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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-07-21

.277.40 I
1923, Teal-Jones Co., gang S1.50
1924, G. A. Mulloy, mag, ;. $500
1925, A. j. Smith, p. officer .ts67
1926, J. C. Steen, Ref. r. Tax
ZOO
1927, Chest Adv. Co., printing
POSTS
1923, w. j. Tiller, sal. 49,. $4,000
1929, G.. d. BARNARD Co., sta
tionery :. ......... 47.O7
1880, C. C. Chapman, mag. 1900
1881, Fred White, repair truck
1880
1882, Bank of Chest. r. r. C.
5000
1888, R. L. Bryan, Clerk office
70.04
1924, j. A. Sellers, gang :. 44.40
1885, State Highway Dept,
shovels ...... 52.45
1886, p. v. Threat, gang :. 25.1O
1887, w. j. Douglass, sal and
expense, 1917
1888, ]. A. Knight. sal. .... 125.OO
1889, H. F. Hancock, wood $3.50
1O40, H. F. King, sal. $500
1O41, G. w. Duvall, sal :. $500
1042, G. H. Gulledge, sal :. $500
1O43, ]. E. Agerton, sal :. $500
1044. Archie Winburn, sal. $500
1045, Farmers Hdw. Co., gang
$3.50
1046, w. NJ. Redfearn, poor
..... .............. 1880
1O47, Teal Light & Power Co.,
Lights ............ $3.50
1048, w. R. Rollings, p. officer
........ ........ 33.33
1O49, w. A. Rivers, gang ). 498.9O
1850, j. s. Wadsworth, mag. 694
1861, w. j. Davidson, r. & B.
.......... 4.13
1862, E. B. Freeman, p. officer
...... 1856
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-07-21
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MAKE REPORT
Report of Claims Approved by County
Commissioners and Published as
Prescribed by Law

From February to July I, 1921.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
Declare Silk Skirts
 Are Now Out of Style

CHICAGO, Aug. 16,-Fancy silk shirts, sporty socks and loud, ex. pensive cravats are giving way to cotton. lisle and plain knitted goods, because men are slashing their clothing bills. Leading haberdashers made this announcement when they appeared before the board of revenue to answer questions about their per sonal property tax.
 Well dressed men have abandoned the silk shirt. It became too com mon during the wartime prosperity. Teamsters, coal beavers, sewer dig gers and men of that class worked in the costliest silk shirts they could purchase and men who had formerly worn them quit right there and went to linen, polo cloth; soisette and other materials. The same reason killed off the costly silk socks and the $5 to $10 neckties.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
PINK SALMON
 RUN IS LARGE
 AT KETCH|KAN
Inspector Says that the Hum pies Are Hitting South
 ern Part of Alaska.

That the Ketchikan section is get ting a remarkably large run of i humpies or pink salmon, is the statement of A. k. Nelson, inspector for the National Gamers Associa- tion, who has recently returned from that secti9n after tour of inspec tion of the companies affiliated with the association.
 Everywhere he went, MT. Nelson saw indications that the humpie run was to be a big one. At Ketchi- kan Creek. running through the city of Ketchikan, the stream was black with them. For the past several years but few fish have been going up this stream.
 At various places that MT. Nelson was at he saw many of the fish schooling and the canneries were beginning to get them in quantities Not many of the canneries are oper- ating and some had closed down for the season.
 In the Juneau section the pink sal mon run was an absolute failure this season. The run in the Ketchikan section is considerably later than ordinary years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
ILLINOIS MAY GO
 DEMOCRATIC NEXT
 NATIONAL ELECTION
(Continued From Page One.J

traction barons who were seeking his political assassination. The other side charge the governor with at tempting to cover up by dodging about with counter charges instead of facing the indictments.
 The question now arises as to whether during the three and one half years remaining in the Small administration this wound can be healed? Can two political factions get together after fighting each other with such bitterness?
 If not, what will be the result As the darky says, things have done gone Democratic" which would mean that one of the largest Republican states in the Union would be slip ping away from the Grand Old Party and this is no small item when you begin to calculate it's effect on na tional politics.
 Illinois has long been a Republican state and never in the memory of the old politicians has the Demo cratic party ever had the opportun- ity it is now afforded to grasp the reins of political power.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
Ischiogonus Is Adopted
 By Hawaiian Planters

HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 16.- Ischiogonus is only about quarter of an inch in length, moreover he is black and pugnosed, but he has been adopted by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association as one of it's pet children.
 "Ischi'' is a bug He is British by birth, having appeared originally in Australia, but he is fast becoming naturalized wholesale in Hawaii. He is being imported in job lots by the planters to wage war on their enemy and his, Syagrius Fulvitarsis.
 f"Sy" is a scale-armored insect that ruins the sadleria fern on the noun tain sides of the Islands. Since the ferns are necessary to preserve the watersheds and water is necessary to the sugar plantations, Ishchiogo nus is proving valuable ally of the planters. according to scientists of the planters association experiment station.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16

The reader of the ads never "dreeds" shopping trip. She knows what she wants, and has definite idea of where to find 1t.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
PORT ALTHORP
 GETS UP PACK
 OF 12,00O REDS
Deep Sea Cannery to Out Packing Very Shortly
 Owner Is in the City.

 Twelve thousand cases of red sal mon and about 1000 cases of pinks and medium reds, is the pack so Tar of the Deep Sea Packing Company at Port Althorp, according to August Buschmann, one of the owners and managers of the plant, who is in the city today. We could have had pack Of about 45,000 cases up by this time if we had wanted to use the cheap grade of fish," MT Buschmann said today, "as the few traps we had fish ing took quite a number of fish. We sold the chums and other cheaper grades to other canneries and only used the red fish ourselves"
 Canning will stop at the plant next week as the run of fish is not at all satisfactory at the present time or of the grade desired. Some little repair work will be done around the plant, the place put in order and it is thought that everyone will be away by the middle of next month,
 MT Buschmann, accompanied by John Edensward came to Aux Bay in a company tender and to Juneau by automobile, cutting off a long boat trip. They will be here but a short time on business.
 With the exception of Taku Har- bor, the pack of red fish at Port Althorp is perhaps the largest one yet recorded in the Juneau district. The price on red fish is said to be re- maining firm in the market.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16

Old papers for sale at The Empire Office, 9 cents bundle
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
INTERIOR COUNTRY HAS GREAT
 FUTURE PREDICTS TRIPP AFTER E HIS FIRST VISIT MADE THERE

Although 1 have been a resident would have been called an Alaskan by almost everybody, not until now have 1 had an adequate idea of what Alaska really is; it's tremend- ous size, it's sources of greatness and the many chances for development" declared H. T. Tripp. who has just returned from a two months trip in which he covered the Yukon valley, the Panama Valley to Fairbanks, Ne mana, the Nenana coal fields, the Alaska railway districts and Central Alaska coast points. Summing up his impressions, MT. Tripp declared that the Territory is now down to bedrock and is on solid foundation upon which it can go ahead to build for the future.
 Rebuild Mining Industry
 As a mining engineer, Mir. Tripp's greatest interest was naturally shown in that industry. In the limited time at his disposal he went thoroughly as possible into the situation con fronting the mining operations in the Interior districts, visiting both lode and placer mines and studying the conditions affecting the industry.
 In his opinion the industry is prob ably at it's lowest ebb That it will be rebuilt he is confident In the revival of mining three factors, he said, are vital and will be necessary if it is to be successful These are cheaper power, more efficient and cheaper transportation, and improved and more economical methods.
 He visited the open cut operations carried on by James McPike on Pedro Creek, near Fairbanks, where under adverse conditions and using wood costing $17 per cord as fuel, the operator is making a success
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16

