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The Thlinget., 1909-10-01
LOCAL

Dr. and Mrs, C.C.Grieye left Sitka the latter part of last month for Mare Island, Califo., whither the doctor has been tran sferred. During their two years stayhere they made many warm friends who were loath to see them leave. Dr.Grieve was in charge of the [. S. Naval Hos pital and has been succeeded by Dr.. Sinclair, who with Mrs. Sin, clair and child, have taken up their abode here.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

In the cut on our front page which was kindly loaned us by F. W. Merrill, Sitka's Photo- grapher, the island i the fore grown was occupied ing Rus sian days by a large salmon cannery and saltery. Tradition has it the site of an ancient Thlin- get fort where many a hard fought battle took place. At the base of the mountain to the left in the picture is the Mission and Cottage Settlement. Indian River Park lies at the waters edge, facing the reader in the center and at the right is Sugar Loaf Mountain, marking the mouth of Silver Bay and above it IS the Mount of the Holy Cross.
 The cross is only discernable in in the summer. In the winter the mountain is clothed in pure white. The mountain near the center of the picture rises almost perpendicularly from the water of Silver Bay to a height of three thousand feet.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

The military company has re- sumed regular drill under Mr. Beck as captain. The boys are very enthusiastic and get much pleasure as well as training out of their military work.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

The blasting done on the water ditch has attracted the attention of both teachers and pupils and frequent trips to the scene of operations have been made tween showers.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Miss Grace Crockett, our new primary teacher, from Pendleton Oregon reached Sitka Oct. l. and took up her duties in the schoolroom the following Monday
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Mir. w. A. Kelly who was for many years superintendent of our school and whois now inspec- tor of National Banks in Alaska recently returned from a trip to Fairbanks. He says he saw more sunshine while in the interiorthan he had seen before for years. AL though Mr. Kelly has been in Alaska for many years he says the gardens and the agricultural possibilities around Fairbanks were a surprise to him. Rev Cond- it, the Presbyterian pastor there has an excellent garden from which he has gathered ripe to- tomatoes and other well matured vegetables.
 George Brown and Frank John both of Killisnoo entered school late in September.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

The Blacksmiths have done some neat work in stove repair ing between the times they have bean working on the dam.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Roger Booth of the printshop force was recently appointed as a sergeant. The boys were much pleased with this appoint ment as Roger is a general favorite.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Messrs. Beck, McTavish and Parks with the large boys have been doing excellent work in building the new dam despite the incessant rains. The dam is more than half completed and the large ditch which is to carry the water to the Hume is well under way.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Our scholarship correspondent Miss MA. McDill, mailed the Octo Der letter to all scholarship sup porters on the seventh. If your society sustains a scholarship or half scholarshipin the Sitka Train. ing School and you have not re- ceived one of these letters this month, then the proper address of your secretary or correspond ent has not been sent to us. Please see to it that the correct address is sent to Miss McDill at once.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Two very creditable pieces of work a table and a book case have just been finished by the carpenters. They are building a sckoolroom desk at present.
The Thlinget., 1909-10-01

Jim Boyd anl Peter Shakan have delivered fitty-two cords of wood on the beach in front of the school. They had a much larger raft than this but lost part of it while towing it in. Our school burns about thirty four cords of wood each month.
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erous owner of the good liquor, with a
show of Indifference l was far from
feeling. He was late arrival, it
seemed, and lived in a shanty far up
on the mountain-side with two COM
panions. The three were making a
rather poor attempt to work claim
they had preempted.
Getting away from my loquacfous
miner-friend, climbed the steep trail
to the cabin and set about an investi-
cation of it with great caution. The
men were at home, and from the
sounds issuing from its closed doors
l guessed they were having a rare old
time that evening. I approached to the
very door and listened with my ear to
the planks to sounds of revelry within.
The men were gambling and drinking,
and 1 could hear the clink of coins
and the rattle Of bottles and the ribald
jests with which they made their bets
and gloated over their winnings and
cursed their luck when they lost.
heard sufficient to make me sure that
my much-sought bandits were in the
cabin, although there was no direct
mention of the express robbery.
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The Clew of the Liquor Bottles
Edited by William J. Bacon
True Story Of the Secret Service Told by Capt Dickson

