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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
WHY WICK WILL CONTEST.

Contest proceedings will be insti- tuted before congress immediately upon the decision of the canvassing board The charges to be filed are general and cover multitude of illegal actions Specifically the contest will be fought on the ground of illegal voting, illegal ere ation of voting precincts, unlawful action of officers, intimidation of voters, coer- cioh and other petty infringements and offenses. ."-Extract from the Juneau Dispatch
 The Dispatch should know since it is thu leading if not the sole Wickersham organ ii the territory today. But it failed to stat' that Wick will probably find it easier ts occupy dead mans shoes than to fill liv, one's seat, which in itself should prove an ad. ditional reason for contest to Their James.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
OF PRECINCT HAVE
 BEEN CHANGED

By an order of court the boundar- ies of the Nenana recording pre-. cinct have been changed to include more territory. The enlarging of the precinct is to the advantage of the miners of the country included in tho new boundaries. they being not com. pelled to make a lengthy journey to Fairbanks in order to record their papers. AS described by the court the boundaries of the new precinct are as follows:
 "Commencing at Cathedral noun. tain on the summit of the Alaskan Range and extending in a northerly and westerly direction to the height of land between the headwaters of the tributaries of Wood river and the Tatlanika on the west and the tri. butaries of Salcha slough and Clear creek on the east and continuing along said height of land and natur> al divide crossing the Tanana river. and following the height of land and natural divide in westerly direc. ton to the highest point of land at the head of Little Goldstream and its tributaries and the tributaries of Maiden creek, which point is mark. ed by a monument and is designated Burns Knob: thence westerly cross. ing the 149th Meridian to the June. tion of the Tekianika and Tanana rivers; thence following the channel of the Panama river to the junction of the Panama river and the TOlo. vana river: thence In a southerlS direction along the divide between the Nenana river and its tributaries on the east and the Kantishna river and its tributaries on the west to the summit of the Alaska range i: thence along the Alaskan range in G southeasterly direction across Broad Pass and to the headwaters of Butte creek; thence in e northerly north easterly direction along tho Alas. kan range to Cathedral mountain to the place of beginning"
 This will alter the boundaries Of the Fairbanks precinct as far as per tains to the former boundary be tween the Nenana and Fairbanks precincts.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
BRESNAHAN IS
 NOW BENEDICT

In the last mail Robert E. Bresna- han advised his friends In Fairbanks that he was about to abandon the lonely life of bachelor and join the ranks of the newlyweds.
 When Bob left Fairbanks with the draft he was sent to one of the can. comments in the middle west. On be. ing discharged he entered the employ of a printing firm at East Chicago. Indiana. with which firm he was em. ployed before coming to Alaska.
 The young lady who is to become Mrs. Bresnahan was at the time of writing on her way from Everett, Washington. to join the groom to be. The letter stated that by the time 1t was received in Fairbanks Bob would no longer be a single man. Congratulations.
 Bresnahan was for several months pressman of The Citizens mechanic. al force.
 Bresnahan mentions meeting Monk" Murphy in Chicago. Monk was enjoying life and all "dolled" up. being . replica of one of the fashion plates of the high priced lailors of the Windy City.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
GO THRU WITH IT.

According to telegraphic advices received yesterday the territorial house of representa- tives has passed the Shipping bill which au- thorizes the establishment of a Territorial Shipping Board which will be charged with securing line of steamers by charter or purchase. for Alaska, and the operation there of The bill has not been passed by the up per house up to the present time, but recent mail advices from Juneau indicate that it will do 50 before the session ends. .~.
 It is the belief of those who fostered the plan that lire of steamers owned and ope- rated by the territory will be of great value in boosting the development of all Alaska thru the media of low rates and adequate ser vice, neither of which are now possessed. Rates are high, too high, and have been re- gently raised. Steamer schedules are disar- ranged and accommodations crowded.
 Governor Riggs, who drew up the plan from which the proposed legislation was drafted, has had extensive correspondence with Secretary Lane and other officials of the department of the interior and is assured of their support in the project. He has also cor responded with officials of the Federal Ship ping board regarding obtaining vessels under charter and the availability of vessels of such class as would be needed for Alaskan ser vice.
 He is assured that such steamers can be procured. There should be no trouble about securing competent transportation man to assume the position of general manager of the system at the salary named in the measure. However, no matter how suitable the vessels may be. nor how efficient the organization is, neither can make the project pay by them selves alone. .3
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
JOHN NOES SON
 WAS TANK HERO

