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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-11

All short sleeve waists in crepe de
chene and China silk which have un-
I'll today borne the sl9s, $3.50 or s2ss
price tag are reduced to sl49 al
Chernowsky's. The remnant of sum.
mer dresses will be s275. The lot in.
cludes former values of s49s and 1915
The ad. also invites attention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-11

AS a reminder: Get Buster Brown
and Educator shoes for school children
at F. l.. Hersey's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-11

An extra good value in boys pants
is regularly offered at f. f. Davis &
Co. for soc Cotton and WOODEN mix
lures. The same pant is today 39c.
Corduroys are also included in this
low price
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-11

Right on the end of the soda foun-
tain at Bither's is pile of coffee
bags on examination YOU will find
that is one Of 5. S. Pierce & Co.'S
standard products. Youl be sur
prised to see how low the price is
23c. and a full pound, too Again to-
day Dresden Linen stationery is lie.
per box
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
swIso Have Mercantile Navy.

Long before Germany was to be reck- oned with as a sea power Switzerland possessed fleet equipped for warfare. Eight hundred years ago on all the larger Swiss lakes armed galleys were maintained by the rival cantons. Skilled shipwrights had to be import ed from Genoa for the construction of these vessels, some of which carried crews of 500 men. The largest Swiss dotilla was maintained on the lake of Geneva when the inhabitants of Ge- neva were at war with Savoy. Since the neutrality of Switzerland has been guaranteed by the powers there has been no need for warships on the lakes. The Swiss, however, possess mercan- tile navy, which carries a considerable amount of trade over the S42 miles of navigable waterways in the republic London Spectator.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
How Many Years l-eft7

If you want to know how many more years you are likely to uye-according to the law of average, that ls-study the following formula: Take the figure 80. Deduct your present age. Two thirds of the result will equal the num- bcr of years you have to look for ward to.
 Let us suppose, for example, that you are 20. Take 20 from so and you have 54. Two-thirds of 5+ equals 80, which Is the answer.
 Of course this formula Is only ap- proximatc. It makes no allowance for people who are already over S0-and a man of so has still five years to his credit-nor does 1t dlfPerentate be- tween the sexes, but in comparing its results with the actual figures which have been worked out by statisticlans 1t Is very near the mark in all the ages between 10 and 70, though the ladies may take an additional couple of years, their expectation of life averaging two years more than that of men.-London Answers.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17

This Much Maligned Animal Is Just
 Lazy Playful Loafer That Avoids
 Men and Fights or Works Only When
 He Is Compelled 10 Do So.
 The black bear Is neither ferocious nor dangerous. The most fitting name l have ever heard given him Is the Happy uooligun of the Woods. He Is lazy. playful loafer and has no evil intentions; but, like a shut-in boy or a boy with a task to perform, he wants cOmpauy-does not know just what to do with himself.
 The black bear has more human-like traits than any other animal l know. He Is a boy in disguisc-wil not work long at anything unless ut something tO produce mischief. Occasionally he finds things dull and simply does not know what to do with himself. He Is happy go lucky, and taking thought of the morrow k not one of his troubles. He is afraid of the grizzly and avoids man as though he were d pestilenCe.
 lie plans no harm. In other words, the black bear is Just the opposite In character of what be had long been thought and iS still almost universally believed to be. \ million writers and spoken stories have 1t that be is ferO- cious-a wuuton, cruel killer. He fights or works only when compelled to do so.
 He Is the most plausible buffer l have ever seen. With hair briStling on the back, upper lip stuck forward and au OuruSh, with q rapid vOlley of champiHg k-wUof-f-rs, he appears ter rlble. He pulls himself out of many a predicament and obtains many an unearned morsel in this way. Most of his bIuTs are for amusement. He will go fur out of his way for the pur- pose Of running.
 A black bear climbs a tree almost as readily as Q cat, and he climbs q small pole or a large tree with equal ease. The grizzly does not climb trees, but the black bear, with its Catlike fore paws, can simply race up q tree trunk. Much of his time, both asleep and awake, is spend in treetops. He might almost be called perching animal.
 Like most animals the black bear has a local habitadOn. His territory is twenty or less miles in circumference, and in this he Is born, lives and dies. In sprngtime he descends to feed on the earliest wild gardens of the foot hills.
 The black bear eats everything that
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17

