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Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
GuggenhelmS to Change Coast Terminus of Proposed In.
 teriOr Railroad.
HAWKINS so RECOMMENDS
Better HarbOr Facilities at Original Site Selected by HGnCy Re-
 SpOnsible for New Move.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.

Seattle, July 25-Delegate Gale oi Alaska expresses the belief that the Guggenheims will abandon Katalla as the coast terminus of their proposed railroad to the interior, and will re- turn to Cordova F.. C. Hawkins, the new chief engineer of the Guggenheim road, will recommend the change on account of better harbor facilities at the latter place.
 Gale has just returned from a trip to the southern coast of Alaska, and sailed last night for his home in Fair banks.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
saratoga Arrives and Sails West

Steamer Saratoga arrived in Seward at 3 D. m. yesterday and sailed at 6 o'clock for Seldovia. Captain Schage, formerly of the Santa Clara, is now on the bridge.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
TO ESTABLISH WIRELESS
 FROM SITKA TO VALDEZ

Vallejo, July 25 - The government will establish a wireless system be- tween Sitka and Valdez. George Hans come has left for Sitka to begin work on the station there.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
STEAMER COLUMBIA
 SINKS WITH 100 LIVES
Ramm0d by Lumber Ship San Pedro in Dense FOO at Midnight Off California Coast and Goes Down in Two Minutes With
 Half Her Human Freight.

sixteen survivors found floating on the the water. Not child was saved.
 Many heroic deeds were performed as the steamer was sinking and after ward, women as usual being prominent in acts of courage.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

Congressman Sulzer of New York, one of Alaska's best friends, is making his annual visit to Southeastern Alas ka, where he is trying to get fortune out of a mine.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
No Hope of Tore Survivors

San Francisco, July 25 Owners of the lost steamer Columbia abandon hope of finding any more survivors of the vessel. The patrol boats returned to Eureka today after a fruitless search.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
Columbia Ran Too Fast

San Francisco. July 27-The investi- gation into the wreck of the steamer Columbia by the marine board has brought to light the fact that the yes sel was running too fast for foggy weather, but no one seems to know by whose orders.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
Wants to Know About Teachers

Washington, D. C., July 2i - The Japanese government today requested particulars of the arrest of the crews of Japaense sealing schooners by the revenue cutter Manning of St. Paul island,
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
Santa Clara Sails South

Steamer Santa Clara arrived from Seattle Monday afternoon and sailed again Tuesday afternoon. She brought thirty passengers to Seward and twelve tons of local freight besides ninety tons to be transferred to the Dora for westward ports. Capt. Daniels is now her master, Capt, Schage hav- ing been transferred to the Saratoga. The other officers of the Santa Clara are unchanged.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

Charles Birchler, purser of the steam en Hannah, broke through the ice on the Yukon with sack of money he was carrying across but got out with the coin.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

Dr. F. H. Gamben, of the national educational bureau, was in Seward on his way to Cook inlet, where he will inspect the schools for natives and con- slider locations for additional ones. His field covers both sides of the inlet.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

The Ketchikan Miner shouts that the region adjacent to that burg will produce more mineral wealth this year than any other district in Alaska except Fairbank and Nome.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

The freight entering Dawson by the skagway route during 1906 was 25,oOo tons. About 5000 tons of this was for Alaska.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

It is so wet today that the steamboat whistles sound watery.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

It is claimed that Innoko river gold assays s19,0l.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

No instruction agreeing with the foregoing message has been received by District Attorney Ray, who has been ordered by the department of justice to proceed westward on the Dora and act as his judgment dictates when he finds the Japanese,
 A letter was received on the Port land by NIr. Ray from Deputy L. s, Marshal C. C. Harmon of Unalaska, mailed at Sitka, where it must have been carried by the revenue cutter which cabled the news of the arrest tc Washington, stating that he would take the prisoners to Unga, to be arraigued before U. s. Commissioner DriHield. There is no commissioner al Cnalaska.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27
ID TRY LAPS IN
 DISTRICT COURT
Washington Report Says That Is Program for Disposition
 of Teachers.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.

Washington, D. C., July 22-The cases against the sixty-fye Japanese arres,eG av Jle priJ;ivi i-.a.Gs ca ,ns charge of seal poaching will be trans ferred to Valdez with instructions that they be tried in the district court which convenes there July 29.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-07-27

Nome carpenters have formed union and demand sl an hour.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
smofSinE Contests.

