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The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16

The operation of fish traps in Alaska is doing more to improve the Alaska Indians than any one other fact. The Indians onoo depended upon tho in come from the season's fishing to carry them through the balance of the year. and also to assist toward Duild- ing modern homes. This is now inn possible, as, in a majority of cases, tbe fish traps more than supply the canneries with fish for packing. Where hundred natives with purse seins were once employed, the fish are now csugh. by trap operated by five or six trap-men.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
SALE OF TIMBER. Ketcbiks

SALE OF TIMBER. Ketchikan,
 Alaska, December l6, 1908. Sealed
 bids marked outside "Bids Timber Sale application December Is, 1908. Tongass National Forest. and address sed to w. A. Lapgilie, Ketchikan,
 Alaska, will be received up to and in- cluding the 18th day of January, 1909,
 for all or any part of the live timber marked for cutting by the Forest off, cers, and agaiable for, hand logging, on the shores of Kuiu Island opposite Conclusion Island, in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, estimated to be 300, 09O fact B: M., log scale, more or less. of live spruce, hernlock aDd red cedar sawtimber. No bids for less than One {sl.O0) dollar per thousand. feet E. M., will be considered, and deposit Of $50. 0O must be sent to W. A. Langille, Special Fiscal Agent. Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bid Submitted to the super visor. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Tim Der upon valid claims exempted from sale. For further information and regulations sales address the undersigD- ed. W. A. LangiIIe, Ketcbikan. Alaska. 49
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Notice is, hereby given that the assessment roll for the year 1908 is now in my possession. for the collec- tiou of taxes levied thereon. Taxes will become delinquent on the first day 0. Jan iary, 1909 at $. o'clock p. ID. and unless the same, are paid be- fore that time q penalty of 20 per cent of the amount of tax will be charged additional togs thar with 8 per cent interest from the time of delinquency until payment. Taxes may be paid at any time during business hours at the office of the Tongass Trading Company on Front street.
 FREMONT KING, B Town Treasurer.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
Cement Industry in Good
 Condition

The cement industry has now reached the normal condition of other leading industries. Competition and de- clining market have resulted in what may be likened to 8 weeding-out pro- cess, which must eventually be con- ducive to the general good health of the industry. Purely speculative en- terprises and those of mushroom growth have been badly nipped by the fnancial frost, while plants estab- Iished upon sound basis have sur vived and may look for the return of prosperous times, if they are not already at hand. The development of the indus'ry for something over two million barries to nearly fifty millions in the brief period of ten years was one of the most remarkable industrial evolutions in the history of the country
 if not in the entire world, and it was not surprising that many entertained the conviction that this was to endure, especially ID view or a corresponding increae in the new uses for cement, says Cement Age. New York. Well informed and experienced manufactu- rers realized. however, that the indus try had reached q point where over production threatened and they pre- pared to meet the situation. In the meantime, many oyer-sanguine pro- moterS and investors have become en- lighteneu. They have found that the Panama Canal enterprise instead of requiring the total outpout of all the mills in the country, can be amply supplied by large plant. They have also discovered that cement mills To- cated in natural gas regions produce cement at a much less cost.-Ex.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16

We learn that some people have an idea that they must pay for any and every thing they bring to newspaper and ask to have printed. This is net the case dear reader, ws want all the news you can bring us and are glad to get it, so if you know any Dews bring i. ID and we will tell your neighbor and possibly you may avoid being called 8 gosip by letting US do the talking.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
A "PIacs of Lsarnino."

Sydney Smith. once asked why cer. tain college was called place of learn ing. replied that, although great many had been there to get learning. no one had ever taken learning away: hence 1t was appropriately named.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
OMeehotdsrs,

7 Well, thefe's one thing to be said for public servants"
 What's thatT
 "When you hire one you never have any trouble keeping Cleveland Leader.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
The Fairbanks Times says that the

The Fairbanks Times says that the evil ID ssock-watering hss been poin. : cd out So frequently that ]. seems needless to repeat the exposure fet the president finds it necessary to call the a,tensin to the subject in every message, and to refer to it constantly ;n speeches and iD interviews It sssus incredible 10 him that the ,eopis to not compel thsir represent s,i-es 10 &, iuCedissely !E ehe mat se. ard Q 7y-ot cut ;be eT.. ozce SIC for s,l. For Thiis the people de!as. the enem! is makiug hs!.
 The trouble is that the wrong, once committed. cannot be remedied. When the capital stock of company has been increased, and the extra stock has been Aoated upon she market and has acquired fixed value, the yslue must be recognized. Thousanos of investors purchase such stock in good faith, and for the government then to interfere would work injustice upon them. The public is doomed, ir the way of freight rates, 70 pay SD everlasting tax upon the increased amount of stock. The only person who wins is the speculasor who has helped issue the stock and has sold i. to the public
 The remedy. says the president, lies h federal control by the interstate commerce commission. This body should be given the power and should be prov ided with the means to make . physical valuation of railway. Ii would see to i. that when the amount of capital stock is increased or bonds issued. the proceeds from the sale ot such stocks and bonds would go into the improvement of the property oi the compan and not to swell the private fortune of manipulating dnancier.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-16
{" MASONIC

