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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24

Mr. Mathews tells OF the discov-
cry Of Carbon mountain. back Of
Controller bay. by Clarence Gun.
ningham. OF his success IN inter
esiing men OF wealth IN his find
and his securing their powers Of
attorney TO file on these coal lands,
Cunningham filed on ihirty-three
claims or $3.50 acres and every
thing Was ready for the organiza-
ton OF a corporation when PreEi-
dent Roosevelt secured the passage
Of a Law which would make such
action Illegal aud subject the
claims to forfeiture. SIR. Mathews
says;
with the Law against them the
Cunningham claimants turned to
Balliuger. They presented TO his
attention their thirty.three claims.
worth many millions OF dollars. and
sent Mr.. Ballinger. who had just
resigned the commissionership
back TO Washington to appeal TO
the department Of the interior
There Is law which 10 the
common intellect seems TO make
that act OF bRliingeTs Illegal Sec.
ton 100 OF the revised statutes for.
bids for two years after he has left
the department. any officer OF a
governmental department from
practicing before that department
IN behalf OF any claim which was
pending during his term OF office.
II Is designed TO prevent depart.
ment lawyers from being subsl-
died by corporations TO resign and
use their information against the
government from which they have
obtained IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24

Dance Tonight at Dreamland
Live turkeys given free. Dancing
ntil o'clock. Admission free. 'ss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24

WE'VE cor 'EM AL GOING
\ fire in our store made 10 neces-
sarv to sell Wall Paper and Paints
lower than cost-real values tnclud-
ing our entire stock. our immense
business certainly started a few
sales"
fl.E,IRAL PT. n WALL PAPER co..
1914 First Ave,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24

BUTTE. Mont. Nov. 2t-Thc
service OF the Chicago. Milwaukee
a Puget Sound railway west Of
Missoula Is C mpIetely demoralizod
by AZ least half dozen landslides
Tons OF earth and rock have cover
ed the tracks many feet deep.
Freight movement Is at complete
standstiil.
Tho Northern Pacific railroad also
Il eneountering great difficulty in
operating It's trains on account Of
landslldes brought about by contln-
ned rains In the mountains Of West.
ern Montana and Idaho.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24
ENGINEER KILLED
IN M. p. WRECK

MlSSOULA. Mont. Nov ETA
gineer o r. Meeham is dead today
and Fireman n II Byrd and Brake.
man H. G. Brown are seriously In
tured as the result of a Northern
Pacific engine rolling down a 50foot
embankment
The accident. which occurred yes
terday. was caused By the freight
train crashing into a landslide near
Iron Mountain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24
CHICAGO ATTORNEY
SUCCEEDS M'HARG.
iRY unltad Preas.N

tBy United preEs.l I
WASHINGTON. Nov. "a 4,
J benjamin s Gable. a Chicago ,
} attorney. has been appointed ,
} assistant secretary Of com I,
! merce and labor. TO succeed ,
! Ormsby MclIarg 4,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24
sslllnser 10 Rescue.

In this predlcament the officials
OF the company sought the legal
services OF Mr. Ballinger Mr. Bal
ilnger did everything he could for
this company lie went 10 Wash
ington and tried 70 secure patents
for his clients In spite Of their past
record. and also attempted 10 Sc
cure the passage OF laws which
would make land grabbing by cor
porAtionH IN Alaska more simple.
SIR. Mathews tells Of Mr. Bal
fingers career In seattle down 10
the time when be was appointed
oommissiuncr Of the general land
office. Mr. Mathews says that
while Mr.. Ballinger WAS y member
Of the firm OF Ballinger. Ronald 4
Battle. he was attorney for the
Alaska Petroleum and Coal com
pany. but that when he became
commissioner OF the land office he
took no action on the claims Of his
clients. lie appeared. however. be.
fore the house committee on pub.
lie lands 10 urge the passage OF q
law which would permit corpora
tons TO patent much larger areas
Of coal lands.
In the furtherauce OF the easy
lBnd-grabbiug plans law WAS
passed IN 1907. but II did not re-
eeiye President Rooseyelta sigma
ture Mr.. Balllnger worked hard
for this Law and his friends In Seat
tie rallied TO his assistance. Meet
ings were hold In Seattle attended
By former Gov. John r. McGraw.
H. r. Hartman, Of the Alaska Pc
troleum company. John schram, a
trustee OF the Alaska Petroleum
company. aud others. Mr. Balllnger
came from Washington. ID. C., 10
be present al these meetings 10
help pass this 1907 law II has
since been said that Mr.. Ballinger
owned $4,000 shares in the Alaska
Petroleum aud Coal company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-24
BALLINGER
(concluded)

