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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-07-28

denounce their criminal action stuff
the ballot box in the last election:
in corrupting our courts, bribing
witnesses and officials, shooting
unarmed and innocent laboring
men engaged in buildidg railroads
in Alaska for other companies and
wilfully destroying private property
for the advancement Of their private
ends. We call upon the Depart
ment of Justice and lis officials to
investigate these matters and to
prosecute all persons guilty Of
crime connected herewith.
We demand the immediate issu-
ance Of patent to coal claims II
Alaska located in good faith and
strenuousIy condemn the fanatical
action of our government in with
gliding title on the preteXt of con-
servation, and to his end pray for
the immediate abrogation of the
illegal order OF withdrawal Of coal
lands in Alaska from legitimate en-
try, that the pioneers. prospectors
and citizens Of this Territory may
in their lifetime derive some ben
eft from their labor and toll in
honestly striving 10 develop the
sources Of our vast country.
We believe that laws should be
enacted to protect the mine own
ers as well as to safeguard those
that are employed % work in the
mines.
We further strongly recommend
that a liberal appropriation be
made by Congress for the cor
struction Of wagon-roads and trails
throughout Alaska.
We ask that inland waterways.
as well as the outside, should be
properly marked to insurs sa5e
travel.
We ask that the appropriations
be continued to build roads and
trails to OUTLYING mining camps.
We favor a small tax on the out
put Of coal and other minerals, a
part Of the proceeds f-om this tax
to be used 70 pay tie Mining In
spectors. while the remainder be
applied to maintain a school q
mines for Alaska.
We recognize the necessity and
propriety OF encouraging the IN
yestment OF capital IN Alaska tor
the development OF lis resources,
and favor all legislation tending 70
that end.
We endorse the efforts OF the
Bureau Of Education to improve
the health and sanitary conditions
OF the native people; and we APP
prove OF Their further education
along native and industrial lines.
10 further extend this work, We
hereby pledge our support to tae
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-07-28

To the electors of the Town OF
Nrangell, Division No. I, Ter
ritory of Alaska:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
"HoNOR WITH DTvTDENDsy

One Of the most insidious forms of
temptation which directors of bust
ness offer to subordinates is the de-
mand for results" says an editorial in
the October Century. A traffic agent
is sometimes told that "other railways
are getting the business and that
something must be done" You have
carte blanche: what we want is re-
SUITS Sometimes there is a wink in
the employers eye, but, in any case,
the agent feels that in the opinion of
his superiors the end will justify the
means, and there will be no disturbing
scrutiny of his methods. This, we are
informed, has been an important con-
tributory cause of the scandalous VIC
lations Of law in the matter of railway
rebates.
In striking contrast is an exchange
between two men who were taking up
a business enterprise. After certain
preliminaries had been arranged,
Now" said the man to whom it was
intrusted, NOW, for dividends with
honor" YES said the employer, cor,
let us say, honor with dividends The
thought of both men was the same.
but nevertheless the response had a
moral tonic and support.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.


[From the Atchison Globe.]
Fat is the best color, say the horse
men.
When a woman has will power, she
has lots of it.
AS a rule, people shun shows Of
educational value"
You should moderate extravagant ex-
preston as the years glide by.
A brakeman said recently: "a snake
will go through fire to bite me-
Your lodge or church just naturally
can't interest others as much as it in
terests you.
Be enthusiastic about yourself and
be conceited if it will do you any good,
but keep it to yourself
Girls with good homes often say they
would like to make their own living.
No one can put your hat on to suit
you, and no one can comb your hair
to suit you.
1t has long been town talk that farm
ers eat too many crackers with restau-
rant soup.
An Atchison stingy man said the 9TH
er Gay: Pm not naturally stingy; I'm
trying to keep out of the poor house" "
Our idea of devoted husband is one
who will quit his work in the afternoon
to drive his wife to party.
We haven't learned a great deal dur
ing our long life, but, for a wonder, we
know enough not to go coon hunting.
Plenty of women will. with the blue
eyed innocence of a child, throw a rail-
road switch, or affirm that black is
white.
Some men are not only willing to
fight for their rights; they go farther,
and take up that line as a steady &C.
cupation.
We often wonder how Nat Goodwin
feels when he accidentally meets one
M hi G 0o
barraSSing.
1t is a pleasure to note the hole in
the atmosphere through which the
Alternately boys disappeared into the
vastnesses of Texas.
What has become of the old-fashion-
ed woman who made apple butter for
the children to take to school and to
take quinine in?
It is mostly ga1lantry when a woman
is given ribbon or a medal for good
driving. AS a matter of fact no wo-
man can drive much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
MODERN ROAD MAKING.

