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R. C. BUTTON, Asst. Cashier
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Perils of the Wireless
vwrking the 0:30 “run of the
rad: ::.:: 11 at Circle on Friday evening.
,)ij|\ i>. C rporal T. F. Gartrell. the oper
. ■ - a charge of tliat station, was knocked
a>c*i'>ip by a stroke of lightning. The
; had the receiver on his head when
• d, In’ tiling struck the tower and gave
1.,:.. a sc\ ere electric shock.
Nome’s Tidal Storm Reproduced
'Id Nome Industrial Worker says: 1 he
I . ji- • crowd of the season visited the
Great:, theater Saturday night and viewed
th*’ storm picture- of last fall, when the
tidal wave raped such havoc with the
i * a ! daa- a.i ng the water front section of
the •••.;> Several times the theater wa
tilled a d ettipried. while the crowd outside
awaited the dosing of each performance.
Al! those who witne-:ed the pictures came
..way expressing the opinion that they were
“great'’ Many who were in Nome at the'
..f the disastrous storms lived again
■ ho-e thrilling moments when the huge
op.'..*’- '• :«■ .‘.way at the buildings, threat
ening every moment to completely wreck
;!.* city. Although the pictures were taken
the morning after the terrific storm, still
many views were shown showing the surf
its destructive work.
Fast Trip From San Francisco
M it : g the trit> from San Francisco to
F . 'ink- in twelve days’ actual traveling
:uae u a- the record made by Ferdinando
1 royal consul general of Italy for the
Fat;tie coast, who arrived there recently.
Nome Gold Shipment
Th*1 shipment of gold made on the last
\ a t rdi makes a very good showing for
'ompare 1 to the corresponding
1913 shipment. Last year the first ship*
u. n: of gold was made on July 9. and
anted to $542,000. The first shipment
this year was made on July 14. and
amounted to $555,000. Both these ship
i:.■ nts represented the clean-up of the whi
te . dumps ami the early spring run. The
lateness of the season this year has prob
ably reduced the spring shipment below the
p al output of the camp, as many oper
ator' have not yet brought in their gold
to the banks. Nome Nugget. July 10.
Charged With Malfeasance
>i»niething of a sensation was sprung in
Fairbanks on July 0 when the First Na
tional bank filed a complaint against F. G.
Nov.-, charging him with malfeasance in
oifi.'o while a director of the plaintiff con
cern. and asking that he be held liable for
p.'J.biJU which was lost through the ini -
pr* p- ;• conduct of the officers. The alleged
tran.-.u tions are said to have taken place
during the years 1907 and 1909.
“Moose" Is There
"Howdy. Pap.” is becoming a familiar
term in m -st parts of Alaska, and now
Organizer Johnston has invaded Cordova
and wants to make Moose of us all. Many
cf us are charged with being almost every
thing else. - Cordova Alaskan.
Mrs. Waskey Joins Her Husband
Mrs. Frank H. Waskey, wife of Alaska's
lir-t delegate to congress, and their two
son** passed through Juneau recently on
their way to Marshall, the center of the
new district near Andreafsky, on the lower
Yukon river. They will join Mr. Waskey,
who is United States commissioner at Mar
sh nil. and engaged in the mercantile busi
ness there. - Juneau Empire, July 8.
Gold From Valdez Mines
Within one week three quartz mines
shipped $21,000 in gold into Valdez. The
contributions were as follows: Granite
mine. $11,000; Cliff, $5,000; Gold King,
$5,000. Each of these properties is pro
ducing about $500 every day in free gold.
It is estimated that the Valdez quartz mines
will produce more this year than the grand
total for all previous years.
Alaskan Robbed of $900
Louis U. Gordon, recently a merchant
of Knik, who arrived in Seattle from Ju
neau on his way to Chicago to get married,
had hi> pocket picked of 8900 while in a
motion picture theater. He is now penni
less.
Prosperous Natives
The government teacher at Mary’s Igloo
has just finished marking 500 fawns be
longing to the natives of that locality, says
the Nome Nugget. The herd numbers 1,850
old deer, which are owned by forty natives.
As these herds double every three years,
the natives are rapidly becoming rich and
are now prosperous and much improved in
every way. Taylor creek is supplied regu
larly with fresh meat by the native herders.
Big Mining Men Coming North
Colonel R. YY. Stevenson, an eminent
mining engineer, with offices in New York.
