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
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OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST
FROM RUBY RECORD-CITIZEN
Friday evening. August 4. was the occa
sion of a jollification in the f »rm of a ban
quet tendered by the citizens of Ruin to
Colonel Richardson of tin* Alaska road com
mission. in acknowledgment of his efforts for
tin* upbuilding of the Ruby district by the
extension of road work. There were about
fifty guests, and Henry Roden of lditarod
proved himself a jolly toastmaster, and his
keen sense of humor was quite an asset at
the feast The speakers were Colonel Rich
ardson. Judge Bunnell. Hr. W. F. Green of
Tokotna and Henry Roden. The keynote
of all the addresses was co-operation in
building tip the district.
Court Matters
Charles Grover has been indicted by the
grand jury on the charge of murdering a
man named Phillips at McGrath some
months ago. His trial was set for August
7. K. Coke Hill is defendant's counsel.
Kaliag Nicoli has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree for the killing of
Lis wife. Kaltag Anna. Sentence had not
yet been pronounced.
The final report of the grand jury, among
other things, recommended that an appro
\ riittion of $200,000 be made to construct
a r ail from Long to Tokotna; also a sur
vey f>«r a road from Poorman to Tamarack
Landing, the head of navigation on the
Salatna river. This is a^ked “in the name
of the two thomand p''nI le between Ruby
and McGrath.” A recommenda'ion is made
that labor on the goyermmnt roads arid
trails “be not less than for eight hours.”
The department of justice is petitioned to
set aside a special fund to be used to defray
the expense of looking int■ cases of men
reported from outlying districts as sick, in
jured or destitute, and the department is
risked to instruct oihcials notified of such
cases to thoroughly investigate them and be
A aid where necessary. The wanton de
struction of game n the Kuskokwim region
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is called to the attention of the authorities,
and a recommendation is made that a dep
uty United States marshal be stationed at
McGrath, and that a jail be provided at
! that point. Regarding the numerous dis
appearances of men in the Kuskokwim re
gion the report says: “It has been brought
to our attention that a number of men have
disappeared in the Kuskokwim district,
namely, Phillips, Callahan, Johnson, Lagin.
Peterson, Baker, an Italian, a man at the
head of Novi, name unknown, and a man
and party bound from Iditarod to Knik.
last seen in Tokotna and inquired for at
the marshal's office at Fairbanks. I he
number of missing in tlie last six years is
appalling, and some of them are thought by
a great many to have been murdered. No
effort of any kind has been made by ’he
government to investigate and bring ihe
guilty to justice. There are indications at
this time of four having been murdered.”
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Senator Charles A. Snlzer. candidate for
delegate in congress, passed through on
board the Schwatka on July 21. en route
to Nome. He will return to Ruby and stay
several days, speaking in town and on the
creeks.
A telegram from A. F. Zipf. transporta
tion agent of the White Pass at Seattle, in
answer to a query wired by a mass meeting
held at Long City on July 18. says that
while the long.-horemen’s strike has seri
ouly interfered with the movement of
freight, local conditions are improved. He
states that all Alaska lines are operating
every steamship available, and are having
no trouble in loading their ships. He con
cludes: "You can rest assured that all In
terior Alaska freight offered will be taken
care of. In seasons past the last steamer ,
via St. Michael has sailed from Seattle not
later than August 27, and this year the Vic
toria will sail on or before that date.”
At a public meeting addressed by Judge
Bunnell and Colonel Richard-on of the road
commission, the latter said, speaking of the
appropriation of §70,000 for the Ruby-Long
road: "The road is intended to be part of
the network of the trunk line which shall
connect Ruby, the upper Kuskokwim sec
tion and Anchorage, and which, when com
pleted. will develop the lower Yukon, milk
ing Ruby a distributing point for that re
gion." Colonel Richardson spoke optimis
tically of the consummation of this plan.
Mrs. .Tames Cody and child came down
from Fairbanks on the Schwutka on Thurs
day. July 20.
C A. Celena. a well-known pioneer of the
North, died at Nulato in July. He was a
member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers.
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
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Think of it!
THEY have chrome Nickel
Heat Treated Blades and se
lected and re-selected Second
Growth Northern White Ash
Handles.
Wear out? Yes, eventually, but
not until they have outlasted two j
or three Crucible or Cast Steel
Shovels.
And while they last—no break
ing, bending or turned-up edges.
Always strong and sturdy for a
big day’s work.
This tough Shovel is worth be
ing taken out to your mine.
