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The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
ANOTHER CHAPTER
 IF SCANDAL
PARDONING OF THE SUGAR TRUST CROOKS BY PREsI-
 DENT TAFT.
CSpeclaI CorrespondenceJ

WASHINGTON, Oct b. Now comes the remarkable announcement that the President has pardoned Ed ward A Boyle, John R. Coyle, Pat. rick J. Hennessey and Thomas ke- noe. four former government em- ployes who were serving sentence for connection with the 5000, 900 sugar trust frauds in New York.
 This action has raised in the minds of many the following query: Did the fact that these men hoped for early pardons deter them from fully exposing the men higher up?"
 By placing steel springs in seven teen pairs Of scales the trust robbed the government of more than $2,- 100000, and after being exposed ad- mitted the crime by returning the plunder. The secretary and a few minor employees were sent to prison, and four of them have now been pardoned. The multi-millionaire su- gar baron5 into whose pockets the $2,000,000 would have gone had not the crime been discovered, have gone scot free.
 Democrats and progressive Re publiCans sought in the last congress to bring about a Congressional inves- tigation of the fraud, believing it ridiculous for the administration to assume that few s15 a week sugar Weighers would steal S2000,000 for someone else and lay themselves liable to penitentiary sentences, un- less they had been bribed by the m, ,,r aF tr # b4 yi-l,N secure the proceeds of the fraud.
 President Taft himself prevented the Congressional investigation by recommending against it in his an nual message to Congress. He took the view that an investigation might give immunity" to the men high up
 Representative Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois led the fight for the probe of the swindle, contending that in stead of assuming immunity" for the big thieves, an investigation would only bring out their identity
 It developed that the President recommended against investigation of the sugar trusts crime upon the advice of United States Attorney General Wickersham
 MT. Wickersham was particularly qualihed to give the President advice and suggestions in matters concern ing the sugar trust. At the time of his appointment to the position of attorney-general-an office which places him in complete and absolute charge Of the prosecutions of trusts he was sugar trust attorney.
 Mr. Wickersham and Henry w. Taft, the brother of President Taft, were members of the firm of Strong & Cadwallader. of New York. For services rendered the sugar trust Attorney Henry w. Taft received s26,750, which he turned over to Strong & CadWallader. and the last thing Mir Wickersham did before starting in to represent the people, was to draw down and pocket his share of the sugar trust fee.
 CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

thought her bosom heaved. but guess l was mistaken"
 Have gently sought to open her closed wings, but 1t Is too soon. A frozen hen cant be hurried along like frozen grasshopper."
 Have changed the hot vinegar rag for one saturated with ammonia The fumes of ammonia must in time penetrate to the brain and arouse 1t"
 "Quest'on-What was the last thought of this hen when the chill of what they call death struck her 9"
 'Question-On being reanimated will she pick up her life where she left off If she was making ready to crow will she go ahead and crow?"
 1 do not wish to deceive myself. but Just now I thought I saw the hen open one eye for an instant Are the fumes doing the work'"
 Cats Interruption at Hand.
 And, again, there seems to be a sight twitching in the toes of the right foot was right about the ex. tremities. I believe I am on the eve LII IHt 6ltdJtSI discovery or the cen tury. If I make 1t, 1t will prove that every doctor in the country is a charlatan"
 Yes; one eye is surely culver ing,"
 The twitch to the toes is now beyond cayil. Keep cool, Mir. Bowser, Your theory was right, and"-
 And just then the cat. which Mrs. Bowser had forgotten to keep an eye on, came gliding downstairs. Unseen by MT. Bowser she entered the room, and of a sudden she Sprang for that frozen hen. secured It and dashed down cellar and into the darkest corner
 Mir. Bowser's yells brought Mrs. Bowser down stairs on the fly. but it was too late. The experiment was a tiasco. She tried 10 comfort him, but he marched down the hall and put on oyerCoat and hat and left the house, and when he returned two hours after midnight. he said 10 her as he stood on the steps:
 Shay. you go an ask MT. Bow ser if l can shtay here all nize. I've got a case of shuspended animation an wanter be thawed out!'
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

