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HERBERT E. RILEY, PROP.
NOTED ALASKA CHURCHMAN
ON CLAIMS OF DR. COOK
(Archdeacon Stuck in New York Post)
When I reached Fairbanks on my usual
winter journey one of the newspapers of
that place had a leading article referring to
a book recently published by Edwin Swift
Balch of Philadelphia, in which an attempt
is made to revive Dr. Cook's claim to have
climbed to the top of Denali, or Mount Mc
Kinley, and the paper was urgent that I be
‘interviewed’ on the subject. But I had
not seen the book, and cannot possibly see
it until the summer, and I declined to say
anything whatever. As I have traveled
Vlong since then and have revolved the
snatter in my mind, I have decided, how
ever, to write a few lines for your paper, if
see lit to publish them, in view of the many
months that must elapse ere I can receive
and examine this book.
And first I would say that as my party
wak glad to bring down confirmation of the
pioneer or "sourdough" ascent of the north
peak, discerning the Hagstafi that had had
escaped the search of Professor Barker and
Belmore Brown, so we would just as readily
have announced any confirmation that had
discovered itself to us of Dr. Cook's ascent.
I had read Dr. Cook’s book when it first ap
peared. had read it again shortly before my
ascent of the mountain, and yet again, with
special attention to the chapter in which he
describes his attainment of the summit,
upon my return therefrom.
“It must not be forgotten that Dr. Cook
unquestionably kndws more about Denali
up to an altitude of 10,000 feet than any
other man. Fie has circumambulated the
entire massive of the two great companion
peaks, Denali and Denali's Wife—the Mount
McKinley and Mount Foraker of the present
maps—and he has attempted the ascent of
the former from the south, from the north
west and from the north. All that may be
described of the upper regions from an ele
vation of about 10,000 feet (at which the
real difficulties of the ascent begin! he has
thus described from at least three different
points of view. And the descriptions in his
book are clear and definite up to that limit.
He may be followed camp by camp, almost
step by step. But in the chapter in which
the ascent to the summit is narrated there
is nothing clear or definite at all—the whole
chapter is a rhapsody of "icy infernos” and
‘‘heaven-kissed granite,” and I have forgot
ten what extravagances of turgid rhetoric.
The whole chapter is just such a chapter
as a man would write who knew the lower
levels, but was ignorant of the heights; he
could not be more definite without danger,
his vagueness leaves a loophole for defense.
When I reread that chapter on my return
from the mountain I was positively con
vinced that it was not written by a man
who had climbed to its summit or had been
much above the 10,000 feet of it.
If Dr. Look, approaching tne mountain
from the south, climbed to the summit by
the northeast arreate I although my recol
lection is that the book is vague even on
this cardinal point), he must have crossed
at least two and probably three lofty icy
ridges, themselves high mountains, ascend
ing to their crests, descending thousands of
feet to the glaciers below, and ascending the
opposite sides, a task the mere physical dis
tance and labor of which would be utterly
out of the question in the two or three days
he gives to the whole ascent. He could not
reach the northeast arreate at all save from
one or other of the arms of the Muldrow
glacier, and the northeast arreate is the only
path to the summit of the mountain.
No one, the summer through, with the
most powerful glasses, has ever detected
the slightest sullying of the snows of the
summit, such as the presence of naked gran
ite slabs would cause; thus the one definite
statement touching the top of the mountain
in which Dr. Cook commits himself would
seem to betray him. We found what had
every appearance of everlasting snow not
only at the top. but for the last 1,500 feet
of the ascent.
If Edwin Swift Baleh can convince the
councils of the Alpine clubs and the geo
graphical societies that Dr. Cook reached
the top of Denali, I shall cheerfully re
linquish a claim to priority to which T never
Attached much importance. I des'rc-d to
climb the mountain; that desire has been
gratified, and I care little more whether cr
not it were climbed before than I do how
many times it may be climbed again. Ves
terday, as I journeyed to this place, where I
•lie over Sunday on my v.ay to Iditarod, I
saw the great mountain from its most pic
turesque side, not more than sixty or se
enty miles away, dazzlingly splendid in the
winter sun. and it seemed a shame that it
should be the subject of controversy, that
accusations of fraud and falsehood should
center around its immaculate head. I pro
test, so far as my own claim to the first
ascent is concerned, I would not trouble to
put pen to paper in defense of it. I am
very much more interested in securing the
restoration of the native names of these
mountains than in the matter of the first
v ascent.
