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Takes Children to Moose Home
Grant Huffman, who owns valuable min
ing property adjoining the rich silver claims
at M ayo, which were recently sold by Mc
Whorter to Thomas Aitkcn, said to be rep
resenting the Guggenheims, was here the lat
ter part of last week on his way to Moose
heart. 111., where he will leave his three
little motherless children to be cared for in
that great home for orphans. The mother of
the children, who was a native woman, died
a few weeks ago. The eldest child is but
6 years of age. There are two girls and one
boy. Huffman expects to return to Yukon
to look after his property early in August.
—Skagway Alaskan, July 10.
Kennecott Big Copper Producer
The Kennecott Copper Company will pro
duce in June considerably more than 6,000.
000 pounds of copper, says the Wall Street
Journa.l As the output in July and August
may be even larger, it will make the pro
duction for the first quarter of the com
pany’s existence close to 20,000,000 pounds,
or at the rate of 80,000,000 pounds a year.
The earnings for the quarter may run closer
to $2,500,000 than $2,000,000. The com
pany has sold its production three months
ahead, and an initial dividend is a question
of the very near future. The company is
planning to issue quarterly reports of the
earnings and production.
Ex-Governor Sulzer Visits Alaska
Hon. William Sulzer, former governor and !
congressman of New York, arrived at j
Ketchikan recently. He was accompanied j
by Mrs. Sulzer. and is en route to his copper
mines at Sulzer, which, he states, will soon
be shipping several hundred tons of ore
daily.
New Daily Paper at Seward
Roy W. Schenck of Seattle recently an
nounced that he had arranged for the estab
lishment of another daily newspaper at Sew
ard, the first issue of which was to api>ear
about August 1. It was to be known as the
Alaska Post.
Bright Reports From Broad Pass Country
W. H. Taulman, a well-known miner, re
cently arrived at Anchorage from the Broad
Pass country. He is enthusiastic over the
mining possibilities of that region. Highly
rncouraging results have been obtained in
prospecting lode claims on the mineralized
zone which penetrates that district for an
unknown distance, said Mr. Taulman. and
the indications now are that within a few
years the camp will be one of the best, in
Alaska. The values are in the arsenides.
At some points on the zone copper pyrites
have been found, and this ore will have to
be treated by a smelter, but in most cases
it appears that the ore will respond to the
cyanide treatment. W. E. Dunkle, a mining
engineer representing the Guggenheims, is
developing a group of claims called the
<jolden Zone group, which the big syndicate
has taken over under option to purchase at a
big figure. The Guggenheims have options
on some twenty other claims in the Broad
Pass country. There are about fifty pros
pectors in the Broad Pass country, and all
are enthusiastic over the outlook. A store
and roadhouse has been established at the
mouth of Indian river, the head of naviga
tion on the Susitna river, and from that
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Independence Mine Is Rich
With only a broken-down two-stamp mill
operating, the Independence mine, at Willow
creek, produced one hundred ounces of gold
recently in ten days, says the Seward Gate
way of July 12. This does not, however,
indicate the value ot the ore, which is said
by recent arrivals to be exceedingly rich.
The general opinion is that when the proper
sort of machinery has been installed the out
put will astonish people who are not fully
acquainted with the district. T. W. Haw
kins of Seward is president of the Inde
pendence company.
Buying Alaska Property
A Juneau dispatch of June 27 says that
it is understood that suit has been started in
Seattle to clear the title of the Hallura
brothers' mining interests there, and that
the Hallum brothers have sold the property
and have already received $100,000 in cash
as part payment. M. A. Barney, represent
ing a New York syndicate, has been in Ju
neau more than two weeks, and he is sup
posed to have engineered the deal. It is
understood that the Ebner interests, which
were bonded to the United States Smelting
Company, will be taken over by the syndi
cate represented by Mr. Barney. This syn
dicate will open up a group of mines, and
it is expected to rank in the near futu »
with the biggest companies operating in the
Juneau district.
