TUB OMAITA" SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 30, 1906.
HAMILTON AND flIS AIRSHIP
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ALASKA A WONDERFUL LAND
Empire of North How in ' Prooen
Material CtTelopmenU
of
MILLIONS OF GOLD ADDED TO WEALTH
Hum Mines Attract . Attention and
Scientific Exploitation of the .'
. Coaatrr Otvea War to Com
mercial Activity.
KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Sept. 1L (Special
Correspondence.) Three months spent In
Alaska haa enabled your, correspondent to
vet a fair Idea of conditions in this north
country. It can be truly said that it la a
wonderful land; an empire,' not only in
area, but in wealth and enterprise. Every
part of the nearly CO,000 square miles' Is In
process of development. The gold and
copper deposits, of course, attract the
greater attention, but there are other In
dustries almost too numerous to mention.
Early in the year experts who have been
Intel ested In the gold product of the coun
try estimated that Alaska proper would
produce In 1906 double the amount of last
year, and thia would make the output not
far from $22,000,000. These figures do not
Include the Dawson and Yukon countries,
which will add 18,000,000 or $10,000,000 more.
In the placer districts of the north; that
la. In the Tanana, Nome and 8eward pen
insula countries, large amounts of capital
have been Introduced this year in dredg
ing machinery and extensive ditching. Many
new creeka have been opened up and
nearly everyone of them are producing
great wealth to the enterprising owners.
In placer mining wealth comes quick and
life is feverish. However, the outlook can
only be one thing: The district gives out
and the mad rush to another creek Is the
result. It can be claimed ' that the In
vention of the dredging machine has made
placex mining more stable as a business,
and as a consequence that crowds will be
held longer in one locality. Placer mining
builds up fortunes for certain lucky men,
but It does not build up tbs country. It
takes quarts mining to make'eonttnuous
prosperity, build great cities and develop
a country.
Quarts mining has been very successful
to soma parts of Alaska; mora particularly
in the southeastern , or' panhandle end . of
the territory. .The Tread well mine on Doug
las inland,-, near .-Juneau, .la, one of less
than half a doaen-i great., producing -mines
of, the 'world, 't it baa been worked, for a
quarter- of a -century- and -ha. from first
to last produced a continuous stream rf
gold, totaling . many tnilMons of dollars.
There are a large number of smaller paying
properties. Including the copper mines of
a widely diversified territory. All over
Alaska . and particularly the southeastern
part, a large army of miners are at work
developing promising properties. Fully
1,000,000 ton of ore are milled or smelted
In southeastern Alaska every month and
the tonnage Is constantly Increasing. Thst
Very desirable stage In . this fascinating
Industry has been reached where capital
Is Invested and mines operated, not on
speculation,' but for profit. It is plain to
be seen that quarts mining is to be tht
profitable Industry of the future for thou
sands of mine, operators and hundreds of
thousands of workers in the mines.
Cheap. Transportation.
The hundreds of islands which make up
southeastern Alaska, surrounded as they
are by deep, navigable waters and pene
trated . by ocean canals. Inlets and bays,
offer cheap transportation to the miners
who develop properties on these wonder
fully rich Islands. The present season
there have been hundreds of miners In
thia country looking for these very oppor
tunities and I have just learned -that the
steamship companies which have . hereto
fore run excursions by the Inside route to
Ketchikan. Wrangell. Douglas, Tread well.
Juneau, Bkagway and Sitka, with an hour
or two atop at each place, will next year
laaue stopover tlcketa and permit. paasen
gera to make aide trips to points on the
various Islands. Ketchikan. Juneau and
other towns have small local steamers
which make regular visits to tbe numerous
mining camps.
To Faralsk Iaformatloa.
