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The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
ALAsKA,s EXPANDING TRADE

The F. -I. of July 3rd gives the follow ing editorial in reference to the expan- sion Of AIaska's trade:
 "Iudustrial and develOpmental acuvi- ties 10 Alaska continue to press the eN- ceptlonal possibilities Of the northern country upon the attention Of the nation. Alaska is already justly. famed for its natural wealth, and 1t is only aquestion of time before the United States 'will fully realize the tremendous value of thls territorial asset, and will shape legislation along liDes calculated to help and hasten the development of its in dus.ry and commerce.
 "Advices from the national capital show tha. during April of the current year shipments to Alaska from the states reached 8 total valuation Of g, SIS, ,354, an amount representing an in crease of g per cent. over shipments in April, 1905. Shipments during the ten months ending April 30 aggregated in value, 5I4,4IS, ,43l, against sll, ,O32, 957 for the same period in 1906 and total almost twice as large as the aggregate value of shipments during the same period in 1905. Shipments from Alaska during the ten months ending April 30 amounted to 5ll, ,6sIOl2 against 53, ,a2O,- s4g ln lg06.
 Shipments to Alaska increased 8, 1885, 4g4 during the period selected for com parlsou, while shipments of goods from the territory increased s2,86II63. The showing thus made, taken :in connect Jion with the sharp increase in April strengthens the suggestion that Alas ks's trade during 1907 will show an in crease Of at least 20 per cent. over I9g6.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
zLuoKwAN WATER WORKS

Our columns of yesterday contained an account of the installation Of a water system in tbe Indian village of Klucwan. Among white people such sn acquisition would be hailed with delight, even when sanitary conditions previously had been Of the best. To those who are acquainted with native conditions and customs Of Alaska, and particularly with their unsanitary life, 1t must appear that not only is the introduction of 8 water system 8 luxury, but an absolute necessity 10 the maintenance of health and even life. Missionary societies both aJ home and abroad contend that true missionary work must be accompanied by the improvement of physical conditions as well. The condition of the Alaska Indian is a critical one, and since be has left life in the open snd taken ion some of the customs of the white man, 8 movement such as that In Klukwan Is not only to be highly commended, but to be regarded as decided step forward lu the interest of humanity and the complete ctviIization of the raE-ras-
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
No Ono Stood Up.

No Ono Stood Up.
 No one had been overlooked. Al least DO one stood up. There was 8 ihamefaced look on most every coun- cenauce. and Elder Toots and TurheeI Jones pretended to nod In sleep behind the stove.
 Yes. de professor told you all about rausmIgrashun. He told you dat de old idea bout heaven and hell was eN- Dloded and dat all hustlers had now come to believe dat when person died he cum back to airth in de form og some animal or bird or some mani mate thing. Sich Of you as don't know de meaniu' of de word luanimate kin stop arter de meetln' adjourns, and l will explain it. If hIs heels hit de cellIn' while l am eIplaluin', he mustn't blame me.
 For de last three weeks Natermlll- you Jones has not showed up at our weekly meetiu's. He has stayed home to put dat compound ou his kinky ha'r and bekase be was afraid dat he might git run ober by a street klar and come back to alrth In de form Of a yuller dawg. When he thought of bein' a val lar dawg and haviu tin cans tied to his tail and beIn' rushed up and down de street be got slch a pain dat he had to go to bed.
 Oars de case of Samuel Shln. He believes in transmIgrashuD right up to his ears, and for days and days he's bin walkln' around on tiptoe for fear dat a gas tank would blow up and knock him Into a cooked hat and dat he'd come back to airth as a mud tur- tie. What he'd like to be is a peacock, but he's mortally afraid dat 1t will be mud turtle Instead. He's thought it over til he finds hl5self sdCkln' his head outer his shell to look around.
 "Brudder Buckeye Johnson has also got 1t bad. His wife was Ober to my cabin de odder night to borry a draw tn' of tea, and she said she'd left him hons wld shivers runnln' up bis back. For tHO weeks he's expected the post office to fall down and bury him in de ruins as he was passln' He's like to come back to aiEth and be a rhinOcerOs and knock folks endways md go snort In about but be fears dat 1t will be as a mewL h dat case he'll have to work ebery day in de week, which is sun. thin be has nebber done In all his life, and he reckons on gittin' clubbed by hls owner at least twice a iRy, Be
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13

