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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
VANDERBILT is
READY TO Give
HIS TESTIMONY
New York Frnancier Who
Made Charges in Oil Mud
die Is in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l4.-Frank A.
meeting hour of the Senate oil COM
mttee this morning but other wit
nesses were heard first. At noon
it was announced that the commit
tee would not hear Vanderlip until
tomorrow regarding his statements
made at Osslning Tuesday night i'm
plicating the late President Harding
and the purchase of the Marion Star
in the oil reserve muddle
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Body of Second Victim
OF Mountain Climb, Found

VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. IA
Tho body of Arthur Willis. aged q,
companion of David Spencer, who
was found dead on Grouse Noun
tian, nearby, last Tuesday, was dia-
covered late yesterday in "A gully
800 feet from where the body Of
Spencer was found Willis seemed
to have fallen and one leg was
broken. The two left Sunday 10
climb the mountain and also hunt.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
INVESTIGATION
IS WELCOMED

WASHINGTON, Feb 14.-Investl-
cation of the administration of the
United States Shipping Board recent
ly called for in a resolution intro
duced by Representative Davis, Demo
crat, of Tennessee, will "be welcomed
by me as also with all other members
of the board" Chairman OConnor
said today discussing the proposed
inquiry.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
War Fraud Investigate
Work Is Reported Upon

WASHINGTON Feb. 14-President
Coolidge has been advised by At
torney General Daugherty as to all
details of activities of the Depart
ment of Justice relating to war
fraud cases, Daughterty in a letter
presented voluminous details of the
Departments war transactions and
expressed satisfaction at the work
done.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Claims Narcotics Being
Given to Jail Inmates

SEATTLE, Feb 14-Federal Judge
quiry as to whether prisoners in
the County Jail are obtaining narcot-
les. Federal narcotic agents said
they believed the prisoners were able
to secure drugs.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Judge Presents
One Woman with
Novel Valentine

PORTLAND. Ore, Feb. Il.
Mrs. James O. Costello, wife
of a realtor, formerly of Seat
tie and Cheyenne. was today
given a divorce when she told
the Court he made her render
an account of carfare. stamps
and all household items. She
was also awarded a third of
Costello's fortune estimated at
100000.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
DEAL is EXPLAINED

CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 1l-vInti-
nation Of Irregularities in the sale
of the Marion Star by the late War
and Roy ID. Moore. made by Frank ~
Vanderlip, New York financier In a
speech at Ossining, last night brought
sharp denial from Brush, President
of the Harding Publishing Company.
Brush stated Vanderlip's attempt
to implicate Harding was inexcus-
able and false.
Brush said "The actual purchase
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Noted Yachting Captain
Passes Away in England

BRIGHTON -BY-THE-S SEA. England.
Feb. 14-Capt. Robert Wrings, not
ed yachting skipper who commanded
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock No
and in the cup races OF 1900
and 1908, died here last night.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Sergeant Thorne Now on
Way from Herschel Island

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Feb. IA.
"A wireless caught yesterday at
Buckley Bay said Sergeant Thorne,
who went to Herschel Island to exc
cute Eskimos on February l, has
left the Island. The message did
not state whether the executions
had taken place or not.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Another Dividend to
Be Paid by Hecla Co.

WALLACE, Idaho, Feb. 14.-The
Heela Mining Company announces
dividend of s250,000 to March /
which makes the total paid by tho
mino S11.355, 900.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Forty Thousand Dollar
Fire Occurs in Seattle

SEATTLE. Feb. 14-Fire starting
from an explosion in the paint vat
last night destroyed the $4,000 plant
and stock of the American Tar Com
pany.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Sutherland Now
Proposes Three
Elective Officers

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA. -
Delegate Sutherland has intro
duced a bill to make the Gov
ernor of Alaska, Secretary and
Treasurer elective.
The Delegate has also intro
duced bill TO authorize Cor
dova to issue 100000 bonds for
a school building.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Mellon Denies Charges
About Bond Duplication

