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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-25

ed through the same formation and
with the same result. Furman and
Company are drilling a test on the D.
E. Heff farm and the Horse Shoe Oil
Company is drilling second test on
the Anna McCord farm.
On Indian creek, Elk district, Kama
wha county. the South Penn Oil Com
pany shot No. on the C. B. Graham
farm in the Weir sand and increased
the production from two to six bar
rels In Big Sandy district, ]. y. Carnes
gave his No. on the c. r. Hays farm
shot in the squaw sand, increasing
its production from one TO six barrels
a day.
On Rowell's run, Lee district, Cal
houn county, Godfrew l.. Cabot has the
rig completed for test on the Rebecca
and Charles Arthur farm. located 500
feet south of the Carter Oil Company's
second test on the Frank Fore farm.
In Center district Godfrey l.. Cabot
has started to drill a test on the A..
]. Holbert farm.
The OIL NIarI,ets
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
RAILROAD NEWS

The steamer Panama, arriving Sat urday, brought large quantity of furniture for the local offices of the Alaskan Engineering commission. Therefore the entire office f,rce. Irotp the disbursing agent down. including the young lady stenographcr were busy unpacking and arranging it Saturday afternoon and yesterday Considerable more furniture, in the way of filing cases and other simi lar fixtures, is yet due to arrive.
 The local office of the commission received 87 sacks of mail on the Yukon. It consisted chiefly of print ed blanks and forms of all kinds. One of the rooms in the commis sion offices is being fixed up en- tirely as a stationery room.
 J. B. Bickford, chieI clerk in the local offices of the commission, and his wife are now comfortably set tied in the Pauli residence, on Wen QbI avenue. M. T.. tllel, SttItld!N to Commissioner Riggs is staying with them for the present w. ]. Hubbach, the accountant, and his wife, have taken the GorGon resl dence on Cushman street tempo rarily.
 Stephen Shuman, draftsman in the Nenana office of the commits sion, is paying a business visit to Fairbanks, having arrived on the Midnight Sun.
 Skipper" Frank Rotch, of the government launch Midnight Sun, now in port, states that the Nenana Athletic association has been formed and officers elected. The officers are: President, Woodbury Abbey Secretary and Treasurer, Sid Per ham: Business Manager, Frank ROtch
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
Child Saves Father
 From Penitentiary

NEW YORK, June 1.-The plead ing of his little girl saved Thomas J. Wicks from a long prison sen tence in Minneola, L. l.
 Wicks had confessed he had em- bezzled funds Of the Hampstead Water works or which he was sup erintendent. His 12-year-old daugh, ter, Margaret, had taken a petition among his neighbors Tn Hampstead, asking that clemency be shown. Bearing the petition, she went to Judge Niemann, and asked him to "let her daddy go free"
 Judge Niemann had the hardest task of his life to gloss over the truth But he convinced her that her father would be well treated and returned to her before long. Margaret was satisfied and sat in court when Judge Niemann sen fenced Wicks to the Nassau county jail for one year.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE.

WANTED-AntimOny mine; state location. character and quantity of ores, and full particulars. Address Manufacturer, Station c, New York. >~~~>~~-~-~~~~~
 WANTED-Antimon ores: state price, percentages, analysis, quanti- ty can be delivered monthly, and points of delivery. Address Manu- facturer, Station c, New York.
 FOR SALE.-SN GOOse-neck Furniture Wagons, Length of body Il feet, Width Az feet, Height s feet inside Three ton Maximum carrying capacity Original cost $50O00 each and now in excellent condition Also One Team Horses, Age g years, Weight about 1,5OO pounds Will sell very cheap. If interested write Lambert Transfer X Storage Co.,, BOT Pine St, Seattle, Washington.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
COOPERATION OF
 ALASkANS ASKED
Commissioner Riggs and Members of Commercial Club Exchange Condolences at Banquet-Rggs Talks on Railroad Asking Cooperation of all Aaskans in It's Constructions Plans for Summer Outlined.

