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Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26
Industrial Plants in Alaska

The following editorial, copied from the Juneau Daily Empire, is especially worthy of consideration:
 fla rational plan be devised for the use of the natural resources of Alaska the territory will soon enter into an era of unparalleled development. The Empire has knowledge of a reputable GnauciaI concern which is willing to- invest S2,OC0OO0 in a hydro-electric plant for the manufacture of wood pulp and electro chemical products. These men know where they can get their water power, their manufacturing site, and the timber for pulp, and the other natural resources that would be utilized. They also have plan for tree culture or reforestation of the lands from which the timber needed in the manufacture of pulp is cut, SO that permanent supply would be as- sured. But under the law no fixed title can toe obtained for a trade and manufacturing site; aud no one is go- ing to invest a large amount of money in this way unless he be assured a permanency of occupation for a req sonable time. Concessions of timber for pulp manufacture can be had for a period of years.
 Uuquestionably the law should be amended SO as to permit title to be acquired to lands used for trading and manufacturing purposes, and liberal regulations should be made with re gard to the leasing of timber lands. Much timber in the forests of Alaska is going to waste yearly. This should be utilized and the forest conserved at one and the same time.
Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26

An exchange announces that Presi- dent Wilson has ruled Chat all deputy United States marshals must have a "olean bill of health" Does this mean to insin uate that in tho past some have notS
 Eighteen thousand tons of coal to be used annually by the Alaska Gastineau Mining company from the Port Graham coal mines, has been contracted for by the company according to President Whorf, of the company, who is now in Seattle. Whorf declares coal vessels of large tonnage will be operated from Port Graham to Juneau and that the contract is only preliminary to others until every port in Southeastern Alas ka will be consumers of Alaska coal. He says shipments will start next Feb ruary.-Juneau Dispatch.
 After all these years the pOstofice department in this part of Alaska has discovered that papers containing notices of lotteries and rallies are not mailable. A rather strained construc tion of the law a few days ago excluded one issue of Juneau daily from the mail. because it contained a notice of a Christmas drawing. In the past all kinds of lottery schemes have slipped through unnoticea The papers in this part o9 the country have no desire Co violate the law and from now on such notices will be scarce.
Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26

old Father Duncan, the Apostle of Alaska" who for half a century has ruled supreme among the Tsimpsean or Metlakahtla Indians, converting them from heathens to Christians, raised them from from barbarians to a civilized people, built them the larg- est church in Alaska; taught them trades and gave them a saw mill and a oannery chat they might successfully compete with the white man, is no longer wanted by bis "children" says the editoro of the Acknowledgements. Oblivious of the growth of the Tsimp- scans since 1887 when he migrated from British Colum bia with them to Annette Island granted to him for the purpose of founding the colony of Metlakahtla, Farther Duncan, now eighty-three years old, still treats bis charges, some of them fifty and sixty years old, as what be terms "hoddlehoys, neither men nor boys" and is jealous of his bower and suspicious of any outside interference. Such is the charge aeainst him-that be is behind the times.-
Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26

The Thanksgiving football game, which is to be played on the Juneau grounds, between the Treadwell and the Gastineau teams, is @ subject of interest on both sides of the channel. The game will be called promptly at E9O D. ID. For the convenience of Island folks a special ferry will leave Treadwell for Juneau at 12:30 and an- other at enc o'clock. Both will stop at Douglas.
Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26

With'this issue the Douglas Island News starts out on the sixteenth year of It's career. Many changes have come with the years, changes for the better. Alaska has been granted a measure of self-governmeut, and her great re. sources have been brought before the people of the world in an intelligent manner, go that there is reason to ex- pect that congress will pass such acts as are necessary for the opening up of the country. This immediate section has waited through the long years, while the placer diggiugs of the great north had their day, and until the worth of our gold-besring ledges has been recognized; our own town has grown and grown, it's people are happy and prosperous. The News daring all the years of it's existence has followed a persistent course, looking to the good of the country. It's mistakes have brought ceusure, but our meal tub has never been empty, SO that we have reason today to thank God for our friends.
Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26
A Fire Meeting

President M. q. O'Connor, of the Douglas Fire Department, announces that one of the good old-fashioned monthly meetings will be held next Saturday night at A. L. U hall The refresbment committee will be working and the usual jolly good time may be expected. All interested in fire pro. tection are invited to be present.
Douglas Island news., 1913-11-26

