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The Alaska daily empire., 1913-10-21
GENERAL DIsTINs RETIREMENT.

V
 ~ EN. WILLIAM l.. DISTlN, who on
 Saturday last ended his con
 uection with the offices of Sur yevor General and eX-ofIiciO Secretary of the Territory. filled those positions with exceptional ability and retires with the respect and confidence of the people of Alaska.
 His period of service extends back to 1Sg1 when he received his appoint ment as Surveyor General from Presi- dent Mckinley. The office had just been created and upon General Dis tins arrival at Sitka. then the capital of the Territory, it devolved upon him Co almost literally create something out of nothing This he proceeded to do and how we'll he succeeded is a matter of contempOraneOus history. The business of the office has steadily increased and is constantly increasing, and General Distin has given his un- ceasing attention to the discharge of the multifari0us duties which has de yolyed upon him. The office has been the child of his creation and in all the years that he devoted to it, not a charge of any kind was made against his administration His scrupulous f. deity in discharging the every trust imposed in him was such that had criticism been at any time directed against him. it would have been dis armed. Faithfulness to duty has been exemplifed in all his public acts and he has set an example the influence of which will live after him
 As a private citizen he commands the respect of all; gentle and kindly by nature. he has ever been a paci- ficator and firm believer in the good thoughts. the good words, and the good acts that make for good citizen ship and the up-building of the Ma ton for whose preservation, as a whole. he bore arms in the fraticidal conflict which began at Sumpter and ended at AppomattoX. And all who know this kindly gentleman and pa triotic American will hope that his days may be long in the land of his adoption this Northern empire which was but imperfectly known when he came to it, and which he has seen gradually emerge from a veritable terra incOgnita to land rich in prom ise. whose potential possibilities as a mShty commonwealth or the future are beginning to be fully recognized and in whose development he has borne not inconspicuous part.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-10-21
ALASKA TURNIPS

ACCOMPANYING upon the appear ance of the second shipment oi
 Alaska turnips in the Seattle markets and the order for continuous shipments throughout the winter, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says:
 "The Alaska farmer who let Seat tie sample his turnips and rutabagas received an order for 10000 pounds Of these vegetables weekly throughout the winter. Alaska soil produces an unusually sweet and nOnfbrOus root. The present crop comes from Haines. Alaska has an outside market for it's vegetables and is now an exporter. What proportions this trade will reach cannot be calculated. but the possibil- ities are great"
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-10-21
O-O-O- ST. GEORGE HOUSE OPEN.

The St. George House is now open and ready for business.
 Everything new. Good light and we'll ventilated rooms. Baths, electric lights and bells.
 Reasonable rates by the day, week or month. 1O-1-tf
 J. c. HOULIHAN. ProD.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-10-21

That Oregon farmer who expects to traverse the old ox-team trail that he came West over three score years ago will demonstrate several things. Among them will be that it proftted him to come West.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-10-21

Former President Taft has surren- dered his legal residence in Cincin- nati and become a citizen of Connec- ticut Cincinnati could not expect to hold fan like Taft when it's baseball
 team performed as the Reds this year.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

roads of any county in the state of
Oregon.
One great advantage in building
time is the fact that during the next
twenty years. before we will have to
pay for the roads or any part of the
said roads, we are getting the use of
the same, and the saving to the tax
payers in the county during the next
twenty years will amount to more
than four hundred per cent. of the
total amount that they pay for the
said road Improvements at this time
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

