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The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-15
s|CKENss IS REUCED
 IN MUNITIONS PLANTS

LONDON. Aug 15.- The evil effects oi IT. x. T" on workers in munitions factories hay" been largely oy"rrom Q by close medical supervision of the workers. combined with improved methods ot working and the subsri,r tion of mechanical processes.
 In six months. October to March. l916-l917. there were lG9 eases of serious illness; in the sponding period of 19l7-191S th"r" were only r. cases; in April this year i cases, and in May only l.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-15
MINING NOTES FROM ALL PARTS
 OF NORTHLAND

9ch"'oi Jdth ltohdi IS busy "ltH
 his quartz proposition at Moose pass. { Construction has started on new
 Company, located OH Fairbanks creek. ! W. R. Hooking. who has the Tal. kcctnd mine under lease. recently re. turned to Anchorage with the second cloan.up of the season.
 ! Jake Berger and Joe Sullivan are now operating on the Daniels crcck property, near Nome \ large amount o1 gold was taken out Of this prop orty ill l"o7 by Berger and Sullivan Facilities for loading ore at the
 Midas mine. near Valdez are prob ably the best in the territory. Actual
 loading rarely falls under 150 tons | per hour.
 Tn" Ellamar Mining Company is
 working in the ncighborhood of loo men on it's big copper property, and is making shipments regularly. \ new mill will be placed on the property of the Mineral King. at Port Wells.
 | No work is being done on the Ram say-Rutherford property or the Cliff property, both gold propositions, and probably the richest in this vicinity, owing to the high cost of operating.
 W, w. Woodward is installing a , dredge in the kachtna district. The l ground prospects well and he expects
 to have his plant in operation within d short time.
 Jesse Carver has been prospecting
 the Blue Quartz Mining Company < claims on Peterson creek. He be Iicyes that proper development work will plac" the property in the diyi- drnI class
 \ small lore" of men ar" pilinp up fat free milling or" at the Chase prop orty, on Tmnaeaim arm. Mr. Chase is arranging for tho installation of q prospecting mill which will enable him to give the or" an extended test.
 Work is progressing rapidly on the arastra being erected on the Neckem property, at Teikell, and it will be in operation within a few days, TAqre from this mine is high grade and free milling. The samples exhibited are the richest ever seen in this district
 Andy Masevich left recently for q two weeks vacation which he will spend in the Iliamna country. In part nership with Matt Raich he has val uable quartz property located in that vicinity, and they expect 10 do some development work this summer.
 It is authentically reported that two important strikes were nude in the Willow creek district recently. One strike was made "n Craigy creek and on on Archangel, that caused consid- crablc excitement in the camp. Many new claims were stakcd in tn" neigh. bOrhOOd of the two strikes.
 Jake HcrsChy, owner of the Lucky
 Strike. at the head of Palmer canyon, on Turnagain arm, who lost the pay ore two years ago through a fault. has again located it by Crosscuttng. and reports the ledge wider and richer than ever His onc-stamp mill is pounding away on rock that is said to be plating over $3oo per ron. and a new mill will be installed in the nc0r future.
 ! F.. l.uttrcll of Anchorage returned recently from the Broad Pass district where he has quartz holdings in the vicinity of where the Ohio empties into the Chulitna river The holdings consist of eight claims of sulphide and chalcopyritc ore. showing assays ranging in value from g. to S160 per ton. Several lodges have been opened up, showing good values. and it is re-
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-15

The Deep Sea Food Products Com panv is building a large wharf at it's plant on Halibut cove, Kachemak bay
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-15

Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmatic lenses replaced See Os- borne.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
FROM FRANCIS McDERMoTT
Some whore in France
Feb. Al, 1913

Dear Mother:
Received fifteen letters today.
sure feel fine when know you
are all we'll. Don't worry about
me, for l feel (Lray-bou.) DO you
get that French dope? II is very
clear night and the afro planes
|are going over To- pay back the
Huns for their visit TO Paris.
/ There has not been much doing
on the front for sometime, but
from the way things are now NOV
ing around here business is going
to pick up before long. The box
the girl sent me from Wall, Mich.
| came this AFTERNOON. j received
1.-The song book you sent. Did you
notice the song, 1.-The Watch or
the Rhine" in it. also got the
book, Bringing up Father.
have received all the boxes yol
have told me about. Pretty lucky
Lots of fellows have had boxes
sent TO them which they have no
Ireceived. You said that maybe
could find someone in the Y. M. c
A. that could play the songs tina
llyou sent. / have not seen Y. M
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14

