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The Thlinget., 1910-04-01
MRS. GODDARD

Mrs. Mary W. Goddard died at Sauitarium. Alaska. on Thursday March Sl. Mrs. Goddard, whose maiden name was Howes, was born in Buckland, Mass. in 1923. She was educated in the same state graduating from Mt. Hol- yoke Seminary under Mary Lyons in lS46. Mrs. Mills, until recent lv President of Mills College, Oakland. Calf, was a class mate. Miss Howes spent a num- berof years teaching in Alabama and laterin Philadelphia. During the Civil War she was with Dor othea Dix aiding in the work of caring for the sick and wounded.
 She heard Mr. Lincoln deliver his noted speech at Gettysburg. After the war she wasmarried to P. NJ. Goddard in the Albert E. Barnes Church, Philadelphia, of which they were both members. Later they moved to Brooklyn where they were members of Dr. Beecher's church. In 1888 they came to Tacoma, Wash. where they resided until three years ago since which time they have lived with their son, Dr. F. L. Goddard. who owns the Sitka Hot Springs at Sanitarium about twelve miles from Sitka. Mrs. Goddard was a woman of strong character and a wonderful intel feet, taking lively interest in current affairs until short time before her death.
The Thlinget., 1910-04-01

ACalifornia woman turned her blue Monday into a joyful day. Her washwoman failedto appear. Thinking of Sitka she did the washing herself and turned a dollar into the fund.
 Home Mission Monthly.
The Thlinget., 1910-04-01
CHORAL CLUB CONCERT

 The Choral Club -four school gave one of the best programs of the year just after the Thlingetwent to press last month. It was the first appearance of the girls with their guitars and mandolins and the audience was delighted with the entire entertainment. Miss Bertha Kale is director of the girls in their musical work and is to be congratulated on the excellent work done under her leadership. Following is the program as rendered: Song, Merry Swiss Home
 Choral Club. Recitation, Betsy and the Bear
 Margaret Jackson
 Guitar Duett Edith Zuboff. Emma Peterson. Song, Pensacola Pickaninny
 Choral Club
 Selection, Choral Club. Recitation. Little Red Hen.
 Dora Waydelich
 Selection, Four Guitars. Edith Zuboff Emma Peterson Julia Dwkee Lizzie Peterson Rec. Housekeeper'S Soliloquy
 Elizabeth Harkrider. Duett, Japanese Love Song Minnie Brockman Julia Durkee
 Grasshopper Cantata
 Choral Club
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has appointed DR..
Frederick A. Cleveland director of the
Bureau Of Municipal Research OF New
York to investigate the expenditures
in executive departments.
In receiving the delegates to the In
ternational Prison congress in the
East room OF the White house Thurs
day, President Taft cautioned them
against making prisons SO comfortable
as to furnish a motive for violating the
law and also warned against associat-
ing prisoners who were mere offenders
with hardened law breakers.
In order to prevent corporations.
firms and individuals from borrowing
to the extent of their credit in their
own cities. then going elsewhere and
doing the same. Comptroller Of the
Currency Murray has decided upon the
establishment OF a central credit bu-
reau In Washington in which will be
recorded all such borrowings from ma
tional banks.
The first definite results of the pres
ent cabinet sessions In Washington is
the announcement that President Taft
has issued an executive order extend
Ing the civil service to all assistant
postmasters. The President will also
recommend to Congress that he sec
ond and third class postmasters be
placed under civil service. This ac-
ton is In line with Postmaster General
Hitchcock's recommendations Some
5000 assistant postmasters are af-
fected.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
Socialists Use Schools.

Milwaukee.-Taxpay are up in
arms against the proposed plan Of So
cialists to use the public schools as
rallying centers for the Socialist
cause. The latter have been holding
their meetings in halls connected
with saloons. but by utilizing the
schools they will save tidy sum in
rent. lights and janitor service. and
the public will pay the bill. Inasmuch
as the matter has been put up to the
city attorney. who is strong Social
ist. it is supposed some law will be
found permitting the use Of the
schools.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

George II. Beattie. jeweler in the
old Arcade. and l.. z. Ralston, auditor
of the News. have jointly and several
ly decided that sleeping out in the
open isn't all that 1t has been declared
to be. says the Cleveland Leader. They
were both in deep snooze out at the
Beattie farm. near Chagrin Falls. the
other night. when a runaway team
from the county fair city turned into
the lane leading up to the Beattie es-
tate and came along at full speed.
Sound asleep. but dreaming OF i'm
pending danger. Ralston rolled out of
his cot toward the north. and Beattie
from his cot toward the south. The
runaway horses dashed between the
sleepers. overseeing everything in the
way. but missing Beattie and Raiston
by margins too narrow to be meas
ured. Since that night Ralston has
slept In his town house and Beattie
has found shelter under the ample
roof of his house on his big planta-
ton
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
POLITICAL.

