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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14

condition, and says a week of
work will bring him down to
playing weight.
Ping, Bodie has called attention
to himself by sending his con
tract to President Comiskey of
the Sox. Ping is already train
ing.
Pat Drouillard of Canada out
classed Mickey Sheridan of Chi
cago in six rounds at Grand
Rapids, Mich. The Canadian
feather champ rushed Sheridan
off his feet in the last three
rounds.
ABOUT ST. VALENTINE
What is the origin of St. Val
entine's day? The children want
to know the lads and lassies won
der and the old folks have for
gotten.
No wonder, There are scores
of stories told some sem1-histOr-
zeal, some purely mythical, all
equally uncertain.
But the prettiest, simplest con
ception of them all is the one, ac-
credited to no one knows whom,
which makes the joyous St. Val
entine's day the forerunner of the
spring, the herald of the season
when the trees burst from their
winter bondage, the birds twit
their first lays of love and the
grass peeps through the ground.
The other story, based partly !
on historical record, is very |
briefly as follows
St. Valentine was a priest of |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14

tempts to win him. to idolatry the
emperor had him beheaded Feb:
ruary Il.
The sanity Valentine, used to
doing good deeds and kindly acts
before Imprisonment, kept right
on with the good work in prison
until he died. Then, in honor of
his memory, his friends sent out
messages of love on Feb. IA.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
NAIL IN BOYS LEFT
LUNG FOR four YEARS
Now It's Out, and Eddie Num-
son Is Perfectly Well

New YOrk.-Since he was seven, elev-
en-year-oid Eddie NIunson has been
hitching on ice carts. sliding on sleds.
playing one old cat and disporting gen
orally in the hair trigger style Of kids
and all the time with a nail in his left
lung. 1t is true that all the time he
coughed a little. And it got worse-the
cough-a few months ago His parents
then worried. The first doctor who
saw Eddie said he didn't have con-
sumptiOn-that was sure. He probably
only had slight cold. But he began
to cough and cough and cough. An
other doctor applied the x ray. When
the doctor got his proofs Of the x ray
photograph he demanded OF Eddie's
mother:
"See here, did that kid ever swallow
anything besides food-anything, If
may ask. in the nature Of nail?"
''Oh, dear me-" cried Mrs. Munson,
why, it couldn't be that nail! Eddie
swallowed it four years ago But
my dear madam said the physician
reassuringly, Eddie is the sort Of child
who could eat tacks Consumption!
Huh! Anaemic-booh! This young
gentleman has been sporting nail in
his lungs; but, looking him over gener-
ally, l would say that his coffin nails
are nowhere due yet-about ninety
years OF"
So Eddie was placed on an operating
table, the surgeon pried the nail out of
Eddie's left lung, and Eddie had chick
en- and ice cream for dinner and said
that his chief sorrow was that he want
ed that nail to show his pals. and the
doctor wouldn't give it to him
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
WALKS EIGHT MILES At liz.
Arkansas Woman Sees Marriage .
Great great. great grandchiid.

Lead Hill. Ark.-It Is seldom that q
person has the opportunity to attend
the wedding of a great-great- great
grandchild, a child Of the sixth genera.
ton in family, but such was the case
when Mrs. Elmira Wagner, who lives
between this place and Protein, Mo-.
attended the wedding Of Dossie Clark
son, her great-great-great- granddaugh-
ter. Miss Clarkson was married to
John Upshaw at a big revival meeting
at Bradley's Ferry
Mrs. Wagner lives four miles from
where the wedding took place and in
sisted that she should 80 when the 9th
er members of the family made ready
to start. The family, which is COM
posed of her granddaughter and great
granddaughter has no team. The 9TH
ers We're going to walk. and Mrs. Wag-
oner insisted that she could walk also.
While she is 112 years old. she gets
around quite lively. as she won her
point and accompanied the others to
the wedding.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
SHEEP TO NOW LAWNS.
Rockefeller Finds Novel Way 70 10.
duos HE Expenses.


