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ORGANIZED CHARITY

The Portland Telegram gives the report and details of the work of the organization known as Associated Charities. On the organizations own showing it appears that out of all moneys received for charity 85 per cent goes toward paying salaries of the employees of the organization, and l5 per cent to charity. Shades of Dorcas! where are we at? This is fashionable kid glove charity that rides around in automobiles and thinks to get a free pass to the New Jerusalem by posing as the rescuer of the poor and un- fortunate.
 Such revelations make one hesitate to contribute to any project organized
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of hearts, and when the debris from the whole performance is cleared away things go on pretty much as they did before.
 Word comes from an Indiana town that in view of the fact that these fancy aids to conversion were not producing the net results desired, a prominent merchant strong in the faith promised to give new suit ot clothes to every man converted to his faith. This was the master stroke. POO men sat on the anxious seat the first night, and applied for the reward the next morning. The merchant be- gan to hedge, and called for a com mittee to sit on the applicants, and by series of tests discover the real converts.
 It is safe to assume that the number added to the church that day fell con sderably short of the 200 mark.
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SATURDAY. MARCH 2I, 1908
A COSMOPOLITAN PEOPLE

There arrived in Seward on the last boat four men who were deaf and dumb. Two of them have mining claim, in the interior, and tne other two nave come to seek their fortune in rhe Norrhlaad. The arrival of these men who are deprived of the power oi speech and hearing serves to illustrate rhr a,. that aII classes are represent ed in this territory The blind, the deal the halt. the man of wealth. the honest man and the graGurr, the man wh, na, 30 good word tor everybody amt every place and rha man who hate, himself and alI hls ueiEhhorN, thr mau of college and university training and the man of no school ao- var.agr, Rather cosmopolitan company are the people seeking homes amt Livelihood on Uni, trontierot the United States.
 They are law abiding people camblo of governing themselves and stand in little need of the constant Ierf,.a-fve act, forced through con- ores, To coustrain and regulate their conduct. Ig congress, is casting about to ,ae what can be done to relieve the pra-.ut dull umss and provide op- pouuuirie, for the idle thousands in the states. mo better move could be made than Co put back into the ter rirorv some of the million, of dollars taken from it.-aud open up the coun- try at once with railway, and wagon road,. It this were done, in a few year, Alaska would be dotted with thrrvfug cite, whose people would be provided with the necee~arje, of life from productive farwS lying within easy reach of the cenJers of popu- Iati1u.
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AN AID TO CONVERSION

With the passing of the years the
 difficulty of bringing about in the mind of man that condition known as con- version has noticeably increased. To overcome these difficulties recourse has been had to various devices. The regularly trained professional convert CT is trotted out by the committee in
 charge, and is cheered on by chorus of as many voices as can be utilized. The leader of the chorus is a man with a pleasing voice, very fetching in his manner and something of a masher withal. When all is in readiness the
 professional converter pulls the throt- tie wide open and turns on all his per suasive power, and the choir comes in for the round up. The chorus leader succeeds in breaking a goodly number
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GRIP GERM LOCATED

The grip has been very prevalent in certain localities this winter. We have always blamed some foreign coun- try for evading the emigration laws and fotSting this alien upon us, but we have never before been able deii- ui,ely to locate the guilty people. An Iowa man has discovered that the na- tive habita, of the grip germ is our noighbor planet Mar,. That planet k now very near the earth and the germs have leaped through the intervening space. As soon as our aerial navy is fully equipped an ultimatum will prob ably b. delivered to Mars, an unless the dumping of undesirable deuizenS from that planet is stopped, there will probably be something doing ir the heavens above.
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The Unlucky Thirteen

Paris-M. Prive, an honest French citizen, was much surprised the other day to receive visit from young man, who asked for the hand of his daughter. As he had been separated from his wife for twenty years, M. Prive replied that he had no daughter, and was unpeasantly surprised to find out few days later that, as he had not been divorced, thirteen children which his wife had given birth to after their separation had all been register ed as his. He is now taking steps to repudiate them, but his success is doubtful.
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To Deceive the Elect

