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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

! visited one plant which sends out rub
Der bands by the carload, making enough
every week TO bury from sight team of
horses and dozen men standing around
them. 1t makes rubber belts and convevors
which are miles i'll extent, and for hospital
use rubber sheets which would cover acres.
Akron has factories that make rubber goods
for every possible want from the nipple that
feeds milk to the baby to the hot water bot
tie that warns the chilled feet OF the aged
on the edge OF the grave. 1t makes rubber
boots Tor the trenches and diving suits for
gong under the sea 1t makes dirgible
balloons for piercing the clouds and airplane
tires TO soften the descent of the great flvina
machines as they land from the skies. It
= makes, IN short. so many things of rubber
that the names alone would take more SPACE
than | have for this letter. Many of It's
products are OF vital necessity to US in our
war with the Germans. and the most Of
the factories are now working on war Or
ders. There are thirty establishments all
told. They cover thousands of acres, and
some OF Me larger OF them have as many
as 10000 (men and women laboring awav
under one(roof.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

laborer in Akron is 81 cents an hour. the
difference in conditions between Asia and
the United States may be appreciated The
As1atic rubber cooe works ten hours or
more per day. He gets cent and half
an hour, while the poorest of the Akron
rubber laborers gets more than twenty times
as much
The most OF the ribber plantations belong
to the British and they control the supply
OF plantation rubber through their posses
sion OF the Fast Indies. This is the reason
why, Zip to the beginning of the war in Eu-
rope, London was the worlds greatest rub
Der market, practically all the crude rubber
being carried in British ships. In fact, Eng
land can dictate to the world how much
rubber each country may have. She did
this as soon as the war broke out, cutting. off
the supply of the central powers and placing
an embargo on all crude rubber produced
within British territory. Until we entered
the war we were allowed to get rubber only
by depositing bonds in London through the
rubber companies, that none OF our manu-
features would go to the Germans. and this
Notwithstanding the British colonies were
receiving something like Sl5O.OOOOOO for the
crude rubber brought into the United States.
| understand that these bonds have since
been returned The setting oft of our own
plantations in Sumatra which belongs 10
the Dutch, will, to a certain extent relieve
us of our dependence on Great Britain
Other countries are starting similar move
ments and especially the Japanese, who
have done a great deal in rubber since the
war began. The Japanese have AZ planta-
tons on the island OF Johore opposite Sin
gapore, and these cover more than $4,000
acres, The Mango Rubber Cultivation com
pany, a Japanese firm, was established last
year with S1,000,OOO capital The Dutch
have many plantations in Sumatra and JavG,
and they have large tracts of land in Borneo
and other islands which will grow excellent
rubber.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

its winding course to its source in the An
des, a distance almost as far as from New
York to San Francisco, there is dense for
est which in places, is wider than from ST.
Paul to St Louis. This is spotted with
rubber trees which grow wide distances
apart here and there through the woods
They extend over a territory one-third as
large as the whole United States, but they
are SO far apart that the rubber gatherer has
to walk miles every day in collecting the
milk from the trees he has tapped.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

the job over to the professionals. They
added to the layers until they finally built
UP a rubber lump as large as football
1t was much like well smoked twenty
trve-pound ham, and when cut open the
inside seemed very like cheese. 1t is in the
shape of these hams that most OF the rub
Der from the Amazone comes. 1t is gath
cred III this rude way from camps scattered
over vast territory, and the organization
OF the business is such that the crop is
greatly restricted
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

But betoNe | describe these great Akron
factories Sant to tell you of the mighty
changes that are going on in the rubber
industry During my stay here | have
talked with rubber experts from other parts
OF the world, land, through the chief Off
Gals OF the plahts am able to give YOU some
idea OF the situation today First, let me
tell you what rubber is. 1t does not come
from one tree pnly. 1t is milky fluid
which is found ia the bark of more than 300
trees and vines which grow near the equator.
1t also exists in shrub of the Mexican des-
serts, and is found in certain African roots.
There are some trees. however, that produce
tar more rubber than others; and there are
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

than three thousand miles to get the stuff
My first port of destination was Para at
the mouth of the Amazon and | rode for
several weeks that mighty stream
through what were then the chief rubber
lands of the globe. Today the industrial
demands of the war have given me sec
ond rubber assignment, and | have come
to this little city OF Akron in the heart of
the North American continent | am now
, on the roof of the interior state of Ohio,
miles from any seaport, thousands of miles
from the Equatorial forests of Brazil, and
more than half way round the world from
Malaysia. where are situated the rubber
,pantatons from which the chief part of the
worlds product now comes.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

