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The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-22

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The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
INDIAN IS LEARNING RAPIDLY
Beginning After Many Years TO See
That the Ways % the White
Man are Good.

In the old days he depended upon
the wild deer and the buffalo for food.
He lived in smoky rogan or tepee,
and when anyone died there. he burned
1t or moved away to keep the ghost Of
the departed from haunting him.
In the old days he fought against
the white men and collected paleface
scalps. Then he called upon his medi-
cine man to cast spells over the mis-
sionary and drive him away.
Today he is learning to farm and
raise cattle. He builds house like
the white mans with floors and cel-
lar for vegetables. and sometimes a
corrugated iron roof. In case of q
death in the new cabin he does not
burn 1t, but uses the white mans dis
infectants to fumigate the place.
Now he is beginning to- understand
what the ''White Father" In Washing
ton is trying to do for him. He has
sent his full quota to our army In
France, and four-fifths Of the number
have been volunteers. He has sub
scribed nearly $4,000 to the Liberty
loans. Three times out Of four he
sends his children to school. Now forts
are disappearing. and churches are TAX
ing their place.
The Indian is beginning to "think
white. te."-Thomas G. Moftat, In World
Outlook.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
FEW SHIPS ARE TOTAL LOSS
vssssas Sunk by Mines or Torpsdoss
Patched, Raised and Taken % x.
Port for Repairs.

Any one who imagines that ali the
vessels sunk by enemy U-boats or
mines are left at the bottom Of tho
sea would be surprised IL he could
be told the whole story Of ingenuity.
resource and unremitting toll Of the
British admiralty salvage corps.
Almost as soon. Us a vessel IL sunk
salvage operations are commenced.
Divers are sent down to take accurate
measurements Of the size Of the hole
made by the torpedo or mine. Small
holes are plugged with wood, bnt large
ones are patched with standards"
patches. These are made Of 12-iach
wooden beams, and patch sometimes
weighs as much as 20 tons.
As may be imagined, the size of the
hole varies greatly. In some cases It
has measured 40 feet long by 20 feet
wide. and in one case It has been
known to be 4s feet long by Is feet
wide.
When the vessels have been plugged
and patched. their cargo removed and
the water pumped out Of them they
proceed to the nearest. port where they
can be permanently repaired.
Several vessels have been torpedoed
after being tehoated and have again
been successfully raised and taken
into port.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
OF INTEREST TO
POULTRY GROWERS


House early, hatch early, lay early,
IRE the keynotes Of success in poultry
raising" said John L. Prehn, extern
sion poultry husbandman of the de-
pArtment Of agriculture and the extern
sion division of the Kansas State Ar
eicultural college.
AT this season Of the year the main
and fundamental point is to have all
strong, vigorus, well matured pullets
housed in their winter quarters. The
treason for this u that they may BE-
eome accustomed to tAeir new quarters
and to each other before they start
naying. Moving birds from one place
to another has q tendency to stop Of
retard the esg yield. Early housing
means early laying. Early laying
means more profits and early fan lay.
ang means early spring Matching. Il 10
the early hatched pullet that pays. Il
|is the early housed pullet that lays.
(In placing those pullets In their win.
ter quarters the last general culline
should be done for the winter.
III this general idea is followed fos
II period Of years." said Mr.. Prehn,
the profits will increase very materi.
|ally. Every poultry raiser should
keep in mind the adage. house early,
|hatch early, lay early"
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
cHIvALRY IN THE TRENCHES
How Suffering Tommy, Doomed %
Early Death, Attempted 70 Give
HE Blanket 20 Yank comrade.

"Yank. I'm only twenty.eight, but
I'm an old man." said an English
Tommy just before we turned into
our sleeping rolls on the coldest night
that had experienced. And his aw-
ful cough. the result Of being gassed
early In the war, when they had no
masks. added fatal testimony to his
statement.
All night long he coughed. About
midnight I awoke shivering. From
bis coughing I knew that he was
awake. I said: '.Tommy. never was 20
cold in my life." and then in a few
minutes I was asleep again.
An hour later I was again awakened
BY his violent coughing. To my sur
prise I seemed to be warm and wonder
ed II the wind had suddenly changed.
but from its constant whistling I knew
It had not. reached out and felt
two extra blankets on me. suspect
ed whence they had come by that vio-
lent coughing.
I got up and carried them back to
where he lay. saying: Tommy, did
you put these blankets on meT' He
replied: eyes, Yank, you said you were
cold"
"But what about you?"
"Oh, me? I'm used to It,"
"Well. all got to say is, thank you;
but If you ever do that trick again I'll
throw you out Of the window in the
snow and let you freeze to DEATH" And
then put them back on his shiverlng,
gassed body.-William L. Stidger in
Association Men.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
M. M~t~t,e,
Marquis d'Argenson Founded
the Municipal Police System