Riggs, In real sourdough talk the attorney welcomed the commi. sioner and called on him for an ad. dress. Before starting his talk Mir Riggs was given a hearty round of applause, and at the conclusion of the address he was given seven minutes hand clapping
 After the elegant lucheon was eu- joyed. the chairman called on sev. eral well known Fairbanksans for their views. To a man they all expressed confidence in MT Riggs and his desire to do his best for Alaska. John A. Clark touched the keynote of the meeting when he said that it was up to everyone to bury his hammer and instead ol knocking the commission, to get on the booster wagon and shout the praises of those who were try ing to help the interior.
 Other addresses to the point were by A. R. Heilig Senator 0. P. Gaue- tad, R c. Wood P J Rickert. while several good stories were told by the guests and members of the club.
 About 40 of the business men cI Fairbanks were in attendance, and generally speaking, the banquet was a success. It showed conclusiyely, however, in point of the smallneso of the number of the business men present. that the larger part of the merchants of Fairbanks are not supporting the efforts of the com. mercial club in the matter of boost ing for the good of the interior.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF Fl
 NAL ACCOUNT

NAL ACCOUNT. In the Probate Court for the Terr.- tory of Alaska, Fourth Division Hot Springs Precinct. In the matter of the Estate of Alice c. Arnold, deceased
 Notice is hereby given that George l.. Morrison, the administrator of the estate of Alice c. Arnold, de ceased has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in said Court, his final account of his admin istration of said estate; and that Thursday the tenth day of August A. D. 1916, at ? o'clock P M, at the court room of said Court in the office of the Commissioner and eX-officio Probate Judge at Hot Springs, said Territory and Divi sion has been duly appointed by the said Court as the time and place for the settlement of said account at which time and place any per son interested in said estate may file specific objections to said ac' count or any item thereof and con test the same.
 Dated this 9th day of June A. D. 1916.
 GEO. L. MORRISON,
 Administrator. First publication June 19, 19l6. Last publication July 10, 1910.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
Summer l rail Mail
 Service IS Assured

Dispatches received here from Val, deg are to the effect that a sum mer trail mail service for interior Alaska is now assured. The dis patch says that word has been re- ceived at Valdez that the mail cor tract has been let to Jones X Ross, of that city, presumably for 5000, as that is the price offered by the government for the carrying of mail between the coast and Fairbanks, 13 round trips to be made. The weight limit of mail to be carried in this manner is 200 pounds.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
John Patten Buys
 Into Good Lease

Leon Kellum. the Tolovana opera tor, who returned to town Saturday from the new camp, reports that he has sold his interest In the Jor- genson lease to John H Patten, of this city. He does not state the consideration, merely saying that he ing half of the purchase price of his
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
AUTOMOBILE NEWS

Dr R k Myers. mayor of Fair banks. has purchased an Overland car It arrived here on the Yukon last week The mayor has had one or two turns at the wheel already, but does not claim to have attained the efficiency of an experienced driv- el as yet However he promises some interesting exhibitions of his ability as an automobile mechanic on the streets of Fairbanks during the coming week.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

leasehold to be paid out of the ground
 The claim in question k sup posed to be very good That is some good prospects were found on 1t last winter by Mcssrs. Jorgenson X, kellum
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

Commissioner Howard J. Atwell of Brooks. arrived in town last week He will probably remain in the city until after the Festival of tho Midnight Sun
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

By the members of the Fairbanks Commercial club, Thomas Riggs, Jr member of the Alaskan Engineering commission. was banqueted last eg- ening at Harmonic hall It Was really a get-to-gether meeting, so that the members might hear from MT Riggs himself just what the plans of the government and the engineering commission are. and so that they might learn in what man her they could help him. With the exception of the address Of Ml Riggs 10 the club members. there were no speeches. although there were a few remarks made in an sver to calls from the chair.
 MT. Riggs said that the commis- sion has not sufficient funds on hand now 10 start the actual con struction of the road. and will be able to do little until the sundry civil bill passes congress, carrying with it the appropriation for the building of the Alaska railroad In, til that time the work will be cor fined entirely to the preparation work about Nenana.
 Once the money is available, which will probably be during the early part of July. the commission l. prepared to push the work as rap idly as conditions will permit. MT Riggs expressed himself as some what disappointed that the appro- priaton had not gone through be fore. as he would have had time then to have ordered a great deal of material before coming to Fair banks As 1t stands now, this ma terial cannot be ordered until tn, bill passes congress, and the ship ments will not arrive here until lite n the fail
 But even under these adverse con. ditions, MT. Riggs hopes to have 90 miles of track ready for the rails before the end of the season, and 60 per cent of the balance of the road from Fairbanks to the Ne mana coal fields cleared and ready for grading. Then next spring the first thing that will be done will be the laying of rails wherever pos aih1a
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Miss Eversole, formerly stenogra- pher in one of the Fairbanks banks, has opened up offices in Anchorage, She resigned from the services of the Blum, O'Neil company in Cor dova to make her latest move pos sible.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

