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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04

city a union service has been ar ranged for tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Presbyterian church, in charge of Rev. J. H. Condit, while Rev, H. E. Greening of the Methodist Church will be the principal speaker, making special mention of the aims, work and needs of the Red Cross.
 Boy Scouts Out
 The Boy Scouts will assemble at the High School at seven o'clock and form for the parade through the business district and the theatres All Boy Scouts who can pass the orler's oath are asked to turn out tonight and help in the drive. They are expected to, uncork some new yells for the occasion. After their downtown work is completed the scouts will return to the scrool building, where lunch will be served.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
TEMPERATURE IN
 NOVEMBER MILD,
 SAYS OBSERVER
Rainfall Lightest in Six Years With Longest Dry Spell
 In Ten Years.

Comparative data given in the Weather Bureaus meteorological summary, just issued by M. B. Sum mers, Meteorologist, for November show that while the month just closed was mild in temperature, there have been eight Novembers in 27 years of record with a higher average temperature. With a mean of 37- degrees, the month had an average daily excess of ? degrees, the 27year November mean being 35 degrees.
 In 1905 the month had a mem of 416 degrees and the temperature fell to freezing (32 degrees) on only , days, as against 15 days this year. In contrast to this, November. 1909, stands out as the coldest or the 27 Novembers, with mean of 438 degrees, and 25 days with freezing temperatures. In fact the records show that in that month the temperaure was continuously below freezing from the 18th to the end of the month and that there was no thawing weather until the 12th of the following December.
 The amount of rain, and melted snow for the month was only 5.7 inches, which is 2.56 inches less than the normal, and less than has occurred in any November since 1914. tH
 The greatest November total was 1846 inches, in 1890, when pre- cipitation was recorded on each day of the month, as against only B days in the month just closed. From the Eth to 18th, inclusive, only O.A1 inch of precipitation occurred,- 8 dry spell that has not been exceed ed in length in any November since 1910. The snowfall totaled 5.S inches
 There were clear days, 4 thet
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
STAGING LOCAL
 RALLY TONIGHT
 FOR RED CROSS
Four Minute Speakers for Theatres-Union Services
 To Be Held Tomorrow.

Chief among the features of the Red Cross Rally staged for Juneau tonight will be Four Minute speakers at both theatres, Red Cross Booths al several places and a roundup by the Boy Scouts, according to a last minute statement this afternoon by M S. Whittier. District Chairman The plans for the rally have been perfected by the local committee headed by Mrs. Robert Cragg and Capt George H. Whitney
 The Four Minute speakers secured by the committee are Mayor R. E. Robertson, who will appear at the first show at the Coliseum, John B Marshall for the second performance at the same theatre, l.. D. Henderson for the first show at the Palace and J. F. Mullen for the second Palace show
 At each of these theatres as well as at the Gastineau, Zynda and Al askan hotels, and the A. B. Hal jitney dance, Red Cross booths have been prepared and will be in charge of women of the local chapter.
 The personnel of those in charge follows: Coliseum. first show, Misses Helen Smith and Dorothy Haley; second show, Misses Hazel Jaeger and Olive billy; Palace, first show Misses Marian Summers and Irene Nelson; second show, Misses Sybi Campbell and Maude Kirkland; Zyn la Hotel, Misses Liberty Worder md Lydia Kashevaroff; Gastineal Hotel, Misses Marie Goldstein ant Florence Casey; Alaskan Hotel Miss as Murel Folsom and Vera Mullen; 5. Hall jitney dance Misses Ev; Tripp and Kenna Campbell. Loca people will be given an opportunit, to renew their membership in tht Red Cross at these places. The! will be assisted by Messrs Marvyl H. Sides and F.. c. Guerin at tht Coliseum; J. J. Woodland and Valjear Austin at the Palace; F. A. Boyle It the Alaskan Hotel George E, Mann. at the Zynda Hotel; A. W fleming at the Gastineau Hotel an R. H. Stevens at the A. B. Hall.
 Throughout the entire Juneau div sion tomorrow will be observed as Roll Call Sunday in the various churches, said MT. Whittier. Tn this
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
MINER FALLS 'I 300 FEET TO DEATH AT PERSEVERANCE
Charles Freden, Timberman In Local Mine Victim
 Of Fatal Accident.

