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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
M'C0RD TO BE
 RECLASSIFIED

The local board received advices from Fort Gibbon yesterday to re- classify Abraham McCord. changing him from class four to class one man. The advices state that he had passed his physical examination with good marks.
 McCord at the time of his examina- tion here was believed to have some sort of heart trouble and was ac- cordingly classified for limited ser vice. The advices received yesterday place him among those who will be able to go on the firing line. The newly made soldier will be elated over the decision of the surgeon at the post for it was his desire to en- ter active service, he being disap- pointed upon the decision of the local examining authorities.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
REESE LLOYD ARTILLERYMAN

Yesterday the local board was ad. vised by Local. Board No. 6, at Seat tie that Reese Lloyd had reported there and wished to have his classi- fication changed from class four to class one as he wished to enter the service with the coast artillery. Tho Seattle board requested that the nee essary papers for his induction be sent.
 Reese Lloyd is we'll known in Fair banks. About two months ago he made trip to the Kantishna coua- try and after spending few weeks there returned to Nenana, going out to the coast by the way of Broad Pass. He was registered with the Fairbanks board and given classifi- cation four, which, according to the advices received, he has waived for the purpose of joining the colors.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
PLENTY BOOZE
 WAS UNCOVERED

The marshaPs office was advised yesterday by Deputy Marshal Vaw- ter, of Panama, that a seizure had been made there of considerable booze. The amount of the prohibited article taken was considerable, being composed of the following: 22 four gallon kegs. 10 cases and 1,047 quart bottles, all of whiskey. The total seizure amount to about 370 gallons.
 This is the largest seizure to be made at the lower river town since the dry law went into effect, al though another haul made some time ago nearly approached this one in quantity. AS usual, there was no owner found. at least no one put in claim for the liquor.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
STEAMER SUNK
 NENANALAUNCH

NENANA, Oct. 4.-While making her departure for the lower river last Thursday the steamer Alaska in some unaccountable manner ram med and sank the commission launch Sunflower. The extent of the dam ages will not be. known until the made of the hull and engine.
 The Sunflower was formerly the Gibson Girl, of Fairbanks. At the time of her purchase by the com mission she was remodeled and re- named. She is one of the three launches comprising the commission s fleet here, the two others being the Sunbeam and the Midnight Sun.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07

winter in Fairbanks and the Yukon at Whitehorse.
 The Reliance after the delivery oi her passengers and freight to the Yukon will proceed down river to Panama and acting in coniupct ion with the steamer Panama will clean up all the freight at that place des- tined to points on the Panama river This completed, both boats will come to Fairbanks and be slowed away This is the plan as far as could be learned last evening.
 All freight and baggage for the Yukon should be at the Panama Val ley railway warehouse before 6 D. m. Sunday evening, the freight train is scheduled to leave the depot at 8 n. n.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
MAIL ARRIVED
 LAST EVENING

Two autos of the Gibson Sheldon line arrived in town last evening with mail. eight hundred pounds com prising the shipment. Nine sacks of second class and four of first class was received.
 The mail left Chitina Tuesday morning at o'clock, being just four days in making the trip. It is scheduled to leave this morning at eleven o'clock. Parties having mail for the Outside must have it in the post office one hour before the time Q departure.
 lf you want 1t, advertise In Tho Citizen and get it. If you don't want it, advertise in The Citizen and get rid of 1t.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
FAIRBANKS MEN
 ARE IN SERVICE

In the mall last evening was re ceived information concerning a mum Der of the men from Fairbanks who left for the Outside to enlist. Among those mentioned was Rod Donald son. who joined the navy. At the present time Rod is safely overseas. Finley P. Graham, Clayton (Sim) Packard and Christian N. Hansen all were inducted into service at Camp Lewis. Washington, on September 16th.
 With each succeeding mail reports of the men who went Outside on their own accord to enter service is being received, showing that the men lost no time in getting into harness.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
IS PREPARING
 FOR THE DRAFT