Suit to Oust Anchorage Squatter
The United States government has com
menced suit at Seward to oust Thomas
Jeter, who located a homestead four years
ago on ground now included in the reser
vation for railroad purposes at Anchorage.
The land, besides being in the proposed rail
road freight yards, is a part of the Chugach
forest. Jeter’s application for entry was
disapproved by the United States land office
when he attempted to hie.
Lusitania Victim Was Interested in Alaska
Among the victims of the Lusitania hor
ror was Dr. Fred S. Pearson, head of what
has frequently been termed the Pearson Syn
dicate, whose representatives made a care
ful investigation of Alaska three years ago
with a view to making investments there
following the restriction of their efforts in
Mexico. I)-. Pearson was president of the
Northwestern railway, and was interested in
a great many projects in Mexico, Spain and
the United States.—Seattle Railway and
Marine News.
Increase! Alaska Copper Production
In the Geological Survey’s mid-year re
view for 1915, made public recently, A. H.
Brooks reports that there is every reason to
believe that the mining industry of Alaska
has begun a prosperous year. The present
high price of copper has encouraged the
continuation of development work on many
copper properties in which operations were
suspended in midsummer of 1914. It is prob
able that about a dozen copper mines will
be on a productive basis in 1915, compared
with six in 1914. A considerable increase
of copper production will therefore take
place. The gold lode production from the
Southwestern Alaska, Prince William sound
and William creek districts also will be in
creased this year. The outlook for an in
creased output for placer gold is also en
couraging. There will be more dredges op
erated on Seward peninsula this year than
last, and it is also probable that several new
dredges may be in operation in other placer
districts before the close of the season. In
addition to the dredges there are a number
of other placer mining plants of consider
able size that will be operated this year for
the first time.
Finest Fishing Ever
Lieutenant Dougherty declares that the
fishing in Russian river beats anything ever
before seen by him in Alaska or anywhere
else, says the Seward Gateway of June 29.
He has returned after a trip with John Bal
laine, George Sexton and Thomas Martin
dale, all of whom had a most successful
fishing experience. They caught rainbow
trout as large as nineteen inches, and also
several Dolly Vardens. Like everyone else,
they believe the facts about the glorious
fishing to be found in this district should
be published to the world.
Naval Vessels Coming
A Washington dispatch says that the first
division of the destroyer flotilla of the Pa
cific fleet has been ordered to maneuver in
Alaska waters some time during the sum
mer. One object of the cruise, the date of
which has not been fixed, is to give com
manders an opportunity to familiarize them
selves with conditions along the territorial
coast. Discussions of proposals to establish
a naval base in Alaska, it was suggested
recently, probably would be revived, as con
struction work on the government’s railway
which is to tap the coal fields in the terri
tory progressed.
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Boas the Clothier.
On June 28, 1914, the Austrian archduke,
Francis Ferdinand, and his wife, were shot
and killed in the little Bosnian town of
Sarajevo by Garvio Prinzip. It was the act
of Prinzip, a poor student, which ultimately
resulted in ten nations going to war. These
nations are, on one hand, Great Britain,
France, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Belgium,
Italy and Montenegro, and, on the other,
Germany, Austria and Turkey.
The war to date, according to conserva
tive estimates, compiled from the best avail
I able reports, has caused a loss to the various
belligerents of more than 6,000,000 men,
dead, wounded and prisoners, and more than
500 ships. Of these, about 120 were war
vessels.
Results on Land
The outstanding results on land are these:
The greater portion of Belgium is under
the control of Germany.
Germany has been driven from the Far
East.
A part of the Dardanelles is in the pos
session of the allied troops.
Portions of France and Russia are in the
possession of German troops.
A strip of ALsace has been taken from
Germany.
On the continent of Africa Germany has
lost nearly all its territory.
All the overseas island possessions of Ger
many have been taken by the forces of the
allies.
Italian troops are in possession of a strip
of Austrian territory.
