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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26

Aiaska in, one, chunk. ConssQaently when. sane western legisiAtcr like Senator Walsh proposes something for the western statss; ;he fsAfp to load 1t down with Aisskas This Asplesa territory is stiJl the esviation held fcf every Darius Green with ' political economic or social flying machine.
 Maybe it will be different a. hun dred years from now. But if it doesn't change pretty soon there won't be many white people in Alaska ten years hence.
 For a decade the bureaucrats have been running Alaska into the ground. They have been allowed to do 1t be- cause of fiubdub that has been ped dled about Alaska as "a treasure house that belongs to the whole na- tion." Folks outside have been led to believe that they have dividends due them in Alaska-that Alaskan people are picking up money like WlIu duu " ""~S A'' baskets. They think Alaskans should be paid ordinary wages for staying up here packing the mazuma into government warehouses.
 When "the States" learn that All aska is very similar to the west from the Rockies to the Pacific and that men have to work and take long chances here just as they do in Colo rado, Montana or Nevada; that the cost of doing anything is greater and the attractions of life are less than in any of the western states. they will understand that Alaska will nev- CT be developed until men here cah be offered possible returns corres- bonding to the work and risk.
 God help Alaska if the government will not.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
To Shoot President

BUFFALO, Nov. 26.-Plans for. the assassination of President Wilson dur ing his visit to this city to address the American Federation of Labor have been frustrated, 1t is believed by the arrest of John Santerly nineteen years of age, a machinist. He is being clos ely questioned by the United States district attorney. Asked if it were true that he had said that he thot the president should be shot for send ing men to the European var he said :
 "I'n shoot the president myself, the first chance I get. He will be shot anyhow"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
TWO.LINE CANNERY BE INSTALLED IN VALDEZ

Last years operations were so suc- cessful that the Valdez Packing Con- pany have determined to enlarge their scope of operations and will convert their cannery here into a two-line plant. The machinery will be shipped north in a short time and a gang of men will come with 1t to install 1t and have it in working order when the big run of fish comes. This means that from seventy-five to 100 men and their families will be e mployed in this growing concern the coming sum- mer. It also means that from ten to twenty seine boats and trolling skins will be used. which will provide fur ther jobs for Alaskans. The Valdez Packing Company last year made the largest pack in the territory with the exception of one cannery in southeast Alaska, which also has a one-line plant and exceeded the Valdez con- cern by a few thousand cases.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
plaT AND pIsEsse.

tf.ttf a~sf f
 k1sS AtsNs Hss Typhsid Fever. end .a, hs osfssit From Filth. To ba the consort Of . queen and yet to die of . disease that is caused by nlthl
 That was the fate of Prince Albert. consort of Queen Victoria, who died at the prime age of forty-two from ty. phoid fever. . disease that is wholly preventable.
 Typhoid fever is found only in man It is caused by a short rod shaped mi cr0scopic vegetable which enters the body through the mouth and leaves It in human discharges to enter another human mouth. to which 1t is carried by fingers. flies. fluids and food.
 It Is essentially a disease of young adult life. Older people are less apt to have 1t. probably because they have suffered from an attack Of the disease in their youth.
 names-"slOw,f fever." How fever"-but whatever name 1t is called by, 1t kills about $ per cent of those whom 1t at tacks.
 X certain percentage of those who recover become carriers-that Is. per. sons who. though wei, secrete the or ganisms in their disr .n.ges.
 Carriers are largely responsible for the perpetuation of typhoid fever, but the installation Of proper sewer sys- tems. the abolition of dies, cockroaches and other filth insects. the maintenance of a pure food supply and the intelIi- gent care of the victim of the disease are the measures which if rigidly en- forced will rid the country of the dis ease.-New York Mail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
Bomb Dropping BaIloons.

Tho first bomb dropping balloons were humble enough and equally fu- tile. Balloons had been used in war as early as the siege of Maubeuge by the Austrians for observation purposes. The first talk of bomb dropping was in 1912. when the Russians were saitl have . huge balloon for that purpose but nothing was done with 1t. In 1847 however. the Austrians. when attack ing Venice. sent up paper nre balloons. which were to drop bombs into the town. But they forgot to alloy for con trary air currents. The balloons got into such x current and. drifting back over the Austrian lines. bombed them instead of Venice.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1917
AS URGED BY HEARST PAPERS
A. J. Warehouse in the San Fran
 cisco Star.

