N? 171 FIFTEENTH YEAR . SKAHWAY ALASKA. MONDAY. OCTOBER 1??
PRICE 10 C*NTH
Washington. P. C., Oct 21 Sta
tistics with rrffrpiicf to mortgage in
-bteili ? -> of the farms of the
i'uit?M Sta'es are given in a report
soon to bt> issue*! by l>t rector 1 Hi
rand of tne Bureau of the Census.
The total number of farms in th
1'nited States operated by their own
ers. which were mortgaged in 191"
is t.. 12*. w hile 2.?21.2S3 were
ri'iwiiiHl as free from mortgage
I'hese figures show an increase sine*'
I 'iin of IT i per cent in the number
<>f farms mortgaged, and of 4.4 per
??ent n the number of furms free
rout niort ;age. The report will
^how that .">*.104 farms were oper
.sl b> manager* a decrease of 1 7
i-er cent si.tce 1)W. and 2, 354, 67$
!:?rm< were operated by tenants, an
increase of 16.3 per cent since 1900.
\o s itistics pertaining to mortgage
imieMednrM were secured for farms
opmited by tenants or hired man
ger* It woulil be practically im
possible in many cases to reach the
owners of such farms to ascertain
The total value of the land and
buildings of the 1.006.511 farms for
which both the fact of mortgage in
debtedness and its amounts were re
j-orted $6.330.00*t.?rt0, and the
.'mount of debt -was ?l,Jlil#00,l>00
or 27 3 |H?r cent of the value. The
shown in the reports was 35.5 per
< ?-nt There was thus, curing the
twent;. \ ears a marked diminutitn i
i lie relative Importance of mortgage
hi on th" farms mortgaged, due
iin.irily to the very rapid Increase
' value of the land iu farms,
.iverago amount of mortgage in
deted ies? per farm Increased from
in 1*90 to $1,715 In lylo,
;>u: -.he Tverage value per farm in
d I'um $3,444 to $?.2S9 and
therefore the owner's equity per
f n -ii iwreafol from $2,22'? to $4.
?'.*4 or more tiian doui le
The statistics with reference to
t ?> number of farms mortgaged for
the past three censuses are not
precisely comparable although near
ly so At the census of 1910 ques
tions .is to mortgage debt applied to
. II farms operated by owners, while
't the two preceding censuses they
applied only to the smaller class of
"owned farm homes;" those farms
occupied by their owners as homes.
geographic divisions and between
censuses it should, be borne in mind
that the fact of mortgage indebted
ness is not necessarily an indication
of lack of prosperity. The propor
tion of mortgaged indebtedness is
higher in Iowa and Wisconsin than
in any of the other states.
in the I'liited States as a whole!
the number of farms or farm home*
operated or occupied by their own
ers. which were free from mortgage
increased much less rapidly during
each of the last two census decades
than the number mortgaged. The
proportion mortgaged was 28 2 per
cent in 1S90, 31.1 per ceut in 1900,
.'nd 33. t! per cent in 1910. Ill 1910
the proportion of owned farms mort
gaged was highest (46.1 per cent I
in the West North Central; the
lowest proportions (1S.S per cent.
22 7 per cent, and 20. S per cent re
spectively) being in the So. Atlantic,'
Ka. So. Central, and Mountain di- ,
In every geographic division ex
cept the Middle Atlantic the pro
portion of farms mortgaged was
creator in 1910 than in 1900, and
in every division except the West
North Central the proportion was
greater in 1910 than in 1S90. The
most conspicuous increase in pro
portion of farms mortgaged has
been in the three southern divisions.
In 19lo there was no very great
difference among the several geo
craphic divisions with respect to
\ ilue of luid and buildings, the
shest ratio being 34.5 per cent In
lowest, 23 4 per cent In the Pacific
division. In ever)- division the ra
tio of indebtedness to value was
materially lower in 1910 than in
1S90.
SOMH KK.AI. KlIXlMa
HAPPKMX't; l\ MKXIOl
Mexico City, Oct. 21 ? During a
parade of the Federal soldiers in
this city Saturday morning, a com
pany of rebels under the banner of
General Felix I>iai attacked them
and fired into their ranks. As a
tysult of the onslaugh fifteen per
sons were killed and many injured.
OUR
> NEW
FALL
SUITS
&
COATS ?
FOR LADIES '
NOW ON DISPLAY
L ^ogUe
11 NOTES STYLE
A is j: QUALITY
OUR NEW
FALL MILLINERY
NOW ON DISPLAY .
H. J . LYNCH
Insufficient Railroads
to Meet Increase
of Population
Millions
Of
Wasted
Acres
By
BENJAMIN
F.
YOAKUM
Land
Too hr
is.' ay
To Pav
*
Chrtr.nin of
i:. Lout*
and f 1 1 *<"0
Line*
fmv HERE ARE 1.903.000 000 ACRES OF LAND IN THE UNITED
/ STATES. AND CAREFUL ESTIMATES SHOW TH *T 1.200.000
\ . 000 ACRES OF THIS LAND ARE AVAILABLE FCM FARMING
PURPOSES.
The cultivat<?<l acres la-t year produced $1!?.7- |wr t > re, not in
c hi'liii;: animals ami their product*. The uncultivated show our
agricultural capabilities, for, figured at what we ar?: now doing, they
wi ill ill vield the enormous sum of $ 1 3,8<?2.000,00 i lilitional, not in
i hiding animals and their products, which the government estinmtea
in it- iast vear's agricultural report at $2,01. '1,000,000.
