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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
IMPRISONED IN THE WIND

Butterflies may be imprisoned and uniniured in the midst of a whirlwind Gales in genuine typhoon are so ter rible that the stoutest ships can scarcely hope to weather them, but there is spot at the very center of the storm where something like a dead calm prevails. From the outer edge of the disturbance, which may be 300 miles across. the wind velocity in. creases toward the center until within few miles Of that point there comes a sudden lull. There the rain ceases and the sky often clears. In this lit tie calm area, which sailors call "the eye Of the storm" group of butter flies has freqently been imprisoned. and their dainty, delicate forms are as safe in this aerial cage as if hover ing in sunny meadows, but as help- less as if in collectors bottle.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
IT WOULD MEAN
 IF THE U. s. WENT DRY

If America were bone dry capital amounting to more than s1,000,000,000 would suddenly have to seek other occupation. according to the Worlds Work, from which also the following figures are taken.
 More than 100000 employees of breweries, distilleries. saloons and etc would have to seek other jobs, and the wages on which 1000 4000 Amer ican lives depend would cease.
 Besides the 1.500 breweries, and $50 distilleries that would have to close their doors. manufacturers of and dealers in barrels, slaves, corks bottles, beer pumps. boxes, kegs, ci- gars. bar fixtures and many other bus ineSses would suffer incalculable loss.
 The railroads would lose 1000 ,000 tons of freight annually.
 The Federal Government would lose s262,000,000 annua revenue: the states. s21.0O0,oo0 a year; counties 56,60o,000 and municipalities s52,0o0- 900.
 Americans would have to find other ways of spending sso0. 900 900 a year. We should have to find other uses for .00o,000,000 bushels of barley. 15,OO0- 900 bushels of rye. 15,000,000 bush els of corn products, 100000 bush els Of rice. and 100.000.000 gallons of molasses.
 The average flow of water over Nj agara Falls is 231.000 cubic feet. or about 100000 gallons a second. The total quantity of alcoholic drinks made in the United States in a year is about 2,ooo,o00,090 gallons. If this were turned into the Falls it would take ten minutes for it to flow over.
 If all the barrooms in America were placed side by side in two parallel rows to make one street, this would be almost 37S miles long.
 If all the liquor handled by the rail- roads were loaded on one train. this would be 126 miles long and would re- quire 166.660 freight cars.
 The money paid for the 1,330,000 automobiles sold in this country in the years 1s15-1916-about s1,000 .000- 900 would be about s2 COG. .000. 900 short Of enough to buy out the stock and equipment Of the country's liquor in. terests.
 The grain used in making beer and whiskey in one year would make 4.00o,o00,0o0 loayes Of bread.
 The rye, corn and rice so used would feed 76,ooo,000 persons for 100 days.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
Serial o2se2. OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 Juneau, Alaska.

July 10, 1917
 Notice is hereby given that the tn. dersigned, the Fish Gamers By Pro ducts Co., of Wards Cove. Ketchikan, Alaska, formerly the Marine Products Co., of Ketchikan. Alaska, who on March 20 1916, filed Trade and Manu- featuring Site application, No. 02s92, for lands hereinafter described, under the provisions of the Act of May 14, 1898, and Section 10 thereof, gives formal notice of such application for such land, to-wit:
 "A tract of 1918 acres, denominated U. s. Survey No. 1908, located in Wards Cove on the southeast shore thereof, about 5 miles north of the town of Ketchikan and on Rivillagig- edo Island in Lat $50 24' 15" No, Long. 131o 43' 10" w, and beginning at Cor. No. 1 of said survey and M. c. on line of ordinary high tide of Wards Cove whence U. s. I. M. No. ? bears N. $50 39' W. 22.6S chains and W. C. bears s. 5so 12' E. g links, thence on said last mentioned course e.93 chains to Cor. No 2, thence s. 31o 4s' W. 1917 chains to Cor. No. 3, thence N. 5so IF w. 9.e9 chains, to Cor. No. 4, M. C., whence W. c. bears south 5So 12' E. links, thence meandering line of or dinary high tide CD N. To 00' W. 1.05 chains; @ N. 16o 45' E. O.60 chains; (3) N. 36o 15' E., 100 chains; (4) N. 80 30 E., O.9O chains, (5) N. 16o 45' E., 11O chains; (6) N. 80 45' E., 2.19 chains; CD N. 58o 00' E., 0.e0 chains; (S) s. $50 15' E., 0.40 chains, (9) N. $50 3O' E., 0.60 chains; (10) N. 45o 00' E., 0.sO chains; GID N. GAO 45' E., 0.60 chains, Q2) s. 52o 45' E., 100 chains; f13) s. $50 45' E., 0.90 chains; (14) N. 60 15' E.. O.70 chains 15) N. 71o 45' E., 0.60 chains, (16) N. 23o 45' E., 1.3O chains CID N. 4e 30' w, 0.s0 chains; (1S) N. 53o 45' E.. 070 chains, 19) N. 17o 30' E., 1.6( chains (20) N 34o 30' E.. 0.30 chains (2D N 14o 00' E., 2.40 chains, mag netic var 29o 40 E.
 | C. B. WALKER. Register 1st publication Aug. IS, 1917.
 Last publication-- T.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRlCT OF ALASKA, FIRST
 DIVISION
Jurisdiction of the District
 Courts of the United States

