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Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02
SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL

That Alaska's ccal resources are at tracing the attention of persons in coal districts in other parts of the Union is evidenced by the following comment from the Advertiser. of Hunt ington, w. Fa.:
 "With the object of euickening the industrial development of Alaska that is expected to follow the building of the government railway there, Uncle Sans bureau of mines has recently made g number of tests as to the qual- ity of the mineral resources there with encouraging results,' says the Adver tiser.
 ''A quantity of Ignite, type of low grade coal that does not stand transpor- tation because of it's tendency to dry up and blow away, was shipped in watel . tight sacks to the bureau from the Ne mana field with the purpose of finding out whether it could be manufactured into briquettes and made available for shipment.
 "Accordiug to report made to Van H. Manning, director of the bureau of mines, this Ignite was not only bri- quetted successfully. but it was found to contain in this form nearly double the heating and steaming value of the original ignite"
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02

Sid Ensor returned Thursday from his trip to Takotna and McGrath. On the way he passed three government officials, Nelson o. Brigham, the timber cruiser, fur warden, and game war den. They were bound for Iditaro1' Ensor is leaving again 1n a few days with a passenger for Seward
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02
BE ON THE LOOKOUT

For & thick-set individual of medium height, prominent whiskerless chin, cold steel-gray eyes, wears a win ming smile and cowhide boots. He usually hibernates on Otter creek, and is liable to be loaded with decks of marked cards and tailor-made dice. If he gets action" among the big crowd at the A. B. Hall tonight the Red Cross fund will swell pro- digiously.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02
RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Rev. F. L Forbes, D. D., may con- tinue in the comp 8 week longer than he expected to. There was large attendance at Flat Sunday night last, and good attendance st Otter Monday night in spite of the storm. Services will be in Flat at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow (Sunday) evening. A number of chill dren may be baptized. A service will be held at Iditarod in the schoolhouse Monday evening next.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02

RalphJ Button has finished his work shop. He has it adequately fitted up with steam tanks and other appliances to facilitate his turning out rapidly first class carpenter and repair work.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02
WEATHER REPORT

Following are the daily temperatures from readings taken by Captain F. J.. Smith. volunteer observer,
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02

Mrs Jay J. Smith has been in Idit- arod several days this week,
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02

Several ailments seem to aff1ict our winter mail service, but the wander lust" is not one of them.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-02-02
REMODElED: :: REOPENED
 PORCELAIN Tub Baths
 Open At All Hours THE CROSBY Home of the 20th Century Turkish
Home of the 2Oth Century Turkish
 Bath

Basil Clemens, the photographer, who is on his way Outside. has decided to remain in the camp week or so. This is due to the fact that many wish to take advantage of his well-known talent, and as we'll as waiting favorable trail aud moon conditions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15

If you combined the curative proper
ties of every known "readymade'
cough remedy, you would hardly have in
them all the curative power that lies in
this simple homemade" cough syrup
which takes only a few minutes to pre-
pare.
Get from any druggist ? IL ounces
of Pinex GO cents WORTH, pour it into
a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup. The total cost
is about 65 cents and gives you full
pint of really better cough syrup than
you could buy ready-made for $3.50.
Tastes pleasant and never spoils.
This Pinex and sugar syrup prepare
ton gets right at the cause of a cough
and gives almost immediate relief. II
loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty
throat tickle and heals the sore, irri-
tated' membranes that line the throat.
chest and bronchial tubes, so gently
and easily that it is really astonishing.
days use will usually overcome
the ordinary cough and for bronchitis.
Group. whooping cough and bronchial
asthma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is a most valuable concentrat-
ed compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, and has been used for gener
ations to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, be sure to
ask your druggist for 80 1-2 ounces of
Pinex" with full directions, and don't
accept anything else. "A guarantee OF
absolute satisfaction or money prompt
ly refunded, goes with this preparation.
The Pinex Co. Fit. Wayne, Ind.-(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
TRYING TO DO HER RIr

