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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
Two DEFEATS In ONE NIGHT
Iowa and Minnesota Defeat Nebraska
Men at Debate.
OMAHA BOYS ARE ON TEAMS
Judges stand Two to One at Lincoln
ana ut Iowa City-ChInn-
man Wins Prize at
yale.
(From a Staff Correspondents

LINCOLN, Dec. l1.-(Speoial TeIeeramA-
Nebraska lost to Minnesota at Lincoln
ana to Iowa at Iowa City in debate on the
income tax question, unfolding the az.
flrmative at homo and the negative at
Iowa City.
The question was. Resolved, That a
Graduated Income Tax with An ExemptIo.
OF Incomes Under 5000 Per Annum would
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
Clarkson Will
Have Chance to
Round Out Term
Surveyor of Port of New York Will
Not Be Removed from Office
First of Year.

WASHINGTON, Dec. u.-General James
5. Clarkson, the surveyor of the port of
New York, will continue in the office until
April IS next, when the term for which lac
was appointed expires, unless in the mean.
time he voluntarily retires from that Of
flee.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11I-General Clarkson
declined to comment tonight on the news
from Washington that he would be re.
tanned in office longer than previously
announced. He did not care TO discuss
whether he would retire voluntarily un:il
he had received details of the decision at
Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
AWAIT CATTLE CASE VERDICT

Bee Want Ads are Business Boosters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

me fact that ChamDerlain's Cough
henedy Is pleasant 10 take has made II a
iAVorlte With mothers el erywhe-e.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
GoLDIE ENGBERG KILLS SELF
~orOne Jury of PIttAburR Finds
that Supposed Murder OF Girl
L. suicide.

PITTsBURG, Kan, Dec. u-That Goldie
Engberg, committed suicide here last Fri.
day, was decided by a coroner's fury To-
night, The finding was made upon tbs
testimony OF relatives and Immediate
friends OF the girl. who said she nae been
dependent for weeks. Testimony showed
mat the girl had her life insured in favor
or her parents. In case Of suicide Inc
policy was not payable.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
WORKERS AND WAGES.
We'll Paid Labor Is Always the Cheap.
 est, Says J. ]. Hill.


 James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern and other railroads, is au- thority for the statement that q train gang on his American railroads ham dies more than seven times as many tons of freight per mile as do the train gangs on English, French or German railways. For this seven times as much result American train- men receive less than twice as much wages.
 Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture in recent address said one American farm hand produces more rice than 400 Chinese. Chinese wages are only 10 to 12 cents q day. but if the rice workers of this country got the same rate for results produced their pay would be S44 to $4S day instead of $150.
 Cheap labor" never could produce the marvellous crops and manufactures of this country. Yet, measured by what 1t does. 1t Is the cheapest labor on the surface of the earth. And it is utterly false that prices are high be- cause wages are high. Compared with the prices the consumer pays. wages are lower in this country than in Eu. rope or China.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
SAXMAN NOTES

The foundation of new town hall is laid, and the people expect to finish the building later in the spring.
 Billy Henry and family have gone to the fishing camps. They will sell their catch to the Ketchikan firms.
 There is quite an activity at the water front. Sailing and gasoline boats are being repared and fitted out for another season's work. There are seven gasoline boats here.
 The missionary steamr Marietta is out of commission. Some parts of her machinery was damaged during the last cold spell. She will be repaired thoroughly in the course of a month.
 The old chief Kashakes, althoush h nearing ninety years of age, $ still robust in health. He has a good home, in front of which are two marble to- tenn poles, one for himslf and the other for a dead relative.
 The Mckay boys, Peter and Thom- as. are putting a brand new gasoline Regal engine, II hoese power, into their new boat. They expect to do lots of fishing and loging as soon as they can run their beat.
 During the long cold days water was very scarce here in SaXman. Those who could afford the luxury of it, had theirs ordered from distant places in coal oil cans. The rest of the people contented themselves with boiled and baked snow.
 MissE. J. Noble, the government teacher, is doing very good work among the childen, and also among the old people. Besides the regular school work, she teachers the older pupils cooking, sewing, drawing and the elementary knowledge of carpen- try. On Tuesday and Thursday even- ings she conducts classes for bible study. This part of her work is entire- ly voluntary. On Sundays she plays the organ at the Presbyterian Church.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
A BLOW AT SHYLOCKS.
Massachusetts New Law as to the As
 signment of Wages.

