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The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
BOARDERS WANTED
REGISTRATION NOTICE

To accommodate those for whom it is inconvenient to register in the day time the registration wdIi be open ev- cry night this week from 2 o'clock to g o'clock except Saturday when 1t will close at 4 o'clock p. m.
 S. A. PlUMLEY,
 Registration officer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

FOR SALE-Silvertone phonograph and records. Phone POS. Adv, St, D,
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
NEW ARRIVAL
 HERE TO STAY

MT. Joe Mc0inty has come to town and will be with the ketchikan Meat Company for the season and will sell choice pot roasts for 28c h., Bris cut cuts of Beef for 25c h.. Shoulder Steak for 3oc h., No. Sugar Cured Hams for 4oc h.. Fresh Veal and Calf Liver; Chicken Tamales; Nice Fancy Bacon for 55c none better. Lamb and Mutton Stew for 25c ID. Also fresh Blanchard Eggs for soc dozen. Adv. kETCHikAN MEAT co.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
kETCHIkAN CLEANING & PRESSING WORKS

Suits sponged and pressed, Dry or Steam Cleaned. All kinds of La .-dles Garments. Gloves, Shoes Spats, wool shirts G sweaters All Work Guaranteed; Phone 222
 BROWN & kUMER, Props.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

SALE STILL ON at the ketchIkan Bazaar. Scores of Bargalns-adv If.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

STEAMER TUG lVERNEsS Tug lVerness for charter, For par ticulars inquire stedman Hotel office,
 Adv, 2 vks, D,
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
N THE MATTER OF THE
 ESTATE OF HANS PETER

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. by the
 undersigned Joseph Ulmer, Admins. trator of the estate of Hans Peter Lar sen, deceased, to the creditors and all persons having claims against the said deceased to present them with the pro per vouchers within six months from the date of this notice to Joseph UImer administrator of said estate at ketchi kan, Alaska.
 Dated this 14th day of March, 191' First publication March IA, 1'te Last publication April ii, 1919
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

For cabin or rooms to rent. apply Mrs. Hamilton, Mission Street. 3t Adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
RESTAURANT
 CHANGES HANDS

Charles Sing, who has purchased the Liberty Luunch on Front St. from Mrs. Tina Retsch last Saturday, plans to renovate and make the place one of the best cafes In town and will an nounce the opening date just as soon as everything is in readiness. Adv Ct.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

OUR NOTICE that we are making summer deliver. les of coal now for next wintes use. Tell friend husband he should take ad- vantage of summer prices and order the coal now Better be prepared for any emergency and the saving is not to be despised. Phone us how much and what kind. We'll start the delivering at once.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

FOR SALE A homestead two miles from Haines on Government road and Chilkat river. Convenient to saltry. cannery and good school, See Mrs Steve Ragan. Adv, St.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
ROBERTS PRocLAlMs DAY.
Governor of Tennessee Urges DiVersi-
fication and Reduced Cotton
Acraaca

Nashville. Realizing that immc-
date steps must be taken TO restore
more normal conditions and more sat
isfactory cotton prices, Gov. Roberts
issued a proclamation calling on the
people of Tennessee affected by the
present demoralized situation in cot
ton markets TO get together at their
county seats Saturday, Feb Is, and
take steps to bring about an improve
ment al around. The following is the
proclamation:
Whereas, the serious situation con-
fronting the south by the recent unex-
pected decline in the cotton market
having been brought to my attention,
and having been convinced that the
condition can be removed by syste-
matte diversification of crops in the
cotton growing states of the south. l,
A. II. Roberts, governor of Tennessee,
at the request of numerous prominent
cotton growers and cotton factors OF
the state. do hereby proclaim Satur-
day, Feb. Is, 1919, a holiday for the
purpose of effecting an organization TO
put into operation plans for the pro-
posed diversification, and at this meet
ing to have all farmers, merchants and
bankers pledge themselves to use all
their efforts to secure a reduction in
the cotton acreage, and the aban-
doned acreage of cotton to be devoted
TO foodstuffs of ali kinds, suitable to
the lands of the various counties.
II am confident if this plan is placed
in operation over the whole south it
will at once restore profitable prices
of cotton, and at the same time place
the government in position to export
foodstuffs to the devastated and fam
ine-stricken nations of Europe"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Test Fish Preparation.

