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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-20
Alex Starts
His TRAINING
(united Press LeaseA WIRE. b

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Grover
Cleveland Alexander II In training
at Hot Springs, Ark, according to
word received here today. No
agreement has been reached re-
garding his bonus. His friends,
however, consider the training an
indication that he will pitch for
the Cubs this season.
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when company E defeated com.
pany X, 81 to % and the machine
gun boys won over company f.
81 to 20. The leading teams in
clude the following players: Com
pany Gave, Casebeer, Melchsr,
Ford, Buehler; machine gun
Ryan, Krikhan, Newton, Ralstin,
Olson.
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Decide Title
Next Monday

The basketball championship OF
the 361st regiment, Camp Lewis,
will be decided Monday night
when company Z and the ma
chine gun company meet in the Y.
NJ. G. A. auditorium. These
teams entered the finals last night
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home into which she has been
taken. Thru the film is woven .
fine romance of her father and
mother sand how it has affected
her life.
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Sam Rice Will
Become Sailor

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Sam Rice,
outfielder for Griffith's Washing
ton club today was regular at
Uncle Sans Great Lakes naval
training school,
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Orpheum Vaudeville

Tacoma Theater, Thur, Fri,
Sat. and Sun. Matinee Fri, Sat.
and Sun. NELLIE v. NICHOLS
and Q other big Orpheum fea-
lures. Mats. 25c, SOC. Even
ings, csc, SOC, 75c. Seats now.
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TACOMA THEATER
TO-DAY MATINEE AND NIGHT
HARRY LAUDER

Prices-75c to $500. Gallery
seats on sale, 80 and 1880. Mat
|3 O'Clock; Evening, 8:15.
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Bill Hart is featured In "Thc
Gentleman From Blue Gulch" at
the Melbourne today.
A double bill is offered for the
remainder Of the week at the Mel
bourne. There are the popular
Big Bill Hart in THE Gentleman
From Blue Gulch" and pretty June
Caprice On Unknown 247." Both
plays are among the greatest fea-
lures ever booked by the Me-
bourne management. Miss Caprice
Is seen first as a ragged child in
an orphanage and later In fine
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them all practice under real play.
ing conditions.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
CHAPTER XIII.
The Stress Of the Trail.

Roaring Bill dumped his second pack
on the summit Of the Klappan. nnd
looked away to where the valley that
opened out OF me basin showed its
blurred hollow In the distance. But
he uttered no useless regrets. With
horses they could have ridden south
through a rolling country. where every
stretch of timber gave on n grnss-
grown level. Instead they were forced
back over the rugged route by which
they had crossed the range the sum-
mer before. Grub. bedding. furs and
gold totaled two hundred pounds On
his sturdy shoulders Bill could pack
half that weight. For his wife the
thing was a physical impossibiiity,
even had he permitted her to try.
Hence every mile advanced meant that
he doubled the distance, relayfng from
one camp to the next They cut their
bedding to a blanket apiece, and that
was Hazel's load-all he would allow
her to carry.
You're no pack mule, little person."
he would say. "It don't hurt me. I've
done this for years."
But even with abnormal strength
and endurance. II was killing work to
buck those ragged slopes with a heavy
load. Only by terrible. unremitting eff
fort could he advance any appreciable
distance. They were footsore, and
their bodies ached with weariness that
verged on pain when they gained the
pass that cut the summit of the Klap4
pan range.
"Well. we're over the hump" Bill re-
marked thankfully. ats a downhin
shoot to the Skeena. I don't think it's
more than fifty or sixty miles to where
we can take to the water"
They made better time on the west
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NORTH OF
FIFTY THREE
Continued from Page 81

my goodness !" she murmured
There might be wagonloads of 1t in
this creek"
There might, but It isn't likely"
Bill shook his head. "This is a simon
pure pocket, and II would keep a grad
uate mineralogist guessing to say how
II got here, because it's a different
proposition from the wash gold In the
creek he'd. It's rich placer ground.
Mt thar-but this pockets almost un-
believable. Must be forty pounds of
gold there. And you found II. You're
the original mascot. little person"
He bestowed n bearlike hug upon
her.
Now what7" she asked. at hardly
seems real TO pick up several thou
sand dollars In half an hour or SO Ike
this. What will we do?"
dor Why. bless your dear SOUL"
he laughed. "well Just consider our
selves extra lucky. and keep right on
with The game till the high water
makes us quit"
Which wns a contingency nearer at
hand thnn even Bill. with first-hand
knowledge OF the North's vagaries in
the way of flood. quite anticipated.
Three days after the finding OF the
pocket the whole floor Of the creek
was awash. His rocker went down.
stream overnight. When Bill saw
that he rolled himself a cigarette. and.
putting one long arm across his wife's
shoulders, said whimsically:
"What d'you say we start homer
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Pinto Bean Leaves
For Allied Armies

