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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09
Didn't Have to Pawn Her Ring

From the Kansas City Star.
 woman called at the loan agency of the board of public welfare yesterday aft ernoon and offered d cheap ring as colla- teral for a small loan.
 T pawned my diamond here last sum mer; l wonder whether you still have it?" she asked the clerk.
 How much was lent on it?" the clerk asked.
 one hundred dollars simply couldn't get the money together to redeem it."
 We sold youF ring at auction the other day for SIPS You have $25 coming''
 Ralph Perry attorney for the agency. paid the woman the balance due her She didn't pawn the cheap ring and went away surprised and happy.
 About 2p other patrons of the agency have Da'ances due them, ranging in s;ze from cents to Sl50. The last auction was held last Monday and Tuesday. All nm redeemed pledges were sold and in cases where the sale brought less than the amount loaned, the agency stands the loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

But J. F'lagg is a fine fellow as well as good illustrator. The trouble is that whenever any body-anybody-get himself in the white lights. the press and in Fames glare generally he be- comes very touchy about having his toes trod upon
 Upon upper Broadway the other day 8 man was arrested upon the complaint of pretty young woman who charged him with having attempted to flirt with her The man wore silk hat and one of these twenty degrees below-zero overcoats that looks like vast wealth, cover the entire figure and, in this case, multitude of sins likewise.
 When the overcoat and hat were re- moved the mans appearance underwent terrible alteration. His coat was shabby, he wore no vest and his trousers were entirely transparent where they were most used.
 Yet, with nothing but silk hat and later) to go on this party had started forth in quest of a filtration. One could not help wondering just how far he hoped to carry it along.
 Watch your step is losing it's vogue. Even the subway guards have almost abandoned the expression. In fact, the guards seem to speak a language that only the fortuante few can interpret. have noticed that, when the train reaches the station where l get off whenever 1 make one of my rare trips homeward. the guard says something like. Hun therA s'f naix!' Sometimes, however. at the Times Square station, where the distance between the train and the curving plat form is dangerously great, the guards murmurs, Wa spg'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09
py FRANK G. CARPENTER

Copyright, 1916, by Frank G. Carpenter.) ETNAM in Ketchikan, the first port l@H at which our steamers call in Rax9rzAV entering Alaska. It is at the s3eWsSD southern end of the Panhandle.
 that strip of islands and main lard at the lower end of our territory that seems to be cut as ie were out of British Columbia. The Panhandle begins just above Skagway near the pass over the mountains to the kiondike and Daw- son, and it extends for moro than 3e0 miles. It consists of many large islands and strip of mainland about 90 miles wide which runs from tEe Pacific ocean to the crest of the coast mountain range, the whole making a territory as big as South Carolina This district is known as southeastern Alaska It has its own cli- mate, it's own vegetation and it's own pc culiar products and resources. It is COW cred with green from one years end to the other and it differs from the great in- terior as much as Maine differs from Florida shall be traveling within it for some weeks to come.
 The town of Ketchikan lies not far from the international boundary It is only 40 miles north of tha Portland canal and within six hours sail of Prince Ru- pert, the terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacifc railway, and the port which the Canadians expect to make the gateway to the shortest route to Japan and the orient.
 Ketchikan is as far north of Seattle as the distance between New York and Tol- edo. sailed for more than 800 miles through Canadian waters before I came to the boundary of Alaska, and from there made my way in and out among the islands to Revila Gigedo, on the shores of which Ketchigan lies The trip took me more than two days and the fare was $22.
 sound. the Mediterranean of tiC Pacific, and then went northward past the city of Vancouver for more than 200 miles through the Strait of Georgia, which flows between British Columbia and Vancouver island. Vancouver island is half as large as Ireland and it lies so close to the mainland that the trip seemed like going through great river. At the end of the strait we crossed Queen Charlotte sound, and then wound our way on among islands, some of which had mountains more than mile high, until we reached Dixon entrance, on the line of the boun- dary between our country and Canada The whole way was through inland waters and the steamer moved as
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great lakes, now they are rivers as narrow as the Hudson or Rhine. At times you pass through gorges walled by islands and the mainland, and at times are in fiords like those formed by the half-sunken Andes along west ern Patagonia near the Strait of Ma gellan. This part of our territory is made up of the heads of submerged mountains and in places the waters are 1000 feet deep. In other places there are great rocks as steep, as high and as sharp as the Washington monument which comes within 20 or 30 feet of the surface. These are the terrible pinnacle rocks that rip open the hulIs of the steamers. They are now being searched for and marked with buoys by the wire drag of our coast and geodetic survey. But that is another story
 Let us go back to Ketchikan. The town is situated on the southern shore of Revilla Giegedo Island in a region where the salmon come in great hordes every summer and near banks from which are taken the most of the hali- but that go from Alaska to the United States and to Canada. Revilla Gigedo is about as large as Porto Rico. It is 50 miles long and 20 miles wide and is made up of mountains which for much of the time have their heads in the clouds.
 Ketchikan lies right on the water. The mountains rise in green walls be- hind it. The tops are sprinkled with snow, and great rocks show out through the evergreen trees that cover their sides. The houses are built on the rocks. The harbor is the shape of halfmoon protected by islands. It has no beach to speak of and the bushes part of the towns rests upon piles The streets are planked road ways upon posts, and much of the freight is carried about on trucks and carts pushed by men. There are sew eral drays hauled by horses, but horses are unpopular. for their shoes roughen the blanks, and they shake the town as they trot through the streets. Of late automobiles and motor delivery trucks have come in and these will probably be the future traffic con veyors.
 The residence section of the city is up. It is so steep that you have to climb sideways to reach certain streets, while other streets have winding road : ways of boards upon which slats have been nailed to the blanks to keep one from slipping. The Ketchikaners make you think of the tree dwellers who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

