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Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
ELECTION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the regu. lar annnal election for the Town of Wrahgell, Alaska, will be held on Tues day,,April 7th, 1908, al which time there will De elected seven e Common Coun- cilmeu to serve for one year and one member ot the Wrangell School Board to serve for the period of three @ years and one member of said School Board to serve for the period of one l) veal.
 Polling place will be ill the .'Felthan Building on the north side oI Front St. Wrangell, which rooms were formerly occupied by C. E Rodman as law of. fee.
 Polls wilI be open at 9 o'clock a. IT and remain open until : 30 o clock P. ID . of said day.
 By an order made by the Common Council of Wrangell, March 9th, 1908.
 J. F. WORDEN.
 Town Clerk.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Samples of Goods fir Ladies or Gents spring and summer wear already re- oeived at ". c. Waters.
 Wm. Taylor, one of Wrangellis con. tingent to the Juneau court, was last week excused from duty so as to be at the bedside of his wife, who is sick in a Juneau hospital
 Owing to an error In delivering tele- gram st Tacoma. the shingle mill is rithour sawyer, Charley Merrill is srunning the saws, however, and the mill will be running full blast as sooh as a sawyer can be secured
 1 Win. and Marion Gano arrived up on the last Seattle, the former from Los Angeles, Cal, and the latter from Ia. coma, Wash. Mrs. Wm. Gano and her 1.-two children remain at Los Angeles, and MT. G. reported them getting along very nicely
 SENTINEL erred last week in stating that the Anita went to Hollenbeak * Taylor's logging camp on Deef ,IsIand She went to kuin Island, where Royalty Bros, Holleubeak- & Ensley are cutting ], ,ooo,0OO feet of logs for JoTgenson's s sawmill at Juneau.
 Rev. David Wagner came over ffon Klawack in his power boat, accom- panied by Ray snyder and Billy Benson. Roy remained here to look out for the boat, while Mr. Wagner went to Juneau with Mir. Benson, who was. to be ordained } g Presbyterian minister
 This office has recently turned out a letter head with condensed description 'of the resources of this locality printed doHn one side of the sheet. Every mer- chant should have them, and as they only cost $1.0o extra for DO, il is a cheap manner oi advertising this section.
 The Dolphin and Jefferson will "rass Wrangell up'' in the future. The Hum- boldt does not carry the mail. With the Seattle running at only part speed and the Cottage City of the run, we may expect to get ,nail, for. q time. at least. about every three weeks. A lovely @ mail service.
 The Far Niente came in, Tuesday, from the Portage Mountain mines near the head of Duncan Canal
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Mining Location Notices kert in stock for sale at SENTINEL office.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

The Way to Build up Wransell: Patronize Wransell Merchants
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Picture frames and framed pictures at half price at ". C. Waters. Rev. H. P. Ccrser spent 2 few da9s at hetchikan last week, returning on the Seattle.
 Martin Hofstad returned home in the Hum boldt, after $ business trip to the Sound country.
 Geo. H. Barnes and Donald Sinclair returned home from Juneau on the Humboldt, having been relieved from jury duty.
 The steamer Alaska's machinery has been oyeThauled, and the vessel was put into the wzter Tuesday to tase up the s-ason's work.
 Harry Gartley's genial countenanoe is seen on our streets again, after an ab- sence of several weeks, spent at points on the Sound.
 Mrs. Walter Bort, accom- panied by Mr. Dort's mother, came tip on the last Humboldt, after an extended 7isit to the old home in New York state.
 King salmon are nov com Handing a better price than ever betore, and quite 2 number of local fishermen are tu4 ming their attention to fishing for them.
 The big lumber barge Garnet was taken oil her cradle and moved aroind to the aill wharf, Monday, to receive the first cargo of lumber for the season.
 (. M. McGrath and wife came up from below on the Humboldt. aad was compelled 6 remain in town for several days while waiting for northbgaad steamer.
 Inman & Fletcher have jus: about completed K. J. Johansen's big power bat, and will soon have another one ready for FEed Brofinan. The tro' are ! 'tsister ships
 Last Saturday was Johnny Grants 37th birthday anniversary, and dance was given in honor of the occasion at the hotel. The dance was quite well attended, and highly enjoyed.
 Mrs. 4 T. Bennett and her sister, Mrs. Thompson, arrived from Spokane by the last Seattle, to join their hus- bands, who are working at the sawmill. The families have gone to housekeeping in the big Wilson house near the mill.
 MT. Elwell, representing the Seattle Fish and Cold Storage O., has been in town several days during the week, talking business with the local fisher men. It is reported that the company will move its scows and other property 1 from Scow Bay to Wrsngell on account of this being more accessible to the king grounds.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

