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The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01

'AThese here village folks like n be waited on-ayes l-an' they're av- ful anxious you should come to see lem when ye can't-ayes but whe- ye git to the village they ain't nigh so anxious-no they ain't!"
 In the middle of the great cedar swamp near Little River Aunt Det} got out the lunch basket and l sat down on the buggy bottom between their legs and leaning against the dash. So disposed we ate our luncheon of fried cakes and bread and butter and maple sugar and cheese. What an efficient cure for good health were the doughnuts and cheese and sugar. especially If they were mixed with the idleness of a Sunday. I had a headache also and soon fell asleep.
 The sun was low when they awOke me In our dooryard.
 I soon discovered that the DunkeA- bergs had fallen from their high es- tate in our home and that Silas Wright, Jr., had taken their place iD the conversation of Aunt Deel.
 (Continued on Tuesday,
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
CHAPTER III.
We Go to Meeting and See Mir. Wright
 Again.

We Go to Meeting and See Mir. Wright
 Again.
 I had a chill that night and in the weeks that followed was nearly burned up with lung fever. Doctor Clark cdme from Canton to see me every other uuy for time and one evening Mir. Wright came with him and watched all night near my bed side.
 In the morning he said that he could come the next Tuesday morning if we needed him and set out right after breakfast, in the dim dawn light, to walk to Canton.
 Peabody Baynes," said my Aunt Deel as she stood looking out of the window at Mir. Wright, that is one of the grandest, splendidest men that I ever see or heard of. He's an awful smart man, an q day O his time is worth more'n a month of our'n, but he comes away off here to set up with q sick young one and walks back. Does beat all-dOn't it?- ayes!"
 If any one needs help Sile Wright is always on hand" said Uncle Pea body.
 I was soon out of bed and he came no mort 10 sit up with me.
 When I was we'll again, Aunt Deer said one day: Peabody Baynes, l ain't teard no preachin' since Mir. Pangborn died. I guess we better go down to Canton to meetin' some Sunday. If there ain't no minister Sile Wright always reads a sermon, if he's home, and the paper says he don't go way for a month yit ! kind O feel the need of good sermon -ayesw
 Al right. I'll hitch up the hosses
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
Material for Explosive.

As to the source of the toluol need ed for explosives, 1t is pointed out that there has been recently great in- crease in the number of by-product coke ovens In this country. However, says the Scientific American, if 20000,- 900 tons of coke are made in these ovens during the present year we shall get from this source only 10000,000 gallons of toluol, which Is about one fourth as much as the government es- tImated 1t would need for munitions. Another promising measure recently lnaugurated Is the stripping of city gas of this material, which can be spared without any serious detriment to the gas, and amounts to about .04 gallon for each 1000 feet of gas. It Is estimated that ten of the largest city gas plants of the country will yield about 10,OO0.0O0 gallons Of toluol.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
EDITORIAL
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Worlds Greatest rroop.hIp.

One of the devoted women who have not spared themselves at the emer- gency aid rooms told this story among the flying needles the other day to her co-wOrkers. A letter from the front has brought the intelligence:
 A pompOus German major had fallen Into the hands of our valorOus Penn sylvaula troops, and after they had questioned him, he ventured to ask them for information.
 How many men have you on this side of the water?" he inquired.
 Two million" answered a young lieutenant.
 How did you get them overi" was the lncredulouS query of the Hun.
 "One boat brought them all over" was the answer.
 The German stared. "How so! What boat was that?"
 The American gave the German a searching look. "The Lusltanla." he answered, Quietly.-Philadelphla Lead
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
rnllow Dips h Denmark.

