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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
MATANUSKA IS GREAT VALLEY
 TO CULTIVATE
pr. Georgeson Returns from There After Establishing
 a Farm.

That the Matanuska section is to become one of the greatest farming sections of Alaska. is the assertion )f Dr. c. c. Georgeson, head of the Alaska Experimental Bureau, who re. urned from there last night While here. Dr. Georgeson arranged for the establishment of the experimental tarm and he stated that the home steaders are very glad to have the farm to assist them in working out their problems.
 There are hundreds and hundreds of homesteaders in the valley and all )f the avai!able surveyed land has been taken up," Dr. Georgeson said. The great drawback is the lack of 'oads. The land is rolling and the soil is as good on top of the hills as the valleys, but the farmers are forced at the present time to build heir own roads and that is so ex- pensive that it is prohibitive.
 That valley will make wonder .ul community, but it will be abso- utely necessary for the farmers to lave roads before they can develop the country"
 The experimental farm is located )n tract of 8S0 acres near Matan- Iska Junction and 3S miles from Anchorage. Dr. Georgeson arranged or the necessary lumber for the erection of buildings and for the clearing of the land.
 ''The land is heavily timbered and
 he soil is a silt loam which is very 'ich,'' continued Dr. Georgeson. The farmers clear their land by setting ire to the dry moss which shoulders underneath and burns off the roots If the trees. When the first hard wind blows, the trees are laid low md are then cut, piled and burned. "The land on the farm will be cleared and next year the planting will be started under the direction )f F, E. Rader, formerly in charge )f the Rampant station and before going to the interior being stationed Tt Sitka. Mir Rader is a graduate # the Kansas Agricultural College md will experiment with all kinds of grain, both in growing and in the breeding. Later, cattle, small fruits md all kinds of vegetables will be planted and experimented with i'll my effort to ascertain what crops can be raised the most successfully md to the best advantage of the farmer"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
DIVIDENDS MAY
 BE DONATED TO
 THE RED CROSS

NEW YORK, June 19.-"Red Cross dividends" are to be declared by large American industrial corporations and banking istitutions, according to Chairman Henry P Davison of the Red Cross War Council. Each stock holder receiving this extra disburse ment, amounting to 1 per cent. oi the stock of each corporation, will be asked in blank form to turn the money over to the Red Cross In case of the Steel Corporation which would thus accrue to the Red Cross the amount would be about $5,000,000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

WASHINGTON: Commissioner Clements of the Interstate Com merce Commission died here today
 BUTTE: Electrical employees are planning to strike, claiming that 5000 miners will follow them
 NEW YORK: One hundred and eight companies and GA individuals have been indicted under the an- ti-trust laws for conspiring to fix coal prices.
 kETCHIKAN: The adjourned sesion of the district court opened here yesterday
 WHITEHORSE: The first steam CT from Dawson is expected to ar rive tonight.
 SEWARD Volcanoes Pavlof and Shihaldin are reported erupting by officers of the steamer Dora which has arrived here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
FORGET-ME-NOT LAW IS CASE OF WRITING
 LITERATURE IN LAW

The statute making the Forget Not the official flower of Alaska. the cause behind the movement make Juneau the Forget -Me-Not City, is case of writing literature into the statutes of a commonwealth The bill was written by Attorney General George B. Grigsby, but the verse contained in it is from the gift. ed pen of Mrs. "Ned' Darling. of writers of poetry and prose
 The bill for the statute was in. troduced in the Senate by Senator o. P. Gaustad of Fairbanks and in the House by Representative J. D. Daily of Nome. The Senate bill is the one which will become a law. The statute follows:
 Whereas, throughout her more than onehalf million square miles of territory, stretching from the Pacif- ic to the Arctic Ocean and from Canada's border to Boring Sea, All aska has a wild flower which grows on every hill and in every valley and
 Whereas, this flower is emblemat- ic of the quality of constancy, the dominant trait of the intrepid pion eers who in spite of almost insur- mountable obstacles and insufferable hardships, have opened for develop. ment nations treasure house, and;
 Whereas. the Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska have endorsed this floral gem as the Territorial flower of Alaska,
 80 in thinking for an emblem For this Empire of the North We will choose this azure flower a'fii'
 That the golden days bring forth. For we want men to remember That Alaska came to stay
 Though she slept unknown for ages
 And awakened in a day.
 So although they say we're living In the land that God forgot We'll recall Alaska to them With our blue Forget Me Not" Therefore, be it enacted by tho Legislature of the Territory of Alaska Section l. That the wild native | Forget-Me-Not is hereby made, des- ignated and declared to be the Ter | ritorial flower and floral emblem of | the Territory of Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
CIVIL WAR IS FACED
 BY CHINESE NATION

