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C. Wada. the industrious little Japanese
hoy. met with a painful and soir.vwh.at ser:
tus accident last Saturday, which might
easily have resulted more seriously than it
did. As it is. he is confine i to his bed at
the Regina hotel with two or three trac
tured ribs, and with hopes of being aoout
again in a few days.
Late Saturday afternoon Wada's horse
was seen coming to town riderle.-s. He was I
saddled, and the reins were tied to the pom- J
mel of the saddle. Jenkins, the road fore- j
man. caught him and kept him tied up for ■
an hour or so on the Flat-Iditarod road,
thinking that he had escaped from his mas
ter. who would probably soon be along to
take him in charge. When he failed to ap
pear. Jenkins turned the horse loo.se and ho
proceeded toward town. Wada's partner,
seeing the horse come home riderless, sur
mised that an accident had overtaken his
countryman, and immediately set out to
look for him. He found him a mile or so
from town, unconscious, and brought him
to the city on the tram, which happened
along about that time.
It appears that Wada was expecting to
meet someone from Flat, and while waiting
had turned his horse loose to graze. After
Not to leave the country, but
To stay here and live,
I have a large assortment of
Cotton, Wool and Silk Fiags
At Outside prices.
Kodaks, Cameras, and all
Kinds ol Supplies for same,
At the lowest figure ever sold
In the North. I will order
Your Kodaks and Supplies for
You, delivered at Iditarod, for
Exactly what you pay for them
Any place in the United States.
Hats, Clothing and Shoes at
A lower figure than any other
Dealer in the Camp. Call and see
Me and save money.
Iditarod
v.hi!.' he attempted to recapture the ani
mal. which turned on him and planted both
hoof." on his chest, which is the hast Wadu
remembers until he was brought to town.
Mrs. .lacobbsganrd was called to attend
him. and made him as comfortable as pos
sible until the arrival of Pr. Auringer from
Flat. The doctor found that his ribs had
been broken, and that there was danger of
pneumonia setting in. The patient was re
moved to the Regina hotel, where under
the careful nursing of Mm. (lilmore toe
little brown man promises soon to be around
again, setting an example of industry and
thrift to his townsmen, both white and
brown.
LITTLE LARSON BOY
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
Little Charley Larson, the 3-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larson, had a nar
row escape from an untimely end on
Wednesday last, but by great good luck,
and the plucky work of his mother, he
escaped with nothing worse than a ducking.
The little fellow, with his older brother,
Harry, was playing near a dangerous pool
•n the- western part of the city, and in some
unexplained manner fell in. He managed
to keep his head above water and hung onto
a floating slab. He made no outcry, nor did
Harry, but Mrs. Larson in some manner
learned of the plight of her young hopeful
and rushed to the rescue. By this time the
struggles of the youngster had carried him
to the center of the pool, out of reach from
the banks, and passers-by endeavored to
find a plank with which to reach him. Mrs.
Larson, however, somehow managed to grab
held of her son's foot, and hauled him out.
giving him the first real sousing he had
sustained during the adventure. As soon as
he had been hauled out the boy joiner! his
brother in a romp as though nothing at
all unusual had happened, and the danger
being over. Mrs. Larson promptly main
tained the traditions of her sex by fainting
away.
The pool from which the boy was rescued
is an extremely dangerous one, being situ
ated close to the public road, it is of great
depth. A year or so ago a valuable horse
belonging to Paul La Plant was drowned
in this same pool, and some time later a
horse belonging to the Mutch;le:r Bros, was
dragged out of it just in time to save its
life.
HORSE RACE AT FLAT CITY
CREATES GREAT INTEREST
A great deal of interest is being mani
fested in the coming race between the an
cient thoroughbred Ignatius, owned by the
Mutchler Bn>.. and the blue stepper of A.
K Meacham, which is scheduled to take
place at Flat City on August 16. This will
be the second contest between the two ani
mals. Meacham’s entry having, won the
Fourth of July event in a walk-away. The
trainers of Ignatius, however, have been
putting him in shape, and are confident that
he will make a better showing this time.
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RETURNING STAMPEDERS BELIEVE
THERE IS GOOD PAY AT MARSHALL
The little side-wheel steamer Marie F., j
Captain Finger, which left here several ,
weeks ago with a party of stampeders for
the Marshall City diggings, returned last
Tuesday. Jack Cameron returned as a pas
senger of the Marie F., and it is understood
that he will soon return to the lower \ ukon
camp, where he has secured a lay on a
promising piece of ground.
Captain Finger reports that the showings
on the some of the properties are good, but
the conditions around Marshall City are not
calculated to encourage miner* to Hock there
in any numbers. The party which left here
found that the latest strike was at a creek
known as Willow creek, and undoubtedly
there were good prospects. But the ground
had all been staked, and very little work
had been done—not enough to tell what
the claims contained. Mr. Finger said that
the country was promising, and that he and
his companions cruised around the streams
in the vicinity of Marshall and prospected
considerably.