Late the third afternoon / STUN
bled on the ashes of a campfire, and
close beside 1t, among the frs and
cedars, l found where horses had
been tied. This was what had
searched for, and l felt sure that
would here find something of value.
l camped short distance from the
place SO would not disturb it, leaving
my examination until the next morn
ing, when would have good light
1t then being too dark to attempt such
thing.
THAT night, by the light Of my
campfire. l read again the report Of
the robbery as given by the train
hands. Near the last of 1t was the
account of the sleeping car porter who
related, with evident grief, that he
had been relieved of $6.15 in silver,
and that the bandits had rifled the
liquor cabinet of the buffet, taking
with them all of the whisky and few
bottles of the rarer and stronger
wines.
Early next morning l examined the
deserted camp of the highwaymen.
There was nothing but a burned-out
pile Of ashes and charred sticks and a
few empty bottles. The bottles gave
the clew for which l searched. The
highwaymen had certainly made their
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A RANCH HOME FREE.
II Is SplendidIy Located Ont in Colo
rndO. Near Pixies Peak.


Practically everyone who can SEQ
future home. II not for the present.
big land and cattle enterprise in
Colorado Chartered by the State with
$250.000 capital stock) in order to Sc
cure new members invites each person
joining the company to visit the ranch
at pleasure and build home. II de-
sired either now or in the future. In
order to separate the wheat" from the
"chaff"-to eliminate triflers and Curl
osity-seekers. each applicant must re-
init nifty cents for a paid-up preferred
Included in the holdings Is the big
5,0O0-acre ranch. fenced and improved
with buildings. implements. livestock.
hay and grain crops growing. town
site. good school. two railroads with
stations on the ranch. Near county
seat. Ample timber. hundreds of springs
and running streams. a delightful cli-
mate. For want of space we cannot
here mention one-hundredth part of the
advantages.
All who are interested and in earnest
are invited to send their names with the
ffty-cent membership fee. The company
will promptly send the preferred mem
bership share issued to you together
with book of views and official map
OF the ranch. including a disinterested
western magazine of stories. sketches,
scenery, etc. just to keep you posted.
After you become a member you may
be invited to invest in more income
shares. but the soc will be promptly re
fee in cash. stamps. postal or express
order and address at once. Beaver VAL
ley Ranch (Denver Office Sta. 19). Den
YER Colo
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men. They had not stopped there GER
tainly, SO took the trail to Telluride,
a mining camp farther on In the noun
tains. Telluride was then camp Of
500 or 1000 souls, and there was a
bit of mining boom on which daily
brought new prospectors to swell Its
citizenship, fatuous souls brought
there by the greed OF gold-a lure
that never fails to attract vic, ms In
swarms. For three days searched in
vain through the saloons and dance
halls and other places where the rough
miners congregated without finding
trace of my three rogues. That infal-
lible sixth sense of mine was doing
its best to keep me longer in Tellu-
ride, although my judgment told me
to move on to Silverton; but in the
end my intuition won the fight and
remained.
"One evening was drinking with
a raw-boned miner. The whisky was
abominable. The distillery where 1T
was made would never have recog-
niZed its product in its present form.
complained of the poor quality OF
whisky AMI asked my acquaintance II
there were not some better stuff to be
found In the camp. He said there
was not, at any of the bars, but that
he had been given an amazingly good
drink by miner, whose name he men,
toned. He said 1t had been in little
bottle which held Just enough to tease
one, but 1t was the best liquor he had
drunk since he left Kentucky many
years before. He licked his lips In
pleasant memory of the drink.
Il almost gave myself away, 80
keen was my pleasure at this chance
remark. ! inquired about the gen.
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camp here. Each bottle bore the
label of the sleeping car company, and
some of them were the diminutive
TASKS of which 1 had drunk one on
the trip from Denver. There was not
a scrap of paper anywhere else to
be found.
"Elated with my success, I made
survey of the country and discovered
a half-obscure trail leading farther
into the mountains. l took up this
trail and followed it as best could
until nightfall. Often l lost 1T, and
sometimes l spent an hour or more
casting about to pick 1t up again, as 1
have seen hounds baffled on the trail
afternoon found something that made
my eyes sparkle. Shattered into
thousand pieces was the remains Of
one of the small whisky bottles on a
large fiat rock beside the trail where
it had doubtless been cast in playful
mood induced by its contents. Among
the fragments l found the label of the
car company.
ut was the dry season, and this
was in my favor, for no rains came
to obliterate the trail. For five days
1 followed the bandits across the hills
and through the valleys, verifying my
route from time to time by fragments
of broken whisky bottles along the
way, and at the places where they had
camped for a night. The buffet-car
must have been well stocked, for ]
found many bottles in tAis journey.
"The trail eventually came to a
well beaten road, which, from my map,
l learned was the stage and mail route
from Montrose, the nearest railroad
point to Ouray, then rather insig-
nificant mining settlement. lost no
time in getting to Ouray, for it was
impossible to trail my men along this
road and l was sure they had headed
for the mining camp. .r
Two days were spent at ouray
without finding trace Of the three
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1T would have been tho ranke.t

