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The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04
FORMER ALASKAN MAN
 RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT

According to the hotel column of the Washington Post, former resi- dent of Alaska may become a candi- date for the Republican nomination for vice president next year. He is George R. Walker, now practicing in Chicago.
 The statement is attributed by the Post to George W. Drew. also of Chi eago. Mir. Drew said:
 "'Judge Walker. who is a veteran lawyer, has returned to the practice of law at the Cook county bar. After twenty three years of practice in CO., partnership with Judge Henry ". Freeman and s. K. Dow, Mir. Walker was four years United States attor ney for the Southern district of the Indian Territory Following that service he was made United States attorney for the third judicial divis- ion of Alaska, where he served four years Judge Walker was distin guished schollar at Yale as law stu dent, and also was noted for his liter ary taste. and graduated with high rank in his class, and one of his fel- low graduates was former President William H. Taft. While Judge Walker was in Washington recently he call ed on Dr. Radcliff and later occu- pied Lincoln s pew in his church.
 "The judge come of noted mad dis tipeuished family of the state of Ohio. and he is not only well known throughout the state but all over the country. Judge Walker is strong and popular with the people and his many friends are urging that he is inst the man to put on the ticket for vice president ''
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04
THE TIDES

The following is the time of high and low water and their heights for tomorrow at Ktechikan, in the order of their occurrence as given in the |. &. Tide tables, Sitka time To secure the correct high and low wa,er for Ketchikan add 5.2 feet ro high water and subtract g feet from low water,
 High wate, 2.3s a.m-, 11.2 it.
 Low wate, 9:1o am, -o.4 it.
 High water, 3.20 pm, 9.o it.
 Low water, 10:04 pm, go 1t.
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04

For that odd job of carpenter ng or cabinet woork, call u l65, Sully will look you up. tl
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04

Fill your bins now with Lady
 smith Coal The Northland Dock company can supply you with any amount at 5000 per ton for clean lump. Phone 60. adv.
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04
NOTICE TO VOTERS

Registration for the Municipal FL ection to be held at Ketchikan CT April 9th, 1915, will open at the Council Chambers Main street, Mon day, February 22nd, 1915. Office hours 1 pm, to 5 pm. Registration will close on Saturday April 9rd, 1915. at pm All persons who de. sire to vote must register.
 s. A. PLUMLEY
 Registration Officer.
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04
WILD GOOSE LIFE.
The Gander Is a Master of Strategy
 and Fierce Fighter.

The Gander Is a Master of Strategy
 and Fierce Fighter.
 We know nothing of the courtship of the wild goose. but we feel assured that it must be scemly and worthy affair. Once mated. there is no fur ther need for VOWS and protestations, for the birds mate for life Together goose alone watches over the eggs. while day and night the gander weaves in all directions on water and on land his trails of watchfulness.
 Neither man nor beast may approach without being ferccly and successfully assailed. bulfeted and routed by re. lentless attack with beak and wings. This guardianship is trebled when the new generation, helpless and depend ent, voices it's first need for protec ton from the perils which encompass and beset it.
 If, perchanee the small family elects to remain on the shore the parents will circle round and round the group of golden goslings. and if danger threatens from any one direction the gander, by some miracle of strategy will succeed in placing himself at the one vulnerable point of his intreneh ment His loyalty. astuteness and un scl6shness arc not to be found in those unobservant folk who have presumed to islander him
 In swimming the strictest discipline is maintained. The young form in single file. following the mother. while the gander brings up the rear with eyes constantly sweeping the whole range Of vision. His vigil is ceaseiess and untiring
 Such is the life of these two birds that are mated in more than sex. and when death comes to one or the other of them we know that many times the one that remains will seek no other mate, but will return each spring to the site of his former nest. which he will never renew again. Atlantic
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04
HAVE YOU GOT YOURS?

