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The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
MAN "MINES" MUSHR0O'-
Expert Uses Deserted Coal Mine IN
West Virginia as Farm With
Success.

Morgantown, w. Va.-The Queerer
the place selected for mushroom gar
den. the finer, it seems, is the growth
of this popular table delicacy. The
last word in mushroom farm, how
ever, is such a garden placed in the
depths of a deserted coal mine. hum
dreds of feet below the ground.
Not far from MOrgantOwn there is
located this old coal mine, known as
the Pittsburgh coal seam in Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia. Theodore
r. Imbach, an assistant in the state
agricultural experimenting station at
MorgantOwn, obtained permit from
the owners of the property. He en-
camped on the first level, and made
chemical analysis of the rocky soil.
He found it was rich in moisture and
it's constituents exactly those needed
by edible fungi for their quickest and
most luxuriant growth. He. therefore.
started mushroom farm and found
the spot was ideal for his purpose.
This "mushroom mine" makes large
shipments weekly to the city markets
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Three surgeons ar attached to the
column, two nurses and FIVE medical
students. One of these students. Alex
ander BrailOvSky, has cOmpOrted him
self with such gallantry that he wears
on his breast the medals of all four
degrees of the Order of st. George.
His distinction is. in a way. as great
as his commander, who was the first
of the three cOlOnels now decorated to
be given the Cross of st. George.
Russia, like America, is land of
vast distances" he said to New York
World reporter. "YOu however have
mastered the art of con0uering space
as we have not. Our fighting fronts
are we'll supplied with roads. but we
lack adequate means of swift lOcOmO-
welfare I am most deeply interested.
the wounded. Rapid transit to the
rear means the saving of thousands of
lives.
Needs Motor Ambuances.
81 have, after two years effort, sue
ceeded in mastering IA motor am
balances for my flyer but what are
IA ambu1ances for work with such
fighters as the Siberian Ironsdes?
"Our whole Red Cross organization,
which has $1,000 trained nurses work.
ing at the front. does not boast more
than 400 motor ambulances altogether.
"Instead of IA ambulances, I ought
to have, to serve such a corps a: the
First Siberian, from 100 to $50. | had
been promised some cars by various
British organizations, but they need
all they have and friends have encOur-
aged me to hope that in the never
failing generosity of Americans | may
find some assistance toward providing
the Russian Red Cross with this sore
ly needed equipment.
"MOdern warfare makes such terri
BILE demands upon the physical and
nervous powers that unless a wound
ed man can be got swiftly away from
the inferno in which he has been at
work, his chances of recovery are Sc
riously imperiled. Motor ambulances
will do this. and no motors are so ad-
mirably adapted to use in Russia as
your American makes. If I know, and
l think 7 do know, the heart of the
true American, my mission will prove
an easy one."
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Mrs. Angela de Aeoata Sewell of
Boston, who has just arrived in this
country after an absence of six years,
spent hunting big game in Africa.
After marrying w. e. Sewell, a big
game hunter and friend Of Paul Raj
ney, six years ago, the couple went to
Africa to hunt game on their honey
moon. Mr.. Sewell is at present in the
English army.
theirs sister married John Burgess
Camac years ago and made her home
in Paris. Her nephew spent most of
his boyhoOd with her and in 1912
was allowed, by imperial decree, to
add Camac to his patronymic, so that
he is really Andrew Kolpachnikoff-
Camac.
While he still lived in Paris he took
a course in the Sorbonne, then re-
turned to Russia to take his doctors
degree in international law. Then he
was sent to Washington in a position
that corresponds with third secretary
of embassy in the American diplomatic
service. Ending 18 months in that ca
ipacity at the close of 1913, the young
man returned to Petrograd to join the
foreign office.
He was there when war was de-
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
WYOMING.

The extraordinary cold spell has
practically put stop to drilling opera
tions in the Greybull field.
The present large oil refining plant
of the Midwest Company in Casper
will soon be enlarged.
The estimated Wyoming output of
gold and silver for 1916, as announced
by the bureau of the mint and the
geological survey, in joint statement,
is given as follows: Gold, 4,O54 fine
ounces, valued at $S3,SOO, and silver.
t.700 ounces.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
YOUNG HERO Tells OF RUSS|A'S
FLYING COLUMN" OF RED CROSS
Colonel Kopacnko Describes Experience Deadest Service
Yet Disclosed by War-Under Fire in First Line as 40-
900 Shrink to 4,OOO-Severa Americans Are
Serving in the Ranks.