Alex Simson is a true believer in preparedness and to that extent he is closing out all of his most desir. able stock at greatly reduced prices. Profiting by the experience of sev. eral merchants in the Tolovana, who were forced to dispose of their hold ings at sacrifice owing to being drafted, he is offering staple goods at prices that cannot be duplicated on the Outside by several per cent.
 Included in the sale are articles of we'll known merit. Those who have need, or think they will need, winter articles would do well to con- suit the list of many bargains that are being offered at money-saving price. It is seldom that such goods are offered at the prices named-a penny saved is a penny earned
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
PIONEERS MEET
 MONDAY NIGHT

Tomorrow night the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 4, will hold their regular monthly meeting. All mem. bers are requested to be on hand promptly at 8:30. the opening hour.
 It is not known what entertain ment has been prepared for the mem. befs but whatever 1t is will be am pie for their amusement. The new wrestling mat has been received and 1t may be that some of the local tai. ent will be on the mat for the bene. fit of the members.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
STAGES LEAVE THIS MORNING

This morning at ten o'clock two stages of the Gibson-Sheldon line will leave Fairbanks for the coast carry ing both passengers and mail. Those booking reservations yesterday were: c. w. White, Andrew Pelo, A. V. Dedrich, w. H. Mendham, Evert Hyp- pa and August Groomroos.
 This will be the first Sunday de- parture under the new schedule, the days of departure being Sundays and Wednesdays. On each trip the mail will be carried as the winter service is now in effect. The condition of the trail is not of the best but it is expected that the autos will arrive at Chitina within four days travel
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
HAVE RETURNED FROM CAMPING

Yesterday afternoon Dr. and Mrs M. F. Hall returned from three weeks outing at the principal places along the trail. Their travels took them as far as the sheep hills in the Big Delta country.
 Both Dr. and Mrs. Hall appear much benefited by their outing and as the result of their skill with the rifle they accumulated enough sheep caribou and birds to stock the lardel for the coming winter.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
THE TURKS AND BULGARIA MAY
 START A FIGHT

PARIS, Oct. 3.-The allied forces which are now occupying Bulgaria state that they believe that the re. lations of Turkey and Bulgaria are becoming very strained and that the two countries will soon be at war without any influence of the allied leaders Being brought to bear on the Bulgarians. Indications are that the communications between the two cap- itals have already been severed and that hostilities will soon follow. Big developments are looked for in the near future.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
LAST BOAT OUT
 MONDAY MORN

Navigation in the interior for up. per river points will officially close tomorrow morning at ten o'clock when the steamer Reliance departs for Nenana from Cinema to connect with the Yukon, which is scheduled for Dawson and upper river points.
 Some slight changes have been made in the operation of the boats on the Tanana river. It was origin. ally planned to send the Yukon and Panama through to Whitelf0rse to be put in winter quarters. The plan has been changed. The Panama will
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
DIVERS SHELL PORT CEZIMBRA
 OF PORTUGAL

LISBON, Oct. 1.-Two of the enc. my submarines recently appeared before the city of Cezimbra, which is the port eighteen miles to the south of Lisbon and started to shell the city. The civilians took shelter in deep cellars while the shore batter. ies replied vigorously. In a few min. utes the subs were driven off but as far as could be determined no great damage was done by the shore bat. teries.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
PIONEER WOMEN HOLD
 ENJOYABLE MEETING

The session of Igloo No. 3, Pioneer Women of Alaska, held last evening was one of the most enjoyable of the year. The regular business be- ing speedily transacted. Four Min ute talks were given by Mrs. Min nie Geis. the president of the lg- loo. and Mrs. F. R. Clark. At the conclusion, of the talks lodge was closed. and all the ladies present went in body to the Arcade cafe. as the guests of one of the mem. bers. .
 Next month the Igloo will begin serving light luncheon at the close of the meeting. as they have done every winter.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
727 MILLION IS
 NOW REPORTED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-The fourth Liberty loan returns have now reach ed the total of seven hundred and twenty-seven million, three hundred and eighty-three thousand, nine hun. dred and fifty-seven dollars. The rate at which the money is coming in is far behind schedule but may be brought up considerably by the large amount which has not yet been reported.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07

