generally, especially as he new oa a tour of inspection of Al aska's resources.
 T am in favor of developing AL aska either by public or private capital said Col. Sleicher last night. If the government indi- cates that it will be slow to bring AIaska's deyeloUment about then private capital should be allowed to 20 iu. The point to be borne in mind is that Alaska's resources should not lie fallow. We should be wi,uug to allow private capital something for pioneer work
 Coi. SIeicher chIdes residents ot the Northwest for being too modest about the wonderful resources and scenery of their section of the cOun- fry. These wonders have become so familiar to residents of the Northwest that little attention is paid to them.
 If you go to London" said Col Slei.her, every one you meet know that it is a great city and knows tnat you know it. He does not aSA yeu What do you think of London ? but assumes that you are properly amazed at what you see. And this holds good in New York. Yet out here you people little realize what a wo, derfuI land you have, and if ycu fail to properly impress the visitor it is your own fault.
 There is no such thing as hard times at this period. Our represent tltiYes everywhere have been turn ilg in accurate reports to the et- feet that business was never bet ter. Here you have a great eN- position on this coast that is draw ing hundreds Of thousands of peo- pie, a large portion of whom visit
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-27
The Dragon
 Seal
Its Mystery and Its
 Solution.
By CLARISSA MACKIE

s-s-E-rt-E-E-E-s-t-T-t- t-s-E-t-E-T-E-T-S-
 Mason tilted back in his chair and stared across the China sea, where Q passing steamer slid through the oily waters. The little whitewashed hut with its tiny yeranda facing the sea and its bit of garden looked like a dozen others of Its kind which formed the muddy little Chinese village.
 Albert Mason had lived there ever since the late uprising He had be- come separated from his tourist party and, to his own great umazement dis covered himself a prisoner on a pirat- ical looking craft which lied before the wind at night and lay hidden in ob- scure harbors during the day.
 One day the junk had nOsed into the soft mud of the Chekiang shore, and Mason had been conducted to tue lit- tie hut
 Here" said hIs captor, bland look ing, cold eyed Celestial, "here you stay, thief of the world, until you give up the dragon
 'Drngon?" echoed Mason, hearing for the first time the charge against him. Do you believe that I've kidnaped part of your menagerIe?'
 The official shrugged his shoulders, and his companion pulled his sleeve, speaking in Chinese, which of course Mason did not understand:
 Let the foreign devil stay here awhile enjoying his own company. Soon be will disgorge"
 'Ie may escape" said the other eau tiOusly.
 He will not" said the villainous looking captain. He cannot go be yOnd the confines of his own garden. The place Is guarded night and day"
 So Mason stood on the veranda of the hut and watched the junk go tee tsring away to the dim north whence they had come.
 He never forgot that first evening when. after he had eaten fish and rice and drunk tea, he had stepped on the ye-auda.
 He walked down the path to the
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-27

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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
WANTS---FOR SALE

Locals, ten cents per fine first insertion,
tive cents subsequent issues.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
Grain Yields Beyond Belief

There are so many wonderful
stories Of big yields told that the
average reporter begins in fear
and trembling of the greatest thing
yet heard of in the inland empire
says the Idaho Post. A few years
ago when Mr.. Northcutt of Pullman
grew 102 Ia bushels of wheat on a
single acre it was thought the limit
had been reached, and we have
heard of nothing since that surpasses
that wonderful yield.
But now comes along Albert
Feilke, who produces for our own
eyes to behold a stool of 24O heads
of wheat grown from one kernel of
Little Club wheat. The bundle of
stocks measured about 20 inches
around, and the 240 heads averaged
60 grains to the head, making
Ia, 400 grains from one seed. These
facts are scarcely believable, and
if told in the eastern states the
teller thereof would Immediately be
placed in the Annanias club organ
lied by Theodore Roosevelt and
presided over by the organizer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
About to Complete Job

