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The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
SERIAL NO. O315

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 United States Land Office, at Juneau, Alaska. Jan. 2l, 1909.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That William A. Cornell, whose post office address is Ketchikan Alaska, the legal assignee of James H. Stin- son, beneficiary under Section 2306 Revised Statutes of the United States, granting additional lands to soldiers and sailors who served in the army or navy of the United States during the war of the rebellion, has applied to enter the lands embraced in U. S. Surveys Nos. SIS and 8l9. situated on the east shore of Helm Bay, Alaska, and more particularly described as follows:
 Survey No. SIS.
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No. 1, of U. s. Survey No. SIT, stone marked s. N. SIS, Beg. Cor. l, whence U.S.L NJ. No. Sl6 bears N. "A deg. 20 min. ? sec. w., 36.57 chs. dist. thence North, POI % chs. to Cor No.2, a stone marked s. N. SIS Cor. 2; thence East, 1000 chs. to Cor. No. 3, stone marked s. N. SIS Cor. 5; thence South 20.00 chs to Cor. No. 4, stone marked $. N. SIS Cor. 4 thence West, along line 2-l of Sur vey No. ST, 1000 chs. to Cor. No. l, the placs of beginning. Area 20.0o acres. Magnetic variation at all cor ners go deg. 15 min. East.
 Survey No. 8l9.
 Beginning at Cor. No.1 stone marked s. N. 8l9 Beg. Cor. l, whence Cor. of U. s. Survey No. Sl7 bears North, 1000 chs. dist, and U. s. L. M. No. Sl6 bears N. 75 deg. 12 min. O3 sec. w., 77.79 chs. dist. thence East, 40. % chs. to Cor. No. ?, a stone marked SIN. 819 Cor. ?; thence South 20. % chs. to Cor. No. 3, stone mar ked SIN. 8l9 Cor. }; thence west 40. 0C chs. to Cor. No f, stone marked s. N. Sl9 Cor. f ,; thence north 1000 chs. Cor. No. 3 of Survey No. SIT, and along line 32 of Survey Sl7, 20.00 chs. to Cor. Nc. l, the place of beginning. Area 5000 acres. Magnetic variation at all corners 20 deg. 15 min. East. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above de. scribed tract of land are required to | file with the Register and Receiver ol the U. s. Land Office at Juneau, Alas ka, their adverse claim thereagainst, under oath, during the period of pub. lication of this notice, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by provision of the statute.
 William A. Cornell. | It is hereby ordered that the fore. going notice be published for the stat. utory period in the Ketchikan Miner, T weekly newspaper printed al Ketchikan, Alaska.
 John. w. Dudley, Register. Maurice D. Leehey, Attorney fol Claimant. 120l Alaska Bldg, Seattle Date of first publication, Feb, 6, 1909 Date of last publication, Feb. 9, 1909
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13

It is hereby ordered that the fore going notice be published for the stat utory period in the Ketchikan Miner, weekly newspaper printed at Ketch- ikan, Alaska.
 John W. Dudley, Register. Maurice D. Leehey, Attorney for Claimant, 120l Alaska Bldg, Seattle Date of first publication Feb. 9th 1909. Date of last publication April, 9th 1909.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
Remedy For squeakina Floors.

The noise fin floors that squeak in various places when stepped upon is caused by the boards rubbing together. \ good remedy is to turn in screws through the cracks This can be done at housekeeping time. The screws will either spread or hold both boards together so they will not squeak.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13

feet B. M., will be considered, and a deposit of $50, % must be sent to w. A. Langille, Special Fiscal Agent, Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bid submitted to the Supervi- sor. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Timber upon valid claims exempted from sale. For fur ther information and regulations gov erning sales address the undersigned.
 w. A. Langille, Ketchikan, Alaska.
 First published March 6.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
From the Pittsburg Leader.l l

lfTOIn the flllSDuiS LcduSi'J
 The prison sentences imposed upon Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison are unfair. The un- fairness is striking when they are com pared with sentences imposed upon trusts and corporations recently con- victed of gouging dollars from the pockets of the people and by corrupt practices eliminating competition.
 Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison com mitted no crime. They are labor lead CTS and took q course which they be- lieved legally defended the cause of labor.
 The Standard oil octopus has reach ed its tentacles into all sections of the country tn suck the life blood from the people and corrupt their lawmakers.
 The courts of the country have re. gently fined trusts and corporations, but no prison sentences have been i'm posed. The trusts and corporations immediately hunted up a friendly judge to set aside the fines. The pay ment of few dollars by these trusts is insignificant in comparison with penal servitude.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
SERIAL NO. O317.

