U. 8. GOVERNMENT PLANNING EASY
WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE HOLD
OF ABANDONED FARMS
Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON.—Two branches of
the United Suites government service,
working in cooperation have perfect
ed a plan to make'the lure of the
abandoned farm a practical ma'ter.
There comes a time in the life of
almost every city dweller when he
feels an almost irresistible Impulse to
atrk cut some abandoned farm with ?i
romantic and ghost-ridden 'arm house
upon it and go back to the land.there
to l-ivrn the joys of the simp! lift,
ami. hu i ltn'ally, make t fortune by
ilnj'-cting the book-learned xnov-iot'ge
o' Hie -i‘\ I'on lnio farm operau n.
Almost invariably the experiment f-ils,
leaving the city adventurer poorer
than when he started but now, it ap
pears, there Is a new way to turn
the trick.
The Department of Agriculture is
dveply Interested In inducing the An
e. 'con to return to the land and make
t produce. By long scientific study
and careful and patient experiments -
tion the department has learned the
best and most practical ways of re
viving abandoned farms and making
them produce not only good liveli
hoods but comfortable surpluses. The
Farm Loan Board is the new body
created by the last Congress to reor
ganize and set In operation a rural
credits system. Under the act loans
to the extent of 50 per cent of the
value of farms may be obtained, in
terest rates ns low as possible will be
ashed for this money, but the borrow
er will be given a maxima of forty
yerrs in which to repay the loan. Now
the Department of Agriculture Is an
xious to show anyone how to reclaim
an abandoned form and make it pay
profits. The Farm Loan Board pro
vides a method of financing farms and
purchasing farming implements and
machinery for modern scientific culti
vation. Agents of the Farm Loan
Board and demonstrators of the De
partment of Agriculture now are going
through the country instructing peo
ple In the new combination which will
peimit them to realize their hack-to
thr-land dreams.
The whole thing is a part of the
colossal scheme of the Washington
government to bring about a high state
of industrial preparedness in the Un
ited States. The tremendous increase
in the production of foodstuffs which
might reduce the high cost of living
considerably would result from general
advantage being taken of these joint
opportunities.
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REPORT ON LEWIS MACHINE GUNS
TO RE GIVEN GY WAR DEPARTMENT
FOLLOWING FRESH FIELD TRIALS
Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON,—An official report
op the long standing controversy over
the- merits of the Lewis machine gun,
which has divided the army into two
rival camp3 for years, has been made
to Secretary of War Baker by a s,m*la*
benrd of officers and civilians which
has been In session here for nearly a
month.
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Owing to the absence of Secretary
Baker who Is compaingning for Pr^-s1- ‘
dent Wilson In Ohio, publication of the
M-port is withheld by the War Depart,
mcrt. It is not expected the secretary
"dll pass on or make public the report
for v‘me lime.
The report Just submitted Is prelim
inary in nature as the board has not
yat fully completed its work. The
board will meet at Springllcld, Mass.,
la'er on the call of its senior member,
Brig. Gen. Francis H French
No inkling of the nature of the re
port Is obtainable at the War Depart
ment except that the general state
ment was made that it went fully into
the controversy over the Lewis gun.
The board aUo considered the entire
subject of the character and quantity
of machine guns to be supplied in fu
ture for the army.
The Lewis gun invented by Col,
| Isaac M. Lewis was rejected by the
United States on the recommendation
of an ordiance board, nnd subsequently
MOVING PICTURES IN FRANCE
THRIVE DURING WAR TIMES
Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON.—Unlike northern
and eastern France where 30unds und
signs of war are ever present, the
"«novle"theatre business in that part
of the republic lying along and conMg
uous to the Mediterranean coast is
thriving, albeit the audiences are com
posed almost wholly of women and
children.
The motion picture theatres of
southern France are enjoying a volume
of business as large if not larger than
that of 1912 and 1913, Vice Consul
Crnm, at Marseille, has reported to the
Department of Commerce.
The entrance fees In equivalent A-i
merican money vary from 2-8 cents
to 23 cents, the average being about
5-7 cents.