Luther C. Hess was passenger for Iditarod on the steamer Panama last night. He is going to the lower river camp on business con- connected with his mining interests there, and may go to the scene of the new Tolstoi strike. He expects to return to Fairbanks as soon as possible after August |
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

Teddy Hudson started on his re turn trip to the Tolovana country on Saturday, but returned to town. He will leave today
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
COAL SITUATION.

In speaking of the coal situation in Nenana, MT Riggs said that he had given the matter d great deal of study during the past winter and he is now convinced that there is as much good coal in the Nenana fields as there is in all the rest of Alaska.
 As it is Ignite coal many, nos knowing how to use it, might con demn the coal, he said without q fair test. But if the people are educated properly and shown how t3 handle the coal they will find that it is first class fuel, During the winter Mr Riggs consulted with the Bureau of Mines great deal regarding the coal and both that department and the commissioner found the fuel very satisfactory, and, in fact, very efficient.
 From the President down, MT. Riggs went on, all the department heads realize that to develop the great interior Alaska it will be nee essary to give them cheaper fuel. and the only way to do that is to complete the railroad as quickly as possible. And with the view O. getting the coal to the interior, the commission is not bothering so much about when the trunk line is to be completed, the members content ing themselves with the hope that they will have coal coming to Fair banks year from the coming fail.
 THE LABOR PROBLEM
 From his statements Saturday ey. ening, MT. Riggs indicated that the greatest problem of the commis- sion will be the labor question. es, pecially in the interior. At first the commission thought of allowing the same wages as granted on the coast, but a few minutes before ttc meeting Saturday night, the com missioner received communication from other members of the commls- sion, agreeing to a slight raise. This raise, however, will be abso- lutely the last word, so far as the government is concerned, MT. Riggs said. and if this is not acceptable to the men there will be a ShutdoW f immediately and the work will be carried on only fom the coast end, In this connection, MT. Riggs said that he was going to need the hearty support of all Alaskans as without their assistance he will be helpless.
 RIGGS AN ALASKAN.
 MT. Riggs said that he had brought his family to Fairbanks to make his permanent home here, and that he is in fact an Alaskan now. For
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

That little yellow streak which has been flying about the streets of Fairbanks during the past week is really an automobile although the chances are that if Peaceful Henry Ford saw 1t he would not recognize it as a machine of his own manu- facture For 1t has been turned might be termed a Ford racer, the gasoline tank, the seat and the wheel being all that are visible above the running gear. The new contrivance belongs to Walter Bar thel. who bought one of the Ross cars and fixed it up to suit himself.
 Automobile enthusiasts have taken note of the seeming experience of Thomas Riggs, Jr., of the Alaskan Engineering commission, in driving cars He has been seen driving several local machines, most of them of different makes.
 Guy B Erwin's big Rec will soon be seen on the streets again. It was housed most of the winter at Ester, as it was left at that place after one of the big snows of the past winter For the past two weeks it has been undergoing repairs al the hands of Guy B himself, and will present the appearance of an entirely new machine when it re appears.
 With the return to Fairbanks of F. c. Moves the Moves roadster has come out of winter quarters, being an addition to the number of ma chimes seen daily on the streets of the city
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

FOR RENT-Store Room-Gooo Size. Apply Citizen Office.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
RIGGS AN ALASKAN.

MT. Riggs said that he had brought his family to Fairbanks to make his permanent home here, and that he is in fact an Alaskan now For years he has been one in spirit he said but now he is one in rea|,- ty. He said he intended to con- tinue to make his residence here until the railroad is completed, and he then hopes that he will be able to continue in some capacity O" other
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
OTHER SPEAKERS.

