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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
AN AMERICAN FOOD LACK

For sympathy touched with the plight Of people various parts the suffering want of food has contributed largely toward supplying need Now similar conditions of distress selves Tn this country Pelagra of the kne"n to is making alarming headway large DOT
 the cotton raising states and the Public Health Service estimates that there will be v1cms and at least ten cent of them
 rms disease is due to improper diet amounting prac ucay to sem-starvation. The conditions which pos slble due to vicious cotton belt most of the American by tenant farmers who carried" by the owning planters for about six months each year during they provided with food and clothes for themselves and their families paid for when the crop is sold in the fall.
 The tenant farmer in the best times is pincbed enough TOT means and comforts of e but crop cotton still unsod and neither planters have
 ana no credit IS to be had at the banks result numbers of these farmers have been living pork meal and moasse These articles of det valuable in them selves when properly used with lean eggs milk and
 oies a on the other hand exceedingly v ed on alone for length of time about five months o such improper food conditions for Peaa appear After that It manifests itself startling rapidtv The second stage Is to have been reached are be- coming most serious If radical measures among the of which food care are not available at years total will ha much greater than that estimated 1921
 There are two principal unfortunate con ~ foremost o1 which s of course the which less indirectly ruined the market cut off from
 es PeoPe ne customary resources thus making more count against the crime of reason for so o these people finding themselves desperate straits is custom Of southern and when this unsuccessful everything is lost Many 4 Peope who are now the nlant much as kitchen garden keep pig chickens or even to the returns from th buying everything else tbe Efforts have been made for long get the Soth to h
 us crops and not continue to eggs in ono Ddshe so ar however with little the present there bears eloquent witness to- f-oii'
 mat steps will be taken at relieve the snfferne M ouoiis oI the South goes without saying; that equal y vigorous steps will be taken the auv system, which makes them possible is not so certa;r t
 'e equally important and should be insisted on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
MUSEUM OF HUDSON
 BAY COMPANIES
 "EMPIRE" FOUNDED

Winnipeg, Man, July 25-The Hud- sons Bay Company has purchased the collection of Eskimo relics and Indi- an curios owned by Dr. W. E. Ander- son. of Portage la Prairie. The collection c'0 sists of more than 500 pieces of the handiwork of many tribes, including Crees, Blood, Piegan, Sacres, Sioux, Chippewan, Iocheux and the Eskimos of the Western Arctic Coast
 The acquisition of these relics by the company with the Dagg collection of Calgary, which was purchased last Fall, and the specimens gathered by F. D. Wilson at old fur posts of the interior in 1920 will become the nu- cleus of museum to be established by the Hudson's Bay Company in Winnipeg.
 For 200 years the history of the Hudson's Bay Company was the his tory fo Western Canada Under its charter, granted in 1870 by King Charles II, the company until 1879, when it surrendered its rights to the Government, owned in fee simple practically all Western Canada When 1t closes out to farm settlers all the lands remaining to it south of the North Saskatchewan River, in the prairie provinces-sone 3.000,000 acres-.-the last vestiges of it's old empire will have passed out of its possession. The Hudsons Bay Com pany's museum. as Illustrating every phase of the pioneer past, is expected in time to become the largest and most represe ntative in Canada.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
RAPID GROWTH

HOW essential the telephone has become in the ever A " ol d business and to large portion people and what vast undertaking Is involved in it's equipment and
 shown by the fact that for the York Teenhone Co " supply US subscribers in New York telephone directory it required thousand ions e
 paper ana 1orHslx tons of cover paper volume weighs
 pue anu contains considerably than a thousand pages In connection with must he remenhonod t4 t only one city and that telephone run to every city anu town In the United States well many of the country districts making total of e1it the magnitude of and which, suddenly taken
 create confusion and handicap temporarily a ieast would seriously obstruct normal coursa f b.i and hls too only comparatively few years after the Wno s ave was thought to have produced an nsua ly interesting toy. ' " oai-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
TRUE DEMOCRACY

