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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-21
BESSEMER COUNCIL ID MEET TONIGHT Only Routine Matters Will Re
 ceive Attention
NEWS OF THE CITY COURT
the Judge-Proposition to Increase the Number of Firemen-Per-
 sOnal and General News

Bessemer, June 2O-(SpeciaL)-T city council will hold it's regular semi-month- ly meeting tomorrow night. Only routine work will come up. There is some inter-
 est in this meeting, as 1t is the last meeting before the election. It is very probable that little will be done, as 1t is
 understood that all important questions will be postponed until after the election It Is understood that the Providence oil and Gas company will ask franchise of the council. It will be remembered that the same request was made of the Birmingham council and was granted last week. It is stated that a 30-year franchise will be asked, the work to be- gin within the year and to be completed in two and one-half years. It is proposed to furnish gas at the rate of 50 cents per thousand feet and for in dutsrial use tt 25 cents. At present the people are paying considerably more. It Is said that there will be no difficulty in securing the franchise. The suburban towns will be asked to grant a fran else, and Brighton has already done so Court News The prohibition" docket came up in the city court this morning and the court has been busy during the day with cases of violations of the prohibition law Two charges against Samuel Bell and two against Joseph Bell were dismissed by the jury. The case of the state vs. James Fulton was argued late this afternoon Work will be resumed early in the morn ing, with full docket to keep the court busy -+,-'-t tA The police court was busy this morning with the usual Sunday crowd of repent
 ant evildoers. A great number of ach- ing heads faced the Mayor this morning and were assessed the usual fines The crapshooters were also in evidence and
 were likewise attended to-
 Want More Firemen The proposition to increase the number of regular firemen will probably be post poned until the first meeting night in July. It vii be remembered that 1t was referred to the fire department commit tee two weeks ago. The chairman, George Ross, has been unable to confer with the chief and will doubtless ask fer further time. The chief will probably ask for more men, as he stated to the council that the present force Is totally made quate to handle the hose needed for a large fire. The subject has attracted some little attention.
 Personal and General
 Miss V1rsfe Dalrymple of Amory. Miss, is the guest of her sister, Mrs w E. Surrat.
 Miss Bessie Ball left today for an ex tended visit to relatives in Virginia and Tennessee
 There will be special convocation of the Bessemer chapter Royal Arch Ma sons, tomorrow night for the purpose of installing the officers elected on last Tuesday night.
 There will be large crowd from Bir- mingham tomorrow to picnic at West lake. The lake is rapidly becoming very popular resort with Birmingham people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-21

For preserving. purifying and beautity- Ing the skin, scalp. hair and hands; Tor eczemas. rashes. itchings and chahngs and for the prevention of the same; as well as for the sanative, antiseptic cleans ing of ulcerated, unframed mucous sur themSelves to women, Cutlcura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are indispensable.
 Cuticun Soap case to Cleause the Skin. Cuticura Ointment (80c) to Heal tho skin and Cusieuraa ecysnt Seoe os F tns @ 1 E S2asss sf 3cld thI0uGnout ths xcsId: PoIter pguz Gnsn Hn o,sss dulds to the Tresf@snt q skin snd sdaip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-21
Morrill, Fund Increases

The fund received by the state from the government on the Morrill, fund for the year 19l0-11, runs about $50O0 over that of last year, the total being for whites $25, PTS 65; for the colored $14,721 35.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-21
Legal Reserve Corporation

The organization of the Alabama Fi- delity and Casualty company of Mont gomery, just completed, and licensed by the state department of insurance marks it as the first to be abolished In the state originally as legal reserve corpor- ation, all the others having gone for a time under a different sort of charater, acquiring this kind of service later on.
 In becoming licensed this company put up s100 ,000 as deposit with the state and made showing of assets of $164,966 Its total capital paid in Is $135,640, with au- thorizeo capital of s3O0,000. It has liabili- ties of $7022 and a surplus to policyhold- CTS of $22, BOA. T. J. Lovejoy, head of the Montgomery Bank and Trust company, is the president; with it's directors being some of the most prominent men In the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-21

