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The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
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The Santa Rita is still due to arrive at tonight.
 The weather was so cold this morning that in many places even the time froze up.
 The steamer Jefferson, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, arrived ill Juneau today noon and is due in skagway tomorrow.
 E. J. Shaw, agent for the Alaska s. j. Co.,, received word this after noon that the freighter Redondo was at the Jualin mine, unable to proceed up Lynn Canal.
 Stadium High School of Tacoma has an honor roll of 300 students who have entered the war on the side Of the United states. It is expected this list will be largely increased soon.
 Eastman leads all others in the manufacture of Kodaks and Sup plies. You will find a complete stock at the Skagway Eastman Agency. A variety of new styles and sizes. What would make a nicer or more appreciated Xmas gift. See them at Keller Bros Drug Co.
 The Daily Alaskan was somewhat handicapped today in getting out it's news by the freezing of the water pipe leading to the dynamo for the lineotype machine, which was thawed out after about an hours coaxing, and then by the bursting of a joint of pipe enter ing the dynamo for the large press. The Alaskan force put in the morn ing making repairs.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12

Atlin, Dec. 12.-W. H. Brethour, foreman O. the Otter creek mines was found dead on the ice near Carcross yesterday.
 MT. Brethour left here Saturday in company with the mail carriers and was enroute to his home near Victoria. As the carriers from Car cross were not at the meeting point, he decided to go on alone, against the advice of the men, who feared for his safety and who tried to in- duce him to wait.
 He has been in the camp since the early days and has gone oyer T sam, trail many times.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
MAN FREEZES TO DEATH NEAR
 CARCROSS .

Ctrcross, Dec. 12.-Herbert Bre- thour, a well known miner from Atlin, was frozen to death on Lake TagjGh five miles south of Carcross du''n; the day Monday, or Monday night. He was making his way on foct and alne to Carcross in an effort to reach Tuesdays train
 His remains arrived here at 10 o'cl~cF last night and are being held by the coroner for investiga- ton. .,
 Herbert Brethour was g young man and well known throughout this country and in Skagway. He was married and has relatives liv- inc iu Victoria. He was a mining enAinoer and worked for H. Nal uin on Otter creek.
 Mr. Brethour was a sturdy type of nal.. strong in build, and one of the best mushers in the Atlin and Carcross country. He was coming afoot to Carcross and probably had been walking fast, getting up a signt sweat, when he came to Wir5y arm. It is supposed the cod winds at that point struck him, and were toe much for him to stand, and he probably fell of exhaustion.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
NEW YORKER WANTS
 AMERICAN WOMEN
 ITO SALUTE THE FLAG

Washington, Dec. 12. - A New York woman has written in to the 'yomau's Committee at Washington; "Can you start Salute the Flag movement among the women? l notice in our great patriotic par ade that sometimes when the Flag passes, the men salute or uncover. Sometimes they do not I think tha: not only all the men, but all the women, should salute when the American Flag goes by"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12

Those Christmas cards at keI- Ter Bros. arg going fast. See them bsfOro they are all gone. tf.
 MT. Pinska, the Dawson and Fairbanks merchant, says his name is not spelled "Pinskie." Just the same he is better known as "Pinkie," and anyone who doubts it just needs to get side view to find out. "Pinkie Pinskie," Zow- tezernowitGh!!!
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
Use Some Kerosene.

If your sewing machine runs stiffly saturate the parts with kerosene and leave it on over night. In the morning wipe dry, then oil with Il high grade machine oil, and the machiae will run like breeze.
 Put some kerosene in your starch and see what nn easy lroaing day you will have If your irons are rough wet A cloth with kerosene and while tue irons are very hot rub them on the cloth viz orOuSlY.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
Weather Report

Wbitehorse, fog, calm, 46 below. Lower LeBarge, fog, n. ". 50 below. a Hootalinqua, clear, calm, 56 be- low. Big Salmon, clear, calm.
 Carmacks, clear, calm.
 Yukon Crossing, fog, calm, 56 below. [, selkirk, fog, calm, 64 below.
 Isaac Creek, clear, calm, 55 be- low. :. Stewart River, clear, calm, 65 be- low. ! .' '. ! &Id ! Dawson, fog, calm, 63 below.
 Telegraph, 21 below.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
Ready. Col

An old farmer lay dying. The min lster was sent for and prayed at the bedside. Then, at the last minute. the sick man rallied.
 "Ah, my deur," he said to his better half, Tt may be I'll be spared to you yet"
 The old wife drowned and said grimly:
 "NO, no, George. You're prepared and I'm resigned. Die now."-London Opinion.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
Hides Him Over.