The nrst man to organize 4 munies.
pal police system along modern liaes
was the Marquis d'Afgenson. who died
In Paris 1o7 years ago. DArSensoa
was q native Of Venice and Aest
achieved fame In that republic. whsRe
he was q state secret agent. Ia 1ooT
hs went to France and became tho
head Of the police department In Ha1ia
Coming Of q high family. he vas
considered to have degraded himssl3
By accepting this post, but be sooo
raised the ONCE to his own level. TAe
Ssncarmes Of Paris were nado into
q highly efficient force. and D'Argen.
son also formed . body Of secret
agents. such 40 would now be called
detectives. Later he laid the founda-
ton for the French secret service ana
sent spies to all countries with which
France might become involved In war.
The system Of international espionaes
he inaugurated was perfected by Kari
Stiezer, who organized the Prussian
secret service and sent thousands Of
his men into Austria and France prior
to Prussia's wars against those coun-
tries,
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
SEEMED TO COME TO THEM
Few q Our ~" Best chassr ssdppsrs
Had Had Previous Nautical
Experience.

"Where do the officers Of the sub.
marine chasers come 'FRONT.'" I asked
an executive onicer long in the navy.
writes Samuel q. Blythe In the Satur-
day Evening Post.
Everywhere" he said.
"Were they sailorsr'
"Not many Of them; some had had
experience In motor boats and yachts
and were amateur navigators, but the
way they have picked 1t up is marvel.
ous. Let me give you an illustration.
When was organising the first Aotilla
that came over I questioned the young
chaps who came before me as 'odlcers
for the chasers. OF the first i've on
one day one had been shoe salesman,
another an accountant, another nut
inspector and another an actor"
"Nut inspector7' T. said. "What's
that?"
"He worked on q pecan ranch down
south somewhere" =.
They had had some sailing expert.
ence and had taken short special
courses at training school. Now Of
that bunch three are In command Of
chasers today. four brought their ships
across and the actor is unit comman-
der, and a mighty good one, too. That's
where we got them. The navy just
reached out and collected them here,
there and everywhere. and they are
good stuff and making sailors Of them
selves mighty fast"
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
U. S. 1918 Corn Production =
Is 2,749,198,0 600 Bushels

Corn production this year will be
2,749, 10000 bushels, the department
Of agriculture announced in it's Novem.
Der crop report giving the preliminary
estimate Of the crop. Preliminary esti.
mates Of production Of other crops fol.
low: Buckwheat, 18,870,000 bushels; ;
potatoes. 890.101. 900 bushels; sweet
potatoes. s8.114O00 bushels; tobacco.
1.@6.6s6,O00 pounds; haxseed. 14.6l8'
600 bushels; pears. 10.842. 600 bushels
apples, 1877 800. 900 bushels sugar beets,
6.640.O00 tons; kafirs. 81, $4,000 bush.
els; cranberries, $4,000 barrels; on
ions, 13.43s.O0O bushels; cabbage. 565.
600 tons; sorghum sirup, %. 9.757, 900 gal
Ions; clover seed, 1,248,O0O bushels
peanuts, 52617,O 900 bushels. Other de
! tails Of the report are: Weight Of
measured busbel: Wheat, 58.8 pounds
oats. 1872: barley, 46.9. Stocks Of old
corn on farms November 1 were 110,
100000 bushels, compared with "a, ,440.
600 last year.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Stamp Collectors will Be
Kept Busy Gathering Many
Issues the Result Of War

The war has brought about great
changes in the world Of stamps. And
stamps themselves have been changed
lin appearance.
Practically all of our colonies had
their stamps overprinted with the
words such as "War Tax" "War
Stamp" "Red Cross" or Just the one
word, "War."
Our expeditionary forces, too. did
not forget to announce their posses
sion Of conquered country by over
printing the local stamps with "Under
British Occupation" In other cases
the ordinary stamps have been used
with the name Of the new possession
printed on them.
These changes are plentiful enough
to fill book which has Just been com.
piled under the title "Stamp Collec-
lions for War Museums."
It gives a splendid idea Of what has
been done all over the world In the
way Of war stamps. including pictures
of remarkable issue printed entirely
on typewriter. These belong to the
Elsland Of Chustan. of China. which
was occupied by the British in 1916.
That each stamp had to be typed
meant much work, and the issue was,
of course, quite small, 20 the value to
collectors Of each one will soon be
large.
Another specimen that every collec-
tor will be proud to possess is the one
third penny local stamp issued by the
British prisoners Of war at Ruhieben
I(Germany) for the intercamp postal
service.-Pearson's Weekly, London.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
|Twenty-Four States Act in :"
Favor Of Federal Game Laws,

