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The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02
ALASKA REQUIRES MORE SELF
 GOVERNMENT

THE illstarred Macdonald trial
 ! the vast cost of it in actual mon
 ey of the taxpayers. in the hard ships and expenses that it entailed up on the hundred or more witnesses who were brought here from various cor ners of the world, their families and business associates, to say nothing of the tremendous burden in money and nerve energy expended by the Mac Donald family is all object lesson in what it means to deprive people of the blessings of self-government. It was one of those mistakes that are so often made when a people are gov erned from without-a mistake more cruel and costly, it is true, than most of them, yet in line with the many that have been perpetrated on the peo- pie of Alaska.
 If the Alaskan people had had the same measure of self-government as that enjoyed by the peoples of the oth- CT States and Territories of the Ma ton there would have been no Mac Donald trial They would have let the action of that coroner's jury and that grand jury of eleven years ago, taken at a time when the whole matter was fresh in the minds of those who knew about it, stand as the completed rec ord of the case, as similar records stand in similar cases back through all decades of the history of our Ang lo-SaxOn civilization.
 There was no demand on the part of the people of Alaska for the Mac Donald trial Alaskans were con cerned with other things than that of dragging an unfortunate incident of the past up for parade before the minds of men. They had no desire to reopen healed wounds. They were willing that the past should bury it's dead. The whole, miserable fiasco was purely the result of a bureaucrat- ic government, acting through inquis- itorial agents that are not in any man. her responsible to the people.
 The time is at hand when the peo- pie of Alaska should demand a wider range of self-government than they now have.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02
-OO-O-
PLACER MINERS AND THE ALAS
 KA MINING LAW
O-O-

TOT long ago Nome miners held W a netting at which they adopted
 resolutions condemning the new
 Alaska mining law and signed peti- tiOns addressed to Congress asking that the law be abrogated. They also formed an organization which is seek ing to get the placer miners of other sections of Alaska to join them in their protest. Among the placer dis tricts to which they appealed was, of course, the great Fairbanks district. It is believed, however, that the Fair banks miners will not warm up to the position of the men of Nome. The
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02

Daily Times. one of the leading news
 papers of Fairbanks. speaking of the Fairbanks idea of the law, says:
 When Nome calls upon Fairbanks to join in a protest against the new mining law which was passed by the Alaska Legislature, it is doubtful if Fairbanks will respond. The new min ! ing law is largely the work of Fair
 banks mining men, and carries out ideas which the miners here have long entertained as sound The priv ilege of stalking 16O-acre association claims has been so grossly abused in Interior Alaska, and the abuse has re- suited in longtime idleness on such vast areas of placer lands, that there has crystallized a strong sentiment against large holdings without active development. Whether greater amount of annual labor should be re- quired on 160-acre association claims which have been located heretofore. remains a matter for argument. There is something to be said on boti sides, although the burden is upon those whc oppose the increase.
 Tt is a mistake, however to take it for granted that all those who hold interests in 160-acre association claims are hostile to the provision of the new law which requires $1OO worth of annual labor to be performed for every 20 acres of every placer claim. Many owners of interests in such claims wei come the new requirement. In nearly every association of men who own an association claim there are some who desire to open up and develop the supposed paystreak in the claim They are unable to go ahead because the majority refuse to assist. The majority of the owners did not in the first place cause the claim to be staked for them with the idea of de- velOping the claim, but generally in the hope of selling for a large sum of money. While awaiting sale. they contribute their $125O share toward the annual labor required to hold the claim; but eight times this amount can accomplish so little in the way of developing the claim that the money is absolutely wasted The new law calls for the expenditure of $500 in annual labor on every 16O-acre asso- citation claim. Eight hundred dollars a year will go far toward developing any claim. That is why many work. ing miners who hold interests in 1GO- acre claims welcome the new law.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02

The arrival of Castro with a rebel lion in his gripsack has served to place Venezuela in the public eye once again.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02

has been rendered to the above enti- tied court for settlement, and that Sat uTday, the 11th day of October, 1913. at ten o'clock a. m., has been duly ap- pointed by said court for the settle ment thereof at which time any per son interested in said estate may ap- pear and file his exception if any he has to the same.
 Witness my hand and official seal this 2nd day of August, 1913.
 (PROBATE SEAL)
 JOHN B. MARSHALL,
 United States Commissioner
 Ex-OfficiO Probate Judge. First publication August 2. 1913. Last publication, October II, 1913.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02

