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The Ketchikan miner., 1913-04-04

SALE OF TIMBER Ketchi kan. Alaska, March 25, 1913 Sealed bids marked outside "Bid. Timber Sale Application
 March 24, 1913, Tongass" and addressed to the Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska. will he received up to and inclndino
 the 2Sth day of April, 1913. for all the merchantable dead timber. standing or down, and all the live timber desig
 mated for cutting by a Forest officer. located on an area to be definitely designated by d Forest officer before cutting begins, including about 8 acres located on the east side and at the head of Vixen Inlet, Cleve- land Peninsula, within the Ton gass National Forest, estimated tD be 100000 feet board meas ure live spruce saw timber Hog scale more or less. No bid Of less than S1.00 per thousand feet board measure for saw timber will be considered, 'nd deposit of $lOc r" rnst he sent tn C. T. Gsrdner. Special Fiscal Agent, Forest Service: Ketchikan. Alaska. for each bid submitted to the Supervisor. Timber lipon valid claims is |exempt from sale. The right ! to reject any and all t'ins is reserved. For further infor-
 maiion and regulations gov erhing sales address Forest Supervisor. Tongass National lForcst. ketchikan. Alaska. W IG. NNeigIe. Forest Supervisor.
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House For SaIe-Cheap for cash, also lot for sale. See N. r Zimmerman about them. adv
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-04-04
DISSOLUTION OF
 CO-PARTNERSHIP

DISSOLUTION OF
 CO-PARTNERSHIP Notice Is Hereby Given, that A. J. Inman and A. J. Dunton. heretofore doing business as partners under the name of inc ketchikan Shingle Mill have this 3rd day of March, 1913, dissolved partnership. The outstanding liabilities will be assumed by, and the outstand- ing assets will be payable to said A. J. Duton. Signed.
 A. J. 1nman
 A. J. Duton. 
 Change of program at the Dream tonight. adv. -k> -
 China Noodles, hest ever. at the Owl. Try 'em and you Il like lem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-14
NEW LIFE AT SAG HARBoH

At the far end of Long Island on
Gardeners Bay, between Long Island
Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, lies
the old seafaring town of Sag Harbor,
says the Survey.
In this pleasant old village of g.
600 people. Mrs. Russell Sage lived
when a girl and now has a summer
home. Firmly believing that the vii
lage life needed quickening she hit
upon the idea of accomplishing this
through organized recreation, and to
this end created Mashashimuet Park
and Social Center.
An old horse racing park was Sc
cured on which athletic and recreation
fields were laid out and a field house
built The park also includes a pond
for skating, swimming and wading. A
director of recreation with an assistant
has been provided by Mrs. Sage to
organize and promote the activities.
Space was set aside also for chill
dren's gardens and a small library es-
tablished at the field house for those
who care to read.
Among the activities conducted for
children of kindergarten age are story
telling paper cutting, sand play, and
group games. For older people NOV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-14
CAREER WAS SHORT.
Boy Bandits Get Cold Feet and Are
Arrested.

They wanted to be bandits. Vernon
Spencer, aged IA. and Arthur Smith,
aged 16, decided to end their career as
robbers on the Oklahoma prairies.
They grew hungry from living on
chewing gum, sore from riding bare
back, and decided to reform. They
day and were arrested on Sunday by
two of Sheriff Kiene's deputies.
The boys pleaded guilty to the theft
this morning. Judge Carver handled
Smiths case and will send him to the
reformatory in Hutchinson. Spencer
was handed over to the probate judge
and will go to the Industrial School
this afternoon. Both boys were serv-
ing one of many terms at the reform
school and were out on parole.
Last Friday they decided to seek
adventure. They raided T. ]. Free
mans store near the Industrial Insti-
tute picked up a supply of chewing
gum and cigars, and appropriated two
horses from neighboring lots. Smith
had a gun and wanted to use it.
Let's have a turkey dinner" he
suggested
They found plenty of turkeys near
Silver Lake, but they couldn't shoot
them. Smith used all his shot and
finally dubbed a plump gobbler. The
youngsters took their bird to an empty
house and built a fire. They couldn't
find any water nor any pan. Said
Spencer. Lets go home"
The boys abandoned the horses, re-
turned to Topeka, and were arrested
at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-14
HELD FOR BURGLARY.
Two Men Suspected of Robbing the
Felix Store.

