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The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-24
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SHOWS NECESSITY OF OPENING UP
 BER|NG RIVER GOAL FIELDS
Continued From Yesterday.)
Cordova Harbor.

The report of the army and navy engineers confirmed the opinion of Secretary Fisher heretofore quoted to Cordova harbor. They say:
 After its study of all available harbors the commission lis of the opinion that the at Cordova is without question the best It has disadvantage not possessed by all aad great advantage possessed by other namely ample of good anchorage Seward evidently the seaport for the MaanuSka coal and COroVa the logical outlet for the Boring river coal The comparison of transportation given the foregoing table show that for output of 100000 tons annual y it will $9G to haul Matanuska coal to Sew ard than will to haul the Boring river coal to Corova, and the analysis further shows that for double this output the add tional cost will be Sill This places Maanuska coal disadvantage that could probably not be marketed at tidcwater in competition with the Bering river coal"
 Preparedness.
 As site for military and naval base for national defenses the harbor Cordova is unique It is superior to any site in the Hawaiian islands other point the Pacific coast is completely docked and easily be made mpregnabe attack from either land In addition, there can be here assembled three commodities of the greatest need iii namely copper coal and oil All these commodities pro uccd and brought Coova arbor with 25O miles of raroad POO miles of which already in operation There is no other similar district the Pacific seaboard probably other in the entire wOrd In the hands of enemy this site would be dangerous In of war it would no doubt be seized by enemy instantly and branch quickly extended c the coal and oil fields.
 Procrastination.
 Ii may be said that it is intended to build railroad to the Bcrng coal but that must wait until the line IS finished from Seward to Fairbns This will probably take five years What be gained by waitng It be built cheapy now as hen Of all possible reasons procranaon would seem the least eXcUsable.
 Sixteen Years of Effort
 Coal was discovered in the Berng field n 1896 in 1900 congress passed the first intended make the coal avail This failed work Then in 1904 l906 l9O8 1910 and lastly in 1914 Iegsated upon the subject o Alaska land Thus in 6 years six different acts have been passed upon the subject but the Boring coal still unopened
 The leasing system is now to be tried but without a rail road there can be no mines The government only build it under existing conditions.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-24
Sixteen Years of Effort.

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 musical comedy. The ash sifted down to the skins of the animals as 1t fell, and the first rain turied 1t to I've, which had the effect of almost tan' ming the skins of the bears while yet a part of their personal effects.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16
Local and Personal

f. c. Chambers and his little son
OF Dempster, were in the city Saturday
on their way to Lake Preston to visit
relatives.
The Hub, Hauff Dry Goods Co., Gil
lespie & Rogers, the Model and the
Columbia have some attractive win
dow displays this week.
John c. Shrader who has been visit
ing his sons. in this vicinity for some
time departed yesterday for Elrod to
look up a piece of land in that vicinity.
E. A. Tatge, who recently purchas-
ed the Wilcox farm, became a
thorough going citizen of Bookings
county on Saturday by enrolling as
one of the great family of readers of
the Register.
A. T. Mann, who has been spending
the winter in the south, returned a
week ago and run up against a bad
cold and is now sorry he didn't stay
a few more weeks. He reports a fine
time and enjoyed his trip very much.
Mr.. Mann says he took a trip of about
200 miles into Mexico but was glad
when he got back to Uncle Sans do
main.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16
Buy advertised goods. Always
the best. They have reputation
behind them. You get good
value for your money.

Andrew Hove and Armon Thomp-
son were Ove from Bruce Saturday.
Herman Johnson is moving into the
John Lawson house on Eighth street.
John Lawson, of Hetland, has been
in Brookings several days looking af-
ter his residence property. He return
ed to Hetland Tuesday of this week.
Did you notice that the city has on
hand nearly $4,000 in spite of the fact
that it has paid out over SAL, 900 since
the last treasurer's report in Septem-
Der?
The A. B. Allison Land Co. sold a
200 acre farm to Porter Bros. in 1907
for $10,4O0. Yesterday Mr.. Allison
sold it again to Mr.. Hison, of Mime
apolis, for $40, 1000. Who would have
believed that land values in this coun-
ty had doubled in less than ten years.
The farmer is a king in this country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16

