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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-28
CHAMBER HOST TO GRADUATES
 OF Z SCHOOLS
Robertson Stresses Ne e d for Organized Effort in
 Community Work
(Conulrueo rrc-c Page One)

States if t:ley were unable to find suitable opportunities.
 This view was re-emphasized by the directorate in it's weekly re- port to the Chamber which said apparently press reports appearing in out-of-tcwn newspapers had given wrong impression on the Chambers action. In one or two instances it was made to appear that the Chamber was seeking to discourage land settlement.
 "The Chamber has no desire to do this" said the Board We know the Alaska Railroad, the h. terior Department and the Alaska Department of the Seattle Chamber
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HOLIDAY DANCE

Friday night, Elks' Hall. Sere- naders' Music. (adv.)
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Old papers at the Empire ofrlce
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NOTICE AUTOMOBILE OWNERS $;

All owners Of automobiles are hereby notified that their automor bile licenses ending May 31, 1931 ALSO drivers licenses expire same date.
 All owners of automobile and EVERY driver of a car are res 1uired to renew their licenses as above date. q Licenses are now available. Automobile license, 5000 per year.
 Drivers license, $1.00 for twt years.
 H. R. SHEPARD, S
 City Clerk. .
 4 n1d nQnarc rha Emntrn 0I11CA
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or right field on the fly, entities the batter to home run.
 Revised Schedule of Games The revised schedule of games follows
 FIRST HALF May 29-Moose vs. Elks. May 31-Legion vs. Elks. June 3LElks vs. Moose. June 5-Moose vs. Legion. June 7-Moose vs. Elks. June 10-Legion vs. Moose. June 12-Elks vs. Legion. June 14-Moose vs. Legion. June 17-Legion vs. Elks. June 19-Legion vs. Moose. June 21-Elks vs. Legion. June 24-Moose vs. Elks. June 26-Legion vs. Moose.
 SECOND HALF June 28-Elks vs. Moose. July Moose vs. Legion. July 3-Legion vs. Elks. July 5-Legion vs. Moose. July 8-Elks vs. Legion. July 10-Moose vs. Elks. July 12-Legion vs. Elks. July 15-Elks vs. Moose. July 17-Moose vs. Legion. July 19-Moose vs. Elks. July 22-Legion vs Moose. July 24-Elks vs. Legion July 26-Moose vs. Legion. July 29-Legion vs. Elks. July 31-Elks vs. Moose. Aug. 2-Elks vs. Legion Aug. 5-Moose vs. Elks. Aug. 7-Legion vs. Moose.
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THIEFs TO BE PUNISHED

An extreme in vandalism in the stealing of flowers from graves. A case of this has just been reported locally, and a repetition of the case will be dealt with severely accord ing to the Marshals office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-28
sLING-sHoTs BARRED

Any children caught with sling shots or throwing rocks at win dows will be arrested by order of the City Council.
 FELIX CRAY, (ady) City Clerk.
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AT THE COLISEUM

George Arliss In the Green God dess," will be repeated for the last times tonight. Several exceptional ly good vitaphone acts complete a really good show.
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TO TENAKEE

Mrs. Henry Reinikka and two children, Hilja and Arthur, expect to leave this evening for months visit at Tenakee Springs.
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LOCATE HERE TEMPORARILY

MT. and Mrs M. F. Norton, re- cent arrivals from Idaho, are mak- ing their home here temporarily. They have taken an apartment in the Smith building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-28
EAGLES PLAN WORK

Douglas Eagles are planning to go out in a body Friday evening at 6:30 to fix up their cemetery plot for Decoration Day. All members
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
WILD DUCK "CROP"
HURT BY DROUGHT
Writer Urges Protection for
Survivors.

