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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
WHY NOT IN THIS
 NElcHBoRHooD TOO

The Forest Service has been ill receipt of a communication from Sitka asking that 1t co. operate with the Sitka Chamber of Commerce in the attempt to secure a bunch of elk from Montana for propagation pur.. poses. It appears that the U. $. government has been sup. plying elk for this purpose III the States, and the idea has occurred to the Sitka folk that elk might thrive in Alaska, so they are petitioning that the government make the experl.. ment. To this paper the idea seems to be good one, and one 1t might be we'll for ketchi kan to copy. Gravina island has been declared a game preserve and would afford excellent range for elk. if they will thrive in the climate of Alaska. It would of course be neces.. sary first of course 10 clean out the wolves, but that isn't such a difficult task if the fed. eral government undertook if
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
SUNDAY EVENING PROGRAM

In. order that il may appear that the committee in charge of the meeting to which YOU have been repeatedly invited in these columns and are here by invited again, having not been saving things 1t can not Suhstantlate in the way of praise for the program as pre-. pared. We are now i'll position to print the whole thing and We hope that you will be pleased with it and show your pleasure by your presence at the Red Mems Hall next Sun.- day evening where the follow ing program will be rendered. Remember that this meeting is for EVERYBODY. big or lit tie, rich or poor, Christian or non Christian. We want you all to come and bring your friends. Lets have the old lets have everyone enter into hall filled to overflowing and it with the true spirit of Christ mas. The Committe has no axe to grind; absolutely noth.. ing to gain except your good will which you cah best ex press by attendance. This is the program. The speeches will be limited to ten minutes each. Note that the songs and the instrumental music alone will he we'll worth the effort which you may make to attend.
 COMMITTEE.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20

ROOF LEAK? Ell! Set Sully the roof expert.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
THE LAST CHANGE
 LEAP YEAR BALL

Leap Year will soon be in the past and no more chances for the maids until another four years has come and gone. So come to the Last Chance Ball to, be given by the Pocahontas New Years Eve, Dec. 3i, at Red Mems Hall. It will be a Leap Year dance until twelve o'clock when we will dance the Leap Year out and the New Year in, giving the Gentlemen their chance again.
 So Come one, come all, To the Last Glance Ball, A good time, a last chance. Will be given at this dance. This the Poca's guarantee, Maids one dollar, gentlemen free.
 Committee:
 Mrs. Chesney,
 Mrs. Hunt.
 Mrs. Zimmerman.
 Mrs. Bail.
 Mrs. Hoffman. adv. Bring in or send in your furs to P. J. Gilmore and get the highest market price for them.
 Advertisement. Private dining booths for lad ies' at the Owl Cafe. If
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
GETS BIG PROMOTION

Word arrived on the Hum. boldt of the appointment of Max Rothkugal to the position of Forester of the Argentine Republic. Mr. Rothkugal was an attaehe of the local Forest Service office during part of 1911. while engaged in doing special recognizance work on the south end of Prince of Wales island. Mir. Rothkugal is an experienced forester, and will be sure to make a success of his new position.
 China Noodles, best ever, at the Owl. Try 'em and you'll like 'em.
 Advertising.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
McDonaId's Chocolates

Universally recognized as the BEST--Haack's Drug Store.
 Advertising.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
EDW. BROWN
 ASSAYER CHEMIST ketchikan Alaska
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

The assessment roll for the Town of Ketchikan for the year 1912 IS now in my por- session for the collection of the taxes levied thereon. Pay ment may be made at my office at the Miners and Merchants Bank at any time during hank ing hours.
 Taxes will become delinquent on January 1st, 1913, at 6 o'clock D. m. and if not paid before that time a penalty of 20 per cent of the tax will be added to such tax, and interest upon all at the rate of per cent per annum, from date oi delinquency until paid.
 M. A. MITCHELL,
 Town Treasurer
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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20

Apples at ZImmerman's. ....ady
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20
PROGRAM
Dr J. L. Myers. Chairman.

