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Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17

ITO SAN FRANCISCO EXPLORA-
 TION CONTRARY. A CORPORA
 TION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND
 ASSIGNS.
 Take notice that during tho year A. D. 1916 the undersigned, w. F.. Lass. being the owner of an mdi- vldcd onc-sixth interest in and Of each of tho lode mining claims below described. made improvements and performed work upon and for Che benefit of each of said claims of thC actual and reasonable valuo of One Hundred Dollars upon and for the benefit of each of said claims the total sum expended being Two Hun drcd Dollars. That no other work was done upon or for the benefit Of either of said claims by any other person during the said year of 1916. That said work 80 performed was necessary for tho purpose of main taiuiuE titlc Co said claims and keeping said locations from being forfeited. That no part Of said cX- pcnditurc has been paid by you, and if you fail Co pay the undersigned your proportion of such oxpondi- lures your interest in said claims will become the property of the un- dcrsigncd.
 The claims referred to are thc fol- lowing:
 "Black Bear" lode mining claim, situated on Che Southeastcrly side of Sweetheart Lake adjoining tho Best" lode claim; said Black Bear" claim was located in 1911 and notice of such location is recorded at page l3S of book 20 of tho records of Ju- ncau Recording Precinct of Alaska, in which precinct said claim is situ- otcd.
 Best" lode claim is situated on southoastcrly side of Sweetheart Lake near tho outlet Of said lake; located September 2Sth, 1912, mo- tlcc of which location is recorded at page 4O9 of book 20 of Lodos of the records of the Juneau Recording Precinct of Alaska, in which pro cinct said claim is situated.
 The first publication of this mo- tIcc is Friday June 8, 1917.
 The last publication of this notice is Friday, September 14, 1917.
 w. P. LASS, Co-Owncr.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17
TAX NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the tax levy for tbc City of Douglas for thc year 1917 has been fixed at 10 mills and that an taxes are due and payable at thc ouicc of tho city clerk. Front street. opposite First Territorial Bank. on August 10, and that said taxes win become dcliu- qucut on thc first day of November. on an taxes paid before Che first day of November a reduction of 10 per cent. win Doc allowed. On an taxes unpaid on Che first day of No ycmbcr penalty of fifteen per cent. win be added and interest ot hc rate of s per cent win Doc charg- ed until paid
 By order of thc City Council
 O. E. BENNETT. City Clerk.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17

evening for Che outside by way of
 Dawson.
 Dawson. Sept 2G. The old town don't look Iikc it did when | was
 investing my dust iu left alomans. Nobody seems Co know me and if
 they do they look on mo us a white
 check Nearly l2 years ago ar
 rived her in Che yigor of young man. hood. Tho nightingale of blissful anticipation roasted high on the
 ridgcpolc of my heart which was lighted with the rays of hope and future happiucsss. Today | am a mere hull, of my former self Lost Co Nan. lost Co my family lost to my scll-rcspcct and | fear, lost to God.
 As Che Stroller read Che last entry in thc diary tear courscd its way down his nose. trcmblcd there for a moment and then took a header into space. Near him on Che bed lay tho author of Che diary The chloro- form was suu working and the fcl- low was breathing heavily. From Che interior realms of his raimcnt thc Stroller extracted thc $ll5 he had appropriated Co himself was carefully replaced iu Che timcworn wallet, accompanied by another NN which Che Stroller had stcalthily re- moved from thc pocket of a man as the crowd surgcd around the hotel register Che day before, while the greasy cotton string was carefully tied around it and replaced under thc pillow. Tho Stroller then quiet ly moved from che room, rclockcd Che door and silently descended tho stairs. On his way down Inc met popular and influential local burglar whom thc former wished success. but whispered iu his ear: "Dou't bother 23. The poor devil has nothing left but his record
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17

