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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

Montgomery Middleton says he
eeul leave Monday for Nashville.
Tenn. wher. he has accepted po-
sitlom with the Nashville American.
we have the best grades OF fancy
inmp McAllstcr coal Make prompt
delivery aud appreciate YOUR orders
Both phones 50 waxahachlc Grain
ca. eli
The busy housckeepers Will be In
tercgtea In the table Of sweets at
fhe Presbyterian bazaar at the Gibson
building next Tuesday and Wedn"s-
day Els
Mrs J. W Perry and daughter.
Francis. OF sabinas Mexico. arrived
this morning aud are the guests Of
Mrs perry's sister. Mrs W y Glib
son
Prof. +. wilkins. the well known
and reliable piano tuner. II in the
city. Phone orderu for piano tuning
10 Hood 4 Curliu's Or Thomson jew
elry Co.'S. 2l7
The best prescription for a Ian
guild appetite Is a sayory dish Of
seal-shipt oysters fun OF the deli
cious tang of the sea have them.
H. ~ Nycum. II
Jim Williams appeared in the
county court this morning an enter
ed a plea of guilty to charge of
theft. He was fined $500 and Civ
| en- one hour In jail.
A highly entertaining farce-come-
| DIV entitled "Charley's Aunt Will be
presented at Trinity University Mon
| day evening by the students. The
public Is invited. The performance
will begin at o'clock.
Your sweetheart wants one OF
those hat pins or belt buckles at the
Woman's Exchange. 1T is a gift OF
artistic design, hand-painted and
will be priced above anything. Take
my word for It, | know. eod2ll
The Great Parker Shows are in
| Greenville this week and will ar
rive in Waxahachie some time to-
morrow over the Katy. Twenty-four
cars are required to haul the para
phernalia of the shows.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

Washington, Dec. l4.-President
Roosevelt appointed General w, c,
Oates. successor to Colonel Elliott,
as commissioner to mark Confed-
crate graves. General Cakes was for
merlv governor of the state of Ala
bama a colonel in the Confederate
army and brigadier general in the
Spanish war, and also a
former member of the house of rep
resentatiVes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

St. Clairsvile, O., Dec. 14.-The
child labor law was declared invalid
yesterday by the circuit court sitting
here. The decision holds that the
provisions of the law are in contra
ventiou of the constitution. The
case was that of the state against
T. \. Rodefar of Bellaire, who was
charged with employing boys after
legal hours
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. II
Financial stringency has not affect
ed the business of the blind god,
Cupid, in this city this year. The
clerks office shows that all records
for issuance of marriage licenses
have been broken already. and the
Christmas rush is vet TO come. The
number will run from fifteen hum
dred to two thousand
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14
Painting and Paper Hanging

We are now prepared to do your
painting and paper hanging better
than ever. No job too small or large
to receive our most careful attention.
We make this business our study and
can guarantee YOU satisfaction Let
US figure with you. Jones & Bass.
220pd
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PnttrrfiulI-ltcrry Wedding.

a pretty home wedding took place
near italy Wednesday evening. I'm
which Mr. Jas K. Porterfield and
Miss Susie Berry We're united iu the
hoI, bond, of matrimony James d..
German of This city officiated
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14
LOCAL NEWS.