Denmark has a lighting problem so serious that the Danish government re- gently purchased 400 tons of tailow from which to make candles, Com merclal Agent Normal Anderson re- ports from Copenhagen.
 There is a scarcity of kerosene also and electricity Is, of course, not avail able to the Isolated farmhouse" says Mr. Anderson, who quotes from the TIdsskrift for Industrl, which, in dis cusslnS the possibilities of acetylene and alcohol illumination, states: "Acetylens may now legally be used and may be included in fire Insurance risks. AS e result the manufacture Of acetylene lamps has fourished great ly and at the end of the year 1sO types had been put on the market."- Exchange.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01

Keller Brothers have received 6 shipment of Flash Light Batteries.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
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AUTHOR e BEEN HOLDEN. Bal AND DApRfL OF TIE BLESSED SLES KEEPING u9 VIII LIZZIE, ETC. ETC

Bart?" the man asked.
 q wlsht had pair O them shiny shoes with buttons on," answered in a low, confidential tone, afraid to express, openly, a wish so extrava- gant.
 Come right in," he said, and I re- member that when we entered the store I could hear my heart beating.
 He bought a pair of shoes for me and would have them on at once, and made it necessary for him to buy a pair of socks also. After the shoes were buttoned on my feet saw little of Sally Dunkelberg or the other people of the village, my eyes being on my feet most of the time.
 The man took us into his office and told us to sit down until he could write a letter.
 Soon a horse and buggy came for us and I briefly answered Sally's good- bye before the man drove away with me. remember telling him as we went on over the rough road, between fields of ripened grain, of my water melon and my dog and my little pet hen.
 shall not try to describe that home coming. We found Aunt Deel in the road five miles from home. She had been calling and travelling from house to house most of the night, and have never forgotten her joy at seeing me and her tender greeting. She got Into the buggy and rode home with us, holding me in her lap. Uncle Pea body and one of our neighbors had been out in the woods all night with pine torches. l recall how, although excited by my return, he took off his hat at the sight of my new friend and said:
 "Mr. Wright, I never wished that lived in q palace until now."
 He didn't notice me until held up both feet and called: Look a there, Uncle Peabody"
 Then he came and took me out of the buggy and I saw the tears in hls eyes when he kissed me. The man told of finding me on his little veranda, and told of my ride with Dug Draper, after which Uncle Peabody said:
 "Tm goin' to put in your hoss and feed him, Comptroller"
 And I'm gOin' to cook the best dinner ever cooked in my life" said Aunt Deel.
 When the great man had gone Uncle Peabody took me in his lap and said very gently and with serious look:
 You didn't think I meant It, did ye?-that you would have to go way from here?'
 q don't know" was my answer.
 "Course 1 didn't mean that. l just wanted ye to see that it wa'n't going to do for you to keep on tippin' things over so."
 That evening as was about to go upstairs to bed, Aunt Deel said to my uncle:
 Do you remember what op Kate wrote down about hIm2 This Is his first peril an he has met his first great man an I can see that Sile Wright is kind O fond O him."
 went to sleep that night thinking of the strange, old, ragged, silent woman.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
Talked Too Much,

Zoe had been instructed that if he did not stop running away he could not go to the movies. Supposlng the days slate was clean, Joe's mother was talk ing him to show. AS the two reach ed the door Joe said: Just running to the bridge wasn't far, was it, motherf" Joe was turned homeward, and put to bed. Hearing the little fellow talking to himself few moments later, moth CT eaves-dropped: "There's one time, old man, you talked too much"
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01

and wen go. We can start at eight o'clock and take a bite with us an git back here by three"
 I had told Aunt Deel what Sally had said of my personal appearance.
 ''Your coat Is good enough for any body-ayes" said she. 'Tll make you a pair O brooches an then l guess you won't have to be 'shamed no more"
 She had spent several evenings mak- ing them out of an old gray flannel pettlcoat of hers and had put two
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
Yne.lte- New Poison Gas.