The chief game warden Of the bu.
reau OF biological survey, department
|of agriculture. reports that "a states
nave passed laws conforming to the
fi;.ovisions Of The federal law In rela.
ton to waterfowl. and that the spirit
rof state legislators. state game com.
missonerA sportsmen and others in.
tterested In game protection-another
food. od.conservatiap measure-is such
that 1t seems likely that within two or
three years every state in the Union
will have enacted uniform laws for
Efne protection q 2 migratory birds.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
czeohs and slovaks, the
Areas Of the Countries, and
Population Each One Has

The Czechs. and slovaks ars in ef.
feet the same race. with only slight
difference In language. and political
division between them was erected
only In 1857, when, to divide the eneF.
Eies Of the people. the slovaks were
put under Hungarian rule. The
Csschs and Slovaks for a great many
years chafed under and resisted Aus.
trian and Hungarian rules. The
Cxechs inhabit Bohemia, Moravia and
Austrian Silesia, crown lands Of the
Austrian empire lying between Aus
tria proper and the south Of the Ger
man empire. The Slovaks live In the
upper region Of Hungary. adjoining
the Czechs In the east and southeast.
The Czechs are one Of the most highly
civilized peoples in the world, and
economically the most prosperous Of
the Austrian empire. Their country
includes most Of the coal and iron de.
posts Of the empire, the principal
manufactures and the most prosperous
agricultural districts.
The Slovaks have been held back
by Magyar repression. Ever since the
outbreak Of the war In 1914 the
Czechs and Slovaks resisted most per.
sistehtly the German oppressors, riot.
ing against being enlisted as soldiers
or surrendering in great numbers to
Russia after entering the service.
Even the harshest measures did not
crush their struggle in their own
land and in Russia their recent serv-
ice to the allies Is well known.
The area Of the Czech countries is
about $4,000 square miles and Of the
slovak region about 1900. Within
the boundaries proposed for the
Czecho-Slovak nation there will be
about 100000 people, about 1000.
600 of whom are other than Czechs or
Slovaks. It is proposed to give the
minority peoples liberal share Of self.
government.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
"Let Time Do It," When It
Comes to Evening Up" Old
Scores or Fancied Injury

A gentleman who believed he had
been insulted or mistreated by anoth.
er, notes q writer In the Columbus
co., Dispatch, rushed into the once
Of friend, the other day-a big busi.
ness man-and declared he would get
even" with the fellow In some way.
But the big business man hardly
looked up from his desk az he replied,
"Let time do It."
The man Of big affairs then deliv.
cred little sermon something after
this fashion: " have often felt IKE
getting even with somebody. but I
have never done 90. I have let time
do It. Time always evens up thipgs-
better than I could do 80. II q man
doesn't treat me right, there Is some
thing wrong with him; be has some
defect that will prove to be his undo
ing. SO when I am offended or mis-.
treated or injured, I Just wait. Time
does the work. Why, only yesterday
I found place for q fellow who was
my bitter enemy ten years ago.
man who circulated malicious state
ments against me and tried to ruin
my credit at the bank. He failed mis-.
erably in business himself. and went
down and out. A few days ago he
appealed to me to help him-and did
90. because time had gotten even with
him.
Greater philosophy never came from
the lips Of man. Time evens up all
things. It captures the thisf, It pun
ishes the liar, It pals the hand Of the
murderer. The onenseo that may b
committed against you today arc look.
Cd after BY time. And no man ever
got even" With another by doing him
an Injustice.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Miracle In ths Msdlt.rran,en,

Miracle In the Mediterranean.
In an article on the submarine war.
fare In the Mediterranean contributed
to the November Century, Herman
Whitaker tells, Of q lad ON one of the
American dsstroyers who had been
washed overheard In q black nisht
storm and was thought to bs hope
lsssly lost till voice hailed The wateh
from under the stern. He had eaught
the loglins. which trails for q couple
Of hundred feet behind. and hauled
himself along It. Another escape vas
still more marvellous. Washed over
beard at night from one ot tAs Dc.
stroyers, this particular Lad was
heaved By . wavs upea Tie deck of
another vessel hak Q mile astefn.
When hs was restored 70 his own ship
at the end Of the voyage, his captain
thus addressed him: "Young man,
you have ussd up oil the luck you
will have in oil youA life. The navy
10 no safe place for You. Take my ad-
vice; get out Of It 90 coon as Uncle
Sam will let yoN."
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Valuable Mahogany a

