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The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
BRANDED AS MYTH l
Mother Never Really Carried Market Basket, It Is Declared.
Even Before Days of Telephone Housewife Seldom Went to tho
 Grocery or the Butcher Shop.

A voice of protest rises in the East. There, as elsewhere, sundry lecturers have been talking to women's clubs about the high cost of living. Said one of them:
 Housewives could reduce the cost of food if they would market in per son. Too many market by telephone" This is typical remark.
 Our mothers and our grandmoth ers,' continued the lecturer, went personally to the grocer and the butcher. They saw what they bought. And they used to carry 1t home with them.'
 The conclusion is obvious, says the Indianapolis News. Our mothers and our grandmothers, paying these daily visits to the grocer and butcher, were able to buy seasonable products-and the best of the products-at lowest prices. They made their own selec- tions; they picked out what they wanted
 A woman took issue with this state ment. Others followed. This argu ment, they said, has gone undisputed long enough. AS a matter of fact, our mothers and grandmothers did very little marketing in person. The tele- phone in their day was not used, to be sure There were few telephones to be used. But 90 years ago-and even in more recent times-the grO- cer's boy called daily, recited some new items of stock, logged the pa irons memory with few questions regarding the quantity of potatoes, sugar, flour and salt on hand, took the customers order and departed. Moth CT saw the goods for the first time when the grocer's boy, later in the day, delivered them.
 And in grandmother's day. the wom- en protesters declared, four-tifths of the marketing was done by sending Johnny or Mary to the grocer or the butcher. And many of us who are something over thirty and not yet turned sixty, regardless of sex, can find without effort, in the depths of memory, personal evidence to substan- tiate this claim. How many times were We brought complainingly in from play to "go to the grocer's?' And at the tender age of seven or eight or nine, did we do much select ing when we thus filled the household order? Very little, as We recall it. On the contrary, We took what the grocer gave us and hurried home with the purchase, making sure both com ing and going that we kept safely in hands or pockets the little brown book in which the purchase was duly and carefully recorded by the grocer or the srocer's clerk.
 Times have changed. Johnny and Mary go seldom nowadays to the gro- cer or to the butcher or to the baker. Mother rings them up and delivers her order by telephone. But-is the diff ference very great? Is 1t sufficiently great to account for the vast increase in the cost of groceries and meats and bread and rolls? Substituting the telephone for the grocer boys daily visit or for marketing with the chil- dren as proxy will hardly seem to some of Us, now that memory is aroused, to account for the higher cost of living.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
AFT NO. I67.

.oyad March ZS, I'lt.
 fppiso,to snt to provide for the ma lnte- Rn ef inc four state Distri5t AsTi- nre - cohoole at JoResboro. Russell Itufai uo @noIia and Monticello. Ark
 e' "r "nrnnropriateS for the hrst asfl- i Aet Iphl School situated at Jonesboro'
 in6. luln' for district agriculture sehool
 ,s3 ,oVV, 'V at Russellvtlle. SS1,500. for aa .siet agriculturai school situated at nIoiia sS4.O00. for district aEfieut-
 el school situated at Montleetio'
 ot ogV Vnroyides that not more than one Ac' tbe moneys hereby appropH.
 ob eboii be paid 6at of the General o.s,,. a sue t4ynd and that the remaining 'taie '9n shall be paid out of the sp-- e',na to be levied and collected for
 l,.nnort l"r,9 of said schools for the bi- LniaI period beginning l. |,- and endin gJulS 1, 1919.
 |.st provides that should the entire Inronriatfon for any one of the Tour Eaots contained in this Act be tound I,,aeeesarv for the purpose mention the halancr may be expended for z, other purpose mentioned in this '.c, nroyides that the proceeds from ,a sale of all farm products shall be 'nosited in the state treasury to the a5it of each of said schools and kept 2 separate fund. and used for no her purpose. Act fixes penalty for oIation of any of the provisions or ia Act
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
GREAT SAVINGS SHOWN.
Patents Issued in Year Remark
 able in Number and Character.
Among Inventions Reported Are sev. eral Greatly Decreasing Coal Con-
 sumption in Power Plants.

