COMMISSION ALLOWS
ROADS AN INCREASE
WASHINGTON*. July 19.—The In
terstate Commerce commission has
allowed an annual increase of $16.
000, (HX> to the railroads of the country
but has refused th** 9ve per cent Hat
increase which the railroad companies
had asked for. The report of the
commission was sent to the printer
* . .. and has been made public.
.t» ’.rams the statement that the
h ; , iM save $25,000,000 an
il a’ \ by practicing economy and t
suggests to the roa<!s to depend on
ecu non i > rather th m increasing the
cost to the consumer. The railroads
on the other hand, place the blame
c '** their present condition on the
financial status which prevails all
over the country at the present time
but tne commission declares that
whatever the conditions might be they
nld not be justified in compelling
the consumer to meet any greater de
: :> than those ""nh are granted.
Some days will probably elapse be
>rt the opinion of the railroads on
the report of the commission has
1, *n given out officially but it is as
. nod that they will have to be satis
i th the increase allowed. Some
ot the newspapers which have com
mented on the subjo* t believe that
the roads have been very liberally
treated.
OLDTIMERS GET
BAD BEATING
RIVALRY SO GREYT THAT FIVE
INNING GAME COMES THIS
EVENING FOR FIFTY
DOLLARS
By a score of i> to 4 the OUitimers
of Captain Paul Buckley went down
to defeat yesterday at the hands of
Mantney’s aggregation. The sour
doughs. of course, have an excuse, as
every licked team always has, but »n
this case there we.v some serious
defalcations in the Buckley strength
just before the game. Buckley him
self showed that he surely had been
a big leaguer but to call some ot hi*>
>upport bushers would be an insult—
to bushers. Smith did all that a man
could do and he has previously, it is
said, beaten the same team but he had
poor support. Of th * four runs made
Driscoll says he made one and let
him have it. De mortuis nihil nisi
bonum. Manthey pitches a good ball
and it was a pity to see them
wasted. The Oldtimers declare, how
ever. that with a few changes they
can make a much better showing and
they intend to do so tonight.
Notwithstanding some of the or- .
rors and horrible fumbles there were
some pretty good plays. Buckley
aided in one when they got a man at
first and at the plate. About the
seventh Manthey picked up u shot
from Driscoll and sent it to first like
.. streak, getting another.
Some of the other plays were
peaches. Chamberlain nabbed a fly
that astounded every man in the big
crowd, including himself, and another
fell over the bank and disappeared.
Finnegan caught fo-* the winners ami
dike Degan, the umpire, lost his voice
.ndm* the storm of abuse, but he did
well notwithstanding all that and he
is one of those kind of umpires that
add to the interest of the game.
Although Buckley got a finger
busted he will take the field this even
ing again when the two teams meet
once more for a five innings l>out fo**
a side bet of $50. There will be sev
eral changes in the lineup of the Old
timers and the game should attract a
large crowd. From both sides a nine
can be selected to meet Valdez and ;
some other teams and it ought to Win.
We guarantee Fisher > Blent! Flour, :
$2 per sack. Fisher’s Art, $1.75 at
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First”.
NEWS NOTES
NEWS
Quite a severe sheik of earthquake
was felt at Sunrise u)K>ut a week ago
according to information brought
here by some parties who were there
at the time the quake occurred.
A very delicate operation was per
formed on a native girl a few days
ago by Dr. Romig. She is now pro
gressing favorably although her con- !
dition before the operation was very
serious.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE NORTHLAND
Fairbanks—When questioned as
when actual construction work on the
road will be started, Mr. Riggs said
he was unable to state when the work
would commence, but like all others
interested, he is in hopes that thj
first spike will be driven during the
early part of 1015. He also stated
that Secretary Lane. President Wil
son and all others anxious to see the
administration policies carried out
hope to see the Alaska government
railroad in course of construction next
spring.—Fairbanks Times.
There is consternation in the ranks
of the Nome Democrats because of
the appointment of Commissioner
Adams, of Council City, to the posi
tion of clerk of the court under Judge j
Tucker. Adams is a Republican and
was appointed commissioner under a
Republican administration. He has
held the office for six years.—Ex.
Fairbanks—On the last trip from
Whitehorse to Fairbanks, the pas
sengers on the steamer Yukon were
•treated to a little exciting sport a
short distance above Rampart, when
the boat ran down a large brown
boar. The bear was swimming across
the river when sighted by the officer
it tho wheel, who started immediate
ly to get bruin. Several of the pas
sengers tried to get photographs of
tl o bear, but he was run down *o
quickly by the boat that they could
get no pictures. The bear went un
!er tho boat, came up under the stern,
and then swam ashore, none the
worse for his experience.
A bill has been introduced in the
house of representatives by Delegate
Wickersham “To amend the United
States land laws in their application
- Alaska, and for other purposes,”
includes a clause repealing the Ro
j den mining law-passed by the Alaska
Territorial legislature. It also con
tains a provision that will prevent a
■ repetition of the chaotic condition in
hieh the placer mining laws for
VasVa have been since the passage
>t* the Territorial measure.
The following section is taken from
the pending Wickersham bill:
STOP
THAT
A little leak will sink a prert ship.
The little leaks in your business or
personal money matters, if uncheck
ed. in time will cause you a hip loss.
Stop the leaks and put the money
sated at work for you in a KOI K
PER CENT BANK OF SEWARD
SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Bank of Seward
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S. M. GRAFF, - President and General Manager
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"Sec. 18. Chapter 74, Alaska ses
sion laws, disapproved.—That chap
ter 74 of the session laws of the Leg
islature of Alaska, entitled ‘An Act
to supplement the mining laws of the
United States in their application to .
the Territory of Alaska, providing for j
the location and possession of mining
claims in Alaska and repealing all
acts and parts of acts in conflict
therewith to the extent of such con
flicts,’ approved by the governor of
Alaska on April 13, 1913, is hereby
disapproved; and hereafter no laws
aiVecting the disposal of public lamb
of the United States in said territory
shall be enacted by the legislature
thereof.”—Ruby Record.
Nome—A. N. Hanson has purchas
ed the Moss Creek dredge and will
dismantle it and remove the machin
ery and place it in the old Middough
scow at Hasting creek. Work of dis
manteling commenced today. W. J.
Rowe will move the machinery to
, Hastings next week. Hansen expects
to have the dredge working within a
few weeks.
Skagway—Supt. Y. I. Hahn has re
ceived instruction from President 0.
L. Dickeson of the W. P. & Y. route
to open up the spur to the copper
mines near Whitehorse and to get
things in shape for the early ship
ment of large quantities of ore from
the mines in the Whitehorse district.
The city council will take up the
sewer bids tonight and will also prob
ably act on the proposed electric pow
er franchise.
The airbrake on the railroad car
went a little out of whack this morn
ing and G. A. Kyle and others were
unable to make intended trips out
over the line.
Fishing tacklr at J 1 ■, Graef'a.
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