"Smot,ng contests are as old as the
hills, III an antiquary "Go fa g
tany. lake in Il Breton sar D. a.a
gou'Il see Il smoking c5Htys -sl. a-.-a-
ed in between the daacin. ualClss.
and the wrestling bouts
The old man took out his notebook.
"The first smoking contest Of which
we have any authentic record be said
came off ut oxford. the English seat
of learning. in 1923. The conditions
were that you should smoke three
ounces of tobacco without drinking or
leaving the stage, the person first fin
isbed 20 get prize of - shilings.
'Hearne says-I copied it down here:
MANY tryed. and twas thought
that q journeyman taylor of st. Pc
ter's-in-the- East would have been the
victor, he smoking faster than and be
ing many pipes before the rest. but at
last he was so sick that twas thought
he would have dyed, and IN old man
that had been Il builder and smoked
gently came off the conqueror, smok
ing the three ounces quite out. and he
told me that after it he smoked four
or five pipes the same evening""
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
A German Duel.

A young officer Quarreed with ii
friend who was 4 solicitor Hot words
We're exchanged. and the officer struck
his friend. Here the matter might
have ended-there was something to
forgive and regret on both sides. But
the officers regiment heard Of the az
fair, and court Of honor decided that
he must challenge the civilian. SO Il
duel by command took place. and the
young lawyer fell mOrtally wounded
by his friend. When the officer re.
turned home he was arrested on the
information of the president of the
court of honor which had forced Linn
to fight. He was tried by an ordinary
tribunal and sentenced to three
months imprisonment. The president
of the court of honor knew he was
urging the officer to an illegal deed
when he insisted on the duel. but hon
CT. as lie understood it, must be salts
fed at all cost.-Berlin Letter.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10

rleer Else i = department OF
agriculture wiIi be represented, IL
is hoped, by Secretary Wilson.
Every agricultural college in the
west will have its man in attend
ance. Mead of Washington,
Campbell of Nebraska. Olin of
Colorado, Jardine of Utah, and a
score of others of the brightest
agricultural minds in the country
are on the program, and few thing,
that refer to dry farming will re-
main unsaid.
In order to prevent the. gather
ing of a large and unwieldIy vot
ing body. Governor Mcdonald
has limited the number of official
delegates who may attend Cher
ry county, however, is entitled to
ten delegates. Copies of the Of
ficial call, and an urgent invitation
to appoint delegates at once, have
been sent to the county commits
sioners, and it is expected that
they will act IN the matter within
the next few days.
In spite of the voting limit.
however, it is desired that ever,
farmer and business man In Cher
ry county who is interested in dry
farming and can get away from
home should attend, regardless of
whether or not he is an official
delegate from the county. Con-
vention headquarters have been
opened at Room ), Albany hotel.
Denver, where all visitors to the
city will be made welcome, and
full information given.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
The Cigar Mouthpicce.

A rich Russian banker had been dis
covered murdered in his house in st.
Petersburg. says writer in ne Green
Bag. There was no clew, but in the
room there was found cigar mouth
piece containing part of cigar OF such
an expensive kind that it was sup
posed the banker himself had been
smoking it just before the crime had
been committed. On close eXamina-
ton the mouthpiece was found to be
worn away by the teeth of its owner,
but the dead mans teeth did not fit
the indentation. The servants were
one by one examined, and it was then
found that the hollows of the mouth
piece compared exactly to the forma-
ton Of the front teeth of the cook. to
whom no suspicion had been attached.
He afterWard confessed to the murder,
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10

Barnes will see you at the hotel
about your eyes, Friday, Jan. II.
W. A. Parker of Woodlake was
in the city Tuesday on legal buss-
ness.
Get your property insured by L.
NJ Rice and you will be safe. His
companies pay losses promptly.
You can get case of "a bottles
OF Nebb's soda for 75c, delivered
to your house. Try case. Tel
ephone 1T. 81
The ladies aid will serve a 15c
supper next Tuesday evening be-
ginning a . O'Clock at the home of
Mrs. j. G. Northrop.
Jake Stetter buys cattle and
hogs and anything the farmers
have to sell Office is where
Lee barber shop was. east side
of Main street. If YOU want to
buy or sell anything see me. No
deal is too large and none are too
small. J. W. STETTER,
80 Valentine, Neb.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
IreIand's Coast Cliffs.

