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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

the subject o. tuberculosis. rho number
Of deaths from this single disease Ia
appalling bcing about one-seventh Of the
deaths from nll causes. Moreover the
victims OF tuberculosis are mostly young
ad,ilts--tllat class Of citizens Of greatest
value to the community. Yet tuberculosis
Is a preventablc disease; not rreventab(e
III the seiiac that 1t can be stopped Wy
any, edict OF any ruler. but prevcntuble
In that intelligent effort, patiently per.
sisted in year after year, must gradually
lessen the present fearful mortality, and
finally, 1t Is believed, wipc tho diseasc
out OF existence. In Richmond there are
annually between s75 and 900 deaths
from this single disease. 10 tho ordinary
man tho task of attacking so gigantic
problem seems too stupendous to be un-
tlertaken, but tho Board OF Health Is
ready to begin this work IL funds ate
provided. For His tho board asks the
sum of 5000 IN amount so Insignificant
in comparison with the work to be done
that we cannot for moment believe that
this item has been scaled down.
Second only to tuberculosis in impor-
lance Is the alarming mortality among in
fants, especially during the summer
months, which Is brought about BY pn-
sanitary milk. This has been so abund-
nntly proved that It admits Of no argu-
ment. This Is another OF the things for
which the Board of Health asks for funds,
and unless the members are utterly
wrong in their beliefs tho $1,000 asked
for In order to secure clean and pure
milk will result In the saving of many
human lives, Less than this amount
could not accomplish tho desired result.
Indeed, tho Board Of Health and the
chief health officer stated specifically
that every item asked for was tho re-
suit Of a we'll formulated plan for the
work 10 be undertaken, and cut Of oven
a few dollars would inevitably result In
inefticiency.
So with every item for which money
was asked. The proposition Is plain
one: Tho Board OF Health is expected
to accomplish certain results; the
members have accepted the trust imposed
on them, and after mature elaboration
have formulated their plans and ask for
the money to carry them out 1t is now
up to the City Council to decide, not
whether this item or that may in their
opinion be scaled, but whether the Health
Department Is or is not TO be allowed to
work out the problems before It.
A human life is commercially valued
at 5000. At this rate it would take but
the saving OF seven lives to repay the
$4,000. which is all that the Board Of
Health has asked for. This leaves out
all questions of sentiment
After all, the money which the Council
gives the various departments is the
| money OF the people, and in what direction
(, is it so important that the people should
have 1t repaid rs In the saving OF human
life and tho lessening Of human suf-
fering?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
DENTAL SURGEONS TO
MEET AT JAMESTOWN

NORFOLK, Feb. 23-The national COM
mittee OF tho American Dental Association
met hcro yesterday and arranged for tbs
international dental convention, which 10
to BIO held here Sept. 10. II and II.
DR.. Burton Lee Thorpe. OF st. Louis. pre-
sided, ind Or. Hshyvood Campbell. OF SUI
folk. acted az secretary.
Drs. f. W. stir. r. L. Simpson. T.. NJ.
Coward,n. OF RICHMOND: II. II. Walker.
OF Norfolk: r. J. Applewhitc. OF Newport
News. and w. II. Ewald. OF Portsmouth,
were among those who attended the meet
Ing yesterday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY "a, 1907.
No man Is 80 n,erclless as he who,
under strong sclf-delusion, confounds
his antlpathles with his duties.-M'a.
caufay.
A Hint for 1908.

