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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
In the Religious World

I prison for telling him the truth, and
! he oppressed the people and permitted
a return of idolatry. Good King Asa
/ is a striking instance of wars de-
teriorating effect upon character.
Other examples may De gathered from
recent cablegramS.
When the young king came to the
throne he found the nation in a sorry
state of decline. The worship OF
| Jehovah had been largely superseded
by the idolatrieS of the surrounding
nations with their appeal to the SEN
Sual nature of man. An appalling
state, of depravity had been reached,
one so far below our modern con-
ceptions of religion that only those
with a knowledge of. say, the baser
side of Hinduism can understand it.
War and it's contracts and cOmprOm-
ises had brought into Judah all the
denominations of the surrounding ma
tions. Pure religion and immortality
cannot coexist, side by side; and the
true worship of Jehovah was engulfed
by this flood of depravity. No mod
bad as those met by young King Asa.
The Reformer's Mission.
Left to ITSELF society says and
slumps. When men do as they please,
they commonly please to do wrong.
Throughout the centuries, the great
social corrective has been the prophet
and the reformer, sometimes both Of
fees being united in one man. A
world without these idealists would be
Judah had deteriorated from the
great days of David and Solomon.
Nobody, be he the greatest of kings,
can establish a social order that will
transmit to his sons the impulse and
the purpose and the vision to main
tain life at high levels.
This ''gleam" had been passed on
to Asa. Where there is no vision,
the people perish"; and without the
diviner conceptions of life which burn
in noble breasts this old world would
soon perish of it's own rottenness.
Always these reformers are derided
by their own generation. just as "prac-
ticaP' men today sheer at the proph-
cts VINO proclaim coming day of in
evitable social justice, of peace on
earth, and of world brotherhood. The
administrators in Asa's court gave
him scant encouraeem in his re-
forms. They knew human nature:
by which they meant that they under
stood the baser side of people. No
body truly knows human nature who
does not clearly perceive it's capacity
for idealism. Judah for time rose
to Asa's lofty expectations for it, even
as the peoples at war today have
shown a heroism, a self-sacrifice, a
devotion to great objectives which a
year ago the cynical observer never
suspected.
A wise reformcr cnlists the highest
motives that can possibly be attached
to his cause. So Asa, because he
himself was primarily a spiritually
minded young man, made his appeal
to Judah on a religious basis. He
rallied the people to the God of their
fathers. All the force of the cove
nants which had been made with
] Jehovah by Solomon and David and
Moses and Jacob and Abraham was
to the reinforcement of the
new movement. Let it be said over
and over again, that true reform can
not come on any other basis. Not
not prosperity, not enjoy
ment, not self-interest, is an adequate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
CBY WILLIAM T. ELLIsD