PEKING, July 19.--The south warlike preparations and are nego- tiating with the southwest provinces to join them. They have been as- sured support from this quarter and a civil war is not improbable.
 Gen. Hsun who assumed power of dictator has forced the secretarial staff to resign.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
AVIATION CORPS
 GROWING-YUUNG
 MEN ENLISTlNG

WASHINGTON. June 19. Stu dent aviators training for the army air services at various colleges have been joined by a number of young officer candidates detached from the 16 officers training camps, and here after a further detachment will be sent every week from each training camp.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Persons subscribing for The Empire through the Contest Department or otherwise should begin receiving the paper shortly after they pay their sub scriptions. Those who have not be- gun receiving their papers within req . sonable time after subscribing are re- quested to notify the o.-.ce in person by telephone. or by mail.
 THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE,
 Telephone 374
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
FINANCIAL HISTORY
 IS MADE BY THE U. s.

WASHINGTON, June 19. - For the first time in American history of ordinary receipts by the treas ury they passed the billion dollar mark in this fiscal year. This was the announcement made today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
ROOSEVELT PAYS
 HIS RESPECTS TO
 THE ANTI-ENGLISH

NEW YORK, June 19.-Theodore Roosevelt in an address here last night declared that any man who hates England moro than he loves his United States should be thrown out from this country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
Almost As Good

Sometimes dat mule balks." said Uncle Eben, "an' sometimes he runs away. Elf he could only run on gaso- line, I 'speck he'd be as good as an automobile. - Washington Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
F l R S T P A G F - vbgqki BRITISH FORCES
 RETIRING ALONG
 STRUMA FRONT

SOFIA, June 19.-A general re- tirement of the British forces along the Struma front is officially report ed by the War Office today. No reason is known here for the new move.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19

Just to prove that it isn't the high priced piece of mechanism that breaks the targets, Troeh, champion of champions" carries around a gun that set him back $l6. Troeh broke 295 out of 300 targets in the Wash, ington State shoot, and just by way of diversion opened the California State shoot by breaking 199 out of 200. He had a run of 2S4 in the Washington State shoot.
 R. D. Morgan of Washington D. C., who made the high run of 231 in the Westy Hogans shoot last fall likes shooting so well that he took the trip to Tulsa for the Oklahoma State event.
 There is some agitation for pro fessional transhooting championship There should be such thing The amateurs have their State and Ma tional events, and it would be fitting to have State and National champion ships for the professionals. Some States now have professional cham pionship races. It would be a wise move on the part of every State As sociation to put on it's annual pro l gram professional and womens' cham { pionship events ito have the Inter state Association approve of these events and to conduct the national championship ill connection with the Grand American handicap.
 The Oklahoma State shoot was the greatest two-day trapshooting carni val ever held in the United States Two hundred and twenty-five shoot CTS were at the traps in the State titular event.
 The Coal Creek Country Club oi l Sheffield. Ills, and the HundertoI
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19

Gastineau Transportation Co.
 Sailing from Hunter & Dick inson float Tuesday midnight for Skagway and way ports. Sailing Friday at midnight for Jualin, Comet and way ports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19

