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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30

waters edge he pushed off into the stream. Half way across the Disc there was dan gerous eddy, and he guided the boat straight into the current.
 As the eddy swept the boat from side to side he gave a dexterous twist of one of the sweeps, and in moment the whole party, horses and men, were struggling in the water. The Germans had little chance, for weighted down by their heavy boots and accoutrements, and mixed up with their plugging horses, all were drowned. The old man, who had swam in the river from boyhood. worked his way out of the dan gerous current and reached the bank in safety
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Appropriations Asked for Alaska

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo's esti mates of government expenses for the next fiscal year amount to s1,090,000,000. David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, asked for $2l ,O0O for administration of the for estry service in Alaska. The appropriations asked for in the rivers and harbors bill for Alaska are as follows: Roads and trails, sl,255 ,00O; inspection service S7000; edu cation of natves, S2OO,O0O; reindeer, $6,000 medical relief for natives, s75,O00 protec- tion of game, s20,000; suppression of illicit liquor traffic, sl5,000; care of insane, S75,000
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Alaskan xchanoe Suooested

The Alaska and Northwest Mining Jour nal of Seattle has suggested that the dltter- ent cities along the coast which are com-- peting for Alaska trade join Tn the estab- lishment of an Alaskan exchange. The Journal argues that such organization would be of mutual benefit to outside mer- chants and machinery houses as well as to Alaskans who have property to sell. A place where Alaskans can list their propo- sitions that they bring out for sale, and where capital can look when seeking invest ments of this nature, IS contemplated, This exchange could be under the direct charge of a high class man thoroughly conversant with Alaska, part of whose business It would be to give suggestions and assistance to those Alaskans who had propositions ot merit but who possibly might not have the acduaintance that would enable them to ob- tain hearing in the proper quarter. Some thing might also be done in small way toward looking after purchases, and Ii the business along this line grew too large, a nominal fee could be charged to cover the cost One of the biggest expenses that Alaskans have to contend with is going out to purchase supplies and machinery. The location should be central but not be htted up as a club, as the Alaskans are well able to pay for anything they want of that na- ture but any money spent in fittings would be the best investment any city could pos sibly make To equip and maintain place of this kind and pay the salary of a first class man would cost the merchants an in significant sum each month and the money would be returned a hundred times over An Alaskan exchange established in any city that had any pretensions at all to catering to Alaska would go a long way towards establishing that city as headquarters for Alaskans.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Notice to Creditors

In the Probate Court for Otter Precinct.
 Fourth Division, Territory or Alaska
 before George w. Albrecht, Commis-
 siner and eX omCio Judge. In the Matter Of the Estate Of Timothy
 Joseph Lynch, deceased:
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed. administrator of the estate or i'm othy Joseph Lynch, deceased, to the cred itors of and all persons having claims against aga the Y said deceased, to exhibit them. with the necessary vouchers, within SIX months after the first publication Of this notice. to the said administrator, at Inc office of w. F. Harrison, attorney at law. Regina hotel Iditarod. Alaska. the same b9- ing the place for the transactlon or me business Of the said estate III tHe aDoPe precinct and territory
 Dated January 20. 1915.
 DAN MCKENZIE, Administrator rirEt ntIbEteattou. Jan. B, t315-
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Sure-Thinq Devices Banned

Card machines, money machines and all devices having the nickel-ln-t n-the-slot attach ment for the lure of the 5-cent piece will be thing of the past in Southeastern Alaska when the family clock strikes to- night, says the Juneau Empire of December IS. The United States marshaPs office this morning issued an order that all slot ma
 chimes must go, and forthwith" was tackled to the writ to insure an immediate funeral. By curfew time the whir of the cards will cease, the lookout probably will tell the porter to melt up his brass bingles, and the nickelplated machines will be relegated to
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
ALASKA A !, }
Artesian Well at Cordova