What" shrieked Bin in a high falsetto. and slapped himself smart ly on the wrist Has he been here ? | thought f see.ed kind of close. Give me a cigarette till I fumigate '"
 Whats the matter with the Electric Company" de manded Bobby
 Nothing. It's a cinCh so far as know. But Sharpe! Why. say, Bob by. all the words I'd want to use to tell you about him have been left out of tho dictionary so they could send il through the mails"
 Bobby frowned The certain meth od to have him make allowances for a man was to attack that man When he arrived at the Idlers' Club at noon. however. he was given an other opportunity for Christian char ity. Nick Allstyne and Payne Win throp and Stanley Rogers were dis Cussing something with great indig nation when he joined them, and Nick drew him over to the bulletin board. where was displayed the ap- plication of Frank L. Sharpe. pro posed by Clarence Smythe, Silas Trimmer's son-in-law, and senonded by another undesirable who had twice been posted for non-payment of dues.
 There $ only one thing about ;his that comments itself to me, and that is the immaculate and col ossal nerve of the proceeding" de clared Nick indignantly. The next thing you know somebody will pro pose Sam Stone"
 Al this they all laughed The Idler's Club was the one institution ious boss" of the city and of the State; a man who had never held an office, but who. until the past two years. had controlled all offices: whose methods were openly dishon- est; who held underground control of every public utility and score of private enterprises. The idea of Stone as an applicant for member ship in the Idlers' Club was a good joke. but tho actual application of Sharpe was too serious for testing. Nevertheless. all this turmoil over he mere name Of the man worked strange reaction in Bobby Burnit.
 After all. business Is business" he declared to himself. and l don't see where Sharpe figures in this Brightlight Electric deal, especially since 1 am to have control"
 Accordingly he directed his attor ney and Johnson 10 make a thorough Investigation of that corporation
 (FU be C0ntiuued.)
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Simple Transaction.

T like de 'pearance O dat turkey mighty we'll" said Mr, Johnson after q long and wistful study of the bird. The dHsky marketman seemed strangely deaf
 How could T. What arrange ments could a pusson make dat want ed to buy dat turkey?" Mir. Johnson asked after pause.
 Easy terms 'nough," said the marketman briskly. You get him by means O a note O hand.'
 "A note O hand" repeated Mir. Johnson, brightening up at once. Do you means I writes it out and pays some time when"- But his hope in this glorious prospect was rudely shattered by the marketman.
 "A note O hand means in dis case,' he said, with disheartening clearness, 'dat you hands me a two dollar note. Mir Johnson, and I hands you dc turkey In response to dat note."
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
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How did all these people ma 0AF that l have two hundred and hf'y thousand dollars to invest2" de manded Bobby Burnt. after he had politely but firmly declined 70 70 into paten'medicine scheme, 70 invest in a mine, to buy racing stable. and 70 finance new and improved washing machine, all in the space of one yeNinE hour
 There followed dense silence in the midst of which old Johnson looked up from the book in which he was entering a long. long list of items on the wrong side Of the profit and loss account. and jerked his lean thumb anErily in the direc- ton of Applerod.
 Ask him." he said.
 Chubby-faced old Applerod. eXccs- sively meek of spirit today, suffered a moment of embarrass smeut under the accusing eyes of young BuTnit
 The newspapers, sir he admit ted twisting uncomfortably in his swivel chair The reporters were here yesterday afternoon with the idea that the failure of our Apple rod Addition real estate schcme-my real estate scheme" he corrected in response to snort and glare from Johnson-"had left you penni- less. Of course I wasn't going to let them go away with that imPres- sion. so l told them that you had another two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars to invest. with probably more 10 follow if necessary
 And of course" groaned Bobby, ..;, yt-ith furareia1 trimmings"
 From a draw in his desk John son quietly drew copies of the morn ing papers, each one folded careful ly to an article in which. under wide variations of embarrassing headlines. the facts of BObby's lat est frittering of his fathers good money were facetiously. even glee- fully set forth and embellished. Bobby was about 10 turn into his own room 10 absorb his humiliation in secret when Applerod stopped him.
 Another thing, sir" he said Mir. Frank L. Sharpe called up early this morning to know when he would find you in, and I took the liberty of telling him that you would very likely be here at ten o'clock.
 Bobby frowned slightly at the mention of that name. He knew of Sharpe vaguely as a man whose private life had been so scandalous that society had ceased to shudder at his name-it simply refused 10 hear 1t; man who had even secur- ed advancement by oblEingly di- vorcing his first wife so that the notorious Sam Stone could marry her.
 What did he want2" he asked none too graciously.
 T don't know sir said Apple rod; but he telephoned me again Just as you were getting rid of this last caller told him that you were here and he said that he would be right over"
 Bobby made no reply to this, but went thoughtfully into his room and closed the door after him On his desk lay letter which he now read for the third time that morning. It had been left for his son, along with others, by the late John Burnt, and 1t was addressed, upon a plain gray envelope:
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Naming the Baby.