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-Secre-
tary of Treasury Mellon has sent a
letter to President Coolidge declar-
ing that charges of Charles s.
Brewer, Department of Justice At
torney that bonds were duplicated
in the Bureau of Engraving, were
absolutely unfounded.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Six Separatists Killed
By Inhabitants Of Town

BERLIN, Feb. 14.-Six Separa-
lists were killed yesterday at Buerk-
helm. a town of 1000 inhabitants.
when the headquarters were stormed
following refusal of the Separa-
tists to evacuate the town.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
McAdoo Conference
On Candidacy to Be
Held Next Monday

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE Ma
tional conference of William
G. McAdoo supporters. repre-
sentatives of Labor, Farmers,
and "other Liberals" to consid-
er the availability of McAdoo
for the Democratic Presidential
nomination, is called for Febru-
airy IS. next Monday, in this
city.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
E Conservatives Not to
Hamper New Premier

LONDON, Feb. 14-Stanley Bald
win, leader of the Conservative party
intimated today the opposition will
do nothing to hamper Prime Minis
ter Macdonald in any negotiations
with France.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Norway Is Forced to
Recognize Russians

MOSCOW. Feb. 14.-The Foreign
Office has enforced Norway to give
the Russian Soviet Government de-
jure recognition.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14

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Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
SUPPLY

NeamOn Duff has had a serious time
with his arm. While playing with
some children some few weeks ago he
fell and injured it. He is now slowly
recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Fowler were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II e. Navy
of PocahOntas Sunday.
Vernon Ray of Pratt, Mo-. left We'd
nesday week for Kentucky to locate
a home.
Supply is on a boom. Everybody in
terested for one more time in church.
work. We are trying to make our COM
munity what it once was. We invite
everybody to come out and take a part.
Mrs. Alma Duff's baby is very sick
with pneumonia
Cotton picking is scarce at this place
The women have begun their quilting
Miss Doris Redwine came home Fri
day evening from her school on a visit.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
The Golden Rule for Tenants

Since my father left his fathers
home 40 years ago, he has been a
renter. We have always tried to take
care of everything on the place just as
if it were our own. We have cOOpera-
ted with our landlord and he with us.
We set fruit trees and ornamental
shrubs, and plant annual flowers. Our
flowers are the envy of our tenant
neighbOrs. They make no effort to
grow such things.
My advise to tenants is to fix up a
place all you can while you are on it.
Plant something for someone else. If
all of us did this, what a difference it
would make!
was born on a rented place and
lived there for % years. Mother and
father had a good orchard of apples,
peaches, cherries, plums and prunes
They had a yard full of flowers. Trees
that they planted years ago for shade
are stately and proud trees now. But
after living in one place so long, we
decided to move and now live on
another rented place about mile from
where we had always lived. In the
three years we have been here, many
changes have taken place. We have
bearing raspberries, Strawberries, and
peaches, grapevines doing nicely, many
rose bushes, vines, shrubs, and flowers
from seed.
We have never had a cross word
with our landlord, yet we have our
own COW, raise our own hogs, and a
flock of chickens, a garden, etc We
own our own team, wagon, buggy, and
farm tools, and we have a little money.
We often lend our farm tools to our
landlord to be used by his other ten
ants. When he wants things that be-
long to u.s. he comes for them. When
we want things that belong to him, we
90 after them. This works greatly to
the advantage of us both.
l believe tenant should have
enough pride and get up" to want to
improve place and make it attractive
by having it well kept at all times.
You should have it so well cared for
that you will be proud for your land
lord and visitors to see it. If you
can't get what you want, then take
what you can get and make the most
Of it. Live for somebody else, not just
for self alone. Make somebody else
happy as you go down the hill Of life.
Do for your fellow man what you
would want him do for you, and CO.
operate with your landlord and he will
cooperate with you. Just be a little
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
Crop Report

