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Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19
ALASKA's COLD PRODUCT

P.-I.-The receipts of the Seattle assay office for the ten months end- ing with October of this year were $17 POP, ,7OA, en increase over the figures of laet year of $1 ,731 ,0e2 Every month since January shows an increase over the corresponding month of lsst year.
 Such a gain as this was hardly expected, after it developed, as it did early in the season, that the water supply of Alaska was to be 50 scahty and the rainfall go light. In 1907 production was limited in eome of the big districts by labor troubles. During the season which has just closed, although the labor troubles had been practically elim mated, the water shortage cut down production very seriously. As it is, however, the addition of such a vast amount of gold ns has come out of Alaska this season is of great importance to the world as a whole.
 It is extremely unlikely that the yield of gold from Alaska in any future year will ever fall below the level recorded this year. The new districts which have been opened, the improvements in transporta- lion facilities, and the introduction of machinery on a large scale, all go toward increasing production veryI Ilargelye It. is most impgoba- bls that there will be two success
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19

PUBLISHED EVERY THURsDAY BY GEORGE c, L. SNYDER
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19
SERIAL NO. 0Ss SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD ENTRY BY ASSIGNEE
U. S. LAND OFFICE.

Juneau, Alaska, Sept l9. 1908.
 NOTICE is hereby given that Lewis P. Hunt. whose postoffiee address is Mankato. Minnesota. the legal assignee of Thomas Mccormack. bene- ficiary under Section 2306 Revised Statutes of the United States granting additional lands to sol- diers and sailors who served in the Army or Navy of the United States during the War Of the Rebel lion. has applied to enter the lands embraced Tn U. s. Survey No 215. situated on the south shore of Shakan Strait, and more particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at Corner No. 1. Is links above high tide line of Shakan Strait, stone marked Beg. Cor. No. S. 2l5. whence U. s. Location Monu- ment No. 5 bears N degrees 52 minutes w.. 37O2 chains distant; thence S. A deg. % min. E.. 4267 chs to Cor. No 2, stone marked ;. 2lo :; thence & 46 deg. co min w.. 19 34 chs. to Co. No B. a stone marked s. 2l5: thence N. A deg. % min. W, a2 67 chs to Cor. No 1. on high tide line of Shakan Strait, a stone marked s. 2l5; thence along said high water mark, Ql N. 67 deg. % min E., 6.30 chs: t2) N. i3 deg. 2 min. E., 460 chs: (3) N. 3S deg. % min. E., 10 chs. to Cor No. l. the place of beginning. Area. 79 9S9 acres Magnetic variation at all corners 33 deg. % min. E. as additional to the said McCormacks original homestead on the east half of the southeast guar ter of section eight. in township 10 south of range l west. which he entered at New Orleans. La. is67.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any DOT tion of the above described tract of land are re- the U. s. Land Office at Juneau. Alaska. their ad- verse claim thereagainst unden oath. during the period of the publication of this notice within thirty days thereafter. they will be barred by 'o''''0''' ' LEWIS P. HUNT. published for the statutory period in the ALASKA SENTINEL. . weekly newspaper published at Wrangell. Alaska. JOHN W. DUDLEY, loll23 Register.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19

this publication--under unpleasant circumstances-we still believe that Wrangell is the best town in all Alaska, destined to ultimately be- come the hub from which will radiate the spokes of industrial progress in Alaska.
 We trust that fairness, honesty, and cool-headed justice may pour oil onto the troubled waters, and that each recognizing the strength of union and co operation, the citi- zens and business men may be- come a unit which will send the fair name and fame of Wrangell floating out to the world on every breeze from heaven,
 To all who have patronized this office during the past years, we are extremely grateful, and we hope to have cause to soon forget the un- pleasantnesses that have arisen in the past year. Such conditions as exist give the town a bad name, ard is very poor business. Lets forget our troubles and other peo- ple's troubles, and boost long and loud for Wrangell.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19

sive years of drought and shortage of water for mining purposes.
 Given an ample supply of water and no labor troubles, next year will be the banner one in gold pro- duction in Alaska; and Seattle will, as usual, reap a splendid har. vest from the great northern terri tory with which it has such inti- mate relations.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19
HOME PRODUCTS FIRST

