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Douglas Island news., 1915-06-02

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 The Mathieson mining company will operate a steam shovel on their prop erty near Hope, this season, and in crease their output of gold.
 Seward people claim that the trans portatiou companies are holding them up on the freight charges on lumber, and therefore retarding the growth of the town.
 Information is desired at the govern or's office concerning the whereabouts of Peter E. Jones, of Seattle, Wash, last heard from when in Juneau, some time ago.
 News has been received at Ketchikan that the shipment of goods sent from there last winter for the relief of the Belgians, has arrived safely at Rotter- dam, Holland.
 c. H. Buschmann, manager of the Northwestern Fisheries Co.,, -suicided last week at Seattle. Deceased was 36 years of age, aud had been in ill health for some time.
 The Granite mine in the Valdez dis. trict will soon be a producer A big tunnel that taps the ore body at a depth of 500 feet. will soon be completed and Chen the new mill will start crashing ore.
 Thos. McGin. a sourdough of Alaska of the vintage of forty years ago, died recently at the Old Soldiers Home at Orting, Wash. He was an honorary member of Valdez Igloo, of Alaska, and resided at Valdez up until a year ago.
 Assays recently made of a quantity of gold dust from the Tolovana coun- try reveal the fact that it has an assay value higher than that of the gold from most of the creeks adjacent to Fair. banks. The. absolutely clean dost is said to go about s18.75 to an o0nce.
 It is claimed that the owners of the Gold King nine in the Valdez district, have finally got into the money on their quartz mine. Although the mine contained rich rock, the formation was broken up. Recently the big ledge was struck and everyone concerned is eat- isfed that the mine will nov be a win neC.
 Effective at once, the Copper River & Northwestern railway will run three trains a week each way, between Chit ma aud Rennecott, instead of main tsining the usual summer schedule of one train a week, says a Cordova paper. At the present price of copper the monthly ore shipment from KenOeeott will have value of over million and half dollars.
 
 The case of Mrs. Dortero vs. The Home Power Co.,, in which the trial jury a year ago rendered verdict in favor of Che former for e7,O ,OOO, was to. day settled out of court by compro- mise, the defendant payiOg the plain tiff 3,5O0 and also agreeing to pay the costs of the suit, amounting to $500. The accident, of which the damage suit was the outcome, occurred Nov. 20, 1912, and was caused by the charging with electricity of the socket of an electric light globe, from contact with which Mrs. Dortero received painful and dis figuring bprns.-Skagway Alaskan.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-02

With heavy passenger bookings, the White Pass & Yukon Systems steam boat service on the Yukon River will be inaugurated June 1 with two ssilings from Whitehorse. The steamboat AL aska will leave on that date on the first through trip oi the season to Fair banks, taking passengers to Fairbanks without transfer. The Cascs will get away at the same time for Dawson. June 3, the Selkirk will sail from White horse for Dawson where she will con. meet with Che steam boat Sarah, sailing for St. Michael June .. Nearly forty Nome residents are booked for the Sel- kirk and Sarah. They will journey the entire length of ths Yukon. The steam boat Whitehorse will sail from White horse for Dawson June { and will be followed June by the steam boat Daw- son, sailing for Dawson and lower river points.
 That Alaskans get what they want if they have to send to the other side of the world for it, is shown by the fol- lowing, taken from the Seattle P. l. Of May 24th: The first shipment of New Zealand apples received on this market during Che year was immediately trans shipped to Alaska points, where the demand for good keeping apples is keen. There were l50 boxes in the lot, and the sale was made by Western av- enue jobbers at S25O per box The fruit ran from 113 to 225 apples to the box, and will survive any eYtended time shipment to which it may lee subjected. The flavor, color and size resembled the Washington Roman Beauty, al- though the best product of New Zea- land is an apple resembling the local Delicious, which sells at s per box. The New Zealand fall fruit harvest is well on, and the apples there have the keeping qualities of the Washington grown product at the same time of year. The last of the New Zealand pears, which have been coming to this mar ket in limited quantities for two months, are now in market.
 Every center of any pretension must have it's fire, soon or late; and for that reason the recent disastrous Are at Seward, Alaska, will probably be re. corded as the usual "blessing in dis guise." Seward is entitled to special mention for it's original methods iR fighting fire. It's resourceful plan of tapping the sixteen-inch water main of the Seward Light & Power Company was as original as it was effective. Not every frontier town has such a supply available. Nor has every community numerous population with revolvers handy for use in emergency-th0ugh the idea of shooting a stavepipe full ot holes was born of the moment of peril to the town. The fire-fghters with their reVolvers did their work we'll. As soon as they had pierced the water main the pressure of 16O pounds to the square inch did the rest of it. The area was flooded, providing a water barriee beyond which the Are could not go. This escape of Seward from complete disaster is one of those instances ot initiative with which American history abounds. There is always "a way ont and the American pioneer, no matter where he may be placed, has the knsck of finding it--Seattle Times.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-02