The Ketchikan Lyceum Chorus will present musical number in the Lv ceum Course. It will consist of Eng fish Glees by the Chorus of 40 voices. and solo numbers by prominent local musical talent. Course tickets are OH sale at Ryus Dru gStore, $1.50.
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04

For Rent-Furnished front room, light and sunny. Enquire at Thompson $ Store adv.
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-03-04
Submarine Ridges,

The Norwegian sea is separated from the north Atlantic by what may be regarded as q continuous ridge run ming from Greenland to the British islands plateau. of which Iceland and tbe Farce islands are emerged DOT tions. The Mediterranean is cut of from the north Atlantic by ridge at the strait of Gibraltar. over which the greatest depth is only 175 fathoms. with steep slopes on either side.
 There's no work so tirin' as dangln' about an starin' an not rightly know in what you're goin 10 do next George Eliot
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
SCHOOL AND INSTITUTION
LAND APPRAISED

Friday and Saturday of last
week, the county board of ap-
praisers made trip through the
west half of the county, and ap-
praised the school and institu :
ton land in the county. This ap-
praisal is made for the purpose
Of selling the land.
Later on these pieces will be
advertised for sale at auction to
the highest bidder, but the ap-
praisal is made for the purpose
of preventing their sale at too
low a price. They can not legally
be sold at price lower than that
set by the board Of appraisers,
consisting of the chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
P. E. Sletmoe, the county auditor,
E. A. Burton, and the county SUI
perintendent of schools, Chas.
Hanson.
! AS soon as this land is sold, the
money is turned,oYe to the per-
manent school and institution
funds, and of course the land at
once becomes assessable and tax
able. The amount of such land
left in the county is very small,
most Of it having been sold at
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
DEATH CLAIMS THREE IN
YOUTH At llo0ERWOop

Mary Pasak died at the home
of her parents on Friday. October
18TH, aged % days, of intestinal
troubles. The little girl lacked vi
tality enough to make long fight
for life. The baby was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pasak
If Dexter township.
Fred Bucholz, aged 9 months
ara II months. died on FRIDAY,
October 18th. after a short ill
ness, pneumonia being the cause
of death. Thed eceased was a
s.,n Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Duc,,i-
OF. =: / liberty GROVE township.
The funeral services were held on
Monday at the Lutheran church
lii Duerr township, Rev. Clocte.'
officiating.
Alfred Mailman died on Satur-
da%. ttobcr -, aged ) years.
'l':;' 'on was made last week of
H.. !,itie fell ," se!tl"g tra;npled
i Uses in t!:" stable and found
u'G'"' .ciou ~ l',l:l> lrv morn :
;:,= :; lived ',n;;i!! Saturday morn
ii'- hen dea ended tlls strug-
Gle foreNistence. The deceased
was a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Mailman o. Durrr township. The
funeral services We're held On
Monday at The Lutheran church
i'll T".err township, Rev. Cloetcr.
officiating.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
BED Room rvRn,ruRE
USE FoR OLD AUTOS

What to do with an old auto
mobile so as to get something out
of it is puzzling question. The
engine is usually in serviceab!e
condition, but the body is more
OF less wrecked, bent and out of
date. Many are converted into
small trucks by removeing the
rear seat and putting on a body.
In this way an old automobile
may give good service for several
years in carrying produce to the
market.
Another use for an old auto
mobile is as light tractor. Farm
and Home tells of Canadian
farmer who conceived the idea of
putting his old car to work on
his farm after driving it more
than 10000 miles over the rough
roads of his county. 1t was con-
!verted into tractor by putting
in an extra axle under the frame,
TWO 1eet In front OF the rear axle
of the car, On which were placed
two binder wheels. The rear
wheels were connected with large
sprockets on the drive wheels by
a chain. This reduced the speed
of the car and gave it more power.
In its converted form it has
proved very useful. It's owner
states he was able to seed 80
acres a day or harrow from 60 to
20 acres with his automobile. By
drawing two 12-inch bushers, he
managed to break five acres
day. Or the equivalent to the work
done by six to eight horses.
The consumption of gasoline is
much less than the cost of horse
feed, while the saving in time is
an important item.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
PUTTING THRILLS In MOVIES

Ihat motion pictures in the
making often require the players
to face real and serious danger,
and even the possibility of sudden
death, is feature of the movies
that few persons realize. The pop
ular notion is that any act involv-
ing danger is "faked''-that in a
fall is made by a dummy and not
by a living player. This was true
of motion picture making in the
past. and to limited extent it is
true even at the present time.
Some of the feats shown on the
screen could never be performed
by living person without the Ger
tainty Of death. But competition
between the leading producers
has become so keen and the taste
of the public is exacting that a
thrilling act must as a rule be the
perfection Of. realism, and. this
usually means that's must be the
real thing. 3. Isl ,.t I X - 4.
One of the most daring of these
feats is fall now being shown
in one Of the big plays. The actor
is seen standing on a balcony. 20
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
ONE DAY ONLY
Offers Services Free Of Charge

