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
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice ^resident
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
MRS. CLARKE WAS
GDEST OF HONOR
On Saturday evening last a reception and
entertainment was given in honor of Mrs.
Ray D. Clarke which was one of the most
enjoyable events ever held here. The affair
vas held in A. B. hall, and was under the
supervision of several ladies of the city, in
cluding Mrs. Earl Byers, Mr-. Jonas Brewis.
Mrs. Pun McDonald. Mrs. Lottie Thornton.
Miss Halley and others, and was in the na
ture of an appreciation of Mrs. Clarke’s work
in connection with the Sunday school class
conducted In her during her residence here.
The hall was brilliantly lighted by the aid
of Professor Drape'au’s electric plant, and
the scene in the hall was a pretty one. A
large number of Mrs. Clarke's friends and
acquaintances were present. The evening’s
entertainment consisted of a program of
recitations and songs by the children, with
musical selections by some of the grown-ups.
dancing and cards, and wound up with a
dainty luncheon prepared by the ladies.
A feature of the occasion was the pres
entation to Mrs. Clarke of an elegant piece
of cut glass and the felicitous little speech
it brought forth from the guest of honor.
The presentation was made by Percy
Charles. Jr., who, probably afflicted with
stage fright, whispered to Mrs. Clarke the
presentation speech which he had prepared.
In response Mrs. Clarke spoke feelingly of
uri H-'iUHU t' aimuiL' Hit j»cujuc t»i uatai uu,
which she said would always be remem
bered with pleasure. She spoke of her work
in the conduct of the Sunday school, saying
that she had taken pleasure in it, and had
endeavored to instill into the young minds
the rudiments of Christian religion. The
Wessons had consisted of readings from the
Bible, with simple stories of the principal
Scriptural characters, and special reference
to the 23d and 91st Psalms, the Lord’s
Prayer and the Beattitudes, and she had
found the little ones most responsive to the
teachings imparted.
Miss Lucille Taylor presided at the piano,
and the program of the youngsters was
augmented by a piano solo by that young
lady, a vocal solo by Miss Lillian Smith, a
recitation by Mrs. Lottie Thornton, a vocal
solo by Prank Morgan and a zylophon solo
by James Farrell. 'Hie children taking part
were Sigrid and Donald McDonald, Raoul
and Verne Tyler. Beatrice Atwell. Tony Gu
larte and Percy Charles. Miss Halley had
drilled the children in their recitations, and
the results were highly creditable to her.
Captain E. J. Smith had charge of the
illuminations.
Mrs. Clarke left with her husband for Cali
fornia on Tuesday’s boat.
SOUTH CAROLINA GOES DRY
COLUMBIA. S. C., Sept. 15. State wide
prohibition will become effective in thi;
state on January 1 next, according to un
official returns from the election just held
The total vote cast was probably less thar
60 000.
The prohibition law carried by a majority
of twenty thousand.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mr». C. C. Chlttick
DISCOVERY OTTER Harry Donnelley
BEST LIQUORS^ AND CIGARS
Three-Tlmes-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_ FLAT CITY
HOME FOR PROSPECTORS
IN INTERIOR ALASKA
I On April 30, 1913, an act was passed by
I the territorial legislature creating a board
<>f commissioners to provide for a home for
! aged prospectors in Interior Alaska, and ap
i propriating for that purpose the sum of
! $6,000, or so much thereof as might be
necessary, out of any fund that might come
i into the territorial treasury, together with
| the sum of $5,000 for maintenance of same
j for the year 1915, says the Fairbanks Citi
I zen.
For the reason that there were no moneys
! collected in the territory, owing to the fact
! that there was a dispute as to whether the
1 federal authorities could fulfill that func
j tion, and which was healed at a later date
bv an act of congress, and further, that at
| no time was it possible to get a majority of
j the commissioners together for the purpose
of carrying out the mandates of the legis
lative body, the time limit of the appropri
j at ion lapsed before action could be taken.
At the last session of the legislature, how
; ever, a subdivision was added extending the
time of such appropriation until December
• 21, 1916.
