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Smyrna times., 1924-09-03

William MacWilhams, lieutenant of
the State highway police, has resign
ed, to take effect September /. Mr..
MacWilliams probably will return to
the State Highway Department, on
the engineering force.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-03

Total receipts from the Oxford Md,
Firemen's Carnival amounted to $685.
600. This is the largest receipts ever
reported.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
BOY STOW AWAY Is SAVED
 AFTER II HOURS IN SEA

Portland. Drifting II hours nncased in a life preserver and un- conscious when picked up, Dutch lad whose name is not recalled, was It scued by Captain Gleason of the six maItel schooner Wyoming on her last trip to Norfolk, he reported here recently.
 Mate Howard Williams located q drifting object near the vessel about lc:30 one night and was impressed that it was alive,
 The ship hove to and the tender sought to pick up the object. Wm. SLOW, first mate, going out therein aid hauling tne lad over the side. He came to when re-toratives were applied on the ship and said he had jumped off Dutch freighter when he sighted land al entrance to Chesapeake Bay.
 First he secured the life preServe1 and his duffel bag was tied around his meek He was a stowaway and Captain Gleason put him ashore at Norfolk for the port officials to care fer.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26

Specisl motion pictures, feature that is cernan to advertise Alaska in the eyes of the tourists.
 Ed. Fleming is with New fork stt-e! structural firm. Charley Good all, formerly of Nome and now the lumber king of the Copper River section, has just returned from a visit to Norway and is DOW in Wash inKton emroute to the West and North. Oscar Breadman of Cordova and Chitna is arranging for the sale of his silver holdings on the kotsina. Ex-governor Thomas Riggs is ac- ;tive in mining enterprises. General
 Richardson is stiTl interested in tht
 dcw.lopmena of Alaska ai,d will ever
 b. good friend of the Northand
 Dick Ryan spends a good deal oi tune in the cry-commutinS tc tWashington and Berkeley Springs Alaska Weekly.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
PTLFERING CAT SOUNDLY
 WHIPPED BY ALLIGATOR

Lawrence, Kan.-"The bully of Kentucky street" was Tom, a ten year-ohd, 1S-pound, snow-white cat. belonging to George Melvin, q Law renee lawyer Tom was not partic- ularly mean. but his size and vor- aciOus appetite always assured him e. meal
 Napoleon had his Waterloo Tom his water tub.
 Last winter, ill New Orleans, Mel win acquired young alligator. Al ly" Ally's home was in the old family washtub.
 Ally liked raw meat. So did Tom. As result, when meat was placed on the rocks in the tub whereon Ally basked, the reptile would get about one bite and Tom the rest Tom would even hop into the water after it
 The other day Ally's supper was nlaced in the tub and Tom jumped in for his share. The alligator leap ed across the tub and clamped his long jaws on come.hing white and furry
 Tom got out of the tub. all right; also got of" pilfering Ally's fare.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
GEORGE GOSHAW ACTIVE
 IN FUR SEAL INQUIRY

George Goshaw. widely known old timer of tine NOrthfand, concerned in the fur industry, and who has bs.n at the Hotel McAlpin, in New York City, for year or more will he q witness before the fur seah 1n- uiry, soon to be held by commit1ee of the senate. The inquiry is the outgrowth of the Wheeler resolu- ton which calls for a probe into tho government contract whereoy the Fcuke Fur Company of St. Louis virtually has & monopoly on fur seal islands in Alaska. In letter, MT. (;oshaw tells of other sourdougha who are now in the metropolis, as fellows:
 Carl Lomen and Col. Oglesby are bard at work tn the metropolis Of New York state. Frank Halpin is also there; Jim Gantney is now a Fifth Avenue merchant prince; Geo. Williams is steamboatirg in that country. Charles Milot is in New York HOW, from Chicago. Captain Latlrop, the movie magnate, has reached New York and is now ar ranging for a long run of the Alaska filmed picture "Cheechakos" In a Broadway theatre. Dr. Lewis Is chief guide for the Alaska movie colony. Col. Steese was the chie' ta,ker in showing railroad pictures to the members of the Brooklyn Ea- gle Alaska party. Col. Blanchard oi the Interior Department is giving q series of interesting talks On the President Harding Alaska Tour
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
KEY P(ImAEN RECALLS
 SHOOTING WHITE HORSE RAPIDS

