Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
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OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R, C. BUTTON, Cashier
Merchants Cafe
HERBERT E. RILEY, PROP.
GRAND BAR NOTHING BUT THE BEST
FLAT CITY ™e P'a" “ Mee'
Your Friends
STOWAWAY ON STEAMSHIP
HAS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
(Seward Gateway, April 231
After eight days and a half buried alive
in freight, without a bite to eat or a drop
of water to drink, Leland Farmer was taken
out of his living tomb on the Admiral Evans
more dead than alive when that vessel
reached this port from Seattle last evening,
lie i> now lying in bed in the Pioneer hos
pital under the care of Dr. Romig. and when
seen this morning appeared to be recovering
from the effects of his terrible experience.
He is still consumed with an unquenchable
thirst, and even while speaking he has to
interrupt himself to take a drink. Farmer
says that he went aboard the Evans at Se
attle on the morning of Wednesday a week
ago. According to his statement, he gave
live dollars to a member of the ship's crew,
who promised him in return to bring him
on deck when the ship sailed and put him
to work on top. When the ship sailed, how
ever. freight had been piled around him
and he was unable to get out. He lay on
top of a cargo of hay. A foot or so above
him was the deck, on which he could hear
the footsteps of the people. Around him on
all sides was a vast wall of boxes and all
sorts of impedimenta. In the pitch dark
ness he tried to free himself. Again and
again he kicked at the iron above his head
to draw attention, but in vain. Then came
seasickness in the inky hole, and later came
the agony of hunger and thirst. For a few
days he bore his sufferings, and then he
lost hope and gave himself up for lost. He
lost reckoning of time. He knew neither
day nor night, and then came the noise of
moving freight. At last he found himself
rescued. When taken onto the dock here
last night he could neither stand nor see.
and he was at once taken to the hospital,
where he is being given every care to bring
him back to hi.« old self. Mr. Farmer is a
big. strong youth, and to this he probably
owes his life.
BRITAIN’S NEW SEA LORD
Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson.
K C. B.. is now' lirst sea lord of the British
admiralty, succeeding Admiral Lord Fisher,
who resigned owing to differences with Win
ston Spencer Churchill.
Admiral Jackson is not very well known
to the general public, but in the service he
has long been considered “the cleverest man
in the navy."
He is the only navy officer who is a fel
low of the Royal Naval Society, to which he
was nominated in 1001 for his research in
electrical physics. His sea service as an ad
miral has not been extensive, but he is
familiar with all the J .n.-st scientific develop
mnts of hostilities a' .^ea, and enjoys the
fullest confidence of the navy.
HAMILTON WATCHES
Same prices world over; same in Flat.
WM. TAYLOR.
Visit our new store at Flat.
Boas the Clothier.
ZEPPELINS NOT ZEPPiNG
(George Fitch in Collier’s Weekly)
From all that we can gather in the frag
mentary reports concerning them, the Zep
pelins have not zepped to any extent. Some
thing has interfered with their usefulness.
They have made short and timid excursions
and have retired, leaving the landscape prac
tically unblemished. Numbers of them have
been picked up in a soggy and extinct con
dition on ocean and land. They have been
the most impressive lizzie of the war, and
no fact is more encouraging to the ardent
lover of peace.
It is difficult to remember today the awful
might of the airship of last June - the huge
machine which cruised swiftly over Nor
way. Sweden. France, Russia and England
under cover of darkness with a carload of
explosives aboard the machine which
might at any moment of international peev
ishness slide across the trilling Atlantic and
tour America, with a cheery captain calling
out at intervals: “Over with a bar re/ of
nitro, boys. Here’s another city which needs
a shaking up.”
To be sure, we are told that th? Germans
are still completing a Zeppelin every two
weeks, and that this spring a flock, fleet,
covey, swarm or school of them, whichever
is right, will sail over London and whiff it
away. We can’t believe this, because if a
Zeppelin can whiff away a city, then the
German war council has been unduly care
less with those 1.300,QUO fine German boys
who have been fed into the cannons’ mouths
in the advances on Paris and Warsaw.
