ALASKA NOTES
(From t,ur Kxchangea.)
A new standard ol' ratings lias ijeei
estu blisllod by Ilia commissioner u
Cordova as applied to dogs uhd Wo
Uleu. A few days ago lie lined a mat
and cosls, amounting to ♦100, I'oi
beating a balky dog. latter lie nuet
another luan $Ja und costs, umountin^
to ♦ JO lor beating up a woman. In Hit
hitter case the victim was the beater'*
girl and a resident of the redlight dis
trict. iiosldeniB of the railroad town
who know tiic girl believe the mail
lulled lo gel ail that was coming tc
him.
Ivor liulmquist, while out hunting
ptarmigan back ul' Junouu, was caught
by a showslide and carried lo lus death,
it ts believed that the slide cluimeu
another victim as an unclaimed gun
Was found near the place w here iioiin
4 uls t met his death. 1 he death ol
lioiuuiuhil lias started speculation in
juucuu as to how iong a man wouiu
live when buried in allow, it nol in
jured. it ts claimed that oxygen cir
culates through snow and that a man
ouriucl in 1(41 teel of snow would be in
ho danger of ficun.uig. it is recalled
that a man lived twenty-lour Hours
buried ten feet in a snovvalide on the
copper river.
ilitt natives ol Uuims lunt devlmea
* boycott uculnst Uie Hi i-sby lei »aii
mission in dial town ami ioiu-e to go
lu church because die pieacliei cioseu
iheai lUnce tain, nit double slurleu
over die tBltunpis oi me ausky i.iuio.
ot ilauica lo learn vlie imesi suciuiy
Calicos, uue Duck wlio liua been in
uuXieuu, where tie navi seen mu langu
Vv nil au its variations, neiu ins lluinob
piuuiur m a uwulivi unbecuiuuu; Lo
die high slaliUaius ai\ by tlaines soci
ety. 61io couiplatneU lo tier tiusuanu
arid die light which resulted lasted sc". -
oral uiuiutes. .Vs a pi cachet owns a
trail ill tercel in the dance fiail be locked
mo doors and u> pi tile aey». Jli.
iiultves men deciued lo relaliule by
slaying away lToui cliurcli.
liit lulai producdou oi Alaska tin
mines since Uie industry stal led in 19Ut
in about oiid loos of melallc lin, valued
al viid.uoc, according lo a report oi tbe
U. 6. Geological Survey, lu 1914 one
dredge was operuied on die Buck creek
placer lin deposits tluoughuul Uie open
season. Two others were operated foi
a pari of die season on Allikovik rivet ,
working on deposits carry ing both gold
and tin. Operations were also contin
ued and some tin was produced at the
Lost river lode tin mine. All these
localities are in Seward peninsula. Tin
was also produced from several deep
placer mines In the Hot Springs dis
trict. operated chiefly for the recovey
of gold- It is estimated that nearly
fifty tons or stream tin was recovered
fi'\m these placer mines in 1914. This
output could be considerably increased,
for only a few of the miners make a
systematic attempt to recover the tin.
.Vie! McLeod, well-known in Fair-;
tanks and other Alaskan camps, was'
severely frozen in the Kuskokwlm and
when brought to Idltarod, physicians
found it nacossarv to amputate both
feet.
Thelma Farrell, a negress. has been
indicted by the Juneau grand jury on,
the charge of shooting Charles Thomp
• sen with Intent to kill. Nearly n score
of indictments wore returned against
men accused of selling whisky to In
dians.
Owing to an outbreak of chicken-pox
in the tillage of Craig, a fishing center
on the west coast of Prince of Wales
island, the U. S. Marshal of the First
division Is being urged to establish a
quarantine to prevent the spread of the
disease.
Great schools of herring are reported
to be running near Sitka and the fish
ermen of that district are busy, having
secured » contract from the cold stor
age plant at Sitka for herring that wilt
be kept to sell to the halibut fishermen
for halt,
Private Ben Bigtow, who was sta
tioned In the Fairbanks Signal Corps
office for a long time, is reported to
have been killed in a train wreck in
Missouri He was very popular in the
interior town, where the news of his
death caused sincere corrow
Crick Erickson has applied for per
mission from the forest service to build
a sawmill on Freshwater bay near
Tenakee He plans to operate n mill
of about 20.000 feet a day capacity.
There is considerable timber In the re
gion he ha* selected, so the mill should
b# a success
Oi* her last voyage south the steam
er Mkrtposa carried 700 tons of high
grade copper oro from tho Bonanza and
Mother I.ode mines to the Tacoma
smelter. Alt the ore was copper glance
and averaged better than 70 per cent
As copper is now quoted on the Itostm
market at fourteen cents the shipmen
would be worth $137,000.
Oreot activity is reported on tin
creeks In the Fairbanks district not ;
single plant remaining idle As a re
suit of the winter’s activities it is tip.
lleved the output f>f the camp will la
considerably increased next season on
less operations are restricted througl
shortage of water
The Steamer Santa Anna, of tin
Alaska Steamship Company, which
soon to replace the steamer Dora on
the westward run from Seward Is he
| Ing changed Into an oil burner and it
Is believed that her headquarters will
he in Cordova Instead of Seward as was
the case of the Dora. Cordova is the
oil headquarters for all the steamers
of the Alaska Steamship Compare
Cordova will profit by the change, as
|there is always a considerable travel
from the westward of passengers com
ing and going, many of them often
having to wslt for several days to make
j connections.
