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Douglas Island news., 1904-12-21
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The portion of President Roosevelt's message to Congress which relates to Alaska and her affairs is as follows:

message to Congress which relates to Alaska and her affairs is as follows:
 GOVERNMENT SHOULD AID ALASKA.
 Alaska, like all our territorial acquis- itions, has proven resourceful beyond the expectations of those who made the purchase. 1t has become the home of many hardy, industrious and thrifty American citizens. Towns of perma- nent character have been built. The extent of it's wealth in minerals, lumber, fisheries and agriculture, while great, is probably not comprehended yet in any just measure by our people. We know, however, that from very small beginning it's products have grown un- til they are steady and material con- tribution to the wealth of the nation. Owing to the immensity of Alaska and it's location in the Far North, it Is a difficult matter to provide many things essential to it's growth and to the hap piness and comfort of it's people by private enterprise alone. It should, therefore. receive reasonable aid from the government. The government has already done excellent work for Alaska in laying cables and building telegraph lines. This work has been done in the most economical and efficient way by the signal corps of the army.
 LEGISLATION BADLY NEEDED.
 In some respects Alaska has out grown it's present laws, while in others those laws have been found to be made quate. In order to obtain information upon which l could rely, l caused an official of the department of justice in whose judgment have confidence, to visit Alaska during the past summer for the purpose of ascertaining how government is administered there and what legislation is actually needed at present. A statement of the conditions found to exist, together with some recommendation and the reasons therefor, in which 1 strongly concur, will be found in the annual report of the attorney general. In some instances feel that the legislation suggested is SO imperatively needed that am moved briefly to emphasize the attorney-gen- erals proposals.
 LESS POWERS FOR JUDGES AND CLERKS
 AND MORE FOR THE GOVERNOR.
 Under the Code of Alaska as it now stands many purely administrative powers and duties, including by far the most important, devolve upon the dis trict judges or upon the clerks of the district court acting under the direc- tion of the judges, while the governor, upon whom these powers and duties should logically fall, has nothing spe- cific to do except to make annual reports, issue Thanksgiving Day proc lamations and appoint Indian police men and notaries public. 1 believe it essential to good government in Alaska and therefore recommend, that the Congress divest the district judges and the clerks of their courts of the admin istrative or executive functions that they now exercise and cast them upon the governor. This would not be an innovation; it would simply conform the government of Alaska to funda- mental principles, making the govern orship real instead of merely nomi- nal office, and leaving the judges free to give their entire attention to their
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-21

judicial duties and at the same time removing them from a great deal of the strife that now em barrasses the judicial office in Alaska.
 MORE SALARIES, BUT NO FEES.
 1 also recommend that the salaries of the district judges and district attor- neys be increased so as to make them equal to those received by correspond ing officers in the United States after deducting the difference in the cost of living; that the district attorneys should be prohibited from engaging in private practice; that United States commissioners be appointed by the governor of the territory instead of by the district judges, and that fixed sal ary be provided for them to take the place of the discredited "fee system" which should be abolished in all offices; that mounted constabulary be created to police the territory outside the Him. it's of incorporated towns-a vast sec tion now wholly without police pro- lection; and that some provision be made to at least lessen the oppressive delays and costs that now attend the prosecution of appeals from the dis trict court of Alaska. There should be a division of the existing judicial dis fricts and an increase in the number of judges.
 A DELEGATE, LIGHTHOUSES, AND AN ALL
 AMERICAN RAILROAD TO THE YUKON.
 Alaska should have delegate in the Congress. Where possible, the Cong ress should aid in the construction of needed wagon roads. Additional light houses should be provided. In my judgement, it is especially important to aid in such manner as seems just and feasible in the construction of a trunk line of railway to connect the Gulf of Alaska with the Yukon River through American territory. This would be most beneficial to the devel opment of the resources of the terri tory, and to the comfort and welfare of it's people.
 SALMON HATCHERIES.
 Salmon hatcheries should be estab. lished in many different streams, so as to secure the preservation of this val uable food fish. Salmon fisheries and canneries should be prohibited on cer- tain of the rivers where the mass of those Indians dwell who live almost exclusively on fish.
 TO MAKE GOOD INDIANS.
 The Alaskan natives are kindly, in- telligent, anxious to learn, and willing to work. Those who have come under the influence of civilization, even for limited period, have proved their capa- bility of becoming self-supporting, self respecting citizens, and ask only for the just endorsement of law and intelli- gent instruction and supervision. Others, simple hunters and fsherfolk, who know only the life of the woods and the waters, are daily being con- fronted with twentieth century civi- lization with all of it's complexities. Their country is being overun by strangers, the game slaughtered and driven away, the streams depleted of fish, and hereto unknown and fatal diseases brought to them, all of which combine to produce state of abject poverty and want which must result in their extinction. Action in their interest is demanded by every consid- eratiou of justice and humanity.
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-21

