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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
WOMEN LOBBYISTS
AT WASHINGTON

Til, women are not making prog
ress in Washin gton. When IL was
suggested that the women be allowed
to address the House, Representa-
tive Page, OF North Carolina, said,
with emphasis: 81 do object; and
his objection was hailed with APP
plause. Representative Byrnes, OF
South Carolina, offered resolution
proposing an inquiry into the ac-
tivities of the suffragists in Wash
ington. 1t was accompanied by a
statement from Mr.. Byrnes severely
criticising the members of the Con-
gressional Union for Woman SUI
fragc. One of the arguments in ia
vor OF equal suffrage, said Mr..
Byrnes, has been that it would tend
to purify politics and stop the use
of money in influencing legislative
bodies. 1T is but tair to have the
House ascertain whether it is true
that more than 100000 has been
raised for the purpose of influencing
ConCress on this amendment; and
if the money is to be spent for en-
ploying lobbyists, Congress ought to
know it, Then he added:
Since the opening of this Con-
gress the House office building has
been visited by so many women lob
byine in the interest of this amend
merit that the corridors have rescm
ble-l the shopping district in thu
days OF the millinery openings. 1t il
true that a blacklist once wa. re
pared by a manufacturing associa
tion for the supposed purpose of in
: timidatins congressman, and it i
reported that this also is being don
by tic Congressional Union"
CONGRESS- ought to end this discus
: sion by final action Matters of tn
gravest importance are crowdin;
upon the attention of Congress an,
of the American people, and the ac
tivities of the women coming from
r thei: defeats in Massachusetts, il
New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, are interfering in matters o
greater importance
1t is manifest that there is M
widespread popular demand anon.
men or women for a ballot to tn,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
Miscellaneous

Having purchased and subdivided
the Jesse Keen estate of $50 acres
one half mile west of city limits. we
are now selling in 10 and 20-acre
tracts some of the finest truck and
farm lands in this section at the
right price and terms. For paricu-
lars see G. C. Rogan, Rooms l and
., Deem & Bryant Bldg. Phone LAG.
1896
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
Praise.

Praise may puff up a shallow ma.
ture. but it always brings something
of humanity to a deep one Love
and commentator are sweet, but
just because they are worth so much
the true and earnest spirit is touched
with a sense of its own unworthiness
as it receives them, a longing to be
better fitted for the trust reposed in
it. 1t is not the flash Oh scorn but
the light of love that reveals US a,
ourselves and stirs us TO our best
effort.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
Delicate Possibility

Are you in favor of government
ownership" Sometimes | am" re-
piled the cautious citizen. although
I'd hate to be in a position where /
could express my opinion of the way
a railroad was run. without seeming
disrespectful TO my country"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

day Of February, 1916, the same
ing a legal sales day, and bets
the legal hours of sale, the fOlj
ing described property located
Polk county, Florida, towit:
three (3), block *" of Cu|
Weeks addition to Lakeland n
ida, being part of the SOUTH
quarter. (SW 1-4) Of the SOUTH
quarter Use La of the SOUTH
quarler (SW 1-4) of section tEl
(12O. township twenty-eight d
south, range twenty-three (2S) d
Said sale will be made in accordu
with the final decree as above D
toned and said property will bel
to satisfy the said final decree
torney's fee, and the costs Of
court.
! THOMAS W. BRYANT,
Special Master in ChanCe1
ROGERS & SPENCER,
Solicitors for Complainant.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
women. 1t is the vain hope of a

women. It is the vain hope Of a
few cgitators that persistent clam
or, a systematic harassment OF the
members of Congress, making OF the
campaign a common nuisance, may
result in securing through impor-
tunity what is denied upon grounds
of reason and justice louisville
(Ky.) Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

ROOM and board; rates reasonable.
Call at COZ South Florida avenue
4945tf
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
YOU CAN GET the best gasoline at
the Lakeland Garage and Vulcan
izing Co for 23c per Gal. 1918

FOR SALE OR RENT
Nice five-room bungalows, mod
ern throughout, in good locality.
VIII sell for cash d on terms. We
handle our own property and car
give good prices. W. f. Nichols
& Son. Phone 419 Black. Room j,
over postoffice. 1925
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

to know that the
MODERN GARAGE in the Hen
Dirk building will in the future be
known as the Lakeland Garage
. and Vulcanizing Co. 4917
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
Classified Advertising