DR.. Mellenthin is licensed by
the state and has visited the lar
ger towns at various times for
the past four years.
The doctor pays special atten-
ton to internal medicine and in
his opinion there is too much
cutting done and in his practice
very seldom recommends it.
Examination, consultation and
advice cost you nothing on this
trip, the only charge will be for
medicine and treatment for those
that wish it.
While travelling the Doctors
time is mostly devoted to dis
eases of the stomach, bowels, liv-
er, blood, skin, nerves, heart
kidneys, bladder, rheumatism,
eye, ear, nose and throat catarrh.
weak lungs, adnoids, asthma,
bedwetting, piles appendicitis gall
stones, tumors, goitre, etc.
If you are ailing do not put off
this opportunity cut out this no.
tice so you will not make mistake
in date and place.
The doctor is always glad to
meet you and to talk over your
individual case and tell you of
the new discoveries and methods
of treating various diseases of
the human body.
German spoken. Address: 336
Boston Block, Minneapolis, Mimi.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
mANlToBANs PLEAD
FOR FREE WHEAT
Premier Visits Ottawa to Urge
Tariff Removal to Open AM
erican Markets

T. G.. Norris. premier of Mani
toba. accompanied by DR.. Thorn
ton. minister of education for thu
province. and Mayor Waugh ri
Winnipeg waited upon w. Il
White. minister of finance. latt
yesterday and presented the
claims OF the province for fire.
wheat Mr.. Norris presented ar
gumemtS in favor of abnli>hine
he Canadian duties on wheat AM
wheat products entering Canad5
from the United States in order
that advantage might be taken o.
The offer i'm the Wilson tariff ac'
of The free entry of Canadian
wheat and its products into tn,
United States. These arguments
he declared. never were SO strOnc
as they are today. when The wes1
has crop of unparalleled siz,
and quality.
Minneapolis Prices Higher
Mr.. Norris presented figure,
showing the spread in prices be-
tween Winnipeg and Minneapolis
since the beginning Of the crop
movement, pointing out that the
Winnipeg prices hadr anged from
6 to IL cents lower than those
prevailing in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Norris further said that
there were large quantities of
damp grain of otherwise good
grade which could not find its
way eastward on the long haul,
but which could find ready mar
ket on the other side of the line,
where drying processes would
make it an excellent milling hard
wheat.
The Manitoba premier said the
profits reaped this year by the Ca
millers were high and that
a slight impairment in these pro-
fits would not injure the industry.
The advantage on the whole, to
the Canadian farmers from the
opening of the American market
could be calculated in millions.
Water Freights Exorbitant
Mr.. Norris declared that rates
both on the inland waters and on
the ocean were exorbitantly high
and that there seemed little pros
pect Of their decreasing. He con-
cluded by urging on behalf Of the
province that the government take
action to open the American mar
ket to Canadian wheat.
Mr.. White gave the delegation
an attentive hearing. In the alb
sence of the prime minister and
Sir George Foster, minister of
trade and commerce, from the
capital. however, he would not
commit himself to any answer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
vvYNDMERE CREAMERY BURNS
FRIDAY EVENING

Last Friday evening between
| 80 and 1900 o'clock our citi-
Zens were rudely awakened from
their slumbers by the changing of
the fire bell and che screech of
the whistle at the Wind Electric
plant to find later that the cream
cry was a mass Of flames. H. l..
Jones was the first to discover
the fire, having come in at about
that time from a drive east of
town. He rang the fire bell and
later the alarm spread. By the
time anyone arrived on the scene
the building was doomed and but
little was left to do but watch it
burn. The fire engine was started
more for practice than anything
else to test it's efficiency and it
was found to be in good working
order. This contlagration comes
as a serious loss to the company
and to the community as no in
surance was carried and it is not
probable that the building will be
rebuilt. There seems to be no tan
gible solution for the origin Of the
fird though it is thought that
spontaneous combustion in pile
of waste in the engine room might
have started it, this being Butter
maker Wards theory. A quantity
of salt and a few tubs of butter
and the ice house adjoining were
also consumed. 1t apepars that
the fire bug is knitting us in rather
vital territory, having taken from
us the big Peerless hotel and the
creamery, both of which were
valuable assets to the town. -
Wyndmere Pioneer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

