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Douglas Island news., 1909-10-13
AIaska's Coal Fields

1t is strange story in many ways this story of the Alaskan coal fields. Each year of investigation by the Geo. logical Survey shows the coal fields of Alaska to be richer and more eXtenslV
 than was believed the year before, un- til now we know tbat our coal fields are much larger than the coal fields of Pennsylvania, and quite as valuable area for area. The coal field in the Panama valley is larger in area and in thickness than any other coal field ID the United States, and perhaps the lar g.st known field in the world. True, the Tanana coal, so far as known, is all soft coal; but the cOals back from Ka- talla and Seward rauge from hlgh-grade bituminous to anthracite And yet, ! the people of Alaska cannot use bit of this coal for fuel, bat must burn wood or import coal from Washington and from British Colum bia, paying duty upon the later. We pay not only swice as much for our fuel as we should be paying, were we permitted to use our own coal, but we are rapidly de- nuding our billsides and streams of all their tim bey.
 This double evil is brought about by struggle between the government and an alleged group of influences, which IS supposed to be making an effort, by clrcumVention of the laws, to secure monopoly of the coal lands in Alaska. The government is now endeayoring to show that such conspiracy exists. 1t may show one or two forms of conspir- acy or both Either the large compa- nies loaned money to individuals who { were instructed to locate coal lands ID i Alaska with the agreement to sell the perfected claims to the company, or individuals, stalking in their own ac- count, agreed before hand to pool their claims after patenting them, SO as to work them more economically. The | law forbids both-F airbanks Times.
Douglas Island news., 1909-10-13
Not Miserly

The following beautiful sentiment is from tbe pen of that gifted editor and present United States senator from Tennessee, Bob Taylor:
 "L would rather fill my purse with money and keep it's gates alar to my happy girls yet while they finger under my roof than to clutch it with miser's hand until all the harpstriugs of youth are broken and all it's music forever fled. ! would rather spend my last nickel for bag of striped marbles to gladden. the hearts of my bare.foote6 boys than to deny them their childish pleasures, and leave them a bag of gold to quarrel over when \ am dead. | abhor the pitiless hawk that circles in the air only to swoop down and strangle the song of the Ennet or bury its talons in the heart of the dove. | despise the soulless man whose greed for gold impels him to strangle the laughter and song of his own family"
Douglas Island news., 1909-10-13

Stroller White of the Wbitehorse Star has something else to do now be- sides poke fun at the unhappy editors of Southeastern Alaska. The yancou- yer World, of Sept. 28, says that the last mail of the season of all classes for Whitehorss would close in Vancouver on Oct. 3. The Stroller is fully alive to the situatian.
Douglas Island news., 1909-10-13

The Ladies Altar Guild met last Thursday afternoon with Mrs. c, M. Bla6n, and meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Chas. A. Fox
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-11
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18

is my son Do you think it IikeIv
would give him TO you that you might
make him what you made your son7,
Asa Cutler looked at her withou4
moving. and she came closer. DO You
think L would trust this baby TO vou-
Judgment"
For moment they looked into each
others eyes as unfiuchingly as earlier
in their meeting. then a change passed
over the mans face. softening &c.
breaking up its hardness as the sun
breaks the skim Of ice ON river. re-
veaIiug the depths below. The baby
leaned forward again, with a smile
which had always before procured
what ne wanted, and again called in-
peratively;
Dada. Dada"
The old man reached out as if 20 take
him. then his hands faltered. and. with
a grOau. he turned away. He raised
his arms above his head and cried
aloud.
"RsIph, Ny son, my boy. RaInhw
He stumbled into a chair. and with his
face between his palms he wept, with
raczing, straining sobs-
The child began to vail in sympathy.
but his mother did not heed him. She
watched Asa Cutters agony At last he
arose. still weeping, and made his way
toward the door. Then the woman
looked once upon her husbands face
and went quickly 10 his father The
woman thought she was giving him
what he had been crying for, and when
they stood beside the old man ne
grasped his arm, laughing out iu siee.
Asa Cutler turned his face away and
would have opened the door. but the
mother lifted the chiid toward him.
Kiss dada. baby she said.
Still the old man shrank back from
them and his eyes sought hers He
shook his head. and she saw how pitt
fully aged his face had become within
the hour: he stopped as If me were
carrying a great burden Il amt it,
he said. looking at her.
She smiled wanly and lifted the baby
higher. so that he could reach his
grandfather's face. kiss dada" she
said again. BE good TO dada, We
must both be good TO dada.
With the child's soft. moist lips upon
his cheeks and the strong little arms
around his neck, the old man looked
at the mother. 'BOth?' he asked hUsk-
lily.
She nodded. and the tears began 60
stream down his face. She left the child
in his arms and went and knelt at the
couch.
When the candles were burning low
Asa Cutler touched her on the shoulder.
Through her prayers she had heard him
talking and playing with the boy. AT
his touch she looked up.
Daughter" he said, timidly. "c0ma
away with me now, you and the little
fellow. II don't want TO let either
Of you out of my sight again. Tomor-
row Wen all go home together want
my son Ralph to rest beside his mother.
if you're willing
The next day, when they reached the
house where Ralph was born, Asa Cut
Ter carried his grandson over the
threshold. and when he had closed the
door behind them he nut the child
down. gravely turnedsto his daughter
in-law, and took one Of her hands be-
tween his own.
Il amt ft TO have YOU here" he said.
but I couldn't "a come home without
you"
(COpyrightedD
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY April IS, 1909

