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NOME, ALASKA, OCT. 23, 1915.
Greece seems to be in something of a
difficult position owing to the evident j
Intention of the entente allies to force i
her into the war regardless of whether I
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s>he likes It or not. Bribes, coercion,
and devious tricks of diplomacy are
being tried while back of all are partly
veiled threats wthch, although not of
ficial nevertheless clearly have official
sanction. The reason for all this lies
• not so much in that Greece possesses
a military strength which might prove
a weighty factor In the war game but
■ Is actuated rather by the fact that the
geographical situation of the country
Is such that It Is practically the key
to the Balkan peninsula. Greece is
therefore In a position to offer a ser
ious menace to the operations of the
entente allies in their efforts to prevent
the consummation of the German plan
of cutting a way to Constantinople. Al
though the army of Greece is small, it
is none the less a most formidable
force, and while probably unable to
continue a lengthy reslstence to such
offensive powers as might be presented
h> the allied nations, could still retard
an Invading army to the degree that
..... their ultimate object would be de
., , ffa ted. . . , ,
The announcement from Brooks, Al
aska, yesterday that the first stage had
arrived from Fairbanks, Is, we learn,
u matter of larger Importance than ap
pears at first glance. The mere ar
rival of a stage, while a cause for some
measure of Jublliation to the citizens
of the settlement which has thus been
provided with an open avenue of com
• munication, is not in itself such a great
matter. Stages have been the early
means of conveyance to practically all
frontier points since man first struck j
off Into the wilderness and raised a
town so stages are In no degree a nov- j
1 city. Stages have and doubtless will
continue to run until the last outpost
of civilization has vanished. The mat
ter of principal moment is not the stage, i
however, but the things which lie be
hind it and which enable it to run to
the benefit of the community and the
profit of its owners. Roads are among
the principal essentials to a stage ser- j
vice. Stages may run without them !
in some instances but in a general
sense the road Is, next to the district,
with its industries and products, of the
greatest importance.
In the case of Alaska, the running
of a stage without the opening up of
a road is practically out of the ques
tion except In a few particularly
favored localities. As a general
thing the eotintry is either too rough
or too miry to afford open passage In
any particular direction without a cer
tain amount of effort being expended in
bridging or road construction. This if
particularly the case In the section
where the Brooks-Fairbanks stage
winds its devious way. Before this
stage could be run to the new camp on
the Tolovana, it was necessary to build 1
a road. Not such a very long road, for
the distance between the two points Is j
only about fifty miles, but, In order to
cover it, the road must be built. And
It was built for the reason that at its
projected end was a district with de
veloping resources and industries which
promised to bring a profit to those who
trafficked in the things that men de- j
mnnd. Here was a new market, a new ,
avenue for commercial endeavor, with
profits to be reaped and rewards to
be won by those who were willing to
•ake advantage of the opportunity. So
the road was built over which the
stage now runs to the benefit and profit
of Fairbanks and the new district. By
whom, think you? By the road com
mission? Nay, nay, Pauline. Not by
tlio road commission for that com
mendable institution is too nearly "on
its uppers" to build a fifty mile stretch,
of road at the present time out of the
meager funds provided by a close fist
ed congress. This road was built un
der the direction of the road commis
sion but It was in no sense upon the
Initiative of that Institution. Where
ihen did the necessary money come
from? Why, from the live, enterpris
ing and go ahead merchants and citi
zens of Fairbanks who were quick to
realize that here was an opportunity
u> increase their business by supplying
the new district with what it needed.
Tile district was new, undeveloped, but
it was promising and had already por
duced a hundred thousand dollars or so
a lien the work was started. This wasn't
much, but there was a prospect that it
might do better or as good for some
sears. So these wide awake citizens
of Fairbanks ‘got busy.” They didn’t
set down and talk about it and wonder '
why the government did not ‘do some- j
thing" but they put their hands down
in their pockets and within a short !
period had raised the sum of five thou- j
sand dollars. Ail this to build a road
to a section that contained, as far as
the indications then showed, not one
fourth of the promise that our own
I great Kougarok section has shown for
the past ten years. So the road was
built on the money raised by the peo
ple of Fairbanks who were quick to
realize that the best way to find the
■ay-streak is to get out and look for it.
The fund was turned over to the road
commission, whom the citizens deemed
were better equipped to accomplish the
work than themselves through long
experience in the work of road con
struction and now both Fairbanks and
Brooks are rejoicing over the posses
sion of an avenue of commerce that
will undoubtedly result in a vast bene
fit to both places. That the road ex- j
1st* Is due entirely to the wide awake
enterprise of the citizens of a town !
that is said to be on the “down grade”
but who were thoroughly awake to the
fate that they could benefit themselves
by getting out and doing a little hust
ling for their own benefit. All praise to
them and to the spirit that prompted
them for they are sure on the Job and
are willing to help themselves. Would
that we had a little of the same spirit
here on Seward peninsula and could
take unto ourselves the moral contain
ed in the tale of the Brooks stage line.
