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The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Many Visitors
FlOCkiRg into
Winter Haven

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 22-As
the season progresses Jacksonville is
rapidly filling up with new arrivals The
streets buzz with automobiles, owned
by visitors. and every day one sees a
few new touring ears.
Private yachts and launches are daily
nosing their way 10 the river. glad
enough to cruise in a smooth body Of
water after having been buneted about
Cape Hatteras- An interesting Voyager
who arrived during the week was Robert
Morton, d prominent banker of De-
trOit. who came ali the way from the
Great Lakes in his hfty-foot launch,
La RENE.
Mr.. Morton was accompanied by a
small crew. including a pilot, and made
the 20O0 mile voyage in about one
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
St. Augustine
Plans for Week
Of FeStiVity

ST. AUGUSTINE Fla. Dec. 22.-As "a
htting tribute 10 thaA courageous Cas-
tlllau, Ponce de Le0SA who landed on
these shores $40 ye irs ago in quest
of the mythical fountain OF youth, s.
Augustine has about decided TO com
memorate the adventure by a week Of
festivity IN the early part of April
Business men of the town and promi-
nent winter visitors have taken the mat
ter in hand and plan TO make the OC-
CasiOn grand success
The pleasure yacht Rufhouse. owned
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Annual Christmas German
Held BY Alexandra Club

Mamie Jones, Clarence and Madie
Snowden. Ruth Bryant, Alice Chinn.
Jessie Armstrong. Mrs Louis Scott,
Edith Ramsay. Ellen Fawcett. Court
1ey Marshall. Jean Carter. Ida Nc
Laughlin. Mrs. William Bryant. Lizzie,
Rebecca and Katie Uhler, Meta Faux
ner, Mary Glenn Uhler, Miss Murphy.
Lucy and Hattie Douglas. Louise Barley.
Keith Norton, Douglas Stuart, Marshall
King, Carroll Ashby. Harry Yorke.
Louis Machen, Edward Fawcett. Harry
Beverly. Mahlon Janney Howard Smith.
Robly Brownbaek, OBannon Cooper. DR..
Berry DR.. Thomas Cochran, Gynne and
Magruder Dent, Page and Wilmer Wal
Ter. Marshall Jones, Taylor and Julian
Burke, Algernon and David Chalmers.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

The Christmas german given by the
Alexandra German Club Friday night
was a success in every respect Gar
lands of green and large crimson Christ
mas bells formed the chief decorations.
A supper was served during the even
ing. The german was led by Harry
Beverly and chaperoned by Mesdames
w Daingerfield. T Marshall Jones.
Henry p. Robertson, George Uhler, Mrs.
Carroll Ashby, Mrs. ]. d. Howell. Mrs.
Sidney Douglas, Mrs. Marshall King,
Mrs. Mushbach. Mrs. Faulkner. Miss
Sallie kemper, Mrs. Peyton, Mrs. John
Leadbeater. Mrs. Louis Barley.
The town people present were Misses
Milhe Herbert. Eva and Mary Dent,
Grace and Ida Anderson. Bessie and
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tions. We 90 not even Gaze to open
cur doors - mere acqtIai tRaces. ana
endeavor to avoid everything calcu-
lated to interfere with our enjoyment
of a festivity which we IKE 70 spend
with our family and our most intimate
friends
Not that there is any selfishnes5 in
this desire for relative privacy. II is
about the very last short coming that
could be ascribed to socieJy at this sea-
son. For at no previous Christmas have
Continued on Seventh Page)
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. s. s. Richold, OF Eliza
beth City, Va, formerly of this city, VIII
spend the Christmas week with the for
mer's father. L. Richold, and at the
beginning Of the new year viii go 10
burlington. VT, where Mr. Richold will
embark in business. For several years
mast MI Richoid has been connected
with the Bee Hive in the Virginia city,
where he was also prominent in frater-
nal and social circles.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

DR.. J. Allen German. wife and daush-
ter, of AshevilIe, n. G, are spending
the holidays with Mrs. Germans par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William c. Peake
of Tenth street northeast. After the
holidays they leave for an extended
trip North. before returning 10 their
home in Asheville.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

The classes of 1905 and 1859 of the
Washington College Of Law had an un-
usually interesting ''hOtcEpOt" social on
Wednesday OF this week, at the home
Of one of its members, Mrs. G!tterman
The secret marriage. which has just
been announced after three months, OF
Mr.. and Mrs Evans. students in the
Washington College OF Law, caused a
great deal of fun. In the old days d
frank marriage was put in general
fund of all the family. who then drew
out share and share alike. This family
fund was called ''hotchpot," after an
old English pudding of that name
The rOoms were beautifully decorated
with Christmas eVergTeens, and the
guests after a delightful time went
nome feeling as if they had received a
visit from Santa Claus. who was much
In evidence as the dispelEer OF faNOrs
from the great legal pudding, which was
served from a giant tin dish
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

street, undergraduates OF Wesleyan
University, will spend vacation with
their parents
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