Much IS heard at one time ds,o
 on ana real democracy Probably place on earth where there less of the former the latter an the worlds veteran republic, ~ N
 An illustration of this fact noted American raveler re gently was the make of group city of Berne ta
 Ing part Tn the lnterlaken Rifle Matches matches bv be way Tn Switzerland about basebaU onoe in America and abebodied obliged o o b of military service where rifle special feare most without exception he belongs sort of rifle cb as as he is of military age. ~
 The group mentioned was made m of fve ,o,,h
 of whom mechanic another teacher tbir5 m a chitect fourth federal counsellor and fiftb ,os would be difficult to this social ar social organization including did member of tbe council who Will In due time the presidency of uzr land. It a section of real democrao,, -
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
Bolsheviki
 Are Guarding Russian Border

Warsaw, July 25-Bo1shevik sold iers guard the Russian border and only certain persons are given per mission to leave the country, yet, by bribery and other means, great num- bers of persons are crossing into ad- jacent countries each night.
 Polish government officials have estimated that about 50,000 have each month, despite efforts of the Polish authorities to keep them out Only a very small percentage of these people carry the proper credentials from the Bolsheviki.
 A recent arrival in Warsaw from Russia was Ralph Rimar, formerly an art student in Detroit and Charles town, W. Va, who left America via Canada, early in January this year. with 700 other Russians. Rimar ago from a part of Russia which is now included within the Polish re- public where his parents reside.
 Remar says that when she last saw the emigrants whom he had accom- panied to Russia all had enough of the Bolshevik regime and wished that they were back in the states.
 Rimar was in Russia three months, visiting Petrograd, Moscow, Kiev and other cities and towns Condi- ally becoming worse, everywhere. He is eager to return to the United States but, without credentials, is un- able to get passport.
 Rimar says he went to Russia, to satisfy his curiosity and for fun-but that he didn't have any pleasure at all, and that his curiosity is thor oughly satisfied. He. was arrested five times. went without square meal for 12 weeks and that if he is time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
Health Talks
By JOHN B. HUBER, A.M-;M.D

l Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others should not keep it from
 aemselveS--Barrie.
 THE FOOD VALUE OF A POTATO What is the food value of the po-
 tato?"
 As purchased, the potato contains only 20 per cent of nutr1tive value
 A mealy wel1-cooked potato is in
 the proper physical condition to be readily acted upon by the digestive fluids. Cooking improves the taste | or the potato, as from the continued use of cooked starch we have learned
 to prefer it to raw starch. While only S.2 per cent of the protein is lost when the potatoes are plunged
 directly in boiling water, if they are soaked for several hours before cook Ing about 25 per cent is wasted, and and if plunged into cold water which is then brought to a boil 15S per cent, Of the protein is lost.
 Such tests were made with peeled potatoes, but when boiled with their
 Jackets on the loss is only 1 per cent of the protein, and a little over per cent of ash, by either process or cooking. Nutritive material is therefore saved if potatoes are boiled move a section of the skin at each end to allow the moisture to escape AS soon as the potato is cooked it should De taken from the water to iS II OIii bcCOL1lnS water soaked or boiled to pieces.
 In baking potatoes very little nutri- ment IS lost. The starch is thoroughly cooked as the temperature attained in baking is several degrees above the boiling point. Unless they are to be eaten immediately, it is advisable to break open as soon as done to allow the steam to escape, so that the tuber may not become ''soggy" on standing. then keep in a warm place covered with a clean towel or napkin to ab- sorb the steam. If put into a cover ed porcelain dish the steam is con- denseG and falls back on the potato.
 Potato chips cut in thin slices, ab- sorb as much as 39.8 per cent, fat, and the heat to which they have been ex- posed (which is above the tempera- ture of boiling water) has driven off all except per cent of the moisture. Fried potatoes are more thoroughly cooked if boiled before frying.
 Besides mealy potatoes, which are prepared from we11-developed tubers not too long stored, '-waxy'' potatoes are much in favor, especially for salad 1 and fancy dishes, since they hold their shape better.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
WILL REDUCE
 COST OF APPAREL

