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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

Doctor F. M. Boyle has been mayor of Valdez the past year. You can see the fruits of his administration on every hand. Consider the effect of his election upon our, school system if he applies the sa me "rough-house'' methods to our educational system. The Doctor cannot work in harmony with any body of men who refuse to allow him to dictate to them. What would be the result? {.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

When you go to the polls tomor- row remember that your vote can make or mar the future of the city the coming year. If you are satisfied with affairs in our city, vote to retain the old regime: if you believe tha, Valdez is entitled to the same chance as other cities on the coast, give us a new administration. Vote the Citi- zens' Ticket.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03
COMMISSION ORDERS
 MATANUSkA COAL

' Contracts were let last Thursday at Anchorage, by the Alaskan Engi- neering Commission, for 5000 tons of Matanuska coal.
 Under the terms of the contract the coal is to be delivered at Moose creek, on the route of the Matanuska railroad line. R. G. Dougherty, who is mining two miles above the creek, is now engaged in delivering two thousand tons, hauling over the snow, Oliver Laduke, who has a contract for three thousand tons, may not be able to complete the delivery of this amount over the snow. as the trail is rapidly breaking up. He is min- ing about eight miles up the creek.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

Compare the Citizens Ticket with that of the opposition. Not q man on the Citizens Ticket has pledged him self to anything or anyone. The opposition is pledged to a platform which if adopted will work further injury to the town. and eventually drive out every business opposed to their practices. If you believe in Bigger. Busier. Better Valdez. vote the Citizens Ticket
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

Charles G. Ganty was dismissed from the services of the city as city attorney last summer on the plea that the city did not need an attorney. The council then proceeded to pay out $877.S0 in court costs and in legal proceedings to outside attorneys, and never won a case. And now MT. Ganty is threatening to institute suit for his salary. Was this business like?
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

If your dislike for any member of the Citizens Ticket compels you to scratch his name, do not vote for a member of the opposition. Leave his name blank. A vote for the opposi- ton weakens our ticket and is liable to place one of the opposition in of fee
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03
of Candidacy f'
 (.oalncilman.

Announcement or Cano1oac! fo'
 Councilman.
 I, the undersigned. announce my self as a candidate for Councilman. election to be held Tuesday. April 4, 1916. 1 further wish to announce that I am an independent candidate, and am not tied up with any private interests or cliques. ! favor: Econ o,ny, Apnexing to the City Taxable Property, Better Fire Protection. and the City Dock. and if elected will work for the best interests of the town as I have always done in the mast as fl resident of the town and a Coun ncilman.
 Very respectfully,
 5t AL WHITE.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

If the Citizens Ticket does not suit every man, woman or child in Valdez they are hard to please. It is con1- posed of men picked from all over the city; none of them politicians ard none of them pledged to war on our business firms.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

Cordova has increased in popula- tioD the past year by many hundreds: Seward. Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau have forged steadily ahead. Valdez has stood still. There's q reason.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

James Wilson, the freighter, who is engaged in transporting a large quantity of supplies to the Ramsay Rutherford mine, came down of the Glacier last night
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

Whichever way the election may go tomorrow lay aside your prejudices and let's work for the betterment of the town.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

Don't allow the political agitators to use your children's education as a stepping stone to political aggran- diZemenI.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

New Spring Goats just arrived on the last boat at E. Winters tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03
CITIZENS TICKET.

| CITlZEN'S TICKET. . ED WOOD. . E. A. ERICKSON. : CHARLES CRAWFORD A. J. MEALS. ! A. J. DIMOND. : ANTON CARLSON. ! JAMES PATTERSON. ,
 ! . Treasurer of School Board. . MRS. ALICE SELBY. .
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-03

The report spread broadcast by the adherents of the Citizens Ticket that
 the Lilly Restaurant had been closed
 down to starve the voters into sup porting the Anticipated" Ticket is a fabrication pure and simple, and
 shows to what length disreputable politicians will go to gain their ends.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
PLANNING FOR SMALL TOWNS
BY No Means Should Only the Large
Cities Be Laid Out With Scien-
tific Care.

