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The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-10-28

Prof (. (. Georgesoa. superin- tendent ot the Alaska experiment stations. has recently returned from a trip b tae country along the Iu- kon River. He said: My trip to the interior has convinced me more than ever that Alaska has a great future in her agriculture. When l left Ranpars station a field of splen did grain vas maturing, and the berries, melons and vegetables grown in the interior surpass be- lief
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-10-28
Return From Long Trip

After being gone for e days. AleE Nreatt, Guy Carson and Pred Bronson are once more at home from their trip up the Is}ut river. whither they went to do tae assess ment work on the mining proper ties in that reagon owned by local people, They report the trip of their lives, the properties having shown up well as the work of d. yeloping progressed, and the hunt ing being all that anyone coutd ask for. They report having bagged nine grizzly bears, some Of them exceptionally large, besides two moose and numerous small game. The ore specimens they brought down to have tested appear to De richer even than ever, insur.ng 2 glowing future for the properties.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-10-28
$z.5O TO SEATTLE
Unofficialy word reached Wrang today that the Pacific Coast and Alaska Steamship companies had combined against the Humboldt and had cut first class passenger rates from Seattle to S750
Governor Styineford Dead

Word reached town Tuesday, ot the death that morning at Ju- neau of Ex-Governor \. P. Swine ford. The news came a great sur prise as the last reports were that he was showing signs of improve ment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-10-28

Tom Dalgetty, after a stay of a couple of weeks in ketchikan in attendance upon the cour. there, re t1rned on the City of Seattle Tues day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-10-28

Falcon Joslyn of Fairbanks has ben re-elected president and H.. Non Hasslocher secretary of the Arctic Club ar Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-10-28

day.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-21

Excitement in the Men Section will be into
will bring out hundreds of buyers who know an,
The assortment is large, and the economies pl
as we'll as on the famous clothes of Buffalo s be-
If you want to know what real bargains are
your purse-Come to this sale We assure you
depend on that
Every new style, every color, every pattern
made Of fine quality fabrics and absolutely guar
most critical inspection.
HERE ARE THE PRICES. BUY NOW OR PAY
Reg. Value.
5000 Men s Suits will be sold at .............
$500 Men 8 Suits will be sold at ............
$4,000 Men s Suits will be sold at .............
$25O0 Mems Suits will be sold at ..............
$4,000 Men s Suits will be sold at .............
$500 Men Suits will be sold at ..............
$4,000 Men s Suits will be sold at ..............
s $50 Men s Pants will be sold at .............
S $50 Men s Pants will be sold at .............
s 400 Men s Pants will be sold at .............
S 500 Men s Pants will be sold at ............
5 500 Men IS Pants will be sold at ..........
$ $50 Peg-Top Corduroys will be sold at ....
s $50 Mems Hats Will be sold at .............
5 800 Mems Hats will be sold at .............
S 400 Mems Hats will be sold at .........
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10

Thursday morning.-Press reports
have it that between twenty and thirty
striking switchmen returned voluntarily
to work in the Northern Pacific yards
at Hillyard. Wash. The switchmen,
who are in constant communication
with all points affected by the strike,
state that there is not a word of truth
in the report. Inasmuch as there are
only fifteen switchmen employed in the
yards at IIillyard at normal times it
would appear to the casual observer
kind of funny that nearly twice the
number of men out should go back to
work. The press agent who concocted
that yarn had a vivid imagination.
One engine is at work this morning
in the local Northern Pacific yards
with one strikebreaker. The Great
Northern yard engines are somewhat
better equipped in point of numbers
but the work these green strikebreakers
are trying to accomplish would make
the Gods weep
The report sent out from the iobbers'
association of st. Paul that sixty six
engines were at work in the yards and
that traffic conditions were about nor
NAL, sounds very fishy. 1t is apparent
that the St. Paul jobbers are making a
grandstand play for orders from west
ern merchants.
These reports are not worrying the
strikers as it is not hard to fathom
the motives for these reports. The rail
roads had the strike broken according
to their own statements the second day
of the strike.
just what action the American Fed
Grafton of Labor win take in this strike
is not definitely known. The officials
are watching the situation very closely
however, and President Gompers Is IN
Chicago conferring with other union
officials.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10