country Gun Club, of High Bridge, N. J., were the organizations that re- ceived Interstate Association trophies for newly organized gun clubs" dur ing May. To this, time 2S clubs have been awarded trophies by the Inter state Association.
 c. A. Nash runner up in the Cali fornia-Nevada State shoot this year was the runner up last year, too.
 A movement is under way to inau gurate an intercity trapshooting league under way by next fall The shooters League, the team shoots of the New York Athletic Club, and the various other leagues throughout the East has caused no end of com ment. and it is the feeling that 2 league with Philadelphia, New York, Newark, Boston, Hartford, New Ha- ven, Baltimore, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Wilmington would prove a great sue cess. Such league would stimulate interest in the sport
 1 Fifty-eight clubs were awarded tro- phies for team competition by the Interstate Association during April and May, and ten more clubs were given trophies during June. They i are: Elkhart Und) Gun Club vs. | St Joe Valley Gun ChIh of SOut h Bend Ind; Capital City Rod and Gun i Club of Salem. Ore, vs. Woodburn 1 (Ore) Gun Club; Harrisburg. (Pa) Sportsmen Association vs. West E'airview (Pa.) Sportsmen's Associa tion; Minneapolis (Minn.) Rod and Gun Club vs. St. Paul (Minn) Rod and Gun Club; York (Pa) Gun Club vs Lancaster (Pa) County Gun Club
 There is no bar to age or size ir l pshoOtng-in fact the restrictions are very few In the Grand Ameri can last year w. E. Phillips, aged IA, and J. H. Breitstein. aged S4
 shot in the same event. In the recent Pacific Coast Handicap. Mrs. Ada Schilling. weight 90 pounds. was al the firing line with George J. Tuck cit, weight 350 Mrs. Schilling broke 93 targets and her heavier opponen
 broke S6.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19
~r@ Az
 and (L4~ IE FIELD E3
(By PETER p. CARNEY .ditor National Sports Syndicate

The only State trapshooting cham pion who has repeated to this time is k. A. King, of Colorado.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19

THE EMPIRES elassinsds pay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19

The Coal Creek Country Club of Sheffield. Ills, and the Hunderton
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-19

c. A. Nash, runner up in the Cali tornia-Nevada State shoot this year, was the runner up last year, too.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
Pinckney's Phrase.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney first
used the phrase, Millions for defense,
but not one cent for tribute Sent as
peace envoy to France in 1877 he was
told that only a payment of money. to
be called loan" would make the di-
rectory of France cease violating AM
erican rights on the. sea. War be 1t,
then" he replied. Millions for de-
Tense, but not one cent for tribute" A
little later Napoleon Bonaparte came
into power as first consul of France,
and, seeing the folly of provoking war
with America, he treated this country
with fairness. War, which had real
" begun, quickly ceased Pinckney's
phrase was used again by Captain De-
catur in his dealings with Algeria, a
country which early In the nineteenth
century. tried to make American ships
pay for the privilege of sailing the
Mediterranean sea unmolested,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
UNITED VERDE.
Famous Copper Mine Owned Almost
Wholly by Senator Clark.

United Verde Copper company has
decided to abandon it's West Virginia
charter in favor of one under the
laws of Delaware. A new company,
having similar name, will. therefore,
be formed in the latter state to take
over the assets and business Of the
existing concern. The company was
originally Incorporated in New York
in 1883.
Adopting the policy of many latter
day corporations, shares of the Unit
ed Verde Copper company Of Della
ware will have no par value andathere
will be 100000 as at present. The ex-
listing stock, however, has a nominal
par value of $40 and for some time
has been paying monthly dividends of
$3.50 share.
In casting their votes in approval
of the contemplated transfer the
stockholders cast what was probably
record vote, as of 100000 shares
2a9,94S- shares were unanimously in
favor with not dissenting vote. 1t
is understood that less than 20 per
sons own the stock, with W. A. Clark
controlling all but few thousand
shares
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
Waste in Ashes.

The ashes removed from the aver
age furnace often contain at least 20
per cent of unburned coal or coke, and
this percentage Is sometimes as high
as 75 In Holland, where the war has
caused a great shortage Of fuel, a
process. for. recovering this combusti-
BILE material has been devised. The
refuse Is ground and then put through
sleeves of four different sizes. Each
part is put into separate basin con-
tanning liquid somewhat heavier than
water, and the whole is stirred thor
oughly This causes the lighter par
ticles, which are coke and unconsum-
ed coal, to rise to the surface. When
they have been scooped out and dried
they make excellent fuel, while the
heavier particles can be used 1t is said
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
WHAT is A MAN ?
His Composition Determined and Mea-
sured by Chemical Analysis.

