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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
8N MERCHANDISING BUSINESS OF AAASKA=y Frank C. Carpenter

Copyright, 1916, by Frank c. Carpenter.)
 Fairbanks, Alaska. 6NHE trade of interior Alaska will
 be greatly increased by the new railroad. That road will have it's terminus at Fairbanks, and from here goods will be sent out on the navigable rivers over routes covering thousands of miles. They will go on the Tanana river to the Yukon, and by that stream all the way to the Canadian boundary and the ocean. They will go up the tribu- taries of the Yukon, including the Porcu- pine, which can be travelled for 800 miles the Koyukuk, which has rich deposits of iow-grade gold, and the Innoko, where are the Iditarod and other gold camps. For a time some of the exports will be via the Innoko to the upper Kuskokwim region, although this will involve over land transportation.
 Fairbanks itself is the chief gold min ing center of the interior of the territory, From it's creeks have been taken already more than $80000,O00 in gold dust and nuggets, and stampedes to new camps occur every few weeks One of last year was to the Tolovana river, and today there Is a great deal of activity along
 
 ing into it. That river has it's source in Mount Mckinley, the country about which is highly mineralized, containing antimony and other metals in addition to gold.
 2 Few people realize the great extent sand possibility of our Alaskan trade The commerce of this territory last year was more than $7o,0O0,0Oo. It exceeded our total commerce with China by more than $5.000.000 and was one-fifth as large as our total trade with all South Amer ica. The great part of this was exports; but the imports amounted to over s22,- 000,000, and in proportion to the white population it was greater than that of any other country of the world. The per capita commerce was about $1S00 with balance of trade in favor of each white man of over $500. Including the Indians and Eskimos. the per capita conl- merce was $910, while that of Great Britain was only s133. This means that the trade of Alaska was on the average, for every man, woman and child, more than six times as great as that for every man, woman and child in Great Britain. If this is so when the land Is a wild waste so covered with moss and other vegetation that not one acre in hun dred of 1t has yet been prospected, and when not one acre in a thousand has yet been brought into cultivation, what may we not expect of the country with the railroad and other developments of the future?
 Indeed, Alaska is one of the best busi- ness propositions under Uncle Sams S flag. Considering the amount of money invest cd and the hands employed we have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
Let's Have Better Parents
From Golfers.