Few of the many friends of John Moe. special officer of this division. were aware that he had a son in the service. He has and he returned to his home hero. The narration as to the return of Mir. Noes son, Rs taken from an eastern paper. follows:
 "sergt. John Moe. tank gunner of Co. A. 330th Batt., Tank corps. arrived home today after being dis. charged at Camp Grant this week. Sergt. Moe formerly worked on the Wissota dam for some time. He enlisted at Minneapolis June !. 1917. and reached France in July. 1918.
 "He was gunner on one of the Renault tanks and saw service at St. Mihiel. Arsonne and Champagne fronts. He was in active fighting until November 9th. three days be- fore the armistice. when he was hit In the legs with shrapnel and was gassed. He then put in three months in the hospital" Then followed a descriptive article of the many ac. tons he had seen and some of the engagements he had been In. all os which were interesting.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
THE PROSPECTOR.

I've, who are living our lives in Yukon, should see to it that men of the stamp of the old pioneers, who today are trying to pene- trate farther into the vastness of this great territory of which, after all these years, we know SO little, are respected and encouraged, remembering that on the success of their ef- forts the future prosperity of the country depends
 "Yukoners should not be content to see Yukon become wage-earning community, where men earn livings for themselves and their families by working for master as they would in factory or the fields, but should assist in every way in their power the men who have the nerve to go in search of new fields where they and their fellows may stake their claims, own the gold that they dig and have for themselves the full benefit of their labor "-Dawson News.
 And it might be added that not only do these men benefit themselves but thousands of others. Gold is the medium of exchange for all things material. It symbolizes the comforts of life and the more plentiful it be- comes the easier life is for all of us.
 The history of the inland parts of the northland is written around its gold camps. The discovery of gold caused the settlement of this land. The presence of that precious metal is in itself not sufficient reason for set clement. There remain yet other stores of this treasure in the untouched portions of Alaska and men with the prospector spirit are needed to uncover them.
 Not all men have the craving to find the pot of gold at the end of the raibow, which will not be denied. Only the true prospector pursues this phantom. Sometimes he has found it, oftener not. But because some of them have found it, we are here. Commerce followed upon the heels of the pioneer and homes have been built in the wilderness which will endure forever.
 But the prOSpectOr moves ever ahead Ot civilization. With his possessions on his taking his chances with the country, enduring hardships with no sure promise of reward, but gambling his life, his time and labor on the chance that something will come on the end of the rainbow.
 But the conditions which obtain now make his task much harder than in former years. Under these this class of men is slowly but surely disappearing. The disap- pearance of the prospector would be ca lamity to the territory now He is needed to open up undeveloped mineral wealth now ly- ing idle. If he goes new strikes will be fewer and merely incidental.
 It is up to us to see that he does not be- come extinct. Means for giving him as- sistance can be found. Aid from both terri torial and federal governments can and should be had so that he may again live up to his calling and create more cities out of waste places.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28
WILSON, THE LEADER.

