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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Petroleum Shortage Complaints.

The Munchener Post (Oct. 13)
states that letters pointing out the
lack of petroleum are increasing, and
in publishing the following extract ex-
horts those responsible to do their
duty:
"A Workman's wife describes the
state of affairs as follows: Things are
Wretched with US. We have no gas
and no other kind of light. l have
been able to obtain liters OF petro-
leum since September. Although l
burn a light only in the kitchen, the
oil was used up on October 4. Now
we have no more light, and life is I'M
bearable. My husband comes home at
1880 p m, my daughter from business
at 8, and there is no light! 1t is the
same with all the inhabitants of our
house. Something n,~9t h done. We
can not continue to exist like this"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Difficulty in Obtaining saucepans.


To the list of articles recommended
for use during the war, but of which
the stocks are unable to meet the de-
mand, the Vossische Zeitung COct. 12)
adds the saucepan.
I'm order to economic in gas, fire.
less cookers have been strongly rec
commended. 1t does not matter so
much that the boxes themselves are
hard to procure, as they are too dear
Tor most housewives, who prefer to
make them themselves. They can not,
however, make the saucepans to fit
into them, which must be thickly en-
ameled and without side handles. They
have surrendered their aluminium
saucepans, and the demand for substi-
tutes for these is so great that they
are unobtainable. One lady was re-
fused saucepans at the factory where
she had originally purchased her cook
ing box and aluminium saucepans on
the ground that they could not be sold
without the box. This behavior on the
part of leading firm to an old Gus
toner deserves a public censure."
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
appropriation and Declaration of
NettIes.

The Volksfreund (Oct 81 says that.
as the question of the use of singing
nettles in the textile industry may be
regarded as solved. the cultivation of
nettles has been placed on a new foot
ing.
An order published on october 2
eXpropriates collected nettle stems,
ne5tle fibers, and spun yarns, as well
as waste of these articles. An axcep-
ton is made for supplies required for
contracts for the army or navy. The
order also provides for the declaration
of stocks of these articles"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Collection of Peat Fiber.

The Munchner Neueste Nachrichten
(Oct y appeals on the grounds of war
necessity, owing to the shortage of cot
ton, for the collecting of peat fiber,
particularly that of the cotton-grass
sheath. 1t states that this is easily
found, and gives the names of the dis
tricts where it occurs, suggesting that
it can quite we'll be collected by chill
dren. Nix 25 will be paid for every
cubic meter of fiber.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Increased Petroleum Ration Impossible

The Vossische Zeitung (Oct. u
states that hopes of a more generous
supply of petroleum this winter will
not be fulfilled.
The requirements of the army and
navy in lubricating and fuel oils is
greater than ever before. The con-
siderably augmented import of petro-
leum, resulting from the working of
the Rumanian oil wells, will not, there
fore, allow of it's use as lighting oil.
The price of lighting oil for the next
few months is still under considera-
ton. A moderate increase in conse-
quence of the decreased manufacture
is impossible.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Fallen Leaves as Fodder.

The Vienna zeit (Oct. 10 draws at.
tention to a recommendation that fall
en- leaves should be used as a sub
stitute for chaff in feeding horses and
cattle, to help out the great shortage
of straw and other folders.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Coal for Vienna Poor.

The Neue Freie Presse (Oct. 49,
points out that, while arrangements
have ben made to assure to everyone
the absolutely necessary quantity
fuel on production of the coal car.
there are thousands for whom the coal
question is not merely one of supply,
but of money.
There are thousands upon thusands
in our midst" says the paper, who,
in spite of the cards, must freeze with
their children, because they have not
the means to pay for coal
1.-THE movement for providing free
bread to the Vienna poor is now in
Guiding in its program the supply Of
tickets for free coal.
can appeal is made for public sup
port in providing funds for this pur-
pose"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11

and that the prescribed prices can not
be paid for thrashed fax. The use of
ripplingF coombs is strongly recon-
mended. For flax straw, rippled and
packed according to regulations, so
pfennig per ctr. over the fixed price
according to quality, will be paid.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
ENLIGHTENING NEWS
FROM GERMAN PAPERS
Tobacco Substitutes.

