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Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19
GET PATRIOTIC ABOUT THE STATE,
URGES LANGDON WRITER; SEES NEED
OF IMPROVEMENT IN THIS RESPECT

Get enthusiastic about North Da-
kota," urges contributor to The
Courier Democrat Of LanEdon. The
contributor points to conditions which
Appreciation Week" might be sue
cessful in improving. The article fol-
| lows:
! An Appreciation week for North
Dakota was an idea which should
have occurred to some one many
years ago, for there has never been
its Inhabitants and which has geceivsd
60 little in return in the way Of ap-
probation in a display Of patriotism,
| for the state. It Is to be hoped that
the thoughtful consideration In the
minds of North Dakota people of what
| they really owe the state ana that the
widespread publicity given to the re-
sources which surround us on every
side may result in a. true appreciation
!! OF North Dakota's many good quail
ties and a forgetfulness Of its vicisat
tudes OF climate and fortune. which
are the most common topics of con-
versation.
Those who come to North Daketa
from such benighted states as Illinois.
Wisconsin and Iowa never tire Of ex-
tolling the virtues of their native state
and one would be inclined to think
them veritable paradises Of both cli-
mate and soil, in fact q land Of OPP
portunlty and plenty for all.
Why is it that the general topic OF
conversation in North Dakota has u.s.
ually to do with billiards., the last
dry year, hail, high winds and the
other extremes of climate which this
section of country is subject to at
timesf Other states to have their
drawbacks Of climate, which although
not so spectacular and which do not
lend themselves SO we'll to exaggera-
ton are equally as, unhealthy and
have their years of excessive mois-
ture, their foods, their raw, damp and
sloppy winters and muggy, hot, op-
pressive summers, equally disastrous
to crops. health and comfort as are
North Dakota's frequently referred to
failings. One is almost led ia be-
lieve from conversations that one
hears that the state. Of North Dakota
Is bankrupt and the people in most
hear farmer a banker or business
man, in fact anybody in North Da-
kota. openly admit that he was MAX
ing or had made money? You never
buy hill OF goods except that the
storekeeper is either selling them
at cost" or is losing money on
them. Farmers all sell their grain
at about ten cents a buahel less than
It costs to produce, it. The bankers
loan money at 8 per cent that they
have to pay that amount or more on
down below. They are usually tiding
you over as a favor to you. All tsNs
Is going on while there Ia no state
in the union where hanks get a high
er rate of interest or where business
men receive such prices for their
goods and professional men Of all
kinds exact such fees, to say nothing
OF the profits from forming which the
good farms are showing. If it were
not Tor the Improvement being made
on the farms, the new automobiles
and tractors, the ten cent cigars and
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.

Chicago Herald: Senator Weeks
Of Massachusetts,. who knows the
banking business, is not tender to the
federal government as business
agency. He cites the postoifice de-
partment, the best government-run
business there is-which Is saying
mighty little-as portentous in
stance OF the fiat and fatal incompe-
tence of government business. Those
fallacious economies, savings, reduc-
tions of expenditures, those profits
calculated by never taking cost of
plant and upkeep into consideration,
those expensive extensions made by
politicians for the sake of votes, those
splendid buildings reared by q be-
nevelent government to be the orpa-
ment of Tadpole Creek and Possum
Four Corners; we all know how the
postafdce department and all depart
ments do business. Do it so we'll in
the opinion Of the worthy Postmaster
General Rurleson that he pines to
have such trifiing concerns as the
telegraphs and telephones added to
the responsibilities 80 competently
carried by his department.
Department, commission, beard, bu.
reau: how imposing the name. how
expensive and how bunsiin1 or posi-
lively injurious the administration.
Look at the railroads under the stern
regulative hand Of the interstate eom-
merce commission and divers, ssun-
dry and discordsnt state railway
commissions. Government railroads
would be boon, wouldn't they?
Look at the innumarahle spawn Of
politics, the multitude Of commissions
in the states. It might be said Of
them as the Rupert Of debate" the
Lord Derby who translated Homer,
said of Lord John Russell, Mill teti-
sit quod non perturbasit, HE medd-
led In nothing that he didn't make
mess OF.
Government business means sov-
ernment 81. for snd by politicians. 1t
is . refuge ~ charity, 1T comes
high. ana yet there are those who
lave n. Witness the najority 81
tee.eoo tp thts state axainst the at
tsnspt TO consolidate and ret sdi,,s
fespansihility and effectiveness ont az
titessyelter Of l6O,aAd co,nsnissgens
Fand tha Ike whereby the stsfass 81
New Fork transaets its various kinds
l;ef business as badly is II cata. ]. .be
Sd0Ht Fhsn II is done.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19