Entered at Douglaa Post-Onioo au Second
 Glass Mall Natter.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
DARKES VILLE.

tune 1J-The Ladies Aid Society Of
the NJ. E. church South, win hold al
ice cream festival ON the lawn ot MIR.
c W. Pine on Saturday night June
IL A Is cont lunch win be served
The proceeds are Cor the bened. OF
the church.
Nr Dunlap of Timber Ridge, spent
several days with e H. zeilor
Mr Lock Of Pittsburg, is yisi1In
his sister, Mrs. Earl Fulk.
lIr Smith Pine and family We're
callers at the home OF Mr.. Georga Pine
last sunday evening
Quite a number from our village
and vicinity attended the flower slrey-
ing on Friday,
air Dudley Harley and family caH-
ed on friends in town Sunday evening.
Miss Lee Pine vino las besa visit.
ing in Winchester, ri the homes OF
Mr. Walter Capper and Mr., n -.
Richards, returned home YESTERDAY
Mrs. Joseph Hess VINO spent sew
elaI days with Mrs. Almira Chriguaa
has returned home
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13


S nhly t8pdugh perservRpce and
rhg the proper inducements tha'
es can be. secured.
dart n5b4rg Board Of Trad
s54ae e.tseupHt preposN5hs on
nd at ghis lime. Il The deals are
~,u..l .. o4ac ~ -41 .Ao4!d ~
me discouraged Great things are
-ccomp lished IA brief period
ae Il requires hasd labor and the
gter4..1u Of every oiGzen to bd ID
ely and make 1t attractive u
seeking locations for manufaG-
80 purposes. The Parkersbd.s
.mber OF Commerce did MOI re.y
ron its own strength The TRACTION
5mpauy and the banking interests Of
ha. city, and the Baltimoge and Ohio
alhoad Company lent their intluenee
d the result vas that one of the
es. concerns ia die couptty ae-
cepted the terms offered and vii
.Gsfag It's business to the Ohio riv-
pr city
All interests in the city should as.
SIS lac Board of Tradeia'lts effort to
10 M.,raburg new industries
VIII require the united support OF
IA TO accomplish anything and If
.ha IS not forthcoming the fight vii
0t be won Therefore let all gel
sether" and prove to the world thai
e are alive, What Partnerships can
DO Mdrtinsbu:g can Why not Try and
watch the result?
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
SKETCH or FIVE SUPUVORS or
WHEELING CONVENTION or 1861

This RemarkabeQ Whose Ages Exceed 400 Years.
Are Still Active Sons of West Vrgnia-Their Records
Are Shining Examples of Patriotic and Serviceable Ct-
zenship to Our Younger Generation These Distinguish
ed Citizens Have Been Invited to be Guests of the Semi
Centennial Commission in Wheeling June 20th State
Day Of The Golden Jubilee Week
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
WILLIAM THOMAS BROWN.

William Thomas Brown, son OF
Elizabeth and Thomas Brown, was
born near Gladesville, Preston county,
West Virginia. He removed at an
early aSe to kingWood, county seat
Of same county. where he learned the
carpenters trade. He ardently es-
p0used the cause Of the Union, though
in a section hostile to such sentiment.
He was chosen rs one of the delegates
to The memorable convention at Wheel
ing, W. Va which bad much to do
with the formation of the State OF
West Virginia. Mi, Brown, just prior
10 this lmc was mucn in the lime-s
Eght owing TO the fact that he had in
hls custody the guns sent to Lingwood
by Governor Wise during the famous
John Brown raid. He discharged his
duty in this regard with credit TO him /
sell and an concerned.
While completing arrangements to-
join the Union forces during this same
year re was stricken dawn with nis
ness frOm exposure, which covered al!
period OF more than a year. In 1863
he entered the employ OF the Baitit
more ana Ohio Railway Company ass
bridge builder and rapaiYer. which po-g
sitiCu he hell for 'hitty-nine years.
retiring on pension.
While operating the w0rl, of bridget
construction at Bridgeport HARRISON
county w. Ia. April 80, he was capA
tured By Confederate forces and taken,
to Richmond, Va, where he was con.l
fined tor six months in Castle Thuu,t
der Laser, ne was transferred to Sale
ishury Prison, NJ c., arriving there ont
or about October = Of the same ye3rf
n Ia I'D a
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
NoW FoR rAE FouRrti.

