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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
ADA BLACKJACK, MERE SLIP OF 4 LASS, WITHSTOOD ALL HARDSHIPS OF THE ARCTIC
Noice Tells Of Heroism Of Girl, Who Nursed Lone Companion Through Wi nter, Then Saw Him Die
 As Sunnne Comes On

terrible battle which the boys must have had with that awful gale amid the clashing floes. the opening leads and In the deep darkness of midwin- ter night as they struggled on in their weakened condition and with only five half starved dogs to haul their sled.
 Knight Grows Weaker.
 At first. Knight was able to get about a bit, but one day, while chop ping wood, he fainted, and thereafter did not leave the tent. It was not long until he took to his sleeping bag for good and from then on tC the end. Little Ada was an untiring nurse.
 Knight knew, and so did she, that his only hope lay in securing fresh meat for food, for he had been cured of scurvey once by Stefansson, who put him and me on diet of raw caribou steaks when we were both down with the disease on one of the explorers sled Journeys in the far north.
 So Ada set out to trap foxes. She learned how to set traps and cover them over with thin blocks of snow sc that the foxes would not see them. Day after day she would visit her traps and carry home the catch. But Knights condition rapidly became worse and she had to spend much time attending him. Thus she was not able to go very far from camp, and consequently caught few foxes.
 But gradually the long winter passed, the ice broke up and the snow left the land. The birds re- turned from the south in all their millions. and other game became plentiful.
 Knight Passes Away.
 The day which Ada and Knight had been looking forward to with long ing had arrived, but alas, poor knight was too far gone, his gums had receded and his teeth dropped out. He became too weak for any food but broth. Still Ada hoped, but jolly, big hearted Knight passed out on Juno 22, and Ada was left alone. except for the kitten, new grown to a cat. which the boys had brought with them from Nome.
 After Knights death Ada moved her quarters to little tent about 100 ards away from the tent, in which Knights body lay, and 1t was there girl had hard time both physically and mentally all by herself on that lonely island. Her slender store of provision had dwindled nearly away and she, who had never fired a gun in her life, now took down a big 3640 calibre rifle, set up a target 40 yards distance and began daily shooting practice. And day after day she trampled the hills in search of game.
 One day she encountered two polar bears, but feared to try a shot for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
By HAROLD NOICE Commander of the WraHgeI Relief
 Expedition.

NOMh, AlhSKa, sept. S.-The Arc tic has added many illustrious names to the scrolls of the great, but most of these have been men. To that iCng list must now be added the quaint name of Ada Blackjack, little Es- kimo girl, a slip of & lass, less than 100 pounds in weight who, although brought up in the town of Nome, fa- rniliar with electric lights ana the comfort of a modern city, neverthe- less, managed to live by her own eff forts on an uninhabited arctic island, and at the same time provide food for herself and a dying companion whom she nursed for six months.
 After his death. she lived there alone in terror of prowllng polar bears. but determined to fight for life to the end and to endure another winter upon her forsaken isle if necessary. She had never fired shot in her life nor had she ever set a trap, yet she learned how to do both and triumphed where many strong men in the past have failed. Her story as she told 1t to mo that
 morning in the cabin of the Donald son, surpasses anything that I have
 ever came across in the north. nor quite eqnals it.
 Dreamed Of Rescue.
 Only the night before we rescued her, she had dreamt she had heard the whistle of 8 boat. And when she heard our whistle that morning, as she was cooking her meagre break fast of tea, dried duck and seal oil, she could hardly believe she was not dreaming. The fog, too, added to the unreality. Often as she sat in my cabin telling me her story she would 1Cok up quickly and say: T wonder if this IS only 8 dream? I can hardly believe that you have come"
 When the little party found that they would not have food to last them through the winter, an attempt to reach Siberia was determined the men and did her utmost to send as she could.
 Knight, who was already develop ing symptoms of scurvy, was to re- main with Ada. while Crawford, Maurer and Galle were to make the attempt. The shore party left Janu- ary 2S, 1923. leaving Ada and Knight to their long and lonely -vighl-a vigil which my poor old pal still keeps beneath the sod of WranRel island.
 The day after the boys left, . se- were gale sprang up which lasted for threedays When she tried to tell me of this, little Ada, broke down, tears streamed from her eyes and she sobbed till I thought her heart would break She then calmed for a mo- ment, but did not proceed. In her eyes was a strange, far away express sion. She seemed to visualize the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
FRENCH NEED NO WHEAT