R.D. Henoueu was fneds5 and costs last week by the commissioner at Ju neau for killing deer out of season. He was arrested at Kelp Bay, near Peril straits, by Game Warden Sneider. Hen onen's excuse was that he thought any. one away from town had right to kill deer for meat.
 A reunion of the development of Alaska" touring party of 1913, con ducted nuder the auspices of the Seat tie Cham Der of Commerce, will be held in Seattle on Saturday, July 10. To connection with the re0nion it is pro posed to form "Midnight Sun Club" to perpetuate the memory of week spent on the Lower Yukon.
 According to Thomas Riggs, Jr., of the Alaska engineering commission, it will take three years to complete the government railroad in Alaska after the present year. Mr. Riggs has put two crews at work surveying from Fairbanks to the Nenana. He says several routes will have to be examined more in detail before it can be deter. mined which one will be utilized.
 
 r. T. Keelar, known all over Alaska as the aMouey King" returned to Skag- way on the Humboldt Saturday. He will visit again his old haunts, after an absence of P years. "Money King" al- most had a corner on the money mar ket during the early days and amassed comfortable fortune. His home now is in Santa Monica, Cal He was mem Der of the vigilance committee that ended the career of "SSoapy" Smith and his gang during the Klondike rush.
 Among the shipments aboard the steamship Marlposa on her last trip  was a steam sawmill outfit, which will be used in the construction of the first plant of it's kiud at Ship Creek. Alaska The shipment is being made by w. Fl. Malvern, a Western Pennsylvania l0m- herman, who will be manager of the plant. The mill will have a capacity of 10000 feet a day, and will be equipped with the necessary machinery for the manufacture of flooring, siding and other finished lumber. The project is being financed by a number of Seattle business meu.
 The steamship Corwin of Seattle, which was held fast in the ice of Nome nearly three days, succeeded in break ing the grip of the ice pack on May 24th, and after four hours aud half of fighting the foes reached a safe an- chorage in the Nome roadstead late in the day, marking the first arrival from Seattle this year When the Corwin was held fast in the ice eight miles from Nome. men with a dog team, sled and boat set out oyer the ice from Nome to attempt to try to take off the 1O6 pas sengers who embarked on the Corwin at Seattle May l. Their assistance was unnecessary, however, as the Corwin was able to make port under her own steam. The vessel dropped her anchors at the edge of the shore ice. which .ex tended mile out from land The gang plank was lowered to the ice. and the weary travellers trooped down on the ice, where scores of people with dog teams were waiting to take them to Nome.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-02

R. D. Henoueu was fnedS5 and costs last week by the commissioner at Ju neau for killing deer out of season. He was arrested at Kelp Bay, near Peril straits, by Game Warden Sneider. Hen onen's excuse was that he thought any one away from town had right to kill deer for meat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-29
Tho Pineapple in England.


