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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

, but Judge Marley of the criminal court says
recent grand jury investigation Of a gambling
case which he attended brought out witness who
would match up well with the trust witness who
so ably says: Il just can't remember about that"
craps game had been going on for some
time in Indiana avenue and witness called
before the grand jury. which desired to obtain
some Of the names Of the players.
James E. Deery, deputy prosecutor in charge of
the grand jury, questioned the witness.
Now tell us the names of some Of those men
you saw there" said the prosecutor.
We'll, you know" replied the man. when l
went in there saw about eight men knew. But
there were so many there really can't say how
many l did know. You see when I rushed In
there looked around for minute and then /
lere."
the men you knew there"
them at the time, but Just can't remember their
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
Home Medicine Chest.

Keep your medicines in one place.
out of reach of children. Be sure to
have Hanford's Balsam Of Myrrh on
hand for emergency use. 1t should
take the fire out of burns, heal cuts,
remove soreness and be worth many
times over its cost. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
RUB.MY-TlSM

Will cure your rheumatism and all
kinds OF aches and pains-Neuralgia.
Cramps, Collie. Sprains. Bruises, Cuts.
Old Sores. Burns. etc. Antiseptic
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
Uniucky Result.

"They seem to have quarreled."
"Yes. l am afraid their marriage
has thrown them together too much"
Judge.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Peculiar English Industry.
In England there are at least three
farms devoted to the cultivation of
butterflies and moths.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Sore Eyes, Granulated Eyelids and Sites
cam. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate,
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny granules. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

And many q man who thought he
could set the world on fire turned out
20 be q wet blanket.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Never trust man whose dog crawls
under the house when It sees him
enter the front gate.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Fortunate is the girl whose heart
Gives her less aches than her teeth.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

They stop the tickle-Dean's Mentho-
lated Cough Drops stop coughs by stop
ping the cause-5c at Drug Stores.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Women dress to please the men, but
some men are SO ALFRED contrary
they refuse to be pleased.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Only Ono "BROMO QUININE"
Tnas 10 LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININR Look 70,
the stgnatureo Of II. W GROvA Cures Cold in One
hay. Cures Grip In Two Days. &c.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
Percy Did Not Believe in the Human Eyes Power

n HICAGO.-Houston Plunkett is not much of r
- but as a hypnotist he admits that he is proba
has ever known. He made his boast in roomng
q few evenings ago. 1t was greeted with outlaws
by unbelievers Percy Milton Of the
leaders among the faithless.
"Hypnotist! HUH" SMILED Percy,
Houston said not word. He advanced on the
unheliever, looked him straight In the eye and
made several rapid passes with his hands, &C
companying each movement with "phfutt!
phfutt!"
Percy's hilarious laugh resolved into peaceful
smile: he sank back in his chair and snorad
soundly.
And now. ladies and gents" Houston announc-
ed to his openmouthed audience, I'll show you
a trick with an overcoat"
He took Percy's overcoat from Percy's unresist-
Ing form; also his undercoat and with a series Of
aweinspiring "phfutt-phfutts" and more mysterio
into the street
In Judge Dolans court Percy described the 1,
He said he had slept 26 hours and still felt dope
produce his two coats after the magic disappearing
Houston admitted that he pawned the carmen
cents to buy q magic wand.
Poth Houston Apd Percy are negroea
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Putnam Fadeless Dyes will last IN.
II the goods wear out. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
Man Was So Excited He lust Couldn't Remember

the grand Jury
but Judge Marley the criminal court says
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

HCAGO-Houston Punkett
probably
He made his oomng West
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

A woman IL interesting because shs
Ant . MAJ
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
Confusion Of tongues, Garments, and Parents

YORKThe wisdom parents who know their children was
mother Ellis island
bis and his Persistence
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

Coincidentay something
Abraham reaching for
before
andwe got his clothes but
affections
readiness a week before
both relatives
andt the o
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07

forgot all about who there"
"Give the names Of the you knew there"
WELL you see, knew them at the time. but just
names now. You excited"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-03-07
Queer Noises End When Hoboes Are Arreste

n LEvELAND. O.-For six long weeks polio
- Oregon avenue Northeast and East TweI
to solve the mystery Of queer noises that ca1
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18

Seward Gateway When seen Colonel Swan itz said that it was the policy of his com pany to furnish the government railway locators with every possible assistance. With that end in view, all maps, protiles and field notes showing the surveys made between here and the Panama and the Mata, nuska coal fields have been turned over to the commission" said Swanitz These documents represent an outlay of $500 GOO for the survey work along the line. To the same end the free use of the road, its equipment and office building has been of fered To avoid any appearance of par tality to the Seward Tanana route Chair man Edes preferred to pay an equal share toward maintaining the present motor car service as maintained last year by cltl- zens' committee composed of business men and mine owners near Seward. This serv- .ce is maintained under permit from the attorney general, such service to be of no pecuniary value to the railroad
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Sinole Tax for Alaska

