PIONEER MINER
LIVED TOO LONG
The story con es from Tacoma
that John b inlay jon, explorer and
frontier man, nearly forty years
ago put by a small fortune he
expected to keep him for the re
mainder of his. days. But his
calculations have all gone awry.
He lived too long. He is now 103
years old, his money has all been
spent and he has applied to the
board of trustees of the Pioneers
home at Sitka for a pension.
The patriarch of the north is of
Scotch descent. His life of more
than a century has- been spent
always on the frontier. When the
gold fields of California and Ore
gon were considered worked out
ht migrated to northward and
landed at Fort Wrangell. He as
cended the Stikine river and pros
pected its side streams.
In 1878, gold was found on one
of the tributaries of Dease lake,
and Cassiar. Finlayson joined
the stampede and acquired a poke
of dust with which he returned
to Wrangell.
Finlayson made several trips
into the north country ever in the
hope that he would make a bo
nanza strike. There came a time,
when he didn’t need any more]
gold, for he figured that he had j
enough to keep him as long as1
he would live but he continued to 1
hunt it. Simply for the joy of I
finding i*._ ~ _
CURIOUS NEWS ITEMS
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A Walking Bank.
Mrs. Manna v. bense surpris
ed bearers' in tne supeuor court
at boston, recently, oy testifying
that sne usuauy earned $4,000 or
$5,000 in casn on ner person—m
her snoes, toes of her stockings,
and in tne bosom of her dress.
buck in x nu teen.
The tnnteentii bauy 01 Mr. and
Mrs. v-iyue xvyie ot Misnawaka,
lna., amved at tne ivyie noine
recently, x ne ciind is a uaugn
ter anu is tne tnird one ox tne
children to be born on tne tlnr
teentn day of the month. Mr.
and xvxrs. xvyie were married on
the 13th uay of the month
Vvant Omceis barred.
Noting that tae automobile
bills ot the city of boston have
increased in tne last eieven years
fioin $3,000 to $100,000 tne city
finance commission is urging tne
city council to take some action
ttiat wm curb joy riding on the
part ot city omciais ana also limit
tue idie Hours 01 municipal ciiaf
feurs.
xtn All Electric Village.
Yvuuwood, a suburb ol xoledo,
O., may be trutmuny caned an
"an-eicctric vinage. rv large real
estate development company has
erected tms nttie village ot thirty
houses and has equipped them
throughout with the latest elec
trical devices. Each house is
fitted out with a large electric
range and all other conveniences,
lhe real estate company pur
chases the current tor tue entire
village m bulk from the central
station and retails it to the house
holders, who are thus able to ob
tain their power at a resonabie
rate.
Sues for Car Fare.
The verdict of 12 cents render
ed against the Middlesex & bos
ton itreet Kailway Company by
judge Copeland of the Newton,
Mass., court in the suit of Chas.
R. Darling, has -been appealed.
Mr. Darling brought suit for 14
cents, he stated tnat during the
the latter part of July he took a
trip to Norumbega park to wit
ness a performance which was
scheduled to take place that eve
ning. When he arrived at the
park he was informed there was
to be no show. He sued for his
car fare and two cents postage.
. Patriotic Bank Clerks
The war in Europe has made
great inroads on the staff of the
bank of Nova Scotia, many of the
clerks throughout Canada having
enlisted and gone to the front.
In order to fill the depleted bank
staff ranks the corporation lias
decided to try the experiment of
employing women. In the Prince
William street office, the princi
pal one in St. Johns, N. B Miss
Helen Mcjunkin, formerly the
bank telephone operator, and
Miss Margaret Kennedy are now
at work on the books.
Dire Punishment.
An old Highland fishing proc
lamation was read by the Rev.
Percy Coats at a meeting of the
Lune Fishery Board at Lancas
ter. Acording to the reverend
gentleman’s version the procla
mation read as follows: “This
shall be a proclamation of her
grace the Duke of Argyll: If any
mon be found fishing in the loch,
on the loch, around the loch,
through the loch, afoor the loch,
9r binder the loch, his neck shall
be broken in twelve places and if
he shall hereafter offend he shall
be persecuted wi’ far war’ parse
cution for he shall be burned and
hanged. By all the laws of all
the Europe, of Scotland and her
grace the Duke of Argyll.”
Three Cords of Gold.
A workman in the subtreasury
at New York, recently, piled bar3
of gold the assay office had melt
ed from English sovereigns re
ceived there since October 27.