The Northern Commercial
Company
have arranged to have some of
these shovels at their various stores.
Not enough for everybody. Get
your order in early.
^ ASK FOR RED EDGE SHOVELS
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Alaska-Grown Strawberries
Dr. ,1. T. Western!ann is receiving orders
for strawberries, and we guess not California
strawberries, either, but real. red. luscious
strawberries grown in the Mutanuska val
ley. says the Anchorage Times. To fur
ther advertise the first appearance of Mata
nuska strawberries on the Anchorage mar
ket, Dr. Westermann is having a photograph
made of them, which will be used as evi
dence for the “doubting Thomases.1’
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Barthel Interests Sold
By a deal consummated yesterday after
soon, says the Fairbanks News-Miner of
July 20, Daye Petree became the owner of
the stock of the Barthel Brewing ompany
held by Mr.-. Barthel. The considera
tion for the deal has not been made pub
lic, but is said to be well tip in the thou
sands, and is the most important deal made
here in several years. While Mr. Petree was
the heaviest stockholder of the brewery be
fore the transaction, he now owns practi
cally all of the stock of the corporation. In
the near future Mrs. Barthel and family will
leave for the States to make their home,
it is said. The Barthel brothers, Walter and
Richard, still have some mining interests in
the country, but they will get their affairs
in shape so that Richard will be able to go
out before fall.
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Fairbanks Raises Its Own Vegetables
During the last year the Fairbanks mer
chants lost nearly $5,000 on potatoes im
ported from the States, according to one
of the largest dealers in the town, and the
News-Miner says that the result is that no
more potatoes wi.l be brought from the
States. Several years ago it was a matter
of pride for the people of Fairbanks to
boast that the farmers could raise almost
all the potatoes needed here, while today it
it is an actual fact that Outside farmers
cannot compete with local growers of spuds.
Last year there was an excellent crop of
first-class potatoes, and this season the
farmers report that the spuds will be just
as good. There is a greater acreage of po
tatoes this year than ever before, but the
crop will be taken care of because of the
fact that none will be brought in from the
States. Interior Alaska farmers now raise
all the cabbage, carrots, potatoes, celery,
turnips, parsnips, cauliflower, beets and
some other vegetables that are used in the
Interior. The amount of other vegetables
grown in the Interior is increasing yearly,
and ii will be but a short time until prac
• ieally no vegetables of any kind are brought
in from the States.
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Lieutenant Mehaffey Promoted
Lieutenant Joseph Mehaffey. engineer of
ficer of the Alaska mail commission, recently
received notice < f his promotion to a cap
taincy. He thinks that his promotion is
the result of the general preparedness
scheme, for. with the mobilization of troops
for the Mexican border and the prospect
of raising the number of troops composing
the standing army, it becomes necessary to
promote some of the younger officers. As
Captain Mehaffey told the Fairbanks Times,
“the kids have c\»me in for a raise.”
Ray Clarke Looking Up Graphite Mines
Ray V Clarke is now ready to leave for
Teller to look up the graphite mines of the
Port Clarence di.-trict, where not 1 »*«••* than
one hundred tons will be secured, if possible,
sav* the Nome Industrial Worker, which
continues: “Like every other mineral,
graphite has been affected bv war condi
tions, and has increased in price. The sup
ply trom Mexico is affected by the civil
war in that country, and also is said to be
deteriorating in quality. The main w rid
supply is from the mines in Ceylon, but !
thD is practically commandeered by the
British government since the war broke out.
Any activity in the iron, steel, machinery
end toed industry always reflects an activity
in the graphite market, which just now i>
booming. Should there be any «uch large
deposit as is claimed for it in the Port
Clarence district, and if the supply main
tains a quality equa] to some samples tha>
have been taken out, it is the belief that
a big future lies before the industry in Sew
ard peninsula.
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How “Dr.’' Brooks Received His Degree
A Seattle dispatch of July 29 spites that
I)r. Alfred 11. Brooks, head of the Alaska
division of the United States Geological
Survey, is in that city on his way North, on
his nineteenth annual tour of Alaska. At
a banquet given in his honor the geologist
told those present that he had nev-T re
ceived a degree of “doctor” from any univer
sity. He said it was a “railroad degree
conferred upon him by the sourdoughs of
the Yukon.” Gradually a few' of his friends j
called him “doctor,” in the early days. Se
attle took it up next, and finally it got
hack to Washington and all over the coun
try. until today all the official reports of
the government refer to him as “Dr."