The first shipment OF pinto beans
to Americas allies rolled out of Colo
rado. last Thursday night. and with
its going the first glimpse Of the great
European export market was given to
Colorado pinto growers.
Fifty carloads-4.00O. 900 pounds of
beans were ordered from Colorado by
allied governments for immediate use
overseas. and o. II. Liebers, head OF
the bean division of the Colorado
Food Administration. announces that
this order is merely preliminary to
those which will undoubtedly follow.
The British government has already
placed large army orders for canned
pinto beans.
IF Colorado is going to come up to
the demands which these first orders
Indicate will be made upon her during
the coming year the 1917 bean acreage
must be greatly increased" Bean Com
missioner Liebers has announced and
added that there was absolutely no
danger of Colorado having an over
production Of pinto beans.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

ern slope. but the journey became a
matter of sheer endurance. Food was
scanty-four and salt and tea with
meat and fish got by the wny. And
the black flies and mosquitoes
swarmed about them maddeningly day
and night.
So they came at last to the Skeena.
and Hazel's heart misgave her when
she took note of Its swirling reaches,
the sinuous cddies-a deep, swift,
treacherous stream. But Bill rested
overnight, and In the morning sought
and felled a sizable cedar. and began
to hew. Slowly the thick trunk
shaped itself to the form Of a boat
under the steady swing Of his Ak.
In a week 1t was finished. They
loaded the sack of gold. the bundle Of
furs, their meGger camp outfit amid
ships. and swung Off into the stream.
The Skeena drops fifteen hundred
feet In a hundred miles. Wherefore
there are rapids. boiling stretches Of
white water In which many u good
canoe has come to grief. Some Of
these they ran at Imminent peril. Over
the worst they lined the canoe from
the bank. And in the second week
Of July they brought up at the head
of Kispiox Canon. Hazelton lay a few
miles below. But the Kispiox stayed
them. a sluice box cut through old
stone. in which the waters ragged with
a deafening roar. No man ventured
into that wild gorge. They abandoned
the dugout. Bill slung the sack Of
gold and the bale Of furs on his back.
'It's the last lap, Hazel" said he.
''well leave the rest of 1t for the first
Siwash that happens along"
So they set out bravely to trudge
the remaining distance. And as the
fortunes of the trail sometimes be-
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
NOTICE TO nIDDERs.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN That
sealed proposals Will be received by the.
Hoard of Directors of The Pleasant
Valley Drainage District at the office
Of said District in Lamar. Colorado, up
to o'clock T.. NJ. OF May 6, 1918, at
which time and place such proposals
VIII be opened and a contract let to
ders for the construction of approNi-
inately five 90 miles of open drain
ditch, to be four t4) feet wide on bot
tom with an average cut of approNi-
mately eight tSD feet. maximum cut
twelve U2) feet. slopes one and one
half feet horizontal to one foot vertical
Il y to u: total excavation approNi-
.nately 10000 Gu. yds. Also for
furnishing material and labor and con-
bridges from twenty (2OD to twenty
four (2D feet in width and sixteen 40
feet in length: five t5) timber field
bridges; one tD pile bulkhead: eight
tS) timber drops. four with drops of
five feet. two with drops of seven feet
and two with drops of nine feet.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the office of the Engineer. John X.
White, Lamar. Colorado, and copi"~ may
be had on application TO him and de-
posting $1,000.
Each bid must be accompanied by
bank draft or. certified check for at
least 5 per cent of amount bid. The
District reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Dated at Lamar. Colorado. this 3rd
day of April. 1918.
THE PLEASANT VALLEY DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.
BY w. a. Macpherson.
Secretary
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
PLANT FOR VICTORY
IS HOOvER'S WAR CRY
To SUGAR BEET MEN

