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The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
tsy United Prsss.l

Carson City, New, Feb. 2S-T, Rickey president of the State bank and Trus. company was today arrested upon an indictment found by the grand jury charging fraud. There are six indict- ments, all similar.
 The State B nk aud Trust company was organized first ln this city, but 1t now consists of string of banks branches being in all the principal towns and miniug camps of the state. IL was She first bank to close in the
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
HARRY AND EVELYN QUARREL
United Pross ToIegraph.cabIo sorvIeo.)

New York, Feb. 98-Evelyn Thaw has not visited Harry Thaw during the two weeks past voient and bitter quarrel has occurred between the two
 It is definitely known that Evelyn is willing to agree to separation She demands allowance of fifteen thousand annually. She agrees if this allowance be made to sail at once for Europe and to again the she has brought to such extremity Neither will she contes5 suit for the annulment of the marriage
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED

state during tho recent ananCiAl Strin- geucy. It's closing in Goldneld took the people completely by surprise as 1t wa' no. under suspicion at she time, while both the others of the three banks had suffered run. When committee was appointed to investigate the affairs of the bank It was found to be in bad shape and the indictments are not 80 much of @ surprise now Ss was the closing of the bank. Hickey has always heretofore born high reputation as a conSerYa- tive busiuess man.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28

Hughes to remove District Attorney Jerome On a charge of neglect of duty They say Jerome has failed to prose- cute the officers of the company in spite of the charges entered agaIns. them aud of petitions on their part asking him to interest himself in the case. They also charge him with fall ure to prosecute Ia the insurance cases, where plenty of evidence Is known to exist under which to proceed.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
ANOTHER MINE DISASTER

with great energy to relieve them. It Is not known what is their fate, whether killed or not, but 1t Is reasonably cer. tain that some have met death if not all. The wives, friends and relatives of the men are gathered about the mouth of the pit, Hhe women weeping and wailing while rne men work.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
CBy United Proos.)

San Antonio. Feb. 2S-An explosion of coal gas in the mine at Carbon Sd. binas this morning has wrecked the lower workings where two hundred men are employed, all of whom are im- Work is being prosecuted
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
F0R SALE OF
 GOAL LANDS
CBy United Pres, ]

Washington, Feb. 2S-Delegate Gale has introduced 8 bill providing for the sale of coal lands in Alaska. The bill provides that sales of land may be made to which title has no: been given. The price is fixed at ten dollars per acre and the area for sale Is limited to twenty-five hundred and sixty acres.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
IS
 NEAR DEATH
(By United PrOss.)

New York, Feb. 2s-Thomas A, Edi- son was compelled to undergo au oper- atIon a feT days ago, at 6 hospital in this city for an organic trouble, He is reported today to be very low and his recovery is a matter of doubt.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-28
MAY
 MAKE SPEECH
(sy United Pross.)

Washington, Feb. 28-senatOr De- pew has been invited to speak at the opening of tue Alaska YikOn-Paciac Exposition. It Is understood he will accepb, The exposition Is finding favor iu Washington.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-07-23

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23

his cigar had formed n dense cloud
which obliterated the starry heavens
from his gaze Welton dropped his eyes
and stared at two points of yellow
light that oscilIated near the ground.
They Were ten inches apart and
they moved IN unison. Wclt0p calcu.
lated that they must be Just without
the bamboo stockade which inclosed
the compound
There was a prickly feeling along the
spine. and he could feel the hair rails.
ing Slightly around his forehead as be
realized That Chuui had neglected to
close the great gate and that there
was perhaps only % hundred feet in.
tegveulu- between the man eater and
the omen window og the EttIe grqgyfug
room.
He thought rapidly. with his ewes
fixed on the lambeut points of flame in
the velvet gloom of the gateway. If
he made q dash for the window and
w saie'1 ''I' '"| Oe' oilu tHe peas'
80 l-i5 ~ oou'H c'oSe 'ile
--'','eio , "e'li,iu us ie,i s'','HS ioIlH II
ne eouIu make AherSlIe near at least
'-e ,.l,,l "o.livH " =" o'''u DI SUI
...,,-lN Al,e' 9i'e' ne ''''eu III " 'o"' c4ea'
..t,,, .t,Sl,Gr
ies' came tne o'ner il"n lazy
'Oues'
C'ooe t.ese snu''efs Instantly! ne
ui''ii e"tei ms Morus were los' III
.ue qulch manipulation OF the IRON rods
lFolu NlLnln, ana tne shutters leIl with
clai's' olotllhs OUT the glow OF hSht
anu ieaNils "eltoh alone TO race the
user'
The momentary confusion reused the
beast into action. Welton could see
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
KuRIos FROM koRREsPoNDENTs