While Governor Strong was in Fairbanks
: a short time ago. Representative Driscoll
j took the matter up with him and a confer
ence was held between the governor and
. IVifL'orJiwni who were a maioritv
I of the commission, with the result that the
i delegate was empowered to look over the
field for a suitable site, make all necessary
I arrangements for the carrying out of the
j intentions of the act. and report the same
to the two absent committeemen.
| This Delegate Wickersham is endeavoring
[ to do, with the assistance of the executive
| board of Fairbanks Igloo No. 4, Order of
; Pioneers.
At a meeting of the board Friday evening
arrangements were made to take the dele*
! gate up to the Cbena Hot Springs for the
I purpose of inspecting the property, and
j inasmuch as the title is now vested in the
j government, it is altogether likely that that
place will be chosen as the site and such
| recommendation made to the balance of the
' committee.
FALCON JOSLIN TALKS OF
TRIP TO THE TOLOVANA
From a several weeks’ trip to the Tolo
vana country, Falcon Joslin, president of
! the Tanana Valley railroad, return to Fair
banks on August 28. He told a Citizen re
porter that he thought the camp was a com
ing producer, and to prove his statement is
making all kinds of business investments
there.
Mr. Joslin’s visit to the Tolovana camp
was primarily for the purpose of looking
after the establishment of his wireless tele
graph plant there, which is now in running
j order.
With the possibility of some day estab
lishing a power plant in the Tolovana, Mr.
Joslin staked a site while he was there. It
is on the west fork of the Tolovana river,
Mr. Joslin being of the opinion that a power
plant such as he contemplates could easily
develop 10,000 horse-power, or enough to
supply Fairbanks, Hot Springs and all other
points within a radius of one hundred or
more miles with electricity. He says that
( the spot he has selected is admirable for his
l purpose.
It is never too late or too early to ac
commodate the people from the creeks when
they come to the
! CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
I The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
ish Bath
| Freah Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, t2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
GRAND BAR nothing BUT the best
plat err 7ru:r-e;iMeel
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
TUC PDnODV Message and
IHi UnUoDl Bath Parlors
MEOICATEB, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM, Dm
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER PSl/TiBS
Caribou St., Bet. Black and WillowSts., on Waterfront
Electric aad Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
LAST REGULAR BOAT
LEAVES FOR OUTSIDE
! Tuesday last probably was the busiest day
of the season on the Iditarod water front.
Three boats left during the day for Dikeman
to make connection with the Washburn for
Outside points, carrying an aggregate of
nearly sixty passengers. Many of these were
going Outside for the winter, others were
headed for the Tolovana. and still others
were on their way to Marshall City. But
few of the departing ones intend to stay
Outside.
The Little Delta was the first to get away,
and she carried about twenty passengers.
The Beaver got away shortly before noon,
carrying an equal number, and the Prairie
Bell left about 3:30 with the remainder.
Added to these, the little side-wheeler
Marie 1\, Captain Finger, left for the lower
Yukon with five or six on board.
Among the passengers leaving on these
boats were the following:
Henry Riley, R. S. McMillan, Red Boze
man, John Krueger, Mrs. Rae B. Carter,
Frank Manley, wife and son, Mrs. M. H.
Marston, Mrs. Nellie Gilmore, Casper Ellin
ger. Gillie Bates, wife and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Austin, Jake Mutchler, Mrs.
Frank McGibney, Bill Cody, Bob Leek. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Sonne, -lack Kellar, Fritz
Keltner, Frank Gularte. Mrs. Ray 1). Clarke,
Mrs. Frank Fontis, Miss Peterson, Mrs. Dave
Mutchler and Martin Lewis.
TALE OF INDIAN JIM
READS LIKE ROMANCE
The grim battle with the elements during
the Alaskan winter, the primeval struggle
for the survival of the tit test and red ending
of a fight for trapping grounds are all com
bined in the story of Indian Jim, an abo
rigine of Knik. Alaska, who yesterday be
gan serving a three years’ sentence at Mc
Neil island for the killing of Chief Stephan
of the Nickolli tribe in a wilderness duel
140 miles north of Knik last November,
says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Aug. ti.