S@EY press surprise at the clear com
 plexions, the vim, v1gor and healthy appearance and the ,enacity with which youth seems to cling to the city's 'cliff dwellers." The opinion holds every where that city life is not healthful, and that New Workers should according to rules and regulations, be unhealthy and worn and wearied. Nothing of the sort.
 And why? Because New York city puts more pep into the average human be- ing than course of training for prize fight. Not even the hewers of wood in the mountains of Tennessee, nor the dig gers of ore m the hills of Alabama get more beneficial exercise than does the average New York city man or woman who lives the life here after the fashion adopted by the majority.
 When the farmers son is asked to walk over hill in order that he may drive the cows in from the pasture in the val ley beyond, he does it. frequently, grudg- ingly. His mental attituue, before he starts, has already made impossible the best effects from the exercise. He looks at the hill and thinks of the request as an irksome task.
 Not so the New Yorker. I don't know how he might feel abouv driving the cows home, but he will chase many leagues after the Broadway ''chickens and look upon 1t as a pleasure. He will wear a smile throughout the chasing, and after the capture the smile broadens and be- comes more tenacious
 The country boy knows he must walk after the milk supply, while the Manhat- tanite knows that he can ride to almost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

steadily as those of the famous rain forest wbieh is sprinllled by the mist Of the Zambesi Falls in central Africa.
 Indeed, the southern coast of Alaska is one of the rainiest parts of the world. Juneau, the capital, is much like Ketch- kan, and on some of the Aleutian islands a day of sunshine is a rarity. Here the people go about regardless of the rain. They wear rubber coats or sliekers, and if they tramp up the mountains they put on rubber boots that reach to the waist, They wear oils1in hats, and some of the ladies have sicker suits, consisting of skirts andjackets. No one thinks of stay ing away from a party or tea on account of the weather, and women go visiting clad in oiskins that cover dresses that would not be out of place at l party in New York or Washington
 Others tell me that Ketchikan has many bright days and that it's climate is un- surpassed by any other part of our coun- try. The people are healthy. The chil- dren have bright eyes and rosy cheeks. They play about everywhere, notwith- standing the rain. In the winter they coast down the board roads, which in places run for more than a mile up and down hills. The town has but little snow at any time of the year, but in winter the frosts are so heavy that there is splen- did sledding until or 10 o'clock in the morning, at which time the sun melts the frost. If there is not enough frost, the roads can be sprinkled at night and they will be covered with ice in the morning.
 Many people of the United States think of all Alaska as bitterly cold in the win ter. Their idea of the country is enn- bodied in Bret Hartes Arctic Vission:
 Where the short-legged Eskimo
 Waddes in the ice and snow,
 And the playful polar bear
 Nips the hunter unaware.
 Ketchikan has no Eskimos or polar bears and there is little ice and snow in the winter The thermometer seldom falls to near zero, and the climate is as mild as that of Atlanta or Richmond. A slight difference in altitude, however, makes great difference, and it is much colder on the tops of the mountains.
 Ketchikan has excellent stores The most of them are on the water front, built upon piles that rest on the rocks. Several concrete buildings are now go- ing up, and there is a concrete depart ment store that has a stock that would be considered large in any New England town five times as big as Ketchikan. The city has jewelry stores, grocery stores,
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the report and thereafter the new member had to exhibit the garters until ne got wise" to a conspiracy And then. when he declined to exhibit them to any one else, he was placed on his back on table, his legs held in the air. and his sarters shown to all members and to the assembled throng in the gallery So it must be possible to mix business and pleasure on Wall street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