A measure that is now pending before congress promises to stir up considerable interest throughout Alaska and be an issue before the forthcoming party conventions, says dispatch from Juneau, The bill re ferred to was drawn up by United States District Attorney Rustgard, and is designed to permit the different municipalities of Alaska to adopt the single land tax should q majority of the voters so decide. The bill was sent to Delegate Wickersham and he in turn passed it over to Representative Warren Worth Bailey of Pennsylvania, who introduced it. MT. Rustgard has received a letter from Representative Bailey request. ing that those who favor the passage of the bill by congress make known their de sires in the premises by sending him petl- tions and letters He also suggests that a resolution by the municipal councils and commercial organizations throughout the territory would aid materially in securing consideration for the measure.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
An Alaska Bear Hunt

The banner hunting record of the year was made during the past week by our townsman, w M Wolff, and his friend from out the line, known as "Dick the Trap per" They went on the railroad to Mile 39 where they struck off across the coun- try tawords Katalla for a distance of ten or twelve miles. In one day these mighty hunters scared up three brown bear, and in order to protect themselves from attack were compelled to use their guns in self defense. With unerring aim they brought down the big animals, not one getting away; During two or three days cruising around Wolff and Dick were again attacked by two black bears, but they nobly stood thelr ground and with mighty roars the black k boys rolled over and died. Mr' "olh had only time to catch the train yester- day morning, but the trophies of their hunt will be brought to town by Dick on frI- days train-Cordova Alaskan.
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PORTAGE BAY DESCRIBED
 BY NEWSPAPER WRITER

Carter B Jones a Seattle Sun reporter accompanied the tirST party of the Alaska railway engineering commissions surveyors to Alaska and landed with them in little known Portage bay He thus describes that place
 Portage bay. on whose banks the first party to be sent by the Alaska engineering commission landed, June 6, is claiming the keen attention of the federal experts
 Nut cnly did the government send its ii-st survey party 10 Portage but the Coast Geodetlc Survey met this party on the spit. it may be said, sending the Alaska coast survey vessel Taku into Portage bay a few days before the engineers arrived.
 The Taku. under the command of Captain Gilbert Rude and carrying Deck Officer Everett E. Mumaw, will make an accurate description of the bay
 The depth of the water, the location of rocks. the existence of channels-these mat ters today are occupying the attention of the Takus crew of skilled engineers.
 Surveying HarOor
 The land party, under the direction of w. C. Guerin, assistant engineer to the commissioners in charge, is using the first month of its stay to survey the harbor, with view to discovering its possibilities as railway terminal city" official orders were
 While the geodetc men are sounding the beautiful blue waters of the bay, the land surveyors will be measuring the ground and taking the elevations of the bays ter minas.
 1t should be short work-the labor of preparing terminal report for the com mission of drawing maps of the vicinity Meanwhile the commissioners are looking over the respective merits of Resurrection bay, where Seward is built, and of other spots as terminals.
 First Ship in Bay
 The steamship Alameda of the Alaska Steamship Company, under the command oi J. G. Nord, poked her nose warlly into new territory. For never before had 3 big ship pushed into Portage bay.
 It was virgin water, and the navlgators worked slowly into the rippleless arm oi the sea The channel was deep, the pas sage easy. Half a mile from shore the captain requested anchor Down vent the Quartermasters cord down, down.
 No bottom yet, sir" he reported after a while
 Well keep going" ordered Captain Nord. "and you will find bottom"
 He did-in 12O fathoms of water! Moor ing buoys would have been necessary tc anchor the Alameda aere. Farther Tn the bays bed was nearer Various soundlngi by the Alameda discovered the depth ot the
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
Sims of the Hines

Now that it has been practically acknowl- edged by all that Seward is to be the center of activity in Southwestern Alaska tor the next few years, it is time to step to the front, says the Seward Gateway With thls end in view, the Gateway has equpped for itself the finest newspaper office Tn Alaska, and has ordered the latest improved machinery for its new plant An lntertype machine, the very latest mechanism for set ting type a line at time, has been or dered by the Gateway. A new press Is also among the improvements under con- temDlatiOu
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
Bi1 Real Estate Deal at Seward

A big real estate deal was cIosed aV Seward on June 16, by which Robert Ash, land formerly of Cordova has purchased the 3S- acre homestead of Fred Laubner $, It adjoins the city limits and it IS ex- pected that it will be plated and sold Tn lots. The price paid by Mir. Ashland was s3O,OO0 cash, and he expresses himself as we'll pleased with his bargain. He has confidence that Seward has a great future in store for her, and that when it comes to make decision between Portage Bay and Seward for railroad terminals there will be nothing to it but Seward.
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NOTED CHARACTERS OF
 EARLY DAYS IN NOME