The matter of keeping a register of births and deaths within the town of Skagway is something that has been neglected by the authorities here since the town wBs incorporated. In all towns in the States, 8 record Is kept of alI such happenings by the town clerk. and is of great value to the inhabitants and Jo outsiders who may be looking for particulars regarding the death of a friend or relative in Alaska. Ar engagements should be made for keeping such a record, and 8 fine IimpOsed on the physician or nurse who taIlsIto report 8 birth or death within the town to the proper authorities.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
sKAGWAX WEATHER

The result of the observation taken at Moore wharf at midnight, July F, 1907, Is as follows Temperature time Observst'n g above Max. Jsmp. preceding 24 hours, 50 above Min. ..64 above Mean |" r52 above
 Barometer 5000
 Raining, calm.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
A Maer Man.

Sobblng Wife-Mammu, Jacks sO-so mean, he won't even give me pln-pin money. Irate Morher.in-law-Are you SO peuurlOus as that to my poor child? Meek Husbaud-But 1t was a $500 dia- moud and pearl pin money she wanted. Baltimore American.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
Tho Graduatso.

Tho Graduate8, Cuce more a world all tired and worn With buneuuE of fateB Is called upon IO rise and greet The sweet young graduates. They mean to elevate the world And raise It's Bordld bent, But all too soon will they find out They cannot raise the rent. Undaunted by experience For great reforms they ache; They burn with fine religious zeal And also burn the steak So hail them ag they proudly stand In learned TOW on row. They know each blessed thing on
 earth
 Except how much they ERoHr LuI sah dburgh Wilson in New York gua,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
.THE LINEII-O CLUB
Brother GardRer'S Remarks to Members -Oa TranSmigTatiOn.
THE CASE OF SAMUEL SHIN.

Feared That He Would Some Day 30
 Blown UP and That Re WouId Come
 Back to Earth Again In ths Form o'
 a Mud Turtle.
 rCopyrlght. ls5T by E. c. ParoelIBl
 During the routine proceedings of the LImekiIn club at Its last session word had gone about Paradise hall that Brother Gardner, president, would have something to say of a eaustIc nature, and there was q tutter of excitement as be finally arose and began:
 My fren's, have few remarks to remark yere dls evenlu'. I has known for de last Go' weeks dat dls club was
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13

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The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13

The Fifth Avenue hotel is the big gesL and best appointed hOstelry 10 all the north
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13
Phone City TrnnB8or

or your coal, wood and general haul ing. Phone 90, BoughtOn's cigar stSra. lO-4-lmO
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-13

HE WAS A SHORT, ONE STORY MAN beln' unsettled by a sartln thing, but ] have kept quiet to see how far 1t would go. ] feel dat de time has now come when l orter say suuthin'.
 "A few weeks ago a cuIrd individual named SkOOkem arrOve were from de stalt of Alabamy. He was a short one story man. He had d sguiut to lis left eye. When you was lookin' at his feet. lt was hard to tell which was de heel and which was de foot. He had a voice fO' times too big for hIs body. and be kept dat voice gwiue all de time.
 Professor Skookem, as he called his self. called at my cabin and purceeded r1 make Lisself at home He wanted my permlshuu to deliber a lecture be fo' dis club ou de subjIck of transmit .raslun. He went on and repeated lt to me. and l declined to grant it, spc- rially as be proposed to sell, at de close 5f de lecture. a compound warranted to smooth de kinks out of de ha'r at de price 0I SI 8 bottle. To get even wld ue be hired an old Icehouse and has been glyiu' his talks to all of you who would drop in 10 hear him.
 "I have been lookln' around for de asst halr hour to see how many kinks aad been strengthened out l have .een told dat de professor has worked ar ober fifty bottles on members or lis club. It don't seem to have done my good. Darm just as many kinks ls Ueto'. Hasn't pulled de wool Of any ,t you out straight. II l have ober- looked any one be will please stand
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
WASHINGTON STOCKS
DECIDEDLY SLOW
Market Fairly Steady in the
Face of New York Situation.
Little Speculation.

