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Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18

The newspapers of the North are continually publishing plaintive notices in regard to young men who have left their homes in the search for gold and have never returned. The following which appeared in recent issue of the Whitehorse Star is not of the usual order: He is a young man about 1S2 years of age, of very tall complexion, straight hair, curly teeth, and yellow eyes. He had on maccoroni coat trimmed with sawdust, white slop made of yellow flannel, green cali co trousers lined with cod liver oil, Wellington boots laced up behind. He had barber's pole in one hand, and a wooden carpet bag in the other, con- sisting of rat trap and petritied coal heaver, and he was last seen crossing the bridge at Carcross in company of Duncan Mcdonald, the fire chief, with his legs tied in knot and bis head un- der his arm, singing "Au Revoir" through bis nose. It appears he met superannuated body snatcher, who struck him in the stomach with pork sausage, causing him to have an attack of the collywobbles,and an old lady who witnessed the above outrage, was so mortified, that she fell down and struck her head against feather bolster ,caus- ing a wound four feet deep, which bled so much that it washed an elephant into a ditch and drowned dog that wasn't there. Whoever will give such informa- tion to Dick Britain will be kindly rewarded with a tripe medal. His father earns his living by carrying treacle,in sack, being his only means of subsistence. You cannot be mistak- en in the above party when you see him; he walks stopping upright, caused through swallowing young bicycle, when he was baby.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
THE SILVER LINING

The situation is seldom quite as bad as it might be. Happy is the spirit that reconizes this truth and tazes comfort to itself in the thought of what is spared The Irishman whose tale of calam- ity is related in the Birmingham tEng- land) Post belongs to this choice class of fortupates.
 Cassidy had just been injured in a blast.
 "Poor b'yF exclaimed o'Hara con solingly. "Tis tough luck to have yer hand blowed off,"
 "Och! Faith, it might have been worse" replied Cassidy. Suppose I'd bod me weeks wages in it at the same toimer'
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
A WARNING

The Director of the United States Geological Survey desires to warn the public against persons representing themselves as canvassers for the sale of survey maps.
 The federal survey publishes no state maps and employs no canvassers. The atlas sheets which it engraves and prints represents areas of only 1-16, IA or "square degree" The unit of survey is in every case quadrangle l5 min, 30 min. or deg. in extent each way; the unit of publication is an atlas sheet l61&x20 inches. The per sons cauvassing for the sale of seper' ate sheets or groups of these sheets at g per map have perhaps taken atlas sheets of the survey and combined them.
 The Survey desires to protect sta tioners and business firms that have consented to act as agents for the sale of it's topographic atlas sheets. These agents are authorized to sell at prices slightly in advance of the regular rate in order to repay them for the trouble and expense of han ding the maps. The price of single sheets sold to anybody by the Survey is 5 cents; if agents ask 10 or 15 cents most people are willing to pay the diff ference for the privilege of examining and selecting the maps before purchas- ing them, and for avoiding the delay incident to ordering by mail. When everan agent shows the least disposi- tion to take undue advantage of his customer the latter will do we'll to ad- dress himself directly to the Survey, especially if be desires large number of maps, as he can in that case himself get the benefit of the discount.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
ALASKA CENTRAL RAILWAY co
 MEN WANTED

During the coming fall and winter a large force of men will be required for construction work. Lowest wages paid s2.75 per day; rock work $500 per day, and other wages in proportion.
 Mild climate, good, warmr comfort able winter camps. Work lasts all winter.
 Apply to J. B. Cameron, Engineer of Construction, Seward, Alaska
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18

&visItor calling on an Irishmsn who had the credit of being lively heckler at political meetings, said; "What's that, Mike, that you have in the glass case?" "Oh, that's the brick got agin my head at the last election" 70! and what's that little flower on the top of it for?'. "Och, faith, that's the flow CT from the grave of the man that threw itp'
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
FAvoRITE REMEDY FOR BABIES

Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy favorite with the mother of small children. It quickly cures their coughs and colds and prevents any danger of pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only cures croup, but when given as soon as the croupy cough appears will prevent the attack For sale by J. Heubner.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
in the Journal entries of said Court

in the Journal entries of said Court and Cause. -, given that under and pursuant to the above and foregoing Order of Sale, |, as such Special Master, will on Saturday, the 2S day of April, 4. D. 1906, at the Court House door in the City of Ju- neau. in the District of Alaska, be- tween the hours of nine (9) o'clock in the morning and four (4) o'clock in the afternoon of said day, offer for sale the above mentioned and described prop. critics at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash as an entirety, and not in seperate parcels; that the successful bidder at said sale will be required to pay over to me in cash at the time of said sale ten ilO) per cent. of the purchase price bid.
 INTENDING PURCHASERS can obtain full and complete information con- corning and description of said proper ties from the records in said Cause, No; 6O3, and from the records of the United .s Stat ateCommissioner's Office at Ju- Alneau ,aska.
 WITNESS my hand this 22nd day ot March, A. D. 1906
 JOHN G. HE'D, WITNESSES Special Master.
 s. G. HOLT
 W. H. HILE
 First pub. Mar. 2S
 Last pub. April 9.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
SLEEPLEssNEsS

Disorders of the stomach produce a nervous condition and often prevent sleep. ChamberlainTs Stomach and Liver Tablets stimulate the digestive organs, restore the system to healthy condition and make sleep possible. For sale by J. Esubner.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-18
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE

WHEREAS, on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1906, the Honorable District Court for Alaska Division No. l, at Juneau, Alaska, in Cause No. 603, on the Docket of said court, entitled DECKER BROS, PLAINTIFFS, YS. BERNERS BAY MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, ct all, DE- PENDANTS, made and entered an order appointing me, the undersigned John G. Held, as Special Master and author iZing and directing me as such Special Master, to sell according to law and the practice of said Court, alk the proper ties now in the custody of the said Court, in said cause by it's Receiver, F. D. NeweA, which said properties are described as follows, towit:-situated at or near Berners Bay in the District of Alaska, and being those certain Lode Mining Claims, Placer Claims and Mill Sites described as follows:
 LODE CLAIMS
 Acropolis Harvard
 Alaska Maid kensIngton American Last Chance Banner Little Nell Bear Lucky Boy
 Bear Extension of Bear No. 2.
 Noltke Chilcat
 Northern Bell Colum bian
 North Star or Northern Star
 Columbian East Extension
 Colum bian West Extension
 Northwest Ophir
 Comet Poor Richard Comet Extension Portsmouth Cumberland Rustler
 Eclipse Savage Elmira Savage Extension EsmeraIdo Savage Extension No. 2 Eureka Selkirk
 Excelsior Seward
 Fraction Seward Extension Frisco Seward No.2 Hartford Triangle
 Snowflake Utica
 Thomas Yellow Jacket also the following named Mill Sites Bear No. 2 Mill Site Esmeraldo Mill Site Comet Extension Mill Site
 Ophir Mill Site Cum berland Mill Site Seward Mill Site Thomas Mill Site also the following described water rights:
 Ophir Creek Water Right
 Sherman Creek Water Right
 West Ophir Creek Water Right Seward Creek Water Right
 also certain forty (40) stamp quartz mill, railroad and equipment running from the wharf at Seward City, Alaska, on the beach about four (4) miles to said Mill, together with all machinery, tools, equipment, ditcbes, fumes, pipe lines, tramways, buildings, boarding l. nf kind and description situated on or ap- purSsDsDt to the properties above mentioned,
 Axp FURTHER ORDERING, that the said properties be sold as an entirety and not in separate parcels, and that the puTcbassr or purchasers at said sale shall pay to the Master ten (lO) per cent in cash of the amount bid and the balance shall be paid in cash upon the confirmation of the sale, and that the said Master shall convey to the pur- chaser or purchasers, all the title of the Berners Bay Mining and Milling Company, Opbir Gold Mining Com pany, Seward Gold Mining Company, Northern Belle Gold Mining Company and the International Trust Company, and freed and discharged from all claims and eueum brances and demands of every kind and nature now held or claimed oy them or either of them,a ,and of all persons in privity with them, and freed and discharged from any and all charges and claims, encumbrances and demands by virtue of the Receivers Certificates or other indebtedness of the Receiver by Contract and of all costs, expenses and disbursements of said Receivership; Master accept no bid for said proper ties for less sum than FOUR HUN DRIED THOUSAND (4o0O00l DOL TAPC. rh;nh said Order is of racOrd
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02
Will Tour Norway.