United States Land Office, at Ju- neau, Alaska. Jan. 2l, 1909.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That William A. Cornell, whose post office address is Ketchikan, Alaska, the legal assignee of Daniel McClead, beneficiary under Section 2306, Revised Statutes of the United States, grant. Ing additional lands to soldiers and sailors who served in the army or navy ot the United States during the
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
Echoes of lean Year.

"Whatw exclaimed Mrs. Dash. "Mr. Smith to marry Miss Propser? Why, never had an idea that he would even propose to her"
 "Perhaps." murmured Mrs. Blank thoughtfully-"perhaps he didn't."- Woman's Home Companion.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13

J. c. Murphy, amining man of wide experience, was interviewed in Seat tie recently and stated that 'the min ing industry of Alaska is getting on a firmer and more enduring basis year by year wherever there is transporta- ton. Rich sections are lying unde- veloped for want of ways of ingress and egress. Rich beyond estimate. l have seen iron, copper, silver, lead. silica, sulphur, antimony, zinc, quratz gold, tin and manganese, but all thought of development is precluded for the present, until coming of wagon and railroads.
 The day is coming when the great mining world will look in astonishment at the immense and rich output of Alaska's copper mines 1 found little activity in copper mining, save when at water transportation. Especially is this so on Prince William sound. On Eyak lake, at Cordova saw inn mense bodies of fairly rich copper ore. At Ellamar, on Virgin bay, l have seen a vertible mountain of solid cop per ore. It is of iron and copper pyrites, assaying as high as $51.2 per ton at the Tacoma shelter. At Boulder and Horseshoe bays, the Key nolds- Alaska Development Company has very rich and promising mines. Then there is the Big Bonanza copper property comprising nineteen claims situated on Latouche island, on the coast. It lies about sixty miles east of Seward, eighty-live miles east of Valdez, and about 1900 miles north west of Seattle, and is about twelve miles long and five miles wide. Ship ments of ore are made to the Tacoma smelter twice a month. One shipment netted $55. 75 per ton, after freight, shelter refining and an allowance of 94 per cent. Silver valuation had been deducted. It is wonderful, property, one solid mountain of copper ore. Beatson the chief owner employs about thirty men, at S4 per day, in shifts of eight hours, and ships to the Tacoma shelter about 800 tons per month. All of Prince William sound, to- gether with many of its islands, are showing up many promising copper beds, extending east and north of Cor dova, and then west and north of Val deg and Seward"
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
From the Johnstown Pa.) Democrat.l

From the Johnstown Pa.) Democrat.1
 Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison have been caught in the net of judge made law. They are labor leaders, and as such they are vulnerable. Were they trust mag mates or other malefactors of great wealth they would be immune.
 If these men had committed any crime they were entitled to a trial by jury. But they were not charged with a crime. They were charged merely with the violation of judicial order, and the man who issued the order has sentenced them to jail. He has thus constituted himself judge, jury and executioner. Where no law existed to punish an offense he has made law, and men who have disregarded 1t or are alleged to have done so are law lesGly deprived of their liberty.
 We have little, if any, sympathy with the boycott. In fact, we regard 1t as weapon of very doubtful value in the fight which labor Is making for its rights But labor boycott is of trivial concern in comparison with judicial boycott.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
Columbia River.

The mighty river of the northwest known as the Columbia was discov- cred on the 11th day of May, TOP, by Captain Robert Gray. at the time mas ter of the trading ship Columbia, in whose honor the river was named.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13

From the Waterville (Me.) Sentinel.1
 Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, sentenced to jail for respectively one year, nine months and six months, are living illustrations of the necessity for radical changes in the law governing the powers of the courts in contempt cases.
 No man, in our opinion, ought to be sentenced to Imprisonment without having an opportunity presented to him to have the facts in his case passed upon by jury.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
From the Richmond Journal.l

X nasty review of Judge Wright's lengthy opinion finding Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison guilty of con- tempt impresses us as so lacking i'll judicial temper, so obviously the out burst of deep and bitter prejudice, as to utterly destroy its weight among fair minded people.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13

