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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
FUND IS RAISED CONSIDERABLY

The fund for the fatherless chil- dren of France was raised consider ably yesterday by d large donation sent in from Richardson by Com missioner A. J. Griffin. The city contributions have not been coming in very rapidly of late, due, perhaps, to the fact that there are so many benefits coming off for the orphan fund in the near future, but the cost of keeping one Of these little chil- dren is so slight that anyone can easily afford to make a small dona- ton.
 The fund to date Is as follows: Previously acknowledged ..... SS850 MT. and Mrs M, c. Smith -. 400
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
CHILDREN WILL
 ADD MEMBERS
 TO RED CROSS

The Christmas Membership Cam paign committee announces, for the purpose of securing memberships in th" American Red Cross. a con test which will b. open to all chil- dren ill Fairbanks who are twelve
 years of age or over. Through the kindness of T. A Davies, of Seattle, who Is the manager of this cam paigu for Alasha, three pr.zes will
 be given to the winners of this con- test. The first prize will consist of three war savings stamps having
 value of $l2.36; the second prize will be two of these stamps, valued at $S24. and the third prize will be one stamp. worth $4.l2. Each an
 nual membership to the American Red Cross. costing $1. will count as one point ill the contest; magazine memberships, costing g per annum, will count as two points; contribut- ing memberships, costing $5. will count as five points; sustaining memberships. at $1O, ten points; life
 memberships. at $50, fifty points;
 patron memberships, at $1O0, one hundred points. The contest will close Christmas night.
 Children desiring to enter this con test may secure application blanks
 and full instructions from Frank R
 Clark at the Red Cross Drug store
 J. A. Fairborn al the White Pass dock, or John A. Davis at the Min ing Experiment station.
 The children are given the oppor tunity to assist in this drive at the urgent request of President Wilson, and during the first four days of next week, December F to 21 in elusive, there will be no other can
 wasting or soliciting. Beginning Fri 1 day, however, in order that no resi-
 dent of Fairbanks may fail to have
 an opportunity to join the Red Cross
 the efforts of the children will be l supplemented by members of the l Loyal League who will make a thor ough house to house canvass of the entire town
 A great many persons i'll Fair 1 banks now hold memberships in the
 Red Cross, some of which do not expire until April, or even later, next year The National committee has urged. however, that all such mem l bers make Christmas present to
 the Red Cross of the balance of their unexpired membership and
 take out new membership NOW, so that all memberships in the To- cal chapter may start the first of 1 January, l918 This is now being 1 done by all the other chapters of the American Red Cross, and since Fairbanks Is the largest town in the 1 interior, the National committee Is l looking to it's population for a rous- l in response 10 this campaign.
 Representative have been appoint ed to conduct similar drive at the various creeks and districts through
 out the Fourth division, and 1t Is | hoped that this drive will result in 1 the enrolment Of every man, wo-
 man and child In the Tanana Valley. Do your bit now. Join the Ameri-
 can Red Cross and help your favor ite child to win the contest.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
NEWS NOTES0F
 THE HOSPITAL

Arthur Hyde was able to leave the hospital Friday noon, but will remain in town where he can take care of himself for a few days.
 Ed Bartlett continues to improve. and is able to sit up little nearly every day
 Thomas Markuson Is doing very well, and is getting along nicely
 MT Calhoun improves slowly. but seems to be getting along all right. He has had quite long siege of sickness now.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
MORE NEWS OF GOOD NEWSBAY
 LATEST STRIKE

