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The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-23
CADETS AT WEST P0.NT
 ID BE INCREASED

Washington 29Ihe the United States senate passed London, March, ha English sion the Chamberlain light ship Gaoper, torpedoed bill provides of the Thames yesterday She went to fold. the bottom in few seconds Her
 This will allow Alaska to will two representatives her she Upon graduation mudrance navigation her are commissioned Is lieu position
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-23

Win su tas improvements com u-et-a, the Vienna Bakery is again .t y5u- service with the finest bread rtas and n.,trv. 3-l5-tf
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-23

Mss C. Eaasou, dres. making and sewing by the day or tt room. Call a. Golden North Hotel or phone 24.
 S-1S-1wk.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-23
ISLAND POSSESSIONS Sa00
 BIB INCREASE IN EXPORTS

to the hilts with raw and manuiac- tured articles.
 Te department of commerce has issued statements to the effect that the exports have increased oyer i've million dollars during the year 1915.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-23
.C0PPER TODAY

Tacoma, March 23-Copper as quoted today shows a slight in crease Latest quotation is 2S.3Q.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
SCIENTISTS KEEP AT WORK
Little Effect on the Develop
ment Of Ideas.

So thick and fast come the devel.
opments Of science in these days that
eel are losing their sense Of astonish.
ment. The impossible becomes the
actual so often that it is unsafe to
say that anything cannot be done. A
few months ago the first telephone
message was transmitted across the
continent. Today we hear that a
still greater distance has been covered
by a wireless telephone. Forty years
ago a current of electricity could not
be made to jump more than a few
inches through a vacuum. Today
there is no known limit to it, or rath-
er to the capacity of new instruments
to detect it. Some electrical en-
gineers believe that messages could be
sent to the moon, and perhaps out into
infinite space through the ether just
as easily as from San Francisco to
Honolulu through the atmosphere.
With all this, no man can tell what
electricity is. All wa know about it
is that when a certain thing is done
certain results follow.-New York
Commercial.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Rare Old BihIe

I. G. Giltner, 224 Harris avenu is
the possessor of a Bible which he
says has been in his family more than
100 years, relates the Indianapolis
News. This Bible was in the flood
in West Indianapolis and was rescued
though in a somewhat damaged con-
dition. 1t is a folio of more than 1000
pages and contains not only the gen.
orally accepted books Of the Old and
New Testaments, but the apocryphal
books Of the Old Testament. 1t is print
ed in rare old German text, and the
illustrations, which are numerous, ap-
pear to be Of a much earlier date than
the book itself. The following is a
translation Of a part of the full-page
title Of the book: "Biblia: That is
the entire Holy Scripture Of the Old
and New Testaments with their trans
lation into our German mother-tongue
as begun by Herr Doctor Martin Lu-
ther in 1922 and completed in 1884;
and afterward with the summaries of
Herr Johann Sanberti; also with d.
verse instructive explanations above
every chapter, by Herr Doctor Salo-
mon; now provided with entirely new
and beautiful copper pictures; with a
preface by Herr Johann Michael Dill
herrn. Published by the Johann
Andrea Trades company, 17SS, Nurem-
berg.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Motorcyclist Riding Nightmare.

C. II. Sargent, a motorcycle racer
Of Indianapolis. suffered a broken leg
in a race at Vincennes, Labor day,
and was in the hospital there for sew
eral weeks.
He had a bad night shortly after be-
ing taken to the hospital. The ward
was quiet when the whole hospital
was startled by hearing Sargent yell:
Hold her, Newt, hold herr a catch
saying among motorcyclists when a
machine seems to be going too fast
for the rider.
One of the internes came rushing
in, fearful that Sargent would fall out
of bed. When he reached Sargent the
latter was lying comfortably with a
rather foolish look on his face.
did you call?" asked the inferno.
why, no." said Sargent, but I
could use a drink of water"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
SEEMED LIKE HOME TO BIRD
Canary Finally Successful in Breaking
Into Jail, and May Serve a
Life Term.