Lake March with Lake Lebarge are fifty miles of river. In this river you encounter the most dangerous water. Here you find the Niles ranvcn ard the Whttehorse Rapids.
 The canyon is about 100 feet wide and a mile long. The walls are yer ticai and rise to a height Of nearly lCO feet. The river, which is 250 s-,~. :-.. ahc---- .!.c "a-,-H,. ir wood through like mill race. Below the canyon are the ceiebra ted Whithorse R;apids, which terminate i'm littl" waterfall. shall never forget our experience with the canyon and rapids.
 was travelling with one compan- ion. linn I.ashua Ho was a good boaHman and we had a good boat. We started down Fiftymile River in the evening and ran until dark look ! ing for a good camping place. Iii tho morning we were astonished to frd that We were only half male above the canyon. and that by acci- d. mt only we had escaped going thru , t in the night. A great many boats were landed in the eddy above it. i We tied up to the bank and went down to investigate, We found that wtile all were going through the lc;.nvon none were running the ra- Ipids. The boats were being pulled out on the left bank just above the
 rapids and portrayed fcr a distance of mile to a point below the rapids. When we got back to the boat my partner said: Well, kid, what dc you think of the rapids" Whe" told him I had had enough of pack ing and was in for running them
 he was delighted.
 We jumped in and showed off. Jin
 took the l2-foot oars and stood uE
 and rowed the boat, facing the bow
 grabbed the steering oar and WI swung into the canyon.
 retain few distinct impressions : except that the walls of the canyo1
 were flying by and that we wer
 tossing violently When we emerc e, from the canyon the water wa , sv fit but smooth until the White horse Rapids were reached, half
 mile below. Jim stood the big oar
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
GIRL LIFTED AT ALTAR
 IN | CROWDED CHlrRCI
Man Gives f,mpaatic No" to I'm portant Question and Walks
 Ont of Ruilninn

New Britain. Conn.-For sever years John Zielinski and Miss Jose phine Tkacz have been keeping com pany with each other
 A few weeks ago they werA engag- el to be married Recently Miss Thacz, having purchas q an. elabor- ate trousseau and bought the bridal bouquet, happily joined her fiance in taxicah ride to the Sacred Heart church Both seemed radiant ly joyful.
 The young woman paid the cab fare. Together they presented themselves in front of the altar. The clergyman opened his prayer book. The marriage ceremony was begun. The Rev. Alexander Kowal- czky asked the prospective bride 2: com;
 Do you take Josephine for your lawful wife?"
 To which Joseph firmly and dis tiHctly shouted:
 "No,"
 A large congregation, including the young woman's heretofore beamine relatives. was aghast. The clergy man wasn't sure that he had heard alright. He put the question again. Again came the "No!"
 Joseph turned to the spectators ai d said:
 ''I know what am saying. hereby inform all of you people that I don't want to marry this woman, and I'm not going to-"
 The br.de-to-be tainted. The cler- gyman closed the prayer book. Jos enh strode firmly down the aisle and irto the Cpen. Amid deep silence the awed congregation sat for a while. and then filtered out of the church.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26

lur in the air, resting peacefully as w. dritted toward the rapids. Just before we reached them, men ran frantically along the bank toward us, shouting The Whitehorse Ra- 'pids are below you Throw us a l1ne."
 Jim placed his h-nd 10 his ear and said: Cant hear you. Wh SC hc~c ," Thc- :Aougi. te was crazy
 and continued to shout. "The ra-
 pids' The Whitehor.e rapids." We swung around .nc end .-i.o ,ne
 .'a3ids. Jim droppal his oars into ltic water and began work desrSr- .te.y. The spray was So thicf that
 could not see to ste, .. and had to rely upon Jim for directions. AS the DOW swung on. way or the other, he would dirent me by shout ing; TO the right. To the left! Hard to the left. Steady as you are! Hard to the right. Hold her!
 Hold her steady"
 And the boa. plunged over the | falls at the end of the rapids in a
 wall of mist. The boat settled and
 trem bled for an instant, then shot out into smooth water.
 That was my entry into the land ici great spaces and bona.nzas. The l rest of the story isn't important
 There isn't anything very pictures que about the job I got in the klon'
 dike of cutting cordwood. when | found my dreams of practicins Law
 in the new camp dissipated because h. devaloped that Kl"ndike was II British territory and. an AmericaI law license didn't go there. And th1 Istorv of how drifted down to th' lu4w camp of Nome and helped or ganize the first "consent govern
 memt" of that booming munIclpailt'
 has been told perhaps too often
 The whole tale, however, goes DacI
 ito the Hateful day of July IF, lS9' I wish I could again meet the sour dcuehs of the first rush. To theL my salutations!- Reprinted fTor : the February issue of The Patt frdpr of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
HOME PAPER IN RHYME

