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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

The former five-masted schooner
Jane Palmer, which recently arrived ai
an Atlantic port after successful voy.
age to France has been reported to have
been chartered for trip to South Amer
lea, and It is said the Maine skipper who
took her over on the previous run has
been persuaded to 60 on her again. On
the last passage the schooner had hardly
cleared the French port when the wind
died out completely and for eight days
the schooner lay becalmed, so close In
shore that the roar of guns could plainly
be heard. Her locality was directly In
the worst part of the submarine zone,
and those on board were on the ragged
edge for full week expecting every
minute to sec German bob up alongside.
they feeling greatly relieved when .
favoring breeze enabled them to resume
their voyage. The skipper made mp bis
mind then that during the continuance
of the war he would remain on shore,
and accordingly on reaching this side
gave MP the vessel, but 1t is said the
owners offered him salary OF $500 q
month in addition to bonus and the
captain concluded to take another
chance.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
Does Backache Worry Youf
@ns South Paris People Have Learn
ed How To Get Relief.

DO" many people suffer from an sch-
hg back?
now few know the cause?
Mh hurts to stoop or lift
u you suffer sudden, darling pains
HJou are weak, lame and tired,
suspect your kidneys.
msteh for natures signal.
hess,
tou. - WV
feeling
avert serious kidney diseases,
treat the weakened kidneys with
ooan's Kidney Pills,
afsmedy a especially for sick kidneys
Andorsed In South Paris by your
trends and neighbors.
James d. Perry, painter, Pleasant 81.
ss' can recommend Ooan's Kidney
sns ~ have used them with hne 10
uI~: took four boxes of Doan's KID
Nsy fIlls, which I got st the Howard
TTas Co., and they gave me prompt 10
usI nom pains across my back. Since
Sso, have been practically free from
40 trouble. Occasionally. however.
Use lew OF Doan's Kidney Pills and the,
''ep my kidneys In good condition.
sfice 6Oc at all dealers. Don't slmpiI
~, -. Tor kidney remedy-get Doant
SS'Gnsy Pills-ths same that Mr.. PER-,
s, slo' Foster. r.Milburn Co., Mfgrs.. But
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

Mrs. Frank Wakefield probably has
more relatives in the military and naval
service OF the country than any other
woman in Bath, says the Times. She has
10 cousins, nine young men and young
woman, now doing their bit. Three Of
them are on this side Of the Atlantic,
two of them In the navy and one 10 the
army and the others have gone across.
OF those on tho other side, Miss Mar
garet Ferguson was member OF the
Harvard unit which sailed In August
1915, and of those who left for service at
that time she 10 the only one remaining
In France. In letter written last June,
By Mics Ferguson to Mrs. Wakefield sbe
was then In base hospital No. 20 and was
standing tho work remarkably we'll. say
ing that the s'Sammies" were great boys
to take care OF.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
Agreement Regarding Milk Prices.

Cost plus q reasonable profit, Is the
basis on which an arrangement is to be
made, backed by the United States
Goyerpment, for the production Of dairy
products In New England beginning
January 1st. This agreement was
reached between the United States Food
Administration, the New England Milk
Producsrs' Association and the milk
distributors, at conference In Washing
ton November 2Srd and Gath. A region
Al milk com mission, on which will sit
men representing both production and
distribution, will make searching in
ouiry of the costs from COW to
consumer. The New England Milk Pro.
ducers' Association and the dealers
have agreed to accept the findings OF
this comm ission. 1t will be Immediate
" appointed by the National Food Ad-
ministration and hearings will oe'
gin soon In Boston.
This action In effect, creates the
limited States Government as an arbitrs'
tor of the differences between the pro-
dncers and the dealers In New England,
With the unders landing that cost plus .
reasonable profit shall be the rule to oil
parties in the transaction. The busi-
nsss of distribution with Its enormous
vastes ahd profits, will be laid bare and
such an adjustment made rs Will
souitably distribute to producers and
distributors the money which the con-
sumsr pays. The backing OF the govern
ment will be given to such price IN sne
market as will make the business pay
reasonable profits.
This move 10 undertaken by the govern
ment At The solicitation Of the producers
as . War measure for the protection or
live stock on New England farms. The
Agreement of the milk dealers to accePs
the adjustment proposed, removes tne
possibility of milk strikes or ioce-outs'
II IA now up to the New England MIX
produoers' Association to clearly estao-
lish the RESPONSIVENESS OF Its demands.
The dealers will be obliged 70 JUSTIFY
their selling price, to satisfy consumers
that their business is efficiently managed
and their profits within reason. Con
sumers will be willing to pay what tney
ara assured by Government authority 10
. fair and reasonable price for dairy
The N. E. M. P. A. is preparing to lay
beiore the proposed commission the
most elaborate tabulation OF production
costs aver formulated for New England.
r. has sneeested the names OF three
- nan IN the National Food Admlnistra-
lion. either ono OF whom would Do &c
oeptable ~ its representative on tue
opposed commission. Tne ns"9s % sas
qested are:-John 8. MURDOCH rrovlo-
ence, r. l., Herbert c. Myrick' Spnng-
field, Mass, Edward 81. Wason' Nashua
N. b.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
Not That Far.

