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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-06
Mr.. SOLOMON FINE
TAKES MANAGEMENT

Mr. Solomon Fine, for the pas,
year associated with the VIM. Del
cher Co. Inc, cigar and tobacco dis
tributersfi as travelling salesman has
resigned that position to take over
the managership Of store of J. Fine
Sol was making good In the tobacco
business but hi brother, Nathan
Fine, former manager of the store
was drafted dand Sol was called up
on by his mother to handle the bust
ness.
Miss Lillian Long has returned
frana Grafton w va
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-06
FOR SALE

One OneIIIorse Spring Wagon, ca
pacity ] IA ton,
P. X. HALL,
ID IT, Housefumishings and Coal,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-06
SALE INFANTS oxFoRps

Sizes 3 to 51s, worth sl.25 pair, your
choice at 4Sc.
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-06

Wonderful bargains in Mems Ok
fords at $2-9S.
51p2t THE HUB, "a N. Queen St.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-06

We don't believe in exacting ex-
orbitant prices for merchandise as
some stores do. A look will convince
you
.5tp2t THE HUB, 14f N. Queen St
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
FARMERS MAKE APPEAL

Most every one supposes the farmer is getting rich The mounting prices lead to this conclusion But according to an appeal made to President Wilson by the Federal Board of Farm Organizations the farmer is a sufferer along with the consumer. FoI instance the appeal, among other things, says:
 The farmer does not realize large returns, and es peciay he not realize such scale of profits as is commonly granted to the great corporations pro ducng copper steel, cloth, leather, coal, lumber, and many other things less necessary than food. How ever burdensome the price charged by the distributor to the consumer what the farmer realizes is often below the cost of production. But he must get living prices for what he grows abandon the farm Wheth CT he will or mo- what the farmer will plant next sea son is decided mainly by the price Of what he har vested last year. Already great numbers of farms near excellent markets lie idle for lack of living return
 Sustained or increased production is impossible without the of fair prices for farm products at least for the coming year
 Interest rates to farmers for short time loans should be higher. not conditions haroer hah are customary for other borrowers of like responsibility Millions of acres will be wholly partly idle next summer because the money to buy seed ana supsist- ence will be lacking Many of the farmers thus al fected are tenants whom misfortune will compel to abandon the farm. x
 The chief causes which will inevitably bring about smaller crop next year, unless promptly removed bv National action are six in number the shortage of farm labor; shortage of seed; prices often below the cost of productions; lack of reasonable credlt; exclusion of the farmer from his right and necessary share in the conduct of the war and deepseaed doubt whether he can raise the increased demanded Of him and still support his family and pay his debts
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

The United States Customs report shows that Alaska's 1917 business reached a value of $141125- i62 compared with $119937443 for the preceding year And this despite the fact that labor troubles and shortage of down the output of copper and placer gold. Alaska shipped 7O,S62 pounds of anti mony valued at $S,937 copper shipments reached value of $27,243.51O, compared with the value of s35,534,o39 the preceding year, showing slight de and the total for all fish $45O4sO56; 21s tons of tin ore shipped; marble valued $72,4O6; lead bullion valued $9156; gypsum at s43,sOO; ful fertilizer $37752 turnips 21s.ss4 pounds valued 4s2s tungsten at $19,55O; gold and silver at s14, 939,44O.
 For the value of merchandise shipped to Alaska the Third Division led with $19,234.642. due gov ernment railway material with the First Division sec ond with $14,O49,46s. The total for the Second Di vision $1,992533, and for the Fourth, $4,561525 The Fourth Division led in the value of gold and silver exported with total of $645257 and the First Division next with total of $4592716, with the Second with total of $2,5731S6, and the Third with a total of $1.321,3S1.
 If to the foregoing to be added the value of pro ducts of the soil consumed locally and other local industries which do not figure in either export or import totals possibly for merchandise ordered the outside, the 1917 trade balance for white population of less than 65.0OO would give fairly comprehensive idea of the wonderful resources of Alaska. And the ground has not been scratched When the forest products utilized and the water power is harnessed and the large of soil are brought under cultivation the total will make the tire nation sit up and take notice.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
SULZER KEEPING BUSY

