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The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01
UNITED STATES BUILDING,
LARGEST NAVY IN WORLD

Denver, Colo, Jan. 31.-The
Denver Navy Recruiting Sta
ton has been ordered to open
seven new recruiting stations
in Colorado and Wyoming.
During the war only five SUBJ
stations were maintained In
this district. The increase in
the number Of stations Is q
practical recognition of the
splendid spirit that men Of the
Rocky Mountain region show
ed in volunteering for the
Navy.
BY February s sub-stations
will be in operation at Pueblo,
Trinidad, Durango, Grand
Junction and Greeley, Colora-
do; and at Cheyenne and Sher-
idan, Wyoming. A Chief Petty
Officer of many years Navy ex-
perience will be in charge of
each station.
Men between the ages of II
and 35 who apply at these sta
tions will be given a physical
examination, and if they are
found qualified, will be given
tickets to Denver for final ex-
animation and enlistment. In
Denver, men, who pass the
physical examination and wish
to enlist, will be sent to one of
the Navy Training Stations on
either coast with all their ex-
penses paid.
The pay in the Navy upon
first enlistment varies from
$32.60 to $77.5O a month, in
addition to first rate table
board, lodging, medical at
tendance and 500 in clothes.
Owing to the rapid growth
OF the Navy, promotion is bet
ter than ever before in its his
ory. With each promotion
comes substantial increase in
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01
NEW BLOOD

Tho Braiden ranch cost Of town
was restocked this week with six-
teen head OF nnrs-bred Hereford
bulls which were purchased from the
Travellers herd at Monte Vista. A
part pay In tho deal ten head from
among tho slres Of the fancy bunch
which went to tho stock show went
to the Travellers herd Thursday.
This II the class Of stock which
VIII maintain the supremacy Of cat-
tle In the Sen Luis valley. A. fas
lack as 1875 = heid Of Hsrefords
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01

In the world. Graduates Of
these schools are assured frt
rate salaries where ever they
may be, in the service or in CIV
IL life.
Men who enlist now obtain
all the advantages Of war ser.
vice, extra war pay, war risk
insurance and family allow.
ances.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01

pay.
Lads below the age Of 20 are
eligible, after one year Of SER
vice to take the competitive ex-
animation for the U. 8. Naval
Academy at Annapolis, from
which all graduates are COM
missioned officers.
The Navy also maintains
many Of the finest trade schools
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01

belonging 70 Geo. Adams q Crestone
won firse prise ct the Csotsonial ex-
position at Philadelphia. Al the st.
Louis exposition In 1904 the Adama
herd. We belisvs Il was. again won
honors. and the Conejos county herd
which wins THO year at Denver will
bs eligible to win against any COM
petition In the Unksd States.-An-
tonito Ledger.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01

Paints. oils and glass. Prices
Right.
Aksrs Lumbse Company
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01
50-Cent Sale
AT FASSETT'S

~'V|'P'
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-02-01

Prices
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-04

last year in front of the new per-
manent dock. which will require a
small amount of such work-about
100000 yards.
What about politics?
There has been no politics in
the Alaskan Engineering Commits
sion here.
efficiency, merit and loyalty to
the government are the qualifica-
tons required to obtain work on
the government railroad.
Has there been ineffciency or
waste in the construction of the
government railroad?
Evidently not, for although la
Dor and materials have advanced
from 33 Is per cent to 100 per
cent. the completed cost of the road
will exceed the estimate made in
1914 by only little over one
fourth. so if prices had remained
at the same level as when the esti-
mate was made, the cost of con-
truction would have been below the
original estimate.
'The men in charge of the con-
struction work under Mr.. William
c. Edes, the present head of the
commission, are all railroad en-
gineers of many years experience,
drawn from such roads as the
Southern Pacific, the Great North
ern, the Northern Pacific and other
roads in the States.
1--WE the business men and resi-
dents of Anchorage, who have been
here since the work was started and
who have observed the work from
year to year, know that it has been
carried on in strictly business-like
4iAoIiAei' anu lildt lHSTS mas DSSN no
waste or negligence on this divi-
sion.
Has the present constructed por-
ton of the railroad been of any
benefit to miners. prospectors and
other. residents of Alaska?
at has. AS an example: 1t for
merly cost more than 25 cents per
pound to move freight from tide
water at Anchorage to Chickaloon
by packtrain. Now it costs less
than one-half cent per pound by
railroad. 1t formerly cost at least
six cents per pound to move freight
from tidewater at Anchorage to Wa
silla by dogsled. Today it costs
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-04
COAST DIVISION.