is edible Though OmnivOrOus, his food is mainly that of a vegetarian. He digs out rich willow and aspen roots in the shallow and soft places and tears up or digs out numerous plants for their roots or tubers. Often he eats grass and devOurs hundreds of juicy weeds. During autumn have seen him on the edges of snow fields and gla- ciers consuming thousands of unfOr- tunate grasshopperS, flies and other in- sectS there accumulated. He Is par tlcularly fond of ants-tears ant hills and deCaying logs to pieces and ickS up the ants as they come storming forth to bite him. He tears hundreds of rotten logs and stumps to pieces for grubS, ants and their eggs.
 He freely eats honey, the bees and their nests. He catches mice and of ten umuses himself and makes a most amusing and manlike spectacle by chasing and catching grasShoppers. He will devOur Carrion. In a fish COun- try he searches for fish and occasion ally catches live ones, but he is too restless Or shiftless to be a good fish erman.
 The black bear is or was found pret. ty well distributed over North Ameri' ca. His color and activities vary some what with the locality, this variation being due perhaps to q difference of climate and in the food supply.
 The black bear has q well developed brain and may be clasSed among the alert animals of the wild. Its senses are amazingly developed. They seem to be ever on duty.
 Young black bears have good tem- perS and are playful in captivity, but if leased or annoyed they become trou- blesome and even dangerous with age. If thine enemy offend thee present him with a black bear cub that has been mistreated. He is an intense, high strung animal and, If subjected to annOyanCes, teasing or occasional cruelty, becomes revengeful and vim dictive. Sometimes he will even look Tor rOuOle ana, once III uSlt, nus the tenacity Of e bulldog.
 The black bear has never been pro tected as a game animal Through all the seasons of the year, with gun and dogs, the hunter is allowed to pursue him. It would be well for a few years to have a closed season on bears. As he is verging on extinction and as he gives to the wilds much of their spirit, there ought to be a closed season to protect this rollicking fellow of the forest.
 If l were asked to select the one em- blematic animal that best gives and suggests the spirit and the spell of the great outdoors 1 should select the black bear.-Enos A. Nils in Saturday Evening Post
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
EDITORIAL P A G E

y,diug a means whereby municipali- ties could place a license tux up- on itIuerant merchants. Yesterday afternoon, Representative Dan Dris- coll gave some further information regarding the bill. which is of in telest.
 Before leaving for the coast last fgll the matter of passing law to place a license tax upon itin- eraut merchants was brought to bis attention. He took the matter up with one of the coast representa- lives and together they prepared the bill which was introduced by the Fairbanks man.
 Owing to the fact that the mer- chants along the coast do not car " any great amount Of stock like tLev do iu the Interior, the people at Juneau and other large coast towns, objected tc the territorial license which was imposed upon itineraut merchants by the first leg islature. The coast people thought itiueraut merchants worked no great hardship on the local dealers, and as the public gained materiaIly' they were opposed to putting them to any disadvantage.
 For that reason the matter was left entirely to the city councils of the various towns, and they may either impose q license tax or not, just as they see fit.
 That the Fairbanks council will impose Q license tax against itin- eraut merchants is certain, as they wisl to protect the merchants who pay tho big taxes, and to protect the municipality which receives no taxes ou the big shipments of goods that are brought in by itinerants.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
Moon Sians.
Answers.