Washington stocks were slow and
slightly easier. but without material
change II people viii sell stocks during
the present slump In values they must
expect lower prices. II they can hold
them there Is hut a remote possibility
Of their being unable 10 sell later on
at much higher prices. or course every
one is watching New York. the center
OF the storm, watching and waiting 10
zee whether the bears will be able 10
d.slodge some of the great big men who
have carried stocks for months and
years
The small fry have been fried and
toasted They are out. or else they
are on the short side OF the market,
making good pickings on tie bear side.
Washington has but 1.-THE of the
securities that are daily traded In on
the New York exchange There is but
little speculation here. most Of the
stocks being purchased and taken out
Of the market by investors. although
there has been some little speculation
in Washington Gas. A small lot sold
at a.. but this could not be called the
market price. 70 was bid ex-dividend
and II asked. News OF Importance
should be forthcoming in The near
future.
Traders bank shares sold al rs and
lz3. Mitchell Mining touched it's low
point at !. and there ism I more than
room for one more point decline before
It's value will be nil.
Bonds were steady.
The total sales were but rs shares OF
stock and 1850 bonds.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Petworth-Gubert c. spitzer ct ux. Z

Petwcrth-Gilbert c. Splitter ct ux. 70
A. S. Vernon. lot 4. block ~. SO.
TwentS-second street northwest be-
tween I and X streets-Adelia \.
Fought ct viz. Joseph, 10 John F. Nc
Carron. part lot u, square -. SO
1881 IN I0fl Fifth street northeast, 1l06
and 1lC9 Sixth street northeast. and
rear OF hob to III Sixth street north
east-Ctorge +. Fleming, trustee, To
John C5ok. .sustee for Provident In
vestneTt Company. part lots and 10,
square $50, and part lots 81 and s.,
Pafl. Vtew---Middaugh & shannon, In
corp d ate,i. TO James NJ Callahan. lot
50. Gql are 3of4 SO.
T-FeI'ty-ffth street northwest between
I and X streets-James 4. Sherier. IT.,
trustee. 70 Catherine N. DAILY, part orig
inaI lot 7. square 3, s. 100
413 y street nOrthwest-John II. Woln
% Lincoln L. Pitsnogle, lot 50, square Il;
SO.
Fa-rv a-un-Leonard Peyton ct TX.
20 Robert Brown. part lot J.. section !;
So.
F'our+eerth street northeast. between
A and 3 streets-Kennedy & Davis
Ccmpan. TO Lizetta X Baer. lot s..
square 1 Sc; SO
lie ORBIT Park-Hannah l. Jones TO
Frederick D. Jones. part lot 6, block 10;
SO.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
WASHINGTON PRODUCE
MARKET

