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ton indicate that Special Agent Churchill learned of this condition during his in- vestigation last summer and embodied the facts in his report. It is known that District Attorney Boyce has been looking into the matter of those foreign corpo- rations that are operating contrary to law, and will demand of them strict compliance with the provisions of the code.
 The law stipulates that each corpora ton organized under the laws of the United States or any state or territory shall, before doing business in the dis trict file with the secretary of the dis trict and the clerk of the court in the judicial division in which it is intended to carry on business, copy of the char ter and sworn statement showing the location of its principal offices within and without the district, the amount of capital stock and the amount of it actu- ally paid in in money or otherwise, the dSSctS anu tllClI ItiSlI faiuC, tliC ties and how secured, sworn consent to be sued and that service of process may be made on resident agent, and the written consent of the agent shall be filed also. Twenty-Five dollars day shall be forfeited for every day of non compliance, and every contract made by such corporation during the time of non compliance shall be voidable at the cleo ton of the other party thereto. An annual statement, giving the same in- formation required in the first report, shall also be filed.
 So far as can be learned the Reynolds company, which was organized under the laws of Washington, has never filed an annual statement.
 The Cablegram says it called the gov ernor's attention to the conditions and asked that he make a statement regard ing them. The governor sent a message stating that he resigned as resident di- rector of the company last May and had had no official connection with 1t since that time. No intimation was given as to who had acted as resident agent in the meantime.
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candidates did not possess the desired qualifications, as Brady was known to be conservative and had powerful back ing in Cornelius Bliss of New York, Senator Nelson and Sheldon Jackson, the president sent his nomination to the senate, where the fight was renewed in the struggle against his confirmation. The contest was unsuccessful and Gov ernor Brady was again named as Alas ka's executive. He was sworn in Feb. Is last year.
 Hardly had he taken the oath when the trouble over the Reynolds Alaska Development Company began to brew. This concern, which claims rich mineral holdings at Aurora, La Touche, and other places at the westward, sent out prospectus containing "a foreword by Governor Brady over the governors signature. The prospectus was a beau tiful example of art printing. It con- tained many halftones, claimed great richness for the property, and closed with a cut illustrating ''the proposed cooperative industries'' of the company, which included gold, copper and iron mines, with all their by-products, coal, oil, woodpulp, agriculture, and many other things. Literature, in which the governors name and title were freely used in statements that he was an or ganizer and the resident director of the company, was sent out.
 Opponents of Governor Brady were not slow to grasp the opportunity to re- new their attacks upon him. They charged him with using his official posi- tion to promote fake mining company with using his title to sell worthless stock.
 The governor steadfastly denied wrong doing, said his title was used without authority, maintained that the company was legitimate, and courted an investi- gation by the government.
 President Roosevelt finally took up the matter, ordered an investigation, and selected F. c. Churchill to make it. Mr. Churchill did his work thoroughly, and while his report was not supposed to be public enough of it leaked out to show it was unfavorable to the governor.
 Recently the newspapers have been full of rumors of his resignation or re- moval. About three weeks ago the Cablegram and few others knew that his resignation had been sent in, but as the information was given in confidence it could not be made public. The first news of his resignation was given to Sitka by the Cablegram. It created but little surprise, and it was remarkable how few were the expressions of regret.
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A Council City correspondent of the Nome Nugget, under date of Feb. l6, said business was very dull at Council and predicted that the winter work of the camp would not yield exceeding sTS,OoO.
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Came to Sitka as a Missionary in 1878 and Has Been a PrOmi.
 nent Figure Ever Since.
Sitka Cablegram, Feb. p.

presented to the president and will take effect upon the appointment of his sue cessor. The governor has been offered a life position as treasurer of the Rev nolds-Alaska Development Company, cred to be the immediate cause of his retirement.
 Governor Brady's connection with Alaskan affairs dates back nearly thirty years, and most of it would make more than ordinarily interesting reading.
 He came to Sitka in 1878 as the first Presbyterian missionary to the natives. He occupied the position for about year, and since that time has been largely connected with the government in one way or another. He held the office of United States commissioner and has served the government in other off cial capacities.
