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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-14
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 Pastors are asked to please see the changes for their Sunday ser vices are into the office of The Empire not later than il o'clock each Saturday, otherwise publication will not be assured.
 DOUGLAS PRESBYTERIAN
 NATIVE MISSION
 (David Waggoner, Pastor) 1:30-Bible Service.
 FOO Thursday Midweek Prayer meeting All welcome to these services. I l. < 7. *
 LUTHERAN IM. CHURCH.
 Rev. Martin Larson, Pastor. First Sunday after Easter Sunday school at 10 a. m. Divine service at p. m All are cordially invited
 + + + < ST. sABPA's SERBIAN CHURCH (Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, Rector) EdolCl
 a. m.-Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. y DOUGLAS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Christian Science services at II a. m. at Lyric Theatre. Subject: Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?" rnMNo NoENArtNMA ~nIIorn (Rev. E. s. Bollinger. Pastor) 10 a. m.-Sunday school. II a. m Worship Made Over Again"
 500 p. m.-Worship. "The Cure For Anxiety"
 Wednesday, 500 p. m.-Bible Study and Prayer: John 6-"The Bread of Life"
 Thursday, 500 D. m.-Choir. ST. LUkEs (EPIscoPAL) CHURCH
 (Douglas)
 (Rev. G. D. Christian, Priest
 in charge) First Sunday after Easter. Celebration of the Holy Eucharist at II, with sermon. Subject: Life in the Light of Christ's Resurrec- Christianity puts one on the bright side of life and enables one to see and enjoy the invisible in the visible" Those who did not make their Easter communion last Sunday are invited to do so.
 < * + < DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH Services as usual
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-14
SON IS BORN

DOUGLAS. April IA. = D. Lands berg received a cablegram from her daughter. Mrs. O. w. Potter, now in Seattle that a son was born last night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-14
cURFEW NOT NECESSARY

DOUGLAS, April 11.-Since krause escaped from the Juneau jail it has not been necessary to ring the cur few to get the, children off the streets at night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-14
DOCTORS WIFE ILL

DOUGLAS, April IA. = Mrs. Ellis, wife of R. V. Ellis, underwent an operation for appendicitis at the local hospital this week and is getting along nicely.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-14
sIsTERs co VISITING

DOUGLAS. April 14.-Sister Mary Hilda, Prefect of Studies from Vic toria. accompanied by another Sister. arc expected to arrive here form the
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-14
DOUGLAS AND TREADWELL NEWS NOTES

south on the Sophia to visit the Douglas Parochial school. They will remain in the channel towns about two weeks.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
HIGHWAYS AND FARM VALUES
Property Owners by Allowing Roads
to Remain Poor Cause Deprecia-
tion of Their Estates.

Two farmers in a neighboring state
recently made comments on road i'm
provements that are worth consider
ing. The first man had bought his
place but few years ago, and had Sc
lected it because of the character of
the people in the vicinity as well as
the actual value OF the land, says In
diana Farmer. He said his experience.
during his rather brief stay on his
farm showed that a man who bought
land in that section had to work it
both intelligently and economically in
order to make it pay, for the first cost
per acre was higher than that of equal
ly good land in some other sections
without it's social attractions.
The second man complained about
the slowness with which good land
was being taken up in some sections,
owing to the roads being so bad that
the class of people needed to develop
the country preferred to pay much
more money for no better land where
they could live more happily.
In other words, the lack of fairly
good roads in some sections was keep
ing down the market value of prop
erty there below its proper level and
even tending with the suitable travel
ing facilities in other sections, to raise
the value of land in the latter. The
property owners in the first district,
by allowing their roads to remain very
poor, were not only depreciating their
own estates, but increasing by con-
trast the value of those of the owners
of land along well-maintained roads.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

milk by the size of the calf. The fat
that has been removed by the separa-
tor may in way be supplied by add
ing handful of cornmeal, or flaxseed
meal to each bucket of milk. After
drinking the milk, the calf will be kept
busy eating the meal instead of suck
ing another calfs ears. The milk
should always be warm but never Civ
en- to the calf directly from the separa-
tor, when it is frothy.
The milk buckets should be taken
to the milkhouse or kitchen and ster-
ilized at least once day. Calves will
soon begin to eat little hay, and
grain, like ground oats, should there
after constitute part of the food ra-
ton.
If it pays to raise calves at all it
pays to feed and care for them from
the day they are born. Farm SANTA
tion is the all-important thing in the
care of live stock on the farm.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
TESTING OLD GARDEN SEEDS
Small Box, Filled With Rich Soil viii
Prove Effective-Should Be Done
Before Spring.