Brooks. In remarking on it. Dr. Broops
said that he prized the degree more than if
it had been conferred upon him by all the '
universities of the East. Dr. Brooks will
spend some time at Chicago!? islands before
proceeding to any other part of Alaska.
Goyette Held to Grand Jury
In the commissioner's court at Fairbanks
on July 25 Louis Goyette, who is charged
with shooting Dick Creighton and wife,
with intent to kill, was up for a preliminary !
hearing. After hearing the testimony Judge
Brown held the accused under $7,500 bail,
which was furnished
Alaska Traffic Breaks All Records
Passenger traffic to Alaska during the
first six months of the year ending June 30
broke all former records, according to esti
mates compiled, says the Juneau Empire.
Between January 1 and June 30 passengers
going to Alaska numbered 17,000, including
all classes of travel on American and Cana
dian steamship lines. This surpassed the
previous record, it is estimated, by more
than 1,000 persons The great bulk of the
travel was from Seattle, that port continu
ing supreme in all branches of Alaska traffic,
freight and passenger. It is estimated that
close to 16,000 persons have gone from
Seattle to Alaska since the first of the year.
The estimate of 17,000 as the total Alaska
passenger traffic for the first six months of
1916 was compiled by Kenneth C. Kerr,
editor of the Railway and Marine News.
In commenting on the growth of the traffic
Kerr says that the record distinctly fore
shadows the construction of a fleet- of fast,
exclusive passenger, mail and express steam
ships, fitted up with rooms de luxe and ex
tra fare suites for service on the inside pas
sage route.
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Capitol Building for Juneau
A Washington dispatch says that Juneau
will get $300,000 additional for its public
building should the public building bill go
through congress and receive the President’s
signature in the form in which it was re
ported to the house on July 17 by the com
mittee on public buildings, and recom
mended for passage. The total appropria
tions in the bill amount to nearly $35,000,
000. The appropriation for the Juneau
building is $150,000 less than recommended
by the secretary of the treasury. Friends
of the measure say, however, that a good
building may be secured for the amount ap
propriated, and that deficiency appropria
tions may be secured later. There already
is available for the Juneau public building
the sum of $177,500, and if the appropria
tion provided in the public buildings hill
goes through there will be nearly half a
million dollars for the structure.
First Juvenie Court Ward
Little Hazel Hensley, the 10-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Kittie Hensley, is now on
her way to tlie Outside, the first child to he
sent out from Fairbanks under the juvenile
court act, says the Fairbanks Citizen of
July 24. She is going to the Bethany
Home for Girls at Glendale, Ohio. The
matron who is in charge of the little girl
is Miss Clara White Cooley. The child and
her mother appeared before Commissioner
John K. Brown in juvenile court last Friday
afternoon. The complaint in the case had
been made by Chief of Police Frank Wise
man. who alleged that without care am'
schooling the future welfare of the child
would be impaired were she not sent out
to school. The place where the child in
going is in no sense a prison, the authori
ties have ascertained. The children sent
to the institution are well schooled and
otherwise well cared for. The mother made
objections to the sending of her child Out
side. The little one, however, seemed
greatly pleased at the prospect, stating in
no uncertain words her desire to go. She
appeared in court dressed in over: 11*. but
when she departed on the Alaska she was
neatly garbed.
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Douglas Island Wages
The following is the wage scale now
prevailing at the Alaska Treadwell. Alaska
United and Alaska Mexican mines at Doug
las Island. Alaska, according to the Juneau
Dispatch: Machine drillers. $3.50 per day,
machine helpers. $3.25; mine laborers, $3;
amalgamators. $120 per month; feeders.
$100; vannermen, $95 to $130; machinists.,
$3 to $7 per day; blacksmiths, $5 to $0;
toe 1 sharpeners. $4.50; blacksmiths' help
ers. S3. Employes who board at the com
pany’s boarding house pay $25 per month 1
for meals and $2 for a room. The average
number of men employed per day for the
year by the Alaska Treadwell was 7IS. and
the average wage paid was $3.01. The 1
Alaska United empl >ved 276 men at $3.40,
and Alaska Mexiran^DM.24, at $3.36.
The Champion Bear Killer
An exchange says: “That J. C. Tolman
of Seward i< the champion bear killer of
the territory is a claim that can be made
without fear of contradiction. With his
own steady hand and trusty rifle he has
killed in his time 227 members of the
Bruin family, not counting at all the greater !
numbers killed by parties whom he piloted j
into the hills. As an example of the |
number killed by those he guided it need |
only be said that in the past ten days he
has been in charge of a party that killed
eight of the animals in the vicinity of
Seward.”
