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Tin? growing interest taken by the Hgeneral got ci mnent, hy tin* dilb-ient ■■states. the railroads and hy | rivati ^B individuals in forestry Ini' dev !■ ijn d H i new profe-sion with new opponuni* lies for young men. It is that, of ior fJBestry culture. Ten yeais ago the SB schools and colleges gave no attention SB to this hranch of study. Today Vale. IH Harvard. .Michigan, 1 hi it i mol e. No Wm hraska and Iowa univei sit ii s have H chair s of forestry ajul offer technical BB instruction and training to -luoents. BB At the close of this year's college ^Byear thirty-five of the graduates ol BB these schools were taken into tiic gov gB eminent forestry service and tlicie j IB is ;i demand for more. The jirofcssion ^|of forestry, through comparatively jjBnew. is one that is very promising in gHopportunities tor your.g men willing ^Bto work hard. Something more is ^B needed than knowledge of trees. ^B Practical experience in the woods, in ' 9 logging and in sawmill operations is ■ necessary, and the competent foresti i §B will also know the value of timber ■ and the uses to which it can he put. SB The profession will I e of growing im fl portance as tho problem of timher HI supply in tho States becomes more ■ pressing. _ g§ "The man who works with his ■ hauds," the speech delivered hy Pres ■ ident Koosevclt at the Agricultural IBeollege at Lansing, .Midi., now hr.n fBfree circulation through the mail-. | |Bhaving lieon piiuted hy tie Aigirid ■Biural Depart ment as a public du.iu |Bmont. There aie many good thing ^■iu that speech, much that, is Intel ■ s |SB ting to the people, ami some ol il ■ shows that the President i.a ■ quite a fair conception of farm li.' •. ■ Vet we imagine that when the aver ■ age farmer t eads it, and when his I ■ wife reads it, tliey will both line! 11..t ■ the President cannot he acquainted ■ with much of the hand pract ical life ■ of the man and. woman who work on ■ the farm and raise a large fan)lit. . ■ The President knows about the farm J Bjfromt.he view point of those who IBtliinks it must he a happy and con-' ■ tented pastoral existence. Jfe can j IBnot know that it is the ambit ion of J ^fahnost every hoy on a farm to get in IB to something else, and that nearh. ^Bevery girl hopes her prince ehannin: ^|will be something besides a fartin r. ill tlie farm life is steadily improv ^|ing. and just at th.is time it is partic ■ uhirly prolitahle. ■ It is reported that (lov. Johnson oi H Minnesota is cm hieg some of his en ■ thusiastic friends who are pushing ■ along his Presidential boom. Down B in Minnesota they liko Johnson very ■ much, hut it appears that they love ■ Bryan more. There have been several B intimations that the Johnson move B ment was simply a shrewd ] olitical ■ game to take the state away from ■ Bryan, and Johnson has hastened to M say that he is in no sense a eamii ■ date. Minnesota would not stand for ■I the Parker movement four years ago. :ate insists upon something more rad ial than Parker, and a majority of m delegates voted for llearst in the Nnonal convention. lhyan is, and ns, a favorite, so the Johnson boom ets punctured at home. An attempt, as been made in the east to help ohnson. Those who know him think tell of him, but the sentiment for iryan is too strong and the suspicion xists that the mention of any man ike .1 ohnson entries an ulterior aeaning, such as to secure a trading lelvgntion to throw to a conservative andidate when the convention meets. Isn't it funny what insignificant md unimportant fellows get into the lewspapers when they get away from tome? Half the people interviewed jy the reporters at the hotels don’t enow themselves when tin; interview M's get through with them. And how funny it all reads when it gets back .0 where they are really known. The prophet of evil is certainly working overtime. We are solemnly warned through oillcial channels that we would bettor use more soft coal and less hard, as the anthracite supply will give out in a couple of hundred years, and right on top of this comes M. Flamarion. the celebrated French astronomer, and tells us that the en tire solar system, including tilts sun, all the planets and their satelites, will go out in darkness in about four hun dred million or five hundred million years, or such ai matter. Beltei • 'keep our lamps trimmed and a burn ing.” It is asst rted by a pplitieal writt r that President Roosevelt desires to have Gov. Hughes nominated for Vice President on the ticket with Taft. Now, if Roosevelt can dictate the platform, dictate the Presidential nomination, and the Vice Presiden tial nomination, ought not the Roose velt sliouters he satisfied? They should not insist that' Roosevelt run again under