Charles Freden, 34, a timbermah. was killed yesterday afternoon when he fell 800 feet down the main ore way of the Perseverance mine where he was employed.
 ;. Freden and several other men were repairing a chute on the number nine level. :. At about one o'clock .n the afternoon there was heavy blast. ing on number ten level and con siderable smoke came up the ore way and filled the level on which the men were working. With the re- mark that there was too much smoke, Freden and the others started to leave. That is the last seen of him alive. It is presumed that iie mistook his way and walked into the ore way. The place where the men were working was back from the ore way considerable distance and be- hind what is called the dump, trestle about two and half feet high and twenty feet long. To get to the oreway, it was necessary for Fredeh to circle this dump which he pre- sumably did. The level is we'll light ed with electric lights but these would be more or less obscured by th- smoke.
 Returning to work the men missed Freden and upon investigation saw indications that he had fallen. His body was recovered some time later from the bottom of the oreway 800 feet below. Death, it is said, must have been almost instantaneous Jas in falling he would hit many times on the sides of the oreway before reaching the bottom.
 He was a native of Sweden and unmarried. His parents reside in the old country and he has a brother employed at the Alaska Juneau mine. He has been employed at the Perseverance mine for several years.
 The body is at the c. W. Young Undertaking Parlors. Funeral an. nouncements will be made later.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Now Bound North
CITY OF SEATTLE schedule

 CITY OF SEATTLE scheduled to arrive here D. m. today.
 Scheduled Sailings NORTHWESTERN is scheduled to leave Seattle Dec. 5. JEFFERSON scheduled to sail from Seattle Dec. 6. ADMIRAL WATSON scheduled to leave Seattle Dec. 13.
 Southbound SaiIIngs CITY OF SEATTLE schedule to sail southbound at 10 D. m. tonight
 ALAMEDA scheduled to sail southbound tomorrow D. m. ADMIRAL WATSON scheduled to sail southbound Dec. '.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
PRICE OF OVERCOATS.

IT. HeidOrn Of the Pioneer Store is selling overcoats at $15. The price was advertised at $25, which was an error. Don't fail to take advantage of this bargain sale. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04

were partly cloudy, and 21 that were cloudy. The sunshine agS:c- gated 633 hours, or 27 per cent of the possible amount,
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
MASONS ATTENTION.

A called communication of Jn- neau Lodge No. 147 will be held Monday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 D. m. Work in the F. c. degree. @cS.
 HARRY E. BROWN, Secretary.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
lNVENTS STEAM ENGINE
FOR AUTOS AND TRUCKS

Gregory, s.. D., Dec. II (SpeciaD.-
a steam engine for use in motor
cars and trucks, the general adoption
OIL which would revolutionize the -au-
tononile industry, has been
patented by Emmett Caskey. a
Gregory man.
me engine, which occupies q. snace
less than nine inches square and is
Tess tnan nine inches in HEIGHT.
possesses the same motive principle
as the turbine engine and burns coal
OF. Two working models have been
completed, one Of iron and the other
OF steel both made by engineers at
Aale university. The engine requires
less than half the amount of oil re-
CURED to develop the same horse
power in a gasoline motor.
Mr.. Caskey, who is now in Counc;l
b.alfs, Ia, intends to install the en-
IN an automobile to demon
suate the utility and feasibility of
hlS invention. Several capitalists
nave offered to finance the organi-
eaton of a company to place the en-
sine on the market, but Mr.. Caskev
it'ts not yet received an offer which
he considers equitable.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
NUMBER "13" HAS
NO TERROR FOR HIM

Watertown, S. D., Dec. 8.-The fact
that he draws the 18th place on the
roll call of the house of representa-
tives at h coming session of the
legislature has no terrors for George
K. Burt, vice president of the Security
National bank of this city, the new
house member from Coddington
county.
The advance sheet of the roll call
as now prepared in alphabetical order
by the secretary of states office at
Pierre indicates that this is Mr..
Burts position when the names of the
members are called at the opening
session to determine those present or
when voting upon some measure.
When advised of the position he
would occupy on the roll call Mr..
Burt said:
Well lS is no hoodoo for me. 1t
mas always been my lucky number"
Should c. o. Berdahl, of Garretson,
who is a candidate for speaker OF
the house, be elected, Mr.. Burt would
be advanced one place and Franklin
Bussey, of Tabor, also a new house
member from Bon Homme county,
would draw No. IS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
S0T7fNG1r0f7fE 0e06
To join FARMERS
Watertown Organization En-
ploys Practical Man to Push
Organization of Entire
ly New Plan.