Good roads are essential for the pro-
per development of each and every
community and commonwealth. This
proposition may almost be styled an
axiom. If it isn't a self-evident truth
1t has been demonstrated with effec-
tiveness during the agitation for such
roads which has prevailed in this coun-
try Of late years and which is begin
ming to bear some good fruit. 1t is also
a well known fact that European coun-
tries are far ahead of this new and
most progressive nation in the matter
of good roads. In some of them they
have been building good roads for CEN
turtles and centuries. Still while their
roads will average up better by hun
dreds of per cent than will the roads
of this land, there is no let up in striv
ing to better them. An instance of
this is shown by a recent activity in
England where it is planned to con-
struct an experimental road to meet
the conditions that are imposed on the
roads of today by the great variety of
traffic they have to take care of. Wal
ter c. Hamm, United States consul at
Hull England, describes this proposed
road as follows:
"A new and direct roadway is pro-
posed between West Hartlepool and
Middlesborough, near Newcastle, in the
county of Northumberland, a direct line
Of IA miles. In designing the roadway
the engineer in charge has given at
tention to the possible development in
both heavy, slow, and fast vehicular
and motor traffic, each of which de-
hands separate consideration, and pos
sibly different methods of road-surface
treatment. The plan accordingly pro-
vides for a center footpath 9 feet in
width; on the east side of the foot
path a road for motor and light. fast
traffic "a feet in width; and on the west
side of the footpath road for heavy.
slow traffic % feet in width. This gives
width for highway purposes Of So
feet. The plan further shows on the
westernmost side of the footpath a
width of IA feet reserved for light rail-
way or trolley purposes, making a total
width of land to be acquired of So feet.
"A scheme similar to this win doubt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
QUAKER MEDTTATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

tFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A man can't make love to a girl
without being good bit of a liar.
The heart gets into many a scrape
that the head has to get it out of.
A man is only his real self when
he thinks no one is watching him.
Summer is over when the outing
shirt goes under and the undershirt
comes out.
Bread and cheese and kisses-an old
theory; but who wants kisses favored
with cheese?
Although he is known as the Prince
of Darkness the devil doesn't wait till
the sun goes down.
All things come to the man who
waits, but he is generally dead by the
time they get there.
Most failures can be traced to be1iev-
ing that other people are not quite as
smart as we are.
When you hear man say he is we'd
ded to his art it is pretty evident that
he has married her for love.
81 have observed" remarked the
Manayunk philosopher, that women
who want to vote don't want to do
much else"
Nell-'T suppose they had a church
wedding. and the ceremony was very
impressive Belle-"No, they were
married at home, quite unceremonious-
ly."
sit must be fine for you actors to
have the whole summer to yourselves
without working remarked the mere
man. IF you should ever try to do it
you would find it to be pretty hard
work., replied the actor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
IFrom the CHICAGO New.7

lFrom the Chicago News1
But It doesn't take long to tame a
Lots of women dress as if they were
hard Of hearing. "ele
One kind of a curiosity is a zor,.-,
VINO can talk but doesn't
r, Inc worst deadbeat is he who re-
fuses to pay a debt of gratitude
A conventional man is one whose a.
IONS you can predict ahead OF time.
Some people are SO full of airs tba,,
remind US of an overworked -nbanosy
graph. pnoho-
Inc average man would not neri,,-.
nlmsen II he pleaded guilty to tbe
enafse Oh amounting to but little.
Ana many mans reputation e..
honesty IS due to his having pI1t ss;sI.
temptation that didn't tempt. ''oiOe
Ihere is said to be a professor 20
h I1lss , uases IN an eastern college who
except his wife's. eoHsues-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
AYHAWKER JOTS