Democratic state convention closed
Mt Rochester. ". Y. Friday night. nom.
mating John A. Dix. chairman OF the
party's state committee. and a veal
thy Washington county business man.
to run on a progressive platform OF
the widest type.
State Senator D. r. Hoistlaw.
OF Iulsa. one OF the fifty-three
Democrats who voted for Senator VII.
liam lorimer. on the witness stand
before the senatorial investigation
committee testified that after he had
voted for Senator Iorimer. he received
$500 and that he supposed the mon.
ey was paid because of his vote" The
state senator. who until recently. was
a banker in Tuka and had some prom.
inence In the Baptist denomination.
was the second legislator to tell the
committee that money was paid be-
cause of vote for Lorimer.
The public announcement OF the
candidacy of Senator La Toilette for
the Presidency win be made during
the winter. 1911.
The Republican state convention at
Saratoga made Henry l.. Stimson OF
New York its candidate for governor.
The nomination OF Mr.. Stimson was
one more victory for Col. Roosevelt,
who personally led the fight for the
nomination OF his candidate. complot
ing the unbroken series OF trlumphs
from the moment the convention was
called to order Tuesday afternoon un.
I'll its final adjournment.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
POSTAL SAVING
BONDS READY
DESIGN HAS BEEN APPROVED
AND WILL BE ISSUED AS
NEEDED.
WILL PAY q Per CENT
ISSUED TO pEPosiToRs IN POS
tai BANKS OR TO REPLACE
BONDS.

Washington.-Desig of the new
postal savings banks bonds have been
approved by Secretary Mcveagh and
by the time the postal banks begin to
receive deposits the treasury depart
ment will be read:.' to issue the new
securities If any are demanded.
Nothing like the time-honored de-
signs will be found on the new bonds.
An engraving of George Washington
is in the center of the $40 bond. The
lettering is plain and square. perfect
,y straight and almost severe. All the
work is sharp and clean cut There
is still enough fine engraving TO guard
against counterfeiting.
The old bonds fold very badly. so
the new ones are of a size which folds
three times and Just fits a safe de-
post box. The coupon bonds. with 40
interest bonds attached. are said to
be the smallest government security
ever issued anywhere and folds up TO
the size OF a $40 bank note. The reg.
istered bond is to be little larger.
Postal bank bonds will pay 2iz per
cent interest and come in denomina-
tons from $40 up. They can be Is.
sued to depositors in the postal banks
or to replace bonds of the govern
ment now outstanding or about to be
issued.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
MEASUREMENT Of Rio crande Flow.

State Engineer c. W. Comstock has
established seven photographic sta
tions to ascertain the exact flow Of
water in the Rio Grande.
The federal government is planning
to build n reservoir at Engle in New
Mexico to irrigate large section of
country. A treaty with Mexico pro-
vides that certain amount Of water
shall flow into Mexico Because OF
this treaty and the New Mexico reser-
voir scheme. the government is hold
ing up some OF the reservoir filings
in the San Luis valley despite the
claim of residents that they are en-
titled to the water of the Rio Grande
river. and that no diminution Of flow
in the river would follow further use
OF its waters in that section. Com
stocks data will be used to contra
vene the attitude Of the federal Of
ficials.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

\ tumor caused by rupture: wrote
to YOU for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
i aid take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed away."-Mrs.
r. R. HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave-, Galena,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements.
Inflammation, fbroid tumors, irregu-
iarities, periodic pains, backache. bear
ipg-down feeling. hatulency, tndiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. II costs
Int a trifie to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women
Ifyou want special advice write
forit tOMrs. Pinkham,L Lynn, Mass.
II Il free and always helpful.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

They were riding to church and
were late. Several OF the party were
worried and one remarked: THE au-
dience will be waiting" Well" OBJ
served the old pastor (who was to
preach that forenoon). don't let's fret
over 1t II we are a little late. 1t re-
minds me Of the naan who was being
taken to execution. His guards were
greatly exercised over the fact that
they could not possibly get there on
time. Never mind.' said the poor fell
low. philosophically. Don't fuss over
It. The people can wait. ThereT be
nothing doing till L get there. -
Christian Herald.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
GEN z RAJ.