A delightful evening was spent at the
home Of William McCubbin, lis ID street
northwest last Wednesday, the occasion
being a farewell party in honor of
Messrs Il /. Barkiey. S. G. Patchett.
+. r. Convery, MI shaTatt and L. c.
Corson, who are here attending Bliss
Electrical School, and who were about
20 leave the city 10 spend the Christmas
holidays at their respective homes.
Musical selections were rendered by
Misses Jennie Locke. and Misses Perley
and Jessie Iseese. The dining room was
profuseIy decorated in the school Colors.
The guests were Miss Anna McCubbin.
Miss Ida Lea Montayne, Perley Leese,
Ruth b. Montayne, Jennie Locke, Mel
lie L. Castle. Evelyn JOpling, Rose p.
HilIidxe. Katie Goodall, Catherine VIII
Harns, Janet McCubbin. Estella z. Mon
tayne. and NJ. Jennie Hillidge, and
Messrs George L Leese. Jonn NJ. Nc
Cubbiu, Charles II. Blair, William G.
McCubbin. Fred l.. Morgan, Emory
p Enzor Edward TOwse. /. {.
Corson, George Shaw, II l. BaTlley, s.
<. Patchett. F. r. Convery, Mr.. Shsr-
raft Lee V. Moore and Bert =. Corwin.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

James Benedict, of Forest Glen, has
returned 10 him home To spend the hol-
idays. Mr. Benedict is a student of the
Forestry School of North Carolina.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

A children's party was given Thurs
day afternoon, December u, at the resi-
denCe Of Mr. and Mrs. August j. Warn
doTf 712 Third street northeast, the
event being the birthday anniversary
Of Miss LOretto Warndorff. Refresh
ments were served. Among those pres
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Mr. and Mrs Howard Fisk. formerly
of go X street northwest. are residing
I'm their new home. uo2 Irving street
northwest, Columbia Heights.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

f1tzhuGh Talmans son OF the lGto
Major Robert Fitzhugh Talman. who
has been abroad for the past month will
not sail for home until February 2 Mrs
Talman, his mother. is spending the
winter in Washington, but they have
given up their home for the season
Miss Rebecca Talman. sister of the late
major, who spent the summer here with
the family. returned here last week from
Geneva, n. Y. and viii remain for six
weeks
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Capt Stetman Tomey. Mrs Tomey
and daughter are at the Westminster.
where they will be at home TO their
friends Wednesday evening, December
~
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Miss Matte Milton. who has been
visiting Miss Ruth Bryant. has returned
TO her home IN san Francisco.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Mrs. William c. Wattles has as her
guests Misses Mary and Julia Lippitt
Or. Thornton Perry and Perry Lippitt
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Mrs. Carroll Ashby was the hostess
on Thursday afternoon at the weekly
meeting OF the Thursday Club. The
players were Mrs. Louis Scott. Mrs.
William 3. Smott, Mrs. George Uhler,
Mrs. Henry Robertson, Mrs. Clarence
Leadbeater, Mrs. George Uhler, Mrs.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Miss Bena Stratton is spending her
Christmas holidays with relatives in
Z D
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
WILL SHIP
Byron White Getting OHt
Copper Ore

With scarcely q whisper as to his
operations, Byron White is pushing the
work of developing his copper proper
ties near this place and the result Is
that he is now in position to ship a
carload of valuable ore every day.
about 100 tons per week. This can be
done with the force Of eight men now
employed and it is the intention OF Mr.
White to put thirty men to work Tor
fall and winter, providing satisfactory
TRANSPORTATION rates can be secured Tor
the shipment of ore to the outside
smelters. President Graves and Cen
er,l Manager Berdoe, Of the railroad
company, visited Mr.. White at his
mines this week and it is understood
that they promised him very satistac-
tory rates so far as their lice extends
that is TO the wharf at Skagway AT
the Pueblo mine there are thousands OF
tons of ore already blocked out, and,
with satisfactory shipping arrange
ments, the work OF copper mining will,
in the near future, be engaged in on a
very large scale 10 this locality
Whitehorse Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
NOTICE OF ELECTION