American And Canadian Crops To
 Find No Market Abroad
 PARIS. Sept. 9.-The French gov ernment claims that all possibility that France will have to buy Amer ican CT Canadian wheat this year has vanished because of the abun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
QUITE WELL FITTEn

Yes, grandma" said the fair young thing. T am to be married during the bright and gladsome spring."
 But, my dear" said the old ladv earnestly, you are very young. Do you reel that you are fitted for mar
 T am being fitted now, grandma" explained the prospective bride. sweetly. Seventeen gowns and three costumes."-Londop Weekly Tele- graph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

Dear Miss Dix: am engaged to be married-or I suppose I should say I was engaged to be married to a young woman I love very much. Recently had an engagement to take her to a party, but some inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

dance of the crop this year.
 The ministry of agriculture claims record crop and states that pub lished crop reports have been far too low.
 In anticipation of the harvest, bread has just been reduced cen times a kilo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

THE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
 Minister (to flapper)-Would you care to join us in the new missionary 
 Flapper-I'm crazy to try 1t. Is it anything like the fox-trot?- Everybody's Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

,Copyrigbt, 1923. in United States and
 Canada by North American Newspaper
 Alliance for The Age-Herald. Copyright
 British Isles by London Daily News.
 Copyright Australia by Melbourne Her
 ald Copyright South America by La
 Nacion. All rights reserved.)
 Editors Note: Following is the fourth installment of the exclusive personal story of Harold Noice. commander of the Wran- gle Island relief expedition, who returned 10 Nome, Alaska, August 31. after his dash into the Arctic in the hope of reliecing four white men and an Eskimo woman ma rooned there since tho fall of 1921. Pre- vious installments of his story told of his battle with the ice floes, the delays due to engine trouble and fog his first sight and impressions of Wrangel Island and the rescue of the Nttle Eskimo girl, Ada, the sole survivor of the expedition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
Dorothy Dir
The Problem Of The Wandering Husband. Should Pleausre Come Before Busness2 Is A Man Of Sixty Five Too Old To Marry?

Dear Miss Dix: certain woman in my town is crazy about my hus- band and is doing everything she can to break up my home. My husband says he is not in love with her, but he doesn't treat me as he always has heretofore. He isn't cruel to me, but he Is silent about the house and ir ritable, and goes out a lot at night alone. 1 never mention it to him any more, but 1t is killing me be- cause l am crazy about him
 ANXIOUS WIFE"
 Answer: There is no problem so insoluble as that of how to bring back wandering husband into the domestic fold, because every man has to be dealt with according tC his in dividual temperament. There is only one thing sure, and that is that no man can be nagged out of his in- fatuation for another woman, or wept In love with his wife again. The wife who has courage enough and nerve enough to pretend not tt see what Is going on under her nose, and to let the case run its course nearly always wins out.
 Because, after all, these cases are hardly ever as serious as either the wife, or the husband, or the other WoIudH LHlHk they are, ana they are nearly always cured by a little wholesome neglect. After a man has been married good many years, and particularly as he gets along te ward middle life, it flatters him to death for a woman, other than his wife, to begin running after him. It makes him feel young and romantic, and as If he was devil of fellow among the women. But o+ middle age TO- nance gets cold feet when it thinks about figuring in a scandal, and the headlines in the newspapers, and breaking up a home, and alimony. Also the man is mighty apt to dis cover that the other woman has just as many peculiarities, as his wife.
 So if the wife will just be blind and dumb hubby will come trotting back home with his tail between his legs, very much ashamed of his wan dering and ready to lick the hand that pats him. My advice to Anxious Wife, who is crazy about her hus- band, Is just to sit tight and saw wood. and walt for the prodigals return-if she thinks he is worth 1t,
 DOROTHY DIX.
 Dear Miss Dix: am engaged to be married-or I suppose l should say I was engaged to be married to young woman I love very much, Recently $ had an engagement to take her to a party, but some inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

