IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Bust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
Funeral of Old Prospector Con
ducted by Order of Which He
Was Honorary Member
The funeral of Alex Cornwall, the oh
prospector and miner who died on Ihurs
day October 7. was held at A. B. hall Iasi
Monday. A large number were present al
the obsequies, which were m charge of the
Pioneers of Alaska, of which deceased wai
an honorary member. The disagreeubh
weather conditions prevented as large at
attendance from the creek as would other
wise have been the case, but the outlying
camps were well represented under the ctr
cumstances by persons who braved the ele
moots to pay their last tribute of respect
to the deceased.
Although the season is somewhat late
for Bowers, there was a profusion of blos
soms on the casket, among them some most
beautiful wreaths.
The funeral service of the Episcopal
church was read by 11 V. St anion, and the
ritual of the Pioneer.- of Alaska was con
ducted bv President Percy Charles, aided by
Charles E. Taylor as chaplain and Fred liar
risen as historian.
Mr. Charles paid an eloquent and feeling
tribute to the departed, calling attention u
the heroic and uncomplaining fight made
by* him against disease, and to the many
sterling qualities which entitled him to bt
ranked among the honored Pioneers.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mrs. C. C. Chittick
DISCOVERY OTTER.. Harry Donnelley
Pioneer Machine Shop
ED J. UHL, Prop.
GENERAL REPAIR WORK
All Kinds of Metal Welded
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Mcva Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN' BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
FLAT CITY
| A choir consisting of Mrs. Robert Soutar,
Miss Lucille Taylor, Karl Hunt, Charles
I Taylor and Percy Charles, rendered the
i hymns, accompanied by Mrs. Charles on the
! piano, and the latter rendered a beautiful
vocal solo.
. | At the conclusion of the ceremonies at
! the hall the body was escorted to the ceme
1 tery by the Pioneers and other friends,
where the simple ceremonies of the order
I were performed. The pall bearers were:
Nels Sjodin, George Adams, Charles Lovett,
' Tom McMahon, ’Gene Norton and Ernest
Beattie.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The ft llowing is a list of letters remaining
; uncalled for at the Iditarod post office for
the week ending October 9, 1915. When
I calling for thorn, please ask for advertised
letters:
Abbott. George Lockhart, W. W .
Alow. P. (2 > Lockhart, Wilson (2)
Anderson, Andrew Lust. L.
Banard. James Metayer, Miss Adele
Bishop, Mrs. J. E. Mil's, 1‘rank A.
• Duckstad, S. Miller. A. F.
Earickson, John Okustu. T.
Erickson, John Patterson. A. J.
Eckman, Peter Petersen, Herman
Godfrey, G. L. Peterson. Nels
Godfrey, S. L. Price, Mrs. John H.
Hasegawa, S. (3) Saunders. John
Hogan, Harry Shanovich. foino
Johnson, C. W .2) Turcotte. Bom.
Kardanoff. Thomas V: n Horn. Mrs. W . A.
Keating, John Watson. John.
Langland, Sam
ALBERT WILE. Postmaster.
STREETS COMMITTEE
GETS IN GOOD WORK
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The streets committee of the city coun
cil. headed by Mayor Stanton and Chairman
Joseph H. Smith, accomplished some good
work early in the week, prior to the setting
in of severe weather. Considerable work
was done on the road to the cemetery, and
the ditching of that thoroughfare will have
a beneficial effect when the thaws of next
spring come. Sidewalks also have been put
in repair by the committee, notably that
in front of the A. B. hall, which was in bad
condition.
EARL HUNT ON PIONEER STAFF
Arrangements have been made by which
Earl Hunt, who i^ well known throughout
the district, will have charge of advertising
matters for The Pioneer, in connection with
other duties. The patrons of The Pioneer
will find it convenient to consult with Earl
with reference to changes of ads and new
announcements, and he is also authorized to
accept job printing.
