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WHERE CANNED SALMON
FROM ALASKA GOES.
Seattle:— Puget sound exported
8,716,048 pounds of Alaska and Pug
et Sound canned salmon to England
In November as compared with 588,
000 pounds in the same period last
year. The salmon exported to the is
land kingdom in the month just
closed the sound did not export a
single pound to Scotland.
The tremendous increase in the
canned salmon movement from the
Sound to Great Britain is revealed by
a comparison of the custom reports
for November, 1915, and November,
1914 From thee viewpoint of the
Sound’s ocean commerce, the inrcease
is one of the startling developments
of the new conditions brought about
•^.»y the war.
Puget Sound’s total canned salmon
exports in November last reached 9,
996,140 pounds, valued at $161,150,
established, by November of last
year.
The gain is more than fivefold.
The enormous consumption of can
ned salmon in Great Britain is al
most wholly reponsible for the sen
sational increase. Exports of cann
ed salmon to the Philippines last
month showed a heavy falling off. In
November, 1914, the Islands bought
914,644 pounds of the product from
Puget Sound. Last month they took
only 225, 000 pounds.
Chili and Ecuador failed to import
a single pound of this product from
Puget Sound in November, 1914, but
in the month just closed Chili took
235,840 pounds and Ecuador 26,000.
At the same time Peru brought 72,
000 pounds, compared with 2,400
pounds in November, 1914. The
Straits Settlements last month im
ported 144,000 pounds from the
Sound, as compared with 1,920 lbs.
In the same month of the previous
year.
The heavy British movement is due
primarily to war conditions, but the
growing trade to the South American
republics and the Straits Settlements
represents a permanent feature of the
^Sound’s commerce.
ALASKANS REFUSE TO
STAND FOR “L1VENGOOD”
FAIRBANKS: The announcement
from Brooks by wireless that Tom
Patterson, the man who will be the
postmaster at the new diggings, was
leaving yirooks today for Fairbanks
raises tie question as to whether or
not the postofflce department has the
arbitrary power of naming new
towns.
Judge Bunnell in appointing How
ard Johnson Atwell commissioner for
the new Tolovana precinct designat
ed the town of that precinct where
the commissioner should locate as
“Brooks." The wireless station, the
only thing that bound the new dis
trict to the outer word, was named
"Brooks," and is so recognised by the
United States government.
Along comes the department offl-j
cials in Washington and appoint a
postmaster for the town of Liven
good. In the postal directory then
there will be no such place at Brooks,
Alaska. In the telegraph directory
there will be no such place as “Liv
engood, Alaska.” The court of this
division, the district court of the Uni
ted States, has officially designated
the town as “Brooks.” The deputy
there will be no such place as Brooks,
No one in Fairbanks is to blame for
the mixup. There is a reason and a
good one for the postoffice authori
ties designating the new town as
Livingood. There are several post
offices in the United States by the
name of “Brooks.” But the one bad
feature of it is that there is one in
Alabama by that name. There is no
officially recognized abbreviation for
Alaska, but many people try to ab
breviate it, and there was a Brooks.
Alabama, and a Brooks, Alaska. It
is probably to avoid this that the
authorities in Washington named the
new postoffice “Livengood," but it’s
still Brooks to Alaska.
The authorities do not know how
glad Alaskans felt to be able to hon
or the man who has meant much to
the development of this territory by
naming a town for him.
CZAR BIDING TIME FOR
TERRIFIC ONSLAUGHT.
PETROGRAD: The next forward
movement of the Russian armies will
be in numbers of millions, not army
corps, says a high army official. The
armies are in better shape than for
many months, said this official, and
quite capable of moving forward at
any point. But the new plan of cam
paign contemplates much more than
the taking of towns and territory
by drives at this point and that.
The Russian staff is well satisfied
with the net result of strategy dur
ing the summer, and, it is asserted,
is willing to bide its time for the in
ception of the new campaign. A con
tented army, well fed, clothed and
housed and weekly steam cleaned, is
the first Russian army, as seen by the
Associated Press correspondent dur
ing a 10 days’ visit to the positions
along the eastern front. There are
quarters for the officers and for the
men, officers’ clubs, and, strangest
of all, steam baths in which the men
take turns in squads at being thor
oughly steamed and scrubbed; then
they are given fresh undergarments.
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Struck Wood at 1900 Feet.
One of the first deep wells drilled
in the West was put down near
Huxley, Nev., by the Central Pacific
Railway In 1881, in a search for
good water. The boring reached a
depth of 2,760 feet, but the water
obtained was of very unsatisfactory
quality. At 1,700 feet the drill en
countered a bed of “petrified dams’’
and the record states that 1,900 feet
well-preserved “redwood timber” was
found. (Overland Guidebook, U. Geo
logical Survey.)
" BRITISH ARMY SWORDS.