But everybody knows that much else is
concerned; everybody knows that the estab
lishment of this claim is sought merely as
the vantage ground for the establishment of
a far more important claim; and as I see it,
it becomes my duty to offer my very de
cided and deliberate opinion that this claim
is not founded on fact. The opinion must
go for what it is worth; it is not my place
to weigh it against the opinion of the “arm
chair geographers,” as George Vancouver
used to call them. But I will venture with
all confidence this, that any man who. hav
ing read Dr. Cook’s book, shall himself climb
to the top of the mountain, or, having
climbed the mountain, shall read Dr. Cook’s
book, will never be convinced by all the
special pleading in the world that the man
who wrote that book had climbed where he
climbed and stood where he stood.
VLADIVOSTOCK IS OVERRUN
WITH WAR MUNITIONS
TOKIO, June 21.—Advices from Vladivo
stock are to the effect that munitions of
war intended by Russia for use in the war
in Europe are arriving at that seaport in
great quantities. They are coming from the
the vicinity of this place, both have been
arrivals are so great that the facilities for
forwarding them by rail through Siberia are
inadequate, and Russia is placing immense
orders in the United States for locomotives
and rolling stock of all kinds in order to
relieve the pressure and hasten their de
livery at the front.
In addition to the equipment that is be
ing shipped through Siberia from Vladivo
stok, thousands of tons of munitions are
being shipped from Japan through Man
churia to Russia. Japan has consented to
the loan to Russia of all the available rolling
stock in Manchuria and Korea that can be
spared from that locality.
ANTIMONY FROM ALASKA
Si Scrafford’s first shipment of antimony
to San Francisco smelters from the Chatham
creek mine was sent out on the steamer
Delta last week. It will be followed by
other shipments throughout the summer.
The price of antimony has jumped to 28
cents a pound, or more than double what
it was until recently. Efforts will be made
to get as much antimony mined as possible
this summer and shipped while the price is
high. The shipment taken by the Delta was
on a barge, and will go by way of St.
Michael. It consisted of 150 tons.
Wireless telegraphy works better on the
Pacific than on the Atlantic, and experts
are trying to find an adequate explanation
for the fact.
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MANY LEAVE
(OR OUTSIDE
Wednesday was “get away day” in Idita
rod, and the city took on quite a lively ap
pearance for a few hours while the crowds
bound for the Outside were making ready
for their departure. Many of those who
left were from the creeks, and a great many
of their friends accompanied them to the
city and stayed until the boats left. Most
of the travelers were bound for the Outside,
but some few of them were bound for In
terior Alaska points.
The steamer Little Delta was the first
vessel to get away. Her passenger list was
small, however. It consisted of Mrs. Jay
Johnson and children, Henry Roden and
A. A. Shonbeck. Mr. Shonbeck goes only
as far as Dikeman. Ex-Senator Roden goes
to Ruby for the balance of the court term,
and thence to Juneau. He expects later to go
to Seward, Anchorage, or some other point
in the neighborhood of the government rail
road project.
The launch Beaver departed shortly after
11 o’clock, and carried the bulk of the out
going passengers. Among these were Mrs.
Ray and young son, Whitley; Mrs. J. J.
Smith and son, Mrs. Minna Lang, Mrs. Annie
Clifton Cleveland, Frank Font it?, Neis Glantz,
Tom McKinnon, C. C. Johns, C. Frantzen.
Frank Fontis, Nels Glantz and Tom McKin
non are said to be bound for the Koyukuk.
Mrs. Cleveland's destination is Ruby, where
she is called on business matters. The bal
ance of the passengers will go Outside.
Shortly after noon the last of the passen
ger boats, the Prairie Bell, got away with
the following passengers: Mrs. J. E. Riley,
Mrs. Charles Worden, Mr. and Mrs. ( . B.
Sims, Mrs. Sam Wilmer and children, N. E.
Black and Harry Watson. She also took a
large consignment of bullion.
