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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
PLATINUM-IT
 USES LIMITED

People are apt to think carelessly of platinum as a good setting for pre- cious stones. The metal is, in fact, indispensable to many of our indus tries. The known supply of the metal is limited, and recent events in Russia, by far the greatest produc- CT, have caused uneasy prices. This has been due in part to uncertain government demands on the market in Russia and in part to the mobili- zation of miners from the Ural dis tricts. In 1915 the production in Rus sia was less than half that in 1912. in spite of the great demand for the metal. More recent figures are not available.
 Less than 5,000,000 ounces have been produced in the world up to date. Of this amount Russia has produced 953o. This tonnage includes all the metals of the platinum group palladium. iridium, rhodium, ruthen- ium and osmium. The United States ait ne Uses about 65,000 ounces Oi fr'. platinum year. The jewellers use 50@o of this. The dental industry has probably used 100000 ounces of platinum in all to date. In case of a platinum shortage in war necessities. practically all of the platinum that has been used by the jewellers could be recovered. The industry has vol untarily agreed to limit the use oi platinum in jewelry for the duration of the war. In England the manu facture of platinum into ornaments is absolutely forbidden, with few very minor exceptions.
 The mother rocks of platinum are basic igneous rocks. peridotite, py roxenite and dunites. The peridotites and pyroxenites are dark gray te black, heavy rock composed princi pally of black and green iron-magne sium silicates, pyroxene. augite ant hornblende, and olivine. plagioclass feldspar, chrOmite, ilmenite and mag netite. A characteristic of the basic rocks is their tendency to alter tt serpentine, a soft, greasy, fibrou' mineral of olive-green to black color The placer deposits containing plati mum are all, as far as known, in thu vicinity of areas of rocks of the type' above described. When areas o such rocks have been found, thu gravels of the streams rising in then should be washed for platinum. Tn heavy concentrates found in gravel carrying platinum are usually rich il chromite and olivine. Deposits il southern Spain have recently beel found by geologist working on jus this assumption.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
FAIRBANKS BOY
 STATIONED AT
 CAMP JOHNSTON

Word was received in the last mail from Norman Anderson, who was employed last summer as stenogra- pher at the A.-Y. N. dock. telling of his being in the quartermaster's department of the United States army. Anderson enlisted soon after going Outside last fall. and was sta tioned for time at Fort Lawton. in Seattle. Later he was transferred to Fort Johnston, at Jacksonville, Florida, where he is at present. Norman said that his command ex- pected to be sent across to France within a short time. and that he was anxious to get over and start strafing the Hun.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
IS
 GIVEN ABOUT
 KNITTING WORK

Tests have been made with the Jarn recently received by the local Red Cross and distributed about here in town. and the following directions have proven the most satisfactory of all used:
 In knitting socks it has been found that to cast on 68 stitches to start with, twenty on the first needle, twenty-four on the second and third needles. is much more satisfactory than to start with sixty stitches. Minute directions for knitting may be found in the Ladies' Home Jour- nal for November. 1917, and in the Modern Prescilla for September, 1917.
 Materials required vary according to the size of yarn. Of the heavy yarn recently given out by Mrs. Hess for the Red Cross, 1t takes four hanks of yarn lone pound) and one pair of No. Red Cross needles.
 Cast on 80 stitches loosely. Knit two, purl two, for four inches. Knit 2S stitches, bind of 24 stitches for neck, loose. Knit 28 stitches. Knit Is ridges on each shoulder. Cast on "A stitches. Knit plain for 21 inches. Purl two. knit two. for four inches. Sew up sides. leaving g inches for the arm holes. Two rows of single crochet around neck. and one row of single crochet around armholes.
 These directions have been tested with the Red Cross yarn by expert enced knitters and are the same as given in the Ladies' Home Journal of November, on page 80. with one exception. There 1t says to knit Ave ridges for each shoulder. and the test shows that eight ridges or the shoulder fit better.
 It has also been suggested that the yarn should be shrunk first, af 1t knits more easily and your gar ment will be the size you desire when finished.
 Those who wish. in using tho coarse yarn. to make a larger sweat CT. should cast on eighty-four stitch es instead of eighty.
 Those who are using a finer yarn like the school children have. shoult cast on 90 stitches to start thu sweater.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
GERMAN TERMS
 ARE WITHDRAWN

