DISCOVERY OF VITAMIN ES -
EXPLAINED; MICE USED
TO SHOW FOOD VALUE
DETROIT.—White mice,, two pages
ef them, pictured in a national farm
journal several years ago, startled the
readers of that stricty agriculultral
publication. What, asked the farmers,
were pictures of mice, especially white
mice, doing in a magazine devoted to
Lvestock?
That was the first public announce
ment of the discovery by Dr. E. V
McCollum, now of Johns Hopkins uni,
vsersity, of vitamines, the food element
which has since revolutionized all sys
tems of nutrition^ The. white mice
were to show farmers what might be
accomplished with livestock by correct
vitimin feeding,. That new knowledge
has now beea,- applied to the diet , of
human beings.
Dr. McCollum’s theory, originated,
like many,pther such great dscoveries,
through, what.might almost be termed
an accident. .
“I was,.a young fellow, just out of
Yale. iyuPwas. in 190,7, working at the
Farm Experiment Station at Madison,
Wis.,” he said.v. “L was trying to der
termine . relative • nutrition values of
the then..known food elements (pro
teins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals
and oilfe-j..
“Whitec mice, used in the. experi
ment, wrt-e fed pure protein,, carbo
hydrates, etc. But the animals did
not thrive. Neitehr would a carbo
hydrate diet suffice, nor a .. straight
diet of any pure element. Combina
tions of two, three, or all these ele
ments in pure form also failed.”
Dr. McCollu mthen. suspected there
must beo in some food factor other
than thebe. knowm So he adopted', dif
ferent tactics and .placed, the rodents
on food element diets.
“Under'.this new .diet regime some
of the experimental anmais flourished
an/1 onm/s rlisl n/if Tf : nraw. 4Vron, />r»n_
eluded rtstet no o animal i could . be
healthy..vmless certain fdiSds were: in
cluded, principally. milk and*; the
leaves ofe vegetables, since these, ifocds
seemed do contain most of the vital
elements; An unknown food element
was present, but t could not be.segre
eatad. And it has never been ^com
pletely isolated: However, the experi
ments have demonstrated that Vita
min A is present .in one food, Vitainir
B in another, and so on.”
During the first period of experi
mentation, the first three- elements, A
B'and C, were found;. In the last'.three
years D and E have been revealed.
Dr. McCollum does not believt"ther<
areyet undiscovered.^vitamins. Scien
tific attenton is nour being given, h<
said, to the problem of isolating; tbes<
Xs, the unknown quantities of ■■ food
When that is accomplished it is possi
ble that the future, man’s menu will
be protein, eight ounces; carbohy
drates, three ounces;, fats, minerals
and oil, one ounce each—providing al
ways that the whole s garnished with
a sauce of the essence of the vitamins.
RELIGION HAS FIRM HOLD
IN STATES, ACCORDING TO
CANVASS OF NEWSPAPERS
NEW YORK.—Partial returns re
ceived from the newspaper religious
| questionnaires which were broadcast
throughout the country recently, show
. conclusively that the South and the
| small Middle West towns are ortho
dox.. A number of questions were
asked relating to religion and the
church, with the following results, in
dicated in percentages:
Do you believe in God? Yes, 80
per cent; no, 11 per cent.
Do you believe in immortality?
Yes,. 85; no, 15.
Do you believe Jesus was diviners
no other man. was divine? Yes, 77;
no, 23.
Do you attend church regularly?
Yes, 77; no, 30.
Are you willing to have, your farriily
reared in a churchless community?
Yes>, 21; no, 79..
Were you brought up in. a religious
home? Yes, 77; no, 12.
Do you believe religions is a neces
sary element of life? Yes, 90; no, 10.
! NOBILE LECTURE NOT UNDER
STOOD; LAW SUIT IS RESULT
DAVENPORT, Iowa.—The Amer
: .can Business Club of Davenport,
! which. sponsored the lecture delivered
I in this city on Monday night by
j Colonel Nobile, designer and navi
, gator of the polar dirigible Norge,, is
Jeeking to recover the sum of St,000
from the Lew Kendrick, company of
New York, which, acted as Nobile’s
booking agency...
Misrepresentation is charged be
cause of the inability of Nohile to
speak English. The large audience
which attended the. lecture was unable
| to understand what was said.
ALASKA RAILROAD EXTENDS
“RIVER SERVICE TO MARSHALL
The Alaska Railroad will extend its
lower Yukon river steamer service, to
: Marshall next year, instead of mak
| Hnly Cross the terminus, as in the
! past, according to Noel W. Smith,
' general manager of the railroad, who
j made the .-announcement in Juneau
! prior to sailing for the States. The
Northern Commercial Company will
maintain a service between Marshall
and St. Michael, instead of from.Holy
. Cross to St. Michael. That means ex
tending the river route nearly 200
miles down the Yukon.
The change was made particularly
because the Northern Commercial
. Company lost one of the two boats it
has been operating on the lower river
and would be unable to cover the
| greater distance from Holy Cross to
. St. Michael without building another
j boat, said Mr. Smith. .
I And then, according.Ao Mr. Smith.
I there is a further reason why Mar
j shall should be the Alaska Railroad
-' terminus, for that is about the divid
ing line on the Yukon to which- tht
| shipments might be made at lt>wer
! cost over the Alaska Railroad^ that
by ocean steamship to St. Michael.
‘ and then up th» river by river craft..
Marshall will have a bi-weekly
service from the Alaska Railroad at
Nenana. Every other boat to sail
from the latter point will go to that
point. The. other boat w ill terminate
her trip at Holy Cross, as in the
, past.