The core drill whlah was set up Tor dem onstraton purposes at the shop of Harmon X Deever, and which began operations Mon day morning, struck artesian water at a depth of about thirty seven feet, after pass ing through eleven feet of graywack under the gravel and sand. Operation of the drill was suspended to permit of tests of the water, which appears to be pure A flow estimated at ten gallons minute continues unabated from the casing Tanks from the refrigerator plant are to be filled for the purpose of testing the water for ice making purposes. s.-Cordova Alaskan.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Notice of Forfeiture
To John Pedersen and J. A. Carsow' theil

heirs and assigns:
 Notice is hereby given that the under signed has done the annual assessment work on No t3 below discovery f1rst tier, right limit bench, and also on No below discovery, left limit, first tier bench, on Territory of Alaska, as provided by Section 9324 of the Revised Statutes of the United states and the laws of Alaska, Tor @ me years years Pedersen and l. A. Carsow are CO., owners in No. t3 below, right limit, and J. A. carsow is co-owner in No. f below left llmit' a ana each has failed to pay his proporllonn: That from m the the first si' publication Of this notice each of you should fai! or refuse anso to con. con tribute his proportion of said expense, your interests will become the property ol the undersigned.
 Dated at Takotna Alaska, this 9th day of october, 1914. n.,rco,,
 First publication, Oct 3i, i9ia' i9ii5
 Last publication. Jan 30, i9'o.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30

centers of inconvenient rays Once launched, the bomb was absolutely unap- proachable and uncomfortable until it's forces were nearly exhausted and from the crater that burst open it puffs of heavy incandescent vapor and fragments of puni- tive rock and mud, saturated with caroh- mum, and each center of scorching and blistering energy were flung high and far.
 Such was the crowning triumph of mih- tary science, the ultimate explosive that was to give the decisive touch to war.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Mysterious Wireless Messaqes

Many of the wireless operators on the steamers on the Alaska run believe that some foreign nation presumably Germany is operating a wireless station on some of the islands along the coast of Alaska. They report that while sending messages they are often interrupted by other operators Re gently one operator caught a message n strange code which he was unable to un- GerSt and
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
Delivers Mail With Bear Team

Joe Spenard, the city congressman, who has the contract to carry the mail from the postoffice to the steamer, Thursday took the mail to the Admiral Evans with his team of young bear Five thousand pounds of outgoing Christmas mail was taken from the postoflice in twenty seconds, a record trip.-Ealdez Miner.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
An Early Candidate

A rumor is current in Seward that Don Mckenzie, who was formerly United States commissioner in the Koyukuk, IS a candi- date for the chairmanship of the Alaska de- velopment board proposed by Secretary of the Interior Lane.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30
plTARop PIONEER SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1915

the obscurity of the back room, while in the resorts where the money machines have for so long reaped their harvest of coins the muslin profit sack" will be unburdened for the last time.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-30

When you come in from the creeks, don't forget to stop in at the Crosby Mas sage and Bath Parlors and try the Electric Vibration and Vapor Baths
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
HOW A HOUSEWIFE
MAY KNOW IF HER
FOOD IS ADULTERATED

L. is a!r.cst certain that the pres
ent occasion will be seized upon by
some people to adulterate foodSLCnS.
In certain directions prices tend to
be rather high: the authorities are
much engaged: now is real oppor-
tunity for those who practice this
crime against the community.
Alum may be freely used in bread
10 hide inferior or badly damaged
flour. 1t is easy to find out whether
this harmful ingredient is present by
soaking a sample of the bread in a
solution of tincturc of logwood. OBJ
tainable from any chemist. If the
least trace of alum is present, the
bread turns blue: if none has pcen
added the color is bright pink. says
the Philadelphia Sunday Record.
Salt is often used in comparatively
large quantities to make the bread
take up as much moisture as posi-
ble.- This. of course. adds to the
weight. without. in any way. increas-
ing the food value.
Milk is. of course, easily adulter-
ated with water, but it is a simple
matter to detect the fraud. Secure
a stoutish knitting needle which is
very bright and plunge this into the
milk. II large drop forms on the
end and hangs for a considerable time
we may feel sure that the milk is all
right. On the other hand, IL the milk
runs down the needle quickly and does
not form lasting drop it is prob
ably a 'watered" article.
Butter should always be, closely
watched. OF course. good margarine
is a very wholesome food and is quite
all right. but it is a shame to sell
this as dairy butter and charge ac-
cordingly. Here is very simple test
which is quite reliable: Take a small
portion of the article about the size
of pea. Place this in an iron spoon
and hold over gas burner. Good
butter bubbles quietly with a great
deal of froth. margarine or worked
up butter crackles with a noise re-
sembling that which is experienced
when n green stick Is held over a
FIRE
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
KYNLB
EWWMAN
u HER
Z RRZZXAY
AND Nl72S
April 23-Marie Taglioni.