Germany holds part of the Baltic prov
inces and a large portion of Poland.
Russia is in possession of a strip of Ga
licia.
Results on Sea
The outstanding results at sea are these:
German and Austrian mercantile shipping
has been driven from all the open seas.
German and Austrian war vessels having a
total displacement of approximately 257,000
tons have been destroyed.
War vessels of the allied nations having a
total displacement of approximately 192,000
tons have been sent to the bottom.
The greater portions of the German and
allied fleets in the North sea remain intact.
Except for communication through Hol
land and the Scandinavian nations, Germany
is cut off from the rest of the world.
Efforts on the part of the Germans to
place the British isles in a similar predica
ment has resulted in the sinking by sub
marines of hundreds of vessels, mostly small,
flying the flags of the allied and neutral na
tions.
The sinking in this manner of the Cunard
liner Lusitania with the loss of more than
one hundred Americans precipitated a re
quest upon the part of the United States
that such practices in so far as they might
menace Americans be stopped.
The Prinzip Conspiracy
Prinzip’s crime was committed on June
28. An Austrian investigation disclosed
what was alleged to be proof that the as
sassin was the tool of a group of Serbians.
On July 23, after considerable correspon
dence and negotiations, an ultimatum was
sent to Serbia by the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment, which Serbia declined to meet in
full. A week later a general mobilization
of Russian troops along the German border
was ordered, and the following day Germany
declared war on Russia. The news of that
event was followed in a few hours by the
announcement that a general mobilization
had been ordered by the French cabinet.
On August 2 German troops entered Lux
emburg and Germany demanded free pas
sage through Belgium to the French fron
tier. This was refused, and two days later
Great Britain dispatched to Germany an
ultimatum demanding that the neutrality of
Belgium be maintained. The ultimatum re
jected, German forces attacked Liege. On
the same day President Wilson issued a
proclamation of neutrality.
The following day saw the declaration by
Great Britain of a state of war with Ger
many, and two days later the Germans en
tered Liege as the French invaded Southern
Alsace.
Early Developments
These events were quickly followed by an
affirmation on the part of Italy of her neu
trality, by an Austrian invasion of Serbia,
and by the sending by Japan of an ulti
matum to Germany. This had to do with
the German possession of Kiaochau, of
which Tsingtao was the port.
By August 17 the first British expedi- |
tionary force had completed its landing in
France. On that day there began also a
fierce battle on the Jadar between the Aus
trian and Serbian troops. Victory was with
the Serbian arms after five days of fighting,
and the Austrians were route.d
In the meanwhile the battle of Lorraine
had opened and the German troops had en
tered Brussels, the Belgian capital.
A few days later, August 23, the victori
ous Germans entered Namuh and began an
attack on Mons, defended principally by the
first British expeditionary force. The next
day the British troops began a retreat from
their position and from then on until Sep
tember 12 the German troops drove through
France under the leadership of General Von
Kluck. Zeppelins bombarded Antwerp; the
French were forced to evacuate Mulhausen;
the Germans took and swept over Longwy
and reached Senlis, thirty miles from Paris,
where the columns swung to the eastward.
The French government moved to Bor
deaux.
On the Russian Front
In the meanwhile German and Austrian
troops had met the Russians. A victory at
Krasnik was announced by the Austrian
government on August 23, while on August
29 the German army under General Von
Hindenburg defeated another Russian force
in a battle at Tanneburg, which lasted three
days. Louvain was burned by the Germans
on the same day that the Japanese blockade
of Tsingtao was begun. The blockade was
maintained more than two months before
Tsingtao surrendered.
Two days after the French government
moved to Bordeaux the battle of the Marne
was begun, a few hours before Russian
troops succeeded in occupying Lemberg, the
capital of Galicia.
Before the French and British troops, the
Germans in France were forced to retreat as
far as the Aisne. Events of the next few
days included the bombardment of Rheims
by the Germans and the sinking by a Ger
man submarine of the British cruisers
Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue. On the same
day the Russian troops attacked Przemysl
and took Jaroslav.