The Independence Reporter in
quires to know: Why is it that people
will stand on the street corner and
listen to jokes told by medicine man
that are twenty-five years old.
Because a Texas farmer is raising a
four thousand acre crop of beans, the
Ottawa Republic draws this conclu-
sion: Texas, once the widest and
wooliest of all the West, is taking on
culture rapidly
The trouble with the theory that one
can not make good without making
that some fellows take the fact that
they have enemies as conclusive proof
that they have made good.
Commenting onthe fact that Jerry
Botkin is running for congress in the
Third district, the Salina Journal says:
THE mystery of Jerry Botkin is how
he can afford to keep running for Of
flee and never getting anything"
Something in the line of boasting
from the Arkansas City Traveller: In
Winfield they still play button, who's
got the button?" In Arkansas City the
play has been changed to diamond,
diamond who's got the diamond?"
Bibles are being put in the rooms of
most ofthe hotels in the state, but
private advices to Charlie Blakesley
are to the effect that in Leavenworth
there is also some demand for the
Koran and the works of Confucius.
Ssh! Let 'em alone" said one Par
sons Democrat to another yesterday,
when one of them accused the Repub
licans of stealing the Democratic plat
FORM" reports the Parsons Sun. I'VE
have been trying to elect men on that
platform for the last twenty years;
now let's see what they can do with
it."
Noting that pure food society
wants all bills of fare in hotels and
restaurants written in English instead
of French the Beloit Gazette says:
That's mo- the trouble What the
public really yearns for is that the
price column be written in a minor
key" i
1t never pays to sling mud, says
the Leroy Clipper. You can not in
crease your business by hunting up
and telling to his customers outrag-
eous tales about the other fellow. Just
keep silent and plug along doing your
best; if he is not honest, tickle your
self in the ribs and keep on the square
yourself, for he may fool part of the
people part of the time" but he cant
fool all the people all of the time"
and repeat to yourself that wise little
saying: THE reason that the man
who tends to his own business is SO
successful is because he has SO little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
HVNOR or THE DRY

He-What a grouchy-looking coupls.
wonder what they see in each otRer.
,Sne-Theg probably have a lot Similar
Pop, what do men mean by circurn-
stances over which they have no confrof7ss
Wives, my on."-New York Times.
They're bringing the mills to tina mt
Yes. Now. why don't the government
to get the corn to the stiiis?'ek t MAT
Constitution. A'i'-Al'@
Young sport-Td like to buy a poker
Old Dealer-Yes. sir. How many son
gold pieces do you want.-CIeve1anG
The directors of the road were a pra-
ctous lot of grafters" pc
you don't say soi''
Yes. every last one of them had HE
appendix removed. and charged the COST
10 operating expenses."-Puck.
Griggs-I suppose you're going o,,t .,
Atlantic to see the Awaiting? oue 10
Briggs-No; it's nothing new to me. NV
Boston Transcript.
Teacher tto new. pupiD-why did Han
My Little ManAF R t Iny s a16ie man. man2
the ZEN crossed tn road. Yer don't cn+a as
WIN no puzzies.-Sydney Bulletin.
Ardent COOL distant, warm
So wax hub and wife;
turmoil, Joy. sunshine storm
Such Is married life
-Pittsburg Post.
wife are one, aren't they? man and his
= aa.NoL always, my son. When thew
tr r negosiaitIng for board or railway
News. Sn1cdso
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
Made a GOOD bargain.

