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The Adair County news., 1916-06-14
Farm Women.

often discussed, and yet no plan
is hit upon that amounts to any
thing. Before anything can be
done along that line, we will
have to eliminate every vestige
of selfshness from the female
character, and every individual
must go into this social reform
with an eye single to the pleas
ure and happiness of their asso-
ciates, and this will surely bear
a bountiful harvest of peace and
good will to every one. The Bi
BILE says: IF any would be great
among you, let him be servant of
all. I" When we go back on any
plain teaching of scripture, we
never reach any desirable condi-
tions. When we are agreed that
social clubs shall be instituted
for the good of the general pub
aic, and not to show off our own
greatness, then something will
be accomplished. The greatest
foe to success in social gather
ings is gossip, and so many peo-
pie seem to derive all their pleas
ure from this fearful evil. Do
you ever think what a grand
world we would have if people
would make the same effort to
circulate the good things that
people do or say, that they put
forth to circulate the evil things?
One lady was writing that she
moved from an otherwise good
location because the women did
not speak to each other. Now
usually, when this state of things
exist, somebody has been gossip
ing. The least story told gath
ers weight and volume until a
whole neighborhood is at swords
point, when there is simply moth
ing to it except the vile magma
ton Of a human vulture. Any
one that goes around spreading
discord through a community,
ought to be quarantined like a
smallpox patient. Or, we ought
to have a female recorders court
where every woman should meet
once a week and straighten out
all tangles and difficulties.
Think it would make matters
worse? 1t would at least stop
women from telling things
for truth that "they say
Sisters, are you holding malice
=againt some one you once loved
because of some report circulated
by a gossiper? Go to her an(
talk it over. Afraid TO do it
Because you said something I'm
kind about her in your anger
It may be humiliating, but dom
let it stay so or you will not b
able to say Forgive US our deb
as we forgive our debtors. ]
would be a grand thing if on
could keep other peoples short
comings as secret as one keep
her own.
Now, some of you expires
yourselves as not agreeing wit
me on certain points. Why
The Adair County news., 1916-06-14

And some men are so hard to
please that they are not even
satisfied with themselves.
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07
SERIAL NO. Ohm

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT
NOTICE Is HEREBY GlNnN that NOkih-
WESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY. u cor
porAtiOn, as assignee OF RICHARD ". hun A.,
being entitled to the benefits OF section 200
of the Revised Statutes Of the United States
and amendments thereto, has applied TO make
entry OF the lands embraced IN y. >. Nom
mineral Survey No. 232 as amended, situate
on the right bank OF Maxine River. about one
half mile west OF u. - our - No. Oi4, Bris-
tOl Bay, Territory of A,asA., AMI more par
ticularly described IA IO.V"s, tO-wIt;
Beginning M. q. Cor. No. l on beach Max
mex River at ordinary high tide, cor. not set
wat, cor. an iron pipe set in ground marked
W. Z. a. 5. 232 Cor. /. bears No. 2.Ol chs.
dist thence from true cor. No. 1 North 1855
chs. to cor No. ?, an iron pipe Set IN ground
marked A. ). 232 Cor. 2. from whence cor.
No. survey No. 232 bears No. 600 chs. dist. !;
thence East 1856 chs. 10 Cor. No. 5, an iron
pipe set in ground marked A. 5. 2S2 Cor. .,
from whence u. 5. l.. Nj. (R G. Nj. Z. Sur
bears N. OF deg. 60 min. h. 1891 chs. thence
So AS chs. TO NJ. Z. Cor. 4, cor. not set
wit. cor. an iron pipe Set in ground marked
A. ). 232 Cor. w. g., bears North l7o chs. :
dist. thence meandering Naknek River at or
binary high tide () 5. IL deg. Al min. W..
6l4 chs; % 5. % deg. % min. W. l.b6 chs. !;
10 M. e. Cor. No. l, the place OF beginning
Area AL acres Variation at all corners ~
deg. DO mlns East, IOuklNuue AOi ueb' w
min. w. Latitude % deg. "a min. 10 sec. N.
AS additional to original homestead entry OF
Richard w. Hunt. IL. l.. 29O9 at Springfield
Mo- Dated March 8, 1866.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portiOnOf the above described tract OF land are
required to file with the Register and Receiver
OF the United States Land Office ut Juneau
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under
OATH during the period of publication or With
in thirty days thereafter. or they will be bar
red by the provisions of the Statute.
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY,
by NEWARK l.. BURTON.
It's Attorney in Fact.
First Publication June /. 1916.
Last Publication August IL. 1916.
U. 5. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska. March
81. 1916.
IT Is HEREBY ORDERED that the fore
going notice DO published for the statutory
period Ia the Seward Gateway. newspaper
Of general circulation printed at Seward. Al
aska. the nearest newspaper to said above des-
cribcd claim Or survey.
c. b. WALKER
Register.
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SERIAL NO O27Os