4,
The proposal that the Democratic
party nominate Theodore Roosevelt for
the presidency recalls the blunder of
1879, when the Democrats nominated
Horace Greeley. The proposal to nomi-
nate Greeley was such a palpable blum
der that Mr.. Greeley himself advised
against 1t. He had already been nomi-
mated by the Liberal Republican Con-
vention, and all that he desired Of
the Democrats was that they should
make no nomination., but stand off as
an organization and allow the two
wings of the Republican party fight 1t
out. He naturally expected, of course.
that In such situation he would re-
ceive largo percentage OF the Demo-
cratic vote. But the Democratic con-
more on July 9th ratified the Greeley
and Brown ticket. which had been
nominated by the Liberal Republican
Convention in Cincinnati on May LIST.
or the result 1t is not necessary to
speak. The Greeley ticket carried not
single Northern State and only six
Southern States.
It is wonder that the party ever
survived such a defeat-bu it did, and
in 1876 made the fight of it's lifo with
Samuel ]. Tilden as its leader. 1t
could not have chosen better man or
q sounder Democrat, and it's platform
was ideal-the best platform. perhaps,
considering the situation, that the
party ever stood upen. 1t declared for the
supremacy OF tho civil over the military
authority timely utterance in that
era; for the total separation OF church
and State, for the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom" 1t declared for
the liberty of Individual conduct, un-
veSed by sumptuary laws; for the
faithful education of the rising genera
ton and Cor the equality OF all citl-
gems BEFORE JUST LAWS OF THEIR
OWN ENACTMENT.
y 1t declared that tho time had como
to rescue the Union from {. corrupt
centralism; it denounced the Repub-
Z lican tariff and demanded that all Gus
tom house taxation should be for rove
4 nue. only.
1t declared that tho public school
system BELONGED exclusively to the
s.o,,oro, CO., a. ;;i,s,+ ..,, S,.+o sho,j5
..~s.- : -
Cohefol us own schoo1s ana suPIor'
them without iargesses from the
Treasury"
There was also this plank whlcl
READS as though IT were written bu
yesterday;
Reform is necessary to correct TIN
omission OF Republican Congress AM
,,amncv which have $50. srinn "1I o ""' r ~
,iow.citizens of foreign birth and kin
dred race recrossing tho Atlantic 0
the shield OF American citizenship, an,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
MERELY JOKING,

A Great Scheme.
Whatever made you want to build your
house on the State lino7 AS you have it
planned your. kitchen will be In one state
and your dirAng-roon, In another7'
Say, don't give It away. Tn arranging
commerce co,nmission."-Chlcogo Record.
Herald.
Against the Rule,
First Parlkkeopor-'I noar you gave tho
tho prctext that bathing Is not allowed, but
why did YOU do tho Same to tho gentleman
who jumped in and saved herr e.
Second Observation-Disclosures fishing Is
also forbidden in tho lake"-Pele Melo,
Never Qualified.
First Magnate,-"That upstart millionaire
Second Magnate-"wcll he certainly tried
to give me the impression he was"
First Magnate.-''All prctension. Why. tho
Baltimore ANGLICAN.
Difficult to Tell.
she--What was the noiso heard when
you came In?
He---I really couldn't say dear, whether
It was the night falling or tho day breaking.
--Exchange.
Serious Errors.
ITO what did the critics attribute tho fail
ure Of his last opera 2"
THE music wasn't reminiscent and all the
Jokes were ncw,"-Miwaukce Sentinel.
Free Seats
Patience-Whnt, do they charge for seat
patrice-----Why, paid for the skates and
thenA1 sat down for nothing. - onkers
Statesman.
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POINTS From PARAeRApHERs,

~ O condemn the economic system that
permitted Rockefeller and Carnegie "a
- accumulate such inordinate fortunes Is
we'll enough, but TO make tho fnct TINT
they have given moro than 130.00U,0D0 Tor
educational purposes ground for condein-
nation is absurd,-.New York Herald.
a Kansas preacher says he wants every
line of the Thaw testimony published. Does
he desire It for Sunday school literature or
only for private consumption ?--News, York
American. ~
II Ambassador Bryce VIII find a $50, 900 BAL
airy as useful at Washington as at almost
any place That could be mentioned.--Phia-
delphia Ledger.
'8s
Tho Jamestown Exposition seems in dan
ger Of being pastorlzed.--New York Mail.
57l3.. sNs
Tho President has Just added tho Panama
Canal and the right to exclude Japanese to
his collection OF personal power-Baltmore
Sun.
The declaration that there will he no ex-
ira session Of Congress must have br0ugh;
sorrow to the bosom OF Senator-elect JEFF
Davis. who can hardly wait to spring his
promised rough house on his collea gues-
Washington Post
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

"a wife" says Mrs. G. Chapman Gait,
must train her husband just as one
trains q mule" Well, anyway, the nus
band can insist upon the mules right
to kick
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

Mr.. Carnegie has offered tip to
death, and Mr.. Rockefeller, according
to the common belief, Is systema tlcaliy
feeling his conscience. Here is big game
for the Multiplying Society.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
VLreInia,s Exemption.

