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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05
MAKE YOUR WILL.

The unsuccessful search for the true heirs to the estate of the late Michael Northman. who died in ketchikan last January, should be warning to every man in this District who has saved over hundred dollars. or who o wns little property. Alaska has attracted hundreds of men who have severed and almost forgotten home ti es. The average man never dreams of making a will, and yet five min utes effort on your part may mean that some one who loved you some time will be benefited by your labor when you 10 longer need the coin of this world-tomorrow perhaps-while a neglect to take this precaution will probably mean that your money will be poured into tue coffers of the gov erpment or else dissipated and wasted in the wrangling of several who claim it, especially if you are one of the great army who ''aren't much CD writing letters.
 It isn't necessary to go to a lawyer to get a document decorated with handfuls of whereases and. hithereto- here- -befores-unless your estate is large and complex, in which case ycu have doubtless made provision for the future, long ago. A simple statement that you want all your property to go to your mother, lmentioning her name) or to your sisters who are living at the time of your death, or any similar plain and clear statement, will stand in law ninety-nine times out of a hundred.
 After expressing your wishes, name some good friend as your executor, (to take charge of things and see that your wishes are respected sign and date the paper and let some one wit ness your signature. He need not even know what is in the document. Then seal it up, mark it ''Last Will and Testament of f----(your name, and put it away among your effects, or, better still, give it to some trust worthy frieud to keep for you.
 Such a statement will save half the court expenses, and may mean comfort to the one to whom you choose to leave your hard earned dollars, when you have crossed the great divide.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

known even to astronomy-bu through such immense orbits that they seem to us stationary. Then, too, diagonally girdling the heavens, is a whitish, vaporgs belt, the Milky Way" This is co imposed of multitudes of millions of s,uns-of which our own sun itself is ore, so far removed from us that their light mingles, and makes only heecy | whiteness. This magnificent panora- ma of the heavens is before us, invit- ing our study, and waiting to make known to us the grandest revelations science.
 "The stars are the landmarks of the universe" They seem to be placed in the heavens by the Creator, not alone to elevate our thoughts and eX pand our conceptions of the infinite and eternal, but to afford us amid the constant fluctuations of our own earth, something unchangeable and abiding. Every landmark about us is constantly changing but over all shine the "eter- nal stars," each with it's place so ac- curately marked, that to the astron- omer and geographer, no deception is possible. To mariners. they become a dial plate, the figures on its face set with glittering stars, along which the moon travels as a shining hand that marks off the hours with an accuracy no clock can ever rival Standing on the deck of his vessel far out at sea, a single observation of the sun or stars determine his location in the waste of waters as accurately as if he were at home. and had caught sight of some old landmark he had known from his boyhood In all the intricar,es of surveying the stars furnish the only immutable guide. Our clocks vainly strive to keep time with the celestial
 host. Thus, by wise provision of Proivdnece, even in the most common affairs of life, We are compelled to look for guidance from the shifting objects of earth up to the heavens above. Capt. James J. Doyle.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05
THE JACKAss AND DEBs.

THE JACKASS AND DEBS.
 Eugene V. Debs, the socialist lead. CT, tells the following story on him. self:
 II was to address public meeting. and there was intense prejudice against me, so the young man who had to introduce me thought he would try to dlsarm it.
 :" 'Debs is hated by some people, , he said, because he has been in strikes. This Is pos right, Why, even dug will growj if you try to de prive him of the bone he IS gnawing. goat will butt you if you get in his way, and you know what iaekasss will do if you monkey with him. I.s dies and gentlemen, this is Debs, Yjb will now address you. "
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