Where Rubber
Versus the Plantations of
Acres The Rubber Rubber
Away From the GermansAn Abundant
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

During my stay in the Amazon valley
visited some OF the rubber camps. and even
made some rubber myself. The rubber trees
there look much like the English ash. They
grow TO height of about sixty feet. Their
bark is silver gray, but it turns black after
tapping. The trunks OF the full-erown trees
are as big around as mans waist, and
after they have been tapped they swell out
at the base so that they are much larger.
The trees blossom in August and they bea.
nuts in December and January With the
nuts are ripe the shells burst with noise
like firecracker throwing them far and
wide about the tree There are so MANY
nuts on each tree that man could pathe-
enough in a day to plant hundred acres of
land 1t takes, however, from fifteen to
twenty years for a Wild tree OF the Amazon
forest to produce rubber, and SO far no plan
tations of any Importance have been set
out in that region.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

So much. for crude rubber and the far
away places where it is grown. The most
interesting part of the story is the adven-
lures OF the product, after it gets to the fac
tory and goes out in thousand shapes to
world, Above all, of especial interest just
now is the part that rubber is playing in
our great war in Europe, and how upon it
may depend the success or defeat of our
army. These matters ! shall take up in my
letter next week
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

The story OF how the rubber industry was
freed from the domination Of Brazil is in
teresting. The manufacture OF rubber goods
on more or less extensive scale is sixty
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

To-day the world demand for rubber has
so increased that the Wilds of the Amazon
could not possibly supply it. The Brazil
lans are pushing their work to the full, bur
their product is only about one-fourth of
the rubber that comes into the market. The
balance, or three-fourths OF the whole, is
from rubber plantations which have been set
out on the Malay peninsula and in Cevlon
and Sumatra. We are now starting plan
tations i'll the Philippines, and there is one of
hundred thousand trees there on the
Island of Basilan, not far from Mndanao.
The cultivated rubber is steadily increas-
ing in quantity, and | am told that it will
continue to keep pace with the demand At
the end OF last year there were almost two
million acres OF cultivated rubber trees and
many new plantations are being set out.
Some OF the largest rubber companies of
the United States are preparing to grow
their own rubber. There is one in New
England that has three plantations in SUI
matra, comprising 100000 acres. 1t has A.
900 OF these already planted; and in 1915 il
gathered more than 100000 pounds OF rub
Der from the $4,000 acres of trees that had
come into bearing. The president OF an
other OF our great rubber companies has
advised his stockholders that he can pro-
duce rubber on their Sumatra plantations
at cost OF II cents a pound, and that Is
per cent of their crude rubber needs will be
taken care OF this year from their own
plantations. Next year they expect to in
crease this product to 25 per cent and bv
1921 they will be raising half of all the rub
Der they use.
There is big rubber company here in
Akron, which makes all sorts OF goods, that
has just bought 2l,000 acres of land in SUI
matra, and another, devoted only to tires.
will set out large plantations in southern
Asia for the same purpose. Another Ameri-
can company has SlO,0O0,O0O invested in
rubber estates 1t has $4,000 employees on
them, and all but 200 of these receive sal
airy Of Is cents day. When it is remem-
bered that the lowest wage paid common
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

Today ii is known that rubber can be
grown successfully almost anywhere along
the equator where there is as much as one
hundred inches of rainfall 1t has been
found that.the best soil for it is MALAYSIA and
Sumatra, and that the trees can be tapped
there tithn five or six years after planting
hey are now setting out from eighty to one
hundred and twenty-five trees to the acre.
and the yield averages about two and three
tourthS pounds of rubber per tree every
year The cultivation is scientifically car
ried on, and the tapping is so done that it
does not affect the life of the tree The
Taper uses a knife especially adapted II
the work, and at each tapping he shaves off
slice OF the bark SO thin that it would take
thirty OF them to equal an inch He cuts
this off day by day throughout the month
and that in such way that it takes three
years to go round the tree At the end OF
this time the bark of the starting phase has
been renewed and it is ready for tappin,
again. The trees are tapped every day in
the year. and the rubber milk is so carefully
treated that it comes out in clean sheets
which look like layers OF cream-colored Jap
anese crepe. On other estates the rubber
is smoked and it comes into the market as
smoked sheets. 1t has the color of glue,
and is put up in bundles much like news
papers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30
AKRON, Ohio.

