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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
Seneca Camp TO Resume.

The members Of Seneca camp. Mod
activities AZ Ia. first meeting in Sep
tember, and II Is probable before that
time adyices will be received from the
head camp relative To the result of
the referendum vote on new member
ship rates. The members of each
lodge were recently requested Ia vote
on eight insurance rate proposals or
plans, and since August the officers
of the head camp have been engaged In
tabulating the result which probably
viii be announced shortly. The regu-
lar meetings OF Seneca camp are held
on the second and fourth Tuesdays OF
each month.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
NEWS OF FRATERNAL
" the -~x SOCIETIES


ms representatives were present
from every state in the union ana
many from Europe. Competing de-
gree teams ,wcrc so numerous that the
work had 10 be conferred morning. al
tefnoon and evening, each Of the three
days at ia" meeting, Ia twelve halls.
Last evening Calumet lodge confer
red til" first dgree on a class ot five
candidates. three of whom were from
Lake Linden. A large delegation was
present from Lake Linden lodge. also
several visiting members who are in
the copper country with the militia
The second degree viii he conferred
next Tuesday evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20

Abbey is an enthusiastic Pythian and
expressed great pleasure In the antic'
ipation 81 his visit with Charity lodge
The third rank viii be conferred on
candidates az this occasion and after
wards there viii be- a smoker ana So
cial session ~ which some Of the
prominent local members ana visitors
win speak.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
Hecla lodqe No. 90.

The regular meeting of Hecla lodge
No. 80, l. o. .. T., will be held this
evening At which the second degree
will be conferred after which there
viii be smoker and social session.
Invitations have been extended To Wis.,
iting members from the state militia
and from neighboring towns.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
Calumet Encampment.

The members Of Calumet Encamp-
ment. No. Il, l. O. q. f.. will hold their
regular meeting Friday evening. The
second degree will be conferred on
candidates. after which there will be "a
social session.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
LIFE INSURANCE MEN MEET.
Old Line Companies OF America Con
vene in National Session.

St Paul Mimi, Aug. 20.-Reprc-
ScntatNes Of more than one hundred
american life insurance companies
were on hand today At the opening
in this city of the annual convention
of their national association. Govern
or Eberhart and Mayor Keller well
coined the visitors. for whom response
was made by W. .. Cole. of Jackson,
Miss. The feature of the afternoon
session was the annual address of w.
\ Indy. president Of the association.
Tomorrow the convention will take M
the discussion of rates. competition.
agency supervision and other topics
of interest 10 the insurance world The
gathering will close Friday morning
with the election of officers.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
PASCO FRUIT LANDS
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and mail is at once to our Sales Agent
for further particulars: -. -. 49,.
!. JOHN TRUScoTT, Sales Agent,
3tTI2 Quincy Street,
Hancock, Michigan.
Dear Sir:-
referring to your "ad' in the Ca'u'
me. News, will ask you to give
me all the information you can about
the irrigation project OF The Paseo
Reclamation Co. and an outline OF the
plans Of the SUPERIOR ORCHARDS
COMPANY
am willing TO invest $50. per
month for from six to eight years IL
you convince me that your proposition
has the merit that you claim Tor Il.
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20

military maneuvers of the leading ma
tons. In 1897 he was one of the rep
resentatives of this government at the
celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20
Helpinu Hand Tent.

The members OF Helping Hand tent,
meeting Saturday evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20

According to a census taken of Har-
BIN in March last the population of the
city was 6S.O0O-4S.153 males and 49,
So females
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-20

Mrs. Grace Caul,ln has been APP
pointed government land agent IN san
Francisco. Salary, S4.500, a year
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
WILL REBUILD
 MILL Al HAYNES