Another bothersOme miSconceptiOn Is
that city planning relates only to the
larger communities already great and
populous and prosperous, and is moi
needed, or at least is not available
by the smaller places. 1t seems to be
the unconscious conclusion that it is
best to first make all the mistakes OF
civic ignorance and community
thoughtlessness, and to yield as fully
as possible to the greed of special
privilege, in the thought that when the
town becomes really great, it can af-
ford to plan for convenience, practic-
ability and progress. The good people
who take this view remind me of an
acquaintance who considered the serv
Ices of an architect superfluOus for a
certain building he was having erected
The carpenter had handled many build
ings-was he not good enough to see
that this simple structure was properly
put up? So the work proceeded, the
carpenter accepting and using the floor
plans of his customer without Ques.
tiOn, and it was not until the building
was under roof that the lack of pro
vision for any stairway to the SECOND
floor appeared. OF course, the f1nal
cost of the revised house considerably
exceeded what it would have been had
the architect done his work and the
carpenter his. 1 know many towns
that pretty nearly lack stairway, and
for just about the same reason.-Amer.
lean Civic Association.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
LIVING ROOM MADE BRIGHT

light, but somehow, when we got this
far, We were disappOinted-it wasn't
the cheerful, cOzy room we had
planned.
After studying the problem for some
time we decided that it was too heavy
looking, and so much brown was mo-
notonous. 1t lacked living color. We
wished we had chosen a gay chintz
for hangings instead of the plain
brown. But as we hadn't thought of
it till too late, we set about bringing
the room to life with the remaining
furnishings.
We bought two wide wicker chairs
and cushioned them with cretonne in
which there were old blues, gold and
orange, with touches of black and
white. We bought q tall wicker floor
lamp-there is nothing that softens a
room like wicker-and l put a lining
Of the cretonne under the shade. |
made orange shades for the side fix
lures and bought two or three pieces Of
the bright painted tin that is in vogue
just now, one gorgeous yellow water
ing pot for the flower stand.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
WHERE WOMEN SELECT MATE
In New Guinea 1t IS Considered Be-
meath the Dignity Of Men no = -
Take Time to Court.

So far as proposals Of marriage are
concerned, in New Guinea it is always
leap-year, for in that island the men
consider 1t beneath their dignity to no.
tice women, much less to make over
lures of marriage. Consequently, the
proposing is left to the women to do.
When the ebony belle falls in love
with man she sends piece of string
to his sister, or, If he has no sister,
to his mother, or another of his lady
relatives.
Then the lady who receives the
string tells the dusky brave that the
particular damsel Is in love with him.
No cOurting follows, however, for it is
considered beneath a New Guinea gen.
tleman's dignity to waste time in sucN
a pursuit.
If the man thinks he would like to
wed the lady, he meets her alone, and
they decide straight away whether to
marry or drop the idea.
In the former case the betrothal ia
announced. The man is then branded
on the back with charcoal, while q
mark is cut into the womans skin.
No breach-of-promise actions are
possible in New Guinea, though If the
lady is Tilted her friends may hunt her
lover up and "go" for him. On the
other hand, if the dark demsel proves
faithless, she is liable to be eaten By
her betrOthed if he catches her.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15

and he built the vat and filed it with
mixture of 72 pounds Of sal-soda,
"a pounds Of white arsenic, three gal
Ions Of pine tar and 1,5O0 gallons of
water. His cattle and other farmers
cattle are dipped in this vat regularly.
The value of a silo on a farm can
not be overestimated. The dairy farm
er who has been unable to see the
value Of the silo in connection with
his dairy farm is generally looked
upon as an unprogressive farmer. Es-
pecially in the winter does the value
Of the silo become apparent as it is
possible at all times to feed green
fodder to the milk COWS and thereby
preserve both the quantity and quality
Of the milk product. With the use of
the silo the farmer is enabled to save
the shucks, the fodder, the corn stalks
and the ears, and to keep up summer
feeding throughout the winter without
a break.
Mr. Wood built a round stave silo,
6O-ton capacity, on concrete founda-
tion at total cost Of $116.35. 1t cost
$2.O5 per ton to grow the corn and
put the silage in the silo. This silo
was built according to the plans and
specifications and under the personal
supervision of Mr. L. A. Higgins of the
United States dairy division.
Dairyine Is Profitable.
There is no branch of farming that
is more needed in the cotton belt than
dairying. 1t is most profitable indus
try in itself and is the means of rapid
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
RESTRICTING Home streets-