@ |: [: |: e @ e @ |: 3 @ (: 60 @ go @ * a |" FOR SALE Comn'o.. Nf O. (: @ Uurr'rrs TUul- s'.shHy rusty 60
 @ thru lack of U-c. bU' a'i m good (" [: condition. Wui open anything 60 @ ,Ncep. % N.M.C. \. convention. 60 |" Apply fD Che Stroller .: * 60
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17
DEER SEASON NOW OPEN

The season for deer opened on Wednesday, Che l5th but as yet mo juicy saddles ol ycuisou have been passed around to amy large sized cX- taut
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17

"sITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- modouons American or European plan. For terms apply Co Dr. l.. F.. Goddard, Sauitarium, Alaska.-Adv
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17
BLACKSMITH SHOP FOR RENT

Fully equipped and Iu splendid i'. cation Two IEue rooms .u con. r..r.r Inquire "N." care ut uuu.us Island NuWs.
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17
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 Irr has beou threatening Co insert. tbc above advertisement and only sentiment cuEcudcrcI by Ioue as.u- citation and ownership has prevented mm doing su. 10 win bc eight years tbis uu since Che Stroller Ha- used his burglars tools. Previous -0 chat. time hc frequently engaged u ,ae sensational and pleasantly tlrIIns occupation ol breaking into rooms when JII Nature was wrapped .u che long. msur.hcd robe ol s.uWHer
 And it required considerable losn'u- tuu Go break away from a long established custom for che r,lsDu
 chat when 90 person has followed ugy particular calling for a long t.me
 10 becomes sort of second nature A, Che Stroller was always of au oa-y- going disposition. hc early acquired Che habit of taking things as hc found them and that habit ho lol- lowed with more OF less success uu- .uI Che experience he is about Co re- late came Co him eight years ago and when he was operating iu @ certain town iu Southern Yukon where many people with fat pokcs stop over for a day or night oU their .vay outside from tbc interior An fal business had been good and Che Stroller was adding Go his bank ace count after Che arrival of nearly cy- .cry steamer from Che lower river. |He was prospcrIug and was seriously considering running for oG.cc at an early date when his conscience over took him after lingering several laps behind for % long period of years. .It was this way:
 ! Being ot che wharf when a steam Ter landed and thc passengers .svarmcd down Che gauepIauk. Che Stroller spotted a rather lat appear .iug hand bag and it was Co obtain possession of it that ho had recourse .to his kit of burglars tools that might at one Of Che local hotels Th, hotel register showed Co which room .bc owner uf thc heavy bag had been assigned but evidently som, .sort of trade had been made. as .wheu tho Stroller gained entrance to . Che room designated there was uo 'sigu of Che bag and the person asleep .ou Che bed did not look. when tbo Trays of a dark lantern were thrown on him. as though hc had ever been lin contact with half a dozen ounces .of gold dust iu his life. But having learned by long experience at burg Hing that appearances are dccciymg
 hc decided to take stock of th, .straugcr.s belongings
 There was nothing in a rather di- .lapidotcd suitcase worth considering
 so a firm but quiet hand was calmly
 inserted under tho pillow on which
 thc sleeper's head reposed, unusually
 sound sleep having been supcrin. duced through the agency Of a few
 drops Of chloroform being placed on
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17
PLANO TUNER

GEORGE ANDERSON. Export
 gH years experience lIiEh Grade rIuyers urI Pianos for Sale and Ron. Address Box y'l. Juneau. Phone I.f.G
Douglas Island news., 1917-08-17
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AAaeaooeeeoeoeNNNNANoNa ANoNaoNNNtNNoeNNNeNoNNNH