Intelligence, efficiency and econ
omy have characterized the work ot
the Alaskan Engineer Commission
in building and operating the gov
eminent railroad, in the opinion o.
Anchorage business men. Acting
through their Chamber Of Com
merce, they have addressed to sen
ators and representatives in Con-
gress a pamphlet setting forth, in
brief yet comprehensive form, what
has been accomplished on the fed
eral transportation project in the
anchorage division. Their pamphle:
is in the nature of an answer to
all criticisms that recently have been
directed at the management of the
enterprise. The text of the pam
,phlet follows:
eff you want to know about the
government railroad being built IN
Alaska, read what the citizens of
Anchorage have to say concerning
the Anchorage division, which com
prises $50 miles of government rail-
road and begins near the northern
end of the Alaska Northern railway
and extends to the summit of the
Alaska range.
.The most expensive work on this
division and probably on the whole
road is along Turnagain arm and
on the branch to the Matanuska
coal fields, and this work has been
completed.
Track has been laid and trains
are operated over 154 miles of new
main line as far north as Talkeetna,
and 80 miles of branch line, making
total of 1872 miles on this divi-
sion. This does not include the
many miles of track in yards and
sidings. In addition, 80 miles OF
roadbed are ready for the track
north of Talkeetna.
''More than six miles of wooden
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-04

one-third of one cent per pound by
railroad.
''The railroad enabled farmers
locate in the Matanuska valley and
raise potatoes and other supplies,
5000 tons having been produced
since the railroad started construc-
ton, part Of which has been sent
to cities as far south as Seattle.
"The railroad has a frst-class
roadbed and track from the coal
mines to tidewater at Anchorage,
and sufficient coal-handling machin-
cry and other equipment on hand
to load 1000 to 5000 tons of coal
per day into ships or barges.
Has any private monopoly the
cream of the Matanuska coal fields
'Emphatically NO,
There are two operators who
have units leased from the govern
ment in the Matanuska coal fields.
One operator at the present time
has suspended on account of lack
of capital; the other would gladly
exchange his unit for the one the
government has reserved and is op-
Grating.
Has the railroad generally been
located in the proper place?
I'VE believe It has. 1t is the
shortest distance from tidewater to
the navigable waters of the Interior.
1t has the best grade within the
Territory of Alaska. 1t penetrates
a region rich in natural resources.
The waters of Cook inlet abound
with fish, and the fishing industry
will be an important one The rail
road passes through 646,000 acres
of agricultural land in the Matan-
uska and Susitna valleys, in which
sufflclent produce can be raised TO
supply the whole territory. The
railroad taps the Matanuska and
Nenana coal fields. Adjacent to the
railroad are productive mines and
many prospects Of mineral deposits.
..In conclusion, business men and
residents of Anchorage submit, n
justice to the Department of the In
terror and the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, that construction and
operation activities on the govern
ment-owned railroad in the Anchor
age division have been directed and
effected intelligently. efficiently and
economically"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-04

curing the summer OF 1917 ana
the trains were operated for a dis
lance of about sixteen miles.
The summer of 1917 also proved
disastrous for the railroad. An arm
of the Nenana river, known as Lost
slough, which crosses the right-of-
way at a point about twenty miles
south of Nenana, was invaded by
the main river, and the large body
of water, in forcing a passage
through the narrow slough, soon
overhowed its banks and washed
out a considerable portion of the
completed road and rendered fur
Their extension practically impossi-
BILE. Every effort was made to dam
the mouth of the slough and divert
the waters to the former channel,
but without avail, and considerable
stretch of completed railroad had
to be abandoned and another route,
which will carry the line away from
further encroachments by the river,
had to be selected.
Mr.. Frederick D. Browne, a To-
eating engineer of wide experience,
sent by the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, arrived in Nenana to-
ward the latter part of May, 1918,
to take charge of the work on this
division. After a preliminary ex-
animation of the country, a survey
was ordered on June Sd, with view
to making a line change.
The line change was approved
and the work of construction was
authorized on June 20, 1918. This
was known as the D line, and COM
mencing from point on the main
line about three miles south of
town, extended for a distance of 81
miles to the point where it again
joined the old location.
Construction work was started on
the D line on June %, 1918, and
the distance was completed on Oc-
tober 31st of the same year. Work
on this line was continued night
and day so that trains were op-
Grated Immediately after its COM
pletion.
The work of completing the road
farther south was a comparatively
easy matter, as the grade had been
completed and put in readiness for
the steel The work was rapidly
pushed forward, and by the end of
April of the present year it was
possible to operate trains as far as
Mile 365, which is within a very
short distance of the Nenana coal
fields at Ignite.
The summers work for the 1919
season is nearing an end now,
and all of the available forces of
the Alaskan Engineering Commits
sion have been concentrated on the
line between Nenana and Fairbanks,
in an effort to establish through
communication by rail with Fair
banks. 1t is expected that a jour
ney by train to Fairbanks will 30
possible during the early winter.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-04