Drought this year has decimated
the wild duck population of the
North American continent. This
statement is neither guesswork nor
exaggeration. Anybody who has been
much around northern Minnesota
knows that the housekeeping ar
rangements Of water fowl have been
sadly disarranged by the drying up
of sloughs and marshes.
So much for the local ducks But
how about flight ducks? In their
case the situation is even worse, on
the word of the biological survey of
the Department of Agriculture, which
has just finished an extensive inspec-
tion in both the United States and
Canada. Says the survey:
"a marked shortage of breeding
ducks and young was noted in the
great delta region of the Peace and
Athabaska rivers Tin northern Can
ada). In tours of Several thousand
miles the investigators saw only a
few dozen small broods of young
ducks in an area that in normal years
has produced many millions of mall
lards, pitfalls, redheads, canvas
backs, bluebills and teals."
More alarming still is the further
statement that "a far-reaching in
quiry sent out by the Canadian gov
eminent has failed so far to show
that the ducks have found other more
remote breeding places"
Ducks are crop, an annual crop,
a crop that can be killed by drought,
the same as any other. And this
year the drought has killed the duck
crop in the principal areas of duck
production.
When the apple crop fails we don't
eat apples. So why expect to eat
ducks when the duck crop fails?
True, there will be ducks coming
through this Authenticated survi-
vors of the drought, broodless hens
and brakes.
But when the breeding stock OF
any species of wild life is depleted
beyond certain minimum, that spe-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

cies is doomed. as witness the ex.
tinction of the passenger pigeon and
the heath hen, and the disappearance
of the wild turkey, partridge, prairie
chicken and quail over nine-tenths
Of their original range.
The question is this: Do we want
to shoot and eat ducks this year for
the last time in our lives? Or do we
want to have good duck shooting in
other and wetter years, at the ex-
pense Of giving up our shooting tins
fall? The biological survey, which
already has curtailed the 1881 sea-
son by two weeks, now speaks of the
necessity of still further curtailfnent.
Why not go the whole distance?
Why not complete moratorium for
the wild ducks until 1882? Surely,
we can survive one duckless year, if
The alternative is likely to be an eter-
nifty of duckless years.-Minneapolis
Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Proper Nutrition Need
of Young Growing Pigs

Feeding trials indicate that it Is
practical and easily possible to get as
rapid gains through the winter on fall
pigs as through the summer on spring
pigs To do this. however, requires
more skill in feeding. BY skill in feed
ing we mean mainly supplying the
right kinds of feed.
A great many swine producers do
not get as good gains on fall pigs as
on spring pigs because they do not
feed rations that are complete enough
in protein, mineral, and vitamin sup
ply. The result of this is that pigs
become unthrifty and tend to develop
ricketts,. Excellent results are had
from grain and grass during the sum-
mer but there is no grass during the
winter. and grain is not enough for
the complete nutrition of young grow
ing pigs Hence good many farmers
are disturbed about their fall pig
shotes along about this time of year.
Should these pigs. that have been I'M
Intentionally abused during the winter,
survive until good grass is ready, they
will usually curl up their tails and do
their best to make up for lost time
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Wheat Proved to Be
Most Efficient Feed
Experiments Convincing to
Live Stock Breeders.

Many farmers and live stock men
have fed cheap wheat probably dur.
ing the past year, but it remains for
Prof. w. L. Blizzard, head of the de-
partment of animal husbandry, A. and
NJ. college of Oklahoma. to present
comparative figures relative to the val
ne of wheat as live stock feed.
Professor Blizzard does not make
statements II haphazard manner.
He does not practice guessing. but gets
the facts before he writes or talks 10
the public. Knowing that there was
great surplus of wheat and short
age Of corn in this country, Professor
Blizzard set about to learn whether or
not it would pay to feed wheat, and at
what price. AS result of his feed
ing experiments he found that the low
est cost per 100 pounds of gain in
weight was attained by feeding wheat
priced at 60 cents per bushel as COM
pared with 60-cent corn. In fact there
was 90 cents difference, which is quite
an item with any feeder of live stock.
He then made his calculations as to
how high wheat could go before it
ceased to be cheap animal feed, and
basing The price of corn at GO cents
per bushel, he learned that one may
feed wheat profitably up to 81 cents
per bushel. OF course, if the price Of
corn or other feedstuffs advance, wheat
at relatively higher price could be
used.
Wheat is always on the market be-
fore corn, and with large surplus
available, live stock men have the adj
vantage of this cheap and most eff
cien+ feed at any time. The best and
most profitable way of reducing the
surplus seems to he iii the feeding of
wheat to live stock.-Farm and Ranch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Give Hens Ample Space,
and Increase Profits