The early departure of passengers for the
Outside is due to the fact that the steam
ships now leaving Nome for Seattle are
offering a special inducement in the form of
a trip along the Alaska coast, touching at
jill points of interest. Most of those em
barking for the Outside will go by this route.
QUAINT TOWN OF KODIAK
INTERESTINGLY DESCRIBED
The quaintest spot in Alaska is Kodiak
a Russian town that is owned by the United
States.
It is situated on Kodiak island, an island
in the Gulf of Alaska, approximately in the
latitude of Scotland and the longitude of
Honolulu.
The town of Kodiak is the oldest Russian
settlement in the New World, and few spots
under our dag can compare with it for out
of-the-world charm. It still retains its Rus
sian customs anil habits, mixed with Ameri
can ones.
As the little steamer that makes infre
quent trips to Kodiak from Seward is care
fully piloted through the rocks into St.
Paul’s harbor the little village clustered
♦about the green roof of the round-domed
Greek church and the old Alaska Commer
cial Company’s trading store conies into
view. It is little changed in appearance
or spirit from the time when the company’s
house on the hill was a Russian barracks.
And the population of Kodiak is as cos
mopolitan as one could wish. Russian and
Aleutian were the original stocks. In the
present day a strain from almost every race
can be detected in the few hundred inhab
itants. Japanese. Malays, Mexicans, Por
tuguese and what not formed the crews of
the whalers and seal hunting ships that vis
ited the little port.
Conversation is carried on in Russian
♦mixed with Aleut, or vice versa, but as a
rule they are a silent people, and conver
sation is discouraged.
There is one thing, however, that the
town dees enthuse over—and that is
dancing. The one institution the town
boasts of is its dance hall. Strangers are
received according to their ability to dance.
The dance hall’s hardwood floor, im
ported from the States, is the first thing
that the visitor is shown. Every night there
is a dance, and ail Kodiak, even the younger ,
priest, gathers for the affair.
All colors and conditions are there. Rus
sian blood from an early governor of the
colony mingles with pure Aleutian. On one
side the women and girls sit alone facing
the men and boys. There is no conversation J
between the sexes.
The musicians suddenly begin playing at j
a furious rate, and a youth crosses the floor,
inclines his head slightly before the partner
of his choice, all follow suit, and the dance j
is on. . j
Although some of the Russian families
are fairly well off and live in comfortable
homes, the conditions among the half-breeds
and natives are deplorable.
Because of their lack of knowledge con
cerning personal hygiene and sanitation, the
poor of the colony are deteriorating rap
idly. Tuberculosis finds them easy victims,
for during the cold weather they live in
doors as much as possible in hot, crowded,
ill-ventilated houses.
They live on seal oil, codfish and sweets.
So fond are the Kodiakers of sweet tilings
that 400 tons of sugar are imported annu
ally for use in Kodiak and the other small
settlements on the island, and about seven
tons of cheap candy.
The church dominates tne litue cmony,
and the venerable priest is the leader of the
people. Every year the natives look for
ward to Holy Week—the “bright week” in
the Russian calendar—and at its approach
all work stops. Natives trapping in remote
parts of the island hasten back to be pres
ent at the celebration, for at Easter all must
be confessed. Enemies exchange the kiss of
peace in public, and old scores are forgotten.
There are a few outsiders living in the
little town, and each one is almost as queer
as his setting. There is Uncle Harry Cope,
en Englishman, who is happily married to
a native woman and has served as post
master since American occupancy. He is the
younger son of an old English family, and
a few years ago was in line for the title,
but wisely declined.
There is a New England sailorman. old
Captain Finney, who now has no desire to
return to his native place. He has made
and lost and again made money in the fur
business, and although he still retains his
Yankee speech, he has adopted the man
ners and customs of the people he has so
long lived amid and with whom he will die.
Dr. Silverman is one of the most impor
tant men in the town. He formerly was
United States commissioner, but now he is
doctor, practicing lawyer, photographer,
teacher, engineer and assistant to the post
’m aster.
About once a month a little steamer
braves the rough seas of the gulf to bring
news of the world, mail, papers and maga
zines, and some freight.—Seattle Star.
The Iditarod town council met on Friday
evening, July 23, for the transaction of gen
eral business. Those present were: Ansiey,
Button, Riley, Stanton and Weir, and Clerk
Meyers.