Invention in this country reached high-tide during the calendar year 1916 Forty-two thousand separate patents were issued to inventors by Uncle Sam. It is not the number of patents issued, however, that is worthy of note, but the character of the in- yentions. The patent office deals with all the efforts of the world in every field of industry to advance the useful arts. Great interests are involved, not merely of private, but of public con- cern, in the discoveries that are listed with the patent office.
 As an illustration of what the dis coveries of the 12 months mean, refer ence may be made to the fact that one concern in Chicago reports that it has effected reduction in coal consump- ton from nearly seven pounds kilo- watt hour to 2.7 pounds a kilowatt hour, as d result of a new invention.
 A New York rapid transit company introduced Improvements in the year which, according to the patent office. have caused a drop in coal consump- ton from 2IA pounds kilowatt hour to F pounds kilOWatt hour.
 An electric plant, through some new invention, it has shown, is now able to generate electricity from coal more cheaply than can be done from the wa ters of Niagara falls. These great economies are due In large measure to new inventions relating to automatic stokers and regulators attached to furnace construction, to forced draft and to coal-handling machinery.
 The year brought new and valuable inventions that had to do with wire less telegraphy, telephony, the control of torpedoes, searchlights and gun pointing, vacuum cleaning, X-ray ap- paratus, liquefaction of air to produce oxygen and nitrogen for commercial use, flying machines, the moving pie ture and mercury vapor lamps.
 For q period of some five years an industrial fellowship maintained by trained scientists have devoted their time to the study of methods of bread making, with the object of producing better bread. In the last calendar year, certain of the processes deyel- opcd through this study were patented
 and put into operation.
 Better nourishment of the yeast has reduced the amount required in rais- ing the bread and maturing the dough, with the consequent lessening of the amount of flour and sugar used up by the yeast and converted into carbon dioxide and alcohol. The savings of these and other economies to those en- ploying the novel processes patented during the year are estimated to amount to more than $1 100000 year. This estimate is based on the present high scale of prices, but on any scale of prices would, it is asserted, be enor- nous.
 The patents in the electrical field during the year were numerous. In the field of farming implements there came the improved tractor engines, better apparatus for digging, irriga- tion and drainage canals, improved beet haryesters, etc.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
ACT NO. 4T0.

Approved March 2S, 1917 An Act to appropriate money out of Ie penitentiary fund for the purpose having levee. drainage and other becial improvement district assess Ients against the state farm lanes, nd for other purposes.
 '6rt provides that any and all eS- hing levee. drainage or other spe- |al improvement district assessments bd taxes against any of the state farm 'nds shall he paid out of the appro- rIafion now or hereafter made to pay 5e current expenses of the state pen
 entiary Said claims shall be pre- pnted as the same accrue and sha Il allowed if correct. and shall be nuchered and paid Provides that all
 uds acquired bN the state in the fu- ire shall be known as state farm
 nds. and shall be subject to the pro
 sions of this Act.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
Sun Now Never Sets On
 The United States Flau.

Great Britain is no longer the only nation that can say that the sun never sets on its territory. Since the United States acquired the Danish West Indies it can make the same boast, says Youths Companion.
 Hitherto the little island of Culebra, which is virtually a part of Porto Rico, has been our most easterly point of land, and the island of Balabac in the Philip pines our most westerly point. The distance between them Is just little less than 1S0 de- grees. or half the circumference of the earth. St. CrOix, in the Danish West Indies, is 3S miles farther east than Culebra-- enough to bridge the gap. Just as the sun Is rising on St. Croix 1t is setting on Balabac.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
Sent to Local Libraries.