working ground running 40 cents per square foot on bedrock. He also visited the quartz mine of Smith Brothers on the divide between Ester and St. Patrick Creeks, where $30 ore is being taken out at a profit despite heavy transportation costs and expeisive fuel.
 Surveys made of the Fairbanks district show. he said, that ground now unworked lying within 100 miles of Fairbanks contains approximately $500 100000 in placer gold which could be worked given cheaper fuel and better transportation facilities.
 Relief Is In Sight
 The source of cheaper fuel, he de- clared. is available within a reason able distance from the ground where the gold lies Better transportation is almost at hand and will be re- alized with the completion of the Al aska Railroad The solution of the fuel problem he believes can be found in either water power or util- ization of the vast deposits if Ignite coal in the Nenana and Healy dis tricts, both of which are crossed by the Alaska Railroad.
 possible water power site is in the Nenana River, where it is thought to be feasible to construct a dam where a vast amount of water could be impounded Either that or the erection of big power plant using the coal deposits, he said, would give the mining industry all the power it needs and insure the exploitation on a gigantic scale of both placer and lode deposits in the Interior districts.
 Means Big Capital
 The development of such power will involve the expenditure of big sums of money It must be done either by private interests or the government he said. "The attrac- ton of capital is preferable to pro motion of such an enterprise by the government" he declared. "Induce- ments must be offered, attractive terms given, reasonable guarantee for the safety of investments as sured, to get the necessary capital
 Future for kantishna
 MT. Tripp said that while he did not have the time to visit the Kan tishna district, he had talked with many who knew the country, men who had seen the field and were ia mliar with the formations. "I be- lieve that it has a great future and there is sufficient mineral deposits there to insure a future Butte he declared
 Railroad Not a Fake
 MT. Tripp believes that the trans portation problem as it affects bring ing in of supplies from the States markets to the Interior will be solved by the Alaska Railway, over which he made the trip from Fair banks to Seward That railroad is not fake or a humbug, and the government is not just throwing that money away which is being so ex- pended" he said. It is true, ne added that there is not at present any sufficient tonnage in sight to make it a paying proposition and II will be a number of years before 1t will pay But the tonnage will be developed. The resources are there for development
 "I do not know what took place
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
BLAME EMPTY BOTTLE
 FOR FOREST BLAZE

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 16.- From time immemorial bottles have started all sorts of trou- ble-but they were bottles filled with liquids.
 And now comes an empty bottle with the charge against it of having started a forest fire.
 John s. Brender, district ranger of the Wenatchee Ma tional Forest, reports fire which started in the forest re- gently and that originated in an empty pickle bottle. tt
 Brender, while cruising about in the forest, discovered burned spot, with the bottle in the center of it. His investiga- tion showed bubble in the glass that had focused the suns rays and started the fire. according to his report sent to forest Headquarters here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16

is. Hall next Thursday evening at 9:30 o'clock. The dance is being arranged as a farewell to Miss Val entine who will leave on the steam CT Alameda on it's next southbound trip. She will go to California to attend school during the coming term.
 No formal or written invitations are being issued for the occasion, it is stated. All friends and acquaint- ances of Miss Valentine are invited to attend.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
Senator Lodge Is Selected
 For Disarmament Delegation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Presi- dent Harding has definitely selected United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa chusetts, as member disarmament conference to be held November Il.
 Last week President Harding stated Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes would be recognized head of the delegation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
Fifty Million Fares
 Carried Across Ba,

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.-Ap
 proximately 5O,O0O,OQ0 fares were carried across San Francisco bay during the year just ended, accord ing to a report of the United States Inspection Service. The total was an increase of 1,500,000 over the total carried during the year before.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
DIVORCE SUIT STARTED

Petition for a decree of divorce was filed today in the office of Clerk of the U. S. District Court by H. D. LeFevre, attorney for Mrs. Martha Steadman. The defendant in the action is John Steadman. Desertion is alleged as cause for granting tha decree,
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Northbound

Northbound PRINCESS ALICE, due s p. m. tonight. SPOKANE. due Saturday.
 Scheduled Sailings NORTHWESTERN, leaves Sc attle tomorrow.
 Southbound Sailinqs JEFFERSON, southbound, We'd nesday evening. PRINCESS ALICE, southbound, 9 a. m. Friday. ALAMEDA, southbound August p.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
COMPLIMENTARY DANCE
 FOR MISS VALENTINE

Complimentary to Miss Madeline Valentine,l the Young Ladies' Sodal- ity and the Ladies Altar Society will give an informal dance in Par-
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
FOURTEEN COUNTIES
Samples of Real Vermont News
Serve din Tabloid Form

