JUIX3E OEDQWICK AS LAWYEn
AND JURIST.
It is said of Judge Sedgwick, one of
"tho republican nominees for tho su
promo bench, that, In his thlrty-ono
rears' practice In Nebraska, cxcluslvo
3f his scrvlco on tho bench, ho has
been so successful In prosecuting
sasos against corporations that hla
services have been sought In nearly
every case of this kind that has been
brought In York county.
Ho believes In compelling all per
sons and corporations to oboy tho
law, and those moro familiar with his
services on tho bench unite in saying
that ho is entlroly freo from projudlco
or fear, and that his decisions nre not
effected by tho personnel, either of tho
parties or tho attorneys. He Is not
.afraid to decide n case upon its
'merits, and for this reason ho is popu
lar as a Judge with tho best lawyers In
:tho state, and nil who aro familiar
with the work of tho courts.
Tho decision of tho Supremo Court,
(sustaining tho present railway com
mission, wns written by Judgo Sedg
wick, and his roaBonlng Is so clear and
conclusive that It was accepted at
onco by tho bar of tho stato, nnd tho
Interested parties. It Is to this deel-
sion that Nebraska owes tho exist
onco of tho railway commission and
that tho public Is enabled to oxer-
clso control over common cnrrlors
nnd all public servlco corporations
through tho commission Bystom.
''mmrm w ffl, wa
immm.4h
KWTJMk
have been visited by . Ky-J.fJi7m, ' J HHU
row. out t.,o c ; umn L n .xm- v
-r 'silt fit
n
W
F "Sownrd's Folly" wcro
Justified In no other way
than by tho purchnso of
this territory ns a pro
servo of scenic grandour,
our far-sighted secretary
of stato would be wholly exonerated.
After a visit to southeastern Alas
ka ouo author of note has written:
"Comblno all that Is best in the beau
ties of tho Hudson and tho Hlilnc, of
Lakes Ocorgo nnd Killamcy, of tho
Yoscmlto and nil of Switzerland, nnd
you havo a slight conception of the
beauties of this green archipelago."
Much of all this grandeur is to bo
found in Alaska's mountains.
Because of tho comparative Inac
cessibility, except at great cost nnd
much cxpcndlturo of tlmo, tho moun
tain districts
only a favored
n
Case of Polo-Myelltls.
Tecumscb. There Is a case of polo
myclltl3 in this vlclnty. Gladys Irvln,
tho 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and
"Mrs. Porter Irvln, who lives west of
'Tecumsoh, Is tho sufferer. Dr. Wilson
of Pawneo City, secretary of tho stato
board of health, says this Is tho only
case reported from Southeastern No-
braaka.
iProtest Against Ferrer Execution.
Lincoln. Circulars woro scattered
:about Lincoln announcing that n pro
test meeting will bo held nt which
protests will bo entered against tho
recent execution of Prof. Francisco
Ferrer at Modelo, Spain.
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Good Yield of Wheat.
taunebrog The recent heavy frost3
tuivo ripened tho corn, and husking
will soon be in full blast. Corn Is of
,-good quality and will averago some-
'thlng like forty bushels to the acre.
Tho threshing season Is nearly over
nnd farmers in gonornl nro rejoicing
over tho good yield of wheat, which
has averaged about twenty-llvo bush
els per acre. Tho acreage of wheat
sown this fall will somewhat exceed
that of last year.
At the National Corn Show.
Kansas, tho habitat of alfalfa and
ftho "hogs' Idea of heaven" will show
tho results of somo Interesting ex
periments with alfalfa, tho plant which
has not only given hogs the best feed
they have, but has at onco solved tho
problem of soil fertility nnd mainten
ance
SARGENTa
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ALASKA'S
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Mount Logan, altitudes of
18,000 feet mid lO.fiOO feet,
respectively, aro touched.
