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SAVAGE BRIGADE
NAME GIVEN TO
YANK FIGHTERS
PARIS. tM.. 21 (t 011 espondcnc*
of l’he Associated Press) »lie “sjiv
ago brigade is the n. ■ • by which .»
certain bi igad oi tin* American army
is known, according to laid tiinist.
tiie -TK i i • PARlSItN'S’ > a
corresjH»nde , who d .-crib .- a Vi;-»
dial he has just paid it. It is compos
ed o* volunt* e s . rom .Whigan and
Wisconsin. who a.*- mostly y ng
iversity men. They have ;. marthing
song, which goes:
•• lie Kata no
We’ll .-h«»ot ! ini in the pa.”.*
Whelk Cdnisty . 1 m
at repose after nine c*ms *c five hard
days fighting, during which they ha*
it'A.’’.; < everything but their nuimt
*on> and bad only been able to get .*
it I.- food three times. When the;,
v. civ relieved they were worn out hut
they 4 . rewo i a whin enough stretch
«>' g ot.i'.d lo romjHMisate them.
On«* of their officers t4>ld a few
>torie about hi.> men. Two of the \
he aid. had advanced so rapidly that
tln-N found themselv4*s surrounded be
thi n.my. They dashed at a machine
run \illed the gunn rs an4l turned
’In* quick-shooter on the enemy, one
firing, the other slipping in the hands 1
•f cartridges and so kept them at a
li'tnnce and cleared a way hack 4o
thoil own side.
V doctor found one covered with;
b*o<! !. ‘‘You’ll have to carry him” su'd
the doctor to the stretcher bearer.
Ah! To the depot for that!” replied !
th< soldier. ** 1 am not so tender, ju-t
.Clide me!”
'•In th:brigade are many young
: (i ■? d c : t.” writes Clin
nativity has disippeared
they are now pure Americans, think
ing and acting as Americans. A few
days ago a hit of reconnaissance work
was wanted which needed a man pre
pared to take risks. A volunteer pre
sented himself whose name showed
his German origin:
‘‘So much the better”. In* said with
a smile, ‘‘if the Boches fire upon a
Boche”
‘‘He returned wounded, but bring
the information that wus required.”
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LARGEST LOCK IN
WORLD BUILDING
SAt’I/r ST MARIK, Mich. Oct., 21 —
TlTc fourth groat government lock,
the largest in the world, which con
nects the upper and lower lends of
Lakes Superior and Huron, has bet n
virtually completed, lacking only th*
installation of the 1,100- ton st'ol
gates to permit the passage of lare
iron ore, copper and wheat cargoes.
The foundations of the lock are hui't
into the solid rock floor of Lie St.
Mary’s river falls. Installation of the
ponderous gates to span the X0 foot
width of the lock chamber vi!I start
at once and will he completed oar*y
next summer. These gates wi I per
mit tho lowering or raising of steam
ers from the level of lake to that of
the other, a height of 20 feet.
Kxcnvation for the new lock, which
will cost $11,"'00.000 completed, stall
ed in 11)12 and in 101the fir it con
crete was poured for the walls, whirl*
are 1,700 feet long, 7"» feet h gh and
♦aper down from eight to 20 'Vet in
thickn *>s.
There are four other great locks ‘ •
St. Mary’s rapids, three on the Amen
ban and one on the Canadian side, hut
none compare* in size with the new
one
The cost of handling freight through
these locks is but 1.72 mills per
freight t**n. Last year freight valued
at 81.100.022.1S2 and totalling SS.S12.
sps tons nassed through the canals.
Then* were 2‘2,8Xf» vessel passages.
The locks are pi-otected by 20 coa^t
guard boats plying the river 00 miles
below nd 20 miles above the rapids.
Companie of soldiers equipp I with
rifles and machine guns, patrol the
< trict, 1TV
mo\k\ ore\ses palm of
THE IIOLSHEVIKI OFFICIALS.
AMSTERDAM. Oct.. 21— Amor*
the countless passport stories now c’M
: !$•»
HE
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where vou will olwavs receive a FAIR AND LIBERAL ASSORTMENT
w •»
Highest Market Prices
RETURNS—“QUIC KER”
“Shubert” Unexcelled Service
is known to intellige • : l progi ssive Fur shippers all over ALASKA. If you are
not “Shipping to Shubert” you ar * not getting the full benefit of the extremely high
prices \ ask mar ding at the present time—get in line—don’t deity
ship all the Furs \ m have on hand and keep them coming QUICK.