ssyen ami 0ne-half, resulted in each
case, in an increase of the output.
"Ihe Solvay Process Company. of
Syracuse, installed in 1892 system of
three cight-hour shifts in place of the
two previous shifts of eleven and
thirteen hour$ respectively. 1t was
stated by the assistant general manager
i'll 1905 that the change had consider
ably lessened the wear and tear on the
men, and that they could be called on
to do their work at their highest state
of efficiency. which had not been pos
siblc on the two-shift basis President
Hazard of the company writes:
I'm general, | can say that the rn-
suits of the change from twelve hour
shift to an eight hour shift were very
satisfactory and have continued to be
to considerably increase the cost per
unit of product, the efficiency of thr
men gradually increased, so that at
the and of about ore year the first in
crease has been ovlcomC and the rbst
per unit of produce fell to point even
lower than had been obtained under
the twelve hour shift. and furthr tic
time consumed per unit of product la,
since been so reduced that we az" 20
day and for some lime hay been one
ating with a smaller number of hours
per unit of proluct than we had under
the twelve hour SHIFT
Further proof of the benefits of the
three-shift day is furnished by the rec
orGs # the Sohay Iutual Benefit As
ISOLATION for lS9l and 1904 The d,ys
lot per man by sickness each year
fell from seven aEj one half days in
1891 to five and one-half days in 1904.
1T is not maintained that in all
cases productivity will be as great in
eight hours as in nine. Cases to the
contrary could also be cited. The point
to be insisted upon is not that it is
profitable to an employer to make the
work day shorter. for often it is not.
but to show that it is profitable to the
nation and the race. Continual fatigue
is inimical to national vitality, and
however it may affect the commercial
profits of the individual it will in the
end deplete the vital resources on which
national efficiency depends.
In the interests of this efficiency. a
longer time at noon for lunch is usu-
ally necessary. The present economy
of lunch time is short sighted, tends to
food boiling, Indigestion, a drowsy and
tired afternoon, and inferior work. This
has been shown by actual experience
"The accident bulletins of the Inter
state Commerce commission contain fire.
ouent records of disasters caused by the
long hours OF railway employees. In
a recent bulletin, No p two collisions
are attributed to the mistakes of EN-
ployes who have been on duty much
longer than the instinct of safety should
allow Collision No. 3, which killed
two and injured thirteen. was due to
the mistake of a station operator who
had been on duty from a. m. TO $3.50
p. m. and who had returned to duty
at p m. The collision took place at
1890 a. m. the next morning.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
WHY THE SW|TCHMEN REFUSE TO ARB|TRATE

the controversy. Political campaigns
have amply demonstrated the wisdom
of the former course.
So far the switchmcn have con.
Quoted themselves admirably. They
proved they had an organization that
amounted to something when they an
swered the strike order to man. There
have been no desertions They have
established their headquarters and have
remained away from the railroad yards
The strikebreakers put to work by
the companies and protected by armed
guards have been and will continue to
be unmOlested as far as the striking
switchmen are concerned The railroads
might as well save themselves the eX.
pense of Pinkerton detectives as far as
danger of moestation to property or
person is concerned. The strikers have
adopted a course which must commend
itself to everybody except the railroads,
who would perhaps welcome an out.
break, which would furnish an excuse
for the injunction, the friend of all
corporations.
The local switchmen are standing
Loyalty by strike orders to man and
are not worried by the importation of
strikebreaking switching crews. Well
| they know that practical railroad men
do not engage in strike breaking. They
have no fear OF winning this conflict
| if outside interests give them fair play
and allow them to fight it out with the
railroads, They only ask square cut
of the cards and a chance to get their
side of this dispute before the public.
1t is campaign of misrepresentation
they fear-not the truth about their
working conditions and what they are
fighting for.
That the present strike may have
its complications, they admit. 1t may
be a long way to the end and if it is
much will depend upon the attitude
of the men engaged in other branches. of
railway service. They have the sym
pathy of their brethren of the road in
this fight. 1t has been limited that
there is some antagOnsm between the
switchmcn and the railway trainmen,
but nothing could be further from the
truth. The trainmcn are with the
switchmen heart and soul in this fight
for better conditions. But the time may
soon arrive when this sympathy must
take more tangible form and it is hard
to foreteII what may happen. One
thing seems certain and that is that the
railroad men generally have made up
their minds that this strike must be
won The railroad men in the different
organizations are bound by a common
cause and are coming closer together.
The tendency of the time is toward
closer affiliation and it is not hard to
forecast one mighty railroad organiza
ion as the result of this conflict,
whether the present struggle be won
or lost Events are moving rapidly in
the railroad world and upon the rail
road workers themselves will depend
the outcome of this struggle Will they
stand or fall together is the question
that is agitating the minds of organized
labor everywhere. Which side are you
on in this struggle, the side of might
or right?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10