TELEPHONE AUXILIARY FOR
VALDEZ-FAIRBANKS TRAIL
A Fairbanks dispatch states that the day
is not far distant when a telephone line over
the coast-Fairbanks trail will be a reality.
The signal corps is quietly making experi
ments that demonstrate that it is practica
ble, and there is a general sentiment favor
able to it. The proposition will have to be
handled from headquarters, of course.
Corporal Kinloek, line inspector, some
time ago secured permission to install a
short system between Munson’s and the
Salcha station. Heretofore to send or re
ceive a telegraph message to or front Mun
son’s it was necessary to travel out to the
station, which was a great inconvenience.
The government has the telephone in
struments, and by utilizing No. 2 wire,
which is known as the “conversational wire,"
between Fairbanks and Valdez, riot being
used for regular telegraphic business, a short
telephone system was successfully cut in at
that point.
There is a particularly dangerous stretch
on the thirty-eight-mile line between Don
nelly’s and Yost’s, cvhere frequently line
men and others have perished. A telephone
there would protect stages, travelers and
freighters. It is a country where storms
arise suddenly and with intense fierceness,
and where the mercury drops very low in
winter.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails. $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
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MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
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Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Eteetric and Faradrc Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
COURT TEEM RESINS MEAT;
NO BEANE JOEY THIS SEIDIEE
THE JURY PANEL
FRANK DAWSON
ABE AUDETTE
H E. KRAUSE
WILLIAM ALEXANDER
SAM BATES
WILLIAM FORTO
WILLIAM PRINGLE
W. P. JAMES
JAMES McGEE
JAMES HARDAWAY
ED A. SMITH
T. HENESY
A. RUDE
ROBERT LOWRIE
L. W. CABLE
JOHN KLONAS
ERNEST BROWN
CARL BRESSLER
GUY AUSTIN
JERRY WINN
TOM HINDS
RAY R. HENDERSON
EMIL ANDERSON
E. McGINTY
At a special session of the district court
held at A. B. hall on Tuesday, June 21, at
which Judge Charles E. Bunnell presided,
the drawing of a jury to serve during the
term of court which commences in this city
on July 28 was the principal business. The
drawing was conducted by Isadore Bavles,
acting as a jury commissioner, and Clerk of
the Court Clark. The result of the draw
ing was as above, the names drawn being
from a list of 300 furnished by the court
clerk.
No Grand Jury
Upon the representations of District At
torney R. F. Roth that there was no busi
ness requiring the attention of a grand jury,
an order was issued by Judge Bunnell dis
pensing with a grand jury for this term.
It appears that the only cases scheduled
for investigation by the grand jury were
those of Harry T. Median, charged with
embezzlement, who has been declared in
sane, and tbe Japanese cook who was
charged with malicious destruction of prop
erty. The latter had been under arrest since
early last fall, and upon the showing that
the offense was of a comparatively trivial
nature and that the accused had been con
fined ninny months in jail, the district at
torney decided to move for a dismissal of
the charge.
District Attorney Roth appears to be
much impressed with the law-abiding char
acter of the people of this district. It is a
rare thing for a term of court to be held in
Alaska, especially where court is in session
for but a brief term each year, to dispense
with the services of a grand jury.
Term Will Be Short
Judge Bunnell, in an informal talk to the
members of the bar, suggested that an effort
be made to prepare pleadings, demurrers,
etc., iu advance, so that when court con
vened on June 28 there would be no occa
sion for unnecessary delay in the trial of the
cases set for trial. He did not desire to
give the impression that could business
would be rushed through, as there were
many matters that could be disposed of in
chambers, blit owing lo the fact that there
appeared to be comparatively little litiga
tion in sight, and that the court must at
tend to important matters on the upper
Yukon, at Circle, Eagle and other places,
prior to the time set for the court term at
Ruby, he believed that the business of the
court should be concluded here by July 10.
There is but one criminal case to be tried
at this term, that of T. L. Thurston and
wife, charged with offenses against the postal
laws while acting as postmaster and assistant
postmaster of Iditarod.