Addison-Seeley Wilcox of
Middlebury is in a Burlington hos
pital for repairs. having had a part
of his nose bitten off by horse he
was leading to water.
Bennington-The commissioner
of fisheries is unable to explain the
heavy mortality of trout in Batten-
kill river, where fish are dying in
large numbers in that rapidly flow
ing stream.
Observation-Disclosures has started
up l'lgain in most of the granite
sheds in South Ryegate which have
been shut down for the last two
weeks.
Chittenden-The body of DR. E.
S. Towne, who was drowned June
Is in Lake Champlain near Bur-
lington, was recovered Saturday.
Essex-The public playground
at Island Pond has been opened
with Miss Pauline Parlin in
charge. The children are patron
izing it generously.
Franklin-Winford Ploof, the
first st. Adams soldier to die in
France, was buried in that city
Sunday, with full military hon6rs.
Grand Isle-The summer camps
on Lake rhamplain were never
better patrohized than this wear.
Camp Abnaki on Grand Isle has a
record attendance.
Lamoile-Sundav the first au-
tomobile made the complete trip
through Smuggler's Notch The
car was operated by Benjamin
Eastman of Barre. The road will
be opened to public travel in
short time.
Orleans-Livingston's pharmacy
in Newport distributed $50 pack
ages of sweet pea seeds in a prize
contest and received so many bou-
quets that they did not know what
to do with them.
Orange-Benjamin Felch of
Topsham is dead at the age of 81
years. He was the oldest man in
town.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Rutland
have petitioned the public service
commission in an attempt to get
lower rates for light and gas in
that city.
Washington-Two large hay
barns in the vicinity of Northfield
were burned Saturday from damp
hay causino spontaneous combus-
ton.
Windham-A black snake five
feet and six inches la length AMI
as big around as a mans arm,
was killed in a Bellows Falls hay
field last week.
Windsor-The interstate com
mrece commission has announced
the tentative valuation. of the
White River railroad as $392,222
1t is 20 miles long and runs from
Bethel to Rochester,.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
Poor Men in Public Life

Franklin X. Lane, after devot-
ing many a year to the public SER
vice, died at the age of 81, leaving
to his widow, son and daughter
property valued in all at scarcely
$4,000.
Mr.. Lane was a man of eXcep-
tional business ability, of econo-
mical habits and of fiawless integ.
rity. He worked for himself 10
years and amassed a modest COM
petence. Then, at the hight of his
earning power, he entered the SER
vice of the government, and for
Is years unreservedly gave himself
to it.
But his salary was such as to
require him to draw steadily on
the little reserve which he had
accumulated. At last pecuniary
stress constrained him TO resign
from public service. But it was
too late. He had worn himself out
in the work of the nation, and as
result off, 35 years of incessant
toll his estate amounted to but
$4,000.
The lesson? 1t would seem a
though, unless pressure on them is
relaxed, men of small pecunlary
means may not, in Justice to them
selves and their families, afford 20
enter the governments service,
unless for a short time. This inn
plies that the government must be
continually served by novices or
else fill its Offices with rich men.
Neither of those courses promises
satisfying results.-New York
Tribune.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
CURRENT COMMENT
Congressman Dale

Much of the details of Con-
gresham career is of the plod-
ding rather than the spectacular
nature. Congressman are not al
ways eloquently discoursing on
the perils of the country before
applauding audiences, nor attack
ing opposition measures on the
floor of the House. Much of the
time of such public servants is
given to routine work at a desk,
and attending to the details OF
1901 matters for their constitu-
ents. One of the things which mas
endeared Congressman Porter
Dale to the people of this district
is his peronal attention to the in
terests of the soldiers, living and
dead. Several cases nave come to
notice recently where Congress
man Dale has been instrumental in
securing the much-needed insur-
ance for the families of deceased
soldiers after they had given up all
hope. 1t is stated that Mr.. Dale
has handled something like 1900
war risk cases, among which more
than 700 relate to the welfare Of
Nermonters. And in the great ma
jority of these cases he has been
successful though they had been
turned down by the war risk bu-
reau. This has all been done by
patient, thorough-going research,
demanding a vast amount of co.,
respondence, gathering of data,
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
A Fitting Memorial