Seattle Star, which exposed This
concern 90 early as 1907 The Star
Ia q series n articles on the trusii.
fication 81 Alaska. told NJ the or.
Ranlzation Of this company by clark
Davis OF Seattle Davis had pros
pccted Alaska IN "A search for oil.
ilc found coal instead. and returned
to the state aud organized n corpor
alton, Members Ut the corporation
filed on these coal lands through
attorneys They each took 100
acres Of coal land aud then turned
Il over TO the Alaska Petroleum
and Coal company. The company
then issued 100000 worth Of
stock. of.which CLARK Davis received
81 100000 worth for his work Of dis
covery and organizing the company
When the concern was well under
way The Stars expose of the H.
legality Of the proceeding caused
a big sur and placed the company
in tight fix The company had
used the mails 10 sell thelf stock
and was In the dilemma with per
jury on one side and using the mails
TO dcirHud on the other.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
TAFT AND PLEDGES.

Prince Bismark once remarked Of
the late Marquis OF Salisbury that he
was a lath painted 10 look like iron;
and President TAFT has yet To prove
that this scathing criticism snail not
with equal force be- applied to- him.
He has the opportunity OF making a
demonstration in the tariff matter now
before Congress and certainly his re-
marks at Yale are of good augury.
He said there that the Republican
party must keep its promises; but
Senator Aldrich. the majority leader
in the Senate. says in effect that there
were no prOmises-only the pretense
OF one. which consequently Is not GO
ing 10 be kept IL he can prevent IL.
This leader OF the Senate has dictat.
ed his own terms in tariff bills be-
fore now, and President Taft has his
work cut out. II is hard for politi
clans OF the Aldrich stripe to differ.
entiate between tactical gains on the
floor of the Senate and the convinc-
ing of the independent votcr-the
voter who does not belong body and
soul to either political party. but who
invariably rebukcs a political party
for failure 10 keep its pledges on such
important matters as the tariff-on
the outside by trick the question
OF income tax has been shelved. and
the famous regulars OF the Republi.
can party in the Senate hail IL as a
victory. Another such victory" said
Fyrrhus, and return to Epirus with
out single soldier"
II, however, President Taft Is in
earnest. and Senator Aldrich Is not
the real President OF the United
States, he will veto the tarifi bill in
anything like its present form. This
Is the best he can do Cor the people
Of this country, but even at that il
restores the Dingley tariff. The Re
publican party was bound morally.
and by the word Of everyone Of any
consequence who made speech in
the last election. TO reduce the in.
defensible rates OF the Dingley law.
but instead OF doing so they have in
creased the tax on nearly everything
which the people have To- buy from
other countries. The new tariff bill
as it goes from the Senate back To
the House is even more iniquitous
than the famous Dingley mea sure. and
affords absolutely no relief to the toll.
ing masses
There is such a thing as being too
clever, and the Republican party will
find out a. the next Congressional
election the disadvantages attaching
To misdirrcted ability
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

The temperance people suffered de.
feat in the first wet and dry election
held after the adoption OF the consti-
tutional amendment by the last Legis-
lature. Taylor county voting for H.
cense last Week by a small ma.
jority. Every effort was put forth by
both sides TO carry the election. and
the result shows that the ratification
OF the prohibition amendment is by
no means certainty. There are
hundreds OF voters who will vote
against the sale OF whiskey in their
county who will not vote for State
wide prohibition and this element
will come very near holding the bal.
ance OF power on this question az
the general election in 1910.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
Az ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT.

