LrajM. April 3—Ter Issrit «f Grr
at ay'» wir.aderfal r*»si«r in nsra
»• r rateri*' b*< lew rea-rhed- ttit the
|.: . AsaSria Iks', she is so
|c xkU W tessi her Mf »«♦ as
a sasr* ;i the Oar pat Haas. , Tisi* i<
0 -.M s the terrible battle* briss;
* .**• s : mrimoasiy ia the BetgkNw
1 t hEikiri ia Eruxe. aad -.>•
J. ; Sir Ypr*» a* Belgian. This
-' as or; is whirl sir fleam of sir
ra-eh. Brisks!* aa-1 Brigla* arose*
a--. lartiag thesmselTrs agalass sir
T<-toas^ is fotroiag Geraarty so- real
r-.rry iraUable xaa west. instead rf
rs «t. Kiris is hassle* eixalhr «s
jT.iiaiT is rio-wSy hat n.-ae tkr tea*
« a-lity miaaisg her way fate Hua
c: tv Tiro o no s:e pass - r.*o i she f o' s -
It:]* of tie ''aes’cstlisar. Is ad-ji
ts’* to ’has. s srs offensive sovr
- i; i* bets; revel* -•-■: b.v she To v
so>.ros aerth of Warsaw, ime-l as Easf
Pm#*;! aad sir laser; wirier* frrss*
P ros sswSr skat a .Jislisftlro oaw
r. s£tl his Wes trisiater; by sir
Pres-;i betweec sir Meare as-; sir
L-: raise border.
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Cairo. April 5-—A issexp-S os Sir
r: Je rf Hso«se-ir Kaaai Kir-Live of
P-yyr-s was sale by K wmrdass
faaasies last sigks. They were sa
ssoeeesafsL i-swrrrr.
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Washiagto-a. April j-—A* o*ffi-fial
is ssrarfsoal has bora received by
so-p f-Citr Depart *e's s: sir effort
that foratt fna-itsi Hsetts srf
V.m:c is ooaaisg -isires s sir Fri'e;
Ssases. It is. rcadr mowd that he
eras* s-: eosftr wish IfeaSraas bow
is sir Prised State* wish sir eh
;.* ■ S :f nr - - V: g,y ,ms i *-_nt;:n i tbr
31 crefcleaa
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Asie-n*. Asril -_To si-*-" .is tssioet
i i te *3 Ttris. rvrr7.-wf.Trr. tap
1 r :i bearisg ante to ' asst to sir
«- : -- ;; she >;;.j — Porte. Tori’
is -ree-se ire sii: So he rrstoallig
f- -riy so- sir oaJL
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Ci-rm, April $—-TV Italian •“■
* rax* at haa wish man *B :‘-s rail
r *3 roDiag ss-tei fr:-x skis f-omSry
an 1 also- fnc tir Swjsj fr:ns.;-rr for
tor porjeeo of s rasas o-rtin; or so:'
a "--3 rssr-w so tie Antttiu Try-rs
f-:nsorr I; ;s rosorsei si at Italy
n w lu frEy ~ s rrr ytrttn * a
cf sir A0.rs-0.1n t-srirr. .ill Isriiaas
:: xifisary ±go noor >ft Swonefiatt;
je-mr wits sir ; rio-rs. aa-i the
wir if fc-snni te be 1 pcptslar -:nr
v- ;i sir I salsa a sr- *. -r.
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W.asl:nri*: x. April S—.-reo rosary
P-yaa’s letter s; Draomtlr
il - '--ssoonoo Keaasagt-sa has been
x1* psoitis. Is »■ -so* shat sir party
«r r. if f-sr p- . o; r. aad iraiast
effs-.ials ari.-;. ai * ' - •* nsr:Tr ! by sir
Kjns-t insrrreta.
