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ward being impressed with the great
seal of the United States. Thus vested
with all possible official dignity 1t has
been transferred to the printing office of
the State Department. where the con-
tents are duplicated in printed form for
distribution broadcast throughout the
country. This done the original docu-
ment is taken to its permanent home in
the Bureau of Rolls and Library on the
third floor of the huge State Department
Building. the largest Office building In
the world. This branch of the depart
ment is not only charged with the care
and custody of all precious government
documents, such as the Thanksgiving
proclamations, but it also conducts the
distribution of the printed copies of the
THANKSGIVING proclamation. More of these
THANKSGIVING proclamations are sent out
than any other form of executive order
and they go by mail to every nook and
corner of the land.
The general supervision of the preserva-
ton and care of the Thanksgiving procla-
nations is in the hands of William Nc
Neir chief of the Bureau of Rolls and
Library. an official who has had years
of experience in caring for Uncle Sans
priceless documents. but the immediate
custodian of the proclamations Is Mr.
John a Tonner. who not only looks after
the filing and safeguarding of all presi-
Dental proclamations, but has like juris-
diction over ali the treaties which have
been signed by the United States. A
big cabinet in the Treaty Room at the
State Department has been given over
largely to the storage of the presidential
proclamations, and the two officials above
mentioned have only within the past few
years evolved q new system that is a
big improvement over the old scheme of
filing such papers.
In days gone by all the procIamations
issued by the President. including. OF
course, the annual announcements of a
day of Thanksgiving. were tied In bundles
and stored away in q spacious cupboard.
A few years ago it was brought home to
the officials that not only was It difficult
to refer to papers when in this form. but
many of the priced documents were In
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be affixed in that position to anyone's
shoulders. Fastened directly under the
aforesaid flower Is a Duncn OF futtering
ribbons. They are his college colors. By
them he swears-more often than not in
profanity.
At his side he carries dapper little
wand, to the endtof which are attached
more of the same variegated ribbons. A
harmless weapon? Yes, But wait till lou
see him in action. When he mounts one
of the seats in the grandstand and cries
Ia a hoarse, bellicose voice: Come, fell
. lahs. let's give thwee cheers for dean
old Havad-but not too loud to be vul-
gar!'-when he shouts that. then you
see what that dapper little wand is IN
tended for. 1t is used to knock the hat
off the old gentleman in front of him and
to poke in the eye of the chappie next
TO him. incidentally. it may be men,
toned. it is also useful as a baton with
which to impart certain rythm to the
cheering.
ball game conducted according to the ETH
quette of the first circles. Without him.
there'd be no game In fact, he comes
near being the whole game himself. And
what a serious time it is for him! He
storms up and down the sidelines roaring
like lion seeking his prey. He has
chip on both shoulders and dares any
one to knock them off. He initiates his
chest like a blacksmith's bellows and
then let's it out all at once In series
OF c. Q. D. spasms, twisting himself in
side out into knots that would be the
undying envy of any jiu-jitsu expert in
the land of the cherry blossoms. Just
about the time you're on the point or
calling in an osteopath, he comes out of
it-and goes back again a few second
later. You give it up as a hopeless task
Scarcely less conspicuous is the foot
ball damsel. This same young lady can
assist" at an afternoon tea with the
l. grace and charm of gentle gazelle or
| say absolutely singing things about an
| other girl in the softest kind of kid-glove
voices. But you'd never imagine her ca
/ pable of such things from her actions at
the game. Though the English Parlia-
ment leaders are note aware of it, per-
haps, every football damsei at a game
| is an embryo suffragette. The only diff
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danger of damage owing to the wear and
tear of handling In this form. Thereupon
it was decided to bind all the proclama-
tions. and thus we today find the Thanks
giving proclamations along with other
presidential broadsides neatly bound in
magnificent volumes. large enough to have
all such papers inserted fat
There are SS1 proclamations in all in
this novel collection of the documents of
| our presidents of which upward of half
q hundred are Thanksgiving proclaua-
tons As the presidential proclama tons
are received at the State Department.
enough of the documents accumulate To
fill one Of the huge red "scrap books"
when they are bound up. When a
thanksgiving or other proclamation is
received at the depository Custodian
Tonner Immediately enters It upon a reg
lister which is kept In a large volume
and wherein is recorded the volume and
page or the number of the envelope where
each given proclamation can be found
! Tab is also kept on the proclamations by
means of card and book Index, which
hist the proclamations by date. subject
and author.
