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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
LODE MINERS OF ALASKA
FEEL BURDENS OF WAR
All mines other than gold, such as lead,
copper, zinc, silver, antimony, tungsten,
etc., do not feel the increasing prices of
materials used as do the gold mine oper
ators, says the Juneau Empire. All heir
metals have increased in value away beyond
their normal figure, while the purchasing
power of gold has greatly decreased. As a
result, during these days of war time prices,
the gold miner is the one who really suffers,
and he has no possible relief.
The following table shows :he increase in
Ihe cost of commodities used by gold lode
miners during the last two years. The
prices are those obtaining during tin' sum
mer :
Commodity Pet. Inc.
Powder. 40 per cent nitro- <S4
Powder. 70 per cent nitro.156
Pov.tier. 40 per cent ammonia. 63
1 ’use. 75
Caps, 6x . J21
Caps. Sx. 50
P>ri 1 steel, hollow 73
Drill steel, cruciform 60
Steel cable. 30
Steel nails. 50
Cold-rolled shafting.150
Battery shoes . 122
Iron Pipe . 29
Iron fittings . 75
No. 12 R. C. wire. 55
Weather-proof wire. 152
Vanner belts. S
Carbide . 12
Manila rope . 24
White waste . 30
Fuel oil . 11
Mercury .221
Cyanide . 47
Zinc dust . 301
(’i >ke - . 51
! ig iron. 41
Bar iron . 64
Galvanized corrugated iron. 129
Drill repairs and parts. 10
General machinery. 30
General hardware 30
DIRECT CABLE FOR SEWARD
A new machine has been installed at the
cable office at Seward which the operator
is enabled to receive message.^ direct from
Sitka without having them relayed through
Valdez, and the first direct message was re
cently received. After a time the cable will
be brought direct from Sitka to Seward
and all the messages will be sent that way
along the railroad into teh Interior, so that
Seward will be made a great cable and
telegraph station.
Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, j
SI.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
i M. J. FLOOD DIED AT RUBY,
A VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Michael J. Flood died at Ruby on Sept
I 17 last, after a courageous fight againsl
pneumonia for about a week, according tr
the Ruby Record-Citizen. lie had been
under Christian Science treatment until the
morning of the 17th. When I>r. Finn, tin
i local physician, was called to the sick man’:
I bedside on the morning of that day he pro
j nounced the case hopeless.
The funeral was held at the Pavilion 01;
the 20th, services being conducted by
Father Perron, the Catholic priest of Nulato.
Michael J. Flood formerly lived in fdit
I arod, and was an old-timer in the North,
j He was one of the founders of Ruby, hav
j ing located there in 1911. He was ■"$ years
of age, and a native of Michigan. A brother
| living in Hayward, Cal., was notified by
| telegraph, but there had been no reply.
—
LIBERTY FOR THE JEWS
IS PROMISED BY DUMA
PF.TROGRAD, Sept. 26.- A bill to abol
ish the pale and give to Jews the same
rights as other Russian subjects will be in
troduced in the imperial jjuma here when
that body convenes in November.
Professor Paul Miliukov, leader of the
Progressives, so informed the newspaper
correspondents recently, following his re
turn from a visit to England, France and
Italy with other members of the Russian
house.
‘This bill has the support of the Pro
gressive party in the duma, therefore the
majority,” said Miliukov. ‘"It will contain
three essential parts.
"The first has for its object the removal
of the pale (within which the Jews in Rus
sia, with a few exceptions, have had to
make their homes), thus enabling them to
live wherever they choose.
"The second will remove some of the
educational limitations placed on the Jew.
and the third will make it possible for him
to choose any profession or trade he cares to.
“While abroad I had long talks with the
Rothschilds, both in England and in France;
with Professor Levy of Sorbonne at Paris,
and other representative Jews. At the com
ing session I shall acquaint all the members
with what I was told.
“We realize that Russia's dealings, and.
indeed, the allies' dealings, have been af
fected by Russia’s policy in the Jewish ques
tions.”
The bill to remove the limitations placed
on Jews will not pass, however, without
considerable opposition. The same oppo
nents say that the Jews would soon have
the peasants at their mercy because they
are keener business men.
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CONAN DOYLE’S DETECTIVE
| HAD NOTHING ON THIS ARAI
(New York Sun)
Here is a (rue story of a missionary, ai
Arab sheik and his people, told recently by
an American, a prominent officer of tin
American Foreign Missionary Society. 1
has the flavor of the “Arabian Nights’
about it.
