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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-20
ALL TIRED OUT.

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come to every
body who taxes
the kidneys.
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neys are over
worked they fail
to perform the
duties nature has
provided for them
to do.
When the kid
neys fail. danger
GUS disease quick
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
r EAVING Metlakahtla after a tw
II hours visit, we returned to Ketchi

r EAVING Metlakahtla after a two
Il hours visit, we returned to Ketchi-
kan, the first white mans town
reached in Alaskan territory. 1t is a new
and thriving little city of 1000 people,
incorporated and commencing to take on
the airs of municipal life in the form OF
public waterworks and a municipal cleo
trio light plant. Built largely. on piles
along the waters edge it looks like a town
on stills, the buildings or the water front
and those further up the mounta1nside
having difficulty to find a level place big
enough for the four corners of a small
foundation and compelled, while resting
one side on the ground, Ito support the
other in air, perched above the steep de-
cline on long upright timbers. Ketchikan
exists because of important mining opera
tions and prospects in that region and be-
cause Of salmon eannerie les In that vicinity
and boasts a busy lumber mill, at whose
back door stands an immense forest Of
spruce, cedar, Ar and hemlock, Ketchikan,
like Atlantic City, has a board walk, but
here 1t penetrates the forest along the
banks of a rushing mountain stream and
leads to the falls which are to- furnish
light and power. 1t sticks in my recollec-
ton because If afforded the first oppor-
tunity to see what the forests Of these
islands are, back from the shore line, how
gigantic the timber and how dense the
growth while the underground in its dank
and tangled luxuriance suggests nothing
so much as the semi tropical vegetable
growth of the Florida swamps, and this
on mountain slopes whose SUBMITS are
capped with perpetual snow. But the
climate Is out of keeping with the latitude.
On the same meridian with Fort York,
where the Nelson river flows into Hudson
bay, and with north central Labrador, the
thermometer rarely reaches zero at
Kato iLoy, nd "a teroo t1Jr
about that of Washington, D. C. The
Japan current which sweeps along the
south side Of the Aleutian chain, the south
shore Of the mainland and impinges on
this archipelago keeps all the harbors on
its course open in winter as well as in
| summer and produces in this part ot
Alaska. a climate which led Ex-Governor
Swineford, who is a resident of Ketchi-
kan, to say that If he we're resident OF
any state east Of the mountains he would
come here to, spend his winters in prefer
ence to Florida.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
course we take the inside passage,
and the next morning finds us In
British waters between the main

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and the next morning finds us in
British waters between the main
land and Vancouver island, piece of land
about third as, big as England her
self, broken off the west coast Of British
America and rich in timber, minerals and
fruitful valleys with a climate not unlike
that Of the mother country, which held on
to this island as well as the adjacent
mainland as crown colony long after
the organization of the Dominion OF
Canada.
1t is Just about an even thousand miles
from Seattle to skaguay, and all the way
practically the route lies among the
islands which guard the western coast
like pickets Of the line. their lofty noun
tain peaks often obscured by the clouds
or glistening white as the sunlight falls
upon their snowy SUBMITS. The channels
are deep, the waters green and dark and
wonderfully phosphorescent at night, but
Aauiet as an inland lake; and one may give
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

THE same evening, July 1, we touched
at Wrangell, at the mouth Of the
Sutkine river. Once a Rusiasn post,
then leased to Great Britain for the benefit
Of the Hudson Bay company, which lease
cuts a figure in the pending Alaskan
boundary arbitration, afterwards a lively
camp when the Cassiar mines were dis
covered and active still later when efforts
were made to reach the Klondike by the
Stikine route, Wrangell occupies a pic
turesque location and tourists will always
remember it for it's curious totem poles
Here was established the first military
post when Alaska became a possession Of
the United States in 1857.
rTHE next morning, July 2. brought us
to Juneau, the principal city of
southeastern Alaska, and the CEN
ter of an important mining region. It is
on the mainland and back Of it is the
celebrated Silver Bow basin, while across
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