The final mechanical inspection or the federal building just completed at this ,,oos will be made tomorrow. Much of the work has already been pdsse' upon and the inspection tomorrow VIII be confined principally to the plumbing and other fixtures.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24

serve our natural resources for pos teriJy The pioneers oI today who are struggling to open up the vast empire Of the northwestern states have more right 10 what is necessary for their use than have the genera. tions yet unborn.
 If the present secretary of the in ter.or cannot he trusted to arrange and carry out the sale or lease of the Alaska coal fields. il is most certainly the duty of the President to place the matter in the hands of someone who is above suspicion. T. can hard Iv be possible that there are no honest Republican statesmen out side of the insurgents - nor need We take their word for it either. | President Taft still has the Demo cratic field to pick from. as he has done in the past. if the stalwart . statesmen are so generally contamin-
 ated Helena Independent
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24

cent of the rest of the rot with which he has filled his report
 It would appear that the census bureau has f in for Alaska. like -one other of the governmental de partmeuts No. content with talk ing The census in the middle of
 inter. in direct opposition 10 the statutory requirement.. when almost third of rhc population is Outside, ir must needs further misrepreseut .n" country Hy allowing 10 be pub u-hcd such drivel as that turned in by Mckenzie
 In regard to this taking of the census in winter instead of in sum mer as prescribed by the statute. We ara told that i. was done by 'he bureau for reasons of its own % Further clucidafion is afforded by NrKcnzic.~ statement that getting around the country in the winter time is much easier than in the summertime. and it would have re auired the services Of four times as many assistants" But in an other part of his "heroics" he tells us that the census must he taken whatever the cost in life or moncE."
 To the ordinary business man il would appear that census that was not correct. nor nearly SO. was of lhout as much use as a last years birdnest. and if the census must be taken whatever the cost in life or money" some pains should have been taken to take it at the proper time. especially as this proper time had been set by congress.
 To curb the eNtravaganco of the yarns old Fy men leaving this country to Inc newspapers would be very difficult matter but some kind of check can he put on ii if those setting such clippings from their home papers would take the trouble to write 10 the editors and contradict the untru'hs told by the would-bc heroes. In MT McKenzie's ~as" there is Htrle doubt that his mfsrcpresentatious will he duly re ported to rhe department from which he drew his pay.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
BIRDS OF A FEATHER.

Considering the extent 10 which he editor of the News.Miner is be holaen 10 Abe Spring for literary and financing" assistance if was no matter of surprise that he should rush to rhe assistance of his men tor T. was also equally to he eX pected fc would attempt 10 inject mro his defense some "Wickersham' talk. and that he would repeat the mtrurhful statements he makes re garding this matter whenever occa- sion offers
 The editor of the News-Mner knows when he says MT Spring di- rected inc campaign. raised the money end did the work which elect ed Wickersham." that he is deliber- has repeated many times in his col umns ana il has remained un"ontra- dicted only because the men who really did manage the campaign for MT Wickersham two years ago think so little of the editor of the News Miner or of anything that appears in his paper, they have not considered it worth while to make any denial.
 The Citizen could receive no more satisfying indorsement of any stand it -houlG take than the condemnation of the editor of the NeWs-Miner. Be lieying, as ii does that the people" have a habit of correctly estimating any matter submitted to them for consideration il sees in the consist ent turning down by the public of the "policy' of the said editor no reason for dismay when his displeas- ure is incurred
 With a record behind him of four years in the newspaper field of Fair banks, the editor of the News Miner still has 10 experience the satisfac- tiOn of being on the winning side on any occasion where the people have had a chance to voice their opinions. The only possible excep- tion was in the case of the Wicker sham election two years ago. and at that time it was generally considered he did more harm to Wickersham's cause than otherwise. Circulating onir about couple dozen papers in town and six or seven hundred on the creeks (purchased by the com mittee for this purpose). his work bore a striking resemblance to that done by OConnor in the last cam paign. For, wherever his paper did NOT go Wickersham won easily. but where il was scattered broadcast Wickersham was overwhelmingly de feated
 Therefore does the Citizen crave adverse criticism at the hands of the editor of the NeWs-Miner
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
MILL DAY.

