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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

devil in him? Have you ever seen a man who as absolutely perfect nor ally and is not at the same time a good deal of an old woman?
 Answer all these things for your self and then ask yourself why liquor was ever created.
 That question of prohibition in wolves far more than the general pub lie seem to perceive. Many people seem to think that without the chance Of spending money over bar every one will be happy, families will al- ways have enough to eat and wear and the whole thing will be hunky dory. Of course, the fellow with a family who spends money over bar which should go to buy food or cloth ing for his kids should be locked up, but he is no more to be taken as an example of the ordinary mortal than any other criminal. The millions of ordinary mortals will have no more money to draw from under prohibi- tion than without it. There will be the same amount of money and the same amount of people looking for 1t. There will be the same amount of work only, and if all become sober, steady workers, what will be done with the produce?
 Prohibition has been brought about because of the extremists in drink ing and they are the small minority. The vast majority knows how to be moderate if it wants to be. If it does not want to be it will find some way of indulging it's wish to cross over the line in some way or another. There are two good desires in the human breast which usually are satis- fled. One is to do good and the other is to do the opposite and both will be aone in spite of laws.-Gateway.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
RIG BILL AT THE EMPRESS
 THEATRE THURSDAY

On Thursday will be shown Wm. A. Hesse's scenic and wild animal pie lures of Alaska, including scenes in and around Valdez, and giving the only pictures of the famous Katmai eruption.
 This eruption on the Alaska penin- sula, was one of the greatest volcanic disturbances ever recorded by man, and 1t is estimated that the temper ature of the entire world was lowered about 12 degrees below normal. 40 cording to the chief of the Katmai village, the volcano had been active as long as he could remember, until 1909, three years prior to the vio- lent outburst, 1t became dormant.
 Katmai is of the explosive type of volcanoes, and rises to height of 1000 feet. The impounding gases discharged the material to great height, and it is certain that the ash from Katmai encircled the globe.
 The eruption of Katmai occurred on the afternoon of June 6, 1912. Notwithstanding the fact that the na- tive village was entirely destroyed, there was no loss of life, owing to the prompt rescue of the natives by the revenue cutters.
 The eruption made such change in the landscape that those familiar with it could not tell where their homes stood. The valleys once oc- cupied by streams navigable to ordi- nary row boats, were now mixture of pumice stone and water from hill- side to hillside. Ascent of the ash covered slopes was tried, but was found impossible. The next expedi- tion began June 34, and continued all that day, that night, all day June 24, all night and all day of June 2b, carrying heavy packs without rest or sleep, and, like the first was fail ure. The third trip was successfully made in forty-eight hours. having no heavy packs to carry.
 All insect and animal life was kill. ed, with the exception of bears and foxes. Clam beds were destroyed on Afognak 100 miles away. No fish can now live in the Katmai river which at that time supported the in. habitants of the village with it's sal mon.
 These pictures also show the fa' nous child's glacier. with its i'm mense ice river, 300 feet high: nun
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
THE WOOD ALCOHOL THIRST.

A person must surely have beau tiful old thirst when he finds it nec- essary to drink wood alcohol to get rid of it. The next law will have to be one against the sale of that bev- craze and it may even come to where gasoline can be sold only by drug gists.
 What is there, anyhow, in the hu- man makeup, which causes thirst for something stronger than water? The question which prohibition will Irobably settle for all time is whether the demand for liquor causes the sup ply or the supply causes the demand.
 Some people seem to be quite hap py to go through life without ever tasting anything stronger than tea or coffee, while others feel that life is made all the more beautiful by the temporary glamor created by the magic touch of the highball. Now, is it fact tor is it not that the man who never takes a drink is weaker as a rule than the man who does? Has it been the result of your obser- vation that man who boasts always about being a teetotaller is less mas culine, weaker, more of mollycod- dle than the fellow who takes 1t just because he wants to? To be brief, is man a stronger or more robust man because he has a little of the
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
PURE DRINKING WATER.
A government bulletin says:

A government bulletin says:
 The geologic resource of greatest value to the health of communities is supply of pure drinking water. It is generally recognized that a num- Der of diseases, prominent among which are typhoid fever and amoebic dystentery-a disease more common in tropical climates, but found also in the United States-are contracted through contaminated food. There lore supply of pure water will elim- mate one of the sources of such in- lection.
 It is highly desirable to obtain sup plies of domestic water from sources other than the shallow wells, some of them open, that are found near many houses. The water obtained from deep wells has percolated thru sands and other material for so great a distance that it's impurities have been removed by filtration, and it possesses a sanitary value that can not be overestimated, for such water is free from the bacteria producing typhoid fever and the protozoa caus- ing amoebic dysentery, and it's use ob- viates the necessity for shallow wells that may serve as breeding place for anopheles, the mosquito to which |malarial infections is due.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
ED. WOOD. Proprietor

erous sea lions at home on the rocks; moose and caribou, and is the only film company taking pictures of Ko- diak bears, the largest in the world. To get this picture the artist laid all night on an island a few hundred yards from shore waiting for the bear to come for his breakfast.
 A scene at the great whale fishery is also shown, and the turn of the tide, on Cooks Inlet. The tide rushes in like huge tidal wave, and is only exceeded by the Bay of Fundy. Nau- tical tables show a height of 52 feet.
 Besides these there are pictures of prominent personages, all the princi- pal cities, and other scenes of inter- est.
 These pictures will be shown at The Empress Thursday night.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

