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Douglas Island news., 1911-08-09

NT0OER9 Lebarge, was in town the fore part Of the week on business and reported white fish as very plentiful this season. the supply being much in excess of the demand, tho market at Dawson, the principal point of consign ment, not be ing what it was in the halcyon days when men could promenade the dance hall ladies to the bar and still hold down their positions as church elders -Whitehorse Star.
 Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas, chairman of the house committee on public lands, has introduced a bill which provides for the leasing of Alas ka coal lands. The bill fixes the maxi mum royalty at one cent per ton on low grade coals and three cents per ton on high grade coal. No person or cor poration can obtain under one lease more than ffty.one hundred and twenty acres. An additional royalty of twenty five cents per acre will be im- posed on the lease holdings for the first year; fifty cents per acre for the second year, and one dollar per year there after.
 Not to be outdone by other commun- ities, Porcupine also came within an ace of having a forest fire, says Frank Mo- Elravy, who returned home Saturday night, from a two weeks stay in the mining camp. From reports, the cause of the fire was Japanese cook. The Jap was staying in tent and was bothered by the chattering of nest of squirrels. He could not sleep, so start ed a fire under the tree in which the nest was located, to smoke out the lit tie fellows. The smudge soon assumed the proportions of good sized blaze, but when the Jap tried to eXtinguish it he found it had gotten beyond control, and he called for assistance. The united efforts of gang of firefghters was of little avail, and the fire was gaining rapidly and spreading into the woods when a line of hose was run from the mine, and with the big cen- trifugal pump sending stream into the blaze, it was soon controlled and completely stamped out.-Haines Pioneer Press.
 The Whitehorse Star says: A private telegram received here early this week from Dawson said: "J. D. Craig, direc- tor of the Canadian boundary survey, wired Commissioner Wilson last night that smallpox had broken out at Ram part house and the telegram requested that mem bers of the Royal N. w. M. P. be sent to establish quarantine, as there were fully 100 Indians in that vicinity. A doctor with the American survey party has been placed in charge of the situation, but vaccine points were requested from this place, also trained nurse. Three hundred vaccine points and trained nurse have been sent from Dawson, also member of the police force. The survey launch will meet the constable and nurse at Fort Yukon" Rampant House is about 250 miles up the Porcupine river from the Yukon and is at the Canadian. American boundary near where the two survey parties are establishing boundary line this season. In the two parties are about 150 men. But very few whites reside in that part of the countrv.
Douglas Island news., 1911-08-09
The N0rtnI2nd The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

It will cost slOO,OOO to repair the Spokane.
 Ruby, the new townsite below Fort Gibbon, has a population of 8OO
 Keller Bros, of Skagway, have bought the Heubner Drug store at Haines.
 The first baby born in Idttarod came to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larson on June l9.
 The Iditarod Pioneer says that camp is threatod with a moving picture in- vasiou during the summer.
 Alaska papers that have been sup porting Delegate James Wickersham now announce that he is making good.
 A severe storm at Nome last month caused much damage to shipping, but the rain that accompanied it was boon for sluicing.
 The quartz custom mill idea has taken root at Nome and an expert local money raiser secured 81,OOO for the proposition the first day.
 Chas. Kline, a resident of Columb bus, Ohio, one of the coal land claimants of the Cunningham group, went insane over the loss of the property.
 In the Circle City district there are about 22O men working steadily. This is the one camp in Alaska that is mined almost entirely by individuals.
 pr. J. H. Mustard has been elected physician to the Nome Miners Union. This is the sixth successive year that pr. Mustard has drawn the appoint ment.
 When the Grand Trunk Pacific is ready for the golden spike that will mark it's completion, it is expected that the Prince of Wales will be on hand to swing the hammer.
 The Northwestern Commercial Go. is winding up it's business affairs in Nome, preparatory to quitting the camp at the close of the present season, Lack of business is given as the reason.
 Wm. F. SchnabIe, whom the Sentinel describes as cowboy from Idaho, has been appointed United States deputy marshal at Wrangell, in place of Jack Collins, who resigned few weeks ago.
 Fearing his relatives would dissuade him, Samuel Bailey, 68, left Passaic, N. J., secretly for the Klondike. Mir. Bailey has made two trips to the gold fields, returning each time with a small fortune.
 They have succeeded in cinching a Jap over in Seward, for an infraction of the game law, after two trials. This is one of the first convictions had in the territory where the game killed was not sold. No Jap, no conviction l Valdez Miner
Douglas Island news., 1911-08-09

