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Douglas Island news., 1902-12-17

1000 cases of salmon from the Ketchi- kan cannery went down to the Sound on the Dirigo.
 The ice supply at Ketchikan is ship ped from Seattle and costs the con- sumers $50 ton.
 The Nome City is now running from Seattle to Valdez, stopping at Sitka and Yukutat, enroute.
 The saw mill at Wards Cove is closed down and will probably remain so, says the Ketchikan Journal.
 Customs duties in the White Horse office for the month ending Novem Der 3Oth amount to S32C1.
 Superstition Slough, 15 miles below Baker Station on the Tanana, is report ed to be rich in prospects.
 Mcintyre and Abbey, the missing At lin mail carriers, undoubtedly found a watery grave in Taku Arm.
 The Sitka A. B.'s have elected Chas H. Schiller, Arctic Chief and N. E. Bolshanin, Arctic Recorder.
 The N. w. M. P. have again establish ed vigiIant patrol of the winter trail from White Horse to Dawson.
 The people of Skagway should be very good, with seven churches all doing business at the same time.
 John w. Troy, editor of the Skagway Alaskan, is off for vacation, and H. B. Le Fevre is holding down the job.
 The U. S. district court will begin to grind at Valdez on Feb. 2nd. The whole works will be put in operation.
 A tramway 2,2O0 feet in length is be- ing conctructed at the Poorman prop erty on the north shore of Kasaan Bay.
 Capt. Futile of the Bear has col lection of curios collected in the North that represent cash outlay of s35,OOO.
 A man named Fields has been out from Duncan creek on trip of twenty days, and some anxiety is being felt for his safety.
 With the mercury lowering around the zero point and the wind bowling like mad, things have been on the move in Valdez.
 The Episcopal Bishop Rowe has de- cided to erect church in Ketchikan to accommodate the growing work of St. Agnes Mission.
 Dawson wood dealers have agreed to sell all wood, in, poles, at S14 a cord. It is estimated the city uses seventy to 100 cords daily.
 The Skagway Alaskan announces that it will postpone the farther dis cussion of the territo rial question un- til another day.
 Deputy Marshal W. D. Grant of Wrangell, in following the duties of his office became a prisoner at Fort Tongass for 10 days.
 Skagway society is all agog over the application of Annie R. Hays for a divorce from her husband Allen B. Hays.-both colored.
 The Independent is the last birth in the newspaper field at Dawson. Mrs. Belle Dormer, formerly of Skagway, is the business manager.
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-17

Purser Ayers, of the steamer Pros pector, whose death occurred near Nc Questor short time ago, is supposed to have been murdered.
 The house on Dec. 9th passed the Lacey bill permitting settlers in Alas ka to take up homesteads of 320 acres each, instead of 80 acres, as provided by the law of 189S..
 Twenty to S25 day to the shovel was taken out on discovery on Clear Creek last summer. The news is given by w.. c. Young, recorder on Clear, who has been in Dawson for several days on a visit.
 Representatives of Valdez who visit ed President Roosevelt and presented him with set of moose horns for a birthday present, are certain that he will come out to their town on a bear hunt.
 The tax collectible on the salmon pack under the Alaska revenue laws amounts to about S100,OO0 for the sea- son and the total value of the pack is over S8,OO0,O00. Please keep these fig ures in mind.
 President Roosevelt told Collector Ivey that his message contained strong recommendation for Alaska. The proof may be found upon another page. See the Presidents message, says the Seattle Times.
 Dan Murphy, white, Irish and hun gry, grabbed turkey from the front of a Skagtown store and ran with it. He was pursued, captured, and after se- were struggle relieved of his prize. 55 days. Poor Dan!
 Representative Jones has introduced bill providing "that there be and is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of S3OO,OOO for making surveys in the district of Alaska.
 The Dawson Amateur Dramatic Soci- ety is preparing to give three operas this winter. The season will open next month with the Bohemian Girl" Tie city has splendid amateur talent. Costumes for the plays were bought in San Francisco last winter.
 It is to be hoped that when the next territorial political conventions meet, they will adopt strenuous" plants de- nouncing the carpet bag system. It's about time that Alaska produced it's own crops of federal officials. Alaska for Alaskans! Hurrah!-Nome Mug get.
 Capt. Futile, of the revenue cutter Bear, will shortly be detached from his vessel and will probably be given some shore station. He has been forty six years in. the service, and he says that is long enough in time of peace for man to serve his country on the water.
 The revenue cutter Bear, Captain Futile, arrived at the Sound on Dec. 2 from her annual cruise in Boring sea and the Arctic ocean. She left Dutch Harbor November 9, and two days later, when four hundred miles from Unalaska, she encountered the heaviest westerly gale ever experienced by Cap tain Futile in his many years service in Northern waters.
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-17
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