TarrytOwn, N. Y.--JOhn ID. ROckefel-
Ter is still economizing While playing
golf with some friends in the early
spring one said:
Mr.. Rockefeller. why don't you buy
about 400 sheep and let them feed on
your lawns, and in that way you would
save the cost of cutting the grass, and
besides the sheep would keep it in con-
ditiOn alwaysY
How much would they cost?" he
asked.
About So each, making an expendi-
ture Of about $780," said the friend.
"Oh, that's too much" answered Mr..
Rockefeller.
The idea did not drop with Mr.. Rock
efeller, however, and he went home
and started to figure the cost Of his big
motor lawn mowers and the cost of the
sheep and found out that his friends
suggestion was an economical one, 30
he placed an order for 400 Southdown
sheep. The other day the last load was
taken to Pocantico Hills by automo-
bile, and the sheep now are eating their
oil of grass on Mr.. Rockefeller's estate,
at the same time saving him money.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
UNEMPLOYED REGION
MAY Be A BONANZA
indications That Upper Hayes
River Is Rich In Gold.

Edmonton. Alberta. = George Gardi-
ner of Ottawa is in Edmonton outfit
ting for trek over the trail Of rO-
nance to the Upper Hayes river dis
trict to prospect gold claim located
by man he believes to have been his
uncle on the bank of the Peace river
In 1898. during the rush to the Yukon,
when this city was made the starting
point Of the overland trail to the klOn-
dixie.
The story told here by Gardiner is
that during the klondike rush three
prospectors went into the Hayes river
country. which. except for small part
along the river near Vermilion, is un-
explored. One of the party was found
on the river bank year afterward.
The man was emaciated and lived only
a few hours. but in his last few min
utes Of life told Of fight with Indians.
who killed his two companions. He
had in his possession samples of the
richest gold 1t could have been pro-
cured In no other place, so 1t may be
that that UNEMPLOYED territory Is rich
In the yellow metal
Though the hinterland has been ex-
plored to points within the arctic cir
cle the Upper Hayes river country
still remains a vast unknown stretch.
Remarking npon the fact. an old timer
in the north country said he had never
known Of a white man getting far into
that part of the country.
From Edmonton to Peace river
crossing by way Of Athabasc is 400
miles. and outside OF about 1fty
mile stretch beyond Peace river cross
ing and the Upper Hayes still lies a
great UNEMPLOYED land Of rolling and.
so far as Is known. open country. 1t
is inhabited by the Dog Ribs tribe Of
Indians The territory runs clear
through to the mountains on the Brit
ish Columbia side and it is supposed
that large number Of bad Indians"
have settled in there
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
Ram Grows Dat Crop.

Gallon. DIN addition to a fine coat
ct wool. a ram owned by David Lynch.
Z farmer, has covering Of dourishing
oats.
The ram wallowed around in straw
stack and got oats in his wool. Then
II was rained on. Next the sun shone
brightly. This continued several days.
With the result that the oats sprouted.
Lynch calculates that In case Of
drought be can save this crop Of oats
since II the rain won't come to the
srop he can move the crop to the rain.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
! CANNOT SLEEP On BED.
Twsnty Years In Cell Units PsroIss
Convict For Real Bed.

Topeka. Kan Morgan Wright sent
to prison in 1893 from Cowley county
for completely in the murder Of con-
stable and released on parole by Gov.
ernor Hodges. found that a free bed
was so soft he was unable to sleep his
first night out Of prison. Wright came
to Topeka to thank the governor. He
Is on his way to see his father in
Shawnee, Okla. and then will 20 to
California to begin life anew.
II didn't sleep well last night" said
Wright to the governor. 1t was the
drst real bed have slept in for nearly
twenty years.
when left the prison yesterday
didn't know which way to turn or what
to do. 1t was all 50 new and strange
to me. Every one seemed so busy and
In such hurry that can't quite un-
derstand it. Even the school chill.
dren rushed along the street. But
think II the world Is such a busy place
that there must be some place for me.
and am going to try to find It,"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
LAUDER in A PULPIT.
Scottish Comedian convuisss English
Congregation,

