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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-04-14

It appears that there is to be an
international exposition to celebrate
the completion of the Panama
Canal, the greatest undertaking
in known human history. San
Francisco is the bidder for the To-
Gale of the exposition. The capital
of the United States also pleads her
right as the seat of government of
the nation. San Francisco is very
remote from the center of popula-
ton, and any national exposition is
largely dependent asa1 gate money.
Washington is forty minutes from
Baltimore, three hours from Phila-
delphia, five hours from New York,
and less than twenty-four hours
from half the population of the
United States. The average time
TO San Francisco is perhaps four
days 1t would seem particularly
fitting that an International expo
sition in which the mechanical and
artistic displays of the whole world
will be spread out in celebration of
the completion of the Canal should
be held at the capital of the country
of it's inception and accomplish
ment. 1t is said that ex-President
Roosevelt will be asked to accept
the presidency of the great expo
sition enterprise, but it is not i'm
probable that he will be president
in a way more familiar TO his ex-
perience when the Exposition takes
place in 1915.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-04-14

1t is rumored that Manager F. x.
Knobel is having trouble renewing
contracts with his "Spilogale" team
of the city Fraternity league, several
of his star players holding out for
larger salaries.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31

You could not believe that You we're
In any palg Of the frozen north :"
Did you prospect there?"
Yes, and ! ran store as we'll.
sold everything from newspaper to
a typewriter and all sorts OF grub.
! had apricots and cucumhers from
Seattle, which | sold as fast as fruit
and money could change hands, and
such aprlcots 8s were bruised or
oYerripe ! made into jam, which
sold for 30 cents pound I'm very
proud Of my ability 10 make good
jam. she added There was
thought. The woman who had done
what many of the suffragists say
women should do was not proud OF
the tact that she had successfully
invaded a mans province OF work.
but she was unfeignedly proud of her
Jam A woman who Is a miner, q
mllilner and cook Is surely a men
ial acrobat akin to tho gentleman who
alrlly iuggles before our astonished
eyes library table, a feather and an
open umbrella In both ease It Is
the feather OF which he performer
Is most proud: justly, perhaps, since
4 the oluslyeness Of good cooking Is
not Ca be encompassed by any sleight
/ OF hand Being TWO W0men. we OK.
4 changed our fayorlle recipes for jel
I lies. ami then the little miner Took
up her story again
IN 1900 sold out IN Atlln and
joined the rush 20 Nome. having
made good deal OF money from my
little store Reports had reached me
that conditions were more promising
and began TO be restless for the
trail found Nome packed TO suf
location. 10000 people stewing ant
smoihering IN a city Of tents which
would have accommodated not more
than fourth OF that number. Al
sorts OF people had come out from
the states under all sorts OF delu
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land and walk past the dangerous
points,
THE White Horse rapids are won
deffully beauliful-p perhaps glorious
would be the better word
Miss Arrowsmth seemed floating
away on her recollcetons Of the won
derful Alaskan scenery, so ] thought
ii better TO recall her People suf-
fcred good deal Of priyatlon In the
early days, didni they2' ! asked
"Oh yes; It was dreadful. The
craze was so great and the thrush 10
The new county SO sudden that no
enc had any knowledge Of the real
conditions which they were golng
into. Thcre was almos, no attempt
TO lake in supplies. and many liter
ally starved to death When 1 was
FIRST in Dawson the price Of food was
fer beyond anyhinl have ever
known even IN mining country
plnms sold for 25 cents apiece and
upward an aged mutton chop fetched
81 so and a shave was often dol
lar and more
Cold dust was the recognized leg
dt AilllA'tf W. HINNf HnW WI ~ ny
Were YOU successful in DawaOnY'
- did not remain long enough 10
be. for be best properties had been
taken by thca who were FIRST on the
Geld W 1901 and great deal Of
money was necessary 20 effect a
separation between ihe miners and
.iicir properties, so when reports
+ reached Dawson Of other rich placer
finds | iOlned the stampede. And
bat reminds us that ! did not tell
YOU Of one real adventure which
Alasha has given me. Tor iD going
from Dawson to Atlin which ! had
made my obleciye point. ! iost my
way ard was off the trail for four
days aud four nights. Fortunately It
was In the summer season or
should never have come out alive
We're YOU aloneY
lust my h0rse. she replied in the
Ir6st ordinary tone. as II that werf
nothing Think what that meanl
You may lose yonr way ia the Adj
rondacKF, but sou arc sure 10 iind h
vooichoDper or 8n abandoned hut
and son know chat within reasoD
able distance of you there must b
settlements. bni Oh the unblazod trai
IL Alaska you may BE- where a wlilti
man mover get foot before. YOU ma.
be hnlf continent away from food
shelter Of help, among mountains arl
yaiioys whose depths and heights
may be 80 great that your spirl !
crushed by realization Of goAr owl
. iuFignhcanee ! didnt say any o
those ihlngs 10 Miss Arrowsmitb
suppose slie knows better th8n
( whaS trlsis and tefrors such sollalfal
. can glge fiio human soul. bU 4 haH
been her bugiiesf Tor 50 long 70 en-
dte them ihai SHE seems 20 hatf
; lost her coHscionsness 81 them
/ ha1 another nraseocior With me- So
E ven, en-, aid lle Bnn; od on bis owi
aetour, ito sec Z be could hii tb
rail As had uoi calculated ON BE-
ing los, haH no fpcd, bu hat hal
. hapHene1 ID me before, SO was no
ALARMED tethefed my horse. ~
rolled by baukeE and spread Z D.
!. the ground and settled myself Z
i sleep and study nature.
Z Were von afFaidg"
Afraid, or whaf9g No. Il was u
g IN the days work
e Ore OF the charms OF this woma
. ho r. - Womany and has done =
many manly things is tnats sae Is ~
0 proud Of being courageous or eager :
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31
< ..Woman Miner..
g ..yonquers Alaska.. !
Ks.s@-1 E...ss%@zA A@.1D