J. Bandaline and J. de Poliakon Bulletin de pAcademie de Medicine) call the readers attention to the eff ciency of hot air in the treatment or burns caused by yperite, a gas used by the Germans in their offensive of March, 1918. These burns, even when very small, cause extremely sharp pain and slesplessness. A number of cases were rapidly healed by hot air after various treatments had failed.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
Oh, BoyI

The war department recently Invited bids for the following to supply 125 regiments; Seventeen thousand five hundred sets of boxing gloves, 1000 baseball bats, 21,1OO baseballs, s5,0OO playground balls, 5000 rugby footballs, 1000 soccer footballs, $50 volley balls and 1,T50 medicine balls.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
<. 1DR KIDNEYS NIL?
Many skagway People Know tho

Many skagway People Know tho
 Importance of Healthy Kidneys.
 The kidneys filter the blood. They work night and day.
 Vel. kidneys remove impurities.
 WeaE kidneys allow impurltie5 to multiply. l.i No kidney i'll should be neglected.
 There is possible danger in delay.
 If you have backache or urinary troubles, :,
 If you are nervous, dizzy or worn out, lIN!t
 Begin treating your kidneys at once; h..
 Use a proven kidney remedy.
 None endorsed like Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Recommended by thousands.
 Mrs. Gus Andreas, 243 W. Fifty eighth St., Seattle, wash, says: What caused my kidneys to get out of order, I don't know. AcroHs the small of my back and over my kidneys, sharp pains caught me all the time. Dizzy spells annoyed mo lot, too, and I always felt tired and languid. I used different kid ney remedies but wasn't helped until ! used Doan's Kidney Pills. In a short time Doan's had re- moved the trouble and I have felt fine ever since"
 Price COG, at all dealers. Don't simply ask or kidney remedy - get Doan's Kidney Pnls-ths same that Mrs. Andreas had. Foster Milburn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Barton BSyneB, orphan, Is taken to live with his uncle, Peabody Raynes. and his Aunt Deel on farm on Rattlerosd in a neighborhood called Liek- itysplit. about the year 1S2S Barton meets Sally Dunkelberg, about his own age. but socially of & class above the Bayneses, and Is fascinated by the pretty face and fine clothes.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
Portugal and Her colonles.

The population of Portugal num- bers 5,957,9S5 and the area of the country is 35,49O square miles. Her dependencies are Cape Verde Islands, Guinea, Principe and St. Thomas is- lands, Angola Mozambique. Her pos session in China Is Macao and her Indian possession Is Goa. The popu- lation of the colonies Is S,T35,S54. LIs- bon Is the capital of Portugal.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01
Ou1y One "BRoMo QUININE"

To yet the genuine. call for ths full name LAXATIVE BRoHo QUININE. Look for signature Of E. ". GROVE. Cures . Cold in One Day. BOG. Thu
The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-01

Fresh on every boat. Fresh (un- cooked) Oyster Cocktails. Pre- pared just right. Each one in glass bottle with patent stopper. They cannot be excelled. At Kellers'
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-08
S7REtTER MAKES
1919 PREDICTION
SAYS 1919 SHOULD BE ONE OF
THE BEST YEARS IN THE HIS
TORY OF THE GREAT NORTH
WEST.

On account of the government main-
tanning the price on wheat for 1919,
J.. B. Stlceter predicts one of the best
years for the farmers that was ever
known and believes that in many of
the localities where crops have been
poor for the past two or three years
that 1915 will see extra good crops
practically everywhere in the north
Elm and northwestern North Dakota.
He states that he has seen three years
of failures and poor crops in the Req
River Valley and then when a good
year came, immigration would pour in,
adding many new settlers all thru that
country which he was heavily adver-
tising and working hard for ilnmi-
grafton at the time and where few
years back lands wer only worth
$25 per acre they today are worth
from SIS to $10O owing very largely
to the Streeter advertising and hard
immigration work, as it is anything
but an easy matter to bring in good
settlers and it takes constant work.,
expense, advertising and encourage
ment of the settlers when they do
come in to help build up a country
along the right lines and hereby
greatly increasing the value of lands
as it is the number Of people that puts
the values on lands in every section Of
the country. The Streeter Corpora
tion will cover quite territory in 1919
and will do much to encourage the bet
ter kind of immigration in thru the
Lake Region as we'll as other lands
tributary to this section; all of which
will bring more money to the City of
Devils Lake which is considered the
leading city and the business center
for large territory.
Mr. Strceter also says that the gov
eminent instead of placing soldiers on
swamp land, where it will mean years
of hard work to put such section of
the country on a profit paying basis,
will greatly improve the situation with
the soldier farmer to buy him a good
North Dakota improved farm which
with good management and fair crops
will pay for itself in few years.
Here is hoping that Mr.. Streeter's
efforts continue thru our section of the
country as we know it will mean a
great deal to any territory he puts
forth his best efforts for immigration.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-08
GOVT. ROADS
RUN BEHIND

