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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-07

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-07
You Can Save Twenty Cents

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The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24
Notice of Forfeiture.
vsldes. Alaska. March 9th. 1902.

valdes. Alaska, March 9th. 1902 To R. BLIX:
 You are hereby notifieb that have expended $JO in labor and improvements your ons twenty-second interest in the Dawson Company Claim, located above the canyon, on Chisns river, in Chisna Mining District, Alaska, iI order to hold said claim under the provision. of section 232i, Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold said claim for the year ending Dec. 3l, 1901 If al the end of ninety days from date you refuse to contribute your proportion of such expendi ture, as co-owner. your interest in said prop erty will become the property of the subscriber under said section 232i.
 HANS TORGERSON.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24
OFFICIAL GUIDE.
For Copper River Valley, Prince William Sound and Valdez
 Alaska.

With four new and complete maps, thirty half tones showing all characteristics and conditions and full information about resour- ces and possibilities of the country sent by mail to all parts for 50 cents. Address Copper River Min ing, Trading X Development Co.,. Valdez, Alaska.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

"ao Scl ltdiiliN d dead town, as they would see but few people and a comparatively small amount of business being done. But this is no criterion for an Alaska town, especially one that is located long distance from the mines, as Valdez is.
 The facts are that the merchants of town have done larger business this spring than ever before. They have sold more goods, outfitted more prospectors, employed more help, received more money, and having more confidence in the country, have grubstaked more men than in any previous season.
 Those who have gone to the in- terior have purchased from a three to a six months outfit, and instead of the merchants doing daily or weekly business, they have in real ity done six months business in as many weeks. There are more people prospecting and mining in the interior, there are larger outfits, more mining machinery, and more work is being done than ever before
 In 1898 there were probably more people in this town, but they did not go as far into the country as has been done since. and those who did go in were inexperienced in mining and prospecting. In fact very few knew anything at all about hard work, or how to go at prospecting and developing a new country. Now this is all changed. there are hundreds of prospectors and miners here who thoroughly understand their business and know the country. Many of them have valuable properties that they are working, and We believe a mill lion dollars will be brought to town this fall. Many are prospecting recently discovered property, and there is no doubt that this summer many new and valuable mines will be discovered.
 fthese men were all in Valdez now, spending their money, this would have more the appearance of thriving town, bat it would not last. As it is they are opening up great rich storehouse of min- erals, upon which we can draw for many years to come.
 A practical argument for the es- tablishment of a railroad is now being made by the opening up of great ledges of copper and gold quartz that must be brought to tide water to he of real value. This is what moncyed men want to sec. ]hc ore itself. They have heard
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

CITY GovERNMENT. MAYOR. J. l.. STEELE
 COCNCILMEN. JAMES McHIE. D. <. OsGooD. A. F. OLSON. ED. WoOp.
 C. N. CRARY. H. H. HILDRETH, CLERK. J. G. SNYDER, TREASURER. HoN. J. w. LEEDy, CITY ATTORNEY. DR. A. VoNGuNTHER,
 HEALTH OFFICER. ADAM SWAN, PRES. SCHOOL BOARD.
 GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. JOHN LYONS. |. $. COMMISSIONER. E.C. HAsEY, DEPUTY |. $. MARSHAL. JOHN GoODELL,
 DEPUTY COLLECTOR CUSTOMS. C. \. CRARY, POSTMASTER
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

ADVERTISING RATES Single column, $l.OO per inch per month-
 Larger ads in proportion Professional cards $2-O0 per month.
 Local ads 1Oc per line for first insertion and 5c per line for each subsequent insertion.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