Parties returning from Marshall City arc
unanimous in condemning a practice which
is carried on there, and which tends to re
tard development. It appears that most of
the “mining'’ is done in the roadhouse at
Marshall City. The claims are held with
out the necessary representation work being
done upon them by a system of re staking.
It has been the custom to stake a claim
and hold it for the lawful period without,
working it, when another “prospector"
would stake it and hold it for a like period.
In this way outsiders were kept out and the
claims were undeveloped. Of course these
claims could be staked by bona tide pros
pectors, but nobody wanted to take the ini
tiative. As a result large tracts of promis
ing ground are being withheld from develop
ment by men awaiting a chance to sell to
speculators.
E. J. Davis, who arrived at Dikeman on
Tuesday last on board tin* Washburn, was
also one of the Marshall stampeders. Ib
is impressed with the possibilities of the dis
trict, but says not enough work has been
done to tell what there really is. He says
there are three claims on Willow creek
which showed good pay, and that from a
small dump on one of these §180 was
cleaned up recently. While he does not
believe an extensive pay streak will be de
veloped on any of tlie creek.s on which any
work has been done so far, on account of
the formation exposed, he does believe that
the district back of Marshall City is a most
promising one for the prospector.
STRONG Si GARFIELD
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A OF
NUMBER OF KILLED IN WAR
TOLD IN STAGGERING FIGURES
(Brooklyn Times!
This is but one sidelight on the war to
be gleaned from Red Cross figures re
[ cently made public. They give the total
loss as 8,831.000, which, in addition to
the dead alluded to, includes 3,781,000
slightly wounded and 1,150,000 prisoners.
And it may be assumed that these figures
are far below the facts; for an official
statement from Berlin, just obtained, places
j the number of prisoners in the hands of the
j Germans and Austrians alone at 1.610,000.
However, for argument’s sake, the Red
j Cross statistics may well be accepted. Their
j most remarkable feature conveys an ex
j cellent reason for the ability of the Teutons
! to hoi* 1 their own. for in killed and wounded
; and prisoners their losses are far smaller
than those of the allies. Germany's and
Austria’s dead number 823,000, while their
I enemies counted 1.313,000 lost lives every
1 ten Germans having killed fifteen of their
enemies. Now. if it is considered that Aus
i trian losses of 341,000 were incurred almost
entirely on the Russian border, where the
czar’s forces sacrificed 733,000, and that
Germany’s contribution to the silent army
of 482,000 was made both in Russia and
France, while in the latter country and in
Flanders alone the British and French lost
580,000 men in death, it follows that the
military fury of the Germans seems to have ;
a far more fatal effect, man against man
and weapon against weapon, than assaults i
of the allied soldiers. Even more amazing j
proportions are figured out in respect to the :
wounded and the prisoners. Of the former ;
| victims 1,358,000 are Germans and Aus- 1
trians and 4,378,000 soldiers of the allies. I
1 each German wounded being offset by three !
I wounded soldiers of the allies. And in pris- |
! oners, the Germans and Austrians lost 416,- !
i 000 and their opponents 1,348,000.
These are staggering figures. They ex- !
plain much. They tell the story of Ger
[ many’s confidence in ultimate success; of
' England’s uneasy groping for a means to
| make more of her young men obey the call
j to arms; of France’s despair as she views
| her future, and of Russia's helplessness, de- .
I spite her immense population.
AFTERMATH OF OIL BOOM
FROSECUTJQN OF PROMOTERS
(Toronto Mail and Empire)
It was only a year ago that Alberta was
effervescing in all the excitement of an oil
boom. Stock exchanges were hurriedly
formed, quotations were wont to jump over
night like real wildcats, and many persons
who had got in early found themselves pos
sessed of considerable fortunes on paper.
Some of them, on the hazarding of $50 in
cash, obtained stock that had a market
value of $5,000 or $10,000. This is the
way with all such booms. Everything soars
along to the crest, and beyond that the drop
is quick and complete. Alberta is now to
have the aftermath of the boom which died
at the coming of war.
The attorney general has appointed Judge
Carpenter of the Calgary district court to be
a commissioner to investigate the oil com
panies. Judge Carpenter will receive all
complaints of private individuals and others
considering themselves unjustly treated in
connection with exchange transactions of
dealings with company officers. Legal ad
vice will be given to fleeced shareholders,
a report made to the attorney general
in respect of possible criminal prosecutions.