Siege of Antwerp
British troops from India were landed
from transports at Marseilles on September
26, and were immediately dispatched to the
northward. Before their arrival at their des
tination the Germans had inaugurated a
siege of Antwerp, which resulted in the Bel
gian government moving from that city to
Ostend. Two days late the bombardment
of Antwerp began. The Belgian government
remained at Ostend for about a week and
then removed to Havre, France. Forty-eight
hour later the Germans captured Ostend*
Meanwhile the allied troops occupied Ypres,
and a desperate battle had begun on the
Vistula river. German assaults upon the
allied lines between Ypres and Nieuport con
tinued for a week and then weakened.
The Germans operating in Russia mean
time had been defeated after a ten days’
battle before Warsaw.
In Africa revolt and mutiny broke out.
These disorders were headed by the Boer
leader, General De Wet, General Beyers,
Colonel Maritz and others.
Colonel Maritz was driven from Cape Col
ony, General Beyers was killed at Vaal river,
and General De Wet was captured after he
had been in the field for more than a month.
Native troops in the African provinces be
longing to Germany, Great Britain and
France were lined up on the borders of the
respective provinces. Fighting was general.
Turkey Joins in the War
During the latter part of October the
Russians successfully attacked Lodz and Ra
dom, driving out the invading Germans.
Turkey joined the war at that juncture
by naval operations in the Black sea. Odessa
was attacked.
November opened with a German naval
victory over a British squadron off the coast
of Chile, and the Turkish warships bom
barded Sebastopol. Two days later Ger
man warships ventured from their anchor
age behind the naval base at Heligoland
and bombarded the British coast in the vi
cinity of Yarmouth.
On November 5 Great Britain and France
declared war on Turkey, and the forts
guarding the entrance to the Dardanelles
were bombarded by a tieet of allied English
and French warships. On the north the
Russians reoccupied Jaroslav after several
days of ferocious fighting.
German cruisers which had been stationed (
in foreign waters at the opening of the war
had by that time given a good account of
themselves. The Emden, operating in the
Indian ocean and adjacent waters, overtook
and sunk more than a score of mercantile
-ships belonging to the nations allied against
Germany before she was finally run down
and destroyed off Cocos island. In the At
lantic the Karlsrhue and a number of aux
iliary cruisers performed similar duties.
They, too, sent to the bottom more than a
score of ships.
Fighting Winter
On land the armies of the belligerents
settled down to hold their positions for the
winter months. Activities from November
11, when the German forces captured Dix
mude, resulted in Russian defeats at Mots
alvek, Lopno and Kutno. The battle in
Flanders progressed at intervals, vigorous
actions taking place and thousands of men
on both sides being killed or wounded. In
trenched for the winter, the armies con
tented ihentselves principally with holding
the positions they had gained.
In the Serbian-Austrian campaign there
was considerable activity during the early
winter months. The Austrians occupied
Belgrade, the Servian capital, on December
2, and retained it until December 15, when,
after the Serbians had captured large forces
of Austrians—they were driven back into
their own territory.
On the sea a British squadron signally
defeated the German squadron w'hich had
been victorious off Chile. This engagement
took place off the Falkland islands. Ger
man cruisers bombarded Hartlepool and
Scarborough, and the German armored
cruiser Bluchcr was sunk in the North sea
by a section of the British fleet operating
there. German submarines became espe
cially active during the winter months, sink
ing many merchantmen.
March opened with an announcement of
British reprisal measures against the Ger
mans for the submarine warfare and the
development of the battle in France.
Battle of Neuve Chapeile
British troops in France again became ac
tive, making a notable advance at Neuve
Chapeile. By the end of March the Rus
sian troops had penetrated the Dukla pass
and entered Hungary. April saw the begin
ning of violent assaults upon the German
lines by the French east of Verdun and the
Meuse. The French stormed the German
position at Les Esparges and about the same
time it was officially announced that the
total of British casualties to that date were
139,347.