According to crop forecasts issued
by the Department of Agriculture on
November 10th, it is estimated that
this years corn crop will be consider
ably below the actual yield of 1923 as
well as below the five year average,
l9lS-l922. The 1924 crop as of Octo-
Der 3lSt is estimated at 2,477 ,53S, 900
bushels, as compared with an actual
yield Of 3,046,3S7, 600 bushels in 1923
and with the five year average of
2,S99, ,42S,OO0 bushels from 1918 to 1922.
The potato crop, on the other hand.
Is now estimated at 454, 10000 bushels.
and will in all probability exceed the
record crops of 1917 and 1922. The
sweet potato crop however, is estima-
ted to be approximately 25OOO,OOO
bushels below the five year average,
showing an indicated production of
about I5,520000 bushels at the end Of
October. The tobacco and peanut crops,
likewise promise smaller yields this
year as compared with former records.
The present tobacco crop is estimated
to be 2G00OO,OOO pounds less than the
1923 crop while the estimated peanut
crop Of 5S2,535,OOO pounds compares
very favorably with the production of
636,462OOO pounds i'm 1923. Two fruit
crops, for which estimates have been
"a decrease in the other. The apple
crop is estimated at 117,23S,OOO bushels
as compared with 196,77O,OOO bushels
in 1923. The indicated peach crop for
1924 shows an increase of 5,99S,000
bushels over 1923, being estimated at
81, 100000 bushels.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
Big Crops And Prices

Jim G. Ferguson, commissioner of
mines, manufactures and agriculture.
has received from one of the largest
cotton firms in the country report
that includes statistics as to the num-
ber of bales and the price per pound
of cotton crops i'm the past and an
estimate of the prices that would be
received for crops ranging from H.
100000 to 15,OOO,OOO bales. The esti-
mate, based on crops and prices dur
ing past years, is 30 cents per pound
for crop of 100000 bales and 10
cents per pound for a crop above 15.-
100000 bales.
Even if these particular figures are
not accepted as authoritative. there
are statistics available TO all which
show that big crop means a low
price. There is something in the argu-
ment that big crop. even though the
price be lower, distributes the money
throughout the cotton growing states
more evenly and therefore makes for
prosperity But under latter day con.
ditions this argument falls because the
per pound production cost has ncreaS-
ed 50 rapidly. The average production
cost per pound this year has been p
cents or better, The cotton grower
can not make money raising cotton at
p cents per pound and selling it sever.
al cents below that figure.
The way out is through the growing
of more bales ON fewer acres. That
this can be done by careful. intensive
farming no cotton grower denies. But
growing more bales on fewer acres
is only part Of the program. An ample
supply of feed stuffs must be grown on
every farm and also those food stufrs
that may be proftably grown in the
cotton states.
That the South can get more for
an 100000 bale crop than it can
for 15,0OO.0OO bale crop is known
to practically every, one in the South.
The problem now is to divide that
l1,0OO0O0 bales that every grower will
produce his proportionate share. Tn
der the reduced acreage plan there
will be hundreds of thousands Of acres
released for food and feed crops
Gazette.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
Golden Rule Sunday

Representatives of twenty countries
met at Geneva, Switzerland recently
and formulated plans for the strength
ening of international friendship and
cooperation. For reasons explained
below, Governor McRae has proclaim
ed Sunday, December Z, as Golden
Rule Sunday" and issues the following
proclamation
Whereas, at an international con-
ference held at Geneva, Switzerland,
where the representatives of twenty ma
tiOns, including the United States met
to determine in what way the donation
allied orphans of the Near East-vic-
tins of the late war-cOuld be helped,
and,
Whereas, plans We're perfected at
this conference for the observance of
Golden Rule Sunday, December 7th,
for the strengthening of international
friendship and cooperation, and the
practical application of the Golden
Rule to at least some of the worlds
problems, and
Whereas, President Coolidge, Chief
Executive of the United States, has
commenced this great humanitarian
effort, in the following language:
II believe that the international
al Of
only save the lives of thousands
of destitute, but may possibly have
an even greater benefit in the way
of influence upon those who must
observe the Golden Rule and help
to establish il as a reality in daily
living. The international observ-
ance of this day might well contri-
butte materially to the betterment
of international relations and abid-
ing world peace" .r
Therefore, l, Thomas c. McRae,
Governor of the state of Arkansas, be-
lieving that the people of Arkansas
are in sympathy with these high ideals,
most sincerely request that Sunday,
Dec. 9TH, 1924 be observed throughout
the state as Golden Rule Sunday, re-
minding ourselves of the universally
accepted standard of life, "Whatso-
ever Ye Would That Others Should Do
Unto You, Do Ye Even So Unto Them"
upon which principles our state and
nation were builded.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of State. in the
Governors Office at Little Rock, Ar
kansas, this the 22nd day of October.
1924, Thomas G. McRae,
Governor"
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

