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The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

There IS steamboat and people travel at
 low long when Of us wanted to some where the rates were high stay home Now when we don't want to go any where the low that they torment everybody has lad in their winter plies highest then the steamships offer to bring them
 lot oe al quarter h the first place the steamship companies have always extoronate charges for Alaska transportation The thicker this and it doesn't cost any more push their through than t does the soatlsrd vet re are biked third charged for Ike service from Seattle south.
 We had anything like the sugar tet had been for the independent lines strikes IS then ought keep them the service long they keep agreements with the other com pans the public To do that shall have to patronize though triae just ent Be not penny wise and pound foolish this
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13
BERT HowngSREI-r- Eai:ss ard Naaasvr

Nine Steinhn said it was headed girl that killed her mohernaw expect the golden locks of the strawberry euloged joke and than ever before Red will it lubr cant of quality Red hair for the whis government queeze into There every ladys dresser The ages have been waiting another he other by the was mankind Of the clutches of the moth ernlaw France produced the has repeated the glory another character history before whom the great shall bow and kowtow in adoration.
 Who yoa that does remember the little despse red headed girl with ee< legs that used to to school when called her brics You
 ot those NeGuy days that Il the blood of heroine pigment m shading her hair 10 the color of gnerbead anguae instead of curl She is at the head of the class now killing nothersnaw while you
 who eshe her. ask for pieces of pie in your own your moumernlaw wnterlng with
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

looks good. At one property they are down loo 1t. and are drifting in Eft. of ore that goes s60 per ton in gold. It is very common to see a prospec- tor come in with ore that you car see the geld all over it and every body says it is the greatest gold country they ever saw, so there must be some- thing to it. The k. R. company let a contract for four million feet of logs to be delivered this winter. They log here like they do in Michigan, on sleds, 1 didn't hear what Irice they get. The tim Der is small. l hear the rail road is going to drive big dock here after the holidays. Everything points to b.sy season next season. If it is will make some money il every thing goes well. l have the big gest hotel here and the best location. Have 42 rooms all well furnished tha ought to get the money if there is anything doing. like the town and the climate here was fine all summer and it is nice now. They says there is quite a good deal of snow in the winter.
 Regards to all the boys"
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

The worlds record for tuLrel bor- ing is claimed by the engineers of the Les Angeles squedUct with a r1n Of lO6l. 5 fl. which was made during the 3l days of August at tunnel lI A-, says a writer in Mining Scientific Press. This surpssses the run of 1913 1t. made in July on the Loetchberg tun- nel in SxtzerIand where all pi evious international reco ds in tunnel boring
 had been broken. At Loetch berg the naterfa. is a limestone and the boring was accomplished with fgur air-drills. The formation in tunnel IT M of the aouedUct Is a sandstone of excellent quality for rapid work. The aqueduct record is remarkable rot alone for the distance made in IineaI feet but also for the low cost. which was s6. 48 per foot. The run is the result of an intense rivalry existing among the many different crews at work on the 24O miles of great municipal water-works project, now in the third year of it's progress, and was attended with some unusual conditions.
 The bore has an inside dimension of 10lz fs. in height by BE 1t. in wictb. The top portion is arehed with a radius of it. 3in,. and the bottom is an invert with radius of g 1t. 6lz in. The sides are vertical.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13
From Moldsys Daily.

The following letter e ne this morn ing from D. Smith Harris. IL is in- ieressing to the people Of this viciu- i,7, and in fact. Ehe whole territory.
 "Edtior MIner-Lsst night 1 at tended q banquet gwen b. the grand cam 2 of he Arctic Brotherhood, as a fsiIng climax Of the congention pro- gram. 1. was grand affair and there were zt least one hurcrec Alaskans present. i La1dsome tribute of res pecs 10 the Grand Old Man of Alas aa''. Gov. A. P. Swineford, was presented by Maurice D. Lshey in Q most eloquent address, to his mem- ory. in which ali the grand character issics Of one of our best citizens were enumerated. The tribute of Brother Lehey was listened 10 atten.iyeIy by all present and dry eyes were scarce st the closs. l wish we had more Asaskans like Our grand old man, who was always sincere and homes. in his defense of the best interests of Al sska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

