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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
UNPRECEDENTED
 DEVELOP PMENT OF
 ALASKA IN 19 1 s
BY J. L. MCPHERSON. Manager Alaska Bureau, Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

| Chamber Of Commerce,
 The year 1916 sets another record
 for Alaska, one of progress and de-
 vcloDment unprecedented in the de-
 vclopment of any of our territories.
 The year 1915 was rightly termed
 che banner year for Alaska, but the
 year just ended will show an in- ] crease in commerce approximately Ione-third greater than that of 1915, ! a total commerce of about $1OO,- i OOO,OOO. But greater than the fig lures of commerce or what such ! increase signifies, has been the class 1 of development throughout Alaska during the past year; 1916 was the year of Alaska homebuilding, of the development of permanent indus
 tries that will tend to build up com munities and support a strong, viru- lent people.
 Prominent in advancement among Alaskan industries during the past
 year has been the remarkable in-
 crease in copper production from a
 value of $15,139,129 in 1915 to ap-
 proximatcIy $33,OOO,OOO in 1916.
 This advance is but the beginning, as AIas5a's copper resources have only been touched and are probably uneQuaIcd by any country in the world.
 In the gold quartz industry there has been most satisfactory pro- gross, which will result in a great CT production of gold lode ores than in any previous year.
 Large Increase in Fish Pack.
 The wonderfully rich fisheries of ! Alaska have, during the last year, | lent their part toward the general l progress of Alaska. The pack of l salmon will exceed the record pack | of 1915 by approximately 1000 ! cases, or a total or about 4,9OO, ,OOO | cases, figures that arc hard for the | mind to grasp, for if each of these cans of salmon were placed end to end, they would stretch a distance in excess of 17,7O7 miles, or over two-thirds of the circumference of the earth at the equator. Not only in the salmon, but in the halibut, herring, cod and other fisheries there has been an increase in production. The homebuilder has gone to Alas ka during the past year in increas- ing numbers. Over 1,4OO home steads have now been located and many small farming communities started
 The completion of the govern nent railroad to the Matanuska coal field from tidewater on Cook inlet is mother event that will mark the year 1916. The general success is f he settlement of the country and development of industries along the ', inc of the government railroad now 7 assures the success of this 'reat undertaking.
 Al of the towns of Alaska have Q harCd in the general prosperity. The pessimism of former years has e iven way to an optimism that |, caches through all sections of the 'orthland.
 Ketchikan has started the build lg of a large marine ways that tc ill accommodate the largest fish il lg boats. yv
 Petersburg has built up a fishing q ldustry that has made of that lace one of the thriving little ,wns of tho North. fe Wrangell with her rich fishing C.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Picked a Winner

Ethel-How did you win papa's consent?
 Jack-I played poker with him. He said he preferred to keep the money in the family tBoston Transcript
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
BITS OF BY-PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright for Cincinnati En-
 Quirer.
Mercy!

L. l.. Matches, of Zanesville, Ohio, got all lit up last Friday, and, with the aid of his stick, a copper took him to the box. He looked kind of scratched and burned out next morn ing, so the Judge told him to light out.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Snre Sim.

I will not shake him by the hand,
 I speak of Billy Bull; His conversations empty, and l know that he is full.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Our Daily Special.

It Is The Other Fellows Lot That Makes Us Discontendcd With Our Own.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Names Is Names.

Noah Burd lives at Parkerburg, West Virginia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

Some or the bellgerents may not like the peace note but we have yet to hear from any neutral that objects.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

The rest of the world is mighty thankful to the man who keeps his advice to himself.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

William Jennings Bryan is said to be a skillful billiard player but it is presumed he is unsoud other indoor sports his hopeful ature would impel him to draw to three-card fushes and to middle straits.-( Seattle Post.Intelligencer.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

Give us your next order for trans fer work or coal. Juneau Transfer Phone 4s.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

Headquarters TOT LadySmith Coal. Juneau Transfer companY. Phone 4s
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Ho0raYl

If the boys will line up at the bar they will see Otto Krusc, oG Middletown, Ohio, taking 8 schoon-
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Notice.

Miss '. Grandsingcr, of Blue Ridge. Mo, has consented to rcnd- CT few selections at our next con- pprf
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Wuf!

There was an old darkey, his name
 was Steve, lie went out to get chickens ono
 dark eve; He got in the coop, and was about
 to leave, when the bulldog said: "I got va,
 Stcve!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06
Giddanl

There is a grocer at Montpelier, Ohio, who is making a bare living. His name is Dave Nakid.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

Up to date Mrs. Pankhurst has not been in tears Sentinel)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

It's all right to be wide awake but even the victim of insomnia ma! be caught mapping.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

It is unjust to speak of The Cooners 1920 plans he hasn't quite that many Columbia s. c, Stated
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Yes, But Wbaddv "a Mean?