The finest cliff scenery in the United
Kingdom is On the coast Of the county
of Donegal. at the northwest of Ire
land facing the Atlantic, where the
variety and grandeur of the cliffs are
most thrilling and impressive Sieve
League, south Of Glen Coiumbkille. is
superb introduction to Doncgal's
coast sp!endors. In less than half a
mile from the sea the mountain rears
it's height of nearly 2,0G0 feet. In the
island Of Achill, off the west coast of
Ireland. the cliffs Of Croghan. at
AchilI Head. rise sheer from the Wa
ters edge to tie dizzy height of 5000
feet.-London Standard.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
England's "Fiery Dragons"

In the year 1852 various parts of
Great Britain were visited by re-
markable meteorological phenomenon,
which the old authors refer to as the
visitation of the fire brakes or drag
ons." The author of Contemplation
of Mysteries" says: In ye letter parte
Of We yeare Q532) We fieri dragons
appeared flying by fiocks or companies
in ye ayre, having swines' snowtes,
and sometimes were they scene foure
hundred flying togither." In speaking
Of the fire dragons in another portion
of his work he says, Common people
thinke fire brakes to be spirits which
watch over hidden treasure. but the
philosophers affirm them to be ye re-
suit of poisonous vap0rs which are
spontaneously lighted in ye ayre."
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
T.. =. Weather bureau EsP port
tor week Ending Jan. 9.

The daily mean temperature
shows an upward trend, being %
than the normal, which is 140.
The highest was 49o on the 4th;
lowest -120 on the 3rd, the latter
being the lowest of the season.
The precipitation was in the
form of snow furries on the 9TH
and 7th, being a trace only.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Negro Suspected of Shooting
CAPTAIN Macklin Under
Arrest at Fort Reno.

Fort Reno, Okla, Jan. THE
finding of a khaki jacket, one
sleeve of which was covered with
blood and punctured presumably
by d bullet, ed to the arrest this
afternoon of Corporal Knowles of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, colored,
on the charge of murderously as
saulting Captain Edgar b. Mack
lin on the nigh of December 81.
When arrested the negro officer
was found to have severe flesh
wound III the wrist which he Is
SAID 20 nave Ueen treating himself
Tor over three weeks. The wound
Ell wrist Is declared TO have been
Injured 10y The same size bullet as
went Lnruugn the sleeve of The
Jacket which bore Knowles luIL-
lals. IL Vas learned LonlguJ tuaJ
another arrest Is to be made
and 1t Is Understood that the next
man to be taken into custody is
another negro soldiers ia e
journal.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
The Obstinate Cook

Father-Co0king schools are Of some
use after all. This cake is delicious,
Daughter-Is it: ] thought it would
be terrible failure, Father Why ?
Daughter-I told the cook exactly how
to make it. and she went and made it
some other way.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Smoked GIaSs.

Murphy-Well, this bates the mis-
chief Dooley tole me that if l shmok-
ed piece of glass I'd be able to see
the sphots on the sun. Sure. amt /
fairly kilt wild thrying to make me
pipe draw? 'Tis the way> I'm thinking,
that either | haven't the right kind of
glass or else Dooley's been foolng me.
London Tit-Bits
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
School, Notes.

Flora CIarkson neglected to
have the mumps during vacation
but she is giving the matter at
tention now.
Grace and Lille Grooms, Elsie
Foster and Blanche Hutchison of
the Sparks neighborhood have not
returned to school since the holi-
days.
Eighteen Of the former gradu-
ates of the Valentine high school
made pleasant calls at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Watson during
the holidays.
The school board of Ainsworth
voted recently to give all their
teachers Friday of this week to be
spent in the Valentine schools;
hence we shall expect them to ar
rive in Valentine on Thursday
evening.
Mr.. McCrea gave all the floors
of the school building a good coat
Of oil during the holidays. If
this oil could have had time to be-,
come thoroughly dry before school
opened again our floors would
have been in fine condition.
Gertrude Shelbourn of the ninth
grade was at her home in the
country during the holidays hav-
ing a good time when she should
have been having the mumps.
She is now busy with the mumps
when she would much prefer to be
busy with her studies.
Mrs. l.. G. Sparks made a
Christmas gift of five dollars to
the school library to be invested
in magazines for the coming year.
This amount with a few dollars
from the library fund was turned
over to Mr.. Elliott for which he
will give US fine lot of periodicals.
W. D. Clarkson is showing the
proper spirit this year in not hir-
ing school boys to work on the ice.
If all men could realize how many
boys fall behind their classes, and
eventually leave school because
they have been hired to work a
few days now and then, we be-
lieve more men would feel just as
MIR. Clarkson does. Any person
who has observed closely knows
that very few boys who seek these
jobs use their wages to buy clothes
or to help support the home.
Most of them spend their wages
in attending cheap shows or in
some other way equally worthless.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Took Wind Out of Their Sails.

