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The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Secret Kingdom."

Secret Kingdom."
 Let's oil the streets right away.
 R. c. Taylor, prominent citizen of Bievins, was among the visitors here this morning.
 Come to the high school Wednesday evening at o'clock and see which society wins the Bemis loving cup.
 Some one should get some one else and begin arranging for oil to be placed on our streets right away.
 J. and P. Coats mercerized threads, all sizes, 10 cents at the Krescent Store.
 Sid Cole has begun installing his soda fountain in the front of Wallochs Bakery and will have it in operation tomorrow.
 Mrs. John Crumley of Emmet, ar tlNeu III Cue Sity IuiS hioi mug oi' H visit to her parents. MT. and Mrs. Jake Sanders.
 Dan Putnam is the latest purchaser of Hupmobile. which he bought in Little Rock and drove through the country to Prescott.
 Minnie, the l2-year-oid daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. J. Thompson of Emmet route 1, who has been serious ly i'll with appendicitis, is slightly im- proved.
 The clean-up day is on foot, now let's keep it moving, or sickness and death may be the penalty for our negligence.
 The April Ladies Home Journal is here and the number contains every thing that you want to see. Call PAP and get one.
 Miss Lula Meadors of Nashville, was the guest of her brother, Tommy Meadors, yesterday afternoon and last night, leaving this morning for her home.
 The Garland and Zenith literary so- cieties will hold their contest at the high school Wednesday evening at & o'clock. Be sure and hear it for it will be worth your while.
 Hooper Mccain returned this morn ing from Texarkana, where he has been visiting relatives sonce Sunday. Mrs. Mccain who is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Shelton Nelson, will re- main for a few days.
 At the Park Hotel: ]. L. Bunch, A. Lantz, Shreveport Miss L. Meadors, Nashville; J. R. Stone, W. r. Boyle, Hope; W. l.. Cook, Kansas City; J. M.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27
A BUSINESS GIRL.

Cohen-So Sadie has broken der en- gagement. Did she gif you back der ring?
 Cohenstein-No she said diamonds hat gone up, but she would gif me vat l bald for it.-Exchange.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27
THEY SELDOM DO.

He made his garden by a book With colored illustrations. It sprouted some, But didn't come Up to expectations.
 Florida Times Union.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27

We would appreciate it if you would call PAP when you know of anyone leaving town or arriving, a party of any kind or anything else that would go toward making a newsy town paper Will you do it?
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27

Free rose bush with every 25 cent purchase at the Krescent Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27
J. A. Bias
 Veterinarian

Have your cattle looked 70 here Black Tongue and Black Leg "i' and they are infectious diseaSep1 ep1lvthes
 Office and Hospital, Capt, o1 Res- Livery Stable. Office phone lSr lsred day dence phone 296. Calls anS"ei'N or night.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-27

An unusual hobby line of So,0u raa. $4.0O hats just received at me ity Shop.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
The Strange Playmates.

Once upon a time ~ traveller brought
two parrots home with him from a
voyage. He kept in Il cage i'm his state
room ON the ship and they had grown
very fond of them. When he arrived
home he gave one of them to his sister
and kept the other in q cage in his own
home. The one he kept seemed very
lonesome and would often stay huddled
up i'm his cage all day, not noticing any
one.
One day IA large rat ran through the
room and when the parrot saw it it
made a strange kind of noise M the
rat stopped to see what kind of a bird
il was. The rat would not come very
near. but ooked at the parrot AS much
as to say: II never saw anything like
you before. | wonder what il can be-"
The next day the rat paid the parrot
another visit and this time he came a
little nearer and stayed II little longer.
AT last one day the rat went quite
close to The age and he parrot quickly
shot out its beall and in a second the
rat was i'm the cage. The parrot took
the rat up i'm it's claws and held it just
as one would n baby and rocked back
and forth with it. After that the rat
lived with the parrot and did not seem
to want to go away, but would follow
the parrot about the cage and eat out
of he same dish.
! One day the man took the parrot out
of the cage but he did not let the rat
out for fear ii would run away and the
parrot would be lonesome again. The
rat watched the door OF the cage until
the parrot came back and then ran up
and Struggled close TO it as though
afraid it would be left alone again.
AT last, one day the man let them
both out To see what they would doc
but the rat just followed the parrot
about and would not let it out Of sight
When the mans sister brought the
other parrot to visit its mate the tray-
eler's parrot grabbed up the rat and
held it close in it's claws until the
other parrot had gone.
These strange pets lived together foi
a great many years and grew more
fond of each other every day
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
DISEASES TO GUARD AGAINST.

