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Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

We read in various papers, of con- tracts being awarded by Highway Con- missioner Bennett, for the construction of state roads in different places; but nothing said about the completion of the road from Roots corner to the Butcher bridge, in this town, which was distinctly promised months ago.
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03
Surely it is somebody's bushes

Surely it is somebody's business to start the campaign. It's asleep.-New Haven Journal Courier.
 Let sleeping dogs lie, Colonel; it's too hot to stir up the animals. There'll be enough doing after the state conven- tions, to satisfy the most exacting lover of sport and excitement. Meantime let's let we'll enough alone.
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

The sidewalk bicycle, as danger, is dividing attention with the roller "coaster" as nuisance, in certain sections of the town. The "coaster" is the miniature express wagon pro- pelled by Young America, which con- fines it's peregrinations exclusively to the sidewalks. and is partial to the in- clines, where it clatters over the cement paving with incessant rattlety bang that raises rim with the nerves of the neighborhood. The News is asked if something cannot be done to abate that nuisance-and it passes the query along to those in authority.
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.
BY THOMAS MOORE.

'TIs the last rose of summer
 Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions
 Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred,
 No rosebud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes,
 To give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, To pine on the stem: Since the lovely are sleeping, > Go sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter
 Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead. So soon may I follow,
 When friendships decay, And from Loves shining circle
 The gems drop away! When true hearts lie wither'd
 And fond ones are flown, Oh! who would inhabit
 This bleak world alone?
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

The editor of the Thomasville Georgia, Times, is journalist of ex perience. Listen once:
 If you see an editor who pleases everybody, there will be a glass plate over his face and he will not be standing up. ~...t -
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

MT. Schweitzer and Miss Schuster. were married in Waterbury few days ago by Rev. MT. Hunzinger. Mani festly pro German alliance.
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

"Saw man eating shark,' says 8 newspaper headline. Nothing parti- cularly remarkable about that. In these days of the high cost of living one is liable to see man eating almost anything
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916.
True Politeness.

True politeness is benevolence in trifes, or the preference of others to ourselves in the little daily, hourly occurrences in the commerce of life. Lord Chatham.
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03
THE NEWS AGENTS

Extra ,Des of The News are on sale at the 1adce of publication and at Dempsey's Drug Store, Canaan, Post Office, East Canaan.
 Post Office, Falls Village, George T. Johnsons Store Norfolk H. L. Rood, Ashley Falls
 A. l.. Dickinson, Salisbury.
 J. W. Morgan, Great Harrington, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

The U. s. Public Health Service asks ,. .. Do You Think dog muzzling cruel and then Marvel at the spread of rabies Carefully select your brand of liquor
 aud then Feed your children unpssteurized milka Repeat the Golden Rule and then Sneeze in somebody's. face Go camping for your health and then Place your toilet so that it drains into
 your water supply
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03
In Self-Defense.

Entering hotel barber shop the hard faced man proceeded to open 8 bulging handbag which he carried "This is pomade, he announced, pro- ducing little white pot.
 "I am we'll supplied" replied the barber sharply, "and-"
 "This is shaving soap" went on the stranger, as he held out little case.
 "Yes; but"
 "Here is some bay rum
 Perhaps it is, but I make nay own, and"
 "Here is a moustache fixative."
 +'I have plenty of 1t in the"
 "And here are an electric hairbrush, lavender water, dry shampoo, patent razor strap, and double strength dye for fading hair.
 .'I don't want any of them " as. serted the barber, az he eyed his visitor angrily.
 "I know you don't."
 "Then why have you shown them ?"
 "Because, said the man wearily, as he closed his bag. "I want to come here for a haircut and don't want you to trysand palm off any more toilet requisites ongme. have all l want "
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

The editor of The News received an engraved official invitation from the committee to. attend the big notifica. tion meeting in Carnegie Hall, Mon- day evening. and participate in the ceremony of notifying MT. Justice Charles E. Hughes that he had been nominated for the Presidency of the United States. Previous engagement prevented acceptance of the invitation, but we are gratified to note that the ceremony was "pulled off," just the same. It appears like a superfuous proceeding, any way, inasmuch as MT. Hughes, if he reads his Conn. Western News regularly, must have known several weeks ago, that he was nomi- mated,
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

The beauty recipe given in an inter- view, by Editor George Woodruff, of Litchfield, prize winner in the beauty contest at the state fremen's tourna- ment in New Haven, contains some material for profound reflection: "Smoke necessarily. and eat and drink whenever it impresses you as necessary. Break all the known rules of health. Never refuse an invitation to anything, and play as hard as you work. Take everything that is coming to you, and never squeal when you get stung." Splendid rules, it cannot be gainsaid. And right in line with the axiom, Handsome is that handsome does. :"
Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

Get Together. Pull Together. It's the only way to make progress forward.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
MYSTERIOUS STRIKE IN
 THE NOTAk DISTRICT.

