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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

Despite the growth in population and
increased areas under cultivation, the
horse population of Los Angeles county
Is now less than one-half as much as
in 1900. The automobile and motor
trucks have increased from s to 79,146.
The $4,000 horses in the county In 1900
were valued at $4,000. 900. In 1910 the
drop in number a to $1,000. and in
the ensuing six years to 10000. The
present automobile valuation is nearly
500. 100000. Excellent road conditions
are considered largely responsible for
the above figures
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

Three. Russian famines OF
lively recent date were among the most
severe In the history of the country.
They occurred In 1891. 1906 and 1911.
During the 10 years following the first
ment allotted nearly $l25. 600, 900 for
relief work, but the sums were not ju
diciOusly expended.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

American manufacturers have built
0no-handled plows for use in Latin
ana popularity Of these implements
Farmers III these countries cannot be
Induced 10 use q pillow having twa,
6Sndlee.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

A marked boom in local traffic is on
between Washington and baltimore.
More and more are the cities drawn
closer together. Washington sees In
Baltimore q freer hospitality and hops
TO q gieefully, and Baltimore cheerfuily
responds. Whereforo? Washington
dry. Baltimore wet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

After a heart-to- heart talk with fed
eral officials at Chicago last week.
Rev. Adolph Voight. a pro-German
preacher Of Elgin, ILL.,, shifted his key
note and delivered q hot pro-American
sermon last Sunday. The tune sounded
strange in Voight's pulpit, but 1t sus-
pended some worry in that quarter.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
EXPERT POULTRYMAN
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA

Bookings, S. D., Dec. 13.-The Unit
I'd States department of agriculture
has sent Ed L. Hayes to South Dakota
to conduct a campaign for greater poul-
Try production, working through the
state college extension division. Mr..
Hayes is a practical poultryman, having
been a poultry breeder for Is years. He
Is a licensed judge in the American
Poultry association with considerable
Judging experience in the poultry
shows Of Wisconsin and Illinois, includ-
ing the Chicago show. He is familiar
With all the details of management Of
Pill varieties of poultry and has organ
!zed several associations. In South
Dakota he will cooperate with county
agents emergency food agents, farm
ers' clubs, poultry associations M 9TH
Err organizations interested in a bigger
food supply.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
MEXICO STOPS DYE EXPORTS.

Mexico City. Dec. 15.-The treasury
department announced last night pro
hfbition of the export of analine and
coal tar dyes and natural and artificial
vegetable dyes
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

Silencers are needed on airplane en-
gines to eliminate the noise Of APP
proach, which is the only thing that
warns the enemy of the approaching
warplanes at night. The silencers must
DO their work thoroughly, eliminating
tho exhaust sounds entirely, because
the anti-aircraft units have very pow
erful microphones that magnify the
slightest sound. Lacking silencers--for
no other reason than the added weight
and slight loss of power-raiding air.
planes are forced to fly at high alti-
tudes in an attempt to escape detection.
The weight of the fuel needed and the
horse power and time spent In evading
detection this way represent really a
greater loss Of efficiency than n loss
by the s%ilencers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

Louisyille coal consumers are ex-
p~eriencing the novelty Of q refund Of
excess prices from the dealers. Seven
cents Z tom - the average rebate. It
does not inspire . millionaire feeling,
but gives 4 faint indication Of what Il
meant BY ..Just like finding money
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

War conditions are revising award
Tom Johnson's celebrated 3-cent fares
1t Cleveland. The price doesn't paw for
the service and high price materials
bills and a boost to 4 cents Is on the
way. J0hnson's reform overcame all
obstacles hitherto, but a street railway
deficit gave II q deadly clout.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

The smelter production. or the out
put of refined copper, in midyear during
1918 was 269. 794 .5s1 pounds. which rep
resents an increase of 1888. 121 pounds
over the smelter production for 1915.
In 1916 the amount of rock" milled
wa 1864, ia short tons, which yielded
l20,551.2 POI pounds of mineral and
26S,279.S76 pounds of copper. In 1915
the amount milled was 1884. 700 short
tons, which yielded 400,178,132 pounds
OF mineral and 265, 2S3,378 pounds of
copper. The average cover of refined
copper a ton OF rock milled in 1916
was 81 pounds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
FINE NEW SCHOOL is .
DESTROYED az FIRE

