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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-20

w.. C. Nixon ct al, receivers, St Louis and San Francisco Railroad company vs. J. M. Fulkerson, from Washington circuit court; affirmed.
 w. II. Hall VS. Pauline Adams, from Montgomery circuit court; affirmed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-20

In 40 years the sugar per capita of this country has increased from IS to S9 pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-20

Mrs. George Rife is taking course at Ohio State university to keep up with the interests of her son, who is freshman at the same college.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
HUGE WHEAT CROP
ON FT4ATHEAD LAND
Reservation Farmers to Seed
Unprecedented Area.

Y. J. Haley OF the Power City De.
veiopment company Of Poison came in
from the Lake city by auto last even-
ing. He reports the roads rapidly dry
ing up and assuming a normal condi-
ton. Mr.. Haley says steamer traffic
on the lake will probably be resumed
tomorrow. as the ice is practically all
gone.
The winter wheat on the reservation
has not been damaged and acreage for
the spring crop will exceed all former
records. The eastern land buyers and
homeseekers are coming in every day
and the Poison hotels are filed to over
flowing each night.
Poison is expecting a great season.
Buildings arc planned for early con-
struction and the coming of the new
railroad has given an air OF prosperity
and development that promises big
things in the near future The Power
City Development company, which ne
is now representing. will commence
| work within a few days on the grad
ing of the new addition to Poison. His
company expects to construct abou,
two miles OF cement sidewalks and
curbing in the development of tina,
portion of the town.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
High School Students Leav.
ing Today to Ernst in the
Coast Artillery.
COR FINAL TRIALS
Young Recruits Have Passed
Preliminary Examinations
in Missoula.

twenty-five Missolla boys will leave
for Fort Worden, Washington, near
Seattle. at 12:40 o'clock this after
noon. to join the Coast Artillery,
corps. About half Of the boys were
students at the Missoula County High
school. while the others are all we'll
known local boys who have been en-
listed through the local recruiting Of
flee. All Of these boys passed the pre-
liminary examinations at the local Of
flee. and are expected to pass the final
medical test which they will undergo
when they arrive at their destination.
The boys who will compose the
party are Fred Stump, Harvey
Dwight. Roy Worden. Bryan Allaway,
Lloyd Ozbinder. Frank Carlen, Harvey
Cobban. Ernest Gray, Alva Giffin
Clarence Beeman, Ulrc La Grandeur
Frank Smith. Camille MCGOWAN. Cal
vim Doty, Charles Freeman, Lester
Cochran, Robert Tubbs, O1yal Black
Thomas Rawlf. Joseph Hansen, Alden
Jones and Charles Gartman.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
CITY WANTS RECRUITS
FOR POLICE BATTALION
Civil Service Commission
Can't Find Anyone Who
Wants Position.
WAITING LIST GONE
No One Now Eligible for
Possible Vacancy in the
Police Department.
WAITING LIST GONE

WANTED-A sound, healthy young
man between the ages of 25 and 50
wears for service on the Missoula po-
lice force.
Fred H. Knisely. chairman of the
Missoula civil service commission. is
perplexed In other words, he is up
in the air for the lack of applicants
for the examinations for places on the
eligible list of the police force of the
city. The examination is due to take
place next Friday but up to last night
only one application had been received.
apparently the life Of Il policeman
has no attra elton for the men of Mis-
soula," said Mr.. knisely last night
Il imagine that there are several of
them in the city who have not heard
of the proposition as yet and there
may be more applications during the
next week. 1t is, however, of great
importance that the applications be
made early in order that arrangements
can be made for the man taking the
examination. At present all of the
positions on the force are taken. The
resignation of RasmuS Peterson left n
vacancy on the force which was i'm
mediately filled by II. NJ. Morris.
Morris was the last man on the cligi-
BILE list and the city is now without
source from which to draw material
in case of vacancies in the future.
Those passing the examinations in
good standing will be placed on the
list and will be given opportunities in
do special work as occasion arises. AS
soon as vacancy occurs in the pres
ent force the man standing highest on
the eligible list will be appointed 10
the place"
The civil service examination for the
eligibility list for firemen will be held
Tuesday. From the list of those pass
ing the test the men needed for tho
additions under the new platoon sys.
TEN will be chosen. Thirteen appli-
cations for this examination have beer
received.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
BEET SEED PLACED
BY COMPANY AGENTS
Western Montana Farmers
Supplied for Coming
Season.

