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Douglas Island news., 1906-06-27

Mrs. Charlotte Till, wife of an Atlin miner, was found lying dead in the road near Tar Flats. The cause of her death is unknown.
 The first big shipment of gold from Dawson and other interior points was carried south on the Dolphin and amounted to S1,068,OOo.
 The partisan committee, having in charge the candidacy of the Hon. A. P. Swineford for delegate, appeals to the masses for campaign funds.
 The Juneau Record Miner, which claims some distinction as literary paper. comes with the suggestion that Alaska be abbreviated to AK"
 The Rt. Rev. William Carpenter Bom- pas, D. D., known all over the Yukon as Bishop Bompas, died at Carcros3 on June 9, of heart failure. He was 72 years of age.
 Rainmaker Hatfield, who is waterman for the Klondike, has succeeded in pro- ducing sprinkles and showers, but no heavy rains that would benefit the hy- draulic companies.
 It is reported that EX Governor J. G. Brady recently called on President Roosevelt for a heart-to-heart talk, The conference lasted just one minute, after which MT. Brady had nothing to say. Wonder what Teddy said to him.
 Ketchikan has an ordinance which provides that all owners of one horse wagon shall pay license tax of S25OO per annum, two horses $500. Dance houses are expected to pay S250.OO per annum and travelling theatrical troupes 5000 for each performance.
 This without doubt will be the ban ner year of Alaska and Yukon Territo- " for gold shipments. It has been estimated the combined output of Klondike, Tanana, Nome and smaller northern camps this year will reach s3O,OOo,Oo0to s4o,OoO,OOo. Dawson News.
 By the terms of contract between the Alaska Central By. Go. and the Tanana By. Construction Co.,, the latter company agrees to complete the road as far as the Chicaloon coal fields, l85 miles north of Seward, not later than eighteen months from the first of July, this year.
 The Valdez News, speaking of the coming delegate election, says the situ- ation cannot be sized up until the can- didates have been announced and they have declared themselves. There are questions before the people of Alaska which will not be sacrificed for either local or party predjudices.
 D. W. Davis, first collector of GUS toms at Dawson, member or the cana dian parliament from Alberta for two terms, one of the best known of all the pioneers in the Canadian Northwest, a former prominent Gold Run operator and veteran of the American civil war, died at Dawson on June 6, aged 56.
 Four young Seattle lads, tired of the humdrum of city life, took passage in the hold of the north bound Humboldt and were discovered before reaching Wrangell. Here they were left in charge of Marshal Grant, who took care of them until the return of the steamer when they were sent home.-Sentinel.
Douglas Island news., 1906-06-27

With his neck encircled by moose, Joe Cook, claim jumper, pleaded for chance to quit the camp. The lynch ing bee was on Goldstream, eight miles north of Fairbanks. He had jumped Joe Voegler's claim while the latter was ill in hospital. The mob was pre- vailed upon by one of the number and Cook was liberated and given thirty-six hours to leave. He had narrow es- cape, as the feeling against jumpers IS strong and the miners feel that an ex- ample should be made.
 "The ice is gone-the robins have come" sings the Fairbanks News, and the sentiment leads to further opti- mistic thoughts, the News continuing: "The spring clean. up beating all records and awakening lively interest every where, railroad builders tumbling over each other in their activity and eager ness to be first-fully half a dozen of them in the field at this time-copper developments to beat the banda Mon- tana band-and added to this, politics to be done for the first time in the dis trict this spring. Surely things are doing in Alaska"
 DAWSON, May 2S.-New goods, chiefly in the line of perishables, have arrived from the outside during the last several days, and have enlivened the Dawson trade. Some of the old quotations are unchanged and are likely to remain un- changed until the heavier stocks arrive on the first boats from White Horse. The first bananas of the year were put on sale yesterday, and are going at S20 case or two or three for quarter re- tail. Rhubarb and cucumbers are also on the market for the. first time this year. The rhubarb sells at % cents a pound wholesale, and the cucumbers at S9 a dozen wholesale. They are outside products. The native rhubarb will be on the market within Q few weeks. Or anges, lemons and eggs have taken a drop in price. Eggs are SIS case, or anges S15 to SIS and lemons S20. Onions are 10 to 12 cents pound with some asking IA. Potatoes remain firm at to 10 cents wholesale. Apples range S6.5O to s9, according to quality. Some fine apples are in.
 The two Guggenheim companies which took over the Treadgold conces- sions, the Fuller-Norwood and other properties in the Klondike for the Gug- genheims, are known as the Northwest Hydraulic Mining company and the Yukon Goldfields company. Chester Ashley Thomas is the Yukon manager. Both these companies recently were incorporated in the state of Delaware, and charters issued to them just re- gently by the Yukon government. The Treadgold properties which the Gug- genheims took over included two-thirds of lower Bonanza. The Fuller-Nor- wood company had 40 claims on Bo- nanza and ditch eight miles long, car rying 1000 inches of water. It is believed at Dawson that it is the purpose of the Guggenheims to secure all of Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker creeks. They have interests on all three of them now. They are also heavily interested in At lin and the Copper river country. Great quantities of lumber and other ma chinery for dredges are now being shipped over the White Pass for this great combination.
Douglas Island news., 1906-06-27
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

