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Yukon Valley news., 1907-01-16
GRANDMOTHER
 M|N00K DEAD
Perhaps She Was the Oldest Person the Whole Length of
 the Yukon.

Last Friday morning, Jan, II, Massa, the mother of John Minook' s wife, died from stomach trouble, superinduced by old age
 Her exact age was not known, but she was probably the oldest person in the entire country drained by the Yukon. She was a grandmother thirty-six years ago, and it is pretty certain she was over seventy-five at the time of her death John Minook thinks she was about seventy-six.
 Her brother Nicolai, well known along this part of the Yukon, at present resi- dent in Panama, is about two years the younger. The dead woman was the mother of Mrs John Minook and of Lige, of Rampant; of Annie Glass, of Panama, and of Sallie Pedersen, of Fair banks Three of her children are dead. She left numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
 Massa was skilled in all the arts of native handicraft, and was very indus trious, keeping busy at making mittens, moccasins, snowshoes, etc., almost up to tbe day of her death. Age did not affect the color of her hair, which was as black as ravens s wing.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-01-16
ALASKA'S RED-HEADED
 SON OF DESTINY

The New York Evening World of Nov. 1, referring to the football game between West Point and Yale, has the following to say of Dan Pullen, of Skagway, Alas ka's representative at the military acad- emy:
 "Knox, Morse, Mountford and Pullen, not forgetting Bigelow, were the heroes of the game. The great red-headed Alaskan, Pullen, was here, there, and everywhere, tossing the heavy Yale giants about as if they were babes Pulen hurled himself through the line with such tremendous force that ire quently he would run ten feet or more before recovering, and once he plunged through, only to sprawl helplessly on the ground far beyond the Yale line.
 "'This Pullen is wonder, said West Point trainer. There is no hold ing him. Some time ago when a Jap anese was tutoring the boys on the jiu jitsu he started to wrestle with Pullen. During the scrimmage he got hold of Pullen's leg and started to torture the Alaskan. Pullen took his medicine gracefully, but when he got free he got up with a roar of rage, and snatching up the Jap, tried to hurl him through window. It took six men to subdue him.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-01-16
Miscellaneous Items.

It cost twenty million dollars to keep the ships of the United States navy in commission during the fiscal year just passed.
 Frank Slavin, former klondke miner and ex-prize fighter, is now foreman for the Marine Railway Company at Esquimault, B. C.
 The first mail over the ice from Ram part reached Dawson Dec. :, according to the Dawson News. In it were Ram part papers of Oct. 24.
 ifN-rays are now utilized by pearl fish CTS in locating gems in unopened oysters, thus allowing the productive oysters to be returned to the sea.
 Newspapers of Japan are urging that country to send an expedition into the north polar regions The talk is that such an expedition may pass in through Boring strait the present year.
 Terry McGovern, former lightweight champion of the world, after years of the pace that kills, has collapsed men, tally and physically and is in Connec ticut sanitarium.
 There has been rumor that the White Pass railway and steamboat line would burn oil in future instead of coal. Su perintendent Hahn recently said that the oil men' 'were invited to make q showing that would prove d change by the White Pass worth while, but that they have not so far done so.
 A remarkable circumstance attended the boring of an oil well in Indiana re- centlv At depth of $50 feet the drill penetrated q tree, through branches, trunk and roots, in the order named Some of the fragments brought to the surface were found to contain lively black ants, the presence of which at such depth no one is able satisfactorily to explain. Mining World.
 A chimney connected with gold Sntltlnk luIldtt TIT diltJp JuHNAipIf Cal, had been filling up for the past year, and finally became so troublesome that the managers of the plant ordered it cleaned. The refuse was afterward treated in the gold room, and was found to contain gold dust worth 5000. The directors immediately ordered appliances attached to the ehimneys to prevent re- fuse from passing out into the air.
 The smokelcss powder which has su- prrsedc,i the old-stylc black powder, and which i- u-cd net only in the field of sport but exclusively for the shoulder arms uf the army anal navy as well as for the machine guns, the rapid-iirc guns and the huge rifles on the decks oi American hattlcships and within Che works of Qualifications, practically i-
Yukon Valley news., 1907-01-16

The German Society for the advance ment of wireless telegraphy has carried on conversation over wireless tele- phone apparatus between Berlin and Nauen, distance of 24 miles. The test was as satisfactory as i, the most ap- proved telephone had been used A company has been organized to put the new apparatus on the market.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-01-16

It k stated that the Colorado river has broken over and k again pouring Q fiaad of water into the Saltun sink. The extent oi the break and the chance for stopping if are not given.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
GROWING Flowers In Winter.

