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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10
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GREATNESS, unable to speak, she
looked helplessly from accuser to &C
cused. Storm and Rhineander stood
spellbound. Staring at Seagrue like
one stunned, Helen could only gasp:
My father?"
Yes, your father repeated Sea
grue angrily. How do you like your
.Atro now?' he concluded tauntingly.
Helen looked toward Spike. Spike,
is this true?"
He could not speak to her lie
could not even look at her. He only
turned to the sheriff and in voice
such as no man ever had heard from
The sheriff led him from the room.
Helen, with Rhinelander and Storm,
silently followed, leaving Seagrue, as
he turned again to his window, to his
own reflections. Nor were the loss
Of the records and his excoriation by
Helen the only misfo1 tunes that were
to come to him that Cay.
He had long had control of valua-
BILE gold mine in the Superstition
range, and to ibis hackers he had en-
larged moro than once with enthusi-
asm on the probability that their in
vestment in this mine would make
all of them more money than ever had
been taken out Of the Superstition
mountains. But the day before, drill
ers working in the main tunnel had
c.fr nd ,1yy hn
they were penetrating. One of them,
after consulting in some excitement
with his fellows, called the foreman.
What's up?" demanded the latter
gruff.y, when he reached the drill bat
terry.
'Everything's up" responded the
man bluntly. Its all up with the
mine and this outfit, and you and me,
boss, right here"
The foreman showed his worry as
he stood contemplating the fault. He
drew from his pocket book and. hur-
riedly scratching note on a blank
leaf, handed it to man, and bidding
him hurry with it, turned again to the
drillers to investigate. Seagrue was
returning from the bank when the
mine messenger stopped him in the
street Of Las Vegas. 'Hhis Mr.. Sea-
grue?" he demanded.
Seagrue nodded CURLY. what do
you want?"
For answer the man handed him a
soiled letter. Seagrue, tearing open
the envelope. read:
Dear Sir: !.
Can you come to the mine at once?
Vein has pinched out in main work.
ings. S. ROE.
Seagrue, startled at the last SEN
tence, volleyed questions at the mes
senger. The man could confirm the
of what he himself had
seen before leaving the mine, and Sea-
grue, telling him to hunt up Bill and
bring him to the assay Office in Main
street, hurried back to the bank.
Bill reached the assay Office almost
as soon as his employer. Seagrue d.
rected him to go get the car, and as
Bill left Seagrue's assay expert, an old
chum Of his in Oceanside, came out OF
the inner Office.
To him Seagrue explained as hur-
riedly as possible what had happened.
will you so right out with me to the
mine?"
At the mine the foreman was still
examining the walls, He showed Sea-
grue the lost seam. The latter exam.
ined the spot carefully and turned to
question the head driller This man
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