 Pineapples, which Londoners can now buy at the cheapest rate within living memory, first reached England in the latter part of the seventeenth century. The fruit was thus novelty to Sir Christopher Wren's generation; but he soon recognized its value as an architectural ornament. and copper pineapples about five feet high figure prominently on the towers of St. Pauls. So highly did Wren esteem the fine proportions and enriched sur face of this fruit that his original de- sign for St. Paul's shows an enormous pineapple in the place of the dome. Happily his maturer thoughts saved us from that appalling spectacle. Since Wren the pineapple has been as much at home in our architecture as on our dinner tables. It has descended even to cast iron, and is frequently found in old-fashioned streets. Queen Victoria treasured seal given by her husband on which pineapple was engraved. together with the motto, "Sa gloire nest pas sa couronne."-Pall Mall Ga, zette,
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of the enemy. Wealth, position 1Ilenasaip, aDIllty to heip others are largely discounted by physical in- 4InIty.
 The health making attitude of mlnd is represented as profitable talent and fortunately one that cal be acquired. Doctor Eager calls at- tentIcn to the large available mass Rf literature on. health subjects work, exercise, relaxation, sleep, i: esh air, proper temperatures, food cooking, eaniiness, etc., that shoults be judlciously selected and studied. Every pei son must learn for him self what perl threatens in his special place in life.
 Studies of health subjects ill schools and clubs, it's exposition in public lectures, newspaper articles, and bulletins, have the salutary tendency, it is stated, to promote wholesome practices as an habitual exercise anu develop the, precious quality of automatically choosing i'll every action and habit of life those courses that conduce to bodily sCundness.
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Wonders In Clod of Earth.

A clod of earth may not seem to have any romance about it, but it is one of the most wonderful things inn aginable. The soil is a living ma chine, where microbes so small that ten to one hundred million are con- tained in enough earth to cover a penny are working together in a sys- tematic way. They cannot be seen and are only known by their work, and the greatest benefactors of the human race are those who promote their activities. The wise gardener looks after their well-being, for with. out them there could be no plant life and no human life, since all nutriment is drawn from the soil.
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! and that the opposing troops were driven from the town. The Russian official statement issued in Petro- grad tonight lays the success of the Germans at the other points along the San to their preponderence of heavy artillery.
 No claim is made that the German lines were broken at SieniaWa, and the Teuton front appears to merely have been bent pack across the river. The front is continuous to all in- tents and purposes from the Baltic to Bukowina, distance of 800 miles.
 The Russian victory at Sienlawa was won by the Third Caucaslan corps. It was opposed by what Ber- lin terms weak divisions" and Aus tria small attachments"
 The Germans are steadily pound- ing the Russian front with their big guns in their effort to surround Przemysl and cut the railroad from that fortress to Limburg. It is ad- mitted that considerable success is attending their efforts to draw their iron ring closer.
 In Cowrland the Germans are en- deavoring to get at the Russian flank and cut communications be- tween Riga and Warsaw.
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Beainnlna of "Reuter's."

Reuters the European news agency. had a curious beginning. Baron Reu- ter long nursed an idea for organizing the supply of foreign news in identical terms to all the newspapers, but edi- tors gave him no encouragement. At last he determined to risk things, and arranged with correspondents all over Europe. When their messages began to come in he took them round person. ally to the newspaper offices and of fered them for nothing, on condition that his name should be printed against them. "Try them for von month";" he urged. ''If they not satis. fly you, we'll. to you 1t signify noth- ing" One editor after another did try them, with such results that when Reuter- preached the subject of sub scription rates his demands were read Ny complied with.
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New Gkasa Cutter.

To facilitate the cutting of glass in any desired shape device has been patented which consists of base on one side of which is a metal groove that holds a sliding portion to which is attached a straightedge. The straightedge can be adjusted to any angle by loosening the. set screw. The sliding member is made in the shape of a protractor and graduated accordingly. On the straightedge slides a member holding a piece of marking chalk. In use, the straight edge is set at right angles and it's sliding member is moved to the de' sired width. By sliding the straight edge at right angles a chalkline is drawn on the glass.
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Porcelain Bowl Cleaner.

