ALASKA NOTES
(From our Exchanges)
John Clark, of Centralla, Wash., who
spent the summer In southeastern Al
aska looking over the business oppor
tunities believes there Is a fortune
waiting the man who establishes a
shipyard and marine railway on the
coast of Alaska, and has announced
that he will enter the business at
Ketchikan next year He plans put
ting In a plant capable of handling
boats up to 120 feet long.
Chairman Edes of the Alaska en
gineering commission Is quoted as
saying that If money is granted by
congress, and he has no doubt but
that it will be, "we will make things
move." Just what, when and where
the moving is to take place Is not
stated. It can't be possible that the
commission Intends moving the gov
ernment railroad to Katala, Yakutut.
or some other point, although strang
er things have been known to happen
iri this northland.—Cordova Times...
The Hteamer Kansas City, recently i
puarchased by the Alaska Steamship
Company, will be the largest vessel
engaged In the Alaska trade In point
of gross tonnage, and she will lead in i
indicated horsepower. The North
western and Victoria only lead her lu
length, and the Northwestern In net
tonnage. The Kansas City is 13 feet
longer than the Mariposa and exceeds
her In tonnage by more than 600.
Tile Kansas City was built at Chest
er, Pa., in 1889; I* built of iron; reg
isters 3,679 gross tons and 2,163 net
tons. She is 327 feet in length, has
a beam of 46 feet and a depth of 18.8
feet. Her engines are capable of de
veloping 4,000 horse power, and her
required crew is 79.
Col. VV. tl Whorf, of Seldovia, re
ports that the natives of English bay,
who were reported to be in a starving
condition earlier In the season, are
grateful to the whites who sent them
donations of food and clothing. He
says there are about 1,000 natives ini
the district, and as they depend al
most entirely on securing work in>
the canneries,' they are in bad shape I
as they ewer unable to secure em
ployment during the past summer
owing to the failure of the salmon to
run for the usual time.
Notice has been received at the Ju
neau land office of the return of the
purchase price for coal lands in Al
askan fields to 8 persons who pur
chased coal lands in the territory.
The reimbusements have been made
as follows: Fannie T. Wheeler, $895;
Roy J, Kinar, $1,576; Chas. A. Klnear,
41,676; Jas. Campbell, $1,566; Anne M.
Chllberg, $1,697. All of these claims
COUNTERFEITING A LOST ART. j
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)
Counterfeiting is ft lost art. There,
are no more good counterfeiters trying
to beat the government in the money
game; they have either died or are in
Jail serving long terms. This is ac
cording to Chief Flynn, head of the
secret service, who is here investi
gating a counterfeiting case which
came to light the other day.
"The men who are trying counter
feiting these days*’’ said the chief,
‘are so incapable and our system of
detection is so perfected, that they
cannot get away from us. Some of the
bogus money put on the market in
recent years is a poorer Imitation
than stage money. Why some person*
are Induced to receive It Is a mystery
to most of us.
"There are still a few clever men
trying to make paper money, but they
are few, and they never do any harm.
We always get them before they do
any harm. All of the romantic ele
ments that have entered into counter
eltlng have passed. The woman once
in alllence with the counterfeiter
seems to have passed, too.
"There may be a counterfeiter busy
in the next flat and the neighbors
know nothing of his business until wej
take him away. We find more at
tempts to counterfeit money here In
New York, and In the other large cos
mopolitan cities, because in such
cities the culprits are safer from de
tection, Counterfeiting Is a crmo
against the poor. Those who could
better afford to stand a loss of real
money In change for a bad bill seldom
are affected.
"It la the poor tenement dweller or
the neighborhood shopkeeper who al
ways sifters. Counterfeiters do not
make coin or bills In large denomina
tion. The largest coin attempted Is a
5‘J-cent piece, and this coin Is always
distributed In ft neighborhood where
the residents are of small means. Once
the po^cesfor of a bogus coin finds he
has 'bad' money, and Is apprised of
the lacL he is liable to arrest and
conviction if he attempts to get rid
of It; hence the money must be turn*
were properties located in the Bering
river district. Frances Ozella, anu
ivatlnka Met). Koss, both clulnntius In
the Homer Field on Cook's inlet, were
reimbursed to the amount of *1,374
and *1.438 respectively.
These reimbursements were made
pursuant to relinquishments that were
hied as the result of proceedings in
stituted t»> the government alleging
sometimes fraud, and always failure
to open a coal mine in the cases men
tioned. Kellnquishments were made
by the claimants to the government
without any admission of the charge
of fraud.