! Today, so far as appearance goes, country paper and the city paper is lin size. The country paper being in he main q local paper, does not need 1 the space that the city daily requires for it's general news and features. Bnt today the country papers make use of many of the same typographi- cal devices and pictures that the city paper uses. This word is needed to | ii7troduce q fine little peom by an un- known writer, who speaks of the older type of country weekly which too often was poorly printed and 'Tis'm filled with cuts and pictures
 nor the latest news dispatches; Ard the papers often dampeued and
 the print is sometimes blurred. There is only one edition, and the
 eyes glance often catches traces
 of a missing letter. or at times q
 misspelled word.
 No cablegram or special anywhere
 the eye engages;
 The makeup is perhaps a trife crude
 and primitive.
 But an atmosphere of home life fills and permeates the pages. Of the little country paper, printed
 where you used to live. How the heart grows soft and tender
 while its columns you're persuing. Every item is familiar. every name
 you know full well. And flood of recollection passes
 over vol while you're musing O, the pas, and wea'C5 afout vol
 an imaginative spell. You can see the old ,.Gme villaee
 once again in fancy, seeming Tc be clasping hand of neighbor, and
 of friend and relative; And their faces rise before you as
 you're idly, fondiy dreaming Ger the little country paper printed
 where you used to live. New York College of Agriculture,
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
WANTED 1T ONCE
 FIVE HUNDRED MEN

Tn have their suits cleaned, pressed and repaired.
 We make them look like new. We make alterations.
 First class workmanship.
 All work guaranteed.
 We do cleaning, pressing apd re, pairing for Ladies and GentienhA6 |. Give us a trial and you will come again.
 NOME TAILORING COMPANY
 Oppos1te Nugget Of'iee. Weekly Nugget delivered tv carrier i,e- month S1. 60.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
HlPTTS r.SL nL.En..::
 ARE DISCUSSED EY IC

tFrom Cordova Daily rimes Danger of :nbree !Ing causing askan reindeer herds 10 deter;Oi caus l no fear amOrc herd own, ="ys William T LnE sdprrint d"'t of Alaskar schools malltal r'irdeer services, It iIu: Dep; ment.
 Mir. Lopp points To d herd cf cs bou known to have remained pr t.cafly in one section for many yes aid which is considered one of u.St in Alaska insofar as phySi types are concerned. These amin range west of the kuskOkwim have been the subject of study the Biological Survey.
 The reindeer like the carib exercise the choice of selection mating are molra or less composed groups" says Superintendent Lo. These groups exchange mates, at no time do the members of | sa me family mate.
 Origin of Color~.
 The coaor of the reindeer wht lit deyiqros from the solid grey, Tot the result of inbreeding, as supposed, but is trick of the 1 berians, who many generations as color rn.o the herd, her you often encounter the pure wh and the pinto" reindeer. "The reindeer is one of the mo prolific of domesticated animal continucd Superintendent Lopp. . fawn of May will itself fawn the f. lowing year, instead of, like ma animals of the herbivorcus spec!' await maturity of three years. F this reason man owning he lmay count upon rapid increas These young mothe"s make up abo equally the losses from natui causes nOng the Oluer dihlIiSI9
 Must Have His Moss. As vet the reindeer has not b" taught the value of oats and oth grains and forages as d fat-prod, ier says Superintendent Lol Those in captivity have been taus r., mix 4 little rolled oats with tn
 moss. but demand the moss as roughage and prefer il to otf feeds. MT. Lopp thinks it may
 possible, by starting with very you animals, to teach them to eat same food as d horse or COW, fact he knows of several tnstan, . where orphaned fawns have learn to eat everything on mans table | meat. An experiment was tri
 with a matured animal by Starvi iit of moss and tempting it with rC el oats. It ate some of the o' land then went on strike.
 | ne bIolbSlt ltdl s1ul wy -NpuIu '" come experiments in domesticati the reindeer and getting it to ads itself to other foods than moss is believed it would produce a be.
 draft animal. A reindeer is good about five days, if he is fat a
 strong at the start. After that D
 ioa the fat along his back diSappes
 and he willis. It is necessary to
 low him to snack often. and t effort of paving for moss, coupl with pulling q sled wears him dow
 If he can be taught to eat horse fe IL" will make splendid draft a
 nal in winter.--Cordova Times.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26
HELPING HIM ALONG

