ALASKA NOTES
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(From our Exchanges.)
The Copper River & Northern rail
road is employing more men and has
a bigger payroll at present than at
any time during the past two years.
Angus Sutherland of Ruby, while
working for the Yukon Gold Company
on Greenstone creek, last fall suffered
a badly fractured leg as the result of
a cave-In from a bank of muck which
was only three feet high.
Copper shipments through Cordova
since last spring have averaged near
ly $2,000,000 per month from the Jum
bo and Mother lode claims and the
deposit of high-grade ore seems In
exhaustible.
F. W. Small of Seward, claims the
honor of being the first man to raise
turkeys in Alaska. He has one hen
turkey which has established a rec
ord by laying sixty-one eggs this sea
son
George Green, formerly a United
States soldier at Fort Seward, has
been arrested at Haines on a charge
of burglary and has been lodged In
Jail at Juneau. He Is charged with
having forcibly entered the saloon of
Tim Vogel, and tapping the till.
The steamer Wilmington, which
brought a cargo of railroad material,
including cars, boilers, etc., from the
Panama canal for the government
railroad at Anchorage, took a cargo
of Alaska marble from Tokeen to San
Francisco.
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VV. R. Faddls, who has been enga
©d In the general merchandise busi
ness at McCarthy, has been appoint
ed United States commissioner there
as most of the business handled at
the Chlttna precinct came from Mc
Carthy.
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A number of the property owners
In the Juneau suburb which It Is pro
posed to annex to the city are op
posed to at nexa'ion, believing that
they can do t. ’ter titan become a part
of the city. Parents are paying $7
pel month li r each pupil living out
side the city attending the Juneau
schools
The timber of Southeastern Alaska
Is commanding more attention now
than ever before In the history of the
territory. During the past summer j
many men have been making lnvestl-^
nations of the water and timber re-j
sources of that district with a view]
of establishing sawmills and wood
pulp factories.
Tom BlaylocQ, a prospector of Fair
banks, picked up an outfit there this
lull In an easy manner. He had been
out prospecting In the White moun
tains and had noticed a number ofi
horses which had found their way to
the creek where he was prospecting
When he returned to town he learned
that the animals belonged to the gov
ernment geological survey, and had
been lost for some time. He went
back and brought the horses In and
received a substantial reward.
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The managers of a number of Alas
kan canneries where the Filipinos
were employed during the past sum
mer declare that they are superior In
every way to the Chinese or Japanese
usually brought north. An associa
tion to be know n as the Flllplno-Alas
ka association has been organized In
Seattle which will secure contracts
for Its members In the canneries In
the north.
K. W. Cowley, White Pass section
hand, who was sent to take the place
of one of the section men murdered
by an Insane Austrian, died suddenly
last Friday. He complained of being
ill and died a few minutes later whiU
a physician was being summoned. His
case was diagnosed as heart disease.
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The Matanuska Coal & Coke Co.'
lnc„ is the name of a new corpora
tion which has filed incorporation pa-,
pers with the territory treasurer at
Juneau. The corporation is capitalized
at $25,000, and no stock will he sold.
J. H. Sears, James McCoy, and «.o> !
Fondlt compose the temporary board |
of directors.
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The Cold Bullion mine, of the Wil- j
low creek country, Is reported to havej
enjoyed a prosperous season's work.
About seventy men were employed
during the season The work at the
mine has been shut down but a num
ber of the crew were kept on for sev
j era! weeks getting things into shape
for next spring.
J. K. McDonald has purchased the!
holdings of Joseph Wilson on Canyon
ci'eek near Valdez and will develop the
property. It 1s reported to be splen
didly located for hydraulic methods
and prospecting has shown that the
ground contains good pay. In one
' instance tnree pans yielded nine doi
j lars worth of gold.
The Ruby Record reports that be
: tween twenty-five and thirty miners
! stampeded from that place to Crow
I creek, a short distance up the Yukon
I river, on the opposite bank. The [
' ground Is reported "wet" and the j
i character of the find which started;
, the stampede remains a mystery as j
It is believed no one has yet reached |
bedrock.
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MAKING COOKS BY
THE THOUSAND
(Exchange.)
It is estimated that there are in the
field kitchens of the German army one
cook to each twenty men bearing
arms. That Is to say, that since mob
ilization occurred, over a year ago, one
out of every twenty German soldiers
have been forced to learn the rudi
ments of plain cooking, under the di
rection of men fully acquainted with
that branch of the trade. After the
war closes it is just barely posslbl®
that these men may seek employ
ment at the catering industry and
stand a pretty good chance of dis
placing those who have heretofore
held the kitchen Jobs. America is
not at war, but it has developed. In
tho last few years, enough embryo
waiters, graduates from the self-ser
vice houses, to make the outlook any
thing but encouraging. It may sound
like a joke to someo f our members
• but it is fact, nevertheless, that self
serVIce patrons are becoming adepts
in what the pld-tlmers used to call
•'arm work," and when some of them
lose a 1ob they make a pretty good
blufT at table service.
8ILENT TRAGEDIES.
It is only the lift of violence, the
life of bygone days that Is perceived
by nearly all our tragic writers, and
truly one may say that anachronism
dominates the stage, and that dram
atic art dates back as many years as
the art of sculpture. To the tragic
author it is only the violence of the
anecdote that appeals. And he lm
aglnes. forsooth, that we shall delight
in witnessing the very same acts that
brought Joy to the hearts of barbar
ians with whom murder, outrage and
treachery were matters of dally oc
currence. Whereas It Is far away from
bloodshed, battlecry and sword-thrust
that the lives of most of us flow on,
and men's tears are silent today, ano
I invisible, and almost spiritual-Mae-,
..erlinek.
