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BIOLOGISTS CREDIT
 ARCTIC OIL DISCOVERY

found northwest of Wainwright" ex. planed the scientist T am not sur prised to hear that a discovery has been made. Whether the oil Is h commercial quantity of course, l can not say; and even If 1t Is, the fact that the wells could transport oil only a few weeks every year would prove a serious problem.
 "Unquestionably there are oil possi- bilities in Alaska. The government. action in withdrawing oil claims from registry, however. has stopped pros- pecting for the present.
 Dr. Brooks addressed the members of the bureau at the close of the luno can, saying that after eighteen years of study and investigation of Alaska's $ resources he returns from his recen trip more confident than ever of northern territory's great and pros- porous future.
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Dr. Alfred Brooks. United States geologist, was rendered luncheon by the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in the Arctic club after his return from Alaska. Dr crooks has been engaged in mineral investigations for the government tracing particularly the origin and dis lribution of placer showings, and has maintained every summer several sur vey parties in different parts of tht territory.
 Dr. Brooks, in an interview was in- clined to credit the discovery of ol springs that form a lake of oil north of the Arctic circle, which was re ported by W, B. Van Valin, of the United State bureau of education at Wainwright, In the Post-Intelligencer of September 22.
 The government for some time has known that an oil belt was to be
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SKACWAY RAISES
 GIANT CABBAGE

SEArTLE.-The Alaska bureau oi the Seattle Chamber of Commerce yes- Cerday ereceived q thirty pound cab page grown in Skagway. which was first prize winner at the annual Skag- way hosticultural fair. held on Sep tember II, The cabbage was grown by c. O. Walker. who sent an explan- atory note stating that he produced fifty cabbages of practically the same weight.
 The exhibition at Skagway this year was considered one of the most suc- cessful fairs ever held in the north, according to reports. Cabbages weigh ing more than eighteen pounds, pota- toes of two and one-haIr pounds In weight, eight pound beets, raspberry vines eleven fleet high, rhubarb as thick as an ordinaryk fence rail, and cucumbers nearly as large as small watermelons, were among the wonder full specimens exhibited. IT. D. Clark exhibitedf vegetables grown in his garden.
 The flower exhibit this year was more beautiful than ever. Blooms of many varieties and shades were shown. The fair was arranged by the people of Skagway and is an annual event.
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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
 MAGAZINE,
 ussutd Annually in October Price per copy ................... DOC Price per copy. mailed ......... s6c Rst tas for advertising space in any of the above publications win be made known on application.
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ALASKA
 NOTES

f seattle news dispatch to the Sew ard Gateway says that the Bunker Hill
 Mining Company, of Kellogg, Ida, Is planning for the establishment of a
 million dollar shelter at Seattle as
 they believe that the opening of the
 Matanuska coal fields will make the profitable operation of such smelter feasible. It Is stated that the promo ters of the plan have figured out fully the exact cost of operation and also the differences between the costs un- der all conditions and the costs when Alaska coal shall be available, and they have discovered that the difference ac- tual difference between success and success and failure. It is thought that the company itself and other mining companies have discovered that it will be cheaper to send ore to Seattle than to take their coal to Idaho from the coast.
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the quality and cheapness of his wares
 but also by his method of dispensing
 them Consciousness to customers Is
 one of the best ways known to mar
 ket goods, especially where competi-
 ton Is keen. and iAa method which
 will cause many a customer to over
 look faults In quality and service The
 old policy of take or leave it Is fast disappearing and is being replaced with a studied courtesy which has as
 It's intent and purpose the effort to
 make the customer believe that any hing that can be done to please will
 be cheerfully undertaken. Business men are commencing to recognize that a pleased customer Is the most valua ble asset that business can have, and further. they are learning that indi- vidualizatlon of customers is the very keynote of the business of catering to the public wants. In wide awake business establishments all possible eff fort Is now adays being directed to the difficult object of making the in dlvidual feel that the firm Is pleased to cater to the wants of each indivi- dual, Is anxious to please him in any way possible and Is seeking for his
 patronage regardless of whether it be great or small-ls even willing to go
 step out of It's way In it's efforts to
 make him thoroughly pleased with his
 purchases and treatment Needless to
 say. this object can be achieved In no
 more successful manner than by
 courtesy and politeness and a careful
 attention to the wants, the likes and dislikes of each customer Please the
 customer by any means within req
 son" is fast becoming the motto of up
 to date business firms and 1t value Is daily being impressed upon the busi- ness man by the increase of custom ! following its application. In fact the 1 time is not far off when its observance
 may spell the difference between suc-
 cess and failure in the business world.
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The Douglas Island News of Novem- Der date states that an old time Al askan, Chas. Bruno Jehnke, better known as Chas. Stevens was killed by powder explosion at Treadwell. The blasted inflicted fatal injuries from which he died within few hours af. ter being taken to the hospital. T deceased was employed at the Tread well for many years. About three years ago he departed for the states where he tried farming for a time bu later returned to Douglas, bought a piece of property and had just com pleted neat dwelling for himself and wife thereon when over taken by the grim reaper,
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ATTENTION.