"A degrees below zero at Selwyn.
 Ketchikan now has water in its works.
 The White Pass R. R. will reduce it's clerical force.
 The Red Men of Ketchikan will give Christmas ball.
 Valdez Eagles, 50 or more, have ap- piled for charter.
 Jack Dalton favors territorial gov ernment for Alaska.
 There was six inches of snow at Ketchikan on Dec. 4th.
 Skagway has turned it's fire apparatus over to the soldier boys.
 All dogs running at large at White Horse must wear muzzles.
 A fire at Sitka discovered the short comings of the fire company.
 Spare ribs and saur kraut is beco m- ing popular dish in Skagway.
 According to the Juneau papers, Ketchikan has a leading attorney.
 The take of salmon in Alaska this year represents about 37,000,000 fish.
 Lee Guthrie is one of Skagway's cit izens who still has faith in the town.
 There were 62 canneries and 24 salt cries in operation in Alaska this year.
 The US. derives a revenue this year from Alaska seal skins of over S225,0OO.
 A rate war has reduced the stage fare between White Horse and Dawson to $50.
 Ketchikan has been visited by Miss Formaun, mining woman from Se- attle.
 Engineer Mckenzie of the White Pass Road, recently fell and fractured a rib.
 The daughter of Gov. Brady fell on the ice at Sitka and cut gash in her chin.
 The Yukon has experienced the worst storm in the history of civilization, re- gently.
 The Nome Nugget is already en. gagged in puncturing congressional booms.
 I. Banta accused of killing Guy Morrison at Valdez, is supposed to be insane.
 Yukon Crossing experienced the cold est snap of the season on the 5th inst. 63 below.
 The first ball of the Odd Fellows club at Valdez was held at Moose hall on Dec. ?.
 Tie total length of the star, steam boat, railroad and mail message routes in Alaska is 19,789 miles, for which the annual pay is s291,933.
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-17

The Scottish residents of White Horse celebrated St. Andrews Day by a big banquet and lots of fun. The banquet was started with the recital of the stanza: "Some hae meat, an canna eat an some wad eat that want it; but we hae meat, an we can eat, an sac the Lord be thankit."
 The Kougarok country is coming to the front and now enjoys the distinct ion of having one of the best produc- ing claims in the country, which is No. ? Dahl creek. Quite recently num- Der of pans averaging from S100 to S222 each were taken from this claim and two men in five hours cleaned up S1300
 A house built by human beings any where from 5000, to 140O0 years ago was found by the officers of the cutter Bear, during her recent trip to Point Barrow. A number of curious utensils were found at the spot, consisting of bail CT for boat, or bodaka, as the Alaskan natives call it; carved ivory row lock, four stone knives, bone knife and a skinning knife.
 MT. Price, the bartender at Layhey's saloon at Porcupine, left for Haines early one morning about two weeks ago. Arriving at Wells he found that the rigors of the trip were too much for him, and he took the back trail for Por- cupine. About half way between Por- cupine and Wells he succumbed, and towards evening his corpse, frozen rigid, was found by an Indian.
 A careful estimate of the number of men who will be employed on the var ious creeks on Seward peninsula is about 1000. They are distributed about as follows Anvil creek 150, Dex- ter creek 100, Dry creek fifty,, Oregon creek twenty-five, Gold Run twenty five, Council City district 150, Koug- arok district 150, Candle and Inmachuk fifty, Kobuk district 150, scattering 150. Horses are being killed on Duncan creek because of the shortage of hay and feed The failure to get late ship ments of freight into the camp this fall has put the camp in serious strait in some respects. Mining would have progressed much faster this winter and far greater developments made had it not been for neglect in shipping sufic- tent supplies there from Dawson during the open season.
 On Candle creek the cost of operat- ing this winter will be greatly reduced by the cheapness with which fuel can be obtained from coal mine located on the Kugruk river about twelve miles from Candle. For some time past this mine has been operated and a small force of men will continue to work the mine during the winter. The coal is said to be good quality and can be furnished at cost of S15 per ton.
 Placer operations in the Big Salmon this winter are quiet. Not more than twenty-five men are wintering in the camp. Perhaps 200 were there this summer, but the number was not as large as the year before. The finds were nothing extraordinary. Some gold was taken out this year, but none of the clean ups were big. This camp may prove good some time, but the diggings are deep and. great deal of work is required.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
The Railway Beautiful.