Solo for Colnet The New Born King" L 'ESPoIR Mir. Robert Graham with orchestra accompaniment.
 Song by all Joy to the worl d. : Prayer Father Shephard. 70 Lovely Infant, Dearest Savior" Ar ranged. Mrs. Collins and Chorus. Scripture Req ading Prof. Blake 70 Dry Those Tears" DEL RIEGo Mrs. J. S. Burgun. Violin Obligato Mir. J. Sumpf)
 Address "The Coming of Christi
 Rev R. F. Roe Solo for Baritone :. 'Tis Gods Way" -RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG Mir. C. E. Richmond with orchestra accompaniment.
 Address The Mission of Christ
 Father Shephard Silent Night" -GROBER
 Mir. Theodore Brown Address ''The Universal Christ
 Rev. H. W. Kitchener. ''The City of our King PRICE
 Osborne Williams Solo for Cornet Sweet Home of the Angels" R. A, KING. Mr. Homer Ball with orchestra accom- paniment
 Song by all With Hearts Truly Grat eful.
 Benediction Rev. R. t. Roe
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-12-20

NOTICE TO CREDITORS !n the Commissioners Court for ketchikan Precinct, Div. ision No. 1, District of Alaska In Probate:
 In the Matter of the Estate of Hans C. Anderson. Deceased. Notice Is Hereby Given That the undersigned has been ap.. pointed administrator of the above estate, and all persons having claims against the said estate must present them, with the proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to myself the said administrator, at my office in Ketchikan, Alaska. Dated at Ketchikan, Alaska this 29th day of November, 1912.
 RICHARD BUSHELL, Jr.
 Administrator
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
21,718,4S8 CIGARS SMOKED
DAILY IN UNITED STATES.
Tobacco Expert Places the Number Of
Cigarettes at 1876, 1870.

The internal revenue derived from
tobacco consumed in the United States
In Va single year would build fourteen
battleships of fhe first class. or II
would pay the salary of the president
| for nearly thousand years. according
to Carl Werner. editor of the Tobacco
Leaf and recognized authority on to-
| bacco matters Discussing the use Of
tobacco in this country; Mr.. Werner
says:
1.-The money spent by smokers for
cigars only. not counting cigarettes,
smoking and chewing tobacco and
SNUFF. would more than pay for the
building of the Panama canal, besides
taking care OF the s5OO00.OO0 paid to
the new French Canal company and
the republic Of Panama for property
and franchises. In addition to this. II
would cover the cost of terrifying the
ranaL
"There are 21.I1s.44s cigars burned
up In the United States every twenty
four hours. 904.935 every hour. 15.0S2
every minute and psi every second
IF all the cigars smoked in the Unit
ed States in one year were put together
end to end they would girdle the earth
at its largest circumference twenty
two times.
"As to cigarettes, there are 23.736. 100
Of them consumed In the United States
every day. 9S9.OO7 every hour and &c.
4S2 every minute.
Cigarette smokers in the United
States. not counting those who roll
their own smokes from tobacco. spend
s6O.645. 9G6.38 for the little paper COW
cred rolls.
IF all the cigarettes smoked in the
United States in one year were strung
on wire they would make cable
that would reach from the earth TO the
moon and back again. with enough left
over to circle one and half times
around the globe.
There are 533.357.2O6 pounds, or
266.67S tons. of tobacco smoked. chew
ed and snuffed in this country every
year. not counting imported manufac-
lures
IF this quantity of tobacco could be
placed ON one side of a huge balancing
scale 1t would take the combined
weight of four vast armies. each army
consisting of l.nO0.0OO men, to pull
down the other side of the scale"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
TIM SULlIVAN'S LAND TAX
Congestion In New York Tene-
nent Districts.

Big Tim Sullivan has been looking
about bit IN his Bowery kingdom,
and as a consequence the brainiest
man in Tammany has hammered out
land tax system, which he be-
lieves will reduce the congestion in
the tenement districts, New York
correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Times-Star writes. People In my
district sleep three and four TO the
ROOM" said he, ''and many OF the
rooms have never had ray OF sun
light In them. They have to live
that way because the rent is so high,
The tenement owner who is willing to
tear down his old building and put
up a new one, with sunlight in every
window and bath in every fiat, Is
afraid to do so, because he knows
that his taxes would go skallyhooting
up. The poor devils who rent his
flats would In the end pay for that
higher rate of taxation. Every eighth
child born in New York city dies be-
cause It's mother has 10 go to work
or starve AT the same time there
are 4U,UUU acres OI BOOu lduu itiu6
idle within the city limits"
Therefore Sullivan has a plan to cut
the taxes on improved real estate, and
increase the taxes on vacant prop
erty. He figures that owners would
have either to build on their land
which would relieve the downtown
congestion-or go to farming 1t,
which would indirectly have the same
effect. "A watch dog on farm lives
better than many of my constitu-
ents." he declares, land yet, after
an experience of a lifetime down
there. | have yet to find the equal
of the families on the streets near
the Bowery for industry and economy
and courage. Maybe my land tax plan
is Bowery political economy. as has
been charged | like it all the better
for that fact The Bowery has had to
put up with Fifth avenue political
economy for a good while"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15