The well-furnished poultry house Of
today, although arrangement is admit
tedly important. must have ample
space and equipment 70, the birds 1t
houses, says Prof. H. e. Botsford of
the New York State College of Agricul-
ture.
There should be about one foot of
feeding space for every five hens. and,
one nest for every four to six hens
Two water pals of ten or twelve
quarts capacity are needed for every
100 hens Each hen should have from
six to eight inches of space on the
perches. Place the rear perch nine
inches from the wall and the others
one foot apart and from six to eight.
inches above the dropping boards. The
dropping boards should be about three
feet above the floor and should ex
tend seven or eight inches beyond the
last perch.
If lights are used, 40-watt lights
with refiectors, six feet above the;
floor, and ten feet apart, are recon-
mended. One light for every 200 square,
feet is sufficient, he says.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Prepare Stock Now
for Coming Winter
Inspection of Herds and
Barns Will Repay
Time Spent.

With the approach of winter farm
ers should make sure that the barns
in which their stock are to pass the
cold months are clean and free from
possible infectious diseases or para
SITES Most progressive stockmen
wash their stables at least once year
but frequent dustings with an old
broom are needed to keep the cob
webs and dust down. Before the cat
tie leave the pastures for the season
il Is good practice to inspect the whole
herd, and particularly the dry stock
which may have been on some distant
pasturage, for possible skin disease or
parasites. Noncontagious troubles such
as warts, eczema, or wounds are cas-
lily looked after but ringworm, scab or
mango, lice, or MARBLES are more dan
ger0us and each needs special treat
ment. 1t is often difficult for the av-
erage farmer to recognize the symp-
toms of an attack of the first two skin
diseases mentioned, or to distinguish
between them. Ringworm is doubly
dangerous because humans may con-
tract it through handling or from cur
rycombs and brushes. simple meth
cd of finding whether scabs or skin
rashes are caused by mango mites or
ringworm is to scrape some of the scabs
onto piece of black paper. On warm
ing this over flame the mites can be
seen to move, which is not the case
with ringworm. Tincture of iodine ap-
piled daily following washing with
SOAP and water will cure the latter
but scabies or mango need tC be dipped
in or sprayed with special solutions
such as crude petroleum or equal parts
Of kerosene and cottonseed oil, which
mixture is also recommended for lice.
No animal can give its best milk pro-
duction or put on flesh when feeding
such parasites.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Influence of Forests
Proved by Experiment

Forests influence the amount of
moisture in the air as we'll as con-
serve the water in the ground. HUI
nudity records taken by the Pacific
Northwest forest experiment station
in a Douglas fir forest before and
after the trees were cut indicated a
remarkable difference in atmospheric
humidity, according to the forest
service, United States Department of
Agriculture.
In the forested area the relative
humidity fell below So per cent in
only one-third as many hours as in
an open area nearby. After the for
ested tract was cut over, the atmos-
phere above it appeared to become
almost as dry as that over the open
space The tests showed that the re-
moval of the trees increased the
number of hours during which the
humidity was below 80 per cent by
two and one-half times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Paved Lots Cut Down
Food Bill for Steers

Feeding experts estimate that a
good concrete paved feed lot will save
approximately 81 per year on the cost
of feeding beef steers. When cattle
are fattened in paved instead Of mud,
dy lots, tie hogs following the steers
make added gains valued at 50 fori
each head of steers, labor costs for
feeding are reduced ST for each steer.
there is a saving of $1.50 steer in
manure and the steers make added
gains valued at $3.50 because of their
greater comfort. making total of 81
per steer. Because of these advan-
tages small paved lot adjoining an
open shed is next to the most valu-
able piece of equipment on live stock
farm. Only the silo is more impor.
tant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
FARM FACTS

Poultry diseases cost poultry grow
ers $4,OO0,O00 year in Ohio alone.
A. e. Averitt, Houston county, Ten
nessee, secured $4,000 pounds of hay
from 10 acres.
A handy water lead from pump to
trough is made BE- taking piece of
old car tire, cut length to reach. cut
hole in back near one end for pump
spout.
It's cheaper to feed horse than to
feed a horse and several thousand
parasites. Keep the horse but get rid
of the parasites.
twenty-five farmers of McCracken
county. Kentucky. paid off their fed
eral farm loans with proceeds from
the 1881 strawberry crop.
William Rankin of Neodesha, an ex-
tensive wheat producer. who had a
good crop this year. will feed it all on
the farm. mostly to hogs, says the
Kansas Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Yellow Blossom Glover
Superior to the White?