Warner, s. D., Dec. 15.-Tne new
$4,000 high school building here, erect
er a year go, was destroyed by flames.
The blaze started in the basement from
unknown causes n there is a sus-
picion that it was incendiary.
The Werner firemen were unable to
cope with the situation n a call for
help was sent to Aberdeen, the fire de-
partment and a number of policemen
responding, but the flames were be-
You'd control on their arrival. The po-
lice are investigating the cause of the
fire. The building was one of the
model school houses Of the state.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
SOUTH DAKOTA


During a discussion in parliament re-
Gently the first lord Of the admiralty
was asked what arrangements. IL any,
are made to supply pilots OF airplanes
and all airmen bound on long distance
oversee flights with emergency rations
and with facilities for obtaining drink
ing water when, flying in machines with
air cooled motors or for tapping the
radiator for drinking water in ma
chined with water cooled motors. In
answering the question DR.. MacNamara
stated that emergency rations. consist
Ing of matted milk, Bovril and choco-
late, are supplied to royal navy air sta
tfons for the use of pilots Of seaplanes
and airmen engaged in oversee flights.
Drinking facilities r provided for by
the issue OF thermos TASKS. No facili-
ties have been provided for tapping the
radiators of water cooled motors, the
contents Of which are more likely to
act incidentally than otherwise.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

Milk producers around the Twin Cit
les turned the tables on the price fixers
Of the Minnesota public safety COM
mission. The latter decreed that 6 cents
= quart or $2.48 a hundred weight was
HE right wholesale price for the pro-
ducers. Armour's buyers hoped into
the game and made a contract with
the producers for $4,000 pounds milk
daily<at $3.50 a hundred. The contract
will take about 40 per cent of the local
supply, which spells shortage for con-
sumers in the two cities. The state
commission says the contract is invalid
as 1T endangers public safety.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
TEACHER SHORTAGE
IN GREGORY COUNTY

cARRANzA REoccuPlEs oJtNAGA
Preside. Tex, Dec. 13.-Gen. Pedro
Favela with q force estimated at 500
men has occupied Ojinaga without re-
sistance, the Villa followers having
evacuated Oiinaga TUESDAY.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
MoBRlDHE JoBBERs
COMPLAIN OF RATES

Mobridge, S. D.. Dec. 15.-City Com
missioner +. NJ. Goodman. j. C. Web
ster, Of the Carpenter-Webster and
Consumers Independent Lumber COM
panies, and c. T.. Tolkien. Of the Mo-
bridge Grocery company, appeared be-
fore a referee OF the Interstate Com
merce commission at Grand Forks in
the matter Of securing q fair and equit-
able adjustment in freight rates to
points west OF the Missouri river.
TEACHER SHORTAGE
IN GREGORY COUNTY
Bonesteel, S. D., Dec. 15.-A serious
shortage of school teachers exists in
Gregory county. and 25 additional
teachers are needed at once, if a mum
Der Of the country schools are not to
be permanently closed. In some cases
country schools Of the county nave not
opened the fall and winter terms be-
cause OF the scarcity of teachers.
DALLAS-All Dallas merchants on De-
cember 10, started q strictly cash BUSH
ness without delivery. Delivery will De
made II purchaser is willing to pay 10
cents for the extra charge.
DALLAS-Frieda Phillips and Martha
Bettcher. Trip county farmers daugh-
ters. husked an average Of 65 bushels of
corn Tor seven days and earned 10 cents
per hlishel with board.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
FORFMTURE-NoTICE To A. F. SPRAGUE, YOUR HEIRS