Scottish Comedian convuIsss English
Congregation.
Bristol, England.-Harry Lauder ap-
peared In the pulpit of the Castle
Green Congregational church and
preached to an audience Of 1900 on
THE Power Of Sociability."
The little comedian meant to be seri-
GUS, but could not prevent his Scotch
humor peeping out. and when he told
a funny story even the clergyman
sQuirmed.
/ Mr.. Lauder drew a picture of boy
who goes about losing work and money
in drinking. ending in jail. He ex-
hOrted all parents to send their chill
dren to Sunday school.
II began there" he added impress
dvely.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
STREET sTREWN WITH BILLS.
Thought to 6s Robbers PIundsr by
Government Officials.


LeavenwOrth. Kan.-Three pOstoffice
inspectors have begun an investigation
Of the finding Of hundreds of dollars in
gold certificates believed to be por-
ton of $4,000 stolen by Charles Saw
age from a mail truck in the Union
station in Kansas City five years ago.
Developments show that persons have
been finding the certificates, mostly of
the $40 denomination. for month and
have kept the matter secret. 1t is esti-
mated that at least $1,000 has been
picked up in cutters. vacant lots and
back yards.
All the money was discovered within
q radius of eight blocks Of the home
OF relative of Charles Savage at
whose house he stopped before his ar
rest,
One theory of the investigators is
that the money waS concealed in a tree
and dslodged by recent high winds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
, Squirrels Sustain Euns mics.

Findlay. O. The squirrels that have
been on Putin Bay island since the
historic battle Of Commodore Perry
have grown small because every sQuir-
rel on the island is related to every
other squirrel. Every inhabitant hns
grown only to about half the usual size.
To remedy this defect in civilization
In squirreldom some big squirrels from
the mainland will be liberated there
this summer in the hope that the race
may be restored to Its natural size.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
HORSE LEADS TO CROOKS DEN

Police Follow Unguided Animal TO Re-
sort Of Thieves.
Spokane, Wash.-After a horse had
led detectives to house occupied by
two men already under bond because
Of larceny charges warrants were is
sued charging the two men with at
tempts to rob-
The horse had been left behind in a
lumber yard when Detective Benway
shot at the men and In return was shot
through the left leg. 4,
The horse. attached to the wagon.
was turned loose and, followed by the
two detectives. went to house in the
suburbs that the police alleged was &C.
cupied by the men named in the war
rants.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
COL. HARVEY, HIS WEEKLY AND THE PRESIDENT

WHEN Col George Harvey said rather cury an issue of w his Harpers Weekly that his would feel as free to
 criticSe President Wilson would if had never sup ported him the Presidency taken for granted over the country that the progressive tendencies and leaning to Bryan displayed the President much for the veteran edl tor laying the foundation for vigorous oppo ston-whatever Col Harvey does he does vigorously But here the fastest edition of the Weekyladen as always with atmosphere of coeness to the Big Things of Goth am positively uncannyay shouting it's approval of the new President picking the very marks for tcular praise radical the Wisononisms and all the diScoverabe Byanss that have appeared the surface Verify the world coming to! Harvey and his Weekly have fought the fight conservatism long that but yester year they have fits and take sedatves every tune the Colonel discovered himself thinking of Bryan
 But let the Colonel talk for himsef-he can do 1t better than anyone else do it for him:
 "The beginning of the administration is more than pleasant eXharating We doubt previous maugur- al address has the universal acclaim that accorded President Wilson's frank and eloquent statement o his aspra- tions
 Tt was no easy job satisfactory cabinet out of existing Democratic timber but the of opinion seems to be President Wilson did well could have been reasonably expected.
 NIr Bryan naturally overshadows all except, of course, the President He conspicuous figure in public life for so ong-uch longer than MT Rooseve-and has held so enacouSy his theories of government that his final l umph repeated failures adds peculiar interest no less to his personality than his dongs responsible officer ot state of his appointment hardly call for further discussion Wilson simply followed the precedent established by John Quincy Adams, Lincoln and Harrison
 he for the appointment appears clearly in Mr. Wilson's own public declaration made in these words:
 We have differed to measures; it has taken us
 isxteen years and more to any comprehension of
 our community of thought in regard to what We ought
 to do What want to say is that of the most
 striking things recent years is that with all the rise
 and fall of particular ideas with all the ebb and flow of
 particular proposals there has been interesting and
 fixed point in history of the Democratic party and
 that fixed point has been the character and devotion
 and preachings of William Jennings Bryan
 Srey no one need go further than this to find the tive and justification of the Presidents selection.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
SEATTLE PAPER FAV0RS
 WILLARD MEMORIAL

