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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-07-28
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Liberal Boosters

of entertainment during the 30 min
utes Of their stay. William Gamble
welcomed the visitors in behalf of
the city and one of the boosters re-
sponded in a neat speech and ended
by presenting gigantic key Of the
city Of Liberal for the Fair. They
left for Beaver at II o'clock.-La-
Kemp Citizen.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-07-28

The Liberal Boosters were here
Tuesday on their second annual trip.
1t required twenty-seven cars to car
ry the boosters. They had the Liber-
al band, glee club and cinnamon
bear to help entertain the crowds at
the different stops. The object Of
trip was to advertise their Chautau-
qua, beginning August 4th, the
Southwest Fair which opens Septem-
Der 18th, and Liberal in general. The
business firms represented distribut-
ed various kinds of advertising novel
ties.-Tyrone Observer.
When 1t comes to boosting, we
take off our hats to the Liberal
bunch of boosters who blew into
Hooker Tuesday. There were about
thirty cars loaded down with the big
gest bunch of BEST Boosters" that
ever started on boosting trip west
of the Tooth meridian. And besides
being boosters they were an all
round bunch of good fellows. When
they came into Hooker they unload
ed on Main street, and then their
band played a few bits of music,
showed off their mascot, which, by
the way, is sure enough barr"
While the bunch were leaving town,
one Of the farmers from the north Of
town tried to run down an automo-
bile with Ford and came out Sec
ond best, as the boosters car won
all the rounds and didn't half try
Hooker Advance.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-07-28

Thirty-five cars, containing some
ITO Liberal business men, visited
Beaver Wednesday on their annual
Booster trip. They had a band along,
and distributed couvenirs by the hun
dreds. Our people gave them a
warm welcome and invite them back
at any time they wish to come
Beaver Herald.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

the fish. The streams in August are in many places clogged with dead and dying fish that have strug- gled out on the shallows to die.
 ments in the methods of preparing the pack and of making the fin ished product better food for the millions who have the pleasure of the delicious product of the northern waters. One of the latest is the sanitary can, which is a great i'm. provemcnt in the method of solder ing it, removing the difficulty of
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

;tinct comes over it nothing else governs. Ii seeks the fresh waters performed. and at the fOo; of i'm passable falls may be seeI hundreds of fish, battCring thtmse!veS tG ieath ill q vain endcavor 10 ascend to the spawning grounds above.
 After the reproductive act is per formed thousands drift down the stream to death. and it has been presumed that all the salmon die after they haze spawned. This is another theory that admits Of doubt. although true of q great number of
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situated in Southeastern Alaska. The next largest item is the halibut fish cry, which has a valuation of $2,- 744,055, all of which is situated in the southeastern part of the Terri tory.
 The magnitude of the industry may perhaps ue more appreciated by the knowledge of the fact that there are over 54 million salmon taken in Alaskan waters each year, or more than half as many fish as there are people in the United States, and the weight of the pro,
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San Francisco and ,atc- to Astoria and to Seattle. At first tie people of tho East, wit, the egcticm of those who do not know, stated ;hat the water of the Pacific Ocean Was not salt enough to produce q good quality of codfish, and that the At lantic cod waj far superior. After they had eaten the Pacific cod for years without knowing tke differ ence their opinions changed and to- Banks is sold alongside that from Cape Cod, the famous Cape Cod fish stories to the contrary not-with- standing. The returns from this part of the fishery crc about half Inillion dollars a year. Twenty-three schooncrs take their fares from the waters of the banks along the Aleu- tian Islands. in Boring Sea, and eff the Shum:gin Islands. On the Shu- magin. and others of the western islands. are shore stations from which great part of the fishing is carried on. More than six hun dred men find employment there. and over 15 million fish are brought in from the waters.
 While the whale fishery has la mentally declined, from the days when the towns of New England sent nearly 300 ships into Alaskan waters, and the smoke of the oil pots was seen all over the ocean from Kodiak to Hcrschel Island, the industry yet yields about $300,00O of products. and while mostly con- ducted from shore stations. at pres ent, ships still visit the Arctic in search of the bowhead and others of the species.
 The picturesqueneSs of Alaskan waters has lost much by the killing at the shore stations. Along the regular routes. in former days, was seen the feathcry plume of the blow" of the whale. and to see twenty or more on a voyage was not unusual but today, the sight of one is rarity. There are as many as six hundred of the great man. mals yet taken in a year of pros perity. They comprise the sperm, sulphur bottom, finback, humpback, and other varieties. In former years. the Kodiak waters were the greatest grounds in the world for the kind known as the Right whale.
 In recent years quite a trade has sprung up in the export of the many kinds of delicious shellfish, for which the northern waters are noted. Crabs, of the finest, clans, of quality unexcelled, shrimps, so large that people are almost afraid of them, are among the products of these waters. The black cod Is be-
 coming justly esteemed, and, in
 place of being thrown overheard and
 wasted by the hLlibut fishermen, is
 kept and sent to tho market, where
 its rich flesh Is adding another to the sources of food supply. Tho
 Dolly Warden Trout Is also being (Continued on Page Ten.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