At the citizens meeting last Thursday night gentleman named Gingrass spoke in regard to the piping to De used for the proposed system of waterworks, and said that he could make a good quality of wooden pipe right here at home. Many cities and towns are adopt ing the use of wooden pipe in pre- ference to iron and steel, and it is quite probable that the mains for Wrangell will bs of wood.
 This writer knows nothing of the cost of pipe, but for example will assume the average cost of the pipe to be twenty cents per foot. Il 5000 feet is used it will cost $1 200 If this is shipped from Seattle we may expect to pay at least $200 in freight end wharfage, bringing the total up to $1,400. If this 1,40C is sent away from town it will stay away, aud no laborer or bueinsss man of the town will ever "get 8 whack at It."
 But if $1,6OO or even $2,OOO is spent for the same amount of just as good pipe manufactured right here at home, we can estimate witf reason that fully $l,80O of it will find its way back into the channels of local business through the pay ment for logs, sawmill machinery hire and workmen's wages. What do you know about it?
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19
THE SIXTH MILESTONE


 With this number the SENTINEL closes the sixth year of it's existence as a part of the business circles of Wrangell, It has shared the ups and down, the successes and fail hres of business along with the other industries. It has circulated to the four quarters of the globe, and has always disseminated reli- able information concerning the resources of Wrangell and vicinity 1t has drawn more letters of in- luiry from prospective visitors than has any other one institution in the town. It has consistently and bersistently worked for what its publishers believed to be the best interests of the citizens, the busi- hess men, the industries, and in fact the community in its entirety. It has combatted the mail order Idea, because it thought that the money would be kept at home if spent with home merchants. It has no doubt made some mistakes. Who hasn't? Its policy has been to deal fairly and squarely with every legitimate industry, and to condemn in unmistakeable terms anything which savored of deceit, fraud or dishonesty. In pursuing such policy any newspaper that has the backbone of e shrimp, or better, must occasionally "step on somebody's toes" A lie never does any damage, but the truth is some times quite painful. But no man who is absolutely above reproach has ever seen 8 remark in this pa per to which he could take excep- ton; and if exception has ever been taken to any general remark which appeared in this paper, the fact that such exception was taken is sufficient evidence that there was :something rotten in Denmark" This being true, paper has stepped, no doubt, on somebody's toes.
 Credulity in mankind is fast dis. appearing, and that is the reason 5f 50 much litigation. Dishonesty is growing apace. There was a time when men held their honor and integrity above anything else; when one mans word to another was as sacred and binding as the present-day note. but the almost Insane desire for gain has revolu- fionized this condition, until bar ting some remaining credulity, all business transactions are bound by signatures and eeals. Yet there are some who can still be hypno- {ized into believing that the moon ,s made of green cheese, especially if they are goaded by prejudice: and nothing but an expensive expert once will abolish the delusion. It were safer, these days, to prove any man before taking his word as the plain truth. We trust that by .upholding law, telling the truth and paying our debts, we have shown ourselves worthy of the pat -onage and good offices of the citi- zens and business men.
 This paper has never earned but Fery little over comfortable living for its publishers, but believing in the future of the town it has re- mained here and boosted, in the hope that the development of the towns and vicinity's resources would cause such an improvement that we would be ably to prepare yQr the proverbial rainy day. Az 70 enter upon the seventh year of
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19

New York city got ahead of the rest of the country, when the re- cent tuberculosis closed, by obtain ing the transfer to that place of the exhibits displayed for three weeks in Washington. The transfer will include not only the best of the ex- hibits from this country, but also those striking and suggestive mod els, specimens and photographs from abroad that aroused so much interest at the congress. All will be taken to New York and shown free of cost to any who may care to view them. These exhibits con- stitute 8 graphic argument proving that tuberculosis is communicable and that it can be prevented by cleanliness. The success of the ex- hibition in Washington where thousands viewed it and where the chief topic of talk for several weeks has been the disease and the means of fighting it, as well as the pre- dicted success of the same exhibi- tion in New York, has already de- termined the leading members of the congress in the country upon the course of carrying the exhibits to all parts of ..the. country and showing them wherever it is prac- ticable,
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19
JOB WORK

this office is equipped for all classes of commercial job printing, and reason able prices will be furnished upon application.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19

Entered November 20, 1902, at the U. s, Postoffice in Wrangell, Alaska, as mail matter of the second class, accord Ing to the act of congress, March 8, 1879.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-19
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The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27
MINOR MATTERS MERELY MENTIONED.