London-A highly ingenious device in the way of putting on the market so called old furniture, the "faking" of which is quite considerable industry in the Western midiands, has been described to the Manchester Guard ian's correspondent, by a dealer who had eighty Welch houses on his books in each of which he had deposited for the use of the tenant, but also in the hope that holiday people might desire to buy them, old dressers, cupboards and tables. The inexperienced hunter for old furniture invariably looks for worm holes. They are provided for him by judicious peppering with small shot, and lest he should be suspicious and probe for worm dust, they are carefully salted with fine sand.
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If you desire, write or ship to MCMILLAN FUR < WOOL co. I207 Langley St.. Victoria. B. (.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE United States Commissioners Court, UnalaSka Precinct, Third Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska.
 IN THE matter of the estate of Sim con Millovidof, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned eXecutor of the estate of Simeon Millovidof, deceased, 10 the cre- ditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them with necessary vouchers within six months after first publication of this notice to the said eXeculOr at the office of the United States Commission CT in the town of Unalaska, Alaska. And the undersigned hereby gives notice that he was duly appointed eXecutor of the estate by an order of the above named Court made and entered the 7th day of December, 1907.
 N. GRAY,
 EXecutor of the estate of
 Simeon Millovidof, deceased Date of first publication Feb. %. Date of last publication
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LETTER AND SPIRIT

Case, frequently arise that not only reveal the injustice that may come
 from a strict application of the law, but also the inability of those in au-
 thority to distinguish between the let ter and the spirit of the law.
 A case of this kind came up in New
 Yorb recently. A mother and her eleven-year-oId daughter came over
 from Austria to join the husband and father who had become a prosperous, weIl-t. -do naturalized citizen of the United States. The little glrl was weak minded. an imbecile from birth.
 Under the law an alien imbecile can not enter this country. The mother could come, the father was here and
 he was a citizen willing and well able to care for his family, yet the un- fortunate child was barred out by the immigration authorities. It is evident they followed the letter and not the spirit of the law, The immigration law was never framed for such a case as this Its application here works in- justice 10 aIl partieS concerned, an in- . justice to the father and mother who wished to live here and care for their helpless child, an injustice to the country. for it thereby loses law
 abiding, prosperous and helpful citi- zen, since the father will close out his business, take his wife and daughter and go back to their native land.
 . Sticklers for the letter of the law have always been in evidence. A well known instance of this occurred 1900 years ago, when a company of men
 going through a grainfeld on the Sab
 bath day began to gather the heads of grain and rubbing them in their hands purposed to eat the kernels. The fault ! finder was there and accused the lead
 CT of the little company of allowing his
 followers to violate the Sabbath. The 1 leader of this company was man who placed more stress upon the spirit than
 upon the letter of the law, and he told
 these cavilers to go plumb to-well the case of David, the man who went
 into the temple and ate the shewbread
 which was not lawful to eat save for
 the priests, and he said to them: "The
 Sabbath was made for man. and not
 man for the Sabbath"
 Laws should be made for man and
 not man for the laws, and when so
 made should be interpreted in accord
 ance with the spirit rather than the 1 letter.
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Down on Rifle Practice