Nmas koeakS at Hood n turlin's
cheap ~ 4
Fine home made candy az the
EAsitorium 437
Prof J NJ. Parker ~ ItaIy IS in
the city today
See F. 5. Cronk q Co before you
bus your roofing II
Just received our fine box candy
The Cozy CAner. Ell
Soc H. -. Nct omi~ for Fire and
Tornado Insurance. n
seventy-fiye eases OF pure food
stuff Just in at Early's. I'll
Gillette safety Raxors for Nna>
gifts ut Hood 4 Curlin's. II
Merry Christmas ribbon and hoi-
Iy ribbon Phone Bird Forrest 223
Plenty of iron or felt roofing at
+. S, Cronk Co.'S prices right Il
"Charley's Aunt will be at the
Trinity University Monday evening
kodaks make nice Xmns presents.
ASK Hhst "A tuTltn 10 SHOW S'u u
Buy your pumps from F. $. Cronk
Co. All kinds Prices way down. If
Delicious ice cream and best Gig
ars and tobacco at the Eatitoriam.
III
We sell and rent typewriters and
shotguns H. f. Moore Furniture
Co II
Mrs. Jas. l.. German, jr., left this
| week on visit to her parents at
Denton.
When YOU need plumber. call
Bunkley. with +. S. Cronk Co. Both
phones 81. tt
Holly in bulk. holly and mistletoe
wreaths Bird Forrest, the Waxaha-
chic Florist. 223
Two good feather beds for sale at
| 45 cents per pound. r. f. Moore
Furniture Co. II
The Eatitorium keeps the best of
everything to eat and the best ser
vice to be had. PIT
plant in bloom or bowl of gold
| ilSn VIII Dt Il ulCt til 10 HAS pres
ent. Bird Forrest, 223
Big line OF children's TOY furni-
ture at our kind of prices. r, f.
Moore Furniture Co. If
Picture frames that are nice. You
can get one with your grocery order
at Early's until January ]. Neat. PIT
/ You can buy oysters most any
where. You can get the superlative
Seal-Shipt at H. n. Nycum's.
We can fill your order promptly
for anything in the feed line. Both
phones so. Waxahachie Grain Co.
The Presbyterian bazaar will be
held at the Gibson building Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, December
liz and is. 21S
| Phone II. A. Mcmillan at the Dai
/ ly Light office when you want print
ling done Best work guaranteed.
/ Phones las. If
We have fine lot of chrysanthe-
NUNS that will be just right for
4 Christmas. Let us have your order.
Bird Forrest. 223
Christmas candies, Lowney's chloe
olates and ~Non bons at the Eatitor-
ium. Also Loose-Wiles chocolates in
box and bulk. 217
We have on track, one car of best
McAlester coal. Phone MS your order
and get something choice. WaXaha-
chile Ice Works 21S
All the little mothers come and
see the pretty doll clothes at the
Presbyterian bazaar next Tuesday
and Wednesday. 21S
There will be beautiful Mexican
drawn work at prices sure to please
at the Presbyterian bazar next Tues
day and Wednesday. 2lS
Big line Of new cook and heating
stoves for sale or exchange for old.
We deliver and put en- mp. II. L.
Moore Furniture Co. II
Although the roads are not In
very good condition for travelling
! q large crowd has been In town to-
! day buying holiday goods.
Fancy fcrri leaves. holly. ribbons.
enc flowers. plants In bloom and
fame, sold fish ter Christmas. Bird
Forrest -nr WaNahachic Florist 20
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

REMEMBER-Em Emerson f owen,
the magazine man, takes subserip-
ton for all magazines and period
Gals i'm singles and clubs. office ct
Fearis' Drug store. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

BRANCH OFFICE of American De-
tcCtiye ASSN of Ellis county. viii do
hotel aud store detective work. col
lecting a specially, In fact all kinds
Of detective work. Address Suptr
Box 20G. Waxahachle, Texas 2l7p
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

WE CAN please you if you want dry
wood in either cord length. stove
wood. or heater blocks. VIII appre-
ciate your order. Phone 80. WaXa-
hachie Grain Co. III
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

LOST-On square or College street,
silver belt pin. Finder return to this
office. 21S
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

WAXAHACHIE COOK BOOK FOR
sale at Hood & Curlin's drug store.
2S
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

NOTICE. am now prepared TO kill
your hogs. Prices: 81 100 per head to
$50 pounds: from $50 to $50 pounds.
s1.25: all over $50 pounds, $50.
!. A. SynCo. $50
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14

FOR SALE-Three-fou Jersey
COW, fresh in milk See John Ken
drick. 21Sp
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-14
WANT COLUMN.

weather, warmer: Sunday fair, cold
err Max. 81; Min 80. Rainfall oil.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18
JANUARY ls.bl9o7.
u.ATORA

