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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24
A FITTING TRIBUTE

Everyone knows what wonderful part the women of America played during the great war. General J. J. Pershing, on tour of the military camps of the army of occupa- tion in Germany, pays very high tribute to the American women. He said in part, that if it were not for the self-sacrificing devo- tion to the cause of country and humanity on the part of the nurses at the front and the willingness and courage and support of the women at home, the quick termination of the war would not have been possible.
 This is not at all an exaggeration of the part that the women have played in the war Almost without exception they have devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the cause, and have given generously of their time and ener- gy, to say nothing of money, toward the win ming of the war. The trained nurses of America have given the nation cause to be proud of them. They have rallied to the need for their services and have applied themselves faithfully to their self-imposed duties. They have braved all the dangers of the battle zone, thinking only of the need for them and their services felt by the fighting soldiers of the United States. They have shared in the glorious part of the winning of the war, for like the doughboys, they were in the first line trenches.
 Along with them were the other women workers, the Salvation Army workers, the canteen workers, the Red Cross workers, and
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24
LETTER FROM
 A MOTHER TO
 A BENEFACT0R

The following Is a translation Of 6 letter received by Mrs. Rose Rick. ard from the mother of the first or. phan she adopted. This child was killed in an air raid, but the mother still keeps up . correspondence:
 QUIMPER, Jan. 6. 1919. Dear Madam
 l thank you deeply for your good letter and the interest that you have shown in me.
 Now the war Is ended, and thanks to the American nation which came 90 generously to our relief. we have obtained the victory.
 We have the honor to have in France the great President Wilson. Thanks to some friends l had the privilege to witness his arrival e, Brest. He is much loved among Us. for we see in him the foremost de- fender of the right and of liberty.
 For long time we have been near to you Americans for at Tile Cindy they have an aviation camp and alongside our farm near Quinn. per linemen came every day to put up the telephone communication.
 have been so desirous to know something of your country which is so different from ours in It's appeal Here the climate is rather agreeable for as in all France and Brittany 1t rains 8 great deal In the winter. Industrial life here is not very ad. vanced. At Quimper there Is still Q very old factory for Breton crockery. and it is this firm that has given to President Wilson a large decorated plate. It is regrettable that the de- sign painted on the plate is not something of local interest. such as the Breton costumes or some dis. tinctive ceremony of the country. for this has been very picturesQuely done. but the artist is dead and they cannot reproduce 1t now.
 On the Breton coast they catch many fsh-sardines and others. Butter and cider are the next most famous products of the district. It is 8 very lovely country here. espec. ially in summer. when the shore of it's sea is much visited by tourists. live in the country about two kilo- meters from Quimper. am farmer.
 Very mindful of all your kindness and wishing you 8 happy and pros. porous new year. am sincerely.
 THE WIDOW POUPON.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24
OPEN THEM TO ALI, COUNTRIES

The question of opening the waterways of Germany to all countries is olle. that is being settled by the peace conference. The Kiel canal and the Rhine river are the water ways under consideration. It has been pro- posed that the Kiel canal be internationalized, but that it be under the supervision of Ger many, who will take the toll funds and use them to keep it in repair They will be held to account for its condition, the understanding being that it will be kept in the proper state
 The opening of this canal will mean much to the shipping to the Baltic ports. It will give sheltered and direct passage from the North Sea into the Baltic Sea, consider ably shorter and doubtless much more safe than that around the point of the Danisl, pen insula. This plan of internationalizing it will
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24
soLDiER's MoTHER's LUCK
(By Hattie M. D'Orsay)

tBy Hattie M. D'Orsay) As I drift along with the carefree
 throng
 Iris many's the youth I see And some my own boys counterpart Who'll ne'er come back to me- His form to dust will turn again In lands far over.sea Will they recall that my boy died That their boys might be free! As the birds fare south in winter would I, too. might hie To the spot wherein they've laid him Til then how can I die? No. I'm not old-just spent and worn. My treasure trove Is lost Iris true my son a hero died 'Twere weak to count the cost a KISS the rOckS on that u0rk
 mound
 TwOuld warm this ice-bound heart And if our Lord should call me then We never moro need part. Still, I'd not have things different. Nor would l call him back. My heart. alone. must make It's moan Thru lips that smile-alack! Thank God. bore no coward. No poltroon l gave suck! With head held high. thus would
 die.
 'Tis 8 soldiers mothers luck.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24
A RUN FOR THE. MONEY

