FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
CANNERIES IN TROUBLE
Unless they are lucky some of the
smaller canneries in this region will
be compelled to shut up sliop within
the next day or ttwo owing to their in
ability to get empty cans and coal
shipped up. The boats operating to
the Westward have all the business
they can handle over there, so they
cannot do anything with southeastern
business, andthc regular boats for
this region seem to have more than
they are able to handle. This means
that unless they get cans on the
Seattle tonight, the probabilities are
both the Wards Cove and Georges
Inlet canneries will have to shut
down for a time.
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CRUDE OIL BURENR A SUCCESS
The cannery tender Chomley, the
first Diesel engined boat to operate
in this region, is proving to be a de
cided success, according to reports.
The big tug, operating on the cheap
est kind of oil, is kept on the go
practically all the time. Her oil
consumption is said to be less than
twenty cents per hour, and thus far
her repair costs have been nil.
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Monte Steely will be a passengei
north on the Northwestern tonight
for Juneau. He has severed his
connection with the Revilla Hotel.
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WILL TAKE TRIP SOUTH
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Superintendent Fred Patching of
the big Fortmann Hatchery is a local
visitor, waiting for a steamer to take
him south. He plans quite a stay in
the States, and will probably take
in the Fair while below.
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Washington, Aug. 3—The President
is said to be at work on a note to
Great Britain which promises to be
the most important delivered by this
country since the opening of the war.
Diplomats here state that upon this
note will depend the relations of this
country and Great Britain. At the
present time it is generally eonceed
ed that the situation between Eng- <
land and the United States Is less
satisfactory than between Germany
and America.
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Rome, Aug. 3—Thus far, according j
to official announcement, Italy lias
captured and interned seventeen thou
sand unwounded Austrians ad Ger
mans in the fighting ju the Tyrol and
Austria. These men have been sent
to the detention camps in the souttli
of Italy and will be put to work to
take the place as much as possible,
of the soldiers who have gone away j
to the war.
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Petrograd, Aug. 3—The government
this morning acknowledges the aban
donment of the railroad connecting
Lubin and Kholm and the occupation
of the latter place by the Austro-Ger
mans. This is taken to indicate that
the attempt on the part of Mackensen
to drive the Rusian line back has suc
ceeded, although not in time to cut
off the Russian forces in the re
gion of Warsaw. It is understood,
that the major part of the Russian
army ig now occupying the new line
of defenses extending from Kovno
on the Mieman river,through Itrest
Litovsk and Kovel to the Roumanian
border, a distance of between four
and five hundred miles. Small Russian
forces arc holding the Germans back
in various places, at points so situat
ed that a few men relatively can
•hold many times their numbers in
cheek. This is especially true along
the Narew, River, which the Germans
have tried to cross again and again
In this way, the Russians will be giv
en time to perfect their new lines,
distribute their men and get their
guns in position. Reports indicate
that the Germans have lost heavily
in their operations in Poland and Gal
icial. This loss has not been confin
ed to killed and wounded alone, for
the Russians took over twenty thous
and prisoners in one engagement a
lone. The Russian cavalry Is work
ing heroically to prevent the advance
of the Teutons and is accomplishing
what at times appears to be the ini
possible. They have demonstrated
that in the work of covering a re
treat they are the equals of am
cavalry on earth, as they are wonder
fully mobile and are able to live on
so little, both themselves and then
horses being inured to hardship.
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Ottawa, Aug 3—A general bulletin
was issued yesterday by the C'anad
_ian Pacific system, calling on all its
employees of service age to enlist in
the army. The bulletin calls the at
tenetion of the men to the fact that
the great need is for men. The C.
P- Kv., guaraniees wages to flic mar
ried men who enlist and to those who
have others dependant on them, and
also agrees to have their places ready
for any who enlist, nt the close of
the war.
FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
IS TEACHING THE
LITTLE FELLOWS
Word came from Roy Bnrto this
veek that he is having a busy time
of it instructing the little brown men
on tho Island of Negros, in the Phil
ippines, how to scale logs and do
other forest service stunts. He re
ports that he likes the work, but that
dear old Ketchikan looks mighty good
to him.
