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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-06
DORSET

| Mrs. Edwin Lefevere is on a business
| trip to New York for few days n
Recent rains interfere greatly with
harvesting oats and buckwheat.
C. A. Kent of Rutland and Miss
Eitapenee visited his parents over
Labor Day.
Frank Mortenson and Robert Edmon-
son went to New York early this week
to attend business matters.
Wilfred Gilbert, who has just com-
pleted law course, is at the home of
his parents for short time.
Miss Esther Erickson of Washing
ton, ID. c., is guest at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. George III. Gilbert
! Miss Ellen Kinnie has been employ
ed for short time at the Manse, help
ing during the absence of a maid
Historical week in Manchester has at
tracted all public spirited people from
this section to an exhibit well worth
while.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Batchelder re-
turned to Hartford Friday, having
spent the summer al the home of his
parents on Elm straet A."
A young woman stopping at the
home of Charles McWayne, fell from
a horse she was riding a few days
since land broke finger.
| : Clifford Simonson and Miss LeGalleZ
Fof New York returned home Friday
after passing two weeks vacation at
the home of Clifton Kent.
Mrs. William Mcbride has been en-
gagged to teach the west road school.
which will open Sept 18th with the
other schools of the town under their
| former teachers.
Plinn Blackmer with wife and
daughter OF Worcester, Mass. are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Legare
of the south district during a fort
nights vacation.
C.. N. Williams, Ed. Towsley, Jas.
Mcbride and e, ID. Harwood attended
the Rutland fair Thursday. Ed. Hoge-
boom, Oliver Tiff and Harry Woodland
went on Wednesday.
AS The summer season wanes the ex-
odus OF guests from town begins to tell
OF the population at the village. Pros
perity seems to have flourished in
spite of alarm at high prices.
Those in Dorset who have met Harry
Cole of Bennington, either in business
or socially, would extend to his family
their sincere sympathy for the great
and sudden loss of his son.
The garage of John Sheldon with it's
contents, including his car were des-
itroyed by fire around four o'clock
Thursday morning. Origin of the fire,
| is not known. The efficiency of the
village fire system and its corps Of
volunteers was fully tested.
In spite of the rain on Wednesday,
a number from this place attended the
| fair at Rutland, including William
Kinnie, Fl. M Gilbert, George Stafford.
Clarence Blackmer, William Crandall.
Frank Tarbell and family, Clifton Kent
and son Robert and Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Phillips.
Two weddings very quietly consum-
mated last week in town surprised and
pleased friends, who are now extend
ing congratulations and good wishes to
Roland r. Harrington and his bride,
who was Constance Knight, also to
John Stannard and Mrs. Stannard, who
was Lucy Norton.
The annual concert at the church
vestry on Tuesday evening was given
as a benefit to the Hogeboom and
Johnson families, whose farm barn
was struck by lightning Aug. Gath and
completely destroyed by the fire en-
| suing. The entire seasons hay and
grain crops were burned besides farm
implements. The insurance carried
was small.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-06
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest from Various Parts
of The State.

Bids on st. Johnsbury's new post
office building will be opened oct 8
A course in economics is to be add
ed to the curriculum of the Prattler
boro high school this fall.
The buildings of Ernest iDiniekiin
Walden were struck by lightning Sun
day and burned to the ground. tl1
Charles Wells and wife of Pomfret
are on an automobile trip to visit his
brother, John Wells in South Danbury
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-06
worrx Is Greatest EVIL.

1t is not work that kills man, 1t IS
worry. Work is healtliful; you can
hardly put more upon man than he
can bear. Worry is rust upon the
blade. 1t is not the revolution that
destroys the machinery, but the fric-
tion.-Beecher.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-06
LABOR CHIEF DOES
NOT FAVOR TRUCE
President Holland Turns Down Com
mittee Which Urged a Halt in
Labor Disputes.