CBY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
whom does the baby resemble %
is the question asked concerning al
most every new life. If we could see
into that potential soul. the answer
would be more significant. For should
the baby take after his noble
grandfather. rather than his shiftless.
5 characterless father. the result would
be important to the world. The
. weakness of the argument about hered-
ity is that a child has so many an
cestors of such varied sorts, and he
often shows the characteristics of re-
mote forsoears whose worth overpow-
ers the worthlessness Of nearer pro-
genitors.
There was Prince Asa, our present
instance. Surely he was doomed to a
bad life, with beth heredity and en-
vironment to operate against him. He
lived in corrupt court. Rotten
heather practices prevailed all about
him. His father, ADijam, had yielded
to them; and his grandfather, Reho-
boam, whose folly had split the king
dom, was more interested in being "a
good fellow than in being a good
king. One of his heather wives,
Maacah, mother Of Abijam and grand
mother of Asa, was the most forceful
personality in the palace; and her in
,fluence was wholly bad
The outlook was dark for Asa. Your
modern sociologist might write his
case down in advance as hopeless.
But stay. Was not Solomon Asa's
great-grandfather and King David his
great-grsat-g grandfather? So the strain
was not wholly bad. The virile quail
ties of these greatest kings of the Jews
would surely assert themselves
And they did. Asa came to the
throne of Judah as a young man, in a
time of peace. God and religion
meant most to him. He loved his peo-
pie more than he loved himself. His
heart was aflame with a passion for
reform; and all great reformers must
become such while young. Well nigh
hopeless is the case of the young man
who passes the period of impression
able idealism without yielding to noble
and unsalfish ambitions. Like his
shepherd-boy ancestor, who in boy
hood sang songs of Jehovah and did
battle with a giant, Asa early became
fired with resolutions of righteousness.
The Harvest of War.
+ A notable fact, of peculiar interest
just now, is that Asa came to his
peace for judah. War had been the
rule during the reigns of his father
and grandfather. Now peace gave
him an opportunity for internal re-
form. With the distraction of enemies
at the gates, Asa's great work of
cleansing could not have been done.
1t needed quiet and self-examination
to make possible this purging of the
people from pollution. Progress and
peace go hand in hand. Not on the
battlefield, but in the quiet times of
Industry, education, invention and So
cial consciousness, a nation comes to
its greatest height. This truth might
be amplified. with illustrations from
every days newspa per.
ASa'S reign was righteous, in times
of peace: war made him forget his
holy purpose. Toward the end of his
days he even clapped prophet into
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
CHURCH NOTICES.

CUnIess otherwise noted in this col
umn the services will be held at IL
o'clock in the morning and o'clock
in the EVENING"
The union services of the First
churches will be held in the First
Christian church in the evening. Rev.
J. S. Blayney of Hutchinson, Kansas,
will preach the sermon.
Westminster Presbyterian church,
Rev. Frank Barry of Evanston, ILL.,,
will preach at the morning service. No
evening service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
In All Lines of Business

Accident Insurance.
NORTH AMERICAN ACCIDENT. {. 3.
Jordan, Gen'l AGt., New England Bldg.
Phone 81
Automobiles.
SHAWNEE TIRE & REPAIR CO,
Phone 1913
CAPITAL AUTO & SUPPLY CO..
119 East 7th St
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO.
lls West 9Th ST. shon. ses-v
Bicycles ana Motorcycles.
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO,
Business Colleges.
TOPEKA BUSINESS COLLEGE.
NJ. L. Stricken. Pres. III e 18Th st: 80,
pouGHERTY's BUSINESS COLLEGE
George e. Dougherty. Pres. lis Is. West
INTERNATIONAL coRRtsPoND.
ence Schools. e G. Hugh IS, Mgr. F. NJ
Phipps. 1o7 West 7th St Phone 1854
Banks.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
phone A7a
Brick Manufacturers.
CAPITAL. CITY VITRIF!ED BRICK u
Paving Co.. basement Elks Bldg.
Phone cS5-W.
Confectioners.
T2o Kansas Ave.
Carpet Cleaning
aug Factory & Carpet Cleaning Works.
Phi. al. s22 Van Vuren-
Carriage Manufacturers and Repairers
T.. F. LANNAN.
Phone sow.
Contractors and Builders.
LUNDGREN & CARLSON.
H3 Jackson St
Phone 24s-W.
TOPEKA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
w. r. Carrie. Supt.. E 10th.
Phone go Call
MARSHALL BRos..
135 Kansas Ave.
GIBBS cLoTHfNG CO.
Phone s2oa
Dry Goods.
WARREN NJ. CROSBY CO.,
Phone 1863.
MILLS DRY GOODS Co,
Mills Bldg.
Phone $500
CROSBY BROS CO..
717-23 Kansas Ave.
Phone $50.
Electrical Fixtures. Repairs. Supplies.
Fl. B. HOWARD. ELECTRIC & ATH-
ietic Supply. 116 Kansas Ave.
ELECTRIC CO. '
los West sth St
Phone ga
Eye Specialists.
DR.. r. PAINE.
us Kansas Ava
P;'7ue 724- ". |
Express. Dray and transfer. |
TOPEKA IRA NSFER CO. o. H White |
SIS Adams st.
Phone 1855
Groceries and Meats.
LANNAN & LANNAN
52-16 e. 4th.
Phone 3S45. |
Insur8 nee.
FALKINFR WENTWORTH, GEN
sral Insurance. 409-1l New England Bldg.
Phone 511-W.
Iron Works.
FOUNDRY CO.,
20l Jefferson
Phone 30
Ice Cream.
BROS.
2225 Lincoln St
Phone $500
topeka PURE MILK CO.,
<0c-02-04 Jackson st.
Phone 81
Junk Dealers.
oYAL BROS. & CO., WHOLESALE
Scrap Iron. z14-1s n. Kansas Ave-
Phone e66
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
CBY WILLIAM IT. ELLIS.)