The whole story is colored by one Indian’s
desire to obey the white man’s law. for after
his enemy lay dead at his feet Indian Jim,
with no other aid than his son and the
widow and daughter of the slain man. lashed
the cori>se to a sled and took up the long
trail to Knik and the white man’s justice.
The story which W. H. Caswell. depu:y
United States marshal at Valdez, and G.
F. McDonald, deputy marshal at Knik. who
brought the Indian to Seattle yesterday
morning, tell sounds like a tale of the North
from the pen of a Bechdolt. Beach or Lon
don. While the tragedy brought Indian
Jim a penitentiary sentence, it also brought
him the good will of the white men of Knik.
for it is declared that had Indian Jim chosen
to bury the body on the scene of the killing
1 the Indians themselves would never have
tried to bring him to justice.
I Chief Stephan, with his wife and daughter,
set out on a trapping expedition with the
lirst fall of snow, choosing a remote and
nearly inaccessible district, only to find In
dian Jim and his son on the ground, and
also with a line of traps. The two parties
quarreled over the right to the ground, and
Indian Jim. in an altercation at Stephan’s
camp, killed the latter with his rifle.
The widow and daughter of the slain man
were the only witnesses of the deed. Indian
Jim’s son having remained at his camp.
The killer’s claim of self-defense had nothing
but his word to back it up.
Immediately after the tragedy the silent
group packed up their few' belongings and,
lashing the body to a sled, set out on the
140-mile journey to Knik. Of the ten-day
pilgrimage through the snow with the body
of his victim on the sledge, and for helpers
his son and the widow and daughter of the
slain, Indian Jim would say nothing at the
trial, but it is declared that only the friendly
presence of his son saved his reason.
Reaching Knik. Indian Jim gave himself
up to the authorities, and later was duly
tried and sentenced, his previous good char
acter and the fact that he voluntarily gave
himself up to justice saving him from a
longer sentence.
On the voyage south on the Admiral VV at
son the tourist passengers soon heard of
Indian Jim’s case, and lionized him during
the whole trip. The prisoner confided to
Marshal Caswell after arriving in Seattle
that the trip out was “hiyu soft.” When he
stepped off the boat he was laden with
cigars, tobacco and candy. He went to a
room at the Rainier-Grand guarded by the
I marshals, feeling that things were not bad
after all.
“Jim was a model prisoner,” said Cas
well. “He got a light sentence, and I think
he will be paroled soon. Anyhow, the peo
ple of Knik will be glad to see him back
DUFFY-STRANDBERG CASE
DECIDED FOR PLAINTIFF
Word has reached here from Fairbanks
that the case of Duffy vs. Strandberg, tried
at the Iditarod term of court by Judge Bun
nell and by him taken under advisement,
has been decided in favor of the plaintiff,
by the award of nominal damages of SI and
costs.
This suit was instituted to recover dam
ages for the cutting of 133 cords of wood
by Dave Strandberg on ground claimed as z
mining location by W. H. Duffy. There an
said to be some 600 cords of wood now or
the ground which may yet become the sub
ject of litigation. ^ $
For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat.
NEW YORK WORLD’S STORY
OF GERMAN ACTIVITIES
IN UNITED STATES
The New York World of August 15 pub
lishes a copyright article describing efforts
made in the United States to mold public
opinion in favor of Germany. Statements
made in the article are based, the World
says, upon correspondence of secret agents
of the German government.
Among those named in the correspond
ence are the imperial German chancellor,
Von Bethmann-Hollweg; Count Johann von
BernstorfT, German ambassador at Wash
ington; Captain Franz von Papen, military
attache of the embassy ; Dr. Heinrich F. A1
bert. who went to New York from St. Louis
i
at the outbreak of the war, and who was
the Western representative of the Deutches
Bank of Berlin, and many others.
The Leading Statements
The leading statements in the article
are :
1. The weekly magazine, The Father
land, which professes loyalty to the Ameri
can government, but which bitterly attacks
President Wilson, and which undertook to
justify the sinking of the Lusitania, and
has taken the German side in all the nego
tiations growing out of that act, is financed
by the German government, and is partially, |
if not entirely, controlled by that govern
ment. The German government is repre
sented in this matter by Dr. Heinrich F.