"The system on which books are sent out to borrowers is as follows; If q man engaged in serious research needs a book which his own local H. brary lacks, which it cannot naturally be expected to have, he may ask his local library to get 1t for him from the library of congress. This will be done, and his only expense will be the cost of the transportation of the volume.
 The loan rests on the theory of n special service to scholarship which it is not within the power or the duty of the local library to render. Its pur- pose is to aid research calculated to advance the boundaries of knowledge, by the loan of unusual books not read fly accessible elsewhere.
 Therefore, books that should be in a local library or that can be borrowed from library having particular duty to the community from which the appli- cation comes Ca state library, for ex- ample), are not lent by the library of congress. Neither are books that are inexpensive and can easily be pro cured, nor teXtDOokS, nor DOCKS Tor the general reader, nor to be used for recreation or self-culture. But unusual books to satisfy unusual needs-these tle library of congress is glad to lend.
 And we find that people all over the country are eager to take advantage of this service. We are constantly send ing out books to borrowers sometimes as far distant as San Francisco and Cuba. During the year ended June 30, 1914, we sent out 2,030 volumes. Dur ing the year ended June 30, 1915, we sent out 2,25S volumes. and during the year ended June 30, 1916 we sent out as interlibrary loans 3,460 volumes to 393 different libraries in IS states and in Canada.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
Becomes U. s. Citizen
 Again to Aid Uncle Sam.

The solution of the paradox, "When Is an American not an American" has just been discov- cred by BenDo Wieler, born in Nebraska, and more recently en- gagged us a farmer in Canada.
 Wieler went to Canada some years ago and, in order to obtain patent on farm there, became a naturalized citizen of Great Britain. A few weeks ago he re- turned to this country and tried to enlist in the United States Marine corps but was rejected as an alien. The secretary of la- bor was appealed to and decided that Wieler would be required to go through the same procedure as foreigner in order to again become q citizen of the United States, which he did and then was enlisted.
 Wieler said he. would not change nationalities for a farm.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
A@ NO .t-f.

AnpT0Ycd MaTCh .s, I3I :.
 An Act to repeal Act No, 3, known as te Publicity Act ste refer same to the pters Of the state and each county at he next general election.
 Aet rpueals Net Nh. 2. known as the Act. initiated and adopted by b. people at the general election held September. 19l4 provided that this
 let shal lnot go info effect until the ext general election. when the same hall be submitted te the voters Of aeh county for ratification or rejec-
 lon. Provides that where any county otes q majority 8saiust Act Nc. q. hal sad Act yhaU be declared repeal ae= fa= that eauntk
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
ACgT So i=5.

Approved Narch 2S. l917.
 An Act for the support and maint"- lance of the Medical Department of the Of Arkansas.
 Act appropria.es $52.707.
 Aet also provides that tuities and ees of students shall not exceed S50 er annum.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
AIr n iSn

Approved March 2S. 1917.
 An Act to provide for the support thd maintcnauce of the Girls Indus lriat school and the erection and sup
 pott ot the Buvs Industrial School Act appropriutes for Girls Indus trial School Sa000
 Act appropriates for Boys Industrial School. S5l 9D0.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
ot,on of the provisions of
.cr NO. 40i.

.orored March. March ss; for Hurt further licens- P ,esseneTs ssi CT in the Arkansas state Fual. .,o,,zes the Board of the
 te NorInal s Good anywhere in the fihcate to r;rd o of two years. Stu te DOT Soet the requirements get it's mus order to obtain said cer-
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
AGI NO. fTt.

Approved March 2S, 19l7
 An Act to appropriate moneys for he purpose of collecting muster rolls Arkansas. relics and flags etc. to ne laced in Arkansas room in tho Con ederate Museum If Richmond, Va.
 Act appropriates $1.000 for above urDose
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
In No Dancer.

Stranger (to maid)-May I see the missus, please?
 Maid-No sir; she's engaged.
 Stranger-So much the better then. I'm married man and my wife wouldn't want me to talk to foot-loose young ladies.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
ACT No. 37s
AnnrnreA N1nrcI,

Approved March 2A, 1917.
 An Act to appropriate money to pay Iof securing statistical data. expert eeNice and attorneys fees in preserv- IIng rates fixed by the State Railroad 
 Act approprtatcs stO.OOO for said pur- pOse.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
..T NO. 466.

