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Douglas Island news., 1900-12-19
ALASKA BRIEFS.

q have been released.
 It was 50 degrees below zero at Five Fingers on Dec. 8th. Dawson is now discussing the ques- tion of incorporation.
 Dawson consumed $500 tons of Slate creek coal last summer.
 Dawson now has society for the pre- yention of cruelty to animals.
 The White Horse ship yards will be ready for operation March 1st.
 The sale of Grown claims at Dawson netted the government about s60,0OO.
 Good reports are being brought out from the American Big Salmon coun- try.
 Hunker creek claim owners want Dawson's city council to provide better roads.
 One hundred and fifty men are at work in the Forty Mile district this winter.
 Slate creek coal-a Yukon product is selling in the Dawson market at s25 per ton.
 Winter reports from the Koyukuk are not as encouraging as the past two seasons.
 Mrs. P. Jacquet, of skagway, fell on the ice one day last week and fractured her arm.
 The new rotary snow blow for the White Pass R. R. arrived in Skagway on Dec 3rd.
 The newly discovered coal deposits at Five Fingers are showing up we'll under development.
 Councilman Laumeister of Skagway ! has a gang of men tearing down the old wharf at Dyea.
 Campbell, the Porcupine murderer, will he tried at the present term of court in Juneau.
 Pounded glass has been substituted for poison by Skagway's destroyer of canine innocence.
 The Valerie copper mine, eight miles from White Horse, has been bonded to French capitalists.
 No decided improvement is looked for in the Dawson labor market until after February 1st.
 Ed Hatch recently mushed from Daw son to White Horse in 10 days, which is considered fast time.
 The first mail to be sent out of Daw son by horse stage left that city for White Horse Dec. 5th.
 Sleighing parties are quite the thing at White Horse, and road houses in that vicinity profit thereby.
 A violent storm ragged on the summit at White Pass Dec. 9th, delaying trains for a considerable time.
 The North Star Athletic Club at White Horse has received the parapher- nalia for it's gymnasium.
 
 The Dawson City high school came into existence Dec. 12tb. It is main tained by the government.
 AL. Remick, former we'll known resident of Skagway, died in Arizona Nov. 2Oth, of consumption.
 Mrs. Emery Doxsey, of Lynnbrook, Long Island, wishes tidings of her son who came to Alaska in 1898.
 Twenty-nine men are all that remain of the stampeders to Clear creek. They arc wintering in the district.
 R. J. Burde, editor of the White Horse Tribune, broke his collar bone on Dec. 7th while playing hockey.
 Alexander Green is the newly ap- pointed police judge and Frank Lowe the new city marshal of Skagway.
 Bonanza creek, which last winter was crowded with men, is furnishing em. ployment to only few this season.
 Horses are steadily falling in price at Dawson owing to the high price of feed and lack of freighting business.
 Ueru flaw rniners are winterinp in At.
Douglas Island news., 1900-12-19

Fishing through the ice on the Yu, kon is remunerative sport. The angler can realize 75 cents per pound for his catch.
 Steve Holgate, Dawson gambler, committed suicide at Grand Forks on Dec. 9th. He took the laudanum route.
 Freighting on the Yukon is now on in full blast. The many stranded scows are furnishing the material for the traffic.
 There appears to bo quite variation in temperature in the Yukon Basin be- tween districts not very remote from each other. On recent date the ther- mometer at Dawson registered 42 be- low while at Forty Mile, still further north, it was only 15 below. wANTED-ACTIYE MAN OF GOOD CHAR ncter to deliver and collect in Alaska for old established manufacturing wholesale house. $500 year. sure pay. Honesty more than experience required. Our reference, any bank in any city. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. Manufacturers, Third Floor, SS4 Dearborn St., Chicago. 8-17
People's voice., 1900-03-29
Booze Prevalent at NJ iuila.