Among the early measures to which the attention of the Alaska legislature has been invited is joint resolution presented by Senator Willard asking Congressional action for the abolish ment of federal reservations created in Alaska by President Roosevelt. If it is a measure of merit, and congress might very we'll pass the needed legis- lation on this subject.
 These Alaska reservations were ere ated in deliberate perversion of the laws which congress had passed upon the subject and for purposes which congress had never authorized. Con- gress, by the act of 1891, authorized the president to create forest reserves for the distinct purpose of conserv- ing the growing timber and prevent ing its possible waste. No other pur- pose whatever was in view when this authority was granted. But Mir. Pin chot. chief forester came to the con- clusion that congress had acted i'm providently in extending any of the public land laws to Alaska and that it was his mission to correct the mis. takes of congress and to preserve that territory intact for the uses of future generations.
 Thereupon he persuaded the Presi- dent to make forest reserves along the entire coast line of Southeastern Alaska. covering every possible har- bor or townsite which had not passed into private ownership. A great share of the area thus reserved had no tim Der of any kind on it. No purpose connected with the conservation of timber was behind the creation of these reserves. They were created by perversion of the law, for the sole purpose of annulling the acts of con- gress which did not meet with the approval of minor executive officer, the national forester And they have remained ever since, strangling the
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

TO L. A. Moore, Berta Jarmy and Fred Stevenson: You and each of you are hereby notified that you co-owner, the undersigned, have performed all the necessary labor as required by Sec tion 2324 United States Revised Stat utes and the amendments thereto ap- proved January 22nd, 1880, concern ing annual labor upon mining claims, upon the Sum Dunn group of placer claims and upon the Duck creek group of placer claims, for the year ending December S1st, 1912, for the purpose of holding said claims;
 And unless you, within ninety days after the first publication of this mo- tice, pay your proportion of the cost of said annual labor as required by law, and the cost of this notice, your interest in said group or groups of said claims will, in accordance with law, become the property of the un- dersigned; the proportion to be paid by l.. A. Moore, holding one eighth in terest in each group is $25.60, and the cost of this notice; the proportion to be paid by Berta Jarma is $12.70, and the cost of this notice, holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dunn group; and the proportion to be paid by Fred Stevenson, holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dunn group is $127O, and the cost of this notice;
 Said claims being located in the Harris mining district, near Powers creek, and about six miles from the Postoffice at Sum Dum, Territory of Alaska: and recorded in book eleven (XI.) on pages 51 and 52 of Placer records, on the 9th day of February, A. D., 1912, in the the office of the Ju- neau Recording District
 First publication March 8, 1913, last publication June 8, 1913.
 ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
AN APPRECIATION.