 In the heyday of Sitkas prosperity he was the partner of A. T. Whitford in big general merchandise business, but competition and modern business meth ods forced the concern out of business It is a matter of local history how Whit ford X Brady fought the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
 At the time of the fight the Pacific Coast company had an absolute monop- oly of the freight and passenger business of southeastern Alaska. Whitford X Brady owned the schooner Leo, which they equipped with steam and started the boat as freighter between San Fran cisco and Sitka. The Pacific Coast com pany immediately quoted d rate so low that the other merchants were glad to sign contracts, and the Sitka steamship line received death blow. The Leo lies in the lagoon half submerged.
 Governor Brady was first appointed in 1897. There was opposition to his appointment, chiefly due to his intimacy with Sheldon Jackson, and to certain degree due to the opinion of some that the Presbyterian church played too inn portant a part in the government of Alaska.
 On these two scores alone Governor Brady has been attacked bitterly-how bitterly those who see the Alaska press, outside of Sitka, can testify.
 In 1900 he was legislated out of office, together with every federal ofiiceholder, through the adoption of the Alaska Code, but was at once reappOinted for four years. All through this term and particularly toward its close the attacks were violent There were not half dozen papers in the district which sup ported the governor. Derision was cast at his agricultural suggestions; he was said to be out q! touch with progress, but there were no charges Of dishonesty or misconduct in office.
 The opposition tO his reappointment in l904 was fierce. Candidates for the ottiee--notably Perkins, iIeil and Hog gatt-were on the ground in Washing ton, each fighting his cause with all the congressional assistance he eould muster.
 As no definite charge oi actual wrong doing could be brought, as the other
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The Second Daring VOYAGE.

Almost equal in heroism and daring
was the work Of the topograp pliers who
mapped the canyon and thus supplied
data upon which estimates Of time
and cost were based. Secretary Hitch
cocks approval OF the plans was fol-
lowed Immediately with advertise
ments for bids, One contractor bid
TOO low and was forced to give up.
The Reclamation Service took UP the
work where he left off. carved a road
along the walls Of the canyon. in
stalled big power plant, every bit OF
the machinery OF which had 10 be
lowered into that slit in the surface
OF the earth. and now Il is only a cues
ticn Of time when the waters OF the
GunnisOn, hitherto doing no perceptibls
good, will be turned into the VernaI
Mesa.
When the water Is turned into this
tunnel the valley Of the Cucompahgre
viii become one Of the gardens Of the
earth. A railroad runs through II so
that the farm or truck patch farthest
from IL viii be only twelve miles from
means Of transportation that viii take
the fresh fruits and vegetables 70
market within the minimum Of tina
There are acres enough to support a
million or people.
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pulled his pistol and shot him
dead. And SO the little coterie
drew lots, and a delicate youth
held up the fatal prize.
Ramon, the great, bulky mule
teer, laughed. He reached out his
great, good-natured arm. and. clos
ing his fingers upon the fatal slip
Of paper, he said:
why, boy. you cannot do it;
you shall not attempt It; I shall
do it myself"
That settled It. Ramon's friends
knew that he was the coolest,
pluckiest man in the country. and
they were well aware Of his diver
sion, shooting little things such as
birds on the ends of orange trees.
Heureaux. secure in his acts Of
tyranny and murder, entered Moca
without an escort. He wanted
money. 1t is said that he had sew
eral thousand dollars in gold,
which he had borrowed on the
road, safe in his saddle bags. He
was leaving a store where the pro-
prietor had, in response to his So
licitations, given him two twenty
dollar gold pieces. These he
dropped in ms upper vest pocket,
as, seeing a beggar soliciting aims
in the street, he stepped ont and,
feeling for some of his own paper
money, handed it to the beggar.
He looked uP, to see Mon" Ca
ceres crossing the street with an
umbrella. In a fash 2 revolver
had taken the place of The UNI
brella and it cracked out spiteful-
". The tyrant. who had faced fire
a thousand times and, according TO
his own words, studied murder as
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win Cost Nearly s5.OOO,OOO.