The census office recently issued q
short statement relative TO the prin-
cipal causes OF deaths in 1915. We
learn from This statement that there
are certain diseases that we have been
very much afraid OF which we have
very little reaSon to fear.
Why fear smallpox? Few sicken with
II and very few die with it.
Why fear snake bite? yellow fever?
Cholera: Plague? Or meningitis?
On the other hand. we have been too
Indifferent about heart disease. Heart
disease is now the leading cause of
death in America. How MANY adults
hav a yearly physical Examination?
How many of those who discover that
they have n heart leak adjust their
work 50 as to keep their heart muscles
strong? How many men will heart
leaks discontinue the use of tobacco"
Second on the list of causes OF death
Is tuberculosis. In eleven Years the
consumption ate fell more than %
per cent. People arc guarding against
this better than they did 10
years ago. But there is still room for
Improvement. We are still careless
about drinking raw milk from tuber-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05

to sleep, and poor Mrs. Rat was get.
ing very tired.
All at once. Mr.. Rat spied a house.
Let's go in there he said: II am sure
we can find some shelter, if only for a
night or two. until | can find a place
where we will all be safe" So they
crept very carefully towards the house,
making as little noise as possible. As
they drew near, Mrs. Rat spied some
thing near the door that looked snug
and warm; and, AS they came nearer,
they thought it was a nice little nest.
open al n end. In Mr. Rat walked.
followed by Mrs. Rat and the children.
1t had a soft bed in one corner, a dish
with some water in it, and. higher up,
n stick went from one end tn the other.
Mr.. Rat climbed up on it, looked the
place over and decided it was all right.
so he came down and they settled down
for the night.
After they had heen sleeping for some
time. Mrs. RAJ woke mp very hungry.
but it was SO late h knew 1t was
useless to try To. lind anything. Then
she remembered the dish of water and
she thought she would get up and get
some AS she moved over To the dish
she brushed against something and
heard something snap She drank the
water and returned to bed again.
The next morning. before the others
We're awake, Mr.. Raj hoped up and
looked about. Dear me, the whole fam
lily We're shut up in II big Gag outside
of I: big house. What should he do?
Just then the door of the big house
opened and out ran Il little boy.
When he saw the cage, he cried out:
Come and see what's in my old sQuir-
rel cage. mother when Harry's moth
| er saw them. she said: What shall'we
| do with them Let me keep them.
mother pleaded Harry. You can
have them if YOU win promise to keep
them out of the house." said his mother.
Harry promised that he would and
hat is nov Mr.. and Mrs. RIA n the
children found u new home. Some time
l will tell You more about Harry's queer
nets.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow.

