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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
THE WAY OF PRESIDENTS

That two former Presidents of the United States died in com paratiYe poverty, and that seV- sGal oi them let estates of from S5O.VOO to $500, 1000 Is not gen orally kEowD. Interesting, there fore, particularly at this time when another President ts about to be elected, are the figures compiled and published in the New York Mail. Tn, Man says:
 Washington left an estate valued at more than $SO0,OOO; John Adams died moderately well off leaving about S75,OOO; JeffeF- son died SO poor that If congress had not purchased his library at S2p,0OO, he would have been a paupec; Madison was frugal and left about $15O,OO9; Monroe died SO poor that ha was buried at the exuense of his relatives; John Quincy Adams left about $55, 1000; Jackson died worth sSO,OOO; Van Buren left some $4OO.O0O. It is said he did not draw his salary while in office, but at the expta- ton e lis term of service drew the whole $1OO,O0O. Polk left all estate valued at S15O.OOO; Taylor had saved something from his pay while Iu the army and died worth $15O QUO; Taylor married lady o wealth; Fillmore was always frugal aud added to his savings by mar rying a woman of wealth, and was worth about S2O0,O0O; Pierce's estate was valued at $50,- GOO; Buchanan Left s2OO, ,OOO; Lin coIn was wealthy, but lost his fortune in the Grant & Ward tailure; Hayes was always frugal and added to his fortune, while Garfield was only moderately well osf; Harrison died worth $25O.0O0 while CleYeland'g for tune was large; Mckinley and Taft were not well off, while Roose vel. haa a substantial competence; Wilson has royalties from his books an7 his second wife is a wo- man of wealth"
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

ReturnjnF to Judge Wiekershams addres aud the credit to whom is due: lie calls timely, if belated, .aJtention to the fact that William Howard TaIt, president of tue Un- .ited states, took The first import auL steu toward developing Alaska when ns recommended Eu congress, in d message, h2I trunA nne railroad be built by the government into the interior; and tpat subse- guen:iv he secured an appropriation and appGAGed 2 commissHoH of ar my officers which conducted eN- naustiYe surveys aEd made re- port wnicn formed the basis of final congressional action.
 Thus was, as matter of tact' that groundwork Tor Alaska ue- yeICpmeu' was substantially laid pefor5 the present administration cam- into power and. with the help of Republicans jn congress, b4oug'V the great railroad project to con summation.
 1here :, honest credit enough to 20 areund and Delegate Wickershai keeps history straight by seeing to it that the hetpfmDesss of the fxr-sighted preceding administratio is not oVerlooked.-P.-l.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
THE ARCH OF CTESlPHoN.
Lone Remnant Of q Once Wonderful
 and Magnificent City.

Lone Remnant Of a oneo Wonderful
 and Magnificent City.
 Just below BagdRd. o0 the Tigris there stands a wonderful ruin known as the Arch os CtssIphon-an that re mains today of a once mighty city, the one time capital Of the Parthian king dom.
 The ruins consist of. an immense chamber, S1 feet wide by i54 feet long. with an arched roof in one single span of the whole width. the crown of the arch being l04 feet high. The edifice has a back, but in front Is entirely open from top to bottom. displaying the whole of the magnificent vaulted cham Der. On one side, al the same height as the arch. extends 6 kind of facade The whole building Is constructed of burnt bricks about a foot square, and It Is supposed that the front was orig lnally cRsed with marble.
 Historical records show Ctesipho' was a second Babylon in point of size and in the spiendor of Its, palaces and princely houses. When. taken by tht Romans 100000 eaPtives and rich booty fell into, their possession. Later 1t became the capitzfSof Persia. Her, Chosroes, the twenty-thlrd king of Per sia, lived in great style. His thron was in a palace Of prOdigious heigh and so vast that It was supported bl 10000 silver columns. It's roof was en riched with 1000 golden globes, whicl all had different movements and repre sented the planets and the various con stellations. ........
 Some centuries later this wonderful palace and city were sacked by thu Arabs. since when 1t has gradually de cayed. all that remains today being this single arch.-Wide World Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