Two Englishmen, who had been bosom
friends, went to America. They met
With poor success, drifted apart, and
one finally took a position as waiter in q
cheap restaurant. he hadn't been there
long before bis friend appeared at din
ner. The meeting was not over-joyful.
"Why, old man, you down to waiter.
eb? Gracious, how you have fallen
And In restaurant like this, too?"
eyes," replied the waiter, turning to
bis friend, sarcastioslly, "but don't eat
here, thank goodness"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
An Important Question.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. IA.
When were You born? This is . vital
question these days from the standpointi
OF military service or exemption. The
popular, slang expression of few years
ago, "How old is Anu?" has been
changed to "How old is Anthony?''
Il 10 one thing for the ''slackern to Say be
is above the draft age and another thing
for him to prove 1t. It is easy for the
young patriot to say be 10 old enough to
serve his country but 1t is more difficult
to prove It.
If there ID any one way In which the
present war will benefit the public
health It will be from the standpoint OF
emphasizing the value Of vital statistics,
or the Bookkeeping Of humanity"
II 1t is OF value to know all these
statistical facts in order to wage . sue
cessful war against the Germans, is it
not Of equal worth in fighting germsp
Public health officials have been call
ing attention, for some time, to the
necessity Of giving more time and at
tention to the reporting and recording
Of births, deaths, diseases, marriages
and other matter Of statistical impor.
tance. Local physicians and town clerks
are the "scouts" or s'aviators" who
should report conditions to the public
health headquarters. Upon their
promptness and accuracy will depend
the success of the State Department of
Health in combating disease. Dr.. L. D.
Bristol, State Commissioner of Health,
asserts that from recent Investigations It
may be stated that little more than half
the infectious diseases in Maine are re.
ported as they should be.
The great difficulty In obtaining proper
reporting of vital statistics is that 1t
depends on q. second or third person.
It Is practically impossible to expect an
individual to report his own birth or
death promptly.
In its endeavor to stimulate Q better
of vital statistios the State
Department of Health realizes that the
result will be an apparent increase In
the amount of sickness and the number
of deaths In the state. Thus 1t is pos
sible for health department to be the
cause Of an apparent increase in the
death rate, although it's chief function
is to prevent sickness and postpone the
death Of the people In the state. II the
public at large, including physicians,
will do its full duty In the reporting Of
births, deaths, diseases, etc., the de-
partment will guarantee to lower the
and mortality rates in Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

Nineteen-year-old Raoul Dufaii Of
Lewiston, Senior In the High school,
bids fair to become Msine's most dis
tinpuished tenor, His remarkable suc-
cess In bis recent appearance at the
teaohers' convention at Bangor, follow
ing bis years study after his initial ap-
pearance last fall Ut the teachers con-
veption at Portland, fulfllsl the predic.
lions OF wsll-known teachers and critics
that he had . gift that should be Guilt
yated and II 90 would mako phe-
nomenal success. He will continue bis
studies.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

Harness leather, like shoes, cannot o. y
..n,..ssd vithout injury that lessons ls,
neslsSS,ss S,ss,. r. shouid be washed and
SSsdnsy S'isa nsr.Syc.asy The washing should :nUs,t
% oons a !. . .nonss r-stiR brush: After
soap 80 III - cIssn tspid water, the bar
s,ss'is nss. = hung 70 up to drain little while
0s1Sa' For driving harness. nsass-ioOt ss,.s' o.
-, 49, al 4 beat, bat for heavy harness
essso. 9 ss "a, y" bs soms taliow In the oil
u sneIs m. n.I,ess,ous should b light fol
s.p ias spsS ssnS liberal for heavy harness
o,'v,IS or ~ a. -s,m 70 the hand, = ruooes
.sU,v .ss', - from the washing. Excess o.
-hicn mi The leather l. unable 70 "a. d,, :,
should BE- removed With . o'ss'' '''
cloth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
Ration Of tho Soldier.