Less than a third os many films are
being produced in France «now as
compared to the industry Just before
the war, the report states. In conse
quenco French distributers are import- .
ing large quantities from Italy and the |
United States. There is a large and |
growing demand for American films in j
comic, sentimental, and detective sub
jects. Those representing cowboys j
and frontier life are less popular than
formerly.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST POTATOES
MAY GO TO SWITZERLAND
Pacific News Service, Waah. Bureau.
WASHINGTON—Part of the big
crop of potatoes this season In the
Pacific Northwest may find its way to
Switzerland. The Swiss Department
of Agriculture has announced a big
potato shortage, according to a report
from Consul Schultz, at Berne, which
has Just been made public by the De
partment of Commerce.
Owing to their scarcity the sale of
potatoes has become a city monopoly
in Berne, the report states. They are
placed on sale but once a week. The
shortage Is attributed to the heavy
spring rains and the limited Imports.
The Swiss Agricultural department
lias been Importing large quantities of
corn and rice as substitutes for pota
toes.
A report from Consul Llstoe, at Rot
terdam, states that the Netherlands'
pctatoo crop this season, as a result of '
heuvy rains during the August harvest j
is fifteen per cent below normal.
Washington officials point out that
potatoes grown near the coast, as in j
Washington and Oregon, could be put
aboard ship at much less expense than
the Minnesota crop, which is the
largest In the country.
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HIGH COST OF SALT IN
CHINA RESULTS IN USE
OF AMERICAN SALT FISH
Pc.ciflo News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON.—Despite the pres
ent high trans-Paciflc freight rates,
China is increasing her imports of
salt and dry flsh from the United
Slates. This condition is caused by
the high cost of salt in salt in China,
due to the reorganization of the silt
tax, as well as increasing demand for
ohcap flsh in the young republic, Con
sul General Anderson, at Hong Kong,
has reported to the Department of
» .
Tho American trade la chiefly with
South China, while Japan.whlch shares
about equally with the United States
in Chinese Imports of this grade of
fish, is the chief source of supply to
the Northern part of China, the report
states.
China’s total Imports of dry and
salt fish for 1915 were valued at $9.
233,226 gold a3 compared with $8,216,
371 In 1914. About half the entire im
portation of such goods to China Is
handled through dong Kong
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
lemperatures for this year and last
on the days t03lgnated. The minus
sign before a cumber means below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Jan. 1. —12 -20
Jan. 2. —26 --28
Jan. 3 . —18 —28
Jan. 4. —17 - 84
Jan. 6. —20 -40
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was adopted by the entente allies anil
wus highly praised by its work on the
Flench front. Friends of Col. Lewh
claim his gun was never given a fair
trial by the United States Army, al
though the War Department, since the
Mexican campaign opened, ordered
some of the guns for use by the militia ,
on the border.
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the District Court (or the Terri
tory of Alaska, Second Division.
Freeda Alexson, plaintiff, vs. Cus
Alexson, defendunt.
The President of the United States
of America, to Gus Alexson, defend
ant above named, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff on tile in the
office of t(e clerk of the ubove-w:
titled court in the city of Nome, in
the territory of Aluska, Second Divis
ion, within thirty (30) days from the
date of the service of this summons
upon you, to-wlt, thirty (30) days
from the 13th day of January, 1917,
or Judgment for want thereof will be
taken agulnst you;
And you are hereby notified that if
you fall to answer said complaint lib
plaintiff will apply to the court foi
ihe relief demanded therein, to wit,
for a decree of court dissolving the
bondj of matrimony heretofore and
now existing between plaintiff and
defendant upon the grounds of will
ful desertion: for the care and cus
tody of the minor children the Issue
of marriage of plulntiff and defen
dant, and for such other relief as the
court may deem proper, as prayed for
in said complaint filed In the office
of the clork of the above-entitled
court
The date of the order for the pub
lication of this summons Is December
2, 1916; the date of the first pub
lication Is December 2, 1916, and the
date of the last publication Is Jan
uary ISth, 1917.
Witness the Honorable J. R. Tuck
er, Judge of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Second Di
vision, and the seal of said court af
fixed hereto at Nome, Alaska, ‘Ills
2nd day of December, 1916.
(Court seal.) G. A. ADAMS.
Clerk of the District Court, Territory
of Alaska, Second Division.
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