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The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
Five Great Men In History.

In the generation that saw the birth
and the earlier years of the republic
nve men stand 0ut-George Washing
ton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas JEFF
ferson, Alexander Hamilton and John
Marshall. says James Bryce in the
Youths Companion. Whether or not
the last four of them were great men
In the full sense of the word is ques-
ton on which people were not agreed
In the lifetime Of those four and are
not agreed today; but everyone felt
then as everyone feels now that Wash
ingtOn was great. He is world fig
ure. In mere intellectual power he was
not superior to the other four He had
less originality and q less wide range
or capacity than Franklin, less versa
tile activity Of mind than Jefferson,
less brilliant gifts for constructive pol
Icy and the exposition thereof than
Hamilton. less logical grasp and pene-
trati0n Of thought than Marshall but
he rose superior to them all in, GER
tain massive strength of character, in
stately dignity, in a calm f1rmness of
purpose that neither the smiles nor the
frowns Of fortune could divert from
the course his judgment had approved.
SO his primacy was undisputed then
and has remained undisputed ever
since.
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
WILL USE HORSE CHEST NUTS
Heretofore ignored, WeIl-KnopWn Nut
Is to Have Place With Ogther
War Munitions.

"Horse chestnuts for nun itions." 1t
is a sober headline in the English pa
pers. Hooray for the horsee chestnut !
but they are not going to shoot 1t at
the Germans, declares the Boston
Transcript. The horse cl 1estnut crop
is being harvested in England under
the orders of the "direct or Of propel-
liant supplies''-direful title for use
in the place of large quantities of
grain used in connection with muni-
tions, which grain Is b ereby released
for use as food.
We are not told just how this re-
leased grain has been 'ased in the man.
ufacture of munitions. That would be
giving information to the enemy. But
in any case, horse c:hestn0ts will do
the business, and all England is put
at work by government circular col
lecting them. Collection will be car
ried out by local committees formed
in connection with the schools. 1t is
particularly requested that nuts should
not be gathered until they are fully
ripe, so unripe nuts are Of no value
for the purpose.
Let us be glad that patriotic use
has been found for the horse chestnut
Heretofore it has been available only
for purposes of juvenile ornamental
ton, or, wher carried in the right
hand trousers pocket, for adult rheu-
matism. Not even pigs will eat horse
chestnuts. But how many millions of
them could easily be gathered in New
England! Do you want the New Eng.
land horse chestnut crop, Mr.. Baker,
If so, YOU have only to ask for it.
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
7ed He Was a Driver

FRO England a political slave
lett eturn to it a free woman. 81
L small Mrs. Pankhurst recently at
remarke1g of Russian Suffragists.
lneep' she continued, gravely, ft is
.Bute possession Of the vote that
not ts, it is the knowing how to use
coun' And in order to illustrate her
II. ention she proceeded to tell the
CORY of the pedestrian who had nearly
stem run over by taxi.
you don't know how to drive -
cried the angry man, as he brushed the
mud from his clothes.
Don't II" cried the no less infuri.
ated driver. Here's my drivers GER
tifcate"
81 don't believe it's yours" was the
retort
Not miner gasped the indignant
driver. why, bought 1t from a pal
who's gone into the army, and paid
him for it.. -------------
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
Japan Is Exporting. Pulp.

japanese imports of pulp have en-
countered obstacles, but, according to
the Japan Chronicle, it is believed that
the stocks held by paper manufacture
efs generally are sufficient to last I'M
til the end of this year, while the do
mestic manufacture of pulp, stimulated
by import difficulties, has appreciably
developed. AS a result, efforts are
now being made by some merchants
to export homemade pulp.
The Chronicle states that this is
not to be the disadvantage of those
paper manufacturers who are suffer
Ing from the scarcity of imported pulp,
for what they essentially want it not
yet producible in this country. 1t finds
that there is no excessive domestic
pulp that is exported.
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
"GEsUNDHEIT" THEN WOE
Citizen Of German Origin, Patriotic to
Last Ditch, Makes a Disastrous
Blunder.