The missionary had occasion to visit :
wild and desolate [tart of the country. Out
night his eyes were gladdened by (he sigh
of 8 camp in which he found a sheik whom
he knew, a good and kindly old mar
with deep, searching eyes, silent ant
thoughtful for thp most [tart, whose occa
| sional utterances almost invariably left on<
thoughtful. His people seemed wrought fron
different stuff- low browed, desperate look
ing men, given to much muttering anion;
themselves, with quick, sidelong glances tha)
took in much while the lips remained silent
or moved in swift, half-whispered speed
intended only for the ear of a enmradf
near by.
The missionary was received cordially by
the sheik and made welcome. Wearied
after many days of travel, of the heavy
leathern belt which he wore around hi?
waist, which contained $200 or $300 in sil
ver, the missionary? took it off when he
went to bed and folded it under his pillow
In the morning when he awoke the beli
and its contents were gone. Distressed, lie
went to the tents of the sheik and found
the old man already awake and sitting
calmly before his tents watching the Hock?
at pasture.
The sheik listened to ttie missionary s
story of his loss in grave silence. When
the missionary had finished the sheik said
simply:
'T will get your money back for you;
trust me.”
Th»n the sheik called for al! the men of
the camp to assemble. When they were al!
there he told them what had happened and
celled for the thief to come forward and
give up his spoils.
He waited for a full minute, but no one
stirred. His brow darkened. He bade them
disperse, saying that in half an hour they
must come again.
At the end of thirty minutes the tribes
men again assembled, and again the .'heik
called for the thief to give up the silver
and the leathern belt. For the second time
no one came forth.
"Br;ng me the mule with the white star
in its forehead,” he ordered. And when the
mule was brought: “Put it in the tent yon
der.” And when this was done: “Let every
man pass into the tent, one after the other.
Let each, having entered, close the Hap be
hind him, and when he and the mule are
totally alone, let the man take a firm grasp
on the tale of the mule. If the mule brays,
that man is the thief."
One after another the men passed into
the tent, let clown the flap, remained a mo
ment, and then, raising the flap, emerged.
It was a strange experience to the mis
sionarv. To him it seemed both childishly
ridiculous and indefinably solemn. Despite
j ids better judgment he found him waiting
! with feverish intent ness for the bray of the
I mule.
But the little group ot tremoung canui
dates for the tail grasping ceremony thinned
and thinned until the lad man had passed
I with the lent and had returned, uncon
demned. Then the tribesmen looked be
wildered toward the sheik, to see what he
would do.
It was a crucial moment. The sheik
stirred as if from a dream, and, rai.-ing his
voice so all should hear, said;
“Now. let every man com ■ to me, in turn,
and as he draws close. l"t him place his
hands on my face, one on eiiher side, and I
will toll who B the thief, since the mule
will not.”
The first man who came to the sheik
1 knelt on the ground before him and placed
! his hands on the old man’s face. The sheik
instantly dealt him a gentle blow on the
shoulder, indicating that he was not the
guilty person. The others followed in the
same’ fashion. More than a score had passed
when suddenly the sheik placed both his
bands on the shoulders of the man before
him and cried out:
I “This one is the thief ; this one stole the
visitor’s silver.'
The man trembled violently, throwing bis
hands above ishicwhtfTscibaseSaet dimn
hands above his white face in supplication.
The sheik shook his head and repeated his
declaration, whereat the mail fell upon his
face, groveling at the sheik’s feet, and con
fessed his guilt.
Men were sent to the hillside, whdher
the guilty man directed them, anti pres
ently the’ silver and the leather belt were
brought and put in the missionary's hands.
The sheik then bade the people disperse.
Astonished, the missionary urged the
sheik to tell him how the thing had been
done. „ ,
“As you are to go out troni us now, ne i
I said, “never to return, I will explain. It is
simple enough.
“My people must often be governed
through their superstitions. After the thief
refused to confess the first time, during the
half hour I gave him to do so, I singled ;
out the white-starred mule and, unseen by '
any, smeared his tail with the oil of pun
gent herb. When the mule was put in the
tent I ordered the men to go in and grasp
his tail.
“Thieves are cowards, and I knew well
enough that the man who stele your silver |
j would shrink from doing what I com
I manded. So I directed that the tent flap
be put down.
“This left the hand concealed from all
of us. Being a coward and superstitious,
he feared that the mule would announce
i the blackness of his heart. The guiltless
j ones took the tail in their hands, but the
thief, finding himself alone with the mule,
decided to take his chances and let the tail
alone.