There are a few things m this
 world sufficiently interesting to stand repeating. When first seen a play may prove so aiascuatng os Ito bc delightful. a story. when heard flor Che first time. may bc highly |amusiur. but a reproduction of che Inlay OF rctclliur of thc story win produce yavus possibly rrums
 The Stroller once knew % man 'who possessed only one story lt startcd with "Oucc tbcrr were two .Ir.sbmcn." The man rcckonCd that he did not need new story su long as hc could get anybody Go stand for tbc old one which hc TO- pcotcd ou every opportunity That man died as Che result Of % gum shot wound and thc sbootyc was fined one dollar and costs for d.s- charging a Grcarm vithiu thc city limits
 Thyrc was u time when thc StrlI- ter himself was a repeater uc has repeated lm license tususI an tHc way from tbc Eycrgladc- nl Florida Co within bc shadow of thc North poIc But chat was before hc to'N his foot ou Che brass railing.
 What thc Stroller started out Go say was that bc has written scs- cral miles of "rupy' during h.s somewhat long and proa.o Iife. during which he has eaten more liver and onions than porrcrhousc and mushrooms. and ot those miles of "suG" bc uas never been ro- gucstcd Go repeat moro chan tom or twelve feet Those who r.aI his articles would usually say. eve for- give you tais umc. but don't do .t again.
 However. tHc Stroller hJd am ar- u.Ic some weeks ago chat lppareu.- ly made b.t and especially with Che suurdouebs so much su 'hHt che edition of thc paper oou-a.u'u- the article was exhausted while there was suu a demand for several hundred more copies The result was chat tbc Stroller was "s.gu and influence brought Co bear Uu him Co repeat Che article which s herewith reproduced Those who do uo. wish Co again read it may ,aiI uu tuc stroller and he win sup- ply them with copies ol tha War Cry or tbc "OG.ruI Bulletin" thc former pornctrgted by rhg Salvation Army thc latter by tue United States government.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31
The having decided to quit farming will sell hi
arm located miles northwest of Potos and miles south
the Hurricane on the Potosi-Beetown road,
Monday, February 5
Commencing at 10 o'clock the following described prop
ty: : =
81 Head of Livestock 81
FIVE HEAD. OF HORSES

Gray gelding years old, w.t. 145O.
Bay gelding coming Z, w.t. 1900. Bay
gelding coming 6, w.t. 1900. Black
mare 6 years, W.T.. 1920.
20 HEAD OF CATTLE.
Nine mich COWS and heifers COM
ing 3 years, to freshen in spring. Six
yearlings, heifers and steers. Nine
spring calves, all good quality Pure
bred Shorthorn bull, years old.
"a HEAD OFF HOGS.
Ten Poland China brood sows. Two
ol9 sows to farrow early April. Eight
young sows, farrow last of April. 16
fall shoats. Poland China stock hog.
MACHINERY, ETC.
Mccormick binder, Dane side rake.
John Deere. hayloader. loft dump
rake. Great Western manure spread
er 5-ft Deering mower. eft Stand
ard mower, good as new 12-in. En-
erson gang pillow, good as new. TWO
all-purpose walking plows, 14-inch
Two corn cultivatOrs, one Emerson,
good as new. Case potato hitler. 16-
inch John Deere riding pillow. John
Deere 4-horse disc, seeder attachment,
good as new. Two 3-section harrows,
one wood, one steel. John Deere corn
planter with trucks, and 100 rods of
wire. Broadcast seeder. Grass seed
err Two wagons, one wide tire Set
wagon springs. Hayrack. Woodrack.
Hograck. Fairbanks-M Morse 6 h. D. en-
CINE, with saw outfit, and extra 2S-in.
blade. Bowser feed mill No. g. Line
shaft, pulleys and belt Pumpjack.
Tank heater Stop cart. Tanning
mill. 900-lb. DeLaval cream separator.
1O00-lb. platform scales. Velie two
seated open buggy, nearly new. New
single top buggy. Oscillator bobslaigh.
Three sets work harness. Single har-
ness. Horse blankets. Fly nets.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31
4S HEAD OF LIVESTOCK