The work done by our railroads has
been of great value because so widely
extended. Those who travel are car
ried from one spot of beauty to an
other. In some cases the whole line
of the road has been improved by
planting choice shade trees and orna-
mental shrubs. One of our Western
roads is lined for several hundred
miles on both sides with superb chest
nuts and evergreens. The removal of
the unsightly and the suggestion of
cleanliness about the depots has been
specially useful improvements be-
come a passion. Near such depots
cottages are sure to be neat and yards
clearly. This class of improvement
necessarily involves the conventional,
and that is not always bad thing in
a village. We can enjoy reading the
name of station in clam shells. Color
and contrast are perhaps the main
thing A group of handsome shrub
berry, of lilacs or weigelias with plenty
of roses, cheers the tired traveller and
gives him something pleasant to think
about.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Mrs. HiIdebrands's Discovery.

Lake Sarah, Mimi, Nov. 24th.-Mrs.
Hildebrandt of this place claims to
have discovered a complete cure for
Rheumatism and numerous people
can testify that as Mrs. Hildebrandt
had the terrible affection and is now
well woman, she appears to have
good grounds for her claim. Mrs.
Hildebrandt speaks of her cure as fol-
lows:
II had the Rheumatism in my arms
30 bad that could not sleep at night.
was induced to try Dodd's Kidney
Pills and before | had taken two
boxes / was much better. When l
had taken four boxes 1 was completely
cured"
1t is only fair to state that others
have made the same discovery as
Mrs. Hildebrandt and that for Rheu-
matism and other diseases arising
from the Kidneys. Dodd's Kidney
Pills are recognized as the one sure
and permanent cure.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Black Monday.

The i'll repute of Friday as an I'M
lucky day is shown by some recent
statistics to be undeserved. A care
full investigation, largely through of.
fetal channels, has been made into the
question in Germany, and as a result
It is found that of 9,94S weekly acct
dents and disasters, such as are COM
monty attributed. to bad luck, 1874
occurred on Monday, 1,551 on Tues.
day, 1851 on Wednesday, 1,547 on
Thursday, 1858 on Friday, 1888 on
Saturday and 269 ON Sunday. The
most noteworthy features of these fig.
ures, apart from their vindication of
Friday, is the uniformity Of distribu.
ton of mishaps among the six secular
days of the week, the difference be.
tween the most and the least "uu.
lucky days being less than one-tenth.
The day Of most disasters is Monday.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
TRUSTED LABOR LEADER

b,ainiest and most level-headed of the
labor leaders of this country. Since a
boy all his life has been devoted to
lettering the conditions of the wage
worker. In letter written the other
day explaining the action of the
trades unions on the question of lin
iting apprentices in the various
trades he wound up by saying: Or
ganized labor does not claim to have
reached perfection in its methods, but
it is doing the best it can under ad-
verse circumstances, looking forward
t. the time when the crooked places
shall be made straight and the rough
places plain" We know that restric.
ton of immigration and shortening
the hours of labor would solve the ap.
prentice question, for there would
then be work enough for all. We
have by persistent effort accomplish.
cd something in these two directions,
and we shall yet accomplish more,
But when we think of what complete
success in this would mean for the toll
ing millions our progress seems all
too slow. 1t is great work worthy
Of the best thought and effort of the
statesman and the economist, and !
believe the time is coming when this
truth will be generally realized and
when all classes of society will give
1t their support.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
MANY NoBLEMEN IN PRISON.
Aristocracy Well Represented in Euro
pean Jails.