| Iwenty-four hundred acres of
right-of-way have been cleared and
grubbed.
More than 100000 cubic yards
of solid rock and nearly 5000, 900
cubic yards of other material, in
Guiding loose rock, frozen material.
earth, etc, have been moved
1.-TWO hundred and thirty miles of
trails and 1875 miles of wagon roads
were built to get supplies and out
fits to camps.
approximately $50 miles of tele-
graph and telephone lines have been
constructed.
more than 200 buildings, both
temporary and permanent, have
been erected to house employees and
care for supplies. These buildings
include the general Office building
permanent hospital with up-to-date
equipment, having a capacity for "a
patients; power houses, cold stor-
age plant, etc, located at Anchor
age.
Goal mines were opened at Eska
creek and Chickaloon by the Alas
kan Engineering Commission; equin-
ment was bought, houses were built.
and 10000 tons of coal mined anil
shipped from these mines in two
years.
Temporary wharves and docks
were built at Anchorage, over which
10000 passengers and $4,000 tons
of freight have been handled in
three years. A permanent dock is
under construction
"Seven water tanks, five pumping
plants, three and one-half miles of
water mains. one and one-half miles
of sewer, and many incidentals
have been supplied and constructed.
all necessary adjuncts and required
to carry on this work
There are now on the Anchor
age division II locomotives receiv-
ed from Panama. all rebuilt and as
good as new; five passenger cars,
421 freight and other cars, besides
five steam shovels, a number of
cranes. piledrivers, tugs, barges,
lighters, etc
There is a marine ways for re-
pairing and taking care of floating
equipment
There are also ample contrac-
tors equipment and tools, not only
sufficient to complete the road, but
having a salvage value when con-
struction is finished.
''Since the first train was op-
Grated less than three years ago,
nearly 100000 passengers and one
quarter of million tons of freight
have been handled over the rails.
What about townsites?
Three townsites have been laid
out along the government railroad
in the Anchorage division, and lots
sold. They are Anchorage. Matan-
uska, and Wasilla. In these town
sites there have been LAB acres of
land cleared, 10 miles OF streets
graded, nearly five miles of wooden
and one and one-fourth miles of
cement sidewalks laid, seven and
one-fourth miles of water mains and
lone and one-fourth miles of sewers
t installed. Payment for these i'm
provements is made from funds re-
ceiv ed from lot sales and by assess
ment.
What is there at Anchorage:
There is a large public school
building, five churches, and some
$50 privately-owned stores and resi-
dences, including several buildings
that cost from $4,000 to $4,000
each. The government has NIL
nicipal building, federal and jail
building, telephone and electric
building, postoffice building, pump
ing plant, water tank. warehouse,
fire station building, cottages for
families of employees, living quar-
tiers, etc.
1.-The sanitary conditions are ex-
cellent. There have not been any
epidemics of typhoid fever or other
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17

