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TWO PROMINENT
CATHOLICS ARRIVE
Rev. Father Cremont, prefect apos
tolic for Alaska arrived here on Wed
nesday night and visited Father Ferron.
He is accompanied by Rev. Father
Donelly, from London, England. The
Rev. Father is delivering lectures on
socialism. Both Father Cremont and
Father Donelly left on the St. Michael
for Fairbanks. After a short stay there
Father Donelly will again visit Tanana
and give one or more lectures. He is
said to be a very fine speaker.
LOGAL HAPPENINGS
Archdeacon Stuck left here today on
the launch Pelican for Iditarod.
Rev. C. E. Betticlier arrived in
Tanana this week on the Susie and will
depart"in the morning on the Julia B.
for Fairbanks.
W. D. Riley of Gold Mountain left
here today for Ruby, where he will en
gage in mining on Flat creek. Fie took
with him from here a ten-horsepower
boiler and supplies for this winter. He
has great faith in the Ruby district.
The Yukon Valley News serves to
its readers this week eight-page paper.
EVEN the plain gold circlet of
the Wedding King varies in style.
You may have a plump, narrow
ring or one quite wide and thinner
in i roportion.
Select the size you fancy and I
can give you any size and weight
you wish.
In 14k, 18k, 22k Gold.
THE Earring was never higher
in popular favor than it is right
now. But there is no longer any
need for ear-piercing.
A tiny clamp—ingenious
and simple — holds the
jewel in position with
comfort and security,and
you can put it on or re
move it in a moment.
We have earrings, large and small,
long and short, expensive and in
expensive—earrings to suit every
purse and every fancy. Come,
we shall be glad to show you.
BEMIS
THE 0. K. JEWELER
President Vetoes
The Wool Bill
The famous, or as LaFollette would
have it, infamous Schedule “K” of the
wool tariff has been vetoed by the Presi
ident. This tariff schedule was first
put through Congress soon after the
civil war to encourage the manufacture
of woolen goods and has continued to
be passed without material change by
each Congress that has re-arranged the
tariff. There has been so many charges
and counter charges that no one outside
of a wool expert could pass a reasonable '
opinion of what Schedule K really did
for the wool industry. Until a few years 1
ago, after the great wool combine and j
the worsted and shoddy manufacturers
began a fight among themselves did the j
real purpose of Schedule K become
recognized.
It seems the principal “joker” that'
remained hidden so long consisted of a
clause whereby certain grades of dirty
wool used by the trust came in at a low
rate while all others carried from 50 to
140 per cent duty. This duty was sup
posed to protect the sheep industry of
the west, anyway their votes were j
thereby controlled for Schedule K.
Manufactured goods carried the same
50 to 140 per cent or a higher tariff to
protect the manufacturers, who were
supposed to pay high wages in this
country against the pauper workers in
Europe. The strike in Massachussets
last year gained such publicity as to dis
pell the idea that the American wool
trust paid high wages to their workers. |
Late last fall Congress passed a bill
reducing Schedule K from one-half to
four-fifths on nearly all items. Presi
dent Taft vetoed this bill.
The sheep and wool producing indus
try in the west has decreased during the
last thirty years, while the price of;
woolen goods has continually gone up ;
from 20 to 175 per cent.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
AT THE POST
A rather serious accident occurred at
tiie military post this week. As two of
the A company men, William H. Jones
and Herman Kendel were engaged in
demolishing the old water tower a por
tion the woodwork fell in on them cans-'
ing such injuries as occasioned their
removal to the Post hospital. Hr.
Pearson was immediately in attendance
and has had the men under his care
ever since. He hopes to pull them
through very shortly and have them on
their feet again. Meanwhile we under
stand that the further work of demoli
tion will be entrusted to profesional
wreckers to complete.
A. J. Daly Victim Of
Temporary Insanity
Alfred J. Daly, the Democratic
national committeeman shot himself
last Sunday morning on board the
steamer Reliance a few miles above
Tolovana.
The body was left_at Hot Springs
where a coroner’s jury was summoned
and a verdict was rendered by them to
the effect that Daly had committed sui
cide while temporarily insane.
On the body of the dead man was
found a witnessed will, directing that
his body be buried at the first stop of
the boat, without display, and inexpen
sively, in order that as much money as
possible of the estate be left to his fam
ily. He also directed that once hurried,
the body should not be dug up, and the
unnecessary expense of transportation
to the States incurred.
All day Saturday, says the Fairbanks
News-Miner, he was anxious and dis
traught over the non-arrival of a tele
gram, and even at the hour of sailing
he rushed down the gangplank to meet
the telegraph messenger as though there
might be a message that would prevent
his taking his life. Further he directed
Charles Davis to send along anv wires
that came to him after the boat left.
THE VAGHOMS
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Vaclion and little
son returned to Tanana after an ex
tended tour on the outside. They visited
all the large cities and Mr. Vaclion says
lie is well pleased with the outside; that
business seems to be on the increase
and the uplift of the artizan is marked.
Among the places he visited was Peta
luma. The chicken raising business
here is reduced to a complete science.
In one place he visited, the plant has a
capacity of 200,000 chicks per day and
the day he visited this particular plant
the output was 40,000.
After arranging his purchases for his
store in Tanana which comprised the
cities of Omaha, St. Paul, Portland
San Francisco and Seattle, he journeyed
to Boston, Mrs. Vaclion’s home town
and from there, in company with three
of his brothers he took an automobile
to Quebec, his mother’s home, a dis
tance of some (ll’O miles, doing the
journey in three and-a-half davs. They
i
had a most enjoyable time. Mr.
Vachon is going to remain in Tanana
now until he leaves for good.
Mr. Peter Vachon will go outside
about the first of the winter to visit his
wife who is wintering in California. He
will return to Fairbanks early in the
spring where his business will demand
his personal attention.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following are the arrivals at the
Grand 1 > o 11* 1:
Herman Rice
| K .1 Varight
1.1 D Bure hard
Mrs A 11 Ilanson
Miss II Haywood
F Lumis
! C W Reekie
i Miss R Wieiner
Pat Coleman
W Rellv
.1 Young
Clinton Brown
A 11 Hanson
llarry O Kroght
F Moses
R Reid
II S Christoffers
1' Shay
Dr Conley
Tiie following is a list of the arrivals
( at the Tower House:
C Price
W G Mitchell
Karl I lager
! Ed Hayes
It 11 Gilleland
W is Holmes
I F Kinders.
Nels Rem
Franklin Moses
\V S Holmes
II .1 Atwell
II W Sheldon
Ed Hay lea
Both Upholstered
Laying aside the daily paper, Mrs.
[Brown observed, “A padded overcoat
saved a man’s life in an automobile
accident.”
j “Yes,” rplied Mr. Brown, “and the
! article also mentions that the man’s
wife, who was struck on the hips, also
escaped serious injury.” — Judge’s
; Library.
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Miss Attila Thayer was robbed of a
’ $30,000 necklace on a steamer between
Boston and New York.
G. F. Dunbar was a passenger on the
Julia B. for Fairbanks.
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