GILMORE WRITES
INTERESTING LETTER
The following notes are culled from
•n Interesting letter from former
Mayor W. A. Gilmore received by Mr
John Nestor. The missive is dated De
cember 2, 1916.
We arrive safely out on the Victoria
on the 13th. I found all my folks well,
happy and glad to get a sight of me
again I finished up some business
here and then, on the 18th, Mrs. G. and
I left the chllden at home with a
nurse, so they could continue in
school, while we departed for a two
weeks trip to Frisco. We got back
late last night We went round trip
via Floril (Columbia River Route),
and, believe me It was Joy to travel
on those big steamers. We went down
on the Great Northern and came back
on the Northern Pacific. The former
will now run to Honolulu. Coming
back we came up from Frisco In 24 1-2
hours.
The weather was delightful in Cali
fornia. Sun, sun, sun! Flowers, flow
ers, flowers! Crowds, crowds, crowds,
everywhere! We did the fair, took
auto rides and saw cafe life 'till 1
can dance anything from an up to date
fox trot to a one step or less.
I saw any number of Alaskans In
Frisco. All seemed to be doing well,
or enjoying themselves—among which
wer* J. J. Cole, Mrs. Cole, Arthur and
Menry Cole, J. C. Gaffney, Capt. Carl
son, Mr and Mrs. Dienger, Miss Hazel
Murray, J C. Muray, Chas. Kennedy,
Mrs. Kennedy, Dan Jones and wife,
and I. D. Orton and wife. Also saw
H. G Martens and wife, W W. John
son, Ouy Campbell, Jafet Llndeberg,
Joseph T. Sullivan, Frank Manley.
Mrs. W. H. Dohrmann and her sister,
Mrs. Nlta Landers, also Mrs. George
H. Boucher, Mr. and Mrs. Tom White,
Gordon Hall Judge Fenton, Mose
Rosencrantz, John H McGinn and
dozens of others.
A few nights before 1 left, Johnny
McGinn and George M. Easterly of
Cordova were out at the Clearmont
roadhouse, near the Presidio with
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others and four auto bandits cagne In
and held the place up. They wore
masks and It was as good as a circus
to hear Easterly and McGinn tell hov
It happened. Easterly thought It a
Joke but the bandits soon convinced
him and he stuck his hands at leas;
eight feet In the air while the bandit1
raked $250 out of him. McGinn lost
$25 and a valuable fob
John told the fellow to hurry up
with the Job as the place closed In
five minutes more and It was too late
to go anywhere else for a drink. One
patron edged out of the room to the
phone and called the police. As the
four bandits left, the police auto arrived
and In the duel one robber was killed
and a police corporal mortally wound
ed. He since died. The others escaped.
Times are reported good through the j
east where war materials are being
manufactured but all along the coast
everybody Is kicking.
There arel ota of Nomeltea here In
Seattle. Saw bushels of them.
Felix (Brown) Is back again looking
fine.
Many of the Nomttea who came out
are still here and expect to go else
where for the winter. It would take
too much time to name all of thoee
who are seen here almost dally. There
are two dozen of them within six
blocks of us.
I expect to attend circuit court In
Frisco In February, go up to the re
publican convention In Seward about
March, attend the republican national
convention and get to Nome In June
so will be busy. Give my regards to
all the Nomltes you meet
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SMELTER TO BE BUILT
WHEN COAL FIELDS OPEN
Approximately $16,000,000 In copper
will be snipped from Cordova, Alaska
this winter from me Kennecolt and
omar mines contiguous to mat port.
In ordei to handle the increased
irainc, the Coper Klver railroad, ac
cording to an announcement made by
h W. Baxter, vice president of the
companq, has purenaseu a large
amount of new equipment and the
Alaska Steamship Company, of which
he is also president, will probably buy
two more steamships to add to Its Al
aska Best. Ths company alrsady has
purchased four new ships.
"Three giant locomotives left Sche
nectady, N Y., today," said Mr. Bax
ter. "They will be shipped direct to
Cordova, as soon as they have reached
Seattle. In addition we have purchas
ed new rotaries, fifteen box cars,
three combination sleeping and dln
.ng cars and forty flat cars, which will
oe made in Seattle.
"The mines will produce more this
winter than during the summer and
our shipments this summer have fat
exceeded anything In Alaska's history
The Bonanza and Jumbo mines at the
head of Copper river will be run at
their fullest capacitl and the La
touche and Ellamar mines at tldewatet
will be kept In full operation.”
