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Douglas Island news., 1903-06-10

Dawson promises to hold it's position as the most wonderful mining camp in the world. The gold dust received at the banks there in two days amounted to sl,25o,OOO.
 The Alaska Commercial Company has disposed of it's mercantile business at Nome and it's warehouses at Chinek, Golovin Bay, intending to confine it's business to Dawson and Yukon River points, except at St. Michael, it's prin- cipal shipping station.
 A branch of the Alaska Citizens League was organized at Haines, May 26, with 37 members. R. M. Odell is president and I. Sowerby, secretary. T. A. Marquam, J. Blsnkenburg and K. M. Odell were elected members of the central committee.
 The ice is breaking up in Lake Ben nett. It i, clear at the head of the lake and down it some distance. There is also open space at or near the foot of the lake, but for miles in the centre the ice still holds fast.
 The citizens of Valdez have taken municipal matters into their own hands. At mass meeting they de- clared three places in the city council vacant, and proceeded to elect men to fill them. The deposed councilmen have moved from the town.
 There seems to be no end to the gold belt that traverses Alaska. It matters not in what direction one may travel, gold it seems can always beIfound. The latest discovery is about four hundred miles north of the previously north ernmost find.
 Alexander R. Ryan became involved in dispute with c. w. Gompertz, manager of the P. P. IN. Go. cannery at Kenia, and introduced 30-30 rifle into the argument, with no other re- suit, however, than that he wound up in the clutches of the law.
 The Treadgold concession and other mining leases in the Yukon are to be made the subject of inquiry by gov ernment commission. Judge Britt, of the Ontario high court of justice, and E. Emile, of the government engineer ing staff, have been named as the com missioners.
 Whitehorse, June 3.-There is no change in the outlook on Lake La Barge or Tagish, It rained last night and the water is some higher this morn ing, registering Il inches above low water, yet the date for the beginning of navigatian seems almost as far off as 1t did week ago.
 Capt. H. P. Ritter of the Geodetic survey came up on the Nome City with party of IS men. They went to Orca where the Geodetic survey boat Taku has been tied up for the winter. They will put the vessel in commission and continue the surveys of Prince William sound where they left off last fall.- Valdez News.
 According to the Tacoma Ledger 9 party is being formed in that city for the purpose of locating timber elaine in Alaska. The neighborhood mention ed as the scene of the probable stalking is back of Juneau,s ,swhere spruce, pine and some cedar and fir are found, es' timated to run from four to seven mil. lions of feet to the claim.
Douglas Island news., 1903-06-10
The NorthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody

Valdez will have beer factory.
 A smelter is talked of for Valdez. Council City will have two churches. Skaeway saloon men get license for s1OOO.
 s5 placer ground has been discovered near Afognak.
 The government wharf at Sitks is nearing completion.
 It now costs only s5o.OO to ride from Skagwsy to Dawson.
 The Scandinsvians are clearing out of Skagway by the dozen.
 The municipal political pot is begin ming to boil at Skagway.
 Skagtown is agitating the question of Fourth of July celebration.
 The fats and leans play baseball at Skagway with keg of beer on third base.
 Whitney and Pedlsr, Whitehorse merchants, are now located in a fine new store.
 The Whitehorse public schools will close for a six-months vacation about June 24th. According to the Alaskan Sitka has human serpent who is firninst Dec oration Day.
 The Indians are bringing in fur seal skins to sitka, and disposing of them at SIS per.
 The steamer Sybil was the first boat of the season to reach Dawson from the upper river.
 The Crater mine at Whitehorse is at a standstill, on account of scarcity oi mine laborers.
 Joe Choynski and Nick Burley have signed to fight during the present month in Dawson.
 It is said that the Juneau liquor deal CTS will have to pay the same old sl5OO or elling booze next year.
 Judge Cobb reports ten stamps drop, ping at the Snettishsm Gold Mining Company's mill.-Dispatch.
 skagway will celebrate on July 4th A brass band, red lemonade, cannon era ckers, &c, will all be provided.
 Prof. Leonhart, "the Prince of th' Air", made successful balloon ascen sion and parachute leap at Whitehorse
 The steamer Oregon of the White ] Star S. s. Go. sailed from Seattle or May 31st with 576 passengers for Nome
 John Frame, editor of the Junesu Record Miner. has turned stage actor and may the Lord have mercy on hi' soul.
 The Council City water supply il ,lcontrolled by one man, who maintain' his position by the indiscriminate us' of his fists.
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Sale of Brass and Metal Beds.
Just An Incident In Our Great August Furniture Sale.
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pr ised at s5.ooOooO They have now an
appraised value OF s70,0O00GO.
The police stations owned by the city
and not rented from private individuals.
including Police Headquarters in Mulberry
street, were appra ised in 1871 at $500. Geo.
They are now apprS Used at 81, 100000
The fire houses. appraised AT 81 5CO0 900
in 1871, are now appraised at s2,aOo,OOo,
In 1871 New York had no bridge connect-
ing this city with Brc oklyn and it had only
"a few old-rashioneG bridges com Getting,
across the Harlem NJ nh,tt9n ltltLd ' i'm
what is now the boiough of The BI onA.
There is now The Brooklyn Bridge IN Lsc,
the Williamsburg bridge is nearing COM
nletiou, three file new bridges span Mo
Harlc m several minor bridges connect
Manhattan and The Bronx, and the fou rCa-
tions for . third bridge to ccrncO NJ -
haitian with brooklyn ATE Under way. 7ra
value of the city's property in hrit IS
acl oss the Fast River, T. .rlrm rrd ,he
Now town Creek il c"iigIAtel ut SIS GRO Ct0
In the Sppraist IA, mad" u ttnntRl
Park in 1871 there were figured l0Wn iGls
at $40. 0GO apis Ct, total Of 500 Geo, 0C0, 1!c
number Of city lots within the bounGali' 8
of the Park is s;ill 10000, bru the present
estimate of their valuc is S20,OCO apiece, Ut
$500, 900 900, exclusive Of he value Of build
ings in the Park, Of which The Metropolitan
Museum IL the most important.
In 1871 the city had jwenty minor parks,
the appraised value OF which was s33, eco 600.
1t has now large increase OF small pork
area, the present value of the small parks
on Manhattan Island being put at sG0.Oo0.-
900.
The city OF New York owns the Croton
Aqueduct and reservoir system, the present
value Of which Ia appraised al $50 900 600.
There lis besides an appraise ment Of s22 .0C0.-
900 for the value Of the subway and S42, 500
900 for markets. courts. hospitals, armories,
jails, public libraries and minor city hold
ings.
IN all, the city's real estate, valued in
1871 at t3o6 900 900, IN now appraised at $780,
O0O, 900, pretty large increase In thirty-two
years. These figures do not include tho
ctys property In Brooklyn, The Rruoas
Queens or Staten Island. 49,
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repeal bill was passed the checks and
stamps and stamped paper began to ar
rive on every train. They came from
every State in the Union and from distant
Hawaii ard Alaska.
At first the bundles were piled in the
spare room in the stamp division OF the
Treasury Department, on the second floor
of the building In a few days the packages
began to come by the drayload. They
the second floor corridors and piled along
the wall.
With each day the piles grew They
rose TO the ceiling of tho corridor. They
spread along the corridors until they
stretched the entire length Of the building
on the west side.
Then came the supervising architect Of
the building. He shook his head grayely
and demonstrated that the stamps and
stamped paper in the great marble corridor
weighed more than 800 tons lie said
that the supports Of the building were not
strong enough to bear this additional
weight and ordered the papers removed.
A building was rented few blocks from
the Treasury Department. and under the
supervision of bonded employee the
work of counting the stamps and making
up the claims was started there
Some OF the checks sent with stamps
for redemption we're wonders OF the print
ers art This was parilu arly true or
checks of individuals and the banks Of Bos-
ton. The paper was thick and glazed,
gilt edged and tinted, and the blank checks
we're engraved from steel, They were
bound in morocco.
There were checks which the claimants
said cost, without the stamps attached.
from to 70 cents each This was true OF
the safety checks. Some Of these were
printed on safety paper which had gloss
hardly discernble TO the naked eye, but
which would rub off the moment the surface
was slightly scratched and permit ink TO
spread under the surface In a black. un-
slightly blotch over space two inches
in diameter, thus showing clearly that an
attempt had been made to alter the checks.
Then there we're other forms OF safety
checks, printed much like a money order,
where a certain tearing away OF coupons
showed the value Of the checks and further
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mental fields under Prof. Holden's control
the yield has never been less than ~ bushels
since 1895.
The owner Of 1000 acres of corn ground
at Oldebolt, Ia. this spring bought six
corn planters and put them to work hur-
riedly. He has e 1amined his field and found
stand Of 1914 stalks to each hill. He
estimates his loss ct $4,000. He has told
that hereafter Ire will plant according to
the Holden method.
"Aw, that isn't practical" objected a
farmer in one Of Prof. Holden's meetin gs.
THE idea Ct my sorting grains of corn by
hand have something better to do"
"All right answered Prof. Holden,
We will say that you have the work done
by man to whom you pay 81 g. day He
will sort at least bushel Of shelled corn
every day.
That bushel will plant seven acres Of
ground The fact that it has been sorted
will add at least ten bushels TO the acre
yield. Al an average price Of 20 cents q.
bushel that would mean a return of SCI
for the 81 you invested in having the corn
sorted.
But you can do il "a we'll on winter even
ings when il will have cost you nothing"
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EASY WEALTH FOR FARMERS.
PROF. HOLDEN'S NEW IDEA
ABOUT nov no PLANT CORN.
IT Adopted He Estimates That II Will Add
ASO, OOO.OOO Bushels to the Crop Of
the Corn Belt--And II Would Require
Only q Few winter Evenings Work.