Folders advertising the Theo-
dore Roosevelt highway in Ver-
mont have been nut in circulation
and form valuable addition to
the literature advertising the at
traction of Vermont. The Roose-
Welt highway runs from Portland,
Me-, to Portland, Ore. It crosses
Vermont, entering the state at
lower Waterford and continuing
by way of st. Johnsbury, Dan
vile Montpelier, Waterbury, Bur
lington and Grand Isle, and thence
into the state of New York. The
section in Vermont is now a fairly
good road but it is planned to
improve it, not only in TINS state
but all the way across the country
as memorial to the late Presiden,
Roosevelt No more fit memoir
ial to great man was ever CON
ceived. No one who knew Roose-
welt can question the fact that Il
would have met with mis- approval.
Banner.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
SILVER BLACK
FOXES ARE =
GOOD PROPERTY
Ranches In United States
Valued at Over
S4,OOO,OO0

Approximately 4849 silver-black
foxes are being bred in captivity
in the United States, according to
report to the Burea uof Biological
Survey, United States department
of agriculture, from 215 fox ranch
es, representing a value in animals
and equipment estimated at
S4,279,S30. All reports have not
yet been received, and conserva-
tive estimates place the number Of
silver black foxes in this country
at from 500 to 5000. Some
ranchmen estimate the number as
high as 10000.
Statistics on the fox-ranching
business being gathered by the
bureau indicate that fox raising in
the United States especially in the
northern tier Of states, is rapidly
becoming an important industry.
The information sought has to do
chiefly with the location and num-
Der of ranches, number Of foxes
and money invested.
Prince Edward Island, Canada,
regarded as the center of the in
dustry. Many foxes are now
bred in captivity in a great num-
Der of states, including Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont. Massa-
ehusetts, New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Nor
tana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,
Colorado and California, and in
Alaska.
Officials say it is very difficult
to secure authentic information
for the reason that some ranchers
decline to fill out and return the
questionnaires sent them. Many
ranchers who volunteer Informal
ton report it in such manner
that it is sometimes difficult to
interpret.
Then, too, in addition to raising
silver black foxes some ranches
keep red and cross foxes, skunks,
martens and muskrats: the amount
of money invested and reported,
therefore, in such cases naturally
covers the whole project, making
it impossible to allot the correct
amount for breeding silver-blaell
foxes. Some ranchers board fox
eS for other breeders, which also
adds to the difficulty of securing
carract in form ation
These facts, it is said, should be
borne in mind in Determining the
value of the following cures con-
corning er-back foxes. These
figures are preliminary, as the re-
ports have not all been received.
The permits issued bv the De-
partment of Agriculture for the
importation of 1oxes into the
United States from Canada for
the year 1920 totaled S05, as
compared with 1886 in 1919. Here
again, it is impossible to ascer-
tain the exact number of foxes
coming in for the reason that
manv are brought in for exhibition
purposes and then returned to
Canada.
The number of silver black foxes
in Canada in 1919 is given in
preliminary report of the Do
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
EAST BARNET

Mr.. and Mrs Will HASTE OF
Claremont spent the week end at
Lizzie Ramsay's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Welch of
Littleton, N. H., have been visit
ing friends and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Cham
berlain and families spent Sunday
at George Chamberlain's in West
Danville.
Herman Hoyt returned from
Rutland Sunday where he spent
last week doing railway postoffice
transfer clerk work.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22
LOWER WATERFORD

James King and family OF
Barton spent the week end at
their uncle's, E. E. Hale's.
Mervyn Morrison was at home
for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Brown and
d. B. Brown of St. Johnsbury and
Harrie X. Brown and bride of
Lansing, Mich, called on friends
in this place last week.
E. H. Miles and family of Pas
sumpsic were at G. E. Heming-
ways Tuesday.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-22

minion Bureau of Statistics as
6433, with animals valued at
$3,013,115, not including equip
met. There were 2020 rets sold at
a total valuation of S482 ,364. These
figures are as nearly correct as it
is possible to secure; but il is
thought that there are undoubtedly
manv more foxes in Canada than
are here reported.