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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
|ON TIE ISLAND OF ATTU

ashore, where It Is seized and dressed
After this the fish Is smoked and dried.
The elder duck makes his home on the
island in limited numbers, and the ma
lives collect considerable eiderdoWn.
which they exchange in the spring
when the trading schooner arrives for
such articles. Of wearing apparel or
food as they are In need OF. Before the
advent Of the traders the natives dress
ed in furs, and having plenty Of fish
and game, lived a life Of comparative
ease. The furs were obtained from the
sea otter and the blue and white fox,
and made into two garments, one much
after the pattern OF the trousers OF civ
ilization; the other called a "parky,
resembling the sweaters worn by col
lege students and athletes. When the
traders first came among them they in
troduced the white mans clothing and
foods. bartered for the skins Of the blue
fox and for the fine straw work OF the
native women. the finest in the terrific
~ and possibly the finest anywhere.
While the supply of skins held out the
natives enjoyed life of luxury, having
credit at the store. and hunting only
enough to keep that credit good. At
last the blue fox skins became rare and
at the same time the traders discovered
that Attu was a long way to come for
the skins. The natives were taught to
catch the foxes aliSe. and they were
then taken to the islands Of southeast
ern Alaska, leased from the United
States at nominal rental, there to breed
for the market. The trading post was
abandoned, and except for the occa-
sional visits of the schooner to collect
the straw work and eiderdown, paid
for at their own price. the island is de-
serted by the traders and the natives
deprived OF what have become to them
necessities.
Here is a ripe field for people char
itably inclined. Several barrels OF old
clothing or a few barrels OF salt would
be a veritable windfall for the natives
of Attu. 1t speaks well for them and
for their trading that one of the arti-
cles most earnestly desired was soap.
Think OF an American Indian asking
for soap 1t would be one OF the last
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

Philadelphia Record: There are par
t;eular people and people who are par
ticular, but II is doubtful II there are
any more particular people than fond
ma and pa Of pair of little boys who
live on North Broad street These
doting parents are so particular that
they VIII allow only one barber to
keep the hair OF their young sons in
trim. and when 1t came time for the
family to depart to Atlantic City the
first Of this month there was no hesi-
tation In engaging the tonsorial artist
to 80 along. His board has to be paid
as well as the amount Of wages he
usually earns each week. While he 10
at command. however, papa permits
the man Of the razor and shears 10
shave him every day. while mamma
has her head washed every other day.
so that the barber IL not given too
much opportunity to grow lazy. Still,
he looks upon himself as q man OF
leisure, and refuses to associate with
the ordinary run Of face latherers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

ed that the chief and the majority of
the inhabitants were FIVE miles away,
over the mountains, at a small stream
where the salmon were running, laying
In store for winter consumption. Dur
ing the afternoon the news of our ar
rival must have been carried post
haste" to the, fishers. for on going
ashore we found the chief, PhIlareek.
and many others to greet US. The chief
was educated In Unalaska, and when
the Commercial company had their
store here he was the storekeeper. In
addition he offlciates as a lay reader
In the Greek church. He is really the
energy and brains OF the tribe. Most
OF the men were sitting around store
much as one sees them sitting around
in a small New England town and for
all we know they may have been dis
cussing the same topics. Inside the
store, given up some years ago by the
company, and not continued by the
chief, We found very little stock-only
some twenty bags OF flour and a few
pounds Of powder and shot.
From the store we proceeded to the
church, shown in one OF the photo
graphs. This is a unique building, con-
structed OF drift wood and matched
with straw, rambling and irregular In
structure, and capable Of containing
perhaps fifty people. Inside was the
altar, lamps. paintings and other fit-
tngs Of church, all carefully kept and
scrupuously neat and clean. evidently
the pride OF all. Here each Sunday the
people, old and young. gather while the
chief carries out the ceremonial OF the
Russian Greek church. There is some
thing almost pathetic in the idea of
this little community OF ignorant peo-
pie. almost entirely outside the pale OF
civilization, holding so closely to their
religion-a good example to many bet
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
some Expert Criticism.

