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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
DISGUSTED WITH PARTNERS
 AND BURNED OUTFIT.

One of tbe most effective means of tlissolYi1H a partnership that has come to light in some time was un- dertaken a few days ago by some Greeks, who have been working on Buff, tributary of Arctic creek dur ing the spring in conjunction with some men of other nationality. Ac- cording to the story told by recent arrivals, the men happened to have a falling out because of the Greeks having to do all of the work while their partners emulated Sam Dun hams new breed of miners who "just loafed around town with the sports" The Greeks soon grew tired and dis gusted with this procedure, and after
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
CARGO OF COPPER -,., -... .-.
 IS AWAITING SHIPS.

Passengers from Cordova state the wharf at Cordova and the tracks are lined with cars loaded with copper ore from the Bonanza and Jumbo mines at Kennicott, awaiting ship ment to the Tacoma smelter. The loss of the Edith and the Mariposa has prevented the ore from being shipped regularly and the yards are now filled with cars carrying ore valued at $1,OOO,OO0. The City of Puebla, it is understood, will take a capacity cargo, which will relieve .he situation. There are seventy-nl. e cars of ore and fourteen cars of slime awaiting shipment to the smelter.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
CALIFORNIA OIL\ SOUGHT BY NAVY.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.- Secretary of the Navy Daniels has as- tsigned naval officer to cooperate with the Department of Justice in se-
 curing title to oil lands in Bakers
 feld,' California, district. valued at several million dollars. If the gov
 ernment can recover these lands, which are now held by squatters. Dan- Iiels said they will be retained for fu- ture use of the navy.
 The secretary said he had aban-
 doned the plan for the navy to se- cure oil lands in Oklahoma, and to construct a pipe line to get the pro- fduct out. All available money, he
 said, will be invested in the oil prop erty which can be developed from time to time as the needs of the navy
 make necessary; .."...
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20

Don't forget the dance to be given by the Pioneer Women of Alaska at Eagle Hall next Saturday night, Octo- ber 23. k24
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
TRAPPED A SEAGULL.
Queer Contest of Strength Between .
 Bird and a Bivalvs.

Bird and 6ivaive.
 At first thought it is hard to imagine how a clam could endanger the life of a bird. That such strange circum- stance is not impossible is shown by the following incident:
 A settler on one of the small islands near Vancouver was returning to his home by way of beach of hard sand when he beheld an unusually large flock of seagulls gathered in compact mass and beating with beaks and wings upon the sand. Evidently they were attacking some enemy. Over head dozens of gulls wheeled and screamed i'll evident excitement.
 The settler was almost upon the fighting birds before they burst apart and flew, chattering, toward the clouds One. however, lay Tapping upon the ground. and the man saw that mon ster clam held the gull's beak in vise- like grip It was too heavy for the bird to fly away with, and for all the gulrs frantic struggles it could not loosen the clam's tenacious grip.
 With his hunting knife the man pried open the shells and freed the cap tive. The gull was exhausted from its desperate efforts and at first could only stagger like a drunken sailor toward the water. Finally. however, it flew away and soon returned in the van of a cloud of gulls come to inspect the en- emy that had trapped one of their tribe.-St. Andrews Beacon.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
A PAIR oF sH0EsTRINGs.
The Matter of Length and How to Tie
 a 5owknot That Will Hold.

The Matter of Length and How to Tie
 6owknot That Will Hold.
 A shoestring is "six-fourths" long when one does not specify the length required. "Six-fourths of whatY is likely to be the question put by the Iayman.
 When a man buys new pair of shoes the strings in them are just long enough. When he buys the next pair of shoestrings they are too long. The strings that come with the shoes are four-fourths long, the next pair will be six-fourths unless the purchaser asks for and can get four-fourths
 These lengths have to do with mems high shoes. There is not the same trouble in the case of low shoes. .f
 Some shoestrings will wear long time, but they will become brown. Oth- CTS will not wear 50. long, but will retain their original blackness. The. strong strings that turn brown are of linen or very strong cotton. The oth- CTS are of mixed fibers that hold their color.
 Many people prefer the less durable shoestring, not only because it holds its color. but because being of less hard fiber it stays tied better than the other. A few of the millions of shoestring wearers know how to tie bowknot that won't come united, The method can be explained without dia- gram.
 Instead of tucking the bow once over before drawing the knot tight, tuck it twice over. A fiddle string used for shoestring would not come un- tied if the knot were made in that way. This knot can be united in the same way as the other. by pulling at the ends.-Philadelphla Record.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20