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. Juneau,
Alaska. July 20. 1916.
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD
ENTRY By ASSIGNEE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ENTER.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
NORTH ALASKA SALMON COMPANY. a
corporation organized and existing under the
laws OF the State of California. and whose
post office address is 10 Market Street San
Francisco, California as assignee OF Joseph
r. Harrigan. administrator Of the Estate Of
Kyhrsn Koran, deceased being entitled To the
benefits of section 23O6 of the Revised Statutes
has applied TO make entry of that certain
tract OF land situated on the East side of
kyiChak Bay near Cape SuwOruf. about
miles above the mouth of Nahnek River. in the
District of Alaska. i'm Latitude 5S deg. 80 min.
40 sec. North. and Longitude lj7 deg. 10 maj.
90 sec. West and described as u. 5. Survey
No 9l5, and more particularly as follows. to-
wit:
Beginning at Corner No I Of said survey.
whence u. =. l.. NJ No 9l5 bears ). deg. 80
min. W. 1851 chs. distant. and witness corn
er to said corner No. l bears East los chs.
distant. and from which witness corner Cape
Suworof bears 5. - deg. 5S min. W. n miles
4
Var. p deg 80 min +. 2O.S8 chs 10 corner
No. from which witness corner to said
Corner No . bears north 3S ks. distant
thence North 1925 chs. 20 corner No. 3. from
which witness corner 10 corner No. bears
South 1853 chs. distant thence West 1855 chs.
20 corner No. NJ. c., whence witness corn
er 10 said Corner No. bears East I 40 chs.
distant thence by meanders from true corner
No. NJ. c. along the line Of mean high
water on Kyichak Bay.
$. 80 deg. 90 min. w. 100 chs:
5. 55 deg 90 min. w. $50 chs.
:. 81 deg. IA min. W. $50 chs.
$. 81 deg. % min. W. 4.61 chs. TO Corner
No. 1 NJ. c.. the place Of beginning. contain
ing 2l.93 acres.
"A Additional TO Homestead Entry No. l4I6
made August 20. by kyhran Koran. at lonia.
Michigan Land ONCE, for the 5. y Of 81 Il
of Sec. 80. Township is North. Range 10
West. containing 80 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely said
tract OF land. or any portion thereof are
hereby notified that unless their adverse claims
are filed during the period of publication and
posting or within 30 days thereafter, they
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07
NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION

Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska, will meet as a Board Of
Equalization on the Second Tuesday
Of August august 81 1916, at the
hour of 2 o'clock p. m. and will con-
true in session until the hour of 4
o'clock of said day, and will continue
in session until the Saturday next
following, between the hours Of two
and four o'clock p. m. of each day in
the Town Hall, in said Town, for the
purpose of equalizing assessments on
the Assessment and Tax Roll of the
Town of Seward, for the year Of 1916.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this fifth
day of August, 1916. S-5-St.
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NOTICE OF ADVERTISING OUT
AND DECLARING FORFEITURE
OF INTEREST IN QUARTZ MIN
ING CLAIMS FOR FAILURE TO
PAY ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.
10 j. A. Dou, Il. y. Ray ana NJ. j. con
roy; you anu each OF you, your heirs
executors ana administrators, are
hereby nouned, that, 1, j. b. Slater
vuc vI ,ue owners IN the following
described Quart Gold Mining Claims
situate IA ,ne moose raSs Aiming DIs-
trict, kenai Recording District, Iniru
Division OF the 1erutory of Alaska
and more particularly described Us
follows, neutrality-suspicious. Quartz
Mining Claim, May Flower Quartz
Mining Claim, Blue Rock Quartz
Mining Claim, Fresno Quartz Mining
Claim, Mammoth Quartz Mining
Claim, Meadow Lark Quartz Mining
Claim and Arctic Circle Quartz Min
ing Claim, you above named being in
terested in the above described . Imt4
Mining Claims and each Of them;
That ! have performed an@ caused
to have performed IN sad claims and
each and every enc Of them, ana
have paid for the same, the annual as
sessment work Tor the year lJI5, last
past, amounting to the sum of one
hundred dollars per claim, making the
total amount OF said annual assess.
ment work ON said claims the sum OF
seven hundred dollars all OF which /
have paid, tha, there Is noW due ANA
owing u me aom you, part of said
assessment work thereof; which said
amount became due and payable to me
ON the first day of January, 1916.
You and each of you and each of
your heirs, executors and administrat-
Ors are hereby notified to pay to me
your share of said assessment work
on or before Ninety Days after the
| first publication of this notice, to-wit:
Ninety days after the first day of
| August, 1916 and in case you fail or
refuse so to do, your and each Of your
| interest in above described Mining
/ Claims and each of them will be and
is hereby declared forfeited to me, and
your interests and the whole Thereon
will be then and there terminated.
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and seal this LIST day Of
August, 1916.
J. B. SLATER.
First publication August 1, 1916.
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07

Allies generally; but they forgot en-
tirely what the navy has been doing
ever since the war started. Their
perspective on both future and past
was out Of focus.
After all, the Jutland battle was
uut an incident. 1t was o days work
"a hard day, that sent thousands OK
brave men TO death and filled homes
throughout England with widows and
orphans-but it was merely part ot
the great scheme.
The nayy's really hardest work has
been mne-sweeplng and submarine
hunting, the former comparatively
safe but awfuIly monotonous, the lat
er dangerous and at times thrilling.
In mlne-sweeping the navy has had
the valuable assistance Of the coast
fishermen. AS to submarine hunting
the navy isn't saying much. The
bag" hasn't been announced, but any
blue-jacket would offer it Us his
opinion that the decrease OF the l.
boat menace has been due to other
things besides diplomatic notes from
Washington.
While the British Navy has been
working it has been growing. The
details of its growth are not known
to the writer, and if they were he
wouldn't dare tell. lie believes 1t
has been growing faster than the Ger
man navy. But regardless Of its add
ed units, taking the two nayies Us
they stood at the beginning OF the
war, and allowing for the admitted
losses on both sides, the British Navy,
according to the calculations OF eN
pcrts is relatively more powerful to
day. In battleships and latte
cruisers Of the IreadnaughJ era
Guilt since I9O4-thc ships that real
ly count in modern warfare-Germany
has est 1875 per cen: of her strength
While Tritain has lost GO Of hers. In
light cruisers of the same period
Britains loss has been only j.2 per
cent, while Germany has been weak
ened nearly 40 per cent. In vessels Of
the older type, Britain's relative loss
mas been heavier, chiefly on account Of
the disastrous Dardaneles venture,
and partly because these types being
more easily spared have been assigned
to other dangerous enterprises.
For two years now Britain has sue
cessfully defended her title as mis-
tress Of the seas. The Jutland fight
merely clinched what had already
been accomplished through incessant
watchfulness, day in and day out
combined with q zeal of personnel and
efficiency of material hitherto never
approached in naval history. II the
Allies are victorious in the end, this
will be due to the diligence Of British
seamen as much rs to the prowess Of
British soldiers for without the secur-
ity afforded by her navy, England
would neither have been able to trans
port her soldiers to the firing lines
nor to keep up the ever-increasing
supplies of arms and ammunition
from both England and America to
her troops and those of her Allies.
NrOTICE on MEETING OE BOARD
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07
ENDORSEMENT