Each Branch of the 8ervice Has Its
Own Type of Weapon.
Swords Id the British army vary to
a very great extent, arid practically
every branch of the service lias Its own
type of weapon. Tile difference Is not
so much in the shape of the blade as
In that of the hilt.
The sword used by the infantry has
a large ornamental guard, bearing the
royal cipher and crown. There is a
slot at the top of the guard for the
sword knot, really a leather loop end
ing In a knot to prevent the loss of the
Bword. The infantry sword ts perfect
ly straight and ts sharp on one edge
only.
Ride regiments have a special sword
of tbelr own with the rifle badge let
Into the openwork guard. Very much
the same sort of sword, but with a still
more open guard, consisting of three
curved bars, is used by the royal ar
tillery and army service corps. The
Royal engineers have a gilt hilt on
their swords, a distinction they prize.
The claymore of the highland regi
ments has a big basket bilt lined wltb
red cloth and blue ribbons. The odi
cers of some Scottish regiments carry
a plain cross bllted sword without a
guard.
Until a few years ago the cavalry
were armed wltb sabers. Nowadays,
however, they carry swords of a
straight rapier pattern. The guard is
a large affair, completely shielding the
hand.—New York Times.
THE FRENCH ACADEMY.
Career of the Organization of the
“Forty Immortals.”
The Institute of France had its in
ception in 1570, when there was found
ed in Paris by the French poet. An
toiue de Baif, a literary and musical
society, known as the Academy of the
Valois. Charles IX. granted it letters
patent on Nov. 20. 1570, as “The Acad
emy of Poetry and Music.” It bud.
however, no stability. Attacked upon
every occasion and criticised by its op
poneuts. Its members ceased to meet
after 1584. Almost half a century
passed before a revival took place.
For some lime since the year 1029
a small circle of enthusiastic students
was wont to meet at each other’s home
for the study of French language and
literature. From year to year its mem
bersbip increased, and In 1034 Cardinal
Richelieu proposed to the society to
have their private status changed Into
a public institution, with many rights
and privileges. Upon agreement by
the society it was henceforth known
as "the French Academy.” with a char
ter from Louis XIII. of January. lt>36
It consisted then of forty members
the "forty immortals’’—and at no time
and under no pressure whatsoever hns
this number been increased.— London
Standard.
Lost and Found.
It is a world of strange happenings.
On the Alaska steamer from Seattle
was a young lady who bitterly lament
ed to a friend aboard the loss of a pin
It was an Elk emblem, gold and jew
eled. a present from her brother. She
had lost it on the street in Seattle just
before her departure. She related the
eircumstafaces in the presence of an
other passenger to whom site had Just
been introduced by her friend. This
fellow passenger seemed interested and
finally inquired. “Did you really lose
an Elk pin and did it have your initials
engraved on the back?" "Indeed I
did,” replied the young lady. "How
did you know about the initials?” The
passenger rejoined. "Well. 1 found It I”
lie had picked up the pin on the street
in Seattle just before the steamer had
sailed.—Leslie's.
Growing Truth.
An argument is usually a tug-of-war.
and a tug-of-war does not bring people
together, yet we are often deceived
into thinking that we can bring the
other man over to our side liy arguing
with him. Even wbeu an argument
does convince it is not usually the best
way of convincing. It is so much bet
ter to suggest to people than to argue
with them, if you have convinced a
person be is trying to renieinlter what
you ha vV said. P.ut if you drop a seed
In hfs mind it will quietly work in
him. Growing truth Is more effective
than driven truth.
Wily Elephants.
An elephant that is going to make
trouble turns his hack on his intended
victim and begins to swing his great
body from side to side. Then in a
flash he wheels, catches the offender
with his trunk and hurls him perhaps
twenty feet away, following swiftly
to crush the life from his body witli
bis mighty kuees.
Curious Shoes.
In India the lowest classes wear as
siloes a flat block wltb a large knob,
which slips between the first and sec
ond toes. Tb£y are so skilled in wear
ing these that they are nble to keep
them on and walk or run with great
speed.
About Dry Goods Mainly.
“Before we were married. Tom, yon
need to drink in every word I said."
“Yea. but your converaatlon bns be
come so dryt now that I can't drink It
In.”—Boston Traveler.
His Occupation.
“Johnny, is your father an optimist
or a pessimist?"
“He ain’t neither one. He'a a chi
ropodist”—New York Americnn.
Aa Bill Nys Saw It
Bill Nye described a five shot Colt’s
revolver as “Professor Colt’s live vol
ante treatise on the ventilation of the
human system ”
LORDS AND RETAINERS.
The Feudal System Has Not Yet Been
Entirely Eliminated In Japan.
There Is In Japan a social relation
ship between employer and employee
not known in your country. It is the
relationship of lord and retainer. For
many centuries Japan was under a
feudal system where the giver of "yok"
tor annual pension) was the lord, while
the recipient of it was the retainer.
