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Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23
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Joseph McMolloy claims to have found tin ore near Seward.
 The Hotel Astoria, an old Skagway landmark, is being torn down.
 The Kabler mining property at Wind ham bay has been sold to Spokane parties.
 1 The Valdez grand jury failed to find any evidence of fraud iu the Cordova election. ! The date appointeG for the sale of the WrangeII saw mill is Saturday, February 6, 1909.
 Peel river Indians who have arrived at Dawson say that their tribe is in a starving condition. According to the Alaskan-John Frame's paper-they have an "alter" society at Cordova.
 The city of Dawson, which was in debt s5O,OOO in 1904, will get out of the hole by the first of the year.
 Lurisse Thompson -Maddocks has been appointed postmaster at Fair banks to succeed John Cum. 1 The Arctic Brotherhood of Dawson will provide bowling alleys and other amusements for it's members.
 On the afternoon of Dec. l, fire de- stroyed the Grant Hotel at Granville, Y. T., infiicting loss of S2l,00O.
 The old Pacific Coast steamship Al Ri is to be treated to repairs that will cost in the neighborhood of S20OOO.
 Carlisle N. Barron, a former Klon- diker, heir to an estate valued at S25O,- 900 in New York, has been declared in sane.
 A recent ruling of the secretary of the interior is that quarter section of land must not contain more than 16O acres.
 Cordova people have no love for musical sounds. A man was fined S30 there for ringing a hand bell on the street.
 A theatre, an assembly hall and a gymnasium are among the big improve ments promised at Valdez in the spring.
 Bishop stringer, of the Anglican church, will go to Herschel island with the mounted police expedition from Dawson.
 The Empire says that Prince Rupert is white and square, and every mer- chant in the town takes American sil- yer at par.
 The Northwestern Fisheries com pany has added the American wind jammer Benjamin F. Packard to it's Alaska fleet.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

Returning rom recent Crlp CO Southeastern Alaska, the Str Jefferson carried 660 boxes of halibut, said to be the largest shipment of fresh fish ever brought from Alaska in one steamer. The cargo was valued at something over s1O,OOO.
 Judge Reid, of the Third judicial dis trict at Valdez, fined Ed House Sl0 and costs for contempt of court, for stating that he had pull with the court. In passing sentence the judge stated that he wanted it distinctly understood that he acted without malice.
 The governors report says: There are at present l04 patients in the sani- torium at Mt Tabor, Portland, Ore, being cared for under the terms of a contract entered into with this com pany January 16, 1905, at the rate of S348 per anuum for each patieYt.
 The Wrangell Sentinel reports that wolves are very numerous in that vi- cinity and deer consequently scarce. The small islands ill Snow passage are said 10 be literally covered with wolves and they are getting so bold that they approach very near to the tents of peo- pie camping on the beach, making the night hideous with their howling
 In it's description of the Army and Navy football game the New York Herald says: "In the Army eleven stood one man whose red shock of hair shone out like plume of a knight of mediaeval days. In the thick of every scrimmage this tawney, tousled top gleamed in the sun like beacon. This was the bulwork of the Army-Pullen, cadet from far off Alaska"
 Cook $ Lake, boat builders at Bal lard, have the contract for building 8 steamer and two big barges for the Alaska Commercial Co.,, to be used on the Copper river. The steamer will be built on top of one of the two barges and lowed up to the Copper river. Arriving there the barge will be sunk and the steamer foated off into the water. The working of the scheme will be watched with interest by seafaring men.
 E. Hazard Wells, for ten years editor. in chief of the Seattle Star, has retired from active newspaper work. MT. Wells was the first newspaper man to make special trip to the unexplored areas of Alaska. He discovered and named many lakes, rivers and noun tain chains in the North, and his name will always be identified with the early explorations in Alaska. During one of his trips he was reported to have perished and his obituary was pub- lished in many of the leading papers of the states.
 Steamship owners who operate i'll Alaskan waters are united in the cam paign for additional aids to navigation in northern waters. Suitable memorials, petitions and facts are being forwarded to representatives in congress in an eff fort to rouse the government to the needs of shipping. In stating the diff ference between Canadian and Ameri- can waters, one steamship official says that when vessel crosses the interna- tional boundary line into American waters it is like leaving brilliantly lighted street in large city and pass ing on into the heart of a forest.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