 We note that Judge Pinckney of Chi cago has traced four-fifths of the g, 900 had-child cases that have come into the Juvenile court there during his seven year term to parental neglect or incom- petence. The fathers are the worst and Judge Pinckneys notion of it is to thrash the father when the boy goes wrong. We prefer the idea now abroad in Des Moines and elsewhere of stir ring up interest and enthusiasm in the whole father-and-son problem. This mat ter of helping the boys grow up has been altogether too much turned over to the schools, and it needs just the sort of nonprofessional intensive culti- vation that the Iowa city's Better Fathers !" clubs seem likely to provide. It is worth while to have the older men get together and compare notes as to the problems and progress of the younger generation. If mans sons are not as interesting to him as his pigs or golf he will drift away from them. and they from him. It is all part of our modern overspecialization. great many men in this country earn decent living, but that is about all they bring to the family life. The boy Is a baby or in school or out for himself, but sell dom close friend. seldom a member or the living future, and his father hardly ever gets a glimpse of the joy and hope that there should be in the bond between them. Family prosperity can never make up for the want of those kindly relations which people of good will take pains to establish between themselves, and that of father and son should be among the closest and best.
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zone of commercial liberty be, by the common consent of that power and of the other belligerent power or powers, placed for the duration of the war under the re- ginle of neutrality and considered as belonging to a nonbelligerent state; the belligerent parties should renounce i'm mediately the extension of the hostilities to the territories thus neutralized, as well as the making of them as base for operations of war
 ''As early as August ', 1914, in those days of anguish when the German az gression menaced even our existence, Bel gium did not lose sight of the mission of civilization that she had assumed m far off Africa, and she invited the powers to neutralize all the colonies of the bel ligerent states included in the conven- tional basin of the Congo, that is to say-not including Belgian Congo, which has, since it's origin, been under the regime of permanent neutrality-French Equatorial Africa, British East Africa Uganda, German Kamerun and German East Africa.
 !" In view of the mission of civilization common to the colonizing nations.' wrote the minister of foreign affairs on August :, 1914, the Belgian government desires, through feelings of humanity, not to ex- tend the field of hostilities to Central Africa. It will, therefore. take no in itiative in infiicting such blot on the civilization of that region. and the mli- tary forces that it possesses there will not enter into action except they be forced to repulse a direct attacks against it's African possessions
 This proposition, better than any other symptom shows with what serenity our little country accepted the supreme sac rifice imposed by the law of honor and regard for the right. The sacrifice was of greater merit because, at the moment tsat this attitude was adopted, the Bel gian government was well aware that m Africa it disposed of military forces that permitted it to chastise there the az gressor of Belgium and take revenge for the reverse that was bound to overwhelm, at the beginning of the European cam- paign. the Belgian army numerically much inferior to the German army.
 But the act of Berlin, like the treaty or naturalization of 1889, only constituted to the eyes of Germany a scrap of pa- per- while the Belgian troops in Congo abstained from all acts of hostility, the Germans prepared for war and, on Au- gust 22, 1914, they strongly attacked, with out previous summons, the Belgian port of Lukuga. on the Lake Tanganika.
 Tt was thus that, by deliberate act of the Germans and in violation of the reserve that we were observing, the hos tilities between Germany and Belgium extended to Africa
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nothing that produces such vast returns. The country has now less than 70Ooo peo- pie, and of these perhaps 4O,00C whites. This includes men, women and children, so that the work ing force is comparatively small. Never theless, the product in 1914 sold for $41, 900, 600, of which more than 1S,Ooo,OO came out of the mines and more than twenty-two millions from fisheries and furs. During that year, the gold yield was almost sl6,0oO,0O0, while that of California, whose population is thirty-seven times as great. was only a little over twenty-one millions. The value of the Alaska fishery products was more than twenty-o millions, while that of the state of Washington brought in over eight millions. The copper output that was enormously increased last year and will be doubled and trebled in the years to come.
 As to the whole territory, by and large, it has paid us better than any investment the nation has made. 1t cost us less than cents an acre, and, spreading our re- ceipts over the whole area, we have al- ready netted more than $1.50 an acre, and that, notwithstanding we have scratched the surface of but few of it's 59O,0o0 square miles. The furs from the land animals have already paid the price of the territory, and those from the seals have sold for nine times as much. As to the fisheries, they have yielded more than 30 times the cost of Alaska, and the output of the mines has been 40 times it's purchase price,
 The most of this money has gone away from the territory. Alaska has been ex- plotted largely with capital from the out side, and the country supports number of absentee landlords Nevertheless, the amount spent in the territory is large and this will increase in the future More and more families are coming here to make this land their permanent home The younger generation is prepared to stay, and thousands will come in to grow Up with the country. I have already spoken of the enormous per capita com merce. This will continue and Alaska will grow as one of the best markets of the world.
 To give you some idea of the business now done here, I visited today the head quarters of the Northern Commercial company at Fairbanks. This company is the offspring of the Alaska Commercial company, which leased the seal islands about year after we bought the territory and established a general fur trading business somethig like that of the Hud- son Bay company. It leased these seal islands of the United States and made such vast sums by dealing in sealskins that the royalties paid to our government were more than the first cost of the ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
An Old-Fashioned Virtue