Before the beginning of the Great War there was prize of ten thousand pounds of fered to the first airman to make a success full flight across the Atlantic ocean. There were several attempts made at that time, but nothing like success crowned the efforts of the men who tried. Curtiss was working at the time of the outbreak of the war on his airship, the America" with which he ex- pected to make successful trip across the ocean. At that time this aircraft was con- sidered as wonder among wonders, but the war began before it could be tried It was military purposes.
 From that time to this not SO long in the matter of years, but in the development of the aircraft, it is long way. Now the America" would be archaic, so slow and clumsy would it appear compared with the high-speed, versatile airplanes of today. In- adequate and almost useless it would appear also, compared with the high-powered, big ca pacity machines of the bombing type, capable of carrying huge loads long distances.
 But the race to be the first across the Alt lantic Is taken up where it was interrupted; ;; that is, there are many plans being made to make try for the money. Every day there are accounts of this aviator or that one mak- ing preparations for the trip, while both the English government and the American are working along the same lines.
 Great Britain is planning on the dirigible balloon and has ordered several of the huge craft to be made, equipped with high powered motors. The United States seems to be con- lining its efforts to the heavier -than-air ma chimes. It is contest that the world is watch ing with interest and the possibilities that it will open tip are almost beyond imagination. New York and London only day and half apart does not seem possible, but with the air lines across the ocean it is not beyond the scope of belief. The best man and the best machine will doubtless be the first across the ocean, and in the meantime on both sides of the water there will be an audience hopefully watching the winner.
 IT was run1ored some time ago that the French soldiers were taking enthusiastically to baseball. Could anything more exciting be imagined than dispute between captain, a pitcher, catcher and an umpire in French baseball game?
 A representative of the Berlin foreign ministry, returned from the cities occupied by our boys, said: "The behavior of the Americans is blameless." It requires two things to make such report of foreign army of occupation possible-men for off cers and men for soldiers.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24
SOME INSECT
 IS POISONOUS

Bugologists of the interior have before them a problem on which to work.
 What kind of an insect is 1t that has bitten two people of the interior and caused large and painful swell. ings?
 Tom Cassandra. while coming over the Broad Pass trail from the coast was bitten by an insect over one of his eyes while at one of the road houses and the swelling caused him considerable inconvenience. Bob Sheldon made a trip to Nenana and during his absence from Fairbanks he was also bitten by some sort of an insect, which bite caused a swell. ing over his eye. Neither one of the persons bitten had a view of the cause of their trouble and it is only a matter of conjecture as to just what 1t is. It is not known that . poisonous insect, shrub or reptile ex. lsts in the interior and the unknown cause of the swellings on the two victims is one worth while studying.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24

A stool attached to a piano with a hinged bracket has been invented.
 H. Lepsoe. the Nugget creek ope. rator. arrived yesterday for supplies.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-24

IT was rumored some time ago that the French soldiers were taking enthusiastically to baseball. Could anything more exciting be imagined than dispute between captain, a pitcher, catcher and an umpire in French baseball game?
The sun., 1919-02-23
KING DEALER GRATIFIED.
w. II. VogeIcr Says Results Vim
dictated Big show.