The men drawn for jury duty are sum
moned to appear at court on Monday morn
ing, July 2S.
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas’, Flat
and Iditarod.
HARRY T. MCLEAN DECLARED INSANE
A jury composed of Is adore Baylos, \\ ill
iam Waechter, Charles Hurst. Henry Weir.
Frank Larson and C. B. Sims on Monday
evening last pronounced Harry McLean,
who has been in the federal jail here for the
past nine months under a charge of em
bezzlement. to be insane. In all probability
he will be committed to the Morningside
sanitarium, at Mount Tabor, near Portland.
Ore., where Alaska’s insane are cared for.
The inquiry was conducted before Com
missioner Guy G. Geraghty. Ihe govern
ment was represented by District Attorney
Roth and Charles E. Taylor appeared for
McLean. This was the second time that
McLean had been before a jury on an in
sanity charge. Last August, shortly after
his arrest on the criminal charge, a jury in
tlie commissioner’s court declined to find
him mentally incompetent, and later he was
brought before the commissioner and
pleaded not guilty to an information charg
ing him with embezzlement of government
funds and was held to await the action of
the grand jury at the present term of court.
The testimony adduced at the inquiry de
veloped a unanimity of opinion by the wit
nesses that McLean, while not violent or
dangerous, was mentally unsound and irre
sponsible. and that he was incompetent to
care for himself. The jury was out but a
few minutes.
The unfortunate man came here a year
age to assume the position of assistant post
amster under Albert Wile. He was well
known in Fairbanks, his former home, where
he had held responsible positions, and where
he left a wife and baby, whom it was his
intention to send for to come to Iditarod
a> soon as he became settled here. Shortly
after his arrival his former friends and as
sociates began to notice peculiarities in his
manner, and his actions were in the highest
dgeree eccentric and apparently irresponsible.
He was engrossed for a time with the idea
of preparing a home for his family, and for
this purpose rented at various times many
houses, which he would occupy for a few
days and then vacate, after making im
provements of various kinds.
In August last the cash drawer at the
postoffice was discovered to be short to the
extent of 8168, and when confronted with
the shortage McLean signed a confession of
guilt. He was unable to explain how 'he
had used the money, and as he was not
known to have expensive habits, the matter
of how he dissipated the funds is yet a mys
tery He appeared not to be worried over
his predicament, apparently taking it for
granted that he would be acquitted., al
though putting forth no hint as to what de
fense would be made. He was penniless,
and friends and sympathizers were prepared
to furnish him with the means of defense
had there been a probability of the case
coming to trial.
While under observation at the jail it
became apparent that he was entirely un
balanced and irresponsible, although his de
mentia took ’he harmless form of planning
visionary schemes for enrichment which
took no note of initial outlay. At various
times he breeched to sympathetic friends
plans for entering the transportation busi
ness on a comprehensive scale, the estab
lishment of orange groves in Florida, the
undertaking of immense wood contracts and
similar schemes, and his general demeanor
was childish. Added to this was the fact
that he was physically in poor health. He
1: as been treated for some months past by
I)r, Auringer for a spinal ailment, which
that physician testified at the inquiry might
in a measure have affected him mentally.
The criminal charge against McLean will
be dropped.
There is always plenty of hot water and
steam at
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
It is learned that since Judge Bunnell has ,
been away from Fairbanks he has received
the resignation of United States Commis
sioner John F. Dillon of Fairbanks, and has
appointed as his successor John Knox
Brown.
It appears that Mr. Dillon, while on a visit
to the new camp in the Tolovana, where
promising developments have recently taken
place, was seized by a sudden serious illness.
For a time it was feared that he would
succumb before he could be removed to
Fairbanks. Upon reaching that city it was
decided that he must leave for the Outside
immediately for an operation, and he there
upon telegraphed his resignation to Judge
Bunnell.