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran ser vice next Sunday at s p. m. Sunday school at 12:45., all at Finn Hall. All Scandinavians are cordially invited Please come each and all and we will do you good. J. 4. LEVIN, Pastor.
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-21

Special sale of Tooth Powder and Tooth Brushes - Brush and Powder 3Oc. DOUGLAS C1TY PHARMACY.
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-21

judicial duties and at the same time removing them from a great deal of the strife that now embarrasses the judicial office in Alaska.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
Wanted Home Industry.

A wealthy Scotch ironmaster called
on country squire and was ushered
into the library. He had never seen
such room before, and was much
impressed with the handsome cases
and the array Of well-bound volumes
that filed their shelves. The next
time he went to Glasgow he made q
point of calling at well-known book
sellers, when the following converse
ton Is reported 10 have taken place,
II want you TO get me q leebrary."
VERY we'll, Mr.. =; I'll be pleased
70 supply you with books. Can you
give me any list Of such books as you
would llkef" aye ken MAR ABBOTT
buiks than do, so you can choose
them yourself" Then you leave the
selection entirely to met Would you
like them bound in Russia or Mo-
rocco?" Russia or Morocco? Can
~ no get them bound in Glasco?"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
A MusIcian,a Wife.

DR.. Elgar is one of those fortunate
men whose wives are helpmates In a
very liberal and practical sense. for It
Is said that we owe to Mrs. Elgar
some Of the most beautiful words
notably two charming songs-to
which her husbands music has been
welded. There are several other not
able men whose wives are thus able
to share their work. To mention but
q few, there are M. and Nine. Curie.
who together have made the epoch
making discovery Of radium; Sir Law.
renee and Lady Tadema ply the
brush in adjacent studios and criticise
and help each others work; Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Webb study and write
ably together on economic problems |;
Mr.. and Mrs. Meynell ply equally busy
pens, and so do Mr.. and Mrs. Leigh
ton. rivals and partners In fiction, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Coulson Kernahan.-
Westminster Gazette.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
SHE WANTED TO KNOW.
Girls Question That Paralyzed Gun
merry Lieutenant.

Girls Question That ParaIyzed Gum
merry Lieutenant.
She was q dear little girl, and had
spent most Of her life In a country
rectory. II was not surprising, there
fore, that her knowledge of things
maritime and warliks was not ex-
tensive.
The young gunnery oElcer Of H. II.
8. - had been showing her round
the battleship. II was the very first
warship Of any kind she had ever
visited, and her mind was full Of the
wonderful sights presented.
Being an industrious and thor.
ough young man, the gunnery leu
tenant had explained very fully the
mechanism and the use Of the tor.
pedo In warfare.
She examined the long, deadly, 81.
gar-shaped engine Of war critically
and fearfully.
Then she tapped It with the point
Of her parasol and let her glove run
over its Furnished side. and finally
paralyzed the gunnery officer with
the question:
How does the crew get inside7"-
London TitBits.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
THE MAGIC YELLOW METAL.
Struggle for Its Possession 10 What
Moves the World.

