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Douglas Island news., 1912-07-17
TREADWELL TOPICS

The Club building has taken on it's annual festal appearance for tbe big firemen's dance tomorrow evening.
 Mrs. Thos. Evans, who has spent the past few weeks visiting with relatives, will leave on the City of Seattle, Fri day, for her home in Nevada City, Cali lornia.
 Leslie Foreman has accepted a posi- tion at the cyanide plant.
 J.H. and s. H. Stilauos left on the State of California for Fortuna, Calif.
 Monte Snow, who recently arrived here from Skagway, has accepted em- ploymeut at the TreadwelI fire room.
 Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Requa and chil- dren, who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. F. W. Bradley, will leave Fri day for their home in California.
 Stephen Nagy was a southbound pas senger on the State of California for Marshfeld, Oregon.
 Peter O'Brien left for visit to the States on one of the late steamers.
 Nels Johnson and family returned a few days ago from an outing at Tena- kee springs.
 c. A. MacCauley and family moved over last week from Sheep creek. While over there, Mir. MacCauley has been employed with the electrical force.
 The Crows Nest rooming house is be. ing remodeled into comfortable resi- dence for D. E. Landsburg and family. Master Mechanic Ed Bennett writes that he will be home by the 25th or 18th of the present month.
Douglas Island news., 1912-07-17

Muresco - Muresco - Muresco-Uhe only wall fnish-in all colors at Jen- sen's Hardware store.
 NoTIoE-The sale of home made bread, cakes and pies at Leivers' store will be discontinued until further notice.
 "sITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- modations, American or European plan For terms apply to Dr. F. l.. Goddard, Sanitarium, Alaska.
 pr. Clay will give personal attention to Douglas Island patients and will be at the office of Dr. Finley in Douglas on Tuesday and Friday of each week.
 Builders, take notice, you can save money if you buy your doors, windows, nails, roofing papers, building papers, deading felt and corrugated iron from Jensen's Hardware store.
 A party of carpenters had shingling bee at Charlie Mova's new house the other evening. They peppered away until all the neighbors had been lulled to sleep, but finished the job.
 Word comes from Seattle that Mrs. A. l.. Anderson, who is visiting there, has been quite ill, but is improving. It is expected that she will return home as soon as she is able to travel.
 An old fashioned dumpcart recently arrived at the wharf for the city of Douglas. We understand that some of the streets are to be graveled by the use of this cart and good old horse,
 If the person who picked up lady's sweater near the Treadwell ditch a week ago last Sunday will bring same to the News office, he tor she) will win the everlasting gratitude of the owner, and, besides, there will be no questions asked.
 A prominent business man of Doug las has taken a bond on the Yakima mining claims and has secured an out let to the beach. lt is probable that development work will soon begin on a large scale, with the prospect of open ing up another big mine on Douglas Island.
 The Ketchikau baseballers return to- day via the Alameda to their homes sad bunch. They played two games with Juneau aud lost both. They say the Juneau fellers iobbed them and were not even sociable about it, so they came over to Douglas for consolation and sympathy. Yes, Douglas can and does sympathize with them.
 The Douglas Civic Improvement Club has been rather quiet for the past few weeks and some might fear and others hope that it has dissolved, but it has not. The dance paid off a large part of the debt created on Tin Can day, and with an entertainment that will be giy- en about August lst, 1t Is hoped 10 clear up the balance. The entertain menu planned for Ausust lst is to ip- clude a play. Yes, a real play. It will be more of d comedy than anything else, and will be down on the bills as "phe Spiusters' Convention" A great many of the young women of all ages will take part, and as the play is sup posed 10 represent an actual happening forty or fifty years ago, you may look out for a display of hoop skirts and dresses of fancy colored materials. Mrs. Tascher is training a bunch of children in drill that will be a revela- tion to Douglas folks. Just wait, it's
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