Massachusetts New Law as to the As
 sisnment of Wages.
 Massachusetts has adopted a strin- gent measure with view to stopping the custom of lending money to work people at usurious rates of interest. It provides that no assignment of wages shall be valid unless approved by the employers of the borrower, and if the latter be married the assignment must also be approved by his wife.
 Workingmen to relieve their necessi- ties i'll times past have placed them selves in the hands of usurers, the rates of interest being so high that it has often been impossible to make any impression on the principal, which goes on increasing indefinitely. ''1n Massac chusetts this practice was given almost quietus by compelling the re- cording of assignments in order to make them binding, but other states have not gone that far," says the Iron Age '"The greatest protection of all lies in the necessary cooperation of the employer in order to make an as signment valid. If he sees that the loan is necessary hc may permit it, with the consent of the wife of the borrower.
 But it is safe to say that such cases will be rare. Probably an advance in wages would be fully as likely an out come of the employees application at tue office. The protection to the work ingman's family is also very good thing in that 1t may curb extravaganza and extreme improvidencc. Money lenders of the stamp who advertise eX- tensively that they lend money with out security will be seriously handi capped in their operations under the law. It is already strongly apparent that Massac husetts has been rid of the greater number of the class and that the cities of adjacent states have in- creased their quota of usurers propor tionately."
 This city. in common with all indus trial centcrs, comments the Brooklyn Eagle, has felt the demand of the Shylocks and our working people have been bled to the extent of many thousands of dollars yearly. One of the duties of the present legislature should be to emulate the Massachu- sets idea.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
An Ocean Sanitarium.

Some particulars are given in the British Medical Journal of proposal to provide an ocean sanitarium for tu- berculosis. The suggestion is to fit up a sailing ship of about 2000 tons for not less than fifty patients. each to be provided with large and well yentl- lated cabin. The deck would be used for what is commonly called the ve- randa treatment. The intention of the promoters is that the ship shall cruise in the ncighborhcod of the Canaries, where 1t will have the advantage of the trade winds and of an equable climate. while port will not be far distant fin case of the onset of bad weather
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
UNIONS IN INFANCY.
Labor Organizations Quite Imperfect
 as Yet, Says Labor Leader.


 John F. Tobin, general president of the Boot and Shoe Workers union, was the principal speaker at recent Sunday meeting in Brockton (Mass.) church. The subject for discussion was, Do Labor Unions Threaten Lib. erty!" He said in part:
 "Thc trades union standard is just and uniform. The question before us is what is q fair days pay and what is fair days work. You can an swer the question for yourself, but not for others. What may be determined in Brockton as a fair days pay will not be accepted in other places. In our organization I have had some of the critics ask what 1t has done for the laboring man. My answer is that we are but infants in the work before us. When we take into consideration with whom we have to deal it is not at all astonishing that all men are not agreed as to what Is fair days pay for fair days work.
 If you start out alone to sell your labor and continue in that way you will find that you are wrong, and you will begin to think about a union. You will think about uniting with some man in the same undesirable position as you are. Many people think that the union is the creation of disorder ed mind ard that the offices are soft jobs. but of all the soft jobs that l ever heard deliver me from that of a labor leader.
 "I would almost as soon be a preacher. When the labor union move ment grows older we will have the as- sistance of the best men, the best wo- men and the best minds in the world. I realize that the unions are quite i'm perfect. and that is why I said they are in their infancy. Never 1oes a union rise to the level AA =
 A Chid's Thoughts.
 My little thoughts go fitting round
 AS quick as humming birds.
 I cannot catch them. have found,
 To put them into words.
 They fly about both far and near
 In such funny way.
 want to write them down, but, dear.
 1 don't know what to say!
 -Womans Home Companion.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
Copper Situation at
 the Present Time