. Notice. is hereby given that the Regis tration Book of the Town of Wrangell, Alaska, has been delivered to me by the Town Clerk; that the same is now open for the registration of all legally quali- fed voters of Wrangell, Alaska. The Registration Book will be open from g o'clock a. III. to o'clock p. m., daily, Sunday excepted. up to and including April 6th. 1908. All voters, whether for Councilmen or School Officers should register to entitle them to vote.
 Dated at Wrangell, Alaska this 9th day of March, 1908. ,,,,
 Mario Registrar.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Mining Location Notices kert in stock for sale at SENTINEL office.
 When Chief of Records Snyder, of stikne Tribe No. ,, Red Men, made his report to the Great Council, a. the close of last year, he suggested that each tribe in Alaska should have it's own deputy Great Incohouee. Acting iayorably on this suggestion, the head officer has ap- pointed deputies for the various Tribes, C. NJ. Coulter being recommended by the home Tribe and appointed to the position Cash" is a consistent Red Man, and will fill the position with credit to the Tribe and to himself.
 After two or three-months visit to hls old home at Stamford, Nebraska, Burt Palmer returned to Wrangell on the last Seattle. He was accompanied by his brother, A. ;. Palmer, and wife, who have come to stay among us. We ueed a lot of such citizens.
 Pay your subscription.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
TICKET NAMkB

In response to the call for caucus, fourteen citizens of Wrangell met at the council chamber in Red Mems Hall, last Saturday evening and dominated candi- dates for councilmen, school clerk and school directors. J E. Worden called the meeting to order and read the call, after which NJ. F. Inman was chosen as chairman and MT. Worden as secretary. The ticket is as follows:
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

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Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

A fire alarm was turned in, Tuesday night, and got the firemen out in rush. The fire, however, proved to be nothing more serious than burning fue in the old skookum Restaurant building.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
CLOSING OF REGISTRATION BooK

Notice is hereby given that the Regis tration Book for the town of Wrangell, Alaska, will be closed on April 6th, l,9Gs. at the hour of o'clock P NJ. All per sons who are eligible will please take notice and register before the books are closed.
 Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, this 26th day of March, 1908.
 LEO. C.>PATENATDE,
 Registrar.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Picture frames and framed pictures at half price at ". C. Waters.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
CHURCH DIRECTORY
PRESBYTERIAN cEfERR

FRESBI TERRAIN CHURCH interpreted Service. I0.3o A NJ. Sunday S1n1zy School. 200 r. NJ. Sunday. Christian Endeavo-, 359 ?. NJ. Sunday. English SsrTjce, 80 P. M-, Sunday. Eiiwe=k Interpreted Service. 9 P. Nj, He3nes. Ni5~azE English Service, 7:39 r. M- Friday. LibrEry Association meeting n library rooms the first Tuesday in each month a1 7s30 ?. N
 J. s. CLARK, Pastor, ST. PHILPS-EPgCoPAL Holy Conrunion, first Sunday n each -cnth, al I013o A. II. 'Siorning Prayer tOther sundays) interpreted for Natives, l0>3o A. NJ Junior Christian Endeayor l.31 A. II. Bible School 2:10 P. N. Tespers-Natiye ser ice. 3:3b ?. M. Service in Norwegian about every fourth Sunday at 4:30 P. NJ. Evening Prayer and service, 7.30 P. N Ladies Aid every second Tuesday evening Native prayer neeLng each Wednesday evening. Service of Song. Friday eFenihg 7,31 Native Choir. Saturday evening. Free Night School every evening, excso< SRs
 HARRY P. COfSER, Rector.
 SALVATION ARMY Regular Meetings Taes5aS and Friday, 7S3) P. II. hnee Drill, Sunday morning. 7.53. Service al Jan, Sunday, lg.50 4 A Sunday School z.51 P. II. Regalsr service Sunday evening. 7.15
 EMMA MILLER. Corps Commander. THoS- TAMAREE. Sergeaht-A jor ROBTs SMITH. AdJutant-
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G.. L. COLLINS


