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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-01
MURoERER TO HANG

London. July 1.-George Jo- z seph Smith, styled the brides. s in-bath" murderer was found $ guilty today of drowning in f bath cub three of his six < wives. and was sentenced Co be hanged
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COULD DO NOTHING MORE
of His Passengers Had Been
Automatically Ended.

The dangers of travel by sea at this
time have played havoc with the
nerves of timid passengers.
Early one morning recently there
WAS considerable commotion on the
decks of a coastwise vessel plying be
tween Savannah and Baltimore, when
a scantily clad man hurried from his
stateroom and dashed toward the up
per deck. On the way he ran into the
captain of the vessel.
What's the matter, captain?" he
managed to gasp. Have we been tor
pedoed?"
Calm yourself, my dear sir, and be
prepared for the worst" answered the
official
ooh. don't tell me we're going
down." moaned the other. quick
where are the life preservers?"
They wouldn't be of any service al
this stage" explained the captain.
TOO late?" quavered the despairinl
passenger.
Yes said the captain, very sol
EMMY. We've done all we can fol
you. You'll have to look out for your
self from now on. You see, we've JUS
tied up to the dock"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

Generally Confined to Hens Kept in
Small Yards and Results From
Lack Of Animal Food.

The egg-eating habit when general
in a flock of hens is hard to break.
The habit is generally confined to
hens kept in confinement or small
yards, and usually results from idle
ness or lack of animal food in the ra-
ton. Or the habit may have it's be-
ginning in a flock from the accidental
breaking of eggs.
Hens kept in confinement should be
supplied the food elements that are
obtainable on range. Animal food
must be supplied, and provision must
be made to keep the hens busy by
compelling them to scratch in deep
litter for the grain portion Of their
ration. Shell-making material must
grains are deficient in lime, and soft
shelled eggs will likely result unless
oyster-shell. or old plaster is kept be-
fore the hens all the time.
Egg eating can be prevented by pro-
viding low-covered nests. The nests
should be so low that the hen barely
has room to creep on and off and
cannot stand erect in the nest. When
unable to stand erect, it is impossible
for the hen to break the eggs with
her beak The nests should also be
darkened. This can be done by hav-
ing the nests along the rear wall, with
the opening to the nests facing the
wall. The eggs should be gathered
several times a day.
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No "smoke Of Battle" Now.

One of the marked features of the
European conflict that distinguish 1t
from the wars of the past is the abb
sence of smoke on the firing line. Ow-
ing to the use of smokeless powder.
no smoke is made when a rifle is dis
charged, while the heaviest artillery
throws off nothing more than a thin
mist that is invisible hundred yards
away and disappears within few sec
onds after the gun is fired. Only
when shrapnel or she'll explodes in
the enemys line is there anything Wis
ible in the way of smoke. the whole
purpose being to conceal the position
of the guns throwing the projectiles
while making the points where tho
projectiles explode clearly visible. The
expression, the smoke of BATTLE SO
faithfully descriptive of the wars ct
the past. has little meaning when APP
piled to modern war.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
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Wisconsin Poultry Expert Believes
Protein Food Produces Greater
Results at Lower Cost.

