davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1916-12-24

to keep the Yuletide properly. Prob
ably the ships cooks already have
fabricated enough plum puddingS to go
around, and on most of the warshipG
one of the Jack tars. made up an
Santa Claus will accompany the post
man on his rounds on Christmas morn
ing and later will disport himself ~
the central figure in whatever form
of merry making may have been de-
vised. Unless a scrap occurs there 10
bound to be any amount of fea.SttnR
and probably concert or some other
kind of set entertainment Some of the
men will get shore leave. and for such
of these as cannot manage to go homo
Christmas dinners and entertainments
are now being arranged, and In those
plans the American wife of Sir David
Beatty (forrne erly Ethel Marshall Field
of ChicaGo) will play a prominent and
kindly part.
In all the big training camps through.
out Great Britain there will be Christ.
mas doings. and likewise IN the hoss
pitals, where, even in peace times,
Christmas in the great day of the year.
Since the war began, particularly, and
up with wounded men the various
wards have We'd with one another At
the Yuletide to present the cheeriest
possible aspect. and prizes are usually
achievement in this direction. On
Christmas eve the-nurses sing Christ.
mast carols, and on Christmas morning
every damaged Tommy wakes up to
find a santa Claus" stocking hanging
at the head of his bed. Then there
is the Christmas dinner. of course, and
later favorite actors and actresses from
the theaters and music halls.
This year. in all probability, members
of the royal family will visit the mill
tary hospitals and distribute gifts and
speSk kindly words to the fighting men
therein. No one knows how to do this
sort of thing better than Queen Alex
andra, who, on last Christmas eve, re.
manned for nearly four hours in the
wards Of King Georges Hospital, tho
military nursing establishment with
room for 1.l60 patients.
Copyright. 1916, by Curtis Brown.)
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Bad All Around.

HE Chicago meat packers have VOL
unfairly increased the wages Of
their men by $4,000. 900 a year. Prais-
ing this action on the packers part,
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes said, In New
York:
The packers prosperity is in small
way. due to the war. but in a larger
way it is due to efficiency. The packers
are pre-erninently efficient in every
lire of their work. They are. in short,
the exact opposite of the young actress.
did the manager accept you for the
dancing quintet" the actress was asked.
NO she replied After he saw me
dance, he said I'd better go in the sex
tet OF songsters.'
"'Hm,' said her friend why didn't
you sing for him? Then he might have
let you dance
Evening star., 1916-12-24

less militant Germans. Christmas pud-
dings were freely bartered for cigars with
which, they say, the enemy are always
well provided, however short of actual
food they might be.
So this year, by the direct command
OF the war office. the pleasant business
OF supplying Christmas puddings to the
troops the world over has been centered
In one scheme. This is the order of the
day in Britain so far as gifts Of any
kind to the fighting men are concerned.
The paramount official desire is to pre-
vent the Overlapping and consequent
waste that has resulted from all sorts
of separate movements having the same
end in view and coordination of volun-
tary as well of official work for the
army is rapidly being made compulsory.
X K
Already the making and dispatching Of
articles of clothing and comforts" des-
tined for the fighting men has been CEN
rallied under a director general of vol
untary organizations, and since a recent
date the sending of food and clothing to
prisoners in Germany has likewise been
diverted by command of the powers that
be into one channel. All this is bit
chilling to mothers and sisters and the
rest who loved to make and buy things
and pack them with their own loving
hands, and who do not find it at all the
same thing to hand over the 'woollies"
with a kiss between each stitch, or the
money wherewith to buy dainties for the
men who otherwise would have to exist
on prisoners rations. to some officially
approved fund. But it prevents waste
and puts an end to the long prevailing
state OF things which has resulted in the
fighting man with friends at home having
a superfluity of gifts and the friendless
man getting next to nothing.
The task of supplying the army abroad
with Christmas puddings this year has
been taken in hand with official approval
by two London newspapers. They are the
Daily News, of which Charles Dickens
was once editor and the Daily Telegraph.
The aim of this fund is to provide half
a pound of Christmas pudding to each of
the 100000 British soldiers on active
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service, including those In Egypt, Malta,
Gibraltar and Cyprus, as well as those at
the distant points already mentioned and
the men in the internment camps and in
hospitals. Likewise all those. who are
engaged in ammunition camps, in the
transport columns, as signalers, in the
casualty clearing stations, those in the
camel corps. those who are fighting the
Senussi and the Britons who are with the
Belgian army.
feet there is no necessity, since each
ship makes its own, but this newspaper
fund will supply enough of the de-
lectable. If indigestible. Christmas deli
working on shore. as we'll as for the
crews of all the mine sweepers and pa
troll boats. few of which possess
kitchens. and the dangerous duties of
all of which are performed under the
severest and most vexatious possible
conditions. From the point Of view of
these latter the Christmas puddings
have this special virtue-that they are
almost as palatable cold as hot.
Fivepence or 10 cents. is the cost of
providing the half-pound of Christmas
plum pudding. which is the allowance
for one man, and this means that to
provide for all the 1000, 900 will cost
100000. or. roughly, 100000. However.
that sum. big as it is, Is now practical
ly in hand. so every soldier is sure of
his half-pound of pudding.
The contract for making the pud-
dings has been spread out among a
round dozen of big catering firms. No
one of them. short-staffed as they are
owing to the war. was capable of de-
livering all the goods. The puddings
are packed. in eight-pound tins. and
the entire business of distributing them
is in the hands of the army commits
sariat department. which in the first
instance inspects and passes all the
ingredients used in making the pud-
dings, and later has the power to open
the tins in transit and make sure that
their contents are as perfect as pud-
dings for heroes ought to be.
The story of how this gigantic sum
to provide Christmas puddings for
Thomas Atkins has been raised is
worth telling. At the outset the as
sistance of all kinds of organizations,
municipal commercial and social,
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Troubles of Wives.