adelphia, is deservedly one of the
 most popular publications in the
 country and it's prestige is due, in g
 large measure, to the thorougbness
 with which it performs every task tc
 which it sets it's face.
 It is therefore an unpleasant task tc criticise again the slipshod style ir
 which the Post describes Alaska
 wheat, the new cereal which is destin- ed to revolutionize farming. It is true that the Post praises Alaska
 wheat but virtually damns it with faint praise. The writer of the article is apparently afraid to tell the whole truth about his marvellous grain, lest he be subjected to the sneers of skeptics. But he should have stood up for the truth. indifferent to the sneers of scoffers. The Post is so sensitive to ridicule that it made no mention of the fact that Alaska wheat needs no grinding or kneading in order to make the finest bread. It is only necessary to dump quart or so into fireless cooker, and, in the course of half an hour, it is transformed into the most attractive loaves of bread. Some farmers claim that the bread is already buttered when taken from the cooker. and instances have been known W hen thin slices of boiled ham are found between the slices.
 A farmer in Idaho says he planted hops in rows between the wheat rows l; from..close utilization with this wheat, the hops became yeast in due season, just as the wheat ripened; he then kindled bonfire at one end of the field, and the wheat and yeast mixed themselves and were baked into Vien- na loaves, which commanded the high est prices at Boise. It is peculiar ity of Alaska wheat that it binds and shocks itself, and. if given fail will also thresh itself. It is said r. be an affecting thing to see she af n, Alaska wheat threshing its fellow sheaves, and stacking the straw in a symmetrical way.
 Another Idaho farmer was d;stprhad one night by noise from the direc. tion of the wheat field; going out to investigate, he found the Alaska wheat shredding itself with steel combs. the intelligent cerial having heard that shredded wheat was very popular.
 The Saturday Evening Post made n, mention of these historical incidert : put confined its remarks to gene II; ies, which convinced nobodr aas lid a real injustice to the e,s,>or erer 'f the wheat. However, trath shall lot be forever on the SC .,fold and ths lay is approaching '.h.a the ,sn;,s l a, snis magnihce' tt grain will. be uni oan a.ou. snized, and it will be ,;nae. ing in flower pots in every 7, as luxuriently as the whiskers
 a populist orator.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05
APPEARANCE OF THE HEAVENS
 TO AN OBSERVER.

The great dome of the sky, filled with glistering stars is one of the most sublime spectacles in nature. To en- joy tnis fully, night must be chosen
 when the air is clear. and the moon is
 away on vacation. We then gaze up-
 on the deep blue, an immense expanse
 studded with stars of varied color and
 brillsancy. Some shine with vivid
 lighs perpetually changing and twink
 ling, others, more constant, beam
 tranquiliy and softly upon us; while
 mary just trem ole into our sight like
 wave that, struggling to reach some far off land. dies as it touches the shore. In the presence of such weird and wonurous beauty, the tenderest
 sentiments of the heart are aroused
 feeling of awe and reverence, of
 softened melancholy mingled with a
 thought of God comes over us. Those
 far off lights seem full of meaning to
 us. could we but read their holy mes
 sage: they become real and sentient,
 and like the soft eyes in pictures, look
 lovingly and inquringly upon us. We
 come into communion with another
 life, and the soul asserts it's immor-
 tality more strongly than ever before.
 We are humbled as we gaze upon the
 infnity of worlds, and strive to con- prehend their enormous distances and
 magnificent retinue of suns The powers of the mind are aroused, and eager questlonings crowd upon us.
 What are those glitterlng fires? What
 is their distance from us? Are they
 worlds like our owD? Do loving,
 thinking beings dwell upon them?
 Are they carelessly scattered through
 infinite space. or is there an order of the universe? Can we ever hope to fathom those mysterious depths, or are they closed to US forever? Many of these problems have been solved | others await the astronomer whose keen eyes shall be strong enough to read the mysterious scroll of the 1 heavens.
 Two hundred generations of study has revealed to us such startling facts that We wonder how man in his feebleness can grasp so much, see so far, and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe. As tronomy, tastron, a star and nomos law) has measured the distance
 many of the stars, and all the"pla. their weight and size ret days, years and seasons, with the their physical features; maf many of the moon in some res Ie a III; perfect than any map Of pe,ets mor tracked the comets in U ne eartI sidereal journeys, mar Ter immen to nicety whicr -A'uf their patl conceive, and " can scarce the structure =. has apalyzs of the nus ~ '.a', ann ,uncing the sun ana Tar '1 wh'r.n they are co very elemen
 Observing for nposed.
 hose stars which several eyenin fight, we-not;ce shine with clei heir position that they cham others. Tbev with respect to tl 'plants' Git are therefore call 'emain inn eralIy wanderers. Othe [ .ovable, and shine with ermed [" @inkling light. They a [ is no, fixed stars, and althouI notscr v known that they also are
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05
TURNING OUT WELL.