enough about it. We must show them now, and by showing that the facts are as have been repre- sented. will cause the railroad to be built.
 We certainly have every cause to believe that we will have a bright and prosperous future. No place in Alaska has a more prom ising outlook than Valdez at the present time.
 TIE bill of Congressman Sulzcr to encourage the salmon industry in Alaska. is one that affects not only the canneryman but the en- tire world. and had this industry received one quarter the attention that the seal industry has. it would have benefited humanity the world over.
 There is Il wide difference be- tween these two industries. The seal fisheries have been protected for years by our government so that the foreign sealers could take the seals. ship them by Canadian railroads and English steamers to London, where. by English work men they could receive the stamp of English trademark to be re- turned for the benefit of the classes. But with the salmon it is different. for this is the product for the masses. the pauper's brain food and the working mans dish.
 Unless Congress takes heed of Oregon's and Washington's efforts to save their salmon fisheries, then Alaska too will cease to send to the world her pauper food and they must seek elsewhere for their food fish.
 We have every reason to believe that our cannerymen favor the Sul- ger bill and we hope that Congress will remember the salmon indus try and take active steps. not by experiment and fish commissions. but by good legislation, honestly carried out. and save the salmon industry.--Daily Alaska Dispatch,
 TIE Indians of southeastern AL aska should be thankful if the dele gate bill is passed, for it gives them the right, as citizens, to walk up to d bar, and get their "hooch" in style instead of bribing some white man to buy it for them, as they do at present.
 TIE principle governing the rights of conflicting mining claims on the public domain, is, that other things being equal, he who is first in time is first in right.
 WHY this sudden cessation of territorial government talk? Some one must have got ''hunch."
 Prospectors in the interior should
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24
Ore in Place is Real Estate.

An assayer in Colorado was ar rested for buying ore stolen from a mine. and his trial has brought to the surface an old statute that may have some application in the mine taxing question. The statute makes ore real estate. and the de- fendant made the plea that larceny of real estate could not exist. The man was acquitted.
 The law provided that ore in its natural place was real estate and when separated from place be- came personal property. provided only that sensible interval of time elapsed between the act of breaking down the ore and carry ing it off. If breaking it down and carrying it off were continuous, then the ore still remained real es- tate. Ore in place in patented land would thus become taxable as real estate.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Entered at the Valdez po-tofiice as second class matter,
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

There is an old Russian at Ia titlek. who Is over 100 years of age. He was born in Siberia and came to Fidalgo bay with Il Russian cx- pcdition about 1895. He deserted his ship at that place and has lived with the natives ever since. He Is unable to get out to fish and hunt, SO is kept in clothing and provisions by the Indians. He says that the expedition with which he came to this coast Was making visit to q rich gold mine which was well known to the Rus sians of that period. Being badly used on the vessel. he made his es- cape before the mine was reached, 50 does not know its exact location although he thinks it is around the head of Fidalgo bay.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Hammond will carry a full line of groceries at his Slate Greek Store. Parties going in light can depend on getting plenty.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Store your trunks at the Miner hotel for safe keeping.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

It is about time for the Ameri- can people to awake to the fact that the greatest fortunes of the present and future will be made in mining enterprises. A great min ing boom is slowly but surely getting under way in the West and Northwest. Improvements border ing on the wonderful have been made in the construction and oper- ation of mining machinery. Mines that resulted in loss twenty years ago, are today worked at great profit, and properties that were practically in the heart of q wilder ness five years ago. are now well within the boundaries of civiliza- tion.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Blk can supply miners with tools and mercury at Copper Gen. ter, at reasonable prices.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Heinz Bulk Mince Meat 5Oc a quart a, Fish Bros.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Prospectors in the interior should watch for molybdenum. It is not generally known among those who spend their time in the search for precious metals, that molybdenum stands we'll up in that class. But it does. At the present time it is quoted at $l13.6O per pound. Mo lybdenum occurs in lodges, most commonly in the form of sulphide which resembles graphite very closely. They are of the same de- gree of hardness, but the specific gravity of graphite is lower than that of molybdenum, and it is not affected by heat, while molybdenum sulphide when heated before a blowpipe gives greenish-blue flame, and leaves 2 yellowish- white sublimate on the charcoal. Float containing the mineral has been found in several places in the Copper river country, but has never been traced to its source
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

If a locator when posting his mo- tice, in addition to giving the gen eral course of his vein, places mon- uments at the center of each end line, this giving definite notice to subsequent locators as to the mean ing of his notice, he is bound by the same, and can not afterward, during the time prescribed by law for perfecting location, change its course to the prejudice of interven- ing rights.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Recertitied Government Script for sale by C. \. Crary.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

Sauer Kraut at Fish Bros.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

TIE principle governing the rights of conflicting mining claims on the public domain, is, that other things being equal, he who is first in time is first in right.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24

WHY this sudden cessation of territorial government talk? Some one must have got ''hunch."
The Alaska prospector., 1902-04-24
VALDEZ, APRIL 24. 1902.