Now that the city council has form ally taken up the matter of Fairbanks h.lp7ue Cinema 10 celebrate rhe open ing of the first custom stamp mill to he erected in the interior of Alas ka. and Mayor NordaIe has decided 10 declare inc day a publia holiday. rlerc k every reason why residents ol Lo camp ,aould help in cFers "a} possible ro mah" Fairbanks share in the celebration credi'abIe one T. k t5p nosr important event in the camps ccorcmtc history and the Cinema people should be shown that Fairbanks appreciates their an.er. prise
 Nf Cuuutugham. the superintendent .s rNe mill, a man who has had a wide experience m tue business, states that no better stamp mill was ever erected than is The Cheua mill II is located on an excellent site and fitted 10 do all that .s likely 70 ta required nt i, this winter When u Is remembered that if the mil, had not been erected there VouId prob ah2v have been only dcsult3ry pros pec'ug done hv the quartz men this wiu,er. instead of inc s.sremaric work that i~ planned and now going on. some iIca can be gained of the dohr the community k under Q the enterprise of The men who brought in he mill In this connection. it is alsn well to remember that Messrs. Griffin and Harrais and their asso- ciafos took a chance" when the quartz prospects had not been de veloped on"-fourth the extent they are today Now that they are able 10 get their ore milled al a most reasonable figure the owners of pros poets can go ahead with their de velopmcnt with the reasonable hope that the ore extracted will pay for the sinking of the necessary shafts and driving of tunnels Without the Cinema mill this would have been i'm possible for this winter, at least. as the litrl" stamp mill here is not in tended for any large amount of custom business
 Everybody who can get away should make ii a point 10 be in Cinema on Mill Day There will be ex- cursion rates prevailing and at Cinema there will be entertainment for all. fouu be lonesome if you stay in Fairbanks on that day so you had better make arrangements to join the crowd, and help make a noise on Mill Day
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
RESERVATION CONVENTION.

Whether or not it is true that Secretary Ballinger was intent on allowing the MorganG Guggenheim syn dicate to obtain possession of the pick of the Alaska coal fields. it is an outrage to prevent anyone who will mine it from buying. or leasing on favorable terms, enough coal land to supply the wants of the pub lie. Our Pacific coast states are com paratively bare of coal, and the nee essary supply must be brought from Vancouver or Alaska, or even from Japan. The lack of competition in the coal market Of the coast towns. both for steamshipping and domestic use. is a great handicap on their business progress and extension of their manufacturing industries. The Alaska coal field is the only real competitor of the Canadian field. on the product of which our consumers have to pay tariff tax of 54 cents per ton, when such necessity should be free from all tax
 There is such thing as being too conservative in our desire to con
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
Thursday. October 20.

Oct. 1N.-Renewal John Verneti to \. C. Co. $774.&5 and interest. Re uewiug chattcl mortgage No. 29951.
 Oat. 1S Renewal John Flygar to \. C. Co. $557.34, and interest. Re newing chauel mortgage No 29919.
 Saturday October 22
 sept. 2G. Agreement. II. F. Gard nor to Sam Lind. c. F.. Leitch. L.. I.azzarir, F. EIewcy. J. Ricard. George Martin A 15 per cent. lay on the upper >o" feet of 16 below Cleary. with to-horsepower boiler. and g. horsepower boiler and hoist cables. etc. and expires Nov I. 1912.
 Oot. Mortgage c. A Verdin to lhe Washington-Alaska bank, $4- o0o. IL below, second tier, righ; limit of Clcary To secure Due June r.. 1911.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
THE MAIL ROUTE.

The decision on the part of the postoaice department to send in the mails this winter over the railroad from Cordova is. in the opinion of the Citizen. very unwisc one Ii was however. 10 he expected, as the private interests in Alaska have a much greater facility of getting their requests acceded to than have the people al the hands of the pres ent Republican administration
 If the railroad were an untried proposition the risk of delay of the mails and travel should not be nearly so great as il aCtuallv is in this case For during the only winter the road has been in existence frantic efforts to keep il open failed dIsmallv. But We are assured bF the Guggenheim spielcrs. the company is willing to put up a bond that il will deliver the mails on time this winter and we are also informed that this makes it certain our mail will be on time.
 Pat will a bond keep in leash the lake on Miles Glacier that put the road om of business last winter? Will it do the people of the interior any good if the company has to pay a big fine? The point with Fairbankans is that they want their mail regularly and their spring sup plies on time The farce of the gov orumcnr imposing q fine on the company will afford no solace for the isolation from the Oul side for q couple of months that may ensue. even if anybody believes that the fine woCld eyer actually he paid Most people in Alaska know that one of the reasons the big com panies keep their agents in Wash ington k for the purpose of show ing the government how these acci- den.s have been occasioned by the act of GoG." etc, and getting their fines remitled. and few regard such bonds" as worth the paper on which they are written.
 But if the company proves it's ability r. keep the road open and maintain regula" schedule none will be more ready to accord it praise than the Citizen. Considerable help will have been afforded to the stage company and the mail con tract should also be an important factor in inducing the company in continuing its line still further in land
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
OFFICIAL RESERVATION.