"Mannish manners. unconth and Of
ten almost vulgar speech seem to have
become the characterizing peculiarly
of the modern college girl The mod
ern education OF women ls rapidly
working toward the elimination OF the
gentle. spiritual and altogether loSable
type of womanhood that has ennobled
manhood and been the greatest of all
civilizing factors in the history OF the
world
physical and intellectual develop
ment are necessary. bnt when both be
come so Important IN the education OF
women that all other womanly attain
ments are forgotten we may well be
alarmed for the future OF our homes
and Institutions. The slang Of the
college girl OF today and her affecta-
tion OF mannish manners of speech
and dress are abomiuable."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
HE NEEDED NO INTERPRETER
Explosion Follows Volley Of Dialects
Hurled at Caran, Which Results
in His Discharge.

Joseph Caran, laboTer, tanned to the
color of the faded red undershirt he
was wearing, was arrested on tech
nical charge the other day, writes the
New York correspondent of the Gin
! cinnati Times-Star, and taken before
Magistrate Vooheis. The magistrate
scanned the papers placed before him,
noted the mans name and observed
his makeup. Tell the court inter
| prefer TO come in said he.
The court interpreter burst into
gargle of Sicilian when he beheld Car
an. Caran looked stupefied. The in
| terpreter tried the Neapolitan dialect
on him Caran shook his head. The
interpreter tried Basque, half dozen
country dialects of Spanish, and some
low French on him. Caran began to
look indignant. The Interpreter said
that it was no good "Dees-a-man can
not understan' noting wat Heye can
spik. He mus be man fom one dem
little islands in da Mediterranean.
Were dey no speak good ltaliano at
ALA" said the interpreter.
NdIdl lleNtltA Win Oil al Va S4AN'~N
surprise.
IT'S too bad" said Magistrate Voor-
heis. Take him back to the cells.
Wen have to held him until we find
some one who can make him under
stand"
"Fwhat the diyvle," burst out Mr.
Caran, explosively. Did yees t'ink I'm
monkey, to understand fwhat this
chattering baboon here says to me?
If yees can't talk United States in
this court. take me to wan where they
do. That's ahll."
Magistrate VOORHEES, looked silently
at Caran, took in his violently Latin
scenery, and compared it with the
obviously Hibernian accents that
tumbled over each other on Caran's
lips. Then Mr.. VOORHEES, slipped him
self a giggle. Discharged said he.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
DAfs4ILL AGAIN
CROSS ATLANTIC
This Time He viii Navigate a
Thlrty-tive Foot MotoTbodt
TO MAKE lao MILES 4 DAY