\ stranger com A ing into Valdez BRIGHT FUTURE at the present ! FOR time would VALDEZ. think that it .
 was certainly a 1
The Iola register., 1902-04-25

IE Brownlow andHen-
derson quarrel had
risen to bitter heights
when Nelly Hender-
son came home from
the east. She threw
herself impetuously
ON to her fathers side
of II and told herself
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
THE MAKEUP OF A CONSUL.
should He n Man of Tact and Discre-
tion and of Good Address and
Bearing.

A consul is, in certain sense, the
representative of his country. To the
people among whom he is stationed
and to the local authorities he is the
impersonation of his government,
says the Forum. He should be man
of dignity, of self-possession, of good
address and bearing, of tact and dis
cretion, who should command the re-
spect and confidence of foreign mer-
chants and officials, and who should
be honored even by his travelling
countrymen. These qualifications
cannot he determined by a civil serv-
ice examination, but they are mat
ters which should receive careful con-
sideration. Hence, the president
must be allowed some discretion in
making a selection from among those
whose names are presented to him
by the board of examiners.
When Prince Gortchakoff was at
the head of the Russian foreign Of
fee, the candidates for the diplomat
ic service, after passing the examina-
ton, were always granted an audi
ence with his excellency, who then
made a final decision by observing
the manner in which they entered the
room, the way in which they adj
dressed him and their general deport-
ment during the interview. A con-
sui may know all about invoices and
ships. and also about seals and seal
ing wax, but if he be rude and undig-
nified, if he lack savoir faire and
savoir vivre, he could serve his coun-
try to better advantage in that OBJ
scure region known as "the classic
shades of private life"
The Iola register., 1902-04-25

Mr.. Brownlow will pay what damages
the court sees fit. Is the lamb hereT
One of the Henderson ranchmen
brought Billy forward.
Miss Henderson," pursued the court,
twill state her grounds for believin'
the lamb hers"
The girl rose. She made so pretty
a picture in her dark habit that Brown
low secretly cursed himself and Billy.
"Three weeks ago." she said clearly,
'T wanted pet lamb. AS we have a
men, who are trusted employees of my
father, to get one for me. They
brought me that lamb from one of our
own ewes"
The two trusted employees" refer
red to looked innecently around. They
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS they now swore
In mistaken chorus that the lamb was
born on the Henderson place, where
he had been q favorite from his birth.
They triumphantly retired, and Her
bert came forward
"The lamb" he said quietly, was
also favorite of mine from his birth,
so much so that you will find my brand
under his throat"
There was ripple of excitement.
Billy was examined. There shone the
brand with startling distinctness.
May it please the court" said the
county clerk, that there brand could
have been stuck on any time while the
creetur was runnin' round, which 1t did
frequent"
shut up, Jimw said the court
brusquely. "Wbo you reckon is runnin
this case? Now, Mr.. Brownlow, who
seen you brand that sheep in your own
yard?"
A Brownlow ranchman came for
ward. Unfortunately he was known
The Iola register., 1902-04-25