such circumstances. Or, do they suspect that even it Taft is nominated through the Roosevelt inullence lie may be his own man after he is elected? As for the war scare, it’s mostly a matter of newspaper talk, and much that is published in the newspapers is not true. Before believing any bit ot startling news dont' forget to wait for the inevitable qualifications, or, what is about ns likely, t lie fiat de nial*. Tho new senator, Bankhead, of Alabama, elected by the legislature of that state last Tuesday, is tho former congressman who was turned down last year, in favor of the former naval officer of kissing fame, on the issue of “a greater navy.” The new senatoi will evidently hereafter believe in the adage that there can he no loss with out some gain to somebody. EXCHANGE GOSSIP. — According to the Kail hanks News the Alaska wireless system between Nome and St. Michael holds the world's record, there having been no error in the transmission of mes sages since the establishment of the line two years ago. —Judge Wickersham has been affirmed in the Nelson case, to which Senator Nelson took violent exception because the Nelson litigant is a re lative of the senator. Wickersham's diabolical decision in this case was one of the senator's chief counts in his indictment of (lie judge before tho senate, and now comes tho circuit court of appeals and says Wickersham was right on the law and the. facts. A large amount of gold already mined was at stake and this was tied up lo onier of Judge WickeisITam pending the linal detet miantion of the ease. This is now h;.-‘ t‘- the Nelson family. —Seward Gat way. —Maj. S. E. Flower lias been appointed com; i-sioner for tho Sitka precinct, to succeed Ed, DeGrotl re signed. —A general feeling prevails In the Juneau mining -Mstriet that better times are near at hand. The prompt action of the f pin t in cleaning up litigation has given courage to those interested in r. i irg operations and work has ah- . A commenced in ;i number of places and nioro will be done as soon as arrangements can he made. Mini: men generally say that within tv.o or three years this district will pt.'sent a scene of great activity and A.at Juneau, Douglas and Treadwell will add largely to their permanent p< ; elation in busine ss. A number of n- v mining enterprises will be started yet this season and as soon ns additional miners can lie se cured all «ue n.ii.i., , -,■,»• in operation will add to the force employed.— Record-Miner. —A wireless telcgiaph station Is being erected on Japonsky island, in SiUrthJiarbor. Tho City ol Seattle car ried the material for the outtit to that, place on her last trip, together with the contractor and his men. —The Yukon Valley News sends forth the cheerful news that the whisky famine at Hum-part lias been relieved. s * * From everywhere the report conies that the mosquitos are worse this year than ever before. Certainly they have not been so num erous or persistent on lies streets of Rampart in recent years, * * * Ham Elector's moose calf, which was in .ended to become ono of Kampart’s ilar exhibits at tho A. Y. 1’. expo sition is dead. Too much up-to-date i prosperity did the business for it. It jver drank of the milk of human Hndncss—tho sort which comes to his country in cans. —Rampart News. —It is a noticeable fact that the rebel press has grown weary of abusing the Jnited States officials of this territory ight for territorial government. Can t. be possible that a number of these iditors have changed their minds? i'iiis may be so, for the great Napol eon said wise men were liable to diange their opinion, but fools never. —Record Miner.—Isn’t it just possi ble that what worries the double barrelled editor of the hyphenated dioet at Juneau, is only a lull in the dorm of indignant protest at misrep resentation on the one hand, and a disinclination to continue firing on a vanquished enemy? The suggestion about wise men sometimes changing their opinions would sound better coming from some one capable of in telligent advocacy and defense of the opinions lie himself professes. —The Skagway Alaskan lias a new editor, in the person of Mr. A. R. O’Hrien, formerly of Montana, who is an experienced newspaper man, and a writer of ability. Tiie Miner extends him the glad hand of welcome to Alaska, and sincerely hopes ho may show1 himself able to cope with the task of putting on and successfully wearing the sandals of the best and most graceful editorial writer Alaska has thus far ever had. Had lie been drafted into the service of almost any other publication in southeastern Alaska he would not have been set to so difficult a task as that which now confronts him—making good in such case would have been easy com pared with an effort to maintain the