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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
Anc;en. Britons' Sweet Tooth.


 Mention of the German custom of eating a compete of wild strawberries with roast pork reminds us that our ancestors in England had decidedly sweeter tooth than we have. In Tudor times it was the general practice to pour honey over the meat. and. indeed, honey or sugar was used in so many dishes (to say nothing of being min gled with the wine) that 1t is on record that the teeth of most people were black in consequence. Most of our an- cestors' dishes would be too rich for us today. for surely even the most accom- plished diner out would shrink from oysters stewed in wine, pigeons stun ed with gooseberries. grapes boiled In butter and mutton stuffed with oysters. Tt-Bits.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

Cable advices were received this morning iron, Seattle stating that Capt. Nolan, who is en route north to succeed Lieut. Dougherty as chief of the U. s. military cable and tele- graph lines in this section, is i'll in Seattle and may he delayed few days in reaching Valdez.
 Lieut.. c. A. Dougherty, who has been in charge of the U. s. military cable and telegraph system on this division for two years will leave for the States on one of the first steam CTS. He will sever his connection with the Signal Corps on February 6. and hds been detailed to the Eighth cavalry, now stationed at Ell Paso, Texas.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916
NO, MISTER REDFIELD!

AAA getting from under the territorial tax by having the law repealed, as re- commended by Secretary Redfield, it will be surprising.
 The salmon trust operating in Alaska has always been able to get pretty near anything 1t wants through its Washington lobby.
 Between cheap labor, the company supply system, gambling games oper- ated by sharks in cahoots with the labor contractor, moral degeneracy among the employees and wholesale slaughter of fish, by use of traps, Alaska's canned salmon industry smells to high heaven.
 It is the chief industry of the territory.
 In good seasons, some canneries have returned fifty per cent on the original investment in one year.
 It is the most profitable canning industry in the world in spite of the trusts claim of losses.
 It Is also the most ruthlessly han dled industry outside the war zone.
 The profits have been so great that the cannery owners are running hog wild in their madness for more.
 Efforts to curb the waste of fish and insure the supply through hatcheries and by allowing a certain percentage of the fish to ascend the rivers to spawning grounds have been a fzzle.
 For a time it looked as though the Alaska legislature would be able, through the organic act, to make the canneries pay little toward the up- keep of the territorial government in return for footing the waters. The courts upheld the law and the can nerymen will probably take the case all the way to the supreme court and in about seven years that august body will hand down decision.
 Fearing that aforesaid august body might hearken to the demands of the people as expressed through the legislature, the fish trust mag mates announced that if the tax was 1pheld-
 That the money would be taken from the pockets of consumers who buy and eat canned salmon. Disgorge any of their enormous profits?
 Never!
 So, with the threat that the tax '; would Wake it necessary to raise the price of fish, they went to Washing ton and hoodwinked Secretary Red field into recommending the repeal of the tax law.
 Every man ill Alaska ought to send a protest to Washington against . the repeal. Alaska is well able to take care of herself in handling the fish trust if given chance. It would put an end to all the veils before men, toned in quick order. . The Seward Chamber of Commerce went on record as against the repeal of the law giving Alaska the right to tax canned salmon last night, and 1t , Is to be hoped that every other civic organization in Alaska will do like wise.-Seward Post.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
Very Unkind.

Ladies and gentlemen" said the manager before the curtain. Tt is my unpleasant duty to inform you that NIT. Dust. the star comedian, owing to ill., ness. will not be able to appear to- night. His system has had a very se- were shock. and he Is suffering from nervous prostration."
 "Wot's the matter7'' shouted . voice from the gallery. Did yer pay him in advance eY'-LOnd0n Mail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
FEAR-BAHi
We'll, what of 1t?

