“TOO MUCH” JOHNSON INVESTMENT OF
JUST FIFTY YEARS AGO IS SOURCE
OF UNTOLO WEALTH TO NATION
On March 30, 1807, while a violent critics of the administration, already
.political storm was enveloping his owned more land than it knew what
administration, as a result of dis- to do with. Vast territories beyond
agreement in relation to reeonstruc- the Missouri were und w. I, ped, al
tion in the south, Andrew Johnson, most unexplored. Some of them were
seventeenth president of the United practically inaccessible; money was
States, and immediate successor of even then being lavishly spent upon
Abraham Lincoln, communicated, in the construction of a railroad across
the form of a message to the house the continent, an enterprise which, it
of representatives anil the senate, the was thought, would hope of bringing
astonishing fact that a treaty had the eastern into regular connection
been negotiated with Itussia under with the far-distant western portion
the terms of which all of that na- of the republic; a huge debt, piled i»p
lion's possessions in North America by the civil war, was exacting heavy
might he acquired by the United IkiAes funn (the people; the times
States. The only formality necessary were dull, and with it all came this
to the consummation of the conven- "foolish' proposal to pay the "enir
tion was ratification by the senate, motis” s.,m of $7,300 CO for an un
At the time, almost any act in which inhabited and, as it was termed,
President Johnson and his cabinet probably uninhabitable area at the
might have had a hand would have end ol the earth, which Russia
failed to obtain the commendation of would no doubt gladly have parted
the "radical republican" majority in with for nothing!
congress, and the purchase of Russian While the attacks or; the Russian*
America was it first pu! down as a American purchase were aimed at
characteristics Johnsonian inisconcep- President Jolyison, they were felt
tion of the needs of the country. most kneely by his secretary of state,
The United States it was held by William M. Seward, to whom the
Like A Boy at 50 Bubbling Over
With Vitality—Taking Iron Did It
Doctor says Kuxated Iron is greatest of all strength builders--Often
increase* the strength and endurance of delicate, nervous
folks 200 per cent, in two weeks time.
NKW YORK. N. Y.—Not long ago a
man came to me who was nearly hall
a century old and asked me to give
him a prelnnlnarly examination
for life insurance. 1 was ustonished
to find him with the blood pressure
of a boy of 20 and as full of vigor,
vim and vitality as a young man; in
fact a young man he really was not
withstanding his age The secret he
said wait taking iron—nuxated iron
had filled him with renewed life. At
30 he was in bad health; at 46 care
worn and nearly all in. Now at 50 a
miracle of vitality and his face beam
in with the buoyancy of youth. As 1
have said a hundred times over, iron
is the greatest of all strength builders.
If people would only throw away pa
tent medicines and nauseous concoc
tions and take simple nuxated iron, 1
am convinced that the lives ol' thou
sands of persons might be saved, who
now die every year from pneumonia,
grippe, consumption, kidney, liver and
heart trouble, etc. The real and true
cause which started their diseases was
nothing more nor less than a. weak
ened condition brought on by lack of
iron in the blood, iron is absolutely
necessary to enable your blood to
ciiauge food into living tissue. With
out it, no matter how much or what
you eat, your food merely passes
through you without doing you any
good, feu don't get the strength oat
ol' it, and as a consequence you be
come weak, pale, and sickly looking
just like a plant trying to grow in a
soil deficient in iron. If you are not
strong or well you owe it to yourself
to make the following test; See how
long you can work or how far you
can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two five-grain tablets of
ordinary nuxated iron three times per
day after meals for two weeks Then
test your strength and see for your
self how much you have gained. I
have seen dozens of nervous run
down people who were ailing all the
while, double their strength and cn
durance and entrcly get rid ol' all
symptoms of dyspepsia, liver and
other troubles in from ten to four
teen days time simply by taking iron
in the proper form. And tins after they
had in some cases beep doctoring for
months without obtaining any benefit.
Hut don’t take the old forms of re
duced iron, iron acetate or tincture of
it on simply to save a few cents. You
must take iron in a form that cun be
easily absorbed and assimilated like
nuxated iron if you want It to do you
any good, otherwise it may prove
worse than useless. Many an athlete
or prizefighter has won the day sim
ply because he knew the secret of
great strength and endurance and
filled his blood with iron before he
went, into the affray, while many an
other has gone down lo inglorious de
feat simply for the lack of iron—K.
Sauer, M. D.
Note—Nuxated Iron, recommended
above by Dr. Sauer is not a patent
medicine nor secret remedy, tmt one
which is well known to druggists and
whose iron eonstitutents are widely
prescribed by eminent physicians
everywhere. Unlike the older inor
ganic iron products, it is easily as
similated, does not injure the teeth,
make them lilaek, nor upset the stom
ach; on the contrary, it is a most po
tent remedy, in nearly all forms of in
digestion, as well as for nervous, run
down conditions. The manufacturers
have such great confidence in Nuxated
Iron that they offer to forfeit $100.00
to any charitable institution if they
cannot take any man or woman under
60 who lacks iron and increuse their
strength 200 per cent, or over in four
weeks’ time, provided they have no
serious organic trouble. They also
ofTer to refund your money if it does
not at least double your strength and
endurance in ten days’ time It 13
dispensed in this city by I .omen Hros.