The meeting was called to order by A. J. Nordale president of the Fairbanks Commercial club. He called on Thomas A. McGowan to say a few words of welcome to MT.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10

Coming Nov. 14th Titles Pune
tured Romarlce"- a 6 reel comedy,
with Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dress
Ter and Others, at Gem Theater,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10
GREAT SUCCESS FOR STATE
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

AT the netting of the Executive
Committee of the Georgia Sunday
School Association, held in Macon
on November 9Th, the following
committee was appointed to arrange
program for Georgia Go-To-Sun-
day School Day." February 18th.
1917: ID. w Sims, j. ]. Eagan. ]. V.
Wellborn, A. r. Caldwell and T. NJ.
Furlow. This being the date agreed
On by the committee last June.
The next annual session of the
State Convention is to be held in
Savannah. This committee voted to
hold the meeting on May Sth, 9th,
and 10th. The same committee
which is to arrange the program for
"Go-To-Sunday School Day" was in
structed to arrange the program for
the State Convention.
The matter of public school cred
Its for work done in the Sunday
Schools was discussed and a sub
committee appointed to outline the
plan.
Among the striking features of
the report submitted by the Gener-
al Secretary, Mr., d. w Sims. were
the following: In the last six
months seventy-seven County Sum
day School convention have been
held in the State, this being eight
more than We're held in the same
period last year Four years ago
there were only two of the 1872
counties in the State organized in
to County Sunday School Assocfa
tons. at the present time there
are lS7 counties organized. When
one of the counties was organized
~ years agH there were only
thirteen Sunday Schools in the
county; now there are thirty-four
-tWenty-ole new schools hayin y
been organized as the result of tho
work done by the county Associa-
tion.
In the last six months the threa
heid workers Of the State Associa
ton have travelled 19.S49 miles ana
delivered Sill addresses.
The free circulating library of
more than five hundred of the best
bTks on Sunday School methods.
maintained by the State Association
is being FUSED extensively by the
workers of the State.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10
BIRD HOUSE BUILDING

Last spring the pupils Of the pub
lie schools in Omaha built over 400
bird houses, to be set up in the
city's parks, and they were exhibit
ed in the council chambers of the
city halt
Nebraska claims over 400 varie-
ties of birds, more than any other
state, and the exhibit of these homes
for the songsters proved they are
appreciated by all ages and condf-
tions of citizens. Trees were set up
in the council room and the houses
arranged in them and on posts and
tables Both stuffed and live birds
were in evidence and a victrola,
playing various bird calls and songs
was hidden in corner of the hall.
This added greatly to the interest
of the exhibit.
The houses were made of all
kinds of things from cocoa-nut
she'll to a wooden bucket with its
handle left Oh for a swinging perch.
and one little house had rockers on
it SO the wind could rock baby bunt-
ings to sleep ON some other place
than in a stree top. There were no
two houses alike and all the chill
dren with their parents were great
ly interested in comparing them and
discussing their good points. Many
visitors wanted to buy some of the
houses aud all could have been sold.
One man ordered so houses from the
boys Of one school to be used in the
trees OF cemetery which is to be
bird sanctuary.
The school children in Decatur
lave recently made * bird houses
and placed them in trees ON the
school grounds. Marietta boys could
do the same thing and so attract
many of those dear little warblers
whose notes sound as if they said
be sweet! be sweet, be SWEET
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10
A SUGGESTION

Until something better can be
done with that death trap of a Gull
vert under the electric car line,
vie would suggest that the stree,
car company place red electric lights
oh both sides to warn automobilists
of danger
OF course people should drive
slowly at night, but it is not easy
TO always put on brakes soon
enough on such long down grade
as that from the Marietta side to
the culvert
Judge Samuel c. Atkinson. who
lives near the underpass and is ia
niilar with it's natural history,
agrees with us that lights and warn
ing signs could be installed quick
ly and at small expense. To i'm
prove the grade of the road and put
in drains to prevent washing could
be done without great expense.
To change the direction of the
road so as to eliminate the under
pass would be a tedious and expen-
sfve undertaking.
1t rests with the Cobb County
Commissioners to solve this acute
problem of safety on the Atlanta
road To enlarge the underpass,
drivers to risk speeding through.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10
A $4,000, 900 DAM ON
THE RIO GRANDE