In another column of this paper there is printed an article clipped from a Dayton paper. based on the report Of w. A. Mckenzie who took the census in the Fourth division last winter. There has frequently occurred the necessity for The local press to call attention 10 the harm being done to Alaska by the foolish mouthines of returned travellers from Alaska, but il would appear that the limit has been reached when government carpet bag officials try 10 earn credit for themselves by describing thrilling experiences which exist only in their imagna- tions
 That stories which bear an off cial" stamp gain more credence than do the yarns of the ordinary tray eler is only natural. In the next issue of the Dayton paper quoted appeared another article under the caption of How Census Was Taken in Alaska" and it's first paragraph indicated that the story was ac- cepted as gospel. The first two sentences of this paragraph were as follows:
 Leather Stocking is verified and FennimOre Cooper is vindicated and their substantiation comes as it should, through the census bureau. It is from far-away Alaska. but it is official. This substantiation is found in report from Chief Census Agent Mckenzie telling all about the taking of the census in the Fairbanks district"
 As far as McKenzie's "hardships" were concerned it is probable he would have been up against a hard CT proposition if he had been com pelled to do a fair days work in an office Outside. Almost all of his time was spent in Fairbanks in comfortable quarters, and what he knows of the hardships of travel on the trail was learned at second hand. And it is a safe bet that no one told him that six men and two women were frozen to death near Fort Gibbon last winter nor 90 per
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
WHERE WILL LANDSLIDE END

The very name of landslide is portentiGus and the term was noT without thought applied to certain manifestations of political meaning, says the Christian Science Monitor When land slide starts down the mountain il is common experience that ii gathers momentum and force with every inch of headway; that it spares neither the giant oak. the stately elm. nor the willowy sapling that it scatters rocks, losses forward heavy boulders and fills the air with gravel and dust. The grass. the un- derbrush, even the trees, may grow again along its track, but it takes years to hide the scar.
 All this in nature. In politics the result of a landslide is not very different It is usually caused by careless tampering with the earth around the roots of the larger growths near the summit They become loos- ennd al their foundation and in stress of weather they are swayed by the four winds. A hurricane comes along such as that which struck Maine the other day The old guard along the ridge topples over, rolls down headlOng. sweeps the smaller growth before il, becomes shortly one wide rolling mass of wood and rubbish, and nothing stops the rush until the debris is scattered and fattened out over the peaceful plains below
 In politics as in nature it is an easy thing to start a landslide when the conditions are favorable There are places through the canyons of the Rockies. as through the passes of the Alps, where the traveller is cautioned by the guide to speak softly lest the vibrations caused by his voice may start a slide. There are times in the political history of ones country. no matter what that coun- try may be. when one should be cautioned 10 speak softly for simi lar reason. If one will insist upon talking loudly and harshly. and the ominous rumble is finally heard in the distance. growing louder and deeper every moment, then one is likely to discover that a landslide is on.
 A political landslide has been started n this country. How it be- gan nearly everybody seems to under stand Where it will end nobody seems to know. But it is certain. In politics as in nature every land slide points to lesson The way to prevent the political mass from be-
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
EASY.

The poet has an easy job; He never has to think; He only needs fountain pen. Some paper and some ink.
 -Leavenworth Post. The pitcher also has snap. He only needs a bat To throw his speedy twister past. And a glove to throw them at.
 Minneapolis Messenger The farmer has a lot of dough; His life is mighty sweet: He only needs a hunk of dirt. A thrasher and some wheat.
 Hutchinson Gazette. The weatherman is lucky, too; His job is much admired; He only needs some sun and rain To hand out as desired
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. But think about the banker. friend. He's lucky, goodness knows. He only needs some money. and A stylish suit of clothes.
 Toronto News. The baker, though, it seems to us. Has all tied to a stake, He doesn't knead a blessed thing But what he has to bake
 Alaska Citizen
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
THE GRAND JURY.

