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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-17
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FRIENDLY LEAGUE
Vacation House at Madison is Well PatrOnized-Waterbu Women
 are Registering.

On July 3rd occurred this seasons opening of the vatcation house of the Connecticut Association of Women Workers at Madison. The house is reported to have been well filled since that time, more than thirty boarders having been received Of this number six have been from the Friendly league. It is hoped that many others will go from Wa terbury to this charming summer home whether they are league mem bers or their friends, as no restric- tion is placed save a slight differ ence in the price of board, an ad- vance being charged to non-league members. Application should be made to the president of the Friend ly league, Miss Ward, at her home 134 Hillside avenue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-17
Stylish Clothing.

Now is the time to get measured for a NOBBY SUIT for SPRING OR SUMMER
 F. BUCK. I;2fcrh Main. Tel. Ca Fashionable Tailor. Ladies or Gents Garments
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-17
PuNIN6 a PAPtRHA,6l,e

Is our old trade-we satisfy every. one in work and price. Hs furnish Paper. Border and Labor complsss for t1-5a per room and up. Male no mistzke. but ccus to my place. tall. CT in same business aext door. We are not tziiorL bat PaperhanEsrA
 DAVID GOLDBERG.
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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20
DOES THIS MEAN YOU?

To you who, are mot much of a letter writer:"
 Did you read the brief dispatch printed in The Miner yesterday, stat ing the mission of Ms. Dick Waaler of Norway who is in Seattle searching for the lost sons of 400 anxious mothers in the old country? The world is filled with such mothers whose old age
 is saddened and whose hearts are well nigh broken by the sons, flesh of their flesh, who have strayed away, and whose indifference and thoughtless neglect have dimmed the eyes of those who love them. It is pl 1e, false pride, that keeps the boys from writ ine-not meanness, in nine cases out of ten. You left home in the full flush of young manhood, perhaps, to conquer the new world in your strength, to bring back comfort and honor to the ''old folks '-and luck or fate has passed you by. Your letters hdNo Sto"H lar dpuit U, boFO So"'Ou "i- together, and now, after years, you say it would be of little use to write. They may be dead, you say? They may, yes--but don't you want to know? But they may not be dead, ana just line from you, a poorly written line perhaps, will mean joy to the mother who once held you on her breast. You may ba poor, you may be "broke," you may not even be what people call good, but rich or poor, good or bad, successful or failure, you are her boy, and no one else on earth can take your place: and if you would fill her eyes with happiness and her loving heart with thanksgiving for the Host that is found again" in place of the tear which she has shed
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20
INCONSISTENT.

"Politics often makes strange bed- fel ows, n and it may be truthfully said ol less frequently discovers equally S many strange inconsistencies. This enak is suggested by the tergiver- ations of two supposedly influential newspapers of southeastern Alaska, anent the coming delegate election
 i,p of these papers, the Skagway A.askan-- heretofore an earnest ahd ble advocate of territorial govern uopt iol Alaska. is supporting the al.eidaey of Mr. Thomas Gale for re-
 .ion on the ground of his intro-
 ion in the House of Representa-
 and advocacy of bill providing
 icrn of government for Alaska, lorn Of nearly every principle Of It) ulal ight for which the Alaskan has heretofore, and all along been valia1tly contending. On the other hand, the Juneau Record, an open and avIwed opponent to any form or popular home government for the territory, is opposing MT. Gale be- cause of the same bill, and which might logically bs argued as good reason why it should accord him it's earnest support. Of the two, the Re cord is little the more consistent, in that it points out the incongrulty ,,f tI inla l;lI hiab iS snch as n meet it's hearty approval as an op- ponent of popular home rule, or would he, but for the provision requiring the appointment ot seven members of the legislative council, two of whom must be ''reputable citizens" of the lreriJory.
 While it is true that the Gale bill should be accepted by the opponents of home rule as good and sufficient reason, looking at it from their stand point, why they should favor his re- election, The Miner cannot as an earnest and consistent frisnd and ad- vocate of home rule force itself to the conclusi on that the miserable subter- fuge introduced and advocated by Mir. Gale is sufficient reason why he should again have the sutfrages of the friends of popularhome government for Alaska. What Alaska needs in Con- gress to represent them is man whc has the courage of his own professeo convictions on question of such vital importance to her people.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20
A NEW PROBLEM,