high standard of ability which “Johnny” Troy left as tho heritage of the Alaskan. The Miner earnestly prays, howi ver, that its hopes, rather than its fears in that regard, may lie fully realized and that quite speedily. —The Dispatch says that the Per severance Mining company expects to have twenty more stamps dropping soon—this in addition to the fifty al ready in operation. If that mine proves a winner, as it now promises to do, It wlil be the means of estab lishing peradventure the permancy of Juneau as a great mining center; but should there be a failure In that direction, considering all tiie noise that has been made over it, the blow to Juneau's prosperity will bo a serious one indeed. Therefore, The Miner, for one, hopes the Persever ance may prove* all. and more than its management anticipates. — . \ I tuhi v.« t jciiv-ii j i uin i uu umm.-i says: In spite of the handicap undei which the district lias been last winter and this spring, it is estimated there will he between +5,000,000 and +7,00,000 of gold taken out of this section tills summer. This is the con servative estimate of those who have I thoroughly canvassed the situation, and from actual ligures which are kept in the banks of the city. -—Victor Lindquist, the well known blacksmith, was badly bruised by a ! seventy foot fall over the. bluff oil the | basin road near the Hiellv mine Sun day. Vic and Charley Ai.deison were ! going up the basin in a buggy when 'one of the Casey learns was met. Their liorso start.--I to back and shov j ed llie light rig ever the steep em bankment. Audita cn jumped and Lindquist and the horse and buggy went over. The%+400 buggy was | crushed and the horse escaped with a few bruises. Vic was found badly ! crushed.--Juneau Dispatch. —-Ross-lliggins & Co., one of the principal mercantile houses of Juneau lias determined to retire from business in that place, and is s lliug out its .stock at prices “regardless of cost.” This firm retired from business in Skngway in a similar way some two or three rears ago. -Rev. Dr. John Pringle writes from Dawson to the Winnepeg Tribune of the “Infamy of Dawson” referring to that place as the “Legalized Plague Spot in Canada.” Taking Dr. Pringle at his word the only logical inference that can lie drawn is that he lias done very little good in Dawson. That be labors in the corners of the Lord's vineyard have been barren of results: that lie lias expended his time and energy to no pui pose and that his is but oue more case of ministerial liiis lit.—Whitehorse Star. The reverend gentleman probaply preferred the big stick to “moral suasion” as a means oi saving grace a mistake made by not a few missionaries who have been sent into this northern “wilderness.” It is something like the old plan til educating children with a club, —The Douglas News says 3000, more or less, railroad laborers .at Cat.alja are on a strike. More likely that they are merely raising hades on general principles. —Alaska exported 30 tons of gold and 4 tons of coal in 1000, says an ex change. Don’t know about the coal, but the amount of gold is ralliei under than over stated. — The Boston Alaskan will suspend publication foi several months, while the editor takes a trip to Alaska. That fact, however, will not affect the production of the Reynolds Alaska company—nor yet the general welfare of Alaska, -The Pioneer Mining Company, operating in the Nome district, its ceutly paid a dividend of 14 per cent, amounting to over $700,000. —An Indian and his squaw wife, from Saxman, represented Alaska at the C. id. convention at Beatt'o. All of the Alaskans were a bit shy of I lie “Spirit,” says the Douglas News. Not Lhis particular Indian; be rather admires it. —]{<:«•<-lit strikes on Cold stream O,Connor, Msther, Rig FIJorado and Cleary creeks in the Fairbanks dis trict have occasioned a rush of several hundred people to those fields. ■ -The collector of the port reports that for the month of April the valua tion of copper re, matte and bars re ceived from Alaska at Port Towusend, - attli' ■ pott of entry, is fixed at | 14)82,754, the red metal leading the imports front Alaska for that month. —The first aerial tram to bo com pleted in the Prince William Sound country is now in operation at Land lock bay, on the property of tile Standard Copper Co. This tram, which is half a mile long, with one span 2,200 feet, lias a capacity of ten tons per hour. —During the month of April and Mriy the Tacoma Smelting Company treated 0,112 tons of Alaska ore, which contained 511,171 pounds of copper, 14,825 ounces of gold, 7,200 ounces of silver, and 248 pounds of lead. The tonnage was very much less than normal because of the labor strikes.at the Treadwell, Ellamar and other mines in April.