This little story, which appears to be
an orphan, is now going around:
"Im going to the patriotic meeting
this evening" said the citizen Of Ger
man origin.
"No,' said the wife, 'you mustn't 60
You'll get into trouble, sure"
But he went, despite her remon-
STRANGE. Just before midnight, on the
last street car, he stumbled into his
domicile. The good wife was sitting
up for him.
When he appeared his eyes were
black and blue, his face was scratched
and puffed, his collar had been torn
from his shirt and he looked as though
ne had been rolled in the dirt.
"Ah," said the wife, ~ told you not
to go to that meeting, that something
would happen to you.''
'It was not at the meeting" ex-
planned the husband. s"The meeting
was all right There were three
speeches, and, like everybody else, /
applauded everyone of them. The
band played the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner." Everybody stood up. So did I.
ut was after the meeting. I was
coming home on the street car. The
car was crowded. Then a woman on
the car sneezed and I said 'Gesund.
heit! Then everything happened"
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
Our Army Of Civil War.

During the first year of the Civil war
the number of the regular army rose
to $4,000. Linooln's first call for vol
unteers, April 1!5, 1861, was for $4,000
men for three months. At the begin
ming of 1862 the number of volunteers
in the field was about $4,000. During
the next three gears it was about 9OO,-
GOO. At the Gle sc of the war the Union
army numbered /, 100000 men. The to-
tai number of. troops furnished was
2,850OOO men.
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
Still Owns Violet Shop.

In the French chamber of deputies
lawyers and doctors are most nu.
the s; but one deputy is a veteri.
nero mother is news agent, another
nary, liner, another comedian, an.
IS { tinsmith, another makes wood.
otnerDes, another Is a confectioner.
en- 81 are professors, and one, who
othersnts Upper Garonne, is a dealer
represets. Time was-and it is a long
In Violgo-when he sold those sweet
time adest flowers over the counter in
ana me Now, with a modesty equal
person.of the violet, he has withdrawn
TO that from so public position. But
hlmself fowns shop alongside the Ho.
ne stlll Poste in Toulouse, shop
tel de lolets, and only violets, are
where "
sold
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
PEOPLE HAVE.
been ANNOYED
LONG ENOUGH

A prescription pharmacist has
placed within reach Of all quick
relief for which hundreds of peo-'
pie have sought for days and
weeks. There is nothing more an
noying than tired, aching, sweat
ing, burning, and sore feet. Call
up Winslow Drug Company and
have a 35c package Of KLEEBS
FOOT REVIEWER sent out and
your foot troubles will soon be
forgotten. Simply dust a little
of the powder in shoes and on
feet each morning for a few days.
It's a new thing and guaranteed.
Prepared only by KLEBB PHAR-
neutrality-suspicious., Phoe-
nix, Ariz. Dispensed by Winslow
Drug Co.
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
:eedinu the Soldiers.

h he would great deal
Althoui taking part in cavalry raids,
rather ben G. Pegram, for Is years at.
capt. JOIN the cavalry of the United
tached toly, is now putting In some
states arDstrokes in the way of com.
very nardreparedness, so that If an
mlssary Els on it's stomach, as it does,
army trav' to tradition, the United
according ces will be able to go very
states Tor. Captain Pegram has been
Lar lnueed the war department to rep.
detailed BY commissarv department at
resent the of the eastnrn ond ror+h-
'iie calnpsoartments. He has been in
eastern oe for some time cooperating
New forkOtel and restaurant men who
with the hng cooks for +ba now arny
GRO onlicti -"
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
JOURNAL THE JAPAN WAY
One Publisher Finds Suppression of
Sensational News Does Not Meet
With Approval.

To ascertain the tastes of his read
ers with regard to sensational stories,
according to the East and West News
bureau, Motono Eikichchiro, editor of
the Yomiuri, recently "held out" the
story Of the double suicide pact. be-
tween the daughter of Count Yoshi-
kawa. vice president Of the privy coun-
ell. apd her chauffeur with the re-
suit tnat the following day he was del
uged with letters from indignant read.
ers o. his paper, many of them charg-
ing PIN with accepting bribes from the
Yoslikawa family. Every other news,
pan,r in Tokyo printed the story Amer
ical fashion.
'ikfchchiro based his action on a
4 sire to protect the public from
tcandalous conduct. 1t is said the
'oung editor is now convinced of the
ruin or the saying Of the late Charles
A. Dana that whatever the Almighty
PERMITS to happen is fit to print" To
deny the insinuation tnar une YOsnI-
|kawa family paid him to leave out the
story, he printed: "The Yoshikawa
family at once engaged a press agent
and supplied the paper with complete
details of the affair."
He later INDUCED in long article
about the aims of newspaper, ad.
mitting that his attitude was a dar-
ing one. He confessed that If he fol-
lowed the advices of the very few
readers who approved his course, she
would have no hope Of continuing IL
business"
The Winslow mail., 1917-12-14
Seized Farms for TiIIace.