The whole question of proper y has always been treated as matter of 'meum ct tum''- ''-"mine and thine. " But the division of property into mine and yours-what belongs to me and what belongs to others does not cover all property. It leaves out of the question the property that is ''ours."
 The question of what is ours is the disturbing question of today. The statesmen of today are afraid of the irrepressible conflict over what is ours rather than yours and mine. For the great fortunes of today are based on the monopoly by few of the things that are neither yours nor mine. but are ours.
 The whole future of our children and our childrens children depends upon our denying the property right of some in that which in the very na- ture of things belongs to all.
 Senator Teller in the Senate recent ly said that the government has nc right to sell be power that is gene rated by the dams it builds to im- prove the rivers. H. failed to realize that the rivers, the power they pro- duce, and the navigation they afford are not "mine' nor "yours," but "Ours.
 The streets are CUTS. The rivers and lakes are ours. The planet on which we live is ours. Whenever under the name of the right to property individ- uals claim what belongs to all they violate the foundation of property rights. The monopoly of the face of nature gives the monopolists the pow CT to take from you and all of us the things that belong to us personally. The right of the people as a whole to their collective property is as neces- sary to the welfare Of the nation as the right of the individual to what is his. We have passed through the stage of development in which we worked out the problem of "mine and thine. We have reached the stage when we must work out the problem of what is tours.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20
in sorrow, write to her before an- other day is gone.
FOR HOME RULE.

Except it may have been to few oi the more pronounced anti-territorial- ists who were present and who have not yet reached a penltental mood. the speech of Mr. John w. Corson, Republican candidate for delegate to Congress, at the Redmen's hall last night. gave very general satstaction. It was an eloquent and vigorous argu- lnent in behalf of home rule for Alas ka, and notwithstanding the fact that the gentleman owes his nomination largely, if not solely, to the anti home rule element which dominated the last Republican convention, the gentleman left no possible room for the suspicion of single doubt as to how he stands on that question. He stands unqualitiedly Tor some form of home government for Alaska, first, last, and all the tinle,' and pledged himself to support and urge such a measure upon Congress should h., he elected. That he succeeded in dis sipatipg any doubts which might have been entertained in this immediate section on that score, can hardly be gainsaid, except it involve a very serious doubt as to the honesty aud sincerity of the gentleman's openly avowed convictions in the premises. If there had been any such doubt en
 tertaiDed it was due to circumstances connected with his nomination and the contradictions in volved in the adoption of home rule platform and the nomination of a home rule candi- date by convention made up and organized by the opponents of popular home government for Alaska. Happily however, Mir. Corson has set himself right in that respect, so far as this community is concerned, and the ele- ment within his party who are hon. estly opposed to any proposition look ing to the institution of popular hone government in Alaska are thus estop- ped from caviling at the position as sumed by the candidate nominated by themselves on platform of their own mak ing. To the friends and advocates of popular home government in Alas ka, Mr. Corson's speech gives assur- irg of the political leaven in Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20
States will add twenty such vessels to it's strength. while Germany will ade
 only seventeen. Railway and Marine
WHEN HALF CURED.


 The national association of manu lecturers in session at New Iotl made plea for peace. It says tl agitation under the guise of mt crusades such as child labor, rail" reform and similar movements, ;es desirable ''ln reasonable measut,, but that there has been an excess o. that kind of agitation and that Il cit should now, for time at least, De q cessation.
 The nation al association of mant lecturers has been giving out utt'i ances very freely of late as, of course. is it's privilege and perhaps it's duty some of it's utterances have been marked with wisdom, and it is made up of enterprising business men and concerns which make it an eminently respectable institution. However, one who talks much, is certain at times to say something that may be better left unsaid, and this is one of those times in the history of the asso- citation.
 If child labor is undesirable and even criminal, as is asserted, the agi- tation for its abolition should not cease until its abolition is an accom- plished fact. If railway reforms are needed, it would be criminal folly to stop agitating for them until they are obtained.
 | A great many very well meaning people are likely to be imposed upon by this '1et us alone' plea just as the members of the manufacturers assocl- ation evidently have been. There was agitation for reform and some re- form steps were actually takeL. When the agitation began, the country was very prosperous. After the agitation had continued for some time and alter the reform steps had heen taken there was Wall Street panic, followed b, industrial depression. Now see what you have done" cry those who are be-
 ing reformed to the reformers.
 Cant you be satisfied with the ruin you have wrought and stop youl agitation for while? Wait until times get good again and then dc your agitating."
 When it is found a good thing tt stop doctoring a sick man when he is hali cured and give the disease { chance to get a firmer grip in order tt listen to this plea, it is time enougf to listen to that of the of the manufac turers, and not until then. To assgr the agitation for reform as cause fol the industrial depression is to take ar inexcusably superficial view. Agita tion for reforming the railroads ba: nothing in it to scare lumber ol mining company and cause it to stos grinding. The maker of blows, fur nitnre, clothing and countless other articles could not possibly be hur by law making the railroads stop re- batting. The manufacturers associa tion should call off its resolution
 formulators.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20
THE REASON WHY.