kURIos FROM CORRESPONDENTS
Q. Can you inform me why my Leg
horns have fiat, narrow tails: My
breeders have full spread tails.
have six brooders and seven small col
ony houses and raised 7J0 chickens
last year.
\. Adding the ordinary per cent OF
loss to your 750 and noting your hous-
ing capacity, you crowded your young
stock so their tail feathers could not
develop properly. Breed froH the
same old stock again and house better
and you will have Il different tale to
tell.
@ | have lost so many little ducks.
They just seem TO be paralyzed. Can
it be that l let them go into the water
too soon? We have only a small
stream of spring water.
~ Sorry! It's that cold spring wa
ter. We have had the same duck fu-
neral to cry over Water isn't q neces-
sity to duck raising except for drink
G. l have written to several journals
about my Wyandottes and get no salts
faction. VIII you inform me why
some of my new stock have single
combs? 1 wrote to the dealer from
whom I bought the eggs and received
no reply. Am l cheatcdf My birds
are white, we'll formed and lay well.
y. You aren't cheated Single comb
ed hybrids are occasionally thrown. 1t
results from mating narrow rose
combs. Your dealer might easily have
defended his sale and perhaps retained
a customer by showing common sense.
q. I am anxious to know what your
opinion is in regard to moisture or
nonmoisture incubators. Which ma
chine do you prefer?
\. We have tested both styles and
now use only the wet sand pan ma
chine Under the old hen tlS humid
tty is 60 per cent. In the uOnmolsture
machine it is only - to 80 per cent
This dryness causes many chicks to
die in the shell and causes white diar-
rhea. We can set mixed eggs in our
machine ana get more, larger and
healthier chicks.
Q. My chicks wings grow So fast as
to drag them down and weaken them.
Is this natural?
A. The quills of LeghCruS wings
grow in the shell and develop rapidly
Heavy breeds feather slowly. Run
your brooder at lower heat rs too high
temperature has a tendency to push
feathers. Clip the wings as you prune
grapevines, and the strength viii 90
into the chicks instead of feathers.
Q. My young Reds are so crazy for
blood that they kill each other What
is wrong, and what will stop it?
a. This is natural to chickens and is
easily stopped by feeding beef scrap or
raw meat. Hang chunks of beef or
veal lights before them BE careful in
punching the foot web not to draw
blood or they will drag the bleeding
chicken to death
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23

beak down breast to long yellow legs
white-brownish red bar spots. \ large
hawk measures from head to tail thirty
inches, three feet from tip to tip and
male smaller than female.
He is known among sportsmen as
'the long tailed pheasant hawk" and,
1t is said. kills as much game as the
average hunter. This is rather mild,
for the sportsmans average game to-
day is often himself when he doesn't
know it's loaded or some other fellow
who's such a deer or bird.
But he is the great game scourge
from the California quail, the midland
prairies chicken. to the Pennsylvania
pheasant and the New Jersey reed
bird. His special delight is to nest in
the trees of the wood near the farm
house, where he may relieve the farm
er of his surplus poultry. There may
be found his rough, shallow nest and
its four white blush brown splashed
eggs or his hawlllets that graduate
from the chicken thief school in eight
weeks to pirate for themselves.
White pigeons, white chickens and
white Holland turkeys are his favor
ties, perhaps more frequently caught
because easily seen. OF ninety-six
hawks eighty-siX contained chickens
and birds One hawk hooked fifty hens
before the farmer shot him. A pair
bore twelve young turkeys away in
day and, like borrowed umbrellas,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
A Flower Bed a Mile Lons.