The eleventh parliament of Canada passed out of existence July % and up- on the political complexion of the new one to be selected Septem Der 21 will depend the fate of the reciprocity agreement
 All hope has been abandoned of find- ing Privats Reeves, of the signal corps, who several weeks ago started down the Copper river from Copper Center on raft. His relatives in Pennsylvania have been notified
 The steamship Corwin, which d Northern paper aIludes to as broom. bearing ice,bucker, cracked her crank shaft and damaged her rudder on her trip north Repairs were made on the beach at St. Michael.
 The scandal mongers, President Taft asserts, are now responsible for the re tardmeut of progress and the develop meut of Alaska. Many of them have only one intent, and that is to besmirch the characters of all who invest in Alaska.
 John Jouopolis, Greek and an old timer in the Seward peninsula camps. was drowned iu the Casadepaga river when his boat struck a submerged cake Of ice and was overturned. The unfor- tuuate man was unable to struggle long in the icy water.
 The bridge which spans the Klehena river opposite Pleasant Camp, was swept out clean by the recent high water Now the same old problem coufronts the travellers. to Rainy Hol low-the crossing of the treacherous stream in safety.
 Capt. James Guptill, who ran the steamer Spokane on the rocks in Sey- mour narrows on June 29th, has been found guilty of unskilIful navigation and his license suspended for sixty days by United States Marine Inspec- tors Whitney and Turner.
 Major A. E. Snyder, for ten years commandant of division "B" of the N. w. M. P, with headquarters at White horse, aud for the past year in charge of the R. N. w. P. for all Yukon, with headouarters at Dawson, recently left the North to make his home at Regina, Sask.
 The value of the real and personal property of lditarod City is estimated at S1, 100000 and the operating expenses of the city during the coming year are figured at S3OOOO. The tax will be half a milton the dollar, which, together with the other incomes, will prove snf- ficient to cover the expenses.
 The Nome Nugget says: A. H.Moore, who a few seasons ago brought mum Der of people here to Nome and left them stranded high and dry in the fall so the city had to house and feed them and the government take them out in the fall, has returned with another batch of good hard workers ranging in age from IS to 30.
 Upwards of S6O,OoO is being spent an, nually in establishing hospitals and procuring physicians for natives and gold seekers in Alaska. Bishop Rowe is of the opinion that the United States government should adopt a fixed policy with regard to the Indians, establishing a reservation in order to bring. the scat tered tribes together.
Douglas Island news., 1911-08-09

The tunnel of the Copper River rail- road at Chitina has caved in and the company is having no end of difficulty in sluicing it out, say recent arrivals from that district. The tunnel is about 600 feet long and runs from the town side to the Copper river. As the tim bers were not properly placed, they have dropped down causing a slufing of the dirt.
 According to the Prince Rupert Em pire the run of salmon, so far this sea. son has been very light, but better re- suits are looked for from the later runs. While cohos even have been running light, a number of steelheads have been caught in the nets, so a big haul of the later varieties is hoped for as a means of averaging up the seasons catch.
 Reports from the Iditarod are to the effect that the camp will be pretty well deserted tbis winter, that all the mer- chants are trying to "cash in" and get ready 10 move to more prosperous camps. The two weekly papers, the Pioneer and Major Strong's Nugget. may discontinue publication during the winter unless other and better pros ,,acfs ara lOcpted -FX
 Loudon.-John Hays Hammond, the American millionaire mining expert and the official representative of the United States of America at the coro. nation, has organized a stock company with a capital of S8,OOO,OOO to operate extensively Yukon Territory. Ham moud and associates will ship heavy machinery to the Yukon country and their explorations will commence as soon as possible.
 Half way between Eagle City and the Arctic ocean, one hundred men and more, picked and trained surveyors and civil engineers, are at work hewing a broad line through the brush and the timber, aud every now and then plant ing monuments of bronze in firm bases of concrete. They have been working four years at the task of marking down on the face of the earth the longest straight line in the world, and they will spend another year on the job. It is the line where Alaska ends and Canada begins.
 Borisa Rokoceviche, the Montenegrin who is accused of having caused the death of Fred Sellers recently, and who is an inmate of the federal jail, where he is awaiting the action of the grand jury, yesterday made what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to do himself bodily injury, but which resulted merely ia a slightly bruised sCalp,which will soon mend, says the Fairbanks Times. Rokoceviche, it is said, was within the steel enclosure, when he suddenly made dash for the side of the cell in which he was confined, and before any of the other prisoners could interfere he rammed bis head against the steel bars, inficting cut in the fore part of bis scalp. Before he could repeat the operation, however, he was secured and prevented from further exhibition of what is thought to be af- fected insanity. A surgeon was sum. moned and the cut dressed, and the prisoner is now apparently none the worse for his experience, except for the plasters which cover the wound.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
NAUGHTY. but Nice,