The audit of the books of Latah
county will have been completed by
Byron Defenbach, the expert en-
ployed by the county commissioners,
within a short time and a report
will be submitted to the commission
ers, sometime early in September.
This was the information given out
by Mr.. Defenbach today.
The audit of the assessors books
during the term of Theodore E.
Martinson, now awaiting trial on
the charge of classifying the record
of the Office, has been progressing
but Mr.. Defenbach gave out no in
timation of any further irregularti-
ties. Rumors have been in circula-
ton to the effect that other des-
crepancies have been uncovered,
but thus far the rumors have not
taken definite form. In this connec-
ton Mr.. Defenbach said.
II would especially like to urge
taxpayers to lay before me any ma
terial information which they think
would assist me in arriving at the
facts. would especially like to see
such tax receipts of 1913 and 1914,
covering personal property only, as
have not already been submitted to
me. Any such papers sent to me
will be promptly returned"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
KANSAS DAY ON
AMERICAN RIDGE

Sunday was an ideal day on A.
merican ridge and especially at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Ro-
berts. A lawn party was held in
honor of the presence Of Grandma
Barackman, of Howard, Kansas,
and Grandma Roberts Of American
ridge. These two ladies were old
neighbors in Kansas many years
ago and this meeting was one that
will be remembered by each of the
ladies the remainder of their days.
Grandma Barackman is in her
eightieth year while Grandma Ro-
berts is in her nintieth year.
Grandma Barackman is visiting in
this section of the country in COM
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. Moon of
Howard, Kansas. The day was
spent in a social manner and many
tales of old time days in Kansas
were related by the two grand
mothers and take it all in all, the
mingling of youth and old age in
the golden west made an impression
on the minds Of those present that
will linger long in their visions. A
bountiful dinner was served on the
lawn which was certainly enjoyed
by all who partook thereof. Those
present on this occasion were:-
John Barackman, wife and children,
Miss Nellie Kinnard and John of
Moscow; Bert Barackman, wife and
daughter and her husband of Mos
COW; Mr.. and Mrs. Moon of Howard,
Kansas; L. Keene, wife and daugh-
ter, Miss Elsie, of Moscow; Wade
Keene and wife, of Kendrick; AL
Roberts and wife, of Troy; Mrs. C.
W. Long, of Cuba, ILL.,; Mrs. C. W.
Cook and daughter Miss Fay, of
Kellogg, Ida.; Mrs. Parkins and
daughter Miss Thelma, of Moscow
Frank Roberts, wife and daughters,
Misses Josie, Edith, Mamie and son
Erine, of Kendrick; D. C. Helm
wife and children, of Troy; Arnold
Loyns and wife of Moscow; C. S
Roberts, wife and daughters, Misses
Helen and Nessie and sons Francis
Harold and Cecil, Of Kendrick; J
B. Bovencamp, wife and daughters
Misses May and Ivy and sons Ernest
and John, of Kendrick; Guy M
Lewis and wife, of Kendrick.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
Notice to Postoffice Patrons

This office is in receipt of the
following order issued by the Post
master General.
Postmaster Generals order No.
1917 dated June 80, 1915.
The Postal laws and regulations
are amended by the addition of the
following:
Sec. 458a. On and after Septem-
Der l, 1915, the postmaster at the
mailing Office may, on payment of
one cent, give the sender of an ordi-
nary parcel of fourth-class mail a
receipt therefor. A postage stamp
to cover the charge for the receipt
shall be affixed thereto. The name
and address of the addressee of the
parcel shall be written in the receipt
by the sender"
The purpose of this receipt is to
provide senders of fourth-class
(parcel-post) parcels, when desired,
record evidencing their mailing
for which fee of one cent is charg-
ed. This receipt does not III any
way insure the parcel against loss
while in the mails and no receipt is
obtained from the addressee upon
delivery. Patrons who desire either
of these latter facilities are advised
to insure their parcels for which a
charge of 4, 10 or Is cents is made,
according to the value of the parcel.
The mailing receipt is issued to the
sender simply as evidence that the
parcel has been mailed.
When such receipts are desired by
patrons on rural routes, the parcel
should be delivered to carrier, pay
ment being made at the time at the
rate of one cent for each parcel, in
addition to the postage. The Car
rier will obtain the receiptat the
post office and return it to sender
on his next trip.-Harry G. Stanton.
Postmaster.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27