We have received, from some of our
soldier boys in the Philippines copy Of
the Manila. Tribune, daily paper. The
paper is a fve-column quarto, poorly
printed on poor quality of paper, the
subscription price being s9per year, gold.
1t is fairly we'll patronized by advertisers,
but after looking these over one is forced
to the conclusion that the people over
there do little except to eat, drink and
smoke. Of the seventy advertisements,
twenty are liquor. ads, beer, champagne,
wine and whiskey. More than half the
total are ads of saloons, tobacco dealers
and eating houses.
The main effort in the liquor ads ap.
pears to be to impress upon the readers
the fact that the goods are American
made. The largest ad in the paper, q
half page, one would expect to be gen
eral merchandise-bu it is saloon, ad
vertising "Old Government Whiskey
bottled under supervision of US. gov
ernment."
The next largest, one column, is
''Wines, Beer, Brandies and Whiskeys.
The next, another column, is-"Clul
Whiskey, Blackberry Brandy, and Beer.
Aside from the saloon and tobacco ad
vertisements, the largest one is "Ameri
can Chewing Gum" Not dry good
ad nor grocery in the whole list. Tht
restaurants advertise board by the month
$50. 1t is very evident that the Ameri
can libuor dealers are taking an activ,
part in the civilization of our far ava,
subjects. "-Mankato Advocate.
People's voice., 1900-03-29
Burnette Has Learned Souethins.

JudgeJ. A. Burnette Of Caldwell,
has been in South Haven and vicinity
most Of the week on collecting tour
for an implement house which he is
representing. The Judge is the same
jOvlal, genial character as Of yore, and
has lost none OF the energetic ways
and emphatic expressions for which
he was noted before his pilgrimage to
the Missouri river town. The Judge
says a mans fool TO leave Kansas,
and Sumner county especially, for any
other country, unless he is called TO
look after an Inheritance. New Era.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

dear, II we may but get one step
nearer the goal Of the kingdom OF
heaven here on earth 1t Is the uni
versal law that cause must be com.
mensurste with effect; that sacrifice
must atone for sin; tina, the gates OF
paradise will open only to the sous
most siren uous travail.
Now, for one moment, let Us look
at another side OF this subject You
know how much easier even two mon
can work to the sound Of music; how
rythmic movements augment your
power. You know how one man can
electrify thousand when he 10
carried out Of himself by .
grand theme You know how men
respond, like tuneful harps, to
an appeal to what is best and noblsst
in them You have seen the fields OF
ripening grain bent and swayed in
smoothest curves by the passing
breeze; and so you have seen a village
gathering, a state, a nation, stirred
to its hearts core by some appeal to
love of justice. to love of country, or
to deeper and broader love for hui
manity. Some one man or some few
men have done this, have played upon
the tibres of the human heart, or
rather upon the emotions of the hu.
man soul, as the musical genius does
upon the keys of the organ or the
strings of the harp.
All these things are illustrations of
a wonderful power, but they do not
reveal its highest potency nor measure
It's grsudest possibilities Let ten
thousand, a hundred thousand, a mil
lion men, in this land, become imbued
with the spirit of brotherhood and
surrender themselves to sublime i'm
pulse to regcaerate the world and en-
throne love in place Of hate,
harmony in place OF discord,
justice in place of oppression; let
them cease to count their lives dear
and welcome death itself, il need be,
in this conflict, as glorious nartyrdom
here and the open portal to ineffable
joys hereafter, and there is nothing
they could not accomplish. The
brides Of the oppressor would be as
impotent before the spiritual foi ces
they would evoke as the autumn leaf
before the winters blast. You can
win this fight for all that is best and
most to be desired in this world of ours,
and win it thus gloriously, il you will
but avail yourselves Of the power
there is in human souls inspired by a
common purpose aud acting and re-
acting upon each other under the sub
tie laws that govern in the higher
realms OF being. The world has seen
greater efforts and more costly sacri.
fees than it will require to purchase a
higher and dearer freedom than any
past has known. Shall we prove our.
selves worthy of our glorious heritage
BY moving forward to conquer
grander destiny for mankind?
People's voice., 1900-03-29
Marriage Licenses.

