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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
Bee KEEPERS
Will Hold Annual Picnic at Yahu Farm
wednesday-Agricult Conn.,
missioner to Speak.

Preparations are being completed for
the meeting and picnic Of the Fan
Handle Bee Keepers association. which
will be held Wednesday at the Adam
Vahn farm. Middle Wheeling Creek. y
large attendance of bee keepers OF the
tri-state district Is expected.
Among the pominent West Firginians
70 he present are State Commissioner
of Agriculture James H. Stewart Chas.
Recse( cntomologist Of tho department
Of agriculture and Charles II. fleming,
commissioner Of the bureau of markets,
department of agriculture.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
be absent from the city until late in The
fall.
GETS AN APPOINTMENT
Harry Mcclure, Jr., Named AS An Army
Field Clerk and Will Take Up
Duties Within a Few Weeks.

Harry McLurc. Jr.. we'll known local
young man. returned to the city yester-
day from Governors Island. whrr" he
was recently named a field clerk In tho
United Stutes army. He was granted
rurlough of twenty-one days and will
report again for duty at the end of that
time.
Mr.. Mcclure was much impressed
with the work. where there are thou
sands uf persons engaged In the various
clerical positions. He will be connect
cd with the accounting department OF
the government.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
MARINE OFFICE TO REOPEN

The local marine recruiting station
will reopen on Wednesday. Aug. ~. ar
ter having been closed since the eier-
cnth. Sergeant August Frcdricks. the
officer in charge received orders 10
close the ONCE. from Aug. IL to Aug.
%. and will return to resume his dut-
iac
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
ST. CLA1RSv1LLE BOY
Is AMONG WOUNDED

william r. Riley. ST. Clairsville boy,
who is now with the Canadian forces
in France. Is among those who are on
the casualty list as given out in Ottawa.
Canada. He Is rho first man in the up
per Ohio Valley IN receive n wound In
the war. However. n gun shot wound
In the hand is the extent Of his injuries.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
CATHOLIC ANNUAL RETREAT

The annual retreat for the secular
priests Of the diocese of West Virginia
will be held at ST. Mary's seminary in
Baltimore. commencing Aug. y. FOR
week Ri. Rev. Michael r. Fallon. y.
D., Of London, Ontario, will conduct the
retreat
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
River kilograms.

Davis Island Dam S.5 feet. rising
clear.
St"uhenville 90 feet. stationary, fair
Parkersburg> II foct. failing: clear.
MorEantown I.6 feet. falling: clear.
oil City 81 feet. falling: clear.
Warren IL feet. falling; clear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
cx1p11N BARRED or 1An1o44

Children under sixteen years OF
will he unable to buy tickets into eitni
CIarksburg or Fairmont- This ID In
cordance with an order issued BY the
partment Of health. and which DECAY
effective. Saturday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
SPORTS designs and fancies.
GINCHAMS

Prideful mothers of school urchins
will want the fairest Ginghams made
INTO frocks' and blouses. We question
f in all the Ohio Valley more COM
olete range of cheerful patterns and
olain colors is to be found.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
THEY LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN

Other departments in Uncle Sans government might learn lesson in humanity by watching his railroad builders. Outside the army and navy and life guard service, employees of the government often have cause to complain of the treatment accorded when they are i'll.
 But not on his railroad.
 The Alaskan Engineering commits sion has gathered about it for the most part a crew of trained engi- neers, experienced in railroad build ing. They know it's trails, hardShips and dangers. The strong man of to- day is the invalid of tomorrow be- cause of exposure in the line of hlS duty, and the active trainman Is al ways in danger.
 So there is no red tape to unwind or quibbling so far as the chiefs are concerned when it comes to the care of faithful employees, ill or injured while in the service.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
A WARNING OUT OF THE WEST