We'll, what of 1t?
 An old-fashioned preacher stood in the pulpit of an old-fashioned church some years ago and preached a ser mon which was spoken of for years 1fterward by those who heard 1t as the "Well, What of It?" sermon.
 And anxious men sat in the church and listened-and the deep lines of
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

care that furrowed their faces were smoothed out and almost disappear ed-for time. And tired women, worn with much service and little rest, lifted up their heads and took heart of grace.
 And half-grown children wriggling in their tiresome places in the family pew opened their eyes and sat still and harkened-for the sermon car ried. for once, a message even they were glad to hear. And yet, it was simple sermon simply spoken-about simple every day things.
 But the burden of it-ah, that was the secret of it's power. "Fear,". said the preacher. "You who tremble at footstep in the dark-what is it that you fear? My little son called me last night from his room and said he was afraid and asked me to come and sit by him, and I asked him what it was he fear ed-and he could not tell me. "A foolish child? Perhaps.
 But he suffered-just as you sit there in the pew before me now suf- fering when you awoke early this morning and began to fear.
 What?
 "You know not-failure, perhaps the loss of money-pOverty.
 "And you-across the aisle, you Ifear-what?
 "Illness, sorrow, the loss of one who is dear to you--a vague some thing that may bring you grief.
 Even you, there in the seat be- side your mother-what should you have to worry overland yet, you worry-don't you? About what? "Examinations-the right question at the wrong time-failure to get on the ball team, the dollar you lent to your classmate-what if he shouldn't pay it back?
 Money, poverty, illness,--even |death-well, after all, what of it?
 What of any of these things?
 "You who tremble in darkened room at the creak of board on the |stairs-what if he comes and kills lyou-the assassin you imagine what of it?
 "You must die sotae time. and such death is soon over--is it worth while lying awake and worry ing about?
 "Poverty-is that such a terrible thing when it really comes? "Others have borne it--are you less than the least of these? "Illness-the loss of those you sorrows these, and ones to scar the heart-hut they are the common lot of all, and time is kind and heals all wounds.
 Don't shrink from trouble-meet it. whatever it is, upon the open road, and say In your heart when you see it coming, Well, what of |it?," All this he said on that drowsy Sunday morning, many years ago. the old-fashioned preacher. All this and much, very much mora
 And every man and every woman who heard it, went out of that church with high heart of courage and a |resolute esoul.-Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
REPORT DESCRIBES HERRING INDUSTRY
Governor Strong Believes that Her. ring of Alaska are Equal to
 those of Norway or Scotland.

Governor Strong has recommend ed that the Alaska Oil & Guano CT m- pany, operating a plant at Killisnoo, be forced to discontinue its waste of herring by using that food fisli for the manufacture of fertilizer. l.. his annual report the governor describes the herring industry as follows:
 The herring is one of the most nu- merous of the marine fishes of Alas ka. At various times drought the year numerous schools of herrin. may 1e observed in the waters along the coast, particularly in the waters of Southeastern Alaska. An extensive fishery has been developed, but it ia by no means of the proportions pos sible, considering the quantities ot fish available. It is true that at some seasons of the year complaint is l.eard from the halibut fishermen, who use herring for bait, that there is pro- found scarcity of herring and that the supply is diminishing gradually; this however, is not the real situatiu' as the runs of herring are practically as large as ever in the past. It is true that it is sometimes difficult for the halibut fishermen to get fresh her ring for bait, in which event they are forced to resort either to saftej or frozen herring. The salted herring are inferior for use as halibu. bait but the frozen herring ere practically as good as the fresh article. The cold storage plants handling halibut :su- ally freeze large quantities of herring for sale to the halibut fishermen. dur ing the periods when it is rather diff ficult for them to obtain sufficient supply of fresh herring. The price us- ually charged by the cold storage companies is reasonable. so that the halibut fishermen are not often 1orc- ed to use pickled herring for :n,at. For food purposes the herring of Alaska are practically the equal of Norway or of Scotch herring.
 The industry, however, has not been developed to it's fullest possible extent, and the cause has heretofore been due to the indifference display ed by those in the industry as it, the method of preparing the fish.
 The situation in the last year or two has improved, and it is hoped that before long the herring fishery of Alaska will be developed on much more extensive lines. The cost of preparing pickled herring in Alaska has been rather high as compared with the price which the produc: has brought. The fish are caught chiefly in purse seines, which means that all sizes are landed. Considerable labor is necessary in sorting out the sn:; Her which which are less desirable for market purposes although they are suitable for use az halibut bait. If more of the herring could be taken in gill nets of proper size only the large fish woh-> caught and there would be less labor involved in pre- pairing the catch for market. There has been much. waste in small herring at times, after the larger ones have been culled out of the purse seine catch and prepared for market use. Conditions, however, in this respect. are now much better than formerly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
Assistant District Attorney Munley I'll