The Victoria Colonist, in answer to an inquiry as to why ships sail on course curving to the north when crossing the Pacific Ocean, thus ex
 plains the why and the wheref1re: "The shortest distance between two points on the earth's surface is line forming a part of Great Circle. The | Equator is Great Circle; so are the merdians. So are all circles so drawn that if the earth were divided into two parts by them the parts would be equal. Hence parallels of latitude are not Great Circles, because if the earth were cut through upon any parallel of latitude, one part would be larger than the other. The scientific defni tion of Or at Cic @ is that it is cir cle the plane of which passes through the center of the earth. The plane of circle is the surface that is enclosed within it. Ships do not follow single Great Circle in going from Victoria to, say, Yokohama, but part of two or more such circles, and perhaps sev- eral rhumb lines, the rhumb line be- ing one on which a ships head is kept constantly directed to the same point of the compass. The Great Circle joining Victoria and Yokohama ex tends up into Behring Sea, and o follow 1t, vessels would have to pass through the Aleutan Islands which is not desirable. The Great Circle join ing Prince Rupert and Yokohama crosses the Alaskan Peninsula. and hence it could not be followed by ships, which would have to follow composite course, mate rially longer than distance by Great Circle. The shortest feasible course from San Francisco or any point north on the American coast to Yokohama passes within S 'ght of the southernmost oft islands Of the Aleutian Archipelago, and it is the distance from American ports to that point which determines the relative nearness of those ports to the Japanese city.
 A very interesting experiment is about to be tried in England. Home Secretary Gladstone has introduced in the Houes of Commons, bill aiming t, reform habitual. criminals by concil- iatory treatment. It's scope and aim is thus outlined: MT. Gladstone says the presnt system is sufficient deterrent for 50 to 60 per cent. of the prisoners, but was useless for two classes, name- ly, those who are criminal owing to mental or physical deficiency and those preferring to live by crime. The latter laugh at the present system. They refuse helping hand and are deter mined not to work. The bill proposes to follow penal sentences by period of preventive detention until the au- thorities are sure the prisoners will five honestly or until age or in6rInity incapacitates them from resuming life of crime. The system, says MT. Gladst one, is based on hope, rot fear. It will enable man to effect his own release.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

The Juneau Record asserts that Delegate Gale opposed the bill appro- priating S2O0 900 for the erection of federal building at Juneau, and com plains that ''some of the newspapers of the territory have begun to oppose it claiming that the center of popu- lation might shift and that the capitol would be removed" " While we have seen no assertion of that kind from any other source, as to the faction of Mir. Gale in the premises, it may not be amiss to suggest to the Record that it may in some degree be itself to blame in connection with the news. paper opposition of which it con- plains, because of its persistence in referring to the proposed appropria- tion as being intended for "capi- tol'' building, thus misleading the papers complained of. The Record seems to be ignorant of the fact that the general government does not build territorial ''capitols" any here, and that "public' buildings are horses of another color. It was its reference to the proposed public building at Ju- neau as a ''capitol" that called out the opposition of the papers of which it complains. On the same principle the Valdez Prospector might criticise and object to the Records faux pas in it's reference to the '$15, 900 asked for by Valdez to turn the glazler stream from its streets," and against which Juneau did not kick! The fact is Valdez did not ask for any appfo- priation at all-''only flor permission to bond herself for the purpose named, and it is not--probable that her people would object to Juneau being given permission ..bond h rself for the pur- pose of building herself dozen "cap- itols," if she wants that many.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

John P. Holland, submarine boat inventor, and who has already built three successful airships, is at work on one of the latter kind which he ex- poets to develop speed of one hund- red miles an hour, and in which he contemplates essaying a trip from New York to England. II believe, y he said recently, |" that in my new airship I shall be able to overcome all such obstacles as wind currents eec- trical disturbances and atmospheric fluctuations. I have mod deled my ship on a principle that is so simple, it is strange others have not thought of it before. I do not konw when l shall make my first ascent, but expect, when I do, to go from home in East Orange, N. J., to New York, circle over the metropolis, and get back within half an hour"
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

Candidate Corson asserted in his speech last night that it is idle to ex- pect or look for amendments to the general mining laws necessary to meet peculiar conditions in Aalaska, from Congress-they can oLly be had through the instrumentality of law making power of our own. It is hard ly probable that Candidate Corson will join in the Juneau Records de- nuncaticn of Delegate Gale because of his failure to secure congressional Legislation which he thinks will be impossible to get himself.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

An explosion of gas in the McDoweli coal mine at Boring lake, not far from Katalla on the 2lst of May, caus- ed the instant death of two men and serious injury to another.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

And now comes man who says he could have bought the site of Spokane TOT S160. There was time not many years earlier when he could have go, it for nothing. Likewise this is probably true in every place.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