The government’s attitude in this attempt
ing to rescue ill-fated speculators is praise
worthy, but somewhat belated. At the time
of the boom there was no government at
tempt at restricting the issue of charters to
patent frauds, nor surveillance of company
actions. Manitoba has had a public utili
ties commissioner, charged with the duty of
enforcing “blue-sky” legislation, but the
government let the oil boom overflow the
channels of safety.
OUT OF THAT KIND
l(ieorge Mackenzie has been suffering from
laryngitis, and the doctor told him he
should eat plenty of ice cream. He went to
Shull’s and in a husky whisper asked the
waitress what flavors were on tap. In the
same kind of voice she replied: “Straw
berry, chocolate and vanilla.” “I see you
have laryngitis, loo,” wheezed Mac. “No.”
whispered the girl, “only strawberry, choco
ate and vanilla.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
GEORGE C. HAZELET’S VIEWS
OF ANCHORAGE SITUATION
—
(Alaska Times, Cordova, July 3)
George C. Hazelet returned yesterday j
from a week’s visit to Anchorage, observing j
I the conditions there and moving around the |
I country somewhat. A representative of the j
I Times interviewed Mr, Hazelet to secure his
I impressions of the new town, and Mr. Haze
j let talked freely about the railroad work
there and the possibilities of the country.
He said;
“I went to Anchorage to investigate con
ditions in the town for my own satisfac
tion and to size up the business at first
hand. 1 found the largest tent town I ever
j saw from 2,000 to 2,500 people are fed,
housed and their wants, in a way, taken ;
care of in tents, all located on the govern
ment railway terminal ground.
“There are from twenty-five to thirty res
taurants and as many lodging houses, rang
ling from 8x10 to 10x24 feet. There are
{from twelve to fifteen places where groceries
| are sold, running from peanut stands with
j sugar, coffee and the staples, up to fair
I stocks of groceries, including fresh vege
tables and fruits, and more are coming in
I with each boat. There are two or three
places where men’s furnishing goods are sold
in conjunction with hardware, etc., and as
i many dry goods and ladies’ furnishings
places. The town has fifteen or twenty bar
| her shops, and one bath tent, six laundries,
! two watch and clock repair shops, three tin
i shops, five transfer outfits, two drug stores,
{one sawmill, one picture show, one news
. paper, several lawyers, no saloons but plenty
of booze, ten cigar stores, with several real
{estate and brokerage firms. Numerous other
{small businesses are represented.
"There are 600 to 700 men out of work.
The railway officials tell me they employ
1,000 men in all capacities The work is
i strung along twenty miles from Anchorage
{ towards the Mistanuska river, let out in da
don work'. The right-of-way is cleared
beyond that for some distance. Common
labor is 37J5 cents an hour, eight hours’
work, with a shut down on Sundays. Car
penters receive from 40 to 60 cents per
hour.
“It is stud to be the intention ot the gov
ernment to dredge out a dock -be and put
in a concrete dock, with lock. This is nec
I ossury because of the extreme tide of 42.6
feet, the second highest in the world, and
| the ice conditions that prevail during the
winter.
“Agents of the government are advertis
I ing that Anchorage is to be the ocean ter
| minus, that coal bunkers will he erected, and
a naval base established. It is evident that
| it is their intention to make it an open port
ihe year around if possible. However, this
is not believed to be possible by men who
are familiar with conditions. I talked with
l a number of men, some of whom have lived
• at Cook inlet for the past twenty-five years,
and all of whom have operated boats in that
section, and they are unanimous in the otiiu
i ion that it cannot be done. They explain
! that immense icc gorges pile up clear across
j the inlet ill any ordinary winter, and move
back and forth with the tide, sometimes for
I a distance of sixty miles. The inlet as a
; whole does not freeze over, hence it is not a
'question for an ice breaker, but the ice and
1 snow freeze in masses ten to fifteen feet
thick, and move back and forth from five
' to eleven miles per hour, owing to the stage
| of the tide.
“My observations were that boats were
required to wait for the tide to go in any
direction from Anchorage. In fact, the book
'.says that sea going vessels should not at
tempt. to co in over ihe bar between lire
.island and McKenzie point at less than half
tide. T-.'i'to to Knik arm from Anchorage
me must wait until ihe tide is flooding, and
to get out of the arm must wait until it
; ebbs. The same applies to Turnagain arm.
Leaving Anchorage from Turnagain arm,
i one must go out on the ebb tide and lie
back of Fire island until the tide turns.
Sand go up the arm with the Hood, ami rc
j verse the thing to get back,
j “It is said that 300 homesteads have been
I taken up. from Anchorage up the Mata
i nuska. and in and around Knik. An ex
amination of the ground at Anchorage.
1 Knik. Hope and Sunrise showed a deposit
| of a light alluvial soil front six inches to
one foot in depth, underlaid with gravel.
The soil appears very productive for vege
| tables, but in dry weather it is so light it
blows away very rapidly', similar to the
i soil in all sections of Alaska, so far as my
i obsrvations havp extended.
