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The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
HARRY STEEL
 BUYS ALASKAN

Harry G. Steel and wife of Fair banks arrived on the train yesterday and will leave tonight for Juneau and thence to Cordova. where Mir. Steel has purchased The Cordova Alaskan which he will manage,
 Mir. Steel is one of the pioneer news. paper men Of the north. In 'ss he was one of the men who brought the plant of the Dawson News over the ice. Later he was managing editor of the Nome Nugget and for the past two years has been parI owner and editor of the Fairbanks News. Re gently he disposed of his interest In the News and acquired the cordova Alaskan.
 An experienced and capable news paper man. Mir. Steel will undoubtedl make the Alaskan one of the best papers on the Alaskan coast. He has great faith in Cordova and believes IL is destined to be one of the best towns in Alaska. The newspaper business at Fairbanks is overcrowded according to Mir Steel.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
JACK CARR HAS BABY MOOSE
 AND SPECIMENS OF GRAPHITE

out with hlm specimens Of high grade graphite from a mine which he has located lO5 miles from the mouth oI the Porcupine. He has five ledges each five feet wide and the graphite can be mined as easily as coal. A steamer can be taken to the foot ol the ledges.
 The Porcupine win be thoroughly rrospected this winter" said Mr. Carr. flor know number of men Nho are going up there It Is the only tributary to the Yukon which hal not been the scene 10 big excite ment, Steamers can go $50 miles up the Porcuplne, so there is no tran portation problem to cope with. There win be big rush there 1T anything Is found"
 Mir. Carr will not return to Alaska this year. but he admitted with a grin. that although he hus "b"en quitting the country" for the past two years next year will probably find h.m back jn lAe nCiih,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Jack Carr, one of the best known men in Alaska, who first broke the news of the Klondike strike to se- attle and who formerly was mail carrier on the lower Yukon. arrived in town Tuesday night and will go south on the City of Seattle,
 MT. Carr has with him two baby moose, which he purchased at Circle. The moose were captured on a island in the Yukon river by party of Slavouians. They are twins, four months old and weigh about 200 pounds apiece. They will be eThib- tied at the A..Y..P. and later Mir. Carr will probably donate them to some public park. He has S special permit from the government to ship them out of the country,
 Early in May Mir, Carr took small gasoline launch over the lee on Lake La Barge and went down the Yukon. He has spent the summer in prospect ing on the Porcuplne river and brings
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Special to the Daily Alaskan)
 KETCHIAKN. Sept. 2-Congress. man william sulzer of New York ar. rived in Ketchikan today after a visit to his mine at sulzcr, and in an In. terview with the Ketchikan Miner stated that he favored dividing Alas. ka into three separate territories.
 All north Of the Yukon river would be called Seward. and all south Of the Yukon would be calld Sumner. South eastern Alaska would be called Alas. ka. Sumner and Alaska should have
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
GOLD BEING
 SENT SOUTH

About two tons Of virgin gold ar rived in Skagway yesterday on the train and will be sent south on the City of Seattle. The gold came from Fairbanks and the creeks and is bein sent through the mail in four pound packages to the |. s. mint at Seattle, The total value of the shipment is about $SOO,OOO
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
H|GH WATERS
 ARE FALLING
(sy United pressl

MATAMoRAs. Mexico. sept2-The crest of the Rio Grande flood has been reached and the waters are slow. ly subsldlug. The death list cannot be estimated as yet Many people escaped by fleeing to the high lands. The damage to property Is great Hundreds Of head of cattle have been drowned.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
New York Congressman Says
 Alaska Is Entitled To Home Rule-Would Create Ter ritories-Predicts Statehood

territorial government and Seward would remain a federal division. He thought that the development of South eastern Alaska would entltle 1t to statehood within ten years.
 Congressman sulzer stated that Al. aska was developing rapidly and that he thought lt was now entitled to ter. ritorial government He predicted a more rapid development In the future.
 Accompanied by Capt. Edward Fred. erer Of Philadelphia. Congressman sui yer will sail for Seattle tonight
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
B|G PLANTS
 ARE BURNED
tsy United Press,

TACOMA. Sept, 2-one of the worst fires ever known in this city destroyed the plants of the Puget Sound Mailing company and the Northwestern Stock Food company The total loss will be more than s2SO. 900. The fire was caused by spon taneous combustion.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
FISHERMEN ID
 HOLD UP PACK
(sy United Press)

SEATTLE. Sept 2--Because of the depression In the market quotations on fish the pink salmon pack will be held north in an effort to cause a shortage in the market and thus mako the prices higher.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
CITY OF SEATTLE NJ 6P. N.