The distribution of beet seed to the
Flint Creek. MissOula and F'lathead
valleys has been practically completed
by the agents of the Great Western
Sugar company.
During the past week large ship
ncntS We're made to Stevcnsville
Victor, Bass Spur, Florence, Carlton
and Lolo in the Bitter Root and to
Dr7mmond and Deer Lodge The local
beet growers have been supplied and
several tons distributed to the con-
tracing farmers throughout the reser-
walton country.
Altogether the Great Western peo-
pie have distributed nearly four car
loads Of beet seed to the growers who
have contracted for beet acreage with
the Missoula factory.
Nearly every day during the past
month experienced beet growers from
the Colorado fields have arrived in
western Montana. attracted by the
news of the building of the Great
Western plant at MisSoula
The construction force on the local
factory is being enlarged just as rap
idly as conditions will permit A force
OF nearly 200 men and dozens of teams
, ar at work. The local office force and
equipment is being transferred from
| bank building to the new commodius
quarters in the new office building out
at the factory.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
II SUSPECTS HELD
FOR INVESTIGATION
Men Thought to Have Had q
Part in Holdup Jailed.

Seventeen men were lodged in the
county Jail Sunday night for investi-
cation. Several holdups have been at
tempted and some of them carried out
during the past few weeks and the
roundup was an attempt on the part
of the sheriff's force to locate the per
pe:rators. Several days ago man
reported being held up on the Higgins
avenue bridge but his assailants could
not be located. Two men from Ana :
conda We're robbed of a watch and $40
in cash near the Northern Pacific rail
road three nights ago The watch was
found yesterday by a neWsboy in a
vacant lot near the place of the rob
berry. Unless the men arrested can
give accounts of themselves they will
either be driven out of town or sen
fenced TO the county Jail.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16

read and accepted and the sharehold-
ers began business under the new
regulations.
The new warehouse was inspected
and accepted by the society and Sec
rotary Berry issued an order to the
NORM Lumber company in payment
for the work. Mr.. Berry was then APP
pointed district organizer and man.
ager for the district comprising Mis-
soula. Mineral. Sanders, Jefferson
Deer Lodge and Beaverhead counties
Plans for the establishment of a
branch house in the Flathead country
were discussed but no definite action
was taken. the shareholders deciding
to leave the matter for settlement al
the second annual meeting Of the in
corporated and unincorporated di-
visions Of the society to be held at st
Ignatius Saturday, April 2l.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
Bret Bits of
MiSSOulQ NelUS

Or. Anna James, osteopath, s34 blk.
ADV.
J, T.. Parker of Dixon is a business
caller in the city
r. Gwinn, NJ. D., eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist. Glasses ground at
the office First Natl. Bank Bldg.-Adv.
Or. Louise smith, osteopath, slS--
ADV.
Mrs. \. l.. Brown Of Pcrma is shop
ping in the city today.
F. G. Moore, chiroprac'or phone 1854.
ADV.
Floral offering for departed friend.
Anderson Greenhouse. 769 l,honc.-Adv.
+. \. Fullerton of Hamilton was in
the city over Sunday.
Marsh, the undertaken, eli w. Cedar,
Phone 321.-Adv.
In hurry? Shapard Special Lunch,
Hastily and quickly served. soc. ADV.
Ward Jones Of Pcrna was in tn,
city yesterday on business
Lenses ground at this office. DR..
Schweiker. optical specialist, Mont. Blk
ADV.
Home cooking at the Coffee Parlor
ADV.
Robert II. Stewart of Tarl1io was 4
Sunday visitor in the city.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16