church towers, it's extensive fish can
merry, its saw mills, its school and hospital
buildings, its stores and comfortable look
ing dwellings, and recalled the fact that
this was the work Of one man working
alone and beginning with tribe of In
dams who were SO low in the human scale
that they had once been accused Of can
nibalism. Father Duncan, as he is called,
can hardly be spoken Of as a type-there
are no others like him. AS the ship
touched the dock in the early morning, a
few native men, who had been attracted
by the boats whistle, came forward bow
ing and trying to make themselves under
stood in broken English-and when an
Alaska Indian breaks up the English Ian
guage his habit of gutturals and aspirates
knocks it into little bits. One of them was
sent forward to notify Father Duncan of
our arrival, while we followed after, and
met him as he came bustling out OF his
house apologizing for the apparently in
hospitable reception, on the score Of no an
ticipation Of a senatorial visit. a short,
stocky man. round faced and rudy; mer-
ry-eyed and having under his round black
hat a fringe of thin white hair; beard full
and snowy; nervous and quick In move
ment, modest in every reference to his
work, but pleased to have others interest
themselves in it-these are some of the
recoll Elections I have of this remarkable
man as he led us to the schoolhouse, to
the church, to the girls school, the hos
pital, the salmon cannery, the saw mill,
and repeat eddy ssured US. that the In
diaIzs had built 1t all. Metlakah tla is on
/ Annetf Island at the lover end 5of the
American part of west coast archi-
pelago. If this lis Indian life In Alaska,
! surely, 1t was suggested, the natives have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
The ALASKA OF THE PRESENT DAY

TT WAS nearly o'clock In the evening
i of June %, when Captain Hunter gave
a the order to scast loose" and the Doll
phin drifted slowly out from the slip at
Seattle and turned her prov toward Skag-
way. After the last "gOod-byes' had
been shouted from ship to shore and from
shore to ship and the handkerchiefs had
ceased to wave farewell, my interest cen-
tered upon the ships company. Night
was falling and there was little oppor-
stunity then to see and enjoy further the
scenic beauties of that great inland water
which Is already beginning to attract the
larger part of the commerce of our PACING
coast. The marvellous growth of the ship
ping with our own coast, with Alaska ana
with the orient which is centerings IN
Puget Sound ports is an interesting
theme of itself, but it is not part OF
this story. We are bound for Alaska and
find a, ship load going the same, way. 1t
is an interesting company. The first Dues
ton you will have to answer with respect
to yourself when you start to Alaska, is
whether YOU have ever been inside.
You will presently discover that inside"
and Outside" are the common designa-
tions of ones movements to or from Alas
ka Those who are going ito the interior
of Alaska are tgoing inside and those
who leave that country are going out
side And the term Is not inapt. Here
in the states we think of Alaska as a long
way off, and the use Of the words i'm
side'' and. outside" with respect to it's
unconscious testimony on the part of the
citizens of Alaska to the remoteness and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

himself over to full enjoyment of the
ever changfng and ever charming pano-
rama Of sea and mountain, of crags and
peaks and softly wooded slopes, of vege-
tation at the waters edge. dense and
tropical in its luxuriance, suddenly cut off
for space where a rigid stream Of ice
and snow, heading up among the noun
tain tops. fills the passes between and
comes down almost to the waters edge
such contrasts does Nature delight in
that she plants herafatrest flowers at the
feet Of her dead GLACIERS Sometimes the
water passes widen to several miles, and
again they contract to a few hundred feet
of narrow gorge where the deep, green
waters Of the sea boil and foam and dash
along the nearby rocky shores as the
tide rushes in or out,
At such times the skill of the nav
igator is put to the test, especially under
the present deplorable and almost criminal
neglect of this coast by the lighthouse
service Of both the United States and
the dominion governments. OF this some
thing may be said later, but while the
dominion government has certainly acted
more literally, as well as more wisely,
than our own government in this respect,
there is pressing need Of great improve
menty;an along these now much-traEeled
waterways.
rrHE inside passage is said to re-
i semble Gerry much the waters
E11c,1 along the west = coast of Nor
way, whose lfjords have begun to
attract, tourists sagsa our own country
by their wild ans, slgged grandeur. and
1T seems to me that when their attrac-
tions become known tor what they are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

