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(By James H. Collins.)
Finally the plans for Uncle Sam's '
new mercantile navy were ready and .
the shipyards taking shape, and the
materials being turned out back in the
factory. All was ready for an army
of nearly 400,000 shipworkers. Uncle
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Sam set out to get them in a big
volunteer enrollment drive, and in the
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following table, showing the quota for
each state, you can see where he
looked for shipworkers:
Maine.2,972 11
New Hampshire . 1,698 ^
Vermont . 1,390
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Massachusetts . 14,321
Rhode Island . 2,355
Connecticut . 4,786
New York. 39.526 r
New Jersey . 11,348 a
Pennsylvania . 32,771
Ohio . 19,802 '
Indiana . 10,847 "
Illinois . 23,662 '
Michigan . 11.734
Wisconsin . 9,611
Minnesota . 8,762
Iowa . 8,531
Missouri . 11,812 *
North Dakota . 2,548 '
South Dakota. 2,393 '
Nebraska . 4,400 3
Kansas . . 6.330 *
Delaware . 811
Maryland . 6.250
District of Columbia . 1,390 '
Virginia. 8,543 4
West Virginia . 5,327 f
North Carolina . 9,264
South Carolina . 6,253 J
Ceorgla .. 11,001 *
Florida . 3,435 '
Kentucky . 8,260 1
Tennessee . 7,952 \
Alabama . 8,994 ^
Mississippi . 7,488 f
Arkansas . 6,022 1
Louisiana . 7,064
Oklahoma . 8,492 *
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Texas . 17,023 ‘
Montana . 1,583 4
Idaho . 1,621
Wyoming . 618 '
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Colorado . 3,320
New Mexico . 1,428 ‘
Arizona ... 888 "
Utah . 1,660
Nevada . 386 3
Washington . 5,906
Oregon . 3,204 4*
California . 11,310
Just study that may a minute!
Of the 48 states, more than half 1
touch no salt water. To be sure, many
fresh-water states have shipyards and c
sailors. But who would think of look
ing for deep-sea tars in Iowa or New V'
Mexico? Yet, from every state in the s
union Uncle Sam expects to draw his
builders of deep-sea ships. And there 4<
is a very definite purpose in his plan. "
The war is a national matter, and *'
deep-sea ships are a vital part of the s'
war, and in every draft upon his re- '
sources in men and money Uncle Sam n
looks to each state to do its share ac- "
cording to population.
That is one reason.
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Again, war activities must be organ-1 (
ized with the least disturbance to
farming, manufacturing, transporta- j
lion, and other industrial war prod.tc- u
tion. An even draft on each state, ac- e]
cording to population, is the business- j
like way of mustering these shipyard
workers with the least dislocation of
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s>o that is a second reason, but there sj
is still another. .
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Uncle Sam is drawing his shipyard j
workers from the fresh-water states, re
the regions of corn, cotton, wheat, and
a I
sagebrush, because he wants repre- j
sentative worken from all America. | ^
Out of the total quota of 387,000, | lT
the 26 fresh-water states will furnish
169,379, or fully 44 per cent. Their j
blacksmiths and carpenters, machin-!
ists and clerks, coppersmiths and elec-j
tricians, are being mustered for ship- j
yard service on the coast because such '
a draft of American mechanics from .
all the inland states, according to the !
plan of the quota, will make our new'!
mercantile-shipyard industry truly na.!
tional in spirit and give it the benefit
of the widest possible range of Ameri- vv
can mechanical ingenuity. They must er
come with skill at some allied trade, ac
possessing a handicraft which will to
make it possible to quickly teach them ' mi
one of the two hundred odd trades ag
needed in the building and fitting of a 1 to
mercantile ship. | yu
That is indispensable. I st<
But it is not all, by any means. ! ce
Even more indispensable is the j \Vj
alertness, resourcefulness, and spirit of rei
the native American.
One of the greatest aids in winning
the war, counted upon from America
toy the allies ever since last April, is j fo
American inventive genius—the Van- *
ee's wel-known instinct lias a new j
>b in hand. We have been a little
ite in getting into the war, perhaps,
ut in every department it is admitted
lat we are deliverying this element
' Yankee ingenuity—in the appliances
sed for fighting the submarine, and
i the war apparatus which is being
mcentrated on our sector of the
cstern front. When the history of j
ils war is written, and American
lethods can be disclosed, it will be,
>und that our national inventive gen-,
is was on the job from start to finish,,
nd it is this American inventive gen-,
is Uncle Sam now wants to mobilize
i his new shipbuilding industry.