sioux CITY, Ia, Aug, s.-"Let every
farmer in the seven great corn States give
few winter evenings and 100000 900
bushels will be added to the annual crop
of the corn belt.
In these words Prof. p. G. Holden of
the Ames Agricultural College summarizes
the results 10 be expected Of the campaign
instituted by himself and the Iowa Corn
Growers Association.
II isn't increased acreage that Prof.
Holden wants: it is better results from the
present acreage. II IN not by any artificial
culture that he would bring about these
results. He promises that they shall be
realized if the farmer does the simple thing
of putting hundred live kernels Of corn in
every thirty hills,
Entirely new in agriculture is the ex-
detrimental work Of Prof. Holden, and
throughout Iowa he has convinced meet
ings OF farmers that for once a professor
in an agricultural college has a reform
that ia thoroughly practical. In word,
his plan requires only the sorting by hand
Of seed corn and the filing Of plates in corn
planters in such way as to drop the re-
CURED number Of grains Of corn in each
hill,
To find how much the farmers Of Iowa
are losing each year by not properly plant
ing corn, Prof. Holden last year sent 1000
letters to all parts of Iowa asking the num-
Der Of stalks In each hill In corn fields.
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caring would reduce the value.

tearing would reduce the value.
There was still another form Of check
deliberately engraved which contained
in its centre a glowing sun The name Of
the person to whom the check was given
was written in the centre. The rays
Of the central sun could then be so
arranged by folding and tearing that the
amount Of the check could be shown and
never altered
All these expensive checks were returned
to the persons sending them, after the
stamps imprinted on them had been pierced
by punch about the size of lead pencil,
Up to this time there have been 80 300
packages Of all sorts and sizes offered at
the Treasury Department, containing
$4,000 claims for redemption. The Gov
eminent has refunded thus far, in round
numbers, S., 100000. The bulk of the work
has been done Every stamp or stamped
piece Of paper must be in the hands Of the
Treasury officials before July , 1904, as that
is the time limit for redemption set by the
law.
The largest claim which has been made
and paid by the Government in connection
with the redemption operations was that
OF the Pullman car company. That CON
Germ spent three months in preparing its
claim. II employed four men during that
period to sort and arrange the thousands
and hundreds of thousands of sleeping
car seat and berth tickets, all of which bore
stamps.
The company had perhaps the largest
amount Of stamped paper on hand Of any
concern in the United States. When finally
assembled, the tickets filed thirty-one
boxes and weighed. in all, eight tons. The
boxes contained not fewer than 100000
tickets or receipts as the Pullman coma
pany received Government warrant in
excess of S45, 900.
These statements as to the redemptio on
of stamps and stamped paper indicate but
small part Of the real work done by the
Government in connection with the redemp-
tion operations. If proprietary and beer
and tobacco stamps be taken into considera-
ton, the value OF the redemption reaches
at least s25, 900. 900. There was rebate on
tobacco in packages which resulted in the
fling of not less than 10000 Claims and
the payment Of not less than u 900 900. 50.
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He found that the stand was but rs per
cent. of what he has demonst rated will
produce the largest yield, and last years
corn crop was generally considered a good
stand The other day he himself Inspected
twenty-four of the best corn fields he could
find.
IL found" he reported to a meeting of
the Iowa Corn Growers Association in
Sioux City, from 50 to 88.2 per cent. of
u perfect stand The average loss was
Il do not mean by this that the field that
has five stalks in each hill IL better than
one with four and that hills Of six stalks
that the best results are obtained from