Detroit Will Have Crow OF FiVs Men
and Stores For Ninety Days-Start
to Be Made From Boston or New
York-oussnsto~n the Goal.
Thomas Y. Day. who has long been
an enthusiastic small boat sailor and
who last year navigated the tiny yawl
Sea bird across the Atlantic from Prov
1dence to Rome. Is 10 make another
venture. In some respects the new trip
is more hazardous than the last. He
viii attempt to cross the Atlantic Ell
TO Queenstown in . thirty-five foot mo
torboat which has been built for w. t.
Scripps of the Detroit Motorboat club.
This boat has been named Detroit
1t is an enlarged lifeboat of unusually
heavy construction equipped with a
ten to twelve horsepower motor. The
tank capacity of this craft is 1000 gal
Ions. which will last for twenty-five
days. and it is expected that the boat
will make about 40 miles a day. so
that she will have sufficient fuel TO
take her across the ocean provided all
goes well. The fuel matter is always
q troublesome one for small boats.
but Mr.. Day thinks that az the boat
will make five nautical miles an hour
when fully loaded and six miles when
light the 1000 gallons will be sufficient,
No Stocking Allowed.
For safety's sake no smoking will
be allowed during the "trip. so the navi-
gators have another hardship ahead of
them. Many of the acc /lents on mo-
torboats are caused by smokers. and
Mr.. Day will take no chances in This
respect. He will keep all the matches
on board The Detroit will carry 200
gallons of fresh water and have stores
for ninety days Her crew will con-
sist of five men. two in the engine
room aud three on deck. The engineers
will have watches of six hours and the
deck crew four hours on and eight off.
The Detroit is - feet over all. 23
feet 2 inches on the water line. 8 feet
beam, 4 feet inches draft when load
ed. feet inches least treeboard.
loaded: feet 8 inches freeboard at
the bow, feet freeboard aft. Her
ballast il an iron shoe weighing LOO
pounds. and the total displacement OF
the boat is 25.0O0 pounds. She carries
a mast twenty-five feet from deck to
truck. on which she will set trysail.
staysail and jih. and she will also car
~ yard and square sail for use when
the wind is fair. The boat Is divided
into three compartments. separated by
water tight bulkheads. The crew will
berth forward In cabin eight feet six
inches long with six feet head room.
The stores are to be kept in the COM
partment next amidships. and the mo-
tor is in the after part of the boat.
The start is to be made late In June.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
INDIANS NOT DYING OUT.
Said They Are as Numerous Now as In
the Time of Columbus.


the Time of Columbus.
There are as many Indians in the
United States today as there were in
the same territory in Columbus time, -
declared Or. Thomas Waterman. in
structor in anthropolOgy in the Uniyer-
sity of California.
LAS matter of fact. there were not
nearly as many indians in North Amer
lea when it was discovered as is gen
orally believed" continued Or. Water
man. Recent discoveries have led
scientists to conclude that there were
but a scarce quarter of million east
of the Sierras and hardly 100000 in
California.
THE annals of the Lewis and Clark
expedition are the basis for the idea
that the United States swarmed with
Indians. This expedition. however,
merely traversed the river, and as ii
was on the river banks that all the
Indian settlements were located the
explorers were misled as to the exist
e1 of inland towns. In Columbus
time there was but one Indian to every
twenty square miles of territory"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
Flying Men Fall

victims to stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles just like other people,
with like resul"s in loss of appe-
tite, backache, nervousness, headach
and tired, listless, rundown feel
ing. But there's no need to feel
like that as T. D. Peebles,, Henry,
Tenn, proved. six bottles of
Electric Bitters'' he writes, did
more to- give me new strength and
good appetite than all other sto-
mach remedies l used" So they
help everybody. Its oily to suf-
fer when this great remedy will
help you from the first dose. Try
it. Only so cents at all dealers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
Nothing More 70 Say.

John came home from the office in
the evening in rather bad humor and
after quick look at his smiling better
half said:
You must have called me late this
morning. Sylvena. 1t was 10 o'clock
when | reached the office. and | had
an important appointment for 10 O'Clock
too"
why, called you at 7:3o. joint"
WAS the clock right?'
"Yes: set it last night when you
came home. You remember | called
downstairs when you cane in and
asked you what time 1t was. and you
said 1890 The clock In my room
said 1:45. so turned 1t back to agree
with your watch, and. of course.
called you by the correct time this
morning. Buffalo Express.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
BAN ON HINDU STUDENTS.
Color Line Drawn at Michigan Univsr-
sity Arouses Protest.

sity Arouses Protest.
The drawing of the color line at the
University of Michigan against Bin
dus. who are treated by the students
as negroes. has caused widespread com
plant among the officers of the uni
versity.
The Hindus. who are of the highest
caste. have been excluded from hotels
and restaurants both in Ann Arbor and
in Detroit President Emeritus James
3. Angel believes the East Indian
students are victims of the color line
through ignorance and fears that the
university will lose these students TO
Harvard and Yale. where the fact that
Hindus are of the Aryan race Instead
Of the Ethiopian is recognized. The
Rev. Lee S. McAllister. one of the best
known ministers in Detroit. denounced
the discrimination against the East
Indians.
1T would be sorry reflection op
Detroit and Ann Arbor." be said. IF
these students should leave our state
and go to eastern colleges because of
the rudeness of certain persons. which
reflects upon Michigan as whole"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
WILL OPEN $4,000 BOTTLES.
Beer to Be Spilled by ShsriH and Bot
ties Returned to Brewery.

