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Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
A RIGHTEOUS VETO

Once again Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, has done the right thing at the right moment in vetoing the omnibus irrigation bill, which involves some immense and popular rights of the people. He holds that the water rights of the nation are to be con- served and used for the people, and not given away to every applicant that shall ask for the purpose of turning 8 free and unhampered inheritance into source of corpo- rate greed and exploitation; he is standing by the waters and water powers of the country just as he stood by the lands of the people, and doing it boldly and honestly and without temporizing or shilly- shallying.
 From ore end, of these United States to the other his action in
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21

living and a startling menace to the unborn.
 We are sacrificing tho nerves of the people in a thousand ways, and steadily hunting for new and try ing expedients wherewith to wiring them to still finer fractional shreds. In work, pleasure, society, the rules prevail that stand for neurasthesia and its kindred horrors; we are driving our bodies and minds and functions at the pace that kills, and disparage the poor instant given to cursory review of the evils; we are money-mad, style-mad, place. mad, time-mad we think we are in control simply because we go on accomplishing things, never dream ing of the cost we are paying and are yet to pay; in shop, office, fac tory, drawing room, the habit of fierce and blasting competition Is driving us from one line of killing endeavor to another, and we are everlastingly keyed to a tension that wrecks us in the end and leaves us unable to enjoy the fruits for which we have striven so des- perately.
 We are dwelling, says the Astor- ian, in the very golden days of the physician, the sanitarium, the drug man, the universal invalid; never in all history was there such a spectacle of human collapse as ex- ists in this country today; scien- lists are proclaiming new diseases daily, and the lesser lights are remaining old ones; assinine fash ion grasps them instantly and makes them the vogue for the sole purpose of doing the ultra, even in 90 unhappy field; the new gener- ation comes upon us with blight and misery which we have passed on to it, and still we cry down the warning and pursue the fetich re- lentlessly and with the false joy of a poorly qualified insanity. God alone knows where it is to end Man and woman have no time to think it out, to amend it, nor, ap. parently, to profit by the persua- sion of the tremendous fact borne in upon them every day.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
VALUATION AND MILEAGE

We Americans are pretty smart lot but we are not shrewd enough to find remedy for the supreme abuse and injustice that lies at the root of our tax system. We have borne the shameful burden of non- equalization of our tax values and millage so long that it has fitted itself to our shoulders as an indis- pensable and unacceptable garment. The preponderant influence always uppermost in the public business of the land, the demand of the rich and the great has kept the yoke on the commoner, until, at last, it has worn into even his almost undis- coverable quick, and is chafing very sorely.
 We may have to go to Australia for the basic principle of our tax law, just as we went there for our election law; and we do what we have to when the hour comes. A law that compels man to return his property, real and personal, at a figure at which he would be will ing to sell it at the hour of assess ment in the antipodean government would be God-send in this dark, benighted land where there is a wider latitude of shameless impo- sition in this regard than in any country on earth, and would appeal straight to the people most in inter- est; and what Is more it could, and would, be applied without any injustice to those who would resist it to their uttermost.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY GEORGE c. L. SNYDER
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21

The Interloper is the title given by Scheffler x Bushell, editors and publishers, to a new weekly paper which they have but recently put Into existence at Skagway, and of which copy has reached our table. The new publication is a 5-column quarto, and the initial issue is full to overfowing with crisp news and snappy editorials. Both of the proprietors have been identified with the newspaper business of the territory for several years, and are thoroughly familiar with conditions as they exist.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21

this matter will be endorsed by the whole people, and the hold he has upon the people of America will be the deeper, firmer and more iustifi- able, for it. This is the sort of thing that this country has needed all these years: the faculty of doing just the right thing at just the right moment.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21

The new law fixing the retail liquor license of Alaska at the uni form amount of $1 1,000 is only one more instance in which the "little fellow" is to be squeezed out of business by the "big fellow" Nu- merous saloons, whose proprietors are conducting their business in a legitimate way, can afford to pay the present annual license of $500, but whose business will not justify the payment of $1 ,000, In a num- Der of Alaska towns the new law will throw the entire business into the hands of one dealer, who, in order to "play even" for the extra $500, and free from competition, will "doctol" his hootch with addi- tional poisons. The law will also encourage lawlessness in the form of "blind pigs" Men will have their drink, by fair means or foul, and, recognizing this fact, there is always someone to supply the de- mand, even at the risk of freedom. We believe the new law will ac- complish more harm than good.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
OUR NATIONAL NERVES