1T would have been the rankest
folly to have attempted their arrest
without assistance-although l did
tackle such job once In my salad
days. as this scar will testify" and he
pointed to an ugly wound at the back
of his neck, partially covered by his
flowing gray locks. But that Is an
other story. l decided to call on the
United States deputy marshal. a man
Of tigerish bravery. for assistance.
There was no chink or crack in the
door through which could gain a
peek at the interior Of the cabin, 30
l dropped down on my hands and
knees and crawled around to the back
OF tho cabin where l thought there
might be window. There was win
dow, but it was closed with a heavy
shutter. and could not find any point
to peep through; but 1 did find some
thing on the way around. My hand
touched something round and smooth,
one Of the little whisky TASKS. After
had left the cabin l struck match
and examined 1t. The label Of the
car company was still on it.
1.-THE deputy marshal was found at
one Of the dance halls and he soon
summoned a reliable posse. We sur
rounded the cabin, from which still is
sued the sounds of revelry. The men
were stationed at every point about
it. Then the marshal and raped on
the door. In response to our summons
one of the miners staggered across
the floor and threw the door wide
open. We tripped him up and rushed
over him into the cabin. The men
were too drunk to make any resist
ance. and we captured them without
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SKIN ROUGH AS BARK.
Baby Boy Had Intense Itching Humor
Scratched Till Blood Ran.
Found 4 Cure In cutlcura.

"Our son, two years old, was afflicted
with a rash. After he suffered with
the trouble several weeks I took him
to the doctor but 1t got worse. The
rash ran together and made large
blisters. The little fellow didn't want
to do anything but scratch and we had
to wrap his hands up to keep him
from tearing the flesh open till the
blood would run. The itching was in
tense. The skin on his back became
hard and rough like the bark Of
tree. He suffered intensely for about
three months. But l found remedy
in Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment. The result was almost mag
ical. That was more than two years
ago and there has not been the slight
est symptom of it since he was cured.
]. w. Lauck, Yukon, Okla, Aug. 28
and Sept. II, 1905"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props.. Boston.
The new era., 1909-06-24
Obedience.

Prompt and unquestioning obedi-
ence is the corner stone of the foun-
dation of success in life. No man can
give orders properly who has not
learned to take them. and save he
serve, no man may rule" 1t will be
found that the men who have won
their way to positions OF power and
responsibility have invariably been
the men who did not reason or argue
or even respectfully represent" but
who promptly did as they were COM
manded without questioning. 1t is
the large man, not the little man, who
recognizes a superior authority.
The new era., 1909-06-24
Prominent Women Aid Good Cause.