Home streets should be sacred to
homes and they should be protected
from the invasion of all kinds of bust.
ness. The home is the climax of urban
activity, and it should never be sacrf,
feed to commerce or industry of any
character. A city Tounds itself when
it harms a home. And so there should
be regulations and ordinances to pro-
tect the homes against business. Bust.
ness can take care of itself; the home
can't. A happy home, the most useful
and honorable thing in a community,
loses its high character if shop OF
some kind is stuck up alongside of It.
Yes, it is necessary for a man to make
a living, but it is not right to make
other people unhappy in doing it. We
simply suggest that there is ample
room here for a salutary regulation
Ohio State Journal.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
TIME TOGO SLOW.
increased through the persuasivenesa

increased through the persuasiveness
of those who have bargains to offer.
Next week, clothes will probably be
at their minimum prices for the sea.
son. In the shops and at the dress
making places, clothes will be Offered
at what is called "belOw cost" Al
these sales a wholesale clearance OF
everything is made by the CONNER
cialists, as they do not care to carry
stock any longer through the season
and because the prices are tempting
and the clothes suit the fashions of
the hour, there are hundreds of women
who take advantage of these bargains
and buy costumes that they think win
give them good service when the first
frost comes.
The process of buying good clothes
at reduced rates at this season is one
that appeals to the economist, and on
the surface it seems an efficient way
to dispose of money, but in truth, it
is one of the most hazardous expert
mentS.
1t is one of those instances in which
a majority does what only small mi
nority is capable Of doing. A woman
who does not keep herself well ad
vised concerning the changes IN
clothes runs every chance of putting
into her wardrobe that which should
never be taken out.
The latest thing in June is apt to
be the oldest thing in October. The
cloth suit that looks admirable in the
shop and which is guaranteed by the
persuasive seller as Frances latest
production may not give service more
than three times during the hot
weather, and, when one gleefully takes
it from the closet in October with that
virtuOuS feeling Of fOrehandedness. it
will present such pitiable contrast to
the new clothes that it can never be-
worn.
Copyright. 1916, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per SyndicateO
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
City Manaaina as a Profession.

Illinois has at least two "city man.
ayers" Of the new type, and it is no vic
lent presumption that she is interested
in the progress of the city manager
plan of administration. With what
amazement one read, some years back
the items from Germany telling us OF
the Teutonic way of electing mayors
of advertising for them all over the
empire and giving a trained man the
position regardless of residence, poll
tics or what not! Now the idea seems
far less startling. We are not as YET
thinking of advertising for our mayors
but in conjunction with the commits.
sion form of government or modifica
tion of that form we are slowly deveL
oping the science Of city managing and
the profession Of the city manager.
A City Managers association came
into existence few weeks ago. The
latest report showed about nineteen
cities and villages under the city man
ager plan, and several communities
are about to submit the same plan tc
a referendum. The University of Wis.
consin has established a course for
would-be city managers, and it seems
a very liberal and practical one.-Cht
cago Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
Home 0lun.
Y Helps Y !.
THROWING TRASH. IN STREET
Nuisance Complained OF in Washing
ton Prevails in Many Other of the
country's Cities.

When the wind blows with force It
emphasizes the carelesSness of the
people who disregard the injunction
against throwing trash in the streets,
says the Washington Star. At nearly
every corner in the downtown section
the wind forms eddies in which are
gathered the bits of paper that have
been carelesSly tossed aside and al
lowed to drift. These papers repre-
sent an ignoring Of police regula'
ton which prohibits the throwing OF
refuse in the streets. AS an induce
ment to full observance of this re-
qUirement receptacleS are stationed al
convenient places in which trash OF
this kind can be placed. 1t only re-
quires a little care on the part OF all
to keep the streets clean. Every bit
of litter drifting about the streets on
windy day or lying in the cutters
waiting for the street cleaners brooms
and shovels represents slOvenly con-
duct on the part of Washingtonians.
A very few people of this thoughtless
habit can give the whole city an as.
pect of neglect and lack of care. The
most perfect system of street cleaning
cannot cope with this tendency and
keep the city looking neat so long as
trash is discarded against the regula'
ton and without the use Of the re-
ceptacles. Prosecutions should not be
necessary to put a stop to this bac
habit, but apparently they are needed
to remind the people that the rule
against throwing litter into the streets
is in force and should be observed.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15

q sandy loan with yellow clay sub
soil. The lower levels of the farm
were very poorly drained and as a
consequence the crops on these por-
tions have suffered severely during the
seasons of excessive rainfall During
the past five years the willows in all
the low places have been cut and
bitches opened and the bottom
drained.
Land Was UnproductiVe.
For upward of Is years the crops
have been for the most part cotton,
grown under the negro tenant sys-
TEN. AS result Of this practice, the
land was badly washed and reduced to
a very unproductive state. 1t had a
local reputation of being both poor and
improbable. It sold for $1,000 in
1898.
A, in good farming, is clearing land
Of stumps and roots. We have reached
a point where the use of labor-saving
machinery on the farm is absolutely
necessary if we are to supply the grow
AHS uSuduuS VI Idpluly increasing
population and reap the highest re-
wards of prevailing prices. The neces-
sity for labor-saving machinery has be-
come more and more obvious with the
growing scarcity of labor and the con-
sequent high cost of production.
The water supply for all stock comes
from deep well The water is raised
by means of pump and four-horse-
power engine and is piped to the dwell
ing and to the troughs and hog pas
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
DETAILS THAT MAKE EFFECTS
Small Touches Lift Children's Cloth.
ing Out of the Domain of Things
That Are Ordinary.