carry five per cent. per annum in
terest.
Counting the increase, and basing
this increase on what has been in the
past, we find that: After four years
three-fourths of a mill will pay the
interest on the bonds; after twelve
years, counting the interest secured
from the money loaned out on real
property out of the sinking fund, the
interest should be taken care of ap-
proximately from one-fourth to one
third of a mill, and after the fifteenth
year the interest on the bond issue
still counting the increase and count
ing the interest secured from the
loaning of the sinking fund and us
ing this to pay the interest on the
bonds, this interest on the bonds
should be taken care of for one
fourth of mill. As the assessment
increases the amount to be secured
by the levy for taking care of the in
terest on the bonds, naturally de-
creases, as the interest on these
bonds will always remain $11,25OOO
per year.
Now it can readily be seen that no
more economical way for building
and improving the permanent roads
of this county can be had than by
bonding the county for this purpose.
Josephine county stands in class
by itself when It comes to building
cheap and permanent roads. We have
the natural road building material at
hand at a minimum cost Estimtes
made by men familiar with the roads
OF Josephine county state that all
of the main county roads in the
county can be built up and placed
In an excellent permanent shape for
$195,OO0.O0, and as the present road
Indebtedness, which will have to be
taken care of out of the bond issue,
amounts to approximately $780,
10000, It can be readily seen that
s225,OOOO0 used under the contract
system can build all of the roads Of
Josephine county and place our roads
In excellent shape. superior TO any
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
stockholders of the First National
Bank of Southern Oregon will hold
their annual meeting at the parlOrs
of the said bank on Tuesday, January
13, 1914, at o'clock p. m. This
meeting is called for the purpose OF
electing a Board of Directors to serve
for the ensuing year and to transact
any other business that may properly
come before the meeting, and es-
pecially to vote upon the question
of ratifying the action of the Board
OF Directors in adopting amendments
to Sections and s of the Bylaws
empowering said Board to fix the
amount Of the official bonds of the
officers and the employees of the cor
poration, which said amendment was
adopted by the Board of Directors
November 13, 1908.
H. L. GILKEY,
12-5-5t Cashier
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
\ CHRISTMAS BARGAIN

Don't overlook the 226-piece
Christmas package which we are Of
fering this year to our subscribers in
connection with a years subscription
to The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean
and Farmer and Farm and Home for
SOC extra. The package contains
everything needed for the tasteful
adornment of your Christmas gifts
stickers address cards, tags, seals,
beautifully designed and colored, and
also a choice assortment of illumined
post cards. Call at the office, or mail
subscription to the Rogue River
Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
12-5-5t
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. 5.
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon,
December 4th, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Conrad
Robert Hawkins, of Kerby, Oregon,
who, on October 81, 1907, made
Homestead Entry Serial No. O42sS,
for E15 NWA, NWA NEA and
NEh NWA, Section 26, Township
SS s., Range s West, Willamette
Meridian, has filed notice of inten'
tion to make Five-Year Proof to es-
tablish claim to the land above de.
scribed. before Herbert Smith, United
States Commissioner, at Grants Pass
Oregon. on the 23rd day of January
1914.
Claimant names as witnesses
V. E. Hawkins, of Selma. 0regon'
y. Saver, of Kerby, Oregon. G. Dun,
can. of Kerby, Oregon; f. Daily, OIL
Kerby, oregon.
B. F.. JONES, Register
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

on this class of property The value
of all public utilities within the
county is placed at $1,924,434.O9, an
advance of 47,S71.09 over last year.
The property of the Oregon e Cali
fornia Railroad Company of course,
makes the bulk of this assessment,
$1,769,25S of the total being taxed
against it. This company has 4S.4S
miles of railway in the county, on
which a valuation of $4,000 per
mile was placed, this being arrived
at as 20 per cent. Of the real value
of the property. The Pacific Tel. &
Tel. Company is the second largest
public utility in the county, its as
sessment being $46,956, with the
California; Oregon Power Company
third, with an assessed valuation OF
s49,190 Other of the larger assess
ed utilities are the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company, $25,S79; Pullman
Company, $1S,115.S0; Western Union
Telegraph Company, s12,539.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
THE ROAD BOND ELECTION.

Much interest has been aroused
throughout the county over the pro-
posed road bond election, and what
the voting of the bonds means to the
district is the most discussed ques-
tion of the day. The commissioners
have only the calling of the election.
when 1t is up to the people them
selves to say whether or not they
favor the issue
Under the proposed road bond is
sue the money must be used for work
on permanent roads in the county
and must be expended under con-
tract This means that the contrac-
tor who places the lowest bid for the
work gets the Job.
A sinking fund for the payment Of
the bonds does not begin until four
years after the money has been ex-
pended on the public roads
A tax of one mill on the property
OF the county will take care of the
interest on the bonds.
Taking the increase in the assess
ment during the last ten years as a
basis for the calculation of the in
crease, after four years the county
will have to place a one mill tax on
all Of the taxable property OF the
county to take care OF the sinking
fund for the bond issue.
This sinking fund can be loaned
by the county court on improved real
property in this county at six per
cent. per annum interest. The bonds
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
JOSEPHINE COUNTY TAXES.

