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The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

Copies of the October number of the bulletin issued by the territorial publicity bureau, Juneau, have been received and are on file for distribu- tion at the Alaska bureau, Seattle chamber of commerce. The bulletin covers the ten-year road building pro- gram proposed by the Alaska road commission and the recent organiza- tion of the Alaska Historical Associa- tion with headquarters at Juneau.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

The Mayflower brand of split kip pered herring, put up by the Douglas Island Packing Company, is being marketed in the towns along Gasti- neau channel, by J. H. Long, head of the company, located at Douglas.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

Alaskans who suffer the discom- forts of over-zealous bureau control are not chronic kickers as a rule, but the matter of mails has always been a touchy spot with the people of the north, and when the first mail was taken to the territory by airmen, it was expected that Alaskans would would have most prompt communica- tion with the outside world. However the hopes do not appear to be well founded if the record made by a let ter received by the Seattle chamber of commerce from Nome is typical of what will result.
 On August 25, the Nome chamber of commerce through Tborulf Lehman, it's president, sent the following mes sage to the Seattle chamber: The Nome chamber Of commerce extends greeting to Seattle. Let's all boost this into 9 regular service. It would make Alaska better place to live in and do business i0.' Whether the aviator carried the letter in his pock- ct or whether the postmaster gener- al, Albert Burleson, is to get the blame, is not known, but at any rate the letter did not arrive in Seattle until nine weeks after it was mailed Mail to Alaska is now carried as freight on boats, in spite of the pro- test of Alaskans that they should be given faster service.
 The Seattle chamber is acknowl edging the communication by let ter which will be taken by boat to Seward and thence to Nome, as sail ings for the northern port have been discontinued. It is expected at the chamber that the letter will get there fully as quick as the governments first aerial mail service from the territory delivered the Nome commu nication to Seattle.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

Maurice D. Leehey was named by the Alaska bureau of the chamber of commerce to head a committee to attend the American mining conven- tion in Denver. At the request of Nome and other mining centers of Alaska, MT. Leehey will urge the con vention to endorse the proposed Me payment of bonus of $1O an ounce to the producers of virgin gold
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

With the demand greater than ever for better class furs, Alaska fox
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

Bound for Puget sound from Peru, Chile and Central American ports with cargo of general freight and flat cars and trucks for the Alaska engineering commission, the General Steamship Corporations steamship WallinGford is due here this week She will load lumber for the return trip to southern countries.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-22

Alaska's 1920 census (federaD to- tals 54,71S whites and natives, de- crease of 15 per cent from 1910. This first official announcement of Alas ka's population was made by w. T. Lopp, chief of the Alaska division of the United States bureau of educa- tlon, Seattle Headquarters, under whose direction the 1920 census was carried out. These new figures, as compared with returns since 1880, are as follows: 1920, 54,71S; 1910, 64,356; 1900, 63,592; 1890, 32052; 1880, 33,- 426. Segregation of the population shows 29,21O whites and 25,5OS natives and mixed blood Indians and Eekimos out of the total of 54,71S. The pop ulation of the various districts is as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04
Hints to the Home
Laundress

Monday tasks become decidedly
easier when the housekeeper has at
her command a few simple hints
concerning the various phases of the
work.. Therefore, the following
homely items may he Of assistance
to those who do not know them:
If a little blueing and ammonia
are added 10 the water in which
clothes are set to soak, the dirt will
I've loo>cncd quickly and the gar
ments will be unusually white,
urDcntine in the water is another
good way Of whitening them.
White hauuels are kept soft and
fresh if powdered borax is added to
the water in which they are washed.
Chamois skin is best washed in
warm soapsuds. and then rinsed in
several warm waters, the excess
water being removed by drawing
the chamois through the hands be
fore hanging The skin will he
smooth, ii it is pulled gently while
drying.
If the small ends of toilet soap
are mixed with starch, when 1t is
being made, il will be found that
the ironing is made far easier. Soap
wrappers make excellent substitutes
,nr the wax jro'ng pad, and may be
discarded after using.
Rust may be removed from linen
and cotton goods by dipping the
stained DOrti0rs into 4 LITTLE boiled
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