A perusal of the presidential Thanks
giving proclamations at the Department
of State shows that all are fairly uniform
in 1ength-a similarity due no doubt tn
the fact that each successive Thankseiv.
Ing proclamation is to some extent coined
after or at least follows the general ljnea
of its predecessors unless there be sneciai
reason for variations. Formerly the
Thanksgiving proclamatious were written
In longhand--though not often penned by
the President in person-whereas latterIv
tney nave been typewritten, but in each
class of documents we find two naoae
given up to the proclamation, The first
page, whether penned or typed. holds the
major portion of the message Of thanks.
wniie the second page In each instance
the signature of the President and hi.
Secretary of State and the embossed rem.
resentation OF the seal of the TJuftad
States. This Inter is perhaps two Inches
or more in diameter and thus taker I'M
an appreciable portion of the pare.
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The coach. in fact. says any and every
old thing he wants to-and not one Of
the players dares answer him back. II
they'd only do what he tells them to.
they'd win: and every time they lose
ground or the ball it's because they didn't
follow his Instructions!
The referee and the umpire come out
on the field, followed by the teams, and
the second half begins With a tie
score. this is for blood Presently one
of the players Is injured. A gasp of
despair goes up from part of the crowd.
and the others give voice to cries that
sound something like shouts of Joy. The
stricken hero lies PROSTATE for while
and struggles feebly to his feet as the
doctor. with his hand-satchel. rushes out
from the side-lines. With each arm
around a teammates neck. the injured
one attempts to limp around. Evidently
he is really hurt. for he has not recov-
cred when warning is given that time is
up.
They half-lead half-carry him of the
field, and a substitute rushes out to take
his place. Does he allow himself to be
lead from the fray like lamb7 Ne-veri
Not If he is to his job! He struggles
and pulls and twists and turns and pro-
tests and swears he will go back into
the game. Fighting to the last. they
drag him off. And the rah-rah boys and
the football damseIs applaud him to the
echo. He is a real heroi
In the end. of course. one team or the
other wins-or, even worse. the score
is a tie. The town is turned over to
the students that night and parades and
fights and a general celebration is In
order into the wee sma' hours-and then
some.
The rah-rah boys get together IN bum
| ches around rathskellar tables and tell
each other how it all happened. and
the football damsels rave ever the tack
ling of Will, or Archie's end-run until
| Pa and Ma begin to think that. II the
girls nowadays would only become as en-
thusiastic about home accomplishments
as they are about football, there'd be
fewer divorces.
Everybody is thankful for something or
other. The victors. naturally. are crazy
grateful for the score. Mothers are
thankful that the season is over an&s
that their boys escaped without injury.
Fathers look forward to letters from
their young hopefuls at college contain
ing news Of Greek roots, philosophy and
calculus instead of footballs and padded
jerseys. And the loosers? Sure. Horace
they are thankful. too-thankful that
there's another great Thanksgiving day
football game coming next year.
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and then, Just to show that they are
earning the greenbacks the managers OF
the teams have tucked away in their
pocketbooks for them.
After settling few details, these hard
working officials tell one team to kick
off, the balI-not Off the earth. but to
the other team.
Are you ready. Captain Chewemup?"
his nibs, the umpire, calls out to the
captain of. say, the Blues.
'.All ready, sir!' growls that individual.
Are you ready. Captain Soakeminthe-
eyer he repeats. with courteous bow
to the other, the captain of the Reds.
"AIl ready. sir!' the second hero filings
back.
.'Whir-r-r-r!'' sounds the whistle-and
the game Is on!
football on the ground Is a rather
large object and can be held without
much danger of dropping it; but one sail
ing aloft, in a turning. twisting spiral"
looks just large enough to At In the vest
pocket without tearing the lining. So 1t
seems when the opposite team tries to
catch that kick f.. This is. known as
catching and running back a punt 1t
is an art. indeed. and the failure of the
players to do IT successfully is the de-
spair of most coaches.