The primary in Florida last week resulted In
the election of Albert Gchrist (local optionist)
as Governor by a small majority over John y. c.
Stockton. advocating immediate Statewide pro-
hibition.-Latest returns from Oregon indicate
that II increases its number OF dry counties from
to 20. leaving only twelve counties in the
State in which liquor be sold. and only In n
few precincts OF these twcivc.--Congrcssman n
Wiley. of Alabama. died last Thursday.-Johns
Hopkins University gets $500. 900 for n hospital
for the study and treatment OF nervous diseases:
and a. a significant sign OF progress on the par,
OF our Southern cities. praise should bc given
Athens. Ga. which has just made a gift of
SIS 900 10 tho State University there cna,or
Bailey. OF Texas. who seriously injured his voice
I'm ha recent strenuous campaign. IL now recov-
ing--ln spite Of the complaints OF panic. Gcor-
Eiaa recently completed asseasnse n,a show In
crease of s72ooo.ooo In property values these
last twelve mnnths-~~'Blind Tom" tho famous
negro musician 10 dead ~~ mississippi. Tennessee
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

An article of unusual interest is that which we
print this week from Mr.. F. NJ Lutts OF Ohio
Mr. Lu''s in tour Of the Upper South last spring
gave especial attention TO the agricultural possi.
bili;!es of our section and the conclusion reached
by hm--namely. that the same amount Of energy
will bring twice great results n Southern
farm as ON n Northern farm emphasizes anew
tho possibilities OF Southern agriculture. His sug-
gca;iona about % the need of cover crops In
winter. t2) o. greater diversity of crops ta) the
need Of NOR. 1.-Two stock. and 90 the advantage
of using horses instead of mules. should have the
earnest attention of our readers
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

Only <sl votes we're nsce mary 10 nominate the
Republican candidate for the Presidency In
Chicago last week. On the fr.t ballot William
II. Taft had Tos ou, of tho $50 total One OF
the abiest and WORTHLESS, candidates his party has
ever pu, forth. Mr.. Taft Ii csen stronger than
his platform. IL being Significant that In thia
the convention rejected the plank for publicity
OF campaign contributions. which Mr. Taft per
sonaly favore. @eil the proposed plank
fa,oriug popular election of Senators. Tho con
yentlon iis,e ned without enthusiasm the pledge
for special seHaion of Congress rnyisc tho tar
IN next March 4th. but vigorously applauded a
declaration for the enforcement of tho Recon
gtructon Amendments. The platform also dc"
ciares for a revision OF the currency laws: for
postal savings banks Ia notable advance here.
AS no other Republican platform. we believe. has
ever declared for this important rcform): the
railroad rate law IL heartily endorsed and II 10
noteworthy that In tta appeal to the farmers ih.
platform declares for National aid To good roads
The cause OF international arbitration Is APP
proved: the development of our merchant ma
rine: liberal pensions: scpara,s statehood for
Arizona and Mexico: and free trade between the
United States and the Philippines exeep, in sugar
and tobacco II Ii 10 be regretted that the Con
vention reverted this time tho old policy OF
nominating ii second-rnte man for Vice President
DolYer and Cummins. OF Iowa. whom fuctionai
differences defeated for the place. Of
ability and OF ideas but James s. Sherman Rep
resenta,ve from New York. who finally
nominated Friday afternoon is an unknown
quantity.
or especial interest 10 the South s the appoint
ment OF Gen. Luke f.. Wright. the distinguished
Tennessee Gold Democrat as secretary OF war to
succeed Mr.. Taft. Gen Wright was eight years
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

and many other States have declared for Rrv.,
these last few days that 1t begins to look as /,
the Nebraskan's victory at Denver will be .,
easy as Tafts at Chicago. Tennessee wants John
A. Johnson for ice-President.-The resignation
of John Sharp Williams Democratic leader q,
the House last week means that Champ Clark
will probably succeed him. and Mr.. Williams Will,
serve In the ranks during the session OF Con.
grcss this winter. after which he will retire IN
his plantation until he enters the Senate in 1911
There ia general public approval of the action
OF Governor Wilson. OF Kentucky. In pardon.
Ing Caleb Powers and James Howard ;,
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