Recently word "a, received in FatrSanks that rich prospects had hean struck in the vicinity of Good News Bay. and that there was d stampede in that direction. The fol lowing article, taken from the Nome
 Industrial Worker oI d recent date, will no doubt be of interest to those
 who wish more information about the new strike:
 Gu, Schaef,5. the Bethel storekeep- Ter and well known in Nome, sends
 word tu Ira Ranke. of the |. <. Mer- cauu'e Co.,, giving all particulars of
 the Coco News Bay strike. The
 strik" was made by native who
 worred for $ while for some men lon bear creek, last winter or fall
 Jro is called crazy by the other na- .tlyes because he won't catch and
 dry fish, but is just crazy to pros
 pecl for gold He worked a short lime for the white men, but got
 tired, and they gave him pick and shovel and pan and started him out pvospecting.
 Later he came back to Butch
 Smith and showed him a few colors.
 They did not pay much attention
 to him and he again returned with a few grains Then they sat up and took notice Butch Smith and Frank
 Lott started out with him and the native showed them his discovery.
 He had lost his pick and was using ar zee pick and a frying pan to pan hio dirt with. Smith says that the
 pan was all covered with seal oil
 and il was wonder he saved any gold
 Tie gold, however. was there from
 the grass roots down. and pans run rom l5 cents to $o50 foot on bed rock
 They then staked the ground. Char
 lH'N 4IO4 S'tl, VI LIpIi " llhIliS, to VI t'l FYcrson, Lott and Smith and the native, who has discovery. getting the first seven claims.
 Seventeen were Staked when SChac- fer was writing. and pay had been found on all of them, but how rich he could not say. The creek is calico Watermouse creek from the native who staked 1t, that being the dborigjnes name. It flows into Good News river, about thirty miles from where the river flows into Good News Boy Although placed some one hundred and fifty miles from Bethel, Schaefer says it's a gen uine and very good strike It will prove a blessing to the whole kus, kOk vim gectIon and will bring lots Iof miners and prospectors there. Butch Smith ayers that the whole country tributary thereto is good looking country from placer min CTS point of view There is, how ever, no timber around except cot tonwood, and alder and willows. Hence lumber will have to be i'm ported there, probably from the Out side or from timbered sections Of the upper kuskokwim
 They will probably start q town
 on Good News Bay or on Good
 News river, and developments are expected during the winter
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17

installed there, es was Eva Smith and ,,upanion, and also several others.
 During the afternoon one of the iorTer party was attacked with rramps m the cords of ms limbs, and suffered considerable pain till another hunter arrived and produced a bottle of whlskry. which was used as a lln!ment in giving the patient Ia thorough massage, which seemed 10 cure nim At any rate. when Sm.thy and partner blew in and ob .scrycd the empty bottle in the win. dow their inquirjng glance was met with q proper explanation. oh h -" said Eva. "why didn't you .usn Christian Science on his icg and give me the whiskey?"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17

The present high price of flour has given everybody the desire to use all available grains Tor fOod. Euckwheat has always filled the mind of the housewife as only a griddle cake mixture, when in truth it nay be used in many ways to save on flour. It's nutritive proper ties are nearly the same as wheat, contains less protein but has slight ly higher carbohydrate content and more fat than wheat. As 1t IS slightly laxative in it's tendency, 1t is especially valuable to a large num- Der of people. And the surprising thing about buckwheat is that It makes a good breakfast cereal and may be used for breeding fish, chops and such foods. One great disad vantage which can be easily over
 come is its habit of Jumping, so it
 must be mixed with Coarser grains or cold water before hot water is added or the Jumps will have to be strained out.
 BUCKWHEAT MUsH.
 ! Take two cupfuls of milk and two and half cupfuls of water with two teaspoonfuls of salt. When boiling stir in a cupful of buckwheat mixed
 with a little of the cold liquid, stir and cook until smooth Cook in d double boiler 30 minutes.
 BUCkWHEAT BROWN BREAD. l Take four cupfuls of buckwheat flour, one cupful of wheat flour, and a yeast cake dissolved in a half cupful of lukewarm water, two cup fuls of milk. one cupful of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of shortening and teaspoonful of salt
 BUckWHEAT GEMS.
 Take a cupful each of buckwheat flour and wheat flour, one tablespoon ful of milk, a half teaspoonful of salt and four teaspOonfuls of baking powder. Mix and bake in hot but tered gem pans.
 sUCkWHEAT COOKIES.
 Take a half cupful of shortening, one cupful of sugar, two eggs, and one and half cupfuls of buckwheat flour. Mix well, roll out. cut in shapes, sprinkle with sugar and bake
 in quick oven.
 BREAD CRUMB GRlDDLE CAKES.
 Take a pint of thick sour milk. a half teaspoonful of salt, tea spoonful of soda, one egg. one cupful of whole wheat flour and enough white flour to make a batter with one cupful Of bread crumbs. Beat well and cook on a hot griddle. OATMEAL BREAD.
 Pour two cupfuls of scalded milk on one and a half cupfuls of un cooked oatmeal; add two tablespoon fuls Of shortening, teaspoonful of salt, and two tablespoonfuls of mo- lasses. When cool add onethird of a yeast cake sOftened and mixed with half cupful of lukewarm wa ter, three cupfuls of whole wheat flour and two cupfuls of white flour; mix with a knife to a dough, adding as much flour as is needed. Wash | the bowl and butter il, then put back the bread to rise In warm place, When double its bulk. cut into two loaves, shape and bake one
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
ENTERTAINMENT DRAWS DESPITE
 COLD WEATHER