The daily ration Of the soldier In
the United States army, says the Amer.
lean Medical Journal, consists Of
bread. 1S ounces; butter one-half
ounce, or jam. 1.28 ounces; potatoesl
20 ounces; bacon, II ounces; beans. "a
ounces; lard, 0.84 ounce; salt 0.64;
pepper, 0.04, and vinegar, ole gill; cof-
fee. LIZ ounces; sugar, 80 ounces {;
evaporated milk, 8 ounces.
This ration contains 4,190 calories.
and IL greatest Of any Of the armies
Of the world except Russia, In which
the ration Is said to contain 4.029 cali
ories. The calories In the French ra7
ton are given as 8,Sl0. the British
8292 and the German 81H.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

Lumber experts say that the ont ID
the woods this winter will b consider.
ably reduced, probably 30 per cent The
cost Of supplies and labor has increased
90 much that operators hesitate TO take
any chances. Raw lumberjacks gel
more pay now than bosses did In The old
days and the cost Of supplies ~is slnosi
|pgoklhltlve.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

Here's . .bit" Of genuine patriotism.
Can't. Oscar 8. Ellis Of Brewer had 10 bis
possession fine marine telescope which
10 of English make. Reading In the
daily papers that tho government 10 in
urgent need Of oil the binoculars and
telescopes IL can obtain, he packed biz
and sent It the next day, though It VA
q valued heirloom.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
CHAPTER kin
Copyright Little. Browa 4 Co.

6uBS 6ay ~ SUO
"HN last engagement Of any I'M
III portance that l was In was the
big attack ut Loos In September.
In q big attack like this no one knows
but the commanders just where the
real thrust is coming. Several attacks
are made, and for all we knew ours
might be the real one, or the real one
might be twenty miles away from Us.
1t happened that at the time Of the
last attack we were almost sure that
the big drive was coming through us.
We were ordered to be ready to move
at moments notice, and all prep
arations were made for q big shift
When the attack came we thought that
we were on our way at last, and every.
body was counting chickens"
There certainly was some terrible
fighting, and II all we were supposed
to do was to keep the Germans inter.
ested on our front we were very sue
cessful. Several things In this engage
ment deserve mention, and among the
6rst Il the famous charge Of the Lon
6QR ldah
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

Both children and srown-ups, with
soesns and colds, are ell the better toe
oose OF Foley's Honey and Tar 9
See time. Il wards Of Group. stops
sssiins throat. and hacking coughs
NO makes an Otherwise feverish. sleep
- night Of eoaEhinS and distress. .
qo'et and ressfnl ooe.
IskowNsviLLE. TEXAS, Mr. c.
me. ss. vrses: Ny vie veeh sos thi,k 3
hesey and Tar = cereal. . bsls1 esiek rsl1sA
- especially elective u essss e bad eeaes
ss eivs is 70 our ekildDen - reoeooeee
s,iss = safs ssnsdy. ias = ssaaaass -
AAsauarLwr Aoo. ssu1A PszasI ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04
AMONG THE FARMERS
"RnD rHn Flow

cesrsspondenoe on pracsacai Agricultural tou,o-
ssnSsS Sa. - Address all oommunications In.
sIS.uoo rof thle department 70 HpnY ID
@ @aAh0HD. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-04