New York, Sept. S.-James P. Hol-
land, President Of the New York
State Federation of Labor, last night
repudiated the report of the High
Cost of Living Committee appointed
by him. He declared he was unalter-
ably opposed to its recommendation
that the way to combat industrial UNI
rest and the high cost of living was
for labor to abandon its right to
strike, and to call an industrial truce
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-06
Wanted

Cash paid for logs, delivered on pub
lie highway for loading on our AUTO
TRUCKS. Cord GnG slab wood stove
lengths and saw-dust Tor sale. We
60 custom saving. Fl. T.. CushmaD
Mfg. Co.. North Bennington. VT
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30

Mrs. Preston appointed Mrs. John Raap, Mrs. John A.. Davis, Mrs. P. J. Leblanc, Miss Eva Delaney and Mrs. Mcdonald to act as a subcommittee in charge of the campaign.
 After the entire amount has been raised. it is proposed to turn the fund over to Bishop Crimont, on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of his entry into the Alaskan service and ask him to administer the money, It will be used to build home for the orphans at a hot springs about 50 miles from Nome. This place has been selected as one where the in. mates can grow large part of their food requirements, making the cost of upkeep much smaller than if it were located elsewhere in that dis. trict. The government allows each one of the orphans $10 per month and this will go toward additional re. lief. The general campaign will probably be started sometime next week.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
NAME REFEREE
 FOR BIG FIGHT

TOLEDO, O., June 25.-(P)-After much talking and suggesting pro and con it has been finally determined who will render the decision in the heavy weight championship bout on the Fourth. The fight will be decided by a referee and two judges, all of them having had much experience in the boxing game.
 It was announced tonight that Ollie Record, official referee of the Toledo Boxing commission, will in all proba. bility be the referee for the big fight. Bill Brown, of New York, and Jack Welsh, who halls from San Francisco, have been selected as judges. It had been thot that William Recap would referee the battle, but complete ac- cord regarding his selection was i'm possible and the name of Record has been put forward.
 TOLEDO, Ohio, June 25.-R-The names of all the officials connected with the Dempsey.willard fight will be announced Friday, according to a statement made by Tex Rickard this evening. He stated that these men have all been selected but their names are being withheld until they have accepted the positions.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
MILLION HOMES
 BADLY NEEDED
NOT ENOUGH HOMES IN THT UNITED STATES TO ACCOMMO-
 DATE THE PEOPLE.

ATLANTIC CITY, June 25.-(P- According to the officials of the nation al association of real estate boards there is a huge shortage of homes in America. These officials state at least one million homes are needed to accommodate the inhabitants of this country, and they predict there will be a big building boom turnout the en- tire country in the next few months.
 The association is now holding it's annual convention here. It is CO operating with the government in providing homes for the working peo. ,le. Various reasons are given for this shortage, the main ore being that construction of res. fences was greatly curtailed when the United States entered the war, the majority of carpenters and other workers eli ter;ng the shipylrds.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
.SALVAClNC ORE
 FROM MARIPOSA
CARGO OF ORE CARRIED BY ALAS KAN BOAT WHEN SUNK
 BEING SALVAGED.

VANCOUVER, WASH, June 24.- R-An attempt to raise the steam. ship Mariposa will probably be made this summer. The ship is lying on the bottom of Sumner strait and it is the opinion of great many nautic. al men that it can be raised and lowed into dry dock at no prohibitive cost
 A salvage company of Seattle is now engaged in removing the cargo of ore from the sunken vessel in or der that the hull may be examined Upon this examination will depend the decision as to whether it will be of any profit to raise the vessel
 The ore which is being removed from the steamer is being brot to Seattle and will later be sold.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
JOHN MOE BACK
 FROM UP YUKON
LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT AGENT COMPLETES TRIP TO UPPER
 RIVER COUNTRY.

John Moe, special agent for the en- forcement of the prohibition law, ar. rived in Fairbanks yesterday after noon. He has just completed trip which took him up the Yukon river to a point just below Eagle. During his journey he visited every settle ment along the river. including Indian villages, and talked with numerous people, including missionaries, about the booze question and reports every. thing absolutely quiet.
 He says that missionaries and teachers at the Indian villages say they have not seen anyone under the influence of liquor in more than twelve months which convinced him that among the Indians, at least, on the upper Yukon, there is no illicit liquor traffic being carried on. Similar so- briety was noted among the whites and he is certain that prohibition prohibits in the upper river towns.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
Miners and Operators-The Farm CTS Bank will be pleased to handle your gold dust.
MAX SMITH NOW
 IN COAST TOWN
FORMER FAIRBANKS EMPLOYEE OF N. c. co. REPORTED TO
 BE IN SKAGWAY.