AS the years go by the Germans are
becoming more pleased with land
trade with England, which they made
ten years ago. At the time the peo-
pie severely criticized the emepror's
government for turning Zanzibar and
Pemba over to England and taking in
significant little Heligoland in return.
Heligoland is q small island on the
North sea, off the mouth of the Elba
river. The keen eye of the emperor
had seen it's strategic Importance, and
it is now regarded as the German Gil
braltar.
If there are any Heligolanders old
err than 100 years they will have lived
to change their nationality twice.
They were Danes until 1907. Britons
until 1890, and Germans since then.
A great event in the history of the
island was the arrival of horse, and
one old woman tainted from emotion.
With the exception of wheelbarrow
and an occasional perambulator, there
were no wheeled vehicles on the is
land There were a goodly number of
manent residence. Every summer a
couple of cows were brought over
from Cuxhaven, and their milk was
retailed at the apothecary's shop to
sea bathing season this highly favored
pair returned to the mainland.
Then came, in 1890, the famous bar
gain between the English and Ger
mans. by which England took over
Zanzibar and Pemba, and gave them
Heligoland in return.
AS was to be expected, there were
people in both countries who thought
the bargain unfair. There was a good
deal of grumbling in England, and on
the other side the German colonial
party complained that no territory had
been acquired in which any large num-
Der of emigrants could live.
Since then, however, the Germans
seem to have come to the conclusion
that from their point of view the bar
gain was a very good one, and they
have, more or less cheerfully. spent
millions of dollars in turning 1t into
an advanced torpedo base.
In the last twenty years they have
had to spend $30.0O0,000 on coast
protection work alone The sea had
made very serious inroads, and to
prevent the island melting away alto
gether it has had to be heavily ar
mored. chiefly with cement, to keep
the place together. Inside the har-
Dor. built at cost of several million
dollars, torpedo craft can now ride
safely at anchor and take in coal and
other supplies.-Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
CRARRE ACE

Young men and maidens
All down the flag-festooned pavilion
Are floating through the waltz or flying
IN frolic measures through the schot-
tiScIpe,
And glancing hither
Their faces gleam with wondering pity
To see the ranks of sober elders
Surviving thus the long and distant
Loss of our twenties!
We have survived Them
BleSt be our health, we still at fifty
Can feel the thrill of April mornings
Or music of a great sonata;
Nay, more astounding,
We can partake from these fixed benches
The frolic of our sons and daughters;
Even in Virginia reel thus mingle
And romping lanciersI
Yes, this is old age;
not suffen1ng joints or creaking muscles,
Not naxims shrewd of worldly wisdom,
But fresher airs from nearer oceans;
Airs of youths Eden
NOT sWeeter are than these salt breezes
Ihat calm and free and Tilt the senses,
And unto three score years blow backward
doors of Springtime
Sarah N. Cleghorn, in the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
ERON OTHER PENS
sUNBURN AND HEALTH.

"A coat of tan is no longer considered
healthy or healthful. The pigmen-
tary effect of the sun upon the skin,
according to the London Lancet, can
be obtained in few minutes by ex-
posture to the ultraviolet rays of the
electric light or of the quartz mercury
lamp. Exposure to the actinic rays
does not improve the health. Many
medical men believe that it has a de-
cidedIy opposite effect, that it is provo
cative of the forms of nervous disease
that afflict the lightly pigmented
northern races when they migrate to
tropical climes.
But while not an inherent sign CT
good health, sunburn is often an acct
dental sign. It means that a person
has led an outdoor life. breathed fresh
air and taken plenty of exercise, with
resultant good nutrition and active
functioning of the bodily organs. But
it is the outdoor life, the fresh air, the
exercise. that makes for health, not
the incidental stimulation of the pig
ment.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

less control future road making in Eng
land, and existing roads may be re-
constructed on a corresponding plan.
One of the chief advantages in separat-
ing the several kinds of traffic would
be in permitting different methods of
surfacing the roads to be used, and
those best adapted to the traffic ac-
commodated. Another advantage would
be the lessening of the chances of ac-
cidents. A third advantage would be
the greater speed permissible to fast
travelling"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
HONOR YOUR BUSINESS.