Gen. Carranza says he will guaran- tee to establish peace in Mexico in
 ninety days if the United States will permit him to buy guns in this coun- try. The manufacturers of arms are probably convinced that he should be given an opportunity to try his hand.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02
HEAD OF CATHOLIC
 CHURCH IS COMING

The Rev. R. J. Crimont, S.J., pre- feet of the Catholic church in Alaska, is a NorthbOund passenger on the Mariposa that sailed from Seattle Wed nesday evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02

The second visit of the Juvenile Bos- tonians at Juneau is well-timed h. terest in the dOings at the court house has waned, and the active base ball season has terminated The lit tie entertainers have things all their own way.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02

United States Commissioners Court, Ex-Officio Probate Court, Juneau Precinct, Territory of Alaska
 -O-O- In the Matter of the Estate of Fred
 Broman, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the final account of the administrator of the estate of Fred Broman. deceased
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02
O-OO c

Johnny Bull is so peeved because American cOastwise ships will not have to pay tolls for passing through Uncle Sam's Panama canal that he says he will not play with the Nations at San Francisco in 1915. We'll, he will be missed, but they will have a lot of fun at the Golden Gate City at that.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-08-02
ONLY TWO DAYS OUT
 AND NOW IN AGAIN
-o-o

James Donovan, who was released three days ago after serving an eight months sentence for selling liquor to Indians, was arrested in Douglas yes terday morning charged with commit ting a like offense. He was found in company with drunk Indian.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

Proofs Of Labor.

Bench No. below Specimen gulch
on l.. l.. Anvil creek, Bench No. 4 r. l.
Cooper gulch, No. below discovery
Triple creek, Ralph S. Fraction X. L.
Bourbon, opposite 2 and 8 above
Springsteen and Hester.
Water Fraction. Sunset creek for
years 1911, 1912 and 1913 George D.
Schofield, ct al.
Deeds.
w. w. Getchel ct al to Elma Nc
Naught ct al. Nos. Z, 8 and on Fox
creek and the Mizpah, f. fork Peluk
creek, April 80, 1912.
f. r. Jordan, u. S. Marshal to E. E
Powell. Lucky bench, Gold Dust
bench and Is below discovery, Dry
creek, Aug. IS, 1918.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
BOY USES HAMMER ON
CARTRIDGE, 8 INJURED

NEW YORK.-Abraham Stilfman
vestigate a cartridge he found last
night in the street in front of his home
No. as First street. The neghborhood
was startled by an explosion. The boy
was bodily burned and taken to Belle
vue hospital.
Miss Molly Yanor and Alexander
Keller were on the stoop of No. AZ
Miss Yanor received powder burns and
a piece Of the shell her jaw. Keller
received three pieces Of the cartridge
In the leg.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

distance of 100 miles. The sky became
completely dark for twenty -four hours
and the deck was piled up with vol
canic dust to such a depth that the
men had great difficulty in freeing the
ship from the burden.
The dust was observed by Professor
eleven days after the eruption, and at
Mount Weather. Virginia, 8,7sS miles
away, within four days. It was not
seen at Mount Wilson, California. $500
miles from Katmai. until fifteen days
after the eruption. because the prevail
ing air currents DO not blow in that d.
rection, The dust moves with the up
per air currents.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
RIVAL HOSPITALS FIGHT
FOR DYING MANS BODY

PITTSBURG-After a squad OF po-
licemen and firemen had risked their
lives for an hour digging eight work
men from a collapsed department store
tonight, internes from the Mercy and
Homeopathic hospitals fought for the
body of a dying man.
The scene occurred in the basement
of the building while thousands stood
massed outside.
The roof and the fifth floor of the
building. which was being remedeiled.
collapsed. Workmen went crashing to
the basement or swung to safety on
scaffolding.
Six were hurried to hospitals seri-
ously hurt, and four are missing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
cARNEoIE's BRITISH
VOTE Is CHALLENGED