The saw mill that was burned at Haines some weeks ago is to be rebuilt according to J. J. Kennedy, a business man of that place, now in Juneau.
 The loss of that mill was certainly a hardship on the owner Mir Coombs' said Mir. Kennedy, flor he did not have any insurance-the rates were prohib. tive. Mir. Coombs has been in the country a long time and he had just about reached the point, known as easy street, when it happened.
 "The town also suffered through the loss of the industry and We are all glad to know that MT. Coombs will re- build"
 JC. Coombs is one of the best mill wrights on the Pacific Coast and IS competent business man as well Believing in the future of aaines he has determined to rebuild the mill larger and better than ever. He will be leaving for the South on the next boat calling at Haines for the pur pose of buying new machinery for the enterprise. The foundation has al ready been rebuilt and by early spring it is expected that the saws will b' heard singing again.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
OREGON LEGISLATURE
 BEGINS SESSION

SALEM, Ore, The biennial session of the Oregon State legislature began today. In his message Governor os- wald West urged the passage of pro- gressive Legislation along a number of lines. He also defended his sys- tenn of paroling state conyicts upon their honor, and claimed that it has been successful.
 Dr. Hary Lane, of Portland, who was the choice of the electors for United States Senators, at the Sena- torial primary in November will be elected to succeed Senator Jonathan Bourne, jr., whose term expires on March 4. Lane is a Democrat, but the legislature is strongly Republican. After March 4 this State will be rep resented by two Democrats in the United States Senate,
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
PLAN TO GET
 A SENATOR

PORTLAND, Me. Jan. S.-There is reason for Presidentelect Wilson to hope that the Democratic majority in the United States Senate may be increased in view of a compact made q few days ago by eleven Progressive members.elect of the incoming Legis- !ature. They bound themselves to act independently when the Legisla' ure convenes next week. Eight Of the members met with members of the Progressive State Committee in this city and after a five-hom con- ference agreed on the plan. Three ab- sent members sent letters agreeing to abide by the result of the conference
 In the coming Legislature there will be SS Republicans and S5 Democrats, SO the II Progressives will hold the balance of power Since they cannot elect Senator, it is believed they will eventually vote for Senator oba diah Gardner in exchange for some State officers which the Democrats might give.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
BRTTAIN MAY INTERVENE IN BALKANS
PIONEER OF EARLY DAYS
 TALKS OF KLONDIKE CAMPS

miles. but stin there are regions prac ticaliy unprospected. In the past few years the Canadian government has helped transportation by substituting these craft, and this makes l. pos sible for miners to carry up their grub in the fall and continue theil work in the winter. In my opinion one of these days we shall hear oi discoveries up there that will make the Klondike finds seem insignificant From Dawson to whitehorse it is 41C miles. and there are numerous re gions on both sides of the way that never have been prospected.
 We lost a lot of prospectors eight or nine years ago They went over the border into Alaska. where they seem to have done well These in cluded some of the best of our pros pectors. Still. about 25O men are korwing on Scroggy creek this win ter They take out the frozen soil by thawing, pile it up, and then put it in the slluce boxes for washing i1 summer.
 "Dredges are now working longer in the neighborhood of Dawson than used to be possible Of course, you cannot work a dredge in winter un less you boil the water about 1t tc keep it from freezing. The dredge has to be turned around in order tc be used. Before they got to doing this a dredge could not start to work until June 15, and 1t had to shut down in September. Now it can begin work May 1, and continue until the end of the year.
 Commercially, there is nothing do ing in Dawson. stI, the business peo ple there are in fine condition.
 "The dance hall element and all the undesirable part of the former population of Dawson have been weeded out" added MT. Ptnkiert "and today the town is as clean as any in the world"
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
WANT LOCAL MONEY
 IN NEW BUILDINGS