\ mile long bed of rhododeudrons in
Central park. New Yorls most bcauti.
ful breathing spot is the recent Gift
Of Mrs. Russell Sage to the people oG
that city. 1t is estimated that the gift.
which will be known as the Sage plan
tatlOn, will by the time it is finished
represent an outlay on the part Of Mrs.
Sage of at least $4,000 Mrs. Sage
drives in the park a great deal and
recently visited Park Commissioner
Smith and offered to install the flower.
ing shrubs in order to brighten up a
stretch along the main east drive, of
which she is particularly fond. The
greater part of the thousands of plants
which will so to make up the bed are
of American growth, but more than
G,OOO of them were imported from Bel.
gium. Commissioner Smith says that
the plantation will be- when complet.
ed, the finest of its kind in the world.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
AhA/\ANANAfAJNfA/\A/\ANANA\A
A QUESTION p!
OF TINE. )
By Clarissa N1ackie.
By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.
vWVvVNv\vJvV"

A night In India-humid, breathless,
with great stars hanging In the dark
blue sky and the dank odor of rotting
vegetation from the nearby jungle.
From his seat In bamboo reclining
chair Welton stared unwinkingly at
the blazing consultations. The punka
boy had fallen into exhausted slumber
on the mat, and the huge fan hung
motionless overhead.
Welton could hear the low murmur
Of voices from the interior of the
ly turning his head he could see the
pink glow of light from the shaded
lamp and the reflection of two faces
ia the large mirror in the corner.
The two forms leaned over the pi-
ano, the white fingers of Marion Les
ter drawing soft harmonies from the
instrument, while Akerslie murmured
tenderly in her pretty ear.
And it was because of these two at
the piano that Welton was very mis-
erable and stared at the stars. He
knew that Mrs. Lester was nodding
over her embroidery in some obscure
corner of the room, and as for him
self-well, he seemed not to be in it
Mt all!
Colonel Lester was quartered at
Lucknow, and when it was learned
that Welton could not obtain the de-
sired leave of absence to visit his
sweetheart Mrs Lester had good ma
turedly undertaken the journey to
Welton's isolated station at Cola Chat
The uneNpected visit of the two wo-
men had thrown the little station into
a blissfu confusion Of preparation.
The depredations of a man eating tiger
had furnished an ineXhaustible source
OF conversation and had been the occa-
sion for many tentative trips into the
jungle for several weeks before the ad-
vent of the visitors, but now all was
forgotten save the fact that there would
be new faces to break the dead mo-
notony of the days-the fresh faces and
low toned voices of refined English
women.
And then Akerslie had stepped in
and spoiled it all. He bad come up to
see Welton and to try pot shots at the
man eater, but he had met Marion Les
ter. and In spite of the fact that he
was Welton's guest and that he knew
the relations existing between the two
he paid assiduous court to the girl.
Thus far she had repelled his ad-
vances with a dignifed coolness that
seemed to infame him to greater ardor
This evening, however, the gentleness
Of her manner toward him and her
careless treatment Of her lover had
driven the latter to sulky solitude in
the veranda
When the blue smoke wreaths from
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23

Satan is compared to a bloodthirsty
hawk whirling in great concentric cir
cles through the air, falling like thun-
derbolt on his prey. OF the $50 muir
derous vultures wheeling, recling, re
volving, falling like fate sweeping
with fearful velocity on their victim
this must have Been the chicken hawk.
known in books by the alias Accipiter
coopere, but feared by poultrymen as
the demon of the air. Alert for prey,
he poises in midair over all America
and the world
Read his description from the rogues'
gallery: Head, back, wings dusky
brown; tail white, crossed with brown
bars; eyes amber, toes long, talons
curved long and sharp; from brown
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23

