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Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

to labor-our only means of subsis- tence-grow less and less? They pro- mise extra rations to save themselves from the wrath of the people, from revolution like that in Russia. But no extra rations can be given without consuming the seed potatoes and the breeding cattle. Should the govern ment decide upon this course millions of the German proletariat, German women and children, must fact hun ger and starvation in the coming win ter.
 For the government is in no posi- tion to fulfill it's promises except un- der conditions which in the near fu- ture we shall have to face with fear and trembling. For there are not enough potatoes and cattle in Ger many to assure the promised allow ance for any length of time. If it were now possible to ration the laboring people more plentifully it would have been a crime without parallel to let them starve. But as a matter of fact the instigators of the war are hiding the truth from the people In it their harvest of blood which is crushing Germany and their aims are for them selves alone"
 All of which is bold as well as a harsh indictment of the kaiser. pub lished apparently in defiance of the war makers. It is not improbable that such utterances as these are what caused the suppression of the Vor- waerts recently, although it is worthy of note that it has since reappeared. That a German paper can indulge in inflammatory statements in defiance of the authorities leads to the con- viction that the autocrats have a wholesome fear of the Russian revo- lutionary leaven.
 While it is considered doubtful that Germany will submit from starvation, 1t is known that the food situation in the central empires is growing in creasingly acute, and Russia, which cannot ration itself, will hardly De able to get foodstuffs to Germany in any great quantity for some time to come even if a separate peace should be signed.
 While the allies have ceased to count too much on the possibility of a revolution in Germany that can con- tinue to be relied upon as one of the secondary "bets."
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10
GERMAN PEOPLE SUFFERING

A few days ago the Berlin Vor- waerts. the socialist organ of Germany and the most Qutspoken of the Ger man papers. assailed the national food controller on the ground that millionaires and profiteers have their cellars filed with foodstuffs while for ty million people are literally starving. Another article in the Vorwaerts, which has been printed in Swiss pap CTS and received by the committee on public information at Washington. is no less bitter:
 ''Disfranchisement of the masses, misery of the masses, state of siege, laughter of the people-this is what this government has brought upon us. Must we stand idle and see our wives and children pine away, our strength
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

THAT the Peerless Leader William Jennings Bryan, was not SO far off in his statements in regard to the cir culation of the baser metal is proven by the fact that silver has gone to one dollar an ounce. and Is eagerly sought by the nations of the world. When the man responsible for the crown of gold and cross of thorns" made the statement that silver could be used as readily as gold as a medium of ex- change between nations of the world he was scoffed at by the money chang CTS. William can now sit back and say, "I told you so.,"
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

that he sees. Or 1t may be 8 pair of red and green alligators flying down to pick up crumbs; or a white gila monster perched on the garbage can, Tapping his wings and whistling to his mate in a whole coloration of de- licious, tinkling notes. We're wide open to the cheer that's in caterpillars hornets. hunks and premature hens, but there's nothing but cold, clammy shudder in what Indiana printers are seeing early these mornings.-Ex
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

Brig. Gen. Frederick V. Abbot has been made principal asslstant to Major osnrai Black, ehisf Of army snsIneers, and charged with the organization and training ss replacement treeps In the engineer department. General Abbot had bssn rsesntiy h ehsrps ot river and Aarbse wort ia ths vicinity es &AS vest.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

We have placed orders of more than q, $1,5O0.0O0.000 since the war be- gan," Gen. Crozier explained, citing the magnitude of operations.
 That is more than 50 per cent ov- CT the entire governments expenses for any year since the Spanish war"
 Senator Wadsworth asked whether the government should have an officer or department similar to England's minister of munitions.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

