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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
How the Birds
Help the Farmers.

John Borroughs in Harper's Maya
zine: Swallows, in hawking through
the air for insects, do not snap their
game up as do the true fycatchers.
Their mouths are little nets which
they drive through the air with the
speed of airplanes. A few mornings
ago the air was cold, but it contained
many gauzy, fuzzy insects from the
size of mosquitoes down to gnats.
They kept near the ground. I hap
pened to be sitting on the sunny side
of rock and saw the swallows sweep
past. One came by within ten feet of
me and drove straight on to very
conspicuous insect which disappeared
in his open mouth like fash. How
many hundreds or thousands of such
insects they must devour each day!
Then think of how many insects the
fiycatchers and warblers and other in
sect eating birds must consume IN
the course of a season! The State
Agricultural society Of Kansas esti-
mates the bird population of that state
to be 256,000,0O0, which is probably
not far out of the way, but that they
destroy every year 576,00O,OO0 pounds
of insects is a gross exaggeratlon
At least half of this bird population
are seed eaters, which would cut this
estimate to about 280,000,000 pounds
The other half, the fycatchers, the
warblers, and so on, are here only
about one-third of the year, which
would again greatly reduce the estim-
ate. Two hundred million pounds
would ho q VOW lihoral aStirO ate re-
ducing the reputed $40 trains of fifty
box cars each, or $4,000, cars contain
ing $4,000 pounds to the car, to much
less than half that number and
amount. But even this would save
many millions Of dollars annually to
the Kansas farmers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
Three Days Grace.

American Legion Weekly: Mag
gie's sweetheart, proverbially tight
listed Scot, had taken her out for the
afternoon, and that was about all.
They rode some distance on the trolley,
turned around and rode home again.
Never was mention made of food or
entertainment.
Back within her own gateway, Mag
gle, who had keenly felt the neglect,
sarcastically proffered Sandy dime.
"For the car fare you spent on me"
she said meaningly.
"Hoots, toots, woman returned
Sandy, pocketing the coin. There
was nae hurry Saturday wad haze
been time enough"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
Everybody Can Have
His Dollar Now.

Bright new silver dollars are ap-
pearing again. After lapse of sew
en- years, the government has resum-
ed coming them. It is turning out
the coins now at the rate of about
$7,OOO,OOO a month, and expects to
keep on for several years. There is
a big deficiency to make up. Dur
ing the war the government sold
Great Britain $279, 100000 in silver
dollars for use in India. That was
one Of the innumerable little details
Of winning the war. It was during
the Mesopotamian campaign, in
which Britain was seriously embar.
assed because the natives of India
were boarding their silver, and all
western Asia was thoroughly drain
ed Of the metal, and Germany was
spreading the report that Britain
could not redeem it's paper curren-
cy. Thanks to Uncle Sam and his
surplus silver in the treasury, the
problem was solved. Now those van
ished dollars are to be replaced, and
along with them will be supplied the
increased population and business
demands. -Slayton Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
Greenwich Village.

Says the Philadelphia Record:
Greenwich Village is in state
of mind. It is trying to be wick
ed enough to be interesting, and
not wicked enough to be shock
ing. If it is thoroughly virtuous
people won't go there, and if it is 4
terribly wicked the police will
1'pull" it.
This comment is occasioned by the
fact that charges Of gross vice nave
been made to the mayor Of New YORK
against this quaint and very much
over-rated segment of the metro
polls, and that residents Of the village
have been forced to defend it.
It would be more accurate to say
that Greenwich Village is state OF
mind than that it is in state OF MIND.
Greenwich is the abode Of "BohemI-
anism.' Bohemianism is pose-the
pose of those who lack balance or
purpose in life and so affect strange
ways and more or less feeble and foot
less designations. 1t is the cult OF the
highbrow, of various shades of Boil
shevisn1, of freak art, of jazz social
and sexual relationships. 1t is the
climatic fringe" of art, letters, econ
omics, politics and society in general.
It is nowhere near so important as It's
Adevotees imagine, and has really very
little interest.
4 Perhaps the worst grievance the
country as whole has against the
Greenwich Village atmosphere is that
it provided the point of view that turn
ed a very promising romanticist into
a financially prosperous "realist,"
that took Sinclair Lewis from Sank
Center to Manhattan, and that chang
ed the Sinclair Lewis of "The Trail
of the Hawk" into the producer OF
s'Main Street" The original, Nunspoll-
ed Sinclair Lewis would have made a
much better book if, instead of direct
ing a Greenwich Village vision upon
Sank Center, he had directed Sank
Center vision upon Greenwich Village
and exposed it's pitiful and sordid and
hollow sham.-Duluth Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
ANNUAL WHITE SWEET CLOVER
HAS IMPORTANT POSSIBI-
LTTIES.