smile had masked "A backbone-its
the most important thing for a pros
pector 10 possess. With ii and q
fair amount Of health any woman can
be as successful as | have been il
she has aptitude for the work.
How did YOU happen TO take UP
mining as a profession
"Oh | don't know | was always
interested in new countries, and ac-
cident gave me an opportunity early
in life 10 ser something Of them, and
from that to mining was easy !
chose ii just as some women choose
to be doctors or chemis.s. Its Won
derfully Interesting IL puts you
constantly on your mettlc, and the
possibilities G. sneccss are many u
you understand how to look for them
and when 70 gasp them
Don't you find it hard to have
only rough men for your companions
ON your prospecting trips?'
"Oh. no; there is always com
panionship in nature, TO which one Is
brought so constantly close out ~
those places where man has not yot
set bis seal And besides, the
American miner is fine type. Ills
manners may not he all tha society
demands, but he is genuinely kind
and often has innate refinement de-
snite the lack Of education Nor arc
all miners OF the lowct classes
MANY college bred men can be found
in pioneer countries like Alaska, and
usnaily tney have interesting person.
slities.'
do YOU thiuk that mining Is a good
profession for women
"A profession is a profession, isn't
itg''
"But for a wonlan2'
provided thar she is not an IN
valid possesses some brains and has
that part CT her structural anatomy
that have mentioned well developed,
ii.s splendid calling, even noble
one. | think. The miner eneiehes ihs
world as no other worker does lie
never depletes the soil or uses NJ
material of any kind. bsf brings
wealth direei from the earth 70 men
Z He Is the foreruaner Of deyelopme 4
He doesn't always show his nobility
in his life but tha is because ~
works In places where there ate nt
natural amusements or distractions
He is overworked and often bofe'
and honeslck These things are rea
excuses out on the edge of things
u suppose yon usually go armed =
Meyer carried 4 weapon IN my life
Any woman who gers unarmed ~
picneer country and pussues an hon
est and straightforward conrse Is a
!. sa,e 40 4. lat~c sefsfed ulaccs Tha
Is especially true OF Alaska, wher
most OF lhe miners and prcspector
are Americans. The American nil
er always respects unafmed nentia
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31