The New York Woman's Peace Cir cle continues it's crusade against the introduction of rifle practice for the school. boys. At a meeting recently several women denounced President Roosevelt for lis support of rifle shooting for boys, and said that the practice is a menace tothe country, as it did much to make the boys desire war when the school should teach them love of peace. Boys clubs con- nected with churches and the teach ings therein of military drill came in for their share of the denunciation ot the speakers, some of whom also ob- iected to allowing little children to play with toy soldiers on the theory that such playthings tended to incul- cate in the children love of war.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4, 1908.
 To Harry Mccormack, c. J. Wal ters, James McGill, Thos. McConety, Geo. Hanson, Wm. Burns and Alfred Noel:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended one hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the Skukum Creek placer claim situated upon Skukum creek, tribu- tary to Twenty Mile river, in the Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pre- cinct, claiming l2000 feet from NOTICE up the creek in southeasterly direc- tion, and 300 feet each side of Skukum creek, as will appear by certificate filed the 23rd day of February, 1906, in the office of the recorder of said pre- cinct, in order to hold said premises under the provisions of Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States being the amount required to hold the same for the year ending December 3lst, 1907.
 And if within ninety days from the publication of this notice, you fail, or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure, to-wit, Sl2.50 each as a co-owner, your interest in said claim will be forfeited and be- come the property of the subscriber under said section 2324. ,u1 A. c. CARRIER, l Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.
 First publication Jannary 4, 1908.
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IN PROBATE.

In the matter of the estate of Ferdi- hand Wagner, deceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given by the un- dersigned administrative of the estate of Ferdinand Wagner, deceased, to tbe creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased to eX- hibit them, with necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publi- cation of this notice, to the said admin istratriX, Elsbeth Wagner, at the of. flee of $. O. MOrford, Seward, Alaska.
 ELSBETH WAGNER.
 AdmidiStratriX of the estate of
 Ferdinand Wagner. First publication March l4.
 Last publication April IS.
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Property Transfer

Christensen and Laubner have bought from Alfred Lowell lots 9, 10, II, and l2 in block of Seward.
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Thomas Horan, Defendant.
 The President of the United States of America, greeting:
 To the above named defendant: You are hereby required to appear in the United States District Court, in and for the District of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty days after the day of service of this summons upon you, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, copy of which complaint is herewith delivered to you; and unless you appear and ans wer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. - -,
 WITNESS, the Hon. Silas H.
 Reid, Judge of said Court, this 18th day of January, in o the year of our Lord one SEAL thousand nine hundred and ~~ eight, and of our independ-
 ence the one hundred and
 thirty-second.
 EDWARD J. STEER, Clerk,
 By E. A. HENDERSON, Deputy
 Clerk. ..,.'... :. Edmund Smith, attorney for plaintiff.
 First publication Feb. 29 Last publication April II.
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Court for the Territory of Alaska, Kenai Precinct, Third Judicial Divis- ion.
 IN PROBATE In the matter of George Burchy, de- ceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given by the un- dersigned administrator of the estate of George Burchy, deceased to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased to eX- hibit them, with the necessary vouch- CTS, within six months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator. Curtis R. MorfOrd, at the office of $. o. Mor ford. Seward, Alaska.
 Dated this 9th day of March, 1908.
 CURTIS R. MORFORD,
 Administrator of the estate of
 George Burchy. First publication March l4. Last publication April IS.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United States Commissioners Court for the Territory of Alaska, Kenai Precinct, Third Judicial DiviS.
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SUMMONS-NO. 242

SUMMONS-NO. 242 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA United States District Court, Dis trict of Alaska, Third Division, Pacific Court District.
 Edith Horan, Plaintiff,
 VIC
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To Clayson's for Blankets.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United State Commissioners Court for the Territory of Alaska, Kenai Precinct, Third Judicial DiviS-
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
Addition to Hotel DespIand.

a three-story, ffty-room addition
will be made to the Despland this sum-
mer, the contract for which has bsen let
to S. H. Cove. The extension will be
made at the east end of the6uilding
which, when completed, Nj give the
hotel something over ninety-room &C.
commodation. This hostelry under the
capable management OF L. N. Waite
has fine reputation, and the new addi-
ton is made to meet the constantly
growing demands for greater accom-
modations.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
Truck Growers Elect Officers.