All electric lights will De put un- derground to eliminate their un- slightly appearance. - (Gallipolis JourualD
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-06

It doesn't take phrenologist to realize that a man may be level headed and still get his bumps.
 Every man to his trade. Mighty few of us are able to improve our time by tinker at our watches.
 You never can tell. Many a man dictates to his stenographer who would be afraid to try it OH his wife.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
FALLING HAIR means
DANDRUFF is ACTIVE
Save Your Hairl Get a Is Cent Bottle
OF Danderine Right Now-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair Is mute evidence Of a neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
Of its luster, its strength and it's very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching OF the scalp, which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get a % cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, luster and luxuriance
which is so beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after just a
few weeks use, when you will actual
ly see a lot of fine, downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. ADV.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Veteran Edisor Quits.

Sioux Falls.-The retirement from
active newspaper work OF Harry God
dard, as announced by him, will re-
move from the field of active newspa
per men of Sotth Dakota enc CT the
best known members Of the craft. For
many years he was city editor OF the
Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times, going
from Deadwood to Edgemont, where
for fifteen or eighteen years he has
been editor and publisher of the Edge
mont Express, a weekly newspaper.
He now has leased the paper to a Mr..
Walters, who will conduct it in future,
while the retiring editor takes a well
earned rest. MIR. Goddard was born in
England and came to the United
States when a mere boy. He was one
of the pioneer settlers of the Black
Hills, going into that region during
the early gold excitement, and years
before railroads were built to the
Black Hills was a pony express rider
between the Black Hills and the near
est railroad point in western Nebras-
ka. AS a pony express rider through
a country infested with warlike IN
dians and white road agents he had a
number Of thrilling adventures and
narrow escapes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Burned SAVING Children.

Utica.-Fire, caused by the explo-
sion Of a hard coal heater which was
burning soft coal, completely Quilted
the home of Jens Jacobsen of this town.
Mr.. Jacobsen received very painful
burns on the face and hands when he
fought his way through the flames to
the % adjoining that ablaze to save
his three little children. Firemen
checked the blaze. which had a good
start by the time they arrived on the
scene. Due to the shortage of hard
coal in town, it has been necessary for
residents to use soft coal in their heat
ers. Since the recent SHOWS the coal
had been thoroughly moistened, which
caused much gas and steam to form.
When the explosion took place Mr..
Jacobsen was sitting in front of the
stove. A purse Of several hundred dol
lars was raised by citizens for the in
jured man.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Bills Passed by House.

II. B. 101, providing for admission OF
wives and widows of old soldiers 10
the soldiers home.
H. b. 1876. providing for county dip
ping watts.
s. B. 55, appropriating SO, 900 for 4
memorial monument to soldiers and
sailors Of the Civil War.
Eugenics bill, requiring physical ex-
animation of applicants for marriage
licenses.
III. b. ZIG, requiring insurance CON-
panies operating in this state to Gre
ate reserves to cover losses.
H. b. 254, regulating drainage ditch
es along public highways.
H. B. LAP. appropriating $751; 600 for
boiler house at state training school.
II. B. 234, appropriating $50 to Carl
Anderson for a horse killed by the
state on account of CHAMBERS.
H. B. 81, appropriating $500 for
the state pavilion and show at Mitch
ell.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK "CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
YOU sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, b~iliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, ~fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Euoenjcs Bill Passed.

By a vote Of 70 to q the House
passed the ~eugenics bill drawn by the
Aberdeen Social Science club, which
requires a physical examination of all
applicants for marriage license an!
forbids the issuance of a license up
less health certificates for both of the
proposed contracting parties are pre-.
sented to the clerk of courts. Two
years ago the same bill was made a
joke in the House and voted down
with only a handful of Affirmative
votes. This session it received only
serious support in the discussion OH
the floor and not a single dissenting
argument was made against 1t. The
general support was that the state had
for years been passing laws for the
breeding up Of live stock, and it was
about time to begin some action look
ing to the betterment of the popula-
tion of the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Bills Passed by Senate,

