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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
GOLD MINING NIT BY WAR
Many Properties That Were Prc.;ti--:,!s
Have Been Forced to Close Down
Temporarily.

Gold Is one of the war victims. The
was has forced down, in market value,
measured by human labor, many kinds
of property and most of the staple
commodities, until Some gold mines
which yielded fair profit before the
war have become temporarily useless
to their owners. It costs so much to
operate them that they cannot be
worked without loss.
There has been change In the value
of gold itself, in the money of great ma
tons which have maintained their
monetary systems on the specie basis,
while almost everything else has gone
up. The result is that any given num-
Der of ounces of gold mined will buy
much less material used in mining,
such as explosives, drills, pumps and
other machinery, and will pay for few
err days work. This change is still
going on and the position Of the gold
mining companies grows less and less
secure and sound
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Benefits Of War.

That the benefits Of war overshadOw
its damages Is the firm conviction Of
Uncle John Of Excelsior Springs
Standard who writes:
1T shows the world, fer instance,
how to loosen up its band an to deal
4 sort Of jestlce that the brute can
understand. 1t reminds the unwashed
heather, which they mighty nigh for
got, that there's hell inside a Yankee
when his blood Is bilin' hot!
"Then-we know the joys Of savin',
which we maybe hadn't saw till the
roarin' beast Of Berlin got too handy
with his paw; so, we've somehow,
hitched our Vaughn to an everlastfn'
star, that will keep right on a-shinin'
when we've clean forgot the war;"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
No Better Security on Earth.

The credit Of the United States was
SO high and unquestionable that in
1900, two years after the Spanish war,
2 per cent bonds were offered at par
and oversubscribed. This Is finan.
cial performance no other nation has
ever equaled. United States per
cent bonds in 1888 sold as high as $50,
and in 1901 brought 1879 on the stock
market. The United States has new
er defaulted on any Of its bonds. Not
one of it's bondholders has ever lost a
rent of principal or interest, except
those who voluntarily have taken
losses by selling their bonds in a pc
Rod of temporary price depression.-
International Confectioner.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
LITTLE PLEASURE IN TRAVEL
German Trains Creep Along in Dark
ness for Fear Of Bombs OF
il, Allied Aviators. 49,

Special precautions against air
raids are now being taken on the Ger
man railways in those districts espe-
cially liable to aerial bOlnbardments
by the allies, Railway Age states.
The Pdlatinute railways, in particular,
ire adopting. precautionary measures,
and writer in the LoLal AnZeiger who
recently Travelled on this system de-
scribes the darkenlng methods adopt
ed at night. "" 81 "a.
''For hours" he writes, "the train
travelled as though in dark cave.
without lights, without conductors,
without any station names being called
out when the train stopped. When
every 3s1np Is extinguished throughout
the countryside, and the towns and vii
lagos, as though constrained by agony,
have closed their shops. the journey op.
surfing. One, goes on In uncertainty.
facing danger.
Everywhere placards Indicating how
to behave during air raids show that
one Is In the ayiator's territory. Slow
~, very slowly, the train proceeds on
its Journey; In a river alongside the
line one still sees the locomotive which,
togther with Its train. plunged into the
water on the occasion Of a recent acct.
dent. A train with broken windows
not pcjpe has remdined intact-passes
near us another train passes all black
-
on arriving at the end of this dismal
Journey the first question heard by the
traveller is, will they come tonight?'
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
TYPlFIEs SPIRIT OF FRANCE
Brave Thirteen Year-oId Girl, With
Two Small Brothers, Doing All
the Work on Farm.