w dinner in New York:
The wife of a Canadian soldier and
the wife of a South African soldier met
in "A London boarding house.
Its very hard on us poor married
women in South Africa the latter said.
4 live with my husband on an ostrich
farm. and it's nothing at all for him to
be away two whole days at a time on
an ostrich
".Humph What of that% said the
Canadian woman. My husband is Oft
en- away two whole weeks at time on
q lark"
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and may, therefore, be set down with
out inward trepidation, as the most
convincing evidence of the amazing
fashion in which the original British
army has grown to giant size.
Since the beginning of October the
work of providing Christmas gifts of
the most acceptable kind for the fight
ing men. namely. things to eat" and
on throughout the country systematic
ally. An overearly start was made in
order to supply the men who are fight
ing in East Africa. in that region of
actual site of the Garden of Eden. at
Saloniki and in the Balkans and other
distant points of farther-1ung battle
line than even Kipling ever imagined.
prison camps the Christmas gifts for
the men had to be dispatched full
month before Christmas. and in the
case of the army in France and Flan-
ders 1t was officially given out that no
parcel was sure of being delivered by
Christmas that was not placed into the
mail during the first week Of this
month.
That the plum pudding is the real
piece de resistance of the British
Christmas dinner the world over no one
who knows this country, or even has
read Dickens needs to be told. Even
the noble bird, as we call it in America.
comes second as an item of Christmas
cheer, in the estimation of the Briton,
to the pudding-the pudding that is
made weeks ahead, and that comes
upon the table surmounted by sprig
of holly and with brandy. ignited at
the last moment, blazing bravely around
1t, and that in its middle contains lit
tie souvenirs-small china dolls. odd
little metal trinkets and. most priced
of all. threepenny bit" whose fortu-
nate finder is the envied of the entire
merry company.
Wherever the Briton may be on
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we received message from Sir Doug
las Haig. the commander-in-chief in
France, which ran: On behalf of those
whose Christmas will be made brighter
by your kindness, / wish to thank you.
d. Haig. General This message. in the
generals own handwriting, we repro
duced on cards. which also bear. on the
same side, a drawing by Raven Hill,
the Punch cartoonist. showing group
of Tommies in the trenches around a
Christmas pudding. One of these trench
cards which shows, on the reverse side,
exactly how much it's possessor has
contributed to the fund. is sent to every
subscriber of sixpence or over-in other
words, to every one who has provided
Christmas pudding for one soldier.
Every subscriber of less than sixpence,
on the other hand, is rewarded with
little flag, which bears a picture of
must be now in the possession of near
ly every child of the poorer classes IN
England. for these tots have been eager
to contribute the pennies to buy Christ
mas puddingS for daddy or brother.
The trench cards. too, are greatly
priced. and their popularity with all
classes has helped lot in making the
pudding fund the big success that it
has been"
So much for the main staple of the
Christmas dinner Of the British soldier
ION active service" Because this
scheme is the officially recognized one,
SO far as puddings are concerned, his
friends have not been allowed to in
clude this form of confection in their
Christmas parcels, but they have made
up for it by forwarding to him almost
every other form of Christmas cheer
obtainable. What the total of these
parcels is, it is yet too early to say.
but it probably will be well up in the
millions
Jellicoes men Of the grand fleet.
unless the Germans should be unsport-
ing enough to choose Christmas day as
the occasion for another sortie from
the kiel canal. will lay themselves out
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Women Play Santa Claus i'm Post Office Department.