It has been determined that sweet
clover, which grows luxuriantly along
roadsides and out-of- the-way places,
and which is grown in some sections
as forage crop, has one strain which
is annual. The annual sweet clover
occasionally appears in patches Of the
more common biennial form, either as
single specimens or in small groups.
Seed of the annual has been separated,
and in recent years it has been pro-
pagated.
The nature of this new variety, is
such as to indicate that it may have
important possibilities. Probably its
greatest use for hay will be as an
emergency crop. When a stand OF
clover has been winter killed, or when
for any reason a farmer finds that
his hay supply will be short, this va
riety can be seeded during the spring
and, provided lime and the proper
bacteria are present, yield a good hay
crop. Where rainfall is sufficient it
may be seeded even after wheat har-
vest. It makes good growth the
first season, and experiments in Iowa
and Michigan have shown that 1t may
be seeded with oats, to be harvested
after the grain is cut. It grows ra-
pidly, and for this reason will keep
ahead of weeds.
The annual has a smaller and more
woody root than the biennial form,
and crown or resting buds are not
formed. The stems, branches, leaves,
flowers, pods, and seeds are indistin-
guishable from those of the biennial
form, but during the season of seed
ing the plant grows more rapidly,
blossoms, fruits, and dies. 1t blooms
early and ripens seed in August when
seeded early. Seed of the annual
form is still very scarce and high
priced and, since it can not be dis
tinguished from seed of the ordinary
biennial, should be purchased with
caution.
See the County Agent regarding
this seed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

representatives but they wanted to
charge SO cents admission to the fair
grounds for the event. The fair
management offered free use of the
grounds, including lights, if admis-
sion were not charged. This offer
was refused fatty. The fair manage
ment refused to allow an admission
fee to be charged, and Townley can
celled the debate. The prospective
gate" was about $500.
There was considerable comment
today among men Of all political
creeds on the revelation made here
as to the money making character Of
the tour.-Long Prairie Leader.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
Try Smiling.

Two women were talking; one
smiled as she spoke, and the other
frowned. One looked out on the
world with friendly eyes, and the
other scowled into the faces of
passers-by.
"Well, you see, learned long ago
how to SMILE" said the smiling one.
AT first it was not so easy; then by
degrees learned to smile even though
did feel like crying
Il think that personally made a
hard study of the psychology of a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
NO Gate Receipts, No
Debate Townley View.

Long Prairie, July 1.-"No gate
receipts, no debate" was the attitude
taken here by A. C. Townley, who
was scheduled to debate in Long
Prairie last night with William Lang
err. Both debaters arrived for the
meeting, driving in the same car
from Alexandria, and leaving the
same way without filling the engage
ment.
Arrangements for the debate were
in the hands of Nonpartisan league
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20
Buy Oil by the Barrel.

Buying oil in small quantities is poor
business for the power farmer. He
will readily realize that he has to pay
for the smaller and more numerous
packages, for the more frequent jobs
Of handling them and besides there
is greater danger Of getting impure
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

smile. When / went into a store, and
faced clerk who was inattentive or
insolent / smiled at her, and then
made known my wants. In most cases
/ got back a smile for every one I
gave. Not always, Of course, but Of
ten enough to learn that smile would
go farther than a frown any day. So
that even though / may feel like pull
ing somebody's hair, / smile. It is
contagious, but the health board will
not interfere. &c Columbus Telegram.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

ties into the oil due to the frequent
handling. The average tractor owner
uses several barrels of oil per year
While it might not be wise in period
of fuctuating prices to buy all this
supply at once, barrel is not so large
a quantity but what it can usually be
used up between price changes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

Minneapolis Tribune: Rear Admir-
al Sims has one Of the, finest collec-
lions of reprimands in the navy, and
he isn't at all backward about show
ing them.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

Columbia, S. C. Record: We freely
confess that, to us, it is peace that
passeth understanding Elk
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

Louisville Courier Journal: Before
the advent Of the automobile pneu-
monia rated high as the cause of the
death of robust Americans.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-20

jefferson City, Mo-, Democrat-Tri-
bune: The old-fashioned man who
used to borrow your lead pencil, now
carries fountain pen which never has
any ink in it.-Ex.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05
Working Hard For Public
 Tennis Court