Word has been brought to Nome of some mysterious creek in the Notak district that the natives are talking about. which is said to con
 tain a streak of nuggets rich be- yond anything before heard of. Some natives arrived with nuggets at Kotzebue from this new Eldorado, and the Augusta c. took north some natives who are going to try their luck at the mysterious strike, Natives were loath to give particu- lars and dwelt In generalities. They spoke as though the river or creek was yellow with gold and their stories are said to have all the fables of lost mines backed off the map" The fact that some of the natives had gold lent some color to the story, but so far none of the whites were taking much stock in the yarn, and were awaiting more partic- ulars as to where the bonanza was
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
DRYER BAY MINE
 BEING DEVELOPED,

VALDEZ, Dec, 16.-George F. White, the assayer, left this morn ing for Dryer Bay, Knights island, where he will begin development of copper property which he be lieves is destined to become a big producer Ben Silverman is inter ested in the property with him.
 The property is ideally located for cheap development and handling of ores, as it is located near the beach where large steamers can dock has been constructed The ore is high grade. returning values of 12 per cent copper and the owners believe that sufficient values will be recovered from the ore taken from the tunnels during development to pay for the work,
 Captain Morris, of the Three-M, has chartered his boat to the miners and she will be used in delivering shipments of ore from the mine to Latouche, to be shipped to the Ia coma shelter Dryer bay is ap- proximately eighteen miles from La touche.
 The lead upon which the work win be done this winter has been con siderably prospected during the past summer when sixty feet of tunnel was run In on the ore as we'll as considerable surface work done In the way of opencuts. The lead shows on the surface for a distance of three thous and feet and has been found to increase In size where depth was gained in the tunnel.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10

special interest attaches 10 any dis cussion of our national supply Of copper. During the last E years. the Prince William Sound region, Alaska, has become an important copper producing district. and the number of productive mines there
 IS constantly increasing. The Ella
 mar district, a part of this region
 has been the scene of active min
 ing since 1900, and in order that accurate information concerning this area should be available to the public the United States Geological
 survey has recently prepared and published detailed report on it. This report contains excellent topo- graphic and geologic maps. on scale of about a mile to the inch. and is illustrated by numerous plates and figures The discussion of the history of the district and the de scription of the geography are of interest to the lay reader; the treat ment of the areal and structural geology and the discussion of their bearing on the distribution of the ore deposits, as well as the descrip- tion of the mines and prospects, are more technical.
 The geology of the Prince Will liam Sound region is highly com plex, and the attempt to read the geologic history of this part of America from the rock formation as they now appear encounters many difficulties. The almost complete oceans during the period of deposi tion of many thousands of feet of sediments iIas left the rocks prac- tically devoid of fossils, which are so valuable in determining the age of rocks. Nevertheless, the success sion of the rock formations at FL lamar has been determined, and their determination should aid in deciphering the geology of other parts of Prince William Sound. Some new conclusions have also been reached concerning the origin of the Ellamar copper deposits.
 The report, which is entitled The Ellamar district, Alaska" by s. R. Capps and B. L. Johnson, Is published as Bulletin 6C5 of the United States Geological survey and may be ob- tained free by applying to the di- rector,
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
TUNGSTEN WILL BE SHIPPED BY
 PARCELS POST
POSTOFFlCE REVENUES TO BE INCREASED BY ONE OF
 LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

If the contemplated action in the
 matter of shipping tungsten ore is taken, Fairbanks will be raised to a second class dignity at least. For she will then have a second class postofffce, by reason of the fact that the ore is to be shipped by parcels post It is estimated that fully 50 tons will be sent Outside in this manner which. at the pre- vailing rates. will increase the reve, nues of the postoffice here approxi- mately s12,Ooo >-
 The matter of shipping tungsten ore by parcels post was first sug- gested to Johnson X Ewers, who operate the only tungsten mine in interior Alaska, at the head of Gil more creek, by the Premus Chemical Co, of Pennsylvania to whom the ore is to be shipped The officials of this company, seeing the account of the discovery of tungsten here in Outside mining journals. wrote to Messrs. Johnson & Ewers, solicit ing their business The operators replied to the letter of the company, telling of the poor transportation facilities, the company's advice in relation to the parcels post method of shipping being later received here. The last letter received also contained an offer of S2,SOO per ton for the concentrates.
 Parcels post rates are 12 cents per pound. The freight per ton on the ore will therefore be about $240 It is understood that the first ship ment of the ere will be brought to town some day this week and dis, an easy matter to handle the orc in this manner as very few of the stages leaving Fairbanks are bur dcned with heavy loads, and have plenty of carrying capacity.
 Johnson & Ewers have been work ing for about four months on their tungsten lead, which was discovered by the former. They have traced the lead for a long distance on the surface and it is reported that it is about four feet wide at a depth of 50 feet in the shaft which the men are sinking
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
TO MINE COAL ON
 BERlNG RIVER CLAIMS.