homeward, quite unconscious that she
was an object of interest to two vii
lainous looking horsemen who were
passing that way after leaving the last
town by request.
Not till their hands were on her reins
did she realize her peril, and, strange
to say, her cry for help was in Her
bert's name. Riding just above her
in the defile where he had first captur
ed Billy, he heard her voice and came
down on the marauders.
Before the impetus Of Brownlow's
horse the nearest thief went down,
broncho and all. The other showed
fight, and brisk exchange of shots
took place, but when the fallen one
regained his horse and fed the braver
rogue followed suit.
Sobbing with relief, Miss Henderson
turned gratefully to her rescuer, who
sat stifly in his saddle, now clasping
Billy across his broad chest.
How generous and bravew she cried
eagerly. II have been horrid to you.
just wanted to make you uncomfort-
able and"-
VERY we'll" said her escort hoarsely
and curtly. Shall we ride onY
Miss Henderson complied. Under the
influence of his distracted and almost
ungracious manner she felt her old
grievance returning and held herself
stifily.
| They rode on in silence until she per-
ceived great spot of crimson soaking
through the wool of the patient Billy.
She cried out in pity.
He's hurt. Let me take him."
"Yes, take him." said Brownlow in.
distinctly, and as she drew the lamb
on her lap her escort pitched forward
on his horses neck with barely the
strength to cling there blindly, and the
horrlfied girl understood.
Billy was dropped with a swiftness
that dazed him, and he stood helpless
ly gazing after the strange pair, fol
Miss Henderson had her arms around
her enemy's shoulders and was des
perately trying to hold him in the sad
die until they could reach her fathers
ranchbouse.
But even this ride home was not sc
hard as facing the county clerk six
months afterward and being congratu
lated that, after all, the case had beer
settled in "Rafferty's way"
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
BoERs IN MONTANA.
HoIIander Colonists Have n Numbcr
of Thriving Settlements and
More In Prospect.

Montana has several fourishing set
Elements of Beers, and it is announced
that the coming summer will see the
arrival of a new influx of the natives Of
Holland. The Beers who are in the
state already are highly satisfied with
the conditions there, and say their
countrymen are coming to the state
in large numbers, reports the Mime
apolis journal.
The Boer settlements in Montana
are at Manhattan, in Gallatin county,
near Big Timber, in Sweet Grass coun-
ty, and around Wormser City, in Gus
ter county. Rev. George Wormser,
after whom the town of Wormser was
named, is a leader among the Boer
colonists.
The Beers in Montana are farmers
and for dozen years or more they
have been making the land about their
settlements bloom like the rose. Farm
| ing is natural to them, and they have
adapted themselves to the conditions
in Montana as their countrymen did
in South Africa with a wonderful ia
cility.
They have constructed large irriga-
tion bitches to feed their land with
water, and one of their fine pieces of
engineering work in the form of a big
irrigation conduit near Big Timber has
been purchased by the state.
The Boer immigrants scheduled to
arrive in the state this summer will be
distributed among the three colonies.
Mr.. Wormser, who manages many
things for the Beers, has already made
arrangements for their settlement on
the land.
The Beers make good citizens and
their neighbors of all nationalities
speak well of them.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
S.Over's Hard Luck Story

Mr.. T. S. Stover attended the social
dance at the Elks club rooms last
evening and towards midnight Jour
neyed homeward and about | O'Clock
this morning got to sleep. 1t really
seemed 10 him that he bad just drop
ped off when a rap on his door awak-
ened him and the girl who was getting
breakfast informed him that a gentle
man down stairs wished to see him.
Stover stretched, yawned. and in
quired what on earth anybody wanted
of him at that unearthly hour The
gentleman had not said. Finally
Slower went down stairs feeling more
like doing murder than talking busi-
ness. He opened the front door and
there stood a man. The man inquired
of Slower if there is gas lease on a
piece of land which the man owns
some fifteen miles from town. OF
course, Stover, being in the abstract
business, is supposed to carry in his
head clear map of the whole cour-
try. He looked hard at the man and
then told him he felt reasonably cer-
tain there was no lease on the place.
There ought to oe law against
waking people at a. m. to ask ques-
tiOns
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Base Ball Outlook Good.

The base ball talk is taking on
definite form and it begins to look as
if lola will surely be in the league.
Mr.. Nichols cannot be here for several
days yet, but the talk and planning is
active. One scheme is TO choose a
local board of three men, Mr.. Crouch,
and the manager of the team to look
after the team. Citizens will then
subscribe some $500 and get the team
going and the profits, if any. will be
held by the local management for next
years club or for distribution among
the donors of the first money. a local
ball franchise may become valuable
and with Mr.. Crouch pushing the
affair as a help to his car line it looks
to good many people as if the club
ought to pay all the way round and
risk and burden be slight on any in
dividual.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25