Never marry any woman who isn't interested as much in your career as you are and who isn't ambitious for you to succeed in it. And thank your guardian angel that you have escaped getting a wife who thinks you can conduct your business when you're going to pink teas with her.
 DOROTHY DIX.
 Dear Miss Dix: Is a man 65, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

The woman who is jealous of a mans business, who begrudges the time he gives to it. who is always talking about that old office." and who refuses to understand the calls that a mans life work make upor him, is the worst handicap that any man can have in life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

Fairy Prince as a Husband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

Believe me, John, there is no wife such curse to man as the woman who Is not willing to sacrifice her own pleasures for his good, and to help him do a mans part in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

much, loved I not honor more" said the poet to his mistress, and that is eternally true of the love of a man for woman. A big. strong man, the kind of steadfast man that 1t is safe for a woman to tie to, puts his duty even before his love of her. The little, shallow men that a woman can wind around her finger are the men who are faithful to nothing, not even to love, and still less to their wives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

T could not love thee. dear. so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

More than 4 900 HOOVER users in the city of Birmingham and the number is growing every day-conclusive evidence of its popularity, its merit and its adaptability to the needs of the housewife.
 The first week of this special Hoover campaign has gone over with a bang-many new HOOVER enthusiasts now have one of these wonderful cleaners in their homes Many more will avail themselves of the opportunity dur ing the coming week.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
TRUTH IN FABRICS BILL

When congress adjourned the
truth in fabrics bill died on the
calendar. 1t will be a live is
sue when the new congress con-
venes. Inform yourselves and
see that your representatives
in congress are informed also so
that they will vote for the right
kind of a bill.
There are two bills, one by
Capper-F French which has been
supported by the sheep men,
the consumers league, the
farm organizations and the
farm bloc which will require
manufacturers to brand their
fabrics so the consumer will
know how much shoddy or
adulterants the cloth contains.
The other bill-the Lodge
Rogers bill-was drawn up by
the enemies of truth is fabrics !;
by those who want to con-
tinue to fleece the uonsum-
ers by hiding shoddy in with
little virgin vol and selling
the whole at virgin wool prices
One American firm recently
purchased $1,800,000 worth
lbe made into shoddy clothes for
of old rags in England to
Americans. This is but on pur-
chase by one person. They are
many.
The Capper-French bill will
protect the consumers. The
Lodge Rogers bill will not.
Keep your representative in
formed on this and see that he
votes for the Capper-French
bill-Dairy Farmer.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1928
EXPLANATORY

Editor Medved was called to
Montana hur1.iedly Wednesday
morning to attend the funeral
lof his brother-in-law and was
forced to leave without being
able to give needed instruction
to his temporary successor,
which, coupled with the fact
that the linotype operator from
Grangeville could not reach
here until Friday morning, ac-
counts for the paper being a
day late this issue and any
other shortcomings that
may appear. Next week we
will try to be out on time and
provide Chronicle readers with
all the news available.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25

Princess Flour/s1.S5 pei
sack; 400 Flour 1905 per sack
At the stores oy>v. c. Co. Wise
Have you received your
chance on the $40 in gold to be
given away, May 31st, at Bak'
er's Store?
A large number of Cotton
wood young folks attended The
Boomerang club dance al
Grangeville Wednesday evening
and report having had flint
time.
John Funke, proprietor of th'
Capitol Hill purebred Poland
China hog farm, was a passen
ger to the county seat Saturday
noon on business, returning OF
Sunday mornings train.
Ed. Sonnen has been doinl
exceptionally good work on tn,
new piece of road along the res
ervation line, leading over tn
ridge to Icicle Flat, and if tn
Ferdinand commissioners Wi
attend to some of the roads il
that part of their district tn
residents of the flat will 500
have a fine outlet toward Col
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
REWARDS OF cHEERFULNEss