General Superintendent Resseguie
of the Santa Fe announces that the
track and bridge work authorized this
season will be commenced April l.
Several hundred men will be given
employment at different locations on
the road. Ballasting will form the
greater part of the track improvement
and the replacing Of wooden struc-
lures by permanent structures Of
masonry and steel the biggest portion
of the bridge work. However, some
old track will be replaced with heav-
i-r steel, and a number Of repairs made
10 larger bridges. More ballasting
will be done on the Oklahoma division
this year than on any other division
OF the road, This division is inferior
to Others as far as ballasting OF track
is Concerned, and the management
intends TO bring it up,to the standard.
BY fall the entire division will have
been thoroughly ballasted. The Eldo-
RADIO branch, extending from Florence
10 Winfield, which Is also short o&
ballast, will receive attention. The
work Of reducing grades on the Santa
Fe proper will be let in contracts, and
1t will probably be May befsre it is
commenced. The first grade .reduc-
tiOns will likely be made on the En-
p1ria cut of between Holiday and
EmpOris.
picturesque Houston" is the title
OF an illustrated pamphlet adveftis.
ing Houston, Tex. Tom Richardson
sent number Of them to Wellington
friends today. The pamphlet issuperb-
ly illustrated, showing many fine
views OF the bayou, business streets In
Houston, bouleyards, residences, fact
ories, etc. Much valuable information
OF a statistical nature appears 10 the
pamphlet, which, Of course, Is the work
OF Tom. The pamphlet accomplishes
the purpose for which 1t was designed:
it makes the person who looks at 1t,
want TO live 10 Houston. That was
the idea Tom had In getting it ID,
and be has succeeded admirably.
A Wellington woman was detected
stealing some dry goods remnants at
the Racket Monday. When con-
frOnted with her guilt she tried to
make Frank Fisher, who is acting as
manager during Mr.. Lichty's absence,
believe that she had purchased the
goods from one OF the clerks. She
failed TO find the clerk whom she
claimed sold her the goods, and Mr..
Fisher placed the matter in the HANDS
OF City Marshal Cox, who finally made
the woman pay the amonnt, which che
remnants were worth-67 cents. She
was then released withoutprosecution.
Rev. J. c. Hall has his goods packed
a. Hutchinson for shipment and will
arrivein Wellington this week TO re-
side. His wife aud family Of two
daughters will accompany bin.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

1t will cost SIII.5o to bring a car of
binding twine from Lansing to Sumner
county. Three times as much as for ship
ping a car of stock to Kansas City, and
the cattle rate is too high. Alarge amount
of space has been given in this paper
to the extortien and robbery of the peo-
pie by the railroads and this will be con-
tinuel. It is agitation and organization
that has kept the rate on cat;le down.
United and concentrated action will
force the rates on other things down also.
People's voice., 1900-03-29
HOW THE PEOPLE ARE ROBBED.
The Public Should Own all its Highway

The Public Should UWn all us highways
The assessed valuation Of the railroads
of Sumner county is SI,345,75o or about
$1,000 per mile. They will pay IN taxes
this year for all purposes in the county,
including the state tax, A7,254'oo'
There has been voted by townships in the
county bonds to the amount of S3H,5oo,
by the county, $3I7,6Oo, by the city OF
Wellington, $4,000, and the city OF Cald-
we'll, $4,000, making total OF s729, 100,
or over one half the valuation OF the
roads in the county. These bonds were
issued at six and seven per cent. and are
now, except those Of Wellington at touf
per cent, and Caldwell at AZ per cent
drawing five and five and half pei
cent interest. The interest paid thus
far will nearly equal taxes received and
as an investment this may be counted
upon in future whether the bonds be
paid and interest stopped or not, all Or
nearly all, money received from taxes
will be offset by fair interest upon the
investment made. Sumner county has
gotten off easier than many others.
The great burden of tax OF which the
roads complain so bitterly, will the state
over, be nearly if not quite, offset by in
terest on bonds voted. If interest or
value of land grants given is included it
will more than equal taxes.
Eyerv road in Kansas is mortgaged
for several times its cost and the stock
of all is heavily watered. In the case OF
the Santa Fe, over 800 per cent. With
interest on bonds given them to equal
taxes, with two dollars or more obtained
on mortgage for every dollar invested,
with eight shares of stock for every
one first issued, with small army OF
useless and high salaried directors and
officials and paying interest upon DEBT
several times the cost of the road, is II
any wonder that large dividends are not
declared upon the watered stock Ana
vet we are told, and expected to believe,
that the railroads do not pay. It IS not
intended they should pay. 1t is not IN.
tended that the public shall know how
profitable a railroad legitimately run,
would be. The purpose Of the manage
ment from to lizard is one of deception.
1t is to keep the facts from the public
and by this means continue their present
extortionate rates. One of the most i'm.
portant questions before the people oi
this country today is the control OF Its
highways. More than one fourth of all
the money paid by Sumner county each
year in freights is in excess of a fair and
Just rate. In no other way are the peo-
pie so mercilessly robbed. Facts and
figures will be given in later issues tc
substantiate these statements. Oppres.
sion, extortion and robbery are not en-
tirely in the past or on the other side oi
the globe. 1t is here, in the county o.
Sumner, aud state Of Kansas, in the
year 1900, that a private corporation il
authorized by the government to do
public work and is protected and upheld
by our couts in levying such a tribute up
on the public as no robber baron in feuda
times ever levied upon those who wert
at his mercy.
People's voice., 1900-03-29
KILLED IN A SKIRMISH.
Formerly Of South Haven Boy Loses His
Life In the Philippines.