New York.-Stirring tales of serv-
Ice that America has not heard much
about, despite the countless pictures
of the great war this country has been
given, were brought to New York re-
Gently by Andrew Kolpachnikoff,
nephew of John Burgess Camac OF
Philadelphia, former attache OF the
Russian embassy at Washington, and
now head of flying column of the
Red Cross, in which he holds the rank
and privileges of colonel.
No other front than the Russian has
these flying columns" Their work
lies at the very forefront of battle,
and the men attached to them go into
the first line trenches on the heels OF
the advance guards. In leaving the
trenches there remains behind them
only the screen Of cavalry that covers
the retirement. They are under hre as
long as fire continues, and into their
hands first of all come the wounded
that are later carried by the ambul-
ance corps to the hospitals in the rear.
Uniformed Like Troops.
Uniformed like the troops they sue
cor, the "Flyers" may only be told
from them by the fact that they do
not bear arms and that they wear
the insignia of the Red CrOss-the
men in the form Of braSSardS on their
left arms, the officers in the form of
shoulder strap devices. SO constant
are the hazards to which they are ex-
posed that flyers are mentioned re-
peatedly in general orders, and many
of them have been decorated by i'm
perial decree. Colonel Kolpachnikoff
is one of these, the Cross of the Or
der of st. George being his, the dis
tinction the most coveted of the Rus
sian rewards for valOr.
Colonel Kolpachnikoff belongs to a
distinguished family of Penza, one of
the rich provinces in the southeast of
the empire. His mother, gOdchild
of Czar Alexander III, was descended
from Nathalia Narischkine, mother of
Peter the Great, and was grand niece
of General Clepzoff, one of the con-
querers of the Caucasus, who died at
thirty-two, a full general. The young
mans paternal great-grandfather was
victory Of Boroding in 1912.
Notwithstanding this military ances-
try, Colonel Kolpachnikoff elected di-
plomacy as his profession. His IA
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
FLEECED PILOT
BECOMES WARY

Experience has made Harry
Poole cautious. Poole, master
lake pilot living at the Morrison
hotel, Chicago. was swindled out
of $50 by a gypsy fortune teller.
Mary StankO, twenty years
old, was arrested on his COM
plaint.
"Sign your name to this COM
plaint," said Desk Sergeant Pat
rick Brady, showing an arrest
blank toward Poole.
"But what is it? Not ON your
life. They got me once. but they
don't catch me twice." cried
Poole.
Sergeant Brady relieved the
situation by filling out the COM
plant. Then Poole, after read
ing it, affixed his signature.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
FEEDING HORSES AND MULES
AS Result Of Experiment 1t Has Been
Found That SiIage Can Be Used
as Hay Substitute.

During an experiment which began
December 1914 and ended March 1915,
in which 20 horses and mules were
used in the effort to find out the ef-
fects of silage as food, the following
results were obtained. The results in
dicate that silage can be successfully
substituted for a part of the hay in
the ration Of horses at the rate Of two
pounds of silage for one pound of hay.
The animals studied included draft
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
TREATING AN IRRITATED EYE
Cent Solution of Boric Acid
Slightly Darken Barn.

When the eye of an animal is irri-
tated and watery bathe it with ten
per cent solution of boric acid twice
daily, using a new swab Of absorbent
cotton each time. Slightly darken the
stable. Wet all feed to prevent dust,
and as far as possible keep the ami
NAL out of dust.
1t may be that the tear ducts are
obstructed, and if so they should be
cleaned by a competent veterinarian.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
FEEDING SKIM MILK TO PIGS
More Valuable Is the MiIk-Feed
Mixed With Grain.