Rev. Arthur Wilde Lyttle. for the
last ten years rector of st. Marks
Episcopal church In Evanston, ILL.,.
committed suicide Wednesday.
An Increase in price of coffee Is
due. Before many days consumers
will be paying 4. to 5 cents a pounj
more
The trial of Governor c. N Haskell
Of Oklahoma In the Muskogee town lot
cases came to a sudden end Thursday
when the government announced that
under the restrictions laid down by the
court It would be unable to make out
co-defendants.
DIR. Morris ID. Stepp. Cleveland
surgeon. drove his automobile directly
before a speeding electric freight car
Sunday. Mrs. Stepp and her two
small children were killed. DIR. StepD
suffered three fractured ribs and in
ternai injuries. DIR. stepp is lee
lege.
Completion of the task of double
tracking the Santa Fee from Chica.
go TO Kansas City is near enough for
officials OF the road to announce def
mite dates for the opening OF traffic
over the new rails. This marks the ac-
complainant of one OF the first great
steps in the progress of the railroad
toward a complete system OF double
tracks. from Chicago to the Pacific
coast.
Frank Darkcloud. descendant OF a
famous Chippewa Indian chief. former
halfback on the Carlisle Indian foot.
bail team. went to Chicago with his
wife five weeks ago to make an effort
to take advantage OF the education he
had received. He hunted for a job
and at the last moment he succeeded
but his money was gone. his wife in
delicate health and starving He could
get nNpedit. and, for the first time
IN bis life. he says. he broke rfie law
He stole a gun and shirt. sold the
gun, was caught, and Sunday spent the
first OF a 113-day sentence in the bride
we'll
Many persons may be forced to
go with short supply of coal
this winter while in some sec.
tons serious hardship may result from
dearth OF coal shipping facilities at
time when demand becomes univer.
sal. Such Is the unpleasant prospect
which coal operators assert threatens
large portion OF the country.
The consolidated reports com
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

There Is one boat on the Hudson
river that refuses to be oslerized. Al.
though the word fast is not usually
rclished when applied to the feminine
gender. the Mary Powell glorien in
the epithet and has made friends by
II. This boat will complete this sea
son nifty years OF service. and the
semieentennial anniversary win be
appropriately celebrated. Captain
Anderson has served on the boat forty
years In various capacities. The Mary
Powell Is stiil In daily use by the Hud-
son River bay Line. and cuts the wa.
ter between New York and Kingston
not only like a thing of life but like
n thing of very lively life.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Barney Oldfield set four new worlds
records on the state fair track at Mil
xaukee Tuesday. In the twenty-five
mile race against time Oldfield trav-
eIed the distance in 22:47. beating the
record which was held by Ralph de
Palma. In this race he travelled the
20 miles in new time. setting mark
OF 1915 l-5. This mark also took the
record from de Palma. he having held
the record with the time 1890. which
be made at Grand Rapids, Mich. The
Is miles was made in 13:41 "a. Old
field also set new mark for one hour
event. travelling sixty and one-half
miles during the hour. beating the old
record by one and one-half miles.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

London's bad season. with dull
Gray skies and chill winds. is partly
compensated for by the promise OF
good grouse shooting. Parliament has
risen In time for the sport. and that
part Of society which is not already
ION the continent" is bound northward
for the moors. Summerless England
Is exchanged for Scotland. which.
when the grouse are plentiful and In
good condition. is a good place TO be.
even II the weather IL wet Bright
skies over the moors transform the
sportsman's part OF Scotland into a
sembiance OF paradise. To be sure.
the serpent Is there. The guns crack
and the birds are slaughtered by the
Thousands. But they have fulfilled
their destiny. Who can do more7
And mighty good eating IL a well
cooked grouse from the Grampian
hills.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

Nearly one million new farms have
been created in the United States du-
ring the last ten years. In the last
ten years the total number of farms
Inns increased IS per cent. says Ameri-
can Agricultural In the older states.
from Ohio eastward. there has been
going on for twenty years a tendency
toward the amalgamaiion Of farms dis
tnnt from market into larger holdin q.
On the other hand. this section has
witnessed the cutting up Into smaller
sizes OF many farms nearer to mar.
ket. There are now almost three
times ms many farms ms In 1870. and
nm unprecedented Increase in the
value Of farm lands and live stock.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
CENSUS STATISTICS.

