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The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27
WHAT ALASKA HAS DE AND E DOING
 TO BACK UP NADN IN WAR

The department of the interior has
 issued the following:
 Alaska's response to the call to the
 colors was characteristically snappy,
 big and effective. The wireless mes- sage which told the pioneers of the far North that their country had joined
 in the world war against kaiserism at
 once started men and money to the
 front and filled the Alaskans with
 such practical patriotism that every line of industrial, engineering, mining. agricultural and fishing activity inn mediately was speeded up to the top notch of energy and production.
 Coal Output Being speeded
 One of the results of this common purpose to back up the country ap- pears in a statement in a routine re- port of the department of the in- terior that for the first time in her history Alaska last year produced 50,O0O tons of coal. Tn Pennsylvania this tonnage would be a trivial mat ter, but the fact that in 1917 the coale output of Alaska exceeded 50,O00 tons is regarded by men who are helping to develop that country as of peculiar significance. For one thing, they say. 1t indicates that the Alaskan engineer Ing commission, which only three years ago began building a govern ment-owned railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, which with it's branches and spurs will aggregate approxi, aately s60 miles. alreadY is in shapa objective; that what has been talked about for years has come to pass, and that from now on coal production will increase so that last ears total will be remembered only because it reached a tonnage suff- 2lent to attract attention.
 Expect 100000 Tons This Year
 It IS predicted that this year more han 100000 tons of coal will be taken rom the mines and hauled on the government railroad, and that in a comparatively short time the ships of he navy in the Pacific ocean can get heir coal from Alaska.
 All of the coal mined last year was Ised in Alaska, and most of it by the allroad which hauled it. The fact : hat the local demand was met by ocal production is looked upon as c moving a net gain of more than 5O.- OO tons in the tonnage for use of the $ Jnited States and it's allies. Had it cen necessary to ship this coal from i he Pacific coast of continental United f tates, the entire cargo space of two hips of the size of the United States ansport Crook would have been re- 8 uired for the whole season. S
 Increased Fish Food Production
 Another striking effect of the speed C D policy which all Alaska adopted | 'as the great increase during 1877 t fish food production; the total val t es of fish products jumped from $22,- I OO,OOO to $42,OOO,OOO, almost double. c 1917 Alaska sent to the United b tates more than 25O,OOO pounds of a Inned salmon alone, an increase of 100000 pounds over the output of o le previous year. During the same al eriod Alaska fishermen harvested fs
The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27

Cordova will have an opportunity of seeing dainty piece of Dresden china in the charming singing and dancing. act which Mrs. Nina Nichols contributes to the big minstrel show on the 3Oth. Don't miss seeing this particular star twinkle
The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27

There's going to be riot when Mrs
 Kerr gives you her new song hit, right from the Outside, Were Going to Hang the Kaiser" The entire min. strel company assists Mrs. Kerr in the chorus of this big number. Be suro and come to the Empress on the 3Oth.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27

fromr Seas and rivers nearly 12,- nolbbounds of fresh fish, other than salfnian increase over 1916 of more .hsn00,000 pounds, and in the way of Sled, dried and other cured fish Aaslexported more than $500 O,OO0 poun an increase of something morean 100000 pounds over 1916. Atoher, Alaska sent out of her bofd in 1917 more than 268,5OO,OOO p0un of fish food, or more than 25,- O0O.l pounds above her production in 1g
The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27
cretary Lanes Comments

cretary Lanes Comments
 Setary of the Interior Lane, who
 has arge of Alaskan affairs, con- meng on the 1917 record made by the titory, said:
 T results at this time, with a grea part of the world hungry, are mosgratifying. Alaska has an en- eFge patriotic pioneer population whinnderstands fully what the war mea although so far removed from the t of action. Every citizen en- listen the effort to increase pro- duct, knowing that the greatest goodlaska can accomplish is, as recelbulletin declares, to place the resoes of Alaska at the disposal of this 1ntry and the allies at this nome The results last year show the ct of organized, patriotic eff forta is year will yield far greater
 sg
 a4ted States Geological Sur velin a recent bulletin, declares thahe most important event of the yea connection with coal mining inRska was the completion of the Mauska branch of the government rahd. The survey places the coal pr9tion of Alaska in 1917 at 61, ,0OO tof valued at $3O0,OOO, with the laFt production coming from the EsA Creek mines, in the Matanuska feh Coal also was mined at the OoA y mine, in the Matanuska field; at Bluff Point mine, on Cook in- let,A Cache creek, and near Candle. Th4igh-grade coal on Chickaloon rlYqis now being opened by the AlaSh engineering commission for it's pN use in the construction and 'peEain Of the railroad, and the coal anasa the Nenana field have been 'ubui1ed for leasing by private par ieSa d the government road is be- ng Bhed southward to this field rom enana, on the Panama river. t IS elieyed the railroad will reach hiS Id and make the coal avail lblS river shipment this coming iuntIn.
 An teresting feature of the devel- 'pnlel of the country through the 'uildis of the government road is he Transformation of a number of he pheer gold miners into farmers, 'heN 'oduction of potatoes in the ountr tributary to the railroad was etWee 1,500 and 2,000 tons last year, nd 2A tons of turnips were raised,
 Theand and industrial department f qnerailroad had been conducting n enetive campaign to have Alaskan arnf roducts consumed locally. .-
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