Josephine county has been called
upon by the state of Oregon to furn-
ish $4S,S19.O6 of the s4,165,OOO re-
quired to grease the wheels of the
state machinery during the coming
year. This is about three times the
demand made upon the county last
year, the increase being because of
the appropriations made by the last
legislature, there having been no
legislative appropriations to provide
for in the 1912 levy.
To, meet this demand of the state
the county court will levy a four-miu
state tax upon the county valuation,
S1L0S9.919O9. The county budget
will call for a levy Of nine mills, maxi
Ing a total of s mills for cosnty and
state purposes. To be added to this
will be the S15 mill school tax and
a city tax of seven mills within the
municipality of Grants Pass. This
will make a total tax within the city
OF 2Shs mills, as against soy mills
last year, the saving being made
through a reduction of the city tax
by two mills. The total tax outside
the city will be is mills, the same
as last year.
The assessor has received from the
state tax commission the assessment
as made against the public utility
corporations within the county, the
county assessor not putting the value
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
JOBS FOR THE LOBLESS-

Governor West has some original
ideas, and while there is not uni
yersal agreement with the wisdom
of all OF them, he surely strikes a
popular chord on occasion. He is
much of humanitarian, and the
relief of his fellow man is usually
present in his endeavors. The gov
ernor has recently established a state
employment agency and will un-
doubtedly succeed in bringing the
man and the job together a great
many times,
The governors latest plan is for
the development of some of the state
lands where there are stumps to
grub and acres to clear. He would
establish thereon a tented city and
give the unemployed men of the
state job in preparing the now un-
productive lands for agricultural and
horticultural purposes. West SAYS
he will endeavor to provide work for
the iobless man. the state militia to
be used in keeping order and in
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of Josephine County Bank will be
held at the bank on Tuesday, January
1S, 1914, at o'clock p. m.
The object of the meeting is the
election of directors and such other
business as may legally come before
said meeting.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY BANK,
BY Sam H. Baker, Sec
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

maintaining sanitary regulations
during the prosecution of the work.
Some of the states idle funds
could we'll be used temporarily in
this work. The investment would
be a good one, and land not now sal
able could be put in condition for
the market and the expense put up
on it would be returned with inter-
est.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
NOTICE

The stockholders of the Wilder
vile Irrigation Company are hereby
notified that their annual meeting will
be held at the residence of E. Lough-
ridge Thursday, January 8, 1914, at
l o'clock p. m. 12-12-4t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

Buc, France, Dec. 11.-Aviator
Pegoud looped the loop eight times
here today with passengers in his
machine and then successfully at
tempted the feat alone ten times.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

Community silverware is the best
plated ware made and costs no more
than the common brands. See it at
Rogue River Hardware. 12-12-2t.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

If YOU HAVEN'T YET DECIDED WHAT TO
GIVE, COME AND SEE THE LOVELY THINGS
WE'VE GOT. BUT YOU'D BETTER BE QUICK
ABOUT 1T AS SOME ONE MIGHT GET THE
VERY THING YOU WOULD HAVE PICKED
OUT. USEFUL THINGS, PRETTY PRESENTS,
SENSIBLE GIFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT, ASK
FOR 1T; IT'S 10 TO WE HAVE THE VERY
THING THAT WOULD PLEASE THEM THE
MOST YOU KNOW OUR PRICES--WELL,
THEY ARE JUST AS HONEST AS EVER.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12

We have just received our first shipment of
the Irving Drew Shoe for Women. We have in
this lot dull calf and patent leather, an extra
good value at only $500. There are also some
pretty new styles in velvet satin, and patent
leather at $3.50 and $500.
MANY EXQUISITE PRESENTS AT HIGHER
PRICES Such as Furs, Hand Bags Coats, Shoes,
Suits, Dresses, Etc.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-12
MAIL ORDERS BY
PARCELS POST

1t is more satisfactory if
you come and make your
own selections, but for the
convenience of those unable
to do so we will carefully fill
all orders sent by mail and
send the goods to you by Par
cells Post.
We pay the postage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-29
Composite Americans.