and breathed deeply. you have moth
ing to do with his boy. thank God,
she said, very quietly. Here is your
boy"
The old mans anger flashed out. and
he stood before her threateningly. He
was no son of mine. / disowned him.
1t can't ever be said that any son of
mine went TO the devil like he did
That's why I want the boy. I'm going
TO save him from going like his father.
All" said the woman. "he was no
son Of yours? Then what claim have
you to a son Of his?"
Hes my grandson" Asa Cutler
said: 4 come here to get him. Where
is he?"
He had been accustomed for q life
time TO overcome his opponents by
sheer force Of viii; only his son Ralph
had evaded it, and no one, until he en-
countered tbs woman. had met it with
fearlessness. His lionlike front seemed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18

top Of the house and directed to a
large room beneath a skylight. he had
50 far forgotten Ralph in thinking Of
the child that he was startled TO find
himself in the presence of death.
There was no one else in the room,
and after a moment Of hesitation he
drew near and looked upon the face Of
his SON It was lighted BY candles
which burned yellow in the glare of
daylight from above, and crueiiX
! lay in the cold hand. Asa Cutler had
never before seen candles and cTucifix
with the dead. and it took a moment Of
wonder to make him understand that
this was the form Of ceremonial
which he held in execratiOn. He had
not outgrown the bigOtry of his ances-
tors 10 whom papistry ans witchcraft
were equal denominations: to his pur-
tanical mind these signs of a foreign
faith were further evidence Of poor
Ralph's ruin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18
The Day Of Judgment


was godlike. She, too. had been lone
Iy: sordidness of life crowded upon her,
and if II was no less sOrdid with Ralph
It at least possessed an object it had
lacked before. The girl had some meas
ure Of refinement. and an intellectually
which life's friction had considerably
sharpened: she took Raiph's vices
knowingly when she married him, and
il was her understanding of them, as
much as her faith in him, which helped
him in his effort 10 overcome them.
To Asa Cutler, therefore. his son S
death seemed but a shortening of years
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18
Unusual Things in Wall Paper.

Anyone can furnish wall papers that
have only housekeeping qualities. Tu
produce artistic effects requires talent
and study. All our previous efforts are
surpassed in excellence. good taste and
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18

of evil living, and his one thought was
TO rescue his grandchild from its en-
viTOnment and to bring il up with
the fear of the wrath of God in its heart,
and without knowledge of its parents.
He had not come to New York for last
look at his son, but for a first look
at his sons wife and the boy; and
when he was at length taken up to the
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
UMBER is one of the chief
freight commodities pro-
duced by land. Its weight
per acre surpasses corn. bar

