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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09
he'll Known and Highly Respected LAWYER and Jour-
na|is Shoots Himself at His Own Home---Oe-
ranged Mentally From Long Illness

! house heard the report Of the sun
although u Was evident from tins
.endi tion ot the body that Mt Pratt
had been dead hut a few minufea
when found The bathroom douf
had been tightly tlosed, and this
probably accounts for thn failure ~
shs family 10 hear the report Of the
Coroner Hove was summoned aud
made an Investigation. hut az the
z,,se ~ death was app~rent. viii
The body II at poaney a stew.
arts merGuc, Funeral arrange
ed
Nj. Pratt Was born IN England
y years aEo. lie began a carver
10 adventure "a the british army
While but n Youth he HrliBesi cansid-
cradle distinction for acts IL unusual
bravery In the kaffir wars Ia south
Africa
Fsesn south Africa he returned 10
England and then came Go America
IT. entered bus naiissn IN New Yofh
city ard Ia the early sos Was a man
q considerable prominence In news
papefsi0m narink this time he
teFnted cies~ Friendship u n NUN.
esf q proiotnesst public men Of that
day. Including President Arthur
iteerc< conkilnE and Jay aonid.
Prem New York hs went 10 rexaa
and for a time conducted q news
repsr N that state. Ills nuxs move
Vas u Nan Francisco, whesr Ne was
pFominens In journalism.
Aeeut the time u the great Seattle
fite. ~ ISIS. he eafue 60 this city iiis
fifst WORK m the city Vas : elts
t.stf
Keneer NE was on tha defais at
ths tiEHe - the famous krur sean
dat. and u was be- who urea9fhrs
and wrote the ssary that finally r.
suited in a caEsapiete exfse=e 81 ths
eifq trsaAuFrfs dsfafrattaH.
later ~ teyant~ an editorial
writer on tbs sssf.tutslliFenrse and
later heesme ctsr editur After leas-
ins the fADst- infeiitgrace ne ~ax fur
q shest time editpf and proprietor ef
ths Pfe@s.Tinsss nov the Times
Before coming 10 seattle Mr.. Pratt
bad hsen adnitted T. the tar. Tee
vars asc ~ formed a law partner
shir wtth Cnafi<~ A. Riddle. which
continued Until his death taaav.
Waite deVotiHk raoat " his tlfae
withth The usks 70 wars - a sue
ee<sfui ana lucrative LAW practice.
Mr.. Pratt I'D uot entirely sex~s his
connection With taarnaIi4fn unfli a
few recnths kEu. Ito coufiuuesf 20 a.
editorial WnFk far the pust= fntelH-
gencsr ur 10 fwn years ago.
A. a lawyer. Nj Fratt gained con
si.isFHhss reputation particularly n
relatkte - tar ard nunkfpai law
u Was fcf thts fsa~rn that NJ Wan
sefsesssf some tluis ago n handle The
CIV assessment EAx cases.
4 = "a.
eartsF ~ was knawn a. Az fnfefafi.
rahie worker A. Mr. Rifale sisted
this tF-orninE h was a mar Who
tnfH<t THE candle a. both enlts For
yeafs ~ had safked On ar average
81 = haufs dsy. and Il was this
oser~tasatior - the brmln that
hFaashf % inN1uHnis and Temporary
lsANs ffss.
Mr.. Ridai~ stated today that Mr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

It is believed that the explosion
was caused 10 cover murder and
probably robbery. as the heads and
bodies OF the Italian proprietor and
his wife had been gashed deeply.
apparently with a cieaver. and they
were known 10 be possessed Of
considerable sum OF money. Their
babe was found asleep between
them. unin iured.
All the surrounding building were
Violently shaken aud hofus OF them
10 badly damaged that they viii
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