A long run Of dark days in winter Is
bad for the florists. It matters little
how cold the weather is. provided
there is sunshine. for the heat can al
ways be maintained to the proper
point, and with sunshine flowers will
bloom just as freely when the Their
mOmeter shows an outdoor tempera-
ture of zero as Mt the freezing point,
though of course more money must be
spent for coal. But when, day after
day, for weeks at time, clouds over
hang the sky, nothing will grow as it
should. The carnatiOn buds develop
slowly until they are half open and
wait for sunshine, and if it does not
come in four or five days the blooms
decay. So also it is with callas and
roses. They will open halfway. then,
without sunlight, will quickly spoil
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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The Gods Bill of Fare.

An interesting exhibit in the South
Kensington museum, London, Illus
trates the omnivorous nature of the
Gods diet. Among the fish falling q
prey to its vOracious maws we note
the young of the herring, dab, whiting
and sand eel. Shrimps and young lob
stcrs also form an important item In
the Gods menu. The strangest part OF
the Gods diet perhaps is the sea mouse,
whose thick covering of bristles might
be thought to render it unwelcome to
any stomach. Large whelks and shells
of whelks with their indwelling hermit
crabs are also largely devOured. From
its Partially to mollusks, in fact, the
cod may become an assistant to the
shell collector. Woodward in his MAN
uaI of the Mollusca" remarks that
some good northern seashells have
been rescued unbroken from the stom-
ach Of the cod. London Globe.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
The Cause of Snoring.

This is not for you. because you
never snore. No one ever does snore
himself. 1t is always the other fellow.
But you can read this and then tell
that guilty other fellow how TO break
himself of his bad habit, for snoring
is merely a bad habit and as such
can be overcome. 1t is caused pri-
marily by improper breathing-that is,
breathing through the mouth instead
of through the nostrils-so. first Of all.
care should be taken during waking
hours to breathe correctly. The habit
once formed of keeping the mouth as
firmly closed as possible. he will be
less likely to sleep with it open. Then
see that your troublesome snorer has
a proper pillow. He should sleep with
his head as fiat as possible, for If his
head is pushed forward and the neck
bent the tongue drops back against
the soft palate and forms an obstruc-
ton which makes all the unmusical
sounds we hear when the air is forced
past it-St. James Gazette.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
DARED 70 LET COP
SEE HIM KISS GIRL
Then to Rub 1t in New York Man
SaSsed Policeman, Who Final
~ Arrested Him.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Because
he kissed his best girl and let po-
liceman see him do it, James F.
Higgins faced Magistrate Whitman
the other day, answering to charge
of disorderly conduct. Questioned
by the magistrate Higgins said:
Eyes, your honor, did kiss girl.
But l know her, she's a friend OF
mine-she's my best friend, and I
don't see any harm in kissing her if
we both feel like it,
81 am going to let you go this
time" said the magistrate, "but in
the future do not kiss on the streets.
1t is not right" Policeman Saple-
ton, of the East Thirty-flfth Street
station, appeared as the complainant.
The girl had no complaint to make.
The arrest was made on Second ave-
nue., near Twenty-eighth street. a
neighborhood is not uncommon. Hig-
gins sassed the cop when warned.
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The Last Match Saved Them.