Colonel Frederick W. Sibley of the Fourteenth cavalry. who was sent in pursuit of the Mexican bandits who recently raided the little settlement of Glen Springs, Tex, has for some time been in command of Fort Clark, Tex. With him on his expedition Colonel sibley took two squadrons of the Four teenth and a machine gun troop.
 A native of Texas, Colonel Sibley was graduated from the West Point Military academy In 1874 and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Second cavalry, since which time he has had a varied experience in the service of Uncle sam. For ten years he fought against the Indians In the Rocky mountains and on the plains, participating in nearly all of General Crooks engagements with the Sioux and Cheyennes. For galIantry in ac- tion on the Little Big Horn in July, 1876, he was brevetted, and later flor distinguished Gallantry in action against Crazy Horses camp" on Pow der river, Mont. March I7, 1876, was recommended for a medal of honor.
 During the war with Spain Colonel sibley commanded the headquarters guard of the Fourth army corps under Major General John COpDinger. In 1903 he was adiutant general of the department of LuzOn. Philippines, and in 1905 was In command Of the troops that suppressed the ladrones of Ca vite and Batangas provinces, return Ing lnvalided to the United States. He was selected for detail to the gen. eral staff in l90S. but declined. From 1909 to 1911 he was commandant Of cadets at West Point
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

This was agreed upon at meeting Of national committeeman at Trenton.
 Attorney General J. W. WescOtt Of New Jersey nominated the president for his first term and is said to be Mir. Wilson's choice for the honor again.
 When President Wilson was elected fin 1912 he resigned as chief executive of the state. and Governor. Fielder. who was then president of the senate. by virtue of his office became acting governor. Under the laws of New Jer sey the president of the senate auto maticaIly becomes governor of the state either upon the resignation or the disability of the elected governor.
 Governor Fielder is native of New Jersey. forty nine years old. a lawyer by profession and for the last twelve years has been active in state poll. tics He W .S educated In the public schools and was admitted 10 the bar in 1888 and f. TIT years later was made counselor .C went to the state as- sembly in rG and in 1907 was elected to the SCua; There he remained until be succecIcI President Wilson as act ing govcrUcr. He was later elected governor.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
FIRST AID 10 ALASKA

Delegate Wicl erSLam, in his in- teTestiuS address UeIOre the Com merciaI Club, opportunely traoeu the history of Alaska development and, withholding Lo credit from any quarter where it properly be- longs bestowed the due need OI credit for substantial initiative up ou creative and constructive states manship of days agoue that too of ten passes from memory and es, capeS recall and recognition.
 Everybody knows, or should know, how this entire coast sec tiUu, the united forces of Seat tIe active in the forefront, pulled tcgether SO magnificently for the proJec+ of a gOvernment-built rail road in Alaska.
 Everybody understands and aD- preclates how Secretary of the In terior Lane promptly gave his pow ertul assistance to the cause and ultimately enlisted the still more powerful, and needed aid of Pnesi- dent Wilson.
 Every bOdyk nows, too, and takes rrIie In the fact, that, for once, the Washington delegation in con- gress, Ip cooperation with Delegate Wickersham-our two senators and five representatives each and all honorably included-worke6 unsel- fishlv in perfect unison and har- mOny toward the laudable, common end of helping Alaska.
 All this Is a fine chapter of AL aska, Seattle and washington (state and capital city) history, and the glory is certainly ample to go around.
 To le sure, a scheming townsite promoter of Seward. John M. Bcllaine, for the purposes of an in- quisitous campaign, is today en- gagged in a depicable attempt to smirch the chapter and falsify his way into congress with preposter- Gus bought-and-paid-foT claim that he did 1t all, and but for him AL askA will yet be gobbled up, bag aud baggage, by piratical Guggen- helms and a plundering ilk, but let this brazen candidate and his bogus pretensions pass. Steilacoom Is hofuddlo1 with similar halluncina-
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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
EDITORIAL
WOULD BE 4 GREAT ASSET