admirable CELEBRITY the BOARD of
ae a, an exsesdfnp y fr5,.ast,,,. !,
ns Iast ,eninr dael5sd IN have
an In8eeaadsprc nav a. uoo,a j.
ANY d.asrence tbat NAV evils, !, tb.t
bodv-if there ,.sra snz--woro cnio.
r le.d aside and n ,es .,.rf,.arsI,.
se3 tn ro ahead and mol, =
halliday that wiz giva ~, .,,,,.rs
hing 10 la,k baol, mon
,r.8a s,d !, ,r,,t
sem rres. .,. .,,-.,....c, h-;,.
burg more 3s4stsafr., 3, tbs
sr hi ~
Thar ,bers s,e hard ,too
aor.ab h rspes !, otsharat, ~,
NINE
here was m door, ,sro,, al
IL profo Inn, tbi. ss.s,.,s.., ,,os
civ vnressea
int matter 70 no rac,,oped
with At an vitb an antsrn~isin~
and proerazsiye poara Of Trade hnt
og m. ,7ovemant
Rome was NAT huilt IN a 5ov 70 be
srra bn- fortri.b+ viii ~ nI..,+, -
time to bptld nm ; ers,t sbo, on
ali tn. more credit if 4 is done
quietly and c,ararlr
rf5s - no and ana tb,.+t. aaa
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13

jim ARMS IRONG CHALONkR
Nav YORK. June IL That John
Armstrong Chaloner, estranged mem
Der OF the Astor-Cha oner family, will
not comply with the conditions set
down by Thomas r. sherman, who
was appointed committee to Chalon-
RS person and property sixteen years
20 when The voting millionaire was
declared insane by the courts Of New
oIk In reply to a request by Chal-
saers attorney that his yearly in
come he increased from $4,000 to
$4,000 Sherman declared he had NJ
objection TO the increase II Mr.. Chat
7ner would leave his estate in Alber.
szr.a Virginia, in which State he was
cl4fed to be SAME, a9pear here in
serson and dec are he is sane and
capable Of managing his own proper
~ His friends say that Chsloner
hates the very name Of New York and
i'll not come to the metropolis for
ny purpose.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
How FIGURES Are Obtained

prices received by faruers for tier
products
How Figures Are Obtained
when all the separ: independent
fluctuations and comp tions of re
ports received from tho oIuntBry cor
respondents are rccei d. they are
brought together By So ana, ia CON
function wit'i the repol from the de-.
partments salaried fed AGENTS and
statc statistical agents. form the basis
Of each Of tie month"; eports issued
By TIE bureau OF stat rs, Tile dlSt
sion Of domestic crop r orts tabulaies
and COMPUTES the resu of all the -
ports received from tltc sarious classes
OF voluntary cofrcslon uis.
Despite the faet that Iesc voluntary
correspondents receive no pay. tles
seem 10 ike the work, 10 judge by,tht
leng;h Of time they ST to it. An in
quiry made IN ..Iauuar 1912, showed
that Of the entire list a county core
spCndeuts SIS per cent bad served NOR
than one year 81 per .ut more thar
two wears, = per cen more than SIS
yenls, Il per cent mo- than eleven
years, 4 per cent more Han twcujy-ais
years and | per cept D @ than Thirty
six years The average myth Of sefv
Ice of all the county correspondent
was about soften years
The department cor lcrs this sta
bility Of service as evHf3cc of hist
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
CROP REPORT
10000 PEOPLE !.
OF Vital lnportance to Bust
ness Welfare Of the
Nation.
---sssS~S-s s.ssss$&s s%*4@s4"..

are Gated special prica correspond
dents. who report corning the
prices received by farucrs for tier
products.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13
J.. S. GOVERNMENT
THE WORK OF
Vast Army of Correspondents
Engaged In Collecting
Important Facts.
s*4aa*@E44a.9:.',as.o o~S-e-et el.--