Have you named the baby?" ask. d the admiring neighbor.
 Not yet" said the proud young mother. We're going to christen aim Sunday"
 Dear me! What an odd name. I'd almost as soon call him after Robinson Crusoe's uau Friday and be done with it."
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Tanana Valley Railroad
NORTHBOUND
TIM CARD.

In Effect 12:of a. m. Oct. 7. 1910.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
A Cold Bite.

You were twenty miles from the north pole and starving?" exclaimed the credulous housewife. And how did you save yourself?"
 Why, num-" responded Frigld Fred as he wiped away tear, in me starving moments I remembered de Eskimo dogs. Pushing out through the snow, l twisted one of der tails, an den-an' den"-
 And then what, my poor man?"
 I got cold bite"
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

CHAPTER II.
 The departing caller met an in- coming one in the outer office, and Agnes Elliston, sweeping into Bob- by's room, breathlessly gasped:
 That was Frank Sharpe!"
 The same" admitted Bobby. smiling down at her and taking both her hands.
 T never saw him so closely" she declared. Really, he's quite distin- guished-looking."
 "As long as he avoids a close shave" supplemented Bobby. But what brings you into the-the busy marts of trader"
 My trusteeship," she answered him loftily. producing some docu- ments from her handbag. And I'm in hurry. Sign them papers,"
 Them there papers," he kindly corrected, and seating himself at his desk he examined the minor
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
TO MY SON ROBERT UPON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO
 MAKE MONEY

The man who has never fail
 ed has been either too lucky or
 too timid to have much tried
 and tested worth. The man
 who always fails is too useless
 to talk about. As you've failed
 twice you're neither too lucky
 nor too timid. It remains to be
 seen if you are too useless
 Remember that money isn't
 the only audible sound in this
 world; but it makes more noise
 than anything else. A vast num-
 Der of people call money vulgar;
 but, if you'll notice. this opinion
 is chiefly held by those who
 haven't been able to secure any
 of it.
 wouldn't have you sacrifice
 any decent principle to get it,
 because that is not necessary;
 but go get money of your own,
 and see what difference there
 IS between dollars. A dollar
 you've made is as different from
 dollar that's given to you as
 your children are from other
 peoples
 The door opened upon Bobby's half-smiling study of this missive, and Applerod, his voice fairly oily with obsequiousness, announced Mir. Frank L. Sharpe! Why. here was man whose name was in the pa pers every morning, noon and night, MT. Sharpe had taken trip to New York on behalf of the Gas Company; MT Sharpe had returned from his trip to New York on be- half of the Gas Company; Mir Sharpe had entertained at the Ho, tel Spender; MT. Sharpe had made speech; Mir Sharpe had been in terviewed; MT. Sharpe had been in disposed for half a day!
 Quite prepossessing of appearance was MT. Sharpe; tall, rather slight gentleman, whose features no one ever analysed because the eyes of the observer stopped, fascinated at his beard. That wonderful adorn- ment was gray and curly, pretty to an extreme, and kept most fastid- iously trimmed, and a gray mustache lifted when he smiled to display a most engaging row of white, even teeth. Centred upon this magnificent combination the gaze never roved to the animal nose, the lobeless ears, to the watery blue eyes half ob- scured by the lower lids. He was immediately, though a shade too youthfully, dressed in a gray frock suit, with pearl-gray spats upon his shoes, and he was most charmed to see young Mir. Burnit
 You have very neat little suite of offices here. MT. Burnit." he con- mented, seating himself gracefully and depositing his hat, his gray cane and his gray gloves carefully to one side of him upon Bobby's desk.
 I'm afraid they are a little too nice for practical purposes" Bobby confessed. q have found that busi- ness isn't parlor game"
 Precisely what came to see you about" said MT. Sharpe q un- derstand you have been a trifie un- fortunate, but that Is because you did not go into the regular chan nels. An established and paying cor poration is the oily worthwhile prop
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