The decision OF The Illinois ~, reme
'oart N refusing citizenship To 4
man who Kept his saloon open on
sunday will probably meet with the
approval Of most people Citizenship
implies obedience 20 the law. and the
court rightly tOuA the ground that
"a man knowingly and uer-i,tontly VIC.
lating law was not fit 20 be- a citizen.
The decision ought 10 serve a.
warning in more ways than one. Too
often people have been naturalized
who for reasons like the above, or
Others equally vital, were notoriously
unfit for citizenship OF maintaining
and enforcing law aud were a menace
to the community In which they lived
But 1t also has or should have an
important bearing upon the whole
question of law observance and law
enforcement. II man is unfit To
become a citizen because OF persistent
violation OF law. Is a man who Is al.
ready a citizen III to retain his citi-
zenship il guilty along the same
lines? And. also, is the man who, al
ter swearing 10 enforce laws on his
induction TO Office, but who delibe.
ately breaks his oath. fit TO retain
Office or his citizenship? The Illinois
supreme court in its decision in the
above mentioned case uttered sound
doctrine when II said: II is essential
To the safety and the perpetuity OF
that laws BE- enforced
until repealed"
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
sHERIFF's SALE

Notice Is hereby given thar md.
anu by virtue VI a certain rxocu,ioa
ISSUED out OF the Justice Court a, tSS
TNenty-iilth Justice District. I'm 80
for Aiachua county Florida. by IL"
). 4. Carlisle, the Justice thereof ana
dated the 23rd day of June ~
1893. In favor at sam Cook ana
against Shad Sans. have levied ,nos'
and will sell. at public outcry M tbA
east court house door. In Gain..yiJlS
Alachua county. Florida. on AuRuS,
End, 4. u. 1899, during the Lawns
hours OF sale, the following properly
towit: 70
Two pillows. mattresses
blankets, set bed springs. he'd.
steads, 3. quilts. lamps. l coat :
pair pants. shirt. overcoa,s :
trunk and contents, clock. I water.
bucket, l shotgun. same To be sofa.
TO satisfy said execution and costs
y. G. RAMSEY.
As Sheriff OF Alachua County. Fla.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
LocHLoosA NO res.

LOCHLOOSA. July &C. +. John.
son. who has been depot agent here
for the past seven months. lett Thurs.
day for Campville. where he has a
more lucrative POSITION Jones Hay
mans of this city has been checked
in as agent here.
Miss Ida Jackson left Monday for
Gainesville, where she will attend the
Normal
c. Il. Mingledorff left Friday for
Clyo, Ga, and other points.
Miss jamie Beal OF Waubassa j.
here visiting her sister, Mrs. J. y.
Haymans
Mrs y. X. Chamberlain Of Dania
is here visiting friends aud relatives.
+. a. Tompkins of Fl. Mccoy spent
the Fourth with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs W. p Tompkins. OF this ciry.
Miss Emma Rifles lyf, Saturday for
u'w'No-r where she will spend q
few days with relatives before return.
ing to her home in jacksonville.
Prince Barker wifi and baby. spent
the Fourth with relatives here.
J A. Williamson left Tuesday for
Fort Mccoy, where he will engage
in III" barber business
j. o. Haymans spent Sunday even.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

The Supreme Court OF Tennessee
has granted a new trial in the case
Of the convicted night riders. The
Coopers may now confidently look
forward TO a reversal of the verdict
OF the lower court convicting them
of the murder OF Carmack. Techni.
calities in law are great life preserv.
ers for criminals.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
KRAFT PAPER COMPANY.

Our next is,ue viii contain a tun
account OF the plans aud prospects OF
the Kraft Paper Company and a sup.
plement showing a cut OF It's proposed
mill. Both will be- printed on paper
manufactured by the Williamson Pro.
cess from long leaf pine taken from
a tract in Alachua county under it,
control
The Kraft Paper Company has just
been Incorporated under the laws of
the State OF Florida and will, begin
ming on July 10th. ofer for subscrip.
ton shares Of its capital stock. Under
the plan adopted the shares will be-
offered at 500 each. payment To be-
made in four equal instalments due
at intervals of three months. The
payments are to be made through one
OF the following banks: Dutton Bank
Gainesville; First National Bank.
Gainesville: Gainesville National
Bank, Gainesville. The Barnett Ma.
tional Bank. jacksonville; Safe De.
posit and Trust Company OF Balti.
more. Baltimore. Nd.
II is 10 be noted that there is only
one kind oil stock and that every sub.
sCriber will have the same rights un
der the charter. whether he sub
scribes for one or a thousand shares
There is no doubt that this first issue
of stock will BE- quickly subscribed for
The shares are, however. being offered
first TO the people OF Florida. who are
thus given an opportunity TO engage
in a home industry. developing one
Of our natural resources. and to share
in its profits. Will the people OF the
State grasp this opportunity and keep
the profits OF the company at home.
or will they let the stock fall into
the hands Of Northern investors who
will take the profits out OF the State?
The company has now on exhibition
samples OF various grades and kinds
of paper made and run on standard
machines At three representative
mills. and cordially invites the public
20 view them at its offices above the
land office
The Kraft Paper Company will
answer inquiries from those contem.
plating the purchase OF one share
of stock as cheerfully as though a
thousand shares were wished.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