From now til our annual stock taking. we will give our patrons the benefit of a great reduction on cash purchases of all hard ware. This includes brass and malleable fittings, bolts. picks and mining shovels, as well as on household supplies. See our windows, and call for quotations. We can save you money. Extra special reductions on Ranges and Heaters.
 DARLING & DEAN co. | A A A
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or impatient nor Is discourtesy on the part of the traveller a warrant for the
 employe to answer in kind And, the
 same truism is applicable in any form of business. big or little Still. if lack of civility could be condoned in any
 case. 1t could be forgiven the har- assed smploye of the transportation company in preference to any other owing to the great incentive offered by an unreasoning and impatient pub lic, but, at the same time 1t Is patent hat there. are few. if any. circum-
 stances warranting discourtesy on the part of either the business. man or his
 employe. Not only because of the
 fact that II Is not good business but also because of the greater fact that offering incivility is the poorest way in the world of settling difficulties, or Aoi sting misunderstanding. The s'it answer will soon turn away the wrath of the anxious baggage seeker or the enc in whose face the train gate has been closed in obedience to the exactations of the time table and will also go far to modifying the irate or dissatisfied customer at the stall or counter. This Is becoming better un-
 derstood by bushes houses every where and all up to date firms seek to incalculate politeness as a part of the discipline of the office and sales room. In every class of business 1t Is
 becoming recognized more and mor that, next to the ability to furnish the best possible grade of commodities fol
 the money. business has no more val
 uable stock in trade than an unfailing and good natured courtesy toward the
 public on the part of its owners and employees The essence of good busi- ness Is fair and courteous dealings with customers The man in business
 be he employer or employe. is there to cater to the public to which the busi- ness looks for It's support He Is there first of all to please. not only by
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City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 8. 1s16.

fhe Courtesy Meeting method oI leacnlng poAtenese to empIoyes whe come in contact with the public, in- aus urated by the PennsylvanIa rail road something less than year ago has, accorolng to an exchange proven so suceessIuI In benehting the service and Ill lowering the usual volume oI eompIaInts registered by travellers that se> eIal otner leading railroad compan- les and also d large number of grea, mercnantlIe concerns have, or ore pre- parlng to adopt the same or similar systems o1 incalculatng courtesy in lher employees who are in constant contract with the public Business, ana particularly big business, is learning more and more that politeness to the public in an extremely valuable item In thelr stock in trade in these days ot keen competition and crushing bus.
 ness pressure While many do not fully appreciates the value of the maxim, "Ponteness pays the majority of small business men have learned that courtesy to patrons always pays ? tremendous dividend on a very small investment and are consequently, much more given to offering civility and courtesy to their customers than are larger business concerns, where the directing heads are farther removed rom those who patronize them.
 This Is particularly noticeable in the case of transportation companies
 -usually5 more so than in merchantile concerns, the majority of which gen. eraly make some effort to impress upon their employees the desirability of il courteous attitude toward the pub lie, Until comparatively recent years rudeness and incivility have been among the most noticeable character istics of railroad and steamship com panies employes doing business in the United States and few travellers who have not some tale to tell of discourte- sies offered to themselves or others, all of which appeared to receive no notice from the officials unless com- plaint was lodged by one of prestiage or influence. The ordinary traveller received, as a general thing, little more courtesy from the officials to whom complaint was made than was accord ed by the one complained of. The old spirit of " The public be damned' was generally well observed by even the higher ups and about the best that the ordinary person received from such officer as he was able to reach was we'll defined impression that they cared very little about his complaints.
 In view of the many irritating vag- aries of the human temperament en- countered by the employees of trans portation concerns, coupled with the fact that in about sixty per cent of the cases where complaints are laid the traveler and not the employe Is the one primarily at fault, one can hardly blame che officials for feeling that the majority of complaints are hardly worthy of recognition. Probably no people In the world are subjected to more aggrayating, and often senseless annoyance from people than are the employees of the transportation com panies.
 Still, this Is no excuse for treating with discourtesy even the most foolish
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AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Thorulf Lehman

Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Pa. nous Atherton Bourbon whiskys, Dis titled spring 1904 1905, bought in bond and reduced to 90 per cent. by U. 8. government by the bottle or gallon.
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Call or ring Main 4e whom you have job printing to be done. Tho Nugget has the most complete stook for all oesasisn&
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WE CAN DO IT.