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si - n :sei Pres s o&oiiry In l-r If
i snj* *;sy m 00 .so so Para, saris;
r. :*eaafrily -sox Irsei 1 -,;Ts-.s*il =ir
*0;* so sir .silt ei sir Biiiu
—--w
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r: v~.E4 fr'Mi ■ ’ - L^vle^ <^Tfral
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li-Tr-i to c-t i?-' •:. Alr.-r?* ie ! E-zjtt
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E.7ES EE9 ' ; IE' * IT
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J«t st ffis SCssr.
FROM SA.TUDRAY S DAILY.
The sow* (Vaitil wfckk ks»»S last
aigis r.o tfce Coaacil Cbaltrs dvaoon
‘WHd it: eo’SMiJ is F-'*1* 5* *»
siv* •. avrv owvl of tie fNseel A.'o.-or
>V;.ct:.-1. Alii tke nsecofcers. oci* ptxs
■te: wfce-a Tn«r» 1‘Seti Pi'zm5<y filled
: sit roll. as..I after tke stdiuiy opening
j k-isiaesa In I i-eea iUfcsal of. tke
f-Jeesivs of tews foe«aase «|
.An iifnaal list.• sssea iVBwd. re.
.»tsv< **o> A? terra for whifh officials
were appoint e-.i wkifh re seised ir. its
er.ler .:r„ s .-• r.aleate.1 that all of
fieiais feine-.o by lie Ocms-fil were r.
itketr gv---' kekavsor iti su'ieet to
: tie will erf tke CVmaeit.
.!.: .. Atk;i was tke a vxaxizr'o sly
ekete’s >'ivf of Pellet, with lie risks
So Ajjeiat ike eight mass scfejket to
| ike approval erf sle Polite Cmaittee.
■ Tie salary of tke Ckief was fixed at
Si'-' : X'.;'-i Poll:e *'■' ■' per
j mowtk.
P. 6 > or so r- .T- 1 five votes fir
- • •
--.a.: le’etvei ,«< aad wi« ierlr.re '
-'leew-l. His salary •'■a* ails
per as-rask. -••--I.ici is a ie’t«i?s of
<S5->J per r :xsh •ver last year.
h lie il so-see rf M. A. MateieV.
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Terra Ttrasarer. bo ajspeiatmseat woo*
■male : that rffi:-r. but tie ywk
.’.tallies arc lie per reaia*e for eol
will be re Ice*:. Is tie pass
v •’ Trttscrei bis beer, rai : five per
■•-•ii •£ tie : lierrkss :f 11 arosies
■ is: 't lb- Federal saxes.
I'< W Hzzi was elected Fire Ckief
bis salary i-visas neiseed from B5.'10
<£■!.<•>:■ per rx'xii.
Oa ro'tkx lb-: :ffjee f City As'-r-r
aey sis - lisreE.se- s sill, ax I lie Mies
irifal Migistrile'* salary raised fr-:=
*15 y. so per await wltl lie
si-: max isnr rial be w«« to o r is
ffi • :il aivis-r for tke Cerr-riL Jzigt
FScsrfty vi :•• i Mo. i-.sl Mips
Tie salary rf Mrs. Jdia Tiezopsez.
Lib-ero-ia. v-is fixed a: *d lb per
_•:xti. lb sine as last year.
By ibis line, ibe C: :o ■’1 zs-1 lie
re-ix:?::-2 bit-ii well level: pe-b ml
•siiir-.t o .rsstatisg vole redded to
re-: ztoz.e the taeatily appropria
x frr she Far I May r Beed* ox
lie zr ri ibas be was tx ilreetly in
iere*tei ox that i* was er-ptiyicj
Bizi's lex : er. ish-:-l so ie ex: rose. I
frm vcoixe.
Tire Fix- ■ - ll
-I ic-rreo .-.ie a eoariae statertect of
ire wax's ::xax‘-e. .-.Is- a sebtdal*
f pr.la:.- :r< :xe for ire tztxixg
year ix: sctxxit sane at tke ■ext
or-T*:f tie JCSelL
Mayer Bee*i- ties ixtr-'-lxied a
retolzsioz id Ireased to tie Secretary
f - sser - that ire Alaskax Haiiixs
S Fssieries ie r-r:ie-ie'. ax-: tie sane
| •«** sBajsimcnsSy a.: :p-ted as tie sex
lixrexs jf tie C**naetL
He aisB •srr»ixie*i tke fell cwlzr
xeix-crlai to lie Le-z:*:afxre wfciek
vu iiijsei :x mi-Si:-x witiixt ary
aij-o-rrsed:
Mexaafiii cf Tit Trwx Ccungfl of T-i
1 5: tie HczcraiLe.