On q concert tour down south, Fred
lines. the composer and trombone vir-
tuoso. heard himself and his work dis
cussed by two venerable darkies.
How" queried one. did you like that
young pusson who played on the brass
horn?" Pretty well for q horn" an
sWered the other. but Lor' sakes, what
do you think? They tell me he can't
play the fiddle at al. and Jet they caIl
him a musIciAn!"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

ter situated than they are. Once In q
year, sometimes once in two years. the
priest from Unalaska visits Attu and
solemnizes the marriages. baptizes the
children and prays over the graves Of
the dead in the little graveyard on the
hill behind the village. Clustered
around the church and store, on either
side of a small stream, are the baraba-
ras, pronounced in syllables as follows.
ba-rab-a-ra, the dwellings Of the vii
layers. These are alike In eonstruc-
ton, OF sod, with a chimney built in
one end and a window in the other,
and divided into two rooms. The outer
room Is the kitchen and entryway, hav-
ing an oven on one side and a door on
the other communicating with the in
ner room. This apartment serves also
for a chicken coop when the family Is
rich enough to own any fowls. The in
ner room has board floor and two
beds OF board. In these places live fam
lilies OF seven, or eight, huddled togeth-
er, close and unhealthy in summer.
but doubly so In winter, when they are
Obliged to stay closed In and eomforted
only by the heat OF their own bodies.
A fire here is a positive luxury, as all
the fuel to be had Is the driftwood cast
up BY a not over liberal ocean. The
chief Is an aristocrat, as he lives in a
frame house built for him during the
company's occupancy Of the store. On
one OF the days Of our stay we took
hard five-miie tramp over the noun
tains to the fishing village. Here are
several barabaras. smaller than those
at Chicagofi and not 50 well built. scat
tered along the bank OF a small creek.
some thirty or forty feet wide. Across
this creek had been built 4 small dam
having an opening in the center. Upon
this dam the Aleuts. men and women.
take their station armed with q long
pole with q sharp hook at the end.
The salmon coming up the creek are
compelled to pause at the dam. The
native. taking advantage Of this pause.
deity books tia nsh and casts him
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
The First Prize.

A reflection not altogether without
value to such feminine scribes as
have not yet found their public, is
contained in a remark made at q re-
cent dinner in London. where 200 lit
erary women met one another. Says
the London Outlook: As the extreme
ly well-dressed crowd surged and
swayed round the platform after the
recitation which followed the dinner,
a young woman Ventured to remark
to one Of the ''old hands" upon the
exceedingly prosperous appearance Of
several Of the literary women. BLESS
you'll" was the quick response. That
Ii not literature-it Is husbandsi"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
A Little Known Possession of the United
States

Located In lat. So north, long. ia
east, lies the island Of Attu, at the end
OF the chain OF Aleutian islands, sep
arating the North Pacific ocean from
the Boring sea, and, like the others OF
this group, OF volcanic origin. 1t Is
high, mountainous, barren of trees,
rugged and forbidding in appearance,
there being only one harbor, and that
not a good one, on the entire island.
The land not only rises steep out OF
the water, but is, so to speak, steep be-
meath the surface; that is, the water
deepens suddenly as one goes away
from the island, soundings having been
made within twenty-five miles at
which a depth OF over eighteen hun
dred, or ten thousand feet, was obtain
ed. This shows that Attn is but the
extreme end OF a chain OF partly sub
merged mountains extending from the
peninsula Of Alaska nearly to the coast
OF Africa.
Attu was discovered by the Russian
navigator, Pering, in the year 1741,
while he was on a voyage OF discovery
fitted out by the Empress Catherine.
Shortly after discovering this island he
met his death. He and many OF his
crew were attacked by that dread dis
ease, scurvy. Ill and unable to navi-
gate his vessel, 1t was driven ashore on
one OF the islands Of the Commander
group. subsequently named after him.
On this island he may be said to have
been buried half alive; lying in a ditch
for the sake Of warmth, the sand blew
over him, and he would not suffer It
to be removed. so that when life left
his body he was almost buried.
The present summer 1t has been the
good fortune OF the writer to visit Attn.
Good fortune" is used advisedly, af-
ter due consideration, for although at
first thought 1t would seem that there
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
JOHN C HUB1NGRR
Remarkable Career OF = Wen-Knowz
Western Capitalist, Manufaet-
urer and PhIlanthropist.