An estimate from Jay J. Smith, clerk of
the school board, of $1,(182 for school main
tenance during the school term of 191.5 10
was laid on the table. A resolution intro
duced by Riley and seconded by Weir that,
the action of the school board in purchasing
for $200 the building on Otter street used as
a school house be ratified was passed. A
warrant for the amount was ordered drawn,
and the chairman was instructed to orp
cure the deed.
The offer of Frank C>. Manley of $250 for
the old fire station boiler was accepted,
Councilman Ansley voting in the negative.
The fire committee was instructed to pur
chase supi'lies for the fire department.
The street committee was instructed to
advertise for bids for the repair of bridges
on Otter street, and to have the work done
at an early date.
Treasurer Button reported $350 on hand,
and it was ordered that the balance due the
school board ($2971 be paid.
Fire department matters and the itinerant
merchants’ license came up for discussion,
but no action resulted.
ALASKA INDIAN STORY
BY WAY OF NEW YORK
There are precincts in Alaska with a large
native population where it is a policy to try
a case at times without actually having a
session of the court, writes H. S. Farris in
the June Case and Comment. There are a
few isolated cases of Alaska natives who
have been bluffed into becoming law-abiding
persons, after the commission of a misde
meanor, when if they had been tried and
given a term in jail they would have be
come confirmed jail birds.
A good illustration of this is the ease of
a native in one of the small interior towns.
Now most Alaska Indians are tame- veiv
tame; and this fellow became a bad man,
unexpectedly and accidentally, lie suddenly
pointed a rifle at a small group of his fel
lows and let out a yell. His act struck ter
ror in the breasts of all the tribe, which
was much to his liking. This native knew
that the commissioner for his precinct had
gone to Seattle, and “going to Seattle”
means, to the Alaska native, all or any
part of the universe outside the boundaries
of the territory. Also the “gub'ment ’ had
been considering the appointment of a dep
uty marshal for this section of Alaska, out
the “gub'ment” moves slowly, and as yet no
deputy had been named.
So every day it was customary for this
wild native to make a demonstration before
one or more members of the little tribe. It
amused him, and, besides, it was profitable.
He would suddenly appear in the home of
one of his neighbors, brandish a knife or a
gun, emit one terrifying "whoop-ee.” and
the field was his. He would then take any
article of furniture or anything in the way
of provisions that suited his fancy or appe
tite, after which the village would be normal
until the next outbreak.
At times they uttered feeble protests. "I
think maybe judge come back pretty quick;
maybe you ketchum hell.”
To which the wild one asserted, “Injun
no 'fraid judge, no 'fraid marshal, no 'fraid
'skookum house’” (jail).
At last the news came to the village that
the commissioner had returned and was
now at his headquarters, twelve miles down
the river. So that night some of the bravest
of the brave slipped quietly into his cabin
and before the enemy had recovered from
his surprise he was tied hand and foot. The
following morning he was placed in a sleep
ing bag, trussed as he was, and sledded to
the mining camp, where the commissioner
was located.
A committee of three natives waited on
the commissioner at his office that after
noon and explained the situation. Among
other things their spokesman stated that
“this Injun talk, no ’fraid judge, no ’fraid
marshal, no ’fraid ‘skookum house’; that’s
whatsematter!”
The commissioner went at once to the
house where the bad Indian had been taken.
The native lay on a Caribou skin in the
middle of the room, bound hand and foot,
while around the room were squatted some
fifty members of two neighboring tribes.
All" awaited the “trial” with much interest
and anticipation.
The commissioner ordered the native re
leased. One fellow produced a knife, cut the
bonds and assisted the bad one to his feet.
There were only two ways out. The na
tive must be jailed or bluffed into being
good. As the native’s family must be pro
vided for, the latter course was adopted.
The commissioner stepped close to the bad
man, looked him in the eye and asked:
“You no ’fraid judge, no ’fraid marshal, no
’fraid ‘skookum house'?”
All was perfectly quiet. The eyes of the
natives were centered on the two men in
the middle of the room. For almost a min
ute the two men locked each other in the
eye, but at last the bad man wilted. His
eyes fell, and he stood like a small b
caught in some mischief. “Yes, me ’fraid,
he said.