The people of southeastern Alaska are
getting ready to make known the great
opportunities for the profitable Investment
of capital and the employment of energies
which win fortunes In a new country. They
will ask the aid of the great trunk lines,
particularly the Burlington and Northern
Pacific, In advertising aoutheastern Alaska
Stopover exploitation steamer tickets w'.ll
be advertised; hundreds of thousands of
newspapers and foldera will be lasued giv
ing facta regarding the country, the cli
mate, the mines, the fisheries and the gen
eral opportunities. It Is understood that
these publications will contain only reliable
information and no statement will be made
that Is ' not vouched for by the leading
bankers, miners and merchants of the territory-
In question.
This season there has been a constant
demand for skilled labor. . Miners have
been in constant demand at 13.50 or $2.60 and
board, carpenters at $5 a day and other
help in proportion. It should be under
stood that It Js strong men who are needed,
men who are not frightened by conditions
In a new country and those who will re
turn value received for the money paid
them. C. O. COUTANT.
Telephone Teats.
Hla number la 666. Rev., xlli., 18. -Thou
didst call me. I, 8am., 111., t.
He tellest the number. Ps.. cxlvil., 14,
I understood tbe number. Dan,, lx., 1A
There la no speech nor language. Ps.,
xlx $.
When I call, answer me speedily, Pa.,
ell.. Z.
I said In my haste, "I am cut off." Pa,
xxxl., 22.
I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Cant., v., .
They could not take hold of his words.
Luke, xx., 26.
We use great plainness of speech. Ill,
Cor.. 111.. U
His name should not have been cut off.
Isa, xlvlll., 18.
Call now, If there be any that will answer
thee. Job, v., L i
Ye have heard my conversation In times
"past. Oal., 1., It.
If he cut off, and shut up, who can hin
der him? Job., xl., 10.
Then they waited according to their or
der. I. Cron.. vl., 12.
Where la the receiver? Isa., xxxvl., 18.
It every man bo swift to hear and slow
to speak. James, I., It.
Call thou and I will answer, or let me
speak, and answer thou me Job, xllt., a.
Except they give a distinction to the
sounds, how ahall it be known? I. Cor.,
xlv.. 7.
I had rather speak five words with my
understanding thsn 10,000 words In an un
known tongue. I. Cor., xlv., 19.
Except ye utter words easy to be under
stood, how ahall It be known what la
spoken? For ye shall apeak Into the air.
I. Cor, xlv., (.Baltimore Bun.
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Furs for Health
$37
the pffiintrv Anctor A rmr't wtar urM "In
looks," nor even for comfort, because he is constantly sacrificing
own comfort for the good of some suffering mortal. The doctor
weara urs for health health first, comfort next and looks well,
he pernapa Ignores looks when he goes out on his winter drives to
the alk.
"VI 'Here Is a fur ooat for HEALTH FIRST, and It la
romfortabls; yea and good looking, too-
prime skin, medium tiara color with Raccoon
the thing or Northwestern winters, the price Is
You can Indulge youraelf In a very rich 'eoonskln.
' selecting the darker furs; with Nutria Beaver and Otter
foliar and farlnrs. all the way up to 12S.OO. Here
Is an idea: Nutria, aay J4T; Vine Beaver, aay S6S ta
TO; uoplucked Otter G& to aW)0.
Thia la only one of over too varieties of men'a fur
coats. We have In stock Men's Fur Coals at H1Q up to
BOO each. Every one a good coat:'every coat appro
priate for aome uses; well made without a single ex
ception. If ii a a LANPHER FUR it ia made as well a
If te made It for our own use; we cannot make them
tetter.
IVAmtra FTTBS are sold by the leading dealer la
every community. Write to us for the book "Judging
Vara" and we will also- send you the address of our
nearest dealer.
LANPIIER. SKINNER d CO.. stlfaui
Were Walter Wellman in Omaha thia
week he might get a few pointers on how
to handler a real live airship, for that is
what he is said to be looking for to make
his trip to ths north pole and that Is
what the mansgers claim Is to be seen In
Omaha thia week. The flight of the
Knabenshue airship above tbe spires and
towers of Omaha will be watched by an
Immense throng this week, a throng come
from afar and near to see If aerial naviga
tion Is to be perfected In this generation.
