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Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
SIXTH RED CROSS SUPPLY
 TRAIN STARTS FOR SIBERIA

VLADVOSTOK. The sixth Am crican Red Cross supply train, con- sisting of twcnty-six ears filled with clothing, blankets, medicines and other supplies of a total value of $3S.OOO. has just started across si- bcrla from here to relieve the dis trcss among the refugees and return ing Russian prisoners. The train was given precedence over the mili- tary trains. Stops will Doe made at Tumcn, Ekatcrinburg, Choliabiusk. Kurgcn. lrbit, Pcrtopaylosk, Perm and other places in West Omsk, where the needs are greatest
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
RETURNING MEMBERS ALASKA EXPEDITION REPORT FLU FLEW

With the arrival this week on the s s. "Brutus" of Lieut.. George D. Krauss. of the Medical Reserve Corps. accompanied by Miss Nelson land Miss Oaks. two Red Cross nurses, thc last Of Che expedition to Alaska sent by this Division Co combat the mnucnza. has returned Co Seattle.
 Lieut. Krauss reports that influ- auza has now been entirely wiped out of the Territory; but that before che expedition arrived there were many deaths owing Co improper care. 'The majority of Che deaths occurred among the natives, @ great many of whom are ubcrcular and therefore less able Co resist the disease DO stated Lieut.. Prauss. Also many of them have ntcr-married with Rus sians. who believe in what they call Snow Cure they take hot bath and then roll in the snow which, of course means almost certain death, as congestion of the lungs immcdi- atcly sets in. Outside of these cases. however. they responded exceedingly well Co treatment" he said.
 Lieut. Krauss further stated that Che success in treating natives fas largely due to the very efficient care and attention given by Miss Oaks and Miss Nelson, both registered nurses enlisted m thc American Red Cross, who very ably assisted in all of che work. Northwest Bulletin.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
RETAIN BUSINESS

Nlr. and Mrs. IT. V. sully and family moved Co Juneau the early part of the week and will make their home there in the future. 10 was necessary for Che conduct Of Mir. sullv's business in the capital city that thc family should move Co Ju- ucau. However, they will retain their property interests in Douglas and also their business in which they have been established SO many years
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
POOR PLACE FOR EEWYLWEDs
 TO SET UP HOUsEKEEPTNP

Hc glad you don't live in Tmkcy A Red Cross man writes that eggs
 n Constautnoplc arc thirty cents apiece. They're not passed by the censor. either Bread is eighty cents @ loaf. milk ninety cents a pint. butter four dollars a pound and sugar two dollars a pound. lm- aginc feeding flock of wives at those prices. Two army officers, says the Red Cross man, stopped at a hotel over night and had to pay two hundred and thirty-dvc dollars for lodging, breakfast and dinner. Wonder what they had to give the hat boy?
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
FOURTH SESSION
 ON IN JUNEAU
lcontInued from page D