WAR DOES NOT CAUSE RAIN
Dr. R. H. Mills, director of the British
Rainfall Organization, at a recent meeting
of the Royal Meteorolagical Society, discred
ited the theory that the heavy rainfall of
last winter was due to the firing at the seat
of war. In the same way, he said, the heavy
rain of 1903 had been explained by the gen
eral adoption of wireless telegraphy. The
fact that 1873 was equally wet, if not wet
ter, without the aid of Hertzian waves, an'h
that no year since 1903 has been nearly si.
wet, in spite of the enormous increase of
radio-telegraphy, showed the fallacy oi the
inference.
It had been argued that it was the con
cussion caused by high explosives which de
termined the precipitation of rain from su
persaturated vapor. The difficulty arose
that, if concussion was the cause, the pre
cipitation iftust occur immediately and pre
sumably over the area within sound of the
explosions. That, at least, was the princi
ple which people who tried to induce public
bodies to cannonade for rain had always
adopted. The dryness of September, Octo
ber, March and April, however, were diffi
, cult to explain on this hypothesis.
ARMY OF POLICEMEN
The police force of Greater New York
consists of 10,740 men, included in all
branches of the service.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
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BODY OF WOODCHOPPER
FOUND IN LONELY CABIN
In his lonely cabin, about two miles from
Chatanika, the decomposed body of James
Robinson was discovered last Wednesday by
Sandy Buhro, says the Fairbanks Citizen of
July 12. The body was buried near the
house on the following day by Commissioner
Weiss.
As soon as he was informed of the dis
covery, Commissioner Weiss went to look
after the body. He found the door locked
and the windows fastened down, which
proved that the death was a natural one. In
order to get in, he broke open the door, but
the odor was so strong that he could not
go inside. The man evidently had died a
month or more previously.
Returning to Chatanika, Commissioner
Weiss secured a man to help him, and tak
ing with them a coffin, they managed, after
the room had been fumigated, to get the
body into it. Then they buried it on the
► lace. The condition of the body indicated
•hat death was from natural causes, though
it is possible that it was due to ptomaine
poisoning.
GERMANS WILL ESTABLISH
BLOCKADE OF CANADA
LONDON, July 11. It is reported here
on what seems to be good authority that
the German government is planning to
establish a commercial blockade of all Cana
dian ports on the Atlantic ocean. It is un
derstood that the new model submarines,
which can travel for 3,000 miles without
supplies, will be used in this blockade, and
that they will get their supplies while on
the American coast from vessels to be sent
out to look after them.
The report is believed by the British mili
tary and naval authorities to be true, and
such an action on the part of Germany is
declared to have been expected. It has
been known for some time that the Cana
dian coast has been alive with German spies,
but it has not been possible to capture
them.
It is supposed that the Germans are main
taining a regular system for collecting ma
rine information, gathered from the marine
reports on the American Atlantic coast, and
that this information is sent by wireless to
Germany, which causes them to lie in wait
for British vessels due to arrive here.
AMERICA S MOST NOTED CASE
OF STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE
NEW YORK. July 11.—After four years
of search by police and detectives, aided by
newspapers and popular effort, the mystery
of Dorothy Arnold, America’s most noted
.disappearance case, is yet unsolved. A half
million dollars has been expended in the
long search, and the whole earth has been
nvassed for news of the pretty young New
York girl.
Today there is but scant hope that Dor
othy Arnold is alive. If she fell a victim
to white slavers, the theory under which
the police worked, her captors have shown
marvelous capacity for concealment.
Whether this treory was correct, and the
search led her captors to murder and do
away with the body, bids fair to remain
forever a mastery, During the most pains
aking search, no trace of the girl or body
has been tounu.
Four years ago last December Dorothy
Arnold left her home on the shopping trip
that ended so disastrously for herself and
her wealthy parents. On that morning she
told her mother she would visit shops on
Fifth avenue to select a new gown. It was
shortly after 10 o’clock when she bade her
mother good-bye, and she promised to re
turn home for lunch. Since the door closed
•hat morning at the Arnold home on East
Seventy-ninth street, Dorothy Arnold has
been totally lost to the world.