Ii the time worn ada4e thae "the proof oi the pudding i, in the eating l. true. the c,,stom of outlining at the >talt the principles and policies hy ~hich new publication purposes to h. governed. that custom would, per hap,. be d, much honorcd i'll the breach Il, in the observance. Never fhelc~, forcHord or two indicative of th. aims and purpose, of The Min ing Ne@,. in ofder that it, readers may he enabled in the future 10 form I just conciu>ion t, to how faithfully il, promises. which they would other ~i~r he left to 4U"-, al. have been kept may not be entirely out of place.
 The editor hatter- himself with the belief that his Nicw- and opinions on all questions of grave public concern 19 1hc people of Alaska are too well known to need any elucidation here and now Suffice it 10 say that mak- ing no foolish claim to infallibility, but fully susceptible to argument based on sound reason, he has not yet 9ccu any light sufficient to change or even modify the views and opinions he ha, long entertained and advocated. tutll the time such Il light k made h shine. with rctulgent ray. upon Hhat some people may be pleased tc consider d darkened vision. The Min ing NeNe will be found an calne,t ad- 9ocnte of the ean,e of popular hom, government tor Alaska.
 Tine Mining News purposes to mak, of itself faithful and reliable expon- ent of the material interest, of Alaska generally and ot the ketchikan Min ing District more particularly. II will devote much of it's space to t dis ,emination of news concerning tn, mine, and f,herie, of the district together with local happenings. aim ing at all times to give individuals, a- well d, separate and distinct interests, q perfectly square deal. 7"
 Finally. it will be an absolutely independent journal, and will discus, all public questions il approaches ai all from purely on-partizan etand- point, and without fear. favor. or the hope nj reward. The future must tell the story of how faithfully the rule of action thus briefly outlined is ob- served.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

U. s. COMMISSIONERS COURL
 for the District ,ofsAAsska, ,Dipistnn' No. Prscipets5f s5f. sssehia asan; kiSs, ting in Probate; " :. s; 'x In retEstste pt Johnny 2 Kitko2 aeA ceased. .S '..'' x sr s-&
 i:-- .FCitation.: ( X. J;Ss x.: A peStien havingybes1 .IjresenS&d ,sx0 this Court this 7tht dayeSf ESI 7, 1907 by Mark Williams; asninfalS &fSr, . for an 0fdeH3Qr the sal6.of' tr56l : propenty of said, estate, ;cdhsis 1as house and .lot. situated in KsbehiEan, Alaska ali heirs, devisess, and eyiisr persons Interested in said esEaHS are,. hereby notified that Monday, ;FelEtaT;y 14th, 1907, at 20 clock, has Beeif hSeed as the time for hearing. upUn ssniff petition; at which time they =alay appear and show cause if any they have, why an order for the sale of said real property should not issue as : prayed for. E, s. STACKPOLE,
 Probate Judge.
 Dated this 9th day of January, 1907.
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his predecessor Brady he is extremely modest, and if he errs it is entirely on one side of the subject. The Gov ernor is. surely devoid of the spirit which usually characterizes west erner, who is prone to view all indi- cations of progress through magni- flying glass. This attitude has brought on the Governor vast amount of criticism, which, if he had been more liberal in his views, he would have escaped entirely. The Seward Gate way handles the subject with brev- ity that is almost savage, by saying ''Gov. Hoggatt has a poor head for figures if he can count only B, ,000 white folks in Alaska. "-Douglas News.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18
JUSTICE FOR ALASKA.

In the national congress the measure offered by Representative Jones. of this state, providing a territorial form of government for Alaska, should re- ceive the undivided support of cong ressmen from this part of the country. Indeed it is difficult to understand how any congressman who knows the his- tory of his country, and properly values it's institutions, can cast his vote against. measure designed to bestow upon men of his own kind the inestimable blessings of self-govern- ment. Alaska's cause is the cause of justice.
 Not in the entire history of the American republic has there been such shameless triiiing with the rights of d free people. Territories with fewer inhabitants, with less wealth, with less revenue and with less ade- quate means of communication be- tween centers of population, have been granted the boon of local autonomy. and many of these same territories were admitted into full statehood at a time when they did not equal Alaska in population, in wealth, or in means of communication.
 The attitude of the federal govern ment toward Alaska has reversed the traditional policy of the nation. There should be no further halting. no further dallying with this issue congress should meet its obligations promptly by passing the Jones bill, which proposes to put Alaska upon the decent and just footing of an American territory. Such action would merely accord American citi- zons in Alaska constitutional rights now withheld from them.
 Great interest is manifested in the welfare and future of tfe Porto Ric- ans Eloquent appeals are made in behalf of the Hawaiians. Affectionate regard is shown for the well-being of the Philippines. All this is to be commended, for it is merely the ex- pression of worthy American senti- ment, although the inhabitants of those islands are not of our kin. But the Americans of Alaska are uncon- sidered, unremembered by their own government. and so far as the practi- cal benefits of American political 'in- stitutions are concerned, the rich area they are seeking to develop might just as well have remained under the imperial sway of the Romanoffs. - P.-I.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