Whereas a libel has been field in the District Court for the District of Alaska, First Division. on the 9th day of August. 1917. by Hidden Inlet Can ming Co.. corporation, against the Gasoline Screw or vessel Tango" her tackle, engines. apparel, and furni- tJre. and against Sidney Burton, in an action civil and maritime for the recovery and delivery of the said yes sel to libellant, for the reasons and causes in the said libel mentioned.
 Now, therefore. in pursuance of the monition under the Seal of the Said Court to me directed and delivered, I do hereby give public notice to all persons claiming or otherwise having any interest in said vessel, her tackle, engines, apparel, and furniture, that they be and appear before the said District Court to be held at the Town of Ketchikan, Alaska, in and for the District of Alaska, First Division, on the second Thursday of September, 1917. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, provided the same shall be Court day, otherwise on the Court day next following thereafter) then and there to interpose their claims and to make their allegation in that behalf
 Dated at Ketchikan. Alaska this 18th day of August, 1917.
 J. NJ. TANNER. U. s. Marshal, Dis
 trict of Alaska. First Division.
 by W. B. SHARPE. Deputy. JAMES NJ. SHOUT,
 Proctor for Libellant.
 Date of first publication Aug. 13. 1917 Date of last publication Aug. 29, 1917
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25

LOST-1s ft. double ender row boat painted white with red line. Has al. so a red star painted on each side of the bow. The boat was lost last Fri. day. Finder will please inform this office.-adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
SCANDINAVIAN M. E. CHURCH

SCANDINAVIAN M. E. CHURCH Preaching service every Sunday II o'clock a. m. at the A. B. Hall
 Prayer Meeting in the different homes on Thursday evenings P. M. Ladies' Aid Society meets every two weeks on Thursday evenings. All Scandinavians are cordially invited.
 A. SLEIPNES, Pastor
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
r. JOHNS EPISCOPAL cHURot

ST. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
 Sunday--S a. m., Holy Communion, (except first Sunday In rhe month"; 10 a. m. Native Sunday school; Il a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. (IIoly Communion first Sunday in month"; l2 m. Sunday school; 7:80 Evening prayer and sermon; Holy Days-1O: 30 |. m., Holy Communion; Tuesday: s D. m., St. Johns Social Club, Guild 'oom; Wednesday: 9 p. m., Native Women's Guild, Indian school house; Thursday: 2:3O p. m., St. Johns Guild :oom; 7:30 p. m., St. Johns Athletic Hub. Boys, Guild room; Friday: p. n., Choir rehearsal, Guild room A
 ,ncere welcome is extended to all specially to newcomers.-Rev. Harold H. Kelley. Pastor.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
STEEL BODY WITH ARMS
 AND LEGS FOR DIVERS

A diving suit recently devised for deep-sea diving is constructed of steel 10 enable the diver to work at depths of more than two hundred feet at which point the pressure is about eighty-eight pounds to the square inch according to the Poular Science Monthly. One new feature of the suit IS the position of the arms, which are placed well forward instead of in the usual place al the sides This is SUD- posed to give him greater lifting DOW CT when weights are to be raised aboYe his head. A telephone appar- atus within the suit keeps the diver in communication with the surface at all times.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25