Alaska would prove a great prize 70 any nation In case of war. The JapaL demands ] Ion China and the chances for the United states be- coming involved ought to make Uncle Sam wake up and see how blind he has been towards protect ing his most valuable asset. The possession and invasion of the entire Pacific CoGgt by an enemy would prove no. more serious for the United States than the capture and possession of Alaska. The great copper mines, the great coal de- pOsits, the wealth of fisheries and other resources would furnish munl tiUns and food os inesjmable val ue. JLueau alon3 with the great est lCw-srade gold mines ill the world, would fall au eaSy prey for an enemy. The only remedy is for the United States 10 get busy be fore there Is a possibility of wal being declared and fortify the main cOast points, This could be done q. a nominal expense when one considers the great treasures which would thus be conserved and pro trcteG. By tho say, it may be re- marked in passing. that the Re Publicaus in their district plat form fully covered this point.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08

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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
To Nominate President Wilson.

When the Democratic national con- vention meets in St. Louis next June the honor of nominating President Woodrow Wilson as the standard bear. CT of his party will probably fall on Gov ernor James r. Fielder of New Jersey.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
Ina Reason.

"oniy q human paradox can put ., weather sign On,a a steeple>"
 "Why so2" -......
 Because he is the only ktnd of maN who can be successful in 8 vane al tempt "-PaltfmoEe American.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-08
fnnnaak aihlh Nerno.

The longest verse in the Bible, the ninth verso in the eighth chapter of Esther, contains ninety words.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
HIGHLANDS NEWS

Richard Caver is at Benton City
this week.
A. ID. Villier and E. o. Keene We're
in Pasco Tuesday.
AT noon on Wednesday just an even
hundred had registered. Books will
be open until late Friday evening to
accommodate those who are putting off
this important duty until the eleventh
hour.
Harold Gray, who is a student at
the state university, arrived from Sc
attic Wednesday to visit at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Gray. Harold was one of the party
which recently climbed Mt. Rainier.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Chaplin have been
enjoying visit from their daughter,
Mrs. Sill and children, of Pocatello,
Idaho, for the past two weeks. Mrs.
Sill was accompanied by Mr.. Sill, who
returned home after a weeks visit,
leaving the family to make more
extended stay.
George Leslie, formerly a co-work-
er with J. o. Cleve, in the s., p. & S.
Offices in Portland, but now working
with man from the Interstate Com
merce commission, securing data re-
garding the valuation of the s., p. &
S. r. R. between Spokane and Port
land, was guest at the Cleve home
Friday evening.
Otto Klinge,, of Chicago, brother
of E. o. Klinge, was drowned Friday
at Camp Lake, Wis, while on an out
ing. The funeral was held in Chicago
Tuesday. The young man spent sew
eral months on the Highlands three
years ago and while here won the es-
TEEN of all who met him. His aged
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
KENNEWICK'S MOTOR
VACATIONISTS RETURN
All Agree That Roads in and Out of
Kennewick in all Directions
Are Fright