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Three Douglas Youths Lost
Mayor O’Connor of Douglas on July
20 summoned the citizens to join in a j
gigantic searching party for three boys,
aged IK and IS. who had been missing
for several days, and who are believed
to have drowned in Gastineau channel.
The boys are Colville Gaiwass, K. Sal
monsen and Louis Hubbard, all member'
of prominent Douglas families. The boy
started out in a small boat for an out
ing on the channel. Three days later
their boat was found twenty miles away,
overturned and in such a manner as to
indicate that the boys had been thrown
from the craft.
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Joslin Buys Kataila Oil Property
A sale of thp property of the Kataila
Oil & Refining Company, at Kataila, was
marie recently by the marshal's office at j
Valdez under a decree of foreclosure of
mortgage. The property was bid in by
Falcon Joslin, trustee for the bondholders,
for the sum of $16,927.47. this amount
covering the liens, labor accounts and ex
penses against the O'-nnerty.
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White Whale Leather
According to an Associated Press dis
patch. a shipment of ten tons of skins of
the beluga, or white whale, taken in Be
ring sea, from Seattle to the East, “to be
made into white shoes for women,” has
caused widespread comment and inquiry’.
One leather trade paper declared that it
would be impossib'e to convert the beluga
skin into shoe leather, the beluga being a
fish. Alaska fishermen have offered to fur
nish skins in quantities if a steady market
is offered for them. Inquiry among whal
ing authorities brings out these facts. The
beluga is not a true whale, but a porpoise.
It attains a length of twelve feet, abounds
in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, and feeds
chiefly on cuttlefish, but also eats other
fish, and is reputed to pursue salmon up
the larger spawning streams, notably the
Yukon. The principal market for beluga
skins has been London, and the price paitl
there has been so high that the leather
has not come into competition with the
hides of cattle. At present the London
hide market is disorganized by the war.
Beluga skin is said to make good belting
and shoe leather, even white leather for
women’s shoes, hut absence of an estab
lished market has limited the supply and
kept prices high. The beluga also yields
very valuable oils, it is said.
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TEMPERANCE CONVENTION
A communication from Mrs. Cornelia
Templeton Hatcher, president of the Alaska
Women’s Christian Temperance Union, an
nounces that the second territorial conven
tion of that organization will be called to
order in Juneau on August 24. “This con
vention will mark an epoch in the history
of Alaska,” she says, “as it is the cam
paign year for territorial prohibition. Each
local union is urgently invited to be repre
sented.”
FORMER ALASKA RESIDENT
ADVERTISES HIS STOVES
]n this issue of The Pioneer will be found
an advertisement of the Lang Manufacturing
Company of Seattle, which is placing on
the Alaska market a stove which is espe
cially adapted to conditions in the North.
This particular stove was evolved by I. S.
Lang, who had mu h experience in Alaska,
and is the result of experiment and observa
tion while engaged in the business of stove- j
making in Nome in the early days of that |
camp.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1 50
per can. lditarod Meat Co.
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PS ArAIjrK 1>*K «unJ Hrnall, printed on j
I L./\L/TlivL>iJ paper, eanlli' ;ud i-r elnlh, ;
on short not.ine. at hP.'arod I’loneer ofTlee. j
Big Stocks of Fresh Goods
Everythin? for the Miner and
Prospector
MAX SIM EL TRADER
Stores at Cripple City and Mouth of Tolstoi
1917 CALENDARS
In The Iditarod Pioneer's 1916 con
signment of newspaper and job-printing
stock will be found a splendid and varied
assortment of Calendars for 1917, which
will be displayed immediately after un
packing.
The business houses of the community
are asked to defer ordering their next
year's Calendars from Outside until .The
Pioneer's supply has been inspected.
There are about twenty-five different
kinds, and they are all beauties. And
the prices will be right, too.
GENERAL
FREIGHTERS
DAILY STAGE SERVICE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
CAFE
FLAT CITY HOHBACK A DURAND
Bet. the Grand and Bagoy’s Bars
THE BEST ALL THE TIME
WE ARE HERE TO STAY
BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE
Don’t forget to have The Iditarori Pioneer
your favorite weekly newspaper forwarded
to your new address. You’ll iind it a most
welcome visitor in your new surroundings.