pWhat is a man? How much is he
worth from scientific viewpoint?
According to one way of looking at
it, a man is worth about $500 day
from his shoulders down ard any
where from $4,000 to 100000 a
year from his shoulders up. This may
be said to be the estimate of the av-
|erage successful business man.
The scientist, however, looks at the
Question from another angle, says the
Popular Science Monthly. According
to him, a man is worth $2.45 for i'll
Eliminating purposes, since man
weighing $50 pounds contains about
$500 cubic feet of oxygen, hydrogen
and nitrogen in his constitution, which
at 20 cents per 1000 cubic feet. equals
the price above. Also man con-
tains enough carbon to make $3.50
lead pencils;' enough phosphorus to
make $780, 900 matches or enough to kill
500 persons, and enough water to fill
la 3S quart reservoir
Furthermore, 1t makes no difference
how sour a man may look, he contains
about 60 Jumps of sugar, great deal
of starch, chloride Of potash. mag
nesium, sulphur and hydrochloric acid
in his system. There are so grains of
iron in the blood of an ordinary man,
enough to make one spike large enough
to hold his weight.
| What is a man? This is the some
what cynical answer of one scientific
man
Break the shells of 1000 eggs into
huge pan or basin and you have in
gradients from which to form him from
his toe nails to the most delicate It's
sues of his BRAIN"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17

1t will be noted that in the aggregate
these companies paid out in dividends
less than one-half their net profits. In
the case of Ray Consolidated only
about one third the net earnings was
disbursed to stockholders.
Another highly interesting fact is
that the average cost of producing the
600.000,00O pounds of copper embrace
ed in the operations of these six COM
panies, was SO cents per pound, al
though of course the sensationally low
cost of Utah Copper-6.9 cents-was
responsible for pulling down the gen.
eral average.
In the face of high wage and mater
ial COSTS the achievements of the Utah
Copper eompany's management in the
production of almost 200,O00,OO0 pounds
OF metal at net cost under 7 cents
per pound from material which aver
aged only IA per cent copper are al
most incredible. incidentally the COM
pleteness, the clearness the detail with
which the Jackling- Hayden compan-
les reports are prepared are a delight
to the stakeholder and those interest
ed in comparative analyses. Publicity
has been the long suit of these inter-
ests from the very start and they have
been gamers of public favor thereby.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
PORPHYRY PRODUCTION
0NE.FOURTH OF OUTPUT
six LEADING COMPANIES PRO-
DucE OVER eoo,ooo.ooo
POUNDS OF COPPER.

The six leading porphyry copper
mines of the United States during
1916 produced 600OO0.O00 pounds of
copper-about one-quarter of the en-
tire country's output-at an average
cost of SO cents per pound, says the
Boston News Bureau. Total gross re-
ceipts Of these companies for the year
aggregated $16O,O0O.OO0; net profits
We're 1Os.SSO, 900; dividend payments
amounted to $51,0O0,000. After the
treatment of 24,O0O,O00 tons of ore
these properties at the end of the year
had left in reserve approximately
769,oOO,OOO tons averaging LEO per
cent copper
What were less than a decade ago,
regarded as impossible feats in met
allurgy. have not only been accom-
plished, hut with such success that
the so-called porphyry group of
mines in the United States have be-
come the greatest low-cost copper
producers of the world.
The following compilation from off,
cial data has been prepared covering
1916 operations of the porphyryies re-
ferred to-:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
MARCH WEATHER.
New Records Established by a Month
That 10 Generally Bad.

suaS - S0u0t Suy 1dNs
The Miner Is indebted to w. S.
Berglund, local observer in charge of
the United States weather station,
for the following summary of the pre-
vailing weather in March covering
the state of Idaho:
1.-THE month was unusually cold and
snowy. The mean temperature over
most of the state was the lowest on
record for March. Most Of the pre-
cipitation was snow, the average
snowfall being the greatest on record
for March, The snowfall of every
month of the winter was above nor
NAL, that of December exceeding pre-
vious records, Sand almost no melting
occurred up to the close of March,
hence the present supply of snow is
the greatest ever known at this date.
The excess is mostly at the lesser ele-
vations. The supply on the higher
ranges Is below that on March 81
1916. Except over small areas the
snow is fairly compact, though the
percentage of water content is less
than in 1916. There has been much
drifting and many slides have occur
red There is prospect for a good
summer flow in all streams Of the
state, and unusually high water may
be expected with the first warm wea-
Their"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