Struggle for Its Possession 10 What
Moves the World.
A doctor at Butte, Mont, indorsss
the assertion made by many miners
thereabouts that peculiar ore found
In zinc blende and emitting violet
light possesses remarkable cura.
tive qualities when carried by them
In their pockets. The new mineral,
for want of a better name, II called
"radiumite."
The Butte doctor has made an az
tonishing report to the Butte Medical
society, confirming the stories of the
miners In cases OF rheumatism,
stomach ailments, nervous and kim
dred disorders.
For ages the philosophers and al
chemists sought for q general cure
all In a stone. Later science has
laughed at them. From the stone to
the ore Is but short step. But, when
all 10 said, the thing In the pocket that
cures the most Ills is gold.
II Is not the possession OF gold, but
the longing for 1t. that has filled the
world with the sweet hum of indus
try; not the storing Of II, but the
striving for It that has brought to
mankind the blessings Of resolve, eff.
fort, health, content
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
MADE MONEY FROM A HOLE.
Simple Patent From Which New York
err Drew Thousands.

Simple Patent From Which New York
err Drew Thousands.
"What do You think Of patenting .
hole?" said q New York man the
other day, "and making thousands Of
dollars on It? Simply q hole, and
that's all. That is what was done by
the manufacturers of a certain style Of
toothbrush which has a wide sale. The
hole was dri led in the handle of the
brush near the end. and with each
brush was given little hook, with In
structions to hang the brush on the
hook by use Of the hole. The thing
was widely advertised, with the result
that millions Of the brushes were sold
at prices much higher than others just
as good. The patented hole and the
advertising did the trick. The patent
expired a few months ago. however.
and now any manufacturer Of tooth
brushes can sell holes with his goods"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
DETROIT LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Michigan Central Live Stock Yards,
Detroit, July 6.-The demand for live
cattle is fairly active this week, re-
ceipts have been moderate OF late. The
following prices are being paid at
the Detroit Live Stock Market: Prime
steers and heifers, 4 30; Ga $500 handy
butchers cattle, 8.75(9s4. 20; common
s2.75(93.50; Gamers cows, 81 .50(9 ESQ,
stockers and feeders, dull and quiet at
81 50(G4.00. Mich cows active at $25(d
SAT; calves active at $3.50(05.25 cwt.
Sheep and lambs, dull and quiet,
prime wool lambs, s6.50(6s7 90; mixed,
culls, $3.50 (d $3.50.
Hogs, active & steady following prices
Prime mediums sj.25(65. 27t: Workers.
IS. 15(d5. 20; pigs, s5.l0(d5.15; roughs,
So. 75(94.50; stays, ! of; cripples, 81 per
cwt of.
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expectations In Africa.

A writer says: "A Pondo chief IA
very olden days on accession to the
throne would kill one Of his brother
and wash in his blood 70 strengthen
himself and hen would keep his msdi-
zines in the skull OF the dead brother
"a practice which raised the power Of
the medicine to the NTH ~ mathemar
ticians would say. II . warrior Of
conspicuous bravery Is killed In war
his body is made into medicine and
administered to the young men to
make them brave-a practice which
may well have been the basis Of canni-
balism."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Fred +. Mauren of Portland is now
sole owner of the Portland Review,
having purchased the interest held
by Frank E. Doremus. Mr.. Dore-
mus is in Detroit having taken up
the practice of law. The Review is a
most excellent newspaper and will
continue so to be because Mr.. Maur-
en- in the future as in the past will be
the whole push.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

II anyone in Michigan takes Hon.
A. p. LOOMS Of Ionia for summer
coon they are laboring under an hal
ucination. "Art" knew long time
ago that the auditor generalship
would not come his way, so he laid
his wires TO get next to Bradley, the
winner, and at the right time threw
his forces in such shape as to event
ually land the deputyship and prac-
tically become the whole push in that
important state Office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
HOW DEBTS MAY DE PAID.
Limits Set on Those Who Would
Worry q Creditor.