One of them, it is said, at one time con-
ceived the idea of covering the ball with
twenty dollar yellow-backs in practice as
an extra inducement, "catchings'' of
course being ''keepings.' But the player
who did catch the ball and earn the bills
had to square up some of his proyerbiaI
college debts with them; SO they didn t
do him any good. Hence the scheme
failed. there being no sense in catching
a wad of money and then turning 1t over
to fellow-students to whom you owed
money. Besides, they. watching from
the side-lines, had heart failure and fits
it you missed the '.punt"-and the fac
ulty butted in on this. 4t- ..4s
To return to our mutton" the ball
drops in the waiting arms Of a Red
player, who, amid the wild cheers of the
teams supporters, lodges and twists and
squirms and wriggles his way down the
| field. See! He will. he will! He has
| passed the last Blue tackler and is speed
| ing to the enemy's goal! He has out
| distanced them ALL The touchdown Is
surel
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Worlds Fair at Chicago and in the ease Oh
some of the big expositious which followed
II the Thanksgiving proclamations were
much in demand by the managers of the
historical exhibits and were freely. loaned
for such displays. Now, however, the
Department of State has shut down on
all such use of these documents None of
the proclamations are ever allowed to
leave the State Department Building at
Washington and exposition managers are
obliged to content themselves with photo
graphs of the executive calls for days of
thanksgiving which are issued each sue
cesSfve November.
The measures that have been taken
with a view to fostering the Thanksgiv-
ing proclamations are largely preventa-
tive in purpose. for as yet none of the
Thanksgiving day .proclamations give evil
dence of the ravages of time In conse-
quence of the excellent state of preserva-
ton of the THANKSGIVING documents these
papers may be seen by any citizen who
has curiosity to peruse the originals.
When it was decided to cease loaning the
proclamations to expeditions it was also
determined. not to unnecessarily. expose
them to the light by keeping them on
permanent exhibition In the State De-
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down full-length on mother earth's bosom
and holds It. extended at arms length.
while still another Iootballist gently
caresses it with his foot from beneath
and prevails upon 1t to soar aloft be-
tween two upright posts with crossbar
like the letter I'll" He does this just to
show how easy 1t is
Both teams do these preliminary stunts,
each In its own half of the field, until
two men. both of them dressed like
tramps. rush out on the field. Involun-
tarily you look to see the cop or perha ps
a dog chasing them None being visible,
and no one crying "Step thief!'' you come
to the conclusion that these two men are,
respectively, the umpire and referee.
They are. The duties Of each, in brief.
are to back up the other in anything he
says. right Or wrong, blow whistle at
stated intervals, dig the ball out of the
anatomy of a player at each down and
inf1ict a penalty of SO many yards or
chuck somebody out Of the game now
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partment library or museum In Washing
ton. The officials are usually willing, as
has been explained, to show these execu-
tive documents on request. but very few
of the hundreds of thousands of sight
seers who visit the national capital every
year inquire for these relics, although
nine tourists out of ten express wish
to see the Declaration Of Independence
and the Constitution.
OF course one reason for the satisfac-
tory condition of the Thanksgiving procla-
nations is found in the fact that these
executive acknowledgements of providen-
tial blessings are not. in most instances,
near so old as the papers penned at the
founding OF the republic To be sure.
the first Thanksgiving proclamation was
issued by George Washington while
serving as president, but after that there
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was a lapse until 1864. when President
Abraham Lincoln issued the first of what
is known as the regular series Of Thanks
giving procIamations. For all that there
are scores of years difference in the dates
of origin, the George Washington Thanks-
giving proclamation appears today Just
as clear and distinct as the one issued
by the martyr president toward the close
of the Civil War. Washington's initial
production is penned in clear, bold
hand and is signed in autograph by "G.