THE press without qualification have designated Gov James M Cox, of Ohio to be the hero of the disaster ultng from the Ohio foods He demonstrated the posses capacity seldom equaed by those of the past been called upon meet great cres The work connection with this matter has been upon before these columns but it is not out of place again The whole country has become interested in the capacity has had charge of the expend e the been contributed from everywhere to the Ohio sufferers The New York World this tribute to him:
 "The man who has dominated the situation in Ohio
 is Gov Cox He has been not only Chief Magistrate and Commander-inChef but the head of the lfe-sav
 ing service the greatest provder of food and clothing that the State known the principal health off,
 cer the saneSt counsellor, the severes dscplnaran,
 the hardest worker the most hopeful prophet the kind
 est phlanthrops and the best reporter He has per formed incredible abors in all these felds'
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
SKAGWAY HAS LOST
 ALL OF ITS DOGS

There is a shortage of dogs in Skagway. Stampeders to Silver creek have picked up everything from the sausage-making brand to the slop-up- holstered tramp. Dogs that hitherto monopolized the sidewalks to the
 detriment of traffic. are now pulling sleds over the snow. footsore and
 weary. The gossiping street corner dog with the sharp nose and yippy
 conversation. has bowed his neck to the collar and is now losing two pounds of flesh for every pound of weight he takes over the trail. Dur ing the past few weeks every dog that had life enough to culture colony of fleas. has been drafted into the ser vice and made to enter the industrial army. Every dog has his day, and while it has torn some heartstrings to see them depart, Skagway is sooth-
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
In the United States Commissioners Court for the District of Alaska,
 Div. No. 1, Yakutat Precinct.
In Probate.

In the matter of the estate of Gus tav Tesch, deceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has been, by the United States Commissioner, Probate Judge of the above entitled court, by an or der duly made and entered, appoint ed administrator of the estate of Gus tav Tesch, deceased. All persons hay ing claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them, with the proper vouchers and in legal form, within six (6) months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned, at his residence at Yakutat, Alaska.
 Dated this 5th day of April, 1913.
 FRANK R. BIGFORD
 Administrator
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
CHINA THANKS
 THE UNITED STATES

The first disastrous effect of Presi, dent Wilson action in withdrawing official support of the siX-power loan to China is that China has thanked the president for the stand taken by the administration.
 The defenders of Dollar Diplo, macy" are entitled to whatever sat isfaction they can find in China's conduct.-New York World
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12

Phone your subscription to The Daily Empire. Phone STA.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12

development of the territory and pre- venting utilization by the people of Al. aska of their natural resources-se- attle Post Intelligencer,
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
LONDON AND FRISCO
 OPERATORS TALK

The longest wire that was ever op- erated without relay was in use a few days ago. when San Francisco and London were united by direct communication. The line was cleared that there might be fair test made of the system cf transmitting from land wire to cable and cable to land wire again. By previous arrangement the connections were made. and the operator at San Francisco and the one at London had no difficulty in talk ing" directly to each other.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12

ANDREW JOHNSON
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

There is gossip in every community The only difference is that in the cit ies it is printed in the newspapers and in the smaller towns it is passed about word of mouth.-Valdez Pros pector
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12

The women of Montana, who now beginning cam pagn the constitutional amendment granting them suffrage that submitted to the people by the legislature that has just adjourned their first victory the other day when woman was elected member of the school board at Butte The start good at that the woman receiv ed a two to one vote over male competitor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-12

ing it's grief in the knowledge that they will return in the autumn bring, ing their odor of ancient fish and the parasites, to spend another winter with us-Skagway Alaskan.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-09-30
Col. McNab's Long Service.

Col. John McNab will have been a
conductor on the L. & N. for 43 years
tomorrow. He is the oldest passenger
conductor in point Of service on the
road and in all that time, he tells the
Frankfort State Journal, no passenger
under his care has been killed or maim-
ed. Col. McNab, he is on the Govern
or's staff, is a rich man, but he cannot
give up the pleasure Of meeting friends
on his run between Lexington and Lou
isville, SO every spring, after spending
the winter on his orange farm in Florida,
where he hob-nobs with millionaires and
sails around in his own private yacht.
he returns to his run, where everybody
knows and loves him. Every Christmas
he gets enough presents to fill a car
from the ladies, with whom he is an es-
pecial favorite, because Of his courte-
sizes.