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HERBERT E. R3LEY, FROP.
WICKERSHAM’S ROAD BSLL
brings feud to light
Dissatisfied with the amount of funds re
,,nested by the war department for build
ing and maintaining roads in Alaska. Dele
gate Wickersham has introduced : special
bill m congress asking for an appropriation
of S7.it).0(H). The bill has a provision that
$25,000 of the money shall be used for the
construction of a bridge across tin thenn
river at Fairbanks, and also has special pro
visions for doing other work in different
i,;.ris of the territory. The bill further pro
vides that on and after July 1. Old. all
moneys derived from and collected for liquor
licenses, occupation or trade licenses outside
of incorporated towns in the territory of
Alaska shall be deposited in the treasury of
the territory of Alaska, to be wh dlv de
voted to the purposes hereinafter s' a ted in
said territory: One-half of said fund shall
be devoted to the establishment and main
tenance of public schools in said territory j
1U per cent of said fund, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, shall be expended for
residue of said fund shall be devote, to the
construction and maintenance of wagon
roads, bridges and Trail.- in said territ >ry;
that the Territory of Alaska is hereby au
thorized to expend the said fund.- for the
uses designated herein by general laws
ssed by the legislature, and the said terri
M.ry is authorized to exercise legislative con
• •• l over the expenditure of all licence funds
<•• fleeted both within and without incor
porated towns in said territory; and in so
far as the provisions of this act conflict
with the provisions of any prior act of con
gress. the prior act is hereby modi tied or
repealed.
Wickersham Flays Richardson
At a recent meeting of the Fairbanks
''ommereial Club, at which the road bill
. .vs under discussion, a letter was read from
Delegate Wickersham which has reference
to the lull quoted above, and which makes
grave accusations against Colonel Richard
-"ii, president of the Alaska road commis
sion. namely, ;hat he is a ‘‘liar, and that
lie is influenced in actions by tin North
ern Commercial Company. The matter was
taken under consideration by the board of
directors of the club and it was decided not
to give it to the newspapers for publica
tion.
Wallace Cathcart, secretary of the Com
mercial club, said after the meeting that
the reason for this was that the board feared
that Colonel Richardson might take off; nse
and the chances of securing the bridge
would be lessened.
However, copies of the letter had also
been sent to other parties, with the state
ment that it might be published, and the
following is an excerpt from the communi
cation as printed in the Ruby Record-Citi
zen :
Allegations Against Richardson
‘'Instead of asking for *750,000, as Rich
ardson has always talked to you about, he
has only asked for $125,000. and then he
comes out to Alaska and lies to you people
by saying that he cannot get the appro
priations he asks for. The truth is that he
makes no effort to secure any appropriation
except merely to keep the work going from
year to year and to keep up his .inmis
sion. He does not want to build the bridge
across the slough at Fairbanks and never
will build it until the Northern Commer
cial Company tells him to. \ou know and
I know and everybody else knows that
Richardson and his road commission are
under the control of the Northern Com
mercial Company, who want the bridge left
where it now is, at Turner street, and pre
fer to have a cheap bridge there than to
have a first-class bridge at Cushman street.
1 have introduced a bill, as I told you I
would, for the building of a bridge at
Cushman street, introduced by me on
December 17, 1914, ten days after the sec
retary of the treasury put in the general
estimate for the war department asking for
$125,000 for road work in Alaska. 5 on will
notice that in my bill I have asked for
$750,000, and have required the expendi
ture of $25,000 in the building of a bridge
at Fairbanks. I am going to present this
bill to the secretary of war and ask him
to either approve or disapprove it, and he
will then present it to Richardson, who is
here in Washington now, and we will see
whether they will appprove larger appro
priations, or if he refuses to do anything
about it it will be sufficient proof that he
is playing double-faced with the people of
Fairbanks. I shall call your attention to
the matter as soon as I get some final ac
tion from the war department and Richard
son upon the bill.”
REINDEER FAIR
The Nome Nugget of December 22 con
tains an interesting announcement in the
shape of extracts from a circular m regard
to a reindeer fair which was to have been
held at Igloo commencing January 11. lOlo.
