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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06
BETTER MAIL SERVICE CAMPAIGN
 ACHIEVES DISTINCT VICTORY

due to the local body, for such is not the case. It is plainly in dicated, however, that the efforts of Nome proved the deciding factor. Following is the core spondence referred to.
 February }, 10I0. Hon. A. s. Burleson, Postmaster general, Washington, D. C.
 Sir-Herewith inclosed is a copy of the Record Citizen, newspaper published at Ruby, Alaska, I call your special atten- ton to the editorial headed What can be done about it" l respectfully request the depart ment to read this editorial and to consider the situation of the people in the Ruby country where your Own friends, for the Record Citizen is a democratic paper and is Friendly to your administra- ton, find it necessary to write such an editorial. Certainly these people are not getting good mail service and they ought to have better.
 l respectfully request you to prepare a special estimate for an additional appropriation sufficient to give the people of the interior of Alaska better mail service. Ii postoffice deparement will make such an estimate, and thereby give me any standing before the committee and urge its passage, Il will undertake to secure the passage of bill giving you addi- tional appropriation sufficient to give the people of this great inte- rior country such reasonable mail service as they need in building lip the country.
 The situation at Nome is even worse than it is at Ruby, and it is bad enough in every portion of the interior of Alaska along the great mail route. It can be made 'much better if somebody with authority in the postoffiec depart ment can be- given charge of il and permitted to work with me in an effort to secure the needed appropriation for this work.
 You appreciate that 1 can not secure an additional dollar of ap- propriation without you estimate under the law, and you are Ger tainly in duty bound to make such an estimate so that those
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06

Office of the Postmaster General.
 Washington, D. (. Feb. 20.
 Hon. James Wickersham, House
 of Representatives.
 My Dear Mr. Wickersham: Re ferring to your letter of the 23d instant, with which you forward ed a copy of the Record Citizen of Ruby, Alaska, issued of Jan uary 15, IoI6, containing com plaint of unsatisfactory mail ser vice for Ruby and other points in the interior of Alaska, and in which you request the prepara- ton of a special estimate for a deficiency appropriation to be eN, pended for additional service i'll Alaska, 1 beg to inform you that the question of what action should be taken at this time rel ative to the Alaska service has received careful consideration.
 The department recently au- thorized tie employment of emergency service, in addition to the regular service, for transpor~ tation to the interior of Alaska of all mail possible for an eXpendi- ture not exceeding $2,ooo. It is estimated that between 2,5oo and 5000 pounds of additional mail will be carried to destination un- der such authorization. Elmer gency service was authorized on the 17th instant for the transpor- tation of a total of 2,ooo pounds of mail between Fairbanks and Panama also late shipment was made last fall of 4,ooo pounds of Alaskan mails from Skagway to Dawson and by late boat from Dawson to Eagle to Circle, ar irving at Circle October 18th and
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICA
 TON.

In the District Court for the Territory of Alaska Second Di- vision. eacs
 Philip DeFontville, plaintiff, vs' Gold Bottom Hydraulic Mining Co.,, corporation, defendant, : The President of the United : States of America to Gold Bot ; tom Hydraulic Mining Co.,, cor poration, the above named defend- ant, greeting:
 a You are hereby summoned and required to appear and answer the complaint of the plaintiff on file in the office of the Clerk of said court at the City of Nome in said district, within thirty (3o) days from the service of this summons upon you, towit: From the 27th day of May, 1916, or judgment for want thereof will be taken against you; and you are hereby notified that if you fail to answer said complaint the plaintiff will take judgment against you for the sum of eleven thousand five hundred ffty-two and 85-Ioo ($II,s52.85) dollars with interest thereon from the 3Ist day of October, 1915, at the rate of 8 per cent per annum and for his costs and disburse- ments herein, being the amount claimed by said plaintiff on an ac- count for services rendered and mpnies advanced for the use of plaintiff.
 ]; The order for service by pub- iication of this summons is dated April 18th, 1916. @n " < The date of the first publication is April 18th. 1916, and the date of the last publication is May a7th, 1916.
 Witness the Honorable J. R. Fucker, Judge of the District Court. for the District of Alaska, Second Division, and the Seal of said court hereto affixed at Nome. Alaska. this 18th day of April, 1916. \ f%tss
 s,(Seal.) G. A. ADAMS,
 Clerk of the District Court, Dis. triet of Alaska, Second Division
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06

