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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
ALASKA NOTES. (Purloined Chiefly from the Douglas
 News.

A Juneau man visited Douglas this morning and covered the posts with placards exhorting the reader to vote for James Wickersham.
 The trade of the United States with Alaska aggregates in value annually fully seven times the original cost of the territory to the Unietd States.
 The fshereis of Alaska alone return and have for many years, annually more than the full purchase price
 paid for the territory of Alaska.
 The official flower of the Seattle-Se-
 attle-Seattle exposition has been chosen, and is entirely appropriate.
 It is the cactus dahlia, and typically rerpesen ts the exposition city-beau- tiful to look at, but no one can have anything to do with it without being pricked by the thorns. The Alaska devil club is tAe only thing we can sugge st that would be more appropri- ate-more thorns and less flowers Cordova Alaskan.
 The cannerymen who were caught red handed in the violation of the law made for the protection of the fish and the fishing industry and were fined measlyy $50 are not entitled
 to the tears of sympathy that some of the papers in this section are prone to shed. The tendency of papers and officials to wink at such offenses causes question to arise as to ths sagacity of the papers and the intrinsic worth of the officials as well.
 The license fees paid into the United States treasury by the people of Alaska amounted to S200, 900 during the last fiscal year. This is one of the methods Uncle Sam has of en- couraging enterprises in the Great North.
 The city council of Nome did not take kindly to the offer of Andre W Carnegie to place one of his personal libera lity advertising libraries in that town. They gave the proposition a chilly reception, even for that northern city.
 M. E. Kuntz, who was nominated as delegate to congress from A laska by the miners association of Rampant City is the only one openly opposed aterritorial form of government.
 The passengers on the Steamshi p Ohio, which was forty days in go- ing from Seattle to Nome did many things to amuse themselves. After a few days in Boring sea they established a daily newspaper, a corner grocery, a kissing post Hogan's alley and many other amusing institutions. As day after day passed amid the icebergs the strain began to tell on them, and a number were frequently heard talk ing to themselves, and some took to writing poetry. These symptoms are regarded in Alaska as the first indi- cations to mental decay.
 After careful deliberation the Skag- way grand jury declared that the United States Marshal should have | a steamboat or other launch propelled by power at his command, but the ad- organ at Juneau immedi- ately declared that there was DO need )t anything of the kind.
 Floating ics has again blocked the entrance to Muir Glacier and ex- 'ursion steamers are now compelled Q substitute the Foster as show place.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
uNCLE JOE AN ISSu E.

If the Republicans have any reason to fear defeat or a very close vote this year it is due to the course of the reacuionary elements in congress. The people nominated Taft and they be- lieve in the Roosevelt policies and that MT. Taft is heartily in sympathy with them, but it is reported that there are many Republicans who will vote for Mir. Bryan this year, and if this report is we'll founded it is due to the impression that if the Republicans are successful by large vote the re- actionaries in-- congress will block the policies MT. Taft may in good faith attempt to carry out. If MT. Bryan is elected, or if he receives vote all most as large as that cast for MT. Taft, they argue, congress may be scared into doing what the people want done.
 That this feeling against the con- gressional reactionaries plays an inn portant part in the campaign is evil denced by the contest in the Fourth congressional district in Kansas. In that district the present congress man, James M. Miller, seeks a re- nomination. He is an ardent friend of Speaker Joseph Cannon, and this friendship is one of the main issues of the contest. A convention in the d district recently passed a resolution by yea and nay vote denouncing Speaker Cannon for his obstructive tactics. Miller begged the delegates not to let the resolution stand, saying that he could not go back to Washing ton and look MT. Cannon in the face. This is now being urged against him. Both the Kansas City Times and the Star are opposing him and the Times says:
 ''If the Republicans of the Fourth istrict are sincerely for Taft because of what Taft stands for they will send to Washington man who will not vote to re-elect Cannon for speaker. Wherever there are sincere Reubli- cans, Republicans who believe in Roosevelt and Taft, they should not underestimate the Cannon issue in this years elections. They should pledge their candidates for nomina- tion-and later for election-on this issue. They should smoke them out and make them declare whether they are for or against the present speaker of the house."
 | The Star goes even further and says that it would be a good thing if a Democratic congress could be elected to serve with Taft as president.
 This open rebellion in Kansas against the Cannon regime in congress ought to open the eyes of the Republican party. Cannon and the things he sands for are in decidedly bad odor among the people, and have been for long time. Tho system whiUll has convert ed the lower house of congress into a machine for registering the will oi one man is also in bad odor. The people feel that the house needs a shaking up. and if the party man. agers fail to take heed of this senti. meot and defer to it they are likely to be treated to very disagreeable ex- perience.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

Germany places Japan in third place among the powers possessing the larg- est navies. Japan, while not saying much, has evidently been saving wood.'
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

The wreck of the Zeppelin airship, occurring as it did while the craft was moored on land, does not in any sense imply an upsetting of the calculations of. those who have made great strides in the direction of solving the problem of..aerial navigation, though it seems to demonstrate that much has yet to be learned in respect to the manage ment of these experimental machines.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
THE WEATHER.