For some time, Miss Rccs, in charge of girls athletics in the school, has been working on plans for tennis court which could be used during the spring months for outdoor athletics. A number of vacant lots in town were under con- sideration The lots next to the school yard were offered but they are used for boys ball games much of the time and it was not the inten- tion to have the girls athletics inter- fere with the boys sports. Other lots were considered and measured and he choice has now. faller on the property which lies between the residence of PC. Mccormack and the Taylor place. This lot is high and practically level and, with a little work. will make an ideal tennis court. MT. Mccormack this week offered Miss Rees the use of the lots, and the offer was accepted immediately
 It is now planned 10 have the court not only for the school, but for the use of the community for the summer month and as such it it bids fair to be q popular place as there are a number of deyotees of tennis in Wrangell Improvements will be made as soon as possible Nets high enough to avoid the lossof balls will enclose the court. some leveling must be done and tEe necessary area will be gravelcd and cindered. It is just a year ago that all Jun eau worked to get tennis court for the Juneau school. All sorts of af- fairs were given for time to raise funds and enthusiasm ran high. A much larger sum was necessary for the court there than will be needed here and it should require only the cooperation of the community for q short time to get the local court in- to shape.-Wrangell Sentinell.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05
Gets On The Wrong Road And Has
 NarrOWEscape
Reverend Buck Breaks Through Ice on the KlOndikc River Trail.
Dangerous Experience Due to Get
 ling or the Main Road.

DaNwon.-Rcv. F. H. Buck, who left here for a long mush to Mayo and throughout that district. had a narrow escape on the trail shortly after leaving the city The news is
 brought by Isaac Lusk, who has re- turned from Hollenbeck' at the North Fork, to which point he ac- companied his two teams which are on the way to Mayo.
 Nr. Buck started mushing from Dawson for Mayo with a pack of 40 pounds on his back. He was in the pink of condition and was making splendid time. When a little above FoUruier's ranch, on the Klondike, ..e noticed a wood road which turned down on the slough which leads past the Girl Guide camp. It had been plOwcd out more recently than the main road, and the surface condition appeared more favorable for mush- ing, so Mir Buck took the wood road. It leads along the surface of the slough. He had not gone far until he suddenly stepped on what proved to he weak ice, and it gave way beneath his weight. He went through the ice with a crash and plunged into the chilly waters to his waist. He had considerable difficulty in getting out of the hole. and was fortunate that he did not drop into deeper water.
 After making the bank chilled and dripping with water, took the main road and tramped three miles until he made the Hay Ranch, where he dried out thoroughly and was made comfortable. It was fortunate that il was not extremely cold when he went into the water or the results might have been serious.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05
Spring Salmon
 Run Has Begun
Eetchikm Adviccs Say Fish crman Are Making Good
 Catches This Spring

Reports from Ketchikan state that the spring run of King salmon has started in the waters adjacent 10 that city. Fishermen are bring ing in large catches daily and many power and hand trOIIers are out to reap the harvest of the early run.
 Indications point toward q sue ccssful season for the trollers this year. A comparatively light pack of mild cured salmon was put up during the past season and brokers report that the supply Of mild cured has been entirely consumed by the market Mild curers are planning upon putting up big pack this year, providing the fish run is large and the fish are of sufficient size for mild curing purposes.
 Two years ago there was an eN- ceptionaIly large run of King salmon at Buranuf and Forester islands, but the fish woSe of such small size that the pack secured was of poor marketable grade and much of the fish had 10 be sold al a considerable loss. Salmon under the weight of I5 pounds are not considered suit ahn for mild curing.
 Considerable difficulty has been encountered by packers of mild cured fish in disposing of the white king salmon. While the white salmon is considered by many to be of superior flavor than the red King. there is little demand for the white fish.
 Early spring salmon taken at this time of the year are entirely con sumcd by Ire fresh fish market. The mild curing season does not begin until about the middle of June.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

The two last uaa.d .a...y~.ioas have increased r.e.r subscription rates Sg.50 30 year above their old rates.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

Seattle, April 1.-The schedule for .sc routing of mails for various dis ,glcrs in Alaska was announced by To- cal postofice officials. The changes are contingent on seasonal condi- lions and the opening of river nayi- .antfon and in the Boring Sea. Mails for Fairbanks. Nenana and other in ,nrior points in the Yukon River District will be sent via Seward over .-e government railway to Fairbanks for distribution until April 1. After tlat date only frst-class mail and newspapers will be sent to these points. Other classes will be held in Seattle until May 18th, when all mail will be routed via Skagway, down the Yukon river on steamers immediately after the breaking of the river ice for navigation.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

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The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05
Big Mining Outfit
 For Cook Inlet

Seattle, April 4.-The Willow Creek Alaska Mining Company, with gold quartz properties in the Cook Inlet country. Alaska, is assembling big amount of mining machinery and development equipment in Seat tie for shipment north about the first of April From that date, at inter- yals of thirty days, shipments will be continued throughout the open sea- son. or until the final orders have been filled ana sent to their destina- ton. The first shipment will in clude a part of the material necess- ary for the installation of the big hydro-aleCtric plant, which will sup ply motive power for the mills and machinery throughout the entire year. The Company plans to have the plant in operation about the first of October, and to this end activities will start as soon as weather condi- lions in the Willow Creek camp will permit. The first shipment will in clude a Holt caterpillar tractor, a ten-ton trailer, motor truck and run about for the use of the superinten- dents: 25O.OOO feet of lumber for building purposes, compressor drills, 4.OOO feet of three inch iron pipe and 4.5OO feet of twenty and twenty four inch wood pipe.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