Inc we'll aiiG feeling fine We had
IL illrc ll1gc Christmas and there is
lois oil sn Nv now. II makes pretty
hard times, but we are still fol-
lowing Old Glory: so we do not
mind it much as we are all real
Americans and full of pep, IIa.
We'll, how is the boy. Hope il is
one You know | had dream anC
so thought would mention it.
Tell Fan Haney said if he want
ed French girl he had better
come and pick her out as | dom
think much of Them They weal
wooden shoes and when they sa,
alec, 1T means TO beat it,. Tel
him he ought to be with me an,
see thus coun try. Ii is not dry an'
we can get Anything we ask for il
the line OF DIR inks.
Well ! no pc il won't be mucl
longer as @ vcrything looks good
and we will soon beat the Bochc.
ii0l''H lliC Wv icdI VIII I)' IL lIti VI VII
for him. W.ell, don't know mucl
news and ad better go to bed.
have been b usy all day ON fatigue
Have been made first class am
YOU knox that means $500 NOR
a month Frank Burke and Char
lie Mickey or have been made Cor
pnfais. w ell, they are welcome Y
10 as Wing we get in the lrenche
will han e all | can do to look al
ter mysf If.
Welll q must close and hope yo
folks an all getting along fine
and ae' on the job for when | &C
back ala d turned loose the Dutc
had best Ter stay shy Of me.
Weja: bye bye and love to all.
In ON John to all the folks.
| OIL yes. / have not got that be
yet, 'ot 1t il takes a long time.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14

from you was on January 9Th, and
] can't say exactly how many peo-
pie | correspond with, but a cou-
pie OF days after | received your
letters, burnt up about 275 let
tiers as we cannot keep them any
more. A few days before that, |
burned up about 125, SO you can
easily see have received a few.
Am still holding on to my kodak
but have been unable to use it any
for some time but | will use it as
soon as | can, believe me. ] re-
greet very much already, that |
have been unable to take some
snaps as | am sure could have
taken some fine snapshots worth
while.
have taken out S1O,00O.0O in
.surance, so guess | am worth a
little more dead than alive. For
this | have to pay 500 month,
My allotment runs out today, but
am not going TO renew it for a
few days at least as there is some
thing new coming out concerning
some benefits obtained by new al
|lotments, so | think it best to wait
for a few days. am going to re-
new it soon, so that will be S20.0C
more. Besides this have one Lib
erty bond costing $500, so | will
have all of $40 per month, but
guess that will be enough TO spend
here in France. Hereafter | will
expect some cats such as candy
cake or cookies every now anC
then, say every two weeks. Say
don't you think that to be a gooC
scheme?
Say, maybe you saw some pict-
ures that were taken of our com.
pany as we had pictures galore to
ken of us. We had them taken G
us when General Joffre, Gene r;
Pershing, President Poinca lir,
and others reviewed us and in
lspected us.
Well, it is now time to. l'lrn il
and am getting quite sleepy so
think ii best TO suspend this unit
another time. Hoping this find
you all in good health and spirit.
am as ever,
Your brother and son
brennan
P. S. You can sead me the. pc
and the wrist watch any time.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
ETTER FROM
BRENNAN DOUGLAS
Somew here in France,
January 81, 1913.
$. S. b. Douglass,

pis7s ~. II. A)OuS
Missouri Valley, Iowa.
[y dear Mother and All:
AS have been unable to write
ID you for some time now, | am
going TO, try and let you know that
am still on the map. am feeling
list fine and am getting along @.
Since writing to you last |
ave changed locations so that in
way tells for itself.
Well, how are you all getting
Aong i'm dear old Mo. Valley? The
asst time that heard of the burg
yerything was freezing up tight.
t present we are enjoying fair
Feather, but here in France we
annot expect anything special in
be weather line. Many of the fell
,ws have been fast enough TO
Eatch colds but this is not any
hing to boast of.
l suppose you have noticed be-
|ore this, that l am writing or try
ng to write this on a typewriter.
Ypf course | am quite bit out OF
but | guess that if ]
poke at the machine, | will get it
light. II perchance you wonder
YhOw am able to get TO use a ma
chine, will try and explain a bit.
am in a squad called the Sig
hal squad or the captains squad
my duties are such that | am just
Robliged to be around handy and to
be around means that stay with
the company clerk, etc. Frank
EBurke is our clerk so we are to.
gether quite bit. Now, as each
company has quite a bit of work
to do both in field and in camp
they are obliged to have a type
bWriter. This evening the machine
! was idle so thinks that | woulC
Elike TO try to tickle the keys So
here | be.
\ Am very sorry that | am unable
ITO say very little at present, as
sdo not wonder that bit of news
from France seems very good.
Censorship regulations are very
strict at present but guess it is
fsbest.
Before we changed locations, j
wrote several letters and mailed
them as usual. But fate would
shave it that they were unable tc
pcensor them before we left. Only
Q couple of days ago they turned
PUP to be censored. AS they were
about a couple Of weeks old,
don't think it worth while to SEM
them. | have it on hand at presen
ESQ will answer or repeat some o
1.-THE dope.
The last letter that received
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two lots of corn from most am
crib this spring, that will give di
rectly opposite results.

