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The Victor brings to your
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musicians and singers of both
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the pleasure of hearing them
whenever you desire.
No opera house or theatre on
earth affords you such a variety of
celebrated artists in all branches
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them for you. Victors $10 to $100;
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DAYS ARE LENGTHENING
Kvery 24 hours now, the people
Rre getting a little more sunshine, and
from now until June 21 the nights will
grow shorter by leaps and bounds.
Within the last ten days, the daylight
has lengthened to such an extent that
the sun Is above the horizon almost 40
minutes longer than on December 23.
Within the next week the days will
lengthen more than an hour.
Following Is a table giving the
length of the days at points of this
j latitude from now until the latter
part of June:
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j.January 15 .4 57
January 31 . g 45
j February 15 .8 18
j March 1 . 9 5
[ March 21 .12 6
April 11 .14 eg
April 25 .15 42
May 11 .17 15
June 21 .21 54
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BRITISH EXPERT SITS
GOOD TIMES COMING
Sir George Paish the British fian
cial expert who came to America to
arrange for the payment of debts ow
ing Great Britain people, declared just
before his departure for home that
this year will be one of great pros
perity for the United States.
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NEW STAMP MILL FOR THE
WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT
E. H. Bartholf and his associates
will put a stamp mill on their proper
ty in the Willow creek district next
r.nring. The property is known as the
Mabel mine and is situated near the
Alaska Free Gold property. Mr.
Uar.holf will come north in March and
go to the Broad pass country to look
over it.
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Our canned fruits and vegetables,
as well as our Peteluma Eggs, are al
ways the Best. Our prices are al
ways the lowest. O’NEILL & SLATER
COMPANY.
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if paid in advance. Our City
Circulator J. E. Way, will call
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Associated Press
Telegraphic Reports
The body of private P. E. Johnson,
of the United StateR Signal Corps,
who lost his life by being frozen to
death in a storm near Rapids, on the
Chltlna-Palrbanks trail. Is being ship
ped to the home of his people at Cor
ington, Ky., at the Instigation of the
commanding officer at Port Liscum.
Johnson met his death In the per
formance of his duties as a soldier of
the United States army. He came
North last summer with the contlgent
of Infantrymen which Is now at. Port
Gibbon, and was assigned to winter
duty at Donnelly. He was therefore
totally unacquainted with the hard
ships he had to undergo, and was
caught unawares in one of those bliz
gards which sometimes occur in the
mountains through which he had to
travel and which sometimes make the
most hardened oldtimer fear for his
lire.
Of all the tragedies of the trails In
Alaska, none, perhaps, Is more pathe
tic than that which claimed the life of
Johnson. New details recently ob
tained, when the soldier's horse was
found, proved that Johnson gave up
his life heroically, while attempting
to save the horse and carry out his
orders.
The horse was found about six miles
north of Rapids, almost covered by a
great snowdrift. The animal had a
blanket partly on, and was hitched to
a sled. The horse and sled were taken
to Bowman's, the animal being none
the worse for the exposure.
Palmer, the operator in charge of
the McCallum station, found tracks
leading Into the Rapids relief cabin
and out again. From this fact, and
the appearance of the interior of the
caliUn, it Is thought that Johnson
reached there safely, and that, falling
to find Palmer there as he expected,
he started out again, with the hope of
rescuing the horse. That he became]
•exhausted and finally was compelled ^
*o He down. Is the opinion of those who '
are investigating the case.
The Rapids relief cabin is situat
ed between Donelly and McCallum.
Upon orders from Valdez, Johnson
started to take a stove and other
fixtures to the cabin. At the same
time, Palmer, the McCallum operator,
left his station for the relief cabin, to
assist Johnson.
Whatever the clrcustances at
tending the death, the officers and
men of the signal corps feel that
JoriBon met his death like a soldier,
obeying orders and trying to preserve
government property.
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VALDEZITE UNABLE TO
GET IN BRITISH NAVY
England has more applications for
enlistment in its navy than it has posi
tions for, according to Henry T. Row
bottom, formerly connected with the
Fairbanks radio station, and now at
Valdez. Last summer, Howbottom,
who belonged to the signal corps, was
discharged, and went to England after
the war broke out, with the hope that
he could get into the British navy.
When he made application for enlist
ment, he found that there were so
many on the waiting list ahead of him
that he could not get a place for
months, and so returned to the states.
Howbottom was formerly a sailor
in the British navy, and is a trained
and able-bodied seaman and all
around athlete. At one time he was
champion swimmer of the Red Sea
fleet of the British navy.
Disgusted with his failure to gain
admission to the British navy. Row
bottom returned to Valdez, and with
in the next few days will enlist agfyin
in the United States signal corps.
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There are two kinds of Peteluma
Eggs. The "Genuine” and the Pro
cessed. When ordering from us you
are sure of the Genuine when you
specify "Peteluma’s.”—O'NIELL &
SLATER COMPANY.
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The best meals in town served at
the Windsor grill.