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 11.-According to information received here this morning. the German foreign minis ter. Kuehlman, has informed the Russian peace delegates at Brest L tovsk that his government has with drawn the peace terms which were objectionable to the Russians.
 This will be followed by the pres entation of new terms from the leu tonic delegates. The Russians will also present counter proposals. Il is stated that the negotiations have been fully resumed.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
DAWSON GETS
 RANCH PATENT

In the last mail the local land of. flee received the patent for the homestead of Charles R. Davison. The patent was issued from Wash. ington on December 17. and is for 228 31-100 acres of land.
 The Davison homestead is situated some seven miles out of town on the banks of the Tanana. MT. Davi. son has been farming there for many years, and has a large amount of land cleared.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
CARD OF THANKS

To the Pioneers of Alaska and the other kind friends who assisted me in my recent bereavement, l wish to convey my heartfelt thanks
 MRS. D. w. COHEE.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14

To improve the native stock the government of the Philippines will import breeding cattle from India and China,
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
MORE NENANA
 CONTRIBUTIONS
 FOR RED CROSS

Below Is given further list of
 those who contributed to the Red
 Cross during the recent campaign lat Nenana:
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
MORE NAMES
 FROM NENANA
 FOR RED CROSS

Below is given further list of those who contributed to the Red Cross at Nenana during the recent drive for membership carried on
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14

Illinois has more coal producing counties than any other state. fifty one having mines.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14

French experimenters have found that sulphur is valuable as soil fertilizer.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14

Most birds eat more than twice their own weight of food every day.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

seems TO regulate staple food prices
may send the price OF meat and wheat
beyond the reach Of the modest purse
and the housewife can do nothing
about il. With eggs IL is a different
matter Egg production is greater and
more widely distributed than the pro-
duction Of wheat or meat, and it is less
possible TO freeze OUT the millions or
independent private poultry yards.
The only method by which a corner
on eggs Is obtained is by storing the
spring crop, bought at a low price, I'm
storage plants until cold weather cou-
pies increased demand from the public
with q decreased production from the
hen The rest is easy. The public pays
the eX0rbitsnt prjco-or does without
eggs.
Yet. in g measure, the power to
change this condition is in the hands
of the housewife. With foresight and
energy she may store enough eggs in
the spring TO make her independent of
autumn and winter prices.
April and May are the months in
which eggs are cheapest and most plen-
tifu Al that time too. the greater
number Of eggs produced are inferille
that is, not capable of producing chick
ems after incubation, and inferille eggs
are particularly suited TO storage.
Storage men are harvesting their egg
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
roCH

General +. Foch, Generalissimo Of
the Allied armies on the West front,
was born at Tarbes in 1851. Like
Marshal Joffre his career began in
the Franco-Prussian War when he
enlisted as a volunteer in the t4th
Regiment OF Infantry.
He is, however, an artilleryman, re-
ceiving his education al the Ecole
Polytechnique and the Ecole DAT
tiilery de Fontainbleau. In 1873 he
was commissioned a lieutenant Of
artillery and served in various artil-
lery regiments until he was made a
colonel in 1903. Later he was
member Of the General Staff and
taught at the War College.
At the outbreak Of the present war
he was in command OF the Twcn-
tleth Division OF Artillery. 1t was
he who defeated the Imperial Prus-
sian Guard at the battle Of the
Marne and directed the French
forces at Ypres.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