ODDITIES
IN THE
WAR NEWS
Items which have not reached us by
Wirt, culled from outside exchanges
James Lehmann, u inituruli/.ed Bel
gian farmer, tried lo send two Scotch
collies to Belgium liy purest post from
Philadelphia, hut was told that the
Postal Department is neutral.
The police of Borne forbade the sing
ing of the "Marseillaise as part of the
second act of the opera "Andree Chen
ier,” and again in the last act, because
they were afraid it would 1st consider
ed nnneutral.
The mothers of Reims explained on
Christmas to children that Santa Claus
did not like the sound of cannon and
had postponed Ids visit, which kept
the youngsters from being disappoint
ed.
A mathematician says that the Gor
man army , if standing shoulder to
shoulder in a double rank, would ex
tend in a straight line for 1.100 miles
i The people of Paris are getting good
matches now because the immense
number sent to soldiers has exhausted
those made by government inonopl.v
and Swedish matches had to he im
ported.
An Englishman has invented a new
bullet lo use against Zeppelins. In the
head there is a cavity containing phos
phorus which is ignited by the dis
charge of the gun and sets lire to the
Zeppelin.
Recent birth registration in France
show that fi-i per cent of the children
born since the war have been given
patriotic names, the favorites being
France, Victorie, Esperence, Albert,
George. Nicholas, Raymond and .foffre
The British army has adopted a hut
invented by a Canadian, tt is of can
vas on wooden frames, shelters six
men, has mien windows, wooden floors
covered with matting, and can be un
loaded und erected in from one minute
to two minutes and a half.
The British have a howitzer the
Tommies have nicknamed “Mother"
that is a good match for the German
"Black Martas.” and along with “Mo
ther” always goes “Archibald." a new
antt-neronlane gun
In every German city where streets
are being laid out one is certain to be
called Hindianburgstras.se after Field
Marshal von Hindenburg: but the Sil
esian town of Zebrze has rone all other
towns one better by changing its name
to Hindenburg.
Th* Nugget is giving Its subscribers
more iolograph news than any other
paper in Alaska and will continue to
do so. Send in your name and havs
ths Nugget delivered lo your home or
office. Do It now.
100 TONi OF FLOUR.
Bread only 6*. North fil< Bakery
and Anvil Bakery.
STEAMER LINE AT KNIK
The Seward Gateway says that Mm.
Maitland, one of the organizers of the
Knik steamboat service, Hrrlved In
that city and will take steps at once
to prepare for the establishment of tho
! steamboat, service around Knik. the
i Susitna and the neighboring waters E.
T. McNally, agent of the A C company
;and Mr Maitland are the chief movers'
In i be matter The company will hat e
boats jilting on the Susltna river to a
point nearer the Bri>ad Pass gold Helds
than ever has been reached before b\
any transportation service The stern
wheeler 19 now being bulll In Seattle
for the work and Mr Maitland expects J
a big season
LIKES MIS 16 CENT A DAY JOB
AL'iloRA, 111.—Mayor Chi.
Rogers of .Mendola, whose salar} is
it cents a day has "tossed ins but in
the ring" and will be a candidate for
reelection. .Mayor itogors stepped it .u
a cigar store at .Memlutu and threw tils
Gordon on the floor and announced
that he was a candidate. Ex-May a j
linos, who held the utlica when
saluty wan reduced, may ulso en
the lace.
GERMANY PROTESTS AT
IMPRISONING CAPTIVES
L1KKL1N.—-The ulllciui piess buiesu
issued the following reconll}. .. ...
"German commissioned and non
■ "lulul-saioned otlicers on palrol dul} .
who were cut oft and made prisoners ol
war have been sentenced to prison b}
a Trench corn l - martial. German} lias '
asked a neutral government to protest
and obtain an annulment of the Judg - j
ment which is against international
law."
VERY SPECIAL OFFER.
l ot ins unit twenty live du>s
Tailor mod# null* to orU»j u< uulsitl*
pi H*S
My ordering now >om .full will arrive
here b.v the first flsol
2i>0 t i>• lats&lt of till* seanoti e sumpian
and style* Co ctu>o*« from. Only smell
deposit required.
\\> also do cleaning, pressing and
repairing; for Ladies and Gentlemen.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY, i
Between Segersironi anil Hagen and
/.•fillers Jewelry store*
NEW DANCING SCHOOL.
Miners Home Club Daneing School.
Tuesday and Friday evening at > p. m.
Tanges. Hesitations, as well ae all the
older dances. Mrs. Oliver and Mrs.
Peterson, teachers.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewie Hunter Rye end the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1906, bought in bend
and reduoed to 90 per oenL by U. &
government by the bottle or gallon.
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I'i EXTRA FRONT QUARTERS. BEEF, per pound 15c ^
j‘ Mutton, per pound . . ■••■16c ^
i; FINE LIGHT BACON. BY THE CASE 27V«c -
This special price en front quarters is made to even up our stook •
! ! as we reoeived 150 extra last fall, and will be discontinued as soon at t ■
V the extras are sold. This meant a solid piece of beef (no waste) for ♦
V the cheapest prioe of stew meat as the brisket, shank and plate are ^ j
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double knit, cashmere lined Silk Hose, regular
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