It is becoming one of the settled convictions of the day that we are, IS a nation, passing swiftly to a point where nervous collapse is a proven organic malady Of the peo- He, national affliotion to the
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
DISTANCE NIL

read that the invention of gun using neither powder, dynamite nor other explosives, yet able to hurl a projeotile weighing 5000 . pounds to a distance of 300 miles has just been claimed by MT. w. s. Simpson, an English metallurgist, and brief dispatches about it have been cabled to this country. He has not yet made public the details of his invention, for fear other na- tions may anticipate England in adopting it, He declares, however, that electricity is the power he em- ploys. He says;
 Electricity has not been used in this special direction yet; its possibilities are so great that it will be difficult to suggest when or Where its application will reach perfection. There is, in fact, no limit to the powers of electricity.
 "It is quite as easy for my wea- pon to project fifty shells of 500 pounds each per menute as to hurl fifty shells of fifty pounds each, and to drop a shot at 100 miles distance As at 100 yards; distance is prac- tically no object Again. it makes ro difference how the shots are thrown. A heavy one can follow a light one and long-distance one a short distance one, or vice versa. Whatever the distance or projectile the weapon is quite easy of control -as easy as any gun at present in use; its shots will be less expen- si3e than those now fired ; its cost will be cheaper than the existing artillery, while its life will be at least hundred times longer than the best weapons now in use.'
 Col. Maude, distinguished mil itary engineer, has seen the new weapon, or a model of it, and con. firms the inventors assertions by saying:
 "The fact that with this weapon 1t is possible to confer upon a pro- iectile velocity of 30;O00 feet per second and upward; and that, too, without flash. smoke or recoil, will ultimately compel all navies to abandon armor, and devote their energies to the attainment of speed as the prime factor of success and because there is no recoil, practi- eally any ship will suffice as gun platform. Again, whether in field Or siege warfare, since the velocity Is under complete control, the same weapon will serve the purpose of the gun or howitzer equally well !; While, because single gun can de- liver an almost continuous stream Sf projectiles, it will at least equal Tn hre-power whole battery of modern quick-frers.
 "The simplicity of construction is 50 great that the resources of any engineering workshop will suffice For its erection, and there will be no longer any necessity for govern ments to sink great sums of money in special plants for use only in the preparation of war material"
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Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ADVERTISING RATES

Professional Cards, per month $1 co Display, per inch " co Locals, b cents per line, first insertion 5 cents per line, each subsequent in- sertion.
 Cards of thanks, obituaries, etc., sent in for publication will be charged for at the rate ot 10 cents per line.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21

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., 1908-05-21
JOB WORK

1his office is equipped for all classes of commercial job printing, and reason able prices will be furnished upon application.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
AsilrosAs and Politics.

Are railroad rates to be raised on
August L. The railroad managers
claim that either rates must be in
creased or wages reduced to make
both ends meet. The Republican poll
ticiaus say that to reduce wages dur
ing the campaign might lead to
strikes and the defeat of the Republi-
can ticket. This puts the railroad
managers in a dilemma that it is dim
cult to extricate themselves from. for
they have decided il is for their best
interests to elect Mr.. Taft, and they,
therefore. do not wish to embarrass
the Republican managers by reducing
wages. so it is said they will increase
railroad rates about ten per cent. The
business interests are much opposed
to an increase OF rates which would
naturally lead to q decrease in traffic.
All this shows the necessity of a di-
vorce OF railroad policies from Repub-
lican politics. or both will suffer The
people are in no mood to indorse the
Republican candidates if they are to
pay the freight. and the railroad en-
ployes will oppose. even to the point
OF a gigantic strike. a reduction Of
wages while the cost of living is still
so high.
II is difficult to decide the merits Of
the controversy. but however il is set
tied il would seem to spell disaster to
the Republicans.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
Women Lie Rural Mail Delivery Field