-us =. ~.s - sCS<..ac IEBs~-- ssss ~y-~-
ton remembered the sleeping punka
boy. He saw the tiger stepping down
the path, his jaws gripping a dark.
moaning bundle.
He knew that unmolested, the beast
would now retire to the jungle with
his victim and that the occupants of
the bungalow as well as himself would
be free from danger He ground his
teeth and aimed for the other eye. He
put 1t out
In the light of the stars he saw the
beast shiver, drop the dark bundle.
which sped affrightedly away, and
then come toward him with bleeding.
blinded eyes and snarling mouth.
1t was only a question of time now.
Around the tree he lodged. and then
farther away from the house toward
the stockade. He would lure the beast
from the vicinity OF the bungalow and
fight 1t out with him in the open space
before the jungle, which rose dark
and forbidding in the background. One
would win out, and the other
Again he heard the crack OF his re-
volver, and yet again. and still the
beast did not fall. Still he tracked
the man blindly, remorselessly. There
were two cartridges left in the cham
ber. and then-again Welton fired,
once, twice. With a shudder, he felt
something soft on his cheek.
by Jove! Billy seems a bit sleepy!
Wake up and hear the news, old manv'
Welton recognized the facetious tone
of Akerslie, his faithless friend. He
opened his eyes slowly, wonderfully.
Overhead the great stars were hang
ing in the dark blue sky, and there
was a rank odor of rotting vegetation
from the nearby jungle.
He was reclining in the bamboo
chair, and Marion stood behind him
with her soft hand upon his rumpled
hair. There was n glow of lamplight
from the open window of the drawing
room, and in the opposite direction he
could see that the gate of the COM
pound was closed
"The-man eaterY' he asked dazedly,
moving his cramped limbs.
"What made you think of that?"
asked Akerslie ruefully. Il was just
going to spring it on you! Chuni-the
brave, the Incompatible Chuni-has
slain the man eater just without the
stockade! Lookr'
Welton rose stifly to his feet and
looked sheepishly at the flaming
torches and the crowd of brown skin.
ned natives who were triumphantly
dragging the huge carcass through the
gateway. Chuni, proud and victorious
salaamed before his master. For
the honorable sahib," he said solemn,
~.
A little later Marion bade her lover
good night ''What do you think
Billy?" she murmured softly, with q
side glance at the stalwart form OF
Akerslie. Major Akerslie has beer
telling me about his engagement tc
Marjorie Booth-a dear schoolmate OF
mine-and I'm afraid we were Sc
much interested in talking about her
that we forgot you! Were you really
asleep, Billy?"
81 hope So" said Billy impressively
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
The Glory of Life,

The human race is still in its infancy
Up to the present moment, with a few
grand exceptions, man has lived mostly
an animal existence. The brute is only
partially educated out of him. He has
not yet evolved that superb character,
that dlviner man, foreshadowed in the
beast How few people ever get any
thing more than n mere glimpse of the
true glory Of life! Few of US see any real
sentiment in life or anything above the
real animal existence and animal pleas
ures. Most of us look upon our occu-
patton as a disagreeable necessity that
somehow or other ought to have been
and might have been avoided. The
trouble with many of us is that we
think too meanly of ourselves. Our
sordid aims and material, selfish am
bitions have so lowered our standards
that we think downward instead of up
ward; we grovel instead of soaring.
Our lives are materialistic, selfish.
greedy, because we live in the base of
our brains, down among the brute fac
ulties. We have never explored to any
great extent the upper regions of our
brain, never developed our higher intel
Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.

A strong constituted chick ought to
weigh one pound at the least when
six weeks old.
Nice green food for brooder chicks is
fresh lettuce. Tender clover makes
chick smile all over.
The heavier the hen the greater the
smash of eggs in the clucks' nest In
cubators never get lice nor tantrums.
You wouldn't think it, but tinted
duck eggs are the clearest of all eggs
to test. You can see almost everything
inside but the color of the eyes.
When you buy a chicken by the
chicken you are entitled to the giblets.
Just remind the dealer that you like
them chopped in the gravy as well as
he.
Advertise and dispose of surplus
breeders and birds when the first bell
rings. Then you can swing the ham
mocks while the other fellows wiring
their hands.
You can't sell every product all the
year around, but eggs and poultry al
ways so. a good hint: Raise a few
extras next summer and don't forget
the family potpie,
To catch pigeon that you have
heretofore failed to capture Just fasten
grains of corn on the end of three foot
strings and tie the other ends fast.
He'll soon bite fast Then just cut the
string
Restraining a River.
HE Platte river has IrHIt frtf1lls.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
Mr.. Green's Waterloo

Mr.. Green had been paying 81 a
week for board. His appetite constant
ly increased. Finally his landlady saw
that she must either sell out and quit
or raise her boarder's rate. One day
after watching him feverishly devour-
ing plateful after plateful she plucked
up courage and said:
"Mr. Green, shall have to raise your
board to So"
Mr.. Green looked up with start,
then in a tone of CONSERVATION said:
oh, Mrs. Small, don'ti It's as much
IS can do now to eat 81 worth."-Wo-
mans Home Companion
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
WASHINGTON Shuns JewelrN.