To A. F. SPRAGUE, YOUR HEIRS
 AND ASSIGNS.
 Your are hereby notified and will take notice that l, the subscriber, J.. c. Gilpatrick, have expended during the year A. D., 1916, the sum of One hundred ($100.00) dollars in labor and improvements upon each of the fol- lowing described mining claims, to- wit: MEAT IN THE POT," CLARA" OLYMPIA" SUMMIT" LISBON" and FATTY" all of which said claims are sItuated and lie in the Moose Pass Mining District, Kenai Recording District, Third Judi cial Division, Territory of Alaska. The notices of location thereof are of record in Book One of Locations, at pages 132 and 133, and Book of Lo- cations at pages 45, 46 and 84 in the office of the United States Commis- sioner and District Recorder for Ke- mai Recording District and Precinct, at the Town of Seward, Territory of Alaska, to which book and pages ref erence is hereby made for more par ticular description of said claim. Said expenditures were made for the pur- pose of holding possessOry rights and title to said mining claims under the provisions of section twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto and the Session Laws of the Territory of AL aska, providing for the annual labor upon mining claims, said amounts be- ing the sums required in each instance to hold said mining claims during the period ending the thirty-first day of December, 1916.
 If you fail and refuse or fail or re- fuse within ninety (90) days from the personal service of this notice, ii per sonal service be had, or within ninety (9O) days after the publication of this notice, to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as a co-owner, your proportion being in the total the sum of Two hundred and eight dol lars and thirty-two ($208.32) cents, made up of the following amounts to- wit: MEAT IN THE P0T," $50.O0, CLARA, $25.00, OLYMPIA" SSS.SS, SUMMIT" $33.3S, "LIS- BON" $3S.SS, and HATTIE" s33.S3, your respective interests in and to said mining claims, and each and every one of them, will become the property of the subscriber, who is your co-owner, and who has made the expenditures and improvements as above mentioned on said mining claims, and each and every one of them, pursuant to the provisions of the said statute and the said Session Laws. -
 First publication, Feb. 2, 1917.
 Last publication, April 27, 1917:
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22

driving piles for the wagon bridge over the Little Susitna river, and within a few days will commence on the Little Susitna trestle.
 About 5000 ties have been hauled south of the Little Susitna to date and distributed along the grade in the vi- cinity of Cottonwood.
 The greater part of the canstruc- ton material required for the work north of Willow creek hNS new been hauled to Willow creek, and distribu- tion is being made to the various points where it will be needel
 The total disbursements of the of flee at Anchorage for the period March to March : were $l0,427.99. The payment of salaries anu wages amounted to $2,6689S; for local pur. chases, $9O9.OO; to contractors, $6,- 379.62; other expenditures, $312l2; dock claims, $l5S27.
 Station Contractor Injured
 Otto Johnson, a member of the grading firm of Nicholson X Co.,, Camp 96 Turnagain Arm district, was brought by special train to the An. chorage hospital on the afternoon of March &, suffering from broken leg. The injury was received as the result of slide of rock striking a dercitx near which Johnson was standing, the derrick falling and pinning him underneath.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
MATERIAL ORDERED FOR U. S.R.R.
 DEPOT HERE; PROGRESS REPORT

pair work was done during the period,
 Force Report
 The number of employees on the payrolls March 3 was as follows: Headquarters office 1S, engineering p, stores and docks 2l, shop and yards 47, track, grade and ballast lO6, bridges 9, stationmen 9, stationmen laborers 30; total 506.
 Miscellaneous
 The disbursements at the Seward office for the week amounted to S3,- 654.42.
 The rotary snowplow was in sue cessful operation last week between Seward and Mile 9.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
MATANUSKA DISTRICT MatanuskS Branch

The ice on the river remains solid enough for heavy hauling, and it is expected teaming can continue for st least two weeks more.
 Schedin & Co. will finish their coy ote holes within a week and should be ready to shoot their large shot of ap- proximately l5,OO0 yards within 10 days.
 Divyak & Co. will fire their main shot in about two weeks. This is eh- pected to move about l6,0OO yards
 Emil Nelson & Co.,, clearing con tractors in the vicinity of Camp 27, are expected to finish next week. All clearing on the Matanuska district will then have been accomplished.
 Main Line
 The winter snow road on the main line between Matanuska ard Cott1n- wood is practically gone, owing tc re. cent thawing weather, bat beyond Cottonwood conditions are favorable to heavy teaming.
 The pidedriver crew is engaged in
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
INNNIIN1 F7tEE OH'1' 'N March 1, s, l5, 22, 20.
FORFEITURE-NOTICE
o. Fl. POEHLMANN,