.I am glad The Empire has started an agitation for more building pro- gress in the business section of Ju. neau." said a down town business man yesterday" for there is certainly need of more room. I think it is time that Juneau should wake up and bestir herself. While We should welcome the investment of outside capital it is not at all necessary that Juneau should wall for it to come. We have means to provide the carrying out of build ing plans that would furnish the nee essary relief if some one will only take the initiative in the matter"
 In speaking of the present situa- ton in regard to the poverty of busi- ness locations Emery Valentine said;
 Our own people are perfectly com peten, and financially able to meet any situation that comes up to them. All it really needs is that someone shall start the ball a rolling and as il gathers momentum We will have a building boom such as the town has never experienced. There is some injustice in the implied statements bv people arriving from the States that property is too high here. Peo' ple will not sell property for less than it's rental value, especially now that Juneau has such a hopeful tu' mre. We need a good first class hotel bere-wen. let us build it. No one man should be expected to burden himself with the construction of such an hotel as we want, but together We can do it-and do it promptly, too.
 Mir. Valentine said that he would put s25.OOO into such an enterprise ii a sufficient number of others identi fled with Juneau, will join and bring the amount to such a figure as will guarantee success.
 "It is rank nonsense" continued Mir Valentine. this talk that Juneau mus wait for outsiders to come in ant build her hotels and other needfu buildings"
 What is needed quite badly" saic another business man, lis a change in the probate laws so that the set fling of estates may be expedited Nuch of the valuable business prop erty is tied up pending the settlemen of estates"
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
1O1 AND NEVER ATE
 ANY "FANCY STUFF

PLYMOUTH, Mass Jan s. Uncle" Tnden Pierce yesterday cele- brated his 1O1st birthday at the Ryder Home for Aged People, where he has lived some years, with an informal re- ception to his friends.
 His health is better than 1t was a couple of years ago, and he walks a couple of miles every day. Not long ago he sawed a cord of wood.
 He never used liquor, but has used tobacco since he was youth and still enjoys it. Of food he says;
 "There wasn't so much of this saH cv stuff which isn't fit for the g.s when was a boy, but we had more good, old.fashioned johnny cake. II people ate more of that now there would be more of my kind alive"
 Last summer he played golf took his first ride in an automobile and had his first taste of ginger ale.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
Important Case
 Coming Friday

The United States vs. North Pacific wharves and Trading Company Pa cific and Arctic Railway and Naviga tion Company, The Pacific Coast Com pany. Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany. c. E. Winn-Johnson, E. E. Bill inghurst, w. II. Nansen, Ira Brown J. c. Ford, J. w. Smith, C. E. Hous- ton, A. L. Berdoe, and F. J. Cushing, is the title of a criminal action set for trial on Jan. 10.
 The defendant companies and in dividuals were indicted Feb 12, 1912, on two counts-first, conspiracy; sec ond. for monopolization of wharfage facilities in Skagway in violation Of sections one and two of the sherman act,
 This is one of the prosecutions yet untried, initiated by the government following the investigation on charges brought by the Humboldt Steamship Company. The government lost the first five of the six suits brought and they are now up on appeal
 The case will not be without inter est on account of the important per sonages involved as defendants as well as the moral effect that may ob. tain on the defendant companies as a result of such trial. Of those in dicted some are on the ground now and others are on the way here.
 c. E. Winn-Johnson, was formerly manager of Moore's Wharf. D. E. Bill Innghurst is president of the North Pacific Wharves & Trading Company which owns the Moore Wharf at Skag way. He is in Victoria and will not come because he does not want to dc SO and because the United States can't send for. him. w. H. Nanser has been acting as auditor of the N P. w. T. Go.
 J. c. Ford is president of the Pa cific Coast Company. Ira Brown, 3 Seattle, is attorney for the whar company and also a member of tho directorate. J. w. Smith is genera auditor of the Pacific Coast Com pany c. E. Houston is manager of thu Pacific Cost Company's coal depart men and now under sentence in Kini County jail for conspiracy to defrau' in selling coal to the government mil tary posts in Alaska. A. L. Berdo is a former manager of the Whit
 Pass and Yukon Route. F. J. Cushin is director of the White Pass, nov living in Chicago The indictmen
 against him is dismissed.
 The witnesses summoned befor
 the grand jury at the time the indie ment was returned are Max Kalisl ', E. J. Shaw, J. M. Tanner, Phil Al u rahams, w. c. Blanchard, R. w. Reic Charles B. Martin and P H. Ganty,
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08

