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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
IN LIQUIDATION.

During the winter mining season, Nome was treated to a venture in high finance when the operators of some underground holes took in the miners as partners. In this manner the new-found partners were able to work ten hours day despite the law. They were paid three dollars a day for that work during the winter mining season. No action was taken which woult. call in question the bona fides of these partnerships. But it is notice able that the operators" paid off their partners when and where they wanted.
 The question now arises, what other law could be violated despite the matters being brought to th4 attention of the officials, with per feet impunity and with absolute i'm munity except a labor law? Don't all answer at once.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
PURE PATRIOTS.

Cleveland yesterday enjoyed the blessings and the culture of mili' tarism to the full. Seven hundred New York militia men passing through Cleveland left their train there and footed stores and commis- sion houses, requiring their disper- sal by the police answering riot call. How obnoxious, when the responsible citizens have their busi- ness places molested and what an execrable training the New York militiamen reveal! Do they not yet understand that the habits acquired in reducing strikers and their fami- lies to submission must not be exer- cised so licentiously against the more responsible and better class ci- tizens of the country? Even these pure patriots, Alas, have much to learn.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
LABOR'S PREPAREDNESS.

Labor has it's fling at prepared ness. But Labor would be we'll ad- vised to overhaul itself before cri-
 ticizing the other fellow. The other fellow IS getting ready He knows what is coming He is preparing and he is wise. Labor recognizes even instnctively the ultimate ob- ject of that preparedness. But how is labor meeting the requirements of the situation? What and how is labor preparing! Is preparedness only necessary for the capitalists |.
 Is is nothing that the latter are forg- ing the mightiest weapons they can devise to have Labor as helpless as it is possible to conceive and Labor stands by and merely sneers at or denounces? Could Folly do any thing more idiotic? Could impo- tency achieve any more pitiful re-
 suit? Is it not evident that now is the day and the hour for Working class Preparedness? Not prepared ness in armies and navies, but in organization strong and united and determined and with community oi aim and action? Here is something that labor is neglectng. Let labor
 prepare as well. Let labor orga- nize it's might which is its solidar- ity. Get into the unions. Organize?
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
THE NEW ECONOMY.

They have established a school in London which is under the pa- tronage of Queen Mary, to teach English women to be more thrifty and economical so that the nation can husband it's resources. Appa- rently the most urgent and import ant and logical economy: the apo' lition of an expensive, useless and archaic system of royalty does no' seem there to suggest itself-any more than the desirability of elimi' hating the coupon-clipping master class in the United States to the workers here.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
HIS GIFT.

Frank J. Gould is donating quart CT million dollars worth of port able houses to the houseless in France and Belgium. Exquisite and timely is this manifestation of herditary charity. For years have the Gould family housed home less railway workers for 99 cents a day in the odoriferous box cars Of the Gould system-bread cast upon the waters.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS.

On next Saturday evening, July 15, at 8:30 D. m. there will be held in the lobby of the Golden Gate ho- tel, a reception to the delegates to the territorial and national republi- can conventions and ratification of the national and territorial tick cts. Everybody in Nome invited. SEWARD PENINSULA REPUBLI-
 GAN CLUB.
 By w. DARCY CHACE, Pres.
 CHAS. H. MILOT, Sec'y.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15

ingly, since the Massach usetts Boot and Shoe Manufacturers conference says that the price of leather shoes is increasing because of the In- creased length of the lady's shoe to
 meet the diminishing length of the lady of fashions skirts, even the
 price of the workers brogan is a question of higher mathematics.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
HUMAN AND CANNON FODDER.

During the month of March food prices rose 1 per cent. But 1t is gratifying to know that the Gods during that time worked out a pretty compensation for mortals by causing the price of shrapnel to drop from $65 to $55 ton. That ought to even up things, if the shrapnel is efficiently used.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
THAT'S OLD.