To RI. IMHOFF, c. J. IMHOFF, A. M. IMHOFF, HARRY V. MILLER, H. D. THIELE, ESTATE OF H. D. THIELE, Deceased, and AUGUST MELHORN, your respective heirs and assigns:
 You are hereby notified and will take notice that we, the subscribers, H. P. Salisbury and A. A. Hein, have expended, during the year 1914, the sum of Three thousand, forty-six dol lars and twenty ($3,046.20) cents, during the year 1915, the sum of Six hundred ($600.O0) dollars, during the year 1916, the sum of Two thou sand, five hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy (2,516.70) cents in labor and improvements upon each of the following described mining claims, to- wit; OPHIR QUARTZ MINING CLAIM, COLUMBIA QUARTZ MIN ING CLAIM, BESSY PLACER MIN ING CLAIM, MILL SITE and WA TER SITE OR LOCATION, all of which said claims are situated and lie in the Moose Pass Mining District, Kenai Recording District, Third Ju- diCial Division, Territory of Alaska, The notices of location thereof are of record in the office of the United States Commissioner and District Re corder for Kenai Recording Precinct and District, at the Town of Seward, Territory of Alaska, to which office reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said mining properties. Said expenditures were made for the purpose of holding pos sessory rights and title to said min ing claims under the provisions of section twenty three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend ments thereto, section one hundred and thiry-six of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1913, and the Session Laws of the Territory of Alaska, providing for the annual labor upon mining claims. ] If you fail and refuse or fail or re- ] fuse within ninety (90) days from the personal service of this notice, if per sonal service be had, or within ninety 1 (90) days after the publication of this notice, to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as a co-owner, your respectice interest in and to said mining claims, and each and every one of them, will become the property of the subscribers, who are your CO., owners, and who have made the ex- penditures and improvements as aforementioned on said mining claims, and each and every one of them, pursuant to the provisions of the said statute, Compiled Laws and 1 Sessions Laws.
 A. A. HEN
 H. P. SALISBURY. | First publication, March 21, 1917. Last publication, May g, 1917.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
MEN BURNED WHEN
 HALIBUT BOAT
 ENGINE EXPLODES

WRANGELL. -(Special.) - Capt. Hans Tideman and Arne Sandvik, of the gas boat North Cape, were brought here March 6, horribly burn ed from an explosion of gasoline. Captain Tideman's condition is seri- ous on account of infection in one hand. The North Cape is a thirty five-foot halibut schooner.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22

George Turner, o. G. Labaree and Alexander H. Bradford, Defendants.
 Cause No. S-104
 Summons by publication,
 IN THE NAME OF THE PRESl- DENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
 To the defendants in the above en- titled cause, Geore Turner, O. G. Lab aree and Alexander Bradford, GREETING:
 You, and each of you, are hereby summoned and required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division, with in thirty days after the completion of the period of publication of this sum mons, to-wit: within thirty days after the fourth day of May A. D. 1917, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff. which has been filed in the above entitled court, by which plaintiff seeks an order and Judgment of the court for the condemnation of Lots numbered One CD, Two CD, Three (3), Four (4l, Five (5), Six (6), and Seven CD, in Block Six G6), in the Town of Seward, in Kenai Re cording District, Third Judicial Divi- sion of the Territory of Alaska, as shown by and according to the map and plat of the Frank l.. Ballaine Townsite of the Town of Seward, AL aska, and appropriate said Lots to a public use, as public park with street and driveway therein, for the town of Seward, and to continue Rail- road Avenue from its intersection fifth the south end of the Alley in said Block Six, in a northeasterly direction to intersect with Adams Street in said Town of Seward at the East end of said Street;
 That unless you so appear and an swer the complaint of plaintiff, with in the time above stated and show cause why such order should not be made, plaintiff will take judgment against you, and apply to the court for an order of the court, condemning the above named lots to be appropri- ated by the plaintiff for the uses and purposes above stated, and for a further order of the court, ap- pointing three appraisers, as IS provided by law, to appraise' the said lots, and each of them, and to assess the benefits and dam ages, to each of you and report to the court their findings, and that upon the payment of the amount or amounts found to be due each of you by said appraisers, into the above entitled court to be paid to you and each of you as therein provided that an order be made by the court directing you and each of you to execute to plaintiff a deed conveying any and all interest you and each of you or any one of you may have in any one or more or all of said lots, as the case may be, and will apply to the court for such other and further order or orders in the prem ises as to the court may seem meet and proper. .--
 Witness the Honorable FRED M. BROWN, Judge of the above entitled court, this, the 26th day. of February, 4. D. 1917.
 ARTHUR LANG,
 Clerk.
 By ROBERT L. NEVER,
 Deputy.
 Date of first publication, March 5, 1917.
 (SEAL.)
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
Andy's Express, phone Madison 14;
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on the Srd day of April, 1917, there will be held in the Town Hall in the Town of Seward, an election for the purpose of choosing City officials.
 The polls will be opened at eight o'clock, a, m. on that day, and will close at 2 o'clock p. m. on the same day, and all qualified electors of the Town of Seward who have registered, as in this ordinance provided, will be entitled to vote at said election. Dated at Seward, Alaska, March lst, 1917.
 o. H. POEHLMANN,
 Municipal Clerk.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22