The announcement states that lor a >me
years it has been \ homed to have a series
of reindeer fairs in the district where repre
sentatives fro mthe different herds could
assemble and ascertain if each could not
learn something from the other. On his re
cent visit to Nome Mr. Lopp had a con
ference wiih all the reindeer men then in
Nome and instructions were given to con
duct such a fair at Igloo this winter, the
government to furnish the food for the
regular delegates from each herd. They
were to furnish their own supplies while
traveling. In each case the chief herder
was expected to be one of the delegates, the
other delegates to be elected by the men
who own reindeer. No delegate or visitor
was to be allowed to take part who had
not come to Igloo by sled deer. The pro
gram arranged consisted of the following
items:
Killing and dressing government deer for
food for delegates; instruction in same;
meeting to organize; appointment of com
mittees. etc; sled deer show, sled show, har
ness shop; fur clothing show; shooting
match; roping, throwing, harnessing, hitch
ing and driving of a wild deer one-half
mile; lassoing tame sled deer at long dis
tance. In the evening discussions were to
be held on history and future of the in
dustry. statistics showing importance to na
tives. future for sale of meat, methods of
killing and dressing. On the third day the
program wa- to include hitching up sled
deer, loading and lashing sleds, burden race
for .-inele deer, same for two deer, race two
miles, burden race (steeplechase), ten-mile
race, two deer to one sled. Discussions in
the evening were scheduled on the tech
nique of the industry; herding, and care of
animals. The last day’s program included
racing and a competition in the care of
rifles. Tiie evening's program consisted of
a general summary of the work of the fair,
awarding prizes, election of officers of the
association and making plans for the next
fair and designating place of meeting.
SUBJECTS OF MIKADO
TO EMULATE LAFAYETTE
TOKIO. Jan. 1.5.-- The Japanese promot
ers of the volunteer movement to send an
army corps to the assistance of the allies
in Europe have issued a manifesto appeal
ing to the Japanese people and foreigners
for funds to carry out their scheme. The
manifesto says that as Lafayette helped the
United States and Garibaldi helped France,
so the Japanese wish to help the allies in
order to terminate the war and restore peace
to the earth. It is stated here that the
■ chief objection to the sending of a Japanese
j army to Europe ctime from France, but
I here is said to be no objection from any
! allied nation to the sending of volunteers
from Japan. The men connected with the
movement seem to be confident that they
can secure a large force with plenty of
funds to render material assistance against
Germany.
| When you come in from the creeks, bear
i the impulse of the moment by stopping in
the Crosby and taking a Twentieth Century
Turkish Bath.
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Government Stock Killed by Bear
A big brown bear on Kodiak island suc
ceeded in killing forty-one of the Hock of
sheep kept at the experiment station by the
department of agriculture, says the Valdez
Miner. The flock numbered forty-two when
I he bear caught up with them, and he suc
ceeded in killing fbrty-one, and the other
little fellow had his ears chewed but man
aged to escape. The department of agri
culture will endeavor to have the protec
tion extended by the law to the brown bear
withdrawn by congressional action, and pos
sibly the offering of a bounty for skins,
so that the natives will go and kill all the
bear on the island, which continually de
stroy the flocks of the government. Just
why the destructive brown bear should be
protected is not known, but. it has been,
and efforts are now to be made by the
people to the westward to induce the ad
ministration to withdraw the protection to
the brown bear and allow them to be
slaughtered. Black bear can be killed at
any time, as they are classed as fur-bearing
animals. The brown bear is considered a
game animal, and must be guarded from
extermination by the hunters.
Young Millionaire Hunter Returns
II. Carey Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan
of New York, returned with Harry Kar
st ens from the foot of Mount McKinley
Thursday, where they have been on a hunt
ing trip with some other young New Work
ers since August, says the Fairbanks Citizen
of January 11. The other two young East
erners. Morgan Belmont and Charles Iselin,
are still at the camp, but will be here in a
couple of weeks. Mr. Karstens will return
for them. Mr. Morgan, who is the son of
one of America’s richest men, said that he
enjoyed the trip immensely, and that he
will recommend others to try a summer
in the interior of Alaska. The young men
took a large number of moving pictures
of wild animals, and will exhibit them to
their friends when they return home. Mr.