Max Smith, formerly employed witt the Northern Commercial company a Fairbanks, and later in the Koyukul district, coming from there back tt Nenana as manager of that branch, i. reported to be working in Skagway a the present time. Max left the com pany after the outbreak of the war and went to an officers training caml in the states. After the armistice was signed he was given his discharge.
 He entered business for himself il San Francisco. and Joe Meherin, on { recent trip here. reported that he saw him in that city just before coming north. An arrival on the last steam CT, however, says that he talked witt Max in Skagway. Whether or not ht will come into the interior this sum mer is unknown.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
BOYS ASKED TO
 MEET TEACHERS
 ON FRIDAY p. M.
WILL ORGANIZE CAMPAIGN TO FURTHER INTERESTS OF ME- MORAL GYMNASIUM-ALL THE SCHOOL BOYS ARE ASKED TO BE PRESENT.

All boys attending the local school no matter what grade, are asked to come to the school house next Friday afternoon and confer with Mrs. Col lins and Miss Carpenter. The meeting time is set for 1:3O o'clock and every boy is asked to be on hand as mat ters of live interest to them will be discussed.
 '4 ." VI '0nnGn' at this time to Ol- ganiZe an Earning Campaign Plans for earning money in various ways will be carefully considered and the funds thus obtained will be set aside and added to the start recently made by the high school students from the proceeds of the special matinee performance for the benefit of the Memorial Gymnasium. This memo. rial is rapidly taking definite shape and the school authorities and stu. dents are interested in fostering the movement as much as possible.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
.ZlPF RESIGNS
 POSITION WITH STEAMSHIP co.
TRAFFIC MANAGER OF THE PACI- FIG STEAMSHIP COMPANY GOES TO ACCEPT AN IMPORTANT 20. SETON WITH THE CARLISLE PACKING COMPANY.

SEATTLE, June 24.-P)-A. D.. Zipf, for many years traffic manager of the Pacific Steamship company has severed his connections with that company and will accept an import ant place with the Carlisle Packing company.
 MT. Zipf's resignation is to take ef- feet immediately and he will assume the duties of vice-president of the Carlisle Packing company within the next few days The packing company now has plants operating at Cordova and Andreafsky, Alaska, and Belling. ham, Washington. A new plant was established in the south mouth of the Yukon river this season.
 Mr. Zipf has wide circle of Alas kan friends with whom he became ac. Quainted in his position as traffic manager of the steamship line. It is probable he will make a visit to Cor dova this season, altho it is hardly likely he will call at the plant on the Yukon. His successor with the Paci- fic Steamship company has not yet been named.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
MRS. (. 0STR0M !. DUE HERE SOON
TILL LEAVE WHITEHORSE ABOUT : FIRST OF MONTH-SPEND
 THE SUMMER HERE

In the last mail from the Outside Mrs. Frank Coombs received a letter from her daughter, Mrs. Charles Os- trom, in which it was stated that the latter would leave Whitehorse July 2 for Fairbanks, and will spend the summer with her parents. She is ex- pected to arrive about the middle of July.
 MT. Ostrom, it will be remembered,
 st his life in the explosion of an oil ;ove at his home in Juneau last win. CT. He was well known here, having seen in the jewelry business with w. '. Mendham for a number of years
 ter purchasing the latter's Juneau
 'siness.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
AFFDAVlTS OF
 WORK BE TAKEN
 BY POSTMASTER
AFFIDAVITS OF PERFORMANCE OF ANNUAL LABOR IN MINING CLAIMS MAY NOW BE FILET BEFORE POSTMASTERS OVER ALL ALASKA.

Among the other mining legislation passed by the last territorial legisla ture was a bill authorizing postmast CTS in Alaska to accept for filing afh davits of annual labor on either placer or lode mining claims. For such ser vice the pOstmasters shall have simi lar powers to those possessed by mo- taries public and be entitled to simi lar fees as the latter.
 The bill follows in full.
 Be it enacted by the legislature of the territory of Alaska:
 Section 1. That all affidavits of the performance of annual labor on placer and lode mining claims, authorized or required by the mining laws of the United States or of the territory of Alaska, may be taken before any United States postmaster in the re- cording district in which such mining claim is situated, and such postmaster shall exercise all the powers of no tary public in administering the oath and shall be entitled to charge the fees prescribed by law for notaries public for such services.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
YANKEE FIELD
 HELMET SHOWN
TIN HAT AND GAS MASK ACTUAL LY USED ARE SHOWN HERE
 FOR FIRST TIME.