Apprefea nroyide stenogrsphers for kn Aet os ;udges. That the justices supfs1nr ennreme Coqrt are authorlzsd
 the nup stenogTa pher for each ar
 pn enlptoI Iof sf.25O per annum.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
ACI Nn t-f

Approved March 2S. i9I-
 An Act for the support and mainte- ance Of he State Capitol for the bi- nnial period 1ndlnE March 31, 1912
 Act appropriates SAC. 9G0 out of the tate Capitol Fund
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28
ACT NO.iSI

anpfotrd March 2S. 1917. An Act making appropria tions for me U. executive md judicial departments oi the state government for the bien- ma period ending March 3l. 191a. !, Act makes appropriation as follows.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-06-28

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The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
WAR TO END IN DECEMBER

The war will end in December, it's certain now. Someone received a letter in which the story is told that a party of people were out icy riding when the auto broke down. As it would require about au hour to fix the machine the chauffeur told the party of a gypsy camp close by where they GOuld have their fortunes told Of course the party jumped at the chance. and one of the women ask ed the gypsy fortune teller when Fhe var would end. She replied in December. The woman asked Ar ygs sure" Yes" replied the gypsy. just as sure as you will nGd your chauffeur dead when you return to your machine" The part returned all excited, and found the chauffeur had died of heart trouble ju he meantime.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
One Weak Spot
Many Skagway People Have B Weak Part and Too Often it's the
 Back

Many people have a weak spot.
 Too often it's a bad back.
 Twmges follow every sudden twist.
 Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
 Backache is often from weak kid neys.
 In such cases Q kidney medicine is needed.
 DOan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys.
 For Daekache and urinary ills.
 Good proof of merit is the fol- lowing statement.
 James Cubbon, Mgr. Victor Clean ing aud Dye Works, 1908 Yesler Way, Seattle, Wash, says: My kidneys were in bad shape and every time I bent oyer it seemed as though my back would break. TAe kidney secretions were unna- tural, being scanty, painful and ir- regular in passage. My work as a tailor kept me bent over and that made ma suffer ell the more l was lame and stiff all over and could hardly straighteD up. It wasn't any time before Doan's Kidney Pills had helped me' and I was soon cured of every sign of the trouble"
 rice soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that MT, Cubbon had. Foster-Mil- burn O.. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. -AdYeTtisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
OUR BOYS

We meet our young friends on their way to office or store or fac tory or on errands Of business, and 7Se respect their industrious young manhood. But if we meet these same young men in khaki or in th uniform Of the tackles, why is it that Ee aG once feel a more intimat relationship 10 them?
 They belong to Us; they have become "our boys" not simply by the wearing of 2 uniform, but be- cause of what it means-that these young men who wear the khaki or ths blue have pledged ther lives, II Geed be, to defend our country.
 Could there be a more altruistic or $ higher mission?
 We do well to call them "our boys for they are our own sworn defsnders-our only defense against S ruthless and bitterly anti-Am- sFicsn foe, These young men have put aside the ambitions of their business or industrial life to lay all on the altar Of our common country. And ttis is why you hear men and women say proudly as they are passing: God bless them! The men feel fatherly ownership in sa,R one of them, and the women, in true mOtherly fashion, are Knitting sweaters and socks for 'Soma ot our boys" Even at the RoossTRlt meeting many of the women were knitting and the needles were flying fast except whe ths workers stopped to cheer.
 We shall not cease in this genera tion, At least, to have a very inti- mRra feeling of relationship for ''our boys" just as another genera ten loved "the boys in blue"
 Chicago Evening Post.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
Fairbanks Enbezzler Arrested

Fairbanks EmbeZler Arrested
 Acting on telegraph order from Fairbanks one of the deputies re- gently arrested s. H. Milwee, at toruey ot Fairbanks, while passing through the capital City on the steamer Alaska. Milwee is charg- ed with emezzblement.
 Passengers On Victoria Not
 Allowed To Land In Seward A game Of cards, many drinks, then a general dispute, the whole trouble being added to by couple of women, and the subsequent de yelopments - g stabbing afEray - that was one of the reasons why passengers aboard the Victoria were not landed in Seward yesterday morning.
 InGiaE Has Fit And
 Loses Life In Boat Simeon Cherinoff, g native Of Tatitlek, was drowned off Ellamar short time ago when he and q companion were out padding in a bldarka. Cherinoff suddenly took one Of his violent fits and before his partner could TOW to the shore Cherlaoff became so rough that he turned the craft over. The partner climbed on top of the boat and managed to reach shore but before he could get help Cherinoff had drowned.
 Two Hunters From Seward Missing Much apprehension for the Bafety Of two hunters who left Seward re gently to hunt bear at Ialick bay is felt. Ben Sweasy and "Bill' Weav- CT left Seward for the bay on Oc-
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
WILLIE READY TO FIGHT