Those three Jap battleShipS slipping in past Cape Flattery yesterday morning spoke volumes to those who cared to listen.
 Our boaSted bulwark of the seas has vanished.
 The oft repeated claim that no country in Asia or Europe could risk sending a force over seas to battle at our gates has gone glimmering with the fleet submarine, capable of 5000 miles cruising radius, and the vast fleets of battle craft and their tenders.
 The three came silently, unherald- ed until they were sighted off the cape.
 There might have been thirty-three with a fleet of transports carrying 100000 men, for no one knows how many thousands the Japanese fleets have conveyed from East to West in this war. And we on the western continent knew not word until long after the embattled hosts had landed at the DardanelleS, Salonica or m France.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
THE GATEWAY WARD ALASKA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
DIGG'S WIFE CLAIM NOT
 TREATED RIGHT

OAKLAND. - (Special) -- Mrs. Maury I. Diggs, who as Marsha War rington, was introduced to the world as the girl Maury Diggs took to Reno, Nevada, for which he and F. D. Cami- netti were convicted of white slavery has spoken for the first time since the supreme court confirmed the superior court conviction of her husband.
 "We are defenseless before this sentence" Mrs. Diggs said in her statement. "If infractions of the moral code were punishable with prison terms, we would accept this judgment as eminently just. We do not wish to make any extenuation of our mistake, but we are not punished for the act which we have confessed. My husband is punished for crime he did not commit He is not now, and he never was, white shaver. We were of age and we went for reasons not immoral. There was no compul- sion.
 "We do not think we have been given an equal chance. The sentence carried out at this late day can bene- fit no one. We are already broken in fortune and reputation, in family, in spirit. From this punishment there is no escape. And it is enough"
 Diggs and wife have been living quietly and happily in this city.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

But my sisters charwoman said
 her son
 Had seen a nursemaid on the
 street
 Who heard a policeman on his
 beat
 Say that his nephew had friend
 Who knew when the war is going
 to end.
 Lawson heard a woman (now miss ing) say that some one had told hel Humility "got his bit" That is about as direct as any of the testimony thus far rung into the jamboree. Ot course, the main thing is to get at the leak. It is heinOuS thing for any public official to profit by the secrets of his official knowledge while the rest of us can't because we don't know. The antiquity of the practice shouldn't be allowed to blind us to de cency. We shouldn't let custom be- guile Us into inattentive abandonment of the ideal. If the brass band can find the leak, let the blatant orgam- zation proceed with its chords QuaverS and crescendoS.
 But we have the idea that if the committee that professes to be look ing for the leak was is dead earnest it might by this time have found something resembling materiahsm and relevancy had its hearings been held behind closed doors. lnaSmuch however, as it's purposes apparently are to create a passing fancy to please the superficial senses, the oors-windows-cellar-open procedure is just the thing. It pleaSeS the poll ticians and perhaps it is not distaste' ful, though he protests, to Mir. Law son, whose predilectionS for open an balconies we'll elevated, megaphoneS and phosphorescing have an interna' tional reputation.
 Thus far scarcely shred of testi' mony fit for country justice to try a sheep-killing dog on has been re vealed. But the case is valuable a: an example of that upon which ta' majority of men act in their daily al fairs and nearly always in their poll tical dutieS-namely, rumor. And tho more libelous it is the better it's score as a ten-striker. Absolute knowledge would make a perfect world, but with out rumor it would be drably dul one. A rumorless world would bt a humorless one and without the lie well. without the lie, vanity would shrivel away and leave us nothing whatever at which to laugh, and lire indeed would be a desOlate monotony -(EX)
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
AWAKE AT LAST

America is arouSing from her lethargy of contentedneSs to the real ization that nations are never waited on to glory in flowery beds of ease.
 Our place in the sun" is not so secure that we can go about the pur- suits of pleasure alone, nor can We devote all our energies to betterments within.
 Those who climb must prove their fitness to retain their gains or theirs is the career of a skyrocket.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
NOTICE OF SPECIAL STOCK HOLDERS MEETING OF THE POST PUBLISHING CO.