or who. had been convicted, or were
awaiting trial before the police board.
All were appointed. however. in nu-
merical order.
1t would seem that II the mayor
and the police commissioner were to
be allowed latitude in passing over
the leaders in a list certified by the
civil service commission in cases
where offenses were charged against
the persons SO certified they might
use the same authority to. eliminate
good men for political reasons Either
the law should be enforced rigidly.
the public accepting the insists who
manage to pass examinations. or else
the officials should be allowed full au.
thority TO use their own Judgment
and select men in whom they have
confidence. even though the appoint
ment might be recommended by q
politician. In New York the people
seemed to he very strong for the civil
service law because they felt that II
1t were followed literally 1t would
keep politics out Of the police admins
istration. Apparently. however, they
are not willing to take the good with
the bad. II they are looking for per-
lection they won't find 1t in n sys.
tenn.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
Just Take a Tip--Do Your
Shopping Early This Year

Undoubtedly it would answer pract-
ically h same purpose IL we began
to set aside a certain sum of MONEY
each Notwithstanding now-in antici-.
patton of the Christmas demands upon
u purse. But this is a great deal
harder to do. 1t is much easier to buy
the individual gift as We see 1t from
time to time. If we have planned to
give a handbag to Sally. a special sale
of handbags which may be noticed IL
You watch the advertising columns Of
the daily papers will give us the OPP
portunity to get something that will
delight the heart Of Sally and at Il
price that will prove real comfortable
for our pocketbook. And the same
holds true with Johns slippers and
Mary's umbrella and the book that lit
tie Willie Is SO anxious that Santa
Claus shall bring him.
The fact that there are some gifts
that must wait for the special Chris
mas offerings. when the shops display
novelties need not deter us from
carrying out this plan. as far as pract-
icable. Sit down today. therefore:
make a list of the gifts that you know
you will have to make next Deem
Der; then check off those that can he
supplied at any time-and get busy!
Keep the matter in mind as you do
your shopping week by week. A glance
at the shop windows may solve one of
problems for You. At any rate,
this sensible method of doing the
Christmas buying early-even as early
this-will life some Of the burdens
of the season and so make the day
1t ought to be-a time of un-
alleged JOY and good will toward all.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
(By a h Hood.)

1t has become the custom during
the past few a to anticipate
Christmas gife-giving by urging the
people who have to give gifts at this
season to do their Christmas shopping
early. Several weeks before the ac-
tual arrival of Christmas day we be-
Gin to read about the reasons why we
should not delay our purchases until
the latter part of the season when the
terrific rush of the belated purchaser
Is on at full force. This year l pro-
pose to outstrip all rival advice-givers
by beginning to urge the wisdom Of
early Christmas shopping before the
air becomes sharp enough to convey a
warning note that the first snowfall is
about due.
Don't think that I am too previous!
There Is a big truth underlying this
advice, n you will recognize the fact
It you will give attention.
Fol- example. why should we not be-
gin to u u Christmas presents
now? Suppose you have to give a
dozen gifts. II you purchased them at
the rate OF one each week, would the
tax upon Your purse not be a great
deal lighter than II you had to make
entire expenditure within a few
days? This is particularly true in the
case OF those who give so-called "use.
fuI:: gifts. There are certain things
that a be purchased in the stores at
any season of the year. and in many
instances they can be bought for less
money today than at Christmas time.
Few OF these gifts. II wrapped in It's
u paper and laid carefully away.
would be in any sense less available
when Christmas comes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. d. @.