I
Eke " -*rx :r. ire xexile m ! tz*
! Hen*.- E-r reeex-strre* f .-. I - * I- :
i _
We- y: . r zzetxorLi.•**,!. r.: Tswl
.:rx;rl rf lie Tows of Kev fairs.
Alaska, vx sewa l» Ksepfriljr
‘erlnis, lU!
>■■ bereas ire presest Bretkc-i :f el
• :il: f Mayor ax i Teas *IogscB
if or i.irz.s lx Axiski rs sxas tie
-el ixseretxt of tie sown* ix4 resi
| .txi- tier--of art z:i MZierv- :. and
Wxtrea*. ixe^e ;s a fee..rg am:g
lie pe- :lt of Keteiiiax. ax I w* le
..eve. izroB-g tie res:: exit f -tier
Alisiix 1,-oXi ir.it tiU mtil 1 siwli
!■ '.... liertfvr- we. y:rr xtmerial
:«*■ >> not* retpe.tTftjiy ask that
ry;xr Her. r it..- -.rlres wiil iraft a
-ez so ire agree? f tke
' ' - • r • • •
'.at law grvermiag tlx* sxxtttr re re
viMt ia lie f:..ovrir* nwirm, s>»it:
Tail ore Mayor ?_...! t«t el. ltd by
i Tost of ore ptuple axaxa:..- ;- sotr;
Till i T — z - orx.ru of *:i .:»!.•
fieri voter* of ire t-wx till, it tltol
e: if ..roxo trull i... odf.-.e for
i v-xe year fr .rr lit das* of litir elae
1..2 rz. • o for a l-.us if la year*
fron it .'.it of sieir axf
' o” ■. of iren fora Pem of -.ire- year*
fr-as. ire late of irtu* ox, ax4
ol.oo at ti : axxral eleettix l: kt le .
| if-.er lie :;t a*. »iko tke said Corr
|d! of six is i.o tfet-sed. there satO be
-Ie it: •.»■■- :-o.e-- ier* .i ie To--'x Otss
-. lie two RtllllJ 30*0! •
:?:•■ .. . ov re wrr.tir.otT* sr, ‘!»‘l
j .or. yffT.e for lie term of
v ret years.
Lfooo? it? aottaseg tit Mayor ax
o ox--.; ore ap .:.• .tlx-esl of lie W
IsoiriEg esax.lxg e-vr-BU'ttttr
aortet and Sewer Ooixxxittee
- r- i£. 'Tr.ttaey
G. E. Paup
Fre.xor.i Kin/
Login, Walter and For* ProteetSOB
W, V. Stxl oiiaa
I r. E Byias
G. E Psxp
Pxktie Health; azd Folooe Proteettos
P. E Ry.s
IOesrg* M- Clteexty
Fretsuxs K-xg
FROM SATO DRAY'S DAILY.
I , „.
Finance and Claims
1'WBMt King
\. 1'. St blot bar.
G, E. i'aup
Cemetery
: Nuuvil King
Pure hiding Agent
K. E. Ryu*
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Ko: e, April W—It is generally be
.ic •>«••; skat Italy is confronted bv the
%
alternative of cither declaring war or
t -.iug tic chances of a revolution
t.-.it t brew tens to sweep the menar
nr fetal form of government out of ex
istence. In skis eity and in every
!.'»» and hamlet of the country ar
1 tag tie people that their best Inter
ests demanded the subjugation of Gw
rasgemeats have been made for trass
•meetings tomorrow demsij Sing that
■ Italy immediately declare war on
S OcmaiT and her ally Austria. The
printed proclamations posted every
» -e call for the rekindling of tk*
o'. I •-arabaili spirit of tho past, tell
n any cur sic will crush Italy. The
.‘.all continues staling that if the
rv. men: wtii ao: step in. there are
• '-ready an; able So bead a revel
tion to create a Republic of Italy.
