The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-30

Talks With Men Of
National Prominence
at WasAiagtea, d. 9.
THE time il RAPIDLY approachi,
at wasAiagtss. y. G.

The time Is rapidly approaching
when the Philippine Islands. once
known as Uncle SAINTS great white
elephant will be hailed as Americas
tropical Alaska. as far as commercial
development and boundless natural
Hamilton Smith. MIR. Smith has come
to Washington to be the resident COR
respondent of the Cablenews-Ameri-
can. the leading newspaper Of the
Philippines. for which he covered the
recent Chinese revolution. He has
been with that journal f1ve years. the
last three as city editor.
The trade OF the Philippines" he
said. lis increasing ny leaps and
thief beneficiary. In the fiscal year
which closed June so last nearly $25.-
100000 of American products were
sold there. The total trade Of the
group this year was 3S7. 900. 900. II my
memory serves me right. Three years
ago: just before congress allowed free
trade between the United states and
the Philippines. 1t was about $685.
600.
only one thing can ,op this steady
progress. which Filipinos and Ameri-
cans both enjoy. That Is the mooted
tampering with the present Philippine
policy by the incoming democrats. As
II ls, the foolish talk Of Philippine in
has in the past been al.
most solely responsible for the re-
luctanee Of American and European
capitalists to invest there. even
though they knew that the islands
teem with potential wealth. Capital
has at last begun 10 flow toward the
archipelago. and to divert that gold
stream by theoretical legislation.
wholly inapplicable 10 the actual con-
ditions. would be to deprive 5000, 900
trusting Filipinos of their economic
independence. upon which. after all,
their ultimate political independence
"Old-TfMe" Gamblers Gone.
The old-time gambler. as he was
known in the early mining days of
Idaho. is a figure Of romantic history
n not an actual reality today" said
George a. Threehouse Of Avery. Idaho.
Mr.. Threehouse is interested in the
Occur d'Alene gold mines. one of
was discovered by the kick OF a
mule. and which resulted in one OF
the O famous mining lawsuits in
Jurisprudence.
1T is amusing. the questions which
the tenderfoot will ask when he first
gets into the Occur d'Alene mining
continued Mr.. Threehouss.
Invariably the first thing that he
TO see Is a real bad a and
then he wants to see a famous gamb-
Ter. Neither, as they We're known in
the palmy days of the long axo. ex-
lists in the mining regions today. In
thelr place one finds the hard-work-
ing. industrious miner. possibly a lit
t!e wild on pay day, but nothing like,
the old time miner. The miner OF to-
gay. as a general rule. saves part Of
MS wages. does not gamble 1t away in
one nights revelry, as was the case
a generation ago.
'fou know, the Occur d'Alene
mines were discovered IN a o re-
markab!e manner. Dutch Jake as
was called. received a grub stake
from a man by the name or Nelson.
lived at Wallace. He hied him.
self to the mountain one day. and
wniie MS mule was tethered II began
paving the earth which Contained
gold: Dutch Jake began prospecting
IN that vicinity. and discovered what
Is now the famous Occur d'Alene mine
'"e
The owner of the mule brought
SUIT in court for half of the proceeds.
sialfhlns mat n vein Of gold was
by his mule. The district
of Idaho allowed the claim, and
the supreme court of the state AZ
Trmed the decision of the lower court
Both Dutch Jake who in private
lie Is Jacob Steinmetz Of Spokane
wash. and Nelson became enormous,
~ rich from the mine. Nelson Is
dead. but Dutch Jake is still in ay-
cellent health. The miners of the
Occur dAlene region are BECOMING
home owners"