Addressing one of his southern audi
ences. Sam Jones once requested all
the husbands present who had not
spoken Il harsh word to their wives for
month to stand up. He shook hands
with those who arose and then intro
duced them to the rest Of the audi
ence as the 'twentyseven biggest liars
in Tennessee"
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Honesty and Ability.

Uncle-You see honesty is absolutely
necessary, but ability is equally indis-
pensable. Nephew-That may be- but
what end does honesty serve? Uncle
To maintain your obligations. Neph-
ew-And ability? Uncle-To avoid
having them.-Il Monde Umoristico.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Her Intense Sorrow,

He-I calleN to see you last evening
and the servant told me you were not
in. She-Yes; | was sorry to have
missed you. He-I thought you must
be; heard you laughing upstairs in
such grief stricken tones that | al
most wept myself out of sympathy.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
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Only 81 a Year.
One Way of Saying No.

Beer5ohm Tree was once endeayor-
ing to Set Il we'll known actor back
INTO his company. Tree received the
man in his dressing room as he was
making up. How much would Won
want to come back to me?' INQUIRED
Mr.. Tree, lusy wish his paint pots.
The other NAMED IN exor0itant sal
ary. to which Tree merely retorted as
he went on making up. Don't slam
the door when you go cut, will you?"
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Trans NJ is>0Gri Drv Farm
ing Congress

Ing Congress
For the first time in the history
of America, a general movement
has been inaugurated looking to-
ward the rapid development and
settlement of the dry land sections
of the west. Acting on the sug-
gesting of many of CCorado's s
business men, Governor Jesse F.
Mcdonald of this state has called
the "Trans-M Missouri Dry Farm
ing Congress" to meet in Denver
on the 9th and 25th of this month.
The call has been sent to every
state west of the Missouri river
and assurances have already been
received that delegates will come,
with state sanction, from practical
ly all of the sixteen common
wealths included in the call.
The Importance of this move
ment cannot be overestimated.
Nine acres of farm land out of ev-
cry ten in the whole country west
of the ninety-eighth meridian can
never be irrigated, and, because
of slight rainfall, most of this
great territory must look for its
redemption entirely to some meth
cd of scientific agriculture. With
in the last decade the spread of the
so-called Campbell system, more
commonly known as dry farm
ing" has convinced the thinking
men of the country that in some
such method as this lies the agri-
cultural salvation of the west, and
it is now proposed to start a broad
unprejudiced movement, in which
every state affected shall take part
to further develop these soil cul-
ture systems and bring them to
the attention Of the world IT large.
1t is necessary. also. 80 it Is laid
by those who are interested, that
some steps be taken to educate the
farmers who are today coming in
to the dry lands of the west. In
Colorado alone 10000 new home
seekers have settled them m~elvrs
within a year Twelve hundred
homesteads in Kit Carson county,
Colorado, were taken up in 1906,
and this record was almost, if not
quite, equaIed by other counties
In other western states. Of these
great bodies of settlers, the larger
proportion are from eastern states,
and are entirely unfamiliar with
western conditions.
The purpose of the congress,
which will meet this month in
Denver. is, first of all, to form a
permanent educational interstate
organization somewhat on the line
of the National Irrigation Con-
gress, and second, to afford full
and free discussion of the princi-
pies of scientific soil culture, and
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Is Man a Harder Proposftion.

Mrs Benham-The snake tempted
Eve first Benham-Yes. | suppose he
wanted to begin on something easy
New York Press
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
The Freshman.

as Reggy improving by his life in
college?"
'Oh, yes; he's already learned to toe
In with one footr'-Detroit Free Press.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Necessary Limitations.