The local produce market took a Arm
eT tone this morning. in all departments,
than II has at any other time this week.
Eggs. butter, cheese, and dressed poultry
were inactive, while the demand on live
fowls. cattle. apples. and grapes was so
active as 20 raise prices several pom 5
on these commodities. Receipts on all
goods are better than at this time last
week.
These are the wholesale prices quoted
by local jobbers to the retailers. They
average a few points higher than prices
quoted by the producers 10 the tobbcrS.
EGGS.
Nearby. fresh Virginia, 25q2s; West
Virginia and southwest Virginia. strict
~ fresh. 24g25.
BUTTER
Creamery, fancy. 3OaSl1a; do. West
ern first, 31q3l4; do. seconds. 2S42s;
process fancy 25lfZ7: do, fair to good,
54Q25; dairy. choice. 2id22: do. good.
1870: store-packed. fresh. 1920
CHEESE.
New York State factory, large. l51ka
1911: do, hats, 161Sd17; do, small l615
al; do, fair 70 good, l2alS-
LIVE POULTRY.
Chickens, fancy. large l5gls; do. me-
dunn, l59l6. do, small logl6' DO. co.n-
per ID. s: ducks. spring. large, per
ID. 12jLQ13: do. small, per h., OdlI;
geese. per ID, 10d12; turkeys, toms, per
b., 16; do, hens, per h., 1901: turkeys,
light demand, thin. per ID, 1OG2; Keats.
per H., Al.
DRESSED POULTRY.
Turkeys. hens, undrawn. per h..
Ice; average. undrawn. per b.. l54l6c;
90. thin, per h.. l0ci old toms. l5c;
chickens. large. per h., 15q ice; DO,
small. per ID, 17a1Sc; hens, choice per
h., 14I15c; .rOosters, per To-, 96f10c: ducks,
per it-, 15GlGc; geese. per H., 50Sc.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes. per bbl. 81. 80 IS; sweet pota-
toes. Ter bbi.. S2.CUGZ-JO. yams, per Dbl.
s.. i5ziS2.90. cabbage. per bhl.. 6OQ75: Gu
cumbers, per bushei S1.50GZ00; onions,
per bu.. 65qS0c; celery. per crate, $S5Og
$50.
GRAIN.
Wheat. choice. 90: do, fair TO
good. $1,000: do, ordinary. 75GSOc; rye,
J 7OIS5c; corn. stelleC. white, 73d75c; do.
yellow, i5c; do, ear S4OyG410; oats,
Western, white. No. 2. 59Q62c; do,
mixed, sc.
LIVE STOCK
Cattle, extra. per cwt-, S5.25s5S.5O do.
butcher. per cwt-, s4.00I5.0o; common.
! per h.. 2J3c; hogs, per cwt-, gross,
! s7.0cII7.25; do, ordinary. per Cwt..
Sc 50d7.00. Sheep, clipped. $3.5GfB5-00'
do. common. s2J0e33.00 Lambs,
spring. choice. 75zqSc do, spring.
medium, 7lzc- Calves, prime. per
/ H., &c. DC, medium, per H., TG7lzc; do,
grass. per h.. 4d5. Cows, prime, fresh.
| each. si00Sg5o0o; do, common, each,
so O0Q3000.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
New York Stocks

Quotations furnished by A. o. Brown 4
Co.. Munsey Building; Members New York
Stock Exchanged
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
NEW WORKSHOPS AND BONDS WASHINGTON
Washington Prices

Columbia Railroad SIS. - .9on91o2.
Mltchei; Mining. 1901.
Traders National Bank. loops. 1OGI1cS.
After call-Columbia Railroad IS, $500
0lc2
Washington Gas, S9T71h.
Washington Railway and Electric as,
s., 5O0d79Ss. $3.50.
Washington railway and Electric pre-
ferred lOp6S.
Mergenthaler. 1lQ2lS
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
THE CURB MARKET

Quotations furnished by a. o. Brown &
Co. Munsey Building: Members New York
Stock EXCHANGED
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
BANK STATEMENT.

The surplus ~ the banks Is S1l-lS2 go.
against S5.20G.s5O last year. 81. 5s3.l5 two
years ago.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
NEW YORK STOCKS
AGAIN ERRATIC
Stronger Early, But Sharp
Declines Mark the
Closing.