In spite of the forty-belOw weather 1 last evening, a large crowd turned out to attend the enterta nment for the benefit of the Red Cross at the l Auditorium. The program started soon after eight o'clock, and was 1 greatly enjoyed by all. The drills 1 by the lower grades from the school were very cute and well done. Mar. garet Stewart brought down the house with her sweet voice, and was repeatedly encored. The other num- bers were well received. particularly the Deestrik Skule, a sort of play, in which a number of specialtIes were introduced.
 After the program baskets of work articles. The Camp Fire Girls conducted d War Bag. something like the usual fish pond, and did a thriving business all evening.
 The exact sum taken in last night could not be determined but the Civic Club committee announced themselves very much pleased over the support given and the ready re sponsc of the people to buying the articles on sale.
 The program rendered was made up of the following numbers: Character Sketch. The Three Billy
 Goats Gruff'-First Grade, Miss
 Smiths Room.
 The Doctors Visit-Second Grade,
 Miss Poucher's Room.
 Drill-Third Grade Miss Tuppers
 Room
 Solo, "Swanee River Margaret
 Stewart
 Song. Keep the Home Fires Burn
 ing"-Mrs. George A. Coleman. The Deestrik Skule-By an all-star
 cast of international favorites.
 q gave Henry a beautiful necktie of my own make for a Christmas present" said Mrs. Newlywed
 How nice." replied her friend. And was he pleased?"
 "Oh, yes; he said it's beauty should be for no other eyes than his own. He has 1t locked up In his desk. Wasn't that lovely of him,"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
ALASKA LOYAL LEAGUE NOTICE.

Volunteers for service to aid In Red Cross drive will please re- port on Monday or Tuesday to Frank R. Clark. secretary. at Red Cross Drug Store. or to Cecil H. Clegg, president
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17

"Jiggs, the author is a great drink CT, isn't he?"
 Well he's responsible for one of the six best cellars in the United States"
 John Mogan Is in Fairbanks from the tungsten mine on Steel creek.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Iattler.

WOULD There are derelcts MAKE A among animals as GOOD L. VI. W. well H. humans. and
 Fairbanks is sole owner ot dog that is some hobo when 1t comes to showing intelIl g,nca in finding comfortable lodg ings and good board
 During the cold weather he watch es at the post office door every night and follows in close at some ones heels. He then curls up back of the bulletin board and enjoys a steam heated bed room. In the morning the early patrons provide a way of exit and he plants himself in the rear of the Arcade and Model restaurants till he gets his fill BIT Judge Bunnell tells q LIKE story of a swindle FISH. perpetrated on the
 eastern public by an enterprising brokerage firm, by the use of one of the Cleverest adyertis- ing schemes pulled off for years. An advertisement that was the ab- solute truth and which filled the Coffnrs oi the brokers and made a scheme to dispose of second rate goods at big profit, legitimate business proposition.
 The firm bought up the entire out put of second grade salmon from s,re. al Pacific coast Canneries. This grade Is composed of the late runs and ot he varieties that are pink and even almost white in color. and, while perfectly edible. are not to be classed with the rich colored first grace
 After he fish had been placed in stylish looking cans d fancy label was passed on. which read: This salmon $ guaranteed not to turn red ln the can"
 WORTH Last fall while the TRYING. caribou run was on, ANYHOW. the cabin in Terrills
 oatfield, twenty-five mileo out on the Valdez trail, was crowded nightly. One night a Fair
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
MOVES RETURN
 FROM NENANA

Last evening MT. and Mrs. Glen Moves returned from a several days visit to Nenana, having made the round trip by dog team,
 They took their two little children with them, and both stood the trip weather at all.
 Mir and Mrs. Moves left a week ago Friday, taking two days to go down and two to come up, so they were able 10 pay quite visit to the railroad town.
 Lester Robinson Is reported to have made his first trip to Nenana with an auto in six hours.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17
SlNN FEN SOUV ENiR.