1 Boston and Philadelphia, with four assist
ants left Seattle July 8 for Fairbanks, via
Portage Bay. Alaska, to investigate a num
ber of large properties and to establish cen
tral headquarters at Fairbanks for repre
sentatives of large Eastern financiers.
Pioneers' Home in Good Condition
The governor of the territory, who re
cently returned to Juneau from a visit to
the Pioneers’ home at Sitka, reports that
institution in good condition. “It is well
managed. " said tin* governor, “and the in
mates are contented and looking well, ex
cept two who are rapidly nearing the last
great divide. I did not hear a single com
plaint from any of them. There are thirty
one inmates, all told, hailing from different
parts of the territory, and as far away as
Nome and the Arctic slope. The Hon. A
(i. Slump, member of the house of repre
sentative.-. is superintendent of the insti
tution, and he is a devoted officer. His is a
labor of love, for there is no compensation
connected with the management of the in
stitution. 1 am well pleased with condi
tion." at the home as l found them."
From China by Northern Route
Fox Ramsey, an old-time Alaskan, ar
rive"! at Nome on the Corwin from Cape
Prince of W iles on July 6, according to the
Industrial Worker, after making the trip
from Shanghai. China. Mr. Ramsey left
Shanghai on May 21 aboard a Russian rev
enue cutter, stopping at Nagasaki. Japan,
and thence proceeding up the Siberian coast
to Vladivostok. A Russian government in
spector aboard the ship, who spoke French,
allowed Mr. Ramsey to accompany him on
several of his inspection trips, one of which
took them up the Kluchi river, on the
Kamchatka peninsula. This afforded the
party an opportunity to view Mount Kle
chofsaia, an active volcano 16.000 feet high.
During the day it emitted vast quantities
of smoke and ashes, while at night its peak-a
became a darning mass, furnishing one of
the most spectacular and awe-inspiring
sights imaginable. Mr. Ramsey arrived at
Kast ('ape on June 25 and obtained passage
over to Cape Prince of Wales aboard a na
tive oorniak. At Cape Prince of Wales,
where h* arrived on July 1, the trip across
the strait taking seventeen hours, he was
entertained by Dr. Thompson until the trip
to Nome.
Court Clerk Retires
John Sundback. who has for nearly four
years served the Nome district as clerk of
the district court, retired this morning and
turned over the office to his successor. A. G.
Adams of Council, says the Nome Nugget
of July 1. Mr. Sundback has been a good
officer, efficient, courteous and obliging at
all times, and leaves the office with a good
record, honored and respected by the pub
lic and by those associated with him in the
office. Mr. Sundback. who is one of Nome's
pioneers, has been here continuously since
1899, and expects to remain here to look
after his mining interests. He starts to
Oregon creek tomorrow, where he has some
laymen working his ground, and where he
will do some prospecting and expects to do
extensive mining the coming winter.
Lure of the North
John J. McGrath, one of the old-time
newspaper men of Alaska, has taken a posi
tion on the Seward Gateway, and will as
sist in making it one of the leading and
progressive newspapers of the North.
Guggenheims to Expend $10,000,000
Stephen Birch recently announced that
the Guggenheims expect shortly to begin
the expenditure of another $10,000,000 in
vestment in Alaska. The money will be
expended in mines in the Copper river dis
trict. provided the properties stand up un
der investigation. Birch is leading a big
field force into the White river district.
Among other things that it is proposed by
the Guggenheim interest to do in Alaska is
to build an aerial tram to the Jumbo
mine; to increase the concentrating ca
pacity at the Bonanza mine, and to in
crease the plants at the Beatson and La
Touche mines. Birch refused to specify
the new properties that it is proposed to
purchase.
Judge Murane to Locate in Seward
Judge Murane. a well-known Alaskan,
formerly judge of the district court at
Nome, has arrived in Seward, and it is un
derstood he will locate there. Judge Mu
rane was a candidate for delegate to con
gress in 190G.
GERMANY MOST AGGRESSIVE
IN TERRIBLE EUROPEAN WAR
(Concluded from Page One)
correct interpretation. The Goeben was a
i German cruiser of the first class, with a
j speed of 27 knots, displacement of 22,600
tons; armament, 10 11-inch, 12 o.9-inch
I and 12 3-4-inch guns, with four torpedo
| t ubes. She was built in 1912. The Panther
1 was an English torpedo boat destroyer of
3S5 tons.- Ed. i
Admiral Jellicoe in Command
I London Vice Admiral Sir John R. Jelli
! eoe has assumed complete command of
the home fleets.