The press dispatches say that "Sen- ator Piles, of Washington, will press his bill, to shut the Canadian Pacific Railway out of the Alaskan passenger business, for passage at the present session of congress. The bill provides that q foreign steamship company cannot sell tickets from one American port to another and avoid the coast wise trade laws by taking them to a foreign port and there transferring them by another steamer. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been operating passenger boats to Alaska and carrying passengers from here to Puget Sound ports by trans ferring them at Vancouver and Vic toria to other boats belonging to the same company. While not doing so technically this is held by Senator Piles and those who agree with him to be in violation of the spirit of the coastwise laws of the United States which are similar in all respects to those of Canada" It seems to The Mining News that an amicable ar. engagement which would permit the carriage of passengers and mails to and from the ports of both countries by the ships of both would be much more to the advantage of Alaska.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

IN THE UNITED STATES COMMIS- sIoNERs' COURT, for the District of Alaska, Division No. l, Ketchi. kan Precinct, In Probate. Int he matter of the estate of Johnny Kitkoon, Deceased.
 Notice to Creditors. ;, The undersigned, Mark Williams. hereby gives notice that he has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Johnny Kitkoon, deceased: and all parties having claims against the said estate are notified to present the same with proper vouchers within six (6) months from date of this not. ice, at the office of Chas. H. Cosgrove in the town of Ketchikan Alaska.
 MARK WILLIAMS.
 Administrator. Dated at Ketchikan, Alaska, this 9th day of January, A. D., 1907.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

', That must be- an extraordinarily intelligent Washington correspondent who sent out the rot concerning the failure of speaker Cannon to recognize Alaska's delegate. in: his ''committsa appointments'' s''-if indeed it lever came over the wires. The reading public does not need to be told that the committee appointments are made at the beginning of the first session Of each congress and that therefore speaker Cannon has had no assign ments to make at this session except to fill less than half dozen vacancies occasioned by death or resignation during the recess. It has since devel- pped, however, that Mr. .Waskey was, without unseeming delay, assigned to the committee on the territories, the only one except that on Mining, on which he could have any legitimate business, in view of the fact that some members, even, have but one commit tee assignment each. Uncle Joe is none of your small, smooth bore parti. zans who may not be expected to give our delegate "square deal''
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18


 Mr.' Waskey's statemeifts regarding the issues at the Delegate election are not accurate. The issue was not clearly drawn on the question of Ter ritorial government. The Republican platform recommended the selection of a commission to consider this and all other schemes for the betterment of the government. The election was the result primarily of d combination of the men engaged in placer mining in two localities of Alaska on the plea that the mining laws should be amended by miner, and by selecting one candidate for the snort term from one locality and candidate for the long term from another locality effected a combination, disregarded all political lines, traded on local pride. and carried the election.
 That the question of Territorial government was not seriously consid- cred is clearly shown by the fact that ex-governor A. P. Swineford, who for twenty years has been advocating a | Territorial government for Alaska. and is regarded by everyone as the apostle of that particular form of gov ernment, received the smallest num- Der of votes of any one of the three candidates for the short term. l Without burdening yourself or Congress with too many demands, am wholly satisfied that Alaska's best interests can be looked after far bet ter under present conditions than with any other form of government that know of. and trust therefore. that ir this respect Alaska will be left as it is until such time as wo shall have q larger permanent population and ac- quire a greater proportion of homes than we now have.
 Mr. Waskey's letter is herewith returned. Very respectfully,
 W. B. HOGGATT,
 Governor of Alaska The President,
 White House, Washington. D. C. Again the query. Who represent. Alaska in Washington The delegate chosen by the people themselves ol by the fgurehead of her bastard gov ernment in whose selection they hat no voice whatever?
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18
In the chart of the mineral pr

In the chart of the mineral products of the United States for the years lS96-1905, just issued, by the director of the geological survey, is told a marvellous story of expansion in the national wealth. From a total of $64o, 54, 22l mineral product in 1896, the annual yield has advanced to $l, 623, SIT, 127 in 1905.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

The Douglas News says that "the Wrangell Sentinel threatens to be- come daily,n- and adds "may the good Lord deliver .us:n. Why! There would beras. much sense. in such an essay on the part of brother snyder as in some other cases The Mining News wots of. a. - .,s..
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18
CURRENCY.