THE GUM-CHEWING HABIT. |
"The chewing-gum habit," writes
Zlm, In the Cartons Magazine. "Is bad
enough In Itself, but the habit of stick
ing the quid on the bedpost is intoler
able. Wives who are addicted to the
latter should be advised to desist be
fore a serious breach In the family oc
curs. The bedpost Is the husband's
recognized clothes tree and should be
held sacred as such! To And hi*
trousers garnished dally with that ad
hesive element Is not conducive to con
nublal felicity. Another convonlenl
place of repose for the harmless-look
ing little wad which thwarts immedi
ate detection Is the under side of the
wife’s dining-room chair. I have
known men to leave a quid of 'Honest
Scrap' or 'Fine Cut’ on the window
sill during luncheon, but they were not
deemed gentlemen of high caste,
neither can a woman who designs to
turn a wad of once used gum to her
jaws for a second kneading lay claim
to the title of lady. There Is respec
tability In every thing If properly car
ried out, but the practice of sticking
chewing gum In obscure places Is
bad.” ,
AS YOU MAKE IT.
Life in Itself Is neither good nor
evil; It Is the scene of good or evil,
as you make It; and if you have lived
a long day, you havo seen all. One
day Is equal and like all other days*
there Is no other light, no other night.
This very sun, this moon, these very
stars, this very order and revolution
of things, are all the same your an
cestors enjoyed and that shall enter
tain your posterity.—Montalgue.
MISSING WORD CONTEST.
Bo much discussion has arisen con-;
cel mug Uie missing words in the slo
gun lor the Aksulu carnival that tin ,
11 nance committee has decided to offer
a prize to the one who first guesses j
the missing words correctly.
The Slogan, as It appears on the win
dow cards, Is "Boost.
Boost"’ As will readily be seen two
words are missing. To the one whc
lirst supplies correctly the missing
words, the finance committee will of
fer an Immunity Tioket. This ticket
will be Individual and uon-transferable.
It will entitle Its holder to free ad
mission to all the side shows at the
carnival, lo one free service at each
of the booths, and will he an absolute
protection from all those who at the
carnival solicit for money. Just show
your ticket, that's all.
This slogan Is known only to the
chairman of the tluance committee, it
nas been enclosed In a sealed envelope
and turned over lo the custody of the
secretary and trcaurer of the carnival,
Air. W. C. AlcGulre and Mr. J. V. Shel
Jon. It now rests securely in one of
.he safety deposit boxes of the Alaska
Banking & Safe Deposit Co.
The contest will begin at high noon |
on Wednesday at the down town store!
of Mr. A. Folet. White your slogan
plainly, sign your name and enclose
,n a sealed envelope. Each guess as It
comes in will be numbered and strung
n its order on a card. At noon the
following day the envelopes will he
opened in their order and the prize
awarded the winner, if anyone should
be so fortunate. If no one wins the
ilrst day, the contest will continue from
Jay to day until a correct guess is
made.
One individual is entitled to one
guess and to only one guess, every day
he contest last- Now, bring In your
slogans. It doesn't cost you a red
-*ent and the prizes offered Is a valua
ole one FINANCE COAIAiITTEE,
6th Aksala Carnival ,
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U.Standard OU Co
15 .Carsten* Cold Storage
14.J. i. Sesnon Co., office
16 . Headquarters Saloon
21. The Lobb,
>4 ..Pioneers Igloo
41 .Fire Department
>1.Discovery Saloon
42 .Yorkey's Cigar Store
«fl.Third An. and Lane's Way
.. Engine House, Phone Main 27 ..
7 whistles, water.t, lire out
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IS GONE.
But we still remain and will be
pleased to meet our old friends and
to make new ones.
Give ua a chance to prove to you
that we do the beet work in Noma
We make alterations.
We make and repair turn
We clean, press and repair both
: ladles and gentlemen’s clothing.
1 We guarantee all work and our
prices are raaaonabla
NOME TAILORING CO,
Between Sergeratrom & Hagen and
Zohner's Jewelry stores.
Hot oho°olate, beef tea, clam Juice,
ioa oream and soda, water at tha Rosa
Candy 8tore.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and tha Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiekya, 0 »
tilled spring 1904-1908, bought in bond
and reduced Is 90 per cent, by U S.
government by the bottle or gallon.
MEETING NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER'S UNION
Local 868, a L L. of A. (Affiliated
with the A. F. of L.) meets every flrs<
Sunday In each month u 11 a m
AL. NICHOLSON, Pres.
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Swift’s Aug. Killed Chickens
This i* positively the finest
•took that ever cam® to Nome.
For information call
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
White 17.
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SPEGi&L SALE Of
“Wines from the Wood” until navigation closes
Zinfandel per Gal. $1.00
Burgundy (Special) ,, ,, $150
Cal. Port XXX . .. $2.00
Cal. Sherry “Old” .. $2.00
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THE ANGELES
Fhun. M. ■ (3. A U. OUVEH.
CHEAP FUEL
! 1014 Briquets
$14.00 TON AT YARD
jMi Uflilen$e k Coal (a.
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Purchasing your
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Manager J
Our Big Sale U !;
always on |[
Chas. W. Heed
Machinist tt Blacksmith
•Ja*o!inc fcnjjines. Holst#
Hoilers. Pipe and Pipe
Fittings
No. 5 Front St.
[ NORTH POLE BAKERY
| ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 7TH. THE PRICE OF BREAD
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR 36
CENTS THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS.
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
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