Albert, most active of Germany’s financial
agents in the United States.
2. An attempt was made by M. B. Claus'
sen, publicity manager of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company, and manager
of the German information bureau in the
Hotel Astor, New York, to bring about the
purchase of the American Press Association,
for the purpose of getting matter favorable
to the German cause into the thousands
of weekly and small daily newspapers which
it supplies with news and pictures.
Ciaussen reported to Financial Agent Al
bert that he had obtained a thirty-day op
tion on “a controlling interest" in the Amer
ican Press Association. Courtland Smith,
president of the concern, denies that such
an option was eiven.
Plan to Buy New York Paper
3. A plan to purchase the New York
Evening Mail and convert it into a pro
German organ was pushed on for some time
by Paul T. Davis and his father. George H.
Davis, a native of Germany. They acted
at first in the hope that the German gov
ernment. through Ambassador Yon Bern
storff, would finance the plan. When they
learned that this could not be arranged they
carried on an attempt to finance the plan
in this country. The fact of this attempt
to acquire the Mail as a German organ was
i rinted in New York daily papers when the
negotiations were first attempted.
4. A confidential report by an agent of
the German government, copies of which
were sent to Ambassador Bernstorff, to Fi
nancial Agent Albert and to the Berlin
government in July recommended that a
news bureau to sell news to American uapers
be established “with German money.” This
“news” was to be of a character favorable
to Germany.
Wanted American Lecturers
5. The same report recommended that
negotiations be begun with a leading lecture
bureau, to induce “suitable Americans” to
deliver lectures of a kind which should in*
I directly help Germany. In some cases this
' heln was to be given by arousing American
feeling against England or Japan.
li. Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg
| f the German empire interested himself in
j a plan to bring about a second visit to Ger
I many by Edward Lyell Fox. American mag
azine writer, whose “good dispatches,” ac
cording to the chancellor, were of great ben
'•fit to Germany. A letter written to Am
bassador Yon Bernsdorff by order of the
chancellor discussed the question of financ
ing Fox's proposed visit to Germany.
7. Claussen, as press agent of the Ger
man government, promoted a plan to
finance a pro-German moving-picture enter
prise by a loan of $22,000. Dr. Dumba.
Austrian ambassador, figured in an agree
ment by which films owned bv the Austrian
government were furnished for the use of
“a Mr. Archibald.” who is supposed to be
J. F. J. Archibald, a magazine writer and
lecturer. Financial Agent Albert arranged
the loan.
RAY HENDERSON’S TRAMP
TO BE LAST TO DEPART
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The last boat to leave Iditarod this season !
to make connection with steamships for Se
attle will be the launch Tramp, which will
get away about October 6. Quite a num
ber of passengers will be carried.
Mr. Henderson states that he will accom
modate persons wishing to send letters out
to be mailed, and will also stop at Marshall
City on his way down the Yukon.
Those desiring to take advantage of Y.s
opportunity should leave letters at the Bud
weiser.
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SEPARATE TRIALS FOR
LOS ANGELES DYNAMITERS
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11— Separate !
trials have been agreed upon for Caplan and j
Schmidt, the two men recently arrested for
complicity in the Los Angeles Times dyna
mite outrage, in which twenty-one persons
lost their lives.
MIGRATION OF WILD GEESE
SIGN OF WINTER’S APPROACH
Simultaneously with the departure of the
last boats for the Outside, carrying the
regular quota of Alaskans who will spend
the winter in milder climes, immense flocks
of wild geese have commenced their annual
pilgrimage to the South. During the latter
part of last week and the early days of the
present week these migratory birds have
been gathering in this vicinity in large
numbers, and with much honking have
noisily announced their readiness to depart.
Local sportsmen with rifles attempted to
replenish their larders from the flocks, but
with little success, as they usually flew too
high.
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Circle Dredge Does Good Work
The dredge being operated on Mammoth
creek, Circle district, by the C. J. Berry
Dredge Company, is proving a success. Dur
ing the month of June the dredge had han
dled an average of 2,000 yards of dirt per
day. With the dirt running a little less
than §1 to the foot, that would mean a
clean-up, for the time that the dredge
worked of approximately S40.000.