A newspaper dispatch says that the ingenious German chemists have discovered substitutes for tea ana coffee. But that's old. The com mon or garden American grocer whose fame seldom finds express ion in the news dispatches discover ed those things scores of years ago and uses them yet.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
A MATHEMATICAL QUESTION.

The shoes of the working stiffs are rising in proportion to the fn- creased cost of leather. The in- creased cost in leather is regulated by the demand, and the decrease in length of the ladies skirts is caus- ing an increased use of leather and
 hence an increase in price. Accord
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
DISINTERESTED?

Germany is urging Spain to at tack Gibraltar to regain it's posses sion which was wrongfully taken from her.. Excellent and disinter- ested advice, but in view of the diff ficulties experienced by more mili- tarist nation in capturing Verdun it is hardly sound in the promises.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
ARE YOU SEEKING A PATENra

If so 1t will pay you to investigate rates of the Industrial Worher on publication of applSSasson therefor. Bring your forSsaturs notices to tAa IndustSial worher. ],
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-15
WE CAN DO IT.

For first class work and prom ?, delivery ph me Main 1S1 and ths Peoples Steam Laundry wuI (. Il and gct your laundry.
 w. J. WILLIAMSON Prop
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

A We'll Properly Protected From Sur.
face Water. Brick Laid In Cement
and Backed Up With PuddIed Clay
Makes a Practically ImpervIous Cas-
Ing.
fences, how often do we flnd~the coun-
try household still depending upon
the distant spring, the open we'll, or
at best the out-of-doors lift pump to
supply the hundreds Of tons Of water
required for each household every
year?
Inquiry usually develops the fact
that the old methods are still retained
for one or the other Of the following
reasons. namely: The cost Of sewer
systems is assumed to be %prohibitive,
or else the possibilities Of fully uti-
liking the existing water supply have
lever been carefully explained and
brought to the farmers notice.
A we'll can be protected from pollu.
ton by extending the tight casing or
lining six or eight inches above the
ground and covering with q water
tight concrete curb having a slope
away from the center in every direc-
ton. This cover should extend at
least one foot beyond the edge of a
dug we'll, and should never be less
than sever feet in diameter for q
driven we'll. A drain trough should.
Of course, be provided to catch the
drip and convey it away to a safe dis
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
WeadOWlark
6turneila magma and Sturneita neg
loctA

eturnsila magma and sturneiia neg
iectA
Length. about ten and threetourths
taches.
Range: Breed generally In tho
United States, southern Canada. and
Nexico to Costa Rica: winter from
the Ohio and Potomac valleys and
British Columbia southwark.
Habits and economic status: Our
two meadowlarks. though differing
much in song. resemble each other
closely in plumage and habits. Grassy
plains and uplands covered with =
thick growth OF grass or weeds, with
nearby water. furnish the conditions
best suited to the meadowlark's taste.
The song of the western bird Is loud,
clear. and melodious, That OF its east.
ern relative is feebler and loses much
by comparison. In many localities
the meadowlark is classed and shot
As = game bird. From the farmers
standpoint this a mistake. since its
value as an insect eater is far greater
than as an object Of pursuit by the
sportsman. Both the boil weevil. the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Gardens In Crowded Cities.

Nothing brings the country mor
near to the city than a garden.
The vacant-lot gardens are good in
c%ongested places.
But there are few who can have a
v%acnnt-lot garden compared to those
who can have window boxes.
Get ready to put up the window
boxes in the crowded sections and
thus gladden. thousands.
Gay geraniums and graceful vines
that trnil their leaves over the Sides
Of the box are the things to plant.
The window-box garden should also
contain saucy geraniums, wide-eyed pc
tunlas and bright verbenas.
The placing Of wlndow-box gardens
In crowded city streets Is n of the
happiest ways Of easing the lot Of
those who must live and work in the
city all summer.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