WV HEN the department Of agri-
NM culture sends ont rs monthly
v report with the latest crop
news In It few people realize
that more than l3O00D reporters have
had q part III gathering The facts there
in set forth Everybody knows about
the crop reports bat not everybody
knows how they are collected and how
the estimates are reached.
For instance. wien the department
says that the average condition Of
winter wheat on April ] was 0l.G per
cent of normal against sos on April
Il 1912. what Is the basis Of the per
eentaee? Is some previous year taken
as the base aud the percentage liz
ured from that? And. If so. how IS the
basic year selected?
1t isn't The percentage doesn't
asean any comparison with any other
year The percentage is based on what
the people IN the yiclnasc expect Of
their land. \ farmer can tell pretty
well what the yield ought to he, #
he knows that It ought to produce
twenty-five bushels and he docs moi
look this year for more than twenty
bushels he reports that lie estimates Sc
per cent,
And 1t Is the farmer. generally speake
ing, who furnishes the information OF
which the bureau Of statistics Of the
agricultural department makes its es
Inmates Most Of the 10000 reporters
are not paid They are classified rs vol
untary correspondents which means
that they furnish the Information
about their respective regions without
getting cent for II. The only thing
they get ont Of it is that they receive
the publications of the department of
agriculture without having to write
and ask for them.
The Departments staff.
In each county which has any agrt
cultural Importance there is cor
respondent Of the department, who has
several assistants who can be called
in il necessary He furnishes a re
port for the county In addition there
is Il correspondent in each township.
They do not furnish their reports 70
the county correspondent but send
them in directly to the department Of
agriculture, which checks up the cst'
mates if there is a disa"reemr and
figures out from the different reports
the estimate for the state
In addition The department las wh1'
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13

al district Of West Virginia after the
war, Hon. Nathan Gon being his op.
ponent in his Srst campaign, and the
late BENJAMIN wilson his opponent in
his second campaign. Received tho
~ poiniment Of visitor to West Point
by the late President Cleveland; was
q member Of The Beard Of Directors OF
Hospital for Insane at Weston by APP
Ioirment Of The late Gov. ]. Il. Jacl-
son and served until the latter was
succeeded by a Republican Governor
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-13

w HEN the department Of agri-
Nfn culture sends ont rs monthly
report with the latest crop
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Continued from Page I.

anti-American feeling and even go
further than that. Mexican outlaws
may rob and murder Americans, pill
lage foreign-owned plantations, out
rage foreign women.
War Means Death Warrant.
But what can the United States
do when its first warlike act will De
used as a signal for a Mexican up
rising that might end IN the annihi-
lation Of every American within the
boundaries of the southern republic:
Surely Congress can not declare war
against Mexico when such a declara-
ton would be nothing more or less
than a death warrant for every Amer
lean man, woman or child on Mexi-
can soil.
Yet the 10000 remain and say they
will not bulge until President Wilson
tells them why they should fee Ia
the United States. is possible that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Little Apartment Is Last Word in Luxurious
Adonment-Instrumen All of Gold

hairdressing chair of carved wood,
inlaid with gold, which can be tipped
at any angle. Above the chair. In
gold plated brackets, is a patented
hair dryer. which emits either warm
or cold air, according to manipula-
ton II is operated by electricity.
A specially designed massage ped
estal. with electric vibrators Of the
most costly type, stands on the right
side Of the room. The motor Of this
pedestal is held by four claws Of a
dragon. This machine contains an
appncator of intense rapidity and one
of extreme softness. All of the parts
of this device are gold plated.
Aseptic sterliZing cabinets for
cleaning the appliances are arranged
on one Side of the room. An electric
face bleacher and sets of electric
marcel irons are at hand. All the
smaller articles are arranged in boxes
with blue silk Innings clamped with
gold.
Mrs Astor is said to have given
the electrical wizard, who fitted up
this private beauty parlor" a free
hand and an unlimited purse. The
result is the most elaborate and
complete room Of its kind in the
world.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Wife Tires of Being
Sister to Husband
Files Suit for Divorce, Maintaining
His Love Is Too Much
Like Brother.