Dear Mrs. Thomas and Householders:
have been a silent reader of this page
for some time, but will come in for a
little visit this afternoon. There is
nothing ] enjoy more than the nice
things Mrs. FELTON, and Mrs. Thomas
write about the Civil war, the present
war. chicken raising, etc. I agree with
them on living economically. / never
destroy thing that can be eaten by
man or beast. I keep a large-mouth
pickle bottle on my cook table. put cv-
cry piece of wrapping cord in it and 1
also save every newspaper, wrapping
paper and paper sacks. I make bottoms
10 baby shoes from old felt hats. l
patch baby shoes with cuff and back of
mems leather gloves and this farmer
will not wear socks after the heel and
toe wears old. so 7 cut of the best of
them and make very good baby stock
ings. so il all saves me many a dime.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
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IL IVTLIzzIE O TH0F1A5 No.

fuschias They will each have one
bloom to show you what their color is,
and TO tempt the flower lover. They have
been grown i'm a dollhouse and look so
fresh that the fifteen or twenty cents
in your pocket seems to clamor for the
exchange. You 80 away with visions of
beauty. Most likely the weather sud
denly changes in the night and morn
ing finds YOU bereft of geranium and
the aforesaid twenty cents. But most
likely you are tempted at least once
more 1 saw a girl with neatly mended
gloves stand by a flower wagon. She was
looking in her purse and said, I've just
enough money to get a pair of gloves,
but, oh, do want a flower for my desk"
Next day l saw a flower pot on her
desk and the geranium il held was beau
tiful. so you got the flower" I said.
"Hurrah for you" She flushed and said,
Il made up my mind that these gloves
could be made to last until thin ones
are needed"
More than once I've known girls to
take the money reserved for the days
lunch and spend il for a pot of flowers.
That was a feast that lasted many
months.
Mr. Kinsey writes about his turkeys
and it should inspire more of the farm
ers with a zeal to do likewise.
Mrs. Shepard wrote of her success, and
1 am hoping that both will double
their. crop next fall. Mine have all gone
TO help build up other flocks, except
one hen and a gobbler and they are too
fine to stay with me very long: I've
sent for one more hen to add to my
flock Of layers. so as to continue to
raise others as thrifty as these are. It's
folly to mate from ones own flock,
they are so liable to disease.
These spring days are a delight to
genuine lover of the farm; there
are young pigs. calves, chikens and the
garden to employ ones time. 1t is a
busy time. but how sorry I've always
felt for the unoccupied individual. Even
chasing the butterfly called happiness
is unsatisfactory. Happiness comes to
the busy man or woman while it flies
from others. The song of the birds has
begun. Let US listen and try to be as
happy and as busy. / am afraid that
we have lost all of our blue birds. The
cold winter either drove them farther
south or killed them. Last year they
came for me to feed them, but only
one pair came this time. and the red
birds were scarce, too. I'd like to fix
a bird house but the sparrows are such
a nuisance.
Who will send us some true and tried
corn meal recipes? 1 hope all of you
have tried the bran, or raisin bread. 1t
is equal to a balanced meal, for IL has
most of the needed elements in il. Be
sure and give the children their share
of sweets, fats (not too much) and
cereals. Their growth demands a liber-
al supply.
Hoping to hear from you soon, 1 am,
Faithfully yourA-
LIZZIE Q. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia Ala
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
Failure to Teach Them Causes
of War Left Them Prey to
the Reports Scattered by
Traitors
ARTICLE ~
BIZ HERBERT COREY

PARIS, Dec. 15.-(By maiL)-Dis-
patches from Rome today brings the
news that the italian cabinet has been
able to defeat a parliamentary attempt
to inquire into the causes for the re-
cent debacle This is an excellent thing
for the cabinet
But IL will be a better thing for
Italy. for the allies, and for democracy
if those causes are made known For
there is no hope that they will be re-
moved until light is let in on them.
The prime cause for the Italian mill
tary collapse was ignorance. The mass
of the Italian army did not know what
they were fighting for, or why, or what
Italy was to gain. They had no heart
in it, no patriotic feeling, no hope.
'"The italian soldiery has looked upon
this war as a blood tax imposed by
the government" is the statement of keen
and unbiased observers. "They had no
more liking for 1t than men usually
have for taxes-quite apart from the
suffering and death involved"
Yet there is no more patriotic man
than the Italian peasant Narrowly. pa
triotic, perhaps, but wholly and honestly
patriotic. He is proud of his blood. A
peasant, descendant of centuries of peas
ants, he looks down upon the upStarts
OF few generations who own the land
he farms. He believes that Italy was
once the greatest nation in the world
and that it will be again. But his al
legiance is to an ideal and not to the
present state. He has a racial but not
national feeling.
Italy lives in compartments as no
other great state does. One is told, II
am a Roman am no Italian" One is
introduced to this man as a Sicilian and
to that man as a Lombard, but never
to either as an Italian. Conditions are
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
You May Find
It In Stocking
Cincinnati authority says your
troubleSomeeornS just
loosen and fall off


Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
corn between the toes just loosen in
ltheir sockets and fall off the next day
if you will apply directly upon the corn
few drops of a drug called freezone,
says a Cincinnati authority
You merely put a drop or two of this
freezone on the tender, touchy corn to-
day and instantly the corn stops hurt
ing, then tomorrow sometime you may
find the old torturous pest somewhere in
your stocking, having fallen off entire
ly without a particle of soreness, pain
or irritation. The skin surrounding and
beneath the former corn will be as
healthy, pink and smooth as the palm
of your hand.
A quarter ounce of rreeZone is suffi-
cient to rid ones feet Of every corn and
callus, and any druggist will charge
but a few cents for it. 1t is a COM
pound made from ether.-(Advt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
An Invitation TO Come Again

80 many times lately I've said to the
Farmer. Let Us thank the dear Lord
forsthe sunshine" And I really mean
H. we do not give thanks as often as
We should This winter may teach many
OF US to count our blessings. and chief
among them should be health, the ability
10 work and the good weather. But if
IL rains then rains my choice
This valley is fine land after II gets
dry enough to use. but, oh. the mud.
and the long. long time before planting
can begin We have our garden seeds,
some I saved and some We ordered, but
even Irish potatoes are not started Yet.
The severe cold ruined our collsrds and
turnips. so the chickens are now en-
joyinE the first crop OF insects. II such
there be, and they are having fine
time with the grass seeds. The rains
prevented the garden being kept clean.
and there was the rankest grass I ever
saw. Those rains taught me one lesson
I don't want any more bush butter
beans. Ours were loaded when the rain
came and on the ground as fat as a
founder il laid them and did not have
one TO dry nor 20 can
Mrs. YounEblood's letter teaches all
OF US something I seldom hear of ker-
shaws- They are Tar superior TO pump
kins for table use Last year i sent Tor
some seed. The Farmer took them out
to plant. and they spent the summer in
his pocket This year he has promised
TO do better than that-says he believes
they will do better in the ground than
in his pocket. And 1 know that they
will. for once gathered nifty on OF one
vine
This department is taking on new
life. and all Of US will welcome our
Swedish member. We hope that he will
tell US about the customs Of his native
land. also what they plant and when
planting time comes He is pretty close
10 the midnight sun" and IL will be
interesting to learn more of the twilight
that lasts for weeks
Mrs. Hardin gives US some helpful
suggestions I have used the jug of
hot water in a fireIess incubator, but
had none to fit this box OF biddies. This
winters zero weather made IL hard TO
even keep things that were right on the
hearth. Ny geraniums were beautiful
and tried my best 10 keep them, but
they froze in spite Of my efforts Sew
eral readers OF The Journal wrote that
they would keep them through the win
ter and send me cuttings in the spring.
but 1 hoped that ! would be able TO
save them. They made a bright spot
for all Of US as long as they lasted
Pretty soon I shall send for five more
They cost fifteen cents each. are rooted
and usually begin TO bloom right away.
The cuttings are slower, and IL cannot
keep them through the winter 1 must
get the blooms as soon as l can In
Atlanta there viii be wagons driven up
70 the sidewalks and filled with All sorts
OF geraniums, ferns. heliotrope and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
our Swedish member