Major L. H. French, soldier miner, tinan- cier author. doctor of laws and medicine, pioneer railroad builder in Alaska and founder of many enterprises m Alaska and in the States passed through Valdez last night on the steamer Northwestern, says the Valdez Miner
 In company with Charles Heron, the chairman of the Republican territorial com mittee, who recently made sveeral hundred thousand dollars in big irrigation proJects in Washington, the two Alaska pioneers are headed for Seward, and will investigate sev- eral inning properties they have become interested in, and will return later to aldez to acquire mining property in this section.
 Major French was one of the first road builders on Seward peninsula. Besides ex- tending the railroad for ninety miles into the Kougarok country, he built, at his own expense, many miles of wagon roads ln the vicinity of Penny and Cripple rivers.
 Major Frensh played prominent part ID the early development of Nome, and was one of those who fought the Moves gang, when an attempt was made to steal from the miners by illegal procedure the rights of their discoveries. Judge Moves and number of his receivers were finally landed in the penitentiary. The incidents formed the plot for Rex Beach's story, "The Spoil ers" Beach at this time was foreman on Major Frenchs gold claims. one of which was the famous No. ,, Anvil creek
 Besides opening up number of mining claims Major French built several big ditches in Northwestern Alaska among them the Cedric and Solomon river water ways. He purchased the Wild Goose rall- road a fifteen mile stretch of steel rail run hing from the beach to Anvil creek, and extended the system ninety miles into the interior He afterwards built the North western & Cuban railroad.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
ALASKA ||, !,
Dora Rescues ShipWrecked Crew

Messages received at seward on June 16 from the steamer Dora, which was storm bound at Port Dick on the outer coast of Kenai peninsula eighty miles from there, stated that the Dora had aboard thirty five survivors of the wreck of the ship Para mita The message stated that the Para mita was wrecked in Lost harbor early in May Whether any lives were lost or what were the experiences of the survivors be fore they were taken aboard the Dora is not stated in the message
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
PROMINENT N. (. OFFICIALS
 VISITING IN IDITARJD

Among the passengers or the Prairie Bell, which arrived here early Thursday morn ing, was 8 party composed of prominent officials of the Northern Commercial Com pany, who are here to inspect the com pany's extensive business in this locality, The party consisted of W. L. Gerstle, vice president of the company; w. H. Fairbanks, general manager; Volney Richmond, super intendent, and T. A. McGowan of Fair, banks. general counsel for the company Mrs. NJ. E. Averil, stenographer, accomPa' nied the party.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18

In a report to Senator Key Pittman and Congressman William C. Houston, char men of the senate and house committees on territories respectively, made public on May 31 last, mention of which was made m The Pioneers dispatches at the tlme Sec retary of the Interior Lane urges the pas sage of the bill creating development board for Alaska, and gives his reasons at length The bill provides for board to have general conduct of all government al fairs and resources of the territory, and among other things provides for abolition of divided bureau control, which has re- tarded the development of the country i; more aid for homesteaders; slmpllticatlon of the procedure for persons desiring to develop timber water powers and miner als; solution of native land titles; increased impetus for road building, and an Alaska budget for accounting of all Alaska funds. Following are excerpts from the secretary s report:
 While this patchwork system of ad- ministratve machinery has answered well enough while the governments policy has been merely to keep the door shut and dls- courage development, 1t will not answer under the new policy.
 If the work needed in the future were to be purely and solely administrative, 1t must still be efficient and under responsl- ble and readily responsive supervision, Alaska's remotenesS alone makes anything like supervision by bureaus located in Wash ington more or less perfunctory and super ticlal.
 ''What we now have in Alaska is little more than number of independent and un- related agents acting largely upon their own initiative, each attending only to some special branch of police work, and no branch adequately organized to cope with
 its own problems, without even attempting to coordinate its work with that of the other branches.
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"Woodrow" Is Alaska's Newest Town

"Woodrow" is the name of the city that sprang into existence in a day at Ship creek, according to Mrs. Isabel A. Gilman, the Alaska school teacher, author and law yer, who passed through Juneau recently. It IS the headquarters of the engineering parties of the Alaska railroad survey, and Mrs. Gilman says it divides honors with knik as the most active and interesting place in the Westward country.
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ALL persons are hereby notified htat the "A partnership heretofore existing between C. A. MoiSant and John Cameron, COnduct- ing a general teaming business al Flat City otter precinct. Alaska has been dissolved. All persons having claims against the said business will present the same 10 either of the undersigned at their onccs in Flat City.
 JOHN CAMERON.
 C. A. MOISANT. July [ t9t4
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Newspaper Published on Shipboard