Legislation designed 10 compel re-
taiieFs to marx The contents 81 pack
ages Of prepared fuo1 All pae Rage
foed now IL ahnft ffpfu 70 10 70 per
cent. IN both weights and measures.
Comssost Of Seattle has a bill
which IL soon 20 cofne IN. 10 eiifnin-
ate f1iiieA canned goods, extracts
and many other articles from the
operations % the pure food Law. The
Law ss cunninslF Eordcd and E'pod
Commissioner Mcdonald arrived to-
day from Seattle to expose Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09
HOOPER YOUNG
PLEADS GUILTY
To Murder in the Second Degree and Is Sen
fenced to Life Tern at Sing Sing

TO fhe court that he was willing to
srfeft the plea OF guilty Of murder
In ths second degree. and the court
s<3Hinef bis willingness 20 accept "
4isr Attorney Hart then retired TO
the fure room. where Young had
been confined durtng the consuita-
tieo. ana returned with hts client.
wbe Immediately pleaded guilty TO
the charge Of murder In the second
degree. The jury was excused and
the couft pronounced scntence OF
confinement at hard labor for life In
nfn4 sing prison.
II IL Believed that founa's mother,
Mira. willard. who arrived from her
home IL f.oosyis. Wash. ON Saturday,
Induced the change Of action.
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NEW YORK. Feb. a.--When the
trial Of william Hooper Young was
resumed this morning. the defendant
pleaded guilty TO murder In the Sec
ond degree. which the court scrept<
ed and Immediately paused a ltfs
sentence.
The plea came as a surprise 10 the
entire courtroom. Young was
brought into court looking pale ans
hnFKard. Lawyer Hart said thai HE
client was ready 20 submit a plea Of
guilty In = lesser degree than murder
IN the tirst degree. The prisoner
was removed 20 the jury room. ana
Hart held a short conference with
District Attorney Jerome. After .
brief conference Jerome announced
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COMMISSION

irlfu.knEI.rufA. Feb D. Iiefare
thf largest analeues yut assembled
AZ the anthracite hearing Attorney
Mccarthy this fFlefniuR began the
clnains argument IA behalf u the
union miners, Ne showed wonderful
terhnieal knowledge 90 the eontte-
VcrHy anI made an eioaurut speech
His attack on the Independent epefs
atofa WAS most hittef The other aps
erdorH we're discussed mofe judi
cihiiy
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eRlID JURY RESUMES
IT'S SESSION

- supssr essss srans barry re-
~''rsd as&n sAis r'ssnsas after a
- = nps< nan , eeek. The
rp<rt ~ forenoon IN can .
is4nftaE< lnsiictrenfs ~hlrh
- I'll br returnsf hssfor~
~ rigne2x<. wer. pmli !
- vl<a<~ " the affsrnnon
- -. q W. HFarssn. n
~A - <a- called for l.
- ras followed . few
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

ALTOONA, Pa. Feb. s.-Twenty-
five dead bodies were round after
an explosion Of dynamite In an
Italian lodginghouse at Portage.
which partially wrecked the build :
ing. Twelve other persons were
more or less injured. while large
number were preclpitatcd into the
cellar unhuTt when the floors coll
iapssd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

Thsy's cut 81 date who says they
ase pray taiif
who sets himself 10 Judge our aPE~.
fffesf
We. Who for years. have sat way
down In front.
Can Ne givs 40 cur diary rifls 10
--~f
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Pratt had been a very alex man fos
year past. Several month"; aao
he went 90 California to ret and ~.
curefate
AZ tiinea during the past few
months ana particularly during the
PAST nNe uf Hix weeks. | have no.
ticed peculiafities about hls actions.
oat ! never thaasht seriously 81
Them until learned % hts death this
morning" said Mr.. Riddle.
Members % his family and other
friends have also noticod these pe.
cutiarltiea In Mr.. prattn actions
Feceutiy. This confirms the heilrf
that MIR. Pratt taek his life during
a nj u temporary innaalty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