Intelligence and activity depends the future deve
opment of our acc;ion. Other classes hav. no con.
e"p'ion of ~ha; Ia Involved: and unlcsa our far
m"FH aFous" Themselves and bring III. utmost
pressure 10 bear upon educators and our leg
'alasorm and our State officials and upon our edi.
tors ana leaders OF thought the tremendous I'm
peius that tho South would receive from n grea,
Agricultural awakening. will come loo late for
this generation to feel the thrill of i,s new and
tunultuoua energies
Long enough has agrtcutur. been trying 70
make progress while sharkted by an educational
system With no ideals newer than Queen
Ehsaeesha AK" or touching country life any
a"ar"r than tho Imagination OF cooped- -up
ei,F poets I, is said that a, tho time
OF the R.naia&anc. the educational system
OF tho times had mad. progress from tn, an
r1.nt Roman ;rtvium f1anguagc rhetoric and log.
'ol or aaadrv!am tmuHle. arithmetic. geometry
and astronomy: and now again for centuries our
dominant educational ideals hay. been almost s,a
''ohary Hut the new scientific spirit is getting a
mold upon The thought OF th. people and will yet
bring about revolution and a re-bir,h And
"" ar" beginning to rcaiis. tn. monumental folly
OF framing our entire school system for the one
boy or girl who can take n full college course In
stead OF Tor the hundred boys and girls who can
not go beyond the common school courses
Tho 'mtn~0aate needs in this matter are:
Cd Tho Introduction of agricultural teaching
INT" every rural public school In the south;
CD The establishment Of district agricultural
nigh schools and tho substitution OF industrial
features for part Of the overly developed cias.
sicai courses in our regular academies and high
schools. and
ta) The recovery of our agricultural colleges
to tho purposes for which they were created and
tn" doubling of their energy and efficiency In
promoting these purposes.
we appeal TO our readers as they love the
welfare OF their families their children and the
south. To join In crusade for bringing about
these things IL ts simply IL question of whether
this generation shall enjoy the golden resources
now undevcloped In our soil and in the minds OF
our people. or whether this gene ration shall walk
In needless poverty and darkness and let the
next generation pity us for failure to meas
are up To the supreme opportunity to our time.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

To train boys and girls In merely literary ac-
eompliahments to the total exclusion OF indus
trlai, manual and technical training tends to
UNIT them for industrial work: and In real life
most work s Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

Attorney General of Tennessee served in the Con-
federate Army. and married daughter of the
famous Admiral Semmcs OF the Confederate navy.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-06-27

Mr.. @. H. Affords address on Our Need of
Agricultural iiigh Schools ss ot III, I'm
Iortan; articles that have bad In twelve
months The showing he makes an to tho andc-
seloped resources In agriculture ough; TO a,ir our
mon of though, and public apir;, regardless of
occupation Into immediate action. Til. miasion
Of agricultural education. IA hc declares. is to
solve tho problem Of poverty and II IL hardly
al exaggcration whcn ho declares tha, in l~git-
innate banking. wc have n po-.ihir gain of 10 pr
c~nt. In manufactures. n po~.ihic 30 per cent: in
mercantile operations. a po~~iblr II pcr cent:
while between the average and thr best in farm
In. shrrr 1. astAinahic I. 900 pr cent"
Th. hope OF tho South lies here II our farm
ers arc educated no aa tn develop this la,.n,
wealth tho whole section. aud every class and In
dus,ry in It. will take a prosperity /, has never
known before and all will fee, III. ,hrii of won
dcrfui now lifc.
May Heaven now gtvc us Legislators with ideas
broader than those with which We hav. been 50
long cnrscd-mcn who will tho po.aibili,i.a
OF grea, program OF constructive work IN south
ern upbuilding and who will set themselves With
enthusiasm to tn. taak
Every State In the South must hav, a system
Of agricultural high schoola such Georgia has
to-day. and then IN tho head OF tho sya,cm. IA
great and genuine agricultural coiege-no mere
appendag. 10 an tna,itution OF li,.ra,ur. or mo-
ehanlc ar,A but n gvnuin- agricultural college
charged through and through with tho spirit and
ideals of tho new farming and with an ambition
to re-mnke Southern agriculture.
The people are beginning 10 exhibit u notable
and gratifying interea, IN thls subjoct-and soon
er or later they going to have their way The
agricultural high schools must come and with
them new and dynamic agricultural college In
every State.
Let us repeat that the hope OF the South In In
these things. or at least In the general program
OF agricultural development, of which these
things are n part.
And II this large program is ever To be- brought
10 pass II Ii up to the farmers of tho South them
selves to demand 1t and require It, Upon their
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-24
sh. Wanted to Know.