Commissioner Dillon was the subject of
an incident occurring at the recent terri
torial legislative session which, to say the
least, reflected little credit upon the law
makers. A resolution was passed asking
Judge Bunnell to remove the commissioner
because he had failed to abide by the in
structions of the territorial secretary rela
tive to the collection of fees for the record
ing of vital statistics, which instructions,
based upon the terms of the territorial law,
conflicted with the federal law as interpreted
f II. S. COMMISSIONER
by Mr. Dillon, and which he elected to fol
low. Since the action of the legislature
Attorney General Gregory has sustained the
position of Commissioner Dillon, and thus
Judge Bunnell was placed in the peculiar
predicament of being requested to remove a
federal official for complying with the fed
eral law. The resignation of Mr. Dillon re
lieves Judge Bunnell from a rather embar
rassing situation. It is understood that the
retirement of Mr. Dillon had no relati1—1
whatever to the legislative request. ^
John Knox Brown, the successor of Com
missioner Dillon, is quite well known in
Iditarod. He attended last summer’s court
term here, and made quite an extended stay.
He is a Republican in politics, and his ap
pointment by a Democratic judge probably
will cause some disappointment to that class
of Democrats who believe that “to the vic
tors belong the spoils.” The position of
United States commissioner at Fairbanks is
one which it is contended must be filled bv
a lawyer, and it is believed that Judge Bun
nell was influenced in the filling of the office
more by a desire to secure a competent man
than the rewarding of party workers. ,
For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat.
FAREWELL TO MANLEYS
WAS SOME HIGH JINKS
The following from the Seattle Times
gives an acount of the “send-off” accorded
to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manley on their de
parture for Iditarod. The Manleys arrived
here on the first boat down the \ ukon this
spring:
“Two cowboys attired in the garb of the
range and riding spirited ponies provided a
sensational feature last evening in the dining
room of the Savoy hotel during the prog
ress of a banquet given by Alaskans in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manley of
Iditarod, who depart for the North Monday.
The cowboys galloped through the hotel cor
ridor and the length of the dining room,
bringing up at the speakers’ table with a
great clattering of hoofs.
“Mrs. Manley, herself an experienced
horsewoman, not to be outdone by mere
man, exercised her prerogative as guest of
honor and commanded one of the “punch
ers” to relinquish his animal to her. Her
request complied with, she mounted and
rode the horse out into the lobby, to the
accompanimnt of cheers from her fellow
diners.
“The dinner was the idea of Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Nixon, and the guests were members
of the Alaskans. Among those present were:
-Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Price, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lockhart, Mr. and Mrs. S L. Stanley, Barney
McGee, Mrs. J. L. Biglow, Judge and Mrs.
W. A. Gilmore, C. M. Mattice, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Norton, Miss Lorette Moore, Jack Ir
win, James McElroy, Mrs. B. H. Harris,
Mrs’. W. L. Childs, Ben Herr, C. M. Will
iams, Miss H. V. Handy, H. W. Moulton,
T. E. Tandy, Ed and Charles Terry.”
We give quick service and courteous
treatment to strangers when they come to
THE CROSBY BATHS
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Racs
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
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SPECIAL SALE OF
Regular
RYE WHISKEY— Price Cut to
"Old Crow" Straight Hand-Made Sour Mash, bot
tled in bond . Per bottle $2.50 $1.50
"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 I 'IS
“Old Oscar Pepper” Hand-Made Sour Mash, bot
tled in bond, full quarts. 2.53 1.50
EOURBON WHISKEY—
“Cedar Brook" (formerly W. H. McBrayer) Hand
Made Sour Mash Whiskey. 2.50 1.25
“Cyrus Noble" Old Private Stock, very, very old.