From the Youths Companion.
 One of the richest and most influ- ential corporations in the United States has an interesting rule. On en- tering it's employment every clerk must agree to keep all information and all orders he receives to himself; he Is not to discuss any directions or any business in his hands with any other clerk or employe, inside or outside of the building. In short. he Is to keep absolute silence about all details of the business on penalty of prompt dis missal. { large share of the prosper ity of the corporation is credited to the strict enforcement of that rule.
 In private life as well as in business there is an admirable opportunity to apply such a rule. The girl or wom- an whose swiftly flowing conversation is filled with personalities and gossip about the affairs of other people may succeed In finding ready listeners. but she surely does not hold the respect even of those who lend their ears to her stories; and 10 person of dis cernment she cannot fail to give the impression of inefficiency and light ness of character. There Is a certain dignity to be gained from not telling all you know.
 Some sensitive persons feel that they are untruthful unless they confess all their faults to chosen friend: but 1t is not wise view to take. Your dear est friend will not thank you for re- vealing a fault that you have suc- cessfully overcome. To keep silence is part of the penalty; part, too, of what you owe to the good order and com fort of society.
 If you would learn the old fash toned virtue of reticence, begin to talk about things, not persons. Whether you live in town or country, in crowds or in quiet places, you can find many things worth talking about Once the new habit is formed, there will come an enlarged outlook on the world, and , life will take on a fuller and richer meaning.
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and in company with a partner he leascS a claim on one of the creeks for 25 per cent of the profits. At the end of that year he was 5000 in debt The next win ter he and his partner had no money 10 pay wages, but by their own work they got out enough pay dirt to yield them about 5000 when they washed it out in the spring. They then paid up their debts and within the next year or so cleaned up o000 out of the claim.
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9N 7 lSTUR EDDITUR: The high clost of livving <. I\WlI a subject which doubt the plain peepul NVO have herd sumthing at varius times and on
 sundry occasions before this has continued to remain at altitude of such proporsons that the extreemly rarified air in that visnty is hard Tor the man of cramped and limmited incum to breeth The Uropeean war may have added as is charged to our incum, the gennerel incum of the nasion but it has also added to a marked and infew ensial degree to outgo. Beefstake and uther veg etabulls air no longur within the reech of the av verage citizen. Nuthing short of a plutocratt can now gaze upon the yellowlegged chicken of commerce with ennything short of strong emosions of despair The time onse when most enny of the plain pee pul could warm up to a chicken without making noise like subtreasury, but the day has passed down the dim vista of time and lingurs with only as a nemmery. The time onse when if the prise of 1000 scared to mountain passes unatainabull by the man of modest incum he could hi himself into the country and with few bones could annex sevverel duzzen eggs without the tnge of thrown in, tie cotton string around the legs of hety pullett
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The wine crop of 1916 in the Gironde district of France promises to greatly ex- ceed that of 1915, notwithstanding ab. normal labor conditions. The increase is largely due to the favorable weather. In some districts hail has destroyed parts of vineyards. but so far the lass has been inconsiderable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

The seven principal engineering so- cieties of Germany have combined into a new association called the Deutscher Verband Technscher Wissenschaft- licher veriene German Association of Technical Scientific SochtieaA
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
First Woman Juror in a Nevada District
Court Qualities in Tonopah Today

The civil case of j. K Murphy of
the Wholesale Produce company, En-
mis- Brown and company of Sacramen-
to. versus Paul Weisse, a local grocer,
was called In the district court this
morning. The case is peculiarly
interesting one to Tonopah, inasmuch
as the first women were called to
jury duty.
The young ladies were in court
promptly and no blunders were made
by the fair sex, much to the disgust of
the hypercritical men. The counsel
were particularly kind and thoughtful
Miss Mabel Donaldsons name was the
first called to answer here" Miss
Donaldson, however, escaped duty.
Judge Averill asked all present to
be careful about talking in the court
room. The men were doing all the
talking and the chewing. The ladies
needless to say, were perfectly de
corous.
Miss Bessie Shields was the first
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
MOOSE ENTERTAIN
SUPREME DICTATOR
GOLDFiELD AND TONOPAH LODI
GES UNITE IN AN INT EREST-
ING FUNCTION