The name s'mahogany' II, said % be
applied commercially to more than 80
different woods. Perhaps half the
lumber now sold under that name 10
not true mahogany. for the demand
greatly exceeds the supply. It Is not
surprising that the real wood Is 50 ex.
pensive when 1t is learned that 1t
takes from 100 to $50 years for a
mahogany tree to reach merchantable
age.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Storing Coal Under Water
Seals Pores, Saves Gases

The advantages Of storing quantities
Of coal under water. where deteriora
tion is much less than in the air, has
been amply proved. It is generally
recognized that the gases concealed in
the pores Of the coal-oxygen in par
.ticular-are responsible for both heat
ing and deterioration, and their escape
should be prevented as far as possible
Coal immersed in water is practically
sealed and little oxidation takes placa
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
YOUTHS PART M
PAST WARS
3-'
Young Mea Dev.sopedh h,s
Great Warioes

Alexander the Great was q cole.
brated soldier at twenty.
Washington was q major before he
was twenty.
Kitchener at twenty was fighting for
the French In the Franco-Prusdan
war.
The Duke Of Wellington was an en-.
sign at eighteen.
Grant was q lieutenant at twenty
one.
Farragut was an ensign Ut twelve.
Napoleon was lieutenant at seven
teen.
Lafayette was q major general In the
American army at twenty.
Commodore Stephen Decatur-sMy
country, right or wrong''-entered the
navy at nineteen.
James Lawrence-"Never give up
the ship"-entercd service at sixteen.
One Of the greatest Of Napoleon's
marshals, Berthier, entered military
service at thirteen.
Murat. who rose from a stable boy
to be king Of Naples, was a chasseur
at twenty.
Aassena. the son Of tanner, enter
ed French service at seventeen, and
Napoleon later considered him az the
greatest Of all his generals.
Ney-"Bravcst Of the brave"-was q
Hussar at eighteen.
OF Washington's generals. Montgom.
'ry entered the army at eighteen,
Gates before he was twenty. Hamilton
at nineteen WAS captain Of artillery,
Light Horse" Harry Leo was captain
at nineteen, General Knox enlisted at
eighteen, Clinton was but twenty when
he was captain fighting at Frontenae.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Spirit .s II. Army wem.n.

~ SuV "OyU0Us
These army women don't complain.
have yet to meet one who Is not n
thoroughly good sport. They know
well enoush Why they are In the strug.
gle. and the knowledge 10 q kind ol
wholesome and sustaining spiritual
food They sti6en To- their heroic
BEST One nothsr-aal she hates ssw.
ing-makes an the clothes for herself
and her little girl. The southerner,
too. has arisen to the occasion and tak.
en half q house for the summer and
plans to do all the work for herself
and family We've never known her
to do anything but dress herself pret.
t'ly. read novels and take the children
to the movles.-An Ofhcer's Wife. IN
Atlantic.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
In Cuba:

The mountain regions Of Cuba in
clude many ridges and valleys Of ex-
tremely fertile hand. nearly all un.
touched. and existing practically az
they did before the time Of the Span
iards.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
TO THE FRINeED eENTlAH !

4
Thou blossom bright with autumn due.
And colorod with the heavens own blue,
Chou openest when the quiet light
succeeds the keen and frosty night.
Thou comest not when violets lean
Der wandering brooks and springs un-
seen,
Pc columbines, ir purple dressed.
Nod DER the grcund-bird's hidden nest.
Ehou waitest ldls and com'st alone.
When woods are bare and birds are 6oW1.
IND mast and shortening days portsnd
he aged year 10 near his end.
6hsn doth thy sweet and quiet eye
Look through the fringes Of the sky,
Blue-blue-as if that sky let fall
y flower from it, csruleAn wall.
I would that thus. when shall see
The hour Of death draw near to me,
Hope, blossoming within my heart,
Nay look to heaven whom depart.
| William Cullen Bryant
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Kangaroo Farming.

In Australia kangaroo farming Is an
important industry. The hides are
valuable and the tendons extremely
fine: indeed, they are the best known
to surgeons for sewing up wounds
and especially for holding broken
homes together, being much finer and
tougher than catgut, which Is used e1
tensiyely.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Gave Revenue om,esrs r,p.