recent years. Perhaps cannot add much
that Is new, but I can give an answer to
the above question, according to my: own
judgment
X In a nutshell, then--and PREDATORY to
series of articles,qfirst descriptive Of my
trip and then dealing in particular with
various importnt interests and questions
pertaining to Alaska-my observation and
inquiry have impressed me with the belief
That Alaska is a wonderfully rich coun-
try -. d.,
Rich in minerals,
Rich in timber,
Rich in agricultural possibilities,
Rich in it's fisheries,
And that 1t will in the not far distant
future support in thrift and comfort a
larger population than has ever inhabited
the Scandinavian countries of northern
Europe, which in some respects 1t re-
sembles, and with which it is often COM
pared. .....-s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

When Secretary Seward purchased
Alaska from Russia in 1857 for $1,000, 900
the anti expansionists of that period ridi-
culed the transaction as a piece Of SUI
preme folly and the public generally
agreed that he had bought nothing In par
ticular except few fur seals and vast
expanse of icebergs and glaciers.
The commerce Of Alaska for the year
ending June so, 1908, amounted to over
s21, 900, 900, not including the gold OUT
put, which would add nearly $4,000, 900
more. 1t is officially stated that since
Alaska became American territory it has
exported furs, fish and gold In about equal
values to the amount of 10000, 900, while
investments Of American capital in Alaska
have reached 25,000,000. To this should
be added considerable sums employed in
furnishing transportation to Alaska. The
same official authority estimates the ag-
gregate shipments of merchandise to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

Some Impressions Of the Country and It's Re
sources Received on a Recent Visit.
Committee the Reasons Which
Prompted the Stage of the Journey Thru
West Coast of Archipelago From Seattle to Skagway.

Alaska from the United States during the
same period at $100,000,000. 1t takes
something more thansa few seals and tice-
bergs to develop a commerce of such d.
mansions. That this is only the small
beginning of what is to follow In the not
far distant future is my firm belief.
do not wish to be misunderstood
Alaska at the present time does not offer
the opportunities to poor men which
should attract them in large numbers.
There are no "diggings' like the beach
sands at Nome, where men. with only
shovel and a pan can wash out mod
crate fortune in a few; days Such re-
markedly rich deposits of gold may be
found again, capable of being worked In
the same primitive and inexpensive way,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

but there are no such chances for the
poor man in sight now.
r Asst winter when matters Of legisla-
1 ton affecting Alaska We're under
consideration by the senate commit
tee on territories the members Of that
committee felt considerably embarrassed
by their. lack of accurate and reliable In
formation as to the real needs Of that
district. No member Of the committee
had ever seen Alaska. Advice was prof
fered on various subjects from various
sources, not all of which, the committee
felt could be relied upon as valuable or
disinterested. The conclusion could not
be evaded that the proper thing for the
committee to do was to send delegation
of it's own members to Alaska during the
summer vacation to study the district;
politically and commercially and from
every other standpoint Senator Beyer-
idge, chairman of the committee. selected
as such subcommittee Senator w. P. Dill
bingham of Vermont, chairman Of the sub
committee; Senator H, E. Burnham Of
New Hampshire, Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota, and Senator Thomas w.
Patterson of Colorado, the latter as the
representative Of the democratic minor
ity. I was fortunate enough to secure,
thru the kindness Of Senator Beverage,
permission to accompany this senatorial
subcommittee on their tour Of investiga-
ton. The party was In the charge Of
Colonel D. M. Ransdall, sergeant alarms
of the United States senate. Other mem
bers of the party were Secretaries A. G.
Johnson Of Denver and j. F. Hayes Of
Indianapolis. I was extremely fortunate,
too in having for my travelling COM
panion as far as Dawson George a..
Bracket, who is SO well known and so
highly esteemed at home in Minneapolis,
and whose name, I find, is held in equally
! high regard thruout Alaska. He was re-
turning to look after important mining
interests Of his own In Atlin, on the
Canadian side.
IT. HE committee assembled at Seattle
June %. The business men of
| Seattle, whose prosperity has been
built largely out Of the Alaskan ira de, were
not slow to appreciate the Importance of
! this official visit, and rendered a ban
quet to the committee. This hospitality
was declined, but in its stead the bust
ness men were asked to come before the
committee and give information concern
| ing Alaska and make suggestions as to
what congress could do to promote its
welfare. The Seattle Chamber Of Com
merce responded and representatives OF
! that body brought up for considerat ion
at that meeting pretty nearly every ques-
|t1on OF importance that arose In the sub
sequent weeks of thoro 1nquiry-amend-
ments to the mining laws and particularly
the abolition Of the power Of attorney in
locating mining claims; the question OF
a delegate in congress and of a territorial
form of government; the preservation OF
the fisheries, better mail facilities, and
the great need of wagon roads-these and
other matters affecting the development
Of the district were discussed by mer
compelled by their business connections
to be familiar with the situation in Alaska
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