Juneau.TT-The Governor’s office has
, been appealed to for assistance in lo
cating Harry Clark Murphy now
about 50 - years of age, last beard
from just , before the world war. At
one time • He- -resided in Nome, a mem
ber of. a firm doing business under
the name of Davis & Murphy. Any
information about Mr. Murphy should
be sent to his aged' father, John J.
Murphy, Empire Hated, 100 West
p i Genesee street. Syracuse, N. Y.
TWINS COMBINE IN RING
BATTLE TO GET TROPHY
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NEWARK.—.Toe and Tom Rizzo, of
Eizabeth, twins and boxers, made use
of their resemblance here last night
in “doubling" in a ring tournament,
with the result that they almost got
away v/ith the championship trophy.
The boys are freckled and red-headed,
and there is only four pounds dierence
in their weights, Tom tipping the
scales at 123 and Jce’s weight being
119.
Joe outpointed John McCann, in an
early bout and was scheduled to ap
pear also in the final set-to, but. his
brother went in for him and bounced
his opponent all over the ring, secur
ing a knockout in the third .round?.
The substitution was not .discovered
until the two brothers walked out to
gether. Officials of tht tournament
were notified and the championship
trophy, which had been awarded. to
Tom, was taken from him. DDiscov
ery of the deception almost. resulted
in a riot.
PHEASANTS THRIVE ON
SOUTH DAKOTA .PRAIRIES
PIERRE, S. D.—A graceful, aristo
cratic and vari-colored bird, the Chi
nese ring-necked pheasant is thriving
on the prairies of .South Dakota.
The game bird has grown beyond
the most optimistic hopes of the State
department of agriculture, which im
parted t, and s attracting more and
more hunters each year from a dozen
Middle Western States and .& few be
yond.
Gratified with the success of pheas
ant introduction, the agricultural de
partment now, plans • to. bring, in a
vast number of Hungarian part
rdges, another , bird which is counted
among the game of kings and which
is expected to find an agreeable en
vironment in Dakota^
Hunting fees are used mostly to
provide protection fdr the game
I nim mu mu
birds when the hunting season ii
closed and for establishing preserve!
where young birds can be cared foi
until they are released.
NOTICE OF ELECTION SCHOOI
BOARD TREASURER.
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to Territorial school law, ar
election will be held at Takotnc
School House on Monday, January 17
for the purpose of electing a tchoo
treasurer for said Board, to fill ou1
the unexpired term of Mrs. Jean Me
Lean* deceased.
A. X. Grant, Clerk.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLA1
Miloi
Nenaaa to Tavern . II
Tavern to Knight’s . 24
Knight’s to 19 Roadhouse . IS
19 Roadhouse to Riffle Pole Road
house . i
Riffle Pole Roadhouse to Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to Roosevelt.. I.*!
Roosevet to Lake Minchumina .... 2E
Lake Minchumina to Lone Star
Roadhouse . 31
Lone Star to Telida. IS
Telida to Tent Roadhouse . 1C
Tent Roadhouse to Slow Fork. t
Slow Fork to East Fork . 21
East Fork to Nicoli . 1C
Nicoli to Big Riiver . 21
Big River Roadhouse to McGrath.... 26
i McGrath to Tokotna . IS
From Nenana to Tokotna . 2S1
Tokotna to Bill Goss' Roadhouse.... 12
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to Ophir . 1C
Ophir to Jerry1? Roadhouse . 33
Jerry’s to Schorr-.' .-er’s Roadhouse 21
Schenjuryer’3 to X tarod . 1C
Iditarod to Flat . S
From Nenana to Flat.381
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To John H. Anderson, his heirs, ex
ecutors, assigns and successors ir
interest:
You, and each of you, are herebj
notified, that the undersigned, through
power of attorney from Frank E
Johnson, has expended for annua!
labor and improvements the sum ol
One Hundred Dollars <$100.00) pel
year for the years 1919, 1920, 1921
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926, s
i total of years years, upon the follow
i ing described placer mining claims, all
, located n the Ruby Recording District,
Territory of Alaska:
No. 3 Above Long Creek, one-half
interest;
No. 3 Right Limit Bench, Long
Creek ,one-fourth interest;
Lone Pine Claim, Long Creek, one
half interest;
Keystone Association, Long Creek,
one-fourth interest.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and
were put upon said claim in compli
ance therewith in order to hold the
same for each said year and there
after, all of said work having been
performed by Jensen & Wiklund.
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you and
each of you do not contribute to the
undersigned your proportion of said
expenditure for each said claim for
each said year, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
the undersigned, according to the pro
visions of Section 2324 Revised Stat
utes of the United States.
H. JENSEN,
Attorney in Fact for
Frank E. Johnson.
First publcation, January 1, 1927.
Last publication, April 9, 1927.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Max Altman, his heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in in
terest:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notifitd that the undersigned has ex
pended for annual labor One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00) per year for
the years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920,1921,
1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925, upon the
following described mining claim, in
Ruby Recording District, Territory of
Al&skft •
The SANDBAG ASSOCIATION
CLAIM, on Greenstone Creek, a trib
utary of Long Creek, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of
law protecting annual labor on min
ing claims.
And if within ninety (90) days after
i the publication of this notice you, or
' any of you, fail to pay your portion
of the amount expended on the above
claim, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned
co-owner, according to the provisions
of Section 2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States.
DAN SUTHERLAND.
First publication, January 1, 1927.
Last publication, April 9, 1927.
FOR
General