 one of the greatest coal sections on the continent, and yet the price of coal there is S17.5O ton.
 Cordova and Valdez have the services of Rev. Dr. Young, Presbyterian preacher, on alternate Sundays. A half loaf is better than none.
 Congress, so it is said, is taking an active interest in the railroad situation in Alaska-that is, if Alaska may be said to have a railroad situation.
 Fishermen in Southeastern Alaska are complaining of the scarcity of her ring for bait. The effect of the fertil- izer plants is beginning to be felt.
 On November 30 the provincial gov ernment passed an order in council prohibiting the hunting, killing or taking of caribou on Queen Charlotte islands.
 The war department has asked con- gress to appropriate S1O0,0O0 for the purpose of establishing monuments and to otherwise mark the Alaskan boundary.
 The report from Sullivan creek, in the Hot Springs district, that pans were ranging from S8 to S16 caused stam- pede. Many men from Fairbanks are on the ground.
 At Seattle, steamships running to Alaska are required to fumigate once a month. Let the good work go oni the people of the North have nothing to lose by the process.
 Frank Reynolds has been arrested at Skagway, charged with stealing rock ing chair, and is held for the grand jury under $500 bond. He probably thinks that is rocky.
 The United States geological survey is planning to send geological party next summer to the Aleutian islands for the purpose of studying the vol canos of the country.
 The St. Humboldt will lay up in Jan uaPy and will resume on.the Southeast ern Alaska run in February, either on the schedule of one of the old com panies or independent.
 Thomas Howrie, age 50, capturer of Louis Riel, leader of the Northwest re- bellion which almost disrupted Canada, died the first of the month at Dawson. He was buried with special honors.
 John A. Goodwin was appointed re- ceiver of the Alaska Central R. R., in May, 1908, and his expense account for five months was s12,5OO, of which S7,5OO was for the salary of the receiver him. self. What a nice job for a carpet bagger.
 AueeE IulhSS III H"HneS happen. John A. McDougald, commis- sioner of customs of the Dominion of Canada, has recently appointed as col lector of customs at the port of Dawson John A. McDougal. The names are similar except the final letter.
 Six births, three deaths and one we'd ding is the record of vital statistics in Yukon Territory for the month of No vember, whereat the Skagway Alaskan remarks: "Why, in the matter of births and marriages we do better than that right here in little old Skagway."}
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

Prof Waldemar Jochelson is on his way to the Aleutian islands, where, with the permission of the U. s. gov erument, he will plunder the graves of past generations of the inhabitants.
 4 coroner's jury found that Chas. Lincoln, wood chopper living about three miles from Cordova, had come to his death by accidentally shooting him. self in the stomach with 22.calibre rifle.
 During the fiscal year ended june 30, 1908, s1O,739.13 was received from the sale of tim Der from the national forests of Alaska, of which 9 per cent was accredited to the schools and road fund
 The editor of the Cordova Alaskan, commenting on the statement that a woman must now be very slender to be fashionable, says that he sees good many every day who have gone out of style.
 Judge Gunnison, of the, First judicial district, has suspended Lawyer Cobb, of Juneau, from practice for eighteen months, for contempt of court in an article published in the Juneau Dis. patch.
 An earthquake threw the inhabitants of the town of Skidgate, Queen Char lotte islands, into state of panic on the afternoon of November 30th. It is estimated that the shock lasted fully seven seconds.
 The body of Operator Bonney, of the Tolovana station, was found six miles from Minto. He had frozen to death while on hunting trip. Bonney went to the interior country last summer from New York.
 "The restrictions of the bill are such that it is impossible to enlist the assis- tance of capital" said prominent Katalla operator in speaking of the Alaska coal bill, passed at the last ses- sion of congress.
 Late arrivals from the Tanana report that there will be shortage of food there before spring. Because of the bad season the merchants ordered light and now the demand threatens to exceed the supply.
 The Skagway Alaskan says that the New England mine being operated by Alaska Iron O., at Rainy Hollow, is temporarily shut down on account of a snow slide which fell over the mouth of the tunnel last week.
 The Fairbanks Times will give free trip to the A.-Y.-P. exposition to the most popular young lady in the Tanana valley. The question as to who is the most popular young lady is to be decid- ed by voting contest.
 A heavy wind visited Wrangell on the 7th inst, that was the worst in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. Boats, smokestacks and lumber piles suffered most, and a great number of little houses were tipped over.
 Abe Spring is a recent arrival at se- attle from Fairbanks. He says that the output of the Panama this year is S1o,- 100000 and will be S15,OO0,o0o next year. Abe says that the election of Wickersham is rebuke to carpetbag- ism.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

Cordova is located at the gateway of one of the greatest coal sections on the continent, and yet the price of coal there is S17.5O a ton.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

Prof Waldemar Jochelson is on his way to the Aleutian islands, where, with the permission of the U. s. gov erument, he will plunder the graves of past generations of the inhabitants.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

Cordova and Valdez have the services of Rev. pr. Young, Presbyterian preacher, on alternate Sundays. A half a loaf is better than none.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