"POpe Benedict issued his moving appeal for peace and stated the terms he thought just and honorable to all in almost the words repeatedly used by the Hearst papers,"
 President Wilson has officially published his formula of peace terms in practical agreement with the terms repeatedly urged by the Hearst pap ers."-Brief extracts from an editor- ial appearing in Hearst papers. When God viewed the spaces and saw
 they were void,
 All formless and iifeless and still, Black heaped upon blackhess by
 blackness decoyed,
 A silence no voices might thrill, He said, "I will build from the noth- ingness here Creation, omnipotence-nursed, And my suns they shall shine, and my
 planets shall cheer,"- As urged by the papers of Hearst. Then out of the nothingness chaos
 was formed,
 Mad matter unknowing it's place, And dim, shapeless things in His uni
 verse swarmed,
 Vague monsters, the tenants of
 space.
 They dwelt in dimness exceeding all
 night,
 And the spaces by blackness were
 cursed.
 Till He whispered in kindness, "Now
 let there be light"
 As urged by the papers of Hearst. Time passed till the aeons were
 counted as naught,
 As naught in the infinite plan, Till out of black chaos was finally
 wrought That marvel of marvels, wee Man; Then man-it was Balaam-went rid
 ing one day
 On a talkative ass; twas the first, But it wasn't the last with a voice in
 it's bray
 As proved by the papers Of Hearst.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
LIKE INVERTED RAIN.
Luckily For the Aviator, He Was Out
 of Range of the Drops.

Luckily For the Aviator, He Was Out
 Of Range of the Dreps
 It will be easily understood. writes c. C. Grey in Tales of the Flying Service" that before e bullet that has been shot straight upward begins to fall there must be a point where 1t stands dead still and that for the last part of its upward flight 1t travels very slowly. One officer of my acquaintance told me. after some months of war. that his most curious experience was when once. and once only. he discOv- cred the exact extreme range point.
 He was flying along quite peacefully on a bright. sunny morning at an alti- tude of little over 5000 feet, without worrying about anything. when sud. denly he saw something bright dart past the side of the machine. He be- gan to look about him and saw, a shade below him and a tritie to one side. a whole stream of little bright things .glittering in the sun.
 Then he realized that he had just struck q level that happened to be the extreme vertical range of a machine sun that was making uncommOnly good shooting. Other bullets from rifles and other machine guns also flashed into view as he flew along. ant when his eyes caught the right focus hp could follow the slow. topmOst part of their movement for considerable dis tance. Ut looked" he said. just as fl 1t were raining upward" and the phe- nomenon was so novel that he quite forgot for time that the ''raindrOps' indicated that ne was unpopular with some one below.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
Wshatar,a Pertrait.

Daniel Webster once sat for his DOT trait to G. r. Healy. and the senator g remark when he surveyed the complet- cd picture hecame one of the artist 2 favorite anecdotes in after years. "I think" said Webster as he looked at his counterfeit presentment. "that is . face | have often shaved"
 Heaiy found Andrew Jackson . dis. agreeable and unwilling subject" and he compensated himself by painting Old Hickory with absolute fidelity to nature. not glossing . single defect. The portrait gives Jackson m ugly. savage and pallid face.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
LLOYD GEORGE IS OUTsPOKEN

David Lloyd George threw a mon- key wrench into British placidness the other day at Paris, when in dis cussing the now inter-ailied war coun- cil, he said the all'es had committed an Unbelievable fault" in permitting Serbia to be overrun by the Germans. The result has been to stir up hor- nets nest at home the like of which has not been seen since the little Welshman entered the prime minist- y.
 In this country the opinion has been growing that the allies have been bad ly in need of a system of co-ordina- tion. The allies have made more than one strategic blunder, and they can nearly all be charged to lack of unity on all fronts. The German gen. eral staff, in mapping out the war plans for all the central powers, has not faced the handicap imposed up- on the allies, and consequently it's strategic mistakes have been fewer. or at least less glaring.
 The inter-allied council was form ed last week in Italy. It consists Of the premiers of England, France and Italy, as we'll as one of the leading army men from these three nations. Probably the other major allies. in- cluding the United States. will be re- presented later.
 F Lloyd George said that he was at the point of resigning the prime min- istry unless his efforts to consolidate the energies of the entente were suc- cessful. He said the war had been marked by too much "particularism" and not enough "solidity," and he pointed out that the enemy was per mitted to overrun Serbia because none of the large allied powers felt the res possibility of succoring 1t in time, or because they were absorbed with their individual war plans. The object of the council, he said. was to see that the unity 1t represents De Tn Iact ana not in appearance.
 Naturally, the premier's reference to the Serbian incident aroused for mer Premier Asquith and the conser' vatives. who were in power when Serbia was overwhelmed. Moreover, section of the press is inclined to question the wisdom of the war coun- ell. apparently fearing 1t will assume too much authority. Lloyd Georgesex- plained yesterday that the council has no executive power but Its pur- pose Is to coordinate allied efforts.
 After all is said, Lloyd George seems to have the better of the argu- ment and there Is reason to believe that a general staff, representing all the allies, can function more smooth ly and to better purpose than four or five stafts acting with more or less independence, and without the "sol- idarity" which the premier says Is es- sential to success.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26