If garden seeds were purchased last
spring in such quantities that they
were not all used, and the varieties
were such that you desire to raise
more of the same during the coming
season, it would be wise to fully test
them before the planting season ar
rives.
Secure a small box, fill it with light,
rich soil, and plant different kinds of
seeds two or three in a place. Mark
with label so you can tell exactly
which seeds are fertile and which are
not, and the result can be determined
and marked on the packet containing
the unused seeds.
The test should require but few
days or weeks. OF course, some seeds
are a little slower in terminating and
consequently will be slower to show
growth, but with sufficient moisture,
and plenty of heat and light, which
can be had in an ordinary dwelling,
the different vegetable seeds can be
successfully tested. ...
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli.
cation of Danderine you cannot find a
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after q
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first-yeS-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance; an Incompatible luster,
Softness and luXurianee.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-.that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it if you will just try lit
tie Danderine. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
TAKE CARE OF CALVES
Good Sanitation Is One of High
est Essentials.
II Mothers Milk Is Taken Away Care
full Attentic., Must Be Given to
Youngsters Diet-Feed
Them Separately.

By GEORGE,H. GLOVER, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
If we are ready to admit that
cows milk is too good for cows
calf and that it is economically profit
able to rob the future COW for the
sake of present gains, then it is quite
necessary to know how to raise calves
on separator milk or other artificial
and unnatural foods.
The usual practice is to pour sep
arator milk, sometimes cold, into a
large trough which is never cleaned,
and allow the calves to drink until
they are satisfied. This method means
pot-bellied, runty calves that never
make the growth that they should,
even though they fortunately escape
the ravages of indigestion.
Calves should not be given quite
enough milk to satisfy their appetites.
Each calf should be fed separately,
carefully regulating the amount of
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of FIGS"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and IN few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have we'll child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cenr bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages apd for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
REMOVING WEEvlLS IN CORN
ScrupuTous Cleanliness and Carbon
HisuIphide Will Kill Insect Pests
in Stored Grain.

The remedy for weevils and other
insect pests that attack stored grain
is scrupulous cleanliness and the use
of carbon bisulphide. The weevils al
ready in the grain are killed by fumi-
cation with this gas. Make the bin
as nearly alright as possible, by COW
ering up every crack tightly. Evap-
crate bisulphide in vessels containing
one-fourth to one-half pound each, u.s.
ing it at the rate of one and half
pounds to a ton of grain, and double
this unless the bin is thoroughly tight
For smaller masses of grain use an
ounce to 100 pounds of grain.
Infested grain is generally exposed
to the bisulphide gas for "a hours, but
this may be continued longer without
harming it for milling purposes. It
may be exposed for SO hours without
impairing it's terminating powers. In
open cribs and in badly infected
buildings, it is sometimes necessary to
use larger quantity and repeat the
treatment at intervals of about six
weeks in warm weather.
Some disposition of the corn should
be made so that the gas will permeate
all parts of the heap. 1t may be nee
essary to shovel this over or elevate
it by some means so as to let the gas
get at all parts of the mass. If the
grain is in bags these can be disposed
so that fumigation will be thorough.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
"CAsCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliousneSs or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

YET d lO-CSul DOA HOW.
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
CaScarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach |;
remove the sour fermenting food {;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the conStipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

A close connection exists between
these two cold weather and rheu-
matism. Prof. Alex. Aaig, of London,
has the most followers in the medical
profession in the belief that the pres
ence in the system of uric acid, or its
salts in excess, is the real cause of rheu-
matism, Everyone has recognized the
difference in the appearance of their
water as soon as it gets cold there is
often copious sediment of brickdust.
Several causes may lead up to an
accumulation of uric acid in the system,
which, in turn, causes rheumatism or
gout, or creaky joints, or swollen fingers,
or painful joints. For one reason the
skin does not throw off the uric acid, by
profuse sweating, as in the hot weather,
and the kidneys are unable to take care
Of the double burden. Another reason
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
WESTERN CANlbA
AS WHEAT PRODUCER
342,OOO,OOO Bushels Wheat in
1915; In 1916 Many Farm
erS Paid for Their Land
Out Of Their Crop.