ELL, what do you
think about it, any
way? Is Alaska
any good?"
I have met with
that question in sub
stantially that form
from a great many
generally well in
formed people since
] returned, a few
days ago, from a
somewhat extended
journey thru Alaska,
occupying over two
months, and covering
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

the ocean stretches Of the archipelago
between Pugets sound and the Lynn
canal are destined to- constitute one OF
the most frequented summer play grounds
Of the world, as they8certain1y are one OF
the most charming. What a delightful
place for a holiday cruise in yacht or
launch, where quiet c0yes or land locked
harbors may be found for every nights
anchorage: where game sabounds on the
islands and the waters TEEN with life
of every kind, from the trout Of the noun
tain streams to the sociable porpotse and
the spouting whale. 81 And not only IS
there the charm OF scenery, such as our
continent nowhere else affords, and the
opportunity for rare sport with rod and
gun, but the hospitable and friendly na-
tive Indians, in their picturesque villages,
are a source of unfailing interest. This
archipelago is the landiof the totem pole,
whose grotesque and often hideous cary
ings argue strongly for the Asiatic origin
Of a people who are rapidly disappear
ing before the march OF western cfyiliza-
ton. II their Asiatic origin may not be
safely asserted, 1t must at least be con-
ceded that In their handlcrafts Of weaving
and carving their arts appear to have
been much Influenced By contact with the
Japanese somewhere and at some time.
~APTAIN G. E. PEABODY. president
u Of the Alaska Steamship company,
fully approaching the Importance
to Alaska of affording the senatorial com
mittee every facility for prosecuting their
work, gave, instructions that the Dolphin
should run on this trip to Suit the convent !
ence Of the senators. This made it posi-
BILE for US, after touching in the night at
Ketchikan, the first port pf entry In Alas
ka to returns somewhat put of our course
-early on the morning bf the third day
out, to Metlakahtia, the most prosperous
and successful Indian community in
America. The story OF this community
has been told In part IN newspapers and
magazines, and naturally lour interest was
lively as we came IA sight of its imposing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

furnish the material for a good story by
themselves, the telling Of which must be
left for another chapter-for we have only
Just entered Alaskan waters and Skaguay,
our ships destination, is 800 miles away.
Practically two thirds of this beautiful
archipelago, it should be understood, be-
longs to Canada. If we had known in
1S45 what we know now about it's re-
sources Of minerals and timber alone,
perhaps we would have stood by our
bluff of 'ffty-four, forty or fight"
and the whole coast from Puget sound to
the Portland canal, where the Russian
boundary of Alaska had been fixed in
1924 would have been under the stars and
stripes. g
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present difficulties Of access to the great
er part of that country. =
A turn on deck and thru the cabin Of
this speedy and comfortable boat sug.5
gests the title of one of Mr.. Besant s
booksAthere are t.All Sorts and Cohdi tions
of Men there--and women. too Indeed.
women seem to predominant and an ex-
PLANTATION is found in the fact that it Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

little to complain Of. But a, view Of what
has been accomplished at Metlakahtla
served later to theighten the contrast be-.
tween what our government has done, or,
rather. has not done. for the natives Of
Alaska. and what it might have done and
done prof1tably, viewing the matter purely
from the commercial standpoint.
But Father Duncan and his Indians
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