When the big Ship rises above tbe crowd
the people will wonder which Is the fore
and which Is the aft of the contrivance,
for it is different from other ships In that
the propeller goes before instead of behind,
while the rudder Is behind as In ordinary
ships. Tbe frame work on which Hamilton
sits when he rides In his ship consists
of three long poles In a triangular arrange
ment on which Hamilton sits astride. It ,
any one in Omaha or hereabouts had any
idea they would like to have mude an
ascension in that airship they soon had that
Idea taken out of their heads as soon ss
their eyes were permitted to rest upon the
light contrivance on which Hamilton has to
ride. Instead of a comfortable seat, as
many would Imagine, he rides on one of
the fish poles. This might not be so bad
In itself, but then within that triangle of
fish poles is a gasoline engine which is
jumping and whirling the propeller, At the
rear of the scaffolding Is a large piece of
canvas which steers the ship. This rudder
Hamilton must manipulate by two ropes.
If Hamilton desires to send the ship up
ward, he simply slides backward on the
framework and the power of the propeller
lifts the ship Into the air. If he wants to
ride on even keel he sits with his weight
balancing the ship, and when he wishes to
descend he simply goes forward, and thua
by his weight handles the ship In Its up
and down movement. N
Hero of Fifty-three Falls.
Hamilton la what may be called a lucky
man. Of the 132 fllghta he has made In
the last two years he has fallen fifty
three times and yet shows no trace of his
experience by any marks he has received.
He fell a distance of 800 feet in the North
river. New York, and was only slightly
Injured. Before he took thia airship
which Mr. Knabenshue haa invented he
tried sailing on an aeroplane and onoe de
scended from this on a moving freight
train and escaped uninjured. At another
time he fell a distance of J50 feet at Or
iriond Beach, during the last automobile
races and escaped uninjured. ' One year
ago, on Labor day., four of the leading
aeronauts of the country were killed, while
Hamilton made a successful ascent He
attributes his escape In all of these falls
to the manner in which the aeroplane
that he has used mosj of the lime. Is con
structed. The framework is of bamboo
which strikes first and acts as a sort of a
cushion. '
When seen at the grounds on the King's
highway last week Hamilton was working
over his pet and preparing It for the com
ing ascension. In speaking of the engine
he said: "This Is a five horse-power en
gine and Is of sufficient power to handle
this slied bag against an ordinary breeze,
but I do not think that sufficient power
can be generated on a ship to control the
craft In a gala This is where the auto
matic aeroplane Is to be the coming fornvJ
of aerial navigation, if this is ever ob
tained. The ability of an aeronaut to
control an aeroplane Increases with the
wind while It decreases In the case of the
airship. The great question to be settled
now by those experimenting with aero
planes Is to construct one that can be
automatically balanced In the air. Equi
librium is the essential that Is being
striven for, and if this can be obtained in
the aeroplane It may have some practical
value.
Power Problem Not Solved.
"The inability of builders to carry power
sufficient . to control ths ship Is another
thing that is delaying aero-navigation. A
large enough engine could be put on for
a still day, but the difficulty comes under
unfavorable condltlona The motor UBed
with this ship Is of five horse power nd
weighs sixty pounds, Is capable of 25 rev
olutlona to the minute. A motor Is being
built for me, however,, that Is to weigh
sixty pounds, but will have twelve horse
power and I hope to have better success
when my new motor Is Installed In the
ship.
1,'Whlle Americans are watching with
great esgerneas for, aucceasful airships to
be built In this country msny good brains
have been at work on the problem of aerial
navigation In other countries and at the
present time there Is considerable rivalry,
not only between lndlvldusls, but also
among nations for the distinction of first
bringing Into shape for practical and com
mercial uses the ship of the sir. The
Bra xlli an aeronaut Sanlos-Pumont, who has
Identified himself with French Interests In
this matter, la said to have abandoned the
gas bag and now proposes to conduct fu
ture experiments with the aeroplane. Aa
thia waa originally an American Idea,
American Inventors are Jubilant thst the
leading aeronaut of them all la now Identi
fying his Isbors with this Ides.