many remonstrances failing to bring their recalcitrant partners to terms, gathered the entire outfit of tents, grub and other impediments into a big pile and after soaking it with oil set fire to the heap and returned to town. One of the non-workers ar rived on the scene in time to save a couple of sluice boxes but everything else was destroyed by the hostile sons of Greece, including the blankets and personal belongings of the condemn ed partners.-NomeN Nugget.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
NEW ARIZONA CAMP IS BEING DOOMED,

Oatman, Arizona, is the latest gold
 mining camp to be boomed in the states, and judging from conservative reports by competent mining men the
 camp has some merit although it is not expected to live up to the claims
 of the Oatman people that it twill
 develop a gold output of extent and value comparable with the great Rand gold belt of South Africa"
 Geographical conditions in the Ari- zona district are similar to those in
 that part of Tonopah where the veins are covered by flow of eruptive rock.
 At .Oatman the caprock is rhyolite
 that is later than the vein formation. The ancient formation existing at the
 time of this rhyolite flow, can be
 traced by following the line where lthe Rhyolite has softened the rock
 below.
 | Owing to Arizona having adopted
 statewide prohibition it is reported that a number of miners who former |ly spent their money on drink have
 formed development companies and are sinking shafts through the rhyo- lite cap in search of the ore. A num- Der of Alaskan miners have looked the camp over and have decided that lthe possibilities in the north are greater where one does not have to do his prospecting underground
 at an enormous expense.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
Transforming Ciothesline Posts.

A suburban resident grew. tired of the wooden clothesline posts in his back yard. He incased them in chicken wire netting and planted sprouts of honeysuckle around the posts. He then nailed little bird house to the top of each. In short time the honeysuckle had completely covered the unsightly posts and g pair of, bluebirds built a nest in one of the houses. Many of this mans neighbors took up the idea. and honeysuckle vines and bird houses now make the clothesline posts of his locality pride to their owners.-House and Garden.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
MORE NEWSPAPER -,,.. CHANGES RUMOR,

Another change is said to have taken place in the journalistic world of Seward. This is just mentioned to cover an item of news. There is nothing sensational or unexpected about 1t, so there is no use in going into details, although, on the other hand, the readers of the Gateway are owed at least suggestion of all legitimate items of news. If any of our readers wish to go to the bother of referring back to the editorial page of the Gateway of June 17, he will see something that covers the whole thing by prediction. ,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
PROSECUTOR DISMISSES
 ELECTION FRAUD CASES.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29.-The failure of the government prosecution to secure a conviction in the case of Mayor Bell, charged with having or ganized frauds in connection with the municipal election, the Government Prosecutor Taggert yesterday made a motion that the charges against the others, numbering eleven, be dis missed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
Time Something Started.

Have you noticed the "clockr' he asked at the hour of midnight.
 "Yes. have" she replied. with a yaWn., ..s,. .t..y.s', >,t Tt hasn't been going for three hours. !" Neither have you. u."-Yonkers States man.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20

Some mothers teach their babies to falkland then expect them to keep still.-IndianapOlis Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
Her Other Half.
I'm so

Society Dame-Oh. doctor. I'm so sorely troubled with ennui. Doctor H'm! Why don't you interest your self in finding out how the other half, lives? Society Dame-Gracious! Why. I'm not looking for divorce-ChicagO News
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-20
Deserved Tribute.

