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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
CHAMINADE CLUB.

The music class of 1917 has or
ganized a club the purpose. OF
which is to study the famous mu
sicians and their music. The first
program will be a study of Nc
Dowell and will be given October
9th. The motto is, B Sharp and
B Natural but Never B Flat, "
to be written in musical terms.
The Chaminade Club has selected
the following officers for the first
month:
President, Bryan Witt; Vice
President, lola Harrison; Secre-
tary, Mary Lou Prince; Treasurer,
Holland Beatty.
The following committees were
appointed:
Program-Misses Stella Brewer,
Mary Lou Prince, Kate Robinson.
Entertainment Mr.. Mccullough.
Misses Turner and Biddle.
Observation-Disclosures Ottie Nc
Clary, Lillian Copeland, Edna
Love, lola Harrison.
Reception - Misses Mary L.
Wilson, Stella Brewer, Lena Byrd.
SENIOR CLASS ELECTS.
The Senior Class met Wednes-
day and elected the following off
GERS: President, Dan Hicks; Vice
President, Miss Kate Robinson;
Secretary and Treasurer, Joe G.
Love; Manager Girls Athletics,
Miss Margie Clemmer; Manager
Boys Athletics, Richard Prince.
Prof. Brewer made a short but
very interesting address i'll which
he said that he felt as if every
member of the Class could be
without question, with the
proper handling of any question
pertaining to the school.
The Class contains more than
.wenty members this year, and
hey are planning to accomplish
great things.
GAME WITH MARYVILLE.
The football team will play
College on Maryville's
ield Saturday, A victory over
he Maryville forces is confidently
expected.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
FELL VICTIM TO NEW GAME
obIiging Passenger on Street Car Re-
GREETED Making Friends With Lit
tie Girl Across Aisle.

A new game has come to town. 1t
was tried last Sunday morning on a
passenger in an elevated train, says
the New York Times.
Shortly before the train left the
One Hundred and Fifty-ffth street
| station of the Ninth avenue elevated
woman leading little girl by the
hand rushed in, settled herself COM
fortably in a cross seat and whispered
something to the child.
Directly across from them two men
had found seats. The train had gone
but q short distance when the little
girl became friendly with the men
while the mother apparently was un-
conscious OF 1t.
Presently the mother looked up and
at the same time put her hand into
small bag she carried, pulled out bill
and gave it to the child. who in turn
handed 1t to one of the men, asking
him to please change It, which he
readily did.
At the next station mother and child
left the train.
AS he saw the two hurry through
the exit to the street, after waving the
little girl good-by, the companion of
che man who had changed the bill
said:
"Let me look at that note; 1t just |
struck me there may be something |
wrong about It,"
They examined Il. He was right. It |
was counterfeit.
swell, that's one on me. Never
again! The kid is well trained, but
that old Fagin will be nabbed yet.
They say there's one born every min
ute,, anG I'm It," remarked the victim.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
Prendergast.

Miss Ethel Cfumley has dis
missed her school at Sage Hill
and is spending few days with
homefolk.
| A Sunday school convention
was held at Wetmore September
Is. Rev. Miles of jacksonville,
Mrs. Moody of Athens, Rev.
Lillard and Nj. and Mrs. John
Williams made interesting talks.
Miss Lucy Clemmer spent tee
weekend with her sister, Miss
Sudie Clemmer, who is teacher
in Ocoee consolidated school,
Born, to DR.. ond Mrs. w, R.
Fronebarger, boy.
Frank Harrison visited home
folk Sunday.
Walter Guardin. operator at
Delano, was drafted, and left
Saturday to visit his mother. Mr..
StudstiIl is taking his place.
The pie supper given for the
Prendergast school Thursday ev-
ening was success, there being
81 pies and prize cake.
Henry Bowmans grandson,
Lonny, of Knoxville, has come to
attend the remainder Of school
here.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
AuStrdl.

Earl Johnson and his brother
have resigned their positions here
and returned home.
Mrs. B. c. Sullivan and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Will Scroggins
we're recent guests at the home OF
Charlie Emerson at Liberty.
Joseph Sullivan has purchased
a fox hound, and several men
went fox hunting Saturday and
had a fine race.
John Scroggins has sold his
team to Dayton Brown.
Charlie Brown was visiting here
last week.
Saturday was pay day.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
CORN CROPS OF THE WORLD
Most Of Countries Of Europe Are I'm.
pcrters-United States and Araen-
tina Greatest Producers.

