Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bure.u
WASHINGTON,D.C.—Wine, wine,
everywhere and not a United States
Senator to drink it !
Nearly a hundred casks of Cali
fornia’s best is waiting here In Wash
ington for some devotee of the God
Bacchus to do it honor. Senator
Phelan of California is at present the
owner of the wine but he does! not
want it. Any distinguished group of
gentlemen, preferably connected in
some way with the United States
Government, can have the wine for
the asking but the Senator can And
none who will ask.
This is how it happened. A couple
of weeks before Christmas Senator
Phelan conceived the Idea of giving
to each one of his colleagues In the
upper house of Congress a Christmas
gift. He could think of nothing bet
ter than California wine. So the Sen
ator requested his private secretary
to procure the wire—a hundred casks
of it- 'roin California. The secret.' j
neglected to order the wine shipped
by express and it was dispatched by
freight. Needless to explain with the
railroads of the country overburdened
with traffic the shipment was delayed
and only recently arrived at the na
tional capital when Christmas was
almost forgotten.
Senator Phelan, however, determin
ed to present the wine to his collea
gues and explain the delay. But the
Senator did not have Fate on his side
Just as he was ready to make his
presentation the District of Columbia
prohibition bill came up In the Senate.
Senator Phelan had offered an amend
ment providing that light wines could
be served on dinner tables in Wash
Ington so he felt he could not presenC
his wine to the Senators who were
going to vote on the measure without
giving the appearance of seeking to
Influence them Irregularly—which was
a purpose farthest from his mind. He
postponed the presentation and some
time later again essayed to give the
Senators the fine Caifornia wine. But
the Senator's star still was obdurate.
On the second occasion a bill relating
to liquor advertising came up for con
sideration in the Senate and the
California statesman feared his gifts
might be looked upon in the wrong
light.
So Senator Phelan still has his wine
and to make matters worse and more
embarrassing several of his collea
gues have heard about it. Fearing
that their constituents, many of them
prohibitionists, might object to their
receipt of gifts of wine, many Sena
tors have privately asked Senator
Phelan not to carry out his original
idea.
Consequently the California Senator
is in a predicament from which bo at
present sees no escape. He does no*,
want to turn the wine into the gut
ters; he does not want to ship it back
to California; he does not want to
arouse suspicions that he Is attempt
ing to influence legislation by making
gifts of spirits. The Senator recog
nizes the Impossibility of consuming
' a hundred casks of wine himself. The
only alternative seems to be the per
manent preservation of the casks of
wine as a monument to an unsuccess
ful attempt to provide Christmas
cheer.
Calling Cards at ths Nugget Cffloe
FARM LOAN BOARD FIGHTING
MANY ATTEMPTED FRAUDS
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON. Members of the
federal farm loan board, the new
agency of the United States govern
ment appointed by President Wilson to
put into operation the rural credits
law, believe they are having a dif
ficult time in keeping the system free
of attempts made to swindle the vari
ous branches of he enterprise.
The bill no sooner was passed than
it was discovered that alleged fake
operators were selling gold brick stock
broudcsst to farmers on representa
tions that they represented the gov
ernment. Thousands of dollars were
taken from farmers who were too
trusting. The farm loan board be
lieves it has broken up this practice
by publshlng staetments warning per
sons to have nothing to do with farm
loan schemes purporting to be con
neeted with the government until they
satisfy themselves of the genuineness
of the representations made.
The board now is working to pre
vent big bond and insurance houses
from getting the inside track and se
curing Jobs for their agents with the
federal land banks. The companies,
it is alleged by the board, have been
trying to get their men appointed so
they can be in an advantageous post
lion to control bonding and insurance
business which will spring in large
volume from the large operations of
the new rural credits system.
WE CAN DO IT.
for first class work and prompt /*e
IIvery phone Main 161 and the Peo
ple's laundry will send and gel v <ui
laundry. W. J. WlL.UAMrfON. Prop.
ALASKA NOTES
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From Our Exchanges
Some time since "Smokehouse
Mike," of the gas boat Chase, bound
for Seldovia with a olad of coal, had
to abandon his tow on Nov. 10 owing
later he picked up the barge again
off Seldovia, uninjured and towed It
Into g>ort.
Will Clayson, the well known Cor
dova and Skagway merchant, has sold
out his business at Skagway to James
Kennedy, who for the last nine years
has been manager of the Skagway
store. Mr. Kennedy hs the dlstinc
* tion of being the first white child
born in Juneau.
Juneau coal dealers are predicting
a substantial advance In the price of
coal before February 1. The supply
is limited and the shlpmnets from the
British Columbia mines are not suf
ficient to meet the demand. The war
and labor troubles are reported aa
causes for the shoratge.
D E. Edwards, a merchant from
Oph'r, arrived in Anchorage recently.
He states that there wilt be about
2,000 people in the Tolstoi district
next season. The past two months,
he said, had brought forth some won
derful developments fn the mining
line.
Fur farmers are reaping a harvest
In and around Vadez this year. Fred
Liljigren of Naked Islands, recently
sent a bunch of fine blue fox skins
to fur buyers at Valdez, for which he
received a good price. There are nu
merous islands In Prince William
Sound that are ideal for fur farming.
Penty of wood, good water and lots
of flsh and birds for the foxes.
A company of Valdez citizens have
organized for the purpose of estab
lishing an aeroplane route from Val
dez to Fairbanks. Capt. Qeorge
Strixner one of last years contractors,
will go outside and learn the duties
of an aviator. The promoters be
lteve that mail and passengers can be
delivered in Fairbanks in four hours
from Valdez.