hour law. the previous one having been declared unconstitutional. He also asked for more liberal oppro- priatlous for the Pioneers flor a rq- vision of thc Australian ballot law, liberal appropriation for the Terri torial Bureau of Publicity. which he said was doing great work; change of laws SO that epidemics could be successfully fought; change in the school laws and a change in the sys- tenn of building territorial roads Many other subjects were touched on by che Governor and his message was declared Co bc am interesting and helpful document
 After che reading or the message both houses adjourned.
 Thursday, March 6-Fourth Day
 In the House Che work of organ igme was completed by the naming oi Che following committees.
 Committee on Committee White. Collins. Daly. Sowerby, Slater.
 Banks Banking and Corporations
 slater. Began. Patterson, Ray.
 Judiciary and Federal Relations Dunn. Daily, Davies, Patterson, Pcn-  uugton.
 Education. Public Health Guar tutuc and Morals Pennington, AL Iau. Casey Nordalc Slater.
 Elections. Election Laws and Mile age Casey. Collins. Ray, Rydeen.
 Enrrossmcut and Enrolment Patterson. Davies, Pennington.
 Fisheries. Fish. Game and Agri- cultural Sowcrby Daily, Davies. Soon. Nordale
 Labor. Capital and Immigration Began. Casey, Daily, Dunn, Slater.
 Municipal Affairs Nordale, AL Ian. Paterson. Sowerby.
 Mining and Manufacturing Ky dccu. Collins. Davies, Noon, Pen mgtou.
 Printing and Purchasing Collins. Casey Daily.
 Roads and Highways Allan, Bo- r.u. C9sev. Noou. Nordalo
 Territorial Institutions Davies. Allan. Pennington, Ray.
 Transportation. Commerce and Navigation Noou, Dunn, Rydecn. Sowcrby
 Ways and Means Daily Began. Dunn. Nordule. Slater.
 Rules Ray Allan, Collins. Ry- docu.
 The House then adjourned until l o'clock Friday afternoon.
 In Che Senate. President Frawlcy announced he would appoint che standing committees Friday 10 was agreed that che rules Of the last ses- sion be used until such time as they could be revised
 10 was also moved that Monday be Che first day on which bills could be introduced in thc Senate and that Che bills should be consid- cred alphabetically In the order of rbc names of the senators mtroduc- ug them.
 The Senate then adjourned until | D. m. Friday.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
HAVE PARTY

The management of St. Aun's hos pital gave a party last Friday after noon for the children of the Paro- chial school. The party was given on account of the children having missed SO many holiday celebrations during the influenza epidemic. The children had a fine time with games and other amusemcnts.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
DOUGLAS TREADWELL CHAPTER
 OF AMERICAN RED CROSS


Scotland. in memory of the l79 Am urlcun soldiers who perishcd in thc sinking of the Tuscania and Otrante. The memorial, plans for which have already been approved, will Doc a granite obclIsk about forty feet high. bearing a bronze tablet on one of its faces and bronze wreath given by President Wilson. Tho erection of the monument and or- engagement for its maintenance will bc iu the hands of the Red Cross Commission for Great Britain.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
BACK FROM CAMP

William Vcalo, formerly of Doug las. who joined the army and was sent 10 Fort Seward and afterwards went to Camps Dodge and Grant with the other Alaskan boys is back again. having secured his release from the army a couple of weeks ago
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
RED CROSS TO TAKE CARE
 OF pEsTITUTE PORTO RICANs

The American Red Cross has ap- propriated S44.115 to cover the cost of providing fifty steel one-story portabel houses on the island Of Porto Rico for families who lost their homes and possessions as a re- suit of the earthquake and tidal wave last october.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
ROY NOLAN BACK

Roy Nolan. who was lincman for the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. in Douglas for a number of years and later employed by the Gastineau Company. has returned and resumed his position at Thanc. Roy has been i'm the army at Camp Grant. lll
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
GONE FISHING

Tho halibut boat Pilgrim, Capt Benson in command, left for the banks this week on Che first trip of the season. The sailing of the boat was delayed on account of the se- were storm that was raging for some time.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
ON WAY HOME

John B. Laughlin, who has been i'm the army. stationed at Camp Grant. m. has received his dis charge and few days ago was in Seattle on his way North.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
GONE TO SEATTLE

Mir and Mrs p. IT. Fox and family who have been living in Tacoma since they left Douglas some months ago. have moved Co Seattle, where they win reside in Che future.
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
FISHERMAN IN

The Emma, Capt. Tom Ness in command, returned from the holi- but banks yesterday with a load of fish that was sold in Juneau
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED
 FOR TUSCANIA VICTIMS

The War Council of the American Red Cross has appropriated S3O,S2G for the erection and maintenance of a monument on the Island of lslay
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
FIRE MEETING

Hose Companies No. 1 and 2 of the Douglas fire department will meet at the fire hall next Monday
 night. v
Douglas Island news., 1919-03-07
DR. CONDIT TO PREACH

The Rev. Dr. Condlt of Juneau will preach the sermon at the Con- rrcratlonal church in this city next Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