Among the entente allies italy Is the
only country which produces corn on
a large scale. Her crop usually ex
ceeds 1OOOO0.0O0 bushels. Some Of
this Is used up In food products, but
not under such homely forms as the
hominy and corn pone of the United
States. Austria-Hungary, notwith-
standing her own production, IS al i'm
porter Of Torn, as is Germany. France
raises ccall crop Of her own; 1t rare
ly exec 100000 bushels. AMI or
dlnarily' ne imports about the same
quantity v The United Kingdom, which
is not corn growing country, does not
import large quantities in proportion
to the population. The imports range
from. 100000 to ta0OO0,OOO bushels.
Next to the United States the Argen-
tine republic is the CHIEF corn-produc-
Her crop sometimes exceeds 100000
600 bushels. The domestic consump-
tion is not great. The native popula-
ton uses corn as food, but a large
proportion of the people of Argentina
are from the Mediterranean countries,
and are not accustomed TO this diet,
even when they are themselves the
producers.
In 1914, when Argentina produced
approximately 263,OO0,OO0 bushels, she
exported about 140.0O0OO0 bushels. |
Tho balance was used for stock feed
Ing. This year it is understood that |
crop conditions Will make available |
a considerable quantity of corn for ex-
mort to Europe, If the allies want 1t. Ar
Gentina exports corn to the United |
States, Notwithstanding our own abun-
dant crop, but this is because Of GER
tain qualities which make the Argen-
line corn useful for glucose and SINH
ar products.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
SerViIIa.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Burchheld
were called to Sagetown recently
to attend the funeral of their SON
in-law.
NJ. H. Chastain will soon leave
for military training camp in
South Carolina We think he will
make a good soldier.
Sheriff Lillard was in this sec
ton Saturday.
Lake Dunn passed through here
Saturday with a load of hogs and
herd of cattle.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
Mount Hermon.

The revival that has been in
progress here has been very sue
cessful.
Rev. and Mrs. J. +. Fogleman,
their daughter and son, Amos,
and Miss Lucie Kimsey visited
Chestuee. Sunday
Rev b. II. Patterson OF Cleve-
land is visiting in this section and
assisting in the revival.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
Movies Use Much Silver.

It is shown that the clnematograph
industry uses large amount OF silver.
There are about 10000 picture-houses
In the United States, using approx
mately 120,000,000 feet of film regular
ly. The average life of film is three
weeks. It Is estimated that 100000
ounces of silver per year are used for
SensltlzIng purposes.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
J. f. COOK, Proprietor
Charleston Route I.

Pryor Schumacher of Dewey,
Illinois, is visiting his uncle, John
Schumacher.
Rev. and Mrs. Jewel, Mr. and
Mrs, t, T. Rogers and Glynn
Harris, all of Etowah. were re-
cent visitors at the home of J. G.
Norton.
Miss Laura Thompson of near
Englewood is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. John Schumacher
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
Fate Woody, of
Route I, Dies

Fate Woody. son of ]. ].
Woody and wife, died at his home
Friday night after suffering for
some time with typhoid fever.
lnterment was made at the Ben
ton Baptist cemetery Sunday.
We extend our sympathy to the
bereaved wife and other loved
ones.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20

DR.. A. S. La Rue will be in
Benton every Tuesday and We'd
nesday prepared to do all kinds of
Dental Work. Will be located at
the Prince Hotel. adv
For rent-Nice 4-room house,
just finished. j. 4. Cook. adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20

