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Attorney and Counselor at Law
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Anchorage : : Alaska
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M. J. CONROY
Attorney-at-Law
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Anchorage : : : Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON
Juneau, Alaska.
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Physician and Surgeon
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Anchorage - Alaska
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General Merchandise
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Branch. Stores:
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Anchorage General Hospital
Comer 6th & K Sts.
Private Rooms and Wards, Sani
tary and Thoroughly Equipped.
When you are sick it’s CARE
you want.
Central Barber Shop
Modem Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
FARMERS' LOAN
BANKS TO LOIR
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Since
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| the farmer of the United States is the
1 food producer for a good share of the
world, the granting of cheaper credit
to the farmer for the purpose of en
larging his opportunities and cheapen
ing his cost of production is likely to
have an important part in the solution
of the great cost of living problem.
The records of the United States
census office show a constantly in
creasing trend toward the cities. Each
year shows that there are more per
sons to be fed, whereas the acreage
that has been producing food and the
number of hands to cultivate these
acres have not increased in the same
proportion.
It is patent therefore that to meet
this increasing demand for food more
farms must be established to provide
homes for more producers and the land
now under cultivation must be farmed
more carefully and with more and
better equipment.
Provision of cheap capital for land
purchase and farm development will
mean at least a partial realization of
these ideals.
If the farm loan act will reduce the
percentage of tenantry in the United
States it will have accomplished a
great deal toward putting American
agriculture on a more substantial ba
sis.
More than half of the farms of the
United States are now in the hands
of tenants. The tenant is a transient
farmer and the temporary nature of
| his operations prevents him from op
' crating at a maximum capacity. Short
leases make it out of the question for
tenants to be large meat producers.
The tenant is usually a grain farmer, j
I and in many sections of the country a
single cropper. He is engaged in :
hauling the fertility of his landlord’s i
soil to market.
j The farm owner conserves the fer
I tility of his soil by marketing his crop
■ through his live stock and returning
the fertility to the land. A nation of
j land owners means a nation with a
constantly increasing capacity of pro- i
(luce food for its people.
A reduction of farm tenantry and a
substitution of a class of land owners
I means improved social conditions in
the country and a more permanent
form of country life.
Since the farm loan act provides
how the borrowed money shall be
spent and limts its use to purposes
that will make farms more productive,
it is bound to have an elevating influ
ence on the standard of agriculture in
the United States.
Every borrower under the Farm
Loan act makes it a part of his con
tract that he will use the money either
to reduce existing indebtedness or in
some way that will contribute to
greater production on the same num
ber of acres.
Since the formation of these small
groups of farmers is the foundation
upon which the farm loan system is
built, it is apparent that this legisla
tion will foster the spirit of co-opera
tion among farmers. When farmers
put their mortgages together for the
sake of cheaper money it is reasonable
to presume that they will form the
habit of co-operation in other prob
lems of common interest.
The present farm loan indebted
ness of the United States is probably
approximately four billion dollars, and
the average interest rate now charged
is between Wn and 9 per cent. If the
farm loan act would reduce the inter
est rate of the United States by 4 per
cent it would mean a financial saving
to the farmers of between one hundred
and fifty and two hundred million dol
lars per year, and this estimate of sav
ing takes no account of the fact that
high interest rates have reduced the
volume of farm loan indebtedness far
below what it will be when a lower
rate is established.
High interest rates a ad unfavorable
terms of farm mortgages have been a !
serious handicap to farm development.
Curtailing farm production has taxed
the consumer as well as the producer
because the limited production of food
gave an increased advantage to the
food speculator.
The farm loan act is, in a measure,
revolutionary. It stands for equality
of opportunity. It says that the ag
gressive farmer who goes out into new
lands to enlarge the sphere of pro
duction is entitled to the same oppor
tunities as the man who operates in
a territory already developed. It puts
the public interest above the interest
of any individual. It takes individual
profit out of the business of financing
food production.