That Western Canada is indeed
mistress of Wheat" to the extent that
its 1915 crop exceeded, acre for acre,
the production of any country on this
continent is a striking fact proved by
the following figures:
III 1915 the Dominion of Canada pro-
duced 376,0O0,000 bushels of wheat,
which represented an average yield of
20 bushels to the acre. The United
States produced 1,O11, 500, 900 bushels,
yield of IL bushels per acre. The only
serious competitors in wheat produc-
ton in South America were Argentine,
with 1922, 900 bushels, or less than
u bushels per acre, and Chile, with
19,000000 bushels or 13 bushels per
acre.
| The three Western Canadian prairie
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta produced between them
842, 100000 bushels out of the total Ca
madam 376,00OO00 bushels. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that, outside Of the
United States, Western Canada pro-
duced considerably more than the COM
bined production of North and South
America. Canada is of course new
settled country, and the fact that the
crop of the United States was practi-
cally three times as much is no dis
couragement. The United States has
at present more than twelve times the
population of Canada in approximately
the same area.
To illustrate further the greater pro-
ductiveness of Western Canadian land,
we submit the following figures, show
ing the 1915 yields per acre in the
three provinces of Western Canada
and in the states which in that year
produced the greatest quantity of
wheat The figures are taken from the
q. s. department of agriculture's an
nual report and from the figures of the
Dominion census bureau:
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
WE1y rheumatism Comes
With Cold Weather
BY VALENTINE MoTT PIERoE, NJ. D.

is that people do not drink as much
water in cold weather as in summer,
which helps to flush the kidneys. Again,
they eat more meat in cold weather, and
some people are so susceptible that they
soon develop rheumatism after eating
meat.
At all such times persons should drink
copiously of hot water, say, pint
morning and night, and take Anuric
three or four times a day. This An
uric comes in tablet form and can be
had at almost any drug store. 1t dis
solves the uric acid in the system
and carries it outward. would advise
everyone to take Anuric occasionally,
ar continue for three c- four weeks,
and in that way avoid rheumatism, gout
and many of the painful disorders due
to uric acid. ADV.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
TO ERADICATE GARDEN PESTS
Various Kinds of Beetles, Bugs and
Worms Will Be Found Under Old
Stalks and Rubbish.

Under the old stalks and rubbish in
the garden and about the borders will
be found the adult asparagus beetle,
bean leaf beetle, harlequin cabbage
bug, flea beetle, the striped cucumber
beetle, and the chrysalis of the cab
bage worm.
If you want to kill these pests, pile
and burn dead tomato and peavines
and other remains of vegetation in the
garden along the border.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
GRASSHOPPER ENEMIES

Although birds of all families
prey upon grasshoppers, the fol-
lowing may be selected as the
most important destroyers of
grasshoppers for their respec-
tive groups: Franklin's gull,
bobwhite, prairie chicken, red
tailed, red-shouldered, broad
winged, and sparrow hawks, the
screech and burrowing owls, yell
low-billed cuckoo, road-runner,
nighthawk, red-headed wood
pecker, kingbird, horned lark,
crow, magpie. red-winged and
crow blackbirds, meadow lark,
lark bunting, grasshopper and
lark sparrows, butcher bird,
wren, and robin.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

In 1916 the crop was not as heavy.
but the yields in many districts were
very large. SO large, indeed, was the
acreage under cultivation in 1915 that
the resulting crop proved too large to be
all threshed the same fall. 1t over
loaded railroads. and made marketing
slow. A 4ess amount of fall plowing
was done than would have been done
In less heavy year, because the aver
nge farmer was too busy with his
threshing. All these conditions nee
essarily reacted upon the acreage
seeded in the spring of 1916 Add to
1his that labor last year, owing to the
great number of Canadians who have
enlisted, was scarce and high-priced,
and one factor in the decreased yield
smaller acreage under crop was evil
dent.
Another factor is that this year
Western Canada has experienced, in
common with the entire North Ameri-
can continent, conditions that tave
been less favorable to the production
of big crops. The conditions have re-
suited in smaller yield per acre and
reduced grade of grain in certain local
tiles.
The average yield of wheat in the
three western provinces is estimated
by the government at about 16 bushels
per acre, oats 43 bushels, and barley
81 bushels.
The financial value of their crops to
Western Canadian farmers has been
greater this year than ever before.
Owing to the high prices of grain that
are prevailing, returns have been re-
ceived that are extremely profitable.
With wheat standing at the present
time at over $1.90 per bushel at the
Great Lakes, wheat crop at present
figures would pay the farmer, even
supposing he had only the average of
16 bushels per acre, over $4,000 per
acre. A large number are receiving
$4,000 per acre-some have received
$500, and a few even more than that.
This price, of course, is not all profit:
1t represents the gross return, and the
cost of operation must be deducted.
But it does not, even at the highest fig
ures, cost more than Go cents to raise
a bushel of wheat in Western Canada,
so that the profit can be figured accord
ingly. 1t must be emphasized that the
acre which produces $4,000 crop costs
In the first case, probably less than
that. In the United States the same
class of land would cost in many dis
tricts from $100 to 5000 per acre, and
even then return of $4,000 would be
considered extremely satisfactory. In
Western Canada the best class of ag-
ricultural land, capable of producing
crops that in size compare with any
country In the world except, perhaps,
some European countries, can be OBJ
tained at, on the average, from $40 TO
$50 per acre, with irrigated Innds some
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Not a Learner.