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Frank Silvis, of the Beaver Falls
shingle mill was in town this morn
ing. Ho is making a shipment of
shinglcr to Loring.
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DESTROYER IN PORT
_
The torpedoboat destroyer Whipple
irrived up from the south yesterday
■veiling on her way to join the rest
of the patrol fleet at Dutch Harbor.
She was unable to come north with
tho balance of the fleet owing to
the fact that she sprung a leak on
the way up from San Francisco and
had to uudergo repairs at Bremerton,
t'he Whipple is a first-class destroyer
with a speed of 29.24 knots. She has
a displacement of 433 tons, cost
+286,000, and her armament consists
of 2 eighteen inch torpedo tubes, 2
three inch and 6 six pnnoder rapid
lire guns. She is commanded by
iiieut. F. D. Fryor, with Ensign E.
I'. Robinson and a crew of twenty
five men.
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The big steam tug Henry Wilson,
elonging to the engineering depart
ment of the United States navy, was
'a port tliis morning on a tour of the
voters of Alaska. The Wilson’s mis
sion is to se that none of the fish
traps in northern waters interfere
ith navigation. During a tour of
’nget sound she found three traps
which came under the heading of
‘obstructing navigation” and is said
to have put thorn out of commission
i short order.
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Berlin, Aug. 3—The German army
is pushing a flying wedge through
i’olnnd in the hope of coming in con
tact with the Russian line before the
ilnv army shall have had time to
recuperate. It is expected that the
effort is being made to do this from
the south, as the task seems to be
easier from that direction. Gon. von
Mackensen is probably in command
>>f the advance.
Athens, Aug. 3—Particulars of a
terrific conflagration in the city of
Constantinople are arriving here by
nilirect channels. It appears that
a fire started there four days ago
which was still burning yesterday.
Thus far over three thousand build
ings have Jioeu destroyed, including
everal used as hospitals In caring
for the wounded from the Gallipoli
peninsula fighting, and it is thought
that thousands of the latter were con
amed in the flames. The origin of
t lie fire is not known but is suppos
cdto have been of incendiary origin.
' )ne large hospital filled with Ger
man wounded, and all Its occupant1
are said to have been destroyed at the
very beginning of the fire. The peace
•artv of Turkey is gaining in power,
and it looks as though she is about
ready to quit her allies ami secure
peace for herself.
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Pendelton, Aug. 3—Carl Guyott.
totally blind for over 25 years, sud
denly regained bis sight this morn
ing. Doctors investigating the mir
•cle warn him that he may lose tin
sense again at any time. Guyott had
never seen either his wife or his
children, and if of course spending
'tis time with them.
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London, Aug. 3—It is understood
hat a great attack is being driven
by fhe Germans to cut the Russian
railroads between Petrograd and War
saw. 300,000 fresh troops under
Baron vonGallwitz, mostly Germans
are being used on this drive. They
are following the valley of the Bug
river and were last reported at a
point about thirty miles northeast
of Warsaw. In the event that suc
cess attends this attack, it would ap
pear that all the Russian troops west
of that point will be cut off and cap
tured.
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London, Aug. 3,—The British steam
er Ranza was submarined and sunk
vesterday by a German submarine.
The captain of the Ranza and part of
the steamer’s crew were landed, but
it is thought that the balance went
town with the ship.
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Brownsville, Aug. 3—One U. S.
soldier and one Texas ranger were
tilled and two of each wounded in a
battle with Mexican raiders near San
Benito early this morning. It is
bought that the Mexicans are the
lame outfit that attacked an auto
nobile last night. A large party of
Rangers has been sent out after the
aiders,
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FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
EVANS IN NORTHBOUND
After having been delayed on the
way up by fog, the Admiral Evans
made port this morning, and got a
way a couple of hours or so inter.
Hlic had a big cargo on board mostly
for Valdez and Anchorage. Among
her passengers for Ketchikan weio
Louis Hanson returning from n bus
iness trip south. W. fl. O’Brien, L.
