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The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
the ROAD.

It's . long road. q hard road,
The road we have to travel,
And tangled are the schemes Of life
We mortals must unravel.
But hope In heart will wonders work
And blithely keep US going,
Though storms are breaking overhead
And adverse winds are blowing
It's . long road. q hard road
And perilous the journey;
Each day that dawns new foes are me<
New battles fought in tourney.
But love will gid the way With light
And keep the goal before u.
A smile to follow every sigh
And heaven bending DER usl
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

Take fresh beef fiank and cut into
pieces about four inches square; put
on to cook in a little cold water with
salt. and one good sized onion. sliced,
care being taken not to burn. a. 1t
must boil three or four hours. Then
cut . turnip in slices and parsnips
whole. II liked. Allow about one hour
for them. After they have been cook.
ing about half an hour pare some
potatoes and cut through once and
put in, and, after cooking about ton
minutes. put dumplinss on top. made
Of one pint of flour. . pinch of salt.
and add two teaspoonfuls yeast pow.
der; mix soft with cold water; cook
20 minutes; take up ON separate dish
- and thicken the gravy with flour or
corn starch. Serve in q gravy boat
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
MarionoIs Lobster.

Cut 4 boiled lobster in half length
wise: put . teaspoon Of butter into
. saucepan and add q minced onion,
and fry . light brown; then add the
lobster meat, cut into small pieces,
using the coral II there In any. Add .
pinch of English mustard, same
amount Of curry powder, . few pieces
Of celery cut small. After cooking .
few minutes add one cup cream and
cook in double boiler until thick; then
add three egg yolks, cook until mix
ture adheres to spoon. and when cold
an lobster shell. Take grated cheese,
bread crumbs. and drawn butter, pour
over top and brown in oven about ten
minutes,
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

Knew Which We Which.
Whom Uncle BONN was . hid. hi
mother on one occasion gave him two
pennies. one for candies. the other
for the Sunday school collection.
Light-hearted, he was tossing the
coins in the air ON his way to the
when suddenly one eluded his
grasp and disappeared through = cell
lar grating. Down ON his knees b
peered into the dark pit, only to real
ice his loss. Then, looking thought.
fully first into his hand, next At the
place where the d. had disappeared,
he remarked philosophically:
well. there goes the Lords
penny"
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
Capital PunIshment In Germany.

Although little IL heard outside
Prussia of capital punishment within
the kingdom. the law il by NO means
dead letter. In seven years there
have been IS executions, ten Of the
condemned being women. silesia
heads the list with 81 executions, fol-
lowed by Brandenburg, Posen and
Rhineland. No executions take place
In Berlin. the condemned being taken
to the prison at Ploetzensee, In Bran
denburg, where they have 4 sts.Ndinx
guillotine.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
Asplc Jelly.

Two slices Of onion, two slicss of
carrot, one stalk Of celery, one bay
leaf, . sprig Of parsley, yellow rind Of
lemon grated, one-Quarter teaspoon
cayenne pepper, one teaspoon salt.
Put these ingredients into III pints of
cold water, bring to u boil and cook
three minutes. Moisten half package
Of gelatine in one cup Of cold water.
I'D to boiling mixture with two tea.
spoons extract Of beef Take from IRE.
strain. clarity with white of an egg and
shell. Mix the egg with the liquid, re-
turn to stove till It boils. Strain, pour
ia molds and garnish with parsley OF
eat vegetables.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
Early shov.sd Greatness,

Andrew Jackson was a marvel o,
precocity. He carried fintlock mus.
ket. ~ q soldier Of the Revolutionary
army. at the age of II. At - he was
appointed by Washington district at.
torney Of Tennessee. He WAS q
United States senator at 30. He did
not reach the presidency sntil be
was e1.-Sunday Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

1t had been raining steadily. and
the four-year-old had resigned himself
to looking out the window. Suddenly
out came the sun. WELL" exclaimed
he. there's the sun! lsnx QoA a
caut1oaf"@TAs Dslinsatoe.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

In the vegetable
garden. T b ere.
against SD n n y
walls or in prim
hedges ar o u n d
things Of . more
practical atu 70
grew the leaved
and q o " . r Q d
plants which made
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
Out Of His Line.