Among the leaders Of the progressive
element for which the middle west II
famous, Mr.. John c. Hubinger, of Keo-
kuk, Ia, reigns without peer. Az
a manufacturer, as an enterprising cap
ltalist and as a philanthropist his fams
has spread over many states, and his
financial enterprises have developed
many obscure towns into progressive,
thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr..
Hubinger, although but AZ years o;
age, can look back upon scores OF COM
mercial victories, each one Of which has
benefited mankind, for his hberality IL
as bountiful as his business sagacity Is
marvellous. He was born in New Or
leans, La, his parents being OF French
and German origin. When he was four
Years old, his family removed to Ken
lucky, in which state young Hubinger
received a public school education. Al
most before reaching mans estate he
secured patents on a number Of val
uable mechanical inventions, thereby
LAYING the foundation of his present
fortune.
By inclination and force of circum-
stances his attention was early direct
ed to the manufacture Of starch by i'm
proved processes, and in the course Of
time he became the head of a concern
having an annual business Of millions
of dollars. But genuine ambition
never quite satisfied with existing con-
ditions, WORKS ever toward perfection,
and after years of painstaking study
and research Mr.. Hubinger has made q
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

things he would accept even II he knew
how to use 1t. 1t is probable that the
coming winter will witness great desti-
tuition on the island, although the chief
Is making every effort to have his peo-
pie prepare for 1t. A smooth plot Of
land has been planted with potatoes.
and bountiful crop is hoped for; fish
are being dried In large quantities,
and all driftwood carefully collected.
The chief looks after his people like a
father, and governs and directs them
with considerable skill.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

The earnings Of the Chicago Great
Western Ry. Maple Leaf Route" for
the fourth week Of August, 1889, were
$zzS, S1S.64, being an increase as COM
pared with the same week last year
OF $3S,721-47. Total earnings for month
OF August were $57S.652.62. being an
increase for the month Of August Of
$55.607.57. Total earnings since be-
ginning OF fiscal year are $1.065, 152.75,
being an increase Of S150,9S1-54.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

From the Indianapolis Journal:
Wickvire-"My cigar man tells me II
I viii stick my cigars in my vest peck
ct 80 that the small end is out instead
Of the big one III lose less cigars"
Yabsley-'I got a better plan than
that Stick 'em in your coat pocket. 50
they don't show at all"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
Wa. = e,oa surr.u,,on.

Raisor--Dou't put too much water
on my hair. Ny head might leak. and
I'd have water on the BRAIN Barber
why don't you have your hair shin-
gied. thenr'-Princeton Tiger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

For a self-rising Buckwheat Flour
you viii find in ''Van's Buckwheat"
the ideal Of perfection Try it and be
convinced
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

Tommy-Who was the lady you
spoke tor" Willie-"That's the lady
that lets my ma go out any afternoon
but Thursdays and Sundays"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

BIeysiss Regarded - Carriages.
A bicycle has In England been held
to be . ~earriage" In the meaning Of
an act that made furious driving q
criminal act
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

The Lea . woman tries 10 Be irrs-
sistibls the more she n -
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
GOOD ROADS MUST COME

Every citizen Of the United States ID
interested in the good roads problem.
Il q, therefore. becoming . political
gussticn- Parties ara putting in their
Local platforms and much good u BE-
lag sccomplishsd In local politics The
sids that q pledged to good roads and
means 70 keep that pledge gsts ths
Asaxiesk vots = tgWn an1 eesntrE.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
THE DECAY OF BASEBALL

Once upon a time this city, says
Chicago paper, put on mourning when
its ball club lost q game and when
that club returned from . victorious
tour 1t had Dewey welcome. Men left
stores and ofices to 60 to the ball
field. They knew the players In the
home team and exulted In their pow
era There Ia no more Of that There
In no longer any civic pride In the local
team. Businessmen no longer attend
the games. In this city and In other
cities baseball has ceased to be . high
class sport II has become Q low
grade pastime. It Is patronized by the
class Of people who are interested In
bicycle races. long-distanee pedestrian
contests. gamblers. horseraees. and the
poolroomA Baseball, once the sport
Of men and women Of taste, II now the
diversion Of hoodluma.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
CABLE TO CUBA.