Cards Of thanks are unbecoming.
Everybody who has assisted YOU in
your need is aware that you are
grateful, and there is no necessity of
making public the fact that YOU have
been rendered assistance. Cards of
thanks have grown so monotonOus
20 editors that they are now classed
As advertising matter. and charged
for as such. Please bear this in mind
when sending this class of copy 10
the printer.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers to The Sun who are in
arrears are urgently requested to
make settlement without further de.
lay.
Under the postal regulations we are
prohibited from extending credit to
subscribers for more than one year.
and those who have not paid up TO
August. 1908. will be dropped from
the list of subscribers during the next
two weeks. The privilege OF mailing
the paper to subscribers who are in
arrears for over n year is denied by
the postal laws. and We have been
notified to comply with this provision
at once. II you fail to receive The
Sun after the middle Of July you
viii therefore know the reason there
for.
Do not wait to come to town TO
pay your subscription. but send the
amount by mail at once. DO 1T NOW.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

A Miami paper conveys the appall-
will make his canvass for the United
States Senate in a big automobile.
TO be furnished him as an advertise
ment bv the manufacturers. Thus
DO political prospects get "wusser
and wusSer" Claude running under
his own motiv" power and with his
own supply Of gas would be- bad
enough But Claude. equipped with
a honking horn and a gasoline smell
would raise such a combination Of
fuss and stink that all decent peopl,
would have TO take 10 the Everglades
Tampa Tribune.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

The Lakeland News says: They
have some Of the sorriest white men
on earth down around Miami. Recent.
ly three Of them set upon two Semi.
noles, beat them aud robbed them Of
$50. These Indians are harmless and
mind their own business strictly. aud
they should be protected. Even the
convict lease system IL too benevolent
an institution for such white men as
would maltreat these inoffensive rep
resentatiyes Of an interesting and fast.
passing race"
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

The Sun has always been an ad.
mirer OF Senator Taliaferro's way Of
doing things" I'm the interest OF Flor.
ida, but we have anything but ad-
miration for bis vote 70 retain the
tariff tax Of four dollars per ton on
print paper The press of Florida
will anxiously await an explanation
OF his action In this matter.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

The Palatka Times-Herald now
calls Florida's metropolis "Jagson-
Vile" There Is no disputing that
plenty of the stun Is Co be had in
that fiourishing city with which TO
get on a jag but our observation.
from frequent visits 10 jacksonville
during the past year, is that there is
less drunkenness there in proportion
10 population than In several other
towns in Florida. Probably this Is
accounted FOR. however, from the fact
that Jacksonville has better police pro-
lection than some other places.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

II is reported that sections OF the
country are being flooded with coun.
terfeit five dollar bills. We have not
observed a food of any sort OF bills
In Florida since the Legislature ad.
journed-and 1t can be truthfulIy said
that the bills which flooded that body
were mostly counterfeit.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

Mrs. Howard Gould might write
for The Ladies' Home Journal Sc
ries Of articles on How a Woman
Can Dress Neatly on $4,000 a year"
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

Mr.. ROOsevelt's ammunition must
have given out, for he Is nov ship
ping live animals TO this country.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

Little need to worry about money
being lavishly spent in Europe this
summer-the thrifty emigrant brings
&c back.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

Summer resort mosquitoes are now
putting finer point on their bills.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

We fear Mrs. Howard Gould is not
a very good anti.prohibition argumen'
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
-OF THE-
Gainesville National Bank
No. S~Oa

No. $500
Al Gainesville, in the State of Florida. az tho
Cl se of Business. June %. 1863.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
Ice Cream Supper

There viii D., an ic" cream pper
al Martha Perry institute, Rochelle
FRIDAY night. July 10th. la"" The
public cordially invited.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
Our Clubbing List.