Ti-. government is helpless So proven;
the movement which is intensely pop
.ir.
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Wishitgtts, Apr5! Id—A note has
•; on received from Germany pre
t sting that America is violating neu
trality in exporting arms and ta
• the Allies. Secretary of
'tale Bryan is preparing an answer
-•taring tr.a" the factories of the
"rite 1 > .it« are prepared furnish
tie same to Germany and those fight
. tug wit's her. hence cannot be accuse
. f showing partiality of ar.v kind.
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Oakland. April 10—Stanford p-rov
; »•'. to te too much for the University
; f Washington in b- tk varsity an!
‘ freshman eight oar races t->lay.
Washington was *ee:r.-i in both
' vent-. University f California third.
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Washington. April Id—The German
'.mkassa-tor in this city denies In oto
the re: ”? that Germany has asked
i : peace terms of three she i? fight
ing. Ee claims that Germany's re
s:ur:es are still intact, and nothing
;s further from her plan? than to a«k
ftr peace whith would be without
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Lon Sot April Id—The different
armies along the entire east and west
front? of the Allies are working in
.erfect harmcr.v in i a series of at
• .rV? i? be;ng male on the German
:re«. Minor advantages are report
ed in severs! places, hot nathing of
Lr t :t*an e. The loss is said to have
■- on heavy.
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KOETH OK BCSIKESS
Among she passenger* from this
p rt in the ity of Seattle this ncre
g was Jno. E. Beegk. oc his way
Juneiu. JXr. Beetle goes north
-r business. >n; iceislectSy will rail
n the Territorial Legislartce now in
: -■ - *: in.
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FATHER KEEK RETURNS
Father Paul Kern, who left tor
Prises Enter* -a the las: Mtih-k«thl
ve-*ef. the Princes? Jfaqninna,
return* 1 this morning oa the City of
Seattle. He wit! conduct the regular
services tomorrow at the Catholic
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Genera. April 10—Word comes
from the Vatican that representatives
f Austria nave arrived at Bose with
'he reeriest that the Pope use his al
n'.-t en leaver* to secure favorable
,eo is for Austria-Hungary. This is
n.-.A thought to be the reason Italy
rel: off -iceUsing war until after
•’.re twentieth, pending the completion
f arrangements along this line
Berlin, April 10—Vienna has noti
fied the German government that
.-..stria has abandoned the campaign
_ v.r.v* Serb St. bringing to an end the
•lien rive movement that was the ia
tie-date tv.« of the war. The A .s
rian staff has :ec:ded on this course
to enable that country to mass m-rr
res oa the Italian frontier.
The general Staff of Germany in
.aking tie anr. .-.r.-'or.er.t denies that
it is aa indication of weakness,
da tier the inference is given that
■'■ar and .tease has worn ent the
-erfciar. army, so that it is sow belp
-'•*.* an not worthy of attack.
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CITY OF SEATTLE ARRIVES
I
—
The i" ity Seattle was rather
. 'e making port this morning from
'' - soetk. as she did not arrive until
after eight v’clock. She had in the
j aci g-.bir* '.'A of ISO p* Mergers oa
V.ari, of *t.a 4o v.*-rc from Prince
i I; ,-ert. She liar barged S3 tons of
i freight and got a way for the north
bet ween nine and ten.
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Tire HBy Mtaer (1 per onlli
FROM SATUD RAY'S DAILY.
Dtkuglaa, April 10—It Is reported
:ere that Villa's army has been do
cated near t'eleya. with a toss of two
>ousand killew. Villa himself was in
amniand of his troops, au is said to
e fleeing with the military trains
award Alamaeo where bis reserve
■aso was established.