Henry Pinkiert. who has been in Dawson since the early days, and who is known to most of the pioneers of the Klondike, was in New York re- gently. and in an interview with a New York newspaper, had the fol lowing to say concerning the Klon, dike
 Dawson is not growing, said Mr, Pinkiert. Tn the early days there were all kinds of mining right there on the ground for the individual, bur now. for a radius of about fifty miles around the town. the territory is so worked out that only big corporations can make money working it, and these have taken up a great deal of the land. The biggest operations in the neighborhOod are being carried on by a South American company, which owns or practically controls all the claims within that fifty-mile radius that the Guggeuheims do not con- trol
 Tn the days of the gold rush man would stake his claim, which would run 500 feet The moment he got that worked down to low grade he was up against a proposition that re- quired dredges and hydraulic machin- cry to work on a profitable basis. The majority of small claimholders sold out. and some gave options. A few are still holding out for their prices. The government gives a man the right to hold his claim as long as s2OO worth of work is done on 1t a year.
 But the situation at Dawson does not end the Klondike for the prospec' tor by any means. should say that part of Yukon territory is still in it's infancy as a gold producer. in spite of the millions that have been taken cut. The great difficulty has been getting into the interior Small boats so up the streams now for hundreds of
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
STRIFE BENDS ILLINOIS

possibly three Democrats and one Pro. gressive.
 In Michigan William Alden Smith Republican. has declared he is certain of election. Iowa is slated to return William s Kenyon, Republican, and Nebraska, George w. Norris, Progress. sive. In South Dakota Thomas Ster. ling, Republican primary nominee. may be opposed by Senator Robert J. Cam ble. In Minnesota the return of Sena- tor Knute Nelson seems assured. In Kansas it is expected Judge w. H. Thompson, Democrat, will be elected to succeed Senator Charles Curtis
 Republican in Control.
 Republicans control the legisla- lures in Michigan, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Wiscon- sin; Democrats in Ohio, Indiana, Nils. souri and Kansas. In Nebraska the Democrats have majority of one on the joint ballot, although the Republi. cans have majority in the Senate. In in the legislature and in others the representation is so small as to be of scarcely no effect
 A review of the legislative programs in these dozen states indicates that suffrage, "blue sky" laws (to regulate the issuance of corporation stocks), the question of public utilities com missions, regulation of women and child labor, good roads, the liquor ques- tion and the initiative, referendum and recall will be to the fore in majori' ty of legislative sessions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
FLoes A CAPITALIST

OLNEY, IT., Jan. S.-A quarrel be- tween J. B. Porter, ex-Mayor of Olney, H., and David Bates, capitalist, re- suited last night in the shooting of Porter by Bates, after Porter had nogged him publicly
 The quarrel had its origin in an in suit which Porter alleges was offered his wife by Bates.
 Porter met Bates in a store, carry ing with him rawhide whip. He told Bates to leave the store, and when he refused to leave Porter whipped him Bates finally drew an automatic pisto and shot Porter, who is dangerously wounded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08

NEW YORK, Jan. S,-Dr. Walter F. Chappell, tho personal physician of William Rockefeller has issued 2 statement in which he says that the only way in which Rockefeller can give testimony before the Congression- al committee that is Investigating the money trust question, is to reduce it to writing
 Dr. Chapel, who is an expert on diseases of the vocal organs, says that Mir. Rockefener's conditions is such that should he attempt to talk at any length it would probably produce strangulation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
EeesTRAoRoINARYl

COMMERCE. Ga.,-Jan. S.-Mrs. J. c. King, who lives out on R. F. D., No. 12, just recently related how well she did last year with her chickens.
 She set Leghorn hen on thirteen eggs. When the chickens were count ed she found that there were 37 Rhode Island Reds, 42 Buff Orping- tons, 36 Buff Plymouth Rocks. 1S2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 46 White Plymouth Rocks, 32 Brown Leghorns, and there are 270 eggs still in the nest.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
WILSON RETIRES
 ON JANUARY 19