Northield.-The students band of
st. Olaf college is to make a tour of
Norway during the coming year. For
some time President Kildahl of St.
Olaf college has had lin mind visit
to Norway by number of the stu
dents. They have for years had a
brass band at. st. Olaf, numbering
sixty persons, now under the leader
ship of Prof. Melius Chrstianson, for
merly Of Minneapolis
Last summer when the student
chorus from the University of Chris
tiania visited Mortified this brass
band received them at the railroad
depot with the martial national hymn
of Norway, and the visitors declared
the band equal to any they had ever
heard. The idea of a visit to Nor
way was then first suggested, and has
now taken tangible form. Prepara-
tions are in progress to arrange all the
details of the journey.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02

cease their stunt. The trainer couldn'.
do anything with them, and they bel
lowed and lodged mice and shyed at
rats, and Bolivar took his trunk and
sWatted pa clear across the ring.
The elephants followed Bolivar to
the main entrance, each elephant. try
ing to walk on the heels of the one
ahead of him, and all the circus hands
trying to head off the elephants. but
they wouldn't head Off. They were
simply scared to death, and they
broke out the side of the tent near
the lemonade stand and went Whom
ing out into the open air and freedom.
while the audience yelled with 10Y.
Young Mr.. Senator said to me:
What do you think of elephants
now?" 49,.
told him to take his money and be
darned.
The audience was getting nervous,
SO the band struck up "A Hot Time in
the Old Town." and they were quiet
ing down as the curtain to the dress
ing room raised and the horses for tho
chariot race came out Just then a
woman with red socks got up on a
chair in the press seats and pulled her
dress away up and yelled, .:Rats!'' and
another woman screamed and jumped
up on seat with her clothes at half
mast. and yelled that there were mice
on the seats. In less than two min
utes every woman in the audience. and
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the bearded woman, and the fat wom-
an, were standing up on something,
holding up their dresses and shaking:
the skirts and screaming, and when
the fat woman fell into the arms of
the bearded woman, in faint, and the
bearded woman dropped the fat wom-
an, pa told the bearded woman he was
ashamed of her for screaming, cause
she ought to be more of a man than
that
Well, every mouse and rat in the
bunch seemed to be looking for women
to scream at them. and there was no
use trying to run show with sucn an
excited audience, so pa had the band
play Good Night, Ladies'" and he an
nounced that the performance might
be considered over for the afternoon.
Everybody made rush for the exits
Each woman held up her skirts and
fairly galloped to get away from the
mice and rats. j<st..
They all got out of the tent finally
and then the managers had a meeting
to find out who started the trouble
was sitting alone on a, front seat,
thinking over the scenes of the AFTER
noon. and wondering what the young
senator's son would do with the mon
ey he won of me, and whether he mad
depopulated the white house of rats
and mice, so the president would no.
tice it. was thinking about elephants
! and wondering it they were towards
by nature, or had acquired cowardice
by associating with mankind, when pa
came along and sat down by me, pic
ture Of despair, cause Bolivar mad
fractured one of his ribs, and the fat
woman had paralyzed his knees sit
ting on his lap while they brought her
to after she tainted when she thought
rat was climbing into her SOCK
Pa sighed, and said: ''Hennery. I
| wanted an exciting life. to keep me
from brooding over advancing age,
and chose the circus business, but
find it, is rather too strenuous for me.
Each day something occurs to try my
| nerves. I do not claim that you are
to blame for it all, but think could
| enjoy my position with the show if
you would take the first train that goes
north, and leave me for while. What
| I need is rest. Go, boy, go!"'
felt sorry for pa, but put my arm
! around him. and I said: "Pa, do not
fear. I will never desert you, until
| the season is over. Wherever you go,
I will go. and | will keep you awake,
don't fear. Now that we are going
into the sunny south, where every
! man may have it in for you, cause you
were a Yankee soldier, will stay by
you, and there will be things doing
| that will make you think the past has
| been a sweet dream. See, pal"
Pa sighed again. and said: "This il
too much" and he rushed off to find
the elephants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02
Will Rebuild.