Although Miss Arnold disappeared on
December 12, no public announcement of
the fact was made until the following
month, when the New \ork detective bu
reau announced she was missing. FaLse
clues led to all parts of America, and even
to Europe, but these were all run down and'
proven useless. Thousands of photographs
were sent broadcast by the police, and the
newspapers took up the search. Private de
tectives were engaged by the score by Fran
cis R. Arnold, the wealthy father of the
girl. Liberal rewards were offered. The
underworld was searched to its depths, but
among the white slave victims Dorothy Ar
nold was not to be found.
Miss Arnold had been educated at Bryn
Mawr, and was 26 years old when she dis
appeared.
WHITE SEA SAID TO BE MINED
NEW YORK, July 11.—The Russian
steamer Czar arrived here today from Rus
sia, coming out by way of the White sea,
and through the Arctic ocean. The officers
of the ship report that the Germans have
mined the White sea, and that these mines
already have sunk one Norwegian and three
British merchant vessels. The Germans are
planting mines from ships which are flying
the Swedish and Norwegian flags, it is re
ported.
The Russians are said to be destroying the
German mines in the White sea by shooting
at them with cannon. Several of the most
dangerous mines have thus been exploded'.
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SPECIAL RESERVE CREATED
TO SERVE ALASKA ROAD*
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WASHINGTON, July 15.—Because the
law as interpreted prohibits taking timber j
from national forests in Alaska for use in |
constructing the government railroad with- j
out paying the national forest service cash
therefor, and because radical conservation- |
ists in congress at the last session prevented j
an amendment to the law curing this He- j
feet, Secretary Lane has had to obtain from j
the President an executive order creating j
Alaska timber reserve No. 1, for railroad !
purposes.
This reserve is about 200 miles long and 1
from live to ten miles wide, and is situated |
on public lands nerth of the Chugach na
tional forest. It extends five miles in width ,
along the north shore of Knilc arm and Cook •
Inlet between the mouth of the Knik river, \
on the east, and the mouth of the Susitna
f n the west, thence north five miles on each
side of the Susitna from its mouth to the
mouth of the Tentna.
The reserve also embraces the timber on
the right-of-way of the main line of the j
railroad through the Susitna valley to Broad \
pass, and similar areas on each side of the \
right-of-way of the branch to the Mata- |
nuska gold fields.
From this reserve it is hoped enough um
ber will be obtained for construction pur- I
poses. If the government had to buy tim- |
ber from the national forest service or from '
private individuals, the appropriations for j
construction would be materially increased. |
Secretary Lane emphasizes the fact in his ;
statement that only the timber on the land j
is reserved, the land still being subject to J
entry and location, and that the timber re- !
strictions will be removed as soon as the
need for construction purposes is satisfied, j
Further, the order provides that the secre- J
tary may permit settlers and those engaged
in "business on these reserved lands to take
such timber as they need, provided it is not
required for the railroad.
COMMISSIONER TOM RIGGS
TELLS OF RAILROAD PLANS
When will the actual construction work j
on the railroad start in the Interior? That j
question has been of interest to everybody
in the Interior ever since the railroad bill
was passed, and Thomas Riggs. Jr., gives .
the most satisfactory answere received yet. !
He says that the work will start as soon as
possible next spring, but it is possible that
it will be delayed until July 1, the com- j
mencement of the fiscal year.
This year, on the coast, it is the policy i
of the Alaska engineering commission to let
the contracts to small men financially, and j
where possible, to groups of from five to j
twenty men. On the coast this method was
put in operation a short time ago, but the |
Commission is not able yet to determine j
whether or not it is to be a success. If it |
proves as successful as the members hope, j
the same plan will be adopted in Fairbanks j
next summer, according to Mr. Riggs.
In this way the government serves two |
purposes. It gives the money to poor men. ;
and it also saves the government the big j
contractor’s necessarily large profit. The |
commission assists the contractors, as far as i
possible, in getting machinery, etc., and does !
everything possible to push the work as rail- j
idly 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 Nenana will be built until the fol- j
lowing year.
When asked if the government would use i
its own boats or would have it done by 1
others, Mr. Riggs said the commission had |
no desire to use its own steamers “unless |
forced to do so.’’—Fairbanks Times.