pr;ve Jugo Slovakia of her right to Plume and an outlet to the sea, President Wilson is doing nc more than insisting that the small nations of the world shall have right to exist free from the threats and interference ot -taelr larger neighbors In this stand he should have the support of all Americans regardless of party or creed.
 Should he knowingly become party to any agreement which would infringe upon the principles of democracy, he would forfeit the confidence he now enjoys from all liberty low ing peoples He would no longer have the right to enjoy the distinction as being the foremost champion of liberty. And his un- yielding position again proves to the millions who have continued to believe in him despite the calamity howlers, that they were not de- ceived in the man. :.
 Agai, he is proving his right to be called a fighter. For it is no light task to meet in controversy the mightiest intellects of Europe over questions which European lead CTS hay, been dealing with for ages and dare to oppose their plans. Yet he has done this and done it so successfully that the Italians see TO hope of winning out.
 Plain, open, straightforward dealing has proven to De more effectual than underhand intrigue. Italy wanted to take advantage of a bargain which did not see the light of day un- til the time came for payment. And Italian leaders have not yet dared to claim any moral right to tne territories which she claimed She was entitled to them only by right of conquest, because she had been promised them in case o1 ,;ctory.
 In asserting that Italy will not be guided |; any will save her own, Premier Orlando proved that he, and possibly the government '.h;,h hc heads has no conception of the main principle of democracy. The will of the indi- y;iual counts for nothing against the will of the majority. The majority rules in denoc- 1acy. It must be SO. Yet Italy declares that she will not listen to anything from her al- lies, those states which constitute an over whclning majority at the conference. She must be allowed to have her own way even if it breaks down the very principles upon which peace to be lasting must be concluded,
 If this is Italian ideals, if this be the Ital- ian conception of democracy, it were better for all concerned that she eliminate herself from the peace conference. If she cannot abide by the will of the majority then she will only he disturber ill all councils, whether of peace or for war.
 And the outstanding figure in the con- troversy is not Orlando, Clemenceau, or Lloyd Gorge. President Wilson stands alone on the highest point. Well may all America be proud o1 him and his uiterances. He speaks the mind of the people and in his firm stand for jus tice to all, the small and weak as we'll as the great and mighty, he is supported by the weight of American opinion.
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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-28

Tom Corrigan is in from the com. mission work below Happy station.
 Bob Kelly b In town from the end of steel
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16
WHY DESTROY YOUR FRIENDS?
AgricuIturists Make Tremendous Mis-
take When They Wage War on
Certain Types of Birds.

In the suburbs of one Of our cities
recently a man was arrested for shoot
ing SO robins and two cedar wax
wings. When we consider that each
year the people of the United States
pay a toll of one billion dollars to in
sects, the reason for protecting our
native birds is apparent.
Some birds feed almost entirely or
the seeds of weeds, others on field
mice and others on small rodents.
Hawks and owls are considered out
laws, and the average citizen wants
to shoot them II he can. 1t has been
estimated that each hawk or owl kills
on an average thousand mice year.
A recent examination of the stom,
ach of cedar wax wing CHERRY birdl
revealed 100 canker worms. In the
stomach of scarlet tanager were found
$50 gypsy moth caterpillars. With the
continued wanton destruction of na
tive birds, successful agriculture
would become impossible and the de
struction of the greater part of food
vegetation would follow.-Thrift Mag
azine.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16
SAY oW zE BOG 900 AcREEA9z7-