Santos Pamost Really Flics.
"In an ascension two weeks ago In France
Bantoa-Dumont broke, his machine after
having proved that it was able to fly. The
moment the big fifty-horse power Antoi
nette motor wss set in motion tbe machine
took a flying leap forward about two yards
above tbe ground. The bicycle wheels on
whicil the light craft Is built continuing to
revolve rapidly from the Impetus of the
start. The rate of apced waa calculated
at about twenty-five milea an hour, but
Bantoa-Dumont stopped the machine after
going 300 yarda and brought it gently to
the earth. In spite of the mlshsp It Is
at least recorded before trustworthy pe ro
tators that mechanical flight for an ap
preciable distance was obtained.
'The sxcles of aero sports has been ar
ranged through the French Society of
Aeronauts, to start from Paris September
10, when a balloon race will be run for the
gold cup offered by James Gordon Bennett.
This will mark the beginning of a new
era In aero sport.
Balloon RaelaaT a New Sport.
"Balloon racing la a nsw sport and one
which the average Individual understands
very little. Several email balloon races
have been held in this country recently,
but these were mere sprints in the air
compared with the great contest to be held
in Paris. What the possibilities of the air
ship are no one knows, for, notwithstand
ing the expenditure of" great personal cour
age, much atudy and experimenting and
considerable loss of life, the attempts st
aero transportation have not met with
enough success to inspire much confidence
in many people. From remote times,
however, airships and flying machines have
been dreamed of and experiments made,
until at last their Imagined possibilities
seem to be probabilities. People were wont
to laugh at the first locomotive, which
waa probably mora crude than the airship
"We wish to extend a cordial invitation to all visiting M'
the city during our Ak-Sar-Ben festivities to make our
store their headquarters and allow us to care for your pack
ages, etc., wlile shopping and taking in the carnival.
We have a pleasant resting room for the ladies in pur
children's department on the second floor, and would like, ,
to have them make themselves perfectly at home in its usei.
While here we would like veiy much to have tho pleas
ure of showing you our line of the finest and best made
men's and boys' ready-to-wear clothing that can be had.
"NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS"
We have everything new and up-to-date for the little
fellow, for the big boy and for the man.
Our furnishing and hat departments are overflowing
with all the new things for fall and winter wear. We pride
ourselves this season on our big showing of high-grade
underwear, both in union and two-piece suits.
Ask to see our $3.00 Special Hat v
lOWMRIG, KING & 0.
R. S. WILCOX, Manager
pf the present day, but who knows but
what the airship may be developed to an
almost perfect machine in much less time
than was consumed In perfecting the lo
comotive? "Everything has a strange appearance
when - viewed from an 'airship, and all
crowds have about the same appearance,
no matter In what part of the world they
are seen, for you don't see anything but
people's heads when looking down from an
airship soaring at a height of from BOO to
1,000 feet. If you are directly over a crowd
It looks as though the people's hats were
placed on the ground, with an occasional
toe sticking out from under the . brim.
If, however, tbe crqwd Is watching you In
tently, the effect Is different, for then you
see nothing but a veritable sea of faces.
If a person were 'to ascend In a balloon
once he would soon see the Immense ad
vantage these machines oould be In tiroi-s
of war, for the whole panorama Is spread
before one. Nothing can be concealed from
the range of vision, - for there are no ob
stacles in the way. From the balloon
which Is soaring at a great height thero Is
practically no limit to tbe vision, for, after
all, only the horison can obstruct the
view."
The airship which has been brought to
the King's Highway by the board of gov
ernors of Ak-Sar-Ben has much the ap
pearance of a big bologna sausage, and,
although made of the finest Japanese silk,
shows nothing of this while In midair.
PAY UP OR GET OUT
Rello of President Andrew Jackson
la . Role of Bad. Debt
- Collector.
Letters of Andrew Jackson rarely coma
upon the market. While not ao uncommon
as letters of Zachary Taylor the rarest
name in the series of American presidents
they occur infrenquently at public or pri
vate sale, and important apeciniena bring
good prices.
