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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-02

| BITS OF BY- PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati Enquirer
 Woman Fair woman surely puzzles me, And we poor men are far beneath Her wisdom, for l know that she Can sharpen pencils with her teeth.
 Giddap "Blinks seems to think that the par :el post is wonderful institution. He uses it for everything, doesn't ae?" said Smith. "Yes," replied Jones. Why that bird wouldn't even express an opin on"
 Fixing the Clock He took our clock apart, and Dad Told us he was in clover; And then he cussed because he had A dozen parts left over.
 The Limit Father never thinks before he loes anything, and he always is getting into trouble" said Dubb. Yes" agreed Flub, He'd accept , job as judge in baby show if it were offered to him" lis wife made him a tie one day, And put in on poor Peck; lnd poor Peck heard his friends all say:
 Peck got in in, the neck" You anti-suffrfage people seem tc prefer misgovernment," said the Stuff bitterly. "Oh dear no," replied the Mere Man. You have us wrong. We are against miss government.
 Bang!
 The sun is hot,
 The fly's pest;
 But swat and swat,
 Don't stop to rest. Nothing Like Keeping Cool These
 Days
 (Great Lakes Bulletin) Beginning Tuesday, June 1, 1918 the uniform for all enlisted men ex cept chief petty officers will be un 1ress white.
 Worries To worry's foolish, I'll agree, And it gains you nothing, my A friends; But, oh, how rich some men would If worries paid them dividends.
 -Uuke McLuke. Self-confidence. you know, is fine. It's overdone, though, you'll agree . Were some men smart as they opine How very, very smart they'd be
 -(Newark (Ohio) Advocate} y,;c hic ,,in I;xyin And claims the earth is his to get But though three years he's buckec the line.
 He hasn't got to Paris yet
 -CDetroit Free Press. Some men of optimistic mind, Still pin their faith on garden seeds And after hopeful waiting find They do not always run to. weeds
 -(Springficld Union, Some men find the bright side ot things,
 And when they smash a toe or thumb, lHCs lCil ID. jings,
 Cheer up the worst is yet to come
 IIOustoI Post.D If worry paid us dividends Wed open up some Worry Banks" And lend cur worries to our friends And ask no interest of thanks. -(Memphis Commercial Appeal)
 Gosh! Christian Girl, the President of the Standard Parts Company, of Cleve- land, Ohio, was in his aoffice when caller was announced. Christian Girl looked at the card sent in by the caller The card read as follows
 l.. C. Letzkus
 Sales Manager
 Portland Cement Company,
 Pittsburgh Nothing doing" announced Chris
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-02
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
Miss Albrecht

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 PHONE 123
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-02

Gosh.
 Christian Girl, the President of the Standard Parts Company, of Cleve- land, Ohio, was in his aoffice when a caller was announced. Christian Girl looked at the card sent in by the caller. The card read as follows:
 l.. c. Letzkus
 Sales Manager
 Portland Cement Company,
 Pittsburgh Nothing doing." announced Chris tian Girl T could not live up to
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-02

If worry paid us dividends
 Wed open up some Worry Banks" And lend cur worries to our friends And ask no interest of thanks.
 -(Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
Head Walter sun a Power.

LONDON. September 2S.-Casual Gus.
toners ut restaurants are becoming sh,
of surrcndering meat coupons Th,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
COAL SHORTAGE HAS FRANCE
IN ITS GRIP. FOR WINTER
People Again Urged 10 ADOPT Most
Drastic Means to conserve
Available Supp>y.
LONDON. Septe,nber ,S-C

LONDON. September Is Captain
pillard, chief OF the l'rencn coal mis-
sion in London. in speaking OF the
worldwide coal shortage anc the ne
cessity for conservation ana economy
or burning even in England and Wales.
said:
Last winter our people were ra-
toned Tor coal. and they were cold
During the coming winter. unless
England Is able to let us have more
coal. our peoples ration VIII be Gu,
down still lower and they Will ne
colder.
Last year IN the coolest parts o:
France the allowance FOR Il FAMILY OIL
four was 200 weight ror twelv.
months. and the average qyantIty per
head OF the population was $50 weigh,
year. In the warmer parts. AMI
whore peat and wood were available
the ration was even smaller.
so far as the railroads are con-
ccrncd We are now running thirty
trains whore 100 ran before The war
Our railways arc starving Tor coat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

Each street number given In .The
Rooms md boards column suSEeAS a
new place to live,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
PREMATURE TREAD WEAR
Is DECLARED INEXCUSABLE
Slipshod Driving or Indifference to Rc-
suits Reduces Life OF
Tire tndIcully.