Notice is hereby given for special meeting of the stockholders of the Post Publishing company, corpora ton at Seward, that special meet ing will be held in the office of the Post Publishing company on Fep- ruary 7th, for the purpose of selling the assets of the Post Publishing com pany paying off it's liabilities with the proceeds and dissolving said corpora tion.
 The calling of this meeting has been authorized by the board of di- rectors under the bylaws of the cor poration.
 R. G. CHAMBERS, Sec.-Treas. Date of first pub, Jan. 24th.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
FOR SALE

The Town of Seward offers for sale Lot SS in Block IA, and the building thereon for the sum of S1,OOO.OO. The size of said building is 24 by 30 feet and has a furnace for heating. Terms of sale, one-third down, one third in six months and balance in one year, 8 per cet interest on all de- ferred payments. For further par ticulars see
 O. H. POEHLMANN,
 Municipal Clerk.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
Cecips Raging ToOthache

Cecil was suffering from a tooth ache, and his mother was endeavoring to calm him preparatory to the neces- sary visit to the dentist.
 You'll be a brave boy and have 1t out, won't you, dear?" she pleaded. "It won't hurt much, and then the ache will be over"
 But the unhappy child continued to howl his protests. Then his brother, one year older, came to his mothers aid.
 "Aw, go on and have it out," he said. "What's the matter with yeh :? Don't you know it'll be one less to clean?"
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
ALASKAN DOCS ON OLD JOB
 IN vOSGES
Haul Little Cars on Noun. tain Military
 Railways

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE VOSGES, Jan. Is. - With the return of heavy snow in the Vosges mountains, Alaskan dog teams today are wing with the automobile drivers of the American Ambulance Corps and the members of the Norwegian Red Cross Ski Corps for the honor of bringing in the greatest number of wounded.
 The French engineers are famous for their construction of tiny, narrow gauge railways and all the mountain peaks and ridges of Vosges, now oc- cupied by the French, are lined with these. Over them car runs with ease, and eleven dogs hitched to one of the narrow gauge trucks carrying a ton of material dash along with all the same rollicking boisterousness with which they draw sleds.
 (Hauling cars on the railway at Nome and on the old Alaska North ern, was regular stunt for many of these dogs before the long journey to Europe.)
 On the, sheltered sides of the Vosges immense kennels have been built for the dogs, each capable of housing one hundred.
 Have Many Dogs Now
 The first shipment of sled dogs brought to the Vosges from Alaska numbered about 100. These have bred and multiplied so rapidly that France now has at her disposal more than one thousand dogs, with sleds and material necessary for performing ar incredible amount of transport service in the snow-clad attitudes of the Vosges.
 It is principally in the Vosges that the members of the American Am bulance Corps have teen assigned to duty. Their light, speedy cars not only enable them to scale all the peaks on which roads have been built but even to leave the roads them selves in the direction of first line 1 trenches for the purpose of picking up the wounded.
 Can Go in Worse Places
 In these Alpine regions, however there are hundreds of places which even the light American cars with their fearless drivers cannot reach and it is in these districts that the Al askan dog teams and the Norwegian Red Cross Ski Corps come in for the bulk of the work. The Norwegian Ski Corps, fully equipped for field ambulance work, volunteered its ser vice to France, the same as the American Ambulance Corps, and al- ready has done valiant service.
 The Alaskan dog service was thought out and organized by the French army itself, which sent ex- perts to Alaska, Labrador and Can ada to purchase the dogs.
 Ambulance work is only small part of the duties assigned the dogs. They do a considerable part of the transport service. They carry muni- tions. food and water to all parts of the line with ease.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
RUMOR AND THE LEAK"

The testimony in the "leak" inveSti- gaiton in Washington recalls a verse of recent vintage. It runs something like this:
 Absolute knowledge have l none;
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
Catholic Church

Sundays-Communion Mass at S:So, Mass and sermon at 10:3O a. m. Sun day school after mass. Rosary, in- struction and benediction at 7:So D. m. Week days-Daily mass at 7:So.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

A successful result of getting fired from your job can be attained the next time you come late by answer ino the boss "What are you late for9" with this clever retort, "For work"
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
FOR RENT

Two furnished rooms with hot and cold water, VAN GLIDER BUILD ING. Apply MT. van Glider. l-2o-tf
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07
Cheer UpFolks
q THERE'S MORE IN THE KITCHEN s
 o a [: . t a n a Il Ii a T n t |;