Eastgate brothers. Grand Forks
county, N. D., prefer yellow blossom
sweet clover to the white blossom
variety. They say the yellow blossom
clover stays green later in the fall and
It makes a better hay because the
stems are not so coarse. 1t also re-
seeds itself better when pastured
closely.
1--WE use for pasture mixture Of
seven pounds of sweet clover and four
pounds of timothy" said Jake East
gate eff the pasture is to be used
for any length of time we add about
six pounds of bronze grass an acre to
the mixture. The bronze is the first
TO get green in the spring. It also
stays green late in the fall. Over a
period of IL years we have averaged
making 1853 pounds of beef an acre
on pasture. The beef yield has varied
from so to 800 pounds an acre"-Cap-
per's Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
skeleton in Yale. "close.n

Fifty years ago the late Othniel
Marsh, famous geologist, discovered
and dug from Wyoming's soil the
huge skeleton of a beast believed to
have lived more than 120,000,000
years ago. This skeleton, classified
as that of a giant Brontosaurus-
also called the thunder saurian"-
has just been assembled and placed
on exhibition in the Peabody museum
at Yale university. And what stack
of bones! From nose to tip of tail II
measures 70 feet. stands 16 feet high
and weighs more than 6 tons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Feed Mature Turkeys
Same as Other Fowls

Mature turkeys are fed upon the
grains commonly given other poultry:
Corn. wheat, oats and buckwheat. with
corn the predominating grain. They
are also given skimmilk and, If not on
free range. tender green food of any
kind that they like. The poultry
mashes used in feeding young chicks
are also suitable for growing turkeys.
These may be kept dry in hoppers be-
fore the birds or fe' moistened. AS
early fall comes and it is desired to
fatten turkeys for market, the pro-
portion of corn fed is increased. The
birds .7ill show by their appetites what
suitable amounts are. Fattening
should begir by October for the
Thanksgiving market.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Housing Hints

Faulty housing may cause decrease
in production, especially when hens
are not protected from extreme wealth
err changes. Often the first cold spell
causes complete cessation in produc-
ton. The house should be insulated
so it will not go much below freezing
even in zero weather. Pullets may not
eat enough to keep up their winter
production and lights will increase
feed consumption. Wet mashes at
noon and alfalfa meal in the mash
cause larger consumption and profits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
North Carolina Hay Crop

The advice Of the agricultural lead
ers to the farmers of North Carolina
live at home has been very sue
jul. This year large and fine
yFop of oat hay has been harvested
by the farmers of the state Both fall
aQwn and spring sown oats made large
elds. The weather conditions for
sring were practically ideal. After
Aarvesting the oats, the fields have
been broken and soybeans and cow
peas planted for hay or soil-build-
ing crop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

rural workers up to that Of their
urban brothers. The project pro-
vides amongst other things one ply
stefan for every 1000 persons, an
auxiliary nursing and technical staff,
with facilities in the smallest rural
unit to render first aid and carry out
prescriptions. The project is to be
submitted to an international confer
ence on rural hygiene for final adop-
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Rural Hygiene

League Of Nations experts have
completed a project for recommends
ton to all nations of a standardized
system of rural hygiene. Leaguers
are convinced that one element in
the present worldwide economic
crisis is the necessity of keeping the
health and productive capacity Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-12
LET

Flowers be your valentine. See Juneau Florists, adv.
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BIG TEN CHAMP
 ON GRID AGAIN
 NEAR NET TITLE

CHICAGO, H., Feb 12.-The halfway mark in the Western con- ference basketball championship mid-year exams-found Northwest ern in a position to duplicate rare performance by winning the basketball flag after annexing the football championship.
 Purdue did it last year, losing not a conference game in either sport.
 Northwestern was not defeated in football by Big Ten opponent, and the basketball team won it's first four games easily, downing Michi- gan twice, Illinois and Ohio once.
 At mid-year all other conference teams had lost. Indiana, with only one defeat marring it's record, and that by a one-point loss, appears to be the only serious rival of North
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-12
GRID HERO RETURNS TO VANDERBILT
 TO AID M'GUGIN COACH COMMODORES