The City of Seattle is expected in port about o'clock this evening, She will probably sail south at about g o'clock tonight.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Mrs. c. s. Sargent, wife of the well known Dawson merchant, arrived In Skagway yesterday and will sail south on the Princess May,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
NO LIVES LOST N FLOOD
tsy United Press.)

RAwHIDE. Nev. Sept. "A house to house canvass reveals the fact that no lives were lost in the Raw. hide flood Tuesday night
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Miss Kimberley of St Matthew's hospital at Fairbanks, came out on the train yesterday and will sail south tonight Miss Kimberley Is enrouta Co Boston. She Is we'll known In. Skasway. where she formerly resided.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Mrs. A. NJ. Clay of San Francisco who has been in Fairbanks this sum mer, arrived in town yesterday and will sail south on the Princess May.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

The school board wish to announce that there win be no school Monday on account of Labor day. legal holi- day.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Clarence k. Carpenter, formerly circulation manager Of the Dawson Daily News. arrived in town yesterday and win sail soyth tonight
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

Mir. and Mrs. William Linke Of Fairbanks arrived In town yesterday and will sail for Seattle tonight
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

iide flood Tuesday night
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02

WASHINGTON. D. c. Sept 2-Sci- entists here believe. that Dr. Cook
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
A COUNTRY FAIR,

Every year the freshman, sopho-
more and junior classes at our schoo!
give an entertainment of some sort
to the departing seniors, and there is
always much good-natured rivalry
among the different classes as to
which shall give the most original
and amusing one. Last year the
sophomore class was faced by diff
cult problem: there seemed nothing
left to give! There had been plays,
minstrel shows and dances innumera'
BILE; what should we have? And then
came a bright idea-a country fair!
Just the thing!
It was given on the second floor
of our large school building one
bright afternoon late in May. AS
each girl entered the flair grounds"
she was given a small leather pocket
book, containing fifty cents in tin
nickels and dimes. The halls were
prettily decorated with the senior
class colors, green and gold, and
everywhere were hung such signs as
Right this way to the peanut stand! :"
Have your fortune told! Only ten
cents!" etc. On the floor where the
"fair" was held were number OF
pretty booths where ice cream, cake,
popcorn, lemonade and peanuts could
be bought for the tin money, and
there were also small tents where
one could have ones picture taken or
fortune told. There was an orches-
ira, so that those who wished might
dance, and. although the selections
were limited to School Days" and
one of the merry Widow" waltzes,
that made all the more fun. Any one
who has ever been to an entertain
ment where there were three hundred
girls and two or three jolly teachers,
will know how much fun we had as
we stuffed" danced and talked. and
we were all more than sorry when
$50 came and the music stopped.
Don't you think it was good idea?
We did.-Ruth Tingley, in the New
York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
NEWsY GLEANINGS.

Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati was
inaugurated as Governor of Ohio.
In the State of Minnesota it is es-
timated there are 1920 automobiles.
The New York City tax list showed
a smaller increase in assessments
than last year, and the rate was esti-
mated at LIS.
An extraordinary session of the
Italian Senate was held to consider
the relief measures recommended by
the Government.
Turkey is not satisfied with Aus
tria's offer of e2,500,000 Turkish as
indemnity for the annexation of Bos-
MIA and Herzegovina.
A decrease of seventy pupils in
Harvard University is shown in the
official enrolment. The total regis
tration this term is 6107.
The Public Service Commissioners
of New York told the Metropolitan
Street Railway receivers that they
must obey their orders or quit.
Jose de J. Paul, the special Vene-
zuelan envoy, arrived in Paris, where
he said that the Gomez government
would settle pending questions with
America.
Six million dollars of imports from
Panama and $60,000,000 of exports
to Panama represent the trade of that
republic with the United States dur
ing the past five years.
Secretary Root and Ambassador
Bryce signed a treaty at Washington,
D. c., providing for settlement Of
questions in dispute between the Uni
ted States and Canada.
Immediately after the opening of
the Delaware Legislature a bill was
presented making the wearing of the
emblem Of the B. P. o. Elks by nom
members Illegal. The bill is designed
to preeent negroes from wearing the
insignia. ,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
FOLLOW YOUR LEADER.