The Register has received the state
ment of the First National Bank made
on March 9TH which shows sl.057,-
4O7.Sl in deposits. Nice showing un.
der the new management.
Don't Forget-Promptly at nine
o'clock Saturday morning the front
doors of the Bank of B~rookings will
swing open and they will begin giving
away to the public $4,000 in real
money. Don't you want some of it?
An interested party has handed the
Register the following item taken
from the Reinbeck Qowa) Gazette
which says: "A deal was closed this
week whereby Thos. Copley sold his
farm south of this city to L. A. Nc
Intyre for $3.50 per acre. The an.
nouncement of this sale was quite a
surprise as Mr.. Mcintyre and family
left here only about New Years for
Boulder, Col, where they expected to
live for a time at least. We under
stand that they will return here and
take possession of the farm just
bought about March LIST. The price
paid for this farm is the highest ever
paid for farm land in this section and
sets a e price on Grundy county
soil. The farm consists of about 60
acres and contains the best of i'm
provements." This very near equals
the price of land in Brookings county
or rather what it will be in the neal
future.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16

If a Register Want AID will not do it
cit can't be done!"
A delegation of twenty-eight of the
~Brookings |. o. o. F. lodge went to
Estelline Wednesday evening of last
week returning Thursday morning.
The Estelline Tribune says: "The de-
gree team, orchestra and a bunch of
the members, numbering 2S, of the
Brookings |. o. o. f. lodge came up
Wednesday evening for the purpose of
comforting the first, second and third
degree of the order on twenty-four
candidates for the Estelline lodge. 1t
took a greater part of the night to put
on the work and Immediately follow
ing a fine supper "a served by the
home boys after which the balance of
the night was spent with card playing,
orchestra music and singing. 1t was
certainly a red letter day for Oddfel-
and it will long be remember
ed by all who were present" Mr..
Palmer, secretary of the Bookings
lodge, says hat one candidate who re-
sided in Castlewood had arranged to
be present but on account Of the late
ness of the train he did not get there
until after the regular work was finish
ed and the supper was being served. A
special session of the lodge was called
and the time set at two o'clock in the
morning in order to confer the degree.
The work was not finished until about
four o'clock.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16
ENTERTAIN LOCAL CONTRACTOR

S. A. Johnson returned last week
from Clermont, Iowa, having COM
pleted the work of building a large
church edifice at that place. How we'll
the job was appreciated by the congre-
CATION is told by the Clermont Enter
prise, which says:
The members of West Clermont
Lutheran Congregation gave a sur
prise party in the new church base
ment last Thursday evening in honor
of Contractor S. A. Johnson, who has
just completed their new church. A
very pleasant social time was enjoyed
by all and a handsome gold watch fob
was given Mr.. Johnson as a kind
remembrance.
Mr.. Johnson has made many friends
while here and has proven to the build
ing committee that he is positively an
honest contractor. Not only hat but
his timely suggestions and advice and
his desire to improve upon the specii-
cations at all times went to show that
his only object was not a big piece Of
money" out of the contract. The COM
mittee was indeed very fortunate in
securing a man like Mr.. Johnson who
took more pride in his work than his
financial receipts. We all wish him
much success in his future.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16
If a Register Want AID will not do Il

If a Register Want AID will not do 1t
cit can't be done!"
Cleanup and paint-up time is near at
hand. What will the harvest be?
A. Fry is getting ready to build a
fine new residence on Fifth street near
the corner of Eighth
Some of the large and reliable gar
den seed houses of the northwest VIII
have headquarters at the Hub Depart
ment Store this spring, being Northrup
King & Co, d. NJ. Ferry Seed Co.
Quincy Seed & Nursery Co. and others,
it will be the best place to buy your
seeds.
of goggles to see that $500 offer of the
Bank of Brookings in this issue of the
Register. The bank had just as soon
give you some of this money as anyone
else if you will but meet the require
ments, which are simple and easy and
worth your while.
The first robin reported was e e by
A. 7. Tompkins on Sunday morning.
He was perched on the topmost branch
of a large tree singing his "Cheer-up"
song quite Justify. Perhaps he pre-
ferred to brave our Dakota weather
rather than the guns of the p%ot-hunters
in the South where some of the aliens
are accustomed to hunt them for food.
Unless this practice is stopped there
will be fewer robins making their So
iourn with us in the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-16