Z Governor Swanson Is right in saying that
there IL nothing In the relations between tho
white and black populations III Virginia to
conference called to discuss and suggest
remedies for the acuteness of the race Issue
In other Southern communities. That there
Is lawless element among the negroes, and
that sporadic crimes Of horrible nature are
chargeabic to It. is n fact not to be denied.
But tho great body of our colored citizenship
is peaceably disposed and law-nbld!ng, and
Is living contentedy under laws which have
min miZed friction by removing the melting
causes-Norfolk YIrRnian- Pilot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

All the peril. IT seems, has not yet
been avertcd from the heads of those
who go down to the sea in ships.
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COMMENT OF VIRGINIA EDITORS.
CharIemagne |

charlemagne IT,.
Captain Hobson Is brimming with ideas
His latest. bronched In Sunday talk In
Washington. is the Christia n ization Of tho
Orient. Tho captain wants the United States
to be at once the greatest naval power and
the greatest peace power In the world. It
was Chartemagne that exterrninated all OF
the Saxons on the continent OF Europe who
refused to be converted from heather views
to Christianity Hobson seems to be an
imitator OF that Jealous propagation Of re-
ligion and conqueror Of nations.--Danvillc
Bee. .L.e....l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
SMALL INCREASE
IN VETERANS FUND

The Confederate Reunion headquar-
tiers, on the seventh floor Of the Mu-
tual Assurance Building, have been
beautifully adorned by handsome coll
lection Of pictures, which are loaned by
Ernest Young, the art dealer. These
pictures portray many OF the samous
Southern leaders, and In the collection
are several ilthograph facslmllies OF
WI sheppard's paintings, represent
Ina Confederate soldiers In the three
arms OF the service. Mrs. N. v. Ran
doph and Mrs. 8aughran have also
draped the door with an immense flag,
which makes a most Imposing appear.
ance.
Yesterdays contributions to the re-
union fund aggregated s2o2.5o and
is the list:
p. Robinson. Observation-Disclosures. Sio -
uca.h,, so
W. Frayser g. CO. 90
/ Want s 90 h
Joe BIckerst aft ............... 90
II. Il. Hartzell. 90
2. G. Nave. .............. s %
cameron.Tcnnant Co. ...... s 90
q. A, BlankcnshIp.. .......... 60
". 8. Workman ............ 800
M. n. 8FldIer. ............. s 90
Charles Smith Commence. 90
a s. euford. ......... SO 90
j. Preston Carson........... 10 90
William p, DeSaussure ...... 5 GO
Charles s. StrIngfelloW. 20 90
Edwin. p. cox. ................ 10 90
John ,, tea. s 90
3lchard /, Maury ........... rs 90
John r, Glenn ................ S 90
James caskIe. 10 90
uc,chu 10 90
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

Tho number and size OF It's spots
seem to qualify the sun for the title
OF the Pittsburg OF the planetary
system.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

II You can tell that spring Is coming
by the poems In the magazines.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

When man has more money than
brains. 1t Is his sublime privilege to
hire an alienist to prove that lie hasn't
any brains at all
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

1t appears that Mr.. Castellanc's
threat to commit suicide was for adj
Yertisng purposes only.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

1t will be long time. however, be-
fore earthquakes, at ts1,O0O,0Oo,000 each
como within reach Of the Industrious
prolctarlat,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

1t is quite true that Harry Lehr did
not make monkey OF himself in
Berlin, Nature having already attend-
ed to the job.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

Tho Larchmont disaster revealed the
fact that there are stu a few people
left who would rather DO 1.-Two towards
than dead heroes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