sons to learn of the self-sacrifice with
which Paul continued to go from place
to place teaching. His hardships
should in spire us to work for Jesus also
even il it means pain and discomfi-
ture. We should rejoice that orr
gospel is world wide in its power to
help, and when truly presented, up.
lifts the people taught, and gives them
the assurance of eternal life after
physical death Thanks to the blessed
Paul and his successors as preachers
and teachers.
The little company took sail and
went north landing On the south coast
of Asia Minor. We first hear of them
at Perga on the coast of which place
they pushed north to Antioch OF Pts
ida. another Antioch from the one we
|spoke about last week. When it came to-
the Jewish Sabbath they went to the
synagogue with the worchipers. They
were of course known from their talk
and life as Jewes and as was the Gus
tom were invited to speak on such
things as would interest the company
assembled. Paul was not snow to take
advantage OF this chance to speak and
soon called to the minds of the Jews
the great facts of their history, be.
ginning with the rescue out of Egyptian
bondage. He told of, the keeping mi
the wilderness, of Moses and the judg-
cs and prophets, David, and called to|
mind the words of prophecy as to nj
saviour. He then boldly proclaimed
Jesus the crucified one as the prOmis-
ed Messiah and called on all to believe,
Gu Him AMI gain remission of sins.
He warned his hearers not to fulfil
in their cases, the words of prophesy
as to some who would revile and de-
spise the call The address was a
one and worthy Of study.
The words of Paul made great
stir in the city, and those not Jews
wanted to hear what he had to say.
On the next Sabbath there was great
crowd out. many not Jews. This a.
reused the anger of the narrow minded
Jews and they made trouble and turn
ed away from Paul, spurning his mes
sage This did not scare Paul bit
but he promptly denounced their
blindness and bigotry ana said that
as the Jews had been given the first
chance to hear the good news of the
gospel and had refused to believe,
that he would now preach to the Gen
tiles. The Gentiles were delighted
and many became followers OF Jesus
by the preachings Of Paul.
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May 14--"Lo, We Turn to the Gen
tiles" Acts Is, 1852.
Our lesson last week told us about
the setting apart of Paul and Barnabas
to be missionaries for Christ To-day
we shall find out something about
what they did 1t might be well to
call attention to the fact that Paul
made three great missionary Journeys
and the one we shall talk about to-
day is the first There were, of course
no railroads in his day. and few wagon
roads, except some made by the RO-
mans so that they could rush men
quickly from Rome to any part OF
their conquered territory if needed.
Travel was thus made by boat when
possible by the common people. 1t
was thus natural to find that Paul
and his company took ship, and we
first hear of their preaching on the
island of Cyprus out in the Mediterran-
ian sea off the coast of Palestine.
1t was at Cyprus that Paul had the
controversy or trouble with one Elymas
who was a man much feared by the
people because of his trick of sOrcery
and claimed power over supernatural
things. OF course he did not like to
have strangers come and preach a
new doctrine and OF person named
Jesus who had done things greater
than he. He tried breaking in on
Paul while he was preaching and re-
Wiling what he said The great apos-
tie acted promptly to silence the rude
fellow by denouncing him severely
and then pronounced the penalty OF
blindness for a season on him. When
Elymas became blind and was led a.
way helpless, there was great excite
mcnt among the people and the dep
uty or governor was much moved.
Paul himself must have felt glad that
the power was with him to cause the
blindness to come, and encouraged
for further work for the Christ ne
loved.
AS recorded in Acts 13-47, Paul was
told by God that lie was to he"a light
to the Gentiles and this was now COM
ing true On going from place to
place Paul gave first the good news
to the Jews but Immediately turned
to the non-Jews when his message
was rejected by the first named. Paul
seemed to knowrgfrOm the first what
Peter learned from hard lessons, that
God is no respecter Of persons. but
that all who believe on Him and do
His will are accepted of Him. We
people of America, non-Jews, can well
rejoice that the gospel is not narrow
in it's teaching, but that all can come
to a knowledge and to the salvation
given to true believers in Jesus, for
the power which did the grating could
also undo the unworthy.
1t will be a delight in future les
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

The newspapers make farming seem
SO attractive now, that the overWorked
office man hardly knows whether he
wants a six weeks vacation fishing
trip or.,to pillow up and seed down a SO
acre lot of corn.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES 4
Side Lights on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils
Edited by Charles X. Meyers.
CRAWFORD COUNTY svND "A 7
SCHOOL, ASS oCLAT1OHI

CRAWFORD COUNTY SUN ID A 7
school,. ASS 0CLATIoN
OrTLCERS.
President -. Sears McHcnry. Denison
cc.Trcas. ..ChaS. X. Meyers, DeniSon
Executive Committee
j.. L. Hoffman, Denison: Vim. Lindberg,
l<iron: r.. l.. VanSlyke, Manila: II, J.
Cook, Denison: Frank Woolston. Deni-
son; T.. G. Virgins, Dow City.
Superintendent.
Elementary Grades ........ ........
........... Miss Susie Craft, Denison
Secondary Grade, +. l.. Hoffman, Dcnison
Adult Department ...... ..........
......... Prof. F.. j. Still, Manila
Home Department .......... ......
,...... Mrs r.. w. Pierce, Dcnson
Teacher Training ............ .....
..... Rev. j. c. Tourtcllot, Denison
Temperance ............... .....
:. Miss, NIanetta 1orgensen, Vail
Department ........ ...
........ Mrs. Anna Williams, DeniSOn
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The man who rcproaches his Wife
for spending time on bridge is some
times the same one who forgets to at
tend the party primaries.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