Morgan will leave for the Outside by way of
the trail next Thursday, as business mat
ters require his presence at home.
Roadhouse Man Seriously Burned
Suffering from the effects of severe burns
sustained when a lamp exploded at his
■oadhouse on the Valdez trail. H. T. Wood
cock has been brought to town and placed
in St. Joseph's hospital, says the hairbanks
Times of January IS. Woodcock, who was
alone in the roadhouse last Wednesday, was
handling a lamp when it exploded, throw
ing oil and flames over him. He succeeded
in quickly extinguishing the flames, but not
until he had received severe burns. With
no one to assist him. the old-timer dressed
his wounds as best he could, but was un
able to seek help. On Thursday two irten
reached the roadhouse, and upon discover
ing the man suffering great pain, they
brought him to Fairbanks.
Father Duncan Again
Old Father Duncan has recently visited
Juneau to air his troubles to the officials
anil people of the capital city. As an auto
crat among a semi-savage people he has
grown arrogant, and seeks to protect his
wealth and hong on to his gains to the
bitter end, in spite of the needs of his
“children," as he calls them, says the Doug
las Island News. Father Duncan has done a
great work among the Indians—a marvel
ous work—but with it ali he has found time
to pile up a neat little fortune of his own.
and when nrofane hands are laid on his
possessions he talks of bloodshed. He ha
hem granted favors and concessions by the
United Stales, although an alien, and Amer
ican prospectors who had located claims on
Annette island before he ever saw it have
been driven off and robbed of their rights.
Father Duncan has done what every other
missionary in the North would be glad to
do. He has set up a kingdom cf his own
with himself upon the throne. He has
ruled his people with an iron hand, and
he has been able to do it because they
were ignorant savages. Now that they have
learned that they are wards of a nation
where the ppople are free, they rebel against
the rule of old man Duncan. He has a
religion which he admits is of no particular
brand, but. as most modern apostles, he
has fashioned it to fit his own peculiar
needs. And as old age comes on and be
realizes that he can no longer reign, he is
looking for a young man to take his place.
- is a grand old man, but his ideas of
government do not fit well in Uncle Sam’s
domain, and he needs fixing.
Work for Grand Jury
From a list of cases to come before the
grand jury at Fairbanks at its next session
it appears that there are twenty-one crimi
nal charges for the jury’s investigation and
action, besides some cases that cannot yet
be disclosed for various reasons. Requisi
tions are uot for some from which no re
turns have yet been received. Five cases
that are listed by District Attorney Roth
for trial already have passed the grand jury
and will come before the next term of court
i for disposition.
Victim of Glacier
Word has been received on the coast that
McCarthy and A. ft. Johnston of Chisana on
Fred Young, who was with Ira Hurd of
his way to Chisana, lost his life just a few
miles from the summit of the Rohn glacier.
The men were traveling after dark and
could not see the stakes of the trail because
of a blizzard.
Deep See Diver Seeking Russian Treasure
C. F. fttagger, a deep sea diver, who was
in Skagway for several days last fall, has
made application to the United States gov
ernment for a permit to salve gold from the
Russian gunboat Neva, which struck a rock
off Cape Edgecombe and went to the bot
tom more than sixty years ago. Stagger's
application was referred to Major J. B. Cav
anaugh, United States engineer in Seattle.
Last summer while Stagger was at Sitka,
engaged in salving the fishing schooner Mon
tana, which caught fire and was beached
on Baranof island, he was informed of the
wrecked Russian gunboat Neva by Rev.
Father George Kostrometinoff, the resident
Russo-Greek priest at Sitka, who during
the early summer visited Cape Edgecombe,
and while in that vicinity in a small boat
sighted the sunken craft resting on the bot
tom at depth of between ten and twelve
fathoms. According to the statement made
by Father Kostrometinoff, more than sixty
years ago, when Alaska was under Russian
rule, the Russian gunboat Neva was .sent
to Sitka with nearly a quarter of a million
dollars in gold to pay Russian officers, sol
diers and bluejackets stationed at that place.