Try a Popular Want.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-28

nit Sometimes the fish shrinks aw-
fully between the gafing and the. Off
cial scales! ~. -. ~ ~~.
The marlin swordfish nor. spcartish
as it is now called in these waters,
fights like the dolphin The broad bill
swordfish (ziphias) fight like a big
shark. II takes the bait differently
You see a broad bill near the sur
face, with the dorsal fin and the upper
lobe of its widespFeading tail sticking
out of the water like a sharks fin. The
beat is made to approach carefully
and gently, and the angler trolls the
f, tempting morsel of flying fish across
the right of way, within a few feet of
Old Ziphs nose; or rather bill. Moth
ing doing ..- -.
This process is repeated over and
over again. Sometimes the big fish
will lie there for hours, disCL lining the
bait, lost apparently to all things mum
dane, like an East Indian esoteric. Or
he may suddenly take his departure
with a swish of his tail, as if defiantly
indignant that his rest should be thus
disturbed .. > - -. =. e.. 4.
But this fellow finally concludes to
take the bait; daintily and deliberate
ly, perhaps. but when the strike
comes! .-..... -. ,
Your broad bill after striking plows
straight ahead as -resistlessly as sub
marine. The only thing you can do
is to sit tight and pray your line
will not break And in the name of
Saint Izaak, do not try to snrb him.
The broad bill seIdoms turns to
right or left in making his rushes, al
NEST never jumps, and viii often tow
the boat for miles before deciding to
stop and take account of stock.
Then, when Old Ziph gets good and
tired he is likely to go down 200 or
/ goo feet and safk Then is the tzg Of
war, the big fight is on-perhaps con-
Stunning hours Of hard, pitiless work on
| the part of the angler. H..
Finally your fish apparently gives
up, and is brought near enough for
the boatman to GAIT What! Did you
really think that fish was played out?
The broad bill comes to life upon be-
| ing gated, in manner that causes
the angler to think fer a few minutes
! that all his hard work has been in
vain. Be sure to take off all your
| drags just before the fish is gated,
1.-THE .boatman will tell you. Then if
the fish should go down, let him go,
with nothing more than thumb pres
sure. Many fish has been lost in
| the gazing of it through the breaking
! of the line at the critical moment.
l am sure that if anglers in Hawaii
an waters viii go after the swordfish
right, they will find them and catch
them; and they will have spectacular,
! royal sport. Il - - = -
New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
EStabrOOk'S Statement.
(Manch ester UniOn)
nal Committeeman

National Committeeman Esta- brooks fighting clothes become him exceedingly well. His statement of the political situation in New Eng land as it relates to the respective candidates of Weeks and Mccall was bold and fearless as well as bluntly truthful. New England is indebted to him for the frankest, clearest and most patriotic exposition of the sit uation in the New England states that has as yet found it's way into print.
 The logic of the Estabrook state ment is irresistible. It is sufficiently difficult to secure the attention, of the balance of the country, for a New England candidacy for the presiden- tial office. This section starts in upon any such effort with the serious hand leap of widespread prejudice against a candidate from the New England state. If to this inevitable existing handicap we add the artificial one of getting behind a candidacy which is not, and cannot be, seriously consid- cred by the rest of the country, be- cause of the obvious unavailability of the candidate himself, we merely suc- ceed in making New England not only impotent but ridiculous
 The summary of the net results of many months of effort to make Weeks the New England candidate, to be found in MT. Estabrooks statement, is convincing. These months of effort have shoWn-What? A sharply diVid- ed Massa achusetts, a possib bility of two delegates out of eight in the New Hampshire delegation, no progress Whatever in Maine, or Connecticut, or Vermont and an amused tolerance in Rhode Island.
 If Weeks was to be the unanimous and enthusiastic choice of New Eng land, all of which he would have to be, to make the slightest impression on the national situation sufficient time has elapsed and sufficient effort has been expended to make the fact clear. But time and effort only reveal a hopelessly divided New England sen timent. Nothing could be clearer than that New England will not go to Chi cago solidly behind John w. Weeks. If this Is fair statement and true, then there remains but one thing for John w. Weeks, out of loyalty to New England, out of his concern for the republican party, to do, and that is to gracefully take himself out of the sit of becoming the choice of New Eng land as it's favorite son in the Drcsi- dental contest.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
The Same OZd P0rf Where
 Caesars s Fleef AssembZed2