Weather record for Ketchikan, Alas ka, during the month of July, 1908:
 Clear days l4. Cloudy and rainy days r. Rainfall, 1.l0 feet. Avera. @ temperature B degrees. Maximum temperature 78 degrees. Minimum temperature A dagrees.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

The French government has declar- ed war to the knife on the labor un- ions. The struggle thus ushered in will attract world W ide attention.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

According to the Cordova Alasn.n work on the railroad from Cordova is to be pushed direct on to the Katalla coal fields, which, says the Alaskan. will be reached in ninety days.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

A Los Angeles woman has just been granted her sixth divorce This beats the "Seattle Spirit"
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

When the people play against death by running automobiles at seventy five miles per, they should be prepar- ed to lose,
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

The Powers propose to build fence around Venezuela and maintain Castro in perpetuity as the worlds cour jester.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

. The campaign liar has evidently finished his task, and The Miner sin cerely hopes and trusts that it may have no more of his prevarications, at least not until the advent of an- other delegate election.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

We'll, gentlemen, what are you going to do about it?
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

Mir. Taft is now a Union man, but If he gets to be president the unions must not expect him to observe the eight-hour day. There's too much to do on the iob.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

Chief Justice Emery of the M aine Surpeme Court, recently handed down decision which is attracting wide- spread attention. The courts have for period of..six or seven years had be- fore them the case of the State vs. the J. P. Bass Publishing Co.,, the point being the constitutionality of the Maine statute prohibiting the ad- vertising of Intoxicating liquors ir Maine publications. The judgment just recorded is in favor of the State.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

Uncle Sam will spend $500, 900 for his part at the Alaska Y ukon- Pacific Exposition. Of this sum s25O, 900 will be expended for the following build- ings: main government, Alaska, Hawaii, Philippiens, Fisheries, and biographic lecture hall. The remain ing $35O, 900 will be spent for the col lection and maintenance of the ex- hibits.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

The city of Chicago will have separate building at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition which will be held in Seattle from June l, to October 15, 1909. The metropolis of the Middle West is the first city to definitely decide upon a separate structure in which to exploit itself.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

If Judge James Wickersham does not, ere long, conclude to commence a civil or criminal action in libel against couple of southeastern Alas ka newspapers, it will either be be- cause of his election as delegate, which he will be justified in constru- ing as complete vinidcation of his character against their brutal and " wholl yuujusti6able assaults, or else
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

A recent dispatch from Washington to the New York Herald declares that congress is to be asked for an appro- priation of one million dollars for the purpose of providing fleet of airships for coast defence. According to plans being discussed by the signal corps office and the board of ordnance of the army, one million dollars will be asked of the next congress for fleets of dirigible airships similar to that of Count Zeppelin for coast defence. Rapid.progress in aeronautics among foreign nations make it imperative, they believe, that the United States should begin plans for aerial fleets. Should congress make this appropri- ation, and some signal officers urge the necessity of asking congress for an appropriation of S1O, 900, GOO in order to keep up with foreign countries in military aeronautics, stations on the Atlantic will probably be established at Boston, New York, some point on the New Jersey coast, Norfolk, Charleston and Mobile. On the Paci- fic coast stations will. be established at Bremerton, San Francisco and San Diego. Men will be trained in special aeronautic branch of the sig nal corps in the handling of the air
 ships and explosives to be dropped overheard on land forces or the en-
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

The Ch;nonn- .s o--tt.o l-..,o VT ganized an anti-opium crusade. They claim to be able to cure the victims of the opium habit by giving them something that is drunk in tea and is said to effect cure in three or fou months. The league proposes to s' .. port all persons who desire it du t the curative process. For beni .a.1 heathens, the Chinese can
 some remarkable pointers - things. SS'
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

Tributes to former President Cleve- land have since his death, filed every newspaper and come from every man of note. Mir. Cleveland had even unto the end prominent place among the brilliant galaxy of Americans whom the people have delighted to honor. The respect felt for his strong per- sonality, the honor in which his sub stantial achievements have been held have increased steadily from year to year, and his death finds his nigh repute untarnished, and his place in the country's history more secure than at any time during his earthly career. We believe the years will deal kindss ly with former President Cleveland, and that he will we looked back upon as a man of great breadth of vision, pure patriotism, dauntIess courage and of unsullied devotion ito high ideals of duty. The nation mourns his pass- ing today with a sincerity with which 1t would mourn the death of but few others of its public men.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
P0LI' s.
Act of the Novellos the Greatest in
 the World.