Good morning." said Lardi Long.
BOX, entering the studio Of Dauber.
the famous portrait painter. u wish
to engage you to paint my portrait"
II shall be delighted. madam" was
the answer.
II want It painted with my new hat
on" said Lardi.
Pardon me, madam" came the
quiet reply. "but am not . landscape
artist"
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
a LITTLE KISSING REVIVAL.

A little kissing
Now and then.
IL why We have
The married men.
-Birmingham Age Herald.
A little kissing's
Too. Of course.
II why We have
The quick divorce.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A htle Hastings
Lots OF fun
II you can kiss
The proper ono.
Cleveland Leader.
A heap Of kissing
II Just a. good
For those who like
That sort of food.
Nashville American.
A little Hastings
Not enough;
A lot Of kissinG-
That's the stun!
Boston Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
THE BED OF HERBS
ONE or THE GOOD THINGS OF
OUR oRANDMoTHER's TIME.
Would d . Blessing u II Could d
Generally Rsstorsd-onIy
Small Patch Of Ground
10 Required.

In our grandmother's time there was
always q bed for old.fashioned herbs
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

Tourist-Ten dollars . week for
board!' My dear madam. apartments
aren't scarce about here.
Landlady-No, but boarders are.
A Familiar View.
How do you want your bedroom
ceiling decorated" asked the archi-
tect-
Like the bottom Of 4 touring car"
answered the motorist. Then 1t will
seen natural when I awake in the
morning"
tn for Tat.
Jooes-well, you and won't b
neighbors much longer. I'm going to
1--WE In . better locality.
Smith-So am !.
Jooss-whati Are yoa going %
Oove too?
(. omith-No: I'm going b STAY Asre.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

A Recommendation.
Il am looking for q place." aid the
stranger. I'm which I can bring up
my girls to good advantage. What in
ducements does this town offer in that
way?"
WELL" the old settler answered, at
strikes me ~ bein' purity good town
for your purpose. We've got . but
ton fact'ry here. and II your girlS can't
all ind Jobs in 1t we git calls from the
city nearly every day for girls that
people want there to do housswoFk."
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

Traveller Ito booking clerk)-You
gave me the wrong change Just now.
Booking Clerk-very sorry. sir, I
can't recognize 1t now. You should
have said 80 at the time.
Traveler-Well, don't mind much.
for you gave me 81 too much.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17
Masculine Ignorance.

Masculine Ignorance.
Mrs. Ferguson Crying ON another
spring haD-George. what do you
think Of this one? You didp't like
the other.
Mr.. Ferguson-Well, II you are I'm
tied to two styles. the inverted waste
basket and the inverted coal scuttle,
my choice would be the coal scuttle
We need another one ut home, any
way.
The Meeker herald., 1909-07-17

John Burroughs, an American essay
list Of worldwide reputation; Edward
Eggleston. known to fame as the au-
thor Of THE Hoosier Schoolmaster:
William Dean Howells. novelist, poet
and diplomat; and Algernon G. Swim.
burne were each born the same year
that Chicago was incorporated as q
city.
JOHN q. FELLERs.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
CANTWELL GETS FINE
 PICTURE OF AURORA

Photographers George Cantwell is congratulating himself on the poses sion of beautiful and unusual photo graph of the aurora borealis. Inci- dentially MT. Cantwell obtained sev- eral other photographs of moonlight effects, for he was obliged to expose sixteen plates before he finally att tained success and the aurora, for the latter was an elusive subject.
 In all Mir. Cantwell set his trap for ten nights before he developed any thing that resembled the northern lights, but when 1t did come it was well worth the trouble, and the pho- tograph will convince anyone of the beauty of nature's illumination. The other photographs obtained by Mir. Captwell, while lacking the unique ness of that of the aurora are never. theless beautiful views, and what is more to the point they are really "moonlight pictures" In each case the camera was set in the moonlight and the plates were exposed for peri. ods ranging from twenty minutes tc two hours.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
BASEBALL DRIVES
 SEWARD FANS WILD
Valdez Will Find It Is Not Only Town Interested
 In National Game