When the work in your war gar.
den seems tedious and you straighten
your aching back and look longingly
toward the inviting shade of the trees
or toward the arm chair on the awning
covered porch; when you mutter to
yourself that it will not matter much
whether the weeds do choke the beet
patch-it may help you to finish your
task if you call to mind a story told
in "My War Diary" by Mrs. Mary King
Waddington.
In village near ours, says the au-
thor, girl of thirteen Is running the
farm. At the beginning Of the war it
was thriving farm with a man and
his wife, six sons and one daughter.
Then the blow fell, and all the men
in France were mobilized; the father
and his two eldest boys went off at
Once-fOur hours after the decree Of
mobilization was received in the vii
lagc. The farmer had no time to put
his house in order, but left the farm
in the hands of his wife and the two
big boys, aged fifteen and sixteen. The
man and his two eldest sons are now
dead, the two next are in the army,
and the poor mother, wreck phys
ically and mentally, cries all day. The
girl and the two little boys do the
whole work of the farm: The young
est, who is only ten years old,
cannot accomplish much, but he does
manage to watch the cows and to
carry cans of milk or baskets Of but
ter. g..
see the girl simetimes; she is per-
fectly well, never complains and never
asks for anything-except occasional
ly for warm petticoat, or hood to
keep her head and neck warm and dry
when she is working in the fields.
There are hundreds Of girls doing that
work all over France.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Appropriate Name.

AS he polished his customers boots
the boothlack puffed at the end Of q
cigar. Thinking to have little fun
at the Youths expense, the customer
asked him if he always smoked cigars.
ooh, yes, pretty often," declared the
youth. tAs~,e.
what brand do you generally
smoker" was the next question. E
Robinson Crusoe, SIR" came the re-.
ply. T..
The customer pondered awhile.
Il never heard Of that brand" hQ
said.
"1t's a name I've given 'em myself"
said the youth. "You see, guv'nor, old
Crusoe was q castaway !"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Fewer japanese silks.

Just as we had learned to value jap
anese silks and crepes and so on, es-
pecially as substitutes in these times
Of shortage Of so many materials, we
hear that certain ships engaged in the
Eastern trade, and that brought US
these serviceable and charming ma
terials, have been loaned to the Inn
perial government, and that has Gre
ated a scarcity in transportation IA
cilities. So georgettes, crepe de
chimes, and so on, are added to the list
of growing scarcities and advancing
prices. Added to this, little silk Ia
coming from the French and italian
markets. ....-. T.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
AS HAVE OTHER HUN THINGS
Man Complains That HIS German
Made Clock Has Completely Gone
to the Bad.

Ny old alarm clock has gone to
smash. That may not he q news item
nor 1t may not interest YOU, but up ut
our home the fact that the alarm clock
wouldn't 60 any more was an event Of
interest. 1t was ticking away on the
shelf at Il quarter to II the night Of
July II. l took it up to wind it. One
twist, and-rattletebank, siSs boom all.
Something went all to pieces in the
works.
More twists, shaking, putting the
clock to ear and final determination
that it was done for. I thought to
look it over before depositing 1t in the
ash can. On the back was scratched
the month and day Of the purchase in
1912. I was looking on the face for
the last time and studying it closely.
Then down at the bottom I saw IN
small letters: shade in Germany"
There It had been ticking away on the
shelf year after year, sounding it's
alarm regularly, and yet never before
had I noticed that detested inscription.
Probably if I had it would have gone
into the ash can long before.
Just like lot Of other shade in
Germany things that we didn't know
we're around until we found them out.
But the old German clock is busted,
the works have gone to smash, it has
sounded it's last alarm, and as I medi-
tated on it 1 thought how true Of
everything else made in Germany"
Including the juggernaut war machine,
40 years in the building, with which
the kaiser was to ride untrammeled
over all the rest of the world. The
works lis busted.'-E. E. K, in Syra-
cuse Post-Standard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Baked
BY AIR FIGHTERS
AirpIanes Are Of Great ASSIST
ance in Finding Enemy
Submarines.
NECESSARY ALLY OF navy VI
Great Eritsins Sees Need Of Holding
Command Of Arr as Well az OF
Sea-Aircraft Either Attack
g,.as or Summon Patrols.