style Of wearing low-eut blouses -
reduced the number of sore throats
among French women By % per cent
this winter.
Three-fourth Of the patients suffse.
Ing from bronchitis. laryngitis, toanl-
It's. bronchial pneumooia and sipilar
complaints are men. say these doc.
tors. in direct corroboration Of what
Doctor Aanguihere asserted, accord-
ing 10 cable letter from Parisl TAey
agree With MIN that tAe nsw neds
that Dak0 women expose ths1f throaes
an1 nscks b directly rsspsa11sA
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

was to get down on her hands and
knees and scrub the floors. and then
cry: "Now, the strongest to the wash
tubsi" They were needed. Such
washing Of bed linen as had been done
had been done in cold water. and as
1t came back Florence Nightingale
burned 1t.
The doctors and officers objected to
her. Books written at the time BY
the men who helped to officer the Cri-
mean army show with what scorn they
met her.
Little by little she got her stores to
gether until she became the feeder and
clother Of the army at Scutari. She
provided $4,000 men with shirts and
great numbers with other clothing;
she provided all the things that were
missing from the hospitals. II have
met only two men in the Crimea. and
one Of them was Miss Nightingale" said
q traveller.
She worked 20 hours a day. She re-
ceived the wounded, she dressed their
wounds until the surgeons could take
them in hand. She washed and
clothed and comforted them. She sat
with them, encouraging them before
an operation. She gave them life and
hope. She made them feel that
mercy had come on angel wings into
their bitter lives.
Drunken orderlies Vanished.
Her nurses were here, there and
observation-disclosures the doctors
would allow her to send them. The
rough, drunken. unskilled orderlies
vanished from the nursing and skilled
and tender hands took their places.
Florence Nightingale herself was the
Lady of the Lamp.
When th4.long days work was done
she would go to her little stuffy room
to begin her correspondence; then.
;; after time, when the surgeons had
retired and the wards and corridors
were dark, she would take her little
lamp and steal quietly through the
silent rooms among the sick and dy-
ing men. She would kneel by bed
after bed to speak word Of comfort; !;
she would give medicine here. food or
drink there.
No wonder the men worshiped her.
though at first they were little afraid
and shy. "Never be ashamed Of your
wounds, my friend" she would say in
her gentle, musical voice. 1ler gen.
tleness made poets Of some Of these
rough men.
There was a giant Highlander who
wrote home Of her and her work
"What comfort 1t was to see her
even pass! She would speak to one
and nod to another. but she could not
do 1t to all, you know-we were lying
there by hundreds-but we could kiss
her shadow as 1t fell, and lay our
heads on the pillow again, content"
It was a beautiful idea, and this
soldiers letter travelled round the
world. Longfellow used It In his poem
on 'sThe Lady Of the Lamp"
She stayed the winter at Scutari
and made a revolution. Whereas the
deaths had averaged 42 In every 100
they were now down to about two In
every 100. So in the spring OF 1855
she went to the Crimea itself to attend
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
Crowded Washington

When one stops tp think that about
the time America jumped Into the war
whiri there were, all told, only about
s. persons In the ofnces Of the ord
nance department. including everybody
from the boss to the once boy. and
that before the following Christmas
there were in the same department in
Washington about thirty-ffve hundred
souls, which promises to be closer to
To- thousand b. tie tine these hnss
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

Women's rest rooms Ssay become
centers for various eomnsvaety aettv.
tiles. From the establishment of ons
at Grand Junction, Colo, has dsv01-
opened q rural civic library Of 160
books, q woman's exchange. Q labor
and commodify exchange Conducted
By noans Of q bulletin board, and Q
rsDtsuon3 where liGAt lunches afo
ssTvod 9roa 10 q. =. to Q p. n. 1h1H
sy-Avs psspls nav - aeeuansda1s0
q 80 tDe.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
peesss Fsssr aaads q Hsme.