Colorado Is up to bat again.
This time the state is facing a
shortage in the production of sug-
ar beets, and unless she hits the
ball by planting a larger sugar
beet acreage than ever before Vic
tory will swing in the balance
with Defeat.
The price paid the growers last year
for sugar beets was 37.26 a ton. This
year federal food commission com
posed Of representative growers and
manufacturers made q flat rate OF $40
a ton. This rate was decided upon.
not to increase the price of sugar to
the consumer or to enrich the grower.
but to encourage the planting of sugar
beets and decrease the danger of a
sugar shortage in 1919.
The Importance of increasing Colo
RADIOS sugar beet production during
the coming year was emphasized by
a telegram received by the Colorado
Food Administration April IL. from
Herbert Hoover, federal food admins
traitor.
The telegram read in part:
AT the request of the sugar beet
growers, the Food Administration.
through the inquiry Of various com
missions undertook to use its best Of
fices to secure price for beets which
would return a fair profit to growers
throughout the beet regions.
THE factories having agreed to pay
the prices recommended and upon
basis much higher than was before re-
ceived by the growers. and In accord
with the demands OF the majority OF
growers l do trust that the growers
will support the nations sugar supply
by enlarged planting.
Our shortage of shipping and the
necessities OF the allies make larger
demands upon our domestic sugar
next year than ever before and the
maintenance of our own industry Is
primary not only to the well-being OF
the growers but the nation as
whole
Ths ast thst the lsad ovnsFl y
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Huge Surplus Crop
of Potatoes to Be
Eaten ''POtatO Week k"

With 70.OO0,00O pounds of potatoes
In Colorado in danger OF being wasted
because of lack OF demand, the U. b.
Food Administration has set aside the
week OF April II to 27 as Potato
Week"
The depressing shortage OF whea,
makes Potato Week" particularly
timely, because potatoes have been
recognized by eminent food authori-
ties as practically equivalent to wheat
in food values. One medium sized po-
tato contains as much nourishment as
one large slice OF wheat bread.
Belgium and Italy are starving.
France and England standing off the
German with blood are crying to Am
erica for bread. And every potato
eaten means that much more wheat
which can be shipped overseas to feed
those who have given all except life
to stop the invader.
Arrangements are being made with
retail grocers to put potatoes on the
market at the lowest possible price,
and householders are urged to lay in
as large a supply as possible. and
serve them at at least two meals
day.
All over Colorado. clubs are serv-
Ing Potato" luncheons; domestic
science classes are having Potato"
lessons; conservation classes are CIV
ing Potato" demonstrations. Every
thing. In short. which will encourage
consumers to help save this tremen-
dous 70.o00.oO0 pound potato surplus.
Is being done.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
CONSERVATION EXPERT
TO GIVE FOOD ADVICE.

Miss Sarah Stone OF the Colorado
Food Administration announces that
she will answer any question concern
ing food or supply conservation
recipes to any housewife who will
write to her at 504 Interstate Trust
building. Denver.
Much paper and printers ink has
been used in telling why America
must save. but too little has been said
concerning the How of Saving" Miss
Stone has recently been secured by
the Food Administration to answer
that question.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

fall, they raised an Indian camp on
the bank of the river at the mouth of
the canon. a teL-,lnllar bill made
them possessors OF another canoe. and
an hour later the roofs Of IInaeltoI
-ropnpd nm alo,.-' 80 -. "'-
"Oh. Bill" Hazel called from the
bow. Look There's the same old
steamer tied to the same old bank.
We've been gone a year, and yet the
world hasn't changed mite. won
der If Hazelton has taken a Rip van
Wrinkle sleep all this timer
mo fear.r he smiled. 81 can see
some new houses-quite few, in fact.
And look-by Jimmy! They're work
ing on the grade. That railroad, re-
member"
He drove the canoe alongside float.
A few lCungers viewed them with
frank curiosity. Bill set out the treas
ure sack and the bale of furs. and tied
the canoe.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
EsTRAY ADVERTISEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to whom it
may concern that the following de-
scribed estray animal was taken up
near Lamar. Prowers County. Colorado.
Light Bay Mare. about years old
weight about 1850 lbs, unbranded.
Board. unless claimed by owner on or
before April 27. 1915. said estray will
be sold by this Board for the. beneri.
OF the owner when found.
STATE BOARD OF STOCK INSPEC-
TION COMMISSIONERS.
Denver, Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