Chester A. Cress, son OF A. ]. Cress'
who formerly lived at South Haveu,s
was killed In a skirmish fight In the
Philippines on the 9th Of this month.
He was member Of the Thirty.third
volunteer regiment which went to the
Philippines last summer.
Cress' parents now live at Crescent
City, Oklahoma.
People's voice., 1900-03-29
That Little Cabin Of Mine.
BY Hugo Carlandel

~ hhSO NdAAdndNAs
There is a little cabin,
That cabin though is mine,
The roof is low and narrow
And built OF common pine.
The steps are not Of marble,
Nor futed all below.
To enter you must humble
Yourself by stopping low.
Within that little cabin
My wife and children two,
Beside myself and Tommy, "
That must be mentioned too,
Are living with Gods mercy
| fear Of laws devine.
That cabin is most humble,
That cabin though Is mine.
Within its narrow limits
Ny evening years are spent;
And | am Old and feeble
by age my form is bent.
In worldly goods and lucre
lam not rich and fine.
That cabin is most humble
That cabin though is mine.
Within that little cabin
/ shall some day be laid
With hands across my bosom
And lying low my head.
My evening sun is setting
And fast my days decliue.
That cabin is most humble,
That cabin though is mine.
wellington. Kansas.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

]. P. Ca>ner has oDushl so acres Of
land in Eden township Of o. Martin.
500, for 81 300.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

Only bachelor ever boasts Of
knowing how to manage . wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-25
Claims of Creditors

WOOD COUNTY COURT--Inv Probate
In the matter of the Estate of Ferdinand
Damitz, deceased
Letters of administration on the estate of said
Ferdinand Damitz, deceased, having been grant
ed and issued to Amelia Damitz on the 18th day
OF September, 1900, it is now at this special
term of this court,
ORDERED, that all creditors of said Ferdinand
DamltZ, deceased, do present their claims for
examination and allowance to this Court on or
before the 10th day of March, 1901. which time
is hereby allowed and limited for that purpose.
ORDERED FURTHER, that the claims and de-
mandS of all persons against said deceased be
presented to, received, examined and adjusted
ny this court 1t the regular, special terms thereof
TO be held at the probate office in the city of
Crane Rapids, in SAID county, on the third
Tuesday being the 10th day of March, 1901,
and the fourth Tuesday being the Goth day OF
March, 1901.
AND IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice of
the time and place at which said claims and de-
mands will be received, examined and adjusted
as aforesaid and of the time limited for creditors
to present their claims, be given by publishing
a copy of this order and notice for four success
slve weeks in the Wood County Reporter, a
weekly newspaper published at the city OF
Grand Rapids, i'll said county, the first publica-
ton to be within ten days from the date of the
order.
Dated Sept. Is, 1900.
BY the Court, JOHN A. GAYNOR
GoGGINS " BRAZEAU, County Judge.
Attorneys. Sept20w4.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-25
PORT EDWARDS.

Is located on the west bank of the Wisconsin
river four miles south of Grand Rapids. 1t has
population of about 300 people and favored
| with two railroads. the c. NJ. & st. p anC
MarshfeId and Southeastern. The John
| Edwards Mfg Co.'S Pulp & Paper Mills are
! located here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. EichSteadt had
their baby ChriStened Sunday and q
christening dinner and supper was
| served to a large number Of friends
: Those present from Grand Rapids
were, Rev and Mrs. j. L. T. BittneI
and family, MeSsrS and Mesdames
JnO. and Chas. Smith, and Misses
Matilda Bunge and DubberStein.
Rev. Peterson held his first service
in the NJ E. Chapel Sunday afternoon
afternoon at 1:30. All are invited to
attend.
Miss Harriet WhittleSey of Gran
moor was the guest of Retta Cleveland
over Sunday. On Saturday eve Miss
Cleveland entertained at ''WhiSt' in
her honor.
Anyone wanting an elegant $40 suit
for p cents had better invest that
much in the suit offered by the Cath
Ole ladies, now on exhibition at John
son Hill & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Garrison
returned Sunday from their wedding
trip, and are getting nicely located in
their home here.
The work of repairing guard lock
and leyieS is progressing rapidly.
The gap in the lever is now nearly
filled.
Mrs. Knapp and daughters Nina and
Helen Of WcstfieId. visited at the
home of her brother, E. Deyo, last
week.
Dizziness, loss of appetite, flatulency
and nausea are ali connected with
dyspepsia or Indigestion. Herbine will
give prompt relief. Price 80 cts.
Johnson & Hill Co.
Miss Mamie Boyle of your city was
the guest of Miss Fanny Burrows, and
attended the whist" on Saturday eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schlatterer of your
city were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Brazeau on Sunday.
Chris. Peterson was on the sick list
last week, but is now improved.
You little knew when first we met
That some day you would be
The lucky fellow I'd choose to let,
Pay for my Rocky Moutain Tea.
JOHN e. DAILY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-25
NEKOOSA.