When she was nearing the entrance to the
harbor a dense fog settled down and the
Neva lost her course, striking a reef off
Cape Edgecombe. So rapidly did the vessel
go down that the crew barely had time to
escape in the small boats, and after sev
eral days succeeded in reaching Sitka. Un
successful efforts were made to recover the
gold, but in those days facilities for such
work were limited, and further efforts were
abandoned. The gold was carried on the
main deck of the vessel in a great iron
chest, which was the usual way of trans
porting bullion in war vessels in those days.
—Skagway Alaskan.
Vandalism is Fairbanks District
That some vandal has been robbing
caches in the Salchaket district for several
years is the statement of Joe Enos, who re
turned to Fairbanks from the upper river
recently, and who declares that his cabin
was looted and the building destroyed by
fire, according to the Fairbanks Times. Enos
is much aggravated over the fact that he
cannot leave grub and property on Red
mond creek from year to year wdthout hav
ing it taken from him, and is anxious to
see someone prosecuted for the offenses al
ready committed In speaking of the mat
ter Enos said: “For the last three years
someone has made it his business to enter
my cabin on Redmond creek and take grub
and other supplies without my permission.
Thinking that if 1 locked my cabin it
would put a stop to this practice, I put
a strong chain and padlock on the door,
but twice I found that a forced entrance
had been made, and that many things '.ere
taken. Early in October I went to my cabin
again, and this time I found that the door
had not been forced open. There was a
small cost of snow on the ground, enough
to convince me that there would be no
danger from forest fires. I then started on
a hunting trip and was greatly surprised
upon returning to find my cabin in ashes.*
I searched through the ruins and the pad
look and chain were in such condition that
I was convinced that they had been broken
by human hands. 1 was also unable to
find some ariiclcs which could not have
been destroyed by fire, but was unable to
do so.” He reported another cabin on the
claim above his to have been broken into
and provisions and other articles stolen.
Nome Landmark Destroyed
The old historic Baldwin building was
leveled to the ground by the strong wind
prevailing in Nome early in December.
Archdeacon to Visit Us
According to a wire received in Fair
banks on January IT. Archdeacon Stuck
had reached Tanana front the Koyukuk and
was preparing to go to Iditared Ster
leaving Fort Yukon, in N tveinucr, the
archdeacon has been in the Allakr.ket. at
Wiseman, on the Kobuk and other pbirt:
on the .-\rctic slope. The trip through the
Arctic is an annual one for the archdeacon,
and h's visits are looked forwar l to bv lh-,
natives and old-timers in the outlying dis
tricts. The archdeacon does not expect to
visit Fairbanks this winter, but after making
his trip to Mitered will return to Fort
Yukon.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS
TO BE RUN IN POSTOFFICES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Unemployed
people! throughout the United States are to
be aided by the government. Through the
postoffice department arrangements arc un
der way for the establishment of national
employment bureaus, which will be oper
ated by the postoffice department. The
announcement < f the nev. plans was made
today up.m officii 1 authority, and the
scheme will be put into effect as soon as
possible.
According to ‘he plans mane isnov.n To
day. the country will be divided into nu
ll: crou - zones, each of which will be under
the direction of a specie! government clerk.
People wanting empploymcnt or wanting to
hire people will file with their local post
master their wants, and these will be for
warded at once to the heat! clerk of the
zone. In this manner it is expected that
the people wanting work and those wont
ing employes will be brought together
withuot cost to either, and it will put out
of business a certain class of grafting em
ployment agencies.
Owing to the fact that there is in nearly
all parts of the country a revival of pros
perity and new industrial enterprises are
opening, an effort will be made to get the
national employment bureaus established
with as little delay as possible. According
to the present plans for the bureaus, the
zones will have their headquarters as far
as possible in large cities, where there will
be the most demand for labor.
It is pointed out that the new system
will be of special aid to the farmers, who
vest time. The scheme was tried out in a
vest time. The scheme was tried out in a
tentative way last fall in some sections of
the country, and the large numbers of
farmers and laborers aided through the me
dium of the postoffice convinced the gov
ernment officials in Washington that per
manent bureaus of this nature should be
established.