Skim milk that is not from tubercu-
lar COWS is valuable pig feed. The
best way to feed it is three pounds of
skim milk to one pound of grain. Fed
in this proportion skim milk has Sc
cured all the way from 81 to 40 cents
per hundred pounds.
The younger and smaller the pigs
are the more valuable is the milk. 1t
should always be mixed with grain in
the proportion given.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love Skinner's Macaroni
and Spaghetti because of it's delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and you
can give them all they want. 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is sent free to
mOtherS.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
Experience Teaches.

Spiffer-I have often wondered at
your brilliancy, your aptness at rep
altCe, your
Wiffer-If it's more than a dollar,
old top, l can't do a thing for you.
Pm nearly broke myself.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A we'll known ectress gives the follow
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add 1 OF. Bay Rum, a small box OF
Barbo Compound, and u o. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you car
mix it at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come IL
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make it soft and glossy. 1t will
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

The Havens Bros Mfg. & Supply Company,
one of the progressive manufacturing COM
panies of Denver, have been helping the
farmer this year to beat the very high prices
of new iron pipe, and have been furnishing
q great deal of used pipe worked over with
new threads and couplings upon 1t, which
saves the purchaser considerable money. Get
their prices on secondhand material. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Sometimes a mans judgment enables
him to do thing almost as well as
woman can do it without any judg-
ment.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
His Idea.

Teacher-Johnny, what is a hypo-
critic?
Johnny-A boy wot comes to school
with q smile on his face.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocerg. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.

Silver ...$ rs
Lead, New York, per 100 lbs. 7.50
Copper, per 100 lbs. .......... 28.37k
Spelter, st. Louis, per 100 lbs. 81.
Boulder-Tungsten concentrates, 60
per cent, SIS per unit.
Crude ores, 60 per cent, SIS; 25 per
cent, $9.4O to $12; 10 per cent, $3.50
to $40 per unit.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

An extremely hard artificial wood Of
German invention is made of Sawdust
and chloride of magnesium.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Paraguay has valuable forest re-
sources, the most important of which
is quebracho, particularly rich in tan
min.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

He's long-headed boy who bOrrows
his mas stocking to hang up.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

The Dutch Indies in 1915 produced
1,44O,OO0 tons of petroleum.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

Ninety-three per cent of the floor Of
the ocean is devoid Of vegetation.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

No Jerome company seems to be
making greater speed at present than
the Gadsden.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
TOBACCO FUND KEEPS COMING
 TO THE EMPIRE
Hoonah DonatorS Send in Large Contribution to Be Hustled East
 Immediately.

One can't keep a good thing down and when the thing is really good it keeps boosting itself all the time, right down the line, here, there and everywhere.
 That is the way with the tobac- co fund campaign started by The Empire over six weeks ago for the light a pipe for the boys in the trenches"
 Hardly had the last drive been finished when money came in These contributions were followed by others and in today's mail from Hoonah came check for $29.75, raised at the Hoonah Packing Com pany by c. J. Alexander. The lat ter writes that he started to solicit donations and before he had com pleted it, The Empire arrived say ing that the campaign was ended
 "Get our money East, if possible, J writes MT. Alexander, "so that it can purchase tobacco for the boys and go in the first shipment. We have given our hits and we want the boys to get their tobacco by Christ mas"
 Will this money be hustled East well we rather guess yes-a cou- ple of yesses, if necessary. And with that Hoonah contribution will go the donations which have come in lately. And right here let it be said and let it be known. that no matter when your contribution oomes. it will be sent East and go to help swell some other shipment of tobacco to the "boys" and a post. card will be attached to the pack. age or packages and you will re. 'eive your thank you" card from the trenches.
 The following is the list of con. tributors since last Monday, a week ago tonight, when the final drive was ended
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
NINA SOWERBY IS NOW MRS. JOHNSON:
 WEDDED IN BISBEE

Word has been received in Ju- neau that Miss Nina Sowerby and MT. Charles Johnson were married in Bisbee, Arizona last Thursday evening. at eight o'clock in the Epis- copal Church Mrs. Johnson was accompanied to Arizona by her moth- CT. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will re- side in Bisbee, where MT. Johnson is employed
 Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Isaac Sowerby, of this city, and favorite daughter of the north. For the past two years she had been one of the teachers in the public school.
 Mrs. Sowerby will undoubtedly re- turn to her home here within the next few weeks
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
DESERTS WOMAN WHO IS HEIRESS
 TO BIG FORTUNE

