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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-18

There's a river in Alaska
that is the crookedest body
of water, l think, 1 ever
saw. They used to say that
it was a question whether
the word meander came
from the river Meander, or
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-18

If man was hurt every time he 10
scared he would never live to reach
three score and ten.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-18
SAVED MlNIsTER's LIFE.

Rev. w. H. Warner, Frederick, Md.
writes: my trouble was Sciatica.
My back was affected and took the
form Of Lumbago. l also had Neu-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-18

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierces Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-18

Some of these young fell.
lows are too slow for me.
I'm used to going about in
a hurry. Just recently I
was in the saddle for more
than eight days and camped
out at night, but | felt no
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-18
The Proof

DO you believe dogs can reason?'
Il have known a bulldog in dis
pute to be able to hold his own"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
Rr HILL VINES

plunge ourselves into the midst of this
 norribule conflict and wade around in the gore of our fellow human beings. Wading round in gore is not our spes- sialty enny way, and besides that if we must wade round in enny gore to speak of, theere is plenty of gore closer home to wade in-so why mum key with sumthing ovver there? Be-
 sides that theere air roomers of peese
 proposals. May they grow in volume and persstensy-at this seesun of the yeer we ought morr than evver be strong for peese-I stand for peese in
 Urope-may it cum speedily. I stand for peese evvery wheere and with ev- very boddy-that is one of my strong
 points it is a weekness-I dote on peese-I want peese with my wife,
 my relasions and an armed newtrallity
 with my crediturs.
 The high cost of livving and of i Christmas presents still rages in our
 midst; it is looked upon with gloom
 and forboding by our citizens of re- publican tendensies who must remain
 out of the pastures green for fore
 moor long and weary yeers, at least, while 1t IS pinching evven upon the festive postmaster who looks upon the future with less gloom, but contim- plates with sum misgivvings his net earnings ranging from $1.65 to 200 bones per annum. Yet tomorrow when
 we gathur round the festive board. as have sed, we must forget all the cares amid worries of life and for the nounse-if it can be dun in a prohibi- sion state-be lite harted and gay. As the amateur fathur and he'd of the household takes his trusty steel blade and thrusts it into the boosum of the fammerly gobler filling the air with oyster dressing and profanity, let him set an example to his growing brood, lof cheer and contintment with his
 lot. If he can't be continued with his
 lot--let no word of it escape him wait his opportunity like man and | try to get him anuther lot-no little thing like lot should spoil a perfectly good Yankee holiday for his children. If perchance your wife's relasions drop into dinner uninvited-so far as you know-be gennerus. Suppose you don't like the pair of wool socks your muther-in-law maid for you or the red flannel chest protector pre- sented by your wife's aunt-don't be peevish. l have known men to make
 sacrifices just to keep peese in the fammerly evven gratur than wear l ing an attrosious neck tie just to pleese sum one. have myself smoked lseegars that would offend cheese fac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
SINCE LAST CHRISTMAS

Itery just in order to be obliging, and appresiative.
 Let this thought dwell with us menny of us air a yeer older than we
 weer last Christmas-theere air ex-
 ceptisions of corse-young unmarried ladies whose prospects vain as sue ceeding Yuletides ebb and flow, have
 alone remained stasionery so far as
 birthdays air consumed, but we can
 not all of us evade the hand of time in this arbitrary manner-all of us cannot be yung unmarried feemails,
 and in the naturel order of things we
 grow older and riper in experiences, acquiring as the yeers fit by moor wisdum and rheumatism. Wisdum, gray hair and rheumatism, alas go
 hand in hand, we would that it weer not so, but it has been evver thus,
 and no man can change it. Those of
 us who thus feel the hand of time, in our capassity of sages and fillossifers air bound to confess that while the
 spirit of the Yuletide still lingurs with
 us, we cannot take that gay and fes- past. We can recall the days when the yuth and flour of the community used
 to gather themselves togethur and
 soaking theere systems full of hard lsider go forth and mess up the scenery,
 and carefully disarrange the classick features of the town cunstabull when he tried to interfeer with theere in- nosent if somewhat riotus pleasures.
 If we will serch the pages of the past
 carefully enuff we will also recall that
 the Deecuns, Stewerds, and uther elderly leaders of the presinct at that time looked upon our futures with
 alarm and gloomily forecasted life
 turns in the pennytensiery for most of
 us. They did not exercise much pa science with the follies of yuth as we
 remember it; let us Tern lessun frum this, as Deecuns and Stewerds, etc.,
 we should not be so nasty and intol- llerent-most of us have grown up and by careful manipulasion have escaped the pennytensiery; we air now taking our turn as the feeders and fathurs | of the Nasion; let us remember that
 the yuth of the land is the hope of the l future, and while at times that hope
 may be faint and will flicker sumwhat,
 nevertheless it has a way of cum-
 ming to the frunt at the crusiel mo-
 mint with grate emfasis.
 Christmas is with us-let us be hap lpy, cheerful and above all things tol- lerent. The bold bad boy of today
 may becum the prohibision orratur of 1 tomorrow.
 Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

