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I ALASKA: PRIZE PACKAGE i
"Fifty-lour years ago, March j
30, 1867, was signed the treaty '
Whereby the United States purt
chased Alaska from Russia for J
$7,000,000. In the intervening {
, half century, we have taken from
the territory more than 70 times 1
the 70 millions of purchase moil- 1
ef," says a bulletin from the (
Washington headquarters of the (
^ National Geographic society.
** "Most Americans are of the
habit of thinking of Alaska as of 1
insignificant area, yet it is as ;
large as Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota,, Wisconsin and Missou- (
ri put together, with sizable bits '
from Nebraska and the two l)a- I
kotns added on.
"To most people also Alaska 1
V Zm 1 " a ?
ir yioumuni iirs u I Jllld OI SHOW '
and ice, of glaziers and scant vegetation.
In point of fact the Al- 1
askan climate is fairly diversified. (
and along the 9coast there are !
slight extremes of heat and cold. '
In the interior there is less rain- ,
fall, and the long Aretic day produces
a very dry and warm cli- 5
mate. .
"Everywhere, except in the
x extreme north, the vegetation is
luxuriant, its growth is rapid. 1
and fruits, vegetables and graz- 1
ii;g grasses flourish. Located no .
less advantageously than the .'
Scandinavian peninsular and with
an area almost twice as gr? at as
that of Norwav anil Sweden combined,
Alaska, nevertheless, has a 1
white population of little more .
than HO.000 as against the 8 mil- J
lions of Scandinavians.
"The three great, sources of
Alaskan wealth are minerals, fisheries
and furs. To the end of
1915 the mines of Alaska had ;
produced more than $300,000,000. 1
In 1910 the fisheries produced ]
nearly $20,000,000. and the pel- |
tries more than half a million. <
There are great deposits of coal I
as yet untouched and of low grade ;
onrs more precious which await
only the development of the terri- .
tory's own water power to make .
them available at tremendous .
profit.
"Forests, too. arc extensive
and suited For the production r?f i
both timber ami wood pulp. The 1
heaviest prow h lies anions: the
coast, where two national reser- 1
vations contained a combined !
nrea of 21 million acres with an 1
existing stand of merchantable !
timber exceedinp 80 billion feet,
board measure. The forests coin- !
'' prise the northwest extremity of 1
the preat. northwestern belt of 1
conifers which spans our conti- !
rent and Alaskan spruce has been
found valuable for the construe- i
tion of the wooden frames of airplanes.
for which use it command
ed durinp the war the remarkable 1
price of nearly $l.r>0 per thous and
feet.
"In recent years Alaska lias attracted
attention as a producer of
meat for exportation to the Unit
ed States. The meat is derived <
from reindeer herds which prar*.e 1
on the mosses and prasses of the i
far northern part of the territorv
which at one time were con- i
sidercd worthless and unproduc- l
tivo. The Alaskan reindeer herds 1
now contain more than 200.000
of the animals, all derived from
the 1,200 reindeer imported into 1
Alaska by the federal govern- '
ment 28 years go. In this period.
besides, many thousands of the
animals mave been slaughtered 1
for food. Tt is estimated that the
portions of Alaska nnsnited for I
other industries will maintain 4 <
to 5 million head of reindeer. Tn
the Scandinavian eonntries their
meat is highly prized. The rein- !
deer meat from Alaska is beginning
to appear regularly now in *
manv of the meat shops of the
United States. 1
"The development of the him- '
her industry, like that of all other
enterprises in Alaska, is largelv
dependent upon the extension
of communications, especially by |
rail; and the federal government (
now has under construction a rail- ,
road which is designed to open }
up the country for both travel a
ami industry. There are 457 |
miles of this road in operation. (
Only 83 miles remain to be eon- |
strueted to give this road its total
trackage of 540 miles.
"Alaska was not taken into the
federal domain without much _
criticism. None of it. however.
reached the height of invective
with which Eastern statesmen *
had condemned the Oregon ter- >
ritorv at an earlier neriod.though <
the latter prophets of ill have heen '
as deenlv confounded as the oth- (
era. The price paid seemed on- '
tirelv out of nronortion to the 1
henefitR to he derived and even
those who were inclined to favor 1
the project as a means of dem- i
onstrating good will to Russia for (
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tier friendship to the union during
the Civil war found scanty
irgument in supporting the payment
of what then appeared so
mge a sum. None of them cbuid
Foresee that in a single year?
ir.d that almost within a generilion
of the time of purchase?