Assistant District Attorney Munley I'll
 The Cook Inlet Pioneer in it's is- sue of January 22 reports that Assis- .ant District Attorney w. Munley mad ,een very i'll from la grippe. His many valdes friends will be pleased Q learn that later issues of the Pio- 1eer state that is on the mend and Is able to attend to his official duties
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
Terro,.s.

TerrorS.
 Bug originally meant goblin. The Welsh word bug signifies ghost. The Hebrew word. which in Psalm xci. 5. is represented, by terror. was in the early translations rendered bug. the verse reading. "'Thou shalt not need to be afraid of any bugs by night"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
Pessimistic.

Pessimistic. 'I paid the butchers bill in full to- day: dearfe." said the tady or the house.
 "No wonder the steak is tough. grumbled her husband. You've got to keep those fellows guessing If you want to get good neat -"-Buffaio News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
CHANGE TONIGHT
 AT THE LIBERTY

A well arranged change of pro- gram at the Liberty Theatre tonight.
 \ good show. Warm and comfort
 able and good pictures is the Liber- tvs aim.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
Sincerely WronQ.

The most dangerous people in the world are the people who are sincerely wrong. Conscience Is like comr'ass and needs continual readjustment
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

Think not that thy word and thine alone must be right ophocles.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

Nugget jewelry made to order at the Walden Drug Co.,. by c. O.. Reinke. 6
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01
His Feat.

"Did you hear about that deaf mute at the wagon factory
 'NO.~
 He picked up U wheel and spoke"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers, Bakers. Percolators and Vacuum Cleaners arrived on the last boat for the Emporium. H
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

Ham, the funmaker, in a good com
 edy at the Empress. Change of pie lures tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-01

Andy Marovich, proprietor of Lou ie's Cafe, which was destroyed by fire last week, has announced that he will be back in business at the old stand before many weeks have passed. He is a popular caterer and is sure to hold his old friends and get his share of the new business which will come to Valdez next summer as a result of the mining activity in this district.
 Jeff Devinney and Al. l.. Hendrick- son left this morning for the Three In-One mine at .-.oup bay. They are hopeful that their camp, which has not been visited }since the big storm last week, escaped damage as 1t Is in a place which Iis sheltered from the storms.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
DIVORCE CASES ON THE
INCREASE IN DAVIESS
The Greensboro Inquirer says:

The Greensboro Inquirer says:
The last five years have seen an
increase in the number Of divorce
cases heard in Daviess county courts.
Every year larger proportion of the
court docket has been given over to
the divorce proceedings, and if the
suits of the uncongenial keep COM
ing in as they have for the last week
or so, the February term of Court
court will mark still greater in
crease.
During the last ten days actions
for divorce have been on an average
of more than one day, while IS
new cases have been filed in the last
three weeks. Abandonment, drunk
enness and cruelty art the principal
charges made in the complaints.
From present indications, Judge
Slack will have to consider at least
so actions for divorce during the
February term.
To-day Mrs. Mamie Bruce began
suit for divorce against her husband,
John Bruce. The complaint says
that they were married in Mclean
county January 2, 1885. After liv-
ing together for 80 years and rear
ing six children, five of them over 81
years old, domestic difficulties pre-
scented themselves and the couple
separated a short time ago. Mrs.
Bruce asks for the custody of the
youngest child, ten years old, and
also asks to be given title to two lots
in the Mechanicsville addition.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
ADVERTISE IN LOCAL
PAPER, SAYS SPEAKER