(successors to Hutler-Mauro & Do.,)
and -all ottier druggists.
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STOLEN '
IDENTITY
LOLITA ROBERTSON.
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acquisition of the territory was the
realization of a long-cherished dream.
As a variant for the phrase, "John
son's Foolishness,"the transaction with
Russia was sometimes sailed "Sew
tirdfls ^olly.” Nevertheless, (calmer
reflection, and able and eloquent advo
cacy by Senator Charles Sumner of
Massachusetts, brought about the rat
ification of the treaty. Toward the j
close of his speech, touching on the I
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name of the newly acquired posses
sion Sumner said' j
As these extensive possessions,
constituting a corner of the continent,
pass from the imperial government of
Russia they will naturally receive a
new name. They will no longer be
Russian America. How shall they lie
called? Clearly any name borrowed
from classical history or individual
invention will be little better than
a misnomer, or a nickname unworthy
of such an occasion. Kvcn if taken
from our own history it will be of
doubtful taste. The name should come
from the country itself. It should
he indigenous, aboriginal, one of the
autochthons of the soil. Happily
such a name exists which is as proper
in sound as in origin. It appears in
the report of Cook, the illustrious
navigator, to whom 1 have so often
referred that the euphctolous name
now applied to the peninsula which
is the continental link of the Aleu
tian chain was the sole word used
originally by the native islanders when
speaking of the American continent
in general, which they knew perfectl>
well to be a great land. It only re- j
mains that, following these natives, |
whose places are now ours, we, too,
shall call this great land Alaska.
And Alaska it was called. New
Archangle, later known as Sitka was
the principal settlement under Rus
sia. It long remained the principal
settlement under the United States.
Very little was heard of the territory
after interest in its purchase subsided,
until the gold discoveries on Klondike
creek, a tributary of the Yukon, on
August 16, 1896 or for nearly a gen
eration after the signing of the treaty
of purchase Then there was a wild
rush of prospectors, miners, and ad
venturers into the new country; vil
lages towns and cities spring up over
night, and within two years the Klon
dike region alone yielded more than
$10,000,0011 ill yellow metal. It is esti
mated that, to date, the mineral pro
duction of Alaska aggregates about
$350,000,000, but mine production con
stitutes but a single item in the .n
askan industrial account of the pres
ent day. A statement of the com
merce of the territory for one year,
the last of which we have a full re
port shows miscellaneous shipments
from the peninsula -to the UnMed
States of a total valeu of $27,039,470.
This is exclusive of shipments of gold
and silver worth $20,035,984. The
value of the salmon product alone
From Our Exchanges
Dr. D. Conley, a well known and re
spected physician of Ituby, died sud
denly in that city recently from
heart failure.
The Douglas Island Athletic club
is the name of an organization re
cently formed at Douglas With a
membership of more than 300.
. _ !
S. l.undblad of Seward, is the in
ventor of a combination bed and
sleeping bag which is declared to be
a winner.
J. J. Trunk, an old pioneer of var
ious Alaska mining camps, has been
taken to the St. Joseph's hospital at
Fairbanks suffering from a severe at
tack of pneumonia.
New arrivals at Ruby from Marshall
City say conditions in that camp have
been good all summer despite the
shortage of men and that some good
cleanups hate been made.
The Alaska halibut schooner Joe
Baker disposed of its halibut catch at
Prince Rupert a few days ago at the
record price of 14.5 cents a pound.
fur a single year is almost equal to
three times the price paul for the
country.
After the transfer of the peninsula
to the United States Alaska was or
ganized as a noncontiguous posses
sion. It was made a civil and judi
cial district on June ti, 1900, and was
organized as a territory on August
24, 1912. Its present capital is Juneau,
where in .March, its legislature will
assemble for the third biennial ses
sion. The population does not exceed
75,OU(i. Development along privtno
corporate lines was arrested a few
years ago. and now awaits the con
struction of a government railway
system and an allotment of lands
which will insure the possession of
the country's resources to settlers.
The territory is one of the naturally
richest sections of the earth, and is
the only possession of the republic
thus far, that has been held sacred
for the betjetii of tlie* people.
Karl llall, wito lost a part of both
feet from freezing two years ago, re
turned recently to Seward. He spoilt
three months in a hospital o:i the out
side and is now aide to walk without
difficulty.
A night prowler lias been helping
himself promiscuously to tilings not
his own in Douglas for some time
p.ast. Recently he broke into Fox's
store and the Republic Bar and got
away with small sums of money ai
each place.
RECEIVES PAINFUL INJURIES
WHILE DRIVING DOG TEAM
While driving a spirited dog team
from Flat to lditarod recently, and
when only a short distance outside
the town of Flat, Harrison Costar,
manager id' the Yukon Hold Company,
Was painfully injured by tin* handle
bars of the sled striking him viidentl>
in the. chest. The dogs had become
unmanageable, and it was in his ef
forts to regain control that the acci
dent occurred. He proceeded on his
waj to lditarod, but when near the
summit he became seriously distressed
and upon ids arrival in lditarod lie was
seized b> a fainting spell. Dr. Au
ringei was immediately called and a
superficial examination list him to he
lieve that some of tin* ribs bad been
fractured.
The patient while suffering consid
erable pain, is not believed to be
seriously injured.
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laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop
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