T is now almost twenty
years since | received my
first assignment to write 4
letter on the rubber industry.
] then had to travel more
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-30

In the factories here | have seen crude
rubber OF every description. The larger
establishments have acres OF space file
with it from floor to roof Some is from the
rubber camps OF the wilds in the shape OF
hams and balls ranging in size from foot
ball to that of bushe basket These balls
are dark brown or black They are of the
purest Para rubber, and they bounce into
the air as they drop on the floor saw cords
OF what is known as crepe rubber, which
comes from the plantations OF South Asia.
The best Of it is from the tops OF the trees,
and it is cured by the coolies with acetic acid,
which is something like vinegar.
There are altogetaeT seventy different
kinds OF crude rubber The most yaiu
able is the Hevea which comes through
Para, and OF which the plantation rubber
is the descendant. Another grade is that
from the vines or creepers of Africa 1t is
gathered by the negroes OF the Kongo,
much as on the Amazon. and it is smoked
the same way Ii comes to the market in
strings rolled i'll balls of various sizes This
rubber is much less valuable than the Hevea
or plantation rubber. The same is true of
the Guayule rubber which comes from a
shrub on the desert table lands of Mexico.
The shrubs are pulled up and taken to the
factories where they are crushed and thrown
into hot water. As the water boils the rub
Der rises to the top while the wood goes to
the bottom. The rubber is skinned off 1t
is worth about % per cent less than that oil
Para
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10

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Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
The Douglas Island News
 THE LOCAL FIELD

s. A. Murray returned Wcdncs- day on Che Northwestern from a bus mess trip Co Seattle.
 Jerry Cashcn and family returned Wednesday from a ten days outing spent ut Huda creek.
 Subscriptions for thc daily papers and magazines taken at Guys Drug Store. If you don't find Che periodical there that you are looking for ask for it and it win be ordered.
 Dr. C. C. Maulc left Monday night on a hurried business trip Co Seat Gle. On his return he will be here two weeks before going on Co An- choragc. where he has decided to locate.
 Dave Pclo left Wednesday for Cordova, where he will take a po- sition in a sawmin of which Lou Miller. formerly of Douglas, is fore man. Pclo has been head plauer at thc James mill for some time.
 Mrs. Blossom Price. former resi- dent of the Island her husband having been killed while employed at Trcadwcl. was a visitor here Wednesday. Her home is now in Portland. but she is visiting her parents at Juneau.
 Miss Anna Honllanon, the popu- lar nurse and sister of Mrs. Monte Benson. returned Sunday from am extended visit with her parents at their home. Seaside, Oregon Miss Honkancu will be regularly em- ployed ut st. Auus hospital in Ju- ucau in the future.
 James Hawthorne, who has been employed at Che Third Street Market for long time. left this week for Seward where he has a position awaiting him. He has been sue cecdcd her by Gene" Weschcnfcl- der. who is we'll known and very popular with the trade. Mrs. flaw thorne and baby will go to Seward later
 Sister Mary Edith, a teacher in tho Parochial school here eleven years ago. since which time she has been at Victoria and other points outside, returned last week and will be a teacher in the Juneau Catholic school during the coming term. She was a teacher in tho first school conducted in Dawson nineteen years ago.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
TRANSPLANTER
 OF WILD DEER
Senator Charles Hill, of Cordova, Making Success of Optim-
 istic Venture