an average of about three and third stalks
to a hill
II have found one stalk in hill will pro-
duce but one-third as much corn al proper
number OF stalks, two stalks three-fourths
Of yield and five stalks three-fourths
OF yield. In making my tables | counted
either three or four stalks 100 per cent.
stand.
For ten years the average yield of corn
in Iowa has been approximately IS bushels.
A yield of thirty-five bushels with 10 per
cent, stand, which is the average found
in number Of years, would become fifty
bushels with 100 per cent. stand
The acreage planted in corn In the seven
States growing over l00,OOO,0OO bushels
of corn in 1902 was: Illinois, 0,82S $40;
Iowa. $500 ,8Ss; Nebraska, 7,Sl7 1862; Kansas.
7,45i 1893; Missouri. GIFTS, 1893; Indiana, 1870.
937; Ohio, 3.2O0,22l.
The combined acreage was about AZ ,O00,-
900 A gain OF ten bushels an acre, or q
30 per cent. stand, which Prof. Holden
thinks is easily attainable, would mean an
increase in the annual yield Of these States
Of 4SO 00O, 900 bushels.
On the big Funk farm at Bloomington,
ILL.,, Prof. Holden's theory was carried
out last year. Several thousand acres
were planted with seed sorted by hand.
through planters adjusted 10 drop the
proper number Of kernels.
Previously, the best yield was IS bushels
an acre. Last year the average was "a
bushels. OF the gain, Prof. Holden esti-
mates 30 per cent. was due to the stand
and 20 per cent to the excellent germin-
ating power Of the seed In tho export
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PAYING THE WAR TAX CLAIMS.
A GREAT TASK UNDER WAY AT
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Three Hundred Tons OF stamps and At amped
Paper Sent In for RedemptiOn-Eight
Tons OF Pullman Tickets AlOne-ElabO.
rate Chccks.-sBO, 600 Warrants Signed.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.--Charles Hallam
Keep sat at his desk yesterday with a pile
OF Treasury warrants eight inches high
before him. As fast as the colored mes
SeAger beside him could pass them of
The pile and blot them, he signed them
as Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury.
IT'S the last 5000 OF the 10000" he said,
and then went on to explain that he was
signing the Treasury warrants for the pay
ment Of 10000 claims for the redemption
Of war revenue stamps which were left
unused in the hands of the purchasers
al the time the war taxes were repealed.
IL was the last act in the process Of cash
ing in about 300 tons Of valueless paper
IN the form of blank stamped drafts,
stamped checks or stamps in sheets.
More than fifty temporary employees
nave been engaged in this work. The ex-
pense Of the process to the Government
mas been in excess Of $4,000.
Every stamp had to be carefully counted
and then under the supervision Of a COM
mhtee OF Treasury officials carried 10 the
furnaces and burned. or else cancelled.
AFTER there had been Endorsement after
Endorsement and certification after certifi-
cation to the effect that the stamps had
Deem accounted for, a warrant on the Treas
ury was issued to the person who for
"arded the stamps, and their face value
was secured
within three weeks after the war revenue
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THE (TTY'S REAL ESTATE.
That In Manhati an valued ~ @2GS ,OOO. 900
I'm 1874 and at &5OO. OOO, 600 Now.

In 1871, when renl estate values in New
York city attained their highest point for
that period, three well-known real estate
agents made an appraisement of all the
property in real estate owned by the city.
For the purposes OF taxation the Com
missioners Of Taxes and Assessments make
each year an appraisement OF all the city's
real estate. A comparison between the
valuations Of 1871 and those Of tho present
year IL of interest.
In 1871 the value Of school property,
school sites and buildings In Manhattan
was appraised at $4,000. 900. This years.
appraisement In a2o, lbs 900.
In 1871 the piers on the North aud Eat
rivers TO tho number " seventy were sp-
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Brass Bedsteads.
Al $I9.75, Regular 5000 Con-