We the undersigned. q c0HlHittee baUiRg
Investigated the purpose o. the ReynOldS-AlaSh0
Corporation TO erect u NmcHer on Resurrection
Bay and to dereloD the mineral resources Of
4iaSta recommend it 10 the JuroroJle coHSidera-
ton Of the people Of this and other parts Of
4loSbo: and re hereby pledge our moral md
Financial support to the enterprise:
SIDNEY ANDERSON, Yice-President Bank of Seward,
FRANK L. BALI4AINE. President Seward Water Co.
HUGH DOUGHERTY, Mining 4 Real Estate.
T. w. HAWKINS Merchant.
Derrick LANE, President Primrose Mining Co.
LEO. MARQUES, Merchant.
CHAS A. MYERS, Mayor Of Seward
JOHN NOON, of Brosius & Noon, Lumber & Hardware.
HENRY D. REYNOLDS, President H. D. Reynolds Co..
Founded 1882
DIR. J. II. R6MIG,
DIR. J. Nj. SLOAN.
WILLIAM SAUERS Merchant
CHAS A. TECKLENBERG. Merchant.
WILLIAM D. COPPERNOLL, City Attorney.
JUDGE WILLIAM H. WHITTLESEY,
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07
Still Say British
Won JutIand Fight
United Press Correspondent Declares
British Now See Victory In 1t.
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
BY ED. l.. KEEN

LONDON, August 1.-Britishers
don't appreciate their navy. This
statement goes as much for Arthur
BaIfour as it does for Bill Bowbells.
Both of them are near-sighted. Also
they lack imagination.
Just because Admiral Jellicoe in
his initial dispatch regarding the Jr.-
land fight didn't pin boQuets on him
self and the Grand Fleet, the First
Lord of the Admiralty failed to read
between the lines that the British had
really won the greatest naval battle
since Trafalgar.
But it was all there-and he had
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07