Is village of one thousand people situated
on the west bank of the Wisconsin river about
eight miles south of Grand Rapids, the county
seat of Wood county. 1t is or the NJ & ST tty
running north from New Lisbon to TomahawE
also on the Marshfeld x South eastern Z r.
running from Nekoosa to Marshfeld. The
NekoOsa Paper company, have their Pulp
Paper and Sulphite plant located here and ills
thriving institution and promising village
Daniel Grady. of Portage City made
a Democratic speech in Brooks Bros.
hall Monday night to Il large audience.
His talk was not well received Oh
account of his abuse of Mark Hanna
and President Mckinley. The
Democratic nominees for county office
were present and had a part in the
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fogarty, Mr..
and Mrs Frank BOleS, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Behnke. Mrs. Robert Villas,
Leonard Smith and Henry E. Fitch
attended the Catholic Fair and dance
in Grand RapidS Thursday night
They reported an enjoyable time.
R. NJ. La Toilette, Republican
| Candidate for governor, addressed a
his car Monday afternoon at 4:45.
He was cordially received and made
many friends.
Miss Nina Gillette who has been
trimming IN Brooks Bros. store for
several weeks, departed Monday for
DeXterville. She expects to return
for the tenth Of November.
MesSrs A. J. BoyIes, Henry E. Fitch,
r. Scheibe, Frank BoleS and Neal
| Crowns all went to BabcOck Tuesday
night to join the Democratic rally
! there that evening.
DR.. S. A. McGregor departed Mon
day for Oshkosh to attend the
Northwestern Medical Association.
Joseph Thomas returned Saturday
from a weeks absence in the west on
business for the NekOOSa Paper Co.
Charles Christian left Tuesday for
Iron Mountain. Mich. He gees on
an extended visit with relatives.
Prof. Carliss Bulger Of Necedah
was here Tuesday for the purpose OF
organizing class in dancing.
The best method of cleansing the
liver is the use Of the famous little
pills known as De Wits Little Early
RiSers. Easy to take. Never grippe.
Wood County Drug Co.
Mrs. Clarence Hanover departed
Wednesday for Amigo, where she
will visit friends.
Mr.. George Bartlett of Wausau is in
the village the guest Of his friend A.
j. BOyleS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mall1 are happy
over the arrival of a son born Monday
| night.
Make your appointments with
Photographer Mcneil for sittings on
Sunday.
Feelings of safety pervade the
| household that uses One Minute Cough
Cure, the only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results.
1t is infallible for coughs, colds, Group
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-25
LEGALS
Notice of Application.
WOOD COUNTY COURT-In Probate
STATE OF WISCONSIN, !

NUOD COUNTY JUJ RI-In ETObate
STATE OF WISCONSIN, -
COUNTY OF WooD -
In the matter of the estate of stephen
klenosky. deceased.
on this Sth day of October. A D. 1900,
upon reading and filing the petition of Frank
Brostowitz, stating that stephen klenosky OF
the county of Wood. died intestate, on or about
the 3rd day of Oct Der, 1900, and praying that
Frank BroStowitz be appointed administrator
OF the estate of said deceased.
IT Is ORDERED, That said application be
heard before me. at the probate office in the city
OF Grand Rapids, on the eth day of November
\. D. 1850, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
AND IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice OF
the time and place appointed for hearing said
application be given TO all persons interested by
publishing copy of this order tor three weeks
successfully in the Wood County Reporter, q
newspaper printed in said county, previous to
the time appointed for said hearing.
By the Court JOHN A. GAYNoR,
County Judge