Testing of the most practical meth
DDS of preparing various fishery prod
ucts has recently been carried out in
the bureau of fisheries experimental
kitchen in Washington. Among the
fish experimental with were butter
fish, frozen tullibee, croakers, blue
fish. spot. bowfin, whiting. catfish.
squeteague. carp and gizzard shad.
Particular attention was given to carp
and gizzard shad, as each possesses
characteristics when prepared by the
usual methods which tend to lessen
its attractiveneSs to the housewife.
Other products tested were fish but
ter, canned black drum buck roe.
dehydrated Squid and dehydrated fish
chowder. Since the closing of the
demonstration work on the west
coast. the demonstrators have been
working with the California state fish
commission on some publications in
tended to increase the use of fish and
fishery products. It now appears that
1t viii be possible to renew the dem
onstrations In the near future, and it
Is probable that the first will be given
at Stockton
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
WILL GET
TRIPS To BERLIN
DAILY COURIER SERVICE WILL
GIVE AMERICANS CHANCE TO
SEE CAPITAL.
HUN REBELS STAGE COUP
government BUILDINGS In koenige-
burg, East Prussia, Are Seized BY
Spartacans Said To Be From Ber-
lin.-Russians Forced Back.

CoblenZ. - A limited number of Off
:ers and enlisted men of the army of
occupation will be given an opportunity
% visit Berlin by the inauguration
soon of a daily courier service be
:ween this city and the capital.
Couriers were decided upon, owing
% the uncertainty of German mails
md the s1Owness in transmission of
documents of Importance. Each cou-
Ter will be accompanied by an Off
;er, and the trip will be made by ex-
press trains between Cologne and
Berlin, the running time being about
2 hours. Cologne is about two hours
rom Coblenz Various lieutenants
aud captains will be assigned for trips
rom day to day, and privates will be
selected will different units assigned
% CoblenZ.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE
Farmers Urged To Hold For 90 Cents
Pound-Committee Will Conduct
Systematic Campaign.

New OTleaRs.-FarmeT urged not 10
sell the balance of the present crop for
less than 80 cents pound, basis mid
ding.
Farmers urged to reduce their cot
ton acreage for 1919 under one-third
that Of 1918.
Indorsed the publicity campaign now
being conducted urging holding cotton
Tor a fair price and reduction Of acre
age.
Cotton exposed to weather should be
placed in warehouse or wsather-proof
shelter, as reports show exposed cot
ton to be damaged from s. to S15 a
bale.
Farmers of the cotton Oelt should
produce all the foods and feedsuffs
necessary to supply their own necessi-
ties.
This was the action taken in New
Orleans by the cotton reduction con
ference of delegates appointed by the
governors of cotton states. The con
ference was called at the suggestion OF
Gov. Robert A Cooper. Several south
ern states were represented
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Why He Wanted Arm STRAIGHT.

A Canadian officer, wounded early
In the war, was sent TO one of the in
situations to have his left arm made
over. The elbow had been so badly
shattered that surgery, wonderful as
its skill and resources are, could not
entirely reconstruct the joint. SO the
officer was given a choice of two
thingS-either to have weak NOV
able elbow, or strong stiff one.
Without hesitation the Canadian
chose the stiff elbow, and he aston
iShed the surgeons by asking that the
arm be made perfectly straight.
They pointed out TO him that the
arm would be far more useful if the
elbow was set at an angle. If set
straight he wouldn't be able even to
put his hand in the pocket of his trOu-
sers. But the Canadian had antici-
pated that argument by arranging
with his tailor to have the pocket so
low that by launching his shoulder he
could get his hand into it. The rea-
son he wanted the arm made rigidly
straight was to be able to use a hunt
ing rifle and a billiard cue.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Say Germany Trying to Bankrupt

Paris.-Germany is making utmost
efforts to have the allies believe that
she is nearing bankruptcy, declared
Raoul Peret, chairman of the budget
commission Of the Chamber Of Depu-
ties and former minister OF justice, in
discussing the financial problems fac
ing the peace conference. The first
measures of the conference along fl
nancial lines, he added, should be to
take measures to prevent Germany
from declaring herself an insolvent
debtor or bankrupt state.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
5o.ooo. COO Acres Thrown orsn.