Tanana papers oppose party politics.
 Ketchikan has "Brick 6 Tile" com pany.
 No one can accuse Senator Nelson of being quitter.
 The May cleanup of gold in the Klon- dike was S959, ,422.5O.
 The sailors strike has reached the Alaska Steamship Company.
 Jacob Bloom, a Skagway pioneer, died last Friday, aged 51 years.
 The salary of the Juneau postmaster has been raised to S1,700 year.
 Seven million 'fry" were turned out this spring at the Yes Bay hatchery.
 The Northern Commercial Company's tug Alaska was burned at Andreafski,
 The annual election of Fourth of July Goddess of Liberty is on in Skag- way.
 The Seattle assay office recently "took in" four tons of Alaska gold in one day.
 Dawson's moral wave is causing a part of the population to move on down the river.
 A heavy rain fell in the Tanana coun- try on June 17th and mining received a fresh impetus.
 Judge Gunnison expects to spend his summer vacation by visiting the Yukon Valley country.
 Wallace Williams of Nome has been indicted for perjury. Wallaceis gen. tleman of color.
 The President has signed the bill for the Ketchikan-Wrangell extension of the Alaska cable.
 The Nome Chamber of Commerce has reduced it's initiation fee to S1250, and dues to s25.Oo year.
 The Steamship Princess May, rebuilt, refurbished and looking handsome, is back on the Skagway run.
 Ira Petty is the name of the man who is credited with having discovered the Windy Arm quartz field.
 The Senate has refused to confirm Wickersham as U. s. Judge for the Third district of Alaska.
 Dan L. Ward, wanted for safe-crack- ing at Nome in 1902, has been finally caught at Detroit, Michigan.
 Fairbanks, swept by the flames on May g, is now practically rebuilt. The streets have been made wider and strengthened.
 Corporal Alex. Paddock, of the mounted police, was drowned in the Yukon river, between Stewart and Daw- son, his canoe overturning.
Douglas Island news., 1906-06-27

There is no doubt but that White horse is the home of the most aged white person in the Yukon in the person of Mrs. Mary Martin, who makes her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mir. aud Mrs. J. c. Phelps. Mrs. Martin was born in St. Louis of French parents on June 1Oths 1912, and on last Sunday her 94th birthday was duly celebrated by herself and children.-Star.
 The development work in the Chicka- loon coal fields has reached the stage where nothing more can be done until the rails of the Alaska Central are laid to the properties. A total of 1000 feet of tunnels has been driven into the coal veins. The property is now in con- ditton to ship 1000 tons of coal day as soon as the necessary machinery is installed. The coal has shown marked improvement with depth.
 According to the estimates of those who ought to know, and the history of other mining centers, as unearthed by Tanana historians, Cleary creek, in the Tanana district, is the richest placer creek that has ever been discovered. 1t is richer than any of the great gold producers of California, richer than Alder gulch and richer than the Klon- dikes Eldorado. It is predicted that it will yield more money than has thus far been produced by the entire Klon- dike country.
 A New York and London company, at the head of which is Doctor Willis Eugene Everett, for many years con- nected with the Smithsonian institute, and for F years frequent visitor to Alaska, has been formed to provide water for the placer miners of the Rlon- dike. It is the purpose of the company to carry water to the top of the hills for the purpose of washing out the bench gravel. Gravity power will be used, the pressure from the water mains being utilized to carry smaller quantity of water to an elevation high CT than it's source.
 Development work in the Yentna dis trict has progressed far enough to prove it permanent camp of great i'm portance. A dozen men who spent the winter there have arrived in Seward to outfit for the summer. Among them are the representatives of Paul Buck ley, the Cook inlet operator. They all declare their belief that the Yentna is certain to be another Tanana. About 125 holes were sunk on the various creeks during the winter. Not blank was found. The pay so far averages be- tween S20 and s30 day per man.
 The Alaska Central is now completed and in operation to mile ATT from Sew ard; that 2,050 feet of tunneling on miles 51 and 52 is bored, leaving only TYPO feet to finish; that total of about twenty miles of grading beyond the tunnels was practically ready for the rails; that the completed survey ex- tends to mile 225 on the main line and to mile 38 on the branch to the Chica- loon coal fields; that the preliminary location has been finished through to the Tanana river, 42o miles from Sew ard, and that the northern terminal of the road has been located on the Tan ana river near the mouth of the Cant we'll, or Nenana, at the head of clear navigation, on the Tanana.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
NEW YORK CENTRAL TOOK
BIG GIFT OF COAL STOCK