Nothing but union made tobacco at
the Labor Temple cigar stand. Try the
new union made cigarette tobacco, Gold
Flakes.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10

FOR SALE-Real Estate Blanks Short
form for time transaction. News Pub,
fishing Co., 29l2 Rockefeller Ave.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10

The following telegram received the local swchmens Union
in the Labor Temple this afternoon
Swchmens Headquarters ST. Paul Dec 93 m.-Eveyhng al
sandsd at Minneapolis and ST. Paul Companies fill
places with strangers No Conditions bright We shall
Signed.
F. P, HAWIEY.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10

LIST OF MEAT MARKETS IN Ev-
ERETT THAT HANDLE CARSTEN
MEAT, BEARING GOVERNMENT
STAMP NO. aa4.
published by order of Everett Trades
Council)
Cataract Market.
Market at 2OO6 Hewitt.
Market at doth and Colby.
Crescent Market.
Washington Meat Market, corner of
Wetmore and California.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
THE LABOR JOURNAL

Is the official organ of the Trades
Council, and is read by the labor
ing men and women of Everett.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

Baxter-Miami continues to hold
fourth place in the production OF
the district for the past % weeks
as shown in the above tabulation.
We have reason to feel proud OF
the baby" camp, less than five
years old; watch the baby grow.
She will take first place long be-
fore she reaches her majority.
There was practically no
change in prices the past week.
The advance in Epelter ought to
have brought an advance in ore,
but the buyers held prices down
to former prices, $47 to $40. Pig
cad advanced to $4.27.05 in St.
Louis, with a much better de-
mand for lead products, yet t 'ere
was no demand for lead ore, the
price sagging to $54 to IS. With
the increased demand for both
zinc and lead we feel confident
prices will advance in the near
future.
More mining news on last-page
-----.----~--------~-
Call on Chambers Millinery
Co., west side of Military street,
Baxter Springs. for nP-to-date
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
O WEATHER CONDITIONS. o
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| High pressure now covers the
codntry, excepting normal to mod
erately low pressure over New
England. Within the last "a hours
generally light precipitation was
reported scattered from northwest
efn Washington and British Column
hi3 over the Rocky Mountain re-
Sjon to southern California and
Texas, and from Texas to Mime
sofa and Missouri early this morn
ing snow was falling in Nebraska
end Massachusetts, and rain in Ar
Kansas. From the Pacific to the
western slope of the Rockies tenn
perature changes in general have
been slight. excepting in south.
western Utah, where a moderate
cold wave obtains with tempera-
ture degrees below zero. Except.
ing moderately colder weather in
middle Canada, eastern Montana,
North Dakota, northern Illinois,
western Pennsylvania, the District
of Columbia and Massachusetts,
there is a prevalence of slightly
higher temperature eastwardly of
the eastern Rocky Mountain slope.
Conditions this morning are indica-
tive of fair weather tonight and
Saturday in this vicinity.
CHAS. STEWART,
Local Forecaster.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
DIVORCES PAPA'S CHAUFFEUR,
! Webs AGAIN IN THREE HOURS

Rumors of the impending m9rri-
age had reached the ears of Mrs.
Spear. Miss Silveys mother. but
she refused to believe them and
left the house on a shopping trip.
When the girls father arrived at
his home for luncheon he discov-
cred the maid busily packing her
young mistress trunks. Question
cd by Mr.. Spear, the maid told all
she knew about the impending sec
ond marriage. In fury Mr.. Spear
locked his daughters trunks in her
room and pocketed the key. Then
he made his unsuccessful attempt
to prevent the granting of license
The parents of Mckenzie have
informed Mr.. Spear by telephone
that they had no objections to the
match if it had been made with the
consent of the Spears.
The bride, it is said, will some
day be one of the Wealthiest girls
in the south, as she will inherit
100000 left by her grandfather
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
MINISTER WOULDN'T ACT
e UNTIL SPEER RELENTED

ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 24-Mar-
RED a second time within three
hours" of getting a divorce ~om
Russell Thomas, her fathers chauf.
feur, with whom she eloped year
ago, Miss Silvey Speer, the beauti-
TIul IS year old daughter of w. A.
Spear, d wealthy and socially prom
&nent resident of this city, was
baked of a second elopement and
honeymoon trip to New York by
the tardy consent to her marriage,
which she succeeded in wringing
today from her parents.
Mrs. Thomas secured her final
decree of divorce from Thomas
here at 10 o'clock this morning.
Ten minutes later she and Marshal
Mckenzie, 10 years old, secured a
license for their marriage. Deter
mined on immediate elopment, Nc
KenZie had provided an automobile
and summoned clergyman, the
Rev. Mr.. Bass, but when the latter
realized what the circumstances of
the contemplated marriage were,
and reflected on the notoriety at
tending Miss Spears elopment, he
decided. in spite of the entreaties
of the two young people, not to
perform the ceremony.
In the meantime Mr. Spear, the
young girls father, having got wind
of the impending second marriage
of his daughter. had hurried from
his home to the office where the
young people intended to get their
license as fast as his motor car
could carry him, but he was too
late. Mckenzie and Miss Silvey
had secured what they wanted.
Chagrined, Mr.. Spear returned
home again, to find there his
daughter and young Mckenzie, also
the Rev. Mr.. Bass, whom they had
brought with them in hopes that
by obtaining Mr.. Spears consent
they might remove the clergyman 5
objections to marrying them.
Bombarded by the entreaties of
both the young people, Mr. Spear
and his wife at last consented to
the marriage, whereupon the Rev.
Mr.. Bass performed the ceremony.
The wedding was a great sur
prise to the parents of the bride,
who had planned to send her away
to a girls finishing school after Sc
curing her divorce from Thomas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24

day tomorrow, and they are going
to take it.
only those men who carry a
card showing that they are active
union men, should receive the en-
dorsement or support of organized
labor in elections. David c.
Coates.
Mr. Coates made this statement
the other day while speaking of
some OF the elections that have
been held in Spokane, wherein Sc
called champions of labor have
been put into office.
There is a ring Of truthfulness
in the former governors state
ment, for how often has the labor
ing element of Spokane been turn
ed down" by public officials, who
played to the galleries of organ
lied labor before their election ?
How often has organized labor fail
ed to elect its candidate because
he or she was not strong enough
because they carried no union
card?
There is considerable excitement
in the common laboring ranks of
the city, over report that a large
force Of citizens will be put to
work on the Monroe street bridge
shortly after the first of the year
Consultation with the mayors
office this morning revealed the
fact that as many citizens as prac-
ticable will be put to work on the
bridge as soon as weather and
water conditions will permit, but
that may not be for some little
time
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24

months so
workers shops strike
union workers during last spring and
Now the figures in showing that
walked the
strike
that being
From the shops gar
York, while Ludlow
locked OUT $50 unorganized umb and mill
cinnat automobile molde
and Kalamazoo Mich quit
Chicago and enough oth places carry
total above $4,000.
The union labor officials working
ideal shops the
the best to avoid labor oub organization
and recognize
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
LOCAL LABOR NEWS

The retirement of Thomas Ma
loney from the treasurership and
management of Federal union No.
1924 at the first of the year may
cease that organization work on a
cooperative contracting basis. Ma
loney will retire at the first of the
year and his place will be filled by
f. Nj. Sweeney. one of the first
members of the union, who was
formerly president.
While the cooperative contract
ing plan of this union has kept a
large number of its members en-
ployed at times when they could
not have Jared so well if dependent
on tn ordinary methods of securing
work from contractors, the plan has
had its drawbacks, and many of the
men have been dissatisfied. De-
spite this fact it has doubtlessly
been successful, generally. Few
members are of the opinion that
any new contracts will be taken by
the union after work On those with
which they are employed now is
completed
'.Having one" Tor more) on
Thomas Stantons twins occupied
the major part of the time of the
Cooks and Kitchen Helpers union
in the regular meeting last night,
according to information secured
from some of the members. A large
number attended the meeting for
this special feature" in obedience
to a request posted on the bulletin
board in the hall yesterday They
say Tom has a couple of beauties.
Get your shave tonight. The
BARRIERS are entitled to a half holt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
G. | 7 7 |
\ n Z w s,