sto That the improved mail service campaign conducted by the Nome Chamber of Commerce and other commercial and civic bodies of interior Alaska has finally forced the obdurate and slow moving postoffice department to take some decisive action to rem edy the many deficiencies of the pressnt service is amply attested by the following communications, copies of which were forwarded to the Nugget by Delegate Wick ersham. It is doubtless well un- derstood by the mapority of Nomeites that the efforts of the mail committee to secure an i'm proved service were not without effect. We have already received evidences that the constant bat tering at the official door was producing results but that these results were to be so far reaching as to embrace a complete revis- ion of the service was something hardly to be thought of, Such happens to be the case however This assurance is not given upor the authority of the various as
 sistant postmasters or any other ,lof the departmental understrap- pers, big or little, but is the un- qualified statement of the post master general, MT. Burleson, ir reply to the appended letter from MT. Wickersham.
 Regardless of what the inter ested knockers may think about it, this result may be considered a distinct victory for the loca- chamber of commerce.
 . Fairbanks and the other towns of the interior have maintained g desultory campaign for relieI from the present inadequate ser vice for several years but, al
 though they achieved some bene- fits, it was not until the Nome Chamber of Commerce added its voice to the constant chorus ot complaint that the department commenced to realize its owr deficiencies with respect to tine winter mail service and to sci about to find remedy. Also, fl 2 must be remembered, it was pri- narily due to the efforts of the Nome chamber backed by the All aska bureau that the department consented to provide an addition al appropriation for forwarding the early winter accumulation al Cordova. We do not mean tc infer that the credit is entirel,
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06

connecting with the regular route for Fairbanks. These amounts of additional mails. will be car ried during the present season, whereas the only additional mail carried last winter was ship olent of 1000 pounds from Cor dova to Fairbanks :. =.
 The regular, contract service provides for the transportation of much smaller amounts of mail in the fall and spring than Ill mid winter, the service being 80 ar ranged on account of the diff cult travel during the periods be- fore the trails are we'll frozen and after they begin to thaw, The amount of mail carried on the contract route from Cordova is I ,6oo pounds a week from Octo- Der I to November g and from March 2I, to May 3I, whereas the amount carried from Novem- Der 23 to March 20 is 4,8oo pounds a week. The less exten- sive service in the fall does not provide for the transportation of all the second class matter in ad- dition to the letter mail, resulting in an accumulation at Cordova by November 24th. When the midwinter period of service be- gins large amounts of second class matter are dispatched re- ducing the amount of accunlulat- ed mail, as well as carrying cur rent mail, so that by about Feb ruary all second class mail of fered for dispatch is carried. Re- cent reports from the depart mcnt's representatives indicate that the midwinter service now In operation is carrying material amounts of parcel post matter in addition to the first class and the second class matter.
 The conditions after the dis patch of the large amounts of mail now authorized to be car ried, will be ascertained, with the view of providing further re- lief if found necessary. A COM PLETE REVISION OF THE WINTER SERVICE IN AL AASKA IS BEING CONSID- BRED BY THE DEPART MENT WITH THE PURPOSE OF MATERIALLY IMPROV- ING THE POSTAL FACILI- TIES FOR THE INTERIOR BY THE NEXT SEASON.
 Copy of the Record Citizen is herewith returned to you as re- quested.
 Yours very truly,
 A. s. BURLESON,
 Postmaster General.
 Tk. aI.Au Co ,xa4 No4.H ioh 0finn al
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06

people who are producing so much of the great wealth coming out of Alaska can have the mail service they deserve. Will you kindly give your per sonal thought to this matter for d moment and give me the assist ance asked for?
 Will you please return this newspaper to me when you have examined the editorial mention, ed since I desire to use it in pre- senting another matter to another department.
 Very truly yours.
 JAMES WICK KERSFAM,
 Delegate from Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06

The place so get your job printing al right Prices and prompt delivery Is st the Nugget office.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-06

DOLLARS spent outside go out of cir- culatiOn and never return here again.
 Dollars spent with your home mer- chants makes for Home Prosperity.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
DDDY'S EVENING
FAIRY TALE q WARY !
80 N2Sy So g So !! J
NEW MOLE HOME.