For first class work and prompt de. livery phone Main 151 and the Peoples Steam Laundry will send and get your laundry.
 w. ]. WILLIAM SON, Prop.
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
FOUR TO GRADUATE
AT AROM0RE SCHOOL

Four students, Loretta HosteIler,
Raymond Holston. Howard Ride
nour and Maize Carlton will compose
the graduating class at the sixth
annual commencement exercises Of
the Ardmore school in Portage town
ship Saturday evening. Green and
y, hite has been decided on as the
class colors. and the motto for the
class which has been accepted is
Education Is Attained by Labor"
The principal address of the even
ing will be delivered by r. L. Long
field. county superintendent Of
schools The invocation will be de-
livered by Rev. Claude c. Young
and the music for the program will
he provided by the orchestra of the
First Christian church. The judges
selected for the program are Rev.
Young. c. G. Kelley and Edgar Sey-
bold
The program will be as follows:
Recitation. The Arsenal at
Springfield" Loretta Hosteller: bari
tone solo. Edgar Seybold: recitation.
The Factory Girls Last Day
Maize Carlton: flute solo. G. G.
Kelley; recitation. Fame" Raymond
HolstOn.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
EXPECT BIG DEMAND
FOR PRINT PAPE r

NEW YORK, April 27.-The short
age Of white print paper and means
for meeting the unprecedented sit
ration were discussed Wednesday boy
publishers from all paris
OF the United states in attendance
at the annual CONVEX ton Of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
scciation Because TIE demand FOR
print paper is expected to be great
est as usual. during the next thirty
days. the publishers were urged TO
employ every method Of saving, even
to the cutting down IF margins.
Reasons for the shortage of white
paper was outlined in paper by Lin
coin 3. Palmer. manager of the as
ISOLATION. He pointed out that ;he
demand for print paper began TO in
crease in the spring with the in
crease of Giro Jl9tion and the create
demand for advertising space. In
addition. the European war has di-
Nerted from England and Scandi-
navia many South American pub
fishers who were now seeking paper
IN the American market. Further
more, the manufacture Of higher
grades If paper also has drawn
heavily or the supply of materi9 IS
for lower grades.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
LODGE NOTES

South Bend lodge. No. %. and
Schuyler Rebekah lodge. No. SO. met
IN social session last night az the
odd Fellows hal in observance Of
the 97th anniversary q the founding
OF odd Fellowship In the United
States. Past Grand Z T Miller lie
livered an address on the subject
odd Fellowship" in which he paid
tribute 10 the founders Of the or
der and as we'll 10 thosc who have
helped make the order what II is Al
the present day.
Past Grand F. F. Lambert, one OF
the oldest members OF the Iodge.
gave a short address during which
he presented NJ. W McCurtian. who
has been an Odd Fellow for AS years.
with past grand combination collar
as reward for his services TO the
order. Refreshments were served
and a social session was held.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
SEEKS WATCHMAN
TO GUARD HOME
J. E. White, Woodward Az
Resident, AdvertiSeS for
Big Man.

Followers of Francisco Villa be
ware, Burglars. and second story
men. marauders and intruders,
house breakers and thieves. heark-
en-, Stop. look and listen ere We APP
proach the house of J. r. White.
104S Woodward av.
This is evidently a preparedness
story. But there is a reason.
Mr.. White incensed over the theft
Of $40 in money and a pearl stickpin
in his home on Tuesday during the
early part Of the evening. has made
preparations 10 give a rousing re-
ception 10 any who desires 10 pay a
second visit to his home. He has
inserted an advertisement in The
News-Times calling for an able
bodied man TO act as workman on
his premises during the remainder
Of the week between the hours Of :
o'clock and II at night.
Mr. White believes the robbery 10
be the work of the same gang of boy
robbers who were released on sus-
pended sentence in the city police
NOnA Il Alt states AAl AAANA maj IA NAAN
Waterman, in the event of a sec
ond attempt TO break in, should as
certain that the robbers are from
families Of political influence, ne is
to merely shoe them away, as Mr..
White says that affidavits for arrest
would probably be useless.
Following is the advertisement.
Reliable man TO
guard my residence at 104S
Woodward av. between the hours
Of and IL p. m. for balance of
this week and first Of next.
Home was robbed Tuesday
evening presumably by same
gang of boy robbers that was
released by our kindly city po-
lice court recently. If second
attempt TO break in is made and
Waterman ascertainS robbers
are from families with political
influence all that will be re-
quired Will be TO shoe them
away as affidavit for arrest
would probably be useless j.
+. White. Call Bell phone $3.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
NIBLACK AND KAHN
WIN NOMINATIONS
Lieutenant GOVernOrShip and
StatiStiCan'S Job Hot
" Contested.
THE TICKET