Two men who gave their names as
H. H. Smith and Will Jones' were ar
rested early this morning by Police
Officer Charles Holman, at the rear of
the Felix store. Holman was flashing
his electric light in the rear of the
store buildings and saw the two with
a bundle. He had a difficult time in
getting them, as they tdied to escape
by running when they reached Seventh
street. As soon as they reached the
police station they were questioned, but
denied that they had burglarized the
place.
Later this morning the officers found
four suits of clothes under the high
porch of fireplace, and found that some
iron bars across a window had been
pried loose. About noon the younger.
who gave his name as Will Jones, was
"sweated'' at the station by Chief
Hughes and Sergeant Joe Ross. His
story was not connected, and he said
that the clothes were put there by
some one else. In his possession was
found a release from the Texas peni-
tertiary, which does not fit either his
description or that of his partner. 1t
is the opinion of Chief Hughes that
there was third party in the case and
he is looking for him under the de-
scription in the papers found on Jones.
Both Jones and Smith were sent to
the county jail this morning and will
face a state charge of burglary. IL
convicted they will serve five years or
more in the state prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-14
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

There are a good many excuses posing
as reasons.
After man is forty, jaunty apparel
can't make kid of him.
An Atchison man is so contrary he
claims cucumbers will cure dyspepsia
If some reports weren't exaggerated,
there would be no use Of reporting.
1t is hard for boy to understand that
he may some day get enough ice cream.
Newspaper Art was considered pretty
bad before the Cubists appeared.
Strangely enough, a lot of people who
can't write prose attempt to write poetry.
His neighbors say Alb. Adkins COW is a
pirate, and should fly a black flag and
go to sea.
A woman always insists on verbatim
report. with foot notes and marginal refer
ences.
An ex-convict finds it hard to live down
his record; but he should have thought
of that earlier.
Man is a selfish animal regardless of
what he says about going to the circus
to take the children.
AS a rule. If a woman is in love with
her husband, she needn't put on a show
in public to prove it
Those postcards ones friends send back
from Vacation Land; they also add great
ly to the joy of living.
If a gent gives you a black eye, give
him one in return. You shouldn't expect
to get something for nothing
An optimist is gent who hopes to
catch fish enough to make his tackle an
investment instead Of an expense item.
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A CRIME AGAINST YOUTH.