LONDON-Miss Lillian Scott Troy,
of San Francisco, suffragette. is pur-
suing Andrew Carnegie and his British
parliamentary vote. She has interest
ed the Marquis OF Tullibardine. the
Duke OF AtholPs heir who has instruct
ed the election agent formally to pro-
test Carnegfe's name being retained on
the voting list, when the matter comes
up in Scotland next month.
According to Miss Troy Scottish
peers are indignant because Mr.. Car
negie has not applied himself to have
his name struck off. To remain on the
roll. Mr.. Carnegie would formally have
to renounce his American citizenship.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
BABY HELD HOSTAGE
FOR OWN BOARD GILL

PEORIA, Ill.-Mrs. Sarah Cook, to-
day appealed to the courts to recover
her year-old baby which is held by
Harry Dudley. landlord for board
bill.
Mrs. Cook says when she rendered
the money for her weeks board Dud-
ley demanded also full pay for the
baby's keep, but she was pennlless at
ter paying her own board.
So far she has been unable to get
the child.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

Although the eruption of Mount
Katmai has attracted comparatively
little attention, because it occurred
far away from thickly peopled regions,
1t was. nevertheless of a most tre-
mendous character. There is every rea-
son to believe that the eruption of
Mount Pelee, which caused such uni
versal distress, was but trifiing ma
tural deposited a foot OF ashes a hun
dred miles away. When 1t is remem-
bered that this deposit was spread for
at least that distance in every direc-
ton the enormous quantity may be
gagged.
The column Of dust above the crater
was estimated to be thirty miles high.
The United States revenue cutter Man
ming witnessed the eruption from II
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

death last winter, has been found An
Indian going over the trail few days
ago found the body some distance
above the timber line at the mountain
where 1t had lain all winter. The In
dian brought the corpse down to the
timber and cached It in a tree 1t is
very likely that the burial will take
place where the body now gests.. az no
instructions have been received from
any OF sanbergs relatives regarding
the disposal Of the dead men when
found.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
WILSON APPOINTS
A REPUBLICAN

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The nomina-
ton of McGoodwin as minister to
Venezuela was blocked today in the
senate when it was found that Nc
Goodwin is not a democrat.
The members OF the organization
raised such a howl when they became
aware Of the fact that the name Is
the members of the upper house being
opposed to his confirmation.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
POLITICS DON'T PAY.

Unless you look as good as the Job
you're after. Come in and let US
change your appearance. We are just
In receipt OF a compelete line Of Fall
and Winter Woolens-300 patterns in
all-Suitings. Vestings and Overcoats.
For tho next 20 days we will discount
all orders 10 per cent. The Senator
brought US the goods and we are
going to sell them on a 10 per cent
discount. We guarantee to make
every man in Nome look as IL he
worked for Uncle Sam. II he can't
afford the new goods we'll clean and
press his old clothes and guarantees
the same satisfaction.
NOME TAILORING CO.
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We print everything and sfsythias
H. Al..--~k
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

sEWARD.-With commendable pub
lie spirit local firms and individuals
have agreed to contribute, each month
for a period Of six months, the amount
set opposite their names to be devoted
to the publicity movement inaugurated
by the Seward Commercial Club.
Others are expected to follow the ex-
ample and swell the amount percepti-
bly,
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

DR.. Brooks says there are at least
$1,000 acres Of coal in the Matanuska
field. and 1t is probably much more.
This amount has been definitely meas
ured. TIE field will be completely
mapped This summer. The coal, DR..
Brooks says. is mostly high grade. but
In places 1t is badly crushed and fault
ed. Owing to the folding 1t IL impos-
sible to get an accurate idea Of the
tonnage.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

Il. c. Road Commissioner Hugh
Molineaux is out from Atlln on his
way to Wrangel, where he will make
arrangements to go up the Stikine
river and began laying out work on
the government road from Telegraph
creek to Deese lake, a distance of
about so miles. This road was estab-
lished by the Canadian government u
number of years ago, but was complet-
ed only so far as the making of :,
trail, 1t is the intention of Mr.. Mo
lineaux to put a force OF men at work
and cut out a serviceable winter trail
TO make Deese lake country more ac-
cessible for traffic up the Stkine.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
AT The NEW EAGLE.