“When a man placed his h antis upon
my face I knew at once by the odor of the
herb that he had done as I had bade him.
On the thief’s hands there was no odor of
the herb, and his wickedness was manifest
to me.
“You know now how the thief was
found, but to my people it will be a mys
tery forever and will be told of by children
yet unborn.”
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A letter from Frank Dawson, dated Tol
stoi, October 18, relates the finding of good
pay by Beattie and Minard on No. 3 above,
Boob creek, and he speaks optimistically of
the future of Boob creek.
-4
Charles Stanford, the well-known old
timer, has been in the city for a few days
from the Tolstoi, and while here exercised
his great American privilege of voting.
,1 PARTIAL ELECTION RETURNS OF PRECINCTS OF THE FOURTH DIVISION
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For Delegate to Congress- - I, I, !, I, I I I. j [ J. J
Lewis, Lena Morrow- . 6 8 5 1 18; 24 K 2 27 10; 5 27 13 3j 9; 20 _
Kulzer Charles A 2H 63! 21 10; 61j 73.111 22 12U 42 33! 77: 71! 7 321 23: 7 5; 27
j Wickeisham, James . 2S[ 53* 1C( #' 87] 97! 56 4 111 54 13 70, 55 2 7 20 6 4 2
i For Attorney Gencrul
! Cobh. John if. • If * .27 14 2 40 24 21 45 2 10
Grigsby, George B. 44 72: 27...; 41j 42 55 13 73 35; 32 09 1 IS H
Schofield, George D. : 8[ 34; 3 67 99: 67 9 122.34 12 30 3 10 14
For Senator _
McCabe Dan . 1 27 14 40 56:. 4, is 3: ,
McGowan, Thou.as A. j 20‘ 25j 4 3; 60j 74 70 19 35 22 20. 21 • ; 19 5 9 15
Sutherland, Dan A.r 31 011 22 15 58 71 50 0 60; Oo 13 128 ■ ( 20; 42 1 5 3
For Representatives- ! !. I | ' ■ . '
Burns Vt. 18 G2 11 2 100 117! ■ 19. 02 42 30 143.
ISr.ETw::i*S 5::: /
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Huey. George W. 3 7 2 10 . 4 /II 4. .
Kilgore, A. M 47 95 28 7. 26 27;... 10 40 13 26 15 22. 0 -
Ledger, George W •’> 5 2 14 0 3 33 .. 3
Monahan. C M. 5 7 4 21 43 . 21 22: 33 0 ..
Nerland Andrew . I 22 38 0 2 83 90 .. 1 43 2, / 22 . 22
Snow C. K. 17 40 IS-. 47 78' • - - ■ G, 7o ■ 0. .
Vinal, W. A. 25 28 IS . . 9 G: - ■ ■' 1 10 2 » 6
Webster, Daniel 9 17 10 39 53 1 37 . 10 .
Westenvik. Lars. 1 13 6 ■ ■ ■ 27 47 2 30 4
For Road Commissioner
Jensen, Peler. 23 10 25 . 5 26 ..
Ross, H. H.. 11 11 2 4 99 . .
Sabin. Melvin R. 6 22 5 . .
Steil. Peter. 4 12 2 1 23 .
General Eight-Hour Law
For . 40 83 24 21 119 ...? 11 227 . 146 - 4 -. 45 5
Against . ... 13 10 10 1 20. 12 16 . 10- 3... 0. S
Prohibition of Liquor Traffic—
Drv , . 48 86 36 20 110:130! G9 15 183 57 147 122 27 41 11
W(;, .. . 9 3Q: 4 4' 52! 63: 49 111 75' 44 17 27 . .' 1 11 1
THE HOBO IS A PIONEER,
ACCORDING TO JEFF DAVIS
Jeff Davis attracted considerable attc-n
i tion in New York last spring by instituting
a hotel for transient “hcboes.” For a long
time the venture was a sociological success.
Philanthropists, city officials and church
workers co-operated with him in keep
ing the Hotel de Gink open. When sum
mer came the hobo guests went away, some
on roads and some on side-door Pullmans,
and the hotel was closed, says the Great Di
! vide, of Denver. Davis is credited with
| the following 'ketch:
i "If you want io learn ‘What is a hobo?
i don’t refer to your dictionary. Ask a hobo,
i He ought to know.
| A hobo is a man making ms way irom
j [ lace to i lace, beating it or working his
j [) ass age honestly, in search of employment,
i but at the same time looking for an op
portuuity to better himself.