The upShOt Of the matter was that
a week or two later Mr.. Campbell was
in the preseace of the secretary of the
interior. The first thing the secre-
tary asked him was what kind Of a
contract he wanred
"Any kind" was the reply, "just so
get q chance to raise a lot Of
wheat.
what do you want for yourself"
asked the secretary.
Nothing" Campbell replied 81 am
willing to enroll with the dollar-a-year
men if the government finances the
project and if 1 finance it myself all
want is a chance to break even"
That certainly made hit with the
secretary. He saw that he was deal
ing with a real man, so he asked him
why he didn't make it 100000 acres in
stead of the 10000 he had asked for
and added:
Gould you handle that many
acres?'
Certainly" replied Mr. Campbell,
'only 1t will require more capital than
l had figured on"
Secretary Lane said he thought that
could be arranged and told Mr.. Camp
bell to go ahead and draw a contract.
The contract was drawn and in due
time bore the signature of Secretary
Lane, all the bureau chiefs and Mr..
Campbell. The Indians, of course,
were well taken care of under the
terms of the contract. They will re-
ceive one-tenth of the crop during the
first five years and one-fifth of the
crop during the second five-year period
at the end of which time the lease
expires.
The next step was to finance the
project, so Mr.. Campbell hurried to
New York, presented himself at the
offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. and sent
in word that Secretary Lane had ask
ed him to call on matter of business.
Whether Mr.. Morgan had received adj
vance information of Mr.. Campbell's
coming or not is unimportant. The
fact remains that he was Immediately
invited in.
Mr.. Morgan listened while Mr..
Campbell told his story. At the end
Of the story Mr.. Morgan asked how
much money would be required.
give million dollars" replied Mr..
Campbell without batting an eye.
Every well" said Mr.. Morgan, "you
may have it. And if that isn't enough,
as much more will be available"
And so the 200,000-acre wheat farm
came into existence, with Mr.. Camp
bell as president of the Montana
Wheat Farming corporation and gen
eral manager of the whole project.
But about the absence of horses
from the farm.
All of the work is being done with
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16
BOY WINS LIFE
BY POKER CAME
Stephen Seaman Relates Hair
Raising Experience While
in Mexico.
USE CORN FOR MONEY
Falls Into Hands Of Martin Lopez.
Most Bloodthirsty of Villas Fol-
lowers-Happy to Be Back
in United States.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Stephen Seaman,
16 years old, is the youngest soldier
Of fortune.
Steve has just tasted all the hair
breadth escape and "bite-the-dust" ad-
venture you hoped to experience when
you were his age and were thrilling to
the daredevil feats of Diamond Dick,
Handsome Harry and Wild Bill.
Steve lives to tell how ne played
poker with Martin Lopez, most blood
thirsty of Villas followers:
How he narrowly escaped execution
against 'dobe wall
How he secuted for the Mexican
federal troops and
How he was held by bandits.
All this below the Rio Grande
whittier he had wandered in search of
adventure when he ran away from his
home town, the tame city of Provis
dence, II. /.
Mexico Appeals to Adventurer.
Young Seaman had read much about
Mexico, and decided that was the
country for him. Making his way to
FL Paso, he evaded the soldier and im-
migration authorities ON both sides Of
the line, riding across the Rio Grande
In box car.
From Juarez he went south on
Carranzista troop train, and at Meoqui
he got his first thrill.
Villistas threatened to attack tho
train. When the bandits retreated
Seaman volunteered to sneak after
them and do bit of scouting for the
federals. BY way of appreciation, the
federals boarded the train, leaving him
to the mercies of the military police
of the little town. He was being taken
to Jail as a Villista suspect when an
interpreter happened along and Sc
cured the boys release.
Reckoning the troops, Seaman event.
ually arrived at Parral.
With an American boys proper
pride, Steve refused to act as a SER
want to captain, and the officer in a
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

rage threw the youngster against
'dobe wall and had drawn his gun to
shoot him when soldier friends inter-
ceded
Then came the battle of May 4, in
which the Villistas drove the CarranTa
garrison from Parral.
Steve was captured by Martin Lo
pei, the Villista tiger man.
Was he afraid? He was not When
the battle was over, the boy calmly
proposed a game of poker with the
bandit chief. 1t struck Lopez as anus
ing. He admired the lads cool cour-
age.
"Sit down." he laughed uproariously,
Shaping his thigh and commanding his
soldiers to gather round. Here's
gringc boy who would play the great
game with Lopez"
Used Corn for Money
Kernels of corn were used instead
of money. Lopez lost several pecks of
corn-and his admiration for the
American boy grew.
In this way Steve won his release
from the bandits.
lie concluded he had enough thrills
10 laSl him for time, and started hik-
ing the long trail back to the border.
An american mining man gave him
SOM money. He worked little, here
and there. A few days ago he reached
Ell Paso-sunburned in rags, penniless
but happy.
Just plain American kid who had
the nerve to go out and get the adj
venture which you, gentlemen, got sec
ond hand from the thumb-marked pages
of 'Wild Bill"
Now he's on his way back to that
tame, respectable Providence to tell the
other kids about it.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