Charles A. Sulzer. Delegate from Alaska. is keep ing busy. He has introduced several bills to remove of the many restrictions which have been re- tarding development in Alaska. The needs of the farmer and homesteader to be about the last thing any thought about in all of the laws far wished upon Alaska possibly because the mis- conception that Alaska anything but agricul. tural country Despite dscouraging handicaps pion. eers in various sections of the Territory showing what be done with the soil In Fairbanks they have small mill which has been grinding out flour from wheat raised in the Panama Valley. At Anchor age the Matanuska Valley farmers have harvested and sold several hundred thousand dollars worth of veg
 etabes. Rutabagas being shipped from Southeast ern Alaska to the Seattle market The Hanes valley strawberries not only becoming famous locally, but are beginning to be sent to the outside market. owing to the fact that they in after the Southern strawberries have disappeared. Where ever there is settlement in Alaska the soil has been made to give up treasures. However, many home
 steaders have become discouraged and others have been kept from taking up land because of the lack of proper laws which the Delegate is taking it upon himself to remedy. Thus far he has introduced bills to extend the farm loan credit Alaska, providing for the aboishment of the obnoxious S0rod strip be
 tween homesteads. to make it possible for home
 steader to take up land in any unsurveyed portion of Alaska and authorizing leasing for grazing purposes
 Homesteaders and others should him about their needs and strengthen his hand for the debates which will before the bills finally may be passed
 With the pressure of events crowding every
 thing else of the way. he will need all the sup port he to get necessary legislation foi Alaska. Most every settler has valuable experiences which will convince Congress that land reforms Ars
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
ABOUT HOLIDAYS

What is believed to be the first attempt to com pile complete of the holidays of all nations has been made by the Guaranty Trust Company or New York The result is booklet of 145 pages through which the reader may determine in moment whether any particular day of the is holiday anywhere in the world or. if the question is approached from the opposite side what days in the year are ecie- brated as holidays by any particular country
 According this catalogue 261 holidays will De observed this year by one or of the ninety seven nations dependencies listed Not all Of these are legal holidays Many of them are observed mere ly as matter custom and receive semioffical con firmation by being published by local chambers or commerce or in the year books or amanacs of the different countries During the coming year fftyour holidays will be observed in the United States While some of them such as New Years Day, Washington Birthday Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day are observed by all the States and by the District or Columbia such observation is solely matter TOT each State to determine for itself there being in thls country no national legal holiday
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
COMMUNICATION
Editor. Alaska Daily Empire:

Editor, Alaska Daily Empire:
 In your newspaper of January 29th there appeared on page z, among the Douglas and Treadwell News Notes, an item to the effect that marriage licenses can be ob- tained much cheaper from the l.. s. Commissioner at Douglas than from the U. S. Commissioner at Juneau, and putting those seeking to enter the bonds of matrimony "wise to the fact" that they can save money "by bringing their mar ying business to Douglas"
 consider this item very unjust he fact that some other Federal Commissioner is charging lower ates than I am, it might infer hat I personally fixed the rate l harged and that such rates were rot sanctioned by law. Any fees ,harged by me in my official ca )acity as United States Commission 1T are absolutely controlled by the law and the instructions of the Fed aral Department of Justice.
 If the United States Commission TT at Douglas has made his rates Or issuing marriage licenses lower han those charged by myself, l am satisfied he has made the fees lower than required by law and is consequently in error
 ha tioIo fo is int d no doubt to be humorous but ,an see no humor in such an article or it it apt to create a suspicion in he minds of the public that l am using my office for the purpose of srafting upon happy couples at a time when their rapturous bliss makes them reckless as to mere monetary matters and their nat 1ral instincts for protecting them elves from mercenaries are over come by greater and nobler things It, however, occurs to me that within the humorous article are Subtly contained complaints of those yery ministers who were responsible Tor the passage of the law which authorizes me to make the charges mentioned. o
 Respectfully.
 sNg L.. BURTON.
 Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 31, 1918.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Luke McLuke Says

What doth it profit a man to dodge young women and remain sin- gle until he is forty and then fall for some dame who is old enough to be his mother?
 An eminent Stuff announces that "Women feel just like men" How is a woman ever going to feel like | man who gets home just as the dawn is breaking and who is won dering how he can square himself with Friend Wuff?
 A Vice Commission is usually q joke. But it is just as well to live so that you won't do any worrying when a Vice Commission is organ ized.
 A fashion expert tells men how to dress well for $500 a year. But if he would tell us how to dress well for IS year he would have | bigger audience.
 A trunk isn't the only thing a woman can pack better than man. She can get more stuff into an ice d lar
 A man usually waits until he is past 60 before he begins to make ID for lost time But it is different with a woman.
 We are all very careful not to speak disrespectfully of the dead. But we don't care a hang how many mean iles we tell about the living.
 A fat woman would rather go without her beer than have a shape | fat man isn't that careful about his figure.
 There never was a man who had IS much respect for his wife's opin- on as he has for the opinion of his vife's husband.
 What has become of the oldfash- toned Democrat who used to say that the Republican Party had lost mother vote every time a horse thief was hanged?
 A womans idea of being happily married is to have a husband who is afraid of her.
 When a fellow used to take his best girl for ride in his buggy he could hold the reins in his teeth But you can't steer an automobile with your teeth
 A wife will make a man lead a dogs life and then wonder why he grOwls all the time.
 A small boys idea of Paradise would be to live in Germany. They haven't any soap over there and haven't had any for six months.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
GIRL SCOUTS MAKE TRENCH CANDLES