Washington, and by his secretary of
state. Edmund Randolph
Each successive Thanksgiving proclama-
ton after it has come from the White
House bearing the signature of the presi-
dent has been taken to the State De-
partment, where it has been counter
signed by the secretary OF state' aIter-
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~HRIsTMAs has its Santa Claus
Easter its eggs and the Fourth of
July its fireworks, but Thanksgiv-
Xing-the day of all days for the
..rah-rah'' boys-boasts symbol
that is undeniably its own-the football
Most people outgrow Kris Kringle. eggs
and hrecrackers, but once a football en-
thusiast. always a follower of the pigsKin.
Though the microbe of footballitis mas
not as vet received the respectful con-
sideration due it from science. there Is
hone that at some future date these
savants will seize it between their tnumD
and their index finger. tickle 1t a Dit on
the ribs to make 1t open Its mouth anu
then x-ray, its stingerino. Or course. Tue
Cook-Peary exchange of pleasantries must
be settled first. and that naturally pre-
cludes any possible steps in this direction
until the cows come home, or at last
until Jefries really fights johnson. :
In the first place, it is more universal
in its contagious properties tnan tne
presidential bee in Nebraska, the DOCK
worm in Indiana of the tetse ny IN
Roosevelt corner of the African jungle.
There is but one other epidemic among
the American people that has 1t skinneu
forty ways from Sunday in this respect,
and that is the worlds series fever that
breaks out early in the spring, runs
through the summer and reaches its most
viruIent stage in the fall. with the highest
death rate in Pittsburg and Detroit
The great Thanksgiving Day football
game! What an occasion it Is! town
that can't stir up a grfdiron contest with
which to top off its turkey Is indeed
deader than Beverly. Mass, in the winter
time And the unfortunate human who
doesn't take in the game deserves to be
left with indigestion and the past weeks
Sunday papers. Everybody goes, anu
thereby hangs a tale.
Among ultra-exclusives of the every
bcdys'' present is one you can't miss.
You hear him before you see him. and
you still hear him after he's gone. He
isn't alone. Along with him are about
a million others of the same species
judging from the noise they make. And
what a sight for the gods and men he
is, to be surel
You look at him a moment on first
sight, blink your eyes, wipe your glasses
and take a second look. Yes. he seems
to be human When your eyes finally
become accustomed to the sight and your
ears to the noise, you recognize him as
a real ''rah-rah'' boy. Reposing proud
Iy on the lapel of his daredevil-cut coat
is large yellow ehrysanthemum, that is,
It must be chrysanthemum, be-
cause a head of hair couldn't possibly
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- HE United States government has
awakened In recent years to the
wisdom OF more carefully preserv-
~ ing the most interesting and most
important historic documents of the
republic. Among the precious manuscripts
that, In consequence of this new policy,
are now the objects of especial fostering
care are the Thanksgiving proclamations
which have been issued from year to year
by the presidents of the nation. Assured
ly these official calls for an annual day of
thanksgiving are well worthy to rank
among Uncle Sans most reverenced relics.
Aside from the especial significance that
attaches to Thanksgiving Proclamations
by reason of their character, there is the
circumstance that these proclamations,
taken as series. present a most inter
esting collection of the autographs of our
chief magistrates. Furthermore. Thanks
giving proclamations are unique, the an,
nual Thanksgiving summons being the
only presidential bulletin which is regu-
iarly issued each year in accordance with
ime-honored routine.
The movement to peFpetuate for future
generations the Thanksgiving announce
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The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-04
WILL PASS THE
 ALASKAN ROADS MEASURE
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technicalty Delegate Gale. Major Richardson Of the road commission. and the delegation from the state of Washington a, once got busy snd it is almost certain that the sppropris. ten win be speedily made.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-04
REPORT 0F U.S CUSTOMS
 COLLECTOR DURING I908

The annual report of Clarence L. Hobart. collector of United States customs for the district of Alaska, for the year of 1908 has just been made public. The report shows that with tho exception of shipments of domes' tic merchandise and gold to the United States, the entire commerce Of the district during 1908 is less than that of the two proceeding years. The decrease is light, however,
 The total imports of merchandise from the United States in 1908 was sl5.O66.3IS. as compared to $l7273,9i5 in 1907. The merchandise imported from foreign ports was $66&,939, as compared to S96O 669 in 1907. The gold and silver imported from foreign ports amounted to s2,425.l96 as com pared to s3.3S9. .46l in 1907. The total value of the imports during 1908 was sISI55. .3sS. In 1907 it was $2I624O75 and in 1906 the total was $25,5l2,65S.