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-rent, one is told by the newspoper
NOW KURIKU, of Cracow, Austria.
A Polish princess wanted to cross <he
frontier from Russia into Poland with
her son. The Bolsheviki authorities rc
fused her a passport and claimed t*
son for military sendee. With mu. I.
trouble and a liberal use of money,
she obtained a bogus passport, . r
important looking document beari
many seals and signatures, on of the<
being that of ‘‘Alexander the (ire:*
King of Macedon." It secured her i
*
safe passuge and has now found a
! place in her family archives.
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NEW NVAR FOOD FOR MIA'S.
AMSTERDAM, Oct., 10— (iermany
is threatened with a new war food
called lupine bread. To work a pin
cess for converting the lupine, a leg
uminous plant into food for man ur.u
beast on a large scale, a company ha
been formed at ('hemnit/, Saxony,
with a capital of 11,000,000 marks.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
TO ELE( TORS OF I ME TOW \
OF SEWARD. DIVIsMN NO
T1 REE
rKR.<ri*>R\ Ol ALASSvA.
Notice is hereby given that,
puisuant to an Act of Congress, ap
proved .May 7, H)0(>, entitled, ‘‘An Act
Providing for the Flection of a De e*
g:*te to the ili nse of Representative:
from the Territory of Alaska,1* an.I an
Act of Congress, approved Augu.-1 1*4,
L. I-, entitled “An Act to C*vi*i * ;
I egiMative Assembly in the Territory
ol Alaska, to Confer Legislative Po •
e?-;. Thereon, and for Other Purpo.-.e. ,*
and in confirmity therewith a general
election will he held on
j TUESDAY NOV FAIRER 191,S.
! RFTVVFKX THE HOURS OF 8 < *
I CLOCK A. .M. AM) 7 O’CLOCK P Al. j
OF SAID DAY for purposes of ele
| mg the following officers, to-wit:
1 \ I>E1 KC.ATE t.) the HOUSE «»
KKPKFSKXTATIVKS from the Ter-j
ritory of Alaska;
L\F MF.MRFR of the SFXATF of i
| ;he Territory of Alaska;
i FOUR MKA1BKKS of the HOUSE
OF RFPRHSFXTATJYFS of the T. r
itory of Alaska;
OXK KOAI) CO.MMISSIOXKK
. .load District No. .*».
The Common Council of SEWARD
Having heretofore, by ordinance, duly
designated the polling place in .aid
' tow n, the electors are hereby notified
That all duly qualified voters r< -
I siding within the Town of SEWARD?
will vote at THE CITY HALL tli
same being the duly designated pell
itiK place in and for the Town of
SEWARD
(Signed)
THE COMMON COUNCIL1
OE THE TOWN OK SEW ALL !
I»y Julian H. Reid.
Oct. 21- Oct. 2S. Clerk, j
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT IoR
THE TERRITORY OF CLASH A
THIRD DIVISION.
No. SI25
ALIAS SUMMONS
LILLIE K. HETTEL,
Plaintiff,
against
(BERNARD W. HETTEL,
Defendant.
above named defendant.
Von are hereby required to appear!
in the District Court for the Territory |
; of Alaska, Third Division, within j
thirty days after the completion of!
' the publication of this summons, to- ]
1 wit, within thirty days after the 28th 1
day of October, 1918, and answer the !
complaint of Lillie E. Hettel the!
| above named plaintiff in the above
j named cause, which cause is an ac
i tion for divorce for one of the causes |
1 prescribed by law, wherein the plain-)'
i tiff prays a derive of absolute divorce
; from you, forever dissolving the
bonds of matrimony existing between ;
j you and the said plaintiff and for an
adjudication of property rights. And
you are hereby notified that if you ;
fail to appear and answer the said
complaint as herein required, the said
plaintiff will take judgment against
you for want thereof, and will apply
to the court for the relief demanded 1
in Iter said complaint, as herein above j
i set out.
The order for publication of this
! summons was duly made and entered
jon the 19th day of September, 1918.
The date of the first publication of
; this summons is the 16th day of Sep
| tern her, 1918, and the date of the last
publication thereof is the 28th day of '
October, 1918,
WITNESS the Honorable Charles
E. Bunnell, Judge of said Court, and
the Seal thereof, this 19th day of
1 September, in the year of our Lord
; One thousand nine hundred and eigh
i teen, and of our independence the one
! hundred fortv third.
, (SEAL) ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
By C. H. Wilcox, Deputy,
Date of First publication Sept., 16.
j 1918.
; Date of Last publication Oct. 28..
|‘ 1918.
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