"a new hotel, by JoveW he re-
marked. when upon gaining the Level
Of the town a new two-story building
blazoned with huge sign Its func-
ton as q hostelry "Getting quite
metropolitan in this neck Of the WOODS.
Say. little person, do you think you
can relish square mealf Planked
steak and lobster salad-huh? l won
der II they could rustic salad In this
mans town? Say. do you know I'm
just beginning to find out how hungry
/ am for the fiesh-pots. Aren't you,
hon7"
She was; frankly so. For long,
monotonous months she had been
struggling against Just such cravings,
impossible Of realization. and there
fore all the more tantalizing. She had
been a year in the wilderness, and
the wilderness had not only lost Its
glamor. but had become a thing to
flee from. She bestowed glad pres
sure on her husbands arm as they
walked up the street. Bill carrying the
sack of gold perched carelessly on one
shoulder.
"Say, their enterprise has gone the
length of establishing branch bank
here, 1 see."
He called her attention to square
footed edifice. its new-boarded walls
as yet guiltless of paint, except where
a row of black letters set forth that
1t was the Bank of British North
America.
That's good place to stow this
bullion" he remarked. II want to get
1t Off my hands"
So to the bank they bent their steps.
A solemn, horse-faced Englishman
weighed the gold, and issued Bill re-
ceipt, expressing a polite regret that
lack of facility to determine its fine
ness prevented him from converting 1t
into cash.
THAT means a trip to Vancouver"
Bill remarked outside. well, we can
stand that"
From the bank they went to the
hotel. registered. and were shown to
a room. For the first time since the
summit of the Klappan Range. where
her tiny hand glass had suffered dis
aster, Hazel was permitted clear
view of herself in mirror.
I'm a perfect fright" she mourned.
"Huhr Bill grunted. You're all
right. Look ut me-"
The trail had dealt hardly with both.
In the matter of their personal appear
ance. Tanned to an abiding brown,
they were. and Hazels one-time
smooth face was spotted with fly bites
and marked with certain scratches
suffered in the brush as they skirted
the Kispiox. Her hair had lost its
sleek. glossy smoothness of arrange
ment. Her hands were reddened and
rough. But chiefly she was concerned
with the sad state Of her apparel. She
had come a matter OF four hundred
miles In the clothes on her back-and
they bore unequivocal evidence of the
journey.
I'll a perfect fright" she repeated
pettishly. "One's manners. morals.
clothing. and complexion all suffer
from too close contact with your be-
loved North. Bill"
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

beet sections receive one-rourrn OF rnv
gross proceeds of the beet crop, which
on the basis OF a sixteen-ton yield
would mean $40 per acre, Is counted
on to influence landlords to continue
to raising beets.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
EsrnAY ADVERTISEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to whom 1t
may concern that the following de-
scribed estray animal was taken up
near Lamar. Prowers County, COLORADO,
on or about March 20. 1918, to-Mit: :
One year old Mule. branded "
Said animal being unknown to this
Board, unless claimed by owner on or
before April 2S. 1918, said estray VIII
oe sold by this Board for the benefit
IF the owner when found. -
STATE BOARD OF STOCK 1NSPEC-
TION COMMISSIONERS.
Denver. Colorado.
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MOTOR TRUCK COMPANIES
GET TRAINING Ill.,
DRIVING At NIGHT

w. H- . ~ - H
Night driving Of motor-truck sup
ply trains from the West to the sea
board has been started, by the Quar-
termaster's Department as a step
toward final training to fit men for
service in France. H..
According to the Council of Ma
tional Defense, the experience gain
ed in cross country convoy work has
made the truck companies able to
travel entirely Independent of the
countryside. Camps are made at the
regular hour, no matter where the
company is located, except that open
country is given preference over
cities.-Weekly War News.
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MEN ARE WANTED BY
THE GOVERNMENT FOR
EXPORT TRADE OFFICES

The United States Government IS
looking for men who can take charge
of branch offices Of the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce, and men
to act as assistants in these ofhces'
Branches are located in the principal
commercial cities. The salaries
range from $1,000 to $4,000 for
managers and from $1,000 to sl,Soo
for assistants.
A noncompetitive denomination
will be held May 16 in various parts
of the country. Applicants will be
examined in export-trade technique
promotion of commerce, and eco
nomic geography, and credit Will be
given for knowledge of foreign Ian
guages. The examinations will be
under the direction of the Civil Ser
vice.-Weekly War News.
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WILLIAM GERARD CHAPMAN.