NEWARK, N. J., Jan. S.-Governor Woodrow Wilson's terms as Governo: of New Jersey, will expire on Jan. 19' at which time he will be succeeded by State Senator James A. Fiedler, Dem ocrat who under the state law will be elected by the legislature.
 Governor Wilson is now closing up the detail work of his administration at governor, preparatory to assuming his new duties as President of the United States.
 It is announced that James P. Tu' multy. Governor Wilson's secretary will be continued as secretary to MT Wilson as president.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--The United States Government it is announced, will at once institute proceedings to test the validity of tnerIocation of the famous Mcdonald coa& claims in the Boring river, Alaska, coal district.
 T. P. Mcdonald, Montana coal op- erator in 1907, began the develop ment of coal claim on Boring river, near Katalla, having acquired the ti-
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
NORRIS GETS AN
 ENDORSEMENT

HELENA, Mont. Jan. S.-The State Iegislature yesterday adopted resoiu' tion endorsing former Governor Edwin L. Norris for Secretary of the Inter- for in President Wilson's cabinet. The legislature has Democratic majority and will elect Thomas J. Walsh United States Senator to succeed Sen ator Joseph NJ. Dixon, Progressive.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
TO PROBE FOR A
 STEAMBOAT TRUST

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The. House Merchant Marine Committee, of which Representative Humphrey Washington, is chairman, has begu' an investigation into the existence of an alleged steamship trust.
 The investigation Will include steam ship companies operating on both the Atlantic and the Pacific, including the steamship companies operating in Alaska waters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
STEAMER FOUNDERS
 GULF OF GEORGIA

VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. s. - The steamer Cheslake, plying between this city and Victoria and Nanaimo, foun- dered yesterday in a heavy gale in the Gulf of Georgia. Four men were drowned, and seventy-one were res cued by a passing steamer. All the passengers lost their personal pos sessions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
SHEEP CREEK POWER
 CASE IS STILL ON

The Sheep creek power case was stillon this morning and plaintiff, the Alaska-Gastineau Company was still introducing evidence. Chief Engin- ger wanenberg followed Mir. Thane last evening until court adjourned at five o'clock. This morning the plain tin had Mayor H. A. Bishop on the stand for a time after which Mir. Wal lenberg was recalled and was still on the stand at 2:30.
 The defendants. Alaska-Treadwell company ct al,will probably consume all of today and part of tomorrow in offering testimony.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S.-Customs Agent John w. Smith and Inspector E. E. Enlow engaged in a desperate struggle for life last night on board the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's liner China, in from the Orient.
 Smith and Enlow were in an empty water tank of the vessel in the steam
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
BONDS RAISED
 FOR DYNAMITERS

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. - The San Francisco Building and Trades Council has raised $42,OOO for cash bonds in the cases of Olaf A. Tveit- moe and Eugene A. Clancy the San Francisco labor leaders, who were recently convicted of conspiracy in transporting dynamite.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
ONLY THREE
 WERE SAVED

ASTORIA, Ore, Jan. S.-But three of the thirty-five men of the crew Of the oil tanker Rosecrans, which was driven ashore yesterday on Point Peacock, in a furious gale, have been saved. Captain L. F. Johnson, mas ter of the Rosecrans, is among the lost
 One of the crew saw the lifeboat approaching and jumped into the sea and was drowned. The vessel is a total loss.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
BROTHER ON RosEcRANs

Charles Johnson of this city, had q brother oD the ill-fated oil tanker Rosecrans, which went shore yester' day off the mouth of the Columbia river. only three of the crew being saved.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
To Test Validity of
 Mcdonald Coal Claims

tie to this and adjoining claims by pur- chase from the original locators. Dur ing 1907 and the early part of 1908, he expended more than $1OO,OOO in developing the claims, and took out some coal. He was stopped from fur ther work by order of the Interior De- partment, since when nothing has been done, and the money invested was practically lost to the last penny
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-08
MEXICAN FEDERALs
 MAKE A MISTAKE

ToLUCA, Mex. Jan. S.-m the be, ,,or that they were fighting a band of followers of Gen. zapata, twenty Mexican federaIs engaged in a clash yitb two bodies of government troops several being wounded