song the birds are similar. Both art
migratory and remain IN their sum.
mer range only some five or six
months. They take kindly to orchards.
gardens. and the vicinity of farm build.
ings and often live in villages and
city parks. Their diet is largely made
up Of insects that infest orchards and
gardens. When fruit trees are In
bloom they are constantly busy among
the blossoms and save many Of them
from destruction. In the food Of Bull.
locks oriole beetles amount to IS per
cent and nearly all are harmful. Many
Of these are weevils, some Of which
live upon acorns and other nuts. Ants
and wasps amount to Is per cent Of
the diet. The black olive scale was
found IN As. OF the 1872 stomachs ex.
amined. Caterpillars. with a few
moths and pupae. are the largest item
of food and amount to owe Al per
cent. Among these we're codiing.moth
larvae. The vegetable food is prac.
tically all fruit t19 per cent? and in
cherry season consists largely Of that
fruit. Eating small fruits il the birds
worst trait, but 1t will do harm in this
way only when very numerous.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Sand-Box Filter for cistern. All Wa.
ter Entering the cIstern Must Pass
Through the Filter. Tho Sand Can
Easily Be Removed and Replaced
With Clean Sand.
lance. An open drain passing around
the we'll at a distance of four or five
feet from this curb and leading of to
the drip drain tile will help prevent
the entrance Of surface waters that
wash down from a higher point.
In many cases. however, the diff.
Guilty is Of a nor serious nature. The
qualification of the clay, gravel and
rocks through which the we'll is sunk
may be such as to cause percolating
water from a nearby source of infec.
ton to be led directly into the we'll.
In other instances the soil surround
ing the we'll may become so thorough
ly and SO constantly saturated with
polluted seepage waters that it will
no longer perform it's function as a
filter, and geEn-laden waters are al
lowed to pass into the we'll. For these
reasons the location of the we'll is Of
prime importance.
Considered from the standpoint Of
convenience. the we'll should be locat-
ed as near the kitchen as possible.
But whenever such location would in.
volve any danger of contamination due
to surface drainage or to an made.
quate kitchen sewerage disposal sys.
TEN. a location on higher ground and
above this sourc Of contamination
should be selected. Select q site
where drainage and seepage from
barnyards, stock pens and manure
pits lead away from the we'll rather.
than toward It. a
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

unlike either woodpeckers or creep
ers. 1t climbs downward as easily as
upward and seems to set the laws Of
gravity at defiance. The name was
suggested by the habit Of wedging
nuts, especially beechnuts. in the crev.
ices Of bark SC as to break them open
by blows from the sharp. strong bill.
The nuthatch gets its living from the
trunks and branches Of trees. over
which It creeps from daylight to dark.
Insects and spiders constitute q little
more than SO per cent Of its food.
The largest items of these are beetles.
moths. and ca~terpillars, with ants and
wasps. The animal food is all in the
birds favor except a few ladybird
beetles. More than half of the vege.
table food consists of mast, i. e.,
acorns and other nuts or large seeds.
One-tenth of the food is grain. most.
ly waste corr The nuthatch does
no injury. so far as known. and much
good.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

foe OF the cotton grower. and the al
faifa weevil r among the beetles II
habitually eats. twenty-five per cent
Of the diet Of this bird is beetles. half
OF which are predaceous ground bee.
ties. accounted useful insects. and one
NTH r destructive weevils. Cater
pillars form II per cent Of the food
and are eaten in every month in the
year. Among these are many cut
worms and the well-known army
worm. G~rasshoppers r favorite food
and are eaten In every month and al.
most every day. The vegetable food
ga per cent of the whole) consists
Of grain and weed seeds.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Bob0link
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Length, about seven inches.
Range: Breeds from Ohio north
east to Nova Scotia. north to Mani.
toba. and northwest to British Colum.
bfa: winters in South America.
Habits and economic status: When
American writer's awoke to the beauty
and attractiveness OF our native birds.
among the first to be enshrined In
song and story was the bobolink. Few
species show such striking contrasts
In the color OF the sexes. and few have
songs more unique and whimsical.
In its northern home the bird Is loved
for its beauty and its rich melody: IN
the South 1t earns deserved hatred by
its destructiveness. Bobolfnks reach
the southeastern coast Of the United
States the last half of April just az
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
ORGANIZE FIRST
MOTHERS POLICE
Women of New York's East Side
Form Force to Regulate
District.
PROTECTION FOR The GIRLS
Principal Crusade viii Be Waged
Against Cadet System and Mod
ern Dress and Movie Theater
Evils Will Be Fought.