That n fifteenth Congress Of Hy-
giene and Demography will be the
most barren of results eve held, was
the view expressed by Adolphe Smith,
r. e. s.. special sanitary commissioner
OF the London Lancet. who has attend
ed every congress but one. Mr.. Smith
missed the first Of the hygienic ION.
crosses held in Brussels. Belgium. in
1876. but has been present at every
one since that year.
MY reason for saying that this con.
gress Will be barren Of results. from q
hygienic and medical point, fs that It
has failed. and will fail. to pronounce
any emphatic opinion on any subject
or subjects Of vital Importance, which
may be made the basis Of legislation,
legislation in countries
not far advanced in science. as the
South American republics. the Bal
ut is all the more pity. be-
cause. in many respects. this congress
been very we'll organized.
THE intensely important duty of a
great gathering such as this-a gath
ering representing some thirty nations.
With the most eminent scientists in the
world attending-is to lay down EN-.
phatic opinions on vital subjects that
concern the health and welfare OF the
people and neutrality-suspicious. that, as
l have said, may become the basis or
guide for legislation. Hardly any
have been passed, and no
demonstrations have been made on
great public questions OF hygiene and
In Russia the opinions laid
down by the last hygienic congress
were adopted by the Russian govern
ment. and made the basis Of legisla-
tion, and IN other countries also this
has been the case. Put this congress
has failed to take any emphatic step
in this direction.
Take. for instance. the question of
alcohol. which was discussed very
Russia adopted the opin-
ions expressed by the last hygienic
congress that alcoholism is produced
by Improperly manufactured drinks.
and that. therefore. the best remedy is
to create government monopoly of dis
from this is vigorously enforced in
Russia.
THE United States is a sreat field
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
GOVERNOR WILSON'S DENIAL.

woodrow Wilson's reply to a Lon
o paper that cabled over to know
now n democratic candidate stood
on protection and free trade gives the
Impression that he does not quite I'M
derstand what constitutes free trade
In English eyes. Denying a report
circulated in London that he favored
a remova of protection from Ameri-
can industries. Mr.. Wilson added that
under the present system of the d.
vision of the field OF taxation between
the federal ard state governments
free trade would be impossible"
Are We to understand from his re-
ply that MI. Wilson. like the general
lty Of Americans. has an i'c,. that free
trade as practiced by England means
hat all imports come in duty free ?
That is absolute free trade, to be sure,
but as 1t is not the English definition
Of free trade. 1t is doubtful whether
the London editors mind was fully
disabused as to where the candidate
stands. Seeing that England, while
regarded by Americans as a typical
free trade country. collects $3.50. 000,-
900 a year from foreign merchandise
entering her ports, Is it not reasonable
to assume that the London editor
wanted to know whether Mr.. Wilson
stood for free trade on the English
plan? There Is a difference between
absolute free trade and incidental
revenue. just as there is between a
prohibitive tariff and incidental pro-
lection. When the English talk of
adopting a tariff. as they do now, they
mean protection. They have what we
would call a tariff for revenue only,
nut as that keeps nothing out, it ap-
rroximates free trade.
Mr.. Wilson would have been better
understood. we venture to say, il
he had said hat he was in favor
Of thu removal of protection from
american industries. as his plan to
destroy the trusts shows him to be.
his was exactly what the English
desire to know. but the candidate was
too canny TO admit the fact in so
many words.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
CIVIL SERVICE SLIPS A COG.

The civil service system. as applied
to the police force of a large city, Is
suffering some hard knocks in the
aldermanic investigation Of police
graft In New York city. While the
aldermanic investigation IL befogged
by a great. many petty j~ealousies
among the aldermen, counsel, and
witnesses. and while the examination
seems to wander at times from the
main issue. it has brought out some
interesting facts.
Mayor Gaynor has come In for crit
icism because he has followed the civ.
IL service law SO closely. That may
seem fnconceivable to the persons
who believe hat the public service
would be benefited IL the civil service
test were applied to every ONCE In the
land. 1t is a fact. however, that the
chief source Of complaint against the
mayor and his commissioner Of police.
Mr.. Waldo. Is that they followed the
civil service law literally.
1t has been commended II any latl.
tude were allowed to those in power.
they would be making all kinds Of ex-
ceptions in order to bring about the
appointment Of persons whom they
favored. According to the civil serv-
Ice enthusiasts. no such latitude
should be allowed. But in New York,
because Mayor Gaynor insisted that
n appointments to the police force
and to the higher Offices should be
made strictly in numerical order, ac-
cording to the list submitted by the
civil service commission. he is being
flayed alive.
There is no charge that either the
mayor or Mr.. Waldo al improperly
Influenced to make the appointments.
The charge against them is simply
that they used bad judgment in &C.
cepting the am certified by the
civil service commissioners. II hap.
psned that some OF the names sub.
mittcd were those Of policemen who
had beer accused OF various offenses.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