An Interesting example of the autograph
of the hero of New Orieana is in the shape
of an endorsement, written on the back of
the following letter, addressed to him la
1833 by a merchant tailor:
v WASHINGTON. April , 1831.
To the President of the United States.
Sir: The Signer of this your Huipble
Servant begs leave of you to Lend an ear
to the Statement of a Caae of mine against
a Clerk In the State Department.
He Came to my Store Nov. yi, 1S31, and
Oot measured for a Suit of Clothes Amount,
lng to $04 o0, for which he promised to pay
me in (0 days, and hla having the appear
ance of a Gentleman I took him to be one
and lot him have the artlclea on those
terms. '
When ths Sixty days expired I Sent to
hira and he promised Farther until 11 or U
Months expired, and finding no other way
of recovering my money, I entered a Suit
against him for which I received a Judg
ment after he entered the office when he
took the Benefit of Insolvency, and having
understood that your Highness had taken
the Steps for the benefit of Mtchanlcka &
Other I Itlsens of this plsce by removing or
otherwise Making the Clerks pay their
Honetrt debts ana finding no other way of
recovering my money I take this Liberty of
requesting this great favour and hox.e It
will not be In vain as I have a large family
dependent on ne for Support and Losing
this would rob them of their du. Kewpy
Your Humble Obedient Servant,
CHRISTIAN tJC'KIXIFli'.
The letter seems to have arouaed Jack
aon'a Indignation, and his endorsement,
bearing the same date, was aa follows:
Referred to the Sec. of State. If on in
quiry the fact elated be true unices the
clerk pays up the debt, let iilra be forth
with discharged.
The government would become a party to
such swindling provided It permits Its offi
cers to become indebted for necessaries and
not see thai they paid their debts out of
their salarlea.
Hontat men will pay their debts dluhon
srt must not be employed by the Govern
ment. A. 1.
Under this Interesting endorsement is a
postscript, also signed with Jackson's In
itials: This caaei Is referred to Amoa Kendt-ll.
Esqur.. and on ten dollars per month being
secured to tx-mon, air. to be con.
tinued In his office. A. J.
If you have anything to trade advertise
It in the For Exchange column of The
Be want Aa page.
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Patronize
Home Industry
There are now located in the city of Omaha
only six old established towel supply houses, each
of whom is interested in the welfare and prosperity
of Omaha to the full extent of its entire capital.
For the past twenty years these concerns have done
everything possible to please their patrons and
render satisfactory service. Their prices have been
uniform and have remained at the very lowest notch
consistent with good work, notwithstanding .the
material increase in cost of supplies and labor for .
the past few years. As, in the past, goods will be
delivered in first class condition, the towels as clean
as oap, steam and water can make them and the
service will bo the best that brains and money can
furnish.
Don't Be Misled
by the profuse, promises of eloquent solicitors for
firms located in other cities who may seek your trade
for a mere branch office to be located in Omaha.
Kemember we are Omaha citizens; our capital is
invested in Omaha; we have helped to push Omaha; ,
we have shared her adversity and we believe we are
entitled to share her prosperity. Encourage home
industry by-patronizing home concerns.
An Unparalleled Offer
Any Omaha business house at present being
supplied by the following firms will be given a
year's service free of charge upon written notice
that the service is not satisfactory in all respects
consistent with prices charged.
THE OMAHA TOWEL CO.
THE OMAHA STAB TOWEL CO.
FRONTIER TOWEL SUPPLY CO.
THE CITY TOWEL SUPPLY CO.
THE KEELEY TOWEL SUPPLY CO.
THE LADD TOWEL SUPPLY CO.
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By using Nebraska Boiler Compound we can save
steam users from 12 to 35 per cent in fuel. How? By
removing the old scale from the boilers and preventing
new seale from forming. It will also prevent pitting,
foaming and corrosion and make quite a saving in pump
packing or gasskets. If you are a steam user, by using
our compound we save you time and money. For fur
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