That Valdez is not the only Alaska town taking an interest in the imme- diate future of the Great American Game is evidenced by the following published in the Seward Gateway of January 1:
 "For the purpose of expressing the compliments of the season some of the members of the Seward base ball team called on Mir. James Fitzpat- rick last week, and their spokesman told him that they very much appre- ciated the work he had done for them as manager of the base ball team last summer. He said the team wished to show their regard for the value of his services by presenting him with a small token of esteem. \ box neatly done mp was handed to the surprised manaSer, who upon opening it found lemon. Mir. Fitzpatrick made a neat response ending with the state ment that he appreciated the gift of lemon just as much as though it had been two lcn'ons.
 "After manager Fitzpatrick had re covered from his first surprise the spokesman for the team arose and said that inasmuch as their manager was so much pleased with the lemon they wished to present him with anoth- CT token of their regard, and he there fore handed him a gold watch fob with d handsome gold charm attached bearing the engraved words, "Our Manager Pop"
 'Plans were then discussed by members of the Seward base ball team for the coming season. By means of the dances given this win ter the team is accommodating quite SuDSlailtlal sum CT money Whlrh they hope will enable them to have ser ics of games next summer, not only With Valdez but also with teams from Fort Liscum and Corclova. It is the purpose of the local base ball team to raise enough money from the en- tertainmcnts given this winter to en- able the team to continue the sport another season without the need of calling for contributions from the people as was necessary last sum mer.n
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
PRESIDENT TAFT
 MAY GET SIOO,OOO
Senate Committee Reports FavorabIy On Bill To Raise
 Executives Salary

Washington, Jan. S-As president of the United States, William H. Taft will probably be in receipt of salary of $100,000 a year. By the same to- ken James Schoolcraft Sherman, as vice president, will receive an annual stipend of $20,O0O. At present the president receives only $50, ,O0O year, and the vice-presidcnt receives only $10,000.
 The proposition to increase the sal ary of the president and that of the vice president has been under con sideration for some time. It has long been advanced that the salary paid the head of the United States is woe fully inadequate when compared with the amo unts paid the various rulers of other countries, and this morning the senate committee having the sub ject under consid eration reported fa- vorabiy on the proposed increase.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
United States Senate Is Threatening To Rebuke Na tons Executive For What Is Declared To Be A Reflection On The Integrity Of Members
 Of The House In Connection With
 The Secret Service Statements

Washington, Jan. S-ThrrU iS every chance that President RoosrvrU will be forced to swallow the chagrin of seeing his message tO congress tabled by vote of the senate. This action has beon recommended by the senate committee of which Senator Perkins is the head, and it applies rot only to the second messag" sen. by the president and having to do with the secret service subject, but also tn that part of the regular message hdv- ing to do with this subject.
 With regard to the regular message the senate cOmmittC finds thdi that portion of the document referring ,O the secret service branch of the grv- crnment reflects upon the integrity of the house. So far a. the rcgular message is concerned there i,, doubt as to the action of the senate bnr it is believed that there will be no rp- position to the recommendation 70 table the special message.
 It has been learned that uGdrr di- rcctiOn of the president rvcrct sgr-
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
BOWLERS ARE ID FIGHT FUR TROPHY

Plans for big bowling contest to embrace the crack teams of Valdez, Seward, Cordova, Fairbanks and Ju- mean arc under way, having been set in motion by the management of the Bowling Alley in Valdez. The plan is to organize tournament, each of the towns named being represented, and to have the results conveyed from one town to the other by cable.
 Each town will appoint an official scorer and pains will be taken to SO onduct the tournamont that there will be no suggestion of unfairness. This morning c. C. Reynolds of the local alley sent te,egram to Fair. banks, and from the manner in which the other towns have received the suggestion it is evidtnt that the tour ! nament will be big success.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
|NNOK0 HAS GREAT FUTURE AS A CAMP
Passenger On Santa Clara Gives Opinion Of Country
 He Has Just Left