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Dally Times gets Associated Press
dispatches.
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Newsy, but Odd.
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A bursting shell knocked un English
.nsip«>r off n wagon, dug 11 hole In the
ground for him. dropped him In and j
burled blm In mud up to his neck. It !
saved Ills life.
A dying Gloucester soldier on being
liandisl a Is it tie of water noticed a !
wounded German glance longingly at
It. "After him." he said ns he handed
hark the Isittle.
French peasants who have had little
to do since the war are devoting their
time to gathering uucxplodcd shells on
the battlefields. The French military
authorities are paying 18 cents apiece
for the shells.
A Strand bnrticr In the German lines
threw a hall of elay containing a note
stating, “We are the hoys to take the
swelling out, of your heads," into the
English trenches nt Yprcs lie was
tnken prisoner next morning.
A Paris paper that Is featuring ex
tracts from Its editions during the
Franco-Prusslnn war of 1870 publishes
this to show how much lietter times
are now than then: "At the market
dog cutlets are now fetching 8 cents
apiece. Unscrupulous venders are try
lag to sell them lit it dollar a pound as
venison."
EACH STATE TO GIVE STAR
FOR PANAMA CANAL FLAG.
Whole Country May Sing "The Star
Spangled Banner" at Official Opening.
The American flag to lie unfurled at
the official o|>enlng of the Panama cn
nal will he made In I he Betsy Boss
house. In Philadelphia, and each of the
stars to he placed In the llag will be
supplied by the governor of <>ue of the
stall's of the Union, neeording to an
announcement made after n meeting of
the survivors of the executive commit
tee and members of the Bicentennial
association. The committee will nsk
President Wilson to release the flag by
pressing an electric button at Wash
IllgtOII.
Charles W. Alexander, secretary of
the bicentennial committee, announced
that President Wilson will be asked to
become sponsor for a movement to
have "The Star Spangled Banner" sung
throughout the land when the flag Is
unfurled. It is the Idea of the com
mlttee that the flag ceremony i.t the
canal occur at a speelfh-d time, nnd for
the national anthem to he sung in cv
cry city, town and village in the Unit
ed States at that moment.
MAIL A FOOD BOX TO BELGIUM
Givers Asked to Use Parcel Poet In
Sending Aid to Starving People.
The commission for relief In Bel
glum will send circulars broadcast
throughout the country setting forth
the contents of ideal food boxes for
Belgian relief, which can he purchased
from wholesale grocers and sent dlris-l
to the distressed Belgian cities This
plan of gathering food supplies In
small lots from larders all over Amer
ica Is n result of the announcement
that the parcel post would assist In
the collection of food supplies for the
starving Belgians.
Mrs. Joseph Darling of Washington
knit stockings for the European war
sufferers until this Idea of food
boxes came to her Then site consult
ed Dr. Ilarvey W. Wiley, the pure food
expert, anil had him- prepare a list of
the contents of throe Ideal boxes.
Wholesale grocers in New York modi
fied Dr. Wiley’s scheme so that these
(sixes will lie less than fifty ikiuiuIs
In weight nnd may be purchased for
|2.R0 nnd $3. all packed nnd ready for
shipment.
There are three kinds of boxes—one.
with n green band around It, Is for lu
fants; another, with a blue band, for
convalescents, and the third, red. for
adults.
PROPOSE AIR CRAFT LANDINGS
Rear Admiral Peary and Edwin Gould
Offer Sites.
Beur Admiral Bobert E. l’eary, chair
man of the aeronautical map commit
tee of the Aero Club of America, has
submitted to the club a plan to estab
lish landing stations for aeroplanes
throughout the United States, and he
and Edwin Gould have offered lands
owned by them In Maine and Georgia
respectively for this purpose The gov
ernors of the club have accepted the
offers and have Instructed Mr Peary
to accept any others that may lie ta V.
Mr Peary’s laud Is an island ca t of
Portland. Me.; Mr. Gould’s a stretch of
marsh land opposite lek.vl Island,
Georgia
The preparation of standardized
maps. It Is reported, cannot he carried
out at present because of the war.
526 NOBLEMEN KILLED IN WAR
Up to End of October 207 Barons Had
Fallen, Almanach Shows.
The new edition of the Alninnncb Ue
Oothn shows uinn,v changes due to the
war. Vnrtous monarch* are Involved
In discarded commands In the enemy's
army. The German empress preserves
her chieftainship of the Grodno Hus
sar regiment, and the czarina remains
at the head of the Prussian guard
dragoon regiment The queen of Eng
land is still head of the Itlueher Hus
sar regiment.
The German aristocracy had lost by
the end of October members, in
cluding 207 barons belonging to the
-oldest families.
Kinney has a corner on Coffee.
What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wlshy-wishy hind you hare been
buying and nicknamed coffee. Ona
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
you that we are right.
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Month in and Month out you’ll be
money ahead If you »se our groceries
3 BLUM & CO.
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