I know a man who today is miser-
able in mind and estate, chiefly be-
cause he has what may be called an
Athenian mentality. His chief con-
Germ is to know and accept the latest
new thing. All his life he has fit
ted like a butterfly from one creed
flower to another. He is open
minded as a terra-cotta pipe is open
he retains nothing. Apparently, his
capacity for conviction has been
atrophied. Long ago he spurned the
faith of his fathers as narrow and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

foundation for a change in the social
order. Only religion. which trans
forms the heart of man. can make
| over the world in which man lives
| That is why a Billy Sunday campaign
| does more to clear up a community
than a political reform movement.
The Man With Hammer.
Some things have to be smashed,
| in any true reform. That is where a
certain type of mind balks: it would
| cover the old idols with floral
wreaths, and draw a. curtain before
the temple of debauchery, and provide
symphony orchestra to drown out
the cries OF the oppressed, and of
those sacrificed to Moloch. This sort
of persons would withdraw from the
sweat and strife and suffering of life,
and in harmoniously furnished par
lors meet with kindred aesthetic souls
to talk about the true, the beautiful
the good. Such a one may save his
own soul (perhaps, though am
doubtfuD, provided there be a soul
hidden away in that mess of mushy
sentimeEtality which he calls his
Ego; but it is certain that he Will
never abolish evil or erect good The
man with a hammer, like Asa, VINO
dares go out and break up the idols
and tear down the heather groves and
Danish the priestesses of sensual1ty, is
the one on whom the world counts. He
will make mistakes and he will make
enemies, but he will serve his time.
Even the all-powerful old Dowager
Queen Mother Maacah. had to be
fought and removed, ere Asa's reform
could be effective. 1t is the way or
reform to come very close to home.
No end of vested interests" upon
which Asa himself was dependent for
revenue, had to be overthrow.
Needless of these practical consid-
erations, Asa pushed his work to the
end.
OF course, there were unexpected
rewards. The best people of Israel
came f1ocking down to Judah, when
they found that the workshop of Jeho-
yah was being restored. great
accession of the most desirable sort
of citizens was a by-product of the
reform movement. There, is a real
estate value to righteousness. Good
neighbors are the best asset of any
community, as good people are the
best customers of any business.
Likewise, the kingdom of Judah
was so strengthened and inspirited
that it became able to resist, ten
years later the great Egyptian inva-
sion So long as Asa trusted in the
Lord, and kept his nation pure,
Judah was all right. When pru-
dence, that insidious tempter OF old
age, superseded faith, then Asa re-
lied on diplomacy and military ALI
ance with Syria, instead of on the
God who had helped him hitherto.
That mistake had grave consequences:
all of us that however well
we begin, only a day-by-day trust to
the very end can avail us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
Is sickness q sin2