One by one the vacationists are re-
turning and within a short time Ken
newick's population will have assumed
normal proportions. Some of those
who spent their annual respite from
business i'm motor car do not bring
back altogether flowery stories of
the delights of motoring. DR.. and
Mrs. L. G. Spaulding and son Gene and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Yost returned last
Friday from 1100-mile trip across
the Cascades to Seattle, Tacoma and
down the Coast to Portland. In Sc
attic DR.. Spaulding's new Chalmers
collided with street car. As re-
suit the doctor purchased new front
wheel, fender and wind shield.
Fortunately none of the occupants of
the machine We're injured. In Port
land the doctor twisted off rear axle.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Johnson and sons
Warde and Glenn, who started out
with the Spaulding party, did not re-
turn until Sunday, having been de-
layed at Trout Lake to await the ar
rival of new tire. On one of Sc
attle's hills the Jeffrey sustained a
broken rear axle in attempting to go
up and down hill at the same time.
The Spauldings returned from Trout
Lake. by way of Horse Heaven and
the Johnsons by way of Mabton. Ac-
cording to the stories the roads on
either route are the worst on earth.
DR.. and Mrs. F. M. Crosby and son
Elmer, Miss Kate Williams, E. w.
Trenbath and F. R. jeffrey returned
Sunday from two weeks outing at
Lake Crescent in the Olympics. They
report delightful time with little or
no car trouble. All are enthusiastic
over the lake as an ideal place for the
vacationist, with plenty of boating,
swimming, fishing and pleasant mot
oring thru giant forests over good
roads. Mr.. Jeffrey was accompanied
by his parents, of North Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sheppard,
daughter Ards Mae and Mrs. Eliza
beth Kampf returned Friday from a
trip to Seattle and Portland. They
made the trip without trouble but Mr..
Sheppard left his Studebaker Four
behind in Seattle and returned in a
new Studebaker Six.
Guy Hayden returned Friday from
an automobile trip to Spokane and
Wallace, Idaho. He says the roads
between here and Spokane are in a
frightful condition.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. OLarey and
Banker Kinkaid, of White Bluffs, Wis
tied in Kennewick Sunday.
The v. P. Glass of the Methodist
Sunday school are giving farewell
party tonight at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Jacot, in honor of Misses
Elsie Moeller and Katie Larsen, who
leave tomorrow for Spokane for a few
days visit before going to Cheney to
attend normal school.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega-
tional church deserve much credit for
the exceedingly pleasant evening they
gave their friends with the ice cream
social Tuesday on the King lawn. The
lighting of the lawn was especially
pretty and added much to the festive
air of the affair. The church treas
ury was considerably benefited also.
Mrs. Wright and daughters Misses
Helen, Janet, and Mary Frances, who
have been visiting several weeks at
the home of Mrs. Wright's sister, Mrs.
w. B. Wuth, leave tonight for their
home in Hollywood, California. Miss
Alice Woodum, of Los Angeles, who
has also been a guest at the Wuth
home, left Tuesday for Seattle. She
will join her friends in Portland and
the party will make the trip south on
the steamer Great Northern.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31

parents are visiting at the home Of
their son, +. o. and are nearly pros
trated with grief by the loss of their
son.
On Friday evening, Sept. /, at the
Highlands club house, there will be
a discussion of the rural credits law
which has been passed recently and
which the government is about to put
into operation. Lee Lampson, who
has been requested to ascertain the
views of the people of this district up
on the subject and present them at the
government hearing in Spokane, will
be present and will have copy Of the
law. A large attendance is urged and
it is hoped that many will avail them
selves of the opportunity to learn the
provisions of the measure and discuss
its feasibility and probable effects up
on the community. Ladies, especially,
are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Taylor and son
Gordon accompanied their departing
house guests to Spokane on Friday,
returning on Tuesday. To the I'M
bounded delight of the youngsters Of
bus route No. a, Mr.. Taylor purchased
a Rothweiler truck while in Spokane
which he will convert into an auto bus
to use on the route. The Taylors
drove down from Spokane in their
car and report a pleasant trip thru the
prosperous wheat lands and thriving
towns. On the state highway they
encountered places which were in the
course of construction which meant
a short run over crushed rock or de-
tour, but found the road in splendid
where it had been finished.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK
G. j. Hayden returned the first of
the week from business trip to Wal