rendered destitute by the war. and It's
 report for the last fiscal year shows that
 nearly one hundred thousand dollars was
 contributed and disbursed. Membership
 is not confined to the Quakers, for the
 Archhishop of Canterbury. the head of
 the Church of England. and the Bishops
 of Lichfield and Lincoln. as well as Wis count Bryce Lord Haldane. formerly
 minister for war. and several members
 of Parliament and ministers of Protestant
 churches are among it's supporters.
 The committee maintains a regular stan
 of visitors, who pay regular calls and enters sympathetically into the many dif-
 faculties that continually arise.
 The report shows how the strain of the
 war is telling many people: Many or
 the women visited are suffering from de-
 pression and other nerve troubles, owing
 to the great strain put on them by the
 isolation of their position and the strug- gle for existence. X small special fund has been opened to enable our visitors to cheer these poor souls during the times of acute crisis or prolonged mon- otony. so that the mental and spiritual strain may be relieved before the break ing point is reached"
 Still the committee still finds many cases where deportation to Germany or Austria is sought. "As the weary months of the war drag on for those who are unable to take any part in the active work go- ing on in all directions, and as savings diminish, many families who asked for and obtained, their exemption to stay in England now make up their minds to re- turn to their own countries. The ques- tions we are asked, and the advice sought become more and more varied. We con- tinue to make up parties of those leaving England, and we are frequently asked to send children back to their relations. So far we are glad to say that all such children have reached their destination safely, although sometimes obliged to travel almost alone. A chain of workers in England and Holland hand them on from one to another.'
 A considerable part of the committees activity is devoted to work in the inter- ment camps During the past year the number of interned civilians in England has increased considerably, and the mili- tary prisoners are also growing in num- Der. With regard to the condition of those interned, the report says, we find that in many cases the men are con- tinually oppressed with anxiety about i their families, whether in England or Germany and about their business and future prospects There is often a deep sense of injustice and of uselessness. It ! is only natural that long months of con- l finement should lead to depression, and 1 threaten nervous mental or moral break down in a good many cases.
 We share the feeling of dread and horror with which prisoners-especially | the civilians, who suffer most-on both | sides. look forward to the possibility of another winter in camp and we are long, ! ing for the success of the present negotia- l tions between the governments for end- 1 ing the whole interment system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
Dog Races of Four Hundred Miles for Purses of Ten
 Thousand Dollars
HANDLING DOGS
 FOR GREAT EVENT
Dogs as Transport Animals-Stories of Heroism Equal Those of
 Alpine St. Bernards
By FRANK G. CARPENTER
1Copyright, 1916, by Frank G. Carpen-
 terO

ter.)
 Nome, Alaska.
 have just returned from a ride on the pup-mobilc over the Dog Car rail- road that carries one from Nome across the gold-bearing plains into the moun- tains of the interior. The track is a narrow gauge, built for steam engines by Charles D. Lane in 1900. The gov ernment tax on Alaskan railroads was too heavy to keep the cars running, and the road has now been given over to little cars drawn by dogs, the only cars now remaining on Seward penin- sula. These cars are known as pup-mo- piles. Each consists of a platform on wheels with one or two rough seats fastened to it. The motor is a team of from seven to 15 dogs, who are hars messed to the front of the car, by means of a long rope, and directed by the voice of the driver, who calls out Gee" to turn them to the right, Flaw" to turn them to the left, and 'rMush" to make them go faster At the front of the team is a leader, whose traces are fastened to the end of the rope, and behind him two abreast come the rest of the team, their traces tied to the rope at intervals, the last two be-
 