Philadelphia, June CONTRARY to
expectations, President Cassatt of
the Pennsylvania railroad did not ap.
pear before the interstate commerce
commission yesterday when it re-
sumed its investigation of the alleged
connection of railroads with soft coal
and oil interests. He will testify
later Examination of officials of the
New York Central occupied all the
morning session and part of the
afternoon. 1t developed that no en-
ployes or officials of that company
held stock in coal mining or oil com
panies. Vice President Rossiter tes-
titled, however, that the Beech Creek
Coal e. Coke company had presented
the railroad with 5000 shares of
stock, par value 500, ''for traffic rea-
sons" Later when the Beech Creek
company was merged with the Penn
sylvania Coal & Coke company this
stock was surrendered, the railroad
receiving 100000 worth of stock
in the latter company.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
GAS TO IA.
Bears the ,The Kind You Have Always BOuFF
signature as &<HA1Zu
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
IN NATIONAL CONVENTION

New Haven, Conn, June 6.-The
national convention of Knights oil
Columbus opened yesterday after del
egates had attended pontifical mass
at which Cardinal Gibbons presided
The convention was called to order
by Supreme Knight Edward l.. Hearn
The report of National Secretary
Daniel Colewell showed the income
for the year to be s722,501, which
with the balance from last year
brought the total to $1,966,O27
Against this sum the disbursements
were $456,375. National Physician w
T. McManus submitted a report show
ing that 321 members had died dur
ing the year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
A CARGO Cr SNOW.
Or What Looked Like That at First
Sieht-What II Was Really.

New York Sun.-Looklng down
over the high hatchway coming into
the after hold of a steamer dischar2.
ing at the East River wharf up by the
Grand-street ferry, a waterside stroll.
er saw in the hold below what seemed
to be a cargo Of snow-an odd cargo
for vessel to bring.
They had already got out the bulk
OF 1t from Immediately under the
hatchway and almost down to the
vessels floor, but all around still arose
white banks OF 1t reaching up almost
to the vessels decks; and halfway
up one of these steep snowbanks a
man was at work with a pick, dis
lodging masses Of It to fall to the
open space at the center, where stood
men with scoop shovels piling this
snow into great iron tip buckets,
which, as fast as they were filed,
were hoisted up to be dumped into a
chute running down over the steam.
er's side, this chute emptying into
carts on the wharf.
Froc' the steamers forward hatch
at the same time and in like manner
they were discharging from the same
snowy cargo, but over the other side
Of the vessel the cargo from the after
hold going across the wharf into a
warehouse, while that from the for
ward hold was going into lighters
Alongside, a custom officer at each
point noting the weights OF it as the
stuff was hoisted out.
1t was salt, the snowy, white cargo
with which from stem to stern this
steamer was loaded; cargo of $500
tons OF salt, brought from a place IN
Sicily where they make salt by the
evaporation of sea water from arti.
flcially made ponds Of about twenty
inches In depth.
To one whose ideas of salt were
confined to the trining quantities or
1t that he saw in shakers and salt
cellars on the table this cargo OF
thousands of tons seemed like lot
of salt; really like something curious
and interesting and remarkable. AS
a matter OF fact in the various uses
to which it Is put salt is used in eror.
nous quantities, and to those acquaint.
ed with salt and the salt trade salt
in full cargoes, large and small, LIS
something quite familiar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
Babies and TOYS.