FOR RENT-Several cottages and
BUNGALOWS, at prices from S. to
SIS per month. d. H. Sloan. 1868
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF
FLORIDA, IN AND FOR POLK
CcUNTY.-O. S. Van Huss, Com
plainant, VS.. Josiah Needy and
Eleanor French, Defendants.-
Eorno1ocura

Notice is nereoy given that I, the
undersigned special master in chan
Gerry. duly appointed, will, in &C
cordance with a final decree entered
in the said cause on the 4th day of
January, A. d. 1916, by Hon. F. A.
Whitney, judge of the Tenth Judi
cial Circuit of Florida, offer for sale
and sell to the highest and best bid
der for cash, at public cutlery, at the
court house door in Barlow, Polk
county Florida, on Monday, the 18th
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

FOR RENT-Five room fiat In the
Colonial Apartment house over
looking Lake Morton. All modern
conveniences. Gas range furnished.
Address S. NJ. Stephens, city
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One Jackson roadster
in excellent condition, at Lake /.
land Highway Garage. See Mr.
Sis. 1929
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Lakeland Phosphate
Company will be held in the COM
panys office at their mines, near
Lakeland. Fla, on Wednesday, Jan
10. 1916. at 10 "a m.
w. D.. McRAE, Secretary.
1901.
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that will come from the railroads.
Those of the kenai peninsula, the Mat
anuska valley and all south of Broad
pass will have cheap coal from the
ChickaIoon coal fields. whereas those
on the northern side of the pass and in
the Tanana valley will be supplied hv
the great coal deposits of the Nensna
region. The Chickaloon coal is from
the Matanuska fields. 1t is said to be
equal to the Pocahontas. The govern
ment has mined and tested eight hum
dred tons of it on the vessels of the
navy and il is found to be excellent.
1t can be used for coking and it Will
be the first Alaskan coal of commerce.
The Nenana fields are of vast extent.
The railroad passes through them. and
it is down grade all the way from there
to Fairbanks. The coal deposits run
from the railroad eastward for dis
tance of perhaps 100 miles. The black
strata can be seen standing out in the
cliffs, and in places the veins are forty
feet thick. The coal is a high-grade
Ignite. suitable for all local CONNER
cial purposes. 1t has an ash which is
46 per cent fixed carbon, and its heat
value is equal to about 10000 British
thermol units. 1t is not good enough
to bear expectation, but il will be Of
enormous value to the mining regions
of the interior.
In order to appreciate what this coal
means to the mining regions, it must
be remembered that most of the gold
deposits are in frozen ground. The
lrOSt ana Ice go 0OW1l 10 DeO rock. Inc
earth has been frozen for ages, and il
| as to be thawed out by fire or steam.
A single mine viii often consume from
ten to twelve cords of wood day, and
so far nothing but wood could be used.
Something like 100, 900 cords of wood
are now annually sold in the region
about Fairbanks. This wood costs from
$40 to SIS a cord, and the average in
Fairbanks is between 81 and Slo a
cord. At SIS cord mine will use as
much as $3.50 worth of fuel a day and
without the gravel or quartz is of COM
paratively high grade it will not pay
TO work it. Moreover. the wood here Is
soft. and IL has no great heating value.
The Nenaua coal. when the railroad Is
complete, will probably be worth at
the mines about SIS per ton. and as one
ton of coal is equal to two cords OF
wood, five tons will thaw out as much
earth as ten cords of wood. In other
words. the difference IN cost will be the
difference between SIS and $3.50 a dav
in working the mines. This alone VIII
mean a great profit and it will result IN
enormous areas of low grade gold
bearing regions being worked IL
means the opening of many new quartz
properties, and d great increase in the
valleys and benches where the gravel
can be washed over by dredging and
hydraulic Sluicing.
FRANK q. CARPENTER,
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Gardening on Small Scale.