Wheat dour mast 6e saved and
nany Of the substitute 1ours are high
SLICED You can make potato -four at
ho0e and 1t II just a. uSsful wheat
substitute q many Of tie more g.
Dsas1ve esmmercial Aours.
h sdAssca 10 saving 1or it aavss
ssen1oeo thnt night othsrw1ee -
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
A0eX7tZ NtS1Zz31zZE WS<zeV AS4fHZlaM :

to the hospitals there. Tho Crimsa
surgeons objected and reminded her
that she was superintendent Of the
nursing staff in Turkey. and the Or
mea was in Russia. But she went
nevertheless.
Stricken by the Camp Fever.
She set to work reforming. az she
had done at Scutari, but she had done
very little when she herself was struck
down with fever.
She was carried to a hut immedi-
ately behind those Of the soldiers. In
England the news of her illness Gre
ated sensation as profound as II Q
great battle had been lost. She was
very near death, yet she managed to
pull through, but she recovered, with
her beautiful black hair cut Oh, look
ing like the ghost Of her former SELF.
When she was well enough she was
taken back to Scutari, feeble. unable
to feed herself or to speak above Q
whisper. but she would not go home.
She worked on until the last British
soldier had left the hospital and the
war was over.
At home by this time she had become
national heroine. Hundreds Of
poems were written about her; pamph-
lets describing her life were sold In
the street. Her face was stamped ON
pottery. on tradesmen's paper bags.
on showmen's booths, on notepaper In
thousand homes. Lifeboats, emil
grant ships, children, streets, waltzes.
race horses were named after her.
She hated it all, but one thing pleased
her-the founding of Nightingale
fund, which she was to spend as she
liked.
Started Many Great Reforms.
Her fund grew to over 500, 900, and
with this money behind her she estab.
lished training school for nurses and
began many great reforms. She set her
self to reform entirely the health ar
rangements of the army, not only In
time Of war but In peace for she was
able to show that horrible as were
the civil hospital records. the death
rate among soldiers in peace time was
twice as high as among civilians.
She turned her attention to the
workhouse system Of hospital nursing
and cleansed 1t OF its horrors, and
finally she assailed the entire hospital
system of the country. She became
the Lady Of the Lamp indeed; she BE-
came the high priestess Of light and
air. She founded modern nursing. and
all the great nursing associations and
all the Red Cross societies throughout
the world have spread from her work.
Yet all this time Florence Nightin-
gale was an invalid. She never recov-
cred from the hardships and overwork
Of the Crimea. For over half q cen
tury she was a chronic sufferer. ahs
lived out Of sight Of the public, and
very often out Of the sight Of friends;
but cabinet ministers would 90 to see
her, architects building new hospitals
or barracks or schools consulted hee.
From all lands appeals came for hsP
help. and she denied her aid to none.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

stagger into print. then one must see
that this, plus a like swelling of forces
In innumerable other governmental de-
partments, early resulted In consid-
erable hatful Of new white folks
around town.-Frank Ward O'Malley
In Century Magazine.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
Observation-Disclosures
Cleanliness In Canning.

Cleanliness In Canning.
The first essential for COM
plete sterilization with the use
Of either the hot-water Gamer
or the steam-pressure outfit.
says the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. II absolute
cleanliness in surroundings and
in all utensils used in canning.
Tables should be well cleaned
and may be covered with white
oilcloth. Garbage cans must be
provided to hold peelinss and
other refuse. TO allow these to
fall upon the ground to decay
near the place Of canning will
result In production Of spores
which will rise in dust and In
feet the material being canned.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