One of the pleasantest and most
elaborate fraternal functions ever oc-
curing in Tonopah was the reception
rendered Saturday evening by the
Loyal Order OF Moose to the supreme
dictator, c. j. Henning OF San Diego.
The lodges of Goldfield and Tono-
pah combined efforts for the event
and succeeded in royal fashion. The
supreme dictator arrived in the morn
ing from the north ana he was Kept
busy all day. but II vast nothing to
what happened when special pulled
IN at o'clock In the evening. The
train brought seventy-fve Goldfeld
members and they were met at the
depot by their Tonopah brethren and
escorted to the l. o. 0. L hall, where
the open meeting was held.
Owing to the limited capacity OF
the room, the attendance was limited
to members and invited guests. All
excellent program. as published b,
the Bonanza, was rendered. the prin
cipal feature of which was an address
by the supreme dictator whose theme
was principally the Mooseheart home
where the old and infirm members o.
the order and their dependent ones are
given the comfort and care that the!
need, while their little ones are pro
vided with vocational training.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13

woman called in Tonopah to go into
the jury box. She arose from her
seat gracefully. walked across the
floor leisurely with most becoming
smile upon her face. Miss Shields,
however, was not passed to serve on
the jury. While Miss shields was be-
ing examined she was told by an at
torney. BE careful don't tell all you
know" That attorney evidently knew
a woman's falling. Miss Urquhart was
excused from duty.
Mrs. Caroline Lawrence. an employe
of Hunts dry goods store, was called
and accepted. Mrs. Lawrence Is the
only woman on the jury.
Miss Emma Heen was called and
examined, but afterward excused.
The jurors are Chris Barry, Harry
J. Kendall, Robert e. Gilroy. Walter
S. Thatcher, Nels Nelson, Claude
Mealman. Martin Kennedy, Henry
Nofsinger, Eugene Marty, Caroline
Lawrence, John d. Goodleigh.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
A FORMER TONOPAHN
S|GHS FOR OLD BUNCH.

The most strikingly handsome man
in the lobby of the Palace hotel" says
a returning Tonopahn from the bay
city. sis none other than our old
friend, Dad Jones'" His magnificent
stature and imposing frame, his mill
tary moustache and imperial. and for
thermore his white vest and all that
goes with it. even to the carnation
in his lapel, give him most distin-
guished appearance. But he is the
same old Dad that used to lead the
Tonopah military band, with many a
dexterous flourish of the baton, the
same old Dad that was so quick with
repartee and always possessed a
good story, when the bunch collected
in the Elks' home. He is now auditor
for an insurance company back east
and has seven states to cover. All
that causes him sorrow is that the
boys here don't answer his letters. He
appreciates the splendid farewell re-
ception they gave him, but fears that
he has been forgotten.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13

Arriving from Goldfield by auto yes
terday morning, a coterie of promln-
ent capitalists, all of whom are either
heavily interested in Nevada invest
ments or likely to become so, spent
the day in Tonopah and had a delight
ful experience here, inspecting the
town and its industries.
Included in the party were A. b.
West, vice-president and general
manager OF the California
Power company; c. o. Poole, its CHIEF
engineer; John Porter of Denver; {.
Conn, mining engineer of San Fran
cisco, Alexander Foster, Denver, j.
Woodward, New FORK banker. They
were accompanied over from Gold
field by L. b. Criddle. general agent
for the power company, and f. b
Mechling, the Goldfeld manager.
Here the party was taken under the
wide spreading wing of j. H. Bruce
the local manager for the power com
pany, and they were kept busy every
minute of the time. They were whirl
ed in autos about the town and en-
yirons, visiting nearly all the mines
and mills. The only property thai
they explored underground was the
Tonopah Extension, where they Were
personally conducted by John G.-Kir
chen. All expressed their wonder al
such enormous bodies Of ore lying be
meath the sagebrush, without any sur
face indication of their presence.
All were agreed, as they stated to
this paper, that Tonopah is but in its
infancy as producer and they fee
assured that the ore zone will be in,
definitely extended both east and
west, while the Murray vein on the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
WOMAN AWARDED FULL
AMOUNT OF DAMAGES

