ALASKA
(From Our Exchanges.)
RUBY.—What appears to be u Rood
i uality of coal was found oil Poorman
i reek feist week. It was struck in a
I rospect hole on the George Bittle lay,
about three miles below Tend root, and
Is the bedrock of that part of the
i uuud. From the best information at
, Hid the gold prospect in tills hole was
nsatlsfaetory. although there is pay
m the vicinity. The claim produced
etween ti.OOli and $10,000 the past
. easoii. The ground belongs to H. L,.
orrence and associates.
Alec Nicol, who arrived from Poor
■ iinii recently , has seen the coal. He
aid Its genus was in doubt, some
'aiming it was anthracite, while
i hers pronounced it lignite. Any way
tr. Nicol said, it is hard and bright.
Ir. Bittle tried It In the stove and it
timed in a satisfact ry manner.
t'unrud .1. Miller, who arrived from
he Chltlna recently, will return with a
rilling outfit as soon as the freezeup
"t-eurs, for liioie thorough prospecting
,f several claims on Kyuguna creek'
a-ated by Chits. Veets and himself,
his creek Is a tributary of the Chltlna
. ntering the later about SO miles south
i f McCarthy. It is about 30 miles long
end Mr. Miller stated that he and his
. irtner obtained good bar prospects!
"om its mouth to Its head.
"VY'e got as high as 3 cents to a pan
t not more than u foot in depth and I
i ain't get skunked anywhere." lie said.
e put in two drains, one at the mouth I
i .* the creek and one at tlie other at the
cad, blit vvv could not gel deeper than
i I feet because of the water and did
not reach bedrock. The deepest hole
we were able to sink was 17 feet and
we found gold in every foot of the
gravel.
John I'ultn. ine man earner, informs'
the Fairbanks Times that there will;
he little activity in the Circle district
this winter, as the greater part of the
i round is shallow and is worked by
I vdraullcking and open-cut methods.
On Eagle creek, Nat Madsen, Nick
Mitchell and Wile Nick will take out a
winter dump On Mastodon, A. P.
Clark will do some winter work. Frank
Heims, Uus Erickson and Lookie Mc
1 , *an will take out dumps on Mastodon
so. Wulter Crossman is prepairing to
t ke out a winter dump on Indepen
i -nee creek, and will be hoisting with
in a short time A number of small
• utflts will take out dumps on Dead
uood. Nels Rasmussen is waiting for
more snow to start hauling the Berry
i redge to Mammoth.
Cordova — The Chamber of Com
merce is engaged in packing up its
mineral and agricultural exhibit to be
.awarded by the steamer Northwest
■ in for display at the San Francisco
nd San Diego expositions It will
make un excellent showing of the min
■ ral and agricultural resorces of the
upper River valley and the entire
. uuntry tributary to Cordova and aid
in dispelling erroneous ideas about
\hiska—ideas that tills territory has
no agricultural resorces, either devel
oped or undeveloped.
VALDEZ.—District Attorney Spence
.vill leave here early in the week for
Vaahington, 1>. c„ where lie will seek
he appointment of federal judge for
i lie Fourth division. There is much
meal opposition to Mr. Spence, but it
m not known that any effort will be
made by the people here to prevent
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his appointment.
Mr. Spence is supported in his can
didacy for the judgeship at Fairbanks
by Deleg,ae Wickersham, and it is prob
able that he will accompany Mr Wick
ershaw back to Washington. He is
also supported by John Frame, who
took an active part in the holding of the
Progressive Democratic convention
here last summer.
What gives promise of being the
most important quartz strike made in
the Fairbanks district is that located
by J. C. (Red) Rogers and Mike Kelley
on Wood River, about 80 miles from
this city. The ledge Is 70 feet In width,
and although of low grade ore. it Is
believed that It will rival the Treadwell
and Sheep creek mines near Juneau.
The ledge, where it Is exposed, is
cross-cut by a canyon, and can be de
veloped in two directions. There is an
abundance of water power there and
plenty of coal not far distant. In every
way the location Is said to be ideal.
As yet the ore has not been accurate
ly tested, but the preliminary tests
show that the rock is certain to be
profitable. The Jinders, however, are
conservative about their discovery, and
though they returned from it several
days ago. they have kept the discovery
quiet.