Stores at
IDITAROD and
FLAT CITY
A Full Line of Clothing, Gents’ Furnishings, Rubber Eoots, Pacs, c
Boots, Shoes, etc. jj
THE BEST OF GOODS PRICES REASONABLE [
FINNEGAN & CAf¥3EROM
POOL ROOM CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
FLAT CITY
MERCHANTS' CAFE
HERBERT E. RILEY, PROP.
The Best of Everything the Market Affords—Our Sunday Dinners
Are Famous
TABLES FOR LADIES TELEPHONE
GRAND BAR nothing but the best
Cl AT (MTV The Place to Meet
FL.A I CITY v r .
_Your Friends
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
TUC POnODV Massage and
IH; bnUODf Bath Pariors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM, n ^ B ^
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER
Caribou Si., Bet. Black and WillowSts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
MAIL PROSPECTS
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Weekly Mail Service from Seward
Likely to Be Great Improve
ment Over Last Year
On November 1 the weekly mail service
between Seward and this city will go into
effect, and on that date mail consignments
will start over the trail from both cities.
In the meantime the district will be with
out mail service of any kind. Last year
there was an interim of more than eight
weeks between the time of the close of the
river route and the first arrival of mail over
I the trail. It is quite likely that the same
condition will prevail this year. It is some
thing that cannot be well guarded against.
The temporary inconvenience will, it is
hoped, be compensated for when the winter
service is once in full swing. It is a pecul
iarity of Alaska mail service that in spite
of the splendid system of waterways, the
winter mail service is generally much more
satisfactory than that in summer. This is
accounted for largely by reason of the fact
that the river boats which carry the mail
on the upper Yukon run on no regular
schedule. The launches on the side streams
make their trips as regularly as clockwork, I
but they are dependent on connections with
the big steamers.
With the winter service it is different.
The mail teams start from their appointed
stations on time, and it is only during most
severe weather conditions, and especially at
the commencement and close of the season,
that the schedules are at all interfered with.
During the present season there is likely
to be a much better organized service than
last year on the Seward Iditarod mail route,
owing to the fact that the mail for the In
terior will be made up at Anchorage instead
of at Seward, as was the case last year. The
increased population on Cook inlet no doubt
has made necessary great postal improve- j
incuts, and it may be expected that this i
di.-triet will benefit to some extent there- |
from.
One matter in relation to the trail mail
service that is apt to receive attention scon :
is the matter of time limit. At present the i
contractor is allowed twenty-four days be- !
tween Seward and Iditarod. At certain sea
sons this is not unreasonable; but after the'
trails are in good condition individual mush
ers make the journey in less than half that
time. Probably there will be an effort made j
to reduce the time limit later.
Word comes that work on the new trail
between Ophir and this city is progressing. !
and that by the time the winter mail con- ;
tract goes into effect that improvement will
have been completed. The new route from ,
Takotna to Ophir, and thence to this city,
will shorten the distance considerably.
Apparently there is no reason why the
Iditarod district should not be favored with
the best mail service this winter that it has ;
ever enjoyed.
FORMER IDITAROD RESIDENT
ACQUIRES UNUSUAL PETS
Many persons in this district will reniem- 1
ber Captain Alan P. Gilmour, a former prac
ticing attorney of this city, and will be in j
lerested in the following story, which is
printed in an Eastern paper under a Lex
ington, Ky., date line:
Emulating the example of the proverbial
lion and lamb, a three and one-half-foot
rattlesnake, with nine rattlers and a “but
ton,” and a big greenback bullfrog, put in
the same quarters, have become fast friends
and apparently are enjoying each other’s
society. The two pets belong to Captain
Alan P. Gilmour, a lawyer of this city. The
“rattler” was captured recently by Captain
Gilmour while on a trip to the Pine Moun
tain Settlement school, in Harlan county,
and brought back in a glass-covered box
and placed on exhibition at the V M. C. A
building. His snakeship seemed to refuse
food given him. and Captain Gilmour, think
ing to give the snake something that he
would enjoy for an evening meal, had a boy
to catch a bullfrog, which he dropped into
the box at a time when he thought the rep
tile was hungry. A battle royal was ex
pected between the snake and the frog, and
quite a crowd, in* anticipation of the sport,
gathered about the glass case to witness the
struggle, which, however, did not ma
terialize.
When the bullfrog landed in the den of
the reptile the latter made quite a “to-do,”
shooting up its head and sounding its rattles
at a lively rate, and looked as if it would
spring on the intruder. The frog was also
ill at ease and swelled up with becoming
dignity. The snake then started after his
frogship. but just before getting in striking
distance was amazed to see the frog take a
kangaroo leap, eluding him and landing on
! the other side of the box where the two were
' confined. When the snake turned around
to see what had become of his intended vic
j tim he was seemingly still more amazed to
see the frog sitting back on his haunches
I surveying his adversary with complacency.
The snake did not make any further at
tempt to attack the frog, and after gazing
al each other for a few minutes they ap
parently decided to be friends, and since
then have been getting along like two
chums, taking their meals together and de
veloping a strong friendship for each other.
Instead of one pet, Captain Gilmour now
has two in the “rattler” and the frog, and
their strange affinity is attracting the at
tention of hundreds who have been to the
! Y. M. C. A. building to see them.
TERRIFYING DEVASTATION
DURING RETREAT OF SLAVS
GENEVA, Sept. 5.—Letters from Aus
trian officers in the army of Poland and
Galicia have been made public here. They
describe the retreat of the Russians as a
“masterpiece of terrifying devastation,” and
state that a sea of flames raged behind the
retreating armies. Bridges, railroad tracks,
houses and farms are utterly destroyed by
fire and dynamite. The cattle were driven
before the retreating army, fodder and pro
' visions, where they could not be moved,
were set on fire, and the attacking armies
j have had to obtain every pound of supplies
from their own countries. The scene of
desolation after the Russian hordes had
passed over it is described as terrifying in
the extreme. It is a wilderness of charred
buildings, ruined roads and wrecked bridges.
Dr. Auringer has just received a stock of
lenses from the Outside. Those desiring to
have their eyes tested should apply for ap
pointments on Saturdays.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters^ $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
“SKILLFULLY-DEVISED PLAN TO
PREVENT EMPLOYES OB
TAINING COMPENSATION”
(Nome Industrial Worker)
Most of the compensation acts which have
seen the light of day in the various states
and territories have, however inadequate
they may have been, the compensatory ad
vantages of being able to eliminate costly
and time-dragging damage suits. Commis
sions carry out the provisions of law, and
the arrangements made for the enforce
ment are usually complete and thorough.
To be sure, most of the laws, if not all
of them, are even more beneficial to the em
ployer than to the employe, but on the
whole it may be taken for granted that in
asmuch as the employe seldom got very
much anyway, he could not be much worse
getting that little he did get under the acts,
provided that he was given it quickly and
without trouble, as he generally was.
Such an act is that of the state of New
York, which has just been sustained by the
court of appeals in a very lengthy and very
important decision.
That decision should be read with profit
by those Solons of ours who at the last
session of the Alaska legislature passed a
limited liability for employers law, and had
the gall or the ignorance, or both, to en
deavor to palm it off upon the people of
the territory as a workmen’s compensation
act.
The other acts provide expressly for their
quick and efficient enforcement, and elimi
nate, as in New York, the doctrines as to
assumption of risk and fellow servant.
The Alaska law does nothing of the kind.
If a man is injured, before he can get com
pensation he has to do as he did before,
take his case to the courts for adjustment,
paying some lawyer a contingent fee. and
he will be fought by employers, as before,
with arguments making use of the fellow
servant, assumption of ri.-k and contribu
tory negligence doctrines, as has always be
fore happened.