Those who have anticipated a sud- den and rapid increase of business activity have been disappointed with the developments of last month. But the midsummer period is always dull in nearly every line of business, and 1t would require very uncommon con- ditions to bring about a decided in crease in the volume of trade in that period. Yet there has been improve ment. The statement to the effect that there were fewer idle freight cars in She country on August 5, than on July P shows that very conclusively.
 Confidence in the future is shown by tho determination of the Hartman lines to order at once 6, GOO new steel freight cars. With thousands of idle cars lining the side-tracks of the great railway systems there would seem to bs no need to be adding to the number by building new cars. The cars how ever, have been ordered and as it IS not to be supposed that the managers of the roads would waste money when ]. is scarce and hard to get on usdless equipment 1t is only fair::presumption that there Is business in sight which makes additional cars at least de. sirable.
 The basis of this confidence is found in the fact that the farmers of the country-have not suffered from the panic. Amid all of the confusion and fall in values, the farmers have been undisturbeo. The fall in values never affected the price in farm produce. The price in land has not fallen. The farmers have suffered DO loss of credit and have not been compelled to sacri- fec dollar on account of the financial furry. Nov they have gathered their hzrvests, and although there have been drouth scares and the usual rumors of injury. from various causes the crops are generally turning out we'll. Prices of all kinds of agricul- tural products remain high, and with even ordinary yields and good prices, the prosperity of the farming classes is fully assured. With the farmers prosperous and with big crops..t move the country is bound to enjoy good times.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

We're here because we're here, !" the Hibernians say, and the refrain runs, Were glad, indeed, we're here."
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

"Sick from Bite of Dog" announces . Michigan paper. When will people learn that that kind of diet is un- wholesome?
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

The Illinois fight is not ended by the primaries, we are told. This means that the candidates have not spent all their money.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

Mr. Edison will call his type of air ship the ''helocopter." You see you never can tell where. they will bring in
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

A Paris merchant became so excited while remonstrating against a Merry Widow hat that he dropped dead, thus putting another merry widow in the field.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

The M. E. church, which through the board of managers of it's temper anee society, has gone out gunning for Uncle Joe's scalp, may be assured that is has picked out foeman in every worthy of it's steel. There is an abid- ing belief that Uncle Joe has the nine lives of . cat, politically speaking, and that when he finally passes beyond tho bar he will not only have his shoes on, but will be caring lem as tho representative of Danville Dis- trict, Illinois. But there are those, and thousands of them, who think that this time Uncle Joe will get more than enough of 8 run for his money.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05
A SURPRISE.

| M AsA AeAa'iSs Twas nineteen naught eight,
 In the month of September On the very first day, as all upil1 rp- member,
 The Pocahontas girls, and some of the boys
 Were gathered together, witbout
 any noise At the foot of the hil' i. s,,,nr;so
 Mrs. Deppe, ' ~ Who lives on tLe top ,fa way wipd-
 ing and steppy,
 And that very .
 year older; oas h"o ' Now was it n
 had tor ,t wondrous that no one While tb l hery
 rec, y were there, they also hao To ,oned,
 farewell Mrs. Jenkins who sails F. on the second
 Jr the part of the country called Flu
 get Sound;
 f And if may be we never shall see of her around, $ Which gives us all pain, for she IS ,ir most jolly of But since we must part, 1t surely apl were folly re To do aught hut wish her with most h sincere pleasure. se All the joys of long life in very full bs measure. lv Now to tell who were there-each ed youth and old timer, off While perhaps not beyond the power its of this rhymer,
 Yet to give every name in suitable gs setting ar Would take too much time, and ge we're not forgetting he That in order to keep the heart ol ed your friend, srs The pleasentest stories soonest must end. --Llewengd.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

George Washington. couldn't tell a lie-but then, he never tried to run a Rasolene engine.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

New York, Sept. 2.-Lake copper is quoted today on the market at thirteen and three quarters.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

Some of the 'big guns" are coming back from the canal zone this month. Guess they expect to see more dirt flying in the United States until No- venl ber.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

Admiral Bob Evans, retired, has been offered the management of a railroad terminal iu California. There Is no place where a fluent command of language is more valuable than at a criminal.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

ALASKA WHEAT. The Saturday Evening Post of Phil
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