Watertown, S. d., Dec. 13 Especially.
Confronted by a declining price for
their grain and livestock, the farmers
OF C~odlngton county are joining with
the Chamber Of Commerce of Water
town in a cooperative effort to at
tempt to improve marketing condi-
tons through what is believed to be
the first marketing bureau to be
formed by any commercial club in
the state. The Chamber Of Commerce
has employed j.. M. Browning, for
merry a>member Of the extension staff
of the international Harvester COM
pany, to direct the new bureau and
in the last few days several enthus-
'astic meetings have been held in the
city and surrounding country.
Wiile realizing that a farmers
marketing movement confined to
c~odington county alone would be al
most valueless, it is the purpose of
the Chamber Of Commerce and Mr..
browning to start some sort of CO.
operative plan that can be extended
to the entire state and the northwest.
In The meanwhile solution Of more
c marketing problems through the
establishment of a community ware
house for the storage, sorting and
grading of all sorts of farm produce
70" LEGAL consumption. is favored.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
CEOL0G|5T SAYS
It IS OIL SHALE
Deposit Near Geddes, S. D.,
Believed Extensive-Fur-
Their Investigation
Next Spring.

Geddes, S. D., Dec. z (SpeciaI).-
r'urther investigation into the oil dis
coyery here has been made by Prof.
A. O. Thomas, a geologist from the
State University of Iowa, who has
just completed a two-days' study of
the field here.
The oil near Geddes consists of "oil
shale," according to Professor Thorn
as. This is sort Of a limestone sat
urated with petroleum. The vein is
large and nay be valuable. Upon
suggestion of DR.. Thomas, investiga-
tiers decided to postpone any further
study of the find" until next spring,
when an extended geological survey
will be made of that locality.
In order to be profitable shale must
nave a high per cent. of oil in it. Just
what part of this Geddes shale is oil
has not been determined yet, but
chemists analysis are expected soon
to determine this.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
Victory ana After.

The editorial that follows was written
by 9 republican who gave his whols time
to b campaign. and worked "a hard
as anyone Tor victory. Here are his
present sentiments Does any one dis
agree, aStu Collars Weekly:
anyone WHO speaks from republican
leAntnss may h. inclined to regret the
vember 3 Again. those whe think from
. viewpoint that Is democratic may re-
gret It and believe II y time for the
democrats to return to democracy.
Now. In tho cool Of the evening Of Z
presidential year, when the marching
clubs have ~disbanded, and the hack
platform speech Ii still. and there ia.
nothing left to do but underwrite the
campaign deficits, the republican party
may be in grave danger from that adj
versity Of observation-disclosures victory.
Ali tho oid bluffs in tine party will
regard the victory as a stamp Of app
prevail given by the people to every re-
dictionary folly that ever rolled around
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
FOOD INSPECTORS ARE
GIVEN SOME INSTRUCTIONS

Nermilion, S. D., Dec. II (specialo.
inspectors of the state food de-
partment have been notified from the
ofnce of the department here to be on
the ookout for. uncovered foods dur
ing the holiday season. The old
custom OF setting the uncover bas-
tets on the floor and letting every-
oody help himself is taboo. No LONGER
IS the Riddles candy to be placed
where it can receive the dust and
dirt brushed from the skirts and the
cloaks of shoppers or become he me-
dunn for the spread Of the common
cold and other diseases through pro-
miscuous handling by dirty hands,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
III nL n ULLU Id
NOT A GOOD CROP
Government Statistician Re-
ports Average Production
In South Dakota Is One
Bushel.

WATERFOWL, S. D., Dec. 8.-H. O..
H~erbrandson, statistician for the
United States department Of agri-
culture, Bureau of Crop Estimates,
with headquarters at Watertown, has
issued the following special alfalfa
seed report:
Estimates made by representatives
alfalfa seed growers and dealers in
South Dakota this year indicate the
average production to be less thar one
bushel per acre. Quality of seed only
fair. The principal controlling fac
ton seems to have been the abundant
precipitation received in the coun-
ties where alfalfa seed is generally
produced. Years of abundant mois-
ture favor a large production of hay
and forage but do not permit large
seed development. Unusually favor
able autumn weather has facilitated
the harvesting and hauling Of this
crop at an earlier date than usual.
Practically the entire crop is now
hulled.
The information gathered indicates
that there are a few growers of al
falfa seed in Jones, Jackson and Pen
nington counties who have small
amounts of surplus seed on hand
while g few il this same region re-
port that they are still holding small
stocks of 1919 seed which they wish
to dispose Of.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
PRISONER SPILLED
Were Travelling at High Speed
When Their Car Went Into
Deep Ditch-Car Conn
plete Wreck.