When the great new shipbuilding
rogram had reached the point where
undreds of thousands of skilled work,
rs were needed tlierefnr. Uncle Ram
irned inland to the corn belt and
igebrush seeking genuine Americans.:
uir army and our navy, our muni-!
ons factories, and our trains pf auto
lobile transport, our great seaboard
reparations in this country and
ranee, our food production and our
lod saving all depend upon ship*.
,'e must build them not only quickly,
reaking all record's by utilizing every
?source of American standardization
nd large-scale production, but they
uist be built by men as definitely
merican in spirit and skill as the.
icn who have gone into our fighting
>rces.
The soldiers in this shipbuilding j
rmy will be called upon to make sac- J
ifices, put up with inconveniences,
ith hours and wages subordinated to
uty, and stick on the job no matter
hat happens. They must be Amer
^an first of all, with an American re
ourcefulness adequate for the great
st crisis in our national history.
Vhen Uncle Sam turned inland for
Linerican ingenuity he knew exactly
•hat he was about, for this is not
tic first time that he has gone re
ruiting for brains in that quarter,
iead the names of American sailors
a our navy as they are printed in
he news from day to day and you
ill see that they are men from in- ^
md states as often as from the sea-;
oards. Years ago when our languish
ag mercantile marine made it dif
icult to recruit sailors for the navy j
i the seaboard states which had.
tanned our ships in past generations,
'ncle Sam went to the corn belt and I
10 sage brush for Americans, trained
tem at fresh water naval stations and
\ade them blue-water sailors before
lev had even ever seen salt water,
he spirit and achievements of the
merican navy were restored by this
ltlux of American character, and
nee the declaration of war, 17 months
go, the great increase of our navy
om 65,000 to nearly 300,000 has been
rawn largely from the inland states,
nd mere numbers do not tell the
tory. If sailors have increased 400
er cent, American ability and spirit
ave increased by at least 1,000 per
nit.
Shipbuilding is a key task in the
ar which we are now waging under
> many difficulties of distance and
ck of preparation. It is a supreme
isk, a test of Americanism upon
hich every other war activity hangs,
ermany, in her boastful pride, has
lid that Americans can not build
lips. Germany knew that there were
it enough men in America who had
orked on ships to make one-tenth the
;ssels needed to get our men on the
estern front where they can deliver
i American blow. Germany’s policy
torepdoing merchant ships and
urdering women and children was (
ised on the cold calculation that we <
ould not make more ships fast
lough—as well as upon the assump
m that mercantile shipbuilding was
> longer an American industry. The
ily answer to that sort of challenge,
course, was to call into our new
lipyards, the very best American
dlity and spirit.
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t? s-t thliXT_1 . »
. *. vuviv, oaiu 1108 guuc
cruiting shipworkers in the corn belt
d sagebrush. The shipyards are b»~
g manned not only by Americans,
t by fellows who have been sent for.
lcle Sam has frankly told them that j
ey are wanted, and they have ,vol
iteered. The folks at home have
en them mustered in and bid them
od-by, knowing that they were going
to a picked fighting service every bit
vital as the army or navy.
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TO UTILIZE YUCCA 1
LAS CRUCES, X. .M., March b.—The °
cca plant, deep:. "1 by many farm-’ *
3, which grows over thousands of 1
res of New Mexico lands, may prove 4
be a valuable cattle feed. Experi- 3
rnts are now being made at the state '
ricultural college here with a view r
determining just how mixtures of ^
cca and other feeds are utilized by '
ick. If the experiments prove sue- J
jsful, a vast and cheap store of feed °
II be opened up to stockmen of this
;ion. d
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Madame Lydia, the palmist, will be A
and in the Currier & Mickelson F
ilding on C. street. 16-tf L
Floes SACK OF FLOUR
STILL MAKING ROUNDS
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 John
!). McGilvray. Potentate of Islam
Temple of Mystic Shriners of Sail
Francisco, received word of the fif
teenth sale of the famous Shriners'
Red Cross sack of flour, which was
started by Clarence F. Pratt, historian
M Islam Temple. The latest sale of
he flour was by Khedive Temple at
Norfolk. Virginia recently, bringing
Ihe total sales to date to $15,747.66
The next sale will be held by Crescent
Temple, at Trenton, N. .T., when Wal
ter K. Edge, governor of New Jersey,
will be initiated at a big shrine cere
monial.