feet above the ground. Suddenly
he clutches at his breast as if
shot and pitches backward off the
balcony, turning over during the
descent. This entire act is per-
formed by living actor who
makes falling his business and
who is said to have fallen a total
of more than five miles in the last
three years. In an act like this, the
actual tumble would formerly
have been made by a dummy, and
the effect of continuity in the pic
lures would have been given by
stopping and starting the camera
at just the right lnstants as the
dummy was substituted for the
actor and as the actor took his
position on the ground in place
of the fallen dummy.
Another act of a startling ma
ture is that of a fugitive dripping
from a signal bridge to the top
of locomotive. This feat was per
formed without any injury to the
actor, while the locomotive was
running at a speed Of II miles all
hour. A fight on the pilot of a
locomotive was staged with the
locomotive running at speed of
20 miles an hour and the pic
lures were made from the rear of
ia train ahead. A single carless
movement of either of the actors
might have resulted in the death
of one or both.-Popular Mechan-
les.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

earning more than 1915 day.
"The main thing asked of the
workeri speed. or, maybe one
ought to say. speed without waste.
To the achievement of this result
everything is adapted, but. above
all, the wage schedules. The un-
derlying idea of the whole sys-
TEN is to get more out of a man
by paying him less. It's fundamen-
tai rule is that if the man drives
the machine he is paid by the
piece; if the machine drives him
he is paid for time. A trick con-
stantly practiced is to urge the
workers into exceeding their pre-.
vious capacity for the purpose OF
earning more and then to adapt
the wage rate to the new record
in order that they may work still
harder to retain their old earn
ings. This has proved one of the
most effective means of increas-
ing the output.
Among 10000 men employed
In the three largest plants OF tht
United States Steel Corporation in
1907 there were i<O men working
only eight hours a day. Among
the steel and iron workers the II
hour day is practically law now
so that. for instance. there were
only ninety-three 1O-hour men to
one thousand fiveh undred ana
seventeen i2-hour men at tho
Homestead Steel Works i'm 1907
"This law. slightly modified
and modified largely for the worse
HOLDS good seven days of the
week all the year through. Neither
Sundays nor holidays exist for
these toilers. Once every fortnight
they work "a hours in stretch
i'm order that they may have a full
day of "a hou"s free the next
week"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
GENERAL REVIEW OF CROP
CONDITIONS OCTOBER I, 1915

The composite condition of all
crops of the United States on Oc-
tober Or at time of harvest was
90 per cent above their ten-year
average condition on that date, as
compared with condition SIS per
cent above average on September
1. Final yields per acre of crops
last year were about 2.3 per cent
above average. This year the total
acreage i'm cultivated crops is
slightly more than last year, and
the index number, of total produc-
ton is about 80 per cent larger
than last year.
The toal production of import
ant products this year compared
with last year is estimated as fol-
lows: Corn 1t3, per cent: wheat
i12, 5 per cent; oats 1873, 0 per
cent: barley 1871. Z per cent rye
1888 per cent, buckwheat 99.2
per cent: white potatoes 9O.7 per
cent: sweet potatoes HAS per
cent: tobacco 1862 per cent; flax
seed 1885 per cent; rice 111.O per
cent: hay (a-1 tame) 1856 per
cent; clover hay 1878 per cent,
cotton 67.9 per cent, apples $40
per cent: peaches 1857 per cent;
pears 92.1 per cent; sugar beets
1t6.5 per cent; average for all
crops, 108 per cent.
The level Of prices paid pro-
ducers of the United States for
the principal crops decreased
about 3.2 per cent during Sept
ember: in the last seven years the
price level decreased about 30
per cent during September. On
October 1 the index figure of pri-
ces was about 60 per cent lower
than a year ago, 7.S per cent lower
than two years ago, and 3.5 per
cent lower than the average of
the last seven years on October 1 {.
The prices of meat animals
hogs, cattle, sheep, and chickens
to producers of the United
States increased 0.5 per cent from
August Is to September Is; in
the last five years prices increas-
ed in like period 10 per cent. On
September Is the index figure Of
prices for these meat animals was
about 1O.7 per cent lower than a
year ago, So per cent lower than
two years ago, and IA per cent
lower than the average of the last
five years on September Is.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
THE WORLD WIDE WAR TRUST