sets the city because a supply sufficient
for ninety days is at hand. In the
meantime the camped raiders are on
guard
This particular situation illustrates
a clash of interest that cannot be easily
avoided. To the farmers the water is
theirs. to the city the water is its own.
Very probably the city has the law on
its side, but there ought to be a way
to settle the problem so that both sides
will he reasonably cared for. We be
lieve that this will happen, because we
cannot conceive Of actual fighting in
the present case.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
Five Tragedies

4 man struck IA match to see if the
gasoline tank in his automobile was
empty. II wasn't.
\ man patted a strange bulldog on
the head to see if IL was affectionate.
II wasn't
A man speeded up to see if he could
beat the train TO the crossing, He
couldn't.
A man touched trolley wire to see
If II was charged. 1t was.
A man cut out his advertising to see
II he could save money. He didn't
Arkansas Highways.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

delivery between New York and Chic
ago. Business houses in these cities
can then save one to two days in cor
responding, as letters written late one
day will be delivered ON the first mail
of the next morning.
The development of the air mail is
of great Importance i'm a country as
vast as the United States. The tract
less forests of the eighteenth century,
under the slow communication and
difficult transportation of that period,
would not have become the great west.
1t Is true that, in time the territory
would have developed magnifcently,
but without modern transportation
and instantaneous communication no
great nation could have been welded.
The air mail has started only. 1t
should be energetically expanded until
every section is in touch with the other
people of this country. II should be
improved as rapidly as possible be-
cause the time will soon bring us aerial
transportation, not of mails, but of men
and freight. When that day arrives the
aerOplane will do for neighboring states
what the automobile did for adjacent
towns-move them closer together.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

Water is the one necessity of living
that is in the control of man. Sun
light, the other, is in the hands of the
gods.
Dwellers in lands near the rivers
and swampS of our nation who have
never visited the arid plains of the
west, can hardly understand the ap-
probation placed on a good water sup
ply by the farmers of the old deserts.
Water has made their land and proper
irrigation is the source of their pros
perity.
Dwellers i'm the large cities under
stand this need for water. When hun
dredS of thousands Of people cOngre-
gate in restricted area the first I've.
quiSite to health and living is an ade.
quate supply Of uncontaminated water
So vital is this necessity that large
cities spend millions of dollars to Sc
curely impound reasonable reserves of
water Often, as in the case of New
York and Los Angeles, the water re
serve is hundreds of miles from the
city itself
Last week the water supply of Los
Angeles which had been stored about
200 miles north of the city, was divert
ed by a party of raiders into river,
serving an agricultural valley. The
raiders were not, in real sense, law
breakers. but men with property inter
csts and homes adversely affected by
a shortage of water. These people
would not sit idle while an available
water supply moved sluggishly towards
the great city of the south. They drove
the guards from the acqueduct and di-
verted the water for their own use.
Moreover, they established "A camp,
where their representatives resisted
all efforts at persuasion.
The sheriff of the county wanted
troops Immediately, but the governor
of the state has moved slowly. Court
action has been enlisted by the city,
but in the meantime the raiders have
the water. No immediate danger be-
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
The Best Form of Insurance
Against Boil Weevil
Hazards