Stephen Graham. an English observ-
err. tramped from New York to Chicago
recently to make report upon what
may be expected from the mixture of
races in America AS to 1.-The result
ant type he says:
While l was in New York I was in
clined to answer: "A sort of English
speaking Russian Jew, who believes in
collars and sensual pleasures before
all else: who, however reads advanced
literature. and while he is poor. is an
anarchist and when he is rich is more
tyrannous than any car. But when
I escaped into the country / found that
New York is not America, but only a
great hosiery on the threshold of that
country and | felt that the Anglo-Sax-
on, aided by the Teutonic, Dutch and
German. were the compelling forces in
the new nation, and that their temper
and spirit would at last reduce all
SIavs, Jews and italians to common
level of Anglo Saxondom- But the
present spectacle of the involution and
evolution of the races, guided by in
stinct, is most wonderful for those who
have eyes and ears. Some talk of the
march of progress but to me II Is
a mysterious and wonderful ballet
This is not a bad guess, considering
how little of American one may see on
the road between New York and chi
cago. There is sort of white man
we can't eat and assimiiate. The more
difficult problem is how best to deal
with the yelows and the blacks.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-29
Pseudo Languages of Apes

Concerning the supposed language of
anthropoid apes, Prof. Boutan has re-
Gently taken up the question and ar
rives at negative result. 1t will be
remembered that DR.. GARNER came to
the conclusion that monkeys have a
language analogous to human Ian
guage and express themselves by signs
as well as by sounds which they emit.
According to Prof. Boutan, there is
only a difference of degree between
this and human speech and not one
of kind. He observed the sounds made
by a gibbon which he captured when
young, and his experiments cover more
than five years. He finds that the an
imal can produce only spontaneous
and instructive sounds corresponding
to a state of satisfaction and the like,
or again to a state Of uneasiness or
fear; also great excitement, and the
sounds do not appear to correspond to
a real language. but rather to what
he calls "pseudo-language. While
sounds of real language are acquired
by education, those of pseudo-language
are purely spontaneous. and he thus
differs from DR.. Carriers conclusions.
Scientific American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-29
STATE OF MAINE.
Collectors Notice Of Sale of Lands Of
Non Resident Owners

Unpaid taxes on lands situated in the
CITY of HallowSll in the County of Ken
nebec, for the year nineteen hundred
and thirteen
: The following list of taxes on real es-
tate of nonresident owners in the CITY
of Hallowell. for the year 1919, commit
ted to me for collection for said city on
the thirteenth day of June 1918, remain
unpaid; and notice is hereby given that
If said taxes. with interest and charges
are not previously paid so much Of the
real estate taxed as is sufficient and
necessary to pay the amount due there
for, including interest and charges, will
be sold at public auction at the Collec-
tors office at City Hall, in said city, on
the first Monday of February, 1914, at
nine o'clock A. NJ.
Name of owner and description of prop
erty
L. r. Brown: Land and building.
179 Water street Amount of
taxes due, including interest
and costs, $50. 5S
CHAS. X. HOWE,
Collector of Taxes of the City of Halo
well for 1918.
Hallowell, Me-, Dec. %. 1913.
dan22. 90. ia nj
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-29
MADISON.
Funeral ServiiCeSfW theLatG
Frank |. Powers.
Officers Elected by Indian Spring
Lodge, |. 0. 0. F., Friday.
The Locals and PersonaIs..Jottlngs
Gathered About the Town.