Prominent Women Aid Good Cause.
A large number of women occupy.
ing prominent positions in society, or
on the stage, are taking an active in
terest in the anti-tuberculosis cam
paign. Mrs. w. K Vanderbilt mas re-
Gently given $l,OO0,00O for sanitary
homes for consumptives. Mrs. Keith
Spalding of Chicago has erected "a
sanitarium for the Chicago Tuberculo-
sis institute at cost of about $780,
900; Mrs. Coils P. Huntington and
Mrs. Borden Hartman have given
largely to the consumption fight. In
Porto Rico, Mrs. Albert Norton Wood.
wife of a prominent army officer sta
toned at San Juan, has stirred the en-
tire island through the anti-tubercu-
losis crusade she inaugurated. Nine.
Emma Calve is a most enthusiastic
worker, and has given largely Of her
talent and money for the relief OF
tuberculosis sufferers, and Miss Olga
Nethersole has even lectured before
the public on tuberculosis.
The new era., 1909-06-24
The 1909 National Encampment Of the

The 1909 National Encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic Will be
18th An unusually attractive folder in
red-white and blue replete with infor-
nation concerning Utah. Salt Lake City
ing distributed by the Passenger De-
partment of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad One feature that will be of
particular interest to Grand Army men
Is the reproduction of speaking like.
nesses of all the Commanders-in-Chtef
from b. F. Stephenson. the organizer
in 1866, to Henry Nevius. the present
Commander This Is the first time that
this set Of portraits has been assembled.
Ambrose f. Burnside. John F. Hart
ranft Russell A. Alger. John c.. Black,
James Tanner and many others appear
in this Interesting series
The new era., 1909-06-24
MAKING SUNSHINE
II Is Often Found In Pure Food.

The improper selection of food
drives many healthy person into the
depths of despairing illness. Indeed,
much sickness comes from wrong food
and Just SO surely as that is the case
right food will make the sun shine
once more.
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass, says: I'm October, l was taken
sick and went to bed, losing Al pounds
in about 60 days. l had doctor after
doctor, food hurt me and had to live
almost entirely on magnesia and soda.
All solid food distressed me so that
water would run out of my mouth in
little streams.
II had terrible night sweats, and my
doctor finally said l had consumption
and must die. My good wife gave up
all hope. We were at Old Orchard,
Me-, at that time and my wife saw
Grape-Nuts in grocery there. She
bought some and persuaded me to
try it.
81 had no faith in it, but took 1t to
please her. To my surprise it did not
distress me as all other food had done
and before l had taken the fifth pack
age was well on the mend. The pains
left my head, my mind became clearer
and | gained weight rapidly.
II went back to my work again and
now after six weeks use of the food
I am better and stronger than ever be-
fore in my life. Grape-Nuts surely
saved my life and made me strong
hearty man, 10 pounds heavier than
before | was taken ILL.,
Both my good wife and I are will
ing to make affidavit to the truth OF
this"
pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from, time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The new era., 1909-06-24
n CNIe or 7TIE /ZINZEP5
ZzLREN 71Xe DDlP AIDE OlkW

shot being fired. They were hav'
ing big ,stud-poker game, played with
gold pieces and currency instead OF
chips. There was some $4,000 or $1O,'
900 upon the table. Strewn about the
floor were many whisky and wine bot.
ties. In a box beneath one of the
hunks was a solitary pint bottle or
whisky, the last remnant Of the con-
tents of the buffet cars liquor store.
1t was, as 1 said, clean case Of
luck"
Copyright, 1908. by w. G. Chapman)
Copyright in Great Brittany
The new era., 1909-06-24
Pittsburg Man Is "Loaded"

tries-natural gas, steel rails. tin
plate, petroleum, steel pipes and sheet
metal, fire bricks, tumblers, table
ware, coke, pickles. and all that sort Of
thing-that you will begin to feel like
a combination delicatessen and hard
ware store. -
l have not begun to enumerate the
different data / have collected on this
subject, as l have no desire to make
the reader feel small or to lose conf
dence in himself. AS l have pointed
out before, the Pittsburger, or the man
who is under the influence of Pitts
burg, must be provoked before he un-
burdens.-C. H. White, in Harper's.
The new era., 1909-06-24
Played on Ancient Instruments.