That 1t is poor policy for farmers
not to feed some kind of food to their
chickens which is high in protein val
ue, such as beef scraps, or sour milk,
is the opinion of H. l.. Kempster, as
sociate professor of poultry husbandry
at the University of Missouri.
Mr.. Kempster has recently conduct
ed an experiment which he believes
proves conclusively- that protein food
produces greater results at lower
costs. In three separate pens the
same number of chickens were kept.
All were fed corn all of the time,
wheat part of the time and in addi-
ton ground rations of bran, middlings
and cOrnmeal. Besides the regular
feed for the chickens in all three pens,
those in pen one were fed beef scraps,
and those in pen three were given all
the sour milk they wanted The hens
were about the same age. The expert
ment covered the time between No
vember l and June 1.
Those hens in pen two, given only
the regular feed, produced only 500
eggs those in pen one, given beef
scraps, produced 1,518 eggs; and those
in pen three, fed sour milk, produced
LAPS eggs. The hens in pen one ate
923 pounds of grain, those in pen two
944 pounds and those in pen three 1886
pounds.
The amount of beef scraps fed to
the chickens in pen one was 60 pounds
costing $3.50. These hens produced
718 more eggs than those chickens fed
only the regular ration. In other
words, these chickens produced 718
additional eggs on feed which cost
but $3.50 more than the regular ration.
Those hens fed sour milk produced
nearly as many eggs as those fed the
beef-scrap ration.
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couver, and through the Lynn canal,
to Skagway, which he terms the gate
way to the Yukon, and describes as
"a wretched little town with decayed
wooden houses and grass-grown
streets, the scene of many robberies,
riots and murders at the time of the
gold rush, which the police authorities
had neither the power nor energy to
control. Skagway is not, and can
never be, of much use to the United
States except as an obstruction to
Canadian progress, but might be Of
some advantage to the vast Canadian
hinterland less than twenty miles in
land
Skagway is surrounded on three
sides by plateau Of steep and rug
ged mountains through which two
trails lead to the north over the White
Horse and the Chilcoot passes, up
whose wild and difficult ravines thou
sands Of fortune-seekers trekked and
struggled with their heavy packs,
tools and tents in the mad rush to the
expected Ell Dorado over five hundred
miles away. Soon after the gold was
found in quantities a mountain rail-
road was built up the White pass
from Skagway to the summit and on
to Lake Bennett, a distance Of 40
miles, traversing a wild and iceworn
plateau of gigantic proportions,
strewn with moraines, sprinkled over
with lakes and inclosed by snowy
peaks 5000 to 5000 feet in height.
At the head of Lake Bennett lies the
deserted town of Bennett, where, at
the time of the gold rush, there were
lodged some five thousand people in
houses, huts and tents. The only
building now standing beside the rail-
road station is a wooden Presbyterian
few righteous men were among that
sordid crowd. 1t was here that the
first prospectors and miners got into
boats and canoes and navigated their
frail craft through lakes and rapids
for the remain ming 53l miles of their
venturesomes journey to Dawson City
The last stretch OF the railroad from
Skagway runs along Lake Bennett to
White Horse, few miles above Lake
Laberge, where safe navigation down
the Lewes river to Dawson begins.
Dawson City the Center.
Although the great ice fields of the
early ages swept the greater portion
of North America they missed the re
gion of the Klondike. and consequent
ly the gold-producing deposits re
manned intact until the early prospec
tors discovered them. The Yukon
Eoldfield ID confined mainly to the vi
cinity OF Dawson City. although
small quantities OF gold can be found
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Crinoline in History.

The oft-threatened return of the
crinoline, prophesied by alarmists of
fashion, leaves us all wondering. We
find that the crinoline was first worn
in the sixteenth century by Spanish
princess, who used it to conceal her
love letters from forbidden admirer.
According to pictures of Queen Eliza
beth, she was the first to wear it in
England. a writer in the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch states Perhaps she
wore it for the same reason. She had
need of pockets to hide such, provided
all her admirers wrote to her. Among
her earlier portraits we find that her
dress resembled that of Queen Mary
her sister. The skirts of these were
simply widened at the bottom.
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has dwindled down to less than two
thousand people.
Three Ways Of Getting Gold.
The various processes of recovering
gold in this region fall under three
main Observation-Disclosures, by washing
surface gravels with shovel and pan
or by sluicing with fiume and sluice
box; small parties, by working drift
with mechanical scrapers and sluices
or drift-mining ia shafts and sluicing
and capitalists, by dredging with pow
erful mechanical plants, hydraulic
sluicing with monitors, or mining and
stamping ore in mills. The first class
includes poor mems diggings" and
the second requires more financial re
successful man in the first may be
come a member Of the second class
While the first two classes require
fairly rich ground, only men with ex
ceptional ability and ample capital can
reach the third class and work the
veins successfully.
Inc author describes In detall tne
several methods of extracting gold
from the frozen Klondike field, based
upon his personal observations, and
shows how man has changed the to
Biography of this district, especially in
the valleys. First the drift miners
turned the gravel upside down, then
the dredgers plowed it all over again
and threw it into great ridges of stone
with mud banks between, and finally
where there were white gravels on
the high ground, the hydraulic
giants" washed them down into great
fan-shaped cones, sometimes reaching
across the entire valley, completely
burying all below, damming up gullies
and producing new lakes. All of which
operations have made tough problems
for the future geologist.
The vast territory OF the Yukon dis
trict is imperfectly explored, and al.
though it is far north, the climate in
summer is warm and favorable for ag-
riculture and grazing. Exploration is
now readily effected from Dawson, and
Mr.. Cadell hopes that fresh enterprise
will reveal new resources that will
lead to the permanent settlement OF
this remote and almost Cninhabited
outpost.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