That the Innoko is destined to be- come one of the big placer camps of Alaska, and that quartz will also be found in paying quantities is the opinion of Charles Sanders, pas senger on the Santa Clara, bound for the states. Mir. Sanders came out of the Innoko by the way of Seward, and concerning his opinion of the country the Seward Gateway pub fishes the following interview:
 "Charles Sanders arrived in Sew ard yesterday afternoon from the In- noko region. He left Canes creek November 1 and stopped at Knik from December ', to the P. Mir. Sanders has been in the Innoko coun- try much of the time for the past three years. He has an interest in ten claims. The ground could not be thoroughly worked last year owing to the scarcity of water. He will another year build a new ditch which will furnish plenty of water. Notwithstanding the lack of water, MT. Sanders took out considerable gold in the short time that he worked last season. The gold is much of it course and is worth $I7.75 to the ounce. MT. Sanders said that man by the name of Pelzee, who has claims on Canes creek found several good sized nuggets, the largest of which weighed seventeen ounces. Pelkee with two other men after shoVeling in three days cleaned up $3,000. The ground is easily worked, but the water was scarce. Mir. Pelkee claims that he has taken out about $2O,O0O.
 MT. Sanders estimates that there are 300 people or more spending the winter in the Innoko region, and that they all seem satisfied with the outlook. The three creeks that have so far turned out the best are Canes, Ophir and Little. Other creeks may yield as well or better when they are worked.
 "Many of the claims are cut up in to small lays. The owners of the claims give the men who work them sixty-six and two-thirds per cent. The number of men working next year, Mir. Sanders thinks, will be greatly increased, and that the region will prove to be good diggings.
 "Provisions, says Mir. Sanders, while uot abundant, yet will be enough to supply the miners needs for the winter. Fresh potatoes and other vegetables were shipped in dur ing the summer. Potatoes were thir- ty cents per DO und. The mining done in the Innoko country has been placer, but there is also quartz. Mir. Sanders met man from Nome who represented a Chicago company, go- ing to the Innoko region to look at a quartz proposition which is said to be very rich.
 "Mr. Sanders is on his way outside and will return to his claims next May"
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
Work Planned For Valdez. Fairbanks Trail Of Great
 Moment To District
SUMMER TRAVEL TO BE EASY
Present Season Will See 800 Men At Work Between Thompson
 Pass Summit And Delta

The work planned by the Alaska road commission on the Valdez-Fair- banks trail for the coming summer will require the employment of 300 men during the entire season between the Thompson pass summit and the Delta. The heaviest work will be between the summit and Tonsina The distance between these two points is fifty-threc miles. A wagon road will be made the entire distance like that cut last year in Keystone canyon and will make summer travel comparatively easy from Valdez to TOnsina.
 The supplies required for this work aggregate 300 tons and are mostly provisions but include tools for road work. Forty horses and fifty men are now engaged in transporting these supplies under the direction of Super intendent Jack Ingram
 Captain Pope, engineer of the Alas ka road commission. is coming to Valdez on the Yucatan and furth CT
 
 probably be obtained from him. The extent of the summers work depends, as matter of course, upon the size of the appropriation to be made for the purpose by congress at the pres cnt session. Maj. Richardson is now in Washington working for large appropriation and as he has been sue cessful in the past in secursng lar ger appropriation cac h year for Alas ka roads and as congress each year shows more interest in the sub jcct the prospects are considered good for securing very nearly the amount nec- eSsary to carry out the plans of the commission for road work during 1909.
 From q rough pack trail almost inn passable in many places the Valdez Fairbanks trail has been improved each year by the work of the road commission until it is now, good winter road for stages and freight sleds. In summer it. is still impas- sable in many places for wagons. This is through the swamps and can yons. 1t is the plan of the road com mission to make a first class wagon road from Valdez to Fairbanks which either wagons or sleds can traverse every month in the year with heavy loads. The work done in Keystone canyon and from Wortman's to the summit last year made fair road as far as the summit, good all the year round.
 The road through Keystone canyon not only gives summer highway through that defilc but saves to Val dez freighters the annual winter ex- pense of bridging difficult places on the river. This annual expense for temporary, frail bridges was about 5000.
 Captain Hanson B. Black, chief of the Alaska cable and telegraph off ccs, has started on q three months trip of inspection of all the land lines.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14