Premature tread wear is particularly
inexcusable because 1t Is the result of
driver who comes to u stop with locked
wheels Is taking as much out of his
tires In two or three feet AS he would
in two or three hundred miles of or
binary driving. There is no cxaggera-
ton in that statement. He Is running
his tires and The Is not even succeeding
Rapid acceleration or sudden en-
gagement Of the clutch causes the
wheels to spin and is subject TO the
same criticism as sliding.
Careful brake adjustment is most
important. for II one wheel is called
upon to do all the braking the wear Is
ference in wear between the over
worked tire and the one which has
not been dragged over the road will
constitute a lesson which you cannot
easily forget.
Skidding around corners Is another
good way OF Ming Off the tread, But
the evils OF sudden braking. rapid ac-
celebration and skiddinS go deeper than
the surface. Such driving will strain
and weaken the fabric. particularly in
the side walls. IT also tends to loosen
the tread
Driving In car tracks and ruts and
carelcssncss in approaching the curb
tears or wears away the side of the
tread and exposes the fabric. Rim cut :
ting. the direct result OF under in fla :
ton. also attacks the tire at a vulncr-
able point There is sure TO be some
wear between cilnchcS rim ana side
wall and with soft tires the wear is
intensified. This can seldom be repaired
by vuicanizing, because II is too close
TO the bead. Rims which cause cut
ting when the pressure is correctly
maintained should be examined for
strengthening or replacement.
Every 1notorist has suffered blow
out on tire which was apparently in
the best Of condition-drven only a
lew hundred milcs-perhaps when the
car was standing In the garage. the
cause was a sharp blow by stone in
the road when the car was travelling a I
high speed. or IL may have been the
result OF running into the curb when
parking the car. The object which was
struck dcprcsecd the tire sharply. The
inner layers Of fabric being farthest
from the center OF ucnding. received
the greatest strain and the fabric was
split on the inside.
Damage Of this kind can only be
avnidec by careful driving. Stop the
car a fcw inches from the curb. slow
up for raised crosswalks and car tracks.
Keep your eyes on the road and dodge
stones, bricks and holes in the pave
ment. No tire made IAN be depended
upon 10 sustain without injury the
tcn-ton blow delivered TO your tire
when you strike AN obstacle at twenty
iive or thirty miles an hour.-Charlcs
:. Hammond in Septe Motor Life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS URGE
STUDY OF INSTRUCTIONS
Thereby Owners VIII Snvc Themselves
Annoyance and Large
ReDair bills,

Automobile dealers now are advising
their customers to study the 1nstruc-
ton books that came with their cars
heels Of the request, recently made by
the War Economy Board OF the Nation
al Council of Defense, that all auto
and salcsrooms be closed on Sundays
and legal holidays and that business
be suspended at o'clock on the even
ings Of week days.
The compliance with this request
will work very little Inconvenience on
the motorists provided they take the
time and pains to school themselves in
the care Of their cars.
The large number Of automobile
owners. who know little or nothing
about the cars that they drive. is real
service station for minor adjustments
that they could easily make them
struction books, and they could do the
work in u fraction of the time that
they spend in driving to the service
station or garage and in awaiting their
These are adjustments. however, that
must be made in Sundays. holidays and
after 6 p. m, on week days unless the
owner attends to them himself. For
that reason. II is the duty Of every
owner to study his instruction book
and thus be fortified for the cmerg-
ency. II he does not, he may expert
ence the annoyance and irritation of
having his automobile laid up at "a
time when he needs it most.
mns come na i from cosinr Of sen ha
and service stations on certain speci-
fed days and hours, will accurc to
automobile owners. many of whom
are inclined to regard this closing az
an inevitable nuisance. For they will
iearn to he more independent and
through caring for their own cars. de-
the life OF their automobiles.
.i.fyrs-., ------------------------------ .y'i ,A
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