According to this expert, an aero plane Is built like q watch"
 Prom my point of view" said the impecunious citizen, "a watch has one great advantage all aerOplane lacks" What is that
 Its easier to pawn. Birmingham Age-uerald.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
Would Be Prepared,

She-Suppose. dear, find you have not given me enough money? He Then telegraph for more. She-Havs you telegraph blank ?-Exchange.
 Prayer Is the contemplation of the f0cts of life from the highest point of view. It is the soliloquy of behold ing and jubilant SOul-Emerson.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12

There is about four degrees diff ference in the temperature be- tween the Car Shops and the White Pass depot in S&agway.
 The freighter Redondo, of the Alaska steamship Co.,, left Juneau yesterday morning at 3 o'clock and has not reported in skagway as yet. It is thought she has found that comfortable berth on the lee side of Benjamin island.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12

Did you ever think about hay ing Christmas cards printed at the Dail Alaskan office. They Are in- dividual, attractive, and any greet ing which you may desire may be printed. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
In His Class.

"Is this liniment fraud or will 1t really ease the pain in my ankle?" de manded the pompous and aggressive customer in the drug store.
 Well, you stand chance, anyhow" responded the polite attendant. "The label declares 1t good for man or beast '"-RiChmOnd Dispatch.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
Sandpaperina the Stove.

Before applying the polish If bit of sandpaper Is rubbed on the stove any little accumulations of grime will be removed, and q smooth, even coat of polish will result
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
A EitSinu Name

Well" was the answer of a little chap who had been asked the name of his cat, i've used to call him William, but he has been having fits lately, so we call him Fitz William now"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
ConfIictino Precedents.

A man cant always regulate him. self according to history, There was Samson, who lost his life because he had his hair cut. and AbSalOm because he didn't
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
EXPLOSION
 KILLS GUARD

New Castle, Del, Dec. 12.-An ex4 plosion in one of the Bethleham Ste-I Company's intuition plants today killed the chief guard by the name of Jacobson.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12
A Cinch.

How does Gladys manage to pre- serve her complexion so wellT"
 Easily She keeps it i'll air tight jars."-St. Louis PoSt-Dispatch.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12

Pessimi;m is productive of paralysis and StuGnutiOn.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-12

Albert Reinert reports busy day at his store yesterday in spite of the cold weather, and as a re- suit substantial sum will be added to the Red Cross treasury.
 c. M. Comstock, who is in skag- way on his way south, is bound for New York to visit his two sons who are in the army and who will soon leave for France. Mir. Coms stock Is from Dawson. l,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22
LIVE WIRE SPARKS

School election is almost here, and
people are beginning to wonder who
our new directors are to be. Two of
our present ,board were appointed and
the third has served three years so
there will be an entire new board to
to choose.
AS a general thing people take little
interest in school elections, and only
few vote. The others prefer to save
their energies to kick about the board
after election. We would like to see
everyone take little interest in the
community welfare, and coming out to
vote for school director is about as
little as they can do. Those who fail
to vote certainly should not have the
privilege of kicking later on.
1t has been the custom to have the
board made up entirely of men. We
believe that there should be at least
one woman on the board. There is no
work for the directors that can't be
done as we'll by woman as by man
and there is much that they can do
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