Having been born in a prison cage,
1t was only natural that a canary, re.
GREETING the breaking Of home ties at
a moment when the door was left
open. should pause in his recalcitrant
career when he saw the hundreds of
barred windows of the Tombs prison,
remarks the New York Herald. Ho
always had associated bars with a
well-llled seed dish.
This runaway canary had been try
ing for several days to break into Jail,
MISLEADING it probably for a bird cage
a Jail bird cage. A down and out
err at the penny coffee stand under
the Tombs wall caught the hungry
anl remorseful bird. John Crowley, a
turnkey. who had watched the little
fellow for days, gave the outcast Is
cents for the bird and took him inside
the prison.
There the canary was happy again.
tIe flew about the cagewalls, ate
greedily from the bird seed dishes,
took a splashing bath in the bright
sunshine. and sang joyously. The bars
made him feel at home, and he may
serve a term for life there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
DIFFER ON TEMPORARY STARS
Astronomers Have Two Views as te
How the Somewhat Mysterious
Bodies Originate.

Most of the textbooks suggest that
temporary stars, or "novae," may re.
suit either from the collision Of two
bodies in space or from a sudden ex.
plosion OF eruption Of a single body.
Professor Hale, in his recent review
Of the last ten years work at Mount
Wilson, states that a more plausible
hypothesis is that of a faint star sud.
denly plunging into a gaseous nebula.
The spectra of novae, after passing
through remarkable changes, have usu.
ally been supposed to correspond
closely in their last visible stage with
the spectra of nebulae. Observations
at Mount Wilson, however, are in har.
mony with an observation of Hart.
mann in showing that there is, at least
in some cases, a still later stage, in
which the characteristic lines of the
nebular spectrum disappear, as if the
star had finally passed out of the ne.
bula which caused it's sudden outburst
Of luminosity. On this hypothesis, the
temporary brightness of these stars
would be analogous to that Of a me.
teorite passing through the earth's at.
mosphere and raised to in~candescence
by frictlon.-Scientiic American.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Bv = Lake in Winter.

The deep Of peace which fills
the woods at midwinter is nowhere
expressed moro fully than where a
sylvan lake or pool reflects with calm
surface the grayness Of the patient
skies.
Strained by the autumn scourings
Of the hills, and the decay of innumer-
able leaves, the water is rarely clear
and bright, as when it mirrors the
clearer heavens Of spring and sum-
mer.
1t CLEANS to the slanting light that
strikes between denser masses of
cloud in tints of yellowish suffusion
from the rainscoured clay, or in a
strange jade-green opaqueness.
Where the naked trees upon the
margin of the lake project the whole
length of their reflection upon it's un-
moved water, they present an i'm
preston of enormous columnar height,
such as car never be equaled after
the leaves Of the summer add sub
stance to the lines Of their upper
honRha.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Gets His Soup at Sea.

Because he is bound for London,
where it is impossible to secure a sup
ply of the special seaWeed out of which
a soup is made that is especially IA
vored by his countrymen, Captain
Takai of the Japanese steamer Kenkon
Maru No. 8, appealed to the customs
officials, the Philadelphia Record says.
AS a result Captain Harai of the
steamer Senju Maru, also japanese,
was given permission to transfer to
Captain Takai a portion of his supply
of the delectable dainty without which
the voyage would be a dismal one for
him and his crew. Captain Harai is
homeward bound and can soon replen-
ish his stock.
The scaweed in question is found
only il the Orient, and it contains a
gelatinous substance which thickens
the soup, and has a peculiar appeal to
the oriental palate. In fact, the Japa-
nese sailor claims there is nothing else
so good in the soup-making line. 1t
is found by fishermen at the bottom Of
the sea and, washed and dried, it finds
ready sale in China and Japan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
CONSUMPTION of Gasoline.

In estimating consumption of gaso-
line statisticians usually figure con-
sumption by motor owners as the prin-
cipal demand on refiners and lump
other consumption as not Of great i'm
portance. However, President Brace
of the National Association of Dyers
and Cleaners, recently called atten-
ton to the great amount of gasoline
used by cleaning establishments. He
says that the annual consumption Of
gasoline for this purpose in the Uni
ted States exceeds 70,0 900 gallons
and is increasing all the time. Clean
ers, according to Mr.. Brace, use gaso-
line as laundries do water, and in fig
uring on the consumption Of gasoline
in this country he says the statisti-
clans must not forget the great de-
mands made OF the refiners by the
cleaners.-Wall Street Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Her View of Self.

