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piVE wickersham credit
la its Saturday's issue the Em
pire says;
"No one has yet risen to give
credit for the passage of the coal
land leasing bill to Delegate Wick
ersham—but the bill was only pass
ed Thursday, and the campaign has
two weeks yet to run."
Thanks, brother, for calling 'our
attention to this. We had intended
to give Wickersham the credit
that is due him when the bill pass
ed, but somehow overlooked it In
the press of other matters.
The bill as finally passed is prac
tically as <Jrawn up originally by the
delegate and its passage is du« in a
great measure to "that marvelous
ability and power," to use the words
of the Empire, so characteristic of
the fighting delegate. He fir3t
proposed that a naval reserve be
made la both the Matanuska and
Bering river fields, and this was
done. It is one of the strong
feature* of the bill.
The Congressional Record for the
past several years contains the best
evidence of the work done by our
delegate in behalf of the measure
And, by the way, speaking of the
Congressional Record, it contains a
»Tetty complete history of the work
of James Wickersham as the dele
gate from Alaska.—Juneau Dispatch,
THE GOLD YIELD PALLS;
1'ROMPT ACTION IS URGED
Washington, Oct 21—Decrease In
the world's gold production is reach
ing such a point that a note of
warning has been sounded in no un
certain terms in the United States
»enate by Thomas J. Walsh, the
junior member from Montana. That
this condition will be aggravated
greatly by the closing of silver
mines was brought out clearly by
Mr. Walsh.
It is of vital importance that the
gold production of the'United States
be increased as was shown in a
letter from the secretary of the
American Mining congress, which
Senator Walsh used in connection
with his remarks. While it is the
consensus of opinion that every ef
fort should be made first to in
crease the gold yield through scien
tific research aad investigation, no
effort was made to avoid bringing
cut the possibility of the need for
providing for a bounty to stimulate
work in low-grade, refractory,
gold-bearing ores.
ia us i«-b ot iue great »um
that is being done for agriculture
by the government, the aPP'ropria
tiona allowed the Bureau of Mines,
■were termed "pitifully small and
painfully inadequate."
The following summing up of cer
tain of the ideas expressed was laid
before the senate by Mr. Walsh.;
1 The need for gold to maintain
a proper ratio between base and
structure of credit is increasing with
e great increase In our commerce.
2 Increased wets of operation
•ow and always will add to the bur
den# of gold production so long as
our credit monye is at par.
3 The Increased foreign demand
for gold reserves ia absorbing a
great par' of the world's produc
tion.
4 The Increased use of credit
money, made possible by the
sew currency bill—that I may not
be misunderstood, let me say that I
consider thia bill the most import
ant, the most valuable, and 'that
la effect It will be the most useful
legislation of recsnt time-increases
the burden upcu an already over
burdened gold atmr-ly by requiring it
to support a greatly enlarged "su
perstructure of credit."
5 The highly productive mines of
the country are being rapidly ex
hausted and no comprehensive ef
fort ifl being made to develope
other mines to thereafter maintaiil
coatlsued production or to emplsy
the labor, the skill, and the capi
tal now bo employed.
Senator Walsh's address was ac
companied by complete statistics
showing decided decreases In the
production of gold in the leading
mining countries of the world. Tie
principal falling off was shown to
have been in Soutii Africa and in
the United States, the two greatest
gold producing regions of the vorld.
The passing of the high grade ore
bodies as well as the increasing
cost of labor, machiael-y and sup
j plies, is making the mining oi gold
I less attractive each year. Con
j ditions of general prosperity in
duce additional operations in the
I mining of other minerals, as the in
creased demand raises the price;
(the opposite applies to gold mining,
[iu times of general prosperity,
j everything needed in the operation
l of a gold property is more expen
! sive but the product retains its un
I fluctuating value. These and many
j other pertir.ent facta were called to
I the attention of the upper house of
| congress and there is evidence that
a deqp imprsssion has been made.
The question brought out by Sen
! ator Walsh, as well as many other
j matters of important interest to
j every man dependent upoii. the min
ing industry, will bo discussed at
the seventeenth annual session of
I the American Mining congress, whic
will be held at Phoenix, Arizona,
Dec. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. As one
of the effects of the war has been
to accentuate the need for a great
er production oi gold in the United
States, it is expected that the meet
ing of the American Mining con
I i?ress this year will be of greater im
portance than has been any other
j session in the history of the organ
j ization.
Wages and Salary.
Gabe-What is the difference be
tween wages and salary? Stsve—
When a man gets wages he saves a
few dollars a week. But when he
j gets a salary he borrows a few dollars
j a week.—Cincinnati Inquirer.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
■ TO the electors of the
town of skagway, division
no. one, territory of al
ASKA.
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to an Act of Congress, en
titled "An Act Providing for the
Election of a Delegate to the House
o* Representatives from the Terri
tory of Alaska," and an Act en
titled "An Act to Create a Legisla
tive Assembly-in the Territory of
Alaska, to Confer Legislative Pow
er Thereon and for Other Purposes,"
a general election for the purpose of
electing a Delegate to the House of
Representatives from the Territory
of Alaska, foT the full term of the
sixty-fourth Congress, and for the
election of one senator and four rep
resentatives to the Alaska Legisla
tive Assembly, as provided in *the
said acts, -will be held on Thursday,
Nov. 3rd. 19X4, between the hours
of S o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock
P. M. of said day.
The Common Council of the Town
of Skagway having heretofore,
by ordinance, duly designated
the voting precinct of said
Town and the polling place
thereof, the electors are hereby no
tified;
That all duly qualified voters re
aiding within the) boundaries of the
voting precinct of said town of Skag
way which are as follows: Embrac
ing all of the platted Townsite of
Skagway, Alaska, will vote at the
Town Hall building, located on 5th
street, in and upon lot 3 of block 8,
which is owned by the Town of
Skagway and occupied by said town,
I the same being the duly designat
ed polling place In and for the pre
cinct of the Town of Skagway.
j (signed)
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
By D. MCKAY,
■_ Clone.
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Mrs. M. E. Cook, State St., Sed
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lame and weak for a long time. I
had sharp shooting phins in my
back, and if I stooped it was hard
for me to straighten. It was als0
hard for me to get up from a chair
I w«a bothered with too frequent
passages of the kidney secretions
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*• • fo try Doan's Kidney Pills. After
I had taken a few doses, I found
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cellent service. Connccls at Seattle with through passen
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October 23 Nov. 2
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SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
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