One day last week the Daytona Truck
and Fruit Growers Association held their
second meeting for perfecting organiza-
ton and election of officers in the Oliver
Garage on Orange Avenue, the City Hall
being used by the City Council for a
special meeting. The constitution and
bylaws were accepted as drafted by the
committee assigned for the work, and
the following officers were elected to
serve until September, when the annual
election of officers will take place:
President, J. W. Ball; vice-president,
Leon DesPland; recording secretary, R.
L. Smith; managing secretary and treas
urer, W. F. Holmes; and board of direc-
tors, o. L. Spring, V. NJ. Greene, A.
McF. Porter, P. ]. Hawley, Chas. S.
Harris, Geo. J. Van de Word, VIM. NJ.
Moore.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
:L0cal Paragraphs.
8 aeReHeRS ReaeseueReasaos

A. R. Edwards and family departed
Monday for Narragan sett Pier, R. |.
Mrs. Brewer entertained very pleas
antly at cards Friday evening of last
week
Mr. and Mrs. j. n. Davis left Monday
for his summer home in Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Mrs. C.. N. ChriSty and family closed
their beautiful Ridgewood home Mon
day and left for their summer home in
St. Louis.
Todays issue of the Gazette-News has
many interesting political advertise
ments and every voter should read
every advertisement carefully.
Rev and Mrs. Howard B. Gibbons
are at Apopka, where Mr.. Gibbons will
preach the baccalaureate sermon to the
Apopka High School tomorrow.
The City Council will meet in regular
session Monday evening at which time
the proposed ordinance to extend the
electric light franchise will come up for
consideration on third reading.
II. L. Robidere, who for many years
travelled the East Coast for Armour &
Co., but who for the past year has been
manager of the Macon branch, has re-
turned to Daytona. Mr. Robidere will
resume his former duties on the East
Coast.
Z. II. Armstrong, who has succeeded
L. NJ. Murray as traveller for the East
Coast for Marx Brothers, fof Jackson
vile, has rented the Codtan house on
Bay Street, formerly Occupied by Mr..
Murray, from Smith & bitch. the real
estate dealers.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
A Campaign Liar.

He always comes as an election OIL
primary" approaches. He is no re.
spector of persons, he is frequently
well nigh omnipresent. No ones
reputation is safe in his hands, he
spares not yourself nor your family in
his malicious effort to gain his point
He attacks sometimes openly but u.s.
ually under cover, like the Indian he
seeks to cover his tracks, but gets
there just the same" His lies are cir.
culated by insinuation, by shrug of the
shoulder, by nod or shake of the head,
by stating half truths, as well as whole
falsehoods. No motives are good. He
impugns them all There is nothing
good in any one save "me and my wife,
my son John and his wife" His ambi-
lions must be gratifed, it matters not
over whose carcus he must walk to
crafty them. He sows dissentioA,
he destroys regulations, alienates
friends, divides families, assassinates
character. His motto is "get there, !"
be the means fair or foul get there"
He is a dangerous character, the
Campaign Liar" Avoid him, disbe-
lieve him, nullify his ISLANDERS, encour-
age truthfullness, charity, kindness.
Not all candidates are liars, thieves,
murderers, the campaign liar" to the
contrary Notwithstanding The cam
paign liar should have no abiding place
among us. But he can thrive only
upon the credulity of the people.
avoid him, pass not by him, turn from
him and pass away
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
FREE BRIDGE OR
REDUCED TOLLS,
Says all Automobile
Owners arc not MiIlionaires.-
Free Bridge Possible,
= = q