Revenue officers who arrested an AT.
lanta man with fifteen gallons of whis-
~ In his motor car. found he had Q
letter from a Georgia farmer. saying
that the writer had "some very dns
pigs for sale at the low price Of 81
each," and that ''the SOW had q litter
Of thirty" a remarkable thing in the
animal world. On Investigation, they
found the COW to be complete moon.
shine still and the litter to be thirty
jugs OF hish-powered moonshine whis-
II.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Barristers' Wigs in Use
More Than 200 Years AQo

Barristers' wigs first came into
vogue about 200 years ago. Up to the
end Of the seventeenth century Judges
and sergeants at law alone had any
distinctive dress. Under Queen Anne
the queens counselor adopted the
court dress and silk gown which made
up the mourning Of the period, togeth.
'er with the full.bottomed wig then usu-
ally wcrn by all persons Of position.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Significant Hint.

"Bill says you insulted him when he
started to tell you Of the number Of
enemies he had killed and captured at
the front single handed"
II never said single word, but list.
ened in silence. All I did was to net
a nv gas mask"
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Stone Laid for Each Trlh..

The foundation stones Of the He.
brew university at Jerusalem, recent
" laid in the presence of General All.
ienby and representatives. Of the
French and Italian detachments, are
u In number. one for each Of the II
tribes of Israel.
The site 10 on the summit of the
Mount OF Olives, facing Jerusalem on
the one side and the Hills of Moab on
the other.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Fined Tor Throwing ki,,e,.

fWe0 TOT JuTUWtuU Nft3e0.
Three Young men were fined SO
each in Worcester. Mass, for disturb.
ing the peace. on complaint Of the
management Of carpet factory that,
by throwing kisses to the girls em.
ployed In the mills, they distracted the
attention Of the girls from their work,
30 that they fell short Of 100 per cent
e6iciency,
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12

Mules Worth Mers Than Horses.
The government pays more Tor mules
than for horses for war serWes. The
average prices paid up to June were
"a follows: Mules, wheel. $228; lead,
$3.50: pack and riding, 1854. Horses.
cavalry mounts, $161; light artillery,
$1SS; heavy artillery, $221: young
horees, $40.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Expand Air School.

e~V@"S ~" VSUVVvs
An appropriation Of $1.2OO,OOO Is e.
pected to the available for the build.
ing program to permit the expansion
Of st. Paul Aviation Mechanics' Train.
ing school to twice Its present capacity
Of 5000 men. The war department al
ready has appropriated $500 600 to pre-.
pare the school for the winter BY in
stallation Of heating plants and remod-
cling Of buildings.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
German Emeisney.

Workmen. engineers and superin.
tendents in factories caught in the
north Of France when the German
army invaded the region have gradual
ly worked their way back to Paris a.
repatriation has been accomplished.
They bring the information that prac.
tically nothing remains Of the indus.
trial establishments anywhere in the
invaded districts.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
SCIENCE NOTES

synthetic milk Is being pro-
duced from peanuts BY European
chemists.
A mixture Of two or more
honeys always is darker than
any Of the original ones.
Hollands mines are now nro-
ducing coal at q rate Of about
100000 tons a year.
A serving tray that flts an
arm Of q lunchroom chair se.
curely has been patented.
Sweden has areas Of peat de-
posits that are estimated to
cover nearly 100000 acres.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
AlrpIans Travel Fees.

HsTptAnO StAvet too0.
In lieu Of the usual allowance Of sev.
On cents mile for expenses Of srmy
officers travelling by an airplane, the
war department announced the other
day. they will bs allowed only four
cents a mile. According to the ruling
OF the Judge advocate general transpor.
tation by airplane 10 placed in the same
class as travel BY prairie schooner, dog
sleds In Alaska and buffalo carts in tho
Philippines.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
TO the POINT

No, .ElI1aheth, Joan Of Arc )
wasn't the wife Of Noah.
Opportunity and shrswd poll.
ticianS wear rubber shoes,
A boys appearance Of meek.
ness may cover Q lot Of mis-
chief.
It's queer that q good fellow"
often has % many bad habits.
Half q loaf is sometimes bet.
ter than exhausted vitality due
to overwOrk.
Some men got under q cloud
for the purpose Of weeping the
silver lining.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
oiorlea.

Beat four tablespoonfuls Of sweet
fat with one cupful Of sugar until
creamy; add one egg, one.fourth Of .
teaspoonful Of salt, one-half teaspoon
sui Of cinnamon and two teaspoonfuls
Of baking powder sifted with two and
one-half cupfuls Of flour; add one cup
ful Of milk and mix. Roll In small
balls and fry in deep fat. When cool
RON in boiled frosting, then In chopped
nuts and raieins.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-12
Speed Of the Pulse.

The pulse beat Of infants iS 40
per minute, Of msn, 20. and Of women,
about q.