—That too, not withstanding that practically all the copper ore of Alaska save that of the Prince William sound district goes to the Vancouver island smelters. —Kansas wants men to help harvest her wheat. That job will be done in a few weeks. Alaska wants men to hell) harvest her gold, and the job will last for a century at least, says the Douglas News, and it might have added the job of mining her copper ores will endure for ten times a century—and then some, —Ho Judge James Wlckersham has declared in favor of territorial gov eminent for Alaska! It’s good, to note the crowd that is beginning to come over on the other side q{ the fence to get in with the territorial lambs. — Douglas News. —Another instance of the slipshod character of the legislation enacted for Alaska by the National Congress j is found in the law .which provides j for the incorporation of towns in the j territory, but which Contains no pro vision for extending- the exterior boundaries of such towns after they are so incorporated. Several cases have developed where the boundaries were not made to include territory that became necessary for the growth of tlie town, and the benefits of the town are denied those who live a few feet over the line, however much they and the inhabitants of the town may desire to remedy the matter. This condition has exitsed for six years, i add repeated appeals for a remedy have met With stern indifference. And still people wonder why Alaskans want to make their own laws.—Doug las News. —A little Douglas Island boy was very anxious for a playmate, so lie bargained with the family doctor to pay *•> on the delivery of a baby sister. In due time the sister arrived, and tlie boy after satisfying hiniseit that she was genuine, got bis saving bank and paid the doctor the money, as lie had promised, —Jt is a historical fact, says the Juneau Record-Hyphen, that the Behrends bank is the oldest banking institution in Alaska. From first to I ast it lias kept pace with the best ol them, —Our merchants predict a good run of business from now on. Things were slow to start this season, but the volume of business will be quite as large or larger this year than it was last.—Juneau Record, - -About a week ago three sailors were seen going out in a dory. They had apparently all imbibed to such an extent that they were in a hilarious mood and as they got under way be gan singing the “River Rio,” which caused some who heard them to re mark that they were deep water sailors. Nothing more has been seen of them but a quantity of provisions was found the oilier day Lielow the sawmill and it is reported that an up turned dory went ashore at Douglas. It looks very much as if the provisions found belonged to the sailors and that the briny deep has claimed three more victims.—'Juneau Record. •yesterday’s telegraphic dispatches i i The Alaskan brought gratifying news to Alaskans in the form of a statement of Delegate Gala that Pres ident Roosevelt would use his good offices with the next congress in be half of granting to Alaska its right ful heritage—territorial government. From what the dispatches say it wotdd seem that, despite the machin ations of self-constituted lobbyists foi ; non-resident corporations, the ear of ihe President has been readied and the justness of Alaska’s claim made apparent to him. Should this bo the case it will not be long before a recalcitrant congress will be induced by him to grant Alaska what she has so long pleaded for and which is sacredly hers as the home of loyal Americans. Once let the President bo convinced of the degradation w hi eh Alaska lias suffered—of the calumny which litis-! been heaped upon it—and ho will act. They may make their light against the territory before congress, and those who should be its defenders may bo counted on to play their Judas part, but, with an active interest taken by President Roosevelt, their failure to further wrong Alaska is as certain as the setting of tho sun and their efforts to do so will be as empty as the winter winds. —Skagway Alaskan. The Juneau hyphenated says that w hat bothers must people anent Judge Wickersham’s Health? speech “is his lightning change regarding territor ial government.’’ If it be admitted as a ligtning change, that fact ought not to bother the hyphenated even a liLtlo l>it. It is only a few days since llie hyphenated quoted Napoleon’s estimate concerning wise men and fools along that line. Judge Wjeker -hain is a man of widely accredited ability, and the only wonder is that his change on the territorial ques tion—if indeed change it is—has been oug in coming. Our Motto: Home Patronage Keep the Money Among Us. We all i; v<l it. We solicit your patronage, you are entitled to ours. 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