The ship had lain becalmed in trop-
ical sea for three days. Not q breath
of air stirred the mirrorlike surface of
the sea or the limp sails that hung
from the yards like drapery carved in
stone. The captain resolved 10 wait
no longer. He piped up all hands on
deck and requested the passengers to
also come forward.
II must ask all Of you," he said, ito
give me every match that you have"
Wonderingly the passengers and crew
obeyed. The captain carefully arranged
the matches in his hands as each man
handed him his store until all had
been collected. Then he threw them
all overheard but one, drew cigar
from his pocket and, striking the soil
tary match on the mainmast, endeav-
ored to light it. In an instant furl-
Gus gale swept over the deck, extin-
guished the match and filled the sails,
and the good ship Mary Ann sped
through the waves on her COURSE
Parsons Weekly.
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the few remaining servants or the
plantation. An investigation was held,
and the tragic truth was revealed.
1.-THE father, Of course. was incOnsol-
able. He returned to his house, while
the servants carried the lifeless form
Of his boy to the home that had been
awaiting his coming. The next day
the invited guests began to arrive. The
father had given orders that the trag-
edy should not be mentioned until he
himself told It.
81 do not know what explanation was
made to the guests as to the absence
Of him whom they were to honor, but
after the repast they were told. and
then they fled past the dead. The
body had been wrapped in the flag for
which the brave young man had
fought. The community was used to
funerals. Every private burial ground
had a grave made by the unhappy war,
but no funeral like this had ever TAX
en- place in the vicinity, and doubt II
1t ever had a counterpart"
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A Story of General Lee.

When the great war was over and
defeat had come to the armies Lee had
led, he was visiting the house Of a
friend in Richmond. With that love Of
children that always characterized
him, the old hero took upon his knee
a fair haired boy. The proud mother,
to please her guest, asked the child.
"Who is General Lee?" Parrotlike the
expected answer came, "The great Vir-
ginian who was patriot true to his
native state" And then came the ques-
ton, "Who is General Scott?' and the
reply, "a virginian who was traitor
to his country"
Putting down the child and turning
to the mother. the genera! said: mad
am, you should not teach your child
such lessons. I will not listen to such
talk. General Scott Is not q traitor
He was true to his convictions Of duty
rs I was to mine. From Hilary n
Herbert's Address Over the Graves os
the Confederate Dead in ArlinAtoA.
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+ MO Prewitt Of Francesville, Ind.
has entered the store or Pearl Hol-
comb, and will have charge of the
dry goods department., succeeding
Miss Pat Collier, who resigns to mar
ry.
WALL PAPER-Now is the time to
buy, and have your paper hanging
done at reduced prices. Ask M. o.
Merrill tt
F. w. Kiesiing and wife, of Spo-
kane, are in the city the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Gellatly. Mr..
Kiesling is the president of the In
land Cracker company of Spokane.
Mrs. Stocker is the pleasant host
ess this week of her aunt, Mrs. M.
M. Gerson of Spokane and her sister,
Mrs. Irwin Ballew, of Danville, Ill.
Captain E. E. Shotwell, proprietor
of the Lake Chelan Navigation COM
pany, accompanied by his wife, has
been in the city for few days visit.
The couple left this morning for Che
Ian.
o. M. Bramel, young man OF
Maysville, KY, is here this week
looking over the valley with view
to locating.
r. c. Pitcher and wife of Orondo
ara in town today.
Mrs. Clifford Griggs and the MissSs
Smith of Spokane, who are spending
a few weeks with the Griggs family
returned yesterday from a trip to
Lake Chelan.
IF YOU WANT something really up
to-date in wall paper M. o. Merrill
has got it. u
LOST-A small tracing Of ground
plat; was rolled up inIshape OF
cylinder; lost on streets Tuesday
night. Return to Daily World Of
fee and receive reward.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
Bidding For Immigrants.

Although the plan of assisting immi-
grafton recently adopted by South Car
DINA has met with criticism and even
official opposition. some system of that
kind may be found advisable for the
whole country if we want immigrants
worth having. Other countries are
competing, and they are not particular
as to methods.
Last year the emigration from the
British islands to Canada was about
40 per cent more than in the previous
year. The Australian colonies got %
per cent increase in 1906, but the Unit
ed States received only 20 per cent
more than in 1905. Canada and Aus
tralia are urgent in seeking imml-
grants. The South American republics,
notably Brazil and Chile, are spending
government money literally to stimu-
late immigration and are working In
Hungary and in Italy through govern
ment agents. All of these countries
have advantages for new settlers, and
there is no disputing the fact that
with government encouragement and
assistance Europeans may do better
north or south of us than they can
here. In that case we may soon get
nothing but leavings after competing
countries have taken their pick.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
HILL hodges
THE LIMELIGHT
Great Railroad Builder Gets Sore
When Asked to Taxi for \
Newspapers.