Population statistics. Just made
public are: Maiden. Mass. A.
4Oi. increase 1880. 31.9% over 1900;
Quincy. Mass. 32.G42. increase S.7i3.
1866; waltham Mass. 1854. in
crease 1853. 1857: Richmond. Va.
127,G2S. increase. 42.57s. 501T5:
Springfield. Mo-. 35.201. increase, H.
1884; Joplin. Mo-. 32.073. increase 6.050.
23.2%; Rome. Ga. 1909. compared
with 1921 in 1900: Birmingham. Ala
lS2,Gs5, increase 1920. 245.49o: Wor.
cester. Mass. 1886. increase 27.s65.
1885, over 118.421 In 1900.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
SHOPPING IN mIDocEAH.

The wireless message puIsing over
the sea has put the voyaging fnancaer
In daily communication with the
bourses Of New York. London and
Paris. Even in midocean the capital
list may buy or sell. with a view 10
the protection or the profit OF MS
purse. But It were vain for mere man
10 imagine that he could reserve this
fundamentally TO his exclusive use
II the wireless can be utilized to
make or to conserve money. 1t FOL
lows as the night the day that It Is
available for spending money. The
enterprising merchant could not fail
TO be alert to this opportunity to In
crease the debit side Of fair clients
account. says Washington Post Faith
ers, husbands. brothers have cherished
the thought that when their dear ones
were gafely at sea In swift and luxur-
ious palaces. the item OF shopping was
in a state of at least temporary de-
suetude. But not SO; the ribbon coun-
Ter Anu tne bnO"casSb n1''
tended. Hgurateiy speaking. across the
sea The lady fair may now indulge
her penchant for shopping even In
midocean. Every department store In
great cities near the Atlantic coast
will be topped with It's tall electric
mast and maintain an operator at It's
foot Bulletins Of bargains may be
published on shipboard. Moreover. II
the lady is on her way home with
depleted purse. she can make an aerial
draft to meet every tip Of every stew
ard on board and make sure that some
of her men-folk meet her with more
supplies promptly on arrival at the
pier.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

Chicago.-Two thousand members
of the Butchers Association. opposed
to shops keeping open on Sunday
paraded the streets with bands play
ing funeral dirges and hearses. The
mob would stop the hearse in front
of the offending shop and howl dis
mally while the bands played dirges
as warning of what might befall the
proprietor unless he met the demands
OF the union and closed his shop on
Sunday.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

Los Angeles.-A. J. Burns. formerly
connected with the San Francisco
graft prosecution and now head Of the
secret service of the American Bank
ers' Association. and NJ. J. Moran OF
the United States secret service in
spected the ruins of the Times office
Sunday and declared 1t their opinion
that the building had been destroyed
by a charge of nitro-glycerine.
Five Of the nineteen bodies sup
posed TO be buried under the ruins
have been recovered.
Three arrests awe been made.
Among them Martin Eagan. an al.
legged anarchist.
Total amount OF rewards offered for
apprehension of the perpetrators by the
city. newspapers and labor organiza.
tons Is SIs.50o.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

That innate tendency on the part
of the fair consumer to fiirt with fash
ion. playing fast and loose with vari-
Gus commodities. is responsible for
the uncertainties that have prevailed
during the month. There was such a
lack of confidence as to the ultimate
acceptance of the various lines pre-
pared by distributors and consumers
that buying was somewhat minimized.
Prosperity or adversely has nothing to
do with the millinery business. FASH
ion alone makes or breaks.-Millinery
Trade Review.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

In East Haddam. about sixteen
miles north from the mouth Of the
Connecticut river. hanging In the bel
fry Of St Stephens church and in use
today. IL n bell that was cast In Spain
over 1000 years ago. The Spanish In
scription stating that the bell was
cast IN Spain in SIS and the name Of
the priest who blessed It are all very
distinct Those who have interested
themselves In this valuable old relic
claim the church in Spain where It
originally hung was destroyed by Ma
poicon. this bell and many others be-
Ing sent TO America. where there was
n good market. II ia rs inches high
and "a inches In diameter at the base
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
FOREIGN.