on a 26-mile route In one Of the New
England states. Miss Sennot has held
the position for three years. and al
though the route is a long one and is
thickly wooded in some sections. Miss
Sennot says she has no fear in driving
over the route alone. She carries no
weapon of defense, but considers that
she In able to take care Of herself.
When asked what induced her to
enter the service. Miss Sennot said
that one day, about three years ago,
the regular carrier told her he was un-
able TO find a substitute. and jokingly
asked her II she would like to sub
stitute for him.
Il told him I would like to be his as
sistant or substitute said Miss Sen
not. providing he had horses that
had some life. He agreed he had good
horses. SO ! was sworn in as his sub
stitute.
No. I have never been afraid be
cause there is nothing to fear. ] have
every one wearing a smile. and for
that reason l believe ! have their
good wills"
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
Cap;tal % Get . Thorough Cleaning

the same. the death rate In the sORe,
the difference in population conssd-
cred. Is considerably less than here.
Sanitary experts express themselves
as being shocked al the conditions ex.
listing here, and in many other Amer
lean cities, after what has been &C
complished under most discOuraRing
conditions ON the lsthmus of Panama.
They say that there is absolutely no
excuse for the prevalence of such con
ditions. and so far as Washington is
concerned, a determined effort will
be made TO eliminate them.
Government bacteriologists, chem
lists and experts In other branches of
science are nov Investigating the con
ditions prevailing in many hotels and
restaurants. AMONG them sosse II the
best In the city. and II IL said that .
number of warrants will be issued for
the arrest Of some OF the prOprietors
Of these establishments. The house
cleaning Is to be general and thor
Ough: the nations capital will be
turned inside out stood on Its end,
and turned upside down, and the
scraping. busting. spraying and touch
ing up II will receive will he sur
prise to the natives.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
New York World for Orvan.

The New York World has come
straight into the Bryan camp. In a
leading editorial the other day the
World says:
We are nearing the end of one
stage Of Rooseveltism Its fruits are
before us. In the name of false pa
triotism they are jingoism, imperial
ism, extravaganza. plutocracy. central
ization. They are violence, usurpa-
ton. panic, depression. They are con
tempt for Law. contempt for courts.
contempt for congress. contempt for
the constitution. All these have been
crystallized in the machine made and
corporation financed candidacy of a
personally amiable and excellent
proxy
Independently and firmly. volun-
tarily and conscientiously. and with a
keen appreciation of its own responsi-
bility to the public. the World, con
fronted on one side by Rooseveltism
and Roosevelt's proxy and on the other
by Democracy and Mr. Bryan. has no
hesitation in saying that. within the
limits of true Democracy. the Demo
cratic ticket is entitled to the fun
Democratic vote"
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
Ex.Envoy Sold Hone to Leave Country

laughed at the offer Arabian horses
are not SO easy TO obtain in America
Soon after the minister reached
Washington Mundji Bey. according to
the story told by the chagrined minis
ter afterward. suggested that he make
a gift of the horse TO the New Yorker,
and the gift was made.
A few days ago Mehmed Ali re-
ceived his recall. He was stranded.
Naturally the thought of a loan from
the New York cigarette manufacturer
occurred TO him.
Lend me $1,000 until ! see my
father, who. as YOU know. is wealthy"
he wrote.
Had | known that your horse had
a string tied to II ] should never have
accepted it." came the startling reply.
IF Won wish the horse back | will
return il to you" continued the curt
missive.
Desperate and incensed. the minis
ter said Return it" There came no
reply. il is said.
Go and get my Arabian horse from
Schinasi.- Mehmed Ali Bey wrote to
Davenport. The cartoonist went. but
came back without the horse. Thor
cughly outdone. the stranded minister
decided to turn over to Davenport the
remaining horse Of the pair. for he
had to have money. He got II and len
America via Canada
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11