The Engineering and Mining Journal says that the exaggerated reports about the accumulation of an immense stock of unsold copper, accompanied by the decline in the price for the metal, have put the ideas of the ill-informed at sizes and sevens. Some person have the notion that the price for copper is on the road to 10c. per h., where others are confident "that copper will sell above 16c. before it sells below 14c. ;" The latter are evidently ignor- ant that the price is already below l4c. These wide difference of opinion are due to failure to take advantage of the accurate information that is available. Misinformation is greedily accepted when It bears out preconceived ideas or cherished wishes.
 For example, one financial paper stated on Jan., 21. that electrolytic copper had been sold that day at 1418c., while another stated on the following day that it was being held at 14c. As matter of fact, electrolytic copper had been offered freely for a week previous at 135sc. by first hands, who would have been glad to dispose of some millions of pounds at that figure if the business had been forthcoming. By Jan. IS, the price in London had fallen to such point that cathodes could be taken out of store, and deliv- cred in New York at thirteen and one half cents. Does any one suppose that holders of large stocks ip this country would not have been glad to let metal go at that figure, and replace it by importation from England, if desired?
 There is no great mystery as to the present situation in copper, which may be summarized as follows: Production in America is going on at the largest rate on record. On Jan. 1. there was a considerable stock of unsold refined copper, but nowhere near so large as represented. However, the idea that there was no stock in this country was rather cultivated during the last quar- ter of 1908, and when spectators who had entered into large commitments in the London market awoke to the fact that the statistical situation was different from what they supposed, liquidation of their accounts ensued, causing Ghe recent decline in prices. I D the meanwhile. domestic manufact. urers, pretty well conversant with the actual situation, have continued to refrain from buy ing and production is going on at undiminished rate, stocks nave further accumulated since Jan 1. The market is at present in q precarious condition, and vii become more so as long as manufacturers hold aloof. It is the ultimate consumer who possesses the key to the situation. The worlds stock of copper is not yet so big as to be great drag on the market for long time after cousump- tion regains it's normal rate. The question is simply how long we have got to wait for manufacturers to begin to buy.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
LABOR NOTES.

The Baton Rouge local, No. 9, of tle international Typographical union ,,s shown its interest in civic affairs lv Joining the local board of trade. ihe typographical union was the first o;:..a. iZation in the Louisiana capital to take this step.
 uring the past twelve years Typo graphical union No. 6, New York, has expended $92,51S for the support Of the Union Printers home in Colorado Springs.
 I'll spend my money where I please, and I'll buy union products every tine I shall not buy the product of an un- fair house, and no agency in America of whatever nature can make me do so.-John Mitchell.
 A Baltimore judge fined two union men $50 each for stopping men and women on the street to ask them not to work in a factory that had been de- clared on strike.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH.

Sunday Il a. m.-Diyine Worship. Sermon by pastor; subject, ''The Land Washington and Lincoln. "
 F 100 noon-Regular session of the Sunday School. zoo p. m.-Gospel Song service and preaching by pastor; ''The Religeon of Abraham Lincoln.
 Tuesday ! 30 p. m. Meeting of the Knights of King Arthar. Wednesday ! 30 p. m.-Meeting for prayer and bible study. Friday 8 100 p. m.-Music rehearsal. First and third "Wednesday after moons at 2 30, Ladies Aid Society. First and third Friday evenings. young ladies' class.
 Second and fourth Saturday after moons, Queen Esther Circle.
 Roy. F. V.Fisher, pastor.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20

The action taken in the legislature of several states regarding the Jap question, and which is thougth to be forerunner of the laws that will finally be passed, may seem to some people unjust. The denying the Japanese right to become property holders, the right to vote. the segreB gation of school children, the right to work at any trade so long as an Amer jeans can or will fill the position, and many other things we could mention would be nothing more than recipro. cal law.
 In Japan, the foreigner is re- quired to pay a sax equal to almost twice that paid by the natives, are denied the right to own land, vote, or even labor as long as there is Jap left who can fill the position. If a foreigner wants to attend an opera he is taxed more than double the amount of the regular admission.
 The Japs in this country should be handed the same as is handed to us they deserve it. Why should we as a nation give more than we receive?
 It the Japanese resent reciprocal ac- tion it will prove that they expect more than they are willing to give, and once the people understand the unreasonableness of many of their de- mands in the face of what is handed to foreigners, they will cease to wonder why the nation is getting sick and tired of the Jap.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20