Worry q CreoISors
Ordinarily when q debtor appears
before a longtime creditor In CHI
cago there is no questioning OF the
United States coin In which the debt
IL to be paid, but the wide possibili-
ties possessed by an arbitrary cred
itor in STIMULATING just what coins
and in what amounts he will receive
payment are enough almost to dis
courage borrowing.
You can't force mean creditor TO
take more than Is cents worth OF
nickels or rs cents worth Of copper
cents. II you could get as much as
IS worth of old silver three-cent
pieces of another generation you
could unload IS worth on him, just
as he would have to take IS worth
Of silver fve-cent pieces and IS worth
Of the obsolete 20-cent pieces which
made so much trouble In the late '70's.
But you can pay out $40 In silver
dimes and silver quarters and silver
half dollars; the trade dollars-oi
which there are a few still coming
into the treasury Of the United States
for redemption-are worth nothing.
while the standard dollar Is an up-
limited legal tender, a. Is the old
dollar OF our dads" the nrst OF
which was coined In 1874 and the
last In 1873.
Coins that virtually have disap.
peared from circulation are gold "a
and 81 pieces, the trade dollar Of oil.
yer, the nickel three-cent piece, the
copper two-cent piece. the copper
half cent, and silver three and i've.
cent pieces.-Chicago Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Editor Frank r. ellison late of the
Benton Harbor Palladium of Benton
Harbor, died July 4th, aged 60 years.
He suffered three stokes of paralysis
in the last six months. Mr.. ellison s
death removes from the ranks of
Michigan's newspaper men char
acter loved and respected by the
press fraternity wherever he was
known.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

I saw from the beach. whsn the mernins
A bark O.sr the waters nov. ror,-
ously on:
I came when the sun Ger that beach
was declining,
The bark was still there. but the waters
were gone.
And such 10 the fate OF eur life's early
promise,
30 passing the sprins-tids OF JOY. We
have known,
Zach wave that we danced on at morn
ing, GIBBS from US,
And leavsg us, at eve en the bleak
shore alone.
Nicer tell me OF slories sersneiy adjoining
The close Of our day, the calm eve OF
our night:
otve me back, give me baak the Wild
frsshness OF morning.
Her clouds and her tsays ars worth
evenings best light.
On, who would not welcome that mo-
ments returning,
When passion first walked a new Iifo
through his frame7
And his soui-like the woeA that grows
precious In burning;
Olive out al Its sweets TO loves en-
Thomas Moore
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ssudents Not Deep bible Readers

President Remsen and the faculty
Of Johns Hopkins University have ex-
amined eighty Of the students of the
university on their knowledge of the
Bible. bringing out the fact that only
one of the eighty could identify two
quotations from the scriptures, and he
II studying for the ministry. A news
paper editorial was chosen, which
contained two biblical references. one
referring to the Ethiopian changing
his skin and the other to the shadow
moving backward on the dial. The
editorial was read to the class and
its members were asked to tell whence
the quotations were taken.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
DWARF TREES IN JAPAN.
One 10 inches High May Be 500
Years Old and Worth $50.


A Japanese nursery garden is .
revelation. There. on benches, in
rows, sit tortured trees In their bowls
or pans Of faience. Their perfection
II marvel of patience, requiring
years for it, accomplishment; some
times one man will give as much as
30 years attention to single little
cherry tree.
Each curve, each leaf, each twig
has It's direction and proportion regu-
lated by the most rigid and immemor-
ial principles. and to have any value
In japanese eyes a dwarf must con-
form absolutely to the iron rules laid
down by the oanons Of taste in the
days when Iyeyasu Tokugawa para
lyEed into an adamantine immobility
the whole artistic and intellectual life
Of the country.
The effect IL. OF course, exquisite In
it, elaborate and rather morbid beau
ty. But 1t must be said that there
are many dwarfs, very many, which
90 for low prices, owing to the imper-
lection OF their development; they
have bough or a bend that is not
prescribed.
Consequently the Japanese will buy
them-indeed. with pleasure-but viii
not admit their claims to be works OF
art.
The untutored savage eye of the
west entirely fails to see any differ
snce between a perfect specimen 10
inches high. three centuries of equal
hight. Of five years growth and dol
lar value.-Macmillan's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Now that the senatorial question
is settled so that there is no posibil-
ity of a candidate for that position in
this end of the county the objection
to Dwight G. Sheldon S candidacy for
attorney on account of
that feature of the situation is entire
ly eliminated and his boom for the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