English vessels engaged in laying mines
in the North sea have been seized by Ger
man warships.
Russian transports have established con
tact with the enemy along the greater part
of the Russo-German frontier in North
western Prussia.
Germany Also Declared War
I Germany declared war about the same
j time that England did.
Embassy in Charge of Page
The German embassy is now in charge
j of the American ambassador.
Dardanelles Closed
Constantinople The Dardanelles and the
Bosphorous have been closed in order to
preserve Turkish neutrality.
German Ambassador in Sweden
Stockholm A steamer flying the Ameri
can flag has arrived with the German am
bassador to Russia.
German Cruisers Captured
Two German cruisers are reported cap
| tured by the French.
Germans meet Reverses
Brussels The German army has been re
pulsed both at Liege and Namur.
German Army Gains Foothold
| Paris After twelve hours’ hard fighting
| a hundred thousand Germans have gained a
j foothold on French soil. The losses were
I heavy on both sides.
Consulate Wrecked by Canadians
Vancouver, B. C. The German consulate
here has been wrecked by a Canadian mob.
Immigration authorities are preparing to
stop Germans and Austrians fleeing to the
United States.
Austrians Repulsed
Vienna It is reported that the Aus
trians have been repulsed at Nish.
Servians Enter Bosnia
The Servians have cut till wires and
begun marching to enter Bosnia
Cable Cut at Azores
New York The cable between this city
and Germany has been cut at the Azores. f
Wilson Offers to Mediate
Washington President Wilson has send
messages to Germany, England. France,
i Servia, Austria and Russia offering his serv
ices as mediator in the European trouble.
Russian Embassy ’Wrecked
Berlin Mobs wrecked the German em
bassy here.
Russians Retaliate
St. Petersburg Russian mobs have
wrecked the German embassy.
Germans Checked by Belgians
Brussels The German invaders have
been effectually checked by the Belgians
lighting behind strong fortifications.
THURSDAY’S BULLETINS
To Protect Americans
Seattle The United States cruiser Mil
waukee has been ordered to Victoria and
Vancouver to protect American interests
front possible attacks from Germans.
Wilson’s Offer Pleases Powers
Washington—Politicians of all the powers
are greatly pleased over President Wilson’s
action in offering his services as mediator.
St. Lawrence Traffic Suspended
Quebec- The entire St. Lawrence river
is to be mined and all traffic will be sus
pended.
Russians Enter Germany
Berlin The Russian frontier patrol has
penetrated into Germany for a distance of
ten miles.
Italy Expected to Turn on Allies
An ultimatum has been sent to Italy to
the effect that war will be declared upon
her by the allies unless she immediately
comes to their support. As a result of this
, ultimatum it is reported that Italy is about
to attack Austria.
German Losses Are Heavy
Paris—French troops joined the Belgians
| and together have succeeded in repulsing
! the Germans. The latter lost several thou
I sand in the fighting around Liege
“Germany Defeated Everywhere”
London—Lord Kitchener has been ap
pointed secretary of state for war during
I the war period. The British cabinet is to
have full direction of military movements.
Reports come by wireless of severe fight
ing in the North sea. British torpedo boat
destroyers are en route to London with
two hundred prisoners.
Advices report Germany defeated every
where.
Martial Law in Holland
The Hague—Martial law has been de
clared in all parts of Holland.
Norway and Sweden Neutral
Norway and Sweden will fight if neces
sary to preserve their neutrality.
No report has yet been received from
Denmark.
Engagement Off Gibraltar
One English and one German cruiser are
reported to have been sunk off Gibraltar.
FRIDAY’S BULLETIN
Both Crews Perished
Shanghai After a fierce action off the
coast of China, the German cruiser Askold
and the Russian cruiser P’mden sank each
other, and both crews perished.
Austria-Hungary Declares War
St. Petersburg War has been declared
against Russia by Austria-Hungary.
Battle Raging in North Sea
London A naval battle is raging in the
North sea between German and British
lleets. Several torpedo boats have arrived
at northern ports bearing prisoners and
wounded.
Parliament grants Asquith’s request to re
cruit 500,000 soldiers.
British torpedo boats have sunk two Ger
man cruisers off the Shetland islands.
Use Force to Secure Neutrality
Paris- The French government has been
notified that Norway will protect her neu
trality by force of arms.