JUST why the senate inquiry in regard to the war preparations should be made public at this time is hard to see. as they must undoubtedly great ly encourage the enemy when he reads that we have no clothing, no guns, | no ammunition and that our leaders are squabbling over who is to blame for the deplorable condition. That Germany will believe and be greatly heartened by the facts revealed is evil denced by the avidity with which each scrap of news regarding conditions in Germany is published in this coun- try. What the nation wants at this time is not talk from congress. but action. Uncovering skeletons and rat tling dry bones cannot help matters. Instead of seeking to place the blame for this shortage congress should al- low the army and administration full power to remedy conditions. We have men. they are eager to fight, and there is no need at the present time for a congressional wet blanket to put out the fires of national enthusiasm. The nation is in good shape and getting stronger each day. By deferring the inquiry until the end of the war pub licity will not be given to our needs. and the enemy will be kept guessing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10
RED TAPE INTERPRETERS
 WITH GETTING MONEY

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 1O.-- Inquiry into alleged delays in supply ing the army with guns and the cur tailment of funds recommended by the ordnance bureau for that purpose was taken up again today in open ses- sion by the senate military committee after a two days examination of Maj. Gen. Crozier behind closed doors General Crozier, who was still on the stand today, continued his detailed statement of the ordnance situation as far as it revealed nothing the war department considers military sec ret.
 Gen. Crozier declared there was "entirely too much red tape" getting money. While an emergency appro- priation request for lump appropria- tion of $2,s32,537.000 made by the war department April 5-a day before war was declared-it was June before congress made appropriations under the estimates.
 How prospective appropriations by congress were anticipated was recited by Gen. Crozier. For instance. he said. orders were placed for s,000.000 rounds of ammunition early last spring before any funds were avail able. He declared how many new fac tories that had never before made gun forgings were given large contracts to increase ordnance production.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10
EZ
HE TOWN OF VALDEZ
 IS situated at the head of

IS situated at the head oi
 = Prince William Sound and is a city of probably one thou. sand population. It is the cente, of the mining industry on the Sound. both copper and gold. and is adjacent to and within easy hauling distance of the salmon grounds, many fresh water rivers and streams in Valdez Bay bring. ing the fish in great numbers tc within sight of the town. The city has one good cannery. whicf will operate two lines the coming season, employing probably one hundred and fifty persons.
 The city offers good opportuni. ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer factory, a glue factory. a tin can factory and a box shook factory, all subsidiary to the fish packing business. The city owns its own wharf and the Valdez Dock Com pany, which also owns splendid wharf is willing to give prospec- tive investors a chance for sites. VALDEZ has a progressive eitizenry, with good high schools, churches, free reading room and library, good clubrooms and many lodges and organizations. Rents are very cheap, and living is but little higher than in the States.
 Many gold and copper mines are contiguous to Valdez, making this city their quitting port. and drawing from its reserve of labor. The climate is very healthful. the extremes of heat and cold being rarely experienced. The mercury rarely falls below -l5 in the win ter and 70 above is the highest summer temperature. The sum- mers are delightful and the win ters far better than those of the Northern Central or Eastern States.
 VALDEZ is the coast terminal of the government military high way to the Interior. During the summer months autos may reach Fairbanks from Valdez in 36 hours running time, over a fine road, through the most magnif- cent scenery on the North Amer jean continent. In winter teams or dog sleds may be had at all times.
 VALDEZ has number of first class hotels and restaurants, and the traveller and miner can be as- sured of comfortable lodgings 2 a minimum expense. Parties de- string to outfit for mining or pros pecting can do so at our stores far cheaper than in the States, with men of experience to help se- lect their outfits.
 If you are coming to Alaska the Land of Opportunity, and de- sire a good home town among a fine class of citizens, buy your ticket to
 VAL DEZ l TO THE nrntsoR
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10
YAKIMA CHIEF DEAD

NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 1O.-Salus- kin. chief of the Yakima Indians, died last night. He is the last of the line of Owhi chiefs and since the tribal relations of the Yakima Indians have been broken he is the last ofstheir chiefs. He was about 90 years old.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10

My own belief is that the better way is to enlarge and strengthen ex- isting organizations. rather than ere ate new ones." Gen. Crozier replied.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10
GOOD ADVICE.