ed only for the coming of the protect- ing French fleets from Antwerp, Brest, Cadiz, and the harbors of the Mediter- ranean to convey them to the island battlefields The units of these fleets had been Tn the course of construction for several years for the express pur-. pose of aiding in the decision against England; for the Little Corporal will ing to divide the world with Alexan-
 der of Russia, knew from the begin- ming that his interests and those of Britain could never be reconciled. The French fleets never assembled at Boulogne, and the victory of Nelson at Trafalgar in 1895, forever shat tered Napoleon's hopes for the inva- sion. The column of victory, how ever was finished In 1S41, and it is crowned by a fine statue of the emper- or.
 "Boulogne was an important com mercial harbor before the present war. It ranked fourth among the seaports of France, after Marseille, Le Harve, and Bordeaux. It imported jutef wool, skins, thread, coal, timber, iron and steel for the factories of highly industrial northern France; and 1t ex- ported woven goods, skins, motor-cars, forage, cement, ana wines. It, alSo, assembled tho fancy vegetables and fine table fruits for the London hotels for export. The average annual value of it's exports was S50000,000, and that of it's imports $30,oO0,O0o. It was the first fishing port of France, receiving and preparing great quantities of her. ring and mackerel. A large propor- tion of the best grades of Spanish mackerel sold in the worlds markets bear the trademarks of Boulogne. The most important manufacture of this great war port during peace times. strange to say, Is that of steel pens, which industry was introduced from England in 1S46. It is the chief city in France for this manufacture, and, therefore, probably Its greatest fame should be that of pointing the most brilliant pens in the worlds most bril- liant country"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
DOLLARS VS. HEALTH.

If it is true that diseased cattle and cholera-infected hogs are being sold In New Britain, immediate action to prevent this traffic should be taken by the authorities. If it is true that a municipal slaughterh would halt this illicit and highly dangerous trade, New Britain should have a municipal slaughterhouse.
 Members of the common council were addressed yesterday afternoon by Dr. Frank A. Ingram, deputy com missioner on domestic animals, who told them of conditions in this city in regard to the meat we are eating. If half of what Dr. Ingram said is true and there is no reason to question lis word,-New Britain should have that slaughterhouse. It might prove to be the proverbial stitch in time Ii will cost money but if properly conducted it will return to the city a thousand-fold dividend in the form of better health.
 Members of the common council should give the matter serious at tention and should consider 1t from the standpoint of health, not financial returns.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE.

No one can gainsay the fact that 1 America led the way to religious freedom and that as the days go by the citizens of this country become
 more and more tolerant of their fellows belief. There was a time when the doctrine of religious free dom was not rigidly adhered to, when stranger in any community was first asked: ITO what denomination do you belong?" But that has been almost totally done away with and no one with any consideration now- adays inquires into his neighbours politics or his religion. They measure man in this day and gen. eration by his true value and not by how he casts his vote or from what ritual he sings his hymns. As evil dence of the truth of this take one day out of President Wilson's present tour Tn favor of preparedness On his first day out the President put in his appearance at meeting of the New
 York Federation of Churches and
 spoke to a gathering of nearly one
 thousand clergymen To get some
 idea of the interdenominational char
 ecter of this particular group it is but
 necessary to scan the newspaper re-
 port of the affair which shows that
 the invocation was pronounced by a
 Catholic, the address of welcome de-
 livered by a Congregationalist, the
 meeting presided over by a Presby- terian, the vote of thanks moved by a Hebrew rabbi, seconded by a Methodist, and the benediction be- sought by an Episcopalian. If there were any others who had hand in the ceremony the report does not specify; but it Is enough to show the 1 wonderful broadmindedness of pres
 ont day America in the kindly feel ing that exists between men of all creeds.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
,. MCMILlAN sS9-2oI-2O3 MAIN ~T':FIE:F