l hIS. AlluuI MIC i SiNN FEN Gown is the owner SOUVENIR. of unique souvenir
 of her old home, in the shape of book with a bullet ! hole as large as walnut through the back. Some time before leaving i Dublin. Mrs McGcwn loaned Mrs. 1 Robert bloom. then d Dublin girl. l the book, and 1t was placed on the l book shelves O! her home in that l city Mrs, Bloom made q trip back two years ago and was there during l the Sim Fein rebellion. and during i the street fighting in front Of her hone a bullet came crashing through window and went through the book into the wall Strange to say. the i hole was through the margin only. and every word in the book is per Ifcctly legible
 NO TRADING One of the focal TUT ] STAldP, al post offices had as 1 EITHER. much trouble with the new thrce-ccnt i po2tage as did the Fairbanks post office. so the postmaster displayed q sign which helped some It read as follows:
 i Don't kick about an extra cent to nelp down the kaiser, or you may have his picture on your future i postage stamps"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17

mileo out on the Valdez trail, wa crowded nightly One night Fai
 banks minister and his party wei
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-17

Mrs. Arthur Nc Gown is the owner of q unique souvenir ~ h-n Ill n-n, n
Evening star., 1917-03-12
Evenings at Home

sit me down at close OF day, to
read book bv Bertha Clay. or
Laura Libbey's worst; when
wearied by the daily grind. for
books that soothe the jaded mind
I have mighty thirst. So when
/ sit me down to read, | say,
Now Ill have peace indeed, and
comfort six ellis wide; III revel IN
the printed page, absorb the
thoughts of bard and sage, and
let the glad hours slide But
ere I've turned a dozen leaves. I'm
thinking how the roof and caves
demand the timers care; and
how the carpenter must come to
fix the door that's out of plumb
and mend the cellar stair. | think
about the coming spring, when
wife and girls will once more sing
their song of Easter hats; | think
of seeds that ! must buy, to make
the garden multiply, the beans
and marrowfats. ! think OF bills
that l must pay when comes the
next collection day, l think OF
them and sigh; | think of how the
price ascends on all the needed
odds and ends. on raiment. shoes
An1 pie. My book has fallen to
tie floor; l cannot read it any
more; my thoughts are far astray;
I do not care for idle tales when
/ must raise the price of nails and
gasoline and hay.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
HERE TO GET PEOPLE
TO GO TO ARIZONA
W. Ward Davies Of Casa Grande
Holds Out Great Possibilities
for Pinal County.

I To interest Washingtonians in the
possibilities of Pinal county, Ariz.. and
particularly the Casa Grande valley
country, w. Ward Davies of Case
Grande, immigration commissioner for
Pinal county, has come to this city. He
is making a trip throughout the east
ern section of the country to urge peo-
pie to come to his section of Arizona to
live, and he reports that SO far he has
met with much success
Mr.. Davies, who Is secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of Casa Grande.
says that a movement has been started
in Pinal county to get persons to take
up farming on forty and eighty acre
tracts. Better results, it is claimed can
be obtained where the start is made on
tracts of this size. he says, than when
an effort is made to farm 200 or 300
acres. Forty acres of Casa Grande val
ley land will afford a good living and
an ample bank account for it's owner If
farmed properly. There are about S00,-
900 acres of good farming land in the
valley. and some of it still is held by
the government in readiness to be
taken up by homesteaders.
movement has been started in Pinal
county to specialize on long staple cot
ton. Wonderful results along this line
already have been accomplished, and
cotton with fibers longer than those of
the long staple grades of Egypt now Is
being grown. Agricultural crops which
are successful in the valley are alfalfa,
olives. grapefruit. sweet potatoes,
broom corn, oats. apples. tomatoes,
sugar beets and peanuts. All of the
country must be irrigated to make
things grow. This is done by means of
water pumped from wells.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
BODY OF GEN. TT. FORBES
INFERRED IN ARLINGTON
Full Military Honors Accorded Re
tired Army Officer, Whose Death
Occurred Friday. =