In the big show windows of Ale, Simson's clothing shop, opposite the Nordale hotel, may be seen two o the most important articles in tho American doughboy's field equipment These are helmet and a gas mask and both are the type used by the Yankee soldiers during the great war
 The tin hat is a serviceable look ing outfit, and the gas mask is of a design which would make "cawnfiel nigger" hit the high spots on the roat home Both are the property of a re turned soldier who used them in ac tion in France, being in the Argonne Mouse fracas. They are the first tt be shown in Fairbanks and are at tracting attention.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
OWING TO THE VAST IMPROVE MENT IN THE MILITARY SITUA. TON ABROAD WAR DEPART. MENT CEASES TO SEND vOLUN. THEIR SOLDIERS TO EUROPE.
Volunteers Not
 Be Sent Europe
BAKER ANNOUNCES AMERICAN FORCES IN EUROPE NOT BE OVER THREE ARMY DIVISIONS COMPRISING HUNDRED TWEN- TY THOUSAND MEN.

WASHINGTON. June 25.-R)-Nt more volunteer soldiers will be sent by the war department to Europe This announcement was made today by Secretary of War Newton D. Bak CT. He stated that the last trans port bearing volunteer American sol diers has already left an Atlantic port bound for France and in case it is necessary other troops be sent over, the regulars will be drawr on.
 Secretary Baker stated this after noon that in all probability the American forces to be maintained ir Europe for the immediate future will not exceed three divisions or one hundred and twenty thousand men He stated that the European situa tion has greatly improved and this accounts for the department ceasine to send over more volunteers.
 Thcst volunteers are used ill re lieving the troops who have seen sev eral months of European service. The relief units volunteered expressly fol service in France, signing on for g term of three years. Altho no more volunteers are to be sent across. this does not mean the old men in Flu rope will not be relieved as it is the intention of the war department tc bring these men home at an early date
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
CAPTAIN ADAMS
 REPORTED SICK
TAKEN OFF ALASKA AND GOES TO POST HOSPITAL; IS MUCH
 IMPROVED

Information received from Nenana by telephone last night says that Cap tain Adams, who took the steamer Alaska out of here for Dawson on her last trip, was forced to leave that vessel at Panama and enter the mill tary hospital for treatment. Accord ing to a message received by Mrs Adams from Panama, the captain thot he had slight touch of ptomaine poisoning.
 His condition was not said to be serious and advices received in Ne mana from Fort Gibbon said that he was rapidly improving. It is believed that he will be able to take the Julia B. downriver from Panama or her return to St. Michael.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
PROPAGANDA
 EXClTES PEOPLE

COBLENZ, May 3.--Some fantastic fiction is published in German news. papers by writers from Frankfort and Leipsic who have visited Cob lenz and returned home to write whatever they may please about the American army. Many of the stories they tell are new to the officers of the Third army who count them as German propaganda.
 One writer of long article in the Leipsic paper dealing with life in Coblenz relates alleged instances of ridiculous sentences imposed upon Germans by American army courts. In one case he says that the wife of a government onicjal. annoyed on the street by a drunken soldier ex. claimed in her anger: If only all the Americans would go to the devil!'' The military court. he says. punished her for "this religious
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
MANDATES HAVE
 BEEN RECEIVED
APPEALS COURT MANDATES IN MINING CASES HAVE BEEN
 RECEIVED HERE.

The mandates issued by the United States circuit court of appeals at San Francisco, in the cases of Bell vs Cascaden and O'Connor vs. Cascaden were received at the clerk of courts office here yesterday, ordering the judgment of the district court carried out. These mandates were placed in the record and will probably be exc cuted in the near future.
 In the case of Bell vs. Cascaden the plaintiff was awarded a judgment of $4,00O with interest since October, 1916. together with the costs incurred in the action. In the latter case Pat O'Connor was awarded a judgment of $9.542.00 and costs. In addition to this he was given g half interest in the Gold Dollar claim in the Liven. good district
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
ANOTHER FLYER
 VICTIM FOUND:
 OTHERS MAY BE
c. E. CRAIG'S REMAINS RECOVER. ED NEAR NENANA-ARE NOW AWAITING WORD FROM RELA. TIvES AS TO THE DISPOSITION OF THE BODY.