The cheerful man is pre-eminently
useful man.
The habit of cheerfulness enables
one to transmute apparent misfortune
into real blessings.
The cheerful mans thought sculp-
lures his face into beauty and touches
his manner with grace.
II we are cheerful and contented gil
nature smiles at us the air Is balmier,
the sky Is clearer, the flowers have a
richer fragrance, the birds sing more
sweetly and the whole world Is more
beautiful.
High-mlnded cheerfulness Is found
In great souls, self-poised and conf.
dent In their own heaven-aided pow
ers.-Boston Transcript.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Lots of people are poor subjects for
mind reader.
A careworn woman doesn't seem to
care what she wears.
Training up a. child in the way II
should go requires gong some.
A woman would rather have big
foot than not have high instep.
The Hinged boar snake was wor-
shiped by the early Mexicans. n
Sign in 4 Greek tAkoeAs Dough.
nuts, different yet ns1 The same"
Us All right for 1 man to b cool
in the hsur ~ danssrtS ~ nnnlnoaD
ln't al IN hi - - 49,
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25


Now that the services of the
county agent have been dispen
sed with we believe it would bt
web for the members of thu
Community Club to call thai
body into action again. Thu
Club has not held meeting fol
several months, for various
reasons, and the regular summe
meeting should be held on Tues
day, June 9Th. Why not re
vive it again and see if some
thing cannot be started to bet
ter conditions generally among
the residents of this commun
ity?
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25

y 4 boY'S POINT OF WEN
Aunts will be kissers-
In uncles there is money.
All the world scolds . boy.
There's no accounting for girls.
Life is one whipping after another.
A watchers place Is under the sofa.
Castor oil casts its terrors before It.
A haunted house Is thrill forever.
Luxury, thy name is going barefoot J
Rlots will happen in the best Of let
tiers.
To the tree climber belong the ap-
pies.
There's no place like the gangs
cave.
Roof climbing offers multitude Of
thrills.
It's long month that has the circus
at the end.
Easy lies the head that rests In
Perpetual penny saving Is the price
Of Z pitchers mitt.
Whom mother would make mad she
makes tend the baby.
They who laugh least at your re-
marks In company are your folks.
It's slways fierce weather when 4
fellow and dentist get together.
lis better to have seen baseball
game through knot hole than never
to have seen 1t at all.
OF all sad words Of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these: II gotta stay
home today. fellows" Edmund J.
Kiefer In the New York Sun.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
JUST THOUGHTS

Crooks are made by trying to dodge
duty.
woman can forgive fool If she
is the reason.
Some men are as effective as joke
without point.
Heaven always gets your picture
when you are not posing.
Home without mother is like short
cake without strawberries.
When man quits smoking and be-
gins again he feels foolish.
Money is good for great deal Il
there is great deal Of money.
It's when man rises to explain
that his enemies begin to chuckle.
Shielding a fool from the fruits OF
his folly Is fostering his foolishness.
Boys really should be dubbed for
their neglect of the kind Of girls they
want their sisters to be.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
Try 70 WORRY If

Nobody steals the milk
Your nrst play Is hit.
Somebody dies an leaves you soms
coal.
The baby sleeps through every
night.
You make the last payment on your
insurance.
You're voted the most popular man
In the club.
There's no extra calls on the tele-
phone bill.
Your boss sends you on business
trip to Cuba.
The mushrooms you raise In the
cellar aren't toadstools.
Somebody bumps your old car and
you knock off some fat insurance.
And the mlssus insists that you 60
to the lodge.-Exchange.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
WOMEN IN THE LohG AGO