Mount St. lillas, howev
er, has figured In Alaskan
exploration from tho ear
liest accounts. In fact, It
Is tho lll-st point of tho ter
ritory which was flighted
by Herlng In 1741. Ho dis
covered It on St. 1311ns' day
and accordingly gavo It tho
name. Singularly, It Is a
cornorstono of tho Interna
tional boundary, slnco It
lies practically In longltudo
141 degrees nnd Is on tho
crest of tho range. Hero
tho boundary, which fol
lows thoono hundred nnd
forty-first meridian, bends
abruptly to tho cast,' fol-
MOUNT DRUM-JX 000 FrHlQtt
lifeless land ono never beheld." Tho
view of this Ico field and tho ndja
cent mountains as seen from the
ocean Is superb In tho extreme
This southern chain of mountains
continues to tho westward, whoro It
Is known ns tho Chugach mountains,
pnsBlng around tho head of Prlnco
William sound and terminating In tho
Kcnal peninsula, whoro It forms llttlo
moro thnn highlands. Just north of
Prlnco William sound tho range is a
mass of snow-clnd peaks, In tho val
leys of which nro hundreds of squara
miles of Ice, almost entirely unox
plorcd.
Alaska's Highest Volcanoes.
About 150 mllos to tho northwest of Mount
St. Kilns nro tho wonderfully Improsslvo peaks
of tho Wrangoll group, which owo their origin
largely to vulcnnlsm. Thoro nro many penks
in thin group, but four, becauso of cxcosslvo
altitude, grandeur or activity, demand Bpoclal
nttontlon.
Mount Snnford, tho highest, rcachcB n
elevation of 10,200 feet, while Illackburn Is
closo second nt 1G.140 feet. Doth of theso
mountains aro extinct volcnnoes. Mount
Wrangoll Is n great, flat domo 14,000 foot
high and about 25 miles In diameter nt its
base. It Is tho only active volcano of inland
Alaska. Its Bummlt Is snow-covorcd, but sur
rounding tho vont Is n coating of nsh renewed
lntormlttcnlly by rolling clouds of smoko nnd
vapor which nro sent up from tho craton
Mount Drum, nlso a volcanic cone, but now
deeply dissected, though but 12,000 feet high
Is tho most lmproslvo ono of tho group. Situ
ntcd na It Is, well out in tho Copper rlvoi
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A Singing Candidate.
Aurora. Political Interest Is
running high in this county.
Wood brothers' qunrtet is holding
clnr-lnir nnil unnilflner mnnlliiirii In pnllllln nml iloocrlntlnllH of fllPHP. for.
every part of tho county. One of tho titled by photographs of tho regions!
brothers la running for olllco. nro sujih as to awaken a lcn dcslrel
In all lovers of nature to uco them
Beaver City Corn Show. for themselves.
T1 -If... -rnn .. f ... . n 1 rrtin r. nnllit... m t. . I . V n TmiiirlM 1
ttcrestlng events occurlng in Furnns and Skagway traverse a course which'? j A
'county during tho year was tho boys' Is yearly pronounced by hundreds. V
rand girls' corn show and cooking con
gests hold nt Denver City October 20.
Ovor 300 people wero in attendance,
and 125 entries wero mndo in tho con-tests.
'Quick Trip to Save Child's Life.
Lyons. Ed. Durdlck's 4-yoar-old
child got hold of n bottlo of strychnlno
and swallowed a quantity of It. Dr.
Kcetol was at onco called py phono
and reached tho place in his automo
bile In Just thirty minutes a dlBtanco
of eleven miles and saved tho child's
Illfo by the uso of a stomach pump.
This certainly shows tho value of tho
telephone and the automobile to tho
farmers.
Beet Sugar Factory Starts Up.
Grand Island. Tho factory of tho
American Beet Sugar company of this
city Is now In full swing on tho 1909
crop of beets. Tho roots nro testing
about 15 per cent on tho average and
a profitable campaign, though prob
ably not quite ns long ns somo 'havo
been, Is expected. Applications nro
coming In more rnpldly thnn In formor
years for contracts for tho growing
of beets noxt year, the result of tho
moro favorable price of $5 per ton flat.
Land Sales In Kansas.