E6itorIa!.y referring 10 e1-GoTer- TOT s~ineford. the sssg~a? Alaskan says;
 There is z Iegene preFalsat n goy- eFnmeutzl circles al CUT national cap isal mat AiasEa1s are q eaDtaEZsso1s Ios, ihzs tGe general criticism directed al the carpet baggeEz who are seni 10 rule us is LOB caused ss much oy me actions of these ne1 as from The gen- eral cuszsaaess Of the people Of Alasza. This idea can best b= refUsed by ihs sincere and general regret hich will be caused by The cea;h of 4. P. SEicetord.
 sSIneford was gogeFnor of Alaska but he Jeff ottice with she respect and admiration Of tns people ne was ss1t to rue. ana had ths people been en- fraucnI=sd. SHinetofd wogi5 uoI hare bss1 succeeded when he was. He @as instrUmental i1 iaargursting the Siika Alaskan in i395 ana jn lspo he started the KeschiAan Miner and as editor pt this paper established the reputation of being the bes; editorial ari,er in Aissss.
 While governor, Mr. swineforG fsshered ths territorial government idea by recommending lt in his first report and he has always cham pioned the causs of home rule in Alaska, taice appearing bstors congressional inquiries ard advancing eleoqueui and eogent reasons why AIass 6as enti- tied so political freedom.
 In l095 GOy. SHIreiord was a can claa.e ss delegate from Alaska. This Lcnor WAS denied him. but he aid not retire solklng U his tent, but stayed ;n shs lists and Sas ever foremost in raising dis voice for the principle in which ne firmly believed.
 Both in private and in public life Cor. SxineforU set worthy example He was popular. but he did not sscri- fee principle for popularity. He was
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

attention promise rival the hondke n their output There big stampede that district in the spring and
 many stake and many will be poorer because of going history Of all that gold is taken into them than taken but the magic word gold will ever which would be considered suicidal in any other business but mining
 The prospecor living the Kechikan district afford led asay by the ger Of far away promises The same energy expense which he diSpate reaching there if spent right here will open ID opportunities for discovery to one elsewhere
 this district has something tangible the strikes already made and only need The figured accurately any established business and the chances of losing the minimum. The wise will tie to the district producer rather than fy others he knows not Of
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

The permanent inter national peace bureau at Brussels. Holland has adopted a resolution in favor of the various governments of the world joining in the creation of an interDa- tional fund for distribution in relief of sufferers in the event ot the occur renee of great disasters m any part of the world. A motion was also pa sed in favor of the interdiction Of throwing explosives from airships in time of war. A resolution urging the Belgian delegates to bring pressure on the government at Belgium for Congo reform vas unanimously adopted.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

Hugh Barclay who was formerly ir business in Ketchikan has written q letter to q friend here in which he describes conditions .t Seward where he is engaged at present in managing the hCtel McNeiiy. A part of his letter we print as follows:
 l am looking for good summer next year.
 The R. K. has been sold to a Can. adtan Co. and l guess they will build it to the coal fields and this is going 10 be t5e best quartz country in Alaska. They are doing quite g lot oi work here now, opening up quartz property. All the work done % lar
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

SALE OF TIMBER. Ketchikan, Alaska. September 6, 1909. Sealed bids marked outside "Bids Timber Sale application September 6, l909
 Tongass National Forest. and addressed to w. A. LangiIIe, Ketcbi- kan, Alaska, will he received up to and including the 10th day of Novem- Der 1909. for all or any part of the live timber designated for cutting by the Forest officers, and available for hand or steam logging on an approxi- mate area of 324 acres on the shores of Metkoif and Woewodsky Islands. in Wrangell Narrows between Spike Rock and Point Alexander, and on Woewodsky Island along Beecher Pass, Alaska. and within the Topgass National Forest, estimated to be 200.-
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