"'Bout how lon yer be gone, sab?
Il cannot tell you that AS short a
time as possible. It may require con.
siderable explanation and urging tC
get those three women to trust me
However, all you have to do is wait
and be sure that no one sees you. II
you should be needed for anything al
the house, I'll get word to you some
way; and if l should send Della and
Rene out here alone, without being
able to come with them myself, load
them into the cart at once, and drive
to the boat. I'll manage to join you
somewhere, and the important thing Is
to get them safely away. You under
stand all this?
"Yas, sab; leastways / reckon
does. Use ter take keer OBJ dem all
an let yer take keer O. yerself."
Exactly, because, you see, haven't
the slightest idea what / am going to
run up against. There may be others
in the house, and might not dare to
leave Miss Eloise behind alone with
out some protection. l shah endeavor
to induce her to go to Haines at once.
Following some impulse / shook
hands with him, and then plunged into
the darkness, my only guidance at first
that single ray of light streaming
through the unshaded window. AS
advanced cautiously along the fence, a
low structure built of rough rails, and
thus approached more closely to the
front of the main building, other lights
began to reveal themselves, enabling
me to perceive that the inner hallway
was likewise Illuminated, although not
brilliantly. All about me was silence
not even the sound Of a voice or the
flap Of wing breaking the intense
stiffness of the night. / came below
the veranda, still in the deep shadow
utterly unconscious Of any other pres.
ence, when suddenly, from just above
me, and certainly not six feet distant
man spoke gruffiy, the unexpected
sound of his strange voice interrupted
by the sharp CRATE of chairs leg on
the porch floor, and a half-smothered
yawn.
"Say, sheriff, how long are we all
goin ter set yere, do yer know? This
don't look much like Saint Louee afore
daylight ter me-"
stopped still, crouching low, my
heaIh leaping into my throat, and
every nerve tingling.
mo, it sure don't, Tim," replied an
other, and the fellow apparently got
down from off his perch on the porch
rail. "Yer see Kirby is bound he'll get
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17
Knox acts after the FASH
ion of a man.in love.
no BE CONTINUED,
orlain Of prlnkino pIedues

Pledging each other in wine was In
reality nothing more than the survival
of the once universal custom Of parties
drinking together in ratification Of q
bargain. It is in this sense that some
Jewish and Russian couples drink
wine at their betrothal ceremonies.
The Hebrew, after drinking, dasheg
the vessel to the ground. in memory
of the destruction of the Temple;
whereas the Russian tramples the
glass beneath his feet, with the pious
wish: "May they thus fall under foot
and be trodden to pieces who shall en-.
deayor to sow dissension and discord
between u.s."
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17

glances met, and she advanced to the
table, the light Of the swinging lamp
full upon her. The impression she
made is with me yet. Hers was
refined, patrlcian face, crowned by a
wealth Of dark hair. Indignant eyes
of hazel brown, Swallowed by long
lashes, frightened a face whitened by
intense emotion, and brought into
agreeable contrast flushed cheeks and
red, scornful lips. A dimpled chin, a
round, full throat, and the figure of
young womanhood, slender and yet
softly curved, altogether formed pic
ture so enhancing as to never again
desert my imagination. With one
bound my heart went out to her in
sympathy, in admiration, in full and
complete surrender. Before could
change posture, almost before l could
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17

draw fresh breath, her voice. trem
bling slightly with an emotion she
Yves unable wholly to suppress, YET
sounding clear as bell, addressed
the man confronting her.
"May / ask, sir, what this outrage
means? ! presume you are respon
sible for the insolence OF this fellow
who brought me here?"
Kirby laughed but not altogether al
ease.
"Well not altogether" he answered
"as his methods are entirely his own
/ merely told him to 80 after you"
"For what purpose?"
$50 pretty a girl should not ash
that. Carver, close the door and wall
outside"
could mark the quick rise and fall
of her bosom and the look of fear she
was unable to disguise. Yet not 6
limb moved as the door closed, nor die
the glance Of those brown eyes waver
"You are not the same man l me-
before" she began doubtingly. "Ht
said he was connected with the sher
IFS Office. Who are your"
my name is Kirby; the sheriff Il
here under my orders"
"Kirby l--the-the gambler"
"Well, play cards occasionally, and
you have probably heard Of me be
fore. Even If you never had until to
night it is pretty safe to bet that yoV
do now"
II know" she admitted, shat YOU
won this property at cards and have
now come to take possession. Is thai
what you mean?"
"That, at least, is part Of it," anC
he took a step toward her, his thir
lips twisted into smile "But not all
Perhaps Donaldson failed to tell you
the rest, and left me to break thC
news. Well, 1t won't hurt me, any
Not only this plantation is mine, but
every niger on it as well. You ara
Rene Beaucaire?"
eyes" she replied, slowly, almost
under her breath, anu hesitating evel
so slightly, 81 am Rene Beaucaire."
"And you don't know what that
means, / supposeY he insisted say
agely, angered By her GOODNESS. "Per
haps the sheriff did not explain this
Do you know who and what you are?'
She rested one hand On the table in
support, and l could note the nervous
trembling of the fingers, yet her low
voice remained strangely firm.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17
as. i AM RENE egAucAIREn