Memphis. Tenn tSpecialp ship
ahoy,"
Doff your top sails, mates, and
gather around close. for it's Future
Admiral Miss Margaret Ruffin of 1867
Carruthcrs place, this city, who is
speaking. She is the first young
woman in the south to apply for en-
lstmcnt in Uncle Sans navy.
Recruiting Officers Leonard and
Starncs almost lost their Sea-legs the
other day when Miss Ruffin walked
into their office and asked to be ad-
mittcd. But they lost no time in TAX
ing her name and address, and if her
desires are fulfilled she will soon be Il
a full-fledgod yoeman. That's what
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16

they call the members OF the navy's
clerical forces.
Il have always imagined would
love the sea. although I have never
seen it," said Miss Ruffin. Il went
aboard gunboat at st. Louis n few
few years ago and enjoyed the visit
immensely SO when | read In the
newspapers that the navy department,
had arranged to accept women appli
cants. | decided | would apply"
Miss Ruffin graduated from tho
Little Rock, Ark, high school scvcra
years ago and has since been 4
stenographer. She is 10 years old, ant
her younger sister. opal. who is 4
student at the Memphis high school
declares she is going to enlist as soor
as she becomes old enough.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
ENGLAND NEEDS FOOD.

London, April l5.-"We may have 10
feed our army and navy as We'll as
ourselves on home grown food" said
Premier Lloyd George in a lct,cr that
was read at meeting tonight Of tho
Norwich-Norfolkf agricultural com
mh'e". The letter was addressed: TIC
al workers on land.' appealed to then,
10 do their utmost to help raise al
food possible.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
STATE ENGINEERS ELECT,

ROZ"man. April l5-The thirtieth an
nual convention of the Montana So
ciotN Of Engineers closed here last
night Officers elected:
James II. kyd. Butte, president: W.
6. Burns, first vice president; Sam
Clinton II. Moore, Butte. secretary; II,
II. tochrano, Butte, treasurer; Harold
II. Blake, Anaconda, trustee
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
ATTENTION, W. o. w.

All members are requested to meet
at odd Fellows hail this afternoon at
$50 o'clock to attend funeral of
Ncighbor f. E. Theme
JOHN POPE, c. G.
ADV ]. A. JOHNSON, Clerk.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16

returned yesterday to Butte with Eu-
gene Carroll of that city Mr. Carroll
was also one of the speakers at Ste
VensVille Saturday. Lieutenant Mad
den will return soon to Salt Lake city.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-16
SOCIETY OF EQUITY
ACCEPTS WAREHOUSE

The Farmers Society OF Equity, In
corporated. met for the first time Sat-
urday In the offices of the new ware
house OF the organization on Alder
street near the foundry. The bylaws
prepared by the secretary B. F. Berry,
and Attorney Albert Besaneon were
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
MANY CHANGES SIN>WEIGHTS
 AND MEASURES ADVOCATED

LONDON, March 9.-Parliament
 will be asked this winter to consider radical overhauling of the whole agricultural system of weights and
 measures in Great Britain. It is esti- mated that at present there are 400 different methods of selling produce,
 many places having their own purely local standards weights and measures for their local produce. Even in such
 simple matter as the weight of a
 bushel of oats or wheats there has re- gently been a series of d:sagreements between different government depart nents which illustrates the national confusion in matters concerned with agricultural measures. The board of
 agriculture rect ntly specified that for
 is purpose bushels of oats should
 weigh 42 pounds and bushel of cats should weigh 42 pounds and q
 wheat weigh 63 pounds. About i the sane time, the war office annOunc- ed that as far as it was concerned a iLusEel of oats would weigh 40 pounds. Meanwhile, the official government
 returns and estimates are based O.:
 cats at 39 pounds to the bushel and
 wheat at GO pounds.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
BYRAN OPPOSED GRANTING
 POWER TO THE PRESIDENT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March g. w. J. Bryan. in a statement issued here today announced he was opposed to granting powers to the president such as MT. Wilson requested of con- gress, he announced he would go inn mediately to Washington and use his influence to have the request declined.
 After reading President Wilson s address to congress, MT. Bryan can celled five speaking engagements in Florida and has since been in com- munication by telegraph with con- gressional friends in Washington.
 Whatever power is conferred up on the president, should think" said MT. Bryan, "be so limited as not to constitute a surrender of the power of congress"
 MT. Bryan said he was of the opin- ion that it would be unwise to dele. gate to the president the authority asked for mo matter what confidence we have in the executive"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Frohman's Little Safe.