When President Wilson touched
the golden key which started the
waters of the Rio Grande flowing
through the spillways of the great
Elephant Butte dam on October IA
he brought in" 100000 acres of
fertile lands in the chain of valleys
in New Mexico, Texas and Old Mex
ico The first meeting of the 23rd
International Irrigation Congress
was held at the dam dedication and
followed by sessions in Ell Paso, Oct.
16, II and IS.
The Elephant Butte dam is a mass
of concrete and steel thrown across
the Rio Grande on the desert of
New Mexico at the point where a
great rock, formed l!ks the head
and body of a mastadonic elephant,
seems to drink from the Rio Grande
This giant impounding dam has
formed the largest irrigation reser-
voir in the world. More than AS
miles in length and miles across,
the lake stores the melted SHOWS
of the Colorado Mountains and these
lifegiving waters are allowed to
flow through the spillways of the
dam when the land needs moisture
for the growing season, thus caus-
ing the desert acres below the dam
to blossom and bear fruitage.
The dedication of the Elephant
Butte dam by, President Wilson on
Oct 14th was an event Of world
wide Importance in the irrigation
field. 1t marks the Reclamation
Services greatest achievement. 1t
will reward the pioneer men and
women of the lower Rio Grande
valleys from albuquerque to Old
Mexico, and it will justify the
faith of the people of the southwest
who have staked their all on the
fertility of the soil and the ability
of the project to carry the waters To
the lands when most needed. Above
all, it will be a perpetual monu-
ment to the Irrigation Congress,
which has been conducting a great
empire-building campaign for the
past twenty-five years.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10

charter, and the amendments there
to, is One Hundred and Ninety-Six
Thousand Five Hundred (S196,-
100000 Dollars, and it has no bonds
or mortgage indebtedness outstand-
ing.
3. That petitioners stockholders
by vote of majority of the en-
tire capital stock, and by major
ity of all its stockholders given at
meeting called for the express
purpose, as provided by the bylaws
of the Company, have instructed
the Company and it's officers to ap-
ply for the revival and renewal of
its charter. as provided by law, and
especially by the Act of the General
Assembly of Georgia, approved Aug
ust 9Th, 1914. A certified copy of
the minutes with the seal of petit
TONER showing such corporate ac-
ton is hereto annexed as a part
hereof, marked Exhibit No. L."
f. Petitioner has continued in
business in ignorance of any expira-
tion of it's charter, and is still in
active business.
5. Petitioner comes within five
CD years from July Sth, 1915,
and prays that the charter be reviv-
ed and renewed as permitted by
law, with all the rights, power
privileges and immunities hereto
fore enjoyed by it, and for the full
period of twenty (20) years as al
lowed by law, and with all of the
rights of renewal as now or hereaf-
ter provided by law.
z. 1t prays that this petition be
filed, recorded and published in the
same manner provided for applica-
lions for original charters, and that
an order be passed granting this pc
tition.
And petition will ever pray.
KING & SPALDING,
Petitioners Attorneys
EXHIBIT NO. L."
Office of Roswell Manufacturing Co.
Roswell, Georgia.
Extract from the minutes of the
special meeting of the stockholders
held in the Company's office on Oct
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-10
THE DEMOCRATIC PILOT

He has guided the good ship safely,
Through the storms and the hur-
rieane's roar,
By the crashing breakers tempes-
tuous
And the rocks of treacherous
shore.
For the pilot is fearless, but careful
OF the menacing whirlpools at
night,
And he seems to see through the
darkness
BY the rays of an unseen light.
But some of his ship are shouting
He's afraid of the winds and the
foam!
We should like seaman more daring
TO be guiding the old boat home!'
So they have selected another,
Well chosen, he is, from their crew
For they hope for new pans and
adventures
And to see what this other will d }.
But the pilot in silence is steering
Straight on, by the traps they
have laid
With his eyes on the Light he is
sailing,
And his hand on the wheeI-un-
afraid
EMMA EVE GARDNER.