\laska would yield nearly 1.000
?er cent upon the purchase price
then paid?for in 191G the value
>f exports of minerals and tner-liandixe
from the territory was
1*68.618.656.
"It is to Seward's, foresight
ind persistence that the United
States owns this opulent outpost.
The final diplomatic action which
sonsummated the bargain was as
irecipitous. almost, as that which
lave to us later the title to the
t'anuma Canal Zone?for the
treaty fans drafted, signed and
submitted to the senate within
nit little more than 12 hours, and
the preliminary negotiations, iududing
the -time occupied by the
hen Russian minister from Washington
to St. Petersburg and return.
was not as many months.
I?y its terms we took over an
ires equal to nearly one-fifth of
he whole of the continental
Foiled States of today, an area
.vliieh lay fallow for a full generition
after it came into our hands
ind whose progress in the last 20
rears has been from rugged prim
tiveness to bustling modernism
n?everv locality where even sligh'
inergv has been expended.
"What the n"\t 50 years of
\merean rule in Alaska may proluce
is limited only by the iinagnation
which the progress of tin
ast half century may call up."
PUPILS ON* HONOR ROLL.
The honor roll of the Fort Mill
graded school for the third quarter
of the 1920-21 session, ending
March 21. contains the names of
ruipils who have made an averagi
n? 90 or more in their work and
I'ave been perfect in attendane<
i>,.i Jo ....
<ii\& irt un 1U1KM> r*
First Grade?Horace Lylex, Mis>
Minnie Garrison, t earlier; Inez
Armstrong 95, Ha Mae Hucks95
Marian Wilson 95. Miss Marie
Manner, teeher; Elizabeth Bradford,
95; Troy Cauthcn 93. (iil
more Pitt man 99. Miss Ethel Loflis.
teacher.
Second Clrade?Roehelle Pat
tc rson 97. James Allen Ferguson
15, Tillie Black 95, Miss Apnea
I ink, teacher; Delia Mae Woods
1)3, Miss Julia Patterson, teacher
Third Grade?Annie Mac Grip"
l)7, Beatrice Ferguson 94. Sarah
darker 93, Miss Thelma Phil
lips, teacher; lona Montgomery
1)7. Louise Wilson 95. Ethel
Wright 95. Elizabeth Parks 9'J
Miss Ruth Meaeham. teacher.
Fourth Grade?Myrtle Reeve:
f)3. Randolph Carol hers 91, Fva
Riteh 90, Albert Taylor 90, Miss
rhclma Ott. teacher; Melvin Car
lir 95, Helen Ferguson 91. Miss.
Ethel Armstrong, teacher.
Fifth Grade ?James Black 97
lames Merritt 95. Raymond Jacobs
90. Miss Carrie Spencer
teacher; Finley Lee 90, Miss Ella
Mash, teacher.
The following pupils made the
required average of 90 and were
not absent from school more than
two days:
First Grade?Marian llarkev.
Loins Taylor 95, Ovell Wrigl'it
40. Tluirlow Davis 9-4. Beady Wilson
93, Oscar Bass 90. Sadie
Stamper 90.
Second Grade?Catherine Ba
Ker iti?. rcujjene Gordon 00.
Tliir<l Grade? Floyd Pitman
95, Charlie Carter 90. Fred St.
Clair 90. Clement Potts 9(1. Huth
I'ail os 93.
Fourth Grade?Everard Arm*tronp
90. Brevard Crowder 95.
Fmma Bailes 93, Allie Bradford
)3.
Fifth Grade?Juainita Brown
95, Billy Bauknipht 90. dames
Niamey 95.
To Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate
of S. P. Blankenship. deceased.
are hereby notified to
nake payment to the nndersipned
it once and persons 'having1 elaims
ipainst saiil estate are advised to
present the nam p. properly proved,
within the time preserihed by
aw.
V. B. BLANKENSlllP.
d. S. BLANKENSHIP.
A. S. BLANKENSHIP.
ltAp28 Executors.