After denouncing our fearful young
men for not having courage to enlist
in the army, some of our senator's
will vote to dodge action on the Bran
deis nomination for another month.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

Leather has become SO scarce that
wooden heels have to be used, but Of
course our women friends couldn't re
ducc the height OF theirs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

The riding breeches worn by the
girls are condemned by all who con.
slider it shocking for women to COM
pete in athletics on even terms With
men.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

Formerly the school children used to
walk ont in the country and gather
spring flowers and now they are will.
ing to go if some one will take them
in an automobile.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

The fact that man keenly regrets
our lack of preparedness does not mean
that he will let any OF his clerks at
tend the training camps this summer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

about fitting boy for agriculture is
70 give him a course from which all
mention of agriculture@fss been care
fully excluded.
Many people are moving in spring.
and the rent collector also has to
move rapidly to collect his bills.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

The people who figure out that the
war is costing Europe 95 millions a
day just talk as though they thought
all those debts now being contracted
were going to be paid.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

/; 1t is about time for the politicians
to show their quadrennial concern
about tho welfare OF your family. =
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

Some peoples idea OF healthful en-
ercise at garden work is sitting on a
lawn chair and telling the hired man
where to dig
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

Senator Lewis predicts third party
founded on peace, prosperity and
prohibition" Peace. prosperity and
pork would be equally alliterative
and even more popular.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

Responding to the demand for a
definite decision on the submarine
controversy, our government makes
the definite decision to postpone the
matter another fortnight.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

The committee on credentials at the
Sunday school convention never has
to settle any disputes between con
testing delegates.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

The old fashioned school theory
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

terence in the soils of the. peninsula quite as
much as in the United States, and the would
be settler should consider such things in Sc
lectng his land There are vast quantities of
muskeg, sort of marsh consisting of peat
SO saturated with water that it is bog.y
during the summer. 1t is of no good what
ever except when we'll drained
There are other lands which are under
laid with a stratum of ice and some where
there is ice and frozen earth for no one
knows how deep. This land is usually COW
cred with moss, which is non-conductor OF
heat, and the frozen condition beneath is
supposed to have existed for thousands .,
years 1t is only by burning off the moss
that the ground can be thawed, and it will
take long time to get all of the frost out
The settlers Of the Kenai peninsula will
have game country that compares favor
ably with the eastern United States IN
colonial times. This is one Of the best big
game regions of Alaska 1t is already at
tracing the attention of sportsinen and the
number Of city men who come here to hunt
moose and mountain sheep is yearly in
creasing. The game should be protected and
# SO the mountainous reoions will be
sportsmans paradise fol generations to
come
The country is noted for its moose pas
lures and it has the finest moose OF the Der
rltory. They are plentiful in tie central and
western parts of the peninsula There are
now also MANI black bear and brown bear
but as the farms arc Cit ou- these will be
crowded back to the mountains. There are
many fur animal; such as the lynx, land
otter, marten, ermine and mink and there
is no doubt that fur-farming could be sue
cessfully carried on. There are flocks of
wild birds, such as ducks, geese and snipe.
and snipe, and grouse and ptarmigan are to
be had almost everywhere
The peninsula has numerous streams ard
lakes which are filled with fish and II, the
summer the salmon run up the rivers that
flow into Cook inlet and Resurrection 5av.
During my stay here | have had all the ISL
and game I could cat. The trout and salmon
are especially fine Fresh moose meat is for
sale in all the towns during the open season.
It brings from twelve to fifteen cents a
pound and single animal dressed will often
weigh half a ton. At one village seventy
cafcasses were sold last year
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