Once upon a time MIR. and Mrs.
Sparrow built their nest i'm a very
funny place. Where DO YOU think it
was? High up ON the fire escape of a
big apartment house. They were not y
bit afraid OF the people they saw
around them and would twitter and
chirp i'm u friendly way whenever the
windows We're opened
Mr.. Sparrow would fly away each
morning to find some nice tidbits for
Mrs. Sparrow and the five little spar
rows and Mamma sparrow would cud-
lie the little ones in the nest until
their papa came back with their break
fast.
One morning ne came Jack with just
n few seeds in his mouth and odd Mrs.
Sparrow that WAS III he could find
for Jack Frost had been there the
night before and everything WAS frozen
hard. The next day he went out to
look for food and after n hng time
anne back to his home and family with
nothing at all in his bill. He told
Mamma sparrow there was nothing to
ne had for everything Was frozen hard
ts could be.
a little later he started out again
out didn't find Very much and soon
the sparrows were all very hungry and
'ocgan To cry peep. peep for food.
"Oh. dear. what shall we do" piped
Mrs. Sparrow, and poor papa sparrow
looked very sad and hopped out OF
the nest and said he would go again
md see if he couldn't find something
for Them to eat.
Mrs. Sparrow began to chatter and
the little ones began to peep, peep. Tor
their breakfast. and Mr.. Sparrow
promised he would do his best TO bring
them something nice to eat.
All at once a window quite near
them opened and someone said: What
| ever is the matter with the spalrows
| this morning. they have been chatter
| ing and fluttering for hours" Mrs.
Sparrow said. Hush. hush TO her
babies and they all stopped at once
and just pcrked their little heads out
Of the nest to see what it WAS all
about.
Mr.. Sparrow found courage to hoI
| out of the nest and even go quite near
| the window for he thought he might
| find something to eat. bu, the window
| ledge WAS quite bare. and he hoped
away again.
He heard someone say. II Won't hurt
you little birdie. but h" only gave a
to the nest. Then be heard II wee little
voice say. 'Tant ! dive the brides some
Of my cake. and soon al ove the win
| dow sill WAS sprinkIed crumbs enough
to feed the little family OF sparrows fol-
several days and Papa Sparrow spen,
| the rest of the morning bringin.
crumbs to his little family. Every
day Mr.. Sparrow find: that crumbs
have been snrinil!ed ON the window
| ledge ny his little friend.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
International Adverti.ina.
E,rum 1hn Maternal Magazin

tTCN Iic .$.tiS!IdI .udk6Zflle. -
A member of congress has suggested
entente al. lance and the United Statms.
European war. is the result of business
creation IF these bonds through adj
:ial international force. One student
is alnl.s. as well know in the United
States as in England. and that the ex-
pio!tatlun OF this avowedly English
product for many years WIS a vital in
fiuence in paving the way for the
visited this country to negotiate a war
loan. The quality of q people may be
estimated by It's SOAP as we'll as it's
styles.
The same is also true of Lea & Per
rims Sauce, Jewsberly Il Brown, Sir
William Levers Lifebuny soap. Crosse
& Blaclswell's marn1alade. Lipton's teas
and scores OF other foreign made ar
ticles exploited in the United States. 1t
might not be ethical to preface n dip-
loilatic rspor; or state paper with men
ton of the advertised products that
have led to AN a~plreciative %acquain-
tanceship between nations. but ii would
be Only Il recital CT II basic fact. Nichy,
pinaud's. II other products have
helped rs TO understand our lss cnch
cousins across tae seas, and che famil-
iarity with the products of that nation
IL of Ken naura influence thar, rho
memory of iavoTs ana loans granted 10
Franklin daring revolutionary timey.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
Cost Of D~ischaruina Employees.
Burton j. Hendrick in narper's.

Hiring and firing" all large m
ploNers of labor now recognize, forms
.he greatest leakage i'm modern bust
ness. I'm many establishments the men
VINO do the employing have come to be
known as the fortune t%ellers.' 1t is
the one place in which everything is
h%aphaZard. Mr.. Masnus w. Alexander.
one of the engineers of the General
Electric company. has demonstrated
this great waste mathematically. TAX
ing the employment statistics of IL
metal Factories. located in six states.
he has found that these places EN-
ployed 1924 persons AT the beginning
OF the year. and 43.911 at the end.
Their normal increase in employees.
therefore. vas 6.697. Had matters
worked efficiently. these factories
should have employed only 6.69l men
ance for death. sickness. and other
natural causes of dismissal. In real
ity, these factories had hired 45.511.
new people. We must ponder these fig
ures carefully To get their fun signific-
ance. In order to obtain 5000 new
employees. these establishments. all rep
resentative and 'efficient' American
concerns. had 10 employ $4,000! Out
Of seven meh taken on, only one STAYED.
After making liberal deductions. MIR.
Alexander calculates that these IL
factories employed 24,5O0 men and
women whom they We're unable to re-
tain. Each person represented an eX-
pense ranging from $50 to $500. The
companies had to keep a clerical force
to hire these people and place their
names on the pay roll. They had to
pay foremen and assistants to instruct
them. They had to stand the expense
of damaged and broken tools due to
ineXperience. The reduced rate OF
production represented another posi-
tive loss. and then there was the spoiled
work which new hands" turn out in
such abundance. Mr.. Alexander takes
the lowest estimate. $50 per man, as
representing this loss. AT this rate
hiring and firing caused a waste ir
these factories of nearly 81 900. 600 q
year. At the highest estimate. $500
the practice resulted i'm a vast of 81.
600 OOO.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05

