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CONSERVATION
BY THE HUNS
WITH THK AMKRK AN ARM IKS
In Franco. Oct.. 2.‘ l( en*> <»»>d p
of The Associated K’Oss) - t onser
vation is the word one hears coming
over the German iin«v> now. Always
economical, the Germain* are saving
now more than ever he tore in man
power. Since the day the Germans
started backward from the Mam*'
they have been conserving their num
bers as never before and they have
done it in a most admirable manor.
Rut it ha> been at the expense of pos
itions.
The German losses in men have net
been so jjreat as mi>fht have been e\
preted. In the fiffhtinir north of the
Marne the retreat was ski'fully plan
ed ami carried out in a manner that
excited- admiration. Machine gun*
were substituted for men at almost
every point and the way in which the
German army is built around that
particular bit of ordnance has been
very thoroughly demonstrated.
Kvery backward step of the enenn
a guarded by the automatic gun .
i let hack the artillery anti the bulk or,
the infant r> was the order repeated
in the German army as the French
anti Americans prodded them. In al*
most every instance the rear guard
action meant the resistance of little
machine gun units anti because of the
clover manner in which the ‘‘nests”
. e placed they were able to hold
their own long enough to enable the
main armies behind them to fall back. (
They were not always placed in
in**., hut left here anti there just over
•he brow of a hill or in the deep woods,
on the ground and in the trees and al
•n» d alv ays skillfully camouflaged.
But always tin < >}*>sition was cor
dinate. In ‘he end it was up to every
machine gun crew to light its own
to resist to the last, unt'l
swept away by the allies’ artillery or
over bv their tanks or infantry, but
they were so, placed that until that
time came their fire was so direct
that it swept very effectually the ad
vancing lines. The Germans have lost
thousands of their machine guns by
such tactics but they huve saved pro
portionately in men.
It is this evident intention to save
manpower, so different from their at
titude earlier in the war, that has
gone far towards convincing manv
that their big military machine is
cracking and that they will not be abb:
to withstand a winter campaign.
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LARGE DAM BEING
COMPLETED
FAST LAS YK(JAS, N..M. Oct., 2:
Although nine months will elups*
before tin* big dam of tin* Las- Vega
irrigation project is completed, tin*
reservoir contain many feet of wale-,
the out-let canal is finished and it
would be possible to irrigate man.'
acres for the IP IP crop. Delays can •
ed by tin* war, the most serious :>•
which was labor shortage, made it in'.
possible to finish the great project
this y*»ur. as had been expected.
The irrigation system is being birb
by San Francisco contractors. O i
land belonging to the Las Vega.*
grant, a t; ict given to the communit •
under the terms of an old Spani h
deed, h nd”eds of years old. The acr -
aft to be watere I is 11,000. with ••
000 acres lying near which can he pv
under ditch. The dam is SO tect s'
height and 2.000 feet long. It will be
three miles long. The total cost w'!
approximate *000,000 It v ill opera!'
as a private enterprise.
T!'*» wat**r is dmwn from the GaN
inas rive . a mountain stream,
th* >ugh an inlet canal two miles in
length. It is carried through an on*
let canal two miles in length , a pot*
ion of which, 2,*>00 feet long is in a
concrete !i»»d tunnel. Another jmrtio:.
is earn. •{ i s a 1200-foot flume and
still am the • is carried under the Sar
ta K:;id >ad right of way in a con
crete lined syphon.
T!*- contrai ter and the hoard gover
ning th * r ant ase determined not U*
the project open to settlers e
til it ha - been prmefl a success and
because they are not exploiting it.
have been retieiont to the |>oint of
near-silence in regard to the work be
where you will always receive a FAIR AND LIBERAL ASSORTMENT
Highest Market Prices
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ing done,
it is believed tne project will have
• an inspiring died on agricultural
operations in this locality and that t
j will marl; the end of “hipp^u-in” veg
etables. Several other large project1
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including the La C»ue;a ana Los .-vie
mos, will join with the system to pi
40,000 acres under ditch near L;u
Vegas. The Lu Cueva and Los Ala
mos systems are partially in opera
ion now.