New York, Nov. 15.-A romance
which began two years ago when his
bride-to-be first met him on the bat
tleship Florida, came to a pleasant
elimination here when Lieut.. James
Mcdowell Cresap, U. S. ~, told a
minister in the Cathedral of st. John
the Divine that he would love and
cherish Miss Clairborne Foster Co.
negys, known on the state as Clair
born Foster, during the remainder of
his days.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, James M. Foster OF
Shreveport. La. Her sister, Miss
Kathleen Comesys. was maid of hon
or. The only other attendant was her
cousin. Miss Elinor McMillen, dauxh-
ter Of Benton MeMillen. minister to
Peru and formerly governor Of Ten
nessee.
Lieutenant Cresap was one of the
landing party at Vera Cruz two years
ago. He Is now attached to the tor
pedo boat Balch. His bride was q
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19

on the great question of defense. In
time OF war there would be need for
all, the construction work that could
be undertaken by government and pri-
vate concerns alike. and there would
be a good deal of delay, and possibly
disastrous delay, if, before private
concerns could aid in this work, their
plants had to be built and equipped.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19
THE CORRECTION LAGs.

when a false rumor is once started it
will outrun any correction that can
he started out after it. For instance,
,nent on the alleged conditions in
some of the Minnesota Iron Range
towns, where most Of the taxable
property is owned by nonresident
mining companies. and whore some
curious complications have resulted
On consequence. According to the
article. in one small town there are
more street lamps than there are in
CINCINNATI: the paving bill last year
was over $375,0O0; in a town with a
voting population Of only 1900 there
are over 800 persons on the city pay
roll; in another town with voting
population of 1888 there are 53S per-
sons on the payroll; and in another
the members of the municipal base
ball team are to draw salaries all win
ter.
All Of this was published months
aso. Tho stories OF wanton extrava-
gance were given wide circulation, for
the conditions appeared to be scan
dalous. But an impartial investiga-
tion later showed that while the pos
eibility Of raising large sums of money
by taxing the property of non-resi-
dents had, perhaps, led to some ex-
travagance. most of the specific
charges. such as those enumerated
above. had very slight basis Of fact
Tho charge that hundreds Of men
were carried unnecessarily on the
payroll was explained by one of the
city officials in a manner which cast
different light on it. He said that
the mining company had imported
several hundred laborers. nearly all
foreigners, and then had closed down
at a time when these men could find
no other work. The men were there
and were destitute. either Of means to
support themselves or OF means to get
away. The city must support them
or they must stArve. The city did
support them, and while It was doing
30, 1t employed them at various tasks
Of q public nature.
Many people havo been Mortified by
the story OF the municipal ball team
Another city official has denied that
there is anything Of the sort. He says
that the people Of tho city do main.
tain a team, and he admits that the
city makes an appropriation to aid in
financing the team. We have forgot
ten the amount Of the appropriation,
but it Is said to be small compared
with the total expense Of the team. OF
course this is form Of expenditure
to which most Of US would object. We
would regard 1t as scarcely a proper
use Of public funds. But there is con-
siderable difference between a mu-
nicipal ball team, maintained and paid
entirely out of city funds. and team
toward whose expenses the city mere
ly makes a relatively small contribu-
tfon.
Most of the stories told about the
extrayagance Of the mining towns
have been explained in a way which
gives them different appearance
But the explanations have not caught
UP with the original stories, and IL it
were charged that those towns heat
ed, as we'll as lighted their streets by
electricity. the story would be given
credonce, and no denial would suf-
nee.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19
DIsGUsTED THE RooKIE.

DlSGp6TED THE ROOKIE.
They were about the toughest. raw
eat lot Of recruits the sergeant ever
He worked hard at them for three
n0urs and at last thought they. were
GettlnE into some sort OF shape, DO he
.RiEht turn, he harked. Than,
before they had ceased to move,
came another order; '.Ixaft turn"
One, y0kei slowly laft the ranks and
made nffatowHrd the. barTack room {
Here. yeA!!" yelled .t3,a serFeant.
aneFily. "whAre ags you OF 10 ~
Ah.ye had penau9hE renlied the Re.
syuit, ~ 4teEpstSd tone. a'Tha Noesn't
knoY N? own mind for Two minutes
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