eSHE japanese have the art of dwarf
ing trees to mere shrubs. and Of
cultlvating plants in similar WAY.
The people take great delight in their
miniature gardens, which require a
special gardener to keep them down to
desired limits.
a Japanese garden is generally about
ten yards square, and in this small
space is found a park and demesne,
with lake, summer houses, temples,
trees, all complete and all in keeping
with the dimensions available The
lake is four feet long and full of
small goldfish. On the border stands a
pine tree. exactly eighteen inches high
and fifty years old; beneath its shade
is a temple carved out of one piece of
stone the size of a brick.
On lofty crag of some two and a
half feet stands a fine maple tree. per-
feet in form and shape, fifteen years
old and eighteen inches to two feet
high, growing in shallow dishes. There
is of record a complete garden contain
ed in shallow two-dozen wine case.
Everything was complete. down to the
fish in the lake, sheet of water only
a few inches square, and the foot
bridges over the water courses. Tea
houses there were. and numerous trees
of various kinds, each about six inches
vitality and yet never growing bigger.
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and in this position measures more
than eleven inches high. The body is
of wood, legs are formed by knot of
wood with two projecting branches
and arms are fashioned from whale
bone. which is flexible enough to per-
nit them to WELD drum and stick
when properly manipulated by his mis-
tress.
One Eskimo doll looks like block
of wood with very poorly modelled
head. The features are chiseled out
with evident care. however. and an
inlay of white ivory. quite startling
against the dark brown of the wood,
indicates the eyes and mouth.
The dolls of the western Eskimo are
for the most part of ivory Some of
them are only half dolls. showing the
trunk and head. They are not clothed
and have no bead ornaments.
Another Eskimo tribe has made its
wood and ivory dolls somewhat larger
than those of the western Eskimo.
Many of these are dolls of ordinary
size and are carefully and warmly clad
in suits of skin and fur. There is not
much opportunity for trimming in
these fur suits, though some are
fringed with fur. They all have cozy
fur hoods to their suits. one wears
a nose ring of small blue beads.
The south Alaska Indians make dolls
of wood and ivory for their papooses.
The dolls are all small and extremely
attenuated. and features are skillfully
chiseled. The majority of Eskimo
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mems of dolls showing the arms and
legs carved free from the rest of the
body. Many of the dolls have no sug-
gestion of either arms or legs.
Dolls with their heads followed out
and the eyes and mouth formed by
cutting through the wood to the cav
ity have been collected from the Big
Lake country in the territory that lies
between the lower Yukon and the
mouth of the kuskokwim. The In
teriors of the figures were scraped out
by making hole at the back of the
head. After the cavity had been made
of sufficient size the hole at the back
of the head was nicely covered by a
finished wafer of wood.
one large case contains the cere-
monial dolls of the Hopi Indians of
northeastern Arizona. These dolls carry
a certain significance and are used IN
Il sort of kindergarten instruction
among the children, teaching them the
mythology of the tribes. They are
made of wood and are gorseously and
groteSquely painted. They are orna-
mented with beads and some of them
are dressed in feather garments, The
little girls OF the Hopi tribes are pre-
sented with these dolls and through
them learn about the snow. lightning,
rain. etc They have war doll which
is always represented as black Each
fantastic mark, the arrangement OF the
hair, beads and feathers, hold some
peculiar significance and serves to
teach a lesson.
Eskimo and Indian children had not
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quarters of the engineer commission.
The two-story house put up for them
here at Anchorage would not rent for
more than SIS a month in the states
The most of the clerks are doing their
work in tents or log cabins, and the
forestry department OF the government
is a two-room shach with folding cots
on which the clerks sleep at night. The
commissary building is of logs. and the
stables nearby, where from nifty to one
hundred horses are kept, are or canvas.
The hotel or messroom for the men and
government employees is of logs, and
three meals there are given for 81 a
day So far ] have TO meet an official
who puts on any airs. Most OF them go
about with their pants III thelr boots'
and the clothes worn by the engineer
would hardly bring the
value of the wool IN them at a second
hand store.
Everything is business. The work be-
gan sixteen days after the President
decided the route. and II has gone on
steadily as long as the money has
lasted Fifteen hundred men have been
at work the past year, and something
less than a thousand are now on the JOB
Mr. w &. Edes, the chief engineer, mas