England spends $1s0,0oo,ooo a year on
her navy. She is the ono country In
the world which could honestly afford
Richmond +. ILObsOn.
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Consideration for Negroes.

consideration Tor NEGROES.
Wo congratulate the town authorities Of
Suffolk In barring THE Clnnsman" from
their towr. The Influence Of this sensa-
on whites as we'll MS negroes, IT does not
solve the race question, but rather agra
Yates the worst phases OF It. We are glad
to 500 n large element of both races protest.
Ing against its production. Tidcwatcr News,
Forgotten.
tlIow many persons remembered the
Maine on the 18TH instant. the anniversary
OF tho tragical historical eyent?" Ia q
question being easked by newspapers. No
doubt tho Spanlards think we remembered
tho Maine sufficiently several years ago
Bristol Herald-Courler
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

Senator Richardson. newly elected
from Delaware, runs a celebrated can :
merry. lie is not the only member of
tile Senate, however, who got in on
a platform OF tin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

The tecming plenty OF the Mrs. Thaw
pictures at least makes it unlikely
that they will ever become of serious
interest to the COLLECTOR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

- 49, ,e,o, H.
-
senator Richardson. newly elected
:. ~, y. caI ahrated can
+I,a' sana+a bo,yever who got IN on
. Mat rorn, NJ III
- - -----
mr., too,o;,,. ,,la,tv Of the Mrs. Thaw
mat thew viii ever become Of serious
interest to the collector.
5000
her navy. She is the one country In
the world which could honestly afford
Richmond F. IIobson.
Whoh man mas iiolo ..1 1'',, e''tn
brains ~ IS ms supi.!s'e ,5 ~
Yukon Valley news., 1907-04-10
ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PLACER GOLD

gold everyw here. Whence came it? No one can think it grew, or rather accumulated in the rivers, though some people have claimed that such was the origin of gold in placer deposits; and if where it can be proven it seems to be- in the low placer deposits of western Colombia, because there we have, apparently, uo point of origin to which the gold can be tr soed.
 In this region the Cer,igue Mining and Dredging Company i- preparing to install madern dredge~ to recover the gold that has attracted the attention of the civilized world since the di.cuvery uf America. Modern dredging promises brilliant success in vest cru Colombia.
 In western Colombia at the foot of the Ausies |. a series of sedimsntary rocks eota- posed of hne-textured volcanic material Whteh heeoines eoarssr oac proceeds south, tiil at huenasehtura the formation is slmu=t ssttreN ot vel wateF-woFs gravel semsntet Sith volcanic mud. The gravel Ia eomposst of ansls~ite perphyry fslsites. aaartsite asa siiieiou- slatrs. with aussss
Yukon Valley news., 1907-04-10

In the Mining World lCh:cagol of Feb. 9 appeared an article from Dr. Francis C. Nicholas, treating of certain placer grounds m Colombia. which is of great interest to miners and prospectu in Alaska because of the analogy between the condit ious of which he writes and these with which people in the north are familiar. Dr. Nicholas is t mining engineer of uote lnl m honorary member of several scientific societies.
 He speaks of the Colombian mines us "a remarkable gold placer deposit remarkable no, only for the high values obtained in the gold wash ings but also fof tte pscbliarities of formation.
 Probably noV here else in the world can one hnd miles upon miles uf river beds. river hars and bench wFsvel. rich in zuhi, yst uat the sixn uf mineral bearing ledge, or seln, in aii the eaautry round about them, Whence came thi- zoldg have personally eSaui- ibad the regiuu and have sesp uasgrts weixhigR over foasd- hsss ssea hat faii of nuggets ef an ounce and unsleF, and have examined the Fissr tars aud tousd
Yukon Valley news., 1907-04-10