4 coroner's jury found that Chas. Lincoln, a wood chopper living about three miles from Cordova, had come to his death by accidentally shooting him. self in the stomach with 22.calibre rifle.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-23

Congress, so it is said, is taking an active interest in the railroad situation in AIaska-that is, if Alaska may be said to have a railroad situation.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

sylvania contractors retained the OH
ciais from Roosevelt, Depew and
Quay at Washington to the state and
county attorneys In and out OF ONCE.
The Mormons Of Utah have the big
gest OF all the western gratis both
private and public that depend upon
protection from the law that stands
between them and public sentiment.
The Mormons have retained all the
state officials In advance OF election
and now they bave gathered a bril-
gade OF lawyers to advocate their
CRAFTS and incidentally the protection
Of '.old cases" Of polygamy. The
only claim for respectability to APP
peal to the lady voters of Idaho rests
In the legal disinfection Of this prac
tice OF "old polygamy." OF course
there Is rs much new polygamy as
this putrid sentiment can conceal in
the confusion OF patriarchal and
eternity sacrileges, all to be protect
ed incidentally by those retained law.
yers and public officials.
1t is q nice distinction for the lady
voter TO consider the age OF the case
OF the polyganiy OF Elder Bulge who
confesses to quarter OF a century Of
crime multiplied by the number of
three wives. II is "a nice object les
son for the mother TO give her daugb-
Ter, this vote TO protect old polygamy
by enforcing pettifoeger's con-
struction Of the state constitution.
The retained lawyers OF the Mormon
church are required to furnish ex-
cuses foi the women who must vote
on this subject. 1t Is usual for the
minister to teach morals, and not FOR
the lawyers or public officials. If
the retained attorneys or the public
omcials bad been depended upon to
reform the insurance frauds or the
capitol graft OF Pennsylvania they
would have gone on forever, or as
long as the people could have paid
the tax tribute. IL these retained
lawyers. the public officials and espe-
cialiy the sons and sons.in-law OF po-
lygamists are to he depended upon to
make distinctions of morals for the
Budges we might just as well take
their standard In all branches of So
ciety.
srs
The officials, attorneys and subsi-
died papers tell US there is no Nor
mon question In Idaho. When we
give specific instances OF So resident
and many fugitive Budpes they say
this old crime while admitting it to
be continuous In practice. Yes, IL
IS old; so old that 1t stinks. The
privileged criminals, the retained
lawyers say, will soon die of. The
political lesson will live as long as
history lasts. 1t will be matter OF
history that women In this state of
universal suffrage voted endorse.
nent OF the policy OF condoning "old
'ases" OF polygamy. The fact that
>olygamy survives where women hold |
he balance OF power Is now used as
he very strongest argument against
woman suffrage, In the eastern states.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

Senator La Toilette has been Civ.
ing the "powers that be" some bit
ter pills to swallow In his address up.
on the Aldrich bill. When Tillman
and other democratic senators criti.
else this ubiquitous measure it is un-
derstood that it is to make political
capital, but when republican senators
show up the subservient Wall street
gang in the upper house it hurts and
hurts bad. La Toilette is doing the
cause of true dem ocracy as much
good as any democ rat In either bodies
of congress. The people believe that
he is sincere and honest in being on
the right side of public questions.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

As has been predicted all along Or
chard will never receive an ADEQUATE
punishment for his many crimes.
OF course Judge Wood has sentenced
him to death, but recomu ends that
his sentence be committed to life
imprisonment. 1t will be hard IL
remove the thought from the minds
OF the people that Orchard received
some sort OF promise from those in
power that he would never be hung
for his hetnous crimes IL he made n
confession. Judge Wood excuses
himself for his recommendation To
mercy by saying he believes that Or.
ci'ard has told the truth and the
time may come when his testimony
viii be needed. IL does not matter
that twenty-four men have said thai,
Orchard is a liar, yet Judge Wood as.
sumes to pronounce verdict OF
guilty. Ii will look as II the ,udge
was paving the way for pardon for
this inhuman monster Harry Or.
chard.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

The Recorder Is unequivocally op
pos ID to the elimination of the Nor
mon question In the democratic state
platform. Upon this question the
party has been right; to drop this
question now is neither right nor is
1t political expediency. At the same
time this paper does not believe 1t
will be the paramount issue only Sc
far as IL will be necessary to show
why the republican party did rot re-
deem its party pledges of two years
ago. There are enough state and ma.
tional questions to fully occupy the
attention Of the public speakers and
newspapers without any necessity for
devoting the attention OF the voters
to the menace OF Mormonism. This
Is a question which has been pretty
thoroughly handled In previous cam
paigns, and the people of the state
very well knows that the republican
party is dominated by this so.called
church organization. II the demo.
cratic party wish to be placed In the
same position all that is necessary is
to comply with the demands of the
Boise democratic lawyers and take
its political dope from the hierarchy
at Salt Lake City.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26
THE IDAHO RECORDER
wEsrop re- WEEP.