three classes:
 Class A.-Garments in good order, practically the same as new, to be sent back to the front as part of the supply for fighting troops. Class B.--Garments partly worn out but fully repaired. to be sent to the base ports or the coast. for labor troops and stevedores.
 Class C.-Garments much worn but in fair state of preservation. to be sent to prison camps for Ger man prisoners.
 This was significant of what the German prisoners were getting; not the best, to be sure. and not the same goods as our own men, but worn goods in a fair state of preser- vation. It seemed to be an answer to the outcry that the German pris- oners were getting the same as our men.
 One could follow the stages of the huge stacks of hob-nail army shoes from the time they arrived, covered with the mud and grime of the trenches and the battlefield, through process after process of dsinfection. cleaning, repairing. grading until they finally emerged in stocks of sub stantial footwear. Like the garments. these were classed to go back to the fighting troops. or to the stevedores. or to the German prisoners. It was the same with the infinite variety of army equipment going through the salvage process, rubber boots and arctics, shelter tents. har- ness for artillery, saddles, brides. stirrups. All of it was on pro- digious scale 50,000 garments day: 1000 pairs of rubber boots day at the army price of $2.65 a pair. The salvage of all kinds of rubber arti- cles was 99 percent, or almost a complete saving of everything re- ceved.
 More than million dollars worth of clothing was saved last month 1 anu tIt Ol lHt WOIh dS d whole can be judged from these figures of the output: Shoes, $325.- 120; clothing $1,307 O26: harness and leather $57,0O0; rubber $9O,000; can vas and webbing $35.00O
 There are some curious things gathered up in this litter of the camps and battlefields; tor example three fireless cookers; enough books and magazines are left behind to stock several libraries; pictures and knick-knacks with which the tents are decorated before the rush comes, are abundant. Family pictures and belongings of personal character are carefully preserved in little bags to be returned to their owner or his family if that is possible. Besides restoring articles for use. every scrap of wool, cloth. leather, metal, hat-bands, is saved to be | turned into some other form of useful article. or is sold. The sale of junk, tin cans and scraps last month netted 1S,400 francs. The women workers are chiefly French and Belgian. many of them refugees from the invaded districts, so that the work has this further useful end for some 4.000 women. They get from six to seven francs a day, working from to 11:30 and from .1:O0 to 500. The wages paid last month were I'll, 400 francs. But all the cost of wages and new ma terial was less than 10 percent of the value of the articles produced for army uses, totaling $2.500.000 for the month-a tribute to the ingenuity which has produced this unique es. tablishment of war economy
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
NEWSY BRIEFS
 FROM NENANA

NENANA, Oct. 5.-At the meeting of the Pioneers of Alaska next Mon- day night the members will be en. tertained with a smoker. It has been some time since the order has given a smoker and the members an. ticipate a pleasant evening.
 The steamer Reliance left for Fair banks at 9 o'clock this evening. It arrived today from the mouth of the Kantishna river at which place it took in charge heavily loaded barge which had been left there The barge load consisted mostly of locomotive and flat car parts,
 Three Nenana registrantS have been reclassified from limited ser vice to general service. Those af fected by the classification were Dan Gallagher. Chas. Nerstine and Carl Cutnoff.
 The machinery for the Burns & Co. coal mine arrived on the steam CT Shusana yesterday. It consisted of complete mining outfit, from boiler to blower. It will be taken out the line and as soon as spul is installed to the mine the ship ping of the 5000 tons of coal t. the commission will commence.
 The steamer Panama will leave in the morning for the lower river tC connect with either the Seattle No 8 or the Julia B.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
COPPER CENTER MAN IS
 GOING TO ENTER SERVICE