KN WNl M and we air beginning to settle down, and 1SUEM Hennery Ford is back in midst, having We1a0 failed to get the soldiers out but succeed
 ing in getting furst class advurtizing now that have smoked up the last bum seegar givven us Christmus and stuck away for keeps the carpet slippurs and shreekng necktes wished upon us by our thoughtful ennemies, let fase with ignasion and nurve the long list of unpaid bills and a sturn and unreenting grosery togethur with the future Menny of us air compelled to go out of way to offise in ordur that may not have to pass the cashier of the "Fust Nasone' with whom we air now "personna augratten'' account of the fissical disability of our balanse in sed bank
 This yeer is going to be sum yeer. It is to begin with electsion. yeer Menny aspiring statesmen of the G. O. P. faith desire to be maid the leedur of theere fellers in the grate alage handicap Theere seems to be unnversel demand for sum of sed statesmen rum themselves and theere relatives that they be cannydates. But the rank and file sit furm and fails to emit enny spesia cammer for enny one in perticuler the rank and file contints itself with taking slant at all aspirants and then gloomily sug gestng that they "trot out anuther bunch for in specsion Like grim specktur of the poytical past the deer old tariff issue looms up in the offing Nintysevven and six-tenths pure bunk the old tar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

1W YORK, January S.-(Special Correspondence.)-Many rural visitors to New York city ex- press surprise at the clear com-
 plexionS the yir,, vtoor and,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

The channels vary as you sail on tt the northward. Now they widen into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

Ketchikan has an excellent water sup ply It comes from a lake high up in
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26

STATE q F SOUTH DAKOTAl
COUNTY or POTTER ED. b. TOOMFN AUDITOR being first imy sworn dmhs,v n;
uenMersrX hht IrmM a tm. and correct >MementU the nancml'c nmlump OF p"r
Cpmy as ppemshy his books. and that the auditors xMt lisa true aud correct "mnn of All
|waumuhsd drawn on the treasury immG thee ntm, aud that csmtmmto Of uts and IL bimms
true and uIeCt. EiE g. UOMEY. Comfy Amnr
Suhscdbeia and sworn to before me this Eld day Of April, 1876 j. T. miller
l%I EeuAr rot Deeds
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
For County Attorney

To the voters OF Potter County:
am candidate for re-nomina-
tion to the Office OF States At
torney of Potter County, South
Dakota, subject to TIE will of the
Republican voters at the May
primaries. If nominated and elect
ed | shall endcavor, during my
second term, to perform the
duties of and conduct the office in
the same careful manner that |
have e%ndeavored to perform the
duties of and condnct the office so
far during my first term. always
bearing in mind the necessity of
rigid law enforcement us we'll as
the ~usclessness and expense to the
county eff criminal prosecutions
actunted by malice and without
probable aus where the cv-
idencc is insufficient to secure con
victions. Your support is re
,pectfully solicited.
IL. l.. Flickiuger.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26