SCHERER-Miss Amy NJ Scherer.
% years old, died IN the Highlands
yesterday afternoon Miss Scherer
came here two years ago from Indian
apolis, Ind, accompanied ~ her
mother who remained with her the
first year of her residence in Albu-
querque Her father, A. T. Scherer,
was with her at the time of her death.
Besides her father she leaves her
mother and two brothers in indians
apolis. The body. accompanied by
the father, will be shipped by c. 7.
French this afternoon.
CLOVER Ernest Glover, Is years
old died at his apartment Friday aft
ernoon. The body will be shipped this
afternoon by c. T. French TO Union
city Tenn.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
BIG BANK FAILURE
is CAUSE OF ARREST

Philadelphia, Aug. l6,-A warrant
was sworn out by the district attot
rey's office late today for the arrest
of Charles A. Amber, former insur-
ance commissioner of Pennsylvania,
charging him with conspiracy and
malfeasance in office in connection
with the failure of the North Penn
bank, which closed its doors on July
IS, with an apparent shortage of
S2144000.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The hod carriers union hereby
serves notice to the mason and plas-
ter contractors that on and after No
vember IL, 1919, the hod carriers will
demand 62 1-2 cents an hour.
EUSIBIO GONZALES,
President.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17

Martha Washington Candies ON ice.
Orwell Drug Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Down, Down, Prices Start.

OF course, prices are still high.
They're anywhere from q and 81 per
cent higher than they were at the be-
ginning of the war. But they're fall
ing. The general average is still 81. 8
per cent higher than it was at the out
break of hostilities. But even that
figure is 2.S per cent lower than it was
at the signing of the armistice.
The National Industrial Conference
board, which has just published its
findings for the period ending March,
1919. has based the figures in its re-
port on national Investigation, con-
Quoted not only through questionaires,
but through the reports of Individual
Investigators in various large cities
New Orleans among them. The figures
given. however, are based on national
averages from the entire United States
and do not apply, as such, to any par
ticular city, state or section of the
country.
According to the figures, clothing
shtw the greatest jump in prices,
while food runs clothing close second.
Rent has advanced the least. but is
the only factor of the cost o. Living,
which is still advancing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
The Reply of the Germans.

Telegraphic advices from Yer
sales on the evening of May q
report that the Germans handed
in their reply to the peace treaty
on that day, but it was written
in German and very voluminous,
the installments comprising LAG
pages. They claim they did not
have time to translate it and get
it in hand in the prescribed time.
1t is said that it will require
about fifteen days to translate
the document, and in the mean
time the world waits with bated
breath as to what the allies are
going to do about it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31

Changes Announced in L. 8. U. Dates.
Baton Rouge, La, May 25.-
Changes in the dates of the
Farmers Short Course or Farm
ers Week, and of the summer
short course for boys and girls
club members at the Louisiana
State University are announced
by the University authorities.
Farmers Week will begin July
81 and extend through August 9,
instead Of August 6 as announced
in the summer school bulletin.
Between August 6 and 9 will be
held a series of livestock meet
ings and livestock sales at Baton
Rouge by several livestock assoc
Citations. cooperating with the
Louisiana State University.
The short course for boys
and girls club members will be-
gin Monday, August II and close
at noon Saturday. August 16.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
American Makes First Flight Across
the Ocean.

Commander Albert Cushing
Read, with crew of five assis-
tants, in the giant U. S. Seaplane
NC-4. is the first man to cross
the ocean in a flying machine.
They left Rockaway Beach, Long
Island. May %, and made the
trip to Ponta Delga, on the
Azores Islands, in 26 hours and
Al minutes. They encountered
a good deal of stormy weather,
and had to remain on the Azores
Islands two or three days for
the storms to subside. At 6:18
a. m. Monday, May q, they
started to Lisbon, Portugal. and
made the trip safely in 9 hours
and 43 minutes.
Three or four other flying ex-
petitions started to ecross the
ocean within a day orltwo of the
same time Commander Read
started, but they all appear to
have failed to make the trip.
One from the United States had
to descend near the Azores Is
lands; one from Tunis. Africa.
to fly to Brazil. seems to have
been lost; and Harry Hawker
and Mckenzie Grieye, who start
ed from New Foundland to fly
to Plymouth England. fell in the
ocean and was rescued about
300 miles off the Irish coast.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Important Question.