Enormous Losses of Germans
Brussels A regiment of German cavalry
penetrated within the Belgian defenses this
I afternoon and was furiously charged by the
Belgian infantry and cavalry. The entire
regiment was either captured or killed.
The German losses have been enormous
for the past two days. Twenty-five thou
sand have been lost in the invasion of Bel
gium.
SUBMARINE STRENGTH OF
THE EUROPEAN POWERS
Sir Percy Scott, the well known English
•admiral and gunnery expert, says: “The
j real question to settle before even talking
about building more battleships is. ‘Are they
of use or are they not?’ The introduction
| of the vessels that swim under water has. in
my opinion, entirely done away with the
utility of the ships that swim on the top of
the water. The functions of a war vessel
were: Defensively (1* to attack ships
that come to bombard our forts; (2) to at
tack ships that come to blockade us; (3>
to attack ships convoying a landing party;
(4) to attack the enemy’s fleet; (5) to at
tack ships interfering with our commerce, j
Offensively 111 to bombard an enemy’s *
ports; (2) to blockade an enemy; (3' to)
convoy a landing party; (4' to attack the
enemy’s fleet; (f>> to attack the enemy’s
commerce. The submarine renders 1. 2 and
3 impossible, as no man-of-war will dare to
come even within sight of a const that is
adequately protected by submarines. The
fourth functic n of a battleship is to attack
an enemy’s fleet, but there will bo no fleet
attack, as it will not be safe for a tler-t to
put to sea. Submarines and aeroplanes have
entirely revolutionized naval warfare; no
fleet can hide itself from the aerof lane eve,
and the submarine can deliver a deadly at
tack in broad daylight. Under these cir
cumstances I can -ee no use for battleships
and very little chance of much employment
for fast cruisers What we require is an j
enormous fleet of submarines, airships and
aeroplanes, and a few fast cruisers, pro
vided we can rind a place to keep them in
safety during war time. In my opinion,
as the motor vehicle has driven the horse
from the road, so has the submarine driven
the battleship from the sea.’’
The nlative strength of the various na
tions in submarines is as follows:
Built Building
Great Britain . 03 3o
Germany . 24 31
France ‘. 50 31
Russia . 25 30
Italy . 14 S
Austria-Hungary . 6 4
EVENTS LEADING TO
THE DECLARATION OF WAR
Belgrade, Servia, July 25.—Ever since the
Servian student. Gavrio Prinzip, killed
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and
his wife at Serajevo. Bo.-nia, the government
here has been keeping the wires hot with
messages to St. Petersburg with a view of
learning just what support Servia might
expect from Russia in the event of an Aus
trian attempt to indict punishment for an
act which it was charged in Vienna was
inspired from Belgrade.
Though official confirmation was lacking,
tho report was generally credited that Aus
tria had demanded the arrest anil punish
ment by Servia of the persons here said to
have been involved in the assassination con
spiracy.
The Servians bitterly resented as a na
tional insult the implication that an exten
sive plot to kill him was hatched in their
capital.
Not only was Francis Ferdinand hated
for having maneuvered the Austrian annex
ation of the strongly Servian provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Servia
thought it should have had when they
passed from Turkey’s control, but he was
also blamed for having prevented the Serv
ians from getting their fair share of ter
ritory from the recent Balkan war and
suspected of having designs against the rest
of their country as well.
LITTLE VESSEL IS OFF
FOR HERSCHEL ISLAND
Bound for Herschel island, far to the east
ward in Arctic waters, the little power
schooner Ruby, Captain Louis Knaflich,
sailed from Seattle recently. The vessel
had only her ship’s stores and fuel aboard
when she left port. She is under charter
to the Hudson Bay Company, and will load
general cargo and supplies at Vancouver,
B. C., for the company’s stations in the
Arctic and for posts of the Royal Northwest
Mounted Police on the top of the conti
nent.
The Hudson Bay Company has a large
station on the island, and the greater part
of the vessel’s cargo will be for that part
of the Arctic. The Ruby will tow north a
sixty-five-foot launch consigned to the Hud
son Bay Company at Herschel island. If
she escapes serious ice trouble the vessel
should reach the island in four or Five weeks.
The Ruby’s return will be watched with
interest, as she may bring news of the fate
of the vessels caught in the Arctic ice last
fall.
