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The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15
CITY COUNCII. HELD MEETING
 AT CITY HALL,

At the regular bi-weekIy meeting of the ely council held last night at the city hall some business o1 i'm portancc was transacted The pay ment of bills for the city mess and other bills accumulated during the month of December was authorized.
 Al a meeting held during the month of December the subject Of buying q dog pound Was brought up and was referred to the finance committee with power to act a. they thought for the best interests of the town The committee reported that they were able 10 buy place for fifty dollars, and could get pos session of it on April 1. which ac- ton Will be taken The reason for this purchase Was stated to b. that the city has had in the past eonztd- cradle trouble in getting a man to fill the position of poundmaster on account of having no place to keep the animals impounded and the p0undmaster has had to furnish such p1ace at an expense to himself The report of the clerk of the school board was received for the month of December and showed a balance on hand of S1775.0S. X rc. quest was also received from the school board for an additional allow, ance of $2,50O, which was laid on the table to be acted on at the next meeting.
 The city last night authorized the payment of the hospital bill of Irene \ sherman, the little girl who was so 1 seriously burned in a fire here sey- ] eraI weeks ago, and who has been I in the hospital since that time Also ] the bill of the hospital for taking care of Joe Kelly, an indigent tuber- l culosis patient, was allowed. Tie contract for groceries for the city lmess for the month of January was lawarded to GoIden's Grocery, it be Hing the lowest bidder, calling for $18415, with E, R Peoples, Inc, the next lowest bidder at $1S435.
 Mayor Myers asked the council if it could take any action regarding N Igiying a deed to the White Seal dock which he, as agent for Mrs. R. R. Myers, had purchased in the bank ruptcy proceedings against C. r. lSproule, owner. The city in May, h912, gave MT. Sproule permission to build dock on the waterfront under several conditions, and specified that the title should revert to the city in Hive years, which time will be up In May of this year. On account pf this fact, the council decided that tt had no power to act, but that the knatter would have to wait until the Hate of the expiration of MT, Sproules agreement.
 The council also heard a number bf complaints regarding tax assess lnents, and reduced the total assess inent of the city by $4,425, and re- 1erred to a committee to investigate complaints involving a sum of $1250.
 The bond of R. c. Donaldson as batrolman in the place of Lyle Lau-
 neister, resigned, was rendered and # Accepted The council then adjourn
 Fd until it's next regular meeting, on January 23
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15
HALLMARK OFF
 FOR COAST

Billy Ahlmark, the freighter, left Fairbanks yesterday afternoon for the coast. He is going out for the purpose of bringing in quantity of perishables for the local market. It is probable that he will also bring in several draft horses
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15
IN
 HAWAII URGED
lAssoriated Pressl

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan g. Prohibition for the territory of Hawaii is now being urged by rep |esentatiyes of the anti-saloon league fhey appeared before the house ter btorial committee this afternoon and lave a number of reasons why Ha- Eaii should be declared dry terri bry by the United States govern bent
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15
DRY ALASKA
 UP BEFORE, HOUSE
Associated Tress.)

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. g. The question of whether or not Al aska shall go dry on the first day of January, 1918, Is now being dis cussed in the house of representa- tives. The house territorial com- mittee will listen to arguments on the question, both pro and con, to- morrow In view of the fact that the people of the territory voted that it go dry by a vote of nearly two to one, it is generally conceded that the house committee will abide by the recommendation Of the voters.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15

Opera glasses which reduce instead of magnify have been designed to permit persons in front seats of mo- tion picture theatres to view the pic lures clearly
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15

H. D. Mcclellan was caught in a snowslde recently on what is known as the Carlson creek divide, near Juneau. A searching party worked forty-eight hours without finding the body.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15
Deputy Marshal Long, of Ruby

left that place yesterday morning on his way to Panama with an in sane prisoner, according to reports received by the marshaIs office. From Panama the insane nan will be brought here and placed in the detention hospital for care.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15

NeIs Rasmussen, of Circle, arrived in town recently on his way to the coast after a consignment of stock. He will return here later on his return~ trip to Circle.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15

All kinds of typewriter supplies Ribbons. erasers, paper, carbon, etc Rubber bands, rL CTS, and every, thing carried In a stationery store.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15

Indians living near Juneau have organized a municipality of their own. It will be known as "The Ma tive Civic League of Juneau"
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15
CONSPIRATORS KILLED MONK
 SAY POLICE
Associated Press.)