The Leinziger Volkszeitung (Oct
15) referring to the list of "fine herbs"
which are used for war tobacco,
states that, besides hops, the latest
addition to the list, rose, lime, sun
flower, artichoke, sour, sweet, and
mahaleb cherry leaf, are much-sought-
after articles for the substitute tobac-
co manufacture.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Delivery of Flax.

The Deutsche Tageszeitung (Sept.
49, points out that in order to get
the full use out of the fibers, which in
war-economic interests is so neces-
sary, flax straw must not be thrashed,
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Paper Piping as Substitutes for Lead
EN- and Copper Pipes.

The CentraaIblad der Bouwbedrii
ven (Oct. 49, reports that successful
experiments have been made recently
in Germany with piping manufactured
chiefly of paper 1t has been proved
that paper pipes have three or four
times as much power of resistance
against interior pressure as leaden
piping, and weigh only about one-ninth
as much. They have only about one
sixth of the solidarity of copper pipes,
and One-seventh of their weight Pa
per piping equal in weight to copper
pipes would be equal to them in SOL
idarity also. If the paper pies are
we'll glued they should have sufficient
power of resistance to be used as gas
pipes.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
appropriation of Pewter Apparatus in
Austria.

The Vienna Neue Freie Presse (Oct
81 reports that, according to an order
of the ministry of national defense, all
pewter tubes, connections, mountings,
and similar parts of beer pressing and
beer drawing apparatus in the possess
ion of manufacturers and dealers, and
also of industrial concerns, are appro-
II2ristedNor war purposes, whether they
are in use or not.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Restricted Heating of Trains.

According to the Vienna Neue Freie
Presse (Oct. III increasing difficult
ties in coal supply will have the effect
of reducing the heating of railway car
riages during the winter months. Pas
sengers are therefore urged to provide
themselves with warm clothing for
railway journeys.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
10000 Hamburg Families Unsupplie,

10000 Hamburg Families UnsuppIied.
The Hamburger F'remdenblatt (Oct.
16) contains an article entitled "Traf-
flee conveniences or unheated rooms ?"
to the following effect:
"The stoppage of the Alster steam
shipping has created dissatisfaction on
many sides. We will not discuss the
reason why the Alster Steamship Co.
has not procured coke, if, as is stated
on other sides, there is plenty of coke
to be had. We also do not fail to rec
ognize the difficulties ensuing in a
town like Hamburg through the loss of
transport facilities such as the Alster
Company offered, and the consequent
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11
Prohibition of Central Heating in
Dresden.

The Leipziwer Volkszeitung (Oct
49, says that the Conservative depu-
ties in the Saxon Landtag have sub
mitted the following Interpolation on
the coal question:
us the state government aware that
the Dresden municipal council, by an
order on October II, has prohibited
the use of central heating installations
in households until further notice?
What does the government intend to
do to counteract this measure, which
threatens to injure the health of many
of the Dresden people?"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11

Don't miss seeing our shoe line. We
have full line of them, as smart as
any made, Clayson, The Clothier. =
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-02-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES
 OVER OLD METHOD
Birmingham Dealer Among the Many to Realize Early the Value of This
 Delivery