If not it's wicked to neglect illness and
means Of relief. It's wicked to endure Liver
Ills, Headache, Indigestion, Constipation,
Po-Do-Lax is Podophyllin (May Applet.
without the grippe 1t arouses the Liver, in
creases the flow of bile-Nature's antiseptic
in the Bowels. Your Constipation and 9TH
er ills disappear overnight because Po-
Do-Lax has helped Nature TO remove the
cause. Get bottle from your Druggist to-
day. Get rid OF your Construction over
night-Adv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Jewellers.
MISS M. L. Adds.
RALPH r. PETERSON, THE GIFT
Shop" los w. Sth st.
r H. MoREHoUsE.
427 Holiday.
Kodak Finishing.
]. c. WOLCOTT,
s25 Kansas Ave.
Phone uH-W.
noa LaundrIes.
TOPEKA LAUNDRY CO.,
End & Quincy SITS.
Loan, Mortgage. Financial Agents.
3O1-15 Mulvane Bldg.
MERRIAM MORTGAGE CO..
II Columbian Bldg.
PIONEER MORTGAGE CO.,
4th Floor Mulvane Bldg.
Phone IA
ManteIs and Crates.
T. @. SMITH & SON.
e31 Kansas Ave.
Phone 12s1-w.
Monuments.
VERMONT GRANITE CO.,
Geo. w. Banter. Mgr. 522 n. Kan. Ava
Mattress Factories.
MCINTYRE BROS. SPRINGS. BEDS.
Phone 527S.
Millinery.
COURTNEY MILLINERY PARLORS.
603 Kansas Ave
Phone 1S.
Opticians.
sOs Kansas Ave.
Phone 1o41
JONES & BIRCH
$50 Kansas Ave
GEO W. Miller. ..,
Phone s5s-w.
Photographers.
C. ]. BoEGER.
Phone ssss.
Packing Companies.
WOLFF PACKING CO.
Foot OF Quincy St
Real Estate Dealers, Loans. Insurance.
C. p. ROLMAR PrAT. ESTATE
Collections. 20 Columbian BLDG.
GEO. NJ. NOBLE & CO.,
43s Kansas Ave
SMITH AGENCY. f. A. NJ. SMITH. -
523 Kansas Ave.
WILSON & NErswANGER, On' i'i~
Ill West 6th St.
sUNFLowFR REALTY CO,
l3s Kansas Ave
Phone us2-w.
Real Estate Collections and Loans
r D. BLAINE,
SIS Kansas Ave.
Phone 141S-w.
Refrigerstors.
JOHN LUNGSTROM
so4 East 10th st.
Phone 2es3 Red.
F. d. FOWLER
Foot OF Harrison.
TOPEKA SAND CO.. ~
Foot OF Topeka Ave
WEAR SAND CO.
ITO W. 9Th 81
Phone IN
, undertakers.
T. w. BOMGA
621 Jackson.
Phone i4s-w.
Upholstering.
W. e. STIcKEL4
lis West stu
Phone "a
Vinegar and Preserving Worla-
TITO KUEHNE.
sos N. Topeka Ave
Phone 3o0-w.-si2s-W
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
As a Man Thinks.

Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies - Christian En-
deavor,s etc.-for August %. "A
Basis of Sound Belief: Why and
How to Get It" 1 Peter 3:13-16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
A Reformer in Office.

The International Sunday School Les
son for August % is "Asa's Good
Reign."-II Chron. 15:1-15.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Second Presbyterian church, North
jackson and Gordon streets, Joseph
P. Hicks, pastor. Morning sermon
subject, Lessons From Californias
Most Beautiful Tree Evening sub
ject, THE Clock Has Struck the Hour:
the Kind of Men Needed for II"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Believe your beliefs and doubt
your doubts, is sound philosophy, as
well as practical wisdom.
All great doors are great believers.
Before there is the deed there must
be the vision. Unbelief builds nothing.
Out of enthusiasm and conviction
come all the creations that enrich the
world.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19
County Correspondence
NESTABURG

Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Hyde and
daughters and Mr.,and Mrs. II. Mel
, son of Newago, were Sunday guests
of their cousins Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Carts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Howard en-
tertained relatives from Gobleville,
over Sunday.
Thomas Meddick and family who
have been away on vacation of two
weeks, returned home, Monday.
Chas. Nickerson and family accom-
panied by Miss Opal Greer, motored
to Crystal, Sunday.
Miss Franklin Davenport of Evart,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Edna Mau-
ley.
Mrs. VIM. Wartz entertained friends
from st. Louis, Monday.
Chas. Nickerson accompanied by his
father George Nickerson and Clar-
ence and Roy Carts, motored to FL
well, Tuesday.
Mrs. Emma Brand and daughter,
who have been guests of her parents
Mr., and Mrs. Ben Borden, have re-
turned to their home in Buffalo, n. Y.
Chas. Rhodes has moved his family
to Sheridan
Miss Erma Rhodes was pleasantly
surprised by several of her friends at
the home Of Miss Iva McDole, on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Dewitt Murtaugh and child
rem spent part Of last week near VIM
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Taft.
Mrs. Henry Caszatt and Mrs. Sol
Miller went to Manton Tuesday, and
returned Monday evening.
Mrs. Steward Cox and children of
Saginaw, came Monday to visit rela-
tiyes.
Leo Cox returned to his home in
Saginaw, Monday, after a weeks visit
with his grandmother Mrs. NJ. NAL
10y and other relatives.
Mrs. Edna Hubbard and sons and
mother Mrs. Hannibal, attended Chau-
tauqua at Alma, Friday.
Miss Inez Reed accompanied by
Mrs. Lucy Otterbien motored to AL
ma, Friday to attend the Chautauqua
Mrs. Eva Beach spent Thursday in
Alma.
Mrs. Mae Newcomb of Merrill was
a week end guest of her aunt Mrs.
Florence Sites and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cummings en-
tertained during the week end, Mr..
and Mrs. Mccarthy and Mr. and Mrs
Fordney of Saginaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Murphy enter
tanned during the week end, relatives
and friends from Saginaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Thorp are in De-
troit, visiting the latter's brother Guy
Skidmore and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reed accom-
panied by the latter's uncle Abe Car
mer and wife of Riverdale, left Mon
day for an auto trip to Coldwater, to
visit relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Carts entertained the
Current Topic Club, Friday afternoon
and very pleasant time was enjoyed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19
TOWN LINE

Mrs. p. NJ. Smith and daughter
Olive and Miss Jennie Smith of Alma
called on Mrs H. J. Hyde, Monday
Giles Isham and wife entertained
relatives from Middleton, the first of
the week.
Lille, Floyd and Clair Nelson, autoed
to Cedar Lake, on Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Way and children spent
Sunday with her mother Mrs. Henry
Frosch, in Alma.
Chas. Anderson and wife and Mr..
and Mrs. Morsey, were in st. Louis,
the first of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Watkins who
have been living in what is known as
the Frank Church house, have moved
into Mr.. Johnson's tenant house. An
other family have moved in where
Mr. Watkins moved out.
Miss Alberta Durham of Alma and
Mrs. Floyd Moore of Vonano, Mime
sofa, visited the first of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Snyder were
in Marion, on business trip, Sunday.
Miss Lilah and Mable Abbott were
i'm Ithaca, this last week.
Mrs. Chas. Jennings and daughter
who autoed from Ionia, this last week
returned home, Saturday.
VIM. Veeder and family of Mt.
Pleasant, who have been visiting the
formers parents, Melton Veeder and
wife, left Saturday for Summerton,
to spend few days with his brother
Sam Veeder and family, before re-
turning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Vliet autoed
through from Chicago, this last week,
and spent Sunday with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hyde.
Miss Dora Wood of Lyons who has
been visiting Miss Floral Waldo and
friends in Alma, returned home on
Thursday.
Tommie Murrey returned to his
home in Ann Arbor, on Saturday.
VIM. Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Burton, autoed to Crystal, on
Sunday.
Miss Kathryn Day spent Sunday
with her brother Don Currence and
wife in Alma.
Mr. Lang of Elm Hall was in
the neighborhood on business, last
week.
Clyde Webb and wife spent Sunday
at Riverdale, with VIM. Webb and
family.
Mrs. Barney Snyder made bus
mess trip to Elwell, on Saturday.
A little daughter was born to Nh
and Mrs. Harry Rogers, on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Snyder gave
a party for their little daughter Ger
trude, it being her sixth birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson, have
been entertaining the latter's sister
Mrs. Carl NJ. Morsey and husband, of
Champaign, ILL., Mr.. and Mrs. Morsey
were united in marriage in that city
on August 9Th, and are on their we'd
ding trip. Mrs. Anderson and child
rem will accompany them home where
they will remain for a couple of weeks
visiting relatives and friends.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19