haI large experience in constructing
railways in our Rocky mountain high
lands and throughout the west, and he
is using the same methods of employ
ment which have proved most economical
and most efficient in oregon, California,
Washington and Canada.
The construction and grading are afte,
system known as station work. \ GER
tain section of the road. or station. is
given out to a number of men called a
gang. who contract TO build ii according
to the specifications. They go III to-
gether g partners, and have an equal
share in the work. The cost is esti-
mated ny the cubic yard. and the pay is
on that basis. The government sees
that the men have fair treatment 1t has
timekeepers who go over the work and
keep track of just what each man does.
so that on the completion of the job the
account shows the efficiency of every
man on il. There is nothing of the
peonage system connected with these
arrangements There is no one who
employs all the hands and gets a rake
off. The government sees that the ar
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ded with pieces of metal that resemble
large. bright nailheads. Attached to
the belt is an exquisitely beaded sheath.
the beading solid and in patterns.
rude kind of knife or dagger is thrust
into the case. The belt has another
dangling ornament. a miniature pa
poose cradle, also wonderfully beaded.
the tiny white beads forming the back
ground.
From the depths of this miniature
papoose cradle peeps the tiny brown
face of doll. The dolls moccasins are
perfect specimens of the wonderful
work done in beading. They are made
of skin covered with small beads of
white, green and red. The doll itself
bears a striking resemblance to the
American rag doll. The head is made
of some kind of brown skin. the cheeks
are painted or stained vivid red and
the eyes. nose and mouth are outlined
in white beads The wig is of black
hair. long and straight. rather scrag
gly and scanty, but with the appear
ance of real Indian hair. No attempt
is made to arrange it artistlcally or
conventionally.
Many of the dolls wear necklaces and
many have wigs. one is conspicuous
for its light hair. There is only one
Indian doll with wig of blond hair
shown in the exhibit. All Indian dolls
have moccaSins.
There is a Sioux squaw doll in the
collection, with a head made of cloth
two white beads. The mouth is cou-
pie of red beads with white bead at
each end of the red-bead line. The
Sioux doll is extremely long from her
skin fringed prettily at the bottom and
sides of the gown. The buckSkin is
further decorated with blue, yellow, red
and white beads.
An Arapahoe doll made of buckskn
with the trousers beaded down the
sides. and a broad band of red and
yellow beads around the bottom of
each leg. an elaborately beaded and
fringed jacket. is supposed to repre-
sent warrior. His eyes..nose and
hair is divided into two thick strands
and bound tightly with narrow strips
of buckskin. Streaks of war paint
adorn his face. His tiny brown moe
green, black and yellow beads Reach
ing from tip to the toe is a head orna-
ment of purple and yellow feathers.
An Arapahoe lady companion has
gown beaded and fringed similarly to
the warriors suit. but instead of the
war paint she has brilliant red on
her cheeks. She has long black hair,
but no headdress.
A Crow Creek squaw doll of
buckskin has a stuffed cloth head. The
lady has no nose, though her eyes are
blue and white beads and the blue
beads are used, instead Of the red ones,
a. in the case of the Sioux Indian
doll, for her mouth. Each side of
her face is lined with vertical stripes
of real paint, which was fashiona BILE
at one time among the Crow Creek
Indians White beads are. sewed all
around the dolls face, which gives it
the effect of being IN a frame. She
wears buckskin gown with fringed
skirt, sleeves and yoke. This doll also
wears a leather belt ornamented with
round pieces of silver as large as
dimes.
A large doll from the Yukon and
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vailed throughout the interior. where
SIS a day and board is still paid.
! wish l could show you the roadbed
and track SO far constructed. The new
railway looks as though it might form
an exhibit in a national exposition. 1t
runs through the woods. but the land
on both sides has been cleared and
bitches drain away every bit of the
water A smooth bed of gravel. ten or
more feet in height, has been made
through the valley of Ship creek. and
this is of the requisite width for the
track have never seen better look
ing roadbed anywhere, and now at its
beginning it compares favorably in ap-
pearance with that of the Pennsyl-
vania or the New York Central.
The engineers have the advantage
here of building along hills made OF
gravel They are composed of pebbles
ranging from the size of my fist to that
Of pea. and all that has been neces-
sarv to get the material for the nils
has been to drive cuts into the hills at
the side of the track These cuts are
then rooted over and the cars are run
into the bank and loaded by gravity. |
understand that gravel can be easily