Edith, who is eight years old, was
invited to a children's party. Her
blonde hair was perfectly straight, but
becomingly arranged, and she started
off in high feather.
But on her return she was rather
silent, and, on being questioned as to
her experience, said:
i bad 3 Gics time, but It would
have been nicer If my hair was kinky.
All the other girls hair was kinky.
and l shan't go to another party IN
less my hair is fixed In kinks
So the next week. when another in
vitation came for the little girl, her
hair was curled and fiuffed out in the
most approved style.
Then her mother led her to a mir
ror, and said: There, Edith. what do
you think of it,"
Edith regarded herself soberly for
a moment, and then, turning SLOW
ly around, she said: IT'S vain, but I
like it."
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23

all say it's a shame for your husband
to lay the law down to you as he
does"
But he doesn't. He has never tried
to boss me one single time"
You used to be out every after
noon"
HE just thought 1t was little too
much"
You haven't been to the club in
four weeks"
stephen said he'd rather stay
home"
You didn't ride out all last week"
But we haven't carriage of our
own, you know, and the hired ones are
very expensive"
Just so. Everybody said Stephen
Roberts would put an end to your ex-
travagances. Oh, he's bossing you all
right"
When the visitor had departed Mrs
Roberts sat down and reviewed the
situation. Was her husband bossing
her? Was he humbling her to the
dust? Was he insidiously curtailing
her privileges? No! Yes! Come to
think Of 1t, he was actually playing
the domestic tyrant and wearing a
mask while doing 1t. Other folks had
noticed 1t right along. but she had
been foolish and blind. She had given
up this and given up that, and now
people were calling her humble cat!
And did that domestic tyrant of 4
Stephen Roberts think any more OF
her for her sacrifices, as she named
them? Not a bit. He would simply
go on demanding more. He had asked
her to give up hired carriages, but
had he given up cigars? He had asked
her to eliminate her club, but wasn't
he riding the goat at his Masonic
lodge one night a week?
Mrs. Clara Roberts had three hours
to think things over before her hus-
band came up to dinner That was
plenty of time to arouse her obstinacy.
and when he entered the house she
was ready for him. The love-light
had gone out Of her eyes. There was
red spot on either cheek. She wait
cd five minutes for him to ask what
the matter was and as he didn't do II
she boldly declared:
stephen, ! want to ride out every
afternoon next week!"
"You know what my salary is at the
bank" he replied.
And I shall go to the club!"
81 hope not"
"And | want a new suit at once!"
"Yes"
81 didn't marry you to be ground
down."
"No?"
Mother said I could come home to
her any time"
-Yes?"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUMOR

II think the Cuticura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema | have
ever heard of. My mother had a child
who had a rash on its head when it
was real young. Doctor called it baby
rash. He gave us medicine, but it did
no good. In few days the head was
q solid mass, running sore. 1t was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to hold him and watch him to
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
We remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got dollar bottle of Cuticura Re-
solvent, box of Cuticura Ointment.
and bar Of Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed, washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap, and APP
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the childs head
was clear and. free from eczema, and
it has never come back again. His
head was healthy and he had beau
tiful head of hair I think the Cuti-
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
1t makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept IL L, Boston.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
CLEANING THE LACE CURTAIN
Valuable Hints for the Housewife
Who Must Do This Task
at Home.