A little woman with wilton carpet
floral designs OH her hat came into the
uptown Pennsylvania ticket Office the
other day and bought a ticket for a
point down the state.
She gathered up her ticket and asked
for little folder because 1t had pic
ture on it in colors Of a girl waving
goodby to somebody from the end Of a
train. Then she placed her ticket in
side her purse and the purse inside a
little satchel and put the satchel inside
her shopping bag, which she carried
In small alligator travelling bag. Just
before she started out she inquired Of
City Passenger Agent Dillon, who had
been waiting on her, "How long be-
fore my train starts?"
"You'll just about have time to make
it," Dillon told her. ut leaves the
Union station in about seventeen min
utes."
Seventeen minutes" she repeated,
''and is that by central time or eastern
time?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-24
Only One Alternative.

A cynic was smiling at the extrava-
CANT attentions that are lavished by
the rich upon pet dogs. He spoke Of
the canine operations for appendicitis,
the canine tooth crownings, the canine
wardrobes. that occur in New York.
and then he said:
''How servants hate these pampered
ours! At a house where I was calling
one warm day the fat and pompous
butler entered the drawing room and
said:
"'Did you ring, madam?
"'Yes. Harrison. wish you to take
Fido out walking for two hours
Harrison frowned slightly. But
Fido won't follow me, madam he
said.
Then, Harrison, you must follow
Fido.,"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-24
Carried Out Instructions.

Every sailor has his story Of the
mistakes which landlubbers make over
the names Of things at sea. which
always seem to be exactly the oppo-
site OF what they are on land.
A new boy had gone on board a
West India ship, upon which painter
had also been employed to paint the
ships side. The painter was at work
upon a staging suspended under the
ships stern.
The captain. who had just got into
q boat alongside, called out to the
new boy, who stood leaning over the
rail, ''I.et go the painter!''
Everybody should know that q
boats painter is the rope which makes
1t fast, but this boy did not know it.
He ran aft and let 60 the ropes by
which the painters staging was held
Meantime the captain was wearied
with waiting to be cast of.
''You rascal"' he called. "Why don't
you let go the painter?"
"He's gone. SIR" said the boy brisk.
~. "He's gone-pots, brushes and ALL!
London Standard.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-24

revolver. It was supposed he stole Il.
Going back among those who had been
his fellow Cinnamon, he sat down I'M
Ner one OF the posters notifying them
mat he had been executed. put the re-
volver to his head and effected in reali-
~ the execution that they had effected
N form.
Not only Is it possible to kill a person
without doing any bodily harm, but
death so inflicted may be made moro
cruel than any physical torture that
has ever been invented.
HELEN INGLEHART.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-24
Treason and Reason.

Archbishop Ryan once concluded a
brilliant defense of the Irish cause
when listener shouted:
but the Irish are guilty Of treason"
Perhaps" replied the archbishop,
"but please remember that what is
treason elsewhere becomes reason lin
Ireland because OF the absentee. '--
Cleveland Leader.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-24
Rule Of Three.

"Well," said persevering governess,
II will put it in another form. If it
takes one servant nine hours to do the
entire homework Of a family how long
will 1t take three servants to do it,"
Tommy - oh, know, teacher.
heard mamma speak of it only this
morning.
Governess-Well. how long will it
take them?
Tommy-Three times as long.-Lon.
don Taller.