regular meeting night, Monday eve
ming, April g. The total sum Of money
for the sale OF w. S. S. and Thrift
Stamps is S32325. Scout Master Nay
lor gave an tho boys notice TO BE
Prepared 10 turn out for The Liberty
Loan Drive parade After the meeting
The scouts were drilled by the scout
master and some other scouts.
Scribe %. Earle Weggenmann.
Troop 20 held its meeting as usual
last Thursday evening and had a very
good attendance. A small part Of the
meeting was taken up by talking about
the Third Liberty Loan campaign. We
were then engaged I'm drilling which
took up the rest Of the meeting. Boys
were expected TO turn out i'm the pa
rade which was TO be on saturday,
April 49, Troop 20 is going To- try and
be 100 per cent troop in Tie work
OF the Third Liberty Loan.
Be on hand next meeting night.
Scribe Clarence Boney.
Troop 2s held a very pleasant meet
ing last Monday evening at the Y NJ
G. A. We had the pleasure OF enter
tanning Lieutenant Commander Allen Of
the United states Naval Reserve. who
was a former assistant scout master
out West Mr.. Allen took us through
some drilling and showed US some com
mands which we had never been
taught. Later i'm the evening we were
/ surprised 10 see Mr. GteonhaWk, seoul
/ executive and "a few OF his friends
/ walk in unexpectedly. This was GER
Z fol NaH N.f
always sure of a good time when the
] chief shows up We even had more
visitors than this Mr. Angle Of Phil
/ adelphia was present at the meeting
/ We are trying TO persuade Mr. Angle 90
become our scout master our boys
are working hard in the Thrift Stamp
campaign. Some of the boys also took
/ part at the Liberty Loan meeting which
was held at the Queen Theatre
Scribe Joseph Brouer.
Troop 81 held its regular meeting on
/ Wednesday evening ai headquarters ON
/ the corner of Thirlieth and Talnall
/ Took hp a little extra drilling on ac-
count of battalion meet and the scouts
are doing good work in selling Thrift
Stamps and War Savings stamps A
I
/ at 50. Andrews Parish house where
/ Captain Kane who has served in the
/ Canadian army, talked 90 The scouts
/ about the war, and why we should buy
! Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
All boys out next meeting
Scribe Wilson
Troop % held lbs meeting in 81. An
drews Parish house where Troop 3.
holds lbs meetings. After their meeting
. they marched 10 scout headquarters
, where they had some drilling by th'
B. leadership Of Mr.. Max Hammond scou
d master OF Troop 81 The meeting
closed about 9iJ o'clock Always re
member TO turn out at meetings az
well as big affairs as Moving Picturc
, and when eats are TO be had"
, Be at the next meeting
Scribe Homer Vincent
Troop I Rookland, has changed Jos
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
BIDDY BYE SAYS TO BIDDY HEN:
"YOU PRODUCE, PILL PRESERVE!'

crops now and home egg-preservers
must do the same. Even at 30 or 40
cents a dozen it Will pay TO put down
from 80 TO ~ dozen eggs. At November
prices the saving Will range from 10
TO 40 cents on each dozen.
Not only Will home storage Of eggs
effect a tremendous money saving to
the individual family but IL viii serve
TO release eggs held in wholesale stor-
age for the use Of the army for ship
ment abroad.
Eggs furnish one OF the most val
liable and most concentrated forms OF
human foods-the most perfect single
food with the exception Of milk. They
cannot be entirely eliminated from the
diet without considerable loss in nour-
ishment
in the interests Of economy and food
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
"How Baby Got Well"
Mother Says
That Father
Johns
Medicine
Cured Her of
Bronchitis