With talk of the German born Americans voting against him at the next election. continued plots of de struction by fanatical patriots from over seas, England and France up to their century old trick of seizing alien enemies from American ships on the high seas, surrounded by foreign spies and political spies from the ranks of our own people, the presi- dent will spend rather strenuous honeymoon-holiday time.
 That there will be concerted movement by Germans in the United States in the interest of either politi- cal party in connection with the war
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

in Europe is out of the question. No other man in America has done more to keep alive the friendly feeling be- tween this government and Germany than the president. In the heat of passion following the Lusitania affair G. chief executive with leanings to- ward war could have piloted this na- tion into the world conflict in jig time.
 This nation has so nearly conduct ed itself as neutral that both sides think and say through their diplo- mats that they are getting the worst Iof it.
 Had the seizure of men from our ships occurred before the Lusitanfa affair, war-hunting president could have aroused our ire by pointing that Frances action was similar to that of England before the conflict of 1872, and it would have gone hard with the allies. In fact, the allies have far more to fear from the Uni ted States as a hostile nation than Germany, for the latter country is so hemmed in with cordon of steel that we could not get at her.
 Of spies and agents and plots there seems no end.
 The Teutons charge that many of these plots have been instigated by the British to provoke animosity against the Germans and the charge may be sustained in some cases. It is apparent, however, that the Teutonic diplomats have been perniciously ac- tive in many lines.
 The attacks of political enemies of the present administration at home border on idiocy.
 Which is the more preferable, war or peace?
 War might be preferable to peace with loss of honor, but that the na- tion is today without honor, no one will admit, not even the presidents enemies. It is true that the nation has failed to retaliate for many grave insults, but in every case we have made the other fellow admit his er- TOT and made him appear before the other nations at peace very much like man who has just had his attention called to the fact that he has been swearing and offering to fight with a gentleman in the presence of ladies. This is sufficient until such time as the rough-house across the water be- gins to threaten the very life of the nation.
 If those who think that the United States should do more than it has done up to the present will have their congressman present resolutions de- claring war on Germany, England, France and Mexico, the nations we have had to call to time during the rast few years, they will probably find out what the majority of the people believe about the merits of the pres |ident's policy.-Alaska Post.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
SIX SIMPLE WORDS.

"The place was packed with angry
 women, some waving sticks, and
 all yelling, Give us bread! Give
 us peace!' An item of cable
 news.
 Six words Only six, and yet how succintly they sum up situation. Give us peace! Give us bread!" With peace comes bread. No peace no bread. Cabinets assemble and talk of peace. Prime ministers dis cuss peace. Chancellors make ora tions, of which peace is the burden, but all of this is academic; their words are calm and carefully weigh ed. Such peace utterances come from the mind. There is nothing ac- ademic. however, in the utterance, Give us bread! Give us peace!" It came not from trained minds, but straight from empty stomachs. And as usual, the stomachs talked to the point, as stomachs invariably do when empty.
 Really it doesn't matter much what Earl Gray or Premier Asquith say about peace. Or what the German Chancellor says. Or what member of the French cabinet says. They speak of peace with large P. It is a purely impersonal thing; something to. be talked about, and studied like a problem in tactics or the right move on a chessboard. Earl Gray and the German Chancellor and the French Cabinet eat their usual quo- ta of meals daily, Peace or no Peace. But with women who wave sticks, and yell for bread, peace is a differ ent matter. For them peace is no mere textbook term. It means some thing definite, and peace talk matters much when persons of this type and station start to tlk it; yea, yell it.. Peace with them Is not a considers ton of boundary lines and trade routes, but of food and warmth and ' roof.
 When the stomach is we'll filled and tomorrow's food is safe in the store-room, Glory Is regarded with favor. But when the store-room is empty Glory loses lot of it's lustre, and plate of meat (not horse) looks more attractive than an iron cross or other medal. This has been learn ed by the women who wave sticks and yell. When will their cries be needed? What country, what gov ernment, what man will earn eternal gloFy by making the first real move to *give us bread, give us peace. "? Puck
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

w. H. Vance left yesterday morn ing for Fidalgo bay to look over some mining interests.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

c. Hansen arrived yesterday frol Copper Center with dog team.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12
LOCAL BREvITIDB.