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Paris. April 10—The French three
wasted schooner < bateau Brian,S. load
(1 with chalk tor London from New
ork. was stopped by a German sul
.arine yesterday off tIsle of
«Vight. and her crew giver, ten min
■.te<s in whieh to leave. The vessel
as thee torpedoed and sunk.
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London, April Id— Fish in,, vessels
eport that firing of big guns was
dainty audible in the North Sea off
he Danish coast Thursday.
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London- April 10—The tjueen of
'wee-iec. formerly the Princess of
-laden, who is suffering from an in
•ipient attack of tub, rcvlosia has
cone to Berlin, to see i: he change of
lunate will be of benefit to her.
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SEVENTY VESSELS OFFERED FOR
SERVICES
V less than seventy vessels were
ffered for charter, t,, the United
'tales Coast and Ge detie Survey
csterdav afternoon in reply to a
all for bids in Conner tier with the
reposed wire drag work in Alaska
aters. Ten bids were rejected as
he vessels did not me»t the require
tents and the remaining sixty were
aken under advisement The survey
entice needs three ve'sels—a steam
aip t: serve primarily as headquart
rs an 1 home for the surveying corps
2nd two small vessels to be used
1 towing wire drags.
Among the well-known vessels of
re the Alaska Steamship company's
at.- '' little steamship Dora. #37.5,"
day: the Puget Soc.d steamboat
.v'ith, #23.25 a day: the oower sehoor.
er King 4: Winge, #3a a day; tag
Monitor #750 a month; tug C. C. Xo
• $450 3 month; tug lHtre, #550 B
nth: tag Hero. $650 a month; steam
;hip Camano. #50 a day; tug Taku II
#4 C' a month; tug Hee:cr. #12.50 a
ay; steamship Toledo. #2-5 a day;
• agMystie. #20 a day: : g Harold C.
'20 a day: teg Columbia, $30 a day
' lunch Searchlight. #6 a day: tag
Equator. #30 a day; fishing schoonc
Progress- #30 a day; launch May W..
#7 a lay; steamship Hunter. #23 a
■lay; tag Shenandoah. #12 a day: mg
Hyak. #10 a ,iay;ijo Dixie- #10 3 day:
tag WiMwood, #21 a day.—Seattle
Times.
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COPPER IN' COFFIN'S
The high price of SI "• a ton for
opper delivered on the frontier is
ffere-} by toe German government
-t.il- the co't at Marseilles or Genoa
s from $330 to $400 a ton. The oppor
-vntiy has tempte-L many speculators
it Chlasao lately barrels of wine
icketed for Frankfort were found to
< quarter filled wsth copper. At
lie gen on the Swiss-German frontier
.ear Lake Constance, the Swiss author
sties -betaine suspicious of the extra
riinary number of funerals eross
~g the frontier and finally order
—i cue of the coffins to be opened
it was full of copper.
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GIBES WANT TO FIGHT
Petrograd,—The war has an unfce
ievable fascination for the Bussiar.
-c*ol girl, hundred* <f whom have
run away in boys clot-ing and trie
to enlist as volunteer-. Mot a few
of them have got into the lines, to<
ts the medical examination is only a
, negligible formality ir. many places
Among the wounded in the battb
f Merman was a br ad shouldereo
girl from one of the eoautry districts,
whose disguise was act discovered
.r.'.i: she reached the field hospital.
In all the larger cities and towns
the authorities are trying to provide
rsnpioyment of a war ’ me nature for
worsen and. girls. In Moscow there Is
i war hospital attached to ears, school
iOs.se, and the school-gsrh are assign
A work in connection with this. Eac’
girl is made responsible for the clot!
Ing of one wounded pa-*ent. and the
children collect the money necessary
for the support f,f the hospital.
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HOUSING ON PENSIONS
AFTEE THE WAE ENDS
London,—The new British pension
plan win cost the government nearly
51,725/tOO/JOO before the last pension
er die* according to actuaries err
ployed by the non-partisan committe ■
which prepared the pdas, at the order
of the Hor.se o, Common*. The max
mum expendit re »ae first year, the
com mi tee report -, wi! be about
. ZiOflOO. These figs ren are base1
r. an army of three cr.rlli n rues a
two years’ war and ter. per cent of
ieaths with twelve per cent, of dis
j aMemeate.