A representative of the Irish depares
ment of agriculture visited a number
Of farms in County Roscommon recent.
iy and took possession of them on bsss
half of the department on the grour4n
that the owners had not complied wi i'm
the tulage order. In all, 1852 acresaro
che occupation of six persons, VI
seized-London Times
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

There is moro Catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
nut together ana for years II was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies. and by constant
ly falling u cure with local treatment
pronounced il incurable. Catarrh !a
local disease. greatly Influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore re-
ouires constitutional treatment Han
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j.
Cheney & Co. Toledo. ONO rs consul
tutional remedy. is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces OF the system. one Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh cure fails 70 cure
send for circulars and testimonials.
FL CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

point in the northorly line OF phrccl of land
heretofore convoS sod hy the srantors TO the
city of Nina. Michigan and recorded in Libcr
OF Deeds l61. PAGE s20. thence northcastoriy
along said nor;hcy line, thrty-two and ninety
hundrcdths t32.90i feet 10 q point forty-onc
and twenty five hundrcdths t4l25l feet west
uf the center line Of Court avenue. and forty
400 feet north % the north line Of Walnut
street thence southcrly forty ii0l feet, 10
She place of beginning.
Therefore resolved that The city If Alma
Michigan accept said property FOR the uur-
poses for which il Is 20 boz conveyed ai1rc-
said
Yeas Aldermen Knoertzer. Glass Adams
Ogden. Ward, Fullerton and Lake.
On motion of Alderman Adams. supported
by Alderman knucrtzcr that the council adj
iuurn to Tuesday evening. October 9th. at :
O'Clock J.. n'. Carried.
CARL + GALLAGHER.
IRA H. MCKINNEY city Clerk.
MaVaF
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

IA
On motion OF Alderman knoertzer' SUPPORT
cd bv Alderman Glass that the bill of Mar
sus polla-ky be- referred 10 committee on
claims. Motion carried.
ON motion of Alderman Lake, supported ny
Alderman Adams. that the petitions Tor lights
~ Rcpubif and Eastward street, Grove ana
Eastwood rlmwood and Eastwood. kosedaie
and Grove Grafton Avenue. In front 81 lots
~ and 30 Rockingham and corner OF wright
and FIwell street be referred % electric ivht
committee Motion carried.
Alderman Adams introduce the folio" lnt
r,e8iution who moves it adoption, supported
by Alderman knoertzer. ,..
Wher.a4 II r mutually desired ~ Edwin
w DcverrauN and Douua' NJ. bcvcrc"uNs nlr
wife 81 Alma Michigan. VINO own some ~ the
,,,,,t,srtv hereinafter described ~ husband ano
t.ifc and tho city 81 Alma. NchYan, that IN
following described property he conveyed u
said city hy quit claim decd Tor highway
street and sidewalk purposes viz
All Of that part of lot SIX go nl"eh nv.
three is3t 81 William Gargetts addition Y
the VILLAGE NOW city Of Nina. state oi Mlcn
iuan, according a. thc recorded plat thetto
described as follows Beginning on the hotli
line 81 Walnut street, az point iofy-on'
aud twenty-five hundrcths 2af ieet Wes
sd tile center line oi Court avenue, theme
1 ,...frrtv along said north iiuc cigh
a-d t,tentv-fve hundredths $50
Cot thence northefiy. hfty-two and siNiy-iou
burdrcdtha t52.sIl feet. 10 point thirty
three t33l feet west Of the center line o
/ Court avenue. thence southwcsterly forty-si'
and thir,y-thrce hundrcdths tie.S5l ieet' %
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

Eat slowly, matsicate your food
thoroughly. abstain from meat fer a
few days and in most cases the sour
stomach will disappear. If it does
not. rake one of Chamberlain's Tab
let's Immediately after supper. Red
meats are most likely TO cause sour
stomach and you may find it best 70
cut them out.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