Few people are aware of
the care used by railroads in keeping
tab of the productiveness of land
along their lines from the standpoint
of the amount of freight produced by
various crops. Heavier the crops per
acre. the more freight for the rail-
roads. Nor are there many people
who think Of lumber as a crop, and
one of the most important crops at
that, which contributes large share
OF the freight business OF railroads.
The quantity of freight produced by
crop depends upon soil, region and
kind of crop. Railroads figure it from
that point of view. Their profit de-
pends upon tonnage and class, and
they want to know what crop pays
the carrier best.
Many averages in many localities
are necessary to reach reliable results.
Care is necessary, too. in applying
to one region the figures obtained in
another. Indiana, Illinois and Ken.
lucky are the center of vast produc-
tive region, and averages there possess
as much value as those of any part of
the country, but, of course, they can
not be applied everywhere. An acre
is credited with yield as follows:
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Great Rritain's Meat Trade.

More lard, according to the British
returns is imported into Great Brit
ain from this than from any other
country-$1s,000,000 worth in 1903.
The same is true of bacon-330, ,OOO,-
600 worth, and of hams, $1,000, 900
worth. Australia has Great Britain's
mutton trade. In 1908 Great Britain's
total imports of provisions reached a
value Of $425.0oO 900. of which the
United States supplied $S6,5OO, 900
worth. Denmark led with $94,3O0..
900 worth. largely butter.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Watch Your Language.

Chesterfield said he acquired his pol
ished style making note of every good
expression he met with in his reading.
Weigh your words as in a hairs bal.
ance. The cautious man uses words
as the gunner does bullets. Bad Ian.
guage easily runs into bad deeds. Use
slang and your moral sense will soon
lower to it's level. IF any man offend
not in word the same IL a perfsst
nan."
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Men Not Heroes in Dreams.

AS to dreams, there was a discus.
sion at the club lunch, and one man
remarked that no man dreamed of
himself as brayer than he is. When
the dream came, the dreamer was al.
ways the under dog. He was in hor-
ribie danger, and never did anything
picturesque to face it. There may be
men who are brave in their sleep.
But it would be interesting to find one
man outside of the dozen sleeping
towards who is hero in a DREAM
London Chronicle.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

! that after deducting for waste, tho
growth of an acre of timber furnishes
more freight than an acre of any one
of the agricultural crops except cab.
bage, onions and potatoes.
The quantity of any one of these
three commodities that will go to the
market is limited by demand, but the
demand for lumber is not diminishing.
All that the forests and planted lota
can supply will go to the market.
Woodland, under care, yields yearly
crops as regularly as wheat fields The
marketable timber only is cut at reg
ular intervals, and new growth is al
! ducer, timber tract may be depended
upon as surely as potato field. In
fact, it is surer; for land in farm
| crops wears out unless constantly
fertilized, but timberland fertilizes it.
| self with its leaves, and becomes
richer. It will yield undlminished
crops forever.
Trees grow on rough land where
agriculture cannot profitably be car
| ried on, and the freight and other re-
| turns from such regions are largely
| clear gain since such land would 9TH
erwise be producing little or nothing.
Washington, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Wisconsin, in the order
! named, constitute the big five in pro-
ducing the cOuntry's lumber supply
whose valuation for last year runs far
above the half billion dollar mark.
Texas, Michigan, Oregon, Minnesota
and Pennsylvania came after the first
five states and others followed in de-
creasing amounts down to Utah, the
lowest on the list, with Nevada and
North Dakota, having little timbered
area. not rated at all.
While the total valuation Of the
lumber, lath and shingle production
reached $541,545,640. this amount rep
resents a decrease of % per cent. un-
der the previous years output. Tho
number of mills reporting was 31,c31
and these manufactured 1924 1863 900
board feet of lumber, valued at $780,
575,822 and 2,9S6,6S4, 900 lath valued
at $6,791,3 1928, while the shingle makers
turned out 1906. 6.4S3, 900 shingles val
ued at $24.178,490. The average value
of lumber at the point of manufacture
was $15.37 thousand feet, 1927
thousand for lath and two dollars q
thousand for shingles.
Yellow pine of the south which has
been far in the lead in the lumber
production for more than a decade.
more than maintained its supremacy
last year, contributing slightly more
than 80 per cent. of the total cut from
all kinds. Douglas fir of the northwest
ranked second and white pine third.
Practically all kinds showed a marked
decreased cut, and for the first three
kinds of timber there was falling OF
of Is, % and 20 per cent, respectively.
Oak and hemlock maintained their rel
ative ranks, but showed decreases Of
25 per cent. each in amount produced,
and spruce dropped 1S per cent.
Louisiana was the heaviest producer
of yellow pine lumber, supplying near.
ly one.fifth of the total production.
Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas and Ala.
bama followed in the order named.
The state of Washington, alone, sup
piled more than three-tifths of the
Douglas fir cut, while the bulk of the
remainder came from Oregon.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Didn't Fit.


