KANSAS FARMER BUILDS
UNDERGROUND HOME
Walter Griffin, a farmer, of
Hardtnfr, Kan., has a curiosity in
the shape of an underground
dwelling. He has devoted many
months to the work. Hundreds
of people have visited his odd
home which reaches into the
ground to a depth of about sixty
feet, but instead of going straight
down it is really an underground
gallery, extending from one ledge
to another, and arranged With
ladders and platforms.
The top of the “well” is closed
by a door way and lock. On open
ing the door one finds a hole in
thf ground with a Wider leading
down into darknes. Going down
the ladder/one comes to a lqdge
several feet in width, to the side of
Which is a room about twenty
feet square, dug out of the earth.
Front the ledge another ladder
leads downward and another
ledge is reached. Here the at
tempt was made to make a gal
lery of 200 feet back into the
earth, which is not finished,
though it is intended to be, ac
cording to those who live in the
vicinity. From this point the well
leads down sitcessive steps in zig
zag fashion to the bottom, where
«h«-p ic five or six feet of water.
Not- only is-the home alone re
f iarkable, - but the sinking of it
none the less so. Griffin dug his
well himself, • throwing the dirt
and rock (for a portion of tne ex
cavation is through solid rock) up
fr im one ledge to the next above
until he reached the ladders,
where he put it in buckets and
carried it by hand to nearby buf
falo wallows
The people living in the neigh
borhood say he lived almost en
tirely on crackers during the
months it took to do the digging.
It will be one #f the wonders of
th" «t>te when finished.—Ex.
NITROGEN PLANT IS
POSSIBLE IN ALASKA
Alaskan water power as a
source of power supply by which
nitrogen may be extracted from
the air is a subject which has
aroused the interest of John A.
Sleicher, editor of Leslie’s Illus
trated Weekly magazine, who
wcs in the north last summer.
In a recent letter the the Sew
ard Post, Sleicher talks upon the
matter, referring to the sugges
tion made by General Crozier. Tie
also sees a vast future for Alaska
in every way, saying that the ^peo
ple here are too close to the sltua
tt'A'i to rcntjze the big things to
DREDGING OPEUi
in n
The Mining and Engineering
World of January I contains a
very comprehensive review under
the heading of “Dredging Oper-.
ations at the Beginning of 1916.’’
At the time of publication re
turns from Alaska and Yukon
territory were incomplete, and it
was promised to cover dredging
in these regions more fully in a
later article. As far as received,
advices indicate small gain, if any,
over the previous year in the
number of dredges operating or
ready for service. Some new
dredges were installed and others
close 1 down, the total number
operating being about 42. 1 he
greatest field of operations, of
course, is still on Seward penin
sula, including the districts which
center at Nome, Teller, York,
Candle, Solomon and Council.
Notwithstanding the acquire
ment by the Yukon Gold Com
pany of large areas of placer
ground in California and the
avowed intention of placing a
powerful dredge thereon, no ac
tual operations have been begun
in that state. This company’s
dredges total eleven, as follows:
At Dawson, nine; at Iditarod, 1,
and at Ruby, 1 in course of in
stallation. The bucket capacity
of the dredges, in cubic feet, is as
follows: At Dawson six dredges
of 7 feet and three of 5 feet; at
Iditarod, 7 1-2 feet, and at Ruby,
31-2 feet. The dredge at Ruby
is the only one built by the Union
Construction Company owned by
the Yukon Gold.
Of the dredges listed by the
World the one of largest capacity,
now idle, is on Yuba river, Cali
foria, wdth bucket capacity of
18 cubic feet. The Canadian
Klondike Company has three
dredges at Dawson with buckets
of 16 cubic foot capacity, and at
Ruby, Mont.,and Marysville Cal.,
respectively there are two dredges
with bucket capacity also of 16
cubic feet. Contrasted with these
huge machines is one at Solomon,
Alaska, with buckets of 1 1-4 foot
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come. The letter, in part, follows:
“Seward'has a remarkable fu
ture; so have Juneau, Cordova
and the other leading cities. You
haven’t begun to grow. You do
not know yourselves of the possi
bilities of your wonderfuT terri
tory. You are too near the ob
ject to get a broad horizon.
“The suggestion made by Gen
eva! Crozier at Washington that
the government urgently needs to
extract nitrogen from the air by
utilizing water or some power,
has a special interest for Alaska.
Governor Strong told me that
parties offered to supply millions
of capital necessary for the utiliz
ation of water power in Alaska
for the manufacture of nitrogen
and for the utilization of timber
lands, but under the red tape re
strictions of the government, the
capital could not be utilized and
was thus driven away.
“You have wonderful water
powers in Alaska, and an abund
ance of coal. The government
might well establish its first great
nitrogen plants in that territory.—
Chitina Leader
capacity, with several on Sew
ard peninsula listed as of i 1-2
foot bucket capacity.—Ex
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
On and after March first a deposit
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of all customer* purchasing milk at
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ALASKA NOTES
In the statement of a proper
military policy for the United
States, prepared by the war col
lege division, general staff corps,
in compliance with instructions
of the secretary of war, Alaska is
not overlooked, says* the Seward
Gateway. The statement has
been submitted to congress. The
full report deals with military
preparedness and equipment as
advocated by President Wilson.,
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not arriving from the outside, when
it is possible for every one in Nome to
subscribe for the Nome Daily Nugget
which furnishes the latest telegraph
news as well as local happenings.
You do not even have to go to the
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day day before supper is served
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YOUR HOME INDUSTRIES
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Regarding Alaska it says:
" i he garrison of Alaska should
be large enough to support th\
authority of tnc United States
ami, in time of war to maintain
our sovereignty over a small se
lected area of the territory. As
work on the Alaska railroad pro
gresses the military needs ot Al
aska will increase.
"In time of peace it is believ
ed that the Alaska garrison
should be one regiment ol infan
try (1915 otticers and men), to be
increased later as circumstances
demand.”
—
Miss Malony, government
school teacher at Hyuainug, and
Air. Hibs, manager of the ivlo
wack Commercial Company,
were married immediately after
Christmas. The newly married
couple are very popular on the
west coast.
Clark Davis, manager of the
Alaska Petroleum & Coal Co.,
announced recently that the com
pany had decided to build a rail-;
way from Goose City to the com- j
pany’s property, a distance of
seventen miles, and to spend $75,
000 at once in the construction of
coal bunkers and the completing
of its wells.
The Ketchikan Progressive
Miner believes that the annual
report of Governor Strong is an
admirable document, but con
tends that the governor only did
his duty and is therefore not en
titled to bouquets. The Miner
would no doubt be first to throw
bricks if the governor had failed
to do his fluty in any one parti
cular.
The American schooner Vol
anta, in tow of the gas boat Pin
dar, and bound from Petersburg
to Sitka, was lost at sea near
Cape Ommenay, but the crew
was saved, says the Chitina Lead
er of January 25
The Volante, a vessel of 125
tons, had gone to sea loaded with
salt, nets, barrels and other equip
ment for a herring fishing cruise.
She was built in 1891 at North
Bejid Ore., and was registered at
Seattle.1 She was a familiar
figure in the fishing industry in
the north Pacific.
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