Moved by Alderman Ogden, supported 10y
Alderman Glass. that the council adjourn.
Motion carried
CARL r. GALLAGHER.
IRA H. MCKINNEY City Clerk.
Mayor
Alma Mich. oct ? 1917
Regular meeting ol the common council oi
tho city of Alma. in session at council cham
beers on above date.
Meeting called to order by the mayor, Hon
Ira ~ Mckinney. az O'Clock b.. m.
Present Aldermen knoertzef. Glass. Adams
Ogden Fullerton and Lake.
Absent Aldermen Smith and Ward.
There being "a quorum present the councu
was declared 10 be Ia session.
Minutes Of the preceding meetings were
read and approved
Alderman Ward appears.
On motion 81 Alderman Lake, supported
by Alderman Fullerton, that the following
bills as read. bc approved and clerk instruct
"a 20 issue checks for same. Yeas, Aldermen
Knoertzdr, Glass, Adams Ogden. Ward, ful-
f
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04
HUMPHREYS

Humphreys Homeopathic Ecmoiea arc
designed to meet the needs Oh iaaiiies
or invalids, something that mother i4t-er'
nurse or Invalid can take OF give TO meet
the need II the moment. Have boon il use
for over sixty YEARS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

Sid ~ aru--,sts. Or sent on receist % price.
Medical Dock ilisiled free.
HUMPHREYS HOMO. MEDICINE CO., cornsf
wrlissn oui Ann streets New York.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-04

We are distributors for this High Grade
line of Da1cnb0,1s and can furnish them
in both long and short patterns in a
variety of coverings, and best of all the
price is attractive.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
BURNING COAL BEDS
 FORM NATURAL BRICK

Many coal beds in the great coal
 fields of the Western States have at some time taken fire and burned along their outcrops, baking and reckoning the overlying strat so that they have
 become a kind of natural brick or terra cotta. The fires were in places hot enough to fuse and recrystalize the oyerlying shale and sandstone so as to form natural slag. At some places this resembles true igneous rock; at others it consists largely of rare min erals Thoroughly fused slag seems to occur chiefly in crevices of chim- neys through which the hot gases gen erated in the burning escaped through the overlying strata to the surface. The chimney shaped masses of slag are harder than the surrounding baked rock and, after that has weathered
 away, form the curious pinnacles that surmount many clinker bluffs or buttes
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
in the West.

in the West.
 Some of the coal beds, especially those exposed on the higher hills, were perhaps ignited by lightning, others, according to well-authenticated re- ports, were ignited by prairie fires or camp fires; but as burning on the out crop has been so common as to effect most of the coal beds in an area more than 100000 square miles, much of it has probably been due to spontaneous combustion.
 Coal beds are now burning at or near the surface at many places in the West, where the burning of the bed is disclosed by the smoke and fumes that rise from it and by the heat at the sur face of the earth near the outcrop or above the bed--heat so intense that it kills all vegetation, As the coal burns out the overlying rock or earth gener- ally caves in so as to form large ifs sures in the ground. As the burning works back from the outcrop, the heat acts on the overlying rocks, but final ly combustion is smothered for the lack of oxygen. It is difficult to say how far back from the outcrop the burning may extend Field studies made by the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, indicate that bed lying beneath 20 feet or less of cover may burn out completely un, | der large areas, and even where the cover is several hundred feet thick the burning may extend 800 feet back from the outcrop,
 A brief account by c. s. Rogers of the burning of coal beds in place, with a discussion of the causes and a pet rologic and chemical description of some of the baked and fused rock formed. has been published by the Uni ted States Geological Survey as Prof. essional Paper 10S-A A copy of this report may be obtained free on appli- cation to the Director of the Survey.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
BELL" WANTS TO
 KNOW WHY IT IS so

The following was received through the mail yesterday with the request that in the event we cared to publish it. to withhold his name.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
TWO. PRINTING PLANTS
 FOR SALE CHEAP.

Eighteen months ago, the purchase of the Ketch- ikan-Miner was effected, Prior thereto, the owner of the printing plant of the Weekly Progressive estab- lished at Petersburg, Alas ka, purchased the entire printing plant of the Even ing Mail. Included in the three complete plants are three newspaper presses, a Prowter, a Campbell and a Washington hand presses. Also three job presses, two GOrdons and a Challenge, Two paper cutters, chases, imposing stones, cases and types enough to spare to equip two weeklys besides a good equipment for the Dali ly Progressive-Miner. The two weekly offices are for sale cheap---or any part or parts of them on half cash and the balance on deferred payments. Apply to the Progressive-Mine.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
Advertised Letter List
For the Week Ending March 24, 1917