S. A. Hemple. of the Hemple Cupper
Company, with claims on Copper
Mountain on Dandlock bay, has signed
a contract with Gus Dundstroni to drive
an additional lOO feet of tunnel.
The company already lias 2.000 feet
of tunnel work and will continue the
work of opening the claims.
Mr. Hemple states that It is his be
lief that one of the largest copper
mines on the coast will be opened up
on Copper Mountain, us all the indica
tions point to a large deposit of copper
and he, with s number of other opera
tors, are working to open up the claims
on Copper Mountain.
Mr. l.undstrom will start tomorrow
for the claims with his men and
equipment.
What is believed is the best mineral
exhibit ever presented in Fairbanks
can be seen in the windows of the office
of St. George and Oathcart. It is the
collection of mlneruls that has been
secured by the Commercial club for
exhibition at the San Francisco exposi
tion next year, and until it is sent to
the Outside, which will be soon after
the ilrst snow comes, the collection will
he for public inspection in this city.
At the present time there are ex
hibits from 73 quartz claims in this
i district. This number will be increased
it is asserted, before the exhibit is
forwarded to Sun Francisco.
The Alaska exhibit will be supported
by the United States government, and
it looks now as though Interior Alaska
will have os good a display, both of
minerals and vegetables, as will go
from any part of Alaska.
DAWSON.—There has been a stam
pede of hunters across the Tukon to
attack the caribou which are crossing
the Glacier creek trail about thirty
miles from town. Reports from the
westward state that there are thous
ands of caribou moving across the
country.
Governor George Black is one of the
enthusiasts
Colonel William T. Perkins, of Seattle
and a former Alaskan, is in Dos Ange
les. In connection with the recently
reorganized Pacific Kelp Mulch com
pany manufacturers of a potash fer
tilizer from kelp, of which company
he Is one of the moving spirits. Ho
was once candidate for Qovernor of
Alaska.
Delegate VVlckersham, In a talk at
the ,St. Matthew's hospital fair recently
said he had been collecting a library of
Alaska books, and that he intended to
present this library to the college that
he is trying to get the government to
found near Fairbanks.
It was asserted by Mr. Wiekershum
that he had found a total of 2.500 books
on Alaska, many of them having been
published in the Russian language
when the territory was the property of
that country. Some of the books of ttie
most interesting nature he hud with
him at the time he spoke
FOOTBALL
BEHIND
TRENCHES
It was a (lull day in the trenches 1
The sun was bright The air was.
fresh and cool. The Held was fair Is I
level. More important still was tin- \
fact that the big six inch gun on the
other side of the hills seven miles awa> j
had ceased to trouble us for several
hours. In other words it was a per
fect day for a game of football.
The game was going along merrllc
and the men were getting just that
amount of recreation and exercise
which is necessary when you have
“dug yourself in.”
Then the big Get man gun started
again miles and miles away, and ilrst
one and then another shell dropped and
exploded harmlessly in the neighbor
hood of the game When you have
heard and seen these shells for it mat
ter of weeks you are apt to treat them
with a certain contempt
Thus it happened that a shell fell
just near enough to one side to put
half a dozen good men out of action,
and break up as merry a game as the
trenches ever saw.
It is stated that a German aviator
who saw this, reported that the British
forces were thoroughly disorganized
and running about their post in blind
panic -Contributed.
THE COSSACKS
PARIS.— The "Matin" publishes the
following:
An officer of tlie Austrian Hussars
captured in Galicia, gives the follow
ing account of how he was carried off
by a Cossack.
"Our cavalry advanced to the bat
tle with ardour, but the Cossacks fell
on us like a whirlwind. Hardly were
we in touch than a Cossack dealt me
three blows with his lance, sabre and
flat. How he did it 1 don't know, but
he didn’t even give me time to fall.
I "He seized me by the collar lifted me
onto his horse and carried me off.”—
Contributed
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The enlcr welcomes hustling young men. Around these it seeks to place the protecting arm of Bro
therhood. Thero la a need for club and reading-rooms where young men may bo among friends who
aro obliged to protect them. Tho Fraternal Order of Eagles meets this want In upwards of two thou
sand incorporated communities throughout the United States.
But in welcoming the hustling young man, the Odrer greets and extends the hand of fellowship to the
older men of tho day An Order that contains thousands of lively young men. Is just tho placo for older
men. Tho accumulative power of money, through youth, aSBures tho payment of sick and death benefits,
as a practical proposition; but tho organization that affords a field for the zest and talents of young
' men, thereby provides a haven for the elder brothers, bccauso amidst tho zip and mirth of the >oung
the aged postpone the on-coming of the years of decline. Thus tho Engles make a paradoxieal appeal to
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young and old alike.