My Dear Mrs. Thomas: take pleas
ure in sending you a few lines, thank
ing you ever so much for all your good
and interesting letters that / have been
reading in Our Household department
of the good old Atlanta Journal.
They. as well as a lot of other good
things in The Journal, have been of
great help to me in more than one
way since I came down to the Sunny
South and Started in farming and teach
ing. And that's why l get more help
out of Our Household letters and take
more interest in them than most of our
men folks. They have all the household
help they want. 1 like to hear how
others do things. most all of us have
ways of our own and | always like to
find out the best way and to do a thing
right from the start to the finish.
Farming is what l like best. ] was
right on a farm in Minnesota and I
have spent most of my days up there
on the farm. Farming here in Tennes-
see is quite different from what 1 was
used to up north. like the south and
have made good, here the few years /
have been here.
Stock raising is what seems to be
best here. fruit aId chickens come next.
Corn and hay are our main crops.
We all aim to do our best, doing our
bit by saving food and raising all we
can this coming year and trying to
bring this awful war TO j good end as
soon as possible.
I now close my scribble. wishing you
all good blessings from our God in your
good work for the Lord and the uplift-
ing OF humanity to a better and nobler
life
I'd like to hear more about your mis-
sionary life in Japan, as l belong to the
Mission Friends, or. as we Swedes say,
Mission Banner.
From a thankful reader,
GUST LORENTSON
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
Three Civilians Killed
In Air Raid on Nancy

PARIS, Feb. 13.-Three civilians were
killed and five wounded when two Ger
man airplanes dropped several bombs
on Nancy last night, the war office re-
ported today.
There was mutual artillerying north
west of Rheims.
The French took prisoners in raids
east of Auburive in the Vosges region.
An attempted German raid east of EN-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15

I make quilt lining of tobacco sacks,
chair cushion covers and pin cushions
are made from old neckties, and old
samples of lady's and men suits, torn
out and basted on cloth and worked with
colored thread.
/ save scraps and strings too small TO
put in quilts and fill chair cushions with
them. I make my winter hats. 1 cover
them with velvet or silk. They look
just as nice as one in the stores.
] have been married over four years
and have two sweet little children. The
little girl will be three years old Feb
ruary IS, and my little boy was one
year old last December. and to prevent
them from stumbling and falling in the
fire l have five pieces of wire fastened
to each mantel post, which has saved
their lives a great many times. We
are renters and we work very hard on
the farm. Oh, 1 was about to forget. l
have some okra seed. about a quart 1t
is not the velvet. The pods are very
large and from three to ten inches long,
rough and sticky, but is very fine okra.
The stalks grow five, six and seven feet
high, bears till frost Also the striped
kershaw, squash, golden gourd neck
squash and the large white scallop
squash.
1 never did anything that I did not
find a use for. 1 save what others
would burn to get rid of. I hope my
letter will help some new housekeeper.
Is not this war just awful? Think
of all of the young men who will have
to be taken away from their homes.
What will we poor women do? There
will be some way provided. I think IT
would kill me for my brothers and
husband to leave me. but maybe not, no
one knows. Yours truly,
MRS. G. A. YOUNGBLOOD.
White Pond, S. c., r. F. y. /, Box IS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
THE WHrRL1a1Gs OF TINE

In the year 1870 and thereabouts, Prus-
STA, under the guidance of Prince Bis
marck, came down on France like 4
wolf on the fold France was "bled
white" The second Napoleon was con-
tnually defeated-morning, noon and
night. His government shut up shop
the empress escaped to England with
the child, young Louis Napoleon. Alsace
and Lorraine were taken over by Ger
many, an enormous indemnity was ex-
acted from the ADMINISTRATION French
men. Paris was occupied and France
was forced to accept any humiliation
that Bismarck might put upon her. No
body went to her relief There was no
sympathy and but few tears. Great
Britain made no sign of brotherly kind
ness. Neither did Russia. Except with
the Irish Guards, there was no sign of
friendly action from any nation in Eu-
rope.
France had to weather the storm
alone.
England never moved a finger or
batted an eyelash until it leaked out
that Prussia had some talk with poor
old France in which it was said that
under certain conditions Prussia would
be willing for France to annex Belgium
as some recompense for her calamitous
situation. Then Great Britain woke up
with a start. The next thing was an
international agreement "to maintain
the independence of Belgium and to take
up arms against any nation invading it"
There's the cruX of it. When you read
about the indignation of England over
the invasion of Belgium, you can here
get a sidelight on the situation. Rus
STA went to war with Turkey lin the
Crimean war; in the sos. AS soon as
Russia did. so, France and England
Joined hands with Turkey to overthrow
Russia-because Turkey, like Belgium.
is the pawn of several European mon
arches. France has had several revolu-
tions. Russia is undergoing one right
now. But these whirligigs of time do
make strange bedfeIlows in this good
year 1918.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
WHAT THEY SAY IN STATES
WHERE WOMEN VOTE