Never did an automobile show produce
quicker or more satisfying results than
did the one just staged here by the Au-
tomobile Dealers Association OF New
York, in the opinion OF w. r. Vogeler.
manager of the King Car Corporation
of New York, 1870 Broadway. Mr..
Vogeler reports that the sales made
at the King booth at the show exceeded
all his expectations.
In addition he has been agreeably sur
prised by the large nUr,ber Of additional
sales made to persons who inspected this
famous eight cylinder car at the show
and later returned to the King Car Cor
poration's Broadway sales rooms to
place their order. Every day also
brings prospects" who were attracted
to the car at the show and have deter.
, mined to investigate it thoroughly.
Frequently these visitors say thai
their attention was first drawn to the
King when they learned that the United
States Marine Corps, after a long series
of rigid official tests, had adopted the
King chassis for armored car use, be.
cause OF it's remarkable power and STAN
Ira. Mr.. Vogeler said:
IT feel that the dealers have beer
amply indicated in their decision Il
undertake a great exposition which ha:
Just closed. 1t is admitted that Their,
we-e as was to be expected. a certain
number of men in the business who be
lleved it best to refer to the nationa
body in its stand against holding show,
this winter. The results, however. hav'
proved that the dealers here know thei
public and are able to sense Its desire
accurately"
The sun., 1919-02-23
ROY MCNAMARA HERE.
"Tunes Up" Service Stations of
MaxweII-Chalmers Branch.

With the definite plan IN view of max
ing service to Maxwell and Chalmers
owners everything it should be, to the
end of maintaining the widest possible
scope of owner satisfaction among the
many New York families possessing these
cars, Harry J. De Bear, manager of the
metropolitan Ma1well-Chalmers branch,
arranged last week for Ray F. McNa-
mara, the renowned transcontinentalist
10 put in a few days in New York in
personal contact with the service man.
ager for the various New York estab-
lshments of the Maxwell Chalmers Or
ganization.
Mcnamara, who is the road engineer
for the Maxwell Company, has driven
some 500, 900 miles at the wheel. and
has crossed the Continent eleven times
his last trip across being with the Max
we'll Military Express last July, when
he drove that truck from San Francisco
to New York in seventeen days and
eight hours for a record,
II wanted Mcnamara. who knows
perhaps as no other man In the United
States knows, what owners want and
expect from their cars, to come down
here for a while and put my service
organizations thoroughly in tune" Mr..
De Bear said. This the famous driver
has done for me and I know that New
x ork Maxwell aud -GsSlmers ownelS
will feel the benefit OF the advice and
help he has given my men. MacNamara
has driven every model of every Max
well ever made"
The sun., 1919-02-23
ASSEMBLED IN OPEN AIR.
GMC Trucks Put Together Under
sky I'm France.

American ingenuity introduced some
novelties to the French in the matter
OF motor truck assembly when the United
States forces arrived on the Continent.
One of the first things done was to
establish an open air assembly for GMC
ambulance chassis. and the sight of a
truck assembly under the blue sky was a
source of neverending wonderment to the
natives. incidentally it was a new wrinkle
In motor car construction for the world.
The American forces were not equipped
with factory space and special machin-
cry. SO they improvised.
A track of rough lumber was con-
structed along a roadside and the GMC
trucks were unloaded in boxed shape at
one end. The boxes were opened and
the chassis started down the track as
soon as the wheels had been put on.
Groups of khaki clad mechanics super
vised by commissioned officers COM
pleted the assembly as the chassis pro-
crossed. and finished truck was turned
out at the end.
The assembly was made necessary be-
cause 1t was found that trucks could
not be shipped in good condition II
| assembled.
The sun., 1919-02-23

OF solid tires on light trucks has become
noticeable. The experts of this COM
pany are OF the opinion that the time Is
near at hand, when the accepted tire
equipment for such trucks will be of the
pneumatic variety.
The popularity OF the pneumatic tire
for light trucks Is not simply a matter
OF taste but is due to the very pro-
nounced savings. Alfred Schloesser of
Acton. Ind, has written the United
States Tire Company a letter on this
subject. He says:
by the use of pneumatics instead of
solids save in gas, oil and depreciation
on my truck. Any time you have GUS
toner who doubts this statement send
him along to Acton and 1 shall be
pleased to show him. l have a Maxwell
truck, used for hauling, equipped with
S6x6 United States Nobby Cords. on
which, besides the body and chassis,
5000 to 5000 pounds are carried three
times daily to and fro between Acton and
indianapolis. Thus far the tires have
been in service six months with a mile
age estimated at 1000, and they look
good for three times that distance"
The sun., 1919-02-23