 car. Each dog has harness much like that used for a horse, except that it just fits the dog. The collars are of soft leather, beautifully padded. and the tough leather traces are fastered to 4 the collars and upheld by straps which z run across the back of the dog. There are no brides nor halters, and the sole direction is by the voice of the mo- torman. The dogs obey quickly, they are eager to go and seem to enjoy pulling the car.
 Our ride was out over the tundra which lies between the foothills of the mountains and Bering sea The per sonal conductor was Fred M Aver of the Wild Goose Mining company, who is noted as mining engineer and also as a dog fancier, having the dis tinction of owning some of the best racing and freight dogs of this part of the world. The tundra consists of the decomposed vegetation under which is two or three feet of ice mixed with muck and blue clay. The blue clay makes it impossible to thaw out the ground. as is done at Dawson. There are many soft spots in the tundra filled with water, and many niggerheads, or round masses of vegetation that turn as you step on them. The railway is drained, but in many places the road pSu HdS SuHhell, anu Water covers the track. At such places the dogs ran out on the banks to keep out of the water and sometimes they made their way through the shallow pools, dragging the car. Now and then they broke into a gallop and we fairly flew over the rails. I am told they go twice as fast on the snow dragging a sled. The names of the dogs were: Rover, Bliz- gard, Leo, Bubbles, Ginger. Arrow and Ring. All were picked animals and all have taken part in the great races that are annually run to Solomon and Can dle.
 The dog races of Nome are the great sporting events of the far northwest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
Mistur Edditur:

Mistur Edditur:
 Gentul reeder by this time you have perhaps alreddy been thru with it.
 that Is all but the wurst part of Christ mas-paying the bills. No doubt weeks ago the wife of your boosum in a
 burst of confidence told you that this yeer we air going to econnomize on account of the hy prises and not buy enny Christmas presents. She prob
 abully sed that she wasn't evven going
 to get you ennything, and under no lsircumsyances must you get your usuel Christmas gift for her. But by this
 time you have lerned, as you have
 lerned in the past, that this kind of talk is all bunk and that you go further
 down the line this yeer than you did last yeer and all the rest of the yeers,
 and your finansial department has a
 crimp in it that makes it resembul
 the savings of an outspoken clurgy- man.
 But enny way we have oceans and oceans of things to be thankful and happy ovver. Anuther yeer has passed on the t--ings of time-tireless time,
 to be in proper form. It seems like @ yeer hops by mighty sudden theese d2ys-tlmes passes swiftly-that's a
 way time has. But aftur all we air at peese with the world, and we air pay ing for tive air alive and abull to consume such fair as our relasions can
 atford--thank Heaving for that. Since last we gathured round the fes- tive board for our regular Christmas turkey at 48 sents a pound and pro- seeded to spattur the trew inwardness
 and gravvy of the sed turkey ovver the snow white tabul cloth menny things have occurred. We have struggled thro' grate polytical campain and the fabric of our polytical status re- mains unchanged. Men and statesmen who yeer ago weer unknown and
 unnotlsed all. evven more so now, and no mattur what party individuel or factslon IS responsibull for this, I want to say in a holly non-partisan spirit, that l am glad that it is thus. Our torraln relasions have been little stormy at times, but on the hole
 mutuelly satisfactory and vile we
 feel for those poor folks in Urope
 who air far removed frum the refining linflewanses of our prohibision laws and regulations and who air engaged in dedly and unproffitabull strife in theere blind and oftimes successful ef- furts to feed each uther on scrap run and dun-dum bullets, still we can't see now 1t would help enny for us to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

How many hours can you drive in a daye"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