Just received ,the finest line O neckties ever shown in Walden. a Ben 'Silvorman's.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Bargains at the Emporium; open from g 8. m. to . ?. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Robert Nc Chesney. of the Pros |pector staff, who has been seriousIy i'll with the grippe for several days has so far recovered that he expects to be out tomorrow.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Panoramic views rof Child's and Miles glaciers, Dawson. Valdes and Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug store. l
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Nugget jewelry made to order at the Valdez Drug Co.,. by c. O. Reinke. .....
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

A. J. Brown of Fort Liscum
 caught a large wolverine in a trap yesterday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Dan Sheehan left last evening fol the foot of the Valdez glacier.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Pure Fresh Drugs at the valdes Drug Store.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

Brooms 25c, 36c and soc; for the best at the Emporium. n
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

WANTED: Experienced woman de- sires work as cook or maid. Refer ences given. Address PrOspector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-12

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
FOSSIL PLANTS ABUNDANT.
In the Fort Union Formation in North
Dakota.

Fossils have aptly been called the il.
Illustrations in the great book recording
the worlds history, the pages of which
are the layers Of rock that form the
outer part of the crust of the earth BY
looking at some of these illustrations
that represent plants we can restore
in imagination the ancient vegetation
of parts of the world
Fossil plants are very abundant in the
Fort Union formation in North Dakota,
where they are found in the sandstone,
in the harder concretions or lenses, and
in the clay between the beds of sand
stone. Most of them, especially those
in the clay, are preserved with remark
able fidelity. About 300 species OF plants
from this formation have been described
and the total number of species it con-
tains may perhaps reach 800 or more.
This abundant fossil fora shows that
what is now an almost treeless plain
was once covered with splendid forests
of hardwoods, interspersed with scat
tered conifers and ginkgos. The pres
ence of numerous and at many places
thick beds of Ignite make it clear that
in this region there We're great swamps,
which must have existed with but little
change for long periods of time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
ORANGE COUNTY
FARMERS ASSN NOTES

The following notes are for the week
ending March a
The county agent spent last Friday in
Boston at the 10th annual meeting of
the New England Federation for Rural
Progress. Other than having the oppor-
tunity of talking over problems with
some of the leaders, he gained clearer
idea OF the relationship existing or which
should exist between the different sgen
cies at work for rural progress and some
Of their problems. The following notes
are summary of some of these.
Dir. A, c. True, director of the states
relations service. T. S. department of
agriculture, defined the duties which a
state department of agriculture should
take up as the regulatory functions such
as enforcing laws relating to agricultur
al products, grading, etc; the gathering
Of statistics relating to agriculture OF
the state: and having charge Of the re-
lations between the state and the va
rious fairs and expositions. Later, Hon.
+. S. Brigham, Vermont commissioner of
HgfttultuIt gave HIS bfiliiipit d- " tHt
duties of his office as being similar to
the ones outlined above. DR.. True then
outlined the duties OF the state agricul-
tural college as having charge of educa
ton at the college, the research work of
the experiment station and the extern
sion work of the college.
The afternoon meeting was a discus
sion of "The Essential Dairy Problems"
Prof. Fred Rasmussen Of the dairy de- |
partment of New Hampshire State col !
lege outlined these a. follows: ta) Good |
Cows"--the problems under this head are |
the selection of the breeding animals. |
proper feeding, keeping of records, and |
raising of young stock. tb "Good /
Crop" problems under this are the
growing Of silage corn and the legImes,
lover, alfalfa. peas and oats and vetehes.
lei "Good Management"-the problems
lere are having the business of the most
economical size and having the business
diversified. Id Good Mar
,ets" here comes in having proper ship
,ing facilities and good prices. The first
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
Barre Vote for Mayor.

James Mackay was reelected city
clerk and treasurer over Fred w. Suitor
Socialist nominee by ! ,23l to 227 for
the former office and l,l94 to ZIG for the
latter Office George L. Morris was I'M
opposed for first constable, as was George
w. Parks for second constable.
Augustus NJ. Rossi was reelected as
SCISSOR for three years over Gilbert Phil
lips, Socialist. by vote of IT'S to sos,
the former carrying every ward except
the fourth. The contest over auditors
between the citizens and the Socialist
nominees resulted in the overwhelming
election of the former ticket. as follows:
w. B. Marion William Stephen and
D. J. Sullivan. They were opposed by
Antonio Broggi, NJ. L. Caporaletti and
James Tassie. There was no opposition
to r. S. Currier, John w. Gordon and
Frank G.. Rowland as trustees of French's
Barre library.
Alderman ]. A. Healy had no opposi-
ton for reelection in the second ward;
Alderman Edwin Keast was defeated for
reelection in the fourth ward by a vote
of lis for him and l26 for Clyde II. Rey
nolds, Socialist nominees Alderman A. f.
Bruce was reelected in the sixth ward,
receiving 100 votes, to "a for Henry
Alexander and nine for Paul Hedwall.
School Commissioner Joseph ComOlli had
an easy time for reelection in the fifth
ward and w, H, Eager, the citizens nom
inee. defeated Frank X. Beard, peoples,
for school commissioner in the sixth
ward. the vote standing 81 for Eager and
65 for Beard.
Barre's vote on the license question
was:
Yes $40 No 765
The vote on ffthclas license was;
Yes 1888 No 624
The vote on the statewide prohibition
bill was as follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
BARRE'S VOTE
WAS LARGE
Majority Against the Prohi-
bition Law Was Over
whelming
PRIMARY FAVORED
BY GOOD MARGIN
City to License Saloons and
Druggists the Com
ing Year