ing, entered the great light that Right
might triumph, and Men and Dollars
were marshaled to combat the enemy.
l CHANGED to be of those that lin
gered behind, for l was the mainstay
Of my masters, but one day the call Of
the wounded in a far country was
heard by them, and taey sent me to
where the Golfers Of compassion wait
ed to receive me. There by the al
chemy Of human sympathy I was trans
muted into instruments Of aid and re-
lief and healing. Beneath the banner
Of white bearing a blood red cross I
fought the good fight against pain and
disease and death that the heroes who
fell in the great war Of Humanity
against the Hun might be comforted
and given new life.
Comfort; for the Wounded.
Now, on the laundering battle line
In my Rsw identity I minister to the
wounded, bringing them from bleod
soaked ramparts to bsds Of comfort,
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.

Many inquiries have been receiv,
ed. regarding the exchange OF
Thrift Stamps on or. after December
81, 1918, when it is planned that
the War Savings campaign shall end
This matter is covered fully in q q
special Treasury Department Circu.
lar, which reads:
--"The Secretary Of the Treasury
will make provision for the exchange
of Thrift Stamps after December
81, 1918, into War Savings Stamps
and certificates, series of 1918, up
on payment of the additional
amount then required, OF into some
other Series, or will otherwise pro-
tect the interest of holders OF
Thrift Stamps"
"Some other Series" refers to a
possible issuance of a new series of
War Savings Stamps. However, no
such issue has been announced as
yet. The phrase, payment of the
additional amount then required"
refers to the difference in the value
between Thrift and War Savings
Stamps, at the time this exchange
is made.
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AM the Great American Dollar.

- AM the Great American Dollar. I
was born of Toll and Sweat>a and
sired by Human Endeavor. Treas.
ured and trained by Thrift, I grew
powerful and competent to perform
for my masters the duties Of a willing
servant Apprenticed to Industry, l
earned wages that repaid my sponsors
for their care and self denial. They
loved me-not for myself alone, but
for what l accomplished for human
good, for by ~tireless labor I smoothed
the paths of their lives and the fruits
Of my energy made sweeter their days.
A Sudden Awakening. e.
In piping times Of peace I grew self
complacent, and, forgetting the Spar
tan character Of my %upbringing, be.
came more and more the slave Of Lux.
ury. Then suddenly came an awaken.
Ing. The forces Of Good entered Int
conflict With the Legions Of Evil, and
battle ragged upon the earth. The
land OF the Free, whore ] had my be'
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The Great American Dollar
Has a Great American Heart

giving ease to MANNED bodies, relief
to limbs writhing In torture, cooling
drafts to parched threats. And under
nay %beneicent ministratIons the sons
of my masters are rescued from agony,
the hero youth Of the land are re-
stored or the last hours Of the wound
ed to death robbed Of the grisly hor-
ror Of neglect.
The flower of Dur young manhood
60 in ever growing herdes to right
the worlds wrongs. New legiens Of
the Great American Dollar must be
marshaled to equip the army that fol-
lows-the Red Cross Army that wages
its splendid fight against pain and
death behind the battle lines. Enlist
your dollars to eight under the Req
Cross banner, you who would staunch
the wounds Of those who battle to
bring peace and safety to you and
yours aid your hsme Kld-iaad tosths
world. For thus Is the Great Amest.
can Dollar ennoblsdl 49, Il
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TWO-YEAR.OLD TALKS,
READS AND TELLS TIME

San Francisco, April 30.-A tiny
two-year-old baby girl here holds the
worlds record in mental develop
ment.
The infant prodigy is Martha
Springer, twenty-six months old.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John E,
Springer, of Mountain View.
The child can read like an eight
year-old. The father says the child
has a normal mind which simply has
been developed by persistent train
ing.
At a recent meeting of college
professors and experts in pedagogy
and psychology the child for forty
minutes read, counted and told the
time by the clock and talked with
the men who were observing her.
Her baby brain did not sag and she
appeared to enjoy the long interview
All were unanimous in declaring
that the baby's Ease indicates that
geniuses are made, not born. The
child reads and speaks with a vocab-
ulary of about 1900 words. She is
large for her age and eats and
sleeps well.