One copy is worth a dozen of those ; rum
ised letters that never came.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To (Mias. Heno and v. Pierce, and to their
heirs and as igns:
You and each -T yon are h<*n by ii«-tlll*d
that I hive expended L>r labor and irn
pro vemcii ts during each i.j‘ the years 19!/..
19 14 and 19 1a ilie sum of one hundred
dollars upon tie* It* idy M -n* \ phieer min
ing* claim. Mltiate <>n Maverick creek, a
tributary or .Marvel creek, in the k ;k -
l:\vim r* cording district, territory or Ma.-ka.
in order to iiold '/id claim under tii«■ pi*"
visions of law respecting annual labor on
mining claims.
.'.in. if within ninety days arter the pub
Meat inn nr this notice you or either or y-.-u
rail or re ruse to pay ,\ uir portion ol* .-u**n
expenditure yi.uc 1111 • * r* * -1 m said claim will
ben rni* the property <T the undersigned > o
owner, according to the ppiM.'i m> o|*
2;ii>4. Hu vised Slain te- of the t'nited
states. u i in- it <: lib'1-'.
Fairbanks \la.-ka.
First publication, .lul.v *J9. 19 19.
1 .ast publication. Oct. -jm. iyt#*>.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To H. Sirin- and F. W. LabHle, and to tlwir
heirs and a-.-nm-:
You an ! each «>r you an* In reby n*.11ri• !
that I have expended for labor and im
provcments dnrinz **ar!i ol tli*- yea''.- 10 1 L
! '* I 4 and 1 I • ihi* -Min - P om- bini L * I
d liars upon tin- War F.aslr i• 1 a« <*r iinmiiR
claim, si male on tie* Odd limit «-f liable
reel a t i: faro - hi b 11 u r1 • r its
the Knskokwim r ♦ *>r«1inv* hsirirt. b-ri'iL ry
of Ala-ka. in order t • ledd -aid i lai n under
fbe provl>n ii.- < r law i - >p< ei.iir annual li
bor on iniiuna- eiuirn-.
Mid if w thiu nim :y days after the m !<
Ijeatioll oT till' n dice y• • Ii or either of y■ u 1
fail or re id i 'e to | ay \ . . ; -rib u of sucii
expenditure, y 'in inter- -i in -aid la in
\\ ill become Ml- pr Ipei - \ of the Milder
led ro-owner, a - I
sioip- of J ; J 4. !,-••. -I'd S- U'l'es the
I lilted Stales. LI ! 11KH < . Hi
Fairbanks. Alaska.
Idi st puldirati -n. .in!; v • t'• ! • .
Last publication. Oct. -J:*. I '< ! 0.
Partnership Dissolution Notice
N-dire is b.-r-by Riven and tills mem
rindiim Is to Rive the public to meler.-Lind
II irt all partnership relations beret- r uv e\
isf jiur tie| a. eeii .1. L. Rilev. M. Ii. .M irsb n
and Lottie .M. .M.irston, doiinr bn-me." i:nd* r
the Ilrm name and style of lie* niter l>:> dire
Company, and all other partnership rela
te n- of e\,-;y kind and rh.virter b' tv.-en
J. F. Ril-\ and M II. Mars tori. Iiav.- le eu
ai d are fills day di—lved. M. H. Mar.-P-n
retirinif from 11 * - • n-ui and the >aib ,1. F.
Ridy ass urn bur a!! i 'cbtedn " in '"-one' -
tU'ii v. itli tiie p ndiii ",'bip Ini' -e - -
Witness <-ur band.- tin ~ 4th day of
AllRdJsl, 1910. .1. F. RII.KY.
M. H. MAR STUN.
Wltne" :
JOHN Hnl.MLs.
ClIAs. Ho.- v
Best of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THE
Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITV
Open Day and Night
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Movs Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN 3AG0Y, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
FLAT CITY_
1 IDITAROD FLAT
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• Has for every man one Logging Shirt, one Heavy Rough Neck
a Sweater Coat, Mackinaw Clothing, and a Full Line oi Furnishings,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
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PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Westover—Wholesale Victor Phonograph Needles for Sale
Nice, Fresh Chocolates, Nuts, Candies and Fruits
POOL BARBER SHOP
J. A. NELSON, Prop. HURST BROS, j
The Lang Stove, born in Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust-Resist
ing Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with wood
or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the
smallest camp stove to the larg
est hotel range.
Any sourdough will toll you about the
Lang Stove, They all know it
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Caribou St\, Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Etetfrfc and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam