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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11
WEIRD DEATH RITE

Cincinnati is still talking about the strange sermon delivered by Rev. Don G. Tulis, pastor of the Poplar Street Presbyterian church on the death of the late "Buck" Ewing, at one time catcher for the Cincinnati National League base ball team. The address was as follows:
 "The shades of evening are ginning to fall upon the diamond of life; the game is almost ended. Breath!ess, the crowd sits awaiting the end. The score is a tie. Everything is in the balance, and this day will decide, not the worlds championship, but the great struggle'of eternity.
 "One is there among the war-scar- red veterans upon whom all eyes are fastened. He has won many game before. He has heard the plaCdits of thousands, and received the applause of millions in his day. Will he be able to win this game?
 "The shadow descends, the crowd is breathless. All depends upon him.
 Ut is no time for single: he has made them before and has won many game by them.
 "A base on balls will do no good. It is no time for sacrifice There is but one thing will count in this cloS- irtY t11oOapt--a bpiOp ri1t,
 "Can he do it?
 Death hurls the ball toward the batter.
 Strike one, the umpire cries.
 "Again the sphere flies by while the batter stands unmoved.
 Strike two comes the voice through the gloom.
 "There is hut one more chance. Ht pulls himself together, his frame fix ron His features are immovabie: : the ball once more speeds toward the plate.
 "Wth one supreme effort lie swings the > ea and sends the ball to dis cant curner of the field, and the daunt- less Eaing starts upon his last circle of the bases.
 "Oae -two-three-the ball is being rapidly returned.
 "Wll he make it?
 Tt is close race. He takes the oue and only chance, and throws him. self beadlong upon the ground for the last slide. For moment all is con- fusion. Suddenly the dust clears away and the Great Umpire of the universe is heard 10 say:
 |" Safe at home.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11
-------------------- - UNHAPPY HAITI

Haiti seems to have fallen upon wicked days again, and threatens to become the theater of still more stir ring events. Uprlsings ot one kind or another are not unusual Of course, in that country. and no native leader, with the possible exception of Tous- saint, whose career was ended, in more or less brutal fashion, hy Napo- leon, has ever been able to maintain orderly conditions there for any great length of time.'
 Chief interest, at the moment, will center in the possible form of the French, German and English accord in dealing with the situation, should it become necessary for these powers to act in concert. An assault by the natives upon the French legation at Port au Prince, and a general massa- ere of whites in the islands, would probably develop a real crisis.
 The rather intimate involvement of Uut OulItu kDJdlCS III W Sop affairs, due to certain obligations as- Sumed in Santo Domingo; the near ness Of Porto Rico and Cuba to the center of disturbance, and the broad re possibilities imposed by the Mon- roe doctrine, will press the Haitian
 issue upon the attention Of the author ities at the national capital, should conditions in the islands become at ali critical.
 Even so slight pretext, however, as the present posture offers, will probably be seized upon by portions oI the Eastern press to point again the supreme folly Of the presidents action in sending the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific; but men of more prudence, and broader patriotism, perhaps, will find the real lesson of the event in the fact that the federal government ought to provide an adequate navy foi both the Atlantic and the Pacific OcaanS
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11
REPEAL. LAND LA WIS

There has been q good deal of talk about the land policy Of the adminis- traton. but it is clearly not under stood by great many persons, al- though readers of the newspapers. This policy was outlined Iii the annual report of Commissioner Baliinger, of 'ha general land office and may be summarized as follows, with the atgu-
 nelt, upon which 1t is ba7ed
 The commissioner recommends that the mineral land act and the tim5e: and stone act be repealed, for the req sons that the first is no longer neces- sary, and the second has been the ve- hicle by which the great bulk of va!n- able timber land not in the reserve shas gone into private hands. Most of the remaining public lands are semi-arid or desert, for dispos!ng of which there are no laws.
 Abuses have been developed which should he remedied. Water has been monopolized and strips of land acqur- ed to prevent access to adjacent pub
 lie grazing grounds. The commis- sioner suggests amendments to the public land laws classifying lands as agricultural, pasture, timber and coal without disturbing present mining laws relating to lode and placer mines. Pasture land he recommends be leas- ed to citizens of the United States who are owners of adjacent lands or bona fide residents of the state where in the lands lie, the rental moneys to be devoted to the public schools CT that such lands be segregated into grazing blocks and sold at a fixed price, preferably to owners of contigu- ous cultivated lands.
 On the repeal of the timber acts, the remaining timber lands should be sold at public sale after scaling and appraising, al stumpago basis, but bona tide applicant for homestead tract of timber should have the pref erence right to purchase at the top price, the timber not to be removed until the entryman has complied with the law as to residence and cultiva- ton and made full payment for the tim Der. As to seml-arid lands the commission recommends tbat they be open to entry in lots not to exceed GAO acres not capable of irrigation, incap- able of production of natural crops of trees, and which because they do not furnish potable water sufficient for domestic use are not suitable for con- tinuous habitatiop. Residence should not be required, but there should be proof that crops have bsen planted and raised for a fixed period; but care should be taken that entries are for the sole benefit of the entryman, and not to increase range holdings.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11
A DANGEROUS SYMPTOM