Baby had bronchitis and the medi-
cine the doctor gave did not help her. so
/ tried Father Johns Medicine and baby
was better in a few days. have been
giving her the medicine an winter"
Signed Mrs b. Amman, 6ii New st.,
North Bergen. n. j.
Safe for an the family because guar
antoed pure. wholesome and free from
alcohol or dangerous drugs.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

meeting nights from Friday nights TO
Saturday nights. Scout Master Nelld
has sent postal cards 10 the scouts stat
ing the change He viii kive tests
saturday afternoon and nights All boys
who are Interested i'm the work must
attend Those not attending viii be
dropped from the troop.
Troop 26 held its regular meeting last
Friday evening with good percent
age OF attendance. discipline and at
tcnlion. Tests were passed. Drilling
and signaling were reviewed with more
attention Before the month of April
ends every member win be passed into
the next class i'm scouting Get in the
battalion race, BE out to- The meet
ing Friday and be early. Help your
troop, by bcing present
Scribe Charles A. Galloway.
Troop n met Saturday evening in
stead of Friday on account Oi a Pure
Food supper held In the social room
OF Ml Salem NJ y. Church Although
not many were present the troop had
an interesting time After the regular
program the lrOon was given a talk by
the former pastor OF The church, Rev.
Thomas r. Van Dyke, now at Frost
burg. Md
Following the talk the boys chose
teams and had % game of indoor base
ball The troop wants TO make better
progress in the future and would like
20 have all members turn out regu-
larly.
Scribe James Ponseu.
Troop 36 held a very interesting
meeting on Thursday evening at which
a large number of scouts passed tests
! On Tuesday evening OF this week On,
troop assisted the Womcns Liberl,
Loan committee at the Playhouse dur
ing the lecture given by Lieut. Pa
I O'Bricn. An boys wishing TO becom,
scouts are invited TO be present Thurs
/ day evening April IS. at the Parish
| house of the Emmanuel Church
Scribe Norman Abbott.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
Think Then Buy a Bond
W. R. NJ.

In buying United State Liberty Bonds,
You are hcsping a cause that is just,
You are showing your country OF her
you are fond,
And you're rubbing the kaisers face
in the dust.
You are investing, not gviing your
money,
In an enterprise safe and sound,
And this money will be drawing interest,
The whole year round.
Think OF the boys in the trenches,
The boys we all love so well,
Think--in buying a Liberty Bond.
You help them give the Kaiser hell.
conservation the good housewife will
make spring egg storing as important
as spring gardenlng-or summer fruit
canning.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

the housekeeper bought eggs for 80
or 40 cents, and last November and
December she paid 30 cents a dozen II
she lived in a small city, and from 70
TO 90 cents IL she lived in a large city.
With the wise housewife that sort
of thing happens just once.
Nothing has happened TO change the
habls OF hens or the methods-per-
haps one should say system" Of mar
keting eggs. It is therefore up 10 the
housekeeper TO change her methods OF
obtaining eggs for winter use, so fore
stalllng a repetition Of her experience
last year
The "invlsible government which
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

Troop !. RoeMand. has changed II
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

Troop 1 Of New Castle. met on ne
Evening journal., 1918-04-18

Reverend Richard Trapnell has been
appointed chaplain Of the 9Th Battalion.
This group Of scout is one OF the
1most active in the city and have been
~ doing great things in the way Of scout
ing. Keep your eye on them for they
are on the move.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-22
(PAID ADVERTISEMENT
To the Voters of Benton County:

To the Voters of Benton County:
Following, briefly stated, are few
of the things which should be consid.
cred by the next legislature for the
benefit of our district and state. II
elected to represent this district in our
next legislature / shall work for and
support them.
Any measure which will assist our
nation and our allies in winning the
war.
Equal suffrage to men and women.
Ratification of national prohibition.
All the support we can get for our
experiment station now under way.
Any state legislation to assist in
the most feasible colonization plan for
the development of our vacant lands
to supply homes for our returning SOL
diers.
Any legislation which will place our
state funds, heretofore loaned out in
other channels, to the development of
the agricultural resources of the state
at such a rate>of interest and on such
terms that it can be used for such
purposes by the farmers and as safe
investment for the state.
In fact, shall favor and vote for
any progressive legislation which is
safe and sane and for the best inter-
ests of the people of our whole district
and state.
Respectfully,
LEROY L. TODD.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-22