NEW YORK. Oct 19.-There was
better tone to the market, but with more
OF less uncertainty, heavy liquidation
mere and there throughout the list,
disposition TO wait developments, and
with some fear of untoward conditions
regarding which the Street had nothing
out a vague and uncertain idea 1t is
admitted that conditions In New York
city are bad-that the financial Difficult
tiles of the Heinzes furnishes a serious
problem to a nervous and ovCrstrained
market, and that the enormous nquida-
ton OF the last few days was a neces-
sity which has been followed in some
instances by liquidation of loans today,
and loan reduction will be until the at
mosphere is clarified.
II is q fact that the brokers and finan-
cial men have a notion that something
is going TO happen; that something is
hanging over the market, and that the
financial men Of New York are endeav-
oring to stave it of
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
FINANCIAL GOSSIP

Wall Street is in the shadow Of some
thing, IL knows not what.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

With billions OF water wiped out Of
market values, the situation will be
that m IN better when the turn for the
rally does come.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

When this storm is over there will be
many scattered by the wayside but the
atmosphere viii be materially better.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

RAILWAY AND INDUsTRIAIss.
An, eri Tob.-.---205 63 90 20l 30
On SUBJ. 15h 1J7s Il 15M l6st
Mani Tran. So ga 81 81 On
s-andard Oil.....40 5 405 400 405 AZ
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

The New York Central IS accused of
rebating or discriminating.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Shorts Covering.

II g possible that there may nave
been some investment buying this morn
ing. Certainly prices are sufficiently at
tractive 70 the man with confidence
snd money. if there are any OF TINS
fortunate class, but the great bulk Of
the business was In the line or taking
in handsome profits as a result OF
operations on the short side of the mar
ket. There have been few profits Ola
any other side for many moons. II
lnust De apparent TO everyone familiar
with market conditions that the weekly
niargined holdings have long since beef
sacrificed. That the nervous and I'M
certain holders Of stocks for investment
has found his market and liquidated.
and that the banks have had trimmed
down their loans to the point where
they must have sifted the wheat from
the cnan.
Those who are familiar with the
methods OF stock brokers know that
. they have put the margin trader on his
Nmertt TO keep the maj gin good and big
The other Kind OF traders have bceu
sold out.
"A man, who has TO sell his build
ing and Joan shares to keep up his mar
gan Will be robbing the baby's Ddnl.
next week. Go for him.. This Is The
way brokers feel toward the margin
trader, and If. IL going after MIN, they
90 not get the coin he viii be sold
quickly.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
GREEN Fruits

Calves. full dressed. 9QIec; heads on
&c; hog dressed calves, SC; hams. coun-
try, sugar cured. l4916c.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Municipal ownership of street railroad
properties is 40 longer popular. even
with laboring men. This is the Sudg-
ment OF the street railway convention
now in session at Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Apples-York Imperial. packed. S2.501f
$50; Wine Sap. packed. S2.50IS.O0; fancy
I iie b 55e s. 1900 oos SP Psck Per
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Hartman says what he thinks. Wall
Street wishes that he didn't
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Win the multitude of wild and raging
bears on Wall Street. one poor little fel-
low in the canebrake doesn't amount to
much. Good hunting on Wall Street,
Mr.. President
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Banks and trust companies are iE ex-
cellent condition, but they have put the
screws on the borrowers.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Baltimore and Ohio earned 9.SS per
cent on its common stock last fiscal
year.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Likely to Do Better.