William r. Hearst. in an interview
in Paris. says positively that he VIII
not be candidate for governor this
fall.
More violence characterized the
meetings OF police and rioters In the
AoabIfe precinct of Berlin Tuesday ev-
ening. Many were injured.
China may abolish the official
headsman- So said Wen Chewing
Low. who with Shih Wing Hsu
presiding justice Of the high court O.
Mukden. arrived Monday from Europe
as delegates to the international pris-
on congress to be held in Washington.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
Booster seeretarie. Organize.

Pueblo.-The secretaries of all Colo
RADIO commercial organizations met
here Wednesday and organized state
body for the purpose of boosting Colo
RADIO. J. II. jenkins OF Pueblo was
elected president. T. II. Balm Of Lamar
first vice president. F. DeLand OF Den
yer second vice-president. T. F. Ma
honey of Grand Junction third vice
president. and II. S. Maddox Of Canon
City secretary and treasurer. The or
ganization will meet in Denver when
the new chamber OF commerce there
opens. and will have charge Of the ex-
ercises. II will thereafter meet quar-
terly In different cities OF the state.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

Figures compiled z by the Great
the best crop this fall will be worth
to the farmers approximately $4.125 :
900. and like amount will be paid for
labor and supplies. making Ss.250.000
terests.
The best crop has begun to move to
the several factories in the state.
Some factories are already slicing.
and the plants in northern Colorado.
the last to get under way. will begin
their campaign Oct. 10. II is esti-
mated that Colorado's crop this year
will amount to 100000 tons. Manu-
featured into sugar 1t will produce
about 150.oOO.OOo pounds. or about
enough to supply the people of Den
yer for year.
The San Luis Valley Beet Sugar
company has been organized with a
capital OF Sl.5O0.0 900 to build factory
worth 100000 at Monte Vista. II is
said this concern will,be independent.
The capacity OF the new factory will
be 600 tons per day. and 1t will be
ready to handle next falls crop.
There are 1000 acres OF virgin
ground in beets in the Pleasant Val
ley Immediately northeast of Greeley.
averaging better than the beets grown
in the older district. Some Of the
newer ground will yield rs tons Of
haats IN IN. acra this vear Aa fhe
company is paying IS per ton for the
beets. this indicates a gross return OF
$125 per acre to growers.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05

Denver building records for the
month of September will be close to
the million mark. Up to Thursday ev-
ening s9s9,27O worth of permits had
been issued. This Is the second larg.
est amount for the month on record
The record for September. 1903. was
Ss69.490. The present year Will GER
tainiy break all records for building
operations in Denver as the total per
mits already are more than 100000
ahead Of the record-brsakine receipts
OF 1909.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
Race EeeIina Intense.

Trinidad.-Friday posses. both Off.
cial and volunteer. were securing the
city and neighbornood for the negro
who held up ten citizens IN different
parts of Trinidad Thursday night.
This. coming on the heels OF the at
tack of the negro Henry Workman on
a girl. has caused intense feeling
against the negroes. who are badly
frightened and would give the officers
assistance IL they did not fear to o!
fer il. AS consequence all are eth
err in hiding or are keeping OF the
streets.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
Fears Rabies Among Wolves.

Toronto, Ont.-Grave danger exists
Of the present epidemic of rabies in
the province of Ontario. spreading
to the wolves and other animals in
the northern part of the province. 1t
is engaging the attention Of the Do
minion and provincial authorities.
The Lamar register., 1910-10-05
Counterfeit SIS and $40. Circulating

New York.-John E. wilkie. Chief
of the United States Secret Service.
has sent broadcast throughout the
country circulars warning all persons
against two SO and one new IS ma
tional bank note counterfeits. The
SO bills are counterfeits Of the Home
National Bank OF Stanton. Tex. and
the Pasadena National Bank of Pasa-
dena, Calf. The s. bills are counter
feits Of the issue of the Home Ma
tional Bank of Holyoke. Mass. Eacn
of the counterfeits show many faults
in the workmanship.