The carrying of the winter mail and express of Alaska is a regular business
 There are men in every large town en- gagged in it and there are some who do nothing else but drive dog teams over the country. One of these men tells me that the winter freight is taken across the country on narrow sleds, about 16 feet long. Such a sled will hold and stand up under load of 500 pounds. and it will take from nint te nineteer dogs tc haul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

end. On the top of the stove was a soup kettle, as large as that used for making apple butter. This contained a stew of fish and rice, which was ladled out into motley collection of bowls and basins, including oil cans, tin boxes and tin wash basins. Each dog had his bowl or basin and he watched the Eskimo as he poured out the soup. He went al- most crazy as the man brought it to him, and at the same time the other dogs, not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

1 Dogs have always been very impor-
 tant part of the traffic of Alaska They are to be found in and about every min | Ing camp, and there are hundreds of them In every town. They are used in carrying the mails. During the long l winter every postal card and every let ter. newspaper and magazine that comes 10 Nome Aas to be brought over 15O0 miles or lee and snow by dog teams. The mail | IS taken from Fairbanks to Ruby, Idita rod and Fort Gibbon by dogs, and, in iact the whole of the interior of this great territory is dependent upon dogs TOT It's winter transportation. In the summer the dogs are sometimes used by the prospectors as pack animals and at the ume Of a gold stampede they rap idiy rise in value. This is especially so If stampede occurs during the winter. m the summer time you can get good dos Tor s25. In the winter you may have 10 Day $lo0 for the same animal. A man toid me how he had bought two dogs
 one October, and paid $40 each for them. The relieving spring he sold one for $l5 ana iater on, when the Chisana gold mines were discovered. he tried to buy back the same dog for $9O, but was re- tused There is regular business in
 many or the towns of boarding dogs dur
 ing the summer. Each place has it's dog
 pound, and the owners get from g to $
 per month Der dog.
 [ visited such dog boarding house at St. Michael. It was not far from the hotel. and 1t consisted of score or more
 Of kennels out in the open The men in
 charge of 1t were Esl<inos, clad half in
 fur half in cloth. Their copper-coIored
 faces shone out of fur hoods, and they
 looked like the Mongolians one sees north
 of the great Wall of China watched the
 Eskimos feeding the dogs. The animals
 were fastened by strong chains to stakes.
 The food was cooked on rude furnace
 like stove. made of a gasoline tank set on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

yet served, tugged and pulled at their chains and howled. Just as the man was ready to begin feeding one of the dogs broke loose and made for the soup ket- tle At this the other dogs went mad. They snapped at the loose dog as he passed, and one of Them caught him by the leg and rolled him over. They con tinued their bowling and snapping and tugging until the Eskimo cuffed the in- truder and led him back to his place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

According to Dr. Samuel Johnson, the best book ever written on good breeding was Il Cortegiano, by Cas- tiglione. This little volume was first published by the Aldine press at Nen- ice in 152S and before the close of that century more than 100 editions were issued in English, French, Span ish and German.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24


 it, according to the load. The mail is usually carried on sleds of that kind. The mail contractors are paid by the month, some of tho irg as much as BIO a day.
 This man says that the Mckenzie river husky is about the best an-around trail dog to be found in the north. The husky, like the malamute. is a cross between a dog and a wolf, an animal long known in Alaska. It was used by the Indians be- fore the Hudson Bay company came to the northwest, and that was three cen turies ago. The husky is very hardy, and it is noted for it's good disposition. Said the mail contractor: "I once met a team of five Mckenzie river huslIles on the route from Nome to Skagway. They were then near Lake Bennett, and had all ready travelled 2400 miles, dragging a sled carrying the driver and his outfit New ertheless, they were in perfect condi- tion, and were galloping along. That was at the time of the great gold excitement. The man sold his team at Lake Bennett for $1000 or fer s200 per dog
 "Tell me something about handling the dogs on the trail?"
 Each driver has his own methods Of handling his dogs" wes the reply. Tt Is very important that they be treated just right. If the trip is to be long and hard, the dogs should be favored for two or three days at the start. This is to get them seasoned so they will last throughout the journey A good driver will save his team in every possible way. He will ride on the sled only when going down hill, and most of the time he will run in front of the sled, or between the dogs and the sled. keeping the sled in the trail by what is known as the gee-pole. During cold weather one would rather run walk than ride. I have driven 54 miles in a day with the thermometer 5S degrees below zero. I ran almost the whole day, and at the end 1t seemed to me as though my lungs were scalded from top to bottom. I have travelled when the thermometer was 72 degrees below zero.'
 How many hours can you drive in a day.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
ENGLAND GIVESTO
 FUND FOR AIDING
 INTERNED ENEMIES
Only Country at War Which Has Charity Committee
 for Relief of Strand cd Foreigners