CROM THE decks of steamer, in
 the bays Of Alaska, may be seen
 the gleam Of the silver salmon a slight hint oc the wealth of life that lies below the surface In ;hc Fishes of Alaska" b. Evermanr and Jordan. published Ly thc Unite, States Fisheries Commission, there are listed no leGs than iSS kinds of fish found in these waters. for the North is the great storehOuse of the food fishes and Alaska is not behind Norway. Scotland, or the Eew Foundland Banks. in her finny hordes. destined to be the food Of mankind.
 There is no ra-er sport. in the keen air Of the northern morning. when every sense is alive. 10 the joy of forty-pound king salmon on the troll. They may be taken from Seattle to Skagway, yet there are few who know the joy of the game
 
 confined to the commercial fisher men, but in Norway the greater part of the salmon are taken by wealthy Englishmen, who go far to enjoy the pleasure, then pay high prices for the leases Of the fishing grounds. while in Maine the land locked salmon. about the only kind left in her waters. is esteemed high ly among her assets in the sports mans field.
 Off the shores of Forester Island. about Cape Ommaney. near Cape Caamano. around Wrangell and in other places during the fishing sea- son. a fleet of power boats are bus lily employed in catching the great king salmon. Some fish of this var iety weighing 100 pounds have been caught. The greatest salmon fishing grounds Is along the shores of For rester Island. west of Prince of Wales Island. where this dcnizen of the deep is found in great abundance As many as four or five hundred boats may be seen plying their trade in this vicinity and the whole catch of the season, for the district, amounts to a total of over 275,OOO fish. For these the fishermen get as high as a dollar each for the larger fish, which are of two kinds, the red and the white king
 The reds are much the more val uable, on account of their rich col bring which adds to their attractive ness, when repared for the mar ket in that form known as mild cured salmon. This process is g re- cent mode Of preparing the fish, and the market for this particular pro- duct has been largely in Europe, so the demand has fluctuated on ac, over 2.000 men. The boats and ap. paratus used in fishing are valued at over three quarters of million dollars. and the output is worth over $30O,000 per year.
 The salmon of Alaska arc caught in over 250 traps. more than 2.O0O gill nets aggregating nearly 300.O00 fathoms in length, more than 200 purse seines. and over 100 haul seines. The product Is prepared in more than so canneries. 15 salteries and IT mild cure establishments 8 while the fleet of boats amounts tc over fifty sailing vessels, many oi them full rigged ships. nearly 25C power boats. over 800 launches over six hundred lighters. scows etc, and over $500 small boats sai and roMhnata This vast fleet iI
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and another at Unalaska. This does not show a net increase of that number, as two of the old canneries were destroyed by fire during the year.
 Daring 1914 the investment in the fisheries of Alaska was $37,O3S,- G32, and 2l,000 men were employed, more thar half the number of the population credited to the Territory by the census of 1910. By far the greater part of the investment Is in the salmon canning and the value of this branch of the industry is $30,S30,435, of which $11.743,329 is
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

closing the vent after cooking. and also retaining more of the rich oils Of the fish in the process of cook ing. Nearly all the canneries are now employing this new process Of making and closing the cans.
 The season Of 1915 was the great est year of the salmon fishery in Alaska. Nearly four and one-half million cases were prepared against the highest production Of 4.056.G53 cases in 1?li. the next greatest year ill the history of tic industry.
 The value oC the pack for the Tcar was also the highest on record,
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

reaching nearly twenty million dol! lars. It constituted about half of the whole salmon pack of the world, the total being a little less than forty million dollars. The increase over 1914 was marked beth in val. ue and in quantity. The expecta- tion for the present season is that it will still raise the record. and several new canneries are being constructed, in anticipation of doing so. There are three additional can. neries at Ketchikan, one at Aux Bay, one at Katalla, one at Cordova
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(Continued on Page Ten.)
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. P.
I. Colgrove, President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