Washington institution where no wom-
an seeking aid or temporary home is
ever turned away.
For fourteen years Miss Annie Mon
roe has served as chief of the force
Evening star., 1916-12-24

"Oh, yes. there are numberless pathetic
cases. and they do greatly appeal to ones
sympathy. There was a recent case which
touched me deeply. An aged mother was
evidently trying to reach wayward son
who was in the west The letter, contain
ing two one-dollar bills. was returned to
us as unbelievable. My dear boy her
letter ran, I have waited and prayed
and prayed and waited. Now God has
answered my prayers and I can send you
this money. Trust God for everything,
Evening star., 1916-12-24

MISS CLARA n. A. NELSON
my boy: I am lightweight years old and
God has never vet failed me. l got this
for shoes. but don't need shoes, as win
ter is here and can wear my rubbers
I'VE took lot Of trouble to follow the
very faint clue the letter gave as to the
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ury Of the United States and placed to
the credit of the Post Office Depart
ment.
Miss Nelson. who has the care of q II
these funds. has become proficient In
finding the real owners of cash lost
through the mails. and is largely re-
sponsbfe for the heavy proportion re-
turned to its rightful owners. Her in
terest in her work Is far in excess of
official demands, and she follows out
every clue which may enable her to find
the proper possessors of cash. This is
her especial interest when evidence
shows that human-intereSt story lies
behind the remittance.
womans sympathy is very strong. for
the year it is the hard-working daughter
parents far away. or. in her turn, fond
old mother, may be endeavoring to touch
the heart of some lonely child by a gift
of money at Christmas time.
Miss Nelson finds her work full of such
cases. and when they are especially ap-
pealing she cannot resist long and
often unofficial search In her efforts at
reclamation.
There is not much of the loose money
traced up, except through the division Of
inspectors, you may imagine" said
this Santa Claus lady of the dead letter
office. when we have the letters
guide we can in a great many cases find
some one who has rightful claim upon
the lost funds.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
WHEAT FOR NEVADA FARMERS.

In many agricultural districts of Ne
vada some. type of cereal is being in.
cluded in the crop rotation. When the
crop il grown to be sold directly TO the
market, wheat is the cereal quite often
used. At the Nevada Agricultural EX-
pertinent Station some 40 varieties Of
wheat have been tested during the
past two years, and the average yields
have ranged from 21.3 bushels to 53.25
bushels per acre. The six varieties
showing the highest average yields of
over so bushels per acre are as fol-
lows. ranked in the order named:
White Club, Utah; Chul. Utah; Colo,
RADIO No. so. Wyoming; Marquis. Mon.
tana; New Zealand, Colorado; and
Washington Blue Stem, Washington.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
NEEApA'S SERVICE
NAY Be EXHIBITED
states Present to warship May Be
Sent to Differen. cities Soon.