To the Electors of the Town of Skag-
way, Division No. One Territory OF
Alaska.
NOTICE is hereby given that in pur-
y suant to an Act of Congress, en-
titled IAN Act Providing for the cleo.
ton of Delegate to the House OF
Representatives from the Territory Of
Alaska" 8 general election for the pur-
pose of electipg Delegote to the House
Of Representative from the Territory
OF Alaska for the uneXpireC portion OF
the 59th Congress ana also for the cleo
ton Of a Delegate to the House OF
Representatives from the Territory OF
Alaska, for the full term OF the
Goth Congress. as provided in said Act,
will be held on
TUESDAY, AUGUST "A, 1906
Between the hours OF s o'clock u. NJ,
and I o'clock p. m. of said day.
The Common Council of Skagway,
Alaska having heretofore, by ordirance,
duly designated the voting precints OF
ssid town and the polling places in each
thereof, the electors are hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters residing
within the boundaries of Voting Pre-
cinct No. One OF the said Town of
Skagway, Alaska, which are as follows:
All of the Townsite of Skagway as de-
scribed in the official survey Of Frank
H. Reid will vote at Town Hall building,
located on Fifth street, in and upon
Lot Three of Block Eight, which is
owned by Town of Skagway and occu-
pied by Town of Skagwby, the same
being the duly designated polling place
in and for Precinct No. One Town OF
Sksgway, Alaska,
Dated this 18th day OF July, 1906.
(Signed): THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF
SKAGWAY alaska.
BY w. S. Mexican, Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
NATURES WARNING
Alaska People Must Recognize and
Heed 1t

Kidney ills come quietly mysterious
ly.
But nature always warns you through
the urine.
Notice the kidney secretions.
See if the color is unhealthy
If there are settings and sediment,
Passages too frequent, scanty, painful,
IT'S time then to use Doan's Kidney
Pills.
To ward off Bright's disease or
diabetes.
Thomas Russell, of gil 32ad Avenue,
Seattle, Wash, carpenter, says
irregular actionof the kidneys caused
me a great deal of trouble for more
than TWO years. The kiduay secrettonS
were irregular and passages were &C
companied with 4 scalding sensation. l
had more or less pain in my back and
STOPPING or lifting hut me. | ussa
may remedies said to be good for this
trouble, but obtained little relief for
this trouble until l bought Doan's KID
ney Pills. They helped me from the
first, and in a short time the kidney
trouble disappeared, and the backache
ceased. | always recommend Doan 5
Kidney Pills when hear anyone COM
plainin~ of kidney trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York sole agents for the United States,
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
sALE OF MlNrNo PROPERTY

BY order OF the Hon. Warren A. Worden
referee In bankruptcy, the undersigned, as trust
tee of the estate OF the Greek Boys , Silni ing
sale the following properties, known collectlye-
ly as the Greek Boys Mine, situate in the Ber'
ners Bay Mining District, near Juneau, Alaska:
more particularly described in the records OF
the said Mining District, TO which records bid
ders hereby are referred for further particulars
and generally described as follows:
Aurora, Lode Mining Claim, Unpatented.
Homstake, Lode Mining Claim HhPatenteSS'
Lake View, Lode Mining Claim. 6npatenled'
Manimore Lode Mining Claim, Unpatenten
NAV Flower, Lode Mining Claim, Unpatehitu'
Queen OF the Hills Lode Mining Claim, II
patented. ..,
Berner's Bay Placer, Number one Placer
Mining Claim, Unpatented. ,
Berner's Bay Placer, Number TWO, Placer
Mining Claim, Unpatented. ,s
Great Falls Creek Water Right OnqeVeiopeu'
Tuhannuch Greek; Water Right, Undeveloped'
Two Mill sites OF about five l5l acres eact'
situate adjacent TO Tunannuek Claim, UhpaI-
euted. r-,
Bay in the District OF Alaska, about fifty miles
from Juneau, and is recorded in the receiving
at Juneau Alaska. The trustee is informed
that development work snLhclent 70 eh dT tu'
holder to patent these claims has been done,
Included in the said properties ana 10 De SOU
Herewith are all buildings, tools, railways now
situate upon these properties, II any there Ge.
The sale Is to be by sealed bids TO be delivered
Mt the office of Hon Warren A WOrden referee
in bankruptcy, Chamber Of Commerce Building,
Tacoma, Washington, nOtlater than two O'CLOCK
p. IN. on Tuesday the 18th day OF September
1906, each bid TO be accompanied by deposit OF,
or certified check for, ten OO) per cent OF tue
amount OF the bid such deposit or check TO be
returned TO unsuccessful bidders, and no BID TO
be considered If the same Is for less than len
Dollars.
Further particulars of the property and the
sale thereof may be obtained OF the undersigned
or his attorneys. The right to reject any ana
all bids is reserved.
HENRY IVES, Trustee:
once and postoffice address, Bank OF Caliior-
MIA Building, Tacoma, Wash.
TOHN C. GRAY: once and postoitice address,
7U2 Lowman Building, Seattle, Wash.
FRANK H. KELLY once and postothce ad-
dress, All Fidelity Building, Tacoma, Wash
Attorneys for the Trustee.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
GIT READY
Preparing for Opening of
Public School