wasted. Potatoes do not keep indeh-
nitely, and annually many old potatoes
are allowed to sprout in the cellara
and are ultimately thrown away. The
potato flour which can be made from
them keeps well, SO by taking time By
the forelock and making the surplus
stock Of old potatoes into -four befors
they spoil you avoid the waste Of valu-
able food material.
How to Make Petate Flour.
It II easy to make the potato houf.
Wash the potatoes, boil until tender,
and remove the skins. Force, while
still hot, through potato ricer on to
drying trays. These trays may be
made Of Stats Of wood covered with
cloth or wire screening held In wooden
frames !. indeed, any tray that will let
the air circulate freely from under.
meath as well a. around the tray may
be used. Clean cheesecloth should be
spread over 1t before ricing the pota.
toes ON the tray. Place the loaded
trays In the blast Of air from an cleo
tric fan, II you have one, or in warm
oven with the door ajar. When com.
pletely dry, grind to the desired fine
ness in hand mill such as Is found In
many homes for grinding homegrown
grain. A coffee mill may be used, or
food chopper. using the nut knife. II
these do not grind fne enough, rolling
with rolling pin and sitting several
times will help.
It takes three pounds Of unpeeled
potatoes to make a little over half
pound Of potato -four, 50 If you have
to buy potatoes you should reckon
costs carefully. II you have, potatoes
that will go to waste otherwise. save
them in the form Of potato -four.
You can use either the commercial
potato -four or the homemade product
to greatly reduce the use Of wheat
flour in cakes. cookies and breadA
A few recipes for the use Of potato
flour are given below.
Barley and Potato-Fiour Mufsins.
cnpful milk. ~ cupfuis baziss
.ssssss1ss ssss':sRssstul Of assa sSeiul Of Do'.''
oesS :sp Of ';,s S
AAA8 bOW0oAs
Chocolate Cake.
\ cupful IL fat. 7 y cupful milk.
.ssss. sss,s.D00nfal' Of 4 x'sss sssssta,. Do....
s;ss:. ;ss:fs' If Il s..ssssssss, sssssss, al.
Cream fat and sugar; beat in corn
sirup. melted chocolate, and yolk Of
eggs. Sift dry Ingredients together and
add alternately with the milk. Fold
In stifay beaten whites. Bake In Loaf
or In layers.
The finely ground flour makes the
best product. Potato starch may Be
used in place Of potato -four. IL one
prefers.
sponge Cake.
esspi ssaspiul sugar s:::Sossfaa s:.:eSsnfsaa is S.t.
/ tablespoonful Of ing powder.
Rind OF + lemon. nour.
Beat yolks until light and lemon
colored; add sugar gradually and con-
tinue beating. Add lemon juice. rind.
and whites Of eggs beaten until stift.
Fold In -four that has been sifted with
the salt. Bake In loaf, or pan with
q stem, for one hour in slow oven.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
Gxposed Unrest lseaIthful.

Several American physicians practic-
ing In Paris have corroborated the an
nouncement made BY the French
throat specialist. Doctor AanSuiliers.
at The academy. that the nsw winter
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
Temperance.
lnlCte5a
cokeERvEl coNsERxEl
(Coaducted By the National WomAafs
Christian Temperance Union.)

c0No9RvEi coNoERvgI
Oh, 20; oh. yes:
Dear Uncle Sam,
We woman are willing
10 help all We can.
Wen eat less bread
And save the wheat,
Add flsh to our diet
To save the meat:
Wen use less sugar
And still keep sweet
And
Wen save our money and buy . bond
For Lberty's cause the world around:
But, Uncle Gam,
Please. won't you close the breweriesf
oh, yes; oh, yes;
We hear the cry
For conservation
Wen do or die
Wen talk and try,
Wen skimp and save
And work and slave
Corn bread for every meal wen eat.
And give our allies the best Of the wheat
Wen save odr money for stamps Of Thrift
To give Liberty's cause hearty lift-
But, Uncle Sam.
We can't understand
Why you don't close the breweriesf
Margaret B. Platt.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
Favored Dessert Not to Be De-
Us Even in This Year
Of WheatIess Meals.
SEVERAL EXCELLENT RECIPES
After Strawberries Have Passed Uss
Raspbsrrles, BIaekberrles, Stoned
Cherries, Sliced Psachss,
Bananas, Etc.