Thousands OF people are coming to-
Richmond. Rent your spare rooms to
good tenants through Times-Dispntch |
Want Ads. !
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
Who Sing, the Truck,

Who sings the truck?
Long. long, numbering trains
SLOW dodder!ng cavalcades
plod through the muLk:
Mud that knows the myriad stains.
Human and inhuman shades
Who sings the truck?
Night on night tho trucks amending
Take their ways through all the hell
Where the oft recurring crashes
Wanton syntaX OF the shells
punctuate Titan rcndinE.
Moving forward to the trenches.
Bearing food for guas and men;
Hearing back tn. futile, empty
Shells Of men and guns again
out OF sickish SOUNDS and stenches.
Who sings the truch?
Who eNtoils the uuwcarying crews
Pens them the tribute when they die
Who sings their pluck?
Find him a Grimy, dirty muse,
Greasy and Saunt but clear OF eye,
To sing the truck.
Monte W. Sohp, in Motor Life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
1ycxt vI-Einia.r Speed Law.

West Virginia has a road law whose
only regulation OF speed is that no We
hic!c shall move faster than will permit
of bringing II to n full stop within
half the distance OF vision. Thus, IL
- ,notorist takes a turn Offering vi
zion from the drivers seat of only
twenty feet of road, he must throttle
his car 10 speed That would in cmcr-
gcncy. permit him 10 bring IL to Il halt
within ten feet. Under this law, a
motorist may drive at sixty miles an
hour provided his sight of the road
the absence OF spurs. crossroads and
turns-makcs il possible to stop his
car within half the distance he can
see OF roadway.-Motor life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
ENGLAND SENDS U. S.
C0AL-SAVlNG HINT
Director OF Range ana stove Manu-.
featuring Plant Gives Fuel
Advice.

LONDON. September 2S.-In view OF
the almost certain shortage o! coal IN
the Eastern United States. the follow
ing advice given by the director or Il
large stove and range manufactures
may be Of equal value on the Amcri-
can side:
"a cheap, effective ana easy way OF
preventing a good deal or coal wastagc
in kitchen ranges is 10 use freclay.''
said he.
After range has been in use some
little time the firebricXs at the SIDES
and back get burned away 10 SOM.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

extent, so that the fire chamber oo-
comes lai.'er than II was intended TO
DC and consequently burns more coal
Firebricks are relatively expensive ana
have to be fitted. For cents sum
cicnt nrcclay to fill up the holes IN
an ordinary Kitchen range can pe
bought.
The clay should be made into n
thick paste and filled In the holes or
worn away parts after nrst wettinE
the surface TO he covered. Let II set
for twentyfours hours, then light a
fire and the clay will DO hard baked |.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

and our munition works want every
pound they can get.
I'VE have children TO keep warm
ana the mothers of France Will bless
the mothers OF England wien they
realize fully the effort that Is being
put forth in this country TO help
them"
Durham coal output from March to
June was 10000 tons more than from
January to March:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
"ROW UNCLE SAM USES
HIS MOTOR TRUCKS
Licntcnant-Colonel Barrett Andrews
Tells OF Transport Work
behind the Lines.
is HANDLED By 10000 MEN
Truck transportation Work in
France Requires Attention OF AL
most 10 Per Cent OF Entire Expc
dictionary Force.
Especial 10 Tho Timo..n;s,,,