1t is surprising how many men there
are who do not desire their sons or
anyone else to adopt their calling. But
is it wise thus practically to speak i'll
of your business?
1t is a good sign when a man is
proud of his work or calling. Men are
frequently heard finding fault with
their particular business, deeming
themselves unfortunate because fasten-
ed to it by the necessity of gaining a
livelihood. They thus destroy all their
efforts in the work and keep shifting
from one thing to another until they
are finally failures in life.
A man should put his heart into
everything he does. There is no pro-
fession that has not its peculiar cares
and vexations. No man can escape an
noyance by changing his business.
There is not any mechanical business
altogether agreeable. Commerce is at
fected, like all other pursuits. with
trials and unwelcome duties.-Boston
Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
[From the New York Press.l

CF'rom the New York Press.J
Joy riding is mostly for the unmar-
ried
1t seems as if nobody would care to
have anything unless somebody else
wanted it.
Poor people pay their bills promptly
SO that rich men can wait as as long
as they please.
Some men get an idea they're popu-
lar because they've never been tarred
and feathered.
A man who comes home to dinner on
time every night may not be g good
husband. but his wife is sure he is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
Pastor Joins Barlzeep's Union.

The Rev. Wallace NJ. Short, pastor Of
the First Congregational church, one
Of the largest and most aristocratic
churches of Sioux City, Ia, has caused
a sensation by refusing to take part in
a joint prohibition crusade started by
by the churches of Sioux City.
The Rev. Mr.. Short says he doesn't
believe in prohibition. He says that he
has, with a definite and friendly pur-
pose, sought to increase my acquaint-
ance among the men who are engaged
in the liquor business" The Rev Mr.
Short capped the climax when he
joined the bartenders' union. He is
regular attendant upon their meetings,
so far as his duties will allow.
al have in recent months been in
many saloons in several big American
cities,'' he says. AS usual this has all
created a nine-day wonder, and the
church people are divided over the
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

The most disastrous forest fires Of
the year are now raging in Minnesota
and stretching over the border into
Canada. The loss of life incident to
them has been enormous and terrible.
Property worth millions of dollars has
been destroyed. Pretty soon some of
the expert -onservationists will be ris-
ing to remark that these fires could
have been prevented" There is al
together too much theory and not
enough practice in the great conserva-
ton movement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among many a married mans hap
piest recollections are those of bach
elorhood.
The man with the most medals, hon
estly won, seldom displays them con-
spicuously.
Most men have an idea that they are
as good as they ought to be.
X X \
Some couples would be more happily
married if they were not to one an
other.
To listen to the men, you'd think that
women were to blame for all of their
misfortunes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

And when a man has gone down
into the valley of the shadow and
looked the specter of death in the
face and said to it, I am ready moth
ing in this world looks very large to
him." wrote Mayor Gaynor to a friend
in letter in which he protested that
the thought Of his becoming a presi-
Dental candidate has never entered
his mind. When it comes to putting
things in effective language, Mayor
Gaynor has few equals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

Several speakers before the recent
session Of the American Bankers as
ISOLATION blame popular extravaganza
for the high cost of living. It's no
ticeabIe fact, though, that the bank
ers themselves are not strong when 1t
comes to setting examples of frugality.
They're always the first in every COM
munity to purchase automobiles and
all other expensive luxuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

"By George, If I thought could car
~ a single southern state, I would
willingly run for the presidency" re-
marked Colonel Roosevelt to a friend
in Georgia. And If the lack of such
a thought is all that stands between
the colonel and his running again for
the presidency. the chances that he
will not run are not very great. But,
then. no man was ever elected presi-
dent of the United States by carry
ing single southern state or all of
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

vermont's population increased 49,
d85 during the past ten years. From
the returns of the recent state election
there it is apparent that not many of
the newcomers are Republicans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

Kindly notice that the corn crop
of the nation which was going to be
such a failure was sos per cent of
normal crop on October 1, as COM
pared with 1873 a year ago and 1874,
the ten year average Paramount
among the false prophets is the crop
killer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

Despite his vigorous filtration, the
Republicans Of New York state are
not disposed to form any kind of an
alliance with W. R. Hearst. Neither
are the Democrats. The only party
in New York which Mr.. Hearst ap-
pears to be strong with is the In
dependence League. And he owns
that