Another instance of our vaunted
civilization which should make all men
blush has come to light in Georgia.
A boy, now aged thirteen years, has
| just been paroled from a county re-
formatory after a two years term OF
service. His offense was the theft of
bottle of soda pop with retail value
of five cents. And while two years
restraint is outrageously severe pun
ishment for such a picayunish crime,
it is not by any means the worst feature
of the case, or, rather, of the methods
that Georgia pursues in the admins
tration of juvenile justice.
This lad was committed to the re-
formatory when he was no more than
eleven years old, and for first Of
tense, under a statute which would
permit of his detention there until he
was twenty-one, unless he was sooner
paroled. Just think of it! The boy
faced a possible ten years of imprison-
ment for the commission of a petty
theft. The barbarity of the thing
makes one shudder. If this boy had
rebelled against any of the restraints
that were placed upon him in this cor
rectionary institution, as a normal,
red-b1ooded youngster might well be
any of the many and peculiarly
wrought rules that prevail in all such
institutions, ten years behind the bars
would have been his portion.
What a travesty on justice! Thank
God, such a procedure is now an i'm
possibility in Kansas and number of
other states where reasonable laws are
in force for dealing with juvenile de-
linQuents Some few folk are wont to
criticize these laws on the theory that
they are too easy on youthful often
ders. But it is far better that an oc-
casional boy or girl actually escapes
a punishment that may be rightly due,
than that there should be any chance
of a human tot, scarcely old enough
to know the difference between right
and wrong, being sent to a lookup
with a possible sentence Of ten years
ahead of him. Nothing in such a SEN
tence, or a law that permits it, savors
of Justice. Rather is it covered with
the earmarks of an ignorant brutality.
There should be no let up in the
righteous crusade for proper and rea-
sonabIe laws for the handling of
youthful delinquents until they are
facts in every state in
the Union. This is a reform worth
while, and one in which all decent
people can join hands. To treat de-
linquent children as hardened Grim
mails is no more than the preparation
of hideous crime against youth.
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he jumped to his feet and slapped his
leg and shouted:
| Darn my hide. it's that I'm in love
with that skule teacher; and I'll plum
shoot the head off'n that Young fell
Ter from Bristol"
| There Is no feeling that renders a
| mountaineer more desperate than that
of jealousy. Tom Hammock planned to
| Kill his rival that night but tina young
man had taken the train back. For two
| Gays after no one saw Tom Hammock
Miss Sloan was the first one to catch
sight of him. She was out gathering
mountain blossoms after supper.
| you are goin' with me, and If you
hoiler it will be the wuss for your
you?" she asked.
I've got a cave back yere."
"A cave! Oh. l never saw one To-
| morrow after school will you take Ms
all there? Sit down, Tom. 1 want to
| of the SCHOOL,
I'm thinking of your
and what are you thinking?"
m thInkin' we'uns are goin' to line
up together"
Get married. you mean?',
II you don't promise me I'll
You'll do something desperate Tom
they all call you a sensible fellow
LOOK at things as they are You have
no education. You haven't the manners
OF the men in other villages. You chew
toDacco and swear and rink whisky,
ana II we were married I'd have to
ask you to sit out in the woodshed
when any one called"
faint you heapin' It on?" he asked.
GU nave got to realize things as they
are. You and Uncle Peter are wrong
ABOUT educatfon-very wrong. Could the
governor of the state be a. governor un-
less ne was educated? Could your judges
Ue JuoSes ana your lawyers lawyers
our sherlrs must at least be able to
Then I'm no better than a varmint.
"Oh. yes. you are If you can get away
from this and go to school in a city
ana m1ngle with people you can be thrice
q ma man you are. II you can't get away
get married and set up a home"
your
Tom, is the world round or f1at?"
sm1nngly replied the girl.
"There isn't schoolboy six years old
in the land but what can TELL and yet
band for mev"
-'Mebbe 1 wouldn't he said.
Tom bothered the teacher no more. In
fact he left Coonskin Cove for work
elsewhere, but on the last day of school
when Miss Sloan's lover came up to take
her home. the mountaineer put his head
into the door and beckoned her out.
What is it?" she asked after shaking
hands with him.
You are goin' to be married?"
yes
That's Tilda over thar on the log"
"And who's Tilda?''
Gal I jumped the broomstick with
yesterday. And, say. while 1 don't know
how many big oceans there is in the
world, she don't know how many duck
ponds there be in Tennessee, and you kin
bet it's boun' to be happy jinin' up!"-
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-14
HOLDING HANDS.

Except for the brief clasp of greet
ing, the manual contact of human
| beings has long been avoided, at least
| by the sophisticated, at least in pub
| lie. This despite the fact that hold
| ing each others hand is a most nat
| ural manifestation of attachment be-
tween two persons; indeed, an act be-
lieved to yield much mutual gratffica-
ton when performed in secIusion. But
for boy and girl. man and woman, to
go their ways in the sight of men
hand in hand has been considered a
symptom Of rusticity, newfound connu-
bal felicity or other mental incapac-
ity.
This attitude is, to be sure, arbitrary,
artificial and absurd. The ladv NAV
inert her finger in the crook of a mans
elbow and be quite correct. In fact, she
must do so in given circumstances
Laterly usage has been disposed to ex-
tend it's gingerly sanction to the seiz-
ing of the lady's triceps in the mans
apposable digits. In the dance it is
permitted to take her not only by the
hand but by the arm, waist or neck
no holds barred, as 1t were. Social
propriety has saved up its censure for
the simple, graceful, natural expression
of affinity instinctively found in holding
hands.
Wherefore is it a pleasure to cele-
brate the fact that we have changed
all that. Acting possibly, it is said,
on recent precedent provided by a
mating prince and princess of Europe,
President and Mrs. Wilson have ven
tured to walk abroad holding hands.
Thus attached they have even sub
mitted to the photographers ministra-
tions, that the newspapers might
spread the benehcent example the more
effectively.
When the first lady and gentleman
of the land hold hands so unaffectedIy,
We need none of US refrain. At least
we may go two by two and hand in
hand as innocently and trustfully as
babes in the wood. At last we may
assert our equality with the elephant,
a magnificent and intelligent beast
that never hesitates to lay hold of his
mate by whatever handle is handiest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-14
BY THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARSONS.