Mitchell, S. D., Dec. II (Special).-
chief Of Police Emery e. Owens, Of
tsis city, and Jack Burbeck, con-
fessed bootlesser, of Avon, S. D.,
came very close to death Tuesday 10
miles south Of Trip, S. D., when the
heavy roadster that Burbeck was
driving plunged from the road and
landed top down in a ditch six feet
deep.
Owens n Burbeck had made the
trip to Avon in search Of bondsmen
Tor Burbeck, who is being held here
on charge of whisky running. Bur-
beck wanted to get bonds to release
the car he was driving, and which the
police had seized as a guaranty Of
his appearance in court.
The bonds had been obtained from
friends of Burbeck in Avon m the
chief and the alleged rum runney
were on their way home.
According to the chief the Burbeck
car was making better than 40 miles
an hour when the wheels suddenly left
the road at the bottom of a hill and
the a plunged over into the ditch.
until the last few weeks the ditch
has been filled with water. The car.
which was an enclose ed one, rested on
the top, which was damned into the
mud. Burbeck was caught beneath
the steering gear, but the chief was
able finally to wriggle out and later
was able to free Burbeck. The car
was almost completely ruined, al
though it's occupants received onlv
minor bruises.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
STATE WILL CUT OUT
PIECE OF RED TAPE

Pierre, S. D.. Dec. II (SpeciaD.-
Inc attorney general, state auditor
and executive accountant, in confer
ence, have decided that the require
ment for receipting for a warrant on
the back of a voucher before payment
Is made is not a necessity, and a
policy which has been in effect since
the beginning of statehood is elimi-
mated by their action. The attorney
general, in an opinion on this saws:
we have taken his matter up
with the state auditor and executive
accountant n we have all arrived
at the conclusion that the receipt for
warrant upon vouchers presented to
the state auditor is a useless piece of
red tape, and that the practice of re-
curing such receipt should be abol-
ished. The receipt was never of anv
Value to prove that the warrant was
actually received by the claimant. be-
cause OF the prevailing custom of re-
curing this receipt to be signed be-
lore the warrant issued"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
cancellation HORROR
Richard Spillane. in the P%hiladelohia
Public Ledger

This cancellation practice is a ho,v.
horror. 1t is one Of the most disgracefi,s
features of business today. Some ,.-.
tailers justify 1t on the score that ma,.u-
facture1s-ssak advantage Of them mh~r.
there was an alleged scarcity ST Goods
and when the people had a buying,
mania They declare that m%anufacturers.
and jobbers held the goods Sin suspen-
sion" took orders and didn't fill them,
but rebooked them at higher prices and
then found no difficulty In furnishing
the goods.
TIL Is some truth IN this. Twas enc,
OF the foul evidences Of prof1teering,
But then number Of manufacturers who
resorted to this form Of gouging was not
largo proportionateIy and two wrongs
never made a right.
The retailer h cancels an order. who
refuses goods because Of q change In,
conditions, is dishonest.
Everyone who is acquainted with the.
trade situation today appreciate that
this cancellation evil is the sores spot in
the whole field of merchandi ing. IL
correction does not come uuic, ly. the
results may not be pleasant. Our thing
certain ia that those who default on their-
contracts viii not be forgotten. NOBODY
Loves a welcher.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER
ASSAULTED WITH AK

nIilhank, S. D., Dec. 49, r.eter
Williams, a farmer living some miles
rom Milbank, had one Of his legs
cut with an az alleged to have been
welded by John Klysen, of Milbank,
during a quarrel and fight at the
hcIile of Williams. Williams may per-
naanently lose the use of his leg as
the ;Tsul. OF his inJNexes. Klysen
was arrested on the.sharee Tf assault
with q dangerous weapon. RE waived
his preliminary examination and fur
nislied q bond of $1,000 for appear
aace in the circuit court. Conflicting
stories are told by those who partici-
psated III the fight.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
YAMkToN COUNTY SEEKS
CAPABLE FARM AGENTS