All over the country there are idle men who will not take work because they will be compelled to go out of town The spell of the pavement is upon them. They are not vicious men :; they are not lazy. They simply cannot reconcile themselves to the idea of getting away from the glare of the electric lights. We have seen accounts of men, women and children, who have been taken out of the crowded and unsanitary slums of a great city and placed in the pure air of the country, with plenty to eat, comfort able quarters to live in, work by no means arduous and pay that was from their own point of view quite reason able, and yet they soon drift back to their old haunts, where existence was a struggle and one would suppose life was hardly worth living. What the explanation of this is we sball not pre-
 tend to say Such instances as we have cited are, of course. extreme, but the hunger of men and women for city life is very real and it is doing a vast amour. of evil. Recently a writ CT in United States periodical ex- pressed his regret that so many wo- men were working for q living in the country. because it would lead to the degeneration of the race. To this an- other writer replied Ly contrasting the robust, red-cheeked, erect and healthy women of the European peas- antry with their sisters in the cities
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

the railroad in compliance with the terms of the railroad grant. The proceedings against the purchasers oi
 land will be based on the contention that the deeds are void because at
 tempting to convey title in violation
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The Chicago police have just broken up confidence game run by two men named Bidwell, father and son. They advertised that they had invented an electric motor (which would not burn out. Of course they hadn't and probably knew no more about an cleo tric motor than the average school boy; but they cleaned up quarter of a million just the same. Nothing truer was ever said than the remark by P. T. Barnum, 'the people like to be humbugged. In the light of his tory, the famous snowman might have added, land they'll pay handsomely for it too.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The Belfast skipper who insisted on hoisting the Irish over the American flag in the port of Galveston was not a, Americauized Irishman, it need hardly be said Much as lrishmen in American love the "ould sod' there is never any question with them as to which flag belongs on top.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

A book is now being written which is to be called "The Story of The Thaws." It is easy to forecast the developments in the last chapter. Harry gets out of the insane asylum to contest an action for divorce brought by his wife, Evelyn, and after per iod of legal juggling Evelyn tells Harry that the action was only start ed to get him out of the asylum, and then the two go off to Europe to live happily ever afterwards. '
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The Cordova Alaskan says: "Jos.
 F. Diggs now bears the smile that won't rub off. Joes' hilarity is due to the fact that bouncing baby girl arrived at his home yesterday alter noon. The little youngster weighed eight and half pounds and being the first white child born in the place will be christened Cordova. Mrs.
 Diggs and child are both doing nicely and it is believed Joe will recover.
 Dr. Whiting was the attending physi- cian." So the little girls name is Cordova Diggs? Now that would be a good cry for the western metropolis,
 "Cordova Diggs. "-Juneau Dispatch.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

Whatever may be the merits of the disputes of the mine operators and employers and the striking miners in the Panama district and on Douglas Island. it would seem, from this dis tance, that both strikes are doomed to failure. In view of the fact that there are thousands upon thousands of work ing men out of employment at the present time, the voluntary abandon ment of their places by these men, with or without just cause, seems to be incomprehensible, viewed from any point affecting the welfare of either the men themselves or their employ CTS. Unless it he conceded to the strikers the right to enforce their de- mands by other than lawful means, it is inconceivabe how they can possibly hope to win out in their contention. While they have, undoubtedly the'right to go out on strike, with or without cause which the public may regard as wholly just, the late decisions of the courts restrict the limits to which they may proceed in their efforts or desires to prevent their places being taken by others who desire to work on such terms as may be agreed upon by the latter and their employers while the conditions of the labor market are not such as to justify the hope or expectation that the employ CTS may not readily supply themselves with all the labor needed.
 The practical failure of the Panama strike, where intimidation and force is reported to have been resorted to by the strikers to prevent their places being taken by others, together with the arrest and Imprisonment of some of the more aggressive federation leaders, supplemented by the calling out of the soldiers to guard reputed approximations Of threatened violence and destruction of property on Doug las Island, would seem to indicate a determination on the part of the mine owners and operators in those sections to fight the Western Federation to q finish. However the struggle may terminate, it is sincerely to be hoped that it will he without a resort to vio- lence or other unlawful measures on the one side or a successful attempt of unjust oppression or repression on the other.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