Never before has any legislature so stuiti- :
bed itself a. has this Alaska legislature in •
the passage of such a damnable act. All it j
does is to limit the amount that can be j
sued for; but it arranged for a suit in court !
and arranged that the employers could plead |
all those moth-eaten technical arguments, !
manifestly unjust under modern conditions j
of life the assumption of risk, contributory j
negligence and the fault of a fellow servant. ^
In the decision sustaining the New York i
law, which eliminates any such defense in !
opposition to the decision of a comission, the '
court said as to these doctrines:
No one doubts that the doctrine of as- i
sumption of risk and the fellow servant doc
trine were developed bv the courts under
different conditions than tho«e now prevail
ing, and may be limited and entirely abro
gated by a legislature.
In another section the court went on:
Surely it is competent for the state, in i
the promotion of the general welfare, to re- j
quire both employer and employe to yield ;
something toward the establishment of a
principle and plan of compensation for .heir :
mutual protection and advantage.
We’d like any of those legislators who !
stood up and voted for this limited liability ’
act called a workmen's compensation law in
Juneau to point out in one regard wherein
the employers have yielded anything in ih*1 j
establishment of this skillfully-devised plan |
to prevent employes obtaining adequate j
compensation.
The employes still face the same dilatory
legal procedure; they still face costly and :
interminable law suits. Not only that, but i
they have seen the legislators, at the in- 1
stance of a bunch of corporation lawyers, ;
rehabilitate obsolete doctrines cf the courts I
and expressly provide that they can be !
made use of in opposition to the worker s
claims.
No Solon who voted for such a law can
be trusted by the working people of this I
territory, and everyone who supported this .
law should be relegated to the limbo of ob
scurity, where they can neither plead igner- j
ance nor pretend philanthropy when passing
off upon the workers of this territory such
a legislative abortion.
WHEN HOMES ARE HIT
(Dawson News)
A Russian who cannot read English and j
who has been out of town for months came j
into Dawson yesterday and called at one j
of the news stands, and had the proprietor j
there read him late copies of the News. '
the reader progressed, telling of the fall of
Przymsl, Warsaw, Ivangorod, Lublin. !
Georgievsk and other Russian strongholds, j
the eyes of the listener dilated, his muscles |
twitched and his brawny fist closed like a
vice, while every lineament in the man’s
features was tense. As the reader progressed
and told of the advance toward the Rus
sian empire’s center, the subject of the czar
now and thpn relaxed his muscles and
ejaculated, “Impossible; no can be—no, too
many swamps, too many men.” Then his
being grew tense again. Finally the reader
came to the words. “Suwalki being attacked
and the country laid waste.”
“What? Suwalki—no! My God!” And
the powerful frame of the Russian doubled,
he bent to his knees, saying, “That’s my
home—my people are there—my people!”
And as he spoke, and his knees touched
the floor, the Russian touched his forehead
and crossed his breast.
The incident, occurring here in the midst
of Klondikers, who are remote and appar
ently secure from the ravages of war, illus
trates feebly how the horror of war strikes
home to those who know' that their homes
are being wiped out, and perhaps that those
who are near and dear to them are being
slain. The simple words of the Russian tell
more than columns of descriptive writing
from the battlefield how the dread of the
invader rests in the hearts of those who are
victimized. The story should bring home
to everyone who hears it the lesson of the
necessity of preparedness to resist the in
vaders, and for every loyal citizen of the
allied nations and every friend of democ
racy to rally with support of one form or
another to the cause which will spell the
doom of autocracy and kaisensm.
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Excerpts from Articles jy Colonel
Schleicher Now Appearing in
Leslie’s, Which Are Cre
ating Much Interest
(John A. Sleicher in Leslie’s Weekly
Alaska is the most misunderstood and mis ,
represented section of the United States.
People generally, and sincerely, believe that '
the name Alaska is synonymous with snow 1
and ice. and couple it accordingly with ice
‘ream freezers and cold drinks. Yet the
principal cities of Alaska along its southern
•oast line Juneau, Ketchikan, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward- -do not average as cold j
n midwinter as New ^ ork, and are seldom i
as cold as Baltimore and Washington dur- ,
ng cold waves.