The most prominent danseuse of the
last century, Marie Taglion. was borr
106 years ago today in Stockholm, Swe-
den. Her grandfather had been a dane
ing master of Naples. and her father,
who migrated to Sweden, was also OF
that profession. From her earliest child
hood Marie received the strictest sort OF
training and discipline, and this combined
with her native grace and poetic feeling
resulted in the most perfect dancing tina
the world has probably ever known.
Yet Taglioni was not beautiful, and
because she was not, writers spent much
time trying to describe her marvellous
charm. The floating lightness' of her
dancing was often mentioned. Her buoy
ancy. mingled with abundant strength,
produced results which no one was able
to describe in words. Her dancing was
OF the ideal school, as contrasted with
the voluptuous dancing of others of the
period. She was called by her admirers
the spirit OF the air"
While TaGlioni lived and danced in her
prime dancing was held In a very high
regard. and TaGlioni herself was most in
sistent on this attitude on the part of her
public toward her art.
When, however. Jenny Lind arrived on
the scene to eclipse with her voice the
art of the greatest dancer of the age
TaGlioni withdrew and refused to he seen
i'm public again. Rather than take sec
ond place. she preferred TO take no place
at all. Tho end of her days were spent
as a teacher of department in the schools
of London.
Horvrist Sly
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23

the broad air for some hours. Turk
ish rug will stand a soap and water
scrup admirably. and where it is feasible
light one may be put entirely in tub
and washed like a sheet. After the air
ing beat the rugs again. using a strong
rattan beater. then spread them smooth
ly and spray with a strong black pepper
tea. Have prepared some wooden rollers
about two inches through and as long as
the rug is wide. First put over the rug
sheet made of newspapers pasted to-
gether. then place the roller on top of
this at one end of the rug and begin to
roll keeping the wooden prop straight
all the time. Cover the roll with more
paper pasted together. then insert it in
a round bag made of tough MANILA pa
per and paste all the loose ends securely.
AS long as there are 10 loose seams in
this outer bag no moths can get in. but
further precaution would be to spray
the bag lightly all over with pepper tea.
Cheap rugs and old carpets will not
need quite so much care, but if they are
to be kept entirely free of moths they
should be looked after. Beat, sun-brush
and spray these in the same way as
rugs then roll them between newspapers.
with a thick sprinkle of gum camphor
between the folds Cover the piles Of
loose rugs or carpets with burlap. or
more newspapers, to keep off dust.
U'oTN1i-ht 1915,
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
HOROSCOPE.
Friday. April %, 1918.

Friday, April %, 1918.
~ unfortunate day. Neptune, Venus
Saturn and Uranus are all strongly
adverse.
Under this rule it is held that i,
/ is extremely easy to make mistakes
High nervous tension, irritability and
even sudden attacks OF Illness are
common.
. The reign of the planets indicates
/ that European conditions will not i'm
/ prove for many months. the seers de-
! clare. and they continue to warn the
! United States against foolhardy feel
! ing of security.
| II the stars are to be relied on, in
ventions that have to do with aerial
navigation will multiply during the
| spring and summer and these will
pcan much to the nation.
| There are signs construed as warn
ing against sudden events that will
arouse the country and cause vast eX-
penditures.
| Increase of taxation is foreshadow-
ed. Political protests against this will
| affect the fall elections in certain
States.
Chicago has the auSury of extra
ordinary sensations that will test
State officials as ell as the municipal
| government.
Frauds perpetrated through the post
| office or scandals in which the postal
| service may become involved are in
| dictated, ii is said.
| Although the planets have appeared
| to forewarn women that they would
| bear many burdens and shed many
tears in the present year. there is also
] the prophesy that they are to attain
| supreme authority in work that will
establish equality and justice.
Increase in marriages and births
| will mark the next month.
! The death of financier, which will
take place next month, may cause .
| furry in the business world as il will
interfere with important negotiations
Persons whose birthdate 1t is should
be cautious about travelling in the
coming year.
| Children born on this day may be
| restless in nature and difficult to
guide. Girls should be guarded against
| unhappy marriage. These subjects of
Taurus are often studious and fond
| of scientific pursuits
Downright l9ljD
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
Must the Fairies Go!