FIT. WAYNE, Ind. Sept "A. - Mrs. Eleanor Osterman, who only yesterday was earning her bread and shelter for herself and children by manual labor. today admitted that notice had been received that her grandfather had died and left her fortune estimated at $750,000.
 Only week or more ago her husband, George w. Osterman, to Ohio, deserted her, she charges, leaving her only a few crusts of bread.
 When grandmother died" Mrs. Osterman said, "she cut me off with
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
MILLIONS OF ACRES
 OF MEXICAN LANDS
 GO TO GOVERNMENT

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 24. The Department of Formento has an
 nounced that lands aggregating 29, 216,000 acres have reverted to the government through failure of the persons holding the concessions on the land to comply with their con tracts. The report states colonies have been placed on the islands of Guadalupe Socorro. Cedros and Coro- nada.
 It is announced that a commis. sion has been named to investi- gate conditions in northern Lower California and study meth0dS by which the waters of the Colorado river may be utilized in that region. the yield from which 1t is stated, is in the hands of American com panies who have built canals for irrigation.
 THE EMPiRA-All the Nsws At the Time. When lt 10 Nova
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
WEALTHY WOMAN IS ADVISED TO TAKE
 DUKE OFF TO WED

ROME, Sept. 24.-Mrs. Philip Van Valkenburg, "the $10,0OO,0O0 widow of New York, was informed by the
 American embassy yesterday that
 her proposed marriage to the Duke of OpOrtO. brother of the late King
 Carlos of Portugal, preferably should take place in London.
 While Mrs. Van Valkenburg has a Connecticult divorce certificate
 it is believed that the best solution of her difficulty would be found in la non-catholic country, where di- yorcod persons can be married in "a religious ceremony, and also in a country where the relatives of the prospective husband can offer no ob- iecsion to both civil and religious
 marriage.
 Mrs. Philip Van Valkenburg was divorced from her first husband, Lee Agnew of Chicago, in 1908 in New York. The same year she mar. ried William Hayes Chapman. then 76 years old. Chapman died the fol lowing year, leaving an estate of $5OO,OO0 to his widow, who was then less than 31 years old. In 1909 Mrs. Chapman become the wife of Philip Van Valkenburg. son of a wealthy New York banker. She obtained a divorce from him in Put nam County. Conn, in February, 1914. on the ground of desertion.:
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
BOMBS DROPPED BY ENGLISH PLIERS ON
 GERMAN POSITIONS

LONDON, Sept. 24 British aeroplanes last Friday night bombed ThOurot and Courtemarck railway stations in Belgium, which cities are occupied by the Germans. Aero planes also dropped bombs on the docks at Ostend. All machines re- turned safely. This announcement was made today by the Admiralty
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
B. M. BEHRENDS co. Inc.

$100, but grandfather told me not to mind, he would provide for me. It seems he has kept his word. My grandfather was William Wainfor, and Englishman, who ran a sum- mer resort and made great deal of money. No, will not take my husband back. am done with him."
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
Curtain Scrims Marked Way Down Now, 20c

Bought months ago to sell at 25c and BOG we find we have too much of this one quality scrim, and have determined to reduce this lot, hence the price. Comes in white and ecru; good mesh and even weave. Special
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
Big Lot of Trimming Braids, 2 for 15c

This special lot includes Rick RackS Featherstitch, and novelty braids in white and colors, usually sold to 15c each; especially good for trimming aprons and child's clothing. Buy as many as you like; while they last. Speclal
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
&61eEilQdd

Never let price be the deter mining influence in your pur- chase. Do not buy any article merely because of price.
 Quality should be the deter mining influence as to your purchase. If the article you intend buying is of a quality that will insure certain satis- faction, then you are bound to secure satisfactory service whatever price you pay.
 This store aims, at all times, to sell ONLY QUALITY MFR EHANDISE, and at the LOW EST1POSSIBLE COST.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
CHINA GETS TIME TO
 PAY BOXER INDEMNITY

PEkIN, Sept. 24 Ministers of the Entente Powers at Peking have advised the Chinese foreign of. nee that their governments are willing to waive the Boxer indem- nifty payments for five years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
CANNED SALMON IS
 MOVING BY CARLOAD
 FORM SEATTLE EAST

SEATTLE, Sept. 24.-Canned sal attle by rail at the rate of 15 to 20 carloads daily. Each car carries 1,500 cases. Within a few weeks it is stated that salmon will begin going eastward in solid trains
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
FEW STUDENTS REGISTER,

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 24.-Reg- istration at the University of Ne braska shows decrease due to the war of 52 per cent. from that of 1916.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
HON. c. c. SALMON DIES.