Cotton Seed. Plant pood. pun
ieed ; Cook's cotton soe?l, clean <1
uul machine jrraded. at *1 bush 1,
delivered. White Leghorn bn\v
chicks, delivered, 20c each:
'pps. $1 for 13. Bantam epgs. 5c
>?eh. Indian Runner duck epps.
10c each. Rhode Island Red hens,
>2 each. For cash or security or
'ace. If you have a 20-year face
eeord, why your credit is pood.
J 11. Kimbrell, Pineville, N. C.
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FORT MIU, TIMES
. CARD OF THANKS.
We take this method of expressing
our deep appreciation '
for the many acts of kindness and I
the courtesy shown us last Sueday
by those who attended the
funeral of our son and brother
First Class Private Walter O.
Leazer. The presence at the funeral
of many of our Rock Hill
friends and former neighbors
aud their words of appreciation j
of the sacrifice the World war |
levied upon us were sources of
great comfort.
MR. & MRS. 1). A. LEAZER &
FAMILY.
New lo,l Buster Brown Hosiery
just arrived a- Massey's. Prices
about half as hist year's.
How a Rat Nearly Destroyed
Mrs. L. Bowcn'i (R. 1.) House
'For months xvc wouldn't go into the collar, fcarInR
a big rat. One night it set our whole kitchen on
fire by chewing matches. The neat day. we got the
ugly thing with Rat-Snap?just one cake." Rats dry
up and leave no smell. Three sizes; 35c. 65c. Si .25.
Sold and guaranteed by
LYTLE UniTG CCVTHE
CASH STORE.
Fine Jap. Matting lings 5) by
12 foot ami Grass lings S by 10
foot $5.90. Massey's.
Soo tlio iu'V Oxfords, Pumps
and Kods at new prices at Massoy
's.
Tomato, Pifper, Lettue, Collards,
Onion and Celery Plants in
season. Phone pS your plant order.
Medlin Plant Farm, Plume
125-B, Fort Mill. (\ (it
Mr. Farmer, turn your King
Cotton into King Porto liico Pot
stoos and wi ! *h the Soil ill grsiw.
We have bedded 4(H) bushels pure
Porto liico pp a toes grown from
vine cuttings. We buy the best
sted tiiat money can buy. Therefore
we can ?ci.e you the best potato
plants on the market. (ii\e
,s your order early cud avoid the
iish. We have been in tie* b :si
res* Ion year; and know ho\y.
M! ! 1 iu l'lniii Karm. W. A. Med1
ji. Owner ami .Manager. Telej
lit lie 1-fi-ll. I'orl Mill. S. ('. (>t
A Woman Wrote The Canby News,
Minn., December 10, as Follows:
" If any subscriber?, u k what yon t hisk of Rat-Snap,
Cell them its the best rut exterminator I know. Rata
vrcrr taking our egg*. oUs. corn: hail full swing in our
cellar. I used Rat-Sn ip for two day* and rat* have
cleared out completely." Three sizes: JSc,65c. $1.25.
bold am! guaranteed by
I.VT1 .! imi'll < <?.
TI1K r\SII ST< >UK.
Pyramid Paint Shop
ROCK II1L.L, S. C.
PAINTING
If your curNneeds painting we will
1 ait t it for you and do it in such a
way that you will be surprised at the
;1 iff. rrticc it n.iikes in the molts of
you: oM i :?i*. >nr corps of painters
ire the lust th t can l?e obtained and
onl> those who are experienced in
car painting are on our force. The
looks" of your car is Just like the
looks of your person. It goes a lang
*ay a
JAMES .\. JOHNSON. Proprietor.
Wood?Drj' Slovc Wood ready
P,A%. 4l, A _ i. ,t.n "A a ?
iuj mi- niuvc, jjm.ou two norsc
load. cash on delivery. Phone us
vour order. WV don'I deliver
with gas, but we will get there on
time. Phone l'Jo-H. Gt
weak, nervous,
ALL RUN-DOWN <
Mil scari Lady Suffered Until She
Tried Cardui.?Says "Result
Was Surprising/'?Got Along
Fine, Pecamc Normal 1
and Healthy.