Larson, and Win. Scmar boarded the
steamer at this port.
ALICE IN EARLY
Tho big passenger steamer Prin
cess Alice arrived in port about six
last night with seven passengers for
Ketchikan. They were Mrs. “Bob”
Clcinensson and three children return
ing from a trip to Prince Rupert;
Mrs. A. Weld), Mrs. B. Frnser and
Miss D. Fraser. The two lntter are
mother and sister of Mrs. Boyce, the
wife of the storekeeper at Dolomi.
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INSURANCE IS LOWER
....
An instannee of the way in which
the cost of insuring property in Ket
chikan has come down in the past
three years owing to the improvement
in our fire-fighting equipment was
called to the attention of the Minei
Man this morning. One residence on
which the insurance for three years,
starting in 1912 cost $25.20 for $600
was re-newed this morning in the
same company for twice the nmount
or $1,200. for $21.60 for the same
length of time.
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SEASON OPENS AUGUST 16
The Miner has been in receipt of
several inquiries these last few days
is to when the open season began for
deer hunting. The following from a
bulletin received in recent mail will
answer the question:
Regulations as Amended
The regulations for the protection
of deer, caribou, sheep, and mountain
goats in Alaska, as ammended .Tune
.".0, 1915, are as follows:
Regulation 1, Open season for deer
—The season for killing deer in
southeastern Alaska is hereby limited
to the period from August 15 to
Xovemberl, both inclusive.
Regulation 2. Limits.—The number
of deer killed by- any one person dur
ing the open season in southeastern
Alaska is hereby limited to three.
Regulation 3. Sale.—The sale of
deer carcasses in southern Alaska is
hereby suspended until August 1,
1916.
Regulation 4. Killing deer on cer
tain islands—The killing of deer on
Kodiak Island and Long Tsland and
the killing of deer on the following
islands in southeastern Alaska: Duke
Island, near Dixon Inlet; Gravina
Island, near Ketchikan; Kruzof Isl
and, West of Sitka; Suemez Island,
near Klawock; and Zarembo Tsland,
near Wrangell, is hereby prohibited
until August 1, 1916.
Regulation 5. Kenai Peninsula—
The killing of caribou on the Kenai
Peninsula is hereby prohibited until
August 1. 1916.
The shipment of carcasses of moose
and sheep for sale from Seward or
other points on the Kenai Peninsula
is hereby prohibited, and no carcasses
of said animals shall be accepted for
shipment to other points in Alaska
unless accompanied by affidavit of
the owner that they were not purchas
ed and are not intended for sale.
Regulation 6. Open season for
mountain goats—The season for killing
mountain goats in uoutbeastern Alas
lea is hereby limited (o the period
from August 1 to February 1. both
inclusive.
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Petrograd, Aug. 3—A renewal df
aeroplane attacks by the Germans on
Warsaw is reported. In the last one,
seven people were killed and 14
wounded. Tho Germans are evident
ly trying to wreck the railroad bridg
es to prevent the escape of the final
Russian army from that city.
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Throught the courtesy of the local
Marconi Wireless plant, the Miner is
al le to lay before its readers tonight
some telegraphic news, otherwise im
possible as the cable has not been
working today. Mr. Isbell 1ms ask
ed the Miner to state that although
the plant has not been officially de
clared ready for business ns yet, still
to accommodate the public it will ac
cept commercial messages to all points
south during tho interruption of the
cable service. Phone them to the
Marconi station, and those in charge
will do the rest.
Portland, Aug. 3—Fire supposed to
have originated from a cigarette
stump gutted the big three sttory
brick block on tho corner of Mor
rison and Third streets this morning.
The loss is put at over two hundred
thousand dollars.
¥T*itT8T»?*,0»* *> |*> ft Kftf*:
The Weekly Miner $3 per year.
FROM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY
THE BORDER LINE SCHEDULE
The Border Lino Transportation
company announces that its steamer
Northland sailed from the Sound
last night. The Alki is due to sail
tomorrow, and the Despatch on Sat
iday.