are the costumers for the Jungletown Minstrels.
 The fishing boat Jupiter is in today with several tons of halibut which will be transhipped on the Cottage City for the south.
 The Onward leaves on her usual run tomorrow and upon her return will be given an overhauling and receive a new set of engines.
 This bright sunshine has brought out the local fishermen and all along the docks men are catching soles, founders and numerous kinds of small fish.
 Robt. Blackwell is erecting a store building on Dock Street next to the Heckman wharf and will open second hand store in it as soon as it IS com pleted.
 Mir. B. G. Mitchell returned to Met lakahtla this morning on the Alert. Mrs. Mitchell remained in Ketchikar and will take the next boat south where she will remain for sometime in the hope of improving her health which has been impaired.
 Those who have business with Archie Mcclellan, secretary of the Vest ern Federation of Miners, may find him for the next few days, or weeks as the case may be, at his rooms over the Cornell building in Newtown. His leg which was severely injured some time ago has become more painful as a result of two much exercise which will necessitate a rest for an indefinite time.
 (From Tuesdays daily)
 The freighter Northland arrived this forenoon from the South bringing sev. eral tons of freight but no passengers.
 Mir. A. Burning who has been visit ing relatives in the states for some time came home on the Humboldt this morning.
 Leo Howard returned last night or the Humboldt and will assist his mother in the management of the Eagle restaurant. He has been at. tending school in Oregon during the winter.
 Mrs. c. J. Howard has purchased the Eagle restaurant and has giver the entire building a thorough over. hauling and has made extensive i'm. provements in the interior decorations and finish. The restaurant will oper its doors on Thursday morning, March II.
 An enthusiastic meeing of the Ketchikan ladies auxiliary of the A. Y. P. E. was held ln the free reading room yesterday p. m. Chairmen of the different sections reported progress 1T their work. They will begin soon tC canvass the towns so that the packing may be done the first week in April It was suggested that suitable room be secured to display the exhibit be- fore shipping, to enable the town: people to see it. The next meeting will be held at the call of the presi dent.
 The launch Judge, captain Hamil ton, left the Heckman wharf thi: morning for Belle Island and Ho Springs, carrying two passengers, Mr. Howard and Mr. Miller, and five ton. of general merchandise for the store at that place.
 Gold dust valued at 5000, GOO has arrived in Seattle where it will make one of the exhibits at the Alaska Yu kon Pacific Exposition which opens June 1. It was brought out over the winter trail from Dawson City, Nome and Fairbanks.
 Specimens of all of Luther Burbanks wonderful vegetable creations will bt shown at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle this summer among them the spineless edible cac' tus which is being used to reclaim the vast southern desert.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13

war of the Rebellion, has applied to enter the lands embraced in U. s. Survey No. 82l, situated near Point Francis, Cleveland Peninsula, Alas ka. and more particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. l, a stone marked s. N. s2l Beg. Cor. l, whence US. L. M. No. S2l bears s. 26 deg. 45 min. E., 142. 40 chs. dist. thence West, 14.35 chs. creek 75 links wiee, 20 chs. creek 100 links wide, 40. % chs. to Cor. No. }, stone marked S. N. S2l Cor. ?; thence North, 39.50 chs. top of mountain, 40. % chs. to Cor. No. 3, a stone marked s. N. S21 Cor. 3; thence E. p. 50 chs. top of ridge, 4O.0O chs. to Cor. No. 4, stone marked S. N. 821 Cor. 4; thence South 4O.00 chs. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. Area 16O. % acres. Magnetic variation at all cor ners 29 deg. 15 min. East.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verseIy any portion of the above de- scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alas ka, their adverse claim there against, under oath, during the period of pub lication of this notice, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by provision of the statute.
 William A. Cornell.
 It is hereby ordered that the fore going notice be published for the stat utory period in the Ketchikan Miner, a weekly news paper printed at Ketch- ikan, Alaska.
 John w. Dudley. Register. Maurice D. Leehey, Attorney for
 Claimant, l2Ol Alaska Bldg, Seattle Date of first publication, Feb. 6, 1909. Date of last publication April 9, 1909.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
News From kasaan

Some of our people are busy making dugout boats for fishing.
 The trappers can't do anything as snow is 20 inches deep. The man who caught two mink in one trap hasn't come back yet, he expects to catch } in one trap this time.
 Last Monday evening the Christian Endeavor Society held a party in the hall which was we'll attended. The members fingered until late at night and enjoyed refreshments, music and games. Refreshments were served by four ladies: Mrs. Lelah Barnvoat, Mrs. Mollie Frank, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Lydia Bernard. Alter the re- treatments Mrs. Henry Holdane took charge of the games and solo was rendered by one of the boys.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-13
Falkenburg & Laucks

ASSAYERS, CHEMISTS, METALLURGISTS
 Mail and express orders given careful atten tion. Shipments handled at smelters. Control work Correspondence solicited.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04