senator" Charles II. Hn, the man who succeeded in getting the recent legislature to donate $4,OOO for trarsplantlng deer from South eastern Alaska to near Cordovo, is again on Gastineau Channel and while in this part of the country will cndcavor Co get another bunch of deer with which to augment the herd of eight secured last spring. In speaking Of the dccr-transplant- ing scheme of the Senator" late issue of Che Cordova Times says:
 Tho eight deer which the "Sona- tor" brought to Cordova are now thriving on Che islands and thc eX- pertinent has proven even more sue ccssful than the most sanguinc ad- vocatcs of the proposition had hoped for. Mir Hill will leave on the steamer Alaska on another scouting trip among the hills in tho vicinity of the territorial capital, and with Che funds available he hopes Co be able to secure am additional hun drcd deer for this section.
 Immense glaciers, stretching from thc tidcwater past st. Elias noun tain range are the reasons why the numerous deer of Southeastern AL aska have never reached the islands and mainland Of Prince William Sound. where conditions are equally favorable for their propagation and sustcnancc, according Co a theory advanced by Hnl He says there is less snowfall and more favorable conditions on Montague and Hinch- mbrook and other islands than are Co be found iu Southeastern Alaska. There has been a great deal of spec ulation why deer have not migrated farther westward and the theory ad- vanccd by Mir. Hn seems the most natural yet advanced.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10

Gcnccforth and 80 far as we are concerned. those desiring Co con tinue the discussion of the music as it pertains Co Che Island win first be required Co negotiate for the purchase of a newspaper We. with others. have enjoyed tho discussion but. in the language of Mrs Katz- cnjammcr. "Too much Is enough. % Editor Ncws)
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

Word reached here a few days ago of the accidental death at the Kcnnccott mine of Ole Anderson, formerly employed at Trcadwell in
 the engineering department, by con tact with a live wire. He left here carly last spring for the westward
 and had ben employed at Kennecott for some time. He was a steady young man and had many friends here His relatives are in Norway.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
TEDDY FILLS GAP

The two-hour gap, from ll:4O Ca 1:4O, which has existed since tho new ferry service was inauguratcd. has been filled by Che smaller boat Teddy, which leaves Juneau for Douglas, only, at 12 noon and re- turning, leaves the City float at 12:4O and the Ferry float at 12:l5, reaching Juneau at 1, very accept able time of the day for those wish ing to pay a visit Co Juneau.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
DOUGLAS ASTONISHED
 BY MERCHANTS STORY

A merchant relates the following: "For years could not sleep with out turning every hour. Whatever ! ate caused gas and sourness. Also had stomach catarrh ONE SPOON FUL buckthorn bark, glyccrinc. etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka relieved me INSTANTLY" " Because Adler-i-ka
 nushes the ENTIRE alimcntary tract it relieves ANY CASE consti- patton, sour stomach or gas and prevents appendicitis. lt has
 QUICKEST action of anything we ever. sold. Guy D. Smith, druggist.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
Congregational

(Rev. E. s. Bollingcr, pastor) 10 a. m., Sunday school.
 8 D. m, Worship, "Why Hamlet Prayed"
 Wednesday, D. m. Prayer hour and Bible study Resurrection Com forts"-John II.
 Thursday, 9 D. m., Business and work meeting Of Ladies' League.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10
DOUGLAS CHURCHES

Lutheran Immanuel lRcv. Martin L.. Larson, pastor) Sunday school at 10 a. m. Divine service ot s D. m. Tho English language will bC ised
 All are welcome.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10