fence and highest reputation and have
been selected on account of their
ability to handle the subjects assign
ed to them. The list includes, aside
from the Office of Public Roads,
Washington, ID. c., and the Michigan
State Highway Department, Highway
Commissioners, County Road En-
gineers and members of the faculty
of the University of Michigan.
Conditions of Admission
The course will be open to all high
way commissioners, engineers and
others interested in road construction
and maintenance. There will be no
charges of any kind made by the
University. Machinery and mater
ials salesman are welcomed as stud
ents, but owing to the lack of time
and to insure the same favorable OPP
portunity for free and open discus
sion that is enjoyed in the ordinary
courses of study at the University it
was not thought advisable that lee
lures or exhibits Of their respective
products be invited.
Registration
Registration will be held on Mon
day morning in Room PA of the New
Engineering Building. All persons
InuSI TeRlSIcI DtlOIc Iity VIII DC per
mitted to enter the course.
Rooms and Board
Through an arrangement with the
Michigan Union, we are able to an
nounce that rooms at various room
ing houses about the campus can be
secured at a cost of about $500 per
week. Persons desiring these rooms
should come direct to New Engineer
ing Building, Room PA, where after
registration every assistance possible
will be given them in securing these
rooms. Board can be secured from
the various restaurants and eating
places about the campus at a cost
ranging from 25c per meal up. There
are five hotels located down town, a
distance of about one-half mile from
the campus, where rooms can be OBJ
tanned for those who so desire. The
prices for rooms at these hotels are
from $1.00 to $3.50 per day.
Mail and kilograms
All mail and prepaid kilograms re-
ceived while the course is in session
should be addressed to Room PA Of
the New Engineering Building. Uni
They will then be delivered to the
person addressed.
Notice
In order to carry out the program
as printed it is necessary that those
in attendance should be in their seats
at the time of opening of the session.
The class work, papers and lectures
will be given in Room 348 of the New
Engineering Building. Laboratory in
struction will be given in the High
way Laboratory, Room 101 of the
New Engineering Building, and in the
Bituminous Materials Laboratory,
Room 49, of the Chemistry Building.
A full program of the weeks meet
ings will be seen at the Banner Office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26
Treatment for Roup

| have some hens whose heads are
swollen. There is also a watery froth
in their eyes, but they do not seem
to be sick. | would like TO know what
it is. u. U +.
Your chickens show symptoms of
roup. which is very common diease
which attacks poultry at this time OF
the year.
Roup, or contagious catarrh, as it is
sometimes called, shows itself in the
fall when the chickens are housed and
when hand feeding is used almost en-
tirely. Therefore, at this time of the
year chickens do not get the usual
amount of exercise, are affected by
dampness and lack of ventilation of
coops, and are often fed table scraps
or mashes which become easily con-
taminated.
The symptoms of this disease vary
considerably, but the most common
ones are swelling of the head, dis
charges from the eyes and sometimes
from the nese, and inflammation Of
the mouth, in which sometimes cank-
ers and false membranes are formed.
In advanced stages of the disease the
chicken becomes drowsy and listless
and loses weight. There may be some
slight attacks in which only the eyes
or the mouth are affected, the bird
otherwise being apparently healthy.
The essential treatment for this
trouble is to rectify the conditions
which are likely to cause it. Make
sure that the coop is dry and has
plenty of ventilation without drafts.
Roup is not often found where the
hens are housed in the open front
type coop. Also make sure that the
food and water are fresh and clean.
Any bird which shows symptoms Of
the disease should be isolated from
the rest, and all dead birds either
burned or buried deeply. 1t is also
good thing to thoroughly disinfect the
house and yards if the chickens are
kept yarded, by removing all rubbish
and litter and spraying with "a good
coal tar disinfectant.
The use of potassium permanga--
nate in the drinking water is also OF
great value. A saturate solution. is
made by dissolving as much of this
substance as the water will take up.
In using the solution in the drinking
water, from one to two teaspoonsfuls
should be added TO ten quarts OF
water.
Many think it is not advisable to
treat fowls which have this diease,
as the birds, while apparently cured,
very often retain the disease in chron-
is form and are generally the means
of spearding it to the healthy ones IN
the flock. The sanitary methods sug-
gested above are the chief ones nee
essary to satisfactorily control this
disease.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26
AVOID MISTAKES
No Need for Bedding People to Ex-
pertinent with Such Convinc-
ing Evidence at Hand

There are many well-advertised
ney remedies on the market today,
but none so well-recommended in this
vicinity as Doan's Kidney Pills Read
the statement of a resident of Ionia.
l. Buck, 1888 +. Main ST., Ionia,
Mich, says: 81 have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills off and on for years and
they have always brought me relief.
/ first took this medicine for long
standing case of kidney complaint.
The kidney secretions were unnatural
and my back was weak and painful.
| was unable to get anything that
would help me until i began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They freed me
from the trouble"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Buck had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26
Y. M. c. A. NOTES