Blue Star Mining & Milling Coz
Annual meeting to be held in Clyde &
Taylor building, Wallace. on Monday,
June II. at Up. ma. c. Morbeck,
secretary
Cedar Creek Mining & Development
Co.-Annual meeting to be held at ITO
Hotel street, Wallace, on Monday,
June 4, at 1880 p. m.--William Becker,
secretary.
Denver Creek Con. Mining 4 Mill
ing Co.-Annual meeting to be held al
Kellogg May rs at 400 p. nj. Lloyd
Stone, secretary.
Iron Mask Mining co.-Annual meet
ing to be held in First National bank
building, Wallace. on May 21. at 500
p. m.--Perley Martin, secretary.
Jack Waite Mining co.-Annual
meeting to be held at the Jack Waite
mine on June IL at p. nc. e.
! Chamberlain, secretary.
North Bunker Hill Mining co.-An-
nual meeting to be held at office Of
D. w. Price, Kellogg, on Saturday,
May 2G at p. mn. t. Hardy. Sec
rotary.
Northport Smelling & Refining Co.
Annual meeting to be held in Wal
lace Bank G. Trust building Wallace
on Monday. June at 2 p. m.-Eugenc
r. Day, secretary.
Rainbow Mining e. Milling Co.
Annual meeting to be held In Clyde &
Taylor building, Wallace. on Tuesday,
June 8. at p. m.-George Austin,
secretary.
Ray. jefferson Mining Co.-Annuai
meeting to be held in Wallace on
Monday, May 21, at 400 p. mp. }.
Maggy, secretary.
Western Union Mining Co.--Annual
meeting to be held at Samuels hotel,
Wallace. on Tuesday. June s, at 900
o. m.-Ben L. Collins, secretary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
ALASKA TRANSPORTATION.
Flying Machine to Be Utilized to Car
ry Ore to Market.


Many of the mines in Alaska are
situated a long distance from a smell
ter, railroad point or a seaport. As
a result the operators have haulage
problems to solve that call for extra :
ordinary methods.
One enterprising individual who
owns an almost inaccessible mine
about so miles from the railroad town
of Mccarthy has ordered a flying ma
chine built for carrying his ore to
market; and another hardy miner In
the same district has so far trans
ported about 70 tons of ore something
more than IS miles from his mine to
Mccarthy by means of sleds drawn
by dogs. From Mccarthy the ore was
shipped to the Tacoma smelter
The Mother Lode Copper Mines
company, too, has employed dog
drawn sleds for hauling d total of so
carloads of ore distance of 16 miles.
Ore thus transported has been of good
grade. bringing very profitable re-
turns despite all difficulties and ex.
pense.
When transportation facilities in
Alaska become more favorable, the
territory will show a metal production
that will make it's past performances
seem puerile by comparison.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17
SILVER IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Bolivia Alone Has Produced Over Two
Billion Dollars.

South America has been producing
an average of 100000 ounces of sill
yer annually but could do much bet
ter. In Bolivia alone, ii is claimed
that over $4,000 100000 in the white
metal has been mined during the past
800 years from Potosi which is known
as the peak of silver" The copper
mines on the west coast of the con-
tinent are even more important than
the silver mines, as they surpass in
richness those of the United States
and that is saying something. There
are other metals in abundance. includ-
ing vast bodies of iron ore So if the
United States, or its partner nations
in the war against Germany ever run
short of metal they may turn to
South America and be reasonably
sure of having their needs supplied.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-17

20, to l.. f. Hanley, secretary, Wal
lace. Delinquent sale June 81.
Oreano Mining co.--Levied April .,
2 mills, payable May 2 to r. p. Candee
secretary treasurer. Wallace. Delin-
quent sale June 2.
Raven Mining co.--Levied January
10, mill. payable March II to Frank
lin Pfirman. treasurer. wallace. De-
linquent sale May IL:
Silver Moon Mining co.-Levied
March ~, 2 mills, payable April IA to
Gus Ehrenberg, secretary treasurer,
Palmerston hotel. Spokane. Delin-
quent sale May Is.
Sonora Mining 4 Milling Co.--Lev-
led April 1. 3 mills, payable May tn
DR.. w. A, Smith. secretary treasurer.
Wallace. Delinquent sale June 8.
Star Anthony co.--Levied April II.
mill. payable May Ia to J. 8. Ross,
secretary, Kellogg. Delinquent sale
June II.
Tarbox Mining Co.-Lsyisd Febru-
Try %, 10 mills. payable March rs to
R. E. Seyslsr. secretary. Wallace. De-
linquent sale April 2s. Postponed to
May 49,
~-
Valentine Mining Co.--Lsvied on
March y, l mill, payable April ~ to
:. Bland, assistant treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale May 28.
Washington Mining co.--Levied on
May 4, IA mills, payable June 2 to
DR.. c. A. Dettman. secretary-treasur-
er, Burke. Delinquent sale June 30.