When he finished he remarked:
”1 reckon the stack is about three
cords.” The pile was 11 by 6 by
6, or 396 cubic feet. There were
16,345 bars, calculated to be
worth $102,500,000. They weigh
ed about 205 tons. The bars were
put in a separate vault, because
the assay showed a higher qual-j
ity than is required in American
coin They average 916.6 fine,!
compared with the 900 fine of i
United States eagles.
A Rapid Grower
Three months ago Harry Con- j
nelly, aged 14, of Moultrie, Ga.,'
was a slender boy of average
height. He began to expand at
that time until today he meas
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He never estimated that he
would reach more than eighty
five or ninety years, but as those
anniversaries of his natal day
came and passed he gradually
cut down and down on his ex
penses, year by year always
^draining a little less from the
store- Now he has reached the
age of 103. The last nickle of
the small fortune he made has
been spent and he asks for a pen
sion. Alaskans say there is no
doubt it will be granted.
Finlayson river and Finlayson
lake in Alaska are said to have
been discovered by this aged ex
plorer—Valdez Prospector._
ures 6 feet 5 inches in height and
weighs 200 pounds. During the
past three months his parents
have been forced to buy him a
new suit of clothes every - week.
A special bed was built for him.
Harry can hardly get into his last
Monday’s suit now, so he will be
provided with another anu larger
outfit this week. The doctors are
trying to find a way to check
Harry’s phenomenal growth
without impairing his health.
Lad a Master Burglar.
Dommick Bertelli, an innocent
looking boy, has confessed to for
ty burglaries in Harlem, N. Y.
He said he had stolen jewels val
ued at $30,000. His disclosures
were made in the library of the
district attorney’s office. On a
table were all sorts of jewelery,
which had been stolen by the lad
and recovered from pawnshops.
Fifteen apartment house dwellers
picked out articles that had been
taken from their home3. Bertelli
stood by and laughed as he told
how he had obtained the goods.
He is now serving a term in the
Elmira reformatory
Germany Seeking Gold.
The Reichsbank of Berlin, is
taking measures to secure all gold
deposited in safety deposit vaults
since the war began Circulars
have been sent to all banks
throughout the empire urging
them to serve notice on the rent
BIG COMPANY PUTS
BAN ON TEUTONS
J. W. Boyle, general manager
oi the Canadian Klondike.Mining
Company, has posted the follow
ing self-explanatory notice at va
rious places on the company’s
property:
NOTICE TO EMPLOYES.
Any employee who is in favor
of Germany and the nations as
sociated with her, as against
Great Britain and her allies in
the present war, is hereby re
quested to quit our employ at
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ers of space in safety deposit
vaults since the outbreak of the
war that rent arrangements will
be discontinued with the present
term unless the patrons sign a
declaration that the vault drawers
contain no gold. Banks are now
sending out notifications to cus
tomers and enclosing forms for
making declaration of the gold
contained in their vault drawers.
The Danube River.
The Danube flows for nearly
two hundred miles between Rbu
mania and Bulgaria; then for a
hundred miles through Rouman
ia territory; while in its last reach
it forms the boundary between
Roumania and Russia. Tf Rou
mania allowed free passage-way
on the Danube Austrian gun
boats now t at Rustchuk could j
reach Russian towns on the
Danube while Russian boats
could ascend from the Black sea
and, ,bombard Bulgarian towns.
This would mean, in fact, pic
tuesque river battles between de
scending and ascendinog flotillas
of gunboats in the heart of Rou
mania. Roumania has naturally
decided to make such interesting
incidents impossible by closing
the Danube in its Roumania
stretches to all foreign war ves
sels.
WE CAN DO IT
for fir#* d«a# work and prompt de
livery phon# Main 151 and tfe Pc-v !e"«
Steam Laundry will send and get your
laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON. Prop
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.Any employe found expressing
sentiments in favor of the ene
mies |-.f Great Britain and her (
allies iti the present war will be
discharged immediately.
Any employee who overhears
another employee express senti
ments in favor of the enemies of
Great Britain and her allies in
the present war is requested to
report immediately such employe
to the general manager, and any
employe, regardless of his senti
ments, who fails to conform with
this rule will, upon evidence of
that faiurc, be discharged imme
diately.
C. K. M. CO, LIMITED,
J. W. BOYLE,
General Manager.
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