G. J. Hayden returned the first OF
the week from a business trip to Wal.
lace.
Roy Void, who has been visiting
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Void, for the past few
months, left today for Omaha, where
he has employment.
Mrs. G. E. Hanson and John return.
ed the first of the week from Canada
where they spent a pleasant summer.
Master John is suffering this week
with an attack of tonsilitis.
A picnic party from Pasco consist
ing of Mr.. and Mrs. Barr, Miss Rose
Kleebe and Mr.. Gibbs came over Sun
day to join a crowd from Richland on
the river bank for picnic dinner.
Miss Gertrude Showers left the last
of the week to visit with her brother
r. p. Showers and Mrs. Showers at
Cornell before, assuming her duties
as teacher of the eighth grade in the
North Yakima schools.
Miss Clarissa Spencer returned the
last of the week from her visit to
the home folks in Missoula, and has
moved into an apartment in the King
block, where she will try housekeep-
ing for one this>winter.
Miss Minnie Munday came home
Saturday from a vacation spent in
Prosser and Seattle. She was ac-
companied from Seattle by Irene Haas
who has been spending the summer
with her aunt near Seattle.
Mrs. A. E. Knerr and her sister,
Mrs. Ida B. Joy, left on the boat last
Friday for Salem, Ore, to visit with
relatives for while. Mrs. R. E..
Lauderbach also went with them, to
visit with her daughters in Portland
for month.
A. w. Graham leaves tonight for
Albion, ILL.,, to visit at his old home,
on account of the continued ill health
Of his aged father. Mr.. Graham was
not intending to go until next week,
but is now trying to get to Illinois
ahead of the strike.
Ali ranchers, or others, interested
in the farm credits movement are in
vited to attend the meeting Of the
Highlands Improvement club tomor-
row night, Friday, Sept. 1. County
Agriculturalist Lampson will be pres
ent and will give an outline of the
new rural credits law, after which a
discussion will be invited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
NORTHERN LIGHTS SHOW
WILDLY in NIGHT SKY
Finest Display of Aurora Borealis
Ever Seen in This Section was
Visible Saturday Evening

A display of northern lights, the
most vivid ever seen here, were plainly
visible last Saturday night. The phe-
nomenon was especially attractive to
residents of the Highlands, whose view
of the northern sky was unobstructed.
The northern lights, scientifically
known as the aurora borealis, appear
ed in a brilliant white arc in the
northern heavens. Streamers of green
light oscillated within the arc, but
none of the more vivid hues often ap-
parent in lattitudes farther north were
visible here.
The display may be expected to be
repeated on cloudless nights for the
rest of the year. The aurora borealis
reaches its maximum of display in
periods or cycles of eleven years and
at the same time that the sun spots
are most numerous. The sun spots
have this year reached their maximum
number, having steadily increased in
successive seasons for several years.
In all probability, in keeping with the
rules established by scientific observa-
ton, they will decline in number hence
forth for several years.
The connection between the number
of spots visible on the surface of the
sun and the terrestrial tendency to
magnetic disturbances has been estab-
lished. Their periods of frequency and
the stimulated activity Of the aurora
borealis invariably coincide.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31

Miss Nancy Bishop has accepted a
position in the First National bank.
The Needle Work club will meet
with Mrs. C. E. Miller tomorrow af-
ternoon.
Miss Alice Baxter was a weekend
guest. of Miss Lydia Evans, of Hover
last week.
Mrs. Guy Story and little son left
Tuesday for Mrs. Story's old home in
Canada for a visit.
Miss Anna Caha and brother John
left the last of the week to make their
home in Walla Walla.
Allen Arnold and sister, Miss Dor
othy returned Tuesday from a pleas
ant visit with friends in Seattle.
Miss Violet Wood went to Seattle
the last of the week to spend the win
ter with her sister, Mrs. Joe Calvin. /.
Mrs. Cranmer has for her house
guest this week Miss Fitzgerald, Of
the Walla Walla high school faculty.
E. M. Sly returned this morning
from three weeks stay in Portland
where he has been taking treatments
for rheumatism.
Miss Helen Brunn, of Ellensburg,
was a weekend guest at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bradshaw, enroute
to visit her father at Pasco.
Mrs. j. G. Kelley came home from
a two weeks stay in Spokane yester-
day, but returned there today on &C.
count of the illness of Mr.. Kelley's
sister.
Miss Grace Pryor, Of Cheney, made
a short visit this week with her friend
Miss Lura Shanafelt. Miss Pryor was
enroute to White Pine, via Pendletor
and Baker City, to begin her school
The mystery supper and social giver
at the Methodist church last Friday
evening was a great success in every
sense of the word, as was the mission.
airy pageant given Sunday evening by
the union missionary society.
Mrs. Madge Soth had the pleasure
this week of entertaining her girlhooG
chum, Mrs. Ed. Stockton, and daugh.
ter Mildred, from New Plymouth, Ida
Mrs. Stockton is accompanied by hel
mother, Mrs. Connely, from Iowa, wht
is enroute to spend the winter in Cali
fornia.