Another cause OF nervousness In
babies Is too much amusement. Once
more shall 1t be said that among the
most important rights of the new born
baby Is the right to be let alone. The
sources of all the amusemcnts he
needs are within himself, and all he
asks for Is a chance to develop them
In his own way. His fingers and toes
bless his little heart!-suiIlce to en-.
terrain him for hours, and then comes
the delight of studying one by one the
things he begins to notice (of his own
accord be 1t UNDERSTOOD in the little
world that Is gradually unfolding to
his developing senses.
AS he grows older, give him a
chance to feed his imagination by
letting him have only the simplest OF
toys, such rs n soft ball of bright
color, n rubber doll and a bright pic
turo or two, 1t Is really wonderful
how child, when left to himself will
! invent method after method of getting
pleasure out of the simplest things
Not only Is he much happier with the
simple things, but he will not PLAY
with them beyond the limits of his en-
DURANGO, and thus he Is never over
taxed by them as he Is by the more
elaborate toys.-Frank Barlley In Out
ing Magazine
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07

No very marked changes have been
made in the proportionate acreage
of general crops In the state. We
note continued decrease in the acre
age of wheat, a smaller falling off
in that of potatoes, and a marked in
crease in the acreage of tobacco and
sugar beets. An increased acreage
of flax is reported from st. Croix and
Pierce counties; while in Racine and
Kenosha counties where cabbage pro
duction has been quite an industry,
the acreage this year is largely in
creased,-farmers frequently planting
ten or more acres to the crop. Mara
thon county reports 5000 acres of
peas,
In the northern counties the in
crease in acreage of given crops is
quite noticeable from the clearing and
cultivation of new land,
Correspondents We're asked for an
estimate of the percentage of in
crease or decrease or acreage of crops
from last year, 100 representing the
acreage of 1905, and the following
statement is based upon these esti
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07

week opened fair and cool with
frosty nights. On Monday morning
there was heavy frost throughout the
state, which did considerable damage
TO tender vegetation IN the more ex-
posed places. There was another
frost Tuesday morning in the eastern
part of the state, but it was not so Sc
we're or extensive as that of Monday
morning. The weather was generally
clear Monday and Tuesday, with slow
ly rising temperature until Tuesday
afternoon when showers occurred In
the southwest part Of the state. The
weather became cloudy in all sections
carly Tuesday evening and thunder
showers were very general during the
night and Wednesday morning The
clouds generally broke away during
Wednesday forenoon and the after
noon was clear and much warmer. For
the remainder of the week the
weather was generally fair and very
pleasant in all portions of the state.
me temperature was moderate on
Thursday but somewhat lower on
Friday and Saturday 1t was about
norman again Sunday Cloudy weather
gradually spread over the state late
Sunday afternoon and light showers
and thunderstorms occurred in all
sections Sunday night and early Mon.
Gay morning, The mean tempera.
ture for the week averaged about nor.
NAL in the northern and the south
crn sections but was slightly below
the normal in the central section.
The precipitation for the week was
generally light and decidedly below
the normal, except in the extreme
northwest and north central portions
of the state where local thunder
storms occurred
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES

Mamma" queried three-years-old
Mabel, with a puzzled air, when you
turn out the gas where does the blaze
go?"
Small Harold was visiting his grand
parents in the country
Grandpa" he asked, lis that bell
ON the COW to keep her from falling
asleep in this quiet place."
Mamma-After the naughty little
boy hit you on the nose, Tommy, did
you nit him back?
Tommy (sobbing)--N-no, m-mamma
h-hit him b-bacl first.
That's an awfully rude letter. said
little Elsie, pointing to the letter 90
Why do YOU say that, dear?" asked
her mother.
Cause explained Elsie, its al
ways stickin' its tongue out"
Small Bobby was taking dinner al
the home of a neighbor
Wei, Bobby" said the hostess, as
the little fellow laid down his knife
and fork, have you had all yor
want?"
I've had all could eat" answered
Bobby.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
AMERICAN MOTORISTS.