PTdyeu OF NFCTeHe THseI u1rre'rs"'
At concert which took place IN
the large hall of the Royal museum at
Stuttgart, recently, at which the king
and queen of Wurtemberg were
present, no instruments were used
save spinets, clavicembolas and pianos
of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles. The most interesting of these
were the one which was once owned
by Johann Sebastian Bach, and an
other on which Queen Louise of Prus-
sia learned to play.
The new era., 1909-06-24
Perfect Fiend to Quote statIStics, Ac.
cordins to Writer in


The Pittsburger can carry more fig
ures of large denomination on his per-
son without your suspecting their eX
istence than any other citizen of the
United States. He is reservoir of
decimals and statistics. He must
have ample justification, however, be-
fore he turns the spigot, but when he
does there is torrent no man can
stem.
If provoked and inclined to extend
himself, in a five-minute talk he can
fill you SO full of miscellaneous indus
The new era., 1909-06-24
Marvellous!

At baseball game in Chicago the
gatekeeper hurried to Comiskey. leader
of the White Sux and said:
Umpire Hurst is here with two
friends. Shall l pass 'em in?"
IAN umpire with two friends!"
gasped Comiskey. "Sure!"-Every-
body's Magazine.
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His Professional Habit.

His Professional Habit.
"How did that sculptor leave his
afrairs?"
"In strictly professional condi-
ticn."
What do you mean7"
"In statu quo"
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BARRIERS, SUPPLIES g. CUTLERY

Grinding and kepu'ring OF all Kinds of Cutlery.
Razors ground ready for use. Correspondence nntl
Mail Orders solicited. BURGER BROS. SUPPLY
CO.. l4ss Larmer St. Denver, Colo.
The new era., 1909-06-24

OME years ago, before l be-
came connected with the
United States secret serv-
ice IN the east, I was en-
gagged by a member of the
western express COM
panies to do some special
work for them," began
Capt. Dickson. my head
quarters were in Denver
and my work, on the whole,
was decidedly interesting.
The new era., 1909-06-24

Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10
USES NEW PRINCIPLE
 IN NAVIGATING AIR

San Antonio, Tex, oct. s.-(Special.) ) Recent trials of a machine embody- ing the requirements of a new princi- pie in navigation of the air by means of the aeroplane, have resulted In par tial success.
 A. Nern. Jr., of this city the design CT of the new machine thinks a little more experimenting will finally lead to complete demonstration of the value of his theory. He Is quite content with the aeroplane as 1t is but wants to make accidents less frequent as they now are. Instead of gliding rapidly to earth in case the motor stopped for any reason. his machine will settle down slowly, the planes acting as . para chute.
 The machine tried out few days ago at Boerne near here wes not provided with a motor but rose easily and to considerable height in tow of an auto. mobile. When the rope holding the aero plane to the machine was cut. the new flyer swooped towards the ground in a graceful curve and then scared up- ing to a momentary standstill 1t slow Iy settled to the ground. Tn it's gen. eral appearance the machine resem- bles the more common type of mono plane. The rudder governing horizon tai direction Is in the rear while as- cent and descent are controlled by means of . plane in 6ront of the ma chine.
 MT. Herfe will make further experi- ments and in short time will build a larger machine to be equipped with a motor. His trials at present are pri- vate. Later on they will be conducted on Government Hill; possibly under the auspices of the United States Signal Corps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10

years ago. The words "oak barrens" are in themselves suggestive. Over most of the area oak bushes from fou- to fifteen feet high were springing up in an exceedingly dense growth. Many men now living recall the description of the country as given by the early settlers who traversed 1t on their way from the Ohio River to the Cumber land. No doubt. even at the time of these earliest accounts. some of this oak had attained to almost merchant able proportions, along the water courses and in the slight depression. called "swales," by the pioneers. Per. haps only d small proportion of 1t could properly be called prairie and the fact that 1t was so called by one Of the early expIorcrs, Indicates the strong contrast which it presented to his view compared to the dense forests upon which he so often commented.
 Returning to the Forest Services fig ures for Alabama it will De seen that two-thirds of the State is uncultivated. Probably ninety per cent of this area is in some sort of woodland growth. Practically every acre Of 1t can he made with time and care to produce valuable timber. About the same pro- portion would hold good for all the Southern States. ana with a population as vet so sparse as to hardly dot the surface on the land. 1t w.l1 be the re- suit of tte grossest ignorance and neg lect if the whole territory cannot bc made to perpetually supply many times tie timber its people will have need for.