One OF the largest votes ever cast in
Barre was thrown in the annual munich
pal election yesterday, LOO out of a pos
sible 2,060 voters going to the polls.
Robert Gordon, the Socialist candidate,
was elected mayor over Frank +. Lang
ley, citizens candidate, by majority of
l6l votes, and all the other citizens can
ddates were elected with the exception
OF Alderman Edwin Keast, who was de-
feated in the fourth ward for reelection
by Clyde II. Reynolds, Socialist. The
city voted license by majority of lO5,
voted for ifth-class licenses, voted for
the primary law, voted strongly against
the prohibition law and voted for sys-
tenn OF public accounting.
In the voting for mayor, Gordon car
ried four of the six wards, receiving
total OF S42 votes to 6Sl for Langley.
The vote for mayor was as follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

operating In this war game which affect
the foregoing stocks OF the various eoun-
tries. Russia's vast stock is practically
sealed up, and while il can supply her
own army and people, II cannot get out
through tbe Dardanelles, or westward
across the AustTo- German lines, or north.
ward through the ieeports and the Ger.
man Baltic fleet. Belgiums stock, also,
while controlled by the German occu-
pants of the country, is by arrangement
used for internal needs. So that these
and some other small grain.produeing
countries are out of the worlds lluetua.
tions OF grain as the food-weapon Of
warfare.
The recent government purchases in
Australia and Argentina are referred 20
in an official statement, which says the
I British and French governments pur
chased 100000 tons of wheat from Aus
tralia, the share of the British govern.
ment being $4,000 tons. The Argentina
purchase, the statement says, was ESQ.,
600 tons by the British government. At
the prevailing rate this would be about
$4,000, 900 for the Australian and S20
100000 for the Argentina supplies. De
tails OF the Rumanian purchase are Civ
en- in letters from Bucharest stating that
Sir George Barclay, the British minis
ter, signed the purchase contract, which
the British legation announced was made
in behalf of the government. The pur.
chase covered 10000 carloads at fl2S
per carload, or total of fl0000000
1850, 000,000).
Aside from its effect on the American
exchange rate, this gathering in of huge /
stocks OF grain appears to be one of the
modern methods of warfare, as a reserve |
food defense for the armies and popula
ton, and as another means of wearing !
down the enemy by shortening his food 1
resources This has been urged in the
past, notably by Mr.. Yarburgh, NJ. r.,
who claimed that wheat reserve was
essential as first line of defense for an
insular country like England, liable to
be cut off from the food supplies on
which it is absolutely dependent. The 1
British navy has of course been the en-
circling protection against this POSSIBLE
ity. And vet il appears to be accepted
as wise precaution that great wheat
reserve should be built up as against any
eventuality, just as much as gold re-
serve. The wheat reserve of London has
been running very low of late, being only
one third what it was a year ago. and
there is about the same falling off at the
10 great ports of the country. So that
this new jpolicy of government wheat {
purchase fs going into operation with
he double purpose OF gradually building
up a great defensive wheat reserve and
incidentally no doubt keeping down the
ate OF American exchange. |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

three of these divisions of the dairy prob
lens are in the hands of the farmers en-
tirely. The colleges can give iniorma
ton as to methods of solving the prob
lens but it is up to the farmer to solve
them on his farm. The market problem
too, is more in the hands of the farmer
than he realizes, as it is only by CO.
operative action that Improvements in
this direction can be made.
Relative to cow test associations, Mr..
Pierce of Winchester, n. H., made sig
nifcant statement for Vermont farmers
when he stated that he used to go up
into Vermont and pick out the best cows
for nominal price but now in sections
where there are COW test associations
these best cows are not for sale except
at high price and it is the poorer ones
that are being sold. As an example of
what the COW test association had done
for him, he stated he had recently sold
two grade cows for 1915 on the basis Of
their association records. Three years
ago seven cows gave a profit above feed
of $1,000 per month. This year 10 cows
gave a profit of $3.50 in one month