SUBMARINE AN
OLO INVENTION
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Very few people are aware that
the submarine was invented in
a practicable form during the Na
poleonic regime in Europe- The
original British inventor, Mr. J.
Day, was drowned in Plymouth
sound in his own boat in 1774.
The Bushnell submarine followed
the work of an American inven
tor, and came near being used
during the Revolutionary war to
blow up a British warship. The
attempts proved, however, abor
tive, because the explosives used
were not of sufficient power. Mr.
Frederick A. Talbot, telling about
this in his ‘“Submarines; 1 heir
Mechanism and Operation,” re
cently published by the Lippin
cotts, tells of the next subma
, ine exploit—no less than a dar
ing plar. to rescue Napoleon from
St. Ile ena, where he was held a
prisoner by the English.
Captain Johnson built the sub- |
marine for the deed ; the boat was
to be carried on shipboard to a
point near the island. “Here the j
submarine was to be lowered ’
overboard, and therein Captain
Johnson was to proceed under;
water to the island to a lonely
part of the shore where a landing
could be effected. A huge sum of
money was promised if the at
.tempt should prove successful,
while $200,000 was to be paid
over on the day the boat was
completed. But on the day when
work on the outer shell of copper
was to be started, the desperate
enterprise was rendered unnees
sary owing to the death of the
august prisoner.” Think of Na
poleon in a submarine- It is a
curious idea, isn’t it.—Ex.
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ALASKA NOTES
The authorities of Ketchikan
are trying to learn the address of
the relatives of John G. Jones,
who died of apoplexy on Pen
noct island, recently.
It is reported from Douglas
that a number of people have ex
pressed the intention of invest
ing in automobiles now that the
bridge across the Gastineau,
Channel is assured.
The Douglas council has re
enacted a curfew ordinance
which provides that children un
der 14 years shall not be allowed
on the streets after nine o’clock
at nijjht unless accompanied by
their parents.
Mrs. Thora Munson, for a
number of years proprietress of]
Munson’s roadhouse on the Val
dez-Fairbanks road, has an
nounced her engagement to Ed
ward Rust.formerly of Fairbanks
but now engaged in business in
Brooks.
The Ketchikan Commercial
Club h?s been reorganized and is
planning to be of service to the
town and to Alaska generally.
All the powers of the club have
been centralized in the executive
board in order that they may car
ry on the work of the club un
hampered.
Fire insurance rates in Alaska
seem to depend not only on how
much fire protection is provided
but whether that protection pro
tects. In other words the rate
in a town with a volunteer fire
department, which has the good
fortune to stop all the blazes at
the beginning is lower than in'
towns where a fire gets away, i
Following out recent events it is^
interesting to note that the in
surance rate at Valdez, which
had a disastrous fire last summer
has been increased to a figure
over 15 per cent greater than
*that paid in Seward. The moral
to this—have plenty of fire pro
tection and make it protect.—
Seward Post.
interest in the quarts possi
bilities has been revived in the
Dawson district and the Bear
Creek mining company owning
property at the mouth of Bear
creek, nine miles from Dawson,
is preparing to carry on develop
ment work on a large scale. The
mine bas been developed to a
point where a modern ten-stamp
milling plant with Ingersolh
Rand rock drills are being in
stalled. The company was re
cently1 reorganized and financial
arrangements made to put the
property on a paying basis and
in the list of producers. The
ore bodies have been tapped at
a depth of three hundred feet.
Fears are entertained that
Sam Timm, old tiine miner, has
perished in the snow somewhere
near iGranville on the mouth of
Gold Run. He had been living
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in a cabin on Twenty-three pup, I
Gold Run, for a long time. No I
one of the district remembers
having seen him since December
19. He had been talking of
going to Stewart Crossing, to
visit a man there at the road-'
house, and possibly of going to
Eureka creek. The police and
others have inquired at the var
ious points, and have found no
trace of Timm. His friends at
Granville believe he must have
perished in the snow somewhere
near the mouth of Gold Run or,
Granville on his way home.—
Dawson News.
McIntosh brothers are reported
to have struck good pay on the
third tier'bench, right limit, of
Livingood creek, near the town
of Brpoks, and are getting pans
as high as $1 at the bottom of
their 70-foot shaft. This is the
third shaft that McIntosh broth
ers have put to bedrock on their
lease. They had a little pay in
the first two holes, but it was
nothing compared to the find re
cently made.
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WAR ODDITIES
BERNE—The Swiss watch in
dustry is practically at a stand
still due to the lack of metal im
portations from France.
AMSTERDAM — Prof. Ru-j
dolph Eucken, lecturing in Ber-j
lin, declared that beer drinking is j
the German’s only vice and after j
the war he must conquer this!
habit.
MANCHESTER — Manches
ter's trade during 1915 beat all:
records by $135,000,000.
ZURICH—The German and
Austrian governments have conY
fiscated 8,000,000 rabbit skins for!
hat manufacture.
L( )NDt )N—The king lias con
gratulated Rev. \V. E- Cox, of
Dartingham, because his five
sons are all officers in the service,
three in France, one in Mesopo
tamia and one in the navy.
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FUR MARKET
REPORT FROM
CHICAGO
There are no new development8
ill the fur market this winter, ac
cording to the statement made
by A. B. Schubert, of Chicago.
The real strength of the market
will be felt when the buyers come
in for their purchases for the
coming year. There is a good
demand for fox and for wolf.
Skunk, white weasel, racoon,
winter muskrat, silver fox, blue
fox, cross fox, red fox and fisher
are finding a ready market now
The prices quoted by the Chi
cago concern are as follows:
Black fox, $25 to $2,500.
Silver fox, $10 to $1,500.
Blue fox, $10 to $1,500.
Blue fox, $2 to $200.
Marten, 25c to $25.
Cross fox, $1 to S80.
Bear, brown, 50c to $18.
Bear, black, $1 to $30.
Bear cubs, 50c to $14.
White fox, Si to $35.
White weasel, 10c to 75c.
Stained weasel, 10c to 75c.
Red fox, 75c to $20.
Mink, 20c to $7.—Ex.
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32 .Yorkey’s Cigar Stor<
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SPRING MEDICNE
\ good spring tonic taken at this time of the year is of
great benefit to everybody.
Among the simple and efficient spring medicines the iol- j
lowing are recommended .
CA3CARA BARK.
SASSAFRAS BARK '
S'jLPHUR AND CREAM OF TARTAR
Also
APARIENT POWDER.
Which contains Sulphur, cream of Tartar and other valua
ble ingredients.
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SOMETHING NEW
Last fall we had a few cases of Ranch Eggs put up in
sealed cans according to the government formula, liquid
glass. They have kept so perfectly that you cannot detect
the difference from Nome 1 aid eggs.
They are $5.00 per can o f nine dozen or 75c per single
dozen.
Telephone White 17 for a dozen.
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