Ladies and gents clothes cleaned and pressed and repaired; next to AL aska s. s. office. If
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22

Following are the progress reports of the various departments of engi- neering commission of the Seward di- vision for the week ending March 3: Grading
 Weather conditions during the past week permitted the Stationmen work ing between Miles ' and l2 to make fair headway, Good progress is be- ing made with the Snow river line change and on the Trail lake cutoff at Mile 34. F.. C. Larson & Go. are doing good work on the Spencer glacier diversion dam, 4 small gang continues the enlarging of No. 3 tun- nel at Mile 52. The drainage in tun- nelS 1 and is being kept open, pre- paratory to operating the railroad to Kern creek early this spring. A TO- tary snowplow will clear the line for traffic to that point as soon as con ditions permit. There are not more than four feet of snow on the sum init at Mile 45. The station gangs be- tween Kern and Glacier creeks are doing satisfactory work.
 The piledriver has been assembled at Virgin creek and will start driving piles in that vicinity the first of next week.
 The commission dog teams have been hauling SO per cent dynamite from Mile 70 to the Turnagain Arm work.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
Miscellaneous

The mess house and bunk house at Camp S3 are both practically com pleted, except for placing the roofing paper.
 Hauling has been rendered difficult by the recent thawing weather The trail is practically bare of snow from Rainbow to Falls creek.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22

Mail your letters at The Key.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22

Fresh Butterkist popcorn at the KEY. If
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT
 Clearing Right-of-Way

Five miles of clearing through the heaviest timber has been completed between Indian creek and one mile north of Glacier. The contractors will be able to make faster progress through the remaining light timber, Station laborers will be employed by the contractors to hasten this work,
 Grading
 Three small coyote shots were put off during the week with good re- suits. Night crews have been put to work where there is a possibility of a delay holding up tracklaying, All contractors are making good progress since the days have heightened.
 The commission force in the cut one and one-half miles south of Potter creek averaged five feet of coyote holes per day of eight hours for each jack hammer during the week; mak- ing total of 50 feet of coyote holes and II feet of bootleg.
 A contract was let to Allenbaugh & Co. at Bird Point, and two additinal grading gangs will sign contracts within few days for work at that place. The letting of this work at this time will avoid the building of a corduroy road from the boat landing at Bird Point to the proposed steam shovel camp, one mile north of Bird Point.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
oyN1er cocktails at the Branch.

Andy's Express, phone Madison 14S
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-22
Contracts

The following contracts have been let on the division:
 Guy Mcconnell. telephone poles; F.. W. Wlburn, telephone poles; J. P. Stoliza & Co.,. grading; V. NJ. RadO- vich X Co.,. grading; Guy Mcconnell, piHng; Arme Suuot, pilng; BroSiuS & Noon, repairing and altering coach No. sos, damaged by fire; Roberts < EdmiSton, lumber.