New York, July 25-The greater part of the women's garment indus try of New York is now housed in the largest combined manufacturing and exhibition buildings in the world the Garment Center Capitol Under this arrangements, through cooperative buying of materials, low CT cost of floor space and other econ cost of women's apparel will be con- siderably reduced
 The new garment center-erectee by a cooperative movement to inn prove manufacturing conditions in the industry-is located several blocks south of Times Square in Seventh avenue. It consists of two towering skyscrapers covering two city blocks, which represent an in vestment of s2o,OoO,O0O.
 Ffty-eight separate manufacturing concerns with upward of 10000 em- Floyes are concentrating their fac tories in these buildings. Practically all Of the firms are from the tdad- district, where the garment industry was formerly scattered in numerous buildings.
 The new building, which is one of course of erection for many months. there being more than 1,60o work men employed in it's construction.
 All Of the "sweatshop" arrange pletely eliminated and instead every factory is equipped with the most modern appliances and the ventila- tlon system is one of the finest in the world.
 Provision has been made for the welfare of the employees by the fully equipped club house on the top of one of the skyscrapers. This is equppeo with a modern gymnasium, swimming pool and roof garden mere has also been installed a fully equipped hospital and system of restaurants have been installed throughout the buildings.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
TWO DROWN IN CAR.

New York. July 25-Two persons were carried to death when a sedan automobile plunged fifteen feet into the Gowarus Canal at DeGraw street, Brooklyn, early today.
 Bremen raised the automobile rom the ten feet of water in which it was submerged, and extricated two bodies, a mans and a girls. The man had a drivers license made out to Frank P. Bowling, Brooklyn, in his pocket. The girl has not been identi- fled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25

Detroit, July 25-That Warren c. Spurgin, missing president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company. Chicago, has escaped into Canada was the belief of Detroit police today as a result of the finding of an auto here, which, according to authorities the bankers wife and daughter, Vivian, drove here from Chicago and aban- doned in local garage. Nearly one mfiliop dollars in money and securi- ties is said to be missing from the Chicago bank.
 Mre. Spurgfn left the car at the gar age the 1xttar part of last week. She
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
TWO STILL ALARMS

Two still alarms were received at fire headquarters this morning, The first blaze occurred on the railroad vfaduct in East Washington avenue where some ties had been set ablaze py sparks from g. passing engine There was no damage. Smoke from a new fire at the Aliing Rubber Go. 's store at 2S Fairfield avenue, caused some one to send in an alarm, but there was no blaze,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
ABANDONED CAR

That the thieves who stole a Chend- Ter automobtle owned by James Cako- veil of 12S6 Main street yesterday aIternoon, may have been the ones Wno made off with car of similar make In Philadelphia, July was the opinion expressed at police headouar- ters today
 Cakove1Ps car was taken from Mid die street and Fairfield avenue yes- terday afternoon and late last night a Chandler touring car was found at Middle and Gold streets. The machine IS owned by a Philadelphia man.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
SET FIRE TO JAIL.

Wampum, Pa, July 25-A mob early today applied the torch to the village jail here in an attempt to "get" John Porter, a negro, who was accused of attacking Mrs. Elizabeth Houck
 The village police broke into the jail and rescued the negro before the flames had reached his cell. He was hurried to the county Jail for safe keeping.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
THINK BANK HEAD
 NOW IN CANADA

(Continued from Page One) Spurfin fled to Florida for a time twenty years ago when he became in- volved in difficulties with the Guthrie County National Plank.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25

returned Friday night and tool, fro,, a pouch in the back seat a bot+ia olie III ink; M She has not been seen since
 Ihe two women are believed to have crossed the river into Can.aa where they expect to join Spurgin
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25

New York. July 25-Deepfy grieved oy what he considers premature an nouncement of his alleged remarkable discovery of 8 serum which cures oiindness, pr. Erasmus Arlington Pond, shut himself up in his Brook
 lyn nome today, and denied admis-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Deadly NiOhtShada