The jury in the federal court Fri
day afternoon, in the case OF Mrs. Ma.
tilda Neasham versus The New York
Life Insurance company returned a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff award
ing her the full amount of the policy
together with interest at eight per
cent, which amounted to $lO,69S.3O.
Mr.. Neasham came to his death sew
eral months ago in gravel pit be
tween Reno and Sparks, and when his
remains were discovered a revolver
was lying by his side. The insurance
company refused payment on the
grounds that he may have committed
suicide, but the evidence produced
was insufficient to substantiate the
claim. Carson News.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
CHECK VALVES BEING
PLACED IN POSITION
PRELIMINARY WORK TO CUTTING
IN THE HIGH PRESSURE
FIRE SYSTEM

Both sides of Main street from the
McKim corner east and portion OF
Florence avenue were without water
supply from one till o'clock yester-
day afternoon, although no inconven.
ience was suffered. the occupants OF
the buildings being notified by the
water company.
The service was cut off in order to
place check valve at the intersection
of Main street and Bryan avenue. This
is preliminary to laying main con
Meeting with the high pressure tanks
recently constructed on Mount Broug
her,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
WEALTHYIN
PAY TONOpAH VISIT
INSPECT Mines and Mills and De-
part for the West on a
Special Train

1910 is indicative of great depth of
the ore bodies.
The party then repaired to the Miz-
pah grill, where they enjoyed a sy-
baritic luncheon, one that required
two hours to partake of, including the
time spent in interchange of pleasant
ries and more serious discussion.
Seated were the visitors, Mr.. Bruce.
Mr. Kirchen, Mr.. Blackburn and a
member of the Bonanza staff
The theme of discussion was the
future of the white metal and how
Tonopah will benefit by the demand
that will come for this metal, so val
liable in the arts as well as certain
to be in such great demand for
coinage.
After the luncheon the party mo
tored to the sub-station. This hand
some and substantial building, filled
with intricate mechanism, with its be
wildering maze of appliances in the
outer air, bespoke to the visitors the
great pains and intelligent effort put
forth by Mr.. Bruce and his assistants
in caring for what was termed by a
member of the party as "The heart OF
Tonopah." inasmuch as from ii pull
stated the fluid that gave life and
energy to the community.
A special train had been wired foi
to Goldfeld and it arrived at $50
the party taking passage for Sodaville
where they spent the night, travelling
by regular train to Laws this morn
ing, to be met there by autos and
shown the generating plants of tht
Nevada California Power company ii
the Sierra.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
PIONEER IN THE BUSINESS

l.. II. Conley, who has been engaged
in the painting ard paper hanging
business in Tonopan for the past fif-
teen years, makes announcement in
the Bonanza today that he Is fully
equipped for the spring work which
will now be in order. He is an artist
In his line and all mis- work Is guar
anteed. His shop is at the rear OF
the police station.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13

James j. McQuillan today entered
upon his duties as postmaster OF To
nopah, having complied with the last
formality required by Washington, the
keys being turned over by j. Wesley
Stewart with the attendant felicita-
tions and good wishes expressed by
both the outgoing ana incoming offi-
cials
When Mr.. McQuillan was nominated
by President Wilson for this Office the
bonanza dwelt at length upon his car
eer, particularly during the long per
iod of his residence in Tonopah.
Mr.. Stewart, the retiring postmas-
ter, leaves with an absolutely clean
record. He took office on the Attn
OF June, 1907. nearly nine years ago,
and soon established record for eni-
cheney. applying to the operation OF
a -
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-13
NEW POSTMASTER TAKES OFFICE TODAY

the office the rules which have made
of his business life success. The
fact that he was retained in office so
long after his tern. mad expired Is
proof OF the satisfaction with which
the Republican administration viewed
his efforts.
Upon relinquishing his government
position Mr.. Stewart will devote his
attention to his private business, that
OF acting as agent for southern Ne
vada for the Giant and Hercules pow
der companies.
Mr. Stweart. through his investments
in various enterprises. particularly in
mining, has become one of the most
widely known and most substantial
citizens of Nye county. He leaves the
Office with the best will of all.