employment by corporations. II
was no wonder. he said, that the
conscience should be alarmed. He
declared that justice was the foun-
dation of prosperity. 1t was, he
said, only the ragged, the rotten
and the corrupt that has reason to
fear the light of publicity or the
word of justice.
May the light never be obscur-
cd, he exclaimed, and may the
sword never be shcathcd.
Mr. Cochran referred to the
president as a crusader the only
one the republicans have. y But
he said the president was disqual-
flied. His nomination by YOU or
us would be personal dishonor, y
he said. The president has re.
nounced the field of politics and
has taken noble position before
the civilized world. y
Never before in the history of
the country, he said had a presi-
dent still in Office been the object of
the bittcrest attacks, hated as no
hatred ever before was treasured
against a public officer; yet able,
while still in Office, to practically
fix the conditions upon which the
parties will contend.
Thunderous applause greeted
this remark and one which followed
that there was a democratic Crusa-
der in Mr. Bryan. He did not
think Speaker Cannon was one nor
was Senator Knox or Secretary
Taft. Referring to Mr.. Bryan,
Mr.. Cochran said:
We have a crusader as to whom
there is some doubt as to whether
he is not too strenuous. OF posed
him in the past, might still OPP
pose him, but | believe this oppos-
ing has outlined the conditions
under which he becomes the foreor-
dained champion of law and order. y
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The applause which this utter
ancc evoked among the democrats
was so great that it was sometime
before Mr.. Cochran could proceed.
Continuing and and still referring
to Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Cochran said
that if he declared himself Tie
champion of the principles which
were directly and indirectly en-
bodied i'll the presidents message,
if he represents the determination
to prosecute malcfactors for their
crimes and if a vigorous enforce
ment of the law shonld result III
congestin& the criminal courts,
then the pIundcrcrs Of millions will
be given precedence i'll the path
way to prison over the pilferers of
pennies.
MI. Hepburn Of Iowa, declared
that the democrats had showed
great versatility in the debate of to-
day. One, he said, spoke III UNI
seemly terms of the president
another said Ne could not tell
whcatlicr TIE message was by Mr..
Roosevelt or by his own political
ideal. The message, said Mr.. Hep
burn, is received III some sections
of the country With violent con-
formations. This condemnation
comes from the organs of the very
men, and those only, whom the
president of the United States has
seen fit to dcnounce as to the male
factors, the great malcfactors Of
the age, and that is the only source
from which it has come except
from the gentleman from Ohio,
refer ing to Mr.. Foraker.
The president, Mr.. Hepburn de
clared, had done nothing to unset
tie conditions by his own acts. lie
had simply called attention to The
misdceds Of those malcfactors.
THE PRESIDENT lie said, is
neither 4 bull nor bear.
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THE PROPOSED CONSTI.
TUTIONAL AMENDMENT
What it Means to the TAXPAYERS
of the State of Washington

The following article is copied
from the Everett Herald and as it
gives considerable information that
is of public service, we reproduce
it i'll full:
At the next general election to
be held Nov. Sd of this year, there
is to be submitted to the voters a
proposed amendment to the Const-
tuition of this state.
Constitutional amendments are
usually given so little attention
that OH the day of election not one
voter in five knows what the pro-
posed change is about, what it
means or what its probable effect
will be. The question to be sub
mitted this year, however, is one of
such vital interest to every tax
payer of the state that it should be
studied and discussed in order that
the possible effect of the proposed
change shall be thoroughly under
stood
The proposed amendment is to
strike from Art. VII of the const
tuition, Sections l, 2, 5 and I, and
to substitute therefor the following
to be known as Section /:
Sec. /, The power of taxation
shall never be surrendered, SITS
pended or contracted away. Taxes
shall be uniform upon the same
class of subjects, and shall be levied
and collected for public purpose.
The property of the United States
and of the state, counties, school
districts and other municipal cor
porations and personal property to
the amount of $500 for each head
Of family, liable to assessment
and taxation under the provisions
of the laws of this state of which
the Individual is the actual and
bonahde owner shall be exempt
from taxation.
The four sections of the con-
stitution which it is proposed to
strike out contain among other
provisions the following:
All property in the state, not
exempt under this constitution,
shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, to be ascertained as provided
by law. The legislature shall pro-
vide by law a uniform and equal
rate of assessment and taxation Oh
all property in the state, according
t. its value in money, and shall
prescribe such regulations by gen
eral law as shall secure a just waltz
alton of all property, 50 that every
person and corporation shall pay a
tax in proportion to the value OF
his, her or its property. The leg
i5lature shall provide by general
law for the assessing and levylng
of taxes on all corporation property
as near as may be by the same
methods as are provided for the as
sessing and lcvying of taxes on in
dividual property. The power to
tax corporations and corporate
property shall not be surrendered
or suspended by any contract OF
grant to which the state shall be a
party
From the above it is perfectly
clear that the trainers OF our COIL
stition intend that all property
whether individual or corporate
should be assessed as near as pos
siblc in the same manner and alb
solutcly on the same basis, i. c. Ill
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
LAUDED BY DEMOCRATS
Bourke Cochran Halls Message
As an Inspired Document