We'll may 1t be said of 'The No vellos" that theirs is the greatest act of it's kind in the world. It's surely true of 1t. The children are not the only ones to be delighted with ii either. This wonderful circus produc- tion is interesting to the older people also.
 Lee Tong Foo, the only Chinese bar itone in vaudeville. gave a very fine entertainment. as do the Green broth CTS, comedy baseball jugglers.
 Wilfred Clark, the comedian who entertains everybody, presents farce written by himself, What Will Hap pen NeXt' and he and his company kept their audience wondering what would. James Callahan. who is well known to lovers of vaudeville, and Miss Jenny St. George, have a delight ful liltle Irish play, The Old Neigh borhood."
 Cooper and Robinson, the interna- tionally famous comedians in their latest offering, "A Friend of Mine, y present some colored specialties.
 Knight brothers and Sawtelle with a twentieth century dancing novelty, are very good indeed.
 The electrograph has some new mo- tion pictures that are as good as usual.
 Holiday prices at the New Years matinee.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
"Bunco In Arizona"

"Buneo In Arizona the big western comedy drama. will he the attraction at the New Haven theater on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday nights, this week, and at the matinee Saturday.
 With every accessory known to the JdrSmatlst Miss Lillian Mortimer, the authoress of 'Bunco in Arizona" has with skill vididly brought out to its fullest extent the many incidents of the play, which is located in the min ing regions of the great southwest.
 The last act discloses typical ranch CTS home, and it's general hospitable surroundings,
 "Bunco," waif adopted by Jim Blunt, a mine owner, was engaged to Dick Gold, but learning that she was an English heiress, her aunt had come from England to take her back to be educated in a manner befitting her fu- ture station in life,
 An unprincipled cousin had made several intellectual attempts on the life of Dick in order to win Bunco and her inheritance
 True to her promise, Bunco returns from England and marries Dick. On the eve of the celebration miners, cow boys. Indians and other we'll wishers are at Jim Blunts ranch house toast ing the happy couple when the vil- lainous cousin appears unobserved at the window and shoots Dick The shot fails to take effect, due to 1t striking
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
SHE WAS NOT A LAWYER.

At the hearings in Kingston for the appointment of receivers for the sus- pended Brooklyn banks this story was told on Edward M Shepard.
 Mir Shepard was trying a case and the first witness was a frail-looking woman from whom the lawyer expect ed no trouble
 And when did this happen ?" ask cd MT. Shepard.
 T think she began, when MT. Shepard stopped her.
 'It isn't what you think, but what you know that we want, he said.
 Don't you want to know what think?" asked the frail-looking wom- an, mildly.
 T do not =
 Well, then" retorted the witness. I might as well leave the witness stand; I cant talk without thinking; m not lawyer. New York Sun,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01

hand Angry at being called down by her for over-drinking, the husband made a menacing move toward her, To protect herself she put out the hand that held the scissors X point of the scissors blade penetrated her husbands eye. the right one, and ruin ed it. A few years later, I heard, his other eve. through sympathy, as they call it. with the destroyed one, went bad, and eventually he was totally blind. Ills wife died of a broken heart over what she had done and the man is now alone. sightiess, and a figure of misery.
 "All this time the stubborn old proprietor of the house was storming at anybody who even dared 10 hint that the B room was and must be a hoodoo, and every time anything hap pened in that room he declared that it was a coincidence we'll calculated to impress the minds of imhecles, but only a coincidence for all that. He declared that he would tear the house down before he would yield to a beg garly superstition by taking the nun Der lS off the door of that room
 Well, couldn't begin to tell about all of the wretehed occurrences that happened in room 13 of that hotel during the next four years. I can go on record as saying that only about one out of five occupants of that room escaped without having something more or less serious happen to them. Three different cases of smallpox, at different times, occurred in the room All three of the victims died in the pest house.
 Each time, of course, the room had to be thoroughly fumigated and com pletely refurnIshed, but still the stub born old proprietor would go up in the air. and all but foam at the mouth at the very suggestion that the num- Der 13 had anything whatever to do with the rooms bad luck The dismal things that were still occurring to occupants of that room every little while, when 1 left the employ of the house.
 Maybe all of this doesn't prove anything. Probably it doesn't And I am not superstitious-or strive not to be. But-well, I'm glad, all the same that there's no room or suite number ed 8 in this house I'm heap more comfortable about it"-Washington Star.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01