This Is the platform of the coordi-
mated highway and business interests Of
the entire country" said Rutherford.
Its b ODD "rd OF eD
meet Americas pledge to supply Europe
with foodstuffs. II will furnish an in
estimablo national asset in the trans
portation OF around 25.000.000 tons OF
grain. butter eggs. stock and prepared
food from farming communities Ind in.
dustrial centres to the Seaports. Fur 'r"r-
more this legislation will create n high
way foundation for the future which will
help broaden our vision in the develop
ment of national resources.
Under the Federal Highways Com
mission groups of States will better un-
.rstand 'ch o'he' oh ON v
eminent direction will furnish a stimulus
that will be reflected and felt on down
the line to the county and township
road commissions.
! To-day only IL per cent. of our roads
are improved. There are 1880 miles
| O: roads in the United States of which
approximately only $4,000 miles are
hard surfaced. II is estimated $4,000
miles may be placed in and maintained
under the improved classification each
year under the newly proposed Federal
| Highway Commission.
Highways transportation facilities
should be placed at every farmers gate"
The sun., 1919-02-23
RUBBER MEN ORGANIZE.
Form Athletic Association ana
Plan Baseball League.

Representatives of the various rub
Der companies in the metropolitan dis
trict met in the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany office at 1913 West Sixty-fourth
street recently, and formed what will be
known as the Rubber Industries Ath-
letfc Association This was the second
meeting of the organization, the first
having been held In the Goodrich Compa-
ny's office. Representatives of the follow
ing companies were present: AJAX, Good
rich, Goodyear. F'irestone, Kelly-Spring-
field, and Sterling. The Pennsylvania
and the Republic have applied for menu
bership. The following officers were
elected: Robert Demarest (Goodrich)
president: e. C. Biddle (Kelly), vice.
president: Frederic A. Wichelman
(Ajax). secretary. and A Golden Good
year,. treasurer.
1t is planned to organize a baseball
league this summer and in the fall start
leagues for basketball and various other
sports
All rubber companies with offices in
the metropolitan district are invited to
lapply for membership. Address Fred
eric A. wichelman, Ajax Rubber Com
pany, Inc, 220 West Fifty-seventh street
The sun., 1919-02-23
HOFFMAN, PRAISES SHOW.

No exhibitor at the recent motor
truck show has reason to feel more jubi-
liant over the holding of the exhibit than
\. L. Hoffman,. president OF the Airing
ton Motors Corporation. local distribu-
ters of Clydesdale trucks, both. from
sales point of view and the plaudits of
the crowds that viewed the Clydesdale
exhibits. Certainly the surprise sprung
by Mr.. HOFFMAN, in presenting all five
models Of Clydesdale trucks 80 attrac-
lively proved of more than passing
interest.
Though no prizes are awarded In
motor truck shows here, as is the custom
in both France aud England, where, by
the way. Mr.. Hoffman won first prize
for the best motor truck exhibit on two
occasions and once. likewise in the
West Indies, the general opinion seemed
20 prevail in the recent show that the
local distributor of Clydesdale trucks
would have come pretty near getting
away with first honors had prizes been
awarded
Mr. HOFFMAN, asserts his records will
snow that Clydesdales proved one Of the
most popular sellers during the show.
am more than EratiGed with the
results said Mr.. Hoffman,, for the show
most certainly proved highly productive
III sales Tor US, with an immense list of
Feally me leads The show stirred
thihgs nh wonderfully and, altogether,
established the wisdom of holding tbs
show regularly hereafter"
The sun., 1919-02-23
NOW'S THE TIME TO MOTORIzE.
skiIful Drivers, Back From the
War, Obtainablc.