chola and nervousness brings refreshing sleep restores
health and strength 1t those disorders and de
rangenlentS Of womanhood. It makes weak
and sick women well, All druggists. LIQUID or tablets,
Omaha Neb.-"Dr. Pierces Favorjte Prescription
splendid tonic and reiey ed of all nauSoang conditions
during expectancy. My baby and both strong and
hardy in every way. | surely am glad to recommend Dr.
ierces Favorte Prescription to the eNpecnt MOTHER be
| know by actual experience that it is ood'Mrs
JObe Cooper :}3 10 Cass Street.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

not pleasant if She is
delicate. run down., or
over-worked. She feels
"played out Her smile
and good spirits have
taken flight. II worries
her husband as well as
herself.
This is the time to
build up her strength and
remove those weaknesses
or ailments which are the
seat Of her trouble.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription regulates and
promotes all the proper
functions of Womanhood.
enriches the blood. dispels
aches and pains, melan-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

"Gcorcc sand" one OF the most
successful OF French women novel
jsts. canned more than a quarter OF
a million dollars with her pen. and
spent virtually all OF it, largely n
-cntNrtalning her friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04
Goodtlmes Club.

\ masquerade ddn,mI ro'tv N.ll
hc at.cn Wcduc>dnv c>curnl a. the
IAt'~ hall, %mctc'ntb and ttruan,
Ivy tire truoltWrs clnn
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04
about Schools.

Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee.
My request is a little out Of the or
dinary. but | certainly would be
glad Of your help.
Are there any colleges in Omaha
or near that are offering summer
courses? II so, will YOU kindly
print all their names"
Gratefully yours, *. r.
The University Of Omaha and
Creighton university, both in Oma-
ha; the University OF Nebraska az
Lincoln, Wesleyan college at Uni
versitv Place. and the State Normal
schools at Wayne, Kearney and
Peru offer summer courses
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04
IN MOTHERHOOD

woman needs all the strength possible to take good
care Of her baby The reflections of married
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

Dear Miss Fairfax. Omaha Zee:
Why do people send valentines ON
February ~. especially heart shaped
ones? What are some Valentine
custpms2 y. II.
st. Valentine was Christian
bishop who suffered martyrdom in
270 y. d. on February IA. He was
later ordained the patron saint Of
true love, Maids and youths were
accustomed TO become engaged on
that day in his honor
Sending verses and picture cards
to ones best beloved has become a
popular pastme in England and
America on Valentine day. A girl
who fails to receive remembrance
from some swain is doomed 70 die an
old maid.
Says an old Valentine verse:
"When | 90 out, the first swain see.
In spite of fortune shall my true love
be"
On the eve OF Valentines day it
was the custom for a man to get five
bay leaves, pin four of them TO the
corners OF his pillow and the NTH in
the center. and then go TO sleep. If
he dreamed of a girl he would marry
her before the year was out.
Another custom was to write your
friends names on pieces Of paper,
roll them in clay and throw them
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04
Indian Names.
r. !E o.

DcI" Miss Fairfax. Omaha Bee:
Woul1 you please namo lis some In
dian names for Camp Fire Girls?
=. A
You can get these names from
your library by consulting books on
Indian folk lore or ethn0logv.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

Mrs Margaret Butter has gone to
New York 70 spend several weeks.
Mrs. James Brawtord is i'll at her
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

Victor RoscWatcr IS slightly III a..
h,5 home.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

Philip MlCu,lough u recovering
from ar attack nj influenza.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-04

Charles Thomas has recovered
from pNcumOu'd
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23
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BusyTimes Recently InDeal- ing With the White Metal Silver Dollars Melted By Millions To Ship Abroad How Silver Is Refined and and Made Into Money.
By Robert Tighe