superintendent. visited Fairbanks and established church in that flourish ins interior city. Valuable property Was secured. buildings erected. and a steady paStorate maintained.
 In Nome d church was built and for some Years Il separate work was kept up. But the depletion of the popula ttOn oI thai city making support diff iiCult a federation was effected with tn" Cuugre Sational church whereby tn" matters of ministerial supply and support were divided between the ,w" congreg egatiOnS.
 Five times Bishops of the Metho dist Episcopal Church have visited Al a>Aa Bishop J. ". Hamilton in 1904 Bishop David IT. Moore in l9oJ: Bish up w. T. smith in 1910: Bishop K. ] Cooke in 1913. and Bishop Naphtal I.uccock in 1915.
 In view of the great natural reSourC .S Ut Alaska and the migration o> many people to it's shores the Me;ho dist Episcopal Church intends to add 70 rh" number oi men in the field ana 70 the amount "i money to be cNpend "d for the support of religious wOrl in this Territory
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

intcd Bishop of Alaska. and duly con s"Cratrd. He requested the mission ary in charge to remain until he ar rived. Bishop Rowe arrived in Jul ncau and Rev. \. Beers took charge of Trinity church March 27, 1896. During the spring the rcctory and Trinity church were built. the former costing $l.500 and the latter $2,600. held i'll August, though it was not quite finished.
 Mr. Beers continued in charge of the church until 1899. when he was succeeded by Rev. w. J. Gurr, who had charge of Trinity church at Ju- neau and St. Luke's at Douglas until 1902. He was succeeded by Rev. C. \. Roth. MT. Gurr was a deacon when he came to Juneau, but was or dained as priest and the church con- secrated during his incumbency. MT. Gurr was assisted in the work at Jul. neau and Douglas by Rev. MT. Hish- UT, who was ordered a priest at the same time that he was at Juneau.
 In December, 1906, Rev. Thomas Jenkins. priest in charge at Ketchi kan, was appointed to take charge of all the Episcopal missions in South eastern Alaska, including all territory east of Valdez, with archdeaconal du
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

The preliminary activities Of the Protestant Episcopal church which resulted in the establishment of Trin. ity church at Juneau began 20 years ago. At the request of the Right Rev crend Dr. Barker. Bishop of Olympia. Rev. George Buzzelle. of Tacoma. wis. ited Juneau in 1895. and made a re port 10 the Bishop on conditions in Southeastern Alaska and the claim il had upon the church.
 As the result of the report of Rev. George Buzzelle. Rev. k. ID. Nevins. D. D., was sent to Juneau to open the field for work. He had a commission for three months. The first service was held Sunday. September Sth of that :"ar in the old Log Church which then stood at the corner oi Main and Third streets. where the New Cain hotel is now located. Even ing services were held at the court house on tine same day. Arrange mcnts were made so that morning services were afterward held at the Log Church and evening services al the Presbyterian Mission Chapel.
 The name. Trinity, was chosen foI the Juneau mission because the first services held by Rev. George Bug zelle was held on Trinity Sunday.
 Rev. Peter Trimblc Rowe was nom
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ties. He made his headquarters at Juneau.
 In January. 1907. Rev. Harry F. Corser. a former Presbyterian min- ister. was ordered a deacon, and plac- ed in charge of the mission at Wran- gell.
 On September l, 1907, Rev. Thomas Jenkins. after five years of continu- ous service in Alaska. left on fur tough. Rev. George F.. Renison was appointed by Bishop Rowe to be priest in charge of the Trinity church, Sun day, August 14, 1910. During the first year of his incumbency the lit tie church was greatly improved. X new basement, including a heating plant, was installed at a cost of $3,- 200; an organ was installed at a cost of $500. and other improvements made. Mir. Renison left May l, 1915, after five years of continuous ser. vice. leaving John R. Jones. a lay reader, in charge for six months
 The officers of the church are:
 B. l.. Thane, chairman of the busi ness committed; Capt. George H. Whitney, treasurer. and B. Bayless the other member of the business committee.
 The work of the church is reported to be in good condition.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
RIGHT REV. p. T. ROWE, D.D.
 Bishop of Alaska

