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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
McBRIEN TALKS ON
RURAL SCHOOL TERM
Public Sentiment Must Be Back
of aW To Enforce One.

The following is talk ten by J. l..
MeBrien. School Extension Agent, L.
S. Bureau of Education Department
Of the Interior
school attendance is an essential
factor in the actual leneht OF the
school term How to make compulsory
school attendance effective is enc Of
the most perpleXng problems con
fronting lawmakers ana administers
tive school officers. Prior 70 1900 only
- States and the District of Column
bia had compulsory school laws and
many of these were optional and
therefore imperative. &pw all the
States except Mississippi have eth
ar mandatory or optional compulsory
school attendance law school at
enhance in percentages of children
5 10 Is years OF ace is as follows, &C
cosding to the bulletin on compul
sorry School Attendance published by
The bureau of Education in 1911
Hiah-0o And Over
Connecticut. Iowa. Massachusetts,
jNHehiean. Nebraska NeN Hampshire
New York and Vermont
Mcdium-8o To 90
California. Colorado. Delaware, hi
aha. Illinois, Indiana, KANSAS. Maine
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
RAT BIG AS A BEAR
SHOWN IN NEW YORK
lsY international News service.l

New York, Nov "a RAJ as big as
a bear is the latest wonder here. The
rat isn't dangerous, it doesn't even
carry about cholera or yellow fever.
Its name is pillotherium and it roam
ed the United States in the region
now Colorado about three million
years ago The skeleton set up in
the American Museum of Natural
History here is the first complete
specimen ever found.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
MAKE THE MOST OF PROSPERITY

Every man should keep fit these
days and make the most of his op-
portunities. No man can work his
best handicapped with disordered
kidneys and bladder, aching back.
swollen joints, stiff muscles or rheu.
matte pains Foley Kidney Pills pay
for themselves a hundred times over
in health improvement.
Sold everywhere. I'm
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
NATAL STATISTIC S

Born. 10 Mr.. and Ms ! Nelson
TaTonHer, of North Church street
Il dauahter
Boon. 10 VI and Mr. carmm S
1hanhers. e south Church street
. sJn
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
HAS THE FEVER

Manager H. B. Baird, OF the Poto-
mac Light and Power Co. is i'll with
typhoid fever.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
BERKELEY C0UNTY'S
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
CONFINED FROM PAGE oNE)

! CONFINED from PAGE oNEl
/ National hank were $7G5.o7S; on Oe-
tober 20 the deposits were $93I0t7
This was gain of $l71969, or more
than - per cent,
On May l last the deposits of the
Merchants \ Farmers bank We're
S527oO0 on October - the deposits
were $665o0o This was IA gain Of
$l3SOo0, or more than It per cent
On May s last the deposits Of the
Peoples Trust Company were $43S.-
1QS; on October 16 the deposits were
$63f ESQ. This was 4 gain OF s192,=
547. or almost A per cent
On MAY l last the deposits of the
Citizens National bank were $500.
7S0: on October is the deposits were
S451 49S This was gain Of SSH
763, or - per cent
On MAY / last the Bank of Mar
tiusburg, the youngest financial In.
stiiuGon in the city had deposits of
$13S.70G: on Oetboer II the deposits
we're $l7t622 This was gain Of
S32,9l6 or almost "A per cent
The deposits i'll The five banks Of
Martinsburg ON MAY last nggregat=
I ed $s,239,217; today the same banks
have on deposit n total o. $2.S56,ll2s
This is gain during the pas sis
months of S6l7t95, on almost IS per
cent.
Another significant indication q the
increasing wealth of the .eommmitF
IS in the statement of savings de.
oosits. which have Increased during
the past two years approximately
$3.50 900
Progress In the Factories.
Progress in the development Of the
5usinoss in the factories has beea
steady aud rapid, rs is shown by the
Information secured from officials by
he Journal
Officials of the interviewer hosiery
Mills. the largest single industry in
his section of the state say that they
re now working 1900 employees.
more than at amy previous period in
he history of the industry hcre, u,at
bes arc now paying the highest
wages ever paid IN this line Of indus
Try; that The business is So great that
hey could easily work 800 mora
Employees during the next two years
they could get them that lhcis
Ii mess IS the greatest they ever
enjoyed. and that they are compoll=
d 10 turn away almost as much busi
res ass they are now doing 'fhee
trc carrying advertisements in pa
ers for mites around for more help.
Tha Berkeley Wooden Company l.
Employing - men, more than this
mpauv ever employed before, The
aua.gee has been steadily increasing
until there are more orders than caa
,a taued out. and there has been aH
-+tt=' ="
1te I'an Nooien company report
rs employees AT work there the lars
Z mpber eyer employed at TINS I'e-
ofs. ana conld use more men, ''e
u#mcs Is larger tina" the factory
IN handle and here has been sub
.aaf nj 'hcreas1 III "'tza.
yif
The Marlin olfs "anu4a ACQUIRING
elEpott' laatefi OIL mons eiola''ie
Is employing - persons. the Inff' .
ID tHo history OF the factory and -
a. lily advertising FOR more h''p,
horn he's fr9n q big increase HI me
ana q SUP .a'i#sj5 .tsi
/ ID wages.
fine Perfection Garment 02Rpaat
ha moro ihaA donbl"i ITS dusin'a
afipy fac past year, and nos t'H
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
4 KIDNEY MEDICINE THAT
HEALS kND STRENGTHENS