HE world will go gold-hunting
until the last yellow nugget is
extracted from the earth. Nat
urally the Klondike and Yukon
goldfic.ds, as the latest to be
opened, will attract the would-be pio-
neers OF the present, and romantic
stories coming out of the great Alas
kan forests and mountains will stir
the blood of the adventurous until the
whole region has become commercial
lied. In a recent publication of the
Smithsonian, II. c. Cadell reports his
studies and Investigations in the klon-
dixie and the Yukon and presents a
picture of conditions in these famous
fields which the man with the gold
fever will do we'll to see.
The name Klondike was once in ev-
century it nearly became a synonym
for all that was rich and prosperous
But of late it has not been so common,
its early bloom having faded away.
The sensational pockets of fine placer
gold, which attracted hordes of hardy
are nearly depleted, and no new ones
have been discovered to maintain its
earlier reputation. But while this part
of the Yukon district can no longer
be called a poor mans goldfeld, It
still contains a considerable quantity
OF alluvial gold which can be secured
by the application Of capital and
brains. 1t remains a region well
worth visiting, for besides the gold it
has other possibilities Of development,
There are many points of geographic
and scientific interest; in this remote
and imperfectly explored northwest.
ern corner of the British empire there
are numerous problems awaiting the
discussion and investigation of the
geologist and the geographer of the
years to come.
Skagway Now q Wretched Spot.
On his trip Of investigation Mr. Ca
dell steamed up the coast from Van
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klondike aaA,
Xkon Ioday

In the sand of the Yukon for nundreda
OF miles up the valley. Dswson City
is situated on the alluviai fiat where
the Yukon is joined by the Klondike
river, two tributaries OF which are the
famous Bonanza creek and Hunker
creek. Although traces of gold were
discovered in the Yukon valley in
about 1869, it was twelve years later
In 1881, before it was found in the
Big Salmon, and in the Lewes, after
ward coarse gold was found on the
fortymile, tributary of the Yukon
below Dawson, and in lS94-1906 the
discoveries of Bob Henderson and
George Cormack, in Hunker and Bo-
nanza creek and many miners made
fortunes in short time, but unfor
tunately most of the gold was spent
foolishly or in debauchery. One man
Is said to have taken 100000 out OF
claim Sc feet by 500 feet, but, so
the story goes, he spent it in a few
years and died in poverty. The quick
est fortune on record was secured by
two men who cleaned up gold to the
value of $4,000 in 81 hours. Stories
of the proceedings at Klondike during
these golden days" are not edifying,
but point to the moral that wealth
too easily and quickly won is apt to
work i'll.
The total output in 1898 was $40,
100000, from which figure it jumped
six million annually until 1900, when
the production reached $22 ,275, 900,
the highest point. From this point a
steady decline began until in 1908.
when it was $2,S29,13i, at which time
hydraulicking and dredging began.
and the total output rose slowly until
it was $5,018,411 in 1918. 1t has been
estimated that only about $4,000, 900
worth of gold remains TO be produced,
out of the original available amount OF
nearly s1S0,000,O00 At the height OF
the boom in the winter of 1899 the
population of Dawson is said to have
reached $4,000; recently, however, II
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