FOR SALE-No. 1. Beaver Falls Shingler. By F. A. HEATH THE GRAFTER"-adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Low Mass at S:3o a. m; High Mass at 10:30 a. m.; Sunday School at 2:3t Week Day Mass at a. m.-Rev. Paul P. Ferns. Pastor.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Advertised Letter List of the Ket- chikan, Alaska Post Offit-
 For Week Ending August 1e, 1917
 When requesting any of the follow ing, please say Advertised" A fee of one cent will be collected upon de- livery of each letter. All letters not delivered on Sept 1, will be sent to Dead Letter Office at San Francisco.
 Anderson, A.; Berg, F.; Boyce, Char les w; Bravo, Agapito; Carroll, Jes- sic; Dale, Peter; Gonzales. s.; Hen drickson, R.; Johnson, Magnus, Kel- log, Glen; Mitchell. George A. CD; Olson. c. J. CD; Robertson. Robert; Sorgenfrei, Al; Souza, Tony, Stone, Sam, Thorpe. P. o.
 JAMES F. WARDER, Postmaster
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25

WANTED-GasoIlne Launch to 10 H. P. 30 to 35 it. iohg. suitable for trolling or store tender. Con E Giebel, Loring, Alaska. adv l m
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Services on Sunday at II o'clock. Subject for August 5:
 LOVE"
 Wednesday. evening service, at 8 o'clock. Everybody cordially invited to attend.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-25

FOR SALE-Gas boat with seine boat. 4S ft. long 121a fit. beam, 20 h.p. Frisco Standard engine. Boat built last spring. A tender is included. Ap- ply to NJ. A. Bussanich at the New England Fish Co.-adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
Work Worth While

Industrial school this school It's do social and gous of this district One day ought her and from forming start She began individuals organizations then the 
 357 boys supported by buildings 136 superintendent
  founder  Alabama. They do all buildings All the
  plumbing building the boys do for themselves They school the the afternoons The labor which but if boy
  provided insisted  indlness undeandngly Robert Morris
 
  compliment the friends presented them uniforms with telling the behavior
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
Birmingham Enters Upon New Era


 A ILL signs indicate that Birmingham has entered upon period of unprecedented prosperity spirit of optimism lis in the People contributing many worthy causes with generosity has before been equaled this city and has established record for cities of Birmnghams pop aton throughout the United States To the Red Cross alone Birmingham gave than $200O00 than 50OOO excess of its allotment of $150000.
 The business district has been transformed The downtown streets crowded with shoppers and others going about their multiple affairs All brisk, full of energy, full of life and hope They show by their that they believe Bmng ham and have confidence in themselves. The pessmsts have departed and would be hard to realize that the Bmng ham of today is the Birmingham of three months ago. poraion would spend M 100000 improving it's plants in the Brmin district has been great factor arousing husiasm and stimulating progress This huge will be fol lowed by greater expenditures It the beginning of de- veopments vast scale Yet prominent pointed the other day. when civic organization gets $5OO00 plant Birmingham there tremendous ouburst of ap planse and general rejoicing The establishment of new $500O00 plant in this district outlay of only $25O0O0 construction $20 900 be reserved for working cap a The Steel corporation will spend every cent of $ 100000 for construction which will be equivalent A $00000 plants
 The future possibilities of Birmingham are lmtless We al ready city that people might be we'll proud of but lis esne c the largest cities in the country The buck energy evidenced of late successful under akngs make it certain that the movement forward and up ward will never again be checked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
To Insure Care
 of Oak Hill

FNENDER memories will always
 U gather around Oak Hill, Bir- mingham's principal cemetery in the years gone by; and now that an ef- fort is being made to have all the lot owners participate in a movement to insure the perpetual care of this place. held sacred by the entire com munity, 1t is hoped and believed that the necessary pledges will be prompt ly forthcoming.
 The Oak Hill Memorial association has charge of the enterprise and It deserves the active patronage of every lot owner. As one of Birmlng- hams upbuilders says in letter to The Age-Herald, "Perhaps no city In all the world has a cemetery so pe- culiarly the last resting place of Its founders and pioneers as Birmingham nossesses in Oak Hill. The first man who built house, the first man who mined coal, made iron, bought lot, sold goods, doctored the people, held an office, all are buried on that sunny slope; the great men who made the city and left it for us to enjoy and be happy in."
 Sixty-one lot owners already hold perpetual care certificates, yet the names of many honored families are missing from the list. It is naturally expected that little urging will be necessary to bring them all into the association.
 The entire sum sought to be pledged was 3O,OO0. More than half of this has been raised. The balance should soon be in hand, land so guarantee for the future that our most sacred city of the dead should be place of beauty forever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