"Mr. Mole was going to get mar
ried." said Daddy, land he wanted to
build fine, fine Home for the new
Mrs. Mole. So he went forth into the
incest meadow he could find, ana there.
just at the end of it, near an old fence,
Mr.. Mole started to burrow into the
ground.
you know the Moles live under
ground almost all of the time, and
there make their Homes. Just near
the fence Mr.. Mole began to dig and
dig. First of all he made long, long
tunnel. funny underground passage
which he called the Driveway of his
Homei
"Of course the callers OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Mole could hardly drive along
this tunnel, but they could run flnd
scamper along, and they liked to call
1t by big name like Driveway.
"And after the long, long tunnel Mr..
Mole started in to make fine House
out of the earth. He made lovely
rooms. one for Mrs. Mole. one for him.
solf, one for the little Mole who was to
do the cooking and housekeeping and
several for guestrooms. For, as you
can imagine, Mr.. Mole was very fond
of company. In addition to all this Mr..
Mole built very fine picture gallery
made in tiers of earth and mud-long
rows and rows OF 1t. On these he put
pictures of his family which he made
out of earth, too. OF course, MIR. Mole
made every member of his family look
just alike, but that didn't make any
difference. The Moles are not very
fussy If their pictures aren't very well
taken. for they can't bother to look at
pictures much of the time.
you see their eyes are very small
and they like to look at things more
worth while-such as food and corn
starting to grow in the ground and all
the things the Farmers plant. They
love farms you know, where wonderful
vegetables are planted deep down IN
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
"PIcase Admire My Dress"

the earth. Thoy are very apt to bur-
row along and make paths SO they can
walk to farmland and have feast.
But must tell you more about Mr..
Mole's new home. The very last thing
he did was to build beautiful throne
in the picture gallery for Mrs. Mole.
"At last it was time for her to come
to her new Home and Mr.. Mole had in
vited their friends and cousins. the
Cricket Moles, to come, too. These
cousins have very strangely shaped
front legs with which they burrow
homes Just like the regular Moles, and
so they are considered relations.
"'Here we all are,' said Mrs. Mole,
and she blinked her very small eyes,
while ali the other Moles blinked their
tiny eyes, too, and looked about them.
Through the Driveway they ran until
they came to the House with all the
beautiful rooms.
"The room Mr.. Mole took them to
last was the picture gallery. where
Mrs. Mole sat on the throne in honor
of her wedding day, and the little Mole,
who cooked, brought out some of the
delicious stewed vegetables she had
made for the wedding feast.
You should have heard the Molea
as they looked at the pictures. They
thought every picture was one of their
own relatives.
"One Mole would say:
"rWhy, there's Mamma and another
would say:
Why, no. that's not your Mamma,
that's -..y Papa However, they didn't
get in the least angry about the pic
tures-in fact, they thought it very
clever of Mr.. Mole to make pictures
which looked like all their relations at
the same time.
But you haven't noticed my we'd
ding Dress said Mrs. Mole. L think
my new Home is SCR U-M-P-T-I-
Gus, which means beautiful In case
any OF you little Moles don't under
stand the word I've said in honor of
the day. And now that you've all ad.
mired my Home, please admire my
Dress
For the first time the Moles noticed
that Mrs. Mole had attached tn her tiny
ears little earrings made of mud with
a red berry in each, and sheswore a
necklace to match. Her dress was OF
dull oak leaves which Mrs. Mole had
saved for whole year to wear on her
wedding day.
You're handsome Mole said Mr..
Mole. and I'm so proud you're to share
this Home I've made, and all the other
Moles grinned and ate more and more
Of the vegetable wedding feast to show
what good time they were having"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
INTERNATIONAL
SUNNSQlOOL
LESSON

By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director c
the Sunday School Course In the Mood
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright by Western Newspaper Union
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07

Now ls tho Time to Get Ri. OF These
Ugly Spots.

