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AMSTERDAM, Dec. 7.—The first
number of a new German review, the
Iriache Blatter (Irish Leaves) has
just made its appearance in Berlin.
It ^s published by the German-Irish
society, which is under the presidency
of Mathias Erzburger, assisted by
Count Westarp and Baron von Ritch
thoven. The editor of the journal is
George Chatterton Hill, while St.
John Gaffney, former American con
sul-general at Munich is one of its
directors.
The first number contains letters
of congratulation and good wishes
from General Ludendorff and form
er Foreign Secretary Zimmerman.
These are followed by the "Inaugur
al Address" of the German-Irish so
ciety, which says in part:
“The war has proved that Germany
has very few friends. But the Irish
have acted as friends at home as well
as in the United States, and Germany
must not underestimate the value of
Irish friendship. From the begin
ning of the war the American Irish
adopted the German cause with en
thusiasm, and, in alliance with the
German-Americans, conducted a cour
ageous fight for true neutrality.
“The formation of this society is to
supply visible proof to the Irish in
Ireland as well as in America of Ger
man gratitude and German sympathy.
The Heroic rebellion of 1916 still lives
in the memory of all of us. The up
rising in Dublin, during which 2,000
armed Irish defied a British force
many times their superior, evoked
lively interest in Germany for the
' Emerald Isle and all its inhabitants.
“The Gefman-Irish society will de
vote its energies to reopening Ire
land to the world, and especially to
Germany. It will in every way furth
er the progressive development of
1 the Emerald Isle in the interest of
I the German as well as the Irish peo
' pie.”
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NOTICE!
From this date on the Cordova Mill
and Lumber Co of Cordova, Alaska,
will not be responsible for bills made
at stores or contracts made without
i first being O K.’ed by the manager.
J. B. KELLY.
Dec. 6, 1917" 2t
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Advertise in the Times
• (By Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Dec. 7.—
Crops valued at approximately $2,
278.500 were raised this year on hith
erto uncultivated land in an area
within a radius of fifty miles of Sa
cramento, according to figures furn
igjied by growers, and marketing and,
development organizations here. The |
increase in the area cultivated was
the result of quick response to the
war appeal for increased crop produc
tion and to the utilization of land
only recently reclaimed.
The valuation was based on crop
returns from four large tracts of an
aggregate area of 37,700 acres placed
under cultivation* for the first time
and does not include the production
value of a number of smaller tracts
or the increase in rice acreage
throughout the Sacramento valley.
.It was estimated that the increase
in rice acreage alone this season was
between 20,000 and 30.000 acres. The
acreage planted to rice in 1916 was
approximately 70,000 and the crop was
sold for more than $5,000,000. This
year the total acreage was estimated
at between 90,000 and 100,00 and Jo
seph Stephens, president of the Pa
cific Rice Growers association, esti
mated the value of the crop at more
than $10,000,000. The crop this year
was larger than last year and prices
were higher.
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The new acre*** this year
was almost entirely land that had
been used heretofore for pasture land ^
and which In the past had not been
considered available for cultivation.
Beans, barley and corn were the
principal crops grown on other big
tracts placed under cultivation for
the first time this year. One tract
of 20,000 acres of tule land, fourteen
miles south of here, broken up for
the first time this year, a crop of bar
ley, valued at $1,000,000 was harvest
ed according to growers. Another
tract of 12,000 acreR of tule land in
the Sutter Basin district, forty miles
north or Sacramento, utilized for the
first lime raised a crop of beans val
ued at $750,000. In two smaller tracts
near Sacramento crops Of corn, beans
and barely, of an approximate value
of $428,500, were harvested from the
acreage, it was said.
SOLDIERS 10 GET
LIMBS
(By Associated Press)
GLASGOW, Dec. 7.—Two Clyde
shipbuilding firms have been turning
their attention to the manufacture j
of artificial limbs and have prodncedl
in forty-eight hours a limb at a mod-j
erate cost which Ir said to be farj
superior to any other produced in i
the country.
One thousand maimed soldiers have
already been fitted and nine thous-l
and are on the waiting list.
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“SOULS IN BONDAGE”
A BLUE RIBBON FEATURE IN 5 PARTS
1 Ins (heat Emotional Actress has never appeared to bet
ter advantage than in the part she now plays, of un
s(> tish love and sacrifice for a younger sister
Smhc Film First_ Finish with Comedy
SUNDAY—DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in “THE HABIT
OF HAPPINESS.”
At the piano Mrs. Nina Nichols
_ ADMISSION 30 cents ~ CHILDREN 10 cents
“ Smashing the Hindenburg Line ”
M opt lay and Tuesday
ARRIVE IN
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(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—A regi
ment of Rutch soldiers bound for
service in the Dutch East Indies were
recent arrivals here on the Dutch
steamer Nias. The men were enter
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tained by the Netherlands consulate
here.
The Nias also carried two large
steam launches with steel hulls on
deck. They are for use at the vessel’s
destination, where they will be em
ployed in towing and general launch
work by the,Dutch government.
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Mrs. P. L. Simpson booked passage
on the Victoria for the States, where
she will spend a ^couple of months.
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Mrs, Thos. Davis was an out going
passenger on the steamer Victoria.
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