“Dissatisfaction on all sides is rife at An
I chorage. This, however, is common to all
| big new enterprises. There seem to be
I several bones of contention between the peo
! ole and the government officials, such as
low wages, short hours, employment of for
,eigners, discrimination against Americans.
| etc. The principal objection offered, how
, ever, seems to be against the method of
: handling the townsite. The fact that any
one individual may purchase all of the lot.-*,
j or as many as he likes, and that these may
I be transferred to other parties, opens a good
I way for speculation and pooling, and pre
j vents the man of small means from getting
] a foothold in the town. Nothing is dis
! cussed so much these days in Anchorage as
| the townsite problem. I quote what you
! hear on the street anywhere:
j “ ‘Here is a mass of 2,000 people squatted
: on the government terminals, from which
they must soon move, many of them with
: just enough money to build a .small build
I ing and start their business, forced to bid
j against some fellow from the States who
has plenty of money and desires to specu
late. This is un-American, and directly op
posed to the avowed policy of the adminis
tration. Why is it done?'
“I was told that a petition signed by 2.000
had been sent to President. Wilson on June
27, protesting against the disposition of the
lots to the highest bidder, without restric
I tion as to number or building clauses.
“The conclusion I arrived at after a
! week’s examination of the town situation
! was that during the construction period of
i the railway Anchorage will do a fairly good
I business in a small way; that after the road
I is completed, Anchorage will be the ocean 1
Fresh Draft
DR. CARTER TO RETURN
Dr. C. D. Carter, the pioneer dentist of Iditarod camn, now
located at Rub}', will return to Flat City about the 15th of Septem
ber, and will reopen his dental office.
terminus for governmental operations seven
or eight months of the year, and that the i
balance of the year there will be but little
business. I arrived at this conclusn n be
cause from the best information I could ob
tain it will not be possible to maintain an
all the-year-around ocean service. I ob
tained the information from men who have
spent fifteen to twenty-five years in Cook
inlet, and whose interests are there.
“The amount of tonnage to be shipped
from the port must necessarily depend on
future development, for at the present time
there is absolutely none in sight save a 1
possible 125,000 tons of coal annually for
naval use on the Pacific, and this amount
is gradually being reduced each year by the
replacement of coal by oil as a fuel. To my •
mind this condition will create a serious ;
problem for the operating engineer of the
government railway, and that problem w-dl
be how to make the railway pay even oper
ating expenses when it is completed.’
NEEDED AN ALARM
Fentitor 1 Li" James told of a young nun
in Louisville who not long since hung up
hi- shingle ;s attorney at law. One aft-r
not n a friend, upon . liter ng t!.dice.
served upon the desk of the new legal l.ght
a d.ollar alarm el ek
‘•That's a good idea.” s'dd tl: • friend.
• . - v .-V ■ nt io o' rsl< *■; thest fim
spring mornings.”
The youthful attorney smiled sadly. "This
alarm ti ck was not bought fur the reason
you mention.” said k". "I merely keep it
here to wake tie* when it is time to go
home.”- We-t's Bulletin.
If you are in need of anything in our
line, see us. Two stores—Hat and 1 ditarod.
Boas the Clothier.
BRYAN QUIT CABINET
TO COMBAT THE JINGOES
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7. A: a lunch
eon address yesterday William J. Bryan said
that he resigned as secretary of state be
cause of obvious efforts to drive the l nit til
States to war. He said that he could read
nothing in the newspapers but war, and that
it was being talk, I everywhere, and he con
cluded that, it v.: - time that someone should
go before the people to counteract the grow
ign militant spirit.
Mr. Bryan resented the charge of his po
litic:! enemies that la- stands for “peace at
any price,” saying:
“1 have been greatly misrepresented, but
I d.o not mind. I am not visionary enough
to bell, vc that 1 can prevent "11 wars. 1
beiitve in standing out strongly for peace,
but when every means of peaceful settle
ment ha-' been exhausted, fighting is inevi
t able.”
M-. Bryan, exolainitig hi.- r -rrnal,.n as
secretary of state, said:
“You probably know why i resigned as
secretary of state. If I coi l : have helped
President Wilson one iota in bis earnest de
ire to maintain peace I would have gladly
stayed in the cabinet. 1 would have ex
chang'd positions with anyone in the cabi
mt. I would have accepted the lowest of
fice tl ■ ent - 1 ! have given m: But
1 listen and heard nothing in jingo new
papers but war news. When I saw false
standards set up 1 could do nothing else but
get out.”
Cecil Barlow, the Moore creek miner, ar
rived in the city Thursday.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails. $2
can. 1 ditarot! Meat Co.
3. Teddy H.:
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,
10:00 A. M.
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