"Do you think you will learn any
thing from this stock market investi-
gation?"
NO" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax, 81
don't believe there are any kinks In
the stock market game that don't al
ready know"
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
STEPS FOR CLIMBING FENCE
Convenient Method of Getting Over
Barrier Provided by Stairs
Built on Each Side.

Modern farm fencing is not well
adapted for providing foothold to
climb over it, and the adaptation of
an idea, not altogether new, shown
in the sketch, might be used with
profit in many places, writes J. H.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

Moore of Hamilton, Ont, in Popular
Mechanics Magazine. When con-
venient means of climbing over a
fence is provided, damage to the
fence by careless climbers is avoided.
A stair built to extend on both sides
of the fence is a simple and practical
means of travel between adjoining
grounds. 1t is barrier to stock, and
if well made it will prove serviceable
and inexpensive.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
MOTHERS Joy sALVE

for Colds, Group, Pneumonia and
Asthma GOOSE GREASE LINIAIENT
for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and
Sprains. For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY, MFRS,
Greensboro, N. C.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

Infections or infammations of the Eyes,
whether from external or internal causes,
are promptly healed by the use of Roman
Eye Balsam at night upon retiring. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Ancient History.

Hyker-When Washington took
command of the continental army he
held the key to the situation.
Pyker-Yes, but at that it took him
several years to wind up the revolu-
ton.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Estimating the Rreakaee.

you won't have to take the pledge
any more, when prohibition prevails"
THAT'S right. And / have no doubt
it is rather more difficult to break
law than it is to break pledge"
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Not Quietly.

Yeast-Well, the New Year came in
quietly.
Crimsonbeak-Quietly? You ought
to have heard the salute l got from
my wife when 1 blew in home New
Years morning!
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
No Denial.

"You spend money like water!"
"My friend" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax, 'if you will look over the rec
ords of my big corporations, you will
find that most of it really is water"
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Natural Tendency.

81 suppose the majority of women
who vote scratch their tickets"
''What makes you think so?"
Because not one woman in ten
could cast ballot straight"
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
PAsTURlNG OF CoRNFIELDS
Practice Is Especially Applicable to
Semiarid Regions-Very Little
Wasted or Spoiled.

The pasturing of corn is especially
applicable to semiarid regions.
The dry soil is not injured by the
animals, and very little corn goes to
waste or spoils by coming in contact
with the soil.
The stalks are left in good shape to
prevent the drifting of snow.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
And TO Bore Editors.

"Pa, what is poetic license?"
ITS the tacit permission given to
poets to live, my son."-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Adaqe Revised.

He-Absence makes the heart grow
fonder-
She-No; presents.-Tiger.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Natural Question.

Mrs. Gayly-I read of hen yester-
lay that was worth a fabulous amount
Of money.
Jack Golitely-Well, what did she
1o-marry a chorus man?-Judge.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

Only One "BROMO OUININE" =
To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of b. w.
GROVE. Cures q Cold in One Day. Csc.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

Gold is good in it's place; but low
ing, brave, patriotic men are better
than gold."-Lincoln.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

We have been handling DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root since 1881 and it gives us
pleasure to sell such medicine for it al
ways produces satisfied customer. we
know of different cases of kidney, liver
and bladder troubles where Swamp Root
proved very beneficial; and we have had
occasion to use it in our own family
obtaining the most satisfactory results. We
sell a great deal of it and believe it is
q splendid medicine.
Very truly yours,
SANDT DRUG COMPANY.
Dec. 8, 1915. Brookville, Pa.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Making Something.

"How's business, old man? Been
making anything lately?"
"YeS-an assignment"
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

1t is reported that a large number
of Russians are about to colonize in
South America.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

For speedy ana effective action DR. Peery's
Dead Shot" has no equal. One dose only
will clean out Worms or Tapeworm in q few
hours. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills contain
nothing but vegetable ingredients, which act
gently as a tonic and purgative by stirau-
lation and not by irritation. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02
shrewd Observer.

Some ladies are willing to join any
kind of an improvement society that
plays bridge.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

A postal card to Garfield Tea Co., Brook
lyn, N. Y, asking for sample will re
pay you.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

A man should have good excuse
ready before committing a mean act.
The midland journal., 1917-02-02

Constipation can be cured without drugs.
Natures own remedy-selected herbs-is
Garfield Tea.-Adv.