New YOrk.-What IS said to be the
first mother police force In the his
tory of the world has been organized
on the lower East side of New York
city. The primary purpose of the or
| ganization. which IL composed exclu-
| sively of mothers Of the district, Is the
protection of young girls. To this end
1t will make war on extremes in mod
ern day dress. wage n campaign
against that type of dance and movie
| hall regularly known as the cadet,
| and keep open house at NIL times for
the young girl in need Of advice.
AS side lines of endeavOr. the wOm-
en- police will keep a look out for false
weights and tricky scales In trade
| shops, instruct immigrants in the re-
quisItes of good citizenship, keep
watch on the public parks to prevent
waste paper, litter and other forms of
Dissertation, and generally aim at the
upbuilding Of community life.
The mother police" is the idea Of
| Harry Fl. Schlacht, a young attorney,
| who started the boy police movement,
which has spread through the coun-
try with such rapidity the past few
years. It wa from the operation Of
his boy police force that Mr.. Schlacht
received his inspiration for the organ
| ization of this new department.
The Juvenile cops" as the boys
styled themselves, we're denied en-
trance to dance halls and were looked
upon with dlsfavor at many moving
| picture theaters-or in general In fields
| of endeavOr fruitful for the cadet. The
young attorney talked the situation
over with a number Of mothers of the
| East side and 100 Of them volunteered
to lend their aid In the formation of nm
organization to abate the cadet evil.
! Mr.. Schlncht assumed active charge Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

is in line with the vessels smokestack
and constantly kept there by moving
the glass. Bells ring simultaneously in
both these stations on the twenty.
eighth, twenty-nlnth and thirtieth Sec
ond Of each observation. On the third
bell both observers read the angles on
the scale and telephone those findings
TO the men at the plotting board, a big
semicircular table, equipped with
swinging brass arms to be moved
across the board to give angles and
distances.
That plotting OOm in firing time
sounds very much like the old-fash-
Toned schOOlroOm when the awful hour
came for oral arithmetic.
Only in the plotting room they throw
In a lot of decimals, and one mar takes
up the problem at the instant 1t falls
from the lips Of the one ahead Of him,
and they not only have to think but
use a lot of mathematical instruments
at the same time. And when you think
you have the answer. that is only the
beginning. That is merely the uncor-
rected range.
More figures are to tumble into the
situation as fast as a man an talk.
several men rather. The wind is blow.
ing and something must be allowed
for that, three-tenths of n degree, say,
for an eight-mile breeze. A man at the
Misunderstanding table must figure that
out and contribute his bit. Don't for
get the tide. With reference to the
beach. where the gun is. the vessel on
the sea. there Is a decimal or SO higher
or lower for every shot. Somebody
figures that out. The ship is moving
over her course. Somebody else must
work on thai trifle TO see by what hun
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

which no one on the island has been
able to determine.
A special IN the Tampa Morning
Tribune says: doctor Kelso and Il. Il.
Burns. with J. A. Saunders ms guide,
Ind caught about forty s0me-odd fine
kingfsh. and were on the verge Of
returning to the land, when suddenly
the genial doctor realized the fact
that he had hooked n wnmpus Of some
kind, and utter q strenuous fight OF
ut last fifteen minutes the strange fish
was pulled into the boat. 1t weighed
10 pounds, and was shaped u good deal
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
DADDY'S EVENING
E1EAlRY TALE
b. MARY GRAHAM 0NNER,
TRES roADs AND FAIRIES.