900 feet E. Nj. of green Spruce and Hemlock sawtimber. No bids for less than one lSl.00l per thousand feet board measure will be considered and a deposit of S5O. % must be sent to w.
 A. Langille, Special Fiscal Agent. Forest Service, ketchikau, Alaska. for each bid submitted to the Super visor. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Timber upon valid claims exempted from sale. For fur ther information and regulations gov eruing sale, address the.undersigned W. A. Langille, ketchikan, Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

4 letter was received this morning from Pred Cox now Iiynig in Portland in wnicn he says: Il got my appoint mers under mg father some time ago but as yet I have not been able 10 re- port for duty. I have been sick, but expect 10 be to work soon. l see Henry Reynolds erite often. He Is in ihe real estate business here and has a fine office. l also met Captain Vim. Thompson several times"
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

personal property that the communis- tic society in which he lived allowed him to possess are left there beside him.
 Right then and there all mourning ceases. There is not dog in the Arc tic that does not know that funeral without a dog race would be farce. Every child every malamute pup in the village knows that the team that wins this funeral race will win fame and honor and frozen meat from every igloo Almost as socn as the body touches the ground they are of. Across he tundra they fly dogs detach- -l pups, men, women and children and chief mouurners, all racing and shout in frantically. The occasion is one of indescri bable confusi on and hilar- ity.
 h this way the Arctic has disposed of her dead for no one knows how many generations. There are DO brass bands, DO fearful dirges, no pathos- | breathing flowers strewu upon newly moulded graves. There is DO attempt to make the occasion impressive, nc attemp made to perpetuaate the mem- ory of any one. h the wild excite ment of the race the heart break and funspeakable sorrow of these child like people has faded away to tender memory. It is in this way that the children of the cold soothe their l deepest sorrow and teach each other ! to forget the helpless suffering oi their dead. Among the white bones that glisten on thousand northern hills may be found the relics of the 1 Arctic race. Odd tools are there j fashioned out of flint and slate or ] beautifully polished jade or ivory. . Old bows and arrows that have rotted away in the grip of dead mems hands, wonderful ivory and copper spear heads and all the weapons that were ol e scattered upon the Arctic battle fields were left within reach Of the hands that had shaped them during life. Stone pans that served as seal oil lamps are there and odd wooden vessels that servedas drinking cups before the ships came in from the mysterious distance carrying tin and graniteware and the odor of bad whis- key.
 Before the restless hand of civiliza- tion reached out into the Arctic gloom no Eskimo was ever known to steal one of these relics of their dead. But civilization brought new stand ards of right and wrcng. It was soon found that these relics could be bar tered for all kinds of things and so the robbery of the dead began.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

z strong man and he held strong opiD- ions which he spoke without fear or favor. As the years go by Gov. Swine ford will be remembered as one of .ne oesi Of many sterling characters that bare been associated fl not produced ID the ncrthisud.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

twenty dollars, will produce ninety gallons. Molasses is trihe cheaper, but the comparative cost of produc- ing a gallon of alcohol from these three sources is: Corn, twenty-eight cents: molassess, t~eDty-slx cents, and sa1dust six cents.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

The Eagles wish to extend a vote of thanks to the different stores who donated for their masquerade October 22. The Tongass Trading Company, J. A. Heckman, company, N. r.. Zimmerman. The Ryus Drug Co.,, Reyilla Drug Co. and r. J. Gilmore Entertainment Committee
 A. Jones
 J. Johnson
 Dr. Zuber
 A. Osberg
 C. Hoover,
 By John Rsbsr, secy.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

According to an article in the Tech nical World Magazine, the best aIco- boi lethyij can now be made from saHdust by new and secret process at cost of six cents per gallon. 4 ton of dry samduss, worth fifty cents, will produce 221z gallons of alcohol: ton Ot corn, worth ss present prices over
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13
Burial Customs
 Of The ESkim0S
What Bishop Rowe Told the Seattle P. l.
 About Burial Customs in the North