the regular on duty at Fort
dsanecd Indians
Bucare rc
ndofJo
a granddaughter offspring
of she
although
unfairly dealt Joe
Kirby
the Kirby
enabled
lieutenant
Recovering
shot him.
forwarded Recovering
to cabin aboh-
Pete
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17

hold O. them two missin' females furst,
afore he'll let me round up the mig
gers. The papers is call straight
nough, but they've got ter be served
afore we kin lay hands on a burned
thing. The jedge toll me fer ter do
everything just as Kirby sed, an l aim
ter do it, but just the same I got ter
keep inside the law. ] dunno as it
makes much difference when we strike
the OF town"
"'Tain't so much that, sheriff. / kin
stan It fer ter be up all night, but
Bill wus tellIn' me we might hav' SOM
trouble down ter the Landin' unless
we finished up our job we're afore
mornln'."
ooh, 1 reckon not; whut was it Bill
saidT"
"Quite a rigmarole frum furst ter
last Civ me light fer the pipe, will
yer?"
There was a fare above me, and
then darkness once more, and then the
slow drawl of the mans voice as he re-
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17

Some Vienna theaters do without
ushers by mounting electric lights in
such positions that they illuminate the
numbers on seats as long as the latter
are unoccupied.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-10-17
THE BLUES
Caused by
Acid-StomaCh

Millions OF people who worry. are deapon.
dent have spells OF mental depression, feel
blue and are often melancholy, believe that
these conditions are due to outside influences
over which they have little or no control.
Nearly always however, they can be traced
to an internal 5ource-acid-stOmach. Nor IL
II to be wondered at. Acid stomach, begin
ming with such we'll defined symptoms as in
digestion, belching, heartburn, bloat ETC.,
WILL If not checked in time affect to some
degree or other all the vital organs The
nervous systHm becomes deranged. Digestion
suffers. The blood Is impoverished Health
and strength are undermined, The victim or
Rcid-stomaok, although he may not know
the cause OF his ailments, feels his hope
courage. ambition and energy slipping. And
truly life Is dark-not worth much to the
man or woman who has acid-stomachl
Get rid of it Don't let acid-stomach hold
you back wreck your health, make your
days miserable, make you a victim OF the
"blues" and gloomy thoughts! There Is
marvellous modern remedy called EATONIC
that brings oh such quick relief from your
stomach misertes-sets your stomach to rights
makes 1t strong, cool, sweet and comfort
able. Helps you get back your strength. vigor.
vitality, enthusiasm and good cheer. So
many thousands upon thousands of sufferers
have used EATONIC with such marvelousy
helpful results that we are sure you will
feel the same way il you will just give 1t n
trial Get big SO cent box of EATONLC--
the good tasting tablets that you eat like
bit OF candy-from your druggist today. He
will return your money If results are not
even more than you expect.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
No Compromise
, With Bon johnson,
Insist the Colonels

The following statement was
given out by Colonel Jacob Ruppert
and Colonel T. l.. Huston, owners of
the New York American League
Club, last night.
lf'ose who were fortunate
enough to be present at the hear
ing of the injunction proceedings
in the Carl Mays case to-day. be-
fore Supreme Court Judge Robert
wagner, understand now why we
agreed with the boastful state
ment sent out by Ban johnson
that there would be no COM
promise of this case.
There will be no compromise
and our efforts not only to cleanse
baseball of dominecring and un-
sportsmanlike and indefensiblc
tactics. but also to throw around
the property interests of the sew
eral clubs of the American Learue
the solemn protection of the law
against the despotic action of
MIR. Ban johnson or his like, will
not cease with the ending of this
litigation.
We feel naturally gratifed at
the progress of the proceedings,
and our expectation is that all the
clubs of our league will support
our efforts in these two directions
now that they are beginning to
have realization of the peril of
their property rights under the
present regime"