gotten along the greater part of the
route between here and Fairbanks, and
that much of the track Will be perma-
nent and easily repaired.
My trip over the new roadbed was
made in company with Mr.. J. f.
O'Reilly, the superintendent of the rail
way construction. Mr.. O'Reilly has the
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their little mistresses had done. The
visitor found the dolls a very solemn
lot. The little Indian papooses were
anxious to give their toys the oppor-
tunity of observing the stranger and
had taken this means of doing it.
The top shelf in one of the main
show cases on the first floor of the
museum contains nothing but doll
papoose cradles There are a few of
these also on the second shelf. The
cradles are of different sizes and many
styles Most of them are ella borately
beaded and surprisingly artistic.
The foundation of all these cradles
is fiat board. which is first SNAPPED,
smoothed and polished before the era
die part is attached. The cradle prop
er is made of cloth or skin. Some of
them are solid1y beaded with bright
beads, others have a row or two OF
beads on them or a conventional ng
lire or floral design. One of the pret-
tiest is beaded almost soltdly with
bright blue beads and into this back
ground of solid blue is set foral de-
sign of red. yellow and green BEADS
The contrast is striking and extremely
prettv. This cradle is not laced up the
center. as the majority are put tne
hood or pouch is made of dark cloth
lightly headed. At first glance one IS
reminded of grandfather's comfortao pie
dian doll cradle. Within this small
cradle stands a little doll papoose,
whose head is swathed in brightest red.
Another cradle is crude. being made
entirely of wood. and there is l,ttle
more to ii than the fat board itself.
Al the TOP of the board several mar
row strips of wood. cut so thln as 10
he flexible. are curved to form hood
for the cradle. The doll is tied uncom :
forta blv to the board with stout piece
of string The little Indian stole IS
made of wood. 1t is an almost feature
less doll there being no mouth or
nose. and the eyes are represented nE
two holes bored through the head. ne
arms are indicated by two slashes IN
the sides of the oblons block of wood
x
Probably the most elaborate of the
cradles is one mounted on a board
shaped rather like an old-fashloned
boottack. The board itself is studded
at the top with couple of large round
bright objects that look like pieces or
silver. The cradle proper is covered
SO well with small blue beads that 1t
is difficult to tell what kind of material
is used for foundation. Into the
blue Is introduced a floral decoration
and a conventional design of vari-
colored beads. thick strand of long
yellow hair, which resembles horse
hair, hangs down one side of the era
die, The latter is laced up the center
with a brown cord. The touch of red
beads on it introduces the color which
is so characteristic of Indian dress and
decorations
Many of the dolls on display are quite
magnificent in their picturesque cos
tunes One of the largest, approx.
matelv two feet in height. Is regally
garbed in a navy blue blanket costume
the skirt of which is heavily beaded
with yellow. blue and white beads. The
beaded patterns are of stars, crescents
and other conventional designs used by
Indians The upper part of the robe
and the sleeves are trimmed with rows
of teeth from some fair-siZed animal
urobabIv the elk. There is a leather
belt with this costume which Is stud
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kuskokwin river country was made of
wood and the eyes and mouth consist
ed of pieces of ivory. inlaid in the
wood. Another doll from this section
has a string of beads attached to the
forehead in such a way as to repre-
sent earrings. Holes are pierced a
the corners of the mouth to receive
the beads The eyes of the doll are
of blue beads and turned in such
way that the pupil is formed by the
hole in the center of the bead. The
head is attached to a smooth. round,
wooden peg which slips easily into
socket cut in the body of the doll.
The peg is about half an inch in diam
eter, and at the lower end are two
cords which be manipulated in
such a way that the head will turn
from side to side. This doll closely
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steel rails. and machines of all kinds.
On one side of the yards are millions Of
feet of pine lumber from Puget sound.
and on the other are great piles of ties
that were cut in the forests of the kenai
peninsula and shipped here via Turna-
gain Arm.
None OF the large permanent buildings
has yet been erected, but they will all be
put up on this tract. There will probably
be large Offices for the officials and clerks.
There will be machine shops for the
roads and warehouses and depots for the
Matanuska coal which will be sent here
for export. There may also be smelters
and factories of one kind or another.
During my stay at Anchorage ] have
learned about the country through which
the railroad will go from Mr.. Thomas
Riggs. jr.. who has charge Of much Of
the work throughout the interior. and