THIS ALASKAN
SOME DREAMER
The following story, from Symons* ,
recently appeared in tin* Seattle Times, in
which u Juneau mining engineer demon
strates that when it comes to dreaming
he is some expert, or else as a writer of
fairy tines lie has most of the old
timers in the business backed up against
the ropes and howing for mercy.
A dream in Which she appeared to him
and saved him from death in the wilds
of Alasku was the introduction Donald
Mack, of Juneuu, Alaska, a wealthy min
ing engineer, gave himself in a letter t*>
Miss Ethel Williams, a prominent Syra
cuse University society girl
Miss Williams, W'ho resides with In r
father and sister received a picture of a
dog team and the following words penned
in a masculine hand.
"If you will write to this address I will
tell you why 1 have sent you this card."
She did. He did.
Miss Williams received the following
story from the man in the north, after
tin ice laid sufficiently broken up to per
mit the transportation of mails:
"I am a mining engineer, and my work*
has taken me far into tin* interior of
the country. Ordinarily 1 finish my work
and reach the settlements long before tin*
lakes and rivers close and am able in
make the trip by boat and canoe. Last
fall 1 delved too long, and was obliged
to come out by sled, a distance of 7**"
miles.
"Shortly before I reached Lake Tagitsli
J fell In with tin. Indians and
Frenchman on the trail \\. started t«>
cross the lake, stopping imdua\ on i
small island, to rest and si. • p Whih I
slept I dreamed I saw a \<.ung ■ rl
dressed in light summer el..thing stand
in the deep snow ..round me
“It was so real to me that I asked
her who site was and why sle- was tie r.
She told me her name was Ethel Will
iams and her home in Syracuse. X \
She said site knew w was my intention
to keep on the direct route over the lake, j
but that disaster lay in that direction,
as there was open water covered hy
drifting snow To he safe I should go
about twenty live miles up th. riv-i.
where I would find safe .Tossing.
“At this point 1 was awakened hy the
howling of dogs and the shouts of the
Indians it was u o’clock in the morn
ing. The\ were making ready i«> g<». |
told them of my dream, and tin * laugh
ed at nn lint I did not go with then.
“I followed the insf ruet ions • * t tin
dream girl, and when I readied .Imu m
the Indians and the Frenchman had m.t
been seen. I headed a searching pans .
down the lake tn the point wllet. tll' \
should have readied tin mainland. W«
found the canoes and their sleeping hags
und other camp outfit floating in th. op. n
water.
“So, Miss Williams, I consider that
you have saved my life, and mailed the
card to you from Juneau.”
ALASKA
NOTES
Seward is experiencing a ival estate
boom. Lots on Adams street in that city
to the value of $10,OQU ehunged hands
lust week.
Ivor Bloom, u young miner at Chaian
ika was burned to death a few weeks
ago by a mysterious fire which totallx
destroyed Ids cabin.
The schedule of the Alaska steamship
companies for the coming summer calls
for the sailing of a boat every other
day. for Alaska points.
Jack Campbell, who was arrester! for
shooting J. C. McLeod at Lituya Bay.
in a dispute over a mining claim, and
i-n to Juneau, has bet n bound ov» •»
to the grand jury.
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While no new discoveries of importune
have been made at Ophir camp during
the past year the camp is reported by
miners from that district to ho holding
up well.
Ulmer Hughes of Juneau, ran down1
Kuth Cornwall with Ids motor cycle oil
the Thane road, disfiguring her for lift.
Indignant citizens have sent a petition
tc| * Colonel Kichardson asking that
stringent rules be adopted for the control
of motor vehicles on the government
road.
Ptarmigan are reported to he unusually
plentiful In some parts of the interim
but the rabbit crop is woefully shy.
Many of the oldtimers claim that the
raboits mysteriously die every seven n
year and then get more and more uum
ovoU4 inul ’ll - mysterious disease tale
them off.
President Wood. of tie First Monk "l
Fairbanks, is authoril.N lor tin stateim nt
that the Strafford antimony Join* in.n
Fairbanks has been taken ••vet l»\ out
Side parties
Owing to the increase in its business
due to the shutting down of the brew
erics in the State of Washington tin
Eagle orewery at Juneau has doubled
the capacity of its plant.