s. b. 557, regulating procedure and
conditions of abatement of taxes
II. b. SO, permitting town boards
to grant electric light franchises.
II. B. las, fixing fees of town treas
urers.
II. B. 55, regulating tuition OF
eighth grade pupils.
III. b. 124, ~exempting peace officers
from law prohibiting carrying of con
cealed weapons.
S. B. so, permitting local option
On a half mill tax for support of vol
unteer fire departments.
S. B. 1927 empowering the tax com.
mission to require or make for them
selves reports OF lists OF newly taxa
BILE property.
S. B.. 80, prohibiting sexual exam.
nations in certain cases.
S. B. 141, raising salary Of state
game warden from $500 to $4,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
DICK WOODS DEAD.
WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT TIE
WEST IN INSURANCE AND
LODGE CIRCLES.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That 10 Of Interes. to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota anG Vicinity.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Sioux Falls.-Col. r. j. C"Dick')
Woods, insurance mar and fraternal
lodge figure of national acquaintance,
lied at his home here of heart failure.
Mr.. Woods career was an unusually
sventful one. He was born at Belfast,
ireland, January II, 1864, and when a
mere boy came to the United States.
Upon being sem to South Dakota in
1880 with other orphan children ne
worked on what was known as the
Meade farm in Lincoln county for a
period of two years. Then he came
to Sioux Falls TO seek his fortune. Not
afraid of any honest work, he com
menced as a hodcarrier and worked
up until he was engaged as porter at
the Cataract'hotel. After serving as a
guard at the Sioux Falls penitentiary,
| % years ago. he began his career as
a life insurance man, of which bust
ness he made a brilliant success.
For eight years he was president OF
the state league of Republican clubs;
twice president of the state Elks' as,
ISOLATION, and twice president of the
State Firemen's association. He also
had been prominent in National Re
publican league circles. 1t had been
said of him that he had taken more
than his share of limitations in the
many social and ~fraternal organiza
lions represented in his state; had
been president or vice president, sec
rotary or treasurer, or director. in
more leagues and associations and so
cieties and clubs, fraternal or bust
ness or social or political or patriotic
than any other man in South Dakota
He never failed to put his shoulder
to the wheel in any enterprise for the
benefit of the city, county and state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
RICHARDS BILL HIT
RETURNED TO THE SENATE
WITHOUT COMMITTEE IN
DoRSEMENT.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
A Review Of the Work Of the State
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various State
Institutions.

fltITe.-
When r. o. Richards had his pri-
mary bill copyrighted he paved the
way for adverse action on the part
of the Senate elections committee. The
bill was introduced and sent to that
committee for consideration and 1t
has been returned to the Senate with
the Endorsement that they had no right
to take up the bill on the danger of
infringement of the copyright, and
that the Senate refuse to consider 1t
until the author in writing withdraws
his copyright. The house committee
has not yet taken any action upon the
bill other than to receive it, but the
chief of the engrossing force Oh that
body says he will not take any chances
on violating the law by copying the
bill until the restriction is removed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
A Fugitive Finally Caught.

Wagner.-Sheriff Lynch of Charles
Mix county has returned from Tulsa,
Okla, having in custody Joseph For.
man, who is wanted in Charles Mix
county on two charges, n of extor.
ton and the other Of ENLIGHTENMENT.
After committing the alleged crimes
he fed from South Dakota and finally
was traced to the Oklahoma city,
where he vas arrested. He has been
held for trial at the next term of cir
cult court. and, in default Of bonds
was lodged in Jail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Retail Hardware Dealers Convention,

Sioux Falls.-The twelfth annual
convention Of the South Dakota Retail
Hardware association TO be held at
Sioux Falls, February 81, rs, March
1, 2, 1917, promises to be one of vital
interest to all the hardware dealers of
South Dakota. Mr.. Nj. l.. Corey of Ar
COS, Indiana, secretary of the National
Retail Hardware association, will at
tend this convention. Mr.. Corey
helped organize the South Dakota as
ISOLATION twelve years ago and this
is his first return visit. Mr.. A. E.
Chamberlain, representative Of the
Agricultural Publishers association,
viii take up the problem of better
hardware service to the farmer. All
the available floor space at the exhibit
ton hall at Sioux Falls has already
been contracted for, which assures to
the merchants attending the most
complete display of hardware items
ever shown at the South Dakota Hard
ware associations convention.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Mani Iodue TempIe

Spencer.-Members of the local Odd
Fellows and Masonic lodges are ar
ranging for the erection Of a lodge
temple, which will be occupied by the
two lodges. 1t is expected the work of
construction can m in the
spring. The building will be of brick,
one story and basement. The base
ment will be fitted up for dining room,
library and club rooms, and the first
floor will be used for the meetings of
the two lodges.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Educators Opinion.

I believe that organized emotion can
rever take the place of brains; that
lale's first duty In preparing American
citizens, whether for peace or war, is
to adhere to rigid standards of dfsci-
pline and scholarship and well-devel-
oped sense of proportionate values.
If our students have these things as
a basis, the more they prepare them
selves for the possible requirement of
military service the better. Without
them the spirit of preparedness may
lecOme a dangers with them 1t is a
safeguard and a blesslng.-President
Hadley of Yale University.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Husbands Disposed of.

car headed for the port of Terre
Haute. The seats ire rather marrow,
and OF course there had to be apollo
giles based on sitting snugly.
Marrow Seats" he said.
"T1l say they are" she said.
That started them toward more In
innate conversation. And before the
car reached Coatesville she had con-
fessed that she was n widow-twice.
Had two husbands?" he queried.
yep, two Of EN-" she confessed.
"Sodded n Of 'em, and the court took
the other one."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
SpaciaI Election Called.