There was a time when a line of
 motor cars being driven overland to
 some dealers place of business in a dis
 tant city would excite considerable at
 tention. But now, since the government is utilizing all available rolling stock foT the transportation of munitions and supplies for the boys over there, these factory "drive-aways'' are as common
 as a string of flatcars themselves. It is not only the patriotic duty of the manu- lecturers to avoid the use of railroad cars as far as possible, by delivering
 automobiles from the factories by high way under their own power-it is a case of downright necessity
 we do not find the factory drive away very much of an inconveni ence, " says l.. J. Ollier, vice president and di- rector of sales of the Studebaker cor poration. 'The fact is, we are inclined to favor this method of delivery at the present time. Dealers who have come to our Detroit factories, from within ra dius of 800 to 1000 miles, to drive home their quota of new Studebakers, have reached their destinations brimful of en- thusiasm over the performance of the new cars. It is really more than enthu- sasm--it is deep-rooted, genuine faith in the cars and their ability to stand up and deliver service under every possible condition. We could never arouse such enthusiasm by merely telling the dealer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
Salesman GiUes Pointers
 On Relative Tire Cost
States That Cost Does Not Include Only Cost Per Mile
 But Comfort Gained by Confidence

 monthly of pointe by tire sales
  Par o the article $
  ing but like hear the other fellow talk his shop So tell about in the market for res? the Tire salesmans hopeful eff u are, have the best bargain-' all on know that tikd patching mileage for h least money-a that have been told for the I'll believe When shop talk general I'm
  uefsaiee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

same for your tires. and each of you
 gets about the same mileage on your
 pet choice, yet none of you can get as
 good mileage on the other tires. Why?
 DIFFERENCE IN WEAR
 ''Well, it's combination of 100 little
 things. You, for instance, may have
 the habit of starting your car in second
 instead of first, and a grabbing clutch to boot. Result, your tires are continual
 ly subjected to a rolling, jerking action between tread and street, which tends to
 pull tread and fabric. The Ropetwist tire. let us suppose, is so built that it
 resists this action strongly. John Jones
 is one of these plunging drivers who
 slam-bang up to trouble or a stop and
 bring up with smoking brake drums-con-
 sider it smart driving Sudden brak- ing puts an entirely different strain on
 tries The Ringing tire, let us suppose,
 stands this strain we'll Jim Smith is
 a cautious individual, and with little
 money to spare on his car-he is always
 afraid he is going to get bumped, and
 so invariably slides up bang against the
 curb when he stops and scrapes his tires
 along them. His variety Of choice, the
 Spadehearts, have very fine sidewall
 well covered. which stands this abuse we'll
 But if you all trade tires, what hap nens? Spadehearts, which you try, pull the tread off easily-and that's your style of driving. Ringlings don't stand curb rubbing at all and burst before Jim Smith has half his tread wear out or them, while Ropetwists. which stand bad starting pretty well, don't resist excess sive braking worth a cent. So here you
 are, three men, all buying tires of the , same price and class and each rightful- ly convinced that his Is best for him. Suppose you can buy your size tire Tn the Ropetwist brand for $37 It is guar anteed for 4000 miles and you get 6ooo. It's mile-cost is $Oo616. If any other tire
 will give you 10000 miler at cost Of less than $61 60, it is worth while to buy IL. You can 20 to cut-rate tire shop, where they sell seconds and tires without names: all the general tire junk which they get, somewhere. You can buy your size, let us say, for s22 50 But that tire l has got to yield you 365o miles to set | the mile-cost to S.OO6l6.
 REAL COMFORT
 "The factor of comfort doesn't mean l only ease of riding. It means confidence l in your tire and assurance that, barring | the unlucky puncture, you won't nave to l stop and change en route for blow w-out. | Youll have to say for yourself what that 1 is worth per mie But let me ask you | this: You plan journey of 50 miles. You take me with you. l say to you, 'ul- timate,' I say-just like that-'Ultimate, | if you will pay me quarter, now, I'll agree to change any tire that blows out 1 on the road. If none blows out l Keep the quarter What do you say?" T say, You're onr" cried Uultimate. | "Exactly. You agree it's worth a | cent a mile to know you don't have to change tire. We'll, then. even admitting l that the cut-rate tire at s2250 will run
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