lSpcGial TO The Times DispatchI
rbe ffd.olI, MICH. September rs
September 1920. was the address de-
ihN v1r by i.ieutcnant Colonel Barrett
.nir;anBport Division. on the subject,
How Sncie Sam Uses Ills Motor
Truck" Experienced in the intricate
roth In the United States and in France
,ny behind the battle lines. Lieu
intcr.. ,noion.i Andrews made a most
gsarding the efficient methods used by
Inc Army Truck Transport Division
nc gave his audience Il staggering ar
ray Or facts concerning the magnitude
OF the work already Accomplished
n; ne, tramsrort lines in France, Civ
FIRST american Field Army as fol-
lows: $1,000 trucks. 1900 passenger
qua ,l noes These vehicles alone require
inc cnctire attention OF $4,000 men
IN o'her words. 10 per cent Of our
iorcc Is used IN truck transporati ion
NOT A SOLDIER HAS
MISSED 4 MEAL YET
Although trucks arrived in France
without bodies and despite other big
difhcultiHs, the truck transport CORPS
worked 50 hard and so efficiently that
not single soldier has as set missed
Il meal The TWO lessons that have
occn learned about truck transporta-
t'oh under war conditions are the ne
$500 LOT SlUlD!lHcation ana stand
hruiZation- The great value Of the
truck was ncvei better shown than at
Nerdun, where, had IL not been for this
vehicle in quanJItic2~of thousands used
Tor transport Of men and munitions.
the pivotal city would have carly fall
en- TO the Huns. for the bochc had she'll
ed and destroyed three out Of the only
tour transpor; lines leading to the city
defcnscs. and over the one road cscap-
Ing the enemy shells. rumbled $4,000
trucks. day and night for twcnty-cight
days carrying man and supplies TO the
trst-linc defcnscs.
AS an example OF tho gigantic use
of ammunition. he pointed out that Inu-
nItons which had taken twcuty-cight
days 10 transfer to The frout-iinc guns
had been shot away In three days and
two nights. l.icutcnant-C Colonel Bar
rett Andrews commented that the war
VII! have developed hundreds Of thous-
ands of trained and disciplined truck
drivers, who Will materially enrich this
country's skilled labor after the war
He made Il plea for the more mature
and experienced truck men of America
10 enter the truck transport service
abroad.
Canadian cities scnt a number OF rep
reseutatiycs TO the conference. and the
Imperial Ministry OF Munitions was
represented by Captain ". Il. Powell
who came from his division hcadquar-
tiers at quebec.
The moving pictures taken under the
personal direction OF Harold /. Gould,
chairman of the conferences. gave the
truck owners Il vivid cxumpl. OF the
everyday truck transport problems,
and showed III detail hOw these prob
lem. are successfully solved by. expert
traffic men in every phase OF present.
ia! truck ira deportation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

portion they receive is generally in
adequate and is often under suspicion
OF being one OF the now numerous
kinds OF unrationed meat Regular pa
irons who are oil affable terms with the
head waiter may be seen consuming
liberal quantities of beef and mutton,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
CONFERENCE: MEMBERS
SHOW ENTHUSIASM

Enthusiasm on the part Of those in
%1cc.S@ markcd the dosing meeting
Of the last days session At the board
III commerce auditorium, Detroit on
Friday. September 20. hundreds of
truck owners and operators, both large
and small from all parts OF the Middle
West, attended.
Addresses illustrated by graphic
motion pictures featured both after
noon and evening sessions. Each adj
dress was delivered by wcll-known
traffic expert most experienced in his
particular iicld OF truck activity. In
Detroit immediately following the adj
Mayor oscar b Marx. the principal
addresses were on the following per-
tincnt subjects: Loading and Unload
ing Methods That Save Time Sc
lcc,ine and Training Drivers" "Inspcc-
tion and Lowering Maintenance Costs.
"Ronus Plans" Finding True Costs OF
"Mobilizinr Americas InduStria! High,
Roads save Money for shipper, opcr-
The efforts OF the Truck Owners
Conference have the active support OF
the Highways .Trasport Committee AT
Washington, the fuel administration
ana other government departments.
The State Highways Transport Com
mit,cc Of Michiga az , MAS represemted S by
made an appeal for closer co-opcra-
ton between Federal. state and civic
ways transport facilities.
During the next ten months the
Truck owners Conference staff will
hold eighteen additional conferences in
as many of the larger cities from coast
10 coast. Buffalo is the next city
scheduled for a convention. II viii take
place under the auspices OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce OF that city on Octo-
her 10 and IL. Already plans have
been laid for an interesting and val,
appear a number of traffic experts
from Buffalo and surrounding terri
tory II is expected ;hat hundreds of
interested truck owners from the East
and Middle West will attend. Other
cities in line for immediate conferences
In the fail are Boston, New York and
philadelphia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