crib this spring, that will give di
rectly opposite results.
IL may be seen then that these
general tests are by no means a
guarantee of any form, but they
do show that seed may or may not
be found. The stronger the test.
the stronger indication that lar
ger percentage OF corn may he
picked from such lots suitable for
planting. To date the County Ag-
ent's office has been unable TO
find any new corn that should
warrant planting without an in
dividualear test.
Indications grow stronger each
day that it will be necessary to
work over cribs that may contain
only a small per cent of good corn
and test this for planting purpos-
es. This close testing also holds
| true for old corn.
In tabulating the seed census
| blanks we find that only about
5000 bushels of The old corn will
be for sale, as the remainder is in
smaller amounts and is being
used mostly for seed on the farms
reported.
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TEST ALL SEED CORN


Many reports have come to the
County Agents office concerning
the testing of seed corn. just g
word to clarity the situation.
The corn submitted or secured
for test is but a general sample
taken from the crib or the seet
racks and necessarily the results
must be of a general nature. W.
believe it an easy matter to picl
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
Somewhere in France
Feb, Z. 1913.
LETTER FROM VIM. souLDEN

somewhere IN france
Feb. I, 1913.
Dear Friend Charlie:
We'll how is the old timer? O..
X. hope and getting along fine.
Glenn Ball and | are still togo
thcr and getting along fine.
We are not very lonesome for
home now because we have gotten
over inconsistencies and are too
busy now to get right lonesome.
L suppose most of the young
fellows have gone from the VAL
ley now and have moved to France
| have not had any word or not
seen anything Of any of the VAL
ley boys for long time, but
guess they are all alright or |
would have heard about it.
We are having real nice spring
weather now and guess our win
ter is about over, al least | hope
lit is.
Well, Charlie. do not know OF
any thing TO write so guess thai
| will close for this time.
Write me a nice long and newss
letter and maybe next time ! viii
have something TO write about.
Hoping this finds yourself ant
family all O. Il. remain,
Your old time friend,
BILL
VIM. Boulder, Sig. Sec. lldg. Co.
10th Inf. A. +. +. France
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!. A. for So long that / would no

G. A. for SO long that t would not
know it ii | did see it. Our Y. M. G.
A. is at Headquarters at the other
end of the line; about ten miles
away. John said to thank you for
what you said in your letter. ANcl
is working nights. l received the
baking powder. They won't sell us
any flour or bread. I got a lady to
buy me some flour. She could only
get forty cents worth. got the
letter with the pictures in it. So
John thinks he is missing the best
part ofehis life by not being over
here with us. Tell him not to
think that; it's all soft. We have
paved for all we have seen not sin
cash; but there are lots of hard
knocks and work. We are entitled
to see all we arc seeing. wouldn't
take the same trip over for the
pleasure there is in it. Do not let
any one tell you we are not at
war because we are. Give mo a
81, 900 bill and the sights I'VE are
seeing, or the privilege OF know
Iingkl will get a good meal when
the time comes and a, good bed,
and | will tell you to keep your
money. Now don't think that | am
lgetting tired or sorry | Joined be-
cause | am not and would do it
over again if | knew all about it.
Don't think the game is sole
though The old saying stands
good, WAR is He'll" ] would not
take discharge if they would
give il to me as long as the war
is going on. have to laugh when
think about the morning when
1--we were at the Pier in Chicago.
I'Hhey gave us strawberries, shred
ldcd wheat, milk, sweet buns and
lsugar. We said that's a fine meal
Ito give a fellow when he has to
ldrill. They all kicked about it.
You would laugh to see our break
fast now. read Buzz McCuncs
letter in the paper you sent me.
He was telling his mother what he
had for Christmas dinner. 1t sure
sounded good, but some of the
Things he mentioned had forgot
l ten what they called them. Say,
mother, | got a letter from Dad,
land he said some woman came to
our house. He came in and the
woman said: "Why Mrs. McDcr-
mott, | thought both of your sons
were away from home" He said
he thought the old girl was kid
ding, but when he went down the
street the cop asked him if he had
his registration card With him
He said il made him pretty sore
when they asked you at The pict-
lure show if you wanted half fare
ticket for the boy. Tell him what
a said and see if | ann not right
IIa! lIa! Well mother, il is morn
ling and sure some fine day. III is
ljust like spring. Will try and fin
ish this letter up now. wish you
Icould have some of this fine Wca-
| Their. guess it agrees With me
| Even the guys that have been Will
me all the time tell me am get
ting heavier every day. We have
been hitting the ball from the da,
we took the road over and it, la.
been bettered i'm every respect
This regiment has been sighle'
twice by General Pilan, the grca
French general and the third time
if we get it, will bring TO our rcgi
ment big flag that will be pre-
scnlcd by the French government
| guess that wont be bad, will it,
Well. mother dear. will close 70
now with heaps of love.
Your son, Francis.
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prs. Gamble and Gamble.
Missouri Valley Hospital.