When Charles Frohman was treas urer with Haverly's minstrels he con- ceived a novel stunt of arouSing curi- oSity in small towns. He bought small iron safe. about three feet high, and on it had painted ill big letters. ''Treasurcr, lIaveriy's Mastodon Min strels." Now actually there was little need for this safe. but it was always carried on the first load of baggage that went to hotel It would be placed in conspicuous place, and then Frohman, waiting until the proper mo- ment, would hustle up to it with an air of great importance, open it, put in two or three $1OO bills, close it and go away When the crowd had gone he would slip back and get the money out again. It proved good advertising stunt.-"Charles Frohman. Manager and Man"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
STING OF THE HCNEYBEE.
About the Most Effective Internal Ma
 chine In Existence.


 In proportion to it's size, the sting of the honeybee is probably the most ef- fective internal machine in existence.
 The stinging apparatus Is smaller than that of rattlesnake. yet single sting has been known to kill a man. When we realize that 1t is almost in- visible and consider what it can do wa cannot fail to be astounded. It seems the very quintessence of devilishness.
 The honeybee's sting is complicated so complicated that many words and much ink have been used in discuss ing its construction and use.
 It is generally conceded that the sting consists of shaft of three parts, the principal one being a sheath within which move two barbed lancets. Like the barbs of fishhOOk, the lancets are not easily extracted from the flesh into which they have been driven. Tho sheath and the lancets combined form a hollow tube through which the poi son flows from the poison sac.
 Two hairy, soft projections. evident ly very sensitive, inform the bee when she is i'll contact with a stingable ob- ject.-Popular Science Monthly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
FRISCO WAREHOUSES; ARE
 FULL OF PROVISIONS

SAN FRANCISCO. March 9.--Po- tatOes. beans, onions and flour valued at nearly five millions of dollars, were found stored in six warehouses here yesterday by deputies of the sealers of weights and measures. Most of the vast supply was held by agents for foreign governments, however.
 The discovery of this amount of food was the result of the first days survey in the city's campaign to re- duce the high cost of living. The various foodstuffs stored located yes terday were classed as follows: beans 235,OO0 sacks, potatoes 305,00O sacks, onions 1000 sacks, flour 13 900 barrels.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
The While House.

A prize of $500 was offered in Wash ingtOn's administration for the best de- sign for q house to serve as home for the president in Washington. James Hoban. an Irishman from South Caro- lima. was the successful competitor. His sketch contained so many wings and colonnades that the public was horri- fled, and frills and gingerbread decora- tions were eliminated. The result was the two story White House as we know it now. Washington laid the corner stone of the building in 1792. It was completed in 1790 the year of Wash ingtOn's death.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
MADE HIS WORKMEN RIVALS.
How Charles N. Schwab spurred Them
 on to Greater Efforts.


 In telling how he increased the efii- ciency of one of his departments Charles Nj. Schwab, the famous steel man. says in the American Magazine:
 It was near the end of the day; in a few minutes the night force would come on duty. turned to workman who was standing beside one of tn" red mouthed furnaces and asked him for a piece of chalk.
 ".IIow many heats has your shift made today?' quericd.
 "'Six.' he replied.
 "I chalked big 6 on the floor and passed along without another word. When the night shift came in they saw the T and asked about it.
 ".The big boss was in here today. said the day men. He asked us how many heats we had made. and we told him six. He chalked it down.
 "The next morning I passed through the same mill. saw that the e had been rubbed out and big = written instead The night shift had an nounced itself That night I went back. The '7' had been erased, and q 10 swaggered in its place. The day force recognized no superiors. Thus fine competition was started. and # went on until this mill. formerly the poorest producer. was turning out more than any other mill in the plant.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
DAILY OO|NGS OF DISTRICT COURT

In the District Court this morning the grand jury was present for roll call, but had no report to make.
 In the case of William TiDbs vs. Dudley Mckinney an order was is- sued denying the motion of the Dlain tiff to strike defendants answer
 In the case of Bray vs. Bray an or der of default was issued
 Court then adjourned until two o'clock this afternoon
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
BRITISH PAPERS SAY
 UNITED STATES NEAR WAR

LONDON, March 9.-Under the heading, Another Step for War; the Westminster Gazette today says:
 President Wilson advances one step at a time closer to war, not rush. ing or whipping opinion, but allowing full opportunity between each step for opposition to develop and for eau tious counsel to prevail if greater eau tion is possible. Clearly across the 5000 miles of sea the atmosphere still is cool and unexplosive.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
JUAN DE F'UCA STRAIT
 TO BE MINED