An infant son of Hayes Coe
was buried at the Benton Gem
etcry Monday afternoon.
John K. Rodgers of Cleveland
was in Benton first of the week.
He was accompanied by his son.
James Rodgers.
Sherman Reese, r. l.. Kirkpat-
rick, DR.. L. Z. Kimsey and Capt.
Robinson, all of Ducktown, were
in Benton Wednesday en- route
to Atlanta and elsewhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry K. Brown
- of near Athens are visiting in this
e--ws'--
Mrs. William Newton Rogers,
of Texas, is visiting in the homes
of ]. B. Norman and P. Z. Hut
chins.
Ronald and Wayne Pack, of
Prendergast, have entered school
here.
Mrs. NJ. f. Orr of Chattanooga
is visiting at the home of J. d,
Ciemmer.
Mrs. Charles Long and son,
James, of Athens. were guests of
friends here recently. !
The B. Y. p. u. will meet at
the Baptist church Sunday at four
o'clock.
Don't forget the Polk County
Fair October II and Is. Every
farmer and stock man should
bring an exhibit.
On account of being a day late
with the paper this week. we are
able to state that a program was
rendered in the auditorium of the
new grammar school building
Thursday evening in honor of the
Polk county men who were draft
ed aDd who leave today friday |
training camp. Mayor John
). Shamblin was master of GER
emonies. Several interesting
speeches were made and some ex-
cellent music was rendered by the ,
high school chorus class. Some
special music added interest to
the program.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
To Keep Pipes of Furnace Clean.

In order to recover small articles
dropped through the floor register
grating of a hot-air heating system
without the necessity of removing a
section of the pipe, mesh gratings may
be fitted into place. No. 8 gauge wire
mesh may be used In pieces just large
enough to At into the metal box be-
low the register.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
ROUTE 1LOCALS.

The Polk County Singing Con-
vention will meet in semi-annual
session at Antioch on the first
Sunday in October. 1t will be
an all-day session, and several
classes will be present and sing.
Everybody is invited.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
Her Theories.

"Our dressmaker seems to carry out
her business principles in her garden
ing"
"How SCI"
II see her mushroom buttons are
mostly In the waste places"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-09-20
GAME WITH MARYVILLE.

The football team will play
Maryville College on Maryville's
field Saturday. A victory over
the Maryville forces is confidently
expected.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
MUCH MINING ACTIVITY IN
 ALL PARTS OF ALASKA

From all present indications there will be more people prospecting in Alaska this year than ever before in the territory's history. From every point hereabouts men are going into the hills and up the rivers to spend the summer. Late reports from Fair banks contain the news of the find ing of pay on the Goodpaster. The Marshall diggings are being widened out, a new pay creek on the upper Kuskokwim, close to Candle creek where Aitkin and McKinnon have some of the richest placer in Alaska From the lower Kuskokwim comes re ports of new strikes. A lot of men are digging around the Nenana and the many rivers in that vicinity. There is a new placer strike on the Kaltae river. Jim Fullerton reported tha they were getting good prospects or Horsefly creek, close to the town O Dikeman. Then there is the Tolstoi and the creeks to the north and soutl of it, from Long to Takotna.
 In this division there are the ricl copper deposits and placer digging | of the Copper river valley, and tn l prospecting on Susitna river, in tn Cache creek section and the Broa
 Pass country.
 The trader, the whaler, the trappe and the explorer by their combine | efforts were never able to put flask
 firmly on the map, and it was not LII til the event of the prospector tha this great territory was clearly mad
 known to the world, and their wor
 has only just commenced.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
MAY ASK FOR
 BEHIND OF TAXES PAID.

That suit will be brought against the territory of Alaska by the Alaska canneries for the taxes paid recently to the territory can be stated on the authority of the Pacific Fisherman, a publication which is apparently in spired. The Fisherman for March says that the case is still pending Def ire the United States supreme court and that J. H. Cobb, when chief nsel, stipulated with the cannerymen, with the sanction of the governor, that pending a final decision payment would not be enforced. The publ.ca' tion goes on to state that Attorney General Grigsby notified the canner ies that if the taxes were not paid he would proceed against them to col feet the taxes with the accrued inter est and penalties attached. This, The Pacific Fisherman says, caused the canneries to pay but under protest.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
French Pressure Irresistible Along Whole Front
CAPT KLEIN IN NAVAL. COAST
 DEFENSE

Captain Herman c. w. Klein, pilot 1 of the steamship Northwestern, of the Alaska Steamship Company, and for | several years first officer of the huge liner Minnesota, of the Great North ern Steamship Company, who was born and educated in Germany, yester. day was appointed a lieutenant in the United States naval coast defense re- serve, the first Seattle navigator of merchant craft to be so honOred by the United States navy department.
 Captain Klein was a chief gunners mate with Admiral Dewey in the bat tie of Manila and served with the Pa cifie fleet throughout the Spanish American war. He is one of the most skillful nayigatOrs in the employ of the Alaska Steamship Company, and is not only familiar with Alaska wat CTS, but has had wide experience on the overseas routes, particularly to China, Japan and the Philippines.
 Although I was born in Germany am anxious to defend the American flag, and will give the country of my adoption the best service can per form" said Captain Klein recently. "I have received my commission as lieutenant, junior grade, naval coast reserve force, which means that if I do any fighting it will be in the na- tion's first line of defense" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
IN IN NE|GHBOR|NG
 TOWNS