(From remarks of Clyde H.
Tavenner taken from the Con-
gressional RecOrd)
The concerns comprising the
armor ring are notorius as being
among the most bitter enemies of
organized labor in the United
States. and reports following in
plants reveal that they are cruel
and inhunan in their treatment
of unorganzed labor. Is this lam
guage too strong? The findings of
the Investigating committees
themselves will afford the best
answer to this query.
\ survey of living conditions in
Pittsburgh was made in 1909 by
the Sage Foundation under the
direction of especially qualified
investigators. who collected their
material at first hand in the mill
and in the home. 1t had from first
to last the hearty support of such
prominent citizens of Pittsburgh
as Mayor George w. Guthrie:
President Fl. d. w. English, of the
Civic Improvement Commission:
Judge Joseph Burlington. of the
United States circuit court: and
w. H. Matthews. of the famous
Kingsley House.
Edwin Bjorkman, a magazine
writer. was furnished with the
gathered by the foundation and
presented its findings in condens-
ed form in the Worlds Work for
April. 1909. quote the following
from Mr.. Bjorkman' resume of
the Sage Foundation report:
The Carnegie Steel Company
employs about $4,000 workers
within the district. Concerning
the foreign born among these.
some Very instructive statistics
are available. They number in all
1880. or three workers out of
four in the whole force. Together
they represent more than 20 dis
tinct nationalities, most of which
in turn embrace from to 20 ra-
clal or lingual subdivisions. Con-
sidering only the predominant ele
ments, we find $4,000 Austrians,
Hungarians. Italians and Rus
slams, among every hundred Of
whom there are 81 unskilled. Is
semi-skilled. and only 3 skilled
workers..
Mentally they rank low. Edu-
cation or training they have none.
But morally they can hardly be
called undesirable. They prove
submissive. dependable, willing
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

workers, who never dream Of
questioning the desirability or
the dignity of the task assigned
to them. and who are rendered
oblivious to danger by their ig-
norance. Having worked IA and
Is hours a day in their native
countries, and having been paid
from IS to so cents for such slav-
cry they think little of working 2
hours a day and find a fortune in
50 thus earned.
$50 the English speaking PEG
pie. these men with unpronounce.-
able names and strange ways are
just "Hunkies dumb. dull. driv-
en- brutes, so utterly beneath con-
tempt that even competition with
, hem Is out of the question. Whcr
ever they gel Al. the natives and
the northcrnerS withdraw. Wher-
ever the latter find conditions too
hard or wages too low. he Hun
kies' apply eagerly. Everywhere
they have been kept at the bot
tom so far. The worst jobs, and
ionly these. are for them. But still
they are coming in ever greater
numbers. and by slow degrees
they are pushing upward-stead-
lily, inevitably as fate itself. Amid
the clatter of their unintelligible
tongues the few. and ever fewer,
English speaking foremen and
skilled workers feel as lonesome
as lighthouses. And this chasm
between hostile castles of workers
serves by the by to make unionism
additionally impossible.
"There used to be big money
for the WORKERS. who handled ron
and Stee.. There is still fairly good
money to be made by very few
OF them. But for Is years the cut
ting If wages has been going IN
until today IN many cases the
b"s! workers make less than half
o: what t!.ry used to earn. 1t has
been figured oct Thai every hurd-
red workers in TIE steel mills and
blast furnaces includes 60 men
who make less than 50 day. and
only two who make more than IS
in the same time. The average
daily wages of Allegheny County's
5000 blaSt-furnace men were
found to be below $3.50 in 1907.
In October of that year the entire
force Of i2-hour men in the open
hearth department. of the Home
stead Steel Works was averaging
1915 day. The highest paid
skilled workers in some of the
most important branches of the
steel industry are incapable of