You see. we have done everything possible to preserve Plymouth Rock.'
 And don't blame ye.' New Eng land owes heap to that breed of hen" Kansas City Journal. .. .1,a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02
Girls With Beautiful Faces
or Graceful Figures

American girls have a worldwide
reputation for beauty, but, at the
same time, there are girls in our
cities who possess neither beauty OF
face nor form, because in these in
stances they suffer from nervousness,
the result of disorders Of the woman
ly organism AT regular intervals
they suffer so much that their
strength leaves them: they are SO
Frustrated that it takes days for them
to recover their strength. OF course
such periodic distress has its bad Of
feet on the nervous system. The
withered and drawn faces. the dark
circles and crows feet about the eyes.
the straight figure without those
curves which lend SO much to femin-
inc beauty are the unmistakable
signs of womanly disorders.
When a girl becomes woman,
when a woman becomes a mother.
when women pass through the
changes of middle life, are the three
periods of life when health and
strength are most needed to with
stand the pain and distress often
caused by severe organic disturb
ances.
At these critical times women are
best iOrttHeQ Dy the use OF LII.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, an old
remedy OF proved worth that keeps
the entire female system perfectly
regulated and in excellent condition.
Mothers, IL your daughters are
weak, lack ambition. are troubled
with headaches, las situde and are
pale and sickly, Dr.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is just what they need
to surely bring the bloom OF health to
their cheeks and make them strong
and healthy.
If you are sufferer, IL your daugh-
ter. mother, sister need help, get DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription in II.
quid or tablet form. Then address
Dr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo,
n. Y, and receive confidential al.
vice from a staff of specialists, that's
| free; also 13s-page book on women's
diseases sent free.-Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02

were most nearly related to the
Czechs Of all the Slavs. Czechish was.
for a long time, used as the literary
language Of the Slovaks. Temper
mentally, however. the Czeh and the
Slovak contrast sharply; for tbs
Czech is fiery, excitable and quick.
where the Sloyak is docile. stoiid and
slow.
"The sIovaks occupied the terri
Their aristocracy long ago submitted
to the power. the wealth and the high
er culture of the Magyar, and be-
came thoroughly Magyarized. The
peasants. indifferent in their want,
continued in a close corporation of
Slavism in their mountain villages.
Despite the development in recent
generations OF determination on tn e
part Of the ruling Magyars to force
the Sloyaks to merge into the Magyar
race at any cost, these peasants have
retained their Slavonic tongue, Slav.
onic names, and, even. have gained 4
keener sense OF racial integrity.
THE Magyars have forbidden the
use OF Slavok in the schools. They
have denied these people the right OF
organization, a native press and ma
i've pulplt-DuI III Vail. roI, at IhS'
beginning OF the 18th century. en-.
Unused by a like movement among
Austria's subject Czechs, the Slovak
leaders wrought q literary language
out of the tumble of their native dia-
lects, and began the work OF more
than 100 years of awakening and in
tensifying in their people racial pat
riotism. This work has accomplished
wonders in the face of an unrelenting
opposition Slovak numbers are too
few to encourage dreams of indepen-
dence and, SO, OF all the Slavonic
peoples without the fold of Russia, the
Slovaks are perhaps the most whole
heartedly in favor of the Pan-Slavism
program"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02
RUSSIAN COSSACK
WON THE CROSS
Escaped From Germans and After Z
Week Of Wandering, Reached
His Lines Again.
[By United Press Staff correspon-