G~ We will not accept stamps Of
. larger denomination than 2 cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02
After King Hartman,
what?
The field of high finance
is like, in many respects, to
Powerful Men and Proud
BOOSTERS.


poultry yard bossed by rooster no matter how
many other ROSTERS contain Old King Rooster has
secured his kngshp by proving himself the strongest
all 80 long as ne is on the job the business of the yard
progresses to it's full capacity and in businesske wav
The Growing is done ably and systematically The hens
perform the duty of hens with confidence and in orderly
manner The chicks get their chance at the pans of meal
But day. Death who respects neither ROSTERS nor
Harrimans along and King Rooster has to quit
Then there is confusion loss of motion in that poultry
yards operations 1t takes dozen fights to determine
who is to be the king and meanwhile the conscientious
hen knoweth not where lay her head heart or her
egg.
After King Hartman what?
Hartman represents the tremendous power of
ful manipulation fnesse and chcane While he lords it
over the railroad world forming national system
and, through control of shipments and of shipments
indirectly debating the price of coat your coal YOUR
house and food it is probable that he does not
sona 20 per cent of of the systems which he has
amalgamated into the great institution which now has
shipper producer and less at it's mercy
He has simply secured the control of others holdings
Haklng small holdings, snowflakes comparatively he
rolled them into snowballs He nodded these together
with his hands, and set the whole to rolling down hill The
interests of Rockeeer Morgan and others stuck and the
ball grew in size weight and momentum until there ap-
peared to be nothing in the financial world big enough or
strong enough to stop it.
But along Death, dsrespecter of Harrmans and
ROSTERS, and there must be sort of clearing up fight
among the other ROSTERS of the financial poultry yard
Meanwhile there must be some disturbance of tho conn
try prosperity not great disturbance perhaps but
enough to mean sad loss to all business depend
en upon the rapid upward trend of business Some
OF the hens will begin laying in secret places lest the
King Rooster prove to be a fellow who eats eggs Some
Of the brooders will brood without spirit and many of the
chicks will all to legs evolutionary result of
lodging their cross fighting elders
After any king there is change is unfortunate for all
that after thoroughly enjoying the funeral services
that Internal extra congress- and surely beginning climb
again toward the heights of prosperity business should
be called upon to endure any change.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02
MAJOR BYERS
MTENDER

"The ne plus ultra of human in
genuity, James, will be my er-ah
-hum"--Major Byers paused to ad-
just his slightly soiled but still per-
fectly good vest into q receptive po-
sition against the yellow pine coun-
ter in Jim's. lunch wagon.
What's 1t now?" asked Jim,
drawing the majors coffee with one
hand and the majors rolls with the
other. "A non-refillable quinine
capsule?"
mo. James," replied Major BY
ers with some severity. This time
it is q fireless hot air furnace for
heating dwellings in the rigorous
season. Think of it,. No cost, no
dust. no ashes. No stocking. Every
home warm as toast without labor
or expense or worry. Economical,
practical, indispensable. II your
dealer does not carry them, send
us his name and four cent in
stamps and get handsome photo
gravure, 16x22, entitled, Papa,
Move the Piano Farther Away from
the Register!
Il don't quite get It," said Jim.
Anything like the fireless cooker ?"
Precisely" nodded the Intender.
do you know the principle of
the fireless cooker?" quizzed the
bus boniface.
mot perfectly as yet" admitted
Major Byers. But whatever the
principle, If it serves for a cooker
it must serve for furnace"
well, those fireless cookers are
worked with piece of hot soap
stone" said jim How would you
get the soapstone for your furnace
heated without having to build q
fire for it,"
This might have stumped anyone
but Major Byers.
Heat the soapstone at your
neighbours furnace, Of course,
cackled he Of the wonderful de-
vices.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02
TO IMPROVE SPOKANE COUNTY ROADS

A mile and quarter of the old
Spokane Falls & Northern right OF
way has been purchased by the
county commissioners for SITS and
Will be merged into the county
road to Mead. This right of way
has been abandoned for a few
years, as the trains that go over
he 8. r. & N. now run TO Colbert
Before making the change. The old
ssilroad right of way is graded,
nnd to duplicate the work on the
Grade would cost 10 times the price
aid Tor the portion OF the road
purchased.
The state highway commission
9nd the county will pointly maca.
Am 4 portion Of the Mead road
running north from Hlllyard, and
ohe acquisition of the 8. r. e NJ
oxAde AZ needed points insures a
nood road Al the way to Mad.