His record in the office is excellent from every point of view and his services to the cause of organized la- bor have been very great. During his tenure of tue presidency the member ship of the brotherhood has grown from 34,00O to nearly 100000, and in the same period the funds in the treas ury have increased from $20,247.60 to $341 .365.30.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
CHURCH SERVICES
SAINT JOHNS CHURCH.

Rev. Robert Ewvell Roe, priest in charge.
 Sunday 8 a. m. Holy Communion. 9 :45, Native Sunday School.
 II: co, Matins list. Sunday, Holy Communion and Sermon.
 l2:15, White Sunday School.
 3p. ID. Native Service.
 T D. m. Evensopg and Sermon.
 Wednesday ! 80 p. m., Native s. vice.
 Saturday: } :O0 D. m. J. A. s. 7:3J D. m. Choir practice.
 Meeting of Vestry first Monday night in month; Womens Guild, hrsi and third Thursdays. about , 30.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
SALVATION ARMY

The Salvation Army holds its meet ings in the home of Mark Brown as follows Sunday Salvation meetings 200 and :OO pm.' Tuesday evenings at zoo D. m. experience meeting. Friday evening at ! :00 p. m., prayer meeting.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20

The Princess May had seven passen- gers out of this port for the South.
 Mrs. J. DeBuhr, of Hollis was pas senger on the Cottage City for Seattle.
 The Cottage City loaded 13O boxes of fish at the Narrows for Seattle on her last trip.
 Nine first and three second class passengers left for Sound points on the Cottage City last night
 Forest Supervisor wv. Jones, as, sisted by W. H. Babbitt have chartered the launch Spray and will spend about two weeks on the Q. U. Island and other places, estimating timber for the government.
 A birthday party was given by Mrs. Ed Williams for her son Leslie yester- day in honor of his sixth birthday. Several of his little friends were invi- ted to take part in the celebration which closed with feast so dear to the heart of children. Recent notice has been received from Washington, D. c. that the area of the Tongass National Forest had been increased to probably include all of southeastern Alaska, with the ex- ception Of certain areas adjacent to cities and towns to admit of the growth of the same. All business matters re- lating to the cutting and sale of tim, Der in the forest should be transacted with the Forest Supervior at Ketchi- kan.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
Knew How to Platter Her.

"He understands her perfectly"
 "What makes you think SOP"
 "Shc remarked that she understood him better than he did himself, while he didn't understand her bit. and he agreed with her."-Kansas City Times.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
Retort Courteous.

l was trying to heave the shot. A trainer happened by He told me 1 was doing wrong And tried to show me why. "But 1t Is just another way Of putting it," said l.
 '-Harvard Lampoon.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
In tho Neck.

The women folks at church bazaar But rarely loosen their purse strings far. And married danes keep a watchful eye That hubby shall not too widely buy. But the bachelor-alas. alus. He gettetli 1t in the esophagus!
 Kansas City Times.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20
Huber Re. elected by Carpenters.

William D. Huber, who has been the general president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners since 1899. has been reelected tor aRQtheE tegRL
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20

CATHOLIC CHURCH.. Sunday Mass at 10 a. ID. Sunday school at ? D. m. Week day massat ! 30 a. m.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-20

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Douglas Island news., 1909-09-15
Pioneers of the Yukon