fire smoldering or throws lighted match into dry grass.
 As working companion of the old accepted tenet of the pioneer (which frontier public opinion rigidly enforc- ed) about keeping d water-hole free from contamination we are to have another taught by the same common recognition of universal self-interest which is to guard the forest.
 Protection and regulation form only a part of tho services work. Barren spaces are being reforested, and in some cases where the ground is good only for trees, being newly forested. Every one of the 150 forests has its own small nursing and experiment station. Eight main planting sta tions have q maximum capacity of 7,000,000 trees a year It costs from $1.50 to $3.25 to make the shoots ready for planting, and from s4 10 SIP an acre to set them out There the expense ends Mother earth dates the rest for future generations.
 Of the soils of the territory being QHGHtu iN iulllN dlibll bN pul bllllR projects, the experts of the sllvicul- ture branch are making a special study Nor will they be hurried as they might if grain were the crop It would be trying to a young rancher to put in the wrong seed for his fu- ture wood-lot and not find out his mistake until after his children were grown up.
 Other experts are wholly occupied with wood utilization and preservation which means making the most of the timber once 1t is cut If one of a thousand trials succeeds, the experi- mentors salary has been paid 100 times over. The more costly wood ! becomes the more important endur- ance becomes. A creosoted mine tim | Der has double the life of one untreat- l ed. Through the stove and furnace the seven or eight cents on every ton of anthracite coal. spent for tin1bering has an intimate connection with ev- cry citizens pocket A timber mag nate may argue that when our forests are exhausted American ingenuity will
 find something to take the place of wood
 AS we'll might we plant no wheat 1 for the next season. answers the for esters, in the hope that before the year is out a way of making bread out of weeds will be found"
 Enthusiasm may be a fault of the forest service, Some western sena- tors think SO In time it might become too autocratic. With a corrupt or an incompetent head forester it's power for evil would be enormous. But those young men travel road wide, open to criticism, and that danger is not of the present. Wisdom would seem to require that the service be made per manent. with a retiring age and re- tired pay Then it will not fall into the ways of the grandfathers and grandmothers who typewrite and in dex while the red tape gently spins Frederick Palmer in Golfers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01

sympathies and awaken the emotions of theatergoers of all classes. People who go to the theater to be amused will find plenty to entertain them and those who wish food for thought will be given much to reflect upon. Ir his final act MT. Pollock puts brand new philosophy into the mouth of one of his characters, a philosophy that will start.e the conservative and make even advanced thinkers pause. but which is the direct and logical outgrowth Of modern sex equality. The rehearsals of the play are progressing finely un- der the direction of Walter Clark Bel lows and persons who have seen some of them say the4piece will undoubtedly be one of hssdramatic sensations of the seasons
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01

1S room to anybody you know and like
 "I received his warning rather light heartedly. I didn't take much stock in the 13 thing myself On the day that l took my new billet the room was vacant. But that evening a bridal couple, wealthy folk drifted along The young man of the new sketch, as a matter of course, wanted the best in the~house and room 13 happened to be the best available. So l put the pair into that room.
 "On the following afternoon, .whiie the bridegroom was out for an airing the bride was curling her hair using a gas jet by the dresser to heat the curling tongs She was waving her back hair when the curling tongs slipped out of her hand and fell un- der the collar of her room jacket.
 "The entire floor was aroused by the unfortunate young woman's terri ble screams. The chambermaids found her rolling on the floor in agony. The hot curling irons were still soaring the flesh of her back. Most direfully burned, she had to be removed to a hospital She was sad- ly distgured,/ and she didn't recover from the shock to her system for years.
 "A few weeks after that noted railroad official--a man with a nation al reputation, in fact--came along when the house was pretty well illed up, and the night clerk. not being able to give the official his usual accom- modations, put him in that room 13. The noted railroad man was found with bullet in his head on the fol- lowing morning There was. if is true, a pistol with one chamber fired lying alongside of him in the morning But nobody at the time could figure out whether that railroad man had committed suicide or had been mur- dered. There was no conceivable reason why he should have taken his life. Nobody knows, yet, whether he did or not.
 By that time, of course. that 13 room was pretty we'll on my nerves. But there wasn't anything I could do about it, knowing, as I did. the crusty proprietor's violent antipathy to the 1S superstition.
 Well, not long after the last room 19 catastrophe, a wealthy young wom- an from New York, whose fiance had recently died under the knife in a hos pital reached town, ostensibly to at tend to some business connected with investments The 13 room was the only one I had at the moment that would answer her requirements. I wasn't familiar with any of the details of her history at the time. and, as she seemed q self-eontained young woman 1 couldn't figure out how anything could happen to her in that room though, as I said, was beginning to dislike to put anybody at all in that room.
 ''The young woman spent most of the night writing letters, and then she lay down on the bed, all in her neatly arranged burial finery, and took enough poison to kill dozen women.
 That year the summer business was light and for quite a stretch was able to keep that 13 room vacant. But when the fall rush began l had to tick young Chicago couple into the pom. On the first evening the Chi
 ago man reached his room a trifle
 toxicated and his wife upbraided
 m When he entered the room sine
 s doing some fancy work, and she
 ] a amall pair of scissors in her