. Twenty-Five Y. M. c. A. Bible
groups now meeting in the county.
This is the most we have ever had
since organizing in 1912,
+. s. Goodman of New YORK, inter-
national Y. M. c. A. secretary of the
religious work department, will adj
dress the leaders of the Y. NJ. C.. A.
groups in their regular meeting at
lonia February 1918. Male teachers
OF all Sunday school classes are cor
daily invited to attend this important
meeting.
Nearly 900 men and boys well hear
A. +. Roberts at the Father and Son
banquet in Ionia Monday evening
January "a, 1916, in the Masonic ban.
quet hall at TOO p. m.
c. l.. Rowe, state secretary of Y
M. G. A. county work is perfectinp
organizations in Huron, Lapeer and
st. Clair counties.
Lake Odessa has Y. M. C. A. groups
different from any other in the conn
ty in that they require no leader. but
lead themselves. 1t is composed OF
upper class men.
F. S. Bailey's Y. M. c.. A. grour
play basketball with Mcbride here
Friday evening, January %. Mr.
Bailey's group is meeting regularly
for Bible study and all around devei.
opment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26

According to DR.. E. X. Smith. Of
Boston, girl babies, rather than boys,
are likely to be born to parents hav-
ing comparatively great vitality. The
number of boy babies born following
a great war exceeds the number OF
girl babies, he believes, because of the
weakened and underfed condition of
the parents at that time.
George Moriarty, a Washington in
ventor, claims to have discovered a
method for successfully using water
as fuel in internal combustion en-
gines. His idea is to separate the
elements which go to make up water
and then explode them by means OF
compression in cylinders, using a
spark coil to ignite the gases. He
says he has developed nearly 90 horse
power with the water fuel and that
the cost is loss than two cents per gal
lon
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26
Fertilizers for Asparagus

A study of the reported yields and
observations at the asparagus expert
ment station at Concord, indicates
that nitrate of soda used up to the
rate of 466 pounds per acre proved
beneficial when used either in combin-
alton with acid phosphate and muri-
ate of potash or with stable manure.
Larger applications of nitrate of soda
have been applied according to three
distinct plans, namely, all applied in
early spring; one-half applied in early
spring and the balance at the close
of the cutting season; and all at the
close of the cutting season. The varia-
ton in the season of application gave
no well defined difference in yield,
but the amount of rust has appeared
to be less with the larger applications
applied at least in part after the cut
ting season. Nitrate of soda applied
in such liberal quantities as TO pro-
mote a continuous, vigorous growth
| of the plant after the close of the
cutting season seems to increase the
capacity of the plants to resist rust
A number Of different materials
were used as the source of potash
but plat receiving kainit showed the
least amount of rust. II is suggested
that this may have been due TO the
fact that the kainit plat was located
at the greatest distance from the
chief source of rust infection.
Acid phosphate used in combination
with nitrate of soda and muriate Of
potash gave considerable increase
in crop, the maximum increase being
secured with 1887 pounds of acid
phosphate per acre. Muriate of pot
ash used in combination likewise in
creased in the quantity of muriate
above the rate of 260 pounds pei
acre gave no further beneft.-Am
Agri.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26

CONSUL TING DEPARTMENT
Selecting Breeders

Vitality-that's the thing to seek in
selecting individuals for the poultry
breeding flock, because lack of it in
the parent stock is one of the great
causes of loss in poultry raising.
Marks of strong vitality: A head
that is short, broad. deep, compact;
an eye that is bright, full, clear,
round, prominent; beak that is short,
broad, well-curved; comb and wat
ties that are well developed and fiery
red; body that is well jointed, COM
pact, stout; back long and broad;
breast deep, broad, thickly fleshed,
with a keel running well back; capac-
ity large, especially in a hen which
needs room to develop a digestive and
reproductive system capable of manu-
featuring many eggs. A strong bird
generally stands with shanks square
ly under its body and wide apart at
the knee joints. It's toe nails are US
ually worn broad and fiat across the
point, evidencing great activity.
The marks of low vitality are the
opposite of those of strength. The
head is long, fiat, sunken, narrow; the
eye is small and dull; the comb and
wattles poorly developed or pale. The
body is often loosely jointed, with
knee joints close together. The breast
is narrow, shallow and poorly fieshed
Long, pointed toe nails indicate less
activity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26

Planting the Orchard
Apples, pears, and peaches all do
pretty well upon the same soil. Fruit
growers generally set out their or
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-26
F A r M A III d
O r CHI A n ID


chards according to the following
plan: Apple trees are planted 36 feet
apart, peaches between or Is feet
apart, each apple tree except at
the diagonals, where a pear tree is
set.
The short-lived peach trees bear
their five or six crops and are remov-
ed when the pear trees begin to pro-
duce fruit. When the apple trees ar
rive at maturity the pear trees have
outlived their usefulness.
Some good farmers still further
economic space by planting rows of
blackberries or raspberries between
the trees and then set Strawberries
between the rows of caness One OF
the boasts of a successful fruit grow
ers that he utilized ali the space al
his command at all times.