Al $I9.75, Regular 5000 Con-
tinuous bent pillar, 3 feet 3 feet 3
inch, 4 feet, 4 tee, 3 inch sizes.
At $27.5O, Regular $36.0O--l19-
inch continuous bent pillar, ornamented
spindles, 3 feet, 3 feet g inch, q feet.
4 ieet 3 inch sizes.
At $3.50, Regular $4,000
inch pillar, bow foot, fancy filling, pol
let finish, 3-toot size.
At S35.75, Regular S45.00-2-inch
continuous bent pillar, large husks
and fancy spindles, 3 feet 3 feet 3
inch, 4 feet, 4 feet 8 inch sizes
At $4,000, Regular $500
Two.inch continuous bent pillar, large
filling. very massive, 4 feet. 4 feet 3
inch sizes.
At $4,000, Regular S5S.OO--Two-
inch pillars. ornamented scroll design,
= pollet finish, 4 feet 8 inch size.
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At Sl6.95, Regular $4,000.
Brass Bedstead, ~ inch pillars
4 feet 6 inches and 3-feet sizes

At $1,000. Regular $l2O.O0-Two-
inch pillars, ornamented scroll design,
4 feet 8 inch size.
At $500, Regular $4,000 Two.
inch pillars, ornamented scroll design,
4 feet inch size.
Iron BedSteadS.
At $l.95, Regular $3.45-White
enamel. 4 fee; g inch size.
At Sl.95. Regular S2.75 White en-
amel. 3 feet size.
At SOS, Regular S3.7S white en-
amel, } feet, 3 feet inch, 4 feet, 4 fee,
9 inch sizes.
Az $4.35, Regular $5.5O--White en-
smel, ! inch pillar, brass top rod, vases
and mounts; 3 feet, feet 6 inch. 4 feet,
4 feet 8 inch sizes.
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At S24.75, Regular $50. 90.
Erass Bedstead, 2-nch pillars,
4 feet inches feet and 3-fe:t sizes.

S5.25, Regular S6.75Whie At S.95-A vel! mad.
enamel, inch pillars straight wire All sizes
brass rod and A. 55c woh 7Oc sna feather
mounts inch ,;Tows ,cLn, ~
AT $5.95. Regular S8.75Whhe F " ~ - ~
enamel or namned scroll design S265, S3.3s-Lag
fee6 inchsi feather pillows ticking
S665, Regular S9O0-WGie At $685. Worth ST. so
fancy A. ticking
dies feet. ) feet inch, feet
inch sizes s,o-o , Al S7.65, S0.5O-Special
en0me. heavy pillars and bras Wv, F' "
rod feet, g inch, Al, 40, M
and feet sizes AZ $3.50 "oit" @Ifoo psi"
At $780, Regular $I8.50-very a hh' n1e amy S ny
enameled '..G' '''' '
binadon OF pink blue and light green ing 'un 'hz.
with white gilt filing, $2475 Worth S3ZOo SPECIAL
inch size cray mattress, an ticking
oIL, terined. stitched e, imperial tuf-
OCUuahH' ull SIZE
MSI so well made wooden Tram. $685. S2.OOSpea
spring All box fancy ticking full size
A
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-12

car through the center of the
town. Capt. Reedy was conductor,
but John didn't take any fares. He
was too happy to think of separat-
ing any person from his coin. The
whole bunch inside, outside.on top,
along the sides made the air ring
with the racket with which they
expressed their pleasure at the
completion of the crossing. AS the
car sped along, as smoothly, as
noiselessly as If In the center of a
metropolis, 1t was greeted at every
rod by applause that swept down
the street, growing as II went, until
at Charles street 1t looked and
sounded like a Tammany conven.
tion let loose after naming success
full candidates.
At the same time, there were a
few sad looking individuals. They
were the knockers. They had said
that the cars would never 60 down
Wells street. They had based their
reputation as prophets on that and
felt badly about 1t. They skunk
into small corners, very small ones,
for they certainly felt and looked
very small. They are the same
gang that always knocks on any.
thing and everything, and 1t hurt
bad when they saw another promise
of tine Paden City people made
good.
Every picture of Sistersville will
now have to be cast aside, and new
ones, containing street cars, taken.
We are right In 1t with the largest
cities, and the jingle of the gong on
the ears has already become q
customary sound. AS usual, the
line Is doing an excellent business,
far surprising the expectation oil
the builders, and Is being pushed
with all speed toward the New
Martinsville end.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-12
THE CROSSING FINISHED

There was a peculiar scene on
Wells street at half past FIVE on
Saturday night. 1t was extremely
humorous. It tickled the Review
more than anything that has oc-
Cured for some time. 1t was the
final consummation of what we
have been fighting for 10, these
many days. 1t was what the knock.
els said would never happen. It