Or. HIese Physician In Charge.
0steopaths ----- Sixth St.
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At SOUTH OMAHA
Fit c,tl.s Steady TO Shade
Stronger Fr Two Bays
Bss PRICES DROP Soc

Liberal Run Of Sheep and Lambs
Mests Wiki Broad Demand at
Prizes too26o Higher Than Mon.
dry. Choice Mexican Lambs Bring
e17.96 and Fed Ewes Land at $500.
Union Stock Yards, Omaha, Neb,
March 1S.-Thers was . very moder.
ate Tuesdays run Of cattle here
1000 head, and under q broad de-
nand the market was active and fully
steady with Mondays best time.
Cows aud heifers were also steady to
strong and there was an active On
curry and a steady market for any,
thing useful in the way of stockers
and feeders.
Quotations on cattle: Good to
choice beeves, $12.3501s.35; fair to
good beeves, $11.5O@12.25; common
to fair beeves, $9.25011.25; good to
choice yearlings, $1O.75@12.25; fair
to good yearlings, $9.5o@10.5o; com
mon to fair yeariings, $s.5O@9.50;
good to choice heifers, $9.5O@1O.75;
gosd to choice cows, $9.2501O.50;
fsir to good cows, s8.2509.25; can
nszs and cutters, $8.5O08.OO; veal
calves, $9.OO013.OO; bologna bulls,
! e7AO0s.O0; beef bulls. sS2509.75;
prime feeders. slO.7b@11.25; good to
choice feedss, so60@10.75; fair to
good fssdscs, $8.75095O; good to
choice stockes, $9.50@11.OO; fair to
good stockecA $s.750e5O; common
to fair grades, So5O0S.O0; stock heif
ers, $8.O0010OO; stock cows, s7O0@
$50; stock calves, $7.00@10.0O.
Hogs Largely 5@1oc Lower.
Receipts Of hogs were liberal, 18,6N
head, and this with bad reports from
the east, created slow and lower
trade, prices averaging 5@1Oc lower
than Monday. Tops brought $l6.7t
as against $18.50 last Tuesday, ant
bulk Of the trading was at $4,000
1915, Is against $18.15@16.35 a weel
asD.
Further Advance In Sheep.
Although there was liberal rul
Of sheep and lambs, 1880 head
there was a broad demand for desr
able killers, and prices ruled 1O@15
higher than Monday, closing full
15925c higher. Choice Mexica
lambs sold up to s17.35, and choic
ewes brought $1,000.
Quotations on sheep and lambs
Lambs, handy weight, $167o@17.35
lambs, heavy weight, $15.50316.75
lambs, feeders, $15.5O017.0O; lamb
shorn, $12.5O014.OO; lambs, Gull
31O.O014.OO; yearlings, fair
choice, $12.25014.75; yearlings, fee,
ers, $12.O001425; wethers, fair
choice. S11OO018.OO; ewes, fair
choice, s1125012.S5; ewes, breeder
all ages, $10.5O@16.5O; ewes, feeder
$7.5O01O.5O; ewes, culls and Gamer
$5.O00725.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
Lets talk belt power
See That You Get Good Belt Engine.