London.--The measure Of the sue
cess Of the antisubmarine campaign Is
the safe crossing Of the Atlantic by q
million American troops.
There Is very properly good deal
Of official reticence regarding the
methods by which submarines are de-
stroyed, but it is TN open secret that
the royal air force has contributed
largely toward the defeat Of the u
boat campaign.
Just as airplanes have become an
essential auxiliary to the army, so air
craft have become an indispensable
ally of the navy. making it clear that
ascendancy in the air in future will be
as vital to Britain as her present as.
cendancy DIT sea. '>$+'.
Airshfps OF two main types, the
smaller known as the submarine scout
ind the larger as the coast patrol
type, and seaplanes, are the chief in
stru1nehts for dealing with submarines
from the air. The first business Of all
aircraft or submarine offensive is to
find the submarine.
~... See Submerged Boats.
From certain height in the air,
submerged U-boats are visible to OBJ
servers and their position is commune
Gated to the nearest naval patrol. The
work of aircraft is by no means con-
fined to detecting the U-bOats. They
have means Of Immediately attacking
their prey without waiting for the ar
rival Of the naval patrol. n '"s..- @
There is the obvious means Of drop
ping bombs, fully effective when the
submarine is caught on or just below
the surface. Modern antisubmarine
aircraft are almost equally ut home in
the air or on the water. Should the
U-boat dive through the water its pur-
suer can dive through the air and re-
lease depth charges, which have con-
siderable range Of action, and are much
feared by U-boat commanders.
In claiming for the II. A. F. a large
share in winning the safe landing Of
Americas first million the reservation
must be made that the range of air.
craft from their bases Is limited, but
their bases are not necessarily on land,
and seaplanes and submarine scouts
have accommodation on shipboard and
are carried to the area Of their deep
sea patrols.
Where They Are ThicI<est.
Again, it is naturally in home wa
ters and especially in the Nor.l sea
that submarines are thickest, outward
bound from Germany, so that aircraft
patrols are effective from home bases
over the sea zone most frequedted by
U-bOats.
Coast patrol airships accompany
conveys through home waters spot
ting" submarines, to be dealt with
either by themselves or by Destroy
eps; and If the U-bOat menace is not
yet mastered, 1t is steadily and un-
mistakably being brought under con-
troll.
Safe landing of million Americans
In France is big fact, the signifi-
canoe Of which can hardly be missed
even In Germany, where, according to
neutral witnesses, scepticism has been
rapidly growing lately concerning the
possibilities Of the U-boat campaign.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

ventOrs' association. The allegation
brought to the attention Of the ASSOC
citation at it's meeting the other day
WAS to the effect that Benjamin p.
Brooks, chief chemist of the CONNER
cial Research company Of Flushing, L.
l., gave formula to the government
bureau and heard nothing more from
it. A few months ago it was found
Germany had hit upon the gas, accord
ing to f. j. Helnen, president of the
association ashington Star. ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Her Record Sill Still.

A certain family has a colored serv.
ant who, while very attentive to her
duties, has never been known to give
anybody civil answer. Purely as an
experiment, the lady Of the house
brought her a new calico dress, and
gave it to her, saying:
II am glad to have the pleasure,
Matlldy, Of giving you this Dress
Eyer mout hab had dat pleasure
long ago eff yer had any regard TO- my
feelings" was the gracious reply
Chicago News. ----4---I
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
START COMMUNITY LAUNDRY
Canton, O., Probably First City In
Country to Make the
VonfurN

Canton, O.-This, city is probably the
first In the country to have COM
munity laundry. Residents Of the
northeast section Of the city have
formed an organization for the es.
tablishment Of the laundry. Shares Of
stock were sold at $40 each and more
than 800 stockholders are interested
In the venture. In connection with
the laundry the community plant will
operate dry cleaning establishment,
hat and shoe cleaning shop and shoe
repair shop. While the plant will be
a profit sharing concern, the price of
work, it is expected, will be held con-
siderably below the regular prices to
stockholders. sI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Away With the Ak,

The day Of the woOdsman with the
big Ak may soon be over, If new tree
telling machine comes into general use.
The new machine is run by n small
motor. 1t will cut through trunk 30
inches in diameter in a few minutes.
Its saw is chain affair with links Of
six teeth each, which are readily ex-
changed. It runs ina frame ever four
rollers with ball bearings. 1t has a
hollow handle designed as reservoir
Tor OIL
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
WHAT OUR AIR PROGRAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED
PROVES THAT IT IS FAR FROM BEING A FAILURE
" n