every emily one morning." Said Dad
tly. "the Fairies invited the Tree
Toads to have Luncheon with them
In the Wooded Grove where they are
so apt to give their Parties. The
Tree TOads had accepted and the day
had arrived for the Luncheon.
1.-THE Fairies wanted to look espe-
cially lovely. and fresh, and cool, for
It had been so hot lately, and they
knew that to look cool made other
Folks and little Animals almost feel
cnolap
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

dcville houses, the prosecution of cigar
stores selling cigarettes to minors. the
throwing Of lnflammable refuse into
fire escapes, supervision Of immigrant
girl employment and other reforms.
Every member Of the force will be
equipped with a police whistle and In
structed to summon a regular police
a to her assistance at the first show
Of trouble. Wherever 1t Is necessary
the women will be directed to make sr-
rests IN their W initiative, under au-
thority Of the law. A number Of the
women have volunteered to act as su-
pervisors Of the ''play streets" recently
opened by the police, in addition to
their regular duties. These enllstments
are counted on to work wonders in the
way Of juvenile reform, as well as to
reduce the percentage of deaths from
traffic accidents.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

IS HELPS
GUARD THE WATER SUPPLY
Subject That 10 Of Immense lmpor.
lance In Every Home In
the Country. 4,

In thousands of farm homes 1t Is
now possible to find up.to-date water
systems, providing both hot and cold
water for the bathroom, the laundry,
the kitchen sink. and various other
parts of the house and barn.
When a water system Is once In.
stalled the farmer and his family usu.
ally wonder how they ever managed
to get along without It before. and
seldom regret the cost. Yet, In spite
Of the comparative ease with which
the average farm home a be
equipped with many Of these conven.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Bullock's Oriole

Length. about eight inches. Our only
oriole with top of head and throat
black and cheeks orange.
Range: Breeds from South Dakota,
Nebraska. and Kansas to the Pacific
ocean and from southern Canada to
northern Mexico; winters in Mexico.
Habits and economic status: In
the West this bird takes the place oc.
cupied in the East by the Baltimore
oriole. In food. nesting habits. and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
How They Do Il.
CATCHES A STRANGE FISH
Knoxville Man Shows Florida People
Something New In pisca.
toriai Line.

Knoxville, Tenn.-It remained for a
knOxvfllian 10 show the people OF
Florida something new In the way of
fish. DR.. II. J. Kelso, who with Mrs.
kelso Is spending ter days ut rass-a-
Grille. Fin. hooked and landed a very
beautiful fish. the name or species Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

like a pompano. and had the most
beautiful scales ever seen on q fish, be-
ing of a changeable nature. varying
from silver to gold, and the most Pc
culiar feature Of the entire fish was It's
tongue, which was exactly like a calf's.
with an oblOng spot in the center,
which was rough like emery pnper."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Proper L,nd,e,p. GARDENING.

Fashions In yards change nowadays
along with fashions In gowns, hats and
husbands. Large lower beds in con-
spicuously central places must be done
away with in favor of landscape gar
dening. preferably in corners Of tho
yard or where the masslng will have
its full effect.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

rice IL ~sprouttny and ut once begin 70
pull up and deyour the sprouting ker-
neis. Soon they move on TO their
northern breeding grounds. where they
feed upon insects. weed seeds. and .
little grain. When the young are we'll
on the wing. they gather in nocks
with the parent birds and gradually
move southwark. being then generally
known ~ reed birds. They reach the
rico fields Of the Carolinas about Al
gust 20. when the rice 10 10 the milk
Then until the birds depart for South
America planters and birds fight for
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

soldier after the total loss Of a hand.
There f.. rs q matter Of fact, no p0r-
trnit Of Cervantes that can be proved
to be contemporary. and only n Tor
which any plausible evidence ut oil
can be produced. So that we must be
= satisfied with his " description Of
himself rs given In the prologue to the
Exemplary Novels"