Ringwald Blk, who conducted the roadhouse at Copper Center, an- nounces that he is on his way to the Outside and will locate in Seattle for the period of the war and will engage in the service of the govern ment.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07
BOYS WILL GO
 OUTSIDE TODAY

Late advices received by the local board yesterday afternoon from the army physician at Fort Gibbon re- quests that Lester Robinson, as well as Abe McCord, be placed in the classification of general service, it being the request of both boys that it be done. They had previously been placed in the limited service class but owing to recent ruling of the provost marshal inducted men may waive the classification clause and accept general service.
 The local board wired that the changes would be made and the boys are now able to go on the firing
 inc with the rest of the Fairbanks boys. A wire was received from Gib- bon late yesterday stating that all the soldiers there, with. the excep- ton of the necessary ones to garrison the post, would leave today for the Outside. How they would leave was not stated but it is supposed that they would go by the transport Ja- cobs, as that boat is due to leave
 ,r Whitehorse to go into winter quarters.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07

Has Brown a comfortable in come?"
 Large, but not comfortable; his wife knows just what 1t is."
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07

Stafford's Annihllator for removing ink stains from your books or clothing. lt's a peach. The Citizen.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18
THE POPULAR CANNED YAM.

Six years ago canned yams or south ern type sweet potatoes were practi- eally unknown in Texas, according to J, W. Stone, who recently addressed the Southern Sweet Potato Gamers, not more than 2,500 cases being sold in that state. Texas now takes fully 100000 cases and some grocery houses have increased their sales 1000 per cent This increase is due to better packing methods, and popular educa- tion in the use of a new and delicious prepared food article, and is taken as an indication of what may be accom- plished by extending distribution of development of canned yams is going hand in hand with improvements in methods for keeping the raw potatoes by means of artificial drying in north ern sweet potato storage houses throughout the South. The canners see no danger of competition between the canned article and the well-cured raw potato, because canned foods are d necessity to consumers in industrial centers, and the tow different forms of yam really appeal to two separate and distinct classes of consumers.
 There is no limit to the possible consumption of the sweet potato, This article of food should have a demand that will equal the supply, no matter what it is. The price of sweet pota- toes has been steadily increasing for several years and when the North really goes to eating our yams-- which will be just as soon as the peo- pie there have good taste of them, many sections of the country will largely depend upon the potato crop.
 Lack of care in harvesting the crop, and inadequate canning facili-
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18

c. Some household hoarding dur ing the months of February, March and April upon the general alarm created by the declaration of war, The trade journals of this period will con firm the time of this run upon the sugar bank. In my opinion there has been a reduction in household con sumption since July last.
 d. No statistics on sugar consump- tion from year to year can be looked upon as precise because of the varia- tion which may occur in trade sup plies, of which there has been no col lected data, and there is some evi- dence of increased holdings by the trade because of unsettled condition.
 e. Taking into consideration all factors it is not certain, that there has been any increase in actual con- sumption and considering the increas- ed canning use there may have been a decrease.
 As to the situation between Sep tember 1st and December 9th, the fol- lowing dicates the supplies as nearly as we can estimate in round num- bers:
 Sugar Received and Disbursed.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18

a wide variety of smoked, salt, and canned fish which can be readily sold such as smoked, salted, or canned sturgeon, mackerel, finan haddie, sar- dimes, salmon, tuna fish, and the like.
 A Little Rock wholesale fish house has worked out a plan whereby gro. cers who wish to start a fresh-fish department on small scale without risk of loss can have small orders de- livered Friday morning to supply con. sumers who place orders in advance. even though but a single consumer places an order with the grocer. This fish house undertakes to make prompt deliveries of fresh goods, regardless of initial costs, to give grocers every advantage in building up fish trade on quality goods.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18
HERBERT HOOVER TELLS CONGRESS WHOLE STORY
 OF SUGAR CONTROL
(Continued from Page 1.
Little Above Average.