.So fairies," said Signora Montessor'
the other day when explaining her new
No.. of all educational systems, and then
ss,d aft ia very hard to explain
in a few words"
Mime Montessori's idea seems 10 De
that since the problem of life IN store
for most of us is the facing OF reaiities
.,d the graphing with actualties 1t IS
waste of time and a source OF danger
IN allow children to dwell in the realm
of unrealities.
Tho man or woman who refuses 70
,.c, hrayelv the realities Of life, she
aid "wbo cannot meet them success
fully. but lives in day dreams IN wnich
wishing cap or a magic carpet brings
him TO castle in Spain. is pathetic
,,i,u-. Rut for such failure we are pre-
,,r,nr our BOYS and girls when we sur
- ,t,-n M world OF unreality.
ant what il we do take away the
fairies? -,
Why then, Of course. the children Will
create fairies for themselves. II Is not
CROWN folks who have made these falrS
-.r;,. 4. is the children themselves or
ovr forefathers living in the childhooo
,f our races history who Wove out OF
the fabric of their imagination the wen
Of the fairy tales that are the heritage
of our children today
No child has to be taught to make
,,.tsnd" 1t is the child, in fact, who
teaches the grown-ups TO drop the cares
and worries Of the workadays "orld
for little while and make pretend
with him. And it is the men and women
who retain a great deal OF this child
spirit in their adult years who make the
great poets, and dramatists and play pro-
duccrs.
ReaIJv and truly, Signora Montessori'
did cinderella or Aladdin or Lewis Car
rolls immortal Alice. or Old King Cole
or Palmer Cox's Brownies or any OF
the rest of the creatures OF Inauguration
ever lead many men and women to fall
urc? Can il be that the lovers OF fairy
tales are led TO. expect to have fairy
vodmothers and glass slippers and magic
lamps tnat heeu pu' ~
bring the hearts desire. and that IN TINS
expectation fail to meet the realities OF
actual life?
Without these creatures of the magma
ton what would the days Of childhood
be worth, anyway? True. as Signora
Montessori says, there are wonders oil
nature and of science that rival the Won
ders of fairy lore. and in Signora Mon
tessori's system these wonder tales take
the place of the fairies. But we are not
all of scientific bent. and there are times
when the story OF a glacier or a tadpole
mr. beaver or a FREELY could not posi-
bly, fill the place left vacant by an
Ara bian genii or wood gnome or fairy
mother.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
Hazel Dawn Gives Aid to Beauty.

Il believe that women should seek
ethereal effects.
Chiffon and pearls are first aids tc
| the soft loveliness which should be q
woman's skin.
"a soft hair-line about the face is
Indispensable to a wo:lan's looking her
| best.
Pink is the color OF the cheerful. |
have never known a person Of happy
nature who did not like pink. nor a
gloomy one who liked il.
Il like extremes only in hats pre-
| fer them very large or very small. The
medium sized hat has no character
that is. no distinction-no. so to speak.
personality. 1t means nothing.
"Shoes should always be trim and. as
| TO tops. at least. the color of the
gowns IL had to choose between
pretty gowns and pretty boots Id
|ehoose the latter.
"A girl can be well dressed with a
wardrobe of eight frocks- She does
not need more to make an extremely
good appearance.
The gi-dle is womans friend. Suit
your girdle to your figure. but have
one with every costume, for a girdIe
adds charm to the costume and youth
fuiness to the figure. There you have
my clothes creed Hazel Dawn. the
musical comedy star. on First Aids to
Loyeiiness." In the Green Book Maga-
klas.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23