vice operatives have for a long time been ehad0wing Senator Tillman, Wh" k suspected by the president of having been mixed up in the Oregon land grab scandal. The information to this effect Was sent to the senate Ih compliance tn the request of Sen ai"r Hale that tho president furnish statement concerning the activities of tn" secret service. The text of the presidents report has not been made public.
 Present indications are that this, tn" last session Of the Sixtieth Con grres, will establish d record for sen sationulism and that the fight be tween tn" senate and the president will h" of such natur" as to clearly establish the status of the opposing forces. The auti-ROoScVplt wing of the senate is somewhat in the dark as to who is to lead the fight against it Tine first test is expected when th" tim" comes to take d vote on the qu"stisn of tabling the presidents message
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
PULLMAN ACCUSED
 0F CROOKEDNESS
President Asserts That Sen ator Benifited By Oregon
 Land Fraud Deal

Washington, Jan. 9-Senator Till man is charged with using his frank ing privilege in private business, and with having used his influence as senator to force the government to compel the railroads to relinquish title to lands in Oregon that the sen- ator and J. Knight might profit there by. These charges are those made by the president in the report sub mitted yesterday to the senate com mittee headed by Senator Hale, and show what was done by secret ser vice operatives working under drcc- tion of the president.
 Senator Tillman declines to make any statement until Monday.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14

!cn miI"- from BiIlum's on the Kot- Sina trail. and the supplies cached there. This cache will be centrally located a. supply plant for the diff t"rH camps Wh"r" operations are conducted by Mr. Gray. The largest of thrs" are It He'll Roaring creek and at from mountain. Two years ag" Mr. Gray built q private tele- phone lin" from Tonsinu to the head of thr Notsina and this summer q line will b. constructed to his Iron m0uutaia camp, on the Nizina trail about three miles from %trclna. Nelson and Wilson are taking l3O i ious of government rr2ight to dupli- i cate the telegraph Iino from Gakona 1 to Fairbanks. This will complete tn" duplication which was laid iron Valdez tO GakOna last year. The con tractors arc obliged to transport fifty tons of supplies and stock feed for their own usC.
 For Valdez Creek
 Wickcrsham Brothers have min ing outfit of fifteen tons destined for Valdez creek, where they have eXten- sivc placer holdings. They aJc talk ing in a diamond drill.
 Charles Hammond will start in few days with huge cargo of eggs for Fairbanks.
 Part of the Kcnnccott Mines out. | 1t is now on tho wharf in Valdez, in- CludinR matcrial for tho stram from the mine t0 tho Chittinn river. Some of the mon tO go with it are in town now. This is the Bonanza or so- 1 called GuggCnhCim mine. R. F. Mo l LClian, formerly with the company, suCCCCds Gccrgc Baldwin as superin- l tCndCut and he will come to Valdez
 on thg ponnRylvanin from Seattle. l Ed. $. Orr & Company are steadily taking in large supplies and stores for stock feed for the stage line.
 NafstCd, Blk and others are taking in heavy roadhousc supplies
 Jack Ingram has forty horses and fifty men engaged in frcightng sup plies for government trail work next summer.
 Victor Olson has gono through the Taznuua to fill his contract to cut
 5000 cords of wood for the rivor
 steamer Chittina, the Guggenheim
 boat on the Copper river.
 Othor outfits aggregating as much as those mentioned will go in latSr,