I had always found 1t nearly impos- sible to keep an old and much used bowl clean until told by friend, for merly plumber, this secret. Try 1t and you will be amazed at result with labor and time expended: Make swab of an old cloth on the end of stick, tie securely so it will not work off; bail out the water with small cup or cover so you can cleanse away down; then purchase five or ten cents worth of muriatic acid, which is poison; turn a little on an old saucer, dip the swab in and apply to all parts of the bowl, and in five min utes your work will be complete. Great care must be taken not to touch the acid, as it will burn quickly and deeply.-Exchange.
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Post Office. in Two Countries.

Beebe Plain, Que., has what is said to be the only double post office in the world. The office is half in Can ada and half in the States, with Beebe, Quebec, on one side, and Beebe, Vermont, on the other. An iron post in the middle of the front porcn marks the international boundary line. Aside from it's location the building is of interest on account of the ma terial from which it is built, which Is granite. native to the locality, and on account of it's age, which is about a century. The two prosperous commu- mites, which 1t serves, and which are practically one village, have a population of about 1000, and are said to own more automobiles than any other village of this size in Canada.
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They say nobody loves neutral but that's not exactly true. TO H. lustrate: Barraque street justices or the peace have again declared war on the township constable because, they charge, he's not neutral. In this affair. the cheriff's office is playing the mart of Uncle Sam in the world wide WET, while the people or the courty like the munition makers ana ctkcr manufacturers, are enioyihs the benefits. If you don't fully understand this, don't blame us.
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Method.

There Is no one able or anxious to deny the value of method. But there are many who realize that method ib not everything, and that strict adher- ence to it sometimes becomes nuis. ance. There is madness in hard and fast rules. The strict adherence to some method is almost as bad as hav' ing mo method at all. We should res member that our actions have, at al! times, to be guided by circumstances.
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Pardon Board FayOrS HangingS.

Phoenix, Ariz., May 2S.-Five men are doomed to death upon the gal lows today despite the protests of the governor. The pardon board refused to recommend their cases to the gov ernor for consideration or leniency, without which he cannot act, and the governor greatly deplores the situa- ton, he himself not favoring capital punishment. The governor charac- terizes the hangings as legalized mur- der which harks back to savagery, and expresses his great grief.
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Nuts as Food.

Nuts form very concentrated form of food, ip many cases more so than cheese, and when rationally used trey are readily digested and form part plentiful in many localities and should not be allowed to go to waste. A pound of walnuts will produce almost three times as much energy as pound of steak. Such being the case, would not the use of a considerable quantity of walnuts, butternuts. and hickory nuts be a valuable addition to the households supply of provisions?
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L. W. Clemets is going to SOW corn and peas to land from when he will harvest B bushels of wheat to the acre, making three crops on tho same land in one year. Any sec tion where this can be done ought to be the most prosps rous Tn the country. With land prices as low as they arc here, Jeff rson and Southeast Arkansas should double it's farming population in live years This will happen, too, if owners oi big tracts of idle lands are com pelled to pay their proportion CT governmental expense.
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Olive oil in Nursery.

For child who is enlaciated from illness a massage with olive oil once or even twice a day will supply the needed fat to the body and also lubri- cate the dried-out skin. A teaspoon. full of olive oil three times a Jay is a good tonic, good for digestion and a mild laxative when given to a baby an hour before or after a feeding. It will also soothe tickling cough. Olive oil is also healing for burns, chapped lips and hands.
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ABOUT ONIONS.

Jefferson county, according to geologists, has existed some few years longer than the southern coast of Texas, where fortunes have been made in growing Bermuda onions. Not until the year 1915, A. D., how ever, was it realized that onions could Dc grown here in as great quantity as in South Texas, and can be marketed as early. Because Pine Bluff is nearer the big markets, the Jeffe rson county onion grower has a big advantage. He could put ms on tho market several weeks before the Texans, and get i'll on the monopoly now enjoyed by the Texans. Onions and corn on the same land in one year ought to bes'l cotton at 15 cents.
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rINE BLUFF ROGRESS
 ROSPERITY
FIGHTING TRIM.