During the past summer Cordova's
shipments of copper have been run
ning about $1,500,000 per month, occa
sionally reaching the two million
mark. Mr. Baxter says the shipments
will be larger this winter. More ore
will be broken and the road will be
equipped to handle it. Several other
properties contiguous to the railroad
also are expected to make some ship
ments this summer.
Mr. Baxter says the company has,
no present plans for extending the
road and that none will be made un
til the Alaska coal land situation Is;
made clear If the Bering river coa'
Is made available a smelter will be ]
built at Cordova, but whether the road ,
from the fields to Cordova will be hull*
by the company or by the govern
ment Is something that ha» not ye>
been determined.
“We are unable to take any actior j
or to make any plans,” said Mr. Bax
ter. “until we find out what the gov-i
ernment Is going to do. We would
like to have coal and I haven’t any
doubt that If It were made available j
somebody would built a smelter.”
SEA GOING JITNEY FARES BADLY WHEN
CORPULENT MARINERS CLIMB ABOARD
Vociferously determined never again |
to rely on a Jltneyk to get them home
in the stilly hours of tho early morn
ing or at any other time, Capt. E. L.
McNoble, superintendent of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, and Frank
J. O’Connor, Nome agent for the same
line, today are regarding their feet
with tender solicitude. Both are stick
ing close to their office chairs, with
ankles that feel like the day after
the first lesaon In ice skating.
While killing time on his six months’
vacation from Nome. O'Connor occa
I
stonally lends a helping hand during
the company's recurrent rush periods.
Last night there was & heavy rush of
work at Pier B and O'Connor appeared
on the scene.
McNoble and O’Connor figured they
would get through at midnight, but
1:30 o’clock this morning found them
still working away.
We’ll miss the lasts treet car," said
O’Connor, "if we try to clean up this
work.”
“Let us worry," said McNoble, "there
are lots of Jitneys, 'Tve always wanted
to ride In one.”
At Pioneer Place.
A few minutes after 2 o'clock both
men left the Pier and walked to Pio
neer place. They were so tired they
decided tc go home supperless.
Along came a jitney, displaying a
sign that showed It ran to and from
the district in which both men live.
At a signal from McNoble It swung
alongside the curb, the driver opening
the rear side door.
O’Connor climbed In first.
"8teady, man,” said McNoble, grab
being the side of the machine and hold
ing It steady, "what are you trying to
dor
Aa he spoke McNoble also stepped
into the oar.
"Hey, there,” yelled the driver, "cut
that out.”
The rear of the car’s body or what
ever It Is called had sunk to the axle,
while the front had risen, elevating
the driver to a dlxxy altitude.
“All O. K. now,” said the two pas
sengers, leaning back, “let ’em rip.”
“FT the luva Mike, stop It,” cried
the driver as he clung frantically to
the wheel. "Dye want th' machine to:
turn over backward. Say, lean for
ward, do something, get offn my rear
axle.”
He struck a match and surveyed his
two passengers.
"Bay,” he said, as ho surveyd O’Con
nor’s shrinking form, "what do you
weigh 7”
"Slightly more than 289 pounds,”
said O'Connor apologetically.
“And you,” pointing at McNoble.
"Slightly more—ahem—than 279
pounds."
"Well, beat it, gel out- You ain't
coming with me,” said the driver.
"This car stands me In $270. 1 got too
much money Invested in it to take any
chance on you guys Oet oftn't my
rear axle right now.”
The two steamship men descended
to the sidewalk.
“Let’s get a taxi," said O'Connor.
"No use,” relied McNoble sadly,
“they might tell us to hire a truck
wagon. Let us walk.” They tumod
to walk many miles to their homes.
“Say. you guys,” called the aptn
driver after them, "I'm a taxpayer, J
am, and for the luva Mike, don't walk
on th’ same aide of th' atraet."—Seat*
tie Times.)
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London Telegraph.
The Deutsche Tagosieltung gives
some interesting details about the
street and domestic lighting of Berlin.
The total number of gas jots in night
ly use at the end of June was 34,764,
showing a reduction of 2,700 as com
pared with the corresponding period
of last yeur. In the case of only 6,489
has there been any reduction In the
burning time. In the first half of 1915
there has been a reduction of 10,000,000
cubic meters, or 6 per cent, in the
quantity of gas produced at the muni
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the streets of Berlin were also Illum
inated by forty two petroelum lamps
twenty-or.e spirit lamps and 1,000
electric lamps of various sorts. Owing
t the scarcity of petroleum there Use
been a considerable Increase In tho
number of automatic slot meters, no
fewer than 34,385 new ones being In
stalled In the first six months of this
year. The number of slot meters In
use on July 1 was over 300,000
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