Little Above Average.
 Therefore while the consumption for the fiscal year 1917 was 22S,907 tons in excess of 1916 it was only 688 tons in excess of the average of the three preivous years. Consequently am in doubt as to whether there was any real increase in consumption and as to whether the apparent increase cannot be accounted for as to differences in invisibl stocks from year to year. A rough stocktaking by the Food Ad- ministration of supplies indicated on September list that there was in the hands of refiners, and principal stor- age houses about 100000 tons. This has since been found by the Depart ment of Agriculture to have been 325,- 900 tons. The stocks in these hands at the same date in 1916 are undeter- minable.
 Many Explanations.
 Several explanations have been made of the supposed increased con- sumption and many explanations given:
 a. A higher wage level and conse- quent higher standard of living and the increase due to increased dry area
 b. The largely increased amount of home fruit preservation.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18

Tin production in 1917 estimated at 98,O0O tons, compared with a 1O-year average of 10000 tons. London price average S1,1S5 per ton, the highest ever known.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18

wishes the oldest one was old enough to help his mother run the farm while he could go to France to fight the | Germans. l. made a mistake in say ing he is a Polander, for he told me proudly that he was an American and was born here. His father was a Po- lander and fought Germany on the French side in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 and that is one reason he is so anxious to fight them himself.
 T. W. Morden, near Olmstead. stopped the Pulaskian while back, but as the folks all liked it so much better than any other paper, he was glad of chance to take it again.
 Mrs. M. E. Herd at Halls Gin sends the Pulaskian to her son at Teague, Texas He has been in Texas twenty years When he reads of old Pulaski for a few weeks he will sure come back on visit You watch and see if he don't.
 Hugh Harrell now of Faulkner county thinks the farmers make a mistake in not advertising more in the Pulaskian. He has an ad for a lost heifer on the Big Maumelle.
 An unheard of bad spell of weather is what the Kimball's thought of the sleet and snow, where I was snow bound for five days. They came to Arkansas from near Indianapolis, Ind, and were used to this kind of weather there, but came here to get out of it. They had read real. estate advertise ments of the mild winter of the Sunny South, where cattle could live out doors all winter and when they mov- ed here they found no barns in the country, so they thought the real es- tate agents told the truth, maybe for the same reason the real estate agents thought they were telling the truth themselves. So what wonder that instead of building cattle sheds this summer he went to Camp Pike dliu HCIpSu Uu1iu lIo DullulllSS 1OI SSF- en dollars a day.
 l was little lucky to find young kids for him before they froze to death and he would carry them into the house, warm them and take them back to the goat, but they would freeze to death He lost five or six that way, but the last one I found was a pecu- liar brown colored one with black stripes and I named him Pea Pod. They kept him in the house all night, fixed up a. bottle of warm milk for him and he looked as cute as any baby sucking his bottle I saved his life and he appreciated it. Later on will tell you how he repaid me. There was a dog which stayed in the house. Her name was Queen. She thought the world of me when l first came be- cause I petted her. She would lay down close to me with her paws on my feet, but when the kids were brought in the house, like a spoiled child, she left the fire and went to the door where she parked to be let out side. She could not bear our taking care of the little kids. There was a little white kid which I called Billie When the brown kid was brought in he was four or five days old and was making himself quite at home in the house.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-18
61 Hours of Low Pressure
 Out of a Total of 744

There were 744 hours in the month of December If you don't think there many just multiply 31 days by "A and you will be convinced.
 Now, there days in December when there low gas pressure Some people who think of the days of low pressure vvdy than of the days of good pres may imagine that there days of low pres sure than normal
 But the gauge tells the story accurately There be mistake about it. And the gauge tells that leaving out the break the pipe line, which repaired in ten hours the total number of hours when low pressure prevailed only 61 distributed parts of eight days In other words less than per cent of all the hours in the month of December witnessed low enough to inconven fence householders.
 Take into consideration the advantages of gas all the year around with the occasional drawback of low pressure nd the balance sheet will show the advantage the side of natural with it's ready convenience and it's far lower cost than other fuels.