The popular impression is that the first discoveries, explorations and pross pecting of the Yukon river in Alaska were matters of very recent period. The death of Le Roy N. McQuesten, otherwise known as Jack McQuesten, serves to recall the fact that more than thirty-six years has elapsed since the first gold. seekers crossed the trail over from the Mackenzie and made their way down the Porcupine to the Yukon in search of gold.
 McQuesten himself was one of the first men who settled on the Yukon From 1874 until 1898 he lived on the river, his actual residence there ante dating the discovery of gold on the Koudike by something like twenty five years. He was genuine pioneer, blazer of trails for others, the opener of new routes of travel and the discov- erer and exploiter of natural resources which were to make thousands who came after bin wealthy.
 It was at the trading post that McQuesten started, and into which he had goods brought at incredible eX- pense, that the first prospectors on the Yukon drew their supplies which alone permitted them to remain in the coun- try and develop it's hidden wealth. The fur trading companies cared noth- ing for the development of mining, which would bring white men into the country and drive out the game and fur- bearing animals. They did nothing to encourage prospecting or develop meut of any of the resources of interior Alaska. It was men like Mcquesten who really opened the country and made it possible for others less enter
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-15
Good Times at Fairbanks

During the past month water has been plentiful in the Tanana district, and as result it is now the estimate that the output of gold for the season will exceed s1oOO0,Oo0. Conditions are such that estimates can be made with fair degree of accuracy.
 While this record of production falls below the estimate made before the season was opened, this is due to the fact that at the beginning of the season there was a shortage of water, which threatened to continue all summer. There was in consequence large exo- dus of unemployed, and when the drouth was broken by the welcome rain there was temporary scarcity of labor. At that, most of the dumps will be cleaned up this year.
 A production of S10,0O0,OO0 of gold each season places the Tanana district in the first rank among the placer dis tricts of the world. Production up to this point promises to continue for sev' eral years to come, and before the placers are exhausted quartz mines will be developed and will be large producers.
 Fairbanks is enjoying considerable prosperity, and by the time the rail- road reaches it, as it will within two years, will be established as large and permanent town, the center of a big mining district, which will continue to employ large number of men for many years.-Ex.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-15
Notice of Forfeiture
To ]. j.. Osborne:

To l. L. Osborne:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed has expended the sum of fonr hum dred dollars (S40Q.00 in labor and improve ments on that certain lode mining claim sit uated at Nevada creek, on Douglas Island, in the Harris Mining district, in the District of Alaska, and known as the Sleepy Kitten lode mining claim, the notice of the location of which claim being filed for. record and recorded in Book 10 of Lodes on page SSO, of said book, in the office of the recorder at Ju- neau, Alaska, said sum being expended in order that the owners thereof might hold the said premises and mining claim under the provisions of the laws of the United States, such amount being the sum required by such laws to entitle said owners to hold such claim for the years 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908.
 And if, within ninety (9O) days after the publication of this notice, you fail and re- fuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as O co-claimant orco-owner in the said claim, your interest in said de- scribed property will become forfeited and thereby become the property of the sub- scriber to this Notice of Forfeiture, pur- suant to the laws of the United States.
 ROBERT THOMPSON.
 Date of first publication, June 30, 1909.
 Date of last publication. October G. lsO9.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-15

prising and less hardy to come in and to work with chance of success.
 It was quarter of a century after the first placer mining operations on the Yukon commenced that the great strike of the Klondike brought the country to the attention of the whole world. There were several good camps on the Yukon where money was made for many years before the Yukon rush commenced and settlement was an old matter. Forty mile, Sixty-mile and Circle City were established places we'll known on the outside years ago. But the Yukon of today has almost forgot ten men of the McQuesten type, who made the present development possible. -P.-I.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-15
Escape Nicely Timed

4 German shoemaker left the gas turned on ia his shop one night, and upon arriving in the morning, struck a match to light it. There was terrific explosion, and the shoemaker was blown out through the door almost to the middle of the street.
 A passerby rushed to his assistance and, after helping him to arise, inquir- ed if he was injured.
 The little German gazed in at his place Of business, which was BOW burn- ing quite briskly, and said:
 "No, aindt hurt. But I got out shust in time, eh?"
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-15

The St. Croix liner of the Schubach- Hamilton Comps ny will be operated on on the San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Los Augelus route, in connection with the steamers Roanoke and George w. Elder.