NENANA, June 24.-Again the Ia mana river has given up it's dead. Yesterday morning the body of Chas. E. Craig, the Tolovana mining opera tor who, with his wife and small child and several others was lost aboard the launch Flyer last October. was recovered from the river. Mrs. Craig's body was recovered last fall by the searching party sent from here and Mrs. Hawley Sterling's last week this being the third one to be found.
 The discovery was made by Arthur Wright. The body was floating in small eddy opposite the Nenana Mis-. sion near what is called the Bluff. MT. Wright owns fish wheel near this point, and about 10 o'clock yes, terday morning. while returning from there he made his gruesome find. The body was anchored with wire and Deputy U. s. Marshal Ha- gan notified, and the remains later prot to Nenana.
 The body was in such state of de- composition that it was impossible to identify it. A watch was found on it, and wire describing it sent to E. A. Suter, of Fairbanks, who iden- tified it as one he had repaired for MT. Craig about a year ago. Dr. Bowen aided in the identification by certain dental work which he had done for the dead man.
 After ascertaining the identity the local authorities sent telegram to relatives of Mir. Craig in the states, asking for instructions as to the final disposition of the remains. Pending the arrival of these the body will be held here.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
MINING BUREAU
 MAKING USE OF
 NEW TREATMENT
GOLD RECOVERY FROM SLUICE- BOX BLACK SAND GREATLY INCREASED BY NEW METHOD OF CLEANING USED BY LOCAL STATION.

The Alaska station of the Bureau of Mines has been working for some time past on a method of extracting gold from the black sand left in the sluice boxes after a placer cleanup On a recent test of nearly 300 pounds of this material. sent in from Discov. cry claim on Ester creek, more than s9 percent of the gold was extracted This claim is owned by MT. G. A. Mac Quarrie, and is being operated by F. H. Weber & Co.,, on lease.
 Upon being asked to describe the process, Mr. Davis stated that it was essentially one of very close hydrau lie classification, followed by table concentration, with amalgamation of the middling product. The classifier used was designed and built at the Mining Station especially for this work. It separates the black sand into thirteen different sizes, each of which is treated separately on the  concentrating table. AS result of this close classification exceptionally good work can be done by the table The assay shows that over 99 per cent of the gold contained in the ori. ginal black sand was recovered. This Is big saving over the ordinary method of barrel amalgamation. where 1t is doubtful If more than 65 or 70 percent of the gold Is ever extracted
 The Mining Station is anxious to SC. cure additional black sand with which to continue the tests. especially sand that has already been treated by the old method.
 MT. G. A. MacQuarrie, when inter. viewed. stated that he was astonished at the success of the work and the
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30

amount of gold that was recovered, been made to remove all of the gold before sending the black sand to the Station. Much more care was given to the work of cleaning in the sluice box than customary In spite of this the increased saving over the old method is very noticeable, it being at least 30 percent more than the usual recovery. If the rest of the placer miners will only realize it. the fact that the Mining Station will do this work offers them a big opportu. nifty to cut down a large source of waste in placer mining.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30

wish" by sentencing her to appear every morning for thirty days at the headquarters of the commanding of. fcer and repeating to those present the phrase: "I am glad that you are still here. gentlemen. and it is my wish that you continue to stay here for long while"
 This is all news to the American officers. If any woman appears at headquarters every morning, the sen. tries on duty there have failed to no tice it. It is part of their job to pre- vent trespassing by Germans at the main entrance of the Third army headquarters.
 American intelligence onlcers are endeavoring to ascertain thru what channels the Leipsic correspondent obtained the all eged Information while in Coblenx. particularly stories about the fines and sentences impos. ed upon women. Court records do not reveal any such cases.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-30
PARTING FUND
 TO AID NATIVES

A movement originated by Mrs. s,os. Riggs, Jr., and other prominent aneau women for the purpose of ssisting in providing for the welfare If native children on Seward benin. sula who were left without parents sy the ravages of the flu epidemic Which swept that district last win. CT reached Fairbanks last night. The ialrpose of the movement is to pro. &.de fund with which to build a ome for these orphans 30 that they in be properly cared for.
 The amount suggested is $5.000. of Thich the Fairbanks district is asked E, raise $500. This amount to come rom Fairbanks proper, Brooks and tnana. Juneau has contributed S.. )0 to the cause.
 IA meeting was held last evening at Re, Catholic church library to start 1le local campaign. Mrs. George Preston was elected chairman of the *ermanent committee, and George
 utchinsos, secretary and treasurer.