soTdiers keenly study
TECHNICAL LITERATURE
LOS ANGELES, March 7—Technic
al books for soldiers is I he need of the
library at Cairn) Kearney, and the
word has gone forth to all the profes
sional societies, guilds, and associa
tion in California to send their surplus
copies to the cantonment library.
The library has been one of the most
successful branches of the community
service work at Camp Kearney, ac
cording to the records of attendance,
and the words of the men themselve.
Its shelves were stocked, in the main,
by donations of books from people in
different parts of the country who
were interested through the recent
war library campaign. These dona
tions were largely of fiction and the
lighter literature, and while the li
brarians report a continued demand
for such material, they say there is
also a strong demand for books on
engineering in till its branches and
allied subjects such as physics, ma
thematics, chemistry, electricity, and
automobile technology.
As an aid toward the relief of this
demand, technical societies in South
ern California are calling on their
members to bring in spare books. A
card recently sent out by the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Los
Angeles section, bore the following
request to members, which has been
followed in substance by other tech
Jiieal societies here.
"The Camp Kearney librarian asks
ns for technical and scientific books
and magazines. Mr. Perry has agreed
to forward them if we will deliver
them to any branch in Los Angeles.
Send yours."
The Mr. Perry mentioned is Everett
K. Perry, Los Angeles librarian, and a
member of the national war Liberty
board. Mr. Perry said the response
bad been general, but still inadequate
to meet the demand
The camp librarian said, in discus
sing the call for such works by en
listed men, that army officers were
pleased to learn of the technical
studies of their men. as it indicated an
intense interest in the more technical
side of the soldiering profession, anil
■he existence of a type of mind cap
able of assimilating the knowledge
*hat qualifies the soldiers for iater ad !
vaneement.
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Three hundred and seventy natives
at Kenai are facing starvation and un
til food can be sent or the first steam
er up Cook inlet lands there the na
tives must live upon moose meat and j
snow. The thirty-five white persons
at Kenai are only a little better off
and their provisions are so low that
they have none to divide with the na
tives. At present the natives have no
sugar, flour, rice or even potatoes.
The Libby, McNeill & Libby company’s
warehouse at Kenai has sold every
thing with the exception of sufficient
supplies to last a crew of 20 men for
several weeks, expected to arrive there
in the early spring, to put the cannery
in shape. The store at Kenai is de
pleted of all stock, in fact the store
keeper having secured his recent sales
from the cannery warehouse. This is
ihe word brought to Seward by W. N.
Dawson, storekeeper at Kenai, who ar
rived recently and is stopping at the
Hotel Sexton while waiting Tor the
first steamer to the states. Mr. Daw
son says that the last steamers up the
Inlet refused to stop at Kenai owing to
*he lateness of the season and the de
sire to make Anchorage and out again
as quickly as possible to avord freez
ing in. "We have some tea left, but
This is no good unless sugar is used,
and sugar Is sold out,” said Mr. Daw
son. "The white residents laid in their
winter supplies but have been giving
what they could to the natives hut
they are now holding only sufficient
provisions to last them until the first
steamer arrives. The situation is cer
tainly serious. What supplies can be
Taken by dog team over the trail from
Seward would only be a drop in the
bucket, so to speak. I am going 10
Seattle to endeavor to secure a large
stock for the first steamer up the In
let with the promise that the steamer
will land at Kenai.”
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NOTICE
By order of the Attorney General
of the United States:
All Germans who have not taken
out their full citizenship papers must
report to the postmaster between the
dates of March 18th and 23rd and be
registered.
Aliens will give strict attention to
this notice as any alien who fails to
register will be prosecuted.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
tf U. S. Marshal.
| THERE’S AN OAR FOR EACH ONE
LIBERTY FAIR TO BE
HELD IN LOS ANGELES
(By Associated Press)
I.Os ANGELES, March 7.—-War ex
hibits will be the feature, and the Red
Cross the beneficiary, of the “Cali
fornia Liberty Fair” which will be held
here in October, insread of the cus
tomary district fair, according to plans
announced by the Liberty Fair Asso
ciation organized last month hero.