In case different railroad companies
operating in Nevada can be prevailed
upon to haul the private car OF w. D.
Forester, traffic manager and superin-
tendent of the Tonopah & Goldfield
railroad, over their roads free of
charge the silver service to be pre-
scented by the state to the hattleship
Nevada probably will be placed on dis
play in the principal railroad towns in
short time.
The silver service still is on display
in Governor Boyle's office, the original
plan to have 1t shipped by express and
exhibited in the larger cities OF the
state having been abandoned because
OF impracticability and the danger of
injuring the set by constant packing
and unpacking the pieces, some OF
which are frail.
Mr.. Foster of the Tonopah & Gold,
field road, while in Carson recently
told Governor Boyle that his private
car would be at the disposal of the
state, free of charge, at any time the
state wanted to use it to transport the
silver set. In case satisfactory ar
rangements are made with other rail
road companies the service will be or
its way soon.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21

During the next two or three years
these high yielding varieties will be
tested under field conditions in plats
of one-tenth acre or larger, at the Ex-
pertinent Station and in other locali-
ties of the state, to determine the
most suitable variety for the different
districts.
OF the varieties mentioned above
the Blue. Stem Variety is probably the
best suited TO Nevada conditions for
the manufacture of flour. The Mar
quis variety showed special adapt.
ability to maintain its hard flinty
characteristics for the first two years
II was grown in Nevada under irriga-
ton. The seed from the third years
crop, however. contained a large per.
centage of yellow berries and the
gluten content and quality proved to
be very low. This is true OF all hard
spring wheats tested under irrigation
in Nevada. that after being grown fol
a few years under irrigation, they lose
| their flinty character and produce soft
i berries that are not desirable from the
millers' standpoint. Farmers through
out the state who wish to give one OF
two of these high producing verieties
of wheat a thorough trial in their dis
tricts may secure seed for such test.
by writing to the Agronomy Depart
| Tnf. 90 10
| KNIGHT.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21

this office his. application to enter.
under the provisions Of Secs. 1905 or
1907. r. s. U. s.. the following de
scribed land. viz:
The Northeast Quarter OF the South.
west Quarter Of Sec. IL. Twp. A
North. Range so East. N. d. B. & NJ,
containing forty acres.
Amy and all persons claiming ad
versely the lands described. or desir
ing to object because Of the mineral
character Of the land. or for any other
reason. to the disposal to applicant
should file their affidavits of protest
in this office. on or before the 25tt
day of March. 1916.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register.
First publication. February Z, 1916
Last publication, March 9. 1916.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
NOTICE.

In the District Court Of lbs Fourth
Judicial District of the State of
Nevada, in and for the ovnty of
Eiko.
In the matter of ]. d. Abel, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the com.
missioners for partition of real estate
having filed in this Court their report
of partition. recommending sale of
the real estate of the Estate of ]. d.
Abel, deceased. the hearing of the
same has been fixed by said Court for
Tuesday, the 9TH day of March. 4. D.,
1916, at 10 O'Clock, in the forenoon OF
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
Notice to the Public

Notice Us hereby given that the un.
dersigned will not after this date be
responsible for any bills or liabilities,
CONTRACTED by Mrs. G. w. Holton.
@. HOLTON,
Elko, Nevada. January IS, 1916.
Feb 49,
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
Notice

Roundtree & Creighton and Frank
Roundtree, since disposing Of their
business here have turned over all &C.
counts due them to the undersigned
for collection; all persons owing the
aforementioned persons will kindly
come forward and pay their accounts.
]. M. MCNAMARA,
Rooms 202-203, Pioneer Building,
Elko, Nevada.
J 24-F24.
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said day, in the Courtroom, at the
Courthouse, in the Town of Elko.
County of Elko, State of Nevada, and
all persons interested in said Estate
are notified then and there to appear
and show cause, If any there be, why
the said report should not he con,
firmed and then and there 10 file eX'
ceptions to the report, If any they
have, particularly specifying the
grounds of objection.
ROBERT B. HUNTER,
Clerk.
Dated February 10, 1916.
F-l9-M-6-
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
SALE OF kENDRIck ESTATE.