THAT Mehmed Ali Bey, deposed
] Turkish minister. Was compelled
to leave with Homer Davenport, the
horse loving cartoonist, his prize Ara
bian steed in order to obtain funds
with which to leave America, is the
story made public here by friend
of the fleeing minister.
Furthermore. IL is stated that this
final sacrifice came only after the min
lister had vainly appealed to a wealthy
New York cigarette manufacturer for
a loan Of s2.OOo. who a few months
before had been presented with a
mate TO the Davenport horse st the
suggestion Of Mundji Bey. consul gen
eral at New York
When Mehmed Ali Bey reached this
country . year ago he brought with
him two Arabian borses valued at
$4,000 each One Of the Schinasi
brothers. wealthy cigarette manufac-
turers Of New York. IL said to have
expressed q willingness to buy one
q them for S1z. go. Aehned An Bey
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11

- ASkINGTON -Upcls aa& wants
~ 10 raise . nee hraad " babies.
enc that sAall be of heef sod hrsWa.
serve aa1 muscle. And he hss set
aboss It ia . bsss.esslike cay.
In ths Asst place. ths bureau ~
chemistry Il the A~partHset u axri
cuiture. uaAer the airUctioa of Harvey
n Wiley. will onA out chat tNsas noe
prepared for infants are really fooeis
II 1t 10 discovered that they are not
foods at all but CRACKED bran and
canned mustard poultices there gill
b. trouble
After the results of the inquiry in
Concluded nsOthers Gill h~ sent lists
of toods proper for the u~e Of babes
!, From phystciaRs. manufacturers.
and specialists In children's diseases
there viii ~ collected data tending
to sho~ the causes which render chill
drea III. and then they will be- asked
To give Information. based ON their
wears of experience, which ~iil advise
the proper sort " nourishmept and
treatment for children. not only to
avoid disease, but to build better ba
bies.
DR. Wiley believes that in . few
years he will see the results u his
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11

HlS town Ia to be subjected to one
. Of the most thorough houseclean
ing operations that have ever been
performed hereabouts, and II is the
belief Of those who will have the job
In charge that the old town will he
quite . decent and sweet smelling
pls0e to live In after the cleaning
process has beea cOmDleted.
Those q Uncie SANS sanitary
corps who make . speciality n sani-
tary prOblems viii be given \ free
hand, with Instructions 10 60 As far as
they Hike.
The reason for 30 much activity on
the part Of those Interested in the
health Of the good citizens Of Wash
ingtOn In = report in the Canal Zone
Record which shows that while the
average Of temperature and humidity
in the zone and Washington are about
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
n o.D|)(|s
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CAAA ~ rssG AAoGA.
vrs.as oss oss.ss~o erso ls~s vaA
sAes - o~srs. i2.ape esss 49,
te.0ckssa C,.sss sre~ esAvs
ss.I 10 osas A.ss ese.sssa

Nee Nora -Th.y are c.lesra ING
the eousysesion OF toe important Es8l-
cay pro5~c;s IN sssth Amersos In
t-olssiA there is th. line scro-r the
plateau from Lake Titicsca to OrsFo.
u ~ss ealy tso years ESQ that fEesi
gassied the susidiIx of the rosd
The railway b. pretty high ny. t..ins
one OF the hixhesI iose stretches IN
the World Tor IL runs across the
TO l3."s" feet u starts IN 81 II ,sss
Ices ~ Nischal ~ usiles trosa I-sAe
1iticaca 80 thai there H. not much
climbing bai 1t h. laid oui on the rim.
of the south American world
After q time ii ~ili drop down tse
lo~ the rim and get into some ~ the
valleys u also gill climb = coapSs
of thousand feet higher from Orurs
tion which has just beea coa.pse,ed
Is lSo miles long aud when the sys
ten is finished there ~ili be l Nm
miles of IL
,hsi Of the entire system. is one me
ter, or feet "a inches Sixty pound
steel rails from American mills have
been used and the equipment rs Of tbs
heavy and suitable for steep grades
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11

y OSITIONS as rural carriers are not
! supposed to be attractive to WON
en-. and the postofiice department does
not encourage their employment as
SUCH but an increasing number are in
vading the rural delivery field. Some
are regular carriers.
Assistant Postmaster General DE
Graw is authority for the statement
that when women obtain places as
rural carriers they invariably accept
cheerfully the hardships that accom-
pany the work in bad conditions of
road and weather.
An example Of this enthusiasm is
shown in q report received at the de-
partment Of the case of Miss Lenna
Sennot, who is the substitute carrier
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
The pestiferous Tariff.