Sheriff John Millhaubt Of Wichita.
eral OF Kansas. has an engagement to
act az official opener of $4,000 bottles
Of beer Sheriff Milhaubt's job was
obtained through a compromise made
with Attorney General Dawson and a
certain Cincinnati brewery.
Last October a special detective for
Governor Stubs seized two carloads OF
beer from the Cincinnati company. II
was ordered destroyed. but the COM
pany effected an agreement whereby
the liquor was ordered poured out and
the bottles and cases returned TO it.
Each bottle is TO be emptied separately.
according TO the agreement
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
Idaho Traction Company

Cars leave Boise for Caldwell
500, zoos, 500, 900, 1O;OO",
HOO a. m. and 1900, 1905
200, 800, 1905, 500, 900,
1908, 900, 1900" p. IA.
Cars leave Caldwell for Boise
$780,, 1880, S:3O", $3.50, 1890,
l1;3 a. m and 1890, 1880.
2:SO*, $3.50, 4:3O, $3.50, $50,
1890, $685., 1890 p. m.
Baggage and Express.
- Baggage for Boise and Cald-
well onnly.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
APPLES WITHOUT CORES.
Delaware Farmer Is Raising Fruit
That Has No Seeds.

There will be no core TO throw away
after one has eaten an apple If Frank
Rodgers, fruit grower of George
tJwn. Del. succeeds in experiments he
has under way. He owns Il tree that
has produced now for two years seed
less aud coreIess apples
The fruit is of the usual size and
very highly favored. He is grating
some of the twigs into other trees IN
his orchard and hopes in the course
of a few years to make his fortune.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
MANNISH GIRLS A MENACE.
Christian Endeavor Founder Sees In
Them Danger to Civilization.

lFcH DdIlGcT " SiNili%dhiohs
The Rev Dr Francis E. Clark,
founder of the United Society of Chris
tan Endeavor and the Worlds Chris
tan Endeavor union. denounced the
lack of spiritual training received by
the girl graduate of mofern times as a
tendency toward the destruction of the
best traditions of womanhood
Il believe that women should be
physically perfect and that sound
bodies should be developed with sound
minds" said DR.. Clark. NO one can
minimize the importance of careful
training along these lines. but infinite
~ more important is the growth of
the same spiritual strength that our
grandmothers and mothers gave to the
upbuilding OF civilization.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
His Misfortune.

you got raise in pay. Didn't
you?"
Yes, but it didn't do me any good"
why not?"
81 talk in my sleep and my wife
found out aboE4 it.'-Toledo Blade.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15
Another Decree For Taft.

The degree of d e, l. will he con-
ferred upon President Taft by Hamil
ton roIlege at the one hundredth com
menCement-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-19
Why He Couldn't Sit Down.

Harry, aged six, Is an orphan: but
an indulgent grandmother and kind
maiden aunt have taken care OF him.
The first pair Of knickerbockers were
secured recently. and 1t was a proud
moment for the boy when his aunt
put them on him on Sunday morning
and he was permitted to 90 to church
with his grandmother. Naturally
maiden aunts know very little about
the arrangement of knickerbockers,
and there was suspicious fullness in
front and an equally mystifying tight
ness in the back to be observed, as
the little chap trudged happily along.
In church Harry sat down, but did
not appear comfortable and stood up.
Harry, sit down." whispered his
grandmother. He obediently climbed
back on the seat, but soon slipped of
again. Harry, you must sit down.
Grandma, can't. My pants is chok.
ing me-" She looked more closely
than her dim sight had before permit
ted, and discovered the new little
knickerbockers were on hind side be
fore. Harry stood up during the re
mainder of the service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-19
Bomb Thrown at Yuan.

Peking.-A bomb was thrown at
Premier Yuan Shi kai's carriage Mon.
day. Two soldiers and the horses
attached to the carriage were killed.
Yuan Shi Kai has been repeatedly
warned that attempts would be made
against his life. Friends have urged
the premier, to capitulate and others,
fearing his assassination, urged him to
take refuge in the foreign concessions
at Tien Tsin. The revolutlonarles
have more than once threatened Yuan
with dynamite. The premier, how
ever, informed Sir John Jordan, the
British minister, that he did not fear
assassination. A guard of twenty-five
cavalrymen usually escorted his car
riage through the streets of Peking