by ALL
Chas. Gorsuch motored to VIM,
Friday, to attend Field Day and was
accompanied by Clarence Carts and
Dayton Gorsuch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Harding have
moved their house hold goods from
Detroit, into the Mrs Nellie Owen
residence where they will reside.
Mis-. Mable Manley and children
went to Detroit, Thursday, to visit her
mother
Mrs. Burnius is visiting her hus-
band John Burnius and brother En-
DRY Howard and family.
Mrs. Martha Walker and daughter
Martha, left Monday morning, for st.
Louis, to attend the Saints Camp
Meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Peasley and
son left Monday evening on a vaca-
ton and will go to Yellow Stone Park
attend the San Francisco fair and will
visit relatives at Los Angeles and
Louisiana and will stop at other
places of interest.
Attend the farmers and pioneers
picnic of northeastern Montcalm coun-
ty, which will be held at Rock Lake
Thursday August Goth.
st. Louis and Vestaburg will play
ball at this place, Saturday, August
Dist.
Mrs. Alice Carts and son Roy went
to Lansing, Sunday, TO visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hitler and sons
spent Sunday in Edmore.
Miss Ella Manley has returned
from her visit near VIM.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19
w. ARCADIA

Sunday the 18th, the Graham and
Ely Sunday Schools met the Arcadia
school at the tent and had union SER
vices. The schools represented were
presided over by their respective sup
erintendents; Mr.. Hanes of the Ora
ham, Mr.. Morgan of the Ely, and Mrs.
Allis of the Arcadia. A very pleasant
and profitable service was enjoyed. A
picnic dinner was the special feature
Of the noon hour.
The afternoon session was address
ed by Miss Elizabeth Gerdes who talk
ed about the second coming of Christ,
Miss Gerdes having been a student of
the Moody institute of Chicago, three
years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19
MOST CHILDREN HAVE WORMS

And neither parent or child know
it, yet it explains why your child is
nervous, pale, feverish, backward. Of
ten children have thousands of worms.
Think of how dangerous this is to
your child. Don't take any risk. Get
an original 25c. box of Kickapoo
Worm Killer, candy lozenge. Kick
apoo Worm Killer will positively kill
and remove the worms. Relieves con-
stipation, regulates Stomach and
Bowels. Your child will grow and
learn so much better. Get a box to-
day adv.-1
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
MINING IN JUNEAU
REGION OF ALASKA

An examination of mining devcI-
o%pTlents in the Juneau region, A'as-
ka, was made last year by II. nj. ga
kin of the United States geological
survey, whose report has recently
been published as bulletin 622 c
The developments e a Juneau over
shadow in magnitude the opera
ions in other parts of the gold belt.
though, some of these too are of i'm
portance. Gold lode mining in this
field, already developed on a scale
that places the Juneau district in
line with the foremost in the indus
try, is rapidly assuming still great
er proportions. The growth is a
natural result of a fuller knowledge
of the size and character of the ore
bodies and of the economic posi-
bilities of operations on a large
scale.
The climatic conditions are favor
able to continuous operation. The
large size of some of the ore bodies,
the character of the ores and the
strong topographic relief of the re-
gicn favor the production of large
quantities of ore with a minimum of
labor and power. Water power, ma
rine transportation and a sufficient
local supply of timber and lumber re-
duce general expenses to a low point.
The very small cost of operation
makes it possible to work p~rofitably
low grade ores that under conditions
only slightly different would be val
ueless. A copy of the report may be
had free on application to the di-
rector Of the geological survey,
Washington, D. c.