Such feudalists relations between pay
er and payee have not yet altogether
died away in this country, though they
ure gradually diminishing with the cap
italization of labor. Even today be
who pays wages is allowed to assume
something of the mental attitude of
the lord—not in a despotic but in a
protectora 1 sense—toward those who
receive them.
A young man who was earning bis
school expenses by work in America
came into possession of a lengthy let
ter from his mother left behind in Ja
pan repeatedly advising him to be loyal
to the person of his master, and he
looked around to find, to his renewed
surprise, that nobody wonld claim in
the republic such personal loyalty as
his good old mother must have meant
But in Jupan there exist many sub
jects for his quasi feudalists virtue.
My American readers may think that
the comparative scarcity of strikes in
Japan is due to lack of self assertion
on the part of laborers, but that is not
quite right. The chief explanation
must be found in their active loyalty
to their employer’s person rather than
in their passive forbearance.—From
“Japan's Message to America,” by
Kojiro Matsukata (D. C. L. Yale). 4
FLYING BULLETS.
At High Velocities Army Rifle Missiles
Make Queer Sounds.
There is hut one sound plainly audi
ble from n flying bullet, and this is au
dible only when the bullet travels at
high speed, at the rate of 1,500 feet per
second or more.
. Missiles from all army rifles of mod
ern times, which vary in velocity from
2.000 to 3.000 feet per second, create a
vacuum immediately behind the bullet.
The result is a sharp crash as the bul
let passes, caused by the air closing
rapidly in behind the bullet base.
At considerable range two distlnci
reports are audible to the person by
whom the bullet is passing. At 700
yards the sound may be described pho
netically as "pack-punk.'' The first
sound comes about three-quarters of a
second ahead of the latter in the case
of the United States army rifle, the
new Springfield. The velocity of this
rifle is 2,700 feet per second at the
muzzle.
The first sound is thnt of the bullet
passing through the air. It is like noth
ing so much as a long and very violent
ly cracked blacksnake whip. The sec
ond sound comes about three-quarters
of a second later. It is dead, lteavy
and is more like a thud than the
"crack” of a rifle.
The difference In the time of the two
sounds is because the bullet travels
much faster than sound. Noise pro
gresses at the rate of about a thousand
feet per second.—Outing.
Growing Older.
As 1 see it. growing older is the proc
ess of the reconciliation of the spirit to
life. Living is simply getting acquaint
ed with the world we live in. The real
purpose of a body is that it shall be
used up, worn out—ami then thrown
away—in fowling the spirit. Whatever
happens to you in the outer world
translates itself finally into such a sub
stance. That is what it* is for. just as
the purpose of food is not to look pret
ty on china plates, but to be traits
formed into blood and muscle. It is in
the natural order of things that the
body should be thus used and exhaust
ed. The unnatural and horrible thing
is that the body should he worn out
and yet the spirit remain unnourished.
—Atlantic.
Correct Diagnosis.
John Fiske, the historian, was once
interrupted by his wife, who complain
ed that their son hud been very disre
spectful to some neighbors. Mr. Flske
called the youngster into his study.
“My boy, is It true that you called
Mrs. Jones a fool?"
The boy hung bis head. “Yes. fa
ther."
"And did you call Mr. Jones a worse
fool?”
"Yes. father." .
Mr. Fiske frowned and pondered for
a minute. Then he said:
“Well, my son. that is just about the
distinction 1 should make.”
No Fire Within.
Times have changed. Our fathers for
some strange reason preferred a cold
meeting house to one which was warm
ed by arttfleial beat. When a stove was
put into tbe Old South church, Boston,
in IT.S3 n newspaper of contemporary
date contained this significant lament:
Extinct the sacred fire of love,
Our zeal grown cold and dead.
In the hpuse of God we fixed a stove
To warm us In their stead.
Miaundaritood.
“How now?”
“This fellow told me be was going to
show me tbe beauties of tbe town.”
“Well, didn’t he?”
“He meant parks and office buildings.
I was prepared to see some feminine
loveliness.”—Pittsburgh Post
Tha Variety.
“Wbat kind of a melon is it which
tbe corporations cut?"
“Well. Judging by tbe condition of
;helr stock, it must often be a sort of
watermelon.”—Baltimore American.
Between friends frequent reproof
makes tbe friendship distant—Confu
cius.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALli BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop*;.
^Ynn Want strict,y fresh E88*» Butter, Fruit
fT dill anj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mar.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
I VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
>
| Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
(Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
1*LIMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pi|:e and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Cr.
PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California Lillfi Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
. Steamer Sailing 15th calla lllaninn and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern Californio.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle; VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE IOTH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE,
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Ellaiuar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S, S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S, S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
r. D. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One'road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdes,’ Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.