Duluth-The Peavey terminal eleva-
tor, which was destroyed by the fire
on Rice's Point, will be rebuilt as soon
as. possible, and meantime a tempo
rary house will be erected to be used
as a shipper to load the grain out of
the big concrete annex of the burned
working house.
The burned house was of wood, but
it is altogether likely. according to A.
L. Searle of Minneapolis, manager of
the Peavey elevators at the Head of
the Lakes, that the new. house will be
constructed of f1reproof material. There
are two and one-half million bushels
OF grain in the annex, and the tenn
porary shipping house will be made
ready to handle this grain by the open
ing of navigation if possible. The new
permanent elevator will be of the same
,size. as the one just destroyed, which
was 100000 bushels. 2
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02

said he was a senator's son, but the
other boys had rather be acquainted
with me, because | belonged to the
show, and l took pity on the senator's
son and let hinl talk to me, without
looking cross at him. or snubbing him,
as I do most boys who try*'to butt in
on me. got to liking the senator's
son and had him come in the tent, and
we put in the afternoon looking at the
animals.
The elephants were chewing hay and
looking fierce. and the senator's boy
said elephants were the greatest cow
ards on EARTH and 1 said, ':Not on
your life; the giant in our show is the
greatest coward. and the behemoth of
holy writ is next" The senator's son
said elephants were such towards they
were afraid of mice, and we could take
a trap full OF mice and turn them loose
in the ring and the elephants would
stampede, and he would bet five dol
lars on it. l excused myself for a no.
ment and told pa what the senator's
son offered to bet. and pa said: Here's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02

Finally the trainer formed the whole
herd into grand pyramid with old
Bolivar in the center, each elephant
holding an American flag with his
trunk. and waxing it, and the audience
broke out into a cheer that fairly
ripped the canvass - = ~.tv. :.>*.-,-,
Then I said to young Mr.. Senator:
Come on with your rats, now, and I
win 500" All hands, picked up the
baskets and bags and went to the side
Of the ring and emptied the whole
bunch of more than 500 into the ring.
The rats and mice rushed for the ele-
plants, and then turned and male a
rush for the reserved seats.
Oh, dear. what time We had The
elephants got down off that pyramid
so quick it would make your mead
swim, and old Bolivar trumpeted in
abject fear, and tried to break away,
but pa came along with a tent stake
and hit Bolivar over the head, and
told the trainer to put the elephants
back into the pyramid and hold them
there till the bell rung for them to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02

groes, society people and clerks. That
senator's son and the whole family,
and the neighbors, must have been up
all night catching mice and rats, and
It took nine boys and three servants
to carry the baskets and traps and
bags of mice and rats i passed them
all in and we lined up on front seat
to wait for the elephant stunt, and
when the thing was ripe We were to
empty the whole mess of vermin into
the ring.
. I felt as though something was
wrong. cause l saw the new moon
over my left shoulder the night before,
and now I wish I had died before this
thing happened When the Japanese
jugglers went out of the ring I knew
that was the cue for the elephants to
come in. and when the dressing room
curtain was pulled aside and old Boil
var came out at the head of the herd
and they marched around the outside
Of the ring, clear around the tent, my
heart jumped UP into my throat, and
felt sick
The senator's boy said: when these
rats and things begin to chase your
old elephants, you won't be able to see
their tails for the dust they will kick
up"
Then l thought of the money pa had
given me to bet, and offered to bet II
all, and negro produced funds and
took my bets like bookmaker.
=. Well, after doing a turn saround the
big ring. the trainer steered the ele.
plants into the middle ring, and the
great audience leaned forward to catch
every trick the elephants did. Us%Eoys
held on 10 the bags that the mice and
things were in, waiting for our cue
The elephants stood on their heads
and hind. feet, and fore feet, laid
down, fired pistols, and did everything
just right, without making a mistake
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02
A Model Town.