Alaska is one-fifth the size of the whole
United States, and its prodigious area of
about 600,000 square miles, nearly three
times the size of the German empire, spreads
from the temperate zone to the Arctic cir
cle. Not one-quarter of it is in the latter.
Below the circle lies a magnificent belt of
Fertile soil. It is estimated by government
authorities that the agricultural area of
Alaska’s fertile valleys and plains, on many
>f which cattle can be wintered without
Feeding, aggregates 30,000 square miles, with
a climate like that of northern Europe—
Norway, Finland and Sweden. This land is
richer and more productive than that of any
rither country in the world, well watered,
Fairly well timbered, and 320 acres are open
free to the settler if he wishes to take up
a homestead.
In the great central valley oi AiasKa me,
coldest days of winter are not as cold as re
ported from time to time in the prairie
states of the United States, like Nebraska,
Montana and North Dakota. Stock raisers
and farmers are going to Alaska on every
steamer from Seattle to look the country
over. They are equipped with the special
government reports on Alaska that can be
lad without charge by writing to the depart
ment of the interior at Washington or from
any member of congress. Visitors to Alaska
are surprised at what they find when they
reach the Interior. Nor do they need to
suffer hardship in making the trip, for first
class steamships to the principal ports, with
unusually reasonable rates, are running out
from Seattle nearly every day, and railroad
and automobile lines to the Interior are
readily available. Nor is it necessary to go
far, for every valley leading from the coast
is waiting for the husbandman.
Thus far the astonishing mineral and in
dustrial wealth of Alaska has been its at
traction. Wide-awake capitalists have in
vested millions in fisheries, in gold and cop
per mines and in railroads, in oil wells.
They were preparing to open Alaska's enor
mous deposits of coal and to do development
work on every hand on the largest scale,
when suddenly a senseless outcry, a panicky
“scream,” that Alaska was being despoiled,
checked the advance of prosperity. Signs
multiply that public opinion is experiencing
a decided reaction and that it will insist on
giving men and women the freest chance to
open Alaska, subject only to fair and square
regulation such as everybody will be willing
to accept.
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Alaska’s immensity impresses one beyond
belief. It embraces the picturesque, the
sublime, the material and the beautiful. It
reveals to the visitor, multiplied one hun
dred fold, the beautiful Thousand Island
region of the St. Lawrence, the snow-cov
ered Alps, the fiords of Norway and the vol
canic and glacial wonders of Iceland. It
has the sweetest flowers, the most luxuriant
vegetables, the'finest grazing and timber
lands, the richest fisheries and mineral de
posits, and a most healthful climate, with
the warmth of the Middle States in winter
along Southern and Western Alaska, an.l
the dry, healing cold of the Arctic in the
highest latitude of the territory. Extending
from our Pacific coast 3,000 miles toward
the Orient, Alaska is the glittering diamond
of America’s diadem. The United States
has expended for Alaska, including its pur
chase price of 87,200.000. its courts, terri
torial officials, roads, etc., S38.J00.000,
and has received from Alaska customs, pub
lic lands and taxes, SIS,000,000. Meanwhile
Alaska has produced fish, gold, copper, furs,
etc., worth $500,000,000. Was it a good
bargain ?
OLD KLQNDIKER GONE
The father of Mae Eldorado Edgren,
known in the early days of Dawson as the
“Klondike baby,” died recently in Minne
sota. Shortly after graduating from the
University of Wisconsin Edgren, with his
young wife, just out of high school, started
for the Klondike to make their fortune.
When Mae Eldorado was born, only a
few months after their arrival in the North,
the mother gave up her life. Gold was
plentiful then, and the miners contributed
pounds of gold to the baby, with the best
wishes of everybody. Later the father and
daughter went to Minnesota to settle.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
“MEN OF HARLECH”
The year has gone by; the first year of
the war the year when all England, ex
cepting a comparatively few men and
women of sound judgment, seems to have
regarded the conflict as a part and parcel
of the “Tipperary” spirit. There are evi
dences that with the year has departed this
same “Tipperary” spirit. The English have
a new song. It is not a new song with the
Welsh, who have sung it for generations.