The exhibition will be, in reality, the
district fair authorized by the state
legislature at it's last session, and for
which an appropriation of $50,000 is
available. This appropriation will be
expended in preparing and showing the
exhibits, and the net proceeds of the
fair, which will continue for the last
two days of October, will be given to
the American Red Cross.
F. B. Davison, who is manager of
the state building at Exposition park
in this city, has been selected as sec
retary of the fair association. Mr.
Davison announced recently that the
various public buildings at Exposition
park will be utilized to house the af
fair, and temporary pavilions will be
put up to supplement them. All war
activities, such as the Red Cross, the
Red Star, the Thrift campaign, the
campaigns for conservation, produc
tion, and kindred woj-k, will be assign,
ed adequate space and lectures, dem
onstrations, and literature will be fea
tured.
The usual components of a country
fair or a district fair will be included,
and will be given due attention, but
the prime plan of the committee in
charge, which includes about 180 Los
Angeles men and women, will be to
make the exposition a real aid to the
war work at home.
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TO BE DECORATED
Nurses are to receive the special
decoration to be awarded the first
seven divisions of the British Expedi
tionary Force for service between Au
gust 5 to midnight November 22 and
23, 1914, in Belgium or France. The
decoration, now known as the Star of
Mons, will be a bronze star without a
clasp, the ribbon red, white, and blue.
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Just received on the steamer Vic
toria, fresh cottage cheese at Blum,
O’Neill Co. 5-3t
ATHLETIC COMPETITORS
FOR MEN FROM lilMPS
OAK'LAXI), Cal., March 7-This citv
" ill he turned over to the soldiers and
sailors of the nation tomorrovT and
elaborate preparations have been made
1 by the war camp community service
I for their entertainment. The prin
i cipal attractions will be sporting
events in which individuals and teams
from the various Pacific coast can
tonments will compete. These games
include baseball, basketball rowing,
track, tug of war and other events.
A feature will be the 115 and 160
1 pound coast boxing championships in
1 which the best ring men from Camp
. Kearney and Camp Lewis will meet.
| Handsome wrist watches hav. been of
1 fered as Prizes in each J" ,,htae
j classes.
During the afternoon the four best
| basketball teams in the two camps
! will play in the preliminaries, the two
winners meeting in the finals in the
evening at the Civic auditorium.
The sailors from Mare Island and
Coat Island will be the principle com
petitors in the boat races that will be
held on Lake Merritt.
Last, but not least, as far as the men
ar* concerned, will be an elaborate
luncheon at noon and dinner at 5:30
o’clock.
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J. Howland and J. p. McMullen,
members of the crew of the Cordova,
were arrested while that vessel was m
Wrangell and were fined ten dollass
and costs. It is presumed that viola
tion of the dry law was the offense,
as the cause was not given in the re
port.
Aunty
Keating’s
c*ty BaKery.
The Chesterfield blend
has in itthehighest-grade
Turkish tobacco that
grows. They Satisfy—
and yet thov’re MILD.
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OUR GROWTH
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Deposits as reported to the Territorial
Banking Board under dates of {
FEBRUARY 10, 1915 . . . $192,265.67
I “ 7> 1916 • • • 282,355.00
15, 1917 . . . 458,688.55 ,|
14, 1918 . . . 513,580.89
| Our Deposits on Feb. 25, 1918 were
l $547,981.06
THIS GROWTH is a reflection of the
| increasing prosperity of 1
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Owing to the danger rrom trams and
teams skiing and aoasting ia prohibit
ed on all streets west of the east mar
gin line of First avenue.
J. Jl MURRAY,
Chief of Police.
fish: of all kinds
HALIBUT, CODFISH and
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the Box for Perishables. Rig Stock
Always on Hands
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