.'c total loss Of life cnuscd by the rad
.as one mule If this wore ALWAYS
the case the Zcppelins and Avatiti
would have to so out Of business.
There was very little Of interest after
I.oos. Every day 1t was the same old
routine-up to the firing line In the
morning and back down again at
night. Once In awhile We would lei
ourselves In for young bombardment
or would have rather hot session In
the trenches when we would happen to
get there at the right time, but as far
as any important happenings there was
none
/ will never forget the last day |
spent at the front. It seemed to me
that the Germans must have put up a
Job on me, and just at the moment
was sure that I was coming out OF 1t
all right and that the war was over
for me they were trying to get me
I was ordered to report with my car
to one Of our new officers. ] did so.
and we left for the firing line. When
we reached the divisional signal Office
we left the car and mounted our horses
to finish the journey. We got 10 q
place called Krustadt and stayed there
about half an hour. hitched my
horse to the gate Of an old deserted
house and went over to one OF our
ammunition columns to see u ! could
get some hot tea. When ! came back
about fifteen minutes later ] found my
poor horse down with bis front leg
gone. A shell had exploded In the yard
Of this house and had blown bis les
clear OF. There was nothing for me
to do but to shoot him and put the poor
beast out of his misery.
hunted around among the different
units IN the vicinity until I found an.
other horse, and then ] went up and
reported to my o6lcef. We visited
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-17

ing-picture machine. They paid no more attention to me than if had been photographing them from the moon"
 The railroad from Seward on Resurrection bay to Flnrbanks, dis tance of 466 miles, to secure which continuous attempts were made for many years, is now being built. Thomas says it will be completed about 1920.
 Professor Thomas describes Alas ka in these words:
 "This is the land of colossal ice crowned mountains, of gigantic glaciers, or fjords trimmed in by ranges of jagged, sawtoothed noun tains that make the fjord of Norway shrink by comparison. This Is the land where the red midnight sun doubles back on its track when the yeartide is full, and where the Great God of Nature passes his invisible paint brush across the horizon for hours in the broad daylight of mid night, throwing a new masterpiece of brilliant colors across the sky every few minutes.
 "At Panama, Alaska, l saw the sun rise and set in two hours and forty five minutes, on December 15, 1915. If you take a photograph showing the sun every fifteen minutes, from sun rise to sunset, you see eleven equidis- tant SunS."
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-17

Few lovers of AlaSka's towering peaks and Sun-kiSSed valleys have described it in so truthful a manner in few words as Lowell Jackson Thomas, of Princeton. An article quoting him appears in a recent is- sue of the New York Evening Post magazine, as follows:
 You know the general conception of Alaska. We'll, that is what Alaska is not. So says Lowell Jackson Thomas, who is not only college professor, but a soldier of fortune as well. He speaks with certain authority. For he has been to Alaska ten times and hopes to go a hundred times more. A man interested principally in the in- duStrial development of the country, when his business is finished, on each trip. he transforms himself into an eager traveller and explorer, and pene- trates faStneSSeS to which only the spirit of adventure would send him. Even ardent naturahsts have baked at long trips which this member of the Princeton faculty and sometime professor at the Chicago Kent Col lege Of Law has taken.
 Now a lecturer and author, Thomas has also been a newspaper reporter. He has seen Alaska through the re- porter's eye. The Alaskan Porcu-
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-17
FIRE BIG BLAST
 ON TURNAGAIN
 ARM CONTRACT
Station Men Near McHugh Creek Shoot 15,0W
 Pound Charge

Reports filed up to Feb. 1st, of work on the government railroad divisions north of Girdwood include the follow ing:
 Clearing Right-of-Wsy
 Turnagain Arm diStrict.-The mild weather during the past week made good progress possible on the work between Indian creek and one mile north of Glacier creek.
 Grading
 Several coyote holes were shot dur ing the week with satisfactory re- suits. Mathison & Company, contrac- tors at McHugh creek, made a shot which moved approximately l6.OOO yards of rock, using l5,000 pounds or black powder.
 The jack hammers operated by two locomotive air pump at Mile go are working satisfactorily.
 Telegraph and Telephone
 Work on the gap in the telephone line between Camp 174 and Montana creek is 9 per cent complete. The wire has reached Browne's Lake from the south. The work of providing an additional wire between Potter and Indian creeks for the Anchorage Sew ard telegraphic circuit is 50 per cent complete.
 There. are at present connected to the Anchorage exchange 95 conner cial and 94 commission telephones.
 Matanuska Branch
 The freighting on the river above Camp 24 is going ahead satisfactorily and within the next thirty days the entire work above Kings river should be stocked with sufficient construc- ton material and supplies, with the exception of hay, to complete the work.
 The majority of the contractors have commenced drilling coyote holes, and a number of small shots have been fired. Construction is proceed ing satisfactorily throughout the dis trict, with little change in conditions from last week.
 Main Line
 The camp at Willow creek has been completed, and next week construc- ton of a new camp about midway be- tween Little Willow creek and Rash wilma river will be begun.
 The piledriver crew has completed the driving of all trestles south of Camp 166 and has commenced on the first trestle north of that point.
 The right-of-way contractors be- tween Willow creek and Sheep creek have reached their stations and begun work.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-17
PRINCETON PROFESSOR PAINTS
 SPLENDID PICTURE OF ALASKA
 IN HIS DESCRIPTION OF NORTH