Is beIladonna good to dilate the pu- pills of my eyes and is it harmful?
 Answer-Be1ladonna or atropine in excessive doses is effective to dilate the pupil, but it is very bad, except for certain eye diseases. "Beladon- na" means Beautiful Lady, but for any beauty got by that means the cost may be early blindness. Its name of deadly nightshade is sometimes jus tified by reason of cases of fatal poi soning. It stimulates the heart, pro- duces flushing of the face, dry throat di1ated pupils and delirium. It ex- cites the brain and spinal cord, quick ems the pulse, raises the blood pres sure and checks most of the bodily secretions. You see. therefore, that it is much more than a silly proce- dure to use this dangerous drug.
 All inquiries addressed to Dr. Hub- CT in care of the "Health TaIkso de- partment will be answered in these columns in their turn. This requires considerable time, however, owing to tho great number received. So If a personal quicker reply is desired 8 stamped and seIf-addreSsed en- velope must be enclosed with the OUeStiOn.-EdifOr.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
BUS AND CAR COLLIDE.

A 1itney bus operated by Fred B P1cke1ns, of S22 Norman street and a touring car driven by Sigmond Klein. of S47 Pine street. colided yesterday morning at East Main street and Stratford avenue. Harold Klein, also of 247 Pine street. who was a passenger in the touring car received cut on the forehead.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
POLICE ACT ON
 OWN INITIATIVE
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CContinued from Page One) the matter for every bus operating Derby, Devon or Walnut Beach. orig mates in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
IA Cases Continued.

New Haven, Ct, July 25-The cases of IA j1tneymen. arrested here Satur- day and yesterday, were continued in the police court today A battery of counsel appeared for all but two of the accused. The cases of these charged with violation of the law by running a iitney without a license and who had on their cars signs de- noting them as free buses'' in an at tempt to evade the law, were contin- ued until tomorrow, while other cases of those charged with actually run ming and collecting fares were contin- ued until Thursday.
 In the eases of those running so- called free buses counsel intend to institute a. separate contest of the law. These drivers are running with out collecting fares, depending upon passengers to make voluntary con tributions of fare.
 Tn- the cases where straight viola ton of the law is claimed, it is prob able that a demurrer will be filed and overruled and the capes appealed to the August term of the Common Pleas court and thence ih turn to the Su- preme court ia September.
 Two cases of jitneymen caught by the police shotrly after noon Satur- day without proper markers, were disposed by suspension of judgment, accused claiming they had no inten- ton of violating the law.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-25
IN MERmEN-

Meriden, July 25-City Attorney Henry Dryhurst will arrest any iitney. man operating without a license pro- viding a complaint is made, upon
 which complaint a warrant would be issued. The city attorney stated that he had held a conference with the mayor, corporation counsel, members of the council, and counsel for taxi and livery car interests and that the matter was still under deliberation, without any solution having as yet
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15
Says ALdskdns FrOWn On Profteering and PreUent
 Corner 0n Supply of Food

Copies of the bill passed by con- gress and approved by the president December 31, to extend until July 1,
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15
ACTIVITY IN MINING
 AROUND ROSSLAND

ROSSLAND, B. C., Jan. 15 (by As- sociated Press).-iRosland is on the eve of greater activity in mining, the larger operators here announcing that they intend to continue operations throughout the entire winter The smelter at Trail, near here and the zinc-lead mine at Kimberly also will continue to operate, it is state. Ross lands mines it is estimated, have produced over $S5,OOOOOO in gold and other ores since they were discovered 25 years ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15
RAW FURS WANTED
Alliance. Neb., July 16, 1920

Well Bros. & Co, Fort Wayne, Ind. Gentlemen: It may surprise you to know that the 100 rats that I shipped you, and for which you paid me S2O0.00, that these rats were shipped to one of the most prominent fur houses in the United States at Chi cago, and they offered 50 cents a piece for them. They were ordered to be returned, and were returned to Nebraska. I thought it was right to tell you this, because where one firm pays 300 per cent more for an article than another firm in the same line of business, and that one firm claiming to be one of the largest houses in the United States. You are quite right In calling yourselves THE OLD SQUARE DEAL FUR HOUSE of Fort Wayne, as you certainly do give a square deal. I have not only re- ceived a square deal on this shin ment but on great many other ship ments.
 If anyone doubts this statement they can write to me for confirmation, en- closing postage, and I will affirm it. With my kindest personal regards, I remain
 Yours truly,
 HARVEY MYERS.
 P O. Box 40, Alliance, Neb
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15
BANK OF ALASKA