William Kleinberg, a former resi- dent of Fairbanks, was recently arrest ed in New York in connection with a plot against the United States gov ernment. and was held under bail of $20,000 for a hearing.
 The officers working on the theft of the gold bricks from the Chichagoff mine, express confidence that they have unearthed information which will lead to the finding of the gold in the near future. It is thought the pre- cious metal was taken no great dis tance from the mine.
 Tom Lloyd, with crew of men from the Alaska road commission, have completed "a new trail 37 miles long from the Kantishna to point about 30 miles above Nenana, on the line of the government railroad. which brings the Kantishna within three days travel of Fairbanks.
 Weather conditions permitting, the work of laying track along the grade south of Nenana will start this month. Ties are being distributed along the grade and other preparations being made to commence actual construc- tion immediately.
 Richard Baryhel, Tolovana oper I ator. is authority for the statement that the mining men of the Toloyana district conservatiyely estimate the output of this district will be between one million and one and one-half mil lion dollars during the coming season It is expected that the first spring washup will yield about half a million dollars.
 It is reported that the Alaska Mines
 Corporation will install a mammoth
 electric power plant on Seward pen
 insula, waterfall in the Sawtootl !, mountains being utilized for the pur
 pose, which will provide electric pow
 CT for mining all over the district Tht IcOtnDdnN VIII aiSo ihSidl Sldli dredge at a cost of about a million l dollars.
 : George D. Schofield. the Republican | candidate for attorney general in tn } last election, is reported to have sue X cessfully negotiated mining dea , whereby several molybdenite claims located near Clifton, on the Whit g Pass railroad have been transferre F to outside parties. It is the intentio
 of the new owners to work the pro
 perty during the coming summer. s Glen Darlington, of Anchorage, ha r arranged with the publishers ( e Spaulding's Baseball Guide to publis l. the records of the individual player
 and the team record of the Cook Inlt
 Baseball league in that publication @ A group picture of the winning teal
 will also be printed in the book.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
MAKES PROTEST AGAINST R. h.
 COMMISSION

Demanding congressional investi- gation into the methods employed by the purchasers of the Alaska engineer ing commission, a telegram signed by H. B. Van Duzer, J. F, Hamilton and c. E. Dant was sent to Senator Geo. E. Chamberlain and Congressman c. N. McArthur, says Portland dis patch.
 In bids opened at Seattle March 10 for furnishing the commission with 12,00O, ,OO0 feet of lumber for shipment to Anchorage, Alaska, Dant X Russell, of Portland, submitted the lowest of fer. Instead of being awarded the contract promptly the commission lost valuable time juggling over the bids and finally decided to cancel all pro posals.
 On the ground that the available funds were becoming depleted the commission announced that other bids would be opened for furnishing the government with only a trifle more than 4.500,000 feet of lumber Feeling that it would be a waste of time and effort. no local firm put in a bid for | the business.
 Because of the apparent discrimina- tion shown by the commission in ia | for of Seattle and Puget Sound, indig- nation broke out among the lumber men of Oregon, A meeting was held | in Portland last Friday, and following a discussion of the matter, Messrs. Van Duzer, Hamilton and Dant were named as a committee to inquire into the matter thoroughly, and to take what action they deemed proper. The message the committee sent to Wash ington Is as follows:
 At a meeting of 75 lumber manu- lecturers held in Portland last Friday the undersigned were appointed a committee to make further representa- tions in the matter of the purchases of lumber for the Alaska commission. Those present represented the entire state and were in one accord that a rank injustice has been done Portland and Oregon in the refusal of the bid recently made by Dant & Russell. The meeting unanimously went on record in authorizing the committee to ask all representatives at Washington tC demand a congressional investigation of the lumber purchases of the Alaskf
 commission, feeling that this is th' only way that justice can be secured : by the Columbia and Willamette rive
 shippers"
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
eEEKInG RELIEF ROM |TS
 MISTAKES