tractors. Last fall, when the first
ground was broken, there were fifty
monster machines at work tearing up
the prairie sod. This spring others
were at work. They plowed on the
average one acre q minute for the
working time. A record was made
on one day of 1850 acres turned and
broken. All the seeding, harvesting,
ETC., was also done by tractors. and
then, of course there are the thrash
ing machines. Hence the absolute
uselessness of horses about this place.
One of the first problems Mr.. Camp
bell had to solve was the number Of
various kinds of machines that would
be required to do the work on the en-
tire farm. He solved this by dividing
the farm into units of 5000 acres and
then allowing certain period for
each operation-such as blowing. har-
rowing, seeding, cutting, thrashing-on
each unit.
The 5000-acre unit also has another
use. Mr.. Campbell, as active as he is
couldn't reasonably be expected to
personally oversee work on 20n.NO
acres of land throughout the season.
So each unit is put in charge of a
competent farm manager, with a gem
eral foreman and crew of men. Each
unit also has its group of permanent
and modernly-equipped buildings. 1t
is q gigantic proposition any way you
take II,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16
Rut,ber-Seed Oil.

The report of the Federated Malay
States agricultural department tells
of the method of manufacture of rub
ber>seed Oil, with view to putting IL
on commercial basis. 1t would seem
from the report that this high-grade oil
requires hardly any refining, is OBJ
tanned from a waste product available
in great quantity, easy to collect, trans
port and store and easy to crush. AS
far as can be foreseen, rubber-seed oil
will soon occupy a place but little in
ferior to linseed oil.-Journal Ind. and
Eng. Chem.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

IllS huge pTOU-
ably the largest in the world, is di-
rect result of the governments eff
forts to stimulate the growing of
wheat during the last two years. The
farm is devoted entirely to wheat, and
If 1t produces somewhere around the
acre, which is practically certain 1t will
add approximately 5,656,000 bushels
to the 1919 wheat crop At the gov
ernments guaranteed price of 1926
cents bushel, this represents the
tidy sum of $12,G56,O0O Of course
all this will not be net profit. But
there should be enough left, after all
expenses are paid, to make the ven
ture worth while.
Thomas d. Campbell is the man
who conceived the idea of the worlds
largest wheat farm, or any other sort
of farm, for that matter. Originally
of Grand Forks, more recently of Los
Angeles, Cal, and now a resident of
the Crow Indian reservation in Mon
tana, where he stands an excellent
chance of being elected chief of the
Crows, Mr.. Campbell has astonished
the wheat growers of the country, as
well as lot of other people, by the
vastness of the enterprise under his
management.
1t was during the summer of 1917
chat Campbell first thought of raising
wheat on large scale on unused
Indian lands, and wrote to. the Indian
bureau at Washington, outlining his
plans and asking how to proceed to
lease some of the tracts. He was
eourteously informed by sundry OBJ
scure clerks in the department that
1t couldn't be done. They cited GER
tain rules and regulations and laws
to prove their assertions.
This had the same effect on Mr..
Campbell that red rag does on a
bull. The word impossible" only
makes him the more determined to
do what he sets out to do SO he
decided to try the men higher up and
the result was long telegram to
President Wilson. Almost Immediate
~ came back a reply saying that the
president was much interested in the
project and had referred 1t to Secre-
larry Lane of the interior department,
who would give the matter his per-
sonal attention.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

States department Of agriculture, was
361 738,0O0 as compared to 6,341 900
acres planted in 1917 and 344. 793. 900
acres planted in 1915. These figures
are based on the acreages of corn,
wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat,
potatoes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, flax.
rice, hay, cotton, peanuts, kafr, beans,
broom corn, hops and cranberries.
which crops comprised 96.6 per cent
Of all crops n this country in 1909.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16
More Acres Titled Last Year

When this country entered the war
Uncle Sam called for an increased pro-
luction of food, urging the farmers of
the country to plant every available
scre. The food producers of the ma
Jon responded by Planting over H.
100000 acres more than had been
planted during the year previous. The
acreage of all crops during 1918. ac-
,ording to figures just tabulated by
pe bureau of crop estimates United
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

The population of Madagascar at
the close of 1917 was estimated at g..
227,470.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

AIMING 100000 acres is
certainly a man's-siZe
job. But doing it with
out the use of a single
horse is something else
again. Yet, preposter-
GUS as 1t may sound,
this feat is actually be-
ing performed by q
Montana man, Thomas
D. Campbell.