!. Editors Note The Senate subcom.
ihittee investigating the aircraft sit.
uati0n has made It's report telling
what's wrong with our aircraft pro.
gram and what 1t has NOT accom-.
ptished. This report was based main.
" on Investigations mide MONTHS
AGO. Our correspondent, Frederick
N. kerby, has just completed a tour
Of the principal centcrs Of aircraft
production, visiting factories ard even
flying. His report is UP TO THE
MINUTE. 1t tells what the aircraft
program HAS accomplished. This Is
the first Of three articles on the sub
ject.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Converted Blacksmith.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Celebrating the
thirtieth anniversary OF his conversion,
Rev. j. II. Sexton formerly a black
In East Tennessee, announced that he
has since converted 1900 persons In
i8 states. S4sNAi
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
HAS TEN SONS IN SERVICE
Oklahoma Woman Claims to IBe the
Honor Mother Of tho
~. -a+.te

Hartshorne, Okla.-Th;s city now
claims the ''honor mother" Of the
state. Mrs. Mollie Easley has ten sons
in the army, the youngest having en-
listed few days ago.
Besides her sons, she has two broth
ers and two nephews In the service.
They are all In army camps In the
United States, but expect soon to be
''over there"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Mud Specialist.

Several officers from the front speak
of famous bootblack In Paris who b
known as the mud specialist" The
individual can tell every soldier client
what section Of the trenches he halls
from merely by examining the mud on
his feet. 1t is said that he rarely
makes mistake, and can spot a mans
battle station anywhere between
ypres and Verdun with marvellous &C.
curacy, apparently each section Of the
long line having Its characteristic
brand Of mud.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Mustard id. invented Here.

The report that an American In
ventor laid before an agent of the bu-
reau Of mines Is months ago form
ula for mustard gas, which the Ger
mans are now supposed to be using. is
to be taken up by the American In
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Smallest Public Library.

What is perhaps the worlds small
ost public library is claimed by vii.
lage not far from London. The vii
lage itself is very small. The library is
merely newspaper file that hangs up
on wall in the village street, but the
community is grateful. This was at
tested to a stranger by an accident. A
white-haired villager who, pointing to
the library" with his stick, said:
"Wonderful useful that be these days
when folks can't get the papers as they
did"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Some Slams % Rain.

The sweating Of water pitchers and
coolers indicate that much moisture
prevails in the air. 1t is worth MOTTO
ing and using in connection with 9TH
er signs OF rains. The dripping Of
caves troughs is Of the same origin.
and ID Of some value.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Screen ..s waste Can.

The waste csn which Is effectively
screened in with !, circle of wire fen.
cling, over which vines have been train
ed. saves its own particular corner
from dnsightliness. The vined circle
should be large enough to admit free
lahdline Of the cal, It coheeals.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

FOR RENT-Two large furnished
modern rooms. Call at 416 Thayer
or Phone S36R.
S36R. 941 wk
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

= Hogs receipts $4,000; steady; butch
ers 1910 to 20.30; light $3.50 to
2O.40; packing $3.50 to 1880; rough
$1825 to 1875. '.....
Cattle receipts 10000, slow to low
er; calves steady.
Sheep receipts 10000; 1Oc to Csc
lower.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

FOR SALE-all of my furniture din
% ing room, living room and bed room
furniture practically new. Call at
113 Thayer. 9 ct
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
NotabIes in City.

Among the natables attracted to the
city by the state conventions of the
republican and democratic central
committees are G. S. Wooledge of Mi
not, democratic candidate for Attor
ney General Langer's joo; M. A. Egan
and j. p Smith of Beach, Judge C. J.
Fisk of Minot, Former State Auditor
Carlo Jorgenson of <Minot, U. S. Mar
shall S. J. Doyle, democratic candidate
for governor; r. D. Casey of Dickin-
son. Senator Thomas Penrday OF
jamestown, Rep. G. w. MvDonlfell or
Foster, committeeman from the 32nd
for the league, and George A. Bangs
Of Grand Forks.
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK:
Hogs, receipts 1920; steady; range
$3.50 to 1910; bulk 1925 to 1910,
g Cattle $4,000; 1Oc to l5c higher:
steers 1928 to 1850; cows and heif-
ers,. 100 to -; veal calves 1918 to H.,
Steady. Stockers and feeders $3.50 to
1900; lower.
Sheep 700; steady. N
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

ANTEp-Stenograph work even
ings. Fox All Bismarck, N b.
"a Ct,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
GENERAL ||;| GRAVES
AT YLADIV0ST0K
IN COMMAND !"