“For instance, a man in your town be
comes unemployed, and, believing that he
can better his condition by going somewhere
cFe, decides to ‘pull his freight’ (get away I.
Being broke, he decides to ‘ride the rods’
(underneath the train) or the ‘bumpers’
(between the cars), or the ‘side-door Pull
mans’ (boxcars l. That man is a hobo.
“There are close to 2,000,000 hoboes in
America. What if they demanded charity
passes? Think of the expense it would be
to the taxpayers. If the ’boes do beat the
railroads, at least give them credit for not
j increasing the taxes.
“Hoboes ask nothing of society except
I the right to work and the same oppor
j tunity to migrate that was offered those
j early hoboes, ‘the pioneers of the West.’
j who blazed the way through Michigan and
I the North down through -he central part
of the country into the South, and finally
out into the West, thereby clinching the
whole of our great, big country into a
solid union.
j “But the hoboes are not Christopher Co
i lumbusing for new land these days—they
j arc seeking work.
| “The West still shouts, ‘Come West,
\ young man, come West,’ and other parts
of the lend seem equally eager to impress
the public with the genuineness of the spe
cific brand of gold opportunities they are
dispensing, and thus the seed of ‘hoboism’
i is sown.
“The Pacific coast today is flooded with
at least 15,000 hoboes—skilled and unskille
laborers, who have come West either on ac
count of grafting employment sharks or
through advertisements booming the ad
vantage of the Pacific coast and its ideal
climate. Convict farms, stockades, wood
yards, vag road work and jail sentences are
not going to help matters. In fact, it only
aggravates the situation, and is liable to
result in serious trouble.
“There are three kinds of unemployed—
those who will work, those who won’t work
and those who couldn't work if they wanted
to. The first is known as the hobo, the
second as the tramp and the last as the
bum.
“But society, police officials and city au
thorities classify the three as one and treat
them accordingly. A man broke and friend
less is considered a vag, and made to work
for nothing on country roads, rock piles,
convict farms, and frequently confined in
bull pens for from thirty days to six
months. This breaks the fighting spirit of
the best man on earth.
“There are more than 80,000 such cases
in America today.
“Peonage is still in existence in the South,
especially in Louisiana and Mississippi.
“Governor Brewer stated to me on my
visit to the capitol at Jackson, Miss., that
they had to enforce the vagrancy laws on
account of the negro element. ‘I realize,’
he said, ‘that the penniless white man must
suffer, but I can’t draw the color line.’
“Some time back the governor of Ar
kansas released 360 men, claiming that it
was unjust and uncivilized to imprison them
for nothing. , ,
“In many parts of America police oi
ficers get from 50 cents to $2 for each hobo
they ‘pick up.’ Many officers have made
a small fortune in this unique business of
hounding jobless men.
“Improved machinery, immigration and
the desire of individuals to seek their for
tune are the conditions that make hoboes.”
A DOMESTIC EPISODE
' A penn’orth each of liniment and liquid
cement, please.”
' Are they both for the same person, or
shall I wrap them up separately?”
' Well, I dunno. Muvver’s broke ’er tea
pot, so she wants the cement, but favver
wants the liniment. ’E’s what muvver
broke 'er teapot on.”- -Pall Mall Gazette.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Andrew Ilunio. Jacob Olsen. rims. Iloiky,
J. A. I.ittori'!. Arthur Valentine, Wm.
Butler, rims. Nelson. B. II. ~tatr.rd,
Ed Kengh, K. Mbright and Hen. Al
bright, their heirs, administrators and
assigns:
You and each of yon are hereby notified
that the undersigned anil their assignor-:
have expended for labor and improvements
during each of the years 1913, 1913, 1914
and 19 15 the sum or one hundred dollars
(8100.00: tip 'll Discovery association min
ing claim, situated on Slate creek (at the
time of the recording of the location notice
of the claim known as Henry creek', a trlb
ufary of Otter creek. in otter recnrdinjr
precinct, territory <T Alaska, in nrrL-r to
hold said claim under the provisions of
law respecting th** performance of annual
1*0 v en miniup claims.
And if within niiv fv day- aftm- riv put
lication or this notice yon or cither «■!' y m
fa11 or refuse t pax yen ■: - ch
expend.c, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the under
sipned co-owners, a.cnrdinp t<» the pp-\:
si. ns or Sec. 2391. Revised Statutes -a tlic
t inted States.
J. E. RH.I Y.
II. S. MeMlLI.AN.
LOTTIE R. M \RSTON.
First publication, September* 9. 1 s 1 »>.
Last publication, December 9, 19 I'd
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