Washington. - Long existing con
troversics in congress over q policy
looking to the opening and develop
ment of oil, gas and coal lands in
western states and Alaska were ad-
justed with the reaching OF a final
agreement by house and senate con
ferees upon the oil leasing bill.
Under its provisions more than So
zoo 900 acres of oil. gas. coal phos-
pilates and sodium public lands may
be opened for prospecting under a
leasing and patent system, which. &C
cordins to Senator Pittman, chairman
of the senate managers, also will
bring about settlements OF the dis
pute over the development OF the Cal
ifornia and Wyoming naval oil re-
seryex
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
HOW YANkS SAVED
CAUSE Of ALLIES
TOTAL STRENGTH OF UNITED
STATES ARMY AT END OF
FIGHTING 3,7o3,273.
INCLUDING MARINE CORPS
The Departments Table Shows That
Rush of Americas Troops to Eu-
rope Steadily Increased the
Allied Armies Strength.

F.! Washington. = The total strength
OF the United States army when the
armistice was signed and when the
American war effort was at it's peak
was 3,703,273 officers and men, in
Guiding the marine corps on duty with
the army in Europe A statistical ia
BILE, made public by the war depart
ment, gives these figures.
| Included in the table is compare
| tive statement of the strength of the
allied and German forces on the west
ern front by months, beginning April
l, 1918, showing that on July l, for
| the first time, the rifle strength" ex-
ceeded that of the Germans.
In rifle strength, which means men
standing in the trenches ready to go
over the top with the bayonet." the
allied total on July / was 1856 600,
compared with 1,412,000 for the Ger
mans
On Nov. 1, when the enemy's re-
serves had been exhausted and his
front line strength reduced by about
half, the allies had a rifle strength
OF LASS, 600, representing odds of up
wards of two to one.
From July 1, as the Americans con-
tinued to arrive, the allied superiority
showed continued increase over the
Germans. who had dropped on Nov.
to strength of $780, 900.
When the great German drive vas
launched in the spring of 1918, the
enemy had a definite superiority of
approximately 20 per cent, the figures
for April 1 showing an allied rifle
strength of 1,245,00O and a German to-
tai of 1 1863 900. The Germans reached
their maximum June 1, with 1,639,000
while the allies reached their maxi
mum on Sept. 1 with 1,6S2,0
The meaning of the rifle strength
upon which the table is based is made
clear by the fact that an American di-
vision with a total strength of approx
imately $4,000 fighting men, is rated
as 1920 rifles.
The departments table shows that
the rush of American troops to Eu-
rope when the German great drive was
launched, not only succeeded in max
ing good all allied losses from month
to month at the front, but steadily in
creased the strength of the allied ar
mics actually engaged. Figures on
the hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans who were in training behind the
lines are not given.
The table, prepared by Gen. Per
shings staff, showing the comparative
strength of the armies for the eight
months covered follows:
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Variety the Spice Of LIE.

1t was his first day as Il boot, and he
~as having Il tough job executing or
ders. The sergeant, considerably exas-
perated. yelled:
Say. what did you 90 on the out
sideY'
IL was a bookkeeper, sir"
Il thought So the sergeant com
mented-
The next morning. after a series of
tizzles. the company's commander again
picked him out.
Say. what did you do on the out
sideff
Il was an electrician. sir" was the
response.
''Eh:" the sergeant replied -
thought you told me yesterday you
were a bOokkeeper.'
Il was, sir" replied the unabaShed
boot. but l got another job.-Judge
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14

We hear good deal about the fore
sight and planning power Of house
wives, but how about the humble office
husband? Take us, for instance, oh
serves a writer in the Philadelphia
Evening Ledger. Every Monday we
always scheme out our luncheon menus
for the whole week. This is the way
they look:
Monday-Hot mlnce pie with vanilla
ice cream on 1t. Coffee.
Tuesday-Vaniila Ice cream with
hot mInce pie under il. Coffee.
Wednesdny-Cof with vanilla Ice
cream In it. Hot mince pie.
Thursday-Vanilla ice cream with
coffee around 1t. Hot mince pie.
Friday-HOt mince pie with coffee
near it. Vanilla ice cream.
Saturday-Coffee with hot mince pie
adjoining it, Vanilla ice cream.
Sunday-IndigeStion
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
MAKE FOR BETTER SPELLING
Indiana Newspaper Pleads for Re-
vival Of the Old Time Matches"
Once Popular.