Dream Theater
TONIGHT
THE AWaKENING HOUR
3 PART„S
Comedy
UNIVERSAL IKE
SUNDAY NIGHT
5 Reels Extra 5 Reels
Blue Ribbon Feature
IN THE DARK
In 3 Parts
THE SPEED QUEEN
Featuring Mabel Normand
Scream Comedy
PATHE WEEKLY
Adm. 25c
Passengers on .lie government rail
road who fail to get their tickets
before boarding a train will be pen
alized 26 cents each according to a
recent ruling. The rule was brought
about through several mushers hav
ing escaped paying fares by springing
$lOt bills on the conductor.
Ketchikan business men are seek
ing capital to organize a pulp mill
company at that place. Senator
Heckman, who left recently for Cali
fornia, has been selected to visit some
of the large mills on the Columbia
river and secure data to present the
proposition to outside caplllsts. Lo
cal business men have assured him
of their financial support
Clad In his night clothes and in his
bare feet, Jimmy Chisholm, proprie
tor of the Birch Lake roadhouse, on
the Valdez-Falrbanks road, was com
pelled to mush about 30 mies In 20
degrees below zero weather and
through ankle deep snow to the near
est roadhouse, following the burning
of his place recently. His feet were
badly frozen.
George Carter and Mike Deegan
are reported to have had a close call
for life recently at Kenal Lake. They
were coming down the lake with a
lot of moose meat when a snowslide
came down the mountain covering one
of the men and thrownig the other
into the water. Both got out but
they lost tfye meat.
There died in Los Angeles, Calif.,
recently, a man who may be remem
bered by early Klondlkers. He was
J. B. Barber, and he was the man
who brought the first linotype Into
Dawson, In the winter of 1901-02.
The machine was for the Dawson
News and was brought In via White
horse by sled. It was considered
quite a feat in those days.
Intensely cold weather has prevail
ed along the uower Yukon recently.
At Ruby the average temperature was
65 degrees below zero while the low
est point reached 60 below. So cold
was the weather that two mules be
longing to Joe Ferris died on the
trail, their lungs having been frozen
whie freighting from Ruby to the
creeks.
Pupils in the Fairbanks Public
Schools now have more than $600
deposited in the bunks of that city
thru the school saving association.
Charles Benson, a station worker
on the Government railroad, near
Girdwood, was frightfully mangled by
a dynamite explosion recently and
was taken to the Seward hospital for
treatment. He lost his right hand
and the sight of one eye. It Is re
ported that Benson was Insane and
had tried to end hlB life.
CONVENTION OF ONE
JIGGED MEN
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, ( Probably the
strangest gathering which ever met
will convene at Washington next June
when fifty one-legged men will come
to the national capital to orgunlze a
society of mono-peds. None but men
who have lost one leg will be eligible
to membership in the organization.
Gustav Gumpert of Washington,
neeua.sa to say, one-legged man, now
is perfecting arangements for the
convention.
All kinds of slaigh and ski wood on
oalo at Rot*’ mill and shop. Alto
building and mining timber.
Fresh cabbage, carrots, rutabagoes
and parsnips at Lahmann’s.
NOTICE.
Let the Nugget do your letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to
your friends (« the outside—GOc mo.
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WATER POWER
IN PHILLIPINES
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON, The development
of water power for furnishing electric
light and power for Manila and its
suburbs is planned by a street railway
company now using Japanese coal to
generate current, according to consular
reports.
| 'the possibilities of greatly stimulat
ing industrial deveopmeit in the
islands through the medium of water
. cannot be exaggerated, as the moun
, tainous formation of the archipelago
1 and the abundance rainfall insure the
continuous possible generation of mil
lions of horsepower of electricity.
r WE ARE PREPAhED |
During the past two years we have bought j
il heavily in Cotton and Wool staple goods from
Canvas Oloves to Scotch Wool Underwear and |
are now prepared t<» furnish our matrons at
right prices with all the everyday Clothing .g
ji necessities.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY !
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
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Coal
Crude Oil Refined Oil
Alaska Lighterage & Commercial (o.
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| ELITE
I HOTEL & BATHS j;
,1 Reopened unded new manage- ,1
II ment. J i
J i Rooms by day, week or month, j i
Rates Reasonable.
'[ Steam, Shower and Plain Baths
| I W. R. ANDERSON, Prop jj
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II MILO’S CAFfi |
!; OPEN DAY AND |
NIGHT j;
J > Nen door to PACIFIC COLD < |
> STORAGE MARKET < \
Chas. W. Reed
Machinist ft Blacksmith
Gasoline Hngmes, Moist*
Boilers, Pipe ami Pipe
Kitting*
No. s Front St.
! Preferred Stock::
| Groceries i:
| at ::
| Moller’s ]j
| Grocery
I 211 front St Phone Main 86. ' '
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NOME ~
i| COffEE HOUSE
AND BAKERY
Recommend its clem and \nele
<| some bread and pastry of all
kinds,
, ’ We cater to family trade.
'I Order* tor entertainments
II promptly filled.
i Horseshoe ;
Ge Hall & Albert Hartman, J
Proprietors. '
i PHONE MAIN 112 I
; LEWIS HUNTER RYE AND '
' ATHERTON BOURBON
Direct from Bonded Warehoueo
! RAINIER DRAUGHT BEER '
’! Finest Brands of Winss. Liquors '
|| and Cigars. '
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