AS for the hotels in Italy, they are
inclined to raise the prices for motor.
lists
Car comiug!" they cry, and the
greenaproned porters rush out to
greet the travellers, laying violent
hands on the luggage, while the land
lord murmurs Sting 'em" or its Ital
ian equivalent. He at once shows you
the bridal chamber, a large. cold, hall
like place; but we adopted the system
of not shutting of the engine, and
generally convinced him that we could
easily SO somewhere else, aud that al
Americans were not necessarily mil
liouaires,
In France they make every effort t
encourage travel by automobile, real
izing how IL has brought new life e
the country hotels and little Villages
and what a vast industry its manu-
facture has become. II is pre-emi
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
Sake the Real Yellow Peril.

From stricken San Francisco comes
news that the willy Japs have begun
their long contemplated march upon
the nations and civilization of the
west. Their easy victory over the
Russians was a premonitory salvo,
Now they have begun in dead earnest.
Their first victim will be the United
States and their first weapon will be
sake. Sake is an iconoclastic and in
liammatory beverage manufactured In
Japan. 1t Is made Of rice. One swig
of sake, it is reported, is sufficient to
make an ordinary man jump into the
air and crack his heels together. Two
swigs will make him kiss his mother
in-law and three will make him leap
overheard. At the fourth the victim
is usually carted off to mad
house. Sake Is thirty-four times as
strong as Kentucky red eye and 1884
times as strong as beer, Used instead
of whisky with sugar and mint, it
makes drink Familiarity known
throughout the far east as "the crack
of DOOM" In combination with gin
ice and dash of bitters it makes a
poison twice as potent as prussio acid
Baltimore Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07
SHOWN IN FARM CROP REPORT
FOR JUNE.
GENERALLY GOOD OUTLOOK
Farmers Likely to Enjoy Another
Prosperous Agricultural Season
Acreage of Barley, Oats, Corn, To
bacco and Sugar Beets Greater
Than Last Year.

John M. True, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, yesterday issued
the Wisconsin farm crop report for
. June. 1t describes the past month as
cool and backward. The report is
generally favorable for sugar beets,
tobacco, grains and corn, but clover
and alfalfa suffered greatly by winter
killing and the late spring frost The
report is as follows:
Wisconsin Farm Crop Report
The month Of May has been cold
and backward. The rain fall has not
generally been excessive, but there
has been much cloudy weather accom-
panied by light rains. Such weather
has been favorable for the growth of
grains and grasses, which are well ad-
yanced and in generally good condi.
ton. The losses, by winter killing,
to clover and winter wheat is found
to have not been over stated in the
May report, and fields are often thin
and uneven.
Much OF the acreage of old clover
has been plowed and put in other
crops. Alfalfa as a crop is almost
entirely killed. The severe frost of
May q injured early potatoes, corn,
and garden crops, as well as strawber-
ries that were in bloom, although the
general damage Is not as great as was
feared.
The stand of early planted corn is
good, but the color indicates the ne.
cessity of warm weather and sun
shine. Considerable corn is yet to be
planted The prospects for this crop,
June l, can only be estimated by its
acreage and condition of young plants,
as its value as crop Is largely de,
pendent upon favorable weather later
in the season.
Little or no tobacco has yet been
set, but plants are reported in good
condition.
Sugar beets show a good stand, and
are growing rapidly. Weeds have also
made strong growth on most cult.
waited fields.
Pastures are in good condition, and
timothy meadows promise fair yield
| Our reports from correspondents
came so soon after the frost referred
to, that damage to small fruit was
largely matter of conjecture, and
we hope it may be less than figures
reported would indicate. The pros.
poets for apple crop are good
| AS a whole the indications at date
are encouraging for another prosper
Gus agricultural season.
Following is a percentage state
ment of the condition of crops for the
state, 100 representing a good aver.
age condition
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-07

nently the country for the motorist.
just as he will avoid the rock-throwing
peasants and general i'll feeling in
Switzerland as he would the plague.
The roads are perfect and beautifully
graded, generally running through ave
nues of trees. Signboards and warn
ings of dangerous descents and curves
are sprinkled everywhere, and the
food and service in the little hotels,
re infinitely better than in more pre-
tentious places in the United States
at about half the cost.-Walter Hale
in Outing Magazine.