Washington Public land salos In
Knnsas aggregated J1G3.229 during
tho last fiscal year and that stato
will recelvo $7,382 of that amount for
educational purposes. Tho balanco
goes Into tho United States treasury
to tho credit of tho fund for recla
mation projects in Kansas.
News and Notes.
The Chilean government has decidod
upon naval expenditures to tho
nmount of $20,000,000. Tho program
includes tho building of a Dreadnought.
iHinnol Montcs, tho ex-prosldont of
Bolivia, has accepted tho post of min
ister to Great Britain.
Another of tho nlleged fraudulent
notes handled by John T. Lumhard,
treasuror of tho town of Framlngham,
Mass, came to light.
Tho general education board an
nounced that It had mado a condition
al appropriation of $125,000 to Ohio
Wesloynn university at Delawnro, O.
With an Imposing military cere
mony tho Royal Edward Institute,
from which the fight against tho whllo
plaguo in Montreal will In future be
conducted, was formally opened.
who tnko thin trip as tho most scenic
upon the globe. For n thousand mllos
the steamer winds Its way through
tortuous and narrow passages, the
waters of which aro as smooth as a
mill pond, whllo snow-capped pteakB,
ico Holds, waterfalls and green slopes
pass in panoramic vlow boforo the
eye.
Tho Coast Itango of British Co
lumbia nnd southeastern Alaska Is
an irregular hiass of mountains with
no dufinlto crest line. Theso moun
tains may bo considered a general
northern extension of tho highlands
Which parallel tho Pacific seaboard of
the United States. Along Iho ehtlro const
from Scattlo to Skngway the sculpturing and
general physiograhplc features of theso moun
tains nro such ns to make them of particular
Interest. Tho broad, smooth-sided, Ice-carved
valleys, which subsequently wero tilled with
wnter, duo to tho sinking of tho ontlro region,
mako n very irregular coast-llne, marked by
numberless fiords, many of which extend far
inland.
An nrchlpclngo of numberless Islands, tho
relief of which Is nearly equal to thnt of tho
mainland, fringes this ontlro const line. Tho
passages between theso Islands aro deep, each
being romarkably uniform throughout Its en
tire length. Tho mountains of both tho
Islandfl and mainland rise, bold and precipi
tous, from tho water's edgo to heights of from
5,000 to 10,000 feet.
Many of tho sldo valleys exhibit to a
marked degroo that physiographic characteris
tic of glacial sculpturing tho hanging valley.
Often Is been, somo hundreds of feet abovo
tidewater, tho broad, symmetrically carved,
U-shaped shelf, which, colored by tho over
greens, makes n wonderful framo about tho
plcturo formed in tho background by tho cold,
gray mountains, with their snow-capped
peaks, and in tho foreground tho st renin fed
by tho molting snow and glaciers of tho main
rnngo, plunging, roaring, often cascading
down tho precipitous face of tho mountains
for hundreds of feet.
As the steamor glldos past tho ontrnnco
of a fiord ono catches n gllmpso of n group of
whlto .buildings nestled nt tho bnso of tho
mountains', whero tho sparkling, mlrror-llko
wators of tho inlet meet tho precipitous
overgrcen slopes. An oxclnmatlon of nmazo
ment at tho beauty of the picture Is well nigh
Irropresslblo. Theso buildings aro simply ono
group of which thoro nro scores along tho
southern coast, making ono of tho greatest of
Alaska's industries, tho canning of snlmon.
Thero aro approximately 200,000,000 cans of
salmon sent from Alaska each season.
Route Through the Mountains,
Slcagway, at tho head of salt-water navlsa-
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MOUNT
SUNT ,
plain, with nothing to detract from its
irrandour". itB lsolntlon commands tho
observer's undivided attention.