FOUR HORSES-Brown mare,
years, W.T.. 1850. Black mare 8 years,
W.T.. 1900. Trusty driving team. Black
Percheron driving mare coming 4, W.T..
1900. Percheron mare colt from
Welsch's stallion, coming one year.
30 HEAD OF CATTLE.
13 young COWS all good mixers;
are Jerseys; 5 fresh now; others due
to freshen in spring. Three heifers,
coming 3 years; coming 2 years
freshen in spring. Two are pure bred
Jersey. Two steers, coming 2 years.
Nine spring Shorthorn calves three
heifers; 6 steers.
IL DUROC-JERSEY HOGS
Two brood sows, due to farrow in
May. IL spring shoats. One stock
hog.
HAY AND GRAIN.
Thirty-two tons of hay. Dat straw
stack, 1916 crop. 325 bushels good
seed oats, no smut. 80 bushels of
corn. Two bushels 1916 clover seed.
Some early yellow Murdoch seed
corn.
CHICKENS.
Thirty pure bred Rhode Island Red
hens. 20 pure bred Barred Rock pull
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31
Commencing at 10 o'clock the following described prop
erty:
10 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK 40

lets. Several pure bred Barred Rock
ROSTERS. Three pure bred White
Emblem geese; 2 geese; l gander.
MACHINERY.
New Van Brunt disc drill, grass
seeder attachment. New loft wooden
harrow. Iron 10 it. harrow. Good
Mccormick mower Three-horse disc.
Hayrack. Low-wheeled wagon. Bob
sled. Hayrake. Rock Island hay
loader. j. I. Case corn planter. Walk
ing corn plow. John Deere riding
pillow. 14-inch stubble pillow. 12-inch
stubble plow. Single buggy. Buggy
pole. Set sleigh runners. Wagon
springs. Garden hand plow. Garden
seeder. Iron kettle. Sickle grinder.
Wheel barrow. Beehive and other
bee supplies. Pair all wool horse
blankets, bought this winter. Fine
brown horse-hide robe. Post hole dig
ger. Ice cream freezer. 60O-lb De
Laval separator. Milk utensils. Stove
wood and white oak posts. Two sets
11a-inch work harness. Extra third
horse harness. Surrey. Single har-
ness. Household goods and other ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
Everything must go, regardless Of
price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31
TERMS AS USUAL.
LUNCH AT NOON.
AU 10 N!

The undersigned having sold their farm will sell auction
the old VIM Fache farm located 1-2 miles of ancas
ter, on the old Bloomington road on
Wednesday, February z
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31

says, applicable to pedestrian about
to cross a railroad track, is not appli-
cable to conduct of other persons
travelling up streets; inasmuch as this
rule does not apply to the case, it
seems to be we'll established fact
that it does not necessarily follow that
a pedestrian is guilty of negligence be
cause, after having taken an observa--
ton when about entering a roadway
to ascertain If an automobile were
coming, and failing to see any, he omit
ted to look again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31
ECl.'0|!NO M Y
In Monuments
"a -

Do you know that by selecting he
monument during the month of Janu-
airy and February, to be erected in
May, you make a fiat saving of TEN
PER CENT.
If you are planning on such work
for spring or summer, I shall be glad
to show you the largest and finest
stock of monuments ever carried in
this part of the state.
"See the wOrk-NOt a Picture"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31