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To Pack Clams at Cordova
H. A. Sprague, president of the Lighter
age Packing Company of Warrenton. Ore.,
returned to Seattle recently from a busi
ness visit to Cordova, Alaska. He stated
that he intends to return to the North
within a few months for the purpose of
erecting a clam-packing establishment at
Cordova. He says good clam beds are to
oe found around Hinchinbrooks island, and
he expects to utilize the resources to good
advantage. Mr. Sprague is president of the
Pacific Coast Clam Packers’ Association.
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Infamous Crime of Natives
The Fairbanks Times of September 6
says that in a wire from Deputy Marshal
T. E. Winecoff, at Fort Yukon, Marshal Er
win was informed that five natives had
been arrested on a charge of assault on a
native girl, and had been held to the grand
jury. The deputy marshal stated that the
case was an aggravated one, and asked for
instructions. Marshal Erwin ordered the
deputy to bring the prisoners to Fairbanks,
where they will be held until the next term
of court.
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Best Year for Tourists
Agent V. A. Peterson, for the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company at Skagway, in
a letter to the editor of the Whitehorse
Star under date of August 24, says: “The
tourist travel this year has been the heavi
est of any past years. Up to the present
time we have carried 1.200 to the North,
and they are still coming. After the sail
ing of the City of Seattle, leaving Skagway
August 31, our steamers will not be sailing
for Sitka, but will sail direct for Seattle,
calling at the regular towns on the way.”
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Says Islander Treasure Is Myth
The former purser of the steamship
Islander, which w'as sunk on the wav from
A1 aska, stated in an interview at Victoria.
B. C.. on August 18 that the treasure-seek
ing syndicates which have been formed to
secure the supposed treasure in that vessel
are doomed to disappointment. He says
the total amount of treasure aboard the
Islander when she sank was $5,000. Per
sons now' engaged in the effort to secure
the supposed treasure seem to think she had
hundreds of thousands, and they already
have spent large sums in an endeavor to
rescue it.
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Daily Newspaper for Anchorage
The Cook Inlet Pioneer announces that
within a short time it will issue a daily
newspaper. That publication also states that
at the recent school board election 500 votes
were cast, although there was but one ticket
in the field. The first child born at An
chorage came to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
P. L. Charlebois. It w'as a boy, and the
father, who is a mechanic employed hv the
engineering commission, is considering the
name of Ship Creek for the youngster. The
Pioneer says that several large buildings
are now' in course of erection in the new
town.
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Juneau Coercing Suburbanites
A Juneau dispatch of September 5 says
that that city is now employing every means
at its command to induce the residents of
its suburbs to consent to be incorporated
within the city limits. • At its last meeting
the city council voted to refuse the rights of
the school to children living without the
city limits unless tnev paid tne sum oi a/.ou
per month tuition fee. The action of the
city council in placing the amount of the
tuition so high has resulted in considerable
opposition. It is therefore expected that
the amount of the tuition will be reduced,
although the measure will be pushed to $
certain extent.
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Anchorage Has Telephone
Within two days, says the Seward Gate
way of August 21, Seward will be connecter
up by telephone with a city which was nol
in existence a few short months ago. The
telephone line betewen Seward and Anchor
age had only a length of four miles to be
added for the completion of the work when
the news came in yesterday, and the message
also stated that only two days would be re
quired to make the line complete. The line
will, no doubt, be used for commercial anc
private business, but Chairman Edes of the
commission is away at present, and no posi
tive information can be secured, although
of course, such information is hardly neces
sary.
Progress of Railroad Work
Work on the big government railway
project is moving along smoothly and gooc
progress is being made, according to Anchor
age advices of August 14. The steamship
Alameda brought a new Rogers yard engine,
manufactured in the East, and the steaming
up of this addition to the railway’s equip
ment was the occasion for a general turn
out of inhabitants. The big ship bearing
additional equipment from the canal zone
has arrived, and to make yardage room for
the vast tonnage coming, inhabitants of the
old town are moving to new locations in the
new town. The commission is installing a
city dock at the foot of E street to accom
modate pasesngers and freight traffic for the
new town.