In pamphlet entitled 'eFighting Trim, issued by the United States public health Service, Surgeon J. M. Eager lays stress upon personal en- d avor Of every individual as of the highest public importance in the organized war against disease. The wonderful victories that have been won ill combating infectious mala- dies have had a tendency to divert popular attention from the equally important personal fortification against diseases of all kinds. The question of preparedness against on e'lughts of the enemy, a query prominent in the minds of everyone in these, days of warfare is put in a special personal bearing as relating to the, dangers threatened by dis asse, the permanent enemy of man. kind. Are you personally prepared, it is asked, for the hand-to-hand en- counter with disease that you are sure to lbe. forced into sooner or laber or in which perhaps you are already engaged? Unless you are willing to succumb without str
 glc, fight you must, no matter how feeble your fighting proclivities are. The inevitability of the battle against disease is strongly insisted upon. roace between nations, it is stated, nay not be an unattainable hope, but even when the much desired era of human concord comes and arme d strira among men has ceased, there will still De an everlasting battle to fight, a ceaseless struggle for a few more years of health and life, a ussrerate conflict against foe who, as far as victory over the individual lighter is concerned is certain in tho end to win-the battle against disease.
 In the defense against disease two things gre necessary a systsmatie union of fighters, the sanitary organization. and personal prepared ness, the product of intelligent and diligent personal hygiene. Personal rreparedne ss is the patriotic duty Of every citizen as a.n aid to nationai sanitary defense. No man as a mem- bsr of society is morally free to live urhygienically or to acquire disease through lack of personal care. Like 3 sloyenly soldier, the person who neglects his health risks impartlrs to others his loose morale, Or even transmitting disease to the whole community.
 "He alth is a mans most valuable rossession. Without it he cannot hold or enjoy anything else that falls to his lot or that he wins in the battle of life. Without health he IS a burden to himself and, unless ne possess marked compensatory quail ties. an encumbrance to his con- rades. Though as victims of life's III chance, they are entitled to the most sympathetic consideration, it is sad fact that the sick cannot but be con sidered as impediments in the con- flict of existence. Their place IS m ths rear. Often. indeed, as easy marks for the attacks of diseass they become targets drawing the fire
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More home rule for municipalities is desideratum. Without it so many evils follow that it is hard to enumerate them but one of the most important is that during legislative sessions log-rolling between the city delegations and members from rural districts crops up. And log-rolling Is q decided menacd to efficient government. Yet there are a lot or people with pet schemes that do not carry we'll in the cities, who are un- alterably opposed to home rule for municipalities. There is no more reason why large towns should not rule themselves absolutely than there is why states should not, or counties in local matters. But when urban and rural districts, with vary r ing interests, are hooked up to- gether. nothing particularly good can be looked for.
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How to Prevent Lockiaw.

A German physician recommends di. recting a jet of hot air on a wound to prevent lockjaw. Even a jet of air of the ordinary temperature from a bi- cycle pump or an electric fan or bel. lows will, it is said, check the develop ment of the bacillus which causes this dread disease
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Oxen Cavalry Regiment.

Madagascar has the unique distinc- tion of possessing the only oxen cav airy regiment in the world. The climate is so unhealthy for horses that some substitute had to be found. The oxen have been trained to maneu' yer with surprising skill. but. of course, are not speedy.
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Most Numerous Religion.

The Buddhists are the most numer- ous of the religious groups of man. kind, numbering some 500,0oO,000, as against some 200,0O0,0OO Mohamme- dans, S0,O00.000 Hindoos, 400,000,0OO Christians, 25o,o00,o0O Confucianists and about 2oo,ooo,oo0 "pagans," or "heathen."
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Finley Begins Business,

Fordyce, May 2S.-H J. Finley, formerly travelling salesman for the J. B. Speers company of Pine Bluff, has embarked in the real estate business in this city.
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Eaeily Fixed.

"I thought you were going to move into a more expensive apartment" 'The landlord saved us the trouble" replied Mrs. F1imgilt. He raised the rent of the one we have been occu. pying."