A lone robber, masked, held up the
500 line operator at Ladysmith at mid
night after the departure of the limit
ed from Minneapolis. His loot was
$45. The police have no clew.
-O-O-O-
William Olson, 35 years old Of Green
Bay, was shot four times by Patrol
man Frank Morgan when he resisted
arrested. Olson escaped from the
county workhouse and the policeman
attempted to capture him.
-O-O-O-
A North Western passenger train
jumped the tracks short distance
from Oshkosh last week while travel
ing at the rate Of fifty miles an hour
The train ran along the ties for 200
yards, but no one was injured and no
material damage was done.
-o-o-o-
Gerhart Aussem, a we'll known hotel
proprietor of Thiensville, near Mil
waukee, was sentenced by Judge
Backus to serve eighteen months in
the house of correction. Aussem was
charged with defraud of 1900 in a
real estate deal.
-O-O-O-
Never before in the history of Ra-
cine county has the price Of cabbage
been higher than at present One of
the local buyers said he was paying
$40 ton and tn. he would not be sur
prised to see it go up to 500 ton.
There is little left in the store house
in either Racine or Kenosha counties.
-o-o-o-
John E. Jenkins of Altoona, 20 years
old, was killed on Thursday of last
week, when struck by a passenger
train at Augusta. jenkins was heavi-
ly muff1ed to guard against the cold,
and it is thought that he did not hear
the approaching train. He was an
Omaha road brakeman.
-O-o-o-
Gustave Boettcher, 40 years old, an
employe Of the Green Bay Paper and
Fiber company, was fatally injured
when his clothing became caught in
one of the machines and his body was
whirled round and round shaft. His
body was pounded practically to a
pulp.
-O-O-O-
Patrick Igo, who attained the age Of
ninety-eight years, died at Green Bay,
Jan. II. His eyesight was not impair
ed and he read the daily newspapers
and books without glasses. Igo came
from Ireland to Brown county half
century ago and followed the vocation
of farmer, until he moved to Green
Bay, twenty years ago.
-O-O-O-
Louis Burnquist of Beloit, remarked
| to his wife who was in bed with a
out little while and would soon re-
turn. He did not return and the next
morning when neighbors came to in
quire after the wife and baby they
found Burnquist's body hanging by the
neck in the woodshed. He was %
years old.
-O-O-O-
Vincent Ciceraro, De Cairo Ital-
ian, was found propped up against the
wall of KenOsha saloon with one
bullet in his scalp and two others in
his left hip. Ciceraro had been made
target Of skill by his fellow country
men, but he refused to divulge their
names when taken to a, hospital. When
the shots were fired thirty men were
in the saloon, but when the officers ar
rived only the bartender and the in
jured man remained.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31

The Marshield lodge Of Elks has
purchased from st. Adams Episco-
pal church building and will convert
it into clubhouse.
-O-O-O-
Many summer cottages on Lake Win
nebago have been broken into and
robbed this winter. The robberies are
thought to be the work of local youths.
900
John Mcdonald, aged SO years, and
a resident of Blanchardville for sixty
years, died at his home in that city
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hamerlink have
arrived in Sheboygan from Ter Neu-
zen, Holland. They were on the ocean
seventeen days.
Herbert Kruger, Is years old, of
Reedsville, was seriously burned about
the face and body when he tried to
start fire in tank heater with gaso-
line.
-O-O-O-
Milwaukee for thirty years, died in
that city last week at the age of 104.
Mrs. Bollman was born in Ireland and
came to America when Is years old.
-O-o-o-
Myrtle Malchow, years old, is dead
at Oshkosh as the result of her clothes
catching fire, when she lighted a
Christmas tree left up since the holi-
days.
Mrs. John Norton, whose husband
was one of the captors Of Jefferson
Davis, died in Green Lake, on Jan. 10,
in home purchased out of. the reward
paid her husband by the government
Mr.. Norton died seven years ago.
The county clerk of Walworth coun-
ty on Wednesday of last week, sent
draft for 100000 to the state treasury
as part payment Of the estate of James
H. Moore of Lake Geneva His big
business was in railroad stocks and
bonds.
-o-O-O-
According to official estimates, Be
lott has 1902 people and is the thir-
teenth city in size in the state This
does not include 1000 population
across the state line in South Beloit
Illinois,
The smoke stack at the American
Parlor Frame company's plant, seventy
feet high, was blown down at Sheboy-
gan. The stack fell few minutes af-
ter a number of school children had
passed.
-O-O-O-
Having the distinction Of shooting a
wolf in his back yard was the expert
ence Of H. H. Jewett, a pharmacist at
Rice Lake Jewett divided the bounty
Of $40 with hunters who claimed to
have driven the wolf from the woods.
-O-O-O-
Charles Butke, who says his home
is in Milwaukee, has been arrested by
the Green Bay police on a charge of
forgery. 1t is charged that he obtain
ed SIS in a saloon by writing a bogus
check.
When requested by playmate to
look into the vent of a gasoline can,
Max Makarowicz, years old of Mil
waukee, did SO just as his companion
touched a match to the can. An eXplo-
sion followed and the lad was severely
burned about the face and head The
name Of the boy who applied the match
was not learned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31
Nipple.
-O-O-O-