V JOU cannot escape nm W By shutting the door
 Or locking the window The good advice bors. You cannot elude him By scaling d peak, And he'll-submarining- Stay with you a week. You cannot deny him, For, do what you will, Like the scent of the rose. hs VIII cling to you still Yet he has no power You haven't. you know; He can't do what you can't: But, since It is so That you cant escape him, There's nothing to do But try to put up with That fellow named YOU.
 Charles C. Jon1.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29

London.-American bombing squad
rons are now bombing the Rhine val
ley along with the British. The Yank
pilots and observers. like their breth-
rem of the royal air force. enter into
this "sport" with the same spirit that
has made them famous on the baseball
diamond or football gridir0n Of their
own American colleges.
A young American aviator has just
told Of trip over the German lines
and back behind into German territory.
The formation In which the American
airmen flew consisted Of IL big bomb
Ing machines, each Of which carried
1900 pounds Of high explosives. three
machine guns and three men. This
was the boys story:
'After / had tried the guns on my
machine, checked the bombs. made
sure everything was ship-shape, and
put couple Of little bombs into O
small bag beside me, started my en-
CINE. The big motors growled away
waiting for the starting flash. Sooi
the signal came and we were of.
| "For twenty minutes we climbed. un
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
Home Town
ahtlglpsAA
KEEP HOUSE LOOKING RIGHT
Liberal Use Of Paint Is True Economy
Means Higher Rent and
Greater Value.

The best way to sell house Is to
paint 1t first.
You can get higher rent for house
by painting II.
The banker will lend more money on
well-painted house.
These are suggestions made in con-
nection with clean-up--paint-up cam
paign that have arrested great deal
of attention.
A prominent banker said:
"Of course, 1t Is easier to get loan
on n well-painted house. This Is not
merely because the house Is in better
repair and holding Its value, but be
cause the very fact that man takes
good care OF his property Is proof to
us that he Is not shiftless, that he Is
proyident and that we have a reason
ably certain prospect Of getting the
loan paid back.
"A well-painted house carries ita
own recommendation, even as man
who Is careful about the neatness OF
his appearance makes a much more
| favorable impression than one who Is
careless"
When nature takes on a new dress
why not be in harmony? Is sugges
| ton for "clean-up--paint-up" that
carries an appeal to most folks. 1t Il
also pointed out that woodwork kiln
dried by furnace fire, In spring Is actu
ally parching and furnishing for re
freshing paint.
Again the suggestion Is made thai
when the east winds are high 1t u
dangerous not to have your Windows
carefully quilted.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
EASY TO HAVE ATMOSPHERE
Matter That Should Have Careful
Thought When One 10 Contem.
plating Building . Home.

Many factors enter into the work Of
building a home that are not con-
cerned, simply, with the work Of de-
signing or the mechanical processes
that 60 into the building Of the house.
and we soon discover and realize that
the designing and building Of house
Ia, after all, but the first preliminary
step In the establishment Of home.
The house Is important. of course. and
II It Is not just as It ought to be In
every particular. the operation will DC
complete failure.
And 1t Is of special Importance be-
fore you build, that you know just
what you want your house to suggest
In the way Of newness or old-fash
loneliness or an atmosphere Of historic
association, and you should also know
how the result you wish can be sc
cured.
Your house need not be old to pos
sess' what seems to be an atmosphere
redolent with memories Of the goo'
old days, and II you viii but choos
your architect with proper care. h
will know how to give to your ne,
home that atmosphere which one well
known designer Of colonial houses
| Joy Wheeler Dow--calls the dramati
quality In architecture. - Rawso
Woodman Haddon. In House Beaut
| full.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
Panoramic object lesson.

Two and half miles Of corridors
In the state. war and navy building
Mt Washington are panoramic ohtec,
lesson In the use of tinted walls to re
feet the light.
This Is really economic experiment
thu, has been proved great saving In
the cost Of lighting. The hght-retect
ing values Of the various tints OF paints
are now understood by the skillful
painter.
Many industrial establishments
schools. hospitals and once buildinGs
In the capital have reduced their light
Ing costs to marked extent through
application Of the proper types and
tints Of interior paints. BY making the
interiors brighter they have saved q
oumber Of accidents and have contrib
uted to q more cheerful feeling amons
the oecupantA
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29