According to J. L. McFadden, man
ager Of the Commercial Car Department
of the Kaufman Showers Co., the time
never was SO opportune for mo-
torization of any and all hauling. This
is because OF the fact that the greatest
element OF economical operation of mo-
tor trucks and trailers are the men who
operate the equipment, and these men are
20 he had to-day, thoroughly trained
in Government service during the war
~ the practical and economical handling
of all kinds of motor trucks and equip
mcnt.
Perfect your organization to-day"
says Mr.. McFadden. and it's an easy
matter to have a haulage department
running on a 100 per cent. efficiency
basis"
Mr.. McFadden reports a large. num-
Der of prospects. and many sales were
made during ,the truck show The
Warner trailer proved TO be one OF the
big sellers at the show.
The sun., 1919-02-23
SEES VAST MOTOR
TRUCK GAIN SOON
Good Roads, Backed by Farmer
Foster 1t, Says Fulton
Dealer.

There are in America 100. 900 farm,
of 100 acres or more. When this 1,
taken into consideration, together w,,s
the fact that America is preparins 10
day to spend 100000 900 on its road,
there may be gained. in the opinion ~
w. 1. Fickling OF the New York Fulton
Motor Truck Company, some idea a,
the magnitude OF the motor truck m.
dustry of America for the fu,pr.
Taking tho number of farmers, ,hs
amount to be expended on good road,
in the near future and the number ~
trained truck drivers who will be "a.
turned TO America from the war ,or,
roads of Europe and from America
army camps. the future looks rosy for
the maker.
ut needs but a careful study OF m.
situation as it exists to-day" said NJ,
Tickling, ITO explain why the builder,
of motor trucks, the distributors Ana
dealers In motor trucks and all enthn.
slasts in this field look with confidence
upon the future. As roads increase ANA
they will increase rapidly now, the farm
ers will take more and more to Tho
motor truck. Farmers and business
men need the roads. they need the truck,
and they also need the drivers. Roads
and drivers will be supplied them rapidly
and 1t is up to the manufactures a
motor trucks to supply the two TO three
million TRUCKS that are wanted or ina,
will be wanted in the not very dlsar
future.
II feel confident of the roads being
supplied for the reason that there ha,
come a change over the farmers NJ
America. In the early days farmers fe,
that building roads was providing n
cross-country racetrack for the motori4
To-day the farmer has his automobile
he Is securing trucks in ever increasing
number and he has his tractor. hi,
farm lighting and heating is automotlya
His entire farm is being run in many
instances by automotive products
Farmers are working for good roads
as was evidenced by the vote in Illinois
on the s60,000,000 good roads bond
issue. when the farmer vote was thres
to one that of the cities in favor OF III.
bonding. This result surprised even the
motorists of Illinois. but goes to provo
my assertion that farmers will be our
greatest aids in bringing about good
roads.
Our boys from the army have bee.
trained to truck driving. It is a profit
able and enjoyable employment, as com.
pared to work indoors on the bench OF
even in the office. and trained true.
drivers will be procurable to man ths
vast army of trucks for the future"
The sun., 1919-02-23
DEALERS SHOW INDICATED.
Marmon Sales and Inquiries Set
New High Record.

Since the great double header auto
mobile show here closed the impressions
gained by thousands of visitors have de-
yeloped in a manner that is extremely
satisfactory to some of the more notable
exhibitors. The Marmon Automobile
Company of New York. Inc. for in
stance, since Monday. February 10. has
received more prospective purchasers at
its showrooms than during any equal
period in that firms history.
At the passenger car show the Mar
mon company sold at retail twenty Mar
mons and thirty-four Hupmobiles. What
is more important, 1t opened negotia-
tons with upward of 1000 prospective
buyers.
Recent experiences have convinced the
Marmon management that the dealers
located in this city know better than the
manufacturers just what the New York
automobiling public wants. 1t stands to
reason that the man who Is on the firing
line can more accurately judge the tastes
of those among whom he lives than can
even the most capable engineers, de-
signers and sales managers residing a
thousand miles away.