"A tire is manufactured out of rub Der and cotton. If the rubber and the cotton are the very best which can be bought the tire naturally costs more than if made of cheaper mate rials. If either material is adulterated with anything the tire can be made cheaper than if made honestly. And if the best and most painstaking work manship goes with the best material, a better tire results than if the best material is hurried1y thrown to- gether.
 What's the difference in the cost of materials in a watch movement at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
HEARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND THERE

i the story of the new cars, or writing nm about their wonderful performance but seeing is believing
 TESTS PROVE QUALITY
 The 4o,Oo0-mile test given original mod els of each car, over the country roads and through the mountains of the United State and Canada and on the Chicago speedway, through the snow, sleet and extreme cold of one of the severest win ters this country has ever known left nothing to be desired in the way of proof of the mechanical excellence and sturdy construction of these new cars-but thesc drive-aways give us added proof that the cars are right
 Each day sees an overland caravan of Studebaker cars on it's way to some part of the country. Distance and road conditions have offered no obstacles Dealers, some bringing their customers with them, are driving their cars through to Chicago and the middle west, to the Atlantic seaboard, andsway south of the Mason Dixon line.
 BIRMINGHAM DEALER
 Robert D. Maxwell, our Birmingham dealer, personally drove Light-Six over the roads to his city a week or so ago. In writing about his trip he enthusiastic caliy says: Although the roads in most places were almost impossible, found no difficulty in getting my car through. | was hub deep runningj in low gear all the time 1 stopped on a firm place in the road to allow my radiator to cool Imagine my surprise tod find that I could lay my hands on any part of it without the slightest discomfort. The new Stu dehaker Light-Six is the most wonderful performer I have ever handledn Many similar expressions from dealers every where reach us daily
 T should say that drive-aways are also a distinct advantage to automobile purchasers. The cars, are always in the hands of experienced drivers who are bound to use the best of judgment in their operation at all times. Then, too, experienced motorists will tell you that they much prefer someone else drive a new car for the first few hundred miles, because it takes mileage equal to one of these ordinary 'dTive-aways to prop erly break in and Timber up a new car to it's maximum capabilities"
 One farm of 40 acres in California is devoted almost entirely to the growing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

All right. answered Tire sale- man.
 Tires. like everything else in the vurtd. are worth about what they cost you. I don't mean that some tires at s37 are not better than others at S37, but in the long run, in the average, the law of supply and demand, of cost and selling price, operates in tires pretty much as in any other commod- ity. So you can be mighty sure that if SIT 34X4 tires were worth as much as SAT 34x4s, either the expensive tire would never get sold or the cheaper tire would sell at the higher price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
Confidence

From the Washington Star.
 Do you think Josh is learning fast in the arny?" said Mrs. Corntossel.
 I'm sure of it." replied her hus- band.
 You know he never stood at the head of his classes"
 'Tm not thinking about how he stood anywhere. I'm thinking about the way he always kept goin' in a football game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

| to a mle-cost as low as the $37 tire, which gives 5000 miles or the tire at less than $61 60 which gives 10000 miles, it isn't worth it because you are never sure of the cut-rate tire. And you have all the assurance the manufacturer can give you-the manufacturer of an honest tire at an honest price-that it has no con- cealed flaws, holes, dropped stitches, air bubbles, loose tread, fabric cracks, and so on. I think that proves the fact that the comfort of confidence is worth while in the good tire"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
A Making sure trucks make good

VX 7E make trucks make good by de- wv signing them to meet the strains they must
 bear, by building them we'll trucks can be built, by testing them thoroughly and then fol- lowing them day by day in the hands of owners to see that they get the attention they deserve.
 We have installed trucks in 103 lines of business and have gathered data fundamental conditions which trucks must meet in these businesses. Our inspection system enables us to know just what these trucks doing in any locality and in any situation. This inspection service and our records of the performance of our trucks, make certain the success of any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