With the French Army In Cham
pa gne.-Detachments of engineers
from General Gouraud's army In ex-
ploring the region from which the
Germans have been driven In this sec
tor have discovered In many villages
evidence of the method by which the
destruction Of dwellings, churches and
other public buildings was organized.
The region along the Retourne
abounds with Indications Of willful de-
vastation OF villages that were never
within range Of artillery. but were
found RACED In others where houses
were still erect they were mined for
slow destruction. while the purely
military installations. such as barracks
built by the Germans for their own
troops. were left intact.
Orders for the burning of Junville,
q large village In the Valley Of the
Reteurne. arrived on the day Of evacu.
alton. The people pleaded with the Of
icers to spare their homes. but the
orch was put to every house. The
Village was one vast braxier when ths
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
THRILLING RAID
OVER HUN TOWN

til the earth was just black blot. An
other twenty-five minutes and we were
over the trenches, with the searchers
cropping about in the mists below US.
The big guns crashed away cont-nu-
Ously, and we could see the explosions
from where we scared high above
them. No sooner had we crossed the
lines than the Germans started firing
at us with their anti-aircraft guns.
Once German searchlight got right
on us with its beam Of light. We fired
a couple Of rounds Of machine-gun
fire at the Germans who were manning
the searchlight, and it went out.
Far below us we could see the
| lights of a locomotive. Finally we
reached our objective. According tC
plan, we throttled our motors an(
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
BURN FRENCH HOMES

French entered It. Mont st. Remy
shared the same fate.
At Neuville. where villager i'm
plored that his home might be spared,
an officer replied:
II know II Is an ignoble task, but
such are our ORDERS"
Chatelet. Alincourt. Bignicourt and
Vile Sur-Retourne were partly saved
because the French troops pressed the
Germans there so closely that the sap
pers left behind to do the work were
surprised. Some of these men fled be-
fore they could set or the mines which
had been prepared. Others were cap
tured.
1t has been necessary from French
sappers and miners to explore the Gel
lar Of every house remaining intact in
this region. Under most of them
mines have been found. Mouths OF
wells were so mined that explosions
would I'LL them with rock and earth.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
Ornamental Lamp Posts.

There Is no feature OF municipal
equipment that adds more to the at
Effectiveness of city's appearance
than do ornamental street lamp posts
Of artistic and appropriate design. Just
as the effectiveness Of interior decora'
lions and furnishings depend In q
large measure upon lighting fixtures,
10 the beauty of the street can be en-
HANGED or marred by Its lights. In
each case a satisfactory solution OF
the lighting problem consists not only
In supplying sufficient illumination hut
also In providing lighting equipment
that harmonixes with Its surroundings
and possesses n beauty Of It's own
The old-time lamp post In vogue be
fore the days Of electricity fulfillet
the second Of these conditions but no.
the FIRST: for. although the post itsel
was often work Of art, Its feeble o!
or gas flame seldom was equal to tn
task Of Illuminating the street. Oh
the other hand. the modern overhead
arc lamp gives fairly satisfactor.
light, but the unsightly poles, ropes
wires and other equipment for raising
and lowering the lamp Gun scarcely b
called beautiful. Now comes the orna
mental street lamp post. which CON
bines the beauty Of one Of Its predt
ccssors and the utility Of the other
Thomas ]. Davis. In the House Beat
tiful.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
HOW TO FIGHT
SPANISH LNfLUEN
BY DIR. L. w. BOWERS.