chance win the battle. But if the referee ever says ten--good night!
 You can tick off your birthday yS with more or less, thought gradually decreasing equanimity, up to a cer- tain point and preserve, after a fash ion the delusion that you are still inside the fence which divides, not the sheep from the goats but the young from the old. But when you reach that particular point it is as Hateful and as remorseless a tragedy as when the referee counts ten over the fallen fihting man. A moment ago you were on the hither side Of the line-presto, begone, pass, change!- the next instant you have been bundled over the barrier and chucked in among the antiquities the sobersides and the heavy grandpar- ent class. And you land hard; there's no more alighting on your toes, ready for another jump it jars you clear to your ears.
 fO course you know what birthday this is-if you have reached 1t; and you don't need to have me tell you. And if you haven't reached it you don't catch me telling you. not by jugful. If I can kid you young folks into believing that I am one of your, for a little while longer, if there is a shadow of 8 chance of doing so, I'm not going to fire away that chance gratu1tously
 Anyhow, what's the use of mak- ing all this fuss over birthday What difference do birthdays make? Look at Marguerite Clark! Marguerite has had birthdays enough to make a
 I, in Italy, but in spite of them, she persists in remaining about IS years old. I imagine that she will just come into the semblance of young along about the time she Is 60 or 65.
 The oldest man I ever knew in my life was a pupil in the same room with me at school. He was born II or 15 years before that but was con- over hundred at the first moment of my acquaintance with him. On the other hand I knew a gallus young blade in Great Harrington who had his hair cut every week, sported a clipped black mustache, ordered four suits year from high priced tailor, talked the latest slang, drove a fancy road horse and spent three evenings every week of his life play ing pitch for the highballs and went home walking on his heels-and had been 7S years on earth.
 Privately, I'll let you into the sa- cret that l wrote the first twa para graphs of this as the result of men tai suggestion; for a couple of min utes I let the cynical revilings of my associates, who hailed me such kind names as "Old Hundred" Com my the Ancient" etc, when they learned it was my birthday, affect my boise and so 1 allowed myself to be- lieve, for the moment that this cer- tain birthday did indeed mean sorsc. thing. But now that I have cast off | the spell and am myself again-poof! Nothing doing on the antique stuff! I may not last forever, anymore than anybody else, but you can bet your ultimate nickIe that as long as I do last I'm going to remain young.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-01

once in while and ask: "Where are we going? Are we chiefly a race of money grabbers,-have we nothing else for which to live? Are we to forget all the marks and bearings of those born for better things?" And having delved into our own con science on this score, it may be well tc awaken an old realization, brought forth by the Irish World, and know that if you are well bred
 You will be kind.
 You will not use slang
 You will try to make others happy. natured gossip.
 You will never forget the respect due to age.
 You will not swagger and boast of your achievements.
 You will not measure your civility by peoples bank accounts. .
 You will be scrupulous in your re- gard for the rights of others.
 You will not forget engagements, promises or obligations of any kind.
 You will never make fun of the peculiarities or idiosyncracies of others.
 You will never under any circum- stances cause another pain if you can help 1t. You will not think that good intentions compensate for rude or gruff manners.
 You will be as agreeable to your social interiors as to your equals and superors.
 You will not have two sets of man. ners, one for company" and one for home use.
 You. will never remind a cripple or 1 his deformity or probe the sore spots Of a sensitive soul.
 And having awakened ourselves to this old thought that has lain dor ment in our ub-consciousness 1t may be well to put the house in order and remember what it means to be well bred Then, do unto others accord ingly.