The right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe. D. D., Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Alaska, takes rank with those whose number can be counted on the fingers of one hand in know ledge of Alaska and acquaintance with her people. He is known and loved everywhere in the Territory. He has travelled over its long water courses in summer and it's endless trails in winter, establishing missions and hospitals, arranging for their care and ministering to the needs, spiritual and physical, of the popula- tion, white and native races, summer and winter since he was consecrated Bishop of Alaska two decades ago. His is one of the names that has been indelebly impressed upon the forma. tive period of Alaska commonwealth building. He is a native of Canada :; removed to Michigan in early life, and became Bishop of Alaska when yet a young man. His official resi- dence in Alaska was at Sitka until recently, but his actual residence has been wherever duty and an abiding desire for service has called him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

It is ideally situated for inexpensive building being of gravel formation. easily cleared and having gentle slope toward Gastineau Channel. \ great many lots in the Addition have been sold within the last year and half since it was placed on the mar ket and many of the purchasers have erected beautiful and substantial homes.
 Since the completion, less than a year ago, of Willoughby Avenue. which connects the lower or water front side of the Addition to the city proper. there has been marked de velopment along the line of this i'm PrOvemcnt and substantial little business community has grown up which seems to point to the probab- ility of this section becoming quite an important business suburb in the course of a very short time.
 The present owners, MessrS. w. w. Casey and Henry and Allen Shattuck acquired the tract from the original squatter, NIT. J. J. Calhoun in 1903 and secured title from the U. s. Gov ernment a year later.
 It is inside the corporate limits of the City of Juneau and has all the advantages the city enjoys.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

E,t. E C E@uLN,I. Sup"rint, Il den, 0. N,ruril~, Missions ill Alas ha. "u~ horn ju Al,.>uulra south. Urayo. New /.aAId. arrived in ;no United Star,~ .u l>>-. member "I 'h" Oregon C",.;vrrn,c "I the Mrthu- dist Epi>,up.H Church. served pas rorut,s ur M!rjI, Point Gardiner Central I"lut. Springfield. salem Oregon City. M,Iiord. and HillSburo oregon. Came 70 Alaska in 1911. r"- siding in Juu,;u and acting a, local pastor ol th" Methodist Episcopal Church.
 where successful stations have been maintained.
 In l>"1 Bishop C. C. McCabc ap. pointed th" Rev. (. !. Larson |" Dy"a. then a thriving place. th" gateway to the klOndik". Thcr" he built q lit Il" church Dl,A vanished with the building of the White Pass X Yukon railroad, the work being transferred to SkugWay. There th" Key. !. J. Walter then superintendent of the mission erected huIlding designed to suppl! the needs for higher educa. tion in Alaska. The necessity for such q building not materializing it was sold to the government for a
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Methodist E EpiscopaI Church in Alaska
Fl r. A | K |
B, K. C.. BLACkMELL

court hOu>- From th" proceeds Ui been continuously III use up tu th" present and will b.. as long d. SkaS waN ~raN> ",. Jh" map. The Rev Louis II r,'r!,r>ru who las been in rh" ii'It ui Alaska longer than all! other minister oi the Methodist Epi, cupal church. k tiI" resident pastor
 Ill" church entered ,h" firid ir Douglas but did lItI!,. more than erect ., combined church and par>"uagr Sine, then rh" work has been in ;,tl..y anCc
 k"r,hlAau. the sat" city ot south eastern .\la>ka. found Mcthodi>m al work i'll his midst in l""" under th. leadership ut the Rev. Y. Kay Ben nett. Her" our oi the >trung'>j N"ihuIi>r organizations in Alaska hHs been effected with ample property holdings well located meet the d" mauds of the future.
 Tn" church building III Juneau Is the most ,"muodiou> and best turn i>h,d Oi all the Methodist churches il Alaska and it's property valuation is the greatest. Tine church Was bulir III l"ui hy Key. r. \. i.aNiol"ttc. Tn, ~up"rlut'ud,mi ni Missions Tor Alasks K'v. K (. Blackwell. k at pr"scn supply ing th" pa>torat".
 In l!"i th" K,.v. John Parsons a that tim" superintendent of missions visited seward on Nr>urrcct on Ba, from which th,' Alaska Northern rail road was being built toward the in tcrior. Here he decided to locate church and the Rev. l.. II. P"d"rSci was sent there. \ temporary churCl was built and in th" course oi sever al years Il lin" parSUnagc was erect rd but the colinpS" of railroad con StTUction caused such all exodus il population that church progress wa seriously affected. Like Alaska g"I ,ruI!y it has been waiting Tor Ih good tim" in umc.m"HutIm" duiu1 inc best it could. Tn" Roy. C. T Cook. of the oregon Conference" l filling the pastoral" al present
 In l!"3 Dr. \ E. Leonard. Seer tary for th" Missionary Society. |, g"th"r with Dr. John Parsons. thcI
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
Ass;a" Assa;'.:'::::' Sale: SIDNEY s. JACOBS