IA EVER in their history have the @W U. S. Mints in Philadelphia, New
 H HOrleans, Denver, Carson City and
 H Y San FranciSco been nearly SO
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23

rented for from one to six weeks.
 The Yosemite is like other National Parks and shows a wide range of cli- mate For this reason it is essential to take warm clothing and to be pre- pared for sudden changes of weather. Divided skirts for women, everyday clothes. serviceable gloves and shoes and tinted glasses are desirable. The park has a resident physician. a trained nurse and good hospital facil- ities. something not found in many of our National Parks.
 Indian Legends
 There are some interesting Indian legends One Is to the effect that a young brave started to Mirror Lake to fish when he met a grizzly bear. A long battle ensued in which the brave was wounded and the bear was killed. For this the Indian was given the name of Yosemite and finally it descended from his children to the whole tribe which inhabited the valley. Gradually this tribe felt they owned the Valley and as there were runors of the approach of the whites they told trespassers that Tutockahnulah would surely pun ish them if they entered Ahwahnee. Probably Captain Joseph Walker was the first white man to lay eyes on the Yosemite country but it is a matter of debate whether it was Walker in '53 or Savage's frontier militia in '51 thai first looked down into the gorge. When the Yosemites refused to leave their Valley home it was Savage's men who parIeyed with their chief Tenaya, it was these men who spent some time in trying to disperse the Indians from the Valley. who took part in skirmishes with the Indians and who finally after Tenaya was killed by Monos made the Valley safe for prospectors and trav- elers- The first tourists came in 1855.
 Two men have long been associated with the Valley because of extended residence there- John Lamon settled in the Valley in 1859 and remained until he died in 1876. Galen Clark. a ! mountaineer, came to live in the Park in 1857 and lived to be ninety. all the time making the Park his home, and endearing himself to the many visitors who came to see the Parks wonders.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23
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attitudes, irregular topography and wide variety of conditions give fora of diverse and interesting character. The charm of these wild flowers is en- hanced by the severity of the sur roundings for many of the cliffs look like fortresses or colossal figures.
 Huge Cliffs
 As one enters the Valley Fl Capitan is at the right. Guarding the inner sanctuary is this steadfast Rock of Ages while almost opposite Bridal Veil Falls drops in a futter down sev- eral hundred feet. Cathedal Spires, Sentinel Rock and Glacier Point are encountered later and on the south wall the great granite monolith- Half Dome towers over four thousand feet above the valley. A sheer two thou sand feet precipice on this Dome is supposed to have been formed by the sapping of the ancient glacier that carved Tenaya Canyon and polished the Hanks of Clouds Rest which is further on. Mountaineers long to as- cent the rounded surface of this Dome but few have Ventured. Three Broth
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23

bullion. Thus there came to be great accumulation of gold in the gov ernment's hands. chiefly held at the mint in Philadelphia.
 When it is considered that a silver dollar contains trifle less than four ffths of an ounce of silver, and that the government paid an average of only 53 cents an ounce for the silver that went into these dollars, it will be seen that Uncle Sam made a huge profit on them.
 This kind of profit by coinage is called 'seigniorage." the term coming down from a period when the lord of any domain that issued it's own money claimed such overplus as be- longing to himself. There was always temptation to debase the local cur rency, his graft being thereby pro- 1 portionately increased.
 | Though silver is now so high in price, Uncle Sam during the last fiscal year managed to make a clear profit of $4.233,193 on coinage of that metal.
 More Profit on Small Pieces
 His profit on the coinage of subsid- iary silver is greater than on standard dollars, because halves, quarters and | dimes contain less of the precious metal in proportion to their weight. In other wordsI their 'tfineness'' is not so high. This difference is made be- cause, if it were not so. there would be temptation to melt for comm ercial purposes the small pieces, which are of great importance as. medium ot exchange. Such temptation would exist, of course. only when silver was high in price. In old times, when the metal was dear. the practice of melt ing small coins gave rise to famine: of change, so that postage stamps ant even car-tickets were employed as sub stitutes.
 The government loses quite a goot deal of money by the dimunition o1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23
The Yosemite Is Treasure Ground for the Tourist and Camper - Here Nature Is Shown In All Her
 Moods and In Endless Variety.