There's longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles. as tho
prescription othine-double strength-ir
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get ounce of othine-doubIs
strength-from your druggist. and apply a
little OF 1T night and morning and you
should soon that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
that more than one ounce Is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
BE to ask for the double strength
othine. as this Is sold under guarantee OF
money back IL It falls to remove treckies-
Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
WHY WOMEN
Write LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkhasa Medi-'
cine Co.

Women who nre wei ottea AK "Ars
the letters which the Lydia E. I,inkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing.
genuine?" care they truthful 7''
"Why do women write such letters7"
In answer we say that never have we
published fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
nn untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent of the woman
who wrote it
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some Of
the worst forms of female ills, from dig
placements Inflammation, liberation,
Irregularities, nervousness, weakness.
stomach troubles and from the blues
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07

is W ell and who
has never suffered
to realize how these
poor, suffering wo-
men feel when re-
stored to h e al th;
their keen desire to
help other women
who are suffering as
they did
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
Always.

"A lnhoring mans choice Of occu-
patton ~ very limited"
"Nonsensel lie Gun always luke his
pick"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07

they are with you only In the sun
shine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07

The less veracity man has of his
own the more he admires 1t in other
men.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
DAISY FLY KILLER s,.s,

ASTEMN md HAY FEVER conquered at last
No N The Remlock Treatmcnt-a scientific
success-remoy-s cause. For facts write ltsuIocH
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
Dense Schols,

There is such a thing as being 8,
scholarly" that one is dense.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07

BE happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07
A Real Friend.

''Are you II friend NJ the fnmilyT
"Yes. inn'nni. Irl gunrling ih. we'd
ding presents fn ELI while they're
taking care Of feeding the guests.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-18
LA BUDDE is NAM led
CHOSEN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN BY DEMOCRATS
Convention in Milwaukee Subsequent
to National Meet of June ID
Is Proposed.

Milwaukee - Former Assemblyman
Otto A. La Budde, Elkhart Lake, was
elected chairman of the democratic
state central committee, at meeting
held here. His election was unani.
nous.
La Budde succeeds Joseph Martin.
Green Bay, who will represent Wiscon-
sin on the democratic national com
mittee. Martins term expires on
June /, and La Budde will then take
charge of the campaign.
The name of John L. Lamont Wau-
sau, was prominently mentioned in
connection with the craftsmanship. but
when the committee met in executive
session Mr. La Budde's name was the
only one presented
The committee instructed the chair
man to draft call for a state con
vention to be held in Milwaukee sub
sequent to the national convention in
St Louis on June IA Delegates will
be in attendance from every county in
the state, and candidates for Office will
be indorsed.
Judge karel was elected chairman
of the Wisconsin delegation to the
democratic national convention. Rol-
and Schmitz, Milwaukee, was elected
secretary
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-18
CROPS DAMAGED BY SAND
Recent Winds in Western Wisconsin
Cause Loss Estimated at Many
Thousands OF Dollars.

La Crosse Sand storms o, the past
few days have done many thousands
of dollars of damage to crops in west
ern Wisconsin and southern Minneso-
Ia, according to an estimate made by
II. II. Campion, president of the La
Crosse county agricultural school.
The greatest loss is on French isl
and, the truck farming district which
supplies La Crosse, and in the farm
ing country north of Onalaska. Al
falfa, grain and peas growing on
sandy soils were blown off sleek and
clean. Hundreds of acres of alfalfa
pease and grain will have to be re-
planted
On the prairie between Galesville
and Trempealeau, drifts of sand have
piled up two feet deep over large sec
tons of valuable farming land. Oats,
which showed sturdy growth, was
whipped off by the whirling sand as
if cut by knife. Similar damage is
reported over wide area around
Sparta and Tomah, in Monroe, Jack
son and juneau counties. In Vernon
county, besides the damage done to
crops, a number of buildings were
damaged
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-18
TURNER'S REFLECT WITCH
Milwaukee Instructor Is Chosen Pres.
ident OF Wisconsin Ath.
letic Association.