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb l2.- Josh Cody is coming back to Van derbilt university to help Uncle Dan" McGugin turn out a football team.
 In returning to Vanderbilt, Cody is coming back home. For the past four years he has been head coach at Clemson college in South Carolina, but prior to that was as- sistant to McGugin here.
 Cody will be a year-round coach. He was a star tackle on Wander bilt teams before and after the World War He was elected cap tain of the 1917 eleven but enter ed the service before the fall and was unable to serve.
 Returning to school in 1919 he was honored with the captaincy of that years team, and was unani- mously named all-southern tackle. He also made Walter Camps all- America third team in 1919.
 His work at Clemson gained Cody wide recognition in the south. There he took a team that for many years had been a pushoyer for every opponent and made out of them one of the best elevens in the Carolinas. Three times his team won the South Carolina state championship.
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PLAYS CATCH WITH
 DOOMED MEN, PRISON

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.-Wal- ter Mails, who twirled and clowned his way through the big leagues, has one of the most curious di- versions of any ball player on the Pacific Coast.
 Mails, now on the roster of the Portland club, and the newly ap- pointed baseball coach at Santa Clara university, during the winter plays catch with condemned men in the corridors Of death row" at San Quentin prison.
 Mails lives just outside the gates of San Quentin and is one of the few outsiders allowed the freedom of the walled city. He refuses to divulge any of the remarks passed with the prisoners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-12
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
 AT PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following new books have ,een received at the Juneau Public library and are ready for distri- ution.
 Alaska, the Great Bears Cub, by Davis; Two Years of My Life, by )'Flaherty; The Raven, biogra- >hy of Sam Houston, by James; The Green Pastures, by Connolly; Since Then, by Gibbs; The Art of Thinking, by Dimnet; Exploring Your Mind, by Wiggam; Imperial Palace, by Bennett; The Three Black Pennys, by Hergosheimer; Staying With Relations, by Ma caulay; Square Rigged by Calvin; Success, by Feuchtwanger; and Vagabonds, by Hamsun.
 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, y Yeast Brown; This Day and Time, by Armstrong; Glory Place, y Bower; The Longer Day; Phil ppa, by Sedgwick; Rhododendron Pie, by Sharp: Angel Pavement, by 'riestley; A Short History of Julia, y Glenn; Twenty-four Hours, by 3romfield; O'Henry M e orial Award Prize Stories of 193O; Mag lificent Obsession, by Douglas; Years of Grace, by Barnes; Over he Hills, by Farnol; The Water GipSieS, by Herbert. The Kinp's Minion, by Sabatini; The Waters Under the Earth, by Ostenso; The Deepening Stream, by Fisher; Seed, y Norris; Mirthful Haven, by rarkington; Outlaws of Eden, by Kane; A Note in Music, by Leh- mann; Tarzan at the Earth's Core, y Burroughs and two more mys- tery stores.
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Manufactured by patented processes that give great flexl- blIlty, SO that thIs superior wall board will not crack In
 bending to round curves. Easily "worked", can be sawed or cut like wood. A sturdy, dependable wall board differ
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-12
JOE CALDER WINS;
 CASTON BACKS UP

SEATTLE, Feb. 12.-Joe Calder, of Manila, featherweight, got a decision last night over Jackie Cas- ton, of Seattle, in a six-round match. Calder won every round. Jackie was all the time backing up. S1.OO CHICKEN DINNER S1.00 Special at the Coffee Shop Thurs day evening. adv.
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western. The Hoosiers, however, have the more difficult schedule.
 Early season games placed a strange triumvirate of net teams at the top of the conference. In past years, the cage race has been confined to Wisconsin, Indiana, Purdue, and Michigan, but this year Chicago and Minnesota, with Northwestern, occupy the first division.
 Both Michigan and Wisconsin lost three of their first six games.
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Schumacher . Plaster Wall Board

ent from any other wall board made. Joints can be quickly sealed to give a one piece wall. Lasts a lifetime. Will not chip, crack, warp or buckle. Let us point out the many superior points of this wall board for Interior and exterior Walle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-12
BANTAM BEATS FEATHERWEICHT
----B.yPap

PARIS, Feb. 12.-Al Brown, negro, recognized as the worlds bantam weight champion, in an artistic dis play of his fistic ability, last night defeated Nick Bensa, French feath- erweight, in 10-round bout.