LBy a United Press Staff Correspon-
dent
NEFF, Russia, April 21.-(By mail
to New York.)-The hero OF Kien is
Jacob Hahn, Russian cossack. Jacob
hobbies about the streets on crutches.
On his breast shines the insignia de-
noting all four grades of the ST.
Georges cross. Jacob Won the high
est degree Of this order for extreme
bravery This was how it happened:
Jacob is sub-lieutenant. He was
taken prisoner in the Mazurian lakes
by thu Germans. But first he fought
against superior force, first with his
rifle, then his bayonet and last his
bare fists. His chevrons showing that
he was an officer. he was spared and
questioned. Jacob answered:
You may cut me to pieces II you
like, but you will get no information
from me-"
Other prisoners testify to this
The German officers put Jacob In a
barn to think It over. A heavy wind
and snow storm was raging. Jacob
waited for the night, then clawed his
way through the matched roof OF the
barn and throttled the sentry. He put
on the dead mans helmet and ammu-
milton pouch. shouldered his rifle and
set out for the Russian lines He
was soon halted by the 'Wre Da" OF
another German sentry. The sentry
drew close and above the bowling OF
the wind shouted to Jacob to repeat
the countersign. Jacob responded by
plunging his bayonet through the
sentry's heart
For a week, hungry and cold. he
wandered through the Augustov forest
and at length reached the Russian
lines. Later during the battle at Os-
sowetz, Jacob was wounded in the
back and feet.
While in the hospital here at Kief,
Jacob received the four grades OF the
st. Georges cross. He is the proud
est and most admired man in Kien to-
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02
WAS WARMEST APRIL
IN NINETEEN YEARS
Mean for Month was 60. While Normal
IL 521-Month was Below
Normal on Rainfall.

Last month was the warmest April
since 1896, according to the report for
the month which is made up at the
local weather bureau. The normal for
the month is 52.1. The meteorological
summary Of the weather bureau show
ed the mean for the month just pass
ed to be 60. The highest temperature
occurred on April 10, when the ther-
mometer went to 81. The third or
the month, the Saturday before Eas-
ter proved the coolest, the tempera-
ture registering %.
April was also dry month, the
total precipitation being 1.27, while
the normal for the month Is 3.34.
There were IL clear days, 10 partly
cloudy, and three cloudy days during
the month
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02
POLLUTION OF STREAMS.

Many Small IOWnS IN IOWa are d.
ranging to put In water works anu
sewerage systems. The small stream;
which run through farms In Iowa
where dairy cows PASTURE are being
used to the extreme detriment Of farm
ing communities for the carrying on
OF the raw sewage from the towns.
This is an exceedingly dangerous pro-
cess and should be prohibited by law.
Some persons are saying that
streams can be used for carrying oil
raw sewage II the stream is not used
to furnish drinking water. This is
serious mistake as dairy COWS wade
in these streams which are polluted
bv raw sewage and the udders of the
COWS become contaminated with raw
sewage because they wade in these
polluted streams, and during the milk
ing process the sewage finds It's way
into the milk, thereby conveying dis
ease to innocent babies and children.
These dairy cows also drink this pol
Iuted water and only for the straining
process which takes place In the cows,
this polluted water would find its way
into the milk.
Again, many of these streams are
used by the farmers for washing milk
utensils and other articles about the
house, thereby increasing the POSSIBLE
tiles for disease transmission. Any
thing washed from these streams be
comes, in measure, a disease car
rier. therefore, there should be some
LEGISLATION which will prevent these
towns from communicating and infect
ing these streams with human sewage.
1t should be remembered in this con-
nection that the diseases of animals
are not so dangerous to man as the
diseases of man are to man. Human
sewage is the great problem which is
confronting all boards of health. The
proper disposal Of human sewage is
the work of health boards, but health
boards must be authorized by law to
use preventive measures. The pre-
yentive measures to be used are, that
all human sewage should be properly
treated before being allowed to CON
taminate the streams OF our state.
It is no economy to create condi'
lions which cause disease and untime-
Nv deaths. All sewage should be prop.
erly treated before being allowed to
enter streams, and all water taken
from streams for household purposes
such as for drinking and cooking
should be properly filtered and pos
sibiv treated before being used. Thera
is no problem more important at the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02

DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
Sweet is the scene when virtue dies,
When sinks righteous soul TO
rest;
How mildly beam the closing eyes!
How gently heaves the expiring
breast!
So fades summer cloud away,
So sinks the gale when storms are
DER,
SO gently shuts the eye OF day,
So dies the wave along the shore.
triumphant smiles the victor brow
Famed by some Angels purple
wing;
o grave! where is thy victory now?
Invidious death, where is thy sting:
A holy quiet reigns around.
A calm which nothing can destroy,
Naught can disturb that peace pro
found
Which the unfettered souls enjoy.
Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears
Where lights and shades alternate
dwell!
How bright the unchang1ng morn ap-
pears!-
Farewell. inconsistent world. fare
we'll!
Its duty done-as sinks the clay.
Light from its load the spirit flies;
While heaven and earth combine TO
say
Sweet is the scene when virtue dies
Anna Letitia BarbauId.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02
THE ECONOMY OF GOOD LOOKS

. L
All women are not born beautiful.
but nearly all can acquire good looks
by attention to their person and the
selection of their apparel. says katn'
leen Hills in Leslie's. To be good
looking one need not be extravasant.
A becoming hat, good shoes and good
gloves constitute essentials to make
an ordinary girl attractive. A mod
erately good suit, kept well brushed
and pressed. can, if little too much
worn, be redeemed by these accessor-
les. Neatness, above all else, is the
keynote to good dressing. The pest
shoes will look shabby If they are not
polished and the heels kept level.
]. likewise, the gloves should be kept
neatly mended and it is well to re-
member that clean colored gloves are
ito be preferred to soiled white ones.
Keep the hair neat, wash it often and
brush it daily. Brushing lends lustre
to the dullest locks and makes the
hair easier to manage. Don't neglect
the care of the teeth and hands. ex-
ercise moderately, sleep eight hours,
and more if possible. keep the sys-
tenn regular and battle daily.
Too much emphasis must not be
laid on the matter of dress alone. The
mental attitude adds largely to ones
good looks. Cultivate liking for
good reading. instead of indulging in
the weakness to read light, trashy.
novels, unremittingly endeavor to
do good to be kind and to maintain
a clear conscience. 1t will all be re-
Elected in the sparkle of the eye and
the spirit of content and satisfaction
that envelopes one. Let the plainest
girl follow these little hints and she
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-02
MOMENTS WAGES IN FRANCE.


Startling and significant facts
came out In a discussion in the French
senate the other day when that body
had under consideration the fixing OF
a minimum wage for women in the
republic. A committee had gathered
data as to conditions. M. Morel, who
prepared the committees report, an
ncunced that 81 per cent of the wo1n-
en- workers at home ON household
linen goods make 81 cents to cents
an hour. But in some Of the prov
inces the pay is as low as l cent an
hour. The yearly wage OF l. per cent
of the women working in Paris on UNI
dergarments amounts to $40. In tho
provinces the same class of workers
rarely make 20 cents day. He told
OF enc woman who made 10 cents a
day and squandered Ii cents OF 1t for
bread, cheese and vegetables. leaving
8 cents day for lodging and clothing
and such personal extravagances as
she saw fit to indulge in. There ara
some experts who during the best
season. which is short, make as high
as so cents to 81 a day, but over half
of such workers get less than 10
cents.
These figures should take on ST :
niticance for Americans who are
charmed with the iridescent dream
of free trade. says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. When they talk of tariff
as a Chinese wall, does it not occur
to them that it is pretty good idea
to protect American laborers from
products of such workers? These
conditions are not confined to France.
we have seen the country floode
with Swiss watches, made by the
women and children at night, after
they had done full days work. Do
we wish our watchmakers to be forcal
to compete with them? Do we wish
Americans to compete with the people
of India, where they work their wom-
en- at the pillow? The war has check-
ed imports, but when it closes Europe
will resume productive energy and
will buy less, because of the rigid
economy it must use. II the demo-
cratic admission were wise it would
seize upon the ABNORMAL conditions IS
an excuse for revising the Underwoo
tariff at the next session Of congress.