has amply demonstrated the fact in
his productions Of a Society Circus''
and "a Yankee Circus on Mars at
the New York Hippodrome, that he
Is the greatest living master Of start
ling stage illusions that this country
has yet produced. In the great third
scene Of "Brewster's Millions"
Mr.. Thompson has by the manipula-
ton of complicated mechanical de-
vices and electricity produced the eff
feet Of angry waves mountains high
and the audience can easily imagine
itself on s%hipboard. SO perfectly Is
the illusion presented and carried out.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
Out Of the Ordinary
Package" Was . Baby.

A telegram received by the proprie-
tor Of the Thyson hotel at Washing
ton. read:
Take care Of the package left in
room No. S until I return. William
Granger" Mr.. and Mrs. William
Granger of Scranton. Pa, had reg
istered at the hotel in the afternoon
and left in a few hours. The pro.
prietor went to the room and found
there a three months baby boy sound
asleep in the bed. The police. were
notified and the baby was sent to the
Children's hospital. A search is be-
ing made high and low for civilian
Granger"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
County Candidates.

County Candidates.
Treasurer-Holt A. Shaw.
County judge. X. Hassell.
superintendent Of Schools-M. Be-
atrice tombstone.
Register OF Deeds-A. NJ. Lodmell.
Clerk of Cou-t-M. ". Spaulding.
states Attcrney-O. B. Burtness.
Auditor-G. p. Johnson.
Saerif-John d. johnson.
Legislative Candidates.
Representative. Fifth District
John Kylio.
Representative. Sixth District
John T. Freeman.
State Senator. Seventh District-H.
A Bronson.
State Senator. Fifth District-o. O.
Trageton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

1t is very encouraging to know that
any part Of the body can be replaceh
by that part Of the body from another
person, but all the same let US have
the experiment tried on the other fel.
low first.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
I'm the Swim"

Originated from anglers being IN
luck when they find a swim" or
school Of fish-a lot Of fish gathered
together is called a swim and when
an angler a pitch his hook in such
a place he is said to be in a good swim
and thus 1t has come to mean being in
the popular current.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

President Baer on his seventeen
birthday says ne did not originate that
divine partnership idea. that he mere
ly quoted it from a letter from a cler-
ical friend. Is this to be taken as
announcing a dissolution Of the part.
nership?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Senator Works Of California is the
most composite partisan of all. Elect
ed as a progressive he is out for Will
son. but insists he is a republican.
Can you beat that?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Mr.. Bryan tells New York demo-
Gratis they must repudiate Murphy.
But New York democrats have not
been accustomed to following Mr..
Bryan's instructions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
Her Wedding Brings $4,000.

Miss Veronica Smythe Of Bayonne,
N. j.. received $4,000 when she be.
came Mrs. Bernard Dugan. A year
ago Miss Smythe was called to Dublin
to the bedside of her dying grand.
mother. whom she had never seen.
The grandmother told, her she would
leave her $4,000 when the young
woman was married. Mr.. Dugan did
not know Of the legacy until at the
wedding.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
"let Her Go. Gallagher

Judge Beaver Of Morgan county,
KY. had a trotting mare Of which he
W. very proud. The animal was al
mar named Gallagher. who was at
that time city marshal Of Harrods-
burg. On one occasion the Judge en-.
tered his mare at a trotting meeting In
Upton county. Some sports there.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

The Mona Lisa" is discovered
about as often as some men take {
smile.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

DR.. Rassett says that reading is the
opium OF the occident: but what he
means is that some Of our popular au-
thors write as though they hit the
pipe.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Democratic voters seem to be taxi
ing their party's policy Of economy
literally. as shown by Treasurer Nor
genthau's repeated howls for contri-
buttons.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