the country. The grain fields and
vineyards are kept up and will have
wonderful crops. There are no men
about, except cripples, but the civil
population isn't starving. Paris, where
I was for day, is as gay as ever,
they say. But the mothers needn't
worry about their boys. They aren't
getting drunk, they aren't meeting
the wrong kind of women and they are
all just crazy about fighting the war
thru to q finish. When I left, The
146th boys We're all right; none Of
them wounded or hurt. Wish / was
with 'em.
"We are in command of Major Paul
Weyrauch, of WaIla Walla. At first
we didn't like him and said we b.
longed to the German army because
he made us keep slicked up, even on
hikes, and drill in full uniform, and al
those things. But say, when he got
into the line, old sHardboiIed' Just
pitched in like the rest of us. Hes
great"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-22

fore the war was declared, saw ap.
i pies from Washington, Oregon and
Idaho retailing in Berlin for $4.75
$500 and $5.25 box. This was all
very fine, but it meant that very few
Berliners were eating apples at those
prices. The future of our orcharding
industry depends upon US so organic
ing our marketing system as to Sc
cure reasonable price for an almost
unlimited output. If the price of those
apples in Berlin could have been cut in
half the demand would have increased
five or ten fold.
In this respect we can learn some
valuable lessons from Australia. For
instance, Australian butter is laid
down in Portland, Oregon, at total
transportation cost of two cents per
pound. Why? Because the Austral-
ian farmer knows when he is milking
the cow that the butter is going to
Portland. There are no leaks, no lost
motion, but every movement INF for
ward one. just so when our orchard
ist is picking his apples, he should
know definitely that, say, 100000 boxes
are going to Hong Kong, Liverpool or
some other foreign port in the short
est time with the fewest landings
and least expense. Australia has
built up profitable markets for other
of her products by sending representa-
tives to Madagascar, the Gold Coast
and other ports to search out buyers
for cargo shipments.
what Australia has done we can
do. The scope of our federal bureau
Of markets should be extended so as
to put in every important port in the
world trained and competent COM
mercial man whose duties will be to
find sale for American products, to be
carried in American ships manned by
American seamen."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-22
SUMMERS FAVORS
MERCHANT MARINE
Congressional Candidate Ex-
plains Important Plank in
His Platform

When in Charleston recently John
w. Summers, republican candidate fol
congress was asked by a number Of
fruitgrowers to explain that plank in
his platform which reads: "An Amer
lean merchant marine and the mar
kets of the world for the products Of
American farms and American fac
tories"
II mean just this" said DR.. Sum-
mers. AT the close of the war we
shall have thousands of ships and tens
of thousands of men trained to the
sea. What are we going to do with
them? Are we going to keep the
ships and the men together or are
we going to let the men drift back to
the land; are we going to let the ships
pass from our ownership or be locked
in idleness; or are we going to utilize
both ships and men for the extension
Of American trade and commerce?
"This is one phase of the big re-
construction problem which we must
begin to think about now, not after
the war. hope shall never in the
future, as have in the past, stand in
a foreign port and see cargo-laden
ships come to their docks flying the
flags of every first rate nation but my
own. ] hope this war will restore the
Stars and Stripes to the worlds seas.
In spite of their dire extremities both
France and England have been laying
definite plans for their after-war COM
merce and if we as a nation are going
to take the place among nations which
will rightfully be ours, plans must be
perfected while our arms are achiev-
ing victory.
'In January, 1914, six months be-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-22

NOTICE is hereby given that the reg
istration books of the City of Ken
newick will be closed the night of
Aug. 80, 1913, and remain closed
until after the primary election Of
September 10, 1918. The books are
open every afternoon except Sun
day, at the Office of the City Clerk.
Anyone not able to come afternoons
can register evenings by seeing the
Chief of Police, C. E. Copeland. M.
E. Soth, City Clerk. 20-21