OPEN AIR SCHOOL.
The Plan as Tried Successfully in
France.
From the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine.
Children nowadays are so well cared
for that when the history of mankind
comes to be written our, century will
very likely be called the golden age OF
the young. That is. especially true in
France, where boys and girls are toe
often petted and codd' ed to an unreason-
able extent.
The little monkeys are highly anus
ed when they are told that formerly
parents only loved their, sons and daugh-
tiers on special occasions. and that the
famous Nine. de Maintenon stated that
her mother only kissed her twice during
the whole of her life.
School in those days, needless to say,
was terribly like a jail. and the disci-
pine was very strict indeed. Little by
little, however, the school has become
brighter, and the former dungeon has
developed into a handsome building, full
of air and light. while every effort is
made to embellsh the cage where, for
the sake of education, children are shut
up for part Of the day. Now it seems
the authorities are going one better than
embelishing the cage. They have OPEN
ed it's door and allowed the birds to fly
out, 1t is in the open air that the school
Of the future will be conducted. What
ceiling can be compared to the beautiful
sky? Is there any floor carpet more
agreeable to tiny feet than the soft grass
Many open-air schools were founded
almost simultaneously in various coun-
tries The United States. SO keen on all
innovations, was not the last to send it's
young people to study in the woods. In
Berlin, early in the morning. when the
weather is fine, you meet boys and girls
hurrying to the station. They alight at
their destination, where they hasten to
the wide forests Here, under the great
trees, tables and forms are placed. The
pupils do not have to sit down long, for
the lessons are short, and soon whistle
tells them that play time has come. Some
roll on the grass, others swing on the
branches of the trees, and when tired
they wrap themselves in blankets and
rest in comfortable lounge chairs while
the birds sing them to sleep. At lunch
time there is a picnic on the grass, and
the lunch baskets, that seemed over full
in the morning. are emptied with aston
fishing rapidity. When twilight comes
the children return home, bringing back
to Berlin happy, healthy faces and a
fond remembrance Of the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
PORTRAITS In DECORATION.
The Unartistic American Style Of
Hanging Likenesses of Notables.
From Scribner's Magazine.

c1o" SCIibueE aldshziue.
1t is the custom of banks. hospitals.
universities. schools of medicine and
public buildings such as city halls, state
houses and federal halls to collect por-
traits Of their representative leaders.
whether known as presidents, directors.
benefactors or originators Of measures
which have marked them in some special
way as friends of the institution or OF
the state. These individuals are COM
memorated frequently enough in these
various organizations, by portraits that
tend to keep their memory green. How
are these portraits placed? Do they
serve any esthetic purpose? None what
ever-but they may do so. Would not
these buildings gain in dignity and beauty
if the portraits were given mural set
ting that contributed to the enrichment
of the halls and chambers of the struc-
ture?
English country houses, guild halls, COL
lege buildings at Oxford and elsewhere.
as well as many palaces on the continent.
have successfully employed this kind or
decoration. 1t may be owing to kind
of divination of future greatness that
first impelled the English to encourage
portrait painting, and it remains fact
that the country is particularly rich in
portraits. These are preserved with much
care and become, in some cases, a fea-
ture Of decoration in great houses, point
ed to with pride. They stir the magma
ton, foster a sense of dignity in the de-
scendants of the originals and pique the
curiosity of the student of character in
tracing attributes of some past represen-
tative through inherited lineaments or
mien.
There are collections of portraits owned
by municipal and state buildings which
could be readily made available for really
handsome decoration by removing the
frames, which are often ugly objects in
themselves, and with an architectural
purpose arranging these pictures as Q
frieZe above a high wainscoting.
An acquaintance who is planning a
country house tells me that he is really
building his house around the portrait.
which he highly prizes, of his father. It
is placed, set in, over the dining room
fireplace, and may be approached through
a suite of rooms and seen at a distance
of ninety or one hundred feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
Massachusetts at Baton Rouge.
rom the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript
The ceremonies at Baton Rouge, to
which Gov. Draper and party have now
gone. will remind Massachusetts, of the
wide scope of its activities for the Union
and the vastness Of the area over which
Massachusetts soldiers marched and
fought. The tremendou conflicts in Nir-
ginia and the proximity of that region
which was the cockpit of the civil war
have rather obScured the services of Mas
sachusettS soldiers rendered in some
other departments-that of the gulf for
instance within whose boundaries We're
Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Within
this division of the great scene of action
were many encounters which bore upon
the strenuous task of wrenching the Mis-
sissippi from the Confederate grasp That
river was, as Albert Sidney Johnston told
Jefferson Davis early in the war, the
strategic spinal cord Of the Confederacy.
Once that cord was paralyZed the other
members must lose their vitality. Except
for VicksbUrg and Port Hudson the con-
ficts along the Mississippi were not
scenic, and SO have failed TO seize upon
the popular imagination. but the fight
ing was incessant and the last shots OF
the civil war were fired in Louisiana.
In this wearisome warfare the men Of
Massachusetts from first to last bore their
full share. In the department there served
two cavalry organization, six batteries
and twelve infantry regiments from Mas
sachusetts. Some of these passed prac-
tically their whole enlistments in Louis
lana and the contiguous terrain. One
battery which was virtually four years
In service never was in other Confederate
states than Louisiana and Texas, and
from the latter was returned to Massa-
chusetts for discharge. 1t Is we'll that
Massachusetts remembrance OF the faith
full dead should extend beyond famous
fields and comprehend those who fell in
quarter of the vast conflict too general
ly overlooked