q distance of 900 miles. A great deal has
been written about Alaska. especially
since the sensational gold discoveries Of
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a custom for men in Alaska and the Klon-
dixie whose business requires that they
stay inside" in the winter to send their
wives .'outside'' during that season. The
women are now returning to their hus-5
bands The rush had already gone in, on
the earlier boats, but there are among
the company some who have struck 1t
rich and mining being, practically at a
standstill in Alaska in winter, they choose
to spend their winters in southern Cali.
fornia or New York where there are
plenty of opportunities to spend the thou
sands which their sluice boxes yield In
summer There are some engaged In
legitimate branches Of business in Alaska
and some not so engaged. We are many
miles from Alaska's most southerly cape,
but it not too soon to scent the Alaskan
atmosphere and the opportunities afforded
on board an Alaska bound steamer to get
in on the ground floor of mining deal
are not to be despised on account Of their
infrequency or for lack of the brilliant
prospects that are offered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
BATTLESHIP NAMES BOILERS.
Board Of Engineer Oncers Reports Against
tho N1clal Rse Tyne,

WASHINGTON. May 9.-Acting Secretary
Of the Navy Darling has decided to refer
to the Board Of Construction the report OF
the Board Of Engineer Officers appointed
to examine the Niclausse boilers OF the
Maine, which had proved defective on her
shaking down cruise in the West Indies
The board is exceedingly severe on this
type of boiler and indicates that IL be-
lieves it unsuitable for naval vessels II
details the condition Of the defective tubes,
some Of which are bent and others burst
The board found that the water in the
tubes was perfectly clean. In two tubes
this the defective condition of these tubes,
the board holds, could not Ike attributed,
The main and auxiliary feed pumps worked
oil right and amply supplied the tubes.
The vessel was not driven hard but always
at moderate speed. and had never been
under forced draught since she went into
commission.
In response to the findings Of the board,
Mr.. Towne, the chief engineer of the Cramps.
who built the Maine and supplied the boil
ers. charged that the boilers failed for lack
OF sufficient water and want OF proper care.
The board disputes this view, holding that
all the evidence obtained went to prove
that the trouble was caused by .spasmodic
OF the tubes at different points. The hurst
ing the board holds. was caused by the
tubes becoming overheated, a defect at
tributed to the boilers themselves.
No recommendation as to the policy to
be followed by the Navy Department with
regard to ships having Siclausse boilers Is
made by the board.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
THE NEW EXCISE Law.
Gov. Odell Says II VIII Not Authorize Drug.
gist ia Sell Liquor In "Dry" Towns.

ALBANY. May s.--Gov. Odell in approx
ing the amendments to the Liquor Tax law
introduced by Senator Green said:
Among the provisions Of this bill is one pro-
fs eadR h os 10 the Hs
son, upon which an excl tax is levied in
the sum Of 10 cents for each pint 20 sold which
BY the State e. Of Excise. Aside
from this feature OF The bill II carries many
o %eat Of s the law The fear has been es
pressed by some that its approval would
authorize pharmacists in certain town. to
are now permitted to where question only
OF Section 10 Of the local option provision
81 the Sr Ton nes reads esn as
sician's prescription Shall any CORPORATION.
thoriaed to trafIie in liquors under the pro
visions Of subdivision 3 OF Section II q the
LIQUOR Tag aw namely BY SeinS agor
Il sion = pharmacist o" a '"S''''" p'
II such an Interpretation OF the proposed
danger m Se that By indirecton It would interfere
law. which have quoted, and thereby author.
physicians prescrfpt! Ions. Should not hesitate
tS for aT provsns e to
make moro certain the enforcement Of those
sections of the Liquor Tax law which this
bill provides for.
However, the language Of he existing
statlItss In reference to the local option fea-
turss is SO plain. and tn, advice which has
been given to me upon this measure 80 posi-
the electors have voted aff,rmativey upon
question number 2, or where .inn they have
frmative vote on questions and 4.
witch permit the slle Of liquor, in quantities
by others than pharmacists, that I am lee
10 spprove tho bill The provisions referred
to above will not in any. way AFFECT the ex-
preston Of the electors OF the different towns
of tho State upon the several questions as
s',bmitted to them under the local option
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