Once there was hen named Flap,
that was very vain, indeed. She
would try to do something that no
other hen could do, and, il she did it,
she would cry out, Follow your lead.
er! What! you dare not do it?'
Then she would flap her wings and
try to crow, but she only cackled.
One day Flap went into a part OF
an old cowyard, where the water
dripped from a spout so as to form
sort of pool Here the cows would
sometimes drink, and the ducks
would sometimes go to take little
swim.
On this day the old ducks and the
young ducks were standing near, and
Flap, wishing to show them her I'M
portance, mounted on an old box and
cried, Follow your leader! What!
you dare not do it?"
Thereupon smart little duck,
hardly a month old, rose up on her
hind legs, tapped her little wings.
cried, Follow your leader!" and
went straight into the pool Of water.
Then, seeing that Flap did not fol-
low, the little duck added, What!
you dare not do it?"
All the old ducks laughed, and
Flap was quite mortified, for she
knew she could not venture into the
water like the little duck. She
Jumped down from the box and ran
into the plowed ground, where, for
the rest of the day she behaved like
a very quiet and modest hen.-From
the Christian Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
Nature in Transition.

AS settlement advances the whole
face Of nature in New Zealand is
undergoing drastic changes. The
rarest ferns and plants are disappear.
ing and the native birds are becom.
ing fewer and fewer. Undisturbed
for thousands of generations in pre-.
historic days New Zealand birds had
no inherited instincts to teach them
how to resist the foreign invaders
which civilization brought in its train
and many have consequently fallen
easy victims to Norwegian rats and
to English stoats and weasels. Prof
Drummond, the New Zealand natural
ist, says that one of his correspond
ents reports that near his place In
Auckland the kingfisher, the fantail4
the "morepork," owl, the cuckoo and
the hawk are the only native birds
left out of scores of wonderful vart
cites. Another correspondent says
that 80 sure and rapid is the change
sweeping over our New Zealand
woods that in future years there will
be little for New Zealand naturalists
to study for themselves Of the natural
history of their own country.
don Standard.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
MRS. OUAIL'S YARD.

One day Betty and Richard came
flying in from the wheat field. all out
of breath, to tell Of wonderful dis
covery they had made. Right out
in the wheat was a lovely little nest
with twelve white eggs in it, and
something had hurt the poor mother
bird.
"She could hardly run through the
wheat" said Richard. as soon as he
could stop painting. Il guess her
wing was broken"
"Yes, and she was making a pitt
full little noise as if it hurt dread
fully" gasped Betty. wont you
come right out and help US find her,
grandpa? Maybe we could bind up
her poor wing"
Then how grandpa had to laugh.
children, she was only Joking
you," he said. "You see, she did not
want you to stay near her nest, SO
she played her wing was broken.
When I was little boy, I used to
run after quails time and again. but
know better now. They lead YOU
as far away as possible, and then dart
back as swiftly as they can to look
after their eggs"
Naughty bird!" said Betty; but
Richard laughed. and said. Il think
they are very smart birds"
when the men cut the wheat they
will break her eggs. grandpa said
Betty.
WELL" said grandpa, with a
twinkle in his eye, "if she is a
naughty bird. you will not.be sorry If
the nest is broken up, will you?"
"Yes, indeed" said Betty. MAY
we take It up very carefully and put
it in the fence corner. grandpa?"
"No, you could not do that" said
Mr.. Gray. 81 will tell the men to
leave little strip of wheat around
Mrs. Quail's homo for a front yard.
She is a good little friend Of mine,
wheat to protect her"
So when the big machine went
ciick-clicking around the field and
Mrs. Quail was badly frightened as 1t
came near her home, the man on the
seat saw the tall stick with the white
rag Betty and Dick had put there to
mark the place, and he left a nice
little yard for the little family.
The wind and rain beat down the
ripe grain very soon, and one day the
children sneaked down to the nest
to see the eggs, but instead they saw
Mrs. Quail picking up bugs and
worms for a lot of hungry babies, in
stead of sitting on the white eggs.
She picked up lot of wheat for her
self. but saved the tender bugs for
the wide open mouths in the nest.
Mr.. Quail was working, too, to save
the grain in the yard, and none OF
the crop went to waste.
Il hope she will come back next
year." said Richard, when at last the
nest was empty. Grandpa said she
could have the little home and yard
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
KITTY.