Old Lewis Hunter Rye and tas Fa
nous Anterior Bourbon whIsksyG.
Distilled spring 1904 1908 'boushs in
bond and reduced to 90 per cent by
U. 8. government, by the bottle
gallon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

SEWARD.-The launch Bina, which
arrived from Seldova. brought word
that an insane man, Thomas Manlfee,
had run amuck at Homer and shot one
man, whose name could not be learn
ed, and thrown scare into other in
habitants. Deputy Marshal Sullivan
Of Valdez passed through on the Yu-
kan, en- route to take the demented
man into custody.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
lErom Our Exehanaas.N

One of the bugologists who is a
member of the Kleinschmidt scientific
expedition, gathered In $S5 worth Of
bugs the day he landed at Seward from
the Adler. The succeeding day he
spent half of the time scouting about
and picked up 500. But this gentle
man knew what he wanted, what II
was when he found It, and where to
market It after he got It. There's the
rubl
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

The Nugget has just received q new
stock Of manuscript covers, and arr
now in position to receive orders fo
same.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
MINING MEN
BUSINESS MEN

= The Nugget Mining and Drsdg. I
= ing Edition will be Issued about :
= October IS, 1918, and il will be :
= more complete than ever. Don't :
= fail to get in touch with il and
. help advertise Noms.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
SEND YOUR LAUNDRY

To the Peoples Laundry where you
will receive good work executed by
meme but white employees. whs receive
the standard wages.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

E. Coke Hill, United States commits
sioner at Ruby, writing to Game War
den Tolman, says that comp gives evil
dences Of eQualing either Nome or
Fairbanks.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
90 YOU NEED

Bill heads, statements letter heads
and envelopes. Have them printed at
the Nugget office.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

Eggs 75e and chickens, at Prosser's
Harness shop. Phone Black 5.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
uNExcELLEp NEWS sERvlcE.

OF the Nome Daily Nugget, $500 per
month delivered to your homes every
night before O'Clock.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

The sale OF unclaimed towns lots al
Valdez by the townsite trustee Melted
1881. The lowest price paid for d
lot was 25 cents and the highest 5000
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

start the month right by subsorib.
ENG for the Daily Nugget. 81 pei
month; months, $40: one year $50
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
DON'T FORGET

to cut our PricsIist printed on the back
page of this paper, and tack in con-
vsniene place for reference.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
Adv.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
MINING MEN
BUSINESS MEN

= The Nugget Mining and orsds-
o ing Edition will b issued about
Q October TO, 1918. and IL will be
. more complete than ever. DENT
. fail to get in touch with IL and
. iisrp advertise Nome.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

The body Of Mr.. Sanberg, the Silver
creek stampeder. who was frozen to
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
NOTICE, sTENocRAPHERs

Visiting Cards at the Nugget os7es
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19

We print everything and srsythias
ini job printing line at the Nugget.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11
CONSIDER THE CAT.
The Only Animal Man Has Never Been
Able to Conquer.

Able to Conquer.
There is just one animal man has
never conquered. never can conquer.
Centuries ago every other beast be-
came the slave of man or else fed far
| from human habitation. One and one
only refused to fee or to submit
TIE horse. the dog. the COW. the
sheep. the goat. the pig-all came into
camp thousands OF years ago. They
| have ever since worked for man or fed
him. or both They have been his I'M
| questioned and unquestioning slaves.
The elephant. too. has become serv-
ant as have other jungle lords.
The lion. the tiger. the wolf. the
bear. and such other savage beasts as
have not yielded service to man have
skunk away in terror from the path Of
civilization. and are killed on sight.
But one single animal claims mans
protection. shares his food and hearth.
wanders at will and unmolested
through human haunts. and does abb
solutely no work in return; obeys no
orders. and does not even serve as food
or clothing.
This only exception TO world OF
servants and of scared enemies is the
domestic cat
Think it over. The cat will not work.
1t will not guard your home. Its flesh
and fur serve no use. Its one useful
act is the catching Of mice and rats.
And these 1t Stays and eats because 1t
wants to: not to help out its owner.
For example. 1t does not bring its cap
tured prey to its owner to eat. Nor
will 1t hunt rodents unless 1t happens
to feel like doing so.
The cat won't work. 1t won't even
learn tricks unless it happens to want
to. And no one can punish or torture
1t into learning any trick 1t doesn't
want to learn
That is why there are almost no trick
cats In animal shows and why the few
that are there do such very simple
tricks. A dog can be tortured into do
ing tricks. A cat can't.
When some animals became mans
slaves and others fed from him. the
cat did neither. 1t simply took all the
favors and advantages man had to
offer. and refused to do one lick of
work In exchange. Beat dog and he
will fawn on you. Beat cat and 1t |
will attack you and then desert you.
You can't conquer the cat. You can't !
make 1t work.-New York World
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11
Education and Suicide.