In Washington it is rare nowadays
to see a woman wear more than a
brooch or stickpin except on formal
occasions. The rage for necklaces and
bracelets, earrings and chains seems
20 have vanished. Baroness Moncheur
invariably wears either all white or all
black for the promenade or calling,
and not one ornament is visible except
small diamond pins to bold her high
collar in place.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
ORIGIN Of MYTHS.

The human mind. whether that of
the savage or the civilized man, is
naturally a thinking machine In early
times, before science was born, the
phenomena of nature required an ex-
PLANTATION, and the savage beholder
shaped the myth. which satisfied his
untutored mind 1t is out of mans
natural craving to know the reason
why" that all myths are born. AS
the distinguished anthropologist, Tylor,
puts it, when the attention of a man
in the myth making stage of intellect
is drawn to any phenomenon which
has to him an obvious reason, he in
vents and tells a story to account foI
it," In such way all mythology orig
mated
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
suildina Industry Exposition.

An international exposition for art
and building industry win be held in
st. Petersburg Russia, from June to
October under the direction of the So
ciety Of Civil Engineers of Russia.
The exhibition will have sections for
the display of building materials, car
pentry and metal work, sanitary pro-
lection, fireproofng materials, electrical
apparatus, artistic furnishings. litera-
ture and methods of technical inStruc-
tipn
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
The Literary Sweatshop.

Fair Visitor-Why, had no idea that
novels were written in this way. Fore
man of Six Best Seller Factory-Oh,
yes! At these machines they punch In
the plots, across the room they stitch
in the description, the dialogue is put
In by hand, and the whole then goes
to the finishing room, where it is sawed
into chapters.-Puck
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
Canadians Odd Misfortune.

Edward Spendlove of st John, N. B.,
who came to Mexico recently to in
spect tracts of timber land with n view
to Investment, is being taken home to-
tally blind. He found a peculiar tree
in the forest and struck it with an ak.
The blow caused the sap to squirt into
his eyes, completely destroying his
sight
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
Beneficial Exercise.

"Are you taking any exercise for
your health?" asked the wolf of the
fox
"Oh, yes, responded the latter and
am improving rapidly! l am taking
part In an amateur country club fox
hunt"-Baltimore American.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
DON'IS

Don't let those chicks waddle in the
milk Mix spots ON chick feathers are
worse than spotted fever.
Don't forget to cut out corn in hot
weather. Cholera. You may forget
highballs, but don't forget fresh water
Don't forget that geese pay big.
Chase that worthless dog. Take the
tax and buy goose eggs for Matching.
oh, what q roast you'll get!
Don't cry over spilled eggs. If you
had set that hen in a decent box she
wouldn't have broken the eggs. There
now!
Don't listen to the fellow who is tell
ing you to build a cheap hennery. He's
got a halluciuation or is a cheap ar
ticle himself Wait till you get more
cash if it has to be an old shack that
your next door neighbor would like to
burn down.
Don't forget to SOW for litter. Oats
and wheat are prime, but buckwheat
goes to pieces too soon. We prefer
wheat to oats because the wheat is
harvested before young stock can
work on it. Oats on young stock range
Is terrific for hard crop
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-23
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.

Said Mrs. Smith to Farmer Brown.
Are these eggs laid today2"
"Oh, yes!" said the man just come to
town.
'I saw the Barred Rocks lay"
So the sister paid a bonton price
And got some old hen fruit.
She placed them in her cupboard nice.
Not knowing they could shoot.
That night good Parson Smith came
home
AS hungry as bear.
He went to get chicken bone,
Not knowing eggs were there.
But when he oped the cupboard door
Twelve guns went off-Tootl Toot!
They knocked him senseless TO the floor
And smeared him we'll to boot
c. NJ, b