NEWS dispatches state that Allan ta. George. has the highest death rate of any large city in the United States. and Seattle, Washington. the lowest. to which we promptly take exception. Several Alaskan. towns have . lower death rate than Seattle. In fact we know of . town over on Cook Inlet which hes no death rate 1t all; no one is left to die.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
GOD HELP ALASKA

Now comes the Walsh bill which proposes to wipe out the interdict against coal land development in the States but leaves the conservation camoufage over Alaska. It is not hard to guess why. Public opinion in the States demands more coal in these days of high prices and most people know that development of coal properties in the States can be car ried on with restrictions against monopoly. but whenever anybody pro- poses free-hand development of AL aska a large majority of the same folks yell their heads off over the proposed highway robbery.
 It all comes about through the Him. 'itless sowing of misinf formation about Alaska in the conservation pestilence of 1910 and the year or two follow ing. In that hapless epoch the real Territory of Alaska was smothered under a barrage of humbug by the yellow journals and magazines. and little of the truth has. yet bored out through the pail. All opponents and practitioners of the varied forms of asininity, every notoriety-seeking windjammer, and every thin-witted idealist with . message for the world exhorted the peepul to stand on guard lest the forty thousand white inhabitants of Alaska. aided by the siwashes, carry away to some outlying planet deposits of gold and copper sufficient to pave the highways of the continent like the streets of the New Jerusalem. and coal measures that would supply the earth for million years and keep hell fire going at the same time.
 The peepul of the States swallow ed the bunk, and when they turned their attention to the next fad they still carried the undigesfed dose of fiction in their noodles. They seldom think of Alaska, and when they do they merely resurrect old ideas. They still believe somebody wants to steal
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
In. shie, .s stats.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier once took fall out of Sir Charles Tupper. for years leader of the opposition. and Sir John Macdonald. Bantering them on their self praise for their own political serv. Ices to Canada. he admitted that they had sailed the ship of stats fairly sue. Ssssfully, adding: "eir John was at the helm and supplied the brains. whils Sir Charles supplied the wind. His blow hg llled tue sails "-Toronto Globe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
ASKS FRENCH WOMEN TO
 SIMPLIFY WINTER FASHIONS

PARIS, Nov. 26-Ambassador Jus serand has communicated to the French style-makers, that the United States desires women's and mems styles simplified as much as possible the coming winter in order to save materials, especially in women's wear
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26

The Copper River Packing Con- pany at Port Nellie Juan are build ing two trolling boats to be operated with six horsepower Atlas-Imperial engines. .-~
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26

Buy your groceries direct. Save fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The house that sells direct to consumers. Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,. Inc, 82 Marion St.. Seattle Wn. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
Embarrassina.

DO you ever ses the president?" ;asked willie of his uncle. who lived in Warrington, "Yes. nearly every day." was the re- ply.
 :. .And does he sver, sss yepf" queried the littls fsllow.- Chicago Nswa
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
TURKEYS

Fresh killed turkeys, never been frozen. Get one for Thanksgiving a' Love Whitley's. 1T
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26

Guild Sale Thursday Nov. 20. If
 Costly gifts of gold or gem may suggest that you are prosperous. but . good portrait speaks right to the heart of the loved ones. Jennsr the Photographer makes them now for Xmas. U
 Received by steamer Alaska. Let tuce, celery tomatoes, cucambera parsley, green peppsts. Keystone Pro dpce Co. St
 lins of box candies at Hunts. f
 grssh baIf choeoiasss and : ssw Frssh taAy, oAsxs and brittles. st Hsntis CaAdy 1ritshsa: t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
sl.s s.dM

sts.. sss [. ot<S "
 seend me ton of coal VI" Y ssWhat isisef" $ sa
 wen . 3.0o0 pound ton would suit nc. ii shat's not askins too nuch."- tlfAi ,s,,Ess '.es. ssr,
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26
y,l.M!!.essilshy!