Hars to cur wall. We Of The shiny
tatee.
We're cheated sssiy ehsatsd-of
our rights.
Foe fsshion's ordered that those
chorus gifia.
No rsscrr shall scanpcr DER the stase
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n~.,s one Of the inosl
~ w.
49, known lawyer,
<rrlsrH e.N
"a. rttv commit.
a r1rreat<s "
-. t.ts r.h,ttv.
- ...,.lnx .horti,
- ssers<s N"
-. ~ shooting himself
~ w.
- N-.rt with q shotgun
uVf4 -
-, s,,nna . icng Illness was
a. -
=. .,..-t,..,
4 fv1St ~s< an ~ '''''s
..... -.
4 ~ city ana =" ~
=. - ,,..st. Intelligence,
csanr>t<d ~
...~ssrsfs in ssiitorial
al fsr
- - vas an fsngiishma a
Nm - IA served In the nrit'
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4el5LATIvE PROCEEDINGS
e1Iol ovaRaun wlrr toas usra-a.nxsa~ r,a.- ..,o
n NAVE OPENED SACK

Bank Of Commcres ~ Seattle. out
q business. There arr rufnora Of a
big sack and Legislators with sharp
ened scent and ears TO the ground
are tn hot purzuff The foreign
banks will fight the bill vigorously.
u fofues M for artf0n before the
senate banking COMMITTEES tomorrow
night.
xrce~Fe are here 70 back up proposed
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DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
I'M AN ITALIAN L0DGlNG-A0USE
KILLS TWENTY-FIVE
Crime Supposed TO Have Been Committed TO Cover
Up Murder and Robbery Of Proprietor
and His Wife

probably have 20 be condemned ana
torn down. Tho explosion took
place shortly before daylight. and
created intense excitement for a
time. many people running into the
streets IN their nlRhtciotbee from the
neishborinR buildings.
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Attorney JOHN w.
PRATT A SUICIDE
LIGHT AND POWER QUESTION BALLOT
To the Clerk OF City Council.
Seattle. Wash.

To the Clerk OF City Council
Seattle. Wash.
Dear Sir--f wish 10 VOTE - on the ques-
ton OF granting amended light and power franchise
to the Seattle Cataract compssy which viii enable that
company to compete for electric light and power bust
equal with the Seattle Electric Company,
In this city.
Rsspsatfuiiy yours.
City.
write address
out this and mail rh~
Seattle WASH Do u today1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

The Scandinavian American bank.
~ Seattle. has opened a branch In
ballard and began receiving depoa-
It's this morning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-09

Chicken thieves fsided the herr
house al III Main street, belonging
from the4f Foosf
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15

WORSE THAN FAMINE.
Starving Firms Say Russian oppres.
sion Is Far Worse Than Hunger.

Starving Firms Say Russian oppres.
sion Is Far Worse Than Hunger.
Heartrending stories of restitution
and distress are told by DR.. Louis
Klopsch of the Christian Herald, who
has returned from his Good Samaritan
work in Finland and Sweden.
DIR. Klopsch represented the Finnish
famine relief fund, to which charitable
Americans contributed close to $780,
600, and his tour included the famine
stricken districts in which 100000 un-
fortunates are still struggling to keep
body and soul together with coarse
bread as their sole article of food.
. Accompanied by ellison .Willets,
New York Correspondent, DR.. Klopsch
made the long trip across the snow
barrens of Finland on sleds, Sleeping
at posthouses, visiting the famine
stricken homes and studying the
methods of relief employed by the Fin
nish committee that handles the mon
ey and does the practical work.
Il cannot overdraw the picture of
Finland's misery" said the doctor.
The famine is practically in evry home
but that is only half, the smaller half,
of the woe that fills the country:
Russian oppression is even harder
to bear than hunger, and wherever
went half famished Firms cried of me
in their suffering. Better to starve
than to live as Russian serfs.'
Since last October no man, woman
nv nh IN %ho Co. ~
tasted meat, fish, or anything save
bread. Until few weeks ago they
managed ii live in some miraculous
fashion upon hunger bread-a taste
less, crusty substance made of chop
ped straw and pine bark scrappings
mixed with little rye -four Now the
Finnish relief committe of Helsing-
fors armed with American money has
placed good flour in every home
Enough to last through the black days
right at hand.
''In another week the snow will be-
gin to melt and the Films in their iso-
lated homes will be practically cut off
from communication with the outer
world"
THE Films are wonderfully hardy
people, and they live on under crush
ing conditions that would mean GER
tain death to their southern brethren.
I'm even little snow-bound villages
the school children turned out to greet
me, singing the natural air of Finland
in voices weakened by hunger. Amer.
lean charity never won a larger return
of genuine gratitude"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
BOILED TO RREvlrY.