pines, said to be the farthest north Indian tribe, have given him the euphonious name of "Picktoorstsi Tenjenatai Nunkugatuttahug," des" ignation worthy to be compared, per haps, with that of "Bwana Tombo,' conferred by the Africans upon Col. Roosevelt in his quality of lion hunter. In return, Thomas charact- erizes Alaska as the land that knows man only by his real virtues.
 "It is land of strong men, where weddings perish on the trail,' he says. Ut measures a man, not by the usual artificial standards of society, but by those qualities that distinguish real men-honeSty, generosity, patti ence. and indomitable courage. This is the land which Russia, after greed ily footing it of it's furs, sold to the United States for $7,2OO,OOO, or half what it cost to build the Brooklyn bridge or the Woolworth building.
 "Governmental red-tape has been responsible for the slow development of the territory. The resources of the region remain virtually untouched. But this red-tape is being gradually eliminated And in this direction great credit is due to Franklin k. Lane, secretary of the interior. You must not forget that Alaska is one fifth as large as the rest of the Unit ed States. Yet it's white population is less than that of the Yale Bowl on the day of a YaleHarvard game and just about equal to the number of persons at a worlds series baseball game.
 "I have been north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska when the mercury registered 100 degrees above zero Millions of Americans continue to re- gard Alaska as the land of ice and snow. But Alaska has two climatic beltS-the coast region and the inter for. The coast has . comparatively mild winter climate, with cool sum mers; the interior has cold winters but comparatively warm and short summers. More furS are worn on Broadway any Sunday in July than are worn in Alaska in a year"
 Even those persons who associate the great region toward Bering Sea with seals (chiefy extincD and the gold fever may have heard of the Al askan salmon fisheries.
 Watching salmon run is one Of and fight their way up 1na"'  streams, along the coast, to spa~n In Valdez last summer l encon,rtrr' a run of humpbacked salmon. l stood within ten feet of some of them, and ground 100 feet of film with my nov the worlds greatest sights" says Thomas. "The fish come up from the depths of the sea in countless millions
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-25
JUMPS FROM TRAIN
IN EFFORT TO ESCAPE

Lee A.. Barrager, alias Lee A..
Barringer, alias Lee Dunn, who
escaped from Sheriff Mcclure Of
Colfax Sunday morning, was cap
tured Sunday evening at a farm
house about one-half mile this
side of ST. Joe. Barrager who
was held in the Colfax Jail on a
larceny charge, escaped in com
pany with another prisoner about
two months ago. He was re-
arrested at Youngstown, Ohio,
and Sheriff Mcclure was return
ing him to ColfaX when he made
his second escape.
Barrager made his escape from
the morning passenger train
about three miles this side of
81. Joe Sunday. The sheriff had
removed the handouts from his
prisoner and was taking him to
the diner for breakfast, Barrager
walking ahead of the officer.
Several passengers stepped out
Of their berths as the two men
passed by and stepped between
them and Barrager improved the
opportunity to open a vestibule
door and jump. The train was
travelling about thirty miles an
hour and as Barrager was not
seen to jump it was thought he
was hidden on the train and a
search was started. The search
was not completed until the train
arrived at Plummer, where the
sheriff alighted and caught a
freight back to this city.
Sheriff f. b. holland and the
Colfax officer at once started in
search Of the escaped man when
the latter officer reached this city
land notified all the farm houses
between here and St. Joe to be
lon the lookout for him. About
1880 O'Clock Sunday night worC