Associated Press)
 PETROGRAD, Jan. 9.-The version of the imperial police, who have been working on the murder of the monk, Gregory Rasputin. the reli- gious advisor of the czar, is that he monk was lured from his home by telephone to a house where a party of people met him. One of the party then told him that his life must pay the forfeit of certain of his activities and told him that he must kill himself, at the same time offering him revolver. The monk took the weapon, according to the information in the hands of the police, presumably to shoot him self, but turned it on his enemies pointing it at them but not firing. It was then that the other conspira- tors shot him. The body was then thrown into the NeVa river.
 STORY NOT BELIEVED.
 LONDON, Jan. 9.-A news dispatch received here tonight from Copen- hagen is to the effect that the re port of the assassination of the monk, Gregory Rasputin, the reli- gious advisor of the czar of Russia. is false The dispatch says that the information comes from Petrograd and is believed to be reliable No reason for the spreading of such a report is assigned
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-15

New Stock of Loose Leaf Ledsers arrived Extra sheets carried In stock,
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
FELTON,

March has arrived and has brought us
bad weather.
Mrs Frank Abbott is on the sick list
Mrs Wilbur Friedel is improving. and
her many friends hope she will be able
to return home soon.
Miss Helen Case spent Thursday with
Miss Elizabeth Carson.
George Waldeman has returned home
after spending the winter in Florida
He states that during the cold spell
which visited that state, nearly all Of
the fruits were frozen. The weather
was the coolest ever known in Florida,
and at times the Thermometer stood at
u degrees.
Mrs Charles has been spending some
time with her daughter, Mrs. James
Sates.
Mrs. W Case was with her mother
at Bridgeville on Thursday and Friday.
Her mother is very i'll.
Ira DeLong is on the sick list.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
TRINITY.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bowman who
were married February 2Sth, are now
occupying their new home.
Victor Reed spent part Of last week
with friends in Philadelphia
An Epworth League social and bust
ness meeting, will be held at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kinder. Friday,
March 9Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. }. F. Nelson entertain
ed a number OF their friends at supper
Thursday
Miss Sallie Brown. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. II. Brown, and Joseph
Carey Of near Seaford. were married
February 23d. 1917, al Dagsboro NJ. E.
parsonage.
b. F. Nelson, Arthur Headburg and
Mrs. Howard Coates are quite i'll at this
writing.
Sunday School will be reorganized al
Trinity on Sunday at 9:3O a. M; there
will be preaching at 10 a. m. and Ep-
worth League at 7;3O p. m. Mrs. Wal
ter Gray, leader.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
HOUSTON.

A service Of story and song, entitled
saved at Sea-, will be given in the
Houston NJ. f. Church, on Friday even
ing. March I6, 1917, at 1880 O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Thistlewood Of
Harrington spent Tuesday with Houston
friends.
George W. Porter. one Of our we'll
known and respected citizens, died sud
denly on Wednesday night, Februar
2sth. about $50, OF heart failure. HIS
wife survives him. Mr.. Porter was a
blacksmith and wheelwright by trade.
He was a good, kind neighbor a very
quiet man and was very much respected
by all who knew him. lnterment was
at Hollywood cemetery.
E. F. Burris made a business trip
through parts Of Virginia and Maryland
last week.
Miss Edith Marvel returned home on
Sunday, after having spent the week
with friends in Selbyville.
Mrs. b. S. Manlove, who has been
1uite in for several weeks, is greatly i'm
proved at this time.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
MAGNOLIA.