The school board and Prof. Telford,
with his corps OF teachers, are prepar-
log for next years. work Of the public
school which will begin Monday morn
ing. The board is having the furniture
repaired and the work of installing a
complete set of blackbosrds will be
completed.
The principals room will be located
down stairs, making all the rooms on
one floor and avoiding the expense Of
heating the second floor of the build
ing.
A great deal of interest is being
taken in the proposed high school
course which it is proposed TO establish
and it is likely that there will be more
in that branch OF the school than there
has been in any year in the history Of
the town.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
WILL JOIN JUNEAU
AND DOUGLAS

A company has been organized for
the purpose Of building an electric car
lire between Juneau and Douglas.
The Alaska Southern Railway is the
company and it is composed of San
Francisco and Seattle capitalists. So
B. Chrittenden is president and treas.
urer; Allen Weir, Of Olympia, vice
president and attorney, and h. S.
Brinley, secretary and general mana
GER
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
NATURE SPARES
The Stricken Rose From Grief.


What a fortunate provision of nature
L is. that deprives the rose of mental
suffering; for how poignant would be its
grief to discover. in the height Of its
blooming glory. that canker fed at its
heart, and that its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering; she is a Yeritable
store-house of pleasing rewards, for
those who seek her aid. In the years
gone by falling hair and grayness have
elst a gloom over. the lives OF thousands
Of young women. but thanks to the in
;cst!gations Of scientists the true cause
IF hair destruction Is now known to be
= germ or parasite that burrows Into
he hair follicles. Newbro's Herpicide
,bsOlutely destroys this germ, thus
1ermitting the hair to grow as ma
IRE intended. Sold by leading drug
SIS. Send 10c in stamps for sample
The Herpicide- Co.. Detroit, Mich.
VIM. Britt, Special Agent.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
BULLION CLEANUP
REGARDED GOOD

The irst cleanup for the Bullion
Hydraulic Company this season pro-
Lucsd 1882 according to information
received BY the Whitehorse star. II IS
thought this is good when it is consid-
cred that but 700 or 500 yards OF gravel
were washed out.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08
l. Hero of Novel

&c. Selous, the big game hunter
who came north few days ago, is said
10 be Rider Haggard'S character, Alan
Quattermaiu, the hero in the novel OF
that name and in one or two other
stories by the famous English romancer.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08

Headquarters for Alaska grown pro.
auctions wholesale and retail, cabba ye,
celery, etc. Good new early Ohio
potatoes at So % per 100 lbs. phone I3I.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08

The White Pass Hotel. Whitehorse
has unlimited accommodations. Every
thing strictly first-class.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-08

Vote for A. P. SwinefOrd and reDub,
lican form CT government for the short
term.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-30

The Echo Register publishes the
following review Of present farming
condition under the Furnish and gov
ernment irrigation projects, before
water is turned on the land:
The country under the Furnish and
government projects looks barren ana
uninviting to a stranger, but to one
who knows what possibilities lie in
rich, sandy loan, when combined with
water, the vast tracts appear as un-
developed mines of gold.
The government reservoir site Is a
natural one, and when completed will
supply an immense amount of water
to the rolling stretch Of plain below.
A well in the canyon is only six feet
TO water, which shows that even with
out the canal considerable could be
done with pumps.
The rye and alfalfa at the Tom
Brassfield ranch had a partial flood
ing from the Maxwell ditch and looks
good.
On the r. c. Templeton place are
several acres Of garden truck that
have been irrigated but once with a
little winter overflow, yet the vegeta-
bles and vines are growing thriftlly,
corn was green and healthy looking,
while new potatoes as big as hens
egg we're In every hill. A fine field
Of barley was headed out nearly breast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-30