He who causes two blades OF grass
70 grow where only one was IN evil
denco is accounted a benefact1r OF
humankind. The Reclamation Serv-
ice, taking accurate count OF all the
blades Of grass IN the region in which
IL IS operating, does even better than
that It's proportion. If It could be
accurately estimated. is nearer 100 20
l. It is converting arid regions into
areas OF ple1ty-whlCh is an accom-
pIshment much greater than a doub-
ling OF the crop where ordinary con-
d.tions OF moisture and fertility pre-
vail.
OF the dozens OF projects under way
and In contemplation. the Gunnison
river project IN southwestern Col0ra-
do. Is not merely benefceut bur il is
highly picturesque. On 70. the service
VIII spend approximately S4,50O.O0O. OF
which 100000 will be for the tunnel
This work will add at least SO. 00c. 600
10 the taxable property OF Colorado
or about Sl8.00.OOO as property IS
quoted for purposes OF sale. II will
make 10000 acres Of land arabic.
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a fine art, undaunted at the re-
volver's spiteful bark. reached for
his own gun. but this time fate
ruled against him. The gun stuck
in its holster, and as he tuggcd at
it the penetrating eyes Of Mon"
Caceres danced before him and the
revolver cracked out again. Caceres
was putting the shots into his chest
as he would into the center Of a
bullseye, and Heureaux knew It.
When at last he drew his own gun,
the gun wobbled and he shot the
bcggar. and the beggar fell, crum-
ping the paper money he had just
given him in his death grasp.
Mon" had planted his last bullet
in the tyrant chest and his mis-
sion was done. So was the tyrant's.
and none knew it better than him
self, for, without one word Of com
plant or cali for help. he lay quiet
~ down on the sidewalk and ar
ranged himself, with one arm un-
der his head fn" pillow, as though
going to sleep, and died.
I passed one night on 'Mon's"
farm near Moca. He came out Of
his little house to receive me with
upward Of a dozen generals. He
took me in and presented me to
his wife, mother, and sisters. His
wife was a little woman, but the
others were big. They insisted
upon my eating some sweets made
Of native fruit, and then they took
me to their flower gardens and
loaded me up with more flowers
than I could conveniently carry.
and finally allowed Mon and his
generals to fairly carry me off to
see how the chocolate beans were
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country people, he carried a six
shooter, which he kept in perfect
order. At ode moments he would
shoot at little things. and thus
with saddled pony and a loaded
gun always at hand, he learned TO
ride like Centuur and shoot like
q William Tell.
He had grown to be a great,
good-natured fellow, with a heart
in him as big as that of an OK,
more like an ovcrgrown boy than
q man, when the tyrant Heureaux,
whose growing thirst for human
blood seemed unsatiated, became
completely uncomfortable. And so a
little coterie Of friends and rela-
tives gathered near Moca and de-
cided that HeureauX must die.
That Nero of modern times was
then making one of his personal
raids through the country, and it
is said that Eamon and his cousin,
Horatio Nasquez were among those
numbered upon his death list. Lots
were drawn t. decide who in that
little gathering should be selected
10 do the deed, Kidding the coun-
try of the tyrant forever. 1t was
known that is would take a brave
man with a steady nerve and eye,
and even more than that, for the
story went that once common
soldier was engaged to do the deed.
While doing sentry duty he was to
watch for tic tyrant, and, when
he passed him. quickly drop his
musket and shoot where the bullet
would have the quickest effect.
Heureaux came. saw the soldier,
penetrated the working of his
mind by the expression of his face.
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View of the Arid Land That WIN Be-
come Fertile When "Ths Lost
River" Is Tapped.