MAN MURDERDED IN CHISANA
WAS A DAWSON PIONEER
Of Louis Schonborn. who was recently
found murdered at Bonanza, a small mining
town in the Chisana mining district, the
Dawson News has the following:
“Louis Schonborn was one of the best
known pioneers of the city of Dawson. He
was the builder of the Yukon hotel, one
of the first, ;f not the first, hotels erected
■n the city. The hotel now stands on first
avenue, and has been run steadily since the
it was opened. In the early days Louis
made a stake and then pulled out and re
turned to his old home in Iowa. Three
or four years ago he returned, satisfied there
was no place like the North. He came to
Dawson, visited the lower river, and soon
after his arrival here went off on the
Chisana stampede, which was just starting
up. He was one of the party which went
> Donjek on the first trip of the Nita,
ich was taken up by Pete Godfrey. Since
then he hau been to Dawson a number
of times. Last year he took a stock from
Dawson to the Chisana, and ran a small
store there at the mouth of Bonanza creek,
here he was murdered. Schonborn was a
man about 50 years of age, and one who
made friends with everyone he met.”
Dan McKenzie was a visitor in the city
from Otter creek Monday.
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“Hunter" Baltimore Pure Rye, a blend of straight rye
whiskies . 2.50 1.25
“Hermitage” Pure Straight Whiskey, mellowed by
age . 2.50 1.50
“Cyrus Noble" Blended Straight Whiskey, from
original old goods. 2.50 1.50
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BOURBON WHISKEY—
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Made Sour Mash Whiskey 2.50 1.25
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Guaranteed to be a blend of pure, aged, natural
straight whiskies . 3.50 2,00
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SCOTCH WHISKEY—
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“Dewar's Extra Special," termed "the best product
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The annual Washington’s birthday dog
race promoted by residents of Flat City
and conducted by the Iditarod Kennel Club
look place Monday last under ideal weather
conditions, and resulted in a victory for De
Haus, driving seven dogs, who mane the reg
ular course trom Flat to Discovery, back to
Flat.' thence to Iditarod, and from Iditarod
to the starting point, in 2 hours 12 minutes
43 seconds. Onyett, also driving seven dogs,
negotiated the distance in 2:17:35, and
James, driving Dickson’s team of a like
number of animals, finished two seconds
behind Onyett.
Up to a late hour it was not definitely
decided to pull off the race, and for that
reason the entry list was smaller than it
would otherwise have been. The entrymen
held out for a strong handicap against the
Glantz team, and for that reason they were
not contestants in the rac;. Judging by
the time made, compared with the mark
heretofore set by Glantz, the other contest
ants were justified in insisting on the han
dicap of twenty-five minutes demanded.
In spite of the comparatively slow time
made, the race was an interesting one. and
was hotly contested throughout, and the
drivers and animals finished in good c. ndi
tion. Owing to the fact that the rate had
not been advertised, but few persons wit
nessed the event, and when the leaders in
the race arrived at the Iditarod turning
point there were not more than a dozen
persons present to greet them.
All of the drivers made the turn at the
C. corner without difficulty with the
exception of Jimmy Kay. Jimmy i< a light
weight, and when he applied the brake at
the turning flag his five dogs paid no at
tention to his etlorts to stop them, but pro
ceeded at a good pace down the street as
far as the Adams house, where they made
a neat turn to gain the rear of that hos
telry. Jimmy all the time bearing down with
the full weight of hi - anatomy on the brake.
When they finally came to a standstill the
lightweight contestant was somewhat
peeved with his charges, and :t is said that
he used naughty words in denouncing them
and otherwise showed his great displeasure
at their conduct. This is said to have
aroused the ire of a couple of worthy ladies
residing in the neighborhood, and the story
goes that they attempted; to chastise Jimmy
with the brooms they happened to be wield
ing at the time. The story cannot be con
firmed. but it is a fact that on the return
run front the Adams house to the (.
corner Jimmy made a most remarkable
spurt of speed.