Merced Yosemite Yosemite National Park has two large rivers which run parallel for some distance-the Tuo- lumne and Merced. The Tuolumne river roars through a canyon of the same name and sweeps through the majestic gorge of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley while the Merced flows quietly through the beautiful Yosemite Val ley. Speaking of this river John Muir says: Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced River of Mercy, peacefully quiet, re- 1ecting lilies and trees~and the on- looking rocks; things frail and feeting and types of endurance meeting here and blending in countless forms, as if into this one mountain mansion Ma ture had gathered her choicest treas ures, to draw her lovers into close and confding communion with her.
 Magnificent Falls
 The Yosemite is visited by tourists the year round but the best time to see the Park in it's glory is from May to oNovember-Nay and June be- ing the preferred months for at this | time the waterfalls are heavy. These falls are perhaps the main glory of the Valley though opinions may differ according to individual fancy. A num- Der of streams in the Park make their way to the gorge which we call Yo- semitic Valley and seem to deliberately 1 fall over as if with intention of creat- ing a beautiful sight. The gorge is | so high that frequently the volume o1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23
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and you will understand the import ance of these features. Next, the blanks are shove1ed into a chemical bath, to clean them, whence they are scooped out and poured into a cyIind- rical box containing basswood saw -dust.
 At this stage the blanks are dull white, and 6o not look like silver at all. But. after being tumbled about for a while in the cylinder, which is kept revolving, they acquire a bril- liant polish from friction with the sawdust, and come out bright and glittering. They are now ready to be stamped with the designs which trans form them into current coins of the realm.
 In earlier days coins were relative ly crude in form (though as far back as the times of ancient Greece and Rome their designs were highly ar tistic), because minting processes were so primitive. But an up-to-date mint is equipped with machinery really wonderful in it's ingenuity and com pleteness, by which metal money is turned out almost without interven- tion by human hands-each piece per feet, exactly like every other of the same kind, and of a weight deter mined to the fraction of grain. The final operation is performed by stamping machines. each coin receiv- | ing simultaneously the impressed de- signs for both obverse and reverse, from two dies, one above and one below.
 | During the last fiscal year the San Francisco mint struck 11,115,5 500 sil-
 yer pieces for the Philippine Islands. But from this time on that protector
 ate of ours will make its own metal
 money. All the machinery required
 for establishing a full-fiedged mint al
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23

 CTS, Washington Column, the Royal Arches, North Dome, Basket Dome and other promontories rise in stern. immovable majesty with their feet buried in groves and meadows and clouds around. above and below their sumnits. It is an entrancing picture.
 Oldest Living Thing
 The trees are some of the grandest attractions in the Yosemite for they are some of the finest in the world. They grow to enormous size, and are well distributed. Some were growing when the Hebrews left Egypt. They have been called the oldest living thing in the world. They grow to a height of three hundred feet with a circumfer- ence of one hundred feet at the base and in places the bark is forty inches in thickness. These sequoias are dis tributed in meadows. and canyons and stand forth on crags and lodges. In places they are dense and in other districts they are made sunny by open ings. Three groves are especially at tractive the Mariposa Grove. the Tuo- lumne Grove and the Merced Grove.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23

weight of silver coins while in circu- lation Most of them sooner or later find their way back to the Treasury (chiefiy through the banks), and, be- ing worn out have to be replaced with fresh coins. They are melted at the hints, but. some of their material being gone, S1O0 worth of them will not make s1OO worth of new pieces. Metal has to be added. and the cost of it comes out of Uncle Sam's pocket
 If you will make a stack of ten brand-new dimes. and put alongside of it ten dimes that have reached your pocket in the shape of change. you will be surprised to find how much taller the first stack is than the second. Those composing the latter have been worn perceptibly thin.
 The wear and tear on silver sub | sidiary coins in circulation averages about cents on the dollar. and this loss the Treasury has to make good
 Short-Lived Coins
 The '1ife' of a silver quarter in constant circulation is only four or five years. at the end of which it has to be retired and replaced with a new one. A dime, which passes from hand to hand much oftener, suffers wear and tear proportionately more rapid.
 The silver coin now in the United States is reckoned by the Mint Bureau at $1,773,S39, For gold coin the estimate is s1,222, 2,S23,787. But there lis relatively little gold coin in cir culation nowadays. the Treasury hav- ing gobbled it up and stored it away in vaults5 issuing paper money to rep resent it.
 The quantity of silver consumed in the industrial arts is enormous. Dur ing the last fiscal year no less than ! S6.252,596 fine ounces of the white metal were utilized in this country , for purposes other than coinage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23