The British are singing it in the trenches.
It is chorused to stir the fire of patriotism
at recruiting meetings all over England. It
is “Men of Harlech.” Here are the words
of the old Welsh battle hymn:
Flash with spear and Might of arrow;
Men c!' Harlech: In the hollow,
i>o ye hear like rushing billow,
Wave on wave that surging follow
Hattie's distant sound ?
'Tis the camp of Saxon foemen,
Saxon spearmen. Saxon bowmen,
lb* they knights or hinds or yeomen,
Heath is glory now.
Loose the folds asunder,
Hag we conquer under:
Tin* placid sky. now bright on high.
Shall launch its bolts in thunder;
onward, 'tis our country needs us;
lb* i^ bravest, he who leads u>:
Honor's self now proudly heads us!
Freedom: God and Right:
Rocky steeps, and passes narrow.
Flash with spear and Might of arrow;
Who would think of pain or sorrow ?
They shall bite the ground.
Hurl tile reeling horsemen over!
Let tin- earth dead foemen cover,
Fate of friend, of wife, or lover.
Trembles on a blow.
Strands < f life are riven,
Plow for blow is given
In deadly lock or battle shock,
And mercy shrieks to heaven.
Men of Harlech, young or hoary,
\V< uld you win a name in -tory,
Strike for home, for life, for glory’
Freedom.’ God. and Right:
Does the change from “Tipperary” to
“Men of Harlech" mark the awakening of
the British lion? Ex.
WONDERS CF GERMAN SCIENCE
(By Waldemar Kaempffert, managing editor
of the Scientific American i
Straw transformed into food through a
comparatively simple chemical process,
blood converted into bread with the addi
tion of potato flour, a nourishing yeast
prepared from sugar and ammonium sul
phate- these are a few of the miracles
wrought by German science under the spur
of war. The chemist has come into his
own as well as the soldier.
The German newspapers and technical
periodicals are full of his achievements.
Read them, and you will find that he is the
bulwark of the empire in these terrible days.
Copper is scarce—so scarce that both the
soldier and the electrical engineer find them
selves without it. Forthwith the chemist
devises an alloy which, composed chiefly
of zinc, answers admirably for cartridges
and grenades. Aluminum is made from
bauxite, and bauxite is mined in France.
A Heidelberg chemist comes to the rescue
by showing how aluminum may be ob
tained from other natural deposits, with
the result that the German aluminum in
dustry will be independent of France when
the war is over. A rival of his has worked
out a method of utilizing large quantities
of waste magnesium chloride, thrown on
the dump heap by the potash manufactur
ers, and of making magnesium so cheaply
that it may compete successfully with alu
minum. England controls the supply of
gasoline, and in a war fought with motor
cars and airships as much as with cannon
and barbed wire, gasoline is as necessary as
powder. Two processes of making gasoline
artificially are at once forthcoming. Chile
controls the nitrate deposits of the world.
Because they are the principal source of
fertilizer. Germany would speedily starve
if a cheap and abundant substitute could
not be found. The other day the reichstag
was told that Germany need not be alarmed
—German scientists had discovered a way of
converting the nitrogen of the air into the
nitrates which Germany must have for both
the making of explosives and the making
of bread.
Whether Germany wins or loses, whether
she succeeds or not in forcing her will upon
Europe, her war-scientists have taught an
everlasting lesson of good to the whole
world. The industries they are now cre
ating, the food they ere now churning out
of dump heaps and offal in the hour of
.their country’s need means wealth which
will ultimately pay for the frightful rav
ages of shrapnel and rifie, and enable the
peasant and manufacturer to build up what
has been torn down.
New goods—about tw'o tons. Drugs,
candy (Lowney’s), toilet and rubber goods,
hot water bottles. Get a Thermos bottle.
DR. MOORE.