The winter evenings are long and
there are few people who do not
care for the movies. Some of them
play checkers and others tat A few
Improve each shining hour by reading
something worth while. Occasionally
some one thinks of a letter long past
due He starts to write. and then
he stops TO nibble his pencil because
the word he has In mind seems so
hard to spell. That reminds him of
spelling. In the old days of loud
schools when recitations brought out
the vocal powers of children and when
they studied aloud more attention was
paid to spelling, observes the Indian
apolis News
Since then the schools have taken
long step forward, but the oIdtimers
Insist that the modern boy and girl
do not spell as well as father and
grandfather did. OF course, the mod
ern school system is more complex.
Grandfather never dreamed of learn
Ing how to make furniture In school,
and grandmother had no domestic sci
ence course wherein she learned to
concoct Thousand Island dressing.
were considered essentials, spelling
claimed almost as much attention as
the three Rs.
few years ago considerable rivalry
arose i'll Indiana, and there were de-
bates between the new school and the
old. The elderly people insisted that
the modern youth cannot spell in the
same class with those who went 10
school 80, 40 and 80 years ago. To
settle the dispute spelling matches
were held. The contagion for accu-
rate spelling spread throughout the
state. Elimination contests finally es-
tablished a county champion, and he
In turn challenged the champion oF
the neighbOring county. The state SUI
perintendent of public instruction APP
proved the spelling matches and school
authorities generally were interested.
At that time the school officials de-
clared that the unusual attention di-
rected to the subject resulted in bet
ter spelling in the schools. The win
ter evenings are long and some peO-
pie do not care for the movies. An
other epidemic of spelling matches will
not cost anything, and 1t might pro-
duce a great deal of good.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
FORGET ALL CARES
Pearl Divers Have No THOUGHT for
the Morrow.
During the Brief Fishing Season They
Make Much Money and Spend II
With the Most Reckless
ProdIgaIity.

The Paumotu islands-sometimes
called ''gold mines" OF the eastern Pa
cihc-present- a weird and picturesque
scene during the season for pearl fish
Ing. From August on come the ma
hves from the surrounding islands TO
dive for pearls in the calm waters of
the lagoon thrown open for the pur-
pose. Within the narrow strip of
sand which surrounds the fishing
ground are huddled 5000 or more, in
a mushroom city, sheltered beneath
corrugated iron or matched huts. II
Is motley company.
There are Paumotu divers, bronzed
sea gods-whO, with their ancestors
have been for ages masters of the
deep and cOnquerors of the shark in
his own native element. The diver IS the
center of sOlicitude for the buyer and
trader. He is the Indispensable object
of the moving picture man who has
hastily built his theater Of corrugated
iron where he dispenses amusement at
metropolitan prices. Tt Is the diver
who spends his earnings riding in the
wheeZy mOtOrcar which the owner op-
crates along haIf-mile Of sandy
beach. 1t is his earnings which at
tract q host Of others.
In his habits of spending his earn
ings the PaumOtu diver is much like
the American prospectOr and miner
of the days Of gold strikes and boom
mining camps. In the days of his
prosperity nothing is too good for him.
He buys the choicest of foods and tin
ned goods. He is proud of the
appearance Of his women folk and
lavishes on them silks, satins, laces
Chinese shawIs. high-heeled shoes, pic
ture hats and cOrsets. the last n re-
cent discovery. All of these things
the trader thoughtfulIy has provided.
Sunday is an Easter parade, and a
performance at the picture theater
like an evening at the opera. In no
golden horseshoe" I'm the world are
more Observant or critical eyes, and
woe betide the PaumOtu belle who
fancies She can attend two of these
functions clad in the same costume
without being subject to scornful com
ment.
A good diver during the season viii
bring uD several tons Of shells which
recompense him well. The diver takes
no thought for the morrow. He and
his wife bask In affluence and en-
joyment He spends as fast as he
earns. When December comes and
the fishing season is over they return
to their little atOll and the simple life
with nothing remaining for his months
of toll but some SOiled fnery, the mem
DRY of n good time and the anticipa-
ton of a repetition of their pleasure
the next year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Socialists Are Defeated.