\
pie in masculine favor, is not denied
us, even in this year Of wheatless
meals. The conservation program and
shortcake are not Incompatible, pro-
vided the ''cake" is made Of the wheat
substitutes. Here are some good ones.
all Of them wheatless. Try one Of
them the next time you serve straw
berries or raspberries.
After the strawberry season make
shortcakes with raspberries, blackber-
ries, stoned cherries, blueberries. sliced
peaches, sliced bananas. etc.
There are two types Of crust for
shortcake that people like, one made
like biscuits and unsweetened, the
other like plain sweet cake. Each
kind has its advocates.
shortcaks Without Wheat Flour.
Those who like shortcake made from
4 rich, unsweetened biscuit dough,
baked in sheet, split and buttered
while hot, and with thick layer Of
the crushed or sliced berries sweet
ened and placed between the layers of
crust and on top, will like these short
cakes. ,,,,,,,x.s 5,5,.
~, Co n-FIour shorteaiss.
. cupfuls Of corn ] t.sspoonful sslE
bsfine ssaneopnasa powas o. ,s sncassn eapsni mi1.
Mix and bake In two. o.layer-cake pans.
Split and butter and put In the filling
Of berries or other fruit. The corn
-four makes a crisp cake Of fine flavor.
Rolled oats or earley-FIour shorteaI<s.
Rolled oats ground through the food
chopper and mixed with corn -four
also makes good shortcake. In the
above recipe use, in place Of two cup
fuls Of corn -four, one cupful Of corn
aour and IL cupfuls Of ground rolled
pats. Or, IL you have barley flour, use
lM cupfuls Of barley flour In place Of
one cupful Of corn -four. The differ
ence in measurements IL due to the
difference In weight of these -four sub
stitutes. ~
Ries-Flour ahostcaks.
This Is similar to q mufiin mixture.
n baked In sheet, 1t also makes q
GOOD shortcake.
y snpfuis Of rics , tse: sss:Doonfal salt.
ing poWder. cupful mix.
MIX as for mullins.
Those who prefer a cake fOunda-
ton for their shortcake will find that
q sponge cake made from substitute
fiours makes 4 good one. Rice and
potato fiours are especially well adapt
I'd to sponge cakes; corn -four and bar.
,ey -four also make good ones.
sponge sherteaks.
. eggs (yolks and If .teaspoonfuis Of
whites beaten baking powder.
sepsrately). Flour:
I sssisspGcafai sSs.a1 ssfih. ho. aeS.: or cup.
. tssspoonfuls ism- scsnt cupfal
on Juice. corn hour, or IN
n tesspoonful salt. cupfuis barley
Beat yolks until thick and lemon
eolored, then beat In sugar. add water
and lemon juice. then fold in the stiff
iy beaten whites. Add the dry ingre-
dents that have BEEN sifted together.
Bake In thin layers and place the
fresh fruit between.
Try the wheat substitute shortcakesi I
You will be glad that you do not neeo
b say good-by to this favorits dessert
sven In war time.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

Thirty-three thousand letters ars
dealt with by the British ministry q
pensions every day.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
THE LUMP IN HIS SIDE.

A workingman, almost ruined by
drink, was induced to sign the pledge
for year. When the year was out.
he went and renewed it for life. He
had just received his wages, and had
the money in q bag In hisinside pocket.
when he met the saloonkeeper at
whose place he used to drink
well ssold fellow" said the saloon
keeper, 'rhow do you dot"
'Pretty WELL" the workingInan an
swered, "only I've got a hard lump
here on my side"
"Ohi" said the other, Ats cold water
does that; IL you'd drink some good
liquor, 1t would soon take tho lump
away"
'But," said the man, Il have just
renewed the pledge for Life, and I
can't do it"
'aThen, mind what say said the
saloonkeeper, shat lump will 80 ON In
creasing, and very likely before an
other year you'll have another ON the
other side"
II hope so," said the worhngman,
taking out his money bag and shaking
It. 'It's cold cash."
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
F,Dm THE Mspf,u-
Hon Of Florence
Nightingale Has
G,Dzvn tile Great
RedG10ss of70day
- HE died only four years be-

HI died only four years be-
fore this great war and
she was called the Lady
with a Lamp-a lamp
destined to shine for ages
at a time. When Brit
ish soldiers were dying
Of neglect in military
hospitals and the British
nation WAS startled with
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
wHArLlFE INSURANCE RECORDS

TELL.
The Life Extension institute, Of
which Prof. Irving Fisher Of Yale IL
chairman, and ex-President william
Howard Taft is president of the board
Of directors, published q report Of the
actuaries of 48 American life insur-
ance companies covering a period of
Is years from 1885. showing the In
creased mortality Of moderate users of
alcoholic liquors. These records were
kept without any reference to the pro-
hibition issue, and reveal that:
/. Very moderate users Of liquor
Increased their death rate by 18 per
cent over the normal rate.
2. Moderate users of liquor with an
occasional excess. Increased their
death rate by 80 per cent over the
normal rate.
8. Those who drank more than two
glasses Of beer or more than one glass
Of whisky per day and yet were con-
sidered acceptable standard risks for
insurance, increased their death rate
by SO per cent above the normal rate.
These three classes Of insured mod
crate drinkers increased their mortal
ity by an average of 81 1-3 per cent.
The death rate recorded by these
companies includes only men sum-
ciently temperate to secure q life In
surance policy. II we add the thou
sands Of heavy drinkers who cannot
get life insurance the death rate from
liquor will be largely increased.
The comparisons In this report are
with the average mortality Of all In
sured men, including the users Of
liquors. If 1t had been made with the
total abstainers the difference in NOR
tality would have been even greater.