Duluth.-Over 400 applications have
town of Coleraine, which will shortly
be opened by the United States Steel
corporation near Bovey. All appli-
cants must furnish references as, to
their reliability before they can be-
come owners of lots. This will be the
only town on the entire Mesaba range
that has been promoted by the steel
Corporation, and the outcome of the
policy will be watched with interest,
particularly in view of the deterilina-
ton to build a model town.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02

$50, and you can take all the bets you
can get. Why, this herd of elephants
would walk on mice, and rats, too. You
bet with him and tell him to bling
along all the rats and mice he can ind
in the white house, and you can turn
them into the ring Monday afternoon
when the elephants do their turn, and
if an elephant bats an eye I will eat
his ears for mushrooms"
I went back to young Mr.: Senator
and took his bet, and told him l mad
plenty more money to bet the same
way, and he said the next afternoon
he would come with his mice and rats,
and a lot of money to bet. that you
couldn't hold that flock of elephants
with log chains when he opened his
bag of rats and mice. = -
Well, how it got into the papers l do
not know, but the next morning they
all said an interesting experiment
would be made the next afternoon at
the great and only circus, to determine
once and for all whether elephants
were afraid of mice, and that SEN
ator's son and son of one of the pro
prietors Of the show would conduct
the experiment by turning loose a lot
of mice and rats in the rings at pre-
cisely $3.50 p. m. - 20 - i,
Well, you never saw such a crowd in
circus as we had that afternoon. 1t
seemed as though. the whole popula-
ticn tilrned out. foreign ministers. ne
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02
NEWS OF MINNESOTA
Manufactures.

Washinston.-In the five years from
1900 to 1905 the value of the aggre-
gate annual products of the manufac-
turing establishments of Minnesota in
creased more than 81 per cent In
1900 the total value of the products Of
the manufacturing industries of the
state amounted to $224,OOO, 900 in round,
numbers, while during 1905 they
amounted to $s07,OOO,0oo.
The detailed figures of the manufac-
turing business of Minnesota made
public by the census bureau covers
the returns for the state during 1905,
compared with 1900, not only on the
aggregate of the entire state, but the
figures for the cities of st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Duluth are given separ-
ately, and comparative summary of
the aggregate business in the selected
industries of dairy products, lumber.
Strengthening and packing and flour
and grist mill products are given.
With respect to the aggregate bust
ness of the manufacturing establish
nents of the state. it is shown that
there were 4,O96 manufacturing estab-
lishments in 1900, with capital stock
Of $133,000,000,: a percentage of in
crease in number Of Is per cent and
an increase Of capital stock of 80 per
cent. While the total number OF wage
! earners in the manufacturing plants
decreased per cent, there was an in
crease in wages Of Is per cent, so that
in 1905 wage earners in Minnesota fac
tories to the number of 1896 received
in wages $35,705,S7S The cost of the
materials utilized by these establish
ments increased 80 per cent. the total
cost last year being $4,000, 900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-02
Drainage.

st. Paul-Drainage bonds will be
taken by the state investment board
hereafter on engineers estimates df
cost, without waiting for the counties
to spend the money. The board de-
cided on this action, which will facili-
tate drainage work. The state will
furnish the money as it is needed, in
stead of waiting and forcing the coun-
ties to raise money elsewhere to pay
contractors till the work is all finished.