It was Humboldts primary theory that the great gold belt extended from the Arctic ocean in the Rockies to Cape Horn, and be- cause of the peculiar formation he held that the precious metals.
 In 1889 Prof. T. c. Mendeuhall, of the United States Geodetic and Coast Survey, in re- port of an actual survey made by him, dertook to trace the gold through the Alas ka peninsula. He picked up gold in the foothills of the Rockies at point 100 miles back of Nome, followed it to the headwaters of the Koyukuk and Porcupine rivers, and then along the western slope of the Rockies at the exact point of the source of the Klon- dike river.
 In 1882 the first gold was discovered in Alaska on the Anauk river, a tributary of the Kuskokwim which joins the latter stream about twenty-five miles below Kalma- kofsky according to the hetchkan {Alaska) Mining Journal, by Ivan Simensan Lukeen, at which time he built Fort Lullee d post of the Russiau-A American Trading Company. Lukeen was born of Russian and Spanish American Creole paren nts, in the Ross col ony in California. He was well educated and proved to be an active, energetic and intelligent officer
 At the time of the discovery of gold in the klondike, but little was known by the world of the existence of such rich mineral coun- try, hence the opening of Alaska dates from 1s91
 The production of gold increases each season. The scarcity of water is the great est drawba The numerous ditches now finished in the Seward peninsula, costing many millions of dollars will double the present output of the yellow metal next year. The Panama district stands at the front this season, with production of over Ss,O00,CO0
 The Malchatna and hoyui1uls country will be the next heard from.
 Quartz mining is not attracting the pros pector at this time, for placer grounds are SO numerous and bring the ready cash in the shortest time. The one quartz mine with a stamp mill is the Hurrah on Seward peninsula. Its output is from S300,UC0 to S4J0050 annually. This is the only mill in operation in the north. Many are in south eastern Alaska, but this article does not cover or refer to that section. Southeastern Alaska is a territory in and of itself and the value of its rich mines is well known,
 Many believe that we have nothing but placer gold in the north. Hundreds of pros poets of gold quartz have been found rum ming from two to fifty feet in width, and
Yukon Valley news., 1907-04-10
Abstract Paper Read by r. Confo at the Denver Meeting of
 the American Mining Congress.

carrying from trace to hundreds of dollars a ton in gold
 We have many other metals in commercial quantity, but few people appreciate the richness of Alaska; consequently they can not understand its importance. Hematite and chrome iron ores on the kenai peninsula and Clark Lakes district, bismuth, north of Nome, natural gas and petroleum on the Seward peninsula, native silver and gaena in the Goiovin Bay district, tin from Cape Prince of Wales to the eastward for nearly POO miles, give hope of furnishing the United States with future supplies. Anthracite and bituminous coal occur in the Controller Bay region, near the mouth of Copper river.
 The copper districts continue to make a splendid showing. The Alaska Iliamna Cop per Company has opened 9-foot vein of ore :; the Millet property, near Iliamna lake 12- foot vein of ore; the Copper River country fully corroborates past statements that it is rich in copper ores. All that is needed now is transportation to bring the ore to tide water. The copper mines at La Touche island, Land Locked bay and Ellemar mines in Virgin bay, all in Prince William sound, are now shipping ore to the Tacoma shelter.
 The lead-silver property near Council City commenced shipping this season.
 The development work on the cinnibar de- post, four miles above Kolmakof, on the Kusl1okwim river. assays from to 50 per cent. quicksilver. The remarkable feature of the ledge is the quantity of and the low cost of mining.
 Many people are invading the Kuskokwim country. Several experts from Montana md New York are exploring the country. Five steamers are now in the river trade; stores are being established, one at the forks of the main stream and the east fork some SG0 miles from it's mouth on Boring sea. Everything points to d heavy rush in the spring, us the country is known to be rich in mineral.
 The mining camps of Alaska received from Puget sound ports in 1905 over 250000 tons of freight, in value many millions of dollars. The business continues to expand every year. The principal exports from Alaska are gold, copper, furs and canned salmon.
 The people of Alaska wish to give their support for department of mines and mining. We owe much to the officers of the United States Geological Survey, which is but slight introduction to what a cabinet officer would be able to accomplish for the mining interests of our country.
 Today the only means of travel is by water, sled foot or horseback. Major Richardson is building a few miles of government wagon roads: if continued support is given him by congress his work will result in great benefit.