kenosha George Witch, superin-
tcndonj of gymnastics in the Milwau-
kcr public schools, was reelected
presldo.l of the Wisconsin American
Athletic association at The annual
convention held here.
other officers named were: Second
speaker W, Fcrnholz, Milwaukee,.
secretary, Max A. Mack, Milwaukee,
and treasurer Max Hoffman, Milwau,
kee. Herman WaizeueEEer or the
Milwaukee Turnverein, was named az
state instructor. II was expected that
the state convention would take some
action in regard to war problems, but
every resolution in regard to such ac.
ton was lost before it reached the
floor of the committee.
New Holstein was selected as the
place for the next convention Milwall-
kee. Sheboygan, Madison. Menomonie,
New Holstcin, Mayvlle, Monroe and
Kenosha societies were represented
by delegations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-18
Success Secret revealed.

He had that well groomed, well fed
looking after himself appearance that
goes with prosperity and the corner
hangers on made way for him as he en-
hangers on made way for him as he en-
diamond ring and another fine dia-
mond blazed from his scarf pin.
He approached the counter, tossed
down a dime and called for a highly
advertised brand OF 5-cent Smokes"
When the box was thrust before him
no carefully picked out two, stuffed
them in his pocket and started out
the door.
One 0f the hangers-on looked after
him and shook his head
Wearing diamonds like that and
smoking nickel cigars"
The purchaser caught the remark,
and turned quickly.
Yes" he called back, land that's
how he got those diamonds"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-18

birmingham democratic primaries
i'll Alabama Endorsed Woodrow Wilson
Tor president, the only division as to
the national COW, ntior dele. ates be.
ing on the question of prohibition.
Cincinnati -- The delegates to the
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Musicians voted down a pro-
aged and intirm musicians.
Washington-The senate has passed
the house bill granting pensions to
survivors of Indian wars from 1865 to
1891. Ii has been estimated it would
increase the pension roll 100000 an
nually.
New Iork-The will of Charles w.
Hardness. former Standard Oil attor-
ney, divides his 100000. 900 estate be-
tween his widow and his brother, Ed
ward S. Hardness, leaving $4,000 to
charity.
Minneapolis--A warning 10 women
TO put aside personal differences and
cooperate to the fullest extent in the
fight for national enfranchseiren was
sounded by speakers before the Mis-
sissipp Valley Suffrage conference.
Lincoln -- While temporarily insane
M IS. Marion Cass, a farmers wife, 50
years old, burned herself to death on
a stra wstack.
Dublin $3.50 thousand revolutionist
prisoners captured in the south have
arrived in Dublin on their way to Eng
land. Several of them were found
hiding in collins in an undertaking
establishment.
Jackson - Theodore Roosevelt was
indorsed for the progressive presiden-
tial nomination at the state conyen-
ton Of the national progressive party
held here.
Chicago Fire OF unknown origin
destroyed the factory OF the Herhold
Chair company on the west side iere.
The loss was estimated at 100000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-18
MEXICAN BANDITS AGAIN
RAID u. S. TERRITORY
civiIians and Soldiers Rout Outlaws
Near Boquilias, Tesas-Pariey
Ends in Failure.

Marathon, Tex, May 13.-Mexican
bandits again crossed into American
territory on Thursday and attacked
civilians and soldiers. The raid was
made four miles north of Boquillas at
an ore terminal station and directly
behind Colonel Langhorne's column.
which up to that time had not crossed
into Mexico. After a short skirmlsh
the bandits fled.
Ell Paso May 13-The Oregon
Scott conferences over the Mexican
situation ended in a disagreement on
Thursday. All future diplomatic nego-
tiations--if there are any-will be be-
tween the secretary of state and Next
can Ambassador Arredondo.
At the conclusion of the final SEES
sion the following statement, signed
by the conferees, was given to the cor
respondents:
After several conferences, marked
throughout with conspicuous courtesy
and good will, in which conferences
mutual impressions were exchanged
and information was collected upon
the military situation on the frontier,
it was agreed upon by the conferees
to suspend the conferences and report
back to their governments in order
that these may be able through their
respective foreign departments to con
clude this matter. The ending of these
conferences does not mean, in any
way, rupture of the good relations OF
friendship between the conferees nor
between the respective governments.
"A. OBREGON.
II. l.. SCOTT.
"EREDERICK FUNSTON"