 Merchandise Exports Increased.
 The exports of merchandise to the United States in 1908 amounted to $I2.255.255 as compared to $1O,77o,3Sl in 1907. The merchandise imports to foreign ports in 1908 amounted to sS57675 as compared to S2.12S,157 in 1907. The domestic gold and silver shipped to the United States last year was valued at $lS.O44,533. In 1907 the value of the gold and silver exports was Sl6,7TAI27. The ship ments of foreign gold and silver to the United States through Alaskan ports in 1908 amounted to $S,O45,264 The total value of the exports were 3g4. 200 .727 in 1908 as compared with value of S32.2S4IS4 in 1907.
 The value of the exports to the United states in 1908 are divided as follows: Gold and silver, $lS,O4,5$S; canned salmon, $9.2S2,952; copper ore s5O2.44S. turs. $4SS.72S; salmon other than canned. siSS ,S67; fish other than salmon. S4OO,7O6; whalebOne, Sl9l,o62; fish oil. s92, 2,5S9; gypsum, $SiO25; marble and stone. s5O,256; fish guanO, S42.l77: tin ore and concentrates. ST. O67: all other products. $674,S7S.
 skaeway Stands Third.
 The value of the merchandise shipped to southeastern Alaska from
The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-04
WHAT T COSTS
 ID KEEP WARM

Few people stop to consider what the fuel bill Of an entire town Ia during the severe winter months During the past three months H has cost the people Of skagwAy nearly slOOOO just to keep warm.
 About 500 tons ot coal have been consumed ln skagway since Oct 5I. At an average price of fio a ton the coal bill Of the town amounts to S6OOO. Wood dealers Ia town say that about 5lO cords Of wood have been burned in skaEvay In the past two months At Ss a cord this brings the total fuel bill to Is.2Oo These figures are conservative and the cost ot keeping warn for skasvay this winter probably exceeds 1IO.OOo.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-04
TOWN TALK

The Christian Endeavor choir will meet tonight at the Presbyterian church at 7:3O o'clock
 J. W. Combs Of Haines, who Is con. nectcd with the saw mill there. was in skagway on business yester- day
 Fred Archer has left the White Pass hospital and is now at the Port land hotel. His condition Is much improved
 The boys Of Skagway are cordially invited to meet tonight at the rectory Of S. Saviour's church to organize a Boys club
 Tho w. C. T. U. will meet at the home Of Mrs. zinkau at 2:5O o'clock tomorrow afternoon All members are requested to be present
 There win bc no meeting Of the SkGgway Chamber ot Commerce to- 1rrow night A meeting will prob ably be held a week from Friday Announcement will be made later
 
 The Ladies Guild of the s. Say. tours church meet yesterday after, noon at the home Of Mrs. George Howard to discuss some proposed en. tertainments in the near future. The definite plans will be announced later
The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-04
BIG RAILROAD
 MH5NATE DIES
(sy United Press.)

MINNEAPOLIS. Miuuo Feb. d. Thomas Lowrie, the railroad magnate died this morning of diabetes after a long illness. He was 66 years old. Mir. Lowrle was one of the richest men in Che west. He came to Mime. apolls years ago and started street railroad line He got eastern capital to back him and extended his lines to St Paul and throughout the adjo. cent country It is generally con. ceded that his system Of street rail roads were the finest in the United States. He was also a heavy stock holder and the 500 railroad, He is survived by three children.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-04
MANILA PAPER
 Is SUED

MANlLA.-Dean Worcester, Of the Philippine Commission, has brought suit against Fl Remacimientc. the leading organ of the Filipino nation. alist party, for S5o,O0o, charging Che paper with libel Some time ago Worcester caused the arrest of tho managing editor and three other members of the staff on warrants charging them with criminal libel The commissioner affirmed at that tin, in his complaint that he had been assailed politically and person. ally and professionally by articles ap- bearing in the paper, and that his rersonal character has also been the object of nbelous utterances. The criminal cases are still pending