It has been discovered that the egg shampoo is diverting thousands of fresh eggs from the food supply. Nowadays an egg in the stomach is worth two on the head.
 The neutrality of Switzerland is being questioned. However, it is no breach of neutrality to sell a deposed king chateau for considerably more than it is worth
 The Turks are charged with making a wilderness of the Garden of Eden. It is hard to keep up with all the high crimes
 The Russians are so busy discussing the problems of the hour they seem to have forgotten all about their former ruler, who is in quad somewhere. * * * A Kansas millionaire who gave only $500 to the Red Cross may have bought s1.oGo.oOO worth of liberty bonds. but the chances are he didn't. Being served by a globe-trotting waiter 1 who speaks seven languages Is rather l embarrassing to a man whose limit is a 1 10-cent tip <
 Booze must go," says the Kansas City 1 Times It certainly looks that way, but 1 a respite will be granted to hops. | Lloyd George seems to have pretty 1 good idea of what will be the psychologi- cal moment for ending the war. * l Eleutherios Venizelos may not wield 1 scepter, but there is great deal of | power in his official fountain pen. | 1 It wouldn't be surprising if the picture of Woodrow Wilson were soon hanging 1 in every brewers office. l * * *
 The erstwhie naughty onion is once more within reach of the ultimate con
 sumer.
 Incidentally, King Alexander of Greece
 is not the Alexander of the ragtime
 band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

"shower" peerages and baronetcles on Canadians, the "bone and sinew" of that virile branch of the British empire is ready with protest of dis sent.
 The last number of the Literary Digest quotes from leading papers which voice dissatisfaction at this new turn in court policy. Mir. Smith and MT. Jones, rather than Sir John Smith, or Sir William Jones, or Lord Somebody suited Canadians ad- mirably. It is curious thing, too, that just as titles are rapidly losing their significance in Great Britain they are being pushed on the most democratic of the British "depen- dencies."
 Snobs still bow low to lords, but outside of snobocracy the so-called
 
 upper classes" receive little adula- tion. Men of consequence, like Bal four, closely related by blood to the nobility, and potent commoners like the late MT. Gladstone and the pres ent prime minister, David Lloyd George, would feel small were they weighted with title conferred by the sovereign. No wonder that the liberal press of Canada is outspoken in this new departure in small mat ters-titles in profusion for men of mediocre ability-with a view of building up a little aristocracy" in a land where the best people recog- nize only an aristocracy based on brains, character and public service.
 Patent medicines containing from 60 to 93 per cent alcohol will be in great de- ! nand after old John Barleycorn is put out of business.
 Those "suff' pickets in Washington seem to think banners speak louder than words. According to chart prepared by a Glasgow professor, the Germans want a large part of the ca tn. The common or garden variety of prophet can tell you that the Germans are doomed to disap- pointment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
MED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF REVENUE AND OTHERS

linen should be selected to work with them.
 Birmingham is entering upon an era of extreme prosperity and of great build ing. City affairs must keep pace with the development both the corporations and individuals are making. It Is, there- fore. absolutely necessary that the city commission be selected of strong, sturdy, honest, intelligent business men.
 Every man of Birmingham should set aside his individual preference or his desire to reward his friend. and all of US should get together to select men for the commission who will do that work. which is necessary for the development of Birmingham.
 Let us discuss this matter among our selves during the coming week. Let every man think out a slate, so to speak, and discuss it with his neighbor. And let us get together and select five men for the City Commission, every one of whom we know will do his part of the work as a team for the development of Birming- ham and for the putting of this city, rot only on sound financial foundation, but on a basis where it will be the most livable town in the country.
 Make Birmingham not only neat and pretty, but healthy and sanitary. Have a commission which will not only do It's part of the work, but which will in spire every citizen with confidence and with an ambition to do his part of that work necessary to make Birmingham a substantial and spotless town. Z,eJH Hd1,7uee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
,6N HE County Board of Revenue Is showing splendid evidence of be- ing a business body