Before many weeks the season OF
fall housekeeping will be upon us,
and with it comes the cleaning Of
lace curtains. For those who can af-
ford to send them to an establishment
to be cleaned, so much the better,
but for the little housewife who must
do her own cleaning, a little advice as
not come amiss.
Take the exact dimension of the
curtains, shake out the dust and rinse
in cold water Put them in a boiler
of warm water to which have been
added a half bar of shaved soap,
three tablespoonfuls of turpentine and
three tablespoonfuls of ammonia.
Boil about fifteen minutes, rinse,
wiring slightly and starch slightly, or
use little thin gum arabic or gelatin
water for stiffening. Measure off a
plot of grass the dimensions of the
curtains, stretch the curtains over
this, sticking toothpick through
each scallop we'll into the ground.
Two or more curtains may be stretch
ed over the same toothpicks. When
dry lift one at time off the picks.
When one has the regular curtain dry
ers which are made for this purpose
much labor Is saved. If one has no
grass for drying, or the frames men
toned, wiring them dry and lay on a
sheet on the carpet and pin down
every point.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
To Bottle tomatoes.

Tomatoes are excellent bottled, but
unfortunately the skins often crack
and quite spoil their appearance.
Here is useful hint given by a
professional cook: Prick the tomato
once or twice at the stalk end where
the holes will not show. This does
away with the risk of the skins shrink
ing
Bear in mind that before using rub
Der rings on the bottles they should
be washed in water containing a lit
tie soda, and then be thoroughly
dried
Before putting away the bottlng ap.
paratus rub the metal springs over
with little vaseline to prevent them
from getting rusty.
Never use Clipped or cracked jars,
for If the jars are not absolutely air.
tight the contents will not keep.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
WOMEN'S FEET ARE LARGER
Shee Dealer Declares Number Two
Size Has Almost Disappeared and
Fours or Elves Now Rule.

Women's feet are growing larger!
This decidedly unchivalrous report
emanated from the convention Of shoe
dealers and manufacturers in Boston,
which declared that this was true all
over the country. And big Milwau-
kee dealers reaffirm 1t.
The No. 2 size, they say, has almost
disappeared here, and fours and fives
are now the rule.
The dealers refuse to allow their
names to be used because-curious
sidelight on feminine psychology
they say their names attached TO such
a statement would Immediately drive
adj of their women customers away!
Would woman be seen going into a
store where they sold large shoes?
Never!
I'VE sell sizes five to eight almost
exclusively now" said one of the deal
ers. women seem to want longer
and better fitting shoes than ever
before High heels throw the feet
further forward, and make longer
shoes necessary. And, furthermore,
women are becoming more sensible
'3od want their footwear to be more
comfortable"
1T is true that most of the women's
shoes sold nowadays are four and
fives. in contrast with the smaller siz-
es that we're demanded a few years
ago." said another dealer. But the
shoes now are of a different shape.
They are longer and narrower But
really believe that women's feet are
growing larger. In fact. think that
the feet of the entire race are grow
ing flatter. The feet seem to spread
after the rest of the body has ceased
srowing."
"But II may be remarked in pass
ing. an increase of one size means an
Increase OF only one-sixth of an inch
In Observation-Disclosures Wisconsin.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23

some other burden in one hand. An
Indiana man has designed pair of
handrails for ladders which effectively
overcome this. Along the upper parts
of the sides of the ladder are attach
arms are pivoted. To these arms. in
turn, ratings are pivoted so that when
needed the ratings can be pulled out
to form a guide and support to per-
son ascending the steps, and when not
needed they can be folded in along the
sides of the ladder.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23