The Fort Pierre times Of last
week waa issued as a special Easter
edition, and showed enterprise on
the part of the Editor. Brother
G. +. Coyne. Perhaps 9rotber
Noync made m extra effort in
getting out said issue, to celebrate
his election as Mayor Of lort
Pierre. and it might have been
also because he was al 20 running
for the Republican nomination
for Secretary of state. Judging
from the various accounts of the
Fort Pierre editors actitive,. The
Press believes he Will take good
care of the office of Secretary of
State of South Dakota.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26

Joe Merrill and his mother. of
Gettysburg visited over Sunday
with Will Merrill and family
George Comean took four head
OF cattle over to the Agency today
ON his government beef contract
Rev. johnson of Gettysburg
was over this forenoon with a
deputy of the State Pure Food aud
Health Department
Walter Comeau vas up from
Agar Sunday and took his mother
home with HIM to visit her newly
arrived grandchildren
Born-to Mr. and Mrs Walter
Comeau. April 90, 1916, a son.
Also, on same day, to Mr. and
Mrs Ed Wagner, a daughter.
Jno. NJ Otto has decided to re-
tire from business and has turned
his farm over to his son Joe. He
will 60 to Iowa soon to live with
his son Charles
MIR. Nick Lconardy was one of
the successful candidates for alder
man OF the city of Gettysburg.
last week, and is receiving the con.
CALCULATIONS of his many friends.
Mr.. Leonardy is we'll known MS a
successful business man
William School and Ray Bolton
chauffeur were pleasant visitors
here Tuesday remaining over
night. MIR. S. came over to adj.
just some losses for Arthur West
phal, who lost two horses last Sun
day by Tightening, which we're
covered by insurance
Mcssers. Ellis, Stcrnhagcn aud
Will Oliver commenced working
on the Forest City Gettysburg
highway, otherwise known as
"Red and Yellow Trail,n this
morning. 1t is said that these
gentlemen, and others, are to he
kept employed on this road more
or less the whole season
41N
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
Second Notice Of Party Registration

Notice is hereby given to the electors of
Potter County who have not already reg
l>tered a. party electors for the primary
election to bo held ON the fourth Tuesday
III May that such registration viii close
on the 18th day of May: that such reg
istration may be made before me at my
office in the city of GETTYSBURG s. u. at
any time until aud including May 18th:
OF before the Town clerk of the township.
town or village. or the Auditor Of the city
in which the elector resides. until and In
ending May sth. But any ~elector who i,
or has been necessarily absent from the
County from or at any time since January
LIST 1915 may register before me V making
affidavit referred to in the registration
notice heretofore published by me. within
five days after his return TO the county or
if he does not return within five DAYS be-
fore the primary election. or until the day
of that election, he may register before
the election board of his precinct on that
day. No elector who fails to. be registered
as a party elector is allowed to vote at the
primary.
Ed b. Toomey
County Auditor.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
WATCH Cn!LD's COUGH

Colds, running of nose. continu-
81! irritation OF the mucOrS membrane If
Nrglcct"d may mean catarrh later. Don't
take the chalces-do something for your
child, Children will not take every med
lcinc. bnt they will take DR.. Kings New
Discovery and without bribing and teas
ing. It's a sweet pleasant tar syraip and
50 rt1cctivc. just laxative enough to elm
mate the waste poiSonS. Almost the first
dose Eclps. Always prepared. no mixing on
tnsSing. Just ask your druggist for DIR
Kings New Discovery. 1t will safeguard
yourchild against serious ailments result
ing from colds
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
For Register of Deeds

| hereby announce that | am a
candidate for the nomination for
the office of Register of Deeds of
Potter county, subject to the will
of the republican voters at the
primary May %, 1916. Ii nom
mated and elected | Will give the
office my personal attention and
cndcavcr to handle the business i'm
Il manner satisfactory to the public
+. NcwlanI.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the board
of County Commissioners of Potter coun-
ty. South Dakota, will receive bids on one
gasoline or oil burning traction engine.
bids to be on file with the. county auditor
OF Potter county 10 later than April 2Sth
1916 and to be scaled and marked Bids
Tor furnishing engine: said engine to de-
velopc not less than 30 horse power on the
draw-bar.
Bids to be opened at 10 o'clock a. m.
April Goth 1916. The hoard of county
commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids. ED. b. TOOMEY
County Auditor
By order OF the board of County Com
misSioncrs of Potter Co., s. d.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26