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FORMER SDITAROD MAN
COMMITTED SELF-MURDER
The* Fairbanks News-Miner gives the* fol
lowing account of the death of lien How- ;
land, mention of which was made in a re
cent i.-sue of this paper: ,
“Ben Howland, well known in Fairbanks |
and Iditarod, took his own life just before j
.'i o’clock this morning at a little cabin on 1
Second avenue, in a highly sensational man- ;
ner. He had procured a small bottle of i
cyanide of potassium, one of the deadliest
poisons known, and drank enough of the j
contents to kill him within a few minutes, j
He made no comment before dying beyond ,
saying that he had drunk the cyanide and
would soon be gone. He had threatened to
shoot himself earlier in the evening, but j
was not believed to be in earnest.
“Dr. Sutherland was summoned and was i
not more than two or three minutes in re- I
sponding, but when he arrived the unfor- j
tunate man had breathed his last and was
beyond medical aid.
“For several days past Howland had not j
been sleeping nights, and it is understood i
that he had called on a local physician for
relief. He was no doubt in a highly nerv- j
ous condition and was completely unstrung,
which rendered him an easy victim to tern- j
perary insanity upon the slightest disturb- i
unce. About two years ago his wife died
and since that time friends have noticed
that he brooded much over her loss, for I
he was very fond of her. He had not been
working regularly for some time past, yet
had money in his pockets when he died,
and had in all probability no cause for seri
ous worry in that direction.
ills suicide is a shock io ine corn- i
munity. for he was widely known, possessed j
a genial, affable nature that ma le him j
■.igreeahU*. and was counted as a bright man. •
11 is was the act of an unbalanced man i
whose reasoning faculties somehow and in j
some pitiable way went adrift, leaving him j
stranded in his time of greatest need.
“Howland came to Fairbanks in either
1903 or HRH with his wife. They operated j
a laundry across the bridge, and had their 1
home on Fourth avenue, between Barnette j
and Cowles. They accumulated consider- '
able money in the succeeding few year.-, but
in the meantime Mrs. Howland became af
flicted with paralysis. They they went Out
side. where she visited Mayo Bros.’ and
traveled extensively seeking relief for her.
It was all in vain, and she passed away
in California about two years ago.
‘“Howland returned to the North, his
money gone. He went into the Iditarod
and took up his trade, that of a mechan
ical engineer, which he followed. For a time
hr w:-.\ employed by the Northern Com
mercial Company, but more recently he
had no steady work. So far as known there
were no children by this marriage, although
one of his acquaintances said that he
thought there was a child. Relatives in
California will be notified, and until they
are heard from it is not known whether or
not the body will be buried here.”
BUYS SEATTLE REAL ESTATE
—
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Another real estate deal in the district
north of Pike street, where there has been
so much activity lately, was consummated
recently, when John E. Holmgren, an
Alaska mining man of Iditarod, bought
from R. P. Craige the undivided half in
terest in the inside lot at the corner of
Third avenue and Virginia street. The re
maining interest is owned by J. F. Lane,
cashier of the Scandinavian American bank.
The lot has a frontage of sixty feet on
Third avenue, and runs back 108 feet to
the alley.
The importance of this transaction lies
not so much in the amount of money in
volved, which was on the basis of $35,000,
for the parcel as a whole, but as a further
development in the shifting of Seattle’s re
tail district, and its tendency to spread out
fanshape from Westlake market.
Mr. Lane, who represented the purchaser,
now in Alaska, said: “It is the intention
to improve the property, but just what na
ture of a building will be erected I cannot
now say. This will be decided when Mr.
Holmgren comes out this fall.”
It is reported that a modern high-class
hotel will be built on the site.
MUTE REMINDERS OF
THE KOYUKUK TRAGEDY
A telegram was received by Marshal Er
win, at Fairbanks, from George A. Green,
stating that the launch Seal Pup had been
picked up in a slough seventy miles above
the mouth of the Koyukuk river. Two
guns and some clothing were found. There
were no indications of foul play. The
launch was full of mud but in good condi
tion. The launch was turned over to Dep
uty Marshal Berg at Nulato.
Evidence in regard to the Koyukuk mur
der is being accumulated by the marshal,
and he has hopes of solving the mystery of
what is considered the greatest crime ever
committed in the interior of Alaska.
Thomas Johnson, “the Blueberry Kid,”
is being searched for alal over the country.
He has been traced down the Yukon river
in his little canvas boat, and the trans
portation company has given up the copy of
his steamer ticket to Seattle, bearing the
handwriting of Johnson. But beyond this
ocean trip nothing of importance can be
learned.