acres, which is the amount of land now al
lowed for homestead in Alaska
The total area of the 1owlands which are
suitable for farming is about three-fourths
the size of the state of Massachusetts, and
the best of the lands, those which do not
have to be drained, are about twice as large
as Rhode Island. Of the latter, one-haf lies
in the Susitna and Matanuska valleys, and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

on Turnagain Arm One is at Sunrise,
where | am now writing, and another is at
Hope, few miles to the westward Both
camps have altogether not over two hun
dred inhabitants.
Sunrise has perhaps twenty log cabins In
one is general store, kept by an old Ger
man, and another is Arno Liebischer's road
house, where am living. Adjoining the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

the other half is on the western side Of the
Kenai peninsula.
# weeds, grass and bushes are any sign of
fertility, much of this country will produce
excellent crops. Here at Sunrise, outside the
roads and trails, the land is Jungle of dense
vegetation and one wades through weeds as
high as his head. [ have found high grass in
every open place in the forests and some of
it is SO thick that man short distance
away is hidden from view There is grass on
the stream bottoms on the benches aud
up the slopes of the hills even above the
timber line. The most common is red-top
that grows to the height of five or six feet,
and, as Jam told, makes excellent hay In
deed it is cut for that purpose about Sunrise
and Seward. 1t brings from $40 to $12 tor,
when first harvested, and in the winter rises
to $50 and upward pertton.
There is good forage almost everywhere
in this part of Alaska, and it would seem
that the country might become stock rails
ing section. According to the farming ex-
perts, this is the destiny of much. of this re
gion. They figure that the territory I have
described will supper: 10000 stock. and
allow eight acres per animal. They say the
country should be devoted also to dairying,
and that properly used it can be made to
produce something like Is 600, 600 pounds O;
butter or co. 100000 pounds Of cheese year
It is in about the same latitude as paris of
Finland and the Scandinavian peninsula,
which are celebrated for their butter and
oh he o1i1 20 41,t1 r.,
this connection rhe Island OF Kodiak about
100 miles or so west of Seward, also prom
ises to be great dairying and stock-rasins
center. The government has an experimental
farm there. l shall write of it in the future
So far we have had no experiment STA
tions on the Kenai peninsula, although one
will now be established to show what can be
done The experts of the department of agri-
culture say that early varieties of grain vii
mature, and that barley and oats will pro-
duce excellent crops. According to them 2G0
bushels of potatoes to an acre can be grown
on the good soils without fertilization anG
cabbage, lettuce, beets, turnips, garden peas
and carrots can be raised without trouble
Strawberries have been grown in places, arr
there are wild raspberries almost every
where. have seen wild currants and bite
berries i'll the woods. There is low bush
cranberry that makes very good jam, and 4
high bush cranberry that makes excellent
jelly. There are also salmonberries ard
strawberries.
The climate Of the Kena peninsula is far
different from what one would>expect from
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

Where and What They Are Climate, Soil and
Crops Grazing and Dairying Possibilities The
Country Will Support 100000 Animals The New
Homesteads- Clearing the Land-Muskeg and
Perpetual Ice-Big Game Minerals, Coal and
Gold.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

M. Matsue was the Japanese rem
resentative at the recent alice con-
Terence In Paris He promised that
ms government would not make
peace With Germany until the Eu-
ropean wars end, and stated that
Japanese munition factories would
continue to work lay and night turn
lax out gums and munitions az war
Tor the Russians- This picture az
Matsue was taken n Paris durinc
the conference,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