CHICAGO, June 12.-The Record
Herald today says:
James ]. Hill is cultivating
shrinking disposition. He arrived in
Chicago from St. Paul yesterday, had
his private car switched over to the
Erie and departed for New York
Shortly afterward. When asked to
give his views on the condition of
the country generally he SHE'D like
a green FLY at piece of paper in
the road.
No, no. he said hastily; I want
to keep out of the newspapers en-
tirely. l do not want to be in the
limelight any more.
This is so sudden was suggest
ed
Mr.. Hill shot a suspicious glance
at the reporter aud retorted:
The fool newspapers are t.
blame
now?' was asked.
They go and print something
which they know to be true AMI in
favor of the railroads. and then some
darn fool editorial writer puts a
piece in the paper poking fun at the
railroad man who said it. l suppose
What do you think of the
| threatened crop shortage?'
| g Didn't know there was one. It's
a long time between wheat two in
ches out and the half-bushel meas
ure'
Are we going to have a panic?
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Customs Of Brittany.

Brittany alone, of all the provinces
of France, seems to have preserved its
types and individuality. To be Breton
is by no means to be French. The old
men to this day chatter in the Celtic
tongue. The Breton mother when not
at work in the fields sits in the door Of
her cottage plying the distaff and recit-
ing the old legends and quaint folk
songs to the white coifed baby beside
her. The Breton woman still wears
the costume of her mothers before her
and is satisfied in it.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
The Building Boom.

It appears that building activities are
not confined to this country. Last year
the importations of building wood into
the British islands increased 20 per
cent over those of 1905. 1t is some
times argued that when prices get too
high here foreign competition will step
in and pull them down Canada,
Sweden and Russia profited by the III
creased demand for building material
In the United Kingdom in 1906.
The boom of building is not 4 mere
spasm. Prosperity everywhere fur
nishes the means, and new conditions
furnish the incentive. Healthier AZ
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
How They Dance In Hungary.

With the exception Of the Spaniards
there is no nation in Europe that
dances like the Hungarians. They love
it with a love that amounts to a passion.
They not only go in for it heart and
soul, but they VII! dance on anything,
in any sort of weather. A paddock. a
village street, stable yard, the earth
ell floor of a wayside csarda-it Is all
the same to them. Not the scorching
sun or the whirling dust or the pelting
rain or the falling snow will deter
them. They all dance beautifully too.
It seems to be in their blood.
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" Don't know; but I do know Of
railroads which are PAYING s per
cent dividends and are earning only
S per cent
Busy Ofrsetting Government Plans.
What do you think of the PRES
idents plan for railway regulation
:. Haven't read it; haven't read
anything. Been too busy trying TO
get enough business to Offset the
governments plans.
Second Viye-President Willard
pfioned the Erie superintendent and
instructed him to hold the train IN
til Hill could take his morning CO
stitutional.''
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ani his father and the family had re-
tired. lie only creature on the oiG
place THAI seemed to be awake was a
dos. As the soldier entered the gate
OF Tue grounds the dog began barking.
TIE sound aroused the owner of the
manor The country was oyerrun at
the time with stragglers, some of
whom had not hesitated to commit
burglary The father of the boy arose.
He stood in his doorway with his sdot-
gun and challenged the approaching
stranger. as he supposed.
"The young man, being deaf. made no
reply. but continued ON his way. The
man in the doorway raised his gun
and fred. The stranger fell dead.
The father summoned his family and
49,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13

Concerning the many and often seri-
GUS railway accidents Of late the Rail-
way Age says that publicity is needed
as a cure and complains mildly Of tho
general policy of railroad managers
which leads them to conceal all acct
dents when they can. 1t suggests that
they give out full accounts OF all.
whether they result seriously or not.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
Too Heavy to Keep.