To the new state telephone line the
riksdag has appropriated 2,759,4OO
crowns.
E. D. Johnson, Swede, residing at
Everett, Wash, has taken contract
to erect sawmill at Iloilo, Philippine
islands.
A Swedish glee club has been or
ganized at Providence, R. l., for the
uplifting of Swedish songs and social
entertainment
The population of Stockholm is at
present FOG, 115-13S,352 men and 1877
1853 women-an increase during the
past year of 1920
It is rumored that Geberal Bobrikoff
is soon to vacate the Office of governor
general Of Finland, and that Prince
Obiensky has been selected to sue
coed him.
The Norwegian Workingmen's union
has been sued by some mechanics at
Rorus, Norway, who claim that the so.
ciety failed to fulfill its promise to re-
store the strikers to their former
places; also that the society had
agreed to give more aid than was rem
dered the strikers.
The Swedish oratorical contest be-
tween the Augustana, Bethany and
Gustavus Adolphus collttes will take
place on Saturday, May l6, at s. p. M,
at the Augustana church, Minneapolis,
in connection with the annual meeting
~ tho y Minnacr,<os -, %oronne sf5s \ STA
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NEWS -lN.eRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires In a Con-
densed Form. Q5

Overflow From the Wires In Con.
densed Form.
Tom Sharkey beat Duncan Mcmillan
In q wrestling match, catch-as-catch.
can, at the New London opera house
at New London, Conn.
Hon. David Mills, justice of the gu
preme court and former minister Of
justice in the Laurier government,
died suddenly at Ottawa, Ont.
The commission OF Senior Don Joa.
quin Walker-Martinez, Chilean minis
ter to the United States, has been ex-
tended so as to accredit him also to
Mexico.
Miss Louise Hadley, chamber.
maid at the Hotel English in Indian
apolis, has been discharged for re.
fusing to make a bed occupied by
Booker T. Washington the night be.
fore.
The statement of the gross postal
receipts of the United States for the
month of April as compared with
April, 1902, shows an increase of lit.
IIe over IL per cent. New YORK IN
creased over per cent and Chicago
over Is per cent.
In view of the abolition Of the duty
on grain the British government an
nounces that it will refund the full
duty on imported stock held on the
evening of June 80 by millers and
wholesale dealers, provided the
amount of this duty reaches G25.
Secretary Root has directed that
Gen. Greeley, chief of signal corps of
the army, attend the meeting of inter-
national telegraph associations at
London, and he will sail next week.
Gen. Greeley will participate in the
discussion of cable codes and other
similar subjects.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.
st. Paul, May 8. - Wheat - No. 1
Northern. 77@77 lie; No. Northern,
76@76 1-2c; No. 8, 70 1-2@74c. Corn
No. 3, 43@45c; No. 4, Al q ACC; no
grade, 37@S9c. Rye-No. 2, 47@4sc.
Barley-Malting grades, 45@55c: feed
grades. 35@4Oc.
Minneapolis, May 9. - Wheat-No
1 hard, 70 lac; No. 1 Northern,
u lac; No. Northern, 76 1-4c.
Duluth, May 8. - Wheat - No.
hard, 70 3Sc; No. Northern, II 5-Sc;
No. 2 Northern, rs 5-Sc; flax, $1.13 IL;
oats, 80 1-2c; rye, soc; barley, S5@51c.
Milwaukee. May - Wheat - No.
Northern. SO@SO 1-2c; No. 2 North.
ern, u q zoe. Rye - No. l, So 1-2c.
Barley--No. 2, $4,000. Oats-Stand.
ard. 35@35 1-2c. Corn-July, A 3-4c.
Chicago, May 9. - Wheat - No.
2. red. 70 1-2@79c; No. red, 71@77c;
No. hard winter, 7S@76c; No. 8 hard
wintes, 70 @ 75c; No. 1 Northern
spring, SO@S1c; No. 2 Northern
spring, 79@80 1-2c; No. spring, TO
79c. Corn-No. 2, "A 1-2@45c; No. 3,
44@44 1-2c. Oats-No. 2, 32c; No. 3,
10000 1-2c
Sioux City, Iowa, May 9. - Cattle
- Beeves, 81 q S; COWS. bulls and
mixed, s2@4.25; stocllers and feeders,
$3.50@4.70; calves and yearlings, $50
AGO; hogs, s6.5O@6.s5; bulk, $4,000
$3.50
Chicago, May 9. Cattle - Good
prime steers, $5@5.50; stockers and
feeders, SS@4.90; COWS, $1.5O@4.9O;
heifers. s2.5O@5.25; calves, s2.5O@6;
Texas-fed steers, s4@4.75. Hogs -
Mixed and butchers, $6.8O@7; rough
heavy, S6.S0@6.95; light, s6.GO@69O;
bulk of sales, s6.SO@7 .05. Sheep -
Good to choice wethers, s4.75@5.5O;
fair to choice mixed, $3.75 q AGO;
Western sheep. S4.GO @ 5.35; nativa
lambs, $4.5O@6.75.
South st. Paul, May g. Cattle -
Good to choice steers. s4.5O@5; good
to choice COWS and heifers,, $3.25@4;
good to choice feeding steers, $3.50
4.25: steer calves, So q 3; good to
choice stock COWS and heifers, s2.4O@
2.75. Hogs = Price range, s6.4O %
6.921- bulk. se.6o@6.65. Sheep -
Good to choice shorn lambs. $5.75@6;
fair to good, $5@5.75; heavy, s4.5O@5:
culls and stock ewes. $2.5003.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
Killed a Rowdy.