ALASKAN HOYS NAM FI)
HY Sl’LZKR FOR ANNA 1*01.1 a
In the list of nominations made by
Charles A. Sulzer, delegate from
Alaska foi admission to the UniUcS
States naval academy at Annapolis,
Md„ appear the names of three bojs.
irom Alaska. Mr. Sulzer had the
naming of three principals and thro*
alternates for admission during Uk
ummer of 1918, and contrary L> th
precedent set by his predecessor, am
1 all of these appointments were mam
I directly from boys actually living i
the territory at the time they w..
appointed. Tin* following nominatio:
were sent to the chief 01 the bureau o
navigation of the navy department:
Principal— James Reginald Hell
Valdez. First alternate— (Jera <
1; (Serard lieeson of Anchorage.
Principal— Fred lick (!. Hodges
Thane. First alternate—Kmniet T.
Krefting of Seward.
Principal — Jackson Oswell of Ji*
| neau. Fir. t alternate— On it is \
Rrotlieiton of Juneau.
Ml of these young men are prodm ‘
of Alaska, living here and receivin
their education here. All have a* - 1
cepted the nominations and will a*,
j tend preparatory school in the Statr . ;
this winter.
Many Morgan, another Juneau K<> ,
! was admitted to West Point in Jur *!
upon a nomination from Delegate St* *
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y.er. Morgan is one of the most power
ful young men in the class at In*
» school, being over six feet high :«•'
! weighing more than two hundred
i pounds.
STREET CAR ‘‘DEAD BEATS’*
IN RERUN TO RE TRIED
NEW YORK Oct., — Pa-sseng.*
caught ‘‘beating their way” on Bevl* *
street cars will be subject to a fin<* « ■
one mark. The Berlin Vorwaerts re
' ports. The fine will bo imposed by •'
i trolley inspector not on the word
1 the comluctorette but following : i
I soil of plebiscite among the oth* I
I passengers.
The order was necessary, the stre«,J :
car company’s council said, becau.-<
j the company suffered a daily loss o*
j 10,000 marks through non- paymrr,
J of fares.
j "The wo rat offenders,” he sa'd
\ “are those of the better classes, es
pecially women who consider it a
sport to save carfare by not paying
it.”
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Atlantic City will not be alone ' :
having a board walk. Wrangell ha>
secured permission from the Secre
! tary of the Treasury to construct •
board walk extending along the w,.
1 terfront and abutting on the Cover*:
ment Reserve at that place.
IN THE PROBATE COURT
| FOR THE TERRITORY OX
ALASKA. THIRD DIVISION
KEN AI PRECINCT.
In the Matter of the Estate of
JAY L. SPENCER,
Deceased.
No. 45
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Notice of Settlement of Final
Account and Distribution.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That L. L. James, Jr., administrate}
of the estate of Jay L. Spencer, d»>
ceased, has rendered and presentee
for final settlement, and filed in sa’d
court, his final account of his admin
istration of said estate, togothei with
his report and a petition for final di ,
tribution. and that Monday, the "9th,
day of December, 1918, at 10 o’^ock
in . N forenoon of said day, at the
court room of said court in said IV*
| cinct, has been fixed and appointed as
1 the lime and p’ace for the settlement
of said account and the hearing or
• eport and petition, at wh: h
time Mid place any raison inter** ;tol
ir .*;*.*n estat may appear and file his
exceptions, in writing, to said account,
•inn contest ti e same.
Notice is further given: That
said recount is for final settlement,
and the said estate is ready for dis
tribution, and on confirmation of sa*d
final account final distribution of said J
estate will be immediately had.
Dated this 21st day of October, 1918. *
Wm. H. Whittlesey.
Probate Judge.
First rub. Oct. 29. 1918.
Ust Pub. Nov. 23, 1918.
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