Several years ago had charge of
c plantation in the canebrake swamps
the lever Mississippi River While
there / contracted a severe case of
Swamp Fever, getting so bad that |
had hemorrhages of the bladder |
was under a doctors care for about
sixty days with very little hope ef
my recovery did not find relief
from the doctors medicine and Or.
Nilmer's Swamp-Root being recon
mended to me. / tried some and get
almost immediate relief. After tai
ing seven fifN-Cent bottles. wa
able to resume my duties. Have net
been obliged to take any medicine
since that time.
Yours very truly
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-09
Yours very truly.

\. ] IRAIE4,
Mobile. Ala
Personally appeared before me. this
I'll day Of January. 1915. A J Ira
cey. who subscribed the above state
ment and made cath chat the same
is true in substance and in fact
ANNYE E. HODGE
Notary Public. Mobile Co, Ala.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
REPUBLICAN COMMIT TEELsEN

The Republican territorial committeeman appointed at the convention held in Seward on April 19 are as follows:
 First Division-Howard A. Ashley, E. E. Smith, H. O. Faulkner, S. II. Ewing, P. C. MacCormacls R. J. Hickman and John Goodell.
 Second Division-M Eddy, A A. Allen, Fred Daniels, Henry Burgh, W. D. Chase, G. D. Schofeld, H. H, Moler.
 Third Division-J. J. Finncgan, Sam Graf, John Lyons, Al White, W. II. Chase, E. A. Boyle, r. J, Cotter.
 Fourth Division-Tom Lloyd, T. A. Mar quam, Cecil H. Clegg Joseph Dehn, Percy C. Charles Leroy Tozier, Charles Hoxie.
 The committee to whom was left the choice of candidate for delegate to con grcss was as follows: II, Q. Faulkner of Juneau. William A. Gilmore of Nome, liar vey Sullivan of Valdez and Thomas Lloyd of Fairbanks.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
FORMER IDITAROD RESIDENT
 HAS A STROKE OF LUCK