hour per day per COW, so we see tne
average dairyman working for hve
cents per hour. ..@-
No one would Intentionally work for
i've cents per hour, but the trouble is
that many dairymen are milking cows
of this class or even worse and don't
know it. Contrast such a cow with one
that produces $50 pounds of fat IN 40
weeks. Such cow will bring ner
owner about fifty cents an hour Tor
his work. Many farmer is milking
two or three cows for five cents an
nour or less along side of one that
makes him fifty cents an hour or more
and thinks he is doing fairly we'll. he
knows in general way that his fifty
cent COW is the best and maybe he
values her at $500 more than his
others, when, as a matter of fact, II
she IS a young cow she is worth S2OO
or S3CC more. The majority of dairy
men cont know what their cows are
really worth and there is but one way
to find out; that is by weighing and
testing the milk. The extra time it
takes to weigh the milk amounts to
nothing and is more than made up In,
the help it gives in feeding. Testers
don't cost much, but one doesn't even
have to buy one for Manager Die
trich~ has consented to do milk testing
for patrons free of charge. All that
is necessary is to get good fair
sample of milk, about four ounces, AND
see that it is sweet when it gets to
the creamery and they will do all the
work. The writer has found from ex-
perience that the greatest care is
necessarysin order to get uniform
sample. Simply stirring the milk
won't do, for a variation Of 25 per
cent in test is easily made in this way.
The best way is to use two pals and
pour from one pail into the other two
or three times until the milk is thoro-
ly mixed and then take the sample
with a small dipper or 1adle from the
center of the pail.
IF every dairyman in the valley
would take the trouble to do this nine
times out of ten it would not only
mean more money in his pocket but
would also mean putting the industry
in this valley on a substantial basis
out of reach of hard times, tariff tin
kerers and oleomargarine manufactur-
ers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Stocker and Struthers were loading
hay at Finley last week. They were
hauling big loads and getting on fine
but in unloading they took all the hay
off the front end of the rack and as
thew took the last bale off the front,
the thing reared up like a bucking
broncho and half the load slid off the
back.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Two or three weeks ago we roasted
an autoist for travelling at fifty = five
miles an hour on the oiled road. 1t
seems a Forder got peeved thinking
we were aiming at him. That's hot
one-ffty-five miles in a Ford! He
must have imagined he was a-goin'
some.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

The telephone company has extend
ed their phone line to Hover and have
ten new subscribers down there. For
years they have had toll line there,
but now Hover is placed on the same
basis as the rest of the valley and has
free service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

With the prices paid this winter for
butterfat, the dairy business is look
ing up all over the west. Possibly
the low price of butter fat which fol-
lowed the Underwood tariff have
proved a good thing for the dairy in
dustry for they made dairying so I'M
profitable that thousands of dairymen
sold off all but their very best stock.
The result has been curtailed produc-
ton resulting in high prices as soon
as the foreign butter was off the mar
ket. There is still plenty of room for
improvement in stock however, and
this is one feature the breeders must
not overlook, now that prices are so
good. We venture the assertion shat
two-thirds of the cows in the valley
didn't do more than pay for their feed
last year, and that half of them didn't
pay for their feed. There is practic-
ally no pasture in this country, so we
must figure on a basis of twelve lang
months feeding. The average cow
will eat approximately 10000 pounds
of alfalfa hay in year and this
should be supplemented with grain of
some sort, which at the present prices
would amount to not far from $500
year. For average figuring let us
put hay at 5000 per ton, which is con-
siderably less than it has been for
some time. ....
Five tons hay at 5000. .......$45.00
Grain Zo.UU
Cost of feed for one year.. $1,000
Now the average cow in the valley
will produce less than $50 pounds of
butter fat in 365 days. Allowing for
six weeks dry period, we find the
average cow produces less than 225
pounds of fat year, which at thirty
cents per pound amounts to $67.50 per
year. Five thousand pounds of skim
med milk at 121s cents per hundred
weight amounts to $6.25. Add this to
the value Of the calf when born, Of
about $500 and we have a total in
some of $78.75 or $8.75 over the cost
of the feed. Without taking into
consideration the value Of the manure
or the danger of sickness or loss we
find the average dairyman milking
twice day for the munifcent sum Of
$8.75 per year per cow, or less than
rs cents per month, or 2k cents per
day. The feeding, stable work, milk
ing, separating, care Of cream and
care of milk things take about half an
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