culous cows. Many consumptives are
still reckless about splitting.
Pneumonia is third on the list. Heat
disease. tuberculosis and pneumonia
caused one-third of the 9O9, 1856 deaths.
There We're 1926 deaths from this dis
ease. To this number should he added
10. 76S deaths from Influenza.
We are far too careless about pneu-
monia Recent discoveries indicate that
pneumonia is catching. And yet pneu-
monia is not reported to the health de-
partment. Nurses caring for pneu-
monia often fail to destroy the sputum.
Promiscuous splitting is freely INDUCED
in. Ventilation is d~isregarded. People
overeat. chat drunken men are prone
to pneumonia and prone to die when
they get h disease is we'll known. but
seems to occasion no reasonable fear.
The three above mentioned diseases
and eight OtherS=Bright's disease,
cancer. apopleNS. iarrhoea. arterial
diseases, influenza, diphtheria, and ty-
phoid fever-caused two-thirds of the
more "a 900. 900 deaths. We are
nearly ready to forget typhoid fever.
In 10 years the death rate from this
! disease has decreased two-thirds.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
Mr.. ard Mrs. Rate New Home.

Once upon Il iinlc Mr. and Mrs Fat.
with ter ,hrec liltlr %caiid,cn, had 10
ieave their nice hoinc in the hen yard
and find another place 20 live. Trey
had 10 leave n Il hurry. for The hens
Wetc very cr-ss Il KEPT rccaing AT
,he iit,lc ones, 50 ,Mr. Rat thought they
al had better so at once.
First came AL. E,at. tien Mrs. Rat.
.:nd dose .c:i5e il.cm ran In" l!t.lC
ones Down Ire street hey ran. Mr..
Eat booking from ~ G 70 si.tc 70 see If
:.e col. SCI = lla,e ti:t TIE: cp;iii use
'.r !. i-cnn. !, w"i* afr. al-tlts. fa!k
M! Il II IL. z !."Gn'. :.i!n, any alace
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-22
HOPING FOR A GERMAN REPUBLIC

The revolution in Russia has inspired hope throughout the civilized world that there might bc similar successful movement in Germany and Austria and that the great Central Powers may become Repub lies It is believed by those who following Eur. opean events closely that there is little chance for an end of the war at an early date unless it should come about in that manner. On the other hand should Germany become republic it is the belief that there would be a speedy termination of conflict
 And what a republic Germany would make! There are no people the world better equipped with natural qualifications for democracy than the Ger mans They have the stability. the investigatiye dis position. the willingness to discard those things which scientific development discoses to be obsolete. the love of personal liberty and other necessary traits of character Their universities have been behind none in following truth wherever it may lead
 In one glarng particular has modern German thought failed up to the progressive spirit of the times-adherence to monarchy with it's mil tarism and recognition of caste The daring ambition of the Kaiser and the great military establishment he created carried modern Germany off her feet, and a conception of German "lSutur' completely in consistent with German university thought in it's general applications resulted It is not difficult to derstand the pride the average German has had in the military establishment of his country It is natural for
 people to take pride in National prowess and this natural tendency was encouraged and nursed by the nobility of Germany led by the Emperor who dreamed of place in history with the world con. querors of other days.
 But there indications that the stress oS three years of war and the demonstration that Germany cannot whip the world has opened the eyes of the German masses to the evils of a monstrous militar ism II these indications tell the true story of the condition Of the German mind it offers to the hope than anything else in the present situation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-22
THE CITY ELECTION