At the present time the Western
Union Telegraph company controls the
enly cable between the island Of Cuba
and the mainland OF the United States.
Tue Commercial Cable company de-
0ires 10 lay q cable to Havana. promis-
ING competitive service and lower
charges a. . result Public interests
IN both the United States and Cuba
would b served BY the opening Of this
nsw line Of cable communication. But
the war department very properly
undsr the circumstances. refuses to
permit The landing Of the cable. The
Foraker resolution adopted by con-
grsss. which has the force Of law. for
bids the making Of any grants Or
franchise concessions In Cuba during
the period Of American military oecu-
paticn-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
THn TRUsr CONFERENCE.

The trust conference in Chicago
vas not . harmonious AFFAIR. The
friends Of the trusts were much IN
evidence and whenever q speaker
submitted an argument that offered
= remedy he was not permitted to
air his views. All speeches had to
ant Be submitted to the COMMITTEES.
An exception was made In the case Of
Col. Bryan and Bourke Cochran. An
snti-trust platform was adopted.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23
topics OF THE WtEK
rwuyTvTTrrvrunrITTTvvTTTTTTr,
TO REPLACE LYNcHINGs.

The New Orleans Harlequin has
come to the conclusion that most
lynchings are inspired by q desire for
excitement and not by sense Of jus
tice. This conclusion Is more reason
able than the cure II proposes. While
It 10 DESTROYS Of going on record In
small capitals to the effect that "some
lynchings are right" 1t advocates the
abolishing Of the remainder BY estab-
fishing public bull tights, cock fights,
prize fights, and gladiatorial combats
IN which bad niggers" shall be made
20 fight Wild beasts In an arena for
the delectation of spectators. Time
out of mind man has craved blood"
says this Southern paper. THE nine
teenth century has not extirpated the
savage. The maintenance Of the saw.
age inAtinct IL desirable. It means
masculinity. 1t means aggressive
1ess, and aggressiveness Ii only an
other name for progressiveness." Ae-
cording to this logic, the South, which
has shown such an abundance Of saw
age instincts In the form Of lynchings,
must be the most progressive part Of
the country.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-23

IL HAhhlSON'S LETTER.
It IL unfortunate that England at
present has not statesmen Of COM
manding influence in the liberal
party to voice its protests against the
course Of the Salisbury Chamberlain
government in the Transvaal affair.
When Gladstone raised his voice
against the Bulgarian atrocities and
horror, England as well as Europe
listened But at present something
like a moral paralysis seems to have
deadened English sympathies. It has
been left, therefore, not to q states
man, but to a literary man, to at
tempt the apparently hopeless task
Of enabling the English to see them
selves as the world sees them in
Ghstr ill-coneealed haste to crush the
South African Republic and absorb
the TransVaal 1t is also pleasant to
hear one Englishman tell the naked
and scandalous truth about his coun-
try as Harrison has done In his open
letter to Lord Salisbury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-09
TRUSTEE,S SAIE