Much of tho Wrangoll rnngo is covored
-.villi ico and porennlnl snow, forming long,
lowing tho crest of the? flgoiMlko Alpine glaciers,
mountains. On tho north, west and south sides of tho
St. Ellas, whllo not tno croMp tho molting unow nnd ico of tho gla-
dors form tho tributaries of tho Copper river,
flJDEFtSJzSaK? RUGGED ANGULAR AND FOR BID ABLE.
tlon of southeastern Alnskn, la tho southern
terminus of tho Whlto Pass & Yukon rail
road, which 1b tho connecting link botwoon
tho Pacific ocean and tho Yukon river, tho
great artery oi central Alaska. This railroad
la ono of tho interesting engineering accom
plishments of tho ago. Starting nt tldowoter,
it follows tho vnlley bottom of Hits BkngWriy
river for about Unco miles, and then gradu
ally climbs tho precipitous sides, Winding In
nnd out of tho Btnnllur sldo valleys ami can
yons, frequently crossing them, until 13 miles
In a direct lino from the starting point it
crosses tho Const Itango ut tho Whlto Pnss,
2,888 feet abovo tho sea. On tho northern
sldo tho rango slopes gently to tho great In
terior plateau, thus making tho grado of tho
road from tho pass to Whltehorso, tho north
ern tormlnus, very slight, tho elevation of tho
latter place being 2,084 feet.
A trip to tho wostwnrd from Skngway may
tako ono cither by Sitka or through Icy strait
and Cross sound. If tho former Is taken, nn
opportunity Is given for vlowlng Mount
Edgecumbe, tho only recognized volcano in
southeastern Alaska. Situated as It Is, Just
, off the coast, Its dome-shaped summit covered
with snow, It adds much to tho beauty of tho
surroundings of Sltkn, which Is ono of tho
most plcturesquo spots on tho globo.
If tho moro froquontcd route- through Cross
sound Is taken, tho progress of tho stenmor
will undoubtedly be greatly hampered by
winding Its wny through tho waters thickly
strewn with floating cakcB of Ico. Theso Ice
bergs aro supplied by tho largo glaclors in tho
vicinity; tho Johns Hopkins, Mulr nnd Brady
glaciers und many others, each being largo
Ice-sheots covering hundreds of aquaro miles,
discharge Into Glacier bay, which opens to
tho sound.
St. Ellas Mountains.
From Cross sound westward tho mountains
incrcaso In height nnd grandour. Tho Fair
weather mountains rlso ubruptly from tho
ocean to heights of ovor 15,000 feot, whllo
farther to tho westward tho rnngo increases
in elevation until, at Mount St, Ellas and
highest In tho group. Iuib
bocomo tho most wiuciy
knbwii because of tho
numerous attempts to
climb It. I. C. ItusBcll,
of tho United States ge
ological survey, mado
two nttcmpts to roach
tho top. Ono of tho ex
peditions of which ho
was tho luader was
financed by tho National
Geographic society. HIb
narrative of one of theso
expeditions was printed
In tho National uco
graphic Man'mlno In May, 1801. The 1"W
oxperlenco Is related of two days alone i or ho
snow-clad sides of tho mountain nt nn donation
of 14,000 feet, whllo u Hem. bll.zard raged and
many feet of hwo snow were added to tho o d .
iltlasOll wHS hlmuecessful In his attempts
to roach tho summit, bid Ills bURfcostlona as
lo Hits advisaiJld route In nn ascent gaVO shell
accurate atltl valuable ihfbrinatlon to those
who followed that tho Dilko of Ahruzzl, ac
companled by guides, proliting by his advice,
which Mows southwnrd through tho Copper
river basin nnd breaks through tho Chugach
modlitnlns nt about longltudo 145 degrees, for
tho most part In a nnrrow canyon. Though
tho Copper rlvnr In strotches Is very BWlft nnd
dangerous, It serves 113 n route of approach to
tho Inland gold nnd copper fields. Tho can
yons and rapids of tho lower rlvor, though
serious obstacles to navigation, have not pre
vented tho ueo of this route.
Tho Advent of Railways.