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NORTHWESTERN IN FORT
With 58 passengers on board the
steamer Northwesttern made port a
bout eight o’clock last night. She
had 100 tons of empty cans on board
for the Scowl Arm cannery and 35
tons of miscellaneous freight. The
Jefferson will load the cans, on her
arrival here this evening and take
them over. The Northwestern had six
passengers for Ketchikan, while nine
boarded her here.
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New Yor, Aug. 4—The worst storm
in the history of the United States
for this season of the year swept the
Atlantic coast states last night, re
suiting in the dentil of over fifty
people and the loss of millions of dol
lars in property. The storm extended
from Maino to Georgia, the worst
asses being in Pennsylvania, where
i cloudburst added to the other hor
ros at Erie enusing a flood which
swept away hundreds of homes in the
csiileneo district and drowning at
least thirty people. Sixty are miss
ing. As soon as he could realize the
'.mount of damage, Mayor Stern of
Frio, sent forth a call for help, and
willing helpers poured in from nearby
i! :"es. Bodies are being found among
t he debris everywhere, swept into all
kinds of inconceivable places by the
flood. In addition to those drowned
and missing, hundreds were injured.
Owing to the destruction of the tele
graph nnd telephone systems, news
from other places cannot be secured as
ot. Along the coast hundreds of
small merclmntile and pleasure craft
were wrecked and many of those on
board must have perished. One
large steamer, the Chase, is known to
have foundered off Sandy Hook.
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London, Aug 4—Dispatches from
Austria state that the Austrians are
preparing to evacuate their first line
of trenches in the Isonza region. In
the Tryol, the Italians are forcing
thc Austrians back, and the same Is
I rue of the operations along the
Fella river. In the valley of the
Fella several miles of railroad have
boon captured.
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Washington, Aug. 4_Great Brit
ain’s reply to the latest American
representations against interference
vit h neutral commerce has been re
ceived. The British course is claim
ed to be entirely within the inter
national law,' and sustained by tin
principles of international equity. The
British reply to the American protest
against the blockade of neutral ports,
states that Great Britain is perfecth
willing to submit to international
arbitration any ease in which the
United States is not satisfied with the
decision of the British prize courts.
The changed conditions of warfare
■s the result of the introduction of
the aeroplane and submarine, Britain
contends, require a new application of
the priciples of international law. Be
sides this, thc atrocities of the Ger
man troops in Belgium
are cited as justieications for
: he exercise of extreme measures, even
to the extent of blockading neutral
ports through which there is thc re
motest^possibilitv of supplies reach
ing the German army. The promise is
made to use every effort to avoid
emharrasing thc commerce of neutrals.
The note concludes with the state
ment that the trade America has lost
with Germany she hns more than
made up by the increased industrial
activities duo to the wa.\
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Berlin, Aug. 4—The encircling of
the fortress of Ivangorod is proceed
ing satisfactorily, heavy artillery hav
ing been planted during the night,
and the reduction of the place be
gun this morning. Eight of the other
forts of Warsaw have been carried
by bayonet. The Russians are fall
ing back rapidly.
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Rerlili, Ang. 1—The Russian legation
at The Hague officially announces
iliat the evacuation of Warsaw ha#
been ordered because of the lack of
ammunition. The Russian legation al
so states that the destruction of the
bridges across the Vistula river at
Warsaw has been ordered as soon as
the Slav army makes its escape.
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The S. E. quarter of Section 26.
North of Range 23. in Yakiinn County
Wash., is for sale for $1,000. One
fourth of that amount is wanted
down, the balance on easy terms. The
place is fenced, has a small house
and eighty acres of it are under culti
vation. Tho place is ten miles from
Mapton nnd four miles from Brynes
elevator. For7particulars call at the
Miner office or N. F. Zimmerman.
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FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
SUGGESTS USE OF ASPHALT
When talking about street improve
ments this morning, F. C. Johnstone,
president of the Tongass Trading com
pany suggested that Ketchikan would
do well to try the use of asphalt on
top of her plank street pavement.