The men in camp find trench candles convenient when they want to up of coffee or bowl of soup or when they wish to read in an unighted portion of the camp field.
 The Brownie members of the Girl Scouts or Washington spend portion of their time each week in making these candles which handled by the Red Cross for distribution.
 Trench candles made by cutting out eight full length column strips from newspaper The first strip is rolled tightly possible, then the other six strips are carefully around this foun dation one by one until compact cylinder is formed This is tightly tied with thread. then it is boiled Tor half an hour in paraffin. when it is taken out ana cooled When it has become cold it is treated to another boiling bath in the parafn for another hai bour and when cooled for the second time it is ready for
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
SJJLZER'S HOME RULE BILL

The bill introduced by Delegate Sulzer for a full Territorial form government the people rights over the fisheries of Alaska and gives them the right to elect their own county officers In fact it brings the sources of government nearer to the people It gives them the right to regulate their own game and to elect their peace officers by organizing county government If other bill than this one should become law, it will prove monument well worth while to the work of the Delegate in Congress.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
QUAK FER QUIPS

Philadelphia Record)
 We all have our ups and downs. Even truth crushed to earth will rise again.
 Justice is blind Poverty is no crime, but it has its punishment, just the same.
 Charity begins at home, in spite of which mighty few of US like to feel that we are objects of charity. It isn't so bad that fools and children tell the truth, but they so often tell it at the wrong time In these days of conservation it's treat to listen to a man who asks you what you'll have.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
We'll! The Idee

An assessor in Cook County, Illin- ois, has protested to the Illinois Central Railroad because the warn ing gongs on the crossings of the road ring at night and keep him awake And the name of the man making the protets is Charles Wringer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Ouch !!

"It says here that a Tennessee woman has worn the same bonnet for 20 years" said Mir. Gabb. as he looked up from his newspaper. There's thrift for you"
 Thrift nothing." sneered Mrs. Cabb. ''I'll bet she has the kind
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

imperative in Alaska if it's agricultural be developed to point where they will become a national factor The government needs every foot productive soil and better opportunities for Alaska may be urged as measure
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
BUYS INTEREST IN DAIRY

Joseph Kalfen has purchased the half interest in the Mendenhall
 Dairy held by the Eikland Brothers. Mir. Kaflen and George Danner will ness.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Oh. Joy

The Club is getting up a debate between U. R. Wright, of Mt. Ster- ling, Ky, and l. B. Kong, of San Francisco.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

The war has not made many military regulations but it has blighted lot of them. Only Crown Princes are absolutely safe from sudden retirement
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Job.

I think Jobs trials were myth,
 What troubles had men then? He never wrote letter with
 A two-bit fountain pen.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Missouri is warned against visitation of grass hoppers next year. Better prepare to mobilize an army of chickens and turkeys against them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Perhaps the Prussian method of discouraging spy practces in United States, instead of interning them and feeding them might prove effective.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

The Kaiser says the fight for Verdun was not in vain We'll it gave the French opportunity to add an imperishable laurel their crown of glory
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Paw Knows Everything.

Paw Knows Everythlng. Willie-Paw, what is the divorce evil?
 Paw-The fact that a lawyer charges $2O0 to undo what preacher does for $2 my son.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Probably it is just as well not to say too much about the weather It has its method of ad- yertisng it's presence.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Baker and Chamberlain seem to be having live feast after their scrap. The atmosphere has been cleared
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Her Own.

My hair is all my own,' said she And this 1 can't deny, For things become your property
 When you have coin to buy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

And after he had taken this bit of
 much needed rest He then was called to breakfast,
 and still hoped for the best; But he found the coffee muddy, and
 the steak tough as a shoe. So he smilingly observed: "1 guess
 I'll rest my stomach, too"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

of a husband who is so stingy that he wears the same pair of socks for 20 weeks"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Hot.

"The coal man makes me hot, said
 Bott. That's right" responded Hupp; And you will make the coal man
 hot, If you don't pay him up"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Huh!

Huh! No chicken is Miss Dolly Deck, Whom 1 now introduce; She thinks she has swanlike neck, And she acts like a goose.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Gosh l!

(Greensburg, Ind, News.) George Smith has lost a fine horse, death due to lockjaw and three hogs caused by eating imma- ture corn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Correct.

What do you consider the greatest factor in producing insan ity?" we asked the Great Alienist
 "The lawyers for the defense, replied the Great Alieniest.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
The Optimist.

He went into cheap hotel and reg istered, did Bard. The bed he got was filled with Jumps, and it was mighty hard. But he was quite an optimist, ano he said with smile: "I've been in bed an hour, so I'll get up and rest while"
 Luke McLuke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Learn One New Thing Each Day

It is only 46,000, ,0OO,O0O,0 900 miles to the nearest fixed star.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

"War to the knife" among the barbers of An chorage has a familiar sound.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Our Daily Special. Life With Some Men Is a Case Of Meet and Drink.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Besides regulating food products, the next thing for Hoover do is to fix prices.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Cut-Quawk!"

We know that eggs are mighty scarce right now But you can al ways c. Bob Hatch at the State house in Columbia. So. Carolina.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Names Is Names

B. Just is a grocer in Toledo, 0
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

TWO IN ONE - The EMPIRE's Eay for everybody. The EMPIR5S ads" keeps the housewife informed # sll sales and the news columns are right up to the minute on tho iay's nsW1
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01

Old papers TOT care ut The Empire
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-01
Famous Shows.

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 drift. -shoes.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-28
TANKS MAKE ADVANCE IN BITTER FIGHTING
 NORTHWEST VERDUN
They Made Great Haul of Artil lery at DannevOuX-Germans Concentrate Great Bodies of Men in CiergeS Forest.

With the American Forces North west of Verdun, Sept. 27.-The Ger mans delivered counter attacks north west of Varennes and between Ivoiry and Montfaucon late today, but achieved no gain.
 There was heavy artillery firing west of Montblainville and southwest of Charpentry this afternoon, fur ther indication that the Germans are making an effort to stabilize their line. The enemy is known to be massed in Cierges and the forest of Cierges and the Forest De Mont. All those places are being heavily shelled tonight.
 Gen. Pershing's troops in their drive between the Mouse and the Ar gonne forest made great haul of German artillery in the region of Dannevoux. The Americans capture included four big 210-millimeter guns and eight 150-millimeter pieces and 15 trench mortars, 10 field guns and 34 machine guns.
 The enemy increased his artillery fire this morning along the center of the American advance, but was unable to force back the Americans. The rain has made the roads virtually im- passable for the artillery and is in- creasing the difficulties of transport.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-28
PATHF|NDIhG COMMIS- SIOH ID INSPECT ROUTES
Pathfinding Commission of the Bankhead Highway Associa- tion Will Leave Memphis on October 18th.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept, 28-(Spe- cial. )-Much interest is being aroused throughout the country over the tour of the Bankhead Pathfnding Commis- sion, which will inspect a number of proposed routes from Memphis, Tenn. to Fl Paso, Texas. There are two routes to inspect between Memphis and Little Rock; two routes between Little Rock and Fort Smith; one route between Little Rock via Hot Springs to Texarkana, Ark; two routes in Oklahoma; two routes in New Mexico and three routes in Texas. The official party will start form Memphis, Tenn, October 18th and will be composed of ex-Congress- man T. s. Plowman, president, and J. A. Rountree, secretary of the Bank head National Highway Association, one United States government engi- neer, one civil engineer, three dis tingushed disinterested citizens liv- ing east of the Mississippi river There will be several newspaper rep resentatives, photographers, etc. The official party will be composed of ten and will travel in automobiles. The Pathfnding party will have the latest equipment for observations of the topography of the country roads They will have maps, data and all in- formation about each route they are to inspect, before they start, so they will know the route when they com mence to travel over the same The Pathfinding Commission who pass on route is composed of five members ]; they will make a report of the most favorable route from Little Rock to Fl Paso and the Board of Directors will receive the same.
 Secretary Rountree, who is arrang- ing details of the tour and who will have charge of the party, reports that,
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-28
WILL NOT FIX COTTON
 PRICES FOR PRESENT
War Industries Board Will Test Stabilizing of Market-COttOn Interests Advised to Continue Usual Business.

Washington, Sept. 27.-The war in- dustries board committee on cotton distribution announced today that it will not recommend that price be fixed on raw cotton at the present tune, nor will 1t so recommend in any event before sufficient time has elapsed to test the effect as a stabiiz- ing influence of the work assigned to the committee, unless unexpected changes of such violence should occur as to threaten the welfare of legiti- mate interests.
 The statement, signed by Thomas Walker Page, chairman of the boards committee, and Charles J. Brand, chairman of the committee on cotton distribution, warns the cotton inter ests against giving credence to unau. thorized reports or rumors purportinS to come from the two committees. They are urged to proceed in the nor ihNbi biCliSetN llOli OI DlSlIlCSS WllUOuC uncertainty or hesitation.
 The committee on cotton distribu- tion has been organized, it is stated, and has been directed to effect as quickly as possible an equitable dis tribution oc cotton as to quantity and also as to grade among both domestic and foreign manufacturers, with a special view to providing for the pro- per utilization of the surplus of grades below middling.
 All purchases, both for foreign and domestic consumption, will continue to be made at market prices through the marketing and distributing agencies commonly used, unless the cotton com mittee shall determine that a neces- sity has arisen for making a change.