Military honors marked the burial in
the Arlington national cemetery this
afternoon of the body of Brig. Gen.
Theodore F. Forbes, L. S. A, retired.
who died at the Marlborough last Fri
day in his seventy-seventh year. He
was born in Hawaii July 13, 1910, and
his military experience began in 1861,
when he enlisted as private in the 102d
New York Volunteers. AS a corporal
in that company he fought in the battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va, August 3. 1862,
where he received wounds that confined
him to a hospital for six months. On
the day of that battle his commission
as second lieutenant was signed. In
March, 1863 he was mustered out of the
active service on account OF disability,
and became a lieutenant in the Neter-
ans Reserve Corps.
In 1869 he was transferred to the oth
Infantry, and after that his promotion
in the regular service was steady. he
became a colonel in 1902, and the next
wear retired as brigadier general June
10. 1900, Gen, then Maj, Forbes, mar
rjed Mrs Henrietta A. Woodward oil
Rochester, \. Y.
Gen. Forbes was a member or the
I.oval Legion, the societies of Indian
Wars and Foreign Wars and the Army
and Navy Club of Washington. He
leaves a wife and two daughters. Mrs.
Thomas Lee Johnson, wife OF Com
mander johnson, L. S. N, and Mrs
Woodward Bispham.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
POLICE KEEP THEIR EYE
ON YOUNG GIRLS OF CITY
Two Arrests Made for Incorrigibility
in Past Two Days; Crusade
to Be Vigorous.

Maj. Raymond W. Pullman, superin-
tendent of police, has members of his
force keeping tab on young girls who
are frequently seen about the city un-
der conditions which suggest the need
of more stringent supervision. 1t has
been reported that many such persons,
some of them mere children. have been
associating with young men who have
automobiles at their disposal, and
chauffeurs in the employ of automobile
owners.
Complaint has been made that many
of the girls are in evidence about 9Th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. and
certain places of amusement night
after night.
Feeling that something should be
done for such children. Maj. Pullman
had Mrs Sarah V. Farlng, policewom
an, instructed to keep watch over them
and to make arrests in cases in which
she deemed such action to be necessary.
Three arrests have been made the
past two days, and the girls are being
cared for at the house of detention.
Charges of incorrigibility have been
preferred against two of them, while
the third girl is being held until a
further investigation can be made of
her movements about the city.
1t is the intention of Mrs. Farling to
make an effort to get the girls under
the protection CT tie Juvenile Court
Two of those under arrest are sixteen
years old and the third one gave her
age as fifteen years.
Policewoman Farling will continue
the crusade, and it is probable that
some girls found spending much of
their time in the streets and about
amusement places will be taken to their
parents. If the parents fail to take
proper action, it is stated. the court
will be appealed to for the purpose
of putting the children where they
will be more carefully looked after
Evening star., 1917-03-12
GRAND JURY TAKES UP
GRAFT CASE OF POLICE
Witnesses Are Heard in Charges
Against Two Members of
the Vice Squad.

The grand jury today heard testimony
concerning the charges of blackmail
against Lindsey Z. Beach andi'Guy
Rome, policemen of the sixth precinct.
1t is alleged that while doing vice
squad duty Inauguration night they
visited a hotel on c street and collected
$40 from William C. Candy and Will
liam NJ. Wisdom, employees of the mu-
milton plant at Hopewell, Va.
1t Is claimed the two visitors were
suspected of violating the Kenyon law
and when the officers entered their
room in the hotel. it is charged, the
men were advised that they might be
subjected to fine of S100, and it is
said the policemen offered to forego an
arrest for that sum. The visitors Of
fered $40, ii is stated, which was placed
on a stand in the room, and was picked
up by one of the officers, according to
statements of the witnesses.
After the officers had left the hotel
Candy and Wisdom reported the matter
TO the first precinct station. The po-
lcemen were arrested, suspended from
duty and placed under bond
in addition to the alleged victims, the
PROF rietress of the hotel, Capt. Harri-
son. Lieut.. Dunigan and Detective
Sergts. Burlingame and Kellywere wit
nesses before the grand jury.
\ report is expected from the grand
jurors next Friday.
Assistant United States Attorney
Laws presented the matter to the grand
jury.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
Tobacco Convention Postponed.

The tobacco interests have suffered
severely through the war in Europe,
and on account of this hardship to the
trade in the United States the national
convention, which was scheduled to be
held here in May. has been Indefinitely
postponed. This announcement has
been made officially by Jacob Vert
helm, of New York, president of the
association.
I'VE feel that in times like the pres
ent," he says. the business men of the
country should be inspired by only one
conviction-to yield their unswerving
support and unfailing encouragement
to Woodrow Wilson in the discharge of
his sacred duties to the American peo-
pie"