1he Aryins upt of . sinSls tsas has aess Of hoaest Ntams, thap sbsddins ieis of sess.4bNea HN'
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-26

Guild Safe Thursday Nov. 20.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
Of Finance nance
~ ~ ~ ~
STOCK MARKET

New York, Aug. 21-The usual IT.
regular accompanied today's early
dealings in the stock market. Rail-
roads were firm, although New Haven
fell half a point to the new low mark
of 80. Oils and shippings were the
strongest features, Mexican Petro-
leum gaining two points with u
each for Texas Co. and Atlantic, Gulf
Sc West Indies. Bethlehem and Cru
chile Steels fell point but United
States Steel was more steady, with
coppers.
Prices reacted all around later on
heavy selling of steels and railroads.
New Haven established new low of
80 IA and Delaware & Hudson also
sold at its lowest quotation, 101 1-8.
Shippings and oils virtually surren-
dered all gains with general unsett1e-
ment at noon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Every person, firm or corporation
CRESCENT or NONRESIDENT liable to tax
alton on real or personal property in
the Town and City of Bridgeport on
September 1, 1917, MUST FILE with
the Tax Commissioner a sworn state
ment of all taxable property owned by
such person, firm or corporation in
the Town and City of Bridgeport, on
specially printed lists furnished by
the Tax Commissioner. Such lists
must be filed during the MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER, 1877.
FAILURE SO to do will compel the
Tax Commissioner to make out such
lists from the best information obtain
able, to which a penalty of ten per
cent. will be added as by law required.
LISTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
If each parcel of Real Estate is not
separately listed, and properly describ-
ed, giving metes and bounds; street
number of lot number. Buildings
thereon must be entered separately
from the land value.
FAILURE to file a list deprives the
owner of the right to appeal to the
Board Of Relief. Lists may be
obtained at the office of the Tax Com
missioner. Room g. City Hall, during
the month of August.
HOURS: a. m. to p. m. daily
O. m. to / p. m. Saturday.
A. F. CONNOR,
Tax Commissioner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived by the State Highway Commits
soner,- Fourth Floor. West End, State
Capitol. Hartford, Connecticut, until 2
P. NJ, Monday, August goth, 1917 for
the following sections Of State work,
in accordance with plans and specifi-
cations on file in the office of the State
Highway Commissioner and at the Of
flee of Division Engineer e. c. We'll
den, Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
New Haven, Conn:
TOWN OF STAFFORD: 1900
linear feet Of Hassam or Reinforced
Concrete Road on Barnum Avenue.
CHESHIRE HAMDEN: 1928
linear feet of Concrete Road on South
Main Street, Town of Cheshire.
1853 linear feet of Concrete Road
on Whitney Ave., Town of Hamden.
Span Concrete Slab Bridge over Eden
Brook.
A 2-21 it. Span Concrete Slab
Bridge, over Mill Brook.
All bids must be accompanied by a
surety company bond or a certified
check not less than one-third of the
cost Of the work. The State High
way Commissioners reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Hartford, Connecticut,
August 7th, 1917.
C. j. BENNETT,
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER.
FOURTH FLOOR, WEST END, CAP
9 IToE eHARTFoRD. CONN
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
Notice to Contractors

The Board of Education of the City
of Bridgeport, Connecticut, by the
committee in charge, hereby invite
proposals for the complete construc-
ton of School Building, to be located
on Steuben Street.
Proposal blanks, drawings, specifi-
cations and all, other Information may
be obtained at the office Of Leonard
Asheim, Architect, No. I'll State
Street.
All proposals shall be sealed and
will be received at the Office of the
architect on or before O'Clock p. m.
Monday, September 10. 1917.
Each proposal as evidence Of good
faith must be accompanied by a certi-
fed check, made payable to the Board
Of Education, for an amount equal to
five per cent. (596). of the amount of
the proposal.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
By order of the Board of Education.
ELMER H. RAVENS, Pres.
Dated: August IS, 1917. L2O Sc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21