The passengers on the Admiral Sampson, which arrived in Juneau on June 19, en- loved daily newspaper while en route to Juneau from the Westward. George J. Mccarthy agent for the Admiral line at Juneau. was editor of the Wireless, " which appeared daily. It contained wire less news dispatches and accounts of inter est happening aboard ship, all information about the ships schedule, and something concerning the ports of call.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
Federal League
CHARLEY ROSS HEARS
 OF DAUGHTERS ARRIVAL

On Sunday last, July 12, in Seattle, to Mrs. Charles Ross wife of the president of the Miners & Merchants Bank of this city, a fine nine pound daughter was born. The good news reached MT. Ross on Monday morning. The young lady has been named Mary Elizabeth.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
A,,sk, Northern Aids Commission

Colonel A. W. Swanitz, chief englneer and general manager in charge of the Alaska Northern railway, has arrived from Snip creek, where he witnessed the unloading of the Alaska engineering commissions ex- nedition from the Northwestern, says the
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
A. B. Camp at Juneau

Juneau Camp No 31 Arctic Brother hood, with a charter membership of fifty six, was instituted June IS. After the in stitution of the camp, officers were chosen for the term ending next November, and installed
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bay to be, roughly speaking, from l2 to 12t fatbomS
Town Already Started


 A boat was loaded with the surveyors supplies and lowered. The third officer and his crew then rowed ashore Guerin and his six men, the trail breakers and the writer
 It was not quite o'clock in the morning, but a brilliant sun already was high in the heavens of that far north country. The sun was warm and the air delicious with 8 coolness from the snow gOWned hills that landlocked the bay.
 The country was primal, untamed by man. But already man was there. Seven little cabins, ranged along the shore, formed the first rude outline of what some day may be the terminal city of the first gov ernmcnt railway system to be established in this country
 Exhibits Chunk of Quartz
 Men were there before the surveyors that stalwart clan that always has bored into the primitive because they had heard Portage bay was being considered as the terminal One of them, an old pros pector displayed big piece of quartz which he averred was freighted with gold The 3,0CO-foot hills that handbook Portage bay are untouched, g natural challenge to thN prospector.
 me surveyor deposited thelr outht and prepared to make camp, and the Alameda little boat sped back to its mother ship.
 Guerin estimates it will take him three weeks to survey the land at the harbor. Then he will climb over the backbone of the mountains whose snow lines come down to the ground in the summer. and push his way inland push on until the hard hand of Arctic winter drives him away. | Eleven Other Parties Working i The government will have eleven other survey parties working from Fairbanks all along the Interior toward Portage bay and Seward.
 H. Deyo of Valdez has just started out with a new locating party, beginning at Chitna and running down the Chickalool river toward the Matanuska coal fields.
 Guerin, the first arrival, will make his maps on scale of 400 feet to the inch He has in his party M D. Glcssner travers man; H. NJ Chittenden, Jr,, and H. s. Sat terthwaite, recorders; II. c, Davis and w E. Williams rodmen, and A. C. Hartle cook
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A Task of Construction

But the task of administering the law relating to the disposal and development ot the public domain and resources in Alaska is also a task of construction. The prob lem is the settlement and development of the country and of all its resources to the best advantage Each branch of work, now under different supervision, is part of one and the same problem. It IS huge task that is ahead, but it is a single task, and to undertake 1t successfully 1t must be put into the hands of single authoritative directorate.
 'It is proposed and urged that the board should take over such authority now eXer- cised by various departments and bureaus as may be necessary to give 1t supervlson over practically the entire public domMn and all the natural resources of Alaska, and control of such activities as are closely related and essential to the development oi the physical resources of the country.
 The board would do the work now done in Alaska by the general land office, the forest service, the road commission, the bureau of mines, the bureau of education and the secretary of the interior. It should take over q part of the work and authority of the bureau of fisheries. There are good reasons why the control of the seal lnduS- trv, the salmon hatcheries and the sea tsh- cries should be left in the hands of the de partment of commerce.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18

Copying and enlarging, also all kinds o1 portrait and view work. See Clemons k koon, Flat City.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-18
GAMBLER GETS LIGHT SENTENCE

Joe Honda, who was arrested early in the week on a warrant charging him with gambling, appeared before Commissioner Albrecht on Thursday afternoon last and pleaded guilty He was let of with fine of Sl0O and costs. He went to Jail ln de fault of payment of the fine.
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Sustem of Red Tape

It is pointed out in the report that at present each of at least score of gov crrmcnt bureaus in Washington, divided among the various departments, have some thing to do with the government of Alaska, and that there is a vast amount of red tape and circumlocution in the administra ton of public affairs under this system. In stances are given in the report of delays of several years in the handling of uncom. plicated land and other matters, which should have been promptly disposed of:
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,pIrARop PIONEER SATURDAY EVENING, JULY ls, 1914
SECRETARY LIAINE'S
 DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Would Eliminate Long Delays

tion of cost and effort be eliminated, with increased effectiveness.