Women played the guitar In 1888.
Women played polo 400 years ago.
Women used scissors 400 years B. @.
| Women wore silk in Solomon's time.
Women used safety pins 5000 years
ago.
Women played tennis in the days Of
Rome.
Women wore shoes 1900 years be-
fore Christ.
Women sewed with needles as far
back at 1645.
Women Of the ancients used mint to
scent their baths.
Women used the chatting dish many.
many centuries ago.
Women ate lemon and peppermint
drops In the Eighteenth century.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
FLASHLIGHTS

When young girl marries an
old man who isn't rich well
know It's love match.
Sometimes the folks who have
the most to be thankful for
show the least gratitude.
We know lot OF rich men
we wouldn't particularly care
about for lifelong companions.
Nothing spoils a boy or a man
so quickly as the notion that
there Is way to get money
without earning 1t.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
The GENIUS

He can write with a post Office pen
He can look innocent on the wit
ness stand.
He can tell when a woman IL
thinking.
he can tell what woman Is think
ing--but he never does.
he has money In the bank
He Is. in short, genlus
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
BRIEF BITS OF FACT

Eating earth Is common among un-
civilized people.
For untold centuries the peacock
feather has been mark Of rank In
China.
The honey obtained ON the banks Of
the Euphrates Is Of an Intoxicating ma
ture.
The water of Lake Geneva rises
and falls irregularly, much like the
ocean tide.
Mt. Everett is only about $4,000 feet
high, but the sea of Ladrons islands
IL 1920 feet deep.
In Europe there are estimated to be
25,000.0O0 more women than men, the
latter totaling 225,OO0O0O.
Pure gold Is known az "a carats nne.
Alloys are expressed in fractional
parts of "a. Sixteen carats fine Is six
teen twenty-fourths, or two-thirds pure
gold.
Wood alcohol reddled as whisky
caused 100 deaths and q cases Of
blindness in Fl states during the FIRST
six months Of 1922.
Twilight occurs only in those coun
tries that are situated at some dis
lance from the equator. In countrIe,
near the equator darkness falls quite
suddenly-as soon as the sun dips be
low the horizon.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-25
BAKER s. SON
he Quality and Prices Meet
TTONWOOD, IDAHO
ANNUAL ESTIMATE AND STATEMENT.

ANNUAL ESTIMATE AND STATEMENT.
The following estimate Of the and
liabilities that will be incurred by the Village of Cottonwood Ida
during the fiscal year ending the first Monday in May 1929
1928
TO sinking fund for payment of bonds 81 100000
For the annual interest outstanding bonds $4,000
For the of officers and employees, water rent
lights and for the repairing of streets and
walks and all other expenses of said village $4,000
Total Estimate Expenses So $4,000
Following statement of the of the said village
during year ending the first Monday May
Received from licenses $3.50
Received for sidewalks repaired by village 2O825
Received from miscellaneous 2O8 25
Received from fines collected 1925
Received levied by board of trustees 1884
Received sale of bonds 99438
Total for the year $25 1922
foregoing estimate and statement hereby approved
this 7th day of May, 1923.
w. W. FLINT, Chairman Board of Trustees,
Village of Cottonwood Idaho
Attest: M M. BELKNAP, Village Clerk 222
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-14
II YEAR OLD
PEASANT TAKES
EAGLE ALIVE

Reichenhall, Bavaria, Feb. A.
Capturing a full-grown golden eagle
alive in his arms has brought local
fame to 71-year- old peasant living
in the Arlberg mountains on the
Austrian side of the Vavarian from
tier.
The old man was approaching ht.
haystack when he spied the eagle de-
vouring roebuck which it appar-
emily had just killed by severing the
animals jugular vein. When it no.
ticed him coming, the eagle tried to
fly away but snow on the ground
impeded its rise. The peasant rush
ed forward and, gathering the huge
birds wings and claws in his arms,
succeeded in carrying it away cap
tive despite it's vicious attempts tc
get free.