Guaranteed to be a blend of pure, aged, natural
straight whiskies 3.50 2.00
“Old Crow,” bottled in bond 2.50 1.50
"Jesse Moore AA”. 2.50 1.50
SCOTCH WHISKEY—
“Black and White," specially selected for the House
of Commons 3.00 1.50
“Strathmill” Pure Malt Scotch Whiskey 3.00 I 50
“Dewar's Extra Special,” termed “the best product
of Scotland" . 4.00 2.25
“Usher's Black Labe!” Grand Old Highland Whiskey 4.00 2.50
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Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs
N. ('. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
To Take Charge of Townsites
A. Christensen, chief of the field division
of the Alaska land office, has been instructed
by Chairman W. C. Edes of the Alaska rail
road commission to proceed to Ship creek
the Juneau Empire, People have been Hock
site business at that place, and of all gov
ernment townsites along the railroad, says
the Juneau Empire. People have been book
ing to Ship Creek in such numbers, and are
squatting promiscuously on the townsites,
with such attendant disorder and disputes
over their rights, that the commission has
decided to take the matter in hand at once
and bring order out of chaos. Mr. Christen
sen will arrange to place a price on lots
which may be left in these townsites after
the government has determined upon the
space that will be required for railroad
buildings, etc., and it will be done in such
a way that those purchasing ground can
secure undisputed title. Frank Warner, a
government surveyor, now at W ranged
making a survey of the townsitc there, will
accompasv Mr. Christensen to Ship creek
and look after the establishment of
boundary lines and the platting of the
ground.
Development at Susitna
A syndicate under the name of the Kah
iltna-Alaska Mining Company has taken
ever the property of M. A. Ellis on Thunder
creek. The company is said to be prepared
to begin extensive development work and
In install a big plant as soon as the railroad
is constructed from Seward to Susitna dis
trict. A number of quartz claims on the
upper reaches of the Susitna river havp been
•bonded. These claims are located in what
is believed to be the source of the placer
gold found in that region. Many other
propositions by which Seward, the terminal
of the projected government railroad, will
be greatly benefited, are being considered
by capitalists. The syndicate which has
bonded the Susitna property is composed
nf George Danz. J. D. Trenhoim and others
of Seattle and George Baldwin and Colonel
B F. Millard of Alaska Baldwin and Mil
lard were prominent in the development and
operation of the Cliff and other profitable
mines in Alaska; Millard is now manager of
the Granite mine, at Port Wells, controlled
by himself, J. E. Chilberg and Jafet Linde
berg.
Boats for Susitna River
The tug Columbia, having in tow the big
barge Sperm, on which were the stern-wheel
motor boat Jane and the barges Knik and
Susitna, belonging to the Susitna Trans
portation Company, and the motor boat
I.-lander, belonging to a party of fishermen
from Puget sound, arrived at Seward on
May 2 on their way to Ship creek, according
to the Gateway. Captain T. L. Harriman of
the Columbia was compelled to call here to
replenish his supply of coal, obtaining a
few tons from the Alaska Transfer Com
pany. The fleet sailed from Port Angeles
April 13. Because of bad and rough weather
they were compelled to stop two days at
Dundas and four day's at \ akutat. Captain
Harriman said that a heavy sea near Cape
Spencer carried away the stern bulwark of
the tug and another stove in the bow of
the Sperm. This latter accident compelled
(he stop at Yakutat, where temporary re
pairs were made.
That Famous Chisana “Strike”
The Cordova Times says that the general
opinion in Chisana is that the recently
reported rich strike on Dry gulch is not
borne out by the facts, and that the ground
was salted. This information was wired to
the Times from McCarthy', and that news
paper was asked to endeavor to stop the first
report from being sent broadcast, as it was
prroneous. The residents of the Chisana
deprecate the sending out of false informa
tion, appreciating the injury' that will fol
low.
Ship Creek, Woodrow Creek or Anchorage?
A Washington dispatch to the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer says that Ship Creek, the
center of construction activities of the Alas
kan engineering commission in Alaska, has
been wiped off the map. Its place thereon
has been taken by Woodrow Creek. In a
press bulletin issued by the Coast Geodetic
Survey announcing a new chart of Knik
arm, above Fire island, notice is given that
Woodrow Creek is now the authorized name
for Ship Creek, but officially the Alaskan
engineering commission as yet knows noth
ing about the change. Ship Creek is a good
enough name for the commission. Neither
name, however, satisfies the postoffice de
partment. That department insists that the
right name is Anchorage, which is the name
that has been selected for the postoffice
there. Ship Creek, the department argues,
is liable to be confused with Sheep Creek,
near Juneau, but in casting about for a new
name the department never thought of
Woodrow. Thus three different departments
of the government each has its own name
for the place.