for liar, and the court, who had been
impressed by the brand, looked puz-
zled.
"Ain't there no more witnessesT he
demanded wearily, and when a mega
tive ensued he sat thinking.
The clerk spoke out boldly:
May II please the court, l kin tell
all present how old Judge Rafferty, es-
tablished a precedent in sich a case
as this way back when i was a young
ster."
go on" said the court, much reliev-
ed.
"'Twas almost EXACTLY like this"
wheezed the clerk, "only twas n sor-
rel colt stead of sheep. The parties
had knowed each other for some time.
Twas Ann Hatfield an Samuel Mas
stood. the girl lookin' as sassy as you
please at Massey. She were a pretty
girl, though not so much so as Miss
keep to your argument" said the
court abruptly.
"Well, Rafferty, he couldn't decide,
an says he, No common law lin pint
on this matter says he. L kin turn to
the Bible says he, which is a mighty
good code in ITSELF says he, AN follow
the example of jeremiah says he--'or
was 1t IsaiahY-who cut that unfornit
baby in twO,' says he. I'll just slice
the colt in two,' says he, AN give you
each half
"At that Ann she gave q scream, an
her big blue eyes filed up pitiful. You
KANT do that says he.
"'Then,' says Rafferty,, wen do my
way-Tll marry you both out of hand,
right here says he, AN there needn't
be NO more disputes over the lamb
colt, / mean-never no more"
A faint cheer arose. Miss Hender-
son sprang up.
'Tm going home" she declared
chokingly. II don't care what be-
comes of the lamb. I'll never touch
him again. There's my purse" she
added, fiinging 1t into the Justices lap
before he could rise. IF l owe any
thing, pay it,"
She was in the saddle and galloping
down the road before the court had
time to recover.
"She's done split real interestin'
case" said the clerk regretfully. IT'S
goin' to be throwed out, after all.
Here's the bill of costs, your honor.
Mr.. Brownlow will want to pay his
share"
who's goin' to take the darned
lambT" cried the court. "Mr. Brown
low, you mout as well have him"
Il don't want him." said Herbert,
with nearly as much repressed fury as
Miss Henderson had shown.
II KANT have him here" protested
the alarmed justice. 1T amt legal to
leave things Oh the courts hands, an,
besides, he'll eat all my garden sass.
Blast your he added to the clerk.
"1ts all your fault. She didn't like
what you said about that old fool Raj
ferty."
A swift impulse decided Herbert to
take the fat little creature and drop
him in the Henderson yard.
Meantime Miss Henderson rode
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
WANTED TO WE'D WHITE GIRL
thing to Obtain Bishops
Approval

Bishop Conaty. rector of the Catholic
university at Washington, while on u
visit to Brooklyn recently told of a
priests experience in a small New
England town. The clergyman was
Just about to retire for the night when
he heard a knock at his door. He
called: "Come in" and black man
presented himself and said, rather
shamefacedly:
Father, there is girl outside. May
l bring her in?"
Assent having been given, he disap-
peared for a moment and returned
with a white woman and informed the
scandalized priest that they wished to
be married
He was shown the door with prompt
ness and the girl was severely admon-
ished on the course she was pursuing.
Fifteen minutes later, says the New
York Times, there came another knock
and on opening the door the priest
found himself again face to face with
the would-be colored bridegroom.
With great indignation the priest
said
81 thought I sent you about your
business before!"
The ebony-hued citizen paralyzed
him with this reply:
"Yes, know you did, Father James,
but Mary and have talked it over, and
we thought maybe you would look at
the matter differently if you knew
was willing to turn Irish"
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Public Debts,

There are several states without
debt, but no American city with the
single exception of Washington, the
local debt of which is an obligation of
congress. State debts are decreasing
steadily, but city debts are increasing.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
The Making of Books.

Another Life of Napoleon" is an
nounced. Still, says the Chicago Rec
Herald, it isn't likely that the
world knows all about the Little Cor
poral even yet,
The Iola register., 1902-04-25

The druggists threaten to raise the
price, of ice cream soda. If they do,
says the Chicago Record-Herald, the
death rate should be lower next sum
mer.