ity and an unarmed woman appeals
to his inborn chiyalry lie is always
the first to try his luck in lmtried ter
ritory and 10 open up new camps.
A Land Of Opportunity
What do you think Of Alaska
The mcment that | had asked the
question | knew tina. would get an
interesting answer, for instant ep
hIsiasm leaped to Miss ArrOW
smiths rather qui2zical eyes. The
finest country in the world she de
clared "The most beautiful and one
Of the most promising know hat
its possibilities have never been
rightly estimated
30 you say that from miners
standpoint
From every standpoint Alaska
offers q good field for almost any kind
Of work Its climate Is SO varied and
rs conditions 50 diverse that II is
really whole continent in Itself be
ing thirteen tines the size Of the
state of New York II win rival
Switzerland rs painters paradise
shen It's beauties are better known
while for pleasure travel il Is nnsur-
passed The late r. II Hartman
said the simple truth when he states
in his book on Alaska that tourists
should visit every other part OF the
world before going to Alaska, as al
other places seemed tame after thal
glorious country. ! Wen 10 Alaska
in the early part Of %. drawn there
by reports Of the kl0ndike stampede
which reached he outside world tht
year before | went from Seattle tf
skagway, Of course, taking what is
known as the Inside passage, n
which the boat keeps inside the Is
lands and skirts the coast all the way
Ii Is a journey Ol about three days
and In al hat time hardly left ths
deck, so compelling was the faselna
ion Of the trip.
"skseway was then nothing but
scattered collection OF huis and tents
where people PAUSED for breathini
space on their way 10 Dawson !
was. Of course, full Of he usna
gambling places and was dominated
bv the notorious soapy Smith an'
his gang IAN expressive name
S0apy. for he c0nld separate ysl
from yOnr money 20 smoothly tha
you almost thanked him for the IA
gos II you did not appreciate tlA
favor llfe or two. and more If need
be. were snpffed oui 2
Did son find other women miner
iiheIegf
! The First Woman Miner
: NO. Some miners and men VIII
! weus 10 seek their fortunes had thei
{ wives with them. and the former, 9
) cuurse. sa.isa 49, serse' hiHp 9
q mining: but, SO far as know, wa
3 the only practical woman miner wh
I went IN as men do to prospect an
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31

assure you that she rs immune from
feminine Weaknesses. aud she Is real
~ impatient If you know her that you
think her unusual. Women are al
ways enduring things" she says. II
NOT one sort OF trouble then another
| have enjoyed my life, aud iis dan
gers and llardshlps have not really
been more than those Of many an
other way OF work She would not
toll me Of the days and nights alone
and starving, but She must have felt
ihe horror Of that time, TOR she spoke
with pathetic warmth Of q little chip.
munk which came out and sat cOniid-
ingly at her feet and OF The marsh
birds which broke the deadly silence
with their chrplngs Far below her
was large lake dotted with Islands,
on one OF which fierce forest fire
was raging She knew that some
human agency must have started It
and that 1t was the only suggestion
eft hnmanily'a presence. There were
many clear mountain streams near,
and She drank from them when hun
ger and thirst assailed her
a Summer Paradise.
"Tho strangest thing she said
was tia after ! had struck the trail
again and made camp ] could nol eat
thing Every BIT Of food seemed
heavy ara gross aftor that dlel OF
clear cold water aud IT WIS really
quite long time before | could 70
gain my appetite fell. though
I .hat ii was well worth all that | haf
suffered 10 see Atlin, for IN the sum
mer season that district Is really
paYadise Tho vegetation was won
derfuly profnse and The wild flow
6rs- roses. Strawberries and colum
hlnes-- we're so thick that the who'll
place was like a park. You coul'
gather whole armfuls of f0rsetme
nois along the ereeksnot little, pal
things like we know, bit great
beautiful flower Of a deep, rich blue
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31