In its operation fthe railroads dur
ing 1918 he government has run be-
hind about $150,O00,0Go. Under the
circumstances that seems like very
good showing. Nj. McAdoo's admin
istral;on has probably not bee.. per-
feet, but we have been given no rea-
son to believe that it was not as good
as that of any other man woul: have
/ been. But the experience of the gov
ernmcnt during this full year of orera-
ton punctures a number of large and
beautifully cpalescent bubbles which
some very enthusiastic advocates of
public ownership have blown
Shortly after the Eovelnmer: as
sumed control Of :lle railroads the
wages of a large number of tie less
we'll paid employees were advanced.
They should nave been advanced be-
fore, as the compensation Of most of
these men was totally inadequate un-
der the existing conditions. At about
the same time the salaries of many cf
the higher officials were reduced, o:
these officials were removed entirely
from the government payroll. Per
haps there were too many officials, anr
perhaps some of them We're receiving
more pay than they were entitled to-
Anyway, the combination was full c!
suggestions to the public ownership
enthusiasts, who inlnec:ate:y threw
up their hats and exclaimed: Look
See! We are endorsed and vindicatcd
The government has operated the rail
only few weeks, an1 already it ha:
effected such economies by reducing
bloated salaries that It is about to in
crease the pay of the real workers
Hurrah for government ownership"
That was all right :, star as it went
But presently the government an
"~rnced and put into effect a rs pei
~~.,A increase in freight rates, and ar
ease of something like so per cen
passenger rates. The explanation
that it would need this additiona
money to pay expenses. The reaso,
twas valid one, and everyone told tn
government to go to it.
But now we find that with these all
vances, which the railroads unfe.' pri
vate operation had not been permitto'
to make, and with all the economic
resulting from a unity of control an
operation which, under private, tn
roads had not been permitted to eve1
approximate, we have failed $3.50 900,
900 short Of paying expenses.
Let it be understood that t!l; o
itself does not demonstrate that gov
ernment ownership and operation i
not a good thing. But most emphati
cally there is nothing in the history O
the past two years that demonstrate
that public ownership is good thing
We have been operating under We,
conditions, and those conditions mad
it difficult to operate anything. Un
der those conditions fair test of an
great system or method would b
practically impossible. We do know
that one of the tendencies of publ
ownership is to facilitate the opera
tion of the political machine and t
lessen the efficiency of service
Grand Forks Herald.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-08
MONEY ASKED FOR
A STATE MUSEUM
PLANS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FOR MODERN STRUCTURE AT
STATE CAPITOL.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 6.-The six
teenth legislative assembly will be
asked by the state budget board to
appropriate 100000 for the erection
Of a modern three story historical
museum to house records of inestima-
BILE value which are now stacked in
heaps in places about the state house,
where they are constantly exposed to
danger Of destruction by fire.
The need of historical museum has
long been, urged by members of the
State Historical society and others
who appreciate the value of North Da-
koto's large collection of relics aid
records, a majority Of which could not
be replaced at any price, and whose
destruction would be an incalculable
loss to the state and nation. At pres
ent there are set aside in the basement
of the capitol building three small
rooms into which are compressed In
dian relics. mementoes and records of
early days, souvenirs of the pioneer
and other curios to whose collection a
half century's time has been devot-
ed. These rooms are not fre-proof,
and they are entirely inadeqlate as to
size and display space.
The state budget board, after a
careful investigation, has decided to
recommend to the 18th assembly the
construction of a three-story, fire
proof building, to be situated just
north of the capitol, and to connect
with the first floor of the state-house
proper by a bridge across the street
railway tracks. This building, the
budget board believes, should be de-
signed primarily for museum and safe
storage purposes, and it will be urgeo
that vault room be provided for all OF
the state records which are now stor.
ed in odd hooks and corners about
the capitol.
The building recommended would be
large enough to provide quarters fol
the State Historical Society, whose of
fees the budget board believes should
be located at the capitol, thus elimin
ating the heavy expense to which tht
state now is subjected in paying th'
transportation for state officials VIII,
are officers of the society to and from
Grand Forks. Other department
would also be found offices in the nev
building. thus relieving congestion i,
the state house proper, and the bulge
board regards the expenditure which i
requests as one in line with thrue &c
onOmy.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-08
CONDUCTOR IN
BAD WITH HERO
AFTER GETTING MEDALS YOUNG
PUT OFF TRAIN WHEN HE
LOST TICKET.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 6.-After
charging six German lancers on his
motorcycle and killing two of them on
the fly with his automatic, after being
hoisted 1872 feet in the air when high
explosive shell struck an ammunition
wagon which he was riding cited for
conspicuous bravery by both General
Pershing and Marshal Foch, supreme
commander of the Allied armies in
France, Dispatch Rider T. J. Young Of
Washington, D. c., added new chap
ter to his adventures on New Years
day. when he lost his transportation
while enroute to Fort Slocum and was
put off Northern Pacific train No. at
Bismarck.
Sergeant Young was still here this
afternoon awaiting the adjustment of
his transportation difficulties by Cen
eral Fraser, who has wired Washing
ton for ticket which will enable this
fighting Yank to continue his journey.
Just Recovered Voice.
Sergeant Young has been gassed,
wounded in the head with sharpenel
and struck dumb by shell shock. Only
a week ago he recovered his voice, and
he still speaks with great difficulty.
His body is shaken at frequent inter-
walls with tremors due to shell shock,
poison gas or combination of both.
Young was with an engineering di-
vision as dispatch rider. He was rid
ing an ammunition wagon back Of the
first line at Chateau Thierry, when a
high explosive shell struck the vehicle
The lieutenant who occupied the seat
with Young was instantly killed; the
wagon and it's contents were blown tc
smithcreens, and Young tossed 18z
feet. i,'+o the air. Somewhere in the
melee he was also tsruck in the heaG
by piece of sharpenel, which tore ar
ugly cash. When Young came dow1
he was carried to the hospital.
Is Also Some Rider.
At another point on the west from
Young was riding with important dis
patches when the way ahead of hin
was suddenly blocked by six German
lancers. Instead of turning back
Young stepped on her trdA," and h
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-08