The moon plays m important part In sign telling. I know several old ladies who regulate all their household af- fairs, and even the conduct of life, by this lumlnary. All kinds of weather hang upon the changes of the moon. As a matter of fact, you and l rather like to see the new moon over the right shoulder. To be sure we have no faith in the baneful influence of this sign. Suu, 1t is just as well to be cautious about offending her ladyship. Farmers study the shape of the new moon to determine if the month Is to be wet or dry. The Indians used to say that if you could hang a powder horn upon the curve of the new moon the month would be generally pleasant A circle about the moon means storm ap- nrOaching. The number of stars with in the circle tell tne number of days which will elapSe before the storm be- gins. Farmers tell about planting corn in tue old of the moon.-Margaret Woodward in Countryside Magazine
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
THE NEW LICENSE TAX

The people of the interior towns are also taking up the matter cf the municipal tax ou itiuerant merchants, to which We referred in our columns yesterday. According to tie clipping which we publish below, taken from the Fairbanks Hines ot recent date, there is an erroneous impression in the interior as 10 the stand that vii! be taken by the Southeastern and South western Alaska coast merchants on this license tex, it being stated by Eegreseutatiya Dan Driscoll that tEgy are iudiG! ereu' to the inrOads n.ade on their business by these Irresponsible dealers who, more often than not, are in the north amply IS the agents of some shady ov.sile concern which desires to un- load Its stock cf sboddy goods on tIe A.lsku public at OlS I1sU1S without contributing iu any manner 50 t@e support of either the terri tari.l or muAIcioal governments.
 Tea the merchants of the coast are fully alive to the situation is evidenced by the action that is sao~..v to be taken by the Juneau v,ly cornell aud that will doubtless De taken by the skagway town souLcu tt tAo earliest moment at- ter the law becomes effective.
 The Fairbanks Times says:
 "Gladuess filled the hearts Of ell the merchants Of Fairbanks yester- day when they read the communi- cation ct Representative E. B. Col llns, in which he stated that the legislature had passed bill pro-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17

HserYed and was not often to be found mixing among his people. One day, however, be granted private audience to A prominent workman. His majesty discussed many subjects with his guest, including the latteTs work In a glass factory.
 At last the king hinted that he might visit the factory himself one day, to which the workman replied:
 Your people have been a very long time without seeing your face, sire except on stamps"
 The king did not say anything at the time, but he thought the mans words over very carefully, and henceforth no Italians had cause for complaint that his majesty kept himself aloof from them in the seclusion of his palace.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
What she Had She'd Hold.

It was the happiest moment of their lives. He had just proposed, and she had grab-er-accepted him.
 Then he took a tiny leather case from his pocket and slipped a sparkling cir clet on her finger, while she beamed with pride.
 "pm afraid it's rather loose, darling" he murmured. Shall take 1t back and have 1t made smaller?"
 The damsel shook her head decid- edly.
 "No, Rupert" she said calmly. "An engagement ring is an engagement ring, even if I have to wear 1t around my neck."-London Telegraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
AN AhIABLE BRUTE
The Black Bear Is the Happy
 HOoIigan Of the Woods.
HE IS NOT A BIT PRECIOUS,

This Much Maligned Animal Is Just a Lazy Playful Loafer That Avoids Men and Fights or Works Only When He Is Compelled 10 Do So.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
The Other Way.

A compositor once set up the word "doughnut" so that 1t read "dOnut"
 Don't you know how to spell better than that? asked the foreman.
 Well" said the cOmpositOr thought fully, do you know 1t didn't look just right to me. l had a w in there once and took 1t out."-Kansas City Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17

"Weil," was tie reply, "r'- oiice pro posed marriage to q girl, but 1t didn't encourage me when she merely laugh ed."-YonKers Statesman
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
Reformlna a King.

King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy IS extremely democratic, and 1t was the remark of q workIngman that first led him to be so. Formerly he was very
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17
Diseouraqement In a Laugh.

Don't you always feel encouraged when people laugSS T" asked the man at the club of ansther, who had the repu- tatlnp. of gd after dinner speaker.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-17

A lie always has a certain amount of weight with those who wish to be- lieye it.-RtCe.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27
USE FOUND FOR BEAR GRASS.
Fiber Obtained From 1t Converted Into
cordage, Mating, Etc.