BY DIR. L. w. BOWERS.
Avoid crowds, coughs and COW
out fear neither germs nor Gerr
Keep the system in good ORDER
plenty of exercise in the fresh al
practice cleanliness. Remember a
mouth, a clean skin, and clean b
are a protecting armour against di|
To keep the liver and bowels n
and to carry away the poisons \
it is best to take a vegetable pill
other day, made up Of May-apple.|
jalap, and sugar-coated, to be
most drug stores, known as Dr.. 81
Pleasant Pellets. II there Is .
onset of what appears like har(
one should 60 to bed, wrap warn
q hot mustard foot-bath and drinl
ously of hot lemonade. Ifpain de-
In head or back, ask the druggJ
Anuric (anti-uric) tablets. Thee
flush the bladder and kidneys anq
off poisonous germs. To CONT
pains and aches take one Anunc
every two hours, with frequent
Of lemonade. The pneumonia 9
in a most treacherous way, We
influenza victim Is apparently
ing and anxious to leave ms Ded
covering from a bad attack Of 10
or pneumonia the system $40
built up with a good herbal ton
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medicai
cry, made without alcohol II
roots and banks Of American
trees. or his Irontic (iron tonle'
which can be obtained a. mo
stores, or send 10c. to DR.. Plefc
lids Hotel, Buffalo. N. \
package.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29

giided toward the earth to get nearer
our target. 1t seemed curiously quiet.
Then suddenly the earth seemed to
open below us. Seventeen searchlights
were turned on us by the Germans,
and their shafts Of light swept all
about us. The anti-aircraft guns
made wall ahead of us. The high
explosive shells burst on every side
of us, and the green-fire balls swayed
and spiraled as they tried to set us on
fire. The American machines went
straight on, with never waver or
turn. There were so many crashes
that l thought more than once that wa
were hit. We kept straight on.
Amid Binding Rays.
"Suddenly one of the German
searchlights got us and the rest of the
seventeen threw around us with sud
denness that made their concentra-
ton feel like a blow. We free our
machine guns until the tips of the
weapons got red and the glow be-
gan to creep up the barrels. Inc
whole seventeen beams were on us, al
though we plunged and side4slipped
about in desperate way. We let go
the bombs when we We're right over
the mark The antiaircraft shells
| were getting even closer than ever
and the machine was hit time and
| again, though not in vital spot. why
we were not literally blown out OF
the air do not know. After we were
| well over the mark and had dropped
all our bombs we discovered one 25O-
pound bomb which had caught fast
In the rack and failed to drop wnen
released. Consequently we swung
-tback on second run and when we
were over the place which we mad
bombed we let go the last bomb and
scored direct hit far below.
"We went home at a high speed
We crossed our own trench lines 81
about 5000 feet up, saw some famil
lar landmarks. headed for our OWE
airdrome, fired our signal and go
the answer. A few minutes later VIC
had landed A glance over the pa
chine saw two big tears in the side
of the fuselage and many holes II
the wings.
"But we had done a splendid bit o.
bombing, and such damage as our ma
chine had suffered was by no mean!
difficult to repair"
In California there are 1882 irri
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
PRISONERS ARE
BADLY TREATED

party, and they were not allowed to
write home.
Toward the end of May, 1917, the
corporal was transferred to Minister
IL, in Germany, and week later he
was sent on to Minden. where he re-
manned six weeks.
The treatment at Minden was not
bad, and in this respect 1t differed
from the food, which was very bad
indeed. A five-pound loaf Of black
bread was divided among Ii men; this
was their bread ration for the day.
They had coffee in the morning and a
thin, watery kind of soup at noon.
Once week they had fish and a small
quantity of potatoes. At 6 80 in the
evening they had what they called
sandstone" 1t was just like eating
sand. Sometimes they had ground
maize. and one night out of three they
had coffee.
Works In Munitlon Factory.
From Minden the corporal went on
working party to Harrington, where
he remained three weeks. He was
working in munition factory, unload
Ing iron and coal, but the prisoners
had nothing to do with the machinery,
] There were ten Englishmen in the
working party. A Russians and four
Frenchmen. The treatment was not
good, and the work was very hard.
At the beginning the guards over
the prisoners were soldiers, but during
the last four months that the CORPORAL
was in Germany they had been re.
placed by elderly civilians. The guards
told the prisoners that there had beer
riots In Berlin just after Christmas
1917, and several people had been shot
The guards said that all the best mer
had gone and that it was shameful te
think Of the kind of men that the,
were using in the army.
AS has already been said, this cor
poral Is particularly intelligent man
he Is quite ready to admit good trent
ment when good treatment has bee,
given to him, and he has contenta,
himself with giving the bare facts o.
! the case without comment.