Shocking! Say Jones: Miss Rocks is quite a
 swell She wears her frocks extremely well. ' "I didn't know it," Brown confessed; "I never saw her save undressed." Dear reader, don't give way to wrath Brown was the lady's osteopath!
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

Reports have been received from Anchorage that 13 young men living there are now wearing celluloid col lars because of the increased cost of living.
 This upsets the prevailing idea that everyone in that section always did wear celluloid collars.
 Efficiency decreases as fatigue ln- creaSes.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

Mrs. w. w. Butts arrived Monday evening from an extended stay in An chorage.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

Leng distance tsIepnone booth at The Branch.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

Removal sale now on at the Bazaar
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-07

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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-12-13
LOCAL BOARD WILL
AID REGISTERED MEN
Governor Names II. B. lie Coco, =.
NJ. Serrurier, And ID. l.. Beckes To
Give Legal Advice

To aid the registered men of the
Lynden district in filling out the
QUESTIONABLE blanks that will be
sent them next week by the govern
nent, board of legal advice has
been appointed in Lynden by Gov
ernor Ernest Lister. r. B. lie Cocq
is the attorney on the board. with
P. M. Serrurier and d. L. Beekes as
associates.
These men will have copies of the
service regulations and all will
endeavor TO give their assistance in
dealing with any problem that may
arise. No charge will be made for
their services.
Beginning December Is, the new
draft regulations will be in effect,
and a card will be sent to each reg
istered man to fill out. This must
be returned to the local board with
in seven days. The men will then be
classified for service in the order of
their fitness.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-12-13
NORTH PRAIRIE

The monthly meeting of the Par
Friday evening, and was attended by
goodly crowd in spite of the
weather. Refreshments were serv-
ed after the usual business, and the
following program had been given:
Song, Nancy and Dena Verduin. :;
Recitation, Henrietta Bartelds; Reci-
tation, Glenn Axling; Song, Dairy
Maids" Recitation, Marjory Bruce;
Recitation. Andrew Van Voorst,
North Prairie Journal. Burns Bros,
Editors; Reading. Miss Boonan,
Duet. Clifton and Glenn Axling; Folk
Games.
Miss Wolfe is at present the un-
fortunate victim OF the grippe.
The What-So-Evers met at the home
of Mrs. P. A. Clarke last week.
Otto Burns spent Sunday and Mon
day visiting his sister, Mrs. George
Jacobson of Everson.
Percy and vergie Clarke spent the
weekend with their sister, Mrs. A. C.
c. Palmer, making the trip with their
new shetland pony.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Crabtreet and fam
lily spent Sunday afternoon at the
Verduin home.
Peter Hoxbergen is again in Lyn-
den after spending some time in
Spokane.
Mrs. Helen Burns entertained the
Cramers at Sunday dinner.
The North Prairie nightingales
meet Wednesday evening at the
school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zip Heimstra and ].
Dyksterhuis spent Sunday evening al
the L. Lenssen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Gilman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stauffer and daughter, Dorothy,
were Sunday dinner guests at the
c. R. Axling home.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Noteboom visited
at Lenssens Friday.
Mrs. c. r. Axling spent Monday
at the home Of her mother, Mrs,
Baldwin.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-12-13
MAY USE LYNDEN MOSS FOR
SURGICAL DRESSINGS FOR ARMY

Lynden moss may be used shortly
for surgical DIR 5sings for the United
States army. Samples of spagnum
moss, found near Lynden, have been
collected by Miss Margaret Mcguire,
instructor of botany in the Lynden
High School. and have been sent to
the University of Washington for in
spection. If the moss is the kind
on.
Miss Mcguire received the follow
ing letter last week from the Univ
ersity:
"Sphagnum moss is greatly de-
sired at the present time for surgical
dressings in war hospitals in France
and England. This moss is very COM
mon in the Puget Sound region. 1t
usually occurs in and around eran-
berry marshes, but is occasionally
found also in very wet places in the
forests. The material desired is the
young leafy stems comonly found ar
ound the borders of the cranberry
marshes, but sometimes forming
hummocks even in the middle of a
bog. Exceptionally good moss is Of
ten found growing over logs or even
on the ground in very wet shady
places, among trees and shrubs.
1.-The use of this moss in war hos
pitfalls is growing rapidly and our al
lies are looking to US to furnish sup
plies of it on a scale hitherto un-
dreamed of in this country.
"Sphagnum moss, when dry, will
absorb twenty times its own weight
without dripping. Cotton absorbs
much less. The pieces of moss are
commonly placed in flat cloth sack
six inches square. The pads thus
made are sterilized at the hospital
and are then used as dressings for
wounds. They are much lighter and
/ less heating than cotton.
1.-The Puget Souno region and AL
aska seem to be the only parts of the
United States that can supply suit
able moss in large quantities. The
Puget Sound supply is so much more
available that 1t will be drawn upon
first"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-12-13
RED CROSS TO COMB
LYNDEN FOR RECRUITS
Ed Edison Appointed Chairman OF
Big Christmas Membership Drive
For Organization