Paris.-Elections in Poland for mem
bers of the constituent assembly result
ed in the list headed by Premier Pade.
per cent Of the total votes. The Polish
Socialist party got Is per cent and the
remainder went to Jewish candidates,
according to a telegram from the Pol
ish official news agency to the Polish
committee o. Paris. OF $4,000 eligi-
Bile voters 100000 voted Women voted
In great numbers.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Thirteen His Lucky Number.

Private W. III. Teeple of 200 West
Borden avenue, New York, like Presi-
dent. Wilson, scorns the hcodoo mum
Der Thirteen" Here's Why:
He was born on Friday, the thir-
teenth.
He enlisted on the thirteenth
He was sent TO camp on the thir-
teenth.
He was assigned to regiment No. Is
I'm the Marine corps.
There were thirteen other men in
his bunk house.
He sailed for France on the thir-
tenth
There were thirteen boats in the
convoy.
He was on the ocean thirteen days.
He landed in France on the 2Gth
which is two thirteens.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Think Lack of Labor Ahead.

Neutrality-suspicious. of long contin.
ued unemployment were discounted in
a statement by the training service OF
the Department of Labor, which pre-
dicted that when agriculture and in
dustrial concerns get under way in the
spring there will be shortage of sew
eral million men. Manufacturers were
urged to begin at once a training pro-
gramme to increase the efficiency of
the help they now have in anticipation
of the shortage to come later.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
PERSONNEL OF U. S. NAVY.
House Approves Provision For POS. O0O
Men, Exclusive of Officers.

House Approves Provision For 225. UoO
Men, Exclusive of Officers.
Washington. = Without opposition.
the house approved the provision fix
ing the temporary personnel Of the
navy at 225,000 men. exclusive OF Off
GERS, for the fiscal year beginning next
July. Objection by Representative But
Ter OF Pennsylvania, ranking Republ-
can member OF the naval committee.
prevented an increase from 1900 10
27,2s7 in the permanent enlisted
strength of the marine corps. his
point OF order on this legislation was
sustained by Representative Garrett
of Tennessee, speaker pro tempore
Mr.. Butler said he opposed reorganiza-
ton OF the marines until n later time.
and added that the increase now would
needlessly create commissions IN the
corps.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14

Allied Column In Russia Forced To
Withdraw 40 Miles,

Archangel. = Another violent attack
by the Bolsheviki on the American,
Russian and British positions at Tare-
sevo compelled the hard pressed and
outnumbered little allied column in
this sector to withdraw approximately
90 miles. Its new position is at the
village of Srdmakrenga.
The Bolshevik attack followed a
bonn bardment in which gas, incendiary,
shrapnel and high explosive shells
were used. 1t was the first time that
gas shells had been employed in this
Northern Russian empire.
The shells were of the German type
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
REBUILDING Saloniki.

An ambitious plan for rebuilding Sa.
foniki was outlined recently by Mr.
Thomas III. Mawson at Kings college,
London. Saloniki, he said, had been
devastated by great fire. and it had
been decided to rebuild it on such a
scale as TO make il one of the most
important cities I'm the East. M. Ven
fzelos had determined to make il a
more beautiful city. The city was for
tunateIy situated in regard to parks.
for it had ut its disposal tracts Of land
which would be made into same OF the
finest parks in the world without Il
penny OF purchase money being paid
over
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
FEBRUARY ee /. "1eslth Sunday

Wsshin stoa. - PostpoEeInent OF
health Sunday" from February &c
February % 30 az not to conflict with
the Theodore Roosevelt memoria,
services arranged Cor the former date.
was announced by Genera
Blue, OF the United States Public
Health Service. Many Of the leading
ministers OF the country, DR. Blue
said, have arranged to urge upon THEN
congregation on health Sunday" the
limeliness OF a campaign for physical
and moral cleanliness.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-02-14
Mother Goose, ModernIy ManoIed.

An old woman was sweeping her
house one day and she found silver
sixpeilce Considering the energy
should waste in picking it up" she
said, "and knowing that 1 couldn't buy
a blessed thing nowadays unless I
found half dozen of them, faint
worth IT,"
So. with one well-aimed stroke OF
her broom. she swept the darn thing
out, thus destroying the childhood Of
forever after of the amusing narrative
regarding her laborious efforts to get
the pig home from market after en-
countering the stile.