Lady, could yer gimme a quar- ter to get where me family is?
 Certainly, my poor man, here's a quarter Where is your family?" 'At de movies.'-
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26

EDWARD J. FOX, the Watch and Clock repairer, has returned to Nome and will devote his entire time to Watch repairing; etc. Leave work at Hoits.
 E EOY
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26

Let the Nome Nugget do yOnr letter writing, by having us mali .he Weekly Nugget to your friend. on the Outside.
The Nome nugget., 1924-04-26

Subserihe NOW io" the Nor,e Nuxse,
 ei.OO PER MONTH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
WAREHOUSE SYSTEM
 TO BE ORGANIZED
Asa Candler, IT,, Behind New
 Project

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 16.-Organi. EEation ofa cotton are warehouse sys- tenn with units in a number of southern cities will be perfected immediately, it was, announced here today. It is un- derstood that the transaction will in- voIve immediately $2.500.0 900 and ling cotton warehouse properties in Geor- gia, Alabama and Florida:
 Application for charter will be filed Monday by Aga c. Candler, IT,, and ". Fl. Glenn, seekin gauthority to incor porate the Southeastern Compress and Warehouse company which Is to operate the system, says the announcement.
 The company will be capitalized at $350, 900 with the right to increase to $2, ,600, coo Cotton interests through out the south will be invited to join in the enterprise.
 The system will include units in At lanta, Macon, Savannah, August, Aoccoa, Albany, Millen, Athens, So- lUmbus, Thomasville, Montgomery, 0pe- lika, Dothan and Troy, Alabama, and Pensacola, Fla.
 Eighteen warehouses and 16 com presses will be operated with a capac- 1t yof 75O,00O bales with the expecta- ton of actually handling double that number of bales in the course of a season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
PARTY LEADERS
 CONFER IN WEST
Shaver Busy With Demo cratic Organization
 Plans In Chicago

CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-western dem ocratic headquarters was the scene of several conferences among party lead CTS today, with Glenn L.. Shaver chair man of the Democratic National Com mittee. busy with organization plans. Mir. Shaver, who leaves there tomorrow night for Lincoln, Neb., for the Bryan notification ceremonies, conferred with George W. Brennan, democratic ma tional committeeman from Illinois. Mir. Brennan took the national chairman to Mayor William D. Dever's office for a brief meeting. Mir. Shaver announced afterward that the meeting WAS purely social one and that politics was not discussed.
 While in Lincoln, Mir. Shaver will confer with Governor Bryan regarding his campaign plans, which now are un- derstood to be only in tentative form. How far the vice presidential nominee will 90 on his speaking tour could not be learned officially today. It was in timated, however, by those close to par ty leaders that he would probably con fine q majority of his tours to the mid dlewest.
 .Ik i9 underatoodt that John " Davis will come to Chicago for several days leonferehee with party leaders soon after his address in Columbus. O., August % It is expected that he will speak h this city during his western tour in Sep tember. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
CONTRACTOR DIES
 AFTER LONG SIEGE
T. M. Mason In Business At
 Huntsville 25 Years
Tennessee Valley Bureau)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Aug. 16.-T M. Mason, 60 years old, a well-known building contractor, died yesterday after an illness of more than a year with heart trouble. He was well known throughout this section, having been engaged as contractor more than 25 years. Surviving him are two sons, Aruthur and John, and two daughters, Misses Flossie and Bettie May Mason, all of Huntsville.
 Jail Almost Empty-Madison coun- tvs jail inmates at this time are small CT in number than in many months, the total being twenty. All men able to work and whose cases are bailable have been bailed out by farmers and other employers.
 WeeviIs Hard Hit-Boll weevils that have been reported in various locaIi ties in Madison county since the be- ginning of the cotton season, have not been thriving in the last month and a half, according to the Madison county farm bureau. Hot, sunshiny weather did not help them and the cold weather of the present week has been all against them, too. The damage they have done the present crop in this region is negli- gible, it is declared.
 Boys To Camp-The first annual en- campment of the boys clubs of Madison county will begin August q and con- tinue three days at Lawler's bluff on Flint river, it was announced today. More than 100 boys are expected. The members of the girls clubs and their mothers are invited to be the guests of the boys on the last day of the en. campment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
4 RECRUITS SOUGHT
 FOR DEFENSE DAY
Enlisting , Stations Announced
 By Col. MOorman