The Skagway Alaskan intimates in plain English its opinion that the change from Brady to Hoggatt was a leap from the frying pan into the fire.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

', was elected by the voters of Alaska. We believe that Gov. Hoggatt has too much good sense to stand between the people of Alaska and the accomplish- ment of their purpose, when that pur. pose is the upbuilding of Alaska Douglas News.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

WHO REPRESENTS ALASKA--THE
 DELEGATE CHOSEN BY THE
 PEOPLE, OR THE FIGUREHEAD
 APPOINTED BY THE PRESI- DENT?
 On the 2Sth day of November last Hon. Frank II. Wa,key, delegate from Alaska. and Hon. Milford E. Hoggatt= Governor, sent to the Prcsi dent the following letters, presumably at the request of the chief executive. \, it is the purpose of The Mining News to make these letters, together with the one following. the subject of ruOre OF le,, future comment. it deems il but fair that they be printed in full. so that there may he no danger of either being miequoted in any future discussion of the merit of either ao having relation to the present and future wcll-being of Alaska. The letter, are a> follows.
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
 Washington. D. C..
 November y, 1908.
 SIR. In compliance with your re- quest for written statement relative to the political need, of Alaska l beg leave to submit the following:
 The most urgent need is a revision of the United States mining laws as they apply to Alaska, particularly that stalking. recording. and holding of placer ground. In many of the placer district, of the West these laws have served the purpose for which they were intended but they are not suited 10 the peculiar geologic and climatic conditions of Alaska These condi- tion, are:
 First. The great area of ground con taining probable placer values.
 second. The extreme difficulty and cost of proving these values. The United States mining laws are un- suited, ta these conditions
 First. Because of their extreme lib erality.
 second. The susceptibility of being variOasly construed.
 Under the present laws speculatols have been enabled to acquire quasi title to great tracts of ground. sup posedly valuable. and are holding this ground undcyeloped. This is unjust to individual, and others who would prospect and develop the country were the ground not so held.
 To correct this
 First. A bona fde discovery of gold in commercial quantities should be necessary on each claim before the claim could be located.
 Second, Proof that the ground sought to be located is part of the un- appropriated domain should be made to the recorder before said claim can be placed on ecord. Third. Recording of annual labor should be compulsory record to be in form of a sworn statement, false swearing in such to constitute per- jury. punishable by imprisonment and fine.
 Fourth. The association claim should l be abolished.
 Given these four things, jumping
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

Lieut.. Peary announces that lie will make another effort to. reach the North pole, this ,time~'b by dog team from Cape Sheridan, wherever that is. Itlooks very much as if he might be determined to;persevere- until the. world loses an, intrepid -explorer by. his North pole foolishness. =
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

- - If late dispatches from Washington are true, the governor of Alaska has crossed swords with the authorized representative of the territory and is contesting with him the questions to come before congress. Mir. Hoggatt has his duties to perform as governor of this great territory, that, if we'll performed, will prove burdensome task for one lone man. We are 10th to believe that he will forget that he holds his position simply by appoint
 ment as against MT, Waskey, who
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

It is soberly announced that one of the attractions at the Alaska Y ukon- Pacific Fair will be the original draft given Russia in payment of the purch- ase price of Alaska. It goes without saying that the draft is no present good, having been cashed and cancel ed years agoAconsequently it will be safe even in Seattle.
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

Many Alaskans do not agree with the Governor in his ''estimates'' of the population of the territory. Like
The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-18

the saaeoa9t that it seems the timehas now come 1hensa separate Lighthouse. distrie; for Alaska should be created. It is now practically impossible for I tender stationed at Portland to cover the whole oi the Alaska coast as is needed. Very respectfully.
 M p IJDCG A,I'rT