It is gravely announced that if the people of the United States would eat twenty-five per cent. less meat. drink twenty-five per cent. less liquor, smoke as much less tobacco and wear their clothes twenty-five per cent. longer they would save $500, GOO, GOO. This is one of those supremely useless calcu- lations which find their way into print periodically. and are about as useful for practical purposes as It would be to say that if people lived longer they would not die so soon.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

Speaking of heronies for novels, the Jacksonville Times Union claims that Jacksonville has corner on the finest in the land. Read this: "When the golden rays of the glorious Florida sunshine kiss the auburn ringlets oi the joyous Jacksonville giris, the pie tlre is so perfect that even Father Times stops still in his flight and orders an ounce of radium that his youth may be restored In the radiat- ing glory of one of these auburn angles the red-headed dimpled dump lings of Houston, Texas, look like a white washed fence after torrential rain.''
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The immigration into Canada for January and February from the Unit ed States shows an increase of 6l per cent. as compared with the same months last year. This is really re- markable showing. We are inclined to think that it is perhaps demonstra- ble that the amazing revival of inter- est in Canada shown by the farmers of the Western States is due in no small measure to the fact that this country, by the splendid way in which it withstoOd the shock of the financial depression, compared with the disas
 trous panic in the United States. is now universally regarded as the safer of the two. It is undeniable that there are hundreds of thousands of people in the United States who are very much dissatisfied with the unend- ing turmoil engendered by constant political developments of an unsettling character. We believe that the influx from the Western states this year will not only break all records, but prove one of the most remarkable move mepts of population ever known on this continent. Victoria Colonist.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The world is familiar with the movement against the big packing plants, and the inspection law passed
 as a result of certain revelations made after federal inquiry into conditions in-these establishments. But the pres ident is going step further. lie has asked the presidents of Yale, Johns Hopkins, the University of California,
 the University of Illinois and the Uni versity of Virginia to each name a chemical expert so that he may ap- point a board of five to inquire into the use of sulphur in preserving fruits. the use of benzoate in preserv- nig catsup and other food products, the use of glucose in syrups, and the use of other conservatives in certain foods. It is good plan, and should result in putting the people in posses sion of information they ought to have. Certainly too much care cannot be exercised over the food products of the country. Foods should be as pure as law and human care can make them, and any action by the govern ment in this worthy and necessary behalf will meet public appreciation.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The development of such an under taking as the one at Prince Rupert, mentioned in today's Miner almost at our doors. must eventually benefit ketchikan, notwithstanding the Can Hdian regulations as to buying goods. An army of 5000 laborers means a town of at least 10, 000 people; and this should mean line of steamers between this port and Prince Rupert, ketchikan being the nearest town of any prominence. There has been con- siderable criticism from time to time of the arbitrary and autocratic man agement of Prince Rupert affairs, as q natural result of the cumpany's de- termination to exclude the crowd of eXploiters and "wild-catters" who always flock to q new center of indus try. It is to be hoped, however, that Jays news is as authentic as it ap- pears to he and that the restrictions necessary in the past will be gradual Iy relaxed, especially for the bona- Gde wage-earners and residents who will he attracted to the new town. The preference for white labor will undoubtedly mean much, not only for Prince Rupert but for the entire sur rounding country.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The Miner is in a receipt of com munication from w. E. Humphrey, NJ. C., taking exceptions, in no very complimentary terms, to something that occurred in this paper, a month or so ago, concerning the Salmon Hatchery Bill introduced by that gentleman in Congress, and the action had thereon, Had the gentleman been possessed of the keen perception which might naturally be credited to man in his position he would readily have perceived that the statement which he critcizes was that of Washing ton correspondent, of the truth of which the editor could not he expect ed to have any direct knowledge and was therefore not in the least degree responsible. If he felt himself ag- grieved he could readily have obtain ed the name of the author of the state ment to which he takes exception by addressing a courteous letter to the editor, instead of ascribing to him a sinister motive as devoid of truth as he claims the statement he criticizes to have been. He prooably sees the correspondent in question nearly every day and could have had his name by asking for it, as it would have been his due, under the circumstances. He could then have had it out with the party against whom if any one. he had just cause of compliant. Under the circumstances, neither The Miner nor it's editor owes any further ex- planation, and certainly no apology to the honorable gentleman from the state of Washington.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

The Hasey trial is now on in the district court, at Juneau, and from the examination of jurors accepted for the trial of the case it would ap- pear as if it might as we'll have been heard and determined at Valdez, so lar us the question of obtaining a free and unprejudiced jury was concerned. Not but that fair and impartial trial will be had, as might have been the case at Valdez, without the great ex- pense entailed upon the government by a change of venue.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11