From New Jersey the sack goes
back to Virginia to Kazin Temple at
Roanoke, it will then visit Connecti
cut. Indiana, and on May 3, India Tem
ple at Oklahoma City will have their
golden anniversary and India Temple
laims they will pass the highest sale
made by any temple up to that time,
although Bagdad Temple at Butte,
Mot; ana, on December 14th, sold tli1
sack for $7,359.61. "Sunny Jim” Mr
Candless, Imperial Oriental Guide of
the Mystic Shrine of North America,
says if the sack is returned to Hono
lulu that Aloha Temple will raise $1u.
000—or $9,000 more than their la -1
sale. Potentate McGilvray of Islam
will take the sack of flour to the Im
perial Council at Atlantic City in June
and expects to raise $23,^00 at this
gathering.
As the sack is to visit evevy temple
in North America, the Shriners expect
to raise half a million for the Ameri
can Red Cross. The sack has now
traveled 11,000 miles and lias been to
Iowa, Ohio, Alabama, Montana, Wy
oming, Honolulu, and Virginia. The
Lauhala covering, woven by the Hono
lulu Shriners, has been covered over
by a cow hide placed on the sack by
Algeria Temple at Helena, Montana.
The Butte Shriners placed on the out
side of the cowhide a copper band and
fez mined by themselves. The flour
has already worn out two ordinary
flour sacks.
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OLD CLOTHING WANTED
I can use to a great advantage baby
garments and clothing for boys and
girls under the age of twelve years.
The native mothers and children ap
preciated your former gifts. If you
can further assist them phone 153, and
Rev. Shriver will call for your clean,
cast-off clothing.
CITATION.
In United States Commissioner’s Court
in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
Matter of the Guardianship of Gust
Lindquist, an Incompetent,
above named incompetent; and to
whomever it may concern:
A petition having been filed in the
above named court in which it is al
leged that the disability through which
the above named Gust Lindquist has
been heretofore adjudged to be
an incompetent person, has been
removed and alleging that there
is no further necessity of a guardian
in the said matter and praying that
said guardian render his final account
and be relieved of further duties here
ro H. A. Slater, Guardian of the
in.
By order of this court, you are here
by required to be and appear in the
office of the United States commis
sioner and ex-officio probate judge of
Cordova Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
in the 9th day of March, 1918, at the
lour of 10 a. m. on said day to show
muse, if any there be, why the prayer
of said petition should not be granted
Witness my hand and seal at Cor
lova, Alaska, the 5th day of February
1918.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY
United States Commissioner and ex
officio Probate Judge.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n United States Commissioner’s Court
in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
matter of the estate of A. B. Cooper,
deceased.
In accordance with the order of the
ibove named probate court issued on
he 31st day of January, 1918, notice is
lereby given that the undersigned ad
linistrator has filed his final account,
sking that the same be allowed and
pproved and that the probate judge
f the above named court has set the
th day of April, 1918, as the day for
hearing on said final account, on
hich day in the office of the above
amed probate court in Cordova, Alas
a, at the hour of 3 p. m. any person
iterested may appear and file ob
ictions In writing, to said final ac-|
aunt and the allowance of the same.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, the 31st
iy of January, 1918.
W. J. SHEPARD,
dministrator of the Estate of A. B.
Cooper, Deceased,
irst Publication Jan. 31, 1918.
ast Publication Feb. 28, 1918.
CORN BREAD IN
“LIBERTY STICKS”
Kl' f’ASO, Texas, March 9—Corn
bread sticks are a new substitute for
wheat bread on wheatless clays in
many El Paso homes. One El Paso
housewife received a baking pan from
a frlf'n(i in Kentucky in which 12
sticks or (.orn bre;t(i coul(1 be bakert
at one time. These, when done, are
the size of a stick of old-fashioned
■f iling wax and practically all crust.
claimed to be the best part of coni
bread. Other housewives, after sam
pling the corn bread sticks, sent for
pans and now many El Paso homes
have "liberty sticks,” as the corn
bread sticks are called here, served on
wheatless days.
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HE IS ELECTED
Nome has a candidate for a place
in the Hall of Fame in the person of
John Feikel, who. according to the
Industrial Worker, recently came to
the, city to pay hia taxes, and upon
receiving his receipt insisted upon
paying $10 in addition to the amount
assessed against him. Pressed for his
reasons for such an unheard-of action,
Kelke stated that Nome is unusually
well lighted for its size, is well policed,
and that he wanted the “fire-'"depart
ment to have all needed support, and
he wanted to pay his share for these
things.
Pound Out the Miles With Dry Fed
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RED CROSS
D A N 0
St. Patrick’s Eve
Saturday Evening
March, 16
GIVEN BY
Ladies’ Altar I
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Admission $1.00