A complete vindicaton has been
given F. f. Goodall, president OF
the chamber Of commerce of any
desire to use his office to boost the
sale of irrigated lands in New York
city. A committee from the cham
Der of commerce investigated the
case and freed Mr. GOOdall from all
blame. The committee seems TO
think that w. d. Finley, formerly
assistant manager of the National
Apple show, and w. II. Halling, sec
rotary Of the chamber & commerce
of Wenatchee, may be respOnSiblC
for the articles that appeared in the
Wenatchee papers.
J. J. Browne, the pioneer real es-
tate owner and chairman of the I'M
ion depot committee, because of i'll
health, will leave soon for the south
to spend the winter.
Married men seeking enlistment
in the United States army are be
ing rejected at the Spokane recruit
ing office. The army has issued or
dcrs against taking married men
into the service.
Irwin Emhoff of Spokane created
a scene in Wheeling, w. Va, by
flOurishing his revolver in the
streets and creating truly west
ern scene. He was held to the
grand jury in default of $500 bonds.
The HiIiyard Order of Railway
Conductors have installed officers,
with Chris Nelson as chief conduc-
tor and G. |. Steadman as secretary
treasurer. The woman's auxiliary
of the o. r. c. installed at the same
time.
Charles Sweeney, the former Spo-
kane millionaire. now living in New
York, has concluded to erect an
apartment house at Portland that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
700 YEARS IN HOUSE

LONDON, Dec. 24.-In commem-
Grafton of the golden wedding OF
Mr.. and the Hon. Mrs. II. c. Oke-
over of Okeover hall, Stafford
shire, reredos has been placed in
Okeover parish church. The Oke-
overs have occupied Okeover hall
for more than 700 years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
MAIN PISA,

Call us up and list your property.
We are making big preparations for
the first of the year. Will have
some of the BEST real estate sales
men in the city at your service.
Wishing all our patrons Merry
Christmas, and thanking you for
past patronage. We are.
j. b. SNOW & CO.,
Office in Hotel Tourine office.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24

will cost 100000.
The talk of municipal paving
plant for repair work on the as
phalt STREETS is increasing. City En-
gineer RalstOn is preparing addi-
tional information as othe cost of
installing plant of this character
The Washington Water Power
Co. has entered an emphatic denial
that it has taken any power sites
on the Pend d'Oreille river, as
charged in a dispatch from New
port, Wash. 1t says that it is
neither directly nor indirectly in
terested in any water power site on
this stream.
Three marriages were performed
in the courthouse Yesterday, two by
Justice Stocker and one by Judge
Hinkle.
The post card craze seems not to
abate. and the sale OF post cards
has been greater this Christmas
than ever before. One Spokane
wholesale house is said to have sold
over 100000 post cards since De
cember l.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
Special Notices

X. of p. lodge meets every Friday
night in Pacific halls. Work on
the first, second and third Fridays
each month. Fourth Friday is so
cial night. Visiting knights are
welcome.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-24
EASTERN MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter ]. Nichols
G. Col
Chicago Grain Market.

S'lCdSC vi ain mdTKSt.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-Wheat-
Close: December, S116R; May
$1111s; July, $1.0l5s.
Corn-Close: December, G24 c;
May, 66Ac; July, 6638c.
Oats-Close: December, 443sc
May, 4515c; July, 43Hc.
Pork-Close: January, $21.70;
May, $21.S2; July, $21.70.
Lard-Close; January, $12.60;
May, S11.95.
Ribs-Close: January, $11.45;
May, S11.40; July, $11.37.
Liverpool Markets.
LIVERPOOL, Dec 24.-Close
Wheat I'D lower; corn, lower
May wheat, Is 9Hd; December
corn, 5s 7Bc.