This community was stricken with
sorrow when the news Of the death OF
/ William b. Barratt was received by tel
ephone last Wednesday evening, follow
ing an operation for appendicitis al Med
ico-Chi Hospital Philadelphia. Pa, the
previous Monday, and died at $50 pm
on Wednesday. February 2Sth. William
Graham. undertaken from Camden, went
al once and took charge Of the body and
brought IL home on Thursday. the rela-
tives who had been with him. coming
home the same day. Mr.. Barratt was
cut down in the prime Of his manhood.
as he had reached his hftieth year and
TO the casual observer seemed to have
many happy years TO anticipate Three
months ago he was married to Miss SAL
lie Grace and she is in deep grief be-
cause Of his untimely death. as is also
his brother. Wricksom Mcllvaine, who
had never been separated from him and
their love for each other was sincere
and ardent. The other relatives are not
forgotten in this mention. He was Of a
bright. sunny disposition, and was
favorite with old and young alike. He
was member Of Mona Tribe No. 80,
-HA+fs fNN 1ANNt VI AANA aANllH WHO turn
ed out in a body at the funeral Sunday
afternoon, and also contributed very
beautiful floral design. The pall-bear-
ers were chosen from members Of the
order. The funeral services were in
charge OF Rev. Leolan jackson. with in
terment at Barratt's Chapel. The many
floral offerings were beautiful. Many rel |
atives and friends from out OF town at
tended the funeral. The relatives de- |
sire through this medium to thank every |
one who in any way helped them in their 4
recent bereavement.
Because Of the heavy storm last sun
day no services were held al the church.
and the missionary exercises and coll
lection will be attended to at Sunday
School on next Sunday morning
The Ladies Aid being hindered by
nclement weather last Monday night.
will meet on next Monday evening with
Mrs wilcutts
Mrs. h L. Speal and Mrs. j. p. K
rharp Of Camden were entertained by
Mrs. William II. jackson on Sunday
Mrs. Henry McKnitt. Of Frederica. is
'isiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs WI |,
lam shannon
John jackson has returned home from
'hester, Pa, and is with his parents.
Rev. and Mrs. Leolan Jackson.
Mrs. Samuel Conwer and daughter.
fary, are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs Louis :
'ader at Newark Mr.. and Mrs Benja- :
min Conwell. Jr., Philadelphia. and Mr.. :
nd Mrs. L. Mariner Beckett, Wood
ury Heights. y. J.
Verne Barnett Of Chestertown. Nd.
3 spending some time with Mrs. SalHe :
barnett.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
PHILIPS HILL.


Mitchelrs School paid Phillips Hill
school a visit on Friday. March End, the
occasion being a spelling contest. The
Philip Hin pupils were the victors by the
score Of SO to 10. Also there was geo
graphy contest, in which the same school
carried of the honors by the score Of 4
to 1.
Miss Elva Ellingswortn anu brother,
Ephraim, who have been spending the
winter in the south, have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Mitchell spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Ellingsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Brasure spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee c. Mumford.
Miss Elizabeth Mumford is visiting her
at Warwick, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c. Barto.
Joseph NJ. Donoway Of Georgetown,
wife OF Sheriff Donoway. spent Saturday
and Sunday with her twin sons, Messrs.
Wheatley and Frank Donoway.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
OVERLOOK.

Mrs. Mark Shockley. who has been
very III, is again able to be up.
Mrs. George Sharp and daughter, Miss
Laura, spent the end Of the week with
friends and relatives at Georgetown.
Mrs. William A. Green is spending
some time in Philadelphia.
William Entrees. who has been en-
ployed at Wilmington. has returned to
the home Of VIM. T. Rust
Miss Pauline Messick Of Milton spent
last week with Mrs. John Messick.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
OHIO WOMAN'S WISH
For Tired, Weak, Nervous Women

Bellefontaine, Ohio.-"I wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
Ninol, for | never spent any money in
my life that did me so much good as
that / spent for Vinol. l was weak.
tired, worn out and nervous, and VinoI
made me strong, well and vigorous after
everything else had failed to help me,
and can now do my homework with
pleasure. Mrs. J. F. LAMBoRN.
We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic, for all weak, run
down. nervous, debihtated conditions,
E. II. Bratton, Druggist, Milford
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-09
Samuel J. Wilson 6 Son
Funeral plreetors DC Emnaimers

~"eetoFs aAo EmosHme'~
we have added to our funeral equip
I'M new Motor Funeral Car, for
bsssh We make no extra charge. We
~ sun retained our Black and White
SIseteu Drawn hearse, which therefore
kSrsss US IN position to furnish either.
ue uraWn or motor hearses.
so,. ne largest stock Of funeral supplies
0eth 9th1 Of Wilmington.
a Nan phone, office No. %, residence No.
ssn,u Fhone service day and night. In
SSa aus promptly answered. No extra
Tisslse Ior distance, use Of hearses or
sssoss. also carry a large and complete
tteouts, Farm Wagons. Rack WAGONS and
running Implements.
MILTON, DELAWARE.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17