Mr. Johnstone states that in Seattle
they are putting a covering of as
phalt bn the planks on the wharves
and viaducts, materially adding to
the life of the plank, and besides, it
gives ft smooth, easily cleaned street
for traffic purposes. It would ap
pear that the suggestion might be a
good one for Ketchikan to consider.
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London, Aug 4—Dispatches from
Jnncsbruch state that a large German
force is now advancing along the
Bug river, nnd heavy fighting has
ensued. The Russian Cossacks arc do
ing brilliant work in holding them in
check, inflicting heavy losses on the
invaders, who are gaiil to have already
lost over twenty thousand men. In
the neighborhood of Orz, the Gcr
•nans have met with defeat and have
been compelled to fall back being
•nrsned by the Russians. General von
Wovreeh’s army was driven back
with heavy losses from southwest of
Warsaw, but has been reinforced ami
has crossed the Vistula and taken up
positions in front of Ivnngorod. one
of the fortresses defending Warsaw.
Unusually stormy weather is hump
■ring the work of the advance.
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Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 4—Bad for
■st fires are reported as 1 vrning neai
Gasadero, this state. The damage
thus far is estimated to have reached
the hundred thousand dollar mark.
All the available forest rangers are
now at work trying to check the
fire which threatens to destroy sever
il ranches. Following a call for ad
ditional help 50 volunteers nnd a com
pany of the California National Guard
left today for the scene.
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Petrograd, Aug. 4—The announce
ment is made today that if the Rus
sian garrisons in the various fort
resses and selected positions guard
ing the Russian retreat are able to
hold out for two days longer, it is lie
lioved that the main part of the Rus
sian army will have reached their
new positions, and the retreat will
have been a complete success. This is
good news to the residents of the Rus
sian capital, as some fear had been
expressed that the Germans might
strike the main army before it lm l
reached the defensive line, and thus
smash them, opening up the way foi
the Germans to advance on Petrograd.
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London, Aug. 4—Humility and the
recognition of the nation’s weakness
replaced the blind confidence of a
year ago, when Great Britain in over
a thousand meetings last night ob
served the anniversary of the declar
at ion of war with Germany. But will)
the change comes a renewed determin
ation to sacrifice everything if reel
lie for victory. dn many of the
meetings the immense crowds present
who were addressed by those high
in the counsels of the nation, affirm
ed their purpose to continue the war
to the bitter end. Throughout ill
the meetings ran the feeling that
Great Britain had erred In the past
but the new spirit manifested tin
determination to profit by mistakes
ami not repeat them.
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Petrograd, Aug. 4—11 is under
stood that the drive of Gen. vonGal
Iwitz along the Bug river, northeast
otf Warsaw, has been checked and his
advance forces thrown back in dis
order. This movement was directed
against the railroads connecting War
saw and Petrograd, and was assuming
threatening proportions. The loss
of the advancing force was very
heavy.
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Seattle, Aug. 1—A huge reception
was held last night in honor of
Bishop John Bonzano, apostolie dele
gate to the United States, who is in
this city to open the annual conveti
tion of the Knights of Colunilnia to
day. The reception was followed lo
i lull, at. which it is estimated that
at least five thousand couples danced.
Four thousand of the registered dele
gates went to the Cathedral this
morning, to attem Wgh mass, but the
edifice was not large enough to ac
■ dale them, and many had to
go away disappointed.
The Burnside is apparently still
at work on tltb cable for no news
of any kind has appeared for the
Miner and the local cable office i«
swamped by the receipt of hundreds
of telegrams which are being mailed
from this point. The Marconi Wire
less plant has again kindly furnished
the Miner with news, which enables
us to tell yon about the terrible storm
in the east, the latest war dope, etc.
The wireless is prepared to handle any
commercial business to the British
Columbia stations or the States,
which may be phoned out to the
Wireless plant at any time.