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. I
The message which the presi
dent sent here Friday raises a
question which goes to the very
existence and growth of civil gov
ernment The first part of the
message contains complaints, - he
continued. After we pass that
portion We come to the part which
we all applaud and that was the
paragraph that related to charges
that business distress was brought
OH by the government and that the
knife should be used freely in cut
ting out rOttcnncss.
Mr.. Cochran grew vitriolic in his
dcnunciation Of bank presidents
and corporation officials who had
been guilty of illegal action. He
first referred to the insurance i'll
vestigation and in speaking OF the
recent financial crisis said it had
been caused by revelations of dc
prdyity iii high places III the finan
cial world.
Was the president responsible
for that he inquired The whole
thing, he declared, grew out Of a
quarrel of the plundcrcrs OF insur-
ancc companies over the distribu
ton of their spoils. SO deeply had
the public conscience been appalled,,
he said, by the spectacle of unpun
islcd crime that never did it seem
to dawn on any one, publiCists or
journalists, or prosecuting officers,
or even politicians, that, instead
Of certain corporation heads being
suffered to do some housekeeping
in the corporations they had pillag
cd they ought to be sent to do
some ccllclcaning i'll the pcitcntiary.
These gentlemen, y he said,
when their rapacities had cXhaus-
ted the supply and there was moth
ing left to steal, did not even sur
render control of the corporations
they wronged.'
They do not, he continued,
Ace from justice, fearing its
sword, but they go into a court of
Justice and obtain its protection TO
obtain futhcr authority over the
very trusts they mad betrayed, y
Regarding recent bank failures
in New York. Mr.. Cochran said
that not one of them failed through
error OF Judgment. Every one of
thcm,' he said, was, ruined by
crime. He charged that the Of
hcers who were being pursued be
fore grand jurics and criminal
courts actually had set themselves
to work to raise funds to reopen
the concerns and induced dcpositors
to countenancc delay III the pay
mcnt of their deposits. And, y
he said, they are treated as saviors
of society because they did not
blow up the building in addition to
pifcring the books.
He did not believe the president
yet had exhausted all his powers,
but he said:
II do say this message shows
that he appreciates his duty.
Loud republican applause fol
lowed this remark The message
was, Mr.. Cochran declared, an in
spired proclamation to the Ameri-
can people. Mr.. Cochran discussed
the judiciary of the country and
said that he noticed i'll his own
state federal and state Judges lcav
ing the bench to euter professional
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i'll the hands of these men at that
time, but in the event of the adop-
ton of the proposed constitutional
amendment, where would their
powers end?
And the tax commissioners seem
to be very anxious to secure this
enlarged power, so much so that
the president of the board asked the
convention of county assessors III
North Yakima, ON the Sth of this
month to pass a resolution favoring
the adoption of the amendment.
The only way that the future
acts of man or a body of men can
be Judged is by their past, and in
this connection it might be we'll to
briefly review the acts of the prcsi-
dent of the state board of tax com
missioner i'll relation to railroad
assessments i'll the past.
At the first convention of the as
SCISSORS of this state subsequent to
the appointment of the board of
tax commissioners II. ID. Rock
well, president of the board, acting
in his official capacity as an officer
superior. to, and having authority
over county assessors ordered and
directed the assessors to assess all
property in their respective Ccun-
ties not less than sixty per cent Of
its actual cash value. On the next
day he met with a COMMITTEES to
discuss the valuation of railroad
property, and present to the com
mitee a schedule of values for the
assessment of that class of property
in which be placed the value of
first class main line railroads at
SIS, 10000 per mile. He urged the
fairness of that schedule and sic
ceeded in having it adopted by
the convention.
The assessor of Snohomish county
after giving the matter considerable
study became convinced that the
schedule adopted did not represent
more than 40 per cent of the valuc
of rilroad property and as he was
under direct orders to assess all
property at not less than 90 per
cent he raised the assessment on
first class RAILROADS to S29, 800. 90
permile; and the report of the state
railway commission, since made,
shows that this valuation was
about 81 100000 per mile too low.
When the court board of elnal-
ization was in session, Mr.. Rock
we'll came before that board and in
company with the representatives
of the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific railroads urged that the
assessment of railroad property be
reduced to the schedule originated
by himself. The board of county
commissioners stood pat and re-
fused to make the reduction and
the railroads are now in court seek
ing to cvadc the payment of tax
that was levied on an assessment
proportionatcly lower than that on
any home in the city of Everett. In
this matter Mr.. Rockwell had
stood squarely with the railroads
from beginning to end. What is
to be expected if he and his fellow
commissioners are given absolute
control of the assessment of all
railroad property in the state.
The adoption Of rejection of the
proposed amendment is likely to
effect all taxable property in the
state and is therefore worthy of
consideration by every taxpayer.
ED l.. WARNER,
Deputy County Assessor
Order your Nursery stock from the
Oregon Nursery Co., |. II. Cook is
district manager If he fails to call on
you, make up your order and leave same
ut this Office or see Dan CUble.
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VOL. XIV.