Physiciap-I would suggest diet
Patient-Well, it will have to be some
hing that agrees with the cook New
York Sun.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
DR.. Barnes, eye specialist of
Omaha. will be # he Ne'an.ira

| DR.. Barnes, eye specialist of
Omaha. will be II he Valentine
Flaase. FRIDAY. lse
/ forget Tie date. 5i
Four room house to rent; also,
3 rooms over the Democrat Office
for rent as an office or light house
keeping. L. NJ. RICE.
The Royal Neighbors of America
extend to the Morern WoOdmen
of America a cordial invitation to
be present at their installation
Wednesday. Jan. Is, 1907.
RECORDER r. n. A,
Camp No. SOL.
Mrs. c.. J. Calien returned from
Lincoln last Friday where she
spent the holidays with her daugh-
ter Mrs. c. V. Thorn. She re-
ports them doing we'll and heartily
enjoyed her visit with them and
with E. E. Thorn and family.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
The Lot terz.

"WeI," said the first lobster in a
bored tone, what are you going to 90
now?"
Get dressed for dinner" the second
lobster answered, yawning.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10

ri'' A''' -
L. g. Sparks was in Gordon
the first of the week.
B. J. Hoffacker spent several
days in town the past week.
Henry Schafer and Hans Oster-
man of Nenzel were in town the
first of the week.
DR.. A. N. Compton returned
Tuesday from a visit to his father
in Honey Grove, Texas.
Mrs. D. M. Jeffers has gone to
Cody for q weeks visit with her
son. DR.. Jeffers and wife.
Ed Richards came in last Thurs
day from Kennedy to spend few
days with his family in town.
Geo. Cyphers returned yester-
day from Omaha where he had
been since last Friday as a witness
in the Molisett land case.
p. II. Young came in from Sim
con to meet Fred Metzger and his
wife who are returning tonight
from visit with homefolks and
will go out to Mr.. Yrung's to
spend a week.
James Mclean returned from
Cloud county, Kan, last Friday,
where he has been visiting with
relatives a couple of weeks. Be
fore leaving town he left US the
championship at checkers.
The legislature is in session and
work has begun in two different
bills to control the railroads and
transportation charges. One bill
also relates to telephone and COM
municatiou lines. Both bills leave
matter in the hanus Of the railway
commission and they in turn must
be reviewed by the courts which
are slow at the best and very un-
uncertain.
We hear that a telegram was
sent to Alva Green at Merriman
last Monday stating that Bert
Tostevin had committed suicide at
the survey camp about Is miles
from Helena, Mont. Alva had
been with the surveying party
but had started home. The mes
sage was received before Alva ar
rived and was opened by his faith
er H. Green which disclosed the
startling tragedy.
Gov. Mickey revealed treach-
erous nature last week in pardon
ING Mrs. Lille as the last act of
his administration and showed
himself to be tool, a Savage, and
as he stated to child once as he
shook hands with her. that when
she grew up she could say she had
shaken hands with, real live gov
ernor. The numerous pardons,
paroles and combinations
during his term of four years
show him to be a desperate and
prince of criminals. Our courts
have been rebuked, and lawless-
ness has been shown more favors
than Savage or Dietrich would
have dared to father. A governor
should not pardon any criminal
unless it be found that some new
evidence positively clears the pris-
oner. There is plenty of room
and opportunity in the courts to
obtain evidence and to each COM
munity should be left the decision
as to the guilt Or innocence of
their offenders of the law and it is
because of the usurpation of this
right that lynch law is so often
resorted to. There ought to be
some law to punish ex-governors
for such misconduct in official
duties.
Her Intense Sorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-16
DEAN BAILEY NAMES COMMISSION.
Board to Advise As to Expenditure Of Pub
lie Money for Agricultural Experiments.

Ithaca y. Y. March 15.-Dean Liberty II. Bailey.
OF the Cornell College of Agriculture. in his capac
ity as president Of the Association OF American
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations ap-
pointed to-day a commission 70 inquire into the
organization and policy which should prevail as to
the expenditure of pubic moneys provided for
agricultural experiment.
The commission as appointed includes David
Stanford Junior University: Carroll d. Wrisht
president of Clark College: H. p. Armsby. director
az the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College and
ExDeriment Station. and Clifford PinchOt. forester
of the United States Department Of Agriculture
The commission Is advisory in its function and
can only report and recommend Under the pres
ont conditions each state and territory receives
each wear from the national government $4,000 for
agricultural research by state experimental sta
tons In 1911 that will be $4,000 for each state
and territory.