Fiber Obtained From It Converted Into
cordage, Mating, Etc.
Tucumcari, NJ M.-Gathering the
spear-like leaves Of the wild bear grass
that grows profusely over large area
of western Texas and baling the fiber
that is obtained therefrom is a new
industry for this part of the country.
A large plant for preparing the fiber
for market has been established here.
The product is shipped to Chicago,
where it Is manufactured into rope.
cordage, mating and other products.
The available supply Of the raw ma
terial is said to be practically mex.
haustible. IT,. .:.
Up to the time it was discovered that
the. leaves contain a valuable fiber
bear-grass was considered worthless by
the ranchmen. It Is now proving q
source of considerable revenue for the
land owners and the men who are en-
ployed In marketing it.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27
FsNAKE CAUSES AUTO WRECK.
Runaway Follows Owners Effort to
Kill Copperhead on Seat.


Kill copperhead on Seat.
East Orange, N. flames Morrison
OF Orange went automobiling with his
family the other afternoon and when
over the Second mountain drove into a
dirt road so that his wife and two chill.
dren could pick wild flowers. They left
the car under a large oak tree and
sauntered off.
Half an hour later Mrs. Morrison and
her two children returned to the car for
the return trip. Coiled up on the front
seat was a large copperhead snake.
The mother and children, dropping the
flowers, ran away screaming.
Mr.. Morrison returned to the car and,
as the branches hung low over 1t,
pushed it back to the macadam road of
Eagle Rock avenue. Getting a stout
club from the woods, he swung at the
snake, missed it and accidentally gave
the car a push, and down the hill it
went.
The grade was very steep, and the
automobile ran through wooden fence
into the farm Of Jacob Miller, striking
calf, killing couple Of chickens and
finally hating after it had torn away
part Of Miller's back porch. By this
time there was not much left of the
car, and Mr.. Morrison, with his wife
and two children, walked four miles
home. The snake escaped.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27
Defendants.

eNOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that an &C.
ton has been commenced in this court by
the above named plaintiff against the above
named defendants, the object OF which is to
obtain judgment that plain is the owner
og the hereinafter described lands in fee sim
pie, clear Of encumbrance, and that defen-
dants and each of them. and all persons
claiming by, through or under them and each
Of them have no right or title to, nc. estate OF
interest in and no lien on said real estate OF
any part thereof. and Notice Is Also Given
that no personal claim is made against any
defendant.
Tho premises. affected by said action are
situated in tho County of Cook and State Of
Min nesota, and are known and described a.
follows:
Northeast quarter Of southwest quarter
(NE3t Of ,SWx) and Northwest Quartef Of
southeast quarter (NWx OF SEk): Of Section
eleven ny; Northwest quarter Of Northeast
quarter ONYX OF NEk), Of Section fourteen
iNEA of SWA), Of Section twenty seven cay:
Southwest quarter OF Northeast ,Quarter,
(SWA< OF NExl, Of Section thltty-three (a3).
all in Township sixty-two f62>, Range two G)
West Of the Fourth Principal Mendiad, &C.
cording to the GoveEnme MT survey thereof.
/. DIVERS. ANDERSEN
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27
DOUBLE SERVICE
AUTOMOBILE Ut TIRES
Guaranteed 1000 Miles Service =
ABSOLUTELY PUNOIUREPRooF

Donble Service Tirea are bonble the
thickness Of the, best standard make.
tires.
| This 100 per cent greater wearing sur
ace naturally gives that much more mile.
age and service. The average Of twelve
miles Of tough fabric an one inch sur;
ace tread rubber makes these tires ab-;
so1utely ppnctureproof. - IS
These tires excel all others for; use in
the country over. rough and, rugged
roads as we'll as on hard pavements .
They are easy riding and; resilient as any;
other pneumatic tire-thes air space and
pressure being the sand.
Fhey ara most economical and '.care
free" tires made and. are, used where
tires must be depended on and tire
troubles cannot be tolerated.: Many
Double Service style tires are in use
in the United States government and
European War service.
Our output is limited to q CERTAIN
amount, but for short time We offer
the following reduced special prices as
an Introductory Offer:
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27
Sheriff'S Sale of Real Estate Un.
der Judgment of Foreclosure.