Waltei Do Long, former purchasing
ugent for tin Alaska-! lastineau .Mining
Co., has accepted the position as purclias
lug agent at Anchorage tin tie Alaska
Engineering iNun mission
Dr. J 11. Kaiighmari. garni warden for
Seward, reports that moose are plentiful,
but that ptarmigan are scarce, and that !
the latter are believed to be kill d b.\ 1
hawks and owls.
Plenty *»f horses ami little feed is tie
condition prevailing in Fairbanks at the
present lime, and it is predicted that tin
conditions will become a serious matter
lo owners of horses within a month.
Harry Vim-.a Japanese, who sold liquor
I to Harr.N Paid, a native of Wrangell.
With the result that the latter fell off a
launch Him was drowned, has been sen
termed to servo three hundred days in
jail.
F. A. Hancock. the present master
mechanic in the government railroad
shops at Seward has resigned His position
and will take the management of a
copper mine at Horseshoe bay Knight
island
Earle t\ Jamison, formerly connected
with the editorial staff of the Juneau
Empire, is now with the Hint* Dally
Miner, anci writes to Juneau friends that
Hutte is enjoying the greatest boom in
its history.
I outfit home, camp and dredge and
guarantee to save you money. Holt, 411
Front street. Telephone Main 06.
Independent /Beat /Barltet
First Class Goods.
Fresh stock on all “Vic” sailings
W. H. WEBB
Proprietor. Phone Main 15
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’ TO TEST LEGALITY
It A i 'E LEGISLATION
\\ \ SI St *TC »N* I» « V test * a si ■ is lit
t'*n tin United States supreme euurt to
j test the validity of the rare segregation
I ordinances in for«a throughout the south
j In most sections of the southern states
I 'Jim Crow" cars arc run on trains lot
i use by negroes, and certain sections on
street cats are reserved for negroes. and
they are not permitted to ride wit it the
whites In mans' titles and towns in
gfoes hit Via t i ed from owning propert y
or meeting dwellings in certain residen
tial seel inns. It is to determine whether
or not the various states, cities and
towns have the right to pass such leg
islation, under the constitution.
The case is attracting widespread in
terest throughout the south and th< <\<
vision is being awaited with interest J
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FEW SWISS PEOPLE LEAVE
HOME COFNTRY
ZURICH, Switzerland Switzerland s
emigration in 1916 was the lowest in for
ty years. Only 1,976 persons left the
country to cross the seas; 1,347 of them
going to the United States
WUS,
| MANY HOMESTEADERS
I Lui'KI NO T«» A I .ASK \
Alaskan national forests are being
populated rather rapidlv as a r*-snl» of
the development of the new government
railroad Many homesteaders making ni
try as sunn as tin* const met ion «»f t In
line w as assured, is tip statement of \Y
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I O Weigh sup* I iS-a * * I lie nali.ifial
forests in Alaska
Tin territory t w< ■ ■ ■ prls*
i-lnse it* mi itaa.niHi .-1« i. In.it sawmills an
very searee. Tin l«i\v that are operating
aeeording to Mr Weigh are running
ntih a I a a it Iihihi feet ill a ten hour das
Transport a t ion is limited in tin vvaiei in
i In* reserves, and the forest rangers at *
compelled to operate six boats for In
spect ion purposes.—Ex
4U0.0UO OSTRICHES
STARVE TO DEATIfj
NEW YORK—Loading milliners today j
announced that ostrich plumes worth ,
before the war pom $4.50 because a corn
shortage due to the closing of European
markets has starved to death 4M.00O -
the soo.ohi ostriches in South Afri'-a, tin*
linkin' of tin- ostrich industry.
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Will call at Seward, Valdez, Cordova; j
Steamer will also visit Columbia Glacier.
At Cordova steamer will remain long enough
to allow excursionists time to make a special
trip out over the railroad to niles Glacier, from
Cordova the Steamer will return direct by the
outside route to Seattle.
Alaska S. S. Co.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
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