London. December 1.-(Correspondence of the Associated Press )-So far as known here, England is the only one of the countries at war which supports charitable committee for the help of enemies in it's midst. Yet such is the emergency committee for the assistance of Germans, Austrians and Hungarians in distress"
 This society was formed by members of the Religious Society of Friends to aid innocent alien enemies in Great Britain
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-20
CONVENTION HALL
SLOGAN SOUNDED;
vAuCH7 URGES IT
EdIfICe Adequate TO Handle
Big Gatherings Put Up to
Business Men.

Oklahoma CIV has he. onc ne con
yention center n the state nov lets get
together and build convention hnl'
THIS was the keynote Of speech de-
Ivcred ThursdRv at moon IN the Lsc-
Huckins hotel by vi s vsusht. rresi-
dent ~ the chamber of commerce. ht a
meeting called to consider action by the
chamber on the proposed u ,Soo. 900 water
bond Issue for oklahoma city.
The idea ot erecting . convention hall
In oklahoma city arosr from n recent
trip o' ias local business men 10 Tulsa.
where they Inspected that citys mAgni'i-
cent municipal hall
The time l. no, far distant" said Mr
Vnush,. when the -hamh"f ~ commctc-
must g., behind the convention hall
proposition Al 81 YOU here had h.ttcr
begin thinking of the proposition nov
fot something tangible - liable to happen
In the matter soon
4 rcpor, on the progress ~ plans for
the membership campaign ~ the cham
her was read hy T " Richardson N and
~ ' Hafdic. secretary ~ the OslAh0ma
rrntfr association. vho hss charge NJ
tho annual trade excursion NJ the cham
hor made = few remarks regarding the
rrrstv-. ~ preparation, for the trir
Following tho Introduction of yafiou.
reports. tho members ot th- chamber "
'ommcr," st a., meeting pledged them
selves unanimously 10 support the water
bond proposition
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-20
Peach
Crops Hurt
By. Freezes
Berries, Apples, Cherries, Not
Seriously Damaged But
Potatoes Suffer.

lmms ana pr,rnrs In p.a,ti. sliv ever,
pnftiHn ~ uklsHumt vsr, Ffcpsfahb
damssrd b, the heavy ffusls sri ifrytcs
oi thr ,a.lN rsfi pf Apfl sr,pfdins in
SUMMARY " weather ami yfnp rnnli.
tinus fnf ihy Werk rndlnr Apfi ~ made
public Thursday 3, ths iD,al weather
observatory licr-ips. arp'rs ana cher.
flss arrss tr have escaped serious itm.
arr li snha ard iaifb EU.d crops ate
g. 10 rNr, ted. 10 vel ss tflpea. whI,h
we're nri far ,unush ad,an. - ~ suf.
icf injury
IianiuK wee interrupted y, rains
vhIrh started Apfr a. aul continued
until Nrfii rs AMI IN, cold vet soil
fUt,rd seed corn 'r tho ground IN nsu,
rafts ~ thv state. rrJsssltatne ru0h
fsniantlrs Potatoes vrtr dsmsErd n,
ihs weather ant cotton planting hss
aFair Nsyn Nsia'sd
Wheat rsis Hri aifsFs srs ptot+~ss
inG rirrk IH spite si,efsi,, wheat
. strsi'N uur.r i've aui us,s is in fair
{, rdN.rn trv frTu y ~ inssr, rests
hn,r been received and n is thought ,hf
wInt ssasrn Will b. vmsikath tree
ffrm them ne vsnn ~ tho same
had weather which has injured the
ffurs