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* By DR. C. C. BENEDICT. +
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BACTERIA. (Continued).
In order that bacteria may live and
grow they must be surrounded by
favorable conditions. They must have
warmth and moisture. Some varieties
may live in a dormant condition for a
very long time in the absence of
warmth and moisture but if kept
there for a long time they must die.
Also some organisms will become
spores when under conditions that are
unfavorable to their growth and de
velopment, then when these conditions
are changed to those more favorable
again they assume their previous
form. We have already referred to
the fact that spores possess the power
of resisting great extremes of heat
and cold. Some organisms, such as
those of typhoid fever, will resist ex
treme degrees of cold for a very great
length of time and those of tubercu
losis will resist drying to a marked
degree but cannot endure sunlight.
The organism of pneumonia is very
susceptible to heat and for that rea
son is very difficult to grow in the
laboratory.
Bacterial growth depends too upon
the kind of food that they get. In
the laboratory we prepare what is
called a medium, that is just suited
to the particular kind of organism
that we desire to grow. This medium, i
or food, is made from beef, agar, gel- |
atine, blood serum, etc., according to
the needs of any particular organism.
In the host, whether human or ani
mal the organism finds favorable sur- j
roundings for growth because the ele- ;
ments are there in the proper propor
tions and in the laboratory these con
ditions are produced as nearly as
possible. Milk is one of the best of
media for the growth of bacteria and
they increase very rapidly in it after
it is drawn from the cow, so long as
it is kept warm. Keeping it at a
temperature of 50 degrees F. will pre
vent this growth to a marked degree;
therefore it is very necessary to keep
it cool while it is being used.
Many varieties of bacteria are con
stantly found on the hands, the skin
and in the mouth. They are in the
air that we breathe, the water we
drink and the food that we eat. The
only reason that we do not have all
the diseases that there are in exist
ence is because they do not find fav
orable conditions for growth or that
they cannot get into the blood stream
and so enter into the body tissues. But
the fact that bacteria are so preva
lent need be no reason why we should
be any the less cautious about clean
food, water and hands. So long as
your resistance is up to standard you
are fairly safe, but you never know
when that resistance may be lowered |
beyond the point of safety by some
slight sickness or accident.
Fresh vegetables should not be
eaten raw without first being well
washed. Bread should be wrapped
at the bakery before being delivered
to the consumer because it is abso
lutely impossible to have it handled
in a manner that will not expose it to
the contamination by bacteria, and it
cannot well be washed. Meat should
be carefully handled so as to prevent
contamination from dust or flies. All
articles of food should not be left ex
posed to dust and flies in stores and
shops.
There are several varieties of bac
teria, as to shape, some are long
rod-like, some are round and some ex
ist in chains or strings and some in
clusters. In size they are microscop
ic, and must be stained before they
can be studied, even with the micros
cope. The organism of tuberculosis is
about % to M the size of the red
blood corpuscle. Some are capable of
motion because they possess minute
hair-like processes that project from
the sides or one or both ends and by
the flail-like action of these they are
propelled through the fluids. Most
notable among this kind is the organ
ism of typhoid fever and that is one
of the means whereby this organism is
identified. The colon bacillus, also,
possesses these flagellae as they are
called, this organism being found
sometimes in water where its pres
ence always indicates the pollution of
the water by intestinal contents, as
that is the natural habitat of this or
ganism. Water contains many bac
teria but most all other kinds are
harmless, as we seldom find the or
ganisms of specific diseases in this
way.
Among those diseases that are due
to an organism and for which the
causative organism has been found
are tuberculosis, typhoid fever, in
fluenza, diphtheria, pneumonia ery
sipelas, meningitis, tetanus, anthrax,
cholera, plague, leprosy and many
others. There are others that are be
lieved to be due to a specific organism
but it has not yet been isolated and
proven, such as scarlet fever.