IgstallatioD of offers of Ketchikan Lodge No. l53 will be held on Thurs day evening at eight o'clock. Visiting brothers are cordially welcome. 2t.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-27

Continued on page ST.
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Rouletabille Invites Me to Break
fast at the DoNjon Inn.

y It was not until later that Route
tabille sent me the notebook
IN which he had written ait
length the story II the phe-
nomenon Of the ine1picable gallery.
On the day arrived at the Chandler
and joined him in IFS room he recount
ed to me, with the greatest detail, all
that have related. telling me also
how he had spent severa& hours in
Paris, where he had learned nothing
that could be Of any help to him
The event OF the inexplfcable gal
lery had occurred on the night between
the Goth and 30th Of October-that is
to say, three days before my return to
the chateau It was on the I'd OF
November, then, that / went back to
the Glandier, summoned there by my
friends telegram and taking the re-
volvers with me-
am now in Rouletabille's room, and
he has finished his recital.
While he had been telling me the
story noticed him continually rubbing
the glass Of the eyeglasses he had
found On the side table From the evil
dent pleasure he was taking IN han
dlin0 fhan I faIf fhav must be one OF
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sgTsTlE separated on the thresholds
INkI Of our rooms with a melan-
wv choly shake Of the hands.
Iarsan,s WAS an nrioiraal
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-27

1T know; but, in any case, he
t make us feel that we are in
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A CHANCE TO spp1rnn-

Il OHANCE TO SPRUCE I'M
Il you want your SCUM ~, w.
pruned we will block them or tt';;alaers
pattern-lip ticklers, fantails ang
goats or preacherinos. oily
Hair cuts of all kinds, from -.
willies to ring-around-a-rosora wo0lg
your ears without extra cbarn "at
BERRY's WHISKERAPpII,,r.
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carbon paper for sale at Tho !,
tor Office. sue Mon,

Old F. Puritan Rye is upson.n
You will find it at the Hotel Yga a'
bar, and having found it. w. 'ofdal
use no other brand. '00 vii
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CHAPTER XVIII.

Rou1etabiIIe Has Drawn q Circle
Between the Two Bumps on His
Forehead.
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the various business associations as
cembled few days ago for the diff.
cult undertaking of electing an ephe.
neral sovereign to preside over this
etc. The delegates on arriving at the
hall found Is beauties sitting in state
awaiting the decision of the judges.
The idle, butterfly type was not repre-.
sented, for the young woman who was
to attain the supreme d gnity of queen
had to be taken from the ranks of the
business women
After moments contemplation the
president of the committee, M. Chal.
Gnson, arose and in carefully selected
words set forth the ideas which tn st
inspired the business men to bring in
to existence this autumn feast. The
delegates were then asked to vote for
the queen of the fete. The situation
was most embarrassing. Calamity is
proverbial with the Frenchman, and
to his chivalrous mind it was almost
treason to select one to the discredit
of the other candidates. A choice had
to be made, however Above each
candidate was number and each del.
egate simply wrote the number of his
preference on the slip provided for
him and dropped it into a box.
The first count showed that the del
egates were of divers opinions and no
one of the candidates had a majority.
This necessitated another ballot A
signal was given to the brass band in
attendance, and in twinkling it was
thrilling the assembled people with
one of the most exciting popular airs.
The music gave courage to the timid
and faltering judges, so that it was
only question of few minutes before
the final vote was cast and counted.
This formality over, M. Grandon, mas
ter of ceremonies, announced the re.
suit and proclaimed the chosen queen
to be Mile. Lucienne Jolly, queen of
the dressmakers, Juno-like brunette
who had received II votes, thus ma
king her Queen of the Autumn Feast.
Blushing with pleasure and greatly
agitated, the reigning sovereign
thanked the assembly for the honor
conferred on her, and the committee
then escorted her and her IA maids of
honor to restaurant, where the cho.
sen one was congratulated demonstra.
lively by her relatives and compan.
IONS
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the Rural Home. The buds of a
fruit tree are in a sense distinct life
history. It's mission is to grow for a
time to produce other buds ny division
of itself for the perpetuation OF the
tree, and finally to flower, to fruit.
and then perish.
From this point of view the fruit
tree represents a crop o: buds of diff
ferent ages. Each season one of these
crops finishes it's course of Towering
and fruiting. and another crop is
brought into existence to take the
place in due time of the crop that has
fulfilled it's mission.
Now the fruit growers problem is
easily stated. 1t is to so treat his
trees as to have the largest number of
buds in condition to fruit to their best
capacity each season, and at the same
time bring on other healthy buds to
perpetuate the life of the tree, and to
fruit the next succeeding years. If
his tree is not fully grown, it is imper-
alive that the crop of young buds that
it brings forth shall be larger than
the crop of buds that he permits to
fruit. Barring only the question of
winter killing, if his methods of cul-
ture are correct, there would seem to
be no more reason why he should
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CURED ITCHING HUMOR.
Big, Painful Swellings Broke and Did
Not Heal-Suffered Years.
Tortures Yield to cuticura.