One of my friends mas cat. He ia
part Angora and is evidently very
proud of his origin, for he struts
about and does not associate with
common cats. He is Maltese, without
white hair.
When a friend of the family brings
her cat to his house he goes upstairs
and sits in the bedroom until the Wis.
iting cat goes home In other words
he IS very exclusive.
The other morning he was found
watching mouse hole in the cellar,
A little while later he came upstairs
into the kitchen very proudly display
ing a mouse. but was hurried down.
stairs again. for his mistress did moi
want dead mice on the clean kitchen
floor. He evidently ate the mouse
for 1t was nowhere to be found and
the cat was very sfck.-Olive Weed,
in the New York Tribune. Il
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
CHAPTER Xxx.
A Lovers Fears.

Presently VINEYARD left the colonel.
map, the greater part of which was
occupied by notes of Interrogation,
implying doubts on the part of the
'geographer. Of course, it was by the
,merest chance that VINEYARD should
pass out by the window instead of the
door, and that he should cross the
smooth lawn and go straight to the
far corner of the old wall. 1t was
that particular corner whence the sea
was at all times visible far away to
the east.
Adonis followed at his masters
heels. Occasionally he raised his
rough muzzle and shifted at the air.
There had been rain in the night, and
from the valley there ascended a
subtle odor of refreshed verdure. All
around was fresh and cool and whole
some. VINEYARD Mistley crushed uV
the telegram within his jacket pocket
so that tho crinkle Of the paper min
.gled with the whisper of the leaves
above him. Then he looked around
over the green hills and softly whis.
tied a popular air in the most mat.
ter-of-fact manner.
Doubtless it was owing to the mer
est coincidence that ile IouAd I-1--- -
the corner of the wall when he ap-
preached. She was locking the other
way; indeed, she was leaning side
ways over the wall to gather some
sprays of woodbine which had
climbed up within reach. The air waf
scented with a thousand autumnal
odors, but the breath of the wood
bine penetrated, somehow, through
all, just as love is popularity supposed
to penetrate through stone walls and
the dead thickness of accumulated
years.
Then these two foolish young peo-
pie deliberately did the worst thing
possible under the circumstances
They did nothing and said nothing.
He stood beside her and looked away
down the valley to the spot caileo
Mistleys Gap, where the line OF the
meeting hills cuts the sky. She sal
there, and waited for him to break
the silence, expecting some Laughing
suggestion. But for the first tins
within the last few days VINEYARD
was serious in her presence.
It is strange how cruel men can be
VINEYARD looked down at Adonis as he
stood on the wall with Lena's white
arm around him, and, as ii speaking
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
Vaparies of Memory,

The vagaries of the old mans mem
ory are indeed curious. Lord Hough'
ton told Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
that he had once been present when
Lord Lyndhurst and DR.. Lushingtor
were asked what was the most inter
esting thing that they remembered
"Oh!" said Lyndhurst, Undoubtedly
the day which I spent with Washing
ton at Mount Vernon" "Oh!" said
Lushington, undoubtedly the week
which I spent with Burke at Beacons'
field" Naturally they were asked tt
tell something of what had passed or
these occasions, but neither of them
could remember anything whatever
There is much to be said for assist
ing the memory of good things with
a diary, as Sir Mountstuart himself
did.-London Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~ Pr NJNJN wv ~