Governor - John NJ. Adair.
Portland.
L. ). senator long term-JOhn
W Kern. Indianapolis.
L. $. senator. short term
Thomas Taggart, French Lick.
Lieutenant governOr-MBsOn j..
Niblack, Vincennes.
Secretary Of state-HOmer L.
Cook Indianapolis.
Auditor Of state-Dale J. crit
tenberger. Anderson.
Treasurer of state-GeOrge a..
Bittler. Fort Wayne.
Attorney general - Evan b.
Stotsenburg. New Albany.
state superintendent public in
struction Samuel L. Scott. JEFF
fersonviile.
State statistician-S. W Kann,
Ligonier.
Supreme court second district
Douglas Norris. Rushville
Supreme court. third district
Charles T.. Cox. indianapolis.
APH"AAtAAE NRAl t. iANA NlAfA IT, fhl-
vision-James j. Moran, Port
land.
Appellate court. southern di-
yision-John g McNutt. Martins
Vile.
Reporter OF supreme court
Philip Zoercher. Tell City.
Delegates at Benjamin
=. BOsse. Evansville: W r..
O'Brien. Lawrenceburg John W.
Kern. Indianapolis, stephen b.
Fleming Fort Wayne.
Alternate delegates al large
Alvin PadEett. Washington;
George ". Bril- DanviUe; Judge
Alonzo Blair. Shelbyvlle: r. A.
Cast. Warsaw.
Presidential electors at large
Evans Wooden. Indianapolis.
Meredith Nicholson. Indianapolis.
Contingent electors at large
S. VI. Foster. Fort Wayne; Lew
O'Bannon. COrydOn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
PRIZE LIST FOR FLOWER
AND VEGETABLE SHOW

r. F. Wolfe. director Of the gar
den work Of the municipal recrea-
ton committee, reported at "A meet
ing OF the garden committee that he
had completed the prize list for the
flower and vegetable show TO be held
during fair week at Springbrook
park this summer.
County Agent John :. BOrdner re
ported that full details regarding the
methods OF conducting the various
garden contests and concerning the
show at the fair would be included
in the program OF the st. Joseph
county fair.
Mrs. r. y. Barnes reported for the
health department of the Woman s
civic league and stated that Mrs W.
p Pershing had completed the prize
list for the home garden contest.
over $3.50 will be distributed. An
other meeting Of the committee will
be held Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27

SO votes TO 275 IL on the first ball
lot and on the second by SIS TO Sol
1-2. When the Marion county vote
announced as: Kann IS and Brolley
Is. with "A scattering among other
candidates. The vote was challenged
and a poll OF the delegation by wards
and townships resulted IN 81 for
Kann and 20 for Brolley. A num-
Der OF the delegates were not in the
hall and their votes were not cast
There was some excitement over
the action OF the Marion county
delegation and the hall was in an
uproar for time. Brolley and Beer
withdrew and the final ballot result
ed in $40 for Kann and 345 for
Franklin. Marion county on this
ballot gave Kann loo and Franklin
2.
This was the last business OF the
convention and 1t was formally ad-
5ourned at $3.50 p. m, after being in
session eight hours.
The district delegates 10 the ma
tionai convention elected Tuesday
night and the delegates la rye.
elected by the convention. met late
Wednesday and elected unanimously
Edward G. Hoffman OF Fort Wayne
as democratic national committee
man 10 succeed Sen. Taggart.
Sen. Kern was elected chairman
of the national delegation. J. II.
Heller Of Decatur was elected secre-
tary and w. II. O'Brien. treasurer.
:. r. DUNCAN Of Huntington was
instructed to accompany O'Brten TO
St Louis in a few days when ar
engagements to care for the delega-
ton will be completed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
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