roadhouse is shack about as big as hall
bedroom with the words "U S. Post Office"
over the door. Many of the other cabins are
empty. They were built when Sunrise was
the center of mining excitement and one
thousand-odd prospectors were washing the
sands of Six-Mile river and the other creeks
about here for gold. Today dredge made
in Seattle is turning up the bed of the river,
but the profits are little, because the dredge
buckets, which hold only two cubic feet, are
too small. Farther up the river is Duncan
Stewards mining camp, where they are
dredging at profit and where are quartz
mines said to be good
Other towns are kenai Kasilof Seldovia
and Port Graham on Cook inlet Kenai has
population of $50, and Seldovia, at the
southwestern end OF the peninsula has less
than 200. Both have fish canneries and so
have Kasilof and Port Graham 1t is not far
front Kenai, where the first gold in Alaska
was found. 1t was discovered by the Rus
slams, being washed out of the Kenai river.
in 1850, seventeen years before the territory
came into our hands. Since then small guam
titles have been found here and t..sere in
many parts of the peninsula. and the pros
poets for quartz mining and placer mining
are comparatively good, This is the story
get from the miners.
Coal is known to exist in the western part
OF the peninsula, and it was mined there by
the Russians, who brought in laborers from
Siberia and miners from Germany with
view to developing the territory Later one
OF the American steamship companies took
some OF the coal to San Francisco, but it
was found OF too low grade to be valuable
1t IS Ignite, varying in color from black to
brown, and it cracks upon drying. There are
great quantities of it north of Kachemak
bay, and the entire kenai lowland may be
coal bearing. This coal will furnish fuel for
the farmers, and run through gas producers
it might be used for manufacturing pur-
poses.
The great future of the Kenai peninsula
lies in its farms The agricultural depart
ment experts who went over the country
year or SO ago have estimated that there are
on the peninsula and in the Matanuska and
Susitrla valleys, where the railroad is now
building, something like four million acres
OF fairly good land This part of the country
is low and 1t has an equable climate Some of
the region is covered with swamp and mus
key which will need draining, but at least
one-third Of it will require clearing only to
be made ready for crops The land of the
latter character is enough to make more
than eight thousand farms Of quarter of
section each, or four thousand farms of $40
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23
copyright 1916, by Frank G. Carpenter)
UNRISE, Kenai Peninsula.

HIS letter is about the
Kenai peninsula and the
short valleys just north Of
it, through which Uncle
Sam is now building the
first section of the railroad
from Seward to Fairbanks.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

The greater part OF the land is covered
with moss, which, in places, is foot or SO
deep. The soil is wet and so sour it needs
lime. It seldom produces good crops at the
start and needs to be broken up and exposed
to the air to sweeten it. There is a great diff
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

the Kenai peninsula the only large
Il Of population is Seward. The other
|ments are mining camps or little col
|ns Of log cabins occupied by prospect
tho are travelling over the peninsula,
II for gold. There are two such camps
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

The climate OF the Kena peninsula is far
different from what one would>expect from
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-24
MERCHANT MARINE
BUILDING RUSHED
Activity Greatest Since Civil
War-May Regain Former
PIace-Forced to Re-
fuse Orders.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 22.-Reports
to the bureau of navigation made pub
lie today shows hat American ship
yards, crowded with work as never be-
fore in their history, are refusing all
contracts calling for new types of YES
sells and combining construction to those
types for which construction plans
already have been drawn.
With 230 merchant vessels, with a
total tonnage of about 1000, 900 tons,
building or about to be started, the
United States now is being outstripped
in construction only by Great Britain
and navigation bureau experts see in
the boom a prospect that the country
may recover the position it held before
the civil war, when it was the fore
most nation in ship building.
The mount of tonnage under con-
struction in American yards has
doubled within the last year. 1t
has increased nearly so per cent
since the first Of December and yards
are so filled with orders thai many
have work that will keep them steadily
employed until well into 1917. Thirty
nine ships have been completed since
last July.
The steamboat inspection service is
preparing for an expected shortage in
men to merchantmen by
changing regulations governing issu-
ance of licenses. The age limit for Of
fcers was reduced In an order sew
eral days ago and other changes in
the regulations are being considered.
Department Of commerce officials
are investigating a plan by which it's
promoters claim structural steel may
be used on the vessel construction. If
it proves successful 1t Is declared con-
struction not only will be cheapened,
but an immense advantage will be
given to American yards because
structural steel is produced in such
large quantities in the United States.
One prominent fact the navigation
bureaus investigation revealed was
that much larger vessels are under
construction than in previous years.
OF the 230 ships reported building,
16 were of more than 10000 tons, and
33 of between 5000 and 10000.