We fell short liciwecn l'.'OO and 1910 in keeping our land derel
opiiK nt up with our imputation l>v 28,000,000 acres. In other words,
to keep pace with (lie increased population \\e must INCREASE
II!! Cn.TIVATKD ACKEAttE AX!) THE YTKI.D PER
AC !JK. otherwise wo will soon reach the point of not being able to
feed our own people unci will h. \e to look to other countries to ?up
plv us.
THE TWO BIG DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL DO FOR THE EN
TIRE NATION THE GREATEST GOOD ARE THE EXPANSION OF AG
RICULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION ONE CANNOT GO FORWARD
WITHOUT THE OTHER. THE SUCCESSFUL FARMER MUST SUPPLE
MENT HIS COTTON. CORN. WHEAT AND OTHER STANDARD PROD
UCTS WITH VEGETABLES. FRUIT AND POULTRY. AND TO DO THIS
SUCCESSFULLY HE SHOULD BE WITHIN FIVE TO TEN MILES OF
A RAILROAD
It i* v. rv noticeable in a railroad ride r ! : r ?licit the United StatM
i< railroads arc pr?i ricallr all under
improvu it.
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Milwaukee, Oct. 21 ? Juo. Schrank
the man who tried to kill Colonel
Roosevelt, has sent a communication
to the wounded man asking for the
bullet which lodged under the
strenuous tenth rib of the president
ial candidate's anatomy.
If the man is looking for souven
irs Teddy would much rather give
him Taft's scalp or Wilson's goat.
WKKHMNS CltOSH BORDER
TO I'KiHT WITH KKBKI/S
El Paso, Oct. 21 ? Rebel troop*
have been recruited from several
places on the American sl<le of the
boundary and they are now taking
active part in Mexico's clvl' war.
The Mexican government has pro
tested and additional troops have
been distributed along the border to
prevent further recruiting from this
side.
WE HAVE JUST TAPPED THE FIRST BARREL OF THE SEASON
IT'S 600D
50C. PER GAL.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Chicago, Oct J1 Thro Ronae
velt with a ?uard of thirty-five de
tectlvea took the train at ? :J? thto
morning for Oyater nay The Col
onel aald ho didn't timhI Mrh a
large eacort, that ho waa getting
able again to take care of himaelf.
but hia ad.-iaera thought It beat to
protect him thoroughly to prevent
a recurrence of the calamity which
befell him before
Accompanying the presidential
candidate waa Governor Hiram John
son of California who will go to
New York to complete ariangement*
to fill the ?p?akin* date* of Mf
RoowtfK
l.ntiln Molina. claiming to he ?
realdent of Bogota. Columbia, made
an attempt to gain admittance to
i he pr??nf? of Mr Rooaerelt laat
nlirht. hot *H frtopped hy f*e Po
lice The man "aid that he had an
important mlaalnn from the govern
ment of r rfnmbla to tranamlt t??
Koonevelt He had to pocket hla
miaaion together with considerable
amount of Spanlah profanity, after
Mn| refimed permlaalon to meet
the Colonel
ATLIN IS STILL
l>r L. 8. Keller rrtnnifd Satur
day evening afler spending three
weeks in the Atlln country In
Apraklni of the conditinna there he
nays thai the ut moat optimism pre
vails throughout the mining dis
trict. Thia season's work has
shown that every rreek has pro
duced better than at any time In
ita previous history, with the excep
tion perhapa of Wright creek, which
waa out of the pay for a abort
time but ia in it again and la show
ing up well Ruby, Birch. Pine. Ot
ter, Spruce, Wilson. McKee and
others have held up well as ever
and some of them have exceeded all
previous outputs
New strikes on O'lHmnell river,
Slate creek and Blue canyon bid
fair to become producer* and add
to the fine output of the district
There la continued activity In stak
ing and leasing and additional dia
mond drills have been ordered to
swell the number already in the
field.
Not only ia there aclivity in pla
cer mining, but quarti is holding
Ita own in promising a great future
for Atlln Many properties are be
ing worked, especially in the Taku
Arm, and are proving rich Otto
Patrldge has Just bough' 2R claims
opposite the Kngineer group and
will etpend ?? In prospect
ing and developing, hia purchase In
clude* the Red Rupert, Jim John
son and other* On tke Big Horn
considerable development has been
'done with remarkably rich showings
?IKAXMK ?KKI\KM Willi
MU HIMIHV M?R IXTHHInH
Captain Janim brought the Jeun
nio In this morn in* shout 2 .10 with
2?<> ton* of mining machinery for the
Interior lie will take on 5M tnna
of ore and aall tonight at midnight
for the Sonnd On the way down
the Jeannle will complete her cargo
with ?>anned salmon
Captain Janaen says that the her
ring fishing Is getting to he a Itig
industry of Southeastern Alaska At
Convenient Co**. Just serosa from
Ye* Bay, (here were three ahlpa.
the America, Two Brothers and Hi"
Hlg Itonanra loading with herring,
from enumerable smaller boats
The Jeannle unloaded tons of
salt and rooperage for parking the
' full, the moat of which I* destined
tor the Japanese market
Among the fishermen there Is
Captain W A Thomas, candidal^
for the legialature on the Home
Rule tlcke? Captain Thomas haa
i contract for ten thousand barrels
of aalt salmon for Japan He has
?everal boats in the trade
The weather waa something fierce
ill the war up At feytnour Nar
?ows there were eight boats waiting
?o get through the narrowa at
slack tide, which was followed hv
southeaster* and a fog that render
? d navigation dangerous In the eg
ttmm.
Some
Reasons
why you should wear a
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