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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

One of the curious phases of tbs
land law in Relginm is that the earth
of landowner beyond certain depth
does not belong to him Should the
owner of the surface discover coal
or gold deposit underlying his prop
erty he must first obtain govern
ment concession before he can begin
mining operations The land beyond
the prescribed depth in which wealth
in the raw has been discovered may
be conceded to person other than
the surface owner, who may operate
under certain government regulations,
one of which is that the owner of
the surface is entitled to 3 per cent
of the value extracted The mine
pays to the government an amount
determined by the value and impor-
lance of the concession, after which 1t
must pay to the government sum
proportional to the value Of the total
extraction
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
A Curious Archipelaoo.

The Maldive archipelago. lying in
the Indian ocean. several hundred
miles southwest Of the southern point
of Hindustan, is inhabited. but it rare
- sees visitors from the civilized
world These islands. all composed
of coral rock. are no fewer than $4,000
in number Few of them rise more
than seven or eight feet above the sea
level, although they contain cocoanut
palms and other forms Of vegetation.
Hundreds and hundreds Of little is;
lands, ranged round in n circle, with
narrow and shallow channels between,
form atolls or rings, having quiet wa
tiers within. Occasionally in this
unique group an individual island is
found in the form of a ring with a
smooth lake inclosed in its coral EN-
brace.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08


your farm is to begin system of farm
accounts. If you are to be fair with
your farm you will keep accounts with
1t, charging it with the labor, seed and
equipment and giving it credit for ev-
erything it produces. incidentally it
may be worth much to you to have
a record of your transactions, for it
may show that you have not been
giving your farm a square DEAL
Farm and Ranch.
The lack Of system on the farm, and
especially in account keeping, is re.
sponsible for thousands of farm ten
ants instead of farm owners.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
November 8.

tN0NCu;bCT 7.
1674-John Milton, English poet, died.
Born December 8, 1908.
1772-William Writ, candidate Of the
anti-Masonic party for president
of the United States in 1882,
born Died February IS, 1884.
1S64-General Mcclellan resigned his
command in the army.
1SS0-Sarah Bernhard made her
American debut at Booths The
atre, New York.
1SS6-Fred Archer, noted English
jockey, died.
1SS9-Preside1t proclaimed Montana
state of the Union.
1902-Dynamite explosions caused by
anarchists in Paris.
1S93-Thirty persons killed and in
jured by anarchists bomb in
Barcelona Theatre.
1S97-United States, Russia and ia
pan signed treaty for protection
of seals in Behring sea.
1S9S-Theodore Roosevelt elected
governor of New York.
1S99-Memorial of Miss Winnie Davis
unveiled at Richmond, Va.
1901-United States and Great Brit
ain signed Isthmian canal
treaty.
902-Reciprocity treaty between
United States and Newfound-
land signed.
1904-William L. Douglas elected gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
1910-The Louisiana legislature au-
thorized the loan of $6,500,0OO
for the New Orleans-Panama
exposition.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Hotel BRYAN.


N. Grass, Birmingham, Ala.
]. R. McAdams, Jr, Bedias.
C. c. Gates, Marlin.
R. L. Chapel, Waco.
r. H. Christoffer, Mart.
Robert Carlisle, Waxahachie.
E. N. Amsberry, Iowa Colony.
Dick Wylie, Dallas.
e. A. Ellis, Caldwell.
A. A. Smell, Whitaker.
Carl Geyer, New Orleans.
E. B. Cushing, Houston.
M. G. Steel, Navasota.
H. E. Bundren, Chicago.
w. E. Gibson, Kansas City.
T. Beeman, Akron, Ohio.
o. R. Daniel, New Orleans.
E. w. Weber, New York.
Dan Marks, Dallas.
Jos. H. Wright, San Antonio.
J. G. Hall, Brennan.
G. A. Still, Houston.
R. S. Newsome, Whitaker.
]. s. jenkins, Mumford.
H. p. Swisher, Houston.
w. B. Hall, Louisville, Ky.
w. B. Gavin, San Antonio.
A. c. Green, Houston.
F. Mcqueen, Sherman.
J. H. Dubois, Normangee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

State Democratic Chairman Cato
Sells has notified the pie hunters to
tell their little tales to the congress
men and senators. Mr. Sells, perhaps,
has troubles of his own.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
For Sale.

Mrs. L. H. Bate homestead. half
block ground, three blocks due east
courthouse; west half block. or i've
lots, six-room house fronting south,
good barn, we'll water. waterworks,
outhouses and fences; $4,000; a bar
gain. Write R. s. Bate, Box 1888,
Luling, Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

Every day The Eagle announces the
arrival of new families coming to
Bryan to live. More houses are need
ed to accommodate these people, and
the lack of them is serious handicap
to the ctiy's growth.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

President-elect Wilson has given
another evidence that he isla man of
profound wisdom. He is going to let
the people do the talking for the pres
ent and he will think. After his in
ausuration he will do the talking.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

President Taft will re-enter the
practice of law. Teddy hasn't an
nounced yet, and when he does it will
no doubt be an announcement for the
presidency four years hence.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
Perfectly Secure.

An old farmer once excused himself
FOR sleeping under the rector's sermons
By observing, Tor SIR, when you are
IN the pulpit we know 1t is all right y
London Standard.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

We are anxious, to hear the clack,
clack, clack of the horses feet on the
Main street pavement.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

The human pin-cushion" was stuck
plum full of holes, and the human
plaster" failed to stick.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

The cotton just keeps on a-comin'
and It now looks as if "Old Brazos" is
going to duplicate is $4,000 bales per-
Torrance of last year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

The democrats have landed their
man, and the next landin' will be on
twenty-five pound gobbler Thanks
giving.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

The reason Wilson did not get more
electoral votes was because there
wasn't any more to get.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08

The only safe way to tell whether
or not you are making a profit ON
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
WOOD SAVING

l have purchased the 8. W. Buch.
anans wood saving outfit and am ready
to serve the public. Wood sawed for
rs cents per cord.
= T. w. COLE.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-08
REST IN FLIGHT.

The flying arrow knowing its path
Is made
Goes singing softly at the bows
behest,
Taking its destined journey I'M
afraid
In every moment of it's flight at
rest.
So speed, o soul, to your divine
abode;
Go singing through the shadow and
the lght-
Go brayely on your high-appointed
road,
At rest in every moment of your
flight.
Edwin Markham in November
Nautilus.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
BESIDE THE GOLDEN HORN

The latest dispatches received from the seat of the Balkan war indicate that an armistice may be in sight, Bulgaria and Turkey have appointed commissioners to arrange the terms Constantinople seems still to sit tight by the Golden Horn; the Turks hold the lines at Tchatalja. and noth, ing has been heard from Adrlanople which was also invested by the vic, torious allies.
 Servia has bobbed into the public eye by the capture of a port on the Adriatic, and Austria still has her hand of steel within the velvet glove" Her subject phincipalities- Herzegovina. Dalmatia, Bosnia, Gro atia, and Slavonia threaten to break away from their overlord should Aus tria attempt to prevent their neigh, bor and relative. Servia. from occu' pying port or ports on the Adriatlc
 Anything. or nothing. may be ex pected from the seat of war-accord, ind to the humor of the press report censors. The Balkan war clouds which now hang so low on the hori zon, may be dissipated in a night and peace be assured for a season But the Turk will still sit beside the Golden Horn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
moosERs THE GOATS"
 OF SOME FREAK BETS.