II you are on farm and in doubt
as to the best breed of poultry to
keep, you are missing a good chance
of finding out about some of the best
for you to keep if you do not take
advantage not only of what you can
learn in the poultry department OF
the county fair, but the state fair as
well. In fact, the state fair poultry
department gives you a large variety
to choose from, and at this big fair
there are always attendants that are
glad to talk to you of poultry and
tell you much that you may not yet
know about any of the breeds.
II you live near a large town it is
good idea first, before making choice
of breed, to know the requirements
of your market. Does your market pre-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Sketch Under Shell Fire.

Some of the many artists who are
at the front in France make their
sketches undaunted by shell fire. The
Century magazine publishes a picture
of the ruins of farm house, about
which the battle had ragged, drawn by
Henri lacquer, who took the first
grand prix of the Salon. while M.
lacquer" says a feilow-artist, was
finishing this drawing with very rapid
pencil strokes, a shell burst near him,
and actually flung the earth into his
car. But the drawing was finished
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. II Pays
Big Dividends.

If parents will give just little in
telligent thought to the feeding Of
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over, for the small trouble.
A mother writes: Our children are
all so much better and stronger than
they ever were before we made a
change in the character Of the food.
We have quit using potatoes three
times day with coffee and so much
meat.
Now we give the little folks some
fruit, either fresh, stewed, or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream. occa-
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to fully describe
the change in the children, they have
grown so sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele
ments that, understand, exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had great deal of stom.
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until tried
Grape Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and we'll"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
Ever read the above letters new
one appears from time to time. They
ere genuine. true. and fall Of human
,sterest.
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CONSTANT WATCH FOR MITES
Little Parasites Creep in Quietly and
Multiply Rapidly - Thorough
Spraying Is Favored.

The roosting houses should be con-
stantly watched for the appearance OF
red mites. They creep in quietly and
multiply very rapidly, sometimes be-
coming decidedly troublesome to the
chicks before they are noticed.
A thorough spraying of the whole
inside of the house with one cupful of
crude carbolic acid in five gallons of
whitewash will kill the mites and keep
the house sweet and clean.
Many of the coal-tar commercial
preparations on the market may be
used for this purpose with great sat
isfaction.
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PROPER HOUSE FOR POULTRY
Abundance Of Fresh Air and Sunshine
Are Essentiai-Wet Feet Not Con-
ducive to Laying.

Remember that it is not the warm
house that the hen needs to keep her
laying her share of winter eggs, but
the house with the tight roof, the
walls free from drafty holes, with
plenty of fresh air coming in the
right way and plenty of chance at all
the sunshine available; also the
ground outside the house should be
well drained and free from sinks
where mud and water collect and
stay. A hen with constant wet, cold
and dirty feet will do very little lay
ing
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fer white or brown eggs? If it does,
then If you get the better prices you
must keep Leehorns or Minorcas. The
last grow larger than the Leghorns,
and while they are nearly strictly nom
sitting, they make a fair-sized market
bird.
Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks and
Cochins will give you large number
of brown eggs. Some markets prefer
yellow-skinned fowls, some white
skinned. If your market demands this
last you will want some variety OF the
Orpington, or any other white-skinned
bird that you admire, which may be
the Brahma or the Langshan.
II you want yellow skin, it must be
the Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock Co.
chin, Rhode Island Red, etc.
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Information About Lincoln.