She was a typical East side girl and
though plainly dressed, was very pref
ty. While walking through Van Cort
landt park she heard for the first time
Of the game of golf and observed the
golfers as she was asking her com
panion, a sprightly young girl, some
thing about the game. The girl ex
planned. My Gawd.' responded the
other. And do they walk all over
these hills?' Then she observed some
more players On the links in the far
distance. do they play it away of
there, too" "Oh. yes" replied the
girl. They play it all over the place.
Well" concluded the East side girl
dismissing the subject with definite
finality and a shrug of her shoulders
that's another Of those nice games
I'd like to Learnt don't think,"-New
York Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
CAT CAUSED MUCH TROUBLE
Family Pet Has Been Formally cau-
toned that 1.-THE Cave" Is Not
Public Property.

Out in Woodruff place a nunber of
small boys have banded together and
done what most boys have done if
they were real-for-sure boys-built a
cave, says the Indianapolis News. APP
preaching this cave is a long under
ground tunnel about two feet square.
What there is in this tunnel in the
way of side chambers and the like, the
fathers and mothers never will know,
but at the inside end Of the tunnel is
the den, about five feet square, built
in a side hill and as dark as the most
cavernous depths of a Wyandotte
cave.
One OF the youngsters belonging to
the band Of cave jewellers hurried
home from school the other afternoon,
donned his cave outfit, and made for
the tunnel. Crawling in flat on the
ground, he made his way toward the
den. Arriving there, he heard a scram-
bling noise just ahead and two fiery
spots doomed up in the darkness. His
teeth chartered with fright. He
couldn't back away, he was too fright
ened to go forward, and there was
no chance OF escape at either side.
The fiery spots became active and the
boy became panicky.
Just what happened in there the
outside world will never know, but
when the Gait was the family cat
came out of the tunnel it was going
some. No cat ever moved faster, and
it didn't stop until it had reached a
barn three lots away.
And the boy-when he emerged his
face Vas as white as the arctic snow
and he was moving rapidly for the
open. The next afternoon the boy
painted a sign on which were the
words: The Cave" in white paint, on
a blazing yellow back ground. Gazing
proudly at the sign he explained:
Nov, If that fool cat car read, he'll
keep out Of there"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Tolerance in Russia,

There is one test of a civilized
country which is now universally rec
ognized. Religious freedom is held
to be essential to national greatness.
Let us see briefly what this means
in all the Russias. The governing
class, drawn from inner Russia, be-
longs, of course, to the strict orthodox
Greek church.
The Baltic provinces are Lutheran,
Finland is Protestant, the southwest
ern provinces contain a large proper
tion of Roman Catholics and Jews; in
the Crimea and is the middle Volga
are Tartar Mohammedans; in the
Caucasus is a perfect babel Of Ian
guages and consequently of creeds.
Religious tolerance, initiated by the
reforming czar, Alexander II, is one
of the tenets of government, and is
nominally in force all over the en-
pire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
HOW MODERN YEGG WORKS
Opto.Date Thief Would scorn to Use
the "JImmy" Employed by
His Predecessors.

In the American Magazine is an
exceedingly interesting story entitled,
IA Fool and His Money" which has
been written by a sixty-year-old crook
who has earned a dishonest but COM
Portable living for 80 years. Follow
ing is an extract in which the author
describes a gentleman burglar"
He was young and handsome, an
excellent dancer. and always dressed
to the minute. The women we're only
too glad to get the chance to dance
with him, and he made many appoint
ments of which their husbands or
parents at home knew nothing. He
did thing on an elegant scale, and
would escort his admiring dance part
ner home each night, using a taxi, of
course.
AT the door he would take the
night key of the lady and open for
her. Generally there would be a chat
on the front stoop, and at its close the
admirable dancer would depart, TAX
ing the key with him. If the robbery
of the house promised good loot and
the lady was thoughtful enough to ask
for her key he would return it, but
on the next night of appointment he
would make a quick impression of the
key in soft wax.
I'm evening clothes and opera hat
this burglar-dancer would ride up to
the house in a taxi in the early hours
of the morning, and before the very
eyes of the cop on the beat enter the
house and proceed about his business
of collecting the family silver and
cash. He robbed a dozen and more
houses and apartments in the West
side before he was trapped. He put
up a Sight and was shot twice before
he surrendered. His career made a
mild yellow journal sensation for a
day Of two"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
one SET OF BRAINS ENOUGH
Clever Man Makes Mistake When He
Takes to Wife Clever Woman,
Says Writer.