Manila was constructed at the Phila- delphia mint. and shipped across the Pacific some months ago. It will be operated by electricity.
 Coins for Foreign Countries
 Our hints. by the way, make a great many coins for foreign govern ments, of silver and other metals. Last year they supplied to Peru 29,145 gold one-pound (sterIing) blanks, equivalent in value to English sovereigns; also large quantities of nickel and bronze minted coins to Ar gentina, Nicaragua, and Siam. All such work is done by Uncle Sam at cost, as a matter of international courtesy.
 From 1881 to 1893 the hints devot- ed their attention mainly to the coin ing of silver standard dollars. Plenty of gold coins being on hand, few of that metal were minted, the gold that came in from the mines being held as
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23
Melting Millions

Ray Baker, Director of the Mint Bureau at Washington, proceeded thereupon (with permission from Congress) to melt great quantities of the silver dollars, nearly all of which had been minted between the years 1881 and 1893. It was a big Job, and so urgent was the situation that, to save time, while the electric furnaces required were being built, he had some millions of them run through steel rollers, thereby converting them from stamped disks into elongated ovals. In this shape they were ex- ported as bullion.
 During the last fiscal year 19o,- 100000 silver dollars were melted for export. The bulk of the metal they furnished is now in circulation in India and China as coin, or in the chopped-up pieces of bricks which in the latter country are called "taels"
 It was a profitable deal for Uncle Sam, inasmuch as the metal contained in the dollars originally cost him an average of only 53 cents an ounce, while he sold it at twice that figure.
 Congress, however, has provided that all of the silver dollars thus used shall. later on, be put back into the Treasury-which means, of course, that an equal quantity of silver must be purchased and minted. It has au- thorized the payment of $1 an ounce for it. In the last fiscal year the hints were driven to the expedient of melt ing 6,000,000 perfectly good "plunks' for conversion into smaller silver coin.
 The U. s. hints last year actually handled 65,490 short tons of pure sill yer! It was nearly three times as much as they had been called upon to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-23
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The route travelled to reach these trees is very scenic and now that a good automobile road runs to the Merced and Toulumne Groves visitors are going there in large numbers. The
 Mariposa Grove is the largest. This grove contains about five hundred and fifty trees. among them the Grizzly Giant, which has been computed to be six thousand years old. It has
 diameter of thirty feet and a height of two hundred and four feet, and as its
 top is broken there is no doubt but it once was much taller. 4 roadway has been cut through the Wawona tree and some show the effect of backfres which the Indians built near them in early days. The Yosemite Valley is enriched by the charming Mirror Lake which gives
 reflection of the mountain scenery | of unusual beauty. Its reputation has gone far and wide, and a little village
 makes a resting place for tired travel
 CTS. The Valley is reached from Mer-
 ced. thence by way of the Yosemite | Valley Railroad to Fl Portal, near the
 western boundary of the Park. Or entrance can be made from Madera,
 via automobile stage to Wawona and thence to Nariposa Big Trees and the Yosemite Valley. Motorists sometime es enter by way of a new Tioga Road
 which in summer-after July-is a pleasant route to the valley. As auto
 mobile travel increases many will | avail themselves of the Lincoln High i way for good share of the way.
 Motor Rules Rather Stringent
 | Motor cycles are not allowed in the park and there are strict regulations regarding the position of automobiles l on the highway, penalties for the ar rival of automobiles at different sta | tions before the time marked on the schedule, and other restrictions. Speed regulations and permits must be ob- l tained from the Superintendent. Each 1 permit must show the name of the
 owner, license number, number of pas i sengers,, etc. Excellent camping grounds are available and there is a
 general store in the village at which
 all kinds of supplies may be obtained. Pack and saddle horses can also be