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Torpedo Boats in Alaska Waters
Four of the five torpedo-boat destroyers
cruising in Alaska waters arrived in Seward
on August 24 from Kodiak. The fifth, the
Whipple, which was damaged by storm off
Port Orchard. Ore., during the voyage north
from Mare island, sailed from the Puget
sound yard later than the other four ves
sels, ami did not overtake them She is
now at Sitka. Lieutenant Sharp, commander
of the fiotilla, reports a fine voyage to Ki.ska
harbor, in the Rat islands. On the return
Trip from the Aleutians the destroyers vis
ited the Shumagin islands. A severe storm
was encountered after leaving Kodiak and
the Preble suffered the loss of a motor boat
and davits. Rail stanchions were also car
ried away. The vessels will return to the
Puget Sound navy yard.
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Survey of Matanuska Coal Fields
A Washington dispatch states that Frank
M. Johnson, supervisor of surveys of the
general land office, who is now in Alaska,
lias reported by telegraph to Commissioner
Tallman that the survey of the Matanuska
coal fields will be completed by the end of
the season. Engineer Evans of the bureau
of mines, who is blocking out the coal areas,
also will have his work completed by au
tumn. The committee of officials of the de
partment of the interior which had charge
of the framing of a form of lease and regu
lations under which areas of Alaska coal
land could be leased for commercial devel
opment has completed its work. Secretary
Lane has submitted the draft to several
practical coal men for criticism, and is now
studying the criticisms which have been of
fered. It is probable that the revised form
and regulations will be promulgated within
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Sportsmen to Tell of the North
As a result of a fishing trip to Northern
British Columbia and Alaska made by J.
Dunbar Wright and G. F. Thompson. New
York sportsmen, Alaska and the Northwest
generally will come in for some valuable
personal advertising before the New York
Yacht Club and other organizations of the
big Eastern metropolis. Mr. Wright, accom
panied by Mr. Thompson, came North this
summer in a yacht from Seattle. They
fished all along the northern coast, and
after their return Mr. Wright, having time
to spare, made a special trip to Alaska to
yet some data for lectures this winter in
New York. Mr. Wright lectures fur charity
every winter under the auspices of the lead
ing New York clubs. “It is amazing the
lack of knowledge the New Yorkers have
as to Alaska.” said Mr. Wright “I expect
to open their eyes with some of the slides
I will make from photos taken on this
trip.”
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Flat City Limited Described
Mr. Johns, the revenue official who is at
nresent in the city, displays an interesting
photo of an auto car in which he traveled
from Flat City to Iditarod while in that
vicinity, and which should give a tip to
some of our local transportation people,
says the Nome Nugget. The conveyance is
an auto cut down to a somewhat narrow
width, but wide enough to accommodate
two passengers seated abreast very comfort
able, and is fitted with flanged wheels in
place of the usual tires, so that it may run
on rails. The machine runs between the
points named, a distance of seven miles, sev
eral times per day, and is a very efficient
and rapid means of conveyance. Mr. Johns
states that there are no regular rails em
ployed in the operation, and traction is ob
tained by means of wooden rails composed
of four-bv-fours laid on a corduroy of sticks
I and brush. The car carries four or five
! people.
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The Juneau Gold District
One of the greatest assets of Alaska and
sources of trade for Seattle will ultimately
be the development of the great bodies of
low-grade ore in and about the Juneau dis
trict, says the Post-Inteligencer. In addi
tion to the properties of the Treadwell mine
and the near-by mines of the Jackling inter
ests, capitalists are now developing a new
| body of ore under the name of the Alaska
I Gold Belt. The ore in the Juneau district
is practically inexhaustible, and the amount
I of gold annually produced is reliant only
I upon the supply of machinery to reduce it
! In the mine now being developed gold runs
j about $2.17 per ton of ore, produced at a
! cost of 55 cents a ton. The combined prod
! uct of the four great plants of the district
! within the next two years promises to pro
duce profits of $75,000,000 annually, as in
i dicated by present plans for expansion. Thf
j payrolls will probably reach $1,000,000 a
j month. The development of all of these ort
j bodies is in the hands of interests possessed
j of ample capital, without which these great
I riches could not be retrieved. The plant;
i
now established assure the stability of t:
Juneau district. With the added in.: •
to placer and quartz mining, Alaska .dj-nd .
ultimately get into the class of the ^ .