The following story is from recent Se- attle newspaper, The Mrs. Jackson men toned formerly was a resident of ldltarod |;
 Safely slowed away in the interior ot washing machine, where they had fallen, three diamond rings, valued at $500, were recovered this morning at the plant of the Wet Wash Laundry. Inc. and returned to Mrs. T. W. Jackson, 26113 Fourth avenue, who had sent them to the laundry by mls- take.
 Mrs. Jackson had been working about her home and had removed the rings, tying them to an apron string. Later she sent the apron to the laundry forgetting the iewelry. Shortly afterward she suddenly
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To F. Anderson, J. FIdridge and w. Me
 Curdy, and to their heirs and assigns
 You are hereby notified that the under signed has expended in each of the years 1914 and 1915 the sum of one hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the Chicken Association placer mining claim, situated on Chicken creek, a tributary Of Bonanza creek, in otter precinct, Fourth dl- vision, territory of Alaska, the location Cer- tinCate of which is found of record in Vol, f. Page 362, in the ufflce of the recorder for said precinct, in order to hold sad claim under the provisions of section 1924 of the Revised statutes of the United states and the amendment thereto approved Janu- ary p. 1880. concerning annual labor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said placer mining claim for the periods ending on the 3tSt day of DeCem- Der, 1914, and the 3lst day of December 1915.
 And if within ninety days from the per sOnal service of this notice or within ninety days after the publication thereof yru fail or refuse to contribute your pro portion of such expenditures as cO-oWneT your interests in the said placer mining claim will become the property of the sub scribcr, your Co-oWntF, who has made the required expenditures, by the terms Of said section. p. MCGllNNESc.
 First publication. April IS. 1916.
 Last publication, July &, 1916.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To J. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Charles
 IOXse and to their heirs and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the under 1914 and 1915 the sum of one hundred dOI- lars in labor and improvements upon each of the placer mining claims known and de sCrlbcd as follows, to VII: The Rainbow association, situated at the head of Flat creek, in otter precinct, Fourth dIVlslon, territory of Alaska, the location certificate of which is found of record in book one of Locations page 3t8, in the Off1Ce of the recorder for said precinct; the Montana as SoCiatiOn, adjoining the above described Rainbow association, the location certificate of which is found of record in volume one of Locations. page BIS, in the once of the recorder of said precinct; in order to hold said claim under the provisions of section 2324 of the Revised statutes of the United States, and the amendment thereto ap- proved January P, 1880, concerning an nual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required tO hold said placer mining claims for the periods ending on the 3iSt day of December, 1914, and 1915.
 And if, within ninety days from the per Sonal service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof, you fail CT refuse to contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as CO., owner, your interests in the said two placer min ing claims will become the property of the subscribers your CO-oWneFS. who have made the required expenditures, by the terms of said section.
 GEO. W. ALBRIGHT
 CHAS E. TAYLOR.
 First publication. April IS, 1916.
 Last publication, July 8, 1916.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
WelI-Known Jap May Have Been Murdered

The Ruby Record-Ctizen publishes news item under date of May from Los Angeles which states that Jujiro Wa,a the noted Alaska mushcr, he'd disappeared from Los Angeles under circumstances which hag! caused the belief that he had been mur dcred. WaGa was called up on the tele- phone at his hotel and told to prenare for death. The man at the ether end of the line tcld him his body would be thrown into the bay On advice from friends Wada armed himself. He disappeared and has not been seen since The police are lnre:tigat- ing the affair
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
Loss of Power Beat AIPha

The less of the power boat Alpha is ver- fled by John Chrstianson, tha only survivor of the iIl-fated little boat, in an account given to Victoria, R. C., newspaper of re cent date. says the Juneau Empire. Chris tianson said that the Alpha was sWamped by heavy sea of Rachel island on March 16. According to his report, ChrlStlanson was in the icy waters four hours after the boat went down, clnging to an overturned boat. which he subsequently lighted and n which he finally reached Old Me Iakah i2 The six other members of the crew were lest. and glthouPh the steamer MalaSpna and small fleet of powerful launches were ,hsnatched from Prince Rupert on a search ing expedition immediately following Chris tenspu's rescue. the vessel, returned with out having located any trace of the missing men CT their craft. Captain Miller and Christians0n managed to reach a small boat which had Eoatcd off, Christensen did not see tue other members Of the crew. For a tine the two men chung to their boat. Cautain Nil er however, socn released his held, saying he wcull try to reach an land near by. ChristianSon continued tc cling to the overturned craft, which drfited toward small island near Dighy, where he managed to right the vessel and paddle ashore
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
Marshal Leaves with Prisoners

On April 13 Marshal Erwin and the prs oners and guards got away from Rlckert s ranch in the N. C. stage. The conCltlon of the streets of the town were such that it was impossible for the rig to pick the prisoners and their guards up at the fed eral jal and the party walked from the iail up Cushm8n street to the Valdez traL
 Here the party waited for fe" minutes until the stage arrived, when they bundled in and started on their trip to the States. There was little of note to report The only one of the crowd whose honor was questioned was C. Myers. When the Nal1ez trail was reached he was put in irons, so that it would be impossible for him to ere ate any trouble on the way. The rest Of the prisoners were put OH ther honor by Marshal Erwin After the irons had been put on the one man in whom the author- ties had no confidence, no one objected to the crowd of spectators stepping up and saying goodbye to those who were leaving. Dan Callahan was joking to the last Many of his friends and acquaintances shook hands with Callahan, whose only show of feeling was when he called his son, Dick Callahan, over to the side of the sleigh and tcld him to be good to the ''women folks" As the crowd passed the corner of Third and Cushman streets Mrs Callahan said 'good-by' to her husband. She broke down as he walked on, and friends took
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
THE FUR MARKET