GdLdTuS
one of the great troubles about the
boll weevil is not only that he does so
much harm, but he does it with such
irreguIarity. If We could know in ad-
vance how much damage he would do
I'm any particular section, we could
adjust acreage and cultivate to meet
that condition. But when we have hot
dry summers the boil weevil does very
little damage, whereas when we have
hot rainy summers he may cause al
most complete destruction of the crop
II is worth while to repeat in this con-
pection Dean DavenpOrt's remark re-
Gently quoted in The Progressive Farm
er -
zone difficulty with farming as a
business is that as a usual thing
it is a small business. The farm
pr. therefore, can't do business on
a ten-year average. If he gets
big loss, it nearly puts him out Of
business"
The boil weevil, therefore, makes it
more important than ever before that
the cotton farmer does not take the
risks that he took in pre-weevil years.
He can no longer afford to gamble on
buying supplies on credit-at least not
on time prices" credit. Nor can he
afford longer to depend on cotton alone
as a source of cash income. AT least
two sources of cash income" has be-
come requirement not only of farm
success but of farm safety.
We should just like to suggest this
thought to every Progressive Farmer
reader. Next year it may be your
section and your neighborhOOd that is
called on to suffer the maximum of
boil weevil damage. Can we afford to
take risks about the matter? Is it not
time for all of us to make plans for
gradually acquiring financial re-
serve in livestock and farm buildings
which will give us collateral to tide
over a season of weevil disaster? Is
il not time TO econOmize and save and
do without luxuries and even some so
called necessities" until all of us can
get through year without paying
ruinOus time price on a single item
needed for the farm and home?
OF course it is up to all cotton farm
ers to use all the approved cultural
and poisoning methods for fighting boil
weeyils. But this alone is not enough
not near enough. We must recognize
the fact that for the average man the
boil weevil makes cotton growing an
extra-hazardOus occupation, and we
must provide insurance against its
worst perils by "a taking on some
other regular source of cash income
besides cotton, and (2) by building up
a better financial reserve in the form
of more livestock or better farm equip
ment-this reserve both enabling us to
get through periods Of financial stress
that would otherwise shipwreck us,
and also providing a basis for bank
credit by which we can forever escape
from the blood-sucking time prices"
system which has so long cursed South
ern agriculture The Progressive Farm
er
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

Much effective propaganda against
war is being set out by the leaders of
the various Christian churches. Last
May the Northern Methodists had quite
a discussion at Springfield, Mass. over
the position to be taken by the church
toward war Now a committee repre-
senting the bishops, have made their
report, which takes no middle ground.
Holding the cause of peace dearer
than party alliance the church "shall
tolerate no dilatory or evasive attitudes
on the part of those who represent
us in legislative halls" The church
people are called on to support only
those who are pledged to secure the
outlawry of war"
Other statements include: War is
not inevitable, is the supreme enemy
of mankind and threatens the suicide
of civilization. Governments cannot
justly sacrifice the lives of men in
war time if they ignore the Christian
conscience in time of peace. Selfish
nationalism, economic imperialism and
militarism must cease.
We share the voice of the bishops,
but unfortunately there is no general
agreement defining the general terms,
or in delineating when adequate de-
fense' becomes militarism, when pro.
tccting our commerce becomes ecOnom-
ic imperialism, or when our domestic
issues are based upon nationalsm.
Even so the efforts of the church to
awaken in their members "A conscience
against war, 10 stir in them an anti
pathy to its ways, and to create great
er interest in the question in time of
peace is commendable, and likely to
bear good fruit.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

We know that the wcrld was not
made in day. Yet we know a lot
of people who seem to think they could
make much better one in few hours.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

Capital punishment may be failure,
but il never has been tried in this coun-
try. Out of 1900 murders in New
York in six years there We're only "a
executions!
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27
The Editors Eye

A girl we know says this is great
life if she weakens just little bit.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

The best modern mystery story is
how some folks in Pocahontas make a
living without ever doing any work.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

II is estimated that less than half of
the elegible voters of the United States
voted in the presidential election. The
half that didn't vote could almost have
elected two presidents.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-11-27

Well, we see where the Garden of
Eden was in continent which sank
in the Pacific $4,000 years ago. DO
you remember where the garden was
the last time il was "located?"