Washington, Sept. Arrival OF
Major General William S. Graves and
his staff at Vladivostok to take COM
mand of all American forces fighting
on the new eastern front was announ-
ced today.
General Graves took with him from
the United States 43 officers and j.
1888 men who will poin the regiments
from the Philippines already on the
ground. =
-BUY W. s. S.
Don't fail to see ITO He'll with the
Kaiser" tonight Last showing at the
Orpheum tonight. y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

FOR RENT-Piano. Mrs. A. NJ
Fisher, ZIG Ave B or Phone 80.
#
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED = Kitchen girl. Apply at
Grand Pacific Hotel. 9 4 tt
-BUY W. s. So l..
FOR SALE-Kitchen stove. 2 porce,-
lain kitchen sinks. horse and har-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

FOR SALE-Baby cab in excellent
condition. 3O9 Mandan Ave-.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
Daily Thought.

Nothing endures but personal quail.
ties-Walt Whitman. =.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

Tribune Want Ads Bring Results.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04

ness, light dray wagon. Phone 500.
9 1 Ct
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-04
RANKS REPORTED TO
b .s BE BADLY DISORGANIZED;
Ss ~ ALLIES ADVANCE FOUR MILES

p Continued From Page One = k,}S
oWever, are reported to be in western portions of
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-22
SIBERIA SECOND ALASKA

Nome, Alaska, (By Mail). - On accoun. of the uncertainty of scon- omie and political conditions in si- Deria this year, few Alaskan miners and trappers have crossed the Bsr- ing Soa to take minerals and furs from the Asiatic.
 In other years many Alaskans, most of them from Nome and the Seward Peninsula, have gone into the Siberian country around the Gult of Anadir. Nome Is about 16O miles from the Siberian coast.
 Small American trading vessels plying across the Bering Straits and' along the Siberian Coast built up such a big business a few years ago that a movement was started for the establishment of a custom-houss on the Siberian coast, probably at East Cape.
 Men who have returned from e cross the straits say that second rich Alaska in its undeveloped state lies in the Eastern siberian prov inces of Kamchatka and Yakutsk.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-22
C1 T A T i Q \

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
 THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 DIVISION NO. l, AT SKAGWAY,
 BEFORE HON. E. A. RASMUSoN
 U. 5. CoMISSIONER AND FIX
 OFFICIO PROBATE JUDGE.
 In the matter of the Estate of
 Thomas McDonald, deceased.
 It appearing to this court, by the verified petition filed this day by L. s. Keller, executor of the last will and testament of Thomas Me Donald, deceased, showing that It is necessary to sell all of the real estate belonging to the estate or deceased, in order to comply With ths terms of the will of said de- ceased;
 Now, therefore, it is ordered that al. persons known and un- known interested in said estate, appear before this court on the 9th day e November, 1918, at the hour q ? o'clock in the afternoon Of said day, at the court room of the said court, at the court house i'll the city of SKagway, Skagway precinct and territory of Alaska, to sho" cause If any there be, why an or der of this court should not be grant ed to the said executor to Sell aII ,ot the real estate belonging to said estate of deceased, in order 10 coLlpry with the terms of the will Of said deceased; the said real estate Doing described as follows to-wit; Lots, one CD, two (2) and three (3) in Block sixty-HVe i65) snd lot F, in Block one hun dred and twenty in the said city or Skag way, as shown by the officlal plat thereof.
 It Is further ordered, that a copy of the citation be published ill the '.Dauy Alaskan" once week TOT four successive weeks, newspaper of geaerai circulation, printed ahQ published at Skagway, Alaska.
 Dated this 5th of october, 1918.
 E. A. RASMUSON,
 Probate Judge. Oct. | IA, q, 2S. Nov 1.