The wife of one of our most cele-
brated literary men said the other eve
ming that a talented man should al.
ways choose a wife with nothing fur.
Their than domestic accomplishments.
1T is a great mistake for brainy peo-
pie to marry brains," said she deci-
sively," according to London Tit-Bits,
and, happily, few Of them do it. Put
two geniuses together in matrimony,
and you have put two cats in a bag
nervous, f%retful, irresponsible crea-
lures, with nc patience and less COM
mon sense, who will be always worry
ing each other and Juggling in opposite
directions at the matrimonial chain. If
they are both talented in the same line
they will YEA each other out in
the expression of different ideas; but
II they have separate abilities, there
will be pretty often a jangle about
which one is the more important.
What a clever man wants is a clear
headed. sensible wife, who will forget
his vagaries in remembering his brill
liancy and remain a constant shield
between his sensitiveness and dis
agreeable things; something, in fact,
like one of those cushions that sailors
put down on the side of the vessel to
keep it from Earring too roughly
against the dock. Look at me, for in
stance; l never wrote a word for pub
LEGATION, painted a picture, composed
music or did anything clever in all
my life. But l make my husband just
the sort Of wife he needs"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
PARADISE FOR "JOY RIDERS
Work of Army chauffeurs Would
Make Oldfield's Hair Perma-
nently Pompadour.

From st. Die to LIE Rubin is in the
neighporhood of thirty miles, and we
did 1t in something less than thirty
minutes, writes E. Alexander Powell
in S%cribner's Magazine. We went SO
fast that the telegraph poles looked
IN the palings in a picket fence, and
we took the corners on two wheels SO
as to save rubber.
or one thing l am quite certain-if
] am killed in this war, it is not going
to be by a she'll or a bullet; it is going
to be in a military motor car. No cars
save military ones are permitted on
the roads in the zone Of operations,
and for the military cars no speed
limit exists. AS a result the drivers
tear through the country as though
they were in the Vanderbilt cup race.
Sometimes, Of course, a wheel comes
Off. or they meet another vehicle when
going around a corner at full speed
II the next morning there is a mill
tary funeral.
To be a driver of a military car in
the zone Of operations is the joyrider's
dream come true. The soldier who
drove my car steered with one hand
because he had to use the other to
illustrate the stories Of his exploits
In the trenches. Despite the fact that
we were on a mountain road, n side
OF which dropped away into nothing
ness. when he related the story Of how
he captured six Germans singlehand-
ed, he took both hands off the wheel
to tell about it.. 1t would have made
Barney Oldfield's hair permanently
pompadour.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Admired American Inventions.

AS far back as 1876 some of the for
sign commissioners to the Centennial
showed their keen appreciation of the
Importance Of invention and the adj
yantagas derived by America from its
encouragement. One of the Swiss
commissioners said: Il am satisfied
from my knowledge that no people
have made in so short a time so many
useful inventions as the Americans,
and if today machinery apparently
does all tho work. it nevertheless by
no means reduces the workman to a
machine. He uses a machine, it is
true, hut he is always thinking about
somo Improvement to introduce into
1t, and often his thoughts lead to fine
inventions Or useful improvements"
The reports to parliament of the Brit
ssh commissioner said that "as re-
CARDS extent of invention and ingenu-
sty, the United States was far ahead
OF other nations" and that Judged
by its results in benetiting the public,
both by stimulating inventors and by
giving 4 perseveringlv practical turn
to their labors. the American patent
law must be admitted to pc the most
successful"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
SOLOMON ON G Ii BENCH
Bear Be Allowed to Eat
Lame Pony.

A Snowman named Viso Markinko-
witch, belonging to a band of Serbian
gypsies, was charged the other day
at West London with ill treating a
brown bear and a pony.
Inspector Brockhouse said the bear
was tied by the nose and neck to a
van, and fell down when it's chain
was undone. 1t was in a neglected
condition. and when offered some
pieces of bread simply took them
like pills." boiling the food .Ycnous-
ly. The pony. which was alsL tied to
the van, was lame. Both animals
were being dragged along.
The prisoner, through an interpret
er, declared he was ill, and IL a doctor
would certify him we'll he would be
willing to go to prison for twenty
years.
A veterinary surgeon said the bear
wanted feeding up. but it was cruelty
to allow the pony to live.
Then it would be better if the bear
alto the pony" the Judge said, for the
bear would then be fed and the pony
would be out Of its misery. 1 under
stand that these wild and carnivorous
animals have to be kept half starved
or they become ~dangerous?'
That is So" said the witness, but
not sc much as in this case"
A. remand was granted, not to en-
able the bear to eat the pony, but to
allow the prisoner to engage an attor-
ney.-London Chronicle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Made Right at Home.