The coal claim of the Alaska Pe- troleum and Coal company, which was allowed to go to patent last week, is one of a group of sixteen claims owned by the LippyDavis company.
 It is estimated that the claim for which patent has been granted con- tains five million tons of coal and it is announced that operations will begin immediately to open the mine on an extensive scale. Miners will be employed all winter and supplies will be sent north to Katalla on one of the first steamers of the Admiral line.
 The LippyDavis property is To- cated approximately twenty-five miles from tidewater, but adjacent to the railroad survey of the Copper river railroad branch to the coal fields.
 The Lippy-Davis coal claims have been held up for many years through the activities of the conservationists, and a decision adverse to the claim ants was rendered by the Land Of fee on the ground that sufficient development work had not been per formed to determine the value of the coal deposits. The case was appealed and has resulted in the coal claim owners heinz given title to one claim.-Chitina Leader.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
OF A SPORTING NATURE

showing on him anywnare. Freddie Welsh. the man who to. Willie g title. sat at the ringside and smiled nice, broad smile when the weight was announced If Freddie eyyr lad any fear of meeting Willie again all that terror has been elimi lated for Welsh would only have to remark that he would De loon tC risk his title agains: the chal- longing welterweight.
 That's just what Willie is today and he won't be that very long Willie is on the high road to the middleweight division ant co amount of hard training can keer kiin odt Of the famous Dempsey circle. Dun dee made the fast Rtchie look SOW by comparison. Tha speedy Italian went around Wiliaf1 like cooper around a barrel. Willie couldn't set for his ueeful right, and when the score was posted Willie was a sad loser.
 Just now there are bu. three or four men who can make the light eight limit Dundee can come in at 2S or 30 So can Charlie White Joe Mandot is a little tcllo" and Ted Lewis, the English crack, is a remarkable weight freak He weighed something like 142 in Phila delphia one week and tnen lopp"d to Boston the next and made 135 for Joe Mandot Jack B.,ittol can make 135 easily and so can Freddie Welsh. though he seldom takes the trouble to make that notch. He never signs for a fight where tlle weight will be source of worri- ment. That is his privilege since he is the commander of the good ship Champion.
 One thing about Welsh that few know is that he never signs for fight unless it is eXpre sly stated that no decision on d foul shall take nlS llIle away rom nlsh Harry Pollok, F'reddie's manager, sees to 1t that Welsh will net be served as Kid Williams was, whether Vii, Hams was at fault CT not, Ertle by the way. is in New York trying to get on at Madison SqIaru Gar den just to show the folks that he is real champion. He certainly looks like enc. lie locks like a pocket edition of wrestler
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
MINING TRANSFER MADE
 INVOLVING BIG AMOUNT

JUNEAU, Dec. 11.-With the fed eral clerk yesterday was filed a conveyance of group of mining claims for s5OO,OOO from A. D. Nash, Charles Goldstein, F. B. Hyder and John T. Welch to Leonard Lehlbach, an eastern mining man.
 The claims include lode claims Taku from No. l to 48; Taku mill sites from No. 1 to 8, and water rights on Grindstone creek, upper and lower; Rhine creek, and Dupont creek.
 The payments are as follows: The sum of $10O,O0O on or before July 1, 1916; $50.000 on or before May 1,
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
MOTHER LODE COMPANY
 WILL MAKE BIG SHIPMENT

There is reported to be consider tble actility at Mccarthy and sur rounding country as a result of the copper boom. The Bonanza and Jum6o mines are employing nore mon than ever, while the Mother Lode Copper mine is freighting ore over the snow trail to the railroad and will shortly make a big ship ment to the Tacoma smelter. Many other mines in the district are be- ing developed and there is an air of prosperity about the whole interi- or country-Valdez Prospector.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
Orleans on March f