LONDON, Sept. 24.-The death of Hon. Charles Carty Salmon, speaker of the Australian House of Representatives in 1s0s-10. is an- nouneed in a Reuter- dispatch from Melbourne.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
Priced $3.75 to $12.5O
Going to Re-paper Your Home This Fall?

Probably the paper now on your walls is yellow and streaky or signs of wear. Notwithstanding abnormal increases in paper costs, you can still obtain desirable wall paper here for little more than you formerly paid.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24

Suits for Fall in Wide Variety of Styles and Prices.
 The price is well within the reach of all, es- pecialy when you take into consideration that these suits are such staple lines and materials quite be throughout the season. It is quite possible many women will wear the suit next season, by simply adding little trimming here or >.
 there ....... fr1ced 93C.UU to $(c.UU
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24

old papsrs for sa,s as ras znpir.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
You Will Be Surprised at the Completeness of our Waist Stock.

This headline will cause no great stir, for the women of Ju- neau have come to expect this of us; although they know that to have a complete showing at the very beginning of the Autumn is quite an achievement. Express shipments have been constantly arriving, so that we are now able to show you a compresensive line of all that is new, in Fall blouses.
 Priced $3.75 to Sl2.5O
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
Priced $500 to $75.OO
Towels at Prices That Should Attract Attention

AS the Fall months appear, housewives begin to look around to find their towel SUD- ply rather meager. So this special price should not only interest old customers, but al- so those who are not so we'll acquainted with our everyday values. Good size and quail ity huck -,
 towel Speclal, Zoc
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
Emphasis Is Placed On the Variety
 of Our Autumn Dresses

 o these three fabrics the most staple and eryging developed andd that is different - ~ Priced $175O to S35.OO
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
NEW FALL HATS FOR THE "TOTS" 4
 "CROWN-UPS" TOO

Just received and unpacked these chidrens hats which include all the most coors in velvet corduroy and cloth. Some slightly trimmed with bit of ribbon and here and aside from the smarness of hats will be surprised at little you will have pay for chds hat Ladies hats, too, in variety of shapes and at prices that will suit every woman's purse
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24

THE EMPiRA-Au the Nsws AL the Time. When It 10 Nova
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24

All Thrifty Women Should See These Tablecloths, at $1.95
 We regret we have only a limited quantity to sell at this low cost, and only early corners can possibly share. The table cloths are of mercerized damask in attrac- tive designs, and all-over patterns; usually sold at $1.25 the yard. Special
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-24
The Styles Will Attract Daughter and the Prices Will Please Mother.

It is a difficult matter to separate girls from their mid dies after they have known their freedom all summer. And there is really no necessity to do so, for middy blouses are such an ideal garment for school wear; then, too, they come in blue flannel neatly trimmed for school or gymnas- ium use.
 Priced $l.25 to $3.50
The Tupelo journal., 1917-10-12

A western newspaper started on it's
career under peculiar circumstances.
The editor of the Rocky Mountain
Cyclone thus opened the first article
in the first issue of his paper: "We
begin the publication of the Rocky
Mountain Cyclone with some phew
diphiculties in the way. The type
phounder phrom whom we bought the
output phor this printing ophis
phailed to supply any ephs or Gays,
and it will be phour or phive weeques
bephore we can get any We have
ordered the missing letters and will
have to wait until they come. We
don't lipue the looques ov this a
riety ov spelling any better than our
readers but mistaix will happen in
the best regulated ov phamilies, and
Jpn Gees and CUES hold out we shall
ceep the Cyclone whirling aphter a
phasion till the sorts arrive. This
is no joque to us-it is a serious APP
phairs."