Recruiting stations for the one-day volunteers for National Defense Test Day, September 12, to fill the ranks of the 32 units of the reserve army in Birmingham, will be at Greenwood's cafe. Officers, Reserve headquarters in the old pOstoffice building, and at other downtown locations, according to Col. T. s. Moorman.
 Any person of military age will be able to register, with no ties binding him to the government, at one of these stations He will be assigned to some of the companies in the Birmingham area and will take part in the patriot ic demonstration on National Defense Test Day, Colonel Moorman said.
 A feature of the exercises and pa rade on Defense Day will be an indus trial section, containing floats of the various corporations of Birmingham loaded with products they could manu- fracture in time of national crisis E. O. T. c. units and 0. Nj. T. c. units will also march in the parade in charge of Col. R. M. Nolan,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
LISTENING IN ON FISH
Sounds Heard When A MicrOphOne Is
 Placed In Aquarium.

Placed In Aquarium.
 With the crayfish there was a painful clangor when one of these lobster-like creatures actually fingered" the hydro phone, but Captain West came to the conclusion that the instrument we used translated sounds as noises and not as tones.
 Later in the night we revisited the aquarium with a small microphone made water-tight in a football bladder. The wrQsse were tested once more, and then we could hear the "plunk" as the crab-bait hit the water and a rather gruesome ''scrunching" when the fish took their food. There were also swish ing noises when they leaped through the water.
 The carp gave us swishes and very faint 'plops" as they took pieces of chopped-up meat, while the trout went into instant retirement when the micro phone was lowered into their tank They never stirred cautious fin until it was removed.
 Each tank gave different basic tone. Now and then one imagined that there were distinctive sounds something like buxEes, and again there was a noise with the crayfish) like the snapping of watch-case, but these might have been electrical in their origin.
 The question as to whether fish emit sounds apart from feeding noises can not be solved in casual hour or so. A series of tests to find the best water microphone is clearly necessary, as we'll as an immense amount of patient listen ing after the fish have become used to the presence of the instrument.--G. NJ. in London Daily Mall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
(. Q. P. CORRUPT DECLARES WALSH
 IN HOME SPEECH
Says Certain Crimes Have Shamed Whole Ma
 tiOn

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 16.-Attack- ing the records of the last two republi- can administration as ''deplorably corrupt" resulting in crimes that have shamed the nation.v Senator Thonaas J. Walsh, democrat, Montana, outlined the national and state campaign issues at democratic rally here tonight.
 Honesty in government. the revenue law, the tariff and the policy of isoia- tion, are the four leading issues of the campaign" Senator Walsh said,
 The senator scored the republican tariff as a measure that robbed the farmer" and criticised the foreign pol ;cy as contributing nothing to the re construction of Europe and little to stabilization of trade. The foreign policy was marred, he declared, by sending abroad a species of leaves troopers" to watch the developments in Europe.
 Eulogizing John W. Davis, demo cratic presidential nominee, as worthy successor to Washington. Jef- ferson, Lincoln and Wilson, Senator Walsh said that Mr. Davis was fitted for the presidency by character, train ing and experience. He also stressed the activities of the nominee in adyo eating and supporting progressive legis lation.
 Although the senator made 10 direct reference to the candidacy of Senator La Toilette, he lauded his colleague, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, independ ent candidate for vice president, for his part in the Daugherty investiga finu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
Banker Deaf
 for Years Now { Hears Perfectly

MT. John L. Ellerman, President of Nhe Farmers National Bank, Fatrfaxs South Dakota, says that after suf- kering from deafness for many years inc can now hear the slightest whisper and is so proud and happy of his own good fortune that he wants everyone who is deaf or hard of hearing to know about it. After trying eyery-' 4hinR he could hear of without suc- cess, MT. Ellerman finally saw the an- nouncement of q New York firm stat ling that they had perfected a new nearing device called the Acousticon which would enable anyone whose auditory nerve was not entirely de- stroyed to hear as perfectly as those with normal hearing. As this firm differed to send their product on Ten Days Free Trial-no deposit-no c. 10. D., he decided to try it. To his utter lamazement and delight, he found that hhis remarkable invention enabled him to hear all sounds as clearly as when a boy. He has since recommend ed it to a number of his friends and khey also report most satisfactory re- sults. If you want to hear again as well as when a child, write the Dicto- graph Products Corporation, Suite h3O0-J, No. 220 w.. 42nd Street, New York City, and ask them to send you an Aeousticon on Ten Days Free Trial. .-fhere are no strings attached to their offer. The trial is absolutely free. sJust send them your name and address, kasAdK