By the middle of April the Russians had
penetrated Hungary to a point sixty miles
over the border, and the Germans had be
run a successful assault upon the allied
lines near Ypres. For several weeks the
ermies struggled back and forth, losing thou
sands of men, gaining ground one day and
being forced to evacuate their positions the
next. In Galicia during the first three days
of May the German-Austrian forces broke
through the Russian lines and forced a re
treat. Fifty thousand prisoners, it was re
cited, were taken.
Around Ypres the British forces lost,
ground and were finally forced to evacuate |
some of the positions they had gained on
hill No. 60. Almost simultaneously the
Russians began a retreat from the Car
pathian passes, and w'hile this was in prog
ress the Cunard liner Lusitania, bound from
New York 'to Liverpool was sent to the
bottom by a torpedo fired by a German
submarine. Approximately 1,200 lives were
lost in the disaster.
The loss of Americans in the Lusitania
and other vessels which were victims of
Germany’s submarine warfare resulted in
President Wilson protesting against a con
tinuance of such tactics.
Italy Declares War
On May 23 Italy declared war on Austria- I
Hungary, after having denounced early in
the month the triple alliance treaty. The
declaration of war was quickly followed by
raids upon the Italian coast cities by Aus
trian aeroplanes. The Italian army struck
across the border into Austria, with Trieste
and Trent as objectives.
During all this time the allied warships
in the Dardanelles had been keeping up
practically a continuous bombardment of
the shore forts. Several warships of dif
ferent types were sunk. Transports were
hurried to the scene and troops were landed.
On June 3 the Austro-German forces re
occupied Przemysl.
During June the Serbians inaugurated a
campaign to secure a seaport on the Adri
atic. Troops were sent across the border ,
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WASHINGTON, June 14.—It is intimated in administration cir
cles that a step will be taken very shortly to ascertain the attitude
of those of foreign birth in this country, whether they are for or
against the United States in the present crisis. Just what course
will be pursued in carrying out the inquiry is not known. The
effort will be to bring to a realizing sense of their obligations of
citizenship those who are naturalized, and to remind those who are
not citizens that this is not a time when United States soil may be
used as a stamping ground for animosities against the government.
This applies to all English, German, French, Russian, Italian, Aus
trian, Serbian, Turk, Bulgarian, Prussian, Japanese.
into Albania, with the seaport of Durazzo as
an objective. Montenegro also dispatched
troops into Albania, an independent nation
recognized by the chief powers at the close
of the second Balkan war.
On June 23 the Austro-German forces
reoccupied Lemburg.
Dirigible airships and aeroplanes made nu
merous raids during the winter and spring.
London and Warsaw were the objective of
a number of trips made by Zeppelin air
ships, while Paris was visited by hostile
aeroplanes. French and British aircraft at
tacked various points in Germany, dropping
explosives and fire bombs.
On July 31 it was announced from Berlin
that Warsaw had been captured by the
Austro-German forces.
The staunch and powerful steamer Teddy
H., the river greyhound of Iditarod’s famous
fleet, is scheduled to sail from this port at
10 o’clock on the morning of Friday, August
20, for Ruby, Fort Gibbon and Fairbanks.
A. T. Willett, the owner of the craft, says
his steamer will also ascend the Tolovana
river as far as it is possible to drag the
steamer. Mr. Willett is making special rates
for this trip for both passengers and freight.
The steamer will push a fair-sized barge for
the accommodation of the freight that may
oe offered, and all parties who contemplate
making a trip to the promising new dig
gings of the Tolovana should apply aboard
the steamer at the city dock, this city, and
secure all the necessary information from
the master of the steamer.