Little black swellings were scat
tered over my face and neck and they
would leave little black scars that
would itch so I couldn't keep from
scratching them. Larger swellings
would appear and my clothes would
stick to the sores. went to doctor,
but the trouble only got worse. By
this time it was all ov r my arms and
the upper part of my body in swellings
as large as a dollar. 1t was so pain
full that l could not bear to lie on my
back. The second doctor stopped the
swellings, but when they broke the
places would not heal. / bought set
Of the Cuticura Remedies and in less
than a week some of the places were
nearly we'll 1 continued until I had
used three sets, and now I am sound
and well. The disease lasted three
years. 0. L. Wilson, Puryear, Tenn,
Feb. s, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp Sole Props, Boston.
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fail in having his crop of flower buds
ready to open each spring than that
the nurseryman should fail to have
a crop of salable trees ready to sup
ply his patrons.
The conception of the bud as unit
Of production is not wholly new,
though it will be new to many Amere-
lean fruit growers. In Europe the
fruit tree has long been cultivated
more or less from the standpoint of
the bud. But the pottering methods
of training and trying fruit trees
practiced in European gardens are
impracticable in our land of high
priced labor and extensive culture.
And yet the bud standpoint is un-
questionably the correct one What,
then, can we do? We must make an
economical compromise between their
slow and tedious methods and happy
go-lucky no-system. Wemust find a way
of pruning trees SO as to better control
the growth and to place the buds more
on an equal footing as regards light
and space.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-28

Washington, who carried to the secre-
tary of agriculture berries that
weighed over four ounces each, said
that he personally would prefer to
grow berries on pavement with six
inches of good soil on it. AS a gen
eral rule, plants will be productive in
proportion as the soil is firm.
| can thoroughly recommend this
method. After the soil Is we'll pre-
pared, take the 15-inch marker and
mark it both ways. Then set plant
at each cross, leaving every third row
vacant for path. Now the plants are
in their new places, and will com
mence their seasons work at once.
Each one will send out a mass of
roots in all directions, from II to Is
inches in length. They are willing
workers and will never cease day nor
night until stopped by freezing wealth
er in November.
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Potter Drug & Chen
The Steady Man.

We'd like to write a little rhyme
about the steady man, who keeps on
pegging all the time and does the
best he can; the man who early goes
to work and doesn't get home till late;
who ever try to shirk in order to be
great. There are some fellows who
will try to do their business tricks
and have a finger in the pie of city
politics; they try to put on lots OF
style and play a heavy role, and in
little bit o. while you find them in
4 hole! like the man of steady pace.
his system l admire; he has no wild
desire to place more irons in the fire!
Los Angeles Express.
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Government Sanatoriums.

The United States government op'
crates three tuberculosis sanatoriums,
one for soldiers and officers of the
regular army at Fort Bayard, N. M;
one for seamen in the merchant ma
rine, and others employed in coast
service of the government, not in the
navy, located at Fort Stanton, N. M,
and one for officers and enlisted men
in the navy at Las Animas, Col. The
first hospital is conducted by the de-
partment of war, the second by the
United States public health and marine
hospital service and the latter by the
navy department.
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perfectly sure that the loaded fork Oh
sling clears with the coarsest hay, the
door Is safer made II by IL feet
where the dimensions of the barn will
permit this.
Where the barn has a hip roof and
it's width is So or more feet, the doors
may be made to roll aside on an over
head track, as represented in illustra
ton, where the door is made in two
sections These doors could also be
hung on side hinges and made to swing
out. So, too, could they be made tc
roll aside on the inside of the barn
if this were thought to be more de
sirable
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-28

P1nkham'S Vegetable Compound mace
me well woman and / have no more
backache. I hope I can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me. Mrs. EMMA MISE, 833 rstSt.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
< The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubtthat
Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-28
THIS QUEEN WORKS
How Paris Chooses a Fete Sow
ereiJn Each Year.
Mile. Lucienne Jolly, a Hard-Workine
Seamstress Was Queen of the
French Capitals Autumn
Feast This Year.