"Are you going to entertain this win
ter?" they asked her. "You had such
lovely parties last winter"
I'm not going to have q special
evening"" she said. II would If they'd
fit my guests to my fiat. or let me fit
them, but they don't. They won't,
rather. I don't know how it is every
where else in New York, but in our
set the hostess has nothing to do with
the selection of her guests. She in.
vites a friend and he or she brings a
carload of people she doesn't know
and doesn't want to know, who enter
tain the friend in return for her hos.
pitality, but not her. No. Never! Well,
II this friend would only bring small
people for a small fiat. or low people
for low fiat, but she doesn't. She
brings the people who are going to re-
turn her courtesy in the matter of
leading them to another fat and an
other hostess, and that's her sole end
and aim.
Last winter" she finished with
sigh, they brought dozens Of biz.
tall, round people and filled up my fiat
60 had to 60 outside and sit in the
hall. No more. thank you'll"
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Wherefore i" Dixie"

Dixie is an imaginary place in the
southern United States. celebrated in
popular negro melody as paradise
of luxurious ease and enjoyment. The
melody was adopted as a favorite tune
OF the confederate armies during the
civil war, because it was catchy and
inspiring.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Economic Anesthesja.

A Missouri dentist says rosewater
Is as good as cocaine to inject into
gums for painless tooth pulling, and
asserts that all that is needed is to
make the patient believe It Will not
hurt and he will feel no pain. This
economical tip might also be used to
advantage by physicians applying the
radium treatment.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Society Girl Gives Dog Luncheon.

Society Girl Gives Dog Luncheon.
Society girls cannot exist without
fads nowadays, when it is the aim of
every girl to show that she is posses.
sor of originality.
These odd ideas come to light in
the way of entertaining, and nothing
is too novel in that line
Miss Marie Hess of st. Louis recent.
ly gave luncheon for her dog, ALA
Nazimova, at which the latter played
hostess so charmingly that her mis-
tress is planning other social diver
sions for her. The dogs ate with nap
kins tied around their necks and were
served the delicacies of the season.
Not growl marred the occasion.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Moving Picture Improvement.

mov5ng FIctuTe ImPFoVemeRt.
To get rid Of the fluttering effect
OF moving pictures an inventor has
applied the principle of the stereo-
scope. the picture being thrown on the
screen by two lenses, in front of which
shutters open and close alternately so
rapidly that there is no break in the
series.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

No Mustaches In Columbia.
Columbia university boys have ta-
ken a step in the matter of reform
that will meet with commentator.
They have barred mustaches.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Well Described.

Three-year-old Louise. when riding
on a rapidly moving electric car,
gazed intently out of the window a
few moments, then exclaimed: Moth
er. just look at the sticks telephone
poles) running home!"-The Delinea-
tor
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
New

New Lfe-saving Apparatus.
A Scotchman has invented 4 new
hfe-saving apparatus which is capa
BILE OF throwing line halt q mila,
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Great Amerlcar tndustrv.

During the last two years the oil
production has doubled in America.
The production is $16,000,000 greater
than the output Of gold and silver in
the United States.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
French Coal Prodvction.