Ingvald Aas departed Thursday
for a trip to Spokane and various
points in Oregon.
Miss Lydia Blenden is at home
for q visit.
Mrs. D. Harris of St. Maries is
visiting her sister Mrs. Wilbur Bah
cock.
Alex Galloway had very narrow
escape from serious injury Wednes-
day when his team became frighten-
ed while he was repairing the bin
Der. He is recovering from a bad
ly bruised hand and a number of
smaller bruises.
M. L. McGraw has been visiting
at home the past week.
Preaching services at the Luther
an church Sunday, Aug. goth at
1890.
Inquisitive.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27

Estrayed from my ranch on Texas
ridge, August 18th, one roam spotted
mich COW with horns. Anyone
knowing her whereabouts please
phone No. SAP or the Gazette
Herbert Slocum, Texas ridge.
Estrayed-A little pig weighing
about 20 pounds came to my place
a few days ago, owner can have
same by calling and proving proper
ty and paying damage. L. John
son.
Have you tried Pusch cigar?
Better hurry, they are going fast.
The Red Cross Pharmacy.
For Sale:-All size grains racks.
H. Kennedy, Juliaetta.
The Gazette is the place to get
your printing, sale bills butter
wrappers and anything you may
want in the printing line.
Have you tried Pusch cigar?
Better hurry, they are going fast.
The Red Cross Pharmacy.
For Sale-Good farm, 100 acres,
one mile from Southwick. W. D.
Lord, R. D. No. 8, Spokane, Wash.
314t
Wood for Sale-Delivered in
Kendrick, price right. Call Ga
zette. 2Otf.
For Sale-Brood sows and pigs;
also registered Berkshire pigs
Ralph B. Knepper.-3otf
For Sale-A surplus of lumber,
can deliver it to any place on the
Potlatch ridge or in Kendrick. 1t
will pay you to investigate.-C. F.
Byrne. soft
For Sale-1 Ayrshire bull, name
Highland Kendrick, sire Highland
Equinox No. 9451; dam Cold Spring
Queen, No. 22231. five years old.
John L. Woody.
For Sale-A 5O-bushel manure
spreader nearly new, cheap. Call at
Gazette. Stiff
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27

Tuesday night DR.. Hoyt was called to
Deary on account of the illness of
Dan Whybark, of Arrow junction,
who was on his road to Bovill with
a load of garden truck. The man
took sick on the road and when the
Doctor arrived it was soon seen that
he had to be taken to the hospital
for medical treatment.
N. E. Newhall's brother-in-law
was kicked by a horse Tuesday.
The boy received a severe cut on
the cheek.
Mr.. Rongstad of Charleston,
arrived III this city the first of the
week for the first time in about six
months. His first remark was,
what has happened to Kendrick, it
has ~oinAeilccu 70 grow ana looks
49, - &c. s~.--s - ...dke town.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
The Case of L. L. Cantelou

The case of L. l.. Cantelou, Clar-
endon. Texas, is similar to that of
many others who have used Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. He says, "After try
ing a doctor for several months, and
using different kinds of medicine
for my wife who had been troubled
with severe bowel complaint for
several months, l bought 25c bot
tie of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Bemedy. After using
the second bottle she was entirely
cured" For sale by all dealers.-adv
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27

"Some twenty years ago I used
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes Geo. W.
Brock, publisher of the Enterprise.
Aberdeen, Md. 81 discovered that
it was quick and safe cure for
diarrhoea. Since then no one can
sell me anything said to be Just as
good During all thest years l have
used it and recommended it many
times, and it has never disappointed
anyone" For sale by all dealers.
adv
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
Big Bear Ridge News