Now 1t said that the Guggenheims and the ''solid interests behind the several railroad projects in Alaska are not satisfied with the proposed new coal land law, because it is not suffi- ciently broad to enable them to con- pletely monopolize the Alaska coal fields. It restricts associated owner- ship of such lands to 2,560 acres, which, of course, is not enough upon which to base the nucleus of the kind of monopoly upon which their eyes are "Sot.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

It Is said that faith can remove mountains, and if the Good Templar s of the United States can by faith per suade the Prince of Monaco to abolish gambling at Monte Carlo, they might next be asked to pass resolution re- questing the Panama canal to dig it. saif
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

The Gypsum quarries on Chicagof is- land give employment to about 20 men and are producing about 75 tons per day, all of which goes to the mills at Tacoma. The Northland took a full cargo from these quarries on her last trip down.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

U. s. SECOND NAVAL POWER.
 Ever since the announcement in the United States Senate of the adoption of definite naval policy of two battle ships a year, United States Naval ex- perts have been drawing comparisons between the navy of this country and that of Germany, the only great power to announce definite building pro- gram. Figures drawn indicate that at the end of the German program in 1917, the United States will have a St a fighting force superior to the .Teu- tons, thus maintaining it's position as the second naval power in the world. Although the construction of this country's so-called new navy began in 1895, two years later than Germany started work on it's modern h ps, the United States leads today both in number of battleships and in their speed, armament and gun power. It has twenty-five effective ships of this class of 334, l46 tons, while Germany has twenty three of 276, l66 tons. It possesses fifteen armored cruisers of lS6, 545 tons, while Germany boasts of only ten such vessels, the tonnage of of which is 1l3, 528. Thus the ton mage of the American armored ships is 520,601 and of German armored ships 389, 694.
 The battleships of q fleet are recog- nized by naval authorities as the back bone of the fighting force, and the real basis from which to estimate the relative efficiency of rival fleets. Jp the ten years to come the United
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

The Douglas News arises to remark that "the railroads of A Alaska-both the real ones and those that exist only in the imaginaton-are to be investigat- ed by a committee from Congress. This com mittee will also investigate the relations that are suppose to ex- ist between Governor Hoggatt and the Guggenhems. The lobbyists that besiege Congress at each annual ses- sion have only succeeded in creating distrust and suspicion"
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

Forty miles in an hour In an aero- plane seems pretty fast travelling for . flying machine. The Wright ma chine did it.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

The young king of Portugal is said to be exhibiting mind of his own in regard to his --matrimonial prospects. A year ago, when it was not supposed likely that he would wear the Grown of Portugal, he formed an attachment for the daughter of one of his mothers maids of honor. This was well understood in the family, and no one made any objection, principally because it was believed he was only indulging in boyish fancy. But the young man does not intend to have it so regarded, and to the proposals that he should seek a bride in one of the royal houses of Europe he turns deaf ear, declaring that he proposes 10 marry his own true love and no one else. As he is youth of considerable determination, he is very likely to have his own way in this matter. This is the story which comes from Lisbon.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

The Douglas News asserts that John Sharpe Williams, the democratic mil nority leader in the House, blocked Delegate Gales Alaska territorial bill by demanding roll call on the ques- tion of consideration. A poor excuse is, perhaps, better than none; but all the same, it is at least question: ble if John Sharpe Williams, or anybody tioon of that or any other bill a majority of the House wished to con- slider by simply demanding that the members put themselves on record, which in the case of the Alaska terri torial bill they declined to do.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-20

The Skagway Alaskan cannot be searcher for the truth in all things concerning which it writes. This, for instance is a sample. Writing of the Juneau Territorial Convention it says: "The democrats of Fairbanks sent wire to the Juneau Convention when they heard that Roman was likely to be nominated, repudiating him, and instructing that the votes of that district represented by proxies be cast for Gale, the wire being sign ed by the delegates so represented. In view of the fact that Mr. Romans name was not mentioned in connection with the nomination till about a quarter of hour before he was nominated, it is not possible that the Fairbanks people could have been ad- vised by wire that he was likely to be nominated, in time to make the re- quest with which the Alaskan credits them. Certainly no such wire was re
 
 caived by either the chairman or the secretary of the convention, and the truth is that MT. Roman was unani- mously nominated, except that the Fairbanks proxies were not voted at all. And by that token. the Alaskan is not wholly mistaken in it's state- mnet as to the Nome Democrats The fact that they had the assurance to make an effort to force the nomi- nation of a republican on demo- cratic convention, certainly cannot be accepted as complimentary endorse ment of their democracy. But there has been some pre-convention corres- pondence on the subject of Mr. Romans candidacy; which may possibly be made public before many days.