A man named Netcher, a Chicago
store keeper, got his life insured last
December for $500, 000 and now he is
dead. 1t is wonderful how lucky
some men are. He only paid one
premium, of $19,940, and in six
months he received half a million
cash
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

place should be pushed with vigor.
He Is the man for the place and the
place needs him badly, when Mr..
Clutes term Of Office shall have ex-
,,;rad
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

The appointment of Paul Morton
of Nebraska, as Secretary of the
Navy doubtless is in recognition of
that statesman's intimate knowledge
of the prairie schooner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

1t remains to be seen what effect it
will have on the doings in 1908 if
Senator Fairbanks delivers Indiana
and Mr.. Roosevelt fails to capture
New YOrk.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
Music Teaching

Miss Marie Emerson Ackley, teach
er of piano and harmony. Date for
Belding, all day Thursday of each
week. Studio at Romaine Robinson's
residence Congress street.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

The fear that Bryan would bolt
the st. Louis convention has been
supplanted by the fear that he won't.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
BUSINESS LOCALS

Wanted-Man and wife to cook at
a Summer Resort until Oct. 1st. In
quire at this Office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

A fine room house and lot for sale
or will exchange for farm near Bel
ding, farm preferred House new
and modern mprovements, on Bedding
End addition, fine opportunity II taken
soon. INQUIRE at this Office or call
Phone No. 1873.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

A little life may be sacrificed to an
hours delay. Cholera infantum, dys-
entry, diarrhoea come suddenly. Only
safe plan is TO have DR.. Fowler's EX-
tract OF Wild Strawberry always on
hand,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Eight room house for sale-first one
east of factory G.. On easy terms
Address, Will Stewart, Bedding Mich
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Mary had little lad
Whose face was fair to see,
Because each night he had drink
OF Rocky Mountain Tea.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

For Sale-A Washburn Guitar,
ladies size and leather bound case,
very reasonable. Mrs. III. G. FREELY.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Household goods for Sale-1 have a
quantity of household goods that l
wish to dispose of between July IL and
16. Mrs. j. r. Bond.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Pasturage to lett have good pas
turage for ten head of cattle, plent
of grass, shade and water, rate for
cows and horses, 25 cents week for
yearlings Is cents week. mile
South Blystone school house. M. Leh-
man
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

For Sale-My barn on Bridge street
Mrs. l. Ohlinger.
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Men Wanted.

Men wanted at Wager Dam, miles
South of Lyons. sl.75 per day paid.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07

Lost-A stick pin with half of a
three cent piece attached. Finder
leave at this Office and get reward.
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EXCURSIONS
VIA THE
Pere Marquette.
GRAND RAPIDS,
Sunday, July 10.

GRAND RAPIDS,
Sunday, July 10.
Train will leave Bedding at 1922 a.
N. Rate IS cents. See posters, or
ask agents for particulars.
SETTLERS FARES
To the South and Southeast.
One way, second-class tickets on sale
at all stations on first and third Tues
days of each month. Ask agents for
particulars.
WORLDS FAIR ST. LOUIS
Round trip tickets at low rates.
On sale at all ticket stations. Ask
agents for rates, limit of tickets and
full particulars.
DETROIT, ISLAND LAKE,
LANSING.
Sunday, July II.
Train will leave Bedding at 1905 a.
III. Rate Detroit 81, Island Lake 81. 80
Lansing rs cents. See posters or ask
agents for particulars.
SAGINAW & BAY CITY.
Sunday, July II.
Train will leave Bedding at 1897 a.
m. Rate $1.50. See posters or ask
agents for particulars.