LPH HE County Board of Revenue is | showing splendid evidence of be- 1 ing a business body.
 ! When this Board first went into office It's membere were besieged by politicians
 who wanted political debts paid and who
 wanted jobs and the rewarding of friends
 and the punishment of enemies. | It was harassed to extremes.
 But now the Board of Revenue has
 gotten down to business and 1t is going
 about the handling of county affairs in
 strictly business style.
 l It has appointed, or is about to appoint, from the best and most substantial men
 of Jefferson county, two committees of
 seven each, to act In an advisory ca
 racity with the Board in all it's work to
 improve both the financial condition and the living conditions of Jefferson county. 1 It proposes to plan and build as fine a system or nlBnWayS Tn Je1IerSOn county
 as there be in America. Of course the
 finances of the county will not warrant this at the present time, but bond issue | Is proposed to do the work in a sub
 stantial and lasting form-to build such | roads as have been constructed and are
 under construction in the states of New York ad Pennsylvania
 | There is to be no more slap-d sys- tenn of road building In this county-no
 more roads that wear into ruts and re-
 quire load of chert here and there every week. They are to be permanently paved like many of the city streets. and paved with material which will last. * <: x
 Men like Gordon Crawford, Oscar Wells
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

 and others of that type are to be on these advisory committees; men who will see that there be no waste or graft or favors shown in the expenditure of the county s money. One is. to be chairman of the construction committee and the other chairman of the finance committee, but both committees will work hand in glove with tSe Board of Revenue
 Speaking about public affairs, men ara bobbing up on every street corner as prospective candidates for the City Com- mission. It looks as if there were more than two score of men in Birmingham who would like to serve on this com mission and who are struggling to get into the spotlight of public favor.
 Our present commission, as body, has enacted somewhat of a continuous vaude- vile performance in the City Hall for the past two years. Their meetings have, on many occasions, been more or less of burlesque show. Some of them have been liiiened to DeWolf Hopper's old performance of Wang, and the public, at times, has laughed; and at other times has shown deep grief over the burlesque made of extremely serious matters, and especially the childish scraps of this supposedly serious minded commission.
 * x
 And yet there are some good strong men as individuals on this commission, who would do good work were their team mates willing to work in harness.
 Some of these commissioners may be worthy of reelection, but other strong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

The long-faced hypocrite who maintains that it is a sin for a man to smoke is going to do his smoking after he dies. Flies are like some men. You can't get rid of them with a verbal knock and you are compelled to do some swat ting.
 The woman who lets a man marry her for her money has no insurance that he will devote even an eight-hour working day to the wife who supports him. There was a time when skirts were so long that glimpse of a girls ankle was quite thriller. But nowadays the skirts are so short that a man sees so many knee caps that he pays no attention to them.
 The Bigots announce that the prohibi- ton of tobacco and playing cards will follow the downfall of booze. The gam bling squads of the future will be kept busy raiding homes and breaking ur pipes and cigars and arresting desperate gamblers who persist in playing the game of Authors
 | It may be hard to swear off on other | things. But most of us are willing to become total abstainers from work. l Another fairy tale: Once upon time woman went into shoe store to get l a new pair of shoes, and when asked what kind she wanted, replied: Any | kind, just so they are comfortable" | No matter how sick fat woman may | be, it is hard for her to look the part. | The difference between human mules and the four-legged variety is that a four-legged mule is worth two or three hundred dollars.
 | When you meet a man who agrees with you, you are willing to admit that there | is at least one man in the world who has
 as much intelligence as yourself. | Some folks would get along better If | they would try as hard to take advan- tage of their opportunities as they do ot their friends
 l The old fashioned girl who used to hope ! that Prince Charming's horse would gc lame when he passed her home now has a daughter who sprinkles tacks on the road in front of her home SO that Prince Charming will have to stop and change | tires.
 One good thing about the present styles | is that if a woman is skinny she cant
 disguise the fact
 woman simply has to worry. IT
 winter she worries for fear the furnace will set fire to the house, and in summer she worries about burglars.