Dorothy lives in Kenwood avenue
and is spending a part of the fourth
year of a busy existence in kindergar-
ten. Returning home one afternoon
after an entertaining talk by her
teacher, Dorothy hurried to the home
of her grandma nearby and informed
that person of how clothes are made.
"You see, grandma" said the ex-
cited and we'll informed miss, Eve
don't have to go across a big ocean to
get cur clothes. All the nice, warm
things we wear are right here at
home waiting for us. All you have to
do is to go out and get a sheep, for all
u warm clothes are made right from
the leas of a sheep."-Indianapolis
News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Makes Plants Grow Fast.

Electroculture, as it is called, is the
latest thing in agriculture. Electric
lighting has been resorted to in an eff
fort to keep plants growing at top
speed for "a hours out of every day.
When night or when clouds oh.
scure the sun, the lights are turned
on. Electricity will also be used to
supply heat during the cold weather.
So far electroculture is only an ex.
pertinent, but the experts believe that
this treatment will both hasten the
harvest and improve the quality of the
crop. The experiments are being con.
Quoted both indoors and out. Day.
ton, O, is the scene OF the experiment
American Boy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Poisoning by Aeroplane varnish.

The enormously increased produc.
zion of aeroplanes during the war
lends point to a warning regarding the
yarnish employed. At the aeroplane
works in Johannisthal a number of
workrnen employed in the vanishing
department were taken seriously i'll,
and two deaths resulted. The most
Important symptom was jaundice due
to decomposition Of the blood. On
investigation the cahse was found to
be poisoning by tetrachlorethane, the
only solvent known for the highly
combustihle acetylcellulose. These &C
cidents led to an order f%orbidding the
use of solvents containing a high per-
eentage Of Observation-Disclosures.
Hdc American.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

Often nightmare is caused by an
overloaded stomach, and then the rem
edy is to eat a light evening meal. If
nightmare is the cause Of high mental
tension, which it often is, then spend
the evening In some diversion that
does not require much mental effort
and yet keeps the mind from dwelling
on disturbing subjects. - New York
Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
F

Cheerfulness is a great help
along all the walks Of life. Cheer
fulness is so very salutary that it
might well be called the nectar Of
health. A cheerful frame of mind
greatly assists recovery from illness.
So do cheerful doctors, cheerful
nurses and cheerful surroundings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
1reasurer's Notice to the Tax Payers for the Year 1917

woTT FT% rnsSInre an G ne PROVISIONS Of scion2 5o O the Revised Coaes of ,,
themo fhat 1s q ms Jt sI.Mamr and shneo fNorh Dakota 10 ben IMo watts fob%t
tn Of ss 1@ ys Me1 IN the following tables showing the namc purpose for
in said County: III en CITY,, Township and Scmi
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-11-29
Robertson Faulstich 'Nuptials,

On Monday, Nov. 20, 1916. Mr..
Alex Robertson was married to Miss
Minnie, Faulstich in Warren. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. M.
Houser.> The bride was dressed in
a pretty Georgette crepe; Y trimmed
in white silk. The groom was dress
ed in blue. The attendants were Mr..
VIM. Potucek, uncle Of the bride, sand
Mrs. Annabell Walker, aunt Of the
groom. After s. the ceremony
the happy couple autoed to
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs VIM, Po-
tucek, where all near relatives were
awaiting to give them their hearty
congratulations. The tables were
trimmed with ferns and pink and
white carnations. 49,. =.
The bride is a niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Potucek and is very much
liked by all her friends.
The groom is a we'll to do, farmer
and son of Mrs. j. Robertson, of
Argyle. Guests present from a dis
tance were: Mr.. and Mrs: rank
Holub, of Tabor, Palk county Mrs.
Julius Dura, of Loman, N. D., Miss
Mary Dura, Of Strandquist, Mimi :
The happy couple left Wednesday
evening on a wedding trip 70 Min
neapolis and other cities to" visit
relatives. A'host Of friends extend
to them most hearty congratulations
and best wishes for a happy life. = . =