A sale was made yesterday of all
the real estate and personal property
belonging to the late E. S. Kendrick.
The Western Investment company,
composed of Carson people, were the
purchasers. The price paid was $780,
Carson Appeal.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-21
Notice to. the Public

l have purchased the Overland Cafe
at Carlin from Louie Wong, and will
not be responsible for debts incurred
by him.
LOUIE LUN.
Carlin, Nevada, Feb. II, 1916. AL
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-29
9AaAv

Water delivered to any part
of the city. Broadway Stables.
Lloyd Lewis left on Friday
for Buffalo, Minnesota to spend
the holidays with relatives.
Fl. A. Solberg left yesterday
for Concrete, N. D.. where ne
will spend several weeks.
Miss Josephine Shauby left
for Helena Sunday and will
spend some time with her SIS
ter and other relatives.
Christ Hoffman is building a
big house and barn for II. o.
Peterson on his ranch in Head
light. The residence will nave
all modern appointments when
completed.
John Ahlbere. who was in
from the north country We'd
nesday, says the snow is knee
deep beyond the butte-a sign
Of another fat harvest!
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown.
who have spent the past sew
eral months at Judith Gap.
where Harry was employed as
railway machinest, are now re-
siding on their homestead near
Ethridge.
S. l.. Potter and son Sam.
Junior left for Helena this
morning and will be present at
the opening of the Montana
Assembly. Sammy is a candi-
date for page in the Senate and
will be busy playing politics
for the next few days.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-29

Frank Beckett is rapidly re-
covering from his severe illness
Trunks. Suit Cases and Grips
for sale at the Harness Shop.
Wanted-Girl for housework
Grover C. Putt, Browning.
DR.. Neraal has moved his Of
flee from the upper rooms of
the Jacobson block to the Sec
ond floor of the First National
Bank.
Otha Surber, who has a big
homestead north of the Stuff
ranch. called yesterday and en-
rolled as a reader of the Pioneer
Press.
Don MacRae reports that the
merry old bachelors of his baili-
wick celebrated Christmas right
royalty. feasting on fat geese.
turkeys and other delicacies.
For Sale-32O acre relinquish-
ment not far from Sunburst.
Nearly all tillable; good for
farming or stock raising. On
market but a short time. In
quire Pioneer Press. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. LLOYD Callison
and Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Col
burn left yesterday for Cali
fornia. Mr.. and Mrs. Callison
will visit with relatives of the
former at Clearing House. a
mining town. Mr.. and Mrs.
Colburn expect to spend most
of the time allotted for their
stay in Los Angeles and envir-
OnS.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-29
Alias Summons

State of Montana, County of Teton, So.
In Justice Court of Cut Bank Town
ship, before Frank E. VanDemark Jr.
Justice of the Peace.
The Arco Company, a Corporation,
Plaintiff,
Versus
B. F. Young, Defendant rs
The State of Montona to the above
named defendant, Greeting.
You are hereby summond to be and
appear before me, Frank E. VanDe-
mark, Jr., a Justice of the Peace, in
and for the County of Teton, at my
office in Cut Bank, Mont, on the 9th
day of January, A. d. 1917, at 10 o.
clock a. M, of said day, then and there
to make answer to the complaint of
the Arco Company, a Corpoation, the
above named plaintiff, in a civil action
to recover the sum of Seventy a n d
9O-100 Dollars, besides interest at the
rate of six per cent per mum from
the 4th day of June, 1915, and costs of
suit, for goods, ware and merchan-
disc, sold and delivered to defendant
at your W special instance and re-
quest, all of which will appear more
fully from the statement of account
on file herein and to whichreference is
hereby made, and in default thereof
Judgement will be rendered against
you. 3. F. Young, the above named
defendant, for the sum of Seventy and
90-10c dollars and the costs of suit in
plaintiff s behalf expended.
Given under my hand this 21st day
of December, 1916.
FRANK E. VANDEMARK, JR.,
Justice of the Peace of said Township.
Irwin c. Kartack,
1929 Attorney forPlaintiff
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-29
Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior, u. 8
Land Office, Great Falls, Montana
Dec. Is, 1916
Notice is hereby given that Fred w.
Bliesener, of Cut Bank, Montanan,
who ON Nov. "a, 1911, made homestead
entry Serial No. O251O5, for Sci SW3
Section IS. township "a North, r. 5W.
Montana Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make Three year proof,
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Edward Murphy, U. S.
Commissioner, at his Office at C u t
Bank, Mont, Feb. 5, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ed
ward Ortgier, Wilson Knapp, E m il
Ludtke, N. w. Rankin, all of C u t
Bank, Montana.
r N. Sutherlin. Registe