A pedestrian has the right of way
over an automobile in crossing a
street, Circuit Judge Oscar M. Fritz
ruled at Milwaukee, when he awarded
Frank Krokow $1,000 damages, full
amount, as in latter suit against C. B.
Harbough for injuries sustained when
Krokow was struck by defendants au-
to. The jury awarded Krokow $3.50.
The court deemed this excessive. "The
stop, look listen rule the opinion
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31

Wheelbarrow Two iron kettles.
Woven wire stretcher. Barb wire
stretcher. Blacksmith outfit. Hay
fork and 100 it. rope Sixty-five white
oak posts. Some steel posts Some
Aft. woven wire. lift Iowa steel
gates. 32-ft. extension ladder. Grind
stone. Sickle grinder Hog troughs.
Log chains. Crowbars. Pitchforks.
Crosscut saws. Two post hole diggers.
Pals. Cream cans. Two cook stoves.
Heating stove. Washing machine.
Barrel churn. 1900 feet lumber, more
or less.
200 Chickens.
HAY and GRAIN.
Five bushels seed corn. One bushel
clover seed. Two straw piles. 10 bu.
potatoes. Thirty tons Of hay. 1000 bu.
oats. Twenty-Five blu. corn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31

That's rather foolish question, isn't it?especiay in
these days when coal the most commonly used fuel It's
thor
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-09
INDECENT California Adver-
tiser Pays kaimin Bill
With Wares.
NOW SELLING CHEAP
Business Manager Trying to
Square Himself by Ped
ding Them.

"Hawaii-Bring that little Pa
cific isle with its balmy weather
and beautiful beaches 70 your home
fireside by purchasing genuine
Hawaiian ukelele from the Kali
min."-The Montana kaimin, Uni
versity student organ.
Fast disappearing is the old custom
of small country newspapers. and some
large ones, too. Of accepting spuds,
cordwood and other commodities for
advertising and subscriptions. Coin,
which used to be lacking In farmer
homes is now more plentiful. But the
Montana kaimin reintroduces 1t In a
fashion all its own. When the busi-
ness manager of the student paper sent
a bill to u music house in California
for advertising he confidently expect
ed real gold in return. But the music
houses, instead of paying for its ad-
vertising in either money or living ne
cessities. sent along number of uke-
leles. With the printers bills hanging
over him threateningly, the manager Of
the Kaimin. recently placed on salary
basis, is making tremendous efforts to
dispose Of the musical Instruments. be-
fore they are ruined by ambitious stu
dents.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-09
REFERENDUM SHOWS
"PORK" IN DISFAVOR
Chamber of Commerce
Would Extend Veto Power.

The commercial bodies of the coun-
try holding membership in the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United States
are overwhelmingly in favor of ex-
tending the veto power of the presi-
dent in connection with appropriations
by congress. The Missoula Chamber
OF Commerce is member Of the ma
tional organization and cast three
votes in the referendum.
Referendum measure No 10 was
submitted in the following form
Should the United States constitution
be SO amended as to permit the presi-
dent to approve or disapprove any
separate items Or provisions contained
in any appropriation bill" According
to the trainers of the referendum, this
measure if enacted as a law, would
enable the president to eliminate con-
siderable pork" tackled onto appro-
priation bills that were otherwise nee
essary.
The members Of the national cham
Der of commerce cast 1,195 votes for
the referendum and 60 against it, thus
pledging their support to it for con-
gressional action.