1t was left to Boston schoolboy Of
dozen years to give the world some
entirely new information about Abra-
ham Lincoln. He did it in this way
when asked by his teacher to write
what he knew about the great war
president:
Abraham Lincoln was born on a
bright, sunny day in February, 1909.
He was born in a log cabin he had
helped his father to build"
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Reassurinu,

Nervous Old Lady ton small Eng
lish railway)-Oh, dear! how we 10
rocking. I'm sure an accident will
happen to this train!
Elderly Aboriginal-It's along o
their bein' short-handed wi skilled
men, mum, so my son e offered to
drive her just to oblige, and (confi-
dentially) don't think e knows much
about it.-Passing Show.
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Early MARKETING,

The early-hatched fowls should be
in prime condition for the Thanks
giving market if they have been well
cared for. Prices are invariably high
er the latter part of November than
at any other season, take it one year
with another.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

The woman visitor to the prison
cells was amazed to find such theory
of depravity.
do you mean to tell me" she
asked. that reading Shakespeare
brought you to prison? What works
did you read?"
Romeo and Juliet num-" said
No. All.
But what evil influence could that
have on your"
Why, it taught me to be a porch
climber, mum. Puck.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
THICK LOVELY HAIR
Because Free From Dandruff, Itching,
Irritation and Dryness.

May be brought about by shampcos
with Cuticura Soap preceded by
touches Of Cuticura Ointment to spots
of dandruff, itching and irritation. A
clean, healthy scalp means good hair.
Try these supercreamy emollients il
you have any hair or scalp trouble.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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INGREDIENTS of Mash.

A mash consists of many things, just
as you can afford-bran, alfalfa meal,
cornmeal, middlings. boiled cabbage,
small potatoes or potato skins, boiled
soft and sailed: anything in the line
of cooked vegetables. and all mixed
crumb1y with milk, meat boilings or
plain water.
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Good MONDAY Mixture.

A mixture of ground oats Tor barley
and cornmeal mixed with milk may
be fed at noon to good advantage
after they are on full feed. Never
feed more at any time than they will
clean up with relish.
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Anxioua TO Please

so you are expected to do a kind
act every day."
Yes replied the boy scout.
How about today?"
We'll, the teacher has been having
little trouble with me. Don't you
think ] might stay away from school
aud give her Q rest?"
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A bachelor girl is sometimes an old
maid who is ashamed to admit it.

portation' of cooking utensils coated
or lined with lead or any of its alloys
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Conscience and Love.

SO'oSiSHSC anu GONcs
To make conscience tOlerable, love
should be thrown around it, Con-
science is the frame of character, and
love is the covering for it-Henry
Ward Beecher.
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The Fatal Words.

is Mr.. Slyboy very talkative?"
''No; I've been trying for two years
to make him speak,"
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To Obtain Zoos.

In order to obtain eggs it Is neces-
sary 10 nave healthy. vigorous stock,
nroperly fed
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When all others fail to please
Try Denison's Coffee.
The Proper Place.

Have you established a 'shut-in'
club?"
Yes; in the jail"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

Only grass and water with plenty IT
grit is necessary for geese.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

HE world will go gold-hunting
until the last yellow nugget is
extracted from the earth. Nat
urally tho Klondike and Yukon
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-07-08
WEDDING OF FORMER
SEQUACHEE BOY.

The many friends Of Jackson Lee,
son of Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Lee. of this
city, will be interested in the an
nouncement of his marriage, clipped
from q New Decatur, Ala, paper, the
home town of the bride. Mr.. Lee is a
valued employee of the Woodward Iron
Co., near Birmingham, and he and
his bride will please receive the con-
gratulations of his friends and the
News here The wedding as indicated
by advance notice, took place yester-
day:
"On July the seventh at high noon,
at the residence of the brides sister,
Mrs. James Randolph Nicholson, Mr..
Marion jackson Lee. son of William
Lee, of Sequatchie, Tenn, and Miss
Maude Davidson. daughter of the late
Henry NJ Davidson. No cards.
"'The foregoing announcement of an
approaching marriage will be of great
interest in this and other cities where
Miss Davidson is known Having liv.
ed..here since childhood she has endear-
ed herself in her gracious and attrac-
tive manner to many friends who re-
Rret to learn her future home is to be
elsewhere Mr.. Lee is native Ten
nessean, having but recently gone to
Birmingham where he is prominently
connected in business and club life. -