Parfs.--Although France is now a
republic for the third time, her peo-
pie still seem to banker after royalty
and their taste runs in the direction
OF queens. They can't have a regular
queen, of course, so they must De con-
tented with queens of lower degree,
who are chosen in various trades and
various parts of France with all due
ceremony.
From time immemorial the trades
people of Paris have celebrated each
carnival by electing queen from
among the work people, whose chief
merit is unusual beauty, the pride of
birth being quite an unimportant fac
tor.
The vegetable women select their
queen, the grocers theirs, the fishmar-
ket makes its choice and SO on. Then
these several chosen queens are
brought together for an appointed
committee to pass judgment on them.
The queen receiving the largest mum
Der Of votes is raised to the highest
honor and her title is-Queen of the
Queens. 1t is a strange fact that for
several years, with one exception, the
fish market has furnished the Queen
of Queens for this joyous fete.
This year the business men of Paris
inaugurated a Fete d'Automme Eau.
tumn feasD, and October and 3
were chosen as the days for the cele.
bration.
A very ceremonious meeting was
held in the chamber of marriages at
the city hall at which the delegates of
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-28
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Lettuce is soothing TO the nerves.
Sulphur is an ingredient of celery;
eating the plant helps keep off rheu
matiSm.
Making ground around the pear
trees too rich invites blight Wood
ashes are the best fertilizer for the
pear.
Raising peaches has been discour.
aging business for the last four years,
bu+ it's getting time for things to turn.
he apple shippers associations es.
tiaiate of the apple crop for 1909 Ia
aoout ten per cent. greater yield than
in 1908.
The small orchard is, as general
thing, most sadly neglected. A little
pains will bring these orchards into
profitable production.
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Rather Clever. What2

While the proverbial Englishmar
may not be able to distinguish a Joke
in less than two weeks time he otter
says something to arouse the risibili
ties. Among the passengers on one
of the big ocean liners lately coming
from Cherbourg was Britisher with
an appetite for information on topics
Of every conceivable description
Wherever knowledge was being dis
seminated he was to be found.
One day he overheard another pas
senger remark that the captain had
said they should see Sandy Hook with
in twenty-four hours.
Sandy Hook" exclaimed the Eng
!ishman; land who's he; some promi
1ent Scotchman In New York;"
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HAD A BETTER SUGGESTION
And, Coupled with the Enchanting OF
the Dog, 1t Was Carried
Unanimously.

Well" demanded the stern-faced
woman as she leaned over the red,
handled broom. What do you want?'
Lady" said the wayfarer, with the
long beard and matted hair, Pm an
actor by profession and in hard luck. .
We'll, what have to do with that?'
''Why-er-I was thinking if you
could spare me quarter to get a
shave and 9 hair cut could get job
in the role of Virginius."
She eyed him disdainfully.
ooh, that's a poor excuse" she said,
with a curl of her thin lip. Go up to
the town without shave and a hair
cut and get a job in the role of Rip
Van Wrinkle"
And before he could say another
word she started to unchain the dog.
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In planting we remove most Of the
leaves and cut back the roots to two
or three inches. almost converting the
plant into bulb. Removing the
leaves diminishes the demand for wa
ter while new roots are being sent
out, and shortening the roots encour-
ages the plant to send out new ones
from the crown, which it often fails
to do If the old ones are not cut back.
Further, plant with shortened roots
is much easier to plant properly.
The strawberry may be grown on
any well-drained soil of average fertil-
ity unless it contains much lime. If
fairly rich it is not necessary to ap-
ply much plant food. would not use
any fresh stable manure except as a
winter covering, writes M. Crawford,
in Garden Magazine. Nor should it be
used then if the bed is to be kept
over another year. 1t will not only
bring in weeds, but will produce a
rank growth that is very liable to
rust.
The preparation of the soil is an i'm
portant matter. 1t may be p.owed
to the depth of foot, but In
no case would bury the good
soil under more than an inch or two
of poor subsoil. 1t should be made
fine and firm as deep as it is plowed.
The hardest clay with four inches of
the surface made fine, and that below
unbroken, will produce better crop
than If it is broken to the depth of a
foot and only four inches pulveriZed.
Hollow places underneath are to be
avoided always, for the strawberry
plant will not bloom if it's roots get
into hole. A T. Goldsborough of
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careful to see that the flap turns up
far enough to close the opening in the
bottom-say half way up the bag. Pick
apples, pears, ETC., and put in this re-
ceptacle, being careful not to bruise
the fruit. When the bag is full let it
down in your barrel Tor box) in which
you are packing the fruit, unbutton
the flap, and pull gently outward. This
let's the fruit into the barrel and
avoids bruising. It's an easy proc
ass. too.