at the same time a cruel proceeding for the thought of having to lie in icy water is unbearsble to an Eskimo. So their dead were left on the dry hill- tops where the sun of sum mer warmed strange Arctic flowers into life around them, while over them in winter the ghostly aurora borealis played in all its Arctic grandeur. The old social kindliness of the north was at the bottom of the whole matter of the dis position of the dead.
 Although the oead are left on their messy beds beneath the lnprotecting stars. it must not be thought that hearts do not melt with grief when death pays his sad visit to an Eskimo village. There are no more affection ate people in the world. This is the universal testimony of everyone fam ilisr with their ways. But they tvpify the childhood of the race. Their grief. like that of children is acute and is soon over. Their lamentations are sometimes pronounced but never prolonged. But they are not stoics. Men women and children sob pitifuly when the eye of the sick one DO longer responds to the peculiar death test. and in tha old days their sorrow was doubly intense when at request of the patient the end was hasened by friendly knife thrust and the help less sufferer is put out of pain for ever.
 For half an hour the weeping may continue. Then the scene changes. The igloo is crowded with neighbors. Only the little corner in which the corpse llcS IS 'dCaut. OuhSiH0 so0iS are more people with sleds to which are harnessed the finest dogs in the village. Soon the corpse is carried out aud, if a man, it is placed upon rhe sled which was,. and according to Eskimo ethics, still is his own. A small boy runs abe ad of the dead mans dog team with the cry "Hak Hak,'i and the strange funeral pro- cession is instantly under way 4 dozen dog sleds with their ivory run ners creaking in the cold are flying oyer the snow. On they go some be- hind. some ahead, some abreat of the improvised hearsa: there is no system DO procedure DO ceremony. It is too cold for ceremony, so on they ny. the
 sled pumping and bounding over the
 uneven surface of the snow.
 Al the top of some ridges may be a mile from the village the cortege halts. The dead man is lifted from the sled and laid upon the snow. Clad in his everyday garments of deer skin ana wrapped in walrus skln sbroud, they leave him there with the friends who have gone before. His weapons. his sled. and all the little
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

Bishop Rowe recently granted an interview with a reporter of the Post Intelligencer and the result was q lengthy story relative 10 the ancient customs of the Alaska Esslmos in their method of burial. That paper printed q picture recently showing she skulls ot dead Eskinos and the bones of whales arranged ID 8 circle aud bleaching to chaIky whiteness in tbe frozen north. Following is the article dated at Point Hope:
 The recently reported burial Of ,he skulls and bones of l,200 long dead Eskimos in the Episcopal bury ing ground under direction of Bishop Rowe may usner in new era ID bur isl customs in the north. It will De recalled that these skulls and bones were picked up on the surface of the ground just where they were left in their last sleep maybe thousand years SEQ.
 All along the shores of the Arctic from cape Prince of Wales to Lsora- dor. aud far into The uu,rayeled inter for this apparently heartless custom oi leaying the dead a prey 10 hungry wolves and half-wolt dogs has pre- vailed from time immemorial. There is scarcely 3 ridge or headland in all the vast territory over which the Esk. imos have roamed that has not some here upon it place of skulls.
 There is nothing that so impresses the Arctic traveller, be he timid tourist or daring prospector. as does these ever present skulls as they stare out at the lonely stars from their dark moss beds on the frozen hills of the Northlaud. Some of them have kept their long vigiIs through the forgot len centuries and nov crumble to the touch like chalk. Some of them are star.lingly fresh from the frameTork of the living. Tell your Eskimo guide that be should bury his dead and he will tsll you that in sumner water would come into the grave. Teli him that in civilized lands they sometimes crema,e the dead and he will be hor- rifed. As matter Of fact the seem ingly hearsIess custom of leaving the dead on the Arctic hiIltops to be the food Of savage beasts is perfectly natural and quite unavoidable.
 The digging of a grave in the far north, even in summer, with the old tools possess cd by the Eskimos was next to impossible, for even in July the ground immediately beneath the moss that covers the surface every here is frozen as hard as granite to an unknown depth. Even where un- der ground ice is found the Eskimos would consider the making of grave q useless expenditure of energy and
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13

That good home made bread made from Pyramid Flour-is again for sale at H. k. Thompson's. If
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-11-13
Serial No. 0S43.
MINERAL APPLICATION.