There are some dressmakers who are
still holding out hat they will not re-
duce the width of the hens in frocks
or suits, but isn't it rather foolish to
hold out against a Paris fashion that
has been accepted by the American
buyers?
Naturally a change in the silhouette
of the skirt is a drastic thing. 1t can
not be lightly regarded by dressmak-
ers. tailors or the public. 1t is in this
garment that fashion takes its most
serious somersaults. The wrong cut
of a skirt puts one more completely
out of the fashion picture than one
likes. Even the stole and the philoso-
pher among women cannot success
fully stand this test. If a woman can
not buy a new skirt cut according to
the new pattern, she will cook up some
scheme in the sewing by which
IN old skirt can be let out or drawn in.
The voice of the prophet was lifted
early in the winter, foretelling the in
coming of narrow skirts in the early
spring, but few listened. The dress
makers shrugged their shoulders, the
ready-to-wear manufacturers kept on
making skirts with four and five yards
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17
Don't Train the Child As
One Would a Young Animal,
Is Advice Given to Parents.

If your idea be to train the child as
you would train n young animal, so
that you can govern him. to the ad-
miration and amazement of your
neighbOrs, so that he will do as you
say, and will consult you humbly in
all matters, then doubtless punish
ments and rewards of a very definite
order will be necessary. Sugar and
bits of meat and judicious whippings
and pettings are the only means 1
know for training little animals, writes
Laura Spencer Porter in Mothers
Magazine.
But if your object be, rs it should
be, to develop his understanding and
his character and to make him n SEN
sible, serviceable, self-governing indi-
vidual, there will be needed two
things: A very limited administering
of your Own variable and whimsical
rewards and punishments, and a very
extended effort to bring him and your
self to a clear understanding of the in
variable and unulterable consequences
and results that life continually and
inevitably administers.
Not only are most of the punish
ments we administer stupid, but they
are hopelessly inadequate, trifllng, l
had almost said frivolous. In urging
you to punish your child less with your
own ill-judged punishments, 1 am not
begging you to be more lenient, but
less so.
What l would beg you to do is to
better fit him to avoid life's punish
ments. You punish him illogically
when he fails to obey you, by depriv-
ing him of a cherished toy or a cher
ished play; but life, with unfailing
logic, Furnishes him when he goes cOun-
ter to her commands, by depriving him
of love, of happiness, of service, of
success. If he continues to do as you
tell him not to do, you deny him to
come to the table, perhaps, or you send
him away for a lonely hour by him,
self; but if he continues to do what
life tells him he must not do, there
may be years of loneliness and wretch,
edness and failure that he must pay
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17

If o have promised, l won't insist"
Notwithstanding her delight at be-
ing with him, when Grace thought it
all over, a certain conviation forced
itself upon her. The good time" he
had given her was not exactly the treat
Of q millionaire. He couldn't be the
son of Daniel Mason. On the whole,
for reasons she had given before, she
was rather glad he was not. She went
back to the beach, aud in As hours he
followed her.
The first chance they had to speak
together alone, she spoke of New York
and the good time he had given her.
She saw Il shade of embarrassment,
even a heightened color mounting in
his face.
"WiI you please not be sarcastic"
he said.
what do you mean? Didn't you
have Il good time?' she asked in some
surprise.
Il would have had a good time in the
Sahara desert if you were there"
His look and tone brought the color
",v,I1 crbrL"
"I,.h,,sr bo hrot.o 3, "+o t,l.o a GIRL
brs ri5irc nm and down ~Nr,,bott,n
and"
Nov ,lo,sor clio ir+orrrrted 81
df5 o,t,, f. s,, ,,J 1n+ n,. tou Won
, If++In s,cro+ S,r,o,r, boro soid Won
,.or, tb, SON Of , y,rv rich man and
rr So r,o1 ,.o,,rn r,, Inst too lad
=, +,u ~ ,up
"cI,dg" no ,obo,5 b1o,rlr oNybv
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17
A Few Maxims.

Though you think all the worlds a
stage, learn TO act well your part.
The spirit and love of dogmatism
ch~aracterizes the imperfectly educated.
The end of reading Gas of every
thing else we do), should be self-lm-
provement.
Education which does not promote
conduct bears within it a moral stain,
1t takes time and pains to learn
what it is the most profitable to do.
Live thy religion; then, shalt thou
not need to argue ora dispute about it.
Principle is more than knowledge
a loving heart is better than much
gold.
Our self-respect is largely due to the
love we get in childhood and youth.
In the best poetry is found the rich,
est expression of the deepest thought
Archbishop Spalding.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17

Wise and Otherwise.