was hitting at least 20 miles an hour
when he bucked the :. German line.
Guiding his speeding motorcycle with
one hand, he pumped his automatic
with the other, and he had the pleas
ure Of seeing one Boche bite the dust
before he, reached the obstruction,
while he winged another as he sped
past r.
Young has been in at least a dozen
base hospitals. After his experience
at Chateau Thie1ry his left arm turn
ed black, and he cannot use that men,
ber. He has hospital tags detailing
his various injuries, and if any proof
were needed as to the truth Of his ad-
ventures these would furnish it.
The fighting Yank is not talkative,
and his story has to be extracted from
him by degrees, but if he is ever
tempted to tell the whole tale and put
it into print, he will have a story that
will make Arthur Empey's little book
look like record of quiet pink tea.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-08
SEE A NEW
IRISH CRISIS

London, Jan. 6.-The Daily News in
an editorial discussion of letter from
a "highly placed Englishman in Dub
lin," relative to conditions in Ireland,
says:
"We have to choose now between a
recognition of Ireland's rights or the
loss of our hard won union with
America, with all that means to our
selves and the world. That is cardi-
nal fact in the menace of the Irish
situation"
The newspaper Earnestly appeals"
to Englishmen to fuse all their influ-
ence to avert the disaster to the world
which this threatens, and concludes by
saying: "A little longer and it will be
too late"