Theoretically. state law is pre-
sumed to affect the entire state. The
Mahin law which requires county
clerks to keep a record of booze ship
ments In their counties, was supposed
to apply to each of the los county
clerks in the state But it does not,
| b'gosh. There is a Kansas county
clerk who pays no attention to the
Mahin lay. 1t worries him not at all
! He has no record of booze shipments
into his country. The State Temper
ance Union should look into this matter
at once!
And you may have observed that the
! pocket. piece that holds it's job longest
| is a coin of some foreign realm, and
not worth much in a numismatic col
| lection.
The man who really knows himself
has the best excuse for being suspicious
| of others.
The English beat the Americans at
tennis, but it will be safe to bet on
the home team when an international
poker tournament is pulled off.
Speak up! Has no one suburban lots
to sell north or east of town? Very
well, if that's the case, we shall build
the Gage Park line via Tecumseh and
Why some people go fishing on Sun
day:
Last Sabbath the preacher in Rookie
feller's pet church referred to the pc
troleus old plutocrat as zone of the
roses in the Lords garden
Some miscreant stole $1,000 worth of
perfume in New York 'tother day. But
it is doubtful If the odoriferous
wretch escapes with his ill-gotten
gains. The New York sleuths are on
the scent. (Bow-wow. Call off yer
bloodhounds, Simon Legree! You shall
not snake muh off'n this cake of ice
till the weather changesD
If the people who made it a part of
the days work to beat up a seven-year
should be holy rolled out of town while
the roads are good.
Cordial invitation on a drug store
sign: Take bottle of perfumery home
to your wife" To a man who has tried
it, that sounds like a boost for the
divorce court.
For the man who tries to buy per-
fume for his wife is about as much of
a simp as the woman who tries to buy
cigars for her husband.
Extract from a personal note from
Bale Waggener: "On Friday 1 will
hold a little picnic for the kids, and on
Saturday leave for my summer resort
in Rochester. Mimi Those doctors
have carved pretty deep, but it appears
that they have not amputated his vein
of humor.
1t Is a good thing that it is impossi-
BILE to throw half a brick from here to
the point occupied. by the vacationer
who writes on post card: Its so cool
here I'm sorry I didn't bring my over
coat 76Ee*
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most married men only have their
own way when their wives are willing.
II
On the average mans key-ring are
any number of keys for which he
hasn't the slightest use.
+ +
Those who worship at the shrine of
honesty are usually dissatisfied with
the dividends it pays.
= =
AS a matter of fact, most of the
prominent pessimists have no personal
reasons for being that way.
4 =
Few people wax enthusiastic over
anything unless it's prospects are good
for some kind of a gain to them.
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AYHAWKER JOTS