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FROM WEDNESDAY’3 DAIlSs,^
DIVES FROM HECKMAN’S DOCK
Capt Stagger, the deep sea diver
who has been overhauling fish traps
in this region, made a dive this after
noon off Heckman’s dock. He secured
a bicycle belonging to Carl Cordell
which went over the edge some time
ago. and in addition brought up an
anchor and other stuff which had
been lost at various times off the
'lock.
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RIGHT REMOVED
According to a bulletin Issued re
cently by the Lighthouse Service, the
light which has been burning on the
float in Burnett Inlet has been re
moved owing to the fact that the
float had become waterlogged.
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Cedar Rapids, Aug. 4—A lone ban
dit held up Leo Ferris; cashier of the
Cedar Rapids National Bank about
seven o’clock this morning, and after
getting about twenty thousand dol
lars in cash, locked the cashier up in
the vault and made his escape. In
his hurry he overlooked $.35,000 in
the bank’s vault. A clerk discover
ed Ferris locked up in the vault when
io arrived just before opening time
releasing him. The alarm was given
at onec. but the robber had a big
start and had not been located by
noon.
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Atb.ntic City. Aug. 4—-Janies A.
(jilmore, head of the Federal League
•aide the announcement yesterday
that his organization was planning
aother raid on organized baseball
At this time he says negotiations are
pending with fifteen major league
tars, lie says no reasonable amounl
'f money would be allowed to stand
a (lie way if the Federal League
could sign up men of national repit
tation in the game.
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WORSE THAN FIRST REPORTS
New A’ork, Aug. 4—-Particulars ar
riving from all points up and down
the Atlantic, coast states swell the
list of losses in last night’s storm
At least a dozen yachts are known
to have been lost, some of them with
ill on board. The revised list of the
dead at Erie [nits the number at 35
or more.
TIME’S WHIRLIGIG
The editor of the Paris, Texas, Ap
peal writes of the times and manners
‘ Whe we were young people had colds
soaked their feet in hot water and
got well. Now they have grippe, take
quinine and feel sick all summer.
Then they had sore throat, wropped a
piece of fat port in an old sock, tied
it around the neck at night and went
lo work the next morning. Now they
have tonsilitis, a surgical operation
and two weeks in the house. Then they
had stomach ache and took castor oil
ind recovered. Now they have appen
dicitis, a week in the hospital and six
feet due east and west and four feet
perpendicular. Then they worked
They labor now'. In those days they
wore underclothes. Now they v’ear
lingero. Then they went a restau
rant, now they go to a cafe. Then they
broke a leg, now they fracture a limb
People went crazy then, now they
have brain storms. Politicians pait!
good hard cash for support (lien, they
send government garden seeds now.’1
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GOVERNMENT TO SURVEY
SEWARD TERMINAL TRACT
Seward,—United States surveyors
ire platting a sixty acre terminal
tract under a recent order by Prcsi
lent Wilson. This is the ground that
was the scene of a stampede an<l
ind staking of lots early last spring
ollowing a rumor that the lan.
onld be thrown open. An additions
lereage included in the order Is an
•rregular tract west and north of the
terminal tract, including all the re
staining unsurveyod land in the towr
limits. The time for sale of the lot
has ot yet been announced.
Half the terminal traet will be re
iorved by the Alaska engineering com
uission for residences of permanent
•mployes, shops, yards etc. The com
Mission has made arrangements witl
lie water company for the immediate
laying of 500 feet of street mains
lixty men are grading Main street
here.
The Alaska road commission has •
force of thirty men building roads
to connect the mining districts of
Kenai peninsula and Willow creek,
in Susitina valley, with points on the
government railroad.
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ON THE SAFE SIDE
Zealous Sentry—“Afraid I can’t let.
von go by without the password, sir.’’
Irate Officer—“ Hut. confound you!
I tell you I have forgotten it. You
know well enough. I’m Major .lours.''
Voice from the Guard Tent— “Oh,
don’t stand arguing all night, Hill:
j shoot 'm. ’ ’—Tattler
FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
^V-OIL BURNER ARRIES
The mechanical oil1 l.fli mft1'' ’refthe
Revilla Hotel furnace, which Foord
the plumber is installing, arrived on
last night’s steamer and will bo in
stalled at once. It is of the same
pattorn as that used in the Heck
man furnace, which has given such
good satisfaction since its installa
tion.