Diseases about which our knowledge
is so complete as to be able to find
the causative organism, know how it
enters the body, how the disease is
spread, etc., constitute a class known
as the preventable diseases because
there appears to be no reasonable rea
son for their existance. If the pre
ventive measures known to be effec
tive against the spread of such dis
eases could be enforced and complete
co-operation secured there is no doubt
that, within a few years time, these
diseases could be entirely eliminated.
There is no more truthful saying
than that which appears on the front
page of the weekly bulletin of the New
York Health department that “Public
health is purchasable. Within natural
limitations a community can deter
mine its own death rate.” J
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GEORGE OSBORNE
The Leading Jeweler and Optician.
We are closing out our entire line of
Gorham’s Sterling silver ware. W'e
have on hand a complete line in the
two most up-to-date and artistic pat
terns. Don’t fail to take advantage of
the big sale in Gorham’s sterling sil
ver ware. Our stock is complete and
up-to-date. Closing out at cost. “91
Ham and cheese sandwiches at the
North Pole Bakery. 328
A man can still get a good pair of
shoes for $8.00, but a woman must pay
more because her shoes come higher.
—Houston Post.
Tom Plunkett, of Marshall City, is
reported to have discovered a quartz
ledge there showing much free gold.
NOTICE 07 MARSHAL'S BAKE.
United States of America. Third Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, SS.
Public notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facius (or exe
cution) dated the 6th day of October, A.
D.. 1916, issued out of the District Court
of the United States for the Third Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska on a judgment
rendered in said Court, on the 6th day
of August A. 1). 1916 in favor of N. J.
Gaikema and against S. S. Cramer, I
did on the 27th day of October A. D.
1916 levy upon the following described
real estate situate in the Townsite of
Anchorage. Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
AH of the right, title ana Interest
of S. S. Cramer in and to the fol
lowlnk-described real and personal
property, to-wit:
Lot No. 10 in Block No^tS ofthe
Townsite of Anchoruge, Kntk Pre
cinct. Territory of ..laska, includ
ing house and furniture, arid fixtures
therein' contained of all kinds and
descriptions. ... ~
and that I will, accordingly, offer said
real estate and personal property for
sale, at public vendue to the highest and
best bidder, for cash. On the I5th day of
February. A. D. 1917 at 2 o’clock P. M.
of said day at Use front door of the
United StAtes Marshal s office, at An
chorage, Alaska. , _
dilated this 15th dayBOf D.
U. 9. Marshal,
Third Division, Territory of Alaska.
By A. F. HOFFMAN, Deputy.
MURPHY & ALMY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
(First Publication Jan. 15. 1917)
(Last publication Feb. 12. 191*.)
3 IN 1 LAUNDRY
AND BATHS
Now Reopened on the New
Premises.
Between G and H on 5th Ave.
Next to Harry Cribb.
P. H. RINGSTAD - Prop.
DO YOU WASTE MONEY?
Almost every one does. Bread east upon the 0
water comes back again. But when you throw
money away it mighty seldom ever comes back.
What’s going to happen to you when you have
no more money to waste? Why not open an ac
count here? $1.00 does it. Doing it once a week
for a year means $52 to the good for you—and
the interest we pay you in our Savings Depart
ment. Try it for a few months, you will be sur
prised to find how fast your account will grow.
BANK OF ALASKA
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ANCHORAGE
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FIRST AND C ST.
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Windows Roofing Paper
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Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
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WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF
FUR CAPS
MOCCASINS, FELT SHOES, HEAVY WOOLEN
PANTS, PARKAS, MACKINAW COATS.
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Special Sale!
4-Buckle Arctics—
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ANCHORAGE CABINET
WORKS.
Furniture and Fixtures
Repaired and Blade New.
Carpenter Work of All Kinds.
EXPERT TOOL GRINDING
AND SAW FILING. (
Anchorage Cabinet Workj.
JOE. CASALLI, Prop.
5th Avenue, Between C and D.