ulation of those two states if property
cultivated. Altogether, it is estimated
there are within the United States in
the neighborhood Of 10000, 900 acres
of swamps, 100000 of which have
been surveyed. The cost of drainage
is estimated to be on an average
abou SO an acre. Before he land is
drained it is not worth giving away.
After the water is removed it is
worth from 500 to $500 an acre, ac-
cording to its proximity to market.
During the last quarter of cen
tury irrigation has reclaimed 1O,
900, 900 acres of the west, or an area
corresponding in size to the state Of
Massachusetts. The irrigation bitches
which have accomplished the result,
would, If placed end on end reach
twice around the world, and have
cost $9O,O0O,0O0.
But every year this area turns in a
harvest worth $l5O,OOO,0OO, and o.
10000 men. women and children
dwell in prosperity where u short time
ago the coyote and the sagehen were
the only living things. It is no stretch
OF the imagination TO see, 25 years
hence, the Jersey flats, the Dismal
swamp and the Everglades producing
yearly returns for the farmer worth
twice as much a" the crops coaxed
from the land which before irrigation
was a desert.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-30
OREGON MAKES FIRST TRIP.
Nome Steamer Arrives With Gold
Dust, Furs and Passengers.

Making the trip from Nome in
seven days and Is hours. bringing Al
passengers, s265.OOO in gold dust and
$4,000 worth Of furs. the steamer
Oregon, Captain John O'Brien, arrived
at o'clock this morning, says the
Seattle Star. Many OF the passengers
We're from Fairbanks, having gone
down the Yukon to st. Michael,
catching the oregon there.
When the Oregon sailed from st.
Michael the steamers Pennsylvania,
Watson and Lelawnaw were discharg-
ing freight. The Lelawnaw was to
sail within two days for Seattle direct.
Ships st. Paul and Harvester, be-
sides several of the schooners of the
sealing fleet. were met by the Oregon
in Unimak pass, all northbound. The
two ships were loaded with lumber
for the Northwestern Steamship COM
pany, consigned to Nome. The Ore
gon will not go to Nome again, but
resume her run to Seward and VAL
dez, sailing ext Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-30

high. This land was moist and in
good condition, and nearby was well
22 feet deep with a good supply of
water in it.
]. w. Sailing has raised potatoes
with no irrigation whatever. and al
falfa is growing thriftily on the \. G..
Crawford place that had no water at
all. This indicates that the Furnish
lands which will have abundance of
water during the spring months will
{ prove to be the most valuable In
eastern Oregon. If crops are raised
under such drawbacks and idfficul-
ties as confront the settlers on these
sand-swept plains today what will the
, harvest be when rivers of water are
turned on the lands in scientific
manner?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-30

To reclaim in the eastern part of the
United States swamp lands equal in
area to Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, New
Jersey, Delaware, Vermont and Con-
necticut combined is now the dream
of experts. This dream may become
a reality within a few years.
II the problems confronting the en-
gineers on the klamath irrigation
project in Oregon are solved success
fully, as they doubtless will he, the
greater swamps of the older part of
the country will be attacked and
drained in their turn. This would
convert the vast, fever breeding
morasses of New Jersey, Florida.
Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Illi-
nois into productive farms and popu-
lous urban districts.
Within the last few years 'irriga-
ton" has been the cry of the west.
The swamp districts of the east have
cried drainage" so long that it has
become an old story, but when the
west stopped its ancient cry long
enough to shout for relief from toe
much water, the appeal was such a
novelty that steps were taken at once
to drain the Objectionable mois-
ture away and convert thousands Of
acres OF swamps into homesteads. II
is for this reason, therefore, that both
sides of the continent are watching
the work of the government engineers
at klamath with more than usual in
terest.
The klamath basin includes about
10000 acres of land, Of which 25O,-
600 are expected to be irrigated by the
reservoirs to be constructed. In the
basin is Tule lake, which is fed by
Lost river. 1t is proposed to divert
the waters of Lost river to various
parts of the basin for irrigation pur-
poses by building a dam at olene.
The lake will then dry up, 1t is ex-
pected, and with It the surrounding
swamps. Another vast tract to be
drained there is Lower klamath lake
which is considerably higher than the
Klamath river. By cutting ditch
through the natural dixie that holds
the waters OF Lower klamath lake In
place. It is hoped to drain the lake
and turn the rich bed earth over tc
man. IL IL eApeCteu lldl dDOut loO'-
600 acres Of land will be reclaimed
from the swamps there.
The difficulties which the engineers
encounter at Klamath are said to be
no greater than those to be found In
the swamps of the east. IT is believed
that the Everglades of Florida, COM
prising some 100000 acres, may as
easily he wrested from the alligators
and water moccasins. In illinois
there are about 100000 acres OF
rich land that can be used If drained
In Michigan there are 100000; II
Minnesota. 100000, and in New Jer'
sey. Virginia and Arkansas there are
many millions more.
In Virginia and North Carolina hei
the Dismal swamp. large enough anc
rich enough to support half the pop