FOR DECENT TREATMENT
OF RAILROAD WORKMEN
The Seattle Union Record of July 3 has
the following mention of matters in rela
tion to employment on the Alaska govern
ment railroad, which are rapidly assuming
the aspect of a scandal:
“At the close of the session of the Central
Labor Council last Wednesday evening J. A.
Taylor of the Machinists’ union electrified
the delegates with the announcement read
from the Associated Press dispatches of last
Monday that the Alaska railroad commis
sion intended to violate the federal eight
hour law by sub-contracting the work to
men who would have to work ten or more
hours per day to make decent wages. Com
missioner Edes stated that there was day
light practically the entire twenty-four hours
of the day, and the men could easily work
ten or twelve hours, and in the same breath
stated there were 1,000 idle men waiting for
additional equipment.
“Mr. Taylor pointed out the danger of al
lowing any evasion of the law, and called
upon the Central Labor Council, as the near
est representative body of labor to the
scene, to take action, urging that if a thou
sand men were idle awaiting equipment, and
there was so much daylight, the commis
sion could work two or even three eight
hour shifts and put the men to work, rather
than keeping men idle while others worked
,n excess of eight hours per day.
“The matter was referred to the legislative
mmmittee, with instructions to ascertain
the law in the case and report at the next
meeting, taking such steps as were deemed
necessary in the meantime.”
PROF. DRAPEAU AT FLAT CITY
After remaining in Iditarod for several
weeks, during which time Professor Charles
Drapeau, Alaska’s famous showman, enter
tained vast multitudes of people with his
moving-picture exhibitions, the outfit was
freighted last Wednesday to Flat City, where
the merry round of gayety will be contin
lied indefinitely.
NED MALTBY IS A DAD
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Edward Maltby are
receiving the congratulations of friends over
[he arrival of a son, in St. Ann’s hospital,
at noon today. Dr. L. 0. Sloane was in at
tendance. “Ned Jr.” tipped the beam at ex
actly ten pounds. The mother is doing
splendidly.—Juneau Empire, July 9. 1
REMARKABLE FIGHT ENDS
WITH ISSUANCE OF PATENT
(Seward Gateway, June 30)
Final receipt has been issued by the
United States land office at Juneau to Otto
Bergstrom for 320 acres of land near Mile 3
on the line of the Alaska Northern railway.
Bergstom first settled on the land in the
month of April. 1904, and after eleven years
of residence and cultivation secures final
certificate.
This is believed to be the first final cer
tificate issued since the government made
its own surveys of the various homestead
tracts in and about Seward and in the Mat
anuska valley.
Since 1910 Senator Ray has represented
Bergstrom; in 1913 the Commercial Club
and Rev. Mr. Pedersen, shortly after Berg
strom nearly lost his life by an attack made
upon him by a “conservation” brown bear,
sent photographs and made a special appeal
to Secretary Lane on behalf of Mr. Berg
strom, but nothing could be done until the
office work connected with the government
survey of 1910 could be completed. The late
General Distin, as surveyor general of the
territory, took an active part in an effort
to hurry along the delayed surveys and
the approved surveys were being forwarded
to him on the ill-fated State of California.
This wreck necessitated the duplication of
the work, and resulted in further delay.
Receiver Boyle and Register Walker of the
land office. Mr. Ray states, have done all
in their power to facditate matters in their
office relative to Mr. Bergstrom’s applica
tion and entry.
PLUCKY BRITISH AVIATOR
DESTROYS ENEMY BY RUSE
PARIS, July 1- A ruse by which he de
stroyed a German aeroplane near Ypres is
described by Michael Helson, a British avi
ator, in the Journal. The battle took place
nearly 6.500 feet in the air.
“When the enemy machine sighted me
it immediately took to flight,” said Helson.
VI dashed off in pursuit. About ten min
utes’ rapid flight brought me up with him
and I flew above him. The duel began at
once.
' “After fighting for some time without re
sult. I adopted a strategem which I have
always found successful, and let my aero
plane dive almost perpendicularly. The
German aviator, believing I had fallen, also
descended in a gliding flight.