Aristocracy Well Represented in Euro
pean Jails.
A Vienna paper states that few
people have any idea of the large
number of men and women of noble
birth undergoing penal servitude on
the continent.
1t is estimated that Russian prisons
alone contain 10000 aristocrats, while
there are several thousand noblemen
in the penal establishments of Italy.
Two dukes of Notarbartolo are, for in
stance, at present undergoing penal
servitude for life in the Italian prison
of La Maddalena for the brutal MUIR
der of young officer whom they had
swindled at card playing and who had
threatened to denounce them as card
sharpers.
Among the convicts in a Belgian
prison are Prince Charles de Looz-
Coswarem, who committed number
of gigantic frauds and one crime Of
violence, and the Marquis of Varela,
for the murder of his own mother.
In France there are several hun
dred titled aristocrats in prison, and
though no statistics are available
regarding Austria and Germany, the
same state of things is said to exist
there also.-LOndon Express.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
THOUSANDS PROFIT BY THE FREE
OFFER OF DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
AND GET CURED.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
lo!n pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colorcd, excessive, pain in
passing, dribbling, frequency. Doan S
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi
and gravel. Relieve heart palpitation,
slccplessness, headache, nervousness
TELL CRY, ND received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
splendid. had an awful pain in my back ;
on taking the pills the pain left me right
away and feel like u new man. Stephen
Schaefer.
Mrs ApDTE ANDREWS, r. F. ID. No. l.,
BRoDHEAp. WIS, writes: received the
free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills with much
benefit. My little nephew was suffering
terribly with kidney trouble from scarlet
fever. Two doctors failed to help him and
he finally went into spasms. His father
gave him Doan's Kidney Pills and from
the second dose the pain was less. He
began to gain and is to-day well boy,
his life saved by Doan's Kidney Pills.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
AGAINST UNION LABOR

The National Association of Manu-
facturers, through its president.
David M. Parry of Indianapolis, has
issued a circular urging all manufac-
turers in the country to unite to re-
sist the encroachments of organized
labor. Special attention is called to
the legislation now pending in Con-
gress in the shape of the eighthour
bill, and the anti-conspiracy bill, both
of which are being pushed persistent
1y by the labor unions. The letter
denounces both bills as inimical to
the interests Of the manufacturers,
and says that a strong lobby must be
maintained in Washington to defeat
them. 1t says we have reached the
parting of the ways where the manu-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL SPEECH
Senator Depew's Neat Compliment to
His Better HALF


His Better Half.
Regularly, Chauncey M. Depew must
submit to a course of questioning for
the benefit of some newspaper or nag
azine article, or for the adornment of
the pages of a work on Successful
Americans"
The senator never yawns or seems
bored when this trial comes. but al
ways has welcome for the inter
viewer.
Senator, Of all your speeches.
which one. in your estimation, do you
consider the greatest and most effec-
tive?" was asked in the course of an
interview.
Il have one in mind, but not copy
of it, for the speech has not appeared
in print and never will"
'Will you let me have the facts?"
exclaimed the now excited interview
err, seeming a scoup.
''Why, yes" said Mr.. Depew, his
eyes full of mirth, my greatest and
most effective speech, judging from
results, was my speech of proposal,
delivered some time before my mar
riage."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
WEALTH IN OLD VERMONT
Relative Value of Possessions Alonv
Constitute Aff,uence.

