THE IRISH IN BATTLE
In a war like the present, a war
extending over whole continents
and marked by weekly battles
greater than Waterloo, a war of
infinite heroism and dauntless
deeds that count to the million,
there has been enough honor
gained to cover all the partici
pants with glory, enough tri
umphs to go all around without
stinting.
Never have men endured great
er danger, never have men dis
played greater courage, fortitude
and determination since that far
off time when nation first lifted
up sword against nation, than
they are showing, and have been
showing hourly since the first
Il'tTnpet sounded in August of
1914.
Probably no race as such can
claim precedence over others,
and thus it is that all can rejoice
in honors won without any danger
of offending by contrast
It is peculiar that the Irish, the
people whom the German kaiser
relied upon to fatally embarrass
the British government by a
timely rebellion, have performed
so many striking feats on the
field of battle. The name of
U’Leary is in every man s mouth.
At Etreaux, a Remnant of the
.Munster fusilliers, isolated from
all help, fought to the last cart
ridge. At l estubert, at kue de
Bois, and at Seddul Bahr, Irish
regiments equally distinguished
themselves. At Suvla Bay, the
Dublins, at St. Julien the Royal
Irish, and at Annafarta the In
niskillings, all won peculiar and
immortal glory. And now comes
a similar story of deliberate sac
rific in the Balkans.
When the complete defeat of
the Serbians rendered necessary
the retirement of Anglo-French
forces on Salonika, it became a
movement exposed to grave dan
ger, for the assailants vastly out
numbered the defenders Slowly
from hill to hill, from position
to position, the allies fell back,
fighting grimly to hold off the at
tack.
At length came the time in the
British retreat when it became
necessary for a comparatively
small body of men, a forlorn
hope, to remain behind, and fight
this pursuit to the last gasp in
WILL FURNISH POWER
FOR VALDEZ MINES
Allred B- lies, manager of the £
lies Bower plant, located on Solo- i
mon guicti, ac.oss tne bay trom 1
Valdez, has announced that a l
company under tne title of the c
Inteimountain Traction & Power i
Company has been organized un- 1
der tne iaws of Washington state \
to utilize the power lurnished by \
the plant. <
It is stated that the company
will be ready to furnish light and c
power to V aldez customers be- <
fore the end of January and that |
a rega.ar service will be inau- i
gurated. A big crew of men are t
now erecting poles and string'ng i
wires in the business section and <
the service will be extende to the t
residential section as soon as con '
nections can be made. }
The Intermountain Traction iV
Power Company is a strong finan
cial corporation and Manager lies
states that it is going after the
business of furnishing power to
the many mines which are operat
ing in this district. The plant is
capable of furnishing unlimited
power and transmission lines will
:,c extended to any mine on the
mainland within forty miles of
Valdez. This would include the
mines located near the Valdez
ANOTHER BANK
CASE STARTED
Word received in Fairbanks
from the outside on the last mail
is to the effect that t\ G. Noyes,
receiver of the Washington-Alas
ka bank, Ijas hied a new bank suit
in the Washington courts- The
complaint reads that Mr. Noyes,
as receiver of the bank, is the
plaintuf, while W. H. Parsons
and wife, Falcon Joslin and wife,
John Schram and wife, E. L.
Webster and wife, J. W. Clise
and wife, F- E. Barbour and wife
and the Washington Securities
Company, a corporation, are nam
ed as defendants. In the com
plaint the wives of the men are
named “Jane Doe.”
The complaint asks judgment
in the sum of $1,822,651.51 and
attorney’s fees, costs of suit and
other disbursements of $50,000.
It alleges that the defendants
were guilty of violating the Sher
man anti-trust law in consol
idating the banking interests of
Fairbanks in 1905.—Fairbanks
Times.