A Bangor, Me-, dispatch says: Henry J. winterbottom of Sideling- CTS Mills, PiscataQuis County made a wager with George w. Byther of Bowerbank, by the terms of which, If Roosevelt did not carry Maine, he was to give Byther a large red apple for every vote of Wilson's plurality. Considering that Wilson carried the state by about 2,5OO votes. and that each and every apple must be per feet in all respects and full red, Win terbottom may have to pick over his entire crop of apples to get the re- quired number of the quality and de- scription stipulated.
 In Jackman, Eli Saunders, another defeated Bull Mooser. must pay the penalty of poor judgment by polish ing Ed Mosher's boots every morning for six months, while Ed sits on the postofIice steps
 in Macwahoc, Ansel Gilley, a Bull Mooser, must pay for all the tobac- co Lester Ordway uses until next Fourth of July, and in the meantime abstain from tobacco himself; and An sel is the champion chewer of Aroos- took County.
 Real moose are very scarce in Maine this fall On election day only one carcass was brought to Bangor and 1t was a poor specimen at that.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
Alaska Members
 Worlds Exposition

Responding to a request from MT. Charles Freeman Johnson, Secretary of the National Committee of the Worlds Permanent Exposition which 1t Is proposed to establish at Washing. ton, D. C., Governor Clark named the following residents of Alaska as mem. bers of the State Advisory Committee of that organizations
 Thomas F. Kennedy, Juneau; Fal. con Joslin, Fairbanks; Tony Nor. dale, Fairbanks; Thomas Gaffney, Nome; Samuel Blum, Cordova; L. H. Pederson, Seward; J. R. Heckman, Ketchikan.
 The purpose of the Exposition is to provide place wherein will be shown the natural resources of the several states and territories. The project has been endorsed by large number of commercial organizations and other civic bodies throughout the United States, and the establishment of the exposition under efficient manage ment will no doubt accomplish great deal of good.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
TRAGIC RELICS OF
 APRIL 15, 1865

It's a long cry from Juneau to tho national capital, and nearly a half century has elapsed since that night in Ford's theatrey Washington, when President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth But this story has to do with Alaska and the nations capital, and 1t has never be- fore been told in print.
 George Moxley was an uncle of b. P. Pond, of Winter & Pond, of this city. m 1865 Mir. Moxley was prop erty man ir Ford's theatre, aI,d when the box, in the theatre in which the martyred president sot, was cleaned out. in 1t were found an ivory and silk fan. one side of which was GOV cred with colonial figures, and an ebony cross. gold tipped. These were never claimed and Mir. Moxley re tained them and they are carefully preserved at the family home in II linois.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
AGAIN A COAL SHORTAGE.

A news item in The Empire of vest erday foreshadows a possible short age of coal on the Pacific Coast this winter. It does not convey a new story, however, but 1t does empha size an oft.told tale
 There was a shortage of coal in 1906 and 1907, in many towns of the Pacific Coast and in the interior where dependence must be had on the coast towns for their supply. AS a result there was considerable suffer ing and much inconvenience in many places.
 But We want to point a moral, rath' CT than adorn tale. With a coal shortage imminent every winter, az a matter of fact, due in part, to the exhaustion of coal mines, the great coal fields of Alaska are tied up hard and fast Apparently very effort has been made to prevent these coal meas, ures from being opened up to com, mereial use; every handicap has been placed upon such enterprise, when ever any move has been made in that direction. Men have been indicted on charges of fraud in connection with the location of coal lands in Alas. ka. but none has been convicted.
 The demand becomes more insist, ent each day for a settled govern mental policy toward the opening up and the development of Ala8ba's
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
JUNEAU FERRY G NAVIGA. TON COMPANY
 TIME CARD

Leaves Juneau for Douglas and Treadwell-"S:O0 a. m., 800 a. m. 'F11:OO a. m.. 1900 D. m., S:O0 D. m., '"4:3O D. m., 6:30 D. m., S:00 D. m., 9:00 p. m., 11:00 p. m.
 Leaves Treadwell for Douglas and Juneau-S:25 a. m., 9:25 a. m., ''12:00 noon, I:40 D. m., S:25 D. m., ""4:55 D. m., 6:55 D. mo S:25 p. m., 9:25 p. m., 11:25 p. m.
 Leaves Douglas for Juneau S:30 a. m., 9:30 a. m. ''12:05 p. m., 1:45 D. m., 3:30 D. m., '"4:45 D. m., 7:05 p. m., S:30 p. m., 9:S0 D. m., 11:O0 p. m.
 con Sundays this trip is omit. ted.
 ''This trip to Sheep Creek daily except 4:30 D. m. trip on Saturday, which is omitted and trips teaUng Juneau at 6:30 p. m. and 11:00 are made instead, and Sheep Creek trips at 11:0O a. m, 6:3O D. m, and 11:00 D. m.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.