Record of the Race
Driver Flat Discovery Flat lmtarml Summit Flat Til. Time
Janies. 1:00 1:15:00 1:30:17 2 -22 3:02:51 3:17:57 2 1, 3,
D, Mails 1:05 1:15:05 1:30:17 2:22:00 3:02:30 3:1, 43 2:12:43
K;,y . 1:10 1:26:25 1:41:35 2:33:40 3:1S:00 3:30:07 2:26:0,
()n yet t . 1:15 1:20:25 1:42:55 2:36:45 3:32 35 2:I,:2.i
GERMAN CONCEPTION OF THE STATE 1
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(Tacoma Ledger i
“In the German view, the state is not ;
for the individuals, but the individuals for j
the state,” says Hugo Muensterberg in his
hook, “The War and America," designed to
create a better understanding of Germany in
the United States. Hugo Muensterberg is
professor of psychology at Harvard univer
sity. He took very much to heart the
evidence early in the war of American
sentiment against Germany, though later
on lie found a marked change in opinion.
In a chapter on “The Kaiser," Professor
Mutnsttrberg draws a distinction between
the Anglo-Saxon or American conception of
the state and the German conception. The j
distinction he makes is summed up in his j
assertion that, in the German view, the !
state is not for the individuals, but the
individuals for the state, while in the
Anglo-Saxon and American view the state
is taken as an organization which exist.'
in the interest of the individuals.
“This is, indeed, the central belief of j
Anglo-Saxon civilization.” he says. “It har- j
monizes completely with the individualistic I
philosophy in every ether held. The happi- |
ness of individuals is the last goal for the i
Anglo-Saxon.”
Professor Muensterberg does not say that '
the German view is to be preferred to the |
Anglo-Saxon, but he does contend that the
German view has grown out of German
traditions as necessarily as the opposite ideas
of state and individual have resulted from
the co-operation of the American colonies,
and that nations cannot exchange the stories
,f their lives. He submits that Germany
does not desire to be a republic, and is
tjuite satisfied with her present form of
government; so he argues that it is idle
for Americans who sympathize with the
allies to express a belief that German
defeat would mean the substitution of a
mow form of government.
‘■'Its fortresses may fall.” he says of Ger
I many, “but its faith in the kaiser will
stand.”
Yet he makes it plain tnai me people
of Germany do not look upon Kaiser \\ il
helm as anything but human, with the
I limitations necessarily implied. He symbol
izes the state for Germans, and in their
admiration and loyalty to him they admire
and are loyal to the state. The power of
the state in Germany is “symbolized in a
personality which is entirely independent
from the struggle of the individuals, as
such.”
To illustrate further the German attitude
toward the kaiser, Professor Muensterberg
says a Hag is, of course, a piece of cloth.
**Hut the Hag is more than a piece of cloth,
and in that sense the king is more than a
man; and only in that sense the German
welcomes even the symbolic language which
calls the power of the king one of divine
•;race, just as the marriage tie is taken
as divine.”
Professor Muensterberg recognizes that
a good deal of American prejudice against
Germany in the present war arises from a
cling that the kaiser asserts the old di
vine right of kings. To remove that preju
dice, the professor sets forth the German
conception of the state and the kaiser as
symbolic of the state.
PATENTS TO MARBLE CLAIMS
Application has been filed in the general
land office by F. M. Jordan of Seattle for
patents to eight marble claims, approximat
ing 1,200 acres, on the west coast of Prince
of Wales island, near Shakan. The claims,
which are known as the El Capital group,
have not been worked for a number of
years.
FRENCH AVIATOR SAYS
HE CAUGHT BULLET IN AIR
A 1 reach vaiator reports hvaing brought
down from the skies a German ride bullet
which he succeeded in catching in his hand.
The story goes that as he was flying at a
height of about 7.000 feel he suddenly be
came aw are of a small black object close
to his head.
lie thought it was an insect of some
kind, and was sufficient of an entomologist
to realize that a living insect at such a
height was a curiosity. So he stretched our
his hand and grasped what, to his amaze
ment. proved to be a bullet.