"So it is with tires. The best work manship means the best tire. And by the best tire I mean the one which is least subject to internal disorders and therefore gives the lowest mile-cost. For instance, if the fabric is not thor oughly impregnated with the rubber if it's threads are permitted to rub against each other, they wear. Then, some day, you have blowout If the fabric is not minutely inspected for faulty places there is weak spot in the tire-and a stone bruise on that weak spot means a blowout.
 Now. don't mean that the most expensive tire is the best tire, or that the best tire. considered as tire, IS the best tire for all cases or purposes. For instance. there are some cord tires which are somewhat more difficult to repair than some fabric tires. A man who must continually drive his car in streets which have many nails, tacks and glass pieces in them is not going to get the service from this variety of cord tire that he would from much more easily repairable fabric tire. On the other hand, the same man, taking a long tour, would spend more money for gas, have harder riding car and take more out of his machinery with the tougher, harder fabric tire than with the cord tire. I wouldn't put a heavy-duty tire on a light car and expect good results, although I'd un- Guestionably get long wear-and l wouldn't put light roadster's highly resilient tire on a truck, and expect wear. though I might get temporary comfort The right tire must be chos- en not only with reference to the ma terial and the workmanship, but with reference to the work the tire has to do.
 ANTISKIDS
 ''So far as I know no one has ever | made or published real antiskid test ! of these various surfaces. If you should shoe a car with couple of ] new tires with a zig-zag tread, attach 1 a rope and a spring balance to the car and tow it sidewise, and measure | the pull at which the rear wheels com mence to slide you'd have a basis of | comparison for the same test on the same car on the same street at the same time with another pair of tires
 with a zig-zag tread. But obviously l that is impractical
 1 Here comes another point Have you ever stopped to figure, as an ul- 1 innate consumer, how it happens that
 you and John Jones and Jim Smith l all driving the same make and model car can each get such different re- suits from the same make of tire? You use let us say, the Ropetwi ise | tread tire. John Jones swears at the
 Ropetwst and by the Ringing tread l tire while Jim Smith finds neither Ropetwists nor Ringlings any good
 and says that only Spadehearts are worth buying. You all pay about the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
MILE COST

s10o and one at s10? The difference
 is in the workmanship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

One farm of 40 acres in California is devoted almost entirely to the growing of violets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

same for your tires. and each of you gets about the same mileage on your pet choice, yet none of you can get as
 good mileage on the other tires. Why?
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-06-19
Serial O2859. Sur. 1918

Serial 02S59. Sur. 1918 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Juneau, Al. Feb. 22, 1918. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nelson Lagoon Packing Company corporation, as assignee of George C. Laws, being entitled to benefits of Sections 23O6 and 23O7 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-mineral Survey No. 1913, situated just South and in side of Point Divide, Herendeen Bay, Bering Sea. Alaska, more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. cor No. 1, cor. not set, wit. cor bears East .G3 chs. dist; thence East l2.18 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence North 1900 chs to cor. No. 8, from whence U. $. L. NJ. bears N. Is deg. 30 min. ". 8.53 chs. dist; U. s. L. M. 1047 bears $. 20 deg. 43 min E. 253.99 chs dist; thence West 11.6O chs to cor. No. l, cor. not set, wit cor. bears East 1.24 chs; thence meandering beach of Herendcen Bay at ordinary high tide CD s. , deg. 45 min. W. 6.20 chs. (2) $. O. deg. 24 min E. 6.82 chs. to cor. No. 1, place ofbeginning. Area 15.68 acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. % min. E. Longitude 16O deg. 47 min. West. Latitude 55 deg. 53 min. 25 sec. No.
 As additional to original homestead entry of George c. Laws, H. E. 958 at ,ronton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming adver- ely any portion of the above describ- d tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of pub Iication or within thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. 5. Walker
 Register
 Date of First Publication, May 15, 1918.
 Date Of Last Publication, August F, 1918.