The fisheries building at the Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition grounds is near completion. It is 90x225 fee. over all. A salmon cannery in -s stant operation and a mo1' con- storage plant with a cor -ern cold of frozen fish of all Aplete display permanent teatr kinds will be a government -re. The United States ium in will build a large apuar.
 ~hich to display the live fish.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

Go right ahead splitting on the side. walk, gentlemen. It improves the appearance of the town, greatly pleas. es the ladies going to the post office, marks you as manly and thoughtful citizens, and is a splendid example to set before the tuberculous natives.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05

The 1nter-Ocean, which proclaims itself "the only Republican paper iu Chicago" has the unique record of having opposed the party's candidate for president and the party's candi- date for governor of Illinois. Fortu- nate thing for the party, isn't it that there are DO more "only republican papers" in Chicago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09
SOUTH DAKOTA PRIMARIES

First Statewide Test of Law, aud
Great Interest in Fight.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. June S.-Never
has interest in South Dakota been
more keen than in the outcome in the
primaries which are to be held to-
morrow. This will be the first State
wide. test Of the new primary election
law. Both "stalwart" and "insurgent"
Republicans OF South Dakota are con-
fident of victory.
The campaign between the factions
has been bitter one throughout, and
charges Of all sorts against the lead
ers of the two factions have been g
feature of the campaign. While a
complete State and congressional ticket
is to be placed in nomination, the con-
test between Governor Crawford and
Senator Kittredge leaders of the two
factions for election to the United
States Senate, has overshadowed all
other issues of the campaign. Eacl,
has had the assistance of small army
of speakers, and the people of the
state have been stirred as never before
by the orators of the opposing FAC
lions Of the Republicans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09
BILLIK MUST PAY PENALTY
Governor Dcneen Dcclfncs to Interfere
In Murder Clkc.

Governor Dcneen Dcclines to Interfere
In Murder Case.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, June 8.-Gov-
ernor Deneen to-day, on recommends
ton of the State Board Of Pardons de.
cided not to interfere in the case OF
Herman Billli, under death sentence IN
Chicago for murder. The execution
accordingly is expected to take place
Friday, June 18th.
}Billik is a Bohemian fortune teller,
whose conviction was declared from
the pulpit of st. Mary's Church by Rev.
Z. j. O'Callaghan, OF the Paulists Fath-
ers of Chicago, to be the result Of per-
jured testimony due to suggestion and
Intimidation on the part of the pro-
scouting attorneys and police.
The accusation against Btllik was
that through the agency of a Mrs. Vzral
who afterward committed suicide. he
murdered in Chicago the wonan's nus
band and four of the Nzral children
The alleged motive was to get life
insurance money. According to the
prosecution the method was the use
of "medicine' prescribed by the for
tune teller Largely through the Ell
| forts of Father O'Callaghan an affida
Wit was recently made BY one OF the
principal witnesses against Blllik. ler-
ny Nzral, eighteen years old, survivor
of the Nzral family, that the testimony
given against Billik by the affiant was
WHOLLY untrue. The attention of Father
| O'Callaghan was first called to the
Blllik case by Sister Rose, of Colum-
bus Hospital, nun OF the missionary
order of the Sacred Heart, through
whose Visits to the jail Gustave Mary
one of the celebrated 'car barn band
| It's" protested Christianity Just pre-
vious to death on tho gallows.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09
LOCAL STATION FIGHT
Norfolk and Western Hearing ON he
fore Corporation Commission.

Norfolk and Western Hearing ON Bc-
fore Corporation Commission.
The State Corporation Commission
was engaged yesterday In hearing tes-
timony on the question consolidating
the two Norfolk and Western stations
of Goodies and Bellevue, on the line
OF this road near Bedford City.
A large number of lawyers and wit
nesses We're present. The hearing,
however. went over until June 18th.
The commission has a number OF
other hearings for the month. Some
of them are:
To-morrow--Tidewa and Western
Railroad Company. application for au-
thority to advance rates and charges
for transferring freight to Chester and
Moseley's Junction. 4 a. NJ
June 16th--Resolution passed by the
Board of Supervisors OF Clarke coun-
ty requesting transfer of5the States
interest in turnpikes in that county
over to the Board Of Supervisors, II
A. NJ.
June c3d--Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac and Washington Southern
Railway. cash fare matter. Petition
to demand extra fare in cases where
passengers fail to get tickets.
June 24th-Atlantic Coast Line, de-
murrage cases.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09
the finding will be made public after
examination thereof.
LOST CHILD FOUND
End of Search Of Over 1000 People In
Michigan.