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Tha Family Papar ta the Nomo
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;lacier, Mineral creek, the Cliff
line, and the Shoup bay and Co
lombia glacier districts. The El
imar copper mine, and the big
opper mines which' are now be
ng developed at. Fidalgo and
-andmark bays will also come
vithin the radius of the district
vhich will be covered by the
ompany’s transmission lines.
It is announced that he service
if the company will be furnished
n a flat rate for both light and
lower and that no meters will be
nstalled, as the rate will be lower
ban any service ever offered to
isers of electricity in this district,
ir, for that matter, in Alaska. A
wenty-four hour service will be
naintained during the entire
ear.—Ex. _
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order that the army as a whole
mighty get away safely with all
its ammunition, artiiiery and sup
plies. About lyoo men of the
Irish division—the Connaught
Rangers, the Mun9ter Fusiliers
and the Dublins—with two small
batteries, were selected for this
duty. Taking up their positions,
these marvelous warriors held off
the Bulgarian advance for many
hours, until fifteen hundred of
-.heir number were killed or seri
ously wounded. Then, and only
then, did the repeated rushes of
the myraid foe succeed in over
coming the two hundred helpless,
exhausted heroes remaining, and
in capturing the few guns which
were about red-hot from their
own firing. But their work was
done, and well done, for the rest
of the army had passed safe and
sound beyond the danger zone.
Should not such a deed as this
ever live in song and story and
become a household tale even as
Bannockburn, Craecy and TVater
loo?—Recorder.
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ALASKA IN 3RD PLACE
IN MINERAL PRODUCTION
The gold output of the United
States for the year 1914 reached
die total of ninety-eight million
dollars, exceeding the output of
the previous year by four million
dollars, says a Washington dis
patch.
Alaska ranks third in the list of
producers of the precious metal,
with California in first place and
Colorado second. The output of
Alaska’s mines for the year was
$16,500,000.
The value of the placer gold
produced in 1914 was $10,700,000,
or practically the same as that of
1913, which was $10,680,000. The
report shows that forty-two
dredges were operated in Alaska
for the whole or a part of the sea
son of 1912, and produced gold
worth $2,350,000. In 1913 thirty
nine dredges were in operation in
Alaska and produced gold to the
value of $2,200,000.
Twenty-eight gold-lode mines
were operated in Alaska in 1914
ind produced gold to the value
of $4,863,000. In 1913 there were
.hirty lode mines producing, with
in. output of $4,814,813 worth of
gold. The decrease in the number
of mines was due to the fact that
a number of mines in the Fair
banks district operated in 1913
were idle in 1914. The Juneau,
Valdez and Port Wells district
are the chief producers of gold
from lodt mines.
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ALASKA SCHOOLS
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Schools were maintained m 31
di9trict9 outside of incorporated
towns in the territory during the
school year 1914-15- Seven new
districts have been organized
during the year, making a fotalj
ot 38 at the beginning of the
school year of 1915-16. The or-J
ganization of a number of other
districts is pending, and owing to j
a lack of funds three new districts
already established will be with
out school facilities during the
school year 1915-16 unless more
funds can be secured through con
gress.
The 31 schools maintained dur
ing the year 1914-15 employed 40
teachers and had an enrollment of
961. The cost of maintaining
these schools as $61,426.92. The
average number of pupils per
school was 31, the average cost
of maintenance per school was
$1,981.5 r, and the average cost
per pupil was $63.92.
Besides the schools outside of
incorporated comumties, graded
schools are maintained in 14 in
corporated towns of the territory.
There are also a number of high
schools. During the year 1914-15
the 14 schools in the incorporat
ed towns employed 65 teachers
and had an enrollment of 1,542,
including high school students.
The average number of pupils per
school was no; the average cost
of maintenance per school was
$",586.14, and the average cost
per pupil was $68.87
The increase in the number of
school districts outside of incor
porated towns is due, of course,
to the increase of population and
is proof of statement that the
population of Alaska is now
showing a substantial gain.—Ex
change.
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