Some folks wondered at the mar
riage between Stephen Roberts and
Clara Colby, and others admitted
folks wondered because Stephen was
an old bachelor and set in his ways,
while the young lady was known to be
rather Eighty and fiirty. Some admit
ted because they thought an old bach
elor was just the husband to make a
frivolous wife settle down.
There was one thing Miss Clara
Dragged of as girl. and that was that
nobody could manage her. Whatever
she wanted to do she would do. Her
marriage wasn't going to make bit
Of difference about that. She said SO
to Stephen. His answer is not record
ed, but whatever 1t was he probably
did some thinking, and perhaps he
made up his mind to pursue a certain
policy.
1t was weeks after the wedding be-
fore there was a clash. The husband
made suggestion now and then, in
stead OF commanding or nagging.
While they were only suggestions, the
young wife found herself following
them without opposition, and this
pleasant state of affairs might have
continued but for an even more frivo-
lous wife who dropped in one after
noon to say:
Clara Roberts, do you know that
all the folks are talking about the way
you've been humbled since your mar
rtage?"
What humboldt" was the ex'
clamation.
Eyes. Everybody notices 1t. You
used to have a mind Of your own, but
now you are as humble as a cat We
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
a Brush for the Laundry.

A good deal of wear on clothes can
be saved by the use of small hand
brush. Insteal of rubbing the clothes
on the dashboard, lay the soiled spot
on the board, dub we'll with soap and
scrub with the brush This method
Is easier on the hands as well as on
the clothes. Clothes rinsed in hard
water in which bluing has been dis
solved are likely to be streaked, but
all danger of this may be avoided by
adding a cupful of skinned milk to
the bluing water.-Harper's Bazaar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-23
Her Domestic T yrant
By CARL JENKINS

"And If things don't change at once
I'll go! | want II decided right here
and now"
$50 do ~"
Mrs. Roberts left the table and went
over to the east window. She changed
to the west one. Then she sat down.
Then she stood up again. Mr.. Rob-
erts refused to be drawn into an ar
! gument to spoil his appetite. He re-
fused to say what he would do, and 1t
was for her to give In or carry out her
threats. Give in? Never! She walked
upstairs and began to array herself.
The distance to her mothers manor
house was mile and half, and dark
ness was at hand. She would go,
however. She would go il the dis
lance were ten miles. There was a
principle at stake. People were refer
ring to her as a worm of the dust.
They should see!"
All family jars do not bring thunder
storms. This one did. however. The
wife who started for mothers with
naughty step and hard-set face, leav-
ing husband behind her at his COT
| fee, had not trailed through the dust
more than half a mile when wind,
rain, thunder and lightning were upon
her. She was thoroughly soaked be-
| fore she could gain the shelter Of an
old tumble-down barn. She tried to
remain angry, but she was too wet.
She was also frightened. Every time
| it lightened the red-hot thunderbolt
| do ,tr s..l.X g. rs,,c,
roof over her head When nothing
else was doing a hog that had taken
shelter before her moved about and
mathematical things in his own Ian
| guage and made out that he was a
(two-legged tramp.
Why had not Stephen stopped her
from leaving the house? That was
the question the young wife asked
herself over and over as she stood
there in her sopping shoes. Why
| hadn't he kissed her and tried to
make up? She had said she was go
ing home to mother, but he hadn't
filed one single objection. Oh. what
a heartless brute! That is, she would
give a year Of her life if he was there
with her now! Thunder, lightning,
rain, darkness, and an old tramp get
ting his courage up to attack her!
And even If she lived to reach her
mothers house what sort of a story
could she tell? When she first started
out she felt she would be received
with open arms, and that the mother
would say:
| GO hou 1af Hot 1ol,
good and all! Good! Come to my
arms, child. l will see that Stephens
neck Is broken within a week."
Now, in that cold rain, with her
shoes a-sop and the rain pelting down
harder and harder, she just cried like
a baby and called out:
Mother, l forbid you to break his
neck! Stephen is the best husband
in all this world"
Then a hand clasped one Of hers,
and an arm stole around her waist.
She had not heard any one approach
but che was not startled. She was
gently drawn out of the ruin-into the
road-along it to her home and the
hog was left to wonder and puzzle
over the idiosyncrasies Of human ma
ture. Not word was spoken on the
way home-not a word for an hour
later. Then the husband quietly OBJ
served:
'I'll order the carriage for next
week, Clara"
But l don't want you to-" she re-
piled. I'm coming down to the bank
every evening to walk home with
you!"