BOB LAGIN, OLD-TIMER,
MAY NOT BE LOST
Seme months ago The Pioneer, on in
formation gained from residents of the Kus
kokwim country, published a story to the
effect that Bob Lagin, an old-time pros
pector and trappier, had been lost some
where in that region, lie was supposed to
have started from his camp to spend the
Christmas holidays in Takotna, and had
not since been seen or heard of. The story
was published in the Fairbanks papers and
attracted the attention of Steven Foster, a
guide and trapper from the Kuskokwim,
who informed Marshal Erwin that about
the middle of last March he learned from
the Indians at Lake Minchumina that
Lagin was on the North fork < f the Kus
kokwim, about three miles below the Port
age, and had plenty of provisions which he
had received from Jesse Roder. It seems
that Roder had trouble with the Indians
at the mouth of the North fork in the late
summer, and Lagin came along about that
time. Roder had plenty of provisions and
he and Lagin joined forces and went up the
North fork some hundred and fifty miles.
They had a boat and a canoe, and when
they got up to the portage Jesse Roder took
the boat and went down the river again and
on Outside, apparently afraid of the Indians,
while Bob Lagin remained on the North
fork with the provisions and canoe.
Harry Sheppard, in charge of the local
United States marshal’s office in the ab
sence of Deputy Marshal Charles, states that
the above information diw: not satisfactorily
explain Lagin’s n< 11-appearance at Takotna,
and that upon his return to Ophir further
search will be instituted.
ALASKAN RAILROAD FINES
WIPED OUT BY CONGRESS
Washington, July 8. -Falcon Josiin,
president of the Tanana Valley railroad,
figured up this morning and found that he
owed iho government something more than
>10.000,000 in penalties for not paying the
dull :t mile government tax on his forty
five miles of railroad out of Fairbanks. He
also found that under the increasing sliding
scale* for such penalties his debt in the next
twenty-four hours would increase $13,000.
“Nobody in the United States owes so
much money as I do, with proportionately
the same assets.” said he.
A few minutes later, unknown ot Mr. Jos
iin, the senate passed a little bill and Mr.
Josiin now does not owe a cent. The bill
was that which recently passed the house
repealing the $100 a mile tax and substi
tuting a tax of 4 per cent on net earnings.
It also remits all penalties accrued through
violations of the old act.
STRANGMANS GO TO CALIFORNIA I
(Ruby Record-Citizen, July 111
Harry Strangman, Northern Commercial
Company agent at Nulato, who went to
Gibbon recently to consult a doctor, re
turned to his home at Nulato on the Ja- i
cobs last week.
Upon examination his lungs and throat !
were found to be in a very weakened con- !
dition, and to avoid complications the doc- |
tors strongly advised a year or so in the
States. Mr. Strangman has decided to fol
low their advice, and he and Mrs. Strang
man will leave for California as soon as he
is relieved at his station.
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CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK
(Dawson News)
Billy Ansley, former Dawson lad. writ
ing from Vancouver to an old Klondike
friend, says:
“I am having such a good time here that
I can hardly call my time my own. I am
going to parties and dances and the like
every night of the week, and on Sundays
we take up the time by cruising around
the coast in a yacht. A bunch of us have
a sailing vessel and always get a crowd
of young people and go up along the coast
for the trip. and. believe me. we always
have all that is coming to us and enjoy
the day immensely.
“We have an ideal place to swim here. I
go down there quite often. I am going
down this afternoon, and. believe me, I shall
have a good time with the fair ones. I
have a great time here teachinig them the
art of swimming. I have turned out a great
many swimmers since I started as tutor.
You should be here to help me.
“I have seen many good shows out hero
this winter. The Juvenile Bostonians left
for the Orient on the 20th of June, and will
be gone for twelve months. Then they are
going up to vi.'it the Alaska people and
then disband.
“Well, old scout, this is all that I can
think of now.”
DUNCANS PESSIMISTIC VIEWS
Ruby Record-Citizen. July 11 1
In speaking of the Iditarod, Mr. Michie
says it is very quiet. There are too many
men there for the amount of work in sigh:.
When there is water many of them get a
few days’ work, which just about keeps
them in provisions, and makes them very
much dissatisfied. Many of them are figur
ing on this camp for thp winter. A number
of Iditarod operators : nd business men are
watching this camp closely with a view of
coming here if the camp continues to pros
per. __
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