should keep still about the pestiferuus
tariff is that they haven't a chance to
revise it. Within a week 50 fearful
Republican papers have pointed that
out. not with viciousness. but in a
spirit OF kindliness. After they have
given this sage counsel to the Demo
Gratis. they always fall to discussing
the hopeiessness Of Democratic pre-
ponderance in the United States sen
ate, That Is always a happy Repub-
hcan argument The senate stands
now immutably committed to the
crime of Dneleyism. 30 the Democrats
might as well indulge in no displays
q peevisAness over the tariff
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11

o00 OoNo WosWoo0.
and several OF them are Of the power.
ful Moeul type.
Passenger cars Of American make
both for first aud second-clsss passen-
gers, are to be employed The freight
cars are Of 80 tons. with an excess
capacity Of ten per cent. This intro
duction Of high-class American ma
terial is exceptional in South Ameri-
can railroad enterprises.
The cost Of the ViachA Oruro sec
tion. including grading. masonry.
bridge work. rails and rolling stock,
terminal facilities and engineering and
once expenses, has been about -, 900, r
900, or 81. 900 a mile Ii is not ex-
pected that the remaining sections.
which will have the more difYicult
structed so cheaply. The capital has
been furnished jointly by the Bolivian
government and New York syndi
cate.
The GuayaQuil & Quito railway, re-
Gently completed in Ecuador. is OF mar.
the distance is 2s0 miles. The esti
mate of the total cost, including pre-
liminary surveys, financial negotia
tions and engineering and office ex-
penses. as well a. grading. masonry
and bridge work and rolling stock. is
Ga .500, 900, or about 5000 a mile
The original estimate was $50, 900 u
mill hrt &c tS ,tsiv
railway building the cost kept pill
ing up.
The road makes some pretty steep
climbs and gets across the hank of
Chimborazo at an altitude above H.
900 feet. IN the clear season, on leav-
ing Riobsmba In the morning, there
is usually q fine sight of the snow. Of
Chimborazo. Later II Cotopaxi is in
eruption. which is usually the case.
there is the opportunity to witness the
enormous pillar of black smoke pour
ing from IL, and sometimes at night
the live volcanoes glow like a furnace
The DEVILS Nose or Pisiichi noun
tain and the Alausi loop are The great
engineering features of the Guayaquil
4 Quito road. The grade on Pistichi
is overcome by means OF switchbacks
This scratching the DEVILS Nose"
was one of the engineering feats de-
clared by ONCE experts to be impossi
BILE
The two notable engineering fea-
lures are the result of the ledgelike
drop OF the Alausi river The canon
formed by this river winds around the
foot of the Pistichi, but does not az
ford a means of surmounting it. So
an ascent Of 10 feet was secured by
a switchback A further ascent OF 2sO
feet was secured by the loop.
In the boldness of its curves and in
the mountain panorama which il pre-
sents this loop is unsurpassed An
other engineering feature is a tunnel
through 168 feet of solid rock. From
the foothills of the Cordilleras at Bu-
cay to the summit al Palmira pass
there are - bridges, in the construc-
ton OF which more than 5000 600
pounds of steel has been employed
The Alausi river is crossed 26 times
Most Of the money TO build the road
has come from the British AID French
investors who took the bonds gusran-
teed by the Ecuadorfan government.
A French finance company has also
made some advances. American fnan-'
ciers have not put in large sums. but
the railway is actually an American
enterprise. and most Of the rails.
bridges and the rolling stock have
come from The United States.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11
OUoosoo . . anoosesao.

eeo0ses sere originally esses0s0
lsss 1ot keau'y ~ hlsnssn sAaa for value
- . medicine. In recoGHitisG of tto
curative vtrtsS,. the peoay SO ssseA
after fseoe. the physician ~ the
gods. Al old writer SAYS "AboSt -
issaaf's s-cs hang peo0,e. IL csseo
AEytes crueil usAladie Nor did tbs
sse of the plant stop there. for psoay
sster Sss esteesaed and draIk IN b.
oaoe times. though whether as nedi-
cine OF merely as . refreshing tenn
perAnce beverage Is more than mSdera
writer's can say