A L. Fellows. OF the Denver once
OF the service. accepted the commits
sion OF passing on the feasibility or the
project With W. ". Terrence he
made preparations TO float down the
Gunnison, something that had never
been done before. That canyon Is
more like a tunnel than mere chasm-
Great logs. dashed together had been
thrown into the stream and had come
out AT the other end OF the chasm
ground 20 fine splinters. \ ct those two
men determined 20 navigate that tur-
bulent stream
Before being lowered down into the
canyon they shook hands with all the
members OF the party The chances
were strong that even the bodies OF the
venturesome men would never be seen
again. After a tOilsOme working down
ward OF 5000 feet they reached the
water, where the real hardshlps were
10 begin.
with their surveying instruments
dashed 10 a rubber mattress thew evan
through the whirlIng food OF the river
or were hurled through swirling "a ids.
ClinEine 20 slippery rocks they made
observations. Helplessly a rescue
party followed along on the edge Of
the chasm. and when for f0rty-eight
hours they saw no sign OF the men
own IN the Mt they gathered at the
lower end OF the canyon watching.
against hope. for -Heir bodies TO sp-
pear and when. instead Of finding
their bodies they heard the signal OF
safety agreed upon. they were the
most surprised men on earth. Tor
renee and Fellows had been for forty
eight hours without food. but -hev had
the notes that enabled them 90 report
90 Washington the feasibility Of the
scheme. Their notes were about the
only things they brought out Of the
"a rz-ar
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raised and prepared for market.
When we returned they all dwelt
upon the beauties of the country.
the fertility of the soil, and how
happy all would be if they could
only have peace. And then din
ner was announced and we went
into n dining room wHere a long
table was spread and fairly groaned
with good things TO eat. Mon
sat at the head Of the table and
gave me the place of honor at the
foot opposite himself, and the gen
erals sat on each side, while the
women waited on us.
It struck me as strange that
saw no soldiers, for the revolution
was still on and Perico, the arch
rebel, was lying encamped with his
force only a few miles away. As
preparations were being made for
the night. I asked "Mon" about it.
Those fellows may rush u.s. said
I. Where are your soldiers to de-
fend us?' He only laughed by way
of reply. but persisted. IF I am
in this scrape." ] reasoned, Il want
10 know something about getting
out" Then 7 saw the generals get
ting their rifles and deciding which
of them should do sentry duty in
pairs two at a time. Mon" showed
me where to sleep, and when
asked what I should do in case of
an attack. he laughingly said, Skip
out the back way" and he pointed
TO a door In the back.
7 went out in the night air and
saw two Of the generals seated in
chairs with rifles between their
knees. They asked me TO sit and
talk with them a while. One of
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His father was a politician and
became a minister Of something
under the rule of Luperon about
the time Ulysses Heureaux, an ex-
horse thief, q boy soldier, and then
a general, was rising TO power.
Caceres, the minister, was shot
down in cold blood at the capital,
Santo Domingo city, seated in his
doorway In the cool Of the even
ing, caressing an infant which had
just been placed in his arms from
the baptismal font. Ramon was
but a boy with his mother and sis
ters at his country home near
Moca. With the death of the father
the family patrimOny was cut off.
Mon" was 4 sturdy lad, and so he
went to work to sustain the loved
ones on the little farm. He got
together a train of mules and of
fered his services to transport the
chocolates, beans, and tobacco pro-
duced in the country thereabouts,
bringing back bales Of merchan-
disc instead. lie had no time 10 at
tend school, even though his com
munity had been. blessed with such
an institution His only education
then was that attained in packing
mules and driving them merrily
down To the coast and back again.
His good nature taught him that
be could get some fun even out of
an obstinate mule that baked at
q mud hole, and when a mule tum-
bled into the bog up TO his belly
il was better &c laugh at the mules
plight and get a rail and pry him
out than 20 swear. His little farm
produced good stock and he rode
.he best there was, ana, like allrhis
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these men was a poet Of no ordi-
nary merit. lie laughed outright
when he referred 10 himself as be-
ing a general. but that is the only
recourse a poet he's in the Domin-
gan Republic. The minister Of war
just killed IN battle was also a
poet. Verses which he had writ
ten the evening before the battle
were found upon him. and II was
said frankly that if he had been a
soldier instead Of a poet ne would
not have been killed. The other
general with whom I sat and
talked that night, saw a few days
later placing a man up against a
stone wall, and then. as he stepped
away, the firing squad lowered
their rifles and shot the man to
death.
