SEN. RALSTON
OF INDIANA DIES
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among men wherever lie went. More
than six feet tall, he was proportion
<ed to fit his height. His friends de
dared he looked though and acted like
•Grover Cleveland. He was a stickle]
for the Constitution, and strictly £
party man.
Born on a farm in Tuscarawas coun
tv, Ohio, on December 1. 1S57, Senatoi
Ralston came from a hardy pioneei
stock. His great-grandfather served
in the Continental army and was bad
lv wounded in the battle of Brandy
wine. He was of the Scotch-Irish an
cestery, but in his own life the strair
of Scotch lineage was uppermost; con
sequently he was cautious and delib
erate.
When he was eight years old, his
father moved to Indiana and enjoyed
the average amount of prosperity ol
a farmer until the panic of 1873 when
the farm was lost. Young Ralston
became butcher boy, coal miner, sheep
herder, farm laborer and school teach
er, before he took up the study of
law.
There being too many lawyers in his
own home place, he set out for less
populated legal fields, settling finaly
at Lebanon, Ind. He early entered in
to political fights' and gained a rep
utation as a forceful, vigorous speak
er. After he had served as president
of the local school board his friends
put him forward as a candidate for
secretary of state, but he was defeat
ed twice for that office.
Mr. Ralston's ability to go out among
the people and gain friends through
his sincerity was recognized, and in
1912 he was nominated for governor.
During his service in that office he
wiped out the state debt and got be
hind the formation of the public util
ities commission, an inheritance tax
law', a blue sky law' and a working
men’s compensation law.
His first chance to prove his metal
came during the street car strike in
Indianapolis in 1913, when he called
out the state militia to curb rioting.
Angry strikers crowded around the
state house. Governor Ralston de
cided to state the situation to them,
' and against the advice of his friends
^ j faced the mob from the state house
steps. So effectually did he speak
that he soon had the strikers cheering
him, and the strike was settled a very
. short time afterward.
Just as he had applied himself as
sidiously to his duties as governor, he
labored faithfully as a Senator. He
was on the floor almost constantly and
listened with marked attention to all
debates on important issues, contrib
uting several addresses on tax and
tariff questions.
Mr. Ralston was a Presbyterian and
' -a Mason. He married twice, his first
wife dying within a year after mar
riage. His second wife was Miss J.
Craven, of Center Valley. Ind. By
this union two sons and a daughter
were born.
ALASKA EXPORTS
FOR LAST MONTH
TOTAL $15,423,470
Shipments of Alaskan commodi
ties during the month, as indicated
by declared values made to the U.
S. Customs for the Juneau district,
aggregated $15,423,470. These figures
were made public recently in the
monthly statement of commerce is
sued by Collector John C. McBride.
While the month’s export business
was $1,862,487 less than in Sep
tember 1924, the volume exceeded
materially the average for the
month and again approached war
time figures. Outgoing shipments
of Alaskan products in September,
last year, totaled $ 17,3S5,957, and
were the third largest in volume
for that month in the Territory’s
history.
In those shipments were included
a considerable quantity of red salm
on packed in western Alaska areas.
Most of this pack for the current
season went south during August
this year. This resulted in the Au
gust exports being well above the
average. The combined export val
| ues for August and September, this
year, $26,034,852, are more than $1,
750,000 in excess of those for the
same two months last year when
they reached $24,384,064.
For last month a decline in the
volume of canned salmon shipped
amounting to $4,292,723 was par
tially recovered by gains in copper
ore, exports and increases in certain
fisheries products and miscellaneous
commodities. Canned salmon ship
ments for the month were valued
at $10,745,751. The total value of
fisheries products was $ 12,874,232
as compared to $16,143,142 for the
same month last year. Herring
shipments were valued at $1,057,
566, a gain of $633,291 over the
same month last year. Mild cured
salmon and cod fish also made sub
stantial gains. Clams and crabs were
less and shrimps showed a small in
crease in value. Increases were also
reported in fertilizer, meal and oil.
Copper also gained materially.
Last month’s exports of that com
modity were valued at $1,631,454,
or $1,159,495 more than in Sep
tember, 1924. Shipments of rein
deer meat, marble, wood products
and miscellaneous items also in
creased in value.
K. K. K. SAID MUTILATED
CHILDREN'S SUPPORTER
MONTORE, N. C., Oct. 15. (JP)—
Turner Blanchard, the only support
er of eight children, is in a critical
condition after mutilation and opera
tion yesterday by the K. K. K., it
is alleged, which is said to have ac
cused him of failure to pay his gro
cery bills.
NUN FREED FROM
VOWS WEDS BANKER
PHILA., Pa., Oct. 15. (/?)—Miss Ma
rie A. Hirst, the daughter of a fam
ily socially prominent in this city,
has been released from her vows by
the pope after a service of thirteen
years as a nun in the Congregation
of the Sacred Heart. She will wed
Webb Levering, a Baltimore banker,
next Saturday.
When you think Oxfords, think Ur
bach. 229-tf.
Sew'ard Daily Gateway, $1.25 month
NATIONAL GRANGE
IS NOW ACTIVE IN
THE FAR WEST
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 15. (£>)—'The
country’s oldest farm organization,
the National Grange, born of the re
construction days after the Civil War,
is spreading to the newer farming
communities of the far west, where
grange halls, familiar sight in small
towns and villages elsewhere, are
rising.
Maintenance of its position and its
extension to the newer agricultural
sections are the two major objec
tives of the Grange today.
In the interests of the organiza
tion, L. J. Taber, national master,
recently completed a 25,000 mile
trip in which he visited virtually ev
ery state. Dues paying members now
total 800,000 and there are 3,100
grange halls scattered over the coun
try with a replacement value of
more than $20,000,000.
Agriculturally, Mr. Taber said, his
observations have shown the country
is in a sound condition and the far
mers’ difficulties are slowing mend
ing. Development of cooperative buy
ing and selling associations will be
a factor in bringing a more perma
ent recovery, in his opinion.
Another five years, he said, should
see the restoration of the purchasing
power of the farmer. This year will
be the best for the farmer than any
period since the post-war depression
he said.
The Grange now is organized in 33
states with a membership greater
than at any previous period. Last
year more than 200,000 meetings were
held.
Parkers’ “Big Brother” Eversharp
pencils, $4.00 at the Alaska Shop. tf.
INSANE BOY SHOOTS MOTHER
KELLOG, Idaho, Oct. 15. (/P)—Er
nest Jutila, nineteen, believed insane,
shot and killed his mother and brother
and then escaped to the woods, a lit
tle brother and sister told the officers.
A posse is out looking for the young
man.
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Black Foxes, a limited
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
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Kasilof, Alaska
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been written or are being written by Mr. J. B. Reher, head of the Bureau of Public Roads for this district; E. P. Walker, head of
the Biological Survey and in charge of Alaskan fur and game animals; Supt- Snodgrass of the Matanuska Experimental Station;
Chas. E. Bunnell, president of the Alaska College; Jos. Imlach, the man who started the herring industry in Prince William Sound;
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