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The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05
0l Magazine Picks CarCrOss As The
 Short Cut

The Oil Fields Magazine which is published in JoHnstown. Pa, has t.c following to say about the Fort Norman oil fields and which should be of much interest to northerners. Tie shortest route 10 these fields is by way of Carcross, Y. T., and should big development take place, this route will surely become the popular one, both for ingress to the country and for the outlet, for the ol as it is produced.
 IGc distance in shortened at least five hundred miles by this route.
 Mackenzie Oil
 President C. O. Stillman, of Im- GcriI oil Ltd. has returned 10 Toronto from the Canadian West with corfrmatory newsof the recent oil strikes below Fort Norman, ou y.e Mackenzie River.
 "WElu We have uncovered at Fort N5rwau." said President Stillman, .is as good commercial eoiI as has c.rr been produced in Canada, and .uus about 40 Baume gravity. This is ,lc character of oil the world is looking for. as il appears to contain large yields of light products, such .- gasoline and kerosene.
 "Our Fort Norman outfit first struck oil at so feet. A second show ., about goo feet. was small. and ,aa third strike was at about 425 s.ar. At ,he last named depth We .a. $ bbls. a day of an an exceed n.fy high quality. Drilling is go- a. steadily ahead, and we hope to r~f ,na hole down 1000 feet this
 .. which will be sufficient to test ... territory.
 .Wo also have a rig on the Great -...- Lake. and hope to have some ..#7-. from there early next spring. ,.. G3 uu, look for any news before
 "Wa.n the showing so far does H.. prove the existence of an oil ...I. iJ is very encouraging so far as ... .arE has gone, as it fully justi- .., rNe c.jortS of our geologists and t...r recommendation after an im- .....a amount of research work in +. Mackenzie field.
 "ll subsequent developments carry .ut t.e promise, there will be a nkw .I field in Canada. Many develop .aut operators have already located ...sas. and no doubt others will do ... same thing. It is a big country, -Ho.o is plenty of room, and we cer- .g,u.y would like to see a number of mHers operating. as it would help to a..ve tHe territory and incidentally sD solve the transportation problem. Hur drilling for oil is a hazardous wdar.alD1i and one that should not ge rushed into without very careful consideration of the risks, and thorough appreciation of the circum- s..ao tnat any project not adequate- !. financed due to failure on ac- count of the great distances and ru.Nv outlay involved"
 Associated Underwriteds, Ltd, of Montreal are reported to have staked extensive claims in the Mackenzie district. R. O. Brook, formerly of the Geological Survey of Canada. is in charge of the preliminary field fork.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

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The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

Seattle. April "A herring can nerv and fertilizer plant is to be built at Valdez this spring by a Se- attle company, composed of w. A. Gustavson, president; R. D. Hayden and R. K. Akridge.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

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The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05

Ealama. Wasl--The KaiaHsa Bulletin. which "a 5ccu published for more than 2D years, has lost irs printing contract with the county. the sawo having Ja.l cancelled ag the county commissioners. oH ae count of Jap Bulletin having missed several .ssGcs vngeHa.E.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-05
Newspapers Still
 RriSing Prices

sm Tr,~r.... March %l.-cmwfy San Tranr..,o-r.are has been a general raise .n prices by the news papers of ,ai. y..y and Oakland. the following papers having advanced their rates:
 u.A.gad T~.nrae
 uu.,-al Enquirer
 S.u Fr.n..gn Call
 S.u Francisco Bulletin
 San Fr-uc.sru Chru~.,.e San F-.-..-.1 Examiner
The evening world., 1921-05-27

He was prepared to renew the Offer
by the Government of a subsidy to
the coal industry of G1o,0Oo,0OO. and
reports said he dwelt principally
upon the damage already inflicted
by the strike and the certainty OF
disaster ahead il an agreement were
not reached whereby the miners
would accept slightly reduced wages
and give up their scheme OF nation
alization.
No matter what decision is made,
the miners said, it will have to be
referred to members of the union for
ratification.
The evening world., 1921-05-27
HOPE BIG STRIKE
is NEAR ITS END

' LONDON, May 81 Omitted Press).
Tho British coal strike was oir the
way to settlement, it was believed to-
day, after a conference between min
ers, colliery owners and Government
officials.
Premier Lloyd George had leaders
OF the warning groups in session at
ii o'clock and was understood to
have made an important statement.