= There are twenty million of women OF
voting age in the United States. Govern
or Lister, of the state of Washington.
says: The state of Washington is now
ready to ratify the suffrage amend
ment." Governor Stewart, of Montana,
says: Montana is ready to ratify it"
Governor of Wyoming says: After
forty years of experience, Wyoming en-
Enthusiastically recommends the adoption
of federal amendment" Gocernor Gun
ter, of Colorado, says: I'VE are in favor
find woman suffrage beneficial in this
state. 1 commend the extension to all
the women of the nation"
Governor Capper, of Kansas, says:
woman suffrage an unqualified success
in Kansas. 1t never should have been
denied the women of the nation" Gov
ernor Boyle, of Nevada, says: 'Nevada's
people want to see suffrage established
nation wide, as part of the federal con-
sitution." Governor Alexander. Of
Idaho, says: Idaho is in favor of ma
tionwide epfranchisement Of American
women"
Oregons Governor withycombe says:
ct am strong advocate of suffrage
amendment" Governor Simon Bamberg-
err, of Utah, says: Utah legislature by
unanimous vote in favor of federal
amendment" Governor Hunt, of Ari-
iona, says: Arizona has already rati-
fed state amendment to constitution
favor federal amendment for universal
suffrage" Governor Whitman, of New
York, says: THE state of New York,
by an overwhelming majority, has given
the vote to it's women. I think it is the
wish of our people that our representa-
tives in congress shall support the
measure"
The legislature of California unani-
mously passed a resolution in 1917. both
houses concurring: THE denial of the
right of women to vote on equal terms
with men is an injustice, therefore we
urge upon congress the submission Of
the federal amendment to all the states
in the union"
President Wilson advised the Demo-
Gratis in congress to give suffrage to
women, because it Would be an act of
right and justice to the women of the
country and the world"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
FROM A TURKEY RAISER.

Dear Mrs. Thomas: am farmer,
living in Echols county, about one mile
from the Florida line. 'Tis warm down
here this morning; sat on my front
porch most of yesterday. ] am crippled
and confined to my rolling chair.
have raised a large family-seven girls
and three boys. All are living. One son
Is in the United States navy. All are
married except one daughter and a son.
If you and the Farmer ever come down
this way come to see me. /, too, am
interested in turkey raising. | sold $50
worth of turkeys this fall from three
hens. besides l saved three young hens
to raise from. You were raised in Madi-
son, Fla. / surely would have been
glad to have met you. You remember
you were at Mount Zion at a camp meet
ing three or four years ago. 1 surely
appreciate Mrs. W. II. Felton's writings;
also DR.. Frank Cranes and the wise
things of Bishop Gambler. May the good
blessings of the Lord be with you all
until the end cometh.
Yours fraternally,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
Woman Jumps Into Well
Where Husband Finds
Body; Ill Health Blamed

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga, Feb 12
Mrs. ]. E. Anderson, of Carl, a small
town ten miles east of Lawrenceville,
took her own life Sunday morning at .
o'clock, it is said, by jumping head fore
most in a well at a ginhouse in the rear
of their home. This was her second at
tempt. She was missed by her husband
and a search quickly revealed her body
in the we'll She leaves husband three
daughters and one son. Ill health is sup
posed to be the cause of her act.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
ANOTHER HELPFUL LETTER.


Dear nrs. Thomas: 1 enjoy reading
your helpful letters in The Atlanta
Journal I, too, have had chickens all
this cold spell. but mine were older
than yours. Now, here is a plan l think
will be helpful to you or others having
small chicks: Fill an earthen jug with
real hot water, have a good cork stop
per. wrap some newspapers around it
and il will stay warm almost one day
and night without relocating. 1t is so
much better than hot bottle i'm a bed
to cold feet. for il stays hot so much
longer.
7 never lost any fruit at all; just
kept a lamps burning in fruit closet. I
lost a few jars last winter in the same
place as I neglected putting the lamp in
the closet
7 am an enthusiast about raising
chickens, turkeys, COWS. milk and hut
ter and canning. 7 have thoroughbred
Plymouth Rock chickens. I've just sold
twenty friers Hope am not intruding.
Your friend.
MRS. 4. L. HARM.
Eclectic, Ala.