A manslaughter case which is at
tracing some attention in Sweden is
that OF Arvid Johanson of Hill parish,
near Geae, who is under arrest for
causing the death of Carl Bostrum.
The latter was amusing himself by
throwing stones through the windows
of the Good Templars' hall, where an
entertainment was in progress. Arvid
and his brother Simon went out to
put a stop to the outrage. Bostrum
rushed to attack Simon, when his
brother stepped in and struck the for
mer with his fist, knocking him down
with such force that Bostrum sus-
tanned fatal injuries. The prisoner is
but eighteen years of age and a most
estimable young man.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
HAS BLACK SMALLPOX.

Alarm Spreads Through the Cities In
the Hibbing District.
Duluth, May 8.-What is described
rs black smallpox, the most deadly
and virulent form of the disease, has
made its appearance in Hibbing. the
largest town on the Mesaba range and
there is talk of quarantining the
place. One death has occurred and
there are other cases, one report being
eight cases, another seventeen and an
other twenty-four. The people of Hib.
bling are alarmed at the danger of con-
tinuance of what threatens to be an
epidemic, and this fear is felt in CHS
holm, Buell. and other Mesaba towns
and the numerous mining locations.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
DISAPPEARS ON JOURNEY.

Man Is Missing From the Car on
Which He Was Travelling.
Aberdeen, s. D., May 9.-Charles D.
Sport, who started with car of house
hold goods and stock from Vinccnnes,
Ind, is missing and his family is
very much worried over his disappear
ance. He is known to have reached
Chicago ON April 80 with his car and
was all right at that time. The car
reached here with one of the side
doors cleated open about eight inches.
The animals appeared to have not
been fed for day or two. 1t is feared
that he has met with foul play, or has
been injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
THE BROTHER PEOPLE.
An Organization Formed to Promote
Norweeian-Swedish Fraternity.