WHEREAS. GUNILL S. CHRISTIAN
sen, by her deed of trust. dated October
10. 1896. and recorded on October Is. 1886.
in the office of the recorder OF the county
OF Salt Lake. state of Utah. in Book ~.
OF Mortgages at pages 1886. is7. 4sS and
4ss9, conveyed to the undersigned. Edward
B. Wicks. of the city of Salt Lake and
state of Utah, as trustee the following
described lots, pieces or parcels OF land:
situate. lying and being in the county of
Salt Lake and state of Utah. to-wit:
Lots numbered twenty-eight l2o and
twenty-nine 900. in block numbered two
90, Albert Place. in trust, 10 secure the
payment of her promissory note of even
date Herewith for the principal sum of
two hundred and seventy-five dollars
(s2I5.00 payable to the order of Charles
II. Toll. five years after its date. with
interest thereon at six 90 per cent per
annum from its date. payable semi-annu-
Whereas. said trust deed provides that
should default be made in the payment of
said note. or any part thereof or of the
part thereof. as the same becomes due
and payable. or in case of the breach of
any of the. covenants in said trust deed.
the undersigned as trustee may proceed
to sell said described property. or any
part thereof. at public yendue in the
manner in said trust deed prescribed
Preference to which is hereby made for
greater certainty. for the purpose of
paying the amount remaining unpaid on
said note above described for principal
and Interest and all moneys advanced
for taxes. with interest thereon. together
with the expenses OF executing said trust:
and
Whereas. default has been made in the
payment of four sem.-annual installmenrS
of interest due and owing on said note
and the Salt Lake City Land company, a
corporation organized under the laws of
the state of Colorado the legal holder
and owner of said note. has requested the
undersigned. as trustee. TO proceed to sell
said property. pursuant to the terms OF
said trust deed. and
Whereas. said the Salt Lake City Land
company has advanced and paid the fol-
lowing sums for taxes upon said premises,
to-wit:
Nov 4. 1887. ................-s.....s s cents
Now therefore notice is hereby given
that l. Edward B. Wicks, as trustee as
aforesaid. by virtue of the power and
authority in me vested by said trust deed,
and at the request of said the Salt Lake
City Land company. the legal holder of
said note. will. on Friday. the 18th day of
December. 1899 at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon sell and dispose of the above de-
scribed property and premises at public
vendue at the south front door OF the
county court house in the city of Salt
Lake, county of Salt Lake and state of
Utah, for the highest and best price the
same will bring in cash. for the purpose
of paying said note and the. interest
thereon to the time of sale. and the sums
advanced as aforesaid for taxes. with
interest from the dates when the
same were so advanced 10 the time of
sale at the rate of ten per cent per an
mum, together with the costs and ex-
penses of executing said trust.
Dated Salt Lake City, November 24th,
1899. EDWARD B. WICKS,
As Trustee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-09
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ARRESTED
PROF. M'KAY CHARGED WITH
WHIPPING PUPIL.
Board of Education Decides to De-
fend the Principal-Think the
Boy Deserved the Punishment

Principal Mckay of the Pingree
school was yesterday arrested for chas-
Using boy of Thomas Hunt. who had
resisted the teachers authority. The
board oe education held an informal
meeting to consider the matter. and
finally decided to defend Mr.. Mckay.
taking the ground that the punishment
of the lad was justifiable, and that the
principal had complied with every rule
Of the board provided in such cases.
Mr. Allison, superintendent of schools.
stated yesterday thai Mr.. Mckay had,
from the first, been opposed TO cor
poral punishment, but that the Hunt
boy had been continuously making
trouble, until his conduct threatened
to overthrow the discipline of the room.
Thursday the boy insisted on talking
aloud. and when the teacher Mrs.
Wood demonstrated. became defiant
and threatened to kick her. The two
engaged in a scuffie, Mrs. Wood taking
the boy to the principal, who whipped
him severely. The switch left marks
on the boys back and the parents, be-
coming angry, caused the arrest of the
principal.
Mr.. Mckay, in accordance with the
rule of the board, went over and noti
fed the boys father of the punishment.
Mr.. Mckay says that at the beginning
of the term he was warned against the
boy by the father, who told the teacher
to punish him if occasion required it.
The board of education retained H H.
Henderson to appear for them in de-
Tense of Mckay.
The case is of widespread interest, as
it will likely test the right of a teacher
to infiict corporal punishment.
The hearing of Principal Mckay is
set for this morning at 10 o'clock be-
fore Justice Hulaniski.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-09
Chicago livestock.

Chicago. Dec. Seattle generally steady
Shorthorns sold today up to s7.35. Cow
market and Gamers strong and active:
10 choice, $5.60ft7.35; poor to medium 81. so
at5.io mixed stockers. $3.00d3.75: selected
feeders S4.00n4.65; good to choice cows,
S5e5a4.75: heifers. $3.25d5.50; Gamers. 500
G3.o9; bulls. s2.35dl.30: calves. $1,000 /. So:
fed Texas beeves, $4.00d5.25; grass Texas
steers. S3J1Hi.25.
Hogs Were active the market averaging
a shade higher: closed strong with good
clearances. Mixed and butchers. S. 5od
4.0Ils; good to choice heavy s3.95q4. 10:
rough heavy. $3.S0d3.90; light, So. S5G4.0
bulk of sales. $3.95y4.05
Sheep steady TO strong; lambs steady
to firm. Native wethers. $S.S5d4. rs: lambs
s4.G1H5.50 western wethers, $4.09d4 40;
Receipts : Cattle, 5000; hogs, 10000;
sheep. 5000.