Shattuck. Like his brother. he in vested the money he made in Juneau in this city, and is now one of the wellto-do and progressive business men of the city. He is engaged in the real estate. insurance and general brokerage business.
 MT. Shattuck is married. his wife being daughter of the late Gov. Al fred P. Swineford. whose work for Al aska earned for him the title of Al aska's Grand Old Man"
 MT. Shattuck, with his brother and w. w. Casey. owns the Casey-Shat ing sold through his office
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Casey-Shattuck Addition

adjoins the original patented townsite entry of Juneau on the northwest is q tract of 32.S7 acres which has been subdivided into some 27O residence lots and is the section to which the town must look for room to expand since in all other directions the possi. bility of expansion is cut off by ma. residence purposes.
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DISHOP GILBERT HAVEN iu l>7" ID propo>rI to establish < mission
 "i the Methodist Episcopal Church somewhere in Alaska H.. died h"tor" his plans could be put in op
 "ratiom. and II wa> nearly twenty years hvlor" anything wa> don" by rh" church iu locate a regular work in this T"rrltur. Tl. W"mauS Home Missionary Su.:,,s h"w,,"r opened d mission ar...s 'A, E~Aim"> on ru. -t Island ,'.,r rna.a~hA. in l>>'' uu. G.v tho sup"-.u',n!rn,l ot john II
 Cn-r IT, ".rA Aa~ h.."r continued a~ -u, 1,--. i.., ".'a.g.1 H"m" at rna,a~a:. n.," c-'at success and re ,'u'.. s ,....'. ..'- h''" rr-Anil"d 'h ... ". ! ....- ''... u"..la., .Ij~rta, tiou ". '...:.- :., ..-' N.~', rI, Methodist, church u" ... Am,G.,an continent u'u,r s.r. ,- 1,,'. 'a..,n up am"np the E-l.. a' N.u. anI S.uuh
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
John T. Spickett
Proprietor of Orpheum theatre

John T. Spickett, proprietor of the Orpheum theatres of Juneau and Douglas. is Juneau's pioneer amuse. ment manager. He came to this place more than score of years ago, with we'll earned reputation in the theat. rical world, and has resided here ev. CT since. Here he has divided his time between theatrical and other lines of business. He served one four.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

and its popularity has been already established.
 Mir. Spickett also owns the Postof- flee News Store, located in the old postoffice building on Front Street.
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year term as postmaster, and for many years has been agent for the Canadian Pacific steamships and rail. way lines. More than two years ago bo opened the Orpheum Theatre in
 the city, and 1t was a success from
 tho beginning. Several times 1t has been improved, and will now seat about i50 persons. It Is ono of the best known theatres in Alaska. In August, the Orpheum Theatre of Douglas was opened by Mr. Spickett.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
Allen Shattuck

Allen Shattuck is one of Juneau's leading citizens. He came here from Oregon, joining his brother, Henry
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

The Empire guarantees it's adver. tisers the largest circulation of any newSpape: in Alaska ""'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-12
PROVIDES FOR
PROMOTION OF
NAVAL OFFICERS
House Committee Approves
Amendment Creating the
Grades of Admiral Of Fleet
and Vice Admiral,

leF MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL tthHNo WiHHl
Washington Jan. Creation Of
the Grades OF admiral Of the flcct aud
vice admiral to De held temporarily
by the commander n-chief and soc-
ond in rank. respectively of the At
lantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets is
Pre- posed I'm am amendment To- the ma
val appropriation bin adopted today
by the house naval committee The
navy department wanted these titles
held permanently hN the men gaining
them. but the committee decided that
rank and pay above the aradc Of rear
admiral should be granted only for
the period an officer serves as com
mander, or second in command OF q
fleet
The department has urged prompt
provision for promotion of the fleet
commanders. so that the American
officers may not be outrankcd by
visiting foreigners when the Internal
tional fleet eathers fer the Panama
canal cruise.
The committee also adopted an
amendment To abolish the naval
"puckinp hoard ana authorize the
president To restore officers retired hY
the board 10 active duty, The naval
reserve plan. under which Secretary
Daniels hopes 10 build up reserve
of $4,000 men, was adopted as re-
ported by the subcommittee as We're
amendments To ada officers to the
marine corps,