morn1ngG
eyes," replied Mrs. Mistley,
promptly. She was one of those rare
women who can at juncture give a
decided opinion as to the time Of day.
tsWell. then. If the colonel will be
SO good as to lend me his horse, we
can manage it beautifully. We have
, not an animal in the stable that I
can thoroughly trust. Mine is too
young"
'Do you mean to say" observed
Lena, "that you would ride into New
castle after the theatricals and the
dance. at some unearthly hour in the
morning-twenty something miles?""
Certainly. It would be rather a
joke"
"Winyard's idea Of joke" said
the colonel, with some deliberation.
while he kept his eyes fixed upon his
plate, "has always been peculiar"
Breakfast over, Charlie accompa-
MED the ladies out on to the terrace,
while the colonel followed VINEYARD
to the little study. When the door
was closed, the old soldier looked
suddenly round at his companion
with a characteristic brusqueness Of
manner.
"Why have you undertaken this
wild expedition to Bokhara?" he
asked.
Because" replied Winyard, with
a certain playful pride, 81 am about
the only man who has a chance Of
getting there unknown"
"And do you believe that any good
will come of it,"
"No.'
It was in such incidents as this
that the young fellow occasionally be-
trayed his military training, and the
old soldier loved to see it. Blind
obedience to orders, yielded by intel
ligent, thinking men, has been the
making of England.
"How will you go about it?"
Through Russia, think. I want
to have another look at Moscow, and
would perhaps have chance of pick
ing up some maps there"
But" said the colonel, "you will
never get into the country now. They
know you too WE'LL"
For half an hour the two men
talked over the matter calmly and in
detail, seeking to be honorable and
Straightforward, as behooves English
men even when In intercourse with
men who know not the meaning of
such words, and determined to carry
out the mission intrusted to one Of
them at all risks, and in face of every
difficulty, as behooves brave men and
patriots
Both men fully knew the dangers
likely to be incurred. though neither
spoke of them. Both had stepped
over the threshold of that mysterious
land of the Far East, and for them
the half-forgotten names of its cities
had no halo Of Arabian Night-1ke
glory. They took small account Of
these, except to denude them of the
untold splendor and lavish wealth be-
slowed upon them by travellers IA
bles, and to reduce them ruthlessly
tn squalid townships. The hopeless,
trackless wastes of desert sand and
rounded stones were of much greater
import to the solitary traveller. To
him thees spoke of months spent in
weary travelling by burning sun and
chilly night; they spoke of madden
ing monotony - hunger, parching
, thirst, a grewsome solitude and an
unrecorded death.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
FIERCE LOOKING PET.

Coyotes are often caught when
young and tanned, making playful
and intelligent pets. However, they
are never trustworthy, letting pass
no opportunity Of paying a surrepi-
tious visit to the hen roost and being
quite likely to bite the hand that
feeds them.
To say that the big gray timber
wolf can be tanned is to run the risk
of being branded a nature faker. SO
many ranchers, hunters, plainmen
and miners have made the attempt
and failed that few believe 1T to be
possible.
Little Susan Ross Cobb, of Albu-
querque, N. M, had two pet wolves,
Jack and Jill, widely known through
out the Territory as ''the only tame
gray wolves in America" A few
months ago Jack showed signs of
surliness, and as precautionary
measure Mr.. Cobb had him shot, not
desiring to run any risks. Jill is now
more than two years old, larger than
any Newfoundland dog and of much
be expected of an animal having her
pedigree. Her little mistress is ac-
customed to play with her as famil-
iarly as other children play with big
house dogs, but strangers witnessing
the ungainly gambols of the fierce
looking pet cannot rid themselves of
the fear that some day her savage
nature may reassert itself.
Sometimes Mr. Cobb takes her for
a walk through the streets of Albu-
querque, leading her by heavy
chain. All goes we'll unless a stray
cat happens to cross their path; when
that happens it requires all M. Cobb S
strength to hold the wolf. She pays
no attention to dogs, being accus-
toned to the fellowship of Mr.. Cobb's S
hunting dogs.
Jack and Jill were caught in the
''mailpais" of lava beds of the Rio
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-22
Man the Umbrella Loser.

eff the umbrella is for a gentle
man I suggest that it be cheap" the
clerk said. For lady, the costlier
the umbrella the better.
Ladies, you know, never lose UNI
brellas, never leave them in cars or
shops never carelessly allow them to
be swiped. Why, there are gold and
silvered handled umbrellas, the prop
erty of ladies, that have been coming
back to US for repairs for forty years.
But men-dear me! Men are lia-
bic to lose an umbrella the first day
they take 1t out.
For g man, you say, sir? Then
I recommend this strong and service
able article at seventy-four cents, re-
duced from ninety-eight. Philadel-
phia Bulletin.