.DRILLS TO
BEGIN NEXT
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee having charge of the organiza
tion of a military company or compa
nies in Anchorage at the T. and T. of
fice building last evening, it was de
cided to gefc about the formation of
the military organization without de
lay. Friday evening next, at 7 o’clock
sharp, all those pel sons who signed i
the cards at the Sunday afternoon
meeting ,or any who may wish to j
join the volunteer forces to be organ
ized, and who are between the ages of
18 and 35 years, are requested to as
semble to begin drill work, or at least
prepare for drill work to be taken
1% an evening or two after. Those
who have had experience in military
companies and who are not above 45
years of age are likewise invited to be
present and join the forces.
Because of his especial fitness and
experience, the executive committee
has designated Lieut. C. A. Boss, of
the United States army, to take
charge of the organization of the for
ces, superintend the drill work, etc.
He will have the aid of the executive
committee, of which he is a member,
who will lend all assistance possible
toward the successful organization of
the company or companies, as the
case may be.
If THE JURY
Deputy United States Marshal Clar
ence W. Mossman returned to his An
chorage duties on the Admiral Farra
gtfc that reached Anchorage last night.
Mr. Mossman has been attending court
at Cordova for the past two weeks,
where he appeared as a witness in the
famous Kanitz arson case. Mr. Moss
man reports that the prosecution was
unable to furnish several substantial
witnesses and the jury was out only 20
minutes when they brought in a ver
dict of “not guilty.”
He also reports that with the ex
ception of a few civil cases the court
docket at Cordova is about cleared anil
that district court will be held in An
chorage the last of May or the first of
June.
Mr. Mossman said that Harry Steeie
and George Dooley, both well known
in Anchorage, were getting along
nicely and particularly wished to be
remembered to Anchorage friends.
He further spoke complimentary in
regard to the manner the local office
had jjeen conducted during his ab
sence and thaat he was certainly glad
to get back to a live city.
Meeting of Scandinavian Society in
upper hall of Labor Temple, Thursday
night. Flection of officers. E. Wik
holm, Sec. "89
^ Fred Carlquist, who is a graduate
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
born, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
amine eyes free. 260
CLASSICAL
Twenty ladies assembled at the j
home of Mrs. L. F. Shaw yesterday I
afternoon to hear a classical rendi- !
tion of Tennyson’s famous poem, i
“Enoch Arden,” with the thrilling
descriptive musical accompaniment
by Dr. Richard Strauss. Two of the
most accomplished young ladies of
Anchorage interpreted the poetical
masterpiece, the poem being read by
Mrs. Charles Hilton, accompanied on
the piano by Miss Judith Watts. There
was not a dry eye in the company, as
the tragic life story of Tennyson’s
hero was unfolded by the reader,
who possesses marked histrionic abil
ity, and whose sweet, sympathetic1
voice was well suited to the rendition.
Equally effective was the skill and
technique of the pianist, whose inter
pretation of the wonderful music left
nothing to be desired, and her ability
to master one of Strauss’ difficult
works won the praises of the entire
company.
BEST PART OF ALASKA,
SAYS MATANUSKA LETTER
F. Finnegan, one of the successful j
farmers of the Matanuska valley, is ;
spending a few days in Anchorage on •
business. Mr. Finnegan has a 100- •
acre homestead above Wassilla on the
Knik-Willow creek wagon road and
made The Times office a pleasant call j
yesterday afternoon. He says the.
valley affords the greatest* farming
opportunities of any section of Alas
ka and he should know, as he has j
been a resident of the territory for j
the past 20 years and been over the ‘
best part of the country.
Mr. Finnegan has considerable!
acreage cleared and in addition to
the potatoes and garden truck he j
intends to put the most of his land to
timothy this year. He says the farm- ;
ers of his section generally are sat- i
isfie I and the result of last year’s
crop more than met with their expec- :
tations. Mr. Finnegan received four
head of heavy draft horses on the
Admiral Farragut and expects to
ship in more stock next year.
MAN MURDERED ON LOWER
REACHES OF KUSKOKWIM
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(Iditarod Pioneer.)
Word was brought to Pimute, on the
Yukon, by Charles Castleman, who
was on his way from Bethel to th“
Marshall diggings, that a murder was
recently committed at the lower Kus
kokwim town. The names of the mur
dered man and his slayer could not be
recalled by the travelers who brought
the word to Iditarod, but the story is
that three sailors marooned at Bethel
for the winter imbibed too freely of
home-made “hootch.” As a result they
became engaged in a light, and one of
them became enraged and went to his
cabin for a gun. On his return to the
place where the fight took place he
was ordered to drop his gun, and on
his refusal to do so he was shot dead.
The slayer is said to have gone to
Nushagak to give himself up to the
authorities.
COSMOPOLITAN MARKET!
That the people of Anchorage appreciate the establish
ment of a market where at all times they can get
FRESH FRUITS, GREEN VEGETABLES AND
0 RANCH PRODUCE
has been shown by the liberal patronage we have enjoyed
since our opening day.
We want it thoroughly understood that EVERY BOAT
from the outside will cany fresh stock for us, which
will be placed on sale immediately after the arrival
of the vessel.
"Go to the Market After the Boat Arrives"
Garfell & Popodopolos
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* By DR. C. C. BENEDICT, +
CARE OF THE BABY.
(Continued from last week.)
Weight— Nothing gives quite so
much information as the weight of a
baby when it is taken regularly so
that any rise and fall is noted at short
intervals. During the first six months;
it should be weighed every week and j
during the second six months every i
two weeks, during the second year,:
every month.
There is usually a small loss during ]
the first week which is regained dur-'
ing the second, after which there
should be a gain of four to eight
ounces each week up to six months; ^
during the second six months the gain
is less, perhaps not more than two to
four ounces per week.
Bottle-fed babies, as a rule, do not
gain as rapidly during the first month
as do those that are breast fed, hut
from the first to the sixth or eighth !
month the latter make a more steady
gain, particularly during the last two
months of the first year because of
weaning, which frequently causes a
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Health Officer,
loss. Frequently bottle fed babies will
make rapid pains and pet fat when fe<>
on some of the prepared foods but that
is because of the excess of supar in
the food and such pain is not sub
stantial and the child is not in as pood
condition as one that has not made
such rapid pain but whose flesh and
muscles are harder and firmer. Moth
ers should not feel at all alarmed if
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their baby is not makinp rapid pains
but is otherwise well and eats and
sleeps well; he is far better off than
the excessively fat one and it will be
much easier for him to leam to walk
and not nearly so liable to become
bow-lepped. There is too much local ,
neiphborly competition between moth-1
ei's in repard to their respective
younpsters into which the baby fails to
enter, as a result of which the mother
soon l^ins to think that her baby is
not doinp as well as it should because
it does not weigh as much as the other
and she begins to worry. When she
worries she soon begins to change the
baby’s diet or intervals between feed
ings, or something else, and soon the
baby really has a reason for not doing
well.
Many times a baby will be at a
standstill for week after week with
never a gain of a fraction of an ounce
and may even lose a little one week,
and yet there is no cause for alarm,
but if there is a steady loss week after
week then you must get busy and
learp the cause and correct it.
A child weighing 7‘a pounds at
birth should weight 12 to 13 pounds at
three months; 15 to 16 at six months;
17 to 18 pounds at nine months, and
20 to 21 pound at one year.
A rule easy to remember is that at
five months a child has practically
doubled its weight and at one year
practically trebled it.
Development—The average healthy
child will begin to make efforts to hold
up its head from the third to the
fourth month and at about the same
age will make its first attempt to
laugh aloud. Usually at seven or
eight months it will be able to sit up
and support the body ,and soon after
this, about at nine or ten months, it
will attempt to stand on the feet, some
will attempt it earlier but it is not
good for the child to let them do so is
the bones are too soft and if the child
is of average weight it is apt to make
it bow-legged. It will attempt, or
ought to, to walk at twelve months.