Anchorage is probably the most po- pulous city in Alaska. The buildings which have been built since the town site was established are probably worth a half million dollars. The real estate is probably worth three times that much.
 And yet, thanks to the law of con gress, which was passed at the behest of the railroad commission, the com mission believes that nobody has the power to lay tax which can be used for school purposes. So the commis- sion, which is responsible for the ex- isting sociological conditions, wants the territory of Alaska to support the Anchorage schools at it's sole expense. When the government laid out the l townsites on the line of the new gov ernment road, it was anxious that the commission should have all the police power in the premises. So it arranged | to let the highest bidders in on the town lots, under lease which withheld | title for five years. The law passed
 by congress on the recommendation of the commission make assessments on the lot holders for fire protection,
 police protection and street improve ments, but not for schools.
 Two years ago the railroad com mission petitioned the governor for a
 school The maximum amount allowed
 by the Nelson law for a school build
 ing was S1,000. The sum being in
 adequate to erect any building which
 would be of sufficient size, the com
 mission furnished S4,000 for the pur
 pose, under the clause in the lew
 which permits the president to do any
 thing in relation to the railroad whicf
 he may think proper. The Nelson
 fund paid for the teachers. The fol
 lowing year a new building was need ed and unable to get money from the Nelson fund, the commission built a it's expense a $35, 1000 school house ant ? paid the teachers. It being impos , sible for the Nelson fund to pay fo the corps of teachers which had be
 come necessary, the commission pai' 3 for the teachers.
 , The commission thinks now tha 9 the territorial legislature should reim v purse the commission, and appropriat l. S20,000 for the school this year. l similar situation exists at Nenana
 and the commission expects simila
 provisions for that town.
 @ It is probable that the legislatur V will feel that since the existing COT e dition is due to the mistake of tn commission and congress, to them bt t longs the dilemma.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
FOOD MARKETING SUBJECT
 OF CAMPUS CONFERENCE.

SEATTLE, April 20 - A convention of foodstuff dealers and economists will be held on the university campus the middle of May to discuss the mar keting and distribution of food ITO ducts. Dr. Edwin A. Start, director of the extension division of the uni versity, will have charge of the con ference.
 The session will extend over a pc riod of several days and will consider from all possible angles the problems involved in selling and marketing.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
NE NC ITEMS OF PURELY LOCAL
 INTEREST

The Empress Theare is undergoing a complete renovating for the spring business. An attractive box stand has been built for the new S1,000 Knabe piano, and is great improvement for tone and appearance. A new Powers moving picture machine is expected on the next boat, and under the cap able management of A. H. Pinkus, the patrons can look forward to spending enjoyable evenings. Miss -Langdon, the accomplished pianiste, is enter taining the patrons with appropriate selections.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
FORMER GOVERNOR TERRITORY
 SUSTAINS SEVERE ACCIDENT

Former Governor John G. Brady fell from a boat cradle on the beach at Sitka, hitting the rocks below, break ing his left arm and seriously injur- ing his back and head. From the ex- animation of the aged mans injuries at the time it was not known whether he sustained internal injuries or not.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20
WASHINGTON. /

WASHINGTON, April 20.-The senate has de. cided by vote of 43 to 33 against the motion to strike the entire press censorship clause from the pionage bill, and also rejected the substitute de- signed to modify the provisions.
 Treasury certificates for the indebtedness that authorized up to $2,0OO0OO0OO in the $7OO0000,. GOO war finance measure are now before congress. They will be issued, says Secretary McAdoo, as may be necessary As bill becomes law, the bonds will be authorized by the bill, but will probably not be offered to the public before sixty days.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20

James Dixon, an employees of the Alaska Juneau mine, who accidentally fell into the dump pit about three weeks ago, striking on his head and who has been receiving treatment at the St Ann hospital at Juneau, died from the effects of the wound few days ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-20

LONDON, April 20. = It is officially reported that the British and French troops at Mesopotamia have forced passage at Shattel Adhem, and at tackled the Turkish positions completely routing the enemy. Twelve hundred Turks have already been captured The British advanced in southern Pales- tine, north of Wadi Ghuzze, and captured Turkish advanced positions along front of six and a half miles.