The decliuaton of Harley Turner and Isaac Sow erby o run for Mayor leaves the race between Claude F.. Ericson and Ralph E. Robertson. Both are good men and either should make a good Mayor. Mr Eric son has served on the present City Council for the last year. and is endorsed by the holdoyer members Of that body for the Mayorauty. Mr. Robertson was court stenographer at Juneau when younger and has been prac,icing law as member of the firm of Gun. nfson and Robertson for the last four years.
 The City Councilmen have endorsed George F. Miller and Gunnar Blomsren for election to the Coun- cfl They would leave the choice for third member O. the body-there are three to be elected-among Goldsten John L. AIuse,h, Dr. II. C. DeVighne Nes Scrby and Hugo HeidhoUn The two men endorsed are excellent business men, and Mr. Miller has given Juneau valuable services as member of the Coun- ell for many years including the fast three.
 The voters should be able to select capable and deserving public servants from among those in nom
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-22
U. s. TO BUILD
 BETTER zEPPS
 THAN GERMANS
American. Engineers Can Make Improvements on Air WarShipS
 of TeutOAS.

WASHINGTON, March 15. - By Main-With the increasing tense in .enatiOnal situation. the first Ameri ,an Zeppelin" which the navy de- Dartment is now planning. is suz
 ect Of keen interest in national capi. tai circles. Rumor has it that the exact measurements and a detail de icriptiOn of the German super.Zep Delin recently brought down at Els ,eX. England, are in the hands oi American authorities, and that the first American military dirigible may show several features of Germany's latest model, with at least one great American improvement.
 This particular German superZep pelin was 6SO feet long and 72 feet across the beam. With it's six 240 horsepower engines, it's crew oi about twenty.two men, guns and all 1t weighed only fifty tons-less than single twelve.inch gun on an American warship. The secret oi Count Zeppelin's success in building his airship of the air so light, en gineers say, lay in it's skeleton frame work, made up of a myriad of alum mum girders and hoops. Wonderful IS this is, American engineers say,
 hey can go the Germans one better through secret processes that are known only to American manu. lecturers for producing the finest aluminium alloys. These proposed improvements will it is said, enable America to surpass the German 2ep. Delin both in speed and carrying power.
 The American group of aluminium alloys known as lynite is today the finest aluminium produced anywhere The development of this alloy has given American manufacturers biz lead over any other nation. It is already used extensively in the mo. tors of leading American automobiles and for many other parts, where through reduction in weight, it's eff iects an immense saving Its appli cation to airDlane motors and to the American Zeppelin" is a new depart ure now being observed with inter est by such men as Hudson Maxim. Howard Coffin, Admiral Peary and others.
 It is said that, owing to this ad. vance made by American manufac. turers in aluminium construction, Sec rotary Daniels had decided not to undertake the construction of the Zeppelin in the Washington navy yard, as first contemplated, but will let the contract to private organi2a- tions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-22
zEPPEL1Ns FAILURE IN WAR

Unlike Langley in this country. Count Zeppelin lived long enough and had sufficient funds carry his experiments in aerOnautics through to a point where his work was something like complete.
 One reason for his ability to command popular support and sympathy in his experiments was that he proposed to do something that appeared possible to men of ordinary mind He trying to make a balloon that could be steered. Langley was trying to make a machine fly by virtue of it's power. and that looked entirely too much like miracle in his day to command confidence.
 Both men are now dead and the tables are turned. Langieys idea has proved to be brilliant success, though he was in his grave before success was estab- lshed Zeppelin lived to see his dirigibles grow to size comparative with ocean liners. He saw them adopted by his country and tried in He saw the German people looking to his invention to serve as
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-22

groups whose cry is 'surrender! is calculated to encourage new aggres slons upon our national rights. These groups hold meetings, circulate peti tions and wait upon the Presiden and Congress, while the vast body of citizens, not organized for such demonstrations, remain inarticulate We may be sure that the clamor Of the disloyal and of the misguided few who believe that perpetual yielding is the solution of all our national difficulties is heard abroad It is now time that the great major fly of Americans should speak and hat their meaning should be unmis takable."