Evidently the enemy was too en-
crossed in slumber that night TO
think of an attack, for the morn
ing sun rose upon quiet and peace
within the vicinity Of MONS"
house at least. While breakfast
was being prepared Mon" came
out, put a revolver in my hands,
and asked me 10 let him see me
shoot. Alongside of him I felt as
though I couldn't hit a barn door.
Then the generals out with their
revolvers and all took turns at
shooting. Their revolvers were all
Of the very latest patterns and
makes and their ammunition the
best. Why shouldn't it be so when
their lives so often depended upon
the quick use of the gun? When
breakfast was finished and
mounted my mule. the generals all
shook hands with me, and Mon
bid me GOdspeed through the en-
emy's camp. and then he laughed.
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Once q Great Inland Sea.

The GunnIson tunnel PROJECT lies IN
the bed OF the body OF water known
% scientists as Lake Bonneville. OF
which the Great Salt Lake. OF Utah.
is the last remaining puddle IN which
IS concentrated the salt that should
be held In solution by a much larger
body OF water TO give a mixture OF the
saline strength OF ordinary ocean
water
The particular area TO be irrigated IS
called Vernal Mesa The UncOmpah-
gre river was supposed 20 have fow
large enough 10 lrrigate the whole OF
II. but after the Uncompahgre reser-
walton had been opened and settlers
had rushed IN. it was discovered that
that river was wholly inadequate.
Hundreds of homes were abandoned
because there was no water. The only
water anywhere near there was TO be
found in the Guunison river. nearly
six miles away. flowing I'm a canyon.
the sides of which are 1000 feet high
Engineers viewed the mountain OF
granite and the yawniag chasm and
shook their heads. ~ was possible
70 take the rushing waters az the
Gunnis0n to the famished lands or the
Uncompahgre valley. but who was 10
furnish the money 10 pierce that six
miles OF solid granite AT a distance Of
1900 feet below the surface. Neither
private nor corporate capital was
great enough 70 take the supposed
risk. Besides capital n such large
chunks was not looking for investment
in such schemes. Unknown and un-
suspected causes OF expense might be
found which would give prospective
profits wings.
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trees. Caoercs jumped into the va
Gated chair, took up the reins him
self. and told Minister Dawson TO
mind his own business. With his
quick gun play he practically put
down the revolution, and then smiI-
ingly he addressed his people, tell
ing them that he had no special
aptitude for the job and that he
did not want it, but they insisted
that he must hold on to it. ana so
Ramon Caceres is President Of
Santo Domingo until some other
fellow who las more natural wit
and ability to shoot comes along
and takes the Job away from him.
This picturesque character is the
descendant e an old family of
landed proprietors inhabiting the
central part of the republic. The
name Caceres may be found I'm the
early records of the countrv's his
tory, but Mon" never tells you
that His walls and shelves are
decorated with different makes Of
guns and sabers. and not books.
lie never reads, and possibly knows
nothing of his family further back
than his grandfather. In appear
Gnce he Is n pure Caucasian. with
out a drop of negro blood in his
veins, but he never says anything
about that. He seldom talks about
himself, anyway. unless il is 20 re-
late some hairbreadth escape or in
glorious defeat in a previous revo-
luton which would be blood-cur-
ding enough did he not laugh at
the funny picture he usually pre-
sents.
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Since the remote period when
America contained a woL-
derful inland sea, Of which
the Great Salt Lake is tine
last remaining puddle, the
Gunnison river has boiled
through a chasm 1000 feet
below the surface Of the
surrounding country. Great
logs, dashed together, have
been thrown in at one end
Of the chasm and come out
ct the other, ground to fine
splinters. Yet Government
engineers, after bidding
their friends farewell, made
the perilous trip, thereby
securing information that is
enabling the United States
Reclamation Service to con-
struct the longest under
ground waterway ever at
tempted. When it is COM
pleted $4,000 cubic feet of
water a second will flow into
the VernaI Mesa, convert
ing 10000 acres of arid
land into what promises to
be the garden spot Of the
earth.