FROM MONDAY'S DAILY |
LOOKS BAD FOR OUR ROAD
—. |
According to word received from ‘
dnnea.i a combined vote of the Second :
Third and Fourth division* in the
Semite last Thursday took from tho
First and Third judicial divisions
sdiMH'O in forestry reserve funds nnd
rut it into four parts, each judicial
division getting one-fourth.
Senator Sul fought three solid
hours against this action. He main
tained under the organic act Alaska
has four counties, each judicial div- j
men being a county. The law giv
ing the forestry reserve fund totbe
territory says it must be spent for
schools, roads and highways within
the county f-om which it is collected
There is #54 Odd collected from the
First and fd.ddd collected from the
Third judicial divisions.
Senator Hubbard argued that the
money was the property of the en
tire territory.
Previous to the passage of the Mill
ard bill placing 25 per cent of the
total fund int - the territorial school
fund and dividing the remaining 75
• er cent, between the four judicial
divisions for road work, tic bill of
Senator Sulr.er appropriating funds
for the construction of roads at Ket
hikan. Prince of Wales island, Wrang
gell. and Sitka, and the Mendenhall
bridge, was defeated by a combined
vote of the judicial divisions other
than the First.
In the house a similinr battle waged
agains- the First division claim to
•he money collected in the First div
ision. but the final notion was de-.
l.ved.
The threat was made in the Sen
te that the First division would ap
peal to the courts to keep the other
livisious from unlawly taking the
money from where it rightfully be
longed.
This i? bad news for Ketchikan, as
the probabilities are it will prevent
ny work on the Charcoal Point and
Portage roads at least for a time.
Speaking of the matter Represen
tative Heckman in a letter to the
, Miner says he is trying to bring the
; matter beck to life, as seen in the
following extract from his lettet.
■' Enclosed you will find a new bill
introduced by me asking for an ap
ropriation of $16,000 for the Charcoal
road. This matter is in such a shape
now that it looks very mueh as
though the money would ail stay in
the Treasury until such time as the
'- rt will decide who jt belongs to.
T wa« willing to make any kind of a
sacrifice so long as I could get monev
enough to complete the Charcoal road.
: 1 am certainly very mueh disappoint
’d over the present outlook of things
at this time.”
Mr Heckman’s Bill
In the House of Representatives, by
Mr. Heckman; Territory of Alaska,
■Second Session.
“A bill:—For an act to provide
| for 'he construction of a wagon road
from the town of Ketchikan to Char
\ coal Point in the First Division of
1 "he Territory of Alaska, from monies
• rive i from the sale of timber in the
1 ~ agass National Forest and making
appropriation therefore. ’’
Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska:
Section 1. That there be and here
by is appropriated from the Treas
ury of the Territory of Alaska to
ce paid out of the monies of the For
st Reserve fund derived from the
-ale of timber in the Tongas? National
Forest the sum of $16,000.00, to be
expended for the construction of a
i to ad from the city limits of the ln
orporate. town of Ketchikan to a
point known and described as Char
-■ oal Point in the precinct of Char
: oal Point.
Section 2 The said sum of money
shall not be expended nuder this act
until a suitable and proper rights-of
'•ay be granted by property owners
free of all charges to the territory
of Alaska.
Section 3. The construction of said
road shall be preformed under the dir
ection of the Governor of Alaska, and
no monies shall be paid out under this
Act except upon the signed order of
the Governor and countersigned by
the Secretary of Alaska.
Thus it will be seen that our Rep
resentative is making the best attempt
possible to jjut our road through, but
it looks as though the probabilities
are Lis efforts will be vain as far
as this year is concerned.
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THEY HAVE A KICK COMING
There has been more complaint in
Alaska of late regarding tho mail
service than ever before. The com
plaint Kern* to bo justified, but the
poor service is probably more the'
fault of official ignorance of condi- j
tions here than of any other thing.