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NOTES
A sanguinary contest between two
Indians and a bear is told of In the
Whitehorse Star of September 3. Yu
kon Councilor E. A. Dixon and E. W.
Gibson were returning in a buckboard j
to Whitehorse from Braeburu, 86 miles
north. Two miles from Braeburn they
were met by llootchl Bill, who ln
lormed them that his partner, un In- .
diun named Alien, hud been killed by
a bear—"Him killed but not dead," was
the way Bill expressed it. The men
accompanied BUI to his camp and
found the injured man to be practical- ;
ly as described, “killed but not dead.”
One of his ears was nearly torn off. |
us was much of one side of his face.
Five days had elapsed since the en- j
counter, and the wounds were in a j
terrible condition from decomposition, j
Dixon und Gibson returned to Brae- ;
burn, where they found some tirst-aid
| medicine, with which they fixed up the
i Indian as well a they could. They
then took him to Whitehorse, wheer
he is in t lie hospital In a fair way to
reocver, although he will ocmplete his
journey through life with btu one ear
llt'BY—A private wire was received |
yesterday to the effect that the steam
er Shushanna had sunk in the Tolo
vana river, twenty-five miles below the
log jam. Cascaden and Godfrey and
the Tolovana Clothing Company are
among the losers. Tile extent of the
damage was not stated.
The Shushanna was one of the three |
boats comprising the fleet of the late
ly formed Alaska Kivers Navigation
Company, the others being the Tana
and the Florence S.
The Tolovana was overflowing its
banks on account of the recent heavy
tains. Other tributaries of the Tanana
were also reported very high.
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For once the old sand bar just below
Thane is one of the most poular spots
on the channel. Usually a source of
much delay, and generally to be avoid- ,
ed the shallow water has lured a |
crowd of bathers during the past cou- j
pie of days and the clean sand plus ]
thfc warm water have made the place
an idea bathing learh. says the Juneau
Empire. Crowds from Thane and Juneuu
li « aviller’ themselves of the chance
for a salt-water swim; and at low tide
the children round about are having
.be times t thoii 1'.. es. The s.'ope of
the beach is very riuch like the Alki
1 int bt hing place in Seattle, and If
.he sunshine c. r.t nues the Tr.ane
beach probably will become as popular
as Alkl.
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The Commercial Club has been re
organized at Skagway. and will soon
begin an organized campaign to boost
tne city as the gateway to the Yukon.
Colonel AY. L. Stevenson, a mining man,
and head of the Hargrave Mining and
Kneineering Company is at the head
of (he organization as president. Mayor
III ward Ashley has been chosen vice
| president and Phil Abrahams secretary
(treasurer. P. M. Suffecool, George
Mowl and Robert Browning are the
other members of the board of trustees.
Among the propositions that the club
will boost 'S one to establish a string
I of t •ur'st hotels in Alaska. It 1b said
that a company has been organized for
that purpose, and the people of Skag
way expect to secure the location of
the first hostelry that will be erected
in the north.
The Alaska Steamship Company has
purchased the Pacific Coast Company s
liner City of Puebla for use in the Al
aska trade, according to. a recent Se
ville dispatch. She will be placed on
t‘ie Southwestern Alaska route, with
the Alameda. and Northwest
er' The City of Puebla was built in
Ph lrdelphla In 1881, and for many
years was the fastest vessel on the
Seattle-San Prancisco run. She was
built as a collier, but later was convert
led into a passenger vessel. She is an
j iron boat of 2.623 gross and 1,712 net
I tons, 320.6 feet long, 38.6 feet beam,
Kind carries a crew of elghty-one men.
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S. J. Peterson of the Koyukuk has
written to a friend in Fairbanks telling
of tile death of W. IS. Connell, which
occurred on June 6, Connell attempted
jto swim across tiie Yoyukuk river In
front of Wiseman, and was taken with
cramps and sank. Before help could
roach him he was drowned. Before the
body was recovered Commissioner Dan
forth held an inquest of “accidental
drowning." The deceased was laid at
rest at Wiseman, many old-timers pay
ing their respects by accompanying the
remainfe to their last resting place.
HOFFMAN HOUSE.
Special dinner served Sunday.
Meals at all hours.
Family dining room in conr.ection.
Home made bread for sale.
MRS. GINNIv/AN. Prop.
Now is the *ime for fruit jars. Get
them at Holt’s Cash Store.
WE CAN OO IT.
For first class work and prompt de
livery phone Main 151 and tho People’s
Steam Laundry will call and get your
laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop..
Trunks, suit cases, granitewaro,
crockery, hardware at Holt’s.
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