Tho filitvard march of civilization nnd de
velopment, which has opened up our western
stales so wonderfully, is stcndlly nt work in
Alaflkn. Already tbo screech of tho locomo
tive lina broken tho sllenco or tho mountain
fastnesses, startling tho mountain goats and
sheep from tholr hniintB nmong tho Jagged
spurs along tho canyons. The Copper rlvor
railroad Is being steadily advnnced against the
most difficult of engineering obstacles. It fol
lows tho valley of tho river, crossing it twice
to tho pre&cnt point of Its construction, nnd
another crossing will bo mndo. It tho presont
rato of progrCHSH continues tho road will noon
n-iH'li the baso of tho Wrangoll mountains
Olid ihus make it posslblo to develop tho cop-
IK UnnLllin 111 I uiiiniilll In 1897.
Hiii-cvi-uuu 111 iv,....t, w .v, ............ ------- - ... . . .... ai...i fnn mllo.l
Whllo but 18,000 feet 111 height, Mount ai. per uoposun cu uuu mm.. uu..
kiiiih n wnll ns McKlnlov and many othof
Alaskan mountains, presents dllllcultlcs to tho
mountaineer not usually encountered. Unllko
tho majority of difficult peaks which have
been conquered, whero tho first foV thousand
feet of altitude nro traversed over roads or
trails, tho ontlro 18,000 feet demnnd extromo
exertion nnd presont many obstacles to bo
overcome. Tho Journey throughout Ita ontlro
longth being over glaciers, tho unlquo problem
of combining nrctic exploration with mountuln
climbing Is experienced.
.Glaciers and Snow Fields.
Tho eastern pnrt, especially tho coaHtal
slope of tho St. Ellas and Falrwoathor ranges,
Is tho only portion of Alaska which boara out
tho popular belief that tho territory In cov
ered with Ico and snow. Hero In tho high
mountnlns thoro nro many Alplno glaciers and
snow Holds, hut tho Mnhisplna glacier Is thf
largest slnglo Ico Hold and, Indeed, tho most
extensive on tho North American contlnont.
This great piedmont glnclor spreads out over
tho coastal plain, presenting a front of 85
miles to the sea nnd, including tho novo flolds
which feed It, covers nn area of 5,000 square
miles. This ico field is jnost vividly described by
Russell, who viewed It from tho upper slopes
of Mount St. Ellas, as "a vast, snow-covored
region, limitless In oxpnnso, through which
hundreds nnd probably thousands ot barren,
angular peaks projoct. Thero vras not ft
stream, not a lako, not n vosllgo tt vegetation
in eight. A moro desolado pr xnofci uttorly
to tho west of the Copper river from Rcsur
fCctlon bay northward thtnugh n low pasB in
tho Kenai mouutaliiB tho Alaska Central rail
road company liils commenced to build n line
to tho conl Holds of tha Matanuskn vnlley and
Id contemplating an extension up tho valley
of tho Susltna across n low pnstf in tho Alaska
rango to Fairbanks, on tho Tanana rlvor, and
tho router of n largo placer district.
Tho Alaska rango strotches from a little
oxplored roglon In tho vicinity of Lako Clark,
west of Cook Inlet, northward for 100 mllos or
more, then trends gradually eastward, lncrons
Ing In nltltudo until in Mount McKinloy It
attains tho romarkablo height of 2000 foot
It Is broken by gaps 2,400 feet and 3,000 foot
bovo sea lovel. Tho eastern end of tho
range rlsos again until nt Mount Hayes an
elovatlon of 13,800 feot Is reached.
Words fail to cxpross ono's Impression or
tho Alaska rango when viewed undor favor
nblo circumstances. In lSOb, whllo making a
trip through tho Tnlkcotna mountains, the
writer had bucIi an opportunity ns Is rarely
oxporlonced. His vlow was from an oloyat on
of about 2,500 foot on tho foothills on the
western fllono of tho TalUeotnn group. The
lay was perfect; not n cloud could bo seen in
tho hoavoim. ' Bolow lay tho broad, lovol val
ley of tho Susltna river, beautifully cwrpoted
In tho deep groon of the conlforuo, whllo herb
and thoro n shilling patch ot light, outlining a
lnko, broko tho. monotony and through tho
centor of It nil llw SueltDn wound JJke a silver
trail