The excuse has been made, however,
by the government that the trans- j
portation of mail into the Interior
cost* far more than its revenue a- j
mounts to and for that reason a
t 'it'-r service cannot he provided, j
U the Cnited State* postal service
i* to be looked upon a* a fraying
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
scheme, then it can bo seen why the
cost would be a feature in the scheme,
but it is generally supposed that the
go' eminent is uot being run on a
sel‘ supporting basis, and such an ex
cuse as that of ordinary expenses
should not enter into the matter.
When called upon to do so, the gov
ernment meets all the expenses of the
legal department in Interior Alaska
without objections, lint the legal de
partment of the government is not
sel' supporting and is almost all paid
bv the indirect taxes of the people.
On the other hand, the post-office
department is self-supporting, and al
though congress appropriates money
each year for its maintninanre. the de
partment has a largo surplus each
year that goes into the treasury and
is apropriated back to it by congress
In the congested districts, the de
partment gets its main revenue and
the large net profits in those ptaces
are supposed to be used in providing
service to places that do not pay
expenses. Thus the people of Inter
ior Alaska are just ns much entitled
to good mail service at a dead expense
to the government as are people of
other places, including the island de
pemlencies.Fairbanks Citizen.
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+ NORTHERN HAPPENINGS ♦
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Falcon Joslin and Clyde Morris, of
Seat tie and Alaska, are at Washing
ton. I). C., seeking a contract for
construction work on the Alaska rail
road. So is Sam Murclienson, of Seat
tle. who was superintendent of con
struction on both the W kite Pass
and Copper River railroads.
♦ * ♦
Never before at this season of the
year have there been so many flies in
Whitehorse houses as at present—
house flies and flies of the bluebottle
variety. Fortunately this country has
uo: been particularly troubled with
flies of any kind .aside from mos
quitoes and black flies, but indica
tions now are that all kinds of flies
will be numerous the coming summer
if those now here are prolific as
flies usually are. Considerable can
be done toward abating the fly nuis
an-e if the town is thoroughly clean
ed up just as soon as the snow and
water are gone. Also, fly swatting
should become general_Star. *
* * +
Tack Dalton, known as the “trail
blazer of Alaska.’’ the man who
brought out 1,200 tons of coal from
the Matanuska coal fields that .success
fully passed the naval tests a year
[ago, says: “The Matanuska coal Is
fire quality, but it is no better thaD
the coal in the Bering river fields.
Any time the Bering river coal gets
a fair test it will show up every bit
as good as that passed by the navy.”
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Do %ve realize that the rush to
Seward has actually started? .Tust a
few weeks agothe list of passengers
for Seward from Seattle on each boat
consisted of a number of names that
could be counted on the fingers of
one hand. Nowadays each boat brings
1 rings thirty or forty more and new
business houses start up almost every
day. Within the past month strang
ers have landed in Seward in num
bers that are one fifth of the total
population of the city two months
ago—Seward Gateway.
♦ tt
Jim Mattson was brought in on
the Uncle Dan from Tokeen to the
Wrangell hospital for medical treat
ment. Jim has been working at the
marble quarry of the Vermont Marble
company at that place and early last
w<ek was accidently caught by a
slab of marble and his left leg was
smashed pretty bad. Dr. Pigg reports
bi n improving very go >d and that he
will soon be ir uid age u - Wring II
Sentinel. 1 ;;
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Block seven in the Seward town
site sold recently for $10,500.
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W. B. Clark, medical health officer,
has notified the people of Whitchorsi
that they are not to throw out dish
water as it makes breeding place" f.o
fiies.
♦ ♦ ♦
At the present time I think aciiool
legislation is the most interesting, and
possibly the most important matter
the legislature ean consider.—-James
Wickcrsham.
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An exchange declares that if the
(ire sent warm weather continues in
the interior, an early breakup of the
rivers and lakes is looked for, as the
ice at no time during the winter has
been very thick.
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CHABLEY 18 A DAD
Orvis Lafayette Finzell, first-born of
the Charles Firizel family arrived on
the scene yesterday morning. He
weight eight and one-half pounds,
and Charley says is some kid. Drs.