Sometimes is it just the small touch
that is different which will lift the
embroidered frOck or jumper suit out
of the ordinary class. 1t is we'll to
keep ones eyes open for just such de-
tails and then make good use of them
on the fr0ck or jumper in the sewing
bag.
A little girls dress made in a long
waisted style has a peplum with seal
lOped outline put on at the long waist.
The peplum falls downward at the
sides, but at the front and back it Is
held upward in bib fashion, after be-
ing split and buttOnholed, and the
ribbon sash passes through these two
tabs. CrOcheted buttons hold the front
and back sections in place.
A little boys suit of fine pique has
collar and cuffs of rOse-colored linen.
A dainty edge of pink and white cot
ton is crOcheted on these. Small pock-
cts of the rose linen are applied to
the belt and these are topped with the
cOlOred crochet.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
sombernees Should Have No Part in
Apartment Designed for Fam
lily Gatherings.

We spent weeks and weeks after we
had got our new house on paper in
planning the color scheme and the wall
decorations, and in deciding just how
we could make our old furniture fit in
to its new environment. We had start
ed out ten years before with mission
furniture-it is so satisfactory in a liv-
ing room when there are growing chill
dren-and so we shut our eyes to the
delights of the colonial mahogany and
white paint, and built our room around
the old things.
We had the woodwork stained dark
brown and brown paper with light
er brown figure on it put on the walls.
The face curtains were cream scrim
and the overhangings were brown case
ment cloth.
There were three windows at each
end of the room. and French window
opened on the porch at each side of
the fireplace. So the room was very
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15
So Manifest That Those Who First
Frowned on Them Have Been
Brought to Admire.

Short dresses are becoming more
popular every day. Those who first
frOwned on them now admire them
and say that they are not only sensible
but becoming as well as economical.
With a short dress a woman has
some liberty. She has her hands for
free use. She may look round about
her without the fear that while she is
doing it somebody will put a foot
through her twO-dollar-a-yard lace and
tramp off a couple of yards of it. She
may get out of a street car without
looking back to see if she is clear be-
hind and safe from being dragged
along and perhaps MANNED for life.
She can defy rain and mud. She
doesn't have to go round a wisp of
straw lest she take it up on her
fringes. She can cross a street with
out stepping on her dress and falling
down in the mud for the nearest pO-
liceman to pick her up and all the
boys to laugh at and watch to see her
do it next time.
If she has pretty foot she can
show it, and if she has a homely foot
everybody knew it before, so there will
be nothing lost there.
The reign Of the feather boa has be-
gun again in real earnest. This year
they are prettier and finer than ever.
Many appear to be made of exception
ally fine feathers, loosely and artisti-
cally curled, and in softer and more
delicate cOlOrings than of yOre. A
dark smoky gray and a very soft
amethyst are among the most alluring
OF these, and mixtures of color are
happily absent this year, for plain col
Ors are generally more becoming so
near the face than the mottled effects.
The newest neck ruffleS are neither
long nor short, but just a happy me-
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15

same time of furnishing the necessary
cash to pay all expenses. In the farm
ing sections of our country which have
enjoyed the greatest and most lasting
prosperity, the grasses and clovers
have always occupied an important
place. He has So acres in bermuda
and lespedeza pasture. The larger
part of the land now devoted to per-
manent pasture was first planted to
winter oats. Small areas of the pas
ture is now well sodded in bermuda
and lespedeza or Japan clover. He
will thoroughly sod every square foot
of this pasture land in bermuda grass
and lespedeza within the next year or
two. The best pastures in the cotton
belt are perhaps those which in sum-
mer consist of bermuda grass and les
pedeza. With the addition of burr
clover, white clover, crimson clover,
hairy vetch and red top, when the
soil is sufficiently fertile, such pas
lures can be grazed the year round.
Mr.. Wood is not only increasing the
productiveness Of his soil; he is also
improving the yielding power of the
oat, corn and other seed planted on
this farm. He realizes the fact that
like produces like and he has pur-
chased the very best seed from per-
fectly reliable seed breeders and will
use every known scientific method to
further improve the yielding power of
the seed. His part in obtaining the
most prolific seed and in growing, se-
lecting and caring for such seed will
not be appreciably greater than the
work necessary to handle scrub seed.