Yankton, S. D., Dec. 10 Especially.
The Yankton county commissioners
have voted $1,000 to carry on the
work of the county farm agent for.
another year The directors of the
county farm bureau are seeking an
agent to take the place of D. l.. Keck.
who will retire On January 1. An Of
fer has been made to Harry J.. Boyts,
of Erookilgs, present assistant dire
tor of the extension division at the
state agricultural college.
BROOKINGS-Prof. c. Larsen. for the
past IA years head OF the dairy hus-
bandry department and since 1918 also
director of extension at South Dakota
State college. has accepted the posi-
ton of director OF dairy marketing for
the Illinois Agricultural Association,
with main offices at Chicago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16

In their fat heads. They have lain on
their backs in the current of anti-Wil-
sonism, and drifted over the finish lire,
and are now screaming out: I'VE won,
the race" 1t is difficult to forsee how
much that kind of republican reaction
airy will attempt to keep Harding ana
congress from progress. If they try il.
and succeed, there will be another wash,
out whenever the people find their way
to the ballot box again.
From the republican point of view the.
victory, for another reason, is much too
sweeping. The people have given the
republican party the whole set of tools.
They have said: 'Now build something
and fix the leaks and put up some trellis
for good measure, n do it quick. We
love your The republican party is q.
good deal like the girl who has to plead
with her sutton: Don't make an idol of
me. So help me, I'm only human?"
Again, there is a vast danger in over
whelming congressional majorities; they
invite splits. Do -ou see a path of roses
for the republican party2 To many re-
publicans it looks more like a furrow
where there are rocks enough to Jerk
the plowhandles right out Of a mans,
HAND Belief in the checks Of a two,
party system, where strength is nearly
balanced, Is q reason for pointing ell,
these facts out to democrats. The dem
ocratic party has been led away from,
every principle it ever tackled over it's,
mantel.
Let us all hope there are enough real
democrats left to pull the party away
from French Lick, where the practical
bosses hold their meetings, without
swapping the party back again into the,
laps of the wholly impractical bosses,
who have handled democracy until
Thomas Jefferson would have to use,
the thumb-pTint method to identify it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
FOOD COMMISSIONER
UPHELD BY COURT

Vermilion, S. D., Dec. II Especially.
Copy of the opinion of the United
States circuit court of appeals, eighth
circuit, at St. Louis. in the DR.. Price
Baking Powder case, lras just been
received by State Food Commissioner
Frary here. This opinion affrms
the decree given last February by
Judge Trieber in the United States
court for the eastern district Of Ar
kansas holding that the label used
by he Royal Baking Powder Com
pany on its phosphate baking powder
constituted misbranding.
This decision upholds the conten-
ton of Commissioner Frary in a
similar case.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
Down on Che or Bar-G.

DOWN on L1S vi 6dF-0.
The boss he took a trip to France
Down on the OF Bar-G.
Ie left his gal to run the ranch,
Down on the OF Bar-G.
She wouldn't let us chew nor cuss,
Tad to keep slicked up like a city bus,
s.. roundup time was u-nan-i-muss
Down on the o. Bar-G.
Our roundup cook, he soon go thu,
Down on the ol'Bar-G.
Found his clay pipe right in the stew,
Down on the OF Bar-G.
But when we let that Teller go
We married grief an we married woe,
Fer the gal opined she'd bake the dough.
Down on the oil Bar-G.
Wisht you'd seen her opnin' meal
Down on the OF Bare.
We all blinked twict-seemed plum I'M
Down on the OF Bar-G.
We had figs an fudge an whipped up
pru'in,
Down on the Oh Bar-G.
An angel cake all dipped in goo'in,
MY Gawd!' said Tex, my stomick's
ruint'- .
Down on the oil Bar-G.
We quit that job an cook ladee
Down on the OF Rar-G.
An pulled our freight for the lone
prair-ee,
Down on the OF Bare.
For out on the range we could chew an
An git real mean an bois-ter-uss,
Whar apron strings they couldn't rope us
Down on the OF Bar-G.
Phil I4enoir, in Poetry.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-16
S. D., RESTAURANT
is GIVEN SEARCHING

Alpena, S. D., Dec. 10 tSpeciaD.-
. FIRE started from the gasoline in
q coffee urn about 7 aclock Thursday
morning destroyed the contents OF
Babes cafe and the interior of the
building. Chris Holland, the owner
OF the restaurant, had filled the cof-
Zee urn generator with gasoline and
shen started it to generating, when
] little gas on the top of the urn
,apght fire. A gas can standing near
" caught next.
The building is owned by Mason
Smith, and the damage on it is not
@rest. The fixtures and stock of the
~i3ataurant are almost g complete loss.
The loss is covered by insurance.