Relative value OF possessions AIont
Constitute Aff!uence.
UP along the White river valley, In
Vermont, half way between the towns
of Bethel and Randolph, at a little
bend In the road, Is watering trough
almost hidden in the shadows Of the
trees which form natural arch fol
the highway. A Washington newspa
per man was driving along there one
day, and tells this story of his expert
ence:
Just after pulled up my horse at
the trough a farmer came along and
stopped. 'Mornin', stranger, he said ;
how be YEP
"T be pretty WE'LL answered, in
the same vernacular.
"'Be we 'quainted round here?'
"'Some,' answered. q knew about
half the people in each of the towns).
"Well, maybe as how you know
Jim Jones folks?'
eyes, l know EN-
know Hen Slack?' he persisted.
Eyes
"'Ever know 81 Rogers?'
Eyes
know his daughter Sue?'
"Never met her.
"'Sho! WAL, Sues married now
Il observed that that was very hap
py circumstance
Eyes he continued, Sues mar
ried now. Married wealthy man
Very wealthy man. Worth much 8
hundred dollars Washington Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

facturers must either unite to protect
their interests or allow the unions to
run part of their business for them
The unions are going ahead just the
same, gaining more members every
day than ever before in the history OF
the country. The manufacturers will
not be able to stop the onward march
either, although they may defeat the
labor legislation in Congress. Ar
eight-hour law would be desirable. but
the most satisfactory way of regulat
ing the length of the working day il.
through the strength of organization
aid this can be brought about IL
spite of either Congress or the manu-
facturers if the workers keep on or
ganiZing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
IMAGES BILL" IN ENGLAND

dealing particularly with the sweat
ing system. The boards are to be
composed of an equal number of rep
resentatives of employers and EN-
ployes, with a chairman chosen by
the board or nominated by the home
secretary. Any employer paying
lower wages than the minimum estab
lished by this board. or otherwise
evading its regulations. will be liable
to fine of from S. to 500 for each
offense upon conviction.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

Sir Charles Dixie has a wages
bill" for introduction in the British
Parliament. The object to be sought
through its enactment is to promote
cancellation in the English labor
world. 1t has as its hackers the labor
men in parliament, John Burns and
Messrs. Bell, McKenna, Tenant AVID
Trevelyan. Under its provisions wage
boards are to be established to fix the
minimum rate of wages to be paid in
particular trades, with the idea of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Discomfort THAT EXALTS

so that a laboring man is now enabled
to give his family many of the advan.
them. That is the kind of discomfort
tnat makes capital the great power it
Is in the world, and it Is the kind of
discomfort that should actuate all
wage-earners, as by it they will devise
ways and means to better promote
their welfare and happiness in the flu.
ture.-Conrad O'Neal, reading clerk
Chicago Federation of Labor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn tnat there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease. requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer Ono Hundred Dollars for
any case that IL fails TO cure. Send for list Of
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Halls Family Pills are the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
THE BLOOD.


The blood is life. we derive nom
the blood life. power, beauty and rea-
son, as the doctors have been saying
from time immemorial. A healthy
body, fresh appearance, and gener-
ally all the abilities we possess de-
pend on that source Of life. 1t is
therefore the duty Of every sensible
man to keep the blood as pure and
normal as possible. Nature, in its
infinite wisdom, has given us Their
mometer indicating the state of the
blood, which appeals to our reason by
giving notice of its impurity. Small
eruptions of the skin, to which we
scarcely pay any attention, headache,
ringing noises in the ears, lassitude,
sleeplessness, are generally O sign
that the blood is not in its normal
state, but is filled with noxious sub
stances. These symptoms deserve
our full attention. II more attention
were paid to those symptoms, and
steps taken to remove them, then
many /. ssses from which we suffer
would become unknown and the hui
man body would become stronger and
healthier. Attention therefore should
be paid to those warning signs, and
the blood can be purified and poison
GUS substances removed from it by the
use Of DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg
Drops, discovered more than 60 years
ago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
For This Runaway, $40.

Chief of Police Austen of Birming-
ham, Ala, wrote to the police of New
York, offering a reward Of $40 for the
arrest of seventeenyear-old Charles
Verdell, runaway, whom he describ-
ed as "knock-kneed and having fiat
nose, bunny face and black dew scars
on the shin of one Leg"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

The discomfort which makes man
climb higher to get better position
is a good thing. That is the kind OF
discomfort that has produced skilled
labor, better work, more money, gen
erous living and greater prosperity.
That is the kind of discomfort that has
placed this great nation above all 9TH
ers in it's push and enterprise. That
is the kind of discomfort that has
raised the wages of workingmen from
a mere pittance to much better scale.