tn anda
last their belt wheel wherever
cre 0 your belt to
S emad W e S a work..
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dix. Gangrenous and also a nice
little stone in the distal end. So
you see | had a little trouble all
my own. II surely seemed good to
hear from you at that very time,
because was sure some lone
some. | had week off. | spent it
over i'm Ireland. That is surely a
beautiful little country. Dublin is
a sight. Beautiful buildings still
in ruins from the Easter Rebel
lion in 1916. II is funny to see
how the Irish hate the English.
There is a statute of King Will
liam of Orange near Trinity COL
lcge in Dublin. When the Irish
students get drunk they go out
and do some fool thing to that
statue. They pull it down and
drag it up an alley; paint it green
or tar and feather it or some OF
her stunt. There was an inscrip-
ton on il thus: I'VE will follow
William so noble and true"
Then there is another inscrip-
lion i'm latin saying VIM. King of
Ireland, France and England. An
Irishman scratched out England.
| found the wit in ireland abso-
lutcly wonderful. Those old Irish
JarNeys are great. The Jarvey is
a man who drives a jaunting car.
I'll send you a picture of me a
driving one. 1t was taken on my
"trip through the lakes of Killar-
|ncy in County Terry. | went first
| to Dublin, then to Cork. Went on
and kissed The Blarney Stone (real
one: not the one papa paid $500
to kiss i'm Chicago, in 1893 From
Cork went to Ow-to-killarney,
to Limerick. Saw River Shannon,
and, back to Dublin: to Holyhead
Males, to Liverpool and then back
home Stourbridge. So you see I
had a swell trip. have been kind
of out of the running of The hos
pital now for s weeks but have
buckclcd down to work again as
that is what | want. have done
several cases of appendicitis az
and hermiotomies. Amputations
by The score. That is the most
common except the removal of
bullets. shrapnel, she'll etc. The
work has been very slack here as
1.-THE fighting has been the same.
We can tell by our work here how
things are going on in France.
Say John, just The minute that
| you get this, sit right down and
write me the full address of our
grandparents i'm France. That is
where they werc born. Give me all
| the details you can gather tOge-
| lhcr as know next to nothing
laboul them. | want some data sc
| can look them up when go over
Ito Stay. WAS over To France fol
la few days last month. ran over
latter goL out of the hospital
January iS, just to look around
] landed at llaNrc and poke(
around . days and came back. Oh
course, don't know when | will
he sent over TO Stay, but | am al
ready To go amy old time. ! an
SORRY To hear that Hattie is no
| we'll. am sure proud of our goot
4 old Is. G's. as they are surely com.
ing TO the front.
Nell, folks, iii close this ramb
ling note hoping TO hear from yol
soon again.
i am as ever, Your Cousin
Lieut.. j. A. Tamisiea,
Il. S. Army, lsl S. Ct. Hospital,
Slrowhridgc Section, Eng.
NJ
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
Cleaning Jewelry.

Cleaning Jeweiry.
Make q paste of common soda and
gasoline. Rub with a soft brush or
cloth, after which rinse In warn
WatW and poalst.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
From LIEUT.. j.. a. TAMIsIEA

Feb. AZ, 1913
My dear Cousins:
received your most welcome
letter last month while still lying
trying to convalesce from my APP
pendectomy which was done on
Dec. 31st. / had a very bad appen-
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lce right against the crankshaf bearing which prevents
sand best of ALL when lining up you operate engine
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14
But the Avery Kerosene Tractor is a
Wonderful Belt Engine.
And think of these ADVANTAGES

Direct drive--no gears i'm mesh-Bclt wheel right a
fprnging of the shaft and extra bearngs--and hes
which is in direct line with the belt Wheels
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-14

ors. 1'am,s,ea ana uam,s,o.
Physicians and Surgeons,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-03-01
Formation Of the States.

From the beginning of our history
the tendency has been toward terri
torial expansion In the formation of
new states. OF the Ii original states
seven contained less than 10000
square miles, as Vermont, 1854; New
Hampshire, 9,341; Massachusetts, g.
266; New Jersey. S.:.24: Connecticut,
4,965; Delaware. 1910; Rhode Island,
I,24S. New York contains only 49,
264 square miles. The middle western
states were considered of great size
when formed. Ohio. 41,045 square
miles; Indiana, 1884; Illinois, &c.
665; Michigan. 57.0SO; Wisconsin, ST.
O06. but they are small compared with
the far western states of California,
15S, 297 square miles; Montana, 1885,
997; Arizona. 1886: Nevada. no.
500, ard Colorado. 103,94S. Texas, with
her 1896 square miles, would almost
make six states as large as New York.