A little boy of five was travelling
south with his parents to visit ar
aunt whom he had never seen. He
was very curious about this relative
and asked his father and mother end
less questions concerning her. Az
the journey drew to its close the lit
tie fellow was amazed to see many
negroes at every station. Suddenly
a look Of CONSERVATION dawned on his
face and turning to his mother he cried
in a voice Of alarm: Mamma. man.
ma, what color is Aunt Jenr'-St.
Louis Globe-pemocrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
To Receive Bids on 70 Miles of High.
WAYS.

To Receive Bids on 20 Miles of High
ways.
Bids from contractors on the
following roads will be received
at the office of the State High.
way Department, 736 Maisor
Blanche ANNEX, New Orleans
up to IL O'Clock noon Monday,
June 9.
Jefferson Davis parish high.
ways, from Mermentau to Rice,
7.50 miles. Main street, town
of Patterson, St. Mary parish,
1.26 miles. St. Joseph. Wins.
boro highway, Tensas parish,
1903 miles. Grant parish high.
ways from Rapides parish line
to Aloha, 20.23 miles. Natchi-
toches parish highways, from
Robeline to Grand Ecore, 1898
miles. Vidalia- Winnsboro high
way, Concordia parish, 1910
miles. Hammond : Mississippi
state line highway, Independence
to Fulker section, Tangiphoa par
ish, 1886 miles.
Grant is particularly interest
ed in the 1923 in this parish,
and 1888 miles in Natchitoches
parish, it being a part of the
Jefferson Highway.
Any information as to the To-
cation, character of work, extent
and class of materials. terms of
payment and regulation govern
ing manner of submitting pro-
posals may be obtained on appli-
cation at the office of the High
way Department.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Aerial Success Depends ON Wireless
Equipment.

London. May %. The Sopwith
airplane driven by Harry K.
Hawker on his unsuccessful at
tempt to fly across the Atlantic,
started from St. Johns with a
gasoline supply of $40 gallons.
Half this amount had been used
when the airplane alighted in the
sea near the Danish tramp steam
er Mary. In talking of the voy-
a g e, Lieutenant Commander
Mackenzie Grieve said today in
his opinion the future of aerial
navigation lies in the perfection
of wireless equipment for air.
planes. by which the machines
may be guided.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31

Four hundred years ago the silks
Of Seville, then the most famous In
the world, were exported to all coun.
tries, for Spain was the first nation
Of western Europe to take up silk
culture. The climate Of Spain is ex.
cellent for this industry, and fine silk.
worms. such as were employed when
silk cultivation was at its height, are
available in the foothills Of the Sierra
Nevada. near Granada. This worm
has life of so days. and in the first
80 1t grows to thousands Of times its
original weight.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
INCREASE NUMBER
OF ''Y WORKERS
Five Menths After ArmlstIes sIoned
Welfare Body Has ESQ
~over There

Five months after the signing Of the
armistice the Young Mems Christian
association had $3.50 workers over
seas. according to an ofiicial statement
ISSUED by the national war work coun-
ell Of the association. The figure
shows an increase Of 728 workers since
last November, indicating that the z.
M. c. A. has strengthened its forces,
despite the return of troops to Amer
lea. to meet the greater need fer its
work that came with the end Of the
fighting.
OF the total number. 6.628 are men,
a small portion Of whom are directing
the ~" overseas work from the Paris
headquarters. while the great majority
are scattered from Archangel to Rome,
and from vladivostok to Brest and
London and the north Of Scotland.
There are 2,187 women workers
abroad. Most Of these are helping to
give pleasure to the men who 90 to the
7. N. @. A. leave areas, on the Riviera,
at Ak les Bains. at Cauterets in the
Hautes Pyrenees. and elsewhere. More
than 40 are assisting In the motion
picture entertainment Of the troops.
In the overseas entertainment bu-
reau Of the war work council there
are 635 men and women workers
abroad. OF these, $50 were recruited
BY the Overseas Theater league work.
ers-125 men and 227 women. The
remainder, 28a were enlisted by the
Y" entertainment section.
Since the beginning of It's overseas
work, the Y. M. @. A. has sent 11.229
men and women abroad 1888 men
and 1881 women. OF these. 2.645 men
and ga women have returned, eleven
were killed In action. three died Of
wounds and IS from disease and other
eapses,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Kindness Counts for Much.