secure mining property through my
own knowledge Of the subject There
Is now, however, another woman IN
Alaska, who owns, operates and sup
erinteldts her ewn mine and mining
mon nave told me Il is one OF the
mos thoroughly equipped and best
managed mines in the country The
majority OF women who heye mining
properties leave al he details 10
their men folk Wen, ON Skag-
way went 10 the summit where
the American and British flags foat
side by side thence mushcd on TO
l. AXE Bennett
"Mushad?'
III you'd ever walked, hour after
hour, through a sloppy mixture Of ice,
mud and water and had heard your
boots musn in and out of IT you'd
understand the term, for it's very
descriptive, though II really came, |
believe from the French word
marche
THE thing that oheerod me most
OF all, she went quietly on, was
ihat as ! nesred Bennett q vision OF
home was cDniured up by sight OF the
purple blue lupines in full flower as
'hick rs poppies in a field They at
least We're alive and pressed on
with better heart When reached
Bennett It was late In The evening,
hu, az it was The summer season it
was Just as light as II 1t were day
The toNn simply swarmed with pcO-
l. 1 IA f4 lp-
c0mmodation Of any Kind J had al.
most made up my mind to sleep IN
nay blanket in some quiet corner
when / found tent owned by two
Swedish women who ran resiau'
rant on The ground floor and had
hunks above AS these were all full
! Ras permitted to share with Them
and two other women df HE working
class tho dirt floor OF the tent Yon
can imagine that ! slep well despite
Tue hardness OF my bed The place
was alive with men coming from and
going 20 che Klondike. and soo1
heard lhe usual reports as 70 lack Of
gold, failure 90 locate claims and gen
e,al Encouragement knowing ibo
ways Of mine camps took The re
quired grain u salt with ihese state
tnonts and determined to Investigate
ior myself
What do you consider the mos
dangerous thing you ever did u
Alaekaf
Shooting White Horse Rspids.
Miss Arrow NTH laughed 81 sup
pose sou are lookinE for tales OF ad
venture ~hoidnps, bed men and dss
perate encounters but have abso
luelg nothing 10 tell Of iAai kind
The most dangerous moment Of ~
Alaskau experiences wss it shocfin'
the WhR Hose rapids IN hat sam
year The boats were cfagF ait8trs
4 ard In niany instances the men VIII
managed hem understood heir crai
AMI the ifeacherous eufrens 80 siiti
thai we eneh every moment ~ in
nil emf peril cf being sweW Under
There were other women With ne
and they screamed alnos incessan
ly SO that We wee a fhriekine boa
load OF frightened. helplesr hulnai
rs, and the wonder y hat boats ul
Ter such inefficient hands esef live
! through hr whirlpool SO man
lives were lost there that il va
called and Is still known as Whit
Mars Grave The next year II
Canadian government aeeseea sl.at =
, woman should be allowed 10 shoe
tie rapids 50 women we're obliged
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(Bv Louise Rice ,

-
"a Women all over the world are say
;hg that they are both able and Will
Ing to enter the fields which have
hitherto been chiefly occupied py
men, but the oddity of the situation IS
that those who actually achieve lhls
10 not talk about it or consider them
selves at all unusual.
was especially impressed with
this truth when Interviewed Madge
Arrowsmith al tIic quiet, exclusive
Snoreham in Washington II scem-
cd fitting background for the very
feminine little lady, yet she Is known
throughout Alaska and In many parts
of the world as 4 practical miner,
assayer, operator Of mining macnin-
Sery and an all round mining woman
Ibrospcctor and traveief. When !
= Tried to make her tell me Of those
things she persisted in talking about
pussy cats, which hung about her
walls in all possible attitudes Of flllf-
AIuess and adorabliiy. and the only
!. rapplaint she made against her pro
@krsion was that 1t left her no per-
sSsIaneMt abiding place in which to
Aavc any pets Of her own When |
8insisted upon hearing about her ca
ssrrcr She showed me 4 hat or TWO
(which she had just trimmed and ID
E which she was absorbed In true wonl-
any fashion 1t seemed ncopgru-
ous. but Miss Arrowsmlth was OF q
different opinion.
Dangers Greatly overrated
Men are cooks and lailors and
tressmakers and interior decorators
and hairdressers and milliners,H = she
said, "but does any one think them
womanly becuse of that? I've had
hardships and difficulties to meet, OF
course. but I'm not sure that the
woman with small income and q
large family hasn't had more"
But The dangers
Greatly oyerratcd. =
4 "The privation- lack Of good food
and shelter
N man and woman are strand
y ed nnder similar conditions the WON
n an viii survive rs long as the man
= Viii she not? Her foriitude viii
match the mans physical endur
ance
looked at the small body before
me ard hesita cd you dont lool
very strong you. Self. ventured
I may not be gianiess. and tbs
brown eyes danced nllschieyouslt a
me, "hut have priceless quality
which will carry any woman anl
person--fhrough the hardships Of ml
kofession
v~uu.as VII ycw~r7'
"A backbone she snapped. SUD
denly Tightening the lines Of he
mouth. and then saw how squar'
aud unrelen'ing was tie jaw whicl
hef twinkllng eyes and deprecaior
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31
These Bargain Lots Of Ladies
Shoes will Be on Sale I'm
the Basement

Boys Fine Oxors nobby styles and shapes patent cathe
ans iar and ,yS gfi sior sd yoTt ss'o 1890 S19
Carpet Slippers Mem and Woncps worth soc pair AZ
Bath Room Slippers Friday Ah
and Saturday Gu
Dutch House Slippers made Of cravae and rain leather WI
leather soles and heels worth 75c 40
Friday and Saturday ~
Wonen Nc Kd oxfords with patent tip worth $500 81 A
Friday and Saturday " stt
Ladies fine Ankle Strap Slippers good shape and well mad
f. iss pa,a, s", 'ga sa,a.@ s,r metal $500 value. $22
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-23