SEATTLE, Wash, March 9.-Stcel nets and mines are to be spread across the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca as a means of guarding Puget Sound against attack from Ger man submarines should possible hos tilities ensue. A gate wide enough to permit the largest steamers to pass through will be open during the day but at night this will be closed and the mines will be operated from Fort Worden.
 The nets and mines are already at Fort Worden having been used once before, and will be lowered into the water and stretched across the strait, a distance of about six miles.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Zepps Admitted Failure

PARIS, March S.-The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung, according to a Geneva dispatch to the Temps says that Chan cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg counts on the submarine to end the war quickly.
 Every day badly employed" adds the paper, "is lost for Germany anG gained for England, which perfects her means of defense. We must has ten our action. Five or six months will suffice. May God grant that we do not renew our deceptive expert ences with Zeppelins."
 The newspaper expresses the col. victiOn that less than seven weeks of submarine war will put England out of action"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

Ivan Donaldson, who has been em- ployed at the Ramsay-RItherford for several months past, caIae iato town yesterday and left today on the Ad- miral Watson, for the States, where he will go to Eugene, Ore. to attend the University the spring semester.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
John o'Groat's +o [ snd's End,

The distance ill English miles be- tween John o'Groat's, at the extreme north of England, to Lands End, in the farthest south. is about 4S0 miles as the crow flies. though by the ordi- nary lines of travel, of course, the dis tance is something more than that.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
British Freighter Arrives

NEW YORK, March S-The POr tugese Prince, freighter, British. i.r- rived here today from Breat The British freight steamship Lucilinc sailed today for Havre.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Liberty and Equality.

Liberty is never the fruit Of philo- sophical deductions, but rather of ev- eryday experience and of the simple ideas arising from facts.-Mirabeau.
 Liberty-I say it with sigh, men are perhaps not worthy of thee. Equal desire thee. but they cannot attain thee.-TurgOt.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
When He Remembers.

Willie. don't you know that 1t is wrong to fight?"
 Yes. ma. know it's wrong. but never think of it that way unless the fellow who tackles me is one I'm sure I can't lick."-DetrOit Free Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Cause of the Trouble.

Specialist - Your heart is acting rather irregularly. Is there anything worrying you? Patient-Not particu- larly. Only just now when you put your hand in your pocket I thought for a moment you were going to give me your bill.-Puck.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
A. M. DIERINGER Valdez Transfer
 Company Office on Alaska Avenue, m George C. Treat Building
 Telephone No. 60 General Trucking and Freighting to all Interior Points. LIVERY and FEED STABL E.
 STORAGE,
 Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un.
 less Paid for in Advance

The Pall Mall Gazette says that peace between Germany and the Uni ted States is hanging upon a thread of technicality.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
BUTTER NOW UP TO $1.OO
 PER ROLL IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE. March 9.-Butter took an advance of cents per pourd yes ter6ay. It now sells on the local mar ket at 43 cents per pound wholesale and retails at 95c to $1 for two pound rolls The rise is attributed 70 the heavy shipments from the coast east.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
 IN 1917 Practically Q Daily at the Price of a Weekly. No Other Newspa. per in the World gives 70 much at so low 8 price.
IN 1917

The value and need of newspaper in the household was never greater than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now halfway into it's third year. and whether peace be at hand or afar of the events to fol low will be world shaking. The Prospector Publishing Company offers the Thrice Week World, Tee Daily Prospector and The Weekly Miner, one year for only $13.o0 cash in advance. You get 1856 copies o' the World, S13 copies of the Prospec- tor and 62 copies of the Miner for this price. Can you afford to be without them.
 The Thrice-a-Week World,
 The Daily Prospector.
 The Weekly Miner,
 ALL FOR $1S.OO PER YEAR
 The Prospector and the Weekly Miner are the only papers published at Valdez, and are replete with local and world news. The Miner makes g speciality of Territorial News in con densed form. The World is too well known to our readers to dilate upon it's field of usefulness.
 SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

We have a fresh line of Augustine Kyer box candies at the Candy KitcA- en. 1T
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

He who is firm and rcsolute in will no:ds the world to himself-Goethe