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S.jrlDRflold Mo.?"My back was to 1
wes k I could hardly stand up, and I ! 1
world hay? bearin#-down pains and I ,
u/nt not ?r*11 ?a#? I
...? .nil tt uujr 11U1C, tujra "1 IB. |
D. V. WiUlamr, wife of a well-known
farmer on Route 6, thJs place. "I j 1
kep: getting ho&daches and having to ! i
l?o to bed," continues Mrs. Williams .
<lec rlblng the troubles from which 1
the obtained relief through the use of
CSrtiuL "My buithand. having heard j ?i
of Cardul, prorosed getting It for me. j<
"I saw after taking some Cardul j ,
,.. that I was Improving. The result
war surprising. I felt like a different s
per;:on. j!
"lAter I suffered from weakness r
and weak back, and fait all run-down.
1 d!d not rast well at night, I was so
tier reus and cross. My husband said 1
he would get me some Cardul, which t
ha did. It strengthened mo . . . My
doc or sold I got along fine. I wns In
got 1 healthy condition. I cannot .
say too much for Ik" 11
Taousaads of women have suffered (1
as Am. Williams describes, Tjntll they \
found relief from the uso of Cardul.
8In:e It has helped so many, you
should not hesitate to try Cardul tf 1
troubled with womanly ailments.
For sale every a liero. ?.81
t, FORT MILL, 3. 0.
New
Our New^
ras Law
sooks
le
Voiles and Org;
and Summer. W
you may want?3!
New Blouses in
and Voile. These
rvn /Af
VOc to 3>/ .Vb.
Middy Suits fo
I . Dress." We hav<
Also Middy Cloth
Come in and se
in the mouth"?w<
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PA1
You Can
By Tradin
We wish to call the attent
thing in GROCERIES on \
where in this section. 1
ourselves, and we help oui
Because of quick turn-ove:
to consider. And we guai
number is 159.
Fort Mill
TAX EXTENSION.
3fltae of the County Treasurer of
York County.
York, S. C., March 1, 1921.
Pursuant to the Act of the U^n ral
Assembly notice is hereby
riven that the time for the paynent
of taxes clue between Octo>er
l."> and December 31, 1920, lias
>een extended to 'May 1, 1921,
villi a three per cent penalty adled
to all payments made after
March 1. From May 1 to May 1">.
1921, there will be a penalty of
' per cent, and after May lf> all
lupoid taxes will ?ro into execu*
ion. Unpaid poll taxes will be
>la< ed in the hands of the magisrates
of the several townships for
uosecution.
All of the banks of the eountv
re offering their accommodations
nd facilities to taxpayers who
nay desire to make use of the
?'inie, and I am taking pleasure in
jiving prompt attention to all eorespondence
011 the subject.
All taxpayers appearing at my
(thee will receive prompt at tenion.
Note?The tax hooks are made
ip by townships and parties writng
about taxes will always expolite
matters if they will mention
he township or townships iii
rhich their property or proper
ies are located.
HARRY E. NEIL, ,
Treasurer of York County.
Piece G
Joiles, Organ
rns, Gingham;
i, Etc., are m
ss in qualit
and nrice
andies are the leaders
e have them in any pc
3c to $1.50 per yard.
Georgette, Jersey, W
: are strictly new and
?r Girls. Middy Suit
s them in white, blue
in all colors.
e the new goods. We
e get down in prices.
FTERSfl
Save Man
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ig at the Cooperai
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ion of the public to the fact
rhich a better price can not b<
We are in business to help tl
rselves better when we help th
rs our stock is * always fresli,
antee quick deliveries and efh<
L Cooperative
E S. PARKS, Manager.
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* The attainment of
^ dence of being fit
There is merit to
* old and tried. T1
4 and meVit and s
York County's 01
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If it's minus whiskers you want
to be
Take the matter up with me.
A haircut, shave and shineAll
these things make one feel #
fine.
BAKER'S BARBER SHOP
Sood service, prices right. On the 1
Porch next to Savings Bank. J
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oods
dies, Nads,
Nain- .
atchy
again for Spring
ittern or color that
ash Silk, Pongee
savingly priced?
s are the "Right
, rose, pink, tan.
never get "down
>N'S
y Dollars
five Store
that there is hardly any3
secured here than elsetio
consumer as woll as
ie consumer best,
which is something else
jient service. Our phone
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to live. ?
tnmgs that are
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trength behind 1
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