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BRITISH TRICK RESULTS
DISASTROUSLY TO GERMANS
LONDON, June 23.—The skirmishing at ]
Labassee and Arras is gradually growing into
a pitched battle. The Germans blew up
more than a mile of British trenches, which j
they charged. The trenches were occupied
by dummies, while the machine gun* and ;
artillery were hidden and closely masked |
near by. . When the Germans charged the
hidden pieces opened fire and the riflemen )
sent volleys into their ranks when about to j
occupy the supposed British trenches. En
tire regiments of Germans were wiped out ,
and the rest retired in disorder, taken com
pletely by surprise.
WIRELESS FOR TOLOVANA
A wire received recently at Fairbanks by
Wade H. Joslin. manager of the Tanana j
Valley railroad, from his uncle, Falcon Jos
lin, president of the road, states that the j
latter is on his way to Fairbanks. J. M. j
Stevens, a Seattle wireless expert, is coming j
with Mr. Joslin for the purpose of setting j
up the wireless apparatus now in the Tolo
vana. rp
The wireless plant was taken to the Tolo
vana on the last snow, and left at Lake City, j
which was then thought to be the proper |
place in the Tolovana country for a town. |
New developments, how’ever, make it im
probable that the plant will be installed j
^here, although it is stated that Mr. Joslin j
will have to arrive on the ground before j
anything definite will be known along that
line.
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas', Flat i
EDITOR WILL THOMPSON
LAYS OUT FOR HIMSELF
A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL
(Fairbanks News-Miner
Fifty years ago today the writer started
to play the game of life, and for fifty years
he has played it to suit himself, chi.nging
the rules of the game to suit and playing it
wide open. He was started in life with the
wisdom of the ages, which, condensed, de
clared life to be a serious proposition, but
until today he has never been willing to d
niit that it is—or that, if it is, there was any
use in being serious about it. Today, n m
pelled to realize that the long term <.f hie
has passed for him, and that the remaning
years will not be more than sufficient to r
organize his ideas of life and correct the mi
plays of the fifty years which have gone,
never to return again, he is willing to admit
that life is a serious proposition, if you play
it right.
What to do in the days to come—that is
the question. To be a little more serious
and thoughtful; to be more considerav <>:
at hers;; to endeavor to do a lttle good and
as little harm as possible; to try to see the
other fellow's point of view and consider it
charitably and courteously; to treat seri
ously all serious things, and lightly, if :u
all, all things which are not serious; to try
to give more than we receive and to make
up to others what we have taken from oth
ers; to start anew, ail over again, to play
i he game according to the prescribed rule',
and play it right- that seems to be about
all we can hope to do.
From now on we will try it. It might
have been better had we started in earlier,
out it may not be too late to mend.
WEALTHY WIDOW IS BRIDE
OF DELEGATE’S SECRETARY
That George Jeffrey, the former well
known Fairbanksan, has taken a bride
Washington. D. C-, is the information re
tently received by a Fairbanks newspaper.
fii> wife was formerly Mrs. Suzanne 11.
Barnhardi, a wealthy widow of Wa-hing
ton. According to the announcement, the
wedding took place at Washington in April.
Mr. Jeffrey is now serving in the ca
pacity of secretary to the delegate from
Alaska. Mr. Wickersham, having charge of
the delegate’s Washington affairs until the
latter’s return to the capital. He is now
serving his third term as the delegate'- sec
retary, as he went to Washington tir.-i in
that capacity. He was superseded at the
beginning of Wickersham'.- second term by
Barney Goss, and he then returned t > Fair
banks, where he opened an office as a public
stenographer, but went to Wa-diinirton again
it the beginning of the delegate’s third term.
CHARGES BILLY SUNDAY
RESORTED TO PLAGIARISM
PHILADELPHIA, June 24.—Ackley, the
man who resigned the position of secret ary
to Billy Sunday, the evangelist, has come
out with charges against Sunday, and will
follow them up with other and more serious
ones. He declares that Sunday plagiarizes
all the prominent evangelists of the past and
gives out their sentiments and words as hi
own. Amongst those who have furnished
material for Sunday’s sermons, according to
Ackley, i re Sam Jones, Talniadge and Gypsy
Smith. The exposure promised by Ackley
is being awaited with keen anticipation by
the public.
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