E. Edison has been appointed the
chairman of the Lynden district for
the Christmas campaign of the Red
Cross, and will manage the big drive
for members in this community.
Throughout the nation, December
Is to 25 has been designated Red
Cross membership week.
Many have Joined the Lynden Red
Cross during the last two weeks, but
the campaign will be continued in
the city through the lodges and the
churches. Active work is also plan
ned for the surrounding country.
Special attention will be paid dur
ing the week to enlisting men as
honorary members. Women who can
not help with the sewing will be ask
ed to join as their dollar will be Of
great help in the work of the Red
Cross.
All who join during the member
ship week will be given a service
pin and Red Cross button.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-12-13
2-DAY COLLEGE is
COMING TO LYNDEN
Professors Will Give Free Courses
In Home Economics, Poultry, And
Farm Problems

Lynden will have a little two-day
college within its borders in Febru-
ary, when professors of the Wash
ington State College come to the city
to conduct short courses. Announce
ment that Lynden had been success
sful in getting one of the schools was
made this afternoon.
Courses will be given in Soil Fert-
ility and Farm Crops, Dairying, Home
Economics, and Poultry.
The sessions will be held at the
Lynden High School, and at one of
the local halls.
The following are the. outlines of
some of the courses that will be Of
fered:
SOIL FERTILITY AND FARM
CROPS-This course covers the
fundamental principles of agricult-
ure. dealing with soil fertility, crop
rotation, food requirements of plants,
tillage, drainage, fertilization, sell
ection of crops, selection, storage and
treatment of seeds, and general man
agement of farms.
POULTRY-The course in poultry
will cover the entire field of breeds
and breeding. feeds and feeding
houses and housing, diseases and
pests, and the management of the
farm flock.
HOME ECONOMICS-This course
will deal with home problems. cover
ing the entire field of foods and food
values, planning of meals and house
hold management. Practically ev-
erything discussed in Home Econom-
les will be actually demonstrated be-
fore the audience.
The courses will be absolutely free.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-12-13
LYNDEN RAISES BIG
FUND FOR ARMENIA
$3.50 At Mass Meeting,
With Committee Raising More For
Starving Orphans

A total of s651.97 was pledged to
the relief Of the Armenians and Syr-
ians by Lynden people at a meeting
in the Christian Reformed Church
Friday evening. OF this. $96.75 was
paid in cash.
Considerable more was raised in
the various churches Sunday when
Lynden ministers presented the ap-
peal to their congregations, and it
is believed that the total will mount
well up towards one thousand dol
lars.
Under the Craftsmanship of d. J..
De Hoogh, vigorous campaign for
subscriptions is being carried out in
the city and in the district.
Rev. Gerard M. Van Pernis, pastor
OF the First Presbyterian Church of
Waterville, Wash, presented the ap-
peal at the meeting Friday evening,
speaking in both the English and
Holland languages. He told of the
in Armenia and Syria, and
asked for aid, especially for the 400
900 orphans who are without help
Three dollars month will keep one
OF these children alive, and five dol
lars a month will keep them supplied
with food and clothing.
The program was opened with an
organ prelude by Adrian Breen, and
two selections by the Holland Glee
Club.
Subscriptions for the fund may be
left with William Wander Griend, the
at the Lynden State Bank.