Hot Air and Vapor Baths with Electric
Vibration and Osteopathy Massages have the
power to cure such functional diseases as
Lumbago Indigestion
Rheumatism Disorders of Liver
Stiff Joints Melancholia
Dropsy Obesity and
Locomotor Ataxia Gout
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
Building and roofing papers. .
Crowley & Porter.
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
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Anchorage lias a Masonic do:- of f-.r >
members.
A new chapel will be built at And. r
by the Catholics, and a hospital ■. S< ai .
Employes on government roa
Seward Susitna (ii.strict receive >b '•> i r
an eight-hour day. and are chare ; ^1 -r
day for board.
J. Akasako, a Japanese employ
cannery of Lil-by. McNeil A; Liboy K
became violently insane recently . was
taken to the Morningside asylum.
Shipping amounting to more than - >.***
gross tons called at Seward m th- two
months commencing July 1. not including
vessels of the navy, coast guard and nth r
government craft
J. B. Slater arrived at Seward fr*»:n n>
claim in the Moose Pass district wr:i
twenty-six ounce? of gold, the result
fifteen-day clean-up with an arrastra. af' r
prospecting one of his claims. The * t il
clean-up for nineteen days amounted t
thirty-eight ounces.
The Alaska road commission has 'pent
$21,000 for roads in the Seward-Sum’ na
district. The settlement of the dispute over
the forestry m< nev at June 11
appropriation and the commission is m.d
ing an effort to get th<* road? in shape hi
fore winter.
Robert Smith, a pioneer prospect-: ’
the Kluane district, died from heart t 1 un
while on a hunting trip, and wa? un ■.
near where his body was found by search
ing party. He had been in thf1 distri'- t
more than a dozen years, and being : a
reticent nature, had never told an; n
where he came from or if he had an r*.
tives living.
Judge Tucker of Nome is visiting rela
tives in Virgil ia, and de 1 in -
become attached to Alaska and will con
tinue to reside in the North.
Nome filacer diggings have enjoyed un
usual activity during the past summer, ow
ing to an almost continual rainfall, ami it
is believed the output of the distri<
aggregate about $4,000,000 for the season.
That the government' may build a wire
less plant on Kotzebue sound for the benefit
of the residents of that district
recently recci\ from W a • ■ -
agent of the government i? investigating
the matter and should the need of th • plant
be apparent it will be installed.
Alaska at the present time i> on the crest
of an unparalleled era of good times, ac
cording to ?t itist cs in ide pul
by the United States custom hmi'*-. and
figures show that trade between the terri
tory and the United States and Uainda will
be two and a half times greater thi> year
than last.
HCRRORS OF WAR
The poet who wrote about \ pres.
Supposing the word rhymed with ">mpers.
Is now doing well.
In his nice padded cell.
On a diet of pens and penwipers.
PROTEST OF SOCIALISTS
AGAiNST AGGRESSIVE WAR
PARIS, Sept. 10. -French Socialists have
received copies of the recently-issued nun,
(esto of the Social-Democratic members of
the German Reichstag. They come from
Berlin via neutral countries. This manifesto
declares against the annexation of any eel.
quered territory and denounces the inclina
tion of the government to make this war a
war of conquest.
It continues that if Germany perseveres
in its intention to annex Belgium and Po
land it is making peace impossible, and
means that the war will ultimately become
a war of extermination on the part of
those involved.
The document further says that Germany
has nothing to gain by the holding of the
conquered territory except a legacy of hate
and revenge which will make that country
the butt of the whole world. One para
graph says:
“For nearly a year the war madness has
raged over the world. Hundreds of thou
sands of lives have been lost, irreparable
results of national culture destroyed, and
fearful destruction of the strength of the
people has taken place. Millions of mothers,
wives and children weep for sons, husbands
and fathers. Need and want accompany
the distress that weighs upon the people.
Shall this fearful drama, such as the world's
history has not known, never come to an
end ?”
It is said that the German government
will not attempt to punish the Socialists
who issued the protest. Officials hold it
to be merely an expression of opinion by a
small and unimportant section of the popu
lation.
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