prodortion to its actual value in
money. 1t is now proposed to an
null these wise provisions and to
substitute therefor the clause
which reads Taxes shall be uni
form OH the same class of subjects. -
That clause contains the meat of
the proposed amendment.
What is meant BY class of sub
JeCts' By reference to the Session
laws of 1907, page 400, it will be
seen that the state board of equal-
zatlon has power to classify all
property, real and personal and
may raise or lower the valuation of
any class OF property. The state
board of equalization may there
fore call improved farm lands Class
y; timber lands, Class b: town lots;
Class G.; and railroad property Glass
d, but no matter how property is
classified, under the constitution as
it now stands all of these various
classes of property must be assess
cd equally in proportion to their
value i'll money.
If, however, the constitution
is changed to read Taxes shall be
uniform upon the same class of
subjects, - what is to prevent the
state board from saying that Glass
\ shall be assessed on a basis of 90
per cent of its actual value in mon
ey, Class B, 90 per cent, Class {
10 per cent and Class d, 80 per
bent.
Do the taxpayers of this state
want to give any body of men the
power to say that one class of
property shall bear more or less
than another class?
Prior to the ninth session of
the legislature the board of equaliz-
alton was composed of the Secrc-
tarv of State, the State Auditor and
the Commissioner of Public Lands.
The ninth legislature created a
state board ef Tax Commissioners
composed oil three members to be
APPOINTED by the governor and
made the Tax Commissioners, eX-
of1icio members of the board OF
equalization
During the tenth session (Session
of 1907 the members of the state
tax Commission were among the
most active and persistent lobby
lists on the ground and they did
their work so we'll that they got
a number Of laws passed very large
" increasing their powers. One
OF these new laws changed the
makeup of the board of equallza
toin SO that the board as now con-
stituted consists of the state auditor
the commissioner of public lands
and the three members of the tax
commission.
Another of the new law takes
the assessment of all railroad prop
crtv and the property of street car
and intcrurban railroad companies
out of the hands of the county as
SCISSORS and makes it the duty OF
the state board of tax commission
ers to assess all such property, OF
the state of Washington, that now
we have the very convenient ar
rangement of having three men as
scss all the railroad property III the
state and then the same three men
make up a majority of the board OF
Capitalization to review their own
act and pronounce it good or other
wise according to the Influence
brought to bear on the case. And
these three men are not eletccd by
the people but are appointed by the
Governor and subject to removal at
his will.
That seems to have been about
all the power that could be placed
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Order your Nursery stock from the
Oregon Nursery Co., |. II. Cook is
district manager. If he fails to call on
you, make up your order and leave same
ut this Office or see Dan CUble.