Myers were in attendance.
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
Newport News, April 12—Stealing
past four Allied cruisers waiting In
the offing and watching for possible
ships coming or going, the German
auxiliary cruiser Kronprinr. Wilhelm
slipped into port last night. S)io had
less than 25 tons of coal when she
arrived, having been at sea contin
ually since August 30. During that
time she has sunk 1-1 ships anil taken
000 prisoners but had only sixty of
the latter on board when slie arrived
here, having lauded the balance.
Owing to the condition of the food
and supplies on the ship 00 of her
crew and passengers have beriberi.
Commander Thierfolder states that as
soon ns he can get coal and supplies
lie will leave for another eruise.
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Washington. April 12—President
Wilson and Secretary of the Inter
ior Lane made the announcement
Saturday night, that the Alaska rail
road will bo built from Seward to
Fairbanks, and that the Alaska North
ern railroad had been purchased by
the government. This is official, and
settles the question for nil time.
Seward, April 12—When the offic
ial announcement was made Saturday
that the Administration had decided
on Seward as the salt water terminal
of the Alaska railroad system, the
whole town went wild. everybody
danced, and the cash registers in the
saloons were turned to the wall, every
thing being free. Property here has
jumped sky-high, and a big rush has
started for Ship Creek where the
first work will be done.
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Kobe. April 12—The huge steam
ship Minnesota, the largest vessel op
erating on the Pacific ocean, is hard
and fast on a rock near Iwajima, at
the southwestern entrance of the In
land Sea. A salvage steamer has been
sent to her assistance. It is not
known how badly she was damaged,
but is said to have sunk. Her passen
gers and crew are safe. She was en
routo to Seattle at the time and had
a cargo valued at close to a million
dollars.
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BACK FROM SUSHANNA
Among the arrivals on the south
bound boat Saturday was Phil Me
Callion, returning from a somewhat
extended trip to the Sushanna. Phil
it will be remembered went north
with the rush close to two years ago,
and has been prospecting ever since.
He had several mining prospects, but
none of them panned out, so he threw
them up and is now back on his old
stamping ground*.
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JEFF AND MARIPOSA IN
The Jefferson and the Mariposa
were both in poht this morning, the
former northbound, the latter south.
The Jefferson had 130 passengers on
board, and stopped at Roe Point on
the way, where H. Bergman and 17
cannery workmen disembarked. Her
Ketchikan passengers included H. S.
Wilson; C. Stevens; B. A. Eardley;
Mrs. Eardley; Mrs. Ella Davis; R.
R. Tinkham; E. A. Norton; E. Erick
son;!. Frafjord; Tom Frafjord; Jas.
E. Sayles; Mrs. J. E. Sayles; J.
Keller; A. Erickson; Sam Borgman;
0. Williams; and N. Strand.
She had 31 tons of freight for this
port, and took on nine passengers
here for points north.
The Mariposa being headed south
had but few passengers. She loaded
31 boxes of salmon at the Ketchikan
Fold Storage company and seven at
the Xew England^
London, April 12—Two merchant
vessels are reporteil to have been
sunk by German submarines in th#
past 72 hours. They aro the Har
palycc ami Wayfarer, both British.
The former boat was given consider
able prominence as the first relief
ship to bn sent from the United States
with supplies for the suffering Bel
gians. It is reported that 2(5 of her
crew were lost at the time of the
sinking.
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»T-S A GIRL” SAYS JOCK
A baby girl vas born to J.
Sparling and wife yesterday after
noon under the rare of Dr. A. Brown.
Both mother and daughter aro doing
nicely, and Jock is around today, all
smiles.
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CALL FOR BIDS
Scaled Proposals will be received
at the office of the Lighthouse In
spector, Ketchikan. Alaska, until two
o’clock p.m., May 15. 1015, and then
opened, for furnishing various classes
of provisions for the keepers at
lighthouses in Alaska. Blank pro
posals and particulars may be obtain
ed by addressing the abov$ office.
Advertising
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