Pittsburg, Penn, Feb. S.-"Ad-
vertise," was the keynote of an adj
dress by President Matthias Ludlow,
of Newark, n. j., at the opening ses-
sion of the fifteenth annual conyen-
tion of the Pennsylvania and Allan
tic Seaboard Hardware Mems Asso-
citation, here to-day.
Advertise! The local field is
yours" said President Ludlow. "An
advertisement in your local paper
will carry your message into hun
dreds of homes" Let the people
know what you have for sale. This
can only be done by advertising
You do not count for much unless
people know about you. Advertise"
Five hundred delegates from
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and New York are present.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
KENTUCKY-BRED HORSE
FOR EMPEROR OF JAPAN

Lexington, KY, Feb. 12.-Mont-
gomery Rex, Kentucky-bred horse,
foaled at Pisgah, near here, and be-
longing to Charles r. Hadley, of Los
Angeles, has been selected as one of
two animals to be presented to Elm.
peror Yoshihito of Japan by the Jap
anese Association of America, ac-
cording to word received here to-
day.
After many months search DR..
Fushichi Morioka, special represen-
tative of the association, decided
that Montgomery Rex was a suitable
mount for His Majesty and the horse
was purchased at princely figure
and is now on its way to San Fran
cisco preparatory to shipment to
Japan, where it will be presented,
with another stallion, to the Emper-
or as coronation present from his
subjects in the United States. Mont
gemery Rex is fifteen and one-half
hands high and of almost perfect
conformation.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
HANS RUDELY SURPRISED
BY THE TURN OF AFFAIRS

Windsor, Ont, Feb. 12.-Speak-
ing in broken English and with an
undoubted Teutonic accent, a man
giving his name as Hans Schmidt,
and his home as Toledo Ohio, land
ed in Windsor to-day with the avow-
ed intention of allying himself with
forces of the Kaiser, which he had
heard were being modified here.
Schmidt contided to Government
officials at the ferry dock that he was
looking for the German recruiting
Office and he seemed much surprised
when he was turned over to the mil
itary guard and hustled Off to the
armory to be held until he can be
transferred to an interior city, where
he will be interned until the end of
the war.
Schmidt informed the authorities
that he loved the Kaiser" and he
supposed the recruiting posters were
put up in behalf of the Fatherland.
He said he had no idea that he was
in Canada.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
NEW ARTIFICIAL FINGERS
CONTROLLED BY WIRES

Berlin. Feb. 12.-At the conven-
ton of the German Orthopedic So
ciety, which is in session here, many
inventions of methods for repairing
the wastes of war have been exhib-
tied or discussed.
DR.. Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Pro-
fessor of Surgery at Zurich Universe
ty, showed the delegates an artificial
hand which was able to grasp OBJ
jects of all forms and to lift weights
up to 32 pounds.
An entirely novel feature of the
hand is that 1t and the fingers are
controlled by muscular action in the
upper arm, which Is prepared for
such work by two operations.
The muscular power afterward is
transmitted to the hand through a
system of wires and pulleys. to
which all the fingers respond.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
ASKS TO BE HUNG AFTER
SHOOTING SWEETHEART

Murphreesboro, ILL.,, Feb. ia
Build a scaffold out there in the
courtyard and break my neck this
afternoon said George Smothers,
of this city. to Sheriff White this af-
ternoon, after he had shot and prob
ably fatally injured his sweetheart,
Goldie Barker.
Smothers shot the girl two times.
one bullet from a 3S-caliber revolver
entering her abdomen, and another
striking their engagement ring on
her hand and glancing off. Smothers
dragged the woman from the side
walk into the middle of the street
before shooting her. After firing the
shots he ran, but was captured.
Miss Barker said she could give
no reason for the shooting.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
HAMLETT'S WIFE HAS
FILED SUIT FOR DIVORCE

Elizabethtown, KY, Feb. IL
Suit for divorce was filed in the Har-
din Circuit Court last night by Mrs.
Daisy Hamlet against Barksdale
Hamlet, former State Superintend-
ent of Public instruction, and now
contesting the election of J. b. Lewis
for Secretary of State.
In her petition Mrs. Hamlet
charges cruel and inhuman treat
ment extending over a period of a
year and asks the custody of their
three children and $4,000 alimony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamlet We're mar
ried in this county in 1899. Mrs.
Hamlet was Miss Daisy Crume, of
this county, and has been here with
her parents for some time.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
HARTFORD KY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1e, 1916.