Seward Road May Not Be Purchased
A Washington dispatch to The Pioneer,
printed last week, stated that the secrQtary
of the treasury and Secretary of the In
terior Lane had been cited to show cause
: why they should not be restrained from
paving over to the Canadian vendors of the
property the purchase price agreed upon be
tween the government and the railroad of
ficials. Some light is thrown on the matter
in the following article from the Valdez
Prospector: “With preferred claims of
$1,000,000 against the Alaska Northern rail
road, and the bondholders who have in
vested $1,000,000 in cold cash in the
financing of the road forced to be satisfied
with $160,000 which the government will
pay over and above the $1,000,000 necessary
to pay the preferred claims if the present
deal is carried through, the chances are good
that the Seward railroad will never become
the property of the United States govern
ment. The above statement, made by
Colonel Swanitz to the editor of the Valdez
Prospector, indicates that the owners of the
railroad are not all of one accord and that
the deal for the westward railroad may not
be concluded. When shown the telegram
received by the Prospector, in which it was
reported that the government had issued an
ultimatum to the owners of the railroad to
settle the question of ownership by June 1
or the road would not be purchased, the
colonel said that it did not surprise him,
and he outlined the conditions of the sale
| ul the road to the government as follows:
I ‘The preferred claims total $1,000,000 and
! the associated banks headed by the Toronto
' bank own but $400,000 worth of the claims,
and $100,000 held by W. J. Boland, the at
j the former receiver of the Alaska Central,
adn $100,000 held by YY. J. Boland, the at
I torney who made the deal with Secretary
! Lane." These claims are all to be paid be
; fore the bondholders secure any money for
j the $1,000,000 they advanced to the road
t-i aid in carrying on the receivership which
I gave the Alaska Northern the railroad. The
j associated banks have agreed with the gov
ernment to give title on July 15, when they
are to receive $500,000 as a first payment,
but they cannot make the deal with the
outstanding preferred claims, nor can they
convince the bondholders that the small por
! tion of the total, or $150,000, which the
j bondholders are to get, is enough for the
j $1,000,000 advanced by them many years
■ ago, and on which they have never received
| any returns. The Toronto banking syndi
cate has put up a bond of $500,000 to guar
antee this to the government.’ Suits already
i have been started by the bondholders to
I have the first receivership set aside and the
Alaska Central case reopened. The suit for
the townsitc also complicates the situation
and may result in the building of a govern
ment road from Anchorage to Mutanuska
and the Interior, with Anchorage as the
coast terminal.
THE GERMAN SOLDIER
I never saw a German common soldier,
however employed, who did not seem to
know exactly what he was doing, and I
never saw one who seemed to know why he
was doing it. It was an order; and that,
for his purposes, was simply sufficient. lie
went and did it; and if, doing it. he got
himself killed—why, that small detail made
no difference whatever. The order was the
thing to be cOSesidered—not the etfcct on
him personally.
You see, the same iron discipline which
ironed the creases out of his back, ironed
the convolutions out of his brain, in so far
as his present job was concerned. It en
dowed him with steel leg muscles and a
wooden headpiece. Privily he might enter
tain what beliefs and sentiments suited his
intellectual needs. Generally I found him
fairly well informed, considering his limi
tations upon outside matters. Officially and
professionally he was a mental blank, and
nothing else. He had been put through a
punching machine and he had come out a
i human die. He was absolutley automatic,
and in an automatic and mechanical way
tremendously competent. The same process
that took away his imagination robbed him
also of some of his natural enthusiasm, but
it gave him a substitute for both; it gave
him unfailing quality for resolution and
sense of obedience as stiff and hard ar iron
rods. An incidental result was that it de
prived him of his sense of humor. He didn’t
laugh in public, because it was not set down
in the manual that he should laugh.—Irvin
S. Cobb in the Saturday Evening Post. |
CLAIMS BRITISH COMMERCE
GOES ON MUCH AS USUAL
LONDON, June 2.—The sinking of the
battleships Triumph and Majestic by Ger- i
man submarines at the Dardanelles and the ,
activity of these boats in the waters around j
the British isles, and the threat to carry j
the under-water warfare to the Suez canal t
have not caused any great uneasiness in :
naval circles here.