For all the news of the week take the most popular weekly paper in the country, The Alaska Citizen.
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15
|33s'03533

Frank Tarr, a pioneer from Ivanhoe
township, died suddenly of heart
trouble. In company with his son, he
had started for Greene but when a half
mile from home, told his son to return
to the house as he was not feeling
we'll. Before he reached his home, he
had passed away. He was member
of the township board and was com.
mittee from mis- precinct.
A Jew who peddled in Tolley re
Gently without a license, was fined
a meeting of the county judges OF
the state, was held at Fargo Wednes.
day.
pete" Bertelson, the Kenmare
merchant prince, is certainly a good
friend CT the printers OF that city
The last edition of the Kenmare Jour
nal contained four full pages OF ads
from Mr.. Bertelson telling all about
big public sale. at the store, with a
free lunch, etc.
The Palermo Standard says there
are seven townships in Burke counry
in the Powers Lake country, tha
would like to become annexed t,
Mountrail county. This was agitatet
shortly after the canvassing board o.
Burke county refused to count th'
votes in twelve precincts around Lfs
mite.
A writ of mandamus mas been serv
ed on the canvassing board of Burke
county, returnable to Judge Goss OF
Dec. 1e, calling upon that board Il
show cause why the twelve precincit
in the vicinity of Lignite should no
be considered in the recent election
The action was brought by the partl
sans OF Ignite. who hope to see th'
county seat of that county yet LOCATED
there. LeSueur is looking after th'
interest Of Ignite, while the canvass
ing board mas rd| tanned Atty. Ge'
Bangs of Grand Forks.
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15

"her." Perhaps it is because every
man wants one. After ne gets one
he don't know how to manage it; it
is more expensive than he anticdpat-
ed; it's tires have to he padded, at
times it seems to being going nicely
and then gets unmanageable and runs
away and once in while has a very
fine finish on a mighty poor frame.
None of these may be reasons why
automobiles are spoken of in the
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15
ALFALFA LAND.

Kansas farmers are buying auto
mobiles, but they are paying for them
with alfalfa. In Kansas one farmer
thrcshed 44O bushels of alfalfa seed
from 1875 acres and he received ten
dollars bushel for it. There was
time when it was thought That al
falfa could not be raised in Kansas.
From the Independent of Nov. "a.
"a.
Twenty thousand acres Of alfalfa
per acre. Call or address D. D. Riley
Minot, N. D. 12-1 3-chg.
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15