The coal production of France is
insufficient for her needs, although in
the last ten years it has increased
from s0.00o.000 to 36,00o.0oo tons.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

AS the list shows, the three heaviest
freight producing crops are cabbage,
onions and potatoes. Lumber is
fourth. Up to the present time timber
has been cut almost exclusively from
wild land, without much regard to the
acres gone over. Rut the time is
coming when the yield of wood per
acre will be calculated as carefully as
the yield of corn, and as much thought
will be given to growing 1t, though
not as much work. How much wood
grows on an acre In year?
Some of the abused, burnt, washed
and neglected lands are producing
only little. It has Been estimated that
the typical hardwood regions Of Ten
nessee, where fra is kept out, are
growing about $3.50 POUNDS of wood
yearly per acre. G:sod stands of young
pines in other parts of the country are
probably doing Al we'll or better. But
this is not the lsIcit, for foresters say
woodland can do much better under
forestry methods. Good timber must;
be selected, the @oor cut out, just as
the farmer plaEfs the best kinds of
corn and rejects she poor. In Europe
where they raise crops c. trees they
get, under favorable conditions, IN
annual growth of $500 pounds to
$500 pounds Of wood per acre. This
country can do at least as well.
The freight carriers, however, sci.
dom transport the whole wood growth.
The waste is eft in the woods or at
the mill. This is much or little. de-
pending upon what is made of the
wood before the transportation COM
pany gets it. 1t is apparent, however,
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

Two features Of the new tariff act cali
for special reference. BY virtue of the
clause known as the 'maximum and min
imum" clause, it Is the duty Of the exec
utive to consider the laws and practices
Of other countries with reference to the
importation into those countries Of the
products and merchandise Of the United
States. and If the executive finds such
laws and practices not to be unduly dis
Crimfnatory against the United States, the
minimum duties provided in the bill are
to 60 into force. Unless the president
makes such a finding, then the maximum
duties provided in the bill, that is, an in
crease of 25 per cent. ad valorem over the
minimum duties, are to be in force. Fear
has been expressed that this power con-
ferred and duty imposed on the execu-
tive is likely to lead to a tariff war.
beg to express the hope and belief that
no such result need be anticipated
The discretion granted to the executive
by the terms ''unduly discriminatory" is
wide. In order that the maximum duty
shall be charged against the imports from
country, it is necessary that he shall
find on the part Of that country not only
determinations in its laws or the prac-
tice under them against the trade OF the
United States, but that .he discrin,ina-
tions found shall be undue: that is, with
out good and fair reason. conceive
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-12-06
LEA UsTFD Y JUzGuE:;.
81 hay quien Escriba una Carta
como esta sin Scr Todo 10 mas
Absolute Verdad.

A solicitud de la casa del DR.. Wi
lliams Medicine Co., copiamos la
siguiente carta que es copia textual
del original, escrita por ell Sr. Jose
Saldaha Batista, residente en- la
Habana, calle Cespedes 46, del dis
trito de Reglas. Esta carta, de en-
tire una multitud, prueba el poder
curative de las Pildoras Rosadas
del DR.. Williams, en- las enfermeda
des de la sangre y de los nervios.
"Preguntando acerca de como oh
tuve mi curacion, despues de una
larga enfermedad, me complazco
en- declarar 10 siguiente. Empeze
a sentir una debilidad general, y
luego Sc me puso el lado izquierdo
sin movimiento, pues tenia que a.
rastrar ell pie izquierdo para cami
mar, cuyo entorpecimiento fue com
plicandose hasta que me GAIA a
cada paso. Ne habfan atendido me
dicos pero decian que era PARALYSIS
y no tenfa cura. Falto de esperanzas
va, me fui al hospital, donde estuve
un mes, al cabo del cual me volvi
a mi casa, algo mejorado pero ain
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-12-06

toridad ahora muy buenos deseos
en- pro del progreso de nuestra
pintoresca poblacion, por la que
merece placemes y nosotros lie allen
tamos que continue en- SUI obra
progresiva.
Estan en- proyecto varias cons
trucciones que vendran a enbelle
Ger el pueblo.
-Ha cesado en- sus operaciones
mercantiles la casa q. bajo la raz6n
social de Forteza, Alfonso y Ca
eiraba en- este pueblo comprando
las existencias ell Sr. Guillermo
| Nogueras.,
Pingues operaciones deseamos
al Sr. Nogueras.
A pesar de una communication
pasada por el Sr. Santiago Davila
a la Porto Rico Telephone" para
la desviacion del alambre que i'm
pide el lcvantar una casa que ests
construyendo, permanece dicha
ofcina sorda. Como este irroga
perjuicios al Sr. Davila, trata, 81
en- breve Ia compailfa no manda