For the Week Ending March 24, 1917
 Aguilar, Amado, Booth, Wilfred, Dahl, F. A. (two) Harris, Miss Babe, Henderson, J. Henry, Mrs, Mason Der tha R., Raymond, Walter, Taper, Tom.
 When calling for the apove. say "Ad- vertised." Parties claiming letters from the above list must pay fee of one cent for each letter claimed
 All letters unclaimed by April 2, 1917 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office Washington. D. c. - M. D. SWINE ORD. Postmaster.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
SPECIAL CASH PRICES THIS WEEK ONLY Strictly Fresh Ranch Eggs 40 Gents Dozen Mt Vernon Milk g Cans for $1.00 H.R. THOMPSON co.
 Phone 8

A woman is the patentee of new posthole digger with hinged scoop to re move all the loose earth from hole.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
WHY?

Why, do wc so often look at the dark side of things when it's so much better to look at the light?
 Why. do we spoil Gods beautiful nature with our petty quarrels and disagreements when we would enjoy it so much more to live in peace with each other?
 Why, do We treat strangers with such unfair judgment and ugly sus- picions when we ourselves expect strangers to think well of us
 Why, do so many of us squabble and fight about money, when we are hap pier without a great deal of it?
 Why. do we complain so much of our own slight discomforts when there is always so many others that have to undergo real suffering?
 Why. do we have heated discussions concerning the war when We do not help the war victims one particle by doing so; neither is it loyal to our own neutral country. If any body wishes to take sides with the warning coun- tries, let them go over there and fight.
 Why, are we so quick to find faults with other people when our own faults escape our notice? We do not go to our nextdoor neighbor and clean his yard while our own is untidy, do we?
 Why, do some of us from different churches work against each other, when We are all working for the same cause? You never see a driver hitch his horses on oposite sides of load and start them pulling in different di- rections, (unless he's bit off in the top story)
 Why, are we always hankering for "cold gold" when God has placed so many other products at our disposal; supposing everything in the line of food and fuel should disappear and only gold remain, then We would be up against it" for sure.
 Why. do some people not believe in God, when everything speaks of him, from the sun, moon and stars to the tiniest plant
 None of our human-made mansions or other handiwork can be compared to any of his creations.
 BILL"
 Answer:-Because we are imperfect and apparently glad to be since we are not making any serious effort to inn prove our morals. Improvement of con duct comes from within. Laws will never stop wrangling, fault-finding, greediness, altho most reformers be- lieve otherwise. Live up to real Chris tian Scientists teaching and the world will become a paradise to live in in stead of a hell
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. Local 224, regular meeting "Wednesday Visiting brothers cordially invited Hall for rent. Monday, Thursday, Fri day and Saturday.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-30
BELL ISLAND
 HOT SPRINGS.

:. Forty-fve miles north cf Ketchi- :: :. rental. Meals served if required. :, :' Weekly beat service from Will :: :. Hams dock, Ketchikan :: < Mrs. Houts, Manager in Charge. :: :. kan. Clean cabins, equipped for :: :. light housekeeping. Reasonable :; < .. :. :. < * * :. :. :. :. < z. :. .:. :. :. :. :
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-13
Helps to Put
Red Cross Drive in
San Francisco Through

William Stowe Devoi Who was here
recently in connection with PROPOSAL
plans for n membership drive by tho
Commercial club. has written TO his
friend. Or. g. ". Carnes. of his work
on the Red Cross campaign In san
Francisco.
Il came suddenly. he writes. ZEN
response 90 a telegram from A. r. -
Dohrmann. Pacific coast chairman 3
the supply service. to come ana assist
in the campaign 10 raise a million
dollars in san Francisco. When |
arrived ! found hat no preparation
had been made for a systematic cam
pntgn- and but eight days remained In
which 20 prepare-Nhich ordinarily.
IN 4 large city. requires three weeks
10 carry out. There was nothing to
DO but buckle down and get the work
done. by dint Of heroic work. m
ploying DAY and night forces, J was
q BILE 90 have the plans ready. h lists
prepared and the cards written for The
csmpaign. and We put the thing
through securing about Si.1o0.e0o
from san Francisco alone
Il am now assisting the treasurer
IN systematizing his work. n viii
then proceed To mako preparation TOT
the next biz subscription campaign, ~
they are So well pleased with u-
work thai they want me to make care
fui arrangements for the next cam
paiRn. n begin right now.
Al one stage ~ the drive. Devol
writes. he was steadily ~ work for
- hours without an internission OF
am sort. except hasty meals.