Nany securities are now below whel e
they were in the 1893 panic, and conGi-
tons are different. very different. Their
Wall SuCet did not stand alone. bu-
the whole country was In the Lurpps
Moreover had there been any possibility
Of a general panic IT would have bee.
easy to have detected positive slel.s
long ago. To-Day the farmers are ricn
and prosperous, and mortgages are not
Then The farmer was In the dumps AMI
fdl ne rest OF the world
The market turned out to be uncer-
tam and erratc. At the start there
was a stronger tone, quickly followed
by declines, in some instances quite
serious. In the second hour there was
sharp rally and some gains made on
tre closings OF yesterday, some marked
advances, but in the last half hour of
the morning the bears again attacked
TIE list, and aided by TIE weakness in
81. Paul, Copper, Stees. and a few
other stocks. the list suffered more or
less serious declines, mild however.
compared with yesterdays Sc W re losses
The table published below will show
me fluctuations from opening 10 close.
The Bank Statement.
The bank statement was just about
what was expected. showing a good
reduction in loans. but not as much as
had been expected. The figures follow:
Loans N,076, S46. 800 decrease Sc 555.6O0
Deposits Si,05, III. 800. decrease 1895. 400.
Circulation S0l.6l2, 400, increase S61O.COO
Legal tenders $50, %, 200, decrease S25l. =
Specie SOS. $4,000. increase Sc. 1874 200
Reserve S26I. SIC, 500, Increase Sc. 443 100
Reserve reserved S256, 427. $50. decrease
$S4 100.
Surplus t11.1S2.65O. increase @.5Z7. 200.
EX-I. S. Deposits $ls.795,175 increase
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16

network of alliances. until it stands prac'
tically isolated in Europe. To ask Ger
many to reduce or oven limit her arma-
ments under these conditions would he
like asking a soldier to abandon hts
weapons when surrounded BY enemies.
Unless Germany takes the initial steu
France cannot disarm with safety to her
prestige and interests. 1t might be that
her very life would be endangered
Neither Italy nor Austria are in a posi-
tion to follow an independent policy Of
their own in this matter, although it may
be that Italy could afford to suffer loss
of prestige and disarm under guarantee
of the powers. But 1t is likely that Ger
many would object.
Only Great Britain. the United States
and the smaller and weaker states Of
Europe and America can, under the pres
ent conditions, afford to dispense with
large standing armies: but England and
the United States must at least for the
present rely upon large and powerful
navies for the protection of their interests
and for the sake of their prestige.-Prof.
Amos s. Hershey, in the Reader.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
TIE CURE FOR WORRY

Can worry be avoided or overcome
Is the disease durable without divine
interposition? Undoubtedly, II the
theory of hought-transference be ac-
cepted as indeed an established scien-
tific fact, because surely an image
tending upward can be communicated
as freely-if not, intact, with greater
readiness. because of the larger recep-
tiyity for that which is pleasing-as an
image tending downward. Thus,
clearly, there may be brought into ac-
ton for success those very forces which
worry excites for ruin-forces wh1cn
may or may not be Irresistible, but GER
tainly are, as the wise doctor observes
the most potent of earthly life and,
consequently, all that we poor humans
can summon to our aid, unless we
adopt the effeminate practice of those
silly persons who constantly annoy the
Almighty by beseeching him to tide
them over their petty difficulties. NOT
that their troubles seem slight to them;
far from 1t; invariably they are more
serious than any others can POSSIBLY
be, but the mere certainty that, II Goa
should stamp them out personally, IN
stead of leaving such work, as he does
and ought, to nature, other trials of no
less consequence would promptly arise,
shows clearly enough that, in reality,
all Individual tributation is trifiing.
Occasional reflection upon this great
truth will do much to drive away the
bad fairy and open the way out of de-
spondency; but better yet is constant
realization that one can do for either
himself or others only that which lies
within him to perform, and, having
satisfied himself on that score, he pos
sesses an inalienable right to disregard
all possible consequences. and need
give them no more consideration than a
sagacious person accords idle specula-
ton as to whether, when he awakes,
he will find himself in heaven or in
hell. Supplement knowledge of the
recognized folly of regret with appre-
citation of the fact that worry Is never
over actual, but always over imaginary,
Ills and is therefore as unnecessary as
it is unwise and inefficient, and a long
step will be taken towards the definite
elimination of the chief bane of man
kind.--George Harvey, in the North
American Review.