Mrs. K. Reid of Deary was visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Wallace Reid,
last week.
Alfred Nelson and wife and sister
Mrs. Berntson, were dinner guests
at the Jas. Nelson home Sunday.
Mrs. Nils johnson and children,
of Deary, were visitors here Fri
day.
H. o. Field arrived here from
Moscow Saturday Tor ! visit al ...>
\. Hooker ho,ns.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
Not So Strange After All

You may think it strange that so
many people are cured of stomach
trouble by Chamberlain's Tablets.
You would not, however, if you
should give them a trial. They
strengthen and invigorate the stom-
ach and enable it to perform it's
functions naturally. Mrs. Rosie
Rish, Wabash, Ind, writes, "Noth-
ing did me the least good until
began using Chamberlain's Tablets.
It is decidedly the best medicine for
stomach trouble l have ever used"
For sale by all dealers.-adv
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
How to Cure a Sprain

A sprain may be cured in about
one-third the time required by the
usual treatment by applying Cham
berlain's Liniment and observing
the directions with each bottle. For
sale by all dealers.-ad
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-27
Mrs. Robt. Brown is visiting re
latives in Moscow.

A good stunt for the citizens of
keudrick! Tear down all the old
signs sticking around on buildings
and make a clean appearance of
the town. These old signs make
town look more like a bill board
than thriving city. Bill boards
are the place for them, not On
buildinfs in the heart of town or on
barns. Tear them down and don't
allow any more put upi
II. fre,iSi. a,,D. "i4C aEC visit
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-26
Nor roo Brutal Now

NOT TOO BRUTAL NOW.-The
secret of the terrible weapon of war
devised by Lord Dundonald, which, it
is said, the British admiralty buried in
its archives as too horrible to divulge,
is out at last. Twas an asphyxiating
gas, such as the Germans have been
using and the Allies are now prepar-
ing to use.
Thus scheme rejected as too in
human for use one hundred years ago
is now quite the proper thing.
If Uncle Sam gets in the thick of it
we rather guess we will have some
thing, purely American, to show
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-26
FEELS BETTER, ANYHOW

FEELS BETTER, ANYHOW.-The
National Retail Grocers' assn, while
in convention assembled at San Fran
cisco recently, raised an awful roar
about the parcels post. This is their
idea of it:
"The whole thing is a scheme by
which Uncle Sam is being made to
bunko the consumer for the benefit
of the farmer"
But then, you know, the consumer
is used to being buncoed; he would
feel neglected and sighted if he
wasn't, and he had just as soon, and
a bit rather, in fact, have the bunko-
ing done by the farmer than by the
middle man. It's rather a novel SEN
sation, this being skinned by the
farmer.
Besides Uncle Sam gets rake-off
and we keep that much in the family,
anyway.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-26
SHORT ONES

IA MN \ANAA
Violence is right if the law is lax"
That explains why so many are vio-
lent when Standard Oil is mentioned,
the esteemed law being uniformly lax
in each instance.
Harry Thaw say: 1.-THE Ludlow st.
Jail is the best Jail 1 ever have been
in" Hereafter patronize only the
Ludlow st. Jail when in New York.
. Is it possible the colonel and Mr..
Barnes, Jr., are planning to go into
vaudeville? What a fine lot of adj
vertising they are wasting if they do
not.
whipping the little boy governor
into line" is a good phrase; and when
Standard Oil is in the case few gov
errors are fully grown up.
Is there a Caesar to lead them? If
there is we join all school boys in
hoping he doesn't write any common
taries when it is over
The hyphen rampant! You may
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
but it will be a sowsear-silkpurse.
Law" also may simply be judge
insisting upon perpetuating the blum
der of some other Judge.
For heavens sake, can't even Mt
Lassen remain neutral?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-26

them. We will burn our captives at
the stake and then scalp 'em, by
Heck!