OSTEOPATHa
DR. DOD6ON, End FLOOR ROOKDRY
Bldg.-Guarantees better hsaelth ana 60.
ave you $500 Q year. Instructions for
home treatment. Don't submit to operations.
psr1ence. 5000 cases treated Finest offles
n the west
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Baseball season is almost here, and
it is time the young fellows were get
ting busy. Burbank is already plan
ming a schedule and it would be a
good thing if the Finley young fellows
started their plans and practicing
right now.
The legislature has passed a bone
dry law and it is now predicted that
the liquor interests will invoke the re.
1erendum on it. They doubtless will
have the undivided support of all the
veterinary surgeons in the state, for
if the law goes into effect it will
greatly diminish the number of sick
horses.
We are indebted to our old neigh
Dor, j. H. Jarboe, for little circular
with great long name giving data
on the weather at Pueblo, where J. II.
is now located, and after looking it
over, we are doubly glad we live in
Finley. We have always heard that
Pueblo is noted for its salubrious eli
mate, but here are few extremes of
wind, rain and temperature that make
the Kennewick Valley look pretty fine
Hottest, 104; coolest, 81 below; wet
test month, July; dry year, GA inches
rainfall; high wind velocity, "a miles
per hour.
We aren't always satisfied with what
the weather man passes out to US, but
on the whole we believe Kennewick
has the edge on Pueblo, and we'll stay
here for the present.
Last Monday after the cows were
MIXED and the chores were done the
editor hitched up and went out in
search of news. Chance took him over
to Sleepy Hollow where something
foolish is always going on. The first
house he came to was as still at death.
The dog was asleep on the porch, the
cows were lying in the barn yard
contentedly chewing their cuds, the
horses were stretched out full length
on the ground and even the chickens
were standing all huddled in bunch
down in the garden. "Gone to town"
thought the editor and drove on. The
next house was just the same, and
the next and next. "I'll bet they're
all gone to a funeral" concluded the
editor and drove on into town. After
finishing his shopping he started for
home and thought he would go thru
the Hollow again and see if they had
returned yet. AS he crossed the ditch
and came down the hill he thought he
detected the fragrant odor Of frying
bacon, and sure enough Sleepy Hollow
was just having breakfast.
Folks passing along the oiled road
have noticed great hustle and hustle
around Swayze's corner and the t. c. d.
ventures the opinion that Mrs. Swayze
is coming home. ..
The new creamery truck which made
it's first appearance thru the lower
valley last Tuesday, looks like pros
perity.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

The road committee of the lower val
lev met with Commissioner Pratt on
Tuesday night and the territory was
laid out into four districts as follows:
Hover District-Beginning at the
Finley school house thence south to
the ditch, thence along the ditch to
the river, thence along the river to
the north line of Section 25, thence
west to the point of beginning. =
Finley DISSATISFACTION 10, IA, Is,
16, % and % and those portions of
Sections 20, 81, q and % lying be-
low the ditch including the oiled road
to Swayze's corner. i-...- "
North District Sections 5, 8 and 9.
Valley Club District Sections z,
II, and IS and that portion of Sec
lions IL and Is lying below the hill.
Mr.. Pratt is planning to do as little
repair work as possible this summer,
saving the funds for fall, when he is
going to put thru the road to Hover.
And so the job of road foreman won't
mean steady employment by any
means. Besides, the law requires
that all jobs amounting to over $500
must be let by contract. 1t is ap-
parent that it may not be the easiest
thing to find road foreman who will
take the job under these conditions,
for he will have to drop whatever he
may be doing and go to work on the
road whenever needed. In fact, it is
a case of asking someone to make
some personal sacrifices for the good
of the community.
\ Mr.. Brown has been appointed road
foreman for the North District, and
the Valley Club District are ready to
make their recommendations. Hover
and Finley will hold elections at once.
The Finley Grange has called a
meeting of all the tax payers in the
Finley Road District for next Tues
day, Feb. 9th, at 8 p. m, at the
Grange hall, for the purpose Of max
ing recommendations for road fore
man for this district. Voting will be
done by ballot.
The road committee Of Hover has
called meeting of the tax payers of
the Hover Road district to select a
foreman. The meeting will be held at
the Hover schoolhouse, Saturday eve
ming, Feb. oath.
Tha I ad;oc, A id mill moot with Mrs
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