When Mother and Father and All buy a pair of shoes The bill is $27 The winter coal bill is $75 Instead of $45 or $50. We have three meatless days a wee Instead of one, And even then the Butcher Takes $20 away from Us Every four weeks. The family purse Has palpitation of the heart Every time we eat At our house. Mother is craftily Making her own bread now Mostly graham Winch is invalid fodder, Aud We have cut out eggs, Aad Father is getting so weak He cant even swear With any enthusiasm, He seems to have a lot of Fortitude that is Not entirely Christian. The taxes are due
 And there is a paving tax Just about ripe,
 And all of us
 Have got to buy Oyercoats. Mother is making Red Cross
 bandages
 And Father is up to the chin In liberty bonds
 On the installment plan We are all strong for the flag And for our soldier boys, But, as Mother suggests, If this keeps up much longer Nobody will have to call her out Tc fight;
 The whole family is ready to fight Right now
 Germans, or anybody Nobody barred.
 saying which,
 I w;ll now close. Willie.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24

Someone suggested that in as much as some of the crew of the Manhattan were on three of the recently wrecked boats, and footed the AIki, an investigation should be started 10 see what nationality they belong tps -
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
Walks Or Dock

A cry of distress was heard re- gently in Wrangell when 8 pass enger off the steamer Despatch walked off the Columbia and North ern dock, falling into four feet of hriny water. It Is said the cold waters had a rRyiving effect upon his sense of equilibrium.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
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Air Gun Nuisance

4 meeting of the town council was held recently in Wrangell t" consider the air gun nuisance. Boys have been using such guns To break street lights, window panes' and Kill and maim birds.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-24
Arrested For seditious Speech

Conrad M. o. Zines was, arrest cd the ether day in Juneau on the charge of using seditious speech in ralking about President Wilson.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-22
WEALTHY FARMER
HELD FOR MURDER
OF DROWNED WIFE

Peru, Illinois, March % (SpeciaD
Joseph Bartus, prominent farmer
who resides four miles north Of Gran
Vile. il being held for the murder of
his wife, who was drowned in Mad
Lake, Monday afternoon, March ID,
when the buggy in which they were
riding in overturned At the time Cf
the death of his wife, Bartu5 stated
that while riding on the road, lead
ing to Spring Valley, the rig ever
turned. accidentally, plunginE his wife
and himself into the creek Bartus suc-
ceeding in swimming to safety but
vas unable to secure the body oi his
wife until after she had drowned
II developed at the hearing today
that he beat his wife, and then over
turned the buggy to cover up his
crime. Following the drowning OF his
wife, Bartus was allowed his freedom
until his arrest today. He and his
wife had been having trouble. Bartus
is wealthy.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-22
MUSEUM
COLLECTION IS NOW
WITHOUT A HOME

Birds, animals, shells, minerals and
Indian relic8 gathered by the La
Sale County Academy of Scientists
some twenty-five years ago find no
place in the teaching of high school
studies today, but the fact that they
have nc practical educational value is
no reason why they should not be
taken care Of
lhc collection, stored at the old
high school has been left there. When
the equipment Of the old building was
taken 70 the new school the relics,
etc, were not moved In the early
dpys they were used in the teaching
of botany and zoology, but today
they are more for an exhibition pur-
pose than for use in teaching.
Twenty years ago the collection
was highly praised and valued very
mach today it could only be used in
public museum and should be stored
in one
The In Sale County Academy Of
Scientists was known thruout the
state The collection Of Indian relics,
especially arrow heads vas regarded
as among most complete at that time.
/ 1t will only be a matter Of n few
DAYS or weeks until the old high
school building will be disposed Of
The collection should be placed in a
permanent home for suitable preser
vation.
The museum at Roddick's library, II
Ia said Is too crowded to make room
for the addition Of the high school
exhibit. Some place, however, shoult
be found in which to store the valuable
collection.