Funeral services for the late Frank
L. Powers, who died wednesday
morning were held at 2 P. M. Friday
at his late residence on Maple street.
Rev. Clayton D. Boothby of Augusta,
assisted by Rev. T. Fl. Means and
Rev. E. w. Weber Of this place, con-
Quoted the services Indian Spring
Lodge, I. o. o. F., of which Mr.. Pow
ers was a past grand, attended the
services in a body. The I. o. o. F.
burial service was read by Past Grand
Representative c. o. Small and MIR.
Boothby, in place of the regular lodge
officers. The interment was in the
family lot at the Forest Hill cemetery.
Many places of business were closed
from 2 to 4 P. NJ. out of respect to
the memory of the deceased. The
bearers were: NJ. e. Jillson, H. L.
Ladd, John C. williams and G. d. Per-
kins, all past grands of Indian Spring
Lodge. A widow, two daughters,
Misses Maud and Helen Powers. and
one sister, Mrs. T. Fl. Spaulding OF
Ell Paso, Tex, survive.
Professor and Mrs. Albert G. john
son, who have been visiting relatives
in Lewiston, for the past two weeks,
returned home Saturday.
officers elected by Indian Spring
Lodge, I. o. o. F., Friday evening
were: Noble Grand, Chauncy Chand-
Ter; vice grand. Douglas C. Warman;
Sec, j. F. Withee; Treas, S. E. Re
mick; trustees, c. o. Small, F. l..
Harding, C. H. Dunlap. A committee
was appointed to make arrangements
for a Joint installation with Sterling
Rebekah Lodge,
Miss Myrtle Dascomb returned Sat-
urday from Livermore Falls, where she
been passing q three weeks vacation.
Miss Lois Trickey, who has been Wis
iting relatives in Newport, returned
home Saturday.
The storm and blow of Friday drift
ed the roads quite badly in this Vi
cinity and the breaking out teams were
out for the first time this season Sat
urday.
The lecture, which was to have been
given before the Boy Scouts of the
Congregational church, has been post
poned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-29
Merriam-Lewis.

Frank Edmond Merriam, son Of Rev.
and Mrs. George Merriam, and Miss
Margaret Lewis Griffin, only daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. j. C. Griffin, were
married at l o'clock Saturday after
noon at the home of the brides par
ents on Madison avenue The service
took place in the presence of relatives
and members of the Cooking Club Of
which the bride has been member
since its organization and it was con-
Quoted by Rev. George Merriam, pas
tor of the Bethany Baptist church. as.
sisted by DIR. E. c. Whittemore of
Waterville, who had married the
brides parents. The single ring SER
vice was used.
Miss Ethel Merriam, a sister of the
groom and an intimate friend of the
bride, now a Senior in Colby College,
acted as maid of honor. The best man
was Herbert w. Griffin, of Dartmouth
College, the brother of the bride. Miss
Helen Merriam. another sister of the
groom, played the wedding march.
The bride received her early edu-
cation in the Skowhegan public
schools, being graduated from the
High school here and continued it
with four years at Wellesley College,
from which she was graduated in 1911.
Following this she taught one year in
New York. The groom is the second
son of Rev. George Merriam. He was
born in Kansas, later lived for about
IL years in Freeport, Me, where he
graduated from its High school. Com
ing to Skowhegan from there he at
tended the Skowhegan High school,
receiving its diploma also. He attend
ed the University of Maine, where he
took the Mechanical Engineering
course, graduating in 1909. Since his
graduation he has been with the
Westinghouse Machine Co. in Penn
sylvania, now having the important
position of industrial engineer. Mr..
and Mrs. Merriam will reside in Will
kinSburg
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-29
The Death Watch.

The death watch is always destruc-
tive; in its earlier stages of life it eats
up books furniture. etc, and when it
reaches maturity the damage it does
is greater still, though certainly not so
costly. In length about quarter of
an inch and of a gray color, it does
not seem to be A very terrifying crea-
ture; but it has a facetious little habit
Of butting its armor plated head
against anything hard it may meet
with, such as wood or plaster. thus
giving the rise to a ticking sound
which might by a good stretch of the
imagination be thought to sound like
the ticking of watch The poor lit
tie beetle when he causes the ticking
is only serenading his sweetheart; he
can play no musical instrument TO
please her, and SO to prove his devo-
ton, he butts his head against the
wall.-Family Doctor.