The newest proposal to reduce the
high cost of living is to Insure the
uniform purchasing power of the
monetary unit" All right. hurry up
and do 1t.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

1t is probably gratuitous to suggest
to the great Marconi that he should
travel by wireltes instead Of by auto
mobile. 1t is safer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Wonder II Job Hedges will be able
to say something funny the day after
election?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

At Mrs. Belmont's suffrage lunch
con club tables are reserved for
men," This is probably regarded as
putting them in their place.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

A Budapest fancier has paid $780,
900 for a Van Dyke. which shows
that ven whiskers are becoming ex-
pensive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

The suggestion to supplant the
campaign glee clubs with real singers
sounds like a knock.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
Uncle"

The familiar slang term uncle"
applied to a pawnbroker is nothing
but a poor pun on the latin word
"uncus." a hook. Pawnbrokers used
the hook to lift pawned articles to the
upper shelves before spouts were
adopted. Gone to the "uncus." is ex.
actly the equivalent Of the modern
phrase. up the spout" The French
phrase, used in the same connection,
"a ma tante" does not mean ito my
aunt's" but Ito the s~coundrels,''
"tante." in French "argte" being the
most ~reproachful term that can be APP
Piled to a man. In French the CON
cierge de prison" is called uncle" be-
cause the prisoners are kept in
pawn" by the government.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

When Bill Finn is called before the
Clapp committee. Senator Root ought
to be on hand to keep him tame.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

The New York girl who forgot she
was married will be the envy Of all
her sisters on Broadway.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Still If anybody has reason to hans
u flags on the anniversary Of the
day he started in business it Is Johr
d.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
Odor Tells of Poisoned Pie.

Carbolic acid placed in an apple pie
came within an ace of doing serious
IT not fatal damage to Bessie Denning
of Rutherford. N. J.. She and an
other woman who lives at the same
ADDRESS, had been friends for several
an estrangment. with the result thai
both charge the other with making
serious threats. The Denning woman
an apple pie to her room on
retiring the other night. Taking -
large mouthful. the taste and smell
Of carbolic acid was SO strong that
1t nauseated her and she. cast the nie
aside. complaining to the police, but
lack of evidence. y
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
''Wlndfall."

The origin Of "windfall' In the
Of good luck" dates from the
time OF William the ConQueror. 1t was
then a criminal offense to cut timber
in the forests. Only such wood could
be gathered as the wind had blown
down; hence a yer storm was hail
ed by the peasants as so much good
luck. In clden times even some Of
the nobility We're forbidden by the
tenure OF their estates to cut down
ny trees whatever. All the timber
was reserved for the use Of the royal
navy. or any other purpose to which
the king might see fit to apply it. The
occupant OF the land. however. might
take h use of such as fell from old
age or the effect Of the wind. Some
times a good storm would in that way
double or treble a mobiles yearly in
come.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

II that story about Teddy refusing
to kill a tame bear in Tennessee Is
true. what's he going after Woody
for?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

II China really wants a loan, why
doesn't she %patronize her own pawn
shops?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

The American victory in Nicaragua
shows what the right kind OF arbit.
tration will do.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

In attributing divorce to the high
cost of living. the scientists probably
have their minds on expensive "chick-
ems"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

VIII Orders a Post-Afortem,
Charles Lewis Harrison. a civil en-.
gineer. who died in New York Sep.
tember IA. directed in his will thai
his body be sent to DR.. Bulls SAM.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Well. Champ Clark did his best to
save Wilson the burdens Of the CAM
paign about which he is complaining
So much.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

When a young man like Vincent
Aston boldly say he is too busy for
love. Cupid usually smiles and gets
out his little bow and arrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

Yale dining hall reports a deficit of
$500 attributed to the increased cost
Of potatoes. Was that all they ate ?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01

When 1t comes to campaign contri.
buttons. the solid south Is the stolid
south.