Cleaning up the work before it in thirteen working days. the grand jury which was dismissed last Monday made for itself a commendable rec ord, and displayed businesslike ethciency which it is to be hoped will he equaled by such other bod ies as will be convened in the flu ture. The recommendations made by the jury, in regard to the care of indigents and the appointment of a secret agent to work in con nection with the marsnars office. are excellent and it is to be hoped that some action will be taken on them in the near future
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
Filed for Record During the Week
Saturday. October 15.

Oct Ii Renewal Murdock Me Kenzie 10 H. E Trimmer S32f aul interest Renewing ChatteI mGrlcaga >'a. 2a9nS
 Monday, October t7.
 Oct r.. Real and Chattcl J. X. Cameron to Charles Sands. $G1S. One eighth intcres, in Missouri on Wolf creek, and office building at Chatanika.
 Oct. ii.- Discharge of Mortgage. s. K. Weiss to J. A. Cameron $7oo Discharging mortgage 319o3.
 Tuesday. October 18
 Oct IT. Deed A. II. Cook 10 Charles Johnson $1 Three-qnarter interest in lode claim Ophir at $ above Fairbanks creek.
 Aug. 22-Lease Owners of Mig gernead to J. Paulson and T. k. O'Mallcy. Upper 1000 feet of Mig sernead on Dome creek, at - per cent ENpirea January l. 1914
 Sept 15. Assignment r R. O'Malley to J Paulson $1 Assigning all interest in lease No. 325iS.
 "Wednesday, October 1e.
 Sept. l2. - Q. C. Deed. John F. Dillon tc s. S. CaTuthers $1 Three eignts interest in below Ester creek.
 Sept. 12.-Assignment. Louis Greul to s. S. Carruthers $l Assigning ono. third interest in lease No 3O2SS.
 Oct. 1S-Deed Roy C. Hall to John A. Clark s1. The Lucky Strike quartz claim on Hope creek, tributary of Chatanika
 Oct r. Assignment. Roy C. Hall to Johr A Clark. $l Assigning all interest ill lease No 302S7. onc-third interest in hydraulic plant, horses. etc, and all interest in contract and stock ot the Yukon-Fairbanks Min ing Company and all money in bank
 Oct, i-Deed Paul Menzel to Gus Dourel $l, All interest in McMa- hon fraction at and ; right limit Goldstream creek. and all interest in machinery on claim
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
S2,293.2O FROM POLL TAX

The report of r J. NcCroskey. the city poll tax collector was read at the council meeting on Friday and approved. The report shows that the sum of $2.54S was collected in taxes. Of winch amount $254.S0. or 1. per cent. was paid to the collec- tor The net amount turned over to the clerk was $2.2932O.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24

ing undermined is to build int, il, early the ample support of grea, umbcrs of morality. cut from tho primeval forest of honesty and bewu four-square.- Helena Independent.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24

Tell the child to do something it can do alone and then something in which you can help it. Thus it will develop
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
FOR SALE

Going out of business soon, we are offering BARGAINS OF ALL DE SCRlPTlONS. Hurry, hurry. WlLE's Second Avenue.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
WANTS A CHANGE OF VENUE

When the case of the United States ys. stephen NJ. Redfern was called on Saturday, counsel for the de fendant announced that he wished 'hanee of venue. preferably to the lditarod. The court stated that he would give counsel until Thursday next to file his motion and that he heNt
 If you like this paper tell your friends about it.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-24
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CITIZEN AG ENCIE s.

The Alaska Citizen has made ar rangements with the following firms on the different creeks 10 handle the paper.
 ENGINEER R...-... J. s. Brewer CLsARY .....-.. John Wahlgren OLIVES .............. J. T. Morgan FAIRBANKS CREEK 4. K. Mclean CAENA ........ Delta Cigar Store CHkTANIkA ........ ". C. Gagnon ESTER .............. ]. C. Kinney