We offer extra values in popular
weaves and colorings at CSC and
in the better grades, too
Don't forget that we show only all
wool materials in our 49c line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-23

great state would spend as much In
the next ten years to save our men
and women, children and babies
from the ravages of disease as 1t has
in the last ten to save its hogs from
cholera and other diseases, and to
learn how to grow long ears of corn
with straight rows of grains on the
cob, every physician and scientist in
the country will bear me out when |
tell you that at the end of that time
we would have controlled the awful
ravages of consumption, made typhoid
fever thing practically of the past,
eliminated infantile paralysis from
our commonwealth and launched a
campaign of health education among
our people that in another ten years
would have saved more fathers and
mothers. husbands and wives, chill
dren and sweet-faced babies from
death by preventable disease than
would equal in value all the corn
and hogs, cattle and horses and
lands in Iowa. Yea more than all the
wealth in the world.
TABOR r. WASHBURN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-23
Pile Cured
Quick
Send for a Free Trial Package and
You Will Be Cverjoyed at the
Astonishing Relief and Cure.

Anyone who has piles wants quick
relief. If you can't wait, drop into
the next drug store and get soc
package of Pyramid Pile Cure. You
will find relief right away. The cure
comes quick and is complete, per-
manent cure Old, chronic cases, tnat
itch all the time bleed, protrude and
are sore. become gangrenous and are
the very ESSENCE d utter misery
should write to the Pyramid Drug Co,
271 Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich,
for a free trial package by mail in
plain wrapper of Pyramid Pile Cure.
Such cases have tried dozen RENE
dies, they believe in nothing, expedt
to be operated on, the sick, weary
and discouraged They need tNs free
trial 1t will be revelation. The
relief will bring back their hopes of
cure, the remedy will turn that hope
| into realization. A man in Indiana
past 20 had suffered over 80 years
with bleeding piles. The free trial Of
Pyramid Pile Cure was his first real
comfort. He was thoroughly cured
and has lived his remaining years in
peaceful enjoyment, doing such odd
work as would occupy his mind, and
going about with none of the restraint
and hardships that always accompany
piles. Don't neglect TO send for this
free trial, and remember you can al
ways obtain the regular soc package
in any drug store and be sure you
get what you ask for.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-23
when A MANS
MARRIED..TH
He Can Expect Most Any Old Thing
Just Like Cigar Store Pro-
prietor Got on
Saturday.
TASTEFUL DECORATIONS
Color Scheme Was in Tinware, Kid
kabs, Old Shoes and What-nots,
Work Being Artssfcafy
Done.

What the-What do you know
abut that?' was evidently the start
led expression of Glenn w. Ewers the
well known cigar nan as he viewed
the wlerd yet Enthusiastically dressed
exterior of his place of making and
selling, more generally known as
business establishment, yesterday
morning about nine o'clck.
Passersby had Stopped suddenly,
looked and grinned as they saw the
we'll known business man and his
bride of little more than week ago
as they viewed what seemed to be
the remains on an Igorote village,
when they scanned with enlarged CD.
tics, the front of the cigar store at
1120 Main street.
Here hung display of tinware
that would have made billy goat
cry Sour grapes" for the metal dis
play was attached to ropes, everything
from dishpan to a nutmeg crater.
Old shoes that looked like kids of
the slums had hung them up for the
mythical Santa, hung suspended on
long cords attached to the very top
ledge of the building What was that,
which hung dangling dangerously
near window and looked like an an
cient fruit peddlers' cart? A baby
buggy, to be sure.
To say that Mr.. Ewers was sur.
priSed but expresses the situation in
mild vocabulary. To say he was as
tonished says it a little better. Such
a picture had never before been
painted on any business front in Keo
kuk and there was more than one
who came back again to see the work
that the bunch" which hangs out at
| Clients smoke house had fixed up in
| the absence of the boss.
|. Today a picture is to be taken OF
the s. re with all its shoes, wash boil
ers and baby bouncers adjoining the
usual modern looking front
f r res no telling what a mans
friel will do in the twentieth cen
| fury IN he gets married and takes
la little wedding trip. If the owner OF
1.-The cigar store should attempt this
stat again he would probably fin(
his establishment located jauntily or
the edge of the moon when he re
turned.