African Rand as a gold producer.
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A Reminder of Early Days at Nome
A reminder of the stirring times of Nome -
early history is contained in the following
from the Nome Nugget of August 13 An
attempt to stop the beach miners workim:
on the beach near the Standard Oil Com
pany’s plant yesterday created considerable
excitement among the men who follow that
line of mining. According to the story mid
by some of the men. an attempt to st.-; mm
ing operations at that point was made :
Powell, the dredge man, under the fit
that he was the owner of the beach through
having title to the adjoining property. S •
of the men state that Powell cl tin - I •
have a patent to the property, and claim*-l
that his patent rights extended to the
water’s edge. The men generally have r*
fused to be driven away from their ocn: *
tion, snd they are evidently righi. a.- it i
matter of court decision that no one can
claim permanent title to mining ground
along the beach below the meander lines
which is something like sixty feet above the
water line. If it is remembered rightly, thi<
was one of the earliest decisions of the Nome
courts, having been handed down by Judge
Noyes early in 1900. Since that date there
is no record of any dispute arising as a rv
suit of beach operations.”
ORIGINAL “0NE-H0SS SHAY”
HAS BEEN DISCOVERED
A news item from Pittsfield, Mass., s'ates
that the original “one hoss shay” is now at
the Berkshire Museum of Natural History
and Art. The old chaise was presented to
; the museum by Francis W. Rockwell, who
i owned it for many years. It was formerly
owned by the late Amasa Rice of Pittsfiei 1.
i and his son, Robert A Rice, has told Mr
| Rockwell of Oliver Wendell Holmes fro
i quent visits to examine the old chaise dur
! ing his residence at Pittsfield. 1S4S lSti >
and it is believed that this is how Mr
Holmes gained his inspiration for hi' fa:;; i>
poem. “The One-Hoss Shay.”
Mr. Rockwell writes that this chaise i<
more than 100 years old. It formerly was
the property of Samuel McKay, one of Pitts
field’s first citizens in his day, 1793 1S34
In the inventory of his estate one item
was “One gig and harness, $130."
Mr. McKay was interested in other forms
of transit, for records show that M
McKay, Lemuel Pomeroy and T A. Gould
i were incorporated with the capital of $240.
I 000 as the Pittsfield & West Stockbndg*
i Railroad Company.” Mr. McKay gained
I the title of “colonel” as one of the g \
ernor’s military aids.
TO OWN HIS OWN HOME
(Ida M. Tarbell in American Magazine
There is a growing recognition in the in
dust rial world of the determining effect that
the life outside of the .‘'hop has on the life
within. Many men of intelligence and un
derstanding declare that our hopes for a bet
' ner industrial world cannot be realized if
I that life outside is unhappy, hopeless ami
I meager.
One of our greatest safety experts says
! that safety is impossible if a man is poorly
! housed and fed. An experimenting and sue
; cessful manufacturer, employing hundred
} of girls, declares that unhappy homes make
I unstable payrolls. Another tells us that
j without healthy amusement workers can
i never be depended upon for efficiency Com
I petition itself is forcing employers to con
sider the outside life of their employes. The
first and most important thing they must
consider is the house the man lives in.
A good workingman wants a home, wants
it more, on the whole, than any other thing.
He wants, if possible, to own his homp.
Wherever you find stable industries in this
country you find the wage-earner buying a
bit of land and building a house. It is he
who pushes the cities out in long lines of
tiny cottages. It is he who open “additions”
and suburbs. It is he who supports the ox
tensions of car lines, water, gas and electric
mains. Take the street car in various di
rections from a growing place like Kansas
City and note the miles and miles of gay
bungalows 8nd trim houses. It is the man
on wages who made the building of them
I necessary.
A rural mail carrier in Missouri has driven
1 the same horse 57,600 miles in the last eight
years. Ths is equal to more than two com
plete trips around the world.
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas', Flat
! and tditarod.