the German wireless report as con
hrmation. After detailing his losses
Jellicoe modestly observed that
the enemy returned to port" The
Germans mad already told the ".
mat on May 81 during an enterprise
directed to the northward" the hIgn
Seas Fleet mad encountered the
enemy, ETC., and that on the following
day it returned lnto our ports"
Instead OF featuring TINS one es-
sential fact, Ballour dolefully EN-
phaslzed the great losses sustained by
the British. England went to bed that
night in u blue funk. The PsythoIog-
zeal gloom was thick. Bill BOwbells
and all his friends were convinced that
Jeincoe and eBatty had gotten the
worst oil it. More important still, the
neutral world had been similarly I'M
pressed German Fleet Beats Brit
Ish,' Germans Win Great Sea Fight
read the headlines in American news
papers over dispatches containing
both the British and German Admir-
atty communiques.
Even if the British losses had been
greater than those of the Germans
which they wern't, according 10 the
belated admissions of the German Ad-
miraItry, news Of the loss Of certain
ships having been Withheld "for mill
tary reason'-it still would have been
a British victory, in the opinion Of
most naval strategists in these parts.
Bill Bowbells isn't much of a strate-
gist, but when he finally gathered that
the Germans had started out on an
enterprise" which they had to aban-
don in the face of the foe, and had
returned limping into their ports, he
opined that perhaps JeIlicoe hadn't
been licked after all. Arthur Balfour,
himself, some days after the fight, in
a public speech brought out quite
strongly this fact.
WHAT a magnificent opportunity for
a real press agent! Why, even a far
~ competent cub reporter could have
written more cheerful communique
without adding to or distoring the
facts at hand.
A possible explanation is that BaG-
four was 50 obsesSed by previous pub
hc criticisms OF the omcal proueneSs
10 withhold unrayorabie news, that
he determined in TINS case to let the
worst be known at once.
Inc untavorable effect upon the
public was immediate. The next day 5
British papers were filled with bitter
comment and gloomy forebodlngs
The navy had already failed properly
to protect the East Coast against
sporadic raids, and now when 1t had
a real chance at the enemy it had sui
fered diaster! There were loud calls
for a clean sweep of the navy admin
stration. Bring back "Jacky" Fish
er! He'll do the job right, etc.
Balfour and Bowbells-oflicialdom,
press and public-in their contempla-
ton Of the really heavy losses sus-
tanned by the British fleet not only
completely lost sight of the result Of
this fight, what it meant for the fut-
ure security of the islands Kingdom
- Ill - II H. I,,,,,,;,n nnL ALn
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will be barred by virtue Of the statute and the
regulations hereunder.
Il Is hereby ordered that this notice be
published for the statutory period OF 60 days
i'm the SEWARD GATEWAY. n newspaper of
general circulation printed at Seward, Alaska,
published nearest the land applied for.
c. b. WALKER,
Register.
First publication August 4, 1916
Last publication Oct. "a. 1916.
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07

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Tray service 25c extra, receives
prompt attention. Slit
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13 for particulars. IL
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-11-03
HOME CLEARED
IF ALL DEBT BY ACTION
Of INSTITUTION FRIENDS
OVER TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS sUBSCRIR.
ED In FEW MINUTES AT ANNUAL MEET
ING OF DIRECTORS AND FRIENDS
GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND INTER-
EST SHOWN AT GATHERING

OVER FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTEND SUCCESSFUL
NUAL DAYS HELD IN HIsToRY-cRoWD FROM ALL OVER rHE
STATE AND FROM OTHER STATES COMES TO eATHER,Nc
LARGER WORK MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS ACTION or
FRIENDS IN SUBSCRIBING TO DEBT-LARGEsT CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM RUSSELL STREET CHRISTIAN cHURcH-pNNER sEpvrn
ON GROUNDS is MOST NOTABLE IN HISTORY
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-11-03
MAURY FARMERS TO
ELECT OFFICERS ON
MONDAY, NV. IS
DELEGATES WILL BE CHOSEN TO
MIDDLE DIVISION OF FARM
ERS' INSTITUTE.
TO-G.I fKLL hiiLkOAD PASSES
Will Be Issued To Those Elected At
Meeting of Maury Association as
Delegates to Farmers institute
Attendance Will be Large.

For the purpose OF electing presi.
dent, vice-president, and secretary, a
special meeting of the Maury County
Farmers Association has been called
for Monday, November -, 1t eleven
O'Clock, III the Court House. The call
for the meeting is signed by ]. N.
Meroney, president of the association.
A feature of the meeting Will be the
election Of delegates to the Middle
Division Of the Farmers Institute to
be held in Nashville On December
l., /, 5. The institute will meet in the
capitol, and interesting and instruc-
tive sessions are expected
Maury county is entitled to ten
Ioys Corn Club deleg ties, twelve
omen delegates to the Home-makers'
Department, and eighty farmers.
County Agricultural Agent @. l.. Far
,i5 will select the ten boys to repre-
sent the county in the corn club, but
the remainder OF the delegates will be
chosen at the meeting of the Maury
County Agricultural Association.
The president Of the association, Mr..
Meroney, has announced that free rail-
road passes will be issued to all reg
ularly selected delegates who go to
the meeting of the state institute. Mr..
Meroney stated that no delegates to
the institute are desired except such
as are deeply enough interested to
attend the institute for the purpose Of
improving farming conditions in
Maury county.
Since the selection of the officers Of
the association and the delegates is Of
vital Importance to the county, efforts
are being made to gather great per-
centage of the members of the asso-
citation in Columbia for the meeting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-11-03
.jsE TICKET ONLY
QUALITIES FOR ne
COUNTY COMMIT Itt
NO PRIMARY IN NOVEMBER WILL
BE HELD BY THE DEMO.
GRATIS OF MAURY.
TINE LIMIT EXPIRED AT NOON
Under Rules Ordering The Election
The Entire List Will be Declared
seIected-Body Will Convene on
Monday, Nov. 13.
Mondays Daily.)