He explained afterward that it was evi
dently a rifle bullet that had been tired
almost vertically, and had reached utmost
el -vaticn. He arrived in his aeroplane just
at the moment when the bullet slowly
turned over and v. ;.s about to fall again.
REVENUE AND LIFE-SAVING
SERVICES CONSOLIDATED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The bill con
solidating the revenue cutter service and
the life-saving service under the name of
“coast guards” has been passed by both
houses and is now ready for the signature
fo the President. The consolidation is ex
pected to be useful in many ways. In for
mer times the revenue cutters were called
upon on all occasions to go to the rescue
of people in distress, although such work
was outside their province, and special per
mits had to be given. Under the new law
they will be at liberty to give aid at any
time.
PI ATAUnQ ai,(I >maIb printed on
f LAvAULlij p!poi* ■■■ar«!b«»:ircl or cloth,
on short notice, at lditarod Pioneer office.
Pioneer.
RECENTLY-EXECUTED SPY
USED STOLEN PASSPORT
CHICAGO, Jan. 1_. Charles A. Ing!>.
the Chicagoan whose American passport u
found (n the person of Carl Hans Lody,
executed in the Tower of London as a
German sppy, has t( id hu.v he lost his
iassport in Berlin. His story implicates
the German foreign office, and is being in
vestigated by the state department at Wash
ington.
Inglis, who returned to his home Imre
after a prolonged stay in Europe, wa>
caught in Berlin when the war broke out.
He took his passport to the German foreign
office to have it apppmved. He handed iT
to a clerk, expecting that in due course of
routine it would be returned to the Ameri
can embassy. It failed to reappear, how
ever, and after considerable delay he get a
second document, by means of which he
was able to leave Germany.
WANTED—To rent
(without driver . about March 5. d r
light trip of approximately 300 m 1“-.
covering period < f two weeks ■ r < ver.
State terms, either by letter or in person,
t-; Northern Commercial Company, Id:ta
rod office.
McLean's Roadhouse
TAKOTMA
Gumming*’ Old Sand
MRS. J. H. McLEAN. PROP.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR TRAVELERS
RATES REASONABLE_
PIONEER DRUG STORE
FLAT CITY
OriiQf© £fp
U1 ygu; Lluo
PHONE DAY OR NIGHT_
Forfeiture Notice
To C O. N'*nl. II. K. J.'Iiiimiii, O. T. •‘•Is-.:),
.! .'m Swi-rtill. \<lo , l Ul.-utl, GlI.H t.
icson, Joe Jerman.
You are hereby n.Hilled that l hnv.■ »\
the *
t\v<» hundred dollar- m laboi and rmpi
tnent- uj ui the Lone Star \ uitu>n ;da- *
mining claim, situate on -iold hut k a
t ;t,11::iry of Fear > crk, in the ki.-kokwim
mintn^r precinct. Fourth divi-n n, territory
(,r \!a-ka. the location cei tittcale « f win- n
j.- round f record in book N ». 7. pave m.
in the olllee of the recorder of -an! pc
cinci. in order to hold .-aid elairn und : tii
provisions 1 r Section 2'Ji of in h,,vi- I
- of the 1 il. i• ■ d St 11es,
amendments thereto approved Jaimarv 2 2.
lsso. and other amendments tiler* t "cud
inv. roiirerninw annual labor upon in.’1 a
claims, beinv the amount reuired t hoM
said pln-er mining claim I'-r Id" nor. d
endinv on the 3 tsi day of Perember. A. !»
1 9 1 4.
Mid if within ninety 1 dav- att* " •
publication thereof you fail or ed'e-e t.
Contribute your proportion of -in ii \pe.
diture as a co-owner, which amount- t *
twenfv-live 25 dollars ft r each > .
vour interest in the elairn will bee,.nr- the
property or the subscriber, your co .wrier.
i who has made the mured expend,ture. ny
the terms of said section with amendments.
Si Vi led i ' 'll Alii.KS A M y. P • A.
Hear Creek. Alaska. Jan. 4. 1915.
Fir.-t publication, -tan. 9. 191 5._
Last publication. April 10. 1915.
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