There's no telling what little kind
ness will do. Assumed superiority is
no guarantee Of greatness. The really
big soul can afford to be kind and
gentle. As the gentle rootlets move
stones and split rocks, so gentle char
acters accomplish things undreamec
of by rougher characters. This does
not prohibit the use of firmness when
necessary. But even that may be ap-
piled with such gentleness that 1t win
get results without offending. This is
beyond the reach Of some men.-Ex-
change.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Cattle Dipping Law Indirectly Upheld
by Supreme Court.

New Orleans, May q. Cattle
dipping laws in Louisiana were
implicitly upheld by the Supreme
Court Monday when that tribu-
nal refused to grant a writ of re-
view to ]. w. Anthony of Sabine
parish, who had attacked the
constitutionality of such legisla-
ton in his application for the
writ. Anthony was fined SIS,
with the alternative of thirty
days. labor on the public roads,
by Judge j. H. Boone at Lees
vile, for refusing to dip his
stock in the standard preparation
placed in the public dipping watts
for the destruction of the cattle
fever tick. The penalty imposed
being too small to give the Su-
preme Court appellate jurisdic-
ton of the case, Anthony sought
to test the issue by the more
elastic method of applying for a
writ Of certiorari. He based his
petition to the high tribunal on
the argument that the cattle-dip-
ping statute is an unreasonable
exercise of the police power of
the state. Refusal of the writ
of review leaves him no further
recourse short of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
The German Favored Name is Is Dis
tinct as Sour KrOut.


Whether it's because of his
name or just because of constitu-
tional antipathy, we confess we
don't like that fellow Count Won
Brockdorf- Rantzau any better
than we do Ludendorffs linden
burg. Won Tirpitz and others of
that ilk. Shreveport Times.
Our neighbor evidently can
smell the sour krout flavor that
hangs about old Won Brockdorff,
and that just naturally makes
the average American suspicious
that all is not right.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Federal Farm Board Loans sl2o, 2ss, 600.

Washington, May IL. The
federal farm loan system is now
doing about Is per cent of all
agricultural land loan business in
the United States. A report of
the farm loan board Saturday at
the conclusion of the second year
of operation shows that loans
closed in the last twelve months
amounted to $120, 238. 900. The
aggregate of farm loans made
by all agencies, public and pri-
vate, is estimated at about $780,
600, 900 annually.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31
Playing cards.

Although 1t is commonly reported
that playing cards were invented in
France IN 1892 to divert Charles vi,
D'Allemagne, French writer on the
subject mentions them as being In use
In Belgium in 1879. and probably some
thing analogous to them-narked discs
or counters-have been employed In
the East from remote antiquity. 1t IL
now usually thought that It was In
Italy playing cards were first made.
about 1870, and at Venice.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-31

Thrift Fables-The Sorrowful Hen.
Once upon a time there was q
hen who laid an egg every day.
Her mistress took a basket of
these eggs to town and sold them
and bought some canned peas
with the money. AS the family
ate the peas. the cans were
thrown out into the chickenyard.
The hen pecked at one of the
empty cans and shook her head
sorrokfully.
If my mistress had grown
thosepeas in the garden" the
hen soliloquized, ''She would
have been able to put our eggs
to better use and l would have
had some ppds to eat. As it is,
we both lost"
Moral-Grow your own vege-
tables and buy Thrift Stamps
with what you would have to pay
for the cans. Have you bought
your Thrift Stamps today?