Magistrate Ito prisoner)-Miserable
being, not only have you robbed your
employer of the fruits of long years Of
labor, but you have dissipated it in
the widest extravaganza. Prisoner
That is true, but l couldn't keep the
stolen money; it weighed too heavily
on my conscience.-Loisirs.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13

Cubans are importing cement from
this country extensively, an indication
that they want something on the island
which the West India hurricanes can
not rip to pieces.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-06-13
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in the postofice
at Wenatchee uncalled for for week
ending June 18th. 1907:
Atkinson, Roger
Anderson, Miss S. E.
Blake, A. G.
Bennett, Mrs. Bald
Blocker, Joseph
Duncan, Mrs. M. E.
Fitzgerald, Mr.. Oliver
Graves, T. A.
Harris, Mr.. J.
Heath, Mr.. Frank
Hane, Miss S.
Hopkins, C. w. (4
Hopkins, Mr.. William
HOughton, Mr.. M. l..
Hubbard, Miss Maude
Hunter, Mr.. Newton
Justice, Mr.. Homer
Jerome, Mr.. B. M.
Kenney, Mrs. James
Lieser, Mr.. Gilbert
Miles, Mr.. Gilbert CD
Morris, Mrs. C. ].
Morris, Mr.. F. B.
Morton, Miss Ella
Moor, J. K.
Magg, w. r. )2)
Mitchell, Mr.. Walter
Moorhead, Mr.. l. E.
Oenerman, Toney
Ottieera, Mr.. Jno. r.
Occonnell, Dr..
Riley, Mrs. M.
Wilks, Mr.. Frank
Williams, Miss Bessie
White, Mr.. j.
Persons calling for above will
please say advertised.
l.. Nj. HULL, P. NJ.
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TE{ SAI(tST STORY
o. THE GREAT CONFLICT.
Young Confederate, Returning
Home Unscathed, Shot
Dead by His Father.
nERHAPS the saddest story Of
- the civil war is that told of
q Confederate family directly

the civil war Is that told or
Confederate family directly
after the great conflict. Mrs.
Chestnut mentions it in her DIARY
From Dixie" and man who heard 1t
at first hand tells it as follows in the
New York Sun:
THE soldier had enlisted in Georgia
from his home, where his father re-
manned undisturbed during the strug-
gle. The young man had fought through
the war without a scratch, save a
slight wound which had left him
partially deaf This affiiction he had
never referred to in any of his letters.
after the surrender he communi-
Gated with his father, saying he would
reach home on or ABOUT certain date.
Travel then was uncertain, and he was
not positive as to when he would ar
rive. His father prepared to receive
him. Believing that his son would
come as promised, he arranged a
spread such as the conditions of his
surroundings at that time would per-
nit He had brought out his best
plates that had been secreted for q
long time, and with gold which had
been exhumed he bought such delica-
cies and substantials as the southern
market at that time afforded
LAS many of the old time neighbOrs
as were living in the vicinity were in
vited to the home coming Of the re-
turning soldier. The eXCOnfederate
arrived on the old plantation the night
before the earliest date he had men,
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brighter dwellings and working places
are demanded. Mans knowledge u
ever improving, and his environment
must improve in order to keep pace
with the march Of IDEAS. 1t Is hope
full sign that people are not only build
ing new structures, but insist upon
having them better and stronger than
heretofore.
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England is reported to be startled at
the bold demand Of the colonial repre-
sentatives for freedom for the colonies
as Independent nations. But in these
advanced times parent countries can
not expect flourishing and lusty chill
dren to stay tied to the mother corln-
try's apron strings.
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One of the publishers advertfses a
novel that Is "a hair raiser" Some
thing in the nature Of brain elevating
fiction would be welcome just at this
time.
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All that Andrew Carnegie needs to
fill his cup Of happiness to the brim is
the assurance that some day his fea-
lures will adorn United States post
age stamp of popular denomination.
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Bill had billboard. Bill also had
a board bill. The board bill bored Bill
so that Bill sold the billboard to pay
his board bill. SO after Bill sold his
billboard to pay his board bill the
board bill no longer bored Bill
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It is not long since that Mr.. Taft was
regarded as one of the few men for
whom q placid future was absolutely
secure.