TO ALI, WHOM TT MAY CONCERN:
Pursuant to the Statute Of the State
of Connecticut in such case made and
provided,
NOTICE is hereby given, that The
Hungarian Sick Benefit Societies Con-
federation of Bridgeport, Connecticut
a specially chartered corporation OF
this State. intends to apply to the
Superior Court to be holden in and
for Fairfield County on the first
Tuesday of October, 1917, to have its
corporate name changed to The Hun
garian Aid Society of America.
Dated August II, 1917
THE HUNGARIAN SICK BEN.
EFT SOCIETIES CONFED-
GRAFTON.
BY John Desc, President.
L IL t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21

National Guard in this state were dis
charged shortly after the command
modified at the order of the govern
ment.
A soldier who enlisted in the New
York National Guard but whose
mother lives in this state appealed to
Supt. Thorn recently for aid. mas
much as the man was not attached
to any Connecticut command he could
not aid the woman but arranged for
her to receive each week an allow
ance from the Red Cross.
Supt. Thorn communicated with
the acknowledgements of the New York
troops and requested the latter make
arrangements for the mother to re-
ceive aid from the state of New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
Fluctuations Exchanged
Between u. s. and France

Paris, Aug. 21.LWilliam G. Sharp,
the American ambassador, called on
President Poincare yesterday to pre-
sent his fluctuations on the occasion
of M. Poincare's fete day. President
Poincare in reply asked Mr.. Sharp to
transmit to President Wilson his
warmest wishes for him and the
United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
WHOLESALE PRICES
OF PRODUCE
FURNISHED by The Bridgeport Fruit
and Vegetable Growers Association,
Headquarters corner Wall and
Water Sreets.)

Lettuce-.60-.75 per dog.
Green Beans-s1.00 per bu.
Onions-$1. 50-$1 rs per bu.
Peppers-$1. 00-$1.25 per blu.
Cabbage-$1.00 per Dbl.
Blackberries-.15-.17 per at.
Apples-$2.o0 per bu. $500 Dbl.
SQuash-.30-40 per doz. bum
Tomatoes-$1.5 basket; s1.75-s2.0o
crate.
Wax Beans-$d. 00-$1.25 bu
Beets-$1.00 per 90 punches.
Carrots-30-.35 per doz.
Cucumbers-.50-.65 per crate.
Cucumbers- per Dbl.
Potatoes-s1.76 per bu.
Sweet Corn (white)-$1.50 per 100
ears; Golden Bantam), $1.75 per 100
ears.
Lima $2.5o-$3,oo bushel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
Lot
For Sale
Near Casino
ADDRESS LoRDsHIP
Care Farmer LII IT,
STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, S.,
PROBATE COURT.

august 10, Iy17.
Estate of Bridgeport Mcmahon
late of the town of Bridgeport in said
district deceased.
The Court of Probate for the Dis
trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for the Creditors Of said estate
to exhibit their claims for settle
ment Those who neglect to present
their accounts, properly attested
within said time, will be debarred a
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make i'm.
mediate payment to
F. ". GILHOOLEY,
Administrator.
SO Chapel Street. L Is SIP
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21

THREATENED WIFE, FINED.

Asserting he became incensed when
he returned to his home and found
his wife drinking whiskey with the
proverbial disturber of connubial
bliss. ''the star boarder," Frank w.
waiseweek, a deputy sheriff employ
ed at the American Tube & Stamping
Co., drew his revolver and threatened
dire things to his wife. Judge Frank
Wilder fined him IS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
Injured BY Boring
Mill, Workman Is
Expected to Die

Caught in boring mill at the Bull
lard Hashile Co.. where he is em-
ployed, James Basket, ses South ave-
nue., ~ years, was so severely crushed
this morning that his death is mo-
7nentariIy expected at the Bridgeport
hospital where he was taken by DR..
T. f. Keegzns in the emergency am
bulance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-21
NO DEPENDENTS OF
@. N. G. TROOPS APPLYING
FOR AID, SAYS THORN

Supt- Angus Thorn OF the charities
department stated today that no SOL
diers attached to the Connecticut
National Guard command from this
city have dependents or relatives who
have applied to him for aid of any
sort. All married members Of the