change to meet it, if we retain it
 Undeniabiy. however. the present day dancing calls for music of the popular" type, snappy and catchy and played in a like manner. lt does not have Co be directly ou thc press. if it possesses these qualities. A good old dreamy waltz does not, of course. call for as much pep as the onc-stop, and it is well, for no one wants Co play football while dancing it. That it still remains is proof that it Is the best, a ease of thc survival Of the Attest. But tho others call for life and snap. not necessarily noise" and it is Co this end that the "lslandor" argued for
 thc drums. There is sharpness and clcar-cut tone Co the beats of the drums that cannot be cquallcd by the other instruments, and it is the life of tho music that furnishes
 Che lie Of the dance Say what you win. that cannot bc rc'utcd. Bette" a small orchestra with cohesion and rufc and a proper combination of in- .strumcnts. than larger one with out these lf circumstances prevent this combination. and it is impos- siblc Co obtain drummer no one is Co be blamed. Mir. Erickson spoke of this, but agrees, the writer believes, that drums are necessary Co the combination
 In the above paragraph is found . the basis of tho "Islander's" criti- cism. and the substance of the re- marks made at various times by others. As Co whether the attend ancc or the music at the Trcadwoll dances was the cause of the decline, one of the other, can never be de- termincd. The writer has stated his opinion. but if he bc wrong, it is .sum true that thc music was not able Co build them up or hold thcm Co what they once were. He believes that the musicians had it in their power Co build mp the dances. if they had furnished music of the proper kind.
 Because of their populations, we will conccdc the abilities of Che members of the orchcstras as udi- viduals. But In doing SO it makes matters worse, since their work iu combinations should have been bet ter than lt was. It was for that that . the "Islandcr" suggested procticing. and was promptly "sat upon"
 In conclusion, if mo other argu- 'mcnt is Co be advanced, thc query. '"why foreign music?" answers it- self Certainly no one would 80 to added expense to get an article from an outside store if he could
 do as we'll at Che store down Che street.
 The writer Is indeed glad that hc
 was not and is not Co be In thc po- Isition of thc music committees, as
 on Che Fourth, for with thc music
 of that evening ringing in his ears l he Is at loss Co see how he could
 bc patriotic and patronizc Home m.
 dustry at the same time, though in | justice Co those who were, for that particular occasion they did Che
 only thing that could have been
 done. K. l.. CARPENTER
 Ucuccforth and SO far as VIC arc
 concerned. those desiring Go con. Iunue the discussion Of Che music
 as it pertains Co Che Island win first
 be required Co negotiate for Inc
 purchase of newspaper. We, with
 others. have enjoyed tho discussion but. in the language of Mrs Katz. ! |,pg,uYupr "TOO murh is enough. "
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-10

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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-29

ROLL AS TAX no. iOI, WHICH
CONSISTS OF ~ ACRES IN
THE NE14 NN14 OF SEC. ga,
TWP. IA, RANGE 1 W. b. NJ,
BENEWAH COUNTY. IDAHO,
Defendants.
THE STATE OF IDAHO SENDS
GREETINGS TO Harry Lewiston,
Trustee, THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANT.
You are hereby notified that a
complaint has been filed against
you in the District Court of the
Eighth Judicial District of the
State of Idaho, in and for the
County of Benewah, by the above
named plaintin, copy of which
complaint is attached to the or
iginal summons and made a part
thereof.
This action is instituted to
foreclose certain delinquent tax
certificates, to-wit: No. 1898 in
the sum OF SLIT. for the year
I191i, No. 1873 in the sum of .i2,
I for the year 1915, No. 600 in the
sum of Si.OS, for the year 1916,
+ together with interest thereon
and attorney $ fees ON each GER
tihcate in the sum of $500, and
for plaintiffs costs. which said
property is described as follows
- acres in the NEA NWh OF
Sec. "a. Twp "A, Range 4 w. b. NJ
You are hereby directed tC
appear and answer the sal,
complaint within 20 days after
the service of this summons, i
served within said Judicial Dis
trict, and within 40 days if serve,
elsewhere.
You are further directed an,
notified that unless you SO appear
and answer said complaint within
the time herein specified, the
Iplaintim Will take judgmen
against you according to thu
prayer of said complaint.
WITNESS my hand and thu
seal of the District Court this
the eth day of April, A. d.
1917.
WARREN II. SHEPHERD,
Clerk of the District Court
Court SeaD
ALLEN A. HOLSCLAW,
Prosecuting Attorney,
attorney for Plaintn,
lResidence and p. O. Address,
st. Maries, Idaho.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-29

cares in the NV ANE5l Of
Sec. 81, Twp. "A, Range 4 L. b. NJ.
You are hereby directed to
appear and answer the said
complaint within 20 days after
the service of this summons, if
served within said Judicial Dis
trict, and within 40 days if served
elsewhere.
You are further directed and
notified that unless you so appear
and answer said complaint within
the time herein specified, the
plaintiff will take judgment
against you according to the
prayer of said complaint.
WITNESS my hand and the
seal of the District Court this,
the 18th day of April, a. d.,
1917.
WARREN II. SHEPHERD,
Clerk of the District Court.
Court SeaD
ALLEN A. HOLSCLAW,
Prosecuting Attorney,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Residence and p. o. Address,
st. Maries, Idaho.