A recent dispatch from Washing ton. D. C., states that Senator Culber- son has introduced railroad bill fix lng a penalty upon all railroads that fail to furnish cars promptly for the transportation of freight. The bill was drawn at the request of F. Il. Cowan, of Fort Worth, Tex, counsel of the Texas Cattle Rangers Assocla- tion. It is designed to break up the practice of refusing to furnish cars except those controlled by the beef trust for transportation of beef and fruits. and is drawn to meet the en- tire situation in order to prevent dis crimnation by any trust against lnde- pendent manufacturers or shippers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10
Pay Us q Visit.

We want everyone of our sub
scribers to pay this Office a visit
right away and see what we will
give them if they pay their sub
scriptions one year in advance.
The same proposition applies to
new subscribers. What we will
give them is worth the dollar
charged for the paper. Come in
and have a look at it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10
First published Dec. 3, 1908.
Notice of Final Settlement.

The State of Kansas, Cherokee county, IS
In the Probate Court in and for said
county. .....
In the matter of the estate of c. w.
Daniels, deceased.
Creditors and all other persons inter-
ested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby
notified that at the regular term of the
Probate Court. in and for said County, to
be begun and held at the Probate Court
Room. in Columbus, County of Cherokee.
State aforesaid. on the first Monday in
the month of January. A. d. 1909. shall
on the 4th day Of January apply to said
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

Seven-room story and a half
house, in good repair; 10O-feet
front of ground; outbuildings.
cheap at the price asked 5000,
half cash, time on balance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

]. L. Parmenter and A. L,
Wilbur, both of Route No. S,
have been chosen as jurors for
the January term of the district
court to be held at Columbus.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

T. E. Whitlock of Springfield,
Mo-, was a very pleasant caller
at this Office one day last week.
Mr.. Whitlock is owner of the
Hotel Baxter building in this city,
and was here to look after his in
terests. He is also interested in
some mining leases in the Baxter
mining camp.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

Court for full and final settlement of
said estate.
l. p. DANIELS,
Executor of the last will and testament OF
C. w. Daniels, deceased.
Columbus, Kansas. Dec. /. 1908.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10
New Restaurant

| have bought the White Rock
Restaurant from Thomas Case,
and will make such changes as
are necessary to make it a first
class restaurant and cafe.
| solicit a share of your bust
ness and guarantee you the best
Of service.
D. c. Hicks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

Say, there a present at this
Office for you, if you are a sub
scriber to the News. If you are
not a subscriber you can get one
of the presents by becoming a
subscriber.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

Every new yearly subscriber to
the News and every subscriber
who pays one year in advance is
going to receive a mighty nice
present. A sample of it can be
seen at this Office. 1t is a house
hold necessity, and something
the wife and girls need every day.
Come in and look at it. We will
do the rest.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10
List of Letters

Remaining in the postoffice at
Baxter Springs. Kansas. for the
week ending with Dec. 8, 1908
which if not called Tor within two
weeks will be sent TO the dead
letter Office at Washington. ID. c.:
Miss Dode Chairman Mr. Charley Griffin
Mrs L d ones Miriam ohnson
Mr. Chas Kroy WD kansutz
Mrs Maggie Nichols Mrs Mary Spencer
Mary Thurner
Persons calling for any of the
above letters will pleasesay"AdveI
tised," giving date list.
FRED BARTLETT, p. N,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

Also handsome line of ladies' fus from S1OO to $3.50 at
which we offer for oneoth less than regular prices.
Come early and get your choice before the best selections are
sone Christmas shoppers will find this store filled with hundreds
of desirable and useful articles suitable for presents.
Your inspection solicited.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

Lots in the prettiest part of
town, covered with big oak trees,
SIS down and SIS per month.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10
Is Per Cent
DISCOUNT SALE!

On our entire stock of ladies. misses
and children's wraps and furs. We
arc showing a handsome stock OF
ladies' and childrcn's wraps. These
reduced prices mean that you can buy a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

20 acres-12 in cultivation, bal
ance in pasture; 5-room house,
barn; fruit; good we'll; one and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

For making quickly and perfectly
delicious hot biscuits, cake and
pastry. Renders the food more
tasty, nutritious and wholesome.
No alum, no lime phosphate
The government and food authorities have
enabled the housekeeper to protect her
family from the alum baking powder
They require that the label shall give her
warning. She must buy from the label and
decline any powder which the label does
not show to be made from cream of tartar.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-10

one-half miles from town on
gravel road. $1,000. This Office
for fuller particulars.