In reading over the editorials OF
the past few weeks. In our republican
exchanges, the editor OF The Record.
err began 10 think there was really
something in mental suggestion,
mental telepathy, transference OF
thought or spiritual phenomena. We
were really disappointed when we
found that the scientific conclusions
We bad arrived at could be explained
In very practical way. IL Is terri.
BILE TO have discovered and demon
strated some great unkowable truth !;
some laws la nature which have here.
tofore been an unsealed book, and
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

In another column in The Recorder
can be found an advertisement offer.
Ing for sale the saw timber on 18s
acres of land, approximately $50, OOC
feet Of logs. OF course we know that
the object OF the forest reserve is to
save the timber for future generations
and also to conserve the water supply
at the heads Of the streams. The
forest reserve management, in Wash
ington, no doubt have come to the
conclusion that the way to conserve
the timber for our descendants Is to
cut oe the present crop of saw tim.
Der and have another crop growing
by the time 1t is needed. And then
the price secured from the sale OF
this 1888 acres will support larger
force OF forest rangers. In return for
the management cutting all the best
timber In the country Pinchot will
be able to furnish the country with
the best scouts in case we should he
forced into war with some other
country. Great scheme isn't it?
DO you see the point? Should not
this convince you OF the beneiicence
OF maintaining a vast army of men
at the expense Of the country TO con.
serve the timber for future genera.
tions?
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26
ATTACK ON FREEDOM.

Among the radical and advanced
papers OF the country more or less
uneasincss has been excited lately by
the 'Penrose BILL" introduced by
Senator Penrose, of PENNSYLVANIA,
this bill proposes to confer upon the
postmaster-general authority to ex.
clude from second-class mail privileg
es ANY issue of any periodical which
has been declared unavailable by the
postoffice department. There Is
nothing In Senator Penrose's charac.
Ter or record TO convince one that he
introduced this bill with good pur.
pose. He Is boss of the old fash.
Toned predatory type. Intimately al
lied with the grating corporations of
Pennsylvania, he uses his political
power to further their schemes of
pillage, and doubtless shares the
spells. The capitol eIafters who are
now being tried, the abject ring that
rules and robs Philadelphia, every
putrescent politician In the Keystone
state, have all looked to penrose for
countenance aud aid ever since QUAY
went to his reward.
Through his tiaccid creature, Gov.
error Pennypacker, Mr.. Penrose had
a law enacted In PENNSYLVANIA not
many years ago which set out To
abridae the flee-going statute, fierce.
" vindictive In It's penalties. The
immediate incentive for its enact.
ment was the caricatures of the
grating Penrose ring, which the
papers printed. Had the law been
enforced, no Pennsylvania publication
would have dared to print another
political caricature, nor would IL have
oeen safe to criticise thieving DO.
htician, no matter how much he
stole. Imagine the delights of such
4 law TO men like Penny packer and
Penfose. But alas, IL remained mere.
Iva pious aspiration, They never
dared TO enforce 1t. The papers
openly deted the law and the bsred
gang could only grin with helpless
The present bill is more Ingenious
Its enforcement win require no ma.
chinery OF the criminal courts
Ihere viii be no indictments, no
trials by Jury, no publicity, none Of
those things which your slippery poll.
tician holds In agonixing dread. 1t
VIII all be done in the dark, Quietly
smoothly without alarming the pub.
Tic, but IL will be done efrectually
The bill puts II In the power OF the
postotfice department to exercise DIES.
potic censorship over the piess, Tx.
from seeond.class maihns
privileges means death to news.
paper, and this bill coufers upon the
postmaster-aeneral authority to ex.
ciude any paper whose principles On
policy be may happen to dislike, The
law as Il stands confers authority To
exclude vicious and obscene publiea.
tien, the Penrose amendment extends
the censorship to all publications
whatever.
We're the bill TO pass, its frst en-.
pioyment would be, of course, to ruin i
the labor and socislistic press. We're
the consequences to stop with the
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

A divorce suit may again bring the
nastiness of the Thaw troubles in the
courts. Taking the estimate CT the
Thaw family Evelyn is not good
enough to be the consOrt OF the pure
(?) Harry. In fact she is disgrace
to the Thaw name, from the stand
point of the family. No doubt she is
all that the mother of Harry Thaw
thinks she is, but she is paragon OF
perfection compared to the profligate
Harry. 1t is often said that a wom-
an can get lower than man on the
downward road, but this is to be
doubted, especially in the case OF
Harry Tnaw.