OrltdlS On VI dINli f
 QUEER PLAY IN WORLDS SERIES
 The last worlds series combat furnished a play that can challenge for the title of The Funniest Play in Baseball
 It was in the eighth inning or the fifth game. The Phillies were at bat With two men out. Cravath got a base on balls, and Dugey ran for him Luderus then took lis place at the plate, ard on the third ball pitched Dugey tried to steal second Cady's throw 10 Scott beat Dugey to second, Scott touched Du- gey sliding into the bag and Umpire OIoughlin waived Dugey out, retiring the side.
 The PhillieS started to take their places in the field and the Red Sox started for their dugout when it was noticed that Luderus was putting up some sort of protest to Behind the-Plate Umpire Klem. He pointed to his shirt bosom. Klem solemn ly examined the shirt. then majes- tically raised his hand, walked to the center of the field and conferred with Umpire OLoughlin.
 Whats coming off here, anyway" queried the crowd.
 The mystification was increased when klem sent Luderus to first base and Dugey to second, and it continued until an official announcer explained that the pitch made by Foster on which Cady had thrown to Scott had grazed the chest of Luderus, entitling him to first base, and nullifyine the out made when Dugey tried to steal second.
 Jim Coffey is broken hearted over his sudden defeat at the hands of Moran. Jim wants another bout and thinks he can reverse the go- ing Moran's manager is perfectly willing to let the big Pittsburg blond fight the Dublin giant again There is one stipulation that he in sists on, though If Coffey wants another fight he will have to take the ragged end of the purse, just as he has been making the others do, Coffey is the man looking for the chance now, not Moran.
 Let it be known that Alexander Aberg is the Graeco-Roman cham pion of the world, simply because he flopped Waldek Zbyzko over OF his two broad shoulders after an hours yanking about. After looking at Waldek's wonderful build it is cer tain that Alex is champ.
 Ted Lewis Is cutting up high and lofty capers among the lightweight| The clever Englishman followed up his defeat of the brilliant Britton by whipping Joe Mandot recently in Boston
 Speaking of Lewis the next day, Mandot said:
 T honestly believe that he is the next champion of the world. You know that l think pretty well of my own chances in that direction, bu. bow to Lewis He knocked me down five times, and when he hit me, it hurt I don't want any more of him. I've got lot of money saved up and by links, l don, have to take them on the jaw any more If Welsh fights Lewis, hell lose his title sure. Now mark my word"
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
CIVIC CLUB ID
 HOLD ELECTION

Announcement has been made to the effect that the Woman's Civic club of Fairbanks will hold it's an nual election of officers at it's regu- lar meeting tomorrow night The meeting will be held in the district court room at the federal building, bers of the organization is expected. There will be no regular program. although it is probable that one or two interesting papers will be read.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
STAMPEDE STARTS TO
 THE LEWIS RIVER.

ANCHORAGE, Dec. IA small stampede has started to the head waters of the Lewis river. It is caused by the reports of the dis covery of a white channel which is said to be the source of the gold The reports here are conflicting channel has led oldtimers to expect something because of their expert ence of such channels with good pay in other camps.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
MORAN APPROVES
OF WIGW AGGING.

Frank Moran used to be in the navy, and the night he knocked Jim Coffey out in Madison Square Garden there was macy a sailor perched up under the great raftera roofing for the sailor-thar-was Frank thinks a lot of the old crowd
 Pm for the boys in biue,' sail Frank "I used to be aE cNpe1t at wigwagging when I Was on the Mayflower and several of the signs in the present naval code were in vented by me. One night l went into a big Pittsburg hotel for a bite to eat. Sitting on the opposite side of the room with two remarkably pretty girls, was one of my old ship mates.
 Immediately I began 10 Wlgwag him for a little information about the spare blond. I learned all about that woman from him and when l turned and told my manaear who she was, where she lived, how much money her parents had ard so on, he nearly tainted. Believe ne. the old signal code Is a mighty hand% thing to know.
 'I went to the movies tha orher night and they showed an old vet who was in the Civil war. He be- longed to the signal corps of that time. The picture showed him on top of the capitol at Washington wigwagging a message Of peace. l had no trouble in reading he old fallOw'S Sjpns"
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
LANDS IN JAIL; FlFTIETH TIME.

DAN BER NARDTNO, NOV. I3.- With one eye missing and his face scared by his adventures durlng the thirty years he has been a ia miliar figure to the officers. Pablo Yescas aged IS, a Mexican lad'an, was brought to the county laIl to- day by Constable Riviera, of Red lands, for his fiftieth commitment to Jail here, The charge is petty larceny
 YesCas has been incarcerated for everything from murder to scaling In 1889 he was brought on a charge of murder, but made a successful defense and was released
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10

The Seward Post says that the fire department equipment for An chorage arrived on the coast tco late to be taken to Anchorage by boat, and unless it is transported over the trail the new town will be with out up-to-date fighting apparatus dur ing the winter.