Sometimes these features of develop
ment are delayed and the cause of
such delay is not always easy to learn
but in the majority of instances of
such delay it will be found to be due
to either rickets or improper feeding.
Of course an illness lasting several
weeks will put the child back and that
may be the only cause of delay.
has been charged with more illnesses
than any other dozen causes combined.
It is true that it does cause a child suf
fering and makes them cross and irrit
tion between the nervous system and
the digestive system sometimes may
cause vomiting but when many child
|—Cutting teeth in a child
able and because of the close connec
ren have these "teething” spells it is!
impossible to find any trace of erupt- ■
ing teeth.
The child's first set of teeth should
consist of twenty, and they appear in
the following order: The two lower
central incisors, at the sixth to eigh‘!,
month; the two upper central incisors
and the two upper lateral incisors at i
the eighth to twelfth month; the two
lower lateral incisors and the four first
molars, two upper and two lower, at
the twelfth to eighteenth month; the
four canine, two upper and two lower,
at the eighteenth to twentieth month,
and the four back or molars, at the
twenty-rourth to thirtieth month. A ;
child should have six teeth at one year,
twelve at a year and a half, sixteen at
two years and twenty at two and a
half. ^
There are many variations in this'
order both because of family and dis
ease. Sometimes a child may be a
year old before he has a single tooth
but that is not normal. A child may
be tv o years old before he attempts
to walk, but that is not normal either.
The care of the first set of teeth is
important because when they are al
lowed to come in crooked they are al
ways in the way of another tooth and ,
that one will then be crooked also.
When the first ones are coming
through the second set are being "laid
down” to follow in a certain place and
any variation from that order will re
sult in ill-shapen or irregular teeth,
and the child will grow up to wonder
why the parents did not have them at
tended to at the right time. True
they can be straightened but that
means the wearing of an uncomfort
able appliance for a long period of
time, with the result that it is not as
good as it could have been if the prop
er attention had been given when
they were coming in. Decayed ones
should be tilled and left in place until
the time for the succeeding tooth to
come in before the first one should be
pulled out and it just as important 1o
have them pulled out at the right
time and not left too long as then they
are. in the way of the second one and
it is apt to be crooked.
That is the important reason why
the teeth of children should be exam
ined at frequent intervals by a dentist
to see that none of these things that
are apt to do harm are present.
(Continued next week.)
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Stop at i’eterson’s Hctel.
Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice ('rciim.
Light Lunches
A nd
I louic- Made ('andics.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace of Sweets
Temple Auditorium
Saturday, April 14
DANCE!!
RECREATION
Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING R HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made tor Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
FRISCO CAFE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Everything in Season ami Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
Dohrmann - - Herning & Co.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
PHONE 76R.
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*£ Style Certainty S>
It’s what every woman demands in her spring' out tit. and tin* STYLE SHOP
KASIllOXS are meeting' Jill requirements as usual.
Dresses and 1 'oat-Dresses. Our new ('oat-Dresses serve a double purpose, both
Dress ami Coat. Also Georgette Dresses of the best quality. Crepe de Chine, Wool
and Wool Jersey and Taffeta Dresses in the variety of styles.
Suits of the best material, swell as La Jerz, I’oiret, Twills, Bonthea. Gunny
Burrol, Velour, Cashmere De Laine and Serges in all the latest styles and colors.
Millinery of the most Up-to-l)atc creations. Georgette and Crepe de Chine
Waists with the late collars and sleeves. Our Shoes are of the best.
NOTE-—Mde. Tyler and Miss Hale will arrive on the Watson to take charge
of both dress-making and hair-dressing departments.
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO.
The Style Shop
Xew Masonic Block.