Fairfax.-In accordance with a peti.
ton filed by a large majority of the
taxpayers, the city council has called
a special election, to be held February
%, at which the proposition of issuing
bonds of $4,000 for the construction
OF an up-to-date municipal waterworks
system will be submitted. The town
needs such an improvement very bad
ly, the present system having become
inadequate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Dakota Guard 70 R.ouI,r.

The captain Of the Fourth South
Dakota infantry. at San Benito, Tex,
has just been notified by the war de-
partment that he has passed the regu-
lar army examination and win be COM
missioned as a lieutenant in the Unit
ed States army. Capt. Evers was born
at Big sftone. s. d., in 1892: graduated
frcfn the high school OF that place in
1912. He graduated from the South
rakota State college In 1916 with the
degree of bachelor or science and has
held the rank OF major in the cadet
corps OF that institution.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Demand for Farms Great

Pierre.-The demand for farms with
improvements upon them, which can
be rented, are said to be at a pre-,
MUM in many sections of the state.
the demand for such farms being in
excess of the supply. The renters are
in many cases men who would prefer
renting than ownership, and this class
appears to be growing in this state
every year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Bar on Gambling.

Colome-State's Attorney Knodell
and Sheriff Dwyer have placed a ban
on punch boards. dice shaking and
other forms OF alleged gambling gam
bling throughout Trip county. All
business men who have had these de-
vices in their places of business have
been ordered TO remove them, and
those who fail to do so will be ar
rested.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Secretary Approves Patents

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Lane
has approved for patenting to the
state of South Dakota 10 500 acres in
the forest and game reserve. This is
onc-fifth of the acreage involved in
the dispute that Lane recently deter.
mined by holding that ne had the
right to approve 1t for p~atenting. APP.
prevail of the rest of the land will fol.
low shortly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Lost Lives in Storm.

Pierre.-Press reports tell Of two
deaths in the western part Of the state
In the recent billiards.. That Of Will
lam Lobb, near Hayes, and Of Miss
Florence Heinbaugh, near Belle
Fourche. who was out in a sleigh with
Walt Wilson when they were lost on
the prairie. The young lady was
found frozen to death and Wilson un-
conscious in the sleigh by a searching
party.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
A DELICIOUS DINNER

Break q quarter package Of Skin.
ner's Macaroni into boiling water, boil
ten or twelve minutes, drain and
blanch. Take equal parts Of cold
chicken, boiled Macaroni and tomato
sauce; put in layers in a shallow
dish and cover with buttered crumbs.
Bake until brown. Just try this once.
SINNERS Macaroni can be secured ut
any good grocery store.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
The Eternal TRIANGLE.

Mother, / Just hate that little
Smith girl, and 1 am not going to play
with her any more"
"Why, Mary, Gear, what has that
little girl done to your
"Well. she hasn't done anything TO
me, but she gives Bobby half of her
apple every recess time before | get a
chance to give him half of mine."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Shriners at Pierre.

Pierre.-Five sleepers carrying
Shriners from the eastern part of the
state came in to assist in guiding 40
applicants across the burning sands.
The parade was started at the state
capitol, Gov. Norbeck and former
Gov. Byrne being among the marchers.
The initiatory ceremonies were held
in the city auditorium. A banquet and
ball followed the initiation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Students Have Jobs.

twenty-five young men attending
the Northern Normal and Industrial
School are working at regular jobs
which give them board, board and
room, or an amount in excess of board
and room. Their total average week.
ly earnings, 1t is estimated, r owe
SIS. other young men work at add
jobs TO help pay their expenses
through school. One man tends fur
naces, another works as stenographer
and clerk. and thus earns enough to
pay all expenses, two clerk in stores,
another works in a shoe store, and
there are two young men who take
care OF a flock OF chickens.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Lease is Extended.

Washington.-The bill presented by
Congressman Candy and Senator Ster-
ling of South Dakota extending TO ten
years the lease held by the late Scot
ty' Philip for pasture purposes for his
buffalo herd lear Fort Pierre, passed
the Senate today. The bill becomes
effective when signed by the president.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-15
Want Flour Mill.

Winner.-Prospects are bright for
this place securing a Touring mill.
Two Sturgis capitalists have recently
been here investigating the PROPOSE
ton, and it is announced that the com
mercial club has granted them a site
and that the work of freezing the mill
will commence in the spring. This
will be ore Of the few Touring mills
in the Rosebud country.