 United States Land Office, at Juneau, Alaska.
 Notice is hereby given that Albert F. Rich and Orson NJ. Arnold, through their attorney in fact, John w. Sted- man, whose post office address Is ketchikan, Alaska, have made appli- cation for United States patent for the Boston and Boston No. lode min ing claims, mineral survey No. 870, situate in the Ketchikan Mining Dis trict, on the shore of Tongass Mar rows, about one-half mile east of the town of ketchlkan, nisti let of Alaska, covering TIA feet of the Boston lode in a northeasterly direction and 49i feet in a southwesterly direction from the discovery tunnel, and covering 6l6 feet of he Boston No. l lode in a northeastdrly direction, and 670 feet in a southwesterly direction from the discovery tunnel, and more partlcu- larly described as follows:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
BOOM FOR HARMON.
Ohio Governor Will Probably Head
Democratic Ticket in 1912.

Ohio Governor Will Probably Head
Democratic Ticket in 1912.
Washington.-Altho there are
few politicians in Washington at this
time, the opinion Of those who are
in town is that the death of Governor
John A. Johnson, which is so gen.
orally deplored, places Governor Jud
son Harmon. of Ohio, far in the lead
for the next Democratic nomination
for president. This belief is held by
many Republicans as well as Demo
Gratis.
Of course it is entirely too early tc
nominate the man who is to carry
the Democratic banner in the next
national campaign, but there are sc
few Democrats who are considered
available that the removal of Gov
ernor Johnson from the field leaves
the governor of Ohio as the first
choice of those who are now giving
the matter a thought.
Representative L. F. Livingston, OF
Georgia, who has served longer in the
house than any other Democrat of the
present congress, except Representa-
tive DeATmond, of Missouri, and Rep
resentative Jones, of Virginia, who en-
tered at the time he did, expressed
the opinion that Governor Harmon
would head the Democratic ticket
three years hence.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
DEATH IN AWFUL FORM.
Terrible Automobile Accident Occurs
Near Americus


Americus, Ga.-Pinned beneath a
big burning touring automobile, which
a few seconds before had plunged
off an eight-foot embankment while
driven at terrific rate of speed, John
McLendon, a prominent young bust
ness man and bank clerk of this
place. and Viola Herman were in
stantly killed, and Ethel Hill, an
other member of the party, severely
burned.
The dead woman's neck was broken
and death resulted instantly. McLen-
don was not killed instantly, but died
in horrible agony beneath the flaming
machine. The bodies of the two vic
TINS were consumed by the flames
from their waists to their feet
Ethel Hill, the young woman who
was severely burned, although suffer
ing great pain. ran for two miles
through the dark to Americus and told
the story.
The accident was caused by the car
striking a rut in the roadway. which
hurled it to one side, and before the
chauffer could get control of the ma
chine, it plunged down a steep en-
bankment with the results stated
above
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
LEAKEs> LILLE GREENE
A 6HASTLy GRIN c.
Entire Family Murdered an Bodies
Burned IL Nc-t - s!nia.

Entire Family Murdered an Bodies
Burned il Wc-t s!nia.
Blueield, w. Va.-An entire fam
lily of six persons was murdered ana
the bodies of all but one of the VIC
tins were burned with their home at
Hurley, Buchanan county, Virginia.
The motive was evidently robbery, as
the owner of the house, an aged wo
man known as Aunt Betty Justis,
was generally supposed to keep a
large sum of money about the place.
Mrs. Justis, her son-in-law, George
Meadows, his wife and their tn GO
body, badly mutilated, was fouAt
lying in the yard of his destroyed
home. Two bullet holes through the
body and a CHASTITY wound in the neck,
which almost severed the head from
the body, gave the discoverers their
first evidence of the extent of the
tragedy.
A search of the RUNS of the house
disclosed a sickening spectacle. The
blackened masses of half-burned
flesh and charred bones Of the two
women and the three children were
found beneath the debris, each body
bearing evidence of murder committed
before the house was destroyed by
fire, evidently for the purpose of hif
ing the crime.