Editor Gazette-News:-
One OF the greatest hindrances to the
growth and prosperity of Daytona and
the towns on the peninsula, is the ex-
horbltant rates of toll exacted for cross
ing the three bridges over the Halifax
river. In the first place, keeping the
three bridges, which are controlled, and
Tor the most part, owned by the same
parties, under separate regulations, is
absurd, and pass OF ticket on one
bridge should be good on any other
bridge.
Then the obstacles put in the way of
the ferry boat landing just south of the
Central Bridge, which was a most de-
slrable accommodation to many people
who could not walk over the bridge, in
dieates the "grab-all" policy of the
bridge owners. With the ferry landing
north of the bridge, compelling opening
the draw about four times an hour,
greatly hindering the patrons of the
bridge, makes two ways by which the
bridge company is discommoding the
public. Can the people be "driven' to
patronize the bridges?
Publishing the receipts of the North
Bridge, which is the least used, is not
very convincing that the other bridges
do not pay large dividends. And then
paying out the receipts in salaries, to
the officers, who are also the owners, is
only trick to show small dividends.
The rate of toll for automobiles is I'M
reasonable, as l happen to know from
experience, and they really do less harm
to the bridges than any other sort of
conveyance. And the automobile is
charged more than a pair of horses,
with steel shoes to dig up the planking
of the bridges. Contrary to the opinion
of the bridge owners, all automobiles
are not millionaires, and it makes con-
siderable tax for man owning an auto
mobile in Daytona, to take his family
over to get look at the Atlantic ocean,
once in while.
Unless there is a SubStantil areduction
of tolls, and tickets made good on any
bridge, the agitation for free bridge
should be kept up, and it can be Sc
cured. Yours Truly,
M. Il. r.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
Death of a Visitor.

Jacob 5. Morrow died at Daytona
Beach last Sunday morning of tubercu-
losis, at the age of 46. The remains
were embalmed by the Bingham &
Maley Co., and taken to Scottdals. Pa,
the late home of the deceased, for burial
Mrs. Morrow accompanied the body
The deceased came here some time ago
hoping that the climate would prove
beneficial to his health, but the dread
disease had already too far progressed
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-05-09
MANY NEW
REGISTRATIONS,
The Books Closed on Monday.-Yes
terday Was the Last Day in
Which to Pay Poll Tax.

SSAOdy was TIC LAST D8Y IN
Which to Pay Poll Tax.
The registration books for the Dem
ocratlc Primary closed Monday, ant
yesterday was the last opportunity tt
pay poll tax for the years 1906 anc
1907, SO as to entitle persons to vote.
AT 8 o'clock on last evening Tax Col
iector d. P. Smith closed the poll ia,
books, as required by law, and voter:
who have not paid their taxes cannot
participate in the primary.
There has been decided increase in
payment of polls during the last week
but many persons failed to pay and will
be barred, because of unpaid polls.
| Tax Collector Smith and his efficient
assistant, Leo Fisher, were prepared for
the rush and promptly accommodated
everyone, and the business was carried
on with dispatch.
Tax Collector Smith Is now busy
making up the list of those who have
paid the polls charged against them,
and will hand this over at once to Super
visor of Registration John r. WethereII.
The registration books, including the
new voters who swung into line for the
primary are posted, and made out in
duplicate, as required by law.
Supervisor Wetherell and his deputies
will begin work on the list of those
whose taxes have been paid, as furnished
by Tax Collector Smith. Opposite the
names of registered voters who have
paid will be stamped, on the registra-
ton books, the word Paid" in the
column for 1906 and 1907, or either or
both.
Those against whom no poll tax is
charged have already been stamped as
"non-llable," and as soon as the list
from the tax collector is received, and
checked against the list of registered
voters, everything will be in readiness
for the primary, so far as qualification
of electors and posted books are con-
cerned.
In Daytona there were 81 new regis
trations, while Seabreeze boasts of %
new electors.
The printed Instructions for inspectors
and clerks, and the printed cards in
structing electors how to vote, etc.,
have been printed, and are on hand
ready for distribution. They will be
sent out to the several polling places
when the ballot boxes, tally sheets, etc.,
are sent, with the ballots.
The books, with the names of the
qualified electors therein, are completed,
save for the checking up against the
tax collectors list, and this is being done
as rapidly as possible
State Democratic Chairman Arthur T.
Williams has sent out the required list
OF state candidates, whose names must
be printed on the ballotsin each county,
with the list properly certified to, as re-
quired by law.
The list of county candidates is, of
course, in the hands of County Chairman
Thayer, and everything is, therefore,
ready for the printing of the ballots.