STAGE o " SOUTH DAKOTA( .
OUNTY o IF POTTER j. I. WEAVER. TeaSurr.b being dmy sworn 10th saw
that the above eXhbt hat true and correct statement Off the financial Condition of Potter County.
as apWrsb by hist books j. f.. WEANER, Treasurer
SubsGibcia aud sworn tobcfrc me tM1D h day OF Awn, n6 j. F. MYLER
En HcMer of Feeds
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given That the
Secretary of State has designated
the following colors for the Official
Primary Ballots of the different
political parties.
Republican Party White
Democratic yellow
Prohibition Blue
Socialist Red
Ell b. Toomey
County Auditor.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
"ALL ABOARD
FOR SIOUX CITY,
Old Muddy is Still a NayigabIe
Stream

The establishment of a packet
line between Sioux City and Pierre
and Fort Pierre is lneing planned
nv Capt. f. ID. Senecbal of Elk
Landing, North Dakota. formerly
of Fort Pierre.
The Elk Landing skipper now
operates a line of boats between
Williston and Standish. y. d..
a distance of ninety miles. Five
boats are used in the river trade
between these two towns. wheat
and other grain being the chief
freight cargoes carried.
Railroad development along the
Missouri river in that section.
however, has INJURED the steam
boat business and Capt. Scneclal
is looking for more profitable ter
ritory 10 which to operate his line.
"Therc is no question that the
Missouri river is navigable for a
small packet line i'm this territory"
he sand. 1t may be possible to
operate boats from Sioux City to
points far up i'm the Dakotas.
Water transportation is by far the
cheapest and there should be a
good business i'm unperishabIc
freight for a river man who is
capable OF developing it Fort
Pierre Times.
The "White Swan went down
to the Island Saturday, with about
thirty persons on board, including
Supt. Campbell. Prof. Hrdluka.
j. j. aud Ben Backus, and the writ
er. returning at supper time. Some
twenty of the number were school
boys, in charge of Principal Dun
can and Teacher j. A. Phifer. The
latter went down to ret n lot of
forest trees, while the rest of the
company, led 10y the Professor,
dug up and explored Indian
moundsW to try to find prehistoric
remains to send to Smithsonian
Institute.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
ECZEMA CURED OR MONEY REFUNDED

This guarantee goes with every
box OF DIR. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
Makes no difference whether its y baby.
child or aged. No matter how long stand
ing the case the guarantee holds good
Cut u this strip. go to your druggist. get
2 box OF DrHobsons Eczema Ointment. use
tstied. the druggist or maker will refund
your money. TT. 1T just once. you will be
happily surprised
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
AUDITORS EXHIBIT


County Auditor and clerks..... IS $50 ON
Treasurer 49,. 80 oO
Reg. of Deeds -. 3G6
County Judge 12t 9s
Sheriff. ices aud mileage ...... 40 so
Supt OF Schools ...... 333 IS
Coroner. witneSse. and jurors. fees
and mileage ........... ......
state Attorney ............. IA %
Janitor ............ :16 no
Co. Commissioner let dist ... 40
End ....... IL OO
% 3rd " ... II 80
4th g ....... Il 90
5th ' ........ IL 2n
County roads and bridges ....... 73A %
Clerk of circuit and county courts liz 90
Stenographer. 1877 90
Petit jurors fees ............. 1l22 40
Justice of the Peace q 90
Witness fees circuit and co. court 9 90
Jurors and witnesses. justice court
C,,,;oI f,,r,,,d 400, -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26

FOR SALE 1000 bn. Corn,
1911 crop, three varieties: Mimi.
No. -, Spuaw, mixed, and White
Dent, price ranging from Sl.oo TO
-. buyer to pick it out himself.
Grant DrebNrn.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26
She Miaht Accept.

sTm going to ask her to be queen Of
my home" said the enamored youth.
"Yes." replied the cynic. land she'll
accept with the idea that the home is
70 DO IN absolute monarchy."-Topeka
Stas.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-26

MIR. and Mrs. Stcrnhagcn visited
their daughter at Gettysburg Sat
urdav. returning with their grand
daughter to care for it Il few weeks