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The logs, etc., for the Newtown
float are no\v in position nnd the
planking is now being laid. The logs
arc big fellows and should maintain
the float in good condition for a long
while. Everett Paup and his crow
are doing the work.
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When will the actual construction
work on the railroad start in the
Interior? That question has been of
interest to everybody in the Interior
ever since the railroad bill was pass
ed, and Thomas Riggs, Jr. gives the
most satisfactory answer received yet.
Ho says that the work will start as
won as possible next spring, but it is
possible that it will bo delayed until
July 1 the commencement of the fiscal
year.
This year, on the coast, it is the
policy of the Alaska engineering com
mission to let the contracts to small
non financially, and where possible,
to groups of from five to twenty men.
On the coast, this method was put in
iperation a short time ago, but tho
•ommission is not able yet to (\e
iermine whether or not it is to be a
success. If it proves as successful as
Hie members hope, the same plan
will be adopted in Fairbanks next
dimmer, according to Mr. Riggs.
In this way the government serves
two purposes. It gives the money to
poor men, and it also saves the gov
ernment the big contractor's neces
sarily large profit. The commission
issists the contractors, as far as pos
sible, in getting machinery, etc., and
Iocs everything possible to push the
work as rapidly as possible.
Although the work in Fairbanks
will start next summer, it is not
likely, says Mr. Riggs, that the bridge
across the Tanana river, at Ncnana,
will be built until the following year.
When asked if the government
would use its own boats or would
have it done by others, Mr. Riggs
said tho commission had no desire
to use its own steamers, "unless forc
ed to do bo.’’—Fairbanks Times.
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CARD OF THANKS
Hadley, Alaska, July 2(1, 1915.
First class seargeant of signal corps,
diaries A. Little, is about to leave
the Hadley office to take up his work
it Valdez, Alaska. Sergeant David
Maxwell will succeed Mr. Little as
iperator at Hadley.
Mr. and Mrs. Little have endeared
themselves to the people of our com
munity and we look upon their going
as a distinct loss in the hiatus creat
ed in our social fabric.
Every movement that may be un
lertaken for the communal good will
have to be accomplished without their
helpful zeal and assiduity, which we
have had from thc.m in the past.
Probably the most notable circum
•tance of their stay with ns was ttie
•'stablishmont of the Hadley Sun
lav School. On the 25th of April
1915 at the behest of Mr. Carl Foss,
'ately arrived from New Westminster.
'5. C. a number of us met for the
establishment of a Sunday School
here. At this meeting Dr. A. F.
foimlich was elected superintendent
'f the Hadley Sunday School and not
>nly have Mr. and Mrs. Little offer
'd their home for all future meetings,
nt Mr. Little who has been a form
•r public school teacher, has taken
•harge of the children’s class, which
ic has conducted with the utmost
iceeptability to the children, their
inrents and the superintendent.
The younger population of Hartley
s probably the largest of any place
>f its size in Alaska, and tliclr alten
lence at Sunday School has been un
interrupted except for the occasion
if being out of town and speaking of
•hildren, tills was largely due to the
intiring efforts of Mr. Little.
Hadley’s loss is Valdez’s gain and
while bidding those good people God
speed in their new field of endeavor
we would like to assure them and
their dear little boy Harold that we
shall hold them in affectionate re
1 memberanc e.
A. F. HEIMLICH, Hadley, Alaska.
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TOO MUCH
One day a Scottish boy and an En
glish boy who were fighting were
separated by their respective mothers
with difficulty, the Scottish hoy,
though the smaller, being far the
most pugnacious.
“What garrod vc fieht a big laddie
like that for?” said the mother, as
she wiped the blood from his nose.
“An I’ll fight, him again,” said
the boy. “if ho says Setosmen wear
kilts because their feet arc too big
to get into their trousers.”—Tit-Hits.