Take look at the attic and then
phone Randolph 10 advertise tho list
or useful but unused things you will
ind there. Other people wnbt To buy
them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

and tho conjecture that these are pre-.
vlded at tho expense OF the ,chanos
client is probably we'll founded.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-12-19

AS result of the accident on
Tuesday evening, Mr.. j. Rowe
died Saturday night and the re-
mains were taken to the old home
place at Saline for interment on
Sunday morning. A widow, two
daughters, two grand and one
great-grand child survive him.
Nothing is more fpleasing to the
feminine world than cut glass.
Buy some from
r. De VARGAS.
Enterprise" on your stationery
is like Sterling" on silver.
Silk Under Garments, CANT
soles, Teddies, Gowns, etc.,
useful as we'll as a beautiful gilt
for her Xmas.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-12-19

News of the death of Miss Hen
rietta Lewis, in New Orleans, of
flu, was learned with regret by her
old friends in Natchitoches, who
held her in high esteem during the
many years she was a member of
the Normal faculty.
Usefula and practical Xmas Gifts
at
-SEMMELMAN'S
Messrs. Harry Suddath and Jas.
johnson have returned from Gulf
port, where the school they were
attending closed down again on
account of the flu.
Get something to fall back on
a lot, for instance. See Hodges.
Jefferson Highway Realty Co.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-12-19

Mrs. s. Caspari and daughter,
Miss Mia, spent Thursday and
Friday in Shreveport, where they
,vrnt to shop for the Red Cross
Christmas boxes to send to the
/ soldiers at the base hospital at
Beauregard. which work Miss Nita
has in charge.
Lots of things are high, but Lots
are not. See Hedges. jefferson
Highway Realty Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Browne have
arrived from Denver, Colo, where
they have spent the last year and
half for the benefit of Mrs.
Brownies health, which has been
restored, and will spend the rest
Of the winter here with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Hughes.
We are offering some special
values in Ladies Coats, late arriv-
ais, marked extra low, rather than
return them to shippers.
-SEMMELMAN'S
Mrs. Antoinptte Prudhomme has
returned home with her daughters,
after spending some time in New
Orleans. Miss Emmeline has been
wonderfully benefited, and the
grateful mother is soshappy over
her recovery that the burning of
her home md valuables are of
minor consideration. The family
is comfortably located in the old
L'herisson home, on Washington
street, that Mr.. Prudhomme
bought, repaired and put in all the
modern conveniences recently.
For the returned soldiers-We
are prepared to fit you up in COM
plete civilian outfit-Hats, Suits,
Overcoats and Shoes, in the sea-
sons latest styles.
-SEMMEI. MANS
DR.. |. Katie was called to Kan
sss City Friday night, by news of
the serious illness of his sister, |
Miss Mabel. who with her sister
and cousin, Mines. Hauling and
Edna Katie, were visiting Mr.. and |
Mrs. Dave Hart. and all of them |
were stricken with the flu.
Fancy Silk Hose, the very best
grades, for ladies and gents, at
-SEMMELMAN'S
Misses Judith and Miriam Car
yer, who were victims of the flu
at the time the schools closed at
Lake Charles, having entirely con-
reached home Monday
night.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-12-19

Friends in Natchltoches are in
receipt of cards announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Thomas P. Rag
gio to Miss Laura Gilbert Black
man of Alexandria, in that city
on November Goth. The groom,
the eldest son of MIR. and Mrs. T.
P. Raggio. was born and reared
in Natchitoches, and always made
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-12-19
The Enterprise
w EIfEL.N
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1918

De VOE's FORECAST - Deem
Der Goth to DIST. undertaking; 22nd
to 23rd, cloudy; oath, a great
storm will form over the MlsSis-
sirpi ValIey and move eastward :;
25th, Christmas day. very cold,
with snow over all the Northern
States; 26th, cold wave.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-12-19

his home here until within recent
years, and his many friends here
rejoice with Tommy in having
won his fair bride, and wish the
newly married couple all happi-
ness and success.
Give him Silk or Georgette
Shirt, a gift any young man will
be proud of.
sem MELMAN'S