TRENTON, Sept. 2O.-"He seemed
more like brother than husband
to me" says Mrs. Laura A. Vosler in
her answer to a petition for d.
vorce filed by George w. Vosler, an
expressman. Vosler seeks separation
on the ground of desertion.
Mrs Vosler, while admitting the
charge of desertion, sets up vigor-
Gus defense. She says that just nine
teen days after their marriage her
husband induced her to indorse his
notes for more than $4,000.
Within seven months she had sac
rificed everything she had down to
her Jewels to meet his financial OBJ
legations. Finally she was compelled
to return to her old profession of
nursing, and then she realized that
Vosler did not love her as a man
should love his wife. His affection
was more of the brotherly sort, she
says, and she did not need brother.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Wife Can Abandon
Ring, Judge Rules
Court Holds That Symbol Of Mar
rlage Isn't Necessary in Pro
aresslVe Age.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 20,-A
married woman has q perfect right
to refuse to wear her wedding ring
Such was the ruling Of Judge Bar
raft in one OF the 200 desertion cases
he was called upon 10 adjudicate.
II was declared by Charles j. Ro-
ney, counsel for George Klein, that
the mans wife, Mrs Elizabeth Klein,
had no claim on her husband for sup
port, because, among other things,
she left him without cause, and then
sought to hide the fact that she was
his wife by declining 10 wear her
wedding ring.
Women have right to do as they
please" Judge Barratt said, refer
ring to the ring incident This is a
progressive age. and II this woman
doesn't want 70 wear her marriage
ring, we can not make her do So"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Soldier Would Court
Kansas Girl by Proxy
ENempliheatlon of Famous Miles
StandIsh-John AIden-PrlsciIla
Romance In Wichita.

WICHITA, KANs, Sept. zo.-Afiles
standish, Priscilla and John Alden, in
the modern walks OF life, are sched-
uled to carry out a drama IN Wichita
II the plans OF United States sol
cier-a Pergeant-do not go wrong
Ross Mccormick, local attorney, has
been asked to play the part of John
Alden and court a Wichita girl for
the benefit OF the soldier, who is now
stationed at Fort Logan, Colo.
The girl, Priscilla, is about IS. &C
cording 10 a letter received from her
lover, and is said to be extremely
pretty
The letter received by Attorney Nc
Cormick is, in part, as follows.
Il wish TO INVOKE your Aid and in
nuence in persuading her To marry
me, II that is within the bounds Of
human possibility. Perhaps circum-
stances have changed during my abb
sence go that our marriage would now
be possible"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

A model beauty parlor," which
experts prophecy will be adapted in
other cities of the United States, and
particularly in the South. where CON
siderable attention is lately being
paid to matters OF feminine pulchri-
Madeline Force Aston, widow Of John
Jacob Astor, in New York. From
the avidtty with which beauty doc
tors" have studied the details of the
luxurious Astor establishment, It is
considered reasonably certain that 1t
win be generally copied, and that
Atlanta, with other cities, will have
one OF its kind,
A veritable golden chamber is the
beauty room of the young Astor
widow. Its appeal lies not only in the
luxury Of It, however, but in the
fact that the appliances for enhanc-
ing and conserving beauty are OF the
most unique and effective design that
electrical experts could contrive.
This model parlor is small being
fifteen by fifteen feet in dimensions
The floor is white tile, covered with
in Oriental rug. \ magnificent paint
ing looks down from the ceiling
Richly beveled mirrors. with glitter
ing gold borders. stand nine feet from
the floor on all sides All the tiny
electric globes which flood the room
with a soft glow are concealed in
the molding, and so arranged that the
light is reflected from the mirrors.
The scientific world has been at
tracted by the novel appliances with
which the room is fitted, SO much so
that technical maya zines have de-
scribed them fully. Each instrument
is of the finest quality.
Wherever possible. gold has been
used for plating The handles of the
smaller toilet articles are q mother
Of pearl and the clasps OF gold. Some
OK the handles are studded with
gems.
The center Of the room contains a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Shepherd Finds Rich
Gold Vein in Field
Knocks on Ledge Of Rock and
Finds Ore ollstenlng
Behind II.

sTLvERTON. COLO, Sept. go
Reports OF great mineral discoveries
are coming in daily from all parts OF
the San Juan district They recall
the days OF '7e in Leadville, when that
camp was the liveliest place in the en-
tire West and big fortunes were being
made every day
On Lime Greek, twelve miles south
west of this city, a shepherd knock
ed Off a piece Of rock from a project
ing ledge and revealed vein Of ore
glistening with great flakes with
which he filled a good sized vial
Samples taken from the rest OF the
exposed vein by his partner. across
four feet. assayed In this city to- day,
gave average returns OF 26S ounces
in gold.
This is purely a gold ore. The four
inch break is worth from $500 10
$1,000 a ton while the vein all the
way across its four feet is worth at
least 800 a ton.