A. B. Shuhert, Chicago fur dealer, sends cut the following market news
 Notwithstanding the European war the war tall at home, and the unceaSlng ef- forts of great many large manufacturers to denress the market, the unusually large collection of Northwestern furs has been marketed at a much higher price than the trappers and dealers could reasonably ex- pect It is really remarkably how well our Western markct has stood up under the pressure of the adverse conditions surround ing it. Stocks in the hands of dealers in the urimarv markets are small and small collectors and de&Iers in the country are practically sold ont Receipts at all pri- mary markets gre large for this time of the year. Should business with our manufac- turers be as good this fall as they ant;ci- pate it will be from the quantity of early orders that they are now receiving. they will find no difficulty in disposng of the entire output of their factories and will be obliged to come into the market for fur ther purchases of raw material.
 It is impossible for one to say which has been the best selling article this sea son. Every article seemed to have friends. However, foxes seem to be the most active, with lynx close second, The low price of some articles attracted purchasers while in the case of other furs it seems as if the higher the price was lifted the more buyers there were for them and the better the buy CTS liked them"
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
Rau lnndtin Built SCraper

Before Ray Long;in left for Iditarcd he completed the Hanot scraper winch he cane to Fairbanks to construct MT. LongtIn made all arrangements to have the scraper ,hirred to Iditarod on the first boat C! the season He will use it on his ground an Otter creek The buckets of the scraper constructed fer Mr. Longun handle more dirt than the buckets of the other two scrapers used here In fact, the scraper which Longtin ordered and had built is the largest Hanot scraper yet assembled, It took Longtn and the ianot brothers seven days to put the big g Il gaherer together, and the acraper was all set up before Mr. Longtin left
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
RicE, Strike on oid Dome Creek

According to reports received ln Far banks on April p from Olnes a rich strike has been made cn No. II below, Dome creek, which, if the pay holds out, will mean a big increase in the output ot the district for the year. The strike was made by Grover Gideon and Thomas Qulrk, and several mining men who have inspected the ground declare that three feet from bed rock pans running from 50 cents to S2 were taken out. Anywhere on the dump the pans run from D cents to almost S2 This strike Is of particular importance as it is the first strike of any note on ground lying from Mo- below to No. II above, Dome creek. In the early days of the air banks camp, and for several years, Dome creek produced hundreds of thousands Of dollars From No. / below, Dome, to Mo- II above, the paystreak was lost, however, and notwithstanding the fact that many Ecles were sunk to bedrock, nothing of any .conseQuence was ever found Now the min ing men who have inspected the ground and who have taken out such good pans three feet above bedrock, feel that the lost paystreak" has been found again. If this be so, and it prove as rich as the old pay streak on Dome creek, it means fortunes for more than one claim owner and for more than one operator.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
MISSING PERSONS

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the following person, i, requested to communi- cate with the governor, office .r Juneau:
 CREN BLODGETT Supposed to have been in Alaska for number of years. His brother in Butte Mont, is anxious to com muniCate with him.
 LUTHER RATCLIFF HARNDEN- 5 years of age light complexion, about feet 10 inches in height, rather heavy build His mother has not heard from him for many years, and is anxious to hear from hIm.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
JaD's Sentence CommHtai

President Wilson exercised executive c,emencv in the case of 0. Itov, sentenced to be hanged at Juneau, and his sentence was ccmmuted to Imprisonment fer life 8. McNeTs i.lend Itcw was first sentenced to be banqed on February lS, after the fight for his life had been lost in every coyrt to which it could be taken. After the c1u1ws had been erected. and with but few days remaining before the date of ezecution President Wilvcn gr2ntcd a slXty-day re pricve to allow further time for lnreSt'Ga iion of the case Later a telegram from Attorney General Gregory conveyed the news of the cummutaton of sentence.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
title Girl Accidentally Shoots Native