The American Practitioner declares
that suicide increases with education
and civilization and adds: 1T has been
said that the spread Of the alpha
bet is coincident with that of self muir
der. The savage rarely takes his own
life. In Italy, Russia and Spain. where
the standard of education is low, the
fewest suicides on the continent of
Europe occur, while in France and
Germany, where the people are more
sensitive and refined and where the
standard Of education is higher. the
percentage Is much increased"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11

Lakeland Telegram;-The Pun
Ia GoRDA HERALD has moved into
its new building and epxects soon
to have linotype. Such pa
per as the HERALD deserves to
prosper, for it is one of the best
weeklies in the State and Editor
Jordan is II man of.recognized a.
bility and immensely and deserv-
eddy popular with his brethren of
the state press.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11
English Weights and Measures.


Other things besides fish have their
own peculiar measures. Gunpowder.
raisins and butter are sold by the bar
rel. but the weight varies. A barrel Of
powder weighs 100 pounds, Of raisins
112 pounds, Of butter 224 pounds. You
can also buy butter by the irkin Of
fifty-six pounds. while a firkin of soft
soap Is sixty-three pounds. Stones"
are not always the same. A stone Of
glass is FIVE pounds: customary
stone" Is eight pounds. the illegal
stone" fourteen pounds. A fodder Of
lead" depends upon where you buy It
In London or Hull you will get only
nineteen and half hundredweight. in
Newcastle they will give you twenty
one and half hundredweight and In
Derby twenty-five and a half.-London
Globe.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11
Look For the Pearls.

Do you know that perhaps within a
stones throw of your suburban home
pearls may be found. Sara Savage
Miller has an article in Suburban Life
on Fresh Water Pearl Fishing" She
says that almost every stream and
pond throughout the United States
contains one or more varieties of mus
sells in which pearls are found and tells
of a carpenter of Paterson. N. j.. who
found magnificent pink pearl weigh
ing ninety-three grains in the waters
of Notch Brook. 1t was bought by Tiff
fanny & Co. for $500 and later was
sold to the Empress Eugene. Since
then it has been known as the famous
Queen pearl.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11
BATS FOR FIGHT ON MOSQUITOES
Concluded from first page

Mitchells Lake, swamp that re-
ceives every day nearly a million
and half cubic feet of sewage
from San Antonio. AS might be
expected, The air is alive with mos
quitoes. The shelter was opened
on April 2, 1911. BY Aug. 4 sew
eral hundred bats had installed
themselves. By 1912 the colony
had SO increased that--the evening
exodus lasted several hours and
the population was estimated at
100000 bats.
Five hundred thousand bats
each eating 500 mosquitoes a day
during the hunting season, which
lasts from March TO November.
merns the slaughter of about 81
100000, 900 mosquitoes.
In one hot season the bat pro-
duces about twenty tons of manure
that sells at $50 a ton as fertili-
ger. AS the shelter cost only ST.
200, and the annual expense for
repair is trifing, it promises to be
a profitable financial investment.
But it is novel idea this of con-
verting mosquitoes into fertilizer.
The World Magazine.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-11

Ocalla Banner The PUNTA
GoRDA HERALD has now moved
into larger and better building,
and will soon install a linotype
machine and make other improve
ments. We suggest TINT it pre-
vail on Albert. M. Williamson to
accept the post Of" fghting editor. I"
Albert seems to be the only one
IN Florida that can put the seal of
silence on the ''pure food inspec-
tors" particular enemy.