There was a time when the United States had a merchant marine, but that time has been lost in the mists of obscurity. Then. the American flag could be seen floating at the mast. heads of ships in every world port. Now. if 1t be seen. more than likely it flies over the deck of the palatial yacht of an American multi-million. aire.
 A traveller who cruised the Medit. erranean. last winter from Gibraltar to Port Said. at the entrance to the Suez Canal. and from Port Said to Bayreuth. declares that he never saw the American flag afoat but once, and that was on the yacht of J. Pierpont Morgan at Port Said
 There are two principal reasons for the extinction of our merchant mar inc. One is the extreme high pro. tective policy we have followed. and the other is our antique registry laws. Our extreme of high protection has
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
Alaska News Notes

E-g-F-F-F-F-F-E-E " V v TT V t' ' Thirty-nlne gold dredges have been installed on Seward peninsula and all of them are said to be making money. Trade between Nome and the siber- ian Coast is reported to be increasing A large business in furs is done. Good gold prospects are reported on Placer creek, Koyak river, Norton bay.
 Coal sells at Nome at $2O a ton, winter price. In 1899 1t sold at from S125 to sl5O; in 1900 for $45, in ten ton lots.
 The people of Kougarok, Seward peninsula, want weekly mail during the summer season. The winter mail service is much better than that of the summer season.
 
 The number of people now in the Iditarod is estimated at 200 or 300, many having hit the trail for other camps.
 
 Lleut. Sim L. Feist, of St. Michael, was tried by court martial at Fort Davis recently for misapprOprlatiOn of funds and other offenses.
 Frank S.. Smith, a well known piO- neer mining man of Nome, was re- gently acquitted of a charge of ob- taining money under. false pretenses, in connection with a mining deal. Jim Haley and Bob Grifiths have secured the contract for carrying the mail between IdtarOd and Yukon river points this winter.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

shut us out of reciprocal trade with other nations, to large extent. Our registry laws have prevented ship ping men buying vessels abroad, and have not assisted the shipbuilding industry at home,
 Now comes Oscar w. Underwood, ways and means, and says that we chairman of the House committee on should return to the doctrine of our democratic fathers and discriminate in favor of American ships in order to find a foreign market for our sur plus products. A doctrine is not nec' essarily perfect because 1t is old, un- less it has been tried, and not found wanting. Modern methods of gov ernment are frequently an improve ment over old. A government gives the completest satisfaction to the governed, when it meets the ever changing conditions that are found in every progressive nation.
 The fact, however. that the United States pays for transportation to for eign.owned ships the immense sum of four hundred millions annually is something to give the nation pause and cause us to wonder why this vast sum of money should not be paid to American-Owned. and Americana manned ships.
 Discrimination in favor of American bottoms may help to bring about such a result, but we also believe that the axe should also be laid to the root of our archaic registry laws.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

coal resources. The fabian policy which has been pursued is a d.s- grace to our methodsr of govern ment
 The people of Alaska and the whole Pacific Coast of the United States have a right to know what may bo expected. They would like to know whether Alaska is to be a huge game preserve or whether It's vast and var led natural resources are to be used. and at the same time, lntelllgently conserved for the benefit of all the people of the territory.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21
THE AporHEosrs OF sKAewAY