Analyze yourself. Arc you victim of
that most destructive Of thought habits
self pity?
Do you enjoy nursing your grief?
II you do. arise. Turn your attention
to lifting some one else out Of the slough.
Realize that you are just as responsible.
that it is Just as much your duty to
keep the thought atmosphere about you
healthy as it Is the duty Of any one else
in It,
Self pity not only depresses you, but
it depresses all who come in contact with
you.
The difference between sorrow and
self pity is that in sorrow you blame no
one while in self pity you are sure to
have a grievance-you have not been
fairly treated, you feel hard toward some
one or toward life in general. your hori-
ION begins and ends with self. you nour-
ish your grief. your wrong. and there Is
a morbid enjoyment in 1t.
Selfishness is at the root Of 1t. 1t COM
bines unkind thoughts and harsh judS-
ment of others. depression and letting
down. which are all destructive to health.
One does not rise out of the mire OF
depression from self pity long enough
to stand as man-free. ready Tor
growth. There is no growth. no prog
ress unless one looks out beyond self.
We are rarely intelligent observers of
thought habits. We do not admit the ex-
istence Of self pity. We are not frank
in self criticism.
There is reason in joy. courage. faith.
optimism. because they are helpful both
TO self and others. but there is no rca-
son in fear. worry or self pity. of the
three bad faults self pity is the worst.
because it is bound up in selhshness. We
fear for others; We worry over the hap
piHess, health or prosperity of those
dear to us, but self pity concerns no one
but self
Nothing is more difficult to break away
from than a bad thought habit. Bad or
vicious physical habits are SO obvious
that VIC are usually conscious of them.
If we ourselves do not observe them,
members of our family or well meaning
friends point them out to us. but they
do not know the mental habits We form.
If you have formed the habit, look
without. be kind. help some one else.
You have too much pride to let any ono
else pity you: then why pity self?
Last Christmas I was much concern
ed over the mental health of n friend.
lie had lost very dcarly-beloved wife:
this was his first Christmas alone, and
he could see nothing. think or talk OF
nothing save his loss and his cruel and.
to him. unique situation He refused TO
enter into any Christmas observance and
,asked his friends not to mention the day
to him.
Christmas morning I had some pack
ages to deliver. Without revealing my
purpose. 1 asked him to lend me his
car He consented, but said he would
have to drive. for he had given his
chauffeur a holiday. Fate seemed play
ing into my hands.
The first place We visited the mother
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
HOUSE,
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
THE SUMMER CARE OF RUGS.

The good housewife is naturally con-
cerned about the summer welfare of fine
rugs, and she realizes that IL they are
used in the hot months they won't be sc
resplendent in winter. Simply putting
rugs away in the proper manner for the
summer will sometimes renew fading
colors TO an astonishing extent.
Before sending the rugs on their store
room vacation. this chamber itself should
be well cleaned. Use perfectly cold wat
er for the scrubbing and naphtha soap:
then when floor. shelves and painted
walls are dry so over all the work with
clean rags smeared with kerosene The
moth-miller has no fondncss for petrol
cum, and SO this device alone will keep
it out of the storeroom.
The rugs themselves must be thorough
" beaten. cleaned of spots and hung in
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
HAS WHITE LIST" OF PLAYS.
baltimore knights of Columbus
Joins Nationwide Move.

That the Baltimore councils of the
knights of Columbus have united solidly
in the nationwide movement against i'm
moral theatrical and moving picture films
was announced last night at the head
CHARTERS of the Washington Truth So.
ciety. which has been directing the loca
crusade.
A white list OF fndoysed plays. SINH
lar TO the lists of the Washington, New
York and Philadelphia societies. has
been prepared by the Baltimore knights
OF Columbus for the guidance of theater.
goers in that city
In this city the Truth Society Is united
with the Holy Name organizations and
a number of non-Catholic societies. There
Is now In existence a committee repre-.
senting the Anti-Defamation League OF
America. the Y. NJ. c. A., and the Truth
Society, having for its object the estab.
lishment of an official censorship com.
mission in Washington. I. is the inten.
ton to have bill presented in Congress
in December.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
BIG DREDGER GOES TO WORK.
Dixie Begins Operations Between
POPLAR Point and Anac0stia Bridge.

The large dredge Dixie has resumed
operations in project No. 1, of the Ana
costa flats reclamation work, and 1t
will continue the work in that section
throughout the summer. This Is the
first sign of operations In that portion
of the work for several months. 1t is
the portion between Poplar Point and
the Anacostia bridge. The present
dredse is capable Of dredging a large
quantity of mud each day.
Rev. Merritt Earl who has been the
pastor of the Congress Heights Metho-
dish Episcopal Church. today is moving
to Falls Church. Va, where he has
been assigned for the coming year.
During Mr.. Earrs pastorship. the church
has acquired additional property. and
has increased its membership. Rev. L.
NJ. Bennett assumes charge of the To-
cal church, coming from Baltimore.