There will be no contest for mem
bers of the county democratic execu.
tive committee to be elected on Tues
day, Nov. z, in the primary heretofore
ordered. There was not but one tick
er qualified in any district of the
county and there will not be in conse-
quence any primary, the rules provid-
ing that where only the number to
which a district is entitled qualify no
election shall be held.
Under the rules of the primary the
present committee will meet at the
Court House at 10 o'clock Monday,
Nov. 13, to canvass the returns and
declare the result. The new commit
zee will meet Immediately thereafter
and organize by the election of a
hartman and secretary.
The time limit for the qualification
of candidates expired at IL o'clock
noon today and only one ticket in each
district had qualified with Secretary
English, who was in the city to re,
ceiye qualifications. The new commit.
tee, whose term begins Monday, Nov.
I3, will be composed Of the following
named:
First district-Gene Pigg, Ben Mul,
Inns.
Second districts. @. Weatherly,
Wingfield Harris.
Third district-Horace M. Polk, ].
A. Grove.
Fourth district-Ninion Evans, W.
W. Pnkston.
Fifth district-W. T. Galloway,
Hicks Richardson.
Sixth district-William J. Maxwell,
Robert Swami.
Seventh district-Hardy Pickard, W.
S. Phillips, James A. English
Eighth district-Henry H. Hill.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures c. Whit
thorne, p Dake Biddle, Ulna H. Fos
ter, Edward P. Turner, Charles p
Hatcher Hugh T. Shelton.
Tenth Observation-Disclosures Akin.
The new committee will be COM
posed of twenty-three members or one
or each 100 votes cast for Woodrow
Wilson four years ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-11-03
TWO RESIDENCES IN
COUNTRY DISTRICTS
DESTROYED By FIRE
DESTRUCTIVE BLAzES OCCURRED
ON SUNDAY AFTERNooN-BoTH
FAMILIES WERE ABSENT.
TOTAL LOSS MORT THAN $4,000
No Insurance On Ante BeIIum Struc-
ture of Allen Matthews-lenited
From GasoIene Iron-$8o0 Insurance
Carried on Place of Fletcher Pulse.

Two residences in the country dis
tricts of the county were completely
destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon
A remarkable coincidence is the fact
that both families we're away from
home at the time the houses burned.
The most complete loss was the res.
idence of Allen Matthews, which was
located eight miles from Columbia on
the Pulaski pike. The house, an old
ante-bellum structure, was totally con-
sumed by the flames, and there was no
insurance on the property. The fam
lily was away from home at the time
of the fire, four o'clock; all the furni-
ture was consumed by the flames The
loss was more than $4,000. 1t is
thought that the fire originated from
a gasolene iron Only the day before
Mr.. Matthews had carried into the
house ten bushels of good clover seed,
which was worth more than $40 a
bushel.
The second residence to burn was
that of Fletcher Pulse, on the old Wat
kins Fleming place, near Cross Bridges
The loss was more than $4,000; only
$500 was carried in insurance. Here
also, the family was away from home;
no furniture was saved. This fire
occurred late Sunday afternoon.