End OF Search OF Over 1000 People In
Michigan.
CALUMET. MICH, June s.-Two
wornout men, members of the party Of
over 1000 people seeking little Miss
Gornzack In the woods here for three
days and nights, came upon childs
hat and shoes near creek in a swamp
yesterday and sent up a loud shout of
Joy which told that the long hunt was
over. The child. who is four years
old had been missing since Thursday.
She was found reclining against a tree.
unconscious.
Without food since she left her home
four days ago, save berries and Wild
fruits of the forest, the girl must have
given out from sheer exhaustion.
The wanderer was taken to the home
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gornzack. where physicians stated that
she would recover.
Her father is blind and was barred
from aiding in the hunt for his daugh.
ter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09
FLOOD IN MISSOURI
Both Missouri ana law Rivers Con-
tinuc to RiSc-IrnIns Are STONED.


Both Missouri ma l>nw Rivers Con-
tinue to Risc-Irnins Are stopped.
KANSAS CITY, MO, June s.--The
Missouri5and the .Kaw Rivers continued
to rise to-day q little more than an
inch an hour, but the crest of the
Hood In both rivers will pass on We'd
nesday. rhc Kaw River is dischars-
ing its water into the Missouri at
great speed. which means that tli<re
VIII be no backing up as in 1903 and
In 1901, when the Kaw bottoms We're
flooded. Some of the lowlands about
Kansas City are submerged, but 10
damage las been done.
People III Arnlourdalc continued to
move from their houses to-day in
spite OF the assurance Of tho Weather
bureau that there was no danger.
Train service over the Union Pacific
and The Rock Island Railroads between
Kansas City and Topeka has been
abandoned. Trains are routed over the
Santa Zee and the Burlington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09

wo holds tho proxy Of John Nv. YcrKcs
Tic committeeman from Kentucky, Do.
f ,nnuded ~ division on the question Oh
whether tlld raft or Fairbanks delcga-
4 tion had been aentcd. Charles ~
scott, or Alabnma, responded by rus
ing, and the two appealed IN vain 'ot
twenty members to rise ana pc
3 counted.
5i Much bitterness.
When Mr.. Bradley came out OF tne
committee room lie nccosted MI. ititci's
cock with the following: I'm Urea o.
this bruce game you arc running J
,.,,n,t bolt the ticket myself, but cant
sneak for Kentucky" He expressed
himself with great bitterness. MI.
IIitchcock smiled rs he replied: I'm
sorry. Governor. but i don't sec now
we could both be pleased"
Representative william q. mckinley,
manager of the presidential boom Oh
Joseph G.. Cannon, arrived to-day 10
take charge of the Cannon FORCES.
late to- day he Issued brief statement
In which he said:
,aThe action OF the Tart people on
the national committee simply demon demon
sir,tes the weakness OF their state
,,ents that they had enough votes to
roninote Mr.. Taft without the South
Arm delegates or those involved In the
contests. Our figures, given OUT me
other day. are correct, and as the situ-
alton now stands. we have every re ',,
ron TO believe that no candidate WIN
have enough to nominate him on 'he
first ballot"
Fisl,crf Succeeds Hitchcock.
a. Y. F4sAera OF Chicago, has pe Zen
onnointed assistant secretary or ite
Ippubli National Committee. lie
succeeds Frkkas5al. Hitchcock, whose nose
retirement gave rise to q rumof !n,.t
no had been deposed by Chairman New
This report was denied. the annouhee.
,pent being made that the new Va. ar
Management is the result. Of MI. Hi,c I,.
cocks Inability to attend to the work
of the sectetaryship in addition TO
lis other duties. =.
Mr.. Hitchcock did not sit to-day as
q member of the committee, Solomon
Luna. OF New Mexico, whose. proxy nc
held. having arrived. In spite OF tue
isct that he received several offers ot
nroxies by wire. Mr.. Hitchcock de-
rided TO retire, but denied that his . aG-
tion was forced by the anti-Ialt az
lies"