When the boss is away his assistant
poses as a wise guy.
Some matrimonial alliances are de-
fensive as well as expensive.
But what a lot of lei truth comes
out In a political campaign
Even a doll-faced girl Isn't satisfied
with sawdust breakfast food.
Nothing succeeds like success unless
1t is the way som failures fail.
Farming is a lot of fun-unless you
have to do it to make a living by it.
Some men make fools of themselves
by doing the fool things they are asked
to do.
Live and learn" is a good motto,
but at the age of eighty some men
begin to live and unlearn.
The man who marries a g~arrulous
woman for her money 500 begins to
realize the fact that money talks.
A man has a heavy load to carry
when his wife tries to share the
weight by putting his earnings all on
her back.
A hero is a young man who gets
married because his best girl told him
that 1t was possible for two to live as
cheaply as one.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17
Spanish Woman Does Not Lose
Her Maiden Name at Marriage.

The brides maiden lame is valued
in Spain and is not set aside by mar
riage. When a Spanish woman mar
ries she merely adds her husbands
name to her own. But never does she
lose her identity by dropping her
name entirely and taking over that of
her husband. And to her intimates
she is known more by her maiden
name than her husbands.
More than that, an unmarried per-
son is known by both the mothers
and fathers name, Joined by the let
ter ~" That makes the formal
name. Informally, a son, for instance,
is known only by his fathers name.
Thus a person may be Smith Y
Brown. or its equivalent, the father
being of one surname, and the mother
in her maiden days of the other. When
that person marries, to avoid compile
cations the mothers name is dropped.
and the husbands name tackled on
with the aid Of the prefix "de." In
that way the "senOrita" or ~"senora" is
unnecessary to distinguish married
from unmarried women.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-17
PURE WATER
BY DIR. SAMUEL G. DIXON,

BY DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON,
Commissioner of Health, Pennsylvania.
water l-of heaven first born, ever in
all ages a sacred emblem from that re-
mote period when the earth was with
out form and void and darkness was
upon the face of the deep and tho
Spirit of God moved upon the face 81
the waters. Alas! in these latter 9nys
more abused than is any Other ele-
ment."
From the settlement of America by
the Spanish, the babbling brooks, up
to and including the broad water high
ways of nations, have been used for
the disposal of sewage, and this with
out restraint, until a few years ago
when the work began under the law
of 1905 to change this condition, which
has resulted in reducing typhoid fever
"a per cent, as well as %lessening the
suffering and sorrow of thousands Of
human beings.
The time consumed in cleansing the
streams is not for the want of sutti-
cient legislation; that is ample. The
progress has been impeded by the fact
that homes and industries have grown
since our first civilization very much
MS TopSy did, without any thought of
the morrow. Having this enOrmity or
insanitary conditions to meet, with so
many lives depending upon the prod
ucts of the offending producers, much
financing and time must be used to
eliminate the death-dealing condition.
The sewage from individual sources
has largely been removed from our
streams and our industries have re-
moved their wastes gradually and CON
tinually. This, however, has been n
work that of necessity moves slowly,
for upon the great industrial plants our
people depend for some of the necessi-
ties of living and hundreds of thou
sands of u people made their bread
and butter for their families by work.
ing in the great manufacturing plants
of the Country. 1t would not have
done to arbitrarily have ordered all
these industrial wastes out, as we had
n high appreciation of the distress to
our people by the closing down of u
factories, and therefore waited in
many ways for Mother Invention to
discover ways and means of ~disposing
of industrial wastes without Interior
ing with the great<hubs of industries.
Our people during the last decade
have been educated to an understand
ing that pure water is as essential for
good health as proper food. This, how
ever, was recognized in the time of
Nero; that great and arbitrary m
peror was fined for polluting the Nile.
To restore our streams to their vir-
gin conditions will of course be some
what expensive, yet money cannot be
better spent, as the health of both man
and beast depends upon improving our
domestic water supplies-in fact it is
a great factor in increasing the power
of our nation, because this depends
upon the health of our people.