intimated that the President may
have in mind appointing Secretary
of the Interior Lane to be Secretary
of War. Others insisted, however.
that the Presidents mind is open,
and that he has no thought of maxi
ing haste in filling this position.
Doubt was expressed that the
South would be looked to to furnish
the next Secretary of War. 1t is
pointed out that Southerners are
now in control of most of the i'm
portant committees in Congress. and
that for political reasons it might be
regarded as expedient to select an
Eastern, Northern or Middle West
ern Democrat for the vacancy in the
Cabinet,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
HUNDRED BILLS
ARE ON THE WAY
Many Measures Have
Passed the House.
THE TAX LAW SEEMS DOOMED
For Present SesSiOn-Chairman
Is Unable To Get His Com.
mittee Together.
TALK OF AN EXTRA SESSION

Frankfort, KY, Feb. Estate
wide prohibition being shelved, it is
believed that during the remaining
twenty-five days of the present ses-
sion the wheels of legislation will
grind rapidly. A hundred or more
measures are in the orders of the
day in the House, and if something
unforeseen does not occur to distract
the attention of the members, these
bills can be desposed of in compare
lively short order. With the eXcep-
ton of the Grove measure, seeking
to place telephone, telegraph, express
and steamboat companies under the
supervision of the State Railroad
Commission, practically all the Ad-
ministration bills introduced to date
have passed the lower branch of the
General Assembly. 1t is probable
that the Grove bill will be acted up
on this week.
All hope for the enactment of q
comprehensive tax law during the
present session has been abandoned.
work of drafting a tax bill not hav-
ing been even started. William A.
Perry, of Louisville, chairman of the
House Committee on Revenue and
Taxation, has been unable to get his
committee together to work on such
bill as yet, many of the committee
men having been occupied by other
matters that have consumed all their
time. As result there is persistent
talk of an extra session, for the con-
sideration of a revenue measure
only, to be called, maybe, the early
part of next January.
The House Committee that set in
the impeachment proceedings in
stituted against Judge ]. E. Will
liams, of McCreary county, probably
will make its report. recommending
his impeachment, Monday or Tues
day, and if the majority report is
concurred in by the House member
ship the Senate will be called upon
to sit as a high court in the case. r.
NJ. White, of Marion county, the
lone Republican member of the I'M
parchment Committee. will submit
a minority report, recommending
that the charges against Judge Will
liams, who is Republican, be dis
missed.
Within the next few days, it is
said, there will be introduced in the
House and Senate aRedistricting bill
that will be supported by Democrats
and Republicans alike. Although it
may not be everything that the Re-
publicans could wish,it will be some
thing of concession on the part of
the Democrats, giving to the Repub-
leans more representation in the
General Assembly than they have
ever had before.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
BOND BROTHERS BUY
BIG TIMBER TRACT

What is said to be the finest tim
Der tract in Western Kentucky was
purchased last week by Bond Bros,
of this city.
1t lies near Greenville, in Mullen
berg county, and contains 1900
acres. The price is withheld but is
known TO be at a high figure. Bond
Bros. negotiated for the property
several years before concentrating
it's purchase.
Nearly all of the timber is fine
white oak that is very valuable. The
price amounts to many thousand dol
lars.-G Elizabethtown News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
STATE RECORD PRICE
FOR TOBACCO is PAID

Horse Cave. KY, Feb. 10.-The
record of the State for high-priced
tobacco was broken here when the
hurley house sold the best grade
from p. II. Houk's crop of White
Burley for $1.15 a pound. This was
the highest tobacco ever sold on
this market. Houk's entire crop av-
eraged $2s.73. The $4,000 pounds
offered on this floor averaged 1897.
The market was very active and
prices seem to be advancing. The
Peoples house also conducted a
large sale to-day. selling 57.s75
pounds at an average of $10.37. =
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
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