AS the Toronto Republican says:
Most any one can have cricket on
the hearth now.
Jingoism sounds like patriotism, at
times, says the Logan County News.
But when trouble really comes the
quiet fellows do the work.
Even currency reform, says Mrs.
PETER of the Eureka Herald. will fail
to afford much help for those of us
with the automo bile tastes and the
wheelbarrow incomes.
Parsons sneak thieves must at least
be given credit for some degree of
consideration for the nerves of their
victims. At one of the houses entered
few nights ago the trespassers went
to the rear of the premises. secured a
can of oil ard carefully oiled the
hinge on the screen before attempt
ing to force their way in.-ParSons
SUM-
Related by the Osborne Farmer:
The teacher was hearing the grammar
class. AN abstract noun is the name
of something you can think of but not
touch" she explained and then asked:
Now, Philip. can you give me an
example?" Philip looked thoughtful
for a moment and then his face
frightened. Yes. ma'am." he said.
"a red-hot. poker
calling on a girl regularly, stays IN
til midnight or after. The father Of
the girl hesitated to kick the young
man out, so he devised a different
plan. The other night he came out on
the porch where the couple were
spooning at 100 in the morning. He
handed the young man two empty
bottles with the remark, Tell the
milk man to leave two quarts this
morning.
Some musings by the Village Deacon
of the Osborne Farmer: We oil brag
too much about our fairness and hon
esty. Every little while we find our
selves guilty of some dirty trick for
which we ought to get a good licking.
You don't have to go back to
Bible times to find miracles. Did you
ever stop and try to figure out how
some fellows in your community make
a living Some men, when they
have dropped a nickel in the collec-
ton box at church, imagine they have
paid their fare to heaven.
To choose between a modern bath
room and an automobile as a hot
weather assuager is a problem that is
discussed by Mrs. Kelley of the Toron-
to Republican. Now many women
for the purpose of creating an impress
sion of their kinship to Gpdliness
would announce for the bathroom,
whether that might be their honest
choice or not. But not so with Mrs.
Kelley. She says that she would pause
a long while before choosing the auto
bile, but eventually I would choose
1t. There are passable substitutes for
a bath tub, but an automobile is an
automobile
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ing picture entertainments, dancing,
social picnics. lecture and entertain
ment course and band concerts have
been arranged. There is also tennis,
baseball. athletics, skating and public
festivals in which young and old par
ticipate. A year round program is
arranged. Sag Harbor had no ice
skating until a tide gate was put into
the outlet of the pond so as to hold
the water at fixed level for freezing.
Lights are installed during the skat-
ing season and band concerts given
on the ice by the village band.
The main hall of the town Is used
for lectures, concerts and community
dances.
Another line of activity has been
the organization of special classes in
a number of industrial and CONNER
cial subjects, as well as in English for
foreigners.
The story of Mashashimuet Park
and Social Center in land and good
will is an illustration of how a rural
environment, which has come to be
considered by many a handicap to one
born and reared in it may be made
interesting and attractive. 1t Is one
of the influences which 1t Is expected
will help to retard a too early exodus
from country to city on the part OF
our present population and an en-
deavor to SO prepare country boys that
they will be able to win their way
anywhere without unlearning any
thing. It is one of the many VEN
lures which are aiding rural environ
ment to do it's best work.
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BATCH OFPARDONS
Five "Incurables'' Released
From the State Prison.
They Will Be Sent to Their
Homes to Die.

Five 'incurables'' in the state prison at
lansing We're today sent home to die and
were given absolute pardons by Governor
hoogeS. A sixth man-JoSeph Butler OF
-,.ontgomery county-was given a pardon
after serving fifteen years in the penn
Ten days ago. Samuel seaton, pardon
clerk In the office of Governor Hodges,
were to be given executive ciemency be-
cause of their physical condition. Ths
men to be released. seaton said. were
who could probably live only a few
months If given their freedom. The first
ing, was announced today and includes
five men u, sent to the Renitt;s . for
victs,. while third is serving time for
manslaughter.
John Dangos, a Greek, convicted Of
first degree murder in Wallace county in
1906, is dying of tuberculosis. He was given
a padon and will go to the home of his
father in Utah. Dangos' father is rich
Utah merchant.
Joseph Butier. sent up for second de-
1898, was given a communication effective
at once. He has served is years and
remain in prison. His record at Lansing
has been unusually good and the governor
decided to grant him a pardon. He is not
William Lipsey, sent up from Montgom-
cry county for first degree murder IN
1908, is almost totally paralyzed. He will
go to the home of a daughter in Okla
homa.
John McCorkle, convicted in Saline
county year ago on a charge of assault
with intent to commit manslaughter, was
given a pardon. McCorkle's disease Is
given as heart trouble. His father lives
fly home in San Antonio at once.
Jack Rainey, convicted of criminal as
sault, in Labette county in 1910, was the
fifth on the list of 'incurables'' to receive
executive clemency. Rainey is suffering
from paralysis. Some time ago, while
working in the prison. his hand was badly
injured and he is now almost helpless.
His father owns large cotton plantation
in Arkansas and the man will be taken
there as soon as he is released.
Several other prisoners probably will re-
ceive clemency before the close OF the
month. Their names will not be announced
until pardons are issued.