Norweeian-Swedish Fraternity.
In Christiania there was recently es-
tablished the Brother Peoples We'll
fare, an organization of Swedes and
Norwegians to promote more friendly
relations between the two countries.
foundation of branches all over the
United Kingdom and arrange for un-
ion meetings of young peoples socie-
ties, etc.
The Norwegian branch has about
600 members and the Swedish mem
bers are of about the same number.
About sixty delegates from Stock
holm attended the Christiania meeting
and the new organization. "Brodra-
folkens VAL" in Seedish and "Broder-
folkenes Vel" in Norwegian was au-
spiciously launched. The proceedings
were conducted under the greatest
enthusiasm.
Among those elected to the execu-
tive board were the following Norwe-
gians: Attorney Thorne of Dram
men; Lieutenant-C Colonel knott, Gen
eral Secretary Martens, Bjorn Born
son, Hr. Lovenskold, Editor Gjerloff,
Professor Jaeger, Mrs Gjertsen, DR.. j.
c. Holm, Gen. Thauaow, Miss Jorstad,
Col. Vogt and Mrs. Kjaer.
To the Swedish section, Candidate
Aurelius, Consul General Berenkreutz,
Prof. E. W. Cronquist, Editor Henrik
Hedlund, Prof. Franz Lund, Capt. Fes-
tin, Messrs. Beckman and kronlund of
the Swedish riksdag, Capt. c.. A.
Wulff, Justice Staaf, Miss Baath-Holm-
berg and President OLSON of the labor
council in Stockholm.
The next general meeting will be
held year hence in Stockholm. The
meeting broke up in three times three
cheers for the organization.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
The Charities Win.

A lawsuit over the estate of Mrs.
Borjeson, who died about year ago,
has been decided against her relatives.
Her first will disposed of her entire
estate to charitable institutions in
Sweden, but the second left all her
property to King Oscar without condi-
'tions. As 1t could not be found, how
ever, the relatives contended that the
property fell to them, as the. missing
will clearly repealed the former The
Swedish courts, would not sustain this
position. however, and declared the
first will to be valid. 81 s58. ss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
DAM FOR BIG MILLS.

Capitalists Are Looking Into the Pow.
er at Brunette Falls.
Eau Claire, Wis, May 8.-The legis-
lature having passed bill granting q
charter to the Cornell Land and Pow
er Company Of Eau Claire to erect a
dam not to exceed forty feet in height
across the Chippewa river at Brunette
falls, capitalists are said to have in
spected the location and they may
erect large paper and pulp mills there.
Brunette falls Is eight miles above
Jim falls, where D. R. and w. l.. Davis
have already begun building dam, at
which another large paper and pulp
plant will be built this summer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
Firms. FOR ALASKA.

A West Coast Company Is to Eneour.
age Colonization.
The proposition to colonize the agri-
cultural lands of Central and South.
eastern Alaska with Films at last
seems to be on the point of being &C.
complished, says the San Francisco
Enterprise. An organization known
as the Alaska Colony company has
for a long time been pursuing extern
sive Investigations as to the character
of the soil in Alaska, and has estab.
lished the fact that the soil there is so
infinitely superior to the soil in Fin.
land that those hardy people will find
the task of tilling it simply beyond
their dreams.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
Discuss Compulsory Arbitration.

In the Danish Folktf/ag there has
been considerable debate over the
proposition of the Danish Christian
union for compulsory arbitration for
the settlement Of strikes and other
labor disturbances. The establish
ment of such plan will, it is argued,
prevent great deal of distress and
trouble. Several members have, how
ever declared themselves as opposed
to the plan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
! News 81. the Northwest13
HAMLINE COMES THIRD.

Prizes Are Awarded In oratoricaI Con.
4 test Of Colleges
4 Sioux City, Iowa, May 9. - The in.
terstate oratorical contest, in which
six states were represented, was won
last night by Harry G. Culver of Cor
nell college, Mount Vernon, Iowa;
subject, IA Political Problem" The
prize was $50. Miss Florence Hope,
Grand Island college, Neb., was Sec
ond; Irwin B. Wood, Hamline UNIVERSE
ty, st. Paul, third. Others in the con-
test were Garland c. Greeve, Central
college, Fayette, Mo-; James G. Getty,
Hedding college, Abingdon, ILL.,, and
Warren Barber, Ripon college, Wis.
These six orators were the survivors
of a contest in which forty-four COL
leges took part.