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diaries Ullbei t and Jack Stein, ui!
Anchorage, ha i o been arrested and ,
held under bon is of IZ.UUU each on
.he charge of haviug beaten and rob-j
bed John Teresin. It is believed the j
men were actuated by a spirit of re
tenge as they are reported to havej
been doing a profitable business iiij
pddllug whisky, when they were put:
of commission by the activities of tht[
federal oltlclais. Teresin is reported
io have been u witness against the
oootlegers. The men were tried be
lore the commission and were fount,
not guilty on the charge of peddling
whisky but were convicted of assauu
and battery and Uned *iuu each.—
diitna header.
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The Fairbanks News Miner reports
mut United States .Marshal L. T Er
win Is trying to get Judge Bunnel.
to resign from the Judgeship and be
come a candidate at the next election
for the delegateship. It is suid that
Erwin favors G, Ellis Gardner for the
Judgeship and the latter is teporteo
o have gone back to North Carolina*
to line up his home state congres
sional delegation. Judge Bunnells
friends assert that he will lay his own
i Ians and If they do not happen to
coincide with those of the marshal it
will be up to latter to tlnd the solu
tion.
The shipment itf Cook inlet coal
form Herbert's mine at Katcbemak
oay to Seward, which was announced
as expected several weeks ago was
not delivered owing to a tnlsunder
. landing concerning the rates, and
(he steamer Alliance, owned bv s«w
,irA __will transport the coal.
A barge of coal belonging to Herbert,
with one hundred tons aboard. was
anchored near Anchorage, when It
was hit by a storm, causing It to drag
anchor and strike the beach where
the bottom was pounded out of the
barge and the upper works drifted
! ashore.
Fresh salted peanuts and almonds
Rote Candy Store.
ed over to the federal authorities, and'
the person who receives it In ex
change is the loser."
GEOLOGICAL PERIODS
Scientists hesitate to estimate geo-;
logical time In terms of years. Such
estimates have, however, been made,
and one published by Prof. Charles
schuchert in 1910 states that about
12,000,000 years have elapsed since the;
close of the carboniferous age. an age,
as the name suggests, in which great l
deposits of carbon, in coal, were being 1
formed In many parts of tho world.
This age has been divided by geolo- j
gists into the Misslsslppian, Pennsyl
vanian and Permian epochs, of which
the Misslsslppian Is the oldest and the
Permian the youngest. The Pennsyl
vanian epoch alone is estimated by
Schuchert to have covered 2,160,000
years, and animal llfo Is supposed to
nave existed on tho earth for over 14,
oOO.OOO years before that time.
Geologic periods are recognized pri
marily by the animals and plants that
lived in them, so that tho study of
fossils plays a very real and Important
part In the progross of geologic
Knowledge. j
Rocks of carboniferous age, as,
shown by their fossils have a wide dis
tribution In tho United States, and
they are apt to abound In these re
.mains of plant and animal life. Tht,
fossil shells which are found In them,
however, may vary greatly from poln’
to point, because the animals they
represent lived In different periods of
geologic time or In different regions
In tho carboniferous ocean.—Argtm
out. i
TONNAGE OF A VE88EL.
To find the tonnage or displacement
of a ship is rather puzzling. The ton
nage of a ship is tho measure of Its
cubical or carrying capacity expressed
In tons. At the present time there are
four methods In use of expressing the
tonnage of a ship, known respectively
as the gross tonnage, tho net register
tonnage, the dead-weight tonnage and
the displacement tonnage
In calculating the gross tonnage th. I
wh ile Inu-rlor capacity or the shi|, ■
i i'tlow tiic tonnage deck is found, in- j
1 eluding lout ui all covered in Spaces
on deck used for stowage and the re
ult In cubic feet is, divided by 1Q0. 1
The net register tonnage u the
gross tonnage minyg all the spaces !
used for the accommodation of the
'-tow and instruments and the work
| mg parts or the ship It Is on the net I
registered tonnage that almost invar
iably dues ure paid.
The deadweight tonnage is the
measure of tht exact amount of cargo
that a ship can carry without sinking
too deep in the water.
The displacement tonnuge is he
space occupied by the ship in the wa- ;
tet. Tlie amount of water displaced
by a ship is, of course, equal in weight
to the ship and all it contains As
on© ton Is equal to thirty-five cubic
feet of water, the displacement ton
nage ts found by dividing the num- j
|;jer of cubic feet of water displaced I
tiv thirty-five when the ship is Im- 1
i ersed up to Its draft or load line— j
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