The Eagle emblem is the badge of good-fellowship; the Eagle card is a national letter of introduction
Every Important community In the United States and Canada contains an Aerie and club rooms. This
means that in every such community there is on Eagle post-office, equipped for communication with tho
homo city of the tourist member. This Implies in every city on the continent of North America there
is a friend to greet the visiting brother, and a haven for rest and recreation after business hours.
"I am f#r men” declared a philosopher of tha nineteenth century. That remark is expressive of the
socialized purpose of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The Order seeks to give an opportunity to men to
do something for themselves by doing something for each other. It is the Order of the common good.
These ore our simple texts of faith. Have you manhood? If you hove, tbres hundred thousand men
in two thousand Aeries invite you to join their Brotherhood.
If you are Interested In learning how and whereto Join this Brotherhood, consult the Secretary of the
local Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles
NOME AERIE NO. 75 F. 0. E.
HOAXED BY
AIR ENEMY
PARIS.—The following story of the
strategy of u Russian airman which got
him out of a tight corner is telegraphed
from Petrograd. .V Russian airman
accompanied by an observation officer
was flying over the enemy’s territorv
when lie was obliged to descend owing
to engine trouble.
The pilot and the officer who were
wearing leather clothes, were working
on the motor, when suddenly seven
Austrian soldiers in charge ..f an
under officer appeared over the . rest
of a little hill.
Fortunately the officer knew Geiinan
and calling loudly to the Austrian of
fleer, he ordered him in a peremptory
manner t»* come and help nn*nd ih#
motor.
The Austrian believing be w..s in
the presence of a superior officer,
hastened with his men to obey, and
soon the engine had been put right and ,
the aeroplane started off.
As Is ascended in spirals to the clouds
it paper fell at the feet of the gasping
A ustrians
It contained a short message of
thanks to fhe officer and his men for
giving such timely aid to Russian air
men -Contributed
GERMAN INVASION
OF THE U. S.
Huron Von Kdelshein, who foretold
ihe inevitability of « German w i with
Britain in an eighty page pamphlet
entitled "(Ufr-Bt'ii ' qo-roliuns a
Study" discusses the possibility of an
invasion of the I'nited States:
"tl is a question ns to whether \ve
should not eventually' make such de
velopments as to (tut a stop to over
reaching* by the t inted States against
our (German) interests"
After dismissing Ids scheme lie
comes to this conclusion regarding
Germany’s best way to crush (he
I'nited States: "It will lie a question of
affecting a series of landing operations
in concert With tlie navy, and we shall
be in possession in a short time of their
important and wealthy cities, to dam
age them by interrupting the channels
of supply, and by the destruction of j
all buildings used for defense and for
tlie service of Ihe stale and for com
merce, by seizing all war and trans
port material, and finally to impose
heavy war lines,"
TURKS GET GERMAN $5,000,000
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LONDON.—The Exchange Telegraph j
company lias given out a dispatch from
its Athens correspondent, who says lie J
has learned from a reliable source that j
a sum of money equal to $"•.000,000 in ;
gold lias reached Constantinople from i
Germany
BLIZZARD KILLS FLOCKS.
NEW WESTMINSTER, li. C.-Tlie
worst snow storm in ten years swept
over the Raymond and Magrath CAlta.)
districts, destroying large flocks of
sheep. < me llock of 2,000, owned by A.
T. Greene,of the Foremost ranch, was
driven into a large reservoir
limit b» ^ #m* ^’ithcrn
afflrrl : wool Growers Assaciation.,
Only three rams escaped drowning. .V
flock of 800 head, owned by Ray Knight
of Rawmond. was annihilated by the
blizzard
THE WOMEN OF ALASKA.
It is reported that there are 127
homesteaders in tlie Knik section who
have filed their applications with the I
T’. S court commissioner of that dis
lautums isml am itucinp i.qjt
WEATHER REPORT
Nome, Alaska, ,lan. 1, lui.V
Temperature—Max. 11, Min :i
Barometer—29.19 Inches
Weather (’loudy.
Wind—,N 24 miles, Max. :h> miles,
average 21 miles per hour.
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