HIDES AND JUNK.
FOR GOOD PRICES SHIP YOUR HIDES
and junk to Western Hide q Junk Co, Wis
Main, Spokane, Wn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

better. A woman will notice things
that a man would never see at all.
A woman can give more time to the
teachers than a man, and often the
teacher will come to a woman director
with things that they would not want
to speak to a man about at all. We
think by all meanS that there should
be at least one woman on the new
board and we wish tax payers would
all turn out and elect one.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

ARCHITECTS.
Hyslop e Westcott, Rookery. SPOKANE Wn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Next Saturday, Feb. oath, is the
regular Grange night and the much
discussed dance question is to be brot
up and voted upon. The question
seems to have aroused more than US
ual interest and a good attendance is
looked for. ~ e-.-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

FOR SALE-FARM LANDS.
BE YOUR OWN LANDLORD; MON
tana lands on crop payments, In district
where winter wheat goes from 80 to IS
bushels per acre: $4,000 acres to select from;
close to railroad; parties must have full
farm equipment. Give full particulars ~
60 your outfit in first letter. Land ranges
In price from $3.50 to SIS per acre. Sparks,
the Land Man. GIG Peyton blk. Phone Main
1917, Spokane, Wn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Baseball season is almost here, and
it is time the young fellows were get
ting busy. Burbank is already plan
ming a schedule and it would be a
good thing if the Finley young fellows
started their plans and practicing
right now.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Deputy Sheriff Baxter killed an un-
muzzled dog down on the Goss ranch
last Wednesday that had every ap-
pearance of being mad. The head has
been sent in to be examined. Baxter
shot from his auto and wounded the
dog the first shot. When he got out
of his machine to finish the brute, the
dog got up and made for him, but Bax-
ter shot him thru the head, killing
him instantly.
It is strange after all the authentic
cases of hydrophobia in the neigh
borhood, that people should be willing
to allow their dogs to go unmuzzled.
If they themselves were taking all the
chances, it would be different mat
ter, but their negligence, or their will
full disregard for the regulations made
by the board Of health not only ex-
poses them to danger, but jeopardizes
the lives of all their neighbors. When
warm weather comes the menace will
doubtless prove serious, and funds
should be provided to pay officers to
go thru the county and shoot every
unmuzzled dog found. Further, an
effort should be made to find the own
ers Of all mad dogs killed and thew
should be made to pay the $4,000 fine
provided by law for noncompliance
with the muzzling order. If the pro-
per authorities would get busy and
make start, fines enough could be
collected to pay all the expenses of
the campaign. It is only by some
such drastic measure that we can
avert an epidemic of rabies that may
cost human life and thousands of
dollars loss to livestock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

The new creamery truck which made
its first appearance thru the lowe,
valley last Tuesday, looks like pros.
perity.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

Folks passing along the oiled road
have noticed great hustle and hustle
around Swayze's corner and the t. C. d.
ventures the opinion that Mrs. Swayze
is coming home. $3.50.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-22

The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs.
E. E. Pyle, Thursday, March first.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following deeds havc been filed for
record with County Clerk jos. Webb:
VI. \. Garcia and YSabel y. Garcia TO
Miss Cora Traxler lot q. block 20. San Be
INTO: consideration so.
o.. Il. Wilkins Development Co. to Harry
Moline 10 acres from the E>piritu Santo
grant: consideration S67I2.25.
Bankers Trust Co., trustee. 10 o. l..
Wilkins Development Co, l4.55 acres from
the E~piritu Santo grant: consideration
$9l5.
". +. Hull 10 O. l.. wilkins Development
Co. 25.45 acres from Partition share No.
L, E~piritu Santo grant: consideration
S50o0.25.
W. W. Clark ct nj TO John Attenberger.
lots /. , Z and 5 from section -, Ray
mondvillc tract: consideration $1,000.