Skagway. the home of the faithful hen. the luscious raspberry and the strawberry. rhubarb and other kinds Of pie plant. celery that is the real product Of the soil, white and crisp; caulaower and it's less aristocratic relative cabbage and other luscious products of Alaska soil - all these come to the finest maturity in Skag. way We are told.
 Skagway the gateway to the Yukon but yesterday. comparatively speak ing. a camp on the last frontier. filled with all kinds and conditions of men, bound on the greatest gold stampede of modern history Skagway. whose mud We we'll remember. and whose streets and trails were once filled by the strangest. maddest crowd that ever thirsted for the golden land that lay just over wonder frowning hills, Skagway and it's early bloOd-stained pages. when crime was rampant. and no man had time to take thought ot his neighbor-the goldladen valleys beyond obscured the vission of far too many otherwise good and noble people.
 The tired feet of tens Of thous, ands of stampeders in that wild rush toiled in and through the streets and on toward the devious Liarsville, Oh. apt and weu-deseryed name, What tales one heard! How the che, chako shouldered his pack and strug gIed manfully on with each step hop, ing that he would find an easier and smoother trail But he found none.
 Skagway. noisy. boisterous, raw, and crude! But day and night-ln those now far away days-pulsating with human life and filled with energy, sorrow. hope. anxiety, ambi, ton. disappointment and death!
 But Skagway survived all these or. deals and has grown into town of homes. peace and contentment. Its people are prosperous and it's homes are happy.
 The garden smiles where once the the hemlOck and the alder grew. The pansy blooms as it blooms nowhere else on earth; the placid hen lays the best eggs. unharmed by the diseases which affect her sisters of more southern. but less healthful climes; she furnishes the Yukon pioneer with that product for which the heart of the sourdough longs-fresh eggs to so with his ham; the spring chick en delights the palate of the Alas ka and the Yukon epicure.
 The raspberry and the red currant, the crauberry-choicest Of fruit grow in wanton abundance: the hills and mountains that tower above and around the town, can furnish huckle- berry and the blueberry, in season, in amazing quantities. and the sweet flavor and delicacy Of the berry are better than the grapes of Eschol.
 Skagway thou art transformed! And when We hear that the tourist and the visitor acclaim with delight the manifold charms presented by town and country We are not amazed. The power and the majesty and the beauty of nature. it's rock.ribbed hills and mountains, the streams and val. leys, glaciers and cataracts, are all there. The climate of the summer is mild and healthtul; the snowfall of winter is light; the sky cloudless and serene.
 Why should not Skagway be pros porous. and it's people be happy and content? May it expand and increase and bud and blossom. and flourish like the green bay tree.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

There were 19 candidates in the Second judicial division for the ter ritorial legislature, at the recent elec- tion, four independentss two Demo- crats, four, politics not given; one non.partisan, two Progressives, and six Socialists. Two Democrats, one independent, one Progressive, and two. politics not given. were elected.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

John Carl, of Kougarok, who shot and killed Harvey Frye, last summer pleaded guilty to second degree mur- der, at Nome and was given a 15 years sentence in McNeill island pen itentlary
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Many of the worst of our public men have traded on their humble be. ginnlngs. Many of the best of our public men have come up from the meanest conditions,
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Alaska is popularly supposed to be a free country. But sometimes we are inclined to doubt. However, if 1t is not, We shall assist in making it free. to the best of our ability.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

There are three wireless stations maintained by the Russian govern. ment on the Siberian coast
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

One threatened war seems to have been lost in the shuttle of more i'm portant things - the war with Ger many over split peas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

The high cost of living must be re- duced, says an exchange. So also should the cost of high living. What?
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Chili concarne served every night at Lockie McKinnon's, on Second avenue. If.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Some men are so short sighted that they will cut of their noses to spite their faces.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Just received-A nice lot of comb and Brush sets. I. J. SHARICK.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Patience and perseverance are fine large and valuable assets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

The itching palm always needs scratching.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-21

Jim Haley and Bob Grifiths have secured the contract for carrying the mail between Idtarod and Yukon river points this winter.