STATE OF MINNESOTA IT,
County Of Cook }ss
DISTRICT COURT. Eleventh Judicial Dis.
trict.
J. N. Humphrey, Plaintiff
vs..
Keith L. Davidson and Daisy David
son his wife
Defendants.
Notice is Hereby Given. That, under and
by virtue of Judgment and Decree entered
In the above entitled action on the 18th day
OF May 1915, a certified transcript OF which
las been delivered to me, I. the undersigned
Sheriff of said Cook County, will sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder, for cash, on
Saturday the 3rd day of July 1915. at 10 O'CLOCK
in the forenoon. at front door Of Court
County In sePerate parcels. the premises and
Decree. to,wit: All the tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the County of Cook and
State of Minnesota, described es follows, TO-
wit: NJ Of NEA Sec. "a, NWA Of NWA. Sec.
g. SEA Of SEA Sec. q, al in Township 81
North Range West of the 18th Principal Meri-
dan in the State of Minnesota, containing 100
acres. according to the official plat of the
Government survey of said lands.
L. H. LIEN
Sheriff of Cook County.
Dated May %, 1915.
H. w. LAUDERDALE
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27

TYPE OF BOMB DROPPED ON ENGLAND
BY ZEPPELINs.
stacks, which would illumine the land
scape and enable the pilot to locate
some landmark by which be could get
his bearings.
Dispatches from Holland quote Ger
man naval officers as stating the Zep-
pelin used for this raid was a new one
and the trip was in the nature Of test.
Oversee navigation is an art only to be
acquired after long experience, and it
Is possible the visit to this section had
little significance except as training for
pilots and men.
The raider passed over Lowestoft
two or three times, calm night max
ing maneuvering easy. A fire bomb
which fell into pile Of timber did
damage estimated at $4,000, and the
two or three explosive bombs which
found targets did slight damage.
Elsewhere there was nothing to tell
of the passage Of the invader except
some holes in the ground, some broken
windows, doors torn from their hinges
and gossiping countryside. The
broken windows and damaged doors
were regarded lightly by the inhabit::
ants, and their feelings were rather of
astonishment and surprise than fear or
dismay. 1--WE lived in this house TWEEN.
ty years, and nothing like this ever
happened BEFORE" was characteristic
comment in the farming districts.
There are many stories Of miraculous
escapes. but most of them have little
basis in actual fact. Countryside COS:
sip is also busily engaged in rounding
up mysterious spies, and fully half the
people in the visited district believe the
backneyed story of mysterious mo-
'orcyclist who piloted the visitor by
means of headlight of peculiar bril-
liancy.
While the civilians are generally in
clined to treat lightly the result of the
Zeppelin activity; military men in
charge Of the various defense projects
incline to more serious view. They
are generally of the opinion that the
raids are in the nature Of reconnois-
sances and will be followed by more
= determined attempts shortly. Zeppe-
Films have now reached the English
coast several times, and with good luck
and favorable weather they may be ex-
pected to return eventually in larger
numbers and with more serious inten:
tiouA
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-05-27
Girl Made q Lieutenant.

Petr0grad.-Army orders contain the
promotion Of young woman. Alexan-
dra Lagerev, to lieutenant. with six.
teen other girls belonging to families
Of Don Cossacks. ~
She has been fighting alongside male
relatives since the beginning Of the
) war. Eight Of these have been killed,
and Miss Lagerev was prisoner, but
she killed her guard and escaped and
led accommodating party whichscap-
tured eighteen uhlans. .r:. .>.<.., ~