“I then righted my machine and shot
above him at a distance of only about fif
teen feet. Then we resumed the duel. One
of my shots hit the gasoline tank of the
aeroplane and the machine burst into flame,
crashing to the earth. The pilot and ob
server both were killed ”
Tungsten mines are being developed by
Japanese in Korea.
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citizens of ruby district
IN ARMS ON ROAD QUESTION
A mass meeting was held at Ruby on the
evening of July 13 to consider the "very
'slight recognition accorded Ruby district in
the allotment of road money, and to take
such action regarding the matter as might
be deemed advisable. The Record-Citizen
says that the meeting organized with J. J.
Filbin as chairman and T. J. DeVane as
1 secretary, and several hot speeches were
made, in all of which the “unjust discrimi
nation against the district” was condemned
and the favoritism for Fairbanks was
pointed out.” The Ruby newspaper’.- ar
count of the meeting continues:
“Ihe reduction in the allotment from the
| paltry sum of $4,000, promised to Ruby di~
vrict by the head of the road commission,
to the $2,500 authorized fur expenditure by
the foreman of the work, caused deep re
1 sentment.
“The reduction of wages in #the district
i was also criticized. It was remarked that
| the principal effect the commission’s work
'would have would result from the precedent
| for a lowered wage scale.
“After the question of taking action had
I been discussed it was resolved to w ire a pro
= ;est to the chairman, to be followed by a
j petition by mail.”
A telegram was sent to Colonel Richard
• son. chairman of the Alaska road commis
sion, stating, among other things: “We.
view with alarm the decided favoritism for
Fairbanks and the utter ignoring of our
; equally wealthy and deserving community.
! We feel that you will see the justice of our
1 protest and give us adequate relief on re
,ceipt of this telegram. Our district posi
tively produces more wealth per tonnage of
j imports than Fairbanks or any other In
| terior point. And we have only six miles of
road to reach creeks that are thirty to fifty
miles away.”
A similar meeting was also held at Long
| City on the night of the 16th, and a tele
gram of protest was sent to the road com
; mission, alleging that $120 per ton was be
I ing paid for freight from Ruby to Long
AL HALL COMING HERE
IN ROLE OF "GASOLINE KID"
I The Whitehorse Star of July 9 contains
the following news item. Both the gentle
'men named are well known in Iditarod. Mr
I Hall having left here last summer after a
I lung residence here :
j rlhe Kreuz Zeitung, in its weekly review
i constructed at this place has just been com
[pleted by its owner. Dan Gillis, and is now in
the river on the water front. It is fifty feet
in length and has a 36-60 Leow-Victor en
I gine that is capable of developing sixtj
horse-power. With all its machinery and
equipment installed, the boat draws but five
I inches of water. It will carry from eight
to ten tons of freight. In addition to the
motor, Mr. Gillis has completed a shovel
nose scow' which is sixty feet long and which
will carry twenty tons of freight on very
light draft. A1 Hall has entered into part
| nership with Gillis, and they will leave in a
day or two for the lower river Fairbanks
I or Iditarod, for the purpose of freighting in
I the shallow side streams, of which there are
| many in that country. That they will reap
i a rich harvest, commensurate with their en
i (erprise and with the capacity of their craft.
| is the wish of all their friends.”
OLD-TIMERS LEAVE CAMP
A party of eight well-known Iditarod min
ers left this city last Thursday for the
Outside, traveling a portion of the way in a
gasoline boat which they purchased for the
trip. The crowd was composed of Paul
I Gasse, Robert Anderson, Sidney Norris. .In
I seph Owens, William James, Thomas Tom
I linson, Frank Johns and James Ferrie. all
of whom have until recently been employed
by the Yukon Gold Company on Flat creek
Several of the party will visit the big show
at San Francisco, a couple will go to Seattle.
Billy James will hike for Oregon, and Mr
I Gasse will travel to Winnipeg, Canada.
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