| After living on her homestead tho
most part of five years, Miss Sadie
Van Wagenen of Ray has received
notice that her proof has been pro-
tested. Her Ray friends are consid-
erably worked up.
Miss Hannah Johnson, of Degraff,
| Mimi, a school teacher at Ray, died
of appendicitis.
In regard to the proposed combi-
nation of Roosevelt and Pinchot in
1912, Pinchct now wants to transpOse
the names.
Uncle Sam will build two new
dreadnoughts, the New York and the
Texas.
George Homnes, tine Crosby men,
beT of the legislature, is an active
candidate for speaker Of the house.
/ Sverre Larsen, prominent youns
Berthold merchant was wed to a
| prominent young woman from near
Estevan, Montana.
| According to the Westhope Stand
and, there is plenty of gas at the wells
near Lansford, but not a sufficient
quantity in Yansford.
The gas company at Westnope has
abandoned the deep gas we'll, at a
depth of 1850 feet when Dakota sand
stone was struck. The casing haa
been pulled UP and will be used in
other wells. The shallower wells be
connected with Westhope again and
the people Of that town given tne
best service this winter that is pos
sible A lot of money was spent or
the deep we'll.
John S. Patterson, editor of tht
Ross Valley News and Miss Janette
McAneny were married in Willistor
Dec 1. We wish Bro Patterson and
his wife an abundance of prosperity
and happiness.
John Stoen was injured internally
in a mine at Stanley by a cave-in
His arm was also fractured
Judge Cowan will hold court al
Wiliiston for Judge Goss the session
to begin Dec. 19. 1t is understood
that Judge Goss will go east for ,
visit, arriving home before the frs
Of the year when he win assume lis
duties as Supreme Judge.
The Portal International is contenl
plating putting in a new typesettint
machine.
AT Kenmare, the commissioner O
! street gets out after every snow storm
with the road scraper, and scrape'
the snow to one side of the street.
VIM. c. Miller, young man, wa.
arrested on tine train at Bowbels
charged with the theft Of ring from
: Darling's drug store at Ambrose.
The Bowbells Tribune believes tina
the common habit of abbreviatinl
Xmas for Christmas ought to be aban
doned, beca nse 1t tends to cheaper
: one of the most sacred events in hu
man history.
I Bootleggels have been doing
= thriving business in Bottineau. Geo
Morrison was arrested there charge'
with the crime.
Some one wants to know why auto
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15

WANTED-Gentle horses, not over
5 feet high. Apply, Supt. Davis Mine,
Burlington. a
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15

CHESTER WHITE BOAR 1S months
old Tor sale by Hans Skaug, Minot,
R l, phone 4 X, must call before
Dec. 25th. IL
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15

feminine gender, but the application
is not hard to make.
The Ward County independent., 1910-12-15

We in market for FARM LOANS other
agents and farm
will be glad to consider them.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-18
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To remove iodine stains, wet in cold water or milk, cover with cornstarch and let stand until all stains disappear, changing cornstarch if necessary.
 Oftentimes when moving a piece of furniture. especially if it is heavy, the mating will receive an ugly tear. Darn the mating with raffia in cOlors to correspond.
 Cream of tartar will remove rust from dresses Boil the dress for about one hour in three gallons of wa ter. with one tablespoonful of cream of tartar for each gallon.
 To clean walls, take about four handfuls of flour, mix with water into quite a stiff dough and proceed to rub the walls, when all dust and dirt will be removed.
 If the broom used for brushing the rugs is plunged into salt water and then shaken free of superflous mois- ture the rugs will be brighten than if swept with a dry broom.
 Palms and other plants often suffer from dust. They should be washed
Arizona republican., 1910-06-18
The EIks' Special,

The "Elks' special" sumptuous train which is to leave Phoenix July 6 for Detroit, will not be for Elks alone. It will be available for all pas sengers-up to it's capacity-who may wish to go through the Kansas City or Chicago gateways for eastern points. Two motives prompted the Phoenix lodge of Elks to engage this special train: they wished to furnish good advertisement for Arizona at the great reunion of Elks at Detroit, and to advertise Phoenix and Arizona enroute. The train will be tastefully decorated with banners and notices, and at every stopping point the crowds at the stations will learn something of interest to them about this section. At Detroit, it is eX- pected. the parade of Elks from -Ari- zona will be a credit to the territory. and a most creditable advertisement for the territory.
 Many people will be leaving the valley for the east early in July, and if they will arrange to leave on the "Elks' speciar' on the 9th, they will help to make a decided success of this public spirited scheme of the Phoenix Elks