 h letter dated April l5. received by Spcc;al Officer A. E. Light from Dr. I. w.. Lamb of Nulato, word iS contained cI the accidental shooting of native known a "The Dummy' at koyuhul, Station, saw the Ruby Record Citizen. Tie wound wa very serious. The native WIS lean'ng over watching others play cards, when .22-c"' Der rife in the hands of little @ill in ih. room. was dischargea The bullet entered the bvttock and passed up into the ab1o- miuaI cavity. puncturins the paritoneum. Dr. Lamb performed an operation the next fav. as pcrit .niti; Lad developed, He toun@ the billet cn top of the large intestine ,I2nr,i5e the stomach. The patient wa in pretty bad shape, but hopes are enter taireI fcr ihs recovery
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03

remembered that they had been attached to the apron, and notified the management. All efforts to fad the rings failed,
 One of the employes at work this morn ing heard rattl!ng noise in a machine and suspected that the rings had fallen inside. investigation proved his suspicious correct. One of the rings contained five diamonds set in platinum; another was set with two diamonds each weighing nearly two carats, and third contained cluster of diamonds set in platinum"
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03

the Tolovana to Brooks, and they expected to commence construction work immedl- ately. The new tramway will greatly re- duce the Cost of freight over the last seven miles from Fairbanks to Brooks, and will mean the saving of many dollars to the merchants and operators of the new camp When the tramway will be completed is not known now, but the owners hope to have it in operation not later than the latter part of June Last year Falcon Josln looked over the same ground with a view to build ing a tramway. He decided, however, that it would be impracticable for him to under take it, but he expressed the opinion that if some men who could build it themselves and operate it themselves would undertake it they would make good thing of it. Formerly the cost of handling freight from The West fork to Brooks was 3l2 cents. When the new tramway is finished it will be about half that amount.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
For kuskokWjn Service


 Certain Wallace Langley and Horace Lanclav. his brother, the owners of the Tana end other Yukon river steamers, were Juneau visitors recently, cn their way to Fairbanks. Captain Langley will operate the steamer Tana ca the Kuskolwim river this year. He will take her down the lu- kon river and out on Boring sea to the mouth of the kuskokwim as soon as naIl- gation opens cargo of freight will be awaiting him when he reaches the husko. kwim, and he will take it to the head ot navigation cn that stream. Captain Lang lev expects a good traffic on the husko- kwim river during the present and follow ing years. and expects to make several trips q year with the Tana
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
Attack Made on Erwin

Information ny wire from SaIcha stated that when the marshars party reached that llace on April l3 it was learned that one of the outgoing prisoners c. Myers, assaulted the marshal at the Eighteen mlje house the previous evening and would have killed him had not Deputy Marshal Jack MacCormack and one of the guards knocked the prisoner senseless. The marshal was not seriously hurt and was able to con tinue the trip Myers only lad leg irons from Fairbanks to the Elghteen-mile road. house but for the remainder of the journey he will wear handcutTs also
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
Indian Kills White Man

drunken brawl, in which an Indian killed a white man, started United States District Attorney Wi Ham M. Spence from Seward on a l,2OO-m!la trip by boat to Unga near the western tip of the Aleutian islands, says the Cordova Times, He went to see whether Simon Versin, the Indian, should be brought to Valdez for trial, with the necessary witness at large expense to the government Nerskin claims he shot in .clfdefensp. Administration of justice in Western Alaska comes high, because of the great distance involved in transporting wit nesyes and prisoners. Recently a govern ment teacher was convicted at Seward for an alleged statutory oIfense at Attn island, where his school was situated. Fees and traveling expenses ran to $l5O0O, all trlL The ccast guard cutter Tahoma was wrecked while en route for additional witnesses, and seyerel of her crew were drowned. The beat carrying the prisoner to the revenue cutter upset and the prisoners leg was broken. The total cost of the trial was said to exceed $75,O00, besides loss of life. The prisoner received Jail sentence Of several months
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03

her home There were about forty persons present when the stage pu led out. When the party started from the federal jail each prisoner walked alongside of a guard. Mar shal Erwin and the insane patient were met at the Valdez trail. There was no dis- turbance L. T. Erwin, T H. Deal A. c. Bell, Gilbert Gould, F. A. Douse and Deputy Marshal Jack MacCormack were the guards The prisoners were: Dan CaIahan, Juliua Miller, Charles B. Kincaid, C. Myers Che chaco Jchnny. J. P. Rose, Al Sutton and Toni Marovitch, an insane patient