Wrangell, Alaska.
 April 28, 1920. A. M. White Company, Juneau, Alaska. Dear Sirs:
 Referring to our letter of the 21st inst it is true that we shipped about $30,000.00 furs through the bank to Well Bros, this season. The principal reason we shipped this amount to them was because they handled our business satisfactor- fly and paid a fair price for the goods.
 We did receive a Veil circular and ever, we shipped to several other you deserve credit for this. How houses which did not mail us any ad- vertising matter. The reason Wei got the big end of our business was because he treated us right.
 Yours very truly,
 c. W. UPSHAW,
 President (This is a reproduction of letter to advertising agent in Alaska)
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15


 Daily Times) ).-Farmers within the | shadow of the Arctic circle and mem- bers of the most nurtnerly farmers organization in the world, not only frown on profiteering by the agricul- turalist but have prevented "corners" on the food supply, said P. J. Rickert, president of the Panama Valley Agri- cultural Association, member of the Alaska territorial legislature and can didate for the federal marshaIship of Alaska. MT. Rickert called at the Alaska bureau of the chamher of commerce.
 Our farmers organization Is, be- lieve, the most unique one on record" said MT. Rickert, who built the first hot house in the interior of Alaska and is the daddy" of agriculturists around Fairbanks, having started farming in 1906, when miners thought anyone who talked crops was not 100 per cent efficient mentally.
 "We estimate how much garden produce our section will require and raise that amount Our association has central warehouse. We fix definite and fair price for produce and then sell it, adding a trifle each month. For instance our price for po- tatoes after the crop was dug was five cents pound and when July rolled around the price of spuds in Fair banks was only six and on-half cents. which was less than in the states. Do not think the Fairbanks people do not have lettuce, tomatoes, and nice things for the table in winter for our farmers grow these in hot houses in the cold months. It would be an edu- cation to those who think that Alaska does not have future as an agricul- tural area to see what we farmers pro- duced last year and see the prices we sold our product at."
 After deciding how much acreage to plant to produce to meet the commun- ity requirements, the farmers plant the surplus to wheat, oats and hay, of which there is great shortage.
 Tt will take 500 new farmers ten. years to supply the markets for these commodities" said MT Rickert "The farmers at Fairbanks are replacing the small experimental mill, which ground the first whole wheat flour milled in Alaska, with a 25 barrel day mill, which will make patent flour, out of as fine wheat as can be found on this continent"
 MT. Rickert predicts Alaskans will go back to the territory as rapidly as they came out when the war days lured them away and the return of these old timers will be a good thing for the territory, he said. Min ing around Fairbanks is quiet, due to the high costs of transportation, fuel and supplies but he predicted that with a readjustment the extensive PAoSOA oAN Iucll CA gnu plopSIL LlSS WILL be worked. Two companies have made a success of quartz mining in the Fair banks district, he said.
 Lignite coal, which has less heating qualities than a cord of wood, sells de- livered at Fairbanks for $9 a ton, this coal being mined at Healy river and brought to the interior metropolis by the railroad. Alaska is going to be a place for homes and it will settle up rapidly under the right laws" said MT. Rickert.
 Seattle banks and wholesalers closed 1920 with thousands of dollars due from Alaska accounts. It is es- timated that Seattle banks alone are
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15

Shipments of gold dust and bullion from Meme for the fast year amount ed to $1,235, ,934.30, according to latest report of R. w. J. Reed, deputy col. lector of customs at Nome. Merchan- disc valued at $293,1 ,1O5 was shipped from Nome to Siberian ports during the same period. Imports from Siberia consisted mostly of furs and ivory valued at $420,666
The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-15

The tannery started at Charcoal Point by E. c. Howard and F. G. Han ford, reports success in the tanning of hair seals which are also being pre-. pared for market by the local concern. The tannery is equipped with machin- cry necessary Tor the treatment and preparation for market of practically all skins handled in the territory.