Trade to and from British ports goes on
as though there was no submarine danger,
and there will be no interruption in the
operations in the Dardanelles. The fleet,
there will have to assist the army on the
Gallipoli peninsula, taking chances of de
struction by submarines. j
The Turks and their German officers prob- J
ably will have another invasion to meet !
before long. Unofficial reports reaching here
ere that the Italians have landed on the j
island of Rhodes, off the coast of Asia Minor, !
while warships have been bombarding
Budrun, 100 miles south of Smyrna, on the
mainland of Asiatic Turkey, not far from :
Rhodes island. This is believed to be the
first step in effecting a permanent landing
on the coast of Asia Minor.
SMALL POTATOES
The* pettiest thief in the United States i
now in Seward. lie stole the tar paper and
laths off the dog house of W A. McNeil y
last night. To do it h • had to pull out /
nails. The robbery was quite unnece-.-ary.
as the owner probably would ha-.'- h*t him
live in the kennel if he had only asked
Seward Gateway:
ORDER
in the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Fourth .Judicial Division In the
matter of a Special Term of Court at
Iditarod, Alaska.
It satisfactorily appearing that it is nec
essary for the public welfare, and for the
despatch of the business of this court, that
a special term of said court be held at I<i: * -
arod, in Otter precinct, commencing at 11
a. m. June 28, 1915. and thjudge of -hd
court now deeming it expedient to hold such
term.
It is ordered: That a special term of th•<
court be held at said town of Iditarod. c >m
mencing 11 a. m. June 28, 1915. and that
the clerk of this court cause due notice • »
be given thereof.
Witness the lion. Charles E. Bunnell,
judge of the district court for the Fourth
judicial division, Territory of Alaska, this
28th day of Mav, 1915, and the seal there h
(Seal) ” J. E. CLARK, Clerk.
By G. G. GERAGHTY, Deputy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In tii*» Probate Court, Otter Pivin t. Terri
tory of Alaska.— In the mattc; <T th
l-.state of .J'-.-eph A o I e t, decea-.-il. A
Aotire is liei .-by given that tii under
signed lias been duly appointed a limn -
trap>r or the estate of Joseph A - t de
ceased, and all persons having 'lamis
against the estate of the said .lo>*-pu A let
are hereby nottlled to present the same,
verified in the manner required b.\ law. t>
the undersigned at his residence on fr-•’it
street, in the town of Discovery, Oft* r,
otter Precinct, Alaska.
PETER THIBAII.T.
Dated May 27. 19 15.
J»atc or first publication, May 29. 19 1
Date of last publieation, June 19. 191".
Notice of Forfeiture
To Robert Maths* n:
You are hereby notified that the ut '• r
bas expended in labT and n: ; >*
in* iii> tin* sum *<f on*- hundred *! L-irs
i si00 for the year of 10 14 uj■•■n the
Gold Run Group placer mlninp elatin. s '
it n Little rre< k. 1 trib t u
creek, in Innoko ininmp and ree..rdmp di'
t t, district or Alaska. Noth •
recorded in VoL 1", Pape O'L Imi«•!: • Mm
inp Records.
You are further notified that :f at